Chrono Cross Combat Tips - Field Effect, Summons, and Element Combos!

[@JRPG-Mickey]

Couple things I left out of the video: - ALWAYS equip Eagle Eye, Strengthen, Purify, Recover All, and Revive! - Status ailments can be annoying, ESPECIALLY Darkness. You can cure this with Purify which can be purchased at Guldove Home World! - Dreamer's Scarf is one of the best accessories that open up Eagle Eye instantly, OR turning the field to the color you want in order to summon!

[@veghesther3204]

IMHO Eagle Eye Strengthen Purify I NEVER used even ONCE The Evade boost Cheat makes the Dreamers Scarf completely useless that cheat will always have your elemental power at max LV AND BE INFINUTE when you use any elements as well the only thing that isn't infinite is the stamina you spend in battles.

[@lorddiethorn]

You should have talked about traps as that is probably one of the more complex issues with the game

[@sharebear421]

@@veghesther3204 cheating is boring

[@veghesther3204]

I only used the cheats because they exist but even without them I never used Eagle Eye or Strengthen at all.

[@JRPG-Mickey]

@@veghesther3204 yup! Your missing out!

[@joegoodman8213]

Finally somebody putting a spotlight on eagle eye and strengthen, my default strategy once they're available. Great video!

[@JRPG-Mickey]

Best combo in the game! Thanks for the comment...I genuinely try to make guides that are packed with both GOOD information that is REPEATABLE and easy to do yourself. I'm surprised other people don't talk about this much!

[@hershelcallender9890]

Thanks for the well crafted explanation. Needed that field effect breakdown.

[@JRPG-Mickey]

Glad it helps out!

[@tantacles]

Dude, awesome video. Interesting how two different channels can come up with such different tips.

[@JRPG-Mickey]

Thanks for the comment Legend! You were making videos that I'd been watching for weeks before the remaster came out! YOU'RE the channel I model after!

[@Landonio]

Damn. I've been playing this game off and on since it came out over 20 years ago, and there was stuff in this video I never even knew or thought of before. Good shit.

[@JRPG-Mickey]

Wow really? Thank you for the comment! What in particular was helpful for you?

[@bbqrainbow]

Loving the background music choices ❤️

[@spacehamham]

Field effect explanation really helped me out!

[@JRPG-Mickey]

Nice glad it helped lol.

[@williambarker6257]

Hey mate. Just found your channel after looking for some refresher tips for chrono cross. I wanna tell you you're content is great. Clear, direct, fun, no gimmicks. Il be checking out your triangle strategy videos as well. Thanks mate.

[@tigmo55]

Nice video man! I have played through Chrono Cross countless times (the PS1 version...can't wait to play the remaster!) and you provided some tips that even I didn't know about so thank you for that! I honestly didn't realize that certain elements such as Eagle Eye are just as effective at the lower levels vs. Level 4. I guess the OCD in me got in the way there. I'll have to try out your tips when I fire up the game next time!

[@nd4864]

Thanks! This is so helpful, I played this game 20 years ago and totally forgot how to use the battle system

[@JRPG-Mickey]

Glad the video helped!

[@leveluppupgaming7207]

Man, I played through this game as a kid and all i knew was, "3 hits hardest. Move spells into higher level slots for more damage. And the field of effect in the corner is how to get the secret ending." I didnt know anything else about how the system worked. This video is gonna change the way i approach the game, thank you for your hard work and putting this together.

[@continuallyblessed44]

Thanks for the field effect breakdown. I always thought it didn’t matter until all three segments were the same color. Oops! I’ll pay more attention from now on lol.

[@Wil_Dsense]

Same. The game doesn’t* explain Shlt. How were we supposed to know how this shiz works. SMH. Love this game for the visuals, music, story etc. but it doesn’t half piss me off sometimes.

[@SuperHandi]

Yo man, good video! This covers a lot of useful tools in making combat go more smoothly! Great Video!

[@JRPG-Mickey]

Legend!

[@Bogrin]

Great job with the summon tips! Would love to see some character highlight videos too! My vote would be for a Sprigg top transformations how to acquire and use guide! :)

[@lorddiethorn]

Equipment the forget me not pot and go to the bend of time

[@Bogrin]

@@lorddiethorn oh I know all about Sprigg! Just think it would make for a great video for beginners that might overlook her or not realize how amazing she is! :)

[@JRPG-Mickey]

Keeping this one in mind. Thanks Bogrin! I THINK I might have figured out how to get Vigora early than expected from Sprigg...so fingers crossed!

[@tony47666123]

I generally avoid commenting on videos but this explanation was AMAZING! Thanks a million times and good job.

[@JRPG-Mickey]

Thank YOU for the awesome comment! It's rare to see someone say something like this to me, so I truly appreciate it!

[@ShockStormRPG]

Thanks for the tip about Diminish! Diminish is super good! It helps a ton for surviving boss attacks!

[@JRPG-Mickey]

Definitely! It's one of the best elements in the game!!

[@spartacus18954]

This is amazing. I played the game 20 years ago but I was 10 years old and had no sense of strategy and or skill lol. Alot of this is a new information I didn't know about or grasp at the time and the rest is a great refresher. Thank you for this!

[@JRPG-Mickey]

I think I first played the game when I was 14 too, and DEFINIITELY didn't know how to play the game nearly as well as I do now. What other things do you think would help people out? Any guide ideas you have?

[@GilgaMax305]

Damn, your field effect explanation was perfect! Amazing stuff 🙏🏼💯

[@JRPG-Mickey]

Ya think so? Thank you! That means a lot!

[@MarcusyesMarcus]

Great choice of music. Very positiv vibe but also ambient:ish/dreamy. Altough it could be just a tad lower in vol. Great video!

[@silvertalon215]

I never knew that about the steal rate. Thank you!

[@thromegaawesome]

Good video with a lot of great tips. Only gripe is that at times it can be hard to hear you over the music.

[@JRPG-Mickey]

Someone else mentioned this, and I think you're right, I'll go ahead and turn the music down next time!

[@drahcir7x23]

Here's something I learned recently by playing Draggy, High stamina characters like Draggy, Razzly, and Kid are really great. I love to equip them with Stamina Belt and make them go first, they attack, use their elements, then they get their turn back quickly, they can become a Stamina generators for other characters.

[@JRPG-Mickey]

This is one that I've thought about, but never really dissected much! This is awesome, I gotta try this out now!

[@matthewearlywine5535]

I’ve played Chrono Cross a bazillion times and most people I see play it now have difficulty with using the field/summons and It’s HUGE part of the battle system. Thing I like to do in boss fights is go all in on attacks and charge everyone’s grid. Maybe do a few turn elements or buffs debuffs. Defend let the boss make an attack or so. Get everyone’s stamina to full level 7 right after the boss has attacked and just chain the crap out of elements just like you shown to do for the summons. Do this right and you can completely blow up a lot of bosses

[@kristopher1583]

great info in here just downloaded Chrono Cross for my switch, going to rewatch this vid

[@JRPG-Mickey]

Hope the video helped! Let me know if there's a specific guide you're looking for me to make!

[@xL3MEN2x]

This is my time playing Chrono Cross, so I'm new the Field Effect thing and Elements/Spells. I'm struggling to do enough damage. How do you get plus and minus elements?

[@ThePaagshim]

awesome vid learned quite a bit. Side question if i have a rainbow pick on irenes and beat the game and do a new game plus is that pick in my inventory or is it stuck on irenes until i unlock her again?

[@JRPG-Mickey]

Fortunately, Prism gear (equipment made fromm Rainbow Shells) continue on in New Game + or Continue +!!

[@ThePaagshim]

@@JRPG-Mickey Thx thats good to know bc i wanna beat it with irenes and then have that weaponavailable for when i get nikki next game!

[@leveluppupgaming7207]

This may get missed or unanswered but any input would be amazing. I'm curious, if I'm fighting a boss that is yellow innate. If I change a character to yellow, does this mean they will now have a defense buff against the bosses yellow elemental attacks while they're yellow or does this only work on lowering an enemies defense by changing their colors? Also, if I change an enemies innate color, will this change what elements their strong/weak against? Thanks for all your hard work!

[@JRPG-Mickey]

while fighting a yellow innate boss, changing a party member's innate to yellow will give a defensive buff to the enemy's physical attacks, and yellow elemental attacks. Changing the enemy that is innate yellow to say Black, would make the enemy more susceptible to an innate White character's attacks, and white elemental attacks/spells

[@leveluppupgaming7207]

@@JRPG-Mickey thank you so much! You absolutely rock!

[@cangrexX]

idk if it is a radical dreamers version bug but.. some "supportive" elements don't work on enemies.. for example lo-res, numble etc and one other very interesting thing... if i want to use a "turn" element the only way i can deal more dmg is lets say my oponent is blue, well the only real way for it to work is me throwing turn-red on any ally and start hitting them with physical attacks, thats the only way, idk why it doesn't let me change THEIR color and attack with an opposing element.. i does nothing... it doesn't amplfy any dmg whatsoever...you can see that now they are double innate but it donest do more dmg. I don't remember being like this in the psx so is it a Radical dreamers bug???

[@SquallSf]

The video content is very interesting and well explained. However the background music messes all up. It seems different songs have different volume thresholds and overall BM volume level is high, so at places instead of BM it becomes FM(foreground music). I can barely hear the explanations. I would advice you to put BMs volume significantly lower. Also the music itself ... I guess it is subjective but these BMs are very intrusive - they draw the attention to themselves. TBH on the 5th minute I was going to close the video. Only my interest on the subject kept from doing so, yet I had to take a break before continuing. P.S. Please understand I'm not trying to make the video looks bad. I think the explanations is top-notch.

[@skins4thewin]

Hey, question. What game is that 1st song that plays in this video from? It says Rei-Nana? Never heard of such a game in my life, and I've been a pretty seasoned gamer ever since the 80's. What sort of game is Rei-Nana? The music seems quite good!

[@JRPG-Mickey]

I'm pretty positive that Rei Nana is a dating simulator game that only came out in Japan. I don't actually have any experience with the game, but I listen to all sorts of Video Game music and liked the vibe of this one!

[@skins4thewin]

@@JRPG-Mickey I agree, the song is pretty dope.

[@skins4thewin]

@@JRPG-Mickey Just curious how you came across that song anyway. How do you usually discover new & obsucre tracks like that? I'd like to do the same cus yeah that track is some S Tier AAA title worthy music right there but happens to be in a trashy dating sim lol. Weird how that happens sometimes.

[@SaiyanGamer95]

I've noticed that enemies can sometimes attack while I'm in the middle of a combo; when a character is using their attack chain before they used all possible attacks. Why is that? Also, what is the bar at the bottom of their profile? The one that has Sta. 6.0. What does that mean?

[@JRPG-Mickey]

It's a bit of a complex/easy answer what you're asking, and instead of writing it out to you via text, it's much easier explained through THIS video by Handy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHireINnrc1jaa8&ab_channel=SuperHandi Let him know I sent ya!

[@jordanjackson4840]

Diminish might be the best spell in the game especially once you get to the second act where the game starts throwing the heavy hitters at you. Two bosses come to mind that made me rage but once I discovered how good Diminish was, I used it on every boss until the end of game. P.S. I played this game when it came out on the PS1. Massively underrated game. Not perfect but it’s awesome to see this gem brought back for a new generation.

[@JRPG-Mickey]

YES. Both of them are White Innates as well I'm assuming? Diminish works WONDERS against those two.

[@jordanjackson4840]

@@JRPG-Mickey Bingo. You knew exactly the ones I’m talking about.

[@mauricesteel4995]

I wouldn'r say Chrono Cross is underrated at all, on its released it was praised as a masterpiece and one of the best games of all time. It got flak later due to ita confusing plot and ties to Chrono Trigger. I say it was forgotten, not underrated.

[@skins4thewin]

Lol I see you're showing footage of you going into the Earth Dragon isle early. Smart move. But you don't have any thieves for some reason! You know that you can literally steal Mythril & even Denadorite EXTREMELY early by going there even before the SS Invincible stuff? You can even sometimes steal Cloud Capes from the Bombs those Fossicker guys throw out. The Rockroach enemies that sometimes appear with them will even drop Denadorite as a common drop! It's insane to be able to get those materials this early, well before you even have access to Mythril or Denadorite weapons. I always spend a few hours here as soon as I get Kid back to steal some of this stuff as well as try to steal some Cloud Capes which are amazing pieces of armor this early on. Those bad guys aren't that hard to kill either if you just load up on your most powerful elements or use a spell like LoRes on them since their Defense is super high for that point of the game. Their magic resistance isn't tho. Strengthen of course helps but even when u strengthen Kid or Mel they will still do like 3 damage per hit even w Fierce attacks without using LoRes on the enemy. I just chain strong elements specially green ones while i'm down there & it's not too hard. Either way they are WAYYYY easier than trying to fight those airframe things in the Isle of the Damned which the best thing you can get from them is Mythril. Not worth it at all, specially when Mythril is a common drop from just about everything in the Earth Dragon Isle, and they hit WAY lighter than those Airframes. Those things r a nightmare at this point in the game. At the same time Airframes can drop SealAll and have Elbow Pads for their rare steal so that might be worth it, but I haven't been able to come up w a decent way to not die against them. If they don't kill you w their attacks they will w their insta death ones. Any tips?

[@jdakel7605]

GREAT VIDEO THANK YOU

[@Scout-Fanfiction]

A good video hampered by competing voice over and music volume. There's a lot of useful info here, but parts are nigh inaudible due to the music overtaking the volume of the narration. Not saying that music is bad in a video like this.

[@JRPG-Mickey]

I'll keep that in mind! Thanks for the feedback, I'll try lowering the music next time!

[@Raider_Todd]

What is the white bar that stacks when you attack enemies? It seems to have something to do with getting critical hits but I'm not sure

[@JRPG-Mickey]

Hmm, I think that you're talking about the level 3 attacks. The accuracy raises for each successful attack!

[@Raider_Todd]

@@JRPG-Mickey I know what you mean but on the lower left corner of the screen a level 1 attack adds a small stack, 2 a medium, and 3 a large stack. When the stacks are taller critical hits seem to hit more often but it's just speculation on my part.

[@princeofsomnia7664]

found the egle eye strategy myself and never look back. once you try it you can never go back or you will feel youre gimping yourself if you don't use it. also, why your game in the video seems stuttering so much? is it really the game itself or just thr video?

[@skins4thewin]

Quick question about trapping elements. Trapping an element gives you a single use element to use, but is this also the case for Summons? When you trap a Summon are you only able to use it once & then it's gone forever?

[@JRPG-Mickey]

Actually, none of the elements are gone forever with the exception of consumables (Tablets, Nostrums, Antidotes, etc). Summons are just like the other elements in that you can use them once per battle! Unfortunately you can't equip more than 1 summon on a character, but there ARE ways to "restore" elements after you've used them! Namely the Chrono Cross Element and through Leena's Level 3 Technique I believe!

[@skins4thewin]

@@JRPG-Mickey So when you trap an element its not just a single use element that you trap? It becomes like the others, one that you can use again and again? That's all I'm wondering about, if trapping an element gives you a one time use consumable element/spell or one that's like most where you can use it as much as you want.

[@JRPG-Mickey]

@@skins4thewin Correct! Just like the other elements in that you can use them multiple times. When you trap an element, the trapped element is NOT consumable! Only the trap itself is consumable!

[@skins4thewin]

@@JRPG-Mickey oh thank freaking god! That sure is good to hear. Thanks for confirming!

[@joeworker9742]

It would be good to add the value differences in the +/- scale.

[@skins4thewin]

These are some very high level tips here! The only issue with regularly implementing all of these things is for normal playthrus this basically breaks the game & makes it completely devoid of any challenge. Just saying, It's always great to be overpowered, but may want to be forewarned about that vs just playing how you see fit. If you're a skilled player you may want to not implement these strats in order to have a bit more fun with the game.

[@JRPG-Mickey]

Complete agree. Like you said in the beginner tips video, for a veteran player, you'll want to utilize and learn more about the AP system and how to really take advantage of bosses/enemies

[@skins4thewin]

@@JRPG-Mickey Oh for sure, but I just thought it was worth mentioning how easy all these advanced tactics can make the game. Some may end up wanting to hold back a bit on the advanced strats simply to make the game a bit tougher. Still, I very much enjoy getting into the nitty gritty of my games & learning all the ins & outs of it that I can. That's half the fun for me :) A tougher difficulty mode would have certainly helped. Too bad...

[@lysander9957]

Dang, traps are next video. Ok, ill be waiting.

[@lorddiethorn]

It’s quite simple you cast them wait until an enemy cast it you steal one. You can’t cast more than one at an time. Certain enemies won’t cast them you fight them for example red wolf is an summon that can only be cast by the fire level dog home world the dogs must be by themselves. Shadow cast mothership need to be in valley where the bird was in a world. The bird cast the white element in home world over looking the path. Green is whey the green dragon is got to fight the bug enemies needs to be two of them. The yellow is on the marsh a Another world. You needed to have full colors so bear that in mind. Some of the bosses will cast level five and level six elements you can trap so make sure you can check out the boss battles for there patterns

[@JRPG-Mickey]

Video is up here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYS9o3hnZd2ljZY

[@JRPG-Mickey]

For the most part this is correct, but in my video I skip the waiting to see if the enemy can cast it, and cast it myself with Sprigg.

[@alchemygal3285]

Needs video on how to get the real final ending. I remember when i was younger but I couldn’t get it to work cus the enemy would always cast a spell before I could finish it. It was very difficult so I never achieved the best ending. I need tips to get the final ending easily. And probably others as well.

[@tantacles]

I recommend these steps: 1. Build up your element levels to 8 with each character 2. Defend with everyone until the final boss casts a green element 3. Starting with Serge, cast level 1 elements of the appropriate level in order 4. Once you have the appropriate element order, cast chrono cross. That should do it! It's all about prep.

[@lorddiethorn]

So the blue boss final dungeon it shows you which element to used first as well

[@draklen2244]

20 years and I actually didn't know about the buffs at lower levels.

[@JRPG-Mickey]

One of the best tips I could give! Level 1 Eagle eye is STRONNNG!

[@draklen2244]

@@JRPG-Mickey started using it this morning. Glenn pwns everything even easier now.

[@farabymartha3052]

Thanks man. I thinks most of the people that playing this game on switch NOW are the middle aged man.. Since this is my favorite ps1 game 20 y ago when I am 14 or 16 At that time I have never use traps, Have no idea about field element, And just wonder why I cant get glenn

[@JRPG-Mickey]

I was the complete same as you! hahaha, now days I NEVER skip Glenn!

[@matheusl.9947]

nice viedo dude, the music is too loud

[@jonmcknight18]

Kill any random mobs with summons and you get a shiny item for that element e.g. Shiny soot for dark

[@jonmcknight18]

These are needed to make all but surge's best weapon and armour.

[@veghesther3204]

Except you can NOT keep the Master Mune OR Glenn's best weapon so their really the ones ones that need it however the Prism Helms in this game suck they don't EVEN have the SAME null all status effects from Chrono Trigger at all.

[@jonmcknight18]

I forgot that. but choosing not to help kid is definitely better just because you get glenn and he is better late game then the one you get for saving kid.

[@veghesther3204]

Except Harlie almost NEVER drops the Moon Glasses accessory the only way AROUND that is to do the Save Kid route first run and steal them and on a first run I'd rather do that then have Glenn join and Glenn before you even fight Dario isn't really worth usingg

[@lorddiethorn]

surge's best Weapon is the rainbow one it’s does five more damage than the one you can’t keep

[@skins4thewin]

Just want to point out that you misspoke there at 7:34, He's doing 25% more damage, not 125% lol. If he was doing 125% more damage the damage boost would be STRATOSPHERIC! Just saying, your terminology is incorrect. You should have dropped the word "more" if you wanted to say 125%, as yes he's doing 125% damage in that case, not 125% MORE damage. 100% is a baseline for completely unbuffed or unhindered damage. But when you're talking about MORE, you drop the 100% as that's a given. 125% more damage would mean his damage is literally being more than doubled lol which is obviously not the case here. You likely should have just been consistent w the rest of the vid & just said that he's doing 25% more damage.

[@JohnCronoWhitney]

Nice video! Terrible music choice! High pitched effects that hurts ears during the element combos section.

[@skins4thewin]

My god.... You can REALLY see the framerate chugging along in parts of this video. It's unreal to me that Square Enix thought it was ok to release the Remaster in this state... And with zero plans to fix it! Totally inexcusable imo, considering the game runs at low framerates to begin with! They literally have no love for this series I swear, they have straight up shat on it for the last 20 years.