Cactuar (Final Fantasy X)
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| Japanese | {{{japan}}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romaji | {{{romaji}}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Bikanel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Steal | Chocobo Feather | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rare Steal | Chocobo Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Drop | Speed Sphere x2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rare Drop | Speed Sphere x3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon Drop | Piercing, Initiative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Armor Drop | HP Stroll, MP Stroll, HP +10% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bribe | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abilities | Physical attack, 10,000 Needles, Run Away | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ronso Rage | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resistant to | Zanmato (Lv. 2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Immune to | Silence, Sleep, Darkness, Poison, Petrification, Zombie, Power Break, Magic Break, Armor Break, Mental Break, Threaten, Death, Gravity, Delay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Information | Armored | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the world of Spira in Final Fantasy X, the Cactuar exist within the desert of Bikanel Island in a village of their own known as the Cactuar Nation. The village was originally protected by a sandstorm (presumably the Great Haboob, summoned for a similar purpose by the Gatekeepers) until the player finishes a red-light, green-light minigame with the ten Cactuar Gatekeepers. The leader of the cacti and Cactuars is an ancient cactus named Marnela (meaning "Grandmother" in the Cactuar language), who has a special bond with a young Al Bhed boy named Benzo. Benzo is the only person who is able to understand their language. The Cactuars in this area appear as realistic cacti. It is explained that the cactus stage is how Cactuars appear when they are born, then later in their lives, they uproot themselves and become what players know as a Cactuar. When they reach a certain level of maturity, they root themselves again, becoming cacti once more. It was believed a millennium ago that some Cactuar left Bikanel and migrated to the Thunder Plains, becoming the Qactuar.
Cactuar also appear as several of Lulu's Doll weapons. All of them have special support abilities such as Sensor, Counterattack, Triple Overdrive, etc.
[edit] Battle
- "Don't you run, needles!"
- —Tidus
Despite its low HP, Cactuars are notoriously tough to defeat, as they are both agile and difficult to hit. Its high magic defense renders magic ineffective. It also possesses the Armored auto-ability, which means that only Piercing weapons can inflict maximum damage. Cactuars use a weak physical attack, but they also use the fearsome 10000 Needles attack, which inflicts exactly 10,000 points of damage, effectively knocking out its victim. Cactuars can also flee at any time during battle, earning the player no AP, Gil, items, or equipment. The only realistic method to defeat Cactuars is to use Overdrives, or, if you have some Gil to spare, Spare Change.
Cactuars yield a very high chance of dropping weapons with Initiative and Armour with HP Stroll, MP Stroll and HP +10% when killed. This, coupled with the large amount of AP obtained at this stage of the game, makes the Cactuar a very worthwhile enemy to kill.
