- Get Tidus to use Talk. This will raise his Strength A LOT.
- Attacking Seymour is useless until you defeat the Guado Guardians, because
they will take all the damage for him. Steal from both Guado Guardians. This
removes the Auto-Potion property.
- Bring in Auron, making your party Tidus, Yuna, and Auron. Haste the party.
- Have Yuna cast the four spells in the following order: NulFrost, NulShock,
NulTide, and NulBlaze. Once Seymour uses a spell that nullifies a character's
protection, recast it. He always uses the same pattern. Tidus and Auron are
there simple to attack.
- Once the Guado Guardians are out of the way, focus on Seymour. Once his HP
falls below 3000, he summons Anima, and we move to stage two of this battle.
This battle is actually very easy. Have Yuna summon ???? and you'll see that
Shiva is your new aeon (though, considering it IS an ice Temple, it probably
wasn't hard to figure out). Now have Shiva use Heavenly Strike until her
Overdrive gauge fills up. Anima alternates between turns. Every second turn,
she (yes, Anima is female) uses Pain, which does moderate damage. On every
other turn, she uses Boost.
Therefore, Shiva should have her Overdrive bar full before Anima does, by a
long shot. If you find that Pain is damaging Shiva a little too much, just have
Shiva cast ice magic on herself. Keep using Heavenly Strike until Anima's HP
falls below 8000, then unleash Diamond Dust. After that, Anima should bite the
dust. If not, just keep using Heavenly Strike and healing with ice magic until
she is dead. If Shiva doesn't happen to last that long, then summon either
Ifrit or Ixion to finish Anima off.
If, in the very unlikley event, you realise that you aren't going to beat Anima
before she can use her Overdrive, make sure you heal up fully and then use
Shield, and you SHOULD survive. In any case, onto the last part.
Chances are that Seymour will totally decimate your aeon when you start
fighting him again, so don't worry. If you're lucky, they might still be alive
enough to get in an attack or two. Try and heal them up to see if you can get
an Overdrive out of them, in which case the battle will be won.
If not, no matter. Seymour is far more dangerous now. He'll use third level
Black Magic, as well as multi-hitting seocnd level Black Magic. However, as
long as you keep recasting NulFrost, NulShock, NulTide, and NulBlaze in that
order, he can't touch you. Dispose of him with Tidus and Auron at your own
leisure (don't summon another aeon, they're too slow).
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Now you've beaten that freak-show (I mean, just look at that guys freakin'
hair! Does he sleep in a vat of gel or something?), save your game nearby.
It's time to tackle the Cloister of Trials. Try to walk back across the bridge
and it will break apart. Unlucky for us.
