Yuna
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Character Notes & Recommendations
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Odin choose 4 / 6 / 7
Bahamut choose 3 / 4 / 6
Usuals:
Ifrit, Shiva, Ramuh, Brothers 4 / 5 / 7
Leviathan, Pandemonium, Diabolos, Alexander 4 / 5 / 6
For more details and help with summons, check Summon Hub!
Additional Weapons
Ambra Rod: BRV Attack command becomes thunder element, 25% chance to buff SPD +10% for 3T
Acquire by purchasing in the Power Token Exchange (not recommended)
Cool weapon gloss, useless passive
Sphere Recommendations
NOTE: The sphere letters below are hyperlinked to our Sphere Hub which lists all available spheres sorted by effect!C Spheres - Paladin Cecil and/or his RF sphere is absolutely best to pair with her Encouragement armor. Selh'teus is a fine sidegrade but it won't help battery mid launch. If you don’t have these, then Maria is the choice for party buffs.
D Sphere - Queen, Wakka, Cissnei, or any of the ATK boosting D spheres work well
How-To-Play Notes
Yuna is a very flexible ally, with her abilities more like tools for different situations but you’ll generally want to open with Cheer to get her buffs active and start spamming Energy Ray++ from there (unless you need to remove debuffs).
She's useful for FR gauge filling as her S1 and S2 both don't have BRV/HP attacks which she can do right away. Just make sure to refresh Valefor and EX + LD buffs before she starts attacking in Force Time!
Sonic Wings++ to hit a single target, or to refund BRV if you’re trying to avoid getting broken, as it’s a good party battery. This is also her hardest hitting move in single target fights.
Energy Ray++ to shave AoE, or just attack multiple targets! This is your filler ability unless you can spam LD in FR time.
Esuna (S1) to extend party buffs by a turn, or to remove debuffs from the party.
Cheer (S2) for a huge party HP heal, or to maintain her average buffs.
Energy Blast/Summon Valefor (EX) to refresh her Valefor's Favor buff however with enough BT effect boosts and brv gain boosts, you can ignore it in force time.
Energy Nova (LD) to maintain your excellent party aura or when your party is debuffed AND you need to shave an enemy quickly. If mechanics aren't an issue, spam this during FR time for the most damage.
The Sending (BT) offers tons of support, even more when the party has no debuffs (make use of that S1, LD or FR)! With one of the highest damaging BT finishers in the game, she can make for a good damage dealer (especially with her own FR time).
Spam Energy Ray++ and end with LD, FR and BT Finisher in FR time for damage.
If using her FR to quickly get FR bonus up, just spam Energy Ray++ and echo/FR retain the rest of the fight.
Banishing Stroke (FR) removes debuffs from the party, grants the party debuff evasion (so she's always super buffing the party) and asks for:
Transformed BRV/HP Commands : +40% &
Acting with no debuffs +70% for everyone (thanks FR Boards)
FR Boards also give her a 50% HP DMG & Limit
Team Synergy Notes
Rare buff extender… only Hope, Sazh, & Eiko can also extend party buffs
While her FR time is better to start with and let another unit thrive, you can still use her as a damage dealer if you...
Pair her with linked attackers to boost her damage even higher during Burst Phase. Launches from Raines LDCA or Selphie's Rapture debuff also help!
See our Roles page for characters with debuff evasion if you are tackling a quest with frequent debuffs and don't want your auras to suffer if using another FR.
Weiss offers full debuff immunity and a follow up which can help Yuna's FR time and everyone's damage.
Removable Passives
NOTE: Passives should generally only be removed if you lack CP space. There are very rare occasions where a character has a bad passive that disrupts their optimal gameplay.Starting Veil (50% chance to dodge debuffs for the first 3 turns… generally will not have an impact on a fight…)
Fayth's Refuge Guard Up (30% DEF up is nothing to write to Yevon about)
Fayth's Refuge Base Up (10% iBRV is a fairly non impactful stat boost)
BRV Guard Up (why the heck does Yuna have so many DEF passives…)
Esuna BRV Gain (fairly minor iBRV BRV gain on Esuna is very lackluster)