When You Fight Volo For The First Time | Pokemon Legends Arceus

His theme gave me familiar chills down my spine

[@masterwings50]

Thanks for the support guys it means a lot

[@howlerr.]

Yw

[@ItwasKindryte]

Honestly after volo's battle theme the normal piano before cynthia feels sped up XD

[@caxi-lax6299]

Dato innecesario

[@beetleR6]

Have you listened to Cynthia's theme on 1.5x speed? Its terrifying

[@JojoplayAB]

It’s actually resembles more for Cynthia’s renegade battle music in Pokémon masters since she has flipping Gartina

[@franciscoOrellana29]

@@caxi-lax6299 tranquilo yo le pregunte

[@Basically_Anybody]

Cynthia has always felt sped up for me which really takes away from the impact she's supposed to have

[@simple7708]

Volo's version feels more calm, while Cynthia's feel more dangerous, but Volo is the one trying to remake the universe, while Cynthia is one of those who would protect it. But damn, it was great hearing that theme

[@Enderlinkpawnu]

Volo and Cynthia are opposites in many ways. Heck, Cynthia’s ace pokemon is a terrifying looking ground dragon type while Volo’s is a cute looking flying fairy type. I am fairly certain the opposite paralells Volo has with Cynthia are very much intentional.

[@No-Community1380]

@@Enderlinkpawnu "fairly" Is that pun intended

[@RogueT-Rex8468]

The fact that it’s slowed down makes it feel more menacing tbh.

[@seanpokefan7429]

That’s very ironic lol

[@kamuiraiu1595]

@Voltify Cynthia can also derive from "Sentio," and "Sentio ergo sum" means "I feel, therefore I am." From what I know, the Latin phrase doesn't have the words "non" and "trump." Just "[Insert word] ergo sum."

[@kookio4284]

I think fighting Volo was a feeling I didn’t have since I fought Red in Heartgold a battle where I was like: “Oh shit, I actually should have tried.”

[@serge263]

To be honest, Volo's final battle theme is terrifying. Hearing the Champion theme start to play however on top of Mt. Silver is far more haunting if you ask me.

[@Ve1d-n]

Ayo i was like that too at heartgold.. wait also fighting cynthia

[@Ve1d-n]

Btw my pokemon levels were like 80 when i fought red..soo... i started freakin out

[@sombra2621]

I really like how Arceus gives us nostalgia like this, through music

[@masterwings50]

Too bad BDSP didn’t give that feeling

[@Kage57]

@@masterwings50 eh I never finished platinum so it was nice to finally be able to finish a gen 4 game

[@masterwings50]

@@Kage57 thats good to hear

[@ZWKGD]

@@Kage57 sinnoh game* bdsp is not a gen 4 game as remakes are a part of generation they came out during not the one they're remaking

[@Kage57]

@@ZWKGD eh you know what I meant

[@SubwaySandwichBossIngo]

I'm still not over Volo's betrayal

[@pageclayton6850]

Me neither I thought he was a real g, helping us when we were kicked out Turns out he was fake g all along 😟

[@solidzack]

Yeah same, when the entire world turned against you (kinda) and he was the only one who helped you out and introduced you to Cogita I fully trusted him

[@somethingelseentirely8948]

Get over it, we need to figure our what happened to ingo right now. Never played bdsp so never knew them, but liked the ingo guy and learned about them a little. I, who haven't played since ruby, sapphire, emerald on advanced neeeeeeeeds to know if he will ever make it back home. Here's hoping new future content address it a little.

[@re-blitz]

Same, he was my fav character and he just goes and betrays us like it’s nothing

[@el_kommander8924]

@@somethingelseentirely8948 you mean Black/White right? not Bdsp because ingo is from BW/BW2

[@autive42]

Shout-out to my shiny umbreon, Void, who carried me through both of giratina's phases. Thank Arceus that dark pulse is a sure hit move.

[@mectainea5575]

Nice I can kinda relate as my Shiny Pachirisu single-handedly broke his team apart early in the battle.

[@bingusdingus8268]

Thanks to my shiny Leafeon for beating both phases.

[@tomnorton4277]

@@mectainea5575 How on earth did Pachirisu manage that? Is this like in 2014 where a Pachirisu won the biggest official Pokemon tournament in the world?

[@MrRukrio1]

honestly i love the fact that Volo really was this one final test, just like Cynthia was. and more importantly, that he instilled the same primal fear of pianos that Cynthia does, by not only being the toughest trainer in Hisui, but also by fucking you over with a 6v8 battle with NO healing breaks, and you do not get to know that he has those two extra pokemon until they come out. i mean, you may have a hint, but it's never truly confirmed until you behold them yourself.

[@cinnabarsorcerer8970]

When the music kicked in, i was like: "Am i supose to feel scared? Let me tell you boy, i looked down the gates of hell before. Ya ain't it!"

[@JackieWV]

And then he pulls out Giratina(?)

[@cinnabarsorcerer8970]

@@JackieWV didn't face me much either.

[@heatherramirez6141]

Giratina is the gates of hell though.

[@cinnabarsorcerer8970]

@@heatherramirez6141 no. The gates of hell is Cynthia and her team

[@epicname8148]

@@cinnabarsorcerer8970 volo has cynthias team...

[@E_scape_goat]

For once in my life I feel genuinely good at the game while reading these comments cause I had no problem with Volo's fight and only had to use Decidueye, Vaporeon and Toreterra. Still, a super fun fight, and Volo's betrayal really hit hard.

[@Hadeshy]

I'm always confused when people talk about this fight because I had no issue either. The only one I had is, as I was not expecting a third fight, I decided to play dangerous just for fun so when the third fight happened I kind of regretted it xD But it still went well

[@Morbidly_obese_crocodile]

Lol I suck at the fight volo has the perfect counter to each one of my pokemon I keep on losing

[@ol3ktv134]

I think i lose because i have like lvl 69 oshawott in team and i want to only use goodra because he is my strongest pokemon

[@WeirdAhhHotdog]

Cynthia’s theme is focused on fear, because they are the champion. While Volo is both fear, and anxiety. Fear because they are the ancestor to Cynthia, but anxiety because it was unexpected. Due to the fact he was revealed to be the cause of all the madness with the literal gods of the universe by siding with satan in an attempt to enslave god for his little school project.

[@PrincessKnightNekolucario8742]

This was basically my first response to hearing That piano that I dropped my switch lite out of surprise that everyone just stared at me... because most of them remember when I first battled Cynthia in Platinum.

[@MillsMiles.]

In Alohla, in Johto, In Unova, In Sinnoh, In The past, In the future, *you cant escape her.*

[@mitchellhancock7920]

This ain't the first time you fight Volo. This is your last.

[@artificialascension]

I thought Volo was gonna hit me with that weak ass togepi then he sent out fucking spiritoom and saw a full team of six and I SCREAMED then I beat him and had to fight giritina and screamed again.

[@denbo786]

Hope he didn't kill himself, id love a rematch.

[@theinsurancestreams7933]

jesus thats dark but yeah it would fit

[@SomeSilentSerpent]

He can't have, surely. If he's Cynthia's ancestor then he needs to parent, well, someone of her family first and I'm pretty sure he's too young to have done that in the PLA canon.

[@PT5-Shorts]

@@SomeSilentSerpent Cynthia has the other ancestor so he could of

[@nosyDetective]

I can't get over how smooth Volo's movements are

[@arcticwolflover263]

my favorite thing about legends arcues is they go a different route then the what they did with the other games,like making the ancestor of cynthia a villian instead of a hero,and the team plasma members and leaders ancestors good guys it spices things up

[@error404planetnotfound9]

Cutting the video when he drops the pen would be more accurate. It's commendable how he'd still be able to eat in joy after getting Cynthia flashbacks

[@jaredmahonriopazoortega2247]

for someone that completed X/Moon/Ultramoon/Sword whitout losing, getting crunched three times by Volo felt actually great

[@nathanielbutterfield126]

When I heard Volos theme I felt my heart drop like a earthquake had hit and that’s when I started having the horrific GRUESOME flashbacks of when I caught Cynthia and in that moment I thought….. “I f’d up”

[@zeromontalvan1514]

I didn't played the original but it letme knew how terrifying Cynthia was

[@Skullgrin.]

Once the music kicked in like that, it wasn't Volo that I was afraid of, it's what came after...

[@calvinpeters653]

Like Alpharad said: I wasn't scared until I heard the piano

[@FenreldStormblade]

The entire game I sensed Volo was Cynthia's ancestor....but that battle, his team, the music... just just clinched it

[@choze4k104]

That piano hit different

[@cyndawu1940]

For me, it's the giratina reveal in this battle that made me feel nostalgic with the giratina fight for platinum

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

And he still felt more earned and balanced than BDSP Cynthia xD

[@iamnoob8835]

Who knew the theme that gave alot of people PTSD wasn't even originally theirs but was from thier ancestors based on the lore, well not me

[@missingchu8544]

Volo is THE best villain in pokemon history. The psycho look he has on his eyes as well as his undying will makes him so awesome. He looses his grip on reality so much, he even results to trying to kill a child. He literally gains your trust just to try and harm you in the end. His song is also amazing due to the fact that it’s a sick piano remix of Cynthia’s theme, that also shows how crazy and powerful he is. ALSO NOT TO MENTION HIS DESIGN, ITS SO AMAZING. He even has amazing cutscenes that make him even more insane looking. As well as the fact he is literally an ancestor of Cynthia. This man is literally the best villian to ever exist in pokemon.

[@elmarano9427]

Recuerdos de Vietnam.... 😟

[@opieoperativefunkshady9179]

goood lord....good lord, pokemon knew exactly what they were doing. had me bust just hearing that piano again.

[@guillermobernal9840]

Yeah finally a challenge. Just like stepping back in my RBY days when Pokémon was hard.

[@rifasclub]

Ehhh... I really wouldn't say RBY is hard, it's true they've become more and more easy.

[@masterwings50]

True earthquake and psychic types made the game broken

[@gicrueldad9520]

Pokemon was never hard, people truly needs to start accepting that truth.

[@creeper_rei]

@@gicrueldad9520 the firsts are, emerald is hard because we all know the game help gym liders and rivals, they always hit when confused ou paralyzed, and for us, our pokemon always hit itself by confusion, get paralyzed, and the enemy evade every attack, the game is just rigged

[@Mothy2003]

I loudly screamed "WHAT" when the music started. I was entirely unprepared. Not ready whatsoever. I was ready to fight like... Arceus or something. Not Cynthia lite. I beat him barely, second try... and then I lost where everyone does.

[@X2scepten]

The wine glass is the backstrike mechanic volo teaches you, it sets up the whole thing

[@austinmccormick8952]

I love how Ratitui was a peasant dish. Honestly some times simple meals are simple the best

[@duggerdog12]

The piano is how you know that you are going to die in the next 10 seconds

[@Kittty44]

I have fought Volo ONCE and I lost so now I am am grinding XP Candies to level up my Pokémon to beat him

[@kingmcclawson190]

the problem i have with volo's fight and alot of the late game is that it just all of a sudden ups the difficulty 10 fold . still a great fight but late game just feels like gamefreak being like " wait the games to easy , quick make everything 10x harder suddenly "

[@researchinbreeder]

The difficulty jump isn't as much of one if you're remembering to use the Grit items to raise your stats. Iirc a lot of the late-game trainers have their Effort Levels at 8+, which makes more of a difference than a level gap does.

[@Kage57]

You need to play more square enix games if this is a massive jump for you lmao

[@kingmcclawson190]

@@researchinbreeder i mean i do agree , but at the same time its still a sudden jump in difficulty, im not saying i struggled what im saying is it noticeably gets harder very suddenly. Its not a question of if you struggle its more of the fact they changed the pace of the game so suddenly

[@kingmcclawson190]

@@Kage57 a jumps a jump , i aint talking about any other game apart from pokemon here its not about how hard it gets . But it is poor game design to suddenly completely change the way you have to approach fights .

[@Kage57]

@@kingmcclawson190 you heard of a superboss? They tend to do that lol look up Galdera Octopath or Dullahan Golden Sun. They’re supposed to be challenging, jump or no jump. And jumps aren’t always bad, especially if it’s post game

[@pocketmonster1088]

I honest to god started hearing the low health beeps when the piano kicked in

[@oceanman3765]

good thing you brought that cresselia

[@bagelcatinator8243]

Yes exactly XD

[@MistressCheese]

The part that made this fight so scary is when I realized his team is 5 levels higher than my strongest

[@adrianramos7690]

Suddenly memories came flooding back

[@skoopercantdraw]

i literally started having ptsd when i fought volo for the first time

[@AkemiStormBorn]

How can this game give me nostalgia for another game I never played 😢

[@poketcg1592]

Volo is still based as fuck though. Crazy but smart, I mean the way they had him manipulate and move about the story. Chef's kiss.

[@LazyDuckGamerOnPluto]

The only reason I lost the first time I did that battle is because I accidentally brought a piplup😭😭😭

[@DragonKnight90001]

Arceus: hmm everyone seems to be afraid of This girl and her ancestor……………… screw it time to watch pain Volo and Cynthia team up battle.

[@ItsFireTiger]

I just expected him to get angry and write a bad review cause of childhood trauma

[@AliciaLopez0413]

Biggest betrayal of 2022 😭💔

[@Pokeninja7]

Anton Ego dropping BDSP as a pen be like LMAOOOO

[@santiagohernandez748]

“I fear no man… but that, theme, it scares me”

[@puppycraft1016]

this almost made me cry rember this fight from volo...I beat it... BUT THE STRESS IT CAUSED

[@puppycraft1016]

@YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HOW IT TOOK ME LIKE 6 TIMES BEFOR I BEET HIM THEN HE SENT OUT WHATS THAT DEMONS NAME AND IT TOOK ME LIKE 50 TRYS TO FINALLY FINISH

[@Jonathan123awebo]

gamefrick: we are going to release the remake of pokemon diamond and pearl to traumatize them again and we will release another game with a male version cinthya to traumatize them again

[@HyperTextMarkupLanguage-HTML]

the moment it happened, arceus cosplay knocked me out with his togepi oh wait, it evolved into togekixx

[@ExstRghtNw]

You’re telling me, that Cynthia’s badassery is not just earned, but inherit too!!????

[@w33dwag0n6]

That battle with Volo is hard he basically has 8 Pokémon two of which are legendary

[@class7876]

Just seen that moment give me the chills

[@matadeverdoemden]

Gliscor was the MVP of that fight with Swords Dance and Ice Fang.

[@astoopidperson8556]

Me: **casually has war flashbacks to the week it took me to beat Cynthia in Diamond when fighting Volo**

[@ghostdev3508]

AW SHI HERE WE GO AGAIN PTSD SHALL GO ON

[@alessandrodebonis4888]

Opponent: *opens with a Spiritomb* Me: *starts sweating*

[@overly_mysterious]

That's fight was giving me witney lvl PTSD

[@scrapykatofficial]

Strange how history repeats itself, isn't it?

[@kamuiraiu1595]

I admit, I tensed when I heard the piano. While I was reminded of Cynthia, I kinda got slightly annoyed. It's probably because I do not like Volo. While I like him as a character and a villain, I hated his personality. I already saw the signs that he would be an antagonist ever since I saw both him and Cyllene. I liked how they contrasted, and the implication that their descendants basically switched roles while retaining some quirks of the ancestor. I personally look at Volo and see a male Cynthia but as a crazy Arceus simp. I just know that if I actually was isekai'd into PLA blind, I would NOT have trusted Volo. Frankly, I think Melli is more trustworthy than him. Okay, rant over. Heh, funny meme.

[@thefool7093]

That man made me draft Goodra into my team just for the soul purpose of taking down Origin Ghiritina

[@Gloozer_]

You fight volo at the start of the game when he only has a togepi

[@Moonlitnights073]

I heard volo's theme start playing and I was SCARED

[@remyk6965]

Yes i also had flashbacks and i was indeed correct, he rocked the shit outta me like 5 times

[@superfishy1487]

Honestly I wasn’t even focused on the theme because I was so focused on trying to sweep his entire team plus both giratina forms with just basculegion (which I did)

[@fuecoco9651]

but instead of a tear its massive anxiety

[@yaboi8er]

IT'S NOT NOSTALGIA, IT'S PTSD.

[@redgyrados643]

Technically the first time you fight Volo was at the village gate with your starter vs his Togepi.

[@SamuraiGamingMikejr]

pokemon reprisented my rattatui never thought i'd see the day

[@justingabriel1765]

I mean idk if it’s an unpopular opinion or not but I think Volos theme is way better then Cynthia’s and I feel like that’s by design, they wanted to give us that PTSD while also giving us new traumatic experiences and they did it all while giving us an even better banger that we are gonna force ourselves to listen too Lmfao 🤣

[@Nova-_-]

they made a full-on battle theme out of the piano before cynthia music composers just blow my mind sometimes

[@shiny-collector-silver]

Shout-out to my girls, plague the shiny dusk out and Zelda the alpha garchomp, for carrying my literally dead team through giratina's 2 phases

[@Jayson_Tatum]

This battle, including both giratina battles, was easier than BDSP Cynthia...

[@valkenttop1647]

After i defeat a follo i so happy but i can't sleep because a nightmare

[@Sonichero151]

*FOR THE LOVE OF GOOOODDDDDD* *FOR THE LOVE OF GOOOOODDDDDDDDDD!* *PLLEEAAAASSSSEEEEE!!!!!* *DAAAMMMMMMNNNNNNN!!!!!*

[@liamyth]

I was playing Pokemon Platinum while watching this.

[@Greggorto]

he dresses like god, but uses evil spirits to fight

[@a_ninja2376]

Was actually me also saying “HOLY SHIT”

[@LockCard]

Volo for #1 rivel.

[@Divine_Finger_er]

I wonder how many people noticed he has the exact same team as Cynthia, minus Milotic being swapped with Arcanine He's definitely related to her lol

[@mintconscious]

hold up i didn't finish the game yet spOILERS.....

[@Exhaustedhale]

I haven't ever felt such triumph in beating an opponent than I did beating Volo. That was such a fun battle! Frustrating to lose, but it felt so much better to kick his ass after it was all over.

[@sandadam7055]

Volo is the ancestor of Cynthia

[@rednoir2268]

Best Battle of the game

[@patrickaftonlolbit3188]

BdSp was the warm up heres the final challenge

[@garbge8910]

Its so predictable yet so true

[@niallh1405]

volo gave me war flashbacks to eight year old me getting curb stomped by a blonde lady

[@Mousonne]

PTSD is what I felt

[@kirixwrathking]

I battled Volo with the music off. Oops

[@jm221]

Thought for sure it was going to pan over and show Skinner as BDSP

[@chrissdevano]

And then you win with only a half hp Staravia left but then Giratina slaughters it before you can even do anything :(

[@Kyumifun]

BDSP: *tries to be nostalgic by being "loyal to the original" but fails horrendously* PLA: "it's show time!"

[@bedrckx2715]

Why does volo's version slap so hard though

[@lxzy5022]

oddly enough, I beat both of them by complete accident and without preparing