Imp Equipment is Really Meant for Gau

[Sh1nRa358]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imp

"The Old English noun impa meant a young shoot or scion of a plant or tree, and later came to mean the scion of a noble house, or a child in general."

Gau was the son of a nobleman who by accidentally killed his mother during childbirth through natural causes. Gau is still child status.


" and by the 17th century, it came to mean a small demon"

His father called him a demon for his appearance and because the mother died during his birth.


"Originating from Germanic folklore, the imp was a small lesser goblin. Imps were often mischievous rather than evil or harmful "

He is a hero but often antagonizes Cyan out of pure fun.


"Imps are often shown as small and not very attractive creatures. Their behavior is described as being wild and uncontrollable"

Gau's father didn't like his appearance. Gau's father abandoned him into the wild. You cannot control his Rage skill.


"However, both creatures were fond of pranks and misleading people. Most of the time, the pranks were harmless fun, but some could be upsetting and harmful"

Hence Cyan relationship.


"Even if the imp was successful in getting the friendship it sought, it often still played pranks and jokes on its friend, either out of boredom or simply because this was the nature of the imp"

Again, hence Cyan relationship.



So not only can Gau copycat a vast variety of monsters, he cannot innately copy an Imp. But if he gives himself Imp Halberd, Tortoise Shld, Titanium, and Imp Armor (some of the most powerful items in the game if youre an imp and some still powerful even if not an imp), if he is in danger, an ally can cast imp on him (or he can himself) and he will become a real BEAST. The imp equipment also rivals the duelling mask which is gau's ultimate equip from the dragon's den. It may have immediate boosts, but it doesn't quite outrank the entire imp set.

This equipment set is also basically what he is only allowed to wear, give or take a few small others.

Also, his color scheme has much green which matches the imp colors in this game.

With blackbelt and marvel shoes, you pretty much don't need anyone else (considering he has survived on his own for this long!). It makes sense!

So this would be his final transformation ability (like Terra). A complete IMP transformation. His final form/rage! The very entity his father saw in him!


Edit: Kappa the Imp only has dialogue when explaining Gau's rages. Other than seeing him fall of the cliff during wob destruction.

[Bamethyst38]

Small problem: Gau doesn't have a standard attack option. Even if you Rage while wearing all out Imp items, you will lose complete control of Gau (he attacks at random) and a many of his Rages make him Impproof by default. If you do get the Imp removed, you cannot reapply it if he is Impproof.

Also, some of his Rages becomes as dangerous as attacking with Imp items, such as Catscratch and Rock Slide. Plus, most people who use Imp items tend to do Jump Boots/Dragon Horn combo to do as much damage as possible. Neither of these can work on Gau.

Cyan, Setzer, Sabin and Edgar are often better Imps to do battle with.

[Sh1nRa358]

That's what the counter attack black belt was for. Also, no real need for dragoon boots combo for this character considering all the other op options that other characters have. Personally, I save the dragoon combo for mog. And leveling up stats with espers and having marvel shoes make you unbeatable anyway regardless of how much damage a character does.

Also, that is why I said the part about ultimate attack/rage. Not all of gau's rages are imp proof. Also, in the rare chance that he gets ko'd, walah, there you go. Imp cast opportunity. And with the imp equipment on, it can sometimes be tricky to get imp to connect because it'll say miss alot. That's where high magic power comes in at. I can get gau to do 9999 without a rage at all. Basically, Terra's ability and Gau's rage becomes useless at some point if not most of the game.

Imping the other characters wouldn't fit with the story and it will negate their abilities.

[Bamethyst38]

The Black Belt is more for physical attacks and Gau has to be the reciever of the melee attack in order to "attack". I can also match the Imp Equipments damage payoff with Strength ups and Stray Cat/Gold Bear/Bogy quite easily. However, my current PT he is using Magic, so I am mostly using Meteor, Rock Slide or elemental damage.

I wouldn't call Rage useless for the game actually. It has it's moments. There are some elemental resistances it acquires, plus there are times where Gau is the apotheosis of Death (eg. Magitek Facility if you bring Aspiran/Anguiform).

I have also learned that EVERY character has 9999 capacity, just some have it easier than others. My current PT and Anti-Norm videos show me using Gau for Rage a lot and I handle myself quite well.

I do admit this is an intersting way to see Gau, I just don't agree with it completely and I rather use Gau for Rage than anything.

[Sh1nRa358]

"The Black Belt is more for physical attacks and Gau has to be the reciever of the melee attack in order to "attack""
Yep. He is a feral child afterall. Or berserker if you will. Mostly this character class fights hand to hand as animals do.

" I can also match the Imp Equipments damage payoff with Strength ups and Stray Cat/Gold Bear/Bogy quite easily. However, my current PT he is using Magic, so I am mostly using Meteor, Rock Slide or elemental damage."

Except no extra steps here. And his high magic can be used to put imp on himself without missing alot if one wanted to start as imp. And someone else's high magic can do the same. However, I've never had to use magic at all in this game except the tower where it is mandatory and Gau wasn't in my party then.

"I wouldn't call Rage useless for the game actually. It has it's moments. "

I didn't call it useless. I called it useless when you are fully leveled up. Because you can get anything to deal 9999 at this point. I've beaten this game countless amounts of times and I have never felt the need to even use rage (or magic) to be honest.



If on this or advance version that an enemy has high defense, Gau can just take another turn or somebody else can finish it off, or as you said, you can cast that new attack boost magic. The way I play, I don't progress until I get everyone that I can currently control to learn all of the abilities of the magicites. That is, when I'm playing through, I manage the summons on each person appropriately so they won't miss a boost and I don't go to the world of ruin until I mastered all summons through intangir. And I do the same before Kefka in the wor. Therefore I don't have the need to struggle with setups and i can honestly just keep pressing attack the whole game. And that's when I evenly distribute the stats on the characters and not just boost one stat. That's why I go by the story method. It's more interesting since I don't need to struggle.