Boss Analysis # 52 

Wait. Did you just used the phrase "Bosses I love" and a fanservice character design on the Thumbnail to make a video about bosses that makes characters fall for them?

I like how the thumbnail basically hooked me here. *-what I'm I saying-* I'm here for the castlevania.

This made me think of an episode of Samurai Jack where the villains were a trio of sirens whose charm was so powerful they could take over the minds of any man, including Jack himself... ...EXCEPT, the Scotsman was immune, because he is simply THAT DEVOTED to his wife, and is thus incapable of thinking of any other woman as desirable.

I only play with Charlotte so Astrate wasn't an issue. But since she is immune to most magic I just farm up the skeleton musketeers near her door. They give a spell where you can summon them and they deal weapon damage. And good damage at that.

Astarte: "But... why? All men fall to their knees in lust!" OAA: *in a deep musculine voice* "That's because..." *removes helmet, proceeds to talk in a feminine, yet still rather deep voice* "I'm not a man." Speedwagon, out of nowhere: "What a superb use of deceit! Her helmet deepens her voice to a very manly baritone, while concealing her face! Nobody will believe she's a woman under that suit of armor!"

What if you: said "Temptation!" But Old Axe Armor said:

Charming bosses? Siren from Darkest Dungeon is one of them. She'll charm one of your party for a turn and have them attack the rest of the party. Works regardless of gender.

1:17 “How'd that work out for you?” There’s one rule with Whitney. If her Miltank isn’t attracting the crap out of you it’s either: steamrolling you, stomping on your face, or drinking milk constantly.

She's a boss with simple patterns and just one specific attack that takes control of one member of your party? Well she could get improved, so it's not much, but it's *Astarte.*

Castlevania videos will one day rule the world!

In Persona games, the charm status is extremely deadly there not just because your allies may attack each other, but because they can use healing spells on the enemy. The final boss of Persona 3 can charm a healer in your party, then the charmed healer uses a full heal spell on the boss. And said final boss is a LONG fight normally, so that's a lot of progress suddenly all for naught.

There is a theory about the old axe armor itself being male, whereas the person controlling it from inside being female, since on the score screens, there are the armor and Maria's portraits shown as a pair.

Clearly the reason that Astarte featured on git's "Bosses I love" section was because he too, was charmed.

Enemy: M'lady Charlotte: Proceeds to kill him

Imagine learning that your player character's bi or gay midway through a charmer boss like this

Astarte: (Goes to Gensokyo) The entire Touhou cast: You walked into the wrong neighbourhood, girl.

Haha Johnathan you are in love with the boss

One of the big Charmer bosses in Dragon Quest is Morag from 9, who's able to puff puff any of your party members, regardless of gender. She isn't too hard to beat if you know what you're doing, though. Also special mention goes to the Sirens in DQ8 when they attempt a puff puff on Jessica, where she will always win due to being better endowed.

Speaking of enemies and bosses, has Git ever covered the enemy type of Mimics or gloss over them? Didn’t realize how common they were across different types of games.

Astarte's Temptation seems a bit too good, they've charmed this git into making a video on why he loves her!

Senator Armstrong considers himself 3% charmable and 97% charming.

Astarte trying to land a charm on a fighter pilot..... Yeah. Good luck on that one

Zacchino: " I love y- " Charlotte: *Go to horny jail*

Astarte art on the thumbnail Git says "bosses I love" *There's a crapton of Charming?* Are we sure there weren't any stiffies here?

IIRC, you can actually snap Jon out of it by initiating the team attack (IIRC, it was called a dual crush, wasn't it?). Apparently, though he can't resist the legendary charms of this seducer... something compels him even more, and that's the awesomeness of executing a teamwork attack.

What I learned from this video? Attract can be a very powerful move in various games

Honestly, the whole 'woman no man can resist' trope is so annoying because it implies that the writers / game designers either forgot about gay men / asexual people or they're implying that the woman is SO gorgeous that it even makes gay / asexual people like them... which, no. That's not how that works. Also they like, forget lesbians exist with that trope too? It could be interesting if it was explored more in games. Like Sylvando from Dragon Quest *sometimes* being affected by the seducing moves but also not, implying that he's most likely bisexual. It adds depth to the gameplay and makes the characters more interesting too, having to strategize which characters are weak to what 'charming' moves to know when to defend / etc.

The fact that this RU-vidr is still doing videos is shocking to me. I've been cheerleading for years!

Ah, charming bosses... They can be a lot of trouble if you're not prepared.

11:04 "You could try taking her on with just your fists." *Ah yes, the good old fashioned wa... I mean, like a true gentleman* (I was actually getting torn between choosing a gender equality joke or this) Edit: if Dracula tried to charm Old Axe Armour, she would reveal that she's a trap and that he's a fool who fell for it, then Drac would instantly die from shame.

I wish there were more charmer bosses who'd mind control ladies instead of men. That'd be an interesting twist on the old trope.

"Despite what feminists tell you, there's plenty of them (females) around to maintain the peace" Liked.

"Immune to the dubious charms of a farm yard animal" is my favorite sentence in a long time... But man, I have never heard these things in Portrait, since I've always switched the voices to Japanese. They sound so weird in English. Maybe the Old Axe Armor has a female voice in the Japanese version? I never played that mode, and I didn't own the game so I couldn't go and check.

finally the booba video

I remember I beat Astarte with only Charlotte by use Clear skies spell and any strongest spells

There is a charmer boss in Final fantasy tactics advance, a game I'm surprised isn't on this channel, it's a mix of Final fantasy an vandal hearts, The charmer boss Charmed my entire team except for Marche, an he had to wallop my entire team an the boss by himself, it wasn't really fun but I won nonetheless.

I find it ironic that when Bloodstained was announced there were people complaining that they couldn't relate with Miriam or claiming that Castlevania games never had women in them yet here is Portrait of Ruin with FOUR of them (and Order of Ecclesia as well with Shanoa).

Jonathan Charlotte Jonathan Charlotte.

0/10 no thousand year door or Puyo Puyo reference (Don't ask me why but Charlotte especially while she is charging up remembers me so much of Arle)

24:20 I didn't knew Jill was a Castlevania character, maybe that is why she is so good with the hand axe in FE 9 and 10

There's also the Snow who guards the Alexander materia in FF7, although it's debatable whether she's actually a "boss" since Snows can also be encountered regularly. But the boss music plays for that particular one, so it counts!

Git: Oh thank goodness! A female hero to fight against the scourge Astrate! Female: *Is a lesbian* Git: FUCK!

Old Axe Armor using their axe like a flamethrower to deal damage is kind of funny to me, and I don't know why.

I remember dying to Astarte a lot because I didn't realize I had to switch to Charlotte to avoid getting chamed.

While not technically a "Charmer Boss", in Splatoon 1, your playable character is a 14 year old Inkling named Agent 3 because Nintendo didn't want the NPC's to have to call you your Nintendo account name. As you go through the campaign, you might get attached because she is your playable character, and courtesy of Splatoon being a shooter, is very vulnerable to enemy attacks, with basic Octotroopers able to kill in 2-3 hits if you are unarmored. Fast forward to Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion endgame, and she is controlled by the main antagonist and pit against you in a 1v1 desperate bid to stop you escaping to the surface of Inkopolis!

A new Git video? And it's based off Castlevania? Must be an early birthday present.

In Icewind Dale 2 charm doesn't work very long on any character. But the nightmare begins, if paladin in your party sees charmed character... Of course, he will try to kill him/her. Worst part of it - he will try to kill that character even AFTER Charm wears out!

I like how Astarte kinda walks to the rythm of the music, looks menacing and badass! really cool boss fight

Finally some more Dragon Quest! Please keep it up!

If you're short on charmer bosses, south park tfbw has you covered, including a charmer super boss Yeah that game was a ride

One of the most infuriating charming boss i've encountered as a kid was Lady viper in Denpa men 2 She could easily beat your entire team with full-party wind spell and the charm effect preventing your team from using actions

3:37 Why does Whitney get all the credit? I found her piss easy! It’s Claire that’s the real threat of gen 2

Ah, I remember Astarte. Since I rarely ever used the "Talk" feature in PoR's pause menu, I didn't even know there was special dialogue for if Jonathan was hit by Astarte's "charm" technique. Without using a guide, I pretty much figured out most of the game by aimlessly wandering, all those years ago on my very first playthrough. It's also nice to hear that you're still using *Meteos* music, whoisthisgit! Now that's a nostalgia-trip.

I always hate charm spells: I can live with things like poison, paralyze, fire, etc, but having my character lose control and kill himself through no fault of my own is maddening. Earthbound had the worst example: having to go back through a tunnel with my controls constantly changing to be healed.

Is the Axe Armor being a girl a joke about the game being a Metroidvania?

i have never played a castlevania game before, and this is the first i’ve ever heard of this “old axe armor” person, but am i now headcanoning them to be nb? yes, yes i am.

5:28 This plan may work until..... THE LESBIANS HAVE TO FIGHT HER

that maria scream (when killed) is terrifying...

I can think of a few more bosses that use the Charm effect. You probably know about Fiore "Why Did Braev Hire This Guy" DeRosa, a Red Mage without the stylish hat who may be a future topic of discussion. Charm is a staple in D&D, with the effect making its victim friendly toward the caster, and the boss I'll discuss here is from Dungeons & Dragons Online. But he doesn't use it on you, he uses it to turn NPCs against the party. Dariel is a boss in the quest "Partycrashers". He's a Tiefling wizard, disguised as an elf named "Malior d'Phiarlan", out to attack the House Phiarlan gala and kill the Viceroy with his own brainwashed guards. He's one of three assassins you can detect before telling Cyan the coast is clear, and you get bonus experience for killing him early, and even more bonus experience for not killing any of the guards. If you detect him early at the party and use Bluff or Intimidate to bait Dariel into the library, you can safely kill him in there; it's best to use single target attacks on him. The guards aren't immune to effects like Hold, Hypnotic Pattern, or a Bard's Fascinate song, so using them can make it easier to spare their lives. In the Epic version of the quest, any arcane spellcasters and Bards can set up Otto's Sphere of Dancing, which is even better. If you don't kill Dariel then, he shows up in the end fight, along with any other assassins you didn't kill. If you didn't take out the Tieflings in the private rooms either, you can very quickly be overwhelmed by sheer weight of numbers. Aside from his Charmed guard minions, Dariel isn't that interesting; he's a typical caster boss, throwing attack spells as well as Hypnotism and Hypnotic Pattern. He resists Electricity and Fire a bit, but not enough to justify changing up what spells or weapons you use. He can also cast Blur, so characters with melee or ranged attacks will find True Seeing helpful to avoid that pesky 20% miss chance. He's classified as an "orange named" Mini boss, so he can be affected by status, and even "save-or-die" effects like Phantasmal Killer- which Wizards may have already! As a caster, he likely has higher Will saves, but lower Fortitude and Reflex.

Can you do an annoying video game character focused on Yuka from Corpse Party?

Dragon Quest 9 has an early boss called Morag that is capable of using puff puff on any party member, but the effect is merely losing a turn because at this point, your adventure has just started. 11's Dora-in-Grey, however, doesn't have such a restriction: her signature charm works on everyone, 100% of the time. In fact, her AI is programmed to target Sylvando, who is the only party member that can remove it without breaking a sweat. The worst charm boss in Dragon Quest was retroactively added in 8's 3ds port: Jessica in memoriam. Her puff puff has been upgraded to always work on male characters. This seems like a good time to mention that 4 out of 6 playable characters in the game are male. And you're not allowed to have a party smaller than 4 members. And she's a boss you unlock by beating the game's original superboss, so the rest of her moves aren't weaker to compensate for the fact that half your party's trying to kill you. Aside from DQ, the only charm oriented bosses are Persona 4's Kunino Sagiri, who can charm three members of your party at the same time (which isn't fun at all) and Bravely Default/Second's Ba'al Turtle Dove, who has a unique charm spell that causes a party member to fall so madly in love with another that they'll use the same moves as them (which makes for an interesting battle)

My opinion of Astarte....... Frustrating. I mainly used Jonathan for fighting, and barely used Charlotte (R.I.P). However, this boss made this annoying, because of it's mechanic to charm Jonathan. I Ree at the thought of Astarte all the time.

24:38 Nice chainsaw axe

Another Charm Boss that is worth mentioning is Ishtar from SMT Strange Journey Redux. She has two Moves that can cause charm and another move that kills anyone that is charmed , which also replenishes her health depending on how much HP the victims had.

A Castlevania whoisthisgit upload, on my birthday? This is a dream come true

Who would win? Ancient entities capable of charming anyone with their sexual might OR one asexual enby in armor

richter mastered the art of speed

got in so early video's still at 360p lmao. anyway very good video as always!

By the way, the art style for the thumbnail reminds me of the Wario games. Pretty cool.

Dragon Quest 6 and 7 allows you to use Puff-Puff by male characters and it's a damaging move scaled by level.

Charming women only? Oh, that's the job for the best admiral in the Valuan fleet, Vigoro! There's other games where gender has an effect, such as Ultros only targeting female with single target Tentacle attack in FF VI or trolls in Dragon's Dogma being excited at the view of a woman (or a man for their DLC variant)

Maybe some greek gods could charm ladies ? Zeus used to turn into a lot of things to get some ladies after all

I saw that batgirl thingy and it's seduce attack and that alone convinced me to buy Dragon quest xi. No joke.

To do list: Tame some birds Have an axe on hand Win game

5:24 - Oh dear Lord I can just imagine how a situation with Astarte vs Amy would go... she beats the hell out of her and then proceeds to destroy Sonic with it for daring to fall for her magic. XD

Unrelated but who else wants too see a castelvania maker and you choose who you want to play as?

Charmer Bosses huh? I know that Ishtar from Strange Journey Redux has caused people to rage because of Alluring Squall

WOOOHOOOOO More Boss Analysis Action By Whoisthisgit

Not a Charmer boss per se, but back when I played World of Warcraft, there was a boss in the Burning Crusade in the Shadow Labyrinth called Blackheart the Inciter. He was a two-headed ogre mage who had an ability called Incite Chaos. When he used it, you and your party would lose control of their characters and they would run around attacking each other briefly.

24:19 axe armor trans?

I remember fighting that boss before. What I did differently though was that before I entered Astarte's room I removed all of Johnathan's gear and then just play as Charlotte (which I always did anyway). I know that sounds kinda dumb, but that was the best strategy I could think of back in the day.

I love this git.

i wonder what would happen if Astarte tried to seductively charm... Kirby?

So since charm is basically manipulate the opposite gender character to do the boss's bidding, I wonder if there's a boss that use hypno powers to hypnotize the hero to fight his allies, ignoring their gender

Does that mean even Ganondorf would fall into Astarte's spell? I kinda doubt it. But now that I think about it, they'd make a good couple.

Say, do you could do an analysis on Mysterious Figure?

AND HERE WE GO AGAIN XD MORE TORTURE! XD

Does zombification in Breath of Fire count as "charm"?

I want to see more of these "attraction charmer" enemies and bosses fail because their target is homosexual. This isn't done NEARLY enough.

I am currently playing Portrait of ruin for the 1st time, and I`m at Astarte RN, trying to beat her as Jonathan 1st (without switching into Charlotte even to avoid the charming), it feels easy until she sends out the charming attack *right* when you`re in a position where its almost unavoidable. Beating her as Charlotte is easy mostly due to her slow strut, just fully charge up a spell with good range and decent damage till she comes near you, then blast it onto her once she is in range and quickly run away before her attacks hit you (Personally I have poisonous bubbles RN and its working wonders on bosses & enemies alike, and it works on Astarte quite well too). But as Jonathan.... hitting her and avoiding her attacks is not too hard, but that charm attack mostly comes out right at the worst moments.

Based Git

Regarding "charming bosses" there's the Ancient Devil from Golden Sun:Dark Dawn, it can use an attack called Devil Sign that allows him to bring one of you characters on its side, a pretty nasty superboss that can also attack twice per turn and loves spamming the Haures summon that can inflict the poison status and deals lots of damage.

That fight....I would advise you not to use Johnathan but.....

Lmao the cat fight 27:00

The armour is a lady if you watched the latest season of castlevenia. The viking dracula lady is wearing it and it's one heck of a badass armour.

Hey, I was just thinking about getting into the series! are you some sort of psychic or something?

I'd like to point out the Long Spear in Portrait of Ruin is completely jacked for when it shows up. Not hard to find either, being just a two-star drop.

Tbh surprised the Siren from Darkest Dungeon didn't make an appearance here. Cool video tho.

26:00 Hammer: Dracula, I'll send to hell! 26:03 Alucard: Father! Do you intend to make Mother weep even more from beyond the pale!? 26:06 Jonathan: Get a grip, Charlotte! You spend most of your time with a handsome guy next to you! BONUS: Albus: You will suffer to your last heartbeat, vampire!

Just imagine the nightmare that would be a game where every ennemies, not just bosses, are charmers...