Metal Idol

Metal Idol
Group	Idols
Roles	Foe, Summon
Appearances	Epic Battle Fantasy 5

The Metal Idol is a foe and a summon in Epic Battle Fantasy 5. It is mainly found in the Iron Fortress.

Appearance

Metal Idols are pieces of scrap metal which have transformed into tiny magical golems; whether this was intentional or not is ambiguous. Their body is primarily silver, with dark grey metal details. They have rectangular mouths and large black holes for eyes with tiny white pupils; combined with their energetic movements, they give the impression of being perpetually surprised or terrified.

Metal Idol variants include:

1. A rectangular Idol that's wider than it is tall, with a screw in each corner of its body. It has short, wide "legs" and another, smaller silver plate forming its backside. Its mouth has small, dark grey slats for "teeth". It is the only Metal Idol variant with full bilateral symmetry.
2. A rectangular Idol that's taller than it is wide, with a screw in each of its upper corners. Its right eye is larger than its left, and its "mouth" is a rectangular hole in its right side. It has stubby "arms" formed from a piece of dark grey metal, as well as three metal poles running through its body; two protrude from its lower edge to act like thin legs.
3. A triangular Idol with square "legs", a single eye, and sharp white teeth in its mouth. A screw is embedded in its topmost and bottom-left corners, with their ends protruding from the second metal plate serving as the Idol's back.

Overview

The Metal Idol is more of an annoyance than a true threat. It has two physical attacks with a mild Earth element, as well as a non-elemental magic attack that has a decent chance to inflict Disable; while the status isn't very strong, it can prove to be a mild annoyance. On higher difficulty levels, the Disable chance becomes significantly higher and one of its physical attacks gains a small Stagger chance, slightly improving its ability to support its stronger allies.

Like most Idols, the Metal Idol is a low-priority target that can be picked off with multi-target attacks while the party focuses on stronger foes. Despite slightly above-average Evade, it's not especially difficult to kill, especially if its weaknesses are exploited by skills such as Water Whirl, Aqua Volley, or Bullet Hell.

The Metal Idol resists Bio while being weak to Fire and especially Water; it also has a massive Stagger vulnerability. With "More Foe Resistance" enabled, it gains a Thunder absorption and becomes immune to Bio, Water, and Bomb.

Statistics

	Metal Idol	EBF5
	It's a pile of living scrap metal. It's not very dangerous, but it can disable a player's attacks.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP	Catch
	68	4	4	4	4	4	4.2	6	1	1	7	50	70
Elemental Resistance
	-80%	-	-	-	50%	-	-50%	-	-	-
Status Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon				-	-
Name	Steel Plate	Shuriken	Floppy	-	-
Chance	20%	25%	10%	-	-

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
6.3% per stack, up to 56.7%	12.6% per stack, up to 113.4%	1.5% per stack, up to 13.5%	3% per stack, up to 27%	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.

	Metal Idol	EBF5
	It's a pile of living scrap metal. It's not very dangerous, but it can disable a player's attacks.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP	Catch
	68	4	4	4	4	4	4.2	6	1	1	7	50	70
Elemental Resistance
	-80%	200%	-	-	100%	100%	100%	-	-	-
Status Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon				-	-
Name	Steel Plate	Shuriken	Floppy	-	-
Chance	20%	25%	10%	-	-

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
6.3% per stack, up to 56.7%	12.6% per stack, up to 113.4%	0	0	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

Attack List
Attack	Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Hit	Single	15		25%	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Disabling Burst	Single	12		----	33%	1x		100%	10%	10%
Notes: Status chance increased to 66% on Hard or Epic difficulties. Before the v2 update, the attack was Physical.
Idol Pyramid	Single	24		25%	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Notes: Gets 20% chance of 1x Stagger 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.

Action

• If catch score >55 and all players are Lovable → Surrender;
• If Syphoned or Berserked → Hit;
• Otherwise → Hit (1/3), Disabling Burst (1/3), Idol Pyramid (1/3).

Counter (only if Counter-Attacking Foes is enabled)

• 33%;
  • If Syphoned → Idol Pyramid;
  • Otherwise → Disabling Burst.

Summon

The Metal Idol can be captured and used as a summon.

	Metal Idol							SP
	Gives heavy status to all allies, including those in backup, protecting them from wind damage.							14	Kept
Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Allies+B	--	--	----	--	5x		--	--	--
Note: Before the v2 update, cost 13 SP and gave 3x Heavy instead.