Florn

Florn
Group	Flowers
Roles	Foe
Appearances	Epic Battle Fantasy 4 Epic Battle Fantasy 5

The Florn is a foe in Epic Battle Fantasy 4 and 5. In EBF4, it is usually found in the Lankyroot Jungle; in EBF5, it appears in the Data Bunker following the v2 update.

Appearance

The Florn is a red flower with four large, slightly ragged petals surrounding the barbed green spike at its center. Like all Flowers, it is attached to a thick green vine with a single leaf sticking out of the back.

Overview

The Florn is the Flower species with the most battle similarities to the Rafflesia that spawned it, using powerful physical Bio attacks that can inflict Poison status with varying levels of power. It also has a multi-target non-elemental attack, but this is slightly weaker than its single-target moves and lacks special effects. When its HP is reduced to critical levels, it can sacrifice itself in a final attack, spearing a single target for significant, slightly Bio-based physical damage and a high chance of Poison. This attack can also be provoked by applying Syphon or Berserk to the Florn, giving players an option to quickly remove it from a battle at the cost of taking a big hit.

Compared to its fellow Flowers, the Florn is a straightforward offensive foe without many tricks beyond possibly Poisoning the victims of its attacks. Pairing up with a Frose is a mixed blessing for it; the frequent Cloudburst casts will reduce its weakness to Fire while amplifying its weakness to Ice. It shares its Wind weakness with the rest of its family (as well as Rafflesia itself), so moves like Hurricane or Power Metal will be most effective at taking them all down at once.

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

The Florn's moveset changes slightly between difficulty levels; it uses Nettle on Normal and below, and Vines on Hard or Epic. It is equally weak to Fire, Ice, and Wind, but absorbs Water and Bio while being immune to Poison. Enabling "More Foe Resistance" removes its Ice weakness and gives it an immunity to Attack and Accuracy debuffs.

Epic Battle Fantasy 5

The Florn underwent several small changes for its reintroduction to the series. The elemental degree on its Bio attacks was reduced to 25%, but their Poison-inflicting abilities were also lowered; in fact, only Suicide has a chance to Poison its target now (although the success rate triples on higher difficulties). It also enjoys slight boosts to its HP and the Base Power of its attacks, making it a little stronger and more durable than its EBF4 incarnation. As a Classic foe, it ignores Lovable and cannot be affected by Invisible or Enchanted.

Unfortunately for the Florn, its improvements pale in comparison to the new options that players can bring against it, particularly the increased viability and versatility of status builds. Aside from being forced to Suicide if hit by Syphon or Berserk, it can easily be afflicted with Wet, Light, or Dry to amplify any of its elemental weaknesses, immobilized with Stun or Freeze, and reliably slaughtered by Instant Death (either directly or by combining Doom and Bad Luck). Elemental resistance is minimally useful against it, so it's best to just kill it outright; alternatively, physically bulky and Poison-resistant parties can let it live to prevent more annoying support Flowers from replacing it.

Fire, Ice, and Wind do extra damage to the Florn, but it absorbs Water, Bio, and especially Thunder. It's also immune to Poison and Virus (which actually hurts it, since they'd act like free Regen for it) and has a modest resistance to all stat debuffs except HP. The "More Foe Resistance" challenge makes it neutral to Ice, very resistant to Stun, Chill, and Freeze, and quite resistant to Wet, Dry, Doom, and Instant Death.

As a Flower, the Florn is one of the few foes in EBF5 that cannot be Captured and used as a summon.

Statistics

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

	Florn	EBF4
	A red flower which uses poison attacks. Will self destruct at low HP.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP
	136	4	4	4	4	4	4	20	2.3	2.3	15	50
Elemental Resistance
	-50%	-	-50%	-	150%	-	-50%	150%	-	-
Status Resistance
	-	-	-	-	100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon					-	-	-
Name	Gash Nut	Jungle Flower	Lanky Root	Cactus	-	-	-
Chance	60%	20%	40%	40%	-	-	-

Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Burn	Poison	Doom (if Death fails)	Regen
10.5%	Immune	25%	-33.(3)%
Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

Statistics with More Foe Resistance enabled.

	Florn	EBF4
	A red flower which uses poison attacks. Will self destruct at low HP.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP
	136	4	4	4	4	4	4	20	2.3	2.3	15	50
Elemental Resistance
	-50%	-	-	-	150%	-	-50%	150%	-	-
Status Resistance
	-	-	-	-	100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	100%	-	-	-	100%	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon					-	-	-
Name	Gash Nut	Jungle Flower	Lanky Root	Cactus	-	-	-
Chance	60%	20%	40%	40%	-	-	-

Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Burn	Poison	Doom (if Death fails)	Regen
10.5%	Immune	25%	-33.(3)%
Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

Epic Battle Fantasy 5

	Florn	EBF5
	This smelly red flower uses bio attacks, and will self destruct when its HP is low.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP	Catch
	159	4	4	4	4	4	4	12	2.5	2.5	2	40	N/A*
Elemental Resistance
	-50%	200%	-50%	-	150%	-	150%	-50%	-	-
Status Resistance
	-	-	-	100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%

Item Drop Rate
Icon
Name	Gash Root	Cactus	An Herb	Raspberries	Bone Spike
Chance	75%	75%	30%	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
4.2% per stack, up to 37.8%	8.4% per stack, up to 75.6%	Immune	Immune	20%	-26.(6)%
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.

	Florn	EBF5
	This smelly red flower uses bio attacks, and will self destruct when its HP is low.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP	Catch
	159	4	4	4	4	4	4	12	2.5	2.5	2	40	N/A*
Elemental Resistance
	-50%	200%	-	-	150%	-	150%	-50%	-	-
Status Resistance
	-	70%	70%	100%	-	-	-	50%	-	-	-	50%
Debuff Resistance
	-	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%

Item Drop Rate
Icon
Name	Gash Root	Cactus	An Herb	Raspberries	Bone Spike
Chance	75%	75%	30%	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
4.2% per stack, up to 37.8%	8.4% per stack, up to 75.6%	Immune	Immune	20%	-26.(6)%
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.

As with all the Classic foes, the Florn is immune to both Invisible and Enchanted.

Attacks and Abilities

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

Attack List
Attack	Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Petal Volley	All	24/3		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Nettle	Single	30		50%	40%	3x		100%	10%	10%
Notes: May be used only on Easy and Normal difficulties.
Vines	Single	45		50%	50%	2x		100%	10%	10%
Notes: May be used only on Hard and Epic difficulties
Thorny Vine	Single	90/3		30%	11%	2x		100%	10%	10%
Suicide	Single	70		30%	100%	3x		100%	10%	10%
Notes: Kills the user.

Epic Battle Fantasy 5

Attack List
Attack	Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Petal Volley	All	33/3		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Vines	Single	60		25%	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Thorny Vine	Single	110/3		25%	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Suicide	Single	90		25%	50%	3x		100%	10%	10%
Notes: Status chance increased to 150% on Hard or Epic difficulties. Kills the user.

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 → Suicide;
• ≥32% HP → Petal Volley (1/3), Nettle/Vines (1/3), Thorny Vine (1/3);
• <32% HP → Suicide.

Epic Battle Fantasy 5

Action

• If Syphoned, Berserked, or <32% HP → Suicide;
• Otherwise → Petal Volley (1/3), Vines (1/3), Thorny Vine (1/3).

Counter (only if Counter-Attacking Foes is enabled)

• 25% and not Syphoned → Petal Volley.

Additionally, like all the Classic foes, the Florn ignores the Lovable status on players.

Trivia

• The Florn's name is a combination of "flower" and "thorn", with the latter alluding to its Bio affinity and penchant for stabbing players with sharp bits of vegetation.