Atomos

Battle Formation ID:	469
Enemies:	Atomos
Escape%:	Can't Escape
ABP gained:	12
Music Control:	Track: The Fierce Battle
Visual Control:	Intro: Normal
Parameters:	Boss Battle Denies Mute (Time spell) Alt. Death Animation
Terrain:	#09 - Barrier Tower (Exterior)
Once you're affected with Wormhole, you're out

Summary

Looking like something that crawled out of Lovecraft's nightmares, Atomos's many mouths hunger for the bodies of Bartz and company. It's a very slow eater though, and you will have time to answer it with damage before it devours whoever it slays. Or you could just interrupt its feast entirely with the right spells...

Stats

Name	Atomos
Level	41
Speed	36
HP	19997
MP	10000
Strength	10
Defense	14
Evasion	0
Magic	80
Magic Defense	20
Magic Evasion	20
Gil	0
Exp	0
Steal	Common: Ether Rare: Flail
Drops	Always: Dark Matter Rare: Nothing

Status

Enemy Status

NAME	Atomos
Elemental Immunity:	None
Elemental Absorb:	None
Elemental Weakness:	None
Status Vulnerability:	Sleep
Initial Status:	Haste
Cannot Evade:	None
Creature Type:	Heavy
Command Vulnerability:	HP Scan
Special Properties:	Critical Attack

Attack Script

Condition: If Status of Character 1 is Death:
    Change Target: Character 1
    Wormhole
    }

Condition: If Status of Character 2 is Death :
    Change Target: Character 2
    Wormhole
    }

Condition: If Status of Character 3 is Death :
    Change Target: Character 3
    Wormhole
    }

Condition: If Status of Character 4 is Death :
    Change Target: Character 4
    Wormhole
    }

Condition: If Status of Single Ally (available) is Death:
    {Pull, Pull, Pull}
    Pull
    Pull
    {Pull, Pull, Slowga}
    Pull
    {Pull, Pull, Gravity}
    Pull
    {Pull, Pull, Graviga}
    Pull
    {Pull, Pull, Old}
    Pull
    {Pull, Pull, Pull}
    Pull
    {Pull, Pull, Gravity}
    Pull
    {Pull, Pull, Graviga}
    Pull
    }

{Comet, Comet, Nothing} + {Comet, Comet, Nothing}

Strategies

Overview

Atomos has a simple script built around bursting down your party with magic and then drawing in the bodies. Since Atomos is most dangerous when in attack mode, it is a good idea to enter combat with a party member already dead so Atomos begins the fight drawing in the downed party member. You can KO another party member and revive the first one before they're drawn in completely to prevent them from being removed from battle while keeping Atomos in pull mode.

Beastmaster

The second and tenth floors of the Barrier Tower have monster-in-a-box encounters that can contain two Yellow Dragons. Releasing Yellow Dragons casts Lightning, which deals fractional damage equal to 1/4 of the target's total HP and can affect heavy targets. Four Yellow Dragon releases will kill Atomos.

Blue Mage

Dark Spark makes Atomos susceptible to Level 5 Death, which will end the fight instantly.

In the Defunct mobile/Steam and Pixel Remaster versions, Time Slip can put Atomos to sleep.

Mystic Knight

Atomos is susceptible to sleep. Repeated Sleep Blades from multiple party members can keep Atomos sleep-locked while it gets chipped away.

Samurai

On the SNES/PS and GBA versions, Mineuchi/SwdSlap is bugged and does a regular attack that fails to cure sleep, confusion, and control. If Atomos has already been slept, Mineuchi lets you get free damage on Atomos without rousing it.