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Your longest time spent on a boss battle
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Tyreese Victoria
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The Royal Ludroth took me and three guys 50 minutes to beat in a straight up fight. Absolutely the most memorable boss encounter I have ever experienced.
No game can compete with Monster Hunter for bosses.
No game can compete with Monster Hunter for bosses.
Longest actual battle time with a win? About 25 minutes for one of the first encounters with Barthandelus in FFXIII. Enormous fist pump to myself after winning it as I find ones like that which can have you in it for ages and then you lose are so draining.
Longest amount of time I went without beating a boss? The RAYs in MGS2 on European Extreme. I was at very low health so one hit put me into bleeding mode so I was a goner from there. Took me like a month to do it (although I did take a break of like 2 weeks from it). Turns out getting hit even once in that fight more or less means you've lose it anyway.
Longest amount of time I went without beating a boss? The RAYs in MGS2 on European Extreme. I was at very low health so one hit put me into bleeding mode so I was a goner from there. Took me like a month to do it (although I did take a break of like 2 weeks from it). Turns out getting hit even once in that fight more or less means you've lose it anyway.
KZObsessed
Member
Technically I've yet to beat Ruby Weapon, so 15-16 years lol
I'll beat him on PS4 version though. I know it's not difficult it's just going through the effort to get 3xribbons I couldn't be bothered with. Not for the reward of a golden chocobo which everyone would probably have at that stage.
I'll beat him on PS4 version though. I know it's not difficult it's just going through the effort to get 3xribbons I couldn't be bothered with. Not for the reward of a golden chocobo which everyone would probably have at that stage.
But you can though? Or is that just the PAL version?
Personally, although significantly shorter, Omega Mark XII was harder boss for me.
RoaringMdog
Member
Probably the first fight with Barthandelus in FFXIII, spend 4/5 hours straight trying to beat it, i just couldnt do it so i restarted the entire game. 40 hours later and i beat him on my first try, but after that fight i lost all interest in the game so never even beat it.
WoW counts?
Just of the recent ones, i have 147 failed tries on Imperator Mar'Gok.
Kael'Thas, Illidan, Brutallus, M'uru, Alone in the Darkness, sync'd Anub'Arak, Putricide and Lich King likely dwarf that, at at the very least 40h each.
SP, the two bonus bosses of Undertale got me for 5h each.
Personal challenge runs of KH:BBS got me 10h+ counts for both Aqua and Terra's final bosses.
Sephiroth was a 10h+ affair in kh1.
... I'm bad, but determinated.
(I've also yet to beat Ozma, so could say 16 years on that one, i guess, across 10+ playthroughs.)
Just of the recent ones, i have 147 failed tries on Imperator Mar'Gok.
Kael'Thas, Illidan, Brutallus, M'uru, Alone in the Darkness, sync'd Anub'Arak, Putricide and Lich King likely dwarf that, at at the very least 40h each.
SP, the two bonus bosses of Undertale got me for 5h each.
Personal challenge runs of KH:BBS got me 10h+ counts for both Aqua and Terra's final bosses.
Sephiroth was a 10h+ affair in kh1.
... I'm bad, but determinated.
(I've also yet to beat Ozma, so could say 16 years on that one, i guess, across 10+ playthroughs.)
Aikamoista1980
Neo Member
*Adamnlongtime* on Quake 1 nightmare mode. No more ammo. Had to hack away on the giant tentacle thing. Put something on the attack key and went away. Took minutes.
This thing.
I wasn't aware it could be killed in any other way besides being telefragged.
General Lee
Member
I did SL1 run of Dark Souls last summer I think, and Manus was no joke, it took two days of tries, probably closer to 10 hours in total. Of course a lot of it was just running to the boss. The same goes for my BB lvl4 run, which I never completed. I felt like I could finally beat Gehrman after hours of trying, but never got back to it and I'd probably have spend hours again to refresh my memory. I'm actually thinking of going back to that save and finishing the dlc at base level too, and I think OoK and Laurence would be super hard. Besides low level runs, in the DLC I had great trouble with Laurence in NG+ lvl 100 run, and Vicar Amelia was really problematic back when I did her in NG+ and had none of those healing prevention items.
I remember spending 3 hours on the final boss in Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, it has so many damn forms and your last save point is way back.
Also the final Gygas in Skies of Arcadia I remember taking ages, mostly because of the air battle animations. I think that battle took 2 hours and then I died
Also the final Gygas in Skies of Arcadia I remember taking ages, mostly because of the air battle animations. I think that battle took 2 hours and then I died
viewtiful_dru
Member
The True Demon End boss in SMT: Nocturne, took me maybe 2 tries over 3 hours and a calculator to beat him.
Chilli_Axe
Member
Spent a week on Orphan of Kos on my level 4 run of Bloodborne
ShaggsMagoo
Member
This....this motherfucker without any of his keepers. You can keep that damn robot head Yogg, I don't want it any more.
It still kinda annoys me how easy that fight is to do by yourself now.
http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Twin_Emperors
Months. They actually resulted in our guild falling apart, reforming without the awful players, and coming back stronger.
Technically, Golden Rajang in Monster Hunter Freedom Unite beat me so hard I never tried it again. I didn't revisit the monster until years later in MH4U, in which I learned how to farm it with a greatsword in a few minutes (took a few tries...).
It was a brute force attempt when people couldn't figure out the tactic.
FFXI tactics were crazy bullshit insane.
KZXcellent
Member
Spent half of the Summer of '06 on Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts II. One of the most satisfying victories though.
Yeah Seymour was pretty tough boss made even worse (some spoilers for FFX)
The boss in FFX with blue hair that has his own Anima summon (Oblivion?). I tried so many times to beat him but his Anima kept killing me. So I put down the game for 4 or so years and came back and finally put a nail in his coffin. I still never beat the game though
Yeah Seymour was pretty tough boss made even worse (some spoilers for FFX)
You fight him FOUR times throughout the game. Makes it even worse that he is a basically a ghost (unsent) for the second fight onward cause your first encounter killed him. That and his third fight is one of the hardest bosses in the main story.
Bankastuba
Member
Headless Bloodletting Beast in Bloodborne. I spent a good 3 hours on it.
Also WoW progression, but that's a different story as I had to manage 24 people while also main-tanking. An entirely different challenge.
Also WoW progression, but that's a different story as I had to manage 24 people while also main-tanking. An entirely different challenge.
Never even made it to round 2. I want to pick up the ps4 version but I heard there are some pretty huge bugs with it
KZXcellent
Member
I know they patched the PS4 version a few months ago and I haven't encountered any bugs with it. Seems fine to me.
darthsontin
Member
Watchdog of the Old Lords. That is the hardest fight in any Souls game. Probably spent 6 hours over a couple of days on him. I am amazed that 6% of Bloodborne players have been able to beat him.
AppleSeason
Member
The whole multiboss final battle on FFVII, I guess. Being the first time and without the Knights Materia, the Final Weapons or the Omnislash, it took me hours.
Then I also spent a lot of time with Ruby Weapon. It's just a boring battle of rinse and repeat with only one character. Take an elixir, use a limit. All the time like that.
Then I also spent a lot of time with Ruby Weapon. It's just a boring battle of rinse and repeat with only one character. Take an elixir, use a limit. All the time like that.
Oryx from Destiny took me about 3-4 hours my first time doing it in the raid. To be fair, me and one other person weren't too high of a level so it was tougher for the other 4 in our group.
For a more single player answer, Ebrietas in Bloodborne was giving me lots of problems. Although I'm noticing nobody mention her in this thread, I guess I just needed to git gud.
For a more single player answer, Ebrietas in Bloodborne was giving me lots of problems. Although I'm noticing nobody mention her in this thread, I guess I just needed to git gud.
JeffAtomsky
Banned
Hmm... I was stuck on the last challenge of S license in GT4 - one round on Nurbergring with Sauber Mercedes C9, for one month, and had to buy the GTFP wheel in order to clear, and getting used to that wheel took me another month but it was totally worth it.
You can save and leave in any version, as far as I know. He still can regen his HP through spells, but it doesnt reset the fight.
You ain't the only one.Took me longer than I am willing to admit to take him down and I platinum'd it too. Ludwig is the hardest boss of the new DLC imo. Good news is that everyone after that is a push over.fucking Ludwing in Bloodborne DLC in recent memory. 6 hours, still can't down 1/10th of his life. And I platinum'd the game.
WTF is happeneing ot me
Duracelllll
Member
Well done
don't forget the hours and hours it takes just to get the items to get this guy to show, and defeating jailer of love as well.Ameno-sagiri in p4g motherfucker took me like a month partly due to how long the actual battle is or the first Minotaur and Wu motherfucking Kong in smt 4 (I was so happy that I shouted a bit when I beat both in an plane), both bosses are basically their to beat your ass like a bitch and teach how to be a true samurai since later bosses felt pretty simple.
Septimus Prime
Member
Aside from bosses like Yiazmat that are designed to take forever, my winner is Gannon from OoT. I fought him for hours because I didn't know only the Master Sword could finish him. I unloaded all my Light Arrows and used only the Biggoron Sword. Whoops.
Honorable mention is the Zalbag fought in FFT because the damn Ultima Demons wouldn't cast Ultima on Ramza.
Honorable mention is the Zalbag fought in FFT because the damn Ultima Demons wouldn't cast Ultima on Ramza.
Lys Skygge
Member
Ansem from Kingdom Hearts. I still haven't beat him.
Starlightmuse
Member
The final boss in Golden Sun: The Lost Age. I don't even know how many weeks I spent trying to beat him when I was ten. Fuck this three headed fucker.
I miss Golden Sun so much
