Siren

Battle Formation ID:	441
Enemies:	Siren (Living) Siren (Undead)
Escape%:	Can't Escape
ABP gained:	5
Music Control:	Track: The Fierce Battle
Visual Control:	Intro: Normal
Parameters:	Boss Battle
Terrain:	#06 - Caves
Siren swaps from Living to Undead

Living

undead

Stats

Name	Siren (Living)	Siren (Undead)
Level	2	2
Speed	35	35
HP	900 (shared)	900 (shared)
MP	200	200
Strength	15	14
Defense	0	12
Evasion	0	0
Magic	0	0
Magic Defense	20	0
Magic Evasion	0	0
Gil	0	0
Exp	0	0
Steal	Common: Nothing Rare: Nothing	Common: Nothing Rare: Nothing
Drops	Always: Bronze Armor Rare: Nothing	Always: Bronze Shield Rare: Nothing

Status

Enemy Status

NAME	Siren (Living)	Siren (Undead)
Elemental Immunity:	None	None
Elemental Absorb:	None	Poison
Elemental Weakness:	None	Fire
Status Vulnerability:	Darkness, Zombie, Poison, Float, Petrify, Dead, Image, Berserk, Charm, Paralyze, Aging, Regen, Slow, Haste, Stop, Shell, Armor, Wall	Darkness, Zombie, Float, Petrify, Dead, Regen, Slow, Haste, Shell, Armor, Wall
Initial Status:	None	None
Cannot Evade:	None	None
Creature Type:	Human, Heavy	Undead, Human, Heavy
Command Vulnerability:	HP Scan	HP Scan
Special Properties:	Critical Attack	Venomous Clasp (+Poison)

Summary

Siren's song has lured the party into her trap, and if Galuf hadn't forgotten everything important to him there would have been no escape. Siren is a notably complex boss for this early stage of the game, swapping between a living and undead form with different attack routines between her two forms. The game expects a player to bring in a variety of classes to take advantage of each of her forms but unfortunately the player is stuck with only one, forcing them to engage with usually one form before waiting for Siren to transform back to the form their class is better against.

Attack Script

Siren (Living)

{Silence, Slow, Haste}

{Cure, Blizzard, Libra}

{Protect, Sleep, Thunder}

No Interrupt{
    Display Text: Siren has become one of the undead!
    Unhide Monster: Siren (Undead)
    }

Siren (Undead)

{Attack, Special, Attack}

{Attack, Special, Attack}

{Attack, Special, Special}

Unhide Monster: Siren (Living)

Strategies

Siren's Haste is probably the most dangerous spell on her list, as it gives her many more actions than the player at this point of the game. It usually isn't enough to force a reset, but it will slow down the fight immensely as the player spends more time reacting to Siren's damage. The optimal damage for each class is: Monk, Knight, and Thief will spend their time attacking while Siren is in her living form, and during the undead form White mage will cast cure, Blue Mage will cast Aero, and Black Mage will cast fire. If the player has planned ahead and not leveled Lenna or Galuf (by killing them and leveling them to level 2), the player can use Blue Mage's Goblin Punch with a level 2 Blue Mage to smash through Siren. The flail allows a single white mage to hit Siren strongly in human form, and barehanded crits from a Monk will pierce the undead form's defense, but when attacking Siren in unfavorable forms the player should be willing to take it slow.