Final Fantasy X - Lowest Total Sphere Level Challenge (LTSL)
ファイナルファンタジーX - 最低合計球レベルチャレンジ (LTSL)
I wanted to try a unique FFX challenge that hadn’t been done before, so I became interested in the idea of finding the lowest Total Sphere Level each character could achieve. It's essentially an enhanced version of the No Sphere Grid challenge, similar to a Low Level challenge in other Final Fantasy titles.
The goal of this challenge is to earn the minimum amount of AP, resulting in the lowest possible Total Sphere Level.
To achieve this, we will need to:
• No Sphere Grid. Don't activate a single node on the Sphere Grid.
• Escape from the forced encounters that we can (such as the tutorials). Obviously we will have to escape from all the random encounters too.
• In the battles with several enemies we will have to kill only those necessary to advance.
• Only one party member must receive the AP after the battle, so we will have to kill the other members. Preferably the member that absorbs the AP after the battle will be the one that starts with a higher Total Sphere Level, since he/she will need more AP to level up.
• No Overkills, except in battles that don't give AP (which are very few) or when we have the Celestial Weapons (with No AP ability).
There is a stat called Total Sphere Level or TSLv for short. It starts at different levels for various characters:
Tidus ➼ TSL=0
Wakka ➼ TSL=2
Yuna ➼ TSL=2
Lulu ➼ TSL=2
Kimahri ➼ TSL=6
Auron ➼ TSL=12
Rikku ➼ TSL=25
Every time you gain a Sphere Level, your TSLv increases by 1, to a practical maximum of 101.
The amount of AP you require to reach your next Sphere Level is dictated by your Total Sphere Level. The formula for TSLvs 0-100 is:
AP Req = 5*(TSL + 1) + [(TSL^3) / 50]
If your TSLv is 101 (or more, but there's no proof that it ever increases past that), your AP Requirement will instead be 22000.
0:00 Sinscale (x6)
0:57 Sinspawn Ammes & Sinscale (x5)
2:57 Tanker + Sinscales
4:26 Sahagin (x3) + Geosgaeno
6:14 Klikk
8:53 Piranha (x2)
9:55 Tros
12:01 Dingo + Condor
12:45 Water Flan
14:28 ??? - Kimahri
15:57 Garuda
17:50 Garuda
18:28 Dingo + Condor + Water Flan
18:54 Sin's Fin ✶ [60 battles]
20:59 Sinspawn Echuilles
24:47 Ragora
25:30 Sinspawn Geneaux ✶ [300 battles]
28:33 Worker (x2)
30:16 Worker (x2)
31:57 Worker (x6)
34:23 Oblitzerator
37:55 Sahagin Chief (x17)
42:31 Vouivre, Garuda
45:10 Raldo
45:49 Chocobo Eater
47:42 Sinspawn Gui ✶ [390 battles]
55:18 Extractor
1:03:35 ??? + Bunyip
1:04:31 Spherimorph
1:08:09 Crawler & Negator
1:13:28 Seymour & Guado Guardian (x2) + Anima
1:20:48 Wendingo & Guado Guardian (x2)
1:24:04 Zu
1:24:59 Mech Guard (x2)
1:25:23 Sandragora
1:25:52 Guado Guardian & Bomb (x3)
1:27:00 Guado Guardian & Dual Horn (x2)
1:27:50 Guado Guardian & Chimera (x2)
1:28:32 Evrae
1:31:50 Rifle (x2) & Flamethrower
1:32:23 Flamethrower (x2) & YKT-63
1:34:00 Rifle (x2) & Flamethrower
1:34:32 Flamethrower (x2) & YKT-63
1:36:05 Rifle (x2) & YAT-99
1:37:55 Grothia, Pterya, Spathi ✶ [456 battles]
1:44:35 Evrae Altana
1:49:20 Seymour Natus & Mortibody ✶ [600 battles]
1:53:37 Defender X
1:55:40 Biran & Yenke
1:50:01 Seymour Flux & Mortiorchis
2:02:07 Sanctuary Keeper
2:05:41 Spectral Keeper
2:08:21 Yunalesca
2:12:41 Left Fin, Right Fin, Sinspawn Genais + Sin's Core
2:22:08 Overdrive Sin
2:25:34 Seymour Omnis & Mortiphasm
2:28:40 'Total Sphere Level & AP'
2:29:49 Braska's Final Aeon
2:35:08 Aeons + Yu Yevon
✶ = [Nº of total battles - Aeons Stat growth]
I haven't captured any monsters because I haven't needed to, but it can be done without gaining AP. If you go to capture and no one has a Celestial Weapon (though you should at least have Kimahri and Tidus's, as they’re easy to obtain), the character with the Capture ability must die before the battle ends to avoid gaining AP.
The most tedious scenario is when there's only one monster in the battle. In this case, you'd need to poison the character with the Capture weapon and let them die from the poison just as you capture the enemy.
• FFX - Capturing enemies without gaining AP
PS: I didn’t attempt the NSGNSNCNONENNENBB challenge because it’s too time-consuming, tedious, RNG-dependent (especially the battle against BFA), and pretty boring, in my opinion.
Only five people have completed the challenge, thanks to favorable RNG: Lukiiee1, knights_terminos, lionheart41269, BlitzAce469, and Lovebird920.