Asmongold Fights FFXIV's HARDEST EXTREME BOSS: King Thordan

MINIMUM ITEM LEVEL AND NO ECHO! Asmongold faces the hardest Extreme Trial ever in Final Fantasy 14, The Minstrel's Ballad: Thordan's Reign. Family is ready to raid, let the raging begin!...
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[@Soma_Chronicles]

I hated his chat during this fight. They were being so nasty to some of the people in the raid; most notably the healers and black mage. They did not understand the fact that they're sprouts, never completed the trial and were infront of 65000 people. Be nice, you weirdos.

[@lucylu3342]

Not to mention the people in chat telling someone to swap to RDM for res despite RDM not having a res at the level cap this fight has

[@Lunamana]

Even if they weren't sprouts it's a hard fight. Also, chat loves blaming healers for whatever reason when most of the healers asmon has played with have been pretty damn good. People just don't understand that a DPS can screw up 20 times in a fight and still avoid taking responsibility for anything because they're not essential but when a healer screws up even once it's very noticable. People just have to be patient and wait for people to learn the mechanics Which is something healers have to do ALL the time. I can't even tell you the amount of times people die to the same mechanic over and over but nobody complains because that person is a dps and not a healer, we're humans too, we can screw up, just let us learn the mechanics without complaining every 2 seconds.

[@electrogonorhea]

There's always gonna be angsty little kids on big streamers channels, just ignore them like asmon.

[@TheRockMouse]

The worst part is they kept yelling at the AST to change sects, even though diurnal with WHM is COMPLETELY valid. Overall it has higher heal potency and is therefore arguably better. None of their wipes were because they didnt have 'muh shields'. Pissed me off so much.

[@wzx6x6z6w]

They are called Mentor Chat for a reason.

[@olympicllama5632]

The soundtrack to this fight is on another level

[@sunayocarissime5309]

ikr. When me and my old static used to have this on farm, normal mind you, one of my old friends would say, "its like you're fighting the Anti-Christ with the Lance of Longinus in the middle of Vatican City."🤣

[@brandonforrester7342]

just wait till he fights fucking sephirot, the fiend soundtrack is on another level.

[@rinnnnnnnnnnrin]

@@brandonforrester7342 i really hope we get more demonic songs in endwalker, especially with the theming

[@rizzzzzza4643]

I play this fight on extreme all the time just for the epicness and the goddamn music. Easily one of my top 5 boss fights in MMO’s, and maybe just gaming in general.

[@Kanamon22]

@@rinnnnnnnnnnrin We will see cause IMO every soundtrack for every trial is spot on

[@Zeg_VT]

It should be noted that Evelyn survived that raid swipe attack with just 460 HP and almost no MP left after a frame-perfect Medica II cast which was the reason she survived. She then casted Stone III at the end. For those not familiar with FF XIV and its skills/spells, WHM spells have the highest DPS output of all healers and also higher than most tanks, which is why the boss' HP pretty much skipped the 0.1% mark and Asmon did not quite call it like with 0.5& and below before that. By the end of it, Dom was at half health with no death save available. It is safe to say that without Evelyn's last hit, Dom alone would have died to the very next mechanic coming. This was, by all means, a Dom+Evelyn clutch the likes which we will not see again soon.

[@NaldzHobbySide]

wOw.. 😮

[@wzx6x6z6w]

I love how the healers in FF are taking a much more important role than those in WOW, a single healer saving the entire fight, you don't see that shit happening in wow except in bfa cinematics.

[@andylawlzz]

whm is weaker at 60, and definitely not stronger than a gnb

[@aluralovell6829]

@@andylawlzz Well they did say most not all, plus gnb is 3 dps in a trench coat, so that isn't fair 😆

[@Hydra3237]

@@wzx6x6z6w Well I as a healer in Legion Tomb of Sargeras at the first Boss, the main tank and me are the last ones alive and we managed to kill it together. It was pretty epic, so healers in WoW can save entire fights too

[@TheNightofWalpurgis666]

Proof that Dominic Toretto never leaves family behind, with Evelyn backing him up.

[@stayfrnds3701]

"Im gonna let Jesus take the wheel...." "He Crashed" Best god damn line (Edit: Timestamp 8:30)

[@TheRevivedKishin]

I loved this so goddamn much Lol.

[@RPGLuni]

8:30

[@chunkydumper6156]

Jesus is a healer, not a tank.

[@FarikoWishless]

@@chunkydumper6156 Fuckin crying 😂

[@fivesevenandtwo7828]

Chat: "Wow, this took hours! I can't believe it took him that long!" Alexander Gordias Savage: "You scrubs have no idea what's coming, do you?"

[@fivesevenandtwo7828]

@Jay Bee I don’t doubt Asmon will be able to clear it and it’s absolutely easier now; he’ll be fine. I’m laughing at how poorly chat seems to grasp the time investment for raid content and makes judgement calls about how the guy is doing from that position of ignorance.

[@DeadEye364]

He shall know the fear of Faust

[@Exaltable]

@@DeadEye364 probably not stat squishes and gear scaling from post expansions makes Faust a joke

[@KrisKris1190]

@@fivesevenandtwo7828 editing doesn’t help either, videos in general are bad in addition to the fact it’s old content, sure he’s going minimum item level and no echo but the mechanical functions and literal skills have changed since heavensward plus as someone mentioned the boses have been attuned and fixed so they do less than original but it’s as close as it can be without unpatching and it still took 21 tries which to be fair for someone who’s got absolutely nothing better to do and lives to stream is no bueno

[@warlockwarlord169]

@@KrisKris1190 Get over yourself lol

[@FFXIV_Story_Videos_Deutsch]

Funfact: There is a reason behind beeing designed at a higher difficulty compared to other trials. Many raidgroups in this time struggled to get over the add phase of living liquid (pepsi man) in that time because lacking in DPS. So this trial got designed for savage raidgroups, while all other trials are meant to be a middleground between casual and savage content. The weapons that dropped in this trial had best in slot substats for all jobs. These weapons were meant to be a little help for all the Savage groups that were stuck at Living liquid. This was the first and onliest time they did something like this in the game.

[@nasch3391]

a3s a4s was gear check, thats why it took a month+ until world first, since there was no crafted gear atm. imagine the best group needed that long even used sac strat for the manipulator. and the rest playerbase just suffer from static disband etc lol

[@GrimoireM]

A4S world first barely used the sac strat. They were at 3% when the third pentacle came through and they did the suicide tech for it then but actually used DPS LB3 earlier in the fight. Sac strat relies on Healer LB3 for that third pentacle in particular so you can clear the resource hurdle of the rest of the fight.

[@joeyriddle428]

@@GrimoireM I believe you😐😐😐😐😐

[@rizzttv7791]

Pepsi man also better known as Static Breaker.

[@TheUltimateBystander]

@@nasch3391 people mainly started adopting the sac strat because the actual method of handling the mechanics was difficult as heck. I'm not sure exactly how it compares to ulti mechs (since I haven't done it sync'd for so long), but I'm sure A4S nisi juggling was just as hard.

[@209Diskence]

Dom really is the guy who never let's family down. This dude has the thickest plot armor possible. Love it

[@wzx6x6z6w]

At this point we don't even need a 10th sequel of Fast & Furious anymore.

[@HoodeloodumGAME]

Favourite pastime is watching old FF streams for another hundred times whilst Asmon is forever returning in 'a week or two'

[@CanYouResistClick1ng]

He's officially coming back

[@FinalStand7]

@@CanYouResistClick1ng sadly its not the same, i would like to be wrong

[@whateverawesome]

Stil here, waiting

[@juansegutierrez6662]

Same man, these were so much fun

[@isevery]

Dont forget he's gonna clear all the ultimates! He said he would before... *checks notes...* Endwalker releases? Hm, strange.

[@mortalthinker2945]

“The faster the boss dies, the less damage he does” Epic Raid Advice

[@tofutomatosauce3307]

King Thordan: *kill everyone except Dom and a healer Dom: "You don't do that to my family" *shotgun click

[@corpsecandy2076]

Before asmon started 14 : He's ight. After starting 14: Oooo, new asmon video.

[@brentsta]

That's how I felt about him before and after WoW classic (vanilla)

[@PersonalGoliath]

Ahhahahah this is mee

[@vielara]

The highlights from his FFXIV and D&D streams are basically my new favorite webseries.

[@Acorn10]

Truth. Doesn't even matter if the video is FFXIV-related.

[@Xadaj127]

"He's hitting me for half health already?! Shit." Welcome to the real game, Asmon. ;D

[@mrmasoon260]

Facts 🤣

[@marcelficoul3618]

he is not really hard to be honest ... the proof, they did that at 7 players and one spoiled kid

[@rahim6273]

@@marcelficoul3618 who's the spoilt kid?

[@marcelficoul3618]

@@rahim6273 Asmon , the kid who wants to clean HL content with expert players and to be main tank ... thanks daddy sea lion is here to save him

[@LaCeiba1924]

@@marcelficoul3618 it definitely helps that some players know the fight already and that the chat is telling him what to do. Also, I imagine that the cuts in the video in between attempts were spent talking about what went wrong. Asmongold also has raiding experience from other games that transfers over. Sometimes he also watches a guide before streaming. It’s the perfect mix to be able to clear things within a couple hours. Lots of people, particularly those with statics or free companies, cleared this content the day it was released, but casual players, which make up the bulk of the community, struggled with it. Extreme fights are the bridge between casual players who just do easy mode in the main story and serious players who farm savage content with their statics. Some fights have also been nerfed on purpose, while others got nerfed indirectly. They tweak the jobs every expansion, so the skills and abilities you had in 2015/2016 are not exactly the same as the ones we have in 2021. Compared to the average casual / semi casual player, he’s beating fights a heck of a lot faster. Most of the difficulty in these scripted fights actually comes from people making mistakes and having to adjust around it. When you get a party of casuals going in blind, it can get pretty messy.

[@rob4290]

I'm loving him doing these both because Asmon is honestly enjoying the game to its fullest, and he's showing people who might never have considered they could do these fights for real that they actually can if they just work at it like everyone else does. I wonder how many of those sprouts never would've considered doing at-level progression content if they didn't join because Asmongold offered up a group. I hope some of them go on to really enjoy raiding.

[@lemstryZ]

Everyone knows its possible, as long as everyone communicates and is dedicated, it's possible. Is anyone actually going to do it outside of Asmond and other streamers? Hell fucking no. As a "sprout" myself that is currently about to finish stormblood and beat all the raids and trials so far, NO one wants to play synced content. Ffxiv community avoids synced like the plague. People would leave my party finder instantly finding out I'm trying to do synced

[@LomiKo]

I'd never consider doing raids outside my FC, I play healer and know I'll fuck up a bunch of times. My FC is full of new people, including myself, so it would be a much better time. Outside of dying a lot of times of course

[@PsyFurion]

@@lemstryZ Must just be your server because thats not what i came across on the Light servers. Sure it takes a while to fill up, maybe like 30 mins, but PF extreme trials and even Coils always had people willing to do it. I mean the 1st big one i finished was Twintania milvl, silenced echo...

[@scrapox217]

I seriously want to try doing these but I don't even know where to start because I am not all that good at the game so the learning curve would be pretty steep and I don't want to drag down 7 other players with me, if there even were 7 other players willing to do these trials synced.

[@Finn3h]

Extreme content has been my favorite thing to so so far as a newish player

[@ZackstaDaxta]

Thordan honestly feels like a Savage, he's fucking nuts.

[@Zoeila]

it was balanced to be inbetween a2s and a3s

[@steweygrrr]

@@Zoeila To be fair there's a bloody big difference between A2S and A3S in terms of difficulty. It is honestly pretty hard though, even with 3 ilvl 450ish level 80s a few months ago it was pretty rough when I did it when helping farm birbs. Fun fight though, phase 3 was interesting when at one point it was just my GNB soloing his last 20% hp.

[@everyonethinksyoureadeathm5773]

This fight and Nidhogg ex were by far the two best Extremes in 3.0. They were nuts and your dps had to be on point. Thordan has a mechanic that every time you died, it buffed the boss so even now, if you're not careful he still hurts. This fight was fun back in 3.0, still fun to this day. It may have been slightly easier now with the different toolkits for the classes, and no TP. But Thordan is no joke at min ilvl.

[@Zoeila]

@@everyonethinksyoureadeathm5773 why is sephirot so often overlooked? Imo its on par with those two

[@Mortal_Indeed]

@@Zoeila yeah, cant wait for ex triads

[@sunloki2578]

When the sprouts asked for markers during fight asmon responded "if you want markers go back to kindergarten." Lol

[@mokler4760]

13:48 dinossaurs watching the meteors be like:

[@zrkled5645]

LMAO

[@lostboi8825]

This the comment bruh hahaa

[@grizzlyadams917]

I don't foresee Asmond getting either a solo PoTD or Ultimate cleared before Endwalker, which is fine. But if he's only at Thordan EX, there's ALOT of content and EX fights to still clear.

[@Nothing03178]

How long do it usually take to kill Thordan EX for a normal player perspective?

[@DanaTYang]

@@Nothing03178 normal player when a new ex fight comes out it’s usually expected to take 1-5days to clear if you are doing it with random people (often times your progress will reset due to others having to learn parts you already know). With a static party usually a day or 3, depending if there are guides already out or not.

[@grizzlyadams917]

@@Nothing03178 It honestly depends on the competency of the entire party. That and whether or not you're syncing the fight, having echo, etc. From an average player's perspective, I'd say most people go through a couple of lockouts before they get their first clear on most Extreme Trials.

[@dlvarcade9729]

@@Nothing03178 most normal players probably haven’t even cleared Thordan EX without unsync , tbh. It was really tough on launch and I’m guessing most players just didn’t do it.

[@DawnAfternoon]

@@wrathava Not Thordan and Sephirot EX; those were made back in the days where Extremes were savage level, and oh boy do they not hold back one bit back then.

[@CitizenSniiiips]

This trial aged asmon a few years.

[@1Piecer]

Not as much as WOW

[@AlexK-sk4qb]

Now hes 40

[@Tevikolady]

This is the first fight where you have to resolve 3-4 mechanics at once, and sometimes, its up to 6 (3 on half the group and 3 on another) Literally saying: "I can't see shit" is the mantra of this fight. Just so much stuff happening at once.

[@godsendmusic5911]

Just did it today and a lot happening at once is exactly what I said

[@electrogonorhea]

When Ser Zephirin started charging up his light spear and said "You shall fall, as did your ally!" I felt that 😞 15:48

[@SwashBuccaneer]

F

[@Tevikolady]

I hate that we don't really get revenge for our ally even in this. I wanna personally split Zephirin's face in two

[@Kitsune10060]

@@Tevikolady agreed

[@CountArtorias]

If they're smart they will put it in the ultimate

[@SilverNightbane]

@@Tevikolady The closest you get to that is the DRK's level 70 job quest...

[@LyviannaXIV]

Another fun fact, this is going to be the next ultimate, so we see it again even harder soon

[@CHOASMAGEE]

My body isn't ready but my heart sure is.

[@GodMeowMix]

Is there a source for that? Genuinely interested.

[@danpamintuan9817]

@@GodMeowMix It was actually delayed, they planned 2 Ultimate encounters per expac so we were supposed to get two for Shadowbringers but only got TEA because of Covid. There are screenshots of the fight floating around. Knights of the Round Ultimate will be released in 6.1 (the first major patch in Endwalker).

[@denzelvilliers]

@@danpamintuan9817 The Main Boss for the next Ultimate it's Nidhogg, not Thordan.

[@ridleyroid9060]

@@denzelvilliers it was christened the dragonsong ultimate, so unless some translation error is afoot, it will likely have both.

[@RaddyC]

This was amazing to watch. It’ll be interesting to see him attempt on Pepsiman savage. That fight literally destroyed the raiding scene

[@gdextrosion1012]

Nah dude that fights fun A4S is the one that almost killed raiding in FF14

[@tiawen1945]

back when it was current content a3s destroyed our static , we couldn't pass the dps check and then they started "optimising" (meaning telling you wich class to play) and then we fell apart. Sad times.

[@evenflow714]

Well he beat Pepsiman

[@tiawen1945]

@@evenflow714 yea it sux though that its nerfed :( i really wished there was a way to do it pre nerf like an option to click but i know its not possible

[@WrangleMcDangle]

18:17 hate to break to you asmon but a .333 batting average is a hall of fame career

[@ruukinen]

That's basically always at least hitting the ball when you go on the pitch/never getting struck out. At least on average.

[@WrangleMcDangle]

@@ruukinen its getting a hit in 3/10 at-bats, which is very good

[@jamesddiii1292]

@@WrangleMcDangle .333 is 3/10?

[@ruukinen]

@@WrangleMcDangle No shit. And pitchers have to give you three attempts so on average he never gets struck out cause he at least hits a valid ball into the field in those attempts.

[@OmegaTheShadow]

@@jamesddiii1292 it is, as 1.0 is a 100%

[@KLGChaos]

Think about it... this is content from years ago and it's still difficult with min ilvl and echo off. That's how you keep content fun and relevant. Plus, you can get cool rewards like mounts, glams, etc, from it, so it's worth doing.

[@Plusimurfriend]

You dont get anything from min ilvl or no echo. You can remove scaling and oneshot everything at max level

[@KLGChaos]

@@Plusimurfriend I know you can do it unsynced and still get the items, but it's still great that you can do the content as it was originally intended (or as close as you can get). It gives a bigger sense of accomplishment.

[@CHOASMAGEE]

@@Plusimurfriend It still is way faster to farm unsynced, but using minimum ilvl and no echo increases the drop rate of rare drops!

[@caoz9375]

@@CHOASMAGEE I mean, nobody farms mounts using min ilvl no echo, but the fact is that even if you want to do it that way for the experience itselft, you can still get the rewards; even if it's not efficient, the chance is still there.

[@GetterRay]

People do these old extremes sync'd as Blue Mages, not as normal jobs. But that's even better. Old content is made relevant by new content.

[@shirox11]

Asmon has the most hilarious motivational speeches.

[@kretzschi5000]

they are great but he cant do a speech for a wedding, thats hillarious

[@rizzttv7791]

@@kretzschi5000 On a Wedding "It is good until it wasn't" -Asmon Probably.

[@kretzschi5000]

@@rizzttv7791 He said "sorry i am not a speechgiver"

[@arasonyth3243]

People talking about the music from Alexander being the best? With the atonal piano? MEET THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND MUSIC, AND TREMBLE.

[@barry5]

Eh... idk knights of the round just sounds like a generic rpg battle theme.

[@arasonyth3243]

@@barry5 I CANT HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUNDS OF ASCALON PARTAKING OF THE EYE'S POWER!

[@electrogonorhea]

Music is subjective, like most things in life.

[@EsakaTRY]

I think Rise (Alexander Prime) is one of the best songs in the expansion! But, Nidhogg soundtrack is maybe one of the best in the whole game!!

[@ArchieGamez]

@@barry5 Final Fantasy generic? Bruv

[@starrynight7783]

I'm around the 20 minute mark and the sheer amount of healing these healers are doing is mind boggling. Watching them casually throw out 10s of thousands in healing repeatedly as well as a passive healing AOE is goals.

[@starrynight7783]

@@golfnerd3107 I just meant that I have a lvl 30 AST so I'm about half the level of these people.

[@ralpbeez8414]

@@starrynight7783 And then you see lv80 Tanks who in old content with Echo on will reach 200k(!) HP, it's crazy. Though sadly, it's also why Yoship said they needed to stat squish with EW because the numbers are getting too high. (An end game boss in ShadowBringers had over 400 Million HP)

[@matsu1161]

@@ralpbeez8414 yep its a boss is Zadnor! Though granted its designed to tank against 48 people lol

[@GrinningMarionette]

@@ralpbeez8414 I just hit 200k HP in town as a warrior. It's kind of ridiculous.

[@Zoeila]

@@golfnerd3107 they may be true now but wasnt the case in heavensward

[@hypethekomodo6495]

For a fight against a god king... It certainly FELT like a fight against a god king. What an experience.

[@calimantis]

The music from 2nd phase still gives me chills whenever I hear it. The group I was with at the time had finally beaten it the day right before the maint that would enable echo, making it the last "legitimate" day to clear it before it was "nerfed". It was such an intense feeling to finally have everything on lock well enough to clear at long last. It's such a good fight! Congrats on the clear!

[@lucylu3342]

"Fantasy Fantasy 14 is a very easy, boring game" - Person in the comments who has literally never played the game

[@BlackWinchester]

*people who never played the game and mentors who got carried*

[@yourdude9942]

You mean all the "mentors" in his live Chat?

[@jotoast2296]

And they always say things like "The game is trash, it's a fact. Weeb game, cope" And later on in the replies they say "Yeah I didn't get past level 5 but I still think that-"

[@fmi005]

It is easy if you dont handicap yourself like asmon did

[@AngryCheezburger303]

@@fmi005 Is it a shock that older game content is easier if you do it on higher Ilvls? This is how difficult the fight was at release, it's hardly a handicap.

[@Lemaign]

I remember doing this fight when it came out. Still probably my favorite fight. Also, unlike some other trials, as gear improved over the course of the expansion, you couldn't skip phases with higher DPS, you could only shorten the battle. Really well designed boss.

[@Exaltable]

Only downside of thordan was that it was the only “good” part of a patch we waited months and months for. The post HW drought caused a lot of people to unsub and then we just got slapped with void ark, diadem, and lords of verminion.

[@Lemaign]

@@Exaltable Yeah. Thankfully, the release of content has fallen into a much more consistent rhythm since then. Even now, in the "drought" leading up to Endwalker, we're getting seasonal events pretty much every month.

[@GranMaj]

@@Exaltable i mean to be fair, its a content from their first dlc, so they still adjusting since post Arr also has similar content drought.

[@TheTroubleshooter]

it was because after overhauling ARR nonstop they took a 6 month break/vacation especially with adding ninja during post ARR patches

[@apathy251]

you absolutely can and well could skip mechanics he transitions at 70%, the downtime phase with meteors at the end is scripted in a sense and no mechanic there can be skipped except for the tankbuster, and on last phase the higher ur group dps the easier the fight. His group was on the lowside in dps. On this fight to know ur dps is good you need to kill sword add in 1 tank buster rotation and have to kill all orbs+ middle orb before even seeing the meteor on the screen.

[@daedelous7094]

Dominic and Evelyn, power couple. Fucking amazing effort by all involved taking on the undisputed king of Extreme fights on the hardest difficulty allowed mechnically by the game. Now, Alexander Savage is driving him nuts. Also, I like how he immediately links Ser Zepherin's Spear of the Fury to the Haurchefaunt moment.

[@afruitypunchy]

Dom and Evelyn. Dom protect, Evelyn Dps and heal. Truly MVP of this battle.

[@tomsaejiw2940]

Best thing? This fight is a part of the free trial.

[@ofonruiz]

sadly you cant create a group in party finder with the free trial

[@sprcow]

Man, I just love re-experiencing this content. Great job everyone. So glad you're doing these min-ilvl runs; they're definitely my favorite part of the game!

[@BlazeIgnitus]

Oh, that reaction to his first Heavenly Heel was great. That tank buster is a fucking beast.

[@yourdude9942]

Can't wait for the Rathalos and Nier fights.

[@Argnos2293]

Asmongold: “Alright I’ll grab aggro.” Rathalos: “We don’t do that here.”

[@randomperson-sn4rj]

Rathalos was an experience

[@TGCidolfus0830]

when that content dropped, going in with all warriors (or 3 and 1 heal) was so much fun for the great hunt extreme, was proud of my mount when so few people had it

[@Argnos2293]

@@TGCidolfus0830 on the flipside, I was proud to be one of the few hunters to have the drachen layered armor in MHW

[@migurusu-saint9160]

@@Argnos2293 ahh good times. Drachen layered was a trophy saying youre a good hunter... Or a good party :))

[@MrLee-qh2dk]

That was a fun time. I can't wait till he gets to current content.

[@derrongee]

Same here, shadowbringers is my favorite expansion

[@harakiribanzai2483]

Story wise too, Shadowbringers alone is one of my favorite story in video games ever…

[@nanakon.8733]

light rampart

[@MrHellgate82]

Better yet - I can't wait for him doing Endwalker when it's current, before buffs to the jobs, before taktics already learned etc. It's gonna be so good.

[@cobaltblue2268]

@@nanakon.8733 I can hear that comment... -_-

[@Shear666]

Ah yes, that one. Raid Leader: "Alright everyone saw the mechanics? Good! Now in this phase evade every single one of them at once" Me: "... wait what?"

[@OmegaTheShadow]

this ^

[@k3vtang]

That took him 3hours btw. It was a crazy ride.

[@SlimShady-tc5mb]

11:41 When Asmond realize he missed 1, and went caveman

[@jaeusa160]

Asmurloc.

[@wzx6x6z6w]

his murloc noises are on point

[@EMWaVeUK]

Super impressive to see you and the family sticking these fights out and getting the clear. Good job

[@CanYouResistClick1ng]

The dude in chat who said, "wow, even Arthas is playing ffxiv " 😂

[@GhostOfRazgiz]

Well done. Starting from heavensward, they really start piling on the mechanics. I won't spoil anything, but you're in for a treat come Savage. And by treat, I mean a candy apply made of razor blades, with razor blades inside those razer blades, and coated with little, tiny razor blades.

[@wobblysauce]

Good for him hie is immune to slashing dmg.

[@GhostOfRazgiz]

@@wobblysauce Until he gets 20 stacks of Slash Resistance Down. Or Doom, because that shit is coming before long.

[@DisappointedBuddha]

@@GhostOfRazgiz ... Goddamn doom

[@ruuby1006]

Stormblood trials be like

[@TGCidolfus0830]

all covered in salted lemon juice

[@sunloki2578]

I watched this live while I was playing and it was quite entertaining. Asmon had me rolling!! He sure knows how to put on a good show for his streams. Good job Asmon and team!

[@amelialoyselle2123]

It's very enjoyable to watch you go through the fights at min ilvl and no echo; it's how I remember the fights during prog. Fond memories of how this fight smacked the hell out of my new raid team full of baby raiders at the time, and how we clutch cleared it (our MCH was last one standing and won us the clear.) Thanks for the video and reigniting these fond old memories.

[@johan6883]

Dominic MVP

[@Vrodent]

9:30 Asmongold: You're doing great guys Guys: 1 healer and 3 dps down on one of the phases you need all the dps

[@krodmandoon3479]

Man, when that phase two theme drops after the silence you feel it in your soul.

[@zrifepsych]

Family meme might be dead to everyone else out there, but not to the most important people in our life in this room. Salute mi familia.

[@tinyjester27]

"How many Knights are in the round table? It's like Twelve or Nine? We're on the third knight? We're halfway done." But on the real? He's definitely one of the hardest ex primals. Good clear! Grats! Oh and..... They all start hitting harder now lol. King Thoridan has a impressive count of tank buster kills on me haha so you're in good company among us Dark Knights. Oh my god we were so squishy in Heavensward. Seriously squishy. We needed a SCH in with AST to give us extra protection. WHM was completely shafted in HW making them 3rd tier heals. God.... I wish you could have run this content when at first. This and the first two days of "Steps of Faith" clears were badges of honor and respect before that got nerfed.

[@leonie7754]

Jeez I remember before the steps of faith nerf. Took me 3 weeks to get that clear, but the story was locked behind it. I remember so many pugs disbanding as soon as someone admitted they didn't know the fight! I still have ptsd from that fight XD even though it's easy now

[@steweygrrr]

I wanna see him do the Stormblood primals. They're a step down in overall difficulty but a giant step up in personal responsibility with a lot more tank mechanics. Moonbunny is gonna be fun to watch. We Dark Knights might have been squishy in HW but at least we weren't Paladins in the magic damage expansion. I understand why they gave them the ability to block magic damage but it seriously took away DRKs niche. Now we're WAR with a worse inner release but a mitigation cd that doubles as a dps cd _if the fucker ever breaks._ I honestly hope they nerf the shield on TBN a bit in 6.0 so it's more useful in more content.

[@nasch3391]

@@leonie7754 initial release step of faith is insane, hardest normal content that tied to msq ever lol its like putting extreme for msq, cant clear = cant progress story

[@SlvrStryker]

@@steweygrrr Moonbunny?! _Oh...it's going to be a _*_LONG_*_ night..._ >=D

[@Cz555]

I have been loving Asmon playing so much, watching him suffer and get angry only to then break through and triumph and savor his victory is just such a good watch. Also, him learning the fights as he does them is also great to see, I cant wait to see him try Stormblood and Shadowbringers raids and trials as they keep getting better and better. Thank you Asmon for being entertaining.

[@nicksokolowski2358]

Thordan has always been nuts. We use to spread a crit adlo to the whole group and have the whm and pld cast stoneskin on everyone just to eat all the damage going out

[@bebekkurus]

Holy cow, Dom saved the family again. His LB3 was in the right time and together with the healer, he finished the job. This feel like a movie.

[@GetterRay]

Asmon couldn't see Zephiram charging in because his camera is always angled downwards and he's used to DBM telling him to move instead of using his eyes. At the end he says he doesn't like boss fights that make you move your camera. Well, in FFXIV, there is no DBM telling you when and where to move so you actually do have to use your eyes and he's going to have to learn how to use his camera. Also, mentor chat really needs to learn how Astro works before crying about double hots. Shield stance sucks and there is nothing wrong with Aubis going Diurnal with another WHM.

[@whoeverwins4639]

I was saying as DRK I often cringe when I get an astro healer. They will be great or really suck. Someone in my FC said, "Oh, you keep getting shield astros, don't you?" Yup...

[@TheGreatDanish]

Mentor chat is just huffing the copium hard with their precious 'VeRsAtIlItY" getting axed next expansion in favor of Sage. Diurnal has always been better, and they know it. They just don't want to admit every single class defining feature for AST is poorly designed jank, and the only redeeming quality it has is pretty effects everyone turns off.

[@rcourtney3]

showing content where you still have the innocence of not reading a strategy and just enjoying figuring out the fight. A+

[@pashid1216]

by figuring stuff out you mean getting carried by 7 people, people who most likely have seen the fight and strat already more than once? kekw

[@zynix3698]

@@pashid1216 You don't know shit about any of them and everyone had to play their part regardless of who knew what anyway.

[@omanitoo]

The real hero here is the music, godaaamn

[@atretador2452]

You guys really need to start bringing a SMN for backup rez, then again, as a SMN myself...he would probably die first

[@Veiljustin83]

You mean RDM?

[@cg2371]

@@Veiljustin83 RDM doesn't have rez until 64.

[@atretador2452]

@@Veiljustin83 No.

[@heartfullbutterfly314]

@@Veiljustin83 no red mage isn't helpful for raising until stormblood content. Verraise doesn't become available until level 64.

[@reyjusuf]

I just realized the spear attack is the same one that killed Haurchefant

[@TenchiSawada]

A lot of respect to asmongold for going this route. Really cool and it's a great effort. I know he's in character but his "we're doing great" speeches really are positive.

[@punishedbung4902]

I’m upset that I missed the clear, but Dom clutching it out felt like a redemption arc after the 0.1% wipe on t10 Coils. What an absolute god gamer, and while everyone did a great job during the raid, Dom really saved the day at the end. If I ever see Dom in-game, I’d give him a full stack of pizzas, completely bankrupting my character.

[@Shine603]

I think he prefers beer, especially Corona.

[@Juskaey]

Years later, still my favorite fight in the game, plus the amazing music

[@pacowillis331]

I did this fight week 2. Same amount of tries and hype. Gratz sir! Glad you are enjoying the game.

[@weirdkross9632]

Just watching that stream spent me also. LOL I felt the grudge and pain doing it. xD

[@autisticrobotdragon17]

That was a fucking epic kill, right down to the wire on time and a truly heroic effort. Just awesome man

[@Rasayon]

My respect for getting this fight done :D it counts to some of the very Hard Fights back then :)

[@ionmeth2031]

1:20 hahahha that silent hover over the stance Its like that time when rick scold morty for flipping the wrong switch

[@treemover7259]

for those saying the game is easy and such, some of these extremes where still challenging at level 70 unsynced with echo

[@samie5602]

Still find groups of 80s wiping on thordan for the mount lol

[@HerstalP90]

When it finally happened it was so clutch. Was a great journey to watch on stream... Family

[@colin0930]

The healer casted stone3 at the end was the winner.

[@xujenvoxith360]

One of the extreme last trails I did with my full original fc. Such a satisfying clear.

[@februsharrow7581]

Glad to see Thordan still lives up to his reputation of being a massive pain in the ass lol. Now that he has cleared, I think it would be interesting to see Asmon react to a guide video of this fight and compare his experiences with that.

[@MiltonLai]

I love how his doing this blind. Really brings back memories on when contents release and we have no idea what's happening. Good video 😁

[@nslater1388]

Wow! On average for ARR it took them about 11 tries to get these Ex trials. This was way, way harder! I love it! Makes for great content.

[@gidedin]

Oh man, that fight is AMAZING. One of the best, really.

[@yzzy8422]

Bigg props 👏for the tank at the end that's was intense !!

[@Ultimatestrife]

My favorite fight so far, this finally beat the Bahamut coils one for me.

[@C.hrisis]

It's kinda cool that the knight's sword turns into the Buster sword (Clouds sword FF7) during their Holy Bladedance.

[@Zalasta524]

The amount of retries here is definitely more in line with my experience when the extreme trial was just released. The under 10 clears for the ARR content is mostly because people have ran those ad infinitum that a decent group can still carry 1-2 new players to a win relatively quickly. Good job!

[@josephxp96]

Also with ARR EX trials Blue Mages are doing the Synched for spells etc. There is no spells from Thoridan EX for Blue.

[@Shiirow]

that Heavenly Curb Stomp.

[@thebigg3416]

This was a tough fight...really great job Asmon and team!

[@anannoyedpanda]

Was there for it live. It was great to watch.

[@allmightygir4865]

21:28 The "This is it boys! REZ MEEEEEE!" Had me rolling!

[@ktheplayer3296]

Hurr durr "this [party member] is bad" hurr durr "please replace X with Y" hurr durr "regens don't stack" hurr durr. Just let the man and his party play on their terms. Jeez. Anyways, that was an awesome fight during stream! Also, Dom with the epic clutch and his well-timed LB3s. Loved every second of it!

[@josephxp96]

Also… regens do stack, shields dont stack. Red Mage gets rez at 64 so can’t use the for Rez until Stormblood trials. Chat just makes me facepalm at times.

[@hkoizumi3134]

HIs clears are sloppy as hell but damn is it fun to watch lol.

[@mitchell10394]

Going into a fight with no prior knowledge, not watching any videos, and bringing sprouts will do that.

[@TheGreatDanish]

But a clear is a clear when you arent out to farm the content. :V

[@bakemono858]

This reminded me how hard HW EX’s we’re back in the day. After Bis and Rav, they were incredibly difficult. Close to Savage levels of SB and ShB tbh.

[@cubix626]

After progging unreal recently, it's insane looking back at this blind run with no markers lool Jesus

[@teresabailey7874]

Omg, what a finish! Watched this and felt like I was standing right next to you through it all. Job well done and grats on the clear! 👍🏼❤️

[@derisgaming9773]

inb4 Dom carries Ultimates

[@semiramisubw4864]

based

[@JohnyScissors]

Someone's gotta carry the family accross the finish line

[@182Gregd]

HELL YEAH!!! Know this is older video Asmongold, but yet... Keep truckin man!

[@brutejustice8593]

I did this as a summoner synced and it was definitely last phase that killed everybody. For our clear run I was the last guy alive spamming ruin 2 while running away from boss and lord behold we killed him

[@charliec8804]

This is why final fantasy has raised my expectations for boss fights in every mmo, I have yet to fight a boss as hard as ones from FFXIV in another mmo. It’s never fun when things are too easy

[@markmoros202]

Play Tera

[@emti29]

Play lost ark

[@godsendmusic5911]

@@emti29 trash

[@montymont5943]

Hahaha i remember doing all Ex's synched with duty finder up until StormBlood cuz I didnt know you can do em unsynched in party finder.

[@methos4866]

Please tell me you farmed for mounts that way lol

[@bruhh0713]

@@methos4866 free trial here, i do lol

[@montymont5943]

@@methos4866 hahaha yea I did, got most of em this way before I threw in the towel.

[@vict632]

I remember having trouble clearing this unsynced with a friend (fresh lvl80s) nidhogg's rage too, these are hard dude

[@ittakessogoddamnlong]

That was fun to watch, love these

[@blushingralseiuwu2222]

Man, this shit is glorious lmao. He need 3 60 minutes reset to beat it, and they beat it literally on the last pull of third try.

[@Dazulolwarrior]

Dominic did it for the family

[@jramirez4310]

Doing this back when it was new was rough as hell. I'm glad the difficulty holds up with min i lvl and no echo.

[@BaileyFox1818]

Its cool that the Extreme fight has a bonus sound track for phase 1/knights of rounds phase that's not there in the story version