Fuzzy Worm

Fuzzy Worm
Group	Worms
Roles	Foe, Summon
Appearances	Epic Battle Fantasy 5

The Fuzzy Worm is a foe and a summon in Epic Battle Fantasy 5. It's typically found in the Wild Tropics.

Appearance

The Fuzzy Worm is a caterpillar-like creature with an off-white underbelly and face, blue eyes, and thin black antennae. As its name suggests, its back is covered in yellow-orange fuzz speckled with small red markings. It has a small mouth with one of three random expressions, a straight line, a triangular frown, or a cat-like smile.

Overview

The Fuzzy Worm is a low-tier foe with weak single-target attacks that deal non-elemental damage. It is most notable for its Sting, which has a very high chance to inflict Confuse on the victim. It can also curl up to buff its Magic Defence or whistle to summon another Fuzzy Worm, sometimes accompanied by a Putrid Worm - fortunately, it only uses the latter skill when it is the only foe left in the wave. As weak as it is, it can be rather annoying if left to its own devices; kill it ahead of or alongside other foes to prevent it from summoning reinforcements.

The Fuzzy Worm gets several benefits on higher difficulty levels; its Sting inflicts two Confuse stacks instead of one, its Bite gains a small chance of inflicting Virus, it adds Defend to its Curl up buff, and its Whistle calls up to three foes as backup (two Fuzzy Worms and potentially a Putrid Worm).

The Fuzzy Worm absorbs Thunder, but has no resistance against any of the other elements. It's weak to Earth, Dark, and especially Bio damage; the latter works well with its massive vulnerability to Poison and Virus. It gains an additional Water absorption if "More Foe Resistance" is enabled.

Statistics

	Fuzzy Worm	EBF5
	A worm that attacks with a powerful neurotoxin, which causes severe confusion. Don't let it sting you!

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP	Catch
	72	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	1	1	6	50	60
Elemental Resistance
	-	200%	-	-50%	-80%	-	-	-	-	-50%
Status Resistance
	-	-	-	-100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon			-	-	-
Name	Wool	Silk	-	-	-
Chance	15%	5%	-	-	-

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
3.5% per stack, up to 31.5%	7% per stack, up to 63%	5.4% per stack, up to 48.6%	10.8% per stack, up to 97.2%	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.

	Fuzzy Worm	EBF5
	A worm that attacks with a powerful neurotoxin, which causes severe confusion. Don't let it sting you!

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP	Catch
	72	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	1	1	6	50	60
Elemental Resistance
	-	200%	-	-50%	-80%	-	200%	-	-	-50%
Status Resistance
	-	-	-	-100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon			-	-	-
Name	Wool	Silk	-	-	-
Chance	15%	5%	-	-	-

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
3.5% per stack, up to 31.5%	7% per stack, up to 63%	5.4% per stack, up to 48.6%	10.8% per stack, up to 97.2%	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
Sting	Single	10		----	100%	1x		50%	10%	10%
Notes: Status strength increased to 2x on Hard or Epic difficulties,
Bite	Single	14		----	--	--	--	66%	10%	10%
Notes: Gets 10% chance of 3x Virus on Hard or Epic difficulties.
Whistle	None	--	--	----	--	--	--	--	--	--
Notes: Spawns one Fuzzy Worm, with 50% chance of also spawning one Putrid Worm. Spawns an extra Fuzzy Worm on Hard or Epic difficulties. All of these will be the same level as the user.
Curl Up	Self	--	--	----	--	25%		--	--	--
Notes: Also gets Defend 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 Berserked → Bite;
• If Syphoned → Sting (1/2), Bite (1/2);
• If no other foes are left → Whistle;
• Otherwise → Sting (1/2);
  • If the Fuzzy Worm already has a Magic Defence buff → Bite (1/2);
  • Otherwise → Bite (1/4), Curl Up (1/4).

Counter (only if Counter-Attacking Foes is enabled)

• 25% → Sting.

Summon

The Fuzzy Worm can be captured and used as a summon. It uses its Bite attack on a foe, dealing negligible non-elemental physical damage and inflicting a single stack of Virus.

	Fuzzy Worm							SP
	Uses a weak non-elemental bite attack, which gives the target a deadly virus.							9	Kept
Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Single	15		----	100%	1x		100%	10%	10%