Sengoku Basara 2 HD - Xavi | Story Mode

Here we play as Xavi, returning from SB1. Xavi's had a few changes to his moveset. Particularly, he no longer ends all of his S-string attacks or his Basara with a curtsy. Just like in Devil Kings, all instances of it were removed. His Basara is also slightly different, in that it's a bit less powerful, but it now knocks enemies closer to Xavi. This allows all 3 shots of his gun to hit the enemy if the knockback successfully occurs.
Xavi's stats and S-string are still pretty reliable, though his specials were a bit harder to use because of slow start up time. Maybe that's still the same as in SB1 and it's just that the enemies are more aggressive here so he keeps getting interrupted. Oh well. His cannon shots and the Xavi dolls are pretty useful still, as the dolls can be spammed and explode as Xavi does other actions and the cannons help give him a long range option so you don't have to bother trying to close in on the enemy. Oh, and his forward dodge also doesn't force him to go prone now. It did that in SB1 and made it hard to dodge repeatedly under pressure.
Xavi's first stage is a new one, Okehazama. Here, we have to chase down Yoshimoto who is hidden by several archer officers disguised as him. Poorly. They all run around the map and the idea is to find the real one and defeat him. You can spot him if you pay attention to the way the officers are moving on the map and spot the one traveling the most distance. If you take too long, enemy reinforcements will show up. The bonus is for defeating the real Yoshimoto in time, but you'll lose out on EXP over all if you do that. If Yoshimoto still has doubles and his reinforcements have arrived, he can trigger a cutscene where he teleports away after taking damage. I only had this happen once however.
This is probably the WORST stage for Xavi because he's one of, if not the, slowest characters in the game. If Yoshimoto decides to run from him, Xavi is not catching up. And Yoshimoto's AI is infuriating in this stage because he WILL run away if you get too far from him while fighting. This means you'll have to cut him off as he runs around the map. And it takes forever. Ugh. Why didn't they give you a horse on this map?
2nd stage is Motonari's regular stage. Nothing new here.
3rd stage is against Yoshihiro, which we've done before. This was also a bit of a slog due to Xavi's slow speed.
4th stage is Kennyo Honganji's stage. Very appropriate that these two have a stage fighting each other.
5th and final stage is SEKIGAHARA!? Why!? Man, that's a friggin' step up from all the others. Oh well. Xavi's capable enough to handle this stage, especially with all the Basara drops around so he can use his Basara a ton. Still got kind of scary when trying to deal with Tadakatsu and Ieyasu under pressure.
We bid farewell to Xavi at this point. He no longer appears in main SB games as of the time this video has come out. I'd love to see his moveset updated, but oh well. Also, he and Itsuki got shafted with their endings. They aren't even animated.

[@hildeboltvonberenreute5997]

I can't help but think Xavi's constant references towards love is a pun of the Japanese term "Ai" for "love" and the English pronoun "I". So when he's talking about love, he's actually talking about himself.

[@Xaldin007]

Yeah, I'd agree.

[@ShyBlueWaffle]

Well yes since Xavism is all about him and xavism is kinda swlf centered.

[@hildeboltvonberenreute5997]

@@ShyBlueWaffle Saith Xavi, "Between love and bread, choose bread, for without it you will die."

[@julianprasaja2227]

He's a complete foil for Itsuki as in foreign faith vs indigenous faith aspect.

[@averagehummer1213]

This guy looks amazing, I wish he was in Sumergi or Utage so bad

[@bryanihsan]

well unfortunately according to the wiki he went back to europe so......

[@FMATheQuiet]

He's too slow too catch the clown, yoshimoto

[@densetsunosannin5561]

ngl, i miss playing zabii in basara (even though he's not my top 10 favorite characters), but he's still fun to play with.

[@ShyBlueWaffle]

*Motonari disliked this video*

[@렌-q5f]

lol

[@someoneelse1048]

This is from Sengoku Basara HD Collection right? So the game is just a collection of all Basara games up until that point right? I'm thinking of getting the game if that's the case

[@spoon8247]

Basara, Basara 2, and Basara 2: Heroes

[@YogaPratama-dy2dz]

The power of president

[@nhanduong6764]

@Xaldin Can you Suggest to me some good Attribute for Weapons in Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate, thank you sorry for my bad English btw

[@Xaldin007]

Slay, Absorption, Osmosis, Wind.

[@ShinMegamiTensei1]

Also tri-element and rage

[@xherdos400]

english subtitles?

[@hildeboltvonberenreute5997]

0:07 Xavi: "This country has lost its love... Does this mean that this is the end for us? No. This is the beginning!" Believers: "Let's, Xavi! Let's, Xavi! Let's, Xavi!" Xavi: "Let us take a stand and turn grief into love! The people are craving for love!" Believers: "Let's, Xavi! Let's, Xavi! Let's-!" 1:00:56 Ieyasu: "Ha ha, Tadakatsu, have you been successful again?" Xavi: "A rich lad clothed in gold. Hmm... A strong samurai. Oh... So cool! Ooh! This is so awesome!" 1:12:08 Believers: "Xavi-Xaavi, Xavi-Xaavi, Xavi-Xaavi, Xavi-Xaavi, Xavi-Xaavi, Xavi-Xaavi, Xavi-Xaavi, Xavi-Xaavi, Xavi-Xaa-!" Xavi: "Oh! Love is... Love is filling! It's divine punishment!" 1:12:32 Xavi: "This country has been saved by love! Nothing is impossible for love!"

[@acelswifties]

@@hildeboltvonberenreute5997 i think it was not "lets Xavi" but "Bless Xavi"

[@hildeboltvonberenreute5997]

@@acelswifties It's hard to tell without subtitles. I based that translation on what the enemy general Morado Ise says during the stage "Conquering Xavi Castle" of the first SB title when the player encounters him.

[@toshiie4478]

NO ONE CAN BEAR THE POWER OF GOD

[@pokeharvester4899]

Character that no one plays, respect to you for torturing yourself by playing this horrible character

[@julianprasaja2227]

I played as him several times😊