Mother 3 - Masked Man Battle (First Encounter)

I played through this game rather quickly, and as a result was greatly underleveled for many of the fights, including this one, meaning I had to really step up my game when fighting the bosses which obviously expected my levels to be higher.
Unfortunately, the sound got unsynced at some point, but I was unable to correct it.

[@MoonsideWanderer]

listen when the masked man swings his sword. I remembered that claus had the same sitar sound

[@pepperedribs6953]

spoils

[@FinGonz3130]

@@pepperedribs6953 ikr

[@whirl3690]

It is specifically his 4th combo sound, even more specifically during the third hit of said combo sound.

[@cryptidcloud]

@@pepperedribs6953 not really spoils. the game implies it pretty well

[@whyrwehere]

Wouldn't it be crazy I'd the masked man was Claus

[@vossboss220]

So not only is the masked man fast and goes first basically every turn, he can also attack twice in one turn, has a melee attack, a sword attack, a beam attack, electric attacks that go through shields, a sheild killer move to stop you from buffing your defenses, and access to one of the strongest PSI moves in the game which causes massive damage on all your party members... Oh also a one hit KO lighting bolt attack just in case you though he was too underpowered. Oh yeah he also has no specific elememtal weaknesses (eventhough hes clearly mechanical so PK Thunder should in theory atleast be a go to attack against him) a butt ton of HP and can't be put to sleep and the music in his boss battle is almost impossible to combo to.

[@ZeroWolf51]

It's bad, but not *that* bad. He doesn't always go first if your party is leveled high enough. His music theme also isn't that hard to combo with. As long as you can combo to the easier version of this theme, it's just a matter of skipping like half a beat.

[@TheSurgingHorizon]

He’s omnipotent...impressive

[@leopro96ytgameplaysytutori76]

You can make him cry with duster's abilities

[@cryptidcloud]

@@leopro96ytgameplaysytutori76 oh shit really? i never really understood how to use his abilities so i stopped trying after a while

[@cryptidcloud]

the combo is pretty much just the regular one, just hesitate a bit at the end of the riff

[@WOLFM0THER]

I tried to make Boney sniff the masked man since I thought his scent would be familiar to Boney, but he didn’t smell anything.

[@vossboss220]

Missed opportunity

[@kap1618]

That has even more disturbing implications.

[@WOLFM0THER]

@@kap1618 i forgot about this comment lol but can you explain?

[@kap1618]

@WOLFM0THER Boney grew up with Claus and as a Dog has a great sense of smell. For them to erase his scent, would imply that they removed everything identifiable from his body. If not his entire flesh.

[@WOLFM0THER]

@@kap1618 ohh, that’s dark

[@owato2332]

What? It's me where does the masked man's sound when he attacks with his sword and the same as the Claus sound when he attacks the mole-cricket at the beginning of the game?

[@EC07201]

Pp

[@penguinpng-gj1lr]

Oh boy...your question...

[@PokeyMinch1]

If you haven't played mother 3 yet here's some spoilers. . . Fine you really want to hear it....no. ... Okay fine That masked man is.........no not yet but still continue. Fine the masked man is claus

[@supermajinmoo]

@@PokeyMinch1 well you gave me a fair amount of warnings lol

[@EKTE64]

WOT WOT WOT WOT WOT WOT WOT

[@DevotedOgrim05]

It really annoys me that you can't get the frog, because the cutscene is being triggered earlier, so you can only save after the battle. Did they put the frog too far by an accident?

[@toonlinkplays5961]

this boss is insane, claus really did become very powerful like he said lol. edit: in my opinion this boss is harder than the final boss from mother 1 2 and this game's final boss.

[@dawnofpigs9729]

To be fair giygas did feel really scripted at times

[@The93195]

giygas and giegue are ez

[@therealsquimby3191]

The audio is more delayed than Yandere Simulator

[@psychopianist630]

How is Duster randomly restoring small amounts of HP?

[@ramblingsofruethus6474]

I don't recall exactly why, but upon consulting the wiki it is likely that he was wearing the Knit Sweater, which gives slight regeneration of health

[@RufusFinnick]

Masked man tried pk love. Barrier trio pk starstorm flashbacks*

[@channel91uhf]

Why is the audio so freaking delayed from the video?

[@mr.amazio1023]

Nice video.

[@EKTE64]

3:05 hmmm wheres that sound from?

[@joeda900]

Mole Cricket first fight, you kbow who else uses it

[@The93195]

spoiler alert: the forlorn junk heap is harder.

[@MegaAmir46]

Luke???

[@devastatedbaby]

I hate this masked man... Like whattttt....

[@zoeyzoey1367]

hey somebody is playing fortnite here

[@kitma9]

this is a different masked man, because not every masked man is from fortnite

[@zoeyzoey1367]

@@kitma9 ok

[@typhlo5596]

Wtf

[@acidicali7776]

Should I just copy exactly what u do Orr??

[@ramblingsofruethus6474]

This wasn't intended to be instructional, more just entertainment due to how much I had to struggle due to my low level.

[@acidicali7776]

Ramblings of Ruethus yeah but if you can beat Masked Man at level 35 I can totally beat masked man at level 50! I just gonna do what you do

[@FACEFanclub]

@@acidicali7776 My strategy is to use omega defense and offense boosts for my team through Lucas, and have kumatora lower the masked man's defense while duster combos + occasionally uses tickle stick or scary mask, and have boney use bombs and heal

[@Used__Napkin]

Shoutouts to the sound effect of Masked Man using his sword

[@Misimi]

Level 35 O_O... How...?

[@ramblingsofruethus6474]

Because I don't grind, and suffer because of it. This fight took many, many attempts. I also ran past a lot of enemies.

[@Misimi]

Ramblings of Ruethus Wow, I have a level 48 Lucas and Kumatora and couldn't make it until the fourth time...

[@theeggsquidzidboi7324]

I have like LV 45 people and I lost a bajillion times

[@burgerking-eg7xc]

I was at level 60

[@therealsquimby3191]

@@ramblingsofruethus6474 I would recommend not running from enemies unless you need to. I ended up making Suits way too easy because I fought every enemy.

[@joeda900]

Honestly my favorite boss of the game, I love the background, the theme, his attacks, the way he jumps at you in the start of the battle, the challenge and the fact he can use PK Love. Peak boss design

[@thesamejackalsniperthatkil117]

6:42 Porky and his creatures made some mistakes in trying to remove Claus' humanity

[@beanieweenie1349]

So the "masked man" doesn't even wear a mask? XD

[@Megadeth7811]

The fact that he can just take your shield away and one-shot your entire party is honestly bullshit.

[@seneryy]

Lol this dude have PK Love named as PSI Rockin

[@kenshisu9934]

I like the tough ennemy theme

[@madden225]

2:44

[@Vexnatos]

29/16, btw