Kanbei vs. Colin

[@ousha5011]

In the game, defense = % damage reduction. 100% defense = 100% reduction = invincible With Kanbei: 30% def from base unit + 30% def from his super power + 40% def from HQ terrain = 100% def

[@darkghoul4049]

Even luck seemingly bows to defence lol

[@doopness785]

Luck damage is calculated first and the defense is applied

[@tifforo1]

So it even stops RNG damage?

[@BamdTheBamd]

@@tifforo1 yes

[@bongcloudopening5404]

Also doesn't the super co power give an additional 10% def or is it already part of the 40% def?

[@clownplayer7265]

The fact the battle copter got damaged in return just adds some minor insult to the injury.

[@ekkehard8]

More like injury to the insult

[@TheRealMrX]

AA got decently chipped down as well 👀

[@Posby95]

Colin: WHY WON'T YOU DIE?! Kanbei: Samurai Spirit, son. It hardens when capturing an HQ. You can't hurt me, Colin!

[@gdaymaster8499]

Why does that actually feel legit to the normal game lol

[@verifeli]

A weapon to surpass the metal gear.

[@josuebasterretxea3923]

¡MY LORD, TURN OFF MY PAIN INHIBITORS!

[@HomingRocket1]

Colin: Sends every super powered unit in to kill his only unit. Kanbai: *Enables God Mode.*

[@ShadowdaHedgie11]

People misunderstand, Colin isn’t trying to harm Kanbei's units. He’s trying to destroy his HQ rather than let it be captured.

[@TaranAlvein]

This comment is underrated.

[@ShadowdaHedgie11]

@@TaranAlvein It's only five days old on a video nearly 2 years old, give it time.

[@amellyyyy]

Evidence of why Defense > Attack in Advance Wars, basically.

[@megarotom1590]

I think they fixed the formula in DoR but don't quote me on that

[@mauricesteel4995]

@@megarotom1590 in Days of Ruins the defense formula gives diminishing returns on higher defenses, so its no longer possible to take 0 Damage, the closest you get is Waylon Wingman making his air units nearly invulnerable for 1 turn.

[@megarotom1590]

@@mauricesteel4995 I wonder how that's calculated, maybe it's like a 50% defense increase is * (.9)^5, this would do a diminishing returns, for instance a 20% increase would normally multiply by .8 while a 50% defense increase would be .9*.9 or .81 which is only marginally more damage but it builds up, 30% defense is 72.9% damage instead of 70% and I don't have my powers of 3 over 729 memorized and I don't feel like grabbing a calculator but needless to say that 100% defense increase would certainly not make you impervious to all damage Or they may have done what I plan on doing if I ever make a hack or something (if it's feasible) and not stack the defense of the units with terrain defense (ie if you are Kanbei with +60% defense from your SCOP and your units is trying to capture an hq giving +40%, your percentage of damage taken would be (1-0.4)*(1-0.6)=0.24 instead of (1- (.4+.6))= 0

[@sebastianlucas704]

@@megarotom1590 (BaseDamage) * (AttackerHP / 10) * (AttackStat / TargerDefenseStat) in Days of Ruin. RandomNumber[0-1] * UnitHP * (AttackStat / TargetDefenseStat) is how luck is caculated. For example, 150 defense would reduce damage by one thirty by 1/5, and so on. Waylon's air units would have a total of +310 defense during his power. this reduce damage taken by over two thirds.

[@megarotom1590]

@@sebastianlucas704 interesting

[@Mr.Pallanza]

*_A depiction of Russian incompetence against Japanese superiority in a siege in Manchuria, Russo-Japanese War, August 1905, colorized._*

[@byronvonedmund]

Reject capitalism, return to samurai

[@NeedsMoDakka]

What do you do when you need to protect your shit? H I R E A S A M U R A I

[@brucelee7782]

yass

[@mamneo2]

Samurai Protection Services: Premium Security to protect those who reject capitalism... and have the money to pay 😎👍🏻

[@cpanrusty5187]

Imperialism is the way

[@SpetsnazStevens]

Boo

[@jerry3115]

what if you wanted to kill a single infantry but kanbei said samra spewet

[@androsp9105]

if this was me, i would've accidentally fired at the battle copter at the end

[@ticklezcat5191]

"Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself!" ~Kanbei

[@royalghost4914]

Colin: b..b...but I have unlimited money. H...how do you take zero damage. It's impossible Kanbei: Silence you crybaby. Kanbei must have HQ too

[@zEr-ne5ri]

Alternate scenario Colin : how do you survive all that it’s impossible! Kanbei: so long am full of spirit I AM THE IMPOSSIBLE!

[@SoldierOfFate]

Kanbei: Your money has no power here, BOY!

[@jonaxburgomar2728]

Battleships: Fire enough to sink a ship irl That infantary: Oh no! anyway where did we stop comrades? *caps HQ*

[@adamj1367]

watching those AAs do no fucking damage was terrifying on numerous levels

[@Mack1231231]

It's not everyday you see an infantry get 0 damage from a full health bomber attack

[@LaughingOrange]

And Colin has his Super active with maxed out money, that's a lot of extra attack power.

[@johne5303]

I like how he's already so op, but also basically have sami's super power as well.

[@virajkhatri7574]

and technically eagle's power. Having a free turn where the enemy cannot attack your troops while also having defense/offense/first strike counter attack boost, is on par with sturm's power.

[@Freedmoon44]

@@virajkhatri7574 Sturm would at least reduce the one inf HP massively due to the meteor, so hed win in this very scenario

[@SoldierOfFate]

@@Freedmoon44 He'd have to hit that infantry first. Sturm's meteor often goes for the most expensive unit, and that isn't happening unless Kanbei surrounds that capturing infantry with Neotanks or Bombers.

[@maxiebon1]

Has anyone ever stopped there hq being capped by a Sturm meteor? If so please stream it so I can watch it lol

[@KINFIN123]

Explanation for anyone baffled by this. Samurai Spirit raises Kanbei’s defense to 160%. Being on the HQ adds another 40% to this. A defense of 200% reduces all incoming damage to 0 regardless of the attack bonus of the enemy

[@trickygamer555]

your explanation is way more confusing than it needs to be FR

[@airam1721]

Not even luck will hit you

[@kentknightofcaelin4537]

​@@trickygamer555 it's super simple though?

[@trickygamer555]

@@kentknightofcaelin4537 They edited it

[@AyushKumar-ck7uu]

"But . . . but father! How did you survive all those tank, bomber, artillery and rocket fire? It is literally impossible!" "Oh, I just thought Kanbei must have HQs too!"

[@samiamrg7]

Kanbei gave all his soldiers power armor, I guess.

[@clownplayer7265]

Sonja: "You are not making any sense!! The calculations, the info, the stats, that just doesn't compute father!!!!"

[@dahanz4939]

Kanbei: "indeed , 1 thing make sense , i wanted a HQ"

[@cpanrusty5187]

@@clownplayer7265Kanbei: Nothing is impossible if you have me on your side Hahahahahaha!!!

[@SoldierOfFate]

@@clownplayer7265 Kanbei: Silence Sonja, none of that is necessary when you have the sense of DUTY AND HONOR!

[@SoldierOfFate]

Samurai Spirit? More like Kami Spirit considering it transforms all of Kanbei's units into gods for one turn!

[@megarotom1590]

morale of the story: don't let Kanbei start capping your HQ with a full hp unit when he can proc samurai spirit (unless you have global damaging powers)

[@LtSMASH324]

morale of the story: don't let *them play* Kanbei ---start capping your HQ with a full hp unit when he can proc samurai spirit (unless you have global damaging powers)---

[@megarotom1590]

@@LtSMASH324 fair enough

[@megarotom1590]

@@LtSMASH324 to be fair, if your playing Colin, not letting them play Kanbei would be a bit hypocritical

[@Last_Resort991]

@@LtSMASH324 As you may have realized, capping your own HQ rarely will work. Kanbei can just attack with everthing he has onto your HQ with +50% damage while under his SCOP. You better hope his units are faaar away from your HQ when he can pop his power.

[@af2547]

Or a black bomb. Or a missile silo. Etc.

[@StriderZessei]

Thanos: I am inevitable. Kanbei: SAMURAI SPIRIT

[@PhazonOmega]

THAT would be a fight!

[@gdaymaster8499]

@@PhazonOmega Avengers needed to hire Kanbei as a morale coach

[@Mosannugget]

Those infantry had the power of god and anime on their side. There was nothing Colin could do.

[@koolaiddamianicbackup6028]

no they had the strenght of one million of samurai not these over s3zualized big eyed abhumans

[@shuryoji3246]

Those infantry: Phew! Good thing we're indestructible.

[@TheAzureNightmare]

"I hate Blue Moon!"

[@mauricesteel4995]

Olaf: GET OF THE CONTROLS BOY, ALLOW ME TO SHOW HOW ITS DONE! (pretty sure Olaf can kill that infantry since his Blizzard will take part of Kanbei's defense, leaving a breach of 8% dmg taken that will get wider with every subsequent shot)

[@BamdTheBamd]

yeah he can

[@unsureprobablymaybe3527]

That and his super always does 2 dmg so defence means nothing

[@daviddavidson6471]

@@unsureprobablymaybe3527 Maurice is saying that the 2 damage that Blizzard chips off will lower the bonus terrain defense, because each of the four terrain stars grants 1% defense per unit HP. So the 10HP infantry gets +40% terrain defense while the 8HP infantry gets only +32% defense. Then each subsequent attack will continue to lower the defense.

[@unsureprobablymaybe3527]

@@daviddavidson6471 nice self like lol

[@gabrielbitencourt1879]

So it is indeed true. Whenever Olaf takes to the field, victory is assured

[@Halotaku]

The unstoppable force has met the immovable object…and been stopped.

[@lucky9293]

Kanbei: Can I get some defense? Colin: Only a spoonful! Kanbei:

[@KnownAsKenji]

I just noticed something interesting. Units that take absolutely 0 damage don't even have the small 'flash' effect that units get while taking fire, even units that take 0% with luck value flash, as seen in the vs. Neotank engagement here @0:49 . It's interesting that the flash is based on taking damage and not a default, since Kanbei in this combo is about the only situation where it ever wouldn't happen.

[@dreispulentraum]

Real Footage from the Russian Japanese Front 1945, Russian Artillery in try to Defeat the Moribund Japanese Suicide Soldiers. xD

[@snorri788]

Colourised

[@bingobongo1615]

It is a funny comment but in reality the Japanese troops fighting the soviets surrendered in masses. The soviets took close to a million prisoners

[@SoldierOfFate]

@@bingobongo1615 Even funnier: the US hesitated to initiate Operation Downfall (the planned land invasion of Japan) because they were afraid of the casualties they would suffer from not what remained of the Imperial Japan's military, but also the fanatically suicidal population. That was one of the main reasons why the atom bombs were used instead. When you dread the Soviets so much that you'd capitulate, but still refuse surrender even after the initial atom bomb on Hiroshima...

[@Neonlight3934]

60%+40% terrain = I AM FUCKING INVINCIBLE!!!

[@RocketHarry865]

If only there was a unit called the Flame Tank. Its ability is that its main weapon ignores terrain defensive bonus

[@Mister-Mayor]

When the wind is slow and the fire's hot

[@SoldierOfFate]

@@RocketHarry865 That kind of weapon would shut Lash down hard, especially if she relies on Mechs in mountains.

[@samiamrg7]

Deepest lore: Kanbei gives all his soldiers power armor with energy shields, but thenbattery life is limited, so they can only activate it when he uses his CO power.

[@clownplayer7265]

Makes more sense than reboot camp.....Reboot camp seems to imply the units survive and thrive out of the emperor's magically weaponized sheer charisma and nothing more.

[@marcelsmiley858]

Man that's some sturdy infantry. They don't make them like these no more.

[@Sephiroth08150]

Since the formula seems to be (attacker's value + modifiers) * (1 - defensive percentage), it's a given why defense is so powerful. If you reach 100% Defense, the attack value is multiplied by zero. By that logic, you could have all 50 deployable unit shoot on that infantry, it will just not die. I guess this is why we don't have a lot of defence-oriented COs, the devs had to realize they'd be nightmare to fight against.

[@BamdTheBamd]

they changed the formula in days of ruin so if you get +300% defense you'll only take like 1/4 damage

[@heroesoftomorrow3488]

There are some like Sturm back in the first AW and Javier in dual strike To nobody surprise, they are considered OP

[@teecee1827]

Well, 100% defense can protect against anything and it's really funny.

[@dauniverseitself]

STANDINH HERE I REALISE YOU WERE JUST LIKE ME, MAKIN HISTORY

[@ultimategamer2669]

0:26 Colin: Yeah, it's my turn now- 0:40 Kanbei: NOPE. Still mine.

[@seanmedina614]

"Hold your ground! We are the chosen of the light! We shall not fall!" -Arthas

[@InternetMonster1]

Hawke, Olaf, Drake and especially Sturm would actually have a much better chance at taking out the Kanbabie troop because defense gets weaker the weaker an enemy unit is.

[@LunarChris24]

BM Soldier: We tried everything! 50 cal, rockets, didn't do a thing.

[@Dragonrealms245]

Kanbei: My units NEVER DIE!!!

[@byronvonedmund]

For a price

[@TheBurakatesyurek]

Infantry be like "hmm... must have been the wind"

[@cpanrusty5187]

Money is temporary but BANZAI is forever

[@SpunkyDunk]

Well what do you expect when they appoint children as commanding officers of armies?

[@mauricesteel4995]

Kanbei activated BLADE GRASP and now all his units have his Bravery% avoid chance against all physical attacks.

[@justinnavarro2778]

Final Fantasy Tactics reference!

[@namelessfaerie1302]

SHIRAHADORI

[@J3tAlone]

You CAN'T hurt me, Jack!

[@ultimategamer2669]

**An entire army fires all it's shells at one single infantry unit** Infantry unit: Oh no. Anyway. **finishes capturing the HQ**

[@KhanhTheLearner]

Sami: "Behold my victory march infantry! Muhahahaha" Kanbei: "Oh that's a great idea. I have a similar win condition, too, except it's even more painful for the enemy"

[@douglashtang]

Imagine if Sami infantry get that similar amount of defense buff for her foot soldiers for her Victory March. She gets a lot of base attack power buff for her SCOP. It would make sense for her infantry to be hard to kill. She did get a defense boost for her infantry and mech back in AW1.

[@michaeljonathan9715]

Who would win : 4 Battleship shot, 4 Artierly shot, 4 rocket shot, anti air, neo tank, bomber, battle copter combined with additional maximum fire power or 5 Samurai Bois with riflegun

[@overlordto176]

The Last Samurai in a nutshell if they won.

[@Chokoboh]

30/30 Kanbei in AW2 was definitely overtuned.

[@IschmarVI]

he can do that in dual strike as well. That hasn't changed. But yeah, 30/30 was a bit too much in general, that much is true. However ... he can also pair up with colin or his daughter in dual strike and this is .... also not entirely balanced, lol

[@tim0boy891]

This would have been more interesting with a 9HP infantry and a 100k Power of Money. Edit: I tried it with 100k Power of money and it only took 3 battleship shots to kill the infantry.

[@conejocapuchino2928]

so basically defense takes into account unit hp as long as the unit has 10 hp and 4 stars with kandei super power they are literally invencible by default

[@Posby95]

TERRAIN defense is affected by HP. Intrinsic defense isn't. For this reason, if you were to change Kanbei's +30 defense for +3 terrain stars, he would be nerfed a bit.

[@Freedmoon44]

@@Posby95 so replacing the guy with part of Lash would weaken him? Lol

[@Posby95]

@@Freedmoon44 Except in this hypothetical case Kanbei would always have +3 stars no matter the terrain. E.g. on roads he would have 3, on plains 4, on woods 5, on cities 6 and on mountains 7. And his firepower would be independent of terrain.

[@zigaudrey]

Colin deals NO damage. What the hell? Stop wasting ammo, Colin! It's no use!

[@Akechi_Komaeda]

Loosing 15 ammo for doing 0 damage, so useful 👌

[@KopperNeoman]

There's a precise HP cutoff where Kanbei will go from "invincible" to "being oneshotted" - because cover stars give HP% defence.

[@dudemevill1699]

Russo Japanese war in a nutshell

[@CurvinProductions]

Unstoppable Force VS Immovable Object

[@douglashtang]

Global damage, Meteor, and Missile launcher could scratch Kanbei's armor, but not with Colin's infinite money.

[@douglashtang]

If you put a Mech there instead of an Infantry, the Mech could inflict some serious counter damage to the Anti-Air, the Neotank, and the B-Copter when they try to interrupt that HQ cap. Especially if they are all on the road.

[@nurseruben5431]

This is a nice reenactment of the Battle of Iwo Jima.

[@davideresenterra9648]

Bushido dignified it's the last stand of the Samurai

[@Supermariocrosser]

In real life, Colin has probably entirely destroyed his own headquarters before kanbeis actual soldiers thus kanbei doesnt need to capture at all.

[@ccascop8857]

I don't think Colin wants to meet again

[@KaoriSakuraCh]

Kanbei get 60% defense + 40% defense on HQ, so Kanbei have 100% defense meaning he take x0 damage from anything. Anything multiply by 0 is always 0.

[@imirazuke3516]

So, 5 Kanbei soldiers can survive STALINIUM, no wait, COLINIUM weapons from a ENTIRE ARMY?

[@Fuzmonster59]

The capitalist fears the Samurai

[@Ubersupersloth]

Kanbei’s soldiers be like that Superman trailer where the bullet bounces off their eye.

[@FarCritical]

Unnukable foot soldiers is a weirdly terrifying concept

[@nanashialfarr]

Colin: feel the POWER OF MONEY! Kanbei: two can play this game, son.

[@butteredsalmonella]

Fun Fact: The AI actually recognizes when it'll deal 0% damage against Kanbei and will choose to not attack that unit. That means that even if its HQ is being capt by an infantry, it won't even try to attack it.

[@uniqueusername677]

This just in: Unstoppable Force meets Immovable Object.

[@maif3ng]

There are just things you can NOT just buy with money. :D

[@Thatdudewiththedogs]

Damnnnn that’s so balanced!! Nice!

[@BlackKnigth323]

I'm not sure if it's because Kanbei has so much extra defense or because Colin is maxed out on Money, I once saw a video of a Colin with the same amount of money attack someone on plains and do 0% damage with their Power of Money

[@BamdTheBamd]

actually they had 9,999,999 money while i only had 999,999 also you can't get more than 999,999

[@BlackKnigth323]

@@BamdTheBamd ah okay, makes sense, I watched that video a few months ago so I forgot how many 9s were there

[@postpwnmalone]

I thought it was over with just the direct engagements, then the artillery started

[@scarletserpent4177]

Ngl, I really missed this series ever since I saw the ad of the switch version. I literally forgot or probably never knew kanbei was so badass. I was addicted to using max.

[@thunderthunderstorms8828]

At first I thought this was unfair… then I remembered this is Kanbei.

[@SupremeST25]

Wtf was that infantry invincible??☠️

[@alejandro_rodriguez_99]

In the first 3 advance wars defense is a percentual reduction of the total damage. Kanbei units have 60% damage reduction with his Super Power in AW2, and an HQ gives 4 defense stars, 40% damage reduction. 60%+40%=100% damage reduction, in other words when Kanbei uses his Super Power units in mountains or HQ can't take damage. This only applies when the unit has 10hp, because you loss a percentage of damage reduction with each HP that you lose.

[@rebeccasheng620]

@@alejandro_rodriguez_99 luck damage also negated by defense? I thought only terrain reduced luck.

[@BamdTheBamd]

@@rebeccasheng620 terrain is the same as defense, all defense reduces luck, the only difference is terrain is reduced by low hp unlike defense

[@fehzorz]

It would be fun to see an army of Colin's infantry sacrifice themselves at the altar of Kanbei on an HQ

[@VestedUTuber]

Kanbei: "It's over Colin! I have the highest defense!" Colin: "You underestimate the Power of Money!" Kanbei: "Don't try it!"

[@Cthight]

Truly the last samurai.

[@anakkepri5769]

Kanbei infantry: IM FUCKING INVINCIBLE

[@Halvos12]

I am pretty sure they leveled that HQ.

[@Zetact_]

The Sassanid Attack on Constantinople (626, colorized)

[@KuroDCupu]

Troops powered by sheer will samurai spirit VS Troops powered by money

[@Slider93]

That's how I imagined Sparta when I was a kid.

[@koiiblitz]

This is "Pop it, Don't drop it" but in Advance Wars

[@sergeantarchdornan1085]

Most realistic CoD campaign:

[@Jhonnywmr]

Taking naval shells like marshmallows. Wtf

[@flewis02]

I need Mangs to comment on this, I knew Samurai Spirit was busted, but DAMN!

[@riolufistofmight]

And they shall know no fear.

[@ChillstoneBlakeBlast]

I hope Reboot Camp re-introduces 20/20 Kambei and Nerf Samurai Spirit

[@blackdragoncyrus]

It's not "Kambei".

[@wei270]

i think having kanbei adds more fun then not having kambei, he is the only reliable co that can give super defence. lash is terraine depending and jevier is tower dependent. samurai sprit is strong, so is alot of other power but it does add a unique aspect to the game that other co can't fill.

[@IqbalAlif9001]

kanbei infantry the immortal

[@Valrok1870]

All you miscalculate. This would exist on missile silos, airports, ports (naval bases), factories and cities. Kanbei gets +30% firepower and defense as a day-to-day, Samurai Spirit increases this to +60% firepower and defense, but because a power (normal or super) was used, all units gain an ADDITIONAL 10% defense. Also Samurai Spirit increases counter attack damage by +50% but no one ever remembers that detail... Anyways, the final calc is 110% defense on Mountains and HQs, 100% in Cities, Factories and Silos, 90% in forests, 80% on plains and reefs and 70% everywhere else. You cannot reliably use Anti-Air against his bombers, they get dropped to 7-8, and return fire leaving a city-defended anti-air at 3-4. Defense in these games is WAY more important than attack ever will be

[@BamdTheBamd]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3i1hmyajdyef6s

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

Real talk though. Colin is a very good pick against Kanbei, because Kanbei has an absolutely horrid early game, while Colin has a fantastic one. Kanbei is on the back foot for nearly the entire match, and recovering momentum almost requires the Colin to mess up. That or the map itself needs to bottleneck early momentum.

[@mauricesteel4995]

In the early capture wars, Colin might struggle because Kanbei Infantry is way stronger than his and will win even on first strike, and peeling off an capturing infantry with 60% defense is painful, especially with 90% firepower. Colin has advantage on maps with a high number of bases, but if he cannot take seize properties quickly, Kanbei will stomp him with is superior troops. Its map Dependant, if Colin can tech up fast, he wins. But Colin Infantry will have a hard time taking out Kanbei's.

[@gabrielbitencourt1879]

Absolutely disagree. Thanks to Colin attack penalty and Kanbei upgraded defenses, Colin is always fightining at a disadvantage even when striking first. Kanbei will overwhelm Colin because his units just dont die and even tech up wont help Colin very much on the long run. Stopping caps is basically impossible for Colin too. Colin only has a fighting chance against Kanbei in very large maps specially ones where lots of transport units are needed and engagements take longer to happen and even so his chances are slim. Kanbei of course needs to press on and be agressive from the start but if the 2 players have similar skill Kanbei will almost always win

[@BartixShieldsmen]

I see that the infantry found the nuclear bomb shelters

[@trollsquad1827]

Well months and months late but just saw this video and love it. Advance wars was my childhood. The fact Kanbei can do this is insane. Doesn't colin get a like 3000% firepower increase or something like that? Forget what the funds to damage boost is for the power, it has been awhile since I played the game.

[@BinaryStar10]

Haha, very funny rom hack... WAIT WHAT?! THIS IS FOR REAL!

[@pedrojose5313]

That infantry is God

[@mokotan51]

standing here, i realize....

[@TheZintastic]

Kanbei WILL have bases!

[@SynergyGamingTV]

This is nuts!

[@williamericbarnum805]

The lesson is to not let one infantry to your HQ when you have enough units to surround it

[@jasonwhigham335]

Unfazed and unbothered