The Big Sand Slime is a foe in Epic Battle Fantasy 4 and 5, and a summon in the latter. In EBF4, it appears primarily in the sandy area of Goldenbrick Resort. It is a member of the Big Slime enemy class.
Appearance
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Overview
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Statistics
Epic Battle Fantasy 4
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Big Sand Slime | EBF4 |
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| A huge version of the Sand Slime. Uses water and earth attacks. Has low evade. Summons Sand Slimes. | ||
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| 600 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2.5 | 77 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 50 | 20 | |
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| 50% | 100% | -50% | 150% | -80% | - | 100% | -80% | - | -50% | |||
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| 100% | - | -80% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
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| Chance | 100% | 30% | 60% | 2% | - | - | - |
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| Immune | 2.16% per stack, up to 19.44% |
10% | -13.(3)% |
| Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down. | |||
Epic Battle Fantasy 5
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Big Sand Slime | EBF5 |
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| The lord of the cacti. It uses powerful earth and bio attacks. When it starts bouncing, watch out! | ||
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| 470 | 4.3 | 4 | 4.3 | 4 | 4 | 2.5 | 55 | 8.5 | 9 | 52 | 20 | 7 | |
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| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -100% | ||
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| Name | Cactus | Cactus | Cactus | Bone Spike | Lollipop | ||
| Chance | 75% | 75% | 75% | 50% | 2% | ||
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| 1.4% per stack, up to 12.6% |
2.8% per stack, up to 25.2% |
1.2% per stack, up to 10.8% |
2.4% per stack, up to 21.6% |
10% | -13.(3)% |
| Damage taken from first four is decreased by 30% on Easy and 65% on Zero difficulties. Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down. | |||||
Attacks and Abilities
Epic Battle Fantasy 4
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| Body Slam | Single | 36 |
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| Ground Pound | All | 20 |
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| Notes: Has 30.6% chance to summon 1 Sand Slime, 50.4% chance to summon 2, 16.2% chance to summon 3 and 2.8% chance to summon none. | ||||||||||
| Sand Dune | Single | 60 |
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| Flood | Single | 60 |
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100% | 3x |
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100% | 10% | 10% |
| Bubble Burst | All | 22 |
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100% | 2x |
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| Leap | Single | 40 |
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| Ground Pound | All | 22 |
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| Notes: Spawns one Sand Slime. 50% chance of spawning an extra Sand Slime on Hard and Epic difficulties. Gets 2x  Charge.
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| Double Ground Pound | All | 28/2 |
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| Notes: 60% chance of spawning one Sand Slime. Changes to 54% chance of spawning one Sand Slime and 18% chance of spawning two Sand Slimes on Hard and Epic difficulties. Gets 2x Charge.
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| Cacti | Single | 70/3 |
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| Sand Dune | Single | 60 |
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| Poisonous Thorns Volley | Random | 110/9 |
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| Charged Ground Pound | All | 74/2 |
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| Notes: First hit deals 14 power and second hit deals 60. Statuses happen on both hits. Gives 2x Stagger to self. Requires and expends Charge.Spawns two Sand Slimes, with 50% chance of spawning a third one on Hard or Epic difficulties. | ||||||||||
Battle logic
The following describes general logic of the enemy and attack patterns, with chances of each attack to be used. Conditions are listed from highest to lowest priority unless specified otherwise.
Epic Battle Fantasy 4
- Berserked or/and Syphoned → Body Slam (1/2), Ground Pound (1/2);
- Otherwise → Body Slam (1/5), Ground Pound (1/5), Sand Dune (1/5), Flood (1/5), Bubble Burst (1/5).
Epic Battle Fantasy 5
- If Charged → Charged Ground Pound;
- If Syphoned, catch score >55 and all players are Lovable → Ground Pound;
- If catch score >55 and all players are Lovable → Poisonous Thorns Volley (1/2), Ground Pound (1/2);
- If Syphoned or Berserked → Leap (1/3), Poisonous Thorns Volley (1/3), Ground Pound (1/3);
- Otherwise → Leap (1/5), Poisonous Thorns Volley (1/5), Cacti (1/5), Sand Dune (1/5), Ground Pound (1/5).
* Ground Pound becomes Double Ground Pound when <49% HP.
Additionally, if any front line player has equipment that scares Slimes, the Big Sand Slime will inflict 2x Berserk on themselves at the start of their turn (this does not take up their turn).
Summon
In EBF5, the foe can be captured to be used as a summon.
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| Uses a powerful bio attack which hits a single foe and may stun them. | 46 | Cured | |||||||
| Target | Power | Type | Element | Status Effect | Acc | Crit | RdF | ||
| Single | 310/3 |
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