Lamia



Lamia is a particularly deadly monster, and the only one to use Wind Cutter Lv 3. It does immense damage, and doesn't take that much from your hits even then. It however will increase your defense quite fast. To the point even Zelse does less damage with his own projectile against you.

In the remake, it's now a Fire monster and does even more damage. It has much higher stats, but also your magic is significantly stronger. Defeating it is however fairly worth it. Its Fire Ball Lv 2 spell is fairly weak compared to its Hot Steam Lv 1.

Enemy Formations
Lamia x 1

Lamia x 2

Trivia

 * Lamia is enemy byte value 6 in the coding.
 * They are normally snakes like in this game, but sometimes they are a centaur monster(having a more feline-like appearance).
 * It massively changes its skills from Wind to Fire in the remake. It also gets a rather massive buff, and it was already very strong in the original.
 * You cannot encounter Lamia outside of itself. Many other monsters share this trait; Hell Hound, Ghosthound, Hot Lips, Pale Rider(Nintendo 64 only), Apophis, Flamed Mane, Mimic, Cockatrice, and Big Mouth(Nintendo 64 only).
 * In the puzzle game, Scorpion transforms into this monster. Despite Scorpion being found way later, it is actually weaker. They have nothing in common other than having segmented parts to their bodies.