Malboro
Unlike every monster so far, the Marlboro is easily the ugliest creature in the history of the franchise. But, oddly enough, its green tendrils and gaping mouth lined with razor sharp teeth are disgustingly charming. Like a creature straight from the pages of Lovecraft, the Malboro will drive you insane. Not at the advent of corporeal knowledge of the elder gods, nor its ghastly gaze, but because of its bad breath.
The Malboro has one of the most debilitating attacks in any Final Fantasy game. Its “bad breath” is a cocktail of status ailments that threaten to plunge the strongest party into the darkest depths of the GAME OVER screen. The various effects of the move include (depending on the entry you find them): poison, slow, darkness, silence, sleep, confusion, and berserk. The attack itself does no damage – that comes later.
You’re hit with the attack and your entire party is rendered useless. You attempt damage control and realize control is entirely out of your hands. You wait with bated breath as one of your heroes rises from their sleep. Cool. But instead of healing the party like they should, they attack a fellow member only to have it miss.
This is your hell, and turn after turn, poison is slowly chipping away at your health. Doom is on the horizon and their is nothing you can do. Smart players always equip at least one party member (beforehand of course), with that status-thwarting ribbon on the off-chance you encounter a terrifying Malboro.
