Favourite RPG attacks ever

Sim Kid · 05-29-2007, 12:44 AM

From the simple Hurt to Dragon Quest to Shiro Tagach-err I mean Vayne's CGI-attacks in Final Fantasy XII, what are your favourite attacks?

I'd have to say some of the coolest were from Skies of Arcadia. Silver Eclipse, Silver Binds, and Silver Tundra were very fun moves to watch, but you wouldn't want to be on the wrong end of them. It's strange that Silver Eclipse hit for more than Silver Tundra and Silver Binds did. If you got Ramirez to use Silver Binds or Silver Tundra, you'd wonder too...I'm wondering how Aika was even standing after Silver Tundra.

Perrin Aybara · 05-29-2007, 08:27 AM

Off the top of my head, definitely Lion Heart.

Near the end of FF8, that's the only attack I would use, heh.

Lion Heart + Invincible Moon = Win

It's like an even cooler version of Omnislash.

A lot of the summons in FF8 were awesome, too.

DOINK!-jay

***Ace Mercury*** · 05-29-2007, 09:43 AM

I usually think about my favourite RPGs instead of my favourite attacks. So, FF7's Super Nova and SMRPG's attacks come to mind. In terms of cool attack names, I'm thinking Shockwave Pulsar (FF8), Blade Storm + Lightning Bolt => Tempest (ToP), etc.

The Willful Wanderer · 05-29-2007, 10:28 AM

Being who I am, some of my favorites fall in the 'WTF' category.

From 'Rhapsody', we have 'Pancakes'. Yeah. Drop giant pancakes all over the battlefield. With butter on.

Out of Shining Force II, there's 'Bolt 3' which is the most awesomely huge-area'd spell evar, and 'Kiwi belched out a stream of flames!'... which is kinda self-explanatory.

From Grandia II, there's Tio's 'Chrysanthemum' and 'Death Dance' special moves (don't recall if that's precisely what they're called, but they are *very* fun).

Pokemon has the eternally-amusing concept of 'Dragon Dance'.

Valkyrie Profile has the hugest sprite EVAR doing 'Dread Dragon', nifty slashy stabbity doom in the ultimate 'Nibelung Valesti', and just plain coolness in 'Senko-Jin'.

Tales of Symphonia has the fun 'Pow Slash', where you attack with dual squeaky-hammers....

Of course, returning to Shining Force II, sometimes a confused character will 'Perform a Judo Throw'. Or in Shining in the Darkness, they'll occasionally bust out with 'Breakdances wildly' when confused.

For sheer DOOM, it's hard to beat a FFT Calculate-Flare or Calculate-Holy attack...

...except with KABOOM from Grandia II.

More later. ^_^

Sim Kid · 05-29-2007, 12:03 PM

^ANYTHING involving the Tales' Pow Hammers is awesome. If Pow Pow Hammer dealt damage, then Mint would be unstoppable.

***Ace Mercury*** · 05-29-2007, 12:10 PM

Now that I think about it, I was compiling a list of video games and exemplary spells:
ToP - Indignation
Super Nova - FF7
Shockwave Pulsar - FF8
Stasis Sword - FFT
Psyonic Storn - Starcraft (not really an RPG...)
Hurtmore - Dragon Warrior

I was thinking of making an RPG where you could use these spells as spellcards (i.e. one-use items). It's nice to know what people think are the spell from their favourite games. ^.^()

**Crazyswordsman** · 05-29-2007, 04:54 PM

-Luminaire
-X-Strike
-Dark Matter
-Volt Bite
-Dark Eternal

-CSM

Perrin Aybara · 05-29-2007, 09:36 PM

Luminaire and Dark Matter were both pretty sweet.

As are most of the CT attacks.

Oh, another awesome attack from FF8 - Devour! Heh.

Dammit, I need to play FF8 again.

From FF6, Bum Rush and Quadra Slam are fun. As is simply using the Atma Weapon, heh.

-jay

**Crazyswordsman** · 05-30-2007, 04:58 PM

^Illumina is even funner. It looks like a giant bat of pure power.

Oh, and for quick work of Red Nu Spekkio at low levels, Omega Flare is the attack of choice. And it looks so damn awesome. I also like the sound effect that plays during Delta Storm. And the Ice spells in CT are awesome (watching Marle shake her ass while she's casting it... weird). -CSM

**Galefore** · 05-30-2007, 05:58 PM

Ultima. *is shot*

Wyborn · 05-30-2007, 07:13 PM

Goner. Something about Kefka laughing up a shriveled version of his own head, followed by creation essentially collapsing.

**Crazyswordsman** · 05-30-2007, 08:10 PM

^^Luminaire kicks Ultima's sorry little ass. -CSM

**Galefore** · 05-30-2007, 08:54 PM

^I know that. I was joking. I have no real "favorite move".

Wyborn · 05-31-2007, 12:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crazyswordsman

^^Luminaire kicks Ultima's sorry little ass. -CSM

Not Kuja's.

***Booyakasha*** · 05-31-2007, 01:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Selene Starblade

From 'Rhapsody', we have 'Pancakes'. Yeah. Drop giant pancakes all over the battlefield. With butter on.

Wow, someone else who's played 'Rhapsody'. It's you and me against the world, baby.

My favourite attack in an RPG is Overlord's Wrath, from 'Disgaea'. Not that it's all-powerful or anything; I just think it looks hard as nails. I especially like Laharl's battle-cry--"Bite the dust!". Great stuff.

**Galefore** · 05-31-2007, 01:17 AM

^^True, I forgot about that.

Perrin Aybara · 05-31-2007, 08:45 AM

Kuja is a skanky ho of a crossdresser.-jay

Sim Kid · 05-31-2007, 11:23 AM

But his version of Ultima IS so far the best and most deserving of the title of "Ultima". Alot of the other times it's just been a demi-luminaire (FFT).

Chaos Deviot · 05-31-2007, 02:15 PM

Got to go with Brothers Summon from FF8. Nothing is funnier than a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors to a giant boulder attack. Speaking of Rock...

I actually can't think of any Quest 64 spells that were plain out awesome(which is ironic, since it's one of my top favorite rpgs of all time), but that's probably because few of the spells looked that awesome.

Dragon Warrior Monsters has some nice looking spells. BoltSlash and Lightning look equally sweet, as does Blizzard/WhiteAir/whatever-the-third-one-was.

Then there's Golden Sun. All of the spells look great...although sometimes the pixalation looks terrible, but I digress.

The Willful Wanderer · 06-01-2007, 11:07 AM

One More Final Battle
This right here.

AWESOME.

Also, it has lead me to this question that I have not yet found an answer for: What does the 'CC' in 'CC PLZ' stand for? I've been gaming for more than a couple years now, and I've never seen that anywhere else...

05-29-2007, 12:44 AM	#1
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 8,884 Thanks: 80 Thanked 198 Times in 122 Posts	Favourite RPG attacks ever From the simple Hurt to Dragon Quest to Shiro Tagach-err I mean Vayne's CGI-attacks in Final Fantasy XII, what are your favourite attacks? I'd have to say some of the coolest were from Skies of Arcadia. Silver Eclipse, Silver Binds, and Silver Tundra were very fun moves to watch, but you wouldn't want to be on the wrong end of them. It's strange that Silver Eclipse hit for more than Silver Tundra and Silver Binds did. If you got Ramirez to use Silver Binds or Silver Tundra, you'd wonder too...I'm wondering how Aika was even standing after Silver Tundra.

05-29-2007, 10:28 AM	#4
The Willful Wanderer Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Aisle 12, between the kumquats and the radicchio. Gender: Posts: 2,325 Thanks: 168 Thanked 137 Times in 90 Posts	Well... Being who I am, some of my favorites fall in the 'WTF' category. From 'Rhapsody', we have 'Pancakes'. Yeah. Drop giant pancakes all over the battlefield. With butter on. Out of Shining Force II, there's 'Bolt 3' which is the most awesomely huge-area'd spell evar, and 'Kiwi belched out a stream of flames!'... which is kinda self-explanatory. From Grandia II, there's Tio's 'Chrysanthemum' and 'Death Dance' special moves (don't recall if that's precisely what they're called, but they are very fun). Pokemon has the eternally-amusing concept of 'Dragon Dance'. Valkyrie Profile has the hugest sprite EVAR doing 'Dread Dragon', nifty slashy stabbity doom in the ultimate 'Nibelung Valesti', and just plain coolness in 'Senko-Jin'. Tales of Symphonia has the fun 'Pow Slash', where you attack with dual squeaky-hammers.... Of course, returning to Shining Force II, sometimes a confused character will 'Perform a Judo Throw'. Or in Shining in the Darkness, they'll occasionally bust out with 'Breakdances wildly' when confused. For sheer DOOM, it's hard to beat a FFT Calculate-Flare or Calculate-Holy attack... ...except with KABOOM from Grandia II. More later. ^_^

06-01-2007, 11:07 AM	#20
The Willful Wanderer Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Aisle 12, between the kumquats and the radicchio. Gender: Posts: 2,325 Thanks: 168 Thanked 137 Times in 90 Posts	Though, you know, if you want a real tour-de-farce... One More Final Battle This right here. AWESOME. Also, it has lead me to this question that I have not yet found an answer for: What does the 'CC' in 'CC PLZ' stand for? I've been gaming for more than a couple years now, and I've never seen that anywhere else...

05-29-2007, 08:27 AM	#2
Perrin Aybara Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Alone....so terribly alone... Some... where... out... there... dies Gender: Posts: 12,760 Thanks: 194 Thanked 504 Times in 235 Posts	Off the top of my head, definitely Lion Heart. Near the end of FF8, that's the only attack I would use, heh. Lion Heart + Invincible Moon = Win It's like an even cooler version of Omnislash. A lot of the summons in FF8 were awesome, too. DOINK!-jay

05-29-2007, 09:43 AM	#3
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,275 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I usually think about my favourite RPGs instead of my favourite attacks. So, FF7's Super Nova and SMRPG's attacks come to mind. In terms of cool attack names, I'm thinking Shockwave Pulsar (FF8), Blade Storm + Lightning Bolt => Tempest (ToP), etc.

05-29-2007, 12:03 PM	#5
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 8,884 Thanks: 80 Thanked 198 Times in 122 Posts	^ANYTHING involving the Tales' Pow Hammers is awesome. If Pow Pow Hammer dealt damage, then Mint would be unstoppable.

05-29-2007, 12:10 PM	#6
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,275 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Now that I think about it, I was compiling a list of video games and exemplary spells: ToP - Indignation Super Nova - FF7 Shockwave Pulsar - FF8 Stasis Sword - FFT Psyonic Storn - Starcraft (not really an RPG...) Hurtmore - Dragon Warrior I was thinking of making an RPG where you could use these spells as spellcards (i.e. one-use items). It's nice to know what people think are the spell from their favourite games. ^.^()

05-29-2007, 04:54 PM	#7
Crazyswordsman This key doesn't work. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Booyaville (yeah!) Gender: Posts: 10,791 Thanks: 1,019 Thanked 686 Times in 467 Posts	-Luminaire -X-Strike -Dark Matter -Volt Bite -Dark Eternal -CSM

05-29-2007, 09:36 PM	#8
Perrin Aybara Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Alone....so terribly alone... Some... where... out... there... dies Gender: Posts: 12,760 Thanks: 194 Thanked 504 Times in 235 Posts	Luminaire and Dark Matter were both pretty sweet. As are most of the CT attacks. Oh, another awesome attack from FF8 - Devour! Heh. Dammit, I need to play FF8 again. From FF6, Bum Rush and Quadra Slam are fun. As is simply using the Atma Weapon, heh. -jay

05-30-2007, 04:58 PM	#9
Crazyswordsman This key doesn't work. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Booyaville (yeah!) Gender: Posts: 10,791 Thanks: 1,019 Thanked 686 Times in 467 Posts	^Illumina is even funner. It looks like a giant bat of pure power. Oh, and for quick work of Red Nu Spekkio at low levels, Omega Flare is the attack of choice. And it looks so damn awesome. I also like the sound effect that plays during Delta Storm. And the Ice spells in CT are awesome (watching Marle shake her ass while she's casting it... weird). -CSM

05-30-2007, 05:58 PM	#10
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,275 Thanks: 1,361 Thanked 826 Times in 535 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Ultima. is shot

05-30-2007, 07:13 PM	#11
Wyborn Zelda Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: All over the place Gender: Posts: 12,388 Thanks: 87 Thanked 469 Times in 281 Posts	Goner. Something about Kefka laughing up a shriveled version of his own head, followed by creation essentially collapsing.

05-30-2007, 08:10 PM	#12
Crazyswordsman This key doesn't work. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Booyaville (yeah!) Gender: Posts: 10,791 Thanks: 1,019 Thanked 686 Times in 467 Posts	^^Luminaire kicks Ultima's sorry little ass. -CSM

05-30-2007, 08:54 PM	#13
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,275 Thanks: 1,361 Thanked 826 Times in 535 Posts Blog Entries: 5	^I know that. I was joking. I have no real "favorite move".

05-31-2007, 01:17 AM	#16
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,275 Thanks: 1,361 Thanked 826 Times in 535 Posts Blog Entries: 5	^^True, I forgot about that.

05-31-2007, 08:45 AM	#17
Perrin Aybara Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Alone....so terribly alone... Some... where... out... there... dies Gender: Posts: 12,760 Thanks: 194 Thanked 504 Times in 235 Posts	Kuja is a skanky ho of a crossdresser.-jay

05-31-2007, 11:23 AM	#18
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 8,884 Thanks: 80 Thanked 198 Times in 122 Posts	But his version of Ultima IS so far the best and most deserving of the title of "Ultima". Alot of the other times it's just been a demi-luminaire (FFT).

05-31-2007, 02:15 PM	#19
Chaos Deviot The Betrayer Join Date: May 2004 Location: Mt. Moon Gender: Posts: 1,812 Thanks: 171 Thanked 52 Times in 49 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Got to go with Brothers Summon from FF8. Nothing is funnier than a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors to a giant boulder attack. Speaking of Rock... I actually can't think of any Quest 64 spells that were plain out awesome(which is ironic, since it's one of my top favorite rpgs of all time), but that's probably because few of the spells looked that awesome. Dragon Warrior Monsters has some nice looking spells. BoltSlash and Lightning look equally sweet, as does Blizzard/WhiteAir/whatever-the-third-one-was. Then there's Golden Sun. All of the spells look great...although sometimes the pixalation looks terrible, but I digress.