Death Hugger



Death Hugger is found on Dondoran Flats, where it tends to team up with multiple Mad Doll. It can target you with Ice Knife from far away, or attempt a physical attack when close. There's no real way to outright dodge the attacks. You can however attempt to get outside the battle circle to escape. Ice Knife is known to freeze you, so it's one of the few ways to get out of the battle faster, especially if you're low on MP.

In the remake, it can no longer freeze you, but Ice Knife hits for more damage. It's slower in return.

Enemy Formations
Death Hugger x 2, Goblin x 1

Death Hugger x 2, Goblin x 2

Death Hugger x 3

Death Hugger x 3, Goblin x 2

Death Hugger x 3, Mad Doll x 1

Death Hugger x 4

Death Hugger x 5

Trivia

 * Death Hugger is byte value 4 in the coding.
 * It is a palette swap of Bat.
 * They both have a far and close attack each. Ice Knife and Physical, and Wind Cutter Lv 1 and Water Pillar Lv 1 respectively.
 * The essential difference is Death Hugger is more blue, while Bat is more green. They both have yellow wings in their Nintendo 64 Models. Whereas the Gameboy version there's no yellow coloring.
 * Their name is pretty literal, as they hug you to death.
 * Whereas Parassault's Ice Knife can be slightly annoying, these monsters come in much larger packs, which can easily defeat you if you are unable to run or heal enough to survive. Even if you have high defense, being unable to move(which means you cannot use your own physical attack as often) can majorly stop you from battling.
 * Normally bats have one set of fangs. This has another set on its mouth, being similar to a face hugger-like creature.
 * By using a physical attack, it could imply it drinks blood, suggesting it's a vampire bat joke.
 * Its body looks a lot more like an insect's than a mammal's. However, bats still have tails, but have much more fatty bodies.