Can You Beat Final Fantasy 5 Using Only Blue Mages?

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[@BR-dj1bo]

All white mage challenges is probably gonna be the most painful part of this series. That or Berserker when you get to it.

[@megatennepster3833]

Its kinda funny because white mage is one of the most overpowered classes in the game, but the second you use four of them that changes for the worse

[@twelfthknight]

I think the Berserker would be genuinely impossible, at least if you include the Omniscient fight. I know he bypasses that fight with non-magical Jobs for the sake of not pointlessly sitting around for literal hours waiting for Omniscient's massive MP pool to drain, but in the case of Berserker even that wouldn't even be an option.

[@SageOfLegaia]

You might be able to cheese it with Mage Mashers, since they have the chance to cast Silence, but I don't know off the top of my head if Omniscient is immune to Silence or not. I also wouldn't want to run the numbers on the luck you'd need to keep it silenced the entire fight.

[@sertiana2512]

​@SageOfLegaia White Mages cannot equip knives

[@stevemanart]

@@sertiana2512 he was talking about berserker is in a lot of ways worse than white mage for the side content.

[@RaynmanPlays]

"So if I find a dragon, enrage him, and manage to survive being set aflame somehow... I could then breathe fire, too?" "Precisely." "Uh-huh. It'd be less trouble to set myself on fire and hug my enemies. To me, I don't know, that seems like a sign. A big one that says, *'I hate blue magic.'"* -8-bit Theatre

[@sertiana2512]

Okay. Confusing enemies to get Blue Magic is supposed to work, but since you played the PR version before it got patched (that added boost etc.) said quirk was bugged, and Confused enemies always casted the blue spells on themself. The recent patch should fix said bug.

[@thesagem]

​@@veghesther3204 when I was a kid playing on an untranslated rom I managed to get white wind using the bard's charm song on the Lonkan ship. Is charm different than confuse?

[@bobosmith101]

@@thesagem Yes. But also, this comment is referring to PR, so moot either way.

[@BacklogBuster]

Big if true for future challengers. My run will forever be tarnished.

[@sertiana2512]

@BacklogBuster Yeah, people on FF5 Fiesta server have confirmed to be the case.

[@ZombieOdin]

The dip into beastmaster to grab cool and powerful spells to show off in a single job challenge is neat and better than some silly technicality anyway

[@BacklogBuster]

I agree. I view these as job showcases as much as a challenge. Just a bit of a shame Blue Mage needs Beastmaster to get the fully realized spell pool.

[@gregorymaxon6507]

I feel the pain of not being able to get some blue magic. Im doing a 4 job playthrough. Rolled blue mage, red mage, ranger,l and samurai. I can confirm that at least white wind and transfusion can be obtained by the confuse spell in the GBA version of the game.

[@leargamma4912]

Why would you play a version that isn't GBA?

[@dexteradams6515]

Young me when I tried blue mage "This is dumb" Young me when I understood blue mage " Oh... oh this is BUSTED!"

[@roetemeteor]

This is the joy of blue mage. Even in FF14, it's either completely underwhelming, Horrifically unbalanced, and always Arcane and confusing. But I love it. It's my favorite class.

[@rustyjones7908]

I love blue magic in any ff game. I will enjoy this!

[@BunnychanFarabee]

It's a shame it's such a pain to deal with in XIV. Still, doing Savage Alexander with all blue mages was awesome.

[@icyblue878]

Never been to a vid so fast. These FF5 runs are good for my soul, thanks Wes.

[@Wote89]

I'm just glad to see I'm not the only one here who hears that word in "Kiss From a Rose" as "grave" instead of "grey."

[@AdventureSpence]

38:38 Exdeath looking like a celestial blunt

[@doctorteethomega]

31:13 Yes! So glad you bent the rules a little to control. White wind and big guard are just too good to leave behind on a Blue Mage run.

[@fortello7219]

The Charm spell on Vampire (the Blue Mage job from Bravely Defauly) DOES actually make enemies use their helpgul abilties on you. I am very thankful for that. Also confusion can work as well

[@DaGreatBrandonie]

Loving the series so far. FFV has always been one of my favorites. Looking forward to seeing Summoner!

[@redmageviewer]

When I played FF5 for this first time back when it came out for the GBA I actually knew what Blue Mage did because of FF7 and the enemy skill materia. But actually finding the spells and such was a different story, lol. I remember trying Blue Mage out and getting Goblin Punch and Aero and that was about it. I wish they had more in game ways to find out if a monster had a blue magic spell or not.

[@cb3648]

Yeah in later games scan lets you know if an enemy has blue magic, should've done that for this one.

[@BambiDiego]

I love just having fun with these vids rather than people who take themselves to seriously and "Uuhhhm you cheated!!" Keep doing your thing man

[@brianarsuaga5008]

I like that you went and got control, once it was clear that it was doable anyway.

[@pineapplepearjuice6717]

Huhhh i always thought you could one shot Purobolos with Aqua Rake... Seriously this game has so many secret ways to cheese bosses, its soooooo fun.

[@EquipoiseOfficial]

What a great video series. I hope your channel thrives dude ❤

[@TheTateful]

This series is so cool. Really enjoying it, as someone who also does FF5 challenge runs. You probably already know, but you can change your weapon and shield slots in-battle. I think that may have helped in a couple spots for the Black Mage run. Also, you can indeed learn Whitewind from a confused enemy, but it's not in the script for the Metamoph's version of Enchanted Fan. Regular Enchanted Fan has it, though, and can be encountered again in the Sunken Tower. You also can get Mighty Guard from a confused Stingray. You just had bad luck. Version I run is Pixel Remaster as well, btw.

[@grauenritter9220]

the funniest thing to do with Blue Mage is to hit Old, then go for the lv 5 death, by spamming the pause button to make sure the ticks land correctly.

[@leargamma4912]

@@grauenritter9220 someone knows it. But... what about atomos? Isn't he level 41?

[@grauenritter9220]

@@leargamma4912 round down

[@simondiamond9628]

When it comes to L2 Old and Time Slip, the "Window Cancellation Trick" is seriously one of the best ways to abuse Death By Math. The timing of it can be tricky at times, though.

[@cb3648]

@@leargamma4912 If you use blackshock to half an enemies level an odd number rounds down, so Atomos goes to level 20 and then level 5 death can kill him.

[@jairomorales2547]

Definitely four beastmasters should give a good challenge.

[@NekoYuki]

That moment I heard you say "'cause it beefs up my goblin punch", I felt a kindred spirit. That chaotic energy, never lose it.

[@Onering80]

I love these vids. Backlog Buster is the John Madden of challenge videos, lol. Just need to work in drawing circles around something, with some squiggly lines, and some onomatopoeia's like Thwak, snork, thunk, Zok, & Zorp. Dancer is going to be interesting. Specially once Krile joins the party. Every time she dances there is a chance Steven Segal jumps (what? lol. I meant waddles) out of a bush and tries to make her his new Girlfriend.

[@meenerman7693]

Great series I'm looking forward to seeing how to tackle the later jobs.

[@Alucard-qq7wb]

Been waiting for this one.

[@nexmeles8023]

honestly I can't wait for the Mime challenge.. haha

[@Rain-sr9pp]

Same

[@Alucard-qq7wb]

How would that even work? Freelancer until the last 15 minutes? Haha​ could be interesting though

[@Rain-sr9pp]

@@Alucard-qq7wb I meant "same" in response to blue mages. Yeah Mime would be interested to see

[@kirakirakiivvi]

transmetal beasties is THE most canadian thing ive ever heard

[@lvitntnmrcls]

Great series! It finally dawned on me. You are the person I watch the blue magic guide. On your other channel

[@TyreeseTheAscendedOne]

This series is actually fun to watch.

[@AzureTheSky]

I know a lot of these are all already recorded, but I really think you should get the other classes as early as you get the first crystal, just to showcase more of it whenever possible instead of freelancer. That said, loving the series! Keep 'em coming!

[@Myrope]

I love Blue Mage! That was a fun watch :)

[@ClintonKE]

Before watching I assume this will be easy. The more you know about ff5 really helps this class compared to going blind.

[@simondiamond9628]

First time viewer. Decent video overall. 🤙 There's no question, the Blue Mage is cracked. The class has the tools for almost any situation, and "Death By Math" is usually good for a laugh, especially against NED/TED at the end of the game. The only class that I had that much fun with was the Chemist (of whom I named my Bartz/Butz "W. White", for obvious reasons). Tempting Tango from the Dancing Dagger can be such a headache to use at times. You really need a White Mage in your party in order to fully take advantage of the Confuse ability from the dagger. That being said, the Blue Mage can pretty much nuke any boss, to include the two Superbosses (Omega/Shinryu). Omega is a bit of a pain though because you can't really kill him without 1000 Needles/Blowfish. Although I know you didn't choose to grind at Black Flame Island (just north of Cresent Island), one thing that I found to be helpful in W1 was grinding for Flame Rings in Istory. Being able to use Flamethrower/Emission to heal yourself came in clutch a few times prior to getting White Wind in Ronka/Lonka Ruins. Speaking of grinding for stuff, I also opted to grind for Frost Rods and Angel Rings for Gilgame (Gil Turtle) in W2. Using Tempting Tango (or Mediator/Beastmaster's !Control command) on Poison Eagles (up in Drakenvale) for Float really helped out against Gil Turtle. My only minor complaint about the video? No references to the "Blue Man Group" musical act. 🙃 😅 (Ah well, can't win'em all.)

[@HouseofSen]

this is what ive been waiting for

[@Fleshlight_Reviewer]

I wanna see that berserker only run

[@BacklogBuster]

Dancer > Red Mage > Berserker.

[@reloadpsi]

I'm so glad you knew about making Azulmagia blow himself up.

[@hailthequeenFM]

After watching Black Mage Only, I've been stocked to see how fun this will get.

[@stickyrick1939]

"I'm the neighbor who's constantly mowing it" perfect

[@ahmedfalahy9337]

Blue Magic is my favorite thing in all RPGS and its debut in FF5 is phenomenal

[@oscara8454]

I used a guide for blue magic my first playthrough. Spells are crazy broken.

[@JudgeofSpookyArchetypes]

Crazy how differently you seem to act compared to back then. You certainly seem to show out a lot more emotion compared to back then. Gotta hand it to ya, did a rather swell job on this one.

[@alimargaming8722]

Babe, wake up, Backlog Buster just posted

[@BrendenBarlow]

YESSSSS I WAS WAITING FOR THIS UPLOAD😍😍

[@deathstinger13]

poor dragoon. this one remembers using it mainly to get Lancet for mages for the free MP recovery

[@Kiaxiou]

I love to watch these as I have dinner, also Gilgamesh? You mean Greg

[@Delmworks]

16:00 it’s taken me a bit but I’ve suddenly realized how poorly the Submarine bit in this game has aged…😂😅

[@WordsmithVG]

Excellent! Good work as always. Next time can you do Lufia Fortress of Doom or Xenogears? Challenge: don't fall asleep

[@BacklogBuster]

I'm never going through Lufia again. Once was enough.

[@Null_Experis]

shame you didn't' get to level 44 for Necrophobe. Those goblin punches would have dealt 4,000+ damage.

[@stevesamuals2651]

It's not really cheating to use the control command if it means getting the full experience out of the blue mage class. Just like it's fine to smash rods if you can

[@absolutez3r019]

His own rules say he's locked into the class. So it is cheating.

[@leonhart483]

The one we all waited for

[@younesakdah1803]

Hey man. You make fun videos. Thank you.

[@discgolfwes]

Left switch, got it

[@martlinkdiamond5644]

I'm so looking formward to the day you do the solo bard run

[@BacklogBuster]

Im finally making real progress in Bard only. Solo? Not a chance.

[@jamesgaiser8509]

love these videos man

[@TheTamally]

Using Beastmaster to get the rest of the blue magic spells is honestly a worthy time to break the rules. What's the point in doing a blue mage only run if you can't use all the cool blue mage spells?

[@bobosmith101]

Aw, someone else did Blue Mage only while dipping into BeastMaster this week. I'd love to see a run without it! I do feel a bit cheated.

[@AxeMain]

Love this series

[@Bramhallthefifth]

i dont think the metamorph fans know white wind but i might be misremembering

[@StopHim]

I don’t mean this in a negative way, but you have a voice for ASMR. Your mic / production are so soothing I fell asleep to this but woke up and subbed. This isn’t a /s. I subbed because I’d love more chill challenge strat videos to fall asleep to. Could be a blessing in disguise

[@SwordsDanceQwilfish]

You can actually still find Mythril Dragons in world 3 even after the library gets sucked

[@vayneinsane]

If you had a full team of level 5, goblin punch does octuple damage and you just kill Karlaboss

[@haeventein634]

when's next episode? am addicted sir

[@heyBurmecia]

40:01 I need this on a sign above my screen or something

[@iamthehobo]

Blue mage ftw

[@toddstaples5127]

Nicely done and injoy 😮😮

[@Tsukoblue]

I was hoping this would be a full playthrough...

[@BacklogBuster]

It is?

[@fuzzymuppet1990]

I have the pixel remasters on pc and all updated, and they all still have that scrolling ficker and tear thing on both my pcs.. ive done all the tricks and fixes and even the fps mod for them with no luck.. I just can't unsee it, and it drives me bannanas 😢

[@RadishDoctor]

I'm surprised you didn't fight Shinryu since Blue Mage kind of has the best shot of doing it. Dark Spark does work... lol (at your level it would be around ~9%)

[@metroidmaster88]

Its bit troublesome IMO. Learn most blue mage spells requires charm or controll enemy. But luckily L 2, 3, 4, 5 magic could be learn without. I think its not that hardest possible single job challenge. I can just imagine how hard is beat game Dancer only. Berserkker only might be even impossible. Cannot controlls nothing.

[@arcnova]

watching this series inspired me to do solo job runs too just finished my all ranger run got any tips for editing?

[@BacklogBuster]

My workflow is 1. Beat the Game 2. Rewatch my Footage while writing the first draft of the script 3. Go over the script llike 4 times 4. Record VO 5. Cut VO while inserting any memes/graphics i want 6. Align footage that syncs up with what I'm talkling about 7. Final check and render.

[@arcnova]

@@BacklogBuster what editing sofrtware do you use? i just started messing around with openshot video editor

[@TheAzulmagia]

I believe Archaeoavis is vulnerable to 1000 Needles.

[@BacklogBuster]

Yeah but I can't use it because lamia's wont cast it without control.

[@TheAzulmagia]

@@BacklogBuster Oooh, dang, that really stinks.

[@WilliamScavengerFish]

Blue mage run should allow for acquisition of control skill.

[@cassio4556]

I wonder if blacklog will make a extra run with freelancer, where they can only equip abilitys from theirs respective crystal. Would be a nice run and bonus this make sense to me beacuse galuf need re learn his skill after Earth crystal was shattered because in this very moment he recover his memory as a former earth crystal warrior and the others are the news members that learn new skill as soon they get some pieces from wind, water and fire crystals😂 Edit: grammar . Sorry im brazillian and dont write in others idiom with frequency . Edit2: and krille recivie everything immediately because..... nepotism. Bartzs father hate the monarchy and that why he wanted bartz to follow the wind😂😂😂

[@phaeste]

I swear this video was already uploaded at some point previously. Like i know that you'll use beastmaster to be able to actually get spells despite the fact that i am typing this before watching the video

[@BacklogBuster]

I definitely edited it and rendered it for the first and last time today, so thats just some kinda coincidence.

[@phaeste]

@@BacklogBuster i guess youtube must've hit me with another blue mage only video after i watched the monk one

[@WrexsolToob]

Zok is the best character in all of Final fantasy. Prove me wrong. *hic*

[@jonathantifone8001]

I still wish they toned down rods. Breaking for ara magic was a good rebalance in FF 6.

[@bobsmith8510]

Good bits

[@AxelRyman]

Sad that PR nerfed the hell out of confuse so you can't get certain enemy spells. At least as an alternative for healing you could use Flamethrower with a Flame Shield + Flame Rod. #DeathByMath

[@vayneinsane]

Oh boi time to watch the most broken job in ff5.

[@mindlessmeat4055]

I saw someone else do a blue mage only of this and they were able to get white wind and mighty guard. Not sure how.

[@BacklogBuster]

I mean, its *very* easy to lie on a youtube video. You just cut around the parts where you get control and use it to learn the spell. I could've easily edited this video to make it look like my dancing dagger-tempting tango strategy worked. I believe in trying to be as honest as possible though so I'll tell the truth even if its not my desired outcome.

[@mindlessmeat4055]

​@@BacklogBuster yeah. I thought your run was fine, even with the slight deviation. I am very excited for some of the jobs past the wind crystal.

[@MeowzingerZ]

I love blue mage so I might've seen that video too. If it's what I was thinking, I think they were upfront about leveling up Beastmaster on one character just to learn control and then continuing with the challenge with them all as Blue Mage after learning that skill, since it's the *only* way to get very specific skills

[@sertiana2512]

​@mindlessmeat4055 PC version of Pixel Remaster before January 2024 patch (that added gil/exp boost, pixel font, etc.) had a lot bugs. One of the bug was confused enemies would always cast Blue spells on themself. Said quirk works on other versions of the game.

[@Ilzmur]

I would have preffered if you wouldnt use the lamp and breaking rods, since that isnt an ability exclusive to a spefic job and did make some parts of this challenge similiar to what you did in the black mage one. You could techically go as far as banning the use off items in out right when in battle, but I already know that would make jobs with access to healing otherwise a pain.

[@BacklogBuster]

I set up the rules at the start of the video.

[@lukecormier6913]

Never write off blue mages cause I thought they suck just that I'm too lazy to do the research lol

[@AtrumNuntius]

It's funny watching a bunch of Four Job Fiestas with Blue Mage on the older releases of FFV and they all used confusion to get all the spells they needed. Eh, what can you do. If I was playing this run I probably would have resorted to the Beastmaster faster instead of dealing with the game's nonsense.

[@iantaakalla8180]

Apparently, this is a bug. Another commenter said that you are supposed to get some spells by using confuse, and that that bug was fixed

[@Bramhallthefifth]

yeah im wondering how up to date this version of PR is cause im sure confuse works here

[@MasterKnightDH]

31:28 Oh you used Control simply to learn a couple of spells the game was refusing to let you learn otherwise because of arbitrary design? FAILURE!

[@lachlank.8270]

Wait...... Faris is a GIRL??

[@BacklogBuster]

crazy right?

[@Woopbang]

Gonna throw this out here, since I've seen like 3-4 of these now. Not sure why you didn't run a mod to have the job you want/need the WHOLE run. Since Freelancer is the only one that can see the whole game naturally.

[@BacklogBuster]

The answer is simple man, I didnt want to run a mod.

[@luisguerra7367]

Runs are kinda dumb when you can just use elemental rods when you hit a wall to be honest

[@BacklogBuster]

Welcome to FF5. Take it up with Squaresoft.

[@sertiana2512]

That's the beauty of FF5, deal with it

[@tatecheddar]

I know you can say that you could have easily beat the game before going for control, and I'm sure you could, but I gotta say it probably would have been more interesting to see your experience with Neo-Exdeath without Mighty Guard and White Wind.

[@stevemanart]

Using Beastmaster/Control to fill out the blue mage list is not cheating on a blue mage challenge.

[@megatennepster3833]

Can you play through a SaGa game with only martial arts? Id say Monstrel Song is the gane where Fists only isnt broken, but also not impossible