Lulu

Lulu is a Black Mage and one of Yuna’s Guardians who joins the party on Besaid Island. She is the party’s primary source of elemental magic damage throughout the main story.

Overdrive:	Fury
Celestial Weapon:	Onion Knight

Sphere Grid Path

Lulu’s section of the Sphere Grid is dedicated to Black Magic. She learns the full set of elemental spells (Fire, Thunder, Water, Blizzard, and their upgraded variants), Bio, Drain, Osmose, and Focus. Her path has the highest concentration of Magic and MP nodes, and she also picks up the highest base Magic Defense of any character along the way.

Her path connects to Rikku’s section of the grid, though most players will have Lulu complete her own section before branching out. Teleporting over to Lulu’s magic-focused area of the Sphere Grid is another alternative to continue powering up her magic-heavy toolkit.

Strengths

Lulu is the party’s primary source of elemental magic damage during the main story:

• Elemental magic is the most efficient way to deal with enemies that have elemental weaknesses. You will encounter many enemies throughout the game where hitting the right element deals significantly more damage than a physical attack.
• Focus boosts the entire party’s Magic stat, which increases spell damage for both Lulu and any other magic-using party members. In most cases, since that’s usually just her and Yuna, it has limited applications.
• She has the highest base Evasion (40) and Magic Defense (30) of any character, making her surprisingly durable against magic-heavy enemies.
• Her spells cost MP rather than consuming items, making her a reliable and consistent source of damage throughout the main story.
• She has strong base Magic (20, tied with Yuna) and the highest base MP (92).

Limitations

Lulu’s biggest challenge is that black magic doesn’t scale well into the endgame. Physical damage with Break Damage Limit weapons can reach 99,999 per hit, while black magic damage caps out well below that in practical use. As your physical attackers get stronger, Lulu’s damage output falls further and further behind.

Her Overdrive, Fury, is one of the weakest in the game. While it allows her to cast a spell multiple times, each cast deals only a fraction of the normal damage, resulting in low total damage output.

She has the lowest base HP (380, second only to Rikku’s 360) and the lowest base Agility (5, tied with Auron), meaning she’s slow and can’t take many hits despite her high Evasion.

Her Celestial Weapon, Onion Knight, requires dodging 200 consecutive lightning bolts in the Thunder Plains, which is one of the most tedious challenges in the game.

Fury

Lulu’s Overdrive, Fury, allows her to cast a single spell multiple times by rotating the right analog stick. Each cast hits for a fraction of the full spell’s damage. She can use Fury even while Silenced, and each cast costs zero MP. Despite the multiple hits, the total damage output is generally lower than what other characters can achieve with their Overdrives. Check out the Fury page in the Overdrives section for more information.