Dragon Quest 8 - Hero Only All Bosses

[@pummelweed784]

2:31:52 This showcases DQ8's combat perfectly The absolute dice rolls with how quickly it can go south vs the game randomly giving you the one chance you need to survive is downright comical

[@VanMichael21]

Holy smokes, this is as impressive as hell! I love DQ8 and to me this is one of my fave game of all time, which is why I think what you did here is quite awesome my friend. Sure you used the monster team a few times but to me that does not take away how impressive this was, so thank you for showing us this.

[@Diz_27]

I was just randomly thinking of DQ8 at work today and here i am 💜

[@Syphael]

Ignore what @mkl2g1 said. This whole attempt is impressive and if nothing else, this helps me figure out where I should be gear-wise during a playthrough. I didn't know this was even possible, until I saw this video. Huge props all around and thanks for it. The only thing I would add is that I would wish to see the final fight with the dragovian challenge. My only question is, how come you used the meteorite bracer instead of the Catholician ring? Is that ring not that good for this?

[@overki1l]

Thanks. You mean the catholicon ring? I don't see how that would help. Since most Status attacks of the bosses are abilities and not spells therefore it doesn't protect against them.

[@galactic_3787]

Really amazing challenge you achieved here!!

[@overki1l]

3:49 Khalamari 9:52 Tortured Soul 18:23 Trap Box 25:29 Don Mole 37:10 Great Argon Lizard 43:12 Dhoulmagus 1st form 57:40 Dhoulmagus 2nd Form 01:10:27 Evil Jessica 01:25:53 Captain Crow 01:41:41 Red Horn and Blue fang 02:06:35 Empyrea 02:17:49 Gemon (Took many tries) 02:30:43 Evil sir Leopold (Took so many Tries) i tried to beat him without monster team to show how Long it will take without them. 03:00:48 Marcello 03:19:13 Mini Rhapthorne 03:36:04 Ruin 03:42:42 Rhapthorn final Fight (No way to start it Solo, so defending until he Knocks out the others)

[@MKL874]

Good video for the most part, but even if only temporarily, using monsters as help makes the hero only challenge void

[@overki1l]

I only used monsters to speed things up with the damage. because if not, the battles will take twice the time and the video will be too long for no reason. If you notice i always stay at first to demonstrate the Strategy and how to combat all the bosses moves and then call the team to deal some damage to clear it quicker. Some battles will require a ridiculous amount of turns without monster teams, for example empyrea's strategy would take much longer if i didnt call the team, some final rhapthorne battles i damage him for 1000-2000 only for him to heal it back by not giving me a chance to deal more than 500 before he heals.

[@MKL874]

@@overki1l I get that and it's a good reason, but when you start a challenge and decide on rules to follow, it would be good to respect them whenever possible. For the final form of rhapthorne, it's acceptable to make an exception to the hero only rule because otherwise his shield can't be broken and this makes him invincible. In the other cases, exceptions weren't necessary and if you make them just to speed things up, then there's no point in the challenge

[@overki1l]

@@MKL874 noted. I might redo the challenge in the future with more strict Rules.

[@hardtimes2597]

I kind of couldn't agree. Since the "Call team" action is performed by the hero only, is fully in his right to use that command. Well, if you don't agree with that, the whole question is only about the meaning of words...

[@MKL874]

@@hardtimes2597 Monsters called by that command function as temporary extra members of the party that replace the regular one. Requiring hero to call them doesn't change that