Behemoth

Behemoth

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Behemoths are large beasts that appear in many Final Fantasy games. Behemoths are powerful enemies that are usually encountered in the last area, and are one of the strongest in each of their appearances. A Behemoth sometimes appears as a boss. A Behemoth first appears as a boss in Final Fantasy II and as an enemy in Final Fantasy III.

In many of their appearances, a Behemoth is a large, purple beast that uses its horns and lightning magic to kill its opponents. Depending on the game, Behemoths are either quadrupedal or bipedal; if a Behemoth is the latter, it often carries a weapon with it. In most cases, if a party member uses a magic spell on a Behemoth, it strikes back with a powerful spell such as Flare or Meteor. Behemoths have an even stronger counterpart named King Behemoth.

Behemoths are named after the beast mentioned in Job 40:15–24 of the Holy Bible.

History

Final Fantasy series

Final Fantasy II

The Behemoth first makes its debut in Final Fantasy II as both a random encounter and a boss at the Coliseum.

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest

In Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, Benjamin fights a Behemoth on the Hill of Destiny. Contrary to its other appearances, Behemoth is the first boss, let alone enemy, to be fought.

Final Fantasy XVI

In Final Fantasy XVI, a Behemoth is fought as a boss at Drake's Spine. A stronger version called the Behemoth King is fought as a Class S Notorious Mark.

Mario Sports Mix

Mario Sports Mix icon

White Mage, Toad, and Pink Yoshi are about to fight Behemoth in Mario Sports Mix

In Mario Sports Mix, Behemoth is the first boss. Its stronger variant, Behemoth King, also appears as a boss, and he can be fought by clearing Star Cup in Sports Mix mode.

Behemoth can be fought if the player's team wins against the Final Fantasy team (consisting of Ninja, White Mage, and, if the matches played are in 3-on-3 mode, Black Mage) at all sports, an extra challenge is given in which the characters must face off against Behemoth.

During the battle, players and their teammates must work together to fully deplete Behemoth's health. They are each given a life meter, which depletes if any of them get hit by Behemoth's attacks. To fight Behemoth, players use their various skills from all the sports, while having access to an energy weapon that is shaped like a Hockey stick, along with the ? Panels. The ? Panels either contain a meteor (which is used like a Basketball, Volleyball, and Dodgeball), a Coin (used to strengthen the player's attacks), a Green Shell, or a Bob-omb. These items have to be used directly on Behemoth to affect it.

Additionally, when the Special Shot meter bar is full, the player can have their team perform a special move that is unique to this fight to inflict some decent damage to Behemoth.

Behemoth does feature some various attacks that the player must watch out for. If players stay too close to Behemoth, they may risk getting attacked by its claws and/or tail. Behemoth may also do a body slam, or charge right into players. Players can be clued to when Behemoth will start charging when it roars. It can also release fireballs, lightning bolts, and meteors at the player as well. Players can stop most of Behemoth's attacks by damaging it.

If any players have their health fully depleted, they are knocked out temporarily, but as long as at least one player still has some health remaining, they can recover and rejoin the fight again with a small portion of their health recovered.

When players and their team fully deplete Behemoth's health, it gets knocked out and vanishes, which gives the player an extra mode for winning: Sports Mix mode.

Stats

Final Fantasy II stats
Rank	HP	MP	Attack	Accuracy	Defense	Evasion	Magic Defense	Gil
6	2,000	0	90	3-95%	65	1-40%	4-50%	0
Treasure			Weakness		Resistance		Absorbs
None			None		None		None

Final Fantasy III stats
Level	HP	Gil	Exp	Weakness	Attack	Defense	Steal	Drops
37	12,650	4668	6900	None	84	26	Hi-Potion	Phoenix Down

Final Fantasy IV stats
HP	Strength	Defense	Magic	Magic Defense	Gil	EXP	Type	Treasure
23,000	154	4	63	254	65,000	57,000	None	Twist Headband, Power Armlet, Power Sash, Avenger
Weakness			Resistance			Absorbs
None			Poison, Blind, Silence, Pig, Mini, Toad, Petrify, Death, Gradual Petrify, Berserk, Confuse, Sleep, Paralyze, Float, Curse, Libra			None

Final Fantasy IV (3D) stats
Level	HP	Exp	Gil	Strength	Stamina	Speed	Intellect	Spirit
71	46,000	138,297	2316	63	63	62	50	64
Attack		Accuracy		Defense		Evasion	Magic Defense	Magic Evasion
49		115		131		15	75	5
Weakness		Resistance		Absorbs		Steal		Drops
None		Fire, Ice, Lightning, Water, Wind, Dark, Holy		None		Headband		Headband, Power Armlet, Power Sash, Avenger
Susceptible to
Paralyze, Sleep, Confuse, Blind, Curse, Berserk, Sleep, Slow, Sap

Final Fantasy VI stats
Level	HP	MP	Attack	Defense	Evasion	Magic	Magic Defense	Magic Evasion	Gil	EXP	Type
28	5,800	180	25	100	0	7	135	0	0	2055	None
Steal						Drops
Hermes Sandals						X-Potion
Immune to			Weakness			Absorbs			Immunity
Blind, Poison, Imp, Doom, Silence, Confuse, Sleep, Slow, Stop			Ice			None			None

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
French	Béhémoth	Behemoth
German	Behemoth	Behemoth

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