How to beat Penance Tips and Guide

This is a walkthrough for the boss fight Penance from the game Final Fantasy X (FF 10, FF X). Read on for tips and strategy about how to beat Penance , including Penance's stats and other useful information.

Penance Information

Penance Basic Information

Penance Stats

Penance Elemental Resistances

Penance Status Resistances

Penance Equipment Ability Drops

Left Arm Information

Penance - Left Arm Basic Information

Penance - Left Arm Stats

Penance - Left Arm Elemental Resistances

Penance - Left Arm Status Resistances

Penance - Left Arm Equipment Ability Drops

Right Arm Information

Penance - Right Arm Basic Information

Penance - Right Arm Stats

Penance - Right Arm Elemental Resistances

Penance - Right Arm Status Resistances

Penance - Right Arm Equipment Ability Drops

Penance Boss Battle Guide

Preparation

Moveset

Penance's Moveset

Left Arm's Moveset

Right Arm's Moveset

Strategy

Phase 1

Use Rikku's Trio of 9999 to make Potions Heal for 9999 HP (not needed if only X-potions are in the inventory). Keep using Quick Hits to immediately kill the an Arm (The right one is much more preferrable in case it uses Mighty Guard). Once an arm is destroyed, attack the other arm five times. Have another character use Three stars to remove MP from your problem list.

Once the necessary buffs are applied, Have Rikku use Ultra NulAll to apply Cheer X 5 to the party (other buffs are unnecessary) and never let the arms get a turn. Once the arm is about to get a turn, hit it to prevent it from making a turn. Hit the other arm (which should have ressurected already) 5 times so you can kill it before it gets a turn. Continuing this strategy will prevent the arms from ever getting a turn. Penance's Obliteration won't kill anyone due to protect + defense +20% and 5 cheers.

Phase 2

Phase 2 begins when Penance's tail falls off. Penance will stop using Obliteration and will use immolation instead. Always ready a dispel when a character is hit with Immolation as Immolation inflicts armor and mental break. A character with armor and mental break will instantly die when hit with another immolation. Keep the same strategy and never make an arm get a turn. Only attack penance when one arm is down and the other arm will die from another hit.

Overall, this is a lengthy fight that involves killing two arms that each have half a million HP but with proper monitoring of your character's status (removing armor and mental break) and preventing the arms from getting a turn, the battle becomes easy.

Strategy Summary

Summarized Battle Strategy

• Apply Cheer x 5 to all party members as well as Trio of 9999. This will make Auto Potions heal everyone for max HP.
• Immediately kill an Arm and hit the other arm 5 times. Once the arm is about to get a turn, hit the living arm once then the other arm 5 times. This is to prevent either arms from getting a turn.
• Penance will never be able to kill you on the during the 1st phase with the proper stats and armor, on the 2nd phase however, make sure to dispel the Armor Break, and Mental Break from your character.

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