Escue is the hardest boss in the game. Raven beak is manageable because he actually telegraphs his attacks and has somewhat of a pattern you can get down. I only died once to Raven Beak before googling his second form and then proceeding to just wipe the floor with rest of him second try. Escue on the other hand has completely random patterns and doesn't really follow the rules that a boss should. He's fast, hits hard, doesn't telegraph his attacks, and doesn't have a pattern. He's absolutely brutal.
Escue is actually pretty easy once you learn to position yourself and bait his attacks. That experiment x57 or whatever it was called took me forever to beat easily the hardest for me
If you want a quicker fight against Raven Beak phase 2, combine your charge shots or missiles with cross bombs. If I'm not mistaken, this trick will help Phase 2 go by much quicker.
If you're taking sequence breaking and low% runs into account, you're ignoring the normal boss difficulty for 90% of players. Title should mention that. Also Screw Attack does heavy damage to Robochozo.
Honestly a decent point, I've added that to the end of the title and to the description, I tried to mention when the difficulty made a significant change to the list like with Escue and Elsa. That's true but I found I couldn't hit them more than once or twice with screw attack without taking contact damage from the Robo Chozo so I didn't mention it, small oversight! haha
ok! From reddit as promised. Intro is great, you say EXACTLY what you are going to do, makes me prepared to watch it. Audio is good!tone of voice is engaging. Transitions are good, but they are the same tone as the rest of the video, id try changing that (why?) because it breaks the flow and reengages viewers. THUMBNAIL delivers what is promised and is clickable!
Chozo soldiers are incredibly easy, I suspect you are doing something wrong against them. I bet you will change your placement of them to easiest after a few more playthroughs.
I've only done normal mode thus far, 2 separate runs (one for fun and one for under 4 hours). I wonder if your ranking would be the same on the new Dread mode? I'm gonna list my thoughts as I watch your video because you have a cool format and a good narration voice! - Really liked your names lol especially Samsung the white EMMI. I'll probably borrow that name from now on. I always just call the EMMI by their colors, but your names are much more fun. - I find it difficult to know where to rank EMMI on a Dread boss list, tbh. They're not really bosses so much as walking 1 hit KOs. But I can understand why you'd include them. - However, I'm gonna disagree that the central unit "brother brains" are harder than Samsung. After all, Samsung is a 1 hit KO if caught and the central units are not, plus each central unit gradually has more health and has a completely separate room set up in terms of the missiles and red Cheerios. But I suppose it's easier to accidentally get hit by them on a Dread mode no hit run. So I'd say the first few central units are pretty pathetically easy, but the last 2 central units could probably accidentally fuck someone up on a low% run with no health upgrades. Especially if you don't know that you can shine spark and screw attack them. - I'd probably have separated the different types of Chozo X. There's the default (2x), the red version (2x), and the gold elite (1x). That's 5 different battles of 3 types, which is definitely repetitive, but at least the red and gold have shields plus the projectile goo attacks. - I was initially surprised that you ranked the ice missile blue EMMI above the wave beam purple EMMI. The purple is, IMO, by far the worst. The arena has way too many water rooms, and you won't have the gravity suit yet without sequence breaks. By contrast, the ice EMMI cannot chase you down after it hits you with the ice missiles. The purple EMMI will probably chase you once you're stunned in place. But I agree that on low% with no health upgrades, the blue EMMI could be worse. But in the new Dread mode, a single hit from either will kill you equally lol. So in this new Dread mode, they're probably both equally hard/bad. - It's definitely an orange EMMI once you compare it with the red Chozo X boss from before. Also, the power bomb blocks in game are slightly orange too. - Twin Chozo robot soldiers are my least favorite boss in the game. They gave me such a headache on my casual run. But you can easily skip the Burenia twin Chozo robot soldiers if you take a different path to a teleporter after screw attack, so you only have to fight these guys once in Ferenia on a run otherwise. - The experiment boss seems so annoying to fight on Dread mode or a low% run. I can't imagine the headaches lol. - I'd imagine that low% Raven Beak is much harder than a casual run, simply because you have no extra health or missiles. However, on my 2 runs, I learned that it's pretty easy to not get hit at all by him in Phase 1 and Phase 3. Phase 2 was, IMO, by far the hardest because he doesn't drop any extra health or missiles here. He also flies, sponges hits, and lasts forever. But he's a cool character and a great final boss.
Thanks for your in-depth comment! Yeah I think doing my ranking based solely on low% was a bit of a mistake but watchya gonna do lol. In a normal run the order would probably be a little different, the lack of many bosses in the game is what made me add the EMMI as well. It was definitely tough to decide how to combine the repeat bosses, many ways to do it all! Experiment Z and Raven Beak definitely took the longest to beat! And agreed the Chozo Robots were a pain as well, they are weirdly fast and two of them is hard to keep track of
I don't understand how EMMI 05-IM (blue emmi) was listed higher than ANY of the others. Sure, it damages you when it "detects" you, but it can't actually detect you. No matter how obviously close you are to 05, it never enters the chase phase, so you can just walk out on it. I would go as far as to say that it's easier than EMMI 04-SB (yellow emmi). Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure the central units are what powers the EMMI, which is why 05 and 06's abilities are disabled while you have the Omega cannon.
from a Boss Rush perspective Escue would be at the top and the experiment in 2nd place only because he takes so long even if you do the counter 2 times (I know you can shine spark him but I suck at that) and then Raven Beak since even if you mess up with his big attacks you can constantly heal during phase 1 and 3 and phase 2 only consists of 4 moves where the only one you can easily mess up is the timing of the machine gun as you explained, all the other bosses quickly become a joke that even a dum dum who hasn't touched the game in months can start to no damage run without even noticing it (seriously, dum dum, it took me like 30 seconds to remember how to use the grapple beam)
i died like 10 times to raven beak with 899 energy 135 missiles and 5 power bombs because i cant dodge to save my life and when i ducked under his winged charge attack i thought the hitbox was to big so i jumped and got it like 25% of the time and i never realised 1 target of storm missiles = 1 ice missile so i was mainly spamming storm missiles
Imo Raven beak was a hard boss, but easy to master the fight and feel comfortable with this fight but the double robotchozo still racks the hell out of me
Escue is honestly a nightmare for me. Its Projectiles are so random and relatively fast-paced, I often have a hard time dodging them. After about 15 Playthroughs and several Boss Rushes, I still have trouble. Meanwhile, everything else has been narrowed down to a trivial level of difficulty in comparison. Bosses such as Drogyga and Z-57 can typically be killed without taking a hit. I don't understand why Escue hasn't gotten any easier after all this time. I must have spent hours in Dread Mode, trying to kill it.
@@UltravioletArts I did a Sequence Break once that made Escue a joke, but it took me until I started the Battle with Z-57 to realize...I just walked in without Storm Missiles. Good thing I was able to kill it before I even figured out how much easier it was with them. I still killed it without getting hit, but Escue wasn't even a fight with the Screw Attack. I wonder if I could have actually killed it with a Power Bomb. Whenever I do a No-Death Run, it's always Sequence Breaks Restricted. Escue, Cataris, and Burenia are three major Factors in why I will more than likely never beat the game on Dread Mode without dying. Especially if I go for 100% Item Collection.
I don’t know if I’m just a god at this game but I think Raven Beak is one the easiest bosses in the game. On my very first play through I beat him in one try, and I still do it pretty consistently.
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I like to call the central unit "brother brain" lol
Me too!
i never actually knew that the final central unit could be 1-shot with shine-spark because i am dumb and don't think about that kind of thing
@@mr.sus8647 because frankly why would you
Escue is the hardest boss in the game. Raven beak is manageable because he actually telegraphs his attacks and has somewhat of a pattern you can get down. I only died once to Raven Beak before googling his second form and then proceeding to just wipe the floor with rest of him second try. Escue on the other hand has completely random patterns and doesn't really follow the rules that a boss should. He's fast, hits hard, doesn't telegraph his attacks, and doesn't have a pattern. He's absolutely brutal.
I would agree if not for the fact that Escue has very low health by comparison
Idk in dread mode kraid was harder than escue for me, also escue once you learn how to dodge his storm missle things he is pretty managable.
Escue is actually pretty easy once you learn to position yourself and bait his attacks. That experiment x57 or whatever it was called took me forever to beat easily the hardest for me
You're technically shooting for Gorzuna's face in the back while avoiding getting smashed by the rear end which is mostly up in front of you.
If you want a quicker fight against Raven Beak phase 2, combine your charge shots or missiles with cross bombs. If I'm not mistaken, this trick will help Phase 2 go by much quicker.
Great advice!
I do that already. I should try a Power Bomb, though. Aside from extinguishing the Sun he launches into the air during Phase 3.
If you're taking sequence breaking and low% runs into account, you're ignoring the normal boss difficulty for 90% of players. Title should mention that.
Also Screw Attack does heavy damage to Robochozo.
Honestly a decent point, I've added that to the end of the title and to the description, I tried to mention when the difficulty made a significant change to the list like with Escue and Elsa.
That's true but I found I couldn't hit them more than once or twice with screw attack without taking contact damage from the Robo Chozo so I didn't mention it, small oversight! haha
ok! From reddit as promised.
Intro is great, you say EXACTLY what you are going to do, makes me prepared to watch it.
Audio is good!tone of voice is engaging. Transitions are good, but they are the same tone as the rest of the video, id try changing that (why?) because it breaks the flow and reengages viewers. THUMBNAIL delivers what is promised and is clickable!
Awesome thanks for the feedback! Yeah I see what you’re saying I could definitely do more to break the flow and reengage, I’ll keep it in mind!
Escue is the worst
Twin chose can be cheeses with the storm missiles!
Chozo soldiers are incredibly easy, I suspect you are doing something wrong against them. I bet you will change your placement of them to easiest after a few more playthroughs.
I've only done normal mode thus far, 2 separate runs (one for fun and one for under 4 hours). I wonder if your ranking would be the same on the new Dread mode? I'm gonna list my thoughts as I watch your video because you have a cool format and a good narration voice!
- Really liked your names lol especially Samsung the white EMMI. I'll probably borrow that name from now on. I always just call the EMMI by their colors, but your names are much more fun.
- I find it difficult to know where to rank EMMI on a Dread boss list, tbh. They're not really bosses so much as walking 1 hit KOs. But I can understand why you'd include them.
- However, I'm gonna disagree that the central unit "brother brains" are harder than Samsung. After all, Samsung is a 1 hit KO if caught and the central units are not, plus each central unit gradually has more health and has a completely separate room set up in terms of the missiles and red Cheerios. But I suppose it's easier to accidentally get hit by them on a Dread mode no hit run. So I'd say the first few central units are pretty pathetically easy, but the last 2 central units could probably accidentally fuck someone up on a low% run with no health upgrades. Especially if you don't know that you can shine spark and screw attack them.
- I'd probably have separated the different types of Chozo X. There's the default (2x), the red version (2x), and the gold elite (1x). That's 5 different battles of 3 types, which is definitely repetitive, but at least the red and gold have shields plus the projectile goo attacks.
- I was initially surprised that you ranked the ice missile blue EMMI above the wave beam purple EMMI. The purple is, IMO, by far the worst. The arena has way too many water rooms, and you won't have the gravity suit yet without sequence breaks. By contrast, the ice EMMI cannot chase you down after it hits you with the ice missiles. The purple EMMI will probably chase you once you're stunned in place. But I agree that on low% with no health upgrades, the blue EMMI could be worse. But in the new Dread mode, a single hit from either will kill you equally lol. So in this new Dread mode, they're probably both equally hard/bad.
- It's definitely an orange EMMI once you compare it with the red Chozo X boss from before. Also, the power bomb blocks in game are slightly orange too.
- Twin Chozo robot soldiers are my least favorite boss in the game. They gave me such a headache on my casual run. But you can easily skip the Burenia twin Chozo robot soldiers if you take a different path to a teleporter after screw attack, so you only have to fight these guys once in Ferenia on a run otherwise.
- The experiment boss seems so annoying to fight on Dread mode or a low% run. I can't imagine the headaches lol.
- I'd imagine that low% Raven Beak is much harder than a casual run, simply because you have no extra health or missiles. However, on my 2 runs, I learned that it's pretty easy to not get hit at all by him in Phase 1 and Phase 3. Phase 2 was, IMO, by far the hardest because he doesn't drop any extra health or missiles here. He also flies, sponges hits, and lasts forever. But he's a cool character and a great final boss.
Thanks for your in-depth comment! Yeah I think doing my ranking based solely on low% was a bit of a mistake but watchya gonna do lol. In a normal run the order would probably be a little different, the lack of many bosses in the game is what made me add the EMMI as well. It was definitely tough to decide how to combine the repeat bosses, many ways to do it all! Experiment Z and Raven Beak definitely took the longest to beat! And agreed the Chozo Robots were a pain as well, they are weirdly fast and two of them is hard to keep track of
I had no idea you could skip raven beaks gold phase, thats gonna save me at least 30 seconds on boss rush mode
3 hours on the purple glow bug on rookie. I’m not yet finished the game over 20 hours. Mind you it’s my 1st game since owing the original Xbox.
I don't understand how EMMI 05-IM (blue emmi) was listed higher than ANY of the others. Sure, it damages you when it "detects" you, but it can't actually detect you. No matter how obviously close you are to 05, it never enters the chase phase, so you can just walk out on it. I would go as far as to say that it's easier than EMMI 04-SB (yellow emmi).
Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure the central units are what powers the EMMI, which is why 05 and 06's abilities are disabled while you have the Omega cannon.
He specified it was in hard mode low%, so getting frozen is a one hit kill.
from a Boss Rush perspective Escue would be at the top and the experiment in 2nd place only because he takes so long even if you do the counter 2 times (I know you can shine spark him but I suck at that) and then Raven Beak since even if you mess up with his big attacks you can constantly heal during phase 1 and 3 and phase 2 only consists of 4 moves where the only one you can easily mess up is the timing of the machine gun as you explained, all the other bosses quickly become a joke that even a dum dum who hasn't touched the game in months can start to no damage run without even noticing it (seriously, dum dum, it took me like 30 seconds to remember how to use the grapple beam)
The golzuna weak spot is actually it's face
i died like 10 times to raven beak with 899 energy 135 missiles and 5 power bombs because i cant dodge to save my life and when i ducked under his winged charge attack i thought the hitbox was to big so i jumped and got it like 25% of the time and i never realised 1 target of storm missiles = 1 ice missile so i was mainly spamming storm missiles
I feel like they his made his name escue because it was very similar to "excuse-for-a-boss"
Haha absolutely! 😂
Cosmic chameleon kicked my ass 😭 had fun though
Put Escue at number 2 and we're in complete agreement.
Imo Raven beak was a hard boss, but easy to master the fight and feel comfortable with this fight but the double robotchozo still racks the hell out of me
Agreed, the robochozo is just a bullshit fight. Raven Beak is a bit long but much better designed
Escue is honestly a nightmare for me. Its Projectiles are so random and relatively fast-paced, I often have a hard time dodging them. After about 15 Playthroughs and several Boss Rushes, I still have trouble. Meanwhile, everything else has been narrowed down to a trivial level of difficulty in comparison. Bosses such as Drogyga and Z-57 can typically be killed without taking a hit. I don't understand why Escue hasn't gotten any easier after all this time. I must have spent hours in Dread Mode, trying to kill it.
dang, yeah they were more annoying without screw attack. That one barrage attack is nearly impossible to dodge
@@UltravioletArts I did a Sequence Break once that made Escue a joke, but it took me until I started the Battle with Z-57 to realize...I just walked in without Storm Missiles. Good thing I was able to kill it before I even figured out how much easier it was with them. I still killed it without getting hit, but Escue wasn't even a fight with the Screw Attack. I wonder if I could have actually killed it with a Power Bomb. Whenever I do a No-Death Run, it's always Sequence Breaks Restricted. Escue, Cataris, and Burenia are three major Factors in why I will more than likely never beat the game on Dread Mode without dying. Especially if I go for 100% Item Collection.
I don’t know if I’m just a god at this game but I think Raven Beak is one the easiest bosses in the game. On my very first play through I beat him in one try, and I still do it pretty consistently.
Might be a god gamer lol. I don’t recall struggling a ton the first time, maybe 1 or 2 deaths max, but hitless was awful lol
@@UltravioletArts, I am the Metroid to Raven Beak’s X parasite.
Raven Beak!!!!!!
Raven beak the hardest
Wonder why the first emmi was damaged
I believe there is concept art of Raven Beak breaking and studying it
@@UltravioletArts ahhh makes sense
escue is anoying