Titanic Ant

“	The first major enemy you'll encounter on this journey is the Titanic Ant. To sink it, you'll have to use both PSI attacks and regular Bash attacks.	„
	~ Titanic Ant’s EarthBound Player's Guide description

Background

Titanic Ant is the first Sanctuary Boss in MOTHER 2 (localized as EarthBound). It resembles a giant, grey ant with black stripes and red and blue tips of its antennae. It guards the first Your Sanctuary location, Giant Step, and resembles both a Black Antoid and a Gigantic Ant. When it enters battle, the Titanic Ant is accompanied by two Black Antoids, making it one of only two Sanctuary Bosses that don't fight alone. After defeating the Titanic Ant, Ness is free to enter Giant Step and obtain the first part of the melody for the Sound Stone.

General Information

Name: Titanic Ant

Origin: MOTHER 2

Assigned Gender: Unknown

Age: Unknown

Classification: Boss

Species: Ant

State of Being: Regular

Occupation: Sanctuary Guardian

Affiliations: Giygas

Enemies: Ness

Status: Alive

Alignment: Lawful Evil (Sanctuary Guardians are under the influence of Giygas and have stole Ness' sanctuary locations)

Threat Level: Metropolitan Threat (Sanctuary Guardians pose threats over entire towns they're near and are the boss of the entire dungeon area, which are normally multi-leveled cave systems)

Codex Statistics

Grade: B

Tier: At least 9-B

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least Wall level (Potency) (Absorbed energy from Giant Step, which allows the user to perform “wondrous feats” according to Frank. Superior to Frankystein Mark II. Could fight an early game Ness)

Durability: At least Wall level

Striking Strength: At least Wall Class (Potency)

Lifting Strength: Unknown

Travel Speed: Unknown

Attack Speed: Superhuman (Fought an early game Ness)

Reaction Speed: Superhuman

Stamina: Unknown

Range: Standard Melee, Higher with PSI

Intelligence: Genius Intelligence (Was able to absorb power from the Giant Step)

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Powers and Techniques

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
• Power Absorption (Absorbed power from Giant Step).

• Resistance to
  • Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement, Mind Manipulation, & Sleep Manipulation (Has a 50% resistance to fire, ice, paralysis, and hypnosis, along with a higher resistance to flash and brainshock)

• Psionics & Energy Manipulation (PSI is the manipulation of psionic energy, being described as a mysterious and useful power)
• Telekinesis (PSI Users such as Ninten can use their psi to telekinetically unbend a spoon, along with Ness as an infant being able to telekinetically move his baby bottle)
• Telepathy (PSI users all naturally share PSI Telepathy, Ninten uses this to be able to read minds and speak to animals, Paula uses it to telepathically call to Ness in her dreams, along with telepathically speak to other members of the Chosen Four from across towns or even continents. The ability seems to be universal to all PSI users as their consciousness no matter their age is fully aware and can speak with people)
• Power Bestowal (Limited; PSI users can give PSI abilities to other PSI users, such as when an infant used their mind to give Ninten PSI Teleport, or when the Chosen Four taught a monkey how to use PSI Teleport).

• Resistance to
  • Mind Manipulation (The natural PSI users consciousness is already matured and able to defend against other mental attacks)

Statistics Reduction (With Defense Down alpha, decreases one persons defense), Forcefield Creation (With Shield alpha, creates a shield that cuts physical damage in half), Absorption (With PSI Magnet alpha, drains psi from one)

Notable Techniques

• Use a biting attack: Deals low-level damage to one party member.
• Use a biting attack: Deals high-level damage to one party member.
• Defense down α: Decreases one party member's defense.
• Shield α: Cuts physical damage in half for one enemy.
• PSI Magnet α: Drain 2-8 PP from one party member.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Normally uses a biting attack, accompanied with one of the 3 PSI abilities it knows.

Weaknesses: PSI users need to concentrate in order to use their PSI.

Battle Records

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