One of my favorite theories I read about PA is that in the first scene he was introduced. He was set on killing Albedo and Yuri for entering the vault. Since no one is allowed to enter the vault without permission. the moment they enter the vault PA sensed it and took Albedo’s creators form. Due to the fact that Albedo would hesitate to fully attack her creator. He only changes to his original form because Ainz steps in and tells him to stop.
@@NJP6974 he sense Ainz. He was only viewing Albedo and Yuri as a threat since they weren’t one of the original guild members. Only guild members were allow inside vault. Not the npc.
That is a good theory. Though another that is probably more likely is that he took Tabula's form at that time because he was checking and organizing the potions and other alchemic stuff in the treasury, and only stopped doing that because he sensed Ainz, Albedo, Yuri and Shizu(in the novel) arrive.
It's an obvious point of contention. Ains has had to address it a few times. All the other npcs in nazarick kind of hate him, from a jealous point of view. He's the only one made by Ains, so his status in the guild is unique. There is scene were Ains calls him his son and he is proud of him and one day wants PA to surpase him, but tells PA that he will not treat him differently because that might cause strife in the guild.
@@Spoopball I seem to recall some of this interaction from episode 1 of season 4, but the other NPCs aren’t envious of him. Ainz was worried that they might *become* jealous if it became known that he viewed Pandora’s Actor as his own child, because he misinterpreted Fith’s crying as being due to jealousy when she heard him say that he thought of Pandora’s Actor as *his* child. In reality, she was crying because she felt that Ainz was reminding everyone present that he cared deeply for them (To the point he effectively considered them his family), as he’d done many times in the past.
For years I weirded out by the fact that someone like Ainz can came up with a name like [Pandora’s Actor]. But it turned out that he didn’t. What he came up with was [Suprise Box], but Ulbert told him that’s dumb, so he chanced it.
Pandora's actor being somewhat cringey at times while also being surprisingly wise and insightful really does mimic ainz's character in a way. Like when he told ainz about the sorcerer kingdoms citizens fears on how he would rule. Like father like son. Day 55 of asking for a grand assassin Hassan servant review
he's cringey because of Momonga. Remember, majority of the members were gamers and they role play hardcore (Momonga the most). So seeing PA is quite cringey for him when NPCs started having their own personality. He is reminded on how cringey he was. Not to mention, he also now realizes that his design for PA is quite... incel-like (because nazi), which again in their guild, it is normal as they are a bunch of misfits, cringey and sometimes edgelords (shut in humours, so to say) so that's probably why they never questioned it.
He's the final defense of all the tombs treasures... He has the ability to mimic all 41 supreme beings... Which means Pandora's Actor was a training dummy... The ultimate training dummy that copies all...
@@rishi8599 did you forget what Ainz staff could do when explained in the 1st episode? It's not outside the realm of possibilities. All 41 training against 1 because real players sucked against custom made npcs... Come on man!
@@tegridyweed7863 npcs are weaker then players in literally every way due to level limits and only being able to follow basic orders, the npcs are more of a roleplay thing within the game originally. The only strong npcs who could body players are the raid bosses from the dungeon version of nazarick who could beat pretty much anyone now that they fight together
@@fl0cbitter611 the creator of the npcs in the guild was all about roleplaying... that doesn't mean custom npcs couldn't be customized to fight, train, and make the guild stronger as a training dummy.
I find it quite interesting that Pandoras actor was silently waiting for albedo as Tabula, considering how only guild members are allowed in the treasury, it seems that PA sensed albedo and made preparations to kill her and considering their loyalty toward the supreme ones this may have made albedo hesitant with attacking allowing Pandora to have a higher chance in killing her. He truly is one of the most dangerous beings in Nazarick considering his intelligence and unparalleled flexibility to any situation.
Really plausible, though not sure if it would work as expected, since by that point Albedo already despises the rest of the creators who abandoned them, and in fact already plans on making a secret team to hunt other players. So she probably won't hesitate to fight back even against her own creator.
@@Railgun003 that made her even more confused, her face reflected for a second a glimmer of hope that her creator really didn't leave, followed by dissapoinment when she realizes that's impossible and anger for the imitator, if PA attacked that moment Albedo could have been beaten.
PA's true strength is that he has access to everything in the treasury, he would likely fight like Ain did against Shalltear, only much more variety of weaker versions of abilities and switch to any member of the guild including other floor guardians if needed. The massive variety of abilities and spells and equipment gives him a huge advantage alone, but maybe he has a secret that only Ain's knows that would make him stronger still.
4:19 before we continue I just realize Momonga created Pandora’s Actor not just because of his phase but also maybe a doppelganger that can take the form of his befriended guildmates that he might miss their company. Also, PA guarding the treasury is like Momonga saying “I have treasured these individuals in my heart therefore I am leaving my trusted son to guard their mementos.” Kinda awwww moment…
Considering that son can mimic the build & appearance of each of the individuals to whom those mementos originally belonged, and that PA being the guard to the treasury also necessarily places him in said treasury when performs said duties, it's also a symbolic way for Ainz to store his guildmates themselves in the treasury by using PA as a proxy representing every one of them.
Sebas's stats are scary tbh.. this guy is a pure melee build which is a high dps tank with not only physical damage negation but also magic negation.. fucking brutal
PA is one of, if not the, smartest NPC; and puts up an act. It is completely possible he not only knows Aniz is not a mastermind; but also know Aniz is just a normal person from his world. PA might even be aware that yggdrasil was a game. Some of his scenes in the light novel make much more sense with this in mind.
Considering that all the npcs remember the conversation of the other guild members when they were just npcs. Ainz must've been often in the vault, venting to his npc about his friends leaving (since he made him able to copy their abilities) so he most likely understand everything about Ainz
@@TheRedAzuki Holy shit, that is a very good point. Ainz is absolutely the type to go in the room with the statues of the others and just rant. While it's possible that Pandora's Actor was positioned outside of that final room of the treasury, considering that the place outside of that room seem to be the place from where on can access the inventory of the treasury (safe for the content of the final room), Ainz likely also talked to himself a lot in that room where PA was.
@@TheRedAzuki We actualy have that part confirmed by the author, saturo used pandora to take on the form off the rest off his friends and "talk" with him a lot. Pandora was also created a bit earligher than stated in the vid, PA was completed before all the members left. Also, PA's design, is not based on the 1942's german rike, it is based on the (saturos original dystopen corpo world, wich in it, a new "rike" came about again. And frankly, they where tame compared to the cold corporations, and it is from this war he gets the look from, so technicly a homage to bouth, as the new rike in saturos world took sertian looks from the old one).
His thoughts after the battle with PDL contradict that thought, he himself felt ashamed that he couldn't keep up with Ainz's brilliance. It wasn't an act, these were his inner thoughts. So even he can't see through Ainz, despite other people saying he can.
The way PA fighting was very similar to how Ainz would. He valued information and his own safety, had infinite patience, and rather overvalued the competition than underestimated them. He was just lacking in strength in compare to his father. Like father, like son.
Honestly, I have a headcanon that PA actually knows that Ainz is not at all smart, and is just playing along because he is an actor, and understands that Ainz is trying to hide it
My headcanon somewhat opposes yours. Ainz is subconsciously smart. Suzuki Satoru, player of Momonga, is the one who is conscious and is in control of the body. While Momonga's intelligence stats acts as the subconscious that "guides" Satoru's actions. So while Suzuki Satoru thinks he's doing things like an idiot, Momonga makes it so that things will work anyways. Suzuki Satoru is the soul, Momonga is the vessel. Momonga's stats affect Satoru though Satoru doesnt notice... Or smth like that
@@Burneth_ i share the same thought. the things go according to plan without momonga noticing might look like its just for comedic purpose but its actually his character's intellect stat at play
I once argued with a guy when Pandora's actor met PDL in volume 14 of the LN, the argument was something to do with both parties holding back testing each other, and Pandora's actor during that confrontation was basically a level 80 Ains but someone corrected me and I don't know if what he's saying is true or no but I'll drop it here, " Strength gain in Yggdrasil is exponential, meaning that the higher level you are, the increase in power you have is greater." and then another thing he said "Pandora's Actor as Ainz isn't a level 80 version of Ainz. Strength gain in Yggdrasil is exponential, meaning that the higher level you are, the increase in power you have is greater. "The gap in strength between a level 70 and a level 80 would be far smaller compared to a level 80 and level 90. Pandora's actor only having 80% of the strength of Ainz would probably be something like... a level 95 version of Ainz, not level 80, considering that strength gain in Yggdrasil is exponential, not linear." And to be honest he kind of convinced me.
Oh God, Pandora's Actor is even more OP than I thought. I didn't know growth was exponential. While we can't work with exact calculations from Yggdrasil, just using powers of 1.15 which result in realistic numbers for stats in a normal game. We can demonstrate how massive of a difference in power 80% of LVL 100 is in comparison to LVL 80. 1.15 to the 100th is = 1,174,313 80% of that is = 939,450 1.15^80 = 71,750 1.15^95 = 583,841 Even LVL 95 is under half the stats of LVL 100 in this particular overly simplified example. LVL 80 is just over 6%. His transformation ability coupled with the fact that he has access to all of the guild members' equipment, which were stated to be largely responsible for a player's power, he would absolutely body any of the other guardians if his tactics are on point.
The descriptions on Doppelganger is 80% as capable. So a maximized magic fireball from a doppelganger impersonating someone would be 80% as powerful as the original, if for example the original was 100 damage the doppel's would be 80. Its incorrect to think its a straight stat based though as a 20% reduction in magic stats would have a greater than 20% reduction on output. Also skills and abilities can presumed to have stat restrictions, aka fireball requires a magic stat level of X to be able to use. Since a doppelganger is supposed to have access to all abilities of the impersonated if the original build just barely meet the restrictions if the stat was reduced the doppel would suddenly not have access. The likeliest answer is the stats are same as the original but the outcome is the only thing being reduced and so what that actually means in terms of level equivalent is a lot harder to pin down. Though its safe to say it wouldn't be a direct 20 level difference.
@@lucyfer2706 He doesn't need to, you can cast 10th-tier spells at level 64, Besides I'm very positive he can since he can copy builds, I kept thinking about what you were saying and most "Super Tier" spells did require certain requirements such as a specific job class or item but since he can just copy all the stats just not at the same level then theoretically speaking he should be very capable of doing so.
Being a massive nerd myself, diminishing returns would most likely exist in a game like Yggdrasil, so that 20% debuff would probably be much lesser in reality. Depending on how maxed a particular stat was, it may only work out to a couple %.
I was thinking the 20% debuff would work only on the output, not on stats; If the original deals 100 damage, then the copy deals 80. If it was like what was said in the video, it would make the race almost entirely useless in PvP, being extremely situational.
@@megadbow7379 Yeah, I haven't watched the supercut video, but based on what I remember of the original video on that part, he got it wrong. PA gets ALL of the powers, skills and spells of the forms, levels included. The 80% is only for the damage and effectiveness output of skills and spells. Then, for the summons, they aren't affected by the 80% because they are their own beings (this is further confirmed in volume 14). Then there's also how if the skill or spell in question doesn't have a variable that can make it weaker/stronger or less/more effective, then it won't be affected by the 80% thing. A good example of that is Ainz's The Goal Of All Life Is Death skill, which simply makes it impossible to resist the next instant death spell or skill used by making it ignore all resistances and immunities and also bypassing the ability check that would normally decide whether the target resists the effect or not. 80% of impossible to block is still impossible to block since the skill removes he concept of effectiveness.
@@sancturillore thanks for the explanation. PA is actually OP, looking that way. Still has lots of limitations. However, with due preparation before a fight or event (such as Ainz does), he could 1v1 many stronger characters, if not all we know (in my point of view). It is more a matter of strategy to him. And also, his mana cost and time between transformations is something to consider. He would also have to carry a mixed variety of items depending on the situation. Maybe, when thinking about 1v1 another lvl 100 NPC, he could choose a hybrid build that counters it (and he would choose to alternate between 2 characters in order to create OP combos). In fact, the combinations he could think of to defeat an enemy are only limited by his imagination. Specially regarding the fact that he has copied the form of all guild members and thus, has all kinds of classes at hand to play with. As mentioned in the video, in many situations he wouldn't even need to face an enemy in close range. Ie: access to high tier summon spells, channeling spells, abilities such as The Goal of All Life is Death, and then changing to a tank character while restores his mana, or an archer character to keep the distance while deals damage over time and finishes the enemy. In fact, Overlord's world is very complex and the 20% debuff dmg/def wouldn't be a simple math.
Coming back to this, it still makes me cry how much Ainz loved his friends so much his creation is based off this love. The only one truly knowing this being Pandora's Actor reminds me of a son assuring his father when he talks about the old days.
Definitely with him knowing anything and everything about the guild and their inventory and still having access to all the top tier gear. It’s hard to imagine him being beat by many other guardians other than shall tear and ribedo/nigredo (sorry constantly get them confused) when he’s inside the armory atleast
@@tomasramirez2914 Rubedo is a God that we will never see at this point, I don't really like the fact that we don't have any info about her. I think the author dropped her half way😏😂😂
@@tomasramirez2914 definitely got the same mindset but there’s still the conditions of him needing to be in the vault to maximize his potential because if he’s anywhere outside of nazarick he’d have no gear to keep up with
Was it really necessary to 'distance his outfit' though? nobody (That matters) likes the socialists whether they're from WWII or WWIII but I think we all recognize that they had kick-ass uniforms.
@@livun5742 Maybe. You might be on to something. I still think it's unnecessary but not wanting to glorify the socialists, or anything related to socialism, is at least a fair reason.
if anything it was a good idea that ainz somehow placed a some sort of factor for pandroa's actor to play as a comic relif at times cause if he wasn't he's practically the most terrifying being in nazarick he's one of the most powerful can mimic other people and even supreme beings and to some extent copy their power or skill and he was set to be as smart or even smarter than albedo and demiurge and him having a curious nature which was brought up with him questioning ainz in a way to understand ainz thought's means he would be more lkely to play a battle like ainz than any other with orders and that means pandora's actor next to shaltear is probably the beste pvp character in the tomb because he will take almost to the same extent ainz's preparedeness when it comes to pvp
I agree with the comment above me and the fact that he isn't the most powerful entity in Nazarick, the most op and terrifying entity there is spoiler [(?)"one of Albedo sisters"], removing that entity, PA is probably the most terriyfing NPC there
It seems that people are still underestimating PA's combat potential. Though he does have the 20% debuff on his stats (besides HP and MP) when he transforms, he has the knowledge and tactical acumen to transform into the hardest possible counter for his opponent, with even more options to spare due to having access to and knowledge of all 41 Supreme Beings and their specialties. He did it when he first met Albedo by turning into Tabula, the person she would have been least likely to attack had her character settings not been messed with by Ainz. PA also has the patience and cunning to play his opponents in order to get them to leak information about themselves, like when he duels PDL and manages to learn nearly everything about him combat-wise. Coupled with the World Items that he is in charge of safe-keeping, which can easily make up for that 20% debuff and then some, he can become a powerhouse tailored to each opponent, making it near-impossible to beat him unless you have the most min-max build possible, such as with Shalltear or Rubedo. He plays the fool, but in the end, the real fool ends up being the person foolish enough to get in the way of either him or Ainz.
@@elvisobua5459Rubedo is over lvl 100 because of the Caloric stone so he would only be able to copy a equal level to him making her out of his capabilities
I was thinking maybe “lord of the castle” could also give you a discount on the upkeep of the tomb? It kinda fits perfectly and gives another reason as to why Ainz would have given it to him. If he knew that one of the perks was a discount on the monthly upkeep of Nazerick, you better believe he would have spec’d Pandora into it. Edit: Also, I’m not sure if it’s in the LN, but in the anime, he hasn’t tried using the staff on ainz to edit the flavour text of anyone else since being transported to the new world. Would it work? Because we do know that consoles n stuff still work, eg: the master source.
@@That1Weeb Yeah you’re probably right? Although he’s a neet virgin irl, so maybe not as well? Hahaha 😝 I guess this is where it crosses into fan theories over LN facts.
@@Lucydius No, he regrets changing it. Its like trying to hit on the daugther of one of you best friends. Why do you think he didnt bang her yet? She literally begging for it. He doesnt want to and feels guilt over changing her personality.
That aspect of the staff doesn’t work, many of the administrator panels/consoles were disabled when coming to the new world, one exception is the security functions as you can see them used in the worker invasion of nazerick, and the ability for Ainz to disable certain aspects of the Tombs security. There are probably others but something like npc creation was likely disabled.
Technically Tabula alredy did that with Nigredo as the way you start her fight initially scared the crap out of the entire guild And Lucifer , a lesser known member of the guild,also frequently pulled pranks on his guildmates like the golems in the baths As for why Ains is so ashamed of Pandora's actor, he sees him as the manifestation of his embarrasing teenage years. He looks cool and his build is actually pretty interesting, basically being a love letter to the guild and a secret boss, but his personality and mannerisms make Ains cringe HARD.
He wasn’t ashamed of what he could do, he was ashamed of how he acted because of how ridiculous it was. Ainz was going through a phase at the time probably
What I love about Pandora's actor is that, on top of basically being a secret boss, he's essentially a walking talking love letter to the entire guild And the fact that his personality mirrors Ains's is pretty fitting. He's over the top and somewhat goofy, but he's also very insightfull and rivals Albedo and Demiurge in intelligence as far as magic items are concerned. Him being the one NPC to have an inkling as to how much stress Ains is constantly under also makes me wish he had more screentime
@@berilsevvalbekret772 yeah, but he specifically specialises in magic items. Similar to how Albedo is best suited for administrative duties and Demiurge is best for military strategies and espionage
@@filipvadas7602 he is more of lateral thinker, like mentioned in video. Minor spoiler. From what we have seen he is more capable than Demi and Albedo in fighting as he really outsmarted PDL in vol 14. Without giving away too much. Ainz also praised him for that also I doubt both albedo and Demi can display such tactics in battle of wits due to their ego etc.
Lateral thinking is the characteristic of marrying logical and creative thinking. Albedo the ultimate administrator is the logical type. Id argue demiurge is the creative type (happy farm and you need to "come up" imagine a person's thoughts and how to counter them in military strategy). P.A. is special in that a lateral thinker can bring both together. It's also the reason albedo and demiurge can't fully understand one another's mind sets.
To be fair, Mononga was generally sht at names. Remember, "momonga" literally means flying squirrel and the grandiose weapon he crafted with his guildmates was named ..... *"The Staff of [Guild name]"* . Nice one bro.
While generating gold is definitely a possibility for the lord classes, the bigger benefit in my mind would be the discounts since it's stated that Pandora's Actor has the role of allotting gold for the upkeep of Nazarick's various defenses. If Ainz was struggling to make enough money for the upkeep of Nazarick, having all the upkeep purchases go through one specialized in getting discounts would probably be worth far more gold in the long run over any amount that Pandora's Actor would generate passively.
As someone that played a Paladin tank in wow, rift and other mmos, I preferred healers that were more versatile. Second, whenever someone asks, "if you could have any super power, what would it be? " I almost always say "shapeshifter" even with the downsides listed here, it's just too good to pass up. Anything you want is available to you.
honestly whenever i think of Ains's personality Loyalty is always the word that comes to mind and is the thing he loves the most above all else loyalty to his friends. whenever he think of them i feel his sadness with him. i also think the reason a lot of people all over the world loves the style of ww2 germany is the uniforms mostly and them being the most famous country during it being the "villains" can't really blame people for loving the uniforms and the language they are both real cool considering the german army used hell a lot of money and hired theater people to make them tells you how much effort they made to be seen well in them. i think they made pandoras Ains without the eyes only for the audience i feel as tho most of the guardians would have noticed considering how much they care.
Let's assume Pandora's Actor would be able to use all the spell of the target he's mimicking and changes to another one and stacks multiple buff's at the same time wouldn't there be a chance that he also would be able to surpass the original #AniNews
@@chocolito9461 of course but I don't think that's the case because otherwise it wouldn't make sense to even have that class/race because literally every skill or ability has the 20% penalty (sorry if I wrote that wrong right now but my English isn't perfect) so it would make sense if the ability's still remain active even after changing form again because it doesn't run permanently he only has a short time until they run out
@@vanessaminirkowitsch5096 oh i get it so you're saying that for example an X buff has a 12 seconds run time for lest say 20% attack speed bonus, the doppel changes form to a DPS class and uses the remaining seconds of the buff to deal as much damage in that short amount of time , I can see the use of that, the only drawback would be how much time does it take the doppel to change forms, I dont think a heavy RP game like Yggdrasil to not have an animation for it. But I see your point I've also done that in some MMOs I've played.
@@chocolito9461 yeah basically but I think the duration of the buff's would be a bit longer because like you said it's a game which is heavy based on a strategic mmo which also means you need a lot of preparation aka also the reason why I think that the buff's are running for at leas around a minute or something like that
my phase was an obsession with samurai. i remember watching the last samurai and i absolutely fell in love with the idea. i even tried crafting my own katana and started practiceing sword fighting in the back yard of my grandparents' house. so i could def relate
Pandora's actor was definitely an acquired taste for me. But over, especially with the assistance of your videos, I've developed some respect for his character. I also found the hardcore German moment hilarious.
I watched all the way to the end, thank you for all your hard work putting into this video I always appreciate and I always will watch it on any and every character thank you again
He keeps talking about the -20% debuff but in the stats sheet the HP and MP are unaffected. Meaning that even transformed into something else you can keep your buffed up HP and MP stats and those stats seems to be very important in that game. Taking more his then the opponent and being able to cast more spells.
Ironically just like in the story of Pandora's box, after all the evil was released only hope remains, this in parallel to Ainz being the only one who have remained as well symbolizes hope for the denizens of Nazarick, and is basically the only one who is keeping the whole world from being destroyed by his evil NPCs, as proof that's basically what they did to the entire neighboring kingdoms during the Kianu route when Ainz ended up arriving too early and alone in the new world.
@@michaellaidley8644 Evil eye side story, it's a what IF story, it's happening basically in a parallel world to the original, in that world Ainz arrived 200 years earlier and alone with nothing but his sentient guild staff to accompany him, also as luck would have it Keanu's country was just turned into an undead country by Elder Coffin, the undead dragon lord, he meets Keanu and befriends her, he doesn't use Ainz as his name instead opting to use his real name Suzuki Satoru, he later fought and killed Elder Coffin and Hunts down the entire High Undead Community, basically the guys who founded Zuranoon which is itself a splinter cell organization of a bigger one, you can see them in Volume 15 in the main story, then after 200 years it cuts off to Ainz leading a pack of various races numbering 40 I believe?(memories a bit hazy) in a raging desert just to later stop when watching the beautiful view after the sandstorm, we find out that with Keanu's insistence in order for Suzuki to once again feel loved and happy, they ended up Re-Creating Ainz Ooal Gown with new local members, only this time instead of a PVP killer guild it's now geared towards Adventuring and exploring the unknown, ironically he really did pull off what he said to the E rantel guild master and became a true adventurer, then it cuts off to Keanu and Ainz sharing a room inside Nazarick 2.0 where Keanu is literally laying in bed behind Suzuki's back(eat your heart out Albedo 😆) while Suzuki reads a report about how all the countries located in the entire south continental region got completely wiped out of existence with the only thing that still exist is a country name Nazarick, which gave both Suzuki and Keanu a big shock. Also side note: We finally see the Guild weapons true full power when Ainz was fighting Elder Coffin and that it's actually a sentient NPC as well, albeit it doesn't talk and simply commutate via simple gestures, in it's active state it can basically double your attacks, for example if Ainz used fireball it will also use fireball, and since it's sentient that means it can work in tandem with Ainz and launch that fireball in a different angle where it will deal more damage.
I'd like to ask for an in-depth video of Overlord's martial arts system. Since it was stated that martial arts were unique in the New World and not found in Yggdrasil.
i think you are underrestimating Pandoras Actor, having access to all the Vaults gear covers almost all of his weaknesses. Yeah a 20% idecrease could be devestating, but is it if you just pick a class that completely counters your opponent if not even tutoring yourself on the spot against a type or types of opponents. He might not be the Ace in any of the categories on his own but having a hand of kings is only beaten out by a hand of aces. Also having access to all those forms, means the he probably has a lot of info on many races. In a way he is one of the strongest floor guardians because he can negate basically any counter you might have against any class.
The Jack Sparrow of Nazarick. His theatrics only masks the true endgame, which like Capt Jack is many, many steps ahead. Hoping he can be a heroic or at least anti-hero character.
I think Yggdrassil followed DnD's logic for potencies. I think that because they use a tier system for skills and magic, same as DnD. So for example, there is an ability that grants you a magic forcefield armor, it's damage reduction is fixed BUT, it's actual potency comes from it's duration, the higher the main casting stat for the characters class is, the longer the force field lasts. Let's say the main casting stat is Intelligence, at 15 INT, the duration of the force field is 20 minutes, but at 20 INT, the duration get's pumped up to 60 minutes, for Pandora's actor, I would say that the 20% reduction for this particular spell is it's duration, not the fixed damage reduction, because in many MMO's, there are such abilities called "fixed" skills, meaning no matter what your stats are, they have a fixed numbered effect which isn't affected by other means, for example in DNF, there are % skills and Fixed skills, % skills are affected by buffs, debuffs, ETC, but fixed skills do raw numbers dependent on the skill level. Now, if Yggdrasil also has skill levels/skill mastery separate from Skill tiers, the 20% reduction could maybe instead be towards the mastery and in that case it indeed is an overall 20% reduction in all regards, but in DNF a single skill level could have as much as a 40% increase in skills output, so in that case 20% in lowered potencies could be a massive loss, but as far as I know, Yggdrasil does not use a skill mastery system. So for example let's say the skill Fireball is skill mastery lvl 10, which is maxed, and at lvl 10 it does 5000% potency, but at lvl 9 it did 4100% and at 8 it did 3300%, that would be a massive loss in damage for that alone if it was -20%, but what if it was also -20% on skill mastery and anaother -20% on skill multiplier, that would make pandoras actor usage of fireball closer to only being lvl 6 instead of 8. On another example, if it was a fixed skill, lets say Fireball has mastery level but at lvl 10 the fixed damage is 25k, but at lvl 8 it's 19k, but again, -20%, so Pandora's Actor can use it at a lvl of a 8, however, this time the fireball skills also applies a 1 minute burning DoT which also does fixed damage, but again -20%, it's pumped down to a 48 second DoT 3rd example, there is no skill level, the fireball has a fixed base value of 1k damage + 500% of your INT stat. Now, does it first calculate your INT and adds it to the base value and then -20% or is it only 80% of the 500% multiplier? because if you first do the skill calculations and then -20%, it's a much smaller loss in damage than reducing the multiplier itself by 20%. In DNF, all these different variations actually exist, and it's meta to build % skills for PvE, and fixed skills in PvP.(because in PvP, your stats are all normalized to a set threshold to make the fights fair, thus fixed skills are more useful.)
I'd say those missing 20 levels could be a mutation of the Doppelganger tree. Given how excessively strong his transformation is. I'd say Pandora's Actor has 10 levels in a mimic tree and 10 in Greater Mimic
If PA has a bunch of unfilled transformation slots, does that mean he might be able to transform into the Platinum Dragon's armor form after fighting him as Ainz? This could be .... useful.
PA should have been able to discern the armor was empty, but I don''t recall that being mentioned in the debriefing after the fight with the dragon lord armor.
Great timing for this video since we will be seeing him in next episode.. And keep dropping these videos 💪🏽🔥 something to watch and learn till we get a new episode
Made it to the end AniNews! Honestly really enjoying these remade videos. Gives to something to listen to in the background. Keep up the great work bro!
I think something that should be taken into account when it comes to Pandora's Actor is that he likely has extremely broken special abilities, and this is based upon Shalltear's fight with Ainz who has a few powerful special abilities that are basically 'secrets'. Also taking into consideration of Ainz's personality, who is essentially a min/maxer, it's not hard to believe that PA would probably have a special ability called "True Copy", and its effect would be obvious in that it removes the 20% penalty. It might have restrictions as in "next form taken only" or a time-limit but odds seem to be really high that he would have something that negates the penalty. This would play directly into Ainz's style of combat: To act weak to gather information, then strike proper. People would engage with PA under the assumption that he only has 80% strength, even acting shocked and surprised when he 'fails' to do any damage to an opponent who had worked out that they could be 'immune' to PA's attacks, only to then land a mortal blow out of nowhere when they were convinced that PA was utterly helpless. If PA has more than one special ability I think another one would be "All from One" to allow him access to any ability of any form he can change into, this again would play into the idea of being weaker than you really are tactic. That his opponents would figure that he's limited to the abilities of the form he's using, but then when his opponents feel they are safe he launches an attack from a form that directly counters his opponent. Some others could potentially be instant access to all of the items in the treasury while he's in the treasury, so he doesn't have to run to particular chests/storage areas to equip items; probably instant equipping like how Ainz was quickly swapping between weapons when fighting Shalltear. Another possible one could be "True Potential" in where he can copy beings of lower level, but does so as if they were level 100. Instant transformation would be another useful one to have, though if an option would probably lower down the priority list of things to have. The last consideration that if PA is supposed to be in Ainz's eyes the manifestation of the might of all of Nazarick, then I could also see a possibility that one of his abilities allows for all of the weapons and armor in the treasury to be 'used' all at the same time. Which might be via the form of summoning an army of some sort that would be able to wear everything, or something that actually animates everything to attack invaders. Though this would probably be more for show than actual combat effectiveness. It would be quite the appropriate final and dramatic last stand: Animated statues of the Supreme Beings wearing their gear and an army of summons wielding the accumulated wealth of the treasury, facing down whatever had defeated the rest of the Great Tomb up to that point. If Ainz played into this kind of build I could see it playing out as whenever a summon was destroyed PA could summon a new one which would instantly reequip the fallen summon's gear that it dropped. One final thought is that PA might have needed to stand in for a Supreme Being in the event one of them couldn't show up for a dungeon or raid. He could fill in the role of whoever couldn't show up, and if this is the case then he could be additionally dangerous simply due to him being one of the few NPCs that would have actually fought alongside the Supreme Ones and has that kind of experience. The way I see Pandora's Actor is he's essentially Ainz, but without the emotion suppression. All of the NPCs in Nazarick ultimately adopted personalities similar to their creators and it's obvious that PA would be the same as well. I mean at the end of the day Ainz has a flair for the dramatic as well.
idk about all of the skills u gave to PA bcs if what you have said is true then that would be a game breaking char and must if not all the npcs in the guild would be like PA bcs we all know wht a mmorpg players would do if they found an op meta....so idk about that
Shalltear didn't have any secret abilities. Ainz pretended to be surprised to make her waste skills and MP. If she figured out he was biding time to recharge his super tier magic she'd have rushed him down to a PK. Peroroncino was more a straight min/max. Ainz was a role playing "learn all" magic caster... id even say Tabula Rasa min maxed more than ainz. An 80% efficacy with a divine armory is really more than enough for P.A. to do some serious damage even to a group if he can identify a lacking element in that enemy team.
@@gbcls it did have ..if only peroroncino doesnt close friend with ainz he wouldnt know shalltear skill like when he fight her. Its always mention that shalltear is second most npc that ainz know detailed.
@@clownie1313 that's not really how npcs work in any videogame.... especially if it's your own guild. Perhaps he used a strange build that not many people would think pf... but Ainz can open her stat window and see EVERYTHING. And I don't speak on absolutes but being that he was often paired with her to handle scouts I am sure he has looked at her stats and skills many times... there's just no way Ain DOESNT know all her skills buffs and stats
My shot in the dark on his classes -Lord of a castle Since he's an area guardian I agree that it's a sort of Domain Buff but I think rather than support the golems it might just be a Cost reduction towards functions within a guild base such as revival and the reaper cost of items and even summoning provided they are done within the Base, it would make sense as a quality of life improvement that being able to revive for cheaper within ones own base as well as maintain their equipment better would make the tomb more self sufficient considering that they only had 41 members it would make sense to levy those costs even if just a little bit especially since divine gear was very expensive so aside from materials costs would be lower Side note, the ring of three wishes that Ainz has can grant nearly any wish so would it be possible to remove the -20% potency restriction to PA Transformations? Maybe break the lev cap? Or even more
what if "lord of the castle" allows him to use all items like the guild staff of ainz ool gown, and have same base control as the guild leader?. if ainz is a true roleplayer it would make since for his dopplegagger creation to be able to be a perfect copy
I have to say, I think my favorite part was the rundown of all the known guild members. Since we learned about levels in Genius from your Renner video, I think it would be safe to say that Pandora's Actor has several in it as well, given its versatile adaptability.
Thanks for the video. PA is actually OP even in 1v1 fights, in my point of view. Still has lots of limitations. However, with due preparation before a fight or event (such as Ainz does), he could 1v1 many stronger characters. It is more a matter of strategy to him. And also, his mana cost and time between transformations is something to consider. He would also have to carry a mixed variety of items depending on the situation. Maybe, when thinking about 1v1 another lvl 100 NPC, he could choose a hybrid build that counters it (and he would choose to alternate between 2 characters in order to create OP combos). In fact, the combinations he could think of to defeat an enemy are only limited by his imagination. Specially regarding the fact that he has copied the form of all guild members and thus, has all kinds of classes at hand to play with. As mentioned in the video, in many situations he wouldn't even need to face an enemy in close range. Ie: in a fight, he has access to high tier summon spells, channeling spells, abilities such as The Goal of All Life is Death, and can then change to a tank character while restores his mana, or an archer character to keep the distance while deals damage over time and finishes the enemy. Imagine also playing the assassin, and then changing to a mage and teleport away. Or even, using a mage build to buff his attacks, and then changing to assassin to finish an anemy quickly. In fact, Overlord's world is very complex and the 20% debuff dmg/def wouldn't be a simple math. Specially because of the abilities that are not affected by this percentage-based debuffs, along items and potions that could be used.
Man I had this Pandora's actor video on autoplay, and had my airpods out, but when I put them in the first thing I heard was "Lelouch's rise to power in Code Geass could be seen as an analogy to Hitler's"😭😭😭
34:50 slight math mistake there, it would lead to 64% output meaning a 36% penalty, not a 64% penalty, but once again nice summary, always love watching your overlord stuff
Fighting PA is like fighting 41 members of the Tomb of Nazarick, he can freely transform into them despite having 80% of their full power that is ridiculously powerful along with their weapons. If Ainz gave him alot of that instant weapon change World Item he could annihilate hordes of powerful heroes alone. If he was fighting defensive with the treasury he would be unstoppable with all the weapons he can use.
46:37 Well the dots in eyes were an artistic choice - anime only - in the 4th season Pandora Actor has those red dots as eyes. But the real way to detemine if the Ainz is real is his world item that he ALWAYS wears. It can be seen appearing after Ainz swaped with PA during Tsuare/Sebas scene.
mabey the higher levels allow it to "doppel" magical items or equipment. It would fit into his role in the tomb. He knows all the items, work with them etc.. and it would work within the "evolution" of skills and game mechanics into the new world. It would make him an absolut powerhouse last bastion in the heart of the great tomb
Sure the 20% is a drawback but his skills are based on knowledge. If he goes into a fight knowing an enemy's physical or elemental weakness and changes into a creature that is balanced in both he can be quite formidable.
*Spolier* A really good example of PA’s lateral thinking like Ainz but more out of the box was when he got on his knees and begged the armor to stop fighting he could engage in dialogue with him and figure out why he was fighting. Which to me shows how much he could understand about a person even during a fight just a very different way to go about it.
I think lord of the castle could just be as simple as gaining a buff in a specific domain, in order to offset his 20% loss from transforming into someone. Honestly could be anything though.
Its also hard to guage how much of a limiter that 20% is since we dont know how level gain increases power... is it linear or exponential?? If its linear then transformed hed be a level 80 npc, if its exponential he might be from 80 to 99 depending on how steep the curve is on power increase
I remember in a different overlord video he said that the person with more opinions has the advantage, so PA is… idk where I was going with this. But thats cool. Another thing he said was that a smaller group of players are weaker because they have to spread themselves thiner than a larger group of players, but PA kind of doesn’t have those restrictions.
The huge advantage of a doppelganger as you've described it however is that it can choose to imitate characters and classes that it's enemy has an inherent weakness against thus negating the 20% or 64% debuff issue. To simplify it to a Pokémon battle if your doppelganger is a mimic with three potential forms, Squirtle, Charmander, and Bulbasaur and your enemy is a Pikachu you're obviously going to go with Charmander as your chosen form because water types and plant types are vulnerable to electricity. Alternatively if Pikachu is one if your possible forms and you're up against Squirtle then of course you're gonna make that turtle ride the lightning because of it's electrical weakness.
Sir, your explanation regarding Nazi within Asian (japanese specifically) culture actually was a lesson. Its funny too, I always asked why, it was so simple. I would never disrespect or turn my back on a friend either, plus having to be put down by the world is an honor, history will always show that is what it took. . . that is bad ass. Lol.
He forgot to mention Pandora actor wasn't inspired from WW2 Nazi, but from Neo-Nazi of a Euro-Arcology Wars we know nothing about. Ainz living in the a grimdark future and not the modern world.
Based on what European did the same horrible things to people in the colony, It's totally makes sense that European colonial powers cannot play WW II victims in Asia. cus everyone knows karma is a bitch.
A question that I've always pondered and hope we get an answer to at some point is: What are his other saved forms? Personally I think one of them is a denizen of the eighth floor hierarchy or maybe even Rubedo herself. It just makes sense he'd have the strongest entity of Nazarick in his arsenal.
One of my favorite theories I read about PA is that in the first scene he was introduced. He was set on killing Albedo and Yuri for entering the vault. Since no one is allowed to enter the vault without permission. the moment they enter the vault PA sensed it and took Albedo’s creators form. Due to the fact that Albedo would hesitate to fully attack her creator. He only changes to his original form because Ainz steps in and tells him to stop.
Ooh, I didn't consider that, I was just thinking he was being derpy but might have actually been a tactical move
So he sense albedo and yuri but not ains
@@NJP6974 he sense Ainz. He was only viewing Albedo and Yuri as a threat since they weren’t one of the original guild members. Only guild members were allow inside vault. Not the npc.
@@NJP6974 bruh u are mad dumb lol he program to kill anyone who intrudes upset ainz noone is suppose be allowed in treasury without ainz permission
That is a good theory.
Though another that is probably more likely is that he took Tabula's form at that time because he was checking and organizing the potions and other alchemic stuff in the treasury, and only stopped doing that because he sensed Ainz, Albedo, Yuri and Shizu(in the novel) arrive.
Well Pandora's actor is basically Ains son. So he is the crown prince of the Tomb of Nazirck and Sorcerer Kingdom
It's an obvious point of contention.
Ains has had to address it a few times.
All the other npcs in nazarick kind of hate him, from a jealous point of view.
He's the only one made by Ains, so his status in the guild is unique.
There is scene were Ains calls him his son and he is proud of him and one day wants PA to surpase him, but tells PA that he will not treat him differently because that might cause strife in the guild.
@@Spoopball yep i would like a side story of a father and son binding moment lol
I agree
@@jessevazquez8984 PA and Ainz the laying catch is the funniest thing
@@Spoopball I seem to recall some of this interaction from episode 1 of season 4, but the other NPCs aren’t envious of him. Ainz was worried that they might *become* jealous if it became known that he viewed Pandora’s Actor as his own child, because he misinterpreted Fith’s crying as being due to jealousy when she heard him say that he thought of Pandora’s Actor as *his* child. In reality, she was crying because she felt that Ainz was reminding everyone present that he cared deeply for them (To the point he effectively considered them his family), as he’d done many times in the past.
For years I weirded out by the fact that someone like Ainz can came up with a name like [Pandora’s Actor]. But it turned out that he didn’t. What he came up with was [Suprise Box], but Ulbert told him that’s dumb, so he chanced it.
Sounds about right. Ulbert had a flare for theatricality whereas "Momonga" literally means flying squirrel in Japanese.
Bow it makes sense Ulberts creations are deep symbolic and he seemed to put alot of thought into them
Pandora's actor being somewhat cringey at times while also being surprisingly wise and insightful really does mimic ainz's character in a way. Like when he told ainz about the sorcerer kingdoms citizens fears on how he would rule. Like father like son.
Day 55 of asking for a grand assassin Hassan servant review
grand assassin Hassan servant review, also asking for that
Wait till overlord season 4 ends, then maybe he will consider doing that review
like the opposite of Ainz lmao
love to see the asking of grand assassin Hassan servant is still going strong with the request of review
he's cringey because of Momonga. Remember, majority of the members were gamers and they role play hardcore (Momonga the most). So seeing PA is quite cringey for him when NPCs started having their own personality. He is reminded on how cringey he was. Not to mention, he also now realizes that his design for PA is quite... incel-like (because nazi), which again in their guild, it is normal as they are a bunch of misfits, cringey and sometimes edgelords (shut in humours, so to say) so that's probably why they never questioned it.
He's the final defense of all the tombs treasures...
He has the ability to mimic all 41 supreme beings...
Which means Pandora's Actor was a training dummy...
The ultimate training dummy that copies all...
@@rishi8599 did you forget what Ainz staff could do when explained in the 1st episode? It's not outside the realm of possibilities. All 41 training against 1 because real players sucked against custom made npcs... Come on man!
@@tegridyweed7863 npcs are weaker then players in literally every way due to level limits and only being able to follow basic orders, the npcs are more of a roleplay thing within the game originally. The only strong npcs who could body players are the raid bosses from the dungeon version of nazarick who could beat pretty much anyone now that they fight together
@@fl0cbitter611 the creator of the npcs in the guild was all about roleplaying... that doesn't mean custom npcs couldn't be customized to fight, train, and make the guild stronger as a training dummy.
@@fl0cbitter611 we'll never know how strong they are against players because they never made it into the tomb.
@@tegridyweed7863 They do tho, thousands of players already reached 8th floor but all were defeated.
I find it quite interesting that Pandoras actor was silently waiting for albedo as Tabula, considering how only guild members are allowed in the treasury, it seems that PA sensed albedo and made preparations to kill her and considering their loyalty toward the supreme ones this may have made albedo hesitant with attacking allowing Pandora to have a higher chance in killing her. He truly is one of the most dangerous beings in Nazarick considering his intelligence and unparalleled flexibility to any situation.
Thats a cool little detail
Really plausible, though not sure if it would work as expected, since by that point Albedo already despises the rest of the creators who abandoned them, and in fact already plans on making a secret team to hunt other players. So she probably won't hesitate to fight back even against her own creator.
@@Railgun003 Ain't that just a theory doe? (I haven't read the LN, so please no spoilers if that theory was true)
Holy sh*t that's a very cool theory! Cause why else ......?
@@Railgun003 that made her even more confused, her face reflected for a second a glimmer of hope that her creator really didn't leave, followed by dissapoinment when she realizes that's impossible and anger for the imitator, if PA attacked that moment Albedo could have been beaten.
Ainz: Do your normal voice.
Pandora: zey are in ze attic!!!!!
Ainz: Noooo-
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
PA's true strength is that he has access to everything in the treasury, he would likely fight like Ain did against Shalltear, only much more variety of weaker versions of abilities and switch to any member of the guild including other floor guardians if needed. The massive variety of abilities and spells and equipment gives him a huge advantage alone, but maybe he has a secret that only Ain's knows that would make him stronger still.
ah yes the "random bullsh*t go" strategy
@@deepdays9068 Now im imagining the battle against Shaltear but with PA just throwing stuff at her randomly
@@maxterhyixell9778 "random bullshit go!"
@@maxterhyixell9778 Ainz: are you sure this will work?
P. A: Ahahaha I have no Idea!
@@robberyproductions1363 I understood that reference
4:19 before we continue I just realize Momonga created Pandora’s Actor not just because of his phase but also maybe a doppelganger that can take the form of his befriended guildmates that he might miss their company. Also, PA guarding the treasury is like Momonga saying “I have treasured these individuals in my heart therefore I am leaving my trusted son to guard their mementos.” Kinda awwww moment…
I think PA was created before any of his friends left
@@foilto3971 doesn’t stop momonga from being grateful for the friends made.
i always kinda thought it was that he was a treasure to be kept there also and not just a guard dog
Considering that son can mimic the build & appearance of each of the individuals to whom those mementos originally belonged, and that PA being the guard to the treasury also necessarily places him in said treasury when performs said duties, it's also a symbolic way for Ainz to store his guildmates themselves in the treasury by using PA as a proxy representing every one of them.
I bet it was also cuz doppelgänger is German and he wanted to go all out
Sebas's stats are scary tbh.. this guy is a pure melee build which is a high dps tank with not only physical damage negation but also magic negation.. fucking brutal
PA is one of, if not the, smartest NPC; and puts up an act. It is completely possible he not only knows Aniz is not a mastermind; but also know Aniz is just a normal person from his world. PA might even be aware that yggdrasil was a game. Some of his scenes in the light novel make much more sense with this in mind.
Considering that all the npcs remember the conversation of the other guild members when they were just npcs. Ainz must've been often in the vault, venting to his npc about his friends leaving (since he made him able to copy their abilities) so he most likely understand everything about Ainz
@@TheRedAzuki Holy shit, that is a very good point. Ainz is absolutely the type to go in the room with the statues of the others and just rant.
While it's possible that Pandora's Actor was positioned outside of that final room of the treasury, considering that the place outside of that room seem to be the place from where on can access the inventory of the treasury (safe for the content of the final room), Ainz likely also talked to himself a lot in that room where PA was.
Well ainz have a passive ability negating reading thoughts
@@TheRedAzuki We actualy have that part confirmed by the author, saturo used pandora to take on the form off the rest off his friends and "talk" with him a lot.
Pandora was also created a bit earligher than stated in the vid, PA was completed before all the members left.
Also, PA's design, is not based on the 1942's german rike, it is based on the (saturos original dystopen corpo world, wich in it, a new "rike" came about again. And frankly, they where tame compared to the cold corporations, and it is from this war he gets the look from, so technicly a homage to bouth, as the new rike in saturos world took sertian looks from the old one).
His thoughts after the battle with PDL contradict that thought, he himself felt ashamed that he couldn't keep up with Ainz's brilliance. It wasn't an act, these were his inner thoughts. So even he can't see through Ainz, despite other people saying he can.
The way PA fighting was very similar to how Ainz would. He valued information and his own safety, had infinite patience, and rather overvalued the competition than underestimated them. He was just lacking in strength in compare to his father.
Like father, like son.
Honestly, I have a headcanon that PA actually knows that Ainz is not at all smart, and is just playing along because he is an actor, and understands that Ainz is trying to hide it
My headcanon somewhat opposes yours.
Ainz is subconsciously smart.
Suzuki Satoru, player of Momonga, is the one who is conscious and is in control of the body. While Momonga's intelligence stats acts as the subconscious that "guides" Satoru's actions.
So while Suzuki Satoru thinks he's doing things like an idiot, Momonga makes it so that things will work anyways.
Suzuki Satoru is the soul, Momonga is the vessel. Momonga's stats affect Satoru though Satoru doesnt notice...
Or smth like that
I wrote an essay abt this in my reddit, but i cant seem to find it so... deal with whats above lol
@@Burneth_ I agree ainz often undermines himself many times. He gets lucky too lot of time.
@@GBrar07 He's the fricking main character
@@Burneth_ i share the same thought. the things go according to plan without momonga noticing might look like its just for comedic purpose but its actually his character's intellect stat at play
I once argued with a guy when Pandora's actor met PDL in volume 14 of the LN, the argument was something to do with both parties holding back testing each other, and Pandora's actor during that confrontation was basically a level 80 Ains but someone corrected me and I don't know if what he's saying is true or no but I'll drop it here, " Strength gain in Yggdrasil is exponential, meaning that the higher level you are, the increase in power you have is greater." and then another thing he said "Pandora's Actor as Ainz isn't a level 80 version of Ainz. Strength gain in Yggdrasil is exponential, meaning that the higher level you are, the increase in power you have is greater. "The gap in strength between a level 70 and a level 80 would be far smaller compared to a level 80 and level 90. Pandora's actor only having 80% of the strength of Ainz would probably be something like... a level 95 version of Ainz, not level 80, considering that strength gain in Yggdrasil is exponential, not linear." And to be honest he kind of convinced me.
I would say that seems logical. 80-90% of their strength does not equate to 10-20 levels lower in terms of power.
Oh God, Pandora's Actor is even more OP than I thought. I didn't know growth was exponential.
While we can't work with exact calculations from Yggdrasil, just using powers of 1.15 which result in realistic numbers for stats in a normal game. We can demonstrate how massive of a difference in power 80% of LVL 100 is in comparison to LVL 80.
1.15 to the 100th is = 1,174,313
80% of that is = 939,450
1.15^80 = 71,750
1.15^95 = 583,841
Even LVL 95 is under half the stats of LVL 100 in this particular overly simplified example.
LVL 80 is just over 6%.
His transformation ability coupled with the fact that he has access to all of the guild members' equipment, which were stated to be largely responsible for a player's power, he would absolutely body any of the other guardians if his tactics are on point.
The descriptions on Doppelganger is 80% as capable. So a maximized magic fireball from a doppelganger impersonating someone would be 80% as powerful as the original, if for example the original was 100 damage the doppel's would be 80.
Its incorrect to think its a straight stat based though as a 20% reduction in magic stats would have a greater than 20% reduction on output. Also skills and abilities can presumed to have stat restrictions, aka fireball requires a magic stat level of X to be able to use. Since a doppelganger is supposed to have access to all abilities of the impersonated if the original build just barely meet the restrictions if the stat was reduced the doppel would suddenly not have access.
The likeliest answer is the stats are same as the original but the outcome is the only thing being reduced and so what that actually means in terms of level equivalent is a lot harder to pin down. Though its safe to say it wouldn't be a direct 20 level difference.
If I recall at LN, PA can't use super tier magics like Ainz.
@@lucyfer2706 He doesn't need to, you can cast 10th-tier spells at level 64, Besides I'm very positive he can since he can copy builds, I kept thinking about what you were saying and most "Super Tier" spells did require certain requirements such as a specific job class or item but since he can just copy all the stats just not at the same level then theoretically speaking he should be very capable of doing so.
Being a massive nerd myself, diminishing returns would most likely exist in a game like Yggdrasil, so that 20% debuff would probably be much lesser in reality. Depending on how maxed a particular stat was, it may only work out to a couple %.
Yep, the 20% might matter if you are doing a tank n spank, but that’s not many fights, and you can overcome that limitation with appropriate gear.
I was thinking the 20% debuff would work only on the output, not on stats; If the original deals 100 damage, then the copy deals 80. If it was like what was said in the video, it would make the race almost entirely useless in PvP, being extremely situational.
@@megadbow7379 Yeah, I haven't watched the supercut video, but based on what I remember of the original video on that part, he got it wrong.
PA gets ALL of the powers, skills and spells of the forms, levels included. The 80% is only for the damage and effectiveness output of skills and spells.
Then, for the summons, they aren't affected by the 80% because they are their own beings (this is further confirmed in volume 14).
Then there's also how if the skill or spell in question doesn't have a variable that can make it weaker/stronger or less/more effective, then it won't be affected by the 80% thing.
A good example of that is Ainz's The Goal Of All Life Is Death skill, which simply makes it impossible to resist the next instant death spell or skill used by making it ignore all resistances and immunities and also bypassing the ability check that would normally decide whether the target resists the effect or not. 80% of impossible to block is still impossible to block since the skill removes he concept of effectiveness.
@@sancturillore thanks for the explanation. PA is actually OP, looking that way.
Still has lots of limitations. However, with due preparation before a fight or event (such as Ainz does), he could 1v1 many stronger characters, if not all we know (in my point of view).
It is more a matter of strategy to him. And also, his mana cost and time between transformations is something to consider.
He would also have to carry a mixed variety of items depending on the situation. Maybe, when thinking about 1v1 another lvl 100 NPC, he could choose a hybrid build that counters it (and he would choose to alternate between 2 characters in order to create OP combos).
In fact, the combinations he could think of to defeat an enemy are only limited by his imagination. Specially regarding the fact that he has copied the form of all guild members and thus, has all kinds of classes at hand to play with.
As mentioned in the video, in many situations he wouldn't even need to face an enemy in close range. Ie: access to high tier summon spells, channeling spells, abilities such as The Goal of All Life is Death, and then changing to a tank character while restores his mana, or an archer character to keep the distance while deals damage over time and finishes the enemy.
In fact, Overlord's world is very complex and the 20% debuff dmg/def wouldn't be a simple math.
Yeah, I don't know why he assumed the 20% potency nerf would affect defensive capabilities.
Coming back to this, it still makes me cry how much Ainz loved his friends so much his creation is based off this love. The only one truly knowing this being Pandora's Actor reminds me of a son assuring his father when he talks about the old days.
This makes me feel pity for Pandora actor being envied by other NPC they even have the guts to give him the cold shoulder to him...
his being a doppleganger, mimic the 41 supreme ones, coupled with high intelligence will probably make this bowling ball the strongest guardian
Definitely with him knowing anything and everything about the guild and their inventory and still having access to all the top tier gear. It’s hard to imagine him being beat by many other guardians other than shall tear and ribedo/nigredo (sorry constantly get them confused) when he’s inside the armory atleast
@@mcclainwesleywm Personally I believe he won’t be able to beat Rubedo. But he can make all the other guardians a run for their money
@@tomasramirez2914 Rubedo is a God that we will never see at this point, I don't really like the fact that we don't have any info about her. I think the author dropped her half way😏😂😂
@@tomasramirez2914 definitely got the same mindset but there’s still the conditions of him needing to be in the vault to maximize his potential because if he’s anywhere outside of nazarick he’d have no gear to keep up with
@@reybarracuda2514 you just know we're never gonna get anything in the light novel and she's somehow gonna appear in Isekai Quartet or something
Making his outfit bright yellow was a good way to distance his outfit from its origin while also making it look super cool
Was it really necessary to 'distance his outfit' though? nobody (That matters) likes the socialists whether they're from WWII or WWIII but I think we all recognize that they had kick-ass uniforms.
@@Archedgar I guess they didnt want to glorify the actual uniform too much?
@@livun5742 Maybe. You might be on to something. I still think it's unnecessary but not wanting to glorify the socialists, or anything related to socialism, is at least a fair reason.
if anything it was a good idea that ainz somehow placed a some sort of factor for pandroa's actor to play as a comic relif at times cause if he wasn't he's practically the most terrifying being in nazarick he's one of the most powerful can mimic other people and even supreme beings and to some extent copy their power or skill and he was set to be as smart or even smarter than albedo and demiurge and him having a curious nature which was brought up with him questioning ainz in a way to understand ainz thought's means he would be more lkely to play a battle like ainz than any other with orders and that means pandora's actor next to shaltear is probably the beste pvp character in the tomb because he will take almost to the same extent ainz's preparedeness when it comes to pvp
Agree with you but you should really add some punctuation there
I agree with the comment above me and the fact that he isn't the most powerful entity in Nazarick, the most op and terrifying entity there is spoiler [(?)"one of Albedo sisters"], removing that entity, PA is probably the most terriyfing NPC there
It seems that people are still underestimating PA's combat potential. Though he does have the 20% debuff on his stats (besides HP and MP) when he transforms, he has the knowledge and tactical acumen to transform into the hardest possible counter for his opponent, with even more options to spare due to having access to and knowledge of all 41 Supreme Beings and their specialties. He did it when he first met Albedo by turning into Tabula, the person she would have been least likely to attack had her character settings not been messed with by Ainz. PA also has the patience and cunning to play his opponents in order to get them to leak information about themselves, like when he duels PDL and manages to learn nearly everything about him combat-wise. Coupled with the World Items that he is in charge of safe-keeping, which can easily make up for that 20% debuff and then some, he can become a powerhouse tailored to each opponent, making it near-impossible to beat him unless you have the most min-max build possible, such as with Shalltear or Rubedo.
He plays the fool, but in the end, the real fool ends up being the person foolish enough to get in the way of either him or Ainz.
Do you think he is as strong as ainz
@@elvisobua5459 Probably not but still very strong regardless.
@@redace4821 he can copy albedo's sister
He can also transform as Touch Me which should be an all round counter as he was top 1 pvp player
@@elvisobua5459Rubedo is over lvl 100 because of the Caloric stone so he would only be able to copy a equal level to him making her out of his capabilities
I was thinking maybe “lord of the castle” could also give you a discount on the upkeep of the tomb? It kinda fits perfectly and gives another reason as to why Ainz would have given it to him. If he knew that one of the perks was a discount on the monthly upkeep of Nazerick, you better believe he would have spec’d Pandora into it.
Edit: Also, I’m not sure if it’s in the LN, but in the anime, he hasn’t tried using the staff on ainz to edit the flavour text of anyone else since being transported to the new world. Would it work? Because we do know that consoles n stuff still work, eg: the master source.
If he could use the staff, I would assume Ainz would have removed the added text he had added to Albedo on her loving him.
@@That1Weeb Yeah you’re probably right? Although he’s a neet virgin irl, so maybe not as well? Hahaha 😝
I guess this is where it crosses into fan theories over LN facts.
@@Lucydius No, he regrets changing it. Its like trying to hit on the daugther of one of you best friends. Why do you think he didnt bang her yet? She literally begging for it. He doesnt want to and feels guilt over changing her personality.
@@zema9401 yep, totally fair and valid point.
That aspect of the staff doesn’t work, many of the administrator panels/consoles were disabled when coming to the new world, one exception is the security functions as you can see them used in the worker invasion of nazerick, and the ability for Ainz to disable certain aspects of the Tombs security. There are probably others but something like npc creation was likely disabled.
He’s a good egg
I just assumed Pandora's Actor was a character Ainz created to Troll people, especially considering how ashamed of him he was in Season 1.
Technically Tabula alredy did that with Nigredo as the way you start her fight initially scared the crap out of the entire guild
And Lucifer , a lesser known member of the guild,also frequently pulled pranks on his guildmates like the golems in the baths
As for why Ains is so ashamed of Pandora's actor, he sees him as the manifestation of his embarrasing teenage years. He looks cool and his build is actually pretty interesting, basically being a love letter to the guild and a secret boss, but his personality and mannerisms make Ains cringe HARD.
He wasn’t ashamed of what he could do, he was ashamed of how he acted because of how ridiculous it was. Ainz was going through a phase at the time probably
@@doomedbringer he was probably reading Jojo when making PA thats why PA does dramatic poses
Pandora's was ainz young and edgy days I mean style as a Germany
the video also tells you why if you watch it
What I love about Pandora's actor is that, on top of basically being a secret boss, he's essentially a walking talking love letter to the entire guild
And the fact that his personality mirrors Ains's is pretty fitting. He's over the top and somewhat goofy, but he's also very insightfull and rivals Albedo and Demiurge in intelligence as far as magic items are concerned.
Him being the one NPC to have an inkling as to how much stress Ains is constantly under also makes me wish he had more screentime
Not just magic items. His intelligence IS on par with Albedo and Demiurge.
@@berilsevvalbekret772 yeah, but he specifically specialises in magic items.
Similar to how Albedo is best suited for administrative duties and Demiurge is best for military strategies and espionage
@@filipvadas7602 he is more of lateral thinker, like mentioned in video.
Minor spoiler.
From what we have seen he is more capable than Demi and Albedo in fighting as he really outsmarted PDL in vol 14. Without giving away too much. Ainz also praised him for that also I doubt both albedo and Demi can display such tactics in battle of wits due to their ego etc.
Lateral thinking is the characteristic of marrying logical and creative thinking. Albedo the ultimate administrator is the logical type. Id argue demiurge is the creative type (happy farm and you need to "come up" imagine a person's thoughts and how to counter them in military strategy).
P.A. is special in that a lateral thinker can bring both together. It's also the reason albedo and demiurge can't fully understand one another's mind sets.
Fun fact: PA was supposed to be named "surprise box" by momonga
Lmfao
And thanks to Ulbert and others we got 'Pandora's Actor'
To be fair, Mononga was generally sht at names. Remember, "momonga" literally means flying squirrel and the grandiose weapon he crafted with his guildmates was named ..... *"The Staff of [Guild name]"* . Nice one bro.
While generating gold is definitely a possibility for the lord classes, the bigger benefit in my mind would be the discounts since it's stated that Pandora's Actor has the role of allotting gold for the upkeep of Nazarick's various defenses. If Ainz was struggling to make enough money for the upkeep of Nazarick, having all the upkeep purchases go through one specialized in getting discounts would probably be worth far more gold in the long run over any amount that Pandora's Actor would generate passively.
As someone that played a Paladin tank in wow, rift and other mmos, I preferred healers that were more versatile.
Second, whenever someone asks, "if you could have any super power, what would it be? " I almost always say "shapeshifter" even with the downsides listed here, it's just too good to pass up. Anything you want is available to you.
The only guardian that can casually speak with Ainz without holding back
We need more of Pandora's actor 😠
No shit
Don't worry, he gets a big fight this arc.
Ohhh don’t worry, there will be plenty of our favorite bowling ball :)
soon.
Damn, that was such a plot twist this episode lol
honestly whenever i think of Ains's personality Loyalty is always the word that comes to mind and is the thing he loves the most above all else loyalty to his friends. whenever he think of them i feel his sadness with him.
i also think the reason a lot of people all over the world loves the style of ww2 germany is the uniforms mostly and them being the most famous country during it being the "villains" can't really blame people for loving the uniforms and the language they are both real cool considering the german army used hell a lot of money and hired theater people to make them tells you how much effort they made to be seen well in them.
i think they made pandoras Ains without the eyes only for the audience i feel as tho most of the guardians would have noticed considering how much they care.
Let's assume Pandora's Actor would be able to use all the spell of the target he's mimicking and changes to another one and stacks multiple buff's at the same time wouldn't there be a chance that he also would be able to surpass the original #AniNews
That is if buffs dont reset when changing form
@@chocolito9461 of course but I don't think that's the case because otherwise it wouldn't make sense to even have that class/race because literally every skill or ability has the 20% penalty (sorry if I wrote that wrong right now but my English isn't perfect) so it would make sense if the ability's still remain active even after changing form again because it doesn't run permanently he only has a short time until they run out
@@vanessaminirkowitsch5096 oh i get it so you're saying that for example an X buff has a 12 seconds run time for lest say 20% attack speed bonus, the doppel changes form to a DPS class and uses the remaining seconds of the buff to deal as much damage in that short amount of time , I can see the use of that, the only drawback would be how much time does it take the doppel to change forms, I dont think a heavy RP game like Yggdrasil to not have an animation for it. But I see your point I've also done that in some MMOs I've played.
@@chocolito9461 yeah basically but I think the duration of the buff's would be a bit longer because like you said it's a game which is heavy based on a strategic mmo which also means you need a lot of preparation aka also the reason why I think that the buff's are running for at leas around a minute or something like that
Only if the buffs stack with each other i think
my phase was an obsession with samurai. i remember watching the last samurai and i absolutely fell in love with the idea. i even tried crafting my own katana and started practiceing sword fighting in the back yard of my grandparents' house. so i could def relate
Pandora's actor was definitely an acquired taste for me.
But over, especially with the assistance of your videos, I've developed some respect for his character.
I also found the hardcore German moment hilarious.
I watched all the way to the end, thank you for all your hard work putting into this video I always appreciate and I always will watch it on any and every character thank you again
His kit really reminded me of the saying "Jack of all trades, master of none."
He keeps talking about the -20% debuff but in the stats sheet the HP and MP are unaffected. Meaning that even transformed into something else you can keep your buffed up HP and MP stats and those stats seems to be very important in that game. Taking more his then the opponent and being able to cast more spells.
After watching this again, I think he might be one of my favourite characters simply because of how he understands/interacts with Ainz
Ironically just like in the story of Pandora's box, after all the evil was released only hope remains, this in parallel to Ainz being the only one who have remained as well symbolizes hope for the denizens of Nazarick, and is basically the only one who is keeping the whole world from being destroyed by his evil NPCs, as proof that's basically what they did to the entire neighboring kingdoms during the Kianu route when Ainz ended up arriving too early and alone in the new world.
what is this kianu route?
@@michaellaidley8644 Evil eye side story, it's a what IF story, it's happening basically in a parallel world to the original, in that world Ainz arrived 200 years earlier and alone with nothing but his sentient guild staff to accompany him, also as luck would have it Keanu's country was just turned into an undead country by Elder Coffin, the undead dragon lord, he meets Keanu and befriends her, he doesn't use Ainz as his name instead opting to use his real name Suzuki Satoru, he later fought and killed Elder Coffin and Hunts down the entire High Undead Community, basically the guys who founded Zuranoon which is itself a splinter cell organization of a bigger one, you can see them in Volume 15 in the main story, then after 200 years it cuts off to Ainz leading a pack of various races numbering 40 I believe?(memories a bit hazy) in a raging desert just to later stop when watching the beautiful view after the sandstorm, we find out that with Keanu's insistence in order for Suzuki to once again feel loved and happy, they ended up Re-Creating Ainz Ooal Gown with new local members, only this time instead of a PVP killer guild it's now geared towards Adventuring and exploring the unknown, ironically he really did pull off what he said to the E rantel guild master and became a true adventurer, then it cuts off to Keanu and Ainz sharing a room inside Nazarick 2.0 where Keanu is literally laying in bed behind Suzuki's back(eat your heart out Albedo 😆) while Suzuki reads a report about how all the countries located in the entire south continental region got completely wiped out of existence with the only thing that still exist is a country name Nazarick, which gave both Suzuki and Keanu a big shock.
Also side note: We finally see the Guild weapons true full power when Ainz was fighting Elder Coffin and that it's actually a sentient NPC as well, albeit it doesn't talk and simply commutate via simple gestures, in it's active state it can basically double your attacks, for example if Ainz used fireball it will also use fireball, and since it's sentient that means it can work in tandem with Ainz and launch that fireball in a different angle where it will deal more damage.
I'd like to ask for an in-depth video of Overlord's martial arts system. Since it was stated that martial arts were unique in the New World and not found in Yggdrasil.
i think you are underrestimating Pandoras Actor, having access to all the Vaults gear covers almost all of his weaknesses. Yeah a 20% idecrease could be devestating, but is it if you just pick a class that completely counters your opponent if not even tutoring yourself on the spot against a type or types of opponents. He might not be the Ace in any of the categories on his own but having a hand of kings is only beaten out by a hand of aces. Also having access to all those forms, means the he probably has a lot of info on many races. In a way he is one of the strongest floor guardians because he can negate basically any counter you might have against any class.
The Jack Sparrow of Nazarick. His theatrics only masks the true endgame, which like Capt Jack is many, many steps ahead.
Hoping he can be a heroic or at least anti-hero character.
I think Yggdrassil followed DnD's logic for potencies. I think that because they use a tier system for skills and magic, same as DnD.
So for example, there is an ability that grants you a magic forcefield armor, it's damage reduction is fixed BUT, it's actual potency comes from it's duration, the higher the main casting stat for the characters class is, the longer the force field lasts. Let's say the main casting stat is Intelligence, at 15 INT, the duration of the force field is 20 minutes, but at 20 INT, the duration get's pumped up to 60 minutes, for Pandora's actor, I would say that the 20% reduction for this particular spell is it's duration, not the fixed damage reduction, because in many MMO's, there are such abilities called "fixed" skills, meaning no matter what your stats are, they have a fixed numbered effect which isn't affected by other means, for example in DNF, there are % skills and Fixed skills, % skills are affected by buffs, debuffs, ETC, but fixed skills do raw numbers dependent on the skill level. Now, if Yggdrasil also has skill levels/skill mastery separate from Skill tiers, the 20% reduction could maybe instead be towards the mastery and in that case it indeed is an overall 20% reduction in all regards, but in DNF a single skill level could have as much as a 40% increase in skills output, so in that case 20% in lowered potencies could be a massive loss, but as far as I know, Yggdrasil does not use a skill mastery system.
So for example let's say the skill Fireball is skill mastery lvl 10, which is maxed, and at lvl 10 it does 5000% potency, but at lvl 9 it did 4100% and at 8 it did 3300%, that would be a massive loss in damage for that alone if it was -20%, but what if it was also -20% on skill mastery and anaother -20% on skill multiplier, that would make pandoras actor usage of fireball closer to only being lvl 6 instead of 8.
On another example, if it was a fixed skill, lets say Fireball has mastery level but at lvl 10 the fixed damage is 25k, but at lvl 8 it's 19k, but again, -20%, so Pandora's Actor can use it at a lvl of a 8, however, this time the fireball skills also applies a 1 minute burning DoT which also does fixed damage, but again -20%, it's pumped down to a 48 second DoT
3rd example, there is no skill level, the fireball has a fixed base value of 1k damage + 500% of your INT stat. Now, does it first calculate your INT and adds it to the base value and then -20% or is it only 80% of the 500% multiplier? because if you first do the skill calculations and then -20%, it's a much smaller loss in damage than reducing the multiplier itself by 20%.
In DNF, all these different variations actually exist, and it's meta to build % skills for PvE, and fixed skills in PvP.(because in PvP, your stats are all normalized to a set threshold to make the fights fair, thus fixed skills are more useful.)
Made it to the end! Superior video. Thank you for the full breakdown of Pandora’s Actor. He’s one of my favorite npc’s of Nazarick ^_^
Watched to the end, love the effort you go through to add all detail you can!
I'd say those missing 20 levels could be a mutation of the Doppelganger tree. Given how excessively strong his transformation is. I'd say Pandora's Actor has 10 levels in a mimic tree and 10 in Greater Mimic
If PA has a bunch of unfilled transformation slots, does that mean he might be able to transform into the Platinum Dragon's armor form after fighting him as Ainz? This could be .... useful.
PA should have been able to discern the armor was empty, but I don''t recall that being mentioned in the debriefing after the fight with the dragon lord armor.
ive watched every super cut you have released and thoroughly enjoyed them keep up the good work
I made it till the end 😁 very informative and thorough! Awesome content; keep up the good work 👌🔥💯
To be fair… Pandora’s actor’s attire is both stylish and the most subdued of the NPC’s
Very fitting for the next Episode.
Great timing for this video since we will be seeing him in next episode.. And keep dropping these videos 💪🏽🔥 something to watch and learn till we get a new episode
Made it to the end AniNews! Honestly really enjoying these remade videos. Gives to something to listen to in the background. Keep up the great work bro!
My favorite character in Overlord, finally got his supercut analysis.
I could see the final doppelganger levels being simply called "True Doppelganger"
i love your every video on overlord
every time you upload a vid i get more hyped on watching it from first season
Nice supercut as always. Cant wait for more cut content videos since I might have misunderstood some parts of the light novel.
I think something that should be taken into account when it comes to Pandora's Actor is that he likely has extremely broken special abilities, and this is based upon Shalltear's fight with Ainz who has a few powerful special abilities that are basically 'secrets'. Also taking into consideration of Ainz's personality, who is essentially a min/maxer, it's not hard to believe that PA would probably have a special ability called "True Copy", and its effect would be obvious in that it removes the 20% penalty. It might have restrictions as in "next form taken only" or a time-limit but odds seem to be really high that he would have something that negates the penalty. This would play directly into Ainz's style of combat: To act weak to gather information, then strike proper. People would engage with PA under the assumption that he only has 80% strength, even acting shocked and surprised when he 'fails' to do any damage to an opponent who had worked out that they could be 'immune' to PA's attacks, only to then land a mortal blow out of nowhere when they were convinced that PA was utterly helpless.
If PA has more than one special ability I think another one would be "All from One" to allow him access to any ability of any form he can change into, this again would play into the idea of being weaker than you really are tactic. That his opponents would figure that he's limited to the abilities of the form he's using, but then when his opponents feel they are safe he launches an attack from a form that directly counters his opponent.
Some others could potentially be instant access to all of the items in the treasury while he's in the treasury, so he doesn't have to run to particular chests/storage areas to equip items; probably instant equipping like how Ainz was quickly swapping between weapons when fighting Shalltear. Another possible one could be "True Potential" in where he can copy beings of lower level, but does so as if they were level 100. Instant transformation would be another useful one to have, though if an option would probably lower down the priority list of things to have.
The last consideration that if PA is supposed to be in Ainz's eyes the manifestation of the might of all of Nazarick, then I could also see a possibility that one of his abilities allows for all of the weapons and armor in the treasury to be 'used' all at the same time. Which might be via the form of summoning an army of some sort that would be able to wear everything, or something that actually animates everything to attack invaders. Though this would probably be more for show than actual combat effectiveness. It would be quite the appropriate final and dramatic last stand: Animated statues of the Supreme Beings wearing their gear and an army of summons wielding the accumulated wealth of the treasury, facing down whatever had defeated the rest of the Great Tomb up to that point. If Ainz played into this kind of build I could see it playing out as whenever a summon was destroyed PA could summon a new one which would instantly reequip the fallen summon's gear that it dropped.
One final thought is that PA might have needed to stand in for a Supreme Being in the event one of them couldn't show up for a dungeon or raid. He could fill in the role of whoever couldn't show up, and if this is the case then he could be additionally dangerous simply due to him being one of the few NPCs that would have actually fought alongside the Supreme Ones and has that kind of experience.
The way I see Pandora's Actor is he's essentially Ainz, but without the emotion suppression. All of the NPCs in Nazarick ultimately adopted personalities similar to their creators and it's obvious that PA would be the same as well. I mean at the end of the day Ainz has a flair for the dramatic as well.
this is literally Gilgamesh and his "gate of babylon" vibes
idk about all of the skills u gave to PA bcs if what you have said is true then that would be a game breaking char and must if not all the npcs in the guild would be like PA bcs we all know wht a mmorpg players would do if they found an op meta....so idk about that
Shalltear didn't have any secret abilities. Ainz pretended to be surprised to make her waste skills and MP. If she figured out he was biding time to recharge his super tier magic she'd have rushed him down to a PK. Peroroncino was more a straight min/max. Ainz was a role playing "learn all" magic caster... id even say Tabula Rasa min maxed more than ainz.
An 80% efficacy with a divine armory is really more than enough for P.A. to do some serious damage even to a group if he can identify a lacking element in that enemy team.
@@gbcls it did have ..if only peroroncino doesnt close friend with ainz he wouldnt know shalltear skill like when he fight her. Its always mention that shalltear is second most npc that ainz know detailed.
@@clownie1313 that's not really how npcs work in any videogame.... especially if it's your own guild. Perhaps he used a strange build that not many people would think pf... but Ainz can open her stat window and see EVERYTHING. And I don't speak on absolutes but being that he was often paired with her to handle scouts I am sure he has looked at her stats and skills many times... there's just no way Ain DOESNT know all her skills buffs and stats
My shot in the dark on his classes
-Lord of a castle
Since he's an area guardian I agree that it's a sort of Domain Buff but I think rather than support the golems it might just be a Cost reduction towards functions within a guild base such as revival and the reaper cost of items and even summoning provided they are done within the Base, it would make sense as a quality of life improvement that being able to revive for cheaper within ones own base as well as maintain their equipment better would make the tomb more self sufficient considering that they only had 41 members it would make sense to levy those costs even if just a little bit especially since divine gear was very expensive so aside from materials costs would be lower
Side note, the ring of three wishes that Ainz has can grant nearly any wish so would it be possible to remove the -20% potency restriction to PA Transformations? Maybe break the lev cap? Or even more
what if "lord of the castle" allows him to use all items like the guild staff of ainz ool gown, and have same base control as the guild leader?. if ainz is a true roleplayer it would make since for his dopplegagger creation to be able to be a perfect copy
@@jessesutherland3811 The guild weapon was specifically made for Ainz, so possibly PA can already use it provided he's Transformed.
@@ltphantomknight8942 if im not mistaken but i believe the staff has a "guild master only"restriction
LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SUPERCUT
I have to say, I think my favorite part was the rundown of all the known guild members.
Since we learned about levels in Genius from your Renner video, I think it would be safe to say that Pandora's Actor has several in it as well, given its versatile adaptability.
Thanks for the video. PA is actually OP even in 1v1 fights, in my point of view.
Still has lots of limitations. However, with due preparation before a fight or event (such as Ainz does), he could 1v1 many stronger characters.
It is more a matter of strategy to him. And also, his mana cost and time between transformations is something to consider.
He would also have to carry a mixed variety of items depending on the situation. Maybe, when thinking about 1v1 another lvl 100 NPC, he could choose a hybrid build that counters it (and he would choose to alternate between 2 characters in order to create OP combos).
In fact, the combinations he could think of to defeat an enemy are only limited by his imagination. Specially regarding the fact that he has copied the form of all guild members and thus, has all kinds of classes at hand to play with.
As mentioned in the video, in many situations he wouldn't even need to face an enemy in close range. Ie: in a fight, he has access to high tier summon spells, channeling spells, abilities such as The Goal of All Life is Death, and can then change to a tank character while restores his mana, or an archer character to keep the distance while deals damage over time and finishes the enemy. Imagine also playing the assassin, and then changing to a mage and teleport away. Or even, using a mage build to buff his attacks, and then changing to assassin to finish an anemy quickly.
In fact, Overlord's world is very complex and the 20% debuff dmg/def wouldn't be a simple math. Specially because of the abilities that are not affected by this percentage-based debuffs, along items and potions that could be used.
Thank you very much. That was very informative. I completely missed the fact that he represented Ainz during Sebas interrogation.
Man I had this Pandora's actor video on autoplay, and had my airpods out, but when I put them in the first thing I heard was "Lelouch's rise to power in Code Geass could be seen as an analogy to Hitler's"😭😭😭
Fitting Video with the latest Episode, thanks!
34:50 slight math mistake there, it would lead to 64% output meaning a 36% penalty, not a 64% penalty, but once again nice summary, always love watching your overlord stuff
I didn't realise this video is this long until i saw your comment.
Not going to lie the next EPs are going to be such hype and cliff hanger for everybody 😂
Thx a lot for the quality of your videos keep up the great work
41:46 that moment you realize Demiurge's creator fights like Megumin
Indeed one shot boom
Fighting PA is like fighting 41 members of the Tomb of Nazarick, he can freely transform into them despite having 80% of their full power that is ridiculously powerful along with their weapons. If Ainz gave him alot of that instant weapon change World Item he could annihilate hordes of powerful heroes alone. If he was fighting defensive with the treasury he would be unstoppable with all the weapons he can use.
I like these bigger videos that go into depth on different characters. 👌
Awesome video, thank you!
Thanks for the amazing video 😍
Made it to the end. Very interesting. I can definitely see Ainz creating a gold generator to help maintain cost
46:37 Well the dots in eyes were an artistic choice - anime only - in the 4th season Pandora Actor has those red dots as eyes. But the real way to detemine if the Ainz is real is his world item that he ALWAYS wears. It can be seen appearing after Ainz swaped with PA during Tsuare/Sebas scene.
what was the world item exactly? too lazy to check
Another great video watched it all enjoyed it all
10:00 Wanting to hide some of their own atrocities might also play a "small" part...
finally a super cut of my favorite npc
I wish we would get to see a lot more of Pandora's Actor in the anime, one of my favourite characters.
Good vid man watched till the end👍
I really like these Supercuts!
mabey the higher levels allow it to "doppel" magical items or equipment. It would fit into his role in the tomb. He knows all the items, work with them etc.. and it would work within the "evolution" of skills and game mechanics into the new world. It would make him an absolut powerhouse last bastion in the heart of the great tomb
I'm honestly impressed by the time and effort you put into these videos, Keep it up!
Incredible video once again
i love these kinds of vids thank you
Sure the 20% is a drawback but his skills are based on knowledge. If he goes into a fight knowing an enemy's physical or elemental weakness and changes into a creature that is balanced in both he can be quite formidable.
*Spolier* A really good example of PA’s lateral thinking like Ainz but more out of the box was when he got on his knees and begged the armor to stop fighting he could engage in dialogue with him and figure out why he was fighting. Which to me shows how much he could understand about a person even during a fight just a very different way to go about it.
Awesome video!^^
These are great! thank you :)
I think lord of the castle could just be as simple as gaining a buff in a specific domain, in order to offset his 20% loss from transforming into someone. Honestly could be anything though.
Its also hard to guage how much of a limiter that 20% is since we dont know how level gain increases power... is it linear or exponential?? If its linear then transformed hed be a level 80 npc, if its exponential he might be from 80 to 99 depending on how steep the curve is on power increase
I remember in a different overlord video he said that the person with more opinions has the advantage, so PA is… idk where I was going with this. But thats cool.
Another thing he said was that a smaller group of players are weaker because they have to spread themselves thiner than a larger group of players, but PA kind of doesn’t have those restrictions.
Great video!
As a big fan of overlord LN i truly love your works! Have a good one!
The huge advantage of a doppelganger as you've described it however is that it can choose to imitate characters and classes that it's enemy has an inherent weakness against thus negating the 20% or 64% debuff issue. To simplify it to a Pokémon battle if your doppelganger is a mimic with three potential forms, Squirtle, Charmander, and Bulbasaur and your enemy is a Pikachu you're obviously going to go with Charmander as your chosen form because water types and plant types are vulnerable to electricity. Alternatively if Pikachu is one if your possible forms and you're up against Squirtle then of course you're gonna make that turtle ride the lightning because of it's electrical weakness.
Wait… Bulbasaur isn’t weak to lighting!!!
Grass is resistant to electric, fire is not. So you would go bulbasaur but I get your point non the less
@@tomasramirez2914 if you're takeaway is my flawed understanding of Pokémon then you weren't paying attention...
@@TheRedAzuki the point was the point...
Sir, your explanation regarding Nazi within Asian (japanese specifically) culture actually was a lesson. Its funny too, I always asked why, it was so simple. I would never disrespect or turn my back on a friend either, plus having to be put down by the world is an honor, history will always show that is what it took. . . that is bad ass. Lol.
He forgot to mention Pandora actor wasn't inspired from WW2 Nazi, but from Neo-Nazi of a Euro-Arcology Wars we know nothing about. Ainz living in the a grimdark future and not the modern world.
Based on what European did the same horrible things to people in the colony, It's totally makes sense that European colonial powers cannot play WW II victims in Asia. cus everyone knows karma is a bitch.
0:24 so this is the real ainz ooal gown sama 🙏
I just literally finished all 3 vidoes a few minutes ago and you release this supercut... Imma still watch it though...
A question that I've always pondered and hope we get an answer to at some point is: What are his other saved forms?
Personally I think one of them is a denizen of the eighth floor hierarchy or maybe even Rubedo herself. It just makes sense he'd have the strongest entity of Nazarick in his arsenal.
🤔 You know...it kind of dawned on me that when Ainz fought Shalltear; he fought in a manner a doppelganger would fight twoards the end.
Great video bro!! I do love Overlord!!!
Can’t wait to see what’s he’s truly capable of in the next episode.