The Most Powerful Characters In Gaming Ever # 33

[@apocalfailed8090]

Imagine being the forces of evil and getting obliterated by an arrogant squid, a cowardly dragon and a samurai that all somehow refuse to take any meaningful damage.

[@spidericktehdarkandstuff7417]

the squid also having innate aggro baiting to sponge even more damage

[@ameliajales5307]

@@spidericktehdarkandstuff7417 nah, that’s just the arrogance.

[@mithmoonwalker]

Calamari, derg and musashi miyamoto

[@-awezomexd-]

I swear you’re one of the most underrated gaming channels out there

[@bewearstar9462]

Odd because he has been on youtube since 2006

[@xyannail4678]

​@@bewearstar9462 whoisthisgit is more prominent during time, but still he goes under the light/radar of many people. Just look at his subscriber count (which doesn't mean anything to the quality of his videos which is high)

[@raule573]

Domingo: *Is strong early in the game* Bleu: *Is strong late in the game* Musashi: *Basically just destroys those two in every way after he joins*

[@djaeson777]

Debatable.....🔥

[@raule573]

@@djaeson777 I think Musashi is the most powerful because all his stats besides agility are amazing and agility isn’t needed to be powerful

[@opalyasu7159]

Domingo's a Jagen, Bleu's an Est and Musashi is literally Ryoma

[@NucleaRaptor]

>tanking crits from Ramladu's mace lmao, Domingo is *ABSURD.* Love that little guy.

[@napstab100k]

I dont get why some guides say that domingo sucks because he doesnt scale. Hes a flying mage tank, what more can you ask?

[@arcticdino1650]

They're jealous of his powers

[@TheToastBunnyProductions]

I think they're mistaking him for Jogurt

[@01MrBLA]

In the original (legacy of great intentions) he’s awesome. In the gameboy advance remake, he’s ok. In shining force CD, he got nerfed.

[@Omnishredder]

If course he's not going to scale, he's not a dragon

[@soulhoney1908]

@@01MrBLA what nerfa especifically

[@frost_sprite]

The legendary Shining Force map theme returns. Best whoisthisgit soundtrack piece to date.

[@frost_sprite]

@@InsertFunnyThingHere I'm injured. Hurt, even.

[@frost_sprite]

@@InsertFunnyThingHere I'm impressed that the Sprites even HAVE rule 34, to be honest. They're a group of, like, 5 enemies from a Flash game that didn't blow up like Friday Night Funkin' did

[@frost_sprite]

@@InsertFunnyThingHere Thunder clapped, if you may

[@Mettyspaghetti]

@@frost_sprite aight that’s enough you two

[@frost_sprite]

@@Mettyspaghetti The horniness has been sanctioned and we have been saved

[@jacobaltredes7384]

Domingo: BEEFY MAGIC JELLY BABY Funfact: each character has a "bait Value" the lowest being the most targeted. Max has 1, but Domingo has 2 while others are higher

[@SteelCrustacean]

Ah yes, the squid partner that all Bloopers and Omanyte aspire to one day become.

[@SteelCrustacean]

@Rotom Channel beg pardon, define pos.

[@SteelCrustacean]

@Rotom Channel ah, thanks. I will now begin to use that specific phrase in my daily vocab.

[@DoctorSpacebar]

Omanyte actually does have some use in Little Cup. 100 base Defense is great in Little Cup, especially backed up by Eviolite. You shouldn't send him to tank Grass attacks, but many Grass attackers are going to be inclined towards Special attacks anyway. 90 Special Attack base is also great in LC, especially backed up by Shell Smash. 35 Speed is less impressive, but with good prediction, Omanyte can overcome that by combining a Weak Armor proc with Shell Smash and become a powerful sweeper.

[@someguy764]

This has to be the longest time i've ever waited for a video

[@rmzing]

I love how the stat bar for each unit gets wider as they level up and get HP/MP. Visible growth.

[@demopan7853]

finally my life has meaning once again

[@Insulted25]

Videos about Shining Force in 2021? This is why I'm subbed.

[@captaindynamo1298]

This just in! A single Tentacool sweeps the whole game of Shining Force!

[@Fireluigi1225]

Who's the water zubat now?

[@autobotstarscream765]

JRose11 strikes again!

[@iamlucidess]

Only game where you can use tentacruel, a dragon, and Genji from Overwatch all in one

[@TBTabby]

I wish Genji was half as tough as Musashi.

[@MagicianFairy]

Me looking at thumbnail Is that Domingo? Yes. My favorite flying blizzard boi.

[@kokorodachiofficialchannel5062]

11:08 He’s still just a baby, but maybe eventually he’ll undergo some sort of metamorphosis

[@LightsolP]

The AI likes to target Domingo because it's programmed to prioritize non-promoted characters over promoted ones (on the assumption that promoted units are stronger), and Domingo never promotes. Of course, he doesn't have to. Also, you shouldn't promote at level 10. You can, but the characters won't get as strong as they could be. Better off to wait until level 20 (which is the max level before the game stops levelling unpromoted characters); the resulting characters will be MUCH stronger. Actually, the Kane fight is good for this, because there's a group of gargoyles near the entrance that will give unpromoted characters max experience on every kill, so it's easy to grind the characters up to level 20 and then promote and grind them a bit more to catch up.

[@LightsolP]

Also, a commonly missed insanely powerful character in the original Shining Force; GUNTZ. His movement sucks, so he needs a Turbo Pepper/Mobility Ring, but if he can get to the front lines, his Attack, Defense and HP are almost as insane as Bleu's. And he uses knight weapons, so you can toss him the Valkyrie or the Halberd and watch him wreck things.

[@wilfridekoue1405]

@@LightsolP dang I did not know about that thanks

[@246theguy]

Other candidates for the strongest in Shining Force are Hanzou, with great stats and cool spells to boot. He's even better in the GBA remake, joining earlier (Chapter 5) and can promote. The other is Narsha (GBA remake exclusive), great stat growths and some of the best support spells in the game. Also, honorable mentions to Zuika and Mawlock (GBA exclusive characters too).

[@brandonarrowood9758]

I think u mean hanzo not musashi

[@dynastygirl2912]

Mawlock kinda sucks unless you have super powerful cards for him, most of the best ones you don’t get until late/end game making them almost useless

[@gideonantonissen6275]

I even seem to recall that musashi can also promote from samurai to swordmaster in the GBA remake

[@NovaBugDrayosix]

So I would like to answer some of the questions you asked in the video about the game, and backing my information is not only over a decade of playing the game off and on myself (since I love it and grew up with the game as a kid), but also in more recent years I've been a member of the website shining force central and using the sf1editor tool to crack open the code of the game and make my own personal enhanced version of shining force for fun. Because of this, I think I can answer the three questions you had. 1) why was domingo so focussed down all the time? Well, the ai I'm the game has various flags for how it moves, and attacks, as well as a priority system for attack targets. It basically targets magic casters, and flyers more often then normal ground troops, domingo is both, so he gets both priority bonuses on enemy targeting. As you pointed out though, Max (the default name for the main character) always has maximum priority when enemies look for attack targets. 2) does the samurai have a higher than normal crit chance? Yes and no. Crit chance is a hidden stat for each character in the game, some are higher, some are lower, but all of them are in the single digit range. His us marginally higher than the rest of the cast, but his weapon, the katana, actually boosts crit chance significantly, which is why he seems so much higher than normal. It's his weapon, not just him. The doom blade also has increased crit chance, though not as much as katana. 3) how exactly does agility work, and does it just let you go first in turn order? To answer the second part first, no, it actually determines how many turns you get over the course of a battle. The exact formula is unknown to me and isn't that clear, but generally, units with higher ability get more turns, more often, rather than getting turns first. If I had to take an educated guess based on my own expirence and observations, the formula is probably something like "take a random number from 0-127, find everyone with agility equal to or higher than that random number, then pick the unit that has taken the least turns so far from that group". Here's a laid out example. Let's say the units on the board all have around 20-40 agility, except for one guy with a speed ring who has 60. First turn, it picks 45 as it's random number. It would then see who has 45 or higher agility. Only the 60 does, so he gets a turn. His turn finishes, then the rng rolls a 70. Reroll. Rolls a 12, it then sees who has 12 or higher agility, which is everyone, and picks someone from the group that has taken the least turns so far this battle (so anyone except the 60). That turn finishes, roll again, this time it gets a 57, once again only the 60 is higher, so he gets the turn. You begin to see what I mean. Of course, that answer for number 3 is not super definitive, but from my observations it's how it works, and is especially noticable early on with hans, and much later on with the ninja in the bush

[@djaeson777]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@TheDarkJester420]

Nice, you obviously did the homework.

[@NovaBugDrayosix]

@@TheDarkJester420 thank you ^^, as I said I love this game, and I'm always happy to see other people who love it too, so thought I'd share some of what I've seen =). My favorite character btw is Guntz, not because he's the best or anything, far from it, but because I think he's really cool, and I love the animation of his promoted class driving a lance at high speed on tracked wheels into the enemy, impaling them xD

[@TheDarkJester420]

@@NovaBugDrayosix I did a bit of homework on it myself, thought mostly damage calculations mostly. >/////< My fav is Gong, because of his versatility. my findings for damage calculations aren't final, but from what i can understand, dmg works like (A-/+T) - (D-/+T), where A is attacker's atk, D is enemy def, and t is the terrain buff, which actually can get as high as 30% for either buff or debuffs from terrain. More testing is needed, but that would help explain how some characters would only do 1 dmg.

[@NovaBugDrayosix]

@@TheDarkJester420 yes, however in the default game, the terrain system is actually pretty broken and buggy when it comes to attack and defense buffs, so it's unreliable. There is a checkbox in SF1editor to fix it automatically, but without modifying the game, it's not really something that can be fixed. That is how it should work though. As for the 1 damage thing, the lowest amount of damage a character can do is 1 damage, they will always do at least 1 damage with an attack, regardless of the actual number calculated.

[@psychopianist630]

I miraculously killed Mishaela in one hit by boosting Bleu's attack power and getting a critical hit on her that dealt her exact maximum HP in damage

[@xyannail4678]

So basically Domingo is the Jagen of Shining Force. Starts as a prepromote really strong early on but then falls short at the end of the game. Although he seems more like you need to train him first and then at level 20 he will fall off so not exactly a Jagen

[@greek1237]

Anri and Tao may be made out of glass, but they can pack a punch lol. They never leave my team. Add Domingo and they pretty much destroy the field of enemies.

[@davidthecommenter]

Who Would Win: The Literal Final Boss or some infant blooper

[@chasevaccaro8468]

Sending out Domingo, Bleu, and Musashi to trample everything, just feels like you're part of a great big evil squadron that's stomping everybody else.

[@skittlesgaming9397]

Finally I’ve been waiting ages for this specific character

[@taiphonix9232]

I now imagine domingo just doing the middle flipper to the enemies

[@acsound]

There was also Arthur, who (like Bleu) has that Magikarp power, and (like Domingo) has magic (though he only has the first level of each offensive spell), making it easy to level him.

[@Mysticshade59]

and I was just watching the weakest character in gaming #5 ...time sure flies

[@NobodyNothing-f5c]

I tested them at grinding to similar levels, and something every level up without rerolling to get best stats each time. They are all identical, with minor variations. Mae is the best centaur, her defense ended up the highest by an average 7 points. Ken had massively more hp though, but the worst defense. Only the unique characters like domingo, xylo, kokichi, etc are stand outs.

[@psychopianist630]

"Now, DRGN Bleu shall be known as a GRDR!" Bleu: *transforms into a girder*

[@Schwazoom]

They don't hate him, they just really like calamari

[@pastarhythm2762]

I love this channel! I really love gaming history, and this channel shows me so many interesting little quirks about all sorts of games. I've seen a lot of games I've never heard of prior on this channel.

[@f.b.i3746]

pfft I just can't the thumbnail with the funny squid face is too good

[@TheDarkJester420]

Whoisthisgit? He is my new best friend, this guy knows how to spot the good characters in games.

[@NoCryinRyan]

I saw the thumbnail and something tickled parts of my memory; I hadn’t thought about SF in years. Yes, Domingo, Zylo and Bleu were all staples, but I vaguely remember the samurai (I think I got him, but I don’t remember using him much).

[@MinusWorldInterviews]

ahh..shining force. back to where it all started for me. the jogurt vid was one of the first of yours i watched years ago, and it feels comfortably nostalgic to see it covered again

[@loftus8660]

A vandal hearts video and a shining force video in just over a month? I love this channel!

[@FoxMan_FF]

Ah, yes, Domingo. I wholeheartedly agree that he's one of the best characters in Shining Force. One of my other favorites that you didn't mention is the old man in the flying machine. He's delightful.

[@01MrBLA]

It’s Kokichi

[@Tuturial464]

He’s a good unit and decent flyer with the best lances

[@ARonsoInEorzea]

Man! Your the first person I've ever seen upload footage of Vandal Hearts ! I use to own that game so good !!

[@abomasnow4]

What about Hanzou? In the Genesis version, you get him as soon as you set foot inside Runefaust and search the bush with the flowers on it. In the GBA version, you get him by searching around Waral I think. I may be wrong on that, though.

[@LightsolP]

No, you're right. The issue with Hanzou in the original Shining Force is that there's only about 3 fights left in the whole game at that point, so you don't really get to do much with him and by that point you probably have a good team of 12.

[@mkwilson1394]

Comparing defense between a L10 Max and L25 Domingo... He starts with good L1 stats because he comes promoted. He can't be promoted because he comes promoted.

[@belial8166]

I'm a simple tactical rpg player , i see Domingo i smash the like Button. That's all

[@Davtwan]

Most importantly, he’s a strange character. You like strange characters.

[@djaeson777]

U put a lotta love into this one fam. Keep rolling!!🔥🔥

[@DoctorNovakaine]

A few notes: -Domingo is one of those characters that doesn't end up being fantastic, but is absolutely perfect for when you get him. That critical point where your characters are starting to be around promotion level is tough. It appears that characters don't necessarily "lose stats" on promotion as they are set to particular stats based on when they're promoted, with higher numbers at higher levels. All characters end up with better stats if you wait to promote them until level 20 (the max unpromoted level), but if you promote them earlier, you get the benefit of rubber-banded stat-ups more quickly. But whether you're trying to hold off until later or trying to catch up those new promotions, Domingo's tankiness and enemy draw are a huge asset. You'll almost always be using Domingo at the point you get him, even if you might find some characters outclassing him later. -After level 20 promoted, level-ups for all characters drop off to just about nothing, it's not purely a Domingo thing. The level-ups are somewhat but not fully random, and there are charts that show the expected stat gains per level over multiple iterations to prove this. -12:55 You should know better than to ask that question to the internet... -Bleu is one of those 'patience is rewarded' characters. He's a beast if you don't promote him early and put the time into leveling him, but if you promote early or don't put in the time, you don't get much out of him. -Musashi is a ridiculously good late-game character, a rare pre-promote that has pretty absurd stats to start and they don't really fall behind. Plus, his level-ups are quite consistent, so you're almost always going to get a good result with him. Shining Force 2 doesn't really have any characters that just fiercely stand out like SF1 does, but thanks to a quirk in the game that even ineffective healing provides consistent experience, you can grind healers to be WAY better than any other characters in the game. Seriously, you can have a healer character 10-20 levels above anyone else. And because level-ups are more consistent and linear in SF2, that means their stats can get kind of absurd.

[@NucleaRaptor]

>Shining Force 2 doesn't really have any characters that just fiercely stand out I dunno mang, Peter is pretty beastly once he stops being AI-controlled. Kiwi is also notable just for his sheer growth from a borderline Jogurt-tier mascot to motherfucking GAMERA.

[@gryphose1849]

Don't forget, iirc, of the four healers in the game, two can eventually be promoted into Master Monks, giving them solid offensive power on top of healing capability; a third comes already a MM, and the fourth you can pretty much forget about since he's already promoted to Vicar.

[@DoctorNovakaine]

@@NucleaRaptor Peter is probably the best character in the game with no grinding factored in. He's not quite hardy enough to measure up to Bleu, though. Granted, it's a bit of an unfair comparison because the enemies in Shining Force 2 are significantly stronger than Shining Force 1 as well - stats wise, SF2's mid-game enemies are already around the level of SF1's late game - so it's sort of a case of "you're never going to brutally outclass them." But he'll always measure up or better to them, at least. Kiwi, sadly, is usually the first one to be ditched. Sure, she looks cool, but once she stops tanking she's pretty much done, and that happens fairly early on. She ends up with only marginally more defense than Peter, but less than half the HP. If her defense growth was like twice what it was, maybe she'd stand a chance...

[@DoctorNovakaine]

@@gryphose1849 Eh, Vicars aren't THAT bad if you're primarily using your healers as, well, healers. You definitely want Master Monks if you want them to be offensive, but Vicars gain approximately 25% more MP, which means you can use more of those heals in a battle. Then again, the quicker MP gain might be written off as academic if you're leveling them way past your other characters, considering the linear leveling meaning Master Monks will get plenty of MP anyway, while Vicars may or may not get great attack (Karna gets like NO attack as a Vicar, apparently). Also, Frayja gets both Heal 4 and Aura 4, so even he's not terrible.

[@kokorodachiofficialchannel5062]

12:55 No, but he can ROCK a cute lil’ bowtie (and get pissed at how much he’s being babied)

[@LiroRaeriyo]

A baby squid, a timid dragon and a badass samurai join your army... man i thought id seen anime as fuck before but THIS just moved the goal posts!

[@FeeshieBoi]

There is a hidden Critical stat in this game. All characters have a starting critical rate of 3%, aside from Domingo who has 4%, Hanzou who has 5%, and Musashi who has 7%. Additionally, the Critical stat can increase with levels slightly, ranging from 1-4 on most characters' growth curves (2-8 on promoted classes). Musashi's Critical growth is 18-the only one higher than that is promoted Gong who has 20 Critical growth.

[@S1lentAssassin44]

love these videos man!

[@aethertime8527]

Idk why but Musashi really reminds me of Ryoma from Fire Emblem Fates. Ryoma can slaughter maps and so can Musashi by the looks of it

[@gruggyo]

I knew there was a reason I love this little squid dude

[@01MrBLA]

Ah yessssss......... shining force You pretty much mentioned the top 3 (4th would’ve been Hanzou), Domingo was pretty much the sponge of the game, Bleu took forever to level up, but worth it. My boy Musashi......... I remember leveling him only 2 levels and one shoting Chaos (with a crit though). Also, if you’re using a rewind feature for the game, the stat gains are random when leveling up (I did that on the genesis collection for the switch and alef gain 20 points on a level up).

[@kokorodachiofficialchannel5062]

5:00 hc that Dom HATES being treated like the adorable lil’ babey he is 😅

[@smallnooby2288]

3:15 Я родился, разумная медуза с панцирем)

[@Cloud971]

Good, now we want the same for Shining Force 2.

[@williamdrum9899]

Peter is easily the strongest in that game

[@Cloud971]

@@williamdrum9899 Agreed. :) Karna in her Master Monk form too. ;)

[@rsj2877]

Also another leave my mind alone tails related shtick would be him in a dead rising like game, except with videogame characters as survivors, mainly with Lil Miles here being like a super secret psychopath that if the right requirements are meet can be rescued, mainly is that it would be that you first need that by like around 24 hours before the survivor rescue and overtime, you had rescued every sonic related character through the location, then you are advised of weird undead cosplays the famed hedgehog around a part of the let's say megaplex and then you need to have with you: 1 zombrex, 1 medkit, 3 photos, one of the entrance to the safe house, a map of the mall to indicate we're it is and a group photo of the sonic crew until then, then you face him in a part that to fit the super secret status, is unmarked not even a part of the map, when let's say Frank or Chuck face tails, they meet him at a Chili dog eating contest tent, where he got like 3-4 survivors hostage crudely made to resemble Like Sonic, Knuckles and Amy, and that when undead took over he felt lost and that he believe they are his legit friends and that he will protect them at all cost even if the "attacker" is well intentioned, then the player char. Tries to snap him back by telling they aren't his his friends, and it like many before, Tails didn't take it well and gets on the offensive, when you defeat him, instead of falling to a gory death, he just falls exhausted in a corner, and starts crying, he calls for frank/chuck that he caused harm in a vain attempt to calm his grief and have a glimmer of hope for his friends safety, then wishes him/them to let the survivors free, there you have to first give him the medkit to ensure he doesn't die from the wounds, he is weirded out why they give him another chance to live, there you escort the survivors back to the safe house, next you return and give him the photos of the entrance and map, where he is given the option to go there if he wants, but he refuses, that he sees little hope due to his aforementioned grief, and then you give him the 3rd photo we're he is shocked in disbelief that they are safe and waiting for him, and last give him a zombrex since he chooses to go there by himself and just in case, and then as if it could be potential for a super scoop and gold achievment, back in the safe house you make a final photo with the entire group now complete for the reward of a mind melting 500000 PP points. The achievment could be called BCDFF (Best Chili Dogs Friends Forever)

[@twinrova3121]

You should do a video on the marionette... i still have nightmares about being oneshotted by freeze 3

[@polybius32]

Domingo seems like a mix between the Jagen and Est archetypes on Fire Emblem

[@Neonlight3934]

If you ever need an exaggeratedly powerful boss in an RPG, I recommend that you try Digital Devil Saga 1. It is one of the most difficult RPGs out there and has the most exaggerated secret boss I have ever seen.

[@meitomiyazaki9848]

the battle against *him* is quite legendary, at least I think so as a shin megami tensei + spinoff game fan.

[@cuddlebug9699]

I got the egg by complete accident in my first playthrough but completely missed the hatch guy,I was so angry when i found out right after i saved on the next chapter.

[@WhiteFangofWar]

Apparently if your name is Kane you're destined to become the archrival of a hero in a turn-based strategy RPG. Or the leader of a fanatical cult in a real-time strategy game. The enemy probably sees a floating jellyfish and assume them to be easy pickings. You'll be inclined to steer away from engaging that huge white dragon (or whatever his promotion is, GRDR= Grand Dragon?) or the armored samurai warrior, but a jellyfish? How could that possibly hurt you?

[@maxthemagelord5757]

Or you become a Red cavalier in a different SRPG who becomes an archetype

[@DoctorSpacebar]

Spell it a bit different and you get to be a Dragoon that runs off with all the good gear the player bought you!

[@astralguardian5930]

5:34 So wait, you are saying this squid thing (Domingo) is basically the "Est" of Shining Force? As seemingly low stats at first and low level. Also the fact that you need to feed them kills to get them going. But once they do get rolling they can get pretty strong (And to those who think that comparison isn't applicable, the original FE probably came out long before Shining Force so Est *probably* came first)

[@LightsolP]

No, the true EST of Shining Force is Arthur, the centaur knight you get in Mariana in Chapter 2. His stats are SHIT when you get him, but he'll end up the strongest of the centaur knights if you grind him (and it's not even close).

[@Chaosian]

All good characters, but my pick has to go to Zylo as my #1 character. He is a ground unit with small range, sure, but holy hell he's fast, moves far, got crazy high amounts of HP, and damage that just blows everyone out of the water up til the end of the game. Best of all: he levels very quickly.

[@williamdrum9899]

Plus forests dont slow him down

[@Chaosian]

@@williamdrum9899 Didn't even know that, that's rad.

[@danielotano8677]

Wait which chapter do u get him in?

[@Chaosian]

@@danielotano8677 About a third of the way through, if I remember correctly, right before the Laser Eye. You get him at level 9, which is where most of your party will be at that time. I guess it makes the possibility for promotion almost instant.

[@danielotano8677]

@@Chaosian is it like chapter 3 or something

[@EditKingNumber5]

Do The most Powerful Characters in Gaming #34 with the Industrialist from Castle Crashers

[@ROBDEWAND]

You know what they say about units that are lazy and don't like to fight but are forced to fight,... Yes they are op

[@donalddavis7423]

I think Domingo is still very good later on, being able to fly really lets him land his spells where they are needed.

[@arcticdino1650]

0:18 The population is now a glass of milk

[@sera-ch]

Hey, no need to cry over them. xD

[@JXDemon21]

Ooooohh nice love the original Shining Force.

[@williamdrum9899]

I saw Domingo in the thumbnail and clicked immediately

[@valentingigena6058]

I love this series so much

[@kokorodachiofficialchannel5062]

6:01 I believe you meant “calamari” 👾

[@user-unos111]

Eleven years already? Jesus, time flies fast. By the way Git, is there a possibility of you making a video on the Dawn of War series?

[@EmeraldUsakaze]

Dunno if it was mentioned in the comments already, but an explanation for why Domingo is such a magnet: the AI uses an aggro system to determine who to attack, and from what I understand it's either character based or class based. The squishier classes like the mages and clerics; this makes sense. BUT For some reason, Domingo has a special AI aggro priority that is so high, the only other playable unit in the game with more AI aggro than Domingo is THE HERO; aka the most valuable target ever. Domingo can *reliably* draw aggro away from *all other characters in the game* as long as they're not The Hero, and this is abusable to high heaven and back. Park DOmingo in an enemies' face and let your squishy mages beat things in the back of the head for free EXP. As long as an enemy *can* attack Domingo on their turn, *they will*.

[@ChrisWoollett]

Domingo is off the hook! Jogurt had a Domingo he might.

[@vsolyomi]

And in SFII we got Kiwi...

[@acsound]

As well as SF2's I WIN button, Peter.

[@vsolyomi]

@@acsound Fair. Though Peter is more like Bleu. I meant the defensive tank character.

[@ThePlagueWarden]

Ok, I think I see what's up with Domingo: He's kinda like the Oifey equivalent for Shining Force. Powerful in the early and midgame, and while still usable late game, you're likely to have found someone who can hold himself just as well as Domingo can at that point- if not better than Domingo.

[@noukan42]

Not really. Domingo is more like an est how they are supposed to be. At first it does not do much, but after it get a few levels it became an obscenely strong characters. In term of LTC other mages are better, but domingo is 100 times bulkier and thus far easier to use effectively.

[@aneeshsrinivas9088]

Actually Domingo is more like Jesse from fire emblem gaiden/shadows of Valentia, given that unlike traditional est archetypes he has good stats for his level.

[@JonBc14]

But what about Adam the robot? 🥺 He comes into the game at a terrible time and with bad stats. Late game tho, he's a tank with high health

[@Blockinstaller12]

I'd say characters you need to grind levels for absolutely count. Afterall, a strong character with little room to grow is less impressive than a character that starts weak, but becomes a god after enough training. Though I guess that depends on how strong the first one starts out.

[@zackryderfan1]

I've read Adam is quite tanky if grinded too however due to the enemies in the remaining chapters being tough and Adam being so weak and unpromoted it's so Much of a hassle i've never actually tried to.

[@MrEvilbyte]

The game probably has a certain list of characters it will always cycle through in the same certain order (when it comes to enemy turns). It cycles through, saying "can I attack this character on this turn?". If not, it cycles to the next character on the list. Makes sense the Protag is at the top of the list. Not sure why Domingo would be really high on the list though. At least, that's how I'd imagine how the enemy AI decides who to attack on it's turns. Some sort of internal list the game cycles through in order. And certainly NOT how squishy said character might actually be. It is a rather early SRPG, on a lowly Megadrive/Genesis. So the programming would have to be kept simple. That's my impressions anyways....

[@jimmylopez9171]

I would just like to point out that in all my time of playing shining force, I have never had them get level up stats in the double digits like shown around time 10:58

[@pathit5811]

Speaking as someone who has put thousands of hours into this game over the decades, stat increases are randomised per level up, so using a save state and save scumming it is the best way to see results like that. I have only seen increases like that naturally a handful of times, (mostly HP for Ken, attack for Zylo, and one grand slam Domingo level with absolutely insane multi-stat spread).

[@jimmylopez9171]

@@pathit5811 ahh the old save scumming technique. I was never really one for that. Mostly self challenge of whatever I get I have to work with

[@pathit5811]

@@jimmylopez9171 Indeed, especially since you don't need massive stat growth to beat the game. I was also a big fan of the "work with what you've got" method. Edit: Except one time (emulator) I decided that I absolutely had to have Arthur be a viable Mage-Knight and spent weeks save scumming his stats. He still ended up being mediocre in every respect. =D

[@jimmylopez9171]

@@pathit5811 when getting massive gains for myself for example it'll make the game slightly easier and less annoying to get through. But I'm one of those gamers that enjoy getting put through the ringer and challenged to work my way towards the finish

[@lazuardialdi2646]

Ah Yes the Mage Jellyfish

[@madmimika1973]

trying something different for the intro? i like it!

[@ViewtifulBeau]

I gotta play this again....

[@wilfridekoue1405]

not going to lie the secret items looks nice :)

[@decastar3010]

Domingo: 'Tis but a scratch

[@luispontesota6073]

The final boss from wonderful 101 is really powerful too

[@alpharius2omegaboogaloo384]

I hope next up is Lil’ Hunter from nuclear throne.

[@kokorodachiofficialchannel5062]

*The final battle. Nearly everyone is down, Max is just barely hanging on.* Max: Ngh... Guess this is what we get for underestimating a Dark Dragon... I see there’s no choice... but to bring in my secret weapon! GO DOMINGO!! *Domingo appears!* Dark Dragon: Dark Dragon: ... Is it behind the jellyfish...? Max: IT *IS* THE JELLYFISH!!! *Domingo casts Freeze 4* Dark Dragon: AAAAAAAAAA- *cue end cutscene*

[@jedicub3024]

Hey git could you possibly do one on fire emblem awakening, this video kinda made me think about how broken Donnel is as a unit and also what he can pass on to units in the future.

[@whoisthisgit]

No, because I know the more elitist side of the Fire Emblem community consider him a bad unit because he takes so much work to build up, and I really don't want to deal with them and their tedious arguments anymore.

[@jedicub3024]

@@whoisthisgit ah ok understandable, thanks for the response love your videos ^^

[@sophiaisstillagoodunit6626]

So basically mae, clair and boey blended into a squid smoothie, white kurthnaga and seth

[@wannabecinnabon]

More like Stefan or Harken, I'd say. Super crazy strong prepromote that joins midgame.

[@sophiaisstillagoodunit6626]

Yeah, but everyone know if that seth is the pinnacle of not only jagens, but of most pre-promotes

[@poppleton8727]

Looks like tentacruel got a mega evolution

[@projectember728]

So all Domingo and Bleu are just est characters coming in the late game but being real tough if there is effort put into them While Mushashi is just pent

[@Takato2527]

In GBA remake, Domingo nerfed a little cuz enemies sometimes don't target him. Meanwhile, Bleu's atk nerfed badly, but his def still high enough. However, in Shining Force CD, Domingo's def get shit on.

[@the_ultimo]

0:31 yea ok I laughed lol

[@PegasusBrill]

I have a question, since you determine strength on different factors. What about the "Aptitude" units you get in the later FE games? Donnel, Mozu and Cyril? You can get the fairly early and they can be power houses if you invest in them. Well, Cyril is a bit more debatable in that regard probably. Also, unlike "Est" type units, you can get them fairly early on in the game, so there is enough time to make them useful.

[@jamesburks2796]

But who is the most powerful out of them all? with no points removed from Bleu or Domingo for needing to be farmed before being powerful.

[@nchastan]

Not too sure if Musashi is better than Guntz. Tankier, having AoE spell + melee option in the Halberd (which cast bolt 2), and ranged with the Valkyrie, and while he doesn't fly, he only take 1 move for every terrain type. A mobility ring Guntz and Domingo moves at the same speed on most maps, and comes online much earlier since both join at the same time, clearing all those mountainous areas way before the rest of the team ever see action. That said, Musashi doesn't compete with centaurs for weapons, so it maybe balance out depending on your team

[@PAINNN666]

Zylo and Adam are great too.

[@Hektols]

It's funny why the term tank is missused in RPGs for characters with good defense and high hp but moderate attack. Those are not tanks, those are shields. Domingo with his high defense, high range attack and moblity in harsh terrains fits much better the description of a tank.