Nah. ATB regens too slow for how quickly you can burn through it, managing it is a hassle if you aren't strong enough to win the fight in one go. They should've either committed to a full-on action game or stuck with the FF13(-2) system. Just just give each outfit a paradigm role and unlockable ability set and call it a day.
Lightning is so pretty omg I dont see why FF13 got so much hate. I loved the 2nd game. Only one I was able to beat 🤣.....easy mode. Im replaying the whole trilogy at the moment on normal.
This is 2022 and I finally got the chance to play this game for the first time, and I'm telling you, I'm going to nail it! (haven't finished it yet tho but almost there. On the day 12 and almost finished all the side quests, nothing else to do, just hanging around until the final day comes) And this was a very useful video, would help me alot for "The Last Day", thank you :))
I love Velvet bouncer, drip and quality. Help new player gets through a lot of things. Spira's Summoner too is a must have, Elementa can turn the tide.
Such an amazing video! My favourite garbs are the outfits from 13 and 13-2 because of the four free slots. The build that i made on Hard mode was to have Etro's knight with the strongest staff and Soul of Thamasa+ (still have to upgrade it into Soul of Minwu) for the Strong Finale bonus, then have 3 spells with the Multiple Targets +30% auto-ability and finally Elementa lv* on the last slot, with Multiple Targets +20%. The Multiple Targets increase the damage of ANY AoE spell/physical attack, which gives me a 110% damage bonus on Elementa. This with Strong Finale, Faith and debuffs made the Bhunivelze+ fight very easy lol
I agree with the shit tier but disagree with some other ones. Soldier 1st Class is a Mid-tier to me, it only helps at the beginnning of the game. Shadow Trooper to me is a top-tier because of its strenght and the jump ability, i'm not a pro but i'm not bad at the game and Shadow Trooper is a great garb for physical attackers. The God tier i only agree with Soldier of Peace, the other ones really depend on how good are your setup and it is too sitution speific, i'd list Equilibrium + in god tier because it boost atb recover of unused schemata.
I think he just think about how fast to access that garb. Equilibrum+ is so good but come in very late while soldier 1st class can carry you from early till you find SoP.
I wish they would make it that this series of FF could be played on ps5, I believe 11 13,13-2 and 13 lightning returns are the only ones ( main game, not spin off ) that cannot be played on the more recent console and that is WRONG
I loved every one of these games it's hard to pick my favorite! 2,3,1 maybe 2,1,3 IDK they definitely were all a challenging and different experience! So many hours of game play for the $$$ and an amazing sound track.
Just started the game... Nothing even comes close to Elementa Yuna ❤ EDIT: in some areas before doing every sidequest Elementa can be a hindrance against enemies that absorb certain elements forcing you to manually use certain spells (mainly wildlands enemies). However once you do every sidequest the heals don't even matter as the move still kills even when you see green numbers 😅 Current setup on day 10: SHADOW TROOPER: Demon Claw + Guardian's Protector Locket Pendant + Thorn of Courage Beat Down + Blitz(Str 150) Mediguard (str150) + Evade (str 150) SPIRA'S SUMMONER: Chaos Revenge + Summoner's Shield Witch Rosary + Enbracelet Elementa + Deprotect (ailment duration 10%) + Deshell (ailment duration 10%) + Imperil (aiment duration 10%) SOLDIER 1ST CLASS: Flesh Render + Goddess Grace Early Blooming Corsage + Enlister Gloves Heavy Slash + Mediguard (str 150) + Attack (str 150) + Beat Down (str 150) I should point out I don't really want/need some of these abilities but I just put them on for the passives. In that regard I can also put atb recovery +15 on everyone, or go with undaunted, group defence, and multiple targets/strength in numbers but I just have no clue which is more effective as the game doesn't really do a good job of explaining some abilities. As for strategy well currently Im hunting last ones on the roads so...start as yuna and put debuffs then hit Elementa to max out shadow troopers atb. Switch to Shadow Trooper and stagger, then switch to cloud and spam slayer (although sometimes shadow trooper one shots stuff before cloud can even do anything 😅)
Dragoon, Dark Knight, and Sacred Knight...ah brings back memories. I don't remember much because I played it so long ago but I do remember using these three the most.
I got all achievements for this game back when it came out and haven't played it since so I don't remember shit. Thank you for this. I do wonder what my takes would have been if my past self could see your list. haha
After going on a nostalgia blast of the 13 trilogy (loved all 3 on ps3 but ranked this game last) I now rate this and 13 joint first for gameplay (with LR debatably better). Second game has so many things that are a nuisance replaying in 2023. LR is like a better 10-2 (and that game is very good for gameplay and the best iteration of the standard atb system system of FF4-10)
I think the whole ffxiii trilogy was unfairly ridiculed by die hard fans. I enjoyed every game and I have seen there is a good amount of people that also enjoyed them all too its just a shame negativity always grabs peoples attention more
I'm just here cause I flew through the whole game dominating only to get to the final boss got stomped and had to reload and actually learn how to really play
This video is riddled with errors. For example Dragoon doesn't start with Beatdown Nor jump. It comes with Lancet which is good- but the video failed to mention it's HP restore attack. One of the only moves that absorb HP.... Love you and love this video game but come on bro...
@@omegaweapon116they might now since Square admitted sales aren’t doing as well as they expected (FF16) so they’re most likely going to move away from their old business models very soon
Spira's Summoner and,Watery Chorus are my main go to garbs in the game. Elementa is amazing and pairing it with Chaos Revenge can so amazing damage. It's gotten me through some hard situations alongside Watery Chorus and Equilibrium or Midnight Mauve.
Velvet Bouncer and a good heavy slash clapped everything for me. But then again any phys garb and a good heavy slash can do decent to great damage lol Also you did not need to do Snow like that at the end😭
Its annoying how nobody has created a light slash deprotect breaker build yet even after all of these years...it puts soldier of peace in the ground with max strength in terms of pure dps on all bosses.
@@kirateashell7381 Take light slash with bravery feeder and deprotect chaser with transform Bravery on a staggered anything and you do over 500k with no limit break each hit a perfect hit will be max damage. By the time you do a single artemis arrows you will hit about 4 times
@@kirateashell7381 Not to that extent of damage but it does work. It's less dps though late game sadly. Speed slash at least I have tested. If it could be upgraded like light slash then yeah it would be even better
wow, i give you props for even attempting this list at all, especially well after a decade past its initial launch. by the way, guardian corps, knight of etro and spira summoner are top tier? holy crap. i had no idea they were that powerful as i just got my 1000 g using those 3 on easy mode.
@@locloudanerpg hell yeah it was and i dont regret it at all. i know youre definitely a fan of the trilogy even now but unfortunately, i was not and that hasnt changed for me. by the time 13-3 was out, i was just soooo done that i was willing to do that easy easy mode just to finish out the trilogy.
@@locloudanerpg dang, really? a lot of your videos just randomly showed up on my recommonded watch list and watching them, i would have thought you were a fan. oh well, its all good. i do agree that so many previous ff games basically lead to what ff7 remake is.
I don't think I understood the schema system enough so I don't really understand what made the top 3 so good. I just went into the final boss with sacred knight with ghostly hood for defense and 2 garbs with beat down and just spammed beat down and spells against the final boss. I beat him but I had a feeling I wasn't playing optimally 😭
surprised someone made a vid about this game, honestly a GREAT game, very fun and gets NEEDLESS hate from edgy ff fans 💀
Yes I agree with you
@@zumbaflower5404beat it 3 times and not even my favorite FF game (but in top 5 still lol)
Nah. ATB regens too slow for how quickly you can burn through it, managing it is a hassle if you aren't strong enough to win the fight in one go. They should've either committed to a full-on action game or stuck with the FF13(-2) system. Just just give each outfit a paradigm role and unlockable ability set and call it a day.
@@vadandrumist1670 skill issue
@@shunkun8668 Agreed, it takes an unnecessary amount of skill to make such a bad system work.
This video was 11 months ago but fact that this game still gets videos just makes me cry out of joy.
Good to hear! Stick around. I am the voice for the voiceless!
So excited 😁 this is my guilty pleasure game
Lightning is so pretty omg I dont see why FF13 got so much hate. I loved the 2nd game. Only one I was able to beat 🤣.....easy mode. Im replaying the whole trilogy at the moment on normal.
This is 2022 and I finally got the chance to play this game for the first time, and I'm telling you, I'm going to nail it! (haven't finished it yet tho but almost there. On the day 12 and almost finished all the side quests, nothing else to do, just hanging around until the final day comes)
And this was a very useful video, would help me alot for "The Last Day", thank you :))
I WILL NOT STAND THIS BLACK MAGE SLANDER
I love Velvet bouncer, drip and quality. Help new player gets through a lot of things. Spira's Summoner too is a must have, Elementa can turn the tide.
Dude how is sand fox low tier? Have you tried it with elementa? Like it will literally give you so much atb, is so broken dude
Such an amazing video!
My favourite garbs are the outfits from 13 and 13-2 because of the four free slots.
The build that i made on Hard mode was to have Etro's knight with the strongest staff and Soul of Thamasa+ (still have to upgrade it into Soul of Minwu) for the Strong Finale bonus, then have 3 spells with the Multiple Targets +30% auto-ability and finally Elementa lv* on the last slot, with Multiple Targets +20%.
The Multiple Targets increase the damage of ANY AoE spell/physical attack, which gives me a 110% damage bonus on Elementa. This with Strong Finale, Faith and debuffs made the Bhunivelze+ fight very easy lol
I agree with the shit tier but disagree with some other ones. Soldier 1st Class is a Mid-tier to me, it only helps at the beginnning of the game. Shadow Trooper to me is a top-tier because of its strenght and the jump ability, i'm not a pro but i'm not bad at the game and Shadow Trooper is a great garb for physical attackers. The God tier i only agree with Soldier of Peace, the other ones really depend on how good are your setup and it is too sitution speific, i'd list Equilibrium + in god tier because it boost atb recover of unused schemata.
I think he just think about how fast to access that garb. Equilibrum+ is so good but come in very late while soldier 1st class can carry you from early till you find SoP.
@@polaloy6800 it say the best garb not the faster, otherwise the dlc costumes would all be in 1st place since they are there since the beginning
@@polaloy6800 equilibrium+ comes in "halfway" through the game. You haven't truly beaten this game until you beat Bhunivelze on hard mode
I wish they would make it that this series of FF could be played on ps5, I believe 11 13,13-2 and 13 lightning returns are the only ones ( main game, not spin off ) that cannot be played on the more recent console and that is WRONG
Lightining is rizzing me up 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
There's nothing more stupid than getting the top weapons in the game AFTER beating the hardest boss.
Original ffXII remembers u something?
I loved every one of these games it's hard to pick my favorite! 2,3,1 maybe 2,1,3 IDK they definitely were all a challenging and different experience! So many hours of game play for the $$$ and an amazing sound track.
Just started the game...
Nothing even comes close to Elementa
Yuna ❤
EDIT: in some areas before doing every sidequest Elementa can be a hindrance against enemies that absorb certain elements forcing you to manually use certain spells (mainly wildlands enemies). However once you do every sidequest the heals don't even matter as the move still kills even when you see green numbers 😅
Current setup on day 10:
SHADOW TROOPER:
Demon Claw + Guardian's Protector
Locket Pendant + Thorn of Courage
Beat Down + Blitz(Str 150) Mediguard (str150) + Evade (str 150)
SPIRA'S SUMMONER:
Chaos Revenge + Summoner's Shield
Witch Rosary + Enbracelet
Elementa + Deprotect (ailment duration 10%) + Deshell (ailment duration 10%) + Imperil (aiment duration 10%)
SOLDIER 1ST CLASS:
Flesh Render + Goddess Grace
Early Blooming Corsage + Enlister Gloves
Heavy Slash + Mediguard (str 150) + Attack (str 150) + Beat Down (str 150)
I should point out I don't really want/need some of these abilities but I just put them on for the passives. In that regard I can also put atb recovery +15 on everyone, or go with undaunted, group defence, and multiple targets/strength in numbers but I just have no clue which is more effective as the game doesn't really do a good job of explaining some abilities.
As for strategy well currently Im hunting last ones on the roads so...start as yuna and put debuffs then hit Elementa to max out shadow troopers atb. Switch to Shadow Trooper and stagger, then switch to cloud and spam slayer (although sometimes shadow trooper one shots stuff before cloud can even do anything 😅)
Dragoon, Dark Knight, and Sacred Knight...ah brings back memories. I don't remember much because I played it so long ago but I do remember using these three the most.
Just getting into final fantasy games. They took them off gamepass. I'm pissed now because they are truly some of the best games I've played
Time to move to sony my friend
Still waiting and wanting a remaster BTW
A trilogy remaster with all DLC would be fire
I got all achievements for this game back when it came out and haven't played it since so I don't remember shit. Thank you for this.
I do wonder what my takes would have been if my past self could see your list. haha
I'm about to play this game for the first time and I don't understand schemata too much... Could somebody tell me what DLC schemata are worth getting?
Nice but *Paladin* low tier? His block ability carried me through the game and how can *Mi'qote* be THAT good?
Because you need to know how to use it properly.
After going on a nostalgia blast of the 13 trilogy (loved all 3 on ps3 but ranked this game last)
I now rate this and 13 joint first for gameplay (with LR debatably better). Second game has so many things that are a nuisance replaying in 2023. LR is like a better 10-2 (and that game is very good for gameplay and the best iteration of the standard atb system system of FF4-10)
If i were the developer, i would make the dumbest looking ones be the highest stats combination.
Celestial Body is DLC under the Ultimate Savoir pack. I honestly never seen it as bottom tier though.
11:06 what in the Bob Marley Buffalo soldier Rastafarian hell is that? 😂
Great vid! Thanks for the insights
By the way astral lord, quiet guardian and woodland walker are all guardians of the galaxy references.
U worked for the game?
We need à remaster
Yes we do, though from the PC sales, I’d say that’s a long shot. Square probably thinks it would never be profitable.
I think the whole ffxiii trilogy was unfairly ridiculed by die hard fans. I enjoyed every game and I have seen there is a good amount of people that also enjoyed them all too its just a shame negativity always grabs peoples attention more
It seems like hardcore FF fans didn’t enjoy any ff since 10 & 12
I'm just here cause I flew through the whole game dominating only to get to the final boss got stomped and had to reload and actually learn how to really play
Me too
It be like that.
I had a diffrent problem when i 1st played though, started on normal and got stomped by everything
Best voice in YT
That is a big claim and I’m flattered.
This video is riddled with errors. For example Dragoon doesn't start with Beatdown Nor jump. It comes with Lancet which is good- but the video failed to mention it's HP restore attack. One of the only moves that absorb HP.... Love you and love this video game but come on bro...
Also flame and flood on purple lighting is not good for a magic build. It offer elemental moves that are based off the strength stat.
@@lucashogan1731 haha I did say it was a hard list to make.
Where can I get the schools out?
I miss this game soo much. Wish it were on ps4 and ps5
I'm sure they'll remaster them at some point. As for now, I'm playing through them on PS3.
@@omegaweapon116they might now since Square admitted sales aren’t doing as well as they expected (FF16) so they’re most likely going to move away from their old business models very soon
Y hate snow tho :(
I'm about to play this game for the first time! So excited!
please do Valkyrie Profile
Spira's Summoner and,Watery Chorus are my main go to garbs in the game. Elementa is amazing and pairing it with Chaos Revenge can so amazing damage. It's gotten me through some hard situations alongside Watery Chorus and Equilibrium or Midnight Mauve.
Do u plan to have a weapon tier list of lightning returns??
Maybe one day. But not anytime soon.
I’d be down for more Lighning returns content. There’s an incredible lack of it on TH-cam
Funny thing is the three grabs on the god tier are the garbs are that I use for the final boss’s lol
Literally predicted soldier of peace. Artemis arrow is just way to broken
Was equilibrium in here?
Yeah
Lightening?
Haha whoops
can you comment on the divine garb please?
At least my two favourite garbs are in top tier
Velvet Bouncer and a good heavy slash clapped everything for me. But then again any phys garb and a good heavy slash can do decent to great damage lol
Also you did not need to do Snow like that at the end😭
Haha You a Snow fan?
I expected Nightmare in God Tier... but for all the wrong reasons i guess
It is….secretly.
How do you break the strength/damage cap without using Overcoming Limits?
So i use low tier stuff but thats ok
I love the outfit cloud strife
What's the name of the song in the background?
Which song are you talking about, there many in the video
This thing is the worst thing to happen to the French since they burned Joan of Arc
@Zumba Flower The joke is his pronunciation of French words is bad. Put 2 and 2 together before being pedantic pls! 🧡
Yuna garb is kinda broken, you can literally 1 shot enemies
U mean yuna weapon
Solider of Peace looks like they were trying to do some Rastafarian thing.
Very true.
My fav game I literally have 5k hours…
Do you agree with the list?
Its annoying how nobody has created a light slash deprotect breaker build yet even after all of these years...it puts soldier of peace in the ground with max strength in terms of pure dps on all bosses.
An overclock Light Slash build with Bravery Feeder would be pretty busted.
@@kirateashell7381 Take light slash with bravery feeder and deprotect chaser with transform Bravery on a staggered anything and you do over 500k with no limit break each hit a perfect hit will be max damage. By the time you do a single artemis arrows you will hit about 4 times
@@gatecruor9292 Basically. I wonder if this strategy can work with Amazon Warrior as well.
@@kirateashell7381 Not to that extent of damage but it does work. It's less dps though late game sadly. Speed slash at least I have tested. If it could be upgraded like light slash then yeah it would be even better
@@gatecruor9292 Yeah, that’s a fair point. It’s probably why only Attack or even Magic Slash can counter Light Slash.
wow, i give you props for even attempting this list at all, especially well after a decade past its initial launch. by the way, guardian corps, knight of etro and spira summoner are top tier? holy crap. i had no idea they were that powerful as i just got my 1000 g using those 3 on easy mode.
Then it was easy easy mode haha
@@locloudanerpg hell yeah it was and i dont regret it at all. i know youre definitely a fan of the trilogy even now but unfortunately, i was not and that hasnt changed for me. by the time 13-3 was out, i was just soooo done that i was willing to do that easy easy mode just to finish out the trilogy.
@@keyblader2k6 I’m actually not a fan. I just appreciate the battle systems that paved the way for FF7 Remake.
@@locloudanerpg dang, really? a lot of your videos just randomly showed up on my recommonded watch list and watching them, i would have thought you were a fan. oh well, its all good. i do agree that so many previous ff games basically lead to what ff7 remake is.
@@keyblader2k6 Let me correct myself, among FF they’re not my favorite. Among games they are decent.
Hey how can I change the main language in ff xiii lightning returns. Mine is in Japan, I wanna change it to English
Glad I found this channel. Your content is great
Thanks!
Weapons top now ☺️
If this video hits 500,000 I will definitely make a weapons video :-)
I have celestial body and I'm in the uk it was dlc I think
Best garb is the slootist, function doesn't matter.
They really knew what they were doing when they gave the Miq’ote garb to Lightning 😏
I wish SE gave us a prequel with Fang as the rightful MC she was always meant to be instead of this pink haired female Cloud wannabe.
As soon as I stop seeing Lighting, I forget her saga existed.
I don't think I understood the schema system enough so I don't really understand what made the top 3 so good. I just went into the final boss with sacred knight with ghostly hood for defense and 2 garbs with beat down and just spammed beat down and spells against the final boss. I beat him but I had a feeling I wasn't playing optimally 😭