The 10 Most Intimidating Final Fantasy Villains

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  • Final Fantasy has some of the greatest villains in all of gaming, but some leave us shaking in our boots more than others. For this list we’ll be cowering from some of the most impressively towering and intimidating villains in the long running franchise. In this list the likes of Sephiroth, The Emperor, Sin, and Kefka, along with many more and what makes them so damn scary. Which Final Fantasy villain sent you running in the opposite direction? Share your picks in the comments.
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  • @mojoplays
    @mojoplays  หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Which Final Fantasy villain sent you running in the opposite direction? Share your picks in the comments.
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    • @sinsung4159
      @sinsung4159 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Sethroith is number one. Redo the F U C K I N G list mojoplays.

  • @LunaP1
    @LunaP1 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I was so pissed that Odin got taken out by that back stabbing edge lord. I didn't know that was going to happen and had to deal with that dingleberry Gilgamesh.

  • @justinsullivan8250
    @justinsullivan8250 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Does anyone here want a Final Fantasy VI Remake? Anyone?

    • @johanstenfelt1206
      @johanstenfelt1206 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I would like to see that.

    • @lunarkrueger3341
      @lunarkrueger3341 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I would love that. A Final Fantasy 6 remake. But Square Enix says it will take 15 years to make. According to an article by the development team.

    • @justinsullivan8250
      @justinsullivan8250 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lunarkrueger3341 Damnit all

    • @wiseguy240Winston
      @wiseguy240Winston หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The question is, who doesn't?

    • @lunarkrueger3341
      @lunarkrueger3341 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @justinsullivan8250
      According to the article, it would take 15 to 20 years because of FF6 as a lot of characters.
      I think pixel remaster is the closest we are getting.
      I am sorry. I hope I am wrong.

  • @kinggoldark3853
    @kinggoldark3853 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Eighteen seconds until the first error (that scene is from Remake, not Rebirth). That's a new Mojo record.

    • @JuicyJayce69
      @JuicyJayce69 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s wild how watchmojo tries to cover so many topics that none of the topics they cover are accurate or researched lmao

    • @JackpotToys
      @JackpotToys หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And then claimed Seifer was intimidating…idk about anyone else that guy NEVER intimidated me, even playing as a kid.

    • @AtticusRh0des
      @AtticusRh0des หลายเดือนก่อน

      No as soon as they said Seifer, He was dick but NOT a villian

  • @darthrage8673
    @darthrage8673 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Ultima from FFXVI should be on this list. He just lacks any empathy, his appearance is unsettling, and he is capable of manipulating people to do his bidding. His voice is truly haunting since it sounds so robotic. Just like Kefka, he changes the feel of the game two thirds of the way through.

  • @denizplays1307
    @denizplays1307 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Kefka is the craziest villain I know, not because he wants to destroy the world but the whole galaxy and universe also just because he finds it funny and just enjoy the chaos lol

    • @itachi112ify
      @itachi112ify หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The fact that he actually succeeded makes it even worse

  • @boonski
    @boonski หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The scariest part about Kefka is that he succeeded. He became a literal God.

  • @tobiasdarkrai1134
    @tobiasdarkrai1134 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    So this may be an unpopular opinion, but to me Hojo is the true villain of FF7. He murdered Gast and stole his research, leading to the discovery of Jenova and the creation of Sephiroth. He was head of Shinra's science division so it's reasonable to assume he came up with the formula for Mako energy, leading to the planet's anguish. He murdered Vincent in cold blood and turned him into a monster. In every event where the party members have suffered, Hojo's fingerprints are all over it.

    • @JackpotToys
      @JackpotToys หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He’s Sephiroth’s dad and basically makes sure everything goes according to plan. Hojo is bad lol I think it’s tough to name ONE true villain with everything going on, but yea, Hojo suckssssss lol glad people notice

    • @reueljagbir
      @reueljagbir หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Anyone who did their proper homework on FF7 lore would know Hojo is real villain of the series. Between playing Crisis Core, FF7 and Dirge of Cerberus, Hojo is present in all those games. His son Sephiroth is just a face villain while Hojo (and Jenova to a degree) pulls all the strings in the back.

    • @federicamacchia1656
      @federicamacchia1656 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hojo Is the japanese translitteration of the italian word "odio" which means "hate"...He's the true responsable for the great parte of the horrors which happens and has been shown in FF7,and yes,i believe that in the last parte of the trilogy the devs Will allow us to give him the end he deserves,this time once and for all

    • @lunarkrueger3341
      @lunarkrueger3341 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hojo is the true villain of FF7. Without him, nothing probably would have happened. Sephiroth has the worst parents

    • @vigbjornblaskeeg5813
      @vigbjornblaskeeg5813 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@lunarkrueger3341not nothing Jenova was still already excavated by gast who approved the jenova project Hollander would still have been injecting his subjects with jenova cells. Jenova is a malignancy of the planet and everyone injected with her cells would still attempt to reunite with her. The primary difference is that without sephiroth, who upon falling into the life stream, learned all of the secrets of the ancients and of those who followed the ancients. So he found out about the black materia and planned to use it. Without that knowledge and that plan Jenova would be much easier for the planet, and shinra even, to deal with.

  • @BigguBosu117
    @BigguBosu117 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Hojo: Because... it's... my... FETIIIIISHHHHH!

  • @uroskesic6117
    @uroskesic6117 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Fun fact both Kefka and Hojo are voiced by the same japanese va

  • @reueljagbir
    @reueljagbir หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Glad to see both Hojo and Jenova is on the list given that they are responsible for Sephiroth becoming a villain in the first place.

    • @Leo-nc3yx
      @Leo-nc3yx หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      IMO, Hojo is the villain of the entire arc, Sephy is more like a guy with mental issues due to tragic
      childhood and failed education, just that he happens to be a demi-god...

    • @EvelynL.1112
      @EvelynL.1112 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Leo-nc3yx EXACTLY

  • @1jidion
    @1jidion หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    kefka in his rightful place as number 1 villain, but also, ardyn lucis caelum was also a pretty intimidating villain as well

  • @palazzo1113
    @palazzo1113 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Barnabas was a slave, happy and proud of his chains. He was gung-ho all the way.

    • @quinnfletcher3906
      @quinnfletcher3906 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He wasn't happy he was content. He figured his life was what it was and just accepted it.

    • @palazzo1113
      @palazzo1113 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@quinnfletcher3906 that's actually on point. He made the best of a bad situation.

  • @ozziedylan9903
    @ozziedylan9903 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Final Fantasy has iconic characters

  • @xylophonknacker2009
    @xylophonknacker2009 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like the fact this is not a ranking, but just a video mentioning the Top 10.
    And I really like that you made a difference between Jekkt and Sin. 😊

  • @scottsacala
    @scottsacala หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I would put Ultimecia up there too. Not only because of what she’s capable of doing, but I remember being legitimately terrified when I saw her final form and heard the music when I first played it.

    • @sefirotsgame
      @sefirotsgame หลายเดือนก่อน

      For me, Edea was much more intimidating than Seifer and Ultimecia, at least in the first two disks.

  • @ARTSONICFAN990
    @ARTSONICFAN990 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    10:05 to 10:13
    Not only that, but on the exact same trailer, Sephiroth One Hit-KO'd Galeem... BY SLICING IT IN HALF!

  • @shadow_28476
    @shadow_28476 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I recently played ff16 and wow was I scared of King Barnabas/Odin! He literally cut the ocean in two and has a horse with 6 legs! He was crazy intimidating 😅

  • @harmonygray840
    @harmonygray840 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    5:29
    I kinda feel like that's the direction the remake is going
    That the main villain is Jenova
    Who knows Maybe in part 3
    Cloud zack and sephiroth will fight together to defeat the alien once and for all! XD

  • @tommydixon4871
    @tommydixon4871 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    both sephiroth and kefka are one of the greatest FF villains in history and my fav

    • @iloveBingus789
      @iloveBingus789 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Best Villains for sure

    • @jeremyfields9009
      @jeremyfields9009 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Always thought SE dropped the ball on Seymour. They had the opportunity to get him to the level of Kefka and Sephiroth if he became SIN.

  • @mrsocko316
    @mrsocko316 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    So basically FF7 has the total most intimidating villains.

    • @vigbjornblaskeeg5813
      @vigbjornblaskeeg5813 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yup Eldritch horror an even scarier scientist and their combined creation.

  • @rosihanmx
    @rosihanmx หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Garland will knock you down...

  • @Zeracheil
    @Zeracheil หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Barnabus should be up there with the most disappointing Boss in any final fantasy game. He was about as intimidating as a wet rag and his battle was about as exciting. Bahamut was a hell of a lot more fun and the summons prior to bahamut were a shit ton more intimidating.

  • @bukojoetheslapsoils8273
    @bukojoetheslapsoils8273 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    First, you confuse Remake with Rebirth, then you're going to tell me Seifer is intimidating and show him in a clip while he is beside EDEA? Is this a joke?

    • @JackpotToys
      @JackpotToys หลายเดือนก่อน

      This. Mojo is so dumb.

  • @Animeguy300
    @Animeguy300 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The franchise is awesome

  • @mazenalahmadi2747
    @mazenalahmadi2747 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Barthandelus !!

  • @thecaptain4630
    @thecaptain4630 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ultima should be on this list.

  • @10640404
    @10640404 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    What’s the definition of intimidating here. Hojo and Seymour at least aren’t intimidating, they’re more creeps.

    • @ajboomer1347
      @ajboomer1347 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      People (or groups of people) have different mindsets and, therefore, different ways to establish context.

    • @vigbjornblaskeeg5813
      @vigbjornblaskeeg5813 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I for one would be terrified to be in hojos lab.

  • @Late_not_on_time
    @Late_not_on_time หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Jenova has to be one the coolest villains ever imo

  • @johanstenfelt1206
    @johanstenfelt1206 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hm, how very interesting, I wonder what Villains we’ll get next?

  • @verron1600
    @verron1600 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Jack Garland? I think he is the number 1.

  • @TalesDelma
    @TalesDelma หลายเดือนก่อน

    to be fair, from enix side the amount of "silver haired dude" is so big at this point, i can only laugh when i see one of them

  • @gysahlfields7506
    @gysahlfields7506 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1) Emperor
    2) Sephiroth
    3) EX-DEATH
    4) Chaos
    5) Golbez
    6) Kefka
    7) Zenos
    8) Barnabas
    9) Shinryu
    10) Sin

  • @wiseguy240Winston
    @wiseguy240Winston หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Where tf is CAIUS!? 😭

  • @lajazziamacklin8418
    @lajazziamacklin8418 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jenova, Sephiroth and Hojo would have me running in the other direction within five seconds, not gonna lie, lol. Hojo trying to breed Aerith with Sephiroth is SICK AND INHUMANE! Yeah...if he came in my path, I'd 100% make a complete U-turn in the OTHER direction! Sephiroth is TERRIFYING! But really, REALLY SEXY! Tyler knows what he's doing and IS 99000% amping up the CREEPINESS factor for my favorite FFVII antagonist!

  • @uncledreisenior
    @uncledreisenior หลายเดือนก่อน

    I hope to see ExDeath in a FFV Remake. Lol!

  • @palazzo1113
    @palazzo1113 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Helly doo sad wee. Know what I'm saying?

  • @cokechang
    @cokechang หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I believe Kefka is also the only villain who has successfully ruin the world while in all other FF villains were stopped before they could do too much collateral damage

    • @sefirotsgame
      @sefirotsgame หลายเดือนก่อน

      Aerith dissagrees, :P

    • @edgeofultima7483
      @edgeofultima7483 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Ardyn kinda left it pretty ruined too. Not unfixable mind you, but really bad nonetheless.

    • @elderhorcrux169
      @elderhorcrux169 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@edgeofultima7483And technically Ardyn won his goal even more so than Kefka as well. Cause although Kefka did set out and accomplish his goal, he was inevitably stopped. Whereas Ardyn's whole goal was to die and take the Line of Lucis with him. Ardyn slowly became my favorite villain the last few years, Darin De Paul can do no wrong lol.

    • @Force-Multiplier
      @Force-Multiplier หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ardyn and Caius accomplished much more
      heck even Ultima did way more damage than Kefka but doing damage wasn't Ultima's goal so he doesn't quite count
      but Ardyn and especially Caius both did more than Kefka ever dreamed of doing
      Ardyn systematically destroyed Eos for 10 years and killed most types of lifeforms
      and Caius doomed Pulse and Cocoon to the point that the world creator of the XIII planet and lifeforms to come back to "fix it" lol

  • @shinra358
    @shinra358 หลายเดือนก่อน

    lemme guess, hes gonna name all 10 from 1-10.... lmao

  • @pauljordan0203
    @pauljordan0203 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    so what you're saying is, Sephiroth is just a puppet of Jenova?

    • @JuicyJayce69
      @JuicyJayce69 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      not entirely, but also kinda

    • @alimichalkan8046
      @alimichalkan8046 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It started of like that but then Jenova became his b.

    • @Force-Multiplier
      @Force-Multiplier หลายเดือนก่อน

      Unless something has changed FFVII novels claim otherwise
      Sephiroth controls mommy in OG7 at least
      although his DNA is definitely something that has a certain hold on him *and her* since both seem to desire the same exact thing *Dat Juicy Lifestream*

    • @pauljordan0203
      @pauljordan0203 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Force-Multiplier well, Jenova is an extraterrestrial eldritch horror of an alien, so it would make sense.

    • @pauljordan0203
      @pauljordan0203 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Force-Multiplier plus, how could those Shinra idiots think she was a Cetra in the first place?

  • @SenpaiSmith
    @SenpaiSmith หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Kefka was an animal 🔥🔥🔥

  • @zakirstocks9514
    @zakirstocks9514 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In my opinion, here are My Favorite Epic Evil Final Fantasy Villains, that are all Equally Intimidating:
    1. Garland (FFI)
    2. Emperor Mateus (FFII)
    3. Cloud of Darkness (FFIII)
    4. Theodore Harvey/Golbez (FFIV)
    5. Exdeath (FFV)
    6. Kefka Palazzo (FFVI)
    7. Sephiroth (THE Best Epic Badass Intimidating FF Villain of All Time from the FFVII franchises throughout the years)
    8. Ultimecia (FFVIII)
    9. Kuja (FFIX)
    10. Jecht (FFX)
    11. Kam'lanaut (FFXI)
    12. Judge Gabranth (FFXII)
    13. Caius Ballad (FFXIII franchise)
    14. Zenos yae Galvus (FFXIV franchises)
    15. Ardyn Izunia (FFXV franchise)
    16. Barnabas Tharmr (Brand Newest 16th FF Villain from the FFXVI Game last year in 2023)
    These are the Best Equally Intimidating FF Villains I've ever seen throughout the years.

    • @jeremyfields9009
      @jeremyfields9009 หลายเดือนก่อน

      After all that only Sephiroth and Kefka are memorable. Lol

  • @Taikomo
    @Taikomo หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Any Final Fantasy list with no mention of anything from FFXIV is automatically a terrible list and very telling of its creator.

    • @misterwoods4630
      @misterwoods4630 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Is emet selch intimidating? Is it the emissary? Or Zenos? Not really even though i love them, thats your answer😊

  • @nimaiiikun
    @nimaiiikun หลายเดือนก่อน

    None of them are as intimidating as a Malboro

  • @I_SupaNova
    @I_SupaNova หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I want FFVI to get the FFVII remake treatment so badly.

  • @user-nd1nu5pu5s
    @user-nd1nu5pu5s หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    First one here

  • @jacobybalmer1882
    @jacobybalmer1882 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Watchmojo ripped off a gamerant list. Definitely running out of new ideas at this point

  • @mjdf122
    @mjdf122 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Kefka the best

  • @MrOrcshaman
    @MrOrcshaman หลายเดือนก่อน

    Seifer's a loser.
    Ultimecia is the real scary threat, she possesses sorceresses from the past many of them innocent women like Edea and Rinoa, and her plan was to cause time compression, destroying all of reality into a temporal singularity, which is a greater threat them any final fantasy villain before or after.

  • @topfranluis1
    @topfranluis1 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Nah, the Emperor doesn’t deserve to be this high. Don’t sell his lack of depth as being menacing, man

    • @ajboomer1347
      @ajboomer1347 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That's right, because it only works for slasher movie villains.

    • @rosemadder5547
      @rosemadder5547 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ever heard of the word "opinion", man?

    • @topfranluis1
      @topfranluis1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rosemadder5547 Ever heard of the words „disagreeing with someone else’s take“, man?

  • @alimichalkan8046
    @alimichalkan8046 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Kefka is overrated. There is only one maniacal clown that is the most menacing and that’s the Joker.

    • @Force-Multiplier
      @Force-Multiplier หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I kinda agree Kefka is very overrated
      just another Chaotic evil type Joker copy with magical powers
      but FFVI fans are often looney

    • @EvelynL.1112
      @EvelynL.1112 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Force-Multiplier Why can't we love to hate both the Joker and Kefka? They're both the Evil Clown archetype. Look at Stephen King's IT, Pennywise The Dancing Clown also fits the archetype. Does that also make it the copy of the Joker?

    • @Force-Multiplier
      @Force-Multiplier หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@EvelynL.1112 I'm not much for some iterations of Joker myself but there are so many of them that i find myself really liking some of them
      Joker is a 80+ years old character that has gone through many changes
      so it's a very nounced thing and it's hard to generalize Joker
      Kefka on the other hand has 2 iterations i have experienced (one in VI the other in Dissidia) i didn't much liked either he did have a badass laugher tho
      as for Pennyweiss i can barely recall a thing he did or said lol

  • @mgsxmike
    @mgsxmike หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Barnabas was a boring villain

    • @lancelot2833
      @lancelot2833 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He really isn't though there's a lot to barnabas' character in story that makes him a very intimidating person with his ideology of really truly blind loyalty is very interesting but just say "16 is fully bad with no redeeming qualities" final fantasy fan base I swear

    • @mgsxmike
      @mgsxmike หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lancelot2833 calm the fuck down. I'm only talking about Barnabas and not the game. That's another discussion. Weirdo

    • @mgsxmike
      @mgsxmike หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lancelot2833 who asked?

    • @aaronhickey2936
      @aaronhickey2936 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@mgsxmikewho asked?

    • @mgsxmike
      @mgsxmike หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@aaronhickey2936 obviously I didn't dipsht

  • @sinsung4159
    @sinsung4159 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    No one is more intimidating than sethroith. Redo the F U C K I N G list mojoplays.