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Humbaba is an enemy in Final Fantasy X-2. It uses Behemoth King's model from Final Fantasy X.
Stats[]
Normal
Oversoul
Battle[]
Mighty Guard.
Humbaba has enormous Strength and as soon as the battle starts, it will buff with Mighty Guard. Mighty Guard is used again when Humbaba loses 66% of its HP, and it also uses Thundaga. Humbaba's Uppercut deals around 1,500 damage and carries a huge delay. Once Humbaba loses 66% of its maximum HP, it gains access to the Tyrant Tail attack, which hits the whole party for about 800 damage and has a small delay effect. Swipe inflicts moderate damage of about 400 to one target. Once Humbaba is defeated, it will cast Meteor as a last resort to kill the party. Humbaba's attacks inflict delay.
Strategy[]
It is advisable to use Samurais and White Mages, and augment Defense. Dark Knights are not recommended as they can act so infrequently.
The party should use the Samurai's Fingersnap to clear off the Humbaba's stat boosts, while the White Mage's Dispel takes care of statuses Humbaba has gained from Mighty Guard. Humbaba's weakness is in the MP field, and if the player drains all of Humbaba's MP, they can stop it from using Mighty Guard as well as Thundaga. Once Humbaba has lost its MP, all that is left to worry about are Humbaba's physical attacks and Meteor.
Meteor.
Having fast characters is recommended as Humbaba's attacks inflict delay. It is highly advisable to apply Protect, especially to characters with low Defense stats.
The only way to avoid seeing Humbaba's final attack, Meteor, is using eject techs or Telekinesis from Psychic dressphere on Humbaba (also the fastest way to win the battle). The player can also bribe it. Another option to survive Meteor is to finish the battle with a special dressphere or powerful captured creatures, but the player needs to set the Cheer Gauge to 3 stars or lower before downing Humbaba to reduce the damage from Meteor. The Dark Elemental is a suitable choice due to its innately high Magic Defense.
Creature Creator[]
Fiend Tale[]
- Are you the one who captured me? Hurry up and finish me. I've grown tired of this life. I am an accursed fiend. I wish to put an end to my days of bloodshed.
- Back in my thieving days, my mates and I wandered into a cave. In it were fiends we had never seen before. We hid in the shadows and watched them. It appeared that they had gathered for some ritual. It was right then that I heard a dark voice speak directly into my mind. "Fight each other until only one of you is left alive," it said. Me and my fellow thieves had been cursed, you see.
- Having lost all rational thought, I slaughtered the others and became a fiend. I found myself alone. Many times, I tried to take my own life, but it proved to be impossible. I could not die, and there was no one who would kill me. I would wander for eternity looking for blood. I dream of the people that I killed every night. With sad eyes, they shout, but I can't understand them. What scares me the most is, nowadays, I feel nothing after seeing the dream. Body and soul, I have now completely become a fiend.
- A high summoner can surely send me to the Farplane, could she not? Free me from this cursed existence, so I can go apologize to my mates. But wait...if I die, if I'm released from this agony... What will happen to the mates that I killed...?"
A notable Humbaba was born from the spirit of a thief who became a fiend after killing his fellow colleagues, who would later haunt his dreams. Finding himself in the Farplane with Shinra, he runs into the souls of the comrades he killed, who speak to him. Reflecting on his time with the Gullwings and at the Fiend Arena, he regains his humanity and vows to save his fallen comrades once more and start anew.
Fiend Arena[]
After winning Grand Cup: Hard three times, Humbaba will start to appear, as part of the Elephant Eater team. It behaves identically to its Thunder Plains/Via Infinito counterpart and is a good choice for having captured creatures learn their most powerful abilities or auto-abilities, such as Total Limit Break from Dolmen, provided they are at a high enough level.
Humbaba also appears in the Fiend World Cup.
Musical themes[]
Humbaba, along with Angra Mainyu and Anything Eater, are the only enemies to use the aeon-battle exclusive music piece known in Final Fantasy X-2 as "Aeons."
Other appearances[]
Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]
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Gallery[]
Etymology[]
In Akkadian mythology, Humbaba (Assyrian spelling) or Huwawa (Babylonian) was a monstrous giant of immemorial age raised by Utu, the Sun. Humbaba/Huwawa was also the guardian of the Cedar Forest where the gods lived. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh slays Humbaba for fame and glory.
Related enemies[]
Final Fantasy X[]
Final Fantasy X-2: Last Mission[]
- Behemoth