Final Fantasy X-2
Sphere Break - Luca Tournament Guide



Luca Tournament

In chapter three, you will be faced with a tournament in Luca. Now you can win it or loose it, it's up to you but the prize is worth it and WAY easier to get at this point. In the finals of the tournament, you have to battle it out with Shinra, the human dictionary for the Lady Luck Sphere. You can get it in later chapters but he's tougher.

You need to win THREE matches in order to move to the finals and defeat Shinra. Practice makes perfect!

Simply enter Luca, after some events, you will have to go out and start hunting for people to play.

In this event, you need to win 3 matches to procceed. If you lose 3 times, you will lose the tournament. After battling and winning three rounds, you will have to beat Shinra to complete this event.

The range of players are at the Luca stadium entrace, the walkway towards Luca stadium, the Square and the area with the stairs leading to Mi'hen highroad.

Oh and by the way: You can SAVE after two matches at the stadium. Makes life WAY easier when you have to restart ten billion times to defeat evil Shinra.


Tournament Players

Dream Shop Core Sphere
Location The woman near to the save point at the stairs leading to Mi'hen highroad.
Rules Turns:15
Quota: 25 coins,
Time limit: 60 seconds
Difficulty: 2
Strategy She's an average player, and definitely the one for you to practice since the save point is just around the corner. If you are new to Spherebreak, she's a good practice player. To win, you need to get in echo combos as usual. 2, 3 coins would be enough.


Fishermen Core Sphere
Location He's walking around at the Square.
Rules Turns:15
Quota: 20 coins,
Time limit: 60 seconds
Difficulty: 2
Strategy If you want an easy game, he's the one. Just keep using 2, 3 coins to win. The 3 other players listed below are the ones if you want to win the 3 rounds easily.


Shades Core Sphere
Location He's hiding behind the statue at the Square.
Rules Turns:15
Quota: 20 coins,
Time limit: 60 seconds
Difficulty: 2
Strategy If you want an easy game, he's the one. Just keep using 2, 3 coins to win. The 3 other players listed below are the ones if you want to win the 3 rounds easily.


Grannie Core Sphere
Location At the walkway leading to Luca stadium, she's sitting at the side, wearing a purple shirt.
Rules Turns:15
Quota: 20 coins,
Time limit: 60 seconds
Difficulty: 2
Strategy If you want an easy game, she's the one. Just keep using 2, 3 coins to win. The 3 other players listed below are the ones if you want to win the 3 rounds easily.


Intimidator Core Sphere
Location She's standing in front of the counter, talking to a woman, at the Stadium Entrance.
Rules Turns:15
Quota: 20 coins,
Time limit: 60 seconds
Difficulty: 2
Strategy If you want an easy game, she's the one. Just keep using 2, 3 coins to win. The 3 other players listed below are the ones if you want to win the 3 rounds easily.


Gigolo Core Sphere
Location He's standing near to the radio station at the Square. He's wearing a very flashy yellow pants.
Rules Turns:15
Quota: 30 coins,
Time limit: 60 seconds
Difficulty: 3
Strategy He's a fairly good player. If you have get the hang of Sphere break, he's not a big problem for you. 2, 3 coin combos again.


Pet Core Sphere
Location Talk to the woman sitting with a dog at the Square.
Rules Turns:15
Quota: 40 coins,
Time limit: 45 seconds
Difficulty: 3
Strategy This is slightly tougher, but it's still possible. If you are trying to practice for the Shinra match, she's the one that gives you that pressurised feel. If possible, make 3 coin count combos. 2 coin combos are pretty slim because core number 1 occasionally appears.


Punk Core Sphere
Location The two kids jumping around at the Square. You need to win at least one game to compete with them. (If not, they will be trashing another guy and have no time to play with you).
Rules Turns:15
Quota: 40 coins,
Time limit: 45 seconds
Difficulty: 3
Strategy The kid is a good player so don't under-estimate him. However, you can beat an AI kid any time. Use 2 and possibly 3, 4 coin combos to beat him.


Shinra Core Sphere
Location Once you defeat 3 people, there will be a scene and you will need to battle him.
Rules Turns:15
Quota: 50 coins,
Time limit: 45 seconds
Difficulty: 4
Strategy Shinra is the most difficult among all the players. Getting 50 might seems impossible as Core Sphere 1 appears a lot more frequently, as much as 5 times in a row. If it happens too many times, you should really... restart. Even if it means, playing the third round of Sphere break again. You can defeat him by using 3, 4 coins each time, but still the core sphere 1 is very damaging. Need a lot of patience and luck for this one. If you are lucky, you can even add in 2 coin combos to win him.
Item Won Lady Luck Dressphere or Treasure Hunt Garment Grid if you lose.