Evrae Altana (Final Fantasy X)

Evrae Altana is a boss in Final Fantasy X.

Story
After Evrae is beaten, and Tidus, Wakka, and Rikku are imprisoned in the underwater part of the Via Purifico, Evrae Altana, a Zombie version of Evrae, appears. The party can choose to fight it, or use Trigger Commands to break the locks on nearby underwater gates to escape from it.

Strategy
Evrae can as before use Stone Gaze, but in this battle, it is Evrae's first action, and Stone Gaze has the power to both turn a character to stone and then shatter it, putting one of your characters out of action, just as the Eraser attack used by Shinryu, Evrae's lookalike Original Creation from the Monster Arena. Armors with Stone Ward are ineffective against Stone Gaze as there is still high possibility of the target becoming petrified.

Evrae may counter attacks of any kind with Swipe for 800 or so damage, and its Photon Spray does a similar amount of damage spread out over 8 hits.

Going through the gates is not recommended, as it isolates the party from the next Save Sphere, and item chests containing the Avenger and Rematch counterattack weapons. Nor is it necessarily the quickest option, as Evrae Altana can be killed with two Phoenix Downs or X-Potions.

Winning with curative items, a battle that rivals the one with the original Evrae for difficulty (with four or five fewer team members), is not only easier, but is taking advantage of an option arguably intended by the developers. While some bosses are immune to Scan or Sensor, Evrae Altana and its Zombie status are not. Moreover the dark swirling cloud around its head, identical to that caused by the Blind effect, is likely a visual indication of its Zombie status.

Related Enemies

 * Evrae
 * Shinryu

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