Final Fantasy XIII - Boss 16 "Barthandelus" [HD]

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[ Final Fantasy XIII ]
Boss 16 "Barthandelus"
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[@bry9t]

This boss' entrance is magnificent in my opinion

[@PGGreatOak]

+Legophile Yes it is, to me it brings this feeling that you just stepped into something far grand than fighting a regular fantasy creature. This boss and its 3 battles are just that feeling of "OHHHH BOY..." :D

[@NeoArashi]

It's definitely in my top 3 of non-final boss intro of all times, along Nachtigal (Tales of Xillia) and Nova Dragon (Final Fantasy IX)

[@ktms8844]

Legophile his voice acting was so awesome in this

[@LiquidSteve89]

it really was, best part of the game imo, when this battle started i was soo hyped and was like 'omg this shit is crazy!', just wished the final climax battles and plot-line carried with that same level of excitement and 'plot-thickening' kind of intrigue

[@paulanderson3772]

Brynite His exit is sooooooo much better. Barthandelus you bastard, or is it Dysley? All that I know is he's a fucking pest! 2399900465200 Paradigm shifts later.

[@mrweasel]

Looking back, this was even more impressive graphically for its' time than I remember.

[@Vagabond-Cosmique]

I always thought that this game had the best graphics of its generation. It's still beautiful today.

[@La-hora-del-terror]

@@Vagabond-Cosmique MGS4 too looks like a final PS3 generation game

[@Mauricio-hr6gu]

Final Fantasy XIII > Final Fantasy XV

[@noahhumbard724]

@@Mauricio-hr6gu At least I remember XIII compared to XV

[@swamdono]

I tell you now, I learned my place many times before he did.

[@jbac5767]

This boss was fantastic

[@Darkstar263]

I faced him yesterday. That was an epic battle. I used Lightning, Hope and Sazh. Barthandelus is fast becoming one of my favourite videogame villains. I love the twist that he was really a Fal'Cie. Lightning and the others looked scared when they saw his real form. I didn't find him as difficult to beat as people said he was. I managed it on my first attempt.

[@BenoitAdam]

Yeah he's a very good vilain, not perfect a little bit too much redundant but better than ultimecia or kuja

[@La-hora-del-terror]

@@BenoitAdam Naah, i think Kuja is way better but i like the fact that the party (even Lightning) are scare when they see his real form

[@playwars3037]

I rushed so much he ended my first run, as I had only a single save I overwrote whenever I came to a terminal, and was so weak I couldn't farm the mob groups around. A few years ago, I bought the game on PC and tried again. That time I only came to the final area after having farmed max crystarium and max level weapons (available at that point in the game anyway) for EVERYONE. Then I popped every spray and enhancer and kicked the ever living shit out of him. It was great.

[@scarecrowhobo]

if there is one thing i know is never enter a boss battle without haste and bravery

[@logandorion2932]

+Roland Scarecrow Especially a mission mark, if you're aiming to get 5 stars. Heck, I always try to get a preemptive strike on a mission just to ensure that I do in fact get 5 stars.

[@Monocheto1]

+Logan Dorion me too xD

[@EOCB]

"Your kind feared the darkness, so we gave you light" that one single moment, where the choir starts singing and Lighting makes a scared expression for the first time ever, that one second was the only thing that kept me from going insane when I was trying to beat this guy, it took me a week.

[@asianbaddie7346]

I love at 3:29 , during the paradigm switch she quotes "Barthandelus!" soo much for immersive!!

[@trfandom250]

Remember guys, when Barthandelus starts to charge up destructo, beat the living shit out of him to reduce the damage from this attack.

[@Nurias13]

Waaaa you have saved me... I really didn't know how to kill this fucking monster =)

[@trfandom250]

Ha ha no prob, but make sure to get a lot of CP because the next boss will be even harder. lolz XD

[@Nurias13]

nooooooo..... even worst? in the end I won't be able to finish the game =P

[@trfandom250]

Don't want to spoil anything ................... look down if you wanna know .... ..... ..... ..... Cid. I was stuck fighting him for ever. Lolz, but I think you should be fine if beat this guy. :D

[@reevesnick]

I always have problems with that. I used Combat Clinic Paradigms and I died when he use Destro

[@perrlock1]

Thanks bro was straightforward unlike other walkthroughs on this boss

[@shyfly825]

Yea I know this is an old game but I decided to pull it out and play it again, I’ve always hated this boss fight but I really enjoyed this series (FFXIII) and can say I love it and I don’t understand why so many people hated it...I still don’t understand it 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@clintonwilcox4690]

It's because of how linear it is. There is far less exploration in this game than in the others of the series. It's basically a battle simulator where you walk down one long hallway for 11 chapters, then the game finally opens up a little with one side quest that is repeated numerous times.

[@franpereiravmax]

@@clintonwilcox4690 sorry but that is not enough to hate the game, not even close, ffxv is open world and is more hated than the xiii series, many other ff is linear or have a empty open world and is not hated like xiii

[@clintonwilcox4690]

@@franpereiravmax I must have missed the memo on what is and is not an appropriate reason for hating a game. Yes, of course, all Final Fantasy games are linear in that they follow a story. But most Final Fantasy games are non-linear in that they involve a massive open world that you can explore and side quests that you can complete to take a break from the main game after a while.

[@La-hora-del-terror]

@@franpereiravmax you're right. XII was more open of it's time and was hated, now, the time put it in his place. In square there must be a great complication cause XBOX 360 and PS3 limitations, Fabula Nova and XII reviews. They see XII was so hated about the boring long cutscenes, the long open stances, the many side-quest and the characters, specially Vaan. Then they make XIII in base about what people want about XII, then XIII comes out. People don't like cause is linnear and the characters are annoying (for me Vanille and his sounds makes me feel uncomfortable) so, what the hell people want?? The only thing that i don't like is the sounds of Vanille, the repetitive Side Quest (but i can stand it) and the fact that doesn't exist New Game Plus

[@franpereiravmax]

​@@La-hora-del-terror in my case i love everything about Fabula Nova, i've played nearly all FFs (i haven't played only the MMOs, X, XII and XV) and i don't understand the hate, i trully think the problem is the Hype, to all new final fantasy the fandom rise a impossible standart and everything will be a problem to them, they want perfection but nothing is truly perfect (or just a copy of VII, for part of the fandom i think that will work)

[@paoloantonio1531]

The way you shift between paradigms is sublime

[@gilian2587]

I had a team of Lightning, Hope, and Fang. Damn near impossible; attempted this battle 4 times and failed that many times. The most useful paradigms for the popcorn fights in chapter 9 were: (Com, Rav, Rav), (Com, Med, Sen) -- turtle heal, (Com, Rav, Sen) -- turtle attack, (Med, Med, Com). Couldn't crack Barthandelus that way. I switched to Lightning, Hope, and Sahz. New paradigms: (Com, Syn, Syn), (Com, Com, Med), (Rav, Med, Med), (Rav, Rav, Rav). Strategy -- started with (Com, Syn, Syn) -- waited till fully buffed, switched to (Com, Com, Med) -- smacked a head 2-3 times, switched to (Rav, Rav, Rav) and switched back to a med paradigm any time I needed to heal. Always kept an offensive team member out. Barthandelus went down like a chump.

[@Kanzuki]

I've been stuck on this boss for over 2 years now. He's the only boss I really struggle against in this game

[@Kanzuki]

Holy shit I actually managed to beat him after finding a nice strategy on another YT comment section. I'm so glad I clicked on that video

[@avasti3866]

@@Kanzuki I doubt you still remember but do you remember the title of that video? I'm still stuck after ages 😭

[@Dragonisable]

almost 10 years past but it feels like it was yesterday

[@Zoggi94]

This is one of these Awesome Final Fantasy Moments :D

[@IsaiahPettiford]

Thank you so much for posting this video. It helped me beat him today haha after 3 hours of bs

[@rsteelink]

I loved this boss battle, the music, the voice, oh yeeeeeah!

[@JaiXDe]

Wow Thanks for da Video IT HELPED ME SO GOOD!

[@matthewbrown4413]

Truly is the best team for this fight. I was skeptic about using Sazh at first but his boosts are a must for this fight 👍🏽

[@PGGreatOak]

Am I one of the many that thought this boss music was epic? I especially love the lyrics, :D Plus I beat this guy like he was NOTHING!!! XD

[@chazofalsa]

PGGreatOak you're not the only one I was shocked to find that it was composed by the composer of Death Note, Hunter x Hunter, Ouran, and Break Blade Yoshihisa Hirano!!

[@PGGreatOak]

Wow! That's amazing! O:

[@Xelpherpolis]

Man, I wonder how the story between Sahz and Jihl is gonna play out. I mean, there's been so much build up between the two, there's no way this is gonna-- 00:35 Oh... nevermind. Final Fantasy XIII, ladies and gents; where characters either have resolution without establishment, or establishment without resolution.

[@Monocheto1]

+KashelGladio haha

[@NaarghultheShadow]

Kinda like Game of Thrones.

[@Aberfflur]

KashelGladio to be honest they could've had a boss fight with Jihl right before this. Ex: When they first enter the room, Jihl says her lines, and then boss fight, and then after that we have the resolution between the two, and then Barthandelus kills Jihl, starting the whole confrontation with him.

[@ClaireYunFarronXIII]

KashelGladio What? 🙄

[@chuggaaconroyII]

this party setup was helpful thanks bro

[@theodorematsouliadis5124]

I had trouble with this fight until i used the same party setup and put on magic resist.Vanille and sazh come in clutch with the buffs and the heals(haste helps a lot),in my experience hope dies way too fast and fang is ok if you want to use her.

[@wish1602]

I like it everytime Lightning shouts Bathandelus! 😁

[@La-hora-del-terror]

Light had a thing of saying the names of his enemies when she is fighting with them

[@wish1602]

@@La-hora-del-terror yep, really cool...

[@elchanneldeluk]

Am I the only one who lost more than 5 times to this boss? As far as I remember, Haven't had a harder boss battle before...I only can't think on anyone else except for Nemesis from X

[@travos12345]

thank you soooo much :D

[@TheGuardianCore]

It almost seems like between 'I'll cover your retreat' and 'why don't you leave, Jihl?' There WAS a fight and it was removed from the game.

[@NeoArashi]

TheGuardianCore Yeah, I agree. Considering Jihl basically had Sazh grabbed by the balls at that point, I can easily see a Jihl boss fight where you are forced to play as Sazh (but get to choose the other two members) then after her innevitable defeat, "Why don't you leave, Jihl? Or rather, take your leave" It would have been pretty epic to have Sazh settle the score with Jihl by slapping the livinf shit out of her.

[@OmniTerror]

looks like the faces in both sides of Barthandelus are singing the battle song

[@RobertCrozier123]

@DarkEpyon00 thanks........ i have beat him last night, so i finally get to play the game the first time in 3 months.. all thanks to the video.

[@jogadorobscuro5579]

I love this game

[@cidschnubedubaubau6781]

Lol, people say you can just auto battle through this game. This guy wiped the floor with my balls for the better part of a week. I took a three month break before restarting the game and doing tons of grinding 😂

[@La-hora-del-terror]

I beat this boss in my first try, it was easy or at least "normal". The summons are other thing, Alexander was the most harder to defeat

[@Kaynos]

The Pope boss.

[@PhoenixSora9aOs3]

i wished i could play this again :(

[@sakurashizune]

You can use what this guy is using - Lightning, Vanille and Sazh with his arrangements, or you could use Snow, Lightning and Hope like I did and make Snow the leader so that when he uses his Destro ability ur on Mediguard/Steelguard.

[@shadowlink793]

Dude you are the man i just barely killed this guy off right now with light,hope, and fang and i was just lucky.

[@whatsthatsupposedtomean3104]

Barthandelus: Easily outclassed by a giant turtle and also a big humanoid butterfly

[@Nonikt]

Also Secret Mc Orbington

[@astralbaby6962]

The giant turtle reminded me of bulbausaur

[@AzureMoebius22]

astralbaby 69 wrong giant turtle

[@elchanneldeluk]

just like in most ATB rpg games, Haste (Sazh) and slow are the key to victory. Spent a lot of time trying to deal damage without haste in order to cancel Destrudo, without success of course

[@DarkEpyon00]

@RobertCrozier123 If you're talking about "Destrudo", you'll need to switch to a pure offensive paradigm like "Relentless Assault" and go balls-out with damage while he's charging. He'll make a noise and stumble a bit and the damage will be greatly mitigated once it does go off.

[@rockafobia]

@MagicNeinStudios u could avoid it bt u have to time ur attacks well with lightning that flip shot she does as her final attack is actually an evasive tech as well as when lightning first cast a magic spell, when she jumps back its also an evasive tech. its just all about timing enemy attacks its really reliable

[@OktoberVos]

THANKS for the Minimising-Destrudo part. I had a really good battle team, but because of that destrudo, I didn't get enough time because of the doom he casts. But you didn't even get doom!

[@amitamaru]

Man, you make this look easy.

[@FantasyWriter162]

@xNe0my I think your talking about that attack called destrudo. When he's charging up for destrudo, turn yourself into a medic and let your two partners attack. While he's still charging, select potions but don't use them yet! as soon as he releases his charge, use it at that exact moment and quickly heal your team w/ cure. Oh and watch out for doom. (There's no cure for the spell doom-- so you have to kill him ASAP!!) hope that this helps

[@rockafobia]

@TGMav well u can always go back and farm theres a farming spot not too far from that position,where all the guards are atu keep fighting them for like a half hr to an hr then you will be alright

[@logandorion2932]

you're suppose to keep attacking barthandelus when he's charging up to use his destrudo attack. if you get his chain gauge high enough, you should be able to interrupt his attack.

[@HausOfGagaBoy]

thank you :)

[@Chichichua]

@DJzero101 get everyone healed when he's charging destrudo, then buffed if you can manage it, but most importantly go into something like delta attack or relentless assault because you can 'break' his attack so it does less damage, he should grunt if you hit him hard enough and you should survive

[@TheDarkKRoo]

"Freedom is the right to all sentient beings."

[@FingerBreakerWu]

It's over, Prime.

[@Neji2XL]

@MagicNeinStudios ooops i meant his other attack i forgot what it was called (when he charges up)

[@FinalFantasykapunut]

nice video, however it would of been easier using hope and fang in replace of vanille and sazh. Haste is ok (sazh) but wont help you in the long run when he begins using destructo or w/e its called. Hope for magic and fang for commando/sentinal. Hope can fully heal any character with one full atb or cures. Anyway you looked like you have cp grinded so i was wondering what weapons and accessories you used for this?

[@Invie4196]

this feels like everytime a supervisor introduces himself i am supervisor derek voice of HR

[@dheametanasti5085]

Dysley precisely looks like the mad doctor from Human Centipede 1.

[@FinalFantasykapunut]

True sentinals are not efficent in this fight but still itsd always good to have a paradigm with a sentinal in it in case you need a damage sponge. Solidarity/delta attack are good for this fight. when you say default tier 1 weapons were they maxed out tier 1 weapons( with the star) or the basic bread and butter lvl 1 weapons? What accessories did you use?

[@majinshenmue]

@MasterOfTheUniverse! Don't take it the wrong way, I was just asking. I find it pretty genius that you took out two heads at once. Did you think of that on your own? And if I totally max out all 10 levels in all six roles with all six characters, will the missions become too damn easy? Thanks

[@Xunizal]

@Luchia635011 go to paradigms the click battle team then click the character you want to use the click the character you dont wanna use

[@azureforceM]

@BloodStainedPeach i admit that would be cool but it might be a pretty short battle since she has basically no resistance to magic along with their other l'cie abilities I'd assume.

[@GrahamChapman]

@Momentum139 Correction: All but Sazh take a step back... He is badass for a reason.

[@darkdragon6969]

i used lightning hope vanille and had hope and vanille as healers and lightning as commander i took out right side then left with hardly any issues and as soon as the heads were gone stayed that way til he starts costing destruda and then switched to com/syn/sab then after buffs and debuffs switched back to com/med/med and repeated

[@objectiveaddedvlog8189]

Having trouble is there any grinding need to done before the battle? What should my equipment stats be at before the battle?

[@Piprue]

I remember I was like three hits away from killing this jackass and then he killed me. I got so freaking pissed.

[@cavonbowen6748]

I occasionally get this game and my old 360 out to play this game and I got to this part and realized just how stupid it is when you don't take in Sahz. I had him at 1k hp and then he killed me

[@Crunchy_Troll]

Okay I'm at this part now and I can get all the way up to his destructo attack and I can only get through two of three of Thoes bastards any tricks against that

[@dajamsteryo]

Fang looks like the only one not afraid of Barthandelus

[@TwemXI]

very nice job, i just defeated him this afternoon and i used same characters :)

[@Varcovis]

Your kind FEEEARED the darkness. So epic. No Barthy, they fear YOU.

[@Darkstar263]

His Fal'Cie form reminds me of the angel bosses in Bayonetta.

[@RP88888]

its good to see how people take different approaches to this fight my approach i used light hope and fang started with medic synergist sent. Then com rav com when he starts buffing up his armour i switched to com med sab and the sab will keep all the armours defbuffed while light takes out all the armour the second half i just used rav rav com to build stagger quikly whilst throwin in com rav medic for healin 2-3 staggers took him down and stopped him from doing doom :)

[@HyperSonicXtreme]

@Trickster242 And they brought her back as a DLC fight in the Coliseum in FFXIII-2, and was more of a threat.

[@Trickster242]

Barthandelus wasn't even really evil, he just wanted his mommy back.

[@FinalFantasykapunut]

hmmm... you need a sentinal for the first part of the fight( with the four heads) otherwise hope takes a beating... What accessories did you use? was your weapons full upgraded tier 1 weapons or very raw lvl 1 weapons?

[@theglokmah]

When I first fought this battle I thought after you loss you move one.

[@hotshot12ism]

how did you get your health that high up?

[@MisticTwii]

2:31 - Where the battle starts

[@seppokorpelo5583]

I beat him with poisoning him... Deals huge damage to him (^.^)

[@sadgoy.]

Ive always wondered what the writing on barthandelus body meant

[@justinlow1990]

hey how do you train to get to such a high level??? do you just keep fighting all the soldiers??

[@rabidrobbie]

Ok, who else thought those heads on his body were singing the chorus part of the music the first time they played this?

[@ShooGou]

How are you able to survive from that Destrudo attack? I die every time it hits!

[@jayhow92]

@TGMav yea you can. I did it. You don't have to be maxed out to beat this guy, you just can't auto-battle to win it so it takes some actual skill.

[@chinguetas47810]

This boss is really hard guys, so you just need to setup your party with Sazh, Light and Vanille. Cast Fortisol and Aegisol at the beginning and that is it.

[@MirageVelondor]

@wadefan2k12 I just used some aerosols before battle and used Lightning, Hope and Fang. Took him down on the first try.

[@UltimegaSeven]

@tonitheking Someone finally agrees. i mean, look at this. True, it's not as open as the other FF, but had a good but confusing story and awesome gameplay, not to mention that you get great graphics and a system that requires timing and skill. They did great on the music and the characters were top notch!

[@OmegaSpeedBuster]

I know how you feel, Barthandelus was one of the hardest bosses I've ever fought in this game.

[@Xunizal]

I remember when I beat him for the first time after so much struggling....and my console abruptly shut off during the following cutscene. I think it was because the power cord came undone or something. My God, that was painful.

[@vincentvalentine142]

I just have one question. What equipment did you use? I've been stuck on this boss for ages. I took a break for over a year cause I get massively slaughtered every time I fight him. I already added up farm and grind your butt off level gear maxing out crystarium for max effectiveness. Any suggestions on helping me kick this boss's butt from here to Kingdom come. I'm tired of getting my butt kicked. I've even tried different heros I'm just stuck on what equipment to be used. I've even toyed with the idea using Aegisol and Fortisol for the extra help.

[@efilecir8937]

- use item libra-scope to scan the boss & boss's parts first - wipe out all the mini-parts first, then come finish the big boss - i believe I used Lightning, Snow, Sanz; b/c only these three have 4atb by this time. - Para: Com to atk & delay chain-gauge reduce Rav to fill chain gauge quick Sent & Medic for survival. Syn to have Sanz buff your team. - Call Odin, have Sanz learnt Haste, etc... - Learn the trick to change-para frequent during fight & abuse Auto-action; so then your atb gauge filled quickly & your character do things nonstop / no-delay. when team leader done the chain-of-action, u quick change para, & the atb gauge will be full after short para-shift animation > execute the next chain of action / atk. that like 5-7 sec faster than waiting the gauge filled.

[@Qballiz2kool]

@@efilecir8937 I went in with Light, Vanille, and Sazh. Before I stated the fight I used the items that give you the buffs. I started the fight with Com, Rav, Com and just spammed blitz on each of the heads, once those were dead I then used Rav, Rav, Rav and kept hitting Barthandelus until he staggered. If he’d do the mouth beam I’d wait till the last second and switch to Med, Med, Syn to heal any dmg taken, I’d then switch back to Rav, Rav, Rav and continue damaging him. As for his charge up multi laser attack dps check thing, while I wasn’t able to knock him out of it, I was able to consistently stagger him and mitigate the dmg from his attack to where it barely damaged my party by switching to Com, Rav, Com to keep start up the chain gauge, and also keep it from going down fast, and then quickly switching to Rav, Rav, Rav the entire time to damage him. Using this strategy and party I was able to kill him first try in 1min 17sec. I never saw the boss cast doom which I was actually surprised about.

[@shooby9496]

I only played this game for a few hours on a rental once, wasn't really for me. But I do remember watching an old friend of mine throw herself at this boss at least 3 times getting brought low by doom each time. I'd say it's worth something when you can make an impression as a videogame boss to someone who's never truly played the game.

[@RebelCannonClub74]

@TheAgent181 main head is the choragos, the other heads are the chorus, kill them, then theres no more music

[@zeffitelee7064]

This boss took me 20 mins with Lighting Fang and hope. Hope is paper. And like after I defeated his wings, I was only able to stagger him once. I could not do it again as he resets too fast. I had Rav rav and commando. And could not stagger. I was able to sustain and kill him via chipping his health. Took me 25 mins. I did not die once, but I definitely felt way too weak for this fight. I am scared moving forward. Did I not upgrade my char enough? Or was my team composition completely wrong…..

[@maztah0818]

im almost half but suddenly his laser kill me easily, what is the proper strategy can someone help me

[@DuskWolf224]

Probably the best song in the game What happened to Utematsu anyway? Did he retire or something?

[@keybladelol]

DAMNIT, DOOOOOOM!!!!!

[@SkywardSword88]

It took me 7mins with Lightning, Sazh and Vanille

[@Meatbagz]

wow, now I can stop destrudo. Thanks dude. o_o..

[@nohopeless]

longer than it needed to? did u notice the target time? it is 11 minutes, he is underleveled than most other players that have a 9 minute or less target time (lower target time means you are that much more powerful) and he did it 4 minutes faster than his target time compared to the others who only did it in 2 minutes faster.

[@RebelCannonClub74]

@MasterLL the main head is the choragos

[@sora5586]

What was the equipment set up?

[@naruto123873]

masterll can you help me step by step on defting Barthandelus

[@jebbbuz]

which weapon is Light using? and in which level? my hits only hurt 300 points o_O

[@pgorb]

how did you get haste thru the whole battle.

[@SilvarusLupus]

When I first fought him, I thought he was just a fake-out boss. Then I died to him. I came back with this team and won. His magic spamming is the worst.

[@jaapengel79]

Got him in 2 tries. Had a pretty decently working tactic. Died on the doomcounter the first time but I didn't even see the counter start the 2nd time when I defeated him..

[@Bigboi54]

Bart keeps casting LV.3 Blizzaga, Waterga and Thunderga. How can I withstand it? I keep dyin' on that part.

[@Th3ba1r0n]

I am interested in what those shields on his Falcie form say. :D