Final Fantasy X Boss
Spherimorph
スフィアマナージュ (Sufiamanāju)
Statistics HP Overkill MP 12,000 2,000 100 Strength Magic Defense 20 20 100 M. Defense Agility Accuracy 1 15 30 Evasion Luck 0 15 AP (Overkill) Gil 3,240 (4,860) 4,000
Elemental affinities Fire Lightning Water Ice Holy Varies* Varies* Varies* Varies* -
Sensor	Immune to sensors.
Location	Macalania Woods
Common Steal	Ether
Rare Steal	Turbo Ether
Common Drop	Lv. 2 Key Sphere
Rare Drop	Lv. 2 Key Sphere
Weapon Drop	Piercing, Firestrike, Lightningstrike, Waterstrike, Icestrike
Armor Drop	Fire Ward, Lightning Ward, Water Ward, Ice Ward
Bribe	N/A
Abilities	Physical attack, Fire, Thunder, Water, Blizzard, Press, Elemental Shift
Ronso Rage	N/A
Resistant to	Poison (90), Threaten (75), Zanmato (Lv. 4)
Immune to	Silence, Sleep, Darkness, Petrification, Slow, Revivification, Death, Provoke, Sensor, Scan, Delay, Eject
Other Information	Spherimorph is always weak against one element and absorbs the others (except Holy). Its weakness may change during battle.

Spherimorph is a Gel-type fiend from Final Fantasy X, encountered in the Macalania Woods. After completing the trek through the woodland trails, Auron remembers something from his journey with Braska and Jecht, and hacks his way through an overgrown side path. Down the new path is a beautiful spring, the water used to create spheres. With no warning, the Spherimorph attacks the party.

Following the battle, Tidus will receive the first Jecht Sphere and Auron will learn his second Overdrive, Shooting Star.

A much tougher version of this fiend, Greater Sphere, can be unlocked in the Monster Arena.

BattleEdit

Appearing as an amorphous sphere of liquid, the Spherimorph is resistant to physical attacks and absorbs magic of all elements except one, determined randomly. Hitting the Spherimorph with its elemental weakness will cause it to change to absorb that element and become weak to another (because this element is randomly determined from all four elements, it can sometimes end up weak to the same element it was before). Its current elemental weakness can be discerned because it always counterattacks against physical attacks with the opposite element's spell.

On its turn, Spherimorph will transform into a pillar and stomp one party member, dealing high damage, enough to KO low-HP characters. Occasionally, it may flatten out and use Press, which reduces the party's HP by half.

StrategyEdit

The best strategy is to have one character attack physically, wait for the enemy to counter with a spell, then have Lulu attack with the opposing spell. Aeons of the right element, or ones that have learned appropriate spells, can be summoned for one turn and then dismissed if necessary.

Yuna can cast her Nul-Spells to protect the party from Spherimorph's magic attacks, and Rikku's mixes can also be used for this purpose. Valefor is good for the battle because of its Energy Ray and ability to cast black magic. Spherimorph is vulnerable to Power Break and Magic Break, which will render its attacks non-threatening.

EtymologyEdit

Spherimorph, is a compound word, made of "sphere" and "morph". Sphere is a word that has its roots in the Greek language, as "σφαίρα", pronounced "sphaira", and morph, which is also a word originally from Greek, as "μορφή", pronounced "morphee", and means shape. Therefore, Spherimorph means "that, which has the shape of a sphere".

Its Japanese name is "Sphere Manager", a reference to being born from the same water used to create spheres.

GalleryEdit

Artwork of Spherimorph in Macalania.

Elemental Shift.

Related EnemiesEdit

• Greater Sphere

Final Fantasy X-2Edit

• Amorphous Gel
• Protean Gel