FFX-2 LLG Part XI: Beating Shinra in Sphere Break and Getting Lady Luck Dressphere

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Published on May 9, 2009 1:31:03 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhpLNfCatoI

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Final Fantasy X-2 (2003)

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Having beaten Bahamut, we're now in Chapter 3 and that's the most action-packed chapter so far. A lot of bosses, missions requiring deeper tactics than usual and also many new dresspheres to master: Lady Luck, Berserker, Trainer, Samurai... If only I had a TV tuner installed on this computer, I'd have a lot more videos of CH3 up but right now it's very hard for me to record.

I lost one sphere break game on purpose so that I could save after getting the White Signet GG (may be used in the future, we'll see), because you're very likely to finish the game without snatching the item.

Sphere Break is FFX-2's replacement for Blitzball, which is very much optional and negligible this time around, and I think I like sphere break more, although blitzing is more fun when you're lazy and want to relax.

But as you can see, you have good chances to beat Shinra even if you are lazy, relaxed and haven't done any mathematics homework for years. The calculations are really simple, and anybody could find a multiplier of the number shown with ease.

Some obvious strategies to remember is to use the biggest number coins ASAP, unless they reduce coin value/amount, because they disappear from the board once they reach 10.

You can (and should, because Mug is a great ability to auto-gain AP) get a Treasure Hunt GG here by using any of the border coins marked with Item, and it's very possible to miss this, that's where some resets come from.

Overall, this isn't too hard as long as you go for the echo bonus as your number one priority, sticking to one number of coins to multiply every turn. Still, you could always lose no matter how hard you try if you get to multiply 1 one time too many (I can win after two of these instances easily), but it's not completely luck-reliant - your decisions in sphere break do matter.

Not that hard, and we get the Lady Luck DS.

Not sure what to use it for right now. Ultima and CONGRATS! are things we theoretically could abuse even in this challenge, but I'd rather not.

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