The Most Powerful Characters In Gaming Ever # 26

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  • čas přidán 16. 11. 2018
  • This series is all about video game characters who have left me in awe at their power, whether it's the ability to survive a boulder falling on their head, colossal earth-shattering strength, sheer dominance over the game they're in, etc.
    Naturally, we've seen a number of final bosses featured in this series, they tend to be the main threat for good reason. But even they have to put the work in to be truly feared by players.
    When it's nearly time to wrap up an Advance Wars game, you know you're in a rough ride with the final bosses...
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Komentáře • 644

  • @justawilliam3880
    @justawilliam3880 Před 5 lety +926

    Oh, that wasn't the antidote you took, Mayor.
    It was *BONE HURTING JUICE*

  • @namelastname3126
    @namelastname3126 Před 5 lety +1412

    Fun fact: Majora's Mask happened the day Sturm got bored

  • @Oblivion53k
    @Oblivion53k Před 3 lety +470

    “Days of Ruin is the last Advance Wars game unfortunately.” …But then, the future gave us a light this year. A Re-Boot camp

    • @pakornwattanavrangkul2550
      @pakornwattanavrangkul2550 Před 3 lety +27

      The 3d models look really bad though, kinda hope they at least have a toggle for the sprite animation.

    • @gt2p818
      @gt2p818 Před 3 lety +14

      @@pakornwattanavrangkul2550 Honestly I like the models

    • @justsomedude2020
      @justsomedude2020 Před 3 lety

      @@gt2p818 same, it's the animation that sucks for me

    • @DamnDaimen
      @DamnDaimen Před 2 lety +16

      @@justsomedude2020 The models feel on brand for the original art style. Some of the animations are kinda wonky

    • @jiar42
      @jiar42 Před 2 lety

      war

  • @bentanner4192
    @bentanner4192 Před 5 lety +725

    The meteor looks like it was pulled straight out of Google images

    • @DoctorSpacebar
      @DoctorSpacebar Před 5 lety +164

      "Behold the power of Google Images, worm!"

    • @BonkHazard
      @BonkHazard Před 5 lety +58

      @@DoctorSpacebar "Burning Browser!"

    • @Burn_Angel
      @Burn_Angel Před 5 lety +15

      Did someone say burning?

    • @BonkHazard
      @BonkHazard Před 5 lety +27

      @@Burn_Angel I did, yes. Burning, combusted into flames, aflame, conflagrated, etc.

    • @Burn_Angel
      @Burn_Angel Před 5 lety +8

      BonkHazard Ah, that burns so good.

  • @SkullHelm
    @SkullHelm Před 5 lety +332

    He goes from a noot noot lookin' fella, to Big Band from Skullgirls, and that's a powerful transformation.

    • @MegaManRecharged1
      @MegaManRecharged1 Před 3 lety +31

      Also Big Band got a color pallete based on Sturm

    • @BlazingShadowSword
      @BlazingShadowSword Před 3 lety +19

      @@MegaManRecharged1 Wait, Big Sturm?

    • @Apolleh
      @Apolleh Před 2 lety +33

      ...Now I can't stop imagining Sturm whipping out a trumpet and playing 'Happy Birthday' before unleashing Meteor Strike

    • @MegaManRecharged1
      @MegaManRecharged1 Před 2 lety +7

      @@Apolleh this would be so epic and deadly at the same time lol

    • @dewinmoonl
      @dewinmoonl Před 2 lety

      loved the nook nook design haha

  • @meowistforlife
    @meowistforlife Před 5 lety +684

    You have to admit to liking Stum’s smoke laugh in AW1, you know you do!

  • @DrGreen-ob6eb
    @DrGreen-ob6eb Před 5 lety +717

    IOne reason, I feel, Von Bolt is weaker than Sturm is for story reasons. An old man in a suped-up chair has no way to compare to an experienced, military-specialized alien invader.

    • @LeoSoulEater
      @LeoSoulEater Před 5 lety +14

      I like this comment so much xD

    • @teamreincarnationleadereme7572
      @teamreincarnationleadereme7572 Před 5 lety +88

      And instead of Hawke as the leader we got "Mr I'll kill for an extra minute of living!".

    • @NotaAura
      @NotaAura Před 5 lety +122

      You have to admit though, a grandpa who is willing and actually trying to utterly destroy a planet just so he can live is pretty scary.

    • @liawketfeng3210
      @liawketfeng3210 Před 4 lety +14

      Plus Sturn's shoulders.
      MMMMMMMMMMMMM

    • @YugotheMexicanandAmerican
      @YugotheMexicanandAmerican Před 3 lety +18

      It does make scense of the story. a 150 year old man (estimated) is less powerful then a freaking alien that wants to completely destroy earth for no reason. And sturm has these Space Boots/Tires/Threads/Jet Engines that are immune to rain and alien weapons (such as the neotanks) have more fire power and defense than eartly weapons.
      Edit:Comparing an old man to a ALIEN obviously you'll know why (cause of the logic and story)

  • @commmander64
    @commmander64 Před 4 lety +90

    If you do not think sturm is that threatening. Keeping in mind a sturm victory is literally the plot of Advanced wars days of ruin.

    • @wolfetteplays8894
      @wolfetteplays8894 Před rokem +8

      Is it really? I don’t think that’s mentioned anywhere in game

    • @Valrok1870
      @Valrok1870 Před 3 měsíci

      A catastrophic event brings on ruin, laying waste to the landscape.
      Sounds an awful lot like a meteor impacted

  • @darko7432
    @darko7432 Před 4 lety +503

    Git: "Try to spread your units out"
    Me: A SACRIFICE FOR YOU, O' POWERFUL ONE *groups a bunch of recons in a diamond*

    • @jimdestiny7609
      @jimdestiny7609 Před 4 lety +20

      I died laughing.Thank you!!
      Have a like xD

    • @UltimaDoombotMK1
      @UltimaDoombotMK1 Před 4 lety +34

      *hits the tanks you have on your defensive front instead, before turning the units to rubble and rushing past the offering to capture your bases and airport*

    • @darko7432
      @darko7432 Před 4 lety +28

      In the first campaign, sturm pretty much always saves his power for the start of the turn. Whenever I play through the campaign, I'll usually have one "throwaway" CO to gather sacrifices for sturm (e.g.: Grit, Sami, Olaf). What I do with the trio is send a small number of forces to the front to assist andy and the more competent CO, whilst leaving some units back at their base and building some mechs to act as a "magnet". If it's against a human player, I just surrender.

    • @pubcle
      @pubcle Před 3 lety +2

      @@darko7432 I'm REALLY looking forward to getting to play a more active community with Sturm in AW Reboot

    • @darko7432
      @darko7432 Před 3 lety +1

      Amen. Can't wait to see new strats and how different the game will be!

  • @TikTakDylan
    @TikTakDylan Před 5 lety +769

    Honestly, Caulder looks like he could be an ace attorney final boss battle.

  • @Firemalleoandjelly
    @Firemalleoandjelly Před 5 lety +175

    12:32 Wait so Tabitha is oddly enough the one who would suffer most fighting Sturm because she has to close ranks to be effective.

    • @Krizalid3YE
      @Krizalid3YE Před 3 lety +25

      Makes sense, since ALL UNITS from Sturm receive a bottle of "beef up" from him.

    • @MrxD-cg5xs
      @MrxD-cg5xs Před 2 lety +26

      @@Krizalid3YE and a meteor strike on Tabithas unit is absolutely heartbreaking for her.
      Also keep in mind how differently the CO power system works in the two games:
      1) as you already mentioned, Sturm boosts all of his units, Tabitha only those in her CO zone
      2) Sturms CO Power primarily charges from taking damage and losing units globally, Tabithas charges hers by her CO zone units dealing damage and killing units.
      3) Tabithas CO Power can be reset by destroying her CO unit, Sturm just keeps charging until he eventually gets access to Meteor Strike

    • @Krizalid3YE
      @Krizalid3YE Před 2 lety +10

      @@MrxD-cg5xs And he ALWAYS lock that damn thing on the most powerful unit... Poor Thabitha XD

    • @user-ov2kx8ql5i
      @user-ov2kx8ql5i Před 2 lety +6

      *Laughs in DoR battleship*

    • @nagisashingetsu4274
      @nagisashingetsu4274 Před 2 lety +10

      @@Krizalid3YE Partly true, strums metore actually has 3 different targeting ai, One that tries to inflict the most value damage possible, One that tries to remove the most hp of as many units as possible and one that doubles the value of indirects.
      Its not uncommon to see people set up a blob of indirects to bait sturms meteor away from more important areas.

  • @DoctorSpacebar
    @DoctorSpacebar Před 5 lety +407

    Here I was expecting just Sturm and you go above and beyond and cover Von Bolt and Caulder too. This is why I subbed: quality stuff.
    Now I realize why Sturm got so much stronger in the sequel. Sturm does lif-
    GAAAH CAULDER GRIN

    • @MasterKnightDH
      @MasterKnightDH Před 5 lety +41

      He also covered Tabitha for a special mention. I'm giddy about that to say the least.

    • @justinhanna6118
      @justinhanna6118 Před 5 lety +14

      And here we have one of the two people to post a legitimate s rank ac rivals on you tube

    • @MasterKnightDH
      @MasterKnightDH Před 5 lety +14

      @@justinhanna6118 Thank you. That goes to show how the Advance Wars subreddshit can't hope to censor me.
      Tabitha deserves the special mention. She and Lin innately screw over any chance of using Mechs to stop the FTA Light Tank rush. In fact, this table showcases how absurd Tabitha's boosts are that her CO Light Tank generally does more damage than a base War Tank for 66% of the cost and 1.5 times the mobility:
      docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1W6qiuUq4A0qzS49OFD70TfUjK1yslagVXy7VG9Rhew0/edit#gid=0

  • @jakubdudek1484
    @jakubdudek1484 Před 5 lety +160

    Caulders CO Power would be to sumon Sturm

    • @s.e.111films3
      @s.e.111films3 Před 4 lety +26

      Jakub Dudek
      That would be horrifying. What if we consider Sturm was Caulder's creation in the first place?

    • @rhysofsneezingdragon1758
      @rhysofsneezingdragon1758 Před 4 lety +4

      But, in a battle between black hole rising Sturm, and days of ruin Caulder, who would win?

    • @rhysofsneezingdragon1758
      @rhysofsneezingdragon1758 Před 4 lety +2

      @@nanashialfarr someone hack the game so this can happen.

    • @igunn8632
      @igunn8632 Před 3 lety

      Which sturm version tho the original or the one from AW2

    • @elpatoempatado2404
      @elpatoempatado2404 Před 3 lety +8

      Imagine DS CO System with both Caulder and Sturm as partners. And having an actual bond.

  • @willow2190
    @willow2190 Před 3 lety +52

    5:08
    This joke aged like fine fucking wine holy shit

  • @CoyoteXLI
    @CoyoteXLI Před 5 lety +125

    Von Bolt falls into the unfortunate situation of IS deciding they wanted their villain to be remotely balanced for VS mode. Therefore he's just incredibly mediocre, kinda like AW1 Sturm but worse (I might argue the defense boost is better overall but 4 damage meteor strike is obviously much worse). Overall it's an odd decision when they clearly did not even attempt to balance the "boss character" in AW2 or AW4, on either side of AW3, despite the fact that AW4 was supposed to be more competitive with online VS.
    Or maybe they just did it to him because he's old, idk.

    • @VestedUTuber
      @VestedUTuber Před 4 lety +8

      He's definitely no Sturm but I wouldn't say Von Bolt is mediocre. He's pretty much Hawke with a better D2D, a worse SCOP and no COP, and Hawke is pretty solid (if not necessarily overpowered) in his own right.

    • @CoyoteXLI
      @CoyoteXLI Před 4 lety +6

      @@VestedUTuber Solid if not necessarily overpowered is...pretty mediocre for a final boss CO imo. You can play him and he's fine but not really a standout bc his power is just so...eh for the cost.

    • @nagisashingetsu4274
      @nagisashingetsu4274 Před 3 lety +4

      you do know hes considered one of the best co's in the game right? Like hes really tough to trade with thanks to both buffs. is he better than strum god no. he never will be but calling him mediocre is just wrong

    • @LordTyph
      @LordTyph Před 3 lety +2

      Honestly, they should have just given Von Bolt more power and then given him a neutered playable version.

    • @MrxD-cg5xs
      @MrxD-cg5xs Před 2 lety +2

      yeah i too think they were experimenting with their final bosses in the original 3 games.
      in AW1 they made it so the story character and the playable character were two different versions with one being focussed on being a very strong opponent and the other being focussed on being a fair opponent for multiplayer. This however made the character feel underwhelming when finally unlocked, because we were used to the strong version from the story.
      in AW2 they made it so the character is just overall overpowered. This however made the character extremely unfair in multiplayer.
      in AW:DS they made it so the character is overall balanced. This however lead to them being underwhelming in the story.
      i think they took the feedback from the community from these 3 field tests to then create the character from AW:DoR (Caulder). The most liked version of those 3 seems to have been AW2 Sturm, so they went with that route of making the character extremely overpowered in all modes.
      however, i will have to heavily disagree with you saying Von Bolt was " just incredibly mediocre" - he is definitely one of the best COs in the game. definitely not overpowered or broken like AW2s Sturm, Hachi or Colin, but he is a very strong character nontheless. I agree that his Ex Machina is underwhelming for the 10 Star cost though. idk, they could have increased its range by one or two to make it stronger?

  • @fellzayel1305
    @fellzayel1305 Před 5 lety +42

    5:08 If there actually is a Nintendo Hunks Calendar, I will definitely purchase it.

  • @Dexuz
    @Dexuz Před 3 lety +5

    "Pulls a giant meteor from space"
    And therefore I'm asking, why does such a being (can't even call him human) requires an army in the first place?

  • @kfirnachum4928
    @kfirnachum4928 Před 5 lety +27

    The point of a new villain being a step down from the previous one is making the one after him two steps ahead

    • @uandresbrito5685
      @uandresbrito5685 Před 4 lety +3

      If Days of Ruin is Dual Strike in the far future that would be dope

  • @so0meone
    @so0meone Před 4 lety +20

    In addition to being by far the most powerful character in the series, Caulder is definitely one of the most evil villains out there and Creeper is just terrifying

  • @WhiteFangofWar
    @WhiteFangofWar Před 5 lety +233

    Ah Caulder, how I loathe thee. You didn't even have time to mention how the mortar cannons in the final battle function the same way as Sturm's meteors. That's just icing on your grave. One small weakness in Caulder's power is that the healing consumes his funds so he won't make as many units as you do with equal economy, but still... there's a reason he's banned online.
    Speaking of Exodia and OP final bosses, I enjoy reading up on the finale of each new YuGiOh spinoff just to see how much more broken the final bosses' monsters can get. ARC-V set the bar pretty high; a dozen powerful characters got to fight him together and STILL lost badly. Before that there was a monster with 100,000 ATK that you MUST attack on your turn or automatically lose. And before that was ten God-tier monsters that reset your field when they attack.

    • @Kylesico912x
      @Kylesico912x Před 5 lety +21

      Don't forget the lasers he fires are also incredibly powerful in their own right. You have to be very careful, especially with the infantry units since you need to beat Caulder to buildings, to win this fight.

    • @NicoTheCinderace
      @NicoTheCinderace Před 5 lety +7

      Caulder was banned from WiFi battles for a _Reason._

    • @deletethis7848
      @deletethis7848 Před 5 lety +1

      About Yu Gi Oh, I still don't know why in the actual fuck the MC of Vrains don't FTK their opponents with the all mighty Firewall Dragon (also known as FTK Dragon)

    • @WhiteFangofWar
      @WhiteFangofWar Před 5 lety

      @@deletethis7848 (Checks out Firewall Dragon) ...Eh. I'm not seeing many FTK possibilities with that. You'd need 2 or more additional monsters on the field and strong ones in the GY. That's in addition to having the 2 needed to summon Firewall and assuming your opponent's field is clear. I know Link Summoning is easier than the other Extra summon methods but even a protagonist isn't always that lucky on the first turn. The pre-errata Dark Strike Fighter is what I'd call FTK power.

    • @deletethis7848
      @deletethis7848 Před 5 lety +3

      @@WhiteFangofWar The average anime cyberse deck is just 1 cannon soldier away from the FTK since that deck spams a lot. The sheer existence of a not HOPT monster which recycles resources is usually enough to start very degenerate combos.
      Also, since it was banned in the TCG, press S to spit in it's grave

  • @BiasedGuy123
    @BiasedGuy123 Před 5 lety +62

    It's my headcanon that Days of Ruin happened because of Sturm's CO power.
    I know the real story, but I still like to connect them.

  • @Percival917
    @Percival917 Před 5 lety +354

    I want more Advance Wars games in the style of Days of Ruin... Ok, but without that short campaign structure.

    • @DonnieDoodles
      @DonnieDoodles Před 5 lety +39

      I preferred Dual Strike; because CO Powers there were better for what they were originally intended to do, and that was break stalemates and occasionally buy time. And tags were awesomely satisfying to use.

    • @zakwilson2606
      @zakwilson2606 Před 5 lety +44

      Days of Ruin feel a LOT more like Fire Emblem, and in the Style and Difficulty. The other 2 were kinda the same, but much easier and fun.

    • @Percival917
      @Percival917 Před 5 lety +19

      @@DonnieDoodles Then perhaps those gameplay elements should be used along with Days of Ruin's tone and atmosphere?

    • @bobguy755
      @bobguy755 Před 5 lety +21

      Fuck days of ruin. We need more of the allied nations against black hole, or at least some kind of new enemy.

    • @Burn_Angel
      @Burn_Angel Před 5 lety +4

      It seems Days of Ruin is more like the Langrisser series than anything else, though.

  • @asmodeus58XX
    @asmodeus58XX Před 5 lety +99

    Spoiler: Caulder is actually related to Manfred von Karma. Looks very similar, equally evil, etc.

    • @flapjackslashjack8624
      @flapjackslashjack8624 Před 5 lety +14

      ...fascinating.

    • @moltrescompany
      @moltrescompany Před 4 lety +18

      At least Von karma had SOME standards, Caulder looks 100% Mengele level evil

    • @friskycalibri2293
      @friskycalibri2293 Před 3 lety +3

      @@moltrescompany shit you're right.
      At least Caulder isn't a nazi.

    • @AAhmou
      @AAhmou Před 3 lety +2

      Frisky Calibri
      That's an insult to Caulder... Nazi scientists can't even fathom to be as morally bankrupt as Caulder.

  • @ruthmcnally310
    @ruthmcnally310 Před 5 lety +259

    Did you have to subject us to the Caulder jumpscare?

    • @DoctorSpacebar
      @DoctorSpacebar Před 5 lety +81

      No, but our reactions were... fascinating.

    • @cherrylemon2940
      @cherrylemon2940 Před 5 lety +27

      This joke is... fascinating.

    • @sirplatypus1112
      @sirplatypus1112 Před 5 lety +14

      random comments about random things about random things are........... _fascinating_

    • @cherrylemon2940
      @cherrylemon2940 Před 5 lety +9

      @@sirplatypus1112 Your barely related comment is... _fascinating

    • @Optimusskyler
      @Optimusskyler Před 5 lety +19

      Seeing people who make jokes about a game I thought I was the only one who knew about is... fascinating.
      And also totally freaking epic. You guys are awesome.

  • @FedoraReshiramGaming
    @FedoraReshiramGaming Před 4 lety +30

    the only weakness i found in Caulder, especially regarding his CO power... is that he spends money to replenish his forces +5 per turn, so the only way to cripple him is to bankrupt him, if you can JUST weaken his forces constantly then the army he charges with is all he gets...
    easier said than done lol...

    • @handhelder823
      @handhelder823 Před 2 lety +3

      Good point...if he wouldn't spawn units for free in the one level he is in

  • @federicoislab
    @federicoislab Před 5 lety +88

    Sturm is becoming a robot Eggman. Wider, stronger, dumber.

    • @jonathansibrian695
      @jonathansibrian695 Před 5 lety +16

      But now he is dead v:

    • @gendomug3676
      @gendomug3676 Před 5 lety +3

      @@jonathansibrian695 how'd sturm die?

    • @i_am_jarvistm7220
      @i_am_jarvistm7220 Před 5 lety +19

      In the Campaign, when you defeat Sturm, he attempts to pull the self-destruct card on everyone. Andy confronts him and calls him out profusely. In response, Hawke steps up and mercs Sturm with a Black Storm, much to the surprise of everyone else, providing his personal reasons as to why he even joined Sturm at all. I don't believe there was anything on why he did it, though, exactly...

    • @teamreincarnationleadereme7572
      @teamreincarnationleadereme7572 Před 5 lety +14

      @@gendomug3676 Real question is why intelligent systems didn't have Hawke as the leader in AW dual strike but no we got "Mr must kill to survive for an extra 100 years".

    • @shady_silhoutte
      @shady_silhoutte Před 5 lety +9

      Team Reincarnation Leader Emerald Exactly, Hawke was already a perfect successor to fill Sturm's shoes as being the leader of Black Hole but nope they had to make an old man sitting on a machine that commands his units that's probably way too inferior than Hawke. Also, where tf did he go? He didn't give us or the COs any info of his whereabouts.

  • @pt_saurio6261
    @pt_saurio6261 Před 3 lety +4

    10:42
    *2021: Are you sure about that last one?*

  • @henrit1902
    @henrit1902 Před 5 lety +21

    Either way, Sturm's theme has to be one of the best metal soundtracks on the gba

  • @sayoofthesnowmoonflower8422

    If Caulder had an upgraded version of Tabitha's Firestorm CO power, he would be a fleshy Sturm
    Edit: Actually, make that TWO Sturms.

  • @VestedUTuber
    @VestedUTuber Před 5 lety +81

    "The Advance Wars series' final bosses are excellent at creating character-building feelings of dread."
    Except for Von Bolt. I didn't feel dread with him, just annoyance and a little bit of frustration. Means to an End is just a bad level. All you do is spam infantry until your AI teammate destroys the three crystals on the second front, build a few bombers, and pop Eagle's SCOP when your units are in position.
    That being said, the mission right before it, "For the Future!", was great and would have been a better final battle. It felt like a proper strategic battle - Orange Star plays the main force, keeping Von Bolt's units occupied, Blue Moon builds meter with expensive naval units and uses it to pop mass damage tags, and then Green Earth goes in for the surgical strike against the Black Obelisk, which SHOULD have been the final objective. It honestly felt like the devs tacked "Means to an End" on at the end simply because they wanted to have the traditional two fights with the big bad at the end.
    Also, doesn't snow just negate his movement advantages?

    • @MasterKnightDH
      @MasterKnightDH Před 5 lety +13

      Snow does remove Sturm's movement advantages, but his units still aren't less mobile than other COs'. And it's not like Olaf could even use Blizzard every Day even in 1V1s where he wouldn't have to worry about being a potential case of Stop Helping Me.

    • @83cuicui
      @83cuicui Před 5 lety +7

      @@MasterKnightDH the main thing i dont like about DS is that the ULTIMATE WEAPON of this game is weak against infantry the unit that cost almost no money

    • @MasterKnightDH
      @MasterKnightDH Před 5 lety +6

      @@83cuicui Well, it IS slime up against machine guns. And there ARE final bosses that are HP walls yet can have competent design.
      The reason Mean To The End is a miserable failure is because of the absolute lack of competent auxiliary support. All you have to do is overtake the properties on the south and Von Bolt will be floundering.
      At least the Oozium does try to encourage surgical striking and flanking--of course, it's laughably stupid in how it does that.

    • @CoyoteXLI
      @CoyoteXLI Před 5 lety +6

      Oozium's only really threatening if you aren't very good at AW, unfortunately. if you don't attack it with enough power to kill it in one go it can be more annoying, at least to your technique score if nothing else. The map pretty much just falls apart if you don't let the enemy have free reign of the south cities though, yes, oozium alone in the wide open is not good. And I agree that the obelisk was a much better map. But the name of the game is Dual Strike so you had to have a two front map to end with because that's the whole shtick of the game, even if you can't control the top for some reason.

    • @realah3001
      @realah3001 Před rokem

      Yeah but it affects everyone except olaf

  • @HunterIsRad
    @HunterIsRad Před 5 lety +25

    YEESH!
    I did not want to see that face on such a usually quaint ending screen.

  • @sonicthehedge
    @sonicthehedge Před 3 lety +15

    5:08
    He better be waiting for me on december.
    *Advance wars 1+2 remake is coming out on december 3rd*

  • @gamerx4597
    @gamerx4597 Před 5 lety +13

    19:05 jump scare warning for the faint of heart
    we already have enough dead bodies as a result of this guy

  • @airamtrujillo480
    @airamtrujillo480 Před 5 lety +62

    At least, Caulder's heal costs money and doesn't resupply the units. Totally balanced, right?

    • @MasterKnightDH
      @MasterKnightDH Před 5 lety +20

      Funnily enough, Caulder's healing costs is how I brought down his CO Fighter on Day 12 precisely in my LP. Granted, at that point, I was simply holding out to show the Day 12 dialogue, since I could have finished the final laser off LONG before.
      I do agree, though, that Caulder is not remotely balanced. A lack of CO Power in a game with power creep on its own doesn't change Caulder's absolutely ridiculous D2D stats.

    • @GreyWind1988
      @GreyWind1988 Před 5 lety +11

      That's why he was banned in online play I believe

    • @MasterKnightDH
      @MasterKnightDH Před 5 lety +7

      @@GreyWind1988 He was indeed banned in online play.

    • @i_am_jarvistm7220
      @i_am_jarvistm7220 Před 5 lety +15

      None of the Days of Ruin COs are balanced, actually. There is a very clear power progression as you go through the COs as they retain the same advantages in the Campaign, and you notice that they're tougher and tougher as you go through the levels, and no it aint just because of the level setups. That's the one thing that bugs me about that game. Everything else is fantastic, but the CO balancing is just terrible.

    • @i_am_jarvistm7220
      @i_am_jarvistm7220 Před 5 lety +7

      I tested this, by the way, relentlessly, with a Design Map I'd made specifically to test whether or not any two COs can apply any advantage over their opponent under every circumstance, and ohhh boy, was there some clear bias for the COs as you go up the Campaign chain.

  • @extremmefan7305
    @extremmefan7305 Před 5 lety +8

    So a scary Von Bolt would be:
    - one that has bigger offense/defense boosts
    - not affected by terrain
    - extremely less affected by (if not completely immune to) Market Crash
    - paired with one of his actual minions (rather than one of Sturm's former minions, let alone someone from the opposing faction)

  • @bluekirby_64
    @bluekirby_64 Před 5 lety +37

    16:03 No, he would activate his Trap COrd.

  • @sirhandsome8070
    @sirhandsome8070 Před 5 lety +149

    Sturm's look from AW2 looks like Big Band haha

    • @roboticbob1.016
      @roboticbob1.016 Před 5 lety +9

      It does

    • @lFede64l
      @lFede64l Před 5 lety +13

      I'm surprised Lab Zero hasn't made a Big Band skin out of it.

    • @belinite1263
      @belinite1263 Před 5 lety +24

      Well....there is one actually:www.google.it/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Band&ved=2ahUKEwi6ip3T3tveAhXJliwKHaS2CT4QFjAAegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw2I4L7gTb-O62u7mwnqj4Ha
      Search into the pallette section. Its the number 9
      God this game is full of references

    • @NicoTheCinderace
      @NicoTheCinderace Před 5 lety +1

      ...Fuck, now I can't unsee it.

    • @frankhorrigan1508
      @frankhorrigan1508 Před 5 lety +3

      More like big band looks like sturm

  • @ClexYoshi
    @ClexYoshi Před rokem +7

    I think the real pain about Caulder is that you pretty much can just hide him in a clump of troops and it's so hard to get through the Caulder Katamari.

  • @endermenon4836
    @endermenon4836 Před 5 lety +34

    *Like the birth of a child*
    Wife: "Honey, we had a boy!"
    Husband: "Oh that's nothing! I just beat The Warrior in Borderlands 2!"
    Wife: "Aw, kickass!"
    (I know the Warrior is not the _official_ final boss in that game, but it's awfully powerful and takes forever to defeat)

    • @tyrkreidler3761
      @tyrkreidler3761 Před 5 lety +8

      >borderlands 2
      >the warrior
      >awfully powerful
      >takes forever to beat
      Im sorry wat

    • @endermenon4836
      @endermenon4836 Před 5 lety +2

      @@tyrkreidler3761
      You know, now that I think about it, I might've had serious difficulty with that battle because my Level was only one higher than the Warrior's, and I went up against it without help. That, or I just really sucked at playing the game. Might be the latter.
      (couldn't really think of any other boss battles I've done myself, though, hence the Warrior example)

  • @Davtwan
    @Davtwan Před 5 lety +34

    Oh man, how long has it been since you talked about Advance Wars?
    5:27 - I'm guessing that's to clarify that his no-movement-penalty-on-terrain ability doesn't include snow.

  • @sosams
    @sosams Před 5 lety +22

    A Whoisthisgit video between Pokémon Let's Go spoilers. That's like finding Jesus in the Holy Trial

  • @alexanderthomas3187
    @alexanderthomas3187 Před 5 lety +14

    9:33 The gap between the screens makes them look horribly disfigured and I can't get enough of it.
    And yeah, Caulder's pretty goddamn strong, but don't forget that he has a DEATH MACHINE in the final mission too! All AW2 Sturm had with him was a death ray that takes ages to fire and a bunch of cannons that only hit one unit at a time.

    • @pkmntrainerred4247
      @pkmntrainerred4247 Před 10 měsíci

      I was thinking the same, especially that girl in the red suit (Dunno what her name is) XD
      The screen gap between the two DS screens causing that kinda shit wil never get old.

  • @meisunebernadetta9868
    @meisunebernadetta9868 Před rokem +4

    Really praying for a revisit of ReBoot Camp Sturm

  • @nicocchi
    @nicocchi Před 5 lety +96

    Tabitha is superior to Sturm, Von Bolt and Caulder for one very important reason
    She's cute

  • @dededeletethis9940
    @dededeletethis9940 Před 5 lety +55

    Hey git, glad that mega man 7's wily is an assist trophy in smash ultimate?

  • @onionknight3074
    @onionknight3074 Před 5 lety +7

    9:35 I giggled at Mini Jake and Rachel

  • @Dexterritory212
    @Dexterritory212 Před 5 lety +13

    the only weakness i techncially found and its not much of one with caulder/ stolos was his heal does cost money so if you somehow overpower him to low health and leave them at say 1 2 hp it automatically forces him to heal the units regardless of if he wants to or not leaving him with a weaker force eventually due to expensive repairs if he cannot take out your units easily.
    only found this from his final mission as i abused him not being able to capture many areas but yeh there is a obvious reason why he is banned in online play i do miss sturm but caulder/ stolos does make it up for that and larissa /tabitha is so much more fun to play as compared to von bolt something about a 180 / 180 unit thats always satisfying

  • @abbadonts3798
    @abbadonts3798 Před 3 lety +4

    I would love to see caulder and sturm in dual strike to have them both do a tag power... That would be fascinating.

  • @gravity8120
    @gravity8120 Před 5 lety +17

    Sturm for some reason also reminds me of Stukov from Starcraft. I dunno why; maybe it's the hat.
    I do find it strange that his POW and Def affinities were swapped between modes in the first AW. Did they think a permanent 30% POW was too strong for VS?

  • @AndreIsrael43
    @AndreIsrael43 Před 5 lety +2

    Caulder does anything:
    .....Fascinating lmaooo

  • @h-man1371
    @h-man1371 Před 3 lety +1

    Bon Volt: Why do you guys always act like you're better than me?
    Sturm, Tabitha, and Caulder: Because we are.

  • @robertcurry389
    @robertcurry389 Před 2 lety +1

    In my head canon, after Advance Wars II Sturm isn’t defeated in the battle you have with him, and he wins and ends up sending tons of meteors that hit the planet. He wages a war of attrition for many years until he eventually dies. Then you get advance wars days of ruin where the world is recovering from the Great War against Sturm and his forces.

  • @DogeGaming26
    @DogeGaming26 Před 5 lety +17

    Advance Wars comes back. Nice!

  • @marche800
    @marche800 Před 4 lety +3

    Sturm is even worse in the final mission of the game because he straight up cheats. During the mission you have to destroy Sturms comically large missile that'll obliterate you in 30 turns. Problem, he has several massive cannons that can attack from a long distance and a freaking death ray that will fire down the middle of the map every 7 turns and obliterate anything in it's path. He also starts with a boatload of money and a million different base's and airbases to spawn units, This is in addition to the fact that all of his units have 30% higher attack and defence than yours at no extra cost, and the fact that he still has his meteor strike which will fuck up your units even more and buff his units even further. You are allowed to bring three seperate armies to this fight and he will take all three of you on likes it's nothing. Fighting him straight on is futile, your best bet is to try and sneak a bomber past his units to attack the missile because remember, you're on a timer. There is a joke in the community that if you ever hear his full theme during his turn, you have most likely already lost. Dude is a menace.

    • @MasterKnightDH
      @MasterKnightDH Před 4 lety +1

      Final Front is far less bullshit on AC, because the Cannons don't fucking siege you into submission when they are overwhelmed by the actual flanking your forces do, and you actually get competent starting forces AND maneuverability. But the NC version can roast in Hell for the reasons you have pointed out.

  • @movingstone4910
    @movingstone4910 Před 5 lety +9

    Don't ask too much from Von Bolt, his ultimate weapon is a giant slime!

    • @MasterKnightDH
      @MasterKnightDH Před 5 lety +1

      His ultimate weapon should have been the Advance Wars subreddshit, because those guys are slimeballs.

    • @DoctorSpacebar
      @DoctorSpacebar Před 5 lety

      Hey, giant slimes can wreck your shit in D&D. Gelatinous Cubes, man. Completely blends in with walls till it's too late.

    • @movingstone4910
      @movingstone4910 Před 5 lety

      @@DoctorSpacebar But Von Bolt's slime is a giant black goo in a desert with its 3 weak points totally defenseless against anything that gets too close (Unless you count the small slime but those guys are so pathetic that they don't deserve any recognition)

    • @DoctorSpacebar
      @DoctorSpacebar Před 5 lety +3

      @@movingstone4910 Oh, you mean THAT ultimate weapon! Yeah, that thing's a chump.
      The smaller Oozium can imitate their distant ancestor's TPKing potential in Fog of War, but they're not really a huge threat otherwise.

    • @movingstone4910
      @movingstone4910 Před 5 lety +2

      @@DoctorSpacebar Even in Fog of War. Since they can only move 1 space per day, you WILL see them close to you (Unless Eagle owns them, but he never does that in the campaign).

  • @notspoileratall5471
    @notspoileratall5471 Před 5 lety +2

    Caulder... geez, it send shivers down my spine the second i saw de AW: days of ruin title screen on the video. I learned the definition of tilting through this guy.
    The only weak point you can find on him is the fact that his CO power cost money for the reparation of his units, so you can somewhat make him pay for his attacks, but still is way better to focus on the victory condition rather fighting him directly

  • @officedullard8722
    @officedullard8722 Před rokem +2

    killing-off Sturm was a mistake, Dual Strike was a mistake, Days of Ruin was the worst mistake
    I like to imagine that the meteor storm that ruined the world was the spirit of Sturm with his ultimate revenge. Years of built-up Meteor Strikes unleashed at once.

  • @theycallmecranberrysauce3382

    You post Advace Wars content and have been for years now..... mad respect.

  • @reesewhittington6778
    @reesewhittington6778 Před 5 lety +1

    16:08
    no, all other units *become the fucking exodia. **_and he becomes its creator._*

  • @flakbait3732
    @flakbait3732 Před 5 lety +6

    the only channel in youtube that can entertain you without the use of dead earraping memes

  • @Eienias
    @Eienias Před rokem +1

    these videos occasionally show up on my feed. never watched one till now. this was fun!
    been playing a lot of Advance Wars thanks to Reboot Camp, looking at this just reminds all over again how much i love the series. should boot up dual strike or days of ruin sometime soon just for the fun of it. caulder's whole history is messed up, but yea, thanks for doing that one thing you did do you nutcase XD

  • @Professor-TripleExtraLarge

    Whelp, I binged the whole series... time to subscribe.

  • @sayoofthesnowmoonflower8422

    Now imagine Sturm coming back to life and fusing with Caulder

  • @Necrodoge
    @Necrodoge Před rokem

    Hey thanks for making this video when i saw it years ago it made me interested in advance wars and with reboot camp out i’ve finally played an advance wars game

  • @CrazyFriendlyGamerAlex

    Wow! New video on my birthday:)
    Sweet! Gonna watch it now:D

  • @Marluxiaify
    @Marluxiaify Před 5 lety

    Been waiting for you to take a look at Sturm. Got interested in Advance Wars a few weeks back and dear lord is he OP.

  • @H3il3nder
    @H3il3nder Před 5 lety +2

    For anyone having trouble with a Sturm’s Meteor Strike there is a strat known as “Mech Ball” (I think) that is making a 3 x 3 formation of Mech units this will normally always be targeted and is very helpful if you’ve just started to build expensive units

    • @KopperNeoman
      @KopperNeoman Před 2 lety +1

      This can fail hard if Sturm pops an Indirect meteor - even a Value meteor if you have expensive units.

    • @H3il3nder
      @H3il3nder Před 2 lety

      @@KopperNeoman forgot I even made this comment lol

  • @kevintreese4544
    @kevintreese4544 Před 5 lety

    A whoisthisgit video two days in a row? Best day ever!

  • @cheryl9809
    @cheryl9809 Před 5 lety +1

    Finally another advance wars video!

  • @deletedTestimony
    @deletedTestimony Před 5 lety +1

    As someone who liked this metal deku scrub enough to play him in multiplayer a bunch:
    -In the first game, his multiplayer stats are actually reduced across the board, making his only beneficial CO ability the power to move normally in all terrain
    -He is also unaffected by rain, which is likely why it mentions he's "weak in the snow" (only weather that affects him properly, removing his main ability)
    -This is probably a subtle joke with the name "Sturm" (storm).

  • @Epicduck72798
    @Epicduck72798 Před 5 lety +7

    My favorite thing about DoR is that the music is so good, Penny's is my favorite.

  • @itsmoggintime
    @itsmoggintime Před 5 lety +5

    Sturm looks like a rejected long Blooper

  • @MrxD-cg5xs
    @MrxD-cg5xs Před 5 měsíci

    I've been watching this video a couple of times now and it's still great.
    And I gotta say one of my favourite parts is your Von Bolt section. It is no secret that he is very disliked by the community, but I feel like your criticisms on him are all fair and warranted. I like him as a character, I play as him a lot on my cartridge and I still agree with everything you said about him, which is not too common. I see many people who go for low blows or only focus on the negatives while ignoring all the things he does well, but I feel like you are being very fair towards him throughout his section.

  • @kuramamastah5270
    @kuramamastah5270 Před 4 lety

    Welp with sturm (both buffed and L size) sure is almost impossible to lose due to the ability to move through any terrain without difficulties plus a super power that will take its time to charge to launch the meteorite, but even so I will always prefer to use grit :D (well except when it's needed the air force) nice video c4bro qlo ^^

  • @lemuuu_senpai3514
    @lemuuu_senpai3514 Před 5 lety

    Thank you Tabitha, very cool!

  • @dreamlndcity
    @dreamlndcity Před 5 lety +9

    Super excited for the vid!

  • @FwippyFwop
    @FwippyFwop Před 5 lety +2

    "I fundamentally disagree with every direction Lub Lub's character has taken."

  • @Meticulix
    @Meticulix Před 5 lety +1

    Just browsing CZcams when I saw Sturm on a video thumbnail...
    I was not disappointed ;)

  • @lordshaodeus1021
    @lordshaodeus1021 Před 5 lety +9

    11:46 Wait, wait, her CO Power is called "Stormfront"? That is an eh, interesting name

    • @DoctorSpacebar
      @DoctorSpacebar Před 5 lety +5

      It summons weather.

    • @corn4618
      @corn4618 Před 3 lety +3

      Sturm-front
      They knew what they were doing lol

  • @kevinabad6699
    @kevinabad6699 Před rokem

    You know what really places Sturm as my best CO, coz to his main Theme... That banger made my day in awe and tragedy

  • @alexandrefillot9600
    @alexandrefillot9600 Před rokem +1

    Caulder is said in the Lore to be the worst asshole of the entire saga, but that's because he killed the Mayor, who held first place before him.

  • @Vampocrat
    @Vampocrat Před 5 lety +1

    Damn, what a way to scare us at the end with that pic of Caulder's creepy face. It's like P.T. all over again.

    • @firepower7017
      @firepower7017 Před 5 lety

      Master Driver Rex What bothers me is that Russian tanks are friends with Democracy and Imperialism?

  • @curtisbrown547
    @curtisbrown547 Před 3 lety +1

    Sturm is just what happens when you put a 40k marine in a anime character strategy video game

  • @namelastname3126
    @namelastname3126 Před 5 lety +26

    Why is this not a boss analysis again?

    • @misterg2216
      @misterg2216 Před 5 lety

      Be Happy

    • @qwerty99846
      @qwerty99846 Před 5 lety +2

      He’s powerful that’s why

    • @JulieLamia
      @JulieLamia Před 4 lety +4

      Because it covers multiple separate characters on multiple games. The archetype persists through the series, but they aren't all the same character or all in one game.

  • @Valrok1870
    @Valrok1870 Před 3 měsíci

    Caulder vs Sturm would be interesting. But then you remember that you have CO meter vs CO radius, permanent radius wins every time. Unless the map is absolutely massive so Sturm can out range with rockets and bombers picking off units outside the radius

  • @randomzombie2901
    @randomzombie2901 Před 3 lety +1

    ol sturm over here got a new look in AW2

  • @ChristopherMoom
    @ChristopherMoom Před 5 lety +21

    2 vids in 24 hours, very nice

  • @WaterBug64
    @WaterBug64 Před 15 dny

    14:41 I think this is a Terra Incognita reference from when the real main antagonist says, “But I am a really scary guy”

  • @1782X
    @1782X Před 3 lety +2

    and now Sturm returns!

  • @EzraM5
    @EzraM5 Před 3 lety

    Caulder isn't that scary, he's just a mad scientist- STARS ABOVE THAT FACE I FORGOT ABOUT THAT

  • @angeryroshea2254
    @angeryroshea2254 Před 5 lety +2

    I have a good idea for a most powerful character in gaming ever.
    *those light green tanks from Wii tank that have super fast bullets that ricochet multiple times*

  • @warioland523
    @warioland523 Před 5 lety +1

    0:42 That guy burped himself to death.

  • @autusticrat
    @autusticrat Před 5 lety

    I'd really like more advance wars videos. This game seems extremely fun

  • @NicoTheCinderace
    @NicoTheCinderace Před 5 lety

    "Pull all five Exodia cards out of his asshole?"
    That made me laugh.

  • @memelordteseo5684
    @memelordteseo5684 Před 5 lety +2

    Imagine if Caulder had “The Power of Money“

    • @firepower7017
      @firepower7017 Před 5 lety +1

      Memelord Teseo Ew enough with that Democracy, if he had the power of Communism, well let's just say a World War would look to favor him more

  • @HighLanderPonyYT
    @HighLanderPonyYT Před 3 lety

    The Exodia joke was top tier.

  • @gabrote42
    @gabrote42 Před 5 lety +2

    Instead of understating this with small compliments, I will just let you fill it yourself. Keep being great.

  • @isssma0
    @isssma0 Před 3 lety +1

    Last advance wars game. That’s about to change!

  • @AndreIsrael43
    @AndreIsrael43 Před 5 lety +1

    Anyone who loves advance wars knows that the first meteor strike they ever took had them shook 😂 sturm is a beast