IMO, the GRAD is by far the most realistically effective of all the Metal Gear attack robots. Upon trying Revengeance mode, I got locked in a room with 2 GRADS who spammed stun-locking rocket attacks... IN A ROOM FULL OF EXPLOSIVES.
Surprisingly, I found Revengeance far easier than Very Hard. Likely due to my prior experience beforehand, and understanding their attack patterns very well... Trust me on this, the Wooden Blade and Mistral's Pole will save your ass. Wooden Blade will do some side damage to lower them to 10% as you get parrys, while Mistral's pole does the same. When the GRAD starts to fire missiles at you, slide under it and unleash hell with the pole. Make sure to get at least three perfect parry's, where you'll then be able to deal a little more damage to kill it at 10%. If you get 4 perfect parry's, good for you.
@@Averi0, as far as I know, Revengeance was meant to be the easyest difficulty in the game due to players skill, bought abilities and one parry update: you can almost one-shot everyone with a perfect parry, as the hardest part is Armstrong on Very Hard
Something about GRAD is just intimidating to me. From its ability to be an absolute tank to endless barrage of bullets and missiles. An absolute asshole to fight against
I honestly love the GRAD design, concept and gameplay-wise (imagine *this* being in MGS 2 and 4) _especially_ when it falls flat on its ass when you style on it super hard. Never ceases to crack me up.
Oh my god... Those chills though, man. Every time I hear that scream, "RULES OF NATURE!", the chills are real. I have goosebumps right now just listening to this.
+TheBadwolf007 ouch :O had to fight Armstrong with no repair packs on normal and it was a bitch to beat but i found it easy after some time studying his attacks...
Oh come on, the GRAD isn't the worst boss. That would be the Hammerhead. At least the GRAD is rather badass when its flinging a veritable storm of projectiles at you, the Hammerhead on the other hand has no cool attacks and is far easier
Klik'ssi Ikub'ra I honestly don't even consider the Hammerhead a boss, lol. It's usually dead in a matter of seconds when I play, whether it's on a fresh game or revisiting a chapter. So if we're considering that a boss too, then yeah, Hammerhead's probably the most forgettable boss, but if not, I still think the GRAD is lowest on the list.
***** True, that entire level is kind of lame. I think the Grad should have stayed in tank mode the entire time so it could fire all of its weapons at the same time constantly while sliding around.
+Manek Iridius I don't remember Hammerhead, at least not a boss in the way you are descr- wait. Is it that thing on the way to Mr. Memes(Monsoon)? Oh god, I feel like such a dumbass. When I first played the game, I had NO IDEA how to get to it. ;-;
I feel like this is what can be op in a city combat. Able to slide rapidly, shoot bullets and missiles and to turn into a turret. Truly the trouble to deal with
Persoally never saw him as a boss..Sure,he was one big armed U.G,but he did not give off the same threat vibes as the Ray or Bladewolf did. He was just..eh,he was just a regular enemy with awesome music.
Fiend Matador Slayer of a Thousand Noobs being strictly technical, BOTH *BLADE WOLF* AND *HAMMERHEAD* ARE SUB- BOSSES since they are not the final bosses of their stage (that one is Mistral). GRAD is a boss since he is the final boss of its stage . Doesnt matter if it doesnt talk or if it doesnt have his own unique lyric theme, since he has a LIFE BAR and is faced at the LAST PART OF THE STAGE, he IS a boss
@@mikeg8876 well, the only reason beside it is a boss in its first appearence, it is because maybe the later ones are from *different color* LOL ,the same as Blade Wolf's non AI models and the Mistral/Monsoon extra store bodies...
I remember hearing locked and loaded in this battle, but all the footage of this fight online has rules of nature. Kinda made me think i was mad there for a sec. Must have patched it out because locked and loaded isnt as cool or something
The GRAD boss fight was the fight I figured out that I didn't have to be tactical in this game, and can just spam the sword attack button. I died a lot trying to hang back, take cover, and look for an opening.
I wish they would reworked Locked and Loaded as GRAD’s theme like this remix implies. I like Rules of Nature but I still don’t know why they changed it in the first place.
@@toolazytomakeaname1341 it was at this stage? I just remember that I had one with it's first appearance as a boss and after that I started to see two of them in regular fights as a standart enemies like those gekko or something like that. And yeah, it was in normal and hard modes.
Thanks! And I'm working on a second version of The Only Thing I Know for Real as we speak. As soon as that's done, I'll finally be able to mix It Has To Be This Way. They should both be up by the end of this coming weekend, as long as I stay on schedule. :)
got trapped in a room with 2 grads in revengeance difficulty with nothing but an hf blade and 3 pastes. i beat them and made it through the story and into the armstrong fight. just before the actual fight had started, i had used all my pastes and, still equipped with nothing but an hf blade, promptly quit the game for the rest of time
Probably just because it has less lines LOCKED AND LOADED LET THE MERCURY RISE ON UP AS IT BOILS IN MY BLOOD ALIVE! I SWEAR I'LL TEAR AT THE SEAMS 'TILL YOU COME UNDONE something about taking saving and sipping up mercury for the next fight
I hated this boss. I used all of my EMP's and missiles on it, did a run-around several times, and STILL died on several occasions. Though I must say - Ripper mode makes this fight a joke.
Unless you fight on Very Hard; then there's 2 of them at once and unless you always move to keep one of them behind the other you will get constantly juggled by their missiles. They DO let you Zandatsu the second one so there's a big incentive to not split damage, but they look identical so you literally have to never take your eyes off of both of them.
***** Here's the easy way: Buy and equip Mistral's pole arm/spear/thing and all the upgrades you can get as soon as you buy it. Just spam Triangle/Y until you can chop the bastard to ribbons.
***** I'm guessing you were playing on Revengeance difficulty? What I'd guess happened is you parry-countered one of the GRAD's melee swipes; on Revengeance enemy damage is massively buffed and Raiden's damage reduced, but parry-counters do damage based on the damage of the enemy attack that you parried.
You should make another collective concius mix nased around the sam armstrong fight in the dlc. And your remixes are good, and the it has to be this way mix must include the words "nanomachines son"
Thanks! And I will think about doing both. Collective Consciousness was my first mix, so it's up there on the list of mixes needing re-doing. It's honestly not very different than the OST version for Sam's DLC, but I'll see if I can make it sound a little different. As for including "Nanomachines, son"...we'll see, we'll see. xD
I did it. And yeah, it is quite hard. It's because since this is a boss and all that, the effect of the FOX blade is negated. Until you fight the GRADs after this one (which the FOX blade makes chew toys out of).
Most irritating boss to beat in s rank in revengeance besides monsoon, clon monsoon and mistral duo, because he's tank as hell, the arena is close quarters and has the help from a less health version of him. 🗿
Worst boss, best theme? Funny, it reminds me of Sonic 06: a meeeeeeh game with AN AWESOME SOUNDTRACK (example: Solaris phase 2 a.k.a. Rabbidluigi intro)
It was just Rules of Nature with the opening part It would be pretty cool if they used Locked and Loaded though, most especially considering they use projectiles
When i saw two grads at revengeance i was like "THE S RAAANK HAS COME TO END! YEAH, THIS IS WHAT NATURE PLANNED"
Being bombed by two starving beasts.
Looking to ruin my week
@@Azal-fd3wv A player on the verge of death, close to it's game over!
*Whips out fox blade and one shots a grad, leaving only the boss grad* 8)
Ripper mode helps if you don’t wanna use Fox blade
IMO, the GRAD is by far the most realistically effective of all the Metal Gear attack robots. Upon trying Revengeance mode, I got locked in a room with 2 GRADS who spammed stun-locking rocket attacks... IN A ROOM FULL OF EXPLOSIVES.
Surprisingly, I found Revengeance far easier than Very Hard. Likely due to my prior experience beforehand, and understanding their attack patterns very well... Trust me on this, the Wooden Blade and Mistral's Pole will save your ass. Wooden Blade will do some side damage to lower them to 10% as you get parrys, while Mistral's pole does the same. When the GRAD starts to fire missiles at you, slide under it and unleash hell with the pole. Make sure to get at least three perfect parry's, where you'll then be able to deal a little more damage to kill it at 10%. If you get 4 perfect parry's, good for you.
@@Averi0 you saved me lmao
Well the GRAD was especifically designed to counter cyborgs
GRAD is just a walking armored tank. No funny animal inspiration. It's just a walking weapons platform.
The brutal realism gets points from me imo
@@Averi0, as far as I know, Revengeance was meant to be the easyest difficulty in the game due to players skill, bought abilities and one parry update: you can almost one-shot everyone with a perfect parry, as the hardest part is Armstrong on Very Hard
Something about GRAD is just intimidating to me. From its ability to be an absolute tank to endless barrage of bullets and missiles. An absolute asshole to fight against
Well, GRAD was made to be extremely anti-cyborg.
Thing's a fuckin tank. It's probably my favorite UG just because it's a big f*ckoff artillery platform
@@jooot_6850 fuck grad, it's such a Cunt to No-Damage, I cannot bear Fighting the Desperado GRAD again
@@NEOALLIANCE-01 don’t care. it looks cool 😎
He was definitely a bastard to fight, but still fun, unlike Monsoon and his double.
Just be GRAD this came out as well as it did.
RAI DEN Ehhh, weak/10.
+RAI DEN That was terrible.
*Slams head through wall*
Kek.
Well he deleted his comment
I honestly love the GRAD design, concept and gameplay-wise (imagine *this* being in MGS 2 and 4) _especially_ when it falls flat on its ass when you style on it super hard. Never ceases to crack me up.
It's fine on hard, but these things are a fucking unit above very hard and it shows my hate for stun mechanics in every game like nothing else.
G.R.A.D.
1:26
Badass part of the song
1:53
Transformation
2:52
Phase 2 starts
3:14
Rules of nature
3:55
T H A N K S
You include Rules of Nature part in this, I don’t ruin 69 likes
BEING TRACKED BY A STARVING BEE
LOOKING FOR ITS DAILY FEE
They're desperate for that honey!
Predator on the verge of dept
there will bee
YOU LIKE JAZZ!?
The transition made this sound just so much more *HEAVY*
It dropped like a boulder. And it felt so righteous!
Oh my god... Those chills though, man. Every time I hear that scream, "RULES OF NATURE!", the chills are real. I have goosebumps right now just listening to this.
Scoring any blade clash in a fight with that line makes it 10 times better
That transition was amazing
Thanks! Like I said in the description, I had some help with the transitions this time, which made them much easier to pull off. xD
A faceoff between two GRADs on Revengence mode with no repair packs....
Only then will you reach your true potential...
+TheBadwolf007 ouch :O had to fight Armstrong with no repair packs on normal and it was a bitch to beat but i found it easy after some time studying his attacks...
Felled them both in but moments. Without the FOX-Blade, mind you.
i didn't have fox blade or Sam's sword at the time i played that
I see. I was personally using the Stun Blade. It's my favorite.
after my first playthrough i used them all expect those you need to preorder
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Being tracked by a starving bee
Looking for its daily fee
A predator on the verge of dee
This music gave me the power to win a 3v2 match on Gundam Battle Operation.
We were the 2.
+Commander Convoy RULES OF NATURE!!! BABY :D
+Commander Convoy RULES OF NATURE!!! BABY :D
!!! Юввювэдажвжвжвададададаждддддддддджжжжжжжжжжэээээээээээээээээээээээхх⏰⏰⏰⏰⏰⏰⏰⏰⏰⏰⏰♈♈♈♈♈♈♈
MGR boss themes were the motivation songs before Bury The Light.
"Sahelanthropus is the first upright walking weapons system!"
metal gear zeke: 🥺
This gave me the power to beat an entire blue team in SWAT. My entire team quit. I was the last man standing. And some how, some way. I won.
on Halo?
@@misterchief3338 in SWAT
@@1uckiest on minecraft?
@@rexhannum728in SWAT
@@misterchief3338yeah 0-0 it’s happened a few times. My entire team just quits on me
*LOCKED & LOADED PERCUSSION* IS THE BEST!!! if Rules of nature had that..it would be the ULTIMATE BATTLE THEME!!!
Oh come on, the GRAD isn't the worst boss. That would be the Hammerhead. At least the GRAD is rather badass when its flinging a veritable storm of projectiles at you, the Hammerhead on the other hand has no cool attacks and is far easier
Klik'ssi Ikub'ra I honestly don't even consider the Hammerhead a boss, lol. It's usually dead in a matter of seconds when I play, whether it's on a fresh game or revisiting a chapter. So if we're considering that a boss too, then yeah, Hammerhead's probably the most forgettable boss, but if not, I still think the GRAD is lowest on the list.
***** True, that entire level is kind of lame. I think the Grad should have stayed in tank mode the entire time so it could fire all of its weapons at the same time constantly while sliding around.
Snippy Does he? I never had much trouble. Revengeance and no damage was a bit annoying at first, but it's not that hard
+Manek Iridius I don't remember Hammerhead, at least not a boss in the way you are descr-
wait. Is it that thing on the way to Mr. Memes(Monsoon)? Oh god, I feel like such a dumbass. When I first played the game, I had NO IDEA how to get to it. ;-;
Joshua Wood Uh, no. There was one in that level, but the boss Hammerhead was in Mistral's level
3:54 "Now, Raiden! Bring it down!"
Stop that blade !
Man, you mixed this two musics in a heavenly piece of awesomeness!
im kinda disappointed GRAD is the closest thing we get to REX
we need a REX boss fight, i want to take revenge for Fox
LIQUID!!!!
Daring Ocelot REX makes GRAD its bitch anyday anytime, specially if Snake is riding it with help of Otacon hahah
LordShadow965 SSSNNNAAAAAAKKKKKEE
@@iamauser7125 BROTHER!
Then go play MGS4
フェイズ2(歩行モード)に変形する瞬間のアレンジが”神”
素晴らしいmixをありがとうございます😂
Awesome remix! Was I the only one who liked this boss? The whole transformation and rocket propelled strafing thing was cool.
deaths to armstrong: 1
deaths to monsune: 3
deaths to grad: 15!!!!!!!
damn I hated that boss battle
Basically my gameplay in normal difficulty... The first time, now on normal difficulty I insta-kill bosses
Deaths for normal full: 3 you all trash at fighting npc's
Designed to kick your ass should you underestimate it
@@dominospizza0445No one cares
Monsoon not Monsune
I feel like this is what can be op in a city combat. Able to slide rapidly, shoot bullets and missiles and to turn into a turret. Truly the trouble to deal with
Persoally never saw him as a boss..Sure,he was one big armed U.G,but he did not give off the same threat vibes as the Ray or Bladewolf did. He was just..eh,he was just a regular enemy with awesome music.
Don't forget GRAD is designed as a mobile bunker. It's pretty beefy for a UG
A mini boss in Capcom fashion. Becomes a regular enemy. Platinum is mostly former Capcom employees so it makes sense.
Fiend Matador Slayer of a Thousand Noobs being strictly technical, BOTH *BLADE WOLF* AND *HAMMERHEAD* ARE SUB- BOSSES since they are not the final bosses of their stage (that one is Mistral). GRAD is a boss since he is the final boss of its stage . Doesnt matter if it doesnt talk or if it doesnt have his own unique lyric theme, since he has a LIFE BAR and is faced at the LAST PART OF THE STAGE, he IS a boss
@@mikeg8876 well, the only reason beside it is a boss in its first appearence, it is because maybe the later ones are from *different color* LOL ,the same as Blade Wolf's non AI models and the Mistral/Monsoon extra store bodies...
This boss is what forced me to learn to parry
That transition from Locked and Loaded to Rules of Nature makes me nut ngl
Ayo same.
if you wanna skip the buildup, go to 1:26.
I thought it was a tank from the start until 2:57 it transforms into a Metal Gear.
Me too
the rules of nature bit starts here 1:25
Very hard mode survivor here. At least this boss had cool music, I had to hear it a lot of times, but it hasn't gotten old.
+Apples Malus Same. I'm a survivor. Thank you infinity wig b. :P
OcularCentaur42
Never considered using a wig, would've saved me some pain I'm sure.
@@fishbonesinc I am a survivor of a New Game Very Hard Mode. Mistrals Pole and Courtneys saving so I can grind some Nanopastes in there saved me.
@@fishbonesinc wigs are for bitches
Real men do it the hard way
My good sir, those are some nice transitions
You need to make an It Has To Be This Way mix now.
I've got one more mix to post before It Has To Be This Way, and then it'll be made, not to worry. :)
***** OK. :)
I remember hearing locked and loaded in this battle, but all the footage of this fight online has rules of nature. Kinda made me think i was mad there for a sec. Must have patched it out because locked and loaded isnt as cool or something
I can just imagine Dante watching this happen and he's just clapping slowly.
1:26
When the music really starts
The GRAD boss fight was the fight I figured out that I didn't have to be tactical in this game, and can just spam the sword attack button.
I died a lot trying to hang back, take cover, and look for an opening.
Cutting a metal gear in half 2 seconds into the game didn't give it away for you?
@@TheMammalizerOLDI'm kinda stupid.
Everyone’s talking about “RULES OF NATURE!” when we should be talking about “LOCKED AND LOADED!”
I wish they would reworked Locked and Loaded as GRAD’s theme like this remix implies. I like Rules of Nature but I still don’t know why they changed it in the first place.
GRAD is Transformer. And he totally not an Autobot...
Decepticons, attack
GRAD looks like his "eldest brother" REX in biped mode.
It's dissappointing that i destroy the boss too quickly while wanting Rules of Nature to continue playing.
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Bring it!!
Wait you guys fought two in Revengeance mode? I fought two on Normal difficulty
What? I only fought one on normal difficulty
@@demetriusgibbs6550 wtf
@@toolazytomakeaname1341 it was at this stage? I just remember that I had one with it's first appearance as a boss and after that I started to see two of them in regular fights as a standart enemies like those gekko or something like that. And yeah, it was in normal and hard modes.
Nice
Thanks! :)
dear god.... amazing!!! , congratz :D
Thanks! :)
Why the hell do I have a link to rick Astley "never gonna give you up" on the suggestions
Yeah, YT's video suggestions aren't exactly on-topic with this video's content, lol.
*****
It recommends videos based on your viewing history.
But I've never watched any videos to do with that
You might've. I watched one video and somehow I got a suggestion for something that barely relates to that same one.
"The GRAD is so hard" I present to you: The Fox Blade
/j
Hm
"RULES OF BRAZIL, ANYWAY WHEN THE SUN COMES UP, YOU WILL BE ROBBED UNTIL YOU GET OUT (ALIVE)"
this is awesome! When will u do It Has To Be This Way?
Thanks! And I'm working on a second version of The Only Thing I Know for Real as we speak. As soon as that's done, I'll finally be able to mix It Has To Be This Way. They should both be up by the end of this coming weekend, as long as I stay on schedule. :)
Ok awesome, keep up the great work!
OBJECTIVE
head to the Indicated waypoint
GRAD APPEARS
me: son of bitch
I think I'm having a musicgasam
got trapped in a room with 2 grads in revengeance difficulty with nothing but an hf blade and 3 pastes.
i beat them and made it through the story and into the armstrong fight. just before the actual fight had started, i had used all my pastes and, still equipped with nothing but an hf blade, promptly quit the game for the rest of time
WHICH ONE WILL SUCCEED FALLOWEEN, RULES OF NATURE AND THEIR RIGHT WHEN THE SUN COMES UP
I didn't even think this guy was a boss...
you will
Do it on very hard and that opinion will change
bro seriously, fvck GRADS in Reengeance difficulty
i love them
Why is it these vocals are way easier to understand than the original Rules Of Nature?
Probably just because it has less lines
LOCKED AND LOADED
LET THE MERCURY RISE ON UP
AS IT BOILS IN MY BLOOD
ALIVE! I SWEAR I'LL
TEAR AT THE SEAMS 'TILL YOU COME UNDONE
something about taking saving and sipping up mercury for the next fight
I feel like grads are just as strong as metal gear rays
I hated this boss. I used all of my EMP's and missiles on it, did a run-around several times, and STILL died on several occasions. Though I must say - Ripper mode makes this fight a joke.
Unless you fight on Very Hard; then there's 2 of them at once and unless you always move to keep one of them behind the other you will get constantly juggled by their missiles. They DO let you Zandatsu the second one so there's a big incentive to not split damage, but they look identical so you literally have to never take your eyes off of both of them.
***** Here's the easy way: Buy and equip Mistral's pole arm/spear/thing and all the upgrades you can get as soon as you buy it. Just spam Triangle/Y until you can chop the bastard to ribbons.
***** I ONE hit the second Grad once, I have no Idea HOW, but I did, I got it on video I think...
***** I'm guessing you were playing on Revengeance difficulty? What I'd guess happened is you parry-countered one of the GRAD's melee swipes; on Revengeance enemy damage is massively buffed and Raiden's damage reduced, but parry-counters do damage based on the damage of the enemy attack that you parried.
Yeah I was on revengeance, still never seen that against the GRAD before.
You should make another collective concius mix nased around the sam armstrong fight in the dlc.
And your remixes are good, and the it has to be this way mix must include the words "nanomachines son"
Thanks!
And I will think about doing both. Collective Consciousness was my first mix, so it's up there on the list of mixes needing re-doing. It's honestly not very different than the OST version for Sam's DLC, but I'll see if I can make it sound a little different.
As for including "Nanomachines, son"...we'll see, we'll see. xD
This is one of the worst fights when trying to get S rank on revengence difficulty
It switched to biped mode it's all new combat now
Fucking amazing. Made both versions better.
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someone reply to this comment once you have beaten GRAD with the fox blade IT IS SO GOD DAM HARD
I did it. And yeah, it is quite hard.
It's because since this is a boss and all that, the effect of the FOX blade is negated. Until you fight the GRADs after this one (which the FOX blade makes chew toys out of).
I know right?! It took me a whole 8 seconds to finally pull it off!
but don't worry this enemy returns later in the game as a basic enemy
Most irritating boss to beat in s rank in revengeance besides monsoon, clon monsoon and mistral duo, because he's tank as hell, the arena is close quarters and has the help from a less health version of him. 🗿
Wait... The GRAD was a BOSS?!
looks like we have an easy mode player.. ;-;
looks like we have an easy mode player.. ;-;
was in difficult mode. Try again. :)
There's is no "difficult" mode. Try again.
reece vollans
there is. it's called "difficile" in French.
The transition theme goes to hard
Worst Boss, best theme. Right?
Alkis Leftheriotis Probably worst boss, most memorable theme for me. "Best" is too much of a general term IMO, too easy to misunderstand. xD
Yup. Precisely that! :D
***** Dat opening riff on Locked and Loaded tho
Worst boss, best theme? Funny, it reminds me of Sonic 06: a meeeeeeh game with AN AWESOME SOUNDTRACK (example: Solaris phase 2 a.k.a. Rabbidluigi intro)
It was just Rules of Nature with the opening part
It would be pretty cool if they used Locked and Loaded though, most especially considering they use projectiles
A Ukrainian UG
If only they had it irl
Anyone else S rank no damage the Revengeance difficulty mode of this boss? It's a bitch but do-able. x.x heh
Fun Fact, this GRAD UAV is Ukrainian made.
No joke.
Russians watching Ukraine president deploy GRAD :
Metal gear rising make Roblox play
Know what kind of stands out about the GRAD? Its origin is Ukraine.
the ukrainian fighter robot
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