7 Most Powerful Summons In Final Fantasy History
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Published 2023-08-08
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Summons are capable of dealing incredible amounts of damage, but today we wanted to run-through the ones that can deal the most damage in terms of literal physical numbers. Enjoy!
00:00 Introduction
01:11 Sponsor Segment
02:14 The Rules
02:46 Knights of the Round (Final Fantasy VII)
05:15 Eden (Final Fantasy VIII)
06:41 Anima (Final Fantasy X)
08:50 Zeromus (Final Fantasy XII)
11:00 Bahamut Fury (Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII)
12:43 Bahamut (Final Fantasy XIII)
14:43 Ifrit (Final Fantasy XVI)
16:52 Outro
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All Comments (21)
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Anima just looks like such a badass, definitely one of my favourite summons
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I remember as a kid whenever I'd obtain Bahamut in an FF I just knew it was going to be awesome
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Nothing was cooler to me as a kid than seeing Anima's overdrive or paying Yojimbo exorbitant sums of Gil for instant death. Truly my two favorite summons from the entire franchise in the same game. & RIP to all the trash mobs I chained KotR on. I didn't care if you were an end game boss or low level random encounter. Once I got that materia, I chained it every encounter going forward as a kid. The animation length was nothing compared to the time it took to get a gold chocobo 😂
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Ifrit got so much love in ff16
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I won't hear any other argument than for my man Yojimbo. He can kill anything and anyone with his Zanmato attack. And there really aren't very many barriers to chaining it over and over again - he only needs to like you. Its been worked out that you can get him to use it for as little as 70,000 gil a time which is nothing in FFX. And even his regular attack will hit for 99,999 HP which is enough to one-shot the vast majority of pretty much anything in the franchise.
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Seems like these should be weighted based on relative hp pools between games.
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I am a 7 thru 10 fan, and it was the summons that drew me to the games. I love em, and my favorites are Anima from X (so badass), Eden from 8 (love the animation), and Knights of the Round from 7 (if they dont include them in the remake games i will be sad). I also loved Ark from 9, I just hated that it could not break the damage limit. I mean, it's a boat that turns into a friggin Gundam that blows up a huge area, and only 9999? Summoning forever!!!!!!!
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I remember renting this VHS tape from Blockbuster that was basically an FFVII strategy guide on video that actually showed footage of what you had to do. I tried to dig up that video in recent years but it's basically lost media at this point. It was with the help of that tape that I was able to breed a gold chocobo and acquire Knights of the Round. EDIT: AN ABSOLUTE HERO FOUND THE TAPE IN QUESTION ON YOUTUBE. IT WAS HERE ALL ALONG! https://youtu.be/i3j2B-TyJ7I
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Summons are probably my favorite aspect of FF. Just these cool creatures that usually are ridiculously strong and often require sidequests to get the best ones, or alternatively huge threats that are essentially gods like in FF XIV. Its probably why my favorite FF games are the ones where summons are an integral part of the plot.
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The strongest summon is perfect Alexander from FF14 the moment that big boy stood up i knew something was wrong
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Like they mentioned, Anima's overdrive only does 1 hit in the NA version. But one of the Magus Sisters' abilities, Passado, hits several times and can deal well over the standard 99999 of most attacks. So Anima's overdrive might be the strongest attack in some versions, but in the originals the strongest summon is actually the Magus Sisters. Also, they can spam that attack without needing the overdrive full!
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Anima is also one of the most tragic characters in the franchise. Her story is so sad.
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Talking about 7 summons I do wonder how the remake series will handle Bahamut and the knights of the round when they get to them. That said great video FFU.
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Such a shame that you don’t see Anima reappear often as a summon. As it is a dark element summon and that role is usually given to Diabolos. Anima’s design is just so good and iconic, that whenever you see it reappear in other FF games other than 10, the design stay mostly the same.
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I love summoning mechanics in games. My favorite is Judgement from Golden Sun.
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What makes Ifrit from XVI special is he's not the traditional Ifrit of the older games but the true form of an actual god.
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Here is another idea for an evolution video: damage output. Not every game shows you how strong your attacks are by default. Sometimes you need special item, or you only see a health bar. But with the latest game, they straight up give us a number. And with each new game, the numbers just keep rising
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I still remember the first time I saw Anima in FFX. Then when I got Anima I was like this 🤯
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Unconsciously I consider the FF12 Espers as cool enemies because I forget everytime to actually use them, so the Zeromus knowledge is something cool I was unaware of! Pretty nice ♥(well, I'm mostly unaware of most things, but that one stands out to me personally lmao)
