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Boombam99
07/26/23 1:05:09 PM
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I wanna know some hard bosses
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Turbam
07/26/23 1:08:01 PM
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Mike Tyson

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ironman2009
07/26/23 1:08:30 PM
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Pinwheel

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k1zzl3_82
07/26/23 1:09:00 PM
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Probably something from FF
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Dakimakura
07/26/23 1:09:53 PM
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Probably one that glitched out and can't be killed.

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AldousIsDead
07/26/23 1:11:12 PM
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Absolute Virtue and Pandemonium Warden spring to mind.

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Tyranthraxus
07/26/23 1:11:17 PM
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Inbachi

Here's a TAS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwa6N7jnm2c

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ViewtifulJoe
07/26/23 1:13:49 PM
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General from Kaiser Knuckle

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Kai_Laguna
07/26/23 1:16:07 PM
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FFXI's Absolute Virtue, back when I still played a guild fought it for over 12 hours and still lost. Pretty sure the devs eventually nerfed it along with the increase of the level cap eventually allowed players to beat it but that was years after it came out.
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Tyranthraxus
07/26/23 1:18:40 PM
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Kai_Laguna posted...
FFXI's Absolute Virtue, back when I still played a guild fought it for over 12 hours and still lost. Pretty sure the devs eventually nerfed it along with the increase of the level cap eventually allowed players to beat it but that was years after it came out.

AV had a dumb gimmick with adds that players couldn't figure out. The devs uploaded a video showing how to kill him and it wasn't even hard you just had to know how the gimmick worked. Then instead of letting people kill him with the new understanding of the gimmick, they nerfed him.

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Tyranthraxus
07/26/23 1:23:18 PM
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GranolaPanic posted...
The fight seriously takes 12 hours? How is that possible from a design stand point? Players would have to go that long without food or using the bathroom.
It doesn't take 12 hours if you do it right.

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I4NRulez
07/26/23 1:23:29 PM
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GranolaPanic posted...
Malenia

She's not even the hardest boss that From has put out lol

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Stormvale12
07/26/23 1:23:38 PM
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Are we counting bosses that aren't intended to be beaten?
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KogaSteelfang
07/26/23 1:24:51 PM
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Stormvale12 posted...
Are we counting bosses that aren't intended to be beaten?
Dungeon Guardian.
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ToteAll
07/26/23 1:26:15 PM
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Mankrik's wife
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AldousIsDead
07/26/23 1:26:18 PM
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GranolaPanic posted...
How long would it normally take doing it the right way?
Like an hour and change including the Jailer of Love kill.

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Tyranthraxus
07/26/23 1:28:44 PM
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KogaSteelfang posted...
Dungeon Guardian.

In terms of bosses that aren't intended to be beaten, this one is actually kind of easy to beat.

GranolaPanic posted...
How long would it normally take doing it the right way?

I can't remember exactly how long it took but it was normal encounter length for the time.

12 hour and other ridiculous times you hear about are because if adds were too close to AV they would heal him and you would literally never kill him. People have fought him for 24 hours where a timer will make him despawn mid fight. And everyone realizes they wasted their life.


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KogaSteelfang
07/26/23 1:30:11 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
In terms of bosses that aren't intended to be beaten, this one is actually kind of easy to beat.
Takes so long though, and 1 mistake and it's over. I know what you mean that it's fairly easy once set up, but I always due several times just trying to lure him out. lol
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lww99
07/26/23 1:31:44 PM
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Im sure shes not the hardest- but my personal worst boss to fight is Alma from Ninja Gaiden

her skill set isnt even hard to learn, but the hit boxes are fucking busted

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Xenogears15
07/26/23 1:32:13 PM
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Meganada from DDS2 wasn't just hard, it seemed like he fucking cheated. Needed big RNG luck to beat him. The fact that he was harder than the final boss and progression required you to beat him still sticks in my craw today.

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Prestoff
07/26/23 1:36:37 PM
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Rick the Door Technician

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Tyranthraxus
07/26/23 1:38:57 PM
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Xenogears15 posted...
Meganada from DDS2 wasn't just hard, it seemed like he fucking cheated. Needed big RNG luck to beat him. The fact that he was harder than the final boss and progression required you to beat him still sticks in my craw today.

I like how the demifiend just uses the normal battle theme.

That fight is bullshit by the way. May as well make a boss that you can only beat by getting 777 on a slot machine gimmick.

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NoxObscuras
07/26/23 1:43:10 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Inbachi

Here's a TAS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwa6N7jnm2c
Yeah I was gonna say it's gotta be something from a bullet hell. Those are insane.

But special mention to Hard Magnus in Maplestory. When he was first released, he was literally impossible to beat without hacking, so anyone that beat him back then was banned lol.

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ellis123
07/26/23 1:43:12 PM
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GranolaPanic posted...
How long would it normally take doing it the right way?
Based on the developer video, less than 4 minutes (it has fluff in the beginning): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9_7uvn6UoU

That, however, is more just showing off that the fight is beatable and it shows jack crap about *how* they did it. Thus changing the story from before pretty dramatically.

And the hardest boss is probably Any% Radiance. It was made as a joke and some people took it upon themselves to beat it.

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B18Champ
07/26/23 1:45:48 PM
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Hardest boss that I have ever attempted to beat was Ares in God of War on Very Hard. Fight is completely broken

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Westernwolf4
07/26/23 1:48:09 PM
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Turbam posted...
Mike Tyson

I have been gaming for a long time (I had a Pong system! I had an Atari 2600!). But no one would confuse me with a good gamer. I just have fun.

But I got to a point where I could regularly pummel Tyson in Punch Out. It is my one real gaming accomplishment. :)


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ViewtifulJoe
07/26/23 1:50:15 PM
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Christopher Robin from Winnie The Pooh Homerun Derby (Japanese version) isn't gonna be number 1 but he's still fun to bring up.

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Tyranthraxus
07/26/23 1:52:54 PM
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NoxObscuras posted...
Yeah I was gonna say it's gotta be something from a bullet hell. Those are insane.

But special mention to Hard Magnus in Maplestory. When he was first released, he was literally impossible to beat without hacking, so anyone that beat him back then was banned lol.
Oh something that you don't see because this TAS didn't use any bombs but Inbachi is invulnerable during bomb animations. Basically you can use a bomb to get a short break but to actually win you have to be able to dodge all those attacks.

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alphagamble
07/26/23 1:52:57 PM
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From what I've played, Cannoneer and Blade Bearer in Code Vein

really hard to fight them solo with the hammer

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DragulaRULEZ
07/26/23 1:53:48 PM
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Hellcloud from Dragon Warrior VII pissed me off so bad I stopped playing video games for like two months.

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Verdekal
07/26/23 1:57:22 PM
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Alma from Ninja Gaiden 1 was tough


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Prestoff
07/26/23 1:59:11 PM
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ViewtifulJoe posted...
Christopher Robin from Winnie The Pooh Homerun Derby (Japanese version) isn't gonna be number 1 but he's still fun to bring up.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/7/6/AAPzdiAAEsjk.jpg

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Solar_Crimson
07/26/23 2:00:25 PM
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Demifiend from Digital Devil Saga is outright unfair and required cheese to beat.

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Medussa
07/26/23 2:00:59 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Inbachi

my immediate thought was "i don't know, but it'll be some bullet hell bullshit"

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Tyranthraxus
07/26/23 2:01:24 PM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
Demifiend from Digital Devil Saga is outright unfair and required cheese to beat.

You can't cheese demifiend. There's exactly 2 strategies that work and both have RNG that can destroy you at any time.

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Heartomaton
07/26/23 2:02:26 PM
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Hogger.

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gikos
07/26/23 2:07:56 PM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
Demifiend from Digital Devil Saga is outright unfair and required cheese to beat.
this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5rKZZ6JTG8
this fight took me a bunch of retires to beat him and you had to be careful with the RNG that was baked into the fight
Tyranthraxus posted...
I like how the demifiend just uses the normal battle theme.

That fight is bullshit by the way. May as well make a boss that you can only beat by getting 777 on a slot machine gimmick.
man that was the salt on my wounds to him were just another random battle monsters but to us he was our worst boss fight

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crayola555
07/26/23 2:23:36 PM
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Tekken 7 special chapter Akuma boss. Maximum fighting game ai cheese, and he recovers health if you try to cheese him

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Smiffwilm
07/26/23 2:25:17 PM
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The ones who had to fight against Tifa. Especially Rude.

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comicfire
07/26/23 2:26:23 PM
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Xenogears15 posted...
Meganada from DDS2 wasn't just hard, it seemed like he fucking cheated. Needed big RNG luck to beat him. The fact that he was harder than the final boss and progression required you to beat him still sticks in my craw today.

I had a hilarious run where he just did his basic attack for nearly the entire fight, only swapping to his other form when he was nearly dead.

Also yeah, Demi-Fiend isn't difficult, it's entirely just hoping RNG goes your way. Terrible boss fight.

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Naves7
07/26/23 2:28:53 PM
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Hardest I've come across is last boss in drakengard 3, if you can even consider that a boss. Never beat it.
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CassandraCroft
07/26/23 2:29:30 PM
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Night Terror Soul Calibur III.

Can't be ringed out as he has wings to fly back in, hits like billy-o and blocks like nothing on Earth. The only character I could do it with was Cassandra as she had this weapon called The Dark Blade which could penetrate the block.

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Zeeak4444
07/26/23 2:31:01 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
AV had a dumb gimmick with adds that players couldn't figure out. The devs uploaded a video showing how to kill him and it wasn't even hard you just had to know how the gimmick worked. Then instead of letting people kill him with the new understanding of the gimmick, they nerfed him.

No not actually true what they showed that you need to counter the two hour with your own two hour however they did it with no lag or latency which made it impossible to replicate on any online server. The decreased healing part from the ads was easy enough to do problem was it wasnt enough to actually finish the fight

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brestugo
07/26/23 2:35:46 PM
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Westernwolf4 posted...
I have been gaming for a long time (I had a Pong system! I had an Atari 2600!). But no one would confuse me with a good gamer. I just have fun.

But I got to a point where I could regularly pummel Tyson in Punch Out. It is my one real gaming accomplishment. :)
My younger brother also regularly beat Tyson. I never did. He still likes to bring this up once or twice a year...

Great game though.

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Music_Rock_Cat
07/26/23 2:36:30 PM
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Eternal Champion at the end of Eternal Champions you literally have to fight him 8 times in one round or restart the whole process after losing said round.

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