Arachnoid

Arachnoid is a high Hit Points monster in Windward Forest. It's not too hard to dodge its Magma Ball, as long as you keep moving and aren't very close to it. However, you cannot use Confusion effectively to restore Magic Points while battling it, so a physical attack may deal the most damage at times. Otherwise, getting close with Ice Wall is also decently effective.



In the remake, Magma Ball can no longer dispel your magic, so it just does high damage. You can't dodge anymore, but your magic is also a lot more powerful.

Enemy Formations
Arachnoid x 1, Termant x 1, Temptress x 1, Thunder Jell x 1

Arachnoid x 1, Termant x 2, Temptress x 1, Thunder Jell x 1

Arachnoid x 2

Arachnoid x 3

Arachnoid x 3, Termant x 2

Arachnoid x 3, Termant x 3

Trivia

 * Arachnoid is enemy byte value 5 in the coding.
 * It's the only monster who just uses Magma Ball.
 * The name does not mean Arachnid, but "Like an Arachnid", or more so "Like a Spider". This makes its Japanese name, Spider, misleading.
 * Scorpion has a fairly similar sprite to it in the remake, as both are arachnids as is. One is just far larger.
 * Arachnoid appears to be almost robotic-like, which explains its naming scheme.