Depth Dancer

	Lucifer Hawk
Description
	A vicious, bloodthirsty bird which lashes out instantly at anything that moves.
Enemy Data
EXP	1420
Skills	Evil Cry; Demon Beak
Items	None
Weakness
Resistance
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	Depth Dancer
Description
	A bird that hunts deep in the Labyrinth. Only true hunters can avoid its swift strikes to defeat it.
Enemy Data
HP	14200
ATK	88
DEF	55
EXP	160000
Skills	Demon Beak
Items	Sinister Beak; Stiff Wing
Weakness
Resistance
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	Macabre
Description
	A bird that hunts deep in the Labyrinth. The most prudent option may be to flee.
Enemy Data
HP	5000
ATK	393
DEF	134
EXP	5500
Skills	Evil Cry, Bad Beak
Items	Odd Fruit, Ebon Plume (Conditional)
Weakness	None
Resistance
Status Resistance
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The Macabre, later known as the Depth Dancer, is a FOE that appears in both Etrian Odyssey and Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl.

Macabre (Etrian Odyssey)[]

The Macabre is a FOE found on B28F in the Claret Hollows. They moves two steps on the map at a time, making it difficult to outrun their speed. Every time a battle is started with one it will get a blindsided attack, making things even more difficult. It can use Evil Cry to improve its attack power and Bad Beak for massive damage. Both Defender and Immunizer may be required for survival. This FOE is also greatly resistant to every kind of attack, only being vulnerable to Stab.

Skills[]

Evil Cry (Uses Head): Increases user's attack (however, due to a bug, Macabre will never use this skill).
Bad Beak (Uses Arms): Damages a party member; the attack is slightly stronger than a normal attack..

Drops[]

Odd Fruit (Worth: 1250 en)
Ebon Plume (Conditional) (Worth: 7000 en)

Conditional Drop[]

In order to get the Macabre's conditional drop, the Ebon Plume, it must be defeated with a non-Stab attack.

Related Monsters[]

Depth Dancer (Etrian Odyssey Untold)[]

Depth Dancers are wicked FOEs that can be found on floors B28F and B30F of the Claret Hollows. They are widely considered to be the most difficult enemies in the game, save for the true Yggdrasil Core, and the powerful Bane Lizard.

When the player enters their domain, two Depth Dancers will randomly spawn from the walls, at a straight line from the player's current position. They will always spawn facing forward from the wall, and cannot spawn on top of the player - this means that moving next to a wall will prevent a Depth Dancer from spawning from that wall.

They will always move 3 steps at a time in a single direction, initially towards the player. If they ever align themselves with the player, and the player is not in front of them, they will change direction, darting towards the player to start a fight. They are only able to change direction once per spawn; if the attack fails, they will simply move towards the next wall and disappear for a few turns, and then respawn. They will also respawn quickly if defeated, meaning that they will always be harrassing the player as they move.

In battle, they are fearsome opponents. They can summon two Red Corpuscles and use Demon Beak, an incredibly powerful skill that deals massive Stab damage to the entire party with a good chance of causing Blindness. Demon Beak can easily deal over 500 damage to even the strongest defensive characters, easily wiping out even the most prepared parties.

When they are alone, they have a high chance of summoning two Red Corpuscles. Otherwise, they will always use Demon Beak or their normal attack.

Binding their heads will prevent them from using Demon Beak. Using Parry is also very effective, since Depth Dancers only use physical attacks, and can easily kill weaker backline characters. They are weak to Stab, allowing Frederica and the Highlander to inflict great amounts of damage. Both the Depth Dancer and the corpuscles are resistant against elemental attacks, so physical attackers are recommended. Skills that boost your defense and reduce the enemy attack power are recommended as well.

They are vulnerable to multiple status effects, like Panic, Fear, and Blind, which can help in defeating them. As Demon Beak can be acquired from a grimoire stone, you can use their own moves against them.

Be prepared to handle two Depth Dancers at once as they have a tendency to spawn in pairs, making it very likely a second one will enter the current battle mid way. However, if a battle commences while a Depth Dancer is not on the map, they will wait until the battle is over to spawn.