Great videos man! I'm tryna main soi fon/bankai ichigo/dangai I've been looking for stuff like this lol

Currently labbing combos right now, after beating the game and going into NG+ they are very much needed LOL. Looking for one that can shred through bosses and mini bosses once I stagger them.

I have the timing and coordination of a drunk toddler so the attack to triangle combo I miss about 70% of the time.

God after 25 hours I’m still trying to learn how to combo with my moves lol

Lol yeah but to be fair for small bad guys this is unneeded. Larger bad guys that you can stagger is where this is more useful. Small enemies: Garuda deadly embrace, 4 basically attacks followed by lung and follow up with a reg attack while they're on the ground will make you preform a kill animation which removes a quarter of their life which means death for most.

And even later you still don't need to do this for larger bad guys. >! Ifrit's will ohwhacks, followed by ignition, followed by garuda's gouge follow by aerial blast will stagger most and then limit break and 4 attack magic burst lunge then will oh whacks should be back. And death follows very quickly.!<

This does look awesome but it's mostly unnecessary.

Most enemies are just damage sponges, doing good combos doesn't feel like it amplifies the damage enough to justify the effort.

Like I can kill a crab in 30 seconds of just spamming magic, or 25 seconds by chaining all my abilities non-stop.

How does one do the charged flameblade upswing?

Op is using a weak weapon to show how long combos can get

Ask any questions you want and perhaps my older videos can help you combo

https://www.reddit.com/r/FFXVI/comments/149fcny/pro_tip_phoenix_shift_magic_burst_downs_the_enemy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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Light > Medium > Heavy > Down + Heavy works for most characters, but what a lot of beginners may struggle with is the aerial attacks after. If you hold up + forward right after your launcher (Down+Heavy), it automatically jumps for you and it's much easier to land aerial attacks. You could experiment with a variety of moves in the air like L/M/H into either S1 or S2, but you should probably look at someone's character or combo guide for the good stuff.

So this game has something called gatling combos, these are common in anime fighters. What they allow you to do is cancel the recovery of a button into specific other buttons. These require no timing just press the buttons one after the other. One core gatling combo that I believe exists on every character is Light>Medium>Heavy. Also important is that I believe every character has a universal launcher in down heavy. This will launch your opponent into the air allowing you to jump after them. Combining these ideas together we can form some simple combos that should work on just about every character. Medium>Heavy>Launcher(Down + Heavy)>Jump>Medium>Heavy>Special Move. Most characters also have some kind of special move that knocks your opponent back down to the ground so we can finish with that and then cancel that into super. That pretty basic but it will get you started, there's a lot more you can do to keep the combo going longer with tagging in other characters to using wall bounces to hitting people off the ground but that will be more character specific. A core part of the combo structure of these games is gatling combos though so get a feel for what cancels into what

If there is one thing I've learnt it's that I can spend hours in the lab, and find simpler, more optimal combos in about a minute online.

It's fun to still experiment. It just hits differently when it's one you discovered on your own. That being said, people are infinitely more creative than me. Some of the stuff I've learnt I'd have never found in 10,000 hours.

As others said though, if you really want to make your own then press buttons and experiment and use frame data. Before I look up combos I always play around to get a feeling for a character. Does heavy combo into heavy, no? How about heavy, down heavy etc etc. Just test everything you can think of.

Literally look up a combo on twitter and then practice in training mode until you get it 9 out of 10 times on both sides. Then start playing against bots/people with your only goal being to land the combo. Eventually you'll just do it from muscle memory

Light > Medium > (Down + Heavy)

Air Light > Air Medium > Air Heavy > Special (1 or 2, depending on character) > Super

This is universal amongst all characters

I like lightning rod with aerial blast and impulse with will o wykes leading into mega flare when they stagger.

I did my entire NG+ run FF mode without using Odin and this is what stuck with me.

Lightning rod + dancing steel just for easy level 5 zen.

Makes it possible to hit 2 to 3 level 5 zen per stagger too

Counter Raging Fists to Pull-down to Dancing Steel

Lightning Rod will boost almost all ultimates to very high DPS output (Aerial Blast, Gigaflare are good abilities to pair with it).

Sorry for the mild necro, but I believe that the best combo (not using DLC) is:

Perfect Shiva Dodge (Cold Snap) >> Lunge >> Lightning Rod

If your timing is good, use Magic once for a free proc of LRod, then immediately Rift Slip >> Dancing Steel.

Make sure you target the LRod with Dancing Steel, because sometimes DSteel will push enemies away otherwise.

After Dancing Steel, Rift Slip again >> Gigaflare >> Rift Slip >> Diamond Dust >> Rift Slip >> Windup >> Zantetsuken

Will full stagger any boss before the midpoint on FF mode, will stagger any boss from half stagger gauge after midpoint, and will also completely wreck everything's healthbar.

You could use Earthen Fury instead of Windup, but I prefer the cooldown on Windup a lot more. Makes it more useful for mob fights, and just getting those last few ticks of damage in.

I give it to every member of my party. Healing is by far the most important ability. Every member can attack by default and honestly, a basic attack is in most scenarios sufficient to win the fight - even against many of the tougher enemies. Don't get me wrong, I do use magic-based attacks regularly. But the ability to heal the entire party once per turn, whilst still retaining two attacks, is absolutely essential.

That way, if you're low on MP, you're covered - just use it for healing only. If you're separated from the rest of the party (rare, sure), you're covered. If an enemy hits you with a surprisingly heavy attack and nearly wipes everyone out, you're covered. If everyone is at low health and one cure doesn't get their health back to full, you're covered. Three cures per turn is more than enough but necessary on occasion.

Restore-All is my absolute priority in terms of attaining materia and levelling it up for the first few hours. Once that's done, I can focus on other stuff.

Hades + added effect

Completely full up on mastered Counter Attacks. So fun to just wreck shop that way.

But you dont need it after you get manip. materia because you can use white wind e-skill for the rest of the game.

On a crit, casts mini, frog, sleep, silence, confuse, and poison

Put it in your armor, and it will protect you from Sleep, Poison, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Small, Slow, and Paralyzed

Put it in your weapon, and you have a chance to inflict those status ailments on your enemies

Pressing L1 or R1 lets you toggle between All and single target.

Final Attack+Phoenix

Yeah, by the time you’ve got final attack, you’re basically already unstoppable. But there’s something satisfying about knowing that, if you were to die, a mythical fire bird will emerge from your corpse and bring you right back.

Do you really find onslaught 3 useful ? I only regret it when I use it. Incursion 2 is much more useful for a free gap close if you know what's coming.

I usually use the 2 lvl 4 combos because of my exospine with a few variations here and there. If you hold the last input you have time to finish it, or if you have some atk speed gear/overdrive.

I don't like the aerial ones, unless you hold the last input for style after a jump dodge.

My fave is heavy light light heavy, it's quick, strong and stylish. I use beta chain a lot in order to charge my burst energy, so I'm able to combo with some freedom, as the last hit will interrupt enemies. Also, after a blink or repulse you can unleash a 5 hit combo easily. Another move I use all the time is beta chained rush, especially after the big burst counters, as it's fast, safe, closes the gap and charges my burst bar. Against the last bosses it's my main tool actually, they are sooo fast man. If I'm in need of a quick beta into burst conversion I just jump and beta chain the heavy aerial attack.

Now my playstyle is about parrying/dodging and then burst countering, so I need all the burst charge I can have, while lack of beta energy is never a problem, so I'm beta chaining all the time, which also helps to extend my combos.

I’m so used to Onsalught 3 for my first play through. I’m loving Onsalught 2 currently. Did not know about triple L in mid air… gotta try that out now lol

I prefer H L H L H instead of L L L H H. I find that if you have a longer window for the bigger combos, you can almost always fit in HLHLH instead (esp if you are wearing atk speed gears). HLHLH does higher dmg and it is very easy to cancel out into parry during most of its moves, so I rarely get caught during that combo. I think you can usually fit in at least 3-4 hits even during shorter windows and still cancel into parry safely.

I actually dislike the light combo L H L H (even though I use it most often). The 3rd hit has a super long animation and you can get caught by a lot of enemy reactions. a ton of enemies hit back during the long 3rd input. I think L L H H is easier to animation cancel out off the 3rd hit, but I rarely use it. I am thinking about swapping to HLLH as default attack instead.

I mostly use LHLH as default + HLHLH when longer window and throw in some HLLH. I think I will try doing more HLLH as my default go to move instead of LHLH during my next playthrough.

And think I will try to intentionally use LLHH with the forward dash a bit more (I think unidentified naytiba and stalker does a lot of running away, so should be good to try that combo more for those bosses).

I prefer the trials that show you the combo strings. I believe that this may scare off many new players. I was overwhelmed looking at the example video of the combo, but looking at it again. I believe, I can recreate the combo string from scratch, breaking it down move by move.

Once I get Hades I like mixing it with the added effect or elemental can't remember but basically it applies like all the debuffs like frog sleep confuse poison all at once and makes fighting most enemies pretty easy and can help with some bosses.

Deathblow + add cut on Vincent

My favourite go-to is Added Effect Contain, but Added Effect + Hades is fun.

All and cure it makes me happy I can cute them all

• MP Turbo + Comet, Quadra Magic + Comet, MP Absorb + Comet, W-Magic. Then fill the remaining slots with (Command) Counter + Mime. After limit breaks and KotR, this is the most powerful attack in the game. Ultima is stronger per hit, but Comet2 hits more times for higher total damage especially if your Magic stat is buffed.

• Added Effect + Contain, Elemental + Contain, both on a weapon. Randomized status effect and element added to every attack.

• HP Absorb + Master Command, Double Cut (unlinked). Lets you absorb HP when using 2x/4x Cut.

• Sneak Attack + Exit, for getting to 2222 escapes and making Chocobuckle a lot more useful.

• Added Effect + Seal when fighting magic users.

• Added Effect + Choco/Mog on a weapon adds paralysis to your physical attacks.

• Added Effect + Destruct on a weapon. Provided the Destruct materia does not have the Death spell unlocked, this will allow you to remove any beneficial spells (regen, reflect, etc) that an enemy has cast on themselves.

• Added Effect + Mystify on a weapon. Provided the Mystify materia does not have the Berserk spell unlocked, you'll have a chance to confuse an enemy every time you attack it.

• Steal As Well + Steal, Added Cut + Steal. Steal from an enemy twice and then attack them twice in a single turn.

• Quadra Magic + Gravity. Normally Quadra Magic decreases a spell's strength by half. But because the Demi spells do fixed damage based on how much HP the enemy has left, the damage they do is unaffected. This is a very powerful attack against enemies and bosses with high HP.

This is really good! My favorite part is the clever and quick usage of Coyote behind Dante after the demon gets pulled behind him. The timing was perfect!

I'm bad at sequencing on the fly, so this'll never be me lmao, good job!

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yoo this is actually pretty good man. good use of summoned swords here and the combos dont look too messy