Omega Weapon (Final Fantasy X)

Omega Weapon is an optional boss in Final Fantasy X. Omega Weapon is the fearsome fiend who was transformed from Omega through its anger. Its anger was so great, it spawned the lesser Ultima Weapon in the process.

In the original North American and Japanese versions, Omega Weapon was a rather disappointing boss, having only 99,999 HP, not much of a greater challenge over Ultima Weapon (especially considering the new Break Damage Limit ability for Final Fantasy X). It was given an upgrade for the International, PAL, and HD Remaster versions, now having 999,999 HP; it could then be considered a superboss.

Battle
Kimahri can learn his strongest Ronso Rage Overdrive: Nova. Omega Weapon and Nemesis of the Monster Arena are the only enemies in the game where this skill can be obtained.

Omega Weapon's normal physical attack will cause around 4,000 HP damage, and it will also inflict a variety of status effects such as Break and Confuse. Core Energy is an upgraded version of Ultima Weapon's and will cause between 4,500 and 9,999 HP to one character. Shimmering Rain also returns and will hit the whole party for around 2,500 damage. Its ultimate attack is Nova, which will inflict around 4,500 damage to all.


 * In the HD Remaster NOVA will deal 7600+ to your whole party WITH Shell and Protect on.

Strategy
Shell, Haste and Protect are important as Omega Weapon cannot be inflicted with debilitating effects such as Delay, Slow or Break attacks. The special skill Quick Hit is useful to get more turns.

In the NTSC version, Omega Weapon will not put up much of a fight. The player's goal should be to deal as much damage as possible in a short time, which is made possible by the use of Celestial Weapons, Break Damage Limit, Overdrives, aeons, and Trio of 9999 (though none of these are required to defeat Omega Weapon). It's fairly likely Omega Weapon will be defeated before it will use Nova.

To add insult to injury, it is possible for Kimahri to get two Overdrives in short succession: the first Overdrive, Lancet, and then Nova. Nova will deal 7500+ damage to Omega Weapon and can break the damage limit. Alchemy is highly useful, because of the threat of Shimmering Rain, which deals over 2,500 damage to the party, and Nova, which deals over 4,000 damage to the party.

In the International and HD Remaster versions, Omega Weapon's additional HP and elemental absorbency make it harder to defeat and Tidus's Brotherhood shouldn't be used because it is Water-elemental. Mighty Guard, either from Kimahri or Rikku, is a major help, as one only has so many items and so much MP, and they may not last long enough to deal with Omega Weapon's nearly one million HP. On the other hand, Osmose now works against Omega Weapon.

Trivia

 * The words "Omega Weapon" are inscribed in Omega Weapon's tail in Spiran script.

Related Enemies

 * Nemesis
 * Ultima Weapon

Final Fantasy X-2

 * Omega Weapon
 * Paragon
 * Ultima Weapon

Omega Weapon (FFX) Oméga Arma/Final Fantasy X