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TIDUS
	AGE: 17 YEARS OLD GENDER: MALE BIRTH PLACE: ZANARKAND OCCUPATION: SWORDSMAN OVERDRIVE: SWORDPLAY WEAPON: LONGSWORDS

INFORMATION:

TIDUS IS A CHEERFUL AND LIVELY, UP-AND-COMING BLITZBALL PLAYER OF THE ZANARKAND ABES. HE DOES NOT THINK TOO HIGHLY OF HIS FATHER, JECHT, WHO WAS A STAR BLITZBALL PLAYER BACK IN HIS DAYS. TIDUS'S QUICK MOVES ALLOW HIM TO ATTACK EVEN THE SWIFTEST FOES WITH EASE.

IN BATTLE:

BRING TIDUS IN WHENEVER AN ENEMY IS TOO AGILE FOR ANY OTHER CHARACTER TO HIT. HE CAN ELEMINATE SWIFT, FOUR-LEGGED CREATURES WITH EASE. AS HIS STRENGHT AND AGILITY IMPROVES, HE CAN STIKE DOWN AERIAL ENEMIES AS WELL.

TIDUS, WITH HIS RELATIVELY HIGH AGILITY, ALLOWS HIM TO START FIRST IN BATTLE QUITE OFTEN. USE THAT ADVANTAGE SO YOU CAN KILL AN ENEMY BEFORE IT CAN STRIKE ANYONE ELSE IN YOUR PARTY.

ON THE SPHERE GRID:

AS TIDUS ADVANCES FROM HIS STARTING POINT, HE CAN LEARN MANY SUPPORT SPELLS LIKE HASTE AND SLOW. TIDUS'S MAIN BENEFIT TO THE PARTY IS HIS ABILITITY TO INCREASE THE FREQUENCY OF THE PARTY'S TURNS AND REDUCE THOSE OF THE ENEMY THROUGH THE ABILITIES LIKE HASTEGA, DELAY BUSTER, AND QUICK ATTACK.

AFTER COMPLETING HIS AREA ON THE SPHERE GRID, YOU CAN MOVE HIM OVER TO YUNA'S AREA ON THE SPHERE GRID TO TEACH HIM SOME MORE WHITE MAGIC AND TO INCREASE HIS EVASION BUT, HIS LOW MAGIC ATTRIBUTES MAKES HIM A WEAK WHITE MAGE.

ALTERNATIVELY, YOU CAN USE A TELEPORT SPHERE, WARP SPHERE, RETURN SPHERE, OR FRIEND SPHERE TO MOVE HIM OVER TO AURON'S OR WAKKA'S AREA ON THE GRID. MOVING HIM TO AURON'S AREA MAKES HIM HIT HARDER. MOVING HIM TO WAKKA'S AREA ALLOWS HIM TO STRIKE DOWN AERIAL ENEMIES WITHOUT HAVING TO CALL WAKKA IN.

OVERDRIVE: SWORDPLAY

TIDUS EXECUTES DEVASTATING SWORD ATTACKS AGAINST ONE OR ALL ENEMIES WHEN HIS OVERDRIVE IS USED. AFTER CHOOSING AN OVERDRIVE TECHNIQUE, WATCH THE METER CAREFULLY AND PRESS [X] WHEN THE CURSOR IS DIRECTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BAR. THE STRENGHT OF TIDUS'S OVERDRIVE ATTACK DEPENDS UPON HOW MUCH TIME REMAINS ON THE TIMER. THE MORE TIDUS USES HIS OVERDRIVE, THE MORE TECHNIQUES HE WILL LEARN.

WEAPONS: LONGSWORDS

WEAPON IMAGES:

LEGENDARY WEAPON: CALADBOLG

TO ACQUIRE TIDUS'S LEGENDARY WEAPON, CALADBOLG, YOU MUST RACE AND DEFEAT THE CHOCOBO TRAINER IN THE CALM LANDS. AFTER WINNING THE RACE, WALK TO THE UPPER MOST NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE CALM LANDS. THE GUARD WHO WAS BLOCKING THE NARROW PATH WILL HAVE ALREADY LEFT HIS POST, ALLOWING YOU TO PASS. TIDUS WILL THEN BE ABLE TO USE THE CELESTIAL MIRROR TO ACQUIRE HIS ULTIMATE WEAPON, CALADBOLG.

POWER-UP ITEMS REQUIRED:

*** CREDITS TO: SCARLETICIA FOR THE "IN BATTLE" AND "ON THE SPHERE GRID" INFORMATION