Yunalesca, the hardest boss

[§håd0w]

Yeah, but he can also replenish his health, which makes him harder. So in theory you can never lose that battle, since you're in a constant state of Auto-Life.

[612904398619]

he would probably be hard on my memory card but i used my friends, heh. he spent around 110 hours in the game and got all the good stuff. every one of my characters hit 9999 every time.

[YunaGirl05]

the first time i played ffx was when my friend brought it over and she was on that part and i was in the last stage of kiling her i was so close. but i died. i've already finished x-2 but i'm waiting for her to finish x so i can play it.

[Chelsea]

She's not THAT hard. yea, if your a beginner at ff's.

[§håd0w]

Well it was sorta designed in a sense that beginners would find it easy. You can switch weapons/armor in the middle of battle, battle is turn based and not active, all status effects disappear after battle, healing is easy, Inns are free. This is sorta like an enrty level RPG, but a bit more challenging. So good for those who have played one or two prior.

[DJZen]

When I reached Yunalesca I was still annoyed at the spectral guardian, so I decided then and there I was NOT going to loose.

Yunalesca's first form casts blind on anyone who attacks her and mute on anyone who casts spells on her. Repeatedly swapping out characters works well. She'll go down quickly enough.

Round 2 has her zombifying and curing your characters. This is fun because if you use remedy or holy water she'll still cure you. Take your time and whittle her down slowly.

In her third form leave your characters zombified. If all 3 are alive mega-death will kill them all. Use your strongest attacks here. She's immune to pretty much all status ailments so just hack away. Let her cure your zombified characters to death, then revive them. The team that worked best for me was Yuna, Auron and Kimahri, though anyone who hits hard will work well. Do NOT use Aeons unless it's as a Grand Summon, because Yunalesca can auto-kill them, much like Seymour.

[sayen]

you know the easyest way is to beat her first form then use mega phionexeds on the koed 2 the revive the other one and make sure you have one zombied person left in your party at her first form and just blast her with bahumut's overdrive then valfors then use tiduses ultimate overdirve which if you have warrior setting you shuld have by then.

[alexholker]

By capturing monsters for the arena I was able to get 60 Farplane Winds, which I used to add Deathproof to an armour with Zombie Ward. That, combined with character overdrives and Haste got me through it.

Oh yeah, for the first battle, giving Wakka, Tidus or Auron an armour with Darkproof is really useful (keeping them safe from Yunalesca's counters).

Alex

[Peek]

Heya.

Yunalesca was _extremely_ easy for me, but luck played a HUGE part. Example, I didn't even know that Mega Death affected non-zombified chars, I simply ran out of Holy Waters. Also, my Tidus character was pretty strong, hitting like 2000 or so. Doesn't seem strong, but it's useful.

Then, however, through my recent second play through, she was quite the boss. After losing once, I do what I always do, and thus is my advice;

Run around the ruins for a while, leveling is extremely easy with Lulu and Tidus as your main characters, because the big 'kicking' machina, and the 2 back row cannons give off rediculously huge amounts of AP. Not only that, but it is so simple to charge your Aeon's overdrives. 1-2 battles is all it takes, simply fight a weak enemy such as the rifle monks, and have boost on your elemental aeons. This way, if they're hurt, simply cast their elemental spell, to have a healing effect.

When you're fighting Yunalesca, I'd use Yuna, Lulu and Tidus. Have Tidus and Yuna in overdrive mode (with all aeons in overdrive, bahamut a possible exception, though extremely helpful), and Lulu casting Fira/Firaga on the boss. Her first form is very simple, do not use any overdrives, just melee with Tidus, and cast spells with Lulu. Press triangle to defend with Yuna, as you'll need her Esuna spell to fix Yunalesca's darkness-inflicting counterattack.

When you're at the second form, is when Lesca starts inflicting Zombie status regularly. You can heal Zombie right up until the end, where it is a nessesity all your party members are inflicted, else they'll be instantly KO'd in the third form. Continue melee and spells with Tidus and Lulu, and when the second form is almost dead, use Tidus' Slice and Dice overdrive to finish her quickly.

Lesca's third form is where it really gets fun. Immediatly start pummeling her with Aeon overdrives, using the weakest first (Ifrit and Ixion mainly). Don't stop using any overdrive you have, and if you charged Bahamut's, grand summon him for a double overdrive, however if you didn't charge it, still grand summon him as his overdrive is extremely useful.

She should be dead in no time, but please note luck plays a good role in this battle, and it may take you more than a couple tries, just like Evrae.

Be sure to go up and down the stairs after the Yunalesca fight until a chest appears, with the Sun Sigil/Crest, it is essential to Tidus' Celestial Weapon!

After a short sequence that I won't spoil, you can now go back to blitzballing and your airship can take you anywhere, your reward for beating this boss!

[JseanjohnC]

i thought most bosses and maybe even all of em 2 b easy in the entire game...even yunalesca

[CloudVII]

Yunalesca was a pushover, killed her first try no problem, her keepers took longer and were harder, I agree that Seymour 3rd form is the hardest boss Pre-Sin.

[Shoden]

to me Yunalesca is an easier version of Ultimecia from ff8 but she is very hard make sure you have good medicine aeon abilities with full overdrives and all your chars at least half overdrive charged