Lulu/Gameplay

Final Fantasy X
Lulu is a Black Mage, and thus her physical attacks and defense are initially weaker than the other characters', although there are a good number of Defense nodes on her section of the Sphere Grid. Her HP, Strength, Accuracy, and Agility remain fairly low. Lulu's Magic, Magic Defense, MP, Defense, and Evasion are strong. Lulu has one of the highest Defense stats in the game, which is uncharacteristic of her job class.

She slaps fiends for some of her counterattacks. She performs a regular attack as a ground counterattack, and does a backhand when countering a flying fiend. When low on HP, Lulu will slouch over with her left arm draping over her knee, and when at quarter HP she will slouch down even more with her left arm further behind her.

Lulu and the rest of the Final Fantasy X cast are the first Final Fantasy characters to have different casting magic poses based on the spell's tier. If Lulu is using tier 1 magic, e.g Fire, she puts her hand on her shoulder, then casts it. For rank 2 magic, e.g Fira, she raises her right arm up past her head, and lastly, for tier 3 magic or greater, like Firaga or Flare, she raises both arms to the sky, then brings them down in a full circle, casting the spell. The doll she is using falls to the ground and mimics her pose.

Lulu's Overdrive is Fury that casts a barrage of up to sixteen spells on the target. To execute Fury the right thumbstick must be rotated 360 degrees. More spins add more castings. Nearly all of the Black Magic spells can be cast. These spells cannot be evaded, protected against, or prevented in any way and do not cost MP, but do significantly less damage than a normal casting of the same spell. Lulu cannot cast a spell with Fury until she learns it in the Sphere Grid, and she can only Fury-cast Black Magic.

Stats

 * Note: Values in parentheses are node stat bonuses.

Equipment


Lulu equips dolls as her weapons and bangles as her armor. When performing Attack or other physically-based ability, Lulu lets a doll go and hit an enemy making her physical attacks the longest to perform of all the party members.

Lulu's dolls are based on classic Final Fantasy creatures. She usually uses a Moogle doll but can also use the Cait Sith, Moomba, Cactuar, and PuPu dolls. As revealed in Final Fantasy X-2, unaware of this fact despite using her magic to animate them in her attacks, Lulu's dolls are sentient beings with the mentality of children who view her as their mother.

Lulu's Celestial Weapon is the Onion Knight. Lulu is the only character not shown receiving her Celestial Weapon with Tidus, due to the Onion Knight being found underwater. When fully upgraded, the Onion Knight has Break Damage Limit, Triple Overdrive, Magic Booster and One MP Cost.

Abilities
Lulu's Sphere Grid area runs near Rikku's and Wakka's, and her Sphere Color is purple. The unique abilities in Lulu's default position on the grid include the following:
 * Note: Abilities denoted with an asterisk (*) are available in the International, PAL, and HD Remaster version of Final Fantasy X.

Boss
Lulu can be fought as a boss during the Youth League Tournament in the Fiend Arena in the International and HD Remaster versions.

Party member
Lulu can be recruited as a party member through the Creature Creator system. To recruit Lulu the player must set up a Special Monster Pod in Besaid during a New Game Plus file. The abilities Lulu can naturally learn are Fire Fury, Blizzard Fury, Thunder Fury, and Water Fury; all of which chain 9 times. She has been known to cast the improper element and heal the enemy.

Like all monster allies, Lulu can use any of the common dresspheres and she is controlled by the game's AI. If given the Osmose ability, which can be done by equipping her with the Black Tome item or the Black Tabard Garment Grid, her AI will use it as needed. As with all allies from Final Fantasy X, she will use her old battle quotes and, just like all returning heroes, performs a victory pose at the end of the battle.