Zanmato

does yojimbo’s Zanmato work on everything?

You better believe it.

i think sow thanks to zanmato i’ve managed to kill
that stupid magic urn in the sunken cave.

Ha Ha you should have seen it when it was sliced in
half, i was laughing sow hard! :laugh:

All except for Yu Yevon. And that’s only because you don’t have Yojimbo at that stage

you pay him 1756 or 55000 gil to perform it when his overdrive is full but it does not work all the time and some people only use him when they want him to peform zanmato
you need to get his level up for some stronger monsters

If you have 255 compatibility and a full overdrive gauge (and you chose option 3 in the cave), ~84,000,000 gil will guarantee a Zanmato against any fiend.

In theory, Zanmato would work on every monster.

If Yojimbo does Zanmato, it works on everything. But sometimes you have to pay a lot for him doing it, especially when it comes to the Dark Aeons.

Is it even possible for Yojimbo to use zanmato with only 1 gil?

Yes. I Think It Has Happened For Me Twice, I Only Paid 1 Gil And He Did It. I Had Been Battling With Him For a Little Bit Before Hand too, So The "Yojimbo Niceness" Thing Mightve Helped a Bit There Too. It Also Worked When I Paid Him 20 or 170 Etc Gil, Along With A Couple Of Wakishasihis.

Thankyou,
FFEnjoy

Is it even possible for Yojimbo to use zanmato with only 1 gil?

Yes, it also happened to me before (also twice I think).

Oh, before I forget, make sure Yojimbo doesn’t use Daigoro too often. Yojimbo has a kinda value what can get up or down. For getting Zanmato more often, make sure he’s not going to die or use Daigoro too often.

For some strange reason, when I was battling the many times of Dark Yojimbo, I just summoned the normal one and got Zanmato, without having to pay him anything or overdrive weird no?

ZANMATO KILL EVERYTHING DEAD EVEN THAT DASTARDLY PENANCE AND DARK YOJIMBO. An das for what ultimatefffan said that happened to myself as well its like yojimbos really wanted to see his counterpart dead.

For some strange reason, when I was battling the many times of Dark Yojimbo, I just summoned the normal one and got Zanmato, without having to pay him anything or overdrive weird no?
Looks like your Yojimbo was trained very well, means he had a "high value". Sometimes he does Zanmato without paying him before.

For some strange reason, when I was battling the many times of Dark Yojimbo, I just summoned the normal one and got Zanmato, without having to pay him anything or overdrive weird no?
Free Zanmato is impossible against Dark Yojimbo, or any other enemy with a Zanmato Level of more than 1. The most you can get is Wakizashi.

How do you know what their zanmato level is?

whenevr i pay yojimbo he only did zanmato once for me, he always used daigoro. is that bad? well i don’t use yojimbo a lot anyways.

Well he has used it alot for me i just make him fight a a few fights before hand and say i was going to fight a dark aeon then i would pay him about 10000 and he does it for me Yojimbo has never used diagora for me which is good

whenevr i pay yojimbo he only did zanmato once for me, he always used daigoro. is that bad? well i don’t use yojimbo a lot anyways.

Yup, Daigoro is bad. Not really good for the friendship between you and him. I never really use him, either. Only for a few Dark Aeons. That means I have to pay him 1 Mio Gil or more for his Zanmato. 🙁

It’s much easier to get Zanmato in the PAL/International versions.

Choose the third option when you get him so it’s easier to get Zanmato on the harder fiends. In general, every time you summon him, pay 1024 gil. Never let him die; never summon and dismiss him right away; never pay him 0 gil. Diagoro is also bad.

Free Zanmato is impossible against Dark Yojimbo, or any other enemy with a Zanmato Level of more than 1. The most you can get is Wakizashi.

It works against any Dark Aeon. I’ve proved it, I got a free Zanmato against all of them

but arent the dark aeons only in the international version? is that in english, or japanese?

It works against any Dark Aeon. I’ve proved it, I got a free Zanmato against all of them

Which Dark Aeons are you talking about here? Not the possessed ones right?

We’re talking about the ones that appear at the temples, not the ones that appear inside Sin, and yes they only do appear in the PAL version of the game. This is why Zanmato is easier to get, else you’d struggle like hell to beat them without it

ive never got Zanamato.the cunt will never do it.no matter who much i pay the fucker

It works on anything, like everyone has stated. How much you need to pay him and if he needs a full Overdrive, all depends on the player.

Personally, I’ve invested quite some time in Yojimbo.

There’s a few basic things you need to know about him. He has a hidden compatability meter that goes from 1-255 (you can compare this with the meter from FFVIII and the GFs, the higher the compatability, the faster the summon, only now it’s more chance on stronger attacks).

Yojimbo has 4 attacks: Diagoro, Kozuka, Wakisashi and Zanmato.

There’s also a motivation factor, ranging up from 0-100 and initially starts at 0. Now it’s obviously, the higher the motivation, the better the attack. This is why you have to pay him gil, the amount of gil paid will increase his motivation.

Back on the compatability meter. There’s a few things that you need to remember. Never pay him 0 gil, his compatability will drop drastically (even more then when he would die). Dismiss without paying will lower his compatability a little bit, but nothing drastically. Zanmato will increase his compatability the most, but you will have to do alot of Zanmatos to get up to the 255.

Depending on the motivation (random number added while summoned and based on compatability), Yojimbo will do a free attack, you don’t achieve this by paying 0 gil, this is done automatically. Whenever it’s his turn again, he will perform an attack without his combat menu ever showing. Depending on his motivation, the higher the stronger the attack, from Diagoro to Zanmato. Most important is the enemy Zanmato level. There are 5 different levels. 1-5 and in 5 there are the Arena Bosses and Dark Aeons.

Which brings me to another point: UltimateFFFan, there is NO single way your Yojimbo could have pulled a Zanmato for free against any Dark Aeon, not matter how high your compatability or motivation is, because you’ll only get a free Zanmato against monsters in the first level group.

Insta kill all bosses, or fiends, the first time i’ve played i won the game thanks to him, but i’m a ff x veteran now and i don’t use aeons since i don’t need him

BFA and maybe some other enemies in the PAL/International versions have a Zanmato level of 6.

No, the highest level for International is Zanmato level 5, all Arena Bosses and Dark Aeons are in that group.

It is confirmed that BFA has a Zanmato Level of 6 in the International version. The Dark Aeons and Penance are unconfirmed, but they are at least 4. The Monster Arena Creations do have a level of 5.

i never seen zanmato before. why it is so hard to get. and what with level anyways.