Machina Maw

Special Dresspheres can only be used by one character (in this case, Rikku) and need to be activated by activating every node on a Garment Grid. Activating the Special Dressphere will chase Yuna and Paine off the battle field, and you’ll gain control of the Machina Maw, Smasher-R, and Crusher-L.

Overview

Machina Maw is the most straightforward of the three Special Dresspheres. Almost everything the core does is an attack, and it covers both ends of that: single targets through its missiles, and every enemy at once with Vajra. The only thing it can do outside of attacking is Revival, so the form can’t heal itself, but it can revive L and R.

The support job(s) falls to the two arms. Smasher-R can protect all three forms, casting Shell and Protect on the whole form with Shellter and Protector. Crusher-L adds to offensive capability by casting Haste on all forms with Booster and raising a unit’s Strength or Defense with Offense and Defense. Both arms also have access to HP Repair and MP Repair which are learned by default and cost no AP.

As with the other Special Dresspheres, all three units share the same defensive auto-abilities, and you’ll need to find the Machina Reactor and the Machina Booster to break the HP and damage limits.

The annoying aspect for all Special Dresspheres are the steps you have to take to activate them and how slowly they gain Ability Points (AP). You'll have to jump through Dresspheres and Garment Grids, and then only Paine’s Special Dressphere will gain AP since Yuna and Rikku will be chased off the battlefield.

How to Obtain It

Machina Maw comes to you automatically in Chapter 2. Accept the Mission in the Bikanel Desert, travel by hover to the Oasis, and Rikku will get her Dressphere during the cutscene:

24) Bikanel Desert and the Calm Lands
Walkthrough

Bikanel Desert and the Calm Lands in Chapter 2, with Nhadala’s Oasis Mission and getting Clasko settled in at the Chocobo Ranch.

Using a Special Dressphere
Helpful Hint

Special Dresspheres are not on the Garment Grid, so you can’t simply spherechange into one. During a battle, change into every Dressphere on the equipped Garment Grid at least once. Once you’ve used them all, open the Garment Grid again and press and then to transform.

List of Abilities

Ability	AP	Prerequisites
Attack	0
Revival	10
Death Missile	0
Bio Missile	0
Break Missile	0
Berserk Missile	10
Stop Missile	10	Berserk Missile
Confuse Missile	10	Stop Missile
Shockwave	20
Shockstorm	20	Shockwave
Vajra	30	Shockstorm
Ribbon	0
Double HP	20
Triple HP	30	Double HP
Break HP Limit	20	Key item: Machina Reactor
Break Dmg. Limit	20	Key item: Machina Booster

Ability	AP	Prerequisites
Howitzer	0
Sleep Shell	10
Slow Shell	10	Sleep Shell
Anti-Power Shell	10	Slow Shell
Anti-Armor Shell	10	Anti-Power Shell
Scan	10
Shellter	20
Protector	20	Shellter
HP Repair	0
MP Repair	0
Homing Ray	0
Ribbon	0
Double HP	20
Triple HP	30	Double HP
Break HP Limit	20	Key item: Machina Reactor
Break Dmg. Limit	20	Key item: Machina Booster

Ability	AP	Prerequisites
Howitzer	0
Blind Shell	10	Howitzer
Silence Shell	10	Blind Shell
Anti-Magic Shell	10	Silence Shell
Anti-Mental Shell	10	Anti-Magic Shell
Booster	20
Offense	20
Defense	20	Offense
HP Repair	0
MP Repair	0
Homing Ray	0
Ribbon	0
Double HP	20
Triple HP	30	Double HP
Break HP Limit	20	Key item: Machina Reactor
Break Dmg. Limit	20	Key item: Machina Booster

Stats

Machina Maw is Rikku’s Special Dressphere, so these are her stats alone. The table below shows how they grow at each level milestone.

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Magic	Defense	Magic Defense	Agility	Accuracy	Evasion	Luck
1	166	29	19	26	37	27	38	110	1	5
10	730	70	45	43	44	31	39	112	1	6
20	1335	115	73	59	52	34	40	114	2	7
30	1914	157	99	75	59	38	41	116	2	8
40	2462	196	122	88	64	40	42	117	3	8
50	2983	234	146	100	69	43	42	119	4	9
60	3476	268	167	111	73	45	43	120	4	9
70	3940	301	186	120	76	48	44	121	4	10
80	4377	331	203	126	79	48	44	121	5	10
90	4785	358	220	133	80	50	44	122	4	10
99	5127	381	233	136	81	50	43	121	5	9