Guard Scorpion, also known as Magitek Scorpion, Scorpion Sentinel, or just Scorpion, is a recurring boss in the Final Fantasy series. It is a heavily armed guard robot that resembles a scorpion by design as it has six legs and a long tail.
Appearances[]
Final Fantasy VII[]
Guard Scorpion appears as the first boss of Final Fantasy VII. Cloud and Barret encounter it in the No. 1 Reactor during "No. 1 Reactor Bombing". A misleading battle message has Cloud tell the player to attack Guard Scorpion while its tail is raised, but doing so will always cause it to use Tail Laser, a counter-attack which deals large damage to the entire party. This is its only strong attack.
Guard Scorpion is fairly easy because it is the first boss. Guard Scorpion has two forms; 1) its standard idle animation, and 2) with its tail raised. Guard Scorpion has a fixed attack pattern: Search Scope, Attack, Search Scope, Attack, Transform to Form 2, Wait, Wait, Transform to Form 1, and it starts from Search Scope again. It always uses Search Scope on the victim of its attacks before attacking, and Search Scope does nothing. Its two basic attacks, Rifle and Scorpion Tail, do moderate damage.
Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-[]
Guard Scorpion appears as a boss in Junon while Zack Fair is pursuing Dr. Hollander. In certain missions, Guard Scorpion is also available to fight as a regular enemy. It still displays the iconic attacks Target Search and Tail Laser, but the Crisis Core re-creation is stronger than the original version, although with an almost identical appearance.
Final Fantasy VII G-Bike[]
Final Fantasy VII Remake[]
The Scorpion Sentinel is the first boss fought in the Core of No. 1 Reactor. The battle requires quick reflexes in looking out for visual cues for when the Scorpion Sentinel will use its attacks and abilities.
Final Fantasy VII The First Soldier[]
Guard Scorpion (25th) is exclusive to FFVII 25th Anniversary Collab. It an intentionally blocky model as a callback to the graphical limitations of the original game. It is a boss and Blanket Orders will be issued when it spawns. It resists everything but Thunder and uses the same abilities it used in Final Fantasy VII.
The Scorpion Sentinel from Final Fantasy VII Remake also appears as a boss with the same weakness. A special field spawns around it, making combat between candidates outside and inside impossible.
Final Fantasy XIV[]
The Magitek Scorpion appears as the first boss in Ala Mhigo, the final dungeon of Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood. It also serves as the basis of the Scorpion enemy family, which appears most frequently in the Save the Queen: Blades of Gunnhildr storyline.
Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia[]
Pictlogica Final Fantasy[]
Guard Scorpion from Final Fantasy VII appears as an enemy in Pictlogica Final Fantasy.
Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]
Keep a close eye on Guard Scorpion's tail, kupo! Attack when his tail is raised and he'll strike back with his deadly Tail Laser!
Dr. Mog's Advice
Guard Scorpion appears as the boss of Mako Reactor No. 1 in Final Fantasy Record Keeper.
- Abilities
- Attack: Deal physical damage to one target.
- Tail Laser: Deal moderate physical damage to all targets.
- Elements
Element | Vulnerability |
---|---|
Fire | Normal |
Ice | Normal |
Lightning | Vulnerable |
Earth | Normal |
Wind | Normal |
Water | Normal |
Holy | Normal |
Dark | Normal |
Poison | Normal |
- Strategy
The game goes out of its way to make sure Tyro's first fight is a no-lose battle. The player is once again warned to avoid attacks while the tail is up--the counterattack will send Tyro into critical status, and if that should happen (it does happen no matter what),the player will be advised to call upon Cloud, which will end the fight. In future encounters, patience is the key. Hit it while its defenses are down with Thunder spells and timed strikes. White Mage and Black Mage are added to the roster on a successful first pass.
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]
War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]
The Scorpion Sentinel appears in game as part of the collaboration with Final Fantasy VII Remake. The Scorpion is featured as the event's enemy boss as well as a summonable Vision Card and Esper. As a Vision Card, Scorpion Sentinel boosts AoE Resistance, Critical Damage, Slash Attack and Water Resistance of equipped Lightning units, as well as boost ATK, Critical Hit Rate to Lightning units in the same party and Slash Resistance if the card is at Max Lvl.
As an Esper, the Scorpion Sentinel focuses on Slash Attack, Lightning Attack, Slash Resistance, Missile Resistance, Lightning Resistance, Water Killer, Machine Killer, Critical Rate and Critical Damage. It's evocation attack is Tail Laser, a Lightning Missile Attack to a single target which decreases Missile Resistance to the target and activates a field which imperils Lightning Resistance to all enemies and boosts ATK/MAG of all party units with a larger boost to Lightning Units.
Mobius Final Fantasy[]
Guard Scorpion appears as a boss in the Eclipse Contact crossover event with Final Fantasy VII Remake and a Light-elemental ability card obtained as a lucky draw from the event.
Etymology[]
Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by the pair of grasping pedipalps and the narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back, ending with a venomous stinger.