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 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.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 9-B

Name: Titanic Ant

Origin: Mother 2

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Sanctuary Guardian, Ant

Attack Potency: Wall level (Absorbed all the energy from a sanctuary location which is a powerful spot that allows the user to perform “wondrous feats” according to Franky, which should put the Titanic Ant above the Frankystein Mark II. Could fight an early game Ness)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Travel Speed: Unknown

Combat Speed: Unknown (Could tag Ness but his speed is largely unknown as this is before the Speed of Light feat in Peaceful Rest Valley)

Reaction Speed: Unknown

Lifting Strength: Unknown

Striking Strength: Wall Class

Durability: Wall level

Stamina: Unknown

Range: Standard Melee Range, possibly higher with PSI

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Power Absorption (All “Your Sanctuary” bosses suck all of the energy out of each sanctuary spot), 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), 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 10% resistance to flash and brainshock)

Standard Equipment: Nothing notable.

Intelligence: Genius (As the Ant has drained the energy from the your sanctuary location and has shown to use PSI from it, they should naturally be this intelligent)

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

Weaknesses: Nothing notable.

Notable Attacks/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.

Battle Records

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