Ronso Rage
Kimahri’s Overdrive is “Ronso Rage.” This is Final Fantasy X’s version of the Enemy Skill Materia, Quistis’ Blue Magic, or Quina’s Blu Mag. He can learn new Ronso Rage attacks by using the 
Lancet ability on specific enemies throughout the game. While other characters can learn Lancet through the Sphere Grid, only Kimahri can learn Ronso Rage abilities from it. There is no input mini-game; you just select the Overdrive ability you want to use.
Functionality and Usage
Whenever Kimahri learns a new Ronso Rage ability through Lancet, his Overdrive gauge is immediately filled to maximum, granting him a free Overdrive right away. There are 12 Ronso Rage abilities in total to learn (Kimahri will already know “Jump” at the start of the game). Collecting all 12 in the new versions will earn you an achievement/trophy.
Almost all Ronso Rage abilities can be learned from Biran and Yenke Ronso during the mandatory solo battle at the top of Mt. Gagazet. Kimahri can learn…
From Biran:
- Self-Destruct
- Thrust Kick
- Doom
- Mighty Guard*
From Yenke:
- Fire Breath
- Stone Breath
- Aqua Breath
- White Wind*
Abilities marked with an asterisk (*) need to be used by either Biran or Yenke first in the battle before Kimahri will be able to learn them. Check out the Mt. Gagazet walkthrough page for more tips and tricks to prepare you for this fight.
Bad Breath and Nova will need to be learned from enemies.
Ronso Rage Abilities List
| Ability | Effect | Lancet Source |
|---|---|---|
| Jump | Deals damage to one enemy. | Starting ability; does not need to be learned. |
| Seed Cannon | Deals damage to one enemy. | Ragora |
| Self-Destruct | Deals heavy damage to one enemy but KOs Kimahri. | Bomb Grenade Puroboros Biran Ronso |
| Thrust Kick | Damages one enemy and has a chance to eject them from battle. | YKT-63 YKT-11 Biran Ronso |
| Fire Breath | Deals fire damage to all enemies. | Dual Horn Valaha Grendel Yenke Ronso |
| Stone Breath | Chance to petrify all enemies. | Basilisk Anacondaur Yenke Ronso |
| Aqua Breath | Deals water damage to all enemies. | Chimera Yenke Ronso |
| Doom | Chance to inflict Doom on one enemy. The impacted enemy will die when the timer reaches zero. | Ghost Wraith Biran Ronso |
| White Wind | Restores HP to the entire party. | Dark Flan Spirit Yenke Ronso |
| Bad Breath | Chance to inflict multiple status effects on all enemies. | Malboro |
| Mighty Guard | Casts  Protect, Shell, and NulAll on the entire party. |
Behemoth Behemoth King Biran Ronso |
| Nova | Deals heavy non-elemental damage to all enemies. | Omega Weapon Nemesis |
Kimahri’s Utility
The usefulness of Kimahri’s Ronso Rage abilities is debatable. While he does have several strong abilities, including Mighty Guard and Nova, by the time you’re able to learn them, you’ll have access to other moves capable of replicating their effects. The “NulAll” effect can be very helpful, though, considering there’s no other way to cast all of the “Nul” effects (i.e., NulBlaze, NulFrost) at the same time.
