Can You Beat Final Fantasy 5 Using Only Knights?

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  • @BacklogBuster
    @BacklogBuster  Před 2 měsíci +2

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  • @termitesc.aardwolf3644
    @termitesc.aardwolf3644 Před 3 měsíci +59

    You should make a tier list of which FF5 job challenges are from easiest to hardest when you eventually finish this series.

    • @BacklogBuster
      @BacklogBuster  Před 3 měsíci +19

      Get outta my head Charles!!!

    • @termitesc.aardwolf3644
      @termitesc.aardwolf3644 Před 3 měsíci +12

      @@BacklogBuster All White Mages is probably gonna be a nightmare.

    • @marcosdheleno
      @marcosdheleno Před 3 měsíci

      @@termitesc.aardwolf3644 dont white mages get access to holy? which is the strongest spell in the game?
      i said this before, but, IF, the challenge allowed to equip other class abilities, white mage+ bare handed is REALLY good.

    • @michaelmills8205
      @michaelmills8205 Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@BacklogBuster My prediction is that Berserkers will be the worst. You have no control over their attacks which is a problem in several battles, their weapons are inaccurate, no magic or pseudo-magic, and worst of all: no ability to use items in combat. The only option to get pass problem areas is to grind.

    • @HeruCSGO
      @HeruCSGO Před 3 měsíci

      @@termitesc.aardwolf3644that’ll be the 2nd hardest after berserker

  • @icyblue878
    @icyblue878 Před 3 měsíci +10

    I am straight up addicted to these FF5 runs and I absolutely love the narrative style! I've even had to go back and watch some of the videos on games I don't know anybody about just because these are so good! Thanks Wes!

  • @sertiana2512
    @sertiana2512 Před 3 měsíci +8

    Well, at least 4 Knights are less painful to do than Monks.
    Also, exclusive in PR version, you can "recover" Brave Blade's attack power if you previously ran a few times in battle by doing more consecutive battles without running.

  • @AzureTheSky
    @AzureTheSky Před 3 měsíci +5

    Oh shit, these are coming out FAST! I wasn't expecting one so soon after the other, really cool!

  • @GarlyleWilds
    @GarlyleWilds Před 3 měsíci +16

    Here's an alternate Omniscient strat any class should be able to do: Equip reflect rings as usual, then attack yourself using the Mage Masher, a knife anyone (except Monk) can use. They have a % chance to cast Mute, which will then get reflected - this wears off quick but gives you a brief window in which you can strike at Omniscient with your partner without getting countered.

    • @Jikkuryuu
      @Jikkuryuu Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@veghesther3204 That's certainly a valid concern, but the Mage Masher is not a very strong weapon. A couple high potions can patch up the damage before it kills you.

    • @Jikkuryuu
      @Jikkuryuu Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@veghesther3204 I haven't played enough of the pixel remaster to know. They can be reflected in the gba, I've done that before.

    • @GarlyleWilds
      @GarlyleWilds Před 3 měsíci +2

      ​@@veghesther3204 Traditionally, actually, they can be reflected; this is a core strat of old single character class challenges. I do not know if it has changed for the Pixel Remaster.

    • @Delmworks
      @Delmworks Před 3 měsíci +2

      Any reason you can't use the fire whip to spam fire 3 instead?

  • @marcellosilva9286
    @marcellosilva9286 Před 14 dny

    I used two-handed swords a lot in my playthrough of this game, combined with Spellblade, that shit was dealing insane amounts of damage, I later turned my two physical fighters into Freelancer dual-wielders with Rapid Fire, but I'll never forget two-handed's insane damage output for the majority of the game. Zweihander gang, let's go!

  • @iamthehobo
    @iamthehobo Před 3 měsíci +4

    Lots of good gear + doublehand should mean not much trouble, maybe at the end though. Let's see. I'm so down for 22 ff5 videos btw

  • @psychmyst
    @psychmyst Před 3 měsíci +2

    I've never killed the bombs without the Bard's stop song.

  • @mhc706
    @mhc706 Před 20 dny

    loving these videos and your commentary style makes them really enjoyable and rewatchable. thanks for making them and sharing them

  • @gavingodwin635
    @gavingodwin635 Před 22 dny +3

    My reccomended has had me watching all your videos. you absolutely deserve more subs man.

  • @RaineAsteria
    @RaineAsteria Před 9 dny

    Your commentary is freaking hilarious! Actually, I've been using your videos as ASMR because your voice is just that nice.

  • @Jikkuryuu
    @Jikkuryuu Před 3 měsíci +4

    _Technically_ there's no real advantage to not running ever vs running a whole heck of a lot. It's 'better' to run a whole lot.
    But screw that, I'm here for no running. Everyone has to try it once. And if not this challenge, then when?
    That was a fun run. Both unga bunga for most of the game and a nail-biting seat-of-your-pants victory against NeoExdeath.
    I had no idea the Defender could block magic, that was a fabulous tanky combo with the Aegis.
    Thanks for the video!

    • @marcosdheleno
      @marcosdheleno Před 3 měsíci +1

      he will probably run all fights for the chicken blade(i think that's what's called). for thief run.

    • @reloadpsi
      @reloadpsi Před 11 dny +1

      I have an odd self-imposed rule of never fleeing combat in any turn-based game, unless it's a somewhat different game with a special mechanic that depends on it (like one I played where it was how you levelled up your speed stat.)
      And since I've always taken the Brave Blade, this isn't one of those different games for me :P

    • @Jikkuryuu
      @Jikkuryuu Před 11 dny

      @@reloadpsi The number of times I've gotten all the way to the choice only to realize I both haven't run once _and_ the Chicken Knife is the optimal weapon for my Fiesta team is higher than I'd like.
      So I end up with a 1 atk knife sitting in my inventory for the rest of the run XD.
      If running still rewarded your exp and gil for defeated enemies I might actually use it sometimes in RPGs. It's an all risk and negative reward scenario in most of them. FF1 excepted, _that_ game you want to run from everything and cherry pick easy/profitable wins instead.

  • @richardxavier5442
    @richardxavier5442 Před 3 měsíci +3

    This series is great! Keep them coming!

  • @ClintonKE
    @ClintonKE Před 3 měsíci +2

    Glad u found out how good knight and 2 handed is.

  • @cosmog420
    @cosmog420 Před 8 dny

    I played a rom hack of the SNES version of ff5, called super custom jobs, it lets you also change the fight and items commands. And so I gave my knight the commands x-fight, guard, enchant, and two-handed. With the enchant command I could enchant my sword with firaga, doing 3x damage to anything weak to fire. Making it x6 damage with two-handed. My knight was so powerful.

  • @keithgreen8026
    @keithgreen8026 Před 3 měsíci +3

    loving the series , keep up the good work bud

  • @nintendbro3275
    @nintendbro3275 Před 16 dny

    Im loving these playthroughs. Ff5 was one of the first games i ever played, so im very nostalgic for it. But this lets me enjoy it with new perspective and the ability to skip the slow ass cut scenes 😂

  • @leonhart483
    @leonhart483 Před 3 měsíci +3

    just watched the monk video for the first time, waiting to see if you had more videos and here it is! videos are great man

    • @BacklogBuster
      @BacklogBuster  Před 3 měsíci +3

      Thanks. This is going to be an ongoing project for the foreseeable future. I'll try and get them out at a reasonable rate but I will be doing other videos in between just to keep things interesting.

    • @NightVisionPhantom
      @NightVisionPhantom Před 3 měsíci

      Looking forward to the four berserkers run

    • @leonhart483
      @leonhart483 Před 3 měsíci

      @@BacklogBuster in your own pace brother, i love the idea especially when you get to the more niche jobs

    • @marcosdheleno
      @marcosdheleno Před 3 měsíci

      even though monk is really bad later in the game, its still my favorite classs in 5. i specially like to give its bare handed to the party white mage and black mage/summoner. as it allow them to deal decent damage.

  • @ahmedfalahy9337
    @ahmedfalahy9337 Před 3 měsíci +4

    How about going all AFK?
    *Can you complete FF5 using Berserkers*

    • @marcosdheleno
      @marcosdheleno Před 3 měsíci

      that's a pretty common challenge, alongside white mage only.

  • @stuart959
    @stuart959 Před 3 měsíci +1

    4:27 I laughed when you complained about being arrested and about you thinking this was America. While saying out in a great lakes / Canadian fashion.

  • @avatarmew
    @avatarmew Před 3 měsíci +3

    When you get to Mystic knight, you can use the mute spellblade to mute Omnisence!

    • @jonathantifone8001
      @jonathantifone8001 Před 3 měsíci +5

      Mute spell has odds. Mute knife has odds, mute spell blade is 100% unless they rebalanced in the PR.

    • @jonathantifone8001
      @jonathantifone8001 Před 23 dny

      @@veghesther3204 Yeah, spellblade is cracked in FFV. If a status CAN land on the target it DOES land. Give break a try against TwinTania after she removes her defense to charge gigaflare. One shot territory.

  • @MechaOracle
    @MechaOracle Před 11 dny

    Knights are perhaps the best job in the game because not only are they great as your primary job but they give you some awesome features to use with your other jobs.
    They're boring but effective / 10

  • @Rolo1507
    @Rolo1507 Před 3 měsíci +4

    I never knew that "Phoenix Up" Gobblegum from COD Zombies was a Final Fantasy reference until now for "Phoenix Down".

  • @firstnamelastname8107
    @firstnamelastname8107 Před 3 měsíci +1

    This is redundant now as I think it can only be used by knights, but in the Pixel Remaster, the blood sword counts as magic damage and can deal with Omniscient without triggering the counter. Accuracy sucks, but it's proobably gotta be faster than draining MP. If you do a freelancer run, might come in handy. (Can confirm that worked on an earlier version anyway, I know they patched PR but i don't think they'd change it. Bone mail to deal with drain, reflect ring, Omniscient can do nothing to you)

  • @TheAngelChaz
    @TheAngelChaz Před 3 měsíci +3

    I think its frowned apon beating a panda with a 2 handed sword

  • @stevesamuals2651
    @stevesamuals2651 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Ive always Wondered if it was possible to apply all jobs to a single character, since you can permanently learn skills of classes.

  • @casiokidd
    @casiokidd Před 3 měsíci +1

    Love this video, dude

  • @nocturnalnights27
    @nocturnalnights27 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Fanatic run, can't wait for red mage

  • @Valderious_Toriador
    @Valderious_Toriador Před měsícem

    I see what you did there with the Girugamesh comment.

  • @lordoftheredead
    @lordoftheredead Před 3 měsíci

    On Neo Exdeath you can save the magic lamp Odin until the woman is the last part left. The woman is generally the least dangerous part and if used this way it skips the meteor phase entirely.

  • @gg3xneptune920
    @gg3xneptune920 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Peak dropped

  • @christaylor86
    @christaylor86 Před 3 měsíci

    Subbed! I pray you complete all jobs!

  • @Myrope
    @Myrope Před 3 měsíci

    Knight is one of my favorite Jobs in FFV! I'm so glad you got to see it's true strength. Awesome video! Things felt a little more manageable than the Monk playthrough.
    Maybe I'm misremebering but can't you use the various Rods as Items to cast spells?
    Man, I'm really looking forward to the Berserker and Mystic Knight playthroughs!
    Okay, honestly I'm looking forward to every single playthrough, lol. I'm curious which Jobs the game cannot actually be beaten with. Are you including Mime and Freelancer in this series?

    • @marcosdheleno
      @marcosdheleno Před 3 měsíci +1

      i used to really dislike knights, as i was a monk fan. but since i replayed the game, i did see how amazing 2-hand is. what sucks is the rest of its "unlockable" abilities. they are pretty much trash.

    • @leargamma4912
      @leargamma4912 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Equip shields has its uses with some party set ups and boss strategies. ​@marcosdheleno equip swords is useless, but sometimes you need to put someone to sleep. The knight is a solid job with lots of damage potential and synergy.
      The only real issue is that it's a simple job. You either attack a ton for massive damage, or you take a ton of hits or mitigate damage with shields/equipment.
      Very good job.

  • @MatthiaGryffine
    @MatthiaGryffine Před 3 měsíci

    Kudos to you for trying this

  • @younesakdah1803
    @younesakdah1803 Před 2 měsíci

    Defender. The sword that parries death and tidal waves.

  • @lordofhyphens
    @lordofhyphens Před 3 měsíci

    FYI: You can re-equip weapons and shields in combat for free.
    Useful if you find yourself surprised by an elemental absorb

  • @Victini415
    @Victini415 Před měsícem

    Doesn't Self-Destruct deal damage based on the user's own HP? Couldn't you whittle the bombs down, THEN have them explode for pitiful damage and save Phoenix Downs?

  • @HeavenOnHigh
    @HeavenOnHigh Před 3 měsíci

    in this episode of 4 warriors of light against the world
    The crusade

  • @AxeMain
    @AxeMain Před 3 měsíci +1

    Fun series

  • @Chromiell
    @Chromiell Před 3 měsíci

    Quick question because I saw you having issues with Excalibur against enemies absorbing light elemental attacks, in previous versions of FFV you could switch weapons in battle by going into the Item menu and hitting Up to access the equipped weapons, here you could swap between weapons in your inventory, is this option not available in the Pixel Remaster?

  • @AndyHoward
    @AndyHoward Před 3 měsíci +1

    You forgot to take out shinryu (monster/boss in a chest)

    • @BacklogBuster
      @BacklogBuster  Před 3 měsíci +2

      Super Bosses are outside the scope of the challenge.

    • @AndyHoward
      @AndyHoward Před 3 měsíci

      @@BacklogBuster ok

  • @Mingodough
    @Mingodough Před 3 měsíci

    When was this recorded? It’s still using the default font instead of the pixel font (unless you just like the default one)

    • @BacklogBuster
      @BacklogBuster  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Last year in Feb I think. I have like a terabytes worth of playthroughs to go through. I think I change to the (superior) pixel font at like Red Mage.

  • @soichironagi9993
    @soichironagi9993 Před 3 měsíci

    It's been too many years since I've played FF5, but I swear I remember Gilgamesh vanish in to a dimensional portal with Nechrophobe...is my memory playing tricks on me?

    • @BacklogBuster
      @BacklogBuster  Před 3 měsíci +2

      He gets sucked into the void by Exdeath in his castle. He blows up Necrophobe.

    • @soichironagi9993
      @soichironagi9993 Před 3 měsíci

      @@BacklogBuster That makes sense, thanks for refreshing my memory!

  • @JGeMcL
    @JGeMcL Před 3 měsíci

    You think you'll just do one Freelancer run and then continue from save states for the all the advanced jobs?

    • @BacklogBuster
      @BacklogBuster  Před 3 měsíci

      There are no advance jobs in the Pixel Remaster.

  • @hkillerpr
    @hkillerpr Před 3 měsíci +1

    Grind Grind Grind baby xD

  • @PixiePulse_
    @PixiePulse_ Před 3 měsíci

    Possible that im incorrect but according to the wiki, Omniscient isnt immune to silence. So any class that can use the Mage Masher should be aɓle to beat him with only physical attacks?

    • @BacklogBuster
      @BacklogBuster  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Silence lasts for like 1 round vs. Omniscient. You'd need to get insanely lucky and have silence go off back to back until he died.

    • @hurngusmcdurngus9106
      @hurngusmcdurngus9106 Před 3 měsíci

      Hahaha in the anthology version omniscient would punch for max damage when silenced

  • @heyBurmecia
    @heyBurmecia Před 3 měsíci

    CheatEngine can speedhack the pixel remasters over 75x speed with 1 button and virtually no setup if you wanted to do the Fork Tower without changing jobs

  • @LS-mb4my
    @LS-mb4my Před 3 měsíci

    Did the PR undo the Chicken Knife's damage calculation? If they didn't Chicken Knife would have actually done more damage than Braveblade due to double dipping into stats for damage calcs, at the cost of running 25-90% of the time....

    • @BacklogBuster
      @BacklogBuster  Před 3 měsíci +4

      Don't know but the Knight and Freelancer are the only ones who can even use the Brave Blade. The chicken knife will get used for every other job.

    • @LS-mb4my
      @LS-mb4my Před 3 měsíci

      @@BacklogBuster I see so you figured you might as well let the brave blade actually shine instead of letting it collect dust.

    • @LS-mb4my
      @LS-mb4my Před 3 měsíci

      @@veghesther3204 I think they actually fixed that part in the pixel remaster at least. Before if you ran away once it permanently lost attack, but now it lets you regain attack by doing more battles.

  • @dexteradams6515
    @dexteradams6515 Před 3 měsíci

    Why not use freelancer to beat the game first and set save states at each crystal so you don't have to repeat using freelancer over and over again?

    • @BacklogBuster
      @BacklogBuster  Před 3 měsíci

      if *every* start was exactly the same it would get super boring. I'm going to group them up for sure (like upcoming Samurai/Dancer/Dragoon, and later Ranger/Bard) but youu gotta mix things up to keep it interesting.

  • @Tankurtle
    @Tankurtle Před 3 měsíci

    wait will you do the gba's jobs? or is that just a freelance run?

    • @BacklogBuster
      @BacklogBuster  Před 3 měsíci +1

      No, I have zero interest in the GBA version. Besides, the GBA jobs are all post-game anyways arent they?

  • @crossjmail
    @crossjmail Před 3 měsíci

    Commentus Maximus

  • @Wajulillo
    @Wajulillo Před 3 měsíci

    Knights are really strong but so boring to play.
    I wonder if you can do a Red Mages only challenge 😎

    • @BacklogBuster
      @BacklogBuster  Před 3 měsíci +2

      The job that peaks at Karnak? Yeah I can do it.

  • @andytaker3073
    @andytaker3073 Před měsícem

    Dragoons don't always lose

  • @derekminna
    @derekminna Před 3 měsíci

    Its crazy how you pronounce it MON-k and not MUN-k

  • @LarryJ2022
    @LarryJ2022 Před 3 měsíci

    GJ

  • @grauenritter9220
    @grauenritter9220 Před 3 měsíci

    HMMM ITS ALMOST LIKE USING THE BEST WEAPONS AND THE BEST ARMOR WITH 2 HANDS IS OP

    • @BacklogBuster
      @BacklogBuster  Před 3 měsíci +2

      YEAH?

    • @sirloinestakegames7866
      @sirloinestakegames7866 Před 3 měsíci

      What's your point? The challenge isn't "initial equipment" or something. He's using the tools that the game gives him.

  • @marcosdheleno
    @marcosdheleno Před 3 měsíci

    man, looking at how fun equipment is in FFV makes me really scratch my head why they went with the blandest equipment in FFXVI. i guess its that idiotic "ssiv equipment is trash and people love xiv" mentality. at least ffvii remake/rebirth went ham on making weapons interesting.

    • @BacklogBuster
      @BacklogBuster  Před 3 měsíci

      Gear and Jobs is what FF really needs to go back to for real. FF7's colored marbles can come too.

    • @marcosdheleno
      @marcosdheleno Před 3 měsíci

      @@BacklogBuster lets just be honest, ff7 balls, are just espers done right.
      for all my love for FFVI, i cant help but think the gameplay really lose its charm once you can turn everyone into spell casters with espers.
      VII on the other hand really managed to take that idea, and turn it into something REALLY GOOD.

  • @Dolceandgabana
    @Dolceandgabana Před 3 měsíci

    I know it's a ton of work, but it would be really cool to see you try to find the best duo job set up. (Only playing a job to get the skills and then sticking with those skills on another job)

    • @Dolceandgabana
      @Dolceandgabana Před 3 měsíci

      I feel like there are a ton of great combos