The most difficult boss you've RECENTLY defeated.

[cojo965]

Ornstein and Smough, the bosses of Anor Londo in Demon Souls. I did summon Solaire but he lasted maybe thirty seconds. Had to spend forever in Anor Londo leveling my gear and character.

I felt the same way trying to solo them on my first run, but now I find them fun to fight with other people, espetially when one goes down and everyone gets out pyromancy and lightning spears for the second.

OT: The Ur-Dragon of Dragon's Dogma is the only one I can think of right now if only because two of its weak points are in an annoying to hit place on its wings.

 

[KoudelkaMorgan]

The very last boss of Silent Hill downpour, because I didn't know I could activate a ranged attack with that weapon despite trying. Or so I thought anyways. So I got the reversal ending unintentionally my first time due to my inability to actually hit my opponent with my ridiculously slow swings and movement.

The last intentionally difficult boss would be the Ur-Dragon online. At least until I figured out how to totally cheese him.

 

[Drummie666]

I think it was The Fury, in MGS3. Ya'know, the pyro? With the flamethrower? That was such a badly designed boss fight. He's faster than you, with a weapon that reaches all the way down the corridors and a little bit past that, it's an area denial weapon that lasts for a good 45 seconds at least. It's especially hilarious because every other boss fight in the game is pitifully easy.

 

[Bacaruda]

Errr... All the Sonic Adventure bosses were easy so can't pick any of them... All the Sonic Generation bosses were easy as well... Just finished Tomba 2 and the earth pig boss was kind of annoying. But he only took like 5 tries. I've been playing to many easy games lately, damn.

Answer: Earth Pig Boss in Tomba 2

 

[Deadyawn]

You know, I can't actually remember what the last difficult boss I beat was. That's...kind of sad actually. Maybe I need to play some more challenging stuff.

 

[Misterian]

The High Dragon from Dragon Age: Origins.

Tough son of a gun, and made me use up most of my health poultices, but it felt well worth it.

 

[Ultress]

Yakuza on a 1% run in Metroid Fusion,I had a hard time with him normally but 1% mode is hell,the first phase isn't that bad but then he starts spinning around and I cry in a corner and somehow kick his ass. I wish I could say the same thing about Nightmare.

 

[kyuzo3567]

I don't know if it counts as a boss fight per se... But I've been doing a challenge tower run with my brother on MK9 and had to do a 3-V-1 match against Sheeva, Goro, and Kintaro as Baraka with a single health bar (doesn't reset to max after each fight)... definitely one of the harder fights since Goro and Kintaro have Armor while attacking... anyone remember what I'm talking about?

 

[RedDeadFred]

I just finished soloing Crawmerax for the bazilionth time. No glitching. He's not that hard with the Siren because you can just phase walk to safety. Also, if I'm lucky, I can down him in under a minute.

He just gave me my very first teal drop today! Took bloody forever.

 

[Sp3ratus]

-MOST FRUSTRATING ASSHOLE IN GAMING EVER-

Couldn't agree more, they really don't give you a good chance with that dick head, I pretty much killed him via exploits, and even then it was hard.

As for me the most difficult one I've killed lately is Kai Leng on Insanity Mass Effect 3, damn that was annoyingly hard.

Hehe, when I first read that you quoted me, I was like "whoa dude, not sure how I've earned a reputation like that, but okay", but then I figured you were probably quoting my Golems of Amgarrak and the Harvester response. But I completely agree, the only reason I was able to even beat it on hard was because of lots of bombs, that 3 out of the 4 party members could cast on rotation and that I read somewhere on the web that pulling the lever that make the skeletons disappear right before you enter phase 2 would make that phase a cakewalk, which it pretty much did.

As for Kai Leng, what class did you play? Because I remember him being a pain in the ass on my Vanguard, but on my second playthrough, on my Infiltrator it being a lot easier with invisibility and my trusty Black Widow absolutely annihilating him. Both of them being on Insanity, mind.

 

[Saviordd1]

-MOST FRUSTRATING ASSHOLE IN GAMING EVER-

Couldn't agree more, they really don't give you a good chance with that dick head, I pretty much killed him via exploits, and even then it was hard.

As for me the most difficult one I've killed lately is Kai Leng on Insanity Mass Effect 3, damn that was annoyingly hard.

Hehe, when I first read that you quoted me, I was like "whoa dude, not sure how I've earned a reputation like that, but okay", but then I figured you were probably quoting my Golems of Amgarrak and the Harvester response. But I completely agree, the only reason I was able to even beat it on hard was because of lots of bombs, that 3 out of the 4 party members could cast on rotation and that I read somewhere on the web that pulling the lever that make the skeletons disappear right before you enter phase 2 would make that phase a cakewalk, which it pretty much did.

As for Kai Leng, what class did you play? Because I remember him being a pain in the ass on my Vanguard, but on my second playthrough, on my Infiltrator it being a lot easier with invisibility and my trusty Black Widow absolutely annihilating him. Both of them being on Insanity, mind.

Yeah looking back I could have worded that better.

But anyway I played an Adept for my insanity walkthrough, not as easy as I thought the endless psychic powers would make it.

 

[OceanRunner]

Ornstein and Smough, the bosses of Anor Londo in Demon Souls. I did summon Solaire but he lasted maybe thirty seconds. Had to spend forever in Anor Londo leveling my gear and character.

I look forward to the day I can share in your joy. For now my most recent tough boss conquered would be Wargoyle from Kingdom Hearts 3D.

 

[llew]

Vergil 2 - Devil May Cry 3. Eventually said screw it and used that gold orb I found at the start of the game. Ruined my rank but eh I'll live. Thank god he goes back to a more manageable movelist for the third fight.

Really? you found the third fight easier than the second? the second one i find way easier because the majority of his moves involve *jump, kick, repeat*

OT: the giant ninja spider on mission 1 of ninja gaiden 2 on mentor difficulty... the spider ninja itself isnt that hard but by god all the exploding shuriken ninja helping it make it difficult

 

[Pearwood]

Really? you found the third fight easier than the second? the second one i find way easier because the majority of his moves involve *jump, kick, repeat*

Not easier, no. I just have some kind of problem with dodging Beowulf's air attack. I know how to dodge it but I never seem to do it right. I guess I just need practice but like I said there's a gold orb you find at the beginning of the game and pretty much nothing between then and Virgil 2 that's worth using it on. I'll probably regret that attitude when it comes to Virgil 3 because there's no way in hell I'm fighting a devil triggered Vanguard just for another one.

 

[SpaceBat]

I actually felt the later bosses were much easier than the first ones. Taurus demon, moonlight butterfly and gaping dragon almost made me give up the game after 50+ tries, while bosses like ornstein & smough, sif and gwyn were just tank and spank, and got oneshotted. NG+1 and NG+2 didnt really add to the challenge, rather made it even easier... Might have been me who just specced perfectly or something...

While you are correct that later bosses are much easier than earlier bosses (because of the access to better equipment), I am wondering whether you accidentally put moonlight butterfly in your list of tough bosses when you actually meant something else. That thing barely hit me before I killed it. Seriously, I might have had to block one of its magic attacks before it died. The gaping dragon is pretty damn easy as well once you figure out his moving/attacking pattern. Died twice before I figured it out though. Taurus demon was indeed difficult and would probably have been hell if it weren't for that ladder you can climb at the beginning of the stage.

You're right about Ornstein & Smough though. They were pretty damn easy to beat if you have good equipment. I'm getting the feeling that many people aren't getting the absolute must-have ring that is the Dark Wood Grain Ring and aren't improving their equipment as much as they can.

I can't remember the last truly difficult boss I've faced. The last one I remember that was reasonably difficult for me was the Capra Demon from Dark Souls, but mostly because of its annoying pets.

 

[Jhooud]

Kazdan Paratus

This dude smacked me around like a naughty puppy last night on Sith Master mode. He's fast, hits incredibly hard, and was a bear to figure out. Took me most of last evening to get his patterns and weaknesses down. Finally got him though! Whew.

 

[s0p0g]

i think that would be Tabuu in SSBB

the other games recently played either don't have boss fights, or boss fights one cannot take serious

 

[Rylot]

I don't know if you play online or not, but if you do, summoning another player is a great help. I did that and having someone else, so both bosses aren't focusing on you alone makes the fight a lot easier.

The first part of the fight wasn't too bad. I got caught from behind once or twice but the real challenge was the giant version afterwords (Ornstein for me). As for online play (also to the other five people who pointed this out) On my first play through getting killed about five times in Undeadberg before I could reach the boss area left a very bad taste in my mouth. Since Smough and Ornstein was the first boss that gave me trouble that I couldn't summon an NPC on I never really bothered going back online.

 

[Brendan Stepladder]

Yakuza on a 1% run in Metroid Fusion,I had a hard time with him normally but 1% mode is hell,the first phase isn't that bad but then he starts spinning around and I cry in a corner and somehow kick his ass. I wish I could say the same thing about Nightmare.

I truly, truly, pity any mortal who ha to face off against that spider of death.

Anyway, I'd have to go with the higher levels of Protoman in the Megaman Battle Network series. He can counter every move you make and flood the entire arena with obscenely powerful attacks. It's less of an RPG boss and more along the lines of a bullet-hell game.

 

[mirage202]

My wife.

She thought she was going to prevent me from pre-ordering the Borderlands 2 Ultimate edition. Sure I may have had to cheat in the end, but it's the result the counts right.. right?