If we're talking comparative damage output, then Anima wins hands down, and im a little surprised she doesnt feature at all on this list. She can reach up to 1,600,000 in a single attack, and can do it more than once. Granted Yojimbo can one hit nearly every enemy in the game, but those can often require gigantic amounts of gil just for a single enemy. Anima simply requires training and leveling up. Of all the entries ive played in the series, Anima does the most damage and is the most powerful in terms of the individual game damage ratios.
WhatCulture Gaming: 10 most powerful summons in Final Fantasy history. Also WhatCulture Gaming: (Doesn't mention Ultima, the High Seraph or Zodiark, Keeper of Precepts.) Me: (Visible confusion)
I would say Eden from Final Fantasy VIII from it's animation alone... it's so powerful it hacks into your computer's coding to turn the planet into a magical cannon, then aims the enemy, and shoots them across the universe into the heart of a black hole.
If you're talking broken purely in terms of game mechanics, it's equipping someone in 7 (not 8, derp) with the ability to double summon, using Knights and Phoenix, then everyone else using Mime- the party became unkillable as Knights wrecked enemies with Phoenix kicking in to resurrect/heal the party.
7 has Double-Summon and Mime, not 8. Easy mistake tho yesterday I was talking with a friend about the bosses that can be nuked with Phoenix Downs and kept forgetting which one came from 8 😆 But on the topic of 8, certain GF abilities are broken in their own way, not in combat, but refining and the junction system can be abused in Disk 1 with abilities like Call Shop + Haggle and Medicine Refine, or Card Modding the materials for Lionheart.
Not really against Ruby weapons hades doesn't even LAST for a SINGLE Knights of the round summon so its not even WORTH using KoTR first hades 2nd via W summoning against Ruby weapon then Mime it just W summon KoTR Emerald/Ruby weapon have MP drain effects so with HP absorb if you EVER DO die Phoenix won't TRIGGER WITH Final attack since Final attack actually requires MP when you die. With KoTR HP absorb and mime the only way you'll DIE is in between KoTRs IE you fight Emerald/Ruby weapon ON DISC 2 Counter Blue materia to use with Mime is ONLY found in the games final dungeon.
When I fought Ruby, I linked KotR with HP absorb and Master Summon with MP absorb. Though I had Mime and Final Attack + Phoenix, I never needed them! Every attack refilled my HP and MP and Ruby’s counterattack with Ultima was never enough to kill me.
The Knights of the round, It's so Iconic, It's so amazing.. it's also Soooo long.. and mimed... Honestly, I could honestly go out for dinner, come back, Press Mime, go see a movie and it MIGHT be over.
Well, strictly speaking you could also get the master summon materia by mastering all of the summon materia and interacting with the respective huge materia. Though given the grinding involved it is arguably easier to just beat Emerald 😂
the master materia is not ONLY gotten by beating emerald. Plus Yojimbo is way more powerful than the sisters and kniggts of the round should have been way higher than that. Your lack of knowledge nevers ceases to amaze me whatculture
Ok so the fact that Knights of the Round is the 10th makes this entire list bunk. KotR hits for over 100k at max level, and when comboed can go over 250k per character thanks to Mime and 2x Materia. Unless one of the other summons can go above that I can’t take them seriously. Hell only FFX comes close because they break the limits of 9999 and can also go into the 100k
Yojimbo's strongest attack can one-shot anything in the game that he can fight, no exception. Even Penance. Also Final Fantasy 13 can go up to 1 million damage per hit with it's damage cap I believe its summons can as well.
Dude, i spend 2/3 of the game going after Ribbons, and Hades works in a similar way? I have taken that gem apart and i never knew that, it's so simple!
Not sure how KotR is at the bottom of the list. Its total damage output is insane and pairing it with w-summon alongside teammates casting mime effectively one-shots anything else in the game other than Ruby due to its ability to remove players between casts.
I have a quick question but first off I'm very excited for the leak on the final fantasy 10 remake can't wait to see what 😊 So just out of curiosity which final fantasy game has the most summons like which game gives you a big variety of creatures to summon to help you because I got a feeling final fantasy X has already best all of the other final fantasy games that also provide you summons but not a big amount like final fantasy X does, not to mention the news someone called anima?
Props for variety. Con for any kind of ranking order. Works fine as a showcase list. Top 10 in power would be weird and very 14 weighted though, with Zodiark and [Redacted] topping the list, though Alexander would be high up there as well.
@@iamskyfall I mean when you're talkin big Bahamuts, it's hard to top 14's in particular given he's the central focus of an epic 7min long cinematic that served as both an end and beginning in the game's collapse and revival.
Knights of the Round in Kingsglaive seemed to be pretty powerful. It's too bad Noctis didn't receive that one in FFXV proper. Taking the time to invest in Anima in FFX will also make it the most powerful summon.
About KoTR ONLY IN FF7 can you summon it via Free WILL in FF14 I believe you can NOT and only use it via a very specific boss fight it game else its useless.
10's Summons are a bit more "the right one for the job". Anima has high initial stats, but grinding out Yuna affords this to everyone and, as such, the unique attacks and benefits of various summons become MUCH better than Anima when the initial huge Atk and HP gap shrinks. Magus Sisters, however, would still win out in the original version due to Mindy's Passado being relatively able to consistently trigger for 15 x 99,999 damage. Anima does come back for some props in the International version once Oblivion hits several times too. But there's plenty of times in the game where Bahamut or Shiva are the best carries you could ask for.
@jaeusa160 I hadn't considered that. By late game I've usually unlocked the Celestial Weapons and made dozens of runs through the Omega Ruins so that I'm one-shotting bosses with Tidus or Lulu (her double cast ability really helps).
@@drewtheunspoken3988 Gameplay experience becomes very funny if you take Yuna down Auron's Sphere Grid path after you get the keys to do so after Luca. Lorewise though, Anima is totally the strongest of the player usable summons given that she was a Final Aeon. I don't believe any of the others were ever fully fledged Final Aeons.
About that Max Counter mimes is 8 PER party Member But if all 13 do 9999 each and you W summon it Emerald weapon ONLY has enough HP to survive 10 of them before it dies but its possible to use it MORE THEN THAT it 1 turn if the entire party NOT counting the KoTR user has like Counter Mime mastered on nearly ALL of their weapon/armor slots for all 8 slots.
The most powerful summon in FF10 is Anima, not Magus Sisters (technically, the most powerful would be Yojimbo, since he can onehit kill every single enemy in the game, if you have enough money, but that's still not the Magus Sisters). Also, choosing the first and most basic iteration of Bahamut as your Bahamut on the list... I don't know guys. There are multiple variants of Bahamut in FF7.
Worth noting that even if Bahamut NEO and ZERO are stronger than the plain Bahamut when you get them, theoretically due to the damage cap of 9999, with a high enough magic stat it doesn't matter which you use as they'll all do max damage, so it makes more sense to use which costs less MP.
Each Magus Sister has stats comparable to Anima with similar scaling. The limitation on controlling them is a big issue, of course, but Anima would need to be on the International version (current Steam version too) for her Oblivion Overdrive to hit as many times as Mindy's Passado attack... potentially 15 x 99,999 just as a normal turn. This list seems more of a "theme park variety" kind of list than a strict power ranking. Elsewise, FF14 would pretty much eat most if not all the top spots. 14's Bahamut obviously takes the cake for Bahamut showings, but even that is struggling to keep in top 5 for 14 with their versions of Zodiark, [Redacted], Alexander, Eden (not a summoned entity in 14 however), Anima, and Shinryu.
I like how each stronger Bahamut in 7 is lazier. Regular Bahamut flies all the way to the surface. Neo gets as far as the sky, then just pulls everyone up to his altitude. Zero can’t be bothered to leave the moon.
How ON EARTH is Knights of the Round BOTTOM of the list? You get that slotted in the right configuration and you can use it, go take a pee break, and come back to total destruction of your foes!
I do feel like FFX was downplayed a little bit. From a gameplay standpoint Yojimbo is an absolute powerhouse, and from a story standpoint, we may be ignoring that Anima literally wiped out an entire army of monsters by itself.
Anima is also the strongest summon in FF10, if you don't go for Yojimbo's Zanmatou. No idea why they chose the Magus Sisters, considering how incredibly random they can be sometimes. And even with that randomness, Anima still deals more damage with its ultimate attack and you can actually tell Anima what to do reliably.
This was more of a "theme park" list for variety and fun, not a strict power ranking. Elsewise, FF14 could possibly take the entire top 10 all by itself, which would make for a very boring low variety list. 14's Bahamut left permanent scars across a region which is the geographical equivalents of Europe+Africa upon being free for a few minutes, being used as the developer plot device to shut down and then relaunch the game itself. And it might not even make a top 5 for summoned entites in the game since at a minimum Zodiark, [Redacted], and 14's version of Alexander are all much more powerful. With others like 14's Anima and Shinryu being wildcards.
Definitely agreed. You give him enough gil and he will one shot every enemy in the game (minus Yu Yevon). Going up against Dark versions of our summoned friends that are the most powerful enemies in the game? Forget about it, he makes them dead. Sure, you cannot predict if he will use that insta-death attack, but the Magus Sisters also do their own thing. It does kind of sucks that you have to spend precious gil to use him, but for balance it makes sense. If you want ultimate power you gotta pay the price. Also, why would anybody use any other summon if they didn't have to spend their hard earned cash?
Ill have you know that the Pointer Sisters are INDEED MORE powerful than Yanni, especially in his classical orchestral yacht rock epic 90s era! Oh wait, what was this video about again? 😜
Honestly, I wouldn't have put Hades above KotR. You get Hades way too late in the game. Early on, having the ability to defend against negative status effects is cool. But once you have access to the Ribbon accesssoire, that will fall short. His most usefulness is against Ruby. But you don't need Hades. There's an item that can paralyze Ruby as well. And picking the Magus Sisters? Really? I would've picked Anima. Her Overdrive, Oblivion, has way more attacks than MS' Overdrive. They're also the same deal as Hades. You get them way too late and only if you have every other summon. Which is actually missable if you didn't collect the treasures in Bevelle. You need all treasures to get Anima. And then there's Yojimbo who can one-shot even the Dark Aeons and Penance. So really, imo, the strongest summons in FFX are Anima and Yojimbo.
The destruction sphere for Anima in Bevelle (purple hp sphere) isn’t missable, it’s blocking your way and you need to open the treasure chest in order to progress the story, the devs thought this through.
@@EldenRingBuildsArchive Then I guess the devs underestimated my level of stupidity because I did miss it on ps2. And since you can't redo the Cloister of Trials in Bevelle, I was locked out of Anima and Magus Sisters. Maybe they fixed it with the remaster, I don't know.
For FF 7 you pretty much gets hades after you can get KoTR since I won't FIGHT Carry armor without using all 13 Knights Hades is summonable after Carry armor dies.
@@belsalkkibelsalkki3838yeah I don't know a single entry where Shiva is even in the top three strongest. She's usually one of the first ones you get. However, she is probably my favourite recurring summon so I'd love to see them flip the narrative with her appearance in a future game and make her the most powerful, like they did with Ifrit. It keeps the mechanic fresh and engaging for ongoing players.
[Redacted] in Final Fantasy XIV split the entire fabric of reality. Zodiark could also alter reality on a large scale, but the sacrifices require were monumental to fuel such power. Alexander in XIV also had timelines in which it solved every major crisis but at the expense of all life on the planet being consumed just to fuel it in order to do so. Bahamut in XIV has... well, just watch the A Realm Reborn opening cinematic.
Can't you get the round kightd summon uesing ah 🤔 the red rose item thingy? Also yojimbo is definitely the most powerful, i mean kills even boss with one hit
Yes since beating Ruby weapon gets you a FREE Golden chocobo BUT Since KoTR is practically required to even DAMAGE it in the first place that Free Chocobo is completely worthless.
@@veghesther3204 Ruby weapon is the easiest Monster in the whole game... It gets stunned by Goblins Needles and it works 100%. Just go to the Goblin forest, farm thos green mobs and then poke Ruby with the Needle. If it starts moveing again, next needle. Its a cheap way to fight, but hey. If the Devs didnt wanted it, don't give a Boss a 100% Status weakness XD
Technically, 😅 Yojimbo should be top of the class. Single target or a group, one slice and it's done. Only reason I'd mark him down is that there are normally at least one or two enemies in each game that are completely immune to him. Gilgamesh in FFXII for example will let Yojimbo spawn but immediately cuts him in two. AND his little dog too. 😅 Odin was really powerful, and quite cool too, but his one-shot kill was random and, like Yojimbo, there were a few enemies immune to him.
if you use W-summon materia and summon knights of the round while it's linked to an MP-turbo materia then use mime with your other party members means that you use more magic that also increases the damage output to maximum to summon Knights of the round twice with the main caster and mimed twice with each other member. basically you summon it 6 times per turn for max damage
This list was good but not perfect. Feel it was more of the most iconic FF summons than the title. Ifrit from FF16 shouldn't be on the list technically. Missed out 1. FF12 Zeromus (Big Bang hp loss multiplier) 2. FF10 Anima (probably the best if you can't pull the Zanmato from Yojimbo) 3. FF9 Odin (probably better than others since you'll have higher chance of dealing the instant kill if used wisely and if doesn't it can deal non-elemental damage if equipped with the right ability) If we'll be ranking the most iconic my top 5 will be. 1. Ifrit 2. Shiva 3. Bahamut 4. Alexander 5. Ramuh
If Bahamut Fury from Crisis Core isn't here, Imma be mad. Literally uses the moon to turn his Terra Flare into a city-killer-sized blast. No other version of Bahamut packs the same scale of punch to their Flare. Edit: Missed opportunity, guys. Supremely disappointed you went with the base earliest version of the Dragon King.
Cant summon Garuda in FF14....well not anymore you used to be able to have a mini titan, ifrit and titan until they change it so you "summon" them for 1 attack and some of your spells are infuesd with their attacks
Summoner in FF14 is not a summoner anymore. Just a normal mage with a different look. I miss the old times. Even the DoT-Version of the summoner was more fun than what it is now...
carbuncle at 3 what are you smoking???? Anima easily tops that, what about zodiark and ultima and oh I dont know literally every summon from 12. and if you're gonna use alexander it should be from 13, you can actually use it then.
This list is so inaccurate, maybe just for the comment bait. Zodiark anyone? Eden should prob be first. Ark was insane from 9 and should be here. Also, should have been playable Summons to eliminate Alexander from this list.
Ark only hits once in FF9 so its useless in game where you can ONLY do 9999 damage and Eden is useless the Lionheart Limit or Zell using Booya Heel Drop and Punch rush over and over for 9999 per hit will easily do more damage BEFORE Eden actually shows up on screen so Eden is really ONLY useful against bosses you can't really KILL in 1 turn ie Omega only.
Yojimbo is most powerful actually, Anima is second strongest in international, pal, or Remaster, but I think other versions magus sisters do the second most. also any aeon can break the damage cap except I think Valefor's strongest attacks.
@@rohuffgamingakaLea1576 with one hit, yes, and you gotta rely on a strategy and Gil. My opinion Anima hits more consistently, just summon and control as normal. Oblivion has insane damage
If I were a summons, I would defeat enemies with nonstop bitching & moaning. Eventually they would get sick of hearing it & would drop dead. This works for me in real life,why would it not in a game?
Kights of the round is hands down the most powerful summon it causes almost 100,000 hp damage, yojimbo can be powerfull but there is an element of luck involved. This list is garbage
The problem with Knights of the Round is that you can only realistically get it near the end of the game, and most late-game bosses have lines in their code that interact with it. If you cast it on Emerald Weapon when it's below 50% health, Emerald will immediately retaliate with Aire Tam Storm, its most powerful attack that does 1,111 damage to each character for each materia they have equipped, meaning if you have 9 or more on a single character, they're dead instantly. If you use it on Jenova-SYNTHESIS, Bizzaro Sephiroth gains an additional 60,000 HP during its fight, and Safer Sephiroth gains 80,000. On top of that, its cast animation is incredibly long, dragging a battle out. I honestly never use it, but if we're looking exclusively at outgoing damage for ranking "power", then sure, I can see it on this list. Also, you don't need to breed a gold chocobo to get it. Just kill Ruby Weapon, buy a stall at the Chocobo Ranch, and go to the old guy in Kalm, he'll give you a gold chocobo. Way easier than dealing with all the breeding and racing nonsense.
@@iamskyfall That works in theory, but in practice, it's almost impossible to pull off reliably. Emerald is going to constantly be attacking, so you're not often going to have full health at the exact moment it casts Aire Tam Storm. This also requires you to have max health going in AND only having two materia equipped on any given character. Honestly, it's much easier to just hit Emerald with Quadra Magic-Gravity with W-Magic. Each character equipped with that setup can deal around 80,000 damage per turn, and if all three do, roughly five turns is all you need.
In FF7 I won't fight the Carry armor boss WITHOUT IT even with Cloud Barret Cid lv 60 9999 HP 999 MP and in the case of the PS4 remaster while you can't die against Carry armor with 9999 HP and the INFINITE HP cheat turned on I still won't FIGHT it unless you DO summon all 13 Knights to kill it instantly.
Trine/Ramuh will NEVER kill it instantly and with 9999 HP if it arm grabs 2 party members then uses 2x Lapis lasers to EVERY turn to kill the 3rd one you'll lose the fight to make sure that NEVER happens use all 13 Knights to kill it instantly which is why I'll never fight Carry armor WITHOUT it.
Bahamut from XIV should be on the list. He literally destroyed a world/game 😂
If we ever get that Final Fantasy IX Remake, Alexander NEEDS to be made a usable summon if you have both Dagger and Eiko in your party.
If we're talking comparative damage output, then Anima wins hands down, and im a little surprised she doesnt feature at all on this list. She can reach up to 1,600,000 in a single attack, and can do it more than once. Granted Yojimbo can one hit nearly every enemy in the game, but those can often require gigantic amounts of gil just for a single enemy. Anima simply requires training and leveling up. Of all the entries ive played in the series, Anima does the most damage and is the most powerful in terms of the individual game damage ratios.
WhatCulture Gaming: 10 most powerful summons in Final Fantasy history.
Also WhatCulture Gaming: (Doesn't mention Ultima, the High Seraph or Zodiark, Keeper of Precepts.)
Me: (Visible confusion)
Remember that whatculture is bias
I would say Eden from Final Fantasy VIII from it's animation alone... it's so powerful it hacks into your computer's coding to turn the planet into a magical cannon, then aims the enemy, and shoots them across the universe into the heart of a black hole.
If you're talking broken purely in terms of game mechanics, it's equipping someone in 7 (not 8, derp) with the ability to double summon, using Knights and Phoenix, then everyone else using Mime- the party became unkillable as Knights wrecked enemies with Phoenix kicking in to resurrect/heal the party.
7 has Double-Summon and Mime, not 8. Easy mistake tho yesterday I was talking with a friend about the bosses that can be nuked with Phoenix Downs and kept forgetting which one came from 8 😆 But on the topic of 8, certain GF abilities are broken in their own way, not in combat, but refining and the junction system can be abused in Disk 1 with abilities like Call Shop + Haggle and Medicine Refine, or Card Modding the materials for Lionheart.
@@necroarcanistxiii Haha, yeah, that was a derp moment, I was even thinking about a few of the 7 bosses that the combo absolutely burned through.
@@jekebe4858 Sneak Attack + Hades shuts down Ruby Weapon BTW
Not really against Ruby weapons hades doesn't even LAST for a SINGLE Knights of the round summon so its not even WORTH using KoTR first hades 2nd via W summoning against Ruby weapon then Mime it just W summon KoTR Emerald/Ruby weapon have MP drain effects so with HP absorb if you EVER DO die Phoenix won't TRIGGER WITH Final attack since Final attack actually requires MP when you die.
With KoTR HP absorb and mime the only way you'll DIE is in between KoTRs IE you fight Emerald/Ruby weapon ON DISC 2 Counter Blue materia to use with Mime is ONLY found in the games final dungeon.
When I fought Ruby, I linked KotR with HP absorb and Master Summon with MP absorb. Though I had Mime and Final Attack + Phoenix, I never needed them! Every attack refilled my HP and MP and Ruby’s counterattack with Ultima was never enough to kill me.
The Knights of the round, It's so Iconic, It's so amazing.. it's also Soooo long.. and mimed... Honestly, I could honestly go out for dinner, come back, Press Mime, go see a movie and it MIGHT be over.
Yojimbo is easily the strongest in a practical sense while using.
Absolutely. I do loves me some Magus Sisters though. Makes for some fun early stat sphere farming at the Arena.
ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!........... If you have money and a good relationship with him
Not having Anima or Zodiark pretty much invalidates this list
Well, strictly speaking you could also get the master summon materia by mastering all of the summon materia and interacting with the respective huge materia. Though given the grinding involved it is arguably easier to just beat Emerald 😂
facts. that process is way too long...samething w/ breeding a gold chocobo. I just defeated all the weapons to get those prizes
@@thecunninlynguist Breeding a gold Chocobo is easy, just incredibly tedious.
@@iamskyfall yeah. I didn't say it was hard. just long. it's no different from mastering materia. that isn't hard either. just long.
I won't fight Emerald WITHOUT KoTR though.
Anima in FFX kicked arse and looked hella cool!
the master materia is not ONLY gotten by beating emerald.
Plus Yojimbo is way more
powerful than the sisters
and kniggts of the round should have been way higher than that.
Your lack of knowledge nevers ceases to amaze me whatculture
Ok so the fact that Knights of the Round is the 10th makes this entire list bunk. KotR hits for over 100k at max level, and when comboed can go over 250k per character thanks to Mime and 2x Materia. Unless one of the other summons can go above that I can’t take them seriously. Hell only FFX comes close because they break the limits of 9999 and can also go into the 100k
Yojimbo's strongest attack can one-shot anything in the game that he can fight, no exception. Even Penance. Also Final Fantasy 13 can go up to 1 million damage per hit with it's damage cap I believe its summons can as well.
Dude, i spend 2/3 of the game going after Ribbons, and Hades works in a similar way? I have taken that gem apart and i never knew that, it's so simple!
Not sure how KotR is at the bottom of the list. Its total damage output is insane and pairing it with w-summon alongside teammates casting mime effectively one-shots anything else in the game other than Ruby due to its ability to remove players between casts.
Garuda's entrance feels like it was before the last rework on the SMN job.
3:22 "Hades has never seen quiet as foreboding as he does in the 7th numbered installment" *Emet-Selch clears his nostrils*
I have a quick question but first off I'm very excited for the leak on the final fantasy 10 remake can't wait to see what 😊
So just out of curiosity which final fantasy game has the most summons like which game gives you a big variety of creatures to summon to help you because I got a feeling final fantasy X has already best all of the other final fantasy games that also provide you summons but not a big amount like final fantasy X does, not to mention the news someone called anima?
I would have loved to see a bravely default summon. A conjurer using Hresvelgr is a godsend when you fight the adventurer.
Props for variety.
Con for any kind of ranking order. Works fine as a showcase list.
Top 10 in power would be weird and very 14 weighted though, with Zodiark and [Redacted] topping the list, though Alexander would be high up there as well.
Not sure why they chose Ifrit from FFXVI and not Bahamut (though, this list could be nothing but Bahamut).
@@iamskyfall I mean when you're talkin big Bahamuts, it's hard to top 14's in particular given he's the central focus of an epic 7min long cinematic that served as both an end and beginning in the game's collapse and revival.
Knights of the Round in Kingsglaive seemed to be pretty powerful. It's too bad Noctis didn't receive that one in FFXV proper.
Taking the time to invest in Anima in FFX will also make it the most powerful summon.
About KoTR ONLY IN FF7 can you summon it via Free WILL in FF14 I believe you can NOT and only use it via a very specific boss fight it game else its useless.
10's Summons are a bit more "the right one for the job". Anima has high initial stats, but grinding out Yuna affords this to everyone and, as such, the unique attacks and benefits of various summons become MUCH better than Anima when the initial huge Atk and HP gap shrinks.
Magus Sisters, however, would still win out in the original version due to Mindy's Passado being relatively able to consistently trigger for 15 x 99,999 damage. Anima does come back for some props in the International version once Oblivion hits several times too.
But there's plenty of times in the game where Bahamut or Shiva are the best carries you could ask for.
@jaeusa160 I hadn't considered that. By late game I've usually unlocked the Celestial Weapons and made dozens of runs through the Omega Ruins so that I'm one-shotting bosses with Tidus or Lulu (her double cast ability really helps).
@@drewtheunspoken3988 Gameplay experience becomes very funny if you take Yuna down Auron's Sphere Grid path after you get the keys to do so after Luca.
Lorewise though, Anima is totally the strongest of the player usable summons given that she was a Final Aeon. I don't believe any of the others were ever fully fledged Final Aeons.
Hades is stronger than knights of the round??? 🤨 ok mate, if you say so 🤣
Odin Op as hell if he spawns >< always was my fav when you start a fight and the cut scene started.
And then he gets killed by a late game boss and replaced by a knock off, who does 1 damage most of the time ^^'
@@XTheCronosX To be fair Gilgamesh is formidable in FF12
I wish Jules did this list
Knights of the round, 2x summon materia
You are missing a few steps if you want to summon it 50 times in a row.
About that Max Counter mimes is 8 PER party Member But if all 13 do 9999 each and you W summon it Emerald weapon ONLY has enough HP to survive 10 of them before it dies but its possible to use it MORE THEN THAT it 1 turn if the entire party NOT counting the KoTR user has like Counter Mime mastered on nearly ALL of their weapon/armor slots for all 8 slots.
The most powerful summon in FF10 is Anima, not Magus Sisters (technically, the most powerful would be Yojimbo, since he can onehit kill every single enemy in the game, if you have enough money, but that's still not the Magus Sisters). Also, choosing the first and most basic iteration of Bahamut as your Bahamut on the list... I don't know guys. There are multiple variants of Bahamut in FF7.
Worth noting that even if Bahamut NEO and ZERO are stronger than the plain Bahamut when you get them, theoretically due to the damage cap of 9999, with a high enough magic stat it doesn't matter which you use as they'll all do max damage, so it makes more sense to use which costs less MP.
Each Magus Sister has stats comparable to Anima with similar scaling. The limitation on controlling them is a big issue, of course, but Anima would need to be on the International version (current Steam version too) for her Oblivion Overdrive to hit as many times as Mindy's Passado attack... potentially 15 x 99,999 just as a normal turn.
This list seems more of a "theme park variety" kind of list than a strict power ranking. Elsewise, FF14 would pretty much eat most if not all the top spots. 14's Bahamut obviously takes the cake for Bahamut showings, but even that is struggling to keep in top 5 for 14 with their versions of Zodiark, [Redacted], Alexander, Eden (not a summoned entity in 14 however), Anima, and Shinryu.
I like how each stronger Bahamut in 7 is lazier. Regular Bahamut flies all the way to the surface. Neo gets as far as the sky, then just pulls everyone up to his altitude. Zero can’t be bothered to leave the moon.
Killing Emerald Weapon is less of a pain in the ass than chocobo breeding is😂
Knights of round becomes instant win with this...
Knigts-hp absorb, counter-mime, w summon.
Yojimbo hands down, he can 1 hit anything ANYTHING! 😆
Yes but since it CAN cost gil to even USE it its not really worth it.
@veghesther3204 it's not worth spending unless gil to control the strongest summon to one hit dark aeons or some of the hardest bosses? Ummm ok then
Unless you can 100% MAKE sure the 1 shot move triggers it sucks and no you can't really speed NO gil at all to make sure THAT happens.
@@veghesther3204 you actually can 100% make sure Yojimbo triggers the 1 hit twice in fact, what are you talking about?! 😆
@@veghesther3204 the topic is about which summon is the strongest not the "worthiest" to use! 😆
No Odin, Yojimbo, Anima, Zodiark?! Wtf
How ON EARTH is Knights of the Round BOTTOM of the list? You get that slotted in the right configuration and you can use it, go take a pee break, and come back to total destruction of your foes!
Yojimbo from 10 should be number 1, he can literally one shot any enemy aside from Sin.
I do feel like FFX was downplayed a little bit. From a gameplay standpoint Yojimbo is an absolute powerhouse, and from a story standpoint, we may be ignoring that Anima literally wiped out an entire army of monsters by itself.
Anima is also the strongest summon in FF10, if you don't go for Yojimbo's Zanmatou. No idea why they chose the Magus Sisters, considering how incredibly random they can be sometimes. And even with that randomness, Anima still deals more damage with its ultimate attack and you can actually tell Anima what to do reliably.
This was more of a "theme park" list for variety and fun, not a strict power ranking.
Elsewise, FF14 could possibly take the entire top 10 all by itself, which would make for a very boring low variety list.
14's Bahamut left permanent scars across a region which is the geographical equivalents of Europe+Africa upon being free for a few minutes, being used as the developer plot device to shut down and then relaunch the game itself. And it might not even make a top 5 for summoned entites in the game since at a minimum Zodiark, [Redacted], and 14's version of Alexander are all much more powerful. With others like 14's Anima and Shinryu being wildcards.
What about the sapphire and platinum lights?
The Magus sisters are NOT more powerful than Yojimbo.
Right they can't beat the the strongest super boss in one turn just because you have the gil
Definitely agreed. You give him enough gil and he will one shot every enemy in the game (minus Yu Yevon). Going up against Dark versions of our summoned friends that are the most powerful enemies in the game? Forget about it, he makes them dead. Sure, you cannot predict if he will use that insta-death attack, but the Magus Sisters also do their own thing. It does kind of sucks that you have to spend precious gil to use him, but for balance it makes sense. If you want ultimate power you gotta pay the price. Also, why would anybody use any other summon if they didn't have to spend their hard earned cash?
@kingjamos2422 or you could just use by in against penance when money is no longer of any use
Ill have you know that the Pointer Sisters are INDEED MORE powerful than Yanni, especially in his classical orchestral yacht rock epic 90s era! Oh wait, what was this video about again? 😜
Instant Death is a status, not powerful, only effective.
Honestly, I wouldn't have put Hades above KotR. You get Hades way too late in the game. Early on, having the ability to defend against negative status effects is cool. But once you have access to the Ribbon accesssoire, that will fall short. His most usefulness is against Ruby. But you don't need Hades. There's an item that can paralyze Ruby as well. And picking the Magus Sisters? Really? I would've picked Anima. Her Overdrive, Oblivion, has way more attacks than MS' Overdrive. They're also the same deal as Hades. You get them way too late and only if you have every other summon. Which is actually missable if you didn't collect the treasures in Bevelle. You need all treasures to get Anima. And then there's Yojimbo who can one-shot even the Dark Aeons and Penance. So really, imo, the strongest summons in FFX are Anima and Yojimbo.
The destruction sphere for Anima in Bevelle (purple hp sphere) isn’t missable, it’s blocking your way and you need to open the treasure chest in order to progress the story, the devs thought this through.
@@EldenRingBuildsArchive Then I guess the devs underestimated my level of stupidity because I did miss it on ps2. And since you can't redo the Cloister of Trials in Bevelle, I was locked out of Anima and Magus Sisters. Maybe they fixed it with the remaster, I don't know.
For FF 7 you pretty much gets hades after you can get KoTR since I won't FIGHT Carry armor without using all 13 Knights Hades is summonable after Carry armor dies.
What?? No Zodiark?? BLASPHEMIA!!
My favorite summon was from ff 13, and that was Odin
What?! How is Shiva not on this? The Ice Queen would in my top 3, but should at least be in a top 10 list.
Dude She is not that strong in any game :D
@@belsalkkibelsalkki3838yeah I don't know a single entry where Shiva is even in the top three strongest. She's usually one of the first ones you get. However, she is probably my favourite recurring summon so I'd love to see them flip the narrative with her appearance in a future game and make her the most powerful, like they did with Ifrit. It keeps the mechanic fresh and engaging for ongoing players.
#1 Yojimbo. Nuff said
Funny enough, Skeletor DOES have a more badass brother. His name is Randor.
Where’s Odin in this list? Can literally kill any enemy instantly!
How did Anima not make the list???
Eden for me, its so powerful
If by pure destruction, then Alexander in FF type 0 is probably the most powerful. 1 blast killed over 100 000 enemy soldiers or something like that.
[Redacted] in Final Fantasy XIV split the entire fabric of reality. Zodiark could also alter reality on a large scale, but the sacrifices require were monumental to fuel such power.
Alexander in XIV also had timelines in which it solved every major crisis but at the expense of all life on the planet being consumed just to fuel it in order to do so.
Bahamut in XIV has... well, just watch the A Realm Reborn opening cinematic.
Carbuncle # 3 lmao. No Anima lmaooo
i wouldn't count ifrit in 16 as a summon at all
Can't you get the round kightd summon uesing ah 🤔 the red rose item thingy? Also yojimbo is definitely the most powerful, i mean kills even boss with one hit
Yes since beating Ruby weapon gets you a FREE Golden chocobo BUT Since KoTR is practically required to even DAMAGE it in the first place that Free Chocobo is completely worthless.
@@veghesther3204 Ruby weapon is the easiest Monster in the whole game... It gets stunned by Goblins Needles and it works 100%. Just go to the Goblin forest, farm thos green mobs and then poke Ruby with the Needle. If it starts moveing again, next needle. Its a cheap way to fight, but hey. If the Devs didnt wanted it, don't give a Boss a 100% Status weakness XD
I’m surprised none of the Espers from either FFVI or FFXII weren’t on this list. Were none of them really powerful, namely the unique ones?
They were trash, it was a better choice to use the limit abilities than summon
There’s Zeromus and Zodiark in 12, they can be of great help against the 5 judges, though it’s kinda costly with elixirs.
In FF6 most of them are PURE CRAP the MORE useful ones don't even CAUSE damage in FF6.
Their damage output is severely limited in VI. Their real utility is in their specific buffs and sta growth impact.
Technically, 😅 Yojimbo should be top of the class. Single target or a group, one slice and it's done. Only reason I'd mark him down is that there are normally at least one or two enemies in each game that are completely immune to him. Gilgamesh in FFXII for example will let Yojimbo spawn but immediately cuts him in two. AND his little dog too. 😅 Odin was really powerful, and quite cool too, but his one-shot kill was random and, like Yojimbo, there were a few enemies immune to him.
Tell me you never played FFXIV without telling me you haven’t played FFXIV…
if you use W-summon materia and summon knights of the round while it's linked to an MP-turbo materia then use mime with your other party members means that you use more magic that also increases the damage output to maximum to summon Knights of the round twice with the main caster and mimed twice with each other member. basically you summon it 6 times per turn for max damage
Then put mime with hp absorption and you get max damage and max healing every turn.
ff7 u can also just beat ruby weapon pretty sure to get a gold chocobo
This list was good but not perfect. Feel it was more of the most iconic FF summons than the title. Ifrit from FF16 shouldn't be on the list technically.
Missed out
1. FF12 Zeromus (Big Bang hp loss multiplier)
2. FF10 Anima (probably the best if you can't pull the Zanmato from Yojimbo)
3. FF9 Odin (probably better than others since you'll have higher chance of dealing the instant kill if used wisely and if doesn't it can deal non-elemental damage if equipped with the right ability)
If we'll be ranking the most iconic my top 5 will be.
1. Ifrit
2. Shiva
3. Bahamut
4. Alexander
5. Ramuh
If Bahamut Fury from Crisis Core isn't here, Imma be mad. Literally uses the moon to turn his Terra Flare into a city-killer-sized blast. No other version of Bahamut packs the same scale of punch to their Flare.
Edit: Missed opportunity, guys. Supremely disappointed you went with the base earliest version of the Dragon King.
FFXV Bahamut is the dumbest by far. You only summon him once in the whole game and....
Who would win? Dragon God or one Backflippy Boi?
While Bahamut first shows up in FF3 in that one its pure CRAP.
So we ignoring anima and yojimbo?
Yeah this list is as believable as my dad when he went shop for milk and cigarettes 30 years ago
Obviously couldt afford Yojimbo if he didnt make the list.
Yojimbo is the most OP summon....... if you have the Gill.
No odin?
Cant summon Garuda in FF14....well not anymore you used to be able to have a mini titan, ifrit and titan until they change it so you "summon" them for 1 attack and some of your spells are infuesd with their attacks
Summoner in FF14 is not a summoner anymore. Just a normal mage with a different look. I miss the old times. Even the DoT-Version of the summoner was more fun than what it is now...
I beat emerald weapon with the Cat dude limit break.
carbuncle at 3 what are you smoking???? Anima easily tops that, what about zodiark and ultima and oh I dont know literally every summon from 12. and if you're gonna use alexander it should be from 13, you can actually use it then.
Come anima feel my pain! The fact she's not here is a sin
This list is so inaccurate, maybe just for the comment bait. Zodiark anyone? Eden should prob be first. Ark was insane from 9 and should be here. Also, should have been playable Summons to eliminate Alexander from this list.
Ark only hits once in FF9 so its useless in game where you can ONLY do 9999 damage and Eden is useless the Lionheart Limit or Zell using Booya Heel Drop and Punch rush over and over for 9999 per hit will easily do more damage BEFORE Eden actually shows up on screen so Eden is really ONLY useful against bosses you can't really KILL in 1 turn ie Omega only.
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This list was wrong. Where is Anima? Literally the most powerful summon??? Each hit of its Oblivion can break the meter of damage!! Cmon
Yojimbo is most powerful actually, Anima is second strongest in international, pal, or Remaster, but I think other versions magus sisters do the second most. also any aeon can break the damage cap except I think Valefor's strongest attacks.
@@rohuffgamingakaLea1576 with one hit, yes, and you gotta rely on a strategy and Gil. My opinion Anima hits more consistently, just summon and control as normal. Oblivion has insane damage
Alexander FF9 @ #1 is the only redeemable thing in this list and that’s because he’s unplayable and impressive
It’s doesn’t have 10 million. U guys actually diluted the spice
Ff x although not attainable beating the dark aeons especially dark yojimbo that purely luck
If I were a summons, I would defeat enemies with nonstop bitching & moaning. Eventually they would get sick of hearing it & would drop dead. This works for me in real life,why would it not in a game?
Why do you always drag out the last syllable in a sentence with a downwards inflection? Gets really off-putting when you do it 4 times in a row.
Kights of the round is hands down the most powerful summon it causes almost 100,000 hp damage, yojimbo can be powerfull but there is an element of luck involved. This list is garbage
lol if we are talking about damage, Anima blows Knights of the round out of the water.
@@DarthBigMan Then strongest from Lore not dmg at game
The problem with Knights of the Round is that you can only realistically get it near the end of the game, and most late-game bosses have lines in their code that interact with it. If you cast it on Emerald Weapon when it's below 50% health, Emerald will immediately retaliate with Aire Tam Storm, its most powerful attack that does 1,111 damage to each character for each materia they have equipped, meaning if you have 9 or more on a single character, they're dead instantly. If you use it on Jenova-SYNTHESIS, Bizzaro Sephiroth gains an additional 60,000 HP during its fight, and Safer Sephiroth gains 80,000. On top of that, its cast animation is incredibly long, dragging a battle out. I honestly never use it, but if we're looking exclusively at outgoing damage for ranking "power", then sure, I can see it on this list.
Also, you don't need to breed a gold chocobo to get it. Just kill Ruby Weapon, buy a stall at the Chocobo Ranch, and go to the old guy in Kalm, he'll give you a gold chocobo. Way easier than dealing with all the breeding and racing nonsense.
Yes, but you can also manipulate Air Tam Storm. By having max HP and only 2 material equipped, you can get the All Lucky 7s attack.
@@iamskyfall That works in theory, but in practice, it's almost impossible to pull off reliably. Emerald is going to constantly be attacking, so you're not often going to have full health at the exact moment it casts Aire Tam Storm. This also requires you to have max health going in AND only having two materia equipped on any given character.
Honestly, it's much easier to just hit Emerald with Quadra Magic-Gravity with W-Magic. Each character equipped with that setup can deal around 80,000 damage per turn, and if all three do, roughly five turns is all you need.
In FF7 I won't fight the Carry armor boss WITHOUT IT even with Cloud Barret Cid lv 60 9999 HP 999 MP and in the case of the PS4 remaster while you can't die against Carry armor with 9999 HP and the INFINITE HP cheat turned on I still won't FIGHT it unless you DO summon all 13 Knights to kill it instantly.
@@veghesther3204 I generally just spam Trine and Ramuh against Carry Armor a few times, and that's the end. It's really not that hard of a boss.
Trine/Ramuh will NEVER kill it instantly and with 9999 HP if it arm grabs 2 party members then uses 2x Lapis lasers to EVERY turn to kill the 3rd one you'll lose the fight to make sure that NEVER happens use all 13 Knights to kill it instantly which is why I'll never fight Carry armor WITHOUT it.