The 10 Most Intimidating Final Fantasy Villains

[@mojoplays]

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[@sinsung4159]

Sethroith is number one. Redo the F U C K I N G list mojoplays.

[@LunaP1]

I was so pissed that Odin got taken out by that back stabbing edge lord. I didn't know that was going to happen and had to deal with that dingleberry Gilgamesh.

[@denizplays1307]

Kefka is the craziest villain I know, not because he wants to destroy the world but the whole galaxy and universe also just because he finds it funny and just enjoy the chaos lol

[@itachi112ify]

The fact that he actually succeeded makes it even worse

[@kinggoldark3853]

Eighteen seconds until the first error (that scene is from Remake, not Rebirth). That's a new Mojo record.

[@JuicyJayce69]

It’s wild how watchmojo tries to cover so many topics that none of the topics they cover are accurate or researched lmao

[@JackpotToys]

And then claimed Seifer was intimidating…idk about anyone else that guy NEVER intimidated me, even playing as a kid.

[@AtticusRh0des]

No as soon as they said Seifer, He was dick but NOT a villian

[@jaymckeown7601]

Yeah not sure why this new guy is doing all these FF videos when he clearly doesn't play them.

[@TANKtheRipper]

@@JackpotToys And they spelled it "Cipher"

[@tobiasdarkrai1134]

So this may be an unpopular opinion, but to me Hojo is the true villain of FF7. He murdered Gast and stole his research, leading to the discovery of Jenova and the creation of Sephiroth. He was head of Shinra's science division so it's reasonable to assume he came up with the formula for Mako energy, leading to the planet's anguish. He murdered Vincent in cold blood and turned him into a monster. In every event where the party members have suffered, Hojo's fingerprints are all over it.

[@JackpotToys]

He’s Sephiroth’s dad and basically makes sure everything goes according to plan. Hojo is bad lol I think it’s tough to name ONE true villain with everything going on, but yea, Hojo suckssssss lol glad people notice

[@reueljagbir]

Anyone who did their proper homework on FF7 lore would know Hojo is real villain of the series. Between playing Crisis Core, FF7 and Dirge of Cerberus, Hojo is present in all those games. His son Sephiroth is just a face villain while Hojo (and Jenova to a degree) pulls all the strings in the back.

[@federicamacchia1656]

Hojo Is the japanese translitteration of the italian word "odio" which means "hate"...He's the true responsable for the great parte of the horrors which happens and has been shown in FF7,and yes,i believe that in the last parte of the trilogy the devs Will allow us to give him the end he deserves,this time once and for all

[@lunarkrueger3341]

Hojo is the true villain of FF7. Without him, nothing probably would have happened. Sephiroth has the worst parents

[@vigbjornblaskeeg5813]

​@@lunarkrueger3341not nothing Jenova was still already excavated by gast who approved the jenova project Hollander would still have been injecting his subjects with jenova cells. Jenova is a malignancy of the planet and everyone injected with her cells would still attempt to reunite with her. The primary difference is that without sephiroth, who upon falling into the life stream, learned all of the secrets of the ancients and of those who followed the ancients. So he found out about the black materia and planned to use it. Without that knowledge and that plan Jenova would be much easier for the planet, and shinra even, to deal with.

[@justinsullivan8250]

Does anyone here want a Final Fantasy VI Remake? Anyone?

[@johanstenfelt1206]

I would like to see that.

[@lunarkrueger3341]

I would love that. A Final Fantasy 6 remake. But Square Enix says it will take 15 years to make. According to an article by the development team.

[@justinsullivan8250]

@@lunarkrueger3341 Damnit all

[@wiseguy240Winston]

The question is, who doesn't?

[@lunarkrueger3341]

@justinsullivan8250 According to the article, it would take 15 to 20 years because of FF6 as a lot of characters. I think pixel remaster is the closest we are getting. I am sorry. I hope I am wrong.

[@BigguBosu117]

Hojo: Because... it's... my... FETIIIIISHHHHH!

[@boonski]

The scariest part about Kefka is that he succeeded. He became a literal God.

[@darthrage8673]

Ultima from FFXVI should be on this list. He just lacks any empathy, his appearance is unsettling, and he is capable of manipulating people to do his bidding. His voice is truly haunting since it sounds so robotic. Just like Kefka, he changes the feel of the game two thirds of the way through.

[@reueljagbir]

Glad to see both Hojo and Jenova is on the list given that they are responsible for Sephiroth becoming a villain in the first place.

[@Leo-nc3yx]

IMO, Hojo is the villain of the entire arc, Sephy is more like a guy with mental issues due to tragic childhood and failed education, just that he happens to be a demi-god...

[@EvelynL.1112]

@@Leo-nc3yx EXACTLY

[@uroskesic6117]

Fun fact both Kefka and Hojo are voiced by the same japanese va

[@MrShahrozzz]

2 villains with the most intimidating aura for me were Sephiroth & Caius 🥶 Their theme songs are the cherry on top 🔥

[@scottsacala]

I would put Ultimecia up there too. Not only because of what she’s capable of doing, but I remember being legitimately terrified when I saw her final form and heard the music when I first played it.

[@sefirotsgame]

For me, Edea was much more intimidating than Seifer and Ultimecia, at least in the first two disks.

[@ARTSONICFAN990]

10:05 to 10:13 Not only that, but on the exact same trailer, Sephiroth One Hit-KO'd Galeem... BY SLICING IT IN HALF!

[@harmonygray840]

5:29 I kinda feel like that's the direction the remake is going That the main villain is Jenova Who knows Maybe in part 3 Cloud zack and sephiroth will fight together to defeat the alien once and for all! XD

[@ozziedylan9903]

Final Fantasy has iconic characters

[@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl]

Agree

[@palazzo1113]

Barnabas was a slave, happy and proud of his chains. He was gung-ho all the way.

[@quinnfletcher3906]

He wasn't happy he was content. He figured his life was what it was and just accepted it.

[@palazzo1113]

@@quinnfletcher3906 that's actually on point. He made the best of a bad situation.

[@1jidion]

kefka in his rightful place as number 1 villain, but also, ardyn lucis caelum was also a pretty intimidating villain as well

[@xylophonknacker2009]

I like the fact this is not a ranking, but just a video mentioning the Top 10. And I really like that you made a difference between Jekkt and Sin. 😊

[@shadow_28476]

I recently played ff16 and wow was I scared of King Barnabas/Odin! He literally cut the ocean in two and has a horse with 6 legs! He was crazy intimidating 😅

[@Zeracheil]

Barnabus should be up there with the most disappointing Boss in any final fantasy game. He was about as intimidating as a wet rag and his battle was about as exciting. Bahamut was a hell of a lot more fun and the summons prior to bahamut were a shit ton more intimidating.

[@tommydixon4871]

both sephiroth and kefka are one of the greatest FF villains in history and my fav

[@iloveBingus789]

Best Villains for sure

[@jeremyfields9009]

Always thought SE dropped the ball on Seymour. They had the opportunity to get him to the level of Kefka and Sephiroth if he became SIN.

[@bukojoetheslapsoils8273]

First, you confuse Remake with Rebirth, then you're going to tell me Seifer is intimidating and show him in a clip while he is beside EDEA? Is this a joke?

[@JackpotToys]

This. Mojo is so dumb.

[@10640404]

What’s the definition of intimidating here. Hojo and Seymour at least aren’t intimidating, they’re more creeps.

[@ajboomer1347]

People (or groups of people) have different mindsets and, therefore, different ways to establish context.

[@vigbjornblaskeeg5813]

I for one would be terrified to be in hojos lab.

[@mrsocko316]

So basically FF7 has the total most intimidating villains.

[@vigbjornblaskeeg5813]

Yup Eldritch horror an even scarier scientist and their combined creation.

[@thecaptain4630]

Ultima should be on this list.

[@rosihanmx]

Garland will knock you down...

[@Late_not_on_time]

Jenova has to be one the coolest villains ever imo

[@Animeguy300]

The franchise is awesome

[@mazenalahmadi2747]

Barthandelus !!

[@verron1600]

Jack Garland? I think he is the number 1.

[@cokechang]

I believe Kefka is also the only villain who has successfully ruin the world while in all other FF villains were stopped before they could do too much collateral damage

[@sefirotsgame]

Aerith dissagrees, :P

[@edgeofultima7483]

Ardyn kinda left it pretty ruined too. Not unfixable mind you, but really bad nonetheless.

[@elderhorcrux169]

​@@edgeofultima7483And technically Ardyn won his goal even more so than Kefka as well. Cause although Kefka did set out and accomplish his goal, he was inevitably stopped. Whereas Ardyn's whole goal was to die and take the Line of Lucis with him. Ardyn slowly became my favorite villain the last few years, Darin De Paul can do no wrong lol.

[@Force-Multiplier]

Ardyn and Caius accomplished much more heck even Ultima did way more damage than Kefka but doing damage wasn't Ultima's goal so he doesn't quite count but Ardyn and especially Caius both did more than Kefka ever dreamed of doing Ardyn systematically destroyed Eos for 10 years and killed most types of lifeforms and Caius doomed Pulse and Cocoon to the point that the world creator of the XIII planet and lifeforms to come back to "fix it" lol

[@johanstenfelt1206]

Hm, how very interesting, I wonder what Villains we’ll get next?

[@wiseguy240Winston]

Where tf is CAIUS!? 😭

[@TalesDelma]

to be fair, from enix side the amount of "silver haired dude" is so big at this point, i can only laugh when i see one of them

[@pauljordan0203]

so what you're saying is, Sephiroth is just a puppet of Jenova?

[@JuicyJayce69]

not entirely, but also kinda

[@alimichalkan8046]

It started of like that but then Jenova became his b.

[@Force-Multiplier]

Unless something has changed FFVII novels claim otherwise Sephiroth controls mommy in OG7 at least although his DNA is definitely something that has a certain hold on him *and her* since both seem to desire the same exact thing *Dat Juicy Lifestream*

[@pauljordan0203]

@@Force-Multiplier well, Jenova is an extraterrestrial eldritch horror of an alien, so it would make sense.

[@pauljordan0203]

@@Force-Multiplier plus, how could those Shinra idiots think she was a Cetra in the first place?

[@charlesperalta8483]

Kefka was a joke to me i never found it as a threat

[@arashimifune2853]

Kefka, best villain in the series. Don't change my mind.

[@adamcroyle7531]

Kuja literally destroyed a whole planet because he didn't get his way.b

[@lajazziamacklin8418]

Jenova, Sephiroth and Hojo would have me running in the other direction within five seconds, not gonna lie, lol. Hojo trying to breed Aerith with Sephiroth is SICK AND INHUMANE! Yeah...if he came in my path, I'd 100% make a complete U-turn in the OTHER direction! Sephiroth is TERRIFYING! But really, REALLY SEXY! Tyler knows what he's doing and IS 99000% amping up the CREEPINESS factor for my favorite FFVII antagonist!

[@shinra358]

lemme guess, hes gonna name all 10 from 1-10.... lmao

[@zeusapollo6504]

Golbez - FF's very own Darth Vader. his theme is great, too and the lights get darker when he appears. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZuXk4iOgb-tl8U

[@SenpaiSmith]

Kefka was an animal 🔥🔥🔥

[@uncledreisenior]

I hope to see ExDeath in a FFV Remake. Lol!

[@nimaiiikun]

None of them are as intimidating as a Malboro

[@Taikomo]

Any Final Fantasy list with no mention of anything from FFXIV is automatically a terrible list and very telling of its creator.

[@misterwoods4630]

Is emet selch intimidating? Is it the emissary? Or Zenos? Not really even though i love them, thats your answer😊

[@palazzo1113]

Helly doo sad wee. Know what I'm saying?

[@topfranluis1]

Nah, the Emperor doesn’t deserve to be this high. Don’t sell his lack of depth as being menacing, man

[@ajboomer1347]

That's right, because it only works for slasher movie villains.

[@rosemadder5547]

Ever heard of the word "opinion", man?

[@topfranluis1]

@@rosemadder5547 Ever heard of the words „disagreeing with someone else’s take“, man?

[@joelleconley9723]

HoJo was bad enough in the original. The remakes made him so much worse. He makes me skin crawl every time.

[@gysahlfields7506]

1) Emperor 2) Sephiroth 3) EX-DEATH 4) Chaos 5) Golbez 6) Kefka 7) Zenos 8) Barnabas 9) Shinryu 10) Sin

[@I_SupaNova]

I want FFVI to get the FFVII remake treatment so badly.

[@zakirstocks9514]

In my opinion, here are My Favorite Epic Evil Final Fantasy Villains, that are all Equally Intimidating: 1. Garland (FFI) 2. Emperor Mateus (FFII) 3. Cloud of Darkness (FFIII) 4. Theodore Harvey/Golbez (FFIV) 5. Exdeath (FFV) 6. Kefka Palazzo (FFVI) 7. Sephiroth (THE Best Epic Badass Intimidating FF Villain of All Time from the FFVII franchises throughout the years) 8. Ultimecia (FFVIII) 9. Kuja (FFIX) 10. Jecht (FFX) 11. Kam'lanaut (FFXI) 12. Judge Gabranth (FFXII) 13. Caius Ballad (FFXIII franchise) 14. Zenos yae Galvus (FFXIV franchises) 15. Ardyn Izunia (FFXV franchise) 16. Barnabas Tharmr (Brand Newest 16th FF Villain from the FFXVI Game last year in 2023) These are the Best Equally Intimidating FF Villains I've ever seen throughout the years.

[@jeremyfields9009]

After all that only Sephiroth and Kefka are memorable. Lol

[@jacobybalmer1882]

Watchmojo ripped off a gamerant list. Definitely running out of new ideas at this point

[@mjdf122]

Kefka the best

[@alimichalkan8046]

Kefka is overrated. There is only one maniacal clown that is the most menacing and that’s the Joker.

[@Force-Multiplier]

I kinda agree Kefka is very overrated just another Chaotic evil type Joker copy with magical powers but FFVI fans are often looney

[@EvelynL.1112]

@@Force-Multiplier Why can't we love to hate both the Joker and Kefka? They're both the Evil Clown archetype. Look at Stephen King's IT, Pennywise The Dancing Clown also fits the archetype. Does that also make it the copy of the Joker?

[@Force-Multiplier]

@@EvelynL.1112 I'm not much for some iterations of Joker myself but there are so many of them that i find myself really liking some of them Joker is a 80+ years old character that has gone through many changes so it's a very nounced thing and it's hard to generalize Joker Kefka on the other hand has 2 iterations i have experienced (one in VI the other in Dissidia) i didn't much liked either he did have a badass laugher tho as for Pennyweiss i can barely recall a thing he did or said lol

[@MrOrcshaman]

Seifer's a loser. Ultimecia is the real scary threat, she possesses sorceresses from the past many of them innocent women like Edea and Rinoa, and her plan was to cause time compression, destroying all of reality into a temporal singularity, which is a greater threat them any final fantasy villain before or after.

[@Лёшапро-ж3ш]

First one here

[@mgsxmike]

Barnabas was a boring villain

[@lancelot2833]

He really isn't though there's a lot to barnabas' character in story that makes him a very intimidating person with his ideology of really truly blind loyalty is very interesting but just say "16 is fully bad with no redeeming qualities" final fantasy fan base I swear

[@mgsxmike]

@@lancelot2833 calm the fuck down. I'm only talking about Barnabas and not the game. That's another discussion. Weirdo

[@mgsxmike]

@@lancelot2833 who asked?

[@aaronhickey2936]

​@@mgsxmikewho asked?

[@mgsxmike]

@@aaronhickey2936 obviously I didn't dipsht

[@sinsung4159]

No one is more intimidating than sethroith. Redo the F U C K I N G list mojoplays.