Bugman enemy line

The Mean Bugman (マイティビートル Mighty Beetle), Bulky Bugman (バスティビートル Basti Beetle), and Titan Bugman (ヒュージビートル Huge Beetle) are enemies randomly battled in Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. These monsters, resembling bipedal Hercules beetles, are palette swaps of each other that have differing levels of power and defense and are fought in different locations in the game.

Mean Bugman
A Mean Bugman is a orange level 25 variant. It is randomly fought in Kolima Forest.

Among the monsters fought in Kolima Forest, the Mean Bugman has the highest defense and attack ratings (sharing the latter with the Mad Plant), although this is counterbalanced by having the second lowest HP and agility.

A Mean Bugman's statistics are as follows:

A Mean Bugman uses these battle commands:

Bulky Bugman
A Bulky Bugman is a purple level 31 variant. It is randomly fought in Warrior's Hill and on Nihan island.

In Warrior's Hill, each of the Bulky Bugman's statistics are outperformed by at least one of the other monsters there, even it's defense (surpassed by the Earth Lizard). It does have the highest defense rating on Nihan island, but the rest of it's statistics are surpassed by the Vile Dirge.

A Bulky Bugman's statistics are as follows:

A Bulky Bugman uses these battle commands:

Titan Bugman
A Titan Bugman is a cyan and dark purple level 41 variant. It is randomly fought in Yamata Ruins.

Statistically, the Titan Bugman is outperformed in every category by the Wise Gryphon except in defense (though not by much). Compared to the other monsters fought in Yamata Ruins, the Titan Bugman has the highest attack and defense ratings, but the lowest agility and second lowest HP.

A Titan Bugman's statistics are as follows:

A Titan Bugman uses these battle commands: