Final Fantasy X Tips & Tricks - 5 Mistakes You Make in Lightning Dodging

I know this is titled "things you may be doing wrong" but these are meant to be tips for the people having a hard time with this side-quest! Hope this helps!

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[UG_Commentary]

Okay rewatching this I realized I wasn't clear with saying that certain things you do "Reset" the dodge counter. That isn't technically accurate. The minigame operates on a "High Score" mechanic.

As an example, if you dodge 180 lightning bolts in a row successfully, but then get hit for what would've been the 181st bolt, the dodge counter will stop, and your "high score" would be 180. When I said "Reset" I meant that if you were to start dodging after getting hit, the counter would start at zero once again. BUT your high score of 180 will still be saved.

The objective of the minigame is to get 200 dodges as a high score, so that means if you manged to dodge 200 lightning bolts in a row without getting hit, it doesn't matter how many times you get hit after that, you'll already have completed the challenge, and you can claim the sigil at the Inn.

[ShredHeadJHJ]

This helped. I turned off the music and it helped me. I was able to dodge 108 lightning bolts, which was about 9 minutes on my timer. I'm feeling positive about it this time, and I know I can get it. This has haunted me for almost 20 years now. This is my 3rd play-through.

[malboroambushed]

I'm upset that my biggest problem was that I lost count of how many I did and ended up with 428 consecutive dodges after listening to an entire album of blitzkid. Whenever I kept count I would have a fidget or miss my dodge.

[davidmedford]

Take a break every 10 to 20 lightning dodges for about 10 seconds. I completed this for the first time in my life a few weeks ago.

[aqdjbcr]

This is the one crest/sigil I’ve never gotten. Can’t get past 5 much less 200

[justinfrazier]

I got to 188. And I never tried again. But I'm gonna give it one more shot with these tips. It's like late game free throws. They look easy. You know you got it. You've done so many. And you just choke.

[hurngusmcdurngus]

I did this by using a code breaker to register 1 dodge as 200 back in the day lol

[erulreza]

i remember completing this on the ps2. don't leave the area, mute audio, focus when the screen turns white, dodge 50 bolts, pause to refocus/rest, repeat dodging another 50.

[drewtheunspoken]

There's also a crater in the north field, near the exit, where lightning strikes at a much higher rate.

[hermitsama]

Awesome, didn't know about the crater trick. Just got 172 at the first try after previously not getting past 10.

[Theonedjneo]

Best guide in this minigame out there. I put some music on and went to town. 324 consecutive bolts!

[Midnight_Black_Cat]

I never knew this. That mini game was frustrating for me so I just made my own sudo-onion knight which ended up being a cactuar lol

[AchEdeJungeNeDu]

First mistake: Getting hit by lightning instead of dodging it

[cleasfam]

Thanks for putting this out there now I can finally dodge lightning bolts in real life with a great strategy and idea of how to do it thanks to this amazing video.

[RinJackson]

The 6th mistake I make doing Lightning Dodging is doing Lightning Dodging in the first place

[SynphamyMusic]

Don't do it when you're half asleep or while your cat is pestering you for food.

[Toshinegawa]

For me I prefer dodging my lightning in the North Section. Entering from the Travel Agency side, just like the crater, there's a spot where you can also force lightning to strike. what I like about this spot though is that its closer to the agency, but you can dodge two bolts. One for when you reach the sweat spot, and another immediately after you've dodged the first one, allowing to you to clear the challenge much faster and not have to walk so far to claim your prize

[zch]

This is my least favorite part of any game I've ever played

[stormrungaming]

I counted to 50 4 times.. you only have to go around the 2nd black circle. was able to get it done in 11 minutes.

[bradreed]

100% saving this for my next playthrough…just need that damn dodger chocobo one too lol.