Mauler enemy line

The Mauler (グリズリー Grizzly), Ravager (ブラウンベアー Brown Bear), and Grisly (サベージベアー Savage Bear) are enemies that are randomly battled throughout each game in the Golden Sun series. These monsters resemble bears standing on their hind legs in the GBA games, but in Dark Dawn they receive a drastic redesign where they are now more hulking, vaguely bear-like demons with huge claws on their arms. In any game's case, they are palette swaps of each other that have differing levels of power and defense and are fought in different locations in the games.

In Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age

Mauler

A Mauler is a brown-furred level 9 variant. In Golden Sun it is battled in the wintry overworld region of Angara around Mercury Lighthouse and within that dungeon as well. Later it is fought in the overworld region of Angara around Fuchin Temple and within Fuchin Falls Cave.

The Mauler will briefly be the strongest monster you fight yet when you first exit Bilibin Cave to reach Angara's snow-capped north region, though it uses its Bear Claw rarely. It is outperformed in all statistics by the Lizard Man fought throughout Mercury Lighthouse and the other areas the Mauler is fought.

A Mauler's statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Mauler	109	0	99	27	24	1
Elemental Resistances		Turns	Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
72   48   48   25		1	37	45	Nut	1/32

A Mauler uses these battle commands:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	7/8 (87.5%)	{{{command1usedwith}}}	Standard physical attack.
Bear Claw	1/8 (12.5%)	{{{command2usedwith}}}	Enemy ability where the user charges towards a targeted Adept and unleashes five red glowing claw swipes in rapid, brutal succession. Deals its normal physical attack multiplied by 1.6.

Ravager

A Ravager is a more green-furred variant that is level 15 in Golden Sun and level 22 in The Lost Age. In Golden Sun it is battled in the optional Vale Cave and Vault Cave dungeons. In The Lost Age it is one of the "stock" monsters fought throughout the land-based overworld areas accessible from the Great Eastern Sea.

The Ravager is slow among the monsters in Vale Cave, but has the highest HP, Attack, and Defense. In Vault Cave it is outperformed by the even slower but tougher Cave Troll. In The Lost Age it has the highest HP of the monsters it is fought alongside, backed up by that solid defense rating and solid offensive ability, but like before it is slow.

A Ravager's statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Ravager	189	0	185	47	60	2
Elemental Resistances		Turns	Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
72   48   48   25		1	90	95	Elixir	1/32

A Ravager uses these battle commands:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	6/8 (75%)	{{{command1usedwith}}}	Standard physical attack.
Bear Claw	2/8 (25%)	{{{command2usedwith}}}	Enemy ability where the user charges towards a targeted Adept and unleashes five red glowing claw swipes in rapid, brutal succession. Deals its normal physical attack multiplied by 1.6.

Grisly

A Grisly is a dark-purple-furred level 23 variant. In Golden Sun only two are fought throughout the entire game, together with the Succubus as one scripted boss encounter that occurs on the second "dungeon floor" of the optional Crossbone Isle as soon as you try to enter the door to that floor's puzzle room.

As part of a team of three monsters that is one special encounter, the Grislys are the monsters that are strong and durable, while the less HP-heavy Succubus uses area-of-effect Psynergy for elemental damage. This battle should only be adequately difficult by boss battle standards if Crossbone Isle is visited and this battle is fought earlier in the game through the hidden method at Tolbi-bound Ship. This is definitely a battle that can be won in one turn by having everyone use full-powered summonings at the start, but if you decide to battle these the typical way, the Succubus is the target that goes down much more easily than the Grislys, so that should probably be focused on first. Mars-based Psynergy is what all three monsters are weak to.

A Grisly's statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Grisly	800	0	208	63	78	1
Elemental Resistances		Turns	Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
127   72   72   25		1	243	700	Potion	1/1

A Grisly uses these battle commands:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	4/8 (50%)	{{{command1usedwith}}}	Standard physical attack.
Bear Claw	2/8 (25%)	{{{command2usedwith}}}	Enemy ability where the user charges towards a targeted Adept and unleashes five red glowing claw swipes in rapid, brutal succession. Deals its normal physical attack multiplied by 1.6.
Berserk	2/8 (25%)	{{{command3usedwith}}}	Enemy ability where the battle text read "Grisly erupts in a furious rage!" as the user surrounds itself in a small fiery energy. The user's Attack statistic is temporarily boosted by 25%.

In Golden Sun: Dark Dawn

Mauler

A Mauler is a level 21 variant with brown fur and dark wine-colored claws. In Dark Dawn it is randomly fought in the overworld area between Border Town and Belinsk.

A Mauler's statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Mauler	257	0	233	69	91	??
Elemental Resistances		Turns	Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
72   48   48   25		1	315	86	Nut	1/8

A Mauler uses these battle commands:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	7/8 (87.5%)	{{{command1usedwith}}}	Standard physical attack.
Bear Claw	1/8 (12.5%)	{{{command2usedwith}}}	Enemy ability that deals its normal physical attack multiplied by 1.6.

Ravager

A Ravager is a level 30 variant with orange fur and yellow claws tipped in violet. In Dark Dawn it is randomly fought on the western side of Harun Island.

A Ravager's statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Ravager	370	0	340	134	138	??
Elemental Resistances		Turns	Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
72   48   48   25		1	1083	105	Vial	1/16

A Ravager uses these battle commands:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	7/8 (87.5%)	{{{command1usedwith}}}	Standard physical attack.
Bear Claw	1/8 (12.5%)	{{{command2usedwith}}}	Enemy ability that deals its normal physical attack multiplied by 1.6.

Grisly

A Grisly is a level 39 variant with dark purple fur and blood red claws. In Dark Dawn it is randomly fought in Snowdrift Shrine.

This monster has a rare chance to drop the usefully tough Chronos Mail body armor.

A Grisly's statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Grisly	483	0	434	200	185	??
Elemental Resistances		Turns	Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
72   48   48   25		1	2395	119	Chronos Mail	1/128

A Grisly uses these battle commands:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	5/8 (62.5%)	{{{command1usedwith}}}	Standard physical attack.
Berserk	2/8 (25%)	{{{command2usedwith}}}	Enemy ability that temporarily increases the user's Attack statistic by 25%.
Bear Claw	1/8 (12.5%)	{{{command3usedwith}}}	Enemy ability that deals its normal physical attack multiplied by 1.6.

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