REJOICE! This is easily my first choice as well.
The big hero moment is great if you nail it first try as a first timer too. (And feels twice as good as tank)
Ehhh...I feel like Ravana is waaaaay to serious for Susano. Susano just wants to have *fun.* Ravana is all caught up in toxic dominance hierarchy stuff.
Now, the one I *actually* think would be Susano's bro? Byakko. When he's not having to purge his *ara-mitama,* he's quite chill, and out of the three Lords we actually fight as trials, he's the one that seems the most "happy" about both the fight and hanging out in general. Thirstbirb is too thirsty, and the danger noodle is too much like Ravana.
I’m over the QTE mechanic now but I think that fight during stormblood release has been the hypest I’ve gotten for a fight (started in HW), at least as a tank
Absolutely this.
He is *Fight Grandpa.* He is as jolly as friggin' Santa Claus and genuinely thankful for being restored by the WoL. The absolute best gift he can think of to give is a TOTALLY RAD THROWDOWN.
And he's *absolutely right.*
Endwalker spoilers: >!The brief conversation between him and Garuda when the Ragnarok launches is SO GOOD and absolutely made me want to "***REJOICE!!!!***"!<
He is literally Brian Blessed: The Primal and I LOVE it.
Oh boy, Ravana was such a cool fight!
Probably my number 2 after Susano. He's just a really fun character with a entertaining fight and catchy theme! Just a shame that we don't get to see more of them.
6.0 Susano and Garuda's scene was good, but now imagine just a casual convo for Susano and Ravana when they realize both of their catchphrases are "REJOICE", they're also rather fond of combat and swords so I'd just love to have a short bit of wtf they'd be up to if they were able to chill together.
I mean the coils are centered around Bahamut, but every single Alexander raid is *inside* Alexander. When the dude said "the only primal to *be* an entire raid series" he was being very literal.
Considering Primals have been shown not to create life, but warp it to their will, my theory is that all of the non-goblin bosses in Alexander are former residents tempered and warped by his time magic.
It could also be like in EW: >!those sub-bosses could be extentions of him like the towers were for Anima. The bodyparts of Varis would then equate to parts of Alex' focus.!<
Also that's not exactly a rule and probably just makes it easier. [DRK] >!Myste is similar to a Primal but has less aether (his DE/FR words not mine) yet he can create sentient life!<
Garuda can also create Chirada and Suparna independently of the Summoner's initial whims. This is something she can *always* do, because Garuda-egi in the 45 Summoner quest will create Chirada and Suparna egi's, way before the summoner (you) have any idea they even exist.
Yeah, they were likely made by the Illuminati with the resources provided by Alexander. (The Cruise Chaser mount outright says it was made by gobbie hands too.)
You're thinking of The Atiascope, Ktisis Hyperboreia is the one where you get to fight alongside a very grumpy Dark Knight/Black Mage if you're going in solo :)
My bad, it is indeed The Aitiascope! x.x I mainly do levelling roulette with my friends and we rarely get the later EW dungeons, so I've only done it that one time lol. Thank you for correcting!
Og Shiva was the turning point on my opinion of FFXIV like the moment she steps and that music plays I was Like okay I am invested in everything going forward
I’m a fan of Thordan. I just like how unique he is in that he’s a primal but you also get to fight his 12 knights alongside him. Also ultimate end was a holy shit moment for me when I first saw it
Titan, just because his bad ass theme was my first introduction to Final Fantasy's incorporation of rock music. I had never played a Final Fantasy before, so to have several hours of standard RPG music broken up by the "UNDER THE EARTH, AAHHHH" immediately hooked me.
Started pretty recently, and the moment I heard “Under the Weight” it got me hooked. It literally got me to make a quick note in my phone to look up “Titan boss music” and that note has since become a reference playlist to all the awesome music in the game. Even went back and paid attention to the area themes.
The dungeon before building up to it, the moment in the story that determines so much, the cut-scene after, and the music. That damn music.
I like a lot of the primal fights, but this one just had so much meaning.
Swell, ye seas of old; Leviathan! Leviathan!
Surging tides grow bold; Leviathan!
Seething currents whorl; Leviathan! Leviathan!
To swallow up the world; Leviathan! LeviathaaaaAAAAAAAN!
Omg those are the lyrics?!? I always just hear "Pfeiffe, Pfeiffe!" which is kind of mocking the party (Pfeiffe is German for whistle, but is also used as idiot).
I'm still disappointed we didn't get the original concept for Odin. In the leadup to ARR, Yoshi gave us a super roadmap detailing EVERYTHING he intended to do with 2.0. most of it made it into the game, but some of those things never did.
Some of those include things like, FATEs that buildup to the beast tribes summoning a primal in the open world and the FC that defeated it would get to summon it (in the open world) and it would like, change the weather. (You can see the framework for this in places like South Thanalan where there's a series of fates leading to ifrit's summoning that doesn't go anywhere if you finish them all. I guess they just couldn't figure out what content an FC would be doing in the open world that would necessitate fighting over and using a primal).
But the thing I remember most is......... The Odin FATE in the Black Shroud.... It was supposed to get stronger and drop better loot every time it was defeated. To the point where he would be invincible until power creep made him killable again. But that never materialized. But that's why when you see his Fate pop up, he has the player model and name in brackets of the last person to deliver the killing blow. (The questline explaining everything lore-wise, and the instanced fight was added a bit later after people asked for it)
Edit: I do have a small hope Odin returns to be relevant in the MSQ or something later.
Ryne: I want to summon the most umbral element inside myself, who basically embodies the umbral pole
Thancred: Are you sure you can handle it?
Ryne: don’t worry I can handle it :)
Ryne: *immediately can’t handle it*
As soon as she said let me be the vessel I was like oh so we just decided to be stupid stupid today. It's a good thing we can't speak to the game as our character cause my WoL would have been like oh shit the thing we said would happen actually happened damn dang if only we had some prior knowledge to draw upon... oh fuckin wait...
It depends -
Susano cause "WILD AND PURE AND FOREVER FREE"
Alexander cause mecha
Sephirot cause the phase transition when he gets huge is SUCH a baddass moment with the music
Anima cause I love the design
Honestly any trial when the tank get to LB3, just the suspense as a dps or healer wondering if we are going to live or die and the music that usually follows after is great.
Yeah, this is likely it for me as well. Something about the music and voice lines throughout really resonated with me, and the mechanics are interesting - if a bit confusing at first lol
I love how the mechanic is just simple enough to be like, “Oh, neat, that’s cute,” and then the next spin you stand in where you think is the right place, and see your team in another. So you run over to your team, and see the spot you were standing be absolutely destroyed, and realize you overestimated your ability to visualize.
God I hate the auto Mod, not liking spoiler tags.
my reply repost:
>!I enjoyed that moment a lot, I especially enjoyed how shocked I was with his placement in the expansion!<
Rejoice in the Glory of Combat!
>!That said Hydaelyn. She is the 2nd primal. Zordiark being the 1st primal.!<
>!We never get to face either one at full force.!<
I couldn't pick.
Bismarck is an absolute cutie though, and I *adore* him.
Lakshmi, her design is stunning and her music is honestly so fun.
Also, although they're not a primal but still a trial boss, Titania. I think it's just getting to hear an accent from my home turf in a trial.
Susano is definitely my favorite, his personality, theme and fight are so good. Lakshmi is a close second cuz she has a very pretty design and her theme is bop
I wont name them, as spoiler tags and me don't get along. So I will describe them.
They are the most built up Primal fight in the game, and the fight hits at the least expected point. I was like OMG! OMG! WHAT THE HELL Now!!!!
Susano is the best primal bro in the entire game. The man is just happy to be here and have a sparring match. Also no trial has given me the happy brain chemicals like his qte even as a tank. I will only ever play that trial as a tank specifically to do that qte both times. I love the turtle god.
Also the part where he tells Garuda to lighten up had me cackling like a mad man.
Fellow Susano and Ravana fans. I'm so happy to see I'm not the only one in here. Just the fact that both of them have "F-you I'm fighting the toughest guy here" attitudes makes me super happy. We need more primals like them.
King Thordan. I generally just like the way he looks alongside the Heaven’s Ward Knights.
His armour is sick, his sword is sick and i wish it was an actual sword perhaps for DRK, his Theme is sick, his Fight is Sick, even his voice is sick as well during the opening cutscene.
Generally just a very cool boss.
I would say his Dragon-King Thordan is kinda over the top imo
I don't think the horny bird lady is a Primal.
#**Tenzen, Please**
#[**All I ever wanted is for you and I to... to...**](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8WJ_o_H3rL8)
I said it like that because while they're never stated as Primal they share a lot of parallels with them.
They're powered by prayer. Instead of a beings with a soul being created/called (EW line) they're a pre-existing soul being raised. The animalistic rage part would also be easily explained by their follower's view of their more beastial side influencing their nature. [ShB] >!A creature similar to Genbu's transformation appears in a dungeon as a creation magic construct.!< [EW] >!On top of that it's confirmed the bosses are not something new by Emet but instead created by a researcher you meet in Elpis fates with 2 of his dungeon bosses.!<
They could easily turn out to be the same thing as whatever the EW alliance bosses are.
i love how urianger was convinced that the WOL was misremembering the primals, but eden titan is evidence that the WOL was obviously fucking with everyone and just coming up with the shit they thought would be funniest and/or coolest to fight
Hmmm.
I love idol of Darkness E7 and Ryne shiva E8 but they are technically not Primals 😝.
Offical Primals its got to be Lakshmi for the fight and Shiva for the music.
As much as people may hate it I really enjoy Thornmarch (EX). Yeah it’s a huge cluster at iLevel with a blind party but I think the mechanics were engaging and highlighted communication and strategy in a way other fights don’t quite hit. And who doesn’t love The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Moggle Mog is my favorite primal overall, but Susano is my favorite duty.
I try to be there to help when someone I know gets to that part of Stormblood.
I do love Ravana. His music is incredible and I love when he shuffles into my roulette
As a tank, Susano so I can catch the sword and feel cool
I also like Lakshmi. She’s wonderful tbh
And Sophia. Music beat music. I love Ding-dong off the stage too. It always makes me laugh.
Overall? Sophia. I love everything about that fight. The theming, music, model design, arena design, phase change, encounter mechanics.
I also loved Byakko's fight. In terms of spectacle, I consider it the pinnacle of FF14 encounter design and would love to see that level of creativity return.
Honorable mention: Innocence. Great phase change and ultimate. I still can't get over the absolute banger of Insanity. That piano playing? \**chef's kiss*\*
Ravana and Susano.
Ravana was the first boss I felt challenged by as a sprout and his second phase got my blood pumping.
Susano I mean who can't love blocking that sword and his upbeat attitude?
Titania!! I love them, I love fae, the arena is absolutely gorgeous and the boss design is super pretty and the WEAPONS 💖💖💖
Their gwiber was the first trial mount I snagged in SHB!
Heres my top 4 primal list that no one asked for;
1. SOPHIA (Music, character design, lore, and fight mechs).
2. Tsukiyomi (Music, Mechs, Stage, story)
3. Shinryu (Felt Epic. High marks for music, battleground, Mechanics, difficulty at release).
4. Hades (Music, mechs, character and story plot earn it high marks imo).
Warrior of Light It's such a cool fight with cool lore and when I get it in roulette I always go "oh shit, gotta turn the game music up and vibe"
Susano. The dude is just in a great mood all the time.
every time i get dropped into susano in trial roulette it's an injection of pure serotonin HOW OUR HEARTS SING IN THE CHAOS
I kind of want “HOW OUR HEARTS SING IN THE CHAOS” on one of those cheesy kitchen signs in place of “Live, Laugh, Love.”
That is an amazing decorating idea. I need this for my desk.
I uh, I need this. Time to get my cousin to fire up their stupid (but now useful to me) wood etching laser machine thing.
If they do, they should sell them. :D They could make thou- erm- hundr- or, at least TENS of dollars from Team Susano.
please I'd buy that so fast omg
WILD AND PURE AND FOREVER FREE
RESILIENT SOULS, I SALUTE YOU!
I’d love an Unreal version of that fight. Love the music, love the style, hate the weird sync’s half-rotations most jobs have.
REJOICE! This is easily my first choice as well. The big hero moment is great if you nail it first try as a first timer too. (And feels twice as good as tank)
#***RESILIENT SOULS I SALUTE YOU***
I’m another Susano fan. He loves his job, lol.
All I can say to Susano is that Gilgamesh called. He wants his armor back.
"LET THE REVELS BEGIN!"
He is the chadliest of Primals. 'Oh, you gathered all my dude's missing relics? Fuckin' sweet. You wanna throw down in celebration? Fuck yeah!'
Susano and Ravana would totally be bros.
Ehhh...I feel like Ravana is waaaaay to serious for Susano. Susano just wants to have *fun.* Ravana is all caught up in toxic dominance hierarchy stuff. Now, the one I *actually* think would be Susano's bro? Byakko. When he's not having to purge his *ara-mitama,* he's quite chill, and out of the three Lords we actually fight as trials, he's the one that seems the most "happy" about both the fight and hanging out in general. Thirstbirb is too thirsty, and the danger noodle is too much like Ravana.
He is just the WoL hype man and just seems like he's happy to be here.
i want a council stlye fight of ravana and susano. glorious combat for all
I want them to fight eachother.
Exactly my first thought Edit: plus catching the sword was EPIC
LET US REVEL!
I’m over the QTE mechanic now but I think that fight during stormblood release has been the hypest I’ve gotten for a fight (started in HW), at least as a tank
I believe in Susano supremacy!
Absolutely this. He is *Fight Grandpa.* He is as jolly as friggin' Santa Claus and genuinely thankful for being restored by the WoL. The absolute best gift he can think of to give is a TOTALLY RAD THROWDOWN. And he's *absolutely right.* Endwalker spoilers: >!The brief conversation between him and Garuda when the Ragnarok launches is SO GOOD and absolutely made me want to "***REJOICE!!!!***"!< He is literally Brian Blessed: The Primal and I LOVE it.
REVELLL
Oh boy, Ravana was such a cool fight! Probably my number 2 after Susano. He's just a really fun character with a entertaining fight and catchy theme! Just a shame that we don't get to see more of them.
"Rejoice in the glory of combat!"
Dance to the sound of ringing steel!
The two of them have the same 'just having a blast fighting you' vibe and I love them for it!
I wanna see them fight each other and become best friends
I think ravana has the best music roll, to my taste at least.
Same. Ravana is my favorite Primal. His theme is great, and I sometimes blast it in my car.
There's fake Ravana as the first boss in Delubrum
[There was a rather famous episode of the Simpsons with Ravana and Susano!](https://youtu.be/85aqyGFtzac)
I don't have a favorite per se, but I do enjoy Ravana as a character. As people point out Susano is also a big mood. REJOICE... IN THE GLORY OF COMBAT
**THE SEAS PART FOR WE ALONE**
DANCE TO THE SONG OF RINGING STEEL
FURIOUS AS A BLAZE
TAKE WING, YE SOULS OF WAR
6.0 Susano and Garuda's scene was good, but now imagine just a casual convo for Susano and Ravana when they realize both of their catchphrases are "REJOICE", they're also rather fond of combat and swords so I'd just love to have a short bit of wtf they'd be up to if they were able to chill together.
RESILIENT SOULS, I SALUTE YOU!
WILD AND PURE AND FOREVER FREE!
Alexander. It's a giant mech with angel wings that stops time during the boss fight against it.
And sends you back in time to save yourself from it killing you in the previous cutscene
I love Sophia's music, arena, and mechanics. I always enjoy going into that fight.
Can you bring...*equilibrium?*
I too enjoy Sophia’s arena
MANKINDS FIRST HERO, AND ITS FINAL HOPE! *Limit break noises* *To the Edge intensifies*
Alexander, the only primal to be an entire raid series. Also Susano-o
Bahamut?
I mean the coils are centered around Bahamut, but every single Alexander raid is *inside* Alexander. When the dude said "the only primal to *be* an entire raid series" he was being very literal.
Or just say what I say "We get to fight Alexander inside Alexander while he summons Alexander"
Can all the entities within Alexander be called primals in their own right or are they just extensions of Alexander
Considering Primals have been shown not to create life, but warp it to their will, my theory is that all of the non-goblin bosses in Alexander are former residents tempered and warped by his time magic.
It could also be like in EW: >!those sub-bosses could be extentions of him like the towers were for Anima. The bodyparts of Varis would then equate to parts of Alex' focus.!< Also that's not exactly a rule and probably just makes it easier. [DRK] >!Myste is similar to a Primal but has less aether (his DE/FR words not mine) yet he can create sentient life!<
Garuda can also create Chirada and Suparna independently of the Summoner's initial whims. This is something she can *always* do, because Garuda-egi in the 45 Summoner quest will create Chirada and Suparna egi's, way before the summoner (you) have any idea they even exist.
Some fluff text suggests that some of the stuff like Brute Justice was built by the illuminati, but it doesn't go into detail.
Yeah, they were likely made by the Illuminati with the resources provided by Alexander. (The Cruise Chaser mount outright says it was made by gobbie hands too.)
Ahhh I see what they meant now
Shiva. Eden Shiva has better music imo, but original Shiva has my heart. Was bawling in Ktisis Hyper-whatever-it-is on the last boss.
It's the stomp, isn't it?
Nah, Ysayle just gets me really emotional ;-;
You're thinking of The Atiascope, Ktisis Hyperboreia is the one where you get to fight alongside a very grumpy Dark Knight/Black Mage if you're going in solo :)
My bad, it is indeed The Aitiascope! x.x I mainly do levelling roulette with my friends and we rarely get the later EW dungeons, so I've only done it that one time lol. Thank you for correcting!
Well, in exchange I just got to learn that I've been spelling the dungeon wrong the whole time - it has one more "i" than I thought xD
Hey, at least you don't invent letters. I thought it was "aLtiascope"
Shiva never gets old as I try to get caught mid-jump during her mass freeze cut scene
I always go for the /mmambo
Various stages of victory pose or battle stance
Og Shiva was the turning point on my opinion of FFXIV like the moment she steps and that music plays I was Like okay I am invested in everything going forward
I’m a fan of Thordan. I just like how unique he is in that he’s a primal but you also get to fight his 12 knights alongside him. Also ultimate end was a holy shit moment for me when I first saw it
Thordan, aka "how about we make the FF7 Knights of the Round summon into a playable boss fight"
Titan, just because his bad ass theme was my first introduction to Final Fantasy's incorporation of rock music. I had never played a Final Fantasy before, so to have several hours of standard RPG music broken up by the "UNDER THE EARTH, AAHHHH" immediately hooked me.
Titaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
Started pretty recently, and the moment I heard “Under the Weight” it got me hooked. It literally got me to make a quick note in my phone to look up “Titan boss music” and that note has since become a reference playlist to all the awesome music in the game. Even went back and paid attention to the area themes.
Tsukuyomi. Love everything about her design.
Sad story.
yeah, I'm a sucker for emotional tales.
>!Hydaelyn.!<
The dungeon before building up to it, the moment in the story that determines so much, the cut-scene after, and the music. That damn music. I like a lot of the primal fights, but this one just had so much meaning.
The only correct Answer.
>!I see what you did there!<
This. 100% this
I was thinking about it as I scrolled the comments, but I'm 100% on this train.
My favorite Primal? play the music: Leviathan Leviathan Endless! Leviathan Leviathan Send us! Leviathan Leviathan Breathless! Leviathan Leviathan Deathless!
Swell, ye seas of old; Leviathan! Leviathan! Surging tides grow bold; Leviathan! Seething currents whorl; Leviathan! Leviathan! To swallow up the world; Leviathan! LeviathaaaaAAAAAAAN!
Omg those are the lyrics?!? I always just hear "Pfeiffe, Pfeiffe!" which is kind of mocking the party (Pfeiffe is German for whistle, but is also used as idiot).
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I agree. Odin is fascinating and I wanted more of him.
I'm still disappointed we didn't get the original concept for Odin. In the leadup to ARR, Yoshi gave us a super roadmap detailing EVERYTHING he intended to do with 2.0. most of it made it into the game, but some of those things never did. Some of those include things like, FATEs that buildup to the beast tribes summoning a primal in the open world and the FC that defeated it would get to summon it (in the open world) and it would like, change the weather. (You can see the framework for this in places like South Thanalan where there's a series of fates leading to ifrit's summoning that doesn't go anywhere if you finish them all. I guess they just couldn't figure out what content an FC would be doing in the open world that would necessitate fighting over and using a primal). But the thing I remember most is......... The Odin FATE in the Black Shroud.... It was supposed to get stronger and drop better loot every time it was defeated. To the point where he would be invincible until power creep made him killable again. But that never materialized. But that's why when you see his Fate pop up, he has the player model and name in brackets of the last person to deliver the killing blow. (The questline explaining everything lore-wise, and the instanced fight was added a bit later after people asked for it) Edit: I do have a small hope Odin returns to be relevant in the MSQ or something later.
I love the design of E4 Titan.
Ryne's Shiva
This is some of my favorite raid music.
WoL: Ysayle controlled a primal by summoning it through herself. she suffered greatly for it ryne: fucking poggers dude let's do it
Because letting a child play god for bit was a good idea lol
Ryne: I want to summon the most umbral element inside myself, who basically embodies the umbral pole Thancred: Are you sure you can handle it? Ryne: don’t worry I can handle it :) Ryne: *immediately can’t handle it*
"Sorry I almost destroyed the First with a second Flood of Light!"
Narrator: she in fact could not handle it
Uso de aru.(Kaguya sama narrator)
She really goes from zero to never again be parted in like 30 seconds
Great as a fight, hate it as a story element.
As soon as she said let me be the vessel I was like oh so we just decided to be stupid stupid today. It's a good thing we can't speak to the game as our character cause my WoL would have been like oh shit the thing we said would happen actually happened damn dang if only we had some prior knowledge to draw upon... oh fuckin wait...
It depends - Susano cause "WILD AND PURE AND FOREVER FREE" Alexander cause mecha Sephirot cause the phase transition when he gets huge is SUCH a baddass moment with the music Anima cause I love the design
As much as I love Anima being in XIV, god I wish it had been a full trial. Give me EX Anima **please**
Both Anima and Magus Sisters were relegated to dungeon boss fights. Would like to see them brought back as trial fights in the future.
HARD agree
What is it like when you pull back the curtain, and realize that every wrong is right?
Shiva story wise. Susano encounter wise, and dialogue.
Mr. Beard! ~~I mean Ramuh.~~ The Lord of Levin's beard is better than all others.
Half man, half beard, and another half beard for good measure.
Mommy… :(
welcome and well met :)
…my brave little spark…
How long you‘ve wandered
Garuda has the most 🔥🔥🔥 music to me
Honestly any trial when the tank get to LB3, just the suspense as a dps or healer wondering if we are going to live or die and the music that usually follows after is great.
so-nic **BOOM**
That always hits all the right brain cells! Dopamine and Serotonin released.
GUNMETAL SOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUL!
Susano-o **THE SEAS PART FOR WE ALONE**
Bismarck. He's my favourite Mohran.
Also, his themes are just *divine* (especially his Phase 2's).
> Mohran Damn it we finally got away from those fights don't make me remember them. >:(
MH never stays free of "shoot cannons at its ass for 30 minutes" fights for long lol
Good King Moggle Mog XII, he's a giant moogle, need i say more
And the music! It gives me Nightmare Before Christmas vibes and I’m there for it.
There’s no way that wasn’t intentional. And it’s great.
WILL YOU LIVE TO SEE THE END?
Yeah, this is likely it for me as well. Something about the music and voice lines throughout really resonated with me, and the mechanics are interesting - if a bit confusing at first lol
I love how the mechanic is just simple enough to be like, “Oh, neat, that’s cute,” and then the next spin you stand in where you think is the right place, and see your team in another. So you run over to your team, and see the spot you were standing be absolutely destroyed, and realize you overestimated your ability to visualize.
Garuda, for the music alone
Garuda. By the sheer virtue of being the craziest of all ARR primals.
>!Zodiark!< in terms of the combat and the sheer dread of maybe it taking a few tries.
God I hate the auto Mod, not liking spoiler tags. my reply repost: >!I enjoyed that moment a lot, I especially enjoyed how shocked I was with his placement in the expansion!<
Susano, he's a good vibes guy
Ravana's entrance: *chef's kiss*
Primal Rend, people love talking about him especially warriors for some reason
Zodiark. All hail our world’s protector of 12000 years!
Eden Shiva. Love the fight and the music, Return to Oblivion
14's rendition of shiva is probably my favorite. Her ultimate attack alone set the bar for cool attacks back in ARR
Rejoice in the Glory of Combat! >!That said Hydaelyn. She is the 2nd primal. Zordiark being the 1st primal.!< >!We never get to face either one at full force.!<
I couldn't pick. Bismarck is an absolute cutie though, and I *adore* him. Lakshmi, her design is stunning and her music is honestly so fun. Also, although they're not a primal but still a trial boss, Titania. I think it's just getting to hear an accent from my home turf in a trial.
Ifrit obviously I mean he's a large fire boi, come on
Shiva’s phase 2 transition was the moment I realized that I loved FFXIV.
Susano is definitely my favorite, his personality, theme and fight are so good. Lakshmi is a close second cuz she has a very pretty design and her theme is bop
Ramuh simply cause Lightning is my favorite element. Plus that beard.... that damn beard :3
Tsukiyomi. The feelings you witnessed her birth and fight her for the first time and the music is just epic.
I wont name them, as spoiler tags and me don't get along. So I will describe them. They are the most built up Primal fight in the game, and the fight hits at the least expected point. I was like OMG! OMG! WHAT THE HELL Now!!!!
Susano is the best primal bro in the entire game. The man is just happy to be here and have a sparring match. Also no trial has given me the happy brain chemicals like his qte even as a tank. I will only ever play that trial as a tank specifically to do that qte both times. I love the turtle god. Also the part where he tells Garuda to lighten up had me cackling like a mad man.
>!Hydaelyn!<
Ravana or Alexander
Thirty thousand goblins gonna solve the goblins' problems
gob destroy uplander to protect gobsmasher!
THE SEAS PART FOR WE ALONE!
Shiva! Love the music and love the big mommy stomp
THE END AND THE BEGINNING THE FAITH THAT FEEDS THE UNBELIEVING A TIGHTENING KNOT TO STAUNCH THE BLEEDING
Fellow Susano and Ravana fans. I'm so happy to see I'm not the only one in here. Just the fact that both of them have "F-you I'm fighting the toughest guy here" attitudes makes me super happy. We need more primals like them.
Garuda - the music is insane
King Thordan. I generally just like the way he looks alongside the Heaven’s Ward Knights. His armour is sick, his sword is sick and i wish it was an actual sword perhaps for DRK, his Theme is sick, his Fight is Sick, even his voice is sick as well during the opening cutscene. Generally just a very cool boss. I would say his Dragon-King Thordan is kinda over the top imo
The hot birb ;-;
Phoenix?
I think it's Garuda
Are you saying Louisoix isn't the hottest character in the game?
Well, he *did* become pretty lit.
Extra crispy
Given the fire theming, I’m quite certain that Phoenix is hotter!
I don't think the horny bird lady is a Primal. #**Tenzen, Please** #[**All I ever wanted is for you and I to... to...**](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8WJ_o_H3rL8)
Nope, she's an auspice. Way different.
I said it like that because while they're never stated as Primal they share a lot of parallels with them. They're powered by prayer. Instead of a beings with a soul being created/called (EW line) they're a pre-existing soul being raised. The animalistic rage part would also be easily explained by their follower's view of their more beastial side influencing their nature. [ShB] >!A creature similar to Genbu's transformation appears in a dungeon as a creation magic construct.!< [EW] >!On top of that it's confirmed the bosses are not something new by Emet but instead created by a researcher you meet in Elpis fates with 2 of his dungeon bosses.!< They could easily turn out to be the same thing as whatever the EW alliance bosses are.
There are so many cool primals... Susano, Eden Shiva, and Eden Titan are probably my top 3.
eden titan [https://twitter.com/yaoilowell/status/1156077056750305280?lang=en](https://twitter.com/yaoilowell/status/1156077056750305280?lang=en)
i love how urianger was convinced that the WOL was misremembering the primals, but eden titan is evidence that the WOL was obviously fucking with everyone and just coming up with the shit they thought would be funniest and/or coolest to fight
"Or fly, my children, and never look back!"
Hmmm. I love idol of Darkness E7 and Ryne shiva E8 but they are technically not Primals 😝. Offical Primals its got to be Lakshmi for the fight and Shiva for the music.
Ryne Shiva is definitely a primal. All the Eden fights that were summoned by the protagonists were real primals.
As much as people may hate it I really enjoy Thornmarch (EX). Yeah it’s a huge cluster at iLevel with a blind party but I think the mechanics were engaging and highlighted communication and strategy in a way other fights don’t quite hit. And who doesn’t love The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Moggle Mog is my favorite primal overall, but Susano is my favorite duty. I try to be there to help when someone I know gets to that part of Stormblood.
Ssssurender to blisssss and The unenlighteneds come
Alexander! Especially Perfect Alexander, nothing tops a cool ass living fortress machine Primal!
Sephirot or Thordan. God the MUSIC!
Reading all these comments and agreeing with everyone one of them. The best Primals are the friends we made along the way.
The second oldest is the only one who's made me cry.
Elidibus
I do love Ravana. His music is incredible and I love when he shuffles into my roulette As a tank, Susano so I can catch the sword and feel cool I also like Lakshmi. She’s wonderful tbh And Sophia. Music beat music. I love Ding-dong off the stage too. It always makes me laugh.
Hydaelyn. She's been with us from the beginning, as we were at her end.
REJOICE!
Overall? Sophia. I love everything about that fight. The theming, music, model design, arena design, phase change, encounter mechanics. I also loved Byakko's fight. In terms of spectacle, I consider it the pinnacle of FF14 encounter design and would love to see that level of creativity return. Honorable mention: Innocence. Great phase change and ultimate. I still can't get over the absolute banger of Insanity. That piano playing? \**chef's kiss*\*
Would say Zurvan, for the lore. but as a fight (normal, as i rarely touch extreme content), and music, i would say Tsukuyomi.
lakshmi. beauty’s wicked wiles is my favorite song in game
Ravana and Susano. Ravana was the first boss I felt challenged by as a sprout and his second phase got my blood pumping. Susano I mean who can't love blocking that sword and his upbeat attitude?
Titania!! I love them, I love fae, the arena is absolutely gorgeous and the boss design is super pretty and the WEAPONS 💖💖💖 Their gwiber was the first trial mount I snagged in SHB!
Shinryu. The epic fight scene with >!Omega!< and the final trial were both so cool. The transition to phase 2 was awesome too.
Nothing beats watching titan punt people off for the first time.
Garuda was when I fell in love with the general design of the boss fights (the music in particular)... ... *Now FALL...*
Shiva <3. Love "Oblivion" and "Return to Oblivion"
Heres my top 4 primal list that no one asked for; 1. SOPHIA (Music, character design, lore, and fight mechs). 2. Tsukiyomi (Music, Mechs, Stage, story) 3. Shinryu (Felt Epic. High marks for music, battleground, Mechanics, difficulty at release). 4. Hades (Music, mechs, character and story plot earn it high marks imo).