Originally posted by the_cobbinator
Man, I love FFX, I'm stuck on Yunalesca, but I figure I can figure out some sort of strategy. I just need to judge when she's gonna use Mega death so I know when to keep the Zombie status. I highly reccomend it.
Zombie status really shouldn't bother you that much. It's always good to keep at least one character with the Zombie status at all times. I found a strategy on a web site that ended up doing the fight the same way I did it. You need to rememeber that this fight is about 80 percent luck and 20 percent skill so don't give up that quickly. Also atleast one of your characters should know reflect. I'll let you figure out how to use that. Anyways, I'll copy and paste. Good luck.
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[BOSS - Yunalesca]
[24,000 Hp - 0 AP]
[48,000 Hp - 0 AP]
[60,000 Hp - 14000 AP]
3 forms. Hard. Not Easy at all. Ill hand it this one off to the best Boss
fighter, Sean.
By Sean
"Form #1 20000 hp: Ah, you think to yourself, 20000 hp? There has to be a
catch. And you are right. This is form #1 of this boss, and the easiest by
far. Attacking with physical attacks will cause it to counter with a 200ish
damage attack that negates all beneficial spells like Haste and also casts
Darkness and sometimes Curse. Magic attacks are countered with Silence. You
should be able to take care of it fast though. Try not to use your aeons for
this form, you'll need their status immunity later."
"Form #2, 40000 hp: Tougher. Counterattacks the same as above, except now
alternates her turns between Hell biter (very low damage and inflicts Zombie on
every party member) and Absorb (absorbs half a characters MAX hp, meaning 2 of
them kills you) She does this over and over till you kill her. Shiva helps
here, the other Aeons are too slow and their overdrive gives ???? three turns,
generally Absorb Hell biter Absorb, and then you have a dead aeon. Aeons that
cannot heal themselves are essentially worthless (Valefor and Bahamut if you
haven't given him Cure spells) Since Absorb kills any of them in two hits.
Not too hard, you say? Its not over yet!"
"Form #3, around 70000 hp:
Counterattacks same as above two forms, uses Hell biter alot, but now things
get tricky. Now it uses Curaga (5000-6000 damage on one zombified person) and
Mega Death (instant kill on all non-zombified people). Also sometimes uses
Mind Blast(500-1000 damage on each character, inflicts confusion) I recommend
full hasted party, two non zombified people and one zombified person at all
times. Thats how I lasted the longest anyway. Aeons, assuming you even have
any left alive by now, get even harder to use here with the Mega Death threat."
OA