Cindy is a boss in Final Fantasy X-2. She is one of the Magus Sisters the party must fight in a second aeon battle on the road to the Farplane.
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Battle[]
Cindy fights alongside Mindy and Sandy. Mindy has the least HP of the trio; Cindy has the most.
The Magus Sisters' most lethal attack is Delta Attack, which will reduce the entire party's HP to 1 and MP to 0. The sisters will then quickly finish the party off before they have a chance to recover. Since all three must be alive to use it, as soon as one of them is defeated, the party will no longer have to fear Delta Attack.
Cindy likes to cast Not-So-Mighty Guard and Regen, the former being her first move. If all three sisters are alive, and they have less than 25% of their max HP remaining, Cindy will use White Highwind to heal the sisters by 3/8 (37.5%) of max HP and remove all status debuffs. Otherwise, Cindy has an equal chance of using either Absorb, Demi, Regen, or her signature attack Camisade on her second to eighth turns.
All three of the Magus Sisters' AI patterns depend on an action counter device, but only Cindy will use different abilities depending on her current action counter. Her action count increases by five points when either her turn passes, she is targeted by a player's party member, or she recovers HP from Regen. Using Absorb adds another five points to her action count. If all three sisters are alive and their respective action counts have reached 100 or higher, Cindy will use Delta Attack.
Strategy[]
It is recommended to try defeating Mindy first. One method that often works well involves having Paine use Full Throttle and repeatedly attack with Sword Dance. This inflicts two physical attacks on each of the Magus Sisters, and since it deals high damage, in a few attacks with it should take out Mindy while heavily damaging Cindy and Sandy. Alternatively, if the player employs captured creatures, an ideal choice would be a high-level Chocobo that knows Meteor, which can deal massive damage to all three Magus Sisters.
For Cindy, it is wise to carry anything that can remove beneficial effects, such as Dispel Tonics and the Dispel spell. This way, the player can remove whatever status Cindy gives to her companions without having them hamper their abilities to deal with them. It is wise to also cast Protect or use a Light Curtain to reduce the damage of Cindy's Camisade attack.
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Etymology[]
Cindy is a feminine given name and the shortened version of the name "Cynthia".