double cast

[SaintDave]

hi this is a stupid question and dont slate me but im having trouble with braskas final aeon. ive been reading the walkthroughs on the net and it says about double cast. what is this? can anyone give me some tips on how to beat him? i so badly wanna beat this game i love it.
thanks.

[SeeDRankLou]

Doublecast is an ability down Lulu's path. You can go down from Demi, and it will cost you 3 Lv.4 key spheres and 1 Lv.3 key sphere, or you can go down after the -aga spells, and it will cost you 1 or each. It is an ability that lets you cast two black magic spells in a row.

Now, for Braska's Final Aeon (aka Jecht). Have at least one characters (if not all) with armor that has Stoneproof on it. Jecht uses an attack that inflicts Petrify, and if he attacks that characters again, the character will shatter and you are down to two party members. If you can't have armor for everyone, immediately heal any petrified character. A simple strategy is to go into battle with everyone's overdrive full. Start the battle with Rikku casting Super Mighty G (Fire Gem + Lunar Curtain just to name one). Have someone Entrust to Rikku, pull out the two other party members you want to use, then have Rikku cast Trio of 9999 (Door to Tomorrow x2). Then have Wakka do Attack Reels, Lulu do a Fury, and finish with Yuna doing all of her aeon's overdrives, healing as needed in between.

However, if you are having trouble as you say you are, you might not have all the resources to do the above. So here's another strategy. Start the fight with Tidus, Auron, Yuna. Now, you might be tempted to kill the Yu Pagodas. Don't. Why you ask? The pagodas will cure Jecht for 1500 each per turn, as well as cure any status ailment. However, if you kill the pagoda, when it comes back to life, it will cure Jecht for however much damage you inflicted to destroy it. So if you had your strong attacker kill it with a 4000 attack, it will then cure Jecht for 4000 a turn. So, just ignore them. The reason for having Auron out is his Zombie Attack, which you might have unlocked. If you did, this is good, because Auron can use Zombie Attack on Jecht, and the pagoda will harm Jecht. It will heal the status effect, so you will constantly have to use Zombie Attack, but it's quicker damage. So, start the battle with Tidus using Hasteaga, have Auron use Zombie Attack (if not then Power Break), and have Yuna start to cast Protect on everyone. Remember to heal immediately if anyone is petrified. If you try to use an aeon, make sure it's an overdrive because Jecht will more than likely dispatch an aeon in one turn, he has a special move for them. Try to use attack that just hurt Jecht, and not the pagodas. You are given the option to "Talk!" to Jecht with Tidus. Save this until after Jecht pulls the sword from his stomach. The trick to this battle is simply keeping your HP up, staying in Haste, and not letting anyone get clobbered while in petrify. A very effective healing trick is to have Rikku cast Trio of 9999 with Yuna (or someone with Pray) out. Then have Yuna (or that character) cast Pray, and all will be healed for 9999 HP. Also, remember Rikku can use Al Bhed potion and other all party member potions, which sometimes are more effective than Yuna's healing. Save the "Talk!" command that Tidus has until after Jecht pulls out his sword, and his overdrive gauge starts filling up. In this form, his overdrive is the Jecht Shot, which will just obliterate your party (worse than Total Annihilation from Seymour). If you save your two "Talk!" 's for this, Jecht's overdrive gauge will return to zero and his turn will be skipped. You can only do this twice, so if he's still alive and his overdrive gauge fills for a third time, have Yuna block his Jecht Shot with an aeon using Shield. I think that's about it, just keep attacking and saying healed and Hasted.

[SaintDave]

cheers thanks for your help ill give it a go.
much appreciated.

[d£v!l'$ ph0£n!x]

if all else fails, entering battle with full character and aeon overdrives never hurts, n wakkas attack reels deals some awesome damage. beyond that levelling is always gud (i know u didnt wanna hear that but meh wot u gona do!?)

[Sergeant Hartman]

Train.

[SaintDave]

gave it a good go.
unsuccessful. lol
i got him to his secord form but he uses his sword that takes out everyone and i cant get a turn to heal.
what am i doing wrong?
please help this is doing my head in.

[4evalenne]

Doublecast is an ability down Lulu's path. You can go down from Demi, and it will cost you 3 Lv.4 key spheres and 1 Lv.3 key sphere, or you can go down after the -aga spells, and it will cost you 1 or each. It is an ability that lets you cast two black magic spells in a row.

Now, for Braska's Final Aeon (aka Jecht). Have at least one characters (if not all) with armor that has Stoneproof on it. Jecht uses an attack that inflicts Petrify, and if he attacks that characters again, the character will shatter and you are down to two party members. If you can't have armor for everyone, immediately heal any petrified character. A simple strategy is to go into battle with everyone's overdrive full. Start the battle with Rikku casting Super Mighty G (Fire Gem + Lunar Curtain just to name one). Have someone Entrust to Rikku, pull out the two other party members you want to use, then have Rikku cast Trio of 9999 (Door to Tomorrow x2). Then have Wakka do Attack Reels, Lulu do a Fury, and finish with Yuna doing all of her aeon's overdrives, healing as needed in between.

However, if you are having trouble as you say you are, you might not have all the resources to do the above. So here's another strategy. Start the fight with Tidus, Auron, Yuna. Now, you might be tempted to kill the Yu Pagodas. Don't. Why you ask? The pagodas will cure Jecht for 1500 each per turn, as well as cure any status ailment. However, if you kill the pagoda, when it comes back to life, it will cure Jecht for however much damage you inflicted to destroy it. So if you had your strong attacker kill it with a 4000 attack, it will then cure Jecht for 4000 a turn. So, just ignore them. The reason for having Auron out is his Zombie Attack, which you might have unlocked. If you did, this is good, because Auron can use Zombie Attack on Jecht, and the pagoda will harm Jecht. It will heal the status effect, so you will constantly have to use Zombie Attack, but it's quicker damage. So, start the battle with Tidus using Hasteaga, have Auron use Zombie Attack (if not then Power Break), and have Yuna start to cast Protect on everyone. Remember to heal immediately if anyone is petrified. If you try to use an aeon, make sure it's an overdrive because Jecht will more than likely dispatch an aeon in one turn, he has a special move for them. Try to use attack that just hurt Jecht, and not the pagodas. You are given the option to "Talk!" to Jecht with Tidus. Save this until after Jecht pulls the sword from his stomach. The trick to this battle is simply keeping your HP up, staying in Haste, and not letting anyone get clobbered while in petrify. A very effective healing trick is to have Rikku cast Trio of 9999 with Yuna (or someone with Pray) out. Then have Yuna (or that character) cast Pray, and all will be healed for 9999 HP. Also, remember Rikku can use Al Bhed potion and other all party member potions, which sometimes are more effective than Yuna's healing. Save the "Talk!" command that Tidus has until after Jecht pulls out his sword, and his overdrive gauge starts filling up. In this form, his overdrive is the Jecht Shot, which will just obliterate your party (worse than Total Annihilation from Seymour). If you save your two "Talk!" 's for this, Jecht's overdrive gauge will return to zero and his turn will be skipped. You can only do this twice, so if he's still alive and his overdrive gauge fills for a third time, have Yuna block his Jecht Shot with an aeon using Shield. I think that's about it, just keep attacking and saying healed and Hasted.

Follow this then u will be fine k good luck :D

[ehsteve]

If you don't have it yet, get Auron's banishing blade overdrive. Use this during the aeon's second form, and taking him down should be easy, as every attack will do 9999+ damage. Pair this with Tidus' blitz ace (if you have it) and the aeon will be down for the count before you know it.

Also, be sure to do as much with your sphere grid as you can just before the battle. You know all of those rare spheres you've been saving for a special occasion? Well, now is the time to use them. All of them. If you can, give Yuna powerful black magic and Lulu powerful white magic.

[4evalenne]

Follow that too

[SaintDave]

i cant wait till i beat it. im just gonna train for a couple of hours.
do you no any good places to train?

[Leucant]

You can't go wrong with the Omega Ruins. There are several strong monsters in the area. However be careful because some of them cause wicked status ailments like the Molboros and the pharoah things. Happy Hunting.

[4evalenne]

omega ruins zanarkand or thunder plains or lake macalania

[ehsteve]

I found that the best way to level up was to capture a lot of monsters from all throughout the game. Not only will you get experience, but you will also get rare and valuable goodies from the monster arena.

P.S. Leucant, the 'unknown' quote in your sig was first said by Emiliano Zapata.

[4evarisha]

Yea I did that it was cool.

[Dell]

I beat Braska Final Aeons both form with only aeons.

Bahamut, Anima, Ifrit, Valefor, Shiva, Ixion is used to finish first form.

Yojimbo and Magus Sisters is used to beat the second form.

Just to try Zanmato but he do Wakizashi, then he's death after a few turns.

Magus Sisters can handle theirself well, Auto-Life is what I have Cindy to uses, Sandy use supportive magic and Mindy with her magic. They are protected against status and that hell good. Moreover, Jecht Overdrives does only 2000 damage which is 1/4 of my Cindy healing damage. I beat them with this Three Sisters.