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FFX-2 Delay Buster

Delay Buster in Final Fantasy X-2.

Take a number, buddy!
—Tidus, upon using Delay Buster, Final Fantasy X

Delay Buster (ディレイバスター, Direi Basutā?) is an ability in Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2. It delays the target's next turn.

See also: Delay Attack

AppearancesEdit

Final Fantasy XEdit

Delay Buster is a skill affecting the specific number of turns within the Act List. It appears within Tidus's section of the Sphere Grid. It inflicts strong Delay, moving the next opponent's next turns down the Act List greatly, and costs 18 MP to use.

Final Fantasy X-2Edit

Delay Buster appears as an ability for the Warrior dressphere. It completely resets the opponents ATB gauge, costing 120 AP to learn and 16 MP to use.

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EtymologyEdit

The word "buster" means a person who breaks up something, e.g. crime busters, or something big or unusual for its kind. It derives from the verb "bust".

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Overdrive skillsets Swordplay (Blitz Ace · Energy Rain · Slice & Dice · Spiral Cut) - Bushido (Banishing Blade · Dragon Fang · Shooting Star · Tornado) - Mix - Slots (Element Reels · Attack Reels · Status Reels · Aurochs Reels) - Fury - Grand Summon - Ronso Rage
SkillsetsSkill Armor Break - Dark Attack - Dark Buster - Delay Attack - Delay Buster - Extract Ability - Extract Mana - Extract Power - Extract Speed - Full Break - Magic Break - Mental Break - Mug - Nab Gil - Power Break - Quick Hit - Silence Attack - Silence Buster - Sleep Attack - Sleep Buster - Triple Foul - Zombie Attack
Special Aim - Bribe - Cheer - Copycat - Doublecast - Entrust - Flee - Focus - Guard - Jinx - Lancet - Luck - Pilfer Gil - Pray - Provoke - Quick Pockets - Reflex - Sentinel - Spare Change - Steal - Threaten - Use
Blk Magic Bio - Blizzard - Blizzara - Blizzaga - Death - Demi - Drain - Fire - Fira - Firaga - Flare - Osmose - Thunder - Thundara - Thundaga - Ultima - Water - Watera - Waterga
Wht Magic Auto-Life - Cure - Cura - Curaga - Dispel - Esuna - Full-Life - Haste - Hastega - Holy - Life - NulBlaze - NulFrost - NulShock - NulTide - Protect - Reflect - Regen - Scan - Shell - Slow - Slowga
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Commands Sonic Wings - Meteor Strike - Aerospark - Heavenly Strike - Impulse - Pain - Pay - Daigoro - Kozuka - Wakizashi - Camisade - Razzia - Passado
Overdrives Energy Ray - Energy Blast - Hellfire - Thor's Hammer - Diamond Dust - Mega Flare - Oblivion - Zanmato - Delta Attack
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StorylineGunner Trigger Happy - Gunplay (Potshot - Cheap Shot - Enchanted Ammo - Target MP - Quarter Pounder - On the Level - Burst Shot - Table-turner - Scattershot - Scatterburst) - Darkproof - Sleepproof - Trigger Happy Lv.2 - Trigger Happy Lv.3
Thief Steal - Flimflam (Pilfer Gil - Borrowed Time - Pilfer HP - Pilfer MP - Sticky Fingers - Master Thief - Soul Swipe - Steal Will) - Flee - Item Hunter - First Strike - Initiative - Slowproof - Stopproof
Warrior Sentinel - Swordplay (Flametongue - Ice Brand - Thunder Blade - Liquid Steel - Demi Sword - Excalibur - Power Break - Armor Break - Magic Break - Mental Break - Delay Attack - Delay Buster) - Assault - SOS Protect
Songstress Dance (Darkness Dance - Samba of Silence - MP Mambo - Magical Masque - Sleepy Shuffle - Carnival Cancan - Slow Dance - Brake-dance - Jitterbug - Dirty Dancing) - Sing (Battle Cry - Cantus Firmus - Esoteric Melody - Disenchant - Perfect Pitch - Matador's Song)
Black Mage Black Magic (Fire - Blizzard - Thunder - Water - Fira - Blizzara - Thundara - Watera - Firaga - Blizzaga - Thundaga - Waterga) Focus - MP Absorb - Black Magic Lv.2 - Black Magic Lv.3
White Mage Pray - Vigor - White Magic (Cure - Cura - Curaga - Regen - Esuna - Dispel - Life - Full-Life - Shell - Protect - Reflect - Renew) White Magic Lv.2 - White Magic Lv.3
RegularGun Mage Blue Bullet - Scan - Fiend Hunter (Shell Cracker - Anti-Aircraft - Silver Bullet - Flan Eater - Elementillery - Killasaurus - Drake Slayer - Dismantler - Mech Destroyer - Demon Muzzle) - Fiend Hunter Lv.2 - Scan Lv.2 - Scan Lv.3
Lady Luck Bribe - Gamble (Two Dice - Four Dice - Attack Reels - Magic Reels - Item Reels - Random Reels - Luck - Felicity) - Tantalize - Critical - Double EXP - SOS Spellspring - Gillionaire - Double Items
Trainer Half MP Cost - HP Stroll - MP Stroll
Yuna: Holy Kogoro - Kogoro Blaze - Kogoro Freeze - Kogoro Shock - Kogoro Deluge - Kogoro Strike - Doom Kogoro - Kogoro Cure - Kogoro Remedy - Pound!- Kogoro Lv.2 - Kogoro Lv.3
Rikku: Sneaky Ghiki - Ghiki Gouge - Ghiki Gag - Mugger Ghiki - Pesky Ghiki - Bully Ghiki - Ghiki Meds - Ghiki Pep - Ghiki Cheer - Swarm, Swarm! - Ghiki Lv.2 - Ghiki Lv.3
Paine: Carrier Flurry - Poison Flurry - Stone Flurry - Death Flurry - Flurry Guard - Flurry Speed - Flurry Shield - HP Flurry - Recovery Flurry - Maulwings! - Flurry Lv.2 - Flurry Lv.3
Alchemist Mix - Stash (Potion - Hi-Potion - Mega-Potion - X-Potion - Remedy - Dispel Tonic - Phoenix Down - Mega-Phoenix - Ether - Elixir) - Items Lv.2 - Chemist - Elementalist - Physicist
Berserker Berserk - Instinct (Cripple - Mad Rush - Crackdown - Eject - Unhinge - Intimidate - Envenom - Hurt - Howl) - Itchproof - Counterattack - Magic Counter - Evade & Counter - Auto-Regen
Samurai Spare Change - Bushido (Mirror of Equity - Magicide - Dismissal - Fingersnap - Sparkler - Fireworks - Momentum - Shin-Zantetsu - Nonpareil - No Fear - Clean Slate - Hayate) - Zantetsu - SOS Critical
Dark Knight Darkness - Arcana (Drain - Demi - Confuse - Break - Bio - Doom - Death - Black Sky) Charon - Poisonproof - Stoneproof - Confuseproof - Curseproof - Deathproof
Mascot Ribbon - Auto-Shell - Auto-Protect
Yuna: Moogle Jolt - Moogle Cure - Moogle Regen - Moogle Wall - Moogle Life - Moogle Cureja - Moogle Regenja - Moogle Wallja - Moogle Lifeja - Moogle Beam - Swordplay - Arcana
Rikku: Cait Fire - Cait Thunder - Cait Blizzard - Cait Water - Power Eraser - Armor Eraser - Magic Eraser - Mental Eraser - Speed Eraser - PuPu Platter - Instinct - White Magic
Paine: Dark Knife - Silence Knife - Sleep Knife - Berserk Knife - Poison Knife - Stone Knife - Stop Knife - Quartet Knife - Arsenic Knife - Cactling Gun - Bushido - Black Magic
SpecialFloral Fallal Libra - Fallalery (Heat Whirl - Ice Whirl - Electric Whirl - Aqua Whirl - Barrier - Shield - Flare Whirl - Great Whirl - All-Life) - Right Pistilplay (White Pollen - White Honey - Hard Leaves - Tough Nuts - Mirror Petals - Floral Rush - Floral Bomb - Fallal Bomb - Floral Magisol - Fallal Magisol) - Right Stigma - Left Pistilplay (Dream Pollen - Mad Seeds - Sticky Honey - Halfdeath Petals - Poison Leaves - Death Petals - Silent White - Congealed Honey - Panic Floralysis - Ash Floralysis) - Left Stigma - Ribbon - Double HP - Triple HP - Break HP Limit - Break Dmg. Limit
Machina Maw Revival - Machinations (Death Missile - Bio Missile - Break Missile - Berserk Missile - Stop Missile - Confuse Missile - Shockwave - Shockstorm) - Vajra - Smash (Howitzer - Sleep Shell - Slow Shell - Anti-Power Shell - Anti-Armor Shell - Scan - Shellter - Protector) - HP Repair - MP Repair - Homing Ray - Crush (Blind Shell - Silence Shell - Anti-Magic Shell - Anti-Mental Shell - Booster - Offense - Defense) - Ribbon - Double HP - Triple HP - Break HP Limit - Break Dmg. Limit
Full Throttle Fright - Throttle (Aestus - Winterkill - Whelmen - Levin - Wisenen - Fiers - Deeth - Assoil) - Sword Dance - Dextral Arts (Venom Wing - Blind Wing - Mute Wing - Rock Wing - Lazy Wing - Violent Wing - Still Wing - Crazy Wing) - Stamina - Mettle - Reboot - Sinistral Arts (Steel Feather - Diamond Feather - White Feather - Buckle Feather - Cloudy Feather - Pointed Feather - Pumice Feather - Ma'at's Feather) - Ribbon - Double HP - Triple HP - Break HP Limit - Break Dmg. Limit
International + Last Mission/HD Remaster-exclusiveFestivalist Twinkler - Spinner - Popper - Fountain - SOS Regen - SOS Wall
Yuna: Fire Sandals - Ice Sandals - Ltng. Sandals - Water Sandals - Flare Sandals - Ultima Sandals - Piercing Magic - Silenceproof - Pointlessproof
Rikku: Fire Fish - Ice Fish - Ltng. Fish - Water Fish - Gravity Fish - Holy Fish - Slowproof - Stopproof
Paine: Blind Mask - Silence Mask - Sleep Mask - Poison Mask - Stop Mask - Petro Mask - SOS Haste
Psychic Psionics (Psychic Bomb - Maser Eye - Telekinesis - Brainstorm - Express - Teleport - Time Trip - Magic Guard - Physics Guard) - Excellence - Fire Eater - Ice Eater - Lightning Eater - Water Eater - Gravity Eater
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