SURPRISE │ Final Fantasy 1 #25 │ ProJared Plays!

[@nin10doadict]

The journey of a 1000 miles begins with a single step That single step was finding a WarMech That 1000 miles is having to redo the whole dungeon

[@Ro9ge]

Fun Fact - Jared dealt 921/1000 points of damage to the warmech at the start. It was just 79 hp away from dying, aka one solid hit from peeb if he moved first that last turn.

[@Wolfram47]

Fun Fact 2! 79 is the atomic number for Gold/Aurum, which means Jared, another hit on that mech; and you would've been golden :P

[@Wolfram47]

Plus it would have been with your golden Excalibur too :D

[@RoninCatholic]

Sun Sword. Excalibur is the next upgrade, pretty sure.

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

Thing is, I don't think Jared was at the right Damage Output to take out the warMECH before getting Excalibur.

[@remixtheidiot5771]

Ro9ge so close, yet so far! That mech is made of ultimatum! (A made up metal i made just for this comment)

[@XylonLionheart]

WarMECH: "Hey Jared. You forgot the White Shirt last episode. Let me help."

[@XylonLionheart]

Aaand he still doesn't have the White Shirt. Sigh.

[@BiggestSniff]

Xylon or the cat claw lol

[@ShiningSpear]

He realized that around 23:00, at least.

[@christophersholes1377]

He literally threw away his ProRing on Ian again too, getting rid of 8 absorb. He made the same mistakes twice. How!?

[@ErikaFurudo1337]

From the Wiki: "Most often Warmech battles quickly turn into pure desperation as the party dies one by one."

[@rikthhumayun8101]

ErikaFurudo1337 lol

[@chaoskiller6084]

Not really, my warrior/knight solo run can easily kill it. Well, easily... I mean I beat it at lv 32 without the best stuff, and I beat Tiamat afterwards. It's a matter of luck however, you need to use the Defender (Defense, casts blink when used) 2 or 3 times then fast (If you have it, I know only red mage, black mage and ninja do). Once that is up, heal if needed and then whack at it like no tomorrow and hope you win.

[@kwagar9810]

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[@deanthomas8555]

Before I started watching this video I was thinking "I wonder if Jared is going to mention the Warmech..." 3 seconds later..."HOLY SHIT, THE WARMECH!!!"

[@luxtenax9175]

And the worst part? The NES version of the WarMECH is actually *easier* than other versions, like the PSOne version, since it only has 1000HP instead of 2000HP, and it doesn't regenerate 5%HP every turn since that feature is bugged in the game.

[@okagron]

His physical attacks are actually more dangerous in the NES version though. In PS1 and subsequent versions it's around 128. In the NES version it ranges from 128 to 256. So yeah, his physical attacks can deal much more damage in the NES version.

[@frozenaorta]

Adrian - False. HP aside, his attack and defense are both higher in the NES. Pair that with many of the other nerfed features of the PS/GBA versions, as well as all the bugs of this game, and it's really not close.

[@luxtenax9175]

frozenaorta The defense are the same in every version. The attack has a *chance* of being stronger but it's not guaranteed. Also, the PSOne didn't nerf anything, what are you talking about? Only the GBA/PSP versions made the game easier. Also, while the NES version has a lot of bugs, none of them actually hinder how effective your weapons or spells would specifically work against a WarMECH.

[@ianjones9961]

That was a REALLY dick move on Square's part, putting a shitwrecking rare enemy that I'm assuming you can't run from at the end of a long dungeon, back when you could only save on the overworld.

[@tntlife5572]

You may have died, but your heroic attempt to slay such a rare creature will always be important.

[@mattsmith8769]

He almost did it too. I'm pretty sure the warmech only had 1000 HP

[@premiumicer]

yeah he was so close to killing it too, 1 or 2 more turns probably would've done it.

[@Vaserius]

Thats correct, the Warmech in the NES version has only 1000 HP and doesnt regenerate any HP (which is bugged). In other Versions Warmechs HP were buffed to 2000 and he regenrates 100HP every round.

[@voidtalongaming4637]

So is it meant to be unbeatable or just a "return after beating the game" type enemy?

[@markmedinabattletrix781]

Voidtalon Gaming At the time unbeatable enemies were not the norm, but it was ment to wreck your noodles very well. I use to hunt WarMechs. If you got 2 back to back it was pure horror.

[@MoeChicken]

You know, I was wondering if Jared stopped where he did in the last episode because he was planning to hunt the Warmech. Turns out it was HUNTING HIM...

[@ianjones9961]

That was a mighty attempt at the Warmech. Raise your glasses, boys, drink to the fallen.

[@kildaver]

Haven't seen him so crushed since the Zelda Randomizer episode, where he spent _half an hour trying to kill a Gleeok with a wooden sword...for _*_the map to the dungeon he already completely revealed_*.

[@tonyhakston536]

danaNA NAAAAAAAAA

[@devilbuster20xx37]

Which one was that episode?

[@c-puff]

If it helps at all, the way I imagined the warmech ambushing the party looked really cool in my head.

[@Shockwave377]

It just kicks them out

[@Iinneus]

You know, Nintendo once held a contest where the winner would get their name in a video game-- the condition? You had to get a photograph of the Warmech from Final Fantasy for the NES. But someone did it! They found that thing, sent in the photo, and they won the contest. His name? Chris Houlihan.

[@Iinneus]

Also, I don't know why anyone would try this without already knowing ahead of time, but Tiamat is weak to poison... Meaning that there's a surprisingly good chance that BANE will actually work. Combined with the fact that you get the Bane Sword, you could forego all strategy and just spam BANE until it dies!

[@rikthhumayun8101]

Linneus fake or really

[@Iinneus]

Wait, in regards to the contest or the fact that Tiamat can be killed with BANE? Regardless, both are true! You can look them up online!

[@k-bobkid6866]

Linneus I think It's actually BRAK (Break) that OHKOs Tiamat. It very easily takes care of one of the tougher bosses in the game with a spell practically made just to kill her.

[@skanktone2889]

LoZ ALtTP

[@WhoPutsThisStuffHere]

Warmech: That's a lot of progress you made.... it would be a shame.. if something hard would be encountered...

[@raphaelr.3905]

A little fun fact about this game from my childhood: With my friend, fighting the final boss, we had this conversation: - "What does the XXXX spell do?" - "Don't know, let's try it" * Final Boss dies * I don't know if it's true for all versions, but it seems he's not immune to all insta-kill spells The chances were probably super low though, I've never been able to do it again, but somehow we did it :P

[@EveryDooDarnDiddlyDay]

There is no true immunity, its just the lowest chance something can be affected by any spell/effect is 1/256

[@gurvmlk]

I can imagine you playing through the game a second time, and walking up to Chaos all cocky knowing his weakness. Only to have XXXX fail miserably.

[@The_October_Man]

Reminds me of when I replayed FF7, after defeating the boss at the bottom of Cosmo Canyon, I realized it was a ghost, and since potions and heal spells damage undead enemies, I wondered what would happen if I used an X Potion on it. I went back to my save before the fight, threw it at him, and he instantly died.

[@merlinyesreally]

"I killed Tiamat! Me!" Congrats. You've now shown yourself as a threat to deities. Good luck with that. :D

[@Xifihas]

TheOnlygCrusher However, he is helpless against giant robots.

[@RoninCatholic]

Bahamut: "THANKS, NOW I DON'T HAVE TO FILE THE DIVORCE PAPERS." * bestows on Jerd the Super Class Change, turning him fron NINJA to SUPER NINJA *

[@kainhighwind2]

Does that mean Warmech gets replaced by Chuck Norris?

[@tonyhakston536]

Jerd, the Professional God of Ninjutsu.

[@rngfactor]

that moment when you realize he went through the entire dungeon again and /still/ didn't get the white shirt

[@DarkVaati13]

i was so pissed when i saw his inventory and he didnt have it

[@John-bj1zx]

Waste of space, all it does is cast Invis2.

[@DarkVaati13]

its also the best armor upgrade the white mage has. so he's losing out on some absorb. And besides upping evasion is better than he thinks. I did a Red Mage/Red Wizard solo run and the Defense Sword (Casts invisible) saved my ass on so many fights

[@RoninCatholic]

Invis2 and Fog2 are two of the best defensive spells. They'd have helped way more in the two major fights this episode than Anti-Rub.

[@FinalManaTrigger]

Dude, a couple of free INV2 casts would have given the party the evade to dodge warmech's multiple attacks, cutting the damage way down or completely if you do it to the point where the enemy always misses.

[@ColtGColtG]

i believe the official strategy guide for ff origins flat out says "DO NOT FIGHT THE WAR MECH, ITS NOT WORTH IT!" or something to that effect

[@Neis999]

Another excerpt I found in there was also: "Save. Your. Game. NOW!" and "If you see him, run, and hopefully you'll get away before his first attack."

[@dancorps1388]

Colt Gustafson doesn't surprise me. Many people call it the death machine for a reason, and is around the strength of the final boss (depends on version for difficulty)

[@zacharyo.844]

*Jared explains War mech is basically the hardest monster in the game* *Sees Peeb at 187* Fuck.

[@Billaxle]

Jinx? Stands for Jinx! Durr *Sees Peeb Crit For Only 44* Double Fuck.

[@thomasmurrell9832]

*Sees WarMECH use NUCLEAR* Triple fuck.

[@terrycoyle6864]

*WarMECH launches NUKES.* Wild fuck.

[@thomasmurrell9832]

*WarMECH hits Russia with said nukes* Cluster Fuck.

[@boxtank5288]

Oooh JESUS! Its Metal Gear!

[@lajyo]

So I'm basically using your playthrough as a guide for my own playthrough. I've never actually beaten Final Fantasy 1, mainly because I would just get so confused when I was younger. With your guidance, though, I'm getting pretty close! Thanks for playing this game, my dude.

[@jazz5753]

Jerd killed the god of the chromatic dragons. The once useless, blue haired, sneaky snakey Jerd. He did it. Good job, buddy :D

[@ilexgarodan]

At least take some solace knowing that your party's death was so nigh-instantaneous that they didn't get a chance to feel how excruciating painful it was.

[@Krethean]

I can just imagine the party taking that one step, and hearing "TARGET VERIFIED! COMMENCING HOSTILITIES!" before WarMECH rushes them.

[@DreadnoughtDT]

The best part about your comment is that a friend of mine and I were just discussing that, and then I scroll down and see your comment and both of us laugh our asses off. You win the internet today sir. ^^

[@Krethean]

All that was missing was hearing "9" play for the WHOOSH and the battle :P. Also, yay! I won a thing!

[@doktawhawee9870]

When I was first playing this game, I fought a WarMech about halfway down the hallway, and I died. Second time, I encountered him again in about the same place, so I thought that it was a set encounter. When I did it a third time, I grinded to hell and back, and this time, no WarMech! I just got extremely unlucky.

[@shuntaro2408]

It is awesome that mechs and tech stuff has always been a part of Final Fantasy

[@pacman_8176]

Who else noticed that when he got the sword it said Xcalber but when he equips it the sword turns into. E - Xcalber (Excalber

[@genesisSOC]

holy crap I never really thought of the E in equipped finishing the excalibur name... brilliant

[@snekks7497]

Also, keep in mind. To use the Xcalibur, you must agree to 1000 provisions including the attendance of a five hour story telling party.

[@tonyhakston536]

I'm surprised Peeb was smart enough to swing the sword.

[@Neis999]

I'd imagine that triumphing against the legendary WarMech first try would've given any kid back then the biggest bragging rights. Like a bunch of kids surround a cafeteria table sharing their horror stories of their first encounter and this one kid just strolls in with the widest grin and the most showy swagger in the school.

[@Nirakolov]

WarMech resists every element except for Time, however his Magic Resist is uniquely 100% so he's also FUNCTIONALLY resistant to everything as well (3/256 chance of landing). He rocks an impressive 80 Absorb, which seriously breaks down attacks. Nuclear is non elemental, and is functionally "Ultima". It does 160 base damage. DAMAGE FORMULA! Monster Damage ranges from base to 2x base. You also have a chance to resist a spell on top of that, which cuts damage in half. So the range of damage of Nuclear is 80~320 damage at its maximum range. As a non-elemental spell even Wall will not protect against it and there's no way to raise your hidden Magic Defense Stat (although BlackBelts, not Masters, get the most of it). STRATEGY: Cast Invis2 once and use the White Shirt once to get two layers of Invis2 up (which is normally enough for all other enemies in the game) and use the Defense sword on your leader if desired. WarMech's ability chance is 25% so you're basically running on prayer that he doesn't cast it twice in a row, however - with this double layer of invis2 you can dodge many of the attacks. If you have offensive spells, only non-elemental ones have a chance to not get cut, this is basically Nuke (Flare) and Fade (Holy). After this, Black Mages should either use Heal Staff/Helmet or cast instant death spells for a miracle (3/256). White Mages can heal, Cure4 for after melee attacks and Heal2/3 for after. It might be worth casting Fog2, but this is only for the long haul and is a better strategy if running multiple White/Red Mages who have no damage , since you need to cast it about 6~10 times to get to the necessary 128 Absorb to get into the safety zone... and doesn't help against Nuclear. Since Knights can have somewhere around 50~60 absorb based on stats, it still takes 4+ castings, but it's better than nothing.

[@Fierycascade]

You don't find WarMech. WarMech finds you.

[@ShadowStarkiller]

I only wish we could have Jared's initial reaction to the Warmech.

[@GM_Darius]

So, the point of the Vorpal Sword was that it was suppose to have a relatively insane critical hit rate. But thanks to a bug, it was made completely pointless. So you really didn't lose anything by selling it.

[@Roebloz]

It actually has a higher crir rate that it was supposed to.

[@CaptainSpycrab]

XFER removes all elemental weaknesses, but due to a glitch, only does so if used *against* the player. FADE does 160-320 non-elemental (so, unresistable) damage to all foes. WALL confers resistance to all elements to the targeted ally. STOP applies time-elemental paralysis to all foes. ZAP! is the same as STOP except it's *slightly* less accurate and KOs instead of paralyzes. XXXX KOs the targeted foe, and is an autohit as long as the target has less than 300hp remaining.

[@lostanimeworld11]

WarMech: Hey, Jared! We finally met! Why not we celebrate this occasion in your Let's Play? Jared: NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@rpm297]

Warmech is love, Warmech is life!

[@DunaLAR]

Still left behind the White Shirt... at least you were consistent.

[@gurvmlk]

The problem with Warmech isn't just its insane power. It's the fact that even if you do miraculously defeat it, you'll be left with neither the strength remaining to battle Tiamet, nor escape the dungeon alive.

[@SuperGoker64]

In my first playthrough of the game, I encountered the Warmech on the way to Tiamat myself. I managed to win without anyone dying, and I don't even remember how I did it. I may have had my party a level or two higher, and I definitely healed up before going down the hallway since I expected to have to fight it. Also, I didn't try to do the whole dungeon in one go. That kinda helped. If anyone's wondering, I was playing on the Virtual Console (so basically the same version that Jared's playing on, minus the hold-reset-to-save thing), and my party at this point was Knight/Ninja/Red Wizard/White Wizard.

[@philb9015]

Warmech was the first "Weapon" monster ever in a Final Fantasy game. In that hallway, every time a random encounter happens, you basically have a 1 in 66 chance of encountering it. Good fucking luck if you do.. LMAO! Also, Tiamat can actually be 1 shotted with the break or bane spell if I remember correctly ( if you're lucky ).

[@ChristopherBays-gf2hy]

Cheeseplays

[@lucasc.7444]

As soon as I started this episode I was already laughing like a maniac.

[@tehbp3500]

Haha, that warmech encounter... also woo, now Ian can cast Holy and joof can cast flare, banish and power word kill!

[@SnoopyKendall]

Jared, think about all the fan art that will be made from that moment. ^_^

[@CrimsenOverlordVideos]

SnoopyKendall Good point. I look forward to that.

[@alexcelticw]

*Ian* *hits* *the* *enemies* *twice* *with* *his* *hammer* Yeah, way to go Ian *Ian* *gets* *one* *hit* *point* *over* *Jerd* Goddamnit

[@virgiliojuarez916]

My condolences to Jared for the death of his party at the mechanical appendices of the Warmech. I would have liked to see him traverse all the way back to where he was "uberly destroyed" by the fiendish foe. That would have been two more episodes.

[@NeroMystyra]

If you look closely at the thumbnail of this video, you can see the WarMECH in the background behind Tiamat. I thought that was a really nice touch Jared, good job!

[@ScarletMagus]

I am actually very impressed with how well you did! I have only seen people defeat the WarMECH after grinding with the specific goal of hunting it. You happened upon the strongest enemy in the game on accident and were only 79 HP away from victory.

[@charizard1802]

That look of oh shit I am boned on Jared's face at the beginning was hilarious.

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

Aaah, the warMECH. Easily one of the biggest assholes to come across when unprepared. I had bad memories of this punk in the Dawn of Souls version. If you ask almost any hardcore final fantasy fan which enemy is the hardest, they'll usually say something from a later title. But here's an idea: Bring up warMECH during this discussion, I dare you.

[@TheRoldrage]

GaiaX5 It's between this asshole and FFV Shinryu as top FF assholes.

[@bensell982]

TheRoldrage fucking hell shinryu was in dawn of souls and kicked my ass

[@riemaennchen]

Yeah Shinryu was a real asshole. "Hmm I wonder what is in this chest." BAM! Tidal Wave for over 8k damage.

[@John-bj1zx]

The NES version isn't as hard since the health regen is bugged and doesn't work, Jared was like 30 hit points away from killing it. All the remakes versions fixed the regen though.

[@tonyhakston536]

+Johnny Smallman The NES version hit harder, though.

[@reevesmagoo7738]

The amount of tension as Jared was picking between Xfer or Fade. So relieved when he picked Fade

[@Crunkman2k]

I love how Ian's just staring at us in the wounded sprite as if to say, "This is all because of you. You monster."

[@Bardivislak]

Watching and liking as many videos as I can to support my boi: Video 25

[@trulypatrice]

The haunting image of the warMech at the end....we'll never forget!

[@RupertAndCheese]

Jared, I've been looking at the mechanics, the mech has a magic defense of 200. 200 is subtracted from (against stuff he does't resist, as he has no weaknesses) 144 + the spell accuracy of spells you use against him. There's only a few spells with accuracy higher than 56 (a roll of 0 on the 0-200 roll the game uses always hits) that aren't just damage. So pretty much, any of the instant death spells except XXXX have a 1 in 201 chance of killing him instantly, otherwise you just need to damage him lots. NUKE and FADE are both non-elemental damage spells with quite high damage, those are the only things really worth casting against him, since he resists all the standard elemental damage spells. The biggest danger of him, Nuclear, is a non-elemental skill, so you cannot mitigate the damage it causes at all. You CAN use invis / ruse to help avoid his attacks, and fog as well will help reduce the damage, and there is one debuff spell which has a small chance of working. SLO2 will reduce his hit multiplier of 2, it has an accuracy of 64; that means it'll have a 9/201 chance of hitting! However since Nuclear is the biggest threat, it's not worth trying for. Ultimately it just comes down to having high enough attack to get past his high absorb stat of 80, and wailing on him. Fast your attackers, heal everyone, cast NUKE and FADE on him, and hope you don't die. Jesus christ what a crazy enemy.

[@RupertAndCheese]

NUKE will deal an average of 187.5 per cast, with a 51/201 chance of not being resisted (damage halved), and a maximum damage of 400. FADE is similar, the only difference is that NUKE is effectivity of 100 (which is the basis for damage rolls) and FADE is 80, so it'll deal average 150 damage and max of of 320. Probably the best first-turn actions you can perform (assuming he doesn't ambush you) are: PEEB, attack, obviously. JERD, FAST PEEB. IAN, FADE, or maybe HEAL2 just in case IAN acts after the mech. JOOF, always NUKE, every action NUKE. After you run out of NUKE, probably ICE3. ... Unfortunately, he also has a very high chance of ambushing you. With PEEB as the leader, I'd guess around a 70% chance. GOOD LUCK BEATING HIM WITHOUT LOSING ANYONE!

[@dynamicpanda6464]

I finally started playing this game because of your enthusasim for it. I never like JRPGs, but this seems pretty different, so it might be goo- Oh my god, I FUCKING LOVE this game. It has almost none of my big problems with JRPGs!

[@blix17]

THATS what you get for forgeting the white shirt XD

[@somepony13]

0:03 *SURPRISE, MUTHAFUCKA*

[@Vocaloid-English]

You're a real trooper Jared!

[@ABurntMuffin]

SURPRISE~ it's monday! Time for FF with Jerd! Weekends seem so long now.

[@briansilva3765]

And in some days they will be gone forever...

[@LightFykki]

Even if the outcome was maybe not the best-expected one, I am glad to see that in your lifetime you managed to fight this beast. Now you can say that even though you haven't defeated him, you somehow brought your FF playthroughs to a more complete level. On a side note, I like how this is the first instance of the famed Omega Weapon of Final Fantasy, something that would become a staple later with the series.

[@MetalSmasherGaming]

Wow, Tiamat is a total marshmallow peep next to Warmech! Hope you get your revenge later on!

[@eckitronix]

"A group of unlikely adventurers explores a space station to obtain a final energy before they time travel two thousand years into the past to save a doomed world from its inevitable destruction. Along with the mutated creatures of the wastelands stalking them day and night, the four survivors discover an ancient teleporter within an old, crumbling tower filled with androids, only to find the space station. As the four walk down the long, narrow corridors of the space station, they soon come to realize they aren't alone hunting for this technology...it's hunting them." The back of the WarMECH VHS box, from a B-Movie store in Melmond

[@Chiriko02]

RIP SUDDENLY, WARMECH PUNCHES YOU ON THE FACE

[@remixtheidiot5771]

BONK!

[@lucassworldofletsplays9270]

DED

[@gurvmlk]

Obviously the punch being so powerful, the RIP precedes the punch.

[@lostanimeworld11]

On the bright side, that's one thing off the list of things to do in FF1: running into warMech.

[@steakatron]

Something I noticed while emulating; your next encounter, what is is, how many steps it takes to happen, if they get a surprise round, what happens in that surprise round, is decided at the end of your previous combat encounter. After that last fight, it is set in stone.

[@tigerwarrior1787]

BEHOLD! A hunt had begun... but who was hunting whom? Was Jared hunting the warMECH, or he being hunted by such a rare and devastating creature? FIND OUT... ...at 0:03. You are welcome.

[@sharptoe5474]

As far as I'm concerned, Ian's double hits are just him breaking out the brain-hammer for old times sake.

[@deathknell609]

Jerd: "Except for that one robot, the Warmech. Why did you make it?" Lafinish: "Oh, it was a house keeping robot."

[@KidGamers-sv5pr]

I got this fighting ad after her said the warmech is like boom ad

[@bretthicksomega]

Im still loving this content Jared, please continue.

[@KHitsuga]

You don't find War Mech, War Mech finds you... Sorry Jerd XD

[@kerricthebig4168]

Glad to see you chose wisely for Ian. Fade is a functional damage spell. XFER is borked in the NES version - only works on the party, not on monsters

[@sigmagateepsilon3823]

Jared straight up said to the black magic shop owner "Shut-up and take my money!"

[@p8n669]

Jared: *almost makes it to Tiamat* WarMech: I’m about to end this man’s whole career I’m sorry

[@novatarzone113]

fighting that thing requires some serious balls. was nice to see that you don't fear a challenge :)

[@UmbreonMessiah]

The saddest part? WarMECH only has 1,000 HP in this version. Jared was literally ONE MORE HIT from victory.

[@henrydave6603]

Wow, it is almost like that was predicted in my comment a few episodes ago! Geez Jared I wonder how many others actually saw the WarMech without even trying this time, because I found one on the other end of the bridge! Kicked my ass and I managed to fun from it ... one day WarMech, I'll return and defeat you! First time I ever came across it and man! Makes Tiamat seem super easy compared!

[@tumblerwavesgaming7710]

Hey I know I’m late and this vid is old but I’m replaying this game and I just accidentally encounter Warmech like you and I’m freaking out bc I just killed it with a part of a grandmaster knight and 2 red mages

[@chrisp.2244]

I'm playing final fantasy for the first time because of these videos.

[@skysear2197]

Hey, look at that! You ended episode 25 with everyone at level 25!

[@badgermcwaffles4834]

came back to rewatch this after the latest randomizer, was hoping to see warmech in that one too ;)

[@skelingaton1833]

You've gone through pretty efficiently in your playthrough. I think I was around lvl 28 or 29 going into the last dungeon and I didn't even do too much grinding so I think a lot of my levels came from just exploring dungeons thoroughly. I also encountered the warmech but hightailed it out of that encounter.

[@KSATechnology]

The WarMECH was like "What? ProJared is doing a Let's Play? I need to be there!"

[@ThermalShadow]

I listen to this as a podcast while I grind in FFXIV, and if there are more like me- a grinding episode wouldn't be bad.

[@kefka3]

how did you miss the white shirt twice?

[@Billaxle]

kefka3 Determination

[@tonyhakston536]

+Billaxle get the actual fuck out of here

[@legion3912]

White shirt stats: 24 absorb; -2 evade. Location: Sky Castle Ability cast: INV2 in battle

[@gaddyric]

The WARMECH???! I NEVER could find this guy in ANY of my playthroughs he was so rare. And you find him at the first encounter on that floor?!

[@gurvmlk]

Best start to any episode so far.

[@CrimsenOverlordVideos]

"...Ian killed the bad man." I need fanart with this caption.

[@tonyhakston536]

I know it's not what you meant, but I imagined Vegeta.

[@XylonLionheart]

So I was inspired by Jared's LP of the original Final Fantasy, and a bunch of my friends and I decided to get a bunch of copies of the original game and try to race each other to beat the game. The kicker: we all rolled random parties. It's been hilarious fun thus far! (My party is BB, BB, WM, BM. We have other parties of 1) Th, Th, BB, BM 2) RM, RM, BB, WM, and 3) Fi, Th, BB, RM)

[@ShuOra]

your playthough has inspired me to go back and start from the beginning. as in ff1 to ff10 with tactics thrown in. you should definitely rematch WarMECH.

[@carlosrdgz1385]

OMG! I didn't know War Mechs were super rare! I can´t believe I actually beated it now, those are so Brutal. Good thing I was doing it ahead of this playthrough, got lost and got some extra levels out of that.

[@frozenaorta]

The WarMech is the first "ultimate" optional battle in the FF series. And if your party's level is high 20's, he's very beatable (unless he decides to spam Nuclear, in which case, your screwed). The caveat is that I find this party to be relatively weak late game. Physical attacks are so OP'd as you advance in this game, and magic, as we can see here, is relatively useless. A party of a Knight, a Grand Master, a Ninja and a Red Wizard can obliterate things. The Fast spell for your Ninja and Red Wizard is all you'll need, and all four characters can deal major damage.

[@kentknightofcaelin4537]

Why would you use a Ninja? Just use a second Knight.

[@frozenaorta]

@@kentknightofcaelin4537 Because a ninja can cast Fast.

[@kennyrichardson3842]

I so called this! I called it like three episodes ago when he was still in the Water Temple, I knew he was going to run into it, he always has the worst/best luck in these games.

[@klexchara]

That was the most awesome intro ever!

[@onagda]

I like to think that the WarMech is one of the biggest contributions to why in the ports (PSP Port at least) you can save basically anywhere you want.

[@thomasmurrell9832]

17:53 That's because the game was supposed to give the Vorpal Blade (and the Katana) a higher than normal than crit rate, but due to the bugs and bad coding, that doesn't work at all.

[@DoctorMisterBilly]

It's okay Jared, WarMECH gave me a tender loving too the first time I faced it.

[@Nirakolov]

Tiamat is the only enemy in the game vulnerable to to the "Hard Status" element, which includes petrification and poison death (which in future games would include spells like Demi and such)

[@frozenaorta]

Fun fact. Tiamat can be one shotted with Bane.

[@MetalSmasherGaming]

+BurningTangram I've seen it in speedruns.

[@edumacated7530]

She's also vulnerable to BRAK.

[@soggycat8935]

wow easiest fiend yet

[@FinalManaTrigger]

Yep, got it with the BANE sword on turn 2 today, lol. Sometimes it can take dozens of tries, and sometimes you get really lucky.

[@frozenaorta]

Kary (as she is known in this game) is actually not vulnerable to Stun, but I think you're correct otherwise. I know she can be put to sleep. The bestiary you get with the game says she's vulnerable to Stun, but it's wrong, since I believe that's one of the many bugged spells in this version.

[@JixelFizzybomb]

22:20 clean attack 👌

[@TitanMorsche]

Holy crow. I've never fought the warmech. that thing hits soooooo hard. Nuclear is INSANE.

[@warlock415]

WarMECH is pretty much always a TPK if you meet it on your first visit unless you've been grinding a ton. (The spiked square in the Ice Cave with the EYE is nice for this once you have ProRings for everyone.) Very surprised you didn't run. Fun fact: in the "Mod of Balance" hack for the GBA version of FF1, you cna meet multiple WarMECHs at once.