Francesca has a REALLY GOOD Hero Combo with Falward which they practically fully heal everyone and boosts up the attack for 3 turns. Very useful against bosses

This is the second video where you mention getting Iugo after the HQ. Please read the comments and correct this. Iugo should be the VERY FIRST character you get at the start of the game when you're told to recruit. Yusuke is the second.

Yusuke is also crazy good because his Crit Chance is INSANE, at least when I've used him. Not only does he have the Charge Up, but when you add the fact that he might crit almost 60-70% of the time (possibly), he gets RIDICULOUSLY powerful! His kicks are crazy, I swear.

Iugo is the first character that can be recruited once you are able to start looking for allies.

Iugo is literally the first recruit you can get. The second Ymir tells you to go recruit, right after the intro mission, you can walk right over to the bar and get him.

Yusuke is a damn treasure. Double charge up and then armor pierce an enemy that has a massive shield, and high crit chance. Pair him with an attack buffer and then you got a solid damage dealer.

Francesca + Falward have a unite that heals all and buffs damage for 3 SP. She is really slow but getting access to free full heal is insanely good.

I got Iugo right at the beginning when I needed to find and recruit until i had full party of 6. You can even get him before leaving the town for the first time.

I knew I'm not the only one noticing how OP Yusuke was from the get go 😂

Little did I know just how strong Yusuke and Iugo would be when I early game recruited them haha

The suikoden problem... so many good characters hard to pick your team.

Mio's only saving grace is that she's BFF's with Hakugin, who's a beast in the mid game. Basically a faster, stronger Lian with thrown damage, slightly better defenses, and a rune skill that hits an entire row.

Francesca is a great end turn healer or damage dealer. She's gonna go last almost everytime.

Yo thanks for the guide. Can you make a video about auto battle and setting up your team's Battle Plan options?

People think Multi-hitter are better than Single hitter. The last number pop up is the total damage shown after all hit. If multi-hit with numbers 20+50, thats mean the total damages are 50 after all hit, not 70.

Iugo is the Rikimaru of Suikoden 2, Big sword, always drunk and have a vague mission. "Rikimaru is out for revenge" and Iugo is in a mission...to kill someone? Also he feels like Richard from Suiko 5

Bro this video was beyind heloful. Yusuke is stupid OP lol😂 Looking forward to much much more of your Eiyuden content!

Hello, I don't understand how "yoke" works, dodging and attacking never works for me, I don't know if it's a bug, but I activate the ability and they attack another character or they attack him but he doesn't perform the counterattack.

There is a Dwarf that has charge up as well.... and I'm curious if you can put the slash rune on him... it can be put on Iugo and Noah so I imagine you can which would give him access to 2x charge up 5 sp nuke of iugo If you can then you could get 3 sp on him and Yusuke, then charge up on each, have Francesca and Falward both fire enchant or some element enchant each for more damage, next turn double charge up and use Falward + Francesca hero combo for an aoe heal + 3 turn damage boost, then next turn use Yusuke's sp move for massive damage and Dwarf's slash tactical nuke You could take it a step further and have your other 2 characters buff them with 2 more elemental enchantments each if they stack

Super helpful breakdown. Kuroto was the main one I did a double take on as his speed was so good while also having heavy armor, shield slot and access to water rune. Good to know charge up is totally busted. Is offensive magic actually worth it? It seems better to save MP for healing.

I got Iugo when I was able to recruit Yume and Gigina, so you can get him sooner then the castle thing. I havent even got to that point yet and Im 10 hours into the game.

The dwarf whatever his name is also has the charge up. Followed with his sp skill he hits harder than anyone ive unlocked so far

It’s the return of the Host cheese! Now you just need a buffer and debuffer and Yusuke will carry forever!

1: Yusuke - His two turn charge hits harder than anything else in the game likely due to grapple attacks by-passing armour . 2: Celia - Can get her technically right after recruiting Kurtz using Omelette and Coconut Water recipes (as 1st and 3rd dishes) with a little luck. Just takes waiting 10 minutes between rounds and access to the Sea Cavern. 3: Iugo - Taunt plus 5SP nuke. Needs a counter Rune later on to really be an effective tank. 4: Francesca - Super slow so she can heal up the damage at the end of each turn. Her "low hp" can be off-set with an HP rune or accessory. Hilarious personality. 5: Falward - Faster than Kuroto awesome magic stat. His attacks also scale off magic so the more he has the more he hurts with his light element pew pews. Fran and Falward have a combo that's an AoE heal plus damage buff that only costs 3 SP meaning you save on MP costs for healing AND buffing which is worth way more than your two mediocre mage choices.

Fark i missed kuroto! will i be able to recruit him after the first war?

Yusuke wont attack fir me. How are you guys getting him to crit???

can you do a video about runes/equipment load outs especially for these 5 allies please? so we can mix max them like we did in the suikoden games.

Absolutely agree with all these! Personally I like using Kougan for his tankiness and unique rune; while it costs 4 sp he starts with 2 so there is chance he can use it first turn. He is slow with it however.

For me, the 6 strongest team was 1. Iugo + Warrior Pinnacle rune 2. Dijkstra free boost for allies damage 3. Shixeen free boost and ignore armor 4. Lam with full attack 5. Momo strongest Rune Lens User + Mage Pinnacle Rune 6. Falwalrd/Isha for balancing the heal and attack

Iugo already reminds me of Victor, after I recruited him at the very beginning good stats just like Victor and the looks

Take the buffing runes off before you compare the stats.

I'm not saying Iugo's stats are bad, but I am saying that his stats are misleading. One thing to consider is his defend action is replaced by Taunting Counter, which seems to not only not really change aggro significantly much but also doesn't reduce damage taken by half like most people's defends. Because of this in boss encounters where defending is desirable he's depending on those raw, higher stats. It was really noticeable on hard against the trio in the castle ruins when spike of flails was being used. Other front liners would take 40 and he always took mid 70s no matter what action.

Iugo was my first character recruit at the beginning of the game.

At first, I thought Yusuke is probably shit cuz he's a generic looking Japanese yakuza thug. Then I tried his Charge skill and ends up casually doing 200 damage at Level 12.

I remeber how strong Luc was in Suikoden 2. Once I figured how ro use him, he made all fight so quick and easy.

Nice Video thanks 😁 Could you also show us your "Battle Plan", if you adjusted it?

I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere, so I figured I'd drop this tidbit here where it might get around. You can actually remove Nowa and other locked characters and put them in the "attendant" slot, freeing up those spots for whoever you want to put on. I haven't run into any story limits yet, but I haven't tested much.

I’ve only just started the game, but I found that hilmi’s heal spell always makes her go first. I assumed that was a mechanic. Does that not remain true for other healing spells?

I was already planning on Yusuke and Iugo.

How if i miss Iugo at the first attempt? Did anyone here recruit him after the castle?

Falward is also a very high speed character . His light magic shield that prevents all damage on a character has saved my bacon many times . Right now my falwards speed is 191 to Kuroto 180 .

Ole Urameshi was my guy, doing over 1000 fully charged while must characters were barely out of 100’s lol

Yusuke with attack charged and someone buffing him is insane, by far my fav character so far

iugo is actually can be recruited as early as you can move around the town that eltwiss something

You can get iugo at the beginning of the game when you first need to find people

I found Yasuke by accident wondering around looking for the little kid early in the game

I find Iugo's taunting counter doesn't actually change aggro, or if it does it hasn't been noticeable. I've seen Lian and Francesca targeted more than Iugo when he uses his skill.

They made magic way less fun than ever before in Suikoden history.

also important for yusuke since he's grapple he ignores armor.

This is my party in hard mode: For early game bring: Nowa, Iugo, Yusuke, Kuroto, Kogen, Falward/Fransesca/Zabi For mid game bring: Nowa, Yusuke, Lam, Hakugin, Falward/Fransesca/Gieran/Milana/Carrie For end game bring: Nowa, CJ, Yuferius, Yusuke, Momo, Isha (Reyna alternative) For end end OP Party: Nowa, Leene, Djikstra, Momo, Isha, Milana Note: at end game Im not yet explore other late recruitment character that can combat bcs my end game party already OP.

What about The Reyna? She allows for a 5 mage/nuker set up.

It just kinda sucks d best heal is under 3sp but i think its worth to use the doctor and francesca. U kinda get the doctor early and u just need herbs to get him. Their hero move 3sp has aoe heal for at least 200? And buffs attks and spell damage

Later on you get a bunch of characters with charge up and better rune slots.

Iugo never counter or taunt when i'm using that defence. It's odd. Lian has 180 luck at lv34 and Garr literally tank everything with his S armor + over the roof PD and MD. Falward is prety speedy and has solid stats across the board. He's good to be the main healer in your team.

Hakugin is a beast, She's long range with very high speed and physical damage. and Isha is a much better mage than Gieran , Very High speed and higher magic attack plus has one of the best hero combos in the game

my personal favorite characters: - Hakugin : Super fast, Long range, great physical damage and high luck for crits. Defense and magic resistance are okay, not too bad. I give her Prevention Rune and she literally 90% stun mob with his normal attack early in a battle turn. Also she got the kunai attack skill which is only 2 SP, devastating damage to front row mobs. - Milana : Her last special rune is insane for boss fight. Only requires 3 SP and will auto attack the enemy for the next 3 turns for crazy damage. Her stats are also above average IMO. - Lam : this nanny has the same traits as Hakugin. In addition her transformation rune thing is madness, only 1 sp (also attacking when you cast it), and will last quite a long time. Note that during transformation, she also got bonus physical attack and speed. mammamia.

I like lion bro, you can get him right after yusuke, I don't think he's especially good, I just like that he has a fire attack that doesn't cost mp

I mean I really wanted to like this game but it didn't hook me. Some really interesting monster creation but not many dungeons and upgrades.

Garr definitely belongs on the list. Just hella tanky and hella damage with self buff.

Seems like Iugo is a throwback to Viktor

I always have Iugo on my party just because his Japanese VA is the same one who voiced Dio lol

Powerful combo is the light healer guy and Francesca. They do a combo for 3 SP that heals and buffs.

Nowa, yusuke and an harem and that is all you need😂😂

Is the game grinding?

I picked this game up on a whim and it hasn't left my ps5 yet....can't wait to see what else the game has in store

Best mage charachters for me is Milana Momo and Isha. More rune slots more power.. my momo at lvl 60 has 400 magic power

Don't sleep on Magic girl Mel.

Momo is by far the best damage & spell. She is queen & my fav!

Isn't mio super fast ? I mean she's absolutely trash but I think she might be faster then kuroto I might be wrong I didn't lol kuroto and I lvled mio and she was hitting 180ish

Iugo is not better than the Garr whos more balanced gets a strength buff off his skill attack and the armor stats make him very tanky. Lian is a better option than Kuroto for the unite with Nowa, and her second skill attack does crit damage regularly, she can stun lock with the rune buff attached, and she's hard to hit with physical attacks. Only one he hit the nail on the head for was Yusuke he's OP (flame god with the charge).

Please post about top female characters please Thank you

Looking forward to your coverage on this game! Loving it so far. It's more Suikoden than Suikoden 3 was lol

But if Yusuke misses I hate my life lol

Garr is super powerful

If you think Zabi and Gieran are good, your head is gonna explode when you find Momo...

Going save this for later

I'm trying to force the team I want. Its so rough how bad Mio is. I think she is meant to go luck and gamble for one shots. But that's useless against bosses where all the challenge is.

Momo, Leene, Mellore, Isha, Milana -- Elektra Nowa CJ Marisa Lakian top 5/10 IMO, nothing wrong with your list, they are just early-mid game scaling stat wise and fall off later on. I have a personal love for Reyna despite her late game damage fall off.

Luck is maybe effect for critical.

Isha isn't bad for healing either

I think you are the one that needs the rune of conversation! hohoho!

Don't sleep on Yume

I like mio but she's so weak for a front line character

you need to update this

Zabi, Kuroto. You're either joking, high af or both. 😂😂😂 personaly id drop both and Gieran too. Mellore is a far better mage by like 100x. Zabi's leader Kogen has a free AOE attack with skill points, blunt attacks to wreck armor and decent defense. Gar is leagues better than Kuroto. He gets shields so gains armor and can tank pretty much anything if you put the armored rune on him (+50% armor) but also hits fairly hard. The only thing Zabi and Kuroto are good for is telling jokes to Perrielle that i kicked out my party asap for being hot banta poodoo 😂😂

You are absolutely sleeping on momo hits like an absolute monster... only real issue is he's late game

😂😂😂

I take Sabine over Iugo any day of the week. I find his taunt counter to basically be a waste of a turn, meanwhile shes got solid all round stats and can be strapped with a water or air rune for emergency sub healing if needed. I dont see any reason to run Iugo. Karuto is a beast though, hes great. only just got Falward, looking forward to putting a water rune on him cause i find light rune ass personally.

i wanna find Pesmerga

Yusuke is the real deal hehe

You dont need the castle for Iugo. You cant get him at the very beginning of the game before even fighting the 1st boss.

Hailee is Filipina?

Pesmerga

Damn, Sabine didn't even got mentioned. That's rough. Here's what I experienced so far. Garr: very tanky frontliner, packs a punch, his Rune nukes and boosts his ATK up for 3 turns, useful for extended fights; very slow however Francesca: actual physical DPS, brings the pain, MAG is only average in exchange however and man, she's squishy like no other, but she'll be one of your attackers instead of hitting like a wet noodle, which makes her very interesting Yuthus: actual problem-solver, true guardian, can tank reliably for teammates (for example for Francesca), which opens up more team-comps; will be overlooked because boy with shield is not cool Mellore: is decent allround, has a MAG based nuke for 2SP, which adds up over extended fights and is a great filler in between MP-based spells Sabine: very flexible fighter, has all-around above average stats and can equip and make use of spells effectively; feels like the first 'Killey'-version of the game Mio: somewhat of an oddball; doesn't come with the raw stats a frontline wants/needs, instead packs slightly below STR and above average MAG which makes her a functioning hybrid-caster with high SPD stats Yume/Friend: gains high DEF/MDEF stats, HP however are only slightly above average? Considering she takes up two slots she might be a very beefy frontliner (but there are better options I reckon); a bit disappointing on first glance? her personal rune costs 4SP and is a high physical nuke Oh, and I haven't leveled Gigina yet, actually curious about that fella.

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Iiugo on early is so useless, but when you unlock his runelens, he is pretty much best nuker in the game. But the downside when you use his rune, the casting is pretty slow

Falward as the best mage probably and Lam is perhaps the best overall character from the first 100 at least. Lam is strong and fast, pretty good defense and a good special rune.

momo/isha all day (b ' ' )b

I find Yusuke useless

Not interested in this game until they sort the localized translation problems.