Rafflesia not in S-Tier is absolutely wild. The Entice status instantly defeats any boss in the game because it wasn't supposed to be usable by players, therefore there is no immunity check against it. Also, because it's a script replacement status, it makes all scripted battle events fail, so you can end multi-stage battles after defeating the first stage only, because the game won't run the script to move to the next stage.
i learned through another comment that entice works on bosses and didn't find anything doing research on this on how that was the case. hence why i asked for the updoots in comments :D
Rages are great for learning Lore spells too! Last time I went thru the game I compiled a list of all the rages that use lore spells. If you're missing one you can use a rage and have Strago learn it that way. I kept the ones Strago starts with there just for completions' sake. Brawler Stone Apokryphos L. 3 Muddle Dark Force CleanSweep Suriander Aqua Rake Chimera Aqua Rake Mesosaur Step Mine Trapper L.3 Muddle Anguiform Aqua Rake Brainpan Blow Fish Cactrot Blow Fish Repo Man Exploder Figaliz Dischord Crawler Step Mine Mad Oscar Sour Mouth Iron Fist Stone Peepers Pearl Wind Vectaur Pearl Wind Zombone Condemned Dragon Revenge Sprinter Aero Harpiai Aero Tomb Thumb Step Mine Scullion Dischord Intangir Pep Up Critic Condemned Pan Dora Revenge EarthGuard Big Guard Phase Blow Fish Poppers Stone Dante L.3 Muddle Muus Pep Up Balloon Exploder Vectagoyle Aqua Rake Junk Pep Up 1st Class Stone Borras Revenge Mag Roader L.4 Flare Veteran Condemned IronHitman Dischord
18:39 a note about Ahriman's Roulette rage: the automatic targeting for rages takes precedence over Roulette's random targeting, so Gau will always target enemies with it and it'll never miss barring immunities...
Ah, I thought Ahriman's Roulette would potentially target the player's characters, and made my comment about that with that in mind. I deleted my comment, now that I know about this. It still sucks either way, though.
Also when Relm sketch's for Roulette is ALSO only kills the enemies so when you fight those Onion Knights from the Magitech factory ON the Veldt and Relm sketches them for Roulette it would ONLY kill them.
Rafflesia should share S-rank with Stray Cat, one for damage and one for hacks. Rafflesia uses Entice which charms one enemy, doesn’t get resisted even by bosses, and doesn’t get broken until death. If Gau uses Entice, that monster is basically dead and can’t fight back whatsoever. I definitely applaud the effort you took to make this video! Just stumbled across your channel a couple days ago. Keep up the great content!
thanks a bunch! wasn't ever aware that entice was usable on bosses. that's such a game changer that never came up in my research for this somehow. since personally i never used gau casually
However Entice Screws up Goddess and her AI making her try to kill you FASTER with Cloudy Heaven as soon as charm HITS her. Doom Dragon is also a Kefka's tower rage one NOT worth using.
It is on bunch guide in game faqs, and has been for over a decade. And if you say you didn't check game faqs, how did you not check probably the largest collection of fan made video games guides ever?@@Bdewd
I managed to get it off as the first move against Kefka on my last playthrough. He never managed to attack me once and I never attacked him, just chuckled as he beat himself to death. Who's laughing now, clown?
I love how everybody who ever haphazrdly stumbled into the veldt in FFVI knows about Stray Cat. Even if you don't pay attention to Gau and the numbers he gets that much, that catscratch immediately had everyone whoever saw it take notice.
Moos. Mousse is a dessert. So is Flan. The physical-immune magic-vulnerable slimes are all named after desserts or sweet jelly things that go on other things.
This madman actually did it. I thought he was going to do something simple and just do like a Top/Bottom list of must haves and must avoids, but this mad lad actually went and ranked every damn Rage. My hat is off to you, sir.
Always wanted a complete rage list during my playthroughs. When I played The Pixel Remaster last year I finally did it. I appreciate how much work this must have been for you.
Tyranosaur can up to B or A tbf. Lore Meteor is insanely strong since its a lore that doenst split damage. Dealling 4k+ to all enemies with no elemental unblockable spell is nuts.
That and go back to the veldt as soon as you get out of the serpent trench so you have aqua breath and gigavolt. Gau with a hero ring and running shoes can win most fights on the first turn.
Fiend Dragon being in D tier is fine considering availability, but Northern Cross is a straight up game breaker. Frozen status lasts twice as long as stop if they aren't hit with a fire spell, and nothing is immune to it.
Frozen is that "secret" status condition that the character is colored light blue and "stopped." The only cure is to receive a fire spell. Most players encounter it while escaping the Floating Continent.
This is the most effort I've ever done "for the memes" and boy howdy I'm glad it's done. Which rage do you think should've made it's way into A tier and why!?
Just started but hoping to see my favorite Wind God build Edit: and less than 2 minutes in my hopes are crushed, legitimate reasoning but I know stray is still good so I'll keep watching.
Rafflesia's Entice does not have Immunity I don't think, which makes it broken. Shouldn't be in D tier, guides have said it even works on the final boss!
@@Bdewd it's an obscure one, also it's possible to permanently miss the Rage as you have to interact with the Flowers painting before attacking Chardarnook otherwise it's lost forever. Bit of an oversight on the Devs part as it's such a missable Rage, so they likely didn't code immunity to its form of charm
I appreciate that you took the time to put this all together; there are SO MANY rages, and I never wanted to bother with most of them, so whenever I was stuck with him, I'd usually just use Flare Star, because I remember getting ROCKED by it the first time I ran into Atma Weapon, since I was horrendously underleveled. I watched the whole thing, and it went by faster than I'd thought it would; good flow, and you kept it interesting. I might actually use Gau in future runs thanks to this!
I remember when I was a kid in 1994 and me and a friend of mine said "Duh I wonder what happens if you rage of a straycat" Well he fucking scratch your eyes out is what we learned!
Here's a short list of some cool rages that are unique or just neat: Test Rider - Flash Rain, Kamui - Snowstorm, Luridan - Rock Slide, Twinscythe - Metal Cutter, Marchosias - Aero, Destroyer - Reraise, Ninja - Water Scroll, Io - Flare Star, Admankary - Acid Rain.
I believe the continent between Mobliz and the tower is the Serpent Continent or the Serpent Passage. An NPC will tell you that the Serpent Trench was shoved above water during the calamity. So you’re walking on what used to be a sea route.
I feel like the Mu rage is kinda underrated. It can be pretty useful early game against certain enemies that counter upon death since it'll bypass the counter. In particular it's really useful against Hill Gigas to avoid Magnitude 8. Also in the SNES version it's your best bet for Intangir farming, since it'll also bypass the Meteo counter with no MP cost.
Also Raflessia is easily one of the most busted rages in the whole game. Entice works on bosses as well as enemies, and since it prevents enemies from attacking you and doesn't wear off until one of you die... It basically shuts down every single boss fight you use it against, so you can either just watch them kill themselves or just wail on them with no repercussions. It's stupidly funny how easy it makes the game.
It also kills them on the PS1 version but other then Intangir killing the Mu Rage isn't worth using on anything else on the SNES/PS1 version on the Pixel version I still had Magnitude 8 counter the Mu Rage's snare UNLESS you imp the Hill Gigas first.
@@Bdewd oh most certainly a game changer as it makes bosses like chad much more trivial to fight. I'd argue that Rafflesia should be in it's own tier, considering just how broken it is. The GBA version also just gets to enjoy turning the two super bosses at the end of the bonus dungeon (as well as any boss that happens to be unfortunate enough to be fought by gau/Gogo) into a mass of laughter as you watch them kill themselves.
amazing work on the video. Aspiran is a hilarious one if you go back and get it right after beating kefka. Its quite a detour, but in exchange for your time gau just obliterates everything from there until the end of magitek factory with gigavolt, including just oneshotting Ultros.
27:40 Surprisingly what I've learned from this is how wrong some of these monster sprites looked to me as a kid on a CRT. That's a woman with her right arm curling towards her face, holding some kind of orb. Not a weird monster face with a woman's body. The orb she's holding looked like its eyeball, and her right arm being the weird monster face, lol.
For me, the top three Rages I usually make sure to get are Stray Cat, Rafflesia, and Doom Dragon. But early in the game, I usually try for a Bomb because the Blaze rage is very effective early game.
Intangir is actually really good for a chunk of the game due to its resists, and by then you're going to have Mute. just silence Gau and he can't transfusion, so even if he wastes a turn he's still nearly immortal. Exceptional in solo runs.
@26:45 This is actually known as the Serpent's Land. If you look carefully, you will see this is formed by what used to be the Serpent's Trench, and is actually in the shape of a serpent! Thanks for putting together this incredible compilation of information.
Interesting video. Thank you for sharing. I appreciate your effort to make this video to rank over 250+ Gau's rages, it is not easy to do this. Some corrections that I have to point out here : in 12:26 , (the crumbling house location is nearby the continent where you can find Albrook (*North-west of Albrook , kind of. Continent where you can find the Kefka's Tower basically.) The video arrow is pointing to Doma's Castle island though. If there is any other corrections, I'll update here.
Just as a note: In the SNES version, Rhodox (Mu in subsequent versions) has Snare, which can be used on the Intangir to kill it instantly and avoid its Meteo counterattack upon death. Seeing it here in F tier made a single tear roll down my face.
I've been a Gau enjoyer all my life, so this is wonderful to see. I would have personally put all of the rages that use magic higher than ones that don't (outside of really good ones like Stray Cat) as he uses no MP while raging, making them great for random encounter heavy areas where you want to preserve MP. Particularly healing magic, where you can just hang out in a random battle for a while for infinite healing! The main downside is actually having to remember which rage does what while you sift through all the bad ones, lol
Coco's move Overture (formerly Love Token) is kinda interesting as it forces the affected opponent to "Cover" for her, taking any physical damage that would go to her. I've been screwed over by it before, so I just use magic on Coco and that does it. When cast, the dialogue box says, "Protect me!"
Wow, this video was suggested to me randomly, and it's such a nostalgia trip because Gau (along with Cyan and Sabin) were my favorite team to use when i 1st played FF6 back in my childhood
44:50 - Fossil Dragon can first be encountered in the desert near Kohlingen -- a rare, but nasty surprise. Also, hard to blame Woolsey for changing or simplifying a lot of monster names.
I know it was busted so I get why Wind God Gau was removed from other versions, but being able to just clear the screen with quadruple 4x power wind slashes was so much fun.
I'm a little surprised Rafflessia is not higher on the tier list; immune to all status effects, a spell that affects even any boss (especially the final boss), its one of the few rages that is a game breaker
12:35 if you are undead, this means that you are immune to the Undead Drain backfire effect, and this is why many undead type enemies have draining attacks.
Yes, I watched the whole thing front to back xD I used to always want to use Magitek Armor Rage as a kid because I thought it was so cool that one of my party members could use Tek Laser. I also remember accidentally stumbling onto how good Tirillium was, being able to spam Bio that early is nuts. Next time I play through, I think I'm gonna go out of my way to get Magic Urn, holy moly
Tyrannosaur Rage's Meteor is _completely_ different from the regular one (which you can learn from an Esper). That one is a multi-hit attack, which makes it closer to its FF5's version.
People have mentioned Entice for the Rafflesia, but I think you also underrated the Doom Dragon. He should be B rank because his freezing skill also can hit bosses.
It's a good one if you want to cheese Kefka but keep a little random chance of failing (Northern Cross has a 50% chance of not freezing the target even if it hits)
@@duhdeedee Oh I didnt know that. I know when its used on you it has to do with the number of allies already frozen. not sure if that was part of the attack or dragon ai
Yeah but Fiend Dragon is gotten at the final dungeon. Rafflesia you can get once you get the airship. The biggest insult on this tier list is Mu being F but he is okay with Foper getting A(who has a worse instant kill).
@Bdewd, up to this point in the game, using Gau's defensive rages isn't necessarily or crucial in battles because every party members has curing abilities/stats. You've mentioned most of the rages found in the Velt but missed one which is the most powerful rage there is for Gau in FF6. Remember playing as General Leo? General Leo's "shock" ability can be acquired by an enemy called 'RETAINER". The SHOCK rage is the most powerful ability there is because it does 9999 damage to ALL enemies(depending on Gau's stats/level). All I know is when Gau's level is at 80+, the shock rage ability generates 9999 damage to all enemies.
The only downside to the Gaia Gear strat is Edgar and Cyan can't wear Gaia Gears without Merit Awards. You gotta float them. Also there are too many Auto-Float enemies to make it useful. Once you get Fire Shields going, Mover (Meltdown) is a far better option.
Education. It's what many youtubers lack. If you play the snes version and you travel over 1000k You will run into the "White Dragon" On the veldt. Jump in. Afterwards wait until you see Tri-tok. Kill it. Check your inventory. 99 of ever item ever thought of in the FF3 US version. 99 Genji Gloves, 99 AEGIS ARMOR!!! HEAD CHEST!!! I should be famous. None of you know the glory of X-boxes on every character. Check with your devs. SNES US VRS
I'm surprised to see Rafflesia this low... but I understand it's because you had no idea that Entice worked on bosses. I'm currently playing T-Edition, and Intangir is one of the best Rages in it: instead of that awful Transfusion, you get to cast a non-elemental damaging spell on a single target, and still have Haste, Protect, Shell, Float and Vanish on top of absorbing all elements and all the status immunities.
You mentioned the vanish/doom combo at one point but that glitch was taken out in the pixel remaster last i checked, so stop/blaster is a nice alternative Granted, i don't know if you can get blaster in the world of balance so intangir is still a pain
Never touched Gau in my first playthrough of FF6 on the snes or GBA back in 2012, so it was cool to see his potential in this video. I'm thinking of using him when I do my FF6PR run
or on the Pixel remaster KEEP the NO encounters cheat on save for the Veldt itself in that case the best ATTACK rages are going to be ONLY Guard Leader Asperian/Aspik Lesser Lopros and Aquiform for aquabreath. For a NO encounters cheat Pixel version cheat ONLY the FIXED battle enemies + the ones on the way to the first 2 Ultros battles are the ONLY enemies that would show up on the Veldt once you turn the battles back ON for the first half of the game. For No the encounters cheat the only FIXED rage WoR only is the one for Entice since the No Encounters cheat does NOT Prevent you from fighting it.
so when looking at various guides and stuff (including some solo guides) there was a list of some of the best rages for Gau, including things like Stray cat, morphing jar (magic urn?). guard leader, and yes including Rafflesia. maybe this is becuz its a great rage for solo? im not sure. but i just wanted to comment that someone said it was one of his better rages. so to see it on a D rank...i guess its overall?
Mover is awesome when you get it and have setup, but he is a late obtain. Even solo-Gau(Mover) party can be brutal against most enemies while absorbing his fire attacks to keep perfectly healthy. Quake and other earth-elemental attacks do not hit floating units, which is hinted at because they have names indicating attacks below your feet.
Slight correction on Behemoth King. The living version has no rage. You can't even leap on the living version in SNES as it doesn't show up. Only the Undead version has a rage (Firaga).
Can we take a moment to appreciate how absolutely metal the sandhorse is and has no right being such a good visual design? Just after the 30 min marker.
Im currently doing my first pr 100% run. Im finally starting the floating continent. Of course i have to redo the air force battle because i didn't get the spec bestiary entry 😳 good thing i caught that lol. I fully understand the amount of time and work this list took. So cool to see what each monster does. Thank you so much, its so great that there's people out there who appreciate this game the way I do. Edit: watched front to back and even read all the comments. You say Figaro the good way 😉
I've been playing this game since shortly after it came out and didn't know about Nightshade/Rafflesia's rage being giga broken until reading the video comments. I might do a 100% rage playthrough and really focus on Gau
I didnt know you could Dive/Learn Rages outside of the Veldt… Might’ve actually tried using Gau if I had known this… He still would’ve sucked - but I’d have at least tried. Thinking he could only learn these while on the Veldt, and having to dive the specific monster after it finally spawned seemed like a stupid undertaking for such little return. If you dive in Thamasa, do you have to go to the Veldt to retrieve Gau, or will he come back the same way no matter where in the world you are?
NOW I remember why I didn't bother. 90% of Gau's Rages are some variation of... Punch thing slightly harder.... Single target status ailment.... Fractional damage.... Effect if multiple of X level..... Available so late in the game you may as well just finish the game... and death variant that doesn't matter anyway since anything that would be worth using it on is probably immune. And or course the fact that magic just straight up trumps 99% of what he can get anyway.>
Gold Bear is nice for randomizers for when you're starting with someone with Rage and you don't have much else, in my experience. Stray Cat is still better obviously, but if youre randomizing, you won't always have access to it, and 2.5x damage is the next best thing to 4x. I also like getting Luridan/Purusa and Killer Mantis as a rage, too, if the Rage user happens to be Strago or Relm.
For that I believe they do for equipment so Paladin Shield Gau and Rages weak to Fire spell damage and he SHOULD STILL absorb it. But the Physical rages are based on weapons while Gau can't equip any besides the Imp Spears that DOES apply to GOGO using Rages so Stray Cat on Gogo WITH the HOLY rod equipped would only have Cat Scratch HEAL the Kefka's Tower enemies that would absorb the spell.
Yes you can since Cat Scratch is 100% physical which is why it even WORKS 4x WITH the Offering/Masters scroll its just that Gau's ONLY default weapon he can equip are those Imp Halberd spears. So ONLY Gogo COULD equip a Elemental Weapon and it WOULD make Stray Cat match that Element but since Gogo CAN equip the HEAL Rod it would make ALL Physical Non elemental damage rages actually HEAL the enemies if they aren't undead.
I'm surprised peeper isn't at least A-tier. A dedicated healer that can heal the whole party at once without spending any MP *or* using any items? One that you can set and forget?
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Stray Cat is the happiest accident I encountered in my first ever playthough in 1995
i never clicked on stray cat playing with gau as a kid. i picked the sucky ones, then benched him until i learned about natural magic runs haah
Stray cat was the whole reason I used Gau as a kid lol
@@Supah_Sayin_Rick same
YUP. I was like "holy shit what ELSE does this guy have access to?". Happy accident INDEED.
Kitty blaster go pew-pew!
Rafflesia not in S-Tier is absolutely wild. The Entice status instantly defeats any boss in the game because it wasn't supposed to be usable by players, therefore there is no immunity check against it. Also, because it's a script replacement status, it makes all scripted battle events fail, so you can end multi-stage battles after defeating the first stage only, because the game won't run the script to move to the next stage.
i learned through another comment that entice works on bosses and didn't find anything doing research on this on how that was the case. hence why i asked for the updoots in comments :D
DAAAAAUUUUUMMMMM!
Its also ruins the fun. You should only use it unless its shits and giggles or you are hopeless.
It also cannot stop final attacks.
wow that sounds wild
Seeing this so low makes me really wonder if watching the rest of the video is worth it. 🤷
Rages are great for learning Lore spells too!
Last time I went thru the game I compiled a list of all the rages that use lore spells.
If you're missing one you can use a rage and have Strago learn it that way.
I kept the ones Strago starts with there just for completions' sake.
Brawler Stone
Apokryphos L. 3 Muddle
Dark Force CleanSweep
Suriander Aqua Rake
Chimera Aqua Rake
Mesosaur Step Mine
Trapper L.3 Muddle
Anguiform Aqua Rake
Brainpan Blow Fish
Cactrot Blow Fish
Repo Man Exploder
Figaliz Dischord
Crawler Step Mine
Mad Oscar Sour Mouth
Iron Fist Stone
Peepers Pearl Wind
Vectaur Pearl Wind
Zombone Condemned
Dragon Revenge
Sprinter Aero
Harpiai Aero
Tomb Thumb Step Mine
Scullion Dischord
Intangir Pep Up
Critic Condemned
Pan Dora Revenge
EarthGuard Big Guard
Phase Blow Fish
Poppers Stone
Dante L.3 Muddle
Muus Pep Up
Balloon Exploder
Vectagoyle Aqua Rake
Junk Pep Up
1st Class Stone
Borras Revenge
Mag Roader L.4 Flare
Veteran Condemned
IronHitman Dischord
Great list!
18:39 a note about Ahriman's Roulette rage: the automatic targeting for rages takes precedence over Roulette's random targeting, so Gau will always target enemies with it and it'll never miss barring immunities...
Correct but its 1 of the few Kefka's tower enemies that aren't really worth trying to kill.
Ah, I thought Ahriman's Roulette would potentially target the player's characters, and made my comment about that with that in mind. I deleted my comment, now that I know about this. It still sucks either way, though.
Also when Relm sketch's for Roulette is ALSO only kills the enemies so when you fight those Onion Knights from the Magitech factory ON the Veldt and Relm sketches them for Roulette it would ONLY kill them.
Rafflesia should share S-rank with Stray Cat, one for damage and one for hacks. Rafflesia uses Entice which charms one enemy, doesn’t get resisted even by bosses, and doesn’t get broken until death. If Gau uses Entice, that monster is basically dead and can’t fight back whatsoever. I definitely applaud the effort you took to make this video! Just stumbled across your channel a couple days ago. Keep up the great content!
thanks a bunch! wasn't ever aware that entice was usable on bosses. that's such a game changer that never came up in my research for this somehow. since personally i never used gau casually
However Entice Screws up Goddess and her AI making her try to kill you FASTER with Cloudy Heaven as soon as charm HITS her.
Doom Dragon is also a Kefka's tower rage one NOT worth using.
It is on bunch guide in game faqs, and has been for over a decade. And if you say you didn't check game faqs, how did you not check probably the largest collection of fan made video games guides ever?@@Bdewd
I managed to get it off as the first move against Kefka on my last playthrough. He never managed to attack me once and I never attacked him, just chuckled as he beat himself to death. Who's laughing now, clown?
@@willmistrettaVeldt manipulation took some time, but doing similar to Kaiser Dragon was a legendary moment.
I love how everybody who ever haphazrdly stumbled into the veldt in FFVI knows about Stray Cat. Even if you don't pay attention to Gau and the numbers he gets that much, that catscratch immediately had everyone whoever saw it take notice.
Yes. Definitely that and not gameFAQs
Moos. Mousse is a dessert. So is Flan. The physical-immune magic-vulnerable slimes are all named after desserts or sweet jelly things that go on other things.
Ice cream comes from an animal that "Moos!" 😂 I thought the originally Woolsey-ism spelling was Muus in the North American SNES version of FF6.
14:43
It is called "Cancer" because the Zodiac sign for Cancer is a scorpion.
There is zero irony in its ability.
Stray Cat is easy to get early and hits hard for a while! Marshal’s wind slash also is useful for early gamezz
level gau underneath bismark and you'll want nothing but stray cat. +2 strength YEET
I am actually gonna watch this whole thing. Impressive effort bdewd!
The absolute madlad actually did it.
They said it couldn't be done. We all knew it shouldn't be done. But Bdewd couldn't help himself and he did it anyways. And now here we are.
Was literally about to post this. Word for word.
@@arne0107 me too lol
This madman actually did it. I thought he was going to do something simple and just do like a Top/Bottom list of must haves and must avoids, but this mad lad actually went and ranked every damn Rage. My hat is off to you, sir.
Always wanted a complete rage list during my playthroughs. When I played The Pixel Remaster last year I finally did it. I appreciate how much work this must have been for you.
Tyranosaur can up to B or A tbf. Lore Meteor is insanely strong since its a lore that doenst split damage. Dealling 4k+ to all enemies with no elemental unblockable spell is nuts.
God, Stray Cat has NO BUSINESS being that strong that early. Carried me in my playthrough of PR!
That and go back to the veldt as soon as you get out of the serpent trench so you have aqua breath and gigavolt. Gau with a hero ring and running shoes can win most fights on the first turn.
I remember the B-tier Guard Leader’s “wind slash” was a one-hit godsend during serpent’s trench, IAF attack, and kefka army
Fiend Dragon being in D tier is fine considering availability, but Northern Cross is a straight up game breaker. Frozen status lasts twice as long as stop if they aren't hit with a fire spell, and nothing is immune to it.
very nice. sounds great
Frozen is that "secret" status condition that the character is colored light blue and "stopped." The only cure is to receive a fire spell. Most players encounter it while escaping the Floating Continent.
Alternatively, it's the one that makes winning miracle shoes in the arena a massive time-wasting pain in the ass
and it makes KILLING the ICE dragon BEFORE you can BERSERK it a PITA as well since Ribbons don't actually NULL the status either.
This is the most effort I've ever done "for the memes" and boy howdy I'm glad it's done. Which rage do you think should've made it's way into A tier and why!?
Just started but hoping to see my favorite Wind God build
Edit: and less than 2 minutes in my hopes are crushed, legitimate reasoning but I know stray is still good so I'll keep watching.
Rafflesia's Entice does not have Immunity I don't think, which makes it broken. Shouldn't be in D tier, guides have said it even works on the final boss!
@@roytheshort wait i have never heard this. i have been given a lot to think about in how this universe operates D:
@@Bdewd it's an obscure one, also it's possible to permanently miss the Rage as you have to interact with the Flowers painting before attacking Chardarnook otherwise it's lost forever.
Bit of an oversight on the Devs part as it's such a missable Rage, so they likely didn't code immunity to its form of charm
Rafflesia is broken as hell. If it connects, you win. Period!
Use it on Kefka and he will Havok Wing himself to death.
I appreciate that you took the time to put this all together; there are SO MANY rages, and I never wanted to bother with most of them, so whenever I was stuck with him, I'd usually just use Flare Star, because I remember getting ROCKED by it the first time I ran into Atma Weapon, since I was horrendously underleveled. I watched the whole thing, and it went by faster than I'd thought it would; good flow, and you kept it interesting. I might actually use Gau in future runs thanks to this!
What a nice trip down memory lane. Thank you for putting in the work on this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I remember when I was a kid in 1994 and me and a friend of mine said
"Duh I wonder what happens if you rage of a straycat"
Well he fucking scratch your eyes out is what we learned!
eyes, ears, nose, internal organs
Appreciate all the effort that's gone into this and the other ranking videos. I've learned a lot.
Despite all my rage, i’m still just a Gau in a cage.
I like to watch-every minute-of a FF6 video. Therefore, i sawed it all.
Here's a short list of some cool rages that are unique or just neat: Test Rider - Flash Rain, Kamui - Snowstorm, Luridan - Rock Slide, Twinscythe - Metal Cutter, Marchosias - Aero, Destroyer - Reraise, Ninja - Water Scroll, Io - Flare Star, Admankary - Acid Rain.
You forgot about Retainer teaching Shock.
Crazy to compile all the rages like this good job!
I believe the continent between Mobliz and the tower is the Serpent Continent or the Serpent Passage. An NPC will tell you that the Serpent Trench was shoved above water during the calamity. So you’re walking on what used to be a sea route.
I assumed this video was way too difficult to ever be made. Congrats!
you have no idea looooooooooool ty for watching
I feel like the Mu rage is kinda underrated. It can be pretty useful early game against certain enemies that counter upon death since it'll bypass the counter. In particular it's really useful against Hill Gigas to avoid Magnitude 8. Also in the SNES version it's your best bet for Intangir farming, since it'll also bypass the Meteo counter with no MP cost.
Also Raflessia is easily one of the most busted rages in the whole game. Entice works on bosses as well as enemies, and since it prevents enemies from attacking you and doesn't wear off until one of you die... It basically shuts down every single boss fight you use it against, so you can either just watch them kill themselves or just wail on them with no repercussions. It's stupidly funny how easy it makes the game.
It also kills them on the PS1 version but other then Intangir killing the Mu Rage isn't worth using on anything else on the SNES/PS1 version on the Pixel version I still had Magnitude 8 counter the Mu Rage's snare UNLESS you imp the Hill Gigas first.
Didn't think entice would be so low considering few things in the game resist it including bosses
i didn't know it worked on bosses until uploading this video. that's why i like these convos! it's such a game changer :O
@@Bdewd oh most certainly a game changer as it makes bosses like chad much more trivial to fight. I'd argue that Rafflesia should be in it's own tier, considering just how broken it is.
The GBA version also just gets to enjoy turning the two super bosses at the end of the bonus dungeon (as well as any boss that happens to be unfortunate enough to be fought by gau/Gogo) into a mass of laughter as you watch them kill themselves.
My man. All my respect for slugging thru this madness. My favorite will always be the Retainer since it is General Leo's Shock attack.
amazing work on the video.
Aspiran is a hilarious one if you go back and get it right after beating kefka. Its quite a detour, but in exchange for your time gau just obliterates everything from there until the end of magitek factory with gigavolt, including just oneshotting Ultros.
You also get aqua rake from another monster from the trench, that and gigavolt take care of most of the world of balance.
Aspiran is the real disc 1 nuke, Edgar is balanced in comparison
The effort for this video is absolutely insane. I just can’t get over the pronunciation of Figaro.
Baalzephon Purusa and Io are all S-Rank imo. They all have incredible spells and resistances.
I definitely agree. Io is also a fascinating one for LLP-Solo games.
27:40 Surprisingly what I've learned from this is how wrong some of these monster sprites looked to me as a kid on a CRT. That's a woman with her right arm curling towards her face, holding some kind of orb. Not a weird monster face with a woman's body. The orb she's holding looked like its eyeball, and her right arm being the weird monster face, lol.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who always saw it that way as a kid.
For me, the top three Rages I usually make sure to get are Stray Cat, Rafflesia, and Doom Dragon. But early in the game, I usually try for a Bomb because the Blaze rage is very effective early game.
Intangir is actually really good for a chunk of the game due to its resists, and by then you're going to have Mute. just silence Gau and he can't transfusion, so even if he wastes a turn he's still nearly immortal. Exceptional in solo runs.
Good Gawd, he actually did it LMAO! Sir, you are nuts for doing absolutely every rage, but damn do we love you for it! Thanks for the information.
@26:45 This is actually known as the Serpent's Land. If you look carefully, you will see this is formed by what used to be the Serpent's Trench, and is actually in the shape of a serpent! Thanks for putting together this incredible compilation of information.
Wow, I didn't expect anyone to ever make this list, gz to you!
Interesting video. Thank you for sharing. I appreciate your effort to make this video to rank over 250+ Gau's rages, it is not easy to do this.
Some corrections that I have to point out here :
in 12:26 , (the crumbling house location is nearby the continent where you can find Albrook (*North-west of Albrook , kind of. Continent where you can find the Kefka's Tower basically.) The video arrow is pointing to Doma's Castle island though.
If there is any other corrections, I'll update here.
Just as a note: In the SNES version, Rhodox (Mu in subsequent versions) has Snare, which can be used on the Intangir to kill it instantly and avoid its Meteo counterattack upon death. Seeing it here in F tier made a single tear roll down my face.
I've been a Gau enjoyer all my life, so this is wonderful to see.
I would have personally put all of the rages that use magic higher than ones that don't (outside of really good ones like Stray Cat) as he uses no MP while raging, making them great for random encounter heavy areas where you want to preserve MP. Particularly healing magic, where you can just hang out in a random battle for a while for infinite healing! The main downside is actually having to remember which rage does what while you sift through all the bad ones, lol
Coco's move Overture (formerly Love Token) is kinda interesting as it forces the affected opponent to "Cover" for her, taking any physical damage that would go to her. I've been screwed over by it before, so I just use magic on Coco and that does it. When cast, the dialogue box says, "Protect me!"
Awesome video, buddy! Keep up the awesome work!
Wow, this video was suggested to me randomly, and it's such a nostalgia trip because Gau (along with Cyan and Sabin) were my favorite team to use when i 1st played FF6 back in my childhood
44:50 - Fossil Dragon can first be encountered in the desert near Kohlingen -- a rare, but nasty surprise. Also, hard to blame Woolsey for changing or simplifying a lot of monster names.
I know it was busted so I get why Wind God Gau was removed from other versions, but being able to just clear the screen with quadruple 4x power wind slashes was so much fun.
Wow
Amazing work!
Thank you for doing this.
I have been trying to figure this out by trial and error and it is not easy.
its the big reason i never put time into gau as a kid. i tried a few rages, they were stinkers, and he got benched haha
At number 255: Tonberries.
It’s at 255, because you can’t use it, because it’s number 255 in the game.
I'm a little surprised Rafflessia is not higher on the tier list; immune to all status effects, a spell that affects even any boss (especially the final boss), its one of the few rages that is a game breaker
12:35 if you are undead, this means that you are immune to the Undead Drain backfire effect, and this is why many undead type enemies have draining attacks.
Amazing video!! Love the tier system and well thought out
i sat on this idea for about 3 weeks before thinking on how to format it ngl
Brutal amount of effort. Thank you!
Yes, I watched the whole thing front to back xD
I used to always want to use Magitek Armor Rage as a kid because I thought it was so cool that one of my party members could use Tek Laser. I also remember accidentally stumbling onto how good Tirillium was, being able to spam Bio that early is nuts.
Next time I play through, I think I'm gonna go out of my way to get Magic Urn, holy moly
Tyrannosaur Rage's Meteor is _completely_ different from the regular one (which you can learn from an Esper).
That one is a multi-hit attack, which makes it closer to its FF5's version.
Seigfried is clearly an S tier rage
Thabk you for this list. One thing you should have added: A chapter at the end where you describe the go-to rages to use during each section of game.
People have mentioned Entice for the Rafflesia, but I think you also underrated the Doom Dragon. He should be B rank because his freezing skill also can hit bosses.
It's a good one if you want to cheese Kefka but keep a little random chance of failing (Northern Cross has a 50% chance of not freezing the target even if it hits)
@@duhdeedee Oh I didnt know that. I know when its used on you it has to do with the number of allies already frozen. not sure if that was part of the attack or dragon ai
Yeah but Fiend Dragon is gotten at the final dungeon. Rafflesia you can get once you get the airship.
The biggest insult on this tier list is Mu being F but he is okay with Foper getting A(who has a worse instant kill).
That and the dragons spam Kefka's Heartless angel constantly to leave you with 1 HP left when their NOT using North/Southern Cross.
Great job working on this! Love that we can still get content on a 30 year old game.
its all i know dude :(
FINNALLY someone does this, I cataloged as many as I could once upon a time, so fun for some reason
I was pleased to see Ghost a d Templar ranked so highly! As those are actually ones that I've used, a lot, in my playthroughs. 😊
You can access Kefka's Tower as soon as you have an Airship and maybe 5 members. I do that for some early looting, like MuscleBelt. Pretty doable.
Made it all the way through to the S-tier!!! Glad I found this content. Love FF6
Wow, this was a ton of work, thanks!
thx for watching :)
@Bdewd, up to this point in the game, using Gau's defensive rages isn't necessarily or crucial in battles because every party members has curing abilities/stats. You've mentioned most of the rages found in the Velt but missed one which is the most powerful rage there is for Gau in FF6. Remember playing as General Leo? General Leo's "shock" ability can be acquired by an enemy called 'RETAINER". The SHOCK rage is the most powerful ability there is because it does 9999 damage to ALL enemies(depending on Gau's stats/level). All I know is when Gau's level is at 80+, the shock rage ability generates 9999 damage to all enemies.
Also Magnitude 8 is the best earth elemental attack you can get, because Quake will always deal split damage.
Quake is still better due to Gaia Gear armors healing the party ALL the OTHER EARTH rages ONLY hit the enemies when used.
The only downside to the Gaia Gear strat is Edgar and Cyan can't wear Gaia Gears without Merit Awards. You gotta float them.
Also there are too many Auto-Float enemies to make it useful.
Once you get Fire Shields going, Mover (Meltdown) is a far better option.
Front to back 👍 and encouraged me to try some different rages in my next PR replay.
The blaster cats are all enemies that lost their typical name from the previous games, something like coeurl.
Education. It's what many youtubers lack. If you play the snes version and you travel over 1000k You will run into the "White Dragon" On the veldt. Jump in. Afterwards wait until you see Tri-tok. Kill it. Check your inventory. 99 of ever item ever thought of in the FF3 US version. 99 Genji Gloves, 99 AEGIS ARMOR!!! HEAD CHEST!!! I should be famous. None of you know the glory of X-boxes on every character. Check with your devs. SNES US VRS
Why doesn't "MugBear" (23:22) use Mug? It's literally in the name.
Gau is the most relatable Character as far as motivation. While others are all about revenge or politics, Gau joins for beef jerky, and i feel that.
Looooooooool
I barely noticed you put mu as f tier lol. It works wonders at floating continent. Great for battling behemoths
The deal breaker with making Gau undead is that any HP restoration damages him, any multi target Cure is out of the question by then.
This is where Bio and Death come into play. I had this issue when I faced Deathguise and used Borghese (Holy) with Gau, but broke him.
I'm surprised to see Rafflesia this low... but I understand it's because you had no idea that Entice worked on bosses.
I'm currently playing T-Edition, and Intangir is one of the best Rages in it: instead of that awful Transfusion, you get to cast a non-elemental damaging spell on a single target, and still have Haste, Protect, Shell, Float and Vanish on top of absorbing all elements and all the status immunities.
Well, you can always Silence Gau when you do vanilla Intangir.
You mentioned the vanish/doom combo at one point but that glitch was taken out in the pixel remaster last i checked, so stop/blaster is a nice alternative
Granted, i don't know if you can get blaster in the world of balance so intangir is still a pain
Never touched Gau in my first playthrough of FF6 on the snes or GBA back in 2012, so it was cool to see his potential in this video. I'm thinking of using him when I do my FF6PR run
The entire time I kept asking myself, where is it? WHERE IS STRAY CAT?
Then boom, S tier! THERE IT IS THERE IT IS! It's STRAY CAT!
I know that Retainer is too late in the game, but being able to use General Leo's Shock skill. That's very cool.
19:36-19:41 What do you think this is, Saga Frontier? (Because the monsters can transform into other monsters)
Trivia: you can fight a Still Life as a random encounter on the little islands south of Triangle Island in the World of Ruin. At least for the SNES.
Know what I'm watching when i have time, exactly what I wanted to see.
26:42 - Do you mean the Surfaced Serpent’s Trench?
There are so many details in this game that go undiscovered because of how easy it is to get the Moodle Charm and ignore random encounters.
aint that the freaking truth
or on the Pixel remaster KEEP the NO encounters cheat on save for the Veldt itself in that case the best ATTACK rages are going to be ONLY Guard Leader Asperian/Aspik Lesser Lopros and Aquiform for aquabreath.
For a NO encounters cheat Pixel version cheat ONLY the FIXED battle enemies + the ones on the way to the first 2 Ultros battles are the ONLY enemies that would show up on the Veldt once you turn the battles back ON for the first half of the game.
For No the encounters cheat the only FIXED rage WoR only is the one for Entice since the No Encounters cheat does NOT Prevent you from fighting it.
so when looking at various guides and stuff (including some solo guides) there was a list of some of the best rages for Gau, including things like Stray cat, morphing jar (magic urn?). guard leader, and yes including Rafflesia. maybe this is becuz its a great rage for solo? im not sure. but i just wanted to comment that someone said it was one of his better rages. so to see it on a D rank...i guess its overall?
Mover is awesome when you get it and have setup, but he is a late obtain. Even solo-Gau(Mover) party can be brutal against most enemies while absorbing his fire attacks to keep perfectly healthy.
Quake and other earth-elemental attacks do not hit floating units, which is hinted at because they have names indicating attacks below your feet.
Slight correction on Behemoth King. The living version has no rage. You can't even leap on the living version in SNES as it doesn't show up. Only the Undead version has a rage (Firaga).
Can we take a moment to appreciate how absolutely metal the sandhorse is and has no right being such a good visual design? Just after the 30 min marker.
Im currently doing my first pr 100% run. Im finally starting the floating continent. Of course i have to redo the air force battle because i didn't get the spec bestiary entry 😳 good thing i caught that lol. I fully understand the amount of time and work this list took. So cool to see what each monster does. Thank you so much, its so great that there's people out there who appreciate this game the way I do.
Edit: watched front to back and even read all the comments. You say Figaro the good way 😉
@bdewd - I would love to see this for WoB and WoR split - like what are all the rages i can get in WoB (worst to best) and the same thing for WoR
I've been playing this game since shortly after it came out and didn't know about Nightshade/Rafflesia's rage being giga broken until reading the video comments. I might do a 100% rage playthrough and really focus on Gau
oh imma love this. thanks for looking at ALL of them
I didnt know you could Dive/Learn Rages outside of the Veldt…
Might’ve actually tried using Gau if I had known this… He still would’ve sucked - but I’d have at least tried.
Thinking he could only learn these while on the Veldt, and having to dive the specific monster after it finally spawned seemed like a stupid undertaking for such little return.
If you dive in Thamasa, do you have to go to the Veldt to retrieve Gau, or will he come back the same way no matter where in the world you are?
I never used Gau as a kid. I used Gogo more than Gau.
A true intellectual
and I am reminded why I never commit the time to get Gau's rages
im doing good in the world!
Just get stray cat and you're done
NOW I remember why I didn't bother.
90% of Gau's Rages are some variation of...
Punch thing slightly harder....
Single target status ailment....
Fractional damage....
Effect if multiple of X level.....
Available so late in the game you may as well just finish the game...
and death variant that doesn't matter anyway since anything that would be worth using it on is probably immune.
And or course the fact that magic just straight up trumps 99% of what he can get anyway.>
"Thouthouthouthou!" -my brain when thinking about using Gau in battle
Like a pokemon. That's the only thing he can say.
Gold Bear is nice for randomizers for when you're starting with someone with Rage and you don't have much else, in my experience. Stray Cat is still better obviously, but if youre randomizing, you won't always have access to it, and 2.5x damage is the next best thing to 4x.
I also like getting Luridan/Purusa and Killer Mantis as a rage, too, if the Rage user happens to be Strago or Relm.
Templar is pretty good in that Operation: Defend Narshe. It can cast Fire2 on multiple enemies for 0 MP
If he uses a rage that changes his Elemental resistances, does his equipment take priority or does it get overwritten?
from what i could figure out, the rage takes over. im open to being corrected but this is via a small bit of testing
For that I believe they do for equipment so Paladin Shield Gau and Rages weak to Fire spell damage and he SHOULD STILL absorb it.
But the Physical rages are based on weapons while Gau can't equip any besides the Imp Spears that DOES apply to GOGO using Rages so Stray Cat on Gogo WITH the HOLY rod equipped would only have Cat Scratch HEAL the Kefka's Tower enemies that would absorb the spell.
@veghesther3204 wow sounds line those interactions, especially on mime, get insane. You're telling me I could hit elemental weaknesses with stray cat?
Yes you can since Cat Scratch is 100% physical which is why it even WORKS 4x WITH the Offering/Masters scroll its just that Gau's ONLY default weapon he can equip are those Imp Halberd spears.
So ONLY Gogo COULD equip a Elemental Weapon and it WOULD make Stray Cat match that Element but since Gogo CAN equip the HEAL Rod it would make ALL Physical Non elemental damage rages actually HEAL the enemies if they aren't undead.
I'm surprised peeper isn't at least A-tier. A dedicated healer that can heal the whole party at once without spending any MP *or* using any items? One that you can set and forget?