Ambling Bellows is an enemy in Final Fantasy XIII. It is the mark of Cie'th Stone Missions 10, 18, and 22.
Mission
10 - Hollow Hope
| Mark: | Ambling Bellows | |
| Locale: | Archylte Steppe - Northern Highplain | |
| Class: | C |
The war claimed my family.
The war claimed my home.
This Focus is my last remaining hope.
I long for the release of crystal sleep. Perhaps when I wake, the world will be a better place. I should hurry and destroy the ambling bellows raising havoc on the steppe's northern highplain.
18 - So Close, Yet So Far
| Mark: | Ambling Bellows | |
| Locale: | Mah'habara Subterra - Twilit Cavern | |
| Class: | C |
Who designed this place? It's a maze of dead ends! How am I supposed to find the ambling bellows? Knowing it's in a twilit cavern doesn't help much when I'm trapped in a maze of the blasted things!!
Curse my luck. I'm running out of time. I'd every intention of fulfilling my Focus, and now I'm going to end up a Cie'th!
22 - Infernal Machine
| Mark: | Ambling Bellows | |
| Locale: | Taejin's Tower - Second Tier | |
| Class: | C |
Puissant soul, heed my plea and we shall bring light to your dark path.
Know that an ambling bellows holds my power thrall within this spire. Slay it and I shall once more be free.
If you can but restore the strength of my two brethren and I, here on the second tier, the way will be opened unto you.
Stats
Battle
If there is no target nearby, Ambling Bellows attacks the party member with the lowest remaining HP. If there is a target nearby, it attacks that target up to five times. Its attack deals 862-898 deals damage in a small area of effect. If Ambling Bellows is accompanied by Hoplites (Mission 18) or Cryptoses (Mission 22) and they are all defeated, it uses Deployment to summon five more. Although not physical, Deployment is affected by Pain. Summoned enemies do not drop anything.
The party should start in Superiority (SYN/SYN/SAB) paradigm and bestow Enthunder and Faith on the party while inflicting Deshell on Ambling Bellows. A lower-level party can use Premeditation (SYN/SAB/SEN) instead. Inflicting Pain disables it completely, though its resistance is high, and Hoplites and Cryptoses are susceptible to Daze, allowing the party to concentrate on Ambling Bellows.
With the needed statuses in place, Ambling Bellows should be staggered with Tri-disaster (RAV/RAV/RAV) and dispatched with Aggression (COM/COM/RAV).
Etymology
Its Japanese name is Spartan. Sparta was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece. Given its military pre-eminence, Sparta was recognized as the overall leader of the combined Greek forces during the Greco-Persian Wars. Sparta was unique for its social system and constitution, which focused on military training and excellence. Its inhabitants were classified as Spartiates (Spartan citizens, who enjoyed full rights), Mothakes (non-Spartan free men raised as Spartans), Perioikoi (freedmen), and Helots (state-owned serfs, enslaved non-Spartan local population). Spartiates underwent the rigorous agoge training and education regimen, and Spartan phalanges were widely considered to be among the best in battle. Spartan women enjoyed more rights and equality to men than elsewhere in the classical world. Sparta was the subject of fascination in its day, as well as in the West following the revival of classical learning.