So by doing a bunch of trials you can become a walking debug mode I'm sold

Imagine being the final boss, thinking you're safe and a dude with a chicken suit just one shot stabs you in the back.

“Oops, I’m sorry, Kane, didn’t mean to make you look utterly pathetic!!!” Forget Kane’s HP goin’ down, his self-esteem went down

7:20 OH BOY A POISONOUS BANANA THAT I CANT EAT!!! I ALWAYS WANTED THAT!!!! Please take this highly valuable rare key that i found in return.

Ash the Vandalier gives a whole new meaning to "one hit wonder".

That cartoonish clang for when an attack is blocked is amazingly satisfying to hear

25:44 I like how after all the other characters are afraid they'll die, all Sara is worried about is her clothes getting wet

Any enemy: (Breaths) Vandalier Ash: I WILL FUCKING DESTROY YOUR BLOODLINE!!!

It took me 6 years of study, but I finally figured out what can defeat vandalier ash. A big rigs truck reversing

Have you, by chance, heard of... Danger Mario? It's a loadout in Paper Mario 1 and 2 that lowers Mario's Max HP to 5 (using Chet Rippo) and equips him with several badges that power him up while in Danger (5HP or less), making him nigh invincible. 1 had a limited number of badges, but in Thousand-Year Door, you could get pretty ridiculous. The max BP you could get in the game was 99. By playing at the Pianta Parlor, you could get an infinite number of Power Rush badges, which each cost 1BP and raise Mario's attack by 2 while in danger. This means, with 99 of these badges equipped to Danger Mario with the Ultra Boots, his jump attack deals 201 damage per hit, for a total of 402. His hammer attack will deal 204 damage. Of course, if you do that, Mario still has 5HP and is functionally a glass cannon. That's where evasion badges come in. One Close Call badge, and Mario's chances of being hit fall to 50%. Two, and it's 33%. Three make 25%, and so on and so forth. Pretty Lucky badges do the same for 1BP more, and those can be stolen from enemies in infinite supply (I'm not sure if Close Call can). With enough of these badges on, though, Mario becomes almost impossible for enemies to make contact with him. AND, on the off chance that they do, the Last Stand badges drop Mario's damage taken by half while in danger. Same formula--two of these badges make him take 1/3 the damage, three 1/4, etc. That 204 attack damage is enough to one-shot even Bonetail, the most powerful superboss in the game. A little unnecessary. All it takes is maybe five each of Close Call and Last Stand to make Mario nigh invincible, even with 5HP (almost all attacks will deal 1HP), leaving a maximum of 89 Power Rushes for a jump attack damage of 181 x 2, or 362 total. Still enough to KO the Shadow Queen... TWICE. Replace some of those with some Happy Hearts and any slight damage done to Mario will be restored almost immediately. And for the coup de grace, use Power Bounce to get even more jumps in. Let's look at our final loadout. 82 Power Rushes, 5 Close Calls, 5 Last Stands, 2 Happy Hearts, and 1 Power Bounce. Mario's first Power Bounce (or regular jump attack) still deals 167 damage, still enough to KO the Shadow Queen in one bounce and enough to KO Bonetail with a regular two-hit jump attack. The second Power Bounce will deal 166, then 165, 164, and so on, resulting in THOUSANDS of points of damage in a game where most enemies have about 10HP. Enemies only have a 1-in-6 chance of hitting Mario, and any attack with an attack power of less than 9 will only do 1HP in damage anyway. 9+ power attacks will deal 2 damage. All of this damage will be fixed within a turn after it's dealt, making Mario effectively immortal. If that's not overkill, then I don't know what is. I would quite enjoy seeing this in video form, fellow Paper Mario enthusiast.

With a wordless cry, Ash plunges the Vandal Heart into the body of his hated enemy. Kane screams in agony as the light of the Vandelier slowly destroys his body, cleansing it of the darkness holding it together dissolving it into nothing. "ASH!" he screams, his face half dissolved and breaking down even more. "I HATE YOU! YOU DESTROYED EVERYTHING I LOVE! I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU... IN THE GATES OF HELL!" With a final cry that echoes through the battlefield, the mad Kane finally disappears from this world, his body dissolving into nothing. Ash stares at the empty space where his rival once stood, the fact that he finally ended the life of the crazed murderer that was once his comrade not giving him an ounce of satisfaction. "I didn't destroy anything you loved Kane," Ash says softly, a small hint of pity and sadness overtaking him. "You did."

Man, Ash is a living game genie.

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Forget the blood geysers I enjoyed the happy "dong" of blocking an attack! It just reminds me that all of the enemy's efforts are useless and you are a badass! HAPPYFACE

Dat blocking sound.

Ash does not just break the game...he Vandalizes it!

ASH... I HATE YOU!!! YOU DESTROYED EVERYTHING I LOVE! I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU IN THE GATES OF HELL!! ... You got 3 experience points.

22:57 This is the equivalent of yelling "I CAST FIST!".

4:35 “Neglect him at your peril” now I know you speak from experience

From what I remember, I think Vandalier Ash has a guaranteed chance to block whenever attacked from the front

Being able to three-hit thr final boss definitely makes you the most one of the powerful gaming characters.

Dear...God... That Vandalier is a god!!! Now life is complete for players who upgraded Ash.

Complete a few challenges for what is essentially Super Ultra Debug Cheat Code Mode? Hell yes.

Good lord I'm reliving the flashbacks of broken Vandalier Ash was. This game is amazing and so are you for showcasing it. Absolutely outstanding there chap

I'm kinda sad you didn't comment on how you can kill Kane before he can transform into his dark knight version. Great to see those old game get some love though.

Vandelier Ash vs Kirby would be an interesting matchup. The main question is if Kirby can eat his attacks…

23:00 It is possible that in the data, there are only spells : The ones you can learn the classic way, the enemy-reserved one and of course, those that will be binded to items. And to be respectful of "items doesn't use MP to cast", they cost zero MP to use. So when you tell the program to give someone access to all spells in the game, it won't discriminate. Maybe they didn't expect the program to run that way?

i love it when games let you find superpowered items or abilities that make you character a killing machine, it really feels like you have reached the very top

The look and feel in this game is so well made. The gameplay system where the progresses are kind of permanent and tied to the storyline is actually smart, engaging, and intense. The anticipation you feel when hitting the enemy or being hit. The sensation of terror the enemy causes you at every moves they made. It is so good. I want to repeat the game again, but I need a playstation now

I think this guy is the most powerful out of all the characters in this series, he is literally a *walking debug menu*

Well Ash, I think you'd do well in Fire Emblem. Just don't pick a fight with Fargus.

That goes beyond being Disgaea OP ... into being god mode Debug mode OP! Good grief...

I've always loved Vandal Hearts since I was a kid and have played through it and beaten it numerous times. It wasn't until like my 6th or 7th time playing it though that I found out about all of the secret battles and the Vandalier form for Ash. Props for making this video, m8.

YES! Vandalier Ash breaks the game open like an egg. It makes me want to pick this up and play it again.

lmao, lets see how the new and improved kane can take a back attack? sounds a little.... *spicy*

I loved Vandal Hearts, but then again because the enemies' levels were scaled to only Ash's, you could at one specific level overpower the game immensely, to where one specific fight where you're meant to escape rather than directly fight the bad guys could be dealt with through actual combat. Love whenever people acknowledge Vandal Hearts in any capacity.

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My god that is that most beautiful thing I have ever seen, srpg's can be seriously frustrating sometimes something like that is just too awesome

I adore this game and I literally had no idea that Ash Lambert could upgrade his class a third time! This was a pleasure to watch, thank you for making this video for this under appreciated game. Konami was a good video game company back during the time this game was made, they are nothing like this now.

As powerful as Vandalier Ash may be, he cannot destroy thy almighty 16-Bit Block!

Great video here! I appreciate all the time that went into making the different scenarios of each attack with the Vandalier. Nice ending too by the way - always wondered how that would look.

Diego is apparently happy about _everything_ that happens, lol...

Am I the only person in the world who actually likes Vandalier Ash's outfit?

I don’t think that the vandalier Armor looks strange. In fact, I think it makes him look like one of the Ra’s disciples, or just a set of Armor that looks like the winged dragon of ra.

One of my favorite games as well. I remember stepping on that switch for the first time and killing everyone. I was quite surprised. I wish Konami would bring the series back.

Dang, this is certainly interesting information to learn after all these years of playing.

Sure wish I could've watched this earlier before being inactive for about 5 days. Oh well, its nice to see another video about the strongest characters. :D

That is one powerful mofo

0:47 Meet Fire Emblem! The rule-breaker! I'm looking STRAIGHT at you, Roy! And Eirika, and Lyn, and Eliwood, and Micaiah, and Marth, and sadly no one else, but that's still half the lords.

Why is Ash's helmet gem green in the video but red in the thumbnail?

So... what I'm getting is you do a bunch of stupid shit, and, as a reward, you win a legitimate invincibility cheat. Sounds nice.

Another great video man, keep it up

Vivian and Admiral Bombery are the two strongest characters of Paper Mario: 1000 year door, even if Vivian is the third highest Heart Points behind Admiral Bombery and Madam Flurrie, but Vivian is the second strongest character to do heavy damage against almost all enemies, except for fire based enemies, such as Embers, however she can use items such as Ice Attack on fire based enemies for some damage.

Your videos are so cool... I love to watch them when im bored :D

You explained it very well

Thanks for showing me this game ^^ Even though I have to say these examining of Squares seems very random but it is an old Game and I think Not so necessary for Ash than Lex' Brave Axe of FE4 for example. Also if you're looking for another great SRPG I highly recommend you "Stella Glow" for the 3DS. It has a great Story but can be a bit slow in the beginning. But you should definitly check it out.

Damn, how amazing! I played this game when I was a kid, I'm 35 now. I was listening to the OST and I came across this video and this finding about Ash overpower. Hahaha, amazing! Thanks!

God I would love this to come to switch... Loved this and the second one!

I've been curious about checking this game out recently, and I'd have to say I'm definitely playing it now.

Git, you are a truly outstanding KZfaqr. :3

Vandalier Ash's insane offence and defense in a tactics game reminds me of Cidolfus Orlandeau from Final Fantasy Tactics.

I'll always respect this channel, Vandal Hearts are for strong hearts.

Everything about that was satisfying. Also, playing as a character that you can make to be overpowered is insanely fun.

Nice vids man

The montage of blocking attacks is just to show how comedically out of place the blocking sound effect actually is. It sounds like Bugs Bunny hit Yosemite Sam with a Frying Pan, and I like it. It's funny.

I remember the trials and I missed a key but still completed the game. I had to redo the game to see this version of ash and I wasn't disappointed lol

man wearing a funny chicken suit becomes messiah of power creep

Tabletops wouldn't be tabletops without ash,Clint,Diego and grog

after watching this i downloaded a psx emulator and started playing this, best decision i have made since cave story.

The Black Knight Kane boss theme reminds me of One-Winged angel...

Now this is the channel where I find good lesser known games

I never got around to playing Vandal Hearts but have heard excellent things about it! RIP CLASSIC GOLD!

this guy is the reason i played vandal hearts and became my favorite game of all time

i remember using the old trick to max level huxley and the other caster chick. and then got ash vandalier and made him give huxley an herb or other item. lv50 vandalier is so broken i didn't even realize i could cast items. plasma wave all day.

wait till ash discovers what death holes are in platformers

I doubt Vandalier Ash would be a match for the 16-Bit Block.

THE LEGGENDARY CHICKEN MAN

I think he looks more like a yellow Dragoon.

When you said that the strongest character in an SRPG tends to be the main character, does the Avatar from some of the Fire Emblem games count? Due to how you can set the Avatar's main stat and flaw stat, it's very easy to make a stupidly powerful unit at the start of the game. My Tactician in Awakening is BEYOND overpowered; her raw Magic and Strength pretty much allow her to 1-shot just about ANYthing, and she only gets hit very rarely. And it gets better with Robin's child character, Morgan; s/he will inherit ALL of Robin's skills, is very easy to recruit, and more. And by having Robin marry Chrom, Morgan ALSO learned Rightful King, which increases the activation of skills by 10%. Ignis has a chance of adding half of the Str or Mag values to the other (1/2 Str to Mag, 1/2 Mag to Str) and it's activation is %= Skill stat. Ignis is pretty much a near guaranteed kill, and if by chance the enemy DOES survive, they won't be standing for long. Morgan's skill: 29 Ignis activation chance: 29% Rightful King: +10% Chance Ignis activation chance: 39% Put Morgan with Nah, his Rank S support (in my run, anyway) and it's +6 skill stat. Ignis activation chance: 45% Sorry if I went on a rant, but I was just pointing something out.

Loved your video about Vandal Hearts's levels then I found this one too :D It's amazing the similarities and differences about the Vandal Hearts in the First and the second game (my favorite SRPG ever!). In Vandal Hearts 2, you need to get the 7 Prisms as well, however here they're just buried around the world, you don't pass through a trial (but need to pass through really annoying secret battles! hahaha), also the lore for Vandal Hearts (the sword) is different, here it was created by St Nirvath, the messiah of Vandal Hearts 2, and so you need to get all the 7 prisms in order to open Nirvath's gate and receive the Vandal Hearts. Sadly the Vh sword isn't all that powerful here compared to Vandalier Ash :( The producers really tried to make things more difficult and assure that you won't have a 1 hit kill character around hahahah cx.

I wonder how long this took players to discover...you'd pretty much have to examine every last square of every last battleground to discover these weird hidden objects. Never underestimate the patience of gamers!

Do more Vandal Hearts videos.

20:45 OH GOD, THE AGONYYY!!! THE AGONYYYYY-*just kidding, dunce. bonk*

I wanna see you do a playthrough of this game.

I played thid game sience the original release date and probably beat this game 3 or 4 times untill i knew vandalier class existed, then back in 2003 or 2004 i found a text file in the internet that explained were to get the keys for that class, doing the secret dungeons and getting the prism was not an easy task even as an experience VH player.

Vandal Hearts was so slept on, one of my favorite games ever

I know this video is 6 years old, but I saw the series was still going on and I have another SRPG candidate. Will you do a video about Orlando/Orlandeau from Final Fantasy Tactics? Once he joins your party, the rest of the enemies can just go home because he'll kill them otherwise.

Vandalier Ash & Fargus VS The Thief & 16-Bit Block Who would win?

I First thought ash in the thumbnail was some sort of secret boss from Streets of Rage series

I'm pretty sure you can keep replaying the trials if you don't get the prism, in fact its the only way you can grind. However as I recall you get next to no xp and only 10 gold for each enemy in the trial, so you will want to use healing spells and items if you want to level in any reasonable time, they give xp each time. Also the game isn't hard so you probably shouldn't grind.

I see Vandal Hearts, i upvote. After 20 years, i finally found the time to play it again and up Ash Vandalier. So fking good !

That woman just deadass gave a random guy their family heirloom just because he cleared her tanning area

HOLY. CRAP. I've heard of this game only in title, so seeing it in action for the first time with this video was a real treat. And boy do I wanna play this now! I'd be willing to pay a pretty penny to get a physical disc copy of this game from the internet. EDIT: I couldn't help but notice some of the sound effects seem similar to ones heard in "Castlevania: Symphony of the Night". Cool!

Hahaha let's not forget the endgame battle "tactics" once you get Ash to a Vandalier: Plasma wave, life orb, plasma wave, life orb...oh I guess I didn't need to move a single character to win this one, sorry Dolph, did that hurt?

Also with the 3 items you need to collect to get one of the keys, maks sure none of them is being carried by Kira, she will carry them over after she leaves and will only rejoin right after you could deliver the items to the collector

In the tumbnail, Ash looks like a guy with a tiny face

Yep. Ash is the most OP character in gaming. No questions.

Ok if we assume that the powers of the chicken suit are as follows -Unlimited MP -Access to all spells/abilities within the source game -Unlimited items -Stats equivalent to all the upsides of all other ingame armor -Power levels comparable to a heavily overleveled character What character would be strongest if they could wield it?

Ah, nostalgia. Not from the game, I never knew about it until I watched this vid.

Omg,this is basically a medieval fantasy version of Front Mission 3!8D