This is what I was thinking about reading everyone’s comments 😂 Everyone’s saying how hard it was but since I played on PS4 we start with all the DLCs including way too many free Zeram Powders/Capsules. I downed like 20 of those and just 200 S-craft spammed the boss. But low key that was dumb of me because then I was underleveled for you know who and fought him like 20 times until I got good RNG and somehow won
This freaking boss! "Oh, you want the first turn so you can set up? Nope. That's mine. I'm going to eat one of you now. Hope that's okay." "I see you took out my buddies with that flashy S-Break. Lemme just summon some more real quick. You don't mind if all of us attack at once now do you? Awesome, thanks." "Hey! Half way there! Not bad. I'm just gonna party wipe you with Volzello-anaia now, cool?" This was by far the most intense fight in the game for me. I thought C was bad but MAN, this thing took the cake.
Since I noticed Rean have a good affinity with delay with his Crafts, I tried to equip delay + stuff on him, so I almost killed the thing without damage, the last turn the delay haven't worked so, yeah. But it's pretty difficult if you don't go prepared, that's for sure.
@@d3ly746 Really? I saw many people complaining about how 'easy' (relatively) that one was. Also it's kind of a dumb comparison: both in-universe, 'cause of course Demiurgos is a much stronger foe, and in the meta, 'cuz this one is only the Final Boss of one game, while AD was built up for the whole Crossbell duology. I love both of them tho, and their respective OSTs
Never thought I'll listen back to this sound track after so many years. Sometime just need to listen to some good ost oldies to remind what I've achieved this 8+ years
it is "funny" to see that a large part of good music is found in video game OST nowadays. Especially Falcom. Ost of their series (trails of, Ys,....) are amazing....
@@TheXDanielify I 100% thought that someone or something would come to help us with that fight and i was shocked to realize i actually had to fight that thing myself. Obviously my first couple of attempts wen about as well as you can expect
This moment in the game gave me chills. Throughout the game you were just witnessing the politics and possibilities of a coming war. And right at this moment you come across something ancient and powerful that WILL be a force to change the world. And it is STRONG. And it is just testing you if you're able to hold the reins of a changing world.
No surprise... being one of the the original 3 studio and publisher that created the JRPG genre they better get it right since they took the passion route instead of profit, unlike the other 2 originators combined and pump out half ass titles that only look pretty cough* squaresoft cough* enix cough*.
Same. I never thought I'd love another JRPG series as much as Final Fantasy. I'm a sucker for videogame music and FF soundtracks speak to my soul. That's reason #1 why I got into FF (and JRPGs as a whole). I've played lots of them since I first experienced FFX but none of them really got me completely obsessed like that. Until I played Cold Steel. And I'm convinced it was also because of the soundtracks, they're so damn good! I first tried Trails in the Sky and I thought it was super boring so I refunded it. But I gave Trails another try when I saw CS1 on sale. Got absolutely hooked and by the time I beat the game I had already bought every other Trails on steam. Even Sky FC. Which I've since 100% and really enjoyed, this second try. Noe I'm on Sky SC (I've beaten CS1, CS1 and FC so far). All hail Trails!
This is where it all began for me with Cold steel I. I also found it by sheer luck through the steam recommendations and i gave it a try. Never did i expect the great adventure i was about to experience. Now i have played through all the trails games and i'm waiting for Cold Steel IV to be released in the west in October. Also this is my favourite boss theme close second is the Azure arbitrator.
I just picked up this series through heavy recommendation through my brother, I binged the hell out of this game and I'm stuck at this fight. I can't wait to get through it though so I can play the next. Such a beautiful game, it reminds me a lot of games I used to play when I was younger
I was in the mood for a turn based jrpg and saw it was on sale on the PS3 store and downloaded it. Didn't really expect a whole lot with a generic title, but I got hooked instantly. The English dub was amazing
Fighting this guy for the first time was terrifying. Took me 3 tries with the last attempt taking an hour. I'll admit, I didn't have a proper grasp of Trails mechanics since it was my first game. But after playing cs2,3 and 4, with something like 500+ hrs experience of side quests, understanding character builds, min-maxing and strats. I returned to CS1 replaying it on nightmare and when I stood before Loa Erebonias again I genuinely was like "I'M NOT AFRAID OF YOU!!!!!!"
Finished trails into reverie today. So i decided to replay everything to fully unnderstand the story. I remember this boss to absolutely wreck me. Now i had rean as damage wrecker, Fie the speed devil, machias the tank and elliot as my battle mage. Was done in 5 rounds XD
The only reason I haven't bought any game from this series yet is because I'm a Switch player and they only have CS3. Until they localize everything from Zero onward and put it on Switch, I ain't buying CS3. I want to experience the series fully.
singyist This is my favourite JRPG (cold steel series) game ever, it’s almost as if the creators knew I existed and made a game just for me🥰. To me this game is perfect and I’m sure glad I found it
This is truly one of the best final boss theme in gaming history. Those powerful voices and instruments, man it makes the final boss of TOCS I much more awesome and powerful to be mess with.
Just the Fact that it wasnt the Final Boss is messing with the Theme. The Divine Knight fight is the Final Boss (The first, not the one-sided slaughter after that).. but still, CS1 was easy going.. hell, even the first random mobs in CS2 were way more difficult than this one.
+Havoctheend I just want to know something, is this boss optional or not? because i'm in the begining of the final chapter and damn i want to defeat this epic son of a bitch.
Well i'm on Hard so this will be "fun", but hey at least maybe i will have a difficult boss, because beside the dragon boss in the Old Schoolhouse in the chapter 5, not one boss was really difficult for me in this game.
This is the exact moment when I fell in love with this franchise. I mean, I was absolutely loving the game, but when I looked that huge boss and this magnificent music began to play, I was in pure ecstasy, fear and anger at the same time. PD: oh, that's my new desktop wallpaper by the way.
Tips for everyone: have 1 party member dedicated to Chrono Break and Chrono Drive once all the minions are down. You can abuse the shit out of that and the boss will never get his turn.
I've fallen in love with the Trails series and this boss in particular was an incredible experience! Facing down a fraction of godly power with the classmates that you've come to cherish at your side. 10/10 series would recommend to anyone who loves Jrpgs. Sara Valestein is forever best girl.
@@smoqueed44 Irrelevant, nearly the entire comment has nothing to do with the boss. They were obviously talking about what they liked about the series in general as they recommended it.
I’m so grateful to have played the Cold Steel games. Waiting for the fourth game and currently playing the Trails in the Sky games. This has grown to be a fantastic experience playing these games and becoming one of the best RPG series I have ever played in my whole life of gaming. And the first Cold Steel game is where it all started. And this final boss theme is freakin powerful and always gives me chills.
This and the piece that plays when you go through the spirit shrines in CS2 are two of the my favorite tracks from recent years. The brass in this is SO WELL done because it teases where you think the choir will go by screaming out chord progressions.
The real stinger comes so much later after kicking this guys butt - once you reach the climax of Sen no Kiseki III and realize that Loa was, just as advertised, only a fragment of a much greater power.
Currently stuck at this fight, unfortunately my biggest mistake was not preparing items beforehand. I keep getting so close, I hope I can beat him today so I can move on to the next game.
Laura with domination. Tons of S-Crafts. Elliot with Holy Song and Seraphic Ring. Machias giving them a burst boost whenever I need an art used ASAP (Like seraphic ring). I pretty much cheesed it with S-Crafts whenever he took one of my party members hostage, since that's the only thing that seemed to work. I only lost to this boss twice. I got lucky, because I don't think he used his ultimate much with me. Removing his minions helped a bunch too whenever he called them.
"Angel of Slaughter" (Final Encounter), Sky SC. I'm pretty sure they are the epitome of a "fuck you" boss x-x. I ain't played CS1 to compare but still...
So i just picked up this game and I can't believe I slept on it until now. Such a beautiful soundtrack and character development. Once I beat Erebonius, I immediately head on to the second.
@@Joker8pie Yeah I can't wait for that, though I know there are some games in between 3 and 4 but idk if I'm going to play them yet. The series is quality though, It gives me a nice challenge most games don't offer anymore. Reminds me of the early SMT games I used to play as a kid.
Best and worst 45 minutes of this game for me. I lost count of how many times I died against this boss before I beat him. I remember when I first attacked it and hardly put a dent in it and thought I'm screwed. The worst is feeling that you are doing good one second then having nearly your entire party killed in one attack the next. This is one boss that you have to go all out on and use everything in order to com out on top.
Delay attacks + burst will keep him delayed in the 100's. After his first two attacks, he wasn't able to do much to me. This was on Hard Mode too. C was a far, far harder boss. He demanded that you optimize your entire kit to fight him. Delay didn't do much of anything with him.
I died 3 painful deaths that took 30 minutes each and was forced to think about all my options. I even had to use items. I never used items in this game til this boss and almost ran out. It. Was the first boss that made me question my S ability and made me use it wisely. FIE was my biggest point as well because she was always the fastest and I needed her to buff people with Emma. If not for those two, I would have never won this battle
I know this is 4 years too late, but bro, if you're reading this, once you figure out this boss, you can perfect him on nightmare mode. He's weak to delay attacks, Use your zeus gems and put together a team with Rean, Laura, Fie and Jusis. Have Emma and Millium for sure in your backups (Emma for her arts, Millium for her craft that does a wide ranging delay attack), and someone else who has a delay craft, Gaius is a good option. Jusis should use his noble command often, as that attack buff, plus the zeus gem on Rean and/or Fie, will bolster their delay attacks and cripple the boss. If you do it right, he'll barely even get a turn. Don't try this strategy on this guy's twin brother, the final boss of CS 2. Lou Luciferious is immune to delay attacks, so the same strategy won't work again.
I was so engrossed in the battle but halfway through it was when I realized it was an epic chorus rendition of the title theme. Like many others, I stumbled upon this game by accident while it was on sale and gave it a try. Now I'm fully vested in the entire Legend of Heroes series, going back as far as Trails in the Sky right now.
@@FungusUSMC Me too! I absolutely love the series and only got into it a few months ago. Just finished Ao No Kiseki and the rest of the "older" games! They were absolutely amazing. Please finish them if you can :)
3:04 Favorite part in the track. The moment I heard the opening theme.... I love it when games do that lol I absolutely love it. Such a nice touch. This was such an incredible boss battle. The stage in which it was fought, the mystery shrouding this fragment of a powerful enemy, battling with your classmates at your side. This was a moment that it felt like Class VII could accomplish almost anything. I played on normal, so I didn't have nearly as much trouble as people playing on hard or nightmare. Normal is actually still fairly difficult if you don't keep up with levels and such. It's a nice balance between easy and difficult. I do think I got lucky because he didn't use his ultimate during my second try (which was my successful try).
I got a smooth battle with 2 healers and rean doing damage and fie as a evasion tank, a LOT of buffs and a little bit of luck... But the ending was jaw dropping, this series is awesome
we finally get to close out the series in 2023 in the west. will be nice playing them in english without a fan translation. but first on my list...this was my favourite until cold steel 4....that s.a.v of the enforcers theme during a certain 'warm' fight has taken it for me
@@antoniusmichel2076 not a cold steel 5 per say but we get a game that effectively wraps up the characters from the crossbell arc (lloyd and gang) and the cold steel arc (rean and gang). its been out in japan for a while now, but we get a release here in 2023
Everything one could say is said here, so I'll just add that I love the use of the OP's leitmotif as a sort of throwback to the beginning of your adventure, and how far you've managed to come.
I owe discovering this series to one man from the UK that I know on Discord being very passionate about Cold Steel. Thanks to him I discovered a game series to rival the Xenoblade Chronicles series, in my opinion.
Buff Laura with +50% damage, then S-break after S-break with Zerum Capsules and Alicia/Emma's CP giving skills fueling her. Laura's destructive potential pretty much made her the Sword Maiden of Class VII that nothing could stand up against.
I equipped her with the domination quartz too. Do that and you can open up with a 200 CP S-Break for like 70k damage (at least with the pure attack build i did)
@@Thunder93ita Even better: After Laura does her S-Craft (she did 99k to me in cs1) have Machias with Chrono Burst and Moebius, use Chrono Burst with him so you can act twice (I thin that was the effect now) Burst Drive to give your group more speed, Chrono Burst again, use EP AND CP recovery if you're out (which doubles the recover thanks to Moebius and if you're close to Laura the Moebius gives the items a small range of effect, so both can recover CP), then use the S-craft again with Laura or the others, wait for Machias again, Chrono burst, Burst Drive, Chrono Burst, EP and CP, S-Craft.... unless I did one move wrong, this shouldn't even let the boss react once! in CS2 I think it was nerfed so it didn't work as effectively, especially in my nightmare run where boss almost killed me despite the same tactic being used (and moebius didn't work as good as before)
Laura is such a beast in this game. My "Dream team" is Rean, Elliot, Machias and Laura (Usually with Alisa and Millium on the side-party). Rean: Mostly because he's great at unbalancing enemies, and his most basic craft allows him to get out of an incoming art while attacking at the same time. Elliot: Great crafts, and with his high magic stats and that Master Quartz that raise the potency of healing arts, even the weaker healing arts wil almost heal 100% hp of a character. And when he's not needed for a healing, he can just blast Claimoh Solarion to one shot whatever is not a boss (or those thing Loa Erebonius summons) Machias: Paired with the Joker Master Quartz, Machias can deal some random status ailments, some of which Loa Erebonius is surprisingly not resitant to. His healing craft is pretty decent though. Laura: Only thing she does: Bash, bash, and more bash. I have almost no arts equiped on her but she has all the Attck+ quartz I can get, as well as the Move+ meaning that even if Loa Erebonius knock her away, she can come right back ans bash him without wasting a turn because she was too far. Also, dealing 11k+ damage with a basic attack, anyone?
@@d3ly746 Archange, daredevil (ace combat 7). Even Tie a Link of Arcus and Bring up Trust, the MINI-boss battle themes, were better than this boss theme in my opinion.
@@gallantsteel8542 no. This is one of the best kiseki boss themes. The orchestral arrangement and choir are executed perfectly, and it ties in with the leitmotif of cold steel 1's opening seamlessly.
Damn all the comments are from so long ago... i just finished CS1 recently... and played the game on hard mode. The whole time, aside from some bosses i was like this game is pretty easy for hard mode... then suddenly this guy showed up and made me think "i will never finish this game am i..?"
funny story that could get lost in to the comments. My school was holding a debate counsel in the auditorium. Now, one of my friends was in that class and thought that debate was pointless. They were there just to kill time in school. (who can blame them) Anyways, the time came for the districts debate and the topic was something to do with pies. I think it was weather or not you could classify them as a weapon. Then I had the bright idea as the guy controlling the lights to suggest to the sound guy next to me that it would be funny if they had some epic music for the final argument. and with the biggest grin on their face they pulled up THIS. and played it on the back speakers.
this is my favorite soundtrack of all time (top 20 that is) it like the perfect anime game soundtrack for people of love anime games and anime alike (like dbz, one piece, ghost shell, etc.)
This fight is exactly as the song entails. The boss is mighty alright and his power to kick your ass is great. I definitely had my hands full when I got to him. He just wouldn't let up. Every time I freed someone next turn he would grab someone. Was almost a never ending cycle. And I thought I was prepared for that fight....oh was I wrong.
Decided to start the series from the beginning with trails in the sky 1 last week. Here's to an epic journey o/ (already played through cold steel 1. Got halfway through 2 before deciding that I had to go back. Felt like I was missing so much)
Welcome to a crazy journey. I have been doing a second playthrough leading up to the release of CS4. Its amazing how many small things you miss that stick out in hindsight.
i found the series from a random conversation in a discord group, got curious and checked the steam page for Sen no Kiseki 2 and the Sky Trilogy, ive played every trails game (including the geofront patch) except Nayuta and Reverie.. never expected a conversation to spiral into finding one of my personal favorite franchises of all time, an equal standing to Mother 3
The only boss in the game to I died. The only boss in the game that left my jaw hanging when it killed 3 of my party in 1 attack.... but by far the best fight in the game. Only song that's just as good is risking everything here we stand (when you're in garrelia fortress)
I just finished Cold Steel IV. Can confidently say that THIS was the best boss fight BGM, took many L's to this absolute banger. Never would have played this game if not for sheer luck scrolling through the PSN store, glad I got to experience this epic!
This is one boss fight I never get frustrated (well, too much anyway), even if I get wiped out. Music alone is a good incentive to keep fighting this SOB of a boss!
I remembered when I contemplated this first cs game and the new avengers game for ps4 and was picking between the two for new games I wanted to get myself, glad I went with my gut (and polarizing reviews) and tried cs lol
Схватка с этим боссом на уровне "Кошмар" заставила меня напрячься так, как никогда за всю эту игру. Музыка, надо сказать, добавила существенную атмосферу в это сражение.
On Nightmare, I was able to overcome this freaking monstrosity by using Jusis's Rapid Thrust...he didn't get a chance to move. Poor thing...Look Jusis is already infront of the final boss with his sword out.
You must be a god or something because my motto is “Jusis is useless.” And he has been for me ever since. My party all through the dungeon expositions has been Rean because MC, Laura because damage, Fie because impede and waifu and Elliot because resounding beat spam is needed
@@VanceAsagi both healers crafts ended up underwhelming me as far as how they played, so I just retooled Jusis into my healer to keep another delay attack handy on top of spamming out holy breezes and other nonsense. Of all people I highly disliked fie, because her attack never seemed to come around, and her various crafts were kinda meh compared to just oneshotting the entire enemy group with Arts on turn one. I was only playing on hard for my blind playthrough though, so your mileage may vary. I did use her on a couple boss fights to take a first turn so I could push Laura to the first turn.
I had seen the Loa Erebonius several times in the intro and it legitimately had me dreading the encounter I would have. I was right to be scared as it proceeded to take the ass of both myself and Class 7 and serve it on a silver platter.
@@JetTheBaron Look up the boss Loa Erebonius from the first Trails of Cold Steel game and look for a move it uses called Volzello-anaia and you tell me how many shivers it sends down your spine just by looking at the amount of damage it does to the party!!!
Haven’t played a JRPG in a while this game brought me back!!!! I’m coming for part 2. I also hate the schoolhouse boss I used all six of my Zerum potions!!!! Lol.
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Remember hoarding Zeram powders? It's time to line 'em up and sniff it all down.
Bruh... you made me change my whole perspective about zeram powders lmfao. Them zemurians got some lax legislations on overpowered narcotics
This is what I was thinking about reading everyone’s comments 😂 Everyone’s saying how hard it was but since I played on PS4 we start with all the DLCs including way too many free Zeram Powders/Capsules. I downed like 20 of those and just 200 S-craft spammed the boss. But low key that was dumb of me because then I was underleveled for you know who and fought him like 20 times until I got good RNG and somehow won
@@HeavenlyMoh hi dude I watch your content lol
adamantine shield is broken in this fight lmao
I sold all my Zeram powders not knowing this boss exist, and i regret it. The despair feels so real
"I hope you packed some Seraphic Ring lunchboxes for you class today Rean-o otherwise you're fucked" the boss
I still can't believe I found this masterpiece of a game on a whim
This freaking boss!
"Oh, you want the first turn so you can set up? Nope. That's mine. I'm going to eat one of you now. Hope that's okay."
"I see you took out my buddies with that flashy S-Break. Lemme just summon some more real quick. You don't mind if all of us attack at once now do you? Awesome, thanks."
"Hey! Half way there! Not bad. I'm just gonna party wipe you with Volzello-anaia now, cool?"
This was by far the most intense fight in the game for me. I thought C was bad but MAN, this thing took the cake.
XD Beaten the game yesterday, most tense fight for sure, only needed 2 tries but damn he scared me the whole time.
Since I noticed Rean have a good affinity with delay with his Crafts, I tried to equip delay + stuff on him, so I almost killed the thing without damage, the last turn the delay haven't worked so, yeah. But it's pretty difficult if you don't go prepared, that's for sure.
Someone hasn't fought Azure Demiguros yet.
This boss is a joke when compared to that monstrosity
@@d3ly746 Really? I saw many people complaining about how 'easy' (relatively) that one was. Also it's kind of a dumb comparison: both in-universe, 'cause of course Demiurgos is a much stronger foe, and in the meta, 'cuz this one is only the Final Boss of one game, while AD was built up for the whole Crossbell duology.
I love both of them tho, and their respective OSTs
@@HopefulLass Then they haven't played it on nightmare.
Never thought I'll listen back to this sound track after so many years. Sometime just need to listen to some good ost oldies to remind what I've achieved this 8+ years
it is "funny" to see that a large part of good music is found in video game OST nowadays. Especially Falcom. Ost of their series (trails of, Ys,....) are amazing....
Five to six years later I now know why all the swords are there, how far we have come.
Most 'OK WE'RE DEAD' intro ever.
I was more like "Holy Shit What the Fuck is that !!!!!????" XD
Well on my first try I was killed before anybody got a turn xD
@@TheXDanielify I 100% thought that someone or something would come to help us with that fight and i was shocked to realize i actually had to fight that thing myself. Obviously my first couple of attempts wen about as well as you can expect
Idk how many times I died in this fight
@@farelandhikafajar5655 but each defeat made that victory so so worth it especially the prize you get at the end.
That's crazy but he was the one hearing boss music when I pulled Fie out
The highest definition of a broken character ... But she's cute so it's k
Lmao Sylphid Dance got rid of his minions really quick 😂
Same for me.... when he realize that Rean had the 3 Impede and Zeus Gem equipped XD
@@nesoukkefka1741 Arc Slash for days, plus with Alisa (with Fire Bell and Impassion) on the same team, CP is never a problem...
@@lordpaulphilippfernandez9904 Or just Alisa with bless arrow and chrono burst ^^
This moment in the game gave me chills. Throughout the game you were just witnessing the politics and possibilities of a coming war. And right at this moment you come across something ancient and powerful that WILL be a force to change the world. And it is STRONG. And it is just testing you if you're able to hold the reins of a changing world.
This series became my favorite JRPG of all time!
It is definitely there,alongside the Persona series.
No surprise... being one of the the original 3 studio and publisher that created the JRPG genre they better get it right since they took the passion route instead of profit, unlike the other 2 originators combined and pump out half ass titles that only look pretty cough* squaresoft cough* enix cough*.
@@Azural I see where you're going. But they still pull out the ocasional gems. The Bravely games on 3DS are amazing, and DQ11 is great too.
Same. I never thought I'd love another JRPG series as much as Final Fantasy. I'm a sucker for videogame music and FF soundtracks speak to my soul. That's reason #1 why I got into FF (and JRPGs as a whole). I've played lots of them since I first experienced FFX but none of them really got me completely obsessed like that. Until I played Cold Steel. And I'm convinced it was also because of the soundtracks, they're so damn good! I first tried Trails in the Sky and I thought it was super boring so I refunded it. But I gave Trails another try when I saw CS1 on sale. Got absolutely hooked and by the time I beat the game I had already bought every other Trails on steam. Even Sky FC. Which I've since 100% and really enjoyed, this second try. Noe I'm on Sky SC (I've beaten CS1, CS1 and FC so far).
All hail Trails!
This is where it all began for me with Cold steel I. I also found it by sheer luck through the steam recommendations and i gave it a try. Never did i expect the great adventure i was about to experience. Now i have played through all the trails games and i'm waiting for Cold Steel IV to be released in the west in October. Also this is my favourite boss theme close second is the Azure arbitrator.
I just picked up this series through heavy recommendation through my brother, I binged the hell out of this game and I'm stuck at this fight. I can't wait to get through it though so I can play the next. Such a beautiful game, it reminds me a lot of games I used to play when I was younger
@@killercheetuhhh9530 Now go play the sky and crossbell games.
Play the Sky and Crossbell Games brother
I was in the mood for a turn based jrpg and saw it was on sale on the PS3 store and downloaded it. Didn't really expect a whole lot with a generic title, but I got hooked instantly. The English dub was amazing
Same, I dont want to imagine my life without these series
I love how this track makes it seem like nothing can get more intense and crazy after this but than the last 3 or 4 hours of cs 1 happens lol
Fighting this guy for the first time was terrifying. Took me 3 tries with the last attempt taking an hour. I'll admit, I didn't have a proper grasp of Trails mechanics since it was my first game.
But after playing cs2,3 and 4, with something like 500+ hrs experience of side quests, understanding character builds, min-maxing and strats. I returned to CS1 replaying it on nightmare and when I stood before Loa Erebonias again I genuinely was like "I'M NOT AFRAID OF YOU!!!!!!"
Finished trails into reverie today. So i decided to replay everything to fully unnderstand the story. I remember this boss to absolutely wreck me.
Now i had rean as damage wrecker, Fie the speed devil, machias the tank and elliot as my battle mage.
Was done in 5 rounds XD
This series really deserve more recognition
It's growing alot in the west actually they just gotta keep up with localization
The only reason I haven't bought any game from this series yet is because I'm a Switch player and they only have CS3. Until they localize everything from Zero onward and put it on Switch, I ain't buying CS3. I want to experience the series fully.
@@aprettyfunnyperson4516 you gonna be wait until eternity
@@omensoffate Aged like milk =D
This fight was no joke gave me the most death's in the entire game.
Same here and the worst one is the white version near the end of the game
It was ethier this or noseferustu for me
I'm so happy I discovered Cold Steel, the story, the characters, the music all incredibly well done. Nearly done with 2, being on number 3!
singyist This is my favourite JRPG (cold steel series) game ever, it’s almost as if the creators knew I existed and made a game just for me🥰. To me this game is perfect and I’m sure glad I found it
Liberator c that's how most people who find the heroes series feel
i think the LIKE button cant even described how im agreeing with you! ToCS is my fav jrpg series of all time!
Same love the series
I feel the same way!
The despair you feel from trying to pronounce the name of its moves is felt vividly in this ost.
This is truly one of the best final boss theme in gaming history. Those powerful voices and instruments, man it makes the final boss of TOCS I much more awesome and powerful to be mess with.
hear hear
Just the Fact that it wasnt the Final Boss is messing with the Theme. The Divine Knight fight is the Final Boss (The first, not the one-sided slaughter after that).. but still, CS1 was easy going.. hell, even the first random mobs in CS2 were way more difficult than this one.
afaik this wasn't the final boss theme of ToCS1, makes it kinda ironic.
I love it when boss themes like this have vocals, it just add so much to the experience
You know you're fucked when you hear *latin opera singing*
I was disappointed that Cold Steel 4's final boss theme didn't have vocal, vocal like in this song or in EOV add so much intensity to the theme.
@@nesoukkefka1741 EOV?
@@yasha4106 The theme when you face the Vermillion Apocalypse in Cold Steel 2
@@nesoukkefka1741 I still think Majestic Roar (The last proper boss fight, To the Future was more of a victory lap
Not gonna lie, that fight had me scared.
I don't wanna spoil, but HOLY FUCK that was intense.
+Havoctheend I just want to know something, is this boss optional or not? because i'm in the begining of the final chapter and damn i want to defeat this epic son of a bitch.
TheTomokiSakurai from what I got it was in order to move to the next day but I'm not too sure. And yeah, 200k health is nothing to sneeze at.
Wait a minute, 200k?...on what difficulty?
Because right now i'm in Hard mode and seriously if 200K is for Easy mode, just holy shit .
TheTomokiSakurai Normal mode currently, I don't wanna think about doing the same thing on nightmare.
Well i'm on Hard so this will be "fun", but hey at least maybe i will have a difficult boss, because beside the dragon boss in the Old Schoolhouse in the chapter 5, not one boss was really difficult for me in this game.
This is the exact moment when I fell in love with this franchise. I mean, I was absolutely loving the game, but when I looked that huge boss and this magnificent music began to play, I was in pure ecstasy, fear and anger at the same time.
PD: oh, that's my new desktop wallpaper by the way.
Amazing theme for an amazing fight. 45 minutes of adamantite shield spam and ep capsules.
Tips for everyone: have 1 party member dedicated to Chrono Break and Chrono Drive once all the minions are down. You can abuse the shit out of that and the boss will never get his turn.
this helped a ton, thanks man
This is helpful! Thanks! I relied on chrono drive and seraphic ring on my playthrough
Squidward:*slumps down* thanks for the tip... I guess I'll go limp home then
or just spam Arc Slash and Savage Fang on it. Sweep is also nice.
I've fallen in love with the Trails series and this boss in particular was an incredible experience! Facing down a fraction of godly power with the classmates that you've come to cherish at your side. 10/10 series would recommend to anyone who loves Jrpgs. Sara Valestein is forever best girl.
And for some reasons this boss has a more epic music than the actual complete Godly Power XD
Claire>Sara. Fite me.
@@NobuAlter i strongly disagree but respect your opinion regardless.
Sara didn't have shit to do with this fight lmao.
@@smoqueed44 Irrelevant, nearly the entire comment has nothing to do with the boss. They were obviously talking about what they liked about the series in general as they recommended it.
I’m so grateful to have played the Cold Steel games. Waiting for the fourth game and currently playing the Trails in the Sky games. This has grown to be a fantastic experience playing these games and becoming one of the best RPG series I have ever played in my whole life of gaming. And the first Cold Steel game is where it all started. And this final boss theme is freakin powerful and always gives me chills.
This and the piece that plays when you go through the spirit shrines in CS2 are two of the my favorite tracks from recent years. The brass in this is SO WELL done because it teases where you think the choir will go by screaming out chord progressions.
holy shit song?
The real stinger comes so much later after kicking this guys butt - once you reach the climax of Sen no Kiseki III and realize that Loa was, just as advertised, only a fragment of a much greater power.
Hajimari makes it even better
how to beat loa erabonius
1.)hoard items
2.) S-craft/S-break exhibition
3.)Pray
Seraphic Ring spam.
*Chrono Burst*
Currently stuck at this fight, unfortunately my biggest mistake was not preparing items beforehand. I keep getting so close, I hope I can beat him today so I can move on to the next game.
@@killercheetuhhh9530 Good Luck!
Who is your main four?
@@vDorgengoa I just changed it to be Rean, Laura, Alisa and Elliot.
The only battle that made me say to myself "I fucked up my equips and quartz" after geting rekt
Doing good, chipped about half health
*Nukes the party with his ultimate*
"Your party has been wiped out"
Me: ;-;
I had Fie's eva at 80 and gave Rean Taurus lvl 5. Took a long time. but i got him, eventually.
Laura with domination. Tons of S-Crafts. Elliot with Holy Song and Seraphic Ring. Machias giving them a burst boost whenever I need an art used ASAP (Like seraphic ring).
I pretty much cheesed it with S-Crafts whenever he took one of my party members hostage, since that's the only thing that seemed to work. I only lost to this boss twice. I got lucky, because I don't think he used his ultimate much with me. Removing his minions helped a bunch too whenever he called them.
Memoria Lux that actually sounds pretty effective. Ill have to try it next time
"Angel of Slaughter" (Final Encounter), Sky SC. I'm pretty sure they are the epitome of a "fuck you" boss x-x. I ain't played CS1 to compare but still...
So i just picked up this game and I can't believe I slept on it until now. Such a beautiful soundtrack and character development. Once I beat Erebonius, I immediately head on to the second.
Makes me so happy to see the Trails gospel being spread. CS4 oughta be out by the time you finish 3.
@@Joker8pie Yeah I can't wait for that, though I know there are some games in between 3 and 4 but idk if I'm going to play them yet. The series is quality though, It gives me a nice challenge most games don't offer anymore. Reminds me of the early SMT games I used to play as a kid.
Best and worst 45 minutes of this game for me. I lost count of how many times I died against this boss before I beat him. I remember when I first attacked it and hardly put a dent in it and thought I'm screwed. The worst is feeling that you are doing good one second then having nearly your entire party killed in one attack the next. This is one boss that you have to go all out on and use everything in order to com out on top.
Yep all the zumeram caps and powders
Delay attacks + burst will keep him delayed in the 100's. After his first two attacks, he wasn't able to do much to me. This was on Hard Mode too.
C was a far, far harder boss. He demanded that you optimize your entire kit to fight him. Delay didn't do much of anything with him.
the only boss that forced me to use the difficulty down option, but man, with an OST like this I can't be mad.
I died 3 painful deaths that took 30 minutes each and was forced to think about all my options. I even had to use items. I never used items in this game til this boss and almost ran out.
It. Was the first boss that made me question my S ability and made me use it wisely. FIE was my biggest point as well because she was always the fastest and I needed her to buff people with Emma. If not for those two, I would have never won this battle
I know this is 4 years too late, but bro, if you're reading this, once you figure out this boss, you can perfect him on nightmare mode. He's weak to delay attacks, Use your zeus gems and put together a team with Rean, Laura, Fie and Jusis. Have Emma and Millium for sure in your backups (Emma for her arts, Millium for her craft that does a wide ranging delay attack), and someone else who has a delay craft, Gaius is a good option. Jusis should use his noble command often, as that attack buff, plus the zeus gem on Rean and/or Fie, will bolster their delay attacks and cripple the boss.
If you do it right, he'll barely even get a turn. Don't try this strategy on this guy's twin brother, the final boss of CS 2. Lou Luciferious is immune to delay attacks, so the same strategy won't work again.
And this is how all Jrpg final boss music should be. Make you wanna give the beast all you got❤🔥🔥
3:40 an amazing turning point in the song
Have Hope...
I was so engrossed in the battle but halfway through it was when I realized it was an epic chorus rendition of the title theme. Like many others, I stumbled upon this game by accident while it was on sale and gave it a try. Now I'm fully vested in the entire Legend of Heroes series, going back as far as Trails in the Sky right now.
@@FungusUSMC Me too! I absolutely love the series and only got into it a few months ago. Just finished Ao No Kiseki and the rest of the "older" games! They were absolutely amazing. Please finish them if you can :)
I discovered trails o cold steel recently, too, just finished part 1 yesterday. And i fell in love :)
Please play trails in the sky to trails to azure if you're just starting, you'll thank me later
Trails into reverie is releasing today also :)
this is called "Great Power" and is in the game "legend of heroes : trails of cold steel" for anyone searching
3:04 Favorite part in the track. The moment I heard the opening theme.... I love it when games do that lol I absolutely love it. Such a nice touch. This was such an incredible boss battle. The stage in which it was fought, the mystery shrouding this fragment of a powerful enemy, battling with your classmates at your side. This was a moment that it felt like Class VII could accomplish almost anything.
I played on normal, so I didn't have nearly as much trouble as people playing on hard or nightmare. Normal is actually still fairly difficult if you don't keep up with levels and such. It's a nice balance between easy and difficult. I do think I got lucky because he didn't use his ultimate during my second try (which was my successful try).
so much goosebumps when the opening part starts playing
3:41 imagine starting a burst in sync with this lol
Remember when this guy was a final boss and not a mini boss you found on the field?
Good ol days 🥲
I got a smooth battle with 2 healers and rean doing damage and fie as a evasion tank, a LOT of buffs and a little bit of luck... But the ending was jaw dropping, this series is awesome
we finally get to close out the series in 2023 in the west. will be nice playing them in english without a fan translation. but first on my list...this was my favourite until cold steel 4....that s.a.v of the enforcers theme during a certain 'warm' fight has taken it for me
Will be there any cold steel 5?
@@antoniusmichel2076 not a cold steel 5 per say but we get a game that effectively wraps up the characters from the crossbell arc (lloyd and gang) and the cold steel arc (rean and gang). its been out in japan for a while now, but we get a release here in 2023
@@yubelsgaurd Ohh, you mean haji mari no kiseki? I thought it already released global
Everything one could say is said here, so I'll just add that I love the use of the OP's leitmotif as a sort of throwback to the beginning of your adventure, and how far you've managed to come.
I owe discovering this series to one man from the UK that I know on Discord being very passionate about Cold Steel. Thanks to him I discovered a game series to rival the Xenoblade Chronicles series, in my opinion.
The Jusis Support Team theme
White Shadow:
“ Now... reveal unto me, children of man, how thou shalt fight and how thou shalt overcome.”
God I love this game. it has a great soundtrack and characters that you can connect with.
Buff Laura with +50% damage, then S-break after S-break with Zerum Capsules and Alicia/Emma's CP giving skills fueling her. Laura's destructive potential pretty much made her the Sword Maiden of Class VII that nothing could stand up against.
I equipped her with the domination quartz too. Do that and you can open up with a 200 CP S-Break for like 70k damage (at least with the pure attack build i did)
@@Thunder93ita Even better: After Laura does her S-Craft (she did 99k to me in cs1) have Machias with Chrono Burst and Moebius, use Chrono Burst with him so you can act twice (I thin that was the effect now) Burst Drive to give your group more speed, Chrono Burst again, use EP AND CP recovery if you're out (which doubles the recover thanks to Moebius and if you're close to Laura the Moebius gives the items a small range of effect, so both can recover CP), then use the S-craft again with Laura or the others, wait for Machias again, Chrono burst, Burst Drive, Chrono Burst, EP and CP, S-Craft.... unless I did one move wrong, this shouldn't even let the boss react once!
in CS2 I think it was nerfed so it didn't work as effectively, especially in my nightmare run where boss almost killed me despite the same tactic being used (and moebius didn't work as good as before)
Laura is such a beast in this game. My "Dream team" is Rean, Elliot, Machias and Laura (Usually with Alisa and Millium on the side-party).
Rean: Mostly because he's great at unbalancing enemies, and his most basic craft allows him to get out of an incoming art while attacking at the same time.
Elliot: Great crafts, and with his high magic stats and that Master Quartz that raise the potency of healing arts, even the weaker healing arts wil almost heal 100% hp of a character. And when he's not needed for a healing, he can just blast Claimoh Solarion to one shot whatever is not a boss (or those thing Loa Erebonius summons)
Machias: Paired with the Joker Master Quartz, Machias can deal some random status ailments, some of which Loa Erebonius is surprisingly not resitant to. His healing craft is pretty decent though.
Laura: Only thing she does: Bash, bash, and more bash. I have almost no arts equiped on her but she has all the Attck+ quartz I can get, as well as the Move+ meaning that even if Loa Erebonius knock her away, she can come right back ans bash him without wasting a turn because she was too far. Also, dealing 11k+ damage with a basic attack, anyone?
i think it's sad to abuse S craft and items in these kind of games but that's just my opinion.
Laura was beyond broken in CS1. Once I learned how to properly synergize my team around her I basically defeated most bosses in a single turn or two.
Oh hey there Mr. “I’ma give your party the succ so you have to use your s-craft to get them out!”
Valimar but spooky
Turns out you were right...
Havent seen valimar form in cold steel 3 ending have you on that comment.... thats spooky
@@vicstraz5144 *That* valimar is cool, not spooky (edited to remove spoilers lmao)
BEST, BOSS THEME, EVER
of all time
Metal Gear Rising Revengeance and the yakuza series would like to disagree.
@@gallantsteel8542 Azure Arbitrator and Dancing Mad Orchestral Sangnoksu would like to disagree
@@d3ly746 Archange, daredevil (ace combat 7). Even Tie a Link of Arcus and Bring up Trust, the MINI-boss battle themes, were better than this boss theme in my opinion.
@@gallantsteel8542 no. This is one of the best kiseki boss themes.
The orchestral arrangement and choir are executed perfectly, and it ties in with the leitmotif of cold steel 1's opening seamlessly.
Damn all the comments are from so long ago... i just finished CS1 recently... and played the game on hard mode. The whole time, aside from some bosses i was like this game is pretty easy for hard mode... then suddenly this guy showed up and made me think "i will never finish this game am i..?"
Oh dude ! The wallpaper is just insane with the song !
When this guy poped out and with that scream and music i was like OH MY GOD I AM SO GOING TO DIE. And it happened, i really did die a lot.
Just beautiful my favorite theme of all time and I listened to a lot of soundtracks this makes my top 1000 list
funny story that could get lost in to the comments.
My school was holding a debate counsel in the auditorium. Now, one of my friends was in that class and thought that debate was pointless. They were there just to kill time in school. (who can blame them) Anyways, the time came for the districts debate and the topic was something to do with pies. I think it was weather or not you could classify them as a weapon. Then I had the bright idea as the guy controlling the lights to suggest to the sound guy next to me that it would be funny if they had some epic music for the final argument. and with the biggest grin on their face they pulled up THIS. and played it on the back speakers.
What the hell. That must have been quite the epic pie debate.
Why are there no comments here! This song is flipping amazing
Alex Smestad I think its because its too hard to find x-x
Ron Gavin True. It's not an obvious title and unless you've played the game in Japanese you won't have heard of this.
this is my favorite soundtrack of all time (top 20 that is) it like the perfect anime game soundtrack for people of love anime games and anime alike (like dbz, one piece, ghost shell, etc.)
Beautiful
This fight is exactly as the song entails. The boss is mighty alright and his power to kick your ass is great. I definitely had my hands full when I got to him. He just wouldn't let up. Every time I freed someone next turn he would grab someone. Was almost a never ending cycle. And I thought I was prepared for that fight....oh was I wrong.
Dude. The Feels. Around ~Minute 3. What a game!!!
3:22 onwards this next bit always gave me chills and be so into the fight, like it's class vll's last hail mary
This boss music and singing gave me chills. Loved it❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥
One of the best bosses out there, awesome music and challenging fight
Decided to start the series from the beginning with trails in the sky 1 last week. Here's to an epic journey o/
(already played through cold steel 1. Got halfway through 2 before deciding that I had to go back. Felt like I was missing so much)
Welcome to a crazy journey. I have been doing a second playthrough leading up to the release of CS4. Its amazing how many small things you miss that stick out in hindsight.
i found the series from a random conversation in a discord group, got curious and checked the steam page for Sen no Kiseki 2 and the Sky Trilogy, ive played every trails game (including the geofront patch) except Nayuta and Reverie.. never expected a conversation to spiral into finding one of my personal favorite franchises of all time, an equal standing to Mother 3
The wait for Reverie is going to be so painfully long I wish they didn't tell us the relesse year so soon
A certified classic 10/10
The first time i did this boss, I was not prepared at all and it took me awhile since i rarely played a game like this. but now i'm in love!
I've just started my jounrey anew, starting with the Sky games. I have this video to thank for getting me into this amazing series.
Greatest game soundtrack indeed.
During this track especially around 3:20's shift , getting a prompt for a link attack is so euphoric lol
Just did my second plsythroigh of cold steel and I'm proud to announce that Erebonius never got a single turn.
Time to spam Chrono Burst and EP Charge III.
The only boss in the game to I died. The only boss in the game that left my jaw hanging when it killed 3 of my party in 1 attack.... but by far the best fight in the game. Only song that's just as good is risking everything here we stand (when you're in garrelia fortress)
Rean, Laura, Alisa and Emma .. thank you!!
In ordinary jrpgs, this would be the final boss, with a normal sequel picking up after the festival's climatic end
I just finished Cold Steel IV. Can confidently say that THIS was the best boss fight BGM, took many L's to this absolute banger. Never would have played this game if not for sheer luck scrolling through the PSN store, glad I got to experience this epic!
Listen to Perfect Steel of Zero and azure arbitrator
sadly only 1-2 are good
@@Hatti69 I don't agree with that opinion.
@@Hatti69 trash opinion
This fight took ten years of my life time
This is one boss fight I never get frustrated (well, too much anyway), even if I get wiped out.
Music alone is a good incentive to keep fighting this SOB of a boss!
Just one more week.
I remembered when I contemplated this first cs game and the new avengers game for ps4 and was picking between the two for new games I wanted to get myself, glad I went with my gut (and polarizing reviews) and tried cs lol
Big Dark Souls energy.
That moment when you make 100% evasion Rean and the boss physically can't hit him.
then you proceed to Delay lock him, poor guy can't catch a break
@@KenjiAsakura09 "It's my turn"
This thing ruined my “No Death/Defeat run” so I ended up finishing with 1 Death/Defeat.
O O F
These music sooo good this is so soken i love legend of heroes i hope ff14 do a colab on cold steel
Схватка с этим боссом на уровне "Кошмар" заставила меня напрячься так, как никогда за всю эту игру. Музыка, надо сказать, добавила существенную атмосферу в это сражение.
I remember when I first fought this boss it was 3 in the morning and I was tired it felt unreal to me
The music screams a fusion of dark souls and anime lol love it, great final impression of the combat of the game
This boss violated me. Probably one of the most rewarding and lengthy fights I had.
On Nightmare, I was able to overcome this freaking monstrosity by using Jusis's Rapid Thrust...he didn't get a chance to move. Poor thing...Look Jusis is already infront of the final boss with his sword out.
You must be a god or something because my motto is “Jusis is useless.” And he has been for me ever since. My party all through the dungeon expositions has been Rean because MC,
Laura because damage, Fie because impede and waifu and Elliot because resounding beat spam is needed
@@VanceAsagi you forgot alisa the cp battery
@@VanceAsagi Jusis is actually broken but needs a lot of optimization.
@@VanceAsagi both healers crafts ended up underwhelming me as far as how they played, so I just retooled Jusis into my healer to keep another delay attack handy on top of spamming out holy breezes and other nonsense. Of all people I highly disliked fie, because her attack never seemed to come around, and her various crafts were kinda meh compared to just oneshotting the entire enemy group with Arts on turn one.
I was only playing on hard for my blind playthrough though, so your mileage may vary. I did use her on a couple boss fights to take a first turn so I could push Laura to the first turn.
This is probably the best final boss song of all time.
Look up Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War OST last battle
the only opponent that made me stop holding back.. used everything like lost arts, crafts and breaks xD almost got wipe out..
lost arts didnt exist in TCS1, are you thinking of loa lucifera? that has a different theme
I had seen the Loa Erebonius several times in the intro and it legitimately had me dreading the encounter I would have. I was right to be scared as it proceeded to take the ass of both myself and Class 7 and serve it on a silver platter.
A rather intimidating boss, not only in looks but also in what it does. A destructive one too.
This fighrt was ridiculous.Died 3 times but chrono break,adamantine shield and zeram capsules saved the day
Hajimari cant wait to play you !
I've just got one word to say about this boss!!! "Volzello-anaia"!!!
☹😭😭
I'm not sure what that is again, but I feel shivers down my spine.
@@JetTheBaron Look up the boss Loa Erebonius from the first Trails of Cold Steel game and look for a move it uses called Volzello-anaia and you tell me how many shivers it sends down your spine just by looking at the amount of damage it does to the party!!!
one reason why I didn't feel bad about dying couple times against this boss... the music!
Haven’t played a JRPG in a while this game brought me back!!!! I’m coming for part 2. I also hate the schoolhouse boss I used all six of my Zerum potions!!!! Lol.
after fighting this boss, i cried a lot for half an hour
Everything has an end and every end has a beginning, trails into reverie coming my friend :)
ALL OF THE YES!!!!!!!!!!!
+Jack Gehrman Me if i see this in reality:
-NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE SOOO MUCH NOPE!
epic