Final Fantasy 16has its fans and naysayers right now. There is one thing that both sides can agree upon for the most part though. They like the combat which is a step up from previous action games in the series.
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Players can equip Eikons to Clive which gives him abilities that run on cooldowns along with skills that can be spammed constantly. What good would a fun combat system be without monsters?Final Fantasy 16has a ton from random monsters to unique ones from Notorious Makes. Most are returning monsters from previous games but with new designs. Which redesigns then were the coolest in the game overall?
8Moogles
Moogles are technically a monsterwithin theFinal Fantasyseries although some may consider them a race since they are sentient. They are good monsters though, especially Nektar inFinal Fantasy 16. Nektar is in charge of the Notorious Marks board which is how players are going to see some of the wilder creatures in the game. Moogles first appeared inFinal Fantasy 3and they have been a staple ever since although their forms do change. Nectar’s tiny koala-like body is one of the cuter iterations in quite some time.
7Bomb
Bombs are one of the deadliest monsters in theFinal Fantasyseries. They first appeared inFinal Fantasy 2as big orbs with teeth. Typically, they are depicted as round orbs, usually red or orange, with fire shooting out of their tops. The more they get hit, the bigger chances they will explode on the party which can deal a lot of damage. The redesign inFinal Fantasy 16makes them look creepy like lava-covered skulls that have been reanimated which is unsettling, to say the least.
6Red Mousse
Red Mousse also appeared inFinal Fantasy 2like Bombs. Red Mousse is only one type of jelly-like monster in this series though. The more standardized version of these piles of goo is called Flans. That’s the type of creature fans will be more familiar with compared to the various Mousse-like creatures.
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Whatever they are called doesn’t matter because the structural bodies are all about the same. They are sentient jellies and this game gives them an edge with horrific teeth and tentacles to slashClive with inFinal Fantasy 16.
5Iron Giant
Iron Giant should not be confused with the late 90s animated film,The Iron Giant. TheFinal FantasyIron Giants are a lot more menacing as they are hulking armors wielding swords that would make Cloud’s Buster Sword blush fromFinal Fantasy 7. They first appeared as a rare encounter inFinal Fantasy 2. InFinal Fantasy 16, the first Iron Giant is a boss and one of the harder ones at that. There are a lot of cool things about this redesign such as its spiked shield, gunblade-like sword, and Heartless looking chest.
4Ahriman
Ahriman started as a big deal in the series as it was one of the final bosses inFinal Fantasy 3. From there, its status got diminished to a normal monster encounter in these games. Most depictions show them as giant eyeballs with bat wings. That’s more or less how the one inFinal Fantasy 16except that it has gangly limbs and liver spots that make it look decrepit. It may not be a boss anymore, but it is a tough enemy in the game. It can cast Doom which will instantly kill players if they don’t dodge out of the danger zone.
3Lich
Lich was another bigger monster within the series initially. It was one of the Four Fiends that controlled the world in theoriginalFinal Fantasy. Designs waver, but every Lich after this looked mostly the same albeit with a few tweaks done to the Grim Reaper-like aesthetic.
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Final Fantasy 16is the first game in the franchise to dramatically change things up. Lich now looks like a faceless oozed alien, or like a deep blue/purple naked version of Slender Man with a scythe.
2Behemoth
Behemoth first appeared inFinal Fantasy 2, but it was a conceptual piece of artwork for the firstFinal Fantasy. The drawing showed a big purple beast fighting what was probably one of the Four Warriors of Light. Its appearance inFinal Fantasy 2was not that menacing, but the further the series went on, the scarier and more iconic the Behemoth became.Final Fantasy 15still probably has the biggest version in the franchise, butFinal Fantasy 16’sredesign adds some gnarly stuff to it that makes it equally frightening. The Behemoth is covered in spikes, it can stand up, and it can hurl meteors at Clive like it was nothing.
1Coeurl
Coeurl is yet another monster fromFinal Fantasy 2whose design has not changed much in the past few decades. It usually looks like a cat, sometimes with spots, with long tentacle-like whiskers. The beast in this game is also a spotted cat, but the tentacles got a huge menacing upgrade. The tentacles are longer and they look like power cables attached to two giant daggers. Coeurl also has electricity surging through its body to shock opponents. It first appears as a boss before Clive has to take on Kupka followed by an Eikon fight withTitan inFinal Fantasy 16.
Final Fantasy 16was released on Jun 14, 2025, and is available on PS5.
