Punch Ant enemy line

The Punch Ant, Flash Ant, and Numb Ant are species of monsters found in Golden Sun: The Lost Age. These monsters, resembling somewhat small ants that stand on two legs and have boxing-glove-like hands on its other four arms, are palette swaps of each other and have differing levels of power and defense. This monster line is featured in the earlier stages of The Lost Age.

Punch Ant
A Punch Ant is a small member with blue skin and red gloves. The Punch Ant has 26 HP, 26 Attack, 8 Defense, 6 Agility, and 2 Luck. It is succeptible to all elements of attacks, especially Mars.

Punch Ants can only attack with a physical attack. They cannot perform any other action. And since they have extremely low stats all around, this is perhaps the most basic enemy to fight in The Lost Age. Indeed, it is one of the earliest; a scripted battle with a Punch Ant in the game's prologue, the Gateway Cave, causes Kraden to remark on how invigorating fighting is.

Felling a Punch Ant yields 5 EXP, 6 coins, and in uncommon cases, a Smoke Bomb. Punch Ants are battled in the Gateway Cave (in The Lost Age only), the upper region of Indra located before the Dekhan Plateau, and in the Kandorean Temple.

Flash Ant
A Flash Ant is a small member with pink skin and blue gloves. The Flash Ant has 76 HP, 119 Attack, 38 Defense, 62 Agility, and 3 Luck. It is succeptible to all elements of attacks, especially Mars.

Flash Ants can attack with a physical attack and the Monster Skill Flash Punch which afflicts the striken party member with Delusion and visually resembles an attack that ends in a blue burst at the target. Obviously it's more of an opponent to battle, but it still is not considered all that tough even when it is first fought.

Felling a Flash Ant yields 61 EXP, 71 coins, and in uncommon cases, an Elixir. Flash Ants are battled in the lower overworld region of Gondowan, as well as the Gondowan Cliffs.

Numb Ant
A Numb Ant is a small member with green skin and red gloves. The Numb Ant has 101 HP, 172 Attack, 57 Defense, 91 Agility, and 4 Luck. It is succeptible to all elements of attacks, especially Mars.

Numb Ants can attack with a physical attack, the Monster Skill Flash Punch which afflicts the striken party member with Delusion, and the Monster Skill Formic Acid, which does damage, has a chance of afflicting the striken party member with Stun, and visually resembles a purple mound of slimy water lobbed onto the target’s feet. It is made to be somewhat stronger than the Flash Ant, but since the party will be stronger itself by that point in the game, this is not an especially dangerous opponent.

Felling a Numb Ant yields 111 EXP, 111 coins, and in uncommon cases, a Bramble Seed. Numb Ants are battled in various areas of the overworld accessible after acquiring the Lemurian Ship, such as the areas around Yallam, Izumo, Apojii, and Champa.