Ranking EVERY Fire Emblem GBA Crit Animation (FE6,7,8 TIER LIST)

[@ArcaneSeason3]

GBA Fire Emblem logic: Spinning your weapon always does more damage even if you do nothing with the momentum.

[@alexanderharrison7421]

Style Points are just as valuable as Mt Points

[@anthonynguyen1289]

Obviously the swag scares enemies making their defense go down instead of the player increasing their damage

[@crawlinggoose]

Or taking a deep breath, or screaming loudly.

[@Mrfinch9999]

I miss the cool looking ones, the spins add to the awesomeness. New ones are just to meh.

[@FlameTechKnight]

Mercenary was definitely my favorite. The sheer amount of SASS they'll exert before obliterating something is the cherry on top.

[@MystFox1314]

Mercenaries are the epitome of sass

[@SuperZeppelin99]

Agreed! So much smug was put into it! Lol I remember my brother would show me the mercenary crits whenever he got one cos they were so funny to watch

[@juicyjuustar121]

That's why I think Mercenary is on par with Hero. Hero has the cooler jump, but Mercenary has the little sword wag where I can just picture them giving a smug grin at the enemy before obliterating them off the face of the earth Just a little "tsk, tsk" as the last thing you see before you die

[@funniloneliboi]

Bro really said "Lmao stupid, hold this Aether"

[@bloodasp0164]

Gonzales screech deserves to be a meme.

[@demonking41-l8j]

It kinda already is, really.

[@librathebeautifulwarmonk1283]

It's an old meme but it is a meme

[@paperluigi6132]

I kinda wish one of Gonzales’s special quotes in Heroes was just him screaming wildly. Not as grand as the Cell scream from Dragon Ball FighterZ, but great in its own right.

[@CallofDutyBlackOps28]

well; you're in luck to know it's been a nice old meme for a long time.

[@THEFRISKIESTDINGO]

"Aaaaaaaaaaah" - Gonzales _(the only crit quote)_

[@GeneriicUsername498]

Man one underappreciated animation was Eliwood base crit. The sword twinkle is so good. Also, the sniper crit animation is really clean for a twirl crit, it makes the pullback of the bow seem devastating. Sage and Wyvern Lord should be A but that's just because I love those classes.

[@bvd_vlvd]

The way Eliwood jumps back and turns around is a very underrated aspect as well

[@carstan62]

The only reason they stuck Eliwood in C tier was because they watched his immediately after putting Lyn in A and before watching any of the lackluster standard classes. Oh and Hector got put higher because everyone loves Hector regardless of the fact that most of his crit animations are the most minor changes compared to his normal ones.

[@anonymousfilipino3232]

when i saw lyn's crit animation for the very first time against Batta... that's what really pulled me into the Fire Emblem series

[@enigmatic3194]

The thing that can barely happen when you need or want it? Weird thing to be pulled in by, but I respect it

[@LeinRa-Reaction]

@@enigmatic3194 it is scripted to happen on your first playthrough

[@enigmatic3194]

@@LeinRa-Reaction I know that. It's just weird that it's the thing that got him in the game seeing that even though it was scripted, you can see that the stats are like 2% crit

[@edwardking9359]

@@enigmatic3194 it's a cool animation, and not everything is about stats

[@fukyeah1000]

I love Myrmidon doing a backflip and dabbing before destroying the enemy

[@alexmartin6561]

Lyn absolutely shits on everyone else. She has 3 animations that could be some other classes final animation.

[@khoaha6095]

Girl with cool attack animation! Count me in! 👌 Lyn is always my favorite lord!

[@Breidablik06]

Paladin is probably one of my favorites. I like how they almost just rev up the horse for the attack

[@scarletrose8766]

If that was Seth's paladin animation as I recall his horse just keeps going faster I think did anyone notice the difference between Seth's horse running vs like paladins (Marcus etc.) Cause I feel like Seth's horse goes faster.

[@EinLienZ]

@@scarletrose8766 Even Seth's horse knows that he is HIM

[@theeaglemaster388]

In my opinion, the regular Berserker is my favourite one, it starts slow, but in just a blink the Berserker already has his axe on your head, it's basically says that you're dead before you even know it, and I think that's cool af, it may not be flashy, but it's a testament to how deadly Berserkers are.

[@rodrigoagamaflores9614]

The kneeling after the blow gives the feeling of a brutal blow too

[@THEFRISKIESTDINGO]

Amelia's crit is an "oh god the enemy's coming this spear is heavy!--oh... my... it landed in their eye socket."

[@ketsuban_jpg]

I'd love to see a GBA spell animation tier list somehow

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

Aureola, Ivaldi, Apocalypse, Ereshkigal, and Excalibur are easily the best ones. Fire tome is the most boring. Even Awakening's fire tome is slightly more interesting. Which really says something considering the spell animations are generally not well regarded there (especially with what happened to Forseti).

[@ketsuban_jpg]

@@tidepoolclipper8657 Athos' crit animation + Forblaze will always be a personal favourite of mine, feels like one of the most powerful in the game. As for Awakening animations, I really like the Mjolnir. Kind of like bolting with the massive lightning strike. It's so satisfying with Astra to watch mjolnir let an entire storm down on some poor enemy.

[@scottcaligiuri5410]

couple subtle things i really like that i feel should be considered. the way warrior catches hand ax and holds the pose like a boss makes there hand ax stand out IMO AND warrior spins the BOW, not the arrow like every other archer, Warrior has alot of subtle unique's to there crits. and on Merc, they flip in unison with the sword throw, the percision of the spinning character + spinning sword is sweet.

[@mqfii8992]

If you watch closely, you see that Hector Is right handed, he uses his axes In his right hand. But with Armads, he usually uses the axe with his LEFT hand, only changing to the right as he's about to strike. Either ya boi contains himself with Armads by using it on the left hand and only unleashes it's power during the crit... OR he's actually left handed and throughout the whole game he was *HOLDING BACK!*

[@thecursed_1lordofcats738]

Or he's ambidextrous.

[@renookami4651]

He's a nobleman who have to follow etiquette, even if he don't like it. Of course he'll force himself to be right handed for the most part. But this fight wasn't about looking good, it was about survival

[@Edgeperor]

Great Knigt was crazy underrated, the way they thrust their lance and backhand with swords and axes looks so brutal

[@CallofDutyBlackOps28]

i dunno about the dislike on great knight. literally puts all the weight into a meaty slam of the weapon against the enemy; and not to mention the horse's hoof scraping the ground was a nice touch too.

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

I like Paladin's critical animations more, but it make sense Great Knights have slower but heavier looking critical attacks.

[@naeshaunedwards7731]

I feel like whenever FE7 gets a remake, Hector’s Armads crit animation should get a lightning effect, unless they decide to do a special combat art for him

[@hoshueyeplopper4465]

If FE6 ever gets a remake Lilina should get a unique class that lets her use both anima tomes and axes, in addition to making her essential so she can play a more important role in the story and not just rely on Merlinus ex Machina.

[@carlosx8603]

@@hoshueyeplopper4465 you forgot to mention you were talking about Lilina.

[@hoshueyeplopper4465]

@@carlosx8603 Thanks. I edited it.

[@naeshaunedwards7731]

@@hoshueyeplopper4465 that would be cool. I hope she does

[@butteredsalmonella]

@@hoshueyeplopper4465 Honestly after seeing Roy and Merlinus and Elphin for like the entire game I want them to turn FE6 into a game so similar to what happened to Radiant Dawn, different main characters between parts. You can have Roy on Lycia from the first 8 chapters, Cecilia on Etruria onwards to chapter 13, etc.

[@FarCritical]

General is the one I always come back to. The ease they spin those massive weapons before releasing all that weight on a squishy target never stops being satisfying. And yeah, the chain just elevates it even higher.

[@kimitohanahala8674]

Man assassin's lethality flash when critting enemies goes hard why it isn't S tier

[@Rednasyl28]

@@kimitohanahala8674 should be

[@DJJD789]

Archer got did dirty there is a short pause and breath before the swirl

[@SuperZeppelin99]

What was a crit you guys remembered the most? For me it was Hawkeye & Pent in that one sand map. Jeez, the amount of crits I witnessed in that map had me like “wow!” Lyn is so memorable the way her animated crit is so crazy just on that first map! (If you’re lucky and get one)

[@anthonynguyen1289]

By first map if you mean the prologue if you aren’t playing on hard it’s always a guaranteed crit

[@enigmatic3194]

In normal mode on prologue chapter, Lyn will always crit

[@royalghost4914]

For me, it is the Jaffar from Battle Before Dawn. I remember getting blown away by Jaffar who was just running around the map critting and silencing literally everyone. The assassin crit is also one of my favorite ones

[@captaincringe9312]

I like how a bunch of the monsters laugh when they crit.

[@hoshueyeplopper4465]

Playable monster when?

[@justapassingbycommenterrem5642]

@@hoshueyeplopper4465 lots of hacks have some playable monsters just need to go to FEU

[@justapassingbycommenterrem5642]

Gotta cash in that evilness

[@hoshueyeplopper4465]

@@justapassingbycommenterrem5642 Little Child voice: "But what if there is a good monster, mommy?"

[@clintonanderson7436]

@@hoshueyeplopper4465 then they're cocky

[@MrToonlink53]

To this day the GBA FE crit animations are still the best

[@vonhatred3826]

I LOVE GBA fire emblem crits the most. They're probably some of my favorite animations in all of gaming.

[@baticeer_]

Mercenary was robbed imo, that sassy sword waggle has so much personality

[@xenocross6597]

We were all thinking it... HOLY CRAP THE CRIT ANIMATION

[@_Fish893]

5:34 helicopter go brrr

[@RileyB_226]

I think my favourite will always be lyn's because it was the first crit's I saw

[@666blaziken]

This is your first video that I watched, absolutely love your humor, you've earned yourself a subscriber.

[@fernando47180]

From what I remember, for Monk and Bishop, the visual effect of the attack hitting the enemy is flashier. Same goes for valkyrie, it's not just "two frames". Comparing the standard and ceit animations back to back would have been a better way to do this, but it would've taken nearly twice as much time.

[@kayliestenberg2197]

Almost for got how sleek the GBA animations are. It's such eye candy

[@TaismoFanBoy]

>Knight twirls once "Eh, C" >General twirls twice "Definite A" >Ephraim twirls once "B for sure" >Thief slashes three times "C" >Rogue twirls once "Just better thief, B" >Assassin CUTS TO BLACK for an assassination animation with mulitple unique angles of attack (similar to myrmidon and swordmaster) "It doesn't have the flair and pizzazz that general does" I cannot fathom how your brain can see the same thing three times and think they're completely different, see two completely different things and think they're exactly the same, and then claim that a completely unique animation concept is boring while the same twirls you've seen a million times has more pizzazz. This tier list boggled my mind to the point where I can't even keep watching.

[@Pavise]

k

[@skjorta1984]

man does have a point but got ratiod by a single letter 💀

[@myguy4203]

Dev 1: “Bro, we have to show that Zephiel’s crazy OP in this game, we got the crit animation ready I’m so hyped” Dev 2: “ok but who’s gonna be his target?” Cecilia:

[@emperortoho]

GBAFE animations were peak, fight me

[@mikalepoot6634]

Echoes victory animations

[@19Nura92]

@@mikalepoot6634 why not have both? xD Have you ever heard about Sacred Echoes?

[@iambread2914]

There were clashing opinions here... Great Knight was done injustice and even worse got slammed down to D Tier later, I thought it's menacing look would make it higher. Knight's javelin crit was overlooked, it felt like a tank shot. Druid was bribed to A (which I don't mind) That's all there is to it, other than that I agree to this tier list

[@ElectricLegend14]

EYOOO that Persona 1 bopping soundtrack

[@stevenobrien7686]

They did Eliwood dirty, he deserved A tbh.

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

It feels like a still significant enough part of the fanbase likes treating him as a punching bag. Corrin (at least the male one) deserves that; not Eliwood (even if Corrin is the much stronger unit). Regarding Eliwood's animations; I quite like the finalized version of promoted Eliwood wielding Durandal.

[@renookami4651]

Consider this. Monsters have more voicelines than the whole human roster. They all learned from the one and mighty true legend: Gonzales!

[@theyneverlearn3679]

My all-time favorite crit animation is Swordmaster. I love this series though

[@ariariadne]

Zephiel crit is my favorite, he really goes ham on it.

[@noBody-ue6cs]

Also pissed Lynn never made it into smash. They just made Roy like 5 times. (Animation set wise)

[@probablydeadoof19]

didnt put mage in S for the dab pursuing legal action rn actually

[@buffoon3716]

Assassin, Hero, Swordmaster, and general are undoubtably the best animations

[@genuineangusbeef8697]

Impressive how wrong so many of these are to me, both high and low. A lot of the ones that are super underrated are ones that play with contrast: Erika Lord, Archer, and Berserker are delibrately slow in contrast to the normal attack animations, watching them in isolation doesn't get the full picture

[@Mariseaninikkou]

I agree. Archer's is my absolute favorite because of the little pause.

[@craigyeah1052]

Erika lord's crit is so good as a follow-up, she instantly takes the second hop back and you're like :O

[@shimogane2474]

Armoured Knight animations are quite okay, but I feel that if the horse just would jump on the enemy, that would be so savage, especially for the lance animation. The entire animation is kinda building up for it too! Myrmidon is propably the first crit u gonna eat in these games, because every time, you must recruit him with a fucking killer edge jesus

[@sirwolfy9372]

Cavaliers DABS when throws the javelin looool

[@calstarace1872]

I've always thought the general was s and the great knight was A general because obvious reasons and great knight because I can't help but hear "WHAT ARE THOOOOOOSEE" As a 200 pound axe slices

[@DrickRT]

assassin not being in S and being below general absolutely astounds me

[@MateoAnguloRios]

One thing is pretty damn clear after all these crit animations, Pavise never played a GBA Fire Emblem, he just saw Lynￂﾴs tiddies jiggling and thats it

[@ChaolaoFueChi]

I've been waiting for this for years

[@rapidriver]

"nothing burger" feels like such a nothing phrase at first glance, but it says so much...

[@VerycoolEsso]

How Lyn's does not get an automatic S is beyond me. It's far above A for sure.

[@jcortez6130]

Just found your channel, love your stuff and fire emblem. Here's a subscriber!

[@CharstarMax]

Great Knight bombed their ratings on the tier list because they couldn’t decide whether to lean more into the horse or the armor for their Crit

[@ryanprjgamingchannel9437]

Thumbnails sometimes don't lie. These are often good amimations, wow.

[@givemysundaeback]

I really wanted to do a video like this myself, but then as I watched I realized we have basically the same opinions on the GBA Crit Animations lmao

[@Khtras]

It's great that these animations are incorporated in Fire Emblem Heroes

[@bakionigeri6414]

40:24 my FAVORITE fire emblem song has entered the chat.

[@theimperfectgod7140]

Lynn, Assassin and Rogue are my favorites

[@TheDimensionDweller]

Merry Christmas!

[@holschermarc]

I will not stand for such heresy against Helicopter Hector!

[@flygonkerel781]

Ephraim:”I’ll try twirling.that’s a good trick!”

[@Silent_Requiem]

Now we need a 3D crit animation tier list

[@justapassingbycommenterrem5642]

Meh, those are more on the individual crit quotes basis doesn't stand out as much class wise

[@khrandigard7417]

Aventurer class is S, they do a fucking backflip

[@darkjackl999]

Thats where all the F tier animations are :p

[@ermanope6442]

If yall remember Hector fighting style is different from the other lords

[@ZEE-mu2ng]

My personal favourite GBA crit are archer and mage. I kinda like rapier crit, a powerful, single trust that immediately pierce through enemy's armour. (probably influenced by Marth's final smash... )

[@jaiiiru]

Why so ruthless towards the Valkyrie, the mage and the mage knight? 😔 I always loved its animation, they're pretty

[@knightofarnor2552]

I want a FE8 remake SO BAD, my GBA finally croaked last year

[@ringsofpain8769]

Do what I did and get an emulator for your phone and play it there

[@jomiles3605]

Hectors is great because he’s not messing around. When he crits it’s game over

Lmao they went all out with Lyn’s crit animation

[@raysevere5417]

Lyn, Eliwood and Hector with the special weapons

[@avocado1845]

6:45 “You hate to C it”

[@dragonboytsubasa]

Pretty good tier list. Agree with most of these. I would only swap Eliwood with Hector, Swordmaster with Assassin and bump Hero to S tier. If Paladin ran off the screen like the promoted Fliers or neighed before charging it would've been an easy S tier though. If it did both it would've been S+ tier.

[@Kevin-se1oe]

Sad I missed the stream:(

[@EzraH214]

i really thought you would like the great knight animation, how the great knight is just jabbing his weapon into the enemies crotch

[@navelwarfare3247]

I just wanna see a general whirl around an axe on a chain in 3d

[@Soundaholic92]

Every GBA FE animation is S Tier. They're masterworks all you can't go wrong

[@adamkampen]

Opening the video right into a banger

[@knightmarin]

That demon king punch

[@charsage1036]

I guess it's time for fe4/5 crits or tellius games critical animation to be ranked.

[@noishfanboy1141]

this was a really cool vid. next time can u do the fates crit/kill animations? i think their pretty underrated ngl

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

Awakening and Fates have some pretty good critical animations; but Shadows of Valentia improved upon the critical animations.

[@Edgeperor]

@@tidepoolclipper8657 Shadows of Valentia was the first 3D game to really nail the animations

[@sirwolfy9372]

Lucius and Serra have different animations. Serra laughs while Lucius smugs

[@nikc101]

The Cavs imo are ok, the sword movement is a lot like the fencing greeting which is a nice touch Then again classes like Ranger do it too

[@vonreign5982]

All of the spinning ones are training to be hinoka

[@cephon6198]

Yes I needed this so much in my life, I'm so disappointed with the more recent games' crits

[@golden_scorpion3436]

This was such a fun video, glad I could be there for it live.

[@YouwillneverwalkaloneYNWA]

Mercenary crits animation be like: "Say your prayers kid! oh wait nevermind, God wouldn't listen your prayers anymore!"

[@AnoNYmous-bz2ef]

I think Assassin is better than any other generic class if you compare their crit animation to normal attack animation. Everything else ends up in the same pose after they hit except for the assassin.

[@MrZachensation]

I feel like the thief's regular attack is a cooler animation than the crit. Was always a fan.

[@blankblank6214]

Pavise ready for conscription with a rife twirl

[@reubenbailey7491]

nice pogging thumbnail

[@Alexardelean89]

I’m serious. My twin brother is named Ephraim. Thank you for pronouncing it correctly.

[@blahmaster6k]

I see GBA pirates also have the will of D.

[@andimari9194]

“You put a general on a horse and they lose all their swag” LMAO

[@mochithepooh5368]

Ngl I really like these 2d gameboy art style because you can really over exaggerated movement and effect compared to 3d model.

[@ProudlyIdiotic]

Nice

[@Pavise]

Nice

[@ProudlyIdiotic]

@@Pavise obviously

[@yuki9612]

Spin to win baby

[@haunterghostpoison4651]

Lyn is crits animations are SSS tier

[@raysevere5417]

Swordmaster and Axe Warrior

[@kobyma2]

I guess I'm one of the few people that like Eirika's crit animations because they're not too over the top. But I guess some waifu bias is at play too.

[@tymemaster]

the sage doesnt dab on em like the mage though

[@Cosmos6745]

Think you can do path of radiance and radiant dawn?