The Beginner's Guide to Tactics Ogre Reborn (2023 Version) [Part 1- Basics]
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Published 2023-12-11
The most important takeaways here are that you can win about 90% of situations by just being aware of who is figuring who, and using Elements or Debuffs to tilt those matchups as needed. You can better control engagements with good positioning, which is why we're covering that second. I couldn't keep this one under an hour while covering both, believe me, I tried.
Many of these basics remain true for the whole game and into the post game. Like one of the few weapons it's worth buying a stack of is the basic Sticker, which might as well be called the Parrying Dagger. It weights almost nothing, and will almost always be a better option for your offensive wizards than the light shields they get. It's the lightest thing for that role until the rare Cursed Dagger in late Chapter 4.
I missed a couple of things, though:
1. The third damage type is Magic. Generally it's the most consistent, but scales it's damage the least. It's cheap move isn't the physical attack, but the debuff spells. Also it's worth noting that using their Meditate to fund things like Dagger and Hammer Finishers can make them great physical hitters as well. Not so great at taking those hits, though. Still funny to see a Gryphon get flattened by a Critical Ice Finisher from a Cleric, however (Likely why the later variants switch to Fire).
2. Always start by upgrading your Arm and Leg Guards. Even if you're running Gauntlets and Chain Leggings in chapter 4, the potential moves they unlock are amazing. Only upgrade what you've already got, you'll get plenty of free armor and weapons. Upgrades are cheap. The only weapons that always want upgrades are Ranged Weapons and Debuff Weapons. We'll cover more about the UI in the next one, but it's X or Square + Right or Left to move your menu over to that page to see if an upgraded weapon has a debuff.
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All Comments (21)
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Not worrying about buying equipment and taking a dagger for Wizard were good takeaways for me! <3
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For anyone wondering what instill to use, here's a quick chart Your Element -> Instill to Use ---------------------------- Ice -> Instill Fire Fire -> Instill Water Water -> Instill Lightning Lightning -> Instill Earth Earth -> Instill Air Air -> Instill Ice Light -> Instill Dark Dark -> Instill Light Basically, if you're ice, you take extra damage from fire. Instill fire gives you fire-touched (your physical attacks do an extra 25% damage as fire), and more importantly, fire-attuned (you take less damage from fire attacks, which ice is weak to). Rune fencers and valkyries are on the front lines and deal with this a lot, but shaman later on are super squishy and can use instills, too.
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Im suprised how much you get into this game for this long must really love it
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Thank you for another great guide!!
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Stone throwing is a good tip.
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I want to say I started tactics ogre reborn very recently due to resonant arc and I have been tearing through your video archive. It only just occurred to me I haven't mentioned it on any of the comment sections. Your stuff is SO high quality I'm gonna start doing so. Sorry for the notification flood but more people should be seeing these. Thank you so much!
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You had me at "Free zombie octopus"
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Hi. Already saw yoir videos on tactics ogre before and have tried emulating it, but failed to get into it (duebto the hardware that i was emulating it on which was just my phone). So now here i am earning some and i bought the game for the switch. Just want to thank for getting me into it. 😊
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thanks for this! i love the aesthetics of the game and everything but i suck at it.
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Thank you for continuing to make these guides. It helped to make the game less overwhelming when I was first getting into the PSP version couple years ago. Hopefully even more people discover your channel once the FF Tactics remake/remaster comes out :)
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Things I wish I knew when I started: 1. You can press your mouse's scroll-wheel button to rotate the camera view. I mostly play this game from a top-down perspective. 2. Crafting and selling Baldur Blowguns is an infinite Goth exploit. Look it up. 3. I played this game for 700 hours (so far) and the only items I use on all classes are: Mending Essence (Full HP potion), Dynast-King's Mead (inflicts Breached), Holy Water (Exorcises incapacitated Undead), and Blessing Stone (Revives incapacitated allies). 4. Use Loot Tables to see which enemies drop loot. There are a tremendous amount of "miss-able" items in this game. Also, use the Chariot Tarrot to re-try your previous moves to get difficult loot with low drop rates. Getting items on your first play-through helps to avoid having to World Tarrot back and grind missions you already completed. 5. Blue Buff Cards are broken. If you can get them safely, they are OP. However, don't get baited by them into positioning your units where they're going to die. 6. Read the Warren Report's "Talk" topics, and check for new ones often. They unlock a lot of content: Special missions, recruitable characters, etc. 7. Play this game with a guide(s) and videos like this one! I cannot stand spoilers, but there is simply too much in this game that can be misunderstood, and missed if you do not do certain things in exact order. I enjoyed my first play-through of this game without any guides, but I really had to replay the game a lot to go back and get a ton of things I missed. 8. Dialogue choice in the game are extremely impactful. The choices you make determine which story route you will go on, but also which characters will join you and what missions will open. 9. You will spend this entire game out-manned and out-gunned. You win by buffing your team and de-buffing the enemy. The level cap system in this game is despised by many players, but it makes the game more fun if you like a challenge. You cannot grind a bunch of side quests to get better equipment and gain a higher level advantage over your opponent. Try to fear, weaken, breach, etc. your enemies (lower their defense), while fighting to get buff cards and modify your damage any way you can (increase your offense). 10. Before a battle, take care to note the "Victory Conditions." There are powerful charms, bonus experience, Goth, and even items at stake! This is a low/no effort way to earn valuable rewards. 11. Watch CoffeePotato. He pretty much mastered this game so you don't have to if you don't want to.
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Let's gooo!!
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I have no idea what your aversion to timestamps is. It would make your videos so much more useful to the community
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lmao KoL2When. keep huffing them hopium mate, I'm with you.
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Thanks for the much needed guide! Btw "draught" is pronounced "draft"
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Hello, thanks for your vision!) Thanks to you, I started playing ogre tactics on PSP). please tell me, I've upgraded my team to level 31, and now I can't get through the last palace of the dead
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2:10 “[...] and Vyce, Versa”? Tactics Ogre reference
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You say diversity, but I've been running around with 10 knights with healing and the game hasn't hard countered me yet. In chapter 3 though, so I'll see if that changes. The archers still hitting me for 1 while bosses hit me for 600 has been pretty comical. The damage ranges in this game are wild.
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Farming potd while listening to your beginner’s guide nothing wrong with that. Keep up the good work 🤌🏽
