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Considering u want the original Aurochs. And considering both Wakka and Tidus are standard Aurochs. Why not select a strat where Datto is on the bench. Or if u want him on the team. Change flanks with Wakka. Because Ropp seems more do-able to deal with dan Kyou. Would still be Rng based. But at least Wakka would see more scoring oppurtunities ^^
There is hypothetically a way out by chain passing between Tidus/Wakka and Letty, this would let the player gain experience without giving the enemy team much at all, though this would still leave you to the whims of RNG since it only makes ranges a bit more favorable, rather than putting you on par with them
I used a save editor to fill a team with nothing but Brother in each position but goalie, and Nimrook. Seeing as Brother shared exp with his clones, this team snowballed out of control really fast.
Attempting this challenge is so masochistic lol. I remember being a frustrated teenager constantly getting my azz whipped by the Al Bhed Psyches. Ended up just recruiting their entire team and using them to get Wakka's reels and sigil. Kind of ironic, considering how much Wakka hates them :D
Dansg08! @1:55 you can see you that your theory is correct! You said only a few seconds earlier that you thought it had to be the case that Nimrook wasn't in goal and that's how the Aurochs could have one. You can see the character model in goal when Wakka shoots, it looks more like the Nedus character model!
Its also funny because Nedus is a "free agent" and starts off super slow. So its like he was fired for not being fast enough to goalkeep effectively, but he can eventually level up to be super fast as if he is devoted to becoming faster (perhaps to make up for his past failure). Although he was never a good goalkeeper so its definitely on the Al Bheds management team rather than him bring a bad player.
I think it's implied that Nimrook was part of Yuna's kidnapping, maybe with some other members of the Psyches, so the team wasn't at full power and then Wakka could beat them. I think if you talk to the Psyches when you get the Airship some of them apologize for the kidnapping.
after doing a 100% run in ffx last year i realized that with 19y i was too immature to get all the story and thought it was pretty boring (a girl has to prey on shrines to get killed in the end) and now aftwe replaying it with almost 40, BOOM the story is so overwhelming when you dive below the surface and finally understand that Jecht wasnt an asshole.
Thanks SO much for this. I've always loved blitzball but there's almost zero content online about it. As a long time fan it's great to hear you talk blitz
This mini-game is so popular, people still ask the Director and Producer of FFXIV if he could add it into the Gold Saucer. Apparently, they tried brainstorming how it would work for a little bit-like if it should be X or X-2 version, how many people per team and how many would be player-controlled, could you change who you controlled mid-game-but couldn't come to a consensus. It feels kind of like a perfect addition like Triple Triad, since you travel to so many places and could recruit a ton of different people from so many races.
Blitzball is still to this day one of my favorite mini-games simply because of how it was implemented. Walking around Spira hitting the square button on everyone I met to see if I could add them to my team was oddly engaging and finding gems like Wedge, Ropp and Kyou without looking up a guide was extremely satisfying. My biggest serious gripe is that it's physically impossible for the player to learn/copy certain characters "Key Techniques" which means you have give up your favorite players to other teams simply to unlock their skills.
Oh man I have to give it to you. For half the video I was thinking to myself, WELL at least once they level after spending a first half of passing the ball back and forth Tidus should have a shot. You came in with the Exhibition match that doesn't give XP. 10/10 video!
Your playthrough of FFX helped me get through the story of this game throughout the quarantine. I couldn’t get past the Thunder plains when I first played this in the early 00s when I was in high school. Till this day I still can’t play nor do I understand blitzball. Wakka is strong but I’m still rocking his start if the game limit break. Haha
The easiest way to get a few wins is to recruit Brother, score a goal with the Jecht Shot and have Brother keep the ball and just swim around from everyone, it works on every Team except the Guado Glories, in fact. It does take a while but getting all the Wakka rewards is definitely worth it if you don't wanna build a powerful weapon with Break Damage Limit 🤣🤣 Also yes! The Thunder Plains are hard to even survive, like goddamn that place kicks you hard 🤧
I for the life of me never wondered why the shot Wakka makes at 1:52 is not a tech in the game. Guaranteed Slip of one opponent, HP Cost 120 and a Sphere Shot type SH multiplier. Would have made a Front of Tidus + Wakka unstoppable.
What I found especially funny is that the devs left some "blitzball lategame" easter eggs in the game that most people likely never experienced in a normal playthrough. Like how the Kilika Beasts are outright terrible for most of the level curve but all of them become absolute beasts at higher levels, while the Luca Goers and Al Bhed Psyches just fizzle out somewhere in the 40-50 range. Also that Keepa ends up with the highest SH in the game is hilarious. Back in the day on PS2, I hoped for something like this to happen to Mifurey, the girl with 20 Speed that you can get at the Thunder Plains agency. I Thought she was designed to be the Magikarp of FFX Blitzball, but she never really gets good until very, very late on the level curve.
Zev Ronso's a favourite of mine simply because he begins with Golden Arm and Tackle Slip, and he works well as an all-rounder at the early stages of the game. It also helps that he's the fastest Ronso player, and isn't really that much slower than the other blitzball players not named Brother. His Volley Shot Key Technique is a pain to learn though.
Simple, if you look at that match, Nimrook is not the goalkeeper, he is another player, also Wakka seems to use Aurochs x1, even if he doesn't have access to that move yet. The match is predetermined to advance the story.
1:18 i have a theory about that: Tidus thanked three albhed in Luca, so they probably followed him when they realised he was a guardian, and then kidnapped and kept yuna hostage during the game. Nimrook was one of the three kidnappers (the other two were players too i think), so the psyches had to find a replacement for nimrook, maybe that’s how wakka scored 3 goals. Hope it makes sense. Edit: if you watch the cutscene closely, you can see the goalie isn’t nimrook
Wow! Never realized it but you're right. That's not nimrook playing goalie for the psyches. I always wondered how the aurochs won that game too and it makes a lot more sense now
Fully understood. Attack is crucial paired with endurance. And then either high pass of high shot. You must be able to be able to steal the ball in one attack and have enough endurance to repel their attack and dribble through at speed. Wedge it the best for that. Especially once he learns tackle slip
Another issue I have with Blitzball is I don't know Wtf the Game Designers were thinking with how they introduced it. The Luca Goers are assholles and they all have higher stats than your team. And you're expected to just accept that. Even Tidus, the so-called "Star Player of the Zanarkand Abes" is only 2 levels higher. He shoulda been Lv 10 or something! lmao And with higher stats! It's weird that he can hit enemies for 99999 Damage, but his takle remains fairly low in blitzball.
Once you get Jecht shot n.2, Tidus is really the ultimate blitzer, since he can score from any part of the field regardless of the goalkeeper stats or other opponents. But I agree with you, his starting stats are nothing special (and so his level 99 stats), he is quite underwhelming for being a star player. May be wakka was right, a team living in luxury and not training hard couldn't be that strong!
I don't remember how much detail it goes into, like saying which stats are affected, but I'm pretty sure the in-game tutorial of all things tells you the ±50% figure for RNG rolls.
Some considerations: 1) Are we allowed to change players positions? If so, it's much easier. Since you want to "pull away" defenders from wakka's side of the field, you can put wakka on the opposite side of vilucha so she won't interfere with Letty or Jassu. Also I would probably put Botta as the second forward in order to have better chances to stop Brother. 2) If you do this challange in the tournament it is much easier than in "exhibition mode", since you can spend the first half-time doing passes and leveling up your players. I think this is key with the Tidus variation. 4) I am not sure Brother is the best choice, I agree his speed makes him deadly but I think Svanda or Berrik are stronger VS aurochs since Letty has a much harder time breaking through them. Btw, this is very interesting, I'll give it a try!
the goal keeper doesn't look like nimrook. their clothes are completely different, and nim has this kinda strap coming down the middle of his head into his goggles. this goalie doesnt have goggles, and he also has more hair.
im not sure, but in my case the players were locked in extreme long contracts and every team was compleztly mixed. Some players had 80 goals per season. The worst game i had was 15 to 12. Our main players where so strong we could basicly goal from the middle line.
I'm glad to see Kyou showcased as a rear instead of the Goalie replacement for Keepa! Absolute chad of a player, i always got him first thing in my playthroughs. One thing I'd like to see, since this is almost impossible already, is doing it in Tournament Mode but with both Tidus and Wakka in the team (like in the 2nd half with the goers, benching Datto)... Ofc you can give better abilities to the opponent ;)
I think it's possible but with a lot of luck : if letty grab the ball on both openings, you keep the ball close to your goal so that you can play the time, and then during the final minute you go for the goal with wakka being lucky on numbers... But really hard yeah ^^
i need to remember my scoring record. Had a picture somewhere. As it was on PS2. Scored like 30+ goals in one game ha that would be funny to try to beat
Do you get two halves or just the one, because I remember putting tidus in defence and passing between my defenders to get levels and then using that to score in the second half just before the timer ends
Idk how commonly this happens but in my most recent playthrough Nimrook's contract expired and the Psyches didn't renew it. I snatched him up for my team so quick.
I tried something similar but at lvl 99. My team was the full Luca Goers squad at lvl 99 against: Nedus and Giera Guado as FWs, Brother as MF, Naida and Pah Guado as DFs and Nimrook as GK, all of them at lvl 99...it was a nightmare cause that entire team is so fast and the Luca Goers are ass cheeks at max lvl compared to every1 else.
How brother swims so fast in overalls is absolutely amazing. Ive also always felt Titus stats were pretty underwelming in Blitzball for the star of the Zanarkand Abes. But then you start outleveling other teams because you can score 30 goals in a game with sphere shot if you have a midlanner with high attack, and then it makes sense not to make him too op.
I feel like it's implied that the sphere shot is his signature move in zanarkand (since you see him perform it in the first FMV), so his lvl 3 is probably his "serious" stats and he's a star player not because he's the best overall but because he's got this very flashy and effective shot so other players play a supporting role giving him an opportunity to score making him popular with the public. Considering how good sphere shot is it's not that much of a stretch to imagine that's sufficient enough reason to see him as a great player
the goalkeeper actually is NOT Nimrook as you can see in 1:59 Nimrook has all black top but this player has a yellow X on his top! I don't know who he is yet but he is not Nimrook and they never change clothes I just realized something else Nimrook was not in the goal because he probably went to report that there is a summoner and they have to kidnap her (remember the scene and the dialog) or even he may have been involved in the kidnapping himself I know its just a theory but it can be true
While not really the point of the video I genuinely had no idea you could ever use Wakka after the first unbalanced match against the Luca Goers, that said I've only ever managed to beat them twice in about 10-15 years of making new games, I am by no means a Blitzball lover I do it pretty much exclusively for Wakka's Sigil and all that goes along with that, usually takes about a day of nothing but blitzball but I still get it done, part of the reason I don't really like it is at the end of the day the numbers never really made sense to me, I mean the number of times I've seen a blitzball enter the goal cinematic the catching was 15 and the shooting was 18 somehow someway they would always catch it yet when the numbers were reversed in my goal where my catcher had the advantage the goalie would just let it pass, after enough of that I determined blitzball just wasn't for me.
You could try using Tidus and spending the first round on pure defence; avoiding the opposing players and passing the ball whenever they get close, while making sure to pass with Tidus at least once. This way, you can start Round two with 11 SH and either Jecht or Sphere Shot. Also, if you're skilled at relaying passes and more than a bit lucky, you can focus on passing with your defenders, especially Botta, in order to reach Level 3 and gain an ATK boost and learn Venom Tackle, giving him some more defensive capacity. Also, I know that you based your analysis on a league game, but there is also the chance of a tournament match, meaning the possibility of overtime gives you an additional chance of winning. Of course, this approach has some severe risks too; the fact that you're basically putting all your hopes on a single shot from Tidus, since due to the HP costs you can pretty much use each skill at most twice if you manage to make the first shot early on in the round, recover the ball and then stall until there's just enough time to make one more shot. ...the fact that I could basically rattle all that out off the top of my head means I've spent far too much brainpower over the years on this stupid minigame.
Try and level Datto up to level 3 in the first half, teach him nap shot and as the man says, shoot like crazy! Other than that it's just strategic passing and try not to get involved in any scraps until then.
It would be cool if they were all independent characters on the other team. I.e. No psyches or furies. From what I remember there is a pritty good goalkeeper on the banks of the moon flow that has good passing and catching.
This is an excellent video. I have a request: could you maybe do a similar video on blitzball in Final Fantasy X-2? I played the sequel a lot as a child, and it's still one of my all time favourite games. I also used to love playing blitzball for hours. However, I really struggle to find comprehensive videos like these on the sequel's blitzball minigame.
Technically couldn't you just level up by passing around the back until you gained the necessary levels, would rely heavily on RNG of getting the catch and might not be in the spirit of the challenge but I think you could swap jassu botta, use datto and tidus to pass for an entire half (or for as long as you could get away with them not getting the catch each half) then just jecht shot through the backline. Though, no passing around the back permitting this is crazy hard! Good shout.
@@j-rey- If you sit at the back of the pool (behind the keeper) the AI resets and just stands in basic formation for the whole match, allowing you make 20-25 passes each half. That equates to about 40-50 exp per half for each person depending on how lucky you get with them resetting to their basic formation, so it doesn't work that way provided you win the first catch on blitzball, try it, breaks the game 100% but it's the fastest way to level up in a tournament :P - worth noting with Brother having 75 spd you'd be better off passing immediately so he doesnt catch you. but other than that you'd be fine :>
The Best way to Level up the Starting Teams for The Aurochs, is Passing the Team members around during Season Pickups and Placements. For the majority you will want to have Tidus, Wakka, and Brother in your team. But basically getting your Roster up to Speed is the most important thing for you to do.
If I were to pick the hardest team to default at reset, I would choose the following. Giera Guado Zazi Guado Brother Auda Guado Pah Guado Nimrook Berrik, Svanda, and Ropp are good subs as well as the players you have. However, I think having the 2 Guado's in the back and Brother in the middle, it will be hard to break against just 1 opponent to allowing you to do this wakka strategy against Nimrook. I think speed at this level is most important causing more breaks for you and open shots for them against a terrible keepa
Seems like getting the ball first and just passing for exp the entire first half to level up Tidus. Then go into the 2nd half hoping to get a defensive stop. Take letty to Tidus's side of the field trying to avoid brothers agro range. Draw in the defender, pass to Tidus and try hitting a sphere shot. With a bit of luck on the sphere shot roll you can end up with 20+ shot, enough to get a good chance too score even if you don't manage to get point blank range. If you run the clock down enough they won't have time to score on the following possession. If running the clock down is too cheesy for your taste. Put RNG to the test you can try to score fast and hope for a 2nd stop. Tidus can recover enough HP to try a 2nd sphere shot before the end of the game if they did score.
Blitz ball is the only vigeo game sport type game i enjoy. Once you know how to exploit the game mechanics and learn techicopy moves religiously and also max your experience points per game and get the right team. Also use pass to lvl up. 4 mins of passing from point blank gets 28-30 exp for 2 players per half time. Make those 2 the defence line as the back line behind your goalie there is a safe space from attack. Sometimes they will invade that space. But if you have high endurance and let them swim back to there own side and you hide to the far right behind your goal keeper. There will be a time were they get up close to you but eventually swim away. They wont attack you during that time. You can level up a goalie fast that way. You can use mark mode to direct your crew. You can even direct venom tackle users with low end or pas to players your want to steal anti venom from. Try to lure a situation were they trigger the anti venom but letting them take the ball agter failing a technicopy. If i am trying to learn sphere shot. I need to get my defence away and my forwards away amd try to keep the ball in that players hands. So times they pass it, i need to hunt it back and put it back in there hands for a second try and they use a different move instead. And then you nail the timing to find out shaami is too low lvl . . . . Fk lol Make your front line mark there back defense for tidus and wedge. Front attack marks rear def One marks back left. The other back right. Get the blitz ball and take it back to your own goal with idealy a fast centre player with good pass and endurance. Hit triangle button before hand manual a and mark mode. Tidus and wedge will swim to the location of their back defence. You use a fast swim centre to lure their front right and left and also their centre and then pass to the front attackers waiting alongside thier back line. If the top scorer trophy is return sphere you can get x2. be the top scorer with 2 players so you need to beat the other teams best score but also end the league with 2 players with the same, highest goal count. I enjoy blitzball so much i found jecht shot 2 before leaving luca.
For me, the AI bugged out and put non-goalies as goalies so all I have to do is have a shot of 14 and above to score. This is much after the loofa goffers finals match.
My highest win in Blitzball is 17:0 Halftime record 10:0 All goals with BROTHER After 13 goals there will be no more space on the board to write down who scored…
You should consider Svanda as a replacement for Blappa. She has 14 SH, 10 AT, 15 BL. She's insane as a early game FW, hell she can even be a defender and replace Ropp (he'd still be better if you give him Brawler).
I also always found it weird that the Aurochs beat the Al Bhed without Tidus in the semi finals. I mean The Al Bhed literally only need Nimrook and at best, the game ends in a tie.
Ah, Blitzball, my favorite part of FFX, besides Rikku, I still have the best team at high levels: Larbeight, Linna, Vuroja, Kulukan, Irga Ronso, Nimrook.
@@mattwiper i disagree, brothers OP as hell and you are dumb not to take him, but at low levels Nimrook is just unstoppable. Once you hire him, you win the opponents can't break his catch and the al bhed are the only "hard" opponents and you nerfed them.
Or near to it, yeah. The Al-Bhed tend to recruit pretty decent players, and the Guado can score a few times if you stop paying attention, but Kilika, Luca, and the Ronso are basically just free wins.
Linna can also make the cut I think somewhat low shoot for an attacking player but all of her stats are awesome. (and 10 SH is enough against Keepa though)
Luca Goers players have the good stat teamwise early game but they fall of the chart has level goes on. Kilika Beast is their opposite having low stats early and good stats as they lvl
I got a 13 once. It was late game; the Kilika Beasts let their Goalie's contract expire, then hired a new Goalie with 1 Catch. I would get the ball, and immediately stop and shoot. My fondest is a 9 against the Al Bhed Psyches, though; they let Nimrook's contract expire, I bought it just to bench him, and their new Goalie was a level 4 with like 6 Catch.
I love blitzball i always win first game and them make my first team then when i unlock airship my al star team but my boy zev is always on my team he gets me through games and saves my ass same with kyou those two always have a spot on my team and also ropp i have miyu as my goalie until i can recruit nimrook and shuumi as my other shooter until brother can tale her place i also recruit durren as a spare
Hello! I'm playing again Final fantasy X on PlayStation 4 I was able to recruit Durren! My team is: Tidus, brother, svanda, pah, myu and Durren I have also wakka and mep
I think the basics of a really good minigame are in blitzball but it could have used a few tweaks to make it brilliant. On a side note, just having the one goal scoring animation always annoyed me. If they ever do a remake i think they'll get it right next time. Who knows, it might even dethrone Triple Triad as the best FF minigame :P
I fucking hated how OP the Al Bhed Psyches were after showing the Besaid Aurochs beating them in cutscene. Like, they're easily the best team, making the Luca Goers look like absolute trash. And the Besaid Aurochs are easily the worst team in the game, so it's like the game is straight up lying to you!
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Considering u want the original Aurochs. And considering both Wakka and Tidus are standard Aurochs. Why not select a strat where Datto is on the bench. Or if u want him on the team. Change flanks with Wakka. Because Ropp seems more do-able to deal with dan Kyou. Would still be Rng based. But at least Wakka would see more scoring oppurtunities ^^
There is hypothetically a way out by chain passing between Tidus/Wakka and Letty, this would let the player gain experience without giving the enemy team much at all, though this would still leave you to the whims of RNG since it only makes ranges a bit more favorable, rather than putting you on par with them
I like how a pretty significant portion of Spira, is made up of people that are just better than most of the professional league
Reminds me of One Punch Man where random nobodys can be stronger than many of the professional heroes.
Except for the Al Bhed. Pretty much the only team I'm happy with a Tie game
This seems imposhibibble
We all read that in our heads the same way
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I used a save editor to fill a team with nothing but Brother in each position but goalie, and Nimrook. Seeing as Brother shared exp with his clones, this team snowballed out of control really fast.
Attempting this challenge is so masochistic lol. I remember being a frustrated teenager constantly getting my azz whipped by the Al Bhed Psyches. Ended up just recruiting their entire team and using them to get Wakka's reels and sigil. Kind of ironic, considering how much Wakka hates them :D
Dansg08! @1:55 you can see you that your theory is correct! You said only a few seconds earlier that you thought it had to be the case that Nimrook wasn't in goal and that's how the Aurochs could have one. You can see the character model in goal when Wakka shoots, it looks more like the Nedus character model!
Yeah, it's funny that it shows that it isn't Nimrook right after he says that.
And the fact Nimrook starts at Lv1 suggests he's just arrived on the scene.
Also proven correct: Brother’s shot goes in at 5 when it came in at 7, meaning Keepa did indeed drop all the way down to 2.
Its also funny because Nedus is a "free agent" and starts off super slow. So its like he was fired for not being fast enough to goalkeep effectively, but he can eventually level up to be super fast as if he is devoted to becoming faster (perhaps to make up for his past failure). Although he was never a good goalkeeper so its definitely on the Al Bheds management team rather than him bring a bad player.
I think it's implied that Nimrook was part of Yuna's kidnapping, maybe with some other members of the Psyches, so the team wasn't at full power and then Wakka could beat them. I think if you talk to the Psyches when you get the Airship some of them apologize for the kidnapping.
Now I understand why Wakka retired the first time he met another Blitzball player with a pulse. It’s like he was passing off the curse.
playing ffx on ps2 during the release is one of best memories ive ever had
after doing a 100% run in ffx last year i realized that with 19y i was too immature to get all the story and thought it was pretty boring (a girl has to prey on shrines to get killed in the end) and now aftwe replaying it with almost 40, BOOM the story is so overwhelming when you dive below the surface and finally understand that Jecht wasnt an asshole.
Thanks SO much for this. I've always loved blitzball but there's almost zero content online about it. As a long time fan it's great to hear you talk blitz
7,8,9,10,12 are my favorite in the series. Really wished they'd make another AAA turn-based RPG.
FFVI, VII, VIII, IX, X/X-2 and FFXII are my absolute favorites! Our lists are almost the same.
8, 7, 9, 10, 6 (4 and 5 really good too).
World of Final Fantasy is a nice game and a great break from the latest styles
For me, it would be VIII, X, XIV.
Those are exactly the same for me✨😄 Never played 6 unfortunately
This mini-game is so popular, people still ask the Director and Producer of FFXIV if he could add it into the Gold Saucer. Apparently, they tried brainstorming how it would work for a little bit-like if it should be X or X-2 version, how many people per team and how many would be player-controlled, could you change who you controlled mid-game-but couldn't come to a consensus. It feels kind of like a perfect addition like Triple Triad, since you travel to so many places and could recruit a ton of different people from so many races.
01:59 - Unless Nimrook got a haircut and changed clothes, that's not him at all. This is why the Aurochs managed to win.
Nimrook was busy kidnapping Yuna
Blitzball is still to this day one of my favorite mini-games simply because of how it was implemented.
Walking around Spira hitting the square button on everyone I met to see if I could add them to my team was oddly engaging and finding gems like Wedge, Ropp and Kyou without looking up a guide was extremely satisfying.
My biggest serious gripe is that it's physically impossible for the player to learn/copy certain characters "Key Techniques" which means you have give up your favorite players to other teams simply to unlock their skills.
Oh man I have to give it to you. For half the video I was thinking to myself, WELL at least once they level after spending a first half of passing the ball back and forth Tidus should have a shot. You came in with the Exhibition match that doesn't give XP. 10/10 video!
Your playthrough of FFX helped me get through the story of this game throughout the quarantine. I couldn’t get past the Thunder plains when I first played this in the early 00s when I was in high school. Till this day I still can’t play nor do I understand blitzball. Wakka is strong but I’m still rocking his start if the game limit break. Haha
The easiest way to get a few wins is to recruit Brother, score a goal with the Jecht Shot and have Brother keep the ball and just swim around from everyone, it works on every Team except the Guado Glories, in fact. It does take a while but getting all the Wakka rewards is definitely worth it if you don't wanna build a powerful weapon with Break Damage Limit 🤣🤣
Also yes! The Thunder Plains are hard to even survive, like goddamn that place kicks you hard 🤧
I for the life of me never wondered why the shot Wakka makes at 1:52 is not a tech in the game. Guaranteed Slip of one opponent, HP Cost 120 and a Sphere Shot type SH multiplier. Would have made a Front of Tidus + Wakka unstoppable.
What I found especially funny is that the devs left some "blitzball lategame" easter eggs in the game that most people likely never experienced in a normal playthrough.
Like how the Kilika Beasts are outright terrible for most of the level curve but all of them become absolute beasts at higher levels, while the Luca Goers and Al Bhed Psyches just fizzle out somewhere in the 40-50 range. Also that Keepa ends up with the highest SH in the game is hilarious.
Back in the day on PS2, I hoped for something like this to happen to Mifurey, the girl with 20 Speed that you can get at the Thunder Plains agency. I Thought she was designed to be the Magikarp of FFX Blitzball, but she never really gets good until very, very late on the level curve.
yeah Mifurey is not worth it, Nedus on the other end is pretty cool once he learns how to swim fast
Being true to the original Aurochs line up is so difficult but rewarding.
I've been meaning to go through ffx again and I think this vid has just give me that push
Try as you might that hasn't dissuaded me from being a blitzball when I grow up
The hypello hypnotoads would be hard to beat in blitzball
Zev Ronso's a favourite of mine simply because he begins with Golden Arm and Tackle Slip, and he works well as an all-rounder at the early stages of the game. It also helps that he's the fastest Ronso player, and isn't really that much slower than the other blitzball players not named Brother.
His Volley Shot Key Technique is a pain to learn though.
One of the funnest parts of ffx is gutting the psyches when nimrook comes off contract😂
Simple, if you look at that match, Nimrook is not the goalkeeper, he is another player, also Wakka seems to use Aurochs x1, even if he doesn't have access to that move yet. The match is predetermined to advance the story.
1:18 i have a theory about that: Tidus thanked three albhed in Luca, so they probably followed him when they realised he was a guardian, and then kidnapped and kept yuna hostage during the game. Nimrook was one of the three kidnappers (the other two were players too i think), so the psyches had to find a replacement for nimrook, maybe that’s how wakka scored 3 goals. Hope it makes sense.
Edit: if you watch the cutscene closely, you can see the goalie isn’t nimrook
Wow! Never realized it but you're right. That's not nimrook playing goalie for the psyches. I always wondered how the aurochs won that game too and it makes a lot more sense now
To be honest, could not stand blitzball when I first played, but now I love it it’s amazing ❤😂😂😂😂
At 1:58 you can see that the GK is not Nimrook
I was going to comment that as well. Though the ABP are good, a 18 CA lvl 1 goalie is what separates them from the pack at first.
You just know right off the bat that Brother & Nimrook are likely gonna be a part of this.
Fully understood.
Attack is crucial paired with endurance. And then either high pass of high shot.
You must be able to be able to steal the ball in one attack and have enough endurance to repel their attack and dribble through at speed. Wedge it the best for that. Especially once he learns tackle slip
Another issue I have with Blitzball is I don't know Wtf the Game Designers were thinking with how they introduced it. The Luca Goers are assholles and they all have higher stats than your team. And you're expected to just accept that. Even Tidus, the so-called "Star Player of the Zanarkand Abes" is only 2 levels higher. He shoulda been Lv 10 or something! lmao And with higher stats! It's weird that he can hit enemies for 99999 Damage, but his takle remains fairly low in blitzball.
Once you get Jecht shot n.2, Tidus is really the ultimate blitzer, since he can score from any part of the field regardless of the goalkeeper stats or other opponents. But I agree with you, his starting stats are nothing special (and so his level 99 stats), he is quite underwhelming for being a star player. May be wakka was right, a team living in luxury and not training hard couldn't be that strong!
I sunk so many hours into this on PS2 when the remaster came out I ignored blitzball until I could recruit brother he's that good
I love blitzball in FF X (and hate it in FF X-2).
I know right.😂
I don't remember how much detail it goes into, like saying which stats are affected, but I'm pretty sure the in-game tutorial of all things tells you the ±50% figure for RNG rolls.
Some considerations: 1) Are we allowed to change players positions? If so, it's much easier. Since you want to "pull away" defenders from wakka's side of the field, you can put wakka on the opposite side of vilucha so she won't interfere with Letty or Jassu. Also I would probably put Botta as the second forward in order to have better chances to stop Brother. 2) If you do this challange in the tournament it is much easier than in "exhibition mode", since you can spend the first half-time doing passes and leveling up your players. I think this is key with the Tidus variation. 4) I am not sure Brother is the best choice, I agree his speed makes him deadly but I think Svanda or Berrik are stronger VS aurochs since Letty has a much harder time breaking through them. Btw, this is very interesting, I'll give it a try!
the goal keeper doesn't look like nimrook. their clothes are completely different, and nim has this kinda strap coming down the middle of his head into his goggles. this goalie doesnt have goggles, and he also has more hair.
Aurochs only won with Psyches because they played with third squad, and rest were busy kidnapiing Yuna XD
I know that Al Bhed team is INSANE to going up against because of their keeper.
I basically just cheese every match by letting brother kite everyone then bombing a pass to tidus lmao I can't imagine trying this.
As long as the Besaid Aurochs can get the ball at the start enough, they could beat anybody.
im not sure, but in my case the players were locked in extreme long contracts and every team was compleztly mixed. Some players had 80 goals per season. The worst game i had was 15 to 12. Our main players where so strong we could basicly goal from the middle line.
I'm glad to see Kyou showcased as a rear instead of the Goalie replacement for Keepa! Absolute chad of a player, i always got him first thing in my playthroughs.
One thing I'd like to see, since this is almost impossible already, is doing it in Tournament Mode but with both Tidus and Wakka in the team (like in the 2nd half with the goers, benching Datto)... Ofc you can give better abilities to the opponent ;)
I think it's possible but with a lot of luck : if letty grab the ball on both openings, you keep the ball close to your goal so that you can play the time, and then during the final minute you go for the goal with wakka being lucky on numbers... But really hard yeah ^^
Already looking forward to watching you grind this out in the live stream. May the RNG be in your favour
i need to remember my scoring record. Had a picture somewhere. As it was on PS2. Scored like 30+ goals in one game ha that would be funny to try to beat
I remember that in one of my runs, Datto was in another team because I didn't renew his contract with the Besaid Aurochs XD.
Same. In mine, both Datto and Jassau joined the Guado Glories.
The game makes it pretty clear that it was their mindset and not their skil that was holding them back
Do you get two halves or just the one, because I remember putting tidus in defence and passing between my defenders to get levels and then using that to score in the second half just before the timer ends
Idk how commonly this happens but in my most recent playthrough Nimrook's contract expired and the Psyches didn't renew it. I snatched him up for my team so quick.
I tried something similar but at lvl 99. My team was the full Luca Goers squad at lvl 99 against: Nedus and Giera Guado as FWs, Brother as MF, Naida and Pah Guado as DFs and Nimrook as GK, all of them at lvl 99...it was a nightmare cause that entire team is so fast and the Luca Goers are ass cheeks at max lvl compared to every1 else.
How brother swims so fast in overalls is absolutely amazing. Ive also always felt Titus stats were pretty underwelming in Blitzball for the star of the Zanarkand Abes. But then you start outleveling other teams because you can score 30 goals in a game with sphere shot if you have a midlanner with high attack, and then it makes sense not to make him too op.
The star player on a sports team is not always the best stat wise as it were.
I feel like it's implied that the sphere shot is his signature move in zanarkand (since you see him perform it in the first FMV), so his lvl 3 is probably his "serious" stats and he's a star player not because he's the best overall but because he's got this very flashy and effective shot so other players play a supporting role giving him an opportunity to score making him popular with the public.
Considering how good sphere shot is it's not that much of a stretch to imagine that's sufficient enough reason to see him as a great player
He doesn't need stats he has the Jecht Shot
every so often i reset the blitzball data just to build the team back up
Pretty sure it rounds down when determining lower bounds and rounds up when determining upper bounds. 5 could be 2 or 8, if I recall.
the goalkeeper actually is NOT Nimrook as you can see in 1:59
Nimrook has all black top but this player has a yellow X on his top! I don't know who he is yet but he is not Nimrook and they never change clothes
I just realized something else
Nimrook was not in the goal because he probably went to report that there is a summoner and they have to kidnap her (remember the scene and the dialog) or even he may have been involved in the kidnapping himself
I know its just a theory but it can be true
While not really the point of the video I genuinely had no idea you could ever use Wakka after the first unbalanced match against the Luca Goers, that said I've only ever managed to beat them twice in about 10-15 years of making new games, I am by no means a Blitzball lover I do it pretty much exclusively for Wakka's Sigil and all that goes along with that, usually takes about a day of nothing but blitzball but I still get it done, part of the reason I don't really like it is at the end of the day the numbers never really made sense to me, I mean the number of times I've seen a blitzball enter the goal cinematic the catching was 15 and the shooting was 18 somehow someway they would always catch it yet when the numbers were reversed in my goal where my catcher had the advantage the goalie would just let it pass, after enough of that I determined blitzball just wasn't for me.
Looking forward to the livestream of this!! You got this Berk!
You could try using Tidus and spending the first round on pure defence; avoiding the opposing players and passing the ball whenever they get close, while making sure to pass with Tidus at least once. This way, you can start Round two with 11 SH and either Jecht or Sphere Shot. Also, if you're skilled at relaying passes and more than a bit lucky, you can focus on passing with your defenders, especially Botta, in order to reach Level 3 and gain an ATK boost and learn Venom Tackle, giving him some more defensive capacity. Also, I know that you based your analysis on a league game, but there is also the chance of a tournament match, meaning the possibility of overtime gives you an additional chance of winning. Of course, this approach has some severe risks too; the fact that you're basically putting all your hopes on a single shot from Tidus, since due to the HP costs you can pretty much use each skill at most twice if you manage to make the first shot early on in the round, recover the ball and then stall until there's just enough time to make one more shot.
...the fact that I could basically rattle all that out off the top of my head means I've spent far too much brainpower over the years on this stupid minigame.
At the 2:00 mark is a guy with blonde hair as the goal keeper… it’s not Nimrook
Teach us how to blitz!
rip to my homeboy kyou getting his name pronounced caillou all video
Try and level Datto up to level 3 in the first half, teach him nap shot and as the man says, shoot like crazy! Other than that it's just strategic passing and try not to get involved in any scraps until then.
It would be cool if they were all independent characters on the other team. I.e. No psyches or furies. From what I remember there is a pritty good goalkeeper on the banks of the moon flow that has good passing and catching.
Bruh I’ve been waiting for you to make ffx content also my favorite game you’ve taught me so much I didn’t know
This is an excellent video.
I have a request: could you maybe do a similar video on blitzball in Final Fantasy X-2? I played the sequel a lot as a child, and it's still one of my all time favourite games. I also used to love playing blitzball for hours. However, I really struggle to find comprehensive videos like these on the sequel's blitzball minigame.
Technically couldn't you just level up by passing around the back until you gained the necessary levels, would rely heavily on RNG of getting the catch and might not be in the spirit of the challenge but I think you could swap jassu botta, use datto and tidus to pass for an entire half (or for as long as you could get away with them not getting the catch each half) then just jecht shot through the backline. Though, no passing around the back permitting this is crazy hard! Good shout.
They both have atrocious passing stats. Brother, Vilucha, and Blappa would swarm them and immediately take the ball
@@j-rey- If you sit at the back of the pool (behind the keeper) the AI resets and just stands in basic formation for the whole match, allowing you make 20-25 passes each half. That equates to about 40-50 exp per half for each person depending on how lucky you get with them resetting to their basic formation, so it doesn't work that way provided you win the first catch on blitzball, try it, breaks the game 100% but it's the fastest way to level up in a tournament :P - worth noting with Brother having 75 spd you'd be better off passing immediately so he doesnt catch you. but other than that you'd be fine :>
The Best way to Level up the Starting Teams for The Aurochs, is Passing the Team members around during Season Pickups and Placements.
For the majority you will want to have Tidus, Wakka, and Brother in your team. But basically getting your Roster up to Speed is the most important thing for you to do.
Does the cgi cutscene where the thumbnail comes from actually happen in game?
If I were to pick the hardest team to default at reset, I would choose the following.
Giera Guado
Zazi Guado
Brother
Auda Guado
Pah Guado
Nimrook
Berrik, Svanda, and Ropp are good subs as well as the players you have. However, I think having the 2 Guado's in the back and Brother in the middle, it will be hard to break against just 1 opponent to allowing you to do this wakka strategy against Nimrook. I think speed at this level is most important causing more breaks for you and open shots for them against a terrible keepa
Seems like getting the ball first and just passing for exp the entire first half to level up Tidus. Then go into the 2nd half hoping to get a defensive stop. Take letty to Tidus's side of the field trying to avoid brothers agro range. Draw in the defender, pass to Tidus and try hitting a sphere shot. With a bit of luck on the sphere shot roll you can end up with 20+ shot, enough to get a good chance too score even if you don't manage to get point blank range. If you run the clock down enough they won't have time to score on the following possession. If running the clock down is too cheesy for your taste. Put RNG to the test you can try to score fast and hope for a 2nd stop. Tidus can recover enough HP to try a 2nd sphere shot before the end of the game if they did score.
Blitz ball is the only vigeo game sport type game i enjoy.
Once you know how to exploit the game mechanics and learn techicopy moves religiously and also max your experience points per game and get the right team. Also use pass to lvl up. 4 mins of passing from point blank gets 28-30 exp for 2 players per half time. Make those 2 the defence line as the back line behind your goalie there is a safe space from attack.
Sometimes they will invade that space.
But if you have high endurance and let them swim back to there own side and you hide to the far right behind your goal keeper.
There will be a time were they get up close to you but eventually swim away. They wont attack you during that time. You can level up a goalie fast that way.
You can use mark mode to direct your crew. You can even direct venom tackle users with low end or pas to players your want to steal anti venom from. Try to lure a situation were they trigger the anti venom but letting them take the ball agter failing a technicopy.
If i am trying to learn sphere shot. I need to get my defence away and my forwards away amd try to keep the ball in that players hands. So times they pass it, i need to hunt it back and put it back in there hands for a second try and they use a different move instead. And then you nail the timing to find out shaami is too low lvl
. . . . Fk lol
Make your front line mark there back defense for tidus and wedge.
Front attack marks rear def
One marks back left.
The other back right.
Get the blitz ball and take it back to your own goal with idealy a fast centre player with good pass and endurance. Hit triangle button before hand manual a and mark mode.
Tidus and wedge will swim to the location of their back defence. You use a fast swim centre to lure their front right and left and also their centre and then pass to the front attackers waiting alongside thier back line.
If the top scorer trophy is return sphere you can get x2.
be the top scorer with 2 players so you need to beat the other teams best score but also end the league with 2 players with the same, highest goal count. I enjoy blitzball so much i found jecht shot 2 before leaving luca.
For me, the AI bugged out and put non-goalies as goalies so all I have to do is have a shot of 14 and above to score. This is much after the loofa goffers finals match.
My highest win in Blitzball is 17:0
Halftime record 10:0
All goals with BROTHER
After 13 goals there will be no more space on the board to write down who scored…
love this game and do you know how to learning anti drian !!!??
Wait. Blitzball was divisive? I assumed it was mostly liked if not loved.
Great video brick
You should consider Svanda as a replacement for Blappa. She has 14 SH, 10 AT, 15 BL. She's insane as a early game FW, hell she can even be a defender and replace Ropp (he'd still be better if you give him Brawler).
I also always found it weird that the Aurochs beat the Al Bhed without Tidus in the semi finals. I mean The Al Bhed literally only need Nimrook and at best, the game ends in a tie.
Ah, Blitzball, my favorite part of FFX, besides Rikku, I still have the best team at high levels: Larbeight, Linna, Vuroja, Kulukan, Irga Ronso, Nimrook.
I love Blitzball so much I wish it was a real life sport
If only making a sphere of water were possible.
@@Finger112 I always imagined a Zero Gravity sphere instead of water for a IRL sport like Blitzball...I would love to see it during my lifetime.
Love blitzball too sir! I always use the original team..never trade any players
I normally isolate the defenders and use Tidus sphere shot and just pray Nimrock doesn't save it in the early game
As soon as you recruit Nimrook, you win, you can't lose.
Same goes for brother
@@mattwiper i disagree, brothers OP as hell and you are dumb not to take him, but at low levels Nimrook is just unstoppable. Once you hire him, you win the opponents can't break his catch and the al bhed are the only "hard" opponents and you nerfed them.
Or near to it, yeah. The Al-Bhed tend to recruit pretty decent players, and the Guado can score a few times if you stop paying attention, but Kilika, Luca, and the Ronso are basically just free wins.
This is fascinating
Great video! One of my favorite games.
Linna can also make the cut I think somewhat low shoot for an attacking player but all of her stats are awesome. (and 10 SH is enough against Keepa though)
It always bothered me how Besaid Aurochs never ever won a game, yet somehow got "seeded" to Top 4.
Luca Goers players have the good stat teamwise early game but they fall of the chart has level goes on. Kilika Beast is their opposite having low stats early and good stats as they lvl
Yep larbeight becomes the second best shooter in the game aside from keepa
What's the highest score you've ever gotten in a single game of Blitzball?
I think my highest is 11 vs Ronso Fangs
I got a 13 once. It was late game; the Kilika Beasts let their Goalie's contract expire, then hired a new Goalie with 1 Catch. I would get the ball, and immediately stop and shoot. My fondest is a 9 against the Al Bhed Psyches, though; they let Nimrook's contract expire, I bought it just to bench him, and their new Goalie was a level 4 with like 6 Catch.
My highest was 17 against Kilika Beasts while Nizarut was using Hi-Risk, I kept scoring goals from the midfield as soon as I got control of the ball.
I love blitzball i always win first game and them make my first team then when i unlock airship my al star team but my boy zev is always on my team he gets me through games and saves my ass same with kyou those two always have a spot on my team and also ropp i have miyu as my goalie until i can recruit nimrook and shuumi as my other shooter until brother can tale her place i also recruit durren as a spare
Should have put Zalitz in as a defender against you.
I literally dont think i have ever scored a single point in blitzball in my 20 years of having FF X
Seems like you still didn't learn how to turn from Auto to Manual...reading tutorial is important.
For me FFX/X-2 is the peak of the series..a full remake would be heaven sent
Nah, just a 4K remaster, maybe extra areas added like in some of the GBA ports of earlier games, as the game itself is already perfect as is.
I have a Dream of a ffx remake from the Ground up i VR
1:59 Pause the video. That's not Nimrook.
I think you could make it worse by changing the positions of the besaid aurochs. For example Keepa would be a fwd, etc.
could be cool to try to win a league where you make the besaid aurochs have random positions or something
So weird i didnt get the notification for this video
I would swap out a striker for Wedge, the dude has Super high SH and is quick himself. His ATK and BLK are also rather high
Obviously Nimrook rolled max low CT and Wakka was on his nuts and rolled high SH
Hello! I'm playing again Final fantasy X on PlayStation 4
I was able to recruit Durren!
My team is: Tidus, brother, svanda, pah, myu and Durren I have also wakka and mep
I think the basics of a really good minigame are in blitzball but it could have used a few tweaks to make it brilliant. On a side note, just having the one goal scoring animation always annoyed me. If they ever do a remake i think they'll get it right next time. Who knows, it might even dethrone Triple Triad as the best FF minigame :P
My go to team for blitzball is
Vilucha
Shaami
Linna
Kulukan
Ropp
Nimrook
I don't use tidus
Some honourable mentions are Yuma guado( until I get Nimrook)
And kiyuri (until I get kulukan
I fucking hated how OP the Al Bhed Psyches were after showing the Besaid Aurochs beating them in cutscene. Like, they're easily the best team, making the Luca Goers look like absolute trash. And the Besaid Aurochs are easily the worst team in the game, so it's like the game is straight up lying to you!