@@nohi3619 I've got an even crazier strat I've been thinking of ever since doing the original but hadn't had the time to do it because of new games coming out. Hopefully I can do it soon.
Shiva is a very chill person even in the mythology. It's only when he gets angry as he Third Eye opens he goes into his God of Destruction and Death mode lol
SMT 5 perfectly portrays the sheer terror (and reverence) that Shiva invokes in Indian mythology. He is considered the perfect father figure and husband (his wife Parvati as the perfect wife)... But you dare to piss him off... He isn't called the destroyer for nothing
@@trianjezraellumontad7661 they're referred to as demons in-game,I didn't mean offense but that's genuinely what they're called. Christian angels are demons Zoroastrian deities are demons. Some angels featured only in Jewish script are called demons. It's a general term, I'm not out to get Hindus bro
And a shit load of resistances, and some busted OP attacks (pralaya and tandav are best examples... 2 severe almighty attacks) There is a reason why he is one of the strongest personas/demons in every game he's in.
The chants in the beginning vaguely sound like "Om Namah Shivah!!" , which in Sanskrit means "Hail Shiva, Lord Of All!." It was said that in beginning, when all the planets were not able to move, and to set things into motion, he just asked Vishnu and Brahma to blow their conch shells and he danced to their tunes, which resulted in massive spatial quakes from movement of his feet. When cycle of 72 four yugas (ages) : Satya (age of truth), , Dvapar (3/4 truth), Treta (1/2 truth), Kali (darkness) is completed, and the lesser elemental gods and demon kings die, Vishnu and Brahma blow their conches again and Shiva performs a dance of destruction called Tandava, which again causes massive spatial quakes causing everything to collapse. Brahma then recycles the remnants of the old universe into a new universe and Vishnu adds the finishing touches, Shiva creates new elemental gods and demon kings to maintain the universe. Parallel universes are a thing in Hinduism, when Brahma commits a grave sin when he was drunk on his power as the True Creator God, Shiva and Vishnu, summoned million Brahmas from "another worlds" to show his insignificance despite being the True Creator God.
this battle hits differently after learning about them in Hindu lore. Shiva is the god of destruction Parvati is his wife Kali is his wifes enraged form Ganesha is his son Dakini are female servants of Kali Anata is a celestial serpent that the god of preservation aka Vishnu reclines on
That's really funny to know now because Vishnu was in my party during this fight and was the only guy who could reliably kill Anata whenever he spawned
My exact feelings haha, theme hits so hard I didn't bother Shiva mopping the floor with me on my first attempt. Hands down one of my favorite tracks of SMT V.
well this pretty accurate as in Tandava is kinda supposed to be a dance which mesmarizes you though it is not supposed to be calm though,like a tandavs is supposed to show aggression which is apparent in hindu mythology as Lord shivas Tandav is said to be able to destroy the whole world(according to hindu mythology) so I expected it to be a bit more agrresive
Not really in the culture when you complete the dance your left calm as all aggression leaves your being when shiva actually performs it he is at peace knowing he destroyed the cosmos cause he is the God of destruction
@@Asura825 Well From what my parents told me and from what I have seen of classical dance in my country The tandava is usually supposed to show the aggresion lord shiva felt and that was how I interpreted it but can see your point
@@shis1988 Tandava Natyam is the divine dance performed by Shiva. The position the diety adopts at the end of the Tandava animation is the most famous of this dance, one that is usually depicted in Shiva's statues across the Hindu world. When performing this dance, Shiva is known by the title "Nataraja", which means "The King of Dance".
Ngl, this is the peak of a soundtrack that goes hard all the way through. I remember when the game was just released, people had a lot of very heated arguments over every single thing. Story, difficulty, art direction, Idun (my beloved): every single thing about it got high amounts of criticism (warranted and not), but not the soundtrack.
@@crustycrustacean5267 That’s not a given though. A lot of Megaten demons have different designs in different games, some varying wildly (Thor in SMT III, Thor in SMT IV; Odin in SMT III, Odin in SMT IV:A). However with Shiva, yes, it’s the exact same in both P5 and SMTV
@@jgames0948 i know, I've played the games before. I was just telling the dude that Shiva from p5 and smt are the same. Cause of Kazuma Kaneko and stuff like that
Even though Shiva was straight bullshit on my first round, it is some radical music. I need to go back and play my reborn save. Kick shivas ass this time.
Welcome aboard the SMT Train, fella. Just be sure to stay the fuck away from the community and you'll be fine. Never in your life you'll see such a massive, walking temper tantrum that is the SMT community.
super late to the party, I know, but I fought him yesterday and it took me almost 3 hours, I died at least 6 times, something would always go wrong. Until the very end I got him into the red and I was totally freaking out. If there's anything I learned it's to prioritize super healing your dudes not doing damage because that's when Shiva whips out the murder weapons
Update: beaten Shiva twice thanks to farming and "hacking" demons stats... the idea of sacrificing powerful demons to get better "ingredients" was a crazy decision to me lmao XD. That was possible thanks to miracles (unforgotten memories and warrior's conception). Thanks to that, I'm able to get powerful lv99 demons with much better stats. Gold bars all over!
So fun fact, despite actively relying on the actual strategy guides for Shiba, and even prepping some custom backups in case of emergency...I still got mauled cause at the last hit I FUCKING MISSED TWICE. Basically giving him a free turn to get his healer back up. I cannot make this shit up if I tried
![Shin Megami Tensei 5 - Boss Shiva [HARD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/XYRoqwrU6Sg/mqdefault.jpg)
I'm surprised how perfectly it ended up syncing up with Tandava when I wasn't even going for it.
yo, a living legend speaks amongst us
that strat was incredible to watch and so clever! like fr kudos dude
@@nohi3619 I've got an even crazier strat I've been thinking of ever since doing the original but hadn't had the time to do it because of new games coming out. Hopefully I can do it soon.
@@nohi3619 amongst!? 📮
it always does
0:43 was also timed well too
Shiva: "This, is a severe almighty spell"
Nahobino: "Dear God"
Shiva: "There's More"
Nahobino: "No!"
And that's a perfect comment
*Drops defense to minimum
"i've teleported pain for three days!"@@ju2tunknown
NB "Dear God"
Shiva "Yes, precisely"
*NB dies*
Nahobino and allies: *Fighting for their lives*
Shiva: *Vibin'*
even when you win
Shiva : haha good fight bro, summon me if you need me
@@Ike_of_pyke he is a "fallen" god, but he is still a good sport.
Gotta appreciate him.
@@Ike_of_pyke He even gave some advice
Like damn, he’s really chill for someone who’s about to destroy the universe
@@snailthelostcow63 fits him well.when he isn't angry he seems super chill,but when he is he performs tandav to destroy stuff.seems good to me.
Shiva is a very chill person even in the mythology. It's only when he gets angry as he Third Eye opens he goes into his God of Destruction and Death mode lol
This theme is almost as hard as the preta that always kills me in the beginning of Nocturne
You too? I thought I was the only one that got killed by a Preta the first 30mins into the game lol
The preta who dodges all of your hits and gets criticals on his hits
Yeah, the "NoCtUrNe On HaRd Is FuN" experience. Beating the tutorial Pretas becomes a RNG fest.
@@VirgosCostaaCosta I beat those beginner demons pretty handily on the harder mode, but when I went tk do a normal one they swept me
@@AttacMage RNG giveth, RNG taketh away.
It’s not the same without the dread that sets in when it goes from a 4v1 to a 1v3
No, you forgot, when it becomes a 1v4 and the snake didn't get stepped on
THIS.
You either rise or fall to this music. Well done Shiva.
Idk about THAT, he’s kinda straightforward
Yes
SMT 5 perfectly portrays the sheer terror (and reverence) that Shiva invokes in Indian mythology.
He is considered the perfect father figure and husband (his wife Parvati as the perfect wife)... But you dare to piss him off...
He isn't called the destroyer for nothing
Funny how he's the punching bag of the franchise
Hes chill he showers blessing and grant boons to his devotes
@@JohnnyPlsCumMe even if said devotee becomes a menace...
@@RedDrake110 Hence is known as 'Bhole Baba'.
Honestly this boosted Shiva to top of my favourite demons
he's our god dammit!!!
Um...his a Hindu God not a Demon
@@trianjezraellumontad7661 they're referred to as demons in-game,I didn't mean offense but that's genuinely what they're called.
Christian angels are demons
Zoroastrian deities are demons.
Some angels featured only in Jewish script are called demons.
It's a general term, I'm not out to get Hindus bro
@@trianjezraellumontad7661 Demons a blanket term for non mortals in SMT, no offense was intended.
@@gos994 chill, Demons in this game are anyone that's not a being from abrahamic religions.
This theme slaps harder than me actually fighting Shiva on Hard mode. And he slapped me hard too many times
Well he does have a lot of hands to slap you with lolol
And a shit load of resistances, and some busted OP attacks (pralaya and tandav are best examples... 2 severe almighty attacks)
There is a reason why he is one of the strongest personas/demons in every game he's in.
I love how calm yet intense this music feels
Absolutely
The real terror isn’t Tandava… it’s Ananta fully healing him after you use everything to get his health in red
That happened to me
Don’t remind me 😭🤬😭🤬😭🤬😭
@@driversed388 I legit just turned off the game when that happened… like my god.
thank god paraselene blur is so broken that (under the right circumstances and strategy) it will one shot shiva
The chants in the beginning vaguely sound like "Om Namah Shivah!!" , which in Sanskrit means "Hail Shiva, Lord Of All!." It was said that in beginning, when all the planets were not able to move, and to set things into motion, he just asked Vishnu and Brahma to blow their conch shells and he danced to their tunes, which resulted in massive spatial quakes from movement of his feet. When cycle of 72 four yugas (ages) : Satya (age of truth), , Dvapar (3/4 truth), Treta (1/2 truth), Kali (darkness) is completed, and the lesser elemental gods and demon kings die, Vishnu and Brahma blow their conches again and Shiva performs a dance of destruction called Tandava, which again causes massive spatial quakes causing everything to collapse. Brahma then recycles the remnants of the old universe into a new universe and Vishnu adds the finishing touches, Shiva creates new elemental gods and demon kings to maintain the universe. Parallel universes are a thing in Hinduism, when Brahma commits a grave sin when he was drunk on his power as the True Creator God, Shiva and Vishnu, summoned million Brahmas from "another worlds" to show his insignificance despite being the True Creator God.
Proceeds to Be dethrone by YHVH
@@irsshill4502 I am not talking about the game.
@@Sigma_Looksmaxxer is still funny, YHVH be like. Hipiti hopiti, your throne is now my property.
Slash Emperor in the flesh??? I can't make out any chants, can you give a timestamp?
@@derpi3438 The vague humming of a ladylike voice in background. 0:00-0:13
Me and the boys when we leave samsara and achieve nirvana 😎
Bowl of Hygieia + Golden Apple = Idun best girl.
Shiva: *dances to some sick beats, nukes you, than summon his wife and son to dance to your demise
This theme hits harder than Minotaur's critical strikes in the fourth game
Smirk
Walter: "I'll end it thus" *Agi*
lmfao
this battle hits differently after learning about them in Hindu lore.
Shiva is the god of destruction
Parvati is his wife
Kali is his wifes enraged form
Ganesha is his son
Dakini are female servants of Kali
Anata is a celestial serpent that the god of preservation aka Vishnu reclines on
That's really funny to know now because Vishnu was in my party during this fight and was the only guy who could reliably kill Anata whenever he spawned
My exact feelings haha, theme hits so hard I didn't bother Shiva mopping the floor with me on my first attempt. Hands down one of my favorite tracks of SMT V.
THE LORD OF DANCE GOT ME GROOVIN'
ME TOO
Everyone: **withstood the attack**
The cat: damn this shit bops **vibes**
Goddamn I want to play this masterpierce game!
But why only on that stupid Nintendo Switch?!
Lol
Lol
Calm but heavy and terrified. I love this theme
Same as you!!! feels like the right end of the world, parousia of some thing like that...
Dashie: WHO DA FUCK WAS IN THE STUDIO DOING THIS?!
What a great boss fight. The demi-fiend was brutal too.
well this pretty accurate as in Tandava is kinda supposed to be a dance which mesmarizes you though it is not supposed to be calm though,like a tandavs is supposed to show aggression which is apparent in hindu mythology as Lord shivas Tandav is said to be able to destroy the whole world(according to hindu mythology) so I expected it to be a bit more agrresive
They had to tone it down for the masses
Not really in the culture when you complete the dance your left calm as all aggression leaves your being when shiva actually performs it he is at peace knowing he destroyed the cosmos cause he is the God of destruction
@@Asura825 Well From what my parents told me and from what I have seen of classical dance in my country The tandava is usually supposed to show the aggresion lord shiva felt and that was how I interpreted it but can see your point
One of my favs sountracks in the game, the other ones are Battler theme 4 & 3.
Lofi Hindu Beats to Walk Away with My Life to
goddamn this goes HARD, i wish Shiva's dance from nocturne stayed tbh
Make peace with your fate, your lives are now over.
0:03: Me making peace with my fate
Is that what the Tandava is?
@@shis1988 Tandava Natyam is the divine dance performed by Shiva. The position the diety adopts at the end of the Tandava animation is the most famous of this dance, one that is usually depicted in Shiva's statues across the Hindu world. When performing this dance, Shiva is known by the title "Nataraja", which means "The King of Dance".
Basically it's a dance that signified the destruction of the cosmos
Amor Fati.
@@Asura825 Yes the macrocosme
god SMT5 music sounds like fucking DIRT. in the best possible way. its so fucking grimy
The music in this battle is awesome. SMTV has a superb OST
Modernity used in the right ways
Considering how painful this fight is, thisbtheme will forever remain ingrained in my brain lol.
Ngl, this is the peak of a soundtrack that goes hard all the way through.
I remember when the game was just released, people had a lot of very heated arguments over every single thing. Story, difficulty, art direction, Idun (my beloved): every single thing about it got high amounts of criticism (warranted and not), but not the soundtrack.
Impalers Animus: the Theme
Om namah shivaya 🕉️🙏
This meme just captured the whole epic vibe of this fight.
The song when you fight Ishtar it's really good too
Everyone grooving, but also instantly getting one shot😂
Featuring DANTE and NERO from Devil May Cry Series
Holy shit, Shiva isn't holding anything back, they summoned Durga (the red 8 armed one), and Ganesha (the Elefant one)!!! That's 3 GODS in one fight.
That was Kali
Bethel battle theme is still better
Its not even bethels battle theme. It plays with multiple fights outside of bethel. Zeus and Odin dont even use the theme
That's not Bethel's theme, it's official name is Dancing Crazy Murder
False.
@@ArceusDX which, funny enough, applies to shiva anyways
The most accurate looking shiva I’ve seen in an anime game and more accurate than persona 5’s version too
Both this Shiva and the persona one share the exact same designs. Cause they're from the same series
They're... identical aside from the color?
They literally are the same ...
@@crustycrustacean5267 That’s not a given though. A lot of Megaten demons have different designs in different games, some varying wildly (Thor in SMT III, Thor in SMT IV; Odin in SMT III, Odin in SMT IV:A).
However with Shiva, yes, it’s the exact same in both P5 and SMTV
@@jgames0948 i know, I've played the games before. I was just telling the dude that Shiva from p5 and smt are the same. Cause of Kazuma Kaneko and stuff like that
featuring dante from devil may cry
YESSSSSSS THE THEME WAS THE BEST IN THE GAME
Me:"Why is this guy using such low level demons against shiva is he stupid?"
Also me after seeing Nahobinos damage output:"Oh."
Look up the strat
This Final Fantasy looks weird.
( ❄️ *Diamond Dust +9* )
What is Raiden from metal gear solid doing in Final Fantasy?
But I think those are Persona's he is fighting. They're from my favorite game, Persona 5. I watched it on UA-cam.
@@rusticpath2244 90 percent of the fanbase have only experienced persona 5 through UA-cam
Lol
Shiva's theme in FFXIV: Headbanging
Shiva's theme in SMTV: Headbanging
A masterpiece
Imagine this theme playing as Shiva absolutely just wrecks Raiden Tameemon
That song does slap so freaking hard.
Almost sounds like something from Lisa the painful/joyful and that’s a great thing lol
Actually feels like fighting a god of destruction capable of ama obliterating the universe
Even though Shiva was straight bullshit on my first round, it is some radical music. I need to go back and play my reborn save. Kick shivas ass this time.
Truth be told i was actually expecting his theme from DDS2 XD
He ain't even pull out Pashupat on y'all.
Note to self: Dont fight a boss whose theme sounds like the closing credits are coming.
Never played a SMT game before, but this song goes hard as fuck
Excited to try Vengeance
Welcome aboard the SMT Train, fella. Just be sure to stay the fuck away from the community and you'll be fine.
Never in your life you'll see such a massive, walking temper tantrum that is the SMT community.
vengance looks to be the biggest smt game yet, hopefully its good
UA-cam algorithm recommending this video to everyone yesterday and today lol
that beat hit hard
Geez, after being in twitch chat so much. I'm starting to really hate the cat gif
Shiva . The God of Lit Beats
Dantes dance always gets me ,like yeah I can see him literally doing that shit in a balls to the fall fight against Shiva when the music starts
Shiva and his music scares me.
In the right ways
super late to the party, I know, but I fought him yesterday and it took me almost 3 hours, I died at least 6 times, something would always go wrong. Until the very end I got him into the red and I was totally freaking out. If there's anything I learned it's to prioritize super healing your dudes not doing damage because that's when Shiva whips out the murder weapons
This theme is just. Godly.
In all sense of terms
Befitting the god of destruction
The near perfect timing of Tandava when the beat dropped-
Shiva's theme hits hard, but maybe not as hard as Tandava
Before the tandava i mean beat drops you can hear shiva speaking language of the gods before it hits
Guess I have to try this game now
Naoto just vibin
It's not something I would dance to but
It feel feeling I can't explain in a word
For some moments, this feels like a GTA 3ish track that would play during a batshit crazy ending.
0:03 "I don't understand you" "I don't understand me" theme
there is not a single smt/persona game that has bad music
Looks like i'm the only indian here
Shit SMT game but I can't deny the good music from it just about the only thing done right...this and the Fairy Village theme
Lmao Neros dance is actually really really good!
Smoked pot and listen to the theme.
It was made for shiva alright.
Hits harder than my dad's belt
Dope rap beat
Gosh, I haven't beaten this boss yet! I'm stuuuuck!!!
Update: beaten Shiva twice thanks to farming and "hacking" demons stats... the idea of sacrificing powerful demons to get better "ingredients" was a crazy decision to me lmao XD. That was possible thanks to miracles (unforgotten memories and warrior's conception).
Thanks to that, I'm able to get powerful lv99 demons with much better stats. Gold bars all over!
i can wait for vengeance and play creation i hope not dlc pay wall
Befitting music for such a beautiful and handsome God
The Digital Devil Saga Gang be slow twerking in the back while they wait for that DLC
Nearly hits as hard as Tandava.
now do this with Bethel battle theme
Already did, checkout my recent upload
When the Tandava hits
So fun fact, despite actively relying on the actual strategy guides for Shiba, and even prepping some custom backups in case of emergency...I still got mauled cause at the last hit I FUCKING MISSED TWICE.
Basically giving him a free turn to get his healer back up.
I cannot make this shit up if I tried
This boss fight was all that
Imagine if Krishna is in the game. Still onw of the worst decision atlus ever made to not include krishna in the game
Nah this moment right here 🔥👌
I like how the screen periodically fills with more and more shit lol
banger
You will not redeem the throne.
You will now be destroyed, Sir!
SMTV has such a vastly different style than the other SMT games. It goes for an ethereal sound that just...works? Like, gah damn.
Possibly the best battle theme in the game and also possibly the most unique one
Currently on this boss fight on hard mode at lvl 87 & I don’t stand a chance 😭
I laughed at the title cause i bang that banger almost everyday
Yo why do all your party members have endure for this fight?
Nice of them to incorporate disk drive sounds into the theme.