Soulflayers aren't the most friendly of things.

[Epincus]

So I figured everyone would run off to test merits, Ulli, Marzuka, etc, I wanted to try something more pertinent. So I hauled ass out to Arrapago with a group of friends and fought some Soulflayers.

Most are IT to 75 (I wanna say level 82-84 but can't confirm yet) and weak as hell Physically. True Sound/Sight. The first pass I made at one solo it saw through my invis at some pretty damn good range. BLM types, so they will stand back and mage away at you. Easy enough on paper.

Their weapon skills, though...

Immortal Anathema - AoE Curse
Immortal Mind - Magic Attack Boost
Immortal Shield - Magic Shield
Tribulation - AoE Nasty Blind + 39HP/tick Bio
Mind Purge - Full Dispel (One target, food dispelled)
Mind Blast - Directional Moderate Damage, Strong Paralyze (Goes through shadows)

I think that's all I saw (So far). Going to convince my party to go a few more to see what else I can find out.

(If this doubleposts, I'm sorry, I'm getting timeout errors)

[Pezant]

The only thing I've seen them drop so far is Soulflayer Staff which I haven't tried desynthing yet. The drop rate on it seemed to be about 50%. Also these mobs link.

[Epincus]

These also aggro Job Abilities.

Edit: They also aggro Magic.

[Miji]

A WWer in our shell desynthed 3 of these using wind crystal:

1x bloodwood lumber
1x break
1x spinel

Both of the successes were HQ.