Glaurung

Glaurung
Roles	Boss, Summon
Appearances	Epic Battle Fantasy 5

Glaurung is an optional boss and summon in Epic Battle Fantasy 5 introduced in the v2 update. He can be found in the Greenwood Library, being the fourth and final wave of the Sketch Boss Rush.

Appearance

Glaurung is a living pencil sketch of an enormous, subterranean dragon, with a long, worm-like body that burrows in and out of the ground. Several pairs of small, insect-like legs dot his underside, ending in large claws that presumably help the beast tunnel around. His head has two massive eyes with slit-like pupils, a short snout with two small nostrils, and a wide mouth with blunt, chipped-looking teeth sticking out. A number of craggy, rock-like spikes and plates are visible on his chin and down his back.

Like all of the Sketch Bosses, Glaurung is depicted as a static image whose "animations" consist of him flashing briefly or being moved around the battlefield by an unseen force.

Overview

As the last wave of the Sketch Boss Rush, Glaurung is a fearsome opponent, all the more so because the party has to go through GunKat-800XL, Papalotl, and Xolotl to even face him. Glaurung has a slightly higher than average Accuracy and lower than average Evade than most foes, but his attacks are all very powerful to make up for his average offenses.

Glaurung can ram into all party members, dealing average Non-elemental Physical damage, including those in backup, slash someone twice for high damage and inflicts Poison for 3 turns (5 on Hard/Epic), randomly slash targets three times, which may apply Poison on Hard/Epic difficulty, with the last attack hitting an additional time and Stunning the victim for a turn, or three turns on higher difficulties. He can also drop rocks with random targeting four times, each dealing partially Earth-elemental damage and may inflict 2 turns of Tired, or expel his bad breath on the party to deal magical Wind damage and Dispel.

As Glaurung's HP falls, he will automatically buff his Attack and Magic Attack by increasing amounts without actually using his turn. Like all of the Sketch Bosses, he'll also summon a giant pencil to strike the party at certain HP thresholds. Neither the buff nor the Pencil Stab takes up his normal action.

Glaurung is immune to Thunder, Earth, and Wind, resists Fire and Bio, and is very weak to Ice, fairly weak to Water, and slightly weak to Bomb. He is also immune to Stun, Chill, Freeze, Syphon, Doom and Instant Death, while also resisting Bad Luck, Curse, Weaken and Tired. He's also somewhat resistant to all non-Evade debuffs. With the "More Foe Resistance" challenge enabled, Glaurung becomes immune to Fire and Water, Dispel, and has increased resistance to all non-HP and Evade debuffs.

Statistics

	Glaurung	EBF5
	The father of dragons. This giant worm uses earth, wind and poison attacks, and his breath will strip away any buffs.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP	Catch
	2976	4	4	4	4	4.5	3	489	20	44	252	7	5
Elemental Resistance
	50%	100%	-80%	100%	50%	-30%	-50%	100%	-	-
Status Resistance
	-	100%	100%	-	100%	50%	-	-	-	50%	-	100%
Debuff Resistance
	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon
Name	Earth Ball	Earth Ball	Bone Spike	Bone Spike	Dragon Scales
Chance	50%	50%	75%	75%	100%

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
0.245% per stack, up to 2.205%	0.49% per stack, up to 4.41%	0.21% per stack, up to 1.89%	0.42% per stack, up to 3.78%	Immune	-4.(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.

	Glaurung	EBF5
	The father of dragons. This giant worm uses earth, wind and poison attacks, and his breath will strip away any buffs.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP	Catch
	2976	4	4	4	4	4.5	3	489	20	44	252	7	5
Elemental Resistance
	100%	100%	-80%	100%	50%	-30%	100%	100%	-	-
Status Resistance
	-	100%	100%	-	100%	50%	-	-	-	50%	50%	100%
Debuff Resistance
	30%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon
Name	Earth Ball	Earth Ball	Bone Spike	Bone Spike	Dragon Scales
Chance	50%	50%	75%	75%	100%

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
0	0	0.21% per stack, up to 1.89%	0.42% per stack, up to 3.78%	Immune	-4.(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.

Additionally, Glaurung is immune to both Invisible and Enchanted.

Glaurung gains up to 24% extra Attack, Magic Attack, HP and Accuracy depending on how many optional bosses have been killed, medals awarded and monster cards obtained:

• +1% for each of the 13 optional bosses (counting the Sketch bosses as a single boss) for a 13% total. Bosses included are: ??.@'¬?]-?e??255, Snowflake, The Sketch Boss Rush, Sól and Skadi, Neon Valhalla, Telperion, Vulcan, Crystal Hydra, Matteus, Natalia, Lancelot, Annabelle and God.
• +1% at the 50, 65, 80, and 100 medals thresholds, for a 4% total.
• +0.04% for each of the 50 Monster Cards obtained, for a 2% total.
• +0.2% for each of the 12 Arcade bosses, the 8 Data Bunker simulations, and the 5 1P Challenges in the Battle Arena; for a 5% total.

After level 26, Glaurung gains a 5% boost to Attack and Magic Attack, and a 2.5% boost to HP and Accuracy on every level-up (these boosts stack additively, acting as a multiplier). This boost caps out at level 36.

Attacks and Abilities

Attack List
Attack	Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Ram	All Backup	80 60		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
2x Slash	Random	220/2		----	100%	3x		100%	10%	10%
Notes: Status strength increased to 5x on Hard or Epic difficulties. Status is applied on both hits.
4x Slash	Random Single	180/3 100		----	-- 100%	-- 1x	--	100%	10%	10%
Notes: First 3 hits will not target the same player twice in a row unless they have Target or no other targets are available, third and fourth hit always target the same player. First 3 hits get 50% chance of 2x Poison (applied on all hits), and last hit's stun strength is increased to 3x on Hard or Epic difficulties
Sketch Rock x2	Random	200/2		50%	50%	2x		100%	10%	10%
Notes: Was supposed to be its counter when Counter-Attacking Foes is enabled, but due to an oversight it's never used. Will not target the same player twice in a row unless they have Target or no other targets are available.
Sketch Rock x4	Random	400/4		50%	50%	2x		100%	10%	10%
Notes: Will not target the same player twice in a row unless they have Target or no other targets are available.
Dispelling Breath	All	150/3		100%	50%	--		100%	10%	10%
Notes: Status chance increased to 100% on Hard or Epic difficulties.
Buff	Self	--	--	----	--	20%		--	--	--
Notes: Both buff strengths increased to 40% when Glaurung is ≤49% HP and to 60% when it's ≤24% HP. Also gives 5x Good Luck on Hard or Epic difficulties. Does not take up Glaurung's action.
Pencil Stab	Centered Single	80 80		----	-- 33%	-- 1x	--	125%	10%	10%
Notes: Status chance on the second hit increased to 100% on Hard or Epic difficulties. Scales off Foe Weather Attack and Accuracy instead of user stats. Does not take up Glaurung's action.

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.

Start of Turn (only if Foe Remix is enabled)

• Summon score ≥ 3;
  • Summons up to 2 of the following: Sandy Bush, Stone Idol or Sand Slime (same level as user).

* Summon score increases by 1 if no other foes are left (checked at the start of Glaurung's turn), and resets to 0 after summoning foes.

Pencil

• ≤79% HP and hasn't used Pencil Stab yet → Pencil Stab;
• ≤49% HP and only used Pencil Stab once → Pencil Stab;
• ≤19% HP and only used Pencil Stab twice → Pencil Stab.

* Since each cast of Pencil Stab doesn't take up an action, more than one can happen in a single turn if enough damage is dealt at once.

Buff

• ≤74% HP and hasn't Buffed yet → Buff;
• ≤49% HP and has Buffed only once → Buff;
• ≤24% HP and has Buffed only twice → Buff;

* Since each cast of Buff doesn't take up an action, more than one can happen in a single turn if enough damage is dealt at once.

Action

• If catch score >55 and all players are Lovable → Dispelling Breath;
• If Berserked → Sketch Rock x4;
• Otherwise → Ram (1/5), Sketch Rock x4 (1/5), 2x Slash (1/5), 4x Slash (1/5), Dispelling Breath (1/5);

Counter (only if Counter-Attacking Foes is enabled)

• 25% → Sketch Rock x4.

*Unlike most other counters, the first cast of Sketch Rock x4 targets randomly, instead of always targeting the last attacker.

Glaurung's counterattack was supposed to be Sketch Rock x2, but due to an oversight its usage conditions are never fulfilled and Sketch Rock x4 is used instead.

Strategy

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Summon

Glaurung can be captured to be used as a summon. When used, Glaurung hits all foes with its Dispelling Breath.

	Glaurung							SP
	Deals magical wind damage to all foes, dispels them, and ignores their defensive buffs. (but not debuffs)							53	Cured
Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
All	240/3		100%	130%	--		100%	10%	10%

Trivia

• Glaurung takes his name and "Father of Dragons" epithet from a dragon in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Like the Sketch Boss, Tolkien's Glaurung was a massive, dangerous monster, as well as the first dragon ever created to plague the land of Middle-earth.