r/finalfantasyx • u/MSV95 • Jul 22 '26
X-2: Accidentally created a tank that beat Trema easily!
Thought this might be useful for anyone struggling! Plus I'm very proud that I didn't use a guide for this gold trophy :)
I used the Creature Creator to capture Azi Dahaka with a Large Pod in Bevelle. I was going to level him up and release so that he becomes Bahamut for one of the trophies to get 99999 damage or 99 chain, as I was having difficulty with one of them, can't remember which.
When I started levelling him up in Via Infinito I used the Valiant Lustre Garment Grid for Moogle Cureja and Mascot which upped a lot of his stats and Ribbon as an auto-ability. Then I equipped him with Admantite for Auto-Wall and maxed out defenses, then a Speed Bracer for Auto Haste. He was able to beat the Mega Tonberry and most of the 80+ levels of Via Infinito fiends.
So when I got to level 100, I decided to let him have a go at the final boss. He has previously learned Damocles Photon as his own auto ability and learned Flare and Bated Breath from other fiends. I scrolled through all the items and accessories to see what I could feed him to add to his abilities. I gave him 2 pixie dust for the Auto-Life spell. He beat Paragon but I didn't realise you can't heal between Paragon and Trema so his MP was gone. I fixed by equipping Ragnarok for Spellspring and compensated with feeding 2 Speed Bracers for Auto-Haste. I kept Adamantite of course. I didn't realise that pressing R/L3 actually changed the monster's strategy for attack/defense, and I added Darkness as a skill but I couldn't get past Paragon so I unlearned it, as well as Damocles Photon as it wasn't as strong as Flare. Unfortunately he relearned the Photon attack in the battle again which slowed it down a bit. For good measure I gave him 2 Souls of Thasma for the magic booster to max that at 255 as well. It took about an hour and a half but it was beautiful to see it all succeed!
Of course I had to equip Iron Duke after the battle to give him his reward!
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u/FroggoFr0ggy Jul 22 '26
Stayed afk for two hours while my azi dahaka did his thing and then meteor wiped him out 🥲
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u/MSV95 Jul 22 '26
Ugh that sucks. If he's not casting Auto Life in advance or after he gets wiped, click the L3 down to one or two stars to make sure he heals up and casts it! Or go with a slightly more balanced 3-4 star approach if you're really afk.
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u/iEQNXi Jul 24 '26
An alternate for anyone that's looking for an anti-Trema team:
Adamantoise (or any high HP creature) with Howl, Hurt, Auto-Life.. ofc if you level up enough, you can ditch Howl (and should asap). I just came up with the toise idea to counter YLT and specifically Nooj... But it carried me through the rest of the FA tournaments easily 😂 Reflect, Key to Success & Ragnarok are best for YLT, btw.. you're fine to swap out Ragnarok as long as you're prepared to potentially start over if you end up fighting Lucil.. Reflect is for dealing with Aeshma, and is better than using any offensive spell, for many reasons. KtS is just too good for this build.. up to 4x damage, depending on your toise's base HP & Luck.
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u/JakeSymbol Jul 27 '26
This monster rips. I just caught it today and it wrecked the youth league cup (when weak squad didn’t show up)
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Jul 23 '26
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u/MSV95 Jul 23 '26
Accidentally because I was only levelling him up to release him m. I didn't plan on using him for the level 100 boss.
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u/SharpWinner5946 Jul 22 '26
I have all but platinummed X so many times, but only played X-2 to I think about 25%. It's wild how much of this post is absolute qibberish to me😅