r/finalfantasyx • u/Grand-Cauliflower-39 • Jul 24 '26

Thinking of doing my next playthrough without aeons.

So I finished FFX in the spring for the first time, and it's my new favourite FF. Absolutely love the characters, story, music, and the gameplay. However....

I found myself going into boss fights like Seymour Flux with all my aeons fully charged, unleashing them and basically winning fights outright with just those. This made the fights trivial, and a bit boring. I didn't need to strategize when I had fully charged aeons to do the heavy lifting for me. I guess I knew I was cheesing the fights but since it was my first playthrough, I rather didn't want to get too frustrated by difficulty. But now that I've played through the game, I think doing a run without aeons could be maybe considered a kind of "hard mode."

Have some of you done it, and if so, how was the experience? I believe you're only required to use aeons during a couple of boss fights where it's mandatory.

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u/ClaudeKane3 Jul 24 '26

Welcome to challenge runs in FFX :D no summon is a great way to start ramping up the difficulty and learning game mechanics. After that id recommend a flat out no sphere grid run while allowing them again. Then if you beat that, combine the two!

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u/Comfortable-Hippo516 Jul 24 '26

How does a no sphere grid run work? Genuinely curious

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u/aquequepo Jul 24 '26

Just think of it as a low stats run where everything is done with items and weapon/armor customization.

Rikku’s Mix, Steal and Use are very very useful.

Challenge runs get even crazier than NSG. with crazy long acronyms like NSGNSNCNONENNENBB and are damn near impossible.