How The hell Do You Use ZANMATO????????

[Slade]

I only ever pay him in 1000 gil lots and he has done Zanmato quite often, so im guessing that its random. Maybe im just lucky.

[ffxfreak93]

you only have to pay him one gil and might do it (not going to gaurentee)

[Big D]

It's not random - the more Yojimbo likes your team, the more likely he is to do Zanmato without a lot of Gil.

Every time you summon him, pay him more than a Gil, and let him defeat the enemy, he likes you more. Every time you summon him, pay him nothing, and let him get defeated, he likes you less.

Zanmato is more likely to happen if (1) you pay him more and (2) he likes you a lot. The more he likes you, the less you have to pay him. Also, a full overdrive gauge makes Zanmato more likely.

Galadus, please don't post more than once in a row. Use the 'edit/delete' button if you make a mistake you wanna fix.

[rubah]

I: don't think you can *Ever* get yoji to use zanmoto continuously in the NA version.

[Big D]

Oh yeah, Zanmato is way easier to get in the PAL version, since us PALs get tougher opponents like the Dark Aeons and Penance.

[Cecinda]

I get Zanmato practically every time. Then again Yojimbo's one of my fave aeons...him and Shiva!
Just fight about 20 battles, paying him about 1000gil and working upwards by like 100G each battle, until you're paying him 3000gil. Let him defeat your enemies and you'll get Zanmato alot! I've never ever get Daigoro and Yojimbo attacks instantly the moment I summon him so he just rocks totally and I love his little intro music beat.
Anima sucks. I named him Enema cos he sucks so much.

[ffxfreak93]

It's not random - the more Yojimbo likes your team, the more likely he is to do Zanmato without a lot of Gil.

yes it is because i have gotten zanmato before paying one gil(i think it
is a secert cheat i guess )

[Kalmaegnar]

Accidentally found this, not like i understand most of it but:

Lisa Shea
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Final Fantasy X Walkthrough
Yojimbo and Zanmoto
Thanks to The Supreme Alien from the Gaming Forum for compiling this information!



woohoo at last you too can now see if you have a good chance of
pulling off Zanmoto on those big nasty people!!!!
Its all about motivation and there's 5 ways to rack up motivation points!!!
Factor 1 Amount of Gil
this ones quite simple
gil-motivation
4 - 2
8 - 4
16 - 6
32 - 8
see the patern each time you double the gil your motivation goes up by 2
say we gave him 100000 Motivation would be 30
Factor 2 Compatability
stat starts at 50pts max at 255pts
list below effects compatibility
PAY 0 gil -20pts
Yojimbo Dies -10pts
Dismiss without paying -3pts
Uses daigoro -1pt
Uses Kozuka No Change
Uses Wakizashi(single) +1pt
Uses Wakizashi(All) +3pts
Uses Zanmoto +4
The motivation is then worked out by
Compatibility pts/30 = motivation
eg c=255/30 = 8.5
Factor 3 Zanmoto Level
c=motivation from compatilbility g=gil paid t=total gil you have
c * (0.75 + [{p * 0.5} / t])
eg we'll use c=8.5(from result above) pay him 100000 from 500000 we have in total gil
8.5*(0.75+[{100000*0.5}/500000])
8.5*(0.75+(50000/500000)
8.5*(0.75+0.1)
8.5*0.85=7.225
7.225
this number then gets used thus, when you first attained Yojimbo and
answered wanted to hire him by saying "help with your training as a summoner"
or "help to destroy fiends"
then
for all bosses(zanmoto lv4) except All Monster Arena bosses,
Dark Aeons, and Penance *0.25(these are zanmoto lv5)
for lv5 *0.2
for Adamantoise Anima(Zanmoto Lv3) *0.33
for Barbatos, Behemoth, Behemoth King, Cactuar, Qactuar(Zanmoto Lv2)*0.5
for all others(Zanmoto Lv1) *1
However if you chose to destoy the powerful enemy's option then for Zanmoto lv1-lv3 *0.8
and for zanmoto lv4-lv5 *0.4
exp I choose poweful enemy's one and I'm fighting a Dark Aeon(Zanmoto Lv5)
using the number above(7.225) I times* 7.225 by 0.4 which = 2.89(this is part of the motivation lv)
Factor 4 Overdrive
This is simple if he's in overdrive you get 2 motivation pts
lets say he's in overdrive for this example
Factor 5 Randomality
(didn't you just know it)
it randomly selects a number from 0-63
for this example lets say 45
ok now lets see what kind of attack would have been performed
Motivation Lv - Attack
0 - 31 would give Daigoro
32 - 47 would give Kozuka
48 - 63 would give Wakizashi(single)
64 - 79 would give Wazikashi (All)
80 + would give ZANMOTO
so we got*drumroll*
Factor 1 =30
Factor 2 =8.5
Factor 3 =2.89
Factor 4 =2
Factor 5 =45
Total No.=88.39
Result Zanmoto Performed Woohoo!!!!!

[mj05]

Yeah that exact same thing is on GameFaqs