Difference between revisions of "Ob"

• Zeni Notorious Monster (Tier I)
  • Pop can be purchased with 1,000 zeni from Sanraku In Aht Urhgan Whitegate.
• Can be Gravity, Paralyze, Bind, and Slow.
  • Gains resistance to Bind and Gravity after several casts. Immune to Silence.
• Can eventually run out of MP.
• Harlequin Frame is undoubtedly the most difficult to deal with, as it has quick cast spells, does not stay at range, has access to Magic Mortar and Slapstick, seems to have an innate resistance to both physical and magical damage, and seems to gain a very potent Regain trait at lower HP.
• Wind Maneuver or Thunder Maneuver will trigger Ob to change into Sharpshot.
• Fire Maneuver or Earth Maneuver or Light Maneuver will trigger a change into Valoredge.
• Ice Maneuver or Water Maneuver or Dark Maneuver will trigger a change into Stormwaker.
• Will change between all 4 forms depending on the maneuvers used throughout the course of the fight.
• The trigger is the maneuvers that are active, not the manuvers that are used. Pop with the manuver you need active, it will change immediately.

Harlequin Frame

• • Uses Slapstick, Knockout, Magic Mortar (very long range and ignores shadows).
  • Magic Mortar, especially when used by the Harlequin frame, seems to be the strongest overall weapon skill. When Ob is at low HP, it has been known to deal upwards of 2000 damage at range, ignoring shadows.
  • Harlequin Frame Ob has access to Dia, Blind, Slow, Paralyze, and can Cure IV itself.

Stormwaker Frame

• Uses Slapstick, Knockout, Magic Morta (very long range and ignores shadows)
• Will not move into melee range until it's < 66% HP.
• Has access to all tier IV black magic spells, tier III black magic "-ga" spells, Ancient Magic, Stun, Sleep II, Sleepga II the "Elemental enfeebles" (Drown, Choke, etc...), Blaze Spikes, and the same enfeebles as the Harlequin Frame. It does not seem to cure itself.

Valoredge Frame

• Uses String Clipper, Chimera Ripper, Cannibal Blade, Bone Crusher

Sharpshot Frame

• Uses Arcuballista (ranged), Daze (ranged), Armor Piercer (ranged)
• Will not move into melee range until it's < 66% HP.

Getting There

• Head to the teleporter at H-9 in Alzadaal Undersea Ruins.
• The pop location is then at G-7.

History/Background

In Judaic culture, ob (or owb) is the word which refers to either the spirit of a dead human, the medium possessed by the dead person’s spirit (derived from “skin-bottle” or “leather bottle”, referring to the person as a vessel, which is usually the conjurer themselves), the artifacts used to conjure such spirits, or even the necromancer themselves. The practice of necromancy was relatively common among pagan Jewish belief based on the prohibitions of it and other such divination practices mentioned in the Old Testament. References to such wizards and familiar spirits can be found in the Books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy.

The Hebrew ob has cognates in various Mesopotamian languages, where it means “deceased person’s spirit” and “pit” (referring originally to the pit from which the spirit of a dead person, usually an ancestor, could be summoned, but later to any hole in the ground). It should be noted the equivalent word to ob in Greek, pytho, also refers to both the conjurer and the spirit possessing them.