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A young summoner whose prayers call forth aeons and who is tasked with battling alongside them. Accepting her fate with youthful optimism, she admirably continues her fight.
Dissidia 012 Description
Yuna is a Warrior of Cosmos and is the third representative for Final Fantasy X in Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy. She once traveled across her world of Spira as a summoner, obtaining the aid of various aeons, entities of great power, to help her in her fight against Sin, along with her guardian, Tidus. Yuna now uses her aeons as her primary fighting style in the battle against the forces of Chaos. She regained her memories of Tidus sometime during the cycle of wars, but he has lost all of his memories of her.
In the game's story mode, her opposing villain is the Emperor.
Appearance
Yuna's default appearance is of her summoner dress in Final Fantasy X: a blue, pleated furisode kimono with hibiscus floral pattern, black boots, and a black spaghetti-string camisole under a white sash of material that wraps around her neck and over her chest. She wears a yellow patterned obi adorned with hibiscus flowers with a chōchō musubi knot and a decorative obidome to cinch the cords and two sleeves on her upper arms.
Yuna's first alternate outfit, "Violet Hakama", is based on an artwork drawn by Yoshitaka Amano. Her summoner dress is a lighter lavender color with no floral pattern and her hair has a lighter brunette shade.
Yuna's second alternate outfit, "Wedding Dress", is the dress she wore during her wedding to Seymour Guado: a white, strapless gown cut in the front to reveal her thighs with a train behind her. The dress has white feather ornamentation on the front hem and a pair of small feathered wings attached to a bouquet of roses on the back. White gloves, a tiara, high-heeled boots and a silver necklace complete the ensemble.
Yuna's DLC outfit is her "Gunner Dressphere" from Final Fantasy X-2. She wears a white and pink spaghetti-string camisole with the Zanarkand Abes logo on her chest with a pink hood and yellow armbands. She wears a pair of denim hot pants with a blue half-skirt covering her left hip that reaches to her ankles held up by a brown belt with a pouch. She has a shorter, layered haircut, reminiscent of Tidus's, save for a long ponytail that reaches to her ankles wrapped in a pink sleeve. She wears knee-high black boots. Despite being dressed as a Gunner, she is still a summoner in gameplay.
Yuna's manikin, Ephemeral Summoner, is orange.
Story
Yuna finds Tidus.
After receiving her dormant crystal from Cosmos, Yuna travels with Jecht, but they are separated. Lost and alone, she whistles for Tidus, wondering if their promise will hold true in this world as well. He does not recognize Yuna because his memories of her have been erased, and, unknown to Yuna, he, too, is looking for Jecht. Tidus warns her of the dangers of battle before running off. Convinced that he is Tidus, Yuna follows him.
Yuna trying to reason with Tidus.
When Tidus and Jecht are about to duel, Yuna stops them and tries to bring Tidus's memories back, intending to stay by Tidus's side until he remembers her. The Emperor appears and attacks Yuna, but Tidus steps in and receives the blow instead. Yuna asks Jecht to watch over Tidus as she fights the Emperor. After the duel, the Emperor disappears with an unconscious Jecht who gave up his light to save his son leaving Yuna devastated. Laguna and Vaan appear and cheer Yuna up, and the three return to Cosmos and talk to Lightning and the Warrior of Light. After learning of Warrior and Kain's plan, they refuse to go along and vow to fight the manikins to the very end. Yuna leaves Tidus in Cosmos's care (which would lead to Cosmos resurrecting Tidus as one of her warriors in the thirteenth cycle).
Yuna travels with Lightning, Vaan and Laguna for the portal, reuniting with Kain and Tifa along the way. When the six reach Orphan's Cradle Yuna tells Tifa and Vaan she'll pretend she is looking forward to the oncoming battle. Later, at the Empyreal Paradox, the three of them, along with Laguna and Lightning, fight against Garland, The Emperor, the Cloud of Darkness, Kefka and Ultimecia, with Yuna dueling the Emperor again. Afterward, along with Kain, they face off against a horde of manikins and close the portal, but are defeated. As Shinryu takes Cosmos and the other warriors to the thirteenth cycle, Yuna and the others fade away in front of the Warrior before he is taken away himself.
Confessions of the Creator
After the player defeats the Southern Lufenia Gateway to access the northern continents, Yuna can be found wandering near the Crescent Lake teleport stone, provided she is not currently in the player's party. She says that though she hoped they could have returned home after the war, it was a false hope the warriors nurtured while they were used as pawns, and the story's ending had thus already been decided. As the world of Confessions of the Creator is a hypothetical nightmare world where the cycles of war kept going and Feral Chaos killed all summoned warriors, this Yuna is likely a spectre of the Yuna of this alternate world. She vanishes when the player advances past the Mirage Sandsea to the Lands of Discord.
Official Quests
Yuna takes a main lead in "Yuna's Quest 012: In Such A Place". Traveling with Lightning, the two are called back to Order's Sanctuary by Cosmos. Along the way they defeat Golbez and join up with Laguna, Kain, Tifa and Vaan, leading into the introductory sequence of Dissidia 012 where the six are lost. In "Vaan's Quest 012: A Voice to Call Back", Vaan speaks to Yuna about his encounter with Tidus, who inquired about Jecht fighting for Cosmos. Vaan, unaware of Tidus's name, describes him as a sad boy his age, confusing Yuna about who it could be, as she remembers Tidus as cheerful and upbeat. Yuna also appears in "Lightning's Quest 012: One Can Fight Together", where she is concerned over Lightning spending time alone. After the two confront Exdeath, Lightning recalls some of her memories, and tells Yuna to call her "Light", grateful for Yuna's encouragement.
Battle
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Yuna is described as a Grand Summoner and her attacks involve her summoning her aeons to fight for her, including Valefor, Ifrit, Ixion, Shiva and Bahamut. Yuna's attacks are powerful and when summoning, her aeons can act as temporary shields weakening (but not annulling) damage.
Attacks
Bravery Attacks
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| Meteor Strike | Ground | 30 (15) | 80 | Melee Low Ranged LowShiva's attack in EX Mode |
Wall Rush | Physical MagicalShiva's attack in EX Mode |
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| Summon Ifrit to attack twice with his claws to knock the opponent back.
In EX Mode, Shiva attacks by unleashing an ice shatter after Ifrit swipes, followed with a ice shard that drops on the enemy to direct to Ifrit's final claw attack.
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| Energy Blast | Ground | 30 (15) | 80 | Ranged Low Melee LowIfrit's attack in EX Mode |
None | Magical PhysicalIfrit's attack in EX Mode |
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| Summon Valefor to fire five projectiles at the opponent.
In EX Mode, Ifrit appears with a slash which directs the victim into Valefor's projectiles.
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| Aerospark | Ground | 30 (15) | 80 | Melee MidCharge attack Ranged LowThunder disks, Bahamut's attack in EX Mode |
Chase | PhysicalCharge attack MagicalThunder disks, Bahamut's attack in EX Mode |
Level 27 |  
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| Summon Ixion to dash forward and knock the opponent into the air, then fire lightning disks at them. Can be delayed by Template:Dissidia button press.
In EX Mode, Bahamut appears above and blasts the opponent with a single Impulse.
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| Impulse | Aerial | 30 (15) | 80 | Ranged Low | None | Magical | Initial |  
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| Summon Bahamut to fire an energy projectile. Can hold Template:Dissidia button to fire four energy projectiles instead.
In EX Mode, Valefor appears and fires a fast energy ball which directs the victim into Bahamut's Impulse blasts.
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| Heavenly Strike | Aerial | 30 (15) | 80 | Ranged Low Melee LowIxion's attack in EX Mode |
Wall Rush | Magical PhysicalIxion's attack in EX Mode |
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| Summon Shiva to hit the opponent twice, then drop an ice shard to knock them down.
In EX Mode, Ixion appears in between Shiva's attacks, which he slashes to the right, then left and finishing with a uppercut.
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| Sonic Wings | Aerial | 30 (15) | 80 | Melee Low | Chase Wall RushBahamut's attack in EX Mode |
Physical | Level 12 |  
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| Summon Valefor to dive under the opponent and spin them into the air with a gust of wind.
In EX Mode, Bahamut joins Valefor in blasting the enemy away with a even stronger gust of wind.
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HP attacks
| Move | Type | CP (Mastered) | AP | Priority | Effect | Damage type | Obtained | Image | |
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| Energy Ray | Ground | 30 (15) | 150 | Ranged High | None | N/A | Initial | 
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Summon Valefor to fire a beam of light at the opponent, then create several pillars of flames. Turns to track opponent at the start.
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| Hellfire | Ground | 30 (15) | 150 | Melee HighClose range start-up Ranged HighFlames |
None | Physical | Level 8 | 
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Summon Ifrit to create pillars of fire. Has high reach into the air. Can do Bravery damage on start-up at close range.
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| Thor's Hammer | Aerial | 30 (15) | 150 | Ranged High | Absorb | Magical | Initial | 
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Summon Ixion to create a large orb of lightning that hits the opponent multiple times and knocks them back.
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| Diamond Dust | Aerial | 30 (15) | 150 | Ranged High | None | Magical | Level 19 | 
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Summon Shiva to unleash a frozen gust of wind that condenses into a shard of ice. Fast execution but low range.
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| Mega Flare | Aerial | 30 (15) | 150 | Melee High | Wall Rush | Magical | Level 36 | 
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Summon Bahamut to unleash a powerful beam of energy. Yuna can move slightly while using the attack.
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EX Mode
Yuna's EX Mode is Grand Summon, where she gains an aura of pyreflies. While in EX Mode Yuna gains the ability Double Summons, which automatically calls a second aeon to attack when Yuna uses a Bravery attack, increasing the length and power of her attacks.
Yuna's EX Burst is To the Farplane, where she summons all aeons to attack while sending the opponent to another dimension. The player has to enter button commands that appear on the screen as Yuna dances while on a sprout of water and the aeons attack the opponent from all directions. The player has to wait for the ring of light to appear around the command input and then press it just as it vanishes. After the sequence, Yuna ends the EX Burst by spinning and consuming the opponent in an explosion of pyreflies.
Equipment
Yuna can equip Rods, Staves, Guns, Poles, Bangles, Hats, Hairpins, Headbands, Ribbons, Clothing, and Robes.
Exclusive Weapons
| Name | Level | Stats | Effects | Obtained |
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| Yevon's Will | 30 | BRV +41 ATK +38 |
EX Intake Range +1m | Trade: 61000 gil, Healing Staff, Scarletite x1, Summoner's Desire x5 |
| Yunalesca's Staff | 90 | BRV +34 ATK +62 |
EX Intake Range +2m | Trade: 158000 gil, Yevon's Will, Electrum x1, Summoner's Dream x5 |
| Spira's Hope | 100 | BRV +39 ATK +67 |
EX Intake Range +3m Cat Nip effect |
Trade: 182800 gil, Yunalesca's Staff, Braska's Sphere x1, Summoner's Hopes x5 |
Gallery
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Allusions
Yuna walking barefoot in the FMV.
- Yuna turns her staff 360 degrees when using Hellfire. This alludes to her animation of summoning of Ifrit in Final Fantasy X.
- Yuna conjures the glyphs seen in Besaid Temple's Cloister of Trials to summon her aeons in Dissidia 012. This alludes both to her origins as a summoner from Besaid, and her methods of summoning aeons in the original game where she'd summon them through the glyphs of each temple.
- The name of Yuna's EX Mode refers to her Overdrive in Final Fantasy X, where she would summon an aeon that has a full Overdrive bar. The appearance of pyreflies around her alludes to the Oversoul term for fiends in Final Fantasy X-2 where they become stronger than normal.
- The scene where Yuna walks barefoot on water refers to her performance of the sending in Kilika Port in Final Fantasy X. A further reference to the Kilika sending is that she performs her EX Burst, To the Farplane, on a waterspout. This scene is also depicted in the Final Fantasy X logo.
- The five aeons Yuna can summon are Valefor, Ifrit, Ixion, Shiva, and Bahamut. These are the only mandatory aeons in Final Fantasy X, as Yojimbo, Anima, and the Magus Sisters are optional.
- Yuna's EX Mode ability in the game's Japanese version is "W-Summon", which is the name of a Command Materia in Final Fantasy VII that allows the equipped party member to perform two summons a turn.
- Yuna's EX Burst alludes to Tidus's comment on the sending in Final Fantasy X: "People die and Yuna dances." During her EX Burst, just as she is about to deal the final blow, Yuna flips her hair in a similar manner as she did when she is seen by Tidus in the Besaid Temple before taking her pose like that of the promotional poster for Final Fantasy X. The line Yuna says when initiating her EX Burst, "I will end the spiral of conflict," alludes to the 'spiral of death' Spira is caught in in Final Fantasy X, along with the cycle of war in the Dissidia series. As she uses her EX Burst, she says, "Sins of time eternal... I will cast them away," referring to Sin.
- When starting a battle with Yuna, she walks and holds her staff the same way as in the beginning of the sending in Kilika, and then takes her battle pose by spinning around in a similar fashion as in the end of her EX Burst.
- Yuna's Bravery moves are special attacks used by the aeons in Final Fantasy X, with exception of Energy Blast, which is Valefor's second Overdrive. In the same vein, her HP attacks are the aeons' Overdrives from Final Fantasy X.
- Yuna spins her staff when she summons Bahamut to use Mega Flare. The spinning motion is in conjunction with the spinning wheel on Bahamut's back when he performs his Overdrive in Final Fantasy X.
- The name of Yuna's battle style alludes to her Overdrive in Final Fantasy X.
- When Yuna is searching for Jecht she whistles and Tidus comes to her, referring to how Tidus told her to whistle for him if she was lost and that he would come find her in Final Fantasy X.
- When she is about to fight against herself, she says, "Is that me? Or are you an impostor?", referring to the beginning of Final Fantasy X-2 where she had an impostor perform a concert in Luca in her place.
- When the Warrior of Light faces Yuna he says, "You can choose your own path," alluding to the message Braska left for his daughter Yuna in Final Fantasy X.
- When Kefka faces Yuna he asks, "Would ya summon the Destroyer? Pretty please?", referring to Sin, the "destroyer" of Spira.
- Her encounter lines to Kain and Exdeath are, "I will fight to end everyone's sorrow," and, "I want to put an end to everyone's sorrows!", respectively, referring to when she faces Yunalesca and vows to defeat sorrow.
- Her encounter lines to Vaan and Prishe are, "It'd be great if I could fly freely like you...", and, "You're so upbeat! I should emulate you," respectively, referring to her transition into a sphere hunter in Final Fantasy X-2, flying around Spira in an airship and modeling herself after her cousin Rikku.
- When Cosmos summons Crystals beams of light rush through the Sanctuary. When lights spins around Yuna, she assumes a similar pose to that when Seymour Guado was showing memories from Farplane spirits, with her arms opened and looking around with amazement on her face.
- Yuna can equip guns, a reference to her default class of Gunner in Final Fantasy X-2.
- Yuna's defeat cry, "It's because I was naive," alludes to what Auron said about her when first arriving in the Macalania Woods, after her statement of getting married to Seymour: "She's naive, serious to a fault, and doesn't ask for help."
- Yuna's story begins on a beach, a reference to her pilgrimage beginning in Besaid.
- When Yuna charges Bahamut's Impulse, she poses the same way she does when performing a summoning, throwing her arms back and looking up.
- The added effect of Yuna's best exclusive weapon, Spira's Hope, is Cat Nip, which is a powerful accessory especially for Gunners in the original Final Fantasy X-2.
- As an unlockable voice clip Yuna can instead say, "I will do it without false hope," at the end of her EX Burst, a line she said to Lady Yunalesca in Final Fantasy X. She also refers to "false hope" in Confessions of the Creator when speaking of her failure to end the cycles of war.
- Yuna's opposing villain in story mode is the Emperor, which may allude to her fight with Seymour Guado due to a number of similarities between them: like Seymour, the Emperor dies in his story and returns as a corrupted soul, and the two resemble each other with similar hairstyles, choice of weapon, and status as powerful and respected mages. When Yuna (and later Tidus) fights the Emperor, "Fight with Seymour" is the music track used for the battle.
- Yuna's hope of finding Tidus and chasing after him despite his fighting for the side of Chaos, alludes to the plot of Final Fantasy X-2, where she, upon mistaking the game's villain, Shuyin, for Tidus, becomes a sphere hunter in the hopes of finding Tidus.
- At the start of Yuna's final battle with the Emperor, she states, "This is my story. It has a happy ending!", referring to the recurring phrase from her games, particularly her words from the main ending of Final Fantasy X-2: "This is my story. It'll be a good one."
- The name of Yuna's exclusive weapon, Spira's Hope, is derived from the line Seymour said to her after Operation Mi'ihen: "But you... are a summoner. You are Spira's hope."
- During his interactions with Yuna, Yuna refers to Jecht as "Sir Jecht" as she did in Final Fantasy X when referring to Jecht.
- When Cloud and Ultimecia face Yuna their lines are, "You sure have a solid resolve," and "You seem to have resolve," respectively. This alludes to the first battle against Seymour at Macalania Temple when choosing Yuna's 'Talk' command to Seymour, he responds, "Your eyes, they burn with resolve."
Trivia
- When the developers decided to add Yuna there was discussion on if she should appear as a summoner or as a dressphere-based character. Under Tetsuya Nomura's advice it was decided to have Yuna be a summoner, because that was her role in the main series.
- Yuna's summons were difficult to implement as they can cause multiple character models to appear on the screen simultaneously. To save memory in the UMD and ease the strain put on the PlayStation Portable's CPU, her aeons only show half their bodies emerging from crests of light.
- When Yuna wins a battle, she performs her victory pose with a random aeon.
- With the exception of the pyreflies that float around her, Yuna is the only character who gains no aesthetic changes when entering EX Mode. As a result, Yuna has the fewest renders in the Museum.
- Dissidia 012 marks the first time Yuna refers to Tidus and her aeons by name. This is because in Final Fantasy X the player can name them, leaving their names unable to be spoken by the other characters who instead refer to them by pronouns.
- During Chase Sequences, when using the Bravery attack, the aeon summoned by Yuna varies depending on which direction the analog stick is moved along with Template:Dissidia button: Neutral Template:Dissidia button will result in Ifrit, Template:Dissidia button and Template:Dissidia button will result in Ixion, and Template:Dissidia button and Template:Dissidia button will result in Shiva. HP attacks in Chase Sequences are only performed with Shiva.
- When facing Ultimecia, Yuna will say "I will give it all I've got", but if one has subtitles switched on, the text will say: "I will give it my all I've got". It is likely to be error in subtitles as the spoken line is grammatically correct.
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