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Matt J. Dave
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Приєднався 18 сер 2009
Former youtube pooper, former fanfic writer, nowadays I'm writing actual books.
A new big video has just been uploaded, and you can expect more long-form content on whatever takes my fancy in the future.
Here's a link to my book series:
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09B8RCQHT?binding=kindle_edition&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tukn
A new big video has just been uploaded, and you can expect more long-form content on whatever takes my fancy in the future.
Here's a link to my book series:
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09B8RCQHT?binding=kindle_edition&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tukn
Touhou Project: Ranking EVERY Playable Shot! #touhouproject #tierlist #ranking #longformvideo
Here it is, the big months-long project is finally done and finally uploaded. This gargantuan video is a ranking of every playable shot in every mainline game of the Touhou Project, all the way from Story of Eastern Wonderland (Touhou 2) to Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost (Touhou 19), from the perspective of a regular joe 1CCing them on Normal.
This is a long watch, so by all means, stick this on in the background while you do something productive with your life. Naturally, if you have fun with the video, do the whole like/subscribe song and dance; I'm not exactly making money from this site, nor do I ever intend to, but it's fun to watch numbers go up.
Make your own version of this tier list here: tiermaker.com/create/touhou-playable-shot-types-tier-list-17105514
Music used:
Introduction: EoSD Main Menu Theme - A Dream That is More Scarlet Than Red.
SoEW Section: SoEW Stage 4 Theme - Himorogi, Burn in Violet.
PoDD Section: PoDD Kotohime's Theme - Maniacal Princess.
LLS Section: LLS Stage 3 Theme - Bad Apple!!
MS Section: MS Stage 2 Theme - Dimension of Reverie.
EoSD Section: EoSD Stage 4 Theme - Voile, the Magic Library.
PCB Section: PCB Stage 1 Theme - Paradise ~ Deep Mountain.
IN Section: IN Stage 3 Theme - Nostalgic Blood of the East ~ Old World.
PoFV Section: PoFV Komachi's Theme - Higan Retour ~ Riverside View.
???: Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney OST - Investigation ~ Core 2001.
MoF Section: MoF Stage 2 Theme - Road of the Apotropaic God ~ Dark Road.
SubAni Section: SubAni Stage 3 Theme - Walking the Streets of a Former Hell.
UFO Section: UFO Stage 4 Theme - Interdimensional Voyage of a Ghostly Passenger Ship.
TD Section: TD Final Stage Theme - A Small Desire's Starry Sky.
DDC Section: DDC Stage 2 Theme - Humans and Youkai Coming and Going at the Canal.
LoLK Section: LoLK Stage 3 Theme - The Mysterious Shrine Maiden Flying Through Space.
HSiFS Section: HSiFS Stage 1 Theme - A Star of Hope Rises in the Blue Sky.
WBaWC Section: WBaWC Final Stage Theme - Electric Heritage.
UM Section: UM Stage 5 Theme - The Long-Awaited Oumagatoki.
UDoALG Section: UDoALG Hisami's Theme - The Path to Yomi Where None Turn Back.
Conclusion: MoF Main Menu Theme - Sealed Gods.
???: HRtP YuugenMagan/Mima's Theme - Angel's Legend.
Chapters:
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:03:33 - Story of Eastern Wonderland
0:07:36 - Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream
0:08:57 - Lotus Land Story
0:13:02 - Mystic Square
0:17:20 - Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
0:22:36 - Perfect Cherry Blossom
0:29:15 - Imperishable Night
0:36:16 - Phantasmagoria of Flower View
0:39:50 - Mountain of Faith
0:45:49 - Subterranean Animism
0:52:43 - Undefined Fantastic Object
0:59:17 - Ten Desires
1:04:38 - Double Dealing Character
1:11:46 - Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom
1:15:59 - Hidden Star in Four Seasons
1:20:48 - Wily Beast and Weakest Creature
1:27:56 - Unconnected Marketeers
1:34:54 - Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost
1:39:11 - Conclusion
This is a long watch, so by all means, stick this on in the background while you do something productive with your life. Naturally, if you have fun with the video, do the whole like/subscribe song and dance; I'm not exactly making money from this site, nor do I ever intend to, but it's fun to watch numbers go up.
Make your own version of this tier list here: tiermaker.com/create/touhou-playable-shot-types-tier-list-17105514
Music used:
Introduction: EoSD Main Menu Theme - A Dream That is More Scarlet Than Red.
SoEW Section: SoEW Stage 4 Theme - Himorogi, Burn in Violet.
PoDD Section: PoDD Kotohime's Theme - Maniacal Princess.
LLS Section: LLS Stage 3 Theme - Bad Apple!!
MS Section: MS Stage 2 Theme - Dimension of Reverie.
EoSD Section: EoSD Stage 4 Theme - Voile, the Magic Library.
PCB Section: PCB Stage 1 Theme - Paradise ~ Deep Mountain.
IN Section: IN Stage 3 Theme - Nostalgic Blood of the East ~ Old World.
PoFV Section: PoFV Komachi's Theme - Higan Retour ~ Riverside View.
???: Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney OST - Investigation ~ Core 2001.
MoF Section: MoF Stage 2 Theme - Road of the Apotropaic God ~ Dark Road.
SubAni Section: SubAni Stage 3 Theme - Walking the Streets of a Former Hell.
UFO Section: UFO Stage 4 Theme - Interdimensional Voyage of a Ghostly Passenger Ship.
TD Section: TD Final Stage Theme - A Small Desire's Starry Sky.
DDC Section: DDC Stage 2 Theme - Humans and Youkai Coming and Going at the Canal.
LoLK Section: LoLK Stage 3 Theme - The Mysterious Shrine Maiden Flying Through Space.
HSiFS Section: HSiFS Stage 1 Theme - A Star of Hope Rises in the Blue Sky.
WBaWC Section: WBaWC Final Stage Theme - Electric Heritage.
UM Section: UM Stage 5 Theme - The Long-Awaited Oumagatoki.
UDoALG Section: UDoALG Hisami's Theme - The Path to Yomi Where None Turn Back.
Conclusion: MoF Main Menu Theme - Sealed Gods.
???: HRtP YuugenMagan/Mima's Theme - Angel's Legend.
Chapters:
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:03:33 - Story of Eastern Wonderland
0:07:36 - Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream
0:08:57 - Lotus Land Story
0:13:02 - Mystic Square
0:17:20 - Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
0:22:36 - Perfect Cherry Blossom
0:29:15 - Imperishable Night
0:36:16 - Phantasmagoria of Flower View
0:39:50 - Mountain of Faith
0:45:49 - Subterranean Animism
0:52:43 - Undefined Fantastic Object
0:59:17 - Ten Desires
1:04:38 - Double Dealing Character
1:11:46 - Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom
1:15:59 - Hidden Star in Four Seasons
1:20:48 - Wily Beast and Weakest Creature
1:27:56 - Unconnected Marketeers
1:34:54 - Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost
1:39:11 - Conclusion
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Touhou Kouryudou: Unconnected Marketeers - Sakuya Normal 1CC (CRYBULLY LOADOUT)
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An average joe's 1CC of Touhou 18's normal mode with Crybully Sakuya! This is my name for this run's Sakuya loadout, which consists of an aggressive early game and use of the Intimidation passive, which massively increases money items dropped by enemies... then, by the late game, I've bought every defensive option possible. This ensures no feasible 'retaliation' from the game, hence it's the cr...
Touhou Kikeiju: Wily Beast and Weakest Creature - Youmu/Otter Normal 1CC
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An average joe's 1CC of Touhou 17's normal mode with Youmu and the Otter Spirit, who, while not confirmed to be the canonical partner of Youmu, is the odd one out compared to the wolf/eagle (which are associated with Marisa/Reimu) and also has the green colour association to match the Yooms. In addition, the defensive assistance that the otter's bonus bombs and empowered roaring otter mode prov...
Touhou Kikeiju: Wily Beast and Weakest Creature - Marisa/Wolf Normal 1CC
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An average joe's 1CC of Touhou 17's normal mode with Marisa and the Wolf Spirit, who is her canonical partner animal spirit if Yuuma Toutetsu's claims are to be believed (mentioning that Kurokoma's wolves love her). And hoo boy, if this IS the canonical Marisa route, it's fitting, as it essentially doubles down on everything Marisa is; a hyper narrow, hyperfocused explosive cataclysm that will ...
Touhou Kikeiju: Wily Beast and Weakest Creature - Reimu/Eagle Normal 1CC
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An average joe's 1CC of Touhou 17's normal mode with Reimu and the Eagle Spirit, who is her canonical partner animal spirit if Yuuma Toutetsu's remarks in Touhou 17.5 are anything to go by. Honestly, from a gameplay perspective, it makes sense; Reimu's archetype at this point in the series is 'the reliable type that is mediocre at bosses but trivialises stages with homing shots more often than ...
Touhou Tenkuushou: Hidden Star In Four Seasons - Aya/Autumn Normal 1CC
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An average joe's 1CC of Touhou 16's normal mode as Aya with her default autumn subshots. While she's very hard to use, I think that a lot of players are sleeping on Aya in favour of the obviously easy-to-use Reimu, the haha funnymeme tanned Cirno, and the reliably damaging Marisa, and while I can't sayI blame them, there's a surprising amount of depth to Aya's gameplay, as well as the autumn op...
Touhou Kanjuden: Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom - Reisen Normal 1CC (EXTREME GRAZER EDITION)
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An average joe's 1CC of Touhou 15's normal mode as Reisen... that is, the only shot I can actually 1CC normal on LoLK. Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom is easily the hardest touhou in the series, heck, ZUN even put in the PointDevice mode so that you could try (and practice) various level sections infinitely, meaning that with infinite time and patience, you CAN beat it regardless of skill through she...
Touhou Kishinjou: Double Dealing Character - Sakuya B Normal 1CC FOR THE FIRST TIME
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An average joe's 1CC of Touhou 14's normal mode as Sakuya B without her explodey knives, only awful, narrow, point-increasing ones. This shot is so bad that it is the first shot in the series that I just... never 1CC'd on normal. Until today. Until this very video I recorded. I expected this footage to act as proof of how bad the shot is, only to randomly end up beating Shinmyoumaru with two bo...
Touhou Kishinjou: Double Dealing Character - Marisa B Normal 1CC (RESOURCE FARMING SIMULATOR)
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An average joe's 1CC of Touhou 14's normal mode as Marisa without her signature mini-hakkero, instead relying on nothing but her lasers, insanely powerful missiles that... make power items appear, and a bomb that leaves an invulnerability orb that lasts forever on the screen and converts incoming bullets into power items? On the game where collecting lots of items at once gives you even more bo...
Touhou Kishinjou: Double Dealing Character - Reimu A Normal 1CC (double gohei hit exploit demo)
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An average joe's 1CC of Touhou 14's normal mode as Reimu wielding her tsukumogami gohei. This shot is all kinds of silly. While her unfocused shots are a carryover from Ten Desires and are just as reliable on stages, the unusual facets come in the form of her focused shot, which is less a shot and more summoning a drifting, locked-on gohei that will seek out the nearest enemy. Furthermore, it o...
Touhou Shinreibyou: Ten Desires - Sanae Normal 1CC (SINGLE MISS RUN)
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An average joe's single-miss run of Touhou 13's normal mode as... Sanae? I'm as surprised as everyone else that this, of all shots, is the one where I've come incredibly close to a zero-miss run on. I say this because aside from her swift trace gauge building passive and her bombs, Sanae is easily the worst shot in Ten Desires. Her focused shot is oftentimes weaker than her focused shot, her un...
Touhou Shinreibyou: Ten Desires - Reimu Normal 1CC (LOW MISS RUN)
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An average joe's... surprisingly low miss run of 1CC of Touhou 13's normal mode. I lost my first life on Miko's penultimate spell, which is a shame, but it is what it is. Still, TD Reimu is great because ZUN finally figured out how to make homing Reimu fun... by attaching needle Reimu to her! The resultant flexible Reimu will become a mainstay of future Touhou games, and it's obvious why. The o...
Touhou Seirensen: Undefined Fantastic Object - Sanae B Normal 1CC
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An average joe's 1CC of Touhou 12's normal mode with Sanae B, or in layman's terms... the one with all the exploding frogs. Now, is this shot, strictly speaking, all that effective? Kind of? It's the only shot I can beat UFO's extra mode on, in part because UFO's bosses are relatively simple (save Byakuren) while its stages, and the difficulties attaining resources with the UFOs during them, ar...
Touhou Chireiden: Subterranean Animism - Reimu/Aya Normal 1CC
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An average joe's 1CC of Touhou 11's normal mode with Reimu/Aya. This shot type is one of those types that I respect the hell out of but for the life of me just can't get good at. There's a lot of potential with the directional switching, and the high speed passive is amazing, but boy is it difficult to use. Not so difficult that I'm not able to get a 1CC on normal, far from it, but I know for a...
Touhou Chireiden: Subterranean Animism - Marisa/Patchouli Normal 1CC (DELUXE SUFFERING EDITION)
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An average joe's 1CC of Touhou 11's normal mode with Marisa/Patchouli. Talk about a great shot concept that just doesn't stick the landing. The idea of five wildly different angles you can switch between, in a different game with more agile enemies, would be absolutely hilarious and a case of a high risk, high reward game breaker. But in practice, only a few places in the stages, Parsee's midbo...
Touhou Chireiden: Subterranean Animism - Reimu/Yukari Normal 1CC
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Touhou Chireiden: Subterranean Animism - Reimu/Yukari Normal 1CC
Touhou Fuujinroku: Mountain of Faith - Marisa C Normal 1CC
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Touhou Fuujinroku: Mountain of Faith - Marisa C Normal 1CC
Touhou Fuujinroku: Mountain of Faith - Marisa B Normal 1CC (GLITCHED LASER EDITION)
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Touhou Fuujinroku: Mountain of Faith - Marisa B Normal 1CC (GLITCHED LASER EDITION)
Touhou Fuujinroku: Mountain of Faith - Reimu C Normal 1CC
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Touhou Fuujinroku: Mountain of Faith - Reimu C Normal 1CC
Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night - Remilia Solo Normal 1CC (ALL LAST SPELLS SEEN)
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Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night - Remilia Solo Normal 1CC (ALL LAST SPELLS SEEN)
Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night - Reimu Solo Normal 1CC (LOW FOCUS RUN, ALL LAST SPELLS)
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Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night - Reimu Solo Normal 1CC (LOW FOCUS RUN, ALL LAST SPELLS)
Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night - Youmu Solo Normal 1CC (Solo Shot Type Demo GONE TERRIBLE)
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Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night - Youmu Solo Normal 1CC (Solo Shot Type Demo GONE TERRIBLE)
Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night - Marisa/Alice Normal 1CC (MALICE CANNON demonstration)
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Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night - Marisa/Alice Normal 1CC (MALICE CANNON demonstration)
Touhou Youyoumu: Perfect Cherry Blossom - Sakuya B Normal 1CC
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Touhou Youyoumu: Perfect Cherry Blossom - Sakuya B Normal 1CC
Touhou Koumakyou: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - Marisa B Normal 1CC
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Touhou Koumakyou: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - Marisa B Normal 1CC
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Touhou Kaikidan: Mystic Square - Mima Normal 1CC
Touhou Gensoukyou: Lotus Land Story - Marisa A Normal 1CC
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Touhou Gensoukyou: Lotus Land Story - Marisa A Normal 1CC
Touhou Fuumaroku: Story of Eastern Wonderland - Reimu C Normal 1CC
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Touhou Fuumaroku: Story of Eastern Wonderland - Reimu C Normal 1CC
Touhou Fuumaroku: Story of Eastern Wonderland - Reimu A Normal 1CC
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Touhou Fuumaroku: Story of Eastern Wonderland - Reimu A Normal 1CC
UFO Homing Reimu is AMAZING because of instant Vajra of Perfect Buddhism clear 😊
woo thanks
Not sure what you're thanking me for but glad you enjoyed lol.
Oh you like Touhou? Name every bullet.
i don't really know if there's a point to making a tier list since it's pretty hard to compare shot types from separate games. for example, lls marisa A in a vacuum would easily be one of the best shots, but because her own game is so easy, there's not much of a gap in the effort required to 1cc between her and reimu B hrtp wasn't included but jigoku is definitely easier than makai. kikuri is the only hard part of jigoku and it's just her opener reimu B is easily the best soew shot cause of her versatility. she's fast enough to macro, her shot is narrower than A's so she doesn't get hit as hard by power loss, and homing deals surprisingly good damage. most importantly she also has the longest lasting bomb. C is awful at macro while A's damage output falls off a cliff from power loss the only worthwhile podd shots are reimu, yumemi and rikako since the ai is pretty bad at dodging their attacks. reimu can easily counter bosses, a spammable charge attack that covers most of the screen and deals a lot to bosses pointblank, and her trance has piercing. yumemi can macro easily, has a powerful charge attack and destroys the ai the fastest. rikako is just yumemi but worse outside of her charge attack and trance but a discount yumemi is still very good marisa doesn't really do anything to the ai and can't even shoot or bomb during her charge attack. she also can't shoot during trance, making it weaker than it should be. she's not as bad as chiyuri though who has the same problems, on top of having to dodge a million snowballs because her boss shoots a ton of those, which the ai can reflect with ease. her rival also happens to be kotohime, an absolute nightmare to face thanks to her micro patterns. chiyuri is so awful that her 1cc is considered the hardest in the series, rivaled only by ddc sakuya B i'm not sure why mima is peak since she has the obvious weakness of having the worst bomb in the series: it only lasts a second and deals nonexistent damage, though she's still the best overall. for some reason the manual states marisa is the strongest at full power, but her damage is only slightly higher than reimu's at a distance and doesn't benefit from pointblanking. her bomb is also only half a second longer than mima's and prevents shooting. i would honestly argue her to be the worst for 1cc yuuka's kinda slept on since her pointblank damage is the same as mima's, and you get many opportunities to pointblank in ms in spite of her speed or lack of, making her the 2nd fastest at killing bosses. she also has the longest lasting bomb which makes pointblanking easier. her only weakness is her slow speed which only matters for lnb as she's pretty bad at yumeko not gonna bother discussing windows since the series peaked with ms
My memories as Easy-Normal player disagree with many statements. In SoEW Reimu-B is best. You are not supposed to collect every item with it. You are supposed to survive longer which makes 1cc much easier than with Reimu-A. MS Yuuka is very nice shot-type just to clear the game. MS is quite balanced overall, no outliers. EoSD Reimu-A saves more lives during stages than any advantage Reimu-B offers. Besides, "Fantasy Seal" is just better bomb. You never need to clear the entire screen, clear where you need and have longer invulnerability time. PCB Reimu-A is mostly same, but better. Sakuya-B though just the hardest to get Normal 1cc. With MoF Reimu-A I got Normal 1cc first try. Can't say the same about other shot-types despite I tried it after that. SA Reimu-C is peak. Marisa-C is decent for survivability, can't say 1cc was any harder than with other shot-types. UFO Marisa-B is probably worst in entire series. It just doesn't work for Normal 1cc unless you are already good enough to play on Hard. But this is different story. TD Sanae is better than Youmu at the very least. The latter shot-type works well only if you are able to get close safely. Because a single loss of life becomes a big deal in TD. In LoLK I managed to get Normal 1cc with all shot-types. However, this game turned me into lunatic and I can't give assessment as normal player for later games. Anyway, Reimu and Sanae are decent, Marisa is the hardest, Reisen is equivalent to Easy Mode.
@@IvanBaAl961 It seems you prioritise simply getting through the game. My ranking is much more based on game feel and general fun (that I have). That's why I consider spread shots to generally be rough; it's just kinda boring to me, and why I consider PCB Sakuya B really fun despite the high skill floor. You seem to have a much more functional outlook to the games than me, but hey, that's fine.
@@MattJDave I was interested in plot and endings, so that's right. I also like danmaku as a way of self-expression.
There is no world where TD Sanae is better than TD Youmu for survival and getting through the game. TD Sanae's damage is so low that it actively makes the game more difficult compared to when playing with Youmu, who has comparable horizontal range and drastically higher damage. Her vertical range at 4 power also covers almost the whole screen.
@@Shyguymask Sanae is better shot-type in TD than Youmu. That's what my experience tells and you can't argue with it. Youmu was quite good until Miko, but terrible at final boss fight.
I don't get the Merlin joke
While explaining the joke is unfunny and lame, it's essentially a reference to the weird glitchy things Merlin can do in PCB (her laser can desynchronise and even keep going after being defeated in PCB). This, along with her bizarre playable appearance in PoFV led me to make her the representative of the weird, outlying, or glitchy shots.
You underestimate PoFV Youmu and downplay her slash A LOT. "Decidedly meh" is just straight up wrong. It erases bullets in front of you and is very spammable, making her a great defensive character. The slash does in fact do your taxes.
Don't worry, I had a whole youtuber apology section straight after. Please forgive me, I will endeavour to do better next time and never call out Youmu's election fraud again. (jokes aside, as someone who primarily plays normal I think I just don't put as much stock into bullet erasure as a person playing the harder difficulties tbh. I consider it too slow to be spammable but given it's... bullet erasure, making the charge time any quicker would be broken)
@@MattJDave I 1cc'd PoFV on Normal on my second try ever with Youmu because I was able to just spam the slash to cut bullets and hardly put as much skill into dodging as I would otherwise need to. She makes the game easier somewhat, not nearly as much as the cheese shottypes that glitches the AI but still.
@@Shyguymask Hey that's fair. We're allowed to have different opinions on it, it just never vibed with me in particular. But ye I noticed a few people considered my ranking of PoFV Youmu to be unfair to the point I had to point it out mid-video, lol.
@@MattJDave Admittedly I didn't watch the whole PoFV section so I missed the "apology" at the end of it lol.
Can I go to Reimu Marisa HOUSE💜
I always thought cirno winter was the best combination for th16, thats the one that helped me get one of my only 2 lunatic clears. The lasers from winter mean you’ll deal good damage to whatever’s in front of you, making shotgunning less of a necessity but moreso a chance to do even more damage. That combined with the really long release that increases damage means you can completely melt away some boss spells. Ig at that point you could just pick marisa summer but idk, the summer subseason always felt really weird to use in comparison to cirnos main shot. Idk maybe im not one to talk you clearly have more experience with shot types
@real_kel Don't sell yourself short, I ain't even touched HSiFS Lunatic. I'm a Normal kinda guy, it's why this list was written with Normal 1CCs in mind and not an all-difficulties comprehensive analysis (which would have probably extended this video from 1 hour 40 to 70 days). Ultimately this is all just my opinion, if you have a different approach that's perfectly valid.
Oh wow, I wasnt expecting to get a reply so fast! Thx for the kind words <3
Now THIS is dedication! I'm glad to see this one getting more views than usual - you definitely deserve it, Matt!
Holy crap, great to see a comment from you here! As you well know I'm a big fan, so it means a lot.
I agree with most of your rankings except one big disagreement on DDC Sakuya A. This shot is frankly broken in my opinion, and would be the best in the game if troll Marisa A wasn't also there. Her focused shot has insane power, and you can accelerate the explosion of knives faster by unfocusing. This can easily trivialize most hard stage portions and she casually murder bosses. Also, enemy shoot far less bullets if at least one knife is stuck on them. This may seem minor but is a life saver in Lunatic against some of the hardest spell cards of that game. It's very noticeable against Kagerou, and, to a comical level, Blue Lady Show (Raiko's time spell). Against others it's less visible but still present and you'll definitely feel the difference on Lunatic. Basically she's a homing shot with crazy damage and that makes the game easier. One of the very best shots in the franchise tbh. Easier to use than Reimu A, faaaar better bomb and similar power. Also you're massively underselling her bomb. It's great for survival against bosses and it can milk stages for life pieces, because you can get 1 autocollect + 3 bomb fragments out of it. If you get a life fragment, you're net positive in bombs when you use it. It also lasts fairly long so you can also use it to get 2 autocollects.
Oh man, I didn't know about the bullet reduction thing, probably because I haven't played DDC lunatic and just didn't notice while on Normal. I do think the bomb is good, but yeah, I didn't realise the shot reduction thing. Thanks for the insight!
A note about the Phantasmagoria games: Reimu, Rikako and Yumemi in PoDD, as well as Medicine and Aya in PoFV, have EX Attacks that for some reason or another confuse the AI and can cause it to die before it's supposed to (just in case you didn't know, AI opponents have hidden timers telling them when to get hit on purpose). This is generally agreed in the player base to make those characters overpowered in story mode and thus would elevate their tier placements. ❤
I'll admit I was perhaps less than diligent in my efforts with the versus type games than I should have been, heheh. I'm openly preferential to the typical single player arcade style entries of the series.
They don’t have the hidden timers though
I was just about to comment about what a crime it was to rank pofv youmu that low before seeing the rest of the section. Also pofv is peak i wont allow any slander of it in these halls.
He does underestimate PoFV Youmu massively though.
Didnt include all the fangames. Lazy and incomplete! =p. Aeriously though, didnt finish vid yet, just finished pcb so far. That said Christmas tree Marisa is peak marisa for me. Laser marisa just felt so much weaker on bosses from what I recall.
Not homing reimu slander, shes my fav😹
As someone who also did an all shot ranking (but still hasn't made a video about it), I'd like to put in my two cents. While you did the ranking based on how much you liked the shot, my list is more about how good a shot is to get an easy clear in its respective game. While HRtP doesn't have a traditional shot type, it does have two routes. Makai has easier bosses while Jigoku has easier stages and more opportunities to get lives from score. I still don't know which is easier but I'd say Jigoku. SoEW ReimuB is actually the best shot in the game as her bullets are quite good, the speed is perfect and like you said, Full Power is a beast. She makes the Extra Stage completely trivial if you do a cheese strat of dying 2 times at the start to get 3 bombs and because of homing bullets you only need to spend one before the boss. In the main game (and we're talking Lunatic here) she's also great, as ReimuA is a bit too fast for my liking and Yellow Power has a bad range which doesn't hit anything and ReimuC decimates bosses but suffers on Stage 4 and actually requires a gameplan route. Yumemi is ranked a bit too low as she's capable of really messing with the AI by using her charge attacks making her one of the easier characters to beat the game as. EoSD Marisa suffers from the surprisingly uncontrollable high speed and very narrow spread which makes her difficult to play as and this isn't the case in other games. However I fully agree with the ranking. ReimuB still the best. I'd say IN Marisa was the best of all as she felt the strongest and completely decimated the entire game with her high power. Master Spark was also still a good bomb. In her modern incarnation not only did she lose her piercing lasers but Master Spark really stopped dealing good damage. It is now completely outclassed by every other bomb. The only thing going for it now is it's length. Yukari is also much better than expected, with high damage and usefulness. I accidentaly did a No Miss Hard 1cc with her. If we take the shot out of the game it's in, then LoLK Reimu is the best Reimu. She basically stayed the same from 2015 up until now except with one major difference: since HSiFS all shots have the same hitbox size. Reimu, how she is now, is able to completely destroy stage portions with homing and obliterate bosses with needles while still having an impressive range. She's easy unlike every other shot. With a smaller hitbox it's even easier to dodge all the bullets. While we're talking about LoLK & difficulty, there's a major change in usefulness between Sanae & Reisen. Reisen is more suited for Easy & Normal as there's not that many bullets and her shield makes getting graze easier while Sanae exceeds on Hard & Lunatic where you can just bombspam and earn infinite lives with grazebombing while also having better damage and range. With Reisen you actually have to dodge on higher difficulties while the reverse is true for Sanae. I fully agree that Youmu Wolf is peak. It's the strongest shot ever and it obliterates everything with ease. I never understood the love for Otter. I played Youmu Otter once and it was the worst Otter shot of them all. Your Touhou 19 verdicts might be outdated as you're clearly playing v1.00a when v1.10c came out a while age and solved most of the problems. To quickly summarise: Reimu got nerfed to oblivion, Marisa was and still is one of the strongest with a new C2, Sanae is even better, Ran stayed the same, Aunn is even better, Nazrin is now semi-competent (definitely better), Seiran has better C2, Orin now deals damage, got a new C2 and is actually competent, Tsukasa got her spell fixed, Mamizou is still bad, Yachie is OP, Saki is still useless (should be in the WHY? Tier), Yuuma is even more OP than before, Suika still obliterates everything, Biten got buffed, Enoko stayed almost the same, Chiyari got nerfed but she's still very dangerous, Hisami is the worst shot in the game, can't hit anything and has terrible enemies in the Story and Zanmu is even more OP than she was. All in all, while I don't agree with every placement here, I respect your ranking and the video was entertaining. Mima is still the best shot ever and HRtP Reimu can solo all of them with the touch of a finger.
Yeah, I'll admit I wasn't factoring stuff like scaling with difficulty into account, and didn't realise 19 had a balance patch... that still made Saki suck. Man, feels bad for the Keiga Clan. Thanks for taking the time to watch my video and leave such thoughtful remarks. We clearly differ on a lot of things, but that's what makes touhou great; it's a simple series that encourages many different playstyles and preferences.
@@MattJDave Difficulty doesn't really matter in most cases because if a shot is good on Easy, it will be good on Lunatic. It's just a few distinct cases that really matter. I haven't even really formed an opinion on PoDD's shots except Mima & Yumemi as they all play and feel the same and the game is really RNG with winning ald losing. Sometimes a worse shot forces you to play better in order to just beat the game, leading to a much more high quality run than let's say MoF MarisaB at 3.00 Power.
@BWF6_Official Can certainly vouch for that last point. MoF Marisa B isn't fun because the game just isn't a game any more. But MoF Reimu C, despite not... particularly being good, is very fun because of the unconventional strats you have to pull. Similarly, my only DDC Sakuya B Normal 1CC feels like the most beautiful run I ever pulled despite it being a dreadful shot lol.
i think you might be sleeping on UM Sanae - the only Hard Mode 1CC I've gotten. Her shots are super-powered up by Saki, but I think the biggest thing is what Byakuren's card does to your Bomb. It like triples the duration and power of Sanae's bomb, highly recommend giving it a try. IIrc I usually combined it with Sakuya's Ricochet Knives and Miko's C card.
Also really enjoyable video :>
Oh, I generally sleep on Byakuren's bomb buff, and figured it'd probably be redundant on Sanae, but hey, one of the beautiful things about UM is that it'd take years to do every potential run with every potential item combo. I'll definitely have to give Saki/Byakuren Sanae a go some time.
So, I just 1CC'd Sanae with a run that started with Saki passive, Byaku bombs and Marisa Hakkero. Then I went Magatama, Centipede, Yuyuko Passive, Kanako Snek, and Haniwa Clear, a build I shall christen 'Protecc to Attacc'. The goal is simple; use all the clearing and Sanae's general reliability to go no-hit as long as possible, snowballing Saki's passive and the Hakkero laser with centipede passive. But for when I inevitably face a skill issue, at least the centipede reset will be worth it seeing as... if you bomb just before a spell start with the Byaku-bombs as Sanae, you can basically get a free capture just from the sheer bomb duration. Legitimately nutty. Thanks for the build idea!
@MattJDave hahaha thanks for giving it a try
this video is such an amazing labor of love for Touhou, like once I saw the first few minutes I knew I was gonna have to sit down and watch the whole vid. I loved how you talked about the games and your opinions and actually explained the shot types in depth with jokes and shit intertwined with the reviews (+ its really helpful since I haven't played most shots after a certain point cuz I started using only marisa in recent games 🙏🙏)
I'm so glad you enjoyed! This was months of work in the evenings after my day job so it's great to see folk like you are getting something out of it. I appreciate you spending a little of your time to watch this vid.
I enjoyed the video
1:11:03 BASED SUPER DIMENTIO CAMEO, I wish i could subscribe twice
So, uhh, UFO Sanae B does actually shoot four frogs straight forward, not just two. In fact, she shoots six frogs in total, making her shotgun attack *insane.* If you pause a gameplay video (or even THIS video), you can actually count all six frogs.
Oh damn, you're right, I always failed to see them amidst the chaos and Sanae's regular shots, but there they are! You'd think I'd have picked it up in editing, but there we are. Cheers for the insight.
Absolutely underrated and kino minus PCB sakuya A not getting peak
Ah, I see we have a PCB Sakuya A war crime apologist here :P
A hundred minutes? Matt, I'm not watching all that. But, I'm sorry that happened to you. 🫂 Or: ✨ Congratulations ✨
Yeah, you tell him. I never even seen none of these fairies in a Godzilla movie.
@@AwsmChimera Are you talking to yourself (again)?
@@MattJDave I'm bumping up the retention statistics on this video. Get dunked.
@@thegitgudneighborhood The horror.
Ayo really really good video, master spark eosd will always be number 1 in my heart Love when the algorithm blesses me with a channel that clearly deserves more views keep it up, praying for you success bro
Really means a lot to read this, dude. Thanks for the support!
you actually 1cc all these shottypes?
All but LoLK Reimu, Marisa, and Sanae (and of course PoFV Merlin and Lunasa don't actually have a story mode to 1CC). Otherwise yes, I've 1CC'd all of them on at least Normal; 121/124 ain't bad. I ain't an exceptional hitless lunatic player but I've played the games for a while.
A tip for youkai shots: make sure to wait a bit before killing the enemies so you can get more time orbs.
Yup, it's a frustrating thing to curb the instinct to just instashoot down, especially in the early game. Yuyuko in particular needs you to outright release z just to spare certain enemies long enough.
Bitch, play Glover. - Awsm Chimera
Don't test me, I have all manner of retro emulators on this machine and I'm not afraid to use them.
What is the name of the theme of this boss ?
drowning, anyone?
Second comment lol
when Lucas ate the magic tart Sob SOB nom nom Sob
Kumatora! not Kumatira! I still love your videos though.
Umm, i wouldn't say hurray just yet...
I just remembered it's weakness, so I mustard up the courage to tell you, You need to ketchup to the button on it's back to beat it. I relish the chance to post this.
Tell me the sauce of this amusing comment.
I think you were originally intended to go through the lab with Duster.
Waddle Derp You can get Duster in this scene if you go to Saturn Valley first.
You CAN in the final game, all you have to do is pull Phrygia's needle before Doria's.
welcome to the salty spittoon how tough are ya? I beat the fierce pork trooper In mother 3. so? WITHOUT THE DCMC PAMPHLET. uhhhhh move along
what if i destoyed miss marshmillow did i got bad ending?
Lil Miss Marshmellow's death/survival does not affect the ending in any way.
This video as terrible sound
i love porkys/pokeys battle theme
One time, we had a school project for Health. We had to give a presentation on what kept us motivated in life. I simply walked up to the board, said "Carlton Banks memes", and sat down. I got an A+.
And thus, you are a Healthy man. Good job, mah boi.
*looks at description* "offence" what the f#ck?
if you use a saltwater gun when he's charging it breaks him.
What happens if you listen to the music?
one of the few good themes in the entire mother series
when is this boss?
+Ched Enders It's in Thunder Tower, in a playroom prior to the generator rooms. Check the yo-yo in a fancy box and she'll attack you.
Oh, so it's optional?
Ched Enders Yeah, it's an optional boss, gets you a super-high-selling 30-damage weapon.
that moment your fighting a giant Dinosaur Robot Chimera, and your teammate is concerned about lower back pain. GG
I will never forget the trouble I ran through to get past him.
Thats why makes me so angry for beating up this boss, Porky Deserved to die because he was a Coward faggot that hided on his stupid Safety Capsule away... I HATE THIS GUY