60 hours in and no end in sight yet. Been awhile that I truly felt I got my moneys worth out of a new release. If you’re considering the game i doubt you’d regret it! 🎉
If you mean the stuff he showed in his video, yes it helps. It looks like it’s going to be a little more interesting as long as we’re not just spamming the same combo.
@@semitope Actually, I wasn't really feeling it had any or enough variety until I saw the tips he posted here. In the demo I completely missed that you could slot in the eikons across color groups. Also, his combo strategy will actually give me a reason to use my Sony pro controller. It' might be the first game with something that's a lot easier to pull off using the mapped buttons underneath.
I’ve beaten 1-15. I know there’s no beating the MMOs but I have put 100s of hours in both 11+14. This is a Final Fantasy game regardless of what people say, and I love it. The combat makes you feel like a god when approaching new game +. All the haters need to put 30 hours in and realize its glory.
This wasn’t mentioned here.. But Diamond Dust (shiva’s ult) maxes out the dmg multiplier (1.50x) immediately during stagger window. When an big enemy gets staggered, I usually open with DD then go into more devastating moves like Zantatsuken lvl 5 and Gigaflare.
Yeah and you don’t have to waste slots on 2+ moves just to get to 1.5x. I keep seeing “pro tips” recommending the lightning rod ability. It’s not that hard to get to 1.5 and even if it was, just using more high damaging moves is usually better anyway.
@@aidanmcgrath792 I still have Lightning rod equipped, but not for the purpose of building multiplier, but for building dancing steel zan meter. You can build zan meter instantly with it. You can probably squeeze in 2-3 lvl Zan within one stagger window.
As somebody who loved DMC5, and also played the demo for this game, looking forward to delving even more in depth in this game. Also suuuper jealous of the early access you had to the game lol.
Umbasa! 16 months later I STILL use your chug for days Elden Ring DAY ONE get OP video on all my new starting characters. That was a work of genius and I still am playing elden ring. Do you think you'll be playing FF16 for a long time and does it allow "builds" per se. Anyway, I am trying to stay 100% BLIND on this one so I didn't watch the video but maybe i'll come back after a few hours in! Umbasa!
Appreciate that! Yea, it has a diversity of builds for sure. For the higher difficulty mode, it says you need to have your build on point. I'm currently working on getting into that mode.
I think the 4 hit sword combo with magic out of first melee combo and then hold until end is actually even better than stated. because since you only slow down one time out of the first hit, you not only do more dmg per combo, you don’t mess up as often, and you don’t have the input delay of the combo by having to hit triangle in between just spamming square. the time to finish the combo is tenths of seconds faster so the dps is also higher
I literally just changed my control type back to A after thinking that the full Magic Burst combo is the best way to combo in the game.. I'm going back to B thanks to this... I didn't even think about using the charged magic attack while combo'ing with standard attacks... This game kicks ass btw, didn't expect that the battle system would be as awesome as it is...
I watched a recent playthrough of the demo and I was in awe! I placed an order for a PS5 the very next day just so that I could play FF16. It’ll arrives this Saturday and I’m so stoked. Thanks so much for the tips!
@@TypicallyUniqueOfficial loving it! It arrived a day early and I promptly jumped into FF16 and played pretty much non-stop and just finished it on Saturday morning. Mind blowing and Amazing game and the PS5 worked flawlessly. I played on graphics mode and the console definitely delivered!
I'm not one to look at any kind of video game spoiler like 99% of the gaming community does so going into this game I didn't know anything at all. It had a slow wind up but I am pleasantly surprised with this one, love the game!
1 piece of advice If you're going to do the new game plus try to not upgrade or use too many eikons I kept the stock eikons the whole first playthrough and new game plus is so fun because now I'm using the other eikons Feels like a new game
Bahamut is great for juggles. Also when you are flying around while your flare meter is charging stay close to enemies and go for the precision dodge. This instantly gives you one full gauge. Also remaining stationary builds the meter faster. Also Garuda has the best stagger meter attacks. And precision dodges with Shiva will cause it to freeze any and all enemies solid for 2 seconds even when they are in the middle of an unblockable attack creating space and giving you an opportunity to retaliate.
Thanks for the helpful tips! Really hyped to play this! The game is kinda overwhelming for me (lots of numbers and things on screen) but I’ll keep referencing this video to improve:)
@@iammicrochip156 I assumed the three abilities in the large skill tree was Ifrit. The flaming dash and the Will o’ the Wykes. I don’t think we move seen the third one yet.
@@iammicrochip156 but then why aren’t those skills on the Phoenix skill tree? Even the flaming dashing attack looks extremely similar to Ifrit’s Wildfire skill in Eikon form.
@@iammicrochip156Ifrit doesn't get a separate eikon primary ability and the ignition and will of the wykes skills are bound to the phoenix slot if not mastered
Damn, wish I would have known about the control types at the beginning T_T, Stuck trying to unlearn the last 20 hours of gameplay. IT IS BRUTAL! Control type B-C are too good for combos, specifically the basic.
Finally someone explaining combat with such detail. When people say combat is boring and repetitive, they clearly hadn't tried more combos than using Eikon skills, wait for cooldown and dodge attacks xd
Problem with berserker is the follow combo is short a few hits due to animation. It's actually a slight danage decrease. However if use Phoenix shift right after the dodge you can get the hits back. Game loses something since you can't juggle bosses :(
How much is "a few hours" 😢 xd cuz I'm 12 hours in and I recently got the black and red outfit (the one shown in most of the game's promotional material), I haven't seen that vendor.
What needs to be noted regarding the Berserker Ring, it only improves your melee combo. Without the ring you can use a charged magic attack after a precision dodge, but with the ring you only do a normal magic attack, so it is not the ultimate "keep it on all the time" but use it when you want get chummy with melee combat only.
What an incredible experience. I just finished this game yesterday and there were a couple of these I hadn't used in the game. The Will of the Wykes skill I literally never used even though normally I love skills like that. It just didn't match my playstyle, but seeing how you used it along with a couple other skills like Ignition I was impressed. Same with the knock up skills, I avoided doing a lot of air combat and used chain lightning or charged magic to knock them down. Really didn't know about the Torgal punishes or the chocobo drifting! Thanks for a great video
Sheesh. I'm just a couple quests from finishing the game and after watching this it seems like I have just mostly button mashed my way through. Like, I know some combos and stuff, but nothing like the crazy air juggles and all that. I'm going to have to go find some lower level enemies and get practicing before NG+.
Stagger multiplier info is wrong. Don't hit enemies with fast attacks. Hit them with high stun attacks. Diamond dust will almost get you to 1.5 by itself. Then you hit them with high damage attacks like odins level 5 special or bahamuts Kamehameha beam {forgot the name}. Just look at the stars of the move and it will tell you how much relative stagger/damage it does. 5 stars on stun means it does tons of damage to the stagger bar and will increase your stagger multiplier the fastest.
This just shows me how bad I'm at the game. x) but I did beat it and have fun. :P if I only could improve my dodge-timing. x) I'm panic-dodging and failing a lot of the time. :P
Nobody is talking about how amazing and not by the numbers all the side quests are. Playing any side quest in Final Fantasy XV versus XVI and the difference is ridiculous.
*Square Enix hooked me up early, so I could hook YOU GUYS up early!* -BoomstickAlex
Out of curiosity, when were review copies sent out?
@@Happyfoam-lw3yt 1 week ago for me
What they want in return?
@@BoomstickGaming may I ask how many hours?
Hey Boomstick Alex, what control scheme do you recommend please?
60 hours in and no end in sight yet. Been awhile that I truly felt I got my moneys worth out of a new release. If you’re considering the game i doubt you’d regret it! 🎉
13 hours in and 48% 💀 this sh8 is meaty
@@sayer303 Especially if you’re like me lol. I’m a stoner so every three seconds i have to stop to take in the sights!
@@patrickbrannigan8I haven't smoked in 3 years and just started again just to play this game😂
@@morningstarx5340 Hope you enjoy brother 🙏🏻 I had an amazing experience!
Totally agreed the game has been worth the money . Im about 30 hours I think . Still feel as the game is going to get better
Awesome video. I'm 75% done with story and learning about these new combos should help out alot.
I haven't seen one video say why to save old gear. TY 👍
I wish those dots were a bit bigger
Do we get the gold gauge (limit break) upgrades gradually in game or is it a quest?
The combat variety in this game surprised me. I love Final Fantasy XVI
If you mean the stuff he showed in his video, yes it helps. It looks like it’s going to be a little more interesting as long as we’re not just spamming the same combo.
Combat variety meaning different things you can do but don't really need to?
@@semitope Actually, I wasn't really feeling it had any or enough variety until I saw the tips he posted here. In the demo I completely missed that you could slot in the eikons across color groups.
Also, his combo strategy will actually give me a reason to use my Sony pro controller. It' might be the first game with something that's a lot easier to pull off using the mapped buttons underneath.
@@semitopeyou don't need to play the game either
@@semitopeYeah like why should I use other builds that are worthless when I can just cheese every boss with my rivers of blood bleed build.
I’ve beaten 1-15. I know there’s no beating the MMOs but I have put 100s of hours in both 11+14. This is a Final Fantasy game regardless of what people say, and I love it. The combat makes you feel like a god when approaching new game +. All the haters need to put 30 hours in and realize its glory.
This wasn’t mentioned here.. But Diamond Dust (shiva’s ult) maxes out the dmg multiplier (1.50x) immediately during stagger window. When an big enemy gets staggered, I usually open with DD then go into more devastating moves like Zantatsuken lvl 5 and Gigaflare.
Yeah and you don’t have to waste slots on 2+ moves just to get to 1.5x. I keep seeing “pro tips” recommending the lightning rod ability. It’s not that hard to get to 1.5 and even if it was, just using more high damaging moves is usually better anyway.
@@aidanmcgrath792 I still have Lightning rod equipped, but not for the purpose of building multiplier, but for building dancing steel zan meter. You can build zan meter instantly with it. You can probably squeeze in 2-3 lvl Zan within one stagger window.
Awesome tips as always! I learned a lot of cool stuff.
This game's combat is absolutely packed with fun nuances. I love it.
Thanks for sharing these extremely useful tips! Love the Chocobo air juggle combos! Side quests with green plus signs - got it!!! All the best!
This game is phenomenal man
I watched until the very very very end! Awesome video man. I’d be that guy that sells all the old gear so that was really helpful lol.
You got my sub for the "Fast 16 Chocobo Drift" lmao
As somebody who loved DMC5, and also played the demo for this game, looking forward to delving even more in depth in this game. Also suuuper jealous of the early access you had to the game lol.
Umbasa! 16 months later I STILL use your chug for days Elden Ring DAY ONE get OP video on all my new starting characters. That was a work of genius and I still am playing elden ring. Do you think you'll be playing FF16 for a long time and does it allow "builds" per se. Anyway, I am trying to stay 100% BLIND on this one so I didn't watch the video but maybe i'll come back after a few hours in! Umbasa!
Appreciate that! Yea, it has a diversity of builds for sure. For the higher difficulty mode, it says you need to have your build on point. I'm currently working on getting into that mode.
Boomstick gaming- The upside to plagiarism. Thanks for the tips!
This was a great video for an incredible game. Thank you!
Cannot express how much i appreciate and enjoy your videos dude. I WAS going to wait a bit on this game
Great tips! This will be My first FF game! after the demo I immediately preordered the physical copy.. will keep coming back for more content 🙏🫡🛡️🗡️🙌
Amazing video, thank you for tips and tricks :D most blessed by your existence
Gotta admit, the how to capture wall texture tip caught me off guard 🙃
I see DMC and Dragons Dogma element in it, thats awesome.
Beep, boop, .....plop.
10/10 🤌
Of all things I'm most glad to know in advance to keep my gear around, that'll save me some hassle.
Wall texture photo got a chuckle out of me : )
quick question: how do you perform the downward flame slash of clive? i’ve been struggling to perform that move.
I believe you have to master the downward thrust ability
@@MrBaggio1994 oh i see, it does not require any specific button to press like pressing X and SQUARE simultaneously?
@yashohashikoto9945 jump in the air and then yes you do have to press jump and attack simultaneously.
@@yashohashikoto9945but also as the other comment says you have to buy the ability in the menu.
@@angbald i see. thats the only skill i am unable to perform during combos. thanks for the tips!👌💯
Thank you for these tips🤩🤩
I wondered why the game's combat wad like dmc, then i searched it up and found out the conbat designer from dmc worked on this game's combat
I really appreciate "katamari'd" as a verb. Great tips mate!
I think the 4 hit sword combo with magic out of first melee combo and then hold until end is actually even better than stated. because since you only slow down one time out of the first hit, you not only do more dmg per combo, you don’t mess up as often, and you don’t have the input delay of the combo by having to hit triangle in between just spamming square. the time to finish the combo is tenths of seconds faster so the dps is also higher
Best tips and tricks RUclipsr period! 👊
Bro you always have the most useful and unique tips 👌🏾
I subscribed. Thanks for the video. It helps. I'm looking forward to finding out more as I dive into the game today.
Again, thank you.
Thanks Alex❤
Best tips video I’ve found yet. Amazing ty man. Finally a good tips and tricks video. Rest are all mostly common sense.
Yes! Love this video. I was using type b for the demo but I think c will be better
I suggest doing ALL side quests they are all tied to trophies and missing even one quest can lock you out of special items
Thank you for these tips. Can't wait to finally play this tomorrow.
Awesome 😎👍
If you’ve never fully charged Bahamuts circle skill use tornado and hide inside.
Pretty sure Diamond Dust instantly puts you at 1.5
Thank you for these tips, I found a number of them very helpful and game changing combat experience. 5/5!
Love that beep boop cooldown sound effect
I literally just changed my control type back to A after thinking that the full Magic Burst combo is the best way to combo in the game.. I'm going back to B thanks to this... I didn't even think about using the charged magic attack while combo'ing with standard attacks... This game kicks ass btw, didn't expect that the battle system would be as awesome as it is...
I watched a recent playthrough of the demo and I was in awe! I placed an order for a PS5 the very next day just so that I could play FF16. It’ll arrives this Saturday and I’m so stoked. Thanks so much for the tips!
So, how are you liking your new PS5?
@@TypicallyUniqueOfficial loving it! It arrived a day early and I promptly jumped into FF16 and played pretty much non-stop and just finished it on Saturday morning. Mind blowing and Amazing game and the PS5 worked flawlessly. I played on graphics mode and the console definitely delivered!
Nice 1 and timely, thank you.
Thanks can’t wait to buy this game today 😍😍😍😍
It's pre-ordered and pre-installed for me. 900pm my time!
cool 👍
Damn near every point was hella useful! Thanks!
All these are great, but once you get Odin, it's pretty much just Zantetsuken all the way.
Wicked Wheel and upheaval is already max damage, no need for extra elevation but nonetheless a cool combo
I'm not one to look at any kind of video game spoiler like 99% of the gaming community does so going into this game I didn't know anything at all. It had a slow wind up but I am pleasantly surprised with this one, love the game!
This video definitely helped as a refresher for coming back to play the Echos of the Fallen DLC 🎉
Thank you as always for putting these videos out Alex. Looking forward to diving into the full game myself.
Who said ff 16 is trash??? Xbox players!!!! Ff16 us the game of the year!!!!😊
1 piece of advice
If you're going to do the new game plus try to not upgrade or use too many eikons
I kept the stock eikons the whole first playthrough and new game plus is so fun because now I'm using the other eikons
Feels like a new game
so many tips videos out there but i keep coming back to this one, thank you boom
Bahamut is great for juggles. Also when you are flying around while your flare meter is charging stay close to enemies and go for the precision dodge. This instantly gives you one full gauge. Also remaining stationary builds the meter faster.
Also Garuda has the best stagger meter attacks. And precision dodges with Shiva will cause it to freeze any and all enemies solid for 2 seconds even when they are in the middle of an unblockable attack creating space and giving you an opportunity to retaliate.
Definitely useful! I didn’t know about the precision sic. Also that combo with charged magic is new to me. Thanks so much!
I went into this game after missing the last few. Wow, this story is so good
Devil may Fantasy... The fact that this game has enemy step in it is actually crazy to me
It desperately needs more FOV. It feels more zoomed in than DMC and makes it a PIA to see everything around you.
I am on a ng+.
I will most likely play it again atleast 2 or more times or more. Lol
Thanks for the helpful tips! Really hyped to play this! The game is kinda overwhelming for me (lots of numbers and things on screen) but I’ll keep referencing this video to improve:)
Total chaos on screen.😅
parrying with charged attack was most useful tip.
SUPER HELPFUL! Thank you
Mastering Cleves regular abilities non eikon do also change their cast times or attributes yes? Like lunge mastered adds a fire attack?
You have the best most concise tips on this game and makes me excited to try these out. Thanks.
This is my first FF game and I love it
15 more mainline FF games to play ;)
I've been using the combat type b as well. It feels like I'm playing God Of War
The Ifrit abilities actually look fun. How early can you get them? I have a feeling we’re gonna be stuck with only Phoenix for a while.
We haven’t seen Ifrits abilities in human/hybrid form. Only in his Eikon form
@@iammicrochip156 I assumed the three abilities in the large skill tree was Ifrit. The flaming dash and the Will o’ the Wykes. I don’t think we move seen the third one yet.
@@thejoaquindead9515 That’s part of Phoenix. It’s a whole Phoenix icon when he uses the move bruh
@@iammicrochip156 but then why aren’t those skills on the Phoenix skill tree? Even the flaming dashing attack looks extremely similar to Ifrit’s Wildfire skill in Eikon form.
@@iammicrochip156Ifrit doesn't get a separate eikon primary ability and the ignition and will of the wykes skills are bound to the phoenix slot if not mastered
I'm at least 24 hours away from the chance to actually play this game but I'll be back later ;)
Redxiii skin for torg would be awesome
Damn, wish I would have known about the control types at the beginning T_T,
Stuck trying to unlearn the last 20 hours of gameplay. IT IS BRUTAL!
Control type B-C are too good for combos, specifically the basic.
Finally someone explaining combat with such detail. When people say combat is boring and repetitive, they clearly hadn't tried more combos than using Eikon skills, wait for cooldown and dodge attacks xd
Problem with berserker is the follow combo is short a few hits due to animation. It's actually a slight danage decrease. However if use Phoenix shift right after the dodge you can get the hits back.
Game loses something since you can't juggle bosses :(
How much is "a few hours" 😢 xd cuz I'm 12 hours in and I recently got the black and red outfit (the one shown in most of the game's promotional material), I haven't seen that vendor.
Lol same
You won’t get it until the 2nd time skip
Isn't the training area number NOT damage and combo/style points?
I totaled the damage number pop ups. Was same as the battle score
May I ask what the sword ur using in the charged attack tip 14?
I always thought I was good at action games ....
If you are new to this channel, just know that Alex makes everyone feel like they know nothing. He is just that good.
Another tip is you cannot die while in limit break. Your health cannot go to 0 during that.
This game starts off gentle but then keeps opening up more combat options and keeps getting better and better the more you play. I love it.
Wow, im like 30 hours in and you literally just blew my mind with the conplexity that is possible with this combat! I'm excited to jump back in!
thank you for the video. your videos are always more helpful than other channels. greatly appreciate your content
Is the gameplay in the video played on frame rate or graphics mode?
frame rate
Wow. I feel like i can olay this game like a pro after this. This was super extensive. Much props, Alex
What needs to be noted regarding the Berserker Ring, it only improves your melee combo. Without the ring you can use a charged magic attack after a precision dodge, but with the ring you only do a normal magic attack, so it is not the ultimate "keep it on all the time" but use it when you want get chummy with melee combat only.
Thanks for these tips
As always, thanks for your concise, in-depth, incredibly useful tips, Alex!
Great video thanks! And those combos god knows if I can do them 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
You said "Midgame" when talking about the caster abilities and having just gotten that Eikon....WHAT DO YOU MEAN "MID-GAME"?????
What an incredible experience. I just finished this game yesterday and there were a couple of these I hadn't used in the game. The Will of the Wykes skill I literally never used even though normally I love skills like that. It just didn't match my playstyle, but seeing how you used it along with a couple other skills like Ignition I was impressed. Same with the knock up skills, I avoided doing a lot of air combat and used chain lightning or charged magic to knock them down. Really didn't know about the Torgal punishes or the chocobo drifting! Thanks for a great video
Green plus signs quests on my way , this is so much helpful, so the game realy opens up after the mid part, now im excited 😮
Sheesh. I'm just a couple quests from finishing the game and after watching this it seems like I have just mostly button mashed my way through. Like, I know some combos and stuff, but nothing like the crazy air juggles and all that. I'm going to have to go find some lower level enemies and get practicing before NG+.
Does anyone know what this guy uses for his slo-mo clips... like what program he uses to render them?
Stagger multiplier info is wrong. Don't hit enemies with fast attacks. Hit them with high stun attacks. Diamond dust will almost get you to 1.5 by itself. Then you hit them with high damage attacks like odins level 5 special or bahamuts Kamehameha beam {forgot the name}.
Just look at the stars of the move and it will tell you how much relative stagger/damage it does. 5 stars on stun means it does tons of damage to the stagger bar and will increase your stagger multiplier the fastest.
like the crafting in ff9 where you needed tons of early stage weapons to create the late game stuff
This just shows me how bad I'm at the game. x) but I did beat it and have fun. :P if I only could improve my dodge-timing. x) I'm panic-dodging and failing a lot of the time. :P
Nobody is talking about how amazing and not by the numbers all the side quests are. Playing any side quest in Final Fantasy XV versus XVI and the difference is ridiculous.