

How to get: Encountered at the end of the Great Crystal after a long confusing journey without a minimap. Redemption is a single target Holy attack, while Eschaton does massive Holy damage to all enemies in range. Ultima has great passive abilities and permanent buffs, but also does amazing damage.įlare, Redemption, and Eschaton are her main attacks. The first thing you’ll want to do after getting this Esper is summon her! You’ll definitely need to pay attention to the combat log to Dispel as needed, and watch out for Reflectga casts. There are serious effects going on shortly into this fight, including HP drain on your entire party, preventing Attack or Magick command, slowing time, or preventing Item use. Make sure to not do any Holy-type damage to Ultima, either. So keep your buffs up and healing on point to make it through this one.Ī handy tip is to equip your party with White Masks to absorb Holy-type damage, as well as the Sage’s Ring. When you actually fight her, you’ll notice that you take damage each time you damage Ultima. But it will be worth it in the end to acquire this Esper for summoning. She can be very tedious and difficult to reach, and then even harder to defeat. It should come as no surprise that Ultima is easily this high up in our list.

Then you can encounter Zeromus in the Stilshrine of Miriam. How to get: You’ll need to get the Stone of the Condemner from an Acolyte at the top of Mt. So yeah, there’s a lot of damage to dish out. His ultimate attack is Big Bang, which is the same as Gravity Well, except multiplied by 5 – and it hits all enemies. His main attack is Gravity Well, which does damage equal to his max HP subtracted from his current HP, then multiplied by two. Once you get him, summoning Zeromus can have incredible results. You’ll also want to use accessories and gear that helps bridge the gap you’ll have without spellcasting. Yes, that includes Protect, Shell, etc… so make sure to buff the party prior to entering the fight.įocusing on using items instead of Magick for healing is a strong tactic. The Zeromus encounter is made much more difficult than a lot of other fights, just due to Zeromus preventing Magick spells throughout. Zeromus is the start of the most interesting and difficult to acquire Espers in the game.īut the benefit is definitely worth the struggle to get this summon.
