Shinryu (Final Fantasy X)

Shinryu is an Original Creation monster bred at the Monster Arena in Final Fantasy X. The monster resembles the Guardian of Bevelle, Evrae, fought earlier in the game. This fight is held underwater, and as such, only Tidus, Wakka and Rikku can participate. Shinryu is unlocked after at least two of each of the underwater fiends in the Mt. Gagazet caves are captured.

Battle
Shinryu counters hostilities with a physical attack, and often uses Eraser, an attack which petrifies (unblockable even with a Stoneproof or Ribbon armor equipped) and shatters one victim instantly, removing them from the battle. Shinryu will stop using this attack if there is only one party member left. Another dangerous attack is Shining, which inflicts heavy non-elemental magic-based damage on the party.

Strategy
Break HP Limit, even at 32,000 HP for any party member, may not be enough, so one should be sure to use Hyper Vitality to double the party's HP. Twin Stars or Three Stars to reduce the MP cost to zero. The three should be equipped with their Celestial Weapons, Tidus and Wakka should use their Overdrives, and all three should be able to use Auto-Life.

Auto-Protect and Auto-Haste are also valuable in this fight. It is possible to beat Shinryu with one character, with Break HP Limit and Counterattack even without the Celestial Weapons, provided the character can heal in time. With this strategy, even after Shinryu uses Shining several times and erases one or two party members, it will be defeated within a few minutes.

Every defeat of Shinryu will result in obtaining 2 Wings to Discovery, needed for customising Break HP Limit on armour, although 30 are needed to customise this ability, meaning one would have to defeat Shinryu 15 times. A quick way to obtain 30 instantly is to win the chocobo race outside Remeim Temple whilst opening three treasure chests and successfully winning the race.

Related Enemies

 * Evrae
 * Evrae Altana

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