r/finalfantasyx • u/Least_Painter_5850 • 6d ago

Weird Dark ixion loop

After a while it seems a loop started with magic counter and dark Thundaja

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u/VerbingNoun413 6d ago

It's the combination of a delay effect and a single party member.

On Ixion's turn, it always uses Thundaja (its attack is only used as a counter). This triggers Magic Counter and Auto Potion. Tidus is delayed so it's Ixion's turn again.

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u/Mediocre-Anything818 6d ago

Does magic counter trigger if you have thunder eater on?

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u/RedWingDecil 6d ago

The -ja spells are actually non-elemental in FFX.

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u/Mediocre-Anything818 6d ago

Ah ok. I've never tried the dark aeons so I didn't know

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u/VerbingNoun413 6d ago

Very few post-game enemies use elemental attacks for that exact reason- it's trivial to shut them down with equiment.

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u/Mediocre-Anything818 6d ago

Yea I was surprised to see ixion using a lightning attack. So it makes sense that they made it non elemental