Morpher Info

Morphers in FFTA are one of the "new" creations of the Final Fantasy series, and they might appear in future games made by Square. One thing that makes them unique is the type of 'weapon' they use, a "Soul". Read on to learn more.


How to obtain the Morpher job class: You need to have learned 5 Beastmaster "Action Abilities". These can be learned from the weapon-type "Instrument". Also keep in mind that some jobs can only be learned from certain character types. In this case, the Morpher job can ONLY be learned by "Nu Mou" characters.


- Without a monster to "morph" into, Morphers are pretty much worthless. Rather, you will want to "Capture" some monsters before bothering to use a Morpher, for the sake of your Morpher actually being helpful during battle. When you Capture a monster, it gets placed into the "Monster Bank". Morphers can only morph into monsters that are availible in the monster bank, hence why you need to also have the "Capture" ability in order to make Morphers worth using.
- To get a complete guide about the "Capture" ability, a list of monsters to catch, how to become a "Hunter" (to get the "Capture" ability), click here.


Monster Bank:

- "Cyril" is where the Monster Bank is located.
- Once at the Monster Bank, you will be given the option ("List") to see what monsters you have captured.
- There are a total of 20 monsters in FFTA that you can capture:

- Ahriman

- Antlion

- Big Malboro

- Bomb

- Coeurl

- Cream

- Firewyrm

- Flan

- Floateye

- Goblin

- Grenade

- Icedrake

- Jawbreaker

- Jelly

- Lamia

- Lilith

- Malboro

- Red Cap

- Red Panther

- Thundrake
- You can raise each monster's stats, which will in turn make your Morpher more powerful during battle, when they morph into the monster which has had its stats raised.
- It takes specific items for each monster, to raise their stats. Some items certain monsters like, others the monster dislikes. If a monster likes or really likes what you feed it, the monster will level up quicker than it would if you feed it items it dislikes.
- Before you raise the monster's stats, you must first raise their "emotion" towards you.
- The 'easiest' way to raise their stats is to just feed them between 20 and 25 "CureAll"s. (the total needed to raise their emotion to its highest, varies from monster to monster).
- Once the monster's emotion is displayed as "I Love You", as opposed to "Grr", "Gimme", or "Thanks", then you are ready to start raising the monster's levels/stats.
- You raise the monster's emotions the exact same way you raise its stats: feed it "CureAll"s. After feeding it, you will see a display message saying that the monster liked or enjoyed what you fed it. With enough feeding, the monster's level will increase, thereby raising its stats.

- ONE exception to CureAlls being the quickest easiest way: Malboros dont like CureAlls, so the next best thing to feed them is "Elixer"s.

- Its recommended that you either spend all your money on feeding/raising Malboros FIRST or making Malboros the LAST monster you 'work on', for the sake that Elixers are very expensive.
- The item CureAll can be purchased at the shop in Baguba Port. However, just like the "Shop List" section (click here) says, you must get 3 shop upgrades before this item is even availible for you to purchase.



Learned Abilities:

The Morpher is unique in the game, also in that the structure of the abilities to choose from has one extra hierarchy of Action Abilities. As compared to all other Jobs and abilities associated with them, in FFTA: The Morpher's Action Abilities all have their own sets of Action Abilities. As far as making use of the primary and secondary Action Abilities, within the game: Depending on equipment and other variables, the Morpher can choose (at least) 2 primary and (at least) 2 secondary Action Abilities (that are associated with the primary A-As), to use in battle. It will probably make more sense if you just look at the table chart below.

Morph Into	Monster Class	"Set" name	Action Ability	MP	Description
Goblin	Goblin	Punch	Goblin Punch	8	Deals random damage-high or low.
	Red Cap	Hit	Magic Hammer	8	Mystical hammer deals MP damage
			Mutilate	18	Absorbs HP from Target
Flan	Jelly	Melt	Acid	12	Corrosive liquid inflicts negative status
			Fire	6	Damaging ball of flame
			Fira	12	Powerful fire spell, deals great damage
			Firaga	24	Most powerful fire spell, incredible power
	Flan	Chill	Acid	12	Corrosive liquid inflicts negative status
			Blizzard	6	Chunk of ice, deals damage
			Blizzara	12	Powerful blizzard spell, fires large chunk of ice
			Blizzaga	24	Most powerful blizzard spell
	Cream	Scorch	Acid	12	Corrosive liquid inflicts negative status
			Thunder	6	Calls down lightning to deal damage
			Thundara	12	Powerful lightning spell, shoots giant bolt
			Thundaga	24	Most powerful lightning spell, shoots many bolts
Bomb	Bomb	Blaze	Blowup	2	Self-KO. Deals massive damage to nearby enemies
			Flame Attack	0	Spews fire from withing to deal fire damage
	Grenade	Boom	Blowup	2	Self-KO. Deals massive damage to nearby enemies
			Chill	0	Spreads chill from caster, causing area cold damage
Dragon	IceDrake	Icewyrm	Mighty Guard	8	Raises WpnDef and MagRes for one battle
			Ice Breath	0	Icy cold breath that deals damage
	FireWyrm	Dragonblaze	Guard-Off	10	Fire Breath that lowers WpnDef and MagRes
			Fire Breath	0	Incendiary breath that deals damage
	Thundrake	Dragonbolt	Dragon Force	12	Releases the dragon within. All stats improve
Lamia	Lamia	Song	Night	24	Call to the darkness that puts all enemies to sleep
			Hand Slap	0	Flat handed slap that delays target's turn
			Poison Frog	0	Turns target into a frog and poisons them
	Lilith	Poison Fang	Twister	20	Whopping whirlwind that reduces HP by half in an area
			Poison Frog	0	Turns target into a frog and poisons
			Kiss	0	Sweet kiss charms and dooms target.
Bug	Antlion	Sandstorm	Lv3 Def-less	12	Lowers MagRes and WpnDef in units with levels divisible by 3
			Sandstorm	0	Dark tornado that damages and inflicts darkness
	Jawbreaker	Adhere	Lv3 Def-less	12	Lowers MagRes and WpnDef in units with levels divisible by 3
			Lv5 Death	24	Ko's units with levels divisible by 5
			Suffocate	0	Choking attack, target loses next turn
Panther	Coeurl	Scratch	Hastebreak	12	Slows target, or nullifies haste
			Blaster	0	Petrifies target
	Red Panther	Rake	Poison Claw	8	Poison claw damages and poisons
			Rend	0	Bite target's weak spot to deal damage
Malboro	Malboro	Stench	Bad Breath	20	Incredibly foul breath causes status ailments
			Goo	0	Sticky ooze that immobilizes target
	Big Malboro	Reek	Bad Breath	20	Incredibly foul breath causes status ailments
			Soundwave	0	Grating noise that neutralizes status enhancements
Floateye	Floateye	Gaze	Stare	12	Fearsome gaze that confuses target
			Devil Gaze	0	Silences and inflicts darkness
	Ahriman	Glare	Roulette	20	Roulette decides who is KO'ed
			Circle	0	Mystical circle lowers WpnAtk and MagPow

- There are 2 other Abilities that the Morpher can learn, not listed above because they are learned from equipment:

- "Morph Combo", learned from "Mythril Soul" (100 AP)

- "Damage > MP", learned from "Judo Uniform" (300 AP)




Souls:

Below is the list of monsters you can learn and "master", to morph into. Each has its respective properties, AP cost to learn, and tips associated with that monster. Basically, as a Morpher, you must "Equip" a Soul (1-handed 'weapon') in order to learn that monster's abilities and such.

Soul	Learn	AP	Atk	Def	MPwr	MDef	Eva	Jump	Description	Tips
Flan	Flan	200	34	10	2				Soft, rubbery soul. Dropped by flankind.	Halves lightning
Goblin	Goblin	200	32		2		1		Brown, cloudy soul. Dropped by goblinkind.	Halves Ice
Bomb	Bomb	200	36		2				Wavering, fiery soul. Dropped by bombkind.	Halves fire
Dragon	Dragon	200	43	5	2				Soul like a dragon's eye. Dropped by dragonkind.	Absorbs earth
Lamia	Lamia	200		41	2				Beautiful, watery soul. Dropped by lamiakind.	Nulls sleep
Bug	Bug	200	39	2	2				Soul like the bark of a tree. Dropped by bugkind.	Nulls dark
Panther	Panther	200	39		2		2		Vivid red soul. Dropped by pantherkind.	Nulls berserk
Malboro	Malboro	200	47		2	2			Sticky green soul. Dropped by malborokind.	Nulls poison
Eye	Floateye	200	45		2				Ahrimankind morph. So deep it seems bottomless.	Nulls doom
Mythril	Morph Combo	100	32		2			1	Mythril magically formed into a soul.
Dread	(none)		49		2				A warm aura surrounds this benevolent soul.
Rukavi	(none)		67		2				This soul howls and growls as though it were alive.

Other Morpher Hints Tips and Tricks:

- The "best" morph-monster to be is the Flan. After feeding the Flan enough to raise its levels high enough, it can do more magic damage than a 'real' Black Mage.
- Assuming you've mastered all abilities and all your monsters are maxxed out on their levels:

- The best weapon/Soul to equip is EITHER the Lamia for the extra Defense, OR the Malboro or Bug for the null-status abilities.

- The best armor to equip is EITHER the Bone Plate (best Defense), the Sage Robe (best Magic Defense), or the Black Robe (best Magic Power).

- The best helmet to equip is definately the Acacia Hat (best Magic Defense).

- The best shield is arguably the Genji Shield, however the Reverie Shield is almost as good. (You need the "Shieldbearer" Ability to equip a shield with a Morpher.)

- The best boots are EITHER the Germinas Boots (best Jump), or the Ninja Tabi (best Move).

- The best gauntlets or jewelry really can not be defined, as it varies from mission to mission and from player to player (game playing tactics are different for everyone). If you really want my input, I'd suggest the "Angel Ring".