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[Falk]

This is his next to final form.

Would you say that's his

peniletimate form

??

Spoiler

this thread got wood

 

[Ventara]

Rune Factory 4 has a tree boss.

 

[KingBroly]

Flaahgra? I guess that might be a Flower more than anything, even though it has roots.


Huh...I thought it was Flaagra. An internet search tells me otherwise. Weird.

 

[grascher]

I can't remember if he was actually a tree (spirit?) or only inprisoned in one.

 

[Maou]

If you want to get technical. Exdeath isn't so much the free as it is the countless demons that were sealed within a tree.

My inner pedant loves you. Even more technically, I guess he's "the dark mage who was born from the clustering of evil thoughts and spirits into a tree." He's still the evil tree par excellence in my book.

But what about a sexy evil tree? Lunar~Eternal Blue accomplished this only two years later with a boss whose roots attempt to drag NPCs underground to be devoured. Fortunately, the party gets to the root of the problem.

 

[DonMigs85]

I guess this counts too? It's still wood

And I just recalled the tree boss from Midnight Wanderers

 

[mclem]

Oakheart in the Darkheart Thicket dungeon of WoW.

I think I'd argue that Ents aren't quite the same thing. But then, I would say that Il'gynoth from Emerald Nightmare counts, who is an old god who corrupted a tree... so YMMV.

While in real terms it's structured more as a puzzle than a combat encounter, the final antagonist in the original Alone In The Dark is basically a Cthulhu-flavoured tree.

 

[Kangi]

Several other as-of-yet unmentioned examples from WoW. Tendris Warpwood from Dire Maul West, Warp Splinter from Botanica, the three Elders in Ulduar, Witherbark from Everbloom... and of course, Ivus in Alterac Valley.

Tree-like "Ancients" are significant figures with Druids, so naturally a bunch of big, burly trees are associated with nature-themed dungeons and areas.

 

[sp3ctr3]

Deathsmiles has a tree boss

 

[kraspkibble]

i hate tree bosses. they are just boring and uninspiring.

 

[Sesha]

Not actually a tree, but Soul Cage, from Final Fantasy IX:

 

[His Majesty]

EDIT: wrong topic

 

[Out_Of_Ammo]

One of the first bosses in Xanadu Next is a tree.

 

[aaaaaa]

In popularity, trees are way below robots and anthropomorphic lizards.

 

[Vital Tundra]

While not the most popular enemy, Treants have their niche and I would think are found in many games.

 

[Turbanator]

Sudowoodo technically counts as a boss to me. He's way overleveled by the time you find him in GSC/HGSS (Lv20 compared to wilds being Lv13-ish iirc), and he blocks your path after Violet City until you can beat Whitney and get the squirtbottle.

Though afaik he's actually not a tree at all and is really made of rock, so i might be cheating here.

 

[eXistor]

Fantastic Night Dreams: Cotton:

 

[djtiesto]

Suikoden 4 final boss:

Spoiler

 

[silva1991]

Greatwood from DS3

 

[borges]

ori has the ginso tree and its damn good

 

[Call Me A Hero]

Giant Tree, Suikoden IV

 

[MegaMelon]

I find the lack of etrian odyssey disturbing. The whole game revolves around uh trees.

 

[Teuoxton]

Does this guy from Pandora's Tower count?

Also Tret Tree from Golden Sun

 

[Wozman23]

Puppeteer:

 

[Gurnlei]

Not actually a tree, but Soul Cage, from Final Fantasy IX:

Came to mention this. Never set it on fire.

 

[Host Samurai]

Plant 42?

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Normal enemy, but this is a pretty sinister looking tree from Lineage 2

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

I want to play some Kirby now.

 

[Natulyre]

The first boss from Super Adventure Island 2.

 

[Justinh]

I couldn't think of any tree bosses besides Dark Souls. I had no idea there were so many. The only thing that would come to mind were like... Treants from Wow, but those guys aren't bosses.

Would you say that's his
peniletimate form

I'm going to go ahead and make like a tree...

 

[ToastyFrog]

I find the lack of etrian odyssey disturbing. The whole game revolves around uh trees.

Yeah. The ultimate secret bosses are often people who have attempted to merge with Yggsdrasil in some capacity. You don't get more "tree" than that.

 

[Muffdraul]

Not actually a tree

It's got a trunk and leaves, that's close enough for me.

 

[PSqueak]

Illbleed - https://youtu.be/bpeHQb0tFIQ

Of all the things i ever thought i'd be beaten to, illbleed references was last on the list.

But yeah, first one that came to my mind.

 

[LurkerPrime]

Durthu from Total Warhammer's Realm of the Wood Elves DLC.

He's a Legendary Lord, basically a faction leader, for the Wood Elves. He's one of the strongest units in the game--a total boss.

He's one of the few "tree bosses" I can think of that's also playable.

 

[webrunner]

does wood man count

 

[Professor Lexicovermis]

 

[VaultBoy101]

This betch (the Bed of Chaos, Dark Souls 1).

aka the "sprint and pray"