No more FF5 for awhile. The answer to GBA SJC Jobs is: Not right now, and heres why: First of all, 3 of them don’t unlock until you’ve got all 4 tablets in the merged world. The 4th isn’t until after you beat the optional super dungeon. Which leads to the obvious conclusion: “Just mod them in”. Which is what I would have to do. The problem is the game knows when you get the jobs. Therefore, you don’t get the tools for jobs until you get access to them. Cannoneer is half a job since you don’t get the merchant that sells you ammo until you unlock it. Necromancer can’t even get abilities until the merged world. There might be a random handful in Galufs World, but theres absolutely nothing in Bartz’ World. I dont remember much about Oracle. I asserted it was garbage and gave up on it. The only feasible job would be Gladiator, and thats basically like a hybrid Knight/Dancer except when you high roll it does nutty damage. It also gets Slash-All which just sounds like a free win to me. I can tell you exactly how these runs will go. Necromancer would just be rod smashing the entire game. I’d farm flame rings and smash fire rods on myself for healing since Necromancers have a bonemail-style undead effect. That would be it until I could start even getting abilities in the merged world. I get a lot of complaints about rod smashing, and thats exactly how this one would be for 90% of the run. I’m not interested and dont think I can make compelling content for them. Finally, and most importantly of all: I’m just done with FF5 for the time being. I did 21 playthroughs for the SJC. Then I did Bartz Only for Premium Buster and then Best/Worst Jobs. I’m completely tapped out of FF5.
Necromancer is just Blue Mage except you can’t properly heal anyway, and Gladiator and Cannoneer contain too much cheese (Open Fire is scaled for endgame enemies, so you one shot everything until around midway through world 2.) Oracle sucks, just a (more) magic-oriented Geomancer, except sometimes the spells hurt you (yay?)
@@mattmelton7389it’d be fun to see him suffer through ff3. Zodiac Age is really fun for “one class” challenges, since gear is a lot better in that game and many abilities are cross-class. It’s a lot longer game, though
Thanks for this series. You don't know how important what you do can be to people. Its helped me get through the worst year of my life and I'm eternally grateful. Thanks again and happy holidays!
I tried to get all blue spell and spent 3 hours on the ancient library trying to get Guard Off without success. My mistake is having time mage merge with my beast master, so I wasted the first turn casting Haste 😂
I was skeptical when I started watching because how can someone make compelling content for 20+ run throughs on the same game. I was very wrong! This has been so much to watch and you wit is the star of the show! Well done and looking forward to the next series!
It's interesting that a "best job from each crystal" party and a "best jobs synergistically" party end up pretty similar. The Fire crystal really is the biggest toss up, you could make some kind of argument for most of them. But I really, really can't argue with the efficiency of early 1000 Needles; kinda wish 10k Needles was in this game so that spell didn't completely fall off later. Plus not having to rely on Confuse to get shit like White Wind and Mighty Guard is super nice, obviously. Also that comment about "what were the devs thinking about letting Blue Mage equip shields", I'm asking what were they thinking giving a half-knight job a strength penalty of like, minus 7 or something. Also cool that you went the level 3 Flare route for Exdeath whereas I went for Level 2 Old; level 66 is a super debilitating level for someone like Exdeath to have. But yeah, great run. Your FFV stuff has been a super fun ride!
@KyRex1783 probably because then it would completely overshadow Knight, is my guess. Obviously Knight is more of a supportive job than Mystic Knight, but them having a unique weapon type is pretty neat.
If only Exdeath had level 60 so that all Level etc Magic would work on it, including Level 5 Death. You would think they would think to make the final bosses’ some prime number like 67, but it is in the nature of FFV to allow for some cheese strategies with some jobs.
"Doing what all video game developers should be doing. Making a fun game." Thanks for all of the runs and I"m looking forward to seeing what you bust form the backlogs next. After all, you're doing the thing all content creators should do, have fun making fun content. Happy holidays!
Thanks for this whoooooooole series! This channel is the reason why Final Fantasy V was my game of the year according to TH-cam. There were many rewatches and it was fun seeing my first Final Fantasy game beaten with every job (GBA excluded). Like many others have said, it must have been difficult to make every play through interesting but you made it happen!
I must say, your commentary during this whole series was hilarious. You definitely have a great talent for content creation. Looking forward to your next series. Great job, dude!
What a fantastic set of videos good sir, every single one objectively played the same game but the variations in strategy and storytelling edits made each one felt unique. Excited to see what you decide to do from here
I hate seeing this series end, but it’s brought back so many memories from the old snes system and when they ported it to the PS1. I know you’re done with FF5 runs for a while, but the next time you decide to do one, you should do the 4 best “physically” oriented jobs since you went with mages this run aka true grug incarnate! Keep up the awesome content! 😁
This has been an amazing series. I stumbled on it when the berserker vid came out. I eagerly awaited for each subsequent video and was not disappointed. This gave me a new found appreciation for FF5. Thanks again my dude!
Okay now that I've actually seen the video I have to say I'm stoked that Blue Mage was chosen. The mysterious man in the mask with its bff Beastmaster crushed it. BLU being undoubtedly being my favorite FF job and it was great to see a FF5 run with BLU at its full potential. Though of course Chemist and Time Mage were no slouch either. You could also say that Black Mage and Summoner had their hand in the run too with the Magic Lamp and rod smashing.
Really enjoyed this series, thank you for making it. Also, my name is Carlos, do hearing "Karlabos" every video never stopped making my ears perk up like a cat hearing the can opener
Time and Blue Mages are excellent choices because many of their "best" spells (Level 5 Death, Death Claw, Meteor, any buff) don't actually use Magic stat, so they still work as effective on jobs with lower Magic stat like the Beastmaster.
With my recent run of FFV, i have figured out that Black Mage and Summoner is quite a combo. Having access to a full party reflect in Carbuncle is nice to absolutely melt a single target(which is most bosses). Firing off a 50% damage spell at 4 targets results in a 200% damage spell. Doing 6k damage in a single turn(12k if you have doublecast) on an enemy with neutral element resistance feels quite strong on a lvl 30 party.(At the final dungeon at lvl 30 with just this combo of -aga reflect)
Carbuncle still sucks if bosses LIVE long enough so that when you try to reflect a spell it hits your OWN party (and reflect isn't in effect) instead of RESUMMONING it just steal 3 to 4 reflect rings in the phoenix tower and use those instead. But for Twin Tania if USING Physical hits/Gil Toss use 4x Coral ring users it counters all physical hits/broken Rods in the Pixel remaster with TIDAL WAVE and ALL SPELL damage with Mega Flare EVERY time you hit it with the respective attack.
@@veghesther3204 In a normal balanced team, yes this would be correct. My party was magic-centric, so i didn't need a second cast of Carbuncle. Speaking of Twintania, he seems to counter magic with mega flare(which is also reflectable for extra damage). Kinda fun to watch him kill himself with counters, i didn't even need to have a coral ring equipped.
Throwing my hat into the ring for Final Fantasy Tactics job challenges. I completely get being toasted on FF5. This was a fascinating series to watch, and I'm really glad you did it. Thank you for sharing this journey with us. :3
If that ever happens then I would think it would be: Wind: Knight. The 3 mages are too powerful and Monk and Thief are weak, so Knight is an easy choice here. Water: Red Mage. So, it was hard for me to choose between this and Mystic Knight. Summoner, time mage are high tier. Mime takes too long and good with other setups like Mimic release breath wing. And Berserker is bottom tier. Red Mage can rod smash, but only red mage. Mystic Knight might synergize too well with Dancer and Knight with elemental weakness and sword dance/two-handed sword. However, with Mystic Knight and the team setup u are basically single target, which might make Neo Ex-Death a little harder. Red Mage with Rod Smash does give u the target all u need. If u plan on dealing with super bosses as well take the mystic knight then cause thunder 3 sword would destroy Omega. Fire: Beastmaster. Ranger and Ninja are top tier where Bard and Geomancer are bottom tier. Beastmaster is right in the middle. Earth: Dancer. The reason he won't do it lol. Chemist and Samurai are S tier and Dragoon is bottom tier, so Dancer is the only option.
fun fact - not only does sap damage YOU during stopped time, it damages enemies during stop time, and doesn't run out its duration the way it normally would. This leads to the strategy known as QuickLeak, where you inflict Sap and then activate Quick and only use the first action, trapping the enemy in stopped time as the game waits for your second input. Every enemy in the game is vulnerable to this, including all the super bosses and Neo Exdeath. Downside: the damage rate is comically low, meaning using it against any of the powerful bosses takes many, many hours of waiting in stopped time for them to die.
If you're still looking for suggestions/ideas etc. how about crystal only party. As in each party member has the job you choose, but the jobs available to choose are only from the fire crystal (or the other 3 crystals separately). And each party member has to have a different job of that crystal at all times. Added challenge? No rod smashing, but you're the boss. Love the vids btw.
I know this is a little late in coming, but you don't have to eat the full 1500 damage from the bombs' self destruct. The damage is based on their remaining HP, so you can whittle them down a little and then tank like a 300 HP self-destruct instead.
A fantastic series coming to an end. I really look forward to seeing what you do next, I found your channel about 7 jobs in and have watched the entire series. Whatever you do, I hope you take a well earned break.
The algorithm brought me in early, one minute in and I was hooked! Thank you for completing this series and inspiring so many of us to do our own zany ffv runs!
Strange to think that the worst jobs video eliminated the "weeb jobs" almost immediately for being too good, but somehow neither made the cut for the best jobs party. Also strange that Beastmaster made the cut, but given that you took blue mage, it makes sense. Love the content as always, can't wait to see what you do next
they get a ton of passives and commands to learn and are definitely strong picks but I feel like the only thing that goes into truly busted territory is giltoss, which just requires gil farming (which is kind of boring to watch honestly, no synergy either).
Honestly, it kinda shows the difference between being independently good and being synergistically good. Ninja and samurai are powerful on their own, as is ranger. but when it comes to making a strong team, in this context a beastmaster is the better pick. The toolsets of both Ninja and Samurai don't mix well with a lot of classes or make them that much stronger, whereas beastmaster both unlocks the full potential of blue mage and brings some tactical utility of his own in the process. Quite often, having a good force multiplier and team player is better than having a squad of largely independently strong characters. you see this all the time in team based games. the whole "you don't need tactics when the enemy is dead" is more of a nice idea than an actual truism, like yea, that'd be great. but all out offense isn't gonna work in every situation, and once you blow your load you're gonna wish you had all that support and utility you passed up for more numbers.
That's an extremely good summary, because the synergy aspect is massively important. Beastmaster does more with Blue Mage than even Ninja ever could. I would add that as absurdly powerful as Samurai is, Chemist is the one job that can actually solo both secret bosses as far as I'm aware. Mix is just that redonkulous if you have the ingredients.
@@davidmahoney9877Look at his "worst jobs" video. Even the "worst" jobs actually managed to function because they had a decent synergy. Except Dragoon, fuck Dragoon lol
I had thoughts that maybe Summoner would be a good pick to add that extra couple stat points to a Beastmaster packing the Flame Lash. But Time Mage was just so useful! Delicious rod-boosted emission/flamethrower efficiency. XD I'm glad you finally got your hands on a Dragon's Beard, after all that grinding. Seeing the bosses get dragoned up for the bonus damage made it even better. :D _Technically_ you can get fire absorbtion from !Mix. If you can find 4 turns to spare, and don't mind it wearing off over time or disappearing upon death. D: It felt good watching a Beastmaster be the damage dealer against Omega. That was cool! Treeform ExDeath died as he lived, meteor spam. Congratulations on making an entire series! Years from now I'm going to get one of these in-jokes stuck in my head and no one is going to get it XD
this sort of "dragon thats not a dragon" annoyed the hell out of me in Fire Emblem Engage, where you fight a lot of Dragons that are not "Dragons" but "Fell Dragons" therefore, not affected by the dozens of Dragon slaying weapons you get in that game, you know, the weapons designed specifically to kill evil dragons that don't work against these evil dragons.
Nice synergy picking Beastmaster, not the best job from the fire crystal but it works really well with Blue and Chemist. -A fun trick to try next time you have Blue + Chemist: Wendigo is level 7, don't attack it at all. Hit one of your choice with 2 dark sparks and it will be level 1. Give it a samson power mix to make it level 11, and then one more dark spark to make it level 5. L5 Death kills it, in older versions you need to tap one of the other forms for it to realize it's dead. I haven't tested this on PR yet, but it should just kill the boss without doing any actual damage at all. -Sad what a pain it is to get the dragon whip, I think stealing it from Shinryu is the fastest method but then the game is almost completely over at that point so you barely even get to use it. Killing Shinryu with its own whisker though, is a power move. -Beating Omega with a solo Chemist gets you a PhD in Chemistry, lots of fun mixing involved that is basically beyond anything else you need to do in the game but fun to learn.
Thank you so much for the series, you don't know how much they meant to me it was something that'd cheer me up often as I had an overall really rough year but your series made it so much better and helped me a lot, so thank you for that
Summoner vs Time Mage is difficult, but Time Mage can equip staffs which Summoner and Blue Mage can'ts, so they can use the healing staff for free cura or undead damage while having time magic and another skill to use. Also gives you the choice of using the flail and morning star.
13:40 - I started a new run of this game on the defunct iOS version because your content has been making me want to play it again. I got to Iron Claw, had my Blue Mages all ready… and then Faris Berserker hit with her axe for a high roll of over 800 damage. Poor Iron Claw didn’t even get a hit in, let alone Death Claw.
@ I know that now, but no way was I going to watch Tsuze die again and redo the entire Escape sequence just so I could get Death Claw a little early lol. Anyway, I’ve been having a blast but my grinding tendencies have me in the Nut Eater / Skull Eater cave grinding JP now. I’ll probably leave when somebody learns Rapid Fire from Ranger
@@Hadaron Just a reminder that grinding JP from the statues in Galuf's castle basement with L5 Death should be a lot faster than jacole cave. The exp given is very small, and the gold reward is good too
Awesome series from start to finish; despite finishing the game multiple times I learned a lot from your vids. Definitely have earned a break from it, but have considered a charity Four Job Fiesta run next year? Could be a fun live stream. Unless you draw thief...
I've enjoyed this series. If you do return to Final Fantasy V, an idea for a run is to randomly select one class from each crystal (maybe excluding Freelancer and Mime). The decision has to be made when the crystal has been acquired. To keep the run interesting.
So cool to see this wrapped up, but i can't help but feel a little lost, what am i going to do without visiting Zok and the Wonky Ronky Ruins... Maybe I'll see if Leanna has developed an immunity to iocaine powder...
I think a best physical jobs run would be fun. Knight, Berserker, Ranger/Ninja, Samurai. Rapid Fire is broken, but dual wield is crazy strong, and twin lances are awesome through the middle of the game. They would struggle with healing like all physical-only jobs , but it could be a fun run
BeastMaster as one of the best job? that was unexpected! I understand it synergises perfectly with blue mage, but ranger and ninja are so good that it shocks me!
Now that Exdeath has finally been vanquished and the world(s) saved, It's time for around of applause for the true hero... the inanimate Magic Rod! In Rod We Trust.
Glad you picked beastmaster instead of Ninja. With beastmaster, time mage, and chemist, it's all about making the best job in the game (Blue Mage) better, more efficient, and lacking in weakness. Chemist buffs and helps killing things that blue mage cannot (which is like 2 bosses total). Beastmaster helps fill up the spell list of blue mage, and while you could do it with confuse status, it's easier to use control, and also onlylevel 33 flare is missed without otherjobs beyond beast. Great synergies also with capture and release. Time mage buffs every job and can make blue mage deal damage or exploit weaknesses faster. For a 4 job team, this is the best and most efficient loadout you can have. Excellently done wes.
Well, the first fight against ExDeath (in Castle Ex-Death), he can use Level 3 Flare if has more than 16000hp. It's not something common, but he can use it sometimes . So, it's not really missed.
Level 3 flare can be put to good use, but it only has a few uses outside the first phase of exdeath (and the top part in NED) The gargoyles can be easily killed without it, and exdeath in his castle is susceptible to level 2 old. Almost every boss in the game can be killed with level 5 death if you use level 2 old and count the in game ATB tics to the proper level. For exdeath this is 1, so just level 2 old him and spam level 5 death. He can die in 2 actions. Dark spark can half the opponent's level and if it is an odd number, it can then become an even number which is then susceptible to level 2 old. Blue mage is beyond busted even without control.
never knew about the w1 scene with Boko? Aww, yeah ff5 has a ton of story behind it just hidden away. My favorite one is with Bartz and Galuf sharing a drink after joining up in w2
As crazy as it sounds for a same job challenge thief sucks but they are really useful on a balanced team. Dash, Hidden Passage, and Caution end up being fairly useful, plus there is always stuff to steal.
Thief is at its best on a first playthrough when you don't know everything. It's a great utility job with some nice features and good agility for the chicken knife and ATB fills. Once you know how to cheese bosses and manage random battles, it becomes a chore to use outside of mug chicken knife
Ninja has a few synergies with Blue in non-PR versions. Scrolls scale with Magic Power, and Dual Wield Rune Blade does funny damage on Blue Mage. Bard lets you get almost every Blue Magic as early as Beastmaster. The only notable missing ones are 1000 needles (wait for early merged world) and lv3 Flare (Island Shrine) (and you used those a lot when they are optimal). Boost Songs and Apollo Harp are even better than Dragon's Whisker for Dragon kiss damage dealing. What you could have used Beastmaster for is Slow on Catch/Release. With that and Drink/Mix/Hermes Shoes for haste, you could have freed the Water Crystal Job for Summoner or Mystic Knight. I don't know if Quickslip works in PR. Also, whith Blue, don't forget to kill Jackanapes with lv20 Goblin Punch or 1000 needles. No reason but F**k them.
Confuse lets you get blue magic as well, but it is far more tedious. Chemist, white mage, and dancer can all do this too. Early 1K needles is super good, but also not needed to cheese gilgamesh or archeoavis. Masamune can cast partywide haste, but you get that around the same time with time mage, as well as being able to slow all but 2 bosses. Finally, while summoner is fantastic, it takes a while to get going. Until you grab shiva, your only method of dealing with enemies or even shiva herself is the 3 early summons or rod breaking. Another thing is summons can't do single target damage, so that niche is out. Time mage at least has utility to help all other jobs deal damage faster and take damage slower.
It’s funny because Bard could very much be on the best team if used well. I like Beastmaster from this crystal due to the Blue Mage though. It’d be interesting picking a more physical slant to this one. White Mage\Mystic Knight\Ranger\Chemist could be interesting.
Out of all the unique gear that gets pulled up in these, it's kind of odd that the Mirage Vest never came up. Yet... I still can't see a place where it would've been any significant help, either!
Now, here's something I'm curious about. Which jobs have the greatest gulf between how they did as solo jobs, and how they work on a team? I'm thinking like White Mage, which did terribly on its own, but which the game is balanced around you having.
Surprised you never mentioned the synergy of Beastmaster with Chemist -- being able to grind for Dark Matters in world 1 very very easily among a couple other things. Haven't watched the rest of the video so I imagine you DO that but....I'll see I guess.
No more FF5 for awhile. The answer to GBA SJC Jobs is: Not right now, and heres why:
First of all, 3 of them don’t unlock until you’ve got all 4 tablets in the merged world. The 4th isn’t until after you beat the optional super dungeon.
Which leads to the obvious conclusion: “Just mod them in”. Which is what I would have to do.
The problem is the game knows when you get the jobs. Therefore, you don’t get the tools for jobs until you get access to them. Cannoneer is half a job since you don’t get the merchant that sells you ammo until you unlock it.
Necromancer can’t even get abilities until the merged world. There might be a random handful in Galufs World, but theres absolutely nothing in Bartz’ World.
I dont remember much about Oracle. I asserted it was garbage and gave up on it.
The only feasible job would be Gladiator, and thats basically like a hybrid Knight/Dancer except when you high roll it does nutty damage. It also gets Slash-All which just sounds like a free win to me.
I can tell you exactly how these runs will go. Necromancer would just be rod smashing the entire game. I’d farm flame rings and smash fire rods on myself for healing since Necromancers have a bonemail-style undead effect. That would be it until I could start even getting abilities in the merged world. I get a lot of complaints about rod smashing, and thats exactly how this one would be for 90% of the run.
I’m not interested and dont think I can make compelling content for them.
Finally, and most importantly of all: I’m just done with FF5 for the time being. I did 21 playthroughs for the SJC. Then I did Bartz Only for Premium Buster and then Best/Worst Jobs. I’m completely tapped out of FF5.
So what poor game are you looking to strip-mine next? :D
Okay but hear me out: all Dragoon playthrough.
All jobs, all enemies, all NPCs: (っ◔◡◔)っ ♥dragoon♥
Necromancer is just Blue Mage except you can’t properly heal anyway, and Gladiator and Cannoneer contain too much cheese (Open Fire is scaled for endgame enemies, so you one shot everything until around midway through world 2.) Oracle sucks, just a (more) magic-oriented Geomancer, except sometimes the spells hurt you (yay?)
@@BacklogBuster i finish tis run today with all The Four jobs, believe me, extremily fun and worth it.
@@mattmelton7389it’d be fun to see him suffer through ff3. Zodiac Age is really fun for “one class” challenges, since gear is a lot better in that game and many abilities are cross-class. It’s a lot longer game, though
Thanks for this series. You don't know how important what you do can be to people. Its helped me get through the worst year of my life and I'm eternally grateful. Thanks again and happy holidays!
You're welcome. I hope next year is better. Its been rough for lots of people these last few years.
Hey brother hope this next year is better for you. ❤ BIG SMOOCH😂
I'm so glad you picked Blue Mage as part of the best team, because it's my favorite Job bar none.
Really hoping to see Excalipoor Goblin Punch later in the video 🤞
I'll never forgive SE for dropping proper blue magic from the series after FF7.
I tried to get all blue spell and spent 3 hours on the ancient library trying to get Guard Off without success. My mistake is having time mage merge with my beast master, so I wasted the first turn casting Haste 😂
@@deedoubs Quistis in 8 and Kimahri in 10 are blue mages.
@@cb3648, plus Quina from IX... Quina was the designated Blue Mage for FF IX
I was skeptical when I started watching because how can someone make compelling content for 20+ run throughs on the same game. I was very wrong! This has been so much to watch and you wit is the star of the show! Well done and looking forward to the next series!
End of an era. Congrats on all of the entertaining FFV playthroughs. Looking forward to watching whatever your next venture is.
Maybe some Mystic Quest content!
It's interesting that a "best job from each crystal" party and a "best jobs synergistically" party end up pretty similar. The Fire crystal really is the biggest toss up, you could make some kind of argument for most of them. But I really, really can't argue with the efficiency of early 1000 Needles; kinda wish 10k Needles was in this game so that spell didn't completely fall off later. Plus not having to rely on Confuse to get shit like White Wind and Mighty Guard is super nice, obviously.
Also that comment about "what were the devs thinking about letting Blue Mage equip shields", I'm asking what were they thinking giving a half-knight job a strength penalty of like, minus 7 or something. Also cool that you went the level 3 Flare route for Exdeath whereas I went for Level 2 Old; level 66 is a super debilitating level for someone like Exdeath to have.
But yeah, great run. Your FFV stuff has been a super fun ride!
I'm still trying to figure out why the Mystic KNIGHT can't equip KNIGHT Swords >_
@KyRex1783 probably because then it would completely overshadow Knight, is my guess. Obviously Knight is more of a supportive job than Mystic Knight, but them having a unique weapon type is pretty neat.
@@Suprapika It's pretty cool that Gladiators can also use Knight Swords. Something I learned from your videos.
Stingray NEVER uses Mighty Guard IF you CONFUSE IT same with the Wind wind users.
If only Exdeath had level 60 so that all Level etc Magic would work on it, including Level 5 Death. You would think they would think to make the final bosses’ some prime number like 67, but it is in the nature of FFV to allow for some cheese strategies with some jobs.
Obrigado por ter feitos esses desafios. Amo ff5 e seus vídeos foram os melhores que já assistir.
Valeu!
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it.
"Doing what all video game developers should be doing. Making a fun game."
Thanks for all of the runs and I"m looking forward to seeing what you bust form the backlogs next. After all, you're doing the thing all content creators should do, have fun making fun content.
Happy holidays!
Oh no! This is the last real time i'll get to see Zok! Everybody loves Zok!
Thanks for this whoooooooole series! This channel is the reason why Final Fantasy V was my game of the year according to TH-cam. There were many rewatches and it was fun seeing my first Final Fantasy game beaten with every job (GBA excluded). Like many others have said, it must have been difficult to make every play through interesting but you made it happen!
Thank you for all the FF5 content. It's been fun and I'm glad to see a run with an easier premise to finish it off!
Its been a hell of a ride, and this last one is a great unexpected Christmas gift.
Here's to you, you glorious, masochist, absolute Chad.
Going to miss the FF5 videos, but they were a blast while they were around.
"Don't cry because they're gone, smile because they were here"
I must say, your commentary during this whole series was hilarious. You definitely have a great talent for content creation. Looking forward to your next series. Great job, dude!
What an amazing ride. This content brought me here and made me a supporter. Hopefully we get more rpg challanges.
The first time I did a four job fiesta the team I rolled was Blue Mage, Time Mage, Ranger, and Chemist. It's like being handed a win.
What a fantastic set of videos good sir, every single one objectively played the same game but the variations in strategy and storytelling edits made each one felt unique. Excited to see what you decide to do from here
I hate seeing this series end, but it’s brought back so many memories from the old snes system and when they ported it to the PS1. I know you’re done with FF5 runs for a while, but the next time you decide to do one, you should do the 4 best “physically” oriented jobs since you went with mages this run aka true grug incarnate! Keep up the awesome content! 😁
This has been an amazing series. I stumbled on it when the berserker vid came out. I eagerly awaited for each subsequent video and was not disappointed. This gave me a new found appreciation for FF5. Thanks again my dude!
Okay now that I've actually seen the video I have to say I'm stoked that Blue Mage was chosen. The mysterious man in the mask with its bff Beastmaster crushed it. BLU being undoubtedly being my favorite FF job and it was great to see a FF5 run with BLU at its full potential. Though of course Chemist and Time Mage were no slouch either. You could also say that Black Mage and Summoner had their hand in the run too with the Magic Lamp and rod smashing.
Really enjoyed this series, thank you for making it. Also, my name is Carlos, do hearing "Karlabos" every video never stopped making my ears perk up like a cat hearing the can opener
Time and Blue Mages are excellent choices because many of their "best" spells (Level 5 Death, Death Claw, Meteor, any buff) don't actually use Magic stat, so they still work as effective on jobs with lower Magic stat like the Beastmaster.
With my recent run of FFV, i have figured out that Black Mage and Summoner is quite a combo. Having access to a full party reflect in Carbuncle is nice to absolutely melt a single target(which is most bosses). Firing off a 50% damage spell at 4 targets results in a 200% damage spell. Doing 6k damage in a single turn(12k if you have doublecast) on an enemy with neutral element resistance feels quite strong on a lvl 30 party.(At the final dungeon at lvl 30 with just this combo of -aga reflect)
Don't sleep on Golem, he basically carries
@@SullySadface love golem
Carbuncle still sucks if bosses LIVE long enough so that when you try to reflect a spell it hits your OWN party (and reflect isn't in effect) instead of RESUMMONING it just steal 3 to 4 reflect rings in the phoenix tower and use those instead.
But for Twin Tania if USING Physical hits/Gil Toss use 4x Coral ring users it counters all physical hits/broken Rods in the Pixel remaster with TIDAL WAVE and ALL SPELL damage with Mega Flare EVERY time you hit it with the respective attack.
@@veghesther3204 In a normal balanced team, yes this would be correct. My party was magic-centric, so i didn't need a second cast of Carbuncle. Speaking of Twintania, he seems to counter magic with mega flare(which is also reflectable for extra damage). Kinda fun to watch him kill himself with counters, i didn't even need to have a coral ring equipped.
I prefer 4x CORAL ring users Gil toss I had IT do more damage then Bahamut Twin Tania counters Gil toss with Tidal Wave.
FFV has always been my favorite FF game and seeing this suite of vids focusing on them in a fun way has been a treat. Thanks for the fun content!
Throwing my hat into the ring for Final Fantasy Tactics job challenges.
I completely get being toasted on FF5. This was a fascinating series to watch, and I'm really glad you did it. Thank you for sharing this journey with us. :3
Loved this series so much. FF5 is my favorite game ever and seeing all the love people gave it here made me so happy seeing how loved this game is
Now you have to beat FF5 using only the medium-est jobs!
My goodness you’re absolutely right!
THE PEOPLE DEMAND IT!!
If that ever happens then I would think it would be:
Wind: Knight. The 3 mages are too powerful and Monk and Thief are weak, so Knight is an easy choice here.
Water: Red Mage. So, it was hard for me to choose between this and Mystic Knight. Summoner, time mage are high tier. Mime takes too long and good with other setups like Mimic release breath wing. And Berserker is bottom tier. Red Mage can rod smash, but only red mage. Mystic Knight might synergize too well with Dancer and Knight with elemental weakness and sword dance/two-handed sword. However, with Mystic Knight and the team setup u are basically single target, which might make Neo Ex-Death a little harder. Red Mage with Rod Smash does give u the target all u need. If u plan on dealing with super bosses as well take the mystic knight then cause thunder 3 sword would destroy Omega.
Fire: Beastmaster. Ranger and Ninja are top tier where Bard and Geomancer are bottom tier. Beastmaster is right in the middle.
Earth: Dancer. The reason he won't do it lol. Chemist and Samurai are S tier and Dragoon is bottom tier, so Dancer is the only option.
Encore!
Or only two characters at a time!
Loved all the FF5 content dude - lots of funny lines and moments, and just overall memorable. Thanks for the fun!
fun fact - not only does sap damage YOU during stopped time, it damages enemies during stop time, and doesn't run out its duration the way it normally would. This leads to the strategy known as QuickLeak, where you inflict Sap and then activate Quick and only use the first action, trapping the enemy in stopped time as the game waits for your second input. Every enemy in the game is vulnerable to this, including all the super bosses and Neo Exdeath. Downside: the damage rate is comically low, meaning using it against any of the powerful bosses takes many, many hours of waiting in stopped time for them to die.
Sap in PR specifically is extremely slow, and does run out even between Quick turns so it's not viable in most cases.
There was no whip sound effect when you grabbed the flame lash. Run failed
*insert red failure stamp*
If you're still looking for suggestions/ideas etc. how about crystal only party. As in each party member has the job you choose, but the jobs available to choose are only from the fire crystal (or the other 3 crystals separately). And each party member has to have a different job of that crystal at all times.
Added challenge? No rod smashing, but you're the boss.
Love the vids btw.
I know this is a little late in coming, but you don't have to eat the full 1500 damage from the bombs' self destruct.
The damage is based on their remaining HP, so you can whittle them down a little and then tank like a 300 HP self-destruct instead.
This series has truly been my comfort series since the first. Thanks for the great content Wes, excited to see what you do regardless of what it is.
Like last video, may the content never die
I'm going to miss this series so much, thanks for the videos.
I can't believe Backlog Buster was the Bay Area Blue Mage
I was not expecting a new one, these are my favorite videos of the year! Thanks for all of them! 😁
I really want to see you go through the bonus dungeon on the advance version.
A fantastic series coming to an end. I really look forward to seeing what you do next, I found your channel about 7 jobs in and have watched the entire series. Whatever you do, I hope you take a well earned break.
The algorithm brought me in early, one minute in and I was hooked!
Thank you for completing this series and inspiring so many of us to do our own zany ffv runs!
Strange to think that the worst jobs video eliminated the "weeb jobs" almost immediately for being too good, but somehow neither made the cut for the best jobs party. Also strange that Beastmaster made the cut, but given that you took blue mage, it makes sense. Love the content as always, can't wait to see what you do next
they get a ton of passives and commands to learn and are definitely strong picks but I feel like the only thing that goes into truly busted territory is giltoss, which just requires gil farming (which is kind of boring to watch honestly, no synergy either).
Honestly, it kinda shows the difference between being independently good and being synergistically good.
Ninja and samurai are powerful on their own, as is ranger. but when it comes to making a strong team, in this context a beastmaster is the better pick.
The toolsets of both Ninja and Samurai don't mix well with a lot of classes or make them that much stronger, whereas beastmaster both unlocks the full potential of blue mage and brings some tactical utility of his own in the process.
Quite often, having a good force multiplier and team player is better than having a squad of largely independently strong characters. you see this all the time in team based games. the whole "you don't need tactics when the enemy is dead" is more of a nice idea than an actual truism, like yea, that'd be great. but all out offense isn't gonna work in every situation, and once you blow your load you're gonna wish you had all that support and utility you passed up for more numbers.
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That's an extremely good summary, because the synergy aspect is massively important. Beastmaster does more with Blue Mage than even Ninja ever could.
I would add that as absurdly powerful as Samurai is, Chemist is the one job that can actually solo both secret bosses as far as I'm aware. Mix is just that redonkulous if you have the ingredients.
@@davidmahoney9877Look at his "worst jobs" video. Even the "worst" jobs actually managed to function because they had a decent synergy. Except Dragoon, fuck Dragoon lol
On the first day of Christmas the Backlog gave to me
ZOK!
I had thoughts that maybe Summoner would be a good pick to add that extra couple stat points to a Beastmaster packing the Flame Lash. But Time Mage was just so useful!
Delicious rod-boosted emission/flamethrower efficiency. XD
I'm glad you finally got your hands on a Dragon's Beard, after all that grinding. Seeing the bosses get dragoned up for the bonus damage made it even better. :D
_Technically_ you can get fire absorbtion from !Mix. If you can find 4 turns to spare, and don't mind it wearing off over time or disappearing upon death. D:
It felt good watching a Beastmaster be the damage dealer against Omega. That was cool!
Treeform ExDeath died as he lived, meteor spam.
Congratulations on making an entire series! Years from now I'm going to get one of these in-jokes stuck in my head and no one is going to get it XD
41:00 thank you everyone around me has always kept insisting that bird king Bahamut is a dragon.
this sort of "dragon thats not a dragon" annoyed the hell out of me in Fire Emblem Engage, where you fight a lot of Dragons that are not "Dragons" but "Fell Dragons" therefore, not affected by the dozens of Dragon slaying weapons you get in that game, you know, the weapons designed specifically to kill evil dragons that don't work against these evil dragons.
@@mauricesteel4995 That can only be the work of miserable people.
Nice synergy picking Beastmaster, not the best job from the fire crystal but it works really well with Blue and Chemist.
-A fun trick to try next time you have Blue + Chemist: Wendigo is level 7, don't attack it at all. Hit one of your choice with 2 dark sparks and it will be level 1. Give it a samson power mix to make it level 11, and then one more dark spark to make it level 5. L5 Death kills it, in older versions you need to tap one of the other forms for it to realize it's dead. I haven't tested this on PR yet, but it should just kill the boss without doing any actual damage at all.
-Sad what a pain it is to get the dragon whip, I think stealing it from Shinryu is the fastest method but then the game is almost completely over at that point so you barely even get to use it. Killing Shinryu with its own whisker though, is a power move.
-Beating Omega with a solo Chemist gets you a PhD in Chemistry, lots of fun mixing involved that is basically beyond anything else you need to do in the game but fun to learn.
Thank you so much for the series, you don't know how much they meant to me it was something that'd cheer me up often as I had an overall really rough year but your series made it so much better and helped me a lot, so thank you for that
Summoner vs Time Mage is difficult, but Time Mage can equip staffs which Summoner and Blue Mage can'ts, so they can use the healing staff for free cura or undead damage while having time magic and another skill to use. Also gives you the choice of using the flail and morning star.
Your content is amazing and so much fun to watch. Thank you so much for it
Great way to cap off an awesome series. Well done!
13:40 - I started a new run of this game on the defunct iOS version because your content has been making me want to play it again. I got to Iron Claw, had my Blue Mages all ready… and then Faris Berserker hit with her axe for a high roll of over 800 damage. Poor Iron Claw didn’t even get a hit in, let alone Death Claw.
Sometimes you gotta floorzerker, it's a legit strat with blue mage or the angry character will ruin your spell learning efforts lol
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I know that now, but no way was I going to watch Tsuze die again and redo the entire Escape sequence just so I could get Death Claw a little early lol. Anyway, I’ve been having a blast but my grinding tendencies have me in the Nut Eater / Skull Eater cave grinding JP now. I’ll probably leave when somebody learns Rapid Fire from Ranger
@@Hadaron Just a reminder that grinding JP from the statues in Galuf's castle basement with L5 Death should be a lot faster than jacole cave. The exp given is very small, and the gold reward is good too
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Yeah, I know, I just don’t want to leave World 1 quite yet. I don’t want to miss anything before I go.
Awesome series i watched all episode!
Once again you've spoiled us with another victory lap. ❤
So overall... FF5 is a very great game. :D
yes gaem gud
Awesome series from start to finish; despite finishing the game multiple times I learned a lot from your vids. Definitely have earned a break from it, but have considered a charity Four Job Fiesta run next year? Could be a fun live stream. Unless you draw thief...
Thanks for all the FF5 content
42:43 You can teach him blue spells! Whoa!
He has special script changes as reactions to 7 different blue spells, this is just by far the funniest one lol
I really enjoyed this series and look forward to whatever is next!
I've enjoyed this series. If you do return to Final Fantasy V, an idea for a run is to randomly select one class from each crystal (maybe excluding Freelancer and Mime). The decision has to be made when the crystal has been acquired. To keep the run interesting.
Amazing video. Maybe FFT or FF9 next?
So cool to see this wrapped up, but i can't help but feel a little lost, what am i going to do without visiting Zok and the Wonky Ronky Ruins... Maybe I'll see if Leanna has developed an immunity to iocaine powder...
It is odorless, tasteless, and dissolves instantly in liquid. Lenna's favorite
Congratulations on finally finishing off ff5. Im curious to see what you have in store for next year.
I think a best physical jobs run would be fun. Knight, Berserker, Ranger/Ninja, Samurai.
Rapid Fire is broken, but dual wield is crazy strong, and twin lances are awesome through the middle of the game. They would struggle with healing like all physical-only jobs , but it could be a fun run
BeastMaster as one of the best job? that was unexpected! I understand it synergises perfectly with blue mage, but ranger and ninja are so good that it shocks me!
Control in a normal party is ultimate cheese in every FF it shows up in
Are you sure you don’t want to take a crack at Byblos again with all white mages?
the random Marlon Brando ''Look how they massacred mah boy'' gets me every single time.
Thanks for the run buddy. So what's next on your list?
The fantastic 4...4 jobs that compliment and strengthen each other.
I wasn't sold on this team until the red dragon. Nice
Edit: another fun Exdeath nuke is L2 Old and then just spam L5 Death until you get lucky
1 atb tic, baby!
Oh ,death by math strats.
35:08 WHERE IS MY WHIP SOUND??!! I NEED IT 😢😢😢
Holy crap - I just realized that the ''Lady in the back'' of Neo-Exdeath is the Goddess statue, and the two beside her are Demon and Fiend from FF6 :O
Merry Christmas everyone. and thank you backlog for another amazing video!
Chemist deserves a spot just based on the fact that it let you use the word "chicanery" in a sentence.
Now that Exdeath has finally been vanquished and the world(s) saved, It's time for around of applause for the true hero... the inanimate Magic Rod!
In Rod We Trust.
In Rods We Bust
*Sees blue mage in the thumbnail
Hoo boy, here we go again
Hey, maybe you could this challenge for FFX-2? That would make for a fun series as well.
10:58 John Locke moment 😂 I love Lost
I'm always in the corner, watching him bust
Glad you picked beastmaster instead of Ninja. With beastmaster, time mage, and chemist, it's all about making the best job in the game (Blue Mage) better, more efficient, and lacking in weakness. Chemist buffs and helps killing things that blue mage cannot (which is like 2 bosses total).
Beastmaster helps fill up the spell list of blue mage, and while you could do it with confuse status, it's easier to use control, and also onlylevel 33 flare is missed without otherjobs beyond beast. Great synergies also with capture and release.
Time mage buffs every job and can make blue mage deal damage or exploit weaknesses faster.
For a 4 job team, this is the best and most efficient loadout you can have. Excellently done wes.
Well, the first fight against ExDeath (in Castle Ex-Death), he can use Level 3 Flare if has more than 16000hp. It's not something common, but he can use it sometimes . So, it's not really missed.
Level 3 flare can be put to good use, but it only has a few uses outside the first phase of exdeath (and the top part in NED)
The gargoyles can be easily killed without it, and exdeath in his castle is susceptible to level 2 old. Almost every boss in the game can be killed with level 5 death if you use level 2 old and count the in game ATB tics to the proper level. For exdeath this is 1, so just level 2 old him and spam level 5 death. He can die in 2 actions.
Dark spark can half the opponent's level and if it is an odd number, it can then become an even number which is then susceptible to level 2 old.
Blue mage is beyond busted even without control.
i was really hoping you'd do this
Honestly it's just cool that you made me appreciate whips and beastmaster a lot more from these vids. I just never bothered with them.
Nice on getting a dragon beard within 5 minutes of leaving the shrine!! I thought you weren't gonna get it lol
never knew about the w1 scene with Boko? Aww, yeah ff5 has a ton of story behind it just hidden away. My favorite one is with Bartz and Galuf sharing a drink after joining up in w2
Blue mage is best mage confirmed.
Its got everything you could possibly want, and a bunch of stuff you dont!
Yes was hoping for this
Victory lap time!
So after 23 runs 1 battle against shinryu noice loved the series
As crazy as it sounds for a same job challenge thief sucks but they are really useful on a balanced team. Dash, Hidden Passage, and Caution end up being fairly useful, plus there is always stuff to steal.
Thief is at its best on a first playthrough when you don't know everything. It's a great utility job with some nice features and good agility for the chicken knife and ATB fills.
Once you know how to cheese bosses and manage random battles, it becomes a chore to use outside of mug chicken knife
Ninja has a few synergies with Blue in non-PR versions. Scrolls scale with Magic Power, and Dual Wield Rune Blade does funny damage on Blue Mage.
Bard lets you get almost every Blue Magic as early as Beastmaster. The only notable missing ones are 1000 needles (wait for early merged world) and lv3 Flare (Island Shrine) (and you used those a lot when they are optimal). Boost Songs and Apollo Harp are even better than Dragon's Whisker for Dragon kiss damage dealing.
What you could have used Beastmaster for is Slow on Catch/Release. With that and Drink/Mix/Hermes Shoes for haste, you could have freed the Water Crystal Job for Summoner or Mystic Knight.
I don't know if Quickslip works in PR.
Also, whith Blue, don't forget to kill Jackanapes with lv20 Goblin Punch or 1000 needles. No reason but F**k them.
Confuse lets you get blue magic as well, but it is far more tedious. Chemist, white mage, and dancer can all do this too.
Early 1K needles is super good, but also not needed to cheese gilgamesh or archeoavis.
Masamune can cast partywide haste, but you get that around the same time with time mage, as well as being able to slow all but 2 bosses.
Finally, while summoner is fantastic, it takes a while to get going. Until you grab shiva, your only method of dealing with enemies or even shiva herself is the 3 early summons or rod breaking. Another thing is summons can't do single target damage, so that niche is out. Time mage at least has utility to help all other jobs deal damage faster and take damage slower.
I find it funny that just a team of full Summoners finished the game over 2 hours faster than the "best" team 😂
since he was just going straight to the boss there it makes sense, while here he farmed an hour for dragon beard alone to prepare for the superbosses
It’s funny because Bard could very much be on the best team if used well. I like Beastmaster from this crystal due to the Blue Mage though.
It’d be interesting picking a more physical slant to this one. White Mage\Mystic Knight\Ranger\Chemist could be interesting.
Maybe the title should have been "how fast can you," as opposed to "can you?"
Worst jobs, check
Best jobs, check
Now, can you beat final fantasy 5 using the most mid jobs?
Wow i really enjoyed this one
FFT, FFT, FFT, FFT!
Will A. Zeppil stops mad elephant by turning it into a frog and punching it!
Last time we'll here "back row ok,baby!"
I would have picked the summoner over Time wizard. But it is because I am a sucker for summons :)
Out of all the unique gear that gets pulled up in these, it's kind of odd that the Mirage Vest never came up. Yet... I still can't see a place where it would've been any significant help, either!
The vest is better in old versions like SNES and GBA because you can utilize a glitch to refresh the Image on it as often as you want in battle.
Now, here's something I'm curious about. Which jobs have the greatest gulf between how they did as solo jobs, and how they work on a team? I'm thinking like White Mage, which did terribly on its own, but which the game is balanced around you having.
Surprised you never mentioned the synergy of Beastmaster with Chemist -- being able to grind for Dark Matters in world 1 very very easily among a couple other things. Haven't watched the rest of the video so I imagine you DO that but....I'll see I guess.