The Sketch Guide Advance Version 1.1 Djibriel, October 2005 "We don't make mistakes here, we just have happy accidents. We want happy, happy paintings. If you want sad things, watch the news. Everything is possible here. This is your little universe." - Bob Ross (1942-1995) Contents 1.0 Version History 2.0 Introduction 3.0 Slang 4.0 How Sketch works 4.1.1 Sketch Hit Rate 4.1.2 The Beret 4.1.3 Sketch Hit Rate with a Beret 4.2.1 Sketch damage formula 4.2.2 Miscellaneous notes 5.0 Sketch attacks 6.0 When to use Sketch 7.0 Conclusion No number: Disclaimer ********************************** 1.0 Version History ********************************** - Version 1.1 Advance (6/20/2007) Translated the original document and added all creatures added in the Advance version. The only other difference is the order of enemies listed in section 5.0; while keeping the ancient order of the SNES, with the GBA's bestiary order the old one is clearly the less practical. - Version 1.1 (1/8/2006) Fixed its/it's errors and some other ones. Thankx go to Galbalan for pointing them out! - Version 1.0 (10/17/2005) Initial Release ********************************** 2.0 Introduction ********************************** Nobody likes Sketch. And that's only logical. See, if Blitz is the popular jock all shallow people love, if Bushido is the bitch without any real qualities who is adored for her looks and if Rage is the scrawny kid with glasses few people like to talk to who'll later make more money that the rest of class '96 combined, Sketch is the poor kid who, besides being lactose-intolerant, suffering from asthma AND having the worst case of acne known to Western science, lacks any kind of charm, quality or potential. Even if you do put on a nose peg - penetrating body odour - and get to talk to him, you'll notice that under all the ugly, you've found a prime example of a generally boring person who sometimes likes to kill caterpillars and sniff his sister's underwear. That, my friends, is Sketch. This doesn't make the character of Relm useless; she has great equipment, a natural ability to reach 128 % Magic Evasion without all too much fuss and/or Merit Award, the game's highest starting Magic and is, as annual polls tell us, the game's sexiest person by far. But still, Sketch. It's not like Shock or anything, it's got its own damage formula and even its own two bytes on *every* monster to tell us what attacks can be produced by Sketch. Clearly at least some amount of effort was put into Sketch, that much is obvious. But hey, that doesn't say anything; if you're still with me on the whole kid-metaphor thing, his parents must have hugged eachother in that special way at least once for it to appear, and judging from the look of it, also the scorn of society for breaking the dogma on brother/ sister fornication. Andy Warhol (1928-1987) said everybody should have their 15 minutes of fame. And thus Sketch too should pass the revue; I see before me the Task of Hercules to bring some kind of justification for the ability. While it's an entirely other debate, most people will want to agree with me when I say that Control isn't exactly hot enough to justify the loss of a Relic slot, so you'll probably be keeping Sketch around. Let's see what Sketch can do for us. Technological and/or systematical bashing of Sketch: Square employee # 1: My, what a pleasant day. Comrade, come ye over here and listen! While drinking my scotch, enjoying the pleasures of a Cuban cigar and having delightful social intercourse with my wife and children, I stumbled upon an idea. I perceive it to be the idea to end all ideas. Square employee # 2: What? Square employee # 1: I say, we shall create a monster within this game that we are creating, and we will make it a lightning monster! It will be a demon of electricity, an incubus of sparks, a behemoth of thunder! Oh, the players will appreciate the subtle irony of defeating a symbolic representation of electricity on this 'gaming console' - in the parlance on our time - which itself is powered by electricity. Square employee # 2: I really think you should drink less Black Russians before lunch. Thus, after jokingly punching Square employee # 2 in the groin, face and stomach until he stops moving, the protagonist of our tale goes off to create this monster of lightning. Among other lightning-related touches to the beast, he makes the monster *absorb* lightning, as that's what lightning monsters tend to do. Also, from the Sketch attacks, he selects two Lightning-elemental attacks, as that's what animated paintings from lightning monsters tend to do. Behold, Belmodar - at the time known only as 'Rhinotaur', one of the many factual rebutals to the statement 'Sketch was a positive factor in this game'. And that's the basic lay-out of 50 % of Sketch its problem. Monsters often have a theme. The theme can be an element or a status effect. Almost always, the monsters are immune to what they do themselves. Belmodar does and absorbs Megavolt. Lich does and absorbs Fira. Nightwalker does and absorbs Drain. Mandrake does and resists !Stonetouch. Etcetera. The other 50 % of Sketch its problem is the damage formula. Here's how opponents and character are laid out in this game: Characters: High stats Low HP Strong attacks Monsters: Low stats High HP Mediocre attacks Sketch takes the stats of the monsters you're Sketching, and more often than not the attacks of it. While not Sketching, the Sketch user will have the normal character's amount of HP. Basically, a Sketcher combines the worst attributes of both sides into a potpourri of failure. ********************************** 3.0 Slang ********************************** MT: Multi-target. Targets all members of one side. ST: Single-target. Targets a single target. NMG: Natural Magic Game. Magic taught by Espers and equipment is prohibited in this challenge. !Special: A lot of attacks have an exclamation mark in front of them. This is to show that the attack concerned is a Special attack, a physical attack that's based off of the Battle attack. II: To differate between the two sets of Dragons (the ones scattered around the World of Ruin and the ones located in the Dragon's Den), the latter have been given the suffix 'II'. ********************************** 4.0 How Sketch works ********************************** 4.1.1 Sketch Hit Rate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sketch chance: If (Sketcher's level * 256) / Target's level > [0..255] then you successfully sketch, otherwise you miss. What does this mean? The [0..255] part is just factored in for the random part of the formula. To simplify it, you can keep in the back of your head that (Sketcher's level)/(Sketchee's level) = Probability Sketch will work That's a tiny margin off, but accurate enough. Conclusions: - Whenever the Sketcher's level is equal to or higher than the Sketchee, Sketch will always work. - If the Sketchee's level is double the Sketcher's level, the probability of Sketch working is 50.2 %. - If the Sketchee's level is 1.5 the Sketcher's level, the probability of Sketch working is 66.66 %. - If the Sketchee's level is 25 and the Sketcher's level is 5, the probability of Sketch is 20 % (this is the scenario of Relm VS Ultros #3 in an LLG). 4.1.2 The Beret -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Beret, a piece of Headgear, can boost the chance of Sketch working. All in all it's a rather crummy piece of Headgear you don't want to have around, even when you first find it as the Mystery Veil is better than it. Here are the Beret's stats: Defense: 21 Magic Defense: 21 Magic + 3 Can be equipped by Relm Is compatible with the Merit Award For trivia info, here's how Mystery Veil is better: Defense: 24 Magic Defense: 25 Magic + 3 Magic Evasion + 10 % Can be equipped by Terra, Celes, Relm Is not compatible with the Merit Award You can find the Beret for the first time on the Floating Continent, in the blue orb to the northeast of the bizarre gateway that takes you to the Save Point. Later, you can buy the Beret in WoR Tzen for 3500 Gil. 4.1.3 Sketch Hit Rate with a Beret -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you are equipped with a Beret, then the chance to sketch is: If (Sketcher's level * 256) / (Target's level * 170 / 256) > [0..255] then you successfully sketch, otherwise you miss. This can be simplified with a slight deviation to (Sketcher's level)/(2/3 * Sketchee's level) Conclusions with the Beret equipped: - Whenever the Sketcher's level is equal to or higher than 1.5 * the level of the Sketchee, Sketch will always work. - If the Sketchee's level is double the Sketcher's level, the probability of Sketch working is 75 %. 4.2.1 Sketch damage formula -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's very simple. Sketch uses the level of the Sketcher, and the Magic, Strength and Attack or the Sketchee. Allow that to sink in for a moment, and try not to cry over the horror. Cyan is the character's with the lowest Magic: 25. The normal monster's Magic tends to be 10. The monsters whose Magic even starts to approach that of a characters are the following: Brachiosaur 25 Siegfried 25 Slagworm 22 Cactuar 50 Magic Urn 35 Blade Dancer 30 Death Warden 55 Desert Hare 30 Metal Hitman 25 Guardian 25 L.30 Magic 20 L.20 Magic 21 L.10 Magic 22 Long Arm* 30 Magic Master 25 Abaddon 30 Shield Dragon 22 Armodullahan 22 Crystal Dragon 26 Plague 20 Neslug (both) 20 Earth Eater 30 Holy Dragon II 22 Kaiser Dragon 22 Omega Weapon 30 * This monster cannot be Sketched The Relics Relm carries to boost damage (Gigas Glove, Earring, Hero's Ring) are NOT ignored. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.2.2 Miscellaneous notes - The Weapon Relm is holding while executing Attack or Special attack through Sketch is *entirely* ignored. This ranges from ignoring Back Row compatibility, Dice effects, X-type instant-death, random spells, everything. - The different parts in the final battle cannot be Sketched. - Silenced Sketchers cannot execute Sketch attacks that would normally cost any MP - Sketch will never work on party members - Sketch will never work on monsters with the Invisible status ********************************** 5.0 Sketch attacks ********************************** The order of the monsters below is roughly according to the order of the Bestiary. Included are Doberman, Darkside, Specter, Eukaryote and Colloseum Typhon. 75 % 25 % Special description Guard Attack Attack Silver Lobo Attack !Chomp Battle * 1.5 Megalodoth Snowstorm !Bear Claw Battle * 1.5 Wererat Attack !Bite Battle * 1.5 Spritzer Attack Slow Bandit Flare !Wrench Battle * 1.5 Leaf Bunny Attack !Incisors Battle * 1.5 Darkwind Attack !Dive Battle * 1.5 Sand Ray Attack !Tail Battle * 1.5 Alacran Attack !Numb Inflicts Stop Foper Attack !Forty Winks Inflicts Sleep Hornet Attack !Iron Stinger Battle * 1.5 Urok Attack !Digestive Fluid Inflicts Sap Belmodar Attack Megavolt Unseelie !Mythril Wrench !Mythril Wrench Battle * 1.5 Mu Snare !Maul Battle * 4 Zaghrem Attack !Punch Battle * 1.5 Trillium Attack !Poison Touch Inflicts Poison Gorgias Snowstorm !Gore Battle * 2 Cirpius Attack !Beak Inflicts Petrify Lesser Lopros Fireball !Wing Inflicts Sap Nautiloid Attack !Ink Inflicts Darkness Exocite Attack !Pincer Battle * 1.5 Heavy Armor Magitek Laser !Metal Knuckles Battle * 1.5 Commander Attack Fire Vector Hound Attack !Bite Battle * 1.5 Cartagra Attack !Poison Barb Inflicts Poison Acrophies Attack !Numbclaw Inflicts Stop Gold Bear Attack !Gouge Battle * 2.5 Valeor Attack !Nickel Wrench Battle * 1.5 Wild Rat Attack !Scratch Battle * 1.5 Darkside Firaga !Sapping Touch Inflicts Sap Specter Fire Thunder Eukaryote Attack Slow Stray Cat Blaster !Cat Scratch Battle * 4 Aepyornis Attack !Featherdust Inflicts Poison Nettlehopper Attack !Wing Snap Inflicts Berserk Chippirabbit Attack !Incisors Battle * 1.5 Doberman Attack !Bite Battle * 1.5 Imperial Soldier Attack Libra Templar Attack !Axe Battle * 2 Satellite Magitek Laser Launcher Ghost Banish Fire Poplium Attack Slow Cloud Attack Drain Angel Whisper Gravity Graviga Oversoul Attack Dread Gaze Bomb Blaze Self-Destruct Living Dead Attack !Sapping Touch Inflicts Sap Opinicus Fish Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Anguiform Aqua Breath !Garotte Battle * 5 Aspiran Gigavolt !Numbspines Inflicts Stop Actinian Aqua Breath !Clamp Battle * 1.5 Fidor Attack !Pounce Battle * 2 Corporal Attack !Swing Battle * 1.5 Hunting Hound Attack !Bite Battle * 1.5 Fossil Dragon Sandstorm !Bone Inflicts Zombie Vulture Shamshir !Eye Gouge Inflicts Darkness Iron Fist Stone !Knee Kick Battle * 1.5 Bloodfang Attack !Rabies Inflicts Poison Rock Wasp Attack !Sleepsting Inflicts Sleep Paraladia Attack !Poison Touch Inflicts Poison Harvester Dancing Flame !Sickle Battle * 1.5 Hill Gigas Magnitude 8 !Headbutt Battle * 4 Gobbledygook Vanish !Golden Wrench Battle * 1.5 Veil Dancer Blizzara Fira Stunner Attack !Incisors Battle * 1.5 Goetia Bio !Bacteria Inflicts Sap Litwor Chicken Quake !Lick Inflicts Sap Joker Thundara !Parasol Battle * 2 Don Attack !Tackle Battle * 1.5 Wyvern Cyclonic !Wing Sap Inflicts Sap Grasswyrm Lifeshaver !Wing Snap Inflicts Berserk Grenade Blaze !Mesmerize Inflicts Berserk Bug Attack !Stone Sting Inflicts Petrify Onion Knight Roulette Imp Sergeant Attack !Program 65 Inflicts Silence Belzecue Blizzaga !Program 95 Inflicts Confuse Proto Armor Magitek Laser !Program 35 Battle * 1.5 Trapper Lv. 3 Confuse Lv. 5 Death Flan Sticky Goo !Sapping Ooze Inflicts Sap General Cure !Bio Attack Inflicts Sap Destroyer Reraise !Poison Strike Inflicts Poison Lenergia Shamshir !Silencing Strike Inflicts Silence Magna Roader (p) Attack !Wheel Battle * 1.5 Magna Roader (r) Attack !Slam Battle * 1.5 Chaser Plasma !Program 17 Inflicts Shell Outcast Lifeshaver !Glare Inflicts Darkness Provoker !Sapping Touch !Sapping Touch Inflicts Sap Zombie Dragon Thundaga !Bone Inflicts Zombie Antares Magnitude 8 !Dreamstinger Inflicts Sleep Lich Fira Fire Imperial Elite Attack !Gut Strike Battle * 2 Mega Armor Magitek Laser !Metal Punch Battle * 1.5 Briareus Absolute Zero !Claw Battle * 1.5 Devourer Attack !Shell Slam Battle * 1.5 Chimera Aqua Breath !Romp Battle * 2 Intangir Traveler !Sleep Inflicts Invisible Balloon Self-Destruct !Flare Up Battle * 1.5 Bonnacon Attack !Digestive Fluid Inflicts Sap Land Grillon Attack !Wing Snap Inflicts Berserk Adamankary Blaster !Claw Battle * 1.5 Mandrake Leech !Stonetouch Inflicts Petrify Venobennu Poison !Featherdust Inflicts Poison Sky Armor Magitek Laser !Reverse Thruster Inflicts Silence Spitfire Magitek Laser !Propeller Battle * 1.5 Brainpan 1000 Needles !Smirk Inflicts Stop Misfit Lifeshaver !Enmity Inflicts Darkness Apocrypha Lv. 3 Confuse !Silencing Touch Inflicts Silence Dragon Revenge Blast !Tail Battle * 5 Platinum Dragon Cyclonic !Wing Battle * 2 Behemoth Meteor !Beatdown Battle * 3 Ninja Water Scroll Flame Scroll Naude Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Fafnir Traveler Tongue Lash Inflicts Sap Killer Mantis Hailstone !Kama Battle * 1.5 Peeper White Wind !Tail Battle * 1.5 Murussu Attack !Carapace Battle * 1.5 Gigantoad Sticky Goo !Croak Battle * 2 Land Ray Mighty Guard !Poison Tail Inflicts Poison Luna Wolf Attack !Face Chomp Inflicts Darkness Black Dragon Heartless Angel Sandstorm Rukh Shamshir !Beak Inflicts Petrify Zokka Net !Rock Inflicts Petrify Nightwalker Drain Poison Scorpion Attack !Lethal Sting Inflicts Countdown Delta Beetle Megavolt !Slam Battle * 1.5 Vampire Thorn Bio !Life Drain Inflicts Zombie Lizard Esuna Imp Devoahan Attack !Rage Battle * 1.5 Sandhorse Sandstorm !Clamp Battle * 5 Cancer Attack !Pincer Battle * 1.5 Oceanus Magnitude 8 !Corkscrew Battle * 1.5 Desert Hare Cura Cure Humpty Poison !Hug Inflicts Confuse Cruller Sticky Goo !Brainstorm Inflicts Confuse Dropper Confuse !Crazed Signal Inflicts Confuse Neck Hunter Imp !Mad Sickle Inflicts Confuse Dante Lv. 3 Confuse !Crystal Lance Battle * 3 Bogy Attack !Growl Battle * 2 Marchosias Aero !Talon Battle * 1.5 Deepeye Dread Gaze !Dreamland Inflicts Sleep Mousse Transfusion !Gunk Inflicts Slow Borghese Holy Bio Malboro Bad Breath !Drool Inflicts Sap Cloudwraith Flare !Mysterious Dance Drains HP Exoray Venomist !Deadly Pollen Inflicts Zombie Skeletal Horror Attack !Moldy Bone Inflicts Zombie Mugbear Fira !Neck Scratch Battle * 1.5 Devil Fist W. o' the Wisp !Switchblade Battle * 1.5 Luridan Rock Slide !Ram Battle * 2 Punisher Attack Attack Glasya Labolas !Uppercut !Uppercut Battle * 5 Gorgimera Avalanche El Niņo Twinscythe Metal Cutter !Drainsickle Drains HP Death Warden !Dead End !Dead End Inflicts Death Misty Cura Silence Rafflesia Entice !Poison Seed Inflicts Poison Still Life Lullaby !Poison Kiss Inflicts Poison Coeurl Cat Blaster !Pounce Battle * 1.5 Crusher Lifeshaver !Direct Hit Battle * 5 Blade Dancer Osmose Drain Caladrius Acid Rain !Beak Inflicts Petrify Ouroboros Quake Bio Face 1000 Needles !Smirk Inflicts Stop Zeveak Flash Rain !Whirling Umbrella Inflicts Confuse Seaflower Attack !Tentacle Inflicts Poison Galypdes Cyclonic !Flap Battle * 5 Necromancer Death Banish Clymenus Fira Fire Chaos Dragon Disaster !Incinerate Inflicts Death Brachiosaur Traveler !Spin Battle * 6 Tyrannosaur Aero !Bite Battle * 7 Tumbleweed Lifeshaver !Blinder Inflicts Darkness Leap Frog Sticky Goo !Tongue Inflicts Sap Slagworm Sandstorm !Crush Battle * 5 Cactuar 1000 Needles !Mindprick Inflicts Berserk Crawler Traveler !Feeler Inflicts Poison Sprinter Aero !Osmose Beak Drains MP Basilisk Break !Stone Gaze Inflicts Petrify Lycaon Blaster !Scratch Battle * 1.5 Greater Mantis Wind Slash !Mind Reaper Drains MP Test Rider Flash Rain !Golden Lance Battle * 3 Wizard Gravity Rasp Lukhavi Attack !Claw Swipe Battle * 1.5 Magna Roader (y) Attack !Wheel Battle * 1.5 Magna Roader (b) Attack !Slam Battle * 2 Psychos Lifeshaver !Mindshock Drains MP Garm Revenge Blast !Bodyslam Battle * 1.5 Tonberry Break !Knife Battle * 8 Onion Dasher Traveler !Dash Inflicts Haste Anemone Gigavolt Imp Illuyankas Gigavolt Imp Knotty Stone Imp Tzakmaquil Cyclonic Imp Zone Eater Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Vasegiatta Cyclonic !Talon Grab Battle * 2 Gloomwind Net !Rock Inflicts Petrify Purusa Attack !Bear Hug Battle * 3 Covert Wind Slash !Disappear Inflicts Invisible Kamui Meteor Attack Wartpuck Attack !Yawn Inflicts Sleep Shambling Corpse Thundaga Break Amduscias Slowga !Booty Shake Inflicts Confuse Baalzephon Tornado !Frenzy Inflicts Berserk Samurai Death Flare Al Jabr Thundaga !Spinning Umbrella Inflicts Sleep Suriander Aqua Breath !Yawn Inflicts Sleep Weredragon Death !Venom Claw Inflicts Poison Schmidt Atomic Rays !Anchor Inflicts Sap Pluto Armor Magitek Laser !Ram Battle * 2 Alluring Rider Doom !Sap Seed Inflicts Sap Pandora Revenge Blast !Hypno Gas Inflicts Sleep Parasite Gigavolt !Mind Stop Inflicts Stop Coco Overture !Slap Inflicts Silence Io Plasma !Crush Battle * 3 Armored Weapon Mega Berserk !Metal Arm Battle * 2 Lunatys Meteor !Electrode Battle * 3 Figaro Lizard Dischord !Venom Inflicts Poison Devil Thundaga Firaga Enuo Tsunami !Slime Inflicts Slow Magic Urn Curaga Esuna L.10 Magic Slow Thunder L.20 Magic Rasp Graviga L.30 Magic Osmose Thundara L.40 Magic Silence Drain L.50 Magic Berserk Bio L.60 Magic Slowga Quake L.70 Magic Blizzaga Firaga L.80 Magic Curaga Reflect L.90 Magic Meltdown Meteor Warlock Holy !Magic Drain Drains MP Mahadeva Death !Rib Battle * 2 Sorath Shamshir !Choke Battle * 1.5 Medusa Chicken Quake !Lick Inflicts Petrify Creature Bio !Stench Inflicts Confuse Moonform Flash Rain Acid Rain Aspidochelon Landslide !Rage Battle * 1.5 Siegfried Attack Attack Typhon Attack !Imp Oil Inflicts Poison Yojimbo Wind Slash !Eye for an Eye Inflicts Death Dark Force Tsunami Lv. 5 Death Muud Suud Landslide !Bodyslam Battle * 3 Fiend Dragon Northern Cross Heartless Angel Mover Disaster Attack Cherry Holy Flare Vector Lythos White Wind !Bite Battle * 1.5 Primeval Dragon Firaga !Heave Battle * 5 Landworm Magnitude 8 !Constrict Battle * 2 Gamma Self-Destruct !Gamma Rays Inflicts Countdown Great Malboro Bad Breath Poison Outsider Attack !Dispatch Inflicts Death Demon Knight Shockwave !Cursed Gaze Inflicts Sap Duel Armor Gigavolt !Megashock Battle * 3 Great Behemoth Meteor !Haymaker Battle * 4 Vector Chimera Aqua Breath Gigavolt Fortis Metal Cutter !Double Arm Battle * 1.5 Junk Thundaga !Parallout Inflicts Invisible InnoSent Attack Lv. ? Holy Deadalus Quake !Venom Tusk Inflicts Poison Ahriman Doom Roulette Death Machine Gigavolt Death Metal Hitman Dischord !Destroy Battle * 2 Prometheus Southern Cross !Drill Battle * 1.5 Zurvan Attack Gravity Vilia Attack Entice Great Dragon Atomic Rays Southern Cross Abaddon Attack !Sharpened Claw Battle * 2 Dragon Aevis Attack Aero Dinozombie Attack !Bone Battle * 5 Death Rider Metal Cutter Hyperdrive Shield Dragon Attack !Jarring Blow Inflicts Confuse Maximera Attack !Stone Gaze Inflicts Petrify Hexadragon Firaga Meltdown Magic Dragon Attack Lv. ? Holy Armodullahan Doom !Spear Battle * 2 Crystal Dragon Gale Cut !Needle Breath Battle * 2 Guard Leader Attack !Charge Battle * 1.5 Magitek Armor Attack Magitek Laser Rhizopas Attack !Bite Battle * 1.5 Hell's Rider Venomist !Silver Lance Battle * 3 Ultros 3 Tentacle Tentacle Typhon Attack !Imp Oil Inflicts Imp Ultros 4 Attack !Ink Battle * 1.5, inflicts Darkness Air Force Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Laser Gun Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Missile Bay Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Bit Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Gigantos Attack !Throat Jab Battle * 5 Ultima Weapon Attack !Full Power Battle * 2 Nelapa Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Humbaba 1 Attack !Solar Plexus Battle * 1.5 Humbaba 2 Attack !Solar Plexus Battle * 1.5 Humbaba 3 Attack !Solar Plexus Battle * 1.5 Humbaba 4 Attack !Solar Plexus Battle * 1.5 Angler Whelk Attack !Petriblast Inflicts Petrify AW (shell) Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Behemoth King Attack !Devil Claw Battle * 1.5, removes Reflect Behemoth King Firaga !Sleeping Gas Inflicts Sleep Valigarmanda Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Tonberries Attack Attack Yeti Attack !Tackle Battle * 3 Curlax Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Laragorn Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Moebius Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Wrexsoul Attack !Doom Strike Inflicts Countdown Soul Saver Attack !Magic Drain Drains MP Master Tonberry Attack !Knife Samurai Soul Attack !Assassin Blade Inflicts Death Deathgaze Attack !Venom Claw Inflicts Poison Hidon Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Erebus Attack !Poison Claw Inflicts Poison Erebus Attack !Confuse Claw Inflicts Confuse Erebus Attack !Zombie Claw Inflicts Zombie Erebus Attack !Mega Claw Battle * 4 Red Dragon Firaga Lv. ? Holy Blue Dragon Blizzaga Blaster Gold Dragon Thundaga Blizzaga Ice Dragon Blizzaga Firaga Storm Dragon Aero White Wind Earth Dragon Thundaga Magnitude 8 Skull Dragon Attack Rasp Holy Dragon Holy Flare Gigantuar 1000 Needles !Knockdown Battle * 5 Leviathan Tsunami !Entangle Inflicts Slow Gilgamesh Attack Haste Inferno Attack !Sobat Battle * 3 Rahu Attack !Rapier Battle * 1.5 Ketu Attack !Slash Battle * 2 Ultima Buster Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Guardian Mighty Guard !Ink Fiend Attack !Fiendish Rage Battle * 4, unblockable Goddess Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Demon Attack !Tyrfing Battle * 2 Kefka Ultima !Havoc Wing Plague Attack Doom Flan Princess Attack Lullaby Neslug Attack Slow N (shell) Attack Slow Earth Eater Attack !Megaton Punch Inflicts Death Gargantua Attack Quake Malboro Menace Attack !Tentacle Inflicts Poison Abyss Worm Attack Magnitude 8 Dark Behemoth Attack Meteor Red Dragon II Attack Firaga Blue Dragon II Attack Aqua Breath Gold Dragon II Attack Thundaga Ice Dragon II Attack Blizzaga Storm Dragon II Attack Aero Earth Dragon II Attack Quake Skull Dragon II Attack Bio Holy Dragon II Attack Holy Kaiser Dragon Attack Hyperdrive Omega Weapon Attack Grand Delta Glutturn (Red) Attack Firaga Glutturn (Blue) Attack Blizzaga Glutturn (Green) Attack Aero Glutturn (Yellow)Attack Thundaga ********************************** 6.0 When to use Sketch ********************************** First off: NO SKETCH ATTEMPT IS EVER GOOD ENOUGH TO WARRANT SUICIDE. That's why the following four monsters should never be Sketched: Black List: Bomb 25 % Self-Destruct Gamma 75 % Self-Destruct Balloon 75 % Self-Destruct Mousse 75 % Transfusion Second off: What's a good moment to use Sketch? A high-leveled Relm with a Merit Award, Master's Scroll and the Valiant Knife knows no good moments to use Sketch. Relm who is continuously up-to-date with all Magic available has very little moments where Sketch is superior to her Magic command. I've listed the better moments to use Sketch with a normal four-headed party in the back of my head where Relm knows no Magic but is equipped with the best weapon at the time. Here's the recommendations by location: You'll find yourself being able to use Sketch in-battle as soon as you get Relm, while fighting Ultros. The game gently pushes you to use Sketch against Ultros. While the restulting Tentacle attack is hardly worth it, Ultros AI script makes Sketch end the battle. Ultros Tentacle Tentacle Bonnacon Attack !Digestive Fluid Inflicts Sap Land Grillon Attack !Wing Snap Inflicts Berserk Adamankary Blaster !Claw Battle * 1.5 Mandrake Leech !Stonetouch Inflicts Petrify Venobennu Poison !Featherdust Inflicts Poison In the cave itself, Sketch is next to useless. The only two enemies worth sketching are Adamankary when it is accompanied by two Bonnacon (Blaster kills them) or versus Mandrake. 25 % !Stonetouch works against Land Grillon and 75 % Leech can restore Relm's health if it's low. On a normal level (20-25) Leech should absorb about 300 HP. Briareus Absolute Zero !Claw Battle * 1.5 Devourer Attack !Shell Slam Battle * 1.5 Chimera Aqua Breath !Romp Battle * 2 Outside of the cave, on the Overworld Map, both Briareus's 75 % Absolute Zero and Chimera's 75 % Aqua Breath deal 700 damage (350 when MT) on a normal level. When the Blackjack is recovered and Relm is on it, Sketch can be used to access a lot of neat cookies that are hardly ever very useful, but always interesting. If you want to see the Thundaga spell, head to the Veldt and Sketch a Zombie Dragon. If you want to see the Blizzaga spell, head to the Veldt and Sketch a Belzecue. You can teach Strago the Roulette Lore earlier by Sketching an Onion Knight for its 75 % Roulette attack. Sky Armor Magitek Laser !Reverse Thruster Inflicts Silence Spitfire Magitek Laser !Propeller Battle * 1.5 Typhon Attack !Imp Oil Inflicts Imp Ultros 4 Attack !Ink Air Force Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Laser Gun Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Missile Bay Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Bit Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Refrain from using Sketch during the entire AIF sequence, Ultros/Typhon battle and struggle against Air Force, as nothing will be worth the turn. Brainpan 1000 Needles !Smirk Inflicts Stop Misfit Lifeshaver !Enmity Inflicts Darkness Apocrypha Lv. 3 Confuse !Silencing Touch Inflicts Silence Dragon Revenge Blast !Tail Battle * 5 Platinum Dragon Cyclonic !Wing Battle * 2 Behemoth Meteor !Beatdown Battle * 3 Ninja Water Scroll Flame Scroll Naude Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Gigantos Attack !Throat Jab Ultima Weapon Attack !Full Power Nelapa Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 On the FC, Brainpan yields 75 % 1000 Needles and 25 % !Smirk, both pleasant enough to warrant usage. Platinum Dragon has a 75 % Cyclonic attack you'll absolutely want to take advantage of. Dragon's 75 % Revenge Blast might be nice if Relm is Near Fatal, but you'll want to stick to healing her ASAP in that situation rather than use Revenge Blast. While Behemoth uses Meteor and Ninja uses Water Scroll, neither will be even remotely impressive so forget about it. Gigantos, Ultima Weapon, Naude and Nelapa are all horrid models for Sketch attempts. Assuming we've gone straight to Relm in the WoR, skipping all other little side-quests: Brachiosaur Traveler !Spin Battle * 6 Tyrannosaur Aero !Bite Battle * 7 Tumbleweed Lifeshaver !Blinder Inflicts Darkness Leap Frog Sticky Goo !Tongue Inflicts Sap Slagworm Sandstorm !Crush Battle * 5 Cactuar 1000 Needles !Mindprick Inflicts Berserk Crawler Traveler !Feeler Inflicts Poison Sprinter Aero !Osmose Beak Drains MP Basilisk Break !Stone Gaze Inflicts Petrify Lycaon Blaster !Scratch Battle * 1.5 Greater Mantis Wind Slash !Mind Reaper Drains MP Vasegiatta Cyclonic !Talon Grab Battle * 2 Gloomwind Net !Rock Inflicts Petrify Purusa Attack !Bear Hug Battle * 3 Deathgaze Attack !Venom Claw Inflicts Poison On the Overworld Map, a lot of critters are there for you to Sketch. Brachiosaur's Sketch attacks aren't too bad (75 % Traveler, 25 % !Spin), but Brachiosaur is too dangerous to toy around with, and even if you have Gogo Control him while Sketching there's a 25 % chance Relm snaps him out of it. Tumbleweed's 75 % Lifeshaver can be great to absorb some HP if you could use some. Slagworm's 75 % Sandstorm comes from a respectable 22 Magic and packs quite a punch while its 25 % !Crush hurts a lot as well. Cactuar's 75 % 1000 Needles kills it, although its 25 % !Mind Prick will miss. Lycaon's 75 % Blaster kills Sprinters, while Sprinter's 75 % Aero kills Lycae. That's about it. Zokka Net !Rock Inflicts Petrify Nightwalker Drain Poison Scorpion Attack !Lethal Sting Inflicts Countdown Nothing in the Collapsing House in Tzen is worth Sketching. Humbaba 2 Attack !Solar Plexus Battle * 1.5 Humbaba 3 Attack !Solar Plexus Battle * 1.5 Humbaba 4 Attack !Solar Plexus Battle * 1.5 Humbaba isn't worth Sketching. Mugbear Fira !Neck Scratch Battle * 1.5 Devil Fist W. o' the Wisp !Switchblade Battle * 1.5 Luridan Rock Slide !Ram Battle * 2 Punisher Attack Attack Glasya Labolas !Uppercut !Uppercut Battle * 5 In Mt. Zozo, Mugbear's 75 % Fira delivers about 500 damage on a normal level (30) and since Mugbear itself is weak against the attack and it'll do 1000 to him, it's worth a shot. Luridan's 75 % Rock Slide is decent enough as well. If Relm is in the Front Row, Glasya Labolas' 100 % !Uppercut will do over 1000 damage, but given his high Evasion it's not very likely to land. Storm Dragon Aero White Wind Storm Dragon is a poor choice for Sketching under normal circumstances, as its 75 % Aero will heal it. If you used the Debilitator though, Aero packs quite a punch against Storm Dragon, and that 25 % White Wind can't hurt. Gorgimera Avalanche El Niņo Twinscythe Metal Cutter !Drainsickle Drains HP Death Warden !Dead End !Dead End Inflicts Death Behemoth King Attack !Devil Claw Behemoth King Firaga !Sleeping Gas Inflicts Sleep In the Cave in the Veldt, Twinscythe's 75 % Metal Cutter is decent enough (1100 on a single target around level 33), although 25 % !Drainsickle will dissapoint. Gorgimera, while sporting two nice spells (Avalanche and El Niņo), is a horrible Sketch target. Death Warden yields a 100 % !Dead End, which will kill it instantly. A very good idea, and one of the few moments Sketch really shines. You'll want to refrain from Sketching versus the first Behemoth King. The second one has a 75 % Firaga spell. Its performance is bad, especially considering Relm can smack him with a Gravity and/or Holy Rod, but about 2000 damage around level 35 isn't that bad, especially for Sketch. Samurai Death Flare Al Jabr Thundaga !Spinning Umbrella Inflicts Sleep Suriander Aqua Breath !Yawn Inflicts Sleep Weredragon Death !Venom Claw Inflicts Poison Alluring Rider Doom !Sap Seed Inflicts Sap Pandora Revenge Blast !Hypno Gas Inflicts Sleep Parasite Gigavolt !Mind Stop Inflicts Stop Coco Overture !Slap Inflicts Silence Schmidt Atomic Rays !Anchor Inflicts Sap Pluto Armor Magitek Laser !Ram Battle * 2 Io Plasma !Crush Battle * 3 Curlax Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Laragorn Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Moebius Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Wrexsoul Attack !Doom Strike Inflicts Countdown Soul Saver Attack !Magic Drain Drains MP In Cyan's Soul, the psychedelic background puts a stop to any kind of realistic art; no monster is worth sketching other than Weredragon, whose 75 % Death spell should take either the Weredragon or a Parasite out. In the train, Al Jabr's 75 % Thundaga and Samurai's 25 % Flare are not strong enough to make use of them, and Samurai's 75 % Death never works as everything Samurai travels with, including Samurai itself, is protected from ID attacks. While you can't Sketch Schmidt, Pluto Armor and Io as you're piloting MagiTek armor, you can meet them on the Veldt. Regardless, Sketching them isn't a very brilliant idea. Io's 75 % Plasma is the best of the bunch, and not very good. Test Rider Flash Rain !Golden Lance Battle * 3 Wizard Gravity Rasp Lukhavi Attack !Claw Swipe Battle * 1.5 Magna Roader (y) Attack !Wheel Battle * 1.5 Magna Roader (b) Attack !Slam Battle * 2 Psychos Lifeshaver !Mindshock Drains MP Garm Revenge Blast !Bodyslam Battle * 1.5 Valigarmanda Attack !Hit Ice Dragon Blizzaga Firaga In WoR Narshe are no competent Sketchee's available. Nor inside the caves of the snowy town. Ice Dragon has a 75 % Blizzaga and a 25 % Firaga. If you manage to change Ice Dragon's absorption into a weakness with the Debilitator you've got a constant 2000 damage around level 38. It beats whacking it with the Flame Rod, but is less effective than a Fira spell. Tonberry Break !Knife Battle * 8 Onion Dasher Traveler !Dash Inflicts Haste Anemone Gigavolt Imp Illuyankas Gigavolt Imp Knotty Stone Imp Tzakmaquil Cyclonic Imp Tonberries Attack Attack Yeti Attack !Tackle In Umaro's Cave the two monsters who make good Sketchee's are Tzakmaquil (75 % Cyclonic) and Onion Dasher (Traveler). Samurai Death Flare Suriander Aqua Breath !Yawn Inflicts Sleep Coco Overture !Slap Inflicts Silence Armored Weapon Mega Berserk !Metal Arm Battle * 2 Lunatys Meteor !Electrode Battle * 3 Figaro Lizard Dischord !Venom Inflicts Poison Devil Thundaga Firaga Enuo Tsunami !Slime Inflicts Slow Master Tonberry Attack !Knife Samurai Soul Attack !Assassin Blade Inflicts Death Blue Dragon Blizzaga Blaster In and around the Ancient Castle, the high Magic Defense of everything there makes sure Sketch attacks are received with a laugh. Only Figaro Lizard has a 75 % Dischord, which can't hurt and doesn't bounce off the Reflect barrier. Samurai Soul has a 25 % !Assassin Blade, which kills Samurai Soul. Even with Confuse set, it's a decent shot at killing one of the most dangerous enemies in the game. Zone Eater Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Covert Wind Slash !Disappear Inflicts Invisible Kamui Meteor Attack Wartpuck Attack !Yawn Inflicts Sleep Shambling Corpse Thundaga Break Amduscias Slowga !Booty Shake Inflicts Confuse Baalzephon Tornado !Frenzy Inflicts Berserk In the Zone Eater cave, Amduscias has a 75 % Slowga that's a free way of slowing the opponent's down. Other enemies wield either Tornado (Baalzephon) or offensive spells (Covert's 75 % Wind Slash and Shambling Corpse's 75 % Thundaga) which at this stage of the game isn't acceptable any more. Ouroboros Quake Bio Face 1000 Needles !Smirk Inflicts Stop Zeveak Flash Rain !Whirling Umbrella Inflicts Confuse Seaflower Attack !Tentacle Inflicts Poison Galypdes Cyclonic !Flap Battle * 5 Necromancer Death Banish Clymenus Fira Fire Chaos Dragon Disaster !Incinerate Inflicts Death Red Dragon Firaga Lv. ? Holy In Phoenix Cave, several monsters get nice results. Chaos Dragon's 75 % Disaster is nice, as is its 25 % !Incinerate. Ouroboros' Quake at least kills Ouroboros itself and deals decent damage to the other opponents, but is only acceptable when your party is Floating or covered in Gaia Gear. Finally, Necromancer's 25 % Banish is nice but is too rare to shoot for. Warlock Holy !Magic Drain Drains MP Mahadeva Death !Rib Battle * 2 Sorath Shamshir !Choke Battle * 1.5 Medusa Chicken Quake !Lick Inflicts Petrify Creature Bio !Stench Inflicts Confuse Moonform Flash Rain Acid Rain Aspidochelon Landslide !Rage Battle * 1.5 Hidon Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Erebus Attack !Poison Claw Inflicts Poison Erebus Attack !Confuse Claw Inflicts Confuse Erebus Attack !Zombie Claw Inflicts Zombie Erebus Attack !Mega Claw Battle * 4 In Hidon's Cave, all monsters yield damaging attacks which simply aren't effective enough to defend Sketch for. Holy Dragon Holy Flare Magic Urn Curaga Esuna You can't Sketch these critters on the Fanatic's Tower, but you can meet them on the Veldt. If you Debilitate Holy Dragon into a weakness for Holy, Sketching still isn't a good idea. Sketching Magic Urn is a grand idea though, as a 75 % Curaga coming from a 'stellar' 35 Magic Power should do you a lot of good. Earth Dragon Thundaga Magnitude 8 Earth Dragon's 75 % Thundaga is surprisingly effective for a Sketch attack, but its 25 % Magnitude8 will always miss due to its inherent Float status. Yojimbo Wind Slash !Eye for an Eye Inflicts Death Dark Force Tsunami Lv. 5 Death Muud Suud Landslide !Bodyslam Battle * 3 Fiend Dragon Northern Cross Heartless Angel Mover Disaster Attack Cherry Holy Flare Vector Lythos White Wind !Bite Battle * 1.5 Primeval Dragon Firaga !Heave Battle * 5 Landworm Magnitude 8 !Constrict Battle * 2 Gamma Self-Destruct !Gamma Rays Inflicts Countdown Great Malboro Bad Breath Poison Outsider Attack !Dispatch Inflicts Death Demon Knight Shockwave !Cursed Gaze Inflicts Sap Duel Armor Gigavolt !Megashock Battle * 3 Great Behemoth Meteor !Haymaker Battle * 4 Vector Chimera Aqua Breath Gigavolt Fortis Metal Cutter !Double Arm Battle * 1.5 Junk Thundaga !Parallout Inflicts Invisible InnoSent Attack Lv. ? Holy Deadalus Quake !Venom Tusk Inflicts Poison Ahriman Doom Roulette Death Machine Gigavolt Death Metal Hitman Dischord !Destroy Battle * 2 Prometheus Southern Cross !Drill Battle * 1.5 Inferno Attack !Sobat Battle * 3 Rahu Attack !Rapier Battle * 1.5 Ketu Attack !Slash Battle * 2 Ultima Buster Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Guardian Mighty Guard !Ink Battle * 1.5, inflicts Darkness Fiend Attack !Fiendish Rage Battle * 4, unblockable Goddess Attack !Hit Battle * 1.5 Demon Attack !Tyrfing Battle * 2 Kefka Ultima !Havoc Wing Battle * 4 In Kefka's Tower, there are a few monsters that nice results: Great Malboro has a 75 % Bad Breath, Fiend Dragon has a 75 % Northern Cross and a 25 % Heartless Angel, Yojimbo has a 25 % !Eye for an Eye, although its 75 % Wind Slash is useless, Vector Lythos has a great 75 % White Wind, Dark Force has a 25 % Lv. 5 Death which kills all Dark Force enemies, but its 75 % Tsunami is horrid and Outsider has a 25 % !Dispatch while its 75 % Battle is a wasted turn. Guardian's 75 % Mighty Guard might prove a nice feature in a party that lacks Lore casters who know Mighty Guard themselves. Finally, Kefka makes a decent Sketch; Ultima is fairly poor, but !Havoc Wing is quite strong. Zurvan Attack Gravity Vilia Attack Entice Great Dragon Atomic Rays Southern Cross Abaddon Attack !Sharpened Claw Battle * 2 Dragon Aevis Attack Aero Dinozombie Attack !Bone Battle * 5 Death Rider Metal Cutter Hyperdrive Shield Dragon Attack !Jarring Blow Inflicts Confuse Maximera Attack !Stone Gaze Inflicts Petrify Hexadragon Firaga Meltdown Magic Dragon Attack Lv. ? Holy Armodullahan Doom !Spear Battle * 2 Crystal Dragon Gale Cut !Needle Breath Battle * 2 Plague Attack Doom Flan Princess Attack Lullaby Neslug Attack Slow N (shell) Attack Slow Earth Eater Attack !Megaton Punch Inflicts Death Gargantua Attack Quake Malboro Menace Attack !Tentacle Inflicts Poison Abyss Worm Attack Magnitude 8 Dark Behemoth Attack Meteor Red Dragon II Attack Firaga Blue Dragon II Attack Aqua Breath Gold Dragon II Attack Thundaga Ice Dragon II Attack Blizzaga Storm Dragon II Attack Aero Earth Dragon II Attack Quake Skull Dragon II Attack Bio Holy Dragon II Attack Holy Kaiser Dragon Attack Hyperdrive Omega Weapon Attack Grand Delta Sadly, it seems the Advance team has learned little from past mistakes. They've installed a simple physical Attack in almost every 75 % slot. It's their thing. However, some nice Sketch results can still be found, despite their best efforts. Zurvan's 25 % Gravity will probably deal 9999 damage, but given the demonic thing is vulnerable to ID a Death spell will help you better. Death Rider's Hyperdrive is massively powerful, though its Undead nature will open it up for a Raise spell, making Sketching futile. Flan Princess is vulnerable to Sleep, and the 25 % Lullaby is your only means of MT Sleep. Earth Eater's 25 % !Megaton Punch can kill it instantly. All other attacks are simply damaging attacks not quite up to the task with the possible exception of Kaiser Dragon's 25 % massive Hyperdrive; though when facing Kaiser Dragon you'll probably want to rely on mass damage without a random factor involved. Glutturn (Red) Attack Firaga Glutturn (Blue) Attack Blizzaga Glutturn (Green) Attack Aero Glutturn (Yellow)Attack Thundaga It's a bad idea to Sketch Glutturn regardless of their color and refreshment demand; the resulting attacks are too weak to provoke the Glutturn for, and the yellow, X-Ether guzzling Glutturn even absorbs the 25 % Thundaga attack. ********************************** 7.0 Conclusion ********************************** Is Sketch a good command? No, Sketch isn't a good command. Relm would have been better off with Control, Blitz, Tools, Throw or even Bushido. But Sketch was never meant to be Relm's primary source of damage; it's a side-command, like Terra's Trance and Celes' Runic skill. With this in mind, Sketch seems different. It shouldn't be compared to Sabin's Blitz techniques or Edgar's Tools. Nobody ever uses Morph or Runic in a normal battle either; Sketch is a great command to use in a few select battles in a normal game. In my opinion, even with Relm having access to good spells, the following battles are in my opinion the battles to use Sketch in: - On the Veldt, to learn Roulette earlier - Ultros # 3, for guaranteed end of the battle - Death Warden, for guaranteed one-hit KO - Fiend Dragon, for 75 % Northern Cross and 25 % Heartless Angel - Platinum Dragon, for 75 % Cyclonic - Samurai Soul, for 25 % chance at !Assassin blade - Chaos Dragon, for 75 % Disaster and 25 % !Incinerate - Vector Lythos, for 75 % White Wind - Guardian, for a one-time 75 % Mighty Guard - Earth Eater, for a 25 % shot at killing it instantly ********************************** Disclaimer and legal necessities ********************************** This was written in 2004/2007, by Djibriel, and is copyrighted by me. You are unauthorised to present this document, partly or whole, as written by somebody else as the authors of the respective bodies of text. 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