Delay Buster

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.

Appearances[]

Final Fantasy X[]

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-2[]

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

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Etymology[]

[view · edit · purge]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".

Command abilities

Recurring abilities

Acrobatics - Aim - Alchemy - Analyze - Armor Break - Arts of War - Asuran Fists - Attack - Barrage - Blessing - Bushido - Catch - Chakra - Charge - Chivalry - Combo - Control - Cover - Dance - Darkness (skillset) - Darkness (command) - Defend - Delay Buster - Delay Attack - Dismiss - Dive Bomb - Dragon - Draw Fire - Dualcast - Eat - Equip - Escape - Flair - Flee - Focus - Forest Nocturne - Gil Toss - Guard - Gunmanship - Hide - Holy Breath - Holy Sword - Item - Jump - Kick - Lance Barrage - Land - Libra - Magic (Arcane Magick · Black Magic · Blue Magic · Green Magick · Red Magic · Time Magic · White Magic - Magic Break - Martial Arts - Mental Break - Mimic - Miracle - Mix - Mug - Ninjutsu - Nullifying Dropkick - Onyx Wave - Piracy - Poach - Power Break - Pray - Provoke - Pummel - Rage - Recall - Recover - Revive - Row - Scan - Sing - Skill - Spellblade - Steal - Summon - Swordplay - Terrain - Throw

Game specific abilities

Final Fantasy III	Advance - Analyze - Boost - Cheer (NES) - Peep (NES) - Retaliate - Scare (NES) - Sing - Souleater - Study
Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection	Final Fantasy IV	Analyze - Bless - Bluff - Brace - Cry - Chant - Curse - Deadly - Double Jump - Eye Gouge - Inferno - Phoenix - Plunder - Regen - Requiem - Return - Salve - Tsunami - Twincast - Upgrade - Whirlwind
Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection	Final Fantasy IV: The After Years	Analyze - Awaken - Band - Big Throw - Cover Counter - Human Kite - Illusions - Jive - Piercing Sight - Pressure - Risk Strike - Shuriken - Taunt - Tenketsu
Final Fantasy V	Animals - Bladeblitz - Calm - Condemn - Check - Combine - Dark Arts - Drink - Finisher - Flirt - Gaia - Guard - Iainuki - Image - Lance - Mineuchi - Oath - Open Fire - Predict - Scan - Smoke - Zeninage
Final Fantasy VI	Blitz - Leap - Lore - Magitek - Rage - Runic - Possess - Shock - Sketch - Slot - Tools - Trance
Final Fantasy VII	2x-Cut - 4x-Cut - Coin - D.blow - E.Skill - Flash - Manip. - Mime - Morph - Sense - Slash-All - W-Item - W-Magic - W-Summon
Final Fantasy VIII	Absorb - Card - Darkside - Devour - Doom - Draw - Kamikaze - LV Down - LV Up - Mad Rush - MiniMog - Treatment
Final Fantasy IX	Seiken - SFX - Skill - Swd Art
Final Fantasy X series	Final Fantasy X	Armor - Sentinel - Shield - Skill - Special - Trigger - Weapon
Final Fantasy X series	Final Fantasy X-2	Arcana - Assault - Berserk - Blue Bullet - Bribe - Bushido - Charon - Crush - Cutlery - Dance - Dextral Arts - Fallalery - Fiend Hunter - Finale - Flimflam - Flurry - Fright - Gamble - Ghiki - Great Whirl - Gunplay - Homing Ray - Howl - HP Repair - Instinct - Kogoro - Kupo! - Left Stigma - Left Pistilplay - Machinations - Mettle - MP Absorb - MP Repair - Mug - Nab Gil - Psionics - Reboot - Right Stigma - Right Pistilplay - Sentinel - Sing - Sinistral Arts - Spare Change - Smash - Stamina - Stash - Sword Dance - Tantalize - Teleport - Throttle - Trigger Happy - Wildcat - Vajra - Vigor - Zantetsu
Final Fantasy XII	Mist - Technicks
Lightning Saga	Final Fantasy XIII	Techniques
	Final Fantasy XIII-2	Change Leader
	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	EP Abilities
	Final Fantasy XV	Technique - Armiger - Glaive Art
Final Fantasy Tactics	Aimed Shot - Arithmeticks - Fundaments - Geomancy - Holy Sword - Huntcraft - Iaido - Limit - Mettle - Mystic Arts - Nether Mantra - Piracy - Sky Mantra - Speechcraft - Unyielding Blade
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance series	Final Fantasy Tactics Advance	Advanced Law - Alchemy Tech - Battle Tech - Charge - Corner - Dragon Tech - Fighter Tech - Hermetics - Hunt - Lunge Tech - Monk Tech - Morph - Ninja Tech - Pandora - Prayer - Phantasm Tech - Rune - Sacred Tech - Sagacity Skill - Sharpshoot - Spellblade Tech - Spirit Magic - Stunt
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance series	Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift	Acrobatics - Assassination - Astutia - Ballistics - Beast Lore - Blade Arts - Brutality - Calling - Cannonry - Chococraft - Clockwork - Devastation - Discipline - Dragon Soul - Elemental Magick - Fencing - Feralism - High Magick - Illusion - Instinct - Intercession - Lore - Onslaught - Piracy - Precision - Pugilism - Reconnaissance - Sacred Blade - Sagacity - Savagery - Sharpshooting - Sleight of Hand - Sparring - Survivalism - Thievery - Trapping - Warding
Final Fantasy Dimensions	Back Up - Battle Arts - Boost Element - Chain Magic - Clarity - Dragon Arts - Dark Blade - Holy Blade - Memorandom - Pickpocket - Res. Element - Riposte
Dissidia Final Fantasy series	Bravery Attack - HP Attack

Lists of abilities

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Final Fantasy X abilities

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Commands	Attack - Summon - Skill - Special - Blk Magic - Wht Magic - Item - Weapon - Armor - Escape - Defend - Shield - Boost - Dismiss - Trigger Command
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
Skillsets	Skill	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
Aeons	Valefor - Ifrit - Ixion - Shiva - Bahamut - Anima - Yojimbo - Magus Sisters
	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

Final Fantasy X-2 Dresspheres and abilities