The Griffin is a flying enemy from Final Fantasy IX. It can be found in Fossil Roo and on various overworld areas on the Outer Continent: near to Conde Petie, Desert Palace, Earth Shrine, and Mognet Central.
A Griffin can also be fought as part of a side event in Treno's weapon shop during the time Dagger and Steiner come to town with Marcus. It has the same stats as regular Griffins, but no Experience, gil or items will be rewarded. During this time, the best way to defeat it is to get Steiner's Blood Sword from the Stellazzio quest and simply equip it on him.
Stats[]
Battle[]
White Wind.
The Griffin can heal itself with White Wind, which Quina also learns when eating a Griffin. When the party first meets Griffins, the members are Zidane, Vivi, Dagger, and Quina. Zidane can equip Bird Killer while Vivi uses magic. The Griffin is susceptible to Quina's LV4 Holy.
Griffins are a good source of Peridots; holding a large stock of them empowers Ramuh.
AI script[]
Function Griffin_Init
set attacklist = [ Tail ; Aero ; Aera ]
set hplimitwhitewind = SV_FunctionEnemy[HP] / 8
Function Griffin_ATB
set selectedattack = RandomAttack( attacklist )
if ( selectedattack == Tail )
set SV_Target = RandomInTeam(SV_PlayerTeam)
elseif ( selectedattack == Aero )
set SV_Target = RandomInTeam(SV_PlayerTeam)
elseif ( selectedattack == Aera )
set SV_Target = RandomInTeam(SV_PlayerTeam)
Attack( selectedattack )
Function Griffin_Counter
if ( ( GetAttackCommandId == Skill ) && ( GetAttackId == What's That?! ) )
return
if ( !whitewindflag && ( SV_FunctionEnemy[HP] < hplimitwhitewind ) && ( SV_FunctionEnemy[MP] >= 14 ) )
set whitewindflag = TRUE
set SV_Target = SV_FunctionEnemy
Attack( White Wind )
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Etymology[]
The griffin, griffon, or gryphon (Greek: γρύφων, grýphōn, or γρύπων, grýpōn, early form γρύψ, grýps; Latin: gryphus) is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle.