Solving the Worst Skill Point in Ratchet and Clank 2 | Wrench Ninja 2 Breakdown

[@olli6271]

Nice video series idea, did not know you could use the turrets or about the last guy! For further videos you could start with a more clear explanation to us casuals whit what the game expects you to do. e.g. trough the trophy description: "Kill all enemies with a wrench and without dying on Planet Joba." It's self explanatory to you but maybe not to all viewers :) That way your explanations on the inconsistancies with the expected are more impactful imo.

[@Xem92]

This is a great reminder. Congrats on earning the pin :)

[@eitoimi7377]

Pin of sha- no wait.

[@Spaghetti775]

@@Xem92 Maybe also open with voice over generic gameplay footage? To draw in the normies

[@animeprofilepicture8855]

a skillpoint series would be sick. i don't normally watch your stuff but this video was tight.

[@AlexanderBrior]

Wait, you can use the turrets?! This changes everything

[@mikroangel1922]

"If I can do this, with this little stuff, you can do this too" *Xem, the one who holds multiple world records on the ratchet and Clank speedrun community*

[@Xem92]

Who would win, a million casual gamers with full armor and fully upgraded wrenches, or one speedy boi?

[@mikroangel1922]

@@Xem92 I'll root for you XD. The thing is, I know how good you are, you know pretty much everything about this game, heck you might even finish it blindfolded. Next challenge maybe? hahaha

[@Kalmaro4152]

He's not wrong though? Typically I'll revisit the planet with the new wrench. Though hyperstriking your way through is also viable.

[@diegomedina9637]

​@@Kalmaro4152 Yeah this is quite easy if you grind your way to the carbonox armor hyper strike everyone in your way plus turrets. The issue is... Well these games are kinda coded with bubblegum, tape and children hope and dreams.

[@cosmefulanito6854]

But he didn't do any speedrunning strats at all. All the strategies he used are very common: let enemies hit themselves, steal their turrets, make use of a nanotech boost if you have one. A casual player would usually think of all that. The only ones that are not very casual are the strategy of grabbing the nanotech, because most people would grab it immediately instead of waiting (unless they don't know how to get to it) and remembering the hiding spots of enemies (and to be fair, I already knew the position of all the enemies after a few attempts at the skill point)

[@ethanfoz3028]

"No protection, I'm going in raw"

[@Dante_Sparda_DMC]

Fall back, fall back!

[@itsvairen334]

Said like a true Ratchet and Clank game.

[@nickspencerfishingrodd2383]

@@itsvairen334 ikr

[@DarthMeteos]

The classic Ratchet and Clank horror story: "I lost to Scorpio on wave 100 of the Qwarktastic Battle"

[@TheRealBlazingDiamond]

Me, recently lol

[@TalTheBest]

Up your arsenal right? I remember that. I liked it and was excited every time I unlocked the challenge running the game xd

[@chillreznov0227]

Noob

[@the_mistersirguy1073]

Pure pain

[@thatonedude]

@@chillreznov0227 right in the balls

[@wortexTM]

7:22 "No protection, I'm going in raw" I feel like it's a missed opportunity to make a going commando joke

[@Xem92]

If it makes you feel better, I wasn't wearing underwear when I recorded this

[@Jem-Fury]

@@Xem92 this kinda makes things a bit awkward… Perfect

[@Wulfjager]

@@Xem92 no idea why i was recommended this video to me, but this comment made it 100% worth it

[@DaRaginLombax]

That could be the name of the next game

[@rictbush]

Im pretty sure the reason the enemies seem to act weird when you're in a turret is theyre programmed to go somewhere specific to hide from turret fire, so if you're not fast enough they essentially just hide out until you leave the turret.

[@brent8407]

Yeah they try to hide, I loved to bully them back in the day where I kept going in n out of the turret to make them run to me for nothing

[@tempusername1361]

"i take his turret, i take his soul, and then i take his wife right afterwards" spoken like a true chad gosh bless

[@LeafGreen906]

when i was a kid i thought you had to do the impossible challenge wrench only. it wasnt worth it

[@The_Hoff_12]

Omg yeah I thought that too at one point, I was like screw that haha

[@Deconstruction_Administrator]

I did that once, just for the hell of it, on Challenge Mode number... twenty-something.

[@SylveonSS]

Trauma unlocked 😂

[@normietwiceremoved]

This is the shit I live for no joke. My autistic brain loves the living shit out of deep dives into a specific skill point in my favourite game from like 20 years ago. I love you.

[@josuepon0318]

Been missing this skill point a decade later, so this better help 😩

[@DoublemanFM]

Me, a person who hasn't played RAC 1-3 in years: "Interesting."

[@KaimArgonarEyyyy]

Me, a person who until the past couple years didn't even know R&C NG+ was a thing, nor has ever fucked with skill points: "Interesting."

[@redtaileddolphin1875]

Me, never owned a PlayStation of any generation: “Interesting”

[@animeprofilepicture8855]

@@KaimArgonarEyyyy how the hell did you not know about NG+ dude? thats one of the greatest things about these games

[@KaimArgonarEyyyy]

@@animeprofilepicture8855 me did not know English

[@Bellezzasolo]

@@KaimArgonarEyyyy This skill point - "you're quite handy with that wrench"

[@DaRaginLombax]

It makes me smile.seeing such a big runner runner in the Ratchet and Clank speed running community doing things like this to help casual fans like myself out with stuff like this. I really appreciate it

[@LordRaptor]

To be honest with you, these types of videos might actually be my favorite, I love seeing R&C tutorials (especially of the first 4 games) that teach you about how this game works on a deeper than surface level stuff, whether I know how to do this or not, the original games are so fascinating in how they work, they might be really fun casually, but they're even more interesting once you know them from the inside out.

[@literatemax]

Thank you for the insight! That swingshot is in fact evil. It was visually demonstrated but I think it's worth noting that the green laser shooter's melee retaliation also fires at you.

[@CA-ud6sv]

Me who avoided turrets,throwing enemies off cliffs and nanotech upgrades:surprised pikachu face

[@Relativity404]

oh my goodness, I was just 100%-ing Going Commando last week. this was easily the hardest skill point to get

[@tz2499]

This is one the the best videos I've seen on here. Really engaging throughout and informative too. Didn't even realise this video was almost 20 mins long!

[@stevenart1988]

Because of the skill point description there were a lot of assumptions I made about how to tackle the challenge, and this video helped to clarify what tools I actually had available to me to prevent from further banging my head against this brick wall. Thank you very much.

[@CptGallant]

wow, I failed this skill point so much just because I was too much of a gamer and killing the "last guy" too early. Great info, thanks!

[@aarong4060]

Earlier this year I was searching everywhere for a video like this. After all these years I was still very curious about why the game seemed so stubborn at giving out the skill point. Thank you for this!

[@Vylkeer]

By watching this, a memory unlocked in my head. I did this on the remaster for PS3 back 4 or 5 years ago. This skill point was obviously driving me mad and was the last thing I needed for the platinum. I remember watching a similar guide back then to get it done. Well explained and done, you make it look effortless.

I really wish this video existed when I tried to get that skillpoint

[@Sejikan]

Same dude

[@christopherwinkler3658]

Yeah me too my friend me too 😅

[@taiik5439]

I remember the GDQ hotfix, when you show this particular skill point that you tried like 3-4 times and at the same time explaining this weird mystery. And now this is not a mystery anymore congratulations !

[@ciarzyx]

Fan ever since your first AGDQ, great to see how much you've evolved love the channel

[@sarcastamasta]

Loved this! Not only is it awesome that the turret counts for this, but I also learned you can shoot down those doors without toughing the button!

[@lordaspire228]

I just love this kind of videos. Keep the good work!

[@TheFlamingGamerYT]

I’m really enjoying these types of videos. Thanks for this xem! And thanks to your editor too! Also, I freaking knew this was the skill point you were referring to haha

[@AvoozlPlays]

Thank god you made this video, I was first following someone else's video while they just brute forced it doing it with wrench only and not utilizing turrets, thanks so much for this!

[@edmundwoolliams1240]

Perfect timing! Just in the middle of a RAC2 casual playthrough right now, very helpful information! :)

[@DinoDonnieV]

Xem, thank you dude. Ive been trying to figure this one out for so many years

[@dwizzmo]

I know this is a slightly old video but THANK YOU!!!! I just platinumed this game because of you haha I played this part A LOT and didn’t know the very last enemy was the one causing me not to get the skill point. THANK YOU ZEM!

[@ecofreak8307]

Thank you so much for clarifying all of this information. Years ago, I tried getting the platinum trophy for this game. This was the last skill point I had to earn, but the game just wouldn’t give it to me after countless tries. My friend told me I had to wipe the game data from my PS3 and start from scratch (which fixed the skill point glitch), but what you’ve said in this video helps a lot

[@thegamingpython8612]

If only 7 year old me could have seen this vid, keep up the great content Xem!!

[@goncalorosa5963]

you have no idea how I miss this pure youtube videos. Congrats

[@skaraokplays]

I'm playing through the R&C games right now going for 100%. The last guy was the one causing me to fail. I did exactly what you did and got the achievement. Thank you so much! :)

[@The_Hoff_12]

Wow this guide makes it like 100 times easier, thank you so much! Whenever I played this I struggled with everything you were talking about, dying and just trying again and it didn’t work, missing the swing shot node, not knowing you could use the turrets, not taking advantage of the nanotech, pretty much everything 😂 using the charge boots a lot and taking advantage of friendly fire is also genius

[@Roki32Xpro]

bro thank you very much, you helped me make this trophy in 5 minutes and I struggled with it for 2 days, I've been playing on PS4 through a streaming game and mentally I couldn't cope anymore, your video helped me a lot, thank you for making such a guide, the trophy is somehow broken because normally it doesn't work it works and it only works the way you did it, thank you very much once again, may your life be good and may God always take care of you. god bless yoou ily

[@rachelprice1496]

THANK YOU for playing the best game series and for the level it helped 👍

[@nextofken87]

Haha, thanks dude. I was running this on repeat and that last detail about the guy running forward is what was getting me. I was knocking him off the edge. haha

[@ratchmaster666]

I have probably goofed so many times with that last guy and not know what was going or firing a shot near the beginning, great vid and info

[@aerithxx]

I just started replaying this game again and this video showed up in my recommended! Thanks youtube and Xem!

[@bassfren]

somehow this video found me stuck on ninja 2 LUL ty for the vid xem, helped a lot!

[@drexsd4448]

That smile when you got the skill point was so wholesome, best part of the video by far

[@Shananaginns1887]

11:26 “let me tell you my goal, then I’m gonna tell you what’s gonna happen” Fantastic quote hahaha

[@Alex-ex8ob]

Hey, good video my guy. I like that you were quick and concise on all your explanations, while adding in a good amount of humor. There is one more thing to note about the skill point: if you're doing this in NG+, you cannot use the first person mode, or else you can no longer gain the skill point. I spent way too long trying it out with FPM, not my happiest moment 😅

[@Xem92]

Huh, I've never heard of that being an issue! Interesting to think about, I wonder why the skill point doesn't work in fpm. Very strange.

[@warl0ck_st0rm7]

Man's just dropping content, like its nothing. Keep it up xem!!

[@Stealth_Element]

13:48 my favorite Xem quote. “Oh, the dog is knocking them up.”

[@isaac_son]

Thank you so much for sharing more information about this skill point I actually didn't know the Turret was allowed and didn't know the game would've denied the skill point if you kill the dudes while they're far behind that last door. I was actually trying to achieve it with only 4 nanotechs health bars without any armor too. The last part was the hardest one for me, hate that part a lot because of the 2 turrets spammer and the snipers. The snipers are by far the most dangerous enemies for my run, they're the only one killing me in one hit and it's pretty scary dealing with them, especially while doing that skill point

[@Comicaal_]

Dude I found your channel recently and you’re so fucking entertaining- honestly shocking that you’re not at 1M subs or signed to a big team.

[@kittys1153]

Love your wee walkthroughs xem

[@Xem92]

Reply to this comment with more difficult sections of Ratchet games you'd like to see broken down :)

[@squd322]

Dobbo skill point, where you have to kill all ennemies with old weapons from RaC 1 only. This one is the worst ever i swear it's really painful.

[@Xem92]

@@squd322 This one is a cakewalk! I can break that one down too :)

[@DirkNoWhiskey]

I keep drowning in Rilgar sewers plz help

[@thegamewin100]

@@DirkNoWhiskey you need to use the heli pack jump to get a little further ahead hope that helps and kill the green guys or knock them off I’d use the pyrocitor

[@alexlovesyouvt34]

before watching the vid ill say i didnt have trouble with this skill point

[@stormless902]

Not on this Rac but in Uya for the comic skill points the 5th one where you escape, I spent like an hour trying to get it. That's what actually got me into looking into speed running uya. It also led me to your channel

[@TheRealBlazingDiamond]

That one is fun to do!

[@PyroMaker3]

Omg I was not expecting a video like that one my "fav" skill point

[@yellowsaxguy7055]

Great video Xem!

[@soulslayer434]

Got recommended this after completing Going Commando 100% for the first time for the Plat. Entertaining vid and will def look at ur speedruns once I beat each of the games for myself.

[@Xem92]

Let's fucking go, it'll be a pleasure to have you!

[@TheFlamingGamerYT]

Yoo, congrats for 19k subs xem! Here’s to 20k my dude 🍻

[@auy1995]

Character tier list !!

[@Xem92]

👀

[@LukeIsGod]

Quark S tier. Everyone else, F rank

[@LiamTheLegend]

@@LukeIsGod Plumber SS

[@mennykickens486]

Yes plz more speedrunning info or techniques I can implement in my next casual play through

[@IyeMRealer]

How didnt I find you sooner? I've been playing RaC since 2004.. I was 4 years old. good times ! I recently got the trilogy on ps3 and i've almost 100% run them all. best game series :)

[@dylanlawrence6272]

I never realized this skill point was so challenging for others… I got this without using the turrets or friendly fire. I just waited until I got the last upgrade on the wrench and it made this a breeze. Props to this guy for taking the time to help the R&C community! 🤘🏼I know this comment is way late lol, this video randomly showed up in my feed and I had no idea the struggle people had with this

[@yxrackman2397]

It’s only challenging because a lot of people tend to forget about this skill point in up until doing ng+ which makes it ten times worse than it normally is. If you have last two armours before the carbon one on your first play through then it’s practically a breeze. But if you still have those equiped within ng+, enemies on this level can take you out within a few hits just by melee or maybe when 3 shots by the turrets/guns. I made this same mistake when revisiting this game so I had to grind for the carbon armour

[@botleny7052]

thanks alot dude i tried this sooo many times like 20 easely and couldnt figure out but yea the last guy has to walk forward and that's it , genius

[@mongolidp]

This might be your best video to date! You did some great explaining of how everything works and I like that you do a playthrough right after with everything fresh in memory. The only complain that I have is that the intro and your explanation of the rules was a tad bit too long, you could probably have explained all that in 3 minutes instead of 7.

[@paulharmon8275]

Been trying for a long time to get the ninja wrench massacre skill point, I did it in the first try after watching your video! THANK YOU

[@Xem92]

any time, gamer

[@wesleyaguilar5915]

I’ve been wanting to Platinum trophy this game for so long and this skill point was the only thing standing in my way. Thank you!

[@mahaok1]

Honestly i think we should get more guides for games well over 10 years old. Would be really nice to have a lot of those old videos updated with new info, exactly like this!

[@AndroidsDreamTV]

Can't wait to see your full Ratchet 2 speedrun tutorial 😍😍

[@DragonBallAxel]

I think my favourite thing about watching Xem is just how much he clearly, genuinely loves these games. Its just nice to see, especially since I wholeheartedly agree.

[@smasherthecannonball6240]

Still took me 5 bloody attempts to get it right. So fully sure what i did different the 5th time, aside from an enemy not falling after the floor dissappeared during the Dynamo section. Truly thank you for this man, i can finally rest at last and start focusing on the other Skill Points.

[@Kalmaro4152]

This Skill Point is pretty easy typically. Now wanna talk about pain, let's talk about "Be a Moon Child". Grelbin is an Arctic hell I never want to go back to. Or saving the tourists. Honestly the one that takes the cake is "B2 or Not B2 Hit" if you try to get it on your first run through of Maktar. However I did fine a bug with the skill point. In the tag team fight with Chainblade and the Brawler, when B2 jumps into the arena after defeating Chainblade, that technically counts as fighting him "Fresh" even if you where hit by him previously in the fight. So all you have to do is kill him when he's at low health.

[@AlryFireBlade]

Be a Moonchild... Just save it up for late Game, when you got the Ryno and Charge Boots and Mapper. B2 or not B2 hit... Wait for the last Omniwrench Upgrade and then do it

[@andreapareti324]

Neat video breakdown of what was indeed the most inconsistent Skill Point in the franchise *, although you missed a golden opportunity at 7:21 to say that you were "going commando". *it's nice to see friendly fire as confirmed to not be a detriment, as I've experienced myself many times, though I was more wary of enemies falling off cliffs and I never tried firing with the turrets myself for fear of losing my chance; also, I swear I had a hunch about the last enemy, since I once gotten the Skill Point after killing everything and simply walking out of that last room, so it's quite nice to see what the trigger is a bit more precisely, in that regard.

[@5persondude]

“If you’re like me, you’ve played these games a bunch…” Yeah, I can relate 😉 “…probably dozens of times” *Those are rookie numbers! Get those numbers up!* ⬆️

[@jaydimension5579]

Yeah me too dude, I tend to come back to those classics every now and then.

[@anartistrendition2735]

Love how happy you look when you get the skill point

[@ShadowFish]

Xem, I've always been a massive proponent of your Zeldrin "Chickens", but now you've gone and added the Joba/Barlow "Dogs" to my list of actual canon enemy names in RaC.

[@victor_1808]

I had a similar problem on Dobbo's skill point with Rac1 weapons, but this one is so complicated, ty Xem

[@Xem92]

DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND I ADDED WRENCH NINJA 2 BREAKDOWN IN THE BACK PART OF THE TITLE

[@jebb360]

You hinted at this skill point video and I INSTANTLY knew which skill point you were talking about

[@QueenOfFandoms]

I've personally never had an issue with this Skill Point but I love R&C so here I am. Plus, I was just curious about what these tips would be. I like learning new things about my favourite games. 👀

[@bigcarload]

Loving this content!

[@petchenka7591]

Great video! For me one of the most annoying skillpoints in the ratchet series was "Fast and Fiery-ous" in ToD. Seemed like easy one, but I spend an hour dying on that damn bridge. Got it by luck when the game decided to bug out and gift it to me for no reason.

[@claytondykstra3301]

I second this 100%

[@cicisstormshelter1076]

Great video! Now help me get the platinum for these games. XD But seriously, you make everything look easy, Xem. :)

[@roxideskye]

Brilliant video... wish I'd known that back in the day ^_^

[@Athesies]

fire video concept

[@cryptonix02]

You staring at the camera for a solid second before saying anything at the start of every video gives me life. 😭

[@MR_HAYS1]

I always just came back here after getting the 3rd wrench on Aranos but this is definitely good to know and saves me a lot of time.

[@chalsjul]

Great vid. I always found that the most important thing was to clear the main path before killing the enemies in the area with the platinum bolt. The game just refused to give me the skill point otherwise.

[@AndrewConlan]

never knew people were having issues with this skill point, never had any problems with my PAL copy when i was going for it, only thing new i learned from this was that those button doors are breakable, i would always push the buttons, never thought to shoot them.

[@lifuschrustus8964]

Hehe that’s funny. I recently came back to the game and while trying to get that Skill point I crashed my game at the turret that you said could warp me to the end of the level.

[@DutchDeLorean]

For the longest time I thought the skill point was arena based since Wrench Ninja 1 was in the first arena. Needless to say, I was very dumbfounded when I defeated Megapede with only the wrench and did not get the skill point.

Thanks, that helped a lot!

[@Riseagainst105]

13:47 "the dog is knocking them up" 😅😅

[@lukeypookie5209]

Great thumbnail and title got me frame 1

[@shannonwilson535]

All the ratchet and clank games 1 through 4 I've beaten atleast 15 times each it's all I played and I'd go back anyway to play them again 👌👌

[@Xem92]

They're just incredible, aren't they?

[@LokiWildin]

THANK YOU XEM

[@Riqsop]

Oh my god ! These plushies of Ratchet and Clank ! I soooo need them too !

[@rizzlebazzle5845]

I think the fact that you can't fire a weapon at all (even if it misses) is why they allowed turret kills, as you're forced to use them to open doors in order to progress/kill everyone. Amazing video though dude

[@Xem92]

You technically don't need to use the turrets to open the doors, since there are buttons all around the map that open the doors for you. The turret is certainly the most useful way to do it, though! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@Calitrax43]

Didn't pop for me at first, but tried again, and just finished with the lasst guy then it worked, thanks!

[@Frolossus]

thanks for this video, i've been annoyed at this skill point all week

[@danuzz_]

Insane thumbnail and great video :) I'm just wondering if the people looking for a guide will find this video because the title is kind of vague

[@Xem92]

To be completely honest, I'm not 100% sure if people are gonna be searching how to do this skillpoint this far beyond the lifespan of Ratchet 2 anyway, so I'm willing to make this a bit clickbaity for the sake of getting people's attention in the first place

[@SushinokoLive]

happy that Xem calls it a quadrilogy, Deadlocked is actually my favorite cuz it made the fun arena battles into a game on its own

[@Debatra.]

Definitely interested in hearing more about how the last guy not walking forward invalidates the skill point. And here I did this SP the "hard" way as a kid, killing every single enemy with a wrench (though I imagine there was friendly fire too). Though I honestly don't remember it being much of a hassle. I probably did it on a NG+ with a ton of health and the best wrench though.