Final Fantasy IX - Lvl 1 party defeats Ozma in 1 round

ファイナルファンタジーIX-レベル1のパーティーが1ラウンドでオズマを破る

This battle was before going to Shimmering Island.

Equipment
‣ Steiner: Ragnarok, Cross Helm, Venetia Shield, Diamond Armor, Power Belt
‣ Amarant: Kaiser Knuckles, Green Beret, Bone Wrist, Power Vest, Black Belt
‣ Zidane: Orichalcon, Green Beret, Bone Wrist, Power Vest, Power Belt
‣ Freya: Holy Lance, Cross Helm, Venetia Shield, Diamond Armor, Angel Earrings

Party Abilities: Auto-Haste, Bird killer, MP Attack

Characters Strength:
Steiner (30), Amarant (28), Zidane (28), Freya (25).

Physical Damage Bonuses
‣ Steiner - Bird Killer (1.5x damage), MP Attack (1.5x damage), Trance (3x damage)
‣ Amarant - Bird Killer (1.5x damage), MP Attack (1.5x damage), Trance (1.5x damage), Wind Elem-Atk weapon (1.5x damage), Wind Elem-Atk raising accessory (1.5x damage)
‣ Zidane - Bird Killer (1.5x damage), MP Attack (1.5x damage), Trance (1.5x damage)
‣ Freya - Bird Killer (1.5x damage), MP Attack (1.5x damage), Trance (1.5x damage), Holy Elem-Atk weapon (1.5x damage), Holy Elem-Atk raising accessory (1.5x damage)

✴ Small example of how Physical Damage Bonuses are applied, let's say Steiner's base damage is 10:
10 * 1.5 = 15
15 * 1.5 = 22.5 ➼ 22 Note: The number is truncated (round down) after each multiplication.
22 * 3 = 66

Visual bug: After using the ability Charge! the word "miss" appears and Ozma does an evasion animation, both things should not appear, they are a visual bug of the Moguri Mod. I contacted the creator of the mod (Snouz) and hopefully he will fix it soon.

Frequently asked questions:
- How can you avoid leveling up before you reach this point?
If you petrify or stop enemies, you won't gain EXP after the battle, you will only gain AP. Bosses in FFIX are immune to stop and petrifaction, but defeating them won't give you EXP, either. The only three non-boss enemies that will give you unavoidable EXP are the three forced battles in Pandemonium. Also, Virus and Zombie prevent your characters gaining EXP as well.

- How can you gain the money to purchase necessary equipments?
Selling Phoenix Pinions/Ethers will be the major source of your income, and it is good enough. Also Wrist + Steeple Hat = Cotton Robe Trick.

- How can you learn abilities and avoid leveling up at same time?
Go inside Oeilvert until you're in the screen with the Moogle, you wil find Epitaphs there. Use soft on them. They will give you AP but not EXP.

- Is Ozma in the PSX version more difficult?
No, Ozma has the same script in both the PSX and PC versions.

[ShadowFeline]

Turn 1:
Ozma - Flare star
Amarant - attack
Freya - attack
Steiner - charge!
Zidane - Dark matter

Battle ends.

[irislovely]

Half the fight was just the party in Trance animation LOL

[ajp]

Nobody does a Limit Break quite like the FF9 crew. The screen gets dark, the character starts glowing, and their WHOLE appearance gets altered, it's all very cinematic and SO dam cool.

[EarthenCavy]

My Amarant doin’ king damage at level 1., , 🥰💕

[AT-qmgv]

Ozma is just a multicolored super blitzball.

[pizzaofdarkness]

Show how great the battle mechanics was done by the devs. You can even win against a superboss with level 1 party. That being said, excellent work.

[reconstructedrichard]

impressive, I didn’t know you could do that much damage at level 1

[DT_Worlds_Strongest_Goth]

Why did they make a jawbreaker a boss lol

[kilolo]

i just read your description and i finally understand why you use Holy Lance for Freya instead of Dragon's Hair, lol

[jaffetcoronado]

Well that shows how creative final fantasy is. Most FF games can be abused power if you know what to do. This adds layer to ff complexity as those secrets reveal after a decade pass.

[bocamipalo]

amazing, and you explain everything in the description.

[Sylkis]

How do you farm AP and learn skills without gathering Exp?

[jeffx]

Kentucky Fried Chicken Phantasm, your videos are finger lickin' good!

[saltyt]

It reminds me of Squall lvl1 only. Gotta draw them cards lol. Thanks for the video.

[yawninghamster]

Is this how Cody's story ends? Roman Reigns looking a lot like Ozma these days.

[elixirvural]

trance is 2 minutes of 2.30 minutes video, best ff ever, and best characters indeed, such as blank....

[slowpoke]

I don't know why Ozma terrifies me more than any other Final Fantasy boss. I guess the weird colors and the way the top and bottom half rotate is just really unnerving. Like, just what the HELL is this thing supposed to be!? I guess the fear of the unknown is what gets me. Oh, and the music doesn't help. Ha ha.

[bobthycat]

I remember winning this fight in a clutch moment because Amarant reflected a Meteor lmao

[rayoflight]

Didn't know dark matter could be used like that

[jormgundtheballast]

I just want to know how he survived the flare star?