Can You Beat Final Fantasy 5 Using Only Berserkers?

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[@medkive]

"The elephant in the room, no not Garula corpse" That was funnier than I care to admit

[@sertiana2512]

If FF5 was an idle game

[@ThePageofRage]

They did that. It was called "All The Bravest", it sucked.

[@khgaming_kai]

Ah yes. The "IRL cheerleader" run

[@pockystyx4087]

unga bunga run. no thoughts, head empty, only smash.

[@djinsanity3575]

You beat the game without a single rod smashed. Way to go

[@edgarrenderos9516]

@@djinsanity3575 He did use one for Garula though 🤣

[@djinsanity3575]

@@edgarrenderos9516 yeah I caught myself lol

[@waltermolinski]

“Better to get it over with than live with the fear of it” - Logan 9 Fingers.

[@nesterus83]

Been waiting for this and I'm going to do something unthinkable; I'm going to defend the Berserker class and attempt to correct some misunderstandings: 1. Berserkers don't actually start battles berserked, they are just uncontrollable. What this means you can equip the "Berserk" ability and it DOES noticeably increase your damage output. 2. One often overlooked benefit Berserkers have is that they are immune to surprisingly many status effects. 3. Whining about Berserkers being unable to do anythink but attack is also somewhat pointless. I mean being able to use occasional potions would be nice but 99,9% of time you would attack anyway as Berserker is the most straightforward melee class. 4. Want to see some early game brutality? Master Berserker's "Berserk" and Knight's "Two-handed" abilities and equip them on Freelancer. This results in damage numbers in thousands for about 300 AP which is more than enough to mercilessly slaughter almost anything in world 1 and 2. That said Berserker IS a low tier job in FFV and very monotomous to "play" as but it is far from worthless and I for one would rather have Berserker in my party than a Dragoon or a Bard. Also I have to say, ANYONE who has done Berserker only challenge and got past Sandworm deserves my respects.

[@osurpless]

Ah, neat. Also explains why the strength class bonuses carry over to Freelancer, but not the berserked status.

[@HughAverageHomoMan]

@@osurpless What would the benefit of uncontrollable rage be on the job designed to be the jack-of-all-trades custom job in the end game

[@leargamma4912]

Bard in 5 is good. Dragoon, sadly, is kinda crap

[@MrVariant]

@nesterus83 berserk monk is a good idea too as ya got Counter, but it is a slow, frustrating class. Your Freelancer thing has a point if you master monk and thief first for that extra speed and HP. It was funny reading someone use an infinite Mimic strategy with dualcast with bahamut and curaga 🤣 for 4 mimes. Never would've imagined that since it's free after the hard cast. I know quick with spellblade flare/break is insane too.

[@metalmagerin3]

It's amazing how you can make this many unique walkthrough videos doing rhe same thing and I'm gonna be here for all of it. Can't wait to see Onion Knight (pain)

[@QuintBlitz]

There was a guy constantly posting on these videos, excited for the berserker run. Hope he's got popcorn ready!

[@rruhland]

iirc this is actually easier on SNES because you can underflow the berserkers magic stat to make Gaia Hammers to a bunch more damage on quake procs.

[@osurpless]

Yep, I remember hearing about that in DonYagamoth I believe.

[@e.kenmaofficial4819]

Subbed. Bro funny as hell and final fantasy is just an instant like 💪🏽

[@AtrumNuntius]

Well the madlad actually did it. I was sure this wasn't even possible. Though it looks like you took too angry to die to its most logical extreme in a FF game. At least Krile looks adorable in her cat pajamas. I'll never forget all that time you sacrificed out of your lifespan just for our entertainment. Without the boosters, I don't think my sanity would last and I would use Action Replay codes to not have a mental breakdown after 120 hours of grinding and RNG.

[@williamm17]

Wes! You're the best! Love how your commentary has evolved, I watch my notifications for you!

[@Chad_Thundercock]

My love for this is like ticking clock! Berserker!

[@wesleynewcomb]

Axes only use 1/4 of the enemy's defense in their damage formula. So Melusine's normal 90 defense is only effectively 22 defense for your berserkers. Level had nothing to do with it in this case.

[@andrewtaylor4484]

Almost 53 minute video, this had to have been fun :)

[@stevencoutant2723]

This was such fun to watch, I love all things final fantasy and loved this content as well. Keep up the funny narration and cool playthrough ideas

[@rontman]

Love your videos man

[@tabrissousac9895]

Berserk have a great Idea, but poor execution Like, If the Berserk was a command not passive skill Will be more usable

[@BacklogBuster]

Theres lots of stuff you could do to make Berserker interesting. As it is now, its just a bad Knight.

[@iantaakalla8180]

And the funny thing is that it otherwise would have basically have been capable of living out a fantasy of just attacking through everything. Oh well.

[@twelfthknight]

As the famous quote goes... *ahem* "BASAKA WA DARE NI MO MAKENAI!"

[@Shuukuriimudaisuki-sama]

Except to golden-haired pretty boys with LOTS of swords, or red-haired kids with transplanted arms 😁 Incidentally, I guess the party DID manage to beat Gilgamesh, multiple times... Some kind of parallel universe poetic justice, perhaps?

[@iantaakalla8180]

Where exactly does this comes from in Fate: Grand Order?

[@NightVisionPhantom]

Thanks for my most anticipated run! I was entertained at your expense.

[@Null_Experis]

There is a way to beat omniscient with berserkers. It's bad though. Air Knife and Mage Masher. Air Knife at high enough levels with the right equipment can possibly inflict over 7500 damage per hit, and it hits twice. You need an air knife on a VERY stacked berserker at or near max level, and a mage masher on the other, similarly stacked. Mage masher will deal about 1800-200 damage at high levels with enough equipment to boost it, and if it inflicts silence long enough for the second berserker to hit twice for 7500+ damage on each hit. This will just barely do enough damage to kill him in that ONE turn, but you'll need to reset the game if it doesn't work, since the RNG for the battle is seeded when it begins and reset doesn't change it.

[@linkfreak404]

You definitely deserved to beat the Sandworm on the first try, after what you went through on the SNES version. Good times(?) lol

[@TheAbyssro]

i look forward to these videos so much. never even played this game but the challenge and "story"(ies) make them so much better.

[@obsidianchao]

This is my favorite new series on KZbin

[@renewagain6956]

24:30 Hahahaha! YES!... and it's called, "Ludo-Narrative Resonance". ;-)

[@iamthehobo]

Wow, I had totally assumed this would be the last one. Hope you enjoy their extremely low agility

[@Jikkuryuu]

"It's the completely brainless Berserker." So brainless that you'll get migraines trying to think of ways to win with them :D Praise be to boost. Amen. I do love these running gags. "Lenna, stop. You look like some creepy anime murderer. It's an axe, not a lollipop." I didn't even know Atomos' Comet _could_ be survived. Thought he'd just turbo-blast the party until someone went down :D Not that it really matters when your level is twice the intended amount, but hammers and axes ignore 75% of enemy defense. So those physically resistant bosses are in more danger than we'd expect. Oh man, foreshadowing with the Thief Knife, I'm excited! I know a thing that's usually pointless but and am hoping it happens. Aww, even with 4 Berserkers you didn't need the second Titan's Axe you can steal from TwinTania. Berserkers get more endgame equipment options than Red Mages XD "Four Aegis Shields are definitely helping" **In the background TreeExDeath is screaming "Noooo"** _Perfect editing._ Phew, that win was a relief as much as it's an accomplishment! Way to go! I'm fond of giving Berserkers EqBow or EqWhip. They get a bit of a speed boost* from the ability and doubled bow damage is pretty comfortable when they aren't missing. And while it's not explicitly _good,_ it's _fun_ to put EqAxes on Blue Mages or Geomancers to give them straightforward damage. (And beefy Gaia Hammer quakes) *Berserkers have some serious speed quirks. I genuinely think there is something wrong with their ATB calculation in the SNES and GBA games. But hey, they sometimes instantly attack after being revived. Pure distilled *violence.* Thank you for the video!

[@stevesamuals2651]

The scariest part about berserkers is how they manage to never poke their eyes out with the fangs on their heads

[@zell2626]

I understood that Silent Hill 2 pizza reference

[@duduken20]

Me with 2 apps to do, overtime and stress from work, almost no sleep for days. Also me at 11pm: but Can You Beat Final Fantasy 5 Using Only Berserkers?

[@michaelwillis1225]

Someone get this guy more subs great channel keep it up I'll watch every one

[@dustincompton992]

Well, ya did it. But if you had to grind to 90 to get it done I feel justified in my earlier doubts.

[@iantaakalla8180]

So the answer is now just effectively no as opposed to a solid no.

[@TheTateful]

Adamanwhatnow? Kudos on the challenge, though! Been looking forward to this one.

[@DonYagamoth]

Oh, you did Sandworm on the SNES? That's an experience - 1 in 6 chance to hit - Sandworm is always in the backrow, tacking half physical damage Hope you had a decent amount of snacks to last until it worked out ^^ Edit: I don't blame you for shortening some of these grinds, makes sense The only thing I'd mention is - if you only leveled up 2 characters to 80+, and left the others at whatever level previously (like, 45), you could zombie the low level characters as healers, so they will deal significantly less friendly fire damage Good luck on your future challenges :)

[@BacklogBuster]

46 attempts if I recall correctly. Not to mention the hours and hours and hours of grinding in between.

[@vidyastuff3509]

Real talk... I tend to have Lenna go berserker cause I think the outfit is super cute.

[@joshplaysytoldchannel]

2:21 To quote Torbek: "Just because there's a goalie doesn't mean you can't score"

[@shwqa]

Berserker is wild one based on the version you are playing. On snes and gba berserker is sort of worse. Your first turn takes twice as long due to a bug. They also worse targeting and can hit dummy targets. Noticeable issue being sand worm with 7 dummy targets and 1 real target and the last boss has a dummy target. On the other hand they can underflow their intelligence making them the best magic user in the game. Gaia hammer let's you spam earthquake.

[@Mystwarrior1]

Final fantasy 5 quadzerker run: u played urself.

[@Zarathustra-rj4yz]

I lol'd at the elephant in the room garula joke

[@marcosdheleno]

you probably didnt do this, but i think it would be ok for you to have a save file after getting each crystal. playing as a freelancer up to that point. and then, use that save to create a run for each job. because, in all honesty, its not like you will play that diferently up to there. you are just a freelancer anyways. so if nothing is going to change(up to that point), why not only count the variable that you can change instead?

[@PMSeymour]

I’m stunned, it’s tempting to try

[@matttrent946]

before i even start watching, THIS IS THE ONE IVE BEEN WAITING FOR!!! 500 ABP wasted on a job class this is. prove me wrong OP, i have full faith and confidence in you. and im high but still cant wait where the PLAY button at again?

[@MatthiaGryffine]

You know it's going to be tough when the video is 52 minutes long. Then again, he can't control himself on Exdeath.

[@sinjull2256]

I was sitting and wondering when the ranting about Bahamut killing comes up then I remember, its not this channel, it is on PrimalLiquid. But Berserker challenge could be worse or better than the "only Auto-battle" challenge :P

[@sinjull2256]

@@veghesther3204 But for berserkers they attack random targets while auto-battle attacks first come first serve.

[@HughAverageHomoMan]

@@veghesther3204 Why do you talk like that

[@Nihilna]

You just gave Berserker a limelight!.

[@Wajulillo]

Berserker only, this is going to be fun to watch and VERY painful 😂😂😂😂

[@jonathanpuglia5214]

So you know for the future, you can watch the cutscene before the Exdeath fight and then go save before actually fighting him. That will save you time in a multiple attempts situation.

[@BacklogBuster]

I do that every single time. If you leave the rift, when you come back you have to watch the cutscenes again.

[@mindlessmeat4055]

This is the one I was looking for. It's going to be great.

[@gregorymaxon6507]

This is what I've been waiting for.

[@matattebury2800]

@@gregorymaxon6507 hahaha I'm so glad you commented here, I came to this video specifically to look for your comment after seeing your berserker comment on the dragoon video

[@rikaclawfal4835]

Berserk status gives a 50% damage bonus. It's good for a dedicated physical damage dealer early on. Once you reach Bal you can have a dual-wield Twin Lances (steal from Object 'dart) + Berserk to do steady heavy physical damage. Still strong late game; but rapid fire + dual wield will outperform late game due to higher attack power weapons.

[@codangarrison1195]

Early game I used Monk and got the barehanded skill which I then used on the berserkers for insane damage. I stopped using it after sandworm for a reason I can't remember

[@Krazedkarl]

Oh lord. Here we go

[@shwqa]

Karlboss is actually very difficult in solo runs

[@stevesamuals2651]

With how much of a struggle it is to solo the game with berserker, i was expecting more of a struggle. But i guess the multipliers help with that.

[@Null_Experis]

You might want to try what I called "Batman" run, which is you go entirely jobless. You never change jobs ever. Your power comes entirely from using an swapping out equipment for its effects. One caveat: You can't break rods, it trivializes some sections and ruins the challenge.

[@Null_Experis]

@@veghesther3204 no, they wouldn't. The batman method is real, and I've done it. You keep EVERY semi-useful weapon and learn about enemy/boss weaknesses and change out weapons as needed. Since you can equip ANYTHING, you can do anything your equipment allows you to do. You beat omniscient by getting 2 reflect rings, mage masher, and ancient sword. You silence with Mage Masher and activate Old with the ancient sword and his regen becomes useless and he'll kill himself with his own spells.

[@Null_Experis]

@@veghesther3204 Ancient Blade can be found in Ronka Ruins. Getting 2 reflect rings isn't hard. You can farm them next to Zeza's sub and just go rest there when you get hurt. It just takes time. You attack Omniscient with the Mage Masher, and instantly queue an attack with the Ancient Blade on your second character. It has about an 11% chance of both attacks succeeding and applying the status effect. After that, you can just walk away and he'll kill himself in about 10-15 minutes.

[@lordoftheredead]

You can leave the room (to go save) after watching the neo-exdeath intro cutscene with the dawn warriors and everyone. Saves a ton of time and sanity when doing multiple attempts.

[@BacklogBuster]

I did. Everytime you leave the rift it resets, and you have to rewatch it though.

[@lordoftheredead]

@@BacklogBuster Oh! That I did not know, will file that away for future reference.

[@cajunstix]

Oh yea here we go. I was waiting for this one.

[@mooredmon7898]

Aw man! I was really looking forward to seeing you take on Gogo with berserkers! 😢

[@kaimcdragonfist4803]

Also known as “Bartz and friends beat Final Fantasy V by doing absolutely nothing”

[@RyanJohnson09]

That Xavier reference around 25 minutes 👍

[@matttrent946]

LMFAO... "ladies first, amirite fellas?"

[@XynoYaBoi]

I'm going berserk over one 'tiny' secret.

[@connorlarkinbass]

Did you know that you can leave and save after the cutscene right before you fight ex-death? Might save ya some time for the next runs.

[@BacklogBuster]

I do that every single time. If you leave the rift, when you come back you have to watch the cutscenes again.

[@connorlarkinbass]

@@BacklogBuster you have once again proven to be the true master of FF5. Thanks!

[@doctorteethomega]

Ive played this game so many times. I love it. I would have called this setup dumb and impossible. Turns out.

[@BacklogBuster]

dumb? yes. impossible? nope :^)

[@bradlyhaskell9821]

in ff5 the axe/hammer weapon group ignores a % of armor so bosses with stupid high def only have kind high def.

[@ShinMajin]

Oh boy, here it is.

[@osurpless]

Yep, that 4x exp will definitely cut into the 15+ hours that DonYagamoth needed for his Solo Berserker run…

[@ShinAk1raSama]

Fun fact: "Berserk" etymologically means "bear shirt".

[@codangarrison1195]

I have been waiting for this run because of sand worm. I'll edit after I watch the video

[@codangarrison1195]

I guess not because KZbin doesn't have an edit option 😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheAzulmagia]

Oh no, the Berserker run...

[@AxelRyman]

As a person who has done this.... I'm so sorry for your loss of time. And potential sanity.

[@salculd]

I tried this one myself, like, 20 years ago. Curious to see how the Sandworm is dealt with.

[@NemesisMKIII]

Was waiting for this one...

[@rayquazathenoodledragon9630]

I though bersekers would be harder, but only the final boss was a real roadblock, the berserker would be much useful if they gained the ability to gain control when mastered with a skill that in other jobs would make you immune to berserk and confuse status

[@leargamma4912]

If next one is bard I will be very happy. Also 4 zerkers is super nuts. If you had 1 of them it's far more useful and helpful.

[@VeryProfessionalGamer]

48:49 - not true, you had your blackmages on Omniscient. Granted, I'll just say "with an infinite amount of tries this would have worked out eventually" but we cant sit here until the heat death of the universe, so...

[@BacklogBuster]

If I really cared about being hyper strict I would've just ignored omniscient and went straight into the rift.

[@haeventein634]

welcome back

[@big_red01027]

White Mage & Bard: Hold our Hi-Potion.

[@BacklogBuster]

Isnt it great actually being able to deal damage? haha.

[@kbowman772]

@@BacklogBuster Hey, if you get all the songs, Bards can do damage.

[@kbowman772]

@@veghesther3204 Drakenvale has a lot of undead enemies as does the undersea trench, but I was actually referring to the buff songs that bards get. Sure, they may not have any magic, but once they start buffing themselves with stuff like Mighty March and Sinew's March, they can actually do damage and stick around for a while.

[@kbowman772]

@@veghesther3204 The regen song lasts the entire battle and doesn't require you to sing until you get hit. Besides, while the song only lasts until you're hit, any buffs accumulated remain and none of the songs cost MP. Also the confuse and stop songs work on more things than you think.

[@kbowman772]

@@veghesther3204 If you're using the haste rings, you can't use the regen rings and since bards don't get haste...

[@DerekEidahl]

Love all the memes XD favorites being the Knuckles Oh No and Let's Go Gambling Aw Dangit

[@justsomejojo]

Gonna be honest, I was kinda iffy on this when I heard the immediate 4x boosters. But that ending stretch more than shows off the struggle of just how stupid this job is. I have definitely seen the error of my way. Shame though. I like the job outfits a lot. I always used Doublehand Berserker Galuf for a little while on GBA because I like wolfman.

[@zeomatrix3]

Wasn't expecting to see this one so soon in the line up. Did you do this to hopefully get one of the bad runs out early, or is this surprisingly middle tier compared to some still to come?

[@BacklogBuster]

I did it to celebrate the boost features being patched in.

[@bobseesall]

FF5 is the game that made me love berserkers. I do prefer when berserk makes the atb faster like 12, but the unga bunga damage is always nice to see.

[@Arcanua]

It should say 24 jobs, if you've got the original SNES and remaster GBA should be easy enough to find and then you can do Doom Mage and Cannon!

[@BacklogBuster]

Pixel Remaster Only.

[@Arcanua]

@@BacklogBuster Not even for Patreon? Damn I was curious on your commentary for them, just found your channel and the snark was top tier here and I love it.

[@BacklogBuster]

The GBA jobs are all post-game anyways so there wouldnt be a lot to see.

[@Arcanua]

@@BacklogBuster I guess that's fair I used to use a gameshark just to unlock jobs so I could use those two earlier and see how things would go XD Though Gladiator, Canoneer and Oracle you get sooner.

[@Arcanua]

@@veghesther3204 You can use them before getting the relics and Necromancer is technically not post game but rather so alte into the game it may as well be post game.

[@NemesisMKIII]

I can't wait for Ninja and Hunter!

[@BacklogBuster]

Wont be waiting too long for Hunter :)

[@NemesisMKIII]

@@veghesther3204 OH MY GOD! I recognize you from Gamefaqs ! You were the contrarian guy on all the old RPG boards who everyone hates! Lol glad to see nothings changed.

[@CvBurgundy]

Run officially starts at 3:56.

[@mattanatior3484]

Archeoaevis died!? Aw man... really thought he was gonna make it this time.

[@BacklogBuster]

Maybe next time :*(

[@Sh00peh]

YES!

[@nolanstrife7350]

"Can You Beat Final Fantasy V Using Only Oracles?" when?

[@BacklogBuster]

Never

[@nolanstrife7350]

@BacklogBuster coward :c Just kidding. That's a bit too much, lol

[@kemix1006]

The last time I was this early, I still had a father! But seriously I expect this to be doable...at 99.

[@paulhiggins6433]

This just reenforces why i don't like berserk in general. The damage is great, not gonna lie, but i hate loosing control of my team. It can make things spiral out of control really quickly.

[@sertiana2512]

*especially* in FF5, when some of the encounters need to be solved with "out of the box" tactics beyond going unga bunga

[@paulhiggins6433]

@@sertiana2512 True, but that goes for any game where berserk is a thing. I don't mind it so much when it's only on one character, but when it's on everyone I get super pissed.

[@bobsmith8510]

Lets 'SERK right into it

[@carolinedavis8339]

I'm curious how you've been tackling these challenges, do you ever bounce between them, balancing a couple at a time to break up the monotony, or do you power through each of them sequentially?

[@BacklogBuster]

Once I start a playthrough I see it through to the end. Before I even started the editing process I had like, Monk, Knight, Black Mage, Blue Mage, Samurai Dragoon and Dancer all completed so thats been helpful.

[@ClintonKE]

you poor soul. SNES version at least has gaia hammers being useful in it due to thronlet at least. You ever see the solo berserker vs Neo Exdeath run on here though? Done on SNES version of course.

[@TimedRevolver]

Unfortunately, Berserker relies heavily on abilities you get from other classes. Something you can't take advantage of in these challenges.

[@Azarif367]

Great video!

[@ThePageofRage]

Welp, you proved me wrong! :P

[@JudgeofSpookyArchetypes]

I’ll be dreading that white mage run, no joke. Context, I was doing a “four job fiesta” run, I say that in quotations since I actually didn’t join the challenge, but still figured that doing said rules would be fun. *Guess what job I got* no joke I’d rather be a goddamn berserker than a white mage, cause at least the job can do *actual damage*

[@BacklogBuster]

At least in a Fiesta, once you get past Garula you should get something that can deal damage from the water crystal. Unless you roll mime... At least then you can get something that can do damage at the fire crystal, unless you get a bard...

[@JudgeofSpookyArchetypes]

@@BacklogBuster Nope got a berserker.. no joke the best job I have in this run is the ranger, that’s cause I got the dancer for my earth crystal job, I basically had the worst team possible. If I ever do a fiesta again, I can assure you that I’ll never use a white mage ever again, that fight with Byblos was one of the worst things I’ve ever done, only being stuck with white mages and berserkers on that fight was utter hell.

[@onion_____]

Finally

[@toddstaples5127]

The powerful berserker. 😮.