She only gets a week, though.

heh, not even...@@tantacles

😂😂💀

Definitely a missed opportunity. But hey, more suffering is good for the channel. XD

Ohhh snap.

Yeah this would be the perfect run for that sword

I heard he also pernounces jenova differently as well

Wow, someone watched Lueroi

@@Blighted_Ashesi have never heard lueroi yet i have heard this "i heard you like mudkip" meme several times. Can i get context?

Solo Red is a lot of fun and you can use an oversight by equipping Peace Bell and using Howling Moon to give him beserk and haste, but then keep control of his actions.

Januvia? Or is it ozempic

Free book for the first 1,000 people to reply to this comment. Spoiler: it’s Colleen ballinger’s pirated ebook

@@tantacleshahahahaha😂 honestly so sadge that she’s being so weird about it. I enjoyed her when she got started

Come hang in the next one this wednesday!

"party members"? Are you sure they're not just pack mules to carry Cloud's excess inventory for him?

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Don’t miss the 8 one either. It’s a lot of fun.

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All the in-ur-end-os?

@@litlshawn 🤣🤣

I love her and I miss her.

Pretty sure Sephiroth can control Jenova cells because he spent time in the lifestream and gained the necessary knowledge to control Jenova

One thing I've wondered for a while is if Sephiroth is working with Jenova or if he's actually controlled by her/it. Keep in mind he was basically infected with it as a fetus, and if Jenova has mind control powers, she could control him for his entire life. For all we know, she always HAS done so. While that's not clear and PROBABLY not true (he was, by all accounts, a good soldier until his mental breakdown, where first was in abject rage before moving on into liking the whole thing - seems odd that Jenova would mind control Sephiroth to fake a mental break down and all the steps and stages of it). I remember reading a theory someone had once that the Sephiroth you fight (all interactions with him, in fact) after his death by Zack and Cloud's hands in Nibelheim was a Jenova mind-controlled puppet. But I really don't know. And then we have Remake's Sephiroth, who seems to be Sephiroth AFTER Advent Children, as if his soul went back in time to try to change things somehow where he wants (or needs) Cloud's help. This is kind of supported by Aerith also seemingly knowing events that haven't happened, even while seeing them and the timeline change. I think it's probably more correct to see that Sephrioth was a "perfect bonding" with Jenova cells like the T-Virus perfectly bonding with the one Human lady (was it Jill or...?) such that, for all intents and purposes, they're basically one entity at that point in some ways. That is, it's likely Sephiroth has access to all of Jenova's powers through her somehow.

@@SubduedRadical I'll just poke 2 holes in this real fast. 1. If she was controlling him there'd be no need for him to be in the Nibel Mansion basement reading up on the Ancients nor would that information make him so angry. 2. If she controlled him it would've ended when you killed her before getting to him.

@@chozengaming8547 1. That was my point about "faking a mental breakdown". :) 2. This one not really. Jenova is basically indestructible. Every time we kill a Jenova, it doesn't die. It breaks apart into cells. Jenova cells are the Black Materia. Recall when we beat the Jenova at the Northern Crater (the first time you go there when you find Sephiroth's true body in the crystal), when you beat that Jenova, you "Received the Black Materia" when Cloud and the party decide/realize that the Black Materia is just coalesced Jenova cells. As Hojo proved with the Reunion theory (though only Cloud made it), when Jenova is destroyed, it doesn't die. She breaks up into parts that scatter, but then are drawn back to each other like magnets. Apparently, the fragmented bits will possess hosts and stuff just to bring them back (like that one parasite that grows in cat bowels, comes out in their poop, then has to get back into cats to breed, so if it infects mice, it will rewire their brains to be less fearful and even like the smell of cats and cat urine so it will more likely be eaten by a cat; or the "zombie ant" parasites). So it's possible they possess animals (or even people) to try and journey back to the largest extant collection of Jenova cells that are on the planet. If we beat that, what's more likely is that those cells, too, spread, and whatever is currently the largest collection (unironically, that may be Cloud, who knows?) they will be drawn to over time, attempting to recombine again and again. And in addition to mind control, Jenova had powers of mimicry, able to take on forms, voices, and even personalities of people. That's how she infiltrated the Ancients' communities, posing as one of their people to worm her way into their various cities and communities. Even the Ancients didn't kill Jenova. They sealed her, possibly because they realized this. So this SPECIFIC point I don't think actually is a valid counter. Especially since Sephiroty, after we killed Jenova, would LIKELY have been the most concentrated Jenova cell cluster on the planet, and where her consciousness could have transferred to. ...which is altogether creepy to think about. Cat/ant parasites + Lavos + shapeshifting + effective immortality. Jenova is a menace, lol

The whole Jenova+Sephiroth thing is kinda vague in the OG. I personally believe it is more like synthesis thing where Sephiroth is frontal picture and mouthpiece also carrying the "license" to Jenova's powers. Jenova is eldrich space-parasite which just takes forms of people imitating the loved ones of its prey but doesn't really have any deeper spiritual aspects in it, just base insticts. After Ancients beat it, it was left stagnant and unable to do much. Sephiroth with his power somewhat kickstarted new planet-contamination routine where Sephiroth's human desires mixtured with Jenova's primitive desires. Before Cloud throwing Sephy down, Sephy was still somewhat human, perhaps Jenova doing some small nudging behind his brain. When Sephiroth fell into lifestream, Jenova cells gained once again access to lifestream and were able to continue their shenaningas. In the end it doesn't really matter which one is in control cause their goals are aligned. Even if Sephy still controls Jenova, his goal is still to spread his "mother's" influence over everything. Something which would fit for Jenova anyway.

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Limit guage fills up faster in fury though

@@stephentrader9142 Yes it does, in that aspect it is the opposite of Sadness and is useful for leveling up Limit Breaks. It definitely does not cause the player to take more damage, though; the amount inflicted remains the same. It is the Limit Fill rate that is directly affected. The same goes for Sadness; while Sadness does reduce the amount of damage taken, that is not the direct reason that the Limit Gauge fills more slowly. The Limit fill rate itself is modified by Sadness

@@dynagamerproductions8249 I never realized Sadness decreased damage taken. That's...oddly potentially useful? I just kept my party in Fury (once I realized what it was) for most of my first (and subsequent) playthroughs because...well...I like Limit Breaks. And LBs don't miss. And I don't miss ENOUGH with standard attacks to make it suck. And you learn bigger and stronger LB's faster using the weaker ones more often. It's pretty much a win-win.

@@SubduedRadical Yeah, Sadness is very useful in certain situations. I would use Sadness for learning Beta from the Midgar Zolom to help survive the attack, along with the Talisman, Elemental + Fire etc. I agree with using Fury to learn the second part of the Limit Break level, but I would tend to stop using Fury once I'd unlocked it (the Limit Break). The thing is, I always used to do the same; keep my characters inflicted with Fury at all times, until I learned that it does actually significantly reduce your accuracy (physical and magical attacks). 30% reduction is a fair amount, but I strangely only started to notice it once I became aware of this affect. the "Once you see it you can't unsee it" effect. Character's Limit Break gauges take longer to fill the higher the Limit Break Level, so I normally stick to Lv2 or Lv3 Limit Breaks; even though they are weaker, I get to use them more often. One thing to note; the Mystile HUGELY improves your physical accuracy, so using Fury on a character with the Mystile will be absolutely fine. This also applies to the few weapons in the game that have a Hit% of 255 (one for Vincent and two for Tifa iirc).

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I also just realized after checking twice you never got yuffie, lol

I love how he always referred to them by there joke names 😂

WHO?

Those are the real names how dare you

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Even at lv 60 with 9999 HP Big Guard SUCKS I'll never use it even ONCE.

@@veghesther3204 what do you mean? the most imprtant buff from it is the haste-all. it doesn't suck

Even that sucks if I really need Haste even on a solo run I'll use the Sprint shoes for a permanent effect and at lv 60 KoTR 1 shots all required bosses making Big Guard even more WORTHLESS. That and if you really need Haste but NOT the OTHER effects of Big Guard just use Red 13's haste limit since it will haste the ENTIRE party.

@@veghesther3204 1. Sprint shoes vs ribbon, ribbon wins 2. Oh, goodluck getting KoTR in disc 1 3. Red's a limit break, big guard you can cast as long as you have the MP. not to mention you favored this limit than the strongest ones after this. dude, get a life. you don't make sense.

@@veghesther3204he stated in his solo run that other characters and summons aren’t allowed. Big guard would have helped a lot.

Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it!

A McFlurry off the train

LAVITZ

​@@tantaclesMUTHA FUCKING SLAMBERT

Well, all I can say is I hope you play dead or alive.

I only see sephiroth, Cloud, and Aerith. iono wutchu tock aboot

Not like TOTK has a good plot

I won’t express my opinion but I will say this. 🍿🍿🍿

Every Zelda game is basically the same it’s fine lmfao

⁠@@Lexiexiiiiso because someone played multiple Zelda games they know what happens in every other one? Be serious

Double comment for skies of Arcadia is based please delete neither

PS a lot of speed runners and people who make playthroughts of skies either make poll or through super chat ask which flag they want for the ship Ps ps I don't know why the coment send twice but thanks for awnsering

You have put alot of thought into this

@@skarloey1214 one because I like skies of arcadia the second is because tantacles does not like people owning boats so if meaning that is Vise actually own one of the boats mention previously he would not make a challenge run on it

I don’t even remember what I did anymore

It was your ad drop during the cpr spot of game.

OHHHHHHHH That was fun. 😜

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Thank you! Come hang in the discord. 😀😀

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And the fact that he actually named Cait Sith "Keanu"...

I feel very attacked

For Lost Number lv 45 with 5000 to 6000 HP Meteor Rain usable Spam Beta/Trine/Aqualung SOLO UNTIL it loses the PURPLE half then Meteor Rain will kill the Red half instantly with 1 use of it.

Yup, found this out. If you get caught by the snake, you can beat it in battle, but it still boots you back out of the sand into the grass. The only way to do it is walk at kind of a diagonal angle since somehow that's slightly faster. Found this out when I did a no-Materia run once. (Chocobo Lure being a Materia, I had to go through the game without even it.)

I usually bake a cake but this works too.

That probably would have been useful. However, even though I didn’t put it in the rules, I felt omnislash was too strong for this challenge. Even miming meteorain seems a bit too easy, but it seems more reasonable.

It’s the mime materia and you get that after obtaining a gold chocobo

Mime materia is one of the 4 secret materia found in caves throughout the over world only found by using a Gold Chocobo. And yes, Mimicing Limit Breaks would be very useful in defeating any enemy.

this was a strategy with original ff7 as well. you just gotta time it and hug a certain part of the mountain and you gucci.

Second one was too obvious? 😇😇

Eventually!

I second this, Golden Sun is GOATED.

Worked really hard for that one, MY STREAM WAS NOT INVOLVED

Thank you! I learned about that technique from the free clinic.

That’s kind of true. 😅

And also thank you!

I’m the winner. And we’re going to state.

Did someone say triple damage? :O definitely a highlight of a solo cloud run.

About that weapon even at lv 45 with 5000 to 6000 HP 500 to 600 MP on Cloud it still SUCKS.

@@veghesther3204 Its a monster weapon on solo playthrough, it boosts clouds attack by 3 or 4 times when 2 other party members are down. Thats the gimmick of the weapon. I hope this clarifies why i mentioned it

That's not why it sucks it sucks because its NOT a 2x AP rate weapon and for Cloud Until he hits lv 60 with 2 to 3 mastered HP pluses for 9999 HP he should ONLY use a 2x AP rate weapon for the entrie game post Rocket Town and that weapon is NOT 1 of them. Carry armor onwards I'll still solo with KoTR anyways.

DELETING CHANNEL BRB

@@tantacles lol, had to do it

I don't what you're talking about. Barret is Ded. Ellone can act. Ded is not Alive.

Who’s on first?

So you’re (mostly) right. But as always, these challenges aren’t really meant to be the hardest possible. Just an interesting new way to play the game that tricks people into watching a retrospective they otherwise might click away from. Oh shit, the secret’s out

@@tantacles Ah, I wasn't trying to imply the question or the video were pointless. Sorry if it seemed that way. I only mentioned my experience because its one I could answer myself since its a game I'm very familiar with, which isn't always the case.

Maybe I’m slightly oversensitive lately! 🥸

​@@jackjacques7495 Actually, as long as you don't shy away from your feathery friends and get the Mime materia, solo Cloud runs are a walk in the park abusing the Counter-Mime Omnislash. *Edit: I meant the Weapon fights.

I had Counter Mimed KoTRs to do MORE I never had Omnislash at lv 60 even top 500 per hit Ruby weapon 1500 to 2000 per hit to Emerald while Still having all 13 Knights first do 5000 to 6000 each to BOTH.

Yeah. It's actually challenging, especially on hard difficulty

Thanks! Let’s trade! Your next one can be in a dirty American accent. I do fear that psychically, though, such an artistic choice will cause MASSIVE DAMAGE.

Chat is only there to troll me. And since I don’t use guides for these runs unless completely stuck, I didn’t stand a chance!

but that weapon still has a CRAPPY AP gain rate that's why even with Cloud at lv 45 with 5000 to 6000 HP 500 to 600 MP BEFORE you can equip it it still SUCKS I'd rather KEEP the FORCE stealer on him until a BETTER 2x AP rate weapon can be used but that requires to beat Palmer IN Rocket town on disc 1 first.

I thought that was the wutai weapon

HURT #fujin

I think I may have mentioned that in the first 30 seconds, but who can be sure? 🤷🏼‍♂️

@@tantacles Yeah, I was just wondering if it WAS possible to do the whole thing. I don't think it would be unless you just got super lucky (or ran from all encounters Cloud wasn't in the party, though that technically wouldn't be "dead", but...) I also liked your names. Magikarp got some giggles out of me on several occasions. : ) Fun video, thanks for doing it!

I love her.

Next run is stealth only pacifist

I think I was close, I forgot about the Flagged as DEAD abilities that don't actually KILL the character, like Renos Pyramid and THE CLAW! xD

I think Cloud can do most of the game solo, but I can think of a few spots he'd utterly fail by story restriction.

But it still counts as a GAME OVER if the Pyramid attack is used in a SOLO run same with Bottomswell and its bubble attack so you still need to kill them BOTH with Meteor Rain IN 1 use of it.

@@veghesther3204 I know, I'm saying I forgot they flagged you as dead, so it would be harder in the early game, as those are 2/3 that do that, the last being THE CLAW xD

Lesson learned.

Makes sense though (not in rpg but real life). If something's really good, you tend to eat it much faster!

​@@QuintBlitzor higher end meals have smaller portions

I've noticed curiel greens last ages. I think it's just the mimett greens that are bugged.

I will definitely get to ff7 remake eventually. The challenge will be figuring out the challenge as having AI control your other party members makes a solo run pretty impossible

​@@tantaclesthat makes sense! Haven't played it since I got the platinum on release so the details are a bit fuzzy. Maybe no materia or equipment upgrades and you can't switch from cloud would be viable. Also I commented before watching (boost the algorithm so others can see your awesome content!) and 10:13 had me spraying water over my lunch in laughter. Wife's not happy but damn that joke was worth it.

It's just the bible. nothing to laugh about here.

Thanks!

Edit, fury status... hyper is the item to inflict it. My mistake

That I'm not sure I actually took MORE damage under Fury status not LESS.

Legend of aerith: skyward cloud

Ok, small bit of sincerity: I will try to do more streams. They're exhausting sometimes. Ok, the truth has arrived: QUIT YOUR JOB

That's not technically true. The stat gains at level up have a variable range, so sometimes you get good boosts, and sometimes you get poor ones. Depending on your RNG you can end up with anyone having higher stats than anyone else. The biggest influence without morphing sources is gear.

I do great at that, just ask my boyfriend

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Thank you! I added that correction to the pinned comment.

I actually DID take MORE damage UNDER fury in addition to making ANYTHING that is NOT a limit break miss more often and yes Fury's MISS rate DOES effect spells/enemy skills only Limit breaks NEVER miss unless the target is highly physically immune.

Your limit break fills faster because you take more damage. Limit break fills based on the level of limit break and damage to max health ratio. Low health and high damage taken will fill your limit break quickly.

@@veghesther3204 good ol ' Veghbot. Still haven't changed after all these years. Some of us on GameFAQS miss you, buddy.

That’s from Pokemon X and Y. Not sure what the name is right at this second.