The Purpose of Rikku? - Page 2

January 24, 2008, 6:40 PM

Thanks for the feedback on both sides of the aisle. Lulucent, I'll go over the mixes and see how they fair against Seymour take 3 (Mt. Gagazet area).

My observations aside, it sounds like her section of the grid isn't overtly useful, at least as compared to the other characters. As I'm dong with Kimahri, I'll move her off to another character's grid and play with her more in combat. My second time through I would like every character to be useful in most battles. Instead of entering a battle, and exasperating, "OH NO! I left her in formation! I gotta move her out fast!"

January 24, 2008, 9:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Sponge

I'm playing FFX the second time through, and, unlike the last time, I'm balancing my characters up nicely. I have learned to appreciate the usefulness of Tidus and especially Kimahri. However, like before, I am still having difficulty with one character. So my question is, what purpose does Rikku serve during battle except for steal and mug?

Am I missing some great upgrade or potential she serves? I would like to have all my characters fully utilized in my second game, and maximize their strengths against the upcoming bosses.

-Sponge

You can say that about ANY of the characters in the game as they all start off with very little set abilities, and a lot of opportunity. It all depends where you want them to go, and what purpose to fulfill.

Her overdrive was actually handy IF you know what to mix. It's just finding the better combinations and remembering. Pen & Paper admiitedly come in handy. Personally, I liked Rikku. True, she doesn't have much use in the game but if you give her one she's handy. She also gets a lot of speed spheres in her area so she's handy that way. Also, giving her Hastega adds to her usefulness.

January 26, 2008, 2:43 AM

Her Mixes are quite useful if you use them right and attain the right items as stated previously.

But, she can also kill Machina very easily with her Steal/Mug ability. She was actually pretty fast as well and her "Use" ability came in handy if you had a good item or two.

January 26, 2008, 12:03 PM

I actually found her very useful, especially for the grenade and al-bhed potion items. She's a Thief and Chemist in one.

January 28, 2008, 4:01 PM

Her Mix overdrive really helped me when I was fighting Jecht in 2nd round. Just mix two dark Matters and she dealt a heavy damage (more than 9999 damage).

January 28, 2008, 5:11 PM

I only used her for one thing and that was this really nice 20,000 mix attack called "Sunburst" or "Supernova" or something to that effect. This was especilly useful earlier on before the other characters had got to 9999+ attacks.

January 28, 2008, 5:20 PM

When you used haste on Rikku she could attack like 4 times straight so it kind of balanced out with the slower but harder hitters and you could heal if neccessary as well. I liked Rikku for her speed and used her in my main party (Tidus, Auron and I swapped Yuna and Rikku regularly.

January 29, 2008, 12:53 PM

Rikku in battle for me is great. She can mix everything and make a 3x9999 damage and also she can destroy robots just by touching them.

January 29, 2008, 5:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Sponge

So my question is, what purpose does Rikku serve during battle except for steal and mug?

That is a pretty big part in battle to get rare items that you may need (such as a lvl 4 key sphere) Without her you wouldnt be able to get those rare items. I used her as a healer too because she could mix potions together and heal my characters, or deal huge damage to the enemy with her limit break Mix. So in the end, Rikku is actually a big part of your party.

January 29, 2008, 5:25 PM

http://home.no.net/ffdwnld/Rikku's%20mix%20table.zip

Download that Zip file.
unzip it.
and there is a list, in a PDF format, that has EVERY possible mix.

Enjoy