Uploaded March 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Fungus Amongus
Discord: discord.gg/fdSaJv4
Lowdown on the restrictions of this challenge:
Ability Nodes Only (ANO) - You can only activate ability nodes, no raising characters' stats in anyway.
Own Sphere Grid (OSG) - Each character may not leave their own section of the sphere grid. Note that these rules combined mean you can still use key spheres to e.g. teach Lulu Doublecast, Yuna Auto-Life etc.
No Summons (NS) - Self-explanatory, Aeons are OP meatshields
No Overdrives (NO) - Mainly for getting rid of Rikku's Mix, which is ludicrously OP
No Items (NI) - No using items, in or out of battle. Chakra Drops, Revival Beads, Megido Rocks, all those classic FF staples are banned (you can still customize equipment though)
Initial equipment:
Tidus: (Strength +3%, One MP Cost, First Strike) + (Auto-Regen, Auto-Haste, Auto-Shell)
Yuna: (One MP Cost, Magic Booster, Magic +20%, Magic +10%) + (Auto-Haste, SOS Reflect, Confuseproof, MP +30%)
Rikku: (First Strike, Initiative) + (Master Thief, Auto-Haste, SOS Reflect, Confuseproof)
I've generally avoided Spare Change in this run, but due to Sleep Sprout's high defences, inherent Auto-Regen and immunity to breaks, this is completely impossible without it. The shrooom always opens with Goodnight which KO's everyone, but fortunately it has low enough agility that Yuna can Auto-Life both herself and Rikku before it gets a turn. There's no point attacking before this, as all your work will be undone by regen.
From here, SOS Reflect will take care of most of its repetoire (Flare and the 4 elemental spells) with only Ultima being a threat. You only have to worry if it casts Ultima before you can reapply Auto-Life to both Rikku and Yuna. As it happened, in my first successful attempt it never even used it.
Naturally, this is a very expensive battle. Although it only has a measly 98k HP, it regains about 7k between Rikku's attacks, so it ends up costing at least 2 million gil to win (with an extra 2-300k for each Ultima you have to live through.) Having Yuna attack may seem pointless given the terrible damage but does end up shortening the battle by 1 SC by the end, making it that little bit more likely that you win.
Fungus Amongus
Discord: discord.gg/fdSaJv4
Lowdown on the restrictions of this challenge:
Ability Nodes Only (ANO) - You can only activate ability nodes, no raising characters' stats in anyway.
Own Sphere Grid (OSG) - Each character may not leave their own section of the sphere grid. Note that these rules combined mean you can still use key spheres to e.g. teach Lulu Doublecast, Yuna Auto-Life etc.
No Summons (NS) - Self-explanatory, Aeons are OP meatshields
No Overdrives (NO) - Mainly for getting rid of Rikku's Mix, which is ludicrously OP
No Items (NI) - No using items, in or out of battle. Chakra Drops, Revival Beads, Megido Rocks, all those classic FF staples are banned (you can still customize equipment though)
Initial equipment:
Tidus: (Strength +3%, One MP Cost, First Strike) + (Auto-Regen, Auto-Haste, Auto-Shell)
Yuna: (One MP Cost, Magic Booster, Magic +20%, Magic +10%) + (Auto-Haste, SOS Reflect, Confuseproof, MP +30%)
Rikku: (First Strike, Initiative) + (Master Thief, Auto-Haste, SOS Reflect, Confuseproof)
I've generally avoided Spare Change in this run, but due to Sleep Sprout's high defences, inherent Auto-Regen and immunity to breaks, this is completely impossible without it. The shrooom always opens with Goodnight which KO's everyone, but fortunately it has low enough agility that Yuna can Auto-Life both herself and Rikku before it gets a turn. There's no point attacking before this, as all your work will be undone by regen.
From here, SOS Reflect will take care of most of its repetoire (Flare and the 4 elemental spells) with only Ultima being a threat. You only have to worry if it casts Ultima before you can reapply Auto-Life to both Rikku and Yuna. As it happened, in my first successful attempt it never even used it.
Naturally, this is a very expensive battle. Although it only has a measly 98k HP, it regains about 7k between Rikku's attacks, so it ends up costing at least 2 million gil to win (with an extra 2-300k for each Ultima you have to live through.) Having Yuna attack may seem pointless given the terrible damage but does end up shortening the battle by 1 SC by the end, making it that little bit more likely that you win.
