7 Most Powerful Attacks In The History of Final Fantasy

[@forsakengaming5502]

"... and this is where Kimari came in, as his Nova ability which is part of Ronso Rage could deal 5,087,812 now becoming the most powerful move in FFX." *Yojimbo will remember this*

[@dragames]

Yojimbo's best move doesn't do damage.

[@tomgl6684]

@@dragames Powerful doesn't solely pertain to damage dealt. If you have a move that deals 10m damage to a single target or a move that instantly kills all of them without exception, it's obvious the latter is more powerful.

[@dragames]

@@tomgl6684 Maybe watch the video again and they are the ones that made the metric that it has to do the most damage and not instant kill.

[@tomgl6684]

@@dragames Yes, I know? The omission is the entire point of the comment you replied to in the first place?

[@callmeshaggy5166]

How do any of these break 99999? What version does this?

[@chuckrichardson83]

Final Fantasy 12 was probably my favorite Final Fantasy out of all of them I enjoyed their battle system and I loved the whole Gambit system

[@zulium]

Honestly, I've always preferred the style of the older games and of FF9, with smaller damage numbers. The big 100,000+ numbers are flashy but they kind of lose all meaning after awhile.

[@Norxet]

I get what you mean but to me it's fun to watch big numbers and to break the game after the first run specially when you do it by mastering the level and combat systems by yourself.

[@muhamadmuqri5466]

cry in ff10 99 999 ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ

[@gracenote108]

@@Norxet Laughs in Disgaea

[@makkie211175]

Me i love high damage numbers, it says how godly strong you are. Especially when you start very small and it will grow bigger and bigger. It also gives you grinding capabillities which has a huge meaning for me as i love grinding hours and hours making my character stronger and stronger. But the combinations with a numerous of attack like blitzball is for me epical. That really shows how strong you become.

[@Nanobot1989]

Totally agree.

[@theSrex]

Auron's and Kimahri's damage numbers are not legit. They are only possible when cheating to remove the hard 99999 damage cap. The Auron damage comes from a Gamefaqs thread discussing hypotheticals and the Nova clip used here has a cheat disclaimer in the description.

[@theflashgordon193]

thank I was confuse and how it was possible

[@km-js7ws]

Besides it's not necessary to do that anyways because you can potentially one shot everything with yojinbo anyways.

[@randumo24]

@@km-js7ws Nobody who actually knows how to play the game wastes their time with Yojimbo.

[@km-js7ws]

@@randumo24 unless you're a speedrunner, so wouldn't call it a waste of time, more like a time save

[@randumo24]

@@km-js7ws It's not really a time save considering the amount of money it costs to actually guarantee that it works. Yojimbo is a time & money sink; so it is not at all something a legit speed runner would use as a viable strategy. It is luck.

[@din6675]

In the remastered FFX-2 you have access to the fiend endgame, and if you correctly build a team of Nooj/Logos/any black sky caster, then during a single cast of black sky the other two spam regular attacks for millions of damage. It's the most gamebreaking thing that completely automates and trivializes all combat in the game.

[@Ramsey276one]

I might start playing on Switch then! XD

[@RuneKatashima]

fiend? So this wasn't in the initial release, huh? Mm, I beat that game 100% though. I'm curious to know, however.

[@atrea]

It wasn’t in the original indeed

[@km-js7ws]

@@RuneKatashima the creature creator was added in the international version of x-2 but now the remasters have it by default.

[@TheAuron32]

tip for FF13, if you have Lightning use Army of One as a Ravager, then swap her to Commando as the attack starts she will get the damage that commandos have and STILL build the stagger gauge just as fast.

[@risersin7957]

There's a crap ton of little tricks in this games battle system. This is amazing.

[@TheAuron32]

@@risersin7957 Honestly, it turns her from a good damage dealer to an INSANE woman of destruction lol. best set up is 3 COMs for max damage, its nuts on a staggered enemy at 999.9% :D

[@Walamonga1313]

Wtf I gotts try that

[@DarkFrozenDepths]

hell, that's how you get vanille's death spell to hit 999,999... and it's spammable too meaning she can easily shred millions of HP in one stagger. In fact, it should easily shave off at least half of long gui's HP... provided you do things right.

[@Riplee86]

@@DarkFrozenDepths That's how I farmed Long Guis. Open with Vanille's summon to trip them, build stagger and debuff, then nuke repeatedly with Death.

[@pianoman021]

I was describing my Legacy of the Crystal pre-order to my wife. I literally said, “It’s filled with Final Fantasy goodness” without thinking 😂

[@Jorge-pg4uc]

Not done watching this yet but I’m remembering how a person in zadnor once hit for 10 million damage in ffxiv

[@Jorge-pg4uc]

Oh shit wait he actually showed the beefy white mage attack!!! I remember ffxiv twitter losing it over how powerful you could make yourself with buffs in zadnor. It was so cool.

[@ZoraKurosagi]

That’s insane

[@craigfunk3453]

The question is how big is that same hit now with Endwalker's stat crunch and potency reworking?

[@TheAuron32]

@@craigfunk3453 hmm, i may have to ask when i level Sage and the other jobs, Zadnor is still GREAT for EXP even post 80, i would level in there fast, i smell a nerf coming once you hit level 80 in there, its that crazy. i think Mr. Happy got from 80-90 in like 6 hours.

[@PhrozenFox]

After 100k you just lose me. A human being simply cannot comprehend numbers that high. That's why it takes businesses dozens if not hundreds of people to manage that amount of money.

[@Xsuvival]

Although the ff14 one is technically true you can only use most of those whm buffs in Zadnor and Bozja side content and not in the main game. Still an impressive feat which takes a lot of prep to pull off.

[@gallavanting2041]

The footage is from multiple different players and the things he says about it make it very clear he doesn't play and doesn't really know what he's talking about.

[@lavayuki]

I loved using Highwind in FF13, I used it to farm the Adamantoise quickly. I also found Wakka's Attack reels in FFX really good if you get 12 hits, it was my most used attack for how useful it was for stat maxing and bosses

[@albertgrau4076]

For me, Zell's limit break ends up being the most fun out of all of the limit breaks in the franchise. And the dolphin blow is probably my favourite attack in it! 😁

[@Omnishredder]

But dolphin blow was Tifa's

[@ThundagaT2]

@@Omnishredder They both have it

[@tommyb9821]

Same Zells probably the most fun character to play in the whole of FF for me. Hes awesome!

[@FuraFaolox]

i prefer Squall's Renzozuken, or however it's spelled it just feels so satisfying

[@Greever-ew4eo]

i used to cheat and pause the game as soon as the new window of attacks poped up lol

[@VinlandicSoul]

I remember having a PlayStation controller with a “turbo” toggle switch. I turned it on once and held down the fire button during Irvine’s Fast ammo shot. It completely covered the mob in numbers it was going so fast 🤯 I’ll never forget this moment

[@mogberry2139]

Hahaha that must’ve been cool (and funny) to watch :))

[@ArchonRahal]

Black Mages in FFXIV using the same combo of buffs were actively causing damage to underflow (which is one of the main reasosn they had to pull a stat squish in Endwalker) and it wasn't unusual to see them just outright one shot Wold Bosses in Zadnor as well.

[@Ramsey276one]

What The KWEH?! O_o

[@RuneKatashima]

Yeah I was kind of wondering if WHM was doing that with 900 potency, how much was Samurai doing? Didn't Midare: Setsugekka have 1200 before EW? And it could be buffed in kit by 50%? (or was it 800 to 1200?)

[@fabianmueller2504]

@@RuneKatashima biggest hit has ninja still (hyosho ryanju I think, the single target mudra with kassatsu) it has 1300 potency + 30% from kassatsu + 5% trick + 5% mug (~1864 potency). But in Zadnor you were able to buff magic a lot more than physical dmg if I remember correctly

[@perezkoala]

Crazy how damage increased with every update in FFXI. I remember that in some of the hardest fights, like Kirin, damaging more than 700 was crazy. Then it became very normal to reach 99,999.

[@Malacite]

Yeah people with i119 REMA can do insane damage, ESPECIALLY Blue Mages using Unbridled Learning

[@SaraphDarklaw]

I remember when someone hit 9000 on abysea and everyone went nuts.

[@valentds]

final fantasy powerscale numbers are like dragonballs

[@SageDarkwind]

@@valentds How much would a Final Fantasy character need to blow up the moon?

[@theangler1922]

@@Malacite Blu has nothing on Samurai, the top DPS. They just spam Light Skillchains every 6 seconds that deal 99k + 2 sets of 40k.

[@clarkymark1042]

Vincent normal attack with death penalty equipped under the right conditions (killed. X amount of enemies?) , Barrett had a weapon that does that too if you have the right amount of mastered materia equipped. Deals so much damage that the game doesn't recognise the number and just 1 hit ko everything (bar ruby until it puts its hands in the ground, then it 1 hit kos)

[@DarkFrozenDepths]

Oh yeah, the overflow glitch.... iirc, it technically registers as over 2.1 billion damage, so it's the strongest damage ever dealt in the final fantasy series in a way

[@OriginalKasym]

Blood for the Blood Lily!

[@generaljimmies3429]

Milk for the Khorne Flakes!

[@strictlybananas]

Thumbs down for the old meme!

[@OriginalKasym]

@@strictlybananas Got one better?

[@sushiifoxx]

still relevant.

[@Denzillify]

@@strictlybananas who hired the meme police? Don’t be pathetic

[@J.Abadia]

How Sephirot destroys the whole solar System and is not one of the strongest attacks is beyond my understanding

[@adrianhuape1474]

‘Buried In Snow’ is one of, if not, my favorite zone songs in Final Fantasy 7. Hearing that play in the background was amazing. Thank you.

[@dlmoore08]

All the videos from Final Fantasy Union are so well done and very professional. Every video is a pleasure to watch as well, keep up the great work!

[@foulplay2]

Thanks!

[@noodles3559]

Also FF11 - Shark Bite doesn’t go past the 99k damage cap. It having a second attack is irrelevant - many weapon skills have multiple attacks Savage Blade has 2, Skewer has 3, Vorpal Blade has 4, Penta Thrust has 5, Hexa Strike has 6, Realmrazer has 7 and Asuran Fists has 8. Dual Wielding adds an extra attack also, and traits like Double Attack and Triple Attack can also proc to add extra hits. Although there is still a hard cap of 8 hits per WS. But all WS damage is still capped at 99999.

[@magusollarud]

This is correct. The only ability that will break the hard cap of 99999 is Barrage, due to the way it's coded. Where they got Shark Bite from I have no idea.

[@brucemckinlay9739]

Quickly paused and scanned the comments when Shark Bite was mentioned. No idea where they got this "info" from.

[@zariannaplays9639]

@@brucemckinlay9739 Same haha, I was taken aback by this 'fact'

[@RayAFelt]

I think the highest damage back then was MB tier 4 spells. But nowadays something like Astral flow + Astral conduit on SMN mashing out 99999 with Ramuh summon for 30 seconds straight

[@fattucus1361]

I was hoping for some old school drk soul eater kraken club numbers.

[@lowlygrinder2977]

Rinoa with meteor attached to her magic stat and it being the only attack spell equipped on her is pretty gnarly when she uses her sorceress limit break.

[@tysonsilvers4903]

Are you talking about the thing where if you have Rinoa have like 9 magics and you put meteor in a certain place, she spams it? Ik know there's a video on that so if that not what you ment and you didn't know, I guess you do now lol.

[@barryward2128]

It was that there was only a handful of spells she wouldnt cast in that mode so meteor was a guaranteed cast every turn

[@Tengokuchi]

​@@tysonsilvers4903 so basically you make it so that the only offensive magic she can cast is meteor with everything else being buff or recovery magic.

[@tysonsilvers4903]

@@Tengokuchi it's been so long since I've done it, but i remember it's whatever you put with it. To answer your question, yes, if that's how you want to set it up

[@PhrozenFox]

If you attach meteor to her magic stat, she will do less damage every time as casts are spent. I know the method involves only giving her non-offensive magicks besides meteor but I think meteor is not junctioned and you do something like putting silence (or pain?) on status-def-j. It's been a long time.

[@sangstas2710]

I Remember in final fantasy 6 when I would equip locke with a genji glove, a master scroll and 2 Ultima swords. Then if you use the quick spell you would get 16 straight attacks of 9999. Really helped with The omega weapon, and the Kaiser Dragon lol!

[@sunabeam]

KOTR are perfect. Both great as a powerful attack and for a long snack break 😅 Thanks for the video!

[@indecision6326]

I personally like to grab a can of soda while waiting for Supernova to finish.

[@sunabeam]

@Indescision6326 Haha that's awesome, gotta use the time somehow 😁

[@Omnishredder]

W summon and quadra magic... You could make a sandwich or omelette with KOTR and bahamut zero

[@cocomunga]

Hey Suna it’s cocomunga22 lol

[@Sorain1]

@@Omnishredder Quadra Magic, W-Summon Knights of the Round, cue up two Mimic's, then go bake a cake, because that battle is _over_ now.

[@enricocostantini]

Great video, but if there's another one for this in the future as honorable mentions, I'd like to hear about XII's quickenings, Trigger Happy in X-2, army of one on LR, 9's Charge!, which can hit for 39.996 damage even with a level 1 party, Vincent's Death Penalty and Noctis's armiger (I don't remeber very well about this one, but I think it could do some crazy damage). Oh, and I remember dealing a lot damage to Gilgamesh on Type-0 too and maybe a Tera flare against a certain L'Cie.

[@annikamyren3026]

👍🇸🇪

[@ThundagaT2]

In X-2 if you get lucky you can also get high damage from Lady Luck's Four Dice if you get four 6 dice rolls to do 24 hits with Cat Nip. I think only Trigger Happy with Haste status can beat that number

[@jay-praru236]

If u wanna see the biggest damage number in ff12, have a black mage and archer for a character and equip the fire bow, put oil on a enemy and make them weak to fire, buff urself with faith and use Ardor those r gonna be some big boy numbers

[@jessiejames1681]

Yes! I'm so glad you guys mentioned Zell! When FF8 first came out (I was 10 years old) I thought he was ass but on the Steam release I cheesed my way through half the game (I felt guilty & stopped) because I realized I could input only 2 combos so fast I think I only lost about 0.05 seconds per combo.

[@spencertang5155]

Yeah, zell’s Armageddon fist (yes that’s actually what the community calls it) was easily exploitable, even able to beat omega weapon in practically less than a few minutes. Though, I didn’t actually use that or selphie’s “the end” to beat him.

[@mauricesteel4995]

@@spencertang5155 I realized that i was doing Zell Armageddon fist wrong, because its Punch Rush>Booya>Punch Rush>Booya. but i was doing Heel Drop>Booya>Heel Drop>Booya its easy since its Up Down, Left Right.

[@Walamonga1313]

@@spencertang5155 I got The End 1st time, was hilarious

[@tigerwarrior1787]

Me, who sees this as an absolute win: *Uses the Armageddon Fist on the Red Button*

[@SIR.scufington]

I do remember giving Zell ifrit and unlocking strength plus one at the very beginning of the game. Then I gave him doomtrain and Junction pain to his attack. One of the most broken builds I've done in any Final Fantasy

[@redX111t]

Actual "most powerful attacks" are Cait Sith's Slots limit in FFVII and Selphie's The End limit in FFVIII. Both can insta kill any enemy. Also Barret's limit Angermax and Cid's limit Highwind (both 18 hits) can deal potentially more damage than Omnislash

[@rajamicitrenti1374]

Yuffie's Doom of the Living also outpaces Omnislash, and is easier to get to high damage than any other character's Limits, because her ultimate weapon's powerup factor is weird and still applies to Limit Break damage. It only hits 15 times, but it's something. Also, if not limiting to single-target, I believe Barrett's Catastrophe hits all targets for 10 times each, so with enough enemies it can surpass everything for a single usage (but I don't think there are any fights with multiple targets that would survive a single full-power use of it). Vincent can also instant kill anything by overflowing the kill counter that powers up his Ultimate Weapon. And it kind of technically does it through damage, so it would be more likely to be eligible if only counting things based on damage. Also, it's not a Limit Break, so he can use it every turn.

[@mee7er]

I don’t think insta kills count. This list is clearly more about big numbers. Otherwise there would be many weapons with death effects would considered more powerful than any abilities listed.

[@tylerturner8070]

Yea after exhausting source grinding barret and cid are top dogs but against groups of 4 or more still KOTR for top damage...ugh sunken airship flash backs

[@rajamicitrenti1374]

@@tylerturner8070 Yeah, it was a slog, even with Conformer + Mug + All.

[@Ragingspoon]

@@rajamicitrenti1374 Its not to bad with W item glitch. Morph one and then dupe its source to 99. Only one thats a pain is magic if I remember right as those enemies only spawn alone so you have to elongate the battle after beating it as long as possible with multi long casting magics so you can dupe out as many as possible before the game ends the battle.

[@bartlomiejciolkowski4716]

Heeey good content, also 4-8 was mentioned, that's nice, props!

[@mrdude88]

Ff8 may not be my favorite FF game but Zell is definitely one of my top favorite simply because of his limit break.

[@mervannear603]

Found you guys a few years back and started watching again recently. You guys have really stepped up your game. The difference, editing wise, at least, is night and day. Good stuff.

[@joeywalsh1949]

Chickenwuss, oops I mean Zell FINALLY gets some respect.

[@PJ-nd8kp]

You focused on the damage numbers as an indicator of power but technically we are discussing the most powerful attacks. I think Yojimbo's one-shot-kill is as powerful as it comes. Or Selphie's The End for instance.

[@Digitalcanvas77]

I abused the hell out of Zanmato. NGL….

[@peaceout8230]

omg true! Even tho in the remastered version his Zanmato was quite more active but harder to control ngl u can easily beat the whole ffx game if u just had mad luck using Zanmato. I remember It took me over 1 month of trying to make my Yojimbo use his Zanmato, but alas he did not want to use it at all, so I was more focused on grinding my team. After beating the boss fight he started using Zanmato on like everything, from easy to hard bosses. Although I love him, it is 1000000x easier to just play originally with your team cuz he can not anyhow be controled.

[@nestorbv87]

I was thinking about Selphie's The End when I started to see this video.

[@SuperEkkorn]

yes, he can technically deal a smooth 12 million on penance. that's quite the feat.

[@JJJ115583]

by that logic, caith sith is the most powerful in FF7 because he has the instant win limit break

[@neroxdgaming9362]

back in the days when I explored more of zell ult, I realized I can infinitely cycle through the same two moves over and over I remember with that time available the most hits I've recorded myself doing was 80 hits with every hit doing 9999 damage on omega weapon in the castle. which obliterated the thing. fun times.

[@frostcore2214]

Man, capping out the damage for the first time is something I always love in an Ff game. I’ll never forget the first time I did. It was in ff9 and I landed a critical regular attack with Steiner in the siege of Alexandria.

[@rwade4387]

I see Zell, I click.

[@s_guedes]

Yojimbo doesn't need big numbers, for his damage is INFINITE =D

[@Beryllahawk]

As someone who mains White Mage in FFXIV: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD LILY!!!!!!!!!!! Hahah Though, that ginormous number may be a thing of the past now, because of Endwalker's number squishing. But it's still SO very satisfying to slap a boss in the face with a good Misery! Wonderful video, I love the ways in which the developers have let us go crazy with damage - and the ways that players have done exactly that!!

[@Samota0]

I miss my 400k health pool...but it's ok. I'm enjoying the leniency & utility they've given to Paladin!

[@ReaverPrime]

As a WHM main, that Afflatus Misery made my pants fit a little tighter.

[@XemnasTM]

Donald Duck is technically one of the most powerful beings in the history of Final Fantasy with his ability to use Zeta Flare

[@thalandor46]

"Final Fantasy XIII was quite a nuanced game, with Lightning fast combat..." Sigh. Yes Darryl, we see what you did there... ❤

[@JasonTownsendJasonTownsend]

Really appreciated all the extra info tidbits beyond just a top 7 list.

[@Plaag84]

While numbers kept rising with the series, so did the boss hp and secret boss hp. Comparing that number would be actually more relevant than looking just the numbers. How much of damage% can be done with a single skill/move/ultimate comparing to the game's actual final boss and how much comparing to the true boss, since there has been these more powerful bosses around a long time also.

[@RuneKatashima]

Yiazmat still has the most HP out of any non-MMO I believe.

[@LanceKairan]

@@RuneKatashima Actually, that honor goes to Aeronite in Lightning Returns. It beats Yiazmat by about 7 million.

[@beebajazz]

Final Fantasy 8 massacres the ratio, since you can max stats with the enemies at minimum level.

[@AM-uk7jv]

Every time I hear the background music in your videos, I get taken back to a better time and place.

[@tommyb9821]

Barret was the most powerful in ff7. Fully built with angermax or have all slots on his ultimate weapon equipped with mastered KOTR materia which can allow him to kill emerald weapon with one single basic attack. The game can't even read the damage!

[@slowdown8at606]

Vincent could achieve the same by equipping death penalty and killing roughly 65000 enemies.

[@majoratwili7312]

True but like.... How many people have the patience to grind out 8.4 million AP for 8 Mastered KotR? I was getting burnt out just grinding it out to 250k for a single Level 2 against Ruby Weapon

[@blackchase6732]

but you forgot donald zettaflare

[@mattjackson382]

There was a combo I utilized in FF6 that was pretty bonkers, but it did take a few turns. Had GoGo in the party and my heavy magic person equipped with the Gem Box, which allowed for dual casting and cast Ultima and quick. This gave the caster two more turns with dual casting of Ultima (5 in total). I would then have GoGo mimic and they would cast Ultima and quick, then get two more castings of Ultima (now up to 8 castings)

[@KingJ4444]

Or just equip Master Scroll and Genji Glove and an Ultima Weapon in each hand and cast Quick and attack 16 times.

[@mattjackson382]

I had the genji glove and offering on another heavy physical charater to get 8 attacks in a round. But I wasn't very diligent on my esper layout for leveling so the damage wasn't nearly as high for me at the level I could pull off the quick+Ultima combo

[@Ramsey276one]

What The KWEH?! O_o

[@mappybc6097]

@@KingJ4444 This only applies to the advance version of FF6 but I was fond of Celes using Lightbringer+Save the Queen for those 16 hits. Damage wise it lags behind the dual Ultima setup by quite a bit but it's imo compensated by the stat buffs you get from both weapons. Lightbringer gives you +7 to all stats and a ridiculous +50% evasion and magic evasion. It also has a 25% of casting Holy for free with each hit. Save the queen gives you +3 stamina, +4 speed and +7 magic and adds +40% to evasion and magic evasion. Yoy also deal high damage much more consistently as your hp is irrelevant for the damage formula. And even if the enemy resists, is immune or absorbs Holy Celes with +14 magic, + 11 speed and 90% evasion and magic evasion and access to Runic is still pretty damn useful in any situation.

[@sh4d0wfl4re]

add the economizer to that for around 500 quickened ultimas without Gogo's assistance

[@UrogbhoCop]

For me 11 is the best game of all time I played it for 15years what memories

[@teckno0641]

does the magic attack Flare and it's variants exists on Final Fantasy? i was wondering if the attack Zeta Flare i saw in Kingdom Hearts came from Final Fantasy

[@km-js7ws]

KH has flare from the FF series yes but zeta flare i think is exclusive to KH itself.

[@otaking3582]

Two words: *Zeta-Flare* Sure, technically Bravely Default is separate from FF, but if Donald is able to use it, it should still count!

[@Rathial]

FFBE has some insanely powercreeped damage numbers. Max damage used to be 2,147,483,647 which was limited by the bit limit but everyone was EASILY hitting that cap. Since they changed it the max damage is 9,999,999,999 in a single hit but some characters can do over 40 billion damage in a turn with maxed multi hit moves

[@GlacikingTheIceColdKing]

Needs to be paired up with the same chain family and elemental chain though.

[@creampuffkuru9878]

FFBE is just feels good numbers pron.

[@jrr7031]

I havent watched this yet........but if "Knights of the 'round " isnt on this list...................ima be PISSED!

[@dustinhatfield8373]

"We'll only focus on one attack per game." * *immediately covers 3 attacks in the first game* * Not that I mind lol, I'd prefer every attack any ways

[@justanotherrandomontheyout4791]

2:09 to skip the sponsor

[@millennialgameplay9293]

I feel like there was a missed opportunity with the ff14 section, given the absolutely insane numbers of damage you could get in the bozjan southern front and zadnor areas by stacking magic damage buffs and then using lost flarestar, giving you a minute long poison that dealt massive chunks of damage every time it ticked

[@killzorrkillsall1953]

the king of Figaro had more health and str though. He was the best character for it. Illumina was better than the atma weapon though.

[@seanburley8522]

Took me ages to realise it was “Buried in the snow” playing in the background. One of my favourite Final Fantasy songs

[@Malacite]

Actually, unless I'm mistaken I believe people are capable of doing even more damage these days in FF11 with fully maxed out i119 gear at least in certain events. I was kinda hoping you were gonna mention the Primeval Brew, but that's technically an item and not a singular attack that just lets you go ham. God Abyssea was so much fun.

[@the_exegete]

Nah, this video is incorrect. All weapon skills cap at 99999 (with a possible 99999 skillchain) regardless of how many hits it does. There are a few tricks to get over that cap with a single move but WS can't do it.

[@fattucus1361]

Back in the day, SCH could do more damage. A group was able to two shot AV and then reported what they did to SE who promptly nerfed the skill. A sch would land a 3k helix and 15 achs in the alliance would all use Modus Veritas which had a 100% chance to land back then. turning a 3k helix into a 50 million dot in one tock.

[@Malacite]

@@fattucus1361 oh right the Helix glitch. They fixed that shortly after though, didn't they ?

[@the_exegete]

@@Malacite There was emergency maintenance within a day or two of SE learning about it.

[@wdalts]

Where can I find this rendition of Eyes On Me? I couldn’t find it on TPR’s Spotify

[@Hero3OO1]

The most powerful attack in FF is Yujimbo's Zanmato as it's instant killing attack regardless of opponents HP .

[@dragoncaist]

True!!

[@zzzzzzzzzz_me]

What about Selphie's The End Limit Break? Same deal as Yojimbo, with the only downside being the random chance of it appearing.

[@hainguyenhoang1031]

@@zzzzzzzzzz_me with open the console cap trick (PS1], The End is guaranteed 😅

[@seanmccaffrey4150]

The Shark Bite shout out, hell yeah!

[@philliphill2183]

I remember playing FF12 on PS2 I got up to 24 hits using the quickening I always wondered what's the max damage you can do when the concurrence happens.

[@Brawneteer]

I got up to like 40 something hits somehow while fighting Yiazmat. Shit took off like 5 of his health bars.

[@fRe4k0fn4TuRe]

Really wish they wouldn't have ruined the original U.S release with zodiac age. Made 12 almost as bad as x

[@yams7355]

I find your videos very cozy.

[@BirdsOfPlay]

The phycological effect of numbers can be quite interesting, for example when it comes to prices. For some reason we are much more likely to buy something that costs 99 (insert currency of choice) than something that costs 100. Much the same way we can feel a sense of accomplishment or power when our damage output goes from double into triple digits or more. I remember being amazed by the Break Damage Limit ability in Final Fantasy X since the damage exceeded 9999 (how is that even possible?). Now, in Final Fantasy XIV, we are seeing a drop in numbers, which I am totally fine with, but some players have noted a slight drop in how they experience their characters power. I like how this video frames the subject of powerful attacks and puts it into a historical context within the Final Fantasy series. This is something I hadn't thought much about before. - Nökkvi

[@burythelight5104]

Birds, I was myself disappointed by the drop in FFXIVs stats, but that is because I was a main tank. I used to be DRK and GNB, and DPS is sort of critical for us too. It annoyed me when it took alot longer to kill a trash mobs outside Raz, than it did during the beginning of ShB as a GNB.

[@BirdsOfPlay]

@@burythelight5104 If it takes longer to kill enemies and battles are affected then it's not just a question of numbers but also of how they relate to one another. I too feel like the battle have been affected by the number downscale but I haven't really studied its effects. At the same time, however, I do feel like it looks a bit cleaner with lower numbers. That being said, if I hadn't know about the number change then I probably wouldn't have noticed it personally.

[@Ramsey276one]

Reminded me of the moment in Valkyrie Profile when a single-Hit Finishing Strike did damage WITH ONE MORE DIGIT Us: Holy Crap! The player: That means bosses HAVE A LOT MORE HP… Us: O_o

[@megakidicarus4647]

I still appreciate that in ff1 - either with bug-fix patches applied for the NES version, or otherwise, that Monk/Master can hit in the thousands with a high enough level combined with enough buffs (SABR+FAST+TMPR). It's why my favorite party combination is either Monk/Master(1), Black Mage/Wizard(3), White Mage/Wizard(4), and either Red Mage/Wizard or Ninja for slot 2.

[@jasonbell791]

Even though I know monk is better than thief in FF1, my team is always fighter, thief, black mage, and white mage because I hate not being able to use every weapon in game, and these all have a weapon or armor only they can use. Excalibur, Katana, Black shirt and White shirt (which I'm pretty sure are robes not shirts, but I recall the icon looks like a shirt).

[@fluffdafire157]

Ff9 should've had steiners charge ability where every character who is in critical health attacks back to back

[@mechajintsu]

all those hotdogs help Zell dish out that damage

[@TheLarsPlay]

For FF7. Both Yuffie with "Doom of the living" and Barret with "Angermax" hits more times then Omnislash. So with max strengt and luck, they both deal more and get filled faster du to beeing lower level limitbreak then Omnislash. I would say that Barret is the strongest character in the game if you don't count breaking the max damage cap thing which is easier to accomplish with Vincent. Barret is the best counter/mime char due to standing in the backline while dealing full damage and having the best limitbreak in the game.

[@LevantineR1]

As a GameFAQs user, I truly hope you're the true Vegh.

[@barneyclarke7051]

@@LevantineR1 nice to know that gamefaqs was not the only source of life for Vegh

[@TheLarsPlay]

Damage per second wise, knights ain't as cool. Takes 3 years to cast a dubble knights of the round.

[@EdKolis]

"Divide by 100, you lamer!" -Xintis the chat bot, when confronted with a number with three or more zeroes in a row

[@SmlWng123]

I always thought the maximum damage skill in FFVII was Barret's Ungarmax. It's 18 hits total. If you manage to max out the damage then it does more than both omnislash and knights of the round (IF you manage the max out the damage. You have to chug hero drinks IRRC). If you use the same counter-mime materia trick it should do the most damage in the game minus the lucky 7's.

[@RuneKatashima]

Or just Vincent's overflow glitch that deals infinite damage :)

[@TylerA52903]

Zeta flare has taken the top spot

[@timkessler5198]

Everyone bringing up"zanmato" "the end" and "slots"...the video is about physical damage HP outputs..not instant kill moves

[@DrakenAshen]

No it isn't, the title says most powerful attacks, not highest damage attacks.

[@redX111t]

The topic was "most powerful" and they are the most powerful.

[@Dinosox16]

@@DrakenAshen insta kill attacks don’t work on bosses, so they’re not as strong

[@markfourtwenty9897]

You forgot Selphie's "The End" with a total damage of 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

[@markfourtwenty9897]

@Living Legend It doesn't show damage because it's infinite....1 hit to all enemy's and bosses, even ultima and omega weapon...

[@markfourtwenty9897]

@Living Legend There are many Instant death magic in the game and all of them can't be cast to bosses....If THE END brings instant death why do you need MULTIPLE casting of it to beat ULTIMECIA?????

[@markfourtwenty9897]

@Living Legendmaybe yes or maybe because there are many instant death ability and THE END ain't one of them 🙂🙂🙂

[@thatguywesmaranan]

the most powerful is obviously bad breath...

[@SoraSimpleAndClean]

The Ronso Nova blew my mind, didn't know he could do that much damage lol

[@MrOrcshaman]

I'm happy knowing kimahri could kick ass so well

[@DropeRj_Original]

He can't... it was some port/hack to make characters break 100k limit. FFX you can't overflow damage like FF7, so reaching those high numbers is useless since hornless can't do multi-hit attacks

[@MrOrcshaman]

@@DropeRj_Original you dissin my boy kimahri 👹

[@hayden-tan]

@@MrOrcshaman He was telling the truth

[@higgas666]

Wait how does Auron hit that number? How does it avoid the standard damage limit? It's still a standard attack right? I think i'm missing something.

[@mven]

Yeah I was confused too so I looked it up and they got that number from a GameFAQs thread about hypothetical numbers assuming no damage limit. Bit of a research fail, eh?

[@vbarreiro]

The fact that Final Sting is not the FFXIV entry is wild to me. Afflatus Misery is 900 potency, it can crit and direct hit and become about twice that. It also doesn’t have any moves that buff its own damage. Final Sting, when it crits + direct hits + uses all buffs available to a Blue Mage, it can do 12,106 potency. I get the one niche case of someone hyper-buffing a White Mage to do 10M in a hit, but that’s more indicative of the amount of buffs you can use in a certain bit of side-content than of how strong the move actually is

[@mactassio21]

to be fair, said buffs are exclusive to healers and out of the 4 healers White mages are the only ones with access to a 900 potency move.

[@christopherhall5361]

I'm probably pretty bias in my love of FFVIII, but the Armageddon Fist was so fun, rolling with Squall Irvine and Zell was my key to all the hidden bosses

[@jaredmartin7040]

FF8 is amazing

[@kortezfitness]

Lion heart ! hands down

[@ConnorJG76]

Seriously not mentioning Angermax and Doom of the Living I feel is blasphemy especially how they outclass Omnislash, even of it is the most iconic move in the FF7 universe arguably

[@Spike2276]

That sweet, *sweet* ,angermax damage is one of the reasons i fucking love my man Barret Edit: also Cid's Highwind

[@ConnorJG76]

@@Spike2276 God yes. I did a max stats run when going for the plat trophy and having Cloud, Barret and Yuffie use their limits with 9999 each time was amazing slaughtering the weapons

[@Forever_Zero]

I was unaware of some of these exploits... now I have to try them

[@eviltofu4364]

Now that's a lot of damage!

[@TheMeteoDragoon]

These games cut these enemies in half.

[@HyrulianBeast]

You forgot Donald Ducks Zetta Flare in Kingdom Hearts 3

[@AproposDare]

WRONG!!! Selphie's "The End" limit break is SOAT. Even if a boss has 900 trillion HP, *The End* will instantly delete it.

[@ankthares6474]

cait sith has the same kind of limit break, but thats not the point of the video, we need bigger numbers here

[@crashwithkirby6708]

I love breezy, thank you for that calm chill vibe

[@masturcheef123]

I would like to take this chance to thank my Zell for pretty much soloing the final ff8 boss with Armageddon fist, even though my stronger Squall was also in the party but never got the chance to attack.

[@Nisukekarijate]

Good research, there were some that i didn't know like Kimahri's Nova, very valuable information. Thanks

[@km-js7ws]

you can get it from omega or from nemesis himself with lancet , have fun with it :)

[@jafftiti1476]

Disgaea characters: Look at what they need to replicate a fraction of our power.

[@warangelcpgamebreak]

Final Fantasy game developers(Square-soft/Enix) must of started realizing how big numbers met in the west due to Dranonball Z's dubbed translations. It's over 9,000.

[@ericb3157]

yes, i did one of those... i equipped Cloud with two yellow Materia that boost max health, getting him to 9999 health, and equipped him with his ultimate weapon, which does damage equal to his health, then used Omnislash. this came in quite handy during the "battle arena"! PS: i never did manage to acquire "knights of the Round"...

[@phenel]

why do people always forget about yuffie:- curse of the living and red XIII:- stardust ray

[@ErnestJay88]

The most powerful attack in Final Fantasy is Yojimbo's Zanmatto, doesn't matter how much your enemy have HP (including Penance 12,000,000 HP) it guarantee 1 hit kill. Honorable mention is Cait Sith "Gave Over" limit break that also guarantee 1 hit kill no matter what superboss you encounter.

[@BlueLightningSky]

I think Vanille's Commando Death is more powerful since it does not end stagger. I think there are also strategies like army of one to maintain the staggered state and have your allies use scourge

[@stevenviljoen160]

Yea death was much more powerfull overall and that's without even taking the instant death chance into acount.

[@Omnishredder]

You're wrong with omnislaah in ff7 as the most powerful thing is angermax/ungarmax

[@pseudopulk3478]

In FF8 Quistis' Shockwave Pulsar & Eden can deal more than 9999 damage iirc

[@ABaumstumpf]

Yes, but as they are single-move attacks their total damage is not that high, they are capped at i think 60 000 "only".

[@SaleProofCarReviews]

For FF7, Barrett's Ungarmax hits 18 times as opposed to Omnislash's 15 hits, meaning 179982 damage on a single target if maxed out with Hero Drinks. That plus it's animation is WAY faster, making it more ideal for speedrunning

[@matc1995]

Angermax?

[@rightwing707]

The Afflatus Misery thing was for a very specific piece of content. In said content, EVERY job had massive damage potential. Misery might be the highest for potential on a single hit, but DPS and other jobs would still outpace them on total DPS when played optimally. Samurai, Black Mage and Machinist in particular have some extremely strong set-ups in there and they only got stronger in the intermediary raid and its Savage version with the addition of pure essences. WHM and other healers want their respective pure in Savage in order to survive unavoidable damage in each fight, but in Normal they could take deep profane for a much more substantial damage boost that comes at the cost of 70% lower healing. WHM stands out here because they can bring Profane with Seraph Strike, an ability that further buffs damage and debuffs healing by another 60%, their ability Thin Air could then be used to remove the 5000 MP cost on Seraph Strike allowing them to pair it with Font of Magic and Ether kits to crank out the gargantuan numbers that could reach that 10m mark. Though it's very contingent on buffs from other party members lining up properly. The issue I find with this raid is that new/ignorant players will prioritize defensive essences and buffs like protect/shell/bubble which are functionally useless as ever single mechanic you fail in a fights apply a stack of Twice-come Ruin, a debuff that when applied twice would place an uncleansable Doom on the one being hit. The actual damage from the mechanics is negligible with echo now, even without essences so defensive buffs are the very definition of useless now in there and only serve to make runs take much longer when the ones bringing them don't bother to learn what works much better or read the chat where people say as much before runs even begin. Shell however is useful for the last two bosses in the Savage version and healers/DPS can opt to bring one or two for action swaps before those fights.

[@volkmardeadguy1557]

selphies "the end" is my favorite thing

[@saphcal]

in most of the entries for games you mentioned other options, but for w/e reason in the FF7 entry you completely ignored that Barret can do more damage than cloud due to Angermax hitting more times than Omnislash. Cid too with Highwind.

[@animaniac181]

I am a happy boi because Zell is the title card character c: I'll always love Armageddon Fist