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Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: NeoS on 2004-12-08 12:07:44: Hey ppl.

Playing FFX now, but i can't get past Seymour the second time you encounter him. (in the mountains)
He keeps slaying my characters again and again.
Does anyone have a good strategy for this?
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: Ged on 2004-12-08 13:37:20: Everybody on full limit breaks, and all Aeons on overdrive.
When Yuna's turn - summon Aeon, overdrive. When not Yuna's, either Curaga/Hastega etc. or LB. It's quite a typical way for beating him, but oh well, it works for many other bosses as well. You might also want to consider changing characters when somebody got Zombie'd with Lance of Anthropy and you have a move in between. That way Life will not affect you. If he's preparing for Cross Slash (casts Dispel beforehand) can a good shot of Protects and get the best HP characters out there. I doubt you have Holy Water's, but they help a bit. I keep forgeting to buy them from the Ronso Tribe.
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: NeoS on 2004-12-08 14:00:44: Well, my spell progression is minimal. Like in: just haste, cura and all 1st or 2nd level magic. Seymour simply kills my characters in lightspeed...
And the damage my characters do is also not too great. Doesn't the bastard have any weaknesses?
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: Ged on 2004-12-08 15:57:36: Nope. The bloody bastard is in my opinion the hardest boss in the game... Later the Keepers can pose a problem, but not such a big one. Definaetly, only Aeons can help you out. Why? Because after his HP go down, he'll start casting a spell that means goodbye no matter what. So pump the overdrive bars, and that's it.
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: NeoS on 2004-12-08 16:53:37: But he casts the banish spell on them, so what use do they have?
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: Ged on 2004-12-08 17:30:19: If they are on overdrive, the moment you summon them you use it. It causes massive damage, and that's exactly what we want. Afterwards they will get banished. Aeons will get rid of more then half of his HP. The rest is up to LB's and heavy hitting.
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: bomer on 2004-12-11 20:45:41: Quote from: NeoS
But he casts the banish spell on them, so what use do they have?
I got caught here too. No Offence but sound like your guys just need a bit of training... Just take an hour or so to train and he'll be a piece of cake :)
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: NeoS on 2004-12-12 13:23:43: Yeah, i almost got the bastard today. Then, Total Annihilation... I thought WTF!?
He had 2000 HP left and killed me off after a battle of 45 minutes...
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: NeoS on 2004-12-13 18:33:09: alright! got em! Now i just gotta level up some more. My sphere level sucks. You guys can recommend some spheres to go for?
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: Ged on 2004-12-13 20:10:00: Tell the truth. If you beat Seymour Flux, then you won't have bigger problems later on.. If you're playing normal US, and have the basic S-grid, just follow the guidlines. Most recommended.
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: NeoS on 2004-12-14 08:51:29: heh, forgot to mention. I got the international version. (EU)
And the best damage my characters can do with physical attacks is +/- 2000. Enemies have at least 10000 HP. Strength varies from 39 to 49 on my characters.
Maybe my choice of weapons is bad? I just can't imagine it is supposed to be this difficult in this stage of the game...
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: Ged on 2004-12-14 14:46:26: I also got the Intl. version. Nope, the boss is sure there, and he is friggin hard. He was just one piece of a bastard.. Maybe they wanted us to level up on the mountain? Although I hated the location for the amount of savepoint..
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: NeoS on 2004-12-14 17:23:08: Yeah, that sux. One thing is for sure, i noticed you'll definitely need strong armor later on. So i hope i'll pass a small town sooner or later so i can buy some stuff. (running outta phoenix downs)
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: Ged on 2004-12-14 20:09:59: Better go back to the Ronso's or Oaka's bro...
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: Alhexx on 2004-12-15 10:34:09: Here's how I did it yesterday:
Go back to Oaka's brother and buy buy that "potion" that cures zombie (I don't know how this item is named in english - in german it's "Weihwasser")
Then, let Rikku add Zombie-Protection to your armors.
And of course, have all limit breaks full.
Then goto Seymour, and start shooting at him with all your limits - except Yuna.
Wakka is able to do an attack that makes Seymour "mute" (once again - I don't know how it's named in english). If you attack him with that attack - he won't be able to cast anything - this can help you sometimes...
Then, when you finally got him to ~10000 HP, you take Yuna, and then you make her summon Bahamut in Limit Mode. This should cost seymour over 10K HP...

I needed 6 or 7 tries until In was able to beat him.
If you are still not able to beat him - then you need to train. The area in the mountains, directly before the battle with Seymour is perfect to "tune" your characters a bit...

Good Luck!

- Alhexx
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: NeoS on 2004-12-15 10:46:31: I already beat Seymour. But i just can't believe the difficulty at this point of the game in comparison with other Final Fantasies. I guess i missed something important, or i rushed the game too much.
And "Weihwasser" is "Holy water" (it's familiar to me cause in Dutch it's translated "wijwater"), your "mute" is "Silence".

Maybe there should be a FFX FAQ topic?
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: Ged on 2004-12-15 10:54:06: Nope.. It's not that you rushed or something..
His just unbelievably hard. I also had problems with him, even though I didn't speed the game or something. He's just freaky-hard - really, later on only two bosses might pose a problem. But be sure to stock on Holy Waters still, you're desperately going to need them!
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: Alhexx on 2004-12-15 11:11:16: Ah, yeah - Holy Water and Silence ... I knew I have read them before - but I just forgot them...

- Alhexx
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: NeoS on 2004-12-16 16:27:14: Yeah right, seymour is the most difficult boss...

The sanctuary keeper is a pushover... pff. NOT!

I'm starting to dislike this game. In fact, i AM disliking this game very well indeed!
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: theta11 on 2004-12-18 03:48:40: If you are having trouble with any bosses in this game it usually means you have to train a littlel more. I found I got alot of sphere levels capturing monsters. I bought capture weapons for everyone and captured 10 of every monster in Calm Lands and Yojimbo's cave and you'll find that you won't have to do alot of training for a while. :)
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: NeoS on 2004-12-19 23:17:03: How the hell do you capture monsters? :o
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: Emerald Weapon on 2004-12-21 11:08:52: Get yourself the sword, wtih which you can capture monsters, when you kill them, you capture them. You need 10 monsters of each kind for the battle arena, and then Penance(don't know if i spelled it right) will appear (forgot where, sorry), hardest monster in the game, 10 million HP and so on, pretty cool.

Where to get the sword?If you don't know it before tonight (meaning someone else posted it, which they prolly will do, I might be on tonight, and I'll tell you then. Gotta ask a friend for ya.

Greetz,

EW.
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: Almighty_gir on 2004-12-21 13:45:54: just think urself lucky your not trying any of the optional bosses...

although in fairness, both omega and ultima were extremely easy on this game compared even with how easy ultima was on FF8. however fighting bosses like shinryu, ultima buster, nemesis, and (ZOMG!!!!) Penance, were tough >_>
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: Emerald Weapon on 2004-12-21 18:55:15: You can get the sword off the guy in the Battle Arena, which can be in found in a huge valley, name slipped my mind again. He'll ask you if you want it and then you get it, or so my friend said, simple, ay?

Greetz,

EW.
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: NeoS on 2004-12-21 21:53:48: ok, i'll keep it in mind.
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: Alhexx on 2004-12-22 10:14:08: Now I've got a question:
How do I kill (or capture) those Kaktors?

- Alhexx
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: Emerald Weapon on 2004-12-22 10:40:45: Try this one:

http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/final_fantasy_x_cactaur.txt

EW.
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: NeoS on 2005-03-08 10:44:11: Haven't played this game in a while... I think it sucks in comparison to previous Final Fantasies...
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: Synergy Blades on 2005-03-08 12:31:17: Did you see how dead this topic was? :o
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: Tifa Lockheart on 2005-03-08 12:41:22: Quote from: NeoS
Haven't played this game in a while... I think it sucks in comparison to previous Final Fantasies...

I have to agree. The graphics are impressive compared to the previous ones, but the gameplay is so much more interesting and challenging on other Final Fantasies, such as VII. That game absorbed every part of your energy while you played it. You not only concentrated on a conscious level, but a sub-conscious one too. X just doesn't seem to do that.
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: Emerald Weapon on 2005-04-19 09:06:39: I on the otherhand have to disagree with you. Let's face it, FFVII is IMHO the best FF ever made. That's clear. But I think FFX would make a good runner up. The story is indeed not a brilliant as perhaps some other stories, but I believe the Sphere-Grid system works very well as do the Celestial Weapons.

Also, I really got sucked into this game, a lot more than with other FF's. So, I think FFX not as bad as many people tend to say it is, it's just different.

EW.
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: NyTTryP on 2005-05-19 03:47:34: I find the easiest way to beat any regular boss in the game (NOT bosses like nemesis/penance, where you basically NEED max 255 agility and doing 99,999 damage per regular hit to get in 20 hits, summon an aeon as a sacraficial lamb when nemesis/penance hits, hit 20 times again, rinse, repeat)
is as follows:

For every stat point Yuna gets, her aeons get 4. So what you do is warp her to say, Aurons section on the sphere grid, pump her strength like mad, and then use any aeon you have that comes with break damage limit, or even for seymour, your most powerful aeon, and just whack away with super-pumped str for 9999 each hit. Easy as pie.

The first time I fought -Final Boss- (not spoiling with the name of it. and i mean final boss, not the token battle that you can't lose at the end of the game.) for example, i had Anima with 255 str, so, it was Pain - form 2 - Pain, dead.
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: Zophixan on 2005-05-23 13:29:24: I thought ff10 was the best one yet, brillient story... plus I actually liked the gameplay unlike the other ff's ..... Seymour is quite easy compared to the dark aeons! You've got plenty of strategys already; so I won't bother adding my own (which is basically identical)!
Title: FFX Seymour strategy?
Post by: NeoS on 2005-05-24 10:51:38: Well, Yunalesca (or whatever her name is) was less troublesome to defeat. I only died once (cuz of that lame ultra-death spell).
Now for the extra aeons and the celstial weapons ;)