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 demonic bear-like creatures 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.

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:

A Mauler uses these battle commands:

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:

A Ravager uses these battle commands:

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:

A Grisly uses these battle commands:

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:

A Mauler uses these battle commands:

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:

A Ravager uses these battle commands:

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:

A Grisly uses these battle commands: