Final Fantasy X - Original Creations & Nemesis Boss Guide (Monster Arena) - AI, Tips & Tricks

[@Dansg08]

Sup guys, this video concludes the Boss Guide for the Monster Arena. I hope it has been helpful. Next up is the final one in this series, the Dark Aeons and Penance. Stay tuned! Quick note: I accidentally copied the weapon/armour drops from Shinryu to Ultima Buster. UB drops weapons with Triple AP/Triple Overdrive and Overdrive -> AP, or in other words the PERFECT weapon for stat maxing. The odds of getting this weapon is 28%, but obviously getting it for a specific character is much more rare. In most circumstances it is better to do it by fighting One-Eye and customizing it.

[@tammyevans-mcneely1190]

dansg08 Unlike Chocobo Eater, why can't Earth Eater push you back and you can't push it off back.

[@tammyevans-mcneely1190]

dansg08 Which original creation resembles a storyline boss known as "Sanctuary Keeper"?

[@tammyevans-mcneely1190]

Shining is a bit like Photon Spray.

[@tammyevans-mcneely1190]

Attack? Same as normal.

[@tammyevans-mcneely1190]

And Eraser is a bit like Poison Breath.

[@crystaldazz]

Someone make this man a Brotherhood Lava Lamp or get him an Auron Plushie. Dude deserves it after releasing such an abundance of quality information. Keep on truckin', B. Your videos bring more joy to us than you know.

[@crystaldazz]

Btw, loved your FF12 Zodiac Playthrough. Give us a hint about your next playlist? :)

[@videohayvtv8706]

He said at the end of the story of XII, that he would do VIII and XIII-2 next and whichever gets viewed more he would finish that one first.

[@crystaldazz]

13-2 it is then. :D

[@richardstebbins4013]

Are Brotherhood Lava Lamps a thing? I didn't know how badly I needed one until now

[@yuwenrl]

With your guide, I just got the platinum trophy after playing this game for yearsssssss!!!! You are my hero!

[@Hastrica]

I must have watched this a dozen times and I still giggle at the delightful precision F-bomb you drop when talking about Greater Sphere. It's so unexpected and hilarious, all that well-researched informative commentary just punctuated by it like that. Love it.

[@mrteabag59]

Hey I must have stumbled upon your channel (and Dark Kefka...etc) about a year ago and slowly (in no particular order) been chipping away at the videos. I actually thought I’s be far too late for new content. Anyway have to say a massive thanks, I’m not really sure if you content creators know how important these type of videos are to a certain generation. I’m 34 now and no way have got the time to play this again, let alone do all the grinding. I only ever really did FF7 (Gold Chocobo 🙈) and FFX to the max back in the day. Anyway we’re it not for these videos things like the monster arena would have long faded. So I’m sure you’re struggling for ideas for videos by now but please try to keep them coming. Thanks mate, Ex-Gamer PS I never won a single game of Blitzball, that much I do remember

[@Dansg08]

Thanks for the comment, I do my best to keep the FFX fire burning :)

[@LordEgilYGO]

An interesting tidbit I learned while fighting Geosageneo, and I presume Eraser works the same: it actually does not have a shatter property. It's the fact you're in water. Water petrification is an instant ejection, no matter where it comes from. That's at least my understanding of it, but I may be wrong on that. But given how that shatter effect also affects enemies YOU pertify underwater, I suspect that's what's going on. It might as well have the shatter effect inherent, but the fact it's a water battle is possibly why Eraser is a shatter, not necessarily the attack itself.

[@faisal1979m]

I have a fast bullet proof strategy: 1- Yuna must be leve up with her nodes . 2- overdrive Summon Anima. 3- Cast Haste , protect , shell , regen 4- only attack with Overdrive the damage will be around 610000-620000 5- Great Sphere will counter with Hydraulic pressure two times each one damage around 12k to 13k (or with normal 300 damage ATK) so make sure Anima HP is 28000 or more. 6- use Double cast with Drain to recover & supercharger your overdrive for next ATK great sphere will counter with Ultima but regen covers up for you 7- repeat it 2 times more it will defeted fast I know GP is slow & annoying with it's dramatic entrance & in defeat

[@KrazyEngima]

This my first time getting this deep into the game after playing it for 20+ years and it's been making me feel like I'm playing it for the first time again lol

[@xCirious]

"Type of ultima that will fuck you up." I love how you said that lol

[@Dansg08]

It will though :P

[@juandom6432]

Great video! Very meticulous work and your commentary is just perfect, awesome pace and no useless info! Thanks!

[@kirasternenfeuer6198]

Hmm I wonder why you don't use Yuna more often ^^ Magus Trio the needle attack for example is a good way to deal with most of those enemys and for Nemesis for example it doesn't count as special attack! As the sisters also be able to cast auto life they make up for a good decoy ^^ In fact it is quite easy to get a big junk of Nemesis lifepool with aeons anyway

[@randyroberts7581]

I'm 2 months late, I know. But the reason you won't see Aeons used very often in his videos or in general, is because Aeons are only singular units. Ignoring Magus Sisters for a moment, you can't cast Auto-Life which is automatically a downside and Curing is relatively hard to do. You brought up Magus Sisters, and the problem with them late-game is that you can't rely on the RNG. More often than not, you'll notice they don't have the smartest AI, meaning after a while, they start to become pointless. It's much better when you can coordinate what moves to do and how to do them. In fact, beyond nsg play throughs, you'll barely ever see Aeons outside of some difficult boss fights. This is because of how difficult is could be to control them. This doesn't make your argument invalid of course, if it works it works. I'm just explaining that is the reason you won't see it very often in Guides like this.

[@goodperson656]

Just killed a wasp in calm lands after unlocking attack reels, and I earned "Overcoming the nemesis trophy".

[@miyayuu]

wth XDD

[@goodperson656]

@Konstanley Jerknov Did I mention i also got the "Perseverance" trophy shortly after by doing nothing

[@miyayuu]

@Konstanley Jerknov bro, relax

[@keydenth2380]

I didn't get the one for nemesis but I did get the trophy for penance killing the exact same enemy a wasp in the calm lands had a look online and apparently its a glitch and fairly comman still though haha

[@Grimmm233]

Same thing happened to me when the remaster first came out and I got the one for killing Penance

[@bimanatawilaga7509]

Nemesis is the only monster arena boss that I unable to defeat with using Magus Sister only 😂

[@lingeringsonata]

Over a decade later only to learn how badly I've been playing FFX. >_

[@billycorganschic]

I know I’m super late to this but thanks so much for these videos!! I never had the guts to take on some of these but your videos make it possible! 🖤

[@FullcircleFaith]

Always enjoy all of your video's sir. Thank you.

[@disfiguringthegoddess1102]

I skipped around this. And of course, like I said previously your videos are great. I speedrun this game, and have beaten it regularly like...110 or so times. I just would like to just say, you have knowledge even I in very rare cases have just missed. love your effort showing everyone. I've always wanted to do one of these, but with being so busy in my career, I can't do it. I also am not that good organizing info either. So I'm glad someone like you is around just being a badass doing it. Keep up work on everything.

[@Dansg08]

110 - holy shit... I probably don't actually have that many playthroughs completed, I just have a lot of files with a lot of hours on them. But even if you ran all 110 at world record pace that's over 1000 hours. Dedication :) I also have another career, but one in which I'm fortunate enough to continue making videos as a secondary job/hobby. It's taken many years to get the channel to where it is, but it's nice to be able to have your cake and eat it too :) Always grateful. Thanks for the comment.

[@disfiguringthegoddess1102]

dansg08 of course friend. Keep up the work. Love the channel :)

[@timothyhall4794]

Speedrunning FFX sounds like a nightmare. I have immeasurable respect for you.

[@x-bowstriker3789]

I think easiest way is farm weapon & accesories from dark yojimbo first. You will ecounter 5 times in the cave, Just don't kill all dark yojimbo. Out from cave & back again and teleport again.

[@Decade-c9k]

Thanks for another amazing video!

[@jamesbond3391]

11:45 speaking truths here

[@albinusclark9561]

Great video thank you!

[@PersonaXlll]

seeing these bosses brought back some memories yooo... I remembered grinding for strengths/speed spheres... once I got those.. I started to increase Wakka's strength and speed, when used with loaner overdrive mode + world champion, you make the 2 other party members leave, cast haste+auto-life you get so many turns and you skip 2-3 until you have attack reels and fire that overdrive killing most original creations EASY...

[@droman608]

What of those who counter or just avoid physical attacks?

[@Biffo316]

@@droman608 that's where your agility stat comes in. As well as your luck. Anything after Dark Shiva has really high luck. It's relatively hard stat to grind

[@RainbowDashShadesOfApproval]

So, the hardest part when I stat maxed the Earth Eater grind. You need 420 Fortune Spheres. You need to kill that thing 210 times minimum. And the safest way to get overkill is with Anima. And even then, misjudgeing whether you can take 1 more Flare or 3 more Megaton punches means she dies and you have ti somehow figure out how to get overkill cause your character cant at that level. At some point, your Luck gets high enough and instead of pain, your using regular attack with 2 or 3 cheers, which means more turns. Id suggest getting luck first instead of last cause it makes grinding the rest of the spheres easier.

[@jacksputrid]

My Bahamut does 99k per hit has protect haste and regen might help

[@LunarMoogle]

I'm late to the party but I LOVE your videos!

[@Debg91]

Auron's Theme? Neat™

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

I dont know why but I love the way you say HP.

[@fynnborchers6306]

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[@jonathonlilbourne9264]

I got the spear grid done for three characters I started filling out the empty nodes but I’m trying to work on getting faster so I can hit yojimbo and anima i put so much speed on my characters but can’t seem to hit theme ever

[@krunk453wasd7]

You need luck and accuracy, luck is very important to hit dark aeon's. You need higher luck then them to hit them consistently, with 130 its enough for dark yojimbo and 150 hits most thing except dark mindy.

[@adamfletcher4999]

How to I unlock him I’ve caught atleast 1 of every type of friend he doesn’t appear in arena? Neslug

[@lostinacatsmouth8389]

You mean Nemisis? You need to catch 10 of all fiends, then defeat all the other creations. It'll be a lot of work, my man.

[@Matthew_Klepadlo]

1 of every fiend gets you Neslug 5 of every fiend gets you Ultima Buster 10 of every fiend and defeating all monster arena enemies gets you Nemesis. Keep hunting, if you are getting tired, take a break and play something else and refresh yourself. If you’re ever confused on why Nemesis isn’t appearing… Double check, triple check, QUADRUPLE check that you captured 10 of every fiend.

[@samyelts8498]

Great video

[@xl-grudge7274]

Amazing guide

[@raidenzelgaming7519]

Why weakness is doom?

[@lavayuki]

I left this until after the dark aeons and they were all really easy, except Nemesis which was hard, 10 million health is so much and also his damage, I thought dark anima took really long.

[@ryuujikohsinskishinigami4384]

Also i maxed all of tidus stats of 255 except magic and luck

[@gamefreak7721]

When i get the Max stats then i will take them on Fairly

[@ali3ndnb]

How did you capture marlboros before ribbon?

[@jacksonskinner7879]

You can use a first strike weapon to get a single turn before bad breath and then use provoke. It will override the AI's preference for bad breath and it will do a different attack instead.

[@LordEgilYGO]

Question: why do you always use Slice & Dice? Blitz Ace has more hits and if you succeed, it gets another hit that's 6 times stronger, effectively hitting the enemy 14 times versus the 6 hits at a 33% increase with Slice & Dice's success, which is effectively 8 normal hits.

[@Dansg08]

Here's a post from gamefaqs user Glavewurm which explains it - "'Attack' has a power of 16. Slice and Dice is 6 Power x 6 hits (boosted by time left, about a 40% increase on the first pass). Blitz Ace is 8 hits of 4 Power, + 1 hit of 24 (only the 24 Power hit is boosted by time left). Slice and Dice is Speed Rank 4, Blitz Ace 7 (lower is better, they are directly multiplied by turn tick, 'Attack' is Rank 3). If it won't end the fight, and you have access to more overdrives soon, Ace loses if it does 99,999 damage a hit. 899,991 damage for 10 ticks (170+ Agi (3 ticks) * 7 /2(Haste) truncated) is 89,999 a tick. Slice and Dice is 599,994 for 6 ticks or 99,999 a tick. (Quick Hit is 33,333 damage per tick). And Blitz Ace is only getting that close because Slice and Dice has been hitting the cap for awhile. Blitz Ace is better if it'll kill the target, a counter will kill Tidus or any other time where turn delay doesn't matter. And against things with really low Def, if you are only doing 1 overdrive. Short version: Weak, low Def enemies = Blitz Ace, anything else = Slice and Dice, usually.'Attack' has a power of 16. Slice and Dice is 6 Power x 6 hits (boosted by time left, about a 40% increase on the first pass). Blitz Ace is 8 hits of 4 Power, + 1 hit of 24 (only the 24 Power hit is boosted by time left). Slice and Dice is Speed Rank 4, Blitz Ace 7 (lower is better, they are directly multiplied by turn tick, 'Attack' is Rank 3). " If it won't end the fight, and you have access to more overdrives soon, Ace loses if it does 99,999 damage a hit. 899,991 damage for 10 ticks (170+ Agi (3 ticks) * 7 /2(Haste) truncated) is 89,999 a tick. Slice and Dice is 599,994 for 6 ticks or 99,999 a tick. (Quick Hit is 33,333 damage per tick). And Blitz Ace is only getting that close because Slice and Dice has been hitting the cap for awhile. Blitz Ace is better if it'll kill the target, a counter will kill Tidus or any other time where turn delay doesn't matter. And against things with really low Def, if you are only doing 1 overdrive. Short version: Weak, low Def enemies = Blitz Ace, anything else = Slice and Dice, usually.

[@LordEgilYGO]

@@Dansg08 Ah, that explains it. I didn't even think about the delay of the attack! Thank you!

[@wakatoashaw2249]

How do you get mega potions to heal that much?

[@porkysugrim]

Really amazing how you make these

[@Matthew_Klepadlo]

You did make a mistake: Ultima Buster doesn’t drop Double AP weapons… He drops Triple Overdrive, Overdrive->AP, and Triple AP weapons with the abilities randomized. Just thought it was worth mentioning.

[@tribaldragon1328]

Can you not just kill nemesis with yojimbo instant kill move?

[@LukasD89]

Unfortunately yes

[@whirled_peas]

The purpose of the end game is to be a challenge, why would you Zanmato everything, just wasting your time then

[@adammclaughlin845]

@@whirled_peasTo be fair, the only other viable strategy is to complete the sphere grid at huge effort then spam Quick Hits, Wakka's limit break, Auto-Life and Hyper Mighty G every single time, just to say you killed these bosses in a way you judge to be "right". Zanmato achieves the same result with less grinding.

[@gamefreak7721]

Got Break Limits for Yuna And Auron just need to get 0 seconds on Chocobo race

[@luisfelipenicodemus2055]

found more easy to get 60 dark matters while farming stat spheres than doing that awful chocobo race

[@user-Letuananh]

good !! it help full !!

[@mindfullofuselessknowledge3536]

Love the videos but the music can make it hard to hear when you trail off a sentence. Thanks for the knowledge tho, 100%.

[@losttheory2761]

I just beat all of the original creations and nemesis didn't pop up yet. Do I need to do something else?

[@losttheory2761]

Do I have to beat the species conquest and area conquest as well?

[@Oakeybloke]

Don't you also need to capture 10 of all fiends to unlock Nemesis? As well as beating all the area, species, and other original creations 🙂

[@cr-nd8qh]

How much is this game on PS4?

[@thehoodybadger3402]

What is this song? Unggh, it sounds good.

[@STAR-ql9kc]

How to unlike the last one in original

[@ryaneglinton8970]

Can you actually die in this game (outside of being stoned) with autolife?

[@LukasD89]

There are some attacks that dispel auto life, Dark Yojinbos Zanmato and Dark Magus Sisters Delta Attack for example

[@TheWonkster]

7:17 is Flare coming out of his ass?

[@wellDamnJamz]

if I think my party is gonna be wiped out, I make a aeon take the hit. am I a weeb?

[@Dansg08]

It's a pretty common strategy, some of the most difficult battles even recommend it. As long as it helps you win and you feel sufficiently challenged that you had a good time, do whatever you want :) These tips and tricks are just guidelines to help you through.

[@Roksana-gy1ek]

I do it for like jecht and omnis and all those overdrive fighting monsters

[@killianmontgomery2777]

I know im late but can you reflect flare

[@Roksana-gy1ek]

no. You can't bounce a reflected flare

[@Matthew_Klepadlo]

If you can reflect a reflected flare, the spell would bounce back and forth like a ball on a two ridiculous trampolines. That’d be awesome, not gonna lie.

[@adammclaughlin845]

​@@Matthew_Klepadlo You can do this in the original FFVII. Reflect works four times and is dispelled after reflecting a fourth spell. You can bounce spells between the party and the enemy until someone runs out of Reflects.

[@jonathanspaulding3771]

What is hatchP?

[@raarasunai4896]

HP. Some dialects of English, H is pronounced with the sound of the actual letter at the beginning (Hatch instead of Atch)

[@kmbdbob]

I like how FFX goes beyond the limits. But i dont like the thought of farming dozens of hours. I rather use Yojinbo to save my time for other games.

[@JohnnyWorld]

How did you hit for over 1,000,000 in 1 hit with Anima?

[@LukasD89]

If you use the short animation option, it adds up the hits

[@iket.v2554]

Why does it say weakness doom?

[@Naptastic_voyage]

Because you can cast doom on almost all super bosses. The problem is that it takes hundreds of turns to actually kill them.

[@philliphandshoe4801]

is this ps3 or ps4 version?

[@Roksana-gy1ek]

Ps3

[@zephyfoxy]

I can't beat Earth Eater because I don't have the celestial weapons and I can't get the celestial weapons because I keep running into fucking dark aeons.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

I found that it is usually easier to just make your own weapons once the guy in the woods sells blank 4 slot gear

[@Walamonga1313]

Year later but you could just zanmato dark yojimbo with yojimbo to try to get some gear. You can do the fight infinitely

[@gregariosity]

The only celestial weapon that’s blocked off by a dark aeon is tidus’s if you didn’t get it the first time. The only ones that block off anything important are Bahamut and Valefor (and shiva if you count three purple spheres). The rest you have to initiate the battle yourself

[@DILFBANGER3000]

Me on Seymour Flux UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@Biffo316]

Great sphere was a giant pain in my ass. Really annoying and very tricky opponent to defeat. But a good challenge nonetheless

[@Biffo316]

Took on Neslug today and completely forgot about the auto regen. I've never bothered doing the optional bosses until now. I love how easy a lot of then are with grinding and celestial weapons

[@gamefreak7721]

Already can kill Don Tonberry for the Ap trick

[@droman608]

I hope to face Shinryu and win.

[@hankvein1738]

Hey,just a noob question Can i kill all of the original creation,and nemesis with only auron,yuna,and rikku？ i dont have anyother celestial weapon,i really wanna use tidus, but i cant get the sun sigil, and i hate blizball, is it possible to kill them or do i have to get attack wheel and world chamipon?

[@paulfitzgerald762]

If you haven’t already found out for yourself, the party you mentioned will work against all the enemies in the monster arena. Other than penance I think your party can handle everything the game can through at you. Penance is definitely doable but attack reels does come in handy. I got tidus and wakka’s celestial weapons once and that was enough for a lifetime for me ha

[@metallikat05]

han kvein I cannot get Tidus, Lulu, or Kimarhis Sigils. I’m just going to go forward with a powerful weapon for tidus, and mostly avoid using lulu and Kimarhi altogether when I get to that point.

[@gamefreak7721]

For Tidus

[@raygefdz4423]

What if you don't have wakka's ultimate weapon, or overdrive? Not many people have time to play blitzball

[@Naptastic_voyage]

It had to play maybe 15 blitzball matches to get all of wakka's over drives and sigil

[@shaquantucker7463]

Too bad we couldn't have 12 million hours like the bosses

[@gamefreak7721]

Nemesis and Penance

[@Khaos_17]

Why do I watch this when Tidus takes 900 From Greater Sphere Ultima

[@maiprincesse]

Lol i defeated every monster, and nemesis won’t show up

[@Matthew_Klepadlo]

Double check, the number 9 looks a lot like 10.

[@krunk453wasd7]

You also have to fight every boss in the arena i over do it and clear it all

[@Khaos_17]

Me slug you can use Bitlz Ace

[@kamuiyu7101]

Nemesis is far stronger than puny penance i have auto protect defense plus 20% and i ultra null all and i still got one shot by his special attack that hits the party

[@Animebryan2]

Hache-P

[@markaspio547]

Ma quanto chiacchieri? È solo un giochino elettronico.

[@0161GHM]

all these guides are the same, people just use quick hit and barely any other skills

[@WailordLover69]

Al bhed potions shouldn’t work on wakka cause he’s canonically racist towards them, they should have played a voice line where he goes “nah men, is Al bhed!” And then proceed to heal the rest of them

[@Gypsyblood777]

Monster arena was cancer

[@roxannetorres2482]

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