Let us know your favorite characters from Final Fantasy VI in the comments! Big thanks to our special guests on this Final Fantasy VI collaboration! Check out their channels and show them some love!
Shelly!! Thank you for joining and for your fun segment you made for the collaboration! You had me laughing out loud with your points about Mog and Strago! I loved it! You rock!!
Thanks for being a part of it, Rad! I really enjoyed the personal touch you had on your picks! It was cool to see Strago get some love! I had so much fun trying to get all of his Lore magic abilities back in the day!
Shadow!! Yes! He was in my party on my second playthrough! I unfortunately lost him on my first run so the second time around Shadow and Interceptor joined the team. Thanks Mad Kaiser, great picks!
Thanks again for allowing me to join this AWESOME collab! It was cool to see so much love for my favorite character, Locke. FF6 was definitely a game that broke the mold for jRPGs, something the venerable FF7 was able to continue 3 years later on the PS1.
Thanks for being a part of this project my fellow Inferno! Really enjoyed all the details you gave on each character, especially on Terra's Morph/Trance ability!
@@FeralInfernoNo problem, my friend! The Trance thing was just one of many idiosyncrasies with FF6 that a lot of us (including myself) never really got how it worked!
I should have clarified, but I do believe with Genji Glove and Brigand's Glove equipped you can steal and then attack, which gives you an extra attempt at stealing. Thank you for pointing this out!!
I find the lack of Gau disturbing. Take him over sabin, locke or Edgar pretty much every time. If you spend time on the veldt and use rages well he out performs pretty much everyone WoB. He has access to stronger magic damage, a ton of built in defenses and immunities, and charm/entice to cheese literally anything. He also can hit max defense easily since he can equip snow muffler. He's a 3rd reliable source of magic damage/spells in a natural magic game. His equip options are lacking, but the right rages more than make up for it, and as much as stray cat is overused and is worse than many other rages it does a pretty good illumina/ragnarock impersonation as you get further into WoR. Also you can cosplay General Leo with the retainer rage from underground castle.
Gau was super interesting. I did work on learning all of his Rage abilities back in the day but I think I missed maybe like three of them? Cosplay as General Leo.. hmm. Does that mean you get to use Leo's Shock move?! After going through all that to learn nearly all of them, I never really got to experiment with him too much. Chrono Trigger came out soon after and my friend's little sister erased my near 100% of everything completed save file on my FF3 cartridge. Now THAT caused some real rage! Haha
@FeralInferno yes. Retainer rage is general Leo's shock. It's defense ignoring always hits damaged based on magic (think mini ultima). If you really want to get fancy merit award gives gau Excalibur, aegis shield and crystal gear with a slot left for a hero ring (offering is wasted on gau when setzer/locke/shadow/cyan needs it more). Retainer also comes with instant death immunity, and a few others IIRC.
This is why I love these discussions! I'll admit, I never took the time to properly use Gau as a main party member. However, reading this definitely has me intrigued, and I will take the time to really give him a proper chance in the main party in my next playthrough.
@Xxesartlu He is the second deepest character muchanically after gogo, but with superior everything to gogo. He take effort, a lot of time on the veldt, and making sure you don't miss important enemy formations. A lot of rages are far from fantastic, but the good ones are very VERY good.
Aw yeah, I freaking LOVE Final Fantasy III/6! Shelly started off with a great party. Rad too, I mean, Celes is a must. The themes Rad points out in some of these characters, with how personified and relatable they are, I think that's one of the sticking and staying points of FF6. The "Double Date"--I like that AND it's a stellar party! Ha ha, same here on Setzer; being a Gambit fan (as evident by our TLC image) I wanted to use him all the time, but man, he just never fit my play style and I was so bummed. I remember the nerdy discussions of trying to figure out Gogo's identity. Like, is it maybe Daryl? Or just a crossover from FFV? For me, it's often all about that gear too and manipulating it to work no matter your characters. Earrings, Gem Boxes, and Genji Gloves are amazing starts.
Thank you, mon ami! All three did such an excellent job with their segments! I loved all of their reasonings. Yeah, when Fox came out with the "Double Date" name, I said the same thing, "oohh I like that!" One of the more interesting Gogo theories I've heard was that it was Palom and Porom under all of those rags haha. That one is a little farfetched, but a fun idea nonetheless! And did we meet Gogo on the Phantom Train in the World of Balance as the Siegfred impersonator? The man of mystery is full of sooo much MYSTERY! 😸🔥
I like this video, but I'm sad everyone's teams are so samey!! My favorite team is Relm, Strago, Mog, and Cyan. Relm has the highest magic stat of anyone in the whole cast. She doesn't learn magic naturally, but if you train her up, she's amazing. And I love Beastmasters, which is what she becomes when you get her proper equipment. She helps Strago learn all the Blue Magic / Lore, which is my favorite kind of magic in Final Fantasy. Yes, it takes work to make them into their best, absolutely, but I find that its worth it. I was raised by a single dad used to give me a lot of shit sometimes, which is another reason why I love them. Plus, I'm an artist, and I work with watercolors. Sure, Strago is her grandpa, but their dynamic reminds me so much of me and my dad. Without my dad around anymore. I dunno, I just feel super drawn to them. Mog is the cute lil dancer/dragoon for me. If he not dancing, then he jumping. And he cute. I don't need any more justification. I wish he had more to do in the story. Cyan is my favorite character in the story. He loses his family and it tears him up. Going through the Phantom Train, mourning his family, and being lost in nightmares because of his guilt. C'mon! C'MON!! Going back to his castle in the World of Ruin to fight off his nightmares? Don't you wish you could save people trapped in their own depression that way? Go into their minds and kill the demons tormenting them? Cyan is a good person with a good heart, and helping him overcome his pain nets you the Holy Magicite Alexander so you can learn Pearl/Holy. I love that symbolism.
Hey now, did you get to my section of the video? That team I had back in '95 was too crazy to call and could only be born from someone of my fiery origin! Hahaha. I love the team you presented here. Never knew Relm naturally had the highest magic stat in the game. That's pretty cool! Always liked Grand Train with Strago. There was another Lore ability I liked of his too... was it called White Wind? It was an ability that healed the entire party. I wanted to like Cyan, but he just never fit my play style. Totally agree about Mog, he should've had a bigger role! But he made up for it cuteness. In terms of the partys being samey, I fully expected that. Every game is gonna have their favorites due to multiple factors that make them popular. Great thing about FF6 is that there are SOOOO many characters that are so different from one another. Gives the game a huge amount of replayability to try all the different characters. Thanks for this super detailed comment on your party and for watching, I really appreciate it!
Yes I absolutely love Mog! Also, if I were to select the top characters based on their story alone, my selections would have been completely different. When I was I kid, I actually used Cyan all the time. And his story is one of the best I've experienced in recent memory. As you mentioned, with the loss of his family and going to fight his nightmares in the world of ruin. You're right there with him through it all, and it's a truly heartfelt story.
Great video!! My favorite character was Locke. I always enjoyed the hero/thief arc! Kefka was my favorite villain of the series as well. He was just pure chaos. And my favorite party? Cast invisible on the enemy then cast death... Shh..haha😅 When I was younger, I followed walkthroughs and everything to make sure I got every party member and item!
Thanks Iowa! Locke was a great character and had awesome theme music as well. The insanity of Kefka was off the charts. Especially the Doma scene! And yes!! The Vanish trick! If there was an enemy mob I'd cast Vanish on them all and then X-Zone to wipe them all out in one shot! I truly feel this was the deepest game in the series with all the characters and items and tricks.
Thanks so much! More collab topics like this to come soon. And yes, agreed, Shelly is awesome! I am super grateful she accepted the invite and made such a fun and insightful segment 😺🔥
Thank you! You're too kind, J Runn! I've been enjoying the creative process and I'm extremely grateful for these collaboration opportunities. I also love these gaming videos. I could watch people discuss games all day!! 😃
As a kid I used Cyan, Strago, Mog, and Umaro lol. As a adult I use Terra, Locke, Edgar, and Shadow/Sabin. Definitely a better outcome for me then my old party lol.
Mog and Umaro squad unite! Haha! Yes! Umaro may have been a berzerked fighter, but the beast was super strong! And he was actually kind of useful in that Cult of Kefka tower where you could normally only use magic.
This is a great idea for a video. I like picking a party based on the character’s music and vibes more than party optimization. The game is easy enough that I don’t think min maxing is super important. So I pick Locke, Relm, Shadow, and Celes. Really like the relationships between them as well :)
Thanks so much! We had a blast making it! That was kind of how I was when I first started back in 1995: whoever I thought the coolest characters were, were on my team. I used Shadow on my second run, because I had lost him on my first go through. Relm! Interesting pick! She was definitely a unique character in the roster. It was pretty cool to see what her drawings would do.
@@FeralInferno Yeah! Relm has my favorite music and I’ve always wished for a scenario where Shadow and Relm go on adventures together as father/daughter. I imagined this as a kid with the game on my SNES (I’m in my 40’s) and it stuck with me :)
@@GCheekEnergy I remember getting the Shadow dream segments at the inn and it blowing me away back in the day. Didn't expect to see that! So much lore packed and hidden in this game.
If we're talking endgame setups this is my go-to: Setzer with Fixed Dice & Master's Scroll is a better choice than Locke. You can still equip him with a shield and do comparable damage. Gau with the 255 defense tank setup and broken Rages like Magic Urn & Rafflesia is way better than the Dragoon Edgar setup. Terra with the Illumina & Soul of Thamasa setup for dual-casting Ultima. Gogo for utility (broken Rages, Steal, etc.) is a better choice than a second basic magic user like Celes because you only get one Soul of Thamasa. He'll be able to cast Ultima as soon as Terra learns it, he can use the Rafflesia Rage, and he can use Steal in place of Locke.
That sounds like a fun party. Really cool to see all the love for Gau and Setzer and even Gogo in the comments! I think I am learning that maybe my first party I used wasn't too terrible after all 😁
@@FeralInferno Relm is another underrated character. If you use cat ear hood, Minerva, and magus rod then she’s as good as Terra. You just don’t really need more than one pure mage.
So I've been playing FF6 PR for the past few days and I already theorycrafted the 3 parties I'm taking to the final dungeon Party1: Locke, Edgar, Sabin, Terra Party 2: Setzer, Shadow, Mog, Celes Party 3: Gogo, Cyan, Relm, Strago Edgar, Mog, and Gogo are going to be built as Dragoons, Sabin is being trained in Magic Power to fully utilize his blitzes, Setzer is being built as a Mage. Everyone else will be built as they usually are. Terra, Celes, Relm, Strago as pure mages. Locke, Shadow, Cyan as physical powerhouses.
Yes, this is the way. The final dungeon parties need balance. When I was a kid, I used my main party for one group and left the other groups with the mostly underpowered scraps. That was a bad idea! Haha. I like your party setups and reasonings for the builds. One question. You mentioned Setzer being built as a mage. Any particular reason or benefit in making him a magic user?
@@FeralInferno yeah I felt his slots were to unpredictable and unreliable to be a decent source of damage. His aesthetic also screams "black mage" to me. He does have pretty decent physical damage with trump so I could make him a mixed attacker if I so choose
@@FourBoxComix so kind of like making him a red mage? Spot on about the slots. Especially when one of the combinations hands you a gameover as a prize lol.
Hey there, thanks for watching! Kefka? Interesting! I know there are a few work arounds for General Leo but are there glitches out there to get Kefka on the team too?
Sorry to hear about your brother, Big Reecey. It's always difficult losing someone close to us. And I was wondering when someone was going to notice and say something about "IntroInferno" lol. I've been using that in the timecodes since towards the beginning of the channel haha 😄
@FeralInferno cool video mate. But I'm curious what version of FF6 do you think is best? I never played it untill the vita actually but the gameboy advance is probably best
@@BigReecey I suppose that's a matter of perspective. As a FF6 purist, I prefer the original SNES version as each new release gets more and more censored. The GBA version has the most content with bonus dungeons and ultimate bosses. And the new Pixel Remaster is there if you want something a little prettier, though I think the upgrades to the visuals kind of takes away from the charm. Stay away from the PS1 version. It's essentially the SNES version with a couple of cutscenes, but the loading times are atrocious. There was a mobile version released several years ago. Never tried it, but the "upgraded" visuals looked awful.
When I played it originally on SNES My favorites were: Shadow, Cyan, Edgar, and Sabin. Recently my go to team has been: Gau (if you know how to use him he is a beast), Strago, Setzer, and Celes
I've been hearing all the great things about Gau in the comments! Pretty cool to learn how good a character is years later when we had kind of written him off back in the day. What Lores do you like with Strago?
I had Shadow on my team on my second playthrough. I wanted him on my team on the first playthrough but lost him on the Floating Continent. Why do you like Shadow?
@@FeralInferno assuming we remove magicite for simplicitys sake he has elemental AOEs, hes fast and strong, his throw is broken, Interceptor comes in clutch with defense and offense, his theme is the best in the game, and he looks completely badass
Terra, Locke, Celes, and Sabin. Sabin gets free magic damage off his blitz, and is just fun. My B squad was always Gau, Relm, Edgar, and Gogo. That is a fun mix up. Gau alone is an absolute powerhouse when raised properly. I love the colab and seeing the interest in the game so strong almost thirty years after release. >.> I would have liked to see the groups A/B/C squads.
Thanks so much, Michael. Good point about Sabin and the free magic damage attack with some of his Blitz techniques. That is an interesting idea to talk about the A/B/C teams. Though if we did, the video probably would've been like an hour long haha. Maybe we'll do an extended version sometime in the future 😺🔥
Nice pick on the game. I remember picking this game for the Super Nintendo. I forgot who I had in my party but I remember liking Shadow since I was into Ninjas back as a child.
For battle in postgame dragon’s lair, equipment matters most. The ones who can equip illumina and atma weapon are top tier. However, you need 12 characters to handle the lair, so you spread out terra, edgar, locke, and celestial In term of most interesting characters, you can’t skip shadow! Relm is his daughter. I wish the game let you acknowledge that. I tried so hard as a kid. “maybe if i watch every dream of his and they both wear memento rings.”. Alas, you couldn’t. Locke’s backstory is one of the bests. I think he and Celes are the two richest characters. A fourth… maybe Cyan.
I did the same thing with Shadow and Relm! Tried using the Memento Rings, viewing all the dreams, exploring all of Thamasa. But perhaps their story remaining a mystery is for the best with Shadow being such an enigma. Nice picks for a party!
Man, I haven't played this game in ages! I always used Terra, Celes, Edgar, and... Sabin. Loved Sabin's blitz, while I've never been a big fan of the thief-type characters.
Gogo was such a fun character to use. It was such a cool thing to randomly discover his customizable commands box in the status menu. Which action commands did you give to him?
@@FeralInferno been a while since snes haha. Pretty sure I gave him cyan’s sword command and magic maybe? I did have him mimic Sabin almost every blitz move so I didn’t have to do the inputs every time.
FF6 was the third videogame I ever played and it has a fond place in my heart, even though I was far too young to be capable of finishing it at the time.
@@FeralInfernoUnfortunately no. I only ended up getting back to it recently as I'm working on finishing all the the FF games I started but never finished. But I must say that I am 100% certain that I'm progressing much faster than I did when I was a kid.
@@cscheshire7959 nice! Glad to hear you are working to get through to the end. I'm curious what the other two games were that you played before Final Fantasy VI as your first games.
@@FeralInferno Mickey's Wild Adventure and Legend of Legaia, and considering how enjoyable the the latter and its battle system were I'm surprised it didn't become a well-known classic.
My favorite Party was Edgar. Sabin I configured to be a dual power house thief to replace not having Locke . Sabin's abilities, combined with dual hitting twice, make him and Edgar a powerhouse Frontline. Then I swap back and forth between Terra and Celes, and Gogo mimics, duplicates all the most powerful abilities, spells, espers, attacks. For the end of game final boss battle against Kefka, I like using the painter girl, to paint another gogo, and then both gogo's mimic the ultima's of the ultima casters for 4 ultima's a turn, that go off at same time, for a easy peasy end of game battle.
Nice, sounds like you find a lot of interaction and synergy with the characters on your team. Relm could sketch teammates? I don't recall if I ever tried that. That's pretty cool. I'll have to experiment with Relm next time I play through FF6!
@@FeralInferno Relm could sketch both enemies and teammate's special abilities, so I had her sketch, copy gogo's ability to copy Bahamut, Odin, Ultima, to make mincemeat out of Kefka, late game bosses. Sabin could hit twice for 150 to 300 to 600 to 1350 to 1850 per hit, depending on build, point in game. And Sabin made a ok replacement thief to replace Locke, especially when use Sabin to Sneak into enemy encampment. Terra was good until mid game, and Celes is good later game. Edgar is awesome as you know.
I got the same picks too. The double date team with Sabin waiting as 5th member. In Kefka's tower he would have Shadow, Gau and Setzer with the 3rd party being Relm, Strago, Gogo and Cyan. I just can't with Cyan's Bushido being sooo slow even in Pixel Remaster the way I build Locke he out damages Cyan. I think I might trade Cyan with Gau in case the 3rd party needs more damage dealers. Of course this is end game during the entire gameplay I would try to use every character except Umaro and Gogo up until it was time to level up with the experience egg and the dinosaur area with stat bonus at level up. HP > Speed >
Nice picks! Yesss!! The Dinosaur Forest of Doom haha! I remember on my master save file I had Economisers for every character. Had to take down a LOT of Brachiosaurs to accomplish that lol.
Main team terra celes edger and saben I pop in lock for the steals at imorptant times which is alot so my main team is really for just kefkas tower and such. Lock is on over sabin more then 60%.
@@MrJeffreyrichards I always liked having Sabin on my team. It was a shame his final set of claws were fairly weak compared to other end game equipment. I suppose Bum Rush makes up for that though
@@FeralInferno every character gets to be good at later end game with a earing and hero ring on his blitzes were very strong and hit that damage cap rather early his claws never mattered as i never usd his attack. That and making sure you swap him the esper to up Magic power on lvl up. He also had higher Hp pool early too so he was always a good pick to me to have as a 4th I tended to pick up cyan on later versions that made his sword tech charge up faster. but my core 3 was terra celes and edgar. my 4th slot was open for what ever I felt I needed and that was Lock or Saben. I didnt like gau as his rage was always like 50/50 of att or what ever the monster you used ability was. so he had a nice use for killing integir for fast ap grinding.
Cyan was always my favorite, but in the 00's when I started joining online communities I was surprised how few people liked him because of his crappy speed and magic skills. He's still my man though. And my #2 is always Terra.
Gotta always go with your favorites, no matter what! That's awesome that you've stuck with him. Terra, she is always a popular one. Who are your other two that you like to go with?
Oh nice!! That's a cool memory, Savage! It was such a long game, not a bad idea to tag team it! I had my little bro help me out with level grinding when I was out at work on weekends. We got everyone to level 99. Do you remember which characters you guys used?
@@FeralInferno I'm not too sure about the characters used. I just remember us putting in quite a few hours. I'm thinking it was either 30 or 90s. Probably the latter knowing my lame gaming prowess.😂
@@TheRetroManRandySavage 90 hours sounds right. It was estimated back in Nintendo Power for first time playthroughs that it would take 60-100 hours. I got through it in just under 30 hours but that was an insane speed run I did as a kid. I still have no idea how I accompished that lol.
@@FeralInferno yeah, I was definitely leaning more towards 90, lol. It felt more like forever. Literally, like we were playing it forever. Wasn't it released in 94? I think I'd just started high school.🤔
@@TheRetroManRandySavage good memory. Yeah, I believe it released at the end of 1994. I didn't get to sink my teeth into it until summer of 1995 though. That's when I was finally able to buy it. $80 at Sun Electronics 😬
folks really sleeping on Cyan in PR, leveled strength, late game his tempest is an easy 39,999 every round, with a ribbon and miracle boots or safety bit, needing no 'cool' relic
Why is Locke able to equip heavy swords, but Cyan cannot? Not to mention he can equip heavy armor. Locke is arguably the strongest thief in any Final Fantasy game and a strange case. Weird…
@@mopbrothers my thought about Cyan was that he was a samurai warrior trained in combat with the Japanese katana, specifically. His setup made sense to me. Locke however, agreed. As a Thief class, he probably shouldn't have been given the ability to use heavy equipment
Working through my own playthrough of the original FF3/6 on emulator right now... my team _so_ needs Locke back. But I hear the Phoenix Cave is meant as endgame content, and my team has barely started the World of Ruin. My goal is to have all the Espers by the end of this thing. (P.S. I still don't comprehend the hate for certain characters... any of them can be awesome combatants with enough grinding, the right equipment, and the right Espers.)
Glad to hear you are playing through it! The Phoenix Cave isn't too bad. This is going off of a lot of memory going back to the late 90's, but the two things I remember making sure of before taking it on was that I had 8 characters and each of them having more than a 1,000 HP each. Following those guidelines was usually a pretty successful strategy. There is hate for certain characters? Which ones? I love the entire cast! 😺🔥
@@FeralInferno Well, for example, the author of a walkthrough I'm currently using thinks Cyan is pretty useless, for some reason. I only have 4 or 5 characters so far; like I said, fairly early in the World of Ruin. The reason I want Locke back is that I want to see if he can steal anything good from all these new monsters that are showing up--that and getting access to the Ragnarok Esper and the Cursed Shield...
@@vietbond a lot of people dog on Cyan because of the Sword Tech gauge wait time, but I found that casting a couple Ultimas with the spellcasters beforehand eliminated that issue because the animation for that spell took up so much time. Very cool you named your son Cyan!
I don't get why Locke get so much love. He got subpar equip in WoR, unique command is average and with Brigand Glove turn to bad. He need severe equipment investment to make him actually strong. Regarding character development he doesn't get much TBH. It seems he get much development but that's simply because he got a savior complex so he need to be there. Otherwise the only other development he get is with Rachel for like 5 minutes? Terra, Celes and Edgar I get. They have useful kit, Celes a bit less because of Runic but it does make some boss battle cake walk like tunnel armor and Kefka at Narshe. They also get development over the course of the game, Edgar a bit less amongst the three of them. Setzer got unique equipment choice and as Locke require heavy equipment investment to have his Fight command really usefull. His kit is nice but really random (not talking about slot manipulation here). He got just slightly more or the same character development than Locke. Left to debate. Sabin and Cyan are kinda in the same bag. Nice kit but Sabin take a hit because he can't target and Cyan because i-t-s s-o- s-l-o-w. They both get equal character development IMO. Mog and Gau are also similar in such ways. Interesting kit but plagued by randomness. No development beside Gau who get a cute scene with his father. That said, honorable mention to Wind God Gau. Strago is the same with character development but his kit is more useful but require hunting for his skills. Gogo, Umaro and Realm. No character development, whatsoever. Terrible kit with Gogo being the exception. Gogo depend entirely on what you equip him (I'll stick with this for now, sorry) and also on who he's with. Can be a really strong kit if planned well. Finally Shadow. Subpar equip, interesting kit but uneven result. Character development however... He does not get much directly but if you seek all the dreams sequence and start to dig around. It's deep.
I think there are reasons why people like who they like. One of the cool things about the cast, for me anyways, was despite how large the cast was, I was never thinking, "crap I'm stuck with this character on my team". Unlike Breath of Fire 3 with Momo. Whenever they stuck her on the team I was dreading her poor hit accuracy. I think that's why we are seeing such variety in the comments. Every character has their specific use. In terms of Locke, specifically, I think people really relate to him. He has a fun sense of humor and the savior complex is quite relatable for those who haven't been able to save someone close to them, whatever that reason may be. You made a lot of good points for all the characters. Who would you choose as your top party of four characters in Final Fantasy VI?
@@FeralInferno Celes is meant to be a fighter and the best character to wield the Light Bringer sword. You already have Terra as a magic user and Relm as a magic powerhouse. Celes really doesn’t need magic that much, but it’s a nice secondary. Celes is a Jack of all trades. Not as physically strong as Sabin, but not as magical as Relm.
@@FeralInferno Celes theoretically shouldn't be paired with Terra or Relm, because of her Runic ability. She would do well with Locke, Edgar, Sabin, or Shadow as they rely on physical attacks and her runic can cover the party while the men wail away at the enemy.
@@FeralInferno Terra is the best character in FF6. She can equip almost everything. She can equip all the best weapons and armor. She’s a very powerful mage, but also a decent attacker. She’s like Orlandu from Final Fantasy Tactics. Her magic surpasses Celes. Relm may have stronger magic, but Relm cannot equip heavy swords and thus doesn’t have a strong physical attack. FF6 is one of those games where the heroes are just so OP it’s silly.
Because Umaro can't be controlled and for Cyan Swordtech damage is crap and he's really the only one by lv 99 that I barely had HIS Ultima spell top even 3000 per use others + Gogo using Ultima at lv 99 I still got 9999 damage out of it.
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Feral!!! Thank you so much for the invite! This video came out SO good! Your part, as well as Radbash and InfernoFox's parts, were amazing!🤩😍
Shelly!! Thank you for joining and for your fun segment you made for the collaboration! You had me laughing out loud with your points about Mog and Strago! I loved it! You rock!!
BROOOOOOOOOOO this came out so good! thanks again for having me on bro!
Thanks for being a part of it, Rad! I really enjoyed the personal touch you had on your picks! It was cool to see Strago get some love! I had so much fun trying to get all of his Lore magic abilities back in the day!
Idc how many times I replay this, Terra will always be in my main party. She's just so special
She really was a deep character in both regards to her abilities and the events that shaped her. What specifically did you like most about Terra?
@@FeralInferno Her green hair 🤪
Jk. I was touched by her discovery to find what humanity meant to her
Great collab and choices, some of my favourites in this game, was using Terra ofc, as well as Sabin, Shadow, Cyan and Celes
Shadow!! Yes! He was in my party on my second playthrough! I unfortunately lost him on my first run so the second time around Shadow and Interceptor joined the team. Thanks Mad Kaiser, great picks!
When I was a kid, I always used Cyan! I thought his sword tech was the coolest! 😎
Thanks again for allowing me to join this AWESOME collab! It was cool to see so much love for my favorite character, Locke. FF6 was definitely a game that broke the mold for jRPGs, something the venerable FF7 was able to continue 3 years later on the PS1.
Thanks for being a part of this project my fellow Inferno! Really enjoyed all the details you gave on each character, especially on Terra's Morph/Trance ability!
@@FeralInfernoNo problem, my friend! The Trance thing was just one of many idiosyncrasies with FF6 that a lot of us (including myself) never really got how it worked!
3:17 Mug doesn't steal twice. It actually tries to steal and then attack. Maybe meant thief bracer, a relic that doubles steal success rate.
Oh yeah, probably meant the Thief Bracer. Thanks for watching! Who did you use in your party?
I should have clarified, but I do believe with Genji Glove and Brigand's Glove equipped you can steal and then attack, which gives you an extra attempt at stealing. Thank you for pointing this out!!
@@ShellySteamDeck love the Genji Gloves! Genji Gloves + Offering (Master Scroll) was pure beast mode in FF6!
I find the lack of Gau disturbing. Take him over sabin, locke or Edgar pretty much every time. If you spend time on the veldt and use rages well he out performs pretty much everyone WoB. He has access to stronger magic damage, a ton of built in defenses and immunities, and charm/entice to cheese literally anything. He also can hit max defense easily since he can equip snow muffler. He's a 3rd reliable source of magic damage/spells in a natural magic game. His equip options are lacking, but the right rages more than make up for it, and as much as stray cat is overused and is worse than many other rages it does a pretty good illumina/ragnarock impersonation as you get further into WoR.
Also you can cosplay General Leo with the retainer rage from underground castle.
Gau was super interesting. I did work on learning all of his Rage abilities back in the day but I think I missed maybe like three of them? Cosplay as General Leo.. hmm. Does that mean you get to use Leo's Shock move?! After going through all that to learn nearly all of them, I never really got to experiment with him too much. Chrono Trigger came out soon after and my friend's little sister erased my near 100% of everything completed save file on my FF3 cartridge. Now THAT caused some real rage! Haha
@FeralInferno yes. Retainer rage is general Leo's shock. It's defense ignoring always hits damaged based on magic (think mini ultima). If you really want to get fancy merit award gives gau Excalibur, aegis shield and crystal gear with a slot left for a hero ring (offering is wasted on gau when setzer/locke/shadow/cyan needs it more). Retainer also comes with instant death immunity, and a few others IIRC.
@@TheOneTrueEfrate nice!! My next run, I need to explore Gau again and use Retainer Rage! Thanks for letting me know about that!
This is why I love these discussions! I'll admit, I never took the time to properly use Gau as a main party member. However, reading this definitely has me intrigued, and I will take the time to really give him a proper chance in the main party in my next playthrough.
@Xxesartlu He is the second deepest character muchanically after gogo, but with superior everything to gogo. He take effort, a lot of time on the veldt, and making sure you don't miss important enemy formations. A lot of rages are far from fantastic, but the good ones are very VERY good.
Aw yeah, I freaking LOVE Final Fantasy III/6! Shelly started off with a great party. Rad too, I mean, Celes is a must. The themes Rad points out in some of these characters, with how personified and relatable they are, I think that's one of the sticking and staying points of FF6.
The "Double Date"--I like that AND it's a stellar party!
Ha ha, same here on Setzer; being a Gambit fan (as evident by our TLC image) I wanted to use him all the time, but man, he just never fit my play style and I was so bummed. I remember the nerdy discussions of trying to figure out Gogo's identity. Like, is it maybe Daryl? Or just a crossover from FFV?
For me, it's often all about that gear too and manipulating it to work no matter your characters. Earrings, Gem Boxes, and Genji Gloves are amazing starts.
Thank you, mon ami! All three did such an excellent job with their segments! I loved all of their reasonings. Yeah, when Fox came out with the "Double Date" name, I said the same thing, "oohh I like that!" One of the more interesting Gogo theories I've heard was that it was Palom and Porom under all of those rags haha. That one is a little farfetched, but a fun idea nonetheless! And did we meet Gogo on the Phantom Train in the World of Balance as the Siegfred impersonator? The man of mystery is full of sooo much MYSTERY! 😸🔥
I like this video, but I'm sad everyone's teams are so samey!!
My favorite team is Relm, Strago, Mog, and Cyan.
Relm has the highest magic stat of anyone in the whole cast. She doesn't learn magic naturally, but if you train her up, she's amazing. And I love Beastmasters, which is what she becomes when you get her proper equipment. She helps Strago learn all the Blue Magic / Lore, which is my favorite kind of magic in Final Fantasy. Yes, it takes work to make them into their best, absolutely, but I find that its worth it. I was raised by a single dad used to give me a lot of shit sometimes, which is another reason why I love them. Plus, I'm an artist, and I work with watercolors. Sure, Strago is her grandpa, but their dynamic reminds me so much of me and my dad. Without my dad around anymore. I dunno, I just feel super drawn to them.
Mog is the cute lil dancer/dragoon for me. If he not dancing, then he jumping. And he cute. I don't need any more justification. I wish he had more to do in the story.
Cyan is my favorite character in the story. He loses his family and it tears him up. Going through the Phantom Train, mourning his family, and being lost in nightmares because of his guilt. C'mon! C'MON!! Going back to his castle in the World of Ruin to fight off his nightmares? Don't you wish you could save people trapped in their own depression that way? Go into their minds and kill the demons tormenting them? Cyan is a good person with a good heart, and helping him overcome his pain nets you the Holy Magicite Alexander so you can learn Pearl/Holy. I love that symbolism.
Hey now, did you get to my section of the video? That team I had back in '95 was too crazy to call and could only be born from someone of my fiery origin! Hahaha. I love the team you presented here. Never knew Relm naturally had the highest magic stat in the game. That's pretty cool! Always liked Grand Train with Strago. There was another Lore ability I liked of his too... was it called White Wind? It was an ability that healed the entire party. I wanted to like Cyan, but he just never fit my play style. Totally agree about Mog, he should've had a bigger role! But he made up for it cuteness. In terms of the partys being samey, I fully expected that. Every game is gonna have their favorites due to multiple factors that make them popular. Great thing about FF6 is that there are SOOOO many characters that are so different from one another. Gives the game a huge amount of replayability to try all the different characters. Thanks for this super detailed comment on your party and for watching, I really appreciate it!
Yes I absolutely love Mog! Also, if I were to select the top characters based on their story alone, my selections would have been completely different. When I was I kid, I actually used Cyan all the time. And his story is one of the best I've experienced in recent memory. As you mentioned, with the loss of his family and going to fight his nightmares in the world of ruin. You're right there with him through it all, and it's a truly heartfelt story.
Great video!! My favorite character was Locke. I always enjoyed the hero/thief arc! Kefka was my favorite villain of the series as well. He was just pure chaos. And my favorite party? Cast invisible on the enemy then cast death... Shh..haha😅 When I was younger, I followed walkthroughs and everything to make sure I got every party member and item!
Thanks Iowa! Locke was a great character and had awesome theme music as well. The insanity of Kefka was off the charts. Especially the Doma scene! And yes!! The Vanish trick! If there was an enemy mob I'd cast Vanish on them all and then X-Zone to wipe them all out in one shot! I truly feel this was the deepest game in the series with all the characters and items and tricks.
Great video!!! Love gaming videos like this. Should do this for other games. Also Shelly is a natural at this UA-cam thing 😎.
Thanks so much! More collab topics like this to come soon. And yes, agreed, Shelly is awesome! I am super grateful she accepted the invite and made such a fun and insightful segment 😺🔥
Thank you! You're too kind, J Runn! I've been enjoying the creative process and I'm extremely grateful for these collaboration opportunities. I also love these gaming videos. I could watch people discuss games all day!! 😃
Awesome little collab, guys! 😎
Thanks Nimbus! 😺🔥
As a kid I used Cyan, Strago, Mog, and Umaro lol.
As a adult I use Terra, Locke, Edgar, and Shadow/Sabin. Definitely a better outcome for me then my old party lol.
Mog and Umaro squad unite! Haha! Yes! Umaro may have been a berzerked fighter, but the beast was super strong! And he was actually kind of useful in that Cult of Kefka tower where you could normally only use magic.
Another classic game that has survived time.
It certainly has stood the test of time. Such a great story with compelling characters!
This is a great idea for a video. I like picking a party based on the character’s music and vibes more than party optimization. The game is easy enough that I don’t think min maxing is super important. So I pick Locke, Relm, Shadow, and Celes. Really like the relationships between them as well :)
Thanks so much! We had a blast making it! That was kind of how I was when I first started back in 1995: whoever I thought the coolest characters were, were on my team. I used Shadow on my second run, because I had lost him on my first go through. Relm! Interesting pick! She was definitely a unique character in the roster. It was pretty cool to see what her drawings would do.
@@FeralInferno Yeah! Relm has my favorite music and I’ve always wished for a scenario where Shadow and Relm go on adventures together as father/daughter. I imagined this as a kid with the game on my SNES (I’m in my 40’s) and it stuck with me :)
@@GCheekEnergy I remember getting the Shadow dream segments at the inn and it blowing me away back in the day. Didn't expect to see that! So much lore packed and hidden in this game.
Setzer, Celes, Edgar. That's all you need, but MOG helps with Moogle Charm
Moogle Charm was such a cool relic to find back in 95! An item that permanently turns off random battles? That was such a cool addition.
If we're talking endgame setups this is my go-to:
Setzer with Fixed Dice & Master's Scroll is a better choice than Locke. You can still equip him with a shield and do comparable damage.
Gau with the 255 defense tank setup and broken Rages like Magic Urn & Rafflesia is way better than the Dragoon Edgar setup.
Terra with the Illumina & Soul of Thamasa setup for dual-casting Ultima.
Gogo for utility (broken Rages, Steal, etc.) is a better choice than a second basic magic user like Celes because you only get one Soul of Thamasa. He'll be able to cast Ultima as soon as Terra learns it, he can use the Rafflesia Rage, and he can use Steal in place of Locke.
That sounds like a fun party. Really cool to see all the love for Gau and Setzer and even Gogo in the comments! I think I am learning that maybe my first party I used wasn't too terrible after all 😁
@@FeralInferno Relm is another underrated character. If you use cat ear hood, Minerva, and magus rod then she’s as good as Terra. You just don’t really need more than one pure mage.
So I've been playing FF6 PR for the past few days and I already theorycrafted the 3 parties I'm taking to the final dungeon
Party1: Locke, Edgar, Sabin, Terra
Party 2: Setzer, Shadow, Mog, Celes
Party 3: Gogo, Cyan, Relm, Strago
Edgar, Mog, and Gogo are going to be built as Dragoons, Sabin is being trained in Magic Power to fully utilize his blitzes, Setzer is being built as a Mage. Everyone else will be built as they usually are. Terra, Celes, Relm, Strago as pure mages. Locke, Shadow, Cyan as physical powerhouses.
Yes, this is the way. The final dungeon parties need balance. When I was a kid, I used my main party for one group and left the other groups with the mostly underpowered scraps. That was a bad idea! Haha. I like your party setups and reasonings for the builds. One question. You mentioned Setzer being built as a mage. Any particular reason or benefit in making him a magic user?
@@FeralInferno yeah I felt his slots were to unpredictable and unreliable to be a decent source of damage. His aesthetic also screams "black mage" to me. He does have pretty decent physical damage with trump so I could make him a mixed attacker if I so choose
@@FourBoxComix so kind of like making him a red mage? Spot on about the slots. Especially when one of the combinations hands you a gameover as a prize lol.
Celes, Terra, Edgar and Kefka
Hey there, thanks for watching! Kefka? Interesting! I know there are a few work arounds for General Leo but are there glitches out there to get Kefka on the team too?
Introinferno 😂😂 hey Rad I to know the pain of losing a brother
Sorry to hear about your brother, Big Reecey. It's always difficult losing someone close to us. And I was wondering when someone was going to notice and say something about "IntroInferno" lol. I've been using that in the timecodes since towards the beginning of the channel haha 😄
@FeralInferno cool video mate. But I'm curious what version of FF6 do you think is best? I never played it untill the vita actually but the gameboy advance is probably best
@@BigReecey I suppose that's a matter of perspective. As a FF6 purist, I prefer the original SNES version as each new release gets more and more censored. The GBA version has the most content with bonus dungeons and ultimate bosses. And the new Pixel Remaster is there if you want something a little prettier, though I think the upgrades to the visuals kind of takes away from the charm. Stay away from the PS1 version. It's essentially the SNES version with a couple of cutscenes, but the loading times are atrocious. There was a mobile version released several years ago. Never tried it, but the "upgraded" visuals looked awful.
When I played it originally on SNES My favorites were: Shadow, Cyan, Edgar, and Sabin. Recently my go to team has been: Gau (if you know how to use him he is a beast), Strago, Setzer, and Celes
I've been hearing all the great things about Gau in the comments! Pretty cool to learn how good a character is years later when we had kind of written him off back in the day. What Lores do you like with Strago?
@@FeralInferno Aqua Rake, Tsunami, Aero, WhiteWind and Grand Delta
Shadow getting no love is blasphemy
I had Shadow on my team on my second playthrough. I wanted him on my team on the first playthrough but lost him on the Floating Continent. Why do you like Shadow?
@@FeralInferno assuming we remove magicite for simplicitys sake he has elemental AOEs, hes fast and strong, his throw is broken, Interceptor comes in clutch with defense and offense, his theme is the best in the game, and he looks completely badass
Terra, Locke, Celes, and Sabin. Sabin gets free magic damage off his blitz, and is just fun.
My B squad was always Gau, Relm, Edgar, and Gogo. That is a fun mix up. Gau alone is an absolute powerhouse when raised properly.
I love the colab and seeing the interest in the game so strong almost thirty years after release. >.>
I would have liked to see the groups A/B/C squads.
Thanks so much, Michael. Good point about Sabin and the free magic damage attack with some of his Blitz techniques. That is an interesting idea to talk about the A/B/C teams. Though if we did, the video probably would've been like an hour long haha. Maybe we'll do an extended version sometime in the future 😺🔥
Nice pick on the game. I remember picking this game for the Super Nintendo. I forgot who I had in my party but I remember liking Shadow since I was into Ninjas back as a child.
Shadow was such a cool character especially with Interceptor in the mix.
For battle in postgame dragon’s lair, equipment matters most. The ones who can equip illumina and atma weapon are top tier. However, you need 12 characters to handle the lair, so you spread out terra, edgar, locke, and celestial
In term of most interesting characters, you can’t skip shadow! Relm is his daughter. I wish the game let you acknowledge that. I tried so hard as a kid. “maybe if i watch every dream of his and they both wear memento rings.”. Alas, you couldn’t. Locke’s backstory is one of the bests. I think he and Celes are the two richest characters. A fourth… maybe Cyan.
I did the same thing with Shadow and Relm! Tried using the Memento Rings, viewing all the dreams, exploring all of Thamasa. But perhaps their story remaining a mystery is for the best with Shadow being such an enigma. Nice picks for a party!
Man, I haven't played this game in ages! I always used Terra, Celes, Edgar, and... Sabin. Loved Sabin's blitz, while I've never been a big fan of the thief-type characters.
The Blitz moves were awesoem. It was pretty cool to add Street Fighter II styled moves in a turn-based RPG.
My favorite story wise was: Locke, Terra, Celes and Cyan.
My end game wrecking crew was: Terra, Sabin, Edgar and Gogo
Gogo was such a fun character to use. It was such a cool thing to randomly discover his customizable commands box in the status menu. Which action commands did you give to him?
@@FeralInferno been a while since snes haha. Pretty sure I gave him cyan’s sword command and magic maybe? I did have him mimic Sabin almost every blitz move so I didn’t have to do the inputs every time.
FF6 was the third videogame I ever played and it has a fond place in my heart, even though I was far too young to be capable of finishing it at the time.
Wow, that's pretty cool. A great game to help introduce you to videogames. Have you since completed FF6?
@@FeralInfernoUnfortunately no. I only ended up getting back to it recently as I'm working on finishing all the the FF games I started but never finished. But I must say that I am 100% certain that I'm progressing much faster than I did when I was a kid.
@@cscheshire7959 nice! Glad to hear you are working to get through to the end. I'm curious what the other two games were that you played before Final Fantasy VI as your first games.
@@FeralInferno Mickey's Wild Adventure and Legend of Legaia, and considering how enjoyable the the latter and its battle system were I'm surprised it didn't become a well-known classic.
My favorite Party was Edgar. Sabin I configured to be a dual power house thief to replace not having Locke . Sabin's abilities, combined with dual hitting twice, make him and Edgar a powerhouse Frontline. Then I swap back and forth between Terra and Celes, and Gogo mimics, duplicates all the most powerful abilities, spells, espers, attacks.
For the end of game final boss battle against Kefka, I like using the painter girl, to paint another gogo, and then both gogo's mimic the ultima's of the ultima casters for 4 ultima's a turn, that go off at same time, for a easy peasy end of game battle.
Nice, sounds like you find a lot of interaction and synergy with the characters on your team. Relm could sketch teammates? I don't recall if I ever tried that. That's pretty cool. I'll have to experiment with Relm next time I play through FF6!
@@FeralInferno Relm could sketch both enemies and teammate's special abilities, so I had her sketch, copy gogo's ability to copy Bahamut, Odin, Ultima, to make mincemeat out of Kefka, late game bosses.
Sabin could hit twice for 150 to 300 to 600 to 1350 to 1850 per hit, depending on build, point in game. And Sabin made a ok replacement thief to replace Locke, especially when use Sabin to Sneak into enemy encampment. Terra was good until mid game, and Celes is good later game. Edgar is awesome as you know.
I got the same picks too. The double date team with Sabin waiting as 5th member. In Kefka's tower he would have Shadow, Gau and Setzer with the 3rd party being Relm, Strago, Gogo and Cyan. I just can't with Cyan's Bushido being sooo slow even in Pixel Remaster the way I build Locke he out damages Cyan. I think I might trade Cyan with Gau in case the 3rd party needs more damage dealers. Of course this is end game during the entire gameplay I would try to use every character except Umaro and Gogo up until it was time to level up with the experience egg and the dinosaur area with stat bonus at level up. HP > Speed >
Nice picks! Yesss!! The Dinosaur Forest of Doom haha! I remember on my master save file I had Economisers for every character. Had to take down a LOT of Brachiosaurs to accomplish that lol.
Main team terra celes edger and saben I pop in lock for the steals at imorptant times which is alot so my main team is really for just kefkas tower and such.
Lock is on over sabin more then 60%.
@@MrJeffreyrichards I always liked having Sabin on my team. It was a shame his final set of claws were fairly weak compared to other end game equipment. I suppose Bum Rush makes up for that though
@@FeralInferno every character gets to be good at later end game with a earing and hero ring on his blitzes were very strong and hit that damage cap rather early his claws never mattered as i never usd his attack. That and making sure you swap him the esper to up Magic power on lvl up. He also had higher Hp pool early too so he was always a good pick to me to have as a 4th I tended to pick up cyan on later versions that made his sword tech charge up faster. but my core 3 was terra celes and edgar. my 4th slot was open for what ever I felt I needed and that was Lock or Saben. I didnt like gau as his rage was always like 50/50 of att or what ever the monster you used ability was. so he had a nice use for killing integir for fast ap grinding.
Cyan was always my favorite, but in the 00's when I started joining online communities I was surprised how few people liked him because of his crappy speed and magic skills. He's still my man though. And my #2 is always Terra.
Gotta always go with your favorites, no matter what! That's awesome that you've stuck with him. Terra, she is always a popular one. Who are your other two that you like to go with?
I'll round it out with Shadow and Edgar.
I think this was the last final fantasy game i ever played.
I played it at an old buddies house and we took it in turns to complete it.
Oh nice!! That's a cool memory, Savage! It was such a long game, not a bad idea to tag team it! I had my little bro help me out with level grinding when I was out at work on weekends. We got everyone to level 99. Do you remember which characters you guys used?
@@FeralInferno I'm not too sure about the characters used. I just remember us putting in quite a few hours.
I'm thinking it was either 30 or 90s.
Probably the latter knowing my lame gaming prowess.😂
@@TheRetroManRandySavage 90 hours sounds right. It was estimated back in Nintendo Power for first time playthroughs that it would take 60-100 hours. I got through it in just under 30 hours but that was an insane speed run I did as a kid. I still have no idea how I accompished that lol.
@@FeralInferno yeah, I was definitely leaning more towards 90, lol.
It felt more like forever. Literally, like we were playing it forever.
Wasn't it released in 94?
I think I'd just started high school.🤔
@@TheRetroManRandySavage good memory. Yeah, I believe it released at the end of 1994. I didn't get to sink my teeth into it until summer of 1995 though. That's when I was finally able to buy it. $80 at Sun Electronics 😬
folks really sleeping on Cyan in PR, leveled strength, late game his tempest is an easy 39,999 every round, with a ribbon and miracle boots or safety bit, needing no 'cool' relic
You make some good points for Mr Thou. Another benefit to Tempest/Quadra Slam is that those hits ignore defense.
Why is Locke able to equip heavy swords, but Cyan cannot? Not to mention he can equip heavy armor. Locke is arguably the strongest thief in any Final Fantasy game and a strange case. Weird…
@@mopbrothers my thought about Cyan was that he was a samurai warrior trained in combat with the Japanese katana, specifically. His setup made sense to me. Locke however, agreed. As a Thief class, he probably shouldn't have been given the ability to use heavy equipment
Working through my own playthrough of the original FF3/6 on emulator right now... my team _so_ needs Locke back. But I hear the Phoenix Cave is meant as endgame content, and my team has barely started the World of Ruin. My goal is to have all the Espers by the end of this thing. (P.S. I still don't comprehend the hate for certain characters... any of them can be awesome combatants with enough grinding, the right equipment, and the right Espers.)
Glad to hear you are playing through it! The Phoenix Cave isn't too bad. This is going off of a lot of memory going back to the late 90's, but the two things I remember making sure of before taking it on was that I had 8 characters and each of them having more than a 1,000 HP each. Following those guidelines was usually a pretty successful strategy. There is hate for certain characters? Which ones? I love the entire cast! 😺🔥
@@FeralInferno Well, for example, the author of a walkthrough I'm currently using thinks Cyan is pretty useless, for some reason. I only have 4 or 5 characters so far; like I said, fairly early in the World of Ruin. The reason I want Locke back is that I want to see if he can steal anything good from all these new monsters that are showing up--that and getting access to the Ragnarok Esper and the Cursed Shield...
Terra, Locke, Celes, Cyan (or Relm for magic power)
@@vietbond solid picks!
@FeralInferno Cyan mostly because i named my son after him but also, it's fun to see him hit Kefka 4 times for 2.5k each
@@vietbond a lot of people dog on Cyan because of the Sword Tech gauge wait time, but I found that casting a couple Ultimas with the spellcasters beforehand eliminated that issue because the animation for that spell took up so much time. Very cool you named your son Cyan!
@@FeralInferno yeah it was never a huge issue for me.
Mog, Locke, Sabin, Cyan.
Nice combo! 😺🔥
Terra, Locke, Shadow and Gau ftw
@@originalsleepyjon
I don't get why Locke get so much love. He got subpar equip in WoR, unique command is average and with Brigand Glove turn to bad. He need severe equipment investment to make him actually strong. Regarding character development he doesn't get much TBH. It seems he get much development but that's simply because he got a savior complex so he need to be there. Otherwise the only other development he get is with Rachel for like 5 minutes?
Terra, Celes and Edgar I get. They have useful kit, Celes a bit less because of Runic but it does make some boss battle cake walk like tunnel armor and Kefka at Narshe. They also get development over the course of the game, Edgar a bit less amongst the three of them.
Setzer got unique equipment choice and as Locke require heavy equipment investment to have his Fight command really usefull. His kit is nice but really random (not talking about slot manipulation here). He got just slightly more or the same character development than Locke. Left to debate. Sabin and Cyan are kinda in the same bag. Nice kit but Sabin take a hit because he can't target and Cyan because i-t-s s-o- s-l-o-w. They both get equal character development IMO.
Mog and Gau are also similar in such ways. Interesting kit but plagued by randomness. No development beside Gau who get a cute scene with his father. That said, honorable mention to Wind God Gau. Strago is the same with character development but his kit is more useful but require hunting for his skills.
Gogo, Umaro and Realm. No character development, whatsoever. Terrible kit with Gogo being the exception. Gogo depend entirely on what you equip him (I'll stick with this for now, sorry) and also on who he's with. Can be a really strong kit if planned well.
Finally Shadow. Subpar equip, interesting kit but uneven result. Character development however... He does not get much directly but if you seek all the dreams sequence and start to dig around. It's deep.
I think there are reasons why people like who they like. One of the cool things about the cast, for me anyways, was despite how large the cast was, I was never thinking, "crap I'm stuck with this character on my team". Unlike Breath of Fire 3 with Momo. Whenever they stuck her on the team I was dreading her poor hit accuracy. I think that's why we are seeing such variety in the comments. Every character has their specific use. In terms of Locke, specifically, I think people really relate to him. He has a fun sense of humor and the savior complex is quite relatable for those who haven't been able to save someone close to them, whatever that reason may be. You made a lot of good points for all the characters. Who would you choose as your top party of four characters in Final Fantasy VI?
Terra and Relm as mages Sabin and Celes as fighters.
@@mopbrothers great party selection. Celes as a fighter rather than a mage is an interesting choice. Got her equipped with the Lightbringer?
@@FeralInferno Celes is meant to be a fighter and the best character to wield the Light Bringer sword. You already have Terra as a magic user and Relm as a magic powerhouse. Celes really doesn’t need magic that much, but it’s a nice secondary. Celes is a Jack of all trades. Not as physically strong as Sabin, but not as magical as Relm.
@@mopbrothers very solid reasoning. I always kind of treated Celes and Terra as powerful red mages.
@@FeralInferno Celes theoretically shouldn't be paired with Terra or Relm, because of her Runic ability. She would do well with Locke, Edgar, Sabin, or Shadow as they rely on physical attacks and her runic can cover the party while the men wail away at the enemy.
@@FeralInferno Terra is the best character in FF6. She can equip almost everything. She can equip all the best weapons and armor. She’s a very powerful mage, but also a decent attacker. She’s like Orlandu from Final Fantasy Tactics. Her magic surpasses Celes. Relm may have stronger magic, but Relm cannot equip heavy swords and thus doesn’t have a strong physical attack. FF6 is one of those games where the heroes are just so OP it’s silly.
Ohhhhh fun ❤😊
It was sooo much fun reminiscing about Final Fantasy VI with these awesome content creators! 😺🔥
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@@BigBossCQCLegend that's a lucky number!
Their really isn't ONE but even at lv 99 Cyan/Umaro are pure CRAP.
Oh, why do you think that?
Because Umaro can't be controlled and for Cyan Swordtech damage is crap and he's really the only one by lv 99 that I barely had HIS Ultima spell top even 3000 per use others + Gogo using Ultima at lv 99 I still got 9999 damage out of it.
@@veghesther3204 those are some solid reasons!