42:12 fun fact about this stage: I was almost in a nasty car crash while I was doing this stage cause my dad just barely hit a deer (I was a passenger, not driving obviously) I beat it afterwards
TLDR: ZL has glaring flaws but some of its rankings on this list are kinda unfair While I do agree with majority of the video, I do think that a couple of the ZL sub chapters were unfairly rated solely due to a bias against ZL due to some admittedly mediocre to bad subchapters. While imo overall ZL chapters should be higher(not Socrates tho), The main ones I thought were kinda unfair(in subchapter order) were Zero Field: I’m not arguing that’s it’s a better stage than Revival of Origin(I mean revival of origin is my favorite stage in the game), but not allowing it to even be S tier despite still being a really good stage for similar reasoning as to why revival of origin in 4th just seems kinda flawed in logic The ururuvu journals: I mean, it’s super unique, memorable, and obviously pretty coherent as a sub chapter. Putting it in low A is a crime. Cats of a Common Sea: Completely glossing over Sea Cave Habitat, one of if not the only stage in the game where assassin bear doesn’t feel like a cheap gimmick enemy is kinda silly, and accounting for it I would say it deserves A when considering the commentary on other A tiers. Truth in Extremes: This one is pure personal bias from me, as I actually enjoyed this subchapter, but I don’t know how you found either of the stages with lil Angel cyclone “boring”, though I could understand if you thought the levels were samey(though that’s more on the gimmick of the subchapter rather than the specific levels) I do think some of the later sub chapters have ended up pretty weak due to Ponos essentially making some stages into playgrounds for the new ultra forms, and overall I believe that Ponos is being very careful in making sure 3 crown isn’t basically impossible(which is good but has led to some uninspired stage design). We’ll just have to see where the next 36 subchapters go ig
Because I may have been a bit too negative, I would like to this that this is a great video. Had very nice editing and the script didn’t feel repetitive. Just have been a bit peeved with how people tend to automatically let some of the worse ZL subchapters and missed potential change their opinion on some of the really good subchapters
I think the thought of ponos making sure that the 3 star versions of stages arent impossible by making them weak in 1 star is stupid, you could easily just reduce the magnification of 3 stars in the early subchapters to compensate
If this video doesn’t have a 30 minute segment about why Jailbreak Tunnel is a sensation in level design and game progression, then is it really worth watching?
The fact that the first legend stages are so old that Ponos didn't had many enemies that the could make stages with explains why the first legends have so bad design
2:44 I remember struggling a bit with sol 10, got here and thought "oh, a break chapter" knowing it's just sol 2 but higher magnification makes that experience make sense
The segment where you're talking about ZL "being bad" honestly sounds like the best argument for ZL being the way it is I guess most people take end game at a face value and just expect it to be hard from the start, i know UL was also at some point considered end game but its first chapters were pretty basic We still have 37 more chapters for ZL and potentially a new typing coming halfway through the saga so there's still a lof of room to work with
Because there's a genuine difficulty elevation between SoL-to-UL than between UL-to-ZL. The stats magnification of enemy in UL is ramped up than what we meet on SoL, they are even stronger than star 3 SoL. The basic level design is necessary to showcase and introduce that things get serious ahead. Meanwhile, the enemy power between ZL and UL stays the same. The stage design is also somewhat lazier than before. It's such an anticlimactic development.
Amazing video - it brings back memories of playing through SoL and UL, and all the fun I had in those stages :) I've been on a rather lengthy hiatus, having beaten Zero Luza but haven't started ZL due to lacking some crucial units, I guess the introduction Behemoths was probably what wore me out :V Perhaps one day I will pick up the game again, and re-experience the magic of trekking through Legend Stages - even though it seems like their level design has been pretty questionable, I don't believe that PONOS has lost their touch, and all that is needed is time for them to cook up something great for ZL
Dang I've been on hiatus too, though mine was when I was either at Castle of the Sentinels, Confront the Tyrant or Dead Heat Land, Hell's Crater (I don't remember but I think it's the former). I was off for a while but I finally came back at vacation break. It was definitely due to the huge amount of schoolwork that I had to do at that time, I even remember having two comeback stamps through the school year, where I had completed the first comeback stamps but I had only completed the 2nd comeback stamps about a month or so ago after actually finally coming back to his game due to me not logging in during the school time. I actually contemplated if I should even go back to the game after so many missed events like trash cat (though I did get the catfood, too hard not to pass on that) and some collabs I think. But after watching a couple of battle cats content randomly popping up in my recommendations again I finally had the motivation to play it again. I honestly don't think I'm gonna be playing this game forever, heck, I don't even know if I could finish floor 50 (left at floor 41 due to unit/ability requirements, just having a slow time catching up with the new egg unit metas requiring stones and stage clear missions) in the next infernal tower event since it's probably gonna be a busy school time when it eventually pops up again. Anyways that's enough yapping, just got to tell some weird experience.
Although my favorite sub-chapter is not in first place (I’m still crying to my pillow because of it) I’m so glad #1 is one of my favorite sub-chapters in the entire game. Also I haven’t even beaten Dogumaru yet so take this with a grain of salt.
It's kind of crazy that this was recommended to me while I am currently in cutpurse Coast. The levels are a nightmare but it feels the most satisfying to beat them out of anything I have done in the game
I didnt remember Cutpurse Coast at all when he said it, but then after I remembered all those stages and how much I liked them (besides Swim Meet because it was so difficult for me)
if you ever do stage/chapter videos again like this, even in smaller capacities, i'd put a "Now playing: (insert stage name)" ontop of any stage footage for better brevity.
I will probably edit this comment several times throughout watching this video, since this is a topic I see myself being passionate about. -I KNEW last place would be one of the carbon copy SoL chapters, though I honestly expected The Scratching Post instead... which also is probably the reason it isn't last place, since at least I have *some* recollection of that chapter and getting stuck on Disapproving Giant once. -Moodist Beach being the worst original subchapter was also something I called, I love unfair unfun gimmick stages, at least it was sorta novel when Grotesque Gallery did it. -The segment about Passionate Release made me remember how far the Japanese stage names for Risqué Terrain go with their... suggestive theming -Adherence to Virtue singlehandedly killed all my hope for the future of this game, it's that bad. -Thank you for calling out Depths of my Heart for being terrible until the boss stage, I feel like people need to learn just how important the stages leading up to a legend boss are -ZL12 is the other reason I have no hope for ZL, they outright wasted the cool gimmick of ZL -Flame Caldera is also super memorable for its needlessly high energy cost like seriously why is it so expensive, in fact it was the most energy expensive stage in the game for a good while -Gas-Powered Birds is such a stage name -uhm acktually Area 22 was added the update after CotC, though that in itself leads to the interesting trivia of that being the shortest gap between .X updates in BC history due to them only being like two weeks apart -A friend of mine despises Truth in Extremes for how lazy they deem the gimmick -I have a soft spot for Crimes against the Cosmos because of how good it is at saying "things are gonna get WEIRD", unfortunately the saga completely fails to live up to that promise in future chapters -Ironic how the chapter with the name that's a pun on diversity is super one-note -Cricket Ideology is cool to me due to it taking the first major boss you ever fought and replacing every enemy with more advanced variants, which is just very neat to see -Not acknowledging 69 must have taken restraint -Scent of Gore & Fish is a stage I remember because I made a joke regarding its name and a certain infamous Touhou fanwork once and that has stuck with me as the most niche joke I've ever made -I feel like the late UL gimmick subchapters arose from making memorable subchapters normally that far into the game getting difficult, so they settled for themed stage designs, which I'd say is a fairly good way to handle that scenario conceptually. Speaking of, I'm surprised I haven't seen the ever-infamous Happy Lucky Temple yet. -Low Tide Beach feels like the point where BC truly starts, definitely the highlight of SoL up to that point. Excited to see where Silk Road places. Moving the rest to replies because this comment is so long that editing it lags my phone.
-New Word Ehen placing above Star Ocean just because the stage names are funny is fantastic. I'm not sure if the context that the Japanese stage names were Kansai dialect makes it better or worse. -One of the better ZL chapters not even reaching B tier says a lot about ZL's quality (or lack thereof). I am very disappointed in ZL and its wasted potential. -Bazaar of the Pirate King's stage names deserved mention imo, definitely some of my favorite stage names in the game -"Cherry on top" in the Cherry Isles segment, ha ha -I'm assuming the issue with Wearable Homes is the lack of good barrier breakers in 4 crown -Close Encounters is most memorable for how infamously bulky Cli-One is there when doing no crystal -Reverse warp is a concept that has been proven to work in a wide variety of stages under certain circumstances (thanks to BCU and BC's weird cousin Yurugege) and Glass Slippers is more evidence that backwarp is our savior -I feel like the name of Naala's chapter is the reason Naala was given the Behemoth trait later -No Hope Ranch is like The Bathroom but evil -Darkweb is a case where powercreep actually improved the stage because pre-creep Darkweb looks extremely tedious and RNG heavy -Leaky Tunnel is the best in-joke in the community -Rose-Colored Road making top 30 despite containing the worst stage in the game (at least until talented LKD happened and manhandled it) is a flex and a half -Ends of the Earth is like a nostalgia trip of sorts, using exclusively enemies from the first half of SoL, I like it for that -I despise Khao Man Guys for how much it cheapens Relic-Bun as an enemy -Prince of Darkness is definitely one I hold close to heart, if only for the unique stage name scheme -I was rooting for Silk Road but I could've NEVER expected it to reach SS tier, wowza -Beserkory was a massive shock at launch due to resemblance to the Crazed Kory meme that was circulating in the primal days of BC -I adore Twilight Zephyr for its role as a nostalgia trip right before the finale, as well as find Unkept Promises to be a great moment of reflection before the actual final boss -Happy Lucky Temple making podium makes ot clear to me that most people are just malding
tbh i feel like you're a BIT too nihilistic towards the game's future trust me, as a PVZ fan i KNOW when a game's future is fucked, and it ain't it for BC just yet though i do agree Socrates is bullshit and his stage fucking sucks
1:08:55 I swear that comment hurt me, because I remember that I was stuck at that level for like 2 weeks when I passed it in 1 crown, and in 2 and 3 I had to abuse kasli, chronos and anti-black units, and in 4 crowns my 5 neurons were activated and I passed it super easy using cyborg cat.
Figured the harder SOL stages starting with never ending cat story to sushi island would be at the bottom. I think imminent disaster is better than given credit for as it serves as a major progression block because that’s absolutely at the latest when you need to finish aku realms. Dawn of the begining really should’ve had a legend boss because that part of UL REALLY drags. ZL-2 marks a great introduction to what ZL has to throw at you.
@@midtisel4222 I played aku realms on release. Well past doron. it is the only time the game prevents the player from progressing if the aku realms arent beaten.
26:35 Moon chapter 1 but the enemy in it are changed to their other variants Those Guys=Trolley Blogger Hippoe=Zomboe Jackie Peng=Star Peng Gory=Angelic Gory Kang Roo=Shadow Boxer K The Face=Lowkey
Memorability wise, me personally 2 stages I never forget is Gestalt, Decay and Last Gang. Gestalt, Decay roadblocked me years ago when I was playing SoL and I was dumb so I didn't know what to do with what I had so I mashed continues to pass it the first time. Spent 210 food before I beat it lmao Last Gang I figured out fast but the first time I didn't know the assassin bears were infinite and I actually wasted 90 food on continues thinking I had it in the bag. My friend who introduced me to the game can say, he was there lmao
13:29 was honestly not expecting some random legend stage to be on this list i'd expect it to be more like eoc 1 moon (the end is never the end) people who check comments before watching are going to be so confused
can you do this but pick one stage (their arguably best one) from each subchapter to rank? Would love to see heavy hitters like No Return Flights, Darkweb, DNA/RHA, No More Bad Dreams, Saint Red Fox and others go head-to-head it'd be easier to rank the stages on their own merits instead of seeing them get bogged down by the garbage that happen to be in their same chapters
if i put you in a room with 2 massive tables of gourmet food and one way smaller table of shit soup i couldn't go and say "the bias against the poop table is CRAZY 💀💀💀"
A new legend is not a proper entrace (not saying its not hard though) the stage just makes you waste 50 NP on rodio's target relic talent and then you basically never use that talent in any other stage except for maybe typoon nihil.
16:44 I was so scared bun bun that when I saw him in the last stage WOTH NYANDAM i quit progressing SoL and got my first true form which completely destroyed this stage
Rank your favorite advent boss stages next please. I'd love to see your opinion on some revenge stages. Especially March to death and top dog lol. And also Babies first since that is one I like.
I was look through the live chat replay and some dipwad at the “a new legends” section said he’s a “hater” and proceeded to say “just get cone”……. I really hope that person was joking….
I wonder if idi invasion would be included as its own chapter It wasnt sadge ): I'm glad you talked about how socrates being ridiculously unbalanced and how socrates does all roles Woods of resentment can eat my ass Saying how dogshit infected king was becaus of clean up makes me happy the length of that stage turned me off from completely annihilating 4star The real reason I didn't do 4 star feast of betrayal made me question whether it was worth suffering through to get idi also one of the reasons sol is the worst part of the game just over cotc I dunno if we played the sme chapter but doron chapter sucked as doron himself was easy as hell and the stages before are boring as fuck Nah glass slipper being called good fills me with rage I didn't have super cat or hitman so I was stuck until I got dark mitama from my 3 star plat and it was still ass Mr puffington love makes me happy Bannana genomes is easy just use nobiluga and cat tengu. protein cartel on the other hand forced me to use a continue cause i was not slowing down my ul progression for anything Surving herd being good are you mad that stage can eat my ass Galapa goth sucks ass all the way through imo and surving herd had me stuck in sol for way to long leading me to uber carry the fuck out of it What is a jailbreak tunnel you men that subchapter that has no notable traits at all it got hit by power creep hard ururun is the worst sol boss imo it does nothing all enemys get smacked hard by the current meta and rost just wasnt a threat for some reason and pitfall zone is just long and boring it aint even hard I actually had to search up realm of whyworry on the wiki its fine i guess but bare fangs at the throne actually made go back and replay stages Cutpurse coast as number 1 is just correct every single stage gets brought up often except deep sea dying
imo the worst subcrapter is scars of war, it introduces alien enemies in such a boring way and the only somewhat threatening stage is the stage with sunfish jones and gory spam. atleast that’s what i remember from that subchapter
what makes me confused the most is how is it even possible to get stuck in UL first stage if you can beat legend stages in first place. stuff get so horrible and not fun at the end that the first ul chapter is completley free compared to all that. esaly at least top 20 best chapter
As somebody stuck on cursed blizzard 1:08:57 i can confirm i have overleveled units and are working on manics and im stuck and i know why im missing 7 treasures of itf 2 and like idk 43 of itf 3 becuz i dont wanna treasuere grind atleast i got m lion like alought of my keygacha rares are lvl 45 mainly cyborg and ramen rlly talented high lvl can can with money up lvl 10 attack up and lvl 2 move speed castaway 2 legends lots of ubers i just dont want to treasure grind but i will ;(
I dont understand how idi is challenging. I beat the invasion stage with only ramen and salon spam, and high levels for rare units are to be expected after clearing all of 4 star SoL.
Haven’t watched yet but I’m guessing Never Ending Cat Story is dead last. Edit: Easiest prediction of my life. Say what you will about the 1-4 Crown system, at least it doesn’t hide the fact that it’s filler.
Only reason I could could beat glass slippers was because Ai grinded to true form bora. It's a fine stage ig, it's just so much harder than every UL stage around it.
This is gonna be a fun watch to finish off while i go to work tomorrow but starting off, I'm so glad you immediately slammed neverending cat story as its the one i instantly thought up as the worst. It being right after volkanos volcano, which can be potentially a roadblock for early players, and immediately going "wait a minute... The games just fucking babying me now" right when you hit it is so fucking frustrating. Especially because they high key don't challenge you again up until like, the end of Partheon maybe. Makes that section a slog right after you got through a checkpoint instead of ramping up the challenge. And it being reused content immediately makes it worse. Just a bizarre choice overall
I'll also say regarding a new legend, as I'm taking a hiatus due to it being my current stage (yeah I'm fucking bad and haven't even started UL). I don't mind that it's a roadblock alone. In concept, it's a cool idea to have it be hard so that they can take the kid gloves off for UL in general. The issue is... Not the stage. But it's that growing strange still fucking sucks to this day and having it be the lock and key to most relic options makes it the real gatekeeper with this one being arbitrary. It's not exactly exciting to beat the stage after dealing with a stage that is only on for 2 hours a day, potentially when you're asleep, that will curb stomp you so many times, just for a fucking elder seed. I still think it genuinely is PONOSs worst choice ever.
right after watching your video i beat shadow cosmopolis, first half (morning rush hour, docking massacre because lack of octopus) was definitely harder than second half 😃 (second tried subterranean stalker and first tried lord of the abyss) i cant wait for the next 😭
This is a weird a** top 3 ngl I remember them but their impact to me aren’t as big as most ZL stages tbh. Unlike many I like ZL a lot but the main reason is they brought back a bunch of old bosses so every rematch of them feels very cool and fresh and memorable to me. Also soractes is a great boss imo, he looks cool and can be very hard to beat unlike most bosses in the game. Most SoL and UL sub chapters are forgettable to me, the most memorable ones for me is probably grotesque gallery, humanity catified and sacred forest and btw i think zero luza is the best boss period, didn’t get the hermit cat hype at all.
Imagine if this whole 1 and a half hour video was styled like a no commentary Xskull Video 💀
God help us
The manic stages ranking:
@@joe_dian nah it's the advent rematch one
Viewer retention:📉📉📉📉📉📉📉
most the time I skip to the next one 💀💀💀
42:12 fun fact about this stage:
I was almost in a nasty car crash while I was doing this stage cause my dad just barely hit a deer (I was a passenger, not driving obviously)
I beat it afterwards
rain d was coming for you irl
good thing it ended happily ever after
Rain d's Revenge!
no one cares
@@burtthehonssonduwayne1097 you really like people hating you, don’t you?
30:34 Me when i forget to switch my cat cannon back from holyblast on a stage with no zombies:
I felt that so hard.
TLDR: ZL has glaring flaws but some of its rankings on this list are kinda unfair
While I do agree with majority of the video, I do think that a couple of the ZL sub chapters were unfairly rated solely due to a bias against ZL due to some admittedly mediocre to bad subchapters.
While imo overall ZL chapters should be higher(not Socrates tho), The main ones I thought were kinda unfair(in subchapter order) were
Zero Field: I’m not arguing that’s it’s a better stage than Revival of Origin(I mean revival of origin is my favorite stage in the game), but not allowing it to even be S tier despite still being a really good stage for similar reasoning as to why revival of origin in 4th just seems kinda flawed in logic
The ururuvu journals: I mean, it’s super unique, memorable, and obviously pretty coherent as a sub chapter. Putting it in low A is a crime.
Cats of a Common Sea: Completely glossing over Sea Cave Habitat, one of if not the only stage in the game where assassin bear doesn’t feel like a cheap gimmick enemy is kinda silly, and accounting for it I would say it deserves A when considering the commentary on other A tiers.
Truth in Extremes: This one is pure personal bias from me, as I actually enjoyed this subchapter, but I don’t know how you found either of the stages with lil Angel cyclone “boring”, though I could understand if you thought the levels were samey(though that’s more on the gimmick of the subchapter rather than the specific levels)
I do think some of the later sub chapters have ended up pretty weak due to Ponos essentially making some stages into playgrounds for the new ultra forms, and overall I believe that Ponos is being very careful in making sure 3 crown isn’t basically impossible(which is good but has led to some uninspired stage design). We’ll just have to see where the next 36 subchapters go ig
Because I may have been a bit too negative, I would like to this that this is a great video. Had very nice editing and the script didn’t feel repetitive. Just have been a bit peeved with how people tend to automatically let some of the worse ZL subchapters and missed potential change their opinion on some of the really good subchapters
I think the thought of ponos making sure that the 3 star versions of stages arent impossible by making them weak in 1 star is stupid, you could easily just reduce the magnification of 3 stars in the early subchapters to compensate
If this video doesn’t have a 30 minute segment about why Jailbreak Tunnel is a sensation in level design and game progression, then is it really worth watching?
No
Saint red fox is pretty cool IMO
What does IMO means @@Idi0tperson1
Its not even that good
Yes of course it’s canned juice
The fact that the first legend stages are so old that Ponos didn't had many enemies that the could make stages with explains why the first legends have so bad design
It’s explains, not explanations. Just giving a little help not trying to be a nerd
@@SuperDestroyerFox 🤓ok my lovely little cutie pie and chips friend
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Getting ready to strap in for the video. If i dont see some serious Cutpurse Coast glazing we riot
Castle of the sentinels on top 🤑🤑🤑
@@bosssnurp5912Yo, where you have been? It's been a while.
I’m stuck on the one stage there with a ton of R. Osts right now
@@The_Blue_Pikmin oh god same 😭
well can you guess what happened?
honestly seeing you yap for an hour about BC is really fuckin fun lmao, would love to see more of these
Story Enemy ranking when?
that'd honestly be great
Oh hey nect
@@AceandBlast hai ace
He’s either gonna glaze R OST or put it near last, I can’t tell which.
2:44 I remember struggling a bit with sol 10, got here and thought "oh, a break chapter"
knowing it's just sol 2 but higher magnification makes that experience make sense
fun video to work on! i had fun writing parts of the script with you ye
Alright, time to enjoy my XXL Yappachino.
same
Now with extra glaze
Yap Expansion:
_Infinite Ramble_
with extra music flavor
I was waiting for this ever since you mentioned it in the community tab a month ago
cant wait for every stage in stories of legends ranked 🗿
Every stage in battle cats ranked
4 hour video
@@joe_dian With every different starred version of stages ranked uniquely
The segment where you're talking about ZL "being bad" honestly sounds like the best argument for ZL being the way it is
I guess most people take end game at a face value and just expect it to be hard from the start, i know UL was also at some point considered end game but its first chapters were pretty basic
We still have 37 more chapters for ZL and potentially a new typing coming halfway through the saga so there's still a lof of room to work with
Because there's a genuine difficulty elevation between SoL-to-UL than between UL-to-ZL.
The stats magnification of enemy in UL is ramped up than what we meet on SoL, they are even stronger than star 3 SoL. The basic level design is necessary to showcase and introduce that things get serious ahead.
Meanwhile, the enemy power between ZL and UL stays the same. The stage design is also somewhat lazier than before. It's such an anticlimactic development.
Amazing video - it brings back memories of playing through SoL and UL, and all the fun I had in those stages :)
I've been on a rather lengthy hiatus, having beaten Zero Luza but haven't started ZL due to lacking some crucial units, I guess the introduction Behemoths was probably what wore me out :V Perhaps one day I will pick up the game again, and re-experience the magic of trekking through Legend Stages - even though it seems like their level design has been pretty questionable, I don't believe that PONOS has lost their touch, and all that is needed is time for them to cook up something great for ZL
Dang I've been on hiatus too, though mine was when I was either at Castle of the Sentinels, Confront the Tyrant or Dead Heat Land, Hell's Crater (I don't remember but I think it's the former). I was off for a while but I finally came back at vacation break. It was definitely due to the huge amount of schoolwork that I had to do at that time, I even remember having two comeback stamps through the school year, where I had completed the first comeback stamps but I had only completed the 2nd comeback stamps about a month or so ago after actually finally coming back to his game due to me not logging in during the school time. I actually contemplated if I should even go back to the game after so many missed events like trash cat (though I did get the catfood, too hard not to pass on that) and some collabs I think. But after watching a couple of battle cats content randomly popping up in my recommendations again I finally had the motivation to play it again. I honestly don't think I'm gonna be playing this game forever, heck, I don't even know if I could finish floor 50 (left at floor 41 due to unit/ability requirements, just having a slow time catching up with the new egg unit metas requiring stones and stage clear missions) in the next infernal tower event since it's probably gonna be a busy school time when it eventually pops up again. Anyways that's enough yapping, just got to tell some weird experience.
Although my favorite sub-chapter is not in first place (I’m still crying to my pillow because of it) I’m so glad #1 is one of my favorite sub-chapters in the entire game. Also I haven’t even beaten Dogumaru yet so take this with a grain of salt.
It's kind of crazy that this was recommended to me while I am currently in cutpurse Coast. The levels are a nightmare but it feels the most satisfying to beat them out of anything I have done in the game
I’m on Cutpurse Coast too. I’m stuck on the R. Ost one
@@The_Blue_Pikminsame
Edit just beat it with A cyberpunk and a lot of continues
I didnt remember Cutpurse Coast at all when he said it, but then after I remembered all those stages and how much I liked them (besides Swim Meet because it was so difficult for me)
all of these stages are clearly outclassed by sanzo
Your comment is outclassed by Sanzo 😢
Sanzo is outclassed by Sanzo
CanCan, Kasa Jizo, Courier, crazed tank ,Dasli: am I a joke to you?
@@CoropalPig
Sanzo: Yes
@@iandean1112 not even curse will stop sanzo from CCing us all
The amount of effort in this video is insane, you definitely deserve more subscribers
50:53 finally, the subchapter number and placement match!
Funny how the two most common places for players to quit are where bun bun and one of his variants are introduced
if you ever do stage/chapter videos again like this, even in smaller capacities, i'd put a "Now playing: (insert stage name)" ontop of any stage footage for better brevity.
The Legend Ends, New World Ehen, and Grotesque Gallery are some of my favorite chapters imo
I will probably edit this comment several times throughout watching this video, since this is a topic I see myself being passionate about.
-I KNEW last place would be one of the carbon copy SoL chapters, though I honestly expected The Scratching Post instead... which also is probably the reason it isn't last place, since at least I have *some* recollection of that chapter and getting stuck on Disapproving Giant once.
-Moodist Beach being the worst original subchapter was also something I called, I love unfair unfun gimmick stages, at least it was sorta novel when Grotesque Gallery did it.
-The segment about Passionate Release made me remember how far the Japanese stage names for Risqué Terrain go with their... suggestive theming
-Adherence to Virtue singlehandedly killed all my hope for the future of this game, it's that bad.
-Thank you for calling out Depths of my Heart for being terrible until the boss stage, I feel like people need to learn just how important the stages leading up to a legend boss are
-ZL12 is the other reason I have no hope for ZL, they outright wasted the cool gimmick of ZL
-Flame Caldera is also super memorable for its needlessly high energy cost like seriously why is it so expensive, in fact it was the most energy expensive stage in the game for a good while
-Gas-Powered Birds is such a stage name
-uhm acktually Area 22 was added the update after CotC, though that in itself leads to the interesting trivia of that being the shortest gap between .X updates in BC history due to them only being like two weeks apart
-A friend of mine despises Truth in Extremes for how lazy they deem the gimmick
-I have a soft spot for Crimes against the Cosmos because of how good it is at saying "things are gonna get WEIRD", unfortunately the saga completely fails to live up to that promise in future chapters
-Ironic how the chapter with the name that's a pun on diversity is super one-note
-Cricket Ideology is cool to me due to it taking the first major boss you ever fought and replacing every enemy with more advanced variants, which is just very neat to see
-Not acknowledging 69 must have taken restraint
-Scent of Gore & Fish is a stage I remember because I made a joke regarding its name and a certain infamous Touhou fanwork once and that has stuck with me as the most niche joke I've ever made
-I feel like the late UL gimmick subchapters arose from making memorable subchapters normally that far into the game getting difficult, so they settled for themed stage designs, which I'd say is a fairly good way to handle that scenario conceptually. Speaking of, I'm surprised I haven't seen the ever-infamous Happy Lucky Temple yet.
-Low Tide Beach feels like the point where BC truly starts, definitely the highlight of SoL up to that point. Excited to see where Silk Road places.
Moving the rest to replies because this comment is so long that editing it lags my phone.
I have a hate passion against the stage with jk bunbun and black bunbun (beached mammals i think)
-New Word Ehen placing above Star Ocean just because the stage names are funny is fantastic. I'm not sure if the context that the Japanese stage names were Kansai dialect makes it better or worse.
-One of the better ZL chapters not even reaching B tier says a lot about ZL's quality (or lack thereof). I am very disappointed in ZL and its wasted potential.
-Bazaar of the Pirate King's stage names deserved mention imo, definitely some of my favorite stage names in the game
-"Cherry on top" in the Cherry Isles segment, ha ha
-I'm assuming the issue with Wearable Homes is the lack of good barrier breakers in 4 crown
-Close Encounters is most memorable for how infamously bulky Cli-One is there when doing no crystal
-Reverse warp is a concept that has been proven to work in a wide variety of stages under certain circumstances (thanks to BCU and BC's weird cousin Yurugege) and Glass Slippers is more evidence that backwarp is our savior
-I feel like the name of Naala's chapter is the reason Naala was given the Behemoth trait later
-No Hope Ranch is like The Bathroom but evil
-Darkweb is a case where powercreep actually improved the stage because pre-creep Darkweb looks extremely tedious and RNG heavy
-Leaky Tunnel is the best in-joke in the community
-Rose-Colored Road making top 30 despite containing the worst stage in the game (at least until talented LKD happened and manhandled it) is a flex and a half
-Ends of the Earth is like a nostalgia trip of sorts, using exclusively enemies from the first half of SoL, I like it for that
-I despise Khao Man Guys for how much it cheapens Relic-Bun as an enemy
-Prince of Darkness is definitely one I hold close to heart, if only for the unique stage name scheme
-I was rooting for Silk Road but I could've NEVER expected it to reach SS tier, wowza
-Beserkory was a massive shock at launch due to resemblance to the Crazed Kory meme that was circulating in the primal days of BC
-I adore Twilight Zephyr for its role as a nostalgia trip right before the finale, as well as find Unkept Promises to be a great moment of reflection before the actual final boss
-Happy Lucky Temple making podium makes ot clear to me that most people are just malding
tbh i feel like you're a BIT too nihilistic towards the game's future
trust me, as a PVZ fan i KNOW when a game's future is fucked, and it ain't it for BC just yet
though i do agree Socrates is bullshit and his stage fucking sucks
@@nectarinnasocrates has the best visual design out of any enemy in the game in my opinion
@@bosssnurp5912 disagree but yeah Socrates' design is really good
i dont even remember any of the chapters enough to be able to rank them💀
1:08:55 I swear that comment hurt me, because I remember that I was stuck at that level for like 2 weeks when I passed it in 1 crown, and in 2 and 3 I had to abuse kasli, chronos and anti-black units, and in 4 crowns my 5 neurons were activated and I passed it super easy using cyborg cat.
Spacetime Distorsion, Humanity Catfied, Grotesque Galery, The Legend Ends, Prince of Darkness. Such memorable chapters to me
this is probably the perfect video to watch while grinding 3 star UL
Very well made video! Deserves more attention
28:26 I was just playing the game while watching this and just unlocked this sub-chapter when he said its name
Honestly quite incredible.
Figured the harder SOL stages starting with never ending cat story to sushi island would be at the bottom. I think imminent disaster is better than given credit for as it serves as a major progression block because that’s absolutely at the latest when you need to finish aku realms. Dawn of the begining really should’ve had a legend boss because that part of UL REALLY drags. ZL-2 marks a great introduction to what ZL has to throw at you.
Major progression block???? Bro you beat aku realms at like urs and fenrir not after doron
@@midtisel4222 I played aku realms on release. Well past doron. it is the only time the game prevents the player from progressing if the aku realms arent beaten.
@@midtisel4222I did it at dogumaru 💀
“Harder” and “Never Ending Cat Story” do NOT belong in the same sentence, unless the word “than” is between them
Spacetime Distortion was so fun im in Between Truth and Lies and still remember the last stage being fun
26:35 Moon chapter 1 but the enemy in it are changed to their other variants
Those Guys=Trolley Blogger
Hippoe=Zomboe
Jackie Peng=Star Peng
Gory=Angelic Gory
Kang Roo=Shadow Boxer K
The Face=Lowkey
yess I’ve been defending happily ever after for ages it’s a really great stage
Now rank every heavenly and infernal tower floor
Passionate release really got me😂. I never realized that.
Is nobody gonna talk about what he did for Prince of Darkness?
Memorability wise, me personally 2 stages I never forget is Gestalt, Decay and Last Gang.
Gestalt, Decay roadblocked me years ago when I was playing SoL and I was dumb so I didn't know what to do with what I had so I mashed continues to pass it the first time. Spent 210 food before I beat it lmao
Last Gang I figured out fast but the first time I didn't know the assassin bears were infinite and I actually wasted 90 food on continues thinking I had it in the bag. My friend who introduced me to the game can say, he was there lmao
Finally someone shares my pain of infected king
Respect to the people watched all of it
You respect me then
@@Educationbox-n2 great job
Me 🗣🔥🔥🔥
@@therealgigavolta :thatscrazy:
@@Darkatanyan :yroue:
13:29 was honestly not expecting some random legend stage to be on this list i'd expect it to be more like eoc 1 moon (the end is never the end)
people who check comments before watching are going to be so confused
Ancient Curse is NOT a random stage
@@Oishii.Tamashii.you blockhead
@@Oishii.Tamashii. i meant the cotc 3 crystal check...
@@Silent_YES oh, ok. Just checkinf
Im surprised to see grotesque gallery not being even top 15, its one of the most unique if not the most unique sub chapter
can you do this but pick one stage (their arguably best one) from each subchapter to rank? Would love to see heavy hitters like No Return Flights, Darkweb, DNA/RHA, No More Bad Dreams, Saint Red Fox and others go head-to-head
it'd be easier to rank the stages on their own merits instead of seeing them get bogged down by the garbage that happen to be in their same chapters
12:11 “moving on to c cier” 🗣️ 🔥 🔥 🔥
If "The Legend Begins" isn't in S-tier, I'm gonna go nutcrackers.
The bias against ZL is CRAZY 💀💀💀
if i put you in a room with 2 massive tables of gourmet food and one way smaller table of shit soup i couldn't go and say "the bias against the poop table is CRAZY 💀💀💀"
“this subchapter is not really notable🗣️🗣️🗣️”
A new legend is not a proper entrace (not saying its not hard though) the stage just makes you waste 50 NP on rodio's target relic talent and then you basically never use that talent in any other stage except for maybe typoon nihil.
I used rodeo on that infernal tower floor with relic cyclone and aku cyclone
@@bosssnurp5912 rode is a good choice there but cat jobs works there with his weaken, but ur still right tho
What do you think about new zl chapter(secluded cavy island, resort de la corpsa, restricted area), or it will be part 2?
1:12:25 erm actually the first sol chapter had the same amount, therefore it is tied
Im glad that the game doesn't peak at a certain point so players are more motivated to continue playing
Congrats on the thousand day duo streak on yappanese
just finish the video
GREAT VIDEO MAN ❤❤
bro has beef with socrates
Fun fact I was about to quit because of 99 to the point I only logged in for daily rewards until two weeks ago and then I had a incline in playing
Cutpurse Coast and Realm of Whyworry are easily my favorite subchapters
My fav is either the uruvuru journals (i think i spelled it right) or humanity catified
Also a big fan of the ururun boss rush. Very memorable.
@@SPZ-gv2on yea but humanity catified is GOATED if u agree
Love ur vids man ❤ keep up!
16:44
I was so scared bun bun that when I saw him in the last stage WOTH NYANDAM i quit progressing SoL and got my first true form which completely destroyed this stage
ul being fun and a good challenge depend solely on what crown difficulty you play on
Rank your favorite advent boss stages next please. I'd love to see your opinion on some revenge stages. Especially March to death and top dog lol. And also Babies first since that is one I like.
Before even watching this video, I hope he trash talks cutpurse coast.
But I do appreciate the fact that’s it’s difficulty makes me remember
Uhhh, did you watch the end of the video? (Just wondering XD)
Holy this video...
How much did it take you to record gameplay of all subchapters?
I was doing cutpurse ckast while watchinf this video and didnt know it was #1
I was look through the live chat replay and some dipwad at the “a new legends” section said he’s a “hater” and proceeded to say “just get cone”…….
I really hope that person was joking….
Wow, only *4* subchapters in F tier? That’s a shock honestly
And barely anything in D tier too, surprisingly
I wonder if idi invasion would be included as its own chapter
It wasnt sadge ):
I'm glad you talked about how socrates being ridiculously unbalanced and how socrates does all roles
Woods of resentment can eat my ass
Saying how dogshit infected king was becaus of clean up makes me happy the length of that stage turned me off from completely annihilating 4star
The real reason I didn't do 4 star feast of betrayal made me question whether it was worth suffering through to get idi also one of the reasons sol is the worst part of the game just over cotc
I dunno if we played the sme chapter but doron chapter sucked as doron himself was easy as hell and the stages before are boring as fuck
Nah glass slipper being called good fills me with rage I didn't have super cat or hitman so I was stuck until I got dark mitama from my 3 star plat and it was still ass
Mr puffington love makes me happy
Bannana genomes is easy just use nobiluga and cat tengu.
protein cartel on the other hand forced me to use a continue cause i was not slowing down my ul progression for anything
Surving herd being good are you mad that stage can eat my ass
Galapa goth sucks ass all the way through imo and surving herd had me stuck in sol for way to long leading me to uber carry the fuck out of it
What is a jailbreak tunnel you men that subchapter that has no notable traits at all it got hit by power creep hard ururun is the worst sol boss imo it does nothing all enemys get smacked hard by the current meta and rost just wasnt a threat for some reason and pitfall zone is just long and boring it aint even hard
I actually had to search up realm of whyworry on the wiki its fine i guess but bare fangs at the throne actually made go back and replay stages
Cutpurse coast as number 1 is just correct every single stage gets brought up often except deep sea dying
pretty sure it was included
I am glad I have a part into this video
Canned juice, your voice sounds sooo familiar.. Jeff Nippard by chance?
imo the worst subcrapter is scars of war, it introduces alien enemies in such a boring way and the only somewhat threatening stage is the stage with sunfish jones and gory spam. atleast that’s what i remember from that subchapter
passionate release sure is a name
hes probably gonna do a 17 hour long video ranking the catamin stages
what the flip I love a new legend free my boy relic bun
It was watching the video they finally realize it’s uncanny legend, not ultra legend
I mean, of course a sub chapter will be memorable if it's literally trauma inducing
19:08 ROBLOX refrence?????
just finished catpurse coast powercreep has rlly taken a toll on nrf destroyed the stage with 4 epicfest ubers
Make a ranking video of every floor of heavenly tower and Infernal tower
Cant wait to see where grotesque gallery is put.
I don’t remember seeing it anywhere
what makes me confused the most is how is it even possible to get stuck in UL first stage if you can beat legend stages in first place. stuff get so horrible and not fun at the end that the first ul chapter is completley free compared to all that. esaly at least top 20 best chapter
glad u still make vids haha
As somebody stuck on cursed blizzard 1:08:57 i can confirm i have overleveled units and are working on manics and im stuck and i know why im missing 7 treasures of itf 2 and like idk 43 of itf 3 becuz i dont wanna treasuere grind atleast i got m lion like alought of my keygacha rares are lvl 45 mainly cyborg and ramen rlly talented high lvl can can with money up lvl 10 attack up and lvl 2 move speed castaway 2 legends lots of ubers i just dont want to treasure grind but i will ;(
I dont understand how idi is challenging. I beat the invasion stage with only ramen and salon spam, and high levels for rare units are to be expected after clearing all of 4 star SoL.
Idi pushes very hard.
I beat the infected king while almost exclusively dealing damage with sniper the heavy because I couldn't hit the camels.
46:05 ha last gang this stage i was stuck for over a month and a half and how you menshon it gives me bad memories
Now do a video on ranking EVERY SOL/UL/ZL stage 😂
Socractis got that banger theme tho
I'll play SoL after i get true forms for all normal cats, and get every crazed unit
As well as like 5 more true forms and itf3 is beaten
Haven’t watched yet but I’m guessing Never Ending Cat Story is dead last.
Edit: Easiest prediction of my life. Say what you will about the 1-4 Crown system, at least it doesn’t hide the fact that it’s filler.
Only reason I could could beat glass slippers was because Ai grinded to true form bora. It's a fine stage ig, it's just so much harder than every UL stage around it.
mid SOL was peak battle cats tbh
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I'm a chapter after cutpurse coast, for now this Is awesome
Im on zombies and the gameplay is sooo fun lmao, its so addictive. Kombu cape was yhe modt fun
This is gonna be a fun watch to finish off while i go to work tomorrow but starting off, I'm so glad you immediately slammed neverending cat story as its the one i instantly thought up as the worst. It being right after volkanos volcano, which can be potentially a roadblock for early players, and immediately going "wait a minute... The games just fucking babying me now" right when you hit it is so fucking frustrating. Especially because they high key don't challenge you again up until like, the end of Partheon maybe. Makes that section a slog right after you got through a checkpoint instead of ramping up the challenge. And it being reused content immediately makes it worse. Just a bizarre choice overall
I'll also say regarding a new legend, as I'm taking a hiatus due to it being my current stage (yeah I'm fucking bad and haven't even started UL). I don't mind that it's a roadblock alone. In concept, it's a cool idea to have it be hard so that they can take the kid gloves off for UL in general. The issue is... Not the stage. But it's that growing strange still fucking sucks to this day and having it be the lock and key to most relic options makes it the real gatekeeper with this one being arbitrary. It's not exactly exciting to beat the stage after dealing with a stage that is only on for 2 hours a day, potentially when you're asleep, that will curb stomp you so many times, just for a fucking elder seed. I still think it genuinely is PONOSs worst choice ever.
right after watching your video i beat shadow cosmopolis, first half (morning rush hour, docking massacre because lack of octopus) was definitely harder than second half 😃 (second tried subterranean stalker and first tried lord of the abyss) i cant wait for the next 😭
im on cutpurse coast rn ill tell you when im in procrastinator parade or nrf
im on procrastinator parade 😭
breaking news: it sucks.
Holt shit i beat it i just needed to cyberstack ive never done that since manic mohawk
I beat no return flights soo sooo fast wtf
This is a weird a** top 3 ngl I remember them but their impact to me aren’t as big as most ZL stages tbh. Unlike many I like ZL a lot but the main reason is they brought back a bunch of old bosses so every rematch of them feels very cool and fresh and memorable to me. Also soractes is a great boss imo, he looks cool and can be very hard to beat unlike most bosses in the game. Most SoL and UL sub chapters are forgettable to me, the most memorable ones for me is probably grotesque gallery, humanity catified and sacred forest and btw i think zero luza is the best boss period, didn’t get the hermit cat hype at all.
mr canned juice, is idi stage really worth it? i am currently S U F F E R I N G in 4*, about halfway through.
Really good rusher unit that does big damage against relics, helps to kill them quick especially puffington
IDI is a super good unit, though the grind is quite rough. If you're already that far I would definitely say go for it.
Chapter saga wise, here’s how it goes
3 - ZL
2 - SOL
1 - UL
You did Ethan dirty
30:34 Looks like someone forgot to unequip holyblast again...