EARLY HP SPHERES! | Final Fantasy X HD Remaster Tips and Tricks

Once you get into the Kilika Forest, you will see a fiend at the middle who is Lord Ochu. Now what is the significance of defeating this fiend? You see it drops MP Spheres as common BUT HP Spheres are also a possibility at 12.5% drop rate. You won't really need more MP Spheres but if you want to minimize the grinding while increasing the survivability of your characters, then you can keep fighting it until it drops HP Spheres.

Nodes activated by HP Spheres provide more HP than the default ones on the Sphere Grid. Instead of giving the +200, it gives +300. During the story, you will notice certain characters having lower HP than the others, namely Lulu and Yuna. Which is why if you want them to be able to tank attacks longer, then you can activate the HP Spheres on their respective paths.

It is quite easy to defeat Lord Ochu. You can opt for the same strategy as what I am doing in the video where I stack Cheer 5x to increase Tidus's, Wakka's, and Kimahri's attack. Or you can also exploit its vulnerability to fire element by using Lulu. Reduce its HP until it starts sleeping to regenerate its HP.

If you wake it up by attacking it normally, it will use Earthquake. More or less your characters should be able to tank it. But since we are going for an Overkill to double the amount of HP Spheres it will drop, then you can summon Valefor. Since Valefor flies by default, it will be able to dodge Earthquake when you wake it up. Then from here you can cast Fire using Valefor once or twice. If you feel that Lord Ochu's current HP is enough to be obliterated by Energy Blast, then you can use the command Boost instead to fill her Overdrive gauge within 2 to 3 turns.
I recommend using an Aeon's Overdrive to finish it off to ensure Overkill.

You can also fill up Yuna's Overdrive gauge before the battle to activate Grand Summon, which will immediately fill up the Aeon's Overdrive the moment you summon it into the battle.

If you don't get HP Spheres post-battle, then just reload your save file then defeat it again.

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[nateb]

Thank you so much. Got this on second try. Took me longer making sure I over killed 😂

[kristapsvecvagars]

The actual drop chance of HP spheres from Ochu is abysmal. Been farming for 2 evenings now, 30+ fights, 90% speed spheres, 10% MP spheres, no HP spheres whatsoever. Just a heads up for anyone attempting this.

[helioobianchi]

Reloading the save file just to get a HP sphere sounds like a waste of time and SG progress. Leveling up will invariably increase characters' survivability 🤷‍♂️