LaughingHorsemen.mp4

A tetralogy of exemplary laughs
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Rules:
- This is a low level run of zombero's hardtype mod: www.romhacking...
- The aim is to keep XP gain as low as possible without affecting my sanity.
- Hard mode, obviously
- No stat boosting items
- All other game mechanics are fair game!
THIRD KALPA
*NOTE: The four horsemen were originally fought all together, but this had to be removed because of issues it caused. That's kind of a terrifying prospect but I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to try it. Instead you can fight them 2 at a time, which is still good fun. Any combination of the 2 can spawn, with the remaining 2 appearing as reinforcements. I didn't think it was worth showing all 6 permutations for obvious reasons, but try it out yourself*
White & Red Riders (0:18) - This was a tough cookie to crack, as between them they have a lot of coverage as well as both Dekunda and Dekaja. However it's the Red Rider who is the real threat, so in the end I found the trick is to Dekunda lock him with Debilitate, and then hopefully the White Rider will lose the remaining turns with Prominence/God's Bow. Focus down the Red Rider and once he's gone you can double Debilitate the White Rider and he'll be fairly helpless, even with Dragon Eye. Tarukaja and Rakunda don't seem to trigger their buff removal so you can get away with these.
Black & Pale Riders - A lot of the potential danger of this combo is nullified by the fact that they have no buff removal, plus my team was already set up to deal with the Black Rider having just come from that fight (and Pale doesn't bring too much else to the table being another ice/curse attacker.) Unlike White Rider I think both of these are more threatening on their own casting Dragon Eye than together with only 3 PTs, so I focussed them down alternately aiming to kill them together. Black Rider has some new toys which is frankly a mercy, as it makes him less likely to spam Megidola.
Cu Chulainn (10:22) - Cu can be a tricky customer with all his ailments, but fortunately by this point I had a functioning Prayerbot. This paired with phys resistance makes him a lot less threatening (it's funny that my Mara team was so well equipped to deal with him.) We get some good dog breath & dip action here too to counterract those Sukukajas. No great magic damage options though so it took a while longer than I'd like.
*NOTE: Cu also appears later on in Yoyogi Park, as a reinforcement to Setanta who usually flees very quickly. I didn't bother showing this encounter as it's not significantly different*
AMALA NETWORK #2
Long (14:53) - Long is easy to deal with alone, but he can summon any of the 4 Mitama and they can make things tricky with buff spam. It really depends what he summons, but try to keep up with the buffs as usual and you'll be fine.
*NOTE: This is another encounter that appears later on with a slight variation - in the Black Temple, all 4 Mitama are present from the start. Again I didn't consider this significantly different enough to be worth showcasing*
ASAKUSA TUNNEL
Okuninushi (18:24) - Not too much to this one, it's kind of like a less intimidating version of the Cu fight. Watch out for sneaky Mamudos.
IKEBUKURO REVISITED
Hanuman (20:28) - Debilitate really neuters his buff spam, he can't keep up. Seriously, keep him debuffed and he won't even attack.
KABUKICHO REVISITED
Jack Frost? (23:01) - Hee ho bois. This is fun but there's not much to it as long as you carry ice immunity. It does give me a little twinge to play... that game... though. You know the one.

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

*Heeho?* - Jack Frost?, 2021?

[@ventoventi]

imagine going into a kalpa, fully intending to be in there for only a minute, and getting hit with the double rider wombo combo

[@MonoChromium]

Eligor: "Oh, thank Lucifer you're here. We're all seriously injured from being repeatedly stabbed by Irish folklore and the Demi-Fiend's blood has turned into tiny purple daggers in his veins. We need medical attention right now, or we're all done for." The literal sludge from the Black Lagoon: "B u U u U u U u R r U u U u H h"

[@acceleradiant9640]

if i got ambushed by 2 horsemen i'd just turn the game off

[@michaelstove8157]

I remember getting jumped by Pale and Red Rider once when I wasn't fully paying attention. My first thought was "Why do I hear Fiend music"

[@jouheikisaragi6075]

Raidou 2 does that. IIRC Hard Mode makes it so they can jump you as early as right after the Tutorial

[@TrueCobalion]

Finally, just in time to get me to procrastinate from calculus. The stars aligned!

[@cactusdip4680]

Which one, pre, A, B, C, Multi?

[@sebastianubeda8363]

Me too!

[@pizzatime9261]

The true alignment: procrastination

[@marcocameriere1728]

God, I passed all calculus exams 1 year ago, and this comment still gave me anxiety. Thank you!

[@Sneedboy]

How did your exams turn out dude?

[@Bucketgetter]

7:15 Zombero gives a Full Kagatsuchi encounter exclusive Dark Might

[@travisoliver6741]

Zombero is the god of comedy. He also gave Beelzebub, a Demon of Chaos and Representation of Gluttony, Silent Prayer as an ability.

[@huhwaitwhat4430]

That jack frost was certainly MAGNIFICENT. I've never seen that fight it must be a RARE DEVIL BATTLE.

[@acceleradiant9640]

does something weird happen if you die to poison while using analyze on an enemy? 12:14

[@paulstillman4949]

Jim could you please test this?

[@joshuamedina6807]

Hey good job on making Jim do another video here's your cookie shaped like a heart ♡

[@ultracapitalistutopia3550]

It's only fitting for an actual dragon to use Dragon Eye.

[@Dazedgumball]

The MVP Arahabaki is back, baby

[@Chr1s_1986]

The dynamic attack sheep at its duty again xD.

[@AllBeganwithBBS]

*dynamic attack sheep* Also I am kind of shocked you went through the first part of the fight without a single rakukaja.

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

So I found these White and Red Riders have aggressive buff removal scripts for defensive and speed buffs only. Casting Rakukaja would actually hinder me as Red Rider would then get a turn and mess me up with Terrorblade/Bolt Storm/Wind Cutter. The way I'm doing it they should almost always lose their turn before this can happen (unless White Rider does a regular attack on someone other than Arahabaki, or I get crazy unlucky with Prominence targetting)

[@lowhp_comic]

Can't believe the Remaster butchered the fiend's voices ESPECIALY DAISOJOU

[@Sneedboy]

*silently screams at you*

[@vicho4226]

The remaster butchered pretty much all demon voices

[@valletas]

Man i wished we had some extra enconters like this in any smt game Fighting 2 bosses at the same time is so cool!!!

[@vicho4226]

21:46 oh of course, the big brain move: give miniboss with >2000 HP endure

[@olwere]

Dynamic Attack Sheep my beloved

[@vicho4226]

19:08 okuninushi is a smart boy lmao

[@HYDEinallcaps]

I don't know if it's better or worse to have the Fiend music play, instead of the normal battle music.

[@Jdun93]

Dynamic attack sheep returns!!!

[@bullblood_fan17]

oh no, megidola is back!

[@hacooray525]

dynamic attack sheep and arabahaki in the same party?! OwO

[@dorkistantkd6233]

23:33 NANI Jack Frost with megidola?

[@linuxwizzerd5908]

back when I did this I'm pretty sure Jack Frost in Kabukicho Prison was the only FKE I missed, didn't know there was another one for when Black Frost occupies it but makes sense would have been nice for him to be a callback to DDS2's Jack Frost miniboss but I think Zombero might have mentioned adding dialogue being a tricky thing for him at some point

[@YurificationTrademark]

Can you just imagine it, the four horsemen fight... One is already wrecking house (sort of), but four of them would mean 4 fucking press turns and up to even more if the AI's so advanced they decided to also use Beast Eye/Dragon Eye just to fuck your life up, and being low leveled doesn't help either. HOW FUN™!

[@Rylainecchi]

What is that? Jack Frost with Megidola? Hmm, seems familiar?

[@meatmeatmeatevenmoremeat3759]

I unsubbed but I was recommended this so I subscribed again hi

[@bubbletea_]

Dynamic Attack Sheep returns 😎

[@alphonse_2245]

*click click click* hee hee

[@limechips4289]

Episode 4? What- wait, what?

[@Silver-Kaitou]

*White Rider laugh*

[@PhoenixDecim]

I've been thinking that the debuff sound effect must be someone's fart.

[@airbornezombie7655]

Oh my god

[@rac1equalsbestgame853]

Still the best debuff sound

[@TomatoKorb]

1:51 debilitate on beat

[@nicholaswhite481]

With all these full kagutsuchi encounters, I feel compelled to ask: who/what are the hardest boss fights in the original nocturne and hardtype respectively?

[@TrueCobalion]

In my opinion, in vanilla that honor probably goes to Lucifer himself (almost entirely thanks to Root of Evil and High King). In Hardtype on the other hand, it's either the first Dante battle (Take the original Dante, but beefen up Rebellion and E&I to easily nuke non-phys resisting demons) or Sakahagi (He recieved a massive buff from the original, he now has Attack All, Might, and _Pierce_. Tetrakarn is a must.) Lucifer could also be earning of that title (His new magic spells WILL kill without resistances, though Root of Evil was reworked, it no longer has a bunch of random effects, but instead lowers all stats by 4(6?) stages) but he can be cheesed with Repel passives as shown in the LL video.

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

Hardtype: Matador, Dante 1, Hell Biker, The Harlot, Specter 3 IF you don't have a solid sweep team, Metatron, Baal. Black Rider and Kagutsuchi also both gave serious problems but shouldn't in an unrestricted run. EDIT: I forgot Ongyo-Ki. Not exactly hard but screw that guy Vanilla Nocturne is too ez now, I don't remember. Early game is tough and then it's plain sailing

[@alderpan]

2 riders in a rows.... wtf?

[@dracula103192]

ah so by reading description does that mean you found the overworld encounter where you fight all 4 horsemen as well? I remember it being somewhere around the overworld fight with Dai but yeah all 4 riders at once is hell sounding

[@TrueCobalion]

The four horsemen fight only existed in earlier versions of Hardtype, in which it was removed in one of the latest patches.

[@kaparaomer7751]

Its dynamic attack sheep

[@Metetron]

:eggrider:

[@MegidoMon]

Can the Fiends only appear on a Full Kagutsuchi?

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

Yes

[@paulstillman4949]

>69th updoot Noice.

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

?

[@lysithea6074]

Why u use analyze? Is it because u play blind or are there any changes in hardtype?

[@egghamilton7205]

Prolly to show stats for the vid