Elm Gigas, also known as Neogigas, is an enemy in Final Fantasy V. It is strong when first met, but later on is easy to kill. It uses wind magic, such as Aeroga, which the player party can learn as a Blue Magic spell. It is susceptible to Level 3 Flare as well as instant death and petrify.
Catching it and releasing it unleashes Hurricane to one enemy.
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Elm Gigas from Final Fantasy V appears as an enemy in Pictlogica Final Fantasy.
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Gigas is a popular term for races of giants in fantasy games. Gigas is a Greek word meaning "giant", originally used to describe the race of Gigantes in Greek mythology and is used in the scientific name, as the specific epithet, of hundreds of species of animals and dozens of plant species to denote their size.