Xenosaga I Battle


Since my brother is the biggest MOMO basher of all, I thought it might appropriate to quote him here. He always asks me, "Why do you have MOMO in your party? She sucks! Even Shion is better than MOMO and Shion sucks!" Well it turns out MOMO is just as good as any character. Just because she starts out as extremely weak compared to other characters doesn't necessarily mean that she isn't as good as them. If you wanted to, you could make MOMO the main attacker of your entire party. You just need to keep her in the party as often as possible.

MOMO wields a scepter like most typical mages use. Her default wand, the Battle Scepter, is a little pink stick. Her Tech Attacks are mostly far ranged, but her close ranged ones are good too. Plus, MOMO's Ethers are really nice. She even has Sailor Scout transformations. Overall, she's a wondeful person to have in your party.

Now when the battle starts, MOMO does a little twirl and raises her wand up. She then brings it down and gets into normal battle position. In normal battle position, MOMO has her arms in an outward position. Her arms flail up and down as she changes weight distribution from her left to right leg. Her knees are in an extremely bent position and her posture is completely straight. As the weight distribution changes, music notes flow out from the bottom of MOMO.

When in low health, MOMO leans forward and gasps for breath. When using an item, she uses an overdramatic toss. When casting an Ether, she focuses clasps her hands together and focuses her energy. Then when she is ready, she jumps and throws her hands up as if she's going to say, "EUREKA!" but she instead says, "Grant me a Miracle!" When guarding, MOMO hides behind her tiny scepter.

The following is a list of her attacks:
MOMO's Basic Attacks Combinations
Attack Name Sequence Range AP Cost
Stardust Close 2
Melody Ray Far 2
Twin Stars Close/Close 4
Dream Whirl Close/Close 4
Flower Storm Far/Far 4
Cosmic Flip Far/Close 4
Tech High 1 Close/Close 4
Tech High 2 Far/Far 4
Tech Low 1 Close/Close/Close 6
Tech Low 2 Close/Close/Close 6
Tech Low 3 Far/Close/Close 6
Tech Low 4 Far/Far/Far 6


MOMO has lower HP than any other character, but her EP is higher than most other characters in return. Her physical strength/defense is rather low while her ether attack/defense are relatively high. Her agility and evasion, however, are the highest of any other character. You can easily cover for MOMO's weaknesses by upgrading her stats using Tech Points like any other character, but no other character is as fast as MOMO without seriously difficult modification.

Finally at the close of battle, MOMO jumps around a bit raising her hands. She then stops jumping and places her hands behind her back in a modest way. As the victory sequence draws to an end, MOMO tils her head a bit as if to emphasize her innocence.

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