Final Fantasy IX: Ozma in a Perfect Game

Ozma is my favorite boss in any Final Fantasy. The randomness of his attacks and the fact that sometimes Meteor just flat out kills you makes him a reasonably challenging boss despite having only 1/1000 of Yiazmat's HP (assuming you're at a reasonable level).

My perfect game was the first time I've gotten to fight Ozma legitimately in a while, so I took advantage of that and did it at a reasonably low level and without completing the friendly monster sidequest, and without using fixed damage.

This battle is all about abusing Ozma's AI. Throwing the tent at the start of the battle heals Ozma (who cares?), but it also inflicts Darkness on him, which he sometimes wastes a turn curing, despite doing absolutely nothing. Having Steiner get hit by Lv 5 Death was intentional, since it's on less turn he uses curse. Lv 4 Holy is Ozma's most worthless attack (aside from Esuna) and can be guarded, so having someone get hit by that is a good idea too. Having Steiner and Quina equip Pumice Pieces may not have been the best idea, because it slightly increases the chances of seeing Meteor. Thanks to Auto-Potion and Auto-Regen, my party will always be fully healed after Flare Star. If he decides to hit me with Curse, it's not a killer, it just slows me down some. Angel Snack takes care of it nicely. No Mercy, Shock, and Twister make up the majority of my damage, and Zidane is completely unable to damage him, so he goes on healing/ether duty after stealing the two missables from him. I have 2 additional recorded victories against him if people want to see them (one of them is 28 minutes long, but it was a damn fun battle).

Equipment:

Zidane (Lv 39): Ultima Weapon, Circlet, Chimera Armlet, Ninja Gear, Power Belt
Steiner (Lv 40): Excalibur II, Genji Helmet, Venetia Shield, Carabini Mail, Pumice Piece
Amarant (Lv 41): Kaiser Knuckles, Golden Hairpin, Chimera Armlet, Ninja Gear, Protect Ring
Quina (Lv 47): Bistro Fork, Circlet, Bracer, Black Robe, Pumice Piece

All have Auto-Regen, Auto-Haste, Auto-Potion, Clear-headed. Quina has Millionaire, Loudmouth, MP+10%. Zidane has Master Thief and Bandit. Steiner and Amarant have HP+10%, HP+20%

I should note that Loudmouth is completely useless in this battle and would have been better replaced by Antibody.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Final
• Fantasy
• IX
• Ozma

[RafiaLunedi]

I never could defeat this boss it was just insane

and I didnt now that you can actually use the tent during the battle

but anyway you have my respect

[1aundulxaldin]

The thing I love the most about Final Fantasy Superbosses.

Their bizarre, unnerving design, their overwhelming strength, and then the satisfaction you get from pawning them with a perfectly executed strategy.

[ladynikkie]

cannot stand this boss this fucker kept using curse one me killing my entire party.

[deathfake1]

@MySonOfSam Yeah i know..

I was afraid of her, but i killed her way to easy on these levels :D

[MySonOfSam]

@deathfake1 Lol that's still overleveled

[deathfake1]

I was so scared of this boss..

I leveled up, zidane, Steiner, eiko and freya all to 99 lvl

And when i started fighting her it was so damn easy..:D

There was no need to level up that much :P

80 Is perfectly enough :)

[RoxasIX22]

it is assumed that there are only 2 dark matter throughout the game, one is achieved at the auction and the other is the bastards steal this Ozma and as one who has given you just win the match?

[Durwagon]

I remember you, Ozma. You damn evil ball.

[OhhhMyAxels]

@Ungodlydemon I think it's apparent that he was going for more of a challenge here, seeing as how he didn't complete the friendly monster side-quest to weaken the boss. The Excalibur II isn't much of a benefit considering the only thing useful for Steiner in this situation is using the Sword Arts he can learn from other swords.

[Ungodlydemon]

I don't know why you weren't queueing up your party's attacks during Ozma's attacks. The main exploit of her A.I. that I used in the battle was the fact that if you perform and action while her ATB is loading, it'll reset to full and she'll always have precedent. If you toggle all of your actions while she's attacking she'll never counter you with anything. It makes the fight SO MUCH easier. I also did it without Excalibur 2 (unfortunately).

[KodenVendel]

Oh yes Ozma I remember the first time I ever fought him. I knew jack crap and didn't even know what the doomsday spell was. However he had the pleasure of showing me. I didn't even get a chance to see the ATB gauge when he casts that #@$%#@# spell and killed my entire party in one hit! I dare anyone to not wear gear that doesn't absorb shadow damage and go against him c:

[AnjoDeGuardaThe4th]

This boss pissed me off, too hard.