I would have smashed Durge too... just not in that way~ (though in all seriousness, Durge is a bit of a problem player and I got a LOT of katharsis from the second lever pull)
@@rayclawicefire2503 The longsword isn't good for object breaking since most relevant object obstacles have Slash resist or immunity. The mace being bludgeoning bypasses this...but doesn't deal enough damage to bypass Medium Toughness since it can't be 2-handed with GWM. Aka all the weapons suck, the armors and especially shield are really good.
I didn't use the hammer my first time through, didn't occur to me to even try, I just examined him, saw vulnerable to bludgeoning, and beat him down with a hasted karlach.
I'm going to be completely honest with you... It never once occurred to me to use the hammer to smash the golem! Once I realized the lava slowed him and upped the damage taken I got tunnel vision. Imagine how smart I felt until i saw this...
Muscle memory causes an itch in my hand every time I hear that sound. That sound meant frantically check your surroundings and prepare to run in TBC days!
When I was a kid I was over at a friend’s house playing video games when we noticed a wasp crawling across the carpet. We were both a bit chicken. We dropped a dictionary on it and went back to gaming. Before I left, we gingerly lifted up the dictionary… and saw the wasp there, still intact (carpet), so we screamed just like the three party members at the end, dropped the dictionary back on it, and added a case of water bottles for good measure.
Legend has it that the wasp is still there. Untouched. Unrelenting. Biding its time until it can fulfill its revenge against you and your kind. None shall be spared.
@@DanTheManGruen This is a rookie mistake, but easily resolved and quite the educational moment. Heavily Armored is a waste of a feat. It was in 5e and it still is in BG3. If you want Heavy Armor do a class dip. Since you have already decided the feat was good enough to get you'll still lose access to another feat, but you'll get more out of it. For example, a wizard with one level War Domain cleric dip gets you Heavy Armor, Martial Weapons, War Priest charges, continued spell progression, and access to fantastic first level cleric spells such as bless, protection from good and evil, or healing word. To put into perspective if you've got non-magical platemail (AC 18)on your wizard, a non-magical shield (+2 AC), and you are attacked you can cast the Shield spell (+5 AC until start of your next turn) then you'll have AC of 25 for one round of combat. Now imagine all of these calculations with mid to late game magic items.
I used my horn to call the ogres and an epic battle unleashed where the 3 of them surrounded the golem and stared whacking the shit out of it. They all died but their sacrifice was never forgotten.
@@dimKiriyenko Nope but you're in for a sad time if you summon them for the Nere fight. Everybody turns on you, even the completely unarmed dark gnomes.
00:01 Our gang of intrepid misfits have got themselves a boat! This boat is usually sailed by Duergar, the grey-skinned cousins of the Dwarfs that often are minions to the Drow (equally grey-skinned elves, like our rogue). They are kinda cruel, like most things in the Underdark, but luckily the previous owners have all 'mysteriously disappeared' so this boat is now theirs. 00:05 Duergar often have corsairs sailing around the Underdark to pillage and plunder other inhabitants in the region, and our heroes managed to meet some of them who would like to know why a Duergar ship is sailed by a non-Duergar crew. Luckily you can convince them you are totally supposed to be here. Of course you can also just casually push the lead stunty off the boat into the water... 00:15 This bunch of weird knifes is the Cloud of Daggers spell, a tier 2 spell that basically just creates a tornado of sharp blades for as long as you concentrate on it. It's a very useful spell if combined with a way to keep someone in one place, as it damages both when someone enters the Cloud of Daggers and when their turn is started inside of it, as well as immediately upon casting the spell, which means low-tier fodder can easily be taken care off with this spell if they stand inside of it for a while. 00:22 When mooring the boat into a dock the gang is informed a True Soul (with tadpole, yum) is trapped behind a cave-in. You can leave him there, causing him to choke to death due to poison gas buildup, but there are some innocent slaves with him and he also can give some rather useful information, so using some gunpowder to free the man is not the worst idea either. In fact, there is quite a subplot attached to obtaining a small vial of potent gunpowder from a runaway gnome slave. 00:30 So remember how Duergar and Drow have a relationship of domination and abuse with each other? Well, it turns out they don't like each other much because of that, and it's very easy to tweak this even further to the point of having the Duergar fight the True Soul on your side. 00:36 Josh casts Fly. It makes you fly. Enough said. 00:50 The wizard finds a mold for magic armor. Down from where the Duergar are hanging out you can find a forge, where a rare magic ore called Adamantine can be forged with lava to make unique and powerful items, some more powerful than others, and the armors are some of the strongest in-game until at least Act 3. 00:58 And there is the forge! Just put the mold in, heat up the Adamantinem, let the hammer drop on the still hot metal, and you have yourself a magic weapon! 01:06 But a friendly reminder that giving it to Gale to consume is not how it's supposed to go. There are plenty of other magic items he can consume. 01:08 And here is the true final boss of this act: the golem that guards this forge, Grym. He has a TON of health, most likely about 3x the total health of the party COMBINED. He also has a very high Armor Class and also hits like a truck. However, he tends to overheat when standing in lava, and also is kind of weak to any bludgeoning damage... 01:47 It turns out that being hit on the head with a giant hammer will kill anything caught between an iron sheet and a HUGE hammer, not even just the intended targets but pretty much anyone unlucky enough to be standing there at that moment. Sorry Durge, but what can you do, eh?~ 01:55 Kill it!! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!
This episode made me burst out laughing more than any so far. The police lights, the microwave, Gale immediately eating the weapon, and the party’s terror of the Durge all made me squeal
That shot following the giant golem from behind as it closes in on the party is easily one of the most technically impressive shots that you've done to date.
I remember when I first fought this guy, I didn't even think you could interact with the lever for the hammer, and just assumed that it wouldn't be interactable. I spent an hour fighting it, tooth and nail at level 5. Then I got the achievement for killing him without the hammer, and was not sure whether to be proud or disappointed in myself.
It's honestly so cool that for how big BG3 scope wise, with how every battle can be done a dozen different ways, that we as a community still have plenty of shared experiences and struggles. It just makes it fun to see what things we did wind up doing differently.
Most damage anyone ever did in a D&D campaign was the cleric. We were fighting some Mindflayers and the cleric casts Blade Barrier, but the Mindflayer levitates over it. So then the cleric summoned greater earth elemental from the roof of the cave above the enemy and commands it to "jump" (see fall) and grapple the Mindflayer. The Mindflayer is pushed through the blade barrier and then squashed by the weight of the elemental.
Loving the classic turn based combat BGMs btw, Mario RPG and FF9 both total bangers 👍 Super impressive animation detail level with the changing perspective shots too!
I can't decide what's more accurate for this fight between the FFIX battle music and the Fel Reaver sound. Even the way the camera focuses different angles when the battle starts is on point LOL
You can cheese the guardian by dropping a health potion under the hammer - when it crushes your team mate and the golem - it will break the vial. The guardian is a construct so it cannot use the health potion - your knocked out team mate will be healed and come back up.
Minecraft and Sea of Thieves on PS5 require Microsoft accounts to play, and no one complained. Just a bunch of cry babies who can't spend 5 min of their precious gaming time to sign up for an account.
Josh intentionally smashing Durge again as payback after all the chaos he caused in the past episodes. 😂🔨
I would have smashed Durge too... just not in that way~ (though in all seriousness, Durge is a bit of a problem player and I got a LOT of katharsis from the second lever pull)
He crushed his Bhaals.
Payback? that was pure fear.
The chonky plushy dwarf is the Durge?
@@Dan-zc3ou Yep, it's mentioned in episode 1.
Did not expect FF9 music. And the camera pans.
Brings back some good ole memories
word on the street is that FFXIV mmo will have a raid series about FF9! so excited for it!
@@miqotesoulia8620 FFXIV players are the mormons of video games. Knocking at your door to spread the good word.
And i'm one of them.
Thought its supposed to be a FF11 related raid. Vanadelle. Only FF9 raid we had was Weeping City. Theme song and Ozma.
@@Leandra001 Vanadelle is the upcoming alliance raid. The 8man raid will be Solution 9 =>FF9 inspired
The most emotional damage is Gale eating that legendary smg.
Honestly, most of the gear is middling except for the armor.
@@CrizzyEyesYeah I think the longsword is the only weapon worth making since you can use it to cut though objects like butter.
@@rayclawicefire2503
The longsword isn't good for object breaking since most relevant object obstacles have Slash resist or immunity. The mace being bludgeoning bypasses this...but doesn't deal enough damage to bypass Medium Toughness since it can't be 2-handed with GWM. Aka all the weapons suck, the armors and especially shield are really good.
The only thing this is missing is using the full keg of Runepowder casuing a nuclear explosion (before loading an "oops" save)
I lost an honor mode run to that
@@Deribus575 Ohh Nooo. My condolences. Atleast you have a hilarious story to tell 🤣
r. I. p. bro
I am not alone. Excellent.
@@Deribus575 I lost my last run to that a few days ago. I laughed so hard lmaooo
Getting mashed by the hammer while trying to get the golem into position is something many of us can relate lol
I didn't use the hammer my first time through, didn't occur to me to even try, I just examined him, saw vulnerable to bludgeoning, and beat him down with a hasted karlach.
@@flithbrin I read this as wielding Karlach as a weapon
I never even fought a golem
Lol, in a current run of mine I had to throw Gale out of harms way with Karlach. So he would not get crushed. That was amazing.
I'm going to be completely honest with you...
It never once occurred to me to use the hammer to smash the golem! Once I realized the lava slowed him and upped the damage taken I got tunnel vision.
Imagine how smart I felt until i saw this...
I can't believe I'm watching a Saturday morning cartoon in 2024. Thanks, Carbot!
What an underrated comment❤
@@FireCrack83 why though? Is it really that unbelievable?
I appreciate the Fel Reaver sound effect.
Oooh I was wondering why it scared the sh*t out of me
Muscle memory causes an itch in my hand every time I hear that sound. That sound meant frantically check your surroundings and prepare to run in TBC days!
@@The_Salty_DM Who else remembers the first time Fel Reaver stepped on them...
YOU MEAN FEL REAVER PTSD...
I heard it and immediately went to "Did the screen shake? No? Then it's not too late."
Just hit 314 hours tonight.
Still forgot to tell the little girl about her parents.
thats almost enough to finish act 1
The Tiefling? I brought her their bodies. She still did not believe me.
You mean Arabella?
@@josephmoore286I know, right? What a brat!
Keep doing the lord's work brother :D
The sheer terror that they didn't finish off the real monster the first time was palpable.
that boat scene is that happiest i have ever seen Hagen daas be.
The Final fantasy 9 moment is just too good i love it ^^
I always upvote the FF9 battle theme. 😊
@@2sappy Normal it's one of the best.
Tbh I don't remember 9
7- cloud
8- squall
10- tidus
@@kalelson8861 Zidane
@@kalelson8861 9 It's Zidane
I laughed that you created the good shit and immediately fed it to gale
“Yo!” . . . “These aren’t the characters you’re looking for.” Best line ever! Ha ha ha! 😂😂😂
When I was a kid I was over at a friend’s house playing video games when we noticed a wasp crawling across the carpet. We were both a bit chicken. We dropped a dictionary on it and went back to gaming. Before I left, we gingerly lifted up the dictionary… and saw the wasp there, still intact (carpet), so we screamed just like the three party members at the end, dropped the dictionary back on it, and added a case of water bottles for good measure.
Legend has it that the wasp is still there. Untouched. Unrelenting. Biding its time until it can fulfill its revenge against you and your kind. None shall be spared.
FFIX battle theme commences!!!
🤣 Freakin Gale immediately eating the adamantine weapon out of the forge got me good
I grew up playing FF9 and that battle transition healed my soul
FINAL FANTASY 9 INTRO + COMBAT STYLE + MUSIC OMG CARBOT I LOVE YOU
The FF9 combat music hit me in the feels.
love the barbarian being exposed higher in the air when the wizard flies off course to treasure
The FFIX screen transition and battle music was most unexpected.
Carbot cannot escape his Blizzard origins. I heard those felreaver sounds 😂
You can't escape from any thing, which you still love;)
That fellreaver noise made me look behind me
Crafting the legandary armor cause it sounds good, instant regret as none in the main party can wear it.
Get the heavy armor feat
@@DanTheManGruen But I need all my party members to be able to play instruments, its fundamental.
@@DanTheManGruen This is a rookie mistake, but easily resolved and quite the educational moment.
Heavily Armored is a waste of a feat. It was in 5e and it still is in BG3. If you want Heavy Armor do a class dip. Since you have already decided the feat was good enough to get you'll still lose access to another feat, but you'll get more out of it. For example, a wizard with one level War Domain cleric dip gets you Heavy Armor, Martial Weapons, War Priest charges, continued spell progression, and access to fantastic first level cleric spells such as bless, protection from good and evil, or healing word. To put into perspective if you've got non-magical platemail (AC 18)on your wizard, a non-magical shield (+2 AC), and you are attacked you can cast the Shield spell (+5 AC until start of your next turn) then you'll have AC of 25 for one round of combat. Now imagine all of these calculations with mid to late game magic items.
If it's heavy armour, I'm pretty sure Laezel can use it.
@@finaldusk1821 Both Lae'zel and Minthara can use heavy armor by default.
I used my horn to call the ogres and an epic battle unleashed where the 3 of them surrounded the golem and stared whacking the shit out of it. They all died but their sacrifice was never forgotten.
I always assumed they can't attend underdark.
@@dimKiriyenko Same. When I use the horn in Underdark it says the ogres must have moved on.
@@DonLoco3 I tried using the horn in the final battle. In retrospect, it makes perfect sense that they didn't show up.
@@dimKiriyenko Nope but you're in for a sad time if you summon them for the Nere fight. Everybody turns on you, even the completely unarmed dark gnomes.
Man, that FF9 intro battle sequence had me smiling from ear to ear like the nerd i am. It was amazing 👏🏿
1:27 first it was The Legend of Dragoon in Ep16, and now its FFIX???!
*Chef's kiss.
Appreciate the FF9 music!
Final Fantasy 9 battle transition? I got PTFFS from that. Post traumatic final fantasy syndrome
Pnffs* post nostalgic final fantasy syndrome
@@tehjoch I said traumatic because of in some zones trying to go 4 steps in any direction and we had a battle.
@Sorcerer86pt true, you wrote D instead of S on acronym btw
@@tehjoch edited, thanks for noticing
My guess was post traumatic for fucks sake. So almost...?
Hearing these be called "Saturday morning cartoons" really made me feel some type of way. Mostly good.
I was expecting a druid coming from somewhere and crush the boss =)
It's a giant owlbear from the top rope! Watch out Watch out Watch out!
The FF9 music gave me goosebums. Such good memories
00:01 Our gang of intrepid misfits have got themselves a boat! This boat is usually sailed by Duergar, the grey-skinned cousins of the Dwarfs that often are minions to the Drow (equally grey-skinned elves, like our rogue). They are kinda cruel, like most things in the Underdark, but luckily the previous owners have all 'mysteriously disappeared' so this boat is now theirs.
00:05 Duergar often have corsairs sailing around the Underdark to pillage and plunder other inhabitants in the region, and our heroes managed to meet some of them who would like to know why a Duergar ship is sailed by a non-Duergar crew. Luckily you can convince them you are totally supposed to be here. Of course you can also just casually push the lead stunty off the boat into the water...
00:15 This bunch of weird knifes is the Cloud of Daggers spell, a tier 2 spell that basically just creates a tornado of sharp blades for as long as you concentrate on it. It's a very useful spell if combined with a way to keep someone in one place, as it damages both when someone enters the Cloud of Daggers and when their turn is started inside of it, as well as immediately upon casting the spell, which means low-tier fodder can easily be taken care off with this spell if they stand inside of it for a while.
00:22 When mooring the boat into a dock the gang is informed a True Soul (with tadpole, yum) is trapped behind a cave-in. You can leave him there, causing him to choke to death due to poison gas buildup, but there are some innocent slaves with him and he also can give some rather useful information, so using some gunpowder to free the man is not the worst idea either. In fact, there is quite a subplot attached to obtaining a small vial of potent gunpowder from a runaway gnome slave.
00:30 So remember how Duergar and Drow have a relationship of domination and abuse with each other? Well, it turns out they don't like each other much because of that, and it's very easy to tweak this even further to the point of having the Duergar fight the True Soul on your side.
00:36 Josh casts Fly. It makes you fly. Enough said.
00:50 The wizard finds a mold for magic armor. Down from where the Duergar are hanging out you can find a forge, where a rare magic ore called Adamantine can be forged with lava to make unique and powerful items, some more powerful than others, and the armors are some of the strongest in-game until at least Act 3.
00:58 And there is the forge! Just put the mold in, heat up the Adamantinem, let the hammer drop on the still hot metal, and you have yourself a magic weapon!
01:06 But a friendly reminder that giving it to Gale to consume is not how it's supposed to go. There are plenty of other magic items he can consume.
01:08 And here is the true final boss of this act: the golem that guards this forge, Grym. He has a TON of health, most likely about 3x the total health of the party COMBINED. He also has a very high Armor Class and also hits like a truck. However, he tends to overheat when standing in lava, and also is kind of weak to any bludgeoning damage...
01:47 It turns out that being hit on the head with a giant hammer will kill anything caught between an iron sheet and a HUGE hammer, not even just the intended targets but pretty much anyone unlucky enough to be standing there at that moment. Sorry Durge, but what can you do, eh?~
01:55
Kill it!! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!
This episode made me burst out laughing more than any so far. The police lights, the microwave, Gale immediately eating the weapon, and the party’s terror of the Durge all made me squeal
That 3rd person view of Grym was very impressive from a technical standpoint
That shot following the giant golem from behind as it closes in on the party is easily one of the most technically impressive shots that you've done to date.
I remember when I first fought this guy, I didn't even think you could interact with the lever for the hammer, and just assumed that it wouldn't be interactable. I spent an hour fighting it, tooth and nail at level 5. Then I got the achievement for killing him without the hammer, and was not sure whether to be proud or disappointed in myself.
0:25 Barb after the explosion is beautiful!
First Legend of Dragoon music and now FF9, Carbot is trying to subliminally bring back some ps1 classics and I support it.
It's honestly so cool that for how big BG3 scope wise, with how every battle can be done a dozen different ways, that we as a community still have plenty of shared experiences and struggles. It just makes it fun to see what things we did wind up doing differently.
So many references to other games. Thank god I've played them all! This is amazing.
The full-on FF9 transition and music it was beautiful 😍
The animation when the golem was walking was amazing.
Bro, first Crystal Chronicels and now FF9 battle music? Your music choices are PEAK! Love absolutely all of it.
Most damage anyone ever did in a D&D campaign was the cleric. We were fighting some Mindflayers and the cleric casts Blade Barrier, but the Mindflayer levitates over it. So then the cleric summoned greater earth elemental from the roof of the cave above the enemy and commands it to "jump" (see fall) and grapple the Mindflayer. The Mindflayer is pushed through the blade barrier and then squashed by the weight of the elemental.
For a few seconds, that FFIX music took me back to simpler, slower and easier times.
Thank you.
Love all the wow sounds randomly popping up. So nostalgic.
Loving the classic turn based combat BGMs btw, Mario RPG and FF9 both total bangers 👍 Super impressive animation detail level with the changing perspective shots too!
Love that the mold was for a T-shirt, that the Forge was a microwave, and the product was somehow a submachine gun.
I can't decide what's more accurate for this fight between the FFIX battle music and the Fel Reaver sound. Even the way the camera focuses different angles when the battle starts is on point LOL
If gale talks during the rune powder scene he says "blowing yourself up is never the right answer"...
I am so here for the continued Legend of Dragoon references. I get the dumbest smile every time once gets into a video.
The moment the video switched to Final Fantasy IX battle mode, it woke up the sleeping kid in me. God, what a nice feeling! ❤
The smrpg music, the fel reaver sounds and the unexpected ff9 music is just… chefs kiss ❤
My god the old turn based transition into the turn based boss battle hit me in the nostalgia bone hard. 🥹.
When the FFIX music came I sat straight up and hyperfocused on the screen. Good job Carbot!
Fun fact: Lava might remove most of his resistances, but if you're feeling bold, he has no resistance to Unarmed damage.
That Pingu's language when the drow argues with the dwarves gets me every time
Lol... the extra mallet strike on Durge was awesome.
The flying wizard moving to show the barbarian sailing above him. Such perfect comedic timing 😂
With all the jumping Durge has done, I thought this was gonna be a “durge from the toprope” spiel and forgot about using the hammer 😭
FF9 theme.
That's a man of culture, right there.
You can cheese the guardian by dropping a health potion under the hammer - when it crushes your team mate and the golem - it will break the vial. The guardian is a construct so it cannot use the health potion - your knocked out team mate will be healed and come back up.
10/10 will watch again.
The FF battle transition had me rolling. Good stuff.
apreciate the SW Ep4 reference on may 4
This episode was criminally underrated! Too f*cking funny 🤣
Dude the camera pan during the FF intro of the fight....just perfect
Josh hitting the Durge with the hammer for a second time is so relatable, it does takes 2 hammer strikes to take the robot down after all.
The Fel Reaver sound was priceless.
The Fel Reaver horn? Howl? Siren?
Whatever. Just **Chef's Kiss**
Everyone talking about the FF9 battle music, but 0:48 Super Mario RPG makes an appearance too!
The best part of these cartoons is recognizing the music/sound effects from other games
Putting the armor mold in the microwave got me, I don't know why but that got a real laugh out loud XD
That ff8-ff9 theme battle style with dancing turn waiting was amazing, I laugh my head off
When the Final Fantasy IX music dropped I nostalgiad so hard I am now in Terra with all the Genomes.
ff9 music and animations with wow sounds, my nostolgia is off the charts
Hahahaha the use of super mario rpg music and the final fantasy 9 battle theme was a nice touch!!
The FF9 fight just perfect.
The animation and humor of these vids reeeaaalllyy remind me of 30 Second Bunnies and I absolutely love it!!
The final fantasy 9 battle theme really made this for me. Great choice.
Nice "May the 4 be with you" reference ❤
Love your sound effects and music, always a nostalgia trip
1:33 was that the fel reaver noise from world of warcraft?
Guess the next video on Helldivers is going to introduce a new enemy faction...
SONY!
Minecraft and Sea of Thieves on PS5 require Microsoft accounts to play, and no one complained. Just a bunch of cry babies who can't spend 5 min of their precious gaming time to sign up for an account.
Nah it wont be a new enemy, just carbot wont allow us to see the video untill we sign up with psn accounts.
@P.Sotirov I had to sign up for a Microsoft account to play Minecraft and Sea of Thieves. It took me 5 min. Stop being cry babies about it.
This is one of the best goddamn channels that ever channeled
The FFIX sequence just killed me ! 😂
Great as always !
That fel reaver noise gave me a pavlovian fear response.
LMAO that throwback to FF9? man, was so on point
the way i CACKLED when the hammer dropped lmfao
The Star Wars reference on May the 4th *chefs kiss!
i will never get tired of hearing fel reaver audio for giant robots. lol
"Drop the Hammer again!"
"But our teammate is still-"
"I said DROP IT AGAIN!!!!"
The Final Fantasy Battle Music got me so hard...Thank you.
Nice use of the Fel Reaver soundclip for the metal giant
Mario RPG Ost AND ff9 OST? you sir are a true connoisseur!
The animation on the golem over the shoulder camera was TIGHT!!
LMAO! This one cracked me up! I love all the references! 🤣
The bard standing near the lava during that encounter gave me double anxiety.
The final fantasy boss music, the hydraulic press, and even our custom drawing in the outro! Can't ask for more!
okay but the way the "camera" moves at 1:15 must've taken a ton of effort
Damn, amazing animation skills! They've really gotten incredible (:
Holy frick the FFIX battle animation and music really hit my nostaglia buttons
I got the achievement for defeating the forge guardian using an owlbear jump from high up. Nice job 10/10