In FFVIII, there were numerous ways to spam enemies: Having 99 Death spells linked to your weapon attack on all 3 party members and you're one-shotting most things, except bosses. For bosses you could just cast Haste, then Aura and spam them with Limit breaks. If you've got Quistis & Zell in ur party, you're not losing a fight EVER.
FFX, Have either Yuna or Lulu Doublecast Ultima (preferably at Half or One MP), Rikku Copycats. Rinse and repeat. Best if Rikku has followed Lulu's path ASAP, she gets at least 2/3rds Lulu's damage yield.
Darkkefka I thought Vanille character fit her perfectly. It's like how people hate Hope cuz he's whiny. He's a 14 year old boy with no experience, no shit lol. Vanille wants to act like a dumbass to coverup for the "dark resolve" that lies within. Also, her saboteur role is so versatile. Best early sab cuz of deprotect/deshell/imperil. Good mid/late because fang doesnt learn it till late and death can be abused vs neochu and adamantoise. Great late because death can do 999,999 on long gui repeatedly LOL.
Welcome to the Salty Spitoon, how tough are you? How tough am I? HOW TOUGH AM I!? I took down Penance in one try! Yeah, so? Without using Zanmato... Uh, right this way, sorry to keep you waiting.
I beat Yiazmat without reverse, not that I really knew what I was doing. I just let the gambits do their thing and only took brief control if things got rough. Longest most boring 3 hours ever...
TL;DR: There is no need to raise your HP over 9999, because with maxed-out characters almost everything deals less than 9999 against you. The few attacks dealing more than 9999 automatically deal the absolute maximum damage of 99999, meaning you die either way, with our without Break HP Limit. Healing characters to full HP is also easier and faster with 9999 max HP. About Break HP Limit in FFX: That thing is one of the most useless abilities you can go for on a piece of equipment. Why do I say that? When you max out your characters almost no attack in this game deals 9999 damage period. The attacks, that deal more than 9999 automatically deal 99999 damage (certain Dark Aeon attacks for example), meaning Break HP Limit would be useless against those anyway. Going only for 9999 HP instead of 99999 has one more major benefit: Healing your characters is way easier and way faster. When your character gets revived with Auto-Phoenix it's much easier to heal them to max life when "max life" means 9999 HP (X-Potion heals 9999 HP). I personally use Auto-Haste, Auto-Protect (this + max Defense stats enables everything mentioned above) and Auto-Phoenix (if a character DOES die because they got hit with 99999 dmg the character gets instantly revived). For my 4th slot I farmed Ribbons for my 3 main characters (Tidus, Rikku, Wakka; because they can fight underwater).
Selphie's The End = Anything incl. Omega Weapon goes down in one hit and using it on Ultimecia's final form skips most of the fight and starts her 'close to death' speech.
Don't hate on Zanmato! When one has to beat dark Valefor just to get into the village for the energy ray they should not have to grind forever to reach the point that they can beat those monsters legit
I don't agree. You don't need Zanmato for Dark Valefor. Just get Yuna well-leveled (which she will be, being the White Mage), and watch Anima OHKO that black canary into submission. Besides, grinding Dark Valefor, Dark Ifrit and Dark Ixion for Ribbon armors is MUCH EASIER compared to Dark Yojimbo grinding.
I absolutely second what you say about Zanmato, these games are meant to be a challenge and feel so rewarding after you beat them! Also love the DBZ abridged bit you put in :P
Number 2 is why Tales of Vesperia got pretty difficult in the second half of the game. When Estelle leaves the party, you don't have a white mage anymore (from my recollection) and you have to use items to heal.
***** Yuri is definitely OP, but at this point in the game, you still can't chain as many combos as you do in NG+, when Yuri really unleashes his full potential. Also, most human bosses have Void Attack or can simply tech out of your combos, which can doom Yuri if he doesn't have Void Attack himself or Glory. While Estelle is an easy boss(if we forget the solo part), Shwann can tech out at will. He is a pain and you don't even have Raven in your party for this part(because of obvious reasons) and your only healing sources(aside of items) are Guardian Field and Nice Aid Smash(unless you have Nice Punishing Smash). None of them heal that much and they all work in really small AoE. Then we have to fight Zagi. While he is not a challenge in himself, he's annoying with his tech outs and his combos. At least we have Raven for this fight. The other big challenge we face is a giant flying swordfish which can deal AoE damage, stun your team and can seriously damage your allies because of their dumb AIs. He also has classic boss shit, like Void Attack and that one thing that makes your weapons bounce. I hate that.
Totally right on with white mages. FF1 is suicide without a white Mage. Beating Zeromus without Rosa healing each turn is impossible. Next to Ultima, you need all those high level heals for Kefkas tower. Though no white Mage is as broken as Peach in SMRPG or Cream the Rabbit in Sonic Chronicles.
+Katie Baily FF 1 is a cake walk with 4 Warriors and just potions, haha. 4 red mages is fun too. 4 black mages... not so much. 4 white mages is suffering.
Final Fantasy 1 is not that difficult without a white mage really. You can heal just as easily with stuff like the heal helmet (unlimited) and potions. And replacing her with anther offensive powerhouse just means faster battles and less damage. Zeromus without Rosa (or Porum in Advance) is damn near unthinkable, though. Never struggled with anything in Kefka's tower--it's too easy to overpower your enemies. Agreed on Peach. Game becomes impossible to lose once she joins, minus maybe the optional superboss (Culex?).
FF1 is the easiest RPG I've ever played. I've soloed the entire game with a black wizard, and it was still easy as hell. Just use items and know the stat mechanics, as well as where to grind for power plus/mind plus ect.
ZaleanderHeat "easiest you've ever played?" Wow. You need to play more RPGs. Even the aforementioned Super Mario RPG is a far less challenging game. If you're playing the original on the NES itself, I find it hard to believe that you didn't find a bit of a challenge at the Marsh Cave, the Earth Cave, and Gurgu Volcano the first time playing. There is some serious grinding involved in that game, and not everyone knows about the Peninsula of Power without a guide. Which I am sure you used. That was something we had to locate on our own back in 1991.
Wasn't born yet. I played dawn of souls and the 20th anniversary. I was too young when playing it the first few times to understand that guides existed. The game is 2ez.
in regards to the catnip+trigger happy, I've gone through the entire Via Infinito without using it once. in fact, i have you to thank for showing me the combo. i got through after hours of grinding and about 20 minutes of setup just before each boss (even then i lost to Chac like 15 times before i decided "what the heck" and bribed him). so here's your one who proves the usefullness
+shotbboy Degenerator doesn't work on Omega Weapon. Vanille's Death doesn't work on Long Gui and the Final Ceith Mission. Zanmato works on the Dark Aeons and Penance. That's the difference.
+Darkkefka But it requires heavy manipulation to even come close to being a "spam." It's not really a spam, and speed runners use Zanmato and they are far from noobs.
+NorthernDragon Well that's different, they do it because its the quickest way to be the game and that's what they're trying to do. He calls the people who beat every boss in the game with zanmato noobs because they can't do it without zanmato.
Gustav Vögeli He never qualified his statement that way. He said Zanmato is for noobs, and it's not. Honestly, if he's the kind of person that enjoys grinding for levels until he's maxed with the best gear and then Penance or the Dark Aeons are a cakewalk for him, all the power to him. But many are not like that and would rather not spend hours grinding just to face a single opponent. Zanmato is perfectly fine.
NorthernDragon I agree, theres really no differance between grinding and killing penance with no sweat and doing zanmato and not grinding and still win. It's just a matter of what you feel comfortable doing, it's the same thing as using broken things in online games.
Nice vid! That bracer is completely overpowered but so awesome in that aspect! Been watching your videos for a while now first time commenting. Imagine my surprise when I got to see a wallpaper that I made (at 15:33) a while back in your video. XD
you called people who use a tactic in a certain final fantasy that they suck, but majority of how you play final fantasy is complete spam, you should refrain using negative connotations if you are showing us your playstyle
Thomas Kim That's just his personality. He's been doing that with every video he has made. Personally, I like it. People really shouldn't take it that seriously; it was meant to be a humor. By the way, hello, Kim~
Never seen you mention Tactics on here yet. First thing I thought when I saw the topic was Ramza's squire abilities. Scream is probably the most overpowered ability in that game. Calculator's Math Skill can pretty much wipe the board clean if your speed is high enough to go on the first turn and you have a powerful spell with a high enough MA. Won't even mention solo Orlandu. You should give Final Fantasy Tactics 1.3 a try. Unlike the vanilla it's actually a challenge.
Baby Pizza thats true Orlandu OP can solo all the game why he isnt the prota? xD i remember playing some "side invented game with mine dad" it was doing Deep Dungeon with lvl 1 party 3 characters only and Orlandu was Banned cause that is cheating xD gameshark give us the chance to choice all special characters that was so fun we play a lot to that side game
I love the challenge of the via infinito, In fact I don't even use catnip anymore, it just kills the challenge for me. It's still possible to get through the via infinito, but instead fights take 40+ minutes and you can't make mistakes. Definitely a challenge for the true gamer.
Retaliate in FFRK: your caracter becomes "immune" to physical attacks (all physical attacks miss) and it counters them with a physical attack, including attacks from your own team (useful with mages with no spell charges left)
in ff7 if you w-summon knights of the round then have the other two use the mime skill that is a total of 6 in one turn. also the final attack materia with phoneix summon instantly revives you and does some fire damage to the enemy.
In my playthrough of FF7, I used Red XII Stardust Ray to kill all the weapons. Faster than Highwind and Omnislash. 4 Hero Drinks, i've beaten the game 4 times now and I still have no use for Knights of the Round. Still fun to breed a gold chocobo but I'll never use that materia. I don't want to sit there for a full minute. So boring.
You got some great concepts for these videos and they can be fun to watch, keep bringing them and keep improving and im going to keep watching! Also, I always try to avoid using these "easy tactics" as much as I can cause I hate feeling like im cheating the game on certain enemies! And for Neochu on FF13 you don't need to spam Death, just have the instachain ability set on at least 2 characters and you should be able to take it out rather quickly!
Despite the fact that you advocate using Degenerator, the fact that it doesn't work on most bosses doesn't make it one of the most "overpowered" spams in my opinion. Yeah, you'll wreck any normal enemy with it, but a truly overpowered spam doesn't care what you're hitting with it, it dies. Like Zell, when you junction some super strong magic to his strength, get him into a limit break, and spam Punch Rush and Booyah over and over. You get anywhere from 4 to 12 seconds, depending on how much shit you're in at the time it triggers. Punch Rush and Booyah both take, if you're fast with the buttons, about .2 seconds to enter (I've pulled off .1 before, but .2 is my average). That means on a minimum time limit break (4.66 seconds), you're executing 23 attacks if you do it flawlessly...on even footing with Lionheart. On a maximum time limit break (12 seconds) on a flawless execution you pull off 60 attacks in a single ATB turn...and can probably do it again as soon as his ATB fills again if you have him under Aura and in critical HP. And the best part is that, unlike other limit breaks, you don't have to gather rare components or burn cards for rare items or spend time hunting down parts to build a weapon...you can use it from the very moment you get Zell in your party. It's such a common strategy that people have dubbed it his "Armageddon Fist" limit break. Now THAT shit is broken.
Kind of, but not really. Zell's limit break has a lower DC than most hits, so even against an enemy in Vit0 (negates the defense stat) his punches don't reach the damage cap. Max strength means you'll be hitting around 4-5k per attack, compared to the nearly guaranteed 10k of each Lionheart hit. 60 hits of 4k is around the damage output of Lionheart, though a 12 second Duel is far more likely than Lionheart anyways. If you get high luck though... you can see those glorious 9999s show up. Zell can get critical hits during his limit. All of the guys can get criticals on any hit that you don't pull the trigger for, for that matter. The other thing to consider is finger speed. The fastest I've managed to get was .05. Maintaining that would be 20 attacks per second, for a total of over 200 hits... Duel has the highest damage output per turn possible in FF8, and is among the highest (if not THE highest) of any FF I'm familiar with. Even Anima's 1.6 mil pales compared to the theoretical 3.6 mil Zell can do. (Frame perfect inputs gives around 361 hits) More often than not Zell will be doing pitiful damage per hit, with awful damage per second (not damage per turn, but actual real-time seconds of you playing) meaning Irvine or Squall are better options for speeding through the game. The ceiling is high, the floor is low for Duel. Chances are any casual use of it will be less damaging than a Renzokuken or Shot, but the potential is stupidly high. Without any luck junction, meltdown, and normal fingers Lionheart > Shot > Duel, but with luck junctions, meltdown, and fast fingers Duel > Shot > Lionheart.
I played through ff9 recently and played through at very low level then stat boosted with end game gear, I don't remember what attacks I even used but ozma was like dead in a minute or two it was soooo anticlimactic vs me as a kid struggling to beat him.
If you decide to remake this list after finishing FF2, the teleport spell might be a good pick. It kills almost every enemy in the game in one hit, including most bosses, and becomes very accurate once you level it up a few times.
Interesting video! Everything was put together VERY well... except for 2 things worth editing. 1) Put the title of the game by each countdown number. Not all of us have played each game, and I'm sure I couldn't have been the only one interested by footage from one I never played, yet don't know the titles if I decided to buy them. 2) I know people mentioned how difficult your speech is to understand, and it isn't easy to fix. Why not have someone else provide commentary? You spoke very fast too, so maybe slowing down might help. Your vids are great but it's a shame it's too difficult to follow your commentary.
Here's an old tactic that helps for a majority of the series: wall/reflect rings and multi-targeting a reflectable spell. If you are facing a single enemy, doing this can actually give the damage output of 2 casts of the same spell for the cost of one. This was an awesome tactic in FFV and FFVI because you could crush elementally weak enemies with ease. This was also great in FFX and FFX-2 making Lulu a beast in the right setup. This also carried into Bravely Default and Bravely Second making some bosses trivial. True, it is not as broken as some of the aforementioned abilities on the list, but it doesn't need as much of a setup as some of them.
I would sub but I cannot understand you that well and the captions seem to be terrible for TH-cam. I will check out another video and see if I can understand you on a different one.
One issue with the number one pick is that Catnip is no longer able to be used in the HD-remaster version of 10-2, Which makes things even more difficult. I played the original version a long time ago but at that time I never knew about Catnip, I wish I did though, lol.
that thing does NOT work on bosses, only normal monsters in case you fail to notice this when he talks about Zanmato, he talks about the bosses when he talks about Degenorator, he talks about normal monsters and why would you waste your $$ to kill a normal monster with Zanmato anyway?
Cyrus Xander I don't know about you but for me if I know that I can use Death on normal monsters, those who I can fight anytime I want to, then hell yeah I'm going to use it I might fight them the legit way at first but after that it's going to be DEATH DEATH DEATH AND DEATH and one more thing, you can grind normal monsters but with bosses you can't because you can only fight them once if using Death speeds up your grinding then why wouldn't you it?
Degenerator only works on normal monsters. Zanmato works on every normal monsters and every bosses, even the strongest (you can one shot Penance, the hardest boss, with Zanmato).
Like the video, but you should really watch your diction, I understood probably 20% of everything you said and I speak fluent english. Remember that you have viewers in other countries too :)
Play the card minigame to destroy early ff8, limit breaks to destroy late ff8. Renzokuken, Wishing Star and Blue Magic. I think refusing to learn wishing star and keep invincible moon as the strongest limit break for Rinoa might be even better
Quistis's Degenerator took the cake because of the problem called DISC ONE NUKE. Also, you COULD SPAM RENZOKUKEN (That's why Squall is always dead in my game XD)
Darkkefka, I know you have an "axe-cent", but you SERIOUSLY need to learn to slow down your speech and ENUNCIATE. I can't understand over half of what you say, and apparently a lot of others feel the same way!
Nathaniel Hale all you saying his talking sucks (which it doesn't!) are f-ing jerks. If someone said it to you, in the way you rudely said it to him, you'd be fucking pissed off. If you couldn't say things to someone's face, you have no business writing it at all. Period. Rude. And "axe-sent" ?!? Wtf!?!
I enjoyed the video but you definitely need to learn to enunciate your words more clearly. I couldn't understand much of what you were saying. Sometimes you'd speak way too quickly and jumble it all together. If you want to expand your fanbase, you have to make sure people can understand you.
It's probably because you're used to your own voice and you know what you're saying. I think just slowing it down a little bit would help a lot. On a more related note, keep making awesome FF videos. I like the content.
I can understand him but I need to focus too much on some of the things he says. Speaking fast is one thing but not enunciating well enough is another. He sounds American to me (like I am).
Darkkefka Walter Cronkite trained himself to speak slower when he would broadcast the news. It took dedication, but he managed to learn to speak approximately 124 words a minute. I'm not saying to go that slow, but slowing down your speech, and doing a trail run before hand helps. You should also have a friend who is able to give constructive criticism, and is willing to help you screen your videos. Many have also stated it is possibly the mic.
"Anone who doesn't use reverse while Yiazmat is pretty effin crazy" I'm crazy then. I was level 70's and with bubble belt, tournesol, ultima blade and ragnorok. I just let my people go, let the room, had gambits on, checked on it, controlled them for a bit, ate. I had everyone pretty good gambits about 20 tries, and 6 1/2 hours later it was dead
I did beat the dungeon in FFX-2 without Catnip, it was hard as hell. One of the hardest dungeons in Final Fantasy. In the Remastered version, Catnip is not the same since it causes berserk. It was a challenge, but well worth it. :)
Nice video prett impressed I do love my FF but sadly haven't played a large amount of em so watching these videos spark my interest in dusting my old console buying the games n having some fun
I know this video is a little bit old but I just wanted to give my two cents I don't see anything wrong with your voice. Thank you for making these videos I love Final Fantasy keep it up buddy
Rosa is ridiculous in the 3D version of FFIV. Thanks to stacking Dualcasting and Omnicasting, you can cast both Haste and Blink on every single party member in a single turn. Or two rounds of Holy. Give her the MP+50% augment, and she breaks the game in all battles bar Proto-Babil.
In Final Fantasy X-2 its pretty easy to get the Lady Luck's CONGRATS ability to come out if you pause during the slots to help stop the reels where you want. It doesnt work on every enemy, but it does work on most of them. You get tons of items/accessories, and awards you gil, exp, and ap as if you defeated them.
One you may not be aware of is saber/berserk in FFI and FFII. These (items in ff1, spell in ff2) increase a character's attack without them going into a berserk status. The part that makes them overpowered is that they can be stacked infinitely, making the bosses of those games trivial with enough setup. If you spend a couple turns casting sabers/berserks (and maybe a haste) on a single character, that character can kill the boss regardless of how underleveled you are.
My most overpowered spam. In ff7, the method I used to beat Emerald Weapon. Have 1 character summon both Knights of the Round and Phoenix, and then the entire party use mimic from then on. Phoenix revives all party members with full health so as long as someone is alive you can just keep going until you win. The spam also allows you to save magic as mimic costs nothing. Even without Knights of the Round the spam makes you pretty much invincible and able to kill nearly everything, just taking more rounds to do it.
+Joseph Jackson inneffective. for more damage in emerald weapon w summon knights of the round and bahamut zero. link knights with hp asorb and bahamut zero with quadra magic. each KOTR heals your person for over 9k health and 4x bahamut zeros for massive damage just keep miming and you win no one dies or gets close to death. ruby weapon link knights of the round with hp asorb and w summon it with hades. hades freezes ruby weapon so it doesnt cast ultima when knights is used. but incase freeze wears off inbetween one of the cast(i keep my atb on active) the next persons hades will refreeze while knights heals them all. both fights with no deaths simple but time consuming
My top ten overpowered spams: 1. Kefka 2. Kefka's blizzard attack 3. Kefka's mannerisms 4. Kefka's violence 5. Kefka poisoning a water supply 6. Kefka's HP attack in Dissidia 7. Kefka's lust for Godship 8. Kefka shooting light directed at small towns 9. Kefka causing the World of Ruins Last but not least.... 10. Kefka's laugh
I left it out for one reason only. While angle wing is a limit break, the actually spell she uses is not. This means that the monsters will still take there turn. the only monster worth an Angel Meteor is Omega, and you do NOT want him taking turns. I did consider angel Meteor combo though.
I am a HUGE FFVIII fan - but let me just say: I love Rikku! Her Overdrive is definitely one of the coolest in the franchise! You can create so many different things - and a lot of them are extremely useful. Unfortunately, I haven't discovered even half of her possible mixes, but that's probably because I don't play the game that often...
The catnip trick was butchered in the international and by extension HD versions of 10-2. Now it adds berserk and slow. So the girl equipped with it can't attack quickly and can't do any other command but attack. Meaning no trigger happy. Still does 9999 damage with each hit, but is so slow it really doesn't help. Don't understand why they would gimp this...
I beat yiazmat without using reverse. Simply because I didn't know about that spell. Plus I don't know if you know, but you can leave the combat area and go save/heal and yiazmat wont regain his health.
You're right about Vanille. I actually really like her too. I never entered a battle without Vanille. My main party was Fang, Hope and Vanille. I prefer to use Fang as Leader because... 1) She has a lot of HP and is a good Sentinel and Commando 2) Apparently both Hope and Vanille heal better when I don't control them 😅 But yeah. Vanille is a very big boost to the party... As for her personality... Well, once one thinks about it, she never meant any harm. And I like upbeat characters... So no hate here. I don't hate her voice either.
One really good F7 spam I found is actually only usable if you have only one character alive at a time.Mime + Counter + Limit Break.Best if you use Cloud's Omni-slash or limit breaks that hit multiple times. Watch the fireworks.
Two things: When I was able to use virus/bio in ffiv that was my go-to spell and I would just spam the life out of it. It induced sap, was non-elemental, multi-target, cheap, FAST, and looked and sounded cool. It wasn’t until I had the magic power to cast the level 3/-ga spells or had flare. Second, xiii wasn’t a bad game by no means, but after ten games of the same final fantasy style, ffxii came and everything was different: director, composer, look, feel, etc. (I love ffxii I own both orig and TZA) then ffxiii came and another huge overhaul again and many didn’t have time to digest the new change. (I am not a fan of ffxiii but def can see why people are, especially -2 did a great job ironing out the issues from the first one) and since then it’s been kinda tumultuous in getting the right footing back in today’s more...interesting game industry. Fingers crossed, ffviiR will balance the minefield field and hopefully create a new, functional blend of the nostalgic with the modern. End of report.
Hey, for Crisis Core, some of those monster simply have WAAAAY to much HP to do it any other way. Minerva has 10,000,000 HP. Unless you like fighting a battle for 2 or more hours, Minerva growing increasingly faster with her attacks as it progresses, I'd say it was the saner choice that Squaresoft incorporated into the game purposefully.
I actually like the way you speak. I know, I might just be weird but English is not my native language and this helps me get better at understanding what I'm listening... :P
Let’s not forget the Shock Power you get off Ragnarok in FF9. I don’t know if it was glitched or something but that attack always did quad nines for me.
another good spam, Thunder God Cid - Final Fantasy Tactics, he has like, most if not all of the knight attacks and makes the game WAY easier once you have him
I like your accent and the way you talk, makes me keep watching your videos :) ignore the morons who diss you, they obviously have no self-esteem. Your videos are awesome and I love that you make them. Haters are jealous for sure!
Hi Darkkefka. I know you've addressed this already and labeled it as hate on how you talk. It's not how you talk so much as how it was picked up by the Mic. It sounds very muffled and slurred. All-in-all, yo shit is SICK!! Keep up the good work.
I totally agree with your list .The only thing that is inaccurate (technically) is that in the re-release of FFX2 Katnip doesn't work with Trigger Happy any more. I think that's what they did to it. I know that this video was made before that was released so thought I'd provide an update if anyone didnt know :) Dave J
2 spammers of Darkara (Rank 2) with MP absorb and Gengi Gloves Mas combo did Yiz without reverse, obviously you need to revive at times but it's pretty safe if you setup well enough.
other spam in ffx-2 was "lady luck" dresphere which allowed you to draw all 7s in a slot machine and not only instantly win battle but also get a load of money and rare items from mobs
I've been watching your FF Top Tens for years but I didnt want to comment on them until now. This one I will give my two cents in to each entry. Just for everyone's information: when i play a game I go all out and win however i can, so nothing is considered 'cheap' or 'spam' to me. Anyway, here I go: #0: Zanmato. I didnt know i could use it on bosses! Huh, guess i will use it once the first time and then try to beat it the old fashioned way the following round of play. #10: Costly punch. I only beat this game once and never used this, and because i wasnt a fan of Crisis Core i havent played it since. Funny looking move, at least. #9: Vanille. I like her as a character, but i never did use her for farming XP or CP. I really dont like the RNG in XIII anyway so I dont really care either way. #8: Degenerator. Too bad when you use it you don't get XP for the monster that died. #7: Never dug into the game deep enough to realize how to prioritize the monsters in the party. Gilgamesh kinda killed my enthusiasm for the DLC...mostly. #6: Quick & Master Scroll. Havent gotten far in VI to know this combo existed. I will definitely use it when I come across it (as well as the Ultima Weapon). Man that makes the game look easier than it actually is. #5: Yuna in Dissidia. She is definitely one of the best characters to use in the story mode as well as in the uber hard extra scenario (I know this because I have 100% this game). Spamming power moves is truly the only way to go even for a veteran like me, those late game manikins are merciless and will screw you up. #4: Rikku. I replaced Yuna with her as my primary healer. I knew she was useful the moment I used her Mix ability the first time. #3: Reverse. TBH, I never even knew this spell existed, and I've beaten both versions of XII (though to be fair, I never fought Yiazmat to learn extra strategies). #2: White Mage. You call that a spam? I call it the FF Life Insurance policy lol. I never go into battle without one. EVER. #1: Catnip + Gunner. Huh...well, now that this has been nerfed in the HD Remaster there's no way I am going to try the Via Infinito. Honestly, I beat the game never knowing that combo existed.
i know this is old post but since i finished via infinito in ps3 i can assure that you can finish this dungeon without catnip you just need a lot of time to max your characters (can do it afk) and get multiple copies of mascot (if you cant do it on a single run or a single mascot) and dress change a lot to get all the buffs on the grid specially the limit breaks or +def and +m.def
Dude, I totally beat Yiazmat without reverse in FF12. I didn't even know about that trick when I played through. I can honestly say that FF12 was the only FF game that I've done EVERYTHING. I frickin' love it!
Although you cant spam multi-lines in FF9, the two broken attacks i can assure is Zidane's Thievery ([Speed Stat * Successful Steal]/2 = Damage) and Freya Dragon Crest (Dragons killed^2 = Damage). Although it requires a bit of grinding to make it cap, but after the grind, it ALWAYS ensure a 9999. And heck, against some absurd and extreme high defence monsters where nothing can scratch it, they deal a fixed 9999(E.g. Friendly Yan)
I took on Yiazmat without Reverse by getting in his face. But that was not easy and took many, many, many hours of tinkering with the Gambit system and collecting items.
Burn everything in sight.......Burn everything in sight.......Burn everything in sight lol
DarkBalmungBladeWing YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY! HEH! YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY! HEH! YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY! HEH!
GET AWAY! GET AWAY! GET AWAY! GET AWAY! GET AWAY! GET AWAY!
HUH! HA! ONE MORE!
Launch! Activate! SHUTTER! Launch! Activate! SHUTTER! Launch! Activate! SHUTTER!
Explains why my gf loves yuna shes damn op. Well i prefer Tidus since he is that fucking fast xD
In FFVIII, there were numerous ways to spam enemies: Having 99 Death spells linked to your weapon attack on all 3 party members and you're one-shotting most things, except bosses. For bosses you could just cast Haste, then Aura and spam them with Limit breaks. If you've got Quistis & Zell in ur party, you're not losing a fight EVER.
Mime
Mime
X-Summon Knights of the Round
Make Sandwich
Take Dog for Walk
SD78 watch the beginning again..
knights + phoenix, you cant wipe
FFX, Have either Yuna or Lulu Doublecast Ultima (preferably at Half or One MP), Rikku Copycats. Rinse and repeat. Best if Rikku has followed Lulu's path ASAP, she gets at least 2/3rds Lulu's damage yield.
YAY! Someone else is a Vanille Fanboy. I don't feel alone anymore :P
PhysicHedgehog a lot of people didn't like her at first, but they started to use her once they learned how good she was in battle.
I love Vanille too story wise, battle wise, and she one of my favorite characters in final fantasy
Darkkefka
I thought Vanille character fit her perfectly. It's like how people hate Hope cuz he's whiny. He's a 14 year old boy with no experience, no shit lol. Vanille wants to act like a dumbass to coverup for the "dark resolve" that lies within.
Also, her saboteur role is so versatile. Best early sab cuz of deprotect/deshell/imperil.
Good mid/late because fang doesnt learn it till late and death can be abused vs neochu and adamantoise.
Great late because death can do 999,999 on long gui repeatedly LOL.
PhysicHedgehog Me too, I love Vanille 😂
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2 Dark Knights and an Alchemist in FFX-2 is literally unstoppable
Oh yeah. I used that setup for the endgame and it really is hff ard to break.
For me the Vanish + Doom spam of the SNES version of FFVI was the most OP thing I ever seen
Welcome to the Salty Spitoon, how tough are you?
How tough am I? HOW TOUGH AM I!? I took down Penance in one try!
Yeah, so?
Without using Zanmato...
Uh, right this way, sorry to keep you waiting.
Underrated comment. This is funny af.
I beat Yiazmat without reverse, not that I really knew what I was doing. I just let the gambits do their thing and only took brief control if things got rough. Longest most boring 3 hours ever...
yojimbo the definition of PAY TO WIN : )
TL;DR: There is no need to raise your HP over 9999, because with maxed-out characters almost everything deals less than 9999 against you. The few attacks dealing more than 9999 automatically deal the absolute maximum damage of 99999, meaning you die either way, with our without Break HP Limit. Healing characters to full HP is also easier and faster with 9999 max HP.
About Break HP Limit in FFX: That thing is one of the most useless abilities you can go for on a piece of equipment. Why do I say that?
When you max out your characters almost no attack in this game deals 9999 damage period. The attacks, that deal more than 9999 automatically deal 99999 damage (certain Dark Aeon attacks for example), meaning Break HP Limit would be useless against those anyway. Going only for 9999 HP instead of 99999 has one more major benefit: Healing your characters is way easier and way faster. When your character gets revived with Auto-Phoenix it's much easier to heal them to max life when "max life" means 9999 HP (X-Potion heals 9999 HP).
I personally use Auto-Haste, Auto-Protect (this + max Defense stats enables everything mentioned above) and Auto-Phoenix (if a character DOES die because they got hit with 99999 dmg the character gets instantly revived). For my 4th slot I farmed Ribbons for my 3 main characters (Tidus, Rikku, Wakka; because they can fight underwater).
Selphie's The End = Anything incl. Omega Weapon goes down in one hit and using it on Ultimecia's final form skips most of the fight and starts her 'close to death' speech.
You made me laugh so loud when you mentioned that Gret monster was immune to degenerator.
I passed that dungeon from ffx-2 without knowing hat catnip is XD.
same here
I have the remastered version so that trick doesn't work anymore
What is the trick? Every time I use it, only does 1 (sometimes 0) damage per shoot.
And yes, I am playing on the original game, not the HD Remaster.
@@snowtree07 HP goes red. You'll do 9k damage no matter what. HD remaster nerfed the item. Now you also are in a constant berserk state.
Same here. Used 2 Lady Lucks with auto-haste and a Alchemist focused on defense with a Ribbon.
Don't hate on Zanmato!
When one has to beat dark Valefor just to get into the village for the energy ray they should not have to grind forever to reach the point that they can beat those monsters legit
octapusxft ^ That's exactly what I primarily would get Yojimbo for.
let them hate on it all they want but we're being smarter for using much easier way for the 100% completion
no you arent smarter. youre just a bitch lmao. no effort whatsoever lmfao
or you could just get it when you first get valefor
I don't agree. You don't need Zanmato for Dark Valefor. Just get Yuna well-leveled (which she will be, being the White Mage), and watch Anima OHKO that black canary into submission. Besides, grinding Dark Valefor, Dark Ifrit and Dark Ixion for Ribbon armors is MUCH EASIER compared to Dark Yojimbo grinding.
I absolutely second what you say about Zanmato, these games are meant to be a challenge and feel so rewarding after you beat them! Also love the DBZ abridged bit you put in :P
Number 2 is why Tales of Vesperia got pretty difficult in the second half of the game. When Estelle leaves the party, you don't have a white mage anymore (from my recollection) and you have to use items to heal.
Yea...I was pretty messed up when she left, you can only hold so many healing items to.
You still have Raven's Love Shot and Karol's Nice Aid Smash, but they don't really help.
Sekate50 But you had the stun locking swordmaster Yuri along with the mighty Blah blah blah
*****
Yuri is definitely OP, but at this point in the game, you still can't chain as many combos as you do in NG+, when Yuri really unleashes his full potential. Also, most human bosses have Void Attack or can simply tech out of your combos, which can doom Yuri if he doesn't have Void Attack himself or Glory. While Estelle is an easy boss(if we forget the solo part), Shwann can tech out at will. He is a pain and you don't even have Raven in your party for this part(because of obvious reasons) and your only healing sources(aside of items) are Guardian Field and Nice Aid Smash(unless you have Nice Punishing Smash). None of them heal that much and they all work in really small AoE. Then we have to fight Zagi. While he is not a challenge in himself, he's annoying with his tech outs and his combos. At least we have Raven for this fight.
The other big challenge we face is a giant flying swordfish which can deal AoE damage, stun your team and can seriously damage your allies because of their dumb AIs. He also has classic boss shit, like Void Attack and that one thing that makes your weapons bounce. I hate that.
Love FFXIII series and all of it's characters!
And they say unicorns are a myth. Hah! In your face science!
Unicorns aren't a myth, generally they are called rhinos though . . .
Totally right on with white mages. FF1 is suicide without a white Mage. Beating Zeromus without Rosa healing each turn is impossible. Next to Ultima, you need all those high level heals for Kefkas tower. Though no white Mage is as broken as Peach in SMRPG or Cream the Rabbit in Sonic Chronicles.
+Katie Baily FF 1 is a cake walk with 4 Warriors and just potions, haha. 4 red mages is fun too. 4 black mages... not so much. 4 white mages is suffering.
Final Fantasy 1 is not that difficult without a white mage really. You can heal just as easily with stuff like the heal helmet (unlimited) and potions. And replacing her with anther offensive powerhouse just means faster battles and less damage. Zeromus without Rosa (or Porum in Advance) is damn near unthinkable, though. Never struggled with anything in Kefka's tower--it's too easy to overpower your enemies.
Agreed on Peach. Game becomes impossible to lose once she joins, minus maybe the optional superboss (Culex?).
FF1 is the easiest RPG I've ever played. I've soloed the entire game with a black wizard, and it was still easy as hell. Just use items and know the stat mechanics, as well as where to grind for power plus/mind plus ect.
ZaleanderHeat "easiest you've ever played?" Wow. You need to play more RPGs. Even the aforementioned Super Mario RPG is a far less challenging game. If you're playing the original on the NES itself, I find it hard to believe that you didn't find a bit of a challenge at the Marsh Cave, the Earth Cave, and Gurgu Volcano the first time playing. There is some serious grinding involved in that game, and not everyone knows about the Peninsula of Power without a guide. Which I am sure you used. That was something we had to locate on our own back in 1991.
Wasn't born yet. I played dawn of souls and the 20th anniversary. I was too young when playing it the first few times to understand that guides existed. The game is 2ez.
I don't know how I didn't see this vid until now. I love your Final Fantasy Countdowns and this one was great!
in regards to the catnip+trigger happy, I've gone through the entire Via Infinito without using it once. in fact, i have you to thank for showing me the combo. i got through after hours of grinding and about 20 minutes of setup just before each boss (even then i lost to Chac like 15 times before i decided "what the heck" and bribed him). so here's your one who proves the usefullness
XD the moment i saw crisis core i thought "costly punch"
I busted out laughing when I saw DBZ-Abridged! also good list.
you say if you have to resort to zanmato you're a noob, but then mention you use vanille's death and quistis' degenerator...makes total sense
+shotbboy Degenerator doesn't work on Omega Weapon. Vanille's Death doesn't work on Long Gui and the Final Ceith Mission. Zanmato works on the Dark Aeons and Penance. That's the difference.
+Darkkefka But it requires heavy manipulation to even come close to being a "spam." It's not really a spam, and speed runners use Zanmato and they are far from noobs.
+NorthernDragon Well that's different, they do it because its the quickest way to be the game and that's what they're trying to do. He calls the people who beat every boss in the game with zanmato noobs because they can't do it without zanmato.
Gustav Vögeli He never qualified his statement that way. He said Zanmato is for noobs, and it's not. Honestly, if he's the kind of person that enjoys grinding for levels until he's maxed with the best gear and then Penance or the Dark Aeons are a cakewalk for him, all the power to him. But many are not like that and would rather not spend hours grinding just to face a single opponent. Zanmato is perfectly fine.
NorthernDragon I agree, theres really no differance between grinding and killing penance with no sweat and doing zanmato and not grinding and still win. It's just a matter of what you feel comfortable doing, it's the same thing as using broken things in online games.
Bro...ive been watching you since your FF13 days. how are you not popular by now? your amazing and helped me alot through my FF13 run
Nice vid! That bracer is completely overpowered but so awesome in that aspect!
Been watching your videos for a while now first time commenting. Imagine my surprise when I got to see a wallpaper that I made (at 15:33) a while back in your video. XD
you called people who use a tactic in a certain final fantasy that they suck, but majority of how you play final fantasy is complete spam, you should refrain using negative connotations if you are showing us your playstyle
Thomas Kim That's just his personality. He's been doing that with every video he has made. Personally, I like it. People really shouldn't take it that seriously; it was meant to be a humor.
By the way, hello, Kim~
Never seen you mention Tactics on here yet. First thing I thought when I saw the topic was Ramza's squire abilities. Scream is probably the most overpowered ability in that game. Calculator's Math Skill can pretty much wipe the board clean if your speed is high enough to go on the first turn and you have a powerful spell with a high enough MA. Won't even mention solo Orlandu. You should give Final Fantasy Tactics 1.3 a try. Unlike the vanilla it's actually a challenge.
Baby Pizza thats true Orlandu OP can solo all the game why he isnt the prota? xD i remember playing some "side invented game with mine dad" it was doing Deep Dungeon with lvl 1 party 3 characters only and Orlandu was Banned cause that is cheating xD
gameshark give us the chance to choice all special characters that was so fun we play a lot to that side game
I'm having a hard time understanding what you're even saying. Apart from a couple of things, original X-2 is actually pretty well balanced.
I love the challenge of the via infinito, In fact I don't even use catnip anymore, it just kills the challenge for me. It's still possible to get through the via infinito, but instead fights take 40+ minutes and you can't make mistakes. Definitely a challenge for the true gamer.
Retaliate in FFRK: your caracter becomes "immune" to physical attacks (all physical attacks miss) and it counters them with a physical attack, including attacks from your own team (useful with mages with no spell charges left)
Almost never used Degenerator, just because it was so cartoonish and annoying to look at
Shockwave pulsar was awesome to unleash. I didn't really use Degenerator all that much.
in ff7 if you w-summon knights of the round then have the other two use the mime skill that is a total of 6 in one turn. also the final attack materia with phoneix summon instantly revives you and does some fire damage to the enemy.
U have to link them to life steal for best result ;p
In my playthrough of FF7, I used Red XII Stardust Ray to kill all the weapons. Faster than Highwind and Omnislash. 4 Hero Drinks, i've beaten the game 4 times now and I still have no use for Knights of the Round. Still fun to breed a gold chocobo but I'll never use that materia. I don't want to sit there for a full minute. So boring.
did the same on almost every boss once I was able.
Do u know any place to farm ap? cause thats the most annoying part....
the downed shinra plane in the ocean is the best grinding area.
So FF7 as a whole is #1 basically then? Lol ok. Makes sense because of Knights Of The Round + Mimic.
Haha, I found #5 with Yuna's megaflare so relatable. I wanted to unlock Chaos Desperado asap and battles took a ton of tries with other characters.
You got some great concepts for these videos and they can be fun to watch, keep bringing them and keep improving and im going to keep watching! Also, I always try to avoid using these "easy tactics" as much as I can cause I hate feeling like im cheating the game on certain enemies! And for Neochu on FF13 you don't need to spam Death, just have the instachain ability set on at least 2 characters and you should be able to take it out rather quickly!
Despite the fact that you advocate using Degenerator, the fact that it doesn't work on most bosses doesn't make it one of the most "overpowered" spams in my opinion. Yeah, you'll wreck any normal enemy with it, but a truly overpowered spam doesn't care what you're hitting with it, it dies.
Like Zell, when you junction some super strong magic to his strength, get him into a limit break, and spam Punch Rush and Booyah over and over. You get anywhere from 4 to 12 seconds, depending on how much shit you're in at the time it triggers. Punch Rush and Booyah both take, if you're fast with the buttons, about .2 seconds to enter (I've pulled off .1 before, but .2 is my average). That means on a minimum time limit break (4.66 seconds), you're executing 23 attacks if you do it flawlessly...on even footing with Lionheart. On a maximum time limit break (12 seconds) on a flawless execution you pull off 60 attacks in a single ATB turn...and can probably do it again as soon as his ATB fills again if you have him under Aura and in critical HP. And the best part is that, unlike other limit breaks, you don't have to gather rare components or burn cards for rare items or spend time hunting down parts to build a weapon...you can use it from the very moment you get Zell in your party. It's such a common strategy that people have dubbed it his "Armageddon Fist" limit break.
Now THAT shit is broken.
really?
Kind of, but not really. Zell's limit break has a lower DC than most hits, so even against an enemy in Vit0 (negates the defense stat) his punches don't reach the damage cap. Max strength means you'll be hitting around 4-5k per attack, compared to the nearly guaranteed 10k of each Lionheart hit. 60 hits of 4k is around the damage output of Lionheart, though a 12 second Duel is far more likely than Lionheart anyways.
If you get high luck though... you can see those glorious 9999s show up. Zell can get critical hits during his limit. All of the guys can get criticals on any hit that you don't pull the trigger for, for that matter.
The other thing to consider is finger speed. The fastest I've managed to get was .05. Maintaining that would be 20 attacks per second, for a total of over 200 hits... Duel has the highest damage output per turn possible in FF8, and is among the highest (if not THE highest) of any FF I'm familiar with. Even Anima's 1.6 mil pales compared to the theoretical 3.6 mil Zell can do. (Frame perfect inputs gives around 361 hits)
More often than not Zell will be doing pitiful damage per hit, with awful damage per second (not damage per turn, but actual real-time seconds of you playing) meaning Irvine or Squall are better options for speeding through the game. The ceiling is high, the floor is low for Duel. Chances are any casual use of it will be less damaging than a Renzokuken or Shot, but the potential is stupidly high. Without any luck junction, meltdown, and normal fingers Lionheart > Shot > Duel, but with luck junctions, meltdown, and fast fingers Duel > Shot > Lionheart.
SquallLionhart409 wow
Degenerator is pretty much the same equivalent as junctioning death to status attack.
Or Angel Wing. Surprised he missed that one. You can solo pretty much anything with it.
FF9
Equip Dark Garb/ Ninja Suit, whatever its called
*Doomsday spam ensues*
+Xiruslol YES! FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE REALIZES THIS!
You get Doomsday at *end* of game.
I'd rather equip ninja suits to absorb Ozma's Doomsday.
I love to spam Soul blade + Masamune and Haste
I played through ff9 recently and played through at very low level then stat boosted with end game gear, I don't remember what attacks I even used but ozma was like dead in a minute or two it was soooo anticlimactic vs me as a kid struggling to beat him.
You should make a rikku mix guide, I powered her up on 10 but it's a pain to figure out every mix
If you decide to remake this list after finishing FF2, the teleport spell might be a good pick. It kills almost every enemy in the game in one hit, including most bosses, and becomes very accurate once you level it up a few times.
am i the only one who LOVED this video solely for the fantastic commentary/accent/voice/whoever this man is.
i don't care how old this video is... i NEVER used catnip and gunner on FF X-2
zantanzuken I did triple catnip combination .
+zantanzuken Cat Nip doesn't work as advertised so some of us had to use Mascots, etc and other methods.
+zantanzuken Thank god I am not alone... Although I did waste my life getting all three with BDL and Ribbon... So... Yeah.
+Caleb Church Catnip always worked for me as a spam with gunner...
I just cleared that dungeon with alot of patience and good timing and it was easy but I didnt like fighting tonberry chieftan
Interesting video! Everything was put together VERY well... except for 2 things worth editing. 1) Put the title of the game by each countdown number. Not all of us have played each game, and I'm sure I couldn't have been the only one interested by footage from one I never played, yet don't know the titles if I decided to buy them. 2) I know people mentioned how difficult your speech is to understand, and it isn't easy to fix. Why not have someone else provide commentary? You spoke very fast too, so maybe slowing down might help. Your vids are great but it's a shame it's too difficult to follow your commentary.
it should be in the combo vanish--doom from FFVI
I was wondering why that wasnt included. It really save me alot of time once i got most of my characters to high level mages
aricente More of a glitch. And With Economizer+Quick+4xUltima, why bother?
with single enemys vanish+doom is quicker, but doesn't work on zombies
The glitch was removed on the GBA version and doesn't work anymore.
omg! Lure and Reverse is the craziest combo I remember in all my years of FF. You can mess with so many stronger opponents.
Here's an old tactic that helps for a majority of the series: wall/reflect rings and multi-targeting a reflectable spell. If you are facing a single enemy, doing this can actually give the damage output of 2 casts of the same spell for the cost of one. This was an awesome tactic in FFV and FFVI because you could crush elementally weak enemies with ease. This was also great in FFX and FFX-2 making Lulu a beast in the right setup. This also carried into Bravely Default and Bravely Second making some bosses trivial. True, it is not as broken as some of the aforementioned abilities on the list, but it doesn't need as much of a setup as some of them.
Oh my gosh...Slow it down a bit dude! It sounds like you're talking in Japanese!
Darrin Paul i've been working on it.
I would sub but I cannot understand you that well and the captions seem to be terrible for TH-cam. I will check out another video and see if I can understand you on a different one.
Said favorite Dresssphere is Dark Knight. That earns a subscribe right there. Good man!
One issue with the number one pick is that Catnip is no longer able to be used in the HD-remaster version of 10-2, Which makes things even more difficult. I played the original version a long time ago but at that time I never knew about Catnip, I wish I did though, lol.
Zanamto mean's you suck but Degenorator doesn't?????????
that thing does NOT work on bosses, only normal monsters
in case you fail to notice this
when he talks about Zanmato, he talks about the bosses
when he talks about Degenorator, he talks about normal monsters
and why would you waste your $$ to kill a normal monster with Zanmato anyway?
Yeah but if you have to resort to a 1 hit kill against normal enemies that means you suck too doesn't it?
Cyrus Xander I don't know about you but for me if I know that I can use Death on normal monsters, those who I can fight anytime I want to, then hell yeah I'm going to use it
I might fight them the legit way at first but after that it's going to be DEATH DEATH DEATH AND DEATH
and one more thing, you can grind normal monsters but with bosses you can't because you can only fight them once
if using Death speeds up your grinding then why wouldn't you it?
I guess that make's sense, just not my cup of tea , lol
Degenerator only works on normal monsters.
Zanmato works on every normal monsters and every bosses, even the strongest (you can one shot Penance, the hardest boss, with Zanmato).
Like the video, but you should really watch your diction, I understood probably 20% of everything you said and I speak fluent english.
Remember that you have viewers in other countries too :)
Guess some ppl play FF games past X . . . i just cant find any interest in them . . . I tried though . . .
Play the card minigame to destroy early ff8, limit breaks to destroy late ff8. Renzokuken, Wishing Star and Blue Magic. I think refusing to learn wishing star and keep invincible moon as the strongest limit break for Rinoa might be even better
Quistis's Degenerator took the cake because of the problem called DISC ONE NUKE. Also, you COULD SPAM RENZOKUKEN (That's why Squall is always dead in my game XD)
Darkkefka, I know you have an "axe-cent", but you SERIOUSLY need to learn to slow down your speech and ENUNCIATE. I can't understand over half of what you say, and apparently a lot of others feel the same way!
I can understand him perfectly. May be you are hearing imparied.
WarezStuff
Oh , Typo? Grammer police probably coming on this reply.
I have to agree with this statement. There are times when I have to rewind a little to pick up what Darkkefka is saying. That is not often though.
I agree. He should slow down a bit.
Nathaniel Hale all you saying his talking sucks (which it doesn't!) are f-ing jerks. If someone said it to you, in the way you rudely said it to him, you'd be fucking pissed off. If you couldn't say things to someone's face, you have no business writing it at all. Period. Rude. And "axe-sent" ?!? Wtf!?!
I enjoyed the video but you definitely need to learn to enunciate your words more clearly. I couldn't understand much of what you were saying. Sometimes you'd speak way too quickly and jumble it all together. If you want to expand your fanbase, you have to make sure people can understand you.
I'm working on that, but I still can't see how people can't understand me.
It's probably because you're used to your own voice and you know what you're saying. I think just slowing it down a little bit would help a lot.
On a more related note, keep making awesome FF videos. I like the content.
I can understand him but I need to focus too much on some of the things he says. Speaking fast is one thing but not enunciating well enough is another. He sounds American to me (like I am).
PHIFlyers10
I agree, not hating on the guys voice or how he says things, but he just needs to slow it down a little. Otherwise good vids!!
Darkkefka Walter Cronkite trained himself to speak slower when he would broadcast the news. It took dedication, but he managed to learn to speak approximately 124 words a minute. I'm not saying to go that slow, but slowing down your speech, and doing a trail run before hand helps. You should also have a friend who is able to give constructive criticism, and is willing to help you screen your videos. Many have also stated it is possibly the mic.
Im not sure what people mean when they say they cant understand you. You sound perfectly clear to me. Keep it up and ignore them
"Anone who doesn't use reverse while Yiazmat is pretty effin crazy"
I'm crazy then.
I was level 70's and with bubble belt, tournesol, ultima blade and ragnorok. I just let my people go, let the room, had gambits on, checked on it, controlled them for a bit, ate. I had everyone pretty good gambits
about 20 tries, and 6 1/2 hours later it was dead
I did beat the dungeon in FFX-2 without Catnip, it was hard as hell. One of the hardest dungeons in Final Fantasy. In the Remastered version, Catnip is not the same since it causes berserk. It was a challenge, but well worth it. :)
Aside from the swearing, I enjoyed the video! Great job!
Nice video prett impressed I do love my FF but sadly haven't played a large amount of em so watching these videos spark my interest in dusting my old console buying the games n having some fun
I know this video is a little bit old but I just wanted to give my two cents I don't see anything wrong with your voice. Thank you for making these videos I love Final Fantasy keep it up buddy
Rosa is ridiculous in the 3D version of FFIV. Thanks to stacking Dualcasting and Omnicasting, you can cast both Haste and Blink on every single party member in a single turn. Or two rounds of Holy. Give her the MP+50% augment, and she breaks the game in all battles bar Proto-Babil.
this guy Darkkefka..
first of all sounds like Wakka's voice nice :D
and the second of all best final Fantasy Player i've ever saw on TH-cam!
In Final Fantasy X-2 its pretty easy to get the Lady Luck's CONGRATS ability to come out if you pause during the slots to help stop the reels where you want. It doesnt work on every enemy, but it does work on most of them. You get tons of items/accessories, and awards you gil, exp, and ap as if you defeated them.
YO Kefka when is the next video coming? Love your work brother.
One you may not be aware of is saber/berserk in FFI and FFII. These (items in ff1, spell in ff2) increase a character's attack without them going into a berserk status. The part that makes them overpowered is that they can be stacked infinitely, making the bosses of those games trivial with enough setup. If you spend a couple turns casting sabers/berserks (and maybe a haste) on a single character, that character can kill the boss regardless of how underleveled you are.
My most overpowered spam. In ff7, the method I used to beat Emerald Weapon. Have 1 character summon both Knights of the Round and Phoenix, and then the entire party use mimic from then on. Phoenix revives all party members with full health so as long as someone is alive you can just keep going until you win. The spam also allows you to save magic as mimic costs nothing. Even without Knights of the Round the spam makes you pretty much invincible and able to kill nearly everything, just taking more rounds to do it.
+Joseph Jackson Same here
+Joseph Jackson inneffective. for more damage in emerald weapon w summon knights of the round and bahamut zero. link knights with hp asorb and bahamut zero with quadra magic. each KOTR heals your person for over 9k health and 4x bahamut zeros for massive damage just keep miming and you win no one dies or gets close to death. ruby weapon link knights of the round with hp asorb and w summon it with hades. hades freezes ruby weapon so it doesnt cast ultima when knights is used. but incase freeze wears off inbetween one of the cast(i keep my atb on active) the next persons hades will refreeze while knights heals them all. both fights with no deaths simple but time consuming
Once again thanks for your videos man, I always enjoy them, keep it up :)
Number 6; Quick+GENJI GLOVE+Master scroll. Or for multiple enemies you can use Quick+Dual cast+Ultima.
My top ten overpowered spams:
1. Kefka
2. Kefka's blizzard attack
3. Kefka's mannerisms
4. Kefka's violence
5. Kefka poisoning a water supply
6. Kefka's HP attack in Dissidia
7. Kefka's lust for Godship
8. Kefka shooting light directed at small towns
9. Kefka causing the World of Ruins
Last but not least....
10. Kefka's laugh
I left it out for one reason only. While angle wing is a limit break, the actually spell she uses is not. This means that the monsters will still take there turn. the only monster worth an Angel Meteor is Omega, and you do NOT want him taking turns. I did consider angel Meteor combo though.
I am a HUGE FFVIII fan - but let me just say: I love Rikku! Her Overdrive is definitely one of the coolest in the franchise! You can create so many different things - and a lot of them are extremely useful.
Unfortunately, I haven't discovered even half of her possible mixes, but that's probably because I don't play the game that often...
'Is there anyone alive today who can beat this Dungeon without spamming Catnip!?'Welcome to the Future, DK. Welcome to the Future.
The catnip trick was butchered in the international and by extension HD versions of 10-2. Now it adds berserk and slow. So the girl equipped with it can't attack quickly and can't do any other command but attack. Meaning no trigger happy. Still does 9999 damage with each hit, but is so slow it really doesn't help. Don't understand why they would gimp this...
I beat yiazmat without using reverse. Simply because I didn't know about that spell. Plus I don't know if you know, but you can leave the combat area and go save/heal and yiazmat wont regain his health.
Oleg Tzurikov he said beat him in one stage. If you zone, then it doesn’t count, every time you zone it’s considered another stage.
You're right about Vanille.
I actually really like her too.
I never entered a battle without Vanille.
My main party was Fang, Hope and Vanille.
I prefer to use Fang as Leader because...
1) She has a lot of HP and is a good Sentinel and Commando
2) Apparently both Hope and Vanille heal better when I don't control them 😅
But yeah. Vanille is a very big boost to the party...
As for her personality...
Well, once one thinks about it, she never meant any harm. And I like upbeat characters... So no hate here.
I don't hate her voice either.
Vanille, Fang, and Hope were my goto late game party too, or at least after beating Barthadelus II and getting Hope Haste.
i like your videos and i dont find you hard to understand keep up the good work man
Now here's an interesting top 10 you could do:
The Top 10 Strongest Uber weapons in the Final Fantasy series.
One really good F7 spam I found is actually only usable if you have only one character alive at a time.Mime + Counter + Limit Break.Best if you use Cloud's Omni-slash or limit breaks that hit multiple times. Watch the fireworks.
THANK YOU! I dont use Break HP limit either because honestly its a slot that can be used for something else much better if you know the game
Two things:
When I was able to use virus/bio in ffiv that was my go-to spell and I would just spam the life out of it. It induced sap, was non-elemental, multi-target, cheap, FAST, and looked and sounded cool. It wasn’t until I had the magic power to cast the level 3/-ga spells or had flare.
Second, xiii wasn’t a bad game by no means, but after ten games of the same final fantasy style, ffxii came and everything was different: director, composer, look, feel, etc. (I love ffxii I own both orig and TZA) then ffxiii came and another huge overhaul again and many didn’t have time to digest the new change. (I am not a fan of ffxiii but def can see why people are, especially -2 did a great job ironing out the issues from the first one) and since then it’s been kinda tumultuous in getting the right footing back in today’s more...interesting game industry. Fingers crossed, ffviiR will balance the minefield field and hopefully create a new, functional blend of the nostalgic with the modern.
End of report.
Hey, for Crisis Core, some of those monster simply have WAAAAY to much HP to do it any other way. Minerva has 10,000,000 HP. Unless you like fighting a battle for 2 or more hours, Minerva growing increasingly faster with her attacks as it progresses, I'd say it was the saner choice that Squaresoft incorporated into the game purposefully.
I actually like the way you speak. I know, I might just be weird but English is not my native language and this helps me get better at understanding what I'm listening... :P
Let’s not forget the Shock Power you get off Ragnarok in FF9. I don’t know if it was glitched or something but that attack always did quad nines for me.
another good spam, Thunder God Cid - Final Fantasy Tactics, he has like, most if not all of the knight attacks and makes the game WAY easier once you have him
Man that x2 battle theme and victory fanfare...can't wait to play the hd remaster
@Darkkefka
Good video bro. You've got yourself a new subscriber thanks to this video.
I like your accent and the way you talk, makes me keep watching your videos :) ignore the morons who diss you, they obviously have no self-esteem. Your videos are awesome and I love that you make them. Haters are jealous for sure!
It reminds me of my girlfriends accent and mannerisms (she's from the US, we live in the UK at the moment), much love man
Hi Darkkefka. I know you've addressed this already and labeled it as hate on how you talk. It's not how you talk so much as how it was picked up by the Mic. It sounds very muffled and slurred. All-in-all, yo shit is SICK!! Keep up the good work.
I totally agree with your list .The only thing that is inaccurate (technically) is that in the re-release of FFX2 Katnip doesn't work with Trigger Happy any more. I think that's what they did to it. I know that this video was made before that was released so thought I'd provide an update if anyone didnt know :)
Dave J
2 spammers of Darkara (Rank 2) with MP absorb and Gengi Gloves Mas combo did Yiz without reverse, obviously you need to revive at times but it's pretty safe if you setup well enough.
other spam in ffx-2 was "lady luck" dresphere which allowed you to draw all 7s in a slot machine and not only instantly win battle but also get a load of money and rare items from mobs
I've been watching your FF Top Tens for years but I didnt want to comment on them until now. This one I will give my two cents in to each entry. Just for everyone's information: when i play a game I go all out and win however i can, so nothing is considered 'cheap' or 'spam' to me. Anyway, here I go:
#0: Zanmato. I didnt know i could use it on bosses! Huh, guess i will use it once the first time and then try to beat it the old fashioned way the following round of play.
#10: Costly punch. I only beat this game once and never used this, and because i wasnt a fan of Crisis Core i havent played it since. Funny looking move, at least.
#9: Vanille. I like her as a character, but i never did use her for farming XP or CP. I really dont like the RNG in XIII anyway so I dont really care either way.
#8: Degenerator. Too bad when you use it you don't get XP for the monster that died.
#7: Never dug into the game deep enough to realize how to prioritize the monsters in the party. Gilgamesh kinda killed my enthusiasm for the DLC...mostly.
#6: Quick & Master Scroll. Havent gotten far in VI to know this combo existed. I will definitely use it when I come across it (as well as the Ultima Weapon). Man that makes the game look easier than it actually is.
#5: Yuna in Dissidia. She is definitely one of the best characters to use in the story mode as well as in the uber hard extra scenario (I know this because I have 100% this game). Spamming power moves is truly the only way to go even for a veteran like me, those late game manikins are merciless and will screw you up.
#4: Rikku. I replaced Yuna with her as my primary healer. I knew she was useful the moment I used her Mix ability the first time.
#3: Reverse. TBH, I never even knew this spell existed, and I've beaten both versions of XII (though to be fair, I never fought Yiazmat to learn extra strategies).
#2: White Mage. You call that a spam? I call it the FF Life Insurance policy lol. I never go into battle without one. EVER.
#1: Catnip + Gunner. Huh...well, now that this has been nerfed in the HD Remaster there's no way I am going to try the Via Infinito. Honestly, I beat the game never knowing that combo existed.
i know this is old post but since i finished via infinito in ps3 i can assure that you can finish this dungeon without catnip you just need a lot of time to max your characters (can do it afk) and get multiple copies of mascot (if you cant do it on a single run or a single mascot) and dress change a lot to get all the buffs on the grid specially the limit breaks or +def and +m.def
i think the king of all spams is the insane materia combos on ff7
"I don't give a fuck!.." hahaha, love it. Awesome video DK!
Dude, I totally beat Yiazmat without reverse in FF12. I didn't even know about that trick when I played through. I can honestly say that FF12 was the only FF game that I've done EVERYTHING. I frickin' love it!
Although you cant spam multi-lines in FF9, the two broken attacks i can assure is Zidane's Thievery ([Speed Stat * Successful Steal]/2 = Damage) and Freya Dragon Crest (Dragons killed^2 = Damage). Although it requires a bit of grinding to make it cap, but after the grind, it ALWAYS ensure a 9999. And heck, against some absurd and extreme high defence monsters where nothing can scratch it, they deal a fixed 9999(E.g. Friendly Yan)
I took on Yiazmat without Reverse by getting in his face. But that was not easy and took many, many, many hours of tinkering with the Gambit system and collecting items.