Dark Bush

Dark Bush
Group	Bushes
Roles	Foe, Summon
Appearances	Epic Battle Fantasy 3 Epic Battle Fantasy 4 Epic Battle Fantasy 5

The Dark Bush is a recurring foe in the Epic Battle Fantasy series, first appearing in Epic Battle Fantasy 3, and a summon in Epic Battle Fantasy 5. It appears mostly in ashy areas, such as Volcano Peak (EBF3), The Rapture (EBF5), and certain parts of Ashwood Forest and Lankyroot Jungle (EBF4). It is a member of the Bush enemy class.

Appearance

The Dark Bush is a black-colored bush with demonic red eyes, bull horns and sharp nails. In EBF3, it has multiple possible appearances (the only difference is how much its horns are broken), with the fourth one having twice the chance to be chosen; in EBF4, only that one is left. In EBF5, it gains some horn variants back, with equal chance for each.

Overview

In contrast to its flammable brethren, the Dark Bush has Fire and Ice resistance (or is neutral to them in EBF3), Dark absorption/immunity, but doesn't absorb Water. That said, it's still just a weak bush and is easily defeated, especially with attacks hitting an elemental weakness, which vary between games. However, as with other Bushes, watch out for its (de)buff abilities helping its stronger allies in combat.

Statistics

Epic Battle Fantasy 3

	Dark Bush	Sooty Shrub	EBF3
	A timid creature well hidden under the ash.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	Gold
	100	4	4	4	4	4	4.4	12	1.5	6
Elemental Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%	200%	-100%	-
Status Resistance
	-100%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon			-	-	-	-	-
Name	Herb	Curly Horn	-	-	-	-	-
Chance	100%	60%	-	-	-	-	-

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

	Dark Bush	EBF4
	A timid creature which uses non-elemental attacks and can lower the party's defence.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP
	85	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	1.2	1.2	6	50
Elemental Resistance
	50%	-50%	50%	-50%	-80%	-	-80%	-	-100%	100%
Status Resistance
	-100%	-	-	-	-	-	-100%	-	-	-100%	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon				-	-	-	-
Name	Fine Fur	Curly Horn	Solid Spike	-	-	-	-
Chance	25%	20%	5%	-	-	-	-

Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Burn	Poison	Doom (if Death fails)	Regen
3.5%	5.4% per stack, up to 48.6%	25%	-33.(3)%
Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

Statistics with More Foe Resistance enabled.

	Dark Bush	EBF4
	A timid creature which uses non-elemental attacks and can lower the party's defence.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP
	85	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	1.2	1.2	6	50
Elemental Resistance
	50%	-50%	50%	150%	150%	-	-80%	-	-100%	100%
Status Resistance
	-100%	-	-	-	-	-	-100%	-	-	-100%	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon				-	-	-	-
Name	Fine Fur	Curly Horn	Solid Spike	-	-	-	-
Chance	25%	20%	5%	-	-	-	-

Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Burn	Poison	Doom (if Death fails)	Regen
3.5%	-1.5% per stack, up to -13.5%	25%	-33.(3)%
Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

Epic Battle Fantasy 5

	Dark Bush	EBF5
	I'm not sure if this thing is still technically a bush. It looks almost like a creature. It's got sharp claws too.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP	Catch
	65	4	4	4	4	4	4	6.5	1	1	4.5	50	80
Elemental Resistance
	50%	-	50%	-50%	-50%	-	-	-	-80%	50%
Status Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon			-	-	-
Name	Razor Claw	Bone Spike	-	-	-
Chance	15%	2%	-	-	-

Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Burn	Scorch	Poison	Virus	Doom (if Death fails)	Regen
1.75% per stack, up to 15.75%	3.5% per stack, up to 31.5%	4.5% per stack, up to 40.5%	9% per stack, up to 81%	25%	-33.(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.

Statistics with More Foe Resistance enabled.

	Dark Bush	EBF5
	I'm not sure if this thing is still technically a bush. It looks almost like a creature. It's got sharp claws too.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP	Catch
	65	4	4	4	4	4	4	6.5	1	1	4.5	50	80
Elemental Resistance
	50%	50%	50%	-50%	200%	-	50%	50%	-80%	200%
Status Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon			-	-	-
Name	Razor Claw	Bone Spike	-	-	-
Chance	15%	2%	-	-	-

Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Burn	Scorch	Poison	Virus	Doom (if Death fails)	Regen
1.75% per stack, up to 15.75%	3.5% per stack, up to 31.5%	-3% per stack, up to -27%	-6% per stack, up to -54%	25%	-33.(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 3

Attack List
Attack	Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Leaf Stab	Single	17		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Bite	Single	22		----	--	--	--	90%	30%	10%
Thin Tone Scream	Single	15		100%	100%	30%		100%	0%	10%
Deep Tone Scream	Allies	--	--	----	--	30%		--	--	--

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

Attack List
Attack	Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Leaf Stab	Single	16		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Bite	Single	28		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Scream	All	--	--	----	70%	20%		100%	--	--
Notes: On Hard and Epic difficulties, debuff strength is increased to 30%.

Epic Battle Fantasy 5

Attack List
Attack	Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
6x Hit	Single	28/6		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Bite	Single	18		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Scream	All	--	--	----	75%	15%		100%	--	--
Notes: Debuff strength increased to 25% 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 3

• Berserked → Leaf Stab;
• Otherwise → Leaf Stab (1/4), Bite (1/4), Thin Tone Scream (1/4), Deep Tone Scream (1/4).

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

• Berserked → Bite;
• Syphoned → Leaf Stab;
• Otherwise → Leaf Stab (1/3), Bite (1/3), Scream (1/3).

Epic Battle Fantasy 5

Action

• If catch score >55 and all players are Lovable → Surrender;
• If Syphoned or Berserked → 6x Hit (1/2), Bite (1/2);
• Otherwise → 6x Hit (2/5), Bite (2/5), Scream (1/5).

Counter (only if Counter-Attacking Foes is enabled)

• 25% and not Syphoned → Scream.

Summon

In EBF5, the foe can be captured to be used as a summon.

	Dark Bush							SP
	Hisses viciously at the enemies, debuffing their evade slightly.							13	Kept
Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
All	--	--	----	100%	25%		100%	--	--

Trivia

• In EBF5, unlike all the other Bushes, the Dark Bush is unaffected by equipment that scares Trees.