The Most Powerful Characters In Gaming Ever # 13
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2014
- This series is all about characters in video games who's frightening levels of power in whatever way have left me in complete awe, be it a massive amount of Hit Points, colossal earth-shattering strength, the ability to survive a large boulder landing on their head, etc.
In the thirteenth episode, we take a look at the coolest guy named Ash ever. (Sorry, Ketchum)
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So by doing a bunch of trials you can become a walking debug mode I'm sold
SIGN ME UP!
yeah that sounds like good
These days all you have to do is hit the old tgm.
Yea
sign me right the fuck up
Imagine being the final boss, thinking you're safe and a dude with a chicken suit just one shot stabs you in the back.
i personally think its stars not a chicken suit
@@_Tzer chicken suit
“I am the spy”
That cartoonish clang for when an attack is blocked is amazingly satisfying to hear
Also Vandelier Ash has a green dinner plate for a shield.
@@justas423 which makes it 1000 times better
@@justas423 Looks more like a magical crystal then a dinner plate but alright, you do you
hehe clonk
Ash the Vandalier gives a whole new meaning to "one hit wonder".
*claps* you sir just made my day
Megan Steele I agree with this sentiment.
More like debug mode
“Oops, I’m sorry, Kane, didn’t mean to make you look utterly pathetic!!!”
Forget Kane’s HP goin’ down, his self-esteem went down
Vandalier Ash just whacked Kane's self esteem into the negatives with that back attack.
7:20 OH BOY A POISONOUS BANANA THAT I CANT EAT!!! I ALWAYS WANTED THAT!!!! Please take this highly valuable rare key that i found in return.
True
Let's not talk about the woman who has gave away a family heilroom because she wanted a tan.
He wanted to poison someone.
25:44
I like how after all the other characters are afraid they'll die, all Sara is worried about is her clothes getting wet
xD
stupid stuff
My character have priorities...
its white tho...
A reasonable concern
It took me 6 years of study, but I finally figured out what can defeat vandalier ash.
A big rigs truck reversing
Man, Ash is a living game genie.
And a walking boss shortcut.
Ash does not just break the game...he Vandalizes it!
Joshua Manor ..........got dammit lol
🖕
God damnit, take my goddamn like
You.... I can't even hate this...
Ughh....... Take a like jesus
Heavily Underrated CZcamsrs #1
Today,we'll talk about Whoisthisgit, which is one of the most glory-deserving youtubers on the internet.
fitting screen name then.
Whoisthisgit is the only known gamer to survive the horror of the worst editing tool ever published for seven years, having nearly a thousand videos and a little over 15 thousand subscribers.
Srsly, you're my hero.
lennonluiz0907
I'd argue iMovie is worse than movie maker, but that's personal preference. Movie maker at least let's you manually save.
I think he does more than just Movie Maker. If you look closely, he has some effects in there (like overlays) that you don't get to do in Movie Maker.
Either that, or I'm thinking of something else and I'm tired.
Heavily Underrated CZcamsrs 2
Ceave. This man is our best hope for raiding area 51. He can make anything using a 60 bucks game for a console that is a lump of shit. You gotta respect that. In all seriousness, creating contraptions in a level designer is an ingenious idea, since a game like MM has so much tricks possible to exploit. Ceave is awesome.
Forget the blood geysers I enjoyed the happy "dong" of blocking an attack! It just reminds me that all of the enemy's efforts are useless and you are a badass! HAPPYFACE
Yeah, I didn't really sing the praises of that sound effect in the video, but it's sheer awesomeness.
Kevin
CLANG
I love that shield sound too
Kevin the happy dong
God that sound is so good, kinda like the no damage clank from the fe gba games
Have you, by chance, heard of... Danger Mario?
It's a loadout in Paper Mario 1 and 2 that lowers Mario's Max HP to 5 (using Chet Rippo) and equips him with several badges that power him up while in Danger (5HP or less), making him nigh invincible. 1 had a limited number of badges, but in Thousand-Year Door, you could get pretty ridiculous.
The max BP you could get in the game was 99. By playing at the Pianta Parlor, you could get an infinite number of Power Rush badges, which each cost 1BP and raise Mario's attack by 2 while in danger. This means, with 99 of these badges equipped to Danger Mario with the Ultra Boots, his jump attack deals 201 damage per hit, for a total of 402. His hammer attack will deal 204 damage. Of course, if you do that, Mario still has 5HP and is functionally a glass cannon.
That's where evasion badges come in. One Close Call badge, and Mario's chances of being hit fall to 50%. Two, and it's 33%. Three make 25%, and so on and so forth. Pretty Lucky badges do the same for 1BP more, and those can be stolen from enemies in infinite supply (I'm not sure if Close Call can). With enough of these badges on, though, Mario becomes almost impossible for enemies to make contact with him. AND, on the off chance that they do, the Last Stand badges drop Mario's damage taken by half while in danger. Same formula--two of these badges make him take 1/3 the damage, three 1/4, etc.
That 204 attack damage is enough to one-shot even Bonetail, the most powerful superboss in the game. A little unnecessary. All it takes is maybe five each of Close Call and Last Stand to make Mario nigh invincible, even with 5HP (almost all attacks will deal 1HP), leaving a maximum of 89 Power Rushes for a jump attack damage of 181 x 2, or 362 total. Still enough to KO the Shadow Queen... TWICE. Replace some of those with some Happy Hearts and any slight damage done to Mario will be restored almost immediately. And for the coup de grace, use Power Bounce to get even more jumps in.
Let's look at our final loadout. 82 Power Rushes, 5 Close Calls, 5 Last Stands, 2 Happy Hearts, and 1 Power Bounce. Mario's first Power Bounce (or regular jump attack) still deals 167 damage, still enough to KO the Shadow Queen in one bounce and enough to KO Bonetail with a regular two-hit jump attack. The second Power Bounce will deal 166, then 165, 164, and so on, resulting in THOUSANDS of points of damage in a game where most enemies have about 10HP. Enemies only have a 1-in-6 chance of hitting Mario, and any attack with an attack power of less than 9 will only do 1HP in damage anyway. 9+ power attacks will deal 2 damage. All of this damage will be fixed within a turn after it's dealt, making Mario effectively immortal.
If that's not overkill, then I don't know what is. I would quite enjoy seeing this in video form, fellow Paper Mario enthusiast.
Sorry for the late reply. I've never tried Danger Mario before, but it sounds like a lot of fun t do. I might cover it some day.
whoisthisgit 10:33 Sorry to be a math geek, but it's *only* 55 more HP, not 65.
That danger Mario thing sounds pretty cool.
Also, from looking at the comments section, any plans to do any Disgaea videos? If so I will watch them when released, but you don't have to if you don't want to. Either way is fine.
*****
He's not unbeatable; it's just very unlikely, and can only happen during the scripted period where you can't damage the Shadow Queen. He's basically invincible against any other enemy, presuming he attacks first.
I think my personal load would be 9 Last Stand, 5 Close Call, maybe a few others since I've never played Paper Mario, and 80 Power Rush.
+Xelrog T. Apocalypse
let's get dangerous
With a wordless cry, Ash plunges the Vandal Heart into the body of his hated enemy. Kane screams in agony as the light of the Vandelier slowly destroys his body, cleansing it of the darkness holding it together dissolving it into nothing.
"ASH!" he screams, his face half dissolved and breaking down even more. "I HATE YOU! YOU DESTROYED EVERYTHING I LOVE! I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU... IN THE GATES OF HELL!"
With a final cry that echoes through the battlefield, the mad Kane finally disappears from this world, his body dissolving into nothing. Ash stares at the empty space where his rival once stood, the fact that he finally ended the life of the crazed murderer that was once his comrade not giving him an ounce of satisfaction.
"I didn't destroy anything you loved Kane," Ash says softly, a small hint of pity and sadness overtaking him. "You did."
k beutiful i cri evritim
+ES21007 n den ash pewped in hez ermur n hi cri liek an bby XDDDDDDdDDddDD!1!!!11!11!one!1111!3-2!1!!!1
+Squiddy Dash u should resprekt es420 epic tale of the d cane and stop leaving dank comments
He then gained 3 experience points.
Calvin Anderson
Like I said: No. Satisfaction. At all.
Like, Christ, if he weren't standing in your way he wouldn't even be worth the effort.
ASH... I HATE YOU!!!
YOU DESTROYED
EVERYTHING I LOVE!
I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU
IN THE GATES OF HELL!!
...
You got 3 experience points.
TheDiego908 "Oops, sorry, Kane, didn't mean to make you look utterly pathetic!"
(gains 3 EXP)
HA
Dat blocking sound.
Bulbasaurdude bink
*Berserk Clanging in the distance*
Kakashi Hatake
**Lights are seen on the horizon, the clanging becoming more fierce**
Any enemy: (Breaths)
Vandalier Ash: I WILL FUCKING DESTROY YOUR BLOODLINE!!!
22:57 This is the equivalent of yelling "I CAST FIST!".
From what I remember, I think Vandalier Ash has a guaranteed chance to block whenever attacked from the front
4:35 “Neglect him at your peril” now I know you speak from experience
Being able to three-hit thr final boss definitely makes you the most one of the powerful gaming characters.
Laughs in binding blade
Dear...God...
That Vandalier is a god!!! Now life is complete for players who upgraded Ash.
Good lord I'm reliving the flashbacks of broken Vandalier Ash was. This game is amazing and so are you for showcasing it. Absolutely outstanding there chap
Vandelier Ash vs Kirby would be an interesting matchup.
The main question is if Kirby can eat his attacks…
I'm kinda sad you didn't comment on how you can kill Kane before he can transform into his dark knight version. Great to see those old game get some love though.
Complete a few challenges for what is essentially Super Ultra Debug Cheat Code Mode? Hell yes.
23:00 It is possible that in the data, there are only spells : The ones you can learn the classic way, the enemy-reserved one and of course, those that will be binded to items. And to be respectful of "items doesn't use MP to cast", they cost zero MP to use.
So when you tell the program to give someone access to all spells in the game, it won't discriminate. Maybe they didn't expect the program to run that way?
i have a feeling they knew Vandalier Ash would be this ridiculous...why else would they lock him until the final maps of the game
@@gypsysprite4824 And behind easily miss-able secret items, which without guides or a video like this I doubt you would even know what those items would do without all thise info.
i love it when games let you find superpowered items or abilities that make you character a killing machine, it really feels like you have reached the very top
The look and feel in this game is so well made. The gameplay system where the progresses are kind of permanent and tied to the storyline is actually smart, engaging, and intense.
The anticipation you feel when hitting the enemy or being hit. The sensation of terror the enemy causes you at every moves they made.
It is so good.
I want to repeat the game again, but I need a playstation now
I think this guy is the most powerful out of all the characters in this series, he is literally a *walking debug menu*
I've always loved Vandal Hearts since I was a kid and have played through it and beaten it numerous times. It wasn't until like my 6th or 7th time playing it though that I found out about all of the secret battles and the Vandalier form for Ash. Props for making this video, m8.
Awesome! My childhood was with a Vandal Hearts too, but the second game hahah :D
Well Ash, I think you'd do well in Fire Emblem.
Just don't pick a fight with Fargus.
Zeus killer productions Fargus will mess you up with his Killer Axe.
Then again,Vandalier Ash was pretty much able to clean up the rest of the game by his lonesome.
That would be an interesting match to say the least, eh?
But Ash has a sword! And he can spam Plasma Wave over and over! And he can replenish his HP and MP. For 0 MP.
Filip Melzacki True. But killing Fargus is a non-standard game over, seeing as he's the only person who can get you to the Dread Isle in time.
But Ash doesn't have any business on Dread Isle :3
But it's Fire Emblem, you decided to put him on it, so you have to do things you do in Fire Emblem!
That goes beyond being Disgaea OP ... into being god mode Debug mode OP!
Good grief...
Summed it up perfectly! lol
But now I feel like playing Disgaea D2!
*****
Disgaea D2 Baal wouldn't be a pushover though. He starts permenently nullifying specific attacks after being hit once (including normal and counter attacks). And has SIX forms in a row to defeat.
Luckily, Ash Vandelier has a lot of spells to cast...
MrEvilbyte I know about Baal, I saw him myself...
His is the single most powerful Superboss I have *ever* seen in my video gaming history...
disgaea.wikia.com/wiki/Baal
For anyone who wants to read about him.
Ash Vandelier versus Baal would be a good match.....The problem is you have to reincartnate alot of times at level 9999 in disaega d2 and then get to it again to be able to even match baal, AND for somereason, Baal can attack you right as you spawn, Its unfair if your gonna try to beat him at a low level, And hes max level all the time, Most rpgs have a certain 999 or 100 level limit, But since Ash at this form can cast ANY item and ANY spell including that devastating Plasma Wave it could be either winning, They both have advantages.
Robert Stotlar Ash the Vandelier + Disgea = Multiply all of those stats by like 99999
YES! Vandalier Ash breaks the game open like an egg. It makes me want to pick this up and play it again.
I loved Vandal Hearts, but then again because the enemies' levels were scaled to only Ash's, you could at one specific level overpower the game immensely, to where one specific fight where you're meant to escape rather than directly fight the bad guys could be dealt with through actual combat. Love whenever people acknowledge Vandal Hearts in any capacity.
lmao, lets see how the new and improved kane can take a back attack? sounds a little.... *spicy*
I mean he got fucked hard in this video.
Am I the only person in the world who actually likes Vandalier Ash's outfit?
I think it looks pretty awesome. Way cooler than his other outfits.
I like it.
I feel like it resembles Griffith's demon form from Berserk
it looks like armor made of bent sunlight and fire, intended only for the highest servant of God himself, so yeah
I think there is fewer people that don't like his Vandalier suit.
As powerful as Vandalier Ash may be, he cannot destroy thy almighty 16-Bit Block!
Vandalier Ash: Eh? What did you say? I was busy destroying some weird block with the words 16-Bit on it.
Ash: I wasted a whole decade doing it. What a lame and boring enemy to fight.
Bacon Mage well crap.....lets see if you can..... *summons tobi* BEAT OBITO UCHIHA/TOBI AND THE BIJUUS!!!!!!!!!!!
How about a super saiyan blue xenoverse 2 oc lvl 99
@@user-os6gb9bq5v me(xenoverse): really funny really funny........
My god that is that most beautiful thing I have ever seen, srpg's can be seriously frustrating sometimes something like that is just too awesome
Yeah, even Final Fantasy Tactics does have these frustrating moments.
Diego is apparently happy about _everything_ that happens, lol...
I adore this game and I literally had no idea that Ash Lambert could upgrade his class a third time! This was a pleasure to watch, thank you for making this video for this under appreciated game. Konami was a good video game company back during the time this game was made, they are nothing like this now.
You know its a good day, when you favorite CZcamsr uploads a Video...
Great video here! I appreciate all the time that went into making the different scenarios of each attack with the Vandalier. Nice ending too by the way - always wondered how that would look.
I don’t think that the vandalier Armor looks strange. In fact, I think it makes him look like one of the Ra’s disciples, or just a set of Armor that looks like the winged dragon of ra.
Vivian and Admiral Bombery are the two strongest characters of Paper Mario: 1000 year door, even if Vivian is the third highest Heart Points behind Admiral Bombery and Madam Flurrie, but Vivian is the second strongest character to do heavy damage against almost all enemies, except for fire based enemies, such as Embers, however she can use items such as Ice Attack on fire based enemies for some damage.
One of my favorite games as well. I remember stepping on that switch for the first time and killing everyone. I was quite surprised. I wish Konami would bring the series back.
0:47 Meet Fire Emblem! The rule-breaker! I'm looking STRAIGHT at you, Roy! And Eirika, and Lyn, and Eliwood, and Micaiah, and Marth, and sadly no one else, but that's still half the lords.
Your videos are so cool... I love to watch them when im bored :D
Same.
Dang, this is certainly interesting information to learn after all these years of playing.
after watching this i downloaded a psx emulator and started playing this, best decision i have made since cave story.
I'm trying to re-discover that link I found those many long years ago to get a working PS1 emulator.
I also realize the BOIS are technically illegal to own, but I read through the stuff, and technically, I CAN use the BIOS's because I still own a working PS1.
At least, this is according to how I've interpreted this.
And kudos for the Cave Story.
@@jacobdagun3670 Well, now you have access to the PlayStation Classic. There's your loophole.
Sure wish I could've watched this earlier before being inactive for about 5 days. Oh well, its nice to see another video about the strongest characters. :D
Vandalier Ash's insane offence and defense in a tactics game reminds me of Cidolfus Orlandeau from Final Fantasy Tactics.
The montage of blocking attacks is just to show how comedically out of place the blocking sound effect actually is. It sounds like Bugs Bunny hit Yosemite Sam with a Frying Pan, and I like it. It's funny.
Why is Ash's helmet gem green in the video but red in the thumbnail?
That is one powerful mofo
Another great video man, keep it up
Tabletops wouldn't be tabletops without ash,Clint,Diego and grog
Don't forget the blood spurt
Damn, how amazing! I played this game when I was a kid, I'm 35 now. I was listening to the OST and I came across this video and this finding about Ash overpower. Hahaha, amazing! Thanks!
So... what I'm getting is you do a bunch of stupid shit, and, as a reward, you win a legitimate invincibility cheat.
Sounds nice.
I'll always respect this channel, Vandal Hearts are for strong hearts.
God I would love this to come to switch... Loved this and the second one!
Thanks for showing me this game ^^
Even though I have to say these examining of Squares seems very random but it is an old Game and I think Not so necessary for Ash than Lex' Brave Axe of FE4 for example.
Also if you're looking for another great SRPG I highly recommend you "Stella Glow" for the 3DS. It has a great Story but can be a bit slow in the beginning. But you should definitly check it out.
I've been curious about checking this game out recently, and I'd have to say I'm definitely playing it now.
I doubt Vandalier Ash would be a match for the 16-Bit Block.
Plasma Wave fires enough shots to take it down,
Well, 16-bit block just has a lot of defense. Ash here has a lot of attack *and* defense. Then again, 16-bit block has 65536 HP. So I think they're both around the same power.
However, Ash is definitely more broken as he can go from 1 HP and no MP to full of both in a single turn.
I think he looks more like a yellow Dragoon.
Yea
Everything about that was satisfying. Also, playing as a character that you can make to be overpowered is insanely fun.
The Black Knight Kane boss theme reminds me of One-Winged angel...
Git, you are a truly outstanding CZcamsr. :3
You explained it very well
I remember the trials and I missed a key but still completed the game. I had to redo the game to see this version of ash and I wasn't disappointed lol
man wearing a funny chicken suit becomes messiah of power creep
Yep. Ash is the most OP character in gaming. No questions.
this guy is the reason i played vandal hearts and became my favorite game of all time
I wonder how long this took players to discover...you'd pretty much have to examine every last square of every last battleground to discover these weird hidden objects. Never underestimate the patience of gamers!
And some characters gave you some hints. It didn't take too long, in 1997 we already had guides for this online. Never underestime the patience of walkthrough creators. If they can make a 100% Ephemeral Fantasia on the Ps2, they can complete anything.
Cristiano Hehe, I often forget just how life-changing the internet was when it first became a thing. As a kid I think I spent YEARS trying to finish LoZ: Second Quest.
The tiles are pretty easy to spot. Every map has a special tile, usually marked by a single tile that stands out. Sometimes you get a potion, others you get one of those treasures.
Vandalier Ash & Fargus VS The Thief & 16-Bit Block
Who would win?
thats an interesting match but i think the thief would win because he can steal stuff and has infinite (or almost infinite) hitpoints
***** Besides, Fargus has the Killer Axe. not fun at all.
Wait...Does 16-bit block have as many HP as how many pixel he is made of?
I never got around to playing Vandal Hearts but have heard excellent things about it! RIP CLASSIC GOLD!
wait till ash discovers what death holes are in platformers
Now this is the channel where I find good lesser known games
Nice vids man
I First thought ash in the thumbnail was some sort of secret boss from Streets of Rage series
20:45
OH GOD, THE AGONYYY!!! THE AGONYYYYY-*just kidding, dunce. bonk*
I'm pretty sure you can keep replaying the trials if you don't get the prism, in fact its the only way you can grind. However as I recall you get next to no xp and only 10 gold for each enemy in the trial, so you will want to use healing spells and items if you want to level in any reasonable time, they give xp each time. Also the game isn't hard so you probably shouldn't grind.
i remember using the old trick to max level huxley and the other caster chick. and then got ash vandalier and made him give huxley an herb or other item. lv50 vandalier is so broken i didn't even realize i could cast items. plasma wave all day.
The reason why all spell available? He turn into a God in the story or Developer team just wanted to congratulate all player who got the troublesome Vandalier job
Loved your video about Vandal Hearts's levels then I found this one too :D
It's amazing the similarities and differences about the Vandal Hearts in the First and the second game (my favorite SRPG ever!). In Vandal Hearts 2, you need to get the 7 Prisms as well, however here they're just buried around the world, you don't pass through a trial (but need to pass through really annoying secret battles! hahaha), also the lore for Vandal Hearts (the sword) is different, here it was created by St Nirvath, the messiah of Vandal Hearts 2, and so you need to get all the 7 prisms in order to open Nirvath's gate and receive the Vandal Hearts. Sadly the Vh sword isn't all that powerful here compared to Vandalier Ash :( The producers really tried to make things more difficult and assure that you won't have a 1 hit kill character around hahahah cx.
Just checked now, the Vandal Hearts attacking value in the second game is 135, Ash has a more powerful sword hahahah (poor Joshua!).
THE LEGGENDARY CHICKEN MAN
I played thid game sience the original release date and probably beat this game 3 or 4 times untill i knew vandalier class existed, then back in 2003 or 2004 i found a text file in the internet that explained were to get the keys for that class, doing the secret dungeons and getting the prism was not an easy task even as an experience VH player.
Ok if we assume that the powers of the chicken suit are as follows
-Unlimited MP
-Access to all spells/abilities within the source game
-Unlimited items
-Stats equivalent to all the upsides of all other ingame armor
-Power levels comparable to a heavily overleveled character
What character would be strongest if they could wield it?
Darius was the fucking Achilles Heel of the game. That dude had the HP and Def of a mouse. Most of the time I just put him somewhere safe and hidden so he wouldnt die and take my gold with him at the end of the battles.
Hahaha let's not forget the endgame battle "tactics" once you get Ash to a Vandalier: Plasma wave, life orb, plasma wave, life orb...oh I guess I didn't need to move a single character to win this one, sorry Dolph, did that hurt?
Vandal Hearts was so slept on, one of my favorite games ever
He is so powerfull that one game wasn t enough, he also appears at VH2, maybe is a way to tell Joshua (main char from VH2) at the end of the game...
"Continue that way my boy, when you grow up MAYBE you can have a chance of beating me in battle"
Most of those front attacks Ash receives as a Vandalier at this point (starting at 20:30) could just be a Dean Ambrose/Jon Moxley Nope compilation, lol.
Do more Vandal Hearts videos.
I prefer to keep Ash as a Paragon, since the Vandalier is so broken 😆
Ah, nostalgia. Not from the game, I never knew about it until I watched this vid.
I discovered the Vandalier on my own back in high school when I was crazy about the game. Ever since, I've been praying for a Gameshark code to let me play as him from the beginning of the game. I'll buy a pizza for the man who hacks that code.
You can always look up something like "Vandal Hearths AR cheat codes"
I did the math on how often Vandalier Ash will block using how many times he blocked and didn't block during Git's playthrough of Chapter 6 as shown in this video;
(26 / 100 = 0.26 20 blocks / 0.26 = 76.9)
Ash can block attacks 3/4 of the time. Damn.
Weird math. I just do 100(20/26)=76.92%
That woman just deadass gave a random guy their family heirloom just because he cleared her tanning area
When you said that the strongest character in an SRPG tends to be the main character, does the Avatar from some of the Fire Emblem games count? Due to how you can set the Avatar's main stat and flaw stat, it's very easy to make a stupidly powerful unit at the start of the game.
My Tactician in Awakening is BEYOND overpowered; her raw Magic and Strength pretty much allow her to 1-shot just about ANYthing, and she only gets hit very rarely.
And it gets better with Robin's child character, Morgan; s/he will inherit ALL of Robin's skills, is very easy to recruit, and more.
And by having Robin marry Chrom, Morgan ALSO learned Rightful King, which increases the activation of skills by 10%.
Ignis has a chance of adding half of the Str or Mag values to the other (1/2 Str to Mag, 1/2 Mag to Str) and it's activation is %= Skill stat. Ignis is pretty much a near guaranteed kill, and if by chance the enemy DOES survive, they won't be standing for long.
Morgan's skill: 29
Ignis activation chance: 29%
Rightful King: +10% Chance
Ignis activation chance: 39%
Put Morgan with Nah, his Rank S support (in my run, anyway) and it's +6 skill stat.
Ignis activation chance: 45%
Sorry if I went on a rant, but I was just pointing something out.
Yes, the avatar definitely counts, in fact, I'd argue he/she is a bit too powerful. I finished the game on Lunatic, Classic without any side help, (No Spotpass teams, no renown rewards, etc.) and by the end of the game, the only characters I were using were the (female) avatar, Morgan, Chrom, Lucina and Olivia. The avatar and Morgan practically did all the work, I only built Chrom and Lucina's levels because I needed them for the last boss, and Olivia's dance just made the avatar and Morgan devastate the enemies even quicker. As powerful as Vandalier Ash is, you can only use him at the end of the game, and only if you take part in a difficult sidequest. (I wish there was a New Game+ mode where Ash started the game as a Vandalier)
Holy shit man, that's impressive. :D
Also, this may have been said, but IMO, I think that Elizabeth (Persona 3) and the Demi-Fiend (DDS boss version) are perfect candidates for either this series or Boss Analysis. Again, just my opinion.
Spotpass teams aren't helping much, since on Lunatic they only give 1 EXP per kill.
Also, you could marry a first-gen char to have two Morgans. Not like two Grandmasters weren't broken enough.
That reminds me. Did you use Anna's shops and weapon bonus tiles? 'Cause I'm about to finish a similar run (second to last chapter), but was unable to beat Tiki paralogue when it first unlocked without upgraded as hell Brave Bow from secret seller. And those things are considered unfair, just as Bosus Box and DLCs.
Kajuker I think I did, but I probably could have beaten it without them. The way I saw it, it was fine to use anything that would've have been available from a first-time playthrough, and without any features that were gradually added online for a few months after the game's release. (I was also able to beat a few of the random Risen and got a ton of extra EXP from it, but they're so powerful on Lunatic mode, I think it was well deserved)
whoisthisgit Dunno about Risen encounters though. I managed to beat a Barbarian one on map with forts (Ch. 3 map) as early as chapter 6, with only Robin and A-support Chrom. You break a lot of weapons there, true, but you also earn some invaluable exp. points. Not to mention, that before completing Chapter 4, those guys are quite manageable, without crazy endgame levels and forged weapons.