A guard dog at the Magitek Research Facility. Like the Commandos, these are tough to kill. You'll have to resort to magic and tools.Final Fantasy VI PlayStation Bestiary entry
The Belzecue, also called Garm, is an enemy in Final Fantasy VI.
Stats
Battle
Like most enemies in the Magitek Research Facility, it has high Defense. When they are alone, they use Program 95 to confuse party members. They are always accompanied by Sergeants.
Strategy
It is recommended to use multi-_target magic attacks to take them out. Thunder spells work since they are weak to Lightning, or else Edgar's Bioblaster/Flash or Sabin's Rising Phoenix, since they deal magic damage and hit all enemies.
Formations
Number | Enemies | Encounter flags | Introduction flag | Musical theme | Magic AP | |||
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Normal | Back | Surrounded | Side | |||||
115 | Belzecue x2, Sergeant x2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Sides, individual | Battle | 2 |
116 | Belzecue x2, Sergeant | Y | Y | Y | Y | Sides, individual | Battle | 2 |
AI script
If monster is by itself: Attack (66%) or Program 95 (33%)
Attack Turns:
1st Turn: Attack (100%)
Other appearances
Pictlogica Final Fantasy
Etymology
Malacoda, called Belzecue in English. Unlike other characters that are based on mythical characters, Malacoda was invented by Dante and is not a mythological reference.
In Dante's Divine Comedy, Inferno has twelve demons employed in pushing barrators under the surface of boiling pitch. One of them isThe enemy is called Garm in the SNES version. Garm is a dog associated with both Hel and Ragnarök, and described as a blood-stained watchdog that guards Hel's gate.
In Norse mythology,