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Game-breaking or overpowered abilities, spells, weapons, etc. in JRPGs
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Please don't make posts with pictures that only some people understand. It's pretty frustrating.
Google leads me to believe it's a sword from Tales of Vesperia?
Runes that boosted physical attack in Suikoden V. They should have made it such that you could only set one of each type of rune. You could set a physical party member with runes like Berserk and phys attack up and a few others...all at once.
The result is that every random encounter is over in one character's auto-attack, and all bosses die in 2-3 characters' auto-attacks without even half your team getting a turn much less the boss itself, save the final one.
The result is that every random encounter is over in one character's auto-attack, and all bosses die in 2-3 characters' auto-attacks without even half your team getting a turn much less the boss itself, save the final one.
You can make topple locking builds in Xenoblade but Melia won't have anything to do with them. She does get a guaranteed topple in the form of Spear Break->Starlight Kick and that does have some nifty applications but nothing compared to her landing a double lightning-buffed summon ice element burst from behind an enemy cluster with Chill Plus VI and Back Attack VI equipped. It's the highest damage output in the game aside from a max chain Sword Drive from Reyn.
Blah blah blah tidal wave
A few hours of boredom for a playthrough of hilarity is a fantastic tradeoff
Not exactly an RPG but Stasis+ in BotW was pretty game breaking unless you're playing Hero mode.
There was a triple combo skill in Rogue Galaxy that would kill every regular enemy in one hit, without any cost.
I'm almost sure the game was rushed to release before FFXII. No other way for the balancing to be this bad.
The craziest thing is how the english localization is so bad that the game freezes in one of the late game bosses every time after the 3rd turn, so you need this skill to defeat the boss before that.
And you'd think Ys VIII was Nisa's worst job.
I'm almost sure the game was rushed to release before FFXII. No other way for the balancing to be this bad.
The craziest thing is how the english localization is so bad that the game freezes in one of the late game bosses every time after the 3rd turn, so you need this skill to defeat the boss before that.
And you'd think Ys VIII was Nisa's worst job.
- Rei in Breath of Fire III has the Weretiger transformation, which has him dealing absolutely absurd physical damage, but the downside is that he may even attack your party members.
...unless you use the Influence spell on an enemy when he transforms. Then, Rei attacks only the enemy and you get all of the benefits and none of the negatives from the transformation. Makes the second half of the game a cakewalk combined with all of Ryu's transformations.
- Lloyd's Twin Tiger Blade -> Demon Fang infinite in Tales of Symphonia. Twin Tiger Blade knocks the enemy down, and Demon Fang hits OTG, so you can reasonably continue it until either Lloyd's out of TP or the enemy dies.
- Instead of being obtainable in the postgame like in Ruby and Sapphire, Pokemon Emerald lets you catch Rayquaza before the elite four, and it comes at level 70. You can literally solo the elite four and champion with it.
...unless you use the Influence spell on an enemy when he transforms. Then, Rei attacks only the enemy and you get all of the benefits and none of the negatives from the transformation. Makes the second half of the game a cakewalk combined with all of Ryu's transformations.
- Lloyd's Twin Tiger Blade -> Demon Fang infinite in Tales of Symphonia. Twin Tiger Blade knocks the enemy down, and Demon Fang hits OTG, so you can reasonably continue it until either Lloyd's out of TP or the enemy dies.
- Instead of being obtainable in the postgame like in Ruby and Sapphire, Pokemon Emerald lets you catch Rayquaza before the elite four, and it comes at level 70. You can literally solo the elite four and champion with it.
It's the protagonist's Ultimate Weapon from Tales of Vesperia. The way Ultimate Weapons work there is that their stats increase for every enemy killed by the character associated with the ultimate weapon they can obtain. By the time you get it in-game, assuming you've used Yuri from the beginning of the game, the sword does an obscene amount of damage by that point, and you don't really have any other reason to use any other weapon aside from maybe one or two.
Rapede's Gale Dog in Tales of Vesperia for the 360 (I think they nerfed it in later releases). The skill turns Rapede completely invincible for 5 seconds, which doesn't sounds like much, but you can just constantly recast it before the duration ends and be permanently invincible. Paired with the ring that makes every skill cost one TP it's just ridiculous.
My brother and I killed one of the giganto bosses (the giant bug in the desert) way, WAY before we were even told what those things are with just Raven and Rapede by using the invincibility at the right moment.
My brother and I killed one of the giganto bosses (the giant bug in the desert) way, WAY before we were even told what those things are with just Raven and Rapede by using the invincibility at the right moment.
In star ocean 3, you legally can make weapons with 9999 atk in the first half of the game (you never obtain a weapon with that attack in all the game)
FF8 meltdown + aura combination is pretty broken
FFV a warrior with ninja and ranger mastered can attack 8x every turn
FF8 meltdown + aura combination is pretty broken
FFV a warrior with ninja and ranger mastered can attack 8x every turn
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Doran always standing in the proper spot to dodge all of the flames.
To Square's credit though, they created secret bosses that required you to know those game breaking techniques to beat them. Like Omega Weapon and Monster Areana monsters.
Everyone mentions Orlandu but no one mentions how calculators (edit: or mages with calculate, rather) can nuke the entire field solo literally without moving
Power Rush in Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door.
This badge has the effect of increasing your attack power by 2 whenever you are at critical health (Dubbed "Danger" in the game, it happens when you have 5 or less health)
What makes it broken is...
This results in a build where you can deal an absurd amount of damage instantly, one shotting many of the games enemies and bosses even.
This badge has the effect of increasing your attack power by 2 whenever you are at critical health (Dubbed "Danger" in the game, it happens when you have 5 or less health)
What makes it broken is...
- You can set your starting health so you can always be in Danger Mode.
- You can equip an unlimited number of Power Rush badges (50 is very possible, resulting in +100 Attack).
This results in a build where you can deal an absurd amount of damage instantly, one shotting many of the games enemies and bosses even.
In FFV: 1 Summoner, 3 Mimes (Or 4 if you have lvl 7 (Or 8?) Summon)
Cast Haste on the party, summon Bahamut, Mimic until the enemy does.
It at least works well on Neo X-Death.
Cast Haste on the party, summon Bahamut, Mimic until the enemy does.
It at least works well on Neo X-Death.
Oh wait. It may not be the most powerful, but the Giga Sword in 3D dot game heroes is DEFINITELY the most absurd. The width and length typically exceed the size of the entire screen
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That's a Big Fat Sword - Giga Sword Trophy
There is a trophy in 3 DDGH's for upgrading the most powerful sword in the game. Alot of sites give the vague remarks such has, "its gonn...
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Melia is also the key to speed leveling because she can kill a particular set of super high level enemies by pushing them off a cliff.
She can reflect instant death attacks too.
Oh also Melia can inflict absurd amounts of DoT from poison. She does 51k damage per tick in this video
FFVI:
Setzer - Fixed Dice + Offering + Black Belt = x4 fixed dice rolls almost assuredly hitting on the high end of 5000-9999 for 2 of them, and repeats for any counter attack
Any magic user - Gem Box + Economizer + Ultima = guaranteed 19998 damage to all enemies on the field every turn
Locke - Genji Glove + Black Belt + Illumina + Valiant Knife = 16000 to 19998 damage each turn and repeats for any counter attack
Cyan (yes, the guy everyone calls weak or useless) - Sky Render + Red Cap + Genji Armor + Hyper Wrist + Hero Armlet = just using his level 4 sword art does 20k or more. Level 7 does double
Mog or Edgar - Aura Lance + Str equipment + Dragoon Boots + Dragon Horn = Jump hits anywhere between 2 to 4x for 7000 to 9999 each hit
It is ridiculously fun to break this game.
At the moment I'm playing Lightning Returns and the DLC weapons enable to me to take on the more difficult enemies earlier than I'm apparently supposed to at a decent pace:
Strength stacking items + Deprotect + Attack makes wailing on staggered enemies super satisfying
Magic stacking items + Summoner's Garb gives access to Elementa which completely smashes smaller enemies and makes for really exciting fights against minibosses that I wouldn't otherwise be able to beat.
Setzer - Fixed Dice + Offering + Black Belt = x4 fixed dice rolls almost assuredly hitting on the high end of 5000-9999 for 2 of them, and repeats for any counter attack
Any magic user - Gem Box + Economizer + Ultima = guaranteed 19998 damage to all enemies on the field every turn
Locke - Genji Glove + Black Belt + Illumina + Valiant Knife = 16000 to 19998 damage each turn and repeats for any counter attack
Cyan (yes, the guy everyone calls weak or useless) - Sky Render + Red Cap + Genji Armor + Hyper Wrist + Hero Armlet = just using his level 4 sword art does 20k or more. Level 7 does double
Mog or Edgar - Aura Lance + Str equipment + Dragoon Boots + Dragon Horn = Jump hits anywhere between 2 to 4x for 7000 to 9999 each hit
It is ridiculously fun to break this game.
At the moment I'm playing Lightning Returns and the DLC weapons enable to me to take on the more difficult enemies earlier than I'm apparently supposed to at a decent pace:
Strength stacking items + Deprotect + Attack makes wailing on staggered enemies super satisfying
Magic stacking items + Summoner's Garb gives access to Elementa which completely smashes smaller enemies and makes for really exciting fights against minibosses that I wouldn't otherwise be able to beat.
Weapons
Crissagrim - Castlevania SOTN - hits about ten times faster than most other weapons. Roasts Dracula in about 15 seconds.
Ultima/Atma Weapon - FFVI - does damage based on current health, and coupled with the Offering, could roast most normal enemies and bosses
Chrono Trigger - Rainbow - 70% critical hit rate instantly made Crono a must have even when he wasn't required to be in the party
Chrono Trigger - Shiva Edge - 4x critical hit damage made this the only weapon in the game capable of max damage outside of the occasional lucky shot with Lucca's ultimate weapon
Abilities
Dragon Quest XI - Critical Claim - 100% critical hit chance, and made metal slime farming simple; coupled with divide, would give him the ability to single-handedly demolish most parties
Dragon Quest VIII - Thin Air - while this was a regular ability in DQ games, in VIII it didn't cost any MP and was powerful enough to wipe most low-level groups, while still managing to be somewhat effective against later enemies
Final Fantasy V - GPToss - This Samurai ability was easily abusable if you had the money to use it. Makes the final boss into easy mode.
Crissagrim - Castlevania SOTN - hits about ten times faster than most other weapons. Roasts Dracula in about 15 seconds.
Ultima/Atma Weapon - FFVI - does damage based on current health, and coupled with the Offering, could roast most normal enemies and bosses
Chrono Trigger - Rainbow - 70% critical hit rate instantly made Crono a must have even when he wasn't required to be in the party
Chrono Trigger - Shiva Edge - 4x critical hit damage made this the only weapon in the game capable of max damage outside of the occasional lucky shot with Lucca's ultimate weapon
Abilities
Dragon Quest XI - Critical Claim - 100% critical hit chance, and made metal slime farming simple; coupled with divide, would give him the ability to single-handedly demolish most parties
Dragon Quest VIII - Thin Air - while this was a regular ability in DQ games, in VIII it didn't cost any MP and was powerful enough to wipe most low-level groups, while still managing to be somewhat effective against later enemies
Final Fantasy V - GPToss - This Samurai ability was easily abusable if you had the money to use it. Makes the final boss into easy mode.
The Pickpocketing skill in Star Ocean 2, which lets you steal items from every NPC in the game. Such items include ultimate-level equipment obtainable in the first half of the game from pickpocketing your own party members or characters only present in a single scene.
Because Calculators are the most advanced Job in the game, whereas Orlandu is just handed to you for free.
Like, I see a lot of posts in here about things that are "use X, Y and Z endgame max level gear/skill/classes" and thinking "yeah, that's just using the highest level stuff and they synergize well." That's not broken, IMO, that's game design rewarding endgame players who've done their homework. Compared to nonsense like FF8 Tent/HP Junction or Vanish+Doom which seem more like literal "the developers fucked this up."
This has to be it. You get Gale Dog early, it doesn't cost a lot to use, and it makes you completely invincible.
You only need a magic recovery accessory that gives you more magic than you use up, and you can buy that in shops. It's crazy.
Even better:
In the original X360 Vesperia, a skill made Estelle's invincibility spell last the entire battle.
IT MADE LOSING IMPOSSIBLE.
Calculators aren't the most advanced job class. Had to google it (i have not played this game in forever) but it requires the priest, wizard, time mage, and oracle class to access.
All of these can be gotten fairly early.
A mage with calculate can potentially hit every target on the board with their strongest spells, with zero charge time and zero MP cost. They are stupidly broken and vastly more powerful than Orlandu is.
I've only played through 1 mainline FF game and that was FF3 DS.
I remember that the only way to consistently do 9999 damage was to be a ninja and throw a shuriken. So if you just got 3 ninjas and a healer (and a bunch of shuriken), you could down any boss pretty much.
I remember that the only way to consistently do 9999 damage was to be a ninja and throw a shuriken. So if you just got 3 ninjas and a healer (and a bunch of shuriken), you could down any boss pretty much.
Relm Glitch in Final Fantasy VI.
It happened by chance when I was playing. Next thing I know, everyone fighting with Paladin Shields and Illuminas.
Other than that: Quina Level5Death + This guy in Final Fantasy IX
Quick level up to 99 for everyone.
It happened by chance when I was playing. Next thing I know, everyone fighting with Paladin Shields and Illuminas.
Other than that: Quina Level5Death + This guy in Final Fantasy IX
Quick level up to 99 for everyone.
The Flash accessory was gamebreaking in the original before the DC nerfed it hard. Besides that, the Edge (Doubles damage that you give AND receive) accessory is broken because you can equip it when comboing an enemy/boss and then unequip it when your combo ends to avoid the drawback.
The problem with calculator is that unless you read a guide or have already played the game you won't know it exists in the first place and it's requirements. And 4 jobs requirements IS fairly advanced.
In a average first playthrough the player only will get a calculator in late game (and only IF they like to re-job), since he will have to level 4 specific jobs, and I ain't considering that they will spend some time in jobs like summoner that many first time players love. And to do the broken stuff you have to think (or read a guide).
This means that many players won't ever use it. And the designers clearly intended to be this way, this job is more for the fans who like to do more in depth strategies.
Now.. Orlandu, it's a fixed recruit that the game clearly hypes to be powerful, so almost every player have the chance to use it
Edit: I agree with you that a calculator is more game breaking. My post is talking about why many people don't talk about it.
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If action JRPGs count, it's ironic that in Guardian Heroes, Nicole's shield spell is the strongest offensive ability in the game (by far). Simply trap the enemies in a corner and go to work:
this, for the first 10min Crissaegrim is awesome, then u realise that the game difficult turned trivial.
I get that, but nearly everything in this thread is weirdly obscure stuff that wouldn't be found without a guide, or multiple playthroughs.
Vanish/X-zone in particular was cited as a better example than the calculator, but 99% of all players wouldn't think to exploit this bug.
The point of the comment is that T.G. Cid is routinely cited as an overpowered character, but in actual gameplay he's nowhere close as insanely broken as the Calculator is, and everyone in this thread who has played the game knows what calculators are.
They are not the most advanced class (that would either be the mime in the base game, or the Dark Knight in WOTL) but they ARE the most powerful by a mile. Even with 4 classes, you can have several of them before you get Cid in the game, not that you'd need several because one alone breaks the game.
I stumbled into Aqualung just last week. Shit is more OP than Matra Magic.
Another example is Fe4
In the story your MC is a badass general who descends from one of the heroes of the past.
This translates in the gameplay... Because your MC is one of the most broken units of the game. It's actually EASIER to just bench everyone and let him decimate the battlefield. When you have you gain his special weapon... The game just stops pretending to have a balance in this act
In the second act of the game, you play with a new MC... His story is kinda harder in the begining, but he is still able to solo levels.
Heck, this is the first game with eugenics mechanics. So if you read a guide you can have multiples characters that are able to solo armies.
In the story your MC is a badass general who descends from one of the heroes of the past.
This translates in the gameplay... Because your MC is one of the most broken units of the game. It's actually EASIER to just bench everyone and let him decimate the battlefield. When you have you gain his special weapon... The game just stops pretending to have a balance in this act
In the second act of the game, you play with a new MC... His story is kinda harder in the begining, but he is still able to solo levels.
Heck, this is the first game with eugenics mechanics. So if you read a guide you can have multiples characters that are able to solo armies.
Oh shit yeah forgot about that one too. That's the one I think you get from Jenova Life, I think.
Or rather it's effective against Jenova Life, one or the other lol
Topple chaining the strongest super boss is the legit strategy for that fight lol
Doesn't help that I've been a bit overleveled for damn near every boss fight I've encountered. Not even by much, either. I've been doing way more damage than I expected ever since I got it.
FFVI: "Wind God Gau"
Equip Gau with the Merit Award (allows characters to equip all weapon types) and the Offering (makes character attack 4x for half damage each hit), and then with the Tempest (katana that has a 50% chance of casting Wind Slash, a party wide wind attack, on hit). Use the Stray Cat Rage, which causes him to use "Cat Scratch" about half the time, which is basically a normal attack at 4x power.
And then just wait until Gau auto kills the enemy party for you.
Doesn't work in versions past the original SNES version because the don't let Gau equip the Merit Award in later versions, likely because of this specific strategy.
Equip Gau with the Merit Award (allows characters to equip all weapon types) and the Offering (makes character attack 4x for half damage each hit), and then with the Tempest (katana that has a 50% chance of casting Wind Slash, a party wide wind attack, on hit). Use the Stray Cat Rage, which causes him to use "Cat Scratch" about half the time, which is basically a normal attack at 4x power.
And then just wait until Gau auto kills the enemy party for you.
Doesn't work in versions past the original SNES version because the don't let Gau equip the Merit Award in later versions, likely because of this specific strategy.