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Final Fantasy III Enemy
Echidna
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NES Name	Echidna
DS Name	Echidna
NES Stats Level HP 89 32,000 EXP Gil 8,000 7,000 Location Dark World Steal Potion Item Dropped Nothing Weak Against Nothing Abilities Brak2, Death, Drain, Flare, Meteo, Quake Other Information - DS Stats Level HP 55 99,999 Attack Defense 117 46 EXP Gil 16,666 66,666 Location World of Darkness Steal Hi-Potion Common Drop Hi-Potion Uncommon Drop Hi-Potion Rare Drop Phoenix Down Weak Against Nothing Abilities Tornado, Death, Quake Other Information

Artwork by Yoshitaka Amano

Echidna is a boss from Final Fantasy III. It is located in the in the final area of the game, the World of Darkness, at the southwest portal. Echidna is one of the four guardians of the Dark Crystals the Cloud of Darkness orders to kill the Warriors of Light. It guards the Water Crystal of the Dark World.

Strategy

Have the Sages cast Haste on the Ninjas first round, then acting accordingly: If she petrifies someone, have one Sage use a Soft while the other one casts Bahamut; if she uses Quake, have them both use Cure4 on the party; if she uses Drain, have one Sage heal and the other one use Bahamut or another strong spell.

DS Strategy

Echnida's main strategy is getting rid of you quickly. It knows Tornado which reduces your HP to a single digit and Death which, obviously, knocks one character out. The jobs for the fight are Devout, Ninja, Knight, and either a Dragoon, Sage, or another Devout. This battle is survivable easily despite the effects caused by Tornado and Death, since Death can be negated using Ribbon or Aegis Shields and Tornado has a low chance of hitting, making Quake and her physical attacks the only thing worth worrying about.

Trivia

• Echidna reappears in the Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary remakes of Final Fantasy, as a bonus boss in the Earthgift Shrine.
• She also appears in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years in similar fashion.