I got Octopath Traveler for my birthday and started with Primrose. I managed to beat her first chapter after grinding for a while but then I foolishly just ground for money until I got all her best equipment in her starting town which took hours. I wandered the world and ended up recruiting Alfyn which suddenly made the game easier, at least until I got to chapter 3 despite me getting everybody to level 40+. Ophilia can do damage with her light-based attacks. She has really helped me fight enemies weak to the light element.
Loving the vids, I'm 20hrs in to octo 1, so I won't be done for 2 release, but I can watch all your vids to figure out where to start, although it will be hard not to start with Osvald. I chose Tressa in 1, and all the leaves make it worth it. She's a bit weak at first, but having wind aoe is nice and hired help is amazing on bosses
Thanks so much man!! Starting with Osvald is what I did, and I think he is the best hahaha so I wouldn't worry! 100% agree, she's a great pick! Not my favorite, but one of my favorites!
I deleted my save where i started out as Primrose because chapter 3 of her boss was fucked up hard and impossible to beat because he kept depleting my party's health all in one hit each turn and ran outta recovery items trying to keep them alive.
Dang sorry... If something was way too hard I would just grind money earlier in the dungeon and then spam hired help 😂 idk if I resulted to that very much, but sorry about that, that's so sad!
Great vid! Pretty much in line with my thoughts. Olberic was always the least important character to me & is going to be one of the last ones I go for, while it was easily between Tressa & Therion for me when trying to decide who to start with. Had to weigh whether I wanted early money, or early steals. Steals won out for me personally, and due to the fact that it helps to always have him so his levels go up as much as possible to make it easier to Steal, although Tressa would also be great to start with for that same sort of reason. Leaves are definitely sparse early on, that is unless you cheeze them by using her Talent + Cyrus' Evasive Maneuvers & go run around a Danger Level 45 area for a while. That's a pretty much broken way to earn gobs of money very early! Lol I honestly am feeling kind of bad about doing that as it's going to make the early game much easier. Then again I REALLY want Tressa's parents' accessories early, and they are NOT cheap! But man are they useful, aka the ones that restore HP and SP automatically in battle!
As much as olberics story and personality is amazing (too many 16 yo anime kids, not enough seasoned warriors, even me a 16 year old wants some more seasoned warriors haha), yeah, he's the worst in the game for sure in battle. Tressa and Therion yeah! It's a hard choice, and I picked therion haha. But if I play again I'll probably run Tressa. Haha I never did that, but Ive heard it's smart haha
Get those accessories!!! But yeah, sadly, you can't do that in Octopath II... Ugh i hate side stories for money. The two things that aren't the best about octopath is 1) the not very unique dungeons (they are better in Octopath II but still kinda bad) and 2) most of the sidequests are just too vague. I like some ambiguity but this is too much.
Ophelia was my starter and it went pretty well. I kept Therion all the time as well, so I may have only missed purple chests in Ophelia ans Hanit's town.
Therion should be at the top - and for a reason you missed: Locked.Chests. Start with Therion and never have to worry about backtracking again. Everything else you said about him was spot-on - and he was my starter (blind), but man did I luck out. Steal is the best path action in the game, he's crazy strong on his own due to steal HP / SP. I agree with most of what you said about Cyrus, except I think his problem is that the sorcerer class basically completely overshadows the scholar class. So I felt Cyrus was replaceable and redundant in the long-run, and I ALMOST picked him as a starter, and I'm glad I didn't. Everything else was spot-on, although people should know that Primrose ends up being a VERY good character. High base speed and elemental attack - with a base kit that ages really well. She's just awful to start with, and this is a starting character tier list.
Yeah I 100% agree! Single target damage, stealing, and hp/sp stealing is insane! The only reason I didn't cover locked chests in depth is most of their items kind of suck so it isn't too big of a deal to miss them, but I totally see what you mean 🤩🤩 yeah, definitely, I think he and Cyrus are close I totally agree, sorcerer replaces him, but by the time you get sorcerer, he isn't a required member of the party so it isn't a big deal to me 😅
Worst character for endgame, but my favorite for starting. I am coming out with a full-game character ranking in the next few weeks, so stay tuned! I put Cyrus pretty low there
I've played through Octopath 1 twice now and I totally agree that Therion is an amazing character to start with as well as Cyrus but you cant underestimate the importance of Haa'nit and specifically the Leghold Trap abillity for boss battles. Being able to control the turn order has been crucial for my playthroughs. However I do think that Tressa is the best character in the game because of the synergy between her own job, the merchants ablillities and one the secondary jobs you unlock later in the game, but maybe not the best character to start with yeah. Also keep up the great work and cant wait for some more Octopath 2 content.
Oh h'aanit is amazing, don't get me wrong 🤩 I'd just rather start with someone else lol, but I totally get it! Leghold Trap is one of the abilities in the game!
Oh and funny you mentioned starting out with Ophelia cause thats exactly what I did and yeah you're gonna lack damage at the start, worst part of that is that the closest character to unlock to Ophelia is Cyrus so you'll be smacking enemies with rods for the first couple of hours lol
She isn't bad or anything, she's still fine haha 😂 her first chapter is my second favorite in the game soooo but yeah, starting with her is totally fine
@@rpgranked I started with Tressa today cause wow free money is everywhere with her. But I do want to steal and pick those purple chests I guess I can always have Therion with me to steal with for more money. But what setup is good and who else would balance them? I guess I’ll figure it out last time was so different.
@@Skyset_angel starting Tressa can be really good cuz you can pick up Cyrus really early, but therion is a great single target attacker and allows you to steal amazing items early! Picking up Alfyn right away with therion is a fantastic choice, and stealing a ton is as well
Thanks for your insights! I don't necessarily agree, but thank you. Though he becomes worst of them all for about five hours of gameplay, he is one of the best for the majority of the game...
I have slightly changed my opinions from this video... Lol. Feel free to check out rpgranked.com to see an updated version of this ranking 🎉🎉
I got Octopath Traveler for my birthday and started with Primrose. I managed to beat her first chapter after grinding for a while but then I foolishly just ground for money until I got all her best equipment in her starting town which took hours. I wandered the world and ended up recruiting Alfyn which suddenly made the game easier, at least until I got to chapter 3 despite me getting everybody to level 40+.
Ophilia can do damage with her light-based attacks. She has really helped me fight enemies weak to the light element.
Sounds like a lot of fun!
Loving the vids, I'm 20hrs in to octo 1, so I won't be done for 2 release, but I can watch all your vids to figure out where to start, although it will be hard not to start with Osvald.
I chose Tressa in 1, and all the leaves make it worth it. She's a bit weak at first, but having wind aoe is nice and hired help is amazing on bosses
Thanks so much man!! Starting with Osvald is what I did, and I think he is the best hahaha so I wouldn't worry!
100% agree, she's a great pick! Not my favorite, but one of my favorites!
I deleted my save where i started out as Primrose because chapter 3 of her boss was fucked up hard and impossible to beat because he kept depleting my party's health all in one hit each turn and ran outta recovery items trying to keep them alive.
Dang sorry... If something was way too hard I would just grind money earlier in the dungeon and then spam hired help 😂 idk if I resulted to that very much, but sorry about that, that's so sad!
Great vid! Pretty much in line with my thoughts. Olberic was always the least important character to me & is going to be one of the last ones I go for, while it was easily between Tressa & Therion for me when trying to decide who to start with. Had to weigh whether I wanted early money, or early steals.
Steals won out for me personally, and due to the fact that it helps to always have him so his levels go up as much as possible to make it easier to Steal, although Tressa would also be great to start with for that same sort of reason.
Leaves are definitely sparse early on, that is unless you cheeze them by using her Talent + Cyrus' Evasive Maneuvers & go run around a Danger Level 45 area for a while. That's a pretty much broken way to earn gobs of money very early! Lol I honestly am feeling kind of bad about doing that as it's going to make the early game much easier.
Then again I REALLY want Tressa's parents' accessories early, and they are NOT cheap! But man are they useful, aka the ones that restore HP and SP automatically in battle!
As much as olberics story and personality is amazing (too many 16 yo anime kids, not enough seasoned warriors, even me a 16 year old wants some more seasoned warriors haha), yeah, he's the worst in the game for sure in battle. Tressa and Therion yeah! It's a hard choice, and I picked therion haha. But if I play again I'll probably run Tressa.
Haha I never did that, but Ive heard it's smart haha
Get those accessories!!!
But yeah, sadly, you can't do that in Octopath II... Ugh i hate side stories for money. The two things that aren't the best about octopath is 1) the not very unique dungeons (they are better in Octopath II but still kinda bad) and 2) most of the sidequests are just too vague. I like some ambiguity but this is too much.
Way harder to get money in Octopath 2 since business partners is so much more complicated than Tressa's
Ophelia was my starter and it went pretty well. I kept Therion all the time as well, so I may have only missed purple chests in Ophelia ans Hanit's town.
Sick!! Good stuff! Therion was my starter but eventually I started replacing him so everyone could get levels, even at the expense of purple chests
Therion should be at the top - and for a reason you missed: Locked.Chests. Start with Therion and never have to worry about backtracking again. Everything else you said about him was spot-on - and he was my starter (blind), but man did I luck out. Steal is the best path action in the game, he's crazy strong on his own due to steal HP / SP.
I agree with most of what you said about Cyrus, except I think his problem is that the sorcerer class basically completely overshadows the scholar class. So I felt Cyrus was replaceable and redundant in the long-run, and I ALMOST picked him as a starter, and I'm glad I didn't.
Everything else was spot-on, although people should know that Primrose ends up being a VERY good character. High base speed and elemental attack - with a base kit that ages really well. She's just awful to start with, and this is a starting character tier list.
Yeah I 100% agree! Single target damage, stealing, and hp/sp stealing is insane! The only reason I didn't cover locked chests in depth is most of their items kind of suck so it isn't too big of a deal to miss them, but I totally see what you mean 🤩🤩 yeah, definitely, I think he and Cyrus are close
I totally agree, sorcerer replaces him, but by the time you get sorcerer, he isn't a required member of the party so it isn't a big deal to me 😅
Worst character for endgame, but my favorite for starting. I am coming out with a full-game character ranking in the next few weeks, so stay tuned! I put Cyrus pretty low there
Oh yeah for sure she is a great character!!
I used primrose all the time!!
Btw I love the name of your channel, I can 100% relate to that!
I've played through Octopath 1 twice now and I totally agree that Therion is an amazing character to start with as well as Cyrus but you cant underestimate the importance of Haa'nit and specifically the Leghold Trap abillity for boss battles.
Being able to control the turn order has been crucial for my playthroughs.
However I do think that Tressa is the best character in the game because of the synergy between her own job, the merchants ablillities and one the secondary jobs you unlock later in the game, but maybe not the best character to start with yeah.
Also keep up the great work and cant wait for some more Octopath 2 content.
Oh h'aanit is amazing, don't get me wrong 🤩 I'd just rather start with someone else lol, but I totally get it! Leghold Trap is one of the abilities in the game!
Oh and funny you mentioned starting out with Ophelia cause thats exactly what I did and yeah you're gonna lack damage at the start, worst part of that is that the closest character to unlock to Ophelia is Cyrus so you'll be smacking enemies with rods for the first couple of hours lol
@@mot4569 hahahaha yeah rod smacking isn't fun
Tressa is amazing for the Runelord later and for the beginning the Leaves boost is amazing!!! And mid game, hired help is amazing!
Thank you so much!! I'm glad you are excited, that means a lot!
Years ago Ophilia was perfect for me and I still think it I did start again today and wrestling between Therion and Tressa
She isn't bad or anything, she's still fine haha 😂 her first chapter is my second favorite in the game soooo but yeah, starting with her is totally fine
@@rpgranked I started with Tressa today cause wow free money is everywhere with her. But I do want to steal and pick those purple chests I guess I can always have Therion with me to steal with for more money. But what setup is good and who else would balance them? I guess I’ll figure it out last time was so different.
@@Skyset_angel starting Tressa can be really good cuz you can pick up Cyrus really early, but therion is a great single target attacker and allows you to steal amazing items early! Picking up Alfyn right away with therion is a fantastic choice, and stealing a ton is as well
Ophilia was my first choice before Primrose but her Chapter 1 boss was impossible to beat.
Help I started with her and struggling with the first boss fight. He doesn't die
I started with Ophilia but I also beat the original Final Fantasy with 4 white mages 🤣
Hahaha 😂 that's one thing I need to do one day. Very intimidating indeed. Great job doing that! Newer version or NES? 😅
Dude I'd be the guy who just grinded skeletons with Dia until I was OP 😂
Cyrus is the worst starter in the game... because he becomes the worst of all. Tressa is the best of the game.
Thanks for your insights! I don't necessarily agree, but thank you. Though he becomes worst of them all for about five hours of gameplay, he is one of the best for the majority of the game...