How I Beat the Hardest Challenge in NieR:Automata (Special Rank)
This is me talking about the Special Rank in NieR:Automata. I don't usually make videos with my voice over them, so hopefully it isn't too cringe for you.
At a point I was actually gonna give up, because I thought it wasn't worth it. I am beginning to think that perhaps this feeling of almost giving up is exactly what Yoko Taro intended. It's supposed to be a reference to how life is pointless and sometimes not worth it. But the answer as to why do we keep on living is: "We just do."
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So after beating this grueling gauntlet, trying and failing for hours, getting oneshot by stuff out of my control and finally getting a victory, the game just goes: "lmao here is some garbage". I swear you can hear Yoko Taro laughing in a corner at us quietly.
@KertorYT
Жыл бұрын
Yoko Taro did a [miniscule] amount of trolling.
@returnedtomonkey8886
Жыл бұрын
So I dodged a dissapointment by not bothering with this arena.
@EntheogenShaman
Жыл бұрын
@@returnedtomonkey8886 it's worth it, you just don't get it. You have to have at least a 146988 IQ
@PatrickRatman
Жыл бұрын
@@returnedtomonkey8886 i mean, by the point that you've grinded for the ability to beat this arena i don't really think theres much more the game can give you. the only real reason you'd be doing this arena is so you can say that you beat it lol.
@odynzeyez6259
Жыл бұрын
You get phenomenal rewards in this game. Not sure what you mean by garbage but the experience alone is priceless. To me, your mentality is ruining the gaming industry no offense intended.
The way you turned Yoko Taro's idea of giving a bad reward for an insane challenge into a way to help people reminds me of ending E a lot. Thanks for making this.
The most annoying thing about this is that the reward (or well, part of it) is a bunch of items to lower your level, which you can use to reset all the way back to the beginning if you wish while still keeping everything else. The truest form of NG+ in the game, and it's locked behind this gauntlet that feels borderline impossible to beat. Most people say the reward is bad, but as a genuine NG+ enjoyer this is mildly infuriating to me.
@herb2627
Жыл бұрын
That’s the point 💀
Imagine beating this gauntlet and then giving up all your save data... This is definitely one of those challenges most people probably straight up said no to, including me. But props to every person who took up the challenge and beat this. You guys are inspirational. Maybe one day I'll try this monstrosity. Great video! God bless you!
@_.9S._
Жыл бұрын
And after you beat it and get the rewards, Yoko Taro laughs saying "Congrats on beating this challenge, here's some garbage." XD
@homecomin
Жыл бұрын
The worst part right now is that I would love to compare the build I used to his but that's literally impossible since the save is gone :(
@_.9S._
Жыл бұрын
@@homecomin My condolences to you.
@nobodycares3333
Жыл бұрын
I mean if you can beat this level U can ultimately beat whole game blindfolded 💀
@_.9S._
Жыл бұрын
@@nobodycares3333 Ohhh I'm determined to beat it, I must for the glory!
Your editing and message perfectly captures what NieR: Automata means. Thank you. That was beautiful.
@KertorYT
Жыл бұрын
Glad you like it!
Oh god this mission. This was like the ultimate despair finding out there was more after the tank.
@kurose1
8 ай бұрын
On god dude i found out and instantly said yeah i’m never beating this
Damn, I’m surprised this doesn’t have more views, it’s really well done! Also, thanks for the encouragement! I’ve been working on this for the past 4 hours or so, and no luck. I haven’t been using overclock chips though, so that might help if I did that
I love how I looked at the title and said "wait, I never finished special rank now that I think about it!" then I watched the video and said :.... yup that's why I never finished it" good job to you for doing it though
Amazing video, I really liked the callbacks to ending E at the end, "It's just a silly game" "It's meaningless in the end" Really nice touches
I can say as nier veteran, learning all waves and then doing everything correct is after the chips the most important part, that's why i did it even with 9S. Great Video to show how we suffered and when i say nier is hard, then i mean this special arena 😆.
This video is so well made dude. I'm surprised it doesn't have more views.
And here I was stuck on S rank, thinking I was almost done, and I see this...Special Rank. I'm gonna go grind and thanks for the tips
The problem for me is not even the difficulty, but the grinding necessary for diamond chips, i don't know why they made it so rare to get
0:32 or you can keep murdering a certain gold bunny in the amusement park to level up fast
@SamuelLing
Жыл бұрын
Use 9s for this, two hits and it’s dead
@nosrah9660
Жыл бұрын
Yup, this is the strat
@baughbsandersguy
Жыл бұрын
Once you get to level 60 you can get to 99 in like 90 minutes
Little Jimmy did the grindset thing and now has reached level 130. He's still little, but now he has no fear to those androids bastards
Bro this challenge really drained the sanity out of me. You know I'm no longer in the right mind when I decided to give A2 more clothes (Nier's outfit) instead of taking away what's left from her
@KertorYT
Жыл бұрын
Sometimes you gotta decide what really matters. Winning or "winning"
I like this video a lot. I did this also around the time you did for the first time ever with a setup I grinded out in around 60hrs total playtime (with story finished ofc). Spreading out the grind sessions really made this a lot more comfortable of an experience 128/128 space used HUD is basically all you'd ever need: OS chip HP Gauge Skill Gauge Enemy Data Minimap Objectives additionally: Weapon Attack Up +8 Critical Up +8 Shock Wave +8 Offensive Heal +5 (more than enough heals) Auto Heal +2 (this doesn't work for arena but is nice QoL for casual gameplay, I dislike the heal potions even if you can spam them really fast) Overclock +3 Overclock +4 (they stack, so more efficient than a +8) Taunt Up +8 they all have to be diamond ofc but eh, could be worse. Managed to do the gauntlet in around 3hr with this setup and some practice, abusing the enemy spawns etc to move on quickly and as safe as possible
I've been trying to beat the special rank on and off for a few years now, I'm at the point were I can reliably beat the beach ball and reach Adam and Eve but those 2 feel borderline impossible to read I swear. Props for beating it!, Also yeah the spiders that come with the 1st boss are by far the main run enders for me, those things are hell.
@dane4652
Жыл бұрын
Much respect for your determination over the years. The issue, however, is that games and persistence for them can definitely take from the life one leads. Hope all is balance for you.
A work of art 👍👍👍 awesome video and i think you are one of the best players in NieR 👑
Very nice video! Had to watch it to see how people trained to beat this special arena. Myself, I say no to beating this after trying for 8 hours. I lost all patience. But kudos to you who beat it! Incredible!
I am amazed at the level of patience of some people. Great job!
"You have the option of giving up. There is almost no merit in suffering for the sake of something you will likely not be acknowledged for. More skilled players than you have tried and failed, reaching despair time and time again. It is... illogical to go further. ...Knowing this, do you still wish to continue?" [ Yes ] [ No ] "..." "And are you really sure about this decision? " "..." [ Yes ] [ No ] "Very well. Then, player ********, your will has been recorded. May you take pride in the fact that you did not lose hope. You have taken the weight of the world upon your shoulders and remained steadfast to your convictions. This world, and everyone in it, thanks you."
@AlaraCameron
Ай бұрын
I'm not crying, you're crying 😭
@Ww_Epsilon_wW
Ай бұрын
@@AlaraCameron Y-You’re such a baby! U-Unlike me! Waaa! 😭😭😭
@gotem123
27 күн бұрын
Beautiful
@Ww_Epsilon_wW
27 күн бұрын
@@gotem123 Thank you. I really liked the ending scene from the game. It was so surreal and immersive.
@gotem123
27 күн бұрын
@Ww_Epsilon_wW I know man, it's so beautiful. Never have I ever cried so hard and as much to anything as I have to NieR:Automata. I love how the whole game it is enforcing the idea of nihilism, and how everything, in the end, is pointless... that there is no meaning. But then, at the end, the very very end, as the game is barraging you with messages asking if it's all pointless, asking if you admit there is no meaning, you get the offer... A distant person, someone you've never met, offering to help you at the hardest time. One by one, they surround you, the chorus of their voices echoing out, as they guide you to the one true ending. The future is what you make it. In a single move, the game flips the ideas it has been pushing on its head, and my goodness, it is one of the most beautiful moments of all time. Thank you, Yoko Taro, thank you.
Your writing made me laugh a lot! Awesome work. I just finished Automata 100% and wanted to see how others did. This video made my day!
I've beaten the game 3 times and gotten all the steam achievements and I never even knew these special levels exist in the game
Leaving a like and subscribe because that Vergil’s theme moment was gold.
Also surely the flashlight taunt is because 2B and 9S don't have taunt poses? Might be wrong though.
Great video and a great run
13:52 What did you mean by use debug mode to win? I haven't figured out how to do anything with debug mode except turn invisible and also I don't know how to turn invisible inside of the game only in that debug mode.
I firmly believed this was impossible. It was cool seeing Shades from replicant again though when I first did this back then.
amazing vid!
I remember grinding the hell out of this way back when and eventually got it. Wasn't done with the game, I used the rewards to do a minimum level playthrough of the whole game (I tried to stay at level 1 the entire game but that was hard.) I finished route C at level 25 ish. Also, not a fan of your taunt take. A2's taught has plenty of benefits. It activates in a sphere around her so enemies behind or high above you will all get taunted. You can reliably taunt enemies before they land on the stage. Depending on the weapon, it's faster too. Bracers are fastest but short swords aren't far behind. It doesn't require constant mashing of a button and it's stylish as fuck. Farming routes for Nier are aren't too well known so I figured most of my own out. There's guys outside the forest castle that drop offensive heal. There's the easy af overclock farm which I did early in my VH playthrough in the underground factory. Then I used the desert special rank to farm everything else up. It didn't take too long to max diamond my chips. (and I might have gotten a WR too while doing that. 210 kills was my max) Only fond memories of that time. The special rank arena is super fun.
@KertorYT
Жыл бұрын
Yeah the spamming way to taunt isn't ideal, just what I prefer. Glad you found your own stylish way to play on this hellish arena. Fond memories indeed.
The hardest challenge is the ending credits without help imo..
@KevinMarzelino
9 күн бұрын
😂
All my homies hate the spider bots
@jayc4432
3 ай бұрын
I swear this video is the only thing keeping me sane
@jayc4432
3 ай бұрын
I got to the second boss for the first time today!! A sparkle of hope has been lit!
HI kertor! amazing video! through an entire year i been trying to beat this level and I'm just half the way, but I'm not done yet, and i want to watch the end of your video... But I think i won't, and try a little more by myself. I hope one day, I can upload a video showing how I beat the level, just like you. somehow, it motivates me. TY! P.d. Can you share the farming spot for the overdrive chips?
17 minutes ago, I didn't realize this existed. Man I miss 17 minutes ago.
Evasive System chip would be quite useful. It slows time whenever you're near projectiles.
Great video ❤️👍🏻
nothing makes me wanna watch a video more than it opening with city ruins ost
You did a good job editing this video and I felt your drive. Your voice is fine. You've given me a challenge I didn't know existed that I am excited for.
@KertorYT
Жыл бұрын
Appreciate it! Thank you!
at this point, all I am able to say is, well played!
Minimum wage front desk worker had me rolling
Mad respect my dude
Tip from me on the final fight. Instead of relying on berserk mode i recommend switching up to Last Stand plug in (+ attack when you're below 25% HP). What I did was leave a single dino machine before the fight, and stale it without healing from offensive heal until berserk mode suck me dry. Using Last stand will give you same results as berserk mode ( I think ?) but you don't need to be pressured into healing yourself. And additional "chance" that berserk mode gives in my testing becomes useless when fighting adam & eve. Usually they pinned me down before I could do anything. Also using Last stand can give you more space to squeeze something in, case you also don't need to use hp bar. I highly recommend the plugin that slows time when you're near projectiles. Makes it way easier to overclock range attack from Eve (Adam is kind of easy)
I did it with the most broken glass cannon build i have ever seen and of course exploiting efficient stacking had so much space left that hardest thing was thinking what else would be useful rather than overly painful grinding
When I first tried this challenge, I thought that the tank battle was the end 8f the challenge. It took me 4 days of trying to beat it and when I finally did, turns out there was a lot more still. I just stopped playing and considered this to be my win for the challenge.
Now the grindset is done
Thank you for creating this video. I especially like the way you narrate it and call the bots stupid and spiders and all kinds of other things. Great video.... i subscribed and liked it. FYI i am huge nier automata fan.... just started playing the actual game though.
damn I really didnt know nier automata would be so in depth even after all the ending I wish didn't sell my ps4. I could have kept this 1 game only and the console it self damn Ty for this vid. I have to save up for a decent pc to play this game tho.
I love his story telling omg😂
I salute you, soldier.
Great video
Meanwhile in dmc 5 finishing the bloody palace will just reward you a taunt :)
good job thank you for a video well made
Great job I’ve tried but gave up when I seen how long it would take to grind out the levels plus I couldn’t get a final weapon or something and got mad and quit lol
I only remember the ceo descend as a god on this part. Didn't play the other missions.
I tried to do a let's play of this and I kept getting a copyright claim due to niers music. How did you avoid the claim?
these guy is a beast myfuckinggod HOW JUST HOW MAN ITS SO HARD I CANNOT EVEN PASS THE 4TH WAVE OR THE 1ST BOSS MAN WHAT IS THIS MANNNNNN
Respect for the burna boy auto suggestion
I laughed so hard at the little timmy and close the sound, so true😂
What do you consider the hardest challenge? What is this timed challenge and how do I do it myself
Loved how at 4:00 “baby shark and blippi” pop up lol
I love this video and I thank you for making it but what do you even get for beating this challenge in nier you usually get something so what is it if it is anything?
@KertorYT
Жыл бұрын
You get hair coloring xd
This is hilarious 😂 "Unless you're asain"
I'm still level fifty but I got interested because I was thinking of using these tips for the lower levels...and I'd also like to know what the rewards are.
@XxExtremeSamX
Жыл бұрын
Not much, apparently. Someone posted about it on Reddit 5 years ago.
@QyTheQTpi
Жыл бұрын
the reward are 10 consumables that allow you to level down from 99 all the way to 1. So it can be a way to enjoy a "NG+" run with all the stuff you already have by just skipping back to the first chapter
@rustygear447
Жыл бұрын
I recommend using EXP boost chips as many as you can for lower level. The stats from leveling up is better than any boost chips you can get.
Cara…😳 Eu só chego até o Tank.😧 E pensei q o Tank era a o último Inimigo do Desafio.😲 Depois de ver sua Gameplay pós passar do Tank…existe mais inúmeros desafios.😮 Com isso desisto desse desafio Colossalmente Impossível par mim..😅😅😅 Te dou um parabéns de verdade por esse Feito Magnificamente Impressionante.😃😃😃 Não é pra qualquer….tem meu Respeito e orgulho.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😌
level 99 is not that hard if u farm the bunny
The reward is not the item that you get in the game, but the feeling you've already beat it
Uh…..how do you get A2 to enter the arenas? Every time I’m using A2, I’m not allowed to enter the elevators that go to the arenas.
I look at the special rank enemy… they’re Shades from Replicant
You have a good voice man
Oh hey, yeah. This took hours but honestly not the grinding part. Tbh, I don't think I did much grinding at all but maybe I didn't need to as I did literally everything the game had to offer beforehand. I wish I could go back to check but THERE IS NO SAVE FILE ANYMORE
This crab is hell even on easy. I have no intention to bump up the difficulty and start it all over again
The bosses looking like gestalts from NieR Replicant
I'm barely competent at the game so the fact there's this one set of near impossible challenges bugs me
theres a programm u can use to get diamond chips for all types aswell as level ur weapons if u just want to go special rank
My playtime is 100+ hours and did everything,every weapon upgraded etc as far as I remember and I do not have the dlc,lol,I guess I just wasted all those hours wandering around away from missions and story and playing with the camera angles to sneak a peak,you know what I mean.
I love Emil (The Homie)
I gave up. I kept trying to jump into the hole with the pipe in the middle to follow the quest and it would just error out and shut the game down. I tried way too many times, different ways each time after researching online for a fix.
4:00 had me feeling motivated
LEZZGOOOOO VERGIL OST
What is the background soundtrack used? I am not familiar with Nier series so if it's from that, I wouldn't know.
@maltron66
6 ай бұрын
First song is "City Ruins (Rays Of Light)", second one is "Song Of The Ancients (Atonement)" and the third is an 8-bit version of "Weight Of The World". Oh, and there's also a little bit of "Bury The Light" thrown in there too. :P
Wait a second you can get your deleted save data back ? Even after ending E?
There goes my social life
You did it on SWITCH ?
Whitch version of Weight of the world is this at the end of the video?
@KertorYT
Жыл бұрын
Ending E version
What's the music playing?
I used 9S all the way thru rank A wayy underleveled (lvl50), took me a while to get there since you have to hack all the time and you can only dmg them when they're stunned or on fire cause of the hacking chips but its doable if you feel like you dont wanna lvl edit: After a while I got to lvl 99 and tried the same method (hacking and stunning with 9s) but its much more difficult, the bosses have their own special hacking game which are hard to beat... so if you're reading this I'd suggest you try the method shown in the vid unless you're a pro hacker.
@lankiestfella9797
Жыл бұрын
You shouldnt hack bosses, 9s can handle them without hacking, hell ive seen 9s runs with no hacking or shockwave and they are all pretty decent
@DominikFXO
Жыл бұрын
@@lankiestfella9797 yeah but then its much more harder considering 9S doesnt have berserk mode thus making battles more drawn out and at some point your gonna let down your guard
@lankiestfella9797
Жыл бұрын
@@DominikFXO you should only hack to crowd control with a stun chip, thats the best crowd control in the game, against bosses, you do too little damage for hacking to be worth it, so just combo the shit out of the boss or use the jump+half evade+ attack trick to delete a health bar, he has his own ways around those bosses without hacking
@lankiestfella9797
Жыл бұрын
@@DominikFXO and yes, it is harder to do with 9s, but he has his tools
I never managed to beat Special Rank despite being lv.99 and trying for way too long, I made peace with it lmao
"hearing the robots yell is a god awful way to spend your afternoon" naw fam, I wanna hear the moment they shut down for good, their "death" as if they understand it
0:44 Yoo I have the exact same save files. The first play-through I was trying to 100% the game but I ended up with all the endings except for “Y” cause I was too into the game and couldn’t help myself but to help Emil. So, I had to start another save file to get all endings.
If you're lvl99 and you have a defense +8 chip with hp +8 chip you can survive one hit
😢... so much... beauty... ☺
I remember spending so long on this and basically just brute forced it until I did it
Hello, I’ve a question. How to reset the colosseum? I played several times in desert colosseum special rank ( normal difficulty) but only get the rewards on the first time win the colosseum. Or I need to change the difficulty to hard or veryhard.
@KertorYT
10 ай бұрын
Changing the difficulty should get you more rewards, yes!
@uctungnguyen2705
10 ай бұрын
@@KertorYT I found the answer. Is defeat 150+ enemies in every difficulty ( maybe ) to take a reward.
I give up at completing this stuff, I just turned my save into orbs for other instead
What is that ricocheting black bullet thingy at 2:45 ?
@maltron66
6 ай бұрын
It's the laser pod's charged attack.
what do you get?
Fortunately,the parry mechanic is quite easy to master
when you show your save file, what is that weird letter next to the Z 😮
@maltron66
6 ай бұрын
It's the DLC ending (the memories of Plato 1728).
i might be wrong but , what is on the thumbnail is not in the video right ? :c
@KertorYT
Жыл бұрын
You aren't wrong. Sorry for false advertising :c