Final Fantasy V - All Bosses At Level 1 (Commentated)

...except for Gil Turtle, because I didn't know he was ONLY in world 2, and I don't wanna play the first half of the game again at level 1.
...also Faris is level 3, because she joins the party that way. Hope you enjoy the video!
Uncommentated version (with optional caption commentary): • Final Fantasy V - All ...
Dr Pepper's low level run on lparchive: lparchive.org/Final-Fantasy-V...
MrWright's low level fights: • Final Fantasy V Low Level
0:00 - Intro
3:08 - Karlabos
3:43 - Siren
5:22 - Magissa/Forza
7:44 - Garula
9:11 - Liquid Flame
9:49 - Iron Claw
11:27 - Shiva
13:02 - Ifrit
14:16 - Byblos
14:42 - Sandworm
15:24 - Cray Claw
16:01 - Ramuh
16:27 - Adamantoise
16:48 - Soul Cannon
17:33 - Archeoaevis
19:53 - Purobolos
20:02 - Titan
21:03 - Chimera Brain
21:44 - Gilgamesh 1
22:11 - Gilgamesh 2
25:35 - Tyrannosaur
25:54 - Abductor
26:24 - Dragon Pod
27:17 - Gilgamesh 3
31:11 - Atomos
31:55 - Catoblepas
32:17 - Crystals
34:53 - Carbuncle
35:40 - Gilgamesh 4
36:29 - Exdeath 1
37:07 - Antlion
37:27 - Gargoyles
38:03 - Sekhmet
38:57 - Melusine
40:30 - Odin
40:47 - Pantera
41:12 - Wendigo
42:14 - Minotaur
42:44 - Omniscient
43:55 - Gogo
44:17 - Phobos/Nereid/Triton
44:33 - Leviathan
46:20 - Calofisteri
47:06 - Apanda
47:42 - Azulmagia
48:03 - Catastrophe
48:24 - Alte Roite/Jura Aevis
49:57 - Halicarnassus
50:56 - Twintania
51:49 - Gilgamesh 5
52:23 - Necrophobe
56:01 - Bahamut
58:06 - Exdeath 2
1:01:20 - Neo Exdeath
1:09:12 - Shinryu
1:10:59 - Shinryu But For Real This Time
1:13:05 - Omega
1:13:42 - Ending
BOSS MUSIC USED IN ORDER
Final Fantasy V Pixel Remaster - Boss Theme
Final Fantasy V (SNES) - Boss Theme
Final Fantasy IV (SNES) - Boss Theme
Final Fantasy VI (SNES) - Boss Theme
Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow - Trainer Battle
Secret of Mana - Boss Theme
Chrono Trigger - Boss Theme
Tales of Phantasia (SNES) - Fighting of the Spirit
Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal - Trainer Battle/Trainer Victory
Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald - Regirock/Registeel/Regice Battle
Final Fantasy I (PSP) - Miniboss Theme
Final Fantasy II (PS1) - Boss Theme
Final Fantasy III (DS) - Boss Theme
Super Mario RPG - Fight Against an Armed Boss
Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald - Gym Leader Battle
Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow - Wild Pokemon Battle
Tales of Symphonia - Fighting of the Spirit
Mega Man Battle Network - Boss Battle
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum - Trainer Battle
Final Fantasy V (SNES) - Battle on the Big Bridge
Earthbound - Battle Against a Weak Opponent
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Boss Battle
Kirby Super Star - Boss Battle
Final Fantasy V Pixel Remaster - Battle on the Big Bridge
Tales of Eternia - Inferia Battle
Super Mario 64 - Bob-Omb Battlefield/Boss Battle/Star Get
Earthbound - Otherworldly Foe
Trials of Mana - Nuclear Fusion
Final Fantasy XIV - Battle on the Big Bridge
Final Fantasy V (SNES) - Decisive Battle
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest - Battle
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Boss Theme
Mega Man Battle Network 6 - Surge of Power
Spiderman 2 - That One Pizza Song That Probably Has a Name
Kirby's Dream Land 3 - Boss Theme
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Middle Boss Battle
Sonic & Knuckles - Boss Theme
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - Boss Theme
Super Metroid - Vs. Spore Spawn
Metroid Fusion - Vs. Serris
Pizza Tower - Calzonification
Mega Man 9 - Boss Theme
Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver - Trainer Battle
DragonBall Z - Vegeta Knows His Son
Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 - Shuma Gorath Theme
Earthbound - New Age Retro Hippy
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin - Chaos Advent
Tales of Graces - Boss Theme
Final Fantasy XII - Battle on the Big Bridge
Final Fantasy IV Pixel Remaster - Battle With the Four Fiends
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin - The Fiend of Wind
Final Fantasy V Pixel Remaster - Decisive Battle
Final Fantasy V Pixel Remaster - Final Battle
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow - Boss Theme
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow - Heart of Fire
Plok - Boss Theme

[@GerBessa]

Gilgamesh vs Galuf is long because counter doesn't trigger scripts. He actually has a lot of hp if you don't make him flee. Gil Turtle only uses Turtle! as a counter. A solo knight with counter and Icebrand from the castle beats it. You beat Archeoavis but you can cheese it with counters or sap(release the tentacle-old monster near Karnak) and only face one phase. Phase 2 and 4 aren't heavy either. 4 cristals/Guardian Seals are weak to death. Death Sickles and Killer Bow can 1-shot them. Make yourself imune to physicals with 1 knight, two axe users in low hp and one staff user with healing staff and you can autobattle the fight.

[@Suprapika]

All great information to know, thank you! Counter not triggering his Flee thing makes sense in hindsight, it felt like I depleted way more HP than needed for the battle to end, but it turns out he really did go through all 5 digits of his health. I think I did know that Turtle was a counter-only move, but for some reason I never put 2 and 2 together to use my Gilgamesh 1 strat for him. It's good to know if I get Monk in a FJF, though. The Death Scythe thing for the 4 Crystals makes sense too, I really should have grinded for at least one of them, but I guess I didn't really think about it at the time.

[@iamthehobo]

...And here I was thinking I was clever for figuring out that dual wield - rapid fire- spellblade was good. Ridiculous tech on some of these bosses.

[@Suprapika]

Discovering dual wield spellblade rapid fire is, I think, the entry level broken combo. Not in the sense that it ever gets outclassed, because it doesn't, but in the sense of thinking "how many other crazy combos are there that are like this?"

[@TheSm1327]

Quick dual wield rapid fire spellblade is Bartz's ultimate attack in dissidia, so even the devs recognized it lol

[@Suprapika]

@@TheSm1327 If Bartz was in Smash, it'd probably be his Final Smash, too.

[@BaalFridge]

​@@TheSm1327i remember how hard i laughed the first time i saw it

[@bronysaiyan5236]

​@@TheSm1327i was gonna do a "canon" playthrough of FFV but pixel remaster doesnt even have the 4 final jobs so i couldn't do it sadly :(

[@MAYOFORCE]

Love the commentary, FF5 is a magical game where you will always learn something new you can do

[@gregeichler5237]

A Note for Carbuncle: I once used Shoat on him as a last ditch attempt before dying, and it killed him instantly. I was shocked.

[@Suprapika]

In our FFV co-op run that didn't finish, we did Sonic Boom (a % based attack) from !Gaia on him and it worked, which surprised me because I thought he was Heavy. Turns out he's only MOSTLY Heavy.

[@gregeichler5237]

I love Geomancer. !Earth, !Sing, !Dance, and !Control give you the tools to basically float through so much of World 2 & 3, learned that on my last run.

[@Suprapika]

@@gregeichler5237 Regular encounters really become less and less of an issue the further in the game you get.

[@gregeichler5237]

@@Suprapika Your toolkit just grows so vast, the game can’t throw enough at you to stop the onslaught. However, I would say the regular encounters of V are much more threatening than in most FF titles.

[@Suprapika]

@@gregeichler5237 I'm honestly not sure how I feel about that; I think the main issue is that enemies just don't have enough HP. Regular encounters very rarely have enemies with 5-digit health. So because you hit so hard, it's difficult for me to accurately gauge the difficulty relative to other FF games.

[@sleepedge8257]

I'm probably never gonna complete a run like this but I'm gonna steal some of these strats in the future. Its crazy ive beaten this game twice but i feel like im still just scratching the surface of whats possible in this game. Also great music choices here.

[@Suprapika]

Please do steal strats, because I stole a bunch of strats myself. Honestly a bunch of these are practical beyond the low level aspect, like taking advantage of the Heavy flag absence of several bosses, or the 4 Blaze thing I did to Exdeath.

[@Caspicum]

just beating this game makes me feel like a hero, i can't even imagine the time and patience this took... not including the Guhloof counter debacle. also, plenty of others have said it, but the BGM selection is 👌

[@Suprapika]

Anytime I revisit this video, I will look upon the Gilgamesh 1 encounter and despair.

[@FrogofWarRS]

I actually never knew the Reflect strat worked on Bahamut here too! It's meant to be the "intended" strat for his fight in FFIV (3D remake notwithstanding), but it's kinda surprising that they held that over for FFV too. Fantastic vid all around though, really interesting to see what strats you have to formulate for the first 2/3s of the game when you're restricted to the absolute bare minimum here.

[@Suprapika]

Yeah, free 9999 damage as long as you've got reflect rings or Carbuncle. And thanks! Worlds 1 and 2 you definitely have to be more creative in your damage dealing and status inflicting, and then you get to wreck havok in the last quarter.

[@britical-hit9126]

me who's bee grinding ABP on and off for the past two weeks, not realising I could've increased my efficiency by 4x.

[@Suprapika]

Works in Project Demi, too, if you wanna play the SNES version over PR.

[@britical-hit9126]

@@Suprapika I'll note that down, thanks. Just gotta get over the hours wasted at basic rates and finish my abp grind ig.

[@gregeichler5237]

Wow. You make such great content for my very favorite game of all time. Thank you!

[@Suprapika]

Thanks!

[@movieboy01]

Love the variety of boss themes in the video.

[@spaghettiking7312]

I love this game!! Thank you for making this!!

[@Suprapika]

Yeah!!!

[@AgentArcadia]

This video is crazy good, I foresee insane growth and dollar signs in your future. Level 1 runs are such a novel and cool idea now that the PRs are out so I'd love to see more

[@Suprapika]

Thanks! I don't think that I'd attempt a level 1 run in any other PR, since 5 is my favorite by far, but I would be interested to see how the other games manage it.

[@omensoffate]

@@SuprapikaI recommend doing ff6. You get through the rough world of balance and world of ruin is a victory lap because if gifts you with broken equipment. Also Gau is the mvp

[@L.LoudisThemanwiththeplan]

You can also kill the Tyrannosaur with the "Death claw attack combo"

[@Suprapika]

Yep, Gravity, Death Claw, Missile, Phoenix Down, he's weak to it all.

[@BaalFridge]

Makes it feel like sort of a joke boss once you know just how many ways to one hit it exist. Poor Moogle had like 8 ways out he didn't know about 😂

[@GigaFang.]

Yooooo I'm so glad you used Fighting of the Spirit as BGM for part of this video! Rarely ever see it in the wild.

[@Suprapika]

I wish there were more versions of it throughout the series, because it's a great song.

[@MylesDanielBaker]

I like the Aria of Sorrow music for the super bosses.

[@gabrielsauceda9109]

Superb selection of music.

[@Suprapika]

There were a ton of songs that were on the chopping block just because I picked out way too many. I think I'd use less Pokemon if I were to do this again, but I'm happy with the selections, and others seem to be too.

[@Flamsterette]

Interesting upload!

[@Miridia]

Oooh this is sick, can't wait to watch this when I wake up

[@santiagosalas7088]

Glad to see a music list in the description lol Challenges like this sound interesting always but they scare me to not do them, maybe one day if i buy the ff5pr

[@Suprapika]

You definitely need to be in a certain mindset to do level 1 runs of any game, but for me at least, I really enjoy seeing how games like this just let you avoid damage entirely.

[@kbowman772]

A note for Garula: I just used Pond's Chorus on him and silenced him, so he couldn't use Toad to turn back to normal. Easy way to bully him.

[@Suprapika]

That's pretty funny. I always thought it was the weirdest thing that Garula can 1. Be Toad'd, and 2. Can un-Toad himself.

[@kbowman772]

@@Suprapika Also I think the guard cover strat works on the gil turtle

[@Suprapika]

It does, for the most part. His signature move, Turtle, inflicts a ton of debuffs that you need the Bone Mail and a Ribbon to prevent... but it also inflicts Sap, which you can't prevent. And because you have the Bone Mail, you have to use other methods of healing, like having the Flame Shield or a Flame Ring or something. Also he has an insane HP pool, so even with Dragon Powers, he's really tedious. Definitely possible, but tedious.

[@redmageviewer]

FF5 is my favorite in the series for just the shear amount of combos that you can pull off without much grinding at all. I also love doing job challenges where everyone gets one job per crystal or Everyone is stuck in one job the whole game. I even did a FF1 style party once with Knight, Thief and the two color mages was easy until the second world where I think they expect more out of you. I even beat the game with just Red Mages(that took quite a bit of level grinding). But I've never really thought about doing a low level challenge just because of how much grinding is involved for ABP and item farming. I tend to ban mix in most of my runs because Dragon Power is just too good.

[@Suprapika]

Dragon Power is probably the best THING in the whole game. It's either that or Hastega.

[@redmageviewer]

@@Suprapika Haste in general in 5 is probably where its the most powerful in terms of the ATB battle system. I feel so slow before getting haste.

[@TheChococat2]

Very impressive work! About how long would you say this took you to finish?

[@Suprapika]

Thanks! The playthrough itself, I'd say, probably between 1-1.5 months? But it also wasn't continuous, I'd play for like, 2 or 3 days and get 10 bosses, then take a break for a week, etc. The video proper took another couple weeks to do, which wasn't as much as I thought, since there's very little editing aside from music, commentary, and the transition between fights.

[@smujohnson]

Who would have thought this was even possible before trying it.

[@Suprapika]

If I hadn't read the thread on lparchive, I probably wouldn't have thought it was possible.

[@Quetzen]

I stopped everything I was doing in the backgruond listening to this video just to come jam to Megaman Battle Network music.

[@Suprapika]

CatJAM

[@nonimon3687]

You are a true fan of this game

[@Suprapika]

I guess so, I kinda dislike turn-based games generally; this and Paper Mario are like, the sole exceptions.

[@franistart]

i cheesed soul cannon as a kid by using the bard hide ability. its good for One Huge Turn bosses

[@tomasstargamer6308]

Curious in the matter of Theorycrafting at least, if the Pixel remasters had the GBA content so it could be LV1'd, do you think people like Neo Shinryu or Enuo and such would need anything special? Or just the usual strats from here?

[@Suprapika]

I think that the regular strats would work pretty well, and to an extent even better because a lot of the GBA equipment is insanely overpowered (like the shield that blocks all elemental damage). But MrWright (linked in the description) has done the GBA content with even more insane stipulations, like being Mini or Toad, so it's definitely feasible.

[@tomasstargamer6308]

@@Suprapika Daaamn, that's cool to know, thank you for the response!

[@sertianaputra3569]

If anything, the Pixel Remaster version of rod breaking is even better. You can directly spend rods off inventory instead of using the one you equip, thus it's still going to be affected by the equipped rod's elemental boost.

[@Suprapika]

I was talking to my brother about this yesterday and I thought that PR also made you equip the Rod, because not every class can equip them. I guess I was wrong/fucked up in the inventory too much.

[@zeronightx]

Awesome. You could also use giltoss to cheese the crystals. I didn't even know you could abuse sleep on Atomos, last time I beat it I used dark shock (half level) with lv 5 death

[@Suprapika]

Gil Toss is just a catch-all solution to just about every encounter in this game, especially since it's not hard to farm gil.

[@ultralordkefka4681]

Rapid fire dual swords,with the best two in the game destroys anything.

[@patali2941]

lmao, did you give Minotaur an Ether for fun? Usually when he tries to cast Holy he doesn't have enough MP

[@Suprapika]

Haha, yeah. In between the beginning and end of the fight, I cut out me giving him an ether just for fun. I'm glad someone noticed. His magic stat is quite bad.

[@ChrisChaosMK2]

Huh, I wonder if you could pull this off on the GBA including the extra bosses?

[@Suprapika]

Dr Pepper's run linked in the description does just that, although he's at a higher level due to there not being a guaranteed way to avoid the EXP from several early game encounters. Still worth reading, though!

[@mindlessmeat4055]

I really like the pixel remasters. They are quite good.

[@Suprapika]

Gameplay-wise I would say it's probably the best of all the FFVs, aside from some weird stuff like cursor memory sometimes not working right with the Healing Staff. The presentation for the story is a little scuffed though, it feels like an RPG Maker remake sometimes. But it's still a great game!

[@mindlessmeat4055]

@@Suprapika any way to play FF5 is a good way. I was going to do a similar run in FF2 and see how far I can get in that.

[@gregeichler5237]

@@Suprapikagameplay-wise, 100% correct. I can’t take the translation though, I definitely prefer the more serious tone of the PSX version. Overall, PSX is my go-to way to play FFV. Greatest memory cursor in any game.

[@TheUKNutter]

@@SuprapikaBut it doesn’t have the GBA bonus content… Or modded content in general

[@Suprapika]

@@TheUKNutter Yeah the newest update completely fucked all the mods, which sucks because there were a lot of really cool visual mods. There was also an "auto skip cutscenes" mod, but it was... kinda buggy.

[@BaalFridge]

12:30 a call strat is possible if you avoid getting optional summons, it makes the randomness easier to control. Since the only mandatory summon for story is Ifrit, Hellfire becomes your "bad roll" on Call 😅 I've done it before, it's *hilarious* . I did use a cheat for ABP tho, but it *is* possible in world 1 if you REALLY want to grind 12h.

[@Suprapika]

Yeah, I put an "optimal !Call summon sheet" image in our FFV Jobs video, and even then it's not necessarily optimal. Like, you'd probably leave out Catoblepas because he's not very useful for bosses, but can wipe regular encounters instantly (and is gotten way before Odin). Carbuncle and Golem are EXTREMELY useful... but if you roll them twice in a row, you just wasted your turn. Definitely has potential, but the decision making is up in the air.

[@BaalFridge]

I forgot titan lol, probably because it does damage 😂

[@TheRaidantDX]

Good watch, earned a sub from me.

[@TheUKNutter]

Why are you using Goblin Punch?

[@Suprapika]

Two main reasons: It doesn't wake up a sleeping enemy, and it can be used regardless of row. Goblin Punch is literally just a better version of the regular attack command, so I used it a lot early on where I could afford to have everyone be back row-ing. And then eventually it makes a comeback with bosses that were vulnerable to Old so I can get the x8 damage bonus.

[@asra-5180]

No additional gba content still? Man.

[@Suprapika]

Yeah................. sucks

[@serenity1490]

Lol neo exdeath dying and friend playing a game on steam. Looks like exdeath is calling you a bastard for defeating him

[@Suprapika]

On the one hand, I'm kind of annoyed that was the ONLY time in the entire video that a Steam popup happened, but on the other, it's a pretty funny coincidence.

[@NyrinTriball]

Fandom wiki's are garbage giga click and load heavy looking for information on a single thing spread through dozens of others. All for ad views, obviously. I wish people would return to making guides on places like GameFaqs again, not like groups couldn't come together to write and publish them together, fact checking each other actively before it gets posted, instead of this shotgun approach of a thousand monkeys attempting to get it right while the inquisitive attempt to learn (incorrectly in many places) anything of any game. I hate fandom so much.

[@Suprapika]

Fandom is so bad, I think the only Fandom site I use is Aselia (the Tales Of one), because it's the best put together. But it is Fandom, so it's fucked up anyway. The era of internet we live in, with people posting hordes of information on stuff like Fandom, Discord and Twitter, is much more immediately convenient, but worse overall.

[@Dolceandgabana]

I'm playing Pokemon, no sound. All of a sudden I hear Pokemon music. Threw me off.