ARRRRGHH!

[pyrephox]

What. The. Fuck??

Okay, so I'm trying to do the Calm Lands mission. I've gotten to the Chamber of Fayth four or five times, now, and /every/ time, that damned Aeon cleans my fucking clock. I don't see any way to /beat/ him. He's immune to EVERYTHING, has several bazillion life, and a special attack which takes all my guys down to 1 HP and 1 MP without fail. Even my special dresspheres get clobbered by this guy and his freaky mutant dog every single time. Am I missing something?

ARRRRRGH.

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Yojimbo, right? (Delete this now or don't read if you don't want the official guidebook data on him.

[sariel-di.livejournal.com]

The book recommends equipping the entire party with anti-poison items: Star Pendants and Glass Buckles. Don't use magic, since he has several attacks that drain MP completely. Instead, use a strong Gunner, Warrior, Dark Knight, or other fighter-type. Make someone else an Alchemist with plenty of Potions and Hi-Potions; give her a Haste Bangle if available. For your third, you may want to start her as a Thief, because Yojimbo's got 2000 gil and a Power Wrist to steal; later, make the Thief a Gunner, Dark Knight, or Alchemist.

The best way to take him down is to repeat the same actions each round. Have a Gunner use Trigger Happy and a Dark Knight use Darkness; let the Alchemist attack and heal as necessary. The attacks should take over 1000 HP each.

When Yojimbo raises a finger in front of his face, he's going to perform the Zanmato attack, which takes everyone down to 1 HP and 1 MP. Don't have the Alchemist do anything till he uses Zanmato. If she's got a Haste Bangle, she'll automatically be Hasted afterwards; Mix a Potion and a Hi-Potion immediately for a Mega-Potion. If Daigoro, the dog, kills one or more party members, the Alchemist can make a Mega-Phoenix from a Phoenix Down and a Hi-Potion if you don't already have one in stock.

Repeat this strategy as needed, If you can, use a Chocobo Wing to Haste the entire party early on.

The book also mentions that a Star Bracer (constant Reflect effect) is available in Yojimbo's chamber. Yojimbo has 22000 HP, 9999 MP, and offers 2000 XP and 15 AP.

Re: Yojimbo, right? (Delete this now or don't read if you don't want the official guidebook data on

[pyrephox.livejournal.com]

Yojimbo, yes. Hatehatehatehim.

I don't have the Dark Knight or Alchemist dresspheres, yet. Hmm. Might want to leave the Calm Lands mission until I get at least the Alchemist, then come back to it? Although I /do/ have a bangle with DarkTouch that I could put on Rikku, since she tends to go first when she's being all thievy. Or just use her Darkness attack, and save the bangles for anti-poison stuff.

That Zanmato attack /sucks/. It sucks beyond the level of mortal suckage, and storms into the lands of Immortal Suck. It's Mt. Olympus Suckage. Godhead Suckage. The Suck of Nirvana.

*hugs* Thank you for the advice! It helps a lot.

Re: Yojimbo, right? (Delete this now or don't read if you don't want the official guidebook data on

[sariel-di.livejournal.com]

Alchemist should've been in Chapter Two, apparently during a scene with Clasko. (Fighting Blue Elementals in the Calm Lands.) Dark Knight, likewise in Chapter Two, just before Baralai and Bahamut.

If he's not immune, Darkness is always good! If you've got anything to inflict Slow, that's likely as helpful as Hasting party members, in my FFX experience. Hmm... Poison, if he's not immune; Regen or Regen-granting abilities on the party, if possible at this stage? HP +% would likely help, too, if available, or any SOS [something] abilities if they're available in X-2 as well as X. [grins]

[snugs] I knew there was a reason I bought the guidebook. ^^ Luck!

Re: Yojimbo, right? (Delete this now or don't read if you don't want the official guidebook data on

[pyrephox.livejournal.com]

Argh! *weeps* I pretty much ignored the Calm Lands in Chapter 2...minigames aren't really my thing, and that's all I saw, there. And I have no idea how I missed Dark Knight. Grargh. Oh, well. Something to get the next time through. :D

There's SOS items, and some garment grids give those abilities, too. I'll have to fiddle around, and see what I can manage. :)

Re: Yojimbo, right? (Delete this now or don't read if you don't want the official guidebook data on

[sariel-di.livejournal.com]

Awwwww. [patpats]

[nods] It looks like the Alchemist grid comes after beating a minigame-ish thing. Dark Knight, I think, is just lying around...

[grins, nods] 'Cause at least Zanmato will auto-trigger any SOS thing.

[considers] What dress-spheres do you have access to?

Re: Yojimbo, right? (Delete this now or don't read if you don't want the official guidebook data on

[pyrephox.livejournal.com]

I hate Zanmato. I know I've said it before, but I needed to say it again. :p

I have Warrior, Berserker, Gun Mage, Songstress, Black Mage, White Mage, Gun Mage, Trainer, Gunner, Thief, Floral Fallial (that's not spelled correctly, I'm pretty sure), and Machina Maw.

Rikku is generally Thief, Paine has maxed out Warrior, and is working on Berserker (but has the garment grid which also gives her access to all her swordplay abilities), and Yuna is usually Gunner, with the occassional switch over to Floral when I feel the need to crush something utterly. That is one SCARY dressphere, and most of its abilities don't require MP.

Re: Yojimbo, right? (Delete this now or don't read if you don't want the official guidebook data on

[sariel-di.livejournal.com]

[giggles!] [patpats]


Hmmmmm. I'd suggest getting a Gun Mage or GunnerYuna powered up, for access to the best Trigger Happy you can get. Paine's Warrior-Berserker combo sounds like the best option in lieu of a Dark Knight. Maybe start Rikku on the White Mage sphere (while she has the MP to handle it), stock up on the Healing/Revival and/or Haste/Slow items and abilities, and have her be your speedmonkey in lieu of the Alchemist? And keep Yuna healed up the most, because if you lose the others and Trigger Happy's not cutting it, you can haul out Floral Fallal and keep your three-possible-turns ability?

Re: Yojimbo, right? (Delete this now or don't read if you don't want the official guidebook data on

[pyrephox.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Good ideas! I think I might try that. Machina Maw is, I'm sad to say, fairly useless against him, because all of its niftykeen things require MP, so, yeah...hmm. I wonder if I can keep Paine using Delay Buster, too...maybe put off that first, crushing uberattack as long as possible? *bounces* Now I'm eager to play, again!

Re: Yojimbo, right? (Delete this now or don't read if you don't want the official guidebook data on

[sariel-di.livejournal.com]

[grins!] [crosses fingers...] Luck!

Delay Buster GOOD. I say this as someone who's won boss fights in FFX where the boss got maybe two actions in to my party's twenty to fifty. [grins] Haste the party and Slow the boss == GOOD.

[giggles] Yay!

(If you want me to look up stuff in the future, too, feel free to ask. [grins])

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

That guy cleaned my clock the first time too. I don't really remember much about him, other than it took me forever. Longest battle until I got to Angra Mainyu (woo, two hours of sheer battleness!)

So here's what I did. I made Rikku an Alchemist. Make sure she's got Stash >> Mega-Potion. Go back and get this sphere, I think it's the best one in the game. All you have to do is clear out Clasko's chocobo ranch place (where the monster arena was in FFX, still in the Calm Lands). Before Yojimbo does his one attack thing, he'll put his fingers up close to his face. When he does this, have the Alchemist mix a Hi-Potion and an ordinary Potion.

I think you may be screwed getting Dark Knight. You had to solve a puzzle in the Bevelle section before fighting Bahamut. I don't know if you can still get there, but go ahead and try (the puzzle itself is in the room with the three lifts).

So once you have those, make sure someone's using Stash >> Mega-Potion every turn, and the Dark Knight is using Darkness. The other person can be just about anything... the damage she does is so infintisimal she's basically just there for healing support.