That Miguel twist was made even more impactful with that unforgettable mournful battle theme and the broken Leene's Bell pocket dimension in background. You never forget a fight like that.
I remember getting stuck at Miguel as a kid. Literally just beat him with Lynx, Harle, Norris with no deaths. Harle’s LV 5 tech will protect anyone from going down to Holy Dragon sword, then just keep everyone’s HP in the high 200’s with Heal Alls. He definitely catches you off guard with the difficulty spike but I went in with no strategy and whooped him doing this.
Harlie still sucks on a 1st run I still had Holy Dragon Sword HER lv 5 tech used and I still had it to enough damage to 1 shot a 300 HP Lynx/250 HP Harlie INSTANTLY with it and even with Diminish used and Harlie NOT in the party I still barely had a 300 HP Lynx survive 1 use of Holy Dragon Sword IF ever. The PS1 version had a limited about of space/letters for techs/elements which is why the PS1 version had it as Holydragswd when he hits you you with it.
From one diehard Chrono Cross fan to another...you NAILED this list, Erick! I was curious where Miguel was going to be on your list and seeing him at #1 made me smile honestly. I have always prided myself on being prepared for boss battles and being able to strategize on the fly but I still remember getting completely WRECKED by Miguel the first time I faced him. He's not even close to being one of the final bosses in the game yet his battle is epically hard. I love Harle as well but I couldn't agree more with you buddy. You definitely don't want any black innate characters in this battle (although Lynx can't be helped). Dario is a solid #2 choice as well btw. He is very, very strong. The two bosses in Terra Tower that made your list literally prevented a good friend of mine from beating the game! He simply wasn't strong enough to defeat either boss so he gave up.
As soon as he said miguel. I had vietnam flashback, i actually used harley lynx and get this, janice. She was just a buffer and could be placed with anyone but she had the third most help at the time
I looked at this and immediately thought, "Chrono Cross bosses aren't all THAT bad!". Then you got to Miguel and I was like, "Yep, THAT boss is THAT bad". I guess I purged the bad memory because it was just THAT bad.
I am a hard core CC kinda guy. I played it as a teenager. At first i was dubious when Dario wasnt #1. But then i heard that name. Miguel. Definitely. As a kid, i created an unwinnable gamestate with this guy as i didnt have the right party composition or items before entering the silent sea. I must have died and reset over 50 times. Granted, i was just a dumb kid and this was pretty much pre-internet (tho gamefaqs existed i didnt want to use), still, he haunts me. Maybe he did have plot armor. The difficulty of the game is very easy for me now, but thats life. There is something really timeless about this battle.
I'm surprised Garai isn't that high on your list, considering how I died to Garai twice on my first playthrough over a decade ago despite using a strategy guide from the internet. Even with Diminish, Garai still hits like a truck and and my healings couldn't keep up. As for Miguel, I surprisingly didn't run into any big troubles at beating him while using the same Diminish strategy that apparently didn't help much against Garai. Seems like I had a similar experience to whoever wrote that old, printed strategy guide I also referenced during my first playthrough - with Garai being considered as the hardest boss and Miguel being only a little less difficult than Garai. Dario? That is why bringing Fargo into the Black Dragon fight (or into whichever dragon fights) is a must. A Black Plate stolen from the Black Dragon makes Riddel IMMUNE to Dario's Black-elemental attacks, so you are free to load her up with White offensive spells and have her as the ONLY character casting those White spells.
I had a lot of trouble with garai but it's on me. I didn't quite understand the mechanics and was using a magazine to get directions since my English was terrible at time. If I had some more knowledge about the game mechanics I'd have an easier time with him. Funny enough I got hang of Dario quite easily by myself.
He should be on this list without the PS4 cheats Triple Cut/Will Breaker will easily do over 300 damage Lynx killing him instantly and Harlie's lv 5 tech will still NOT make him or her SURVIVE it.
Ozzie: what no honorable mention? Flea: duuude whyy Slash: we’re giving away a curved sword, a sash and ozzie’s pants you can wear it on your head too 😄
agreed this cross was very easy imo except for Dario, I also had trouble with optional boss dragoon rider in front of the fort . but that boss only appears if you are under leveled
Diminish is also your best friend. Pair that with Sprigg's Doppelgang into either WightKnight (if you got it) or Lagoonate makes the fight a lot easier.
11:28 I have to kinda disagree. I fought Dario after stealing the Black Plate. If you consistently have Riddel hit him with white elements (wearing the black plate) while having your other two characters hit him with red elements, then he should not get an actual turn in and just counter-attacks. Red elements make him counter with numble which doesn't really have much effect. White elements triggers a powerful black tech, but don't damage the black plate wearer. But, if you don't know what you're doing, this fight could be tough. Thanks for great content though.
After watching this video I decided to load up CC and give Miguel a shot. There are probably strategy guides that already have mentioned this, but I found the strategy I used after repeated deaths somewhat poetic. As I read the guys dialog for the seventh time I thought to myself perhaps he tells you how to beat him. The answer was status effects. Changing the unchanging place of Miguel. Every time I used one no matter the color he used his strong or weak minded magic on his turn. I didn't see holy dragon sword once. Maybe it was luck, but I tried this strategy several times and had the same results. I ended up beating him with physical attacks alone somewhat quickly. Honestly, I was so surprised I wanted to share it with my fellow fans.
Moonglasses really makes beating some of these bosses easier. The straight 25% Damage reduction is a godsend. Grabbed them in my 2nd playthrough and you don't know how many times it saved me haha
On a 2nd run those are NOT useful at all due to stealing the armors off all 6 Dragon bosses and letting Lynx/Serge absorb those as for Dario its nearly impossible to poison him since theirs barely any way to CAUSE that besides From Carnivore which in turn I'll never actually use it.
I played this game on the original playstation and the best tip I can give is make sure you buy your elemental traps as early as possible. Some elements can only be obtained through them and that's a great strategy against certain bosses.
yep this is accurate when you played it when your a kid in the 90s and u just rely on offensive elements. but now I finished it quite easily doing basic attacks and buffs and debuffs rather than using spells, diminish is a lifesaver when u do it like what I do and I use sprigg for damage and buffs with wight night. i just did this style coz I dont fight random encounter in the remaster so I lack the money to buy multiple elements and traps it turns out its much more easier to debuff their magic attacks using diminish then buff ur normal attacks with stamina ACC ull be attacking fierce attack a lot doing massive dmg. plus eagle eyes too .
I like the theory that Miguel is an older Crono (or a version of him from an alternate timeline), and the difficulty of the boss really adds weight to it
Yeah. When I saw Miguel in the #1 spot. I remembered that theory. I like it too. The red hair, the name of his daughter, the white/lightning element and the fact that it is stuck in the Leene Square being the hardest boss of the game.
Some of these will be tough on a first time player, but my biggest tip i could give a new player for bosses is to take advantage of the fact you can run from any enemy including bosses. Buy all the trap elements (probably anywhere from 2-5 of each minus the summons) and when you notice a boss uses one of those elements run away and set the traps to your grid so you can both negate the damage and gain a powerful new element.
I’ll never forget how happy I was as a young teen replaying chrono cross, and FINALLY being able to beat Miguel 😭. That man was op for NO reason, and what makes it even crazier is his appearance. Like how a guy looks like that, BUT be on some final boss type shitttt 😂
Some of the ones I found particularly hard when I first played the game way back when: The Dwarves/The Hi-Ho Tank, the Hydra, Garai, Sun-of-a-Gun, Miguel, pretty much all of the dragons. Of course, at the time I played this game it was my very first RPG game and I didn't quite understand the concepts such as better equipment and strategy, so I lost quite a lot before I got a handle on it.
One tip in the Dario fight is to put the Black Plate from the Black Dragon on her. It really helps protect her Dario tends to target her for Elements, at least he did for me. Surprised FATE wasn't on here, as she can be hard, though like with Dario, the Black Plate on Serge really helps.
Using Red elements on Dario (Inferno, Magma Burst and even Fireball) is the best and secure strategy. On first turn just use first attack and a Level 1 Red element. He will use Nimble. Second use first attack until your Stamina remain 1.0, then use red element, he will use Nimble. Keep doing this and you will beat Dario with no damage.
this is a great list I'm playing radical dreamers edition first time ever playing the game, this channel has great coverage of crono cross. dario was the hardest for me, haven't fought sphinx yet, got through miguel the first try but omg that holy dragon sword though and I was using a guide for my first playthrough so my characters and gear were optimal
On the other hand, if you learn to use the traps (and know when to equip them) they can really be a life saver in some of these battles. I've learned to always trap Ultra Nova from the Sky Dragon.
I'm late, but the easiest way to beat Dario is to put the black plate on Riddel and have her pummel him with your best White elements. He'll counter with Conductarod (his powerful Black attack), which will heal her to full, which is good because he seems to focus his physical attacks on her.
Sun of a Gun really? He can be easily beaten by using weak attacks all the time, he only has like 300 HP. I would put Marcy or Mini Dragon instead, at the point in the game where you fight them they are challenging
A lot of defenses against the bosses I saw would be Trap elements. You completely negate damage AND snag a powerful element to use to use after the fight! The best part? You can RUN AND KEEP the trapped elements! Interesting list tho man, I love this game so much and its fascinating to see how others play it
You say that there's no way to completely defend against attacks like Super Nova but you're forgetting one thing: Trap Elements. They probably won't be available to you until mid to late game but once you get them, you can set a trap early in the fight and it'll completely negate that particular enemy attack and as a bonus, you'll get the element to use yourself later. Pretty solid and accurate list otherwise. I remember the first time I played the game, it took me the better part of a week to get past Miguel. Of course I was a stupid kid who was used to just barreling through problems in my games so it helped teach me to stop and think strategically. Another note for Darius: Use only Green elements to heal. It's safer that way.
Love this game and list is tru for new players esp back when we were kids. But as a vet none of these bosses are hard only Dairo if you fight him before you take on the dragons. The biggest thing new and old players do not know is the hidden star your get fighting up to 5 battles after you receive a real star. People plz do not turn off the no encounter and make sure you fight 5 times after you killed a boss even if you need to back track cause 80% of the time you get a hidden star and it ads up greatly!
That only for the ones you used on party, them one battle it's enough for others sometimes Tho, it's almost impossible do it with all stars, like Viper > Lynx. I remember when I was a kid I managed to get serge with 957hp at 99 stars and Leah capped. It's like 5hp per star if you maximize it. Also, 0 star count too.
You know I've played chrono cross over a dozen times and I somehow never knew about Criosphinx, I always thought Dario was the only super boss you could do besides the NG+ ozzie gang.
@@UltimaTheSeraph Nope, it's in the original. You have to activate the Sand Boil on Earth Dragon Isle in home world. Fun facts though; the elements you use are in the order to use on the final boss later to get the true ending and if you beat it the Hard way (Aka not solving the riddles) The reward is pretty good: it's an accessory that boosts the wearers damage output by 25%
I'm going to be binge watching everything you have for Chrono Cross. Really excited to finally be playing this game and wanna make sure I do it right. Thank you sir for all the info and tips! edit: Son of Sun is back!? Yup definitely needed to see this. In Chrono Trigger that boss will destroy you without a guide.
My friend never played cc before and died to sun of a gun multiple times. But, believe it or not, didn't struggle at all with Miguel. He beat him first attempt. I watched it and I was absolutely floored hahaha
Trap Elements not only invalidate spells like Ultranova, they STEAL them! A single high-level Element trap could easily turn those tough fights around. Also, taking someone of a similar Element type as the boss into the fight, and making them a healer, really levels the playing field.
Overall a fairly easy game, but Dario, Garai and Miguel could definitely be challenging. The final boss can also be a pain if you're going for the best ending.
I mean I went through it only using the walkthrough for the items and characters but I didn't really look up the part on how to beat bosses. It was more due to a compeltionist attitude than anything.
Many bosses can get REALLY easy if you just abuse trap elements, specially those mid/late bosses like the dragons and fort dragonia ones. You can make yourself a good arsenal of level 5 elements at Buniyp (inferno and free fall) and Son of a Gun (holy light)
@@gary9708 I farmed those elements like crazy. Also, the last fight against Solt and Pepper are good resource for Earth Quake and ThundaStorm as well. Dario and Miguel are the only bosses that you needed to cheese. Miguel is arguable harder because you didn't have late game cheese equipment in regular New Game while Dario could be completely neutralized with Black Plate or Red element cheese. Fire mini Dragon was actually harder due to early game stats as well.
@@zhaoyun255 Please stop, nostalgia is hitting hard right now and I'm really tempted to play it for the 12th time hahahaha I need to finish Tales of Vesperia rn D:
Yeah on my first playthrough I heard about traps from Solt and Peppor but didn't know where to get them. Looked it up and headed over to Marbule before going through with Fort Dragonia.
The only real purpose the fight with Criosphinx serves is to teach you which order to cast elements in to you use Chrono Cross. There isn't really a point to the boss fight otherwise. I think that the first time through only Miguel actually gave me a ton of trouble through the game because I wasn't prepared for his Holy Dragon Sword. It's certainly a boss fight that'll teach you the importance of looking at the field effect and just how big of a difference it can actually make in the amount of damage you received. Dario might've also been extremely difficult. But everything after the Lynx/Serge portion of game (basically after Son of a Gun) is surprisingly really easy (particularly if you recruited Glenn). It's kind of odd. So I actually found the differences in difficulty for some bosses to be extremely lopsided at times.
and without the Yellow Plate/PS4 enemies can't hit you with anything cheat its nearly impossible even at star lv 99 850 to 999 HP its TRIPLE Yellow elements can and WOULD still KILL 3x 999 HP party members EASILY.
I'm sitting here wondering if I even fought that thing as a kid because I finished the game once for the best ending fighting the Time Devourer and that was it. My plan was to get all the characters and get the best ending and that was it. Chrono Trigger on the other hand I made sure to get all the endings. Might need to check it out.
In the part of the hydra I saw you were using sea swallow and I believe Leenas first weapon too. Before viper manor I had copper swallow. After you get the boat, you can go to water dragon island to farm iron and have iron weapons for all 3 characters before hydra. First time I played, I thought it was hard, but if you focus on equips and allocate good elements, most of the game is easy. But I kinda agree with your list
Actually the hardest bosses weren't typically the final boss in JRPG's. It was usually the optional bosses (when they had them), which by tradition has carried into modern times. FF was notorious for this. I think even the earlier DW/DQ had fights harder than the final. Even Chrono trigger the final could be easy or hard depending on how you tackled it and which era you went after it. Final bosses are typically set at a difficulty to match on par with the rest of the progression throughout the game. Some broke status quo, so you realize I'm not saying all of them. But there was definitely a big trend with optional or post game fights being way more challenging than the final boss.
9:20 "there's nothing at all at completely protects you from them (high level magic elements)" yeah no hard counter except for trap elements like trap ultra Nova. Not only does traps stop all damage from the spell but also gains the element to use later.
So maybe it's because I did all the side quests and optional bosses, but I didn't have any issues with any of the bosses. Hell, I didn't even have any issues with the final boss either. In fact, I was struggling to NOT kill the final boss before I could properly use the CC for the good ending 😂 Everyone is making comments about Miguel, but I went into that fight with Lynx, Fargo, and Spriggs. I pretty much used that party up until the point I got Riddel and and swapped her in, removing Spriggs. And then when Serge was reborn, I swapped Fargo out with Glenn.
Honestly I can’t recall ever getting stuck at Miguel even when playing back in the day. It’s not a flex just he never gave me a problem lol. Dario on the other hand I can agree he is up there.
For me only Darius was the one i had to try many times and until i found out and did use only fire attacks , the game kind of mimics your playstyle , so if you are too aggressive he will do as well, but they dont have the limit of one use of a skill/magic for battle , so i end up using more the same strategy i use to be able to summon chrono cross at the last boss , build up charges to max, keep stamina full , then pick a turn and dish all at once and recover def until it is back to it . Dunno if this is true or i just was lucky, but if you have stamina and press right or left when attacking , you can pass the turn to the next character if they have stamina to attack , so i end up with my characters attacking a lot before the enemy gets their turn, but then i am in cooldown , i use this on ehte last boss so i can use 6 magic before he messes up the collor order .
i dont think i need to explain that ever action inside a battle restore 1 stamina for everyone not acting , and that each attack has a different cost and al skill/magic always cost 7 stamina , so attacking l-m-h+skill/magic = 13 stamina spend , meaning you will have to wait a long time before anything you can do , so starting with 6l to build up charge is a good idea and trying to keep passing the turn to your allies is good
Dario is easy if you know the strategy. Equip Riddle with the Black plate. Use Glenn or another character with good physical damage as your third party member. Load Riddle up with white elements. Attack with Serge and your third party member USING ONLY PHYSICAL ATTACKS. Attack with Riddle using a white element every round. Dario will always attack Riddle first until she dies so as long as you don’t use elements with your other two characters Dario will leave them alone. Every time you use the white element with riddle he will retaliate with his black tech but it will heal the physical damage he has done to Riddle because of the black plate. If Riddle happens to die, revive and heal her immediately with the other 2 party members.
No she is still PURE CRAP ONLY Black Plate Serge/Lynx on a first run NEVER on Riddle against Dario and NO she won't always be HIT by Dario in the first attack which is why the Black Plate should NEVER be equipped on her she won't survive his 3x NORMAL hits anyways.
In my original PS1 run years ago, I wanna say the only boss that gave me a lot of trouble was Garai, he was a bastard lol. I didn’t try Cryosphinx till either New Game + or post game, and I saved Dario for last in my normal game and knew how to handle both super bosses….Garai on the other hand, isn’t optional and is tougher to prep for…..I honestly don’t remember Miguel being that damn tough, I kinda remember Lynx being worse but that was a long time ago
Miguel is hard and also frustrating! there's a LONG and UNSKIPPABLE cutscene before the battle. So everytime he kills you (and he will) you'll have to watch the same cutscene over and over again! Dario is hard because he hits like a monster truck! he's the main reason why you SHOULD battle some monsters. A single digit hp can make a lot of difference in this game!
i basically killed almost everyone first try except dario and the light dragon which is crazy . that holy breath is deadly. anyway for some reasons my characters used to do much more damage than the ones in this video, i wonder why. my physical attackers did almos around 100 - 200 damage every hit. when i got the mstermune i did around 200- 600 damage every hit. i thought they were weak in defense but it looks like that's normal
Can't agree more with this list. The only thing about Dario is that he can be stupid hard or stupid easy once you know how he counterattacks and setup the party correctly. I can beat Dario with Lynx-Riddel-Draggy and take 0 damage.
I have been making my way through the remaster and haven't had any issues with anything so far, it's weird though because there's a couple bosses I remember having issues against as a kid that I absolutely creamed. The Dwarf Tank and the Fire Dragon (first fight) gave me so much grief, but I probably beat both those bosses in 3 turns. I still have to face Miguel and Garai though. I recall them being problematic.
Played this game first time in 2022 and i dont find it hard at all, except for Dario, I also noticed that if you try to beat him too early it is even more difficult, heals himself every 2 turns. if you continue the story of the game and then come back to him, he no longer use cure and you win easily.. Anyway very enjoyable game. Is a trip like FF7, very speculative game, Chrono lore is fascinating.
In heard some mixed reviews of Chrono cross, specifically the new port but it looks soooo good and like an amazing rpg. Definitely on my list, only regret is that I can't buy it yet lol
A review i watched earlier said they got the best performance on switch in handheld mode. I personally can't recommend the game enough, and i haven't ever seen a sincere critique of the game besides "buh it's not a perfect sequel". That being said, the latter 1/3 of the game won't make a lot of sense if you haven't played Chrono Trigger.
Not sure if you've done it yet but how about a tier list for all the characters so we can know which ones are good, which ones are great and which ones just suck. Thanks.
Most of them are easy if you use traps. Miguel uses Holy Light which can be trapped and makes the battle somewhat easier (still a painful one, specially the first time when you don't expect such a massive difficulty spike). I usually beat Darius by poisoning him, if you're stuck with only one character sometimes you enter a loop where you can do all your attacks + element and he'll just counter with the status effect of the opposite. JUST DON'T USE WHITE ELEMENTS!
Just finished this game for the first time in years and this list is completely accurate. My big takeaway though is how bizarrely easy the final bosses are. Dragon God is a complete joke to the point where I feel I either got extremely lucky or the boss is glitched somehow. How am I getting hit for like single digit damage constantly? And of course the real final boss is essentially a puzzle and even if you brute force without the chrono cross that boss is still easy. It's a game where it's built to not really allow overleveling yet you still feel like you are at the end.
Yeah, even I noticed that back then. And final bosses are supposed to be the most difficult. Maybe the game designers decided to cut us some slack after all the other uber powerful enemies we faced along the way.
@@rdphoenix07 it can be discouraging when a final boss is suddenly an insane difficulty spike, but at least make it interesting. Dragon God is the coolest boss in the game and at the same time the easiest and it's just weird they went with that.
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Dark Serge was the hardest for me last playthrough and it wasn't even mentioned lol. Miguel it's easy but you get the moonglasses easily if you save Kid first and it makes it much easier.
Miguel is nasty and I did die the first time I fought him simply because I was not expecting the unassuming little man in the hat to be so tough. But I think that as long as you are careful and keep trying to fill the field black he isn't too bad as long as you aren't underpowered. I actually always include Harle against him because of her Moonshine protection tech and just more black attacks to use. For me, I just only found Criosphinx (just ended up doing the riddle in the end) and that f-ker Dario to be the really hard ones.
Miguel, in my opinion, would be the only legitimately difficult boss, in an otherwise easy game. Dario is just patience and strategy. Garai, Black Dragon, and if you don't have a Yellow Plate, Criosphinx, are runner-ups.
Hydra was easy for me. Garai can be tough as Hell. Diminish is a MUST for him and Miguel. Son of Gun was easy enough. Luxator can be annoying. Turn black on yourself then let loose with the Mastermune. Gravator, Mastermune is your friend. Black Dragon just takes a bit, that's all. With Green Dragon, Carnivore traps forever. White Dragon, Diminish. Criospinx is an absolute beast but worth defeating. Dario MUST be fought as Lynx on your first playthrough. Miguel has caused the most game overs for me. Diminish and heal and you should be fine if just barely.
On repeat playthrough I already prepared Holy Light Trap for Miguel and Son of a Gun. It saves me more trouble by a lot. Hydra, Use Razzly and spam green elements.
I feel like we were a little bit stupid back then (bein' considerate here) and didn't spread the heals and defense elements between our characters. Instead we filled them with offensive elements thus making the battles harder than it really were.
It does happen that the final boss is not the thoughest but in Chrono Cross I think there is two ways to see the final one. Straight kill or good ending kill. Straight kill is rather standard difficulty IMO. Good ending kill is a pain...
Perhaps you're too much acostumed to easy difficulty on games. Because Chrono Cross ISN'T a difficult game. God's sake, I did beat it twice no probs besides clues of 'where-to' on 99-2000. Just pay some attention and that's all.
Dang my Janice was too op. She constantly do 200-800 damage with basic attacks on all these bosses. And I used karsh to demolish Dario. Miguel is toughest fight in the game for sure. I use the turn elements a lot to manipulate any fight to my advantage. Those things are the best elements in the game. Turn black on Miguel does some things. It may miss but once it lands them bosses be toast.
Honestly, I can't see why people find hard to fight against the dragons, the Hydra, the twin black & white bosses on Terra Tower, and ESPECIALLY Miguel. No bullshit guys! The "green" dragon is a headache with its poison inflicted status ailment green element techs, yes. The dwarves in Hydra Marsh are a pain in the ass when you're at early game? You bet! The red dragon first fight also offers a though challenge if you undertake him. Cryonsphynx is, technically, the hardest boss, no discussion, but that's a very special case, an exception. The "sun" boss in Fort Dragonia and Sky Dragon causes you a headache ONLY IF you want to capture Holy Light and Ultra Nova, respectively. The one REAL son of bitch in the entire game is called Dario - the spirit of his father also may be a burdensome fight if you were caught by surprise. Dario is a boss you never forget for the rest of your life. Anything else in this game is a sweet walk in the heaven fields compared to him. To finish, CC is not difficult to beat. Not at all, actually, regardless what some may say to you. Even if you go for 100% of the game, it's nothing "oh god, this is painful!". Go, play Chrono Cross, go for the 100%, but as piece of advice, what I would only say to you is: always be prepared.
It’s only difficult if you avoid as many fights as possible and only use elements in the “proper” level spot. Though I will say Miguel pulled the rug from under me and Dario was tough
That Miguel twist was made even more impactful with that unforgettable mournful battle theme and the broken Leene's Bell pocket dimension in background. You never forget a fight like that.
I haven't played Chrono Cross in 15 years and I instantly knew who was #1 when I saw the thumbnail. That SOB scarred me for life
You should pick up the remaster. I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting this game with my adult brain knowing how to actually utilize the games battle system
I remember getting stuck at Miguel as a kid. Literally just beat him with Lynx, Harle, Norris with no deaths. Harle’s LV 5 tech will protect anyone from going down to Holy Dragon sword, then just keep everyone’s HP in the high 200’s with Heal Alls. He definitely catches you off guard with the difficulty spike but I went in with no strategy and whooped him doing this.
Wasn't it Holy DRAG Sword??
Wonder why I remembered it being that....
@@damien9683 Space limitations.
Using imbecile and Diminish is better, but in this case you have to focus on physical damage with Strenghten on Lynx and Lo Res on Miguel.
Harlie still sucks on a 1st run I still had Holy Dragon Sword HER lv 5 tech used and I still had it to enough damage to 1 shot a 300 HP Lynx/250 HP Harlie INSTANTLY with it and even with Diminish used and Harlie NOT in the party I still barely had a 300 HP Lynx survive 1 use of Holy Dragon Sword IF ever.
The PS1 version had a limited about of space/letters for techs/elements which is why the PS1 version had it as Holydragswd when he hits you you with it.
From one diehard Chrono Cross fan to another...you NAILED this list, Erick! I was curious where Miguel was going to be on your list and seeing him at #1 made me smile honestly. I have always prided myself on being prepared for boss battles and being able to strategize on the fly but I still remember getting completely WRECKED by Miguel the first time I faced him. He's not even close to being one of the final bosses in the game yet his battle is epically hard. I love Harle as well but I couldn't agree more with you buddy. You definitely don't want any black innate characters in this battle (although Lynx can't be helped). Dario is a solid #2 choice as well btw. He is very, very strong. The two bosses in Terra Tower that made your list literally prevented a good friend of mine from beating the game! He simply wasn't strong enough to defeat either boss so he gave up.
As soon as he said miguel. I had vietnam flashback, i actually used harley lynx and get this, janice. She was just a buffer and could be placed with anyone but she had the third most help at the time
I looked at this and immediately thought, "Chrono Cross bosses aren't all THAT bad!". Then you got to Miguel and I was like, "Yep, THAT boss is THAT bad". I guess I purged the bad memory because it was just THAT bad.
I am a hard core CC kinda guy. I played it as a teenager. At first i was dubious when Dario wasnt #1. But then i heard that name. Miguel. Definitely. As a kid, i created an unwinnable gamestate with this guy as i didnt have the right party composition or items before entering the silent sea. I must have died and reset over 50 times. Granted, i was just a dumb kid and this was pretty much pre-internet (tho gamefaqs existed i didnt want to use), still, he haunts me. Maybe he did have plot armor. The difficulty of the game is very easy for me now, but thats life. There is something really timeless about this battle.
I'm surprised Garai isn't that high on your list, considering how I died to Garai twice on my first playthrough over a decade ago despite using a strategy guide from the internet. Even with Diminish, Garai still hits like a truck and and my healings couldn't keep up. As for Miguel, I surprisingly didn't run into any big troubles at beating him while using the same Diminish strategy that apparently didn't help much against Garai. Seems like I had a similar experience to whoever wrote that old, printed strategy guide I also referenced during my first playthrough - with Garai being considered as the hardest boss and Miguel being only a little less difficult than Garai.
Dario? That is why bringing Fargo into the Black Dragon fight (or into whichever dragon fights) is a must. A Black Plate stolen from the Black Dragon makes Riddel IMMUNE to Dario's Black-elemental attacks, so you are free to load her up with White offensive spells and have her as the ONLY character casting those White spells.
I had a lot of trouble with garai but it's on me. I didn't quite understand the mechanics and was using a magazine to get directions since my English was terrible at time. If I had some more knowledge about the game mechanics I'd have an easier time with him. Funny enough I got hang of Dario quite easily by myself.
He should be on this list without the PS4 cheats Triple Cut/Will Breaker will easily do over 300 damage Lynx killing him instantly and Harlie's lv 5 tech will still NOT make him or her SURVIVE it.
Ozzie: what no honorable mention?
Flea: duuude whyy
Slash: we’re giving away a curved sword, a sash and ozzie’s pants you can wear it on your head too 😄
Is very hard PolisPolice (It is a large mecha encountered at the entrance to Chronopolis which protects the location from intruders.)
The White Plate helped me a lot, plus PhysNegate/Negate Physical if you bring a Yellow Innate character with you definitely saved me.
Honestly, I found Crono Cross to be one of the easiest games I've ever played. But first play through Dario extremely hard.
agreed this cross was very easy imo except for Dario, I also had trouble with optional boss dragoon rider in front of the fort . but that boss only appears if you are under leveled
Totally agree
@@thesentry100 I think he only appear if you choose to not help find an antidote for Kid
Throw on black plate on Lynx or Serge you will be good.
Thats persona 1 for me, a lot of people say its hard but if you abuse its own system it becomed easy, grindy bit easy nonetheless
I get PTSD when Miguel uses holy dragon sword.
One way to make some of these battle much easier is to trap elements
Yeah, that really helped me against the Dragons, especially the Sky Dragon.
I haven't bothered with traps at all prolly why I have only like three elements higher than level four
Diminish is also your best friend. Pair that with Sprigg's Doppelgang into either WightKnight (if you got it) or Lagoonate makes the fight a lot easier.
lol yes. I was surprised, and slightly disappointed, that they aren't mentioned in the videos at all
11:28 I have to kinda disagree. I fought Dario after stealing the Black Plate. If you consistently have Riddel hit him with white elements (wearing the black plate) while having your other two characters hit him with red elements, then he should not get an actual turn in and just counter-attacks. Red elements make him counter with numble which doesn't really have much effect. White elements triggers a powerful black tech, but don't damage the black plate wearer. But, if you don't know what you're doing, this fight could be tough. Thanks for great content though.
For me, Miguel and Fate were always the hardest. Looking forward to getting back to it!
I've always found this game to be super easy except for garai and miguel.
When I originally played this game, I was stuck on Miguel for like 3 months
Yeah, innate white bosses hit hard, but rest are pretty easy
@@renzovihelmoayalaalarco9520 inmates whites are hard with lynx and innate blacks are hard with serge
Yeah, I just leveled up alot, and beat them all pretty easy, but its been awhile since I've played it.
After watching this video I decided to load up CC and give Miguel a shot. There are probably strategy guides that already have mentioned this, but I found the strategy I used after repeated deaths somewhat poetic. As I read the guys dialog for the seventh time I thought to myself perhaps he tells you how to beat him. The answer was status effects. Changing the unchanging place of Miguel. Every time I used one no matter the color he used his strong or weak minded magic on his turn. I didn't see holy dragon sword once. Maybe it was luck, but I tried this strategy several times and had the same results. I ended up beating him with physical attacks alone somewhat quickly. Honestly, I was so surprised I wanted to share it with my fellow fans.
I struggled more on Dario than Miguel. But yeah Miguel still one heck of a Boss
Moonglasses really makes beating some of these bosses easier. The straight 25% Damage reduction is a godsend. Grabbed them in my 2nd playthrough and you don't know how many times it saved me haha
On a 2nd run those are NOT useful at all due to stealing the armors off all 6 Dragon bosses and letting Lynx/Serge absorb those as for Dario its nearly impossible to poison him since theirs barely any way to CAUSE that besides From Carnivore which in turn I'll never actually use it.
Dario. Nothing compares to Dario.
I played this game on the original playstation and the best tip I can give is make sure you buy your elemental traps as early as possible. Some elements can only be obtained through them and that's a great strategy against certain bosses.
yep this is accurate when you played it when your a kid in the 90s and u just rely on offensive elements. but now I finished it quite easily doing basic attacks and buffs and debuffs rather than using spells, diminish is a lifesaver when u do it like what I do and I use sprigg for damage and buffs with wight night. i just did this style coz I dont fight random encounter in the remaster so I lack the money to buy multiple elements and traps it turns out its much more easier to debuff their magic attacks using diminish then buff ur normal attacks with stamina ACC ull be attacking fierce attack a lot doing massive dmg. plus eagle eyes too .
Here I thought Miguel would willingly sacrifice himself in the battle until he whips out the Holy Dragon Sword.
I like the theory that Miguel is an older Crono (or a version of him from an alternate timeline), and the difficulty of the boss really adds weight to it
Yeah. When I saw Miguel in the #1 spot. I remembered that theory. I like it too. The red hair, the name of his daughter, the white/lightning element and the fact that it is stuck in the Leene Square being the hardest boss of the game.
Some of these will be tough on a first time player, but my biggest tip i could give a new player for bosses is to take advantage of the fact you can run from any enemy including bosses. Buy all the trap elements (probably anywhere from 2-5 of each minus the summons) and when you notice a boss uses one of those elements run away and set the traps to your grid so you can both negate the damage and gain a powerful new element.
Another big tip. Diminish. It neuters boss techniques and elements even if they buff.
I’ll never forget how happy I was as a young teen replaying chrono cross, and FINALLY being able to beat Miguel 😭. That man was op for NO reason, and what makes it even crazier is his appearance. Like how a guy looks like that, BUT be on some final boss type shitttt 😂
Some of the ones I found particularly hard when I first played the game way back when: The Dwarves/The Hi-Ho Tank, the Hydra, Garai, Sun-of-a-Gun, Miguel, pretty much all of the dragons. Of course, at the time I played this game it was my very first RPG game and I didn't quite understand the concepts such as better equipment and strategy, so I lost quite a lot before I got a handle on it.
One tip in the Dario fight is to put the Black Plate from the Black Dragon on her. It really helps protect her Dario tends to target her for Elements, at least he did for me. Surprised FATE wasn't on here, as she can be hard, though like with Dario, the Black Plate on Serge really helps.
Facts! I said the same thing before 5. I said fate better be on here. And the only secert boss isnt on here?
Using Red elements on Dario (Inferno, Magma Burst and even Fireball) is the best and secure strategy. On first turn just use first attack and a Level 1 Red element. He will use Nimble. Second use first attack until your Stamina remain 1.0, then use red element, he will use Nimble. Keep doing this and you will beat Dario with no damage.
NO Riddel is PURE CRAP NEVER Black Plate her against Dario ONLY equip it on Serge/Lynx only I'll still fight him with Lynx.
For Sun of a Gun you can use holy light traps to not only nullify one of his strongest attacks, but steal it form him to have your own.
I still have the old strategy guide for this game. I remember it helping a lot back in the day for some of these bosses.
Hey, me, too.
Only Dario and Cryosphinx that i considered hardest boss in this game, and i think they're not too hard than final fantasy optional boss after all
this is a great list I'm playing radical dreamers edition first time ever playing the game, this channel has great coverage of crono cross. dario was the hardest for me, haven't fought sphinx yet, got through miguel the first try but omg that holy dragon sword though and I was using a guide for my first playthrough so my characters and gear were optimal
@3:45: Son of a gun is an expression meaning the exact same thing as son of a B...
Just in case you didn't know the reference of that expression.
I definitely wasn’t the same human being after the fight with Miguel, until this day that’s the most memorable rpg boss fight I ever faced
I remember killing Dario with normal attacks and Heal All only. I discover the "counter with Numble" tactic years later. lol
On the other hand, if you learn to use the traps (and know when to equip them) they can really be a life saver in some of these battles. I've learned to always trap Ultra Nova from the Sky Dragon.
I'm late, but the easiest way to beat Dario is to put the black plate on Riddel and have her pummel him with your best White elements. He'll counter with Conductarod (his powerful Black attack), which will heal her to full, which is good because he seems to focus his physical attacks on her.
Sun of a Gun really? He can be easily beaten by using weak attacks all the time, he only has like 300 HP. I would put Marcy or Mini Dragon instead, at the point in the game where you fight them they are challenging
A lot of defenses against the bosses I saw would be Trap elements. You completely negate damage AND snag a powerful element to use to use after the fight! The best part? You can RUN AND KEEP the trapped elements! Interesting list tho man, I love this game so much and its fascinating to see how others play it
You say that there's no way to completely defend against attacks like Super Nova but you're forgetting one thing: Trap Elements. They probably won't be available to you until mid to late game but once you get them, you can set a trap early in the fight and it'll completely negate that particular enemy attack and as a bonus, you'll get the element to use yourself later.
Pretty solid and accurate list otherwise. I remember the first time I played the game, it took me the better part of a week to get past Miguel. Of course I was a stupid kid who was used to just barreling through problems in my games so it helped teach me to stop and think strategically. Another note for Darius: Use only Green elements to heal. It's safer that way.
Love this game and list is tru for new players esp back when we were kids. But as a vet none of these bosses are hard only Dairo if you fight him before you take on the dragons. The biggest thing new and old players do not know is the hidden star your get fighting up to 5 battles after you receive a real star. People plz do not turn off the no encounter and make sure you fight 5 times after you killed a boss even if you need to back track cause 80% of the time you get a hidden star and it ads up greatly!
That only for the ones you used on party, them one battle it's enough for others sometimes
Tho, it's almost impossible do it with all stars, like Viper > Lynx.
I remember when I was a kid I managed to get serge with 957hp at 99 stars and Leah capped. It's like 5hp per star if you maximize it.
Also, 0 star count too.
You know I've played chrono cross over a dozen times and I somehow never knew about Criosphinx, I always thought Dario was the only super boss you could do besides the NG+ ozzie gang.
I was looking for this...I played it dozens of time as well and never knew this boss exists...maybe this boss only exists in the remaster version.
@@UltimaTheSeraph Nope, it's in the original. You have to activate the Sand Boil on Earth Dragon Isle in home world. Fun facts though; the elements you use are in the order to use on the final boss later to get the true ending and if you beat it the Hard way (Aka not solving the riddles) The reward is pretty good: it's an accessory that boosts the wearers damage output by 25%
Brace is not a debuff, brace is a consumable element that cures sprain
He probably meant dizzy or sprain, but yeah, u're absolutely right
@@gary9708 he meant sprain, but said it like 3 times
@@ja1799 It happens hahaha I used to call "Funghi" (which is like "mushroom") instead of "Funguy" when I was younger hahaha
I'm going to be binge watching everything you have for Chrono Cross. Really excited to finally be playing this game and wanna make sure I do it right.
Thank you sir for all the info and tips!
edit: Son of Sun is back!? Yup definitely needed to see this. In Chrono Trigger that boss will destroy you without a guide.
My friend never played cc before and died to sun of a gun multiple times. But, believe it or not, didn't struggle at all with Miguel. He beat him first attempt. I watched it and I was absolutely floored hahaha
Trap Elements not only invalidate spells like Ultranova, they STEAL them! A single high-level Element trap could easily turn those tough fights around. Also, taking someone of a similar Element type as the boss into the fight, and making them a healer, really levels the playing field.
Overall a fairly easy game, but Dario, Garai and Miguel could definitely be challenging. The final boss can also be a pain if you're going for the best ending.
I laughed when he said Chrono cross is a hard game
I mean I went through it only using the walkthrough for the items and characters but I didn't really look up the part on how to beat bosses. It was more due to a compeltionist attitude than anything.
Man, somebody forgot that Trap Element exist.
Many bosses can get REALLY easy if you just abuse trap elements, specially those mid/late bosses like the dragons and fort dragonia ones. You can make yourself a good arsenal of level 5 elements at Buniyp (inferno and free fall) and Son of a Gun (holy light)
@@gary9708 I farmed those elements like crazy. Also, the last fight against Solt and Pepper are good resource for Earth Quake and ThundaStorm as well. Dario and Miguel are the only bosses that you needed to cheese. Miguel is arguable harder because you didn't have late game cheese equipment in regular New Game while Dario could be completely neutralized with Black Plate or Red element cheese. Fire mini Dragon was actually harder due to early game stats as well.
@@zhaoyun255 Please stop, nostalgia is hitting hard right now and I'm really tempted to play it for the 12th time hahahaha I need to finish Tales of Vesperia rn D:
@@gary9708 Bruh, doing the 10th run right now while making sure that everyone skill is 9999 uses for maximum damage output.
Yeah on my first playthrough I heard about traps from Solt and Peppor but didn't know where to get them. Looked it up and headed over to Marbule before going through with Fort Dragonia.
The only real purpose the fight with Criosphinx serves is to teach you which order to cast elements in to you use Chrono Cross. There isn't really a point to the boss fight otherwise.
I think that the first time through only Miguel actually gave me a ton of trouble through the game because I wasn't prepared for his Holy Dragon Sword. It's certainly a boss fight that'll teach you the importance of looking at the field effect and just how big of a difference it can actually make in the amount of damage you received. Dario might've also been extremely difficult. But everything after the Lynx/Serge portion of game (basically after Son of a Gun) is surprisingly really easy (particularly if you recruited Glenn). It's kind of odd. So I actually found the differences in difficulty for some bosses to be extremely lopsided at times.
Defeating Chrisphinx is the only way to get Sunglasses, a great accessory
and without the Yellow Plate/PS4 enemies can't hit you with anything cheat its nearly impossible even at star lv 99 850 to 999 HP its TRIPLE Yellow elements can and WOULD still KILL 3x 999 HP party members EASILY.
I'm sitting here wondering if I even fought that thing as a kid because I finished the game once for the best ending fighting the Time Devourer and that was it. My plan was to get all the characters and get the best ending and that was it. Chrono Trigger on the other hand I made sure to get all the endings. Might need to check it out.
In the part of the hydra I saw you were using sea swallow and I believe Leenas first weapon too. Before viper manor I had copper swallow. After you get the boat, you can go to water dragon island to farm iron and have iron weapons for all 3 characters before hydra. First time I played, I thought it was hard, but if you focus on equips and allocate good elements, most of the game is easy. But I kinda agree with your list
The hydra and Dario gave me so much hell through the years.
This vid bring back so many good and frustrating memories hahaha
Actually the hardest bosses weren't typically the final boss in JRPG's. It was usually the optional bosses (when they had them), which by tradition has carried into modern times. FF was notorious for this. I think even the earlier DW/DQ had fights harder than the final. Even Chrono trigger the final could be easy or hard depending on how you tackled it and which era you went after it. Final bosses are typically set at a difficulty to match on par with the rest of the progression throughout the game. Some broke status quo, so you realize I'm not saying all of them. But there was definitely a big trend with optional or post game fights being way more challenging than the final boss.
9:20 "there's nothing at all at completely protects you from them (high level magic elements)" yeah no hard counter except for trap elements like trap ultra Nova. Not only does traps stop all damage from the spell but also gains the element to use later.
Ah yes, Miguel and his Holy Dragon Sword....
FML. At least by the time of Dario, you might have the White Dragon Plate.
Totaly agree with ur first place he is nasty as hell
My most liked jRPG on PS1... Cool vid!
So maybe it's because I did all the side quests and optional bosses, but I didn't have any issues with any of the bosses. Hell, I didn't even have any issues with the final boss either. In fact, I was struggling to NOT kill the final boss before I could properly use the CC for the good ending 😂 Everyone is making comments about Miguel, but I went into that fight with Lynx, Fargo, and Spriggs. I pretty much used that party up until the point I got Riddel and and swapped her in, removing Spriggs. And then when Serge was reborn, I swapped Fargo out with Glenn.
Hey CC community. Any "nuzlock" or limited/hardmode ideas?
Honestly I can’t recall ever getting stuck at Miguel even when playing back in the day. It’s not a flex just he never gave me a problem lol. Dario on the other hand I can agree he is up there.
Miguel and the friggin Sky Dragon made shout at the tv when they kicked my ass for the 30th time and when I first beat them. Lol.
For me only Darius was the one i had to try many times and until i found out and did use only fire attacks , the game kind of mimics your playstyle , so if you are too aggressive he will do as well, but they dont have the limit of one use of a skill/magic for battle , so i end up using more the same strategy i use to be able to summon chrono cross at the last boss , build up charges to max, keep stamina full , then pick a turn and dish all at once and recover def until it is back to it .
Dunno if this is true or i just was lucky, but if you have stamina and press right or left when attacking , you can pass the turn to the next character if they have stamina to attack , so i end up with my characters attacking a lot before the enemy gets their turn, but then i am in cooldown , i use this on ehte last boss so i can use 6 magic before he messes up the collor order .
i dont think i need to explain that ever action inside a battle restore 1 stamina for everyone not acting , and that each attack has a different cost and al skill/magic always cost 7 stamina , so attacking l-m-h+skill/magic = 13 stamina spend , meaning you will have to wait a long time before anything you can do , so starting with 6l to build up charge is a good idea and trying to keep passing the turn to your allies is good
Funny when I watched this because when I played this game as a kid(5th grade back on the PS1) I always did: Attack It until it Dies-strategy.
Dario is easy if you know the strategy. Equip Riddle with the Black plate. Use Glenn or another character with good physical damage as your third party member. Load Riddle up with white elements. Attack with Serge and your third party member USING ONLY PHYSICAL ATTACKS. Attack with Riddle using a white element every round. Dario will always attack Riddle first until she dies so as long as you don’t use elements with your other two characters Dario will leave them alone. Every time you use the white element with riddle he will retaliate with his black tech but it will heal the physical damage he has done to Riddle because of the black plate. If Riddle happens to die, revive and heal her immediately with the other 2 party members.
No she is still PURE CRAP ONLY Black Plate Serge/Lynx on a first run NEVER on Riddle against Dario and NO she won't always be HIT by Dario in the first attack which is why the Black Plate should NEVER be equipped on her she won't survive his 3x NORMAL hits anyways.
In my original PS1 run years ago, I wanna say the only boss that gave me a lot of trouble was Garai, he was a bastard lol. I didn’t try Cryosphinx till either New Game + or post game, and I saved Dario for last in my normal game and knew how to handle both super bosses….Garai on the other hand, isn’t optional and is tougher to prep for…..I honestly don’t remember Miguel being that damn tough, I kinda remember Lynx being worse but that was a long time ago
Miguel is hard and also frustrating! there's a LONG and UNSKIPPABLE cutscene before the battle. So everytime he kills you (and he will) you'll have to watch the same cutscene over and over again! Dario is hard because he hits like a monster truck! he's the main reason why you SHOULD battle some monsters. A single digit hp can make a lot of difference in this game!
Battle vs Dario with the black plate makes the fight much easier, but without it... oh boy xD
i basically killed almost everyone first try except dario and the light dragon which is crazy . that holy breath is deadly. anyway for some reasons my characters used to do much more damage than the ones in this video, i wonder why. my physical attackers did almos around 100 - 200 damage every hit. when i got the mstermune i did around 200- 600 damage every hit. i thought they were weak in defense but it looks like that's normal
For me, Dario is the hardest; I don't why, I always have a hard time beating him..
Can't agree more with this list. The only thing about Dario is that he can be stupid hard or stupid easy once you know how he counterattacks and setup the party correctly. I can beat Dario with Lynx-Riddel-Draggy and take 0 damage.
Son of a gun was one of mine during my first game play.
I have been making my way through the remaster and haven't had any issues with anything so far, it's weird though because there's a couple bosses I remember having issues against as a kid that I absolutely creamed.
The Dwarf Tank and the Fire Dragon (first fight) gave me so much grief, but I probably beat both those bosses in 3 turns.
I still have to face Miguel and Garai though. I recall them being problematic.
Played this game first time in 2022 and i dont find it hard at all, except for Dario, I also noticed that if you try to beat him too early it is even more difficult, heals himself every 2 turns. if you continue the story of the game and then come back to him, he no longer use cure and you win easily.. Anyway very enjoyable game. Is a trip like FF7, very speculative game, Chrono lore is fascinating.
In heard some mixed reviews of Chrono cross, specifically the new port but it looks soooo good and like an amazing rpg. Definitely on my list, only regret is that I can't buy it yet lol
seem to run fine on ps4/switch appearing steam version having some problem
A review i watched earlier said they got the best performance on switch in handheld mode. I personally can't recommend the game enough, and i haven't ever seen a sincere critique of the game besides "buh it's not a perfect sequel". That being said, the latter 1/3 of the game won't make a lot of sense if you haven't played Chrono Trigger.
If fps is a big issue for you I say do a rom. It runs like butter.
It's an amazing jrpg I still haven't played a modern game that's better imo
@@Sagasaurus That's been a problem on emulation too. Breaking the game's hard FPS cap causes problems.
Not sure if you've done it yet but how about a tier list for all the characters so we can know which ones are good, which ones are great and which ones just suck. Thanks.
Most of them are easy if you use traps. Miguel uses Holy Light which can be trapped and makes the battle somewhat easier (still a painful one, specially the first time when you don't expect such a massive difficulty spike). I usually beat Darius by poisoning him, if you're stuck with only one character sometimes you enter a loop where you can do all your attacks + element and he'll just counter with the status effect of the opposite. JUST DON'T USE WHITE ELEMENTS!
Just finished this game for the first time in years and this list is completely accurate. My big takeaway though is how bizarrely easy the final bosses are. Dragon God is a complete joke to the point where I feel I either got extremely lucky or the boss is glitched somehow. How am I getting hit for like single digit damage constantly? And of course the real final boss is essentially a puzzle and even if you brute force without the chrono cross that boss is still easy. It's a game where it's built to not really allow overleveling yet you still feel like you are at the end.
Yeah, even I noticed that back then. And final bosses are supposed to be the most difficult. Maybe the game designers decided to cut us some slack after all the other uber powerful enemies we faced along the way.
@@rdphoenix07 it can be discouraging when a final boss is suddenly an insane difficulty spike, but at least make it interesting. Dragon God is the coolest boss in the game and at the same time the easiest and it's just weird they went with that.
I had to skip to the end and see if it was Miguel. Glad it wasn't just me who thought it was a nuts ass fight lol
Erick, I have a game you should play. It is called Seraphic Blue, I can send it to you but i need a private means to message you with the link. Seraphic Blue is a 50 hour JRPG with one of the best stories ive ever seen, itll pull your heart strings. The combat system was also waaaaay ahead of its time. I hope to hear from you.
Dark Serge was the hardest for me last playthrough and it wasn't even mentioned lol. Miguel it's easy but you get the moonglasses easily if you save Kid first and it makes it much easier.
For Miguel, two words:
Starky, MagNegate
This is why I'm using the cheats in the remaster lol
Serious question. Where did you get the Edelgard shirt. I have a mighty need.
The best way to beat all these bosses in the remaster is L3, R3, and L3 + R3. Throw in R2 to make it go by quicker ;)
Miguel is nasty and I did die the first time I fought him simply because I was not expecting the unassuming little man in the hat to be so tough. But I think that as long as you are careful and keep trying to fill the field black he isn't too bad as long as you aren't underpowered. I actually always include Harle against him because of her Moonshine protection tech and just more black attacks to use. For me, I just only found Criosphinx (just ended up doing the riddle in the end) and that f-ker Dario to be the really hard ones.
Miguel, in my opinion, would be the only legitimately difficult boss, in an otherwise easy game. Dario is just patience and strategy. Garai, Black Dragon, and if you don't have a Yellow Plate, Criosphinx, are runner-ups.
Hydra was easy for me.
Garai can be tough as Hell. Diminish is a MUST for him and Miguel.
Son of Gun was easy enough.
Luxator can be annoying. Turn black on yourself then let loose with the Mastermune.
Gravator, Mastermune is your friend.
Black Dragon just takes a bit, that's all. With Green Dragon, Carnivore traps forever.
White Dragon, Diminish.
Criospinx is an absolute beast but worth defeating.
Dario MUST be fought as Lynx on your first playthrough.
Miguel has caused the most game overs for me. Diminish and heal and you should be fine if just barely.
son of a gun you can trap his elements... heal him to keep farming and even run away to save point once yoive done a bunch of this// it helps!
On repeat playthrough I already prepared Holy Light Trap for Miguel and Son of a Gun.
It saves me more trouble by a lot.
Hydra, Use Razzly and spam green elements.
Wasn’t there something about not using Razzly during the hydra fight in order to get her level 7 tech?
Correct but she still SUCKS as soon as she joins so I'll use Poshule and Guile or Nikki on a 1st run against it.
I feel like we were a little bit stupid back then (bein' considerate here) and didn't spread the heals and defense elements between our characters. Instead we filled them with offensive elements thus making the battles harder than it really were.
It does happen that the final boss is not the thoughest but in Chrono Cross I think there is two ways to see the final one. Straight kill or good ending kill. Straight kill is rather standard difficulty IMO. Good ending kill is a pain...
The first battle against Lynx is kinda hard compared to the previous ones so far.
Perhaps you're too much acostumed to easy difficulty on games. Because Chrono Cross ISN'T a difficult game. God's sake, I did beat it twice no probs besides clues of 'where-to' on 99-2000. Just pay some attention and that's all.
Where'd you get your Edelgard t shirt I want one
I beat cryosphinx, in a normal game, in his time when there were no guides and with lynx, it was the hardest of the whole game, then Dario follows.
Dang my Janice was too op. She constantly do 200-800 damage with basic attacks on all these bosses. And I used karsh to demolish Dario. Miguel is toughest fight in the game for sure. I use the turn elements a lot to manipulate any fight to my advantage. Those things are the best elements in the game. Turn black on Miguel does some things. It may miss but once it lands them bosses be toast.
Honestly, I can't see why people find hard to fight against the dragons, the Hydra, the twin black & white bosses on Terra Tower, and ESPECIALLY Miguel. No bullshit guys! The "green" dragon is a headache with its poison inflicted status ailment green element techs, yes. The dwarves in Hydra Marsh are a pain in the ass when you're at early game? You bet! The red dragon first fight also offers a though challenge if you undertake him. Cryonsphynx is, technically, the hardest boss, no discussion, but that's a very special case, an exception. The "sun" boss in Fort Dragonia and Sky Dragon causes you a headache ONLY IF you want to capture Holy Light and Ultra Nova, respectively. The one REAL son of bitch in the entire game is called Dario - the spirit of his father also may be a burdensome fight if you were caught by surprise. Dario is a boss you never forget for the rest of your life. Anything else in this game is a sweet walk in the heaven fields compared to him. To finish, CC is not difficult to beat. Not at all, actually, regardless what some may say to you. Even if you go for 100% of the game, it's nothing "oh god, this is painful!". Go, play Chrono Cross, go for the 100%, but as piece of advice, what I would only say to you is: always be prepared.
How get cure all early? I want to get from rare drop monster scholmate in eldonido but it’s to hard.
It’s only difficult if you avoid as many fights as possible and only use elements in the “proper” level spot. Though I will say Miguel pulled the rug from under me and Dario was tough
Hmm there was indeed a few bosses that troubled me but in general CC was a cake walk for me.