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Final Fantasy X (2001)

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Walkthrough

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Part 91 - Finishing the trial, the battling Spectral Keeper!

Ok, this is possibly the first boss you might wipe on immediatly and you'll be like - Hey...? What happened?

I find him pretty interesting as he has a unique battle and strategy.

Anyway, what does the Spectral Keeper really do?
He has platforms for you to move around on.
He uses Berserk Tail to cause Berserk for 1 reason.
He has a huge Counter-Attack that deals very high damage to 3 platforms in front of him everytime someone attacks him, thus the berserk. With berserk you have no control and will just attack yourself to death.
He also has glyph mines he puts randomly on some parts that insta-kills you on their next turn.

How to deal with this? Well, it's displayed in the video, but I guess I'll write it down.
This works regardless of what level you have.

First off, move away from each other so he can only ever hit 1 at a time even with counter attack.
By using Provoke on him, he will only ever turn to Tidus and use Berserk Tail on him, which is good. This means your other 2 characters are free and won't be harmed as long as Tidus stays alive.

After you've provoked him, don't attack. Depending on just how strong your Tidus is you will have to use different amount of defensive tools to stay up. I personally always use spheres gained on Tidus so he had a lot of health!

Cast protect no matter what, then use cheers depending on how many you feel like you need. If he STILL hits to hard for your Tidus, meaning you are very very low level, then you simply never attack with him and just Defend all the time and keep healing.

Anyway, use Yuna(probably) to keep him alive, then use Auron or Lulu for damage. If you're gonna use Lulu, make sure Auron first Mental breaks Spectral Keeper.
If Tidus is strong enough, you could keep in both Auron and Lulu for most parts. Of course, keeping in both and leaving Yuna out might only work with Berserk Ward.

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