Songstress



The Songstress (歌姫 Utahime) is a Dressphere in Final Fantasy X-2. It combines the traditional Final Fantasy jobs of Bard and Dancer, the job's abilities devoted to buffing the party and debilitating foes. The Songstress dons light dancing clothes with floral sleeves and uses a microphone. The Songstress Dressphere plays an important role in the main story, as it houses the spirit of Lenne. It cannot attack unless afflicted with Berserk or using the Mug command.

For unknown reasons, when LeBlanc uses this stolen Dressphere in the beginning of the game, it turns her from an exact double of Yuna in her Summoner appearance into Yuna's Songstress outfit. It is not explained why this is so, as Dresspheres usually simply outfit the user with unique costumes, and they otherwise retain their own physical appearance, nor is it explained how Yuna's Summoner appearance is accessed. This may be because LeBlanc was using Yuna's Garment Grid with Yuna's Summoner considered her "default" before the Bare class was created.

Acquiring Songstress
In the context of the plot, YRP chases down the LeBlanc Syndicate at Luca after Yuna's Garment Grid is stolen. LeBlanc relents and gives it back, then attacks the party. During the first boss battle with LeBlanc, Yuna will be forced to spherechange to the Songstress Dressphere and remain as such for the duration of battle.

Similar to the Special Dresspheres' Break Damage and HP Limit abilities, the MP Mambo and Magical Masque dances only become available after obtaining two Key Items. MP Mambo requires the Key Item Magical Dances, Vol I, which is given to the player after they defeat all the bosses in the Den of Woe in Chapter 5. Magical Dances, Vol II, the Key Item to unlock Magical Masque, is the reward for defeating the Experiment in Chapter 5 when all its stats are at level 5.

Commands

 * YRP - Dance, Sing, Item

Abilities
Mastering Songstress requires 740 Ability Points.

Dance

 * Dance and Sing cannot be accessed outside of the Songstress dressphere because of the animations used.

Trivia

 * Paine is the only member of YRP who doesn't wear her Songstress outfit out of battle at least once.
 * Yuna wears it in her concert sequences
 * Rikku wears it during the practice session before 1000 Words and during the "concert" on the Celsius in Chapter 2
 * Each girl is singing a scat rendition of her original theme when using the Sing command.