Top 5 Final Fantasy Summons

[@BYERE]

Anima still has one of the greatest entrances in all the FF game summons :P

[@meeu]

FFVIII's intro summons are arguably the best in the series. a total badassery.

[@furygun3170]

Really... Zodiark from final fantasy 12 is not there? He should be number 2 if not 1. This is basically what happens: He dives into an ocean, and then a massive egg rises from the ocean, an evolved version of zodiark being hatched with extremely massive wings. Then he turns into some big creature of energy that covers his whole body. THEN he SHATTERS the whole scenery, only to go up into space, And then unleashes a mental explosion that destroys the univeree. Irony? He was still an infant when he did all that Case closed.

[@furygun3170]

Universe*

[@robezy0]

+Fury Gun See that why, I cant even describe what happens on GF Eden xD

[@PunkJohnHC]

Maybe number 2, Eternal Breath still being better.

[@haljourdan6345]

Remember the good ol days when a summon could only take 5 seconds and still look cool? And not be discouraged to use more powerful summons because it took like a minute for the cutscene to end?

[@bloodyax8070]

+Haltendo Have you ever used Bahumate ZERO with quad? (makes you cast a materia 4 times) Many enemies die over the time of 5 minutes.

[@JakeGroeblinghoff]

Eternal Darkness could pass as a Transformer.

[@biggybiggy1]

all that for 9000 dmg

[@Alex-jd2yx]

biggybiggy1 actually it was 60,000 and the game makers made eden weaker with not much turbo compared too the other G.Fs..

[@monkeyboy1026]

biggybiggy1 well most you can do is 9999 in FFIX and yeah... first time my older brother used Eternal Darkness, we were like "this is going to be powerful!!" .... hahaha... I'mma just say... we were disappointed... GREATLY!!

[@Alex-jd2yx]

Aaron Boothe the game was intended too be like the originals in more ways then one with the 9999 cap off and the small cartoon people, im sure eternal darkness would be way over 9999 realistically

[@monkeyboy1026]

rexus Strong realistically yes... so could Bahamut's or Leviathan's attacks

[@doodle8386]

Zidane: Dagger We need megapode power now!Dagger:got ItSummon Megazord Activated

[@MrBobby35790]

Always loved FF8's Doomtrain. No direct damage, but hitting an enemy with every negative status effect? Yes please.

[@cramirez3855]

🐦

[@joseabedramiirezlopez2788]

Im from the future, and the summon from Final Fantasy XV (first known as Final Fantasy versus XIII) had ridiculous but amazing summons.

[@Alex-jd2yx]

+José Abed Ramiírez López theres not enough summons in 1 and they dont do anything but one move smh!

[@Lomaxient]

I prefer the smaller summons. FF7) Bahamut, Neo-Bahamut, Phoenix & Hades, FF8) Diablos & Ifrit. _FF9) Odin & Alexander (cut scenes)._ _FF15) Leviathan (cut scene)._ I haven't thought much to any of the summons since 8. FF9 had the best Shiva though. FF10's Anima looked really promising, but I don't really like his Oblivion move. FF12 summons are all a bit too artsy for me & I haven't played 13.

[@Kharsonist]

well oblivion looks kinda cool.cause it's like an oh crap moment when he breaks the chains.but after the first time it sucks.and ff10 shiva was the best in my opinon.i just love that snap.

[@felixp535]

Yojimbo in FFX is really cool and epic too :D Zanmato is annoying but Yojimbo is perfect! :D

[@Lomaxient]

Félix Pinchon Zanmato is the reason he didn't get a mention. What's the point of having a super boss like Penance if you can just kill it in one hit? What were they thinking? Odin, Gilgamesh & Yojimbo are all badass characters, but their moves are so irritating from FF8 onwards.

[@jeromedado7416]

bahamut,is one the most power and one the best summon.

[@jeromedado7416]

the most powerfull,one of the best..

[@tyronetiggums6441]

Man, Eternal Darkness's animation isn't worth the damage it outputs. At least with FF8, the last summon is actually worth it. I don't see why so many people hate FF8, It's easily the most underrated FF game ever.

[@brandonboykin9432]

9,000+ damage is a lot of damage for FF9. Ozma, the strongest boss in the game, only has 55,000 HP.

[@tyronetiggums6441]

*+Brandon Boykin* That's probably one of the only problems with FF9: it never feels like you do alot of damage. FF8's toughest enemy, Omega Weapon, has about 1.1M HP and it feels satisfying when you land a Lionheart on it.

[@SwordHMX]

Brandon Boykin Yeah, and only Quale has over 60,000. They had to program Necron to constantly be under shell and protect to make him last.

[@brandonboykin9432]

~shrug~

[@xxSturdyWingsxx]

I think a lot of people didn't like the junction system. Though I'm playing through it now and I really like it!

[@oluftheexplorer9476]

I personally think the coolest summons ever are all from Final Fantasy 9.

[@SmokerFace12]

Number 1 is overkill

[@Alex-jd2yx]

+SmokerFace12 way to ridiculous but still bad ass lol

[@RikkuMaraschino]

Am I the only one hooked on the FFX Win Fanfare theme?

[@zedstreams4765]

To those who says Eden and the likes are epic ... etc. I only see some visuals that do not make sense. I bet you not even the ones who created these summons can explain the visuals you see. And if anyone wants to try , let's hear it.

[@jonathandeck9099]

While it is confusing, my belief is that Eden is a "living ship". This could be due to the concept behind the "Garden of Eden" and the main ship you start off in FF8 has a root name "Garden" (Balamb Garden and Galbadia Garden). Whether or not it has anything to do with that, the animation is showing Eden aligning the enemy at the apex of the ship, then launching the enemy (via energy beam) to another destination where it explodes. Now this explosion is what's baffling because if you look at the setting it's a galaxy. So, some how Eden is able to fire a beam capable of sending the enemy to another galaxy where it, and the galaxy is blown up. Keep in mind that I'm sure squaresoft overestimated the attack because feats like that are incomprehensible. This is what I gathered from it and what seems to make sense logically.

[@the13thjoker]

Jonathan Deck Eden is strongest GF (summon) in FF 8 but it only appear in ff 8. I prefer Odin zantetsuken that can deal instant dead to regular enemy. Too bad he is the one that get zantetsuken in FF 8 by Seifer.

[@jonathandeck9099]

DJ Weaver Cabral I agree with you bro. It's funny to see what these summons do and wonder why they just don't make you win the game instantly. Lol

[@jonathandeck9099]

Noctis Lucis Caelum yeah odin was so awesome in ff8. It was unfortunate to have him replaced by Gilgamesh. I just don't see how Seifer could ever hope to take on Odin in a sword fight.

[@the13thjoker]

Jonathan Deck Perhaps Odin to arrogance in FF 8. He comes when we not need him and comes whenever he like it. For example, in FF 8 there is rare monster called Ruby Dragon and have meteor magic. When we fight him and want to draw meteor magic, Odin just came thinking he is savior of the day and slice rare rubydragon become two, but i want draw meteor magic from him ?

[@kwititnow]

In ff8, as status changes were an absolute nightmare, I loved Doomtrain and the extra skills that Alexander allowed you to access were useful too.

[@fairuzm16]

I just like all summon from ff 8

[@afifahnuri472]

yess.. FF8 summons are the best..

[@akfek]

Enjoyed the video. Bahamaut Zero is still my favorite FF summon. It might not be animated as nicely as the rest, but conceptually a giant space dragon blasting a foe from geosynchronous orbit is just the coolest summon idea Square has had to date IMO.

[@el00morro00]

wha no Diabolos??? and no love for the older games another post FFVII fan boy

[@Wolfdoggie]

Diablos is my #1 Favorite. :

[@LeonGun8]

Maybe it's becausemost pre FF6 summons were very "lacking" in terms of animation. FF4's summons looked a bit better in the handheld remake but the originalsummons didn't look "ok" until FF6 and it wasn't until FF7 that they became actual cinematic spectacles that became more and more grand in scope (same goes for the music which became more and more grandiose from FF7 onward). By this I'mnot saying old school is "bad", I'm saying that the series did move forward and that honestly,some aspects from the old school titles were blown out of the water by the move to 3D.

[@isocryd]

You gotta stand in awe of Eden. Sends you to a different galaxy and explodes with such precision that you bounce right back to where you were.

[@Bananadine]

god damn this stuff makes me feel better about outgrowing this series right about when it went 3D it sucks to no longer love a thing you used to love, but... I mean I do like to make a choice or two when I'm playing a game, rather than just sitting back for two minutes to watch some uninspired, overskilled bunch of Japanese animators have an orgasm all over my screen that said, Anima is pretty awesome, unlike most FF summons it actually has some personality and character other than just "oo look at the fireworks"

[@zedstreams4765]

In other words. Chains and bandages is all it takes to impress you. Gotcha.

[@KatyWhitekavkj]

Knights of the Round will always be my personal fave - I'm so glad you included it. :-) After all the crap you go through to get it with endless Chocobo races and breeding, it was a fitting reward. :D

[@HellCallBack]

My favorite part of Final Fantasy games are summons/Eidolons. And this list was good

[@DarkSymphony777]

HellCallBack eidolons.....(looks up eidolon beast Elysium..... it's freaking Eden in yugioh form)

[@scarlace]

Agree by far on the number one choice! I mean launching an enemy with an advanced higly consentrated laser beam into an galaxy's senter creating a black hole that obliterates everything around it, now that is an epic summon

[@adventenvy7]

Looking back on how long it took to summon these beings and for them to attack, the enemy could have easily moved out of the way. It was very nice of them to hold still for so long...

[@TheWorldIsSquareBand]

What an AMAZING Top 5 list! You done did good dude. Gotta love Eden! So underrated for epicness! ~ Nick

[@BlueMeeple]

I love how the planets in these summons are shown as 'spheres' when everyone knows they're in fact (at least on world maps) 'toruses/tori'...

[@zyzxxinfinity]

Anima is Seymour's mother who became a Fayth at the hands of Yunalesca. She wanted to help her son (Seymour) defeat Sin and chose to become an Aeon to assist him. He, however, was originally not happy about her choice, and it probably didn't help overall with his psychosis. This is all revealed in the game. Anima has more back story than any of the other Aeons. Most don't really have any.

[@MarkNull]

Gotta admit, not just the epic storylines, but also the badass wild summons the creators made lured me into the FF world, but of course no one can just settle for a couple of reasons why we love FF :P

[@dactylionpriest]

Eden still remains to be my fav as well, and the Boost ability was a great idea (which they needed to bring back in later FF games) because it gave the player something to do while they watched the animation sequence.

[@RukudoSage69]

Yes, Ozma can drop dark matter as well as have it stolen from it, but the original dark matter that was removed from Garnet's body can be bought back much much earlier at the treno auction house.

[@ryan489]

It's great to see some FF VIII love in there. I really like that game and sometimes I feel it takes a lot of crap that it doesn't deserve. The story was good, the graphics were amazing I loved the futuristic setting just like I did with VII.

[@zerowat1914]

I think Eden is putting the enemy in a virtual world; that would explain the Tron-like grid, the blurry screen at the beginning, and all the flashing screens around Eden at the beginning.

[@keyblade280]

Then again in my opinion every summon deserves recognition as they are all pretty damn sweet in their own way

[@RukudoSage69]

Nice selection. Here are my top twenty. 1) Bahamut (FF4 DS) 2) Maduin (FF6) 3) Alexander (FF6) 4) Knights of the Round (FF7) 5) Bahamut Zero (FF7) 6) Hades (FF7) 7) Neo Bahamut (FF7) 8) Super Nova (Sephiroth's summon/FF7) 9) Eden (FF8) 10) Diablos (FF8) 11) Doomtrain (FF8) 12) Odin (FF8) 13) Alexander (FF8) 14) Bahamut (FF8) 15) Ark (FF9) 16) Atomos (FF9) 17) Madeen (FF9) 18) Anima (FF10) 19) Shiva (FF10) 20) Ultima (FF12)

[@Dragonhero1996]

Lol I'm so used to seeing things in 3D (3DS), so I expected these graphics to pop out at me with great depth! I really hope they make Final Fantasy for 3DS, you would literally be "in" the game!

[@Koriant88]

Most of the summons were just outlandishly ridiculous, but I LOVED it xD

[@TheWhoAndTheHare]

I like how Forida is in the background when Ark enters the atmosphere.

[@zibbitybibbitybop]

That last summon has a hell of a long buildup just to fire a giant rainbow laser.

[@RonnieDias]

WTF the last summon is insane o.o

[@AggressionSsbb]

Holy shit at that last one. I never remembered this stuff but wow! They shot that thing into a black hole using the earths energy.

[@Immersible_]

You know...I love how they call it "Eternal Darkness", yet its actually quite bright. XD

[@sparkmcnicholl4064]

You are absolutely right here. The maximum damage you can deal in 8 is 9999, but then Eden comes along and is like "fuck that!" and does like 30000 or some ridiculous number. This is a summon that is so badass it defies the rules of the game it's in. DAMN! (I guess it would eventually be pointed out to me that kamikaze does the same thing, but we're talking about summons here, people.)

[@ozzyblazer16]

First I read "Top 5" and then I saw the length of the video, and I immediately knew Knights of the Round would be somewhere in this list :)

[@rocksinoo]

The first time I played FFVIII I only used G Forces and barely anything else because they were beautiful and powerful (and I also didn't have a clue at that time why I should use anything else). True story.

[@xRocketzFighterx]

This is why I still love all FF games summons scenes never get old

[@soufO7O]

The materia is called 'Knights Of Round' (Knights Of The Round or KOTR) which is the name of the thirteen knights as a group, just like the shiva materia is called Shiva. The Attack is called Ultimate End.

[@gethermedel3620]

The 1 and only Neo Bahamut FF7

[@ericswitzer8360]

I can't believe Carbuncle didn't make the cut. Such a great summon!

[@brady6723]

I never realized how unnecessarily long these summons were.

[@lucyjolly8807]

During Knights of the Round, however, you have time to do all that AND single handedly pro-create the actual knights.

[@RukudoSage69]

Nice!!! My top twenty are bahamut-ff4 ds, maduin-ff6, hades-ff7, KoR-ff7, bahamut zero-ff7, Kjata-ff7, alexander-ff8, doomtrain-ff8, eden-ff8, cactuar-ff8, Ark-ff9, odin-ff9, madeen-ff9, atomos-ff9, magus sisters-ff10, anima-ff10, Ifrit-ff10, shiva-ff10, Ultima-ff12 and Zodiark-ff12.

[@RobertAustinMusic]

I bet that Chimera never even saw it coming :')

[@xTheDeathSaintx]

i wish someone would remake all of these in hd. it would be beautiful

[@ragekz]

Loved the FFVIII summons...but not being able to skip them was a huge oversight on Square's part. Eventually you just want to use them for the damage and not have to sit through a 1-2 minute cutscene that you've seen 10+ times already. iirc IX corrected this with the shortened versions after the original. But oftentimes I would just not use them because I ddn't want to sit through the cutscene again.

[@11thLegendaryWarrior]

My top 5 are: 5) Yojimbo - Zanmato, busts out a cool looking katana and just slices any enemy clean in half with it 4) Odin (FFXIII)- Zantetsuken, a tornado of sword slashes and lightning strikes and I just think it looks cool 3) Ifrit (FFX) - Hellfire, engulfs opponent in flames and then throws a giant boulder at them brutal 2) Alexander (FFIX) - Owns Bahamut of all things with hundreds of holy blasts yeah awesome. 1) Anima - Oblivion, Yeah she needs no explanation or shouldn't anyway.

[@DarthWampa_]

Im surprised yet not surprised that Golem isn't on this list. Golem is one of the best and most abusive summons in the series. He basically blocks All physical attacks for a mid-long amount of time. The best part is that his MP cost isn't too bad. Golem was in FFV and FFVI. I like FFV's better.

[@robbieclark3853]

i love how he just kills a chimera with the eden summon lol

[@okamiyazaki]

Chaos is one of my favorites too, the animation was awesome.

[@TheSicklyCat]

I like that the ff7 summons are demonstrated on the snake.

[@warhamst3r]

Here's an explanation on number one. Eden is brought from another dimension with the highest capabilities of space-time manipulation possible. Eden is brought to our world, where she then brings the being in need of judgment through her abilities into the other world. There, Eden can unleash her full potential. The earth is but a representation on the monstrosity of a cannon she is about to unleash. They are shot into another galaxy, where it collapses on the foe and hurled back down to earth.

[@Searchmeister]

- Where was FF7'S Hades? - Where was FF8'S Doomtrain?

[@W00TMN]

best are Odin(ff8), hades(ff7), yojimbo(ffx), diabalos(ff8) and shiva(ff8)

[@Gearz86]

back when square took pride in their summons

[@JLConawayII]

Bahamut Zero is my favorite as well. That attack looks like it should split the planet in half. Damn the 9999 damage limit, I always wanted to see what that could actually do at high levels.

[@Ryder.Draconis]

I think it's safe to say that Ramuh from FF15 is number 1 now.

[@Nestmind]

+Ryder Draconis not yet, still want to see Alexander and Bahamut...then we can discuss

[@PongzeLor]

Great choices! Totally forgot about number 1

[@DarthWall275]

Anima is straight-up terrifying, but Bahamut and Ixion are my favourites

[@Ghostlicht]

FF8's Bahamut is beautiful... Ark's and Neo Bahamut's attack effects are really cool.

[@PyromaniacAxel]

My favorite ones (Excluding FFXIII's summons) are as follows: Phoenix - FFVIII's in terms of artwork; IX's for summoning. Bahamut Zero Bahamut (FFVIII's, just because of how awesome the summoning looked!) Fenrir - FFIX Leviathan (FFVIII's) Quetzacoltis - FFVIII Odin - FFIX Ixion - FFX Knights of the Round - FFVII If I was to add FFXIII to the list, Odin and Bahamut would be added to the list.

[@jacksonmorton100]

Eden is cool. He diserves the title "God of all Summonings" in Final Fantasy history.

[@roxas3soraxxx]

that was so cool omg nice music with it

[@AnbuKakashiHatake007]

Coming in at number 5, a beautiful Bahamut ZERO with a wonderful Terra Flare! Always a crowd pleaser. Taking number 4 is Anima with his Oblivion! Number 3 is what appears to be an Ark with Eternal Darkness! Falling short of number one, we have King Arther and his Knights! Taking number one this week... EDEN with Eternal Breath! Always a great move to use when you have time.

[@AceofKuja]

when you did the dramatic buildup for number 1 and started playing Liberi Fatali, I was hoping it would be carbuncle.

[@shinyguru]

Liberi Fatali is the song name used. Used in FF8 and in the intro of the game.

[@daniz0rz]

lol... I totally remember how long some of the summoning sequences would last... and my mom wondered why I was playing the games for soooo long.

[@yamiRic]

Perfect score for this video... hehehe completely agree with every summon here Bahamut FFVIII, Bahamut Zero, Ark, Anima, Eden, Knight of Rounds, and Chubby Chocobo

[@Jordan667]

THE ENDING WAS BEAST!! LOL! But on animation I would have to say you got it down. though Some of 12's are pretty good, you should have done top 10 lol

[@Calbenmike]

I've researched it since your previous post and it looks like it's just going to be a "HD" remake, but if it's just a FF X skin with HD upgrade, it's nothing more than a remaster. I hope that it will be a total remake.

[@Shuyin128MK4]

any1 else notice how the #3 guy and Eden's attacks together make up over half of the video time wise?

[@GKuriboh]

#5 Bahamut ZERO using Tetra Flare #4 Anima using Oblivion #3 Ark using Eternal Darkness #2 Knights of the Round using Ultimate End #1 Eden using Eternal Breath Most were named by their attacks in this video...This should help with who the summon/Esper/GF is.

[@Ryder.Draconis]

I've beaten the game 5 times and gotten to 250 on all summons hundreds of times.

[@RukudoSage69]

I heard a rumor or theory that the name knights of the round was just a metaphor and that the knights of the summon were actually supposed to be the zodiac braves from the tactics universe lol.

[@supafly1983]

Eden is off the dial. Crazy summon. My personal fav is Bahamut Fury from crisis core.

[@Zoten001]

Eden, the WMD so powerful, it broke the damage limit...

[@TheHamborambo]

all these attacks look like nothing can survive it, yet they do

[@michaelcairns3176]

Wow it's been a long time since I have seen these summons but they awesome

[@adamlooze99]

sephiroths super nova should be here

[@edwn00005]

i haven't played final fantasy games for a while... come to think of it, how did i lived to watch summoning espers/aeons/g.f.'s/...etc. over and over again.

[@limepunkrocker]

I'd say FF8 had really outstanding interpretations with the Guardian Force/Summons. Eden is my favorite of all time, just its name gives me chills. I'd like Square to remake FF8 and glorify the epicness of the Guardian Forces it had :)

[@joeybare]

I was hoping Ark summon was number 1, but it was number 3. :( However, I'm glad to know that you and I both know Knights of the Round deserves number 2!

[@christhom7200]

Eden is meant to be the ultimate Garden, as both the name and particularly the shape suggest. Interestingly it is also one of only two ultimate summons in the FF series to be female - the other being the Magus Sisters in FFX.

[@stopler]

Nothing can't beat Yojimbo Zanmato .Yojimbo got the looks and the strength while the other is just for the shows.

[@bakedfresh13]

Dude, chocobos were so freakin' awesome in FF8. Totally luld at the end!

[@89Valkyrie]

That number 1...was one AWESOME summon, worthy of it's place. Kind of ridiculous though haha.

[@thaloh]

#1 was so absolutely off-the-chart epic. I think it was because of the opening theme..... JUST maybe......

[@smileybomb123]

attacking normally does more damage than the summons in that period of time

[@XixesOM]

I'm sure it has been mentioned before...but #2 is called Knights of the Round.

[@quango4158]

bahamut is a must when you talk about FF's summons but I kinda like Knights of the Round best if you mention FF7, well, cause I love King Arthur and his Knights's legend! beside, that summon is freaking strong!

[@rohobian]

Ya, apparently a surprising number of people liked 8 and 9. I was disappointed enough in 8 that I didn't bother finishing it. 9 was ok I guess, but 7 was easily my favorite. I really enjoyed the side quests, maybe that's what 8 and 9 were lacking for me