7 Minibosses Harder Than Most Bosses in Any Game

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  • These minibosses didn't get the "mini" memo, and are actually a bigger pain than most normal bosses! Gah! What gives?!
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  • @jodinsan
    @jodinsan ปีที่แล้ว +1572

    "I won't be doing that. No one can. I know I've just seen someone do it. It can't be done."
    Inspiring words.

    • @blazebane9995
      @blazebane9995 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Luke's speaking the unspoken truths and making them spoken ones instead.

    • @MarkDeSade100
      @MarkDeSade100 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Me after watching a video of someone beating Blasphemous bosses without getting hit.

    • @nerdgasam6838
      @nerdgasam6838 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Luke's line delivery is on point as always LMFAO 🤣😂😂

    • @sufjams
      @sufjams ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I consume a huge amount of Zelda content and I always feel the same.

    • @TeryJones
      @TeryJones ปีที่แล้ว +13

      After all, not all of us have the capability to be gods among men....

  • @maxvel0city906
    @maxvel0city906 ปีที่แล้ว +774

    Luke I'd just like to say that it's not "Running away" in Sekiro.
    It's "Tactical Evasion."😉

    • @borgmardunkleson2225
      @borgmardunkleson2225 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      It's advancing backwards

    • @roccogough254
      @roccogough254 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      It's anti-progression progression.

    • @gamepassghost
      @gamepassghost ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Roundabout solution to a linear problem.

    • @foxowar3953
      @foxowar3953 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I read this too fact and read "Tax Evasion" help

    • @michaelandreipalon359
      @michaelandreipalon359 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And besides, it did help the likes of Ryuko Matoi from Kill la Kill, so no shame!

  • @faithjones7550
    @faithjones7550 ปีที่แล้ว +585

    I also never realized Muffet wasn't an actual boss. I loved her and Spider Dance so much I ended up doing a cosplay of her

    • @ajek3607
      @ajek3607 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Fun fact:if you buy the 9999G pastries from muffet, you dont even have to eat the donut/cider to skip the fight. The fight skips automatically instead of you having to eat the donut/cider first.

    • @arcticfluffyfoxy
      @arcticfluffyfoxy ปีที่แล้ว +69

      did you know muffet was a kick starter boss and that means she was literally paid to fight frisk (and not payed by someone in the underground)

    • @wraith6233
      @wraith6233 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I’m surprised muffet is considered hard

    • @ibozz9187
      @ibozz9187 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@ajek3607 I did that by continuously selling dog residue (took 1h30m)

    • @WhereIsMySock03
      @WhereIsMySock03 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@wraith6233 Kinda same. I absolutely loved her boss fight but I never really thought she was super difficult. I mean she literally even shows you what move she's going to do next, so that you have time to prepare for it.

  • @thehopelessrainbows
    @thehopelessrainbows ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Muffet's skip with the spider donut has always been a game saver. Not sure if i've ever legit been able to beat her

    • @glam4663
      @glam4663 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Takes a bit of food, but it's actually easy. One time I still had a spider cider from the ruins and accidentally found out you could skip it.

    • @I_like_danno_cal_drawings
      @I_like_danno_cal_drawings 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yep, why wouldn't you buy it

    • @moonxmoon1096
      @moonxmoon1096 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I never realized and spent like 5 hours on muffet. I learned spider dance on piano though, so worth it

    • @thehopelessrainbows
      @thehopelessrainbows 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      BASED!! Tbh once you learn her attacks it becomes MUCH easier, still tough tho

  • @teafling
    @teafling ปีที่แล้ว +551

    “If you make the mistake of shooting that shield, he’ll summon a ghost dog to chew your face off.”
    *frantically scribbles magic item suggestion for next dnd session*
    EDIT: In a list containing a Bloodborne entry, I did not expect Undertale to be the thing that set my trypophobia off 😅

    • @hiruharii
      @hiruharii ปีที่แล้ว +3

      oh

    • @Ceece20
      @Ceece20 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I’m going to equip it to all my NPCs from now on. So literally any time my players go muderhobo, they get eaten by a ghost dog.

    • @DragonLigerX
      @DragonLigerX ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Ceece20 🤣

    • @teafling
      @teafling ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Ceece20 extremely limited version of Mordenkainen’s Faithful Hound activated as a reaction??

    • @ferd617
      @ferd617 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Only if you can somehow recreate that soul-withering howl it lets out every time it appears.

  • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
    @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley ปีที่แล้ว +318

    That camera turn to reveal the horrifying thing hanging from the ceiling in the Bloodborne entry was the stuff of nightmares. Like, if I saw that, coupled with the singing or screaming, I would probably mosey my ass back up the ladder and save that part for later/last 😂

    • @williamjones5334
      @williamjones5334 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Thing is, the singing isn't even from the shark giants, it's another enemy that can take off 75% of your max health if you so much as look at it!

    • @lorddestrustor8828
      @lorddestrustor8828 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Bold of you to assume you'd survive climbing back up the ladder with those two charmers hacking at your legs.

    • @Hierakles
      @Hierakles ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@williamjones5334 Yeah, Winter Lanterns are easily another candidate for this list.

    • @ariellchilcote5230
      @ariellchilcote5230 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's just Bloodborne bby

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@lorddestrustor8828 I was referring to before you've made it to the bottom. If I adjusted my camera in the game while going down and saw that thing, that would be my "Not no, but HELL no!" moment and right back up I would go! Assuming it doesn't attack you and knock you off the ladder.

  • @HayTatsuko
    @HayTatsuko ปีที่แล้ว +147

    9:15 Muffet's a really fun, difficult challenge, but her theme's so darned catchy I never minded replaying her very well-crafted battle.

    • @normalhuman9878
      @normalhuman9878 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I’ve been letting my little brother play Undertale on my computer but I’ve been grinding to sell cloudy glasses to Temmy for him because there’s no way he’s going to beat Muffet

    • @Temmiybutspeltwrong
      @Temmiybutspeltwrong ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Muffet is so hard, her battle took me about half an hour to do (because I didn’t have a spider donut or cider) not as long as mettaton’s fight ( that took me about an hour) but Muffet is my third favourite character

    • @insolence3239
      @insolence3239 ปีที่แล้ว

      Muffet is easy

    • @strawberrychangeling
      @strawberrychangeling 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Deltarune is WAAAY harder than undertale (change my mind)

    • @amenacewithsoap4060
      @amenacewithsoap4060 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i beat muffet 2nd try how bad are you?

  • @kingspilly4381
    @kingspilly4381 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    Bloodborne also has the Bloody Crow of Cainhurst, a rival hunter who has maxed stats, maxed equipment, infinite bullets and infinite use of the Old Hunter's Bone. He's also the only NPC hunter that scales to New Game+. In fact, some theorize that he is meant to represent a min-maxing powergamer.

    • @Xaiclun
      @Xaiclun ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I remember what a struggle that fight was on my first playthrough.
      Tho, when I encountered them lately with a whole new character, it wasn't that much of a challenge, maybe because I went in with my own min-max build instead of my first "I'll just Level everything"-build.

    • @anonymityanonymous7476
      @anonymityanonymous7476 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember a... I forget the name of the format. Combination of book, RPG, and CYOA, where the author posts a chapter to a forum and then people come to a passable approximation of a consensus on what to do next which the author uses to write the next chapter. The premise for this one was "Alexander Anderson from Hellsing Ultimate Abridged ends up in Bloodborne", and the fight with the Crow ended up being almost anticlimactic because (at least in this story) the dude was power-leveled by the church and had almost no actual combat experience, resulting in him taking a bayonet to the leg while monologuing. That didn't end the fight itself of course, but then he tried to start up a "do you MIND?" monologue, sidestepped the obvious bayonet-to-the-leg interruption, and carried on without getting outside the blast radius of the bomb that Anderson tied to the handle of this one. Now entirely missing a leg, the dude went for a blood vial but that just got smacked out of his hand.
      Another comedically anticlimactic bit is the star spider what's-her-name that is sleeping when you show up and doesn't wake up until you attack. Anderson rigged the thing with enough explosives to make Michael Bay blush and started the fight by setting them off, resulting in a rain of chunks rather than a proper fight.

    • @badusername8496
      @badusername8496 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’d love to think the bloody crow is the only other hunter that knew about cumgeon

    • @kittyplayz1480
      @kittyplayz1480 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s why he’s so fucking difficult? I feel a little less shit at the game knowing he’s got maxed out stats and gear

  • @madmanwithamic4396
    @madmanwithamic4396 ปีที่แล้ว +558

    The bloody crow of Cainhurst

    • @ghostderazgriz
      @ghostderazgriz ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Oh, oh... the memories are back

    • @bretth342
      @bretth342 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      That's not even a miniboss. That's just a dude. And he's the 3rd hardest enemy in the game

    • @SolaScientia
      @SolaScientia ปีที่แล้ว +24

      No enemy in Bloodborne got my pulse up higher than that guy. Took me ages since I didn't cheese the fight. I ended up using the hunter axe and spin to win, and also only attacking when he put the gun away. Made the last bit so intense since he stops putting the gun away. I think the only time since then I've gotten so nervous about a fight was fighting Champion Gundyr.
      Apparently you can use the Beast Cutter or any DLC weapon on him and he doesn't react to those how he does main game weapons. But yeah, that fight took me so many hours.

    • @cdunlap0008
      @cdunlap0008 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Ah, the bloody crow of Painhurst. I never managed to beat that cheap bastard

    • @claratalbot7613
      @claratalbot7613 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Outside of the sharks in the well & Defiled Amygdala this guy is one of the hardest enemies to deal with

  • @firefly9187
    @firefly9187 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    It may not count technically as a “boss”, but that water level in Ori and the Blind Forest was infinitely harder than the final boss!! I remember finishing the game and going “was that it?” because it didn’t destroy me mentally and emotionally like that god-forsaken water did

    • @jarlwhiterun7478
      @jarlwhiterun7478 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Chase sequence doesn't equal mini boss.

    • @burnslee1164
      @burnslee1164 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @princesspixel3151 There is a giant death bird? How would you describe that?

    • @burnslee1164
      @burnslee1164 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh thanks for reminding me... good times.

    • @deejaepjs
      @deejaepjs ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Honestly 😆😆😆 I REALLY wanted something from Ori to be on here, but none of the stuff that was actually hard was a Mini boss; It was the damn environment(s) 😆😆😆

    • @orinblank2056
      @orinblank2056 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @princesspixel3151 Yeah all the proper bosses are in Will of the Wisps. Some of them are seriously quite tough

  • @bellarmire
    @bellarmire ปีที่แล้ว +116

    This applies to pretty much every miniboss in Persona 3. The main bosses (the "Full Moon" bosses) are deliberately made to be more forgiving so that you’re unlikely to softlock yourself into an unwinnable scenario by not levelling up by the time limit. The Tartarus bosses have no such limitations. They can and Will grind you into a pulp. Highlights include that one demon table with no weaknesses.

    • @GiftedContractor
      @GiftedContractor ปีที่แล้ว +22

      My reaction to reading this was literally "Oh that's not fair, the Tartarus bosses weren't that much hard than the main ones, I think you're overrea- OH YEAH FUCK THAT TABLE IN PARTICULAR."
      Whoever designed that table needs to step on all the legos.

    • @carlsiouxfalls
      @carlsiouxfalls ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Aren't Tartarus bosses required to defeat to beat the game though? They wouldn't be a miniboss then. (It's been quite a while since I've played through P3, so I don't recall how that worked during the end of the game.)

    • @boostergold4057
      @boostergold4057 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I just finished P3 and the last tartarus boss (before) end game was such a grind my controller is now dust.

    • @bellarmire
      @bellarmire ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@carlsiouxfalls There’s a difference between a mini boss and an optional boss. The Tartarus bosses are compulsory, but they don’t get the same build up, fanfare and unique design as the Full Moon bosses so I think they count as mini bosses.

    • @GiftedContractor
      @GiftedContractor ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@carlsiouxfalls They are required, but while the proper bosses has their own unique design based on tarot cards and there is a countdown on screen to when you have to fight them (they come every full moon in universe) Tartarus bosses were just blown up versions of regular enemies with different stats and can be fought whenever as long as you make it to the top of the tower by the end of the game. They're quite evidently much less important than the main bosses.

  • @runicknight1151
    @runicknight1151 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    Ellen implying she maybe eats spiders gave me a good chuckle 😅

    • @chriswest6988
      @chriswest6988 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This is why you should never ask an allergist how to deal with a phobia.

    • @makarabaduk1754
      @makarabaduk1754 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Are you sure she wasn't implying that she *doesn't* eat spiders?

    • @PhoenicopterusR
      @PhoenicopterusR 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There's a higher than %0 chance you've eaten a spider, so we all eat spiders in one way or another

  • @keyblademasterkatsu7839
    @keyblademasterkatsu7839 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    The rat from Hades isnt here? That thing is vicious and almost gave me a heart attack the first time it surprised me at the end of a run.

    • @nothanks6549
      @nothanks6549 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think it's difficult with some weapons, easy with others though. Boxing gloves, tough. Bow or Gun, not so bad. Trident, medium.

    • @RoboSparkle
      @RoboSparkle ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I'm fairly certain the Tiny Vermin has ended more of my runs than Hades has, and there's only a 1/3 chance to fight it, and even then, that's only if you get a miniboss in the Temple of Styx! Honorable mention to the Dire Soul Catcher, specifically the one Hades summons if you have his Extreme Measures activated - once again, that's got a way higher chance of killing me than dear Papa does.

    • @nothanks6549
      @nothanks6549 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RoboSparkle if that's what keyblade meant, then yeah. I thought they were saying the big one.

    • @penname8441
      @penname8441 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tiny vermin is such a pain, but I'd also go with those big ass satyrs as well

    • @chrish6415
      @chrish6415 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nothanks6549 Nah, big rat is nothing even with the fists (or claws whenever I use them). Just a bunch of hit and run. Tiny vermin is a time sink that also does "death by a thousand cuts" if you happen to play poorly by, oh idk, having a non-ranged weapon. It hops around the field and moves even faster than the 1-shot mice, and the only saving grace is that it's a bull rush enemy (runs in a straight line towards you so you can sidestep and whack it in the head...if it doesn't do the triple charge or instantly dig down after you get 1 solid hit in)

  • @fredbyoutubing
    @fredbyoutubing ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Any Crucible knights in Elden Ring. They wreaked me more then most bosses. Also, they typically are gazing in the horizon begging to be backstabbed, but they either turn around right before you get close or let you poke them and realize they weren't even open to critical in the first place.

    • @ddjsoyenby
      @ddjsoyenby ปีที่แล้ว +9

      yup.........learned that one the hard way.

    • @jarlwhiterun7478
      @jarlwhiterun7478 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'm on the double fight right now and raging accordingly.

    • @fredbyoutubing
      @fredbyoutubing ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jarlwhiterun7478 It was one of the hardest fight. I managed to do it by getting one to 1v1 my summon while I tried to finish the other one alone. I'm doing a second playthrough and am not using spirit ashes or mimics so I'm not looking forward to try it. I might skip it as I'm not sure the reward is even worth it. But maybe the challenge is.

    • @tooclosetokyle
      @tooclosetokyle ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Banged my head against the wall against that one on the other side of the portal at Four Belfries. By the time I beat him all others became so much easier.

    • @fredbyoutubing
      @fredbyoutubing ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tooclosetokyle Seriously, now I 1v1 them with a parrying shield and misericorde (super high critical). It takes two clean parry but I wreaked them fast after I got the rythme right.

  • @gabrielhruskovec584
    @gabrielhruskovec584 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I wanna call out the Shambler in Darkest Dungeon. I think the worst part is the way you can encounter it because it really leans into the "beat you when you're down" by showing up only when you have no torchlight making him so much stronger

    • @kuyagab4444
      @kuyagab4444 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Even in Darkest Dungeon 2, the Shambler is still a menace.

    • @beepboprobotsnot3748
      @beepboprobotsnot3748 ปีที่แล้ว

      This. This brought back memories.

    • @siphons5737
      @siphons5737 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Shambler is not a mini boss, it's a menace, a nightmare, a team crushing monster, you encounter it you either flee or you are dead... If you're not ready to fight it, if you find the summoning thingy and summon it, either you are ready to beat it or you an overconfident bastard that will cry after the fight

  • @MSte21
    @MSte21 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    The delivery was on point for this one. Ellen pretending, even for a second, that she eats spiders, and Luke calmly declaring Zelda TH-cam stunts to be literally impossible are the highlights for me.

  • @adjustedcoyote7234
    @adjustedcoyote7234 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    Anti Sora got super nerfed in the 1.5 remake. That upward slash combo used to be able to near one shot you in the original 😅

    • @carlosbeltran804
      @carlosbeltran804 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      yeah, but they buffed hook to compensate

    • @hackcubit9663
      @hackcubit9663 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Did they nerf the fish? I remember the inability to summon in Atlantis combining with the giant fish being the reason I died so many times in that area.

    • @LtBasil
      @LtBasil ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm not complaining.

  • @MrMathGames
    @MrMathGames ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Let's go old-school: WarMech in the original Final Fantasy 1, found in the orbiting Sky Castle. He has only two attacks: a standard physical attack which is likely to one-shot whichever party member it hits, and the Nuke spell which is likely to one-shot your entire party. He randomly pops up on the long bridge just before the boss of the Sky Castle.

    • @KefkaPalazzo
      @KefkaPalazzo ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm looking forward to going after him again when the I-VI Pixel Remasters come out!

    • @silverturtlewax2281
      @silverturtlewax2281 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same with that random monster in the small triangle island pre-Triad in FF6. There is no chance you’ll have enough dps to actually kill it before it wipes your party unless you use a specific combo of skills (Stone + Banish I think). Not a boss, just a field enemy that can spawn there

    • @gorimbaud
      @gorimbaud ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@silverturtlewax2281 You're thinking of Vanish+Doom (X-Zone/Banish also works). And since Intangir starts with the Vanish status, you only need the to cast the Doom part. Unfortunately, that exploit was fixed in most later releases of the game.

    • @DragonLigerX
      @DragonLigerX ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Most, if not all, Final Fantasy games have minibosses tougher than bosses

    • @That80sGuy1972
      @That80sGuy1972 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pretty much. I think if you have a party member under a spell, I forget which it is, he gets reduced damage against Nuke and becomes the sole survivor if he's the only one. Don't quote me on that... it's been decades, so I'm quite likely off. I remember finishing the game, even after being attacked by more of those things than I can count. Then again, I spent most of my summer playing that game... so I could have just loaded from a save game quite a bit.

  • @Mini_Squatch
    @Mini_Squatch ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I love that you included the lynel, because it can also be one-hit with an ancient arrow. just blipped outta existence

    • @jarlwhiterun7478
      @jarlwhiterun7478 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Existence*

    • @nolongeraperson
      @nolongeraperson ปีที่แล้ว +19

      For no loot.

    • @denverarnold6210
      @denverarnold6210 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thing is, it's also arguably the easiest of the bosses on this list. Just like the ancient guardians and practicing the shield reflect, you just need to practice the backflip dodge over their sword for a lot of easy hits.

    • @Bluegirl12345
      @Bluegirl12345 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I never use ancient arrows on normal enemies

    • @petin13naahl
      @petin13naahl ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have only used ancient arrows twice in my several playthroughs. The first time was against a decayed guardian to see how powerful it was, the second was against a flying guardian (don't remember what the name is) while climbing Akkala castle

  • @audoldends6799
    @audoldends6799 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Watching Luke fight those bus sized, gargling, sea-horrors live was a highlight of my life. Schadenfreude

    • @AldoLop
      @AldoLop ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi,, do you remember the name of the stream?I would love to see that

    • @audoldends6799
      @audoldends6799 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AldoLop okay! I just double checked and it's the Luke plays Bloodborne for the first time: where is the orphan of kos. 14th video of 16 on the Bloodborne playlist! Enjoy it's truly fantastic. The slow descent into madness is 🤌🤌🤌

  • @joshuahunt3032
    @joshuahunt3032 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Dunno if they qualify as minibosses, but once you start encountering Draugr Deathlord archers in Skyrim’s ancient tombs, they can be downright nasty depending on your build. High damage from their bows, and their shouts are powerful enough to ragdoll your character (whereas weaker draugr tend to just inflict stagger when shouting).
    Meanwhile, dragon priests (which are frequently found at the end of those same dungeons) are pure spellcasters, and there are counters to magic.
    Granted, ward spells help in both cases.

    • @jbruning1291
      @jbruning1291 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And don't forget that when you arrive in Skuldafn, there's a metric shit ton of Draugr Deathlords.
      Just finished fighting two? Have fun fighting 3 more while 2 shoot arrows at you before you even walk into the Keep.

    • @joshuahunt3032
      @joshuahunt3032 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jbruning1291 Meanwhile, a couple crossbow bolts in the back was enough to take out the dragon priest.
      (Granted, my crossbow is a Stalhrim crossbow enchanted with frost and chaos damage [that combination boosts enchantment damage a shitload] so maybe I was cheating a bit)

    • @ericb3157
      @ericb3157 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yes, i've been killed in ONE shot by at least one of those Draugr Deathlord archers.
      he had an Ebony boy and Ebony arrows!
      i only recently learned that enemies scale with your overall level, which means trying to learn EVERY skill makes the game HARDER!

    • @z216ghost
      @z216ghost ปีที่แล้ว

      There's no challenge to any enemy in Skyrim

    • @ericb3157
      @ericb3157 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@z216ghost oh, it depends on the Difficulty setting, BUT that can be changed ANY time.

  • @frodobaggins7710
    @frodobaggins7710 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The speed of the shark giants in Bloodborne always catches me off-guard each time I replay it, they're so much faster than you'd expect for something their size

  • @MrAim-gm7gi
    @MrAim-gm7gi ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I was convinced that dark link was learning as we fought, so I always just used the giant hammer on him and it worked most of the time.

    • @PanAndScanBuddy
      @PanAndScanBuddy ปีที่แล้ว +3

      STOP!
      Hammer Time!

    • @deathblade32
      @deathblade32 ปีที่แล้ว

      I got the biggoran sword, you can get it post adult, just need the Hookshot.
      The stab attack he can't jump on so it's easy at that point
      Also he scales with your health on top of that, more HP=longer fight

    • @LadyOnikara
      @LadyOnikara ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was spamming Din's Fire while carrying a bottle of blue potion.

    • @zixvirzjghamn737
      @zixvirzjghamn737 ปีที่แล้ว

      I always bring potions , and I had the biggoron sword, so it was Ez for me

  • @mandoschMUh
    @mandoschMUh ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Wow...I never realized that the Marauder summons the dog when you hit his shield...having this enemy type thrown in with regular enemies later in the game was just cruel.

  • @Michael_Lindell
    @Michael_Lindell ปีที่แล้ว +37

    1. Get Ogre it Luke...
    2. Sora to bother you...
    3. Mar-oh-dear...
    4. Muffin but trouble...
    5. It should have been the Fin-al boss...
    6. Metroid Rage...
    7. Lynel Risky...

    • @azuredragoon2054
      @azuredragoon2054 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why am I suddenly hearing Andy? Oh... It's because I read this.

  • @Leith_Crowther
    @Leith_Crowther ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Video idea: 7 NPC’s who never rewarded you for all your hard work.

  • @tomireland3644
    @tomireland3644 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Luke, the writing and your delivery on the BotW section was spectacular. The whole video is great, then twice in that section I was laughing so hard I had to rewind so I could catch what I just missed.
    Oxtra you still just keep getting better 💜

    • @kingjotaro9420
      @kingjotaro9420 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Nice I won't be doing that, No one can, I know I've just seen someone do it but it can't be done" I was DYING🤣😭

    • @RhinoSurprise
      @RhinoSurprise ปีที่แล้ว

      Only topped by the delivery of "Enormous Shark MAN." Spectacular.

  • @Ironcabbit
    @Ironcabbit ปีที่แล้ว +4

    To add to the Lynel misery, if you take too long battling one of these slepnir-sized rage kitties then it will just yeet out randomly to some other place via teleportation, denying you the haul of better weapons to replace all the ones you just broke over its territorial carcass.

  • @MichaelWarman
    @MichaelWarman ปีที่แล้ว +48

    How about a list the reverse of this, where bosses from one part of the game reappear later when you're more powerful as mini bosses?

    • @insaincaldo
      @insaincaldo ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Like anything out of Izalith. Oh no, not even mini bosses, just from boss to standard encounter.

    • @jamesbrice3267
      @jamesbrice3267 ปีที่แล้ว

      Does Omega from Final Fantasy X-2 count? I know its two separate games, but still.

    • @kuyagab4444
      @kuyagab4444 ปีที่แล้ว

      I already have an entry for that. The Guardian from The Evil Within 2. Whether you chose to fight it in front of the Union City Hall or run away from it, it can be encountered again after the succeeding chapters.

    • @joegamergaming
      @joegamergaming ปีที่แล้ว

      Risk of Rain 1&2 in a nutshell.

    • @jason4443
      @jason4443 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Doom Hunters and Marauders.

  • @MetabolicSpore0
    @MetabolicSpore0 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    19:07 Lukes attitude here is absolutely mine whenever I see the impossibly skilled nonsense some gamers are upto...I just don't have the time...I'm too old now.😪

  • @unfunnymemeist
    @unfunnymemeist ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Muffet being there is soo true. I had more trouble with her than Undyne, I think, when I first played Undertale.

  • @burnslee1164
    @burnslee1164 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    All of the minibosses in Spelunky are harder than the actual end of game bosses. A fast knight with an insta-kill shield? Check. A giant piranha you would need bombs to kill if they didn't have an army of piranhas standing in front of, behind, and all around acting as a fishy shield? Check. Two different aliens with a one hit psionic kill attack? Double check. I can do this all day.

  • @danielrhymes4593
    @danielrhymes4593 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind. In the last mission, you have to disable the defenses in Sotha Sil's Clockwork City before defeating the final boss. The defenses are cores that can self heal with its minions, it packs a massive punch, and if you don't have a ranged weapon, the minions move almost as fast as you and can therefore run away before you can kill them and prevent the core from healing. Absolute bastard of a mini boss fight - Barbas was a nice treat after that.

    • @D.J.Berryman
      @D.J.Berryman ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "There was a wonderful ceremony and everything!"

  • @pvtspoon
    @pvtspoon ปีที่แล้ว +56

    It feels like a long time since we’ve had a truly “boooo!” worthy joke from Ellen.

    • @carlsiouxfalls
      @carlsiouxfalls ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Must be a UK thing? I had to look up what a money spider was, and I'm still not sure I got the joke.

    • @isaachepworth7860
      @isaachepworth7860 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@carlsiouxfalls It's a video game term for an enemy that drops either lots of the game's cash or valuable items with no purpose except to be sold.

    • @outsidextra
      @outsidextra  ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@carlsiouxfalls it's a colloquial name for an actual type/species of spider in the UK. Muffet wants all your money, ergo money spider.

    • @ferd617
      @ferd617 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not. Long. ENOUGH!

  • @mattsmith2247
    @mattsmith2247 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You forgot Byetta, a boss from Disgaea who, after his first defeat is renamed Mid-Boss. Every time he shows up afterwards it's in the middle of other missions and hes always incredibly tough.

    • @TheOneTrueEfrate
      @TheOneTrueEfrate ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mid boss is a snooze of you do anything not straight story. But that's a disgaea problem in general. I love smacking his face and one shutting him laharl has such good digs.

    • @sinteleon
      @sinteleon 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@TheOneTrueEfrate Thus entirely justifying his disgraced role as mid-boss.

  • @poz3558
    @poz3558 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Anti-Sora on my first Proud-mode KH1 playthrough was a NIGHTMARE. I honestly think it took me less tries to beat the hidden Xemnas fight.

  • @rammantakhsh9247
    @rammantakhsh9247 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    i’d say the crucible knight fight from elden ring would fit this list. the fact that it’s in limgrave and that it’s harder than anything else there is a big kick in the behind

    • @teafling
      @teafling ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh, god, I hated the crucible knights 😭

    • @ddjsoyenby
      @ddjsoyenby ปีที่แล้ว +3

      me after beating multiple bosses: i can beat hi *d13s repeatedly* or i can just do that.

    • @BLS31
      @BLS31 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'd like to do you one better and raise you the godskin noble on the bridge of the divine tower for altus plateau. It isn't even given a boss healthbar like the crucible knight, not to mention the annoying time it is trying to fight them. Why does there need to be so many?

    • @teafling
      @teafling ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BLS31 Yes! He sucked tremendously. I think I just ran past him in the end.

    • @kimballbelliston5925
      @kimballbelliston5925 ปีที่แล้ว

      I got tired dying to him, so I explored Stormveil, and came across... another Crucible Knight. This one without a boss health bar

  • @sswishbone
    @sswishbone ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Sleeping Table in Persona 3. Also known as the horror roadblock at Floor 135 in Tartarus. If you've fought it blind, you know the trauma this can cause!

    • @GiftedContractor
      @GiftedContractor ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Absolutely! That table was the worst fight in the game.

    • @sswishbone
      @sswishbone ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GiftedContractor I streamed it live on my channel... Never been rinsed so fast in my life XD

  • @tomsyalad9556
    @tomsyalad9556 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The Giant Scout-bots of Team Fortress 2's Mann vs Machine gamemode are a massive pain to deal with.
    While boss-bots can be easily be dealt with by just a few people shooting at it, Giant Scout-bots often take half your team just to stop it from sprinting past you and making you instantly lose the game.

    • @ericb3157
      @ericb3157 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes, if a giant scout picks up the Bomb you are pretty much doomed.

  • @elizabethc9565
    @elizabethc9565 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Can’t believe the Twin Dragons from Spyro 3 never made the list. Pretty sure I’m not the only one that’s suffered a migraine trying to defeat them.

    • @GriffinWolf
      @GriffinWolf ปีที่แล้ว

      They weren't particularly nasty, though; difficult to hit in the right spot, yes, but they didn't have much offensive power. Besides, you could fly in that bit, and that negates all frustration.

  • @briarpelt2333
    @briarpelt2333 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Two words: frost troll.

  • @mooniejohnson
    @mooniejohnson ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Cast-iron bastard" is my new favorite phrase.

    • @teafling
      @teafling ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s up there with “day one arsehole” as an insult

    • @mooniejohnson
      @mooniejohnson ปีที่แล้ว

      @@teafling 100% agree. I'm adding both to my arsenal (no FC pun intended) of insults.

  • @TheReaperMan123
    @TheReaperMan123 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Sulyvahn's beasts from Dark Souls 3, those giant crocodile dog things. Trying to get to the Aldrich Faithful covenant was a nightmare.

  • @Living_with_Narcissists
    @Living_with_Narcissists ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The Revenant in Dragon Age Origins.
    An attack that pulls you and all allies to his location, stun locks you all for a second, and does damage is almost game breaking on higher difficulty.

    • @salemfae
      @salemfae ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Omgg those. Ahh it's been a few years since I've played Origins and I'm craving a playthrough again

    • @KeithFraser82
      @KeithFraser82 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Especially if you meet one at very low level, like if you go straight to Redcliffe first and have to fight one in the castle courtyard in order to reach Arl Eamon.

    • @Living_with_Narcissists
      @Living_with_Narcissists ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@KeithFraser82 Or if you start with the elves but make the tragic decision to mess with grave sites.

  • @helghast_7203
    @helghast_7203 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The angel miniboss just before the final boss in the original Persona 5 gave me FAR MORE TROUBLE to beat than the final boss himself, which I beat on my first try, unlike the miniboss who was litterally 5 minutes before.

  • @TheBioChemics
    @TheBioChemics ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Had to think about the Shambler from Darkest Dungeon. While being fairly easy to avoid and not really mandatory, this nightmarish bunch of tentacles can easily rip even a well prepared adventuring party to shreds, if you get just a tad unlucky

  • @exisbiceb8172
    @exisbiceb8172 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Gargaros, Ogralus, and Orcanos from Yo-kai Watch are all extremely powerful, but they didn't have boss healthbars for the first two games, so they could be classified as minibosses (when they got healthbars they were significantly nerfed anyway...). Snartle from the same series is also a good example of a really hard miniboss, getting stronger as you go through the game. And while he never gets as strong as the minibosses I mentioned above (he does in the game where they became bosses and got nerfed, but that doesn't really count to me), he is still quite a force to be reckoned with.

    • @Alsebra
      @Alsebra 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm not sure if Snartle would be considered a mini-boss, though..."secret" fight, sure, but he doesn't pop up as part of a mission or during the storyline of the game (you need to fulfill certain criteria to get him to spawn)...but he's damnably easy to accidentally spawn if you don't follow basic safety rules (and he's hellacious to actually beat because he increases in power as you rank up your watch (to get stronger Yo-Kai) as well as having a passive boost to his power each time he KOs something of yours...a level of 30+ is suggested at any watch rank to even have a chance at defeating him).

  • @Waumboll
    @Waumboll ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I saw Breath of the Wild scroll by and immediately knew it HAD TO be the lionels. They are brilliant and terrifying and I love them.

    • @diggity1039
      @diggity1039 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lionel? This isn't the Thundercats.

    • @jarlwhiterun7478
      @jarlwhiterun7478 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lynel. Edit your comment accordingly.

    • @diggity1039
      @diggity1039 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jarlwhiterun7478 Balgruuf is that you?

  • @MichaelWarman
    @MichaelWarman ปีที่แล้ว +12

    As you say Bloodborne could fill many of these lists, though I assumed you were going to go for the other hunters generally that are scattered throughout the game (for no obvious reason except screw you) using weapons/tools/tactics of the player, including but not limited to flamethrowers, magic that summons lasers or cuthulu tentacles, and a big f off cannon the size of your arm, all capped off with the ability to heal.

    • @SolaScientia
      @SolaScientia ปีที่แล้ว

      I lost over 42K blood echoes to the one in the Research Hall. I've seen Luke's run of the game, but I somehow forgot about that one. Doesn't help that I found him by accidentally falling on top of him when I got to an area I shouldn't have been able to access. Whoops, lol. The red eyed ones in the DLC are also a pain in the ass. I was fighting the first one and I was in the DLC way too early. I kept getting my ass handed to me and couldn't figure out why he was so much tougher. Finally I noticed the red eyes as the screen faded to black. Had that "ah" realization and opted not to return for my echoes or anything else until much later when I was more ready for it.

  • @jayb8491
    @jayb8491 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You forgot the prison guard in Yakuza 4's prison break sequence - he bats you with little little baton over and over with barely any healing items available. Absolutely blood boiling

    • @denverarnold6210
      @denverarnold6210 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't think I've had anywhere near that much trouble with any fight in Yakuza, besides Mr. Shakedown in 0.

  • @ZoeBateman
    @ZoeBateman ปีที่แล้ว +4

    those damn well sharks in Bloodborne, man
    even just SEEING that well at the start of the segment had me tense up and think "I don't wanna do this again", let alone the actual sharks themselves

  • @francescogreggio6712
    @francescogreggio6712 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ellen's rendition of the track from the Dark Souls bosses needs to be in the next From Software game.

  • @rion2499
    @rion2499 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One thing I find interesting about the Muffet fight, is it really challenges the player on what they think a game will remember. It makes the player stop and think. And potentially encourages the player to reset the game, after a simple google search reveals how necessary the spider bake sales items are. And one of the most memorable moments I first had playing the game, is when I accidentally killed Torial and immediately reset. . . Only to find the game remembered my mistake. Chills. This is a game MADE to be replayed, and this fight is potentially a taste of that.

  • @linkflorestv87
    @linkflorestv87 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Looking into the hero's eyes as he climbed down the ladder only to "realise" that the shark giant was on the ceiling behind him was the high point of my day.

  • @khrisbreezy3628
    @khrisbreezy3628 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I did just find the shark giants for the first time last week, so thank you for validating my pain

  • @mostmelon8243
    @mostmelon8243 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Gattuso from Tales of Vesperia.
    Debatably the hardest battle in the game. This dog absolutely savages you, and if you actually survive, the game has the gall to unsarcastically state, "That was easy."

    • @griffinraynor8425
      @griffinraynor8425 ปีที่แล้ว

      That bastard is the reason I put Vesperia down and haven't yet been back to beat it ;-;

    • @Griff03
      @Griff03 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Unironically the hardest fight in the game. Funnily that is the portion of the game they let you play if you ever play the old demo for tales of vesperia. Way to get people into the game by immediately savaging them.

    • @MarkDeSade100
      @MarkDeSade100 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@griffinraynor8425 I grinded my party to level 20 (high for that part of the game, but still lower than Gattuso's level) and set the difficulty to Easy, after that it wasn't that bad. I even got the secret mission achievement during the fight. After that I set the difficulty back to Normal.

    • @griffinraynor8425
      @griffinraynor8425 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MarkDeSade100 I'll keep that in mind when I get back to it! It's also been years since I played it so hopefully I'll be a bit better once I learn the game again. Vesperia's great, it just hit me with those difficulty spikes. I remember banging my head up against the first Zagi fight every time I started the game :P

  • @williamderkatzen8987
    @williamderkatzen8987 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tuffet: a cushioned chair with no back (if I remember right)
    Curds and whey: cottage cheese

  • @everydaymisfits
    @everydaymisfits ปีที่แล้ว +1

    19:05
    “Huh nice! I won’t be doing that, no one can. I know I’ve just seen someone do it, but it can’t be done.”

  • @AmeenaWordweaver
    @AmeenaWordweaver ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Early on in Dragon's Dogma, ogres were the bane of my life - they hit hard, they're pretty fast, and when you injure them enough they can become enraged and just be even faster, with spinning punches and flying kicks and possibly picking you (or one of your Pawns) up and running off to a corner to have a savagely-painful munch. They get much easier once you've levelled up a way and got some skills and stuff, but considering they can be found in places accessible pretty early on in the game (and one needs passing as part of an early part of the Main Quest), you can probably expect some pain, even more so in the one or two locations where there are two of them together. And then on Bitterblack Isle (the location for the Dark Arisen expansion) you get elder ogres, who are much higher level and subsequently much, much tougher. And yet you never HAVE to kill them. They're just kind of...there. You can run around/away from them and avoid them if you want, as you can with all the other miniboss creatures (chimerae, cyclopses, etc). The final boss of the main game is a total pushover by comparison, and the one you fight a bit before that isn't hugely tough either, not unless you try to fight him at too low a level or something.

    • @jaredcrabb
      @jaredcrabb ปีที่แล้ว

      Even worse if you play a female arisen, or male for elder ogres.

    • @AmeenaWordweaver
      @AmeenaWordweaver ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jaredcrabb I do play as a female, but with all-female Pawns too. None with stupid-looking costumes, though, with all their anatomy on display :P.I think I've heard somewhere that the two types of ogre do react differently based on the sexes of your party members, but as mine have always all been the same, I never noticed anything.

  • @warmfuzzyvoid
    @warmfuzzyvoid ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Pacifist Muffet is unironically my favorite fight in the game

  • @joesphbroussard64
    @joesphbroussard64 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love y’all. Every video that’s uploaded to this channel have not failed to make me atleast chuckle and I just love it

  • @Donasaur7734
    @Donasaur7734 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I feel like Asterius from Hades could be a solid addition. I struggled a good bit with him only to have to fight him AND Perseus as the boss was quite a shock to me

  • @TwoHeadedMeerkat
    @TwoHeadedMeerkat ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If anything, I'd have to suggest Galzus from Fire Emblem Thracia 776. If the player lingers for too long in a certain map where they have to escape, he'll appear to chase them down, and hot _damn_ is he well-equipped to hunt you down; uniquely having a stupidly high chance to move twice, he'll basically fly across the map and hit you with his double-attacking Meisterschwert, basically one-rounding any of your units unfortunate enough to be within swingin' range.

  • @jameshart2622
    @jameshart2622 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ah yes. I remember Luke's fight with the man-sharks from Bloodborne. They definitely earned their place.

  • @rexilerlight
    @rexilerlight ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember some of Final fantasy 7 Crisis core's enemies hitting like a truck and instantly! Like Why are you stronger than Sephiroth !?

  • @luigi1391
    @luigi1391 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "this pastry loving spider is infamous for being a miniboss so tough..."
    me, who ate a spider doughnut in front of her: *laughs*

  • @ethanrobyn2399
    @ethanrobyn2399 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I don't know if it's a mini boss or just a boss but the valkyries are definitely much more difficult than normal bosses.I'm too scared to even try to beat the queen

    • @SpaceNerd117
      @SpaceNerd117 ปีที่แล้ว

      I did most of the game on the normal/balanced difficulty. Tried the queen. Over about a dozen attempts, the most I ever got her down to even with resurrection stones was half health. Switched to Give Me A Story, and it still took me like a dozen tries with the stones.

    • @insaincaldo
      @insaincaldo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They are optional, out of your way very real bosses, but it seems you know well to respect them as such.

  • @Kate_Hanami
    @Kate_Hanami ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Final Fantasy X didn't had one, but 2 at once, Yenke and Biran the tough bullies that steal's Kimari's lunch money
    there's a few boss fights in the game that scale up the bosses according your whole party average level
    except Yenke and Biran are mini bosses, so they scale up to Khimari specifically, while you have to fight alone as him!

    • @MarkDeSade100
      @MarkDeSade100 ปีที่แล้ว

      That fight is really a test to see if you've been neglecting Khimari (I had been on my first playthough, won't make that mistake again). Collecting all his skills up to that point makes a big difference.

    • @crummymonk4917
      @crummymonk4917 ปีที่แล้ว

      The first Blitzball game against the Luca Goers. I refused to lose them, I don't care if it's optional!

    • @patrickbroome5427
      @patrickbroome5427 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MarkDeSade100 actually, if you do not use him at all the fight is really easy, it is only hard if you use him moderately. if you use him rarely you just keep using lancet and spamming overdrive cause each time he learns an overdrive(and both bosses have a lot to learn) your guage just fully refills.

    • @TheBlackSeraph
      @TheBlackSeraph ปีที่แล้ว

      This fight was ridiculously easy. Yeah, people tend to neglect Kimahri because his sphere grid is a bit weak, but even having a perpetually stored limit breaker and making enough effort to snag any Ronso Rage skills you come across is enough to deal with those bozos

  • @CinnaScone
    @CinnaScone ปีที่แล้ว

    15:45 I think Ellen’s “Ah, crap.” neatly captions Samus’s expression there.

  • @thinkbolt
    @thinkbolt ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I know I've just seen someone do it, but it can't be done."

  • @ShrimySeabug
    @ShrimySeabug ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It was very reassuring to hear I wasn't the only one who struggled with Muffet... Somehow she is still one of my favorite bosses though?? I was so sad to learn she was in fact a mini boss/patreon reward and wouldn't appear in deltarune :')

  • @MinnehahaSybyl
    @MinnehahaSybyl ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I feel like a real gamer now, because I liked Lynels by the end. They made me learn how to parry and dodge properly.

    • @ACWells13
      @ACWells13 ปีที่แล้ว

      My main problem with them was that they were a waste of the ridiculously disposable weapons in BotW. I hope they've fixed that mechanic for BotW2... I just hated going through 3 of my best swords just to take down one stupid lynel!

    • @DoorsInTheLabyrinth
      @DoorsInTheLabyrinth ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ACWells13 when you're mounted on the Lynel, attacks won't use weapon durability. repeated arrows to the face (stasis if you need to), you can take one down without breaking a weapon. I usually go through one, because I like doing the dodges and I know I'll get a new one when I kill it.
      The real trick is making sure you have enough arrows, but if you do the glitch to farm arrows with a multi-shot bow (shoot the torch at the beginning of the lost woods, then recover 3/5 arrows for every one shot until the bow breaks), then start hunting the Lynels to get more multi-shot bows, you'll never want for them!
      I'm replaying now, and honestly spending most of my time hunting them when they respawn. Way more fun than farming Talus

    • @ACWells13
      @ACWells13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DoorsInTheLabyrinth I actually knew this, but rarely get the chance to mount them. My last playthrough I did actually hunt them all down and fight them all, but they do remind me of how utterly trash the weapon durability is :)

    • @MinnehahaSybyl
      @MinnehahaSybyl ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ACWells13 I never mounted a lynel, I had much better luck with perfect dodges, which did keep the weapon degradation minimal.

    • @DoorsInTheLabyrinth
      @DoorsInTheLabyrinth ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ACWells13 I disagree on durability, but I'm definitely in the minority there! Given how much the master sword and the stasis rune kinda break the game, if all weapons lasted forever! They work well for rewards too; a new sword would be less exciting if you're already full (though honestly, I'm usually full most of the time anyway, because I don't spend much time korok hunting)
      But, yeah, if you're having trouble mounting them, practice shooting them in the face. It's pretty forgiving, my aim is terrible in FPS, but I can usually get them without much trouble. If you stasis them, that'll give you a moment to aim, and it lets you get in close so you'll be ready to mount!

  • @iannismccluskey9219
    @iannismccluskey9219 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:38 You freaking killed me. 🤣 Thanks a lot, I needed that.

    • @Hamboane
      @Hamboane ปีที่แล้ว

      I’ve been looking for this comment

  • @bluecat3338
    @bluecat3338 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The first lynel I encountered was that one at the end of the bridge (that I have forgotten the name of). I was there for the memory, having just seen Impa for the first time. The thing is, though, that compared to the other enemies in the game, the lynels take a really long time to register your presence (or at least this one did this time). So when the ? that is the first indication that an enemy is about to spot you did not show up, my thought process was as follows:
    Friend? New friend? … Not new friend. NOT NEW FRIEND!!!

  • @montezumq
    @montezumq ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Pursuer is an fantastic idea for a miniboss. Which you would know if you did a Dark Souls 2 souls academy :)

    • @oingulonthethird1908
      @oingulonthethird1908 ปีที่แล้ว

      its a shame that , despite being called the "Pursuer", he actually has a shorter aggro range than most enemies.

  • @EnderdanXD
    @EnderdanXD ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Does she know you can move horizontally during the Muffet Fight? Also I'm pretty sure you can actually hit her??

  • @Wolfrover
    @Wolfrover ปีที่แล้ว

    For the curious: A tuffet is a tuft, more specifically a low hillock or clump of grass. While sitting on one, Miss Muffet ate curds and whey -- better known as cottage cheese.

  • @niceguy169
    @niceguy169 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was a game tester on Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - testing it 7 days a week for 34 days (one day short of 5 weeks) at one point - on a variety of platforms, so it tends to come to mind a lot. I'm thinking of the Titan Class of enemies - big guys who can stomp the ground to hurt you and have a mini-boss finishing QuickTime. Rancors (the big beast under Jabba in Return Of The Jedi) are among these. One candidate for this list would be in the level where you first meet a Rancor, soon after you get a LARGE arena-like space with FOUR of them. Another candidate is the Junk Titan, a giant made of random junk cobbled together with the Force. His made-of-the-force nature gives him more flexibility. First time you meet him is in an arena shaped like a bowl with one side missing, if you aren't careful you can step off the edge, and there are high paths on each side, one quietly goes past the edge and it's easy to drop down the Death Drop instead of dropping down to fight him. Worse is when you fight the real boss - the Jedi who force constructs these guys - sometimes he runs off and in the middle of this boss fight you get this mini-boss.
    Another contender is Darth Maul. Or rather Proxy, your training droid who can morph into Jedis for you to fight, his last form is Darth Maul. SUPER cool to get this super intense epic fight, but he's a MINI-BOSS! The real boss of the level is pulling down a Star Destroyer while dodging TIE Fighters, which is tough and difficult enough itself that it was a rite of passage for us testers to complete, so yeah, Proxy is just a mini-boss.

  • @elivitolin874
    @elivitolin874 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    5:34 Point of order, Disney is extremely fond of IP theft, but only when THEY are doing it (See Kimba the White Lion for an example case.)

  • @angelshade00
    @angelshade00 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ellen always gets the spider parts in these videos. Be honest with us, Ellen, deep inside, you love spiders.
    As for my recommendation, Ancient Kaa the Soulless from Diablo 2's Act 2. He's not even an act boss, just a unique sub-boss randomly thrown into one of the 7 Tombs in the desert. Hard as nails, high-damaging and fills the place with electric blasts each time you strike him. Woe unto you if you're going in for close-combat.

  • @gabeschugardt5710
    @gabeschugardt5710 ปีที่แล้ว

    For another example from Sekiro, I want to nominate the Headless. Although technically optional, they are brutal enemies that slow your movement speed when near you, inflict a status condition with every hit that can instantly kill you even if you block their attacks, are almost impossible for you to stun or interrupt except for via a late game item, and like to teleport behind you for an instant kill grab attack that sees them rip your soul out through your bum. Even better, they're a recurring enemy with a total of five encounters spread throughout the game, and in the last encounter you get to fight two at once.

  • @Mayhamster818
    @Mayhamster818 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Camille Flage in Have a Nice Death is absolutely brutal, and harder than every boss in the game except the secret one

  • @katfromthekong414
    @katfromthekong414 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Are you still there, viewer? All I see is a middle finger in my face." 🤣

  • @AlecDraven
    @AlecDraven ปีที่แล้ว

    9:40
    Tuffet: A small grassy mound or clump of grass.
    Curds & Whey: Another way of saying "Milk & Cheese."

  • @jewelboyd3646
    @jewelboyd3646 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can definitely agree with the Lynel section of the video; during my first ever playthrough of BotW, I didn't fight a Lynel until after the final boss. I literally just ran and hid every time there was even a hint of a Lynel in a 10-mile radius. But after I beat Calamity Ganon, I decided it was high time to finally fight one of those monsters and then made my way up Shatterback Point. It wasn't too difficult at that point; it was the weakest kind of Lynel and I had numerous powerful weapons, so it wasn't as nightmarish as it would've been at the start of the game. BUT THEN I decided to fight some other Lynels on the map....and every single one of them was a Silver Lynel. I cried

  • @Just4Fun-Zocker
    @Just4Fun-Zocker ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You know what's even worse than those minibosses? Invincible enemies.

  • @adamreddick1349
    @adamreddick1349 ปีที่แล้ว

    Shoutout to the Argent Wolf Berserker in Code Vein, a killer of first runs. Its a long stetch from the nearest mistle to it, with tough enemies in the way, he's fast with wide attacks in a boss arena that's best described as a slightly less narrow path than the cliffs around you.

  • @RaphBlade7
    @RaphBlade7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how at the beginning they use Dark Link as an example of what a Miniboss is on a list of tough miniboss! While Dark Link is nowhere near as bad as some of the Lynels in Breath of the Wild, he's still pretty tough & makes the Water Temple's main boss look like a walk in the park, as Morpha! The main problem with Dark Link is he can jump on Link's Master Sword allowing him to get a free hit & interrupt his attacks! Mind you, you can utilize the Megaton Hammer against him, though a better option is the Biggoron Sword which OoT should start working to obtain as soon as they have access to Epona & are able to release King Zora from Red Ice (your gonna need to go through the Ice Cavern for the Iron Boots anyway, though you can opt to free him early by purchasing Blue Fire from the Potion Shop in either Kakariko Village or Hyrule Castle Town if you have gained access to traveling back to the past using the Pedestal of Time which requires you to learn the Warp Song for the Temple of Time from Sheik! The Biggoron Sword's increased attack power & greater range, make it ideal for the Dark Link fight as he can't jump on top of the Biggoron Sword like he can the Master Sword! To me, he is by far the most frustrating miniboss in the game, as he's located in the notoriously difficult Water Temple!

  • @ForeverFallingCrescent
    @ForeverFallingCrescent ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The god forsaken fiends in Miitopia, they only have one move which automatically deals 999 damage to the target killing them instantly.

  • @dwlr007
    @dwlr007 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:35 They actually are fond of it, they're just not fond when people do it to them, but they LOVE to do it whenever they can get away with it.

  • @franciscojaviermendezrinco1902
    @franciscojaviermendezrinco1902 ปีที่แล้ว

    In my beginnings at StarFox 64, team StarWolf was a pain regularly, and when I got to Venom via the Area 6 they came back upgraded to the teeth and massacrated me. Their ships in their rematch have the barrier roll to take less damage, know how to use the sumersault and have a second barrier to cancel homing blasts and bombs so is the hard way or nothing. Things get worse if your team shield meter is low because if one of your teammates falls the member of StarWolf who doesn't have a target now will go after you making it a 2 vs 1 and so on until the whole team is at your tail. They leave Andross as a walk in the park.

  • @darkamora5123
    @darkamora5123 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cheese is made by, essentially, fermenting milk. It is heated and then treated with a bacteria culture that curdles the milk. It then separates into the milk solids (curds) and the liquid the solids were suspended in (whey). The two combined would be, essentially, cottage cheese. Finally a tuffet is an old timey word for a foot stool. So "Little miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating her curds and whey" Would mean "Little Miss Muffet sat on a stool eating some cottage cheese"

  • @junior214223
    @junior214223 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In Paper Mario 64, there are these enemies called "Anti-guys" which are just black shy guys. They have 50 hp and can do at least 10 damage. While the dojo master has 99 hp in his final form. I still consider anti-guy to be even tougher.

  • @sagacious03
    @sagacious03 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fun analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

  • @philtkaswahl2124
    @philtkaswahl2124 ปีที่แล้ว

    Due to the elemental rock-paper-scissors aspect of combat in Genshin Impact, some of the elite enemy NPCs with elemental shields can be longer fights than actual bosses (mini and major alike) if you entered combat without any of your party with adequate counter-elements to set up elemental reactions that can destroy the shield faster since you can't change paty members when in combat. Even worse if your weapons, skills, and artifacts aren't upgraded, so your damage is anemic.
    It essentially devolves into a long trudge of hitting them over and over again, peeling away miniscule slivers of their health bar, in the hope enough damage gets through to finally kill them-which tends to happen before the shield itself goes down.

  • @Mech3001
    @Mech3001 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best part is that LYNELS ARENT EVEN CONSIDERED MINIBOSSES, They get one shot by ancient arrows and don’t have a boss bar

  • @yurann6860
    @yurann6860 ปีที่แล้ว

    a reminder that if you decide to try and "cheese" the lynel by barraging it with arrows like you would on every other enemy since headshots are very effective and most of the time they lack ranged option, you cant do that to the lynel, they have literal aimbots and actual good bow paired with lightning arrow, they will shoot upwards to the sky and that arrow WILL hit your head even if there's a roof above your head, and this attack will most likely OHKO if you dont have max hp, and if you do have max hp possible it will leave you with a sliver of health

  • @oistinmanning7530
    @oistinmanning7530 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ardent Hunters in Halo Infinite, specifically the pair encountered in a forerunner chamber near the end of the game. Normal hunters are already a lot tougher in Infinite than in previous games, and can turn so fast that even whizzing around with Chief’s grappling hook you’ll have trouble flanking them to get to their weak spot. Having to fight a pair of tougher versions with basically no manoeuvring room when they can near one-shot you in all difficulties is… challenging.

  • @Lycanris
    @Lycanris ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Don't forget that the marauder only becomes vulnerable if you are at a specific range. Not too close, not too far. It's not just about timing

  • @dickcheese246bb3
    @dickcheese246bb3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gotta point out the Fuselier from Enter the Gungeon here - in a game focused heavily on movement and dodging, it locks your camera to the middle of the room and restricts you to an area about the size of a sidewalk, then restricts that further with lines of fire and annoying little mini-robots that you have to deal with before they deal with you, all while flying around all over the place spraying bullets and ricocheting cannonballs. The damned thing's harder than most of the game's actual bosses (maybe excluding the Kill Pillars), and you don't even get a health bar to work with, or a Master Round if you (somehow) manage to kill it without taking a hit.