Which Runes To Use? Gathering Info.

Ecosystem 1


Beasts

Behemoth: Telusx3 -- Thunderbolt -- Stun
[Elasmoth]: Lux3 (damage) / Unda/Ignis (debuffs) -- Amnesiac Blast, Ecliptic Meteor - Amnesia Paralyze

Buffalo: Gelusx3 (damage) / Unda, Ignis (debuffs)-- Snort, Mighty Snort, Lowing, Rampant Gnaw - Plague(virus), Paralyze

Cehuetzi: Ignisx3 -- All moves & melee hits ice-based - Bind Paralyze

Cerberus: Undax3 (damage) / Ignisx3 (para) -- Acheron Flame, Gates Of Hades, Lava Spit - Paralyze (Ululation), Burn

Coeurl: Telusx3 (damage) / Ignis Gelus Flabra (debuffs) -- Charged Whisker, Blaster, Chaotic Eye, Petrifactive Breath - Paralyze Silence Petrify

Dhalmel: Gelusx3 (debuffs) -- Cold Stare - Silence

Gnole: Lux3 -- Nox Blast

Manticore: Undax3 (damage) / Lux x3 (debuffs)-- Heat Breath. Can also do wind & earth damage with Great Sandstorm/Whirlwind. Riddle - Max MP Down

Marid: Weak to Water, so could use Undax3

Opo-opo: Sulpor Lux Ignis - Claw Storm, Eye Scratch, Stone Throw - Poison Blind Paralyze

Raaz: Gelusx3 -- Sweeping Gouge - Def Down

Rabbit: Flabrax3 -- Dust Cloud
[White Rabbit]: Ignisx3 -- Snow Cloud - Paralyze

Ram: Flabrax3 or Lux x3 -- Petribreath, Great Bleat - Petrify, Max HP Down

Sheep: Tenebrae Flabra Ignis - Sheep Song, Sheep Bleat, Feeble Bleat - Sleep Slow Paralyze

Tiger: Ignisx3 -- Roar - Paralyze

Yztarg: Flabra x3 -- Calcifying Claw - Petrify


Lizards

Adamantoise: Flabrax3 -- Tetsudo Tremor, Earth Breath (can also do Aqua Breath) - ACC Down

Bugard: Luxx3 -- Tyrant/Torment Tusk, Hungry Crunch - Bio, Drain

Eft: Lux3 -- Geist Wall - Dispel (Geist Wall)

Gabbrath: Undax3 -- Blistering Roar, Volcanic Stasis, Tyrannical Blow, Pyroclastic Surge - Plague Addle Blaze Spikes

Hill Lizard: Flabrax3 -- Baleful Gaze - Petrify (can also do fire water and ice based moves)

Matamata: Flabrax3 (damage) / Gelus Flabra Unda (debuffs) -- Tail Thwack, Embalming Earth, Scalding Breath - Def Down Slow Burn

Peiste: Sulporx3 (damage) / Ignis Flabra Unda (debuffs) -- Aqua Fortis, Regurgitation, Torpeying Charge, Calcifying Mist, Backdraft - Poison Paralyze Petrify Burn

Raptor: Depends on climate: Stormy areas use Telusx3. Hot areas use Undax3. Cold areas use Ignisx3 -- Thunderbolt, Foul Breath, Frost Breath - Stun Disease Paralyze

Wivre: Sulporx3 (atk down) / Ignisx3 (para) -- Demoralizing Roar, Crippling Slam - Attack Down (50%) Paralyze (certain NM)


Vermin

Antlion: Gelusx3 for NM with Gravitic Horn / Sulpor Lux Ignis (debuffs) -- Gravitic Horn, Venom Spray, Sandblast, Sandpit - Poison Blind Bind

Bee/Mosquito: Weak to Ice (Gelusx3). Could use Undax3 for Mosquitos; to negate Plague.

Beetle: Weak to Ice/Light (gelus/lux) / Ignisx3 -- Hi-Freq Shield - Evasion Down

Bztavian: Gelusx3 // All TP moves/spells wind based - Def Down / (Muyingwa) Gravity & Silence. Only use Flabra to resist Slow & Petrify.

Chapuli: Gelusx3 -- Tegmina Buffet, Aero Spells (NM) - Choke

Chigoe: Resist disease on regular Chigoes with Undax3 // Flabra x3 for Abyssea NM Tunga

Crawler: Yellow/Green crawlers Flabra (slow) & Sulpor (poison) / Red crawlers use Unda over Sulpor (Incinerate). All crawlers weak to Dark damage (Tenebrae)

Diremite: Flabrax3 -- Filamented Hold - Slow

Fluturini: Lux3 -- Palling Salvo - Bio *Note: Consider Undax3 to resist Amnesia if it's a NM doing Flight of the Fluttyries.

Fly: Sulporx3 to resist Poison from Venom, or add Lux to reduce Cursed Sphere damage.

Gnat: Flabrax3 for regulars / All weak to Light damage (Lux) -- Cimicine Discharge - Slow *Lux x3 for those with Drain/Aspir/Absorb spells.
[Giant Gnat]: Lux x3 -- Mandible Massacre, Viscous Deluge - Doom Bio

Ladybug: During daytime Undax3 for Nepanthean Hum's Amnesia. At nighttime Telusx3 for Sudden Lunge Stun. Weak to Ice damage (Gelus).

Mantid: Lux3 + Death Resist against NM with Death Prophet (under 50%) / Unda x3 (debuffs) -- Phlegm Expulsion, Immolating Claw - Amnesia Plague

Scorpion: They have many TP moves. If the NM uses Venom Storm Sulpor x3 (heavy aoe poison). If they use Earthbreaker Flabrax3 (damage). If they don't have either, but do have Stasis/Numbing Breath/Cold Breath use Ignisx3 (para & bind).

Spider: Sulpor or Flabra. Weak to Ice (Gelus) -- Acid Spray, Spider Web - Poison, Slow

Twitherym: Gelusx3 (damage) // Ignisx3 (debuffs) -- Tempestuous Upheaval, Blackout - Paralyze

Wamoura: Undax3 -- Erratic Flutter, Magma Fan, Fire Break

Wamouracampa: Undax3 -- Thermal Pulse, Vitrolic Spray, Heat Barrier - Burn Blaze Spikes Enfire


Plantoid

Belladonna: Tenebraex3 -- Beautiful Death, Frond Fatale - Charm

Flytrap: Lux x3 -- Soporific - Sleep

Funguar: Gelus+Lux for damage, Silence & Disease. Ignis lowers chance of Paralyze. Weak to Light (Lux) -- Silence Gas, Dark Spore, Shakeshroom, Queasyshroom, Numbshroom

Goobbue: Ignisx3 (dmg + para) or Ignisx2 & Gelus (silence) -- Blank Gaze, Antiphaze - Paralyze Silence *If it has access to Attractant use Tenebraex3 for Charm

Leafkin: Tenebraex3 -- Consecration, Sacred Caper

Mandragora: Lux x3 -- Dream Flower, Fatal Scream, - Sleep, Doom

Morbol: Ignisx3 / Lux x3 (only if NM has #1 & #2) / Tenebrae (only if NM has #3) -- Bad Breath, Impale, Sweet Breath(1), Extremely Bad Breath(2), Fragrant Breath(3) - Sleep(1) Paralyze Blind Death(2) Charm(3)

Panopt: Lux x3 -- Sylvan Slumber, Vaskania (NM) - Sleep, Curse

Rafflesia: Undax3 / Lux x3 (if it can Charm) -- Viscid Emission, Floral Bouquet, Soothing Aroma - Amnesia Sleep Charm

Sabotender: All moves physical divided among targets, so can only suggest the weakness to Ice (Gelus). Against Flower Cactus, Lux x3 might help against Chupa Blossom's drain.

Sapling: Lux x3 -- Slumber Powder - Sleep

Snapweed: Ignisx3 -- Stink Bomb - Paralyze

Treant: Lux x3 -- Pinecone Bomb - Sleep

Yggdreant: Lux x3 -- Tiiimbeeer, Cordon Of Apathy, Firefly Fandango - Doom Dispel Max MP Down


Ecosystem 2


Amorph

Acuex: Sulporx3 -- Foul Waters - Drown

Botulus: On Rex consider Undax3 to negate Amnesia, and Tenebraex3 at low HP for Charm. Ignisx3 for Zerde if doing MB method (Gambit/Rayke)

Flan: Sulporx3 -- Boiling Point - Magic Def. Down

Hecteyes: Ignisx3 -- Hex Eye - Paralyze

Leech: Sulporx3 -- Acid Mist - Atk Down

Plovid: Sulporx3 -- All moves Water based - Poison

Sandworm: Flabrax3 -- Disgorge, Dustvoid, Psyche Absorption, Slaverous Gale - Slow

Slime: Lux x3 -- Digest, HP Drain

Slug: Sulporx3 -- Corrosive/Fuscous/Purulent Ooze - Atk Down

Worm: Flabrax3 -- Sandspin, Tremors - Acc Down, DEX Down


Bird

Amphiptere: Gelusx3 -- Storm Wing, Calamitous Wind - Silence

Apkallu: Ignisx3 -- Frigid Shuffle - Paralyze

(Giant) Bat: Ignisx3 -- Ultrasonics - Evasion Down

Cockatrice: Flabrax3 -- Baleful Gaze - Petrify

Colibri: Weak to Ice. (Gelusx3)

Flock Bat: Sulporx3 -- Sonic Boom - Atk Down

Greater Bird: Gelusx3 -- Stormwind

Harpeia: Lux x3 -- Shrieking Gale - Dispel

Hippogryph: Lux x3 -- Nihility Song - Dispel

Lesser Bird: Gelusx3 -- Wing Cutter

Tulfaires: Gelusx3 -- Molting Plumage

Waktza: Telusx3 -- All Magic Damage Thunder


Aquan

Crab: Sulporx3 -- Bubble & Venom Shower - Poison

Craklaw: Sulporx3 -- Rending Deluge, Viscid Spindrift - Atk Down

Frog: Weak to Thunder. (Sulporx3)

Orobon: Sulporx3 - Seaspray, Leeching Current

Pteraketos: Telusx3 to resist Stun & Shock, or Lux x3 to counter Dread Spikes, Drain, Curse & KO -- Depth Charge, Caudal Capacitor / Aetheric Pull, Baleen Gurge, Necrotic Wave, Thar She Blows

Pugil: Sulporx3 -- Aqua Ball, Splash Breath - STR Down

Rockfin: Sulporx3 -- Most moves Water based.

Sea Monk: Sulporx3 -- Maelstrom - STR Down

Ruszor: Sulporx3 -- Aqua Blast, Hydro Blast, Hydro Wave

Uragnite: Sulporx3 -- Gas & Venom Shell - Poison


Ecosystem 3


Undead

Corpselight: Lux x3 -- Some use Ice nukes. (ignis) - Sleep

Corse: Lux x3 (damage) / Tenebraex3 (debuff) -- Danse Macabre - Charm

Doomed: Lux x3 (damage) / Gelusx3 (debuffs) -- Stinking Gas - VIT Down

Dullahan: Lux x3

Fomor: Lux x3 (damage) / Sulporx3 (debuff) -- Dancing Chains - Drown

Ghost: Lux x3

Hound: Ignisx3 -- Howling - Paralyze

Naraka: Lux x3 -- Many dangerous debuffs.

Qutrub: Lux x3

Skeleton: Lux x3

Vampyr: Lux x3 / Tenebraex3 if it has Nocturnal Servitude's Conal Charm.


Arcana

Acrolith: No common weakness or debuffs to evade. Aby Uleguerand NM is weak to Fire (Ignisx3)

Bomb: Undax3 / Weak to Fire (Ignisx3)
[Djinns]: Lux x3

Cardian: Lux x3 -- Shuffle - Dispel

Caturae: Lux x3 -- Most moves dark based. Rani types have Enthrall Charm (Tenebraex3)

Cluster: Undax3 / Weak to Fire (Ignisx3)

Detector: Telusx3

Doll: Flabrax3 -- Gravity Field - Slow

Evil Weapon: Telusx3 (Stun) / Weak to Fire (ignis) & Light (lux)

Golem: Telusx3 for Thunder Break's Stun / Undax3 against Red Golems

Grimoire: A wide range of spells. Consider Lux x3 for Sleepga, or Sulporx3 to resist Exponential Burst's M.Def Down.

Iron Giant: Undax3 -- Arm Cannon, Ballistic Kick, Incinerator - Burn

Khimaira: Telusx3 -- Thunderstrike, Tourbillion - Stun

Magic Pot: Tenebraex3

Marolith: Gelusx3 (damage) / Ignisx3 (debuff) -- Subduction, Enervating Grasp, Orogenic Storm - Paralyze Evasion Down

Mimic: Telus to resist Stun, or Sulpor for Poison.

Snoll: Ignisx3


Ecosystem 4


Demon

Ahriman: Lux x3

Defiant: Lux x3

Demon: Gelusx3 (damage) / Flabrax3 (debuffs) -- Hecatomb Wave, Demonic Howl - Slow

Dvergr: Lux x3 -- Many enfeebles including Curse, Dispel and Sleep.

Gallu: Lux x3 -- Difficult to cover all moves as they can have up to six different elements. - Doom

Gargouille: Lux x3 -- Dark Orb, Dark Mist, Shadow Burst - Drain Curse

Imp: Gelusx3 for Silence, or Undax3 for Amnesia

Macuil: Gelusx3 -- Chokehold, Shrieking Gale, Tearing Gust - Silence Choke Gravity

Soulflayer: Lux x3 -- Dispel moves - Blind Bio

Taurus: Lux x3 -- Doom moves


Dragon

Dragon: Flabrax3 for Petro Eyes, or Lux x3 for Void & Nullsong

Hydra: Ignis Gelus Unda -- Polar Blast, Barofield Pyric Blast - You will not need Ignis if left head dies. You will not need Unda if right head dies.

Puk: Gelusx3

Wyrm: Each Wyrm is different. The choices are Lux, Unda, Flabra or Ignis.

Wyvern: Ignisx3 for resist Paralyze, or Lux x3 for Dispelling Wind.

Zilant: Lux x3


Beastmen

Antica: Flabrax3

Bugbear: Gelusx3 -- Flying Hip Press

Gigas: Ignisx3 -- Ice Roar, Moribund Hack

Goblin: Undax3 -- Bomb Toss

Lamiae: Lux x3 if NM has Grim Reaper (Doom), Tenebraex3 if NM has Belly Dance (Charm)

Mamool Ja: Undax3 -- Firespit, Groundburst

Meeble: Gelusx3 -- Meeble Warble - Silence

Orc: Weak to Water (Undax3) / Tenebraex3 (debuffs) -- Fanatic Dance - Charm

Orcish Warmachine: Undax3

Poroggo: Tenebrae x3 -- Frog Song, Frog Chorus - Charm

Qiqirn: Lux x3 -- Sandspray - Blind

Quadav: Weak to Thunder (Sulporx3)

Sahagin: Sulporx3

Tonberry: Weak to Ice (Gelusx3) / Ignisx3 to resist Ritual Bind's Paralyze & Bind

Troll: Flabrax3 for Petrify, or Undax3 for Amnesia

Velkk: Flabrax3 -- Jungle Hoodoo, Saurian Swamp - Slow

Yagudo: Weak to Ice (Gelusx3)


Promy Ecosystem


Empty

Craver: Flabrax3 -- Murk, Impalement - Slow

Gorger: Lux x3 for Spirit Absorption's Drain, or Ignisx3 for Stygian Flatus' Paralyze

Receptacle: Anything

Seether: Tenebraex3 -- Lamentation

Thinker: Lux x3 -- Shadow Spread, Drains - Curse Sleep

Wanderer: Anything

Weeper: Each has an element, so you could use Runes to protect against it. Otherwise Sulporx3 as they have two Poison attacks.


Sea Ecosystem


Luminian

Aern: Depends on target. Ignoring the weapon it wields, Gelusx3 for Auroral Wind's Silence & Impact Stream's Def Down.

Polearm Aerns can do Medusa Javelin w/ Petrify (Flabra). Sword Aerns can do Glacier Splitter w/ Paralyze (Ignis)

Euvhi: Lux x3 -- Stupor Spores, Nutrient Absorption - Sleep, Drain

Hpemde: Telusx3 for Temporal Shift's Stun, or Sulporx3 for Ichor Stream Poison

Phuabo: Gelusx3 -- Aerial Collision, Voiceless Storm - Def Down Silence

Xzomit: Sulporx3 -- Siphon Discharge

Yovra: Tenebraex3 only for Luminous Drape (Charm) / Sulporx3 for Asthenic Fog (Drown), Torrential Torrent & Vitriolic Barrage's Poison.


Luminion

Ghrah: I guess Telusx3 for Bird forms Damnation Dive (Stun)? Otherwise anything.

Zdei: Ignisx3 for Reactor Cool (Ice Spikes), or Flabrax3 for Optic Induration's Petrify (only Normal mode)


Abyssea Ecosystem


Vorageans

Amoeban: Lux x3 -- Osmosis - Drain

Clionid: Sulporx3 -- Acrid Stream - M. Def Down

Limule: Undax3 -- Blazing Bound - Burn

Murex: Depending on type, is weak to Earth (Telus) or Thunder (Sulpor)


Misc.


Archaic Machine

Chariot: Ignisx3 for Discharge Paralyze / If it can do Brainjack (NM), Tenebraex3 for resist Charm

Gear: Weak to Ice (Gelusx3), otherwise Tenebraex3 for Rail Cannon

Rampart: *Unconfirmed* Weak to Ice? (Gelus)


Elementals

Elemental: Look at the elemental, then pick the Rune under "Virtuoso"

[Dual Elementals]: Baelfyrs = Undax3 / Byrgen = Lux x3 / Gefyrst = Ignisx3 / Ungeweder = Telusx3

Heartwing: Tenebraex3

Monoceros: Has two types: Alicorn & Monoceros. Alicorn are Light Ixions and you'll want Tenebraex3. Dark Ixions go for Telusx3

Pixie: Lux x3 -- Cyclonic Turmoil, Winter Breeze - Dispel

Porxie: Weak to Earth (Telus) / Tenebrae for Flash, or Lux for Beclouding Dust's Dispel

Umbril: Lux x3 (damage) / Ignisx3 for Paralyzing Triad (potent)


Unclassified

Animated Weapon: Anything

Automaton: Gelusx3 for (Harlequin/Stormwaker frames only) Knockout's Def Down?? Otherwise anything.

Avatar:

[Garuda]: Gelusx3
[Ifrit]: Undax3
[Leviathan]: Sulporx3
[Ramuh]: Telusx3
[Shiva]: Ignisx3
[Titan]: Flabrax3
[Alexander]: Tenebraex3
[Odin]: Lux x3
[Carbuncle]: Tenebraex3
[Diabolos]: Lux x3
[Fenrir]: Lux x3
[Bahamut]: Undax3 for high Fire Spells / Lux x3 for Dispel moves
[Cait Sith]: Tenebraex3
[Siren]: Gelusx3 (damage) / Tenebraex3 (Charm)


Biotechnological Weapon:

[Omega]: Consider Ignisx3 to resist Paralyze -- Ion Efflux, Stun Cannon
[Ultima]: Can do several elements, although it has more Light moves than others (Tenebraex3) / Flabrax3 for Smoke Discharger Petrify / Lux x3 for Dissipation's Dispel All

Replica: Lux x3 for those with the Death spell.

[Orc Statue]: Ignisx3
[Quadav Statue]: Gelusx3
[Yagudo Statue]: Lux x3
[Goblin Statue]: Lux x3

Supreme Being:

[Cloud Of Darkness]: Lux x3

[Hades/Plouton]: Lux x3 -- Bane Of Tartarus, Torrential Pain, Eternal Misery, Impudence, Tenebrous Grip - Dispel, Curse (both types), Blind

[Promathia]: First Form = Lux x3 (Dispel) / Second Form = Gelusx3 for Silence, or Undax3 for Amnesia

[Provenance Watcher]: Undax3 for Amnesia, Gelusx3 for Silence, or Flabrax3. Gets AoE Paralyze under 50% (Ignis).

[Shinryu]: Ignisx3 for Gyve Charge's Paralyze / Under 33% use Lux x3 for Supernova's Doom

-Fin-