History YMMV / RogueLegacy

** [[spoiler:[[DualBoss Brohannes]]]], the very last boss fight among the [[BonusBoss Remix variants]] can be easily defeated thanks to their somewhat similar mechanics with the FinalBoss. The only difference is that there are two of them and that the [[spoiler:Traitor]]'s abilities are separated between the two. They are easily knocked back by your sword strikes, and you can kite or corner them without worries. You also play as [[spoiler:the Traitor Class Johannes]] who has sufficient attack, defense, HP and MP even without spending too much on empowering him via donations.

** [[DualBoss Brohaness]], the very last boss fight among the [[BonusBoss Remix variants]] can be easily defeated thanks to their somewhat similar mechanics with the FinalBoss. The only difference is that there are two of them and that the [[spoiler:Traitor]]'s abilities are separated between the two. They are easily knocked back by your sword strikes, and you can kite or corner them without worries. You also play as [[spoiler:the Traitor Class Johaness]] who has sufficient attack, defense, HP and MP even without spending too much on empowering him via donations.

* MeaningfulName: Each of the Guardians has a name related to famous people each related to the Fountain of Youth in some form:
** Khidr was a sage in the Quran who sought the Water of Life in Islamic legend.
** Alexander The Great, who seeks out the Water of Life with Khidr in the Alexander Romance.
** Ponce de Leon went on a quest for the fabled Fountain of Youth.
** Herodotus wrote about the waters of youth used by the Macrobians.

** Khidr, the ''first'' boss of the game, is [[WakeUpCallBoss a pretty good introduction]] to what you're in for. His attacks could put ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' to shame in terms of BulletHell, and dodging is next to impossible since he takes up more than half the screen. Furthermore, you practically ''have'' to strike from the side; only those with [[ThatOneDisadvantage Gigantism]] (huge hitbox in exchange for longer melee range - considering the BulletHell the boss uses, it isn't worth it) can attack him from the floor and any other characters will just jump straight into the boss.

** Gigantism, due to the massively increased hurtbox making it incredibly hard to dodge projectiles up close. The only compensation is a greatly increased sword strike range.
** And on older computers, both nearsightedness and farsightedness will ruin the game with lag.

** Khidr, the ''first'' boss of the game, is [[WakeUpCallBoss a pretty good introduction]] to what you're in for. His attacks could put ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' to shame in terms of BulletHell, and dodging is next to impossible since he takes up more than half the screen. Furthermore, you practically ''have'' to strike from the side; only those with [[ThatOneDisadvantage Gigantism]] (huge hitbox in exchange for longer melee range - considering the BulletHell the boss uses, it isn't worth it) can attack him from the floor and any other characters will just jump straight into the boss.

* UnwinnableByInsanity: There is no limit to how many times you can trade off your HP for MP when you're playing as a Lich King/Queen. Try to rapidly cast the class ability and notice how you can reduce your ''max HP'' to [[HPToOne one point]] in a matter of seconds. While you can still subvert this by killing enemies, trying to do so in the increased difficulties of NewGamePlus makes survival almost impossible.

* MeaningfulName: Each of the Guardians has a name related to famous people each related to Immortality in some form:
** Khidr was prophet in the Quran who was supposedly Immortal.
** Alexander The Great, famously quoted that being immortal is about having no fear, not living forever.

** Hetrodotus was the one who gave the Persian Soldiers their name "Immortals".

** Once you've invested in Critical Hit Chance and Critical Hit Damage, amassed a large Mana pool, and upgraded the Knave class into Assassins, they become bar none the strongest class you can use. By default [[CriticalHitClass they boast an additional 15% chance to hit a critical and a bonus of 125% damage on a crit]], so by the time you've maxed out the manor, Assassins will be hitting crits more than half of the time with their 65% crit chance, and said crits will be doing ''400%'' of their non-crit damage, which essentially negates their lower base strength. Additionally, Assassins' special move is Mist Form, which [[{{Intangibility}} makes them intangible]] and immune to ''everything'' except non-retractable spikes, invalidating Assassins' lower base health. On NewGamePlus 2 and above, enemies are either [[CollisionDamage huge]], [[BulletHell shoot lots of projectiles]], or both, so this enables you to just ignore them and their attacks; you can use this to either simplify combat by turning it on whenever there's an attack that you're even a little bit worried you might not dodge (especially if you have enough Mana and Siphon to switch into Mist Form regularly), or to just avoid combat altogether by dashing through the enemies who can no longer hit you at all.

** Before it was patched so they couldn't obtain it, Spellswords with the Time Stop spell. Stop time, then hit nearby enemies to recover lost mana. Watch as the game instantly becomes a joke, especially the boss fights.
** Even without the above strategy, Spellswords in general are very useful. The amount of mana that you receive per hit is quite high, and the upgraded versions can cast larger versions of existing spells. A Spellsword with Flame Barrier or a Chakram can make short work of most enemies and all of the bosses.
** The Barbarian's Fa Roh Du shout clears ''any'' projectiles, which makes the BulletHell boss fights against Khidr, Ponce de Leon and Alexander trivial and easier than they should be, provided that you still have the MP to cast the spell.
* GoddamnBats:

* ThatOneAchievement: Thanatophobia, which requires you to beat the game with fifteen or fewer non-Johannes heirs sent into the castle, without using the architect. The game is already NintendoHard as it is, so with this achievement your margin for error is ''extremely'' reduced. You also won't get to upgrade your manor and equipment until you die, which also puts pressure on improving your builds and maximizing money counts per run.

* ThatOneAchievement: Thanatophobia, which requires you to beat the game with less than fifteen deaths without using the architect. What makes it worse, this is actually a [[PermanentlyMissableContent Permanently Missable Achievement]] once you accumulate 15 deaths on the ''same save file''. Once you get past that number, your only hope is to start a new file from scratch.

* ThatOneSidequest: The Dagger throwing minigame from Booyan is a pure test of your dexterity, as the targets are too far to be hit by your slow-moving daggers. One must time their shots precisely in a limited number of attempts in order to succeed. Plus, you also need to jump before you can fire the dagger as touching close to either the ground or ceiling would just waste your daggers on the solid obstacles. Likewise, the Dagger minigame is even generally harder than the Axe mini-game because of such a dexterity requirement.
* UnwinnableByInsanity: There is no limit to how many times you can trade off your HP for MP when you're playing as a Lich King/Queen. Try to rapidly cast the class ability and notice how you can reduce your ''max HP'' to [[HPToOne one point]] in a matter of seconds. While you can still subvert this by killing enemies, trying to do so in the increased difficulties of NewGamePlus makes survival almost impossible.

* UnwinnableByInsanity: There is no limit to how many times you can trade off your HP for MP when you're playing as a Lich King/Queen. Try to rapidly cast the class ability and notice how you can reduce your ''max HP'' to [[HPToOne one point]] in a matter of seconds. While you can still subvert this by killing enemies, trying to do so in the increased difficulties of NewGamePlus becomes almost impossible.

* ThatOneAchievement: Thanatophobia, which requires you to beat the game with less than fifteen deaths without using the architect. What makes it worse, this is actually a [[PermanentlyMissableContent Permanently Missable Achievement]] once you accumulate 15 deaths on the ''same save file''. Once you get past that number, you're only hope is to start a new file from scratch.

* ThatOneAchievement: Thanatophobia, which requires you to beat the game with less than fifteen deaths without using the architect.

** And on older computers, both nearsightedness and farsightedness will ruin the game with lag.

* MostWonderfulSound: The chime played when the [[AutoRevive Death Defy]] effect activates, ensuring your second chance of exploring the Castle. Downplayed if you have the Hyperion's Ring artifact as you would expect it coming when you die.

** If you Alt-Tab out of the game and return, there is a chance that the Map screen will be completely blank, although the mini-map indicator is still unaffected.

** If you're good at kiting, even Ponce de Leon can be this as well as he can't do much besides constantly chase you. [[spoiler:A single retribution rune can help destroy the wandering spike balls, and if you want an even easier time the Barbarian King/Queen can shout to destroy the trailing fire.]]

* GoodBadBugs: Sometimes, getting lag from playing on older computers while your playing character has nearsightedness or farsightedness will prove very, VERY useful against Khidr and the projectile-spamming enemies.
** This could be why [[spoiler:the fight with Neo Khidr forces you to wear glasses]].

* ThatOneBoss: Khidr, the ''first'' boss of the game, is [[WakeUpCallBoss a pretty good introduction]] to what you're in for. His attacks could put ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' to shame in terms of BulletHell, and dodging is next to impossible since he takes up more than half the screen. Furthermore, you practically ''have'' to strike from the side; only those with [[ThatOneDisadvantage Gigantism]] (huge hitbox in exchange for longer melee range - considering the BulletHell the boss uses, it isn't worth it) can attack him from the floor and any other characters will just jump straight into the boss.

* ThatOneBoss: Khidr, the ''first'' boss of the game, is [[WakeUpCallBoss a pretty good introduction]] to what you're in for. His attacks could put VideoGame/{{Touhou}} to shame in terms of BulletHell, and dodging is next to impossible since he takes up more than half the screen. Furthermore, you practically ''have'' to strike from the side; only those with [[ThatOneDisadvantage Gigantism]] (huge hitbox in exchange for longer melee range - considering the BulletHell the boss uses, it isn't worth it) can attack him from the floor and any other characters will just jump straight into the boss.

** The Fountain, the very last boss, has a crapload of health and can kill your character in 2-3 hits, but unlike any other bosses (who move in unpredictable patterns and/or send lots of mooks after you), his attacks are well-telegraphed and easy to dodge, so if you know what you're doing, killing him is only a matter of time.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
** The Miserly Elf's name changes depending on whether you win or lose. If you win, he is renamed "Sore Loser Elf" or possibly "Cheapskate Elf". Losing results in "Sore Winner Elf" because of how he mocks you.
--->'''Sore Winner Elf:''' You soooo stupid!
** Some of the Journal Entries have those moments too, including:
*** Lampshading on item drops from unusual places.
*** The writer's encounter with Booyan and his comment on him.
** Despite coming on the heels of a tragic scene, there's the final boss [[spoiler:having the exact same death screen as you]].

* FridgeBrilliance: The Prince is essentially the classic {{Roguelike}} protagonist, clearing the dungeon in one life. [[spoiler: How else would he have left a [[TitleDrop Rogue's Legacy]]?]]
* FridgeLogic:
** How do gay characters produce heirs?
*** Medieval turkey basters.
*** They adopted. Or they're transgender.
*** By separating romance from marriage; they can marry the opposite gender to produce an heir, but the person you meet together with your children at the end of the game could be a seperate character who is the same gender you're romantically involved with.
*** They don't. Every kid chosen comes from a pool of three, so if you play as a gay character, 'their' heirs are actually the children of their siblings.
** It makes sense for Charon to always be in front of the castle, since he's a psychopomp and all that, but what about the Smith, the Enchantress and the Architect? Are they immortal? Are they descendents of a long line of [[IdenticalGrandson identical people]]? Are they personifications of their jobs?
*** They might be 'a' rather than 'the', and [[IRejectYourReality your characters never paid enough attention to notice they're different people.]]

* AntiClimaxBoss:

** If you're good at kiting, even Ponce de Leon can be this as well as he can't do much besides constantly chase you. [[spoiler: A single retribution rune can help destroy the wandering spike balls, and if you want an even easier time the Barbarian King/Queen can shout to destroy the trailing fire.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler: Johannes is labeled as a traitor and has his portrait fall off the legacy wall when you finally meet him, but if you read all his journal entries you can't help but feel bad for him risking it all for nothing when it is revealed that the king stole the reward for himself and bankrupted the kingdom in the process. At worst Johannes is an AntiVillain, but he could even be considered a TragicHero that killed the king only out of anger due to his wretched betrayal.]]

** The Fireball type enemies (Charite, Pyrite, Infernite) fall with just a swing or two, but they are a pain in the butt because they constantly move around the area, making them hard to strike.
** The Eyeball type enemies (Scout, Pupil, Visionary) are also weak but their projectiles track your position and they pass through all obstacles. Pupil and Visionary in particular fire a stream of projectiles.
* GoodBadBugs : Sometimes, getting lag from playing on older computers while your playing character has nearsightedness or farsightedness will prove very, VERY useful against Khidr and the projectile-spamming enemies.

* ThatOneBoss: Khidr, the ''first'' boss of the game, is [[WakeUpCallBoss a pretty good introduction]] to what you're in for. His attacks could put VideoGame/{{Touhou}} to shame in terms of BulletHell, and dodging is next to impossible since he takes up more than half the screen.
* ThatOneDisadvantage: