Can You Beat Final Fantasy XIII without DEALING DAMAGE?! ☮️ FF13 Pacifist

With all of this Final Fantasy hype going on, let's try a full NO DAMAGE run of FF13! What could POSSIBLY go wrong?

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This RPG / JRPG game is on PS3, Steam and Xbox. The walkthrough guide was captured on the PC version with a PS5 controller. Five graphics enhancing mods were used, as discussed in the intro. Future challenge runs will include Final Fantasy XIV, XVI, VII Remake, Rebirth, FFXIII-2, Lightning Returns, etc!

No chocobo was harmed in the making of this video. Unlike Lightning, Sazh, Vanille, Snow, Hope & Fang.

00:00 Intro
01:16 Chapter 1
06:59 Chapter 2
09:25 Chapter 3
13:37 Chapter 4
17:10 Chapter 5
18:47 Chapter 6
19:50 Chapter 7
26:43 Chapter 8
28:57 Chapter 9
33:08 Chapter 10
36:42 Chapter 11
46:12 Chapter 12
49:52 Chapter 13
51:55 Final Boss
1:00:15 Ending

Rise voice by 15 AI.
#finalfantasy #challengerun #walkthrough #finalfantasy13

[RPGchallengeruns]

I was quite ill while recording this, soooo... I'm sorry!
Thanks for all of the nice comments and likes, it really keeps me motivated to make more of these! Cheers guys.

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[mythik]

Hey, FF13 speedrunner here! Great video, loved it! Here's a few little neat tips/tricks:

- For the Ushu 2 fight with solo Hope, you can just let it kill you.
- Having buffs applies during Eidolon fights certainly helps, because it increases your conditional chain modifiers (which are extremely important in Eidolon fights), but re-buffing them when already applies doesn't do anything! However, re-applying debuffs that you've already inflicted DOES increase gestalt (very good on Hecatoncheir), since infliction contributes to chain. AI SABs will not attempt to cast debuff spells on targets that they've already applied them to, however.
- For the party setup question, I'd probably have gone with the standard speedrun party of Sazh/Snow/Vanille, as Vanille's Imperil and other debuffs are absolutely busted (especially when paired with Bravery/Faith/Enspell), Snow's damage output tends to be higher than Fang's (plus he has RAV as a primary role), and being able to manually control Sazh's SYN is great. For a challenge like this, I would also probably get Sazh's Cure (for the low price of 21000 CP...) and optionally Snow's SYN for access to Protect and Shell. Vanille's COM is also quite nice if you want to fork over the massive amount of CP to get her Ruin.
- Fun fact about the Hecatoncheir fight - Vanille's Provoke (in SEN) actually builds gestalt. Yeah, that's a thing, it's also really slow, but it exists. Also, Eidolons don't actually have health per se, so things that just straight up increase your damage aren't much help.
- When you got to the Wladislaus and Sanctum Templar fight, it could have been avoided by activating a secret elevator in the top-left corner of the room (the large square area) ;)
- The first time Progenitorial Wrath is cast, it will always target a MED or a SEN. After that it's random. Fun mechanic Square, thanks! :)
- The ATB refresh mechanic you discovered during Orphan 2 is awesome! The way it works is, the first paradigm shift of a fight grants the whole party a full ATB bar. After that, you can gain more refreshes by shifting paradigms 12 seconds (in-game time) or more after your last shift. This is why you may have seen in speedruns, we'll often have two of the same paradigm - the ability to ATB refresh into the same paradigm can give you crazy potential with damage, chaining, etc.

All in all, fantastic video and I had a blast watching it. Thanks for making this!

[ChaosKnight]

"We're using Deceptisols and pretending all the enemies have COVID." I laughed my ass off at that.

[MercSet]

I'm about half way through, and Snow causing most of the fails is pretty on brand, honestly

[Jo_Jenk]

The music in final fantasy 13 just makes me want to go out on an adventure with some friends especially serahs theme 😢

[Someguyhere]

Light: "I'll do whatever it takes to save Serah as non-violently as possible!"

[alanfelts]

Just found your videos and really enjoy your dry sense of humor. "A plate of forged iron or steel worn over a coat of mail to protect the shoulder. Oh well I suppose that makes sense."

[eleventyseven]

The story and lore of this game (and trilogy) is so top notch! Overall i like 13 more than 15 or 16

[frog]

Absolutely adore FFXIII. It was my first FF game, so a little biased, but I just absolutely adored the game so much and still do! I remember playing it on the Xbox 360, and the game was on 3 separate discs which was something I had never seen before and that blew my mind. I didn't really understand most of the mechanics in the game (as I was like, 12 at the time) and I never actually beat the final boss because of it, but I still had so much fun with it. It will always hold a special place in my heart, and this video actually got me to finally download it (and eventually the sequels) after having them sitting in my steam library for like a year, just so I can properly re-experience the game (and actually beat the final boss this time).

[divinesoul]

I LOVE FF13 and I really enjoyed the trilogy! You rock with that challenge!

[Machinewashere]

I love how Blinded By Light is the only fight theme outside bosses and and a few select other fights

[ShinxCookie]

When XIII first came out I beat the game pretty much only using auto battle because I was young and dumb, and hated it. I tried it again last year after learning how to play it and loved the gameplay. It's so underrated.

The ATB thing you were talking about at 57 minutes is ATB Refresh. The first time you switch paradigms and then every 16 seconds after (I think) everyone gets a full ATB. It's so powerful and makes the game a lot faster and easier.

[SomeGuy]

This is my favorite final fantasy, and new favorite youtube channel :) Absolutely love this video, what an insane run to do!

[harveydent]

I’ve always loved the FF13 games! I’m glad so many people are starting to appreciate them now.

[ry]

That Bahamut fight getting to "0" doom, and still winning is incredibly impressive.

Would love to see some kind of XIII-2 challenge run. (good luck with the PC version though)

[Nautinthislifetime]

I absolutely love FFXIII. Lost track of how many times I have played it. Once I can pick the leader, Hope is always the leader. His magic is superb and he is a powerhouse in late game. I have Snow for the high HP and Lightning cause I just adore her.

[meowl]

I feel the need to point out a couple things with the Eidolon fights:

Generally speaking, doing damage isn't the intended way of raising the Gestalt meter. The gestalt meter is affected by the amount of stagger an attack has and another modifier unique to each fight, essentially relegating your effective roles to Ravager and [x] role depending on the fight. To that end the role that gives the most meter is actually based off of where the character is in their own arc within the story.

- For Snow, he continues to charge ahead with no thought, so to impress the Shiva Sisters he has to use Sentinel to take a step back and defend instead of rushing in blindly like usual.
- For Lightning, she's taking actions to reach her goal without regards for the people that her actions are hurting. As a result impressing Odin relies upon her taking up the role of Medic, healing Hope (who is ultimately the person most affected by her actions).

Needless to say the others follow suit with similar circumstances.

[brayantguevara]

Great vid, you've earned a new subscriber. Loved the MASSIVE DAMAGE, so here is a MASSIVE like. Keep it up

[aarondunne]

Damn, great time to find this. Love your videos and hope your channel grows real quick.

[Eskers]

This was so fun to watch and love seeing a fellow XIII fan! One of my favorites in the series, thanks for putting this together.