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** The two-part boss quest "Rebirth of the Great Overlord". First, the Red Knight, who you saw attempting to summon Baal in the "Mysterious Story of Tennozu" quest, reveals himself to be ''your former king'', and attempts to make a sacrifice out of you. He uses the same moves he did before, so it's not too terrible of a fight. Then comes the true challenge of the quest: Baal reveals himself to be Beelzebub, who is level '''90''' and has several attacks true to Beelzebub's association with pestilence such as Pandemic Bomb (Sick status to all enemies) and Death's Door (1 HP of Almighty damage, HPToOne if the target is Sick). To drive home the point that you're up against the hardest Challenge Quest boss in the game, the music for this fight is not the quest boss music or even the Domain boss music, but the ''Main Quest boss theme''.

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** The two-part boss quest "Rebirth of the Great Overlord". First, the Red Knight, who you saw attempting to summon Baal in the "Mysterious Story of Tennozu" quest, reveals himself to be ''your former king'', and attempts to make a sacrifice out of you. He uses the same moves he did before, so it's not too terrible of a fight. Then comes the true challenge of the quest: Baal reveals himself to be Beelzebub, who is level '''90''' and has several attacks true to Beelzebub's association with pestilence such as Pandemic Bomb (Sick status to all enemies) and Death's Door (1 HP of Almighty damage, HPToOne HPTo1 if the target is Sick). To drive home the point that you're up against the hardest Challenge Quest boss in the game, the music for this fight is not the quest boss music or even the Domain boss music, but the ''Main Quest boss theme''.

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* The main series of games in ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' is full of these, but it's hard to hold a candle to [[WakeUpCallBoss Matador]] from ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]''. Matador leads off the fight with Red Capote, which maximizes his accuracy and evasion. He spends the whole fight peppering your party with the multi-target Mazan, while prior bosses Forneus and Specter only broke out multi-target attacks at low health. As the battle progresses, Matador busts out the combination of defense-lowering Taunt and stronger multi-target attack Andalucia (which, unlike force-element Mazan, you have no way of blocking to deplete his turns). While Matador's not so tough once you've gotten some demons with buff skills, he's still the first major roadblock of the game given the scarcity of those skills at that juncture - so he's sure to be a fight to remember.

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* The main series of games in ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' is full of these, but it's these.
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hard to hold a candle to [[WakeUpCallBoss Matador]] from ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]''. Matador leads off the fight with Red Capote, which maximizes his accuracy and evasion. He spends the whole fight peppering your party with the multi-target Mazan, while prior bosses Forneus and Specter only broke out multi-target attacks at low health. As the battle progresses, Matador busts out the combination of defense-lowering Taunt and stronger multi-target attack Andalucia (which, unlike force-element Mazan, you have no way of blocking to deplete his turns). While Matador's not so tough once you've gotten some demons with buff skills, he's still the first major roadblock of the game given the scarcity of those skills at that juncture - so he's sure to be a fight to remember.



* ''Nocturne'' also gave us Albion. He has a very unique gimmick; his backup are all based on a certain element, and since there are 4 major elements, it's like you're fighting 5 bosses at once. The Zoas will spam -dyne spells while Albion knocks your party around with physical moves. In addition, if you ignore the Zoas and just focus on Albion, he's instantly revived at full health. The reverse is true as well; Albion can revive all 4 of the Zoas at once. He's also a LargeHam ''in a game with no voice acting.''

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* Albion from ''Nocturne'' also gave us Albion. He has a very unique gimmick; his backup are all based on a certain element, and since there are 4 four major elements, it's like you're fighting 5 bosses at once. The Zoas will spam -dyne spells while Albion knocks your party around with physical moves. In addition, if you ignore the Zoas and just focus on Albion, he's instantly revived at full health. The reverse is true as well; Albion can revive all 4 of the Zoas at once. He's also a LargeHam ''in a game with no voice acting.''

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* The main series of games in ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' is full of these, but none come close to [[ThatOneBoss Matador]] from ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]''. In a game full of hard bosses, he manages to be the hardest overall ''and that only serves to make the fight much more awesome''.

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* The main series of games in ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' is full of these, but none come close it's hard to [[ThatOneBoss hold a candle to [[WakeUpCallBoss Matador]] from ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]''. In a game full of hard bosses, he manages to be the hardest overall ''and that only serves to make Matador leads off the fight much more awesome''.with Red Capote, which maximizes his accuracy and evasion. He spends the whole fight peppering your party with the multi-target Mazan, while prior bosses Forneus and Specter only broke out multi-target attacks at low health. As the battle progresses, Matador busts out the combination of defense-lowering Taunt and stronger multi-target attack Andalucia (which, unlike force-element Mazan, you have no way of blocking to deplete his turns). While Matador's not so tough once you've gotten some demons with buff skills, he's still the first major roadblock of the game given the scarcity of those skills at that juncture - so he's sure to be a fight to remember.



* ''Nocturne'' also gave us Albion. He has a very unique gimmick; his backup are all based on a certain element, and since there are 4 major elements, it's like you're fighting 5 bosses at once. The Zoas will spam -dyne spells while Albion knocks your party around with physical moves. In addition, if you ignore the Zoas and just focus on Albion, he's instantly revived at full health. The reverse is true as well; Albion can revive all 4 of the Zoas at once. He's also a LargeHam ''in a game with no voice acting.''
-->'''Albion:''' LINE UP THE FLEET! TIME FOR SOME HEAT!
* Dante. Holy shit. Frustrating? 100%, but it's a spectacle to watch all of his moves and how stylish they are. Not only that, but when he's on your party, the attacks are [[GameBreaker just as powerful]], and [[RuleOfCool just as cool looking]].
* Every Fiend is a major nightmare to battle. None of them, however, come close to Trumpeter. In ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]'', the brutal combo of Holy Melody/Evil Melody and his overpowered attacks make him already nigh-unbeatable without a well-rehearsed strategy. In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', however, he manages to top himself - still a major powerhouse, he adds Horn of Fate to his arsenal. This means he can effortlessly kill anyone who is vulnerable to either Light or Dark alignments instantly with virtually no chance of stopping him. And he also has Hostile Terror, meaning he can now slap all enemies with any ailment he wants. [[OhCrap And he STILL has Megidolaon]].



* ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]'' also gave us Albion. He has a very unique gimmick; his backup are all based on a certain element, and since there are 4 major elements, it's like you're fighting 5 bosses at once. The Zoas will spam -dyne spells while Albion knocks your party around with physical moves. In addition, if you ignore the Zoas and just focus on Albion, he's instantly revived at full health. The reverse is true as well; Albion can revive all 4 of the Zoas at once. He's also a LargeHam ''in a game with no voice acting.''
-->'''Albion:''' LINE UP THE FLEET! TIME FOR SOME HEAT!
* Dante. Holy shit. Frustrating? 100%, but it's a spectacle to watch all of his moves and how stylish they are. Not only that, but when he's on your party, the attacks are [[GameBreaker just as powerful]], and [[RuleOfCool just as cool looking]].
* Every Fiend is a major nightmare to battle. None of them, however, come close to Trumpeter. In ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]'', the brutal combo of Holy Melody/Evil Melody and his overpowered attacks make him already nigh-unbeatable without a well-rehearsed strategy. In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', however, he manages to top himself - still a major powerhouse, he adds Horn of Fate to his arsenal. This means he can effortlessly kill anyone who is vulnerable to either Light or Dark alignments instantly with virtually no chance of stopping him. And he also has Hostile Terror, meaning he can now slap all enemies with any ailment he wants. [[OhCrap And he STILL has Megidolaon]].
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** Kaneshiro's boss form, Baal, is at first much easier than the previous two bosses, only throwing out weak attacks and status effects. The midboss theme even plays instead of the boss theme to drive home how easy the fight is. However, then the boss reveals that his vault is actually a giant robot piggy bank and the actual boss theme kicks in.

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** Kaneshiro's boss form, Baal, is at first much easier than the previous two bosses, only throwing out weak attacks and status effects. The midboss theme even plays instead of the boss theme to drive home how easy the fight is. However, then the boss reveals that his vault is actually a giant robot piggy bank and the actual boss theme kicks in. In Royal, that first phase is skipped altogether and the piggy bank is the first phase instead.
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** The {{Superboss}}, the Velvet Twins. Like the previous {{Bonus Boss}}es, they have an arsenal of Personas to take you on with and will switch between them throughout the battle, and they will take advantage of any weakness they find. Unlike the previous fights however, the Twins fight together as a DualBoss, sharing their Persona arsenal between them, and since the fight as a team, that means they can also use Baton Pass to further exploit weaknesses, and even use All Out Attack, as well as revive each other if they aren't killed at the same time.

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** The {{Superboss}}, the Velvet Twins. Like the previous {{Bonus Boss}}es, {{Superboss}}es, they have an arsenal of Personas to take you on with and will switch between them throughout the battle, and they will take advantage of any weakness they find. Unlike the previous fights however, the Twins fight together as a DualBoss, sharing their Persona arsenal between them, and since the fight as a team, that means they can also use Baton Pass to further exploit weaknesses, and even use All Out Attack, as well as revive each other if they aren't killed at the same time.
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** Also, BonusBoss Elizabeth. The only enemy in the entire game (without multiple forms at least) that can SURVIVE [[GameBreaker Armageddon]], and if you pull it on her, SHE KILLS YOU INSTANTLY. And she can also SWITCH PERSONAS just like you, making it essentially like you're fighting yourself. It adds challenge by basically making it impossible for you to cheap your way out of it, since you are not allowed to use a Persona that nulls/absorbs more than one element, so no Nul-All Abaddon for you. Easily one of the hardest battles in the game, even if you manage to get Orpheus Telos. For an added epic feel, you have to fight her alone, making it essentially a [[DuelBoss Duel]] MirrorBoss.

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** Also, BonusBoss {{Superboss}} Elizabeth. The only enemy in the entire game (without multiple forms at least) that can SURVIVE [[GameBreaker Armageddon]], and if you pull it on her, SHE KILLS YOU INSTANTLY. And she can also SWITCH PERSONAS just like you, making it essentially like you're fighting yourself. It adds challenge by basically making it impossible for you to cheap your way out of it, since you are not allowed to use a Persona that nulls/absorbs more than one element, so no Nul-All Abaddon for you. Easily one of the hardest battles in the game, even if you manage to get Orpheus Telos. For an added epic feel, you have to fight her alone, making it essentially a [[DuelBoss Duel]] MirrorBoss.



** The BonusBoss, the Velvet Twins. Like the previous {{Bonus Boss}}es, they have an arsenal of Personas to take you on with and will switch between them throughout the battle, and they will take advantage of any weakness they find. Unlike the previous fights however, the Twins fight together as a DualBoss, sharing their Persona arsenal between them, and since the fight as a team, that means they can also use Baton Pass to further exploit weaknesses, and even use All Out Attack, as well as revive each other if they aren't killed at the same time.
** ''[[UpdatedRerelease Royal]]'' adds a new BonusBoss, Lavenza, completely whole. Once again, the boss has an arsenal of Personas to use, but while she initially uses weak Personas like she did as the Twins, this time she starts using severe level attacks right off the bat, as well as stat buffs and debuffs, status effects, and even reflect breakers. In addition, her Personas all have multiple resistances, which change depending on the Persona, she switches to stronger Personas as her health lowers and she also occasionally uses the chainsaw from the fusion accidents. Oh, and think you're safe from All Out Attacks since she's just one body this time, nope! If you take your time dealing damage, she still instantly knocks everyone down, splits into the Twins, and kills everyone with an All Out Attack, complete with her own portrait.

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** The BonusBoss, {{Superboss}}, the Velvet Twins. Like the previous {{Bonus Boss}}es, they have an arsenal of Personas to take you on with and will switch between them throughout the battle, and they will take advantage of any weakness they find. Unlike the previous fights however, the Twins fight together as a DualBoss, sharing their Persona arsenal between them, and since the fight as a team, that means they can also use Baton Pass to further exploit weaknesses, and even use All Out Attack, as well as revive each other if they aren't killed at the same time.
** ''[[UpdatedRerelease Royal]]'' adds a new BonusBoss, {{Superboss}}, Lavenza, completely whole. Once again, the boss has an arsenal of Personas to use, but while she initially uses weak Personas like she did as the Twins, this time she starts using severe level attacks right off the bat, as well as stat buffs and debuffs, status effects, and even reflect breakers. In addition, her Personas all have multiple resistances, which change depending on the Persona, she switches to stronger Personas as her health lowers and she also occasionally uses the chainsaw from the fusion accidents. Oh, and think you're safe from All Out Attacks since she's just one body this time, nope! If you take your time dealing damage, she still instantly knocks everyone down, splits into the Twins, and kills everyone with an All Out Attack, complete with her own portrait.
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** The final boss, none other than the big G himself, YHVH. On Bonds, each of your partners steps up to [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech call him out on His hypocrisy and lies]], denying His divinity and wearing Him down until He loses His TopGod status. In addition, there is the ultimate boss Stephen, who is fought with not only Nanashi and Flynn, but also the Hero, Aleph, and the Demi-fiend.

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** The final boss, none other than the big G himself, YHVH. On Bonds, each of your partners steps up to [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech call him out on His hypocrisy and lies]], denying His divinity and wearing Him down until He loses His TopGod status. In addition, there is the ultimate boss Stephen, who is fought with not only Nanashi status, and Flynn, but also the Hero, Aleph, on top of that, you have a second party consisting of Flynn and the Demi-fiend.his Samurai companions! On Massacre, instead of Flynn's Samurai companions, ''Satan himself'' steps up to help you dethrone YHVH!



** The confrontation with the BigBad, [[CorruptPolitician Masayoshi Shido]]. Four forms, the last of which is a hulking monstrosity not unlike [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Senator Armstrong]], a dynamic and often dangerous fight to the finish, and a whole lot of catharsis for all of the suffering he's put everyone through. Part of what makes the bosses of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'' incredible is how good the song "Blooming Villain" is, but Shadow Shido one-ups even that with [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "Rivers in the Desert"]], which many players name as the best song in the game's already high-grade soundtrack. It also plays during the battle with the Holy Grail and the BonusBoss, but it debuts with and is seemingly tailor-made for Shido to make his fight that much more incredible. ''Royal'' even takes this fight a step further: when Shido's final form drops to a quarter of its max HP, he unleashes shockwaves that knock away all of the Phantom Thieves except Joker. The fight from that point on becomes a DuelBoss. It's ''extremely'' satisfying to have Joker take Shido down one-on-one as revenge for ruining his life.

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** The confrontation with the BigBad, [[CorruptPolitician Masayoshi Shido]]. Four forms, the last of which is a hulking monstrosity not unlike [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Senator Armstrong]], a dynamic and often dangerous fight to the finish, and a whole lot of catharsis for all of the suffering he's put everyone through. Part of what makes the bosses of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'' incredible is how good the song "Blooming Villain" is, but Shadow Shido one-ups even that with [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "Rivers in the Desert"]], which many players name as the best song in the game's already high-grade soundtrack. It also plays during the battle with the Holy Grail and the BonusBoss, {{Superboss}}es, but it debuts with and is seemingly tailor-made for Shido to make his fight that much more incredible.incredible -- you first have the instrumental version for his first three forms, and when he hulks out for his final phase you get the song's full version. ''Royal'' even takes this fight a step further: when Shido's final form drops to a quarter of its max HP, he unleashes shockwaves that knock away all of the Phantom Thieves except Joker. The fight from that point on becomes a DuelBoss. It's ''extremely'' satisfying to have Joker take Shido down one-on-one as revenge for ruining his life.
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** The confrontation with the BigBad, [[CorruptPolitician Masayoshi Shido]]. Four forms, the last of which is a hulking monstrosity not unlike [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Senator Armstrong]], a dynamic and often dangerous fight to the finish, and a whole lot of catharsis for all of the suffering he's put everyone through. Part of what makes the bosses of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'' incredible is how good the song "Blooming Villain" is, but Shadow Shido one-ups even that with [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "Rivers in the Desert"]], which many players name as the best song in the game's already high-grade soundtrack. It also plays during the battle with the Holy Grail and the BonusBoss, but it debuts with and is seemingly tailor-made for Shido to make his fight that much more incredible.

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** The confrontation with the BigBad, [[CorruptPolitician Masayoshi Shido]]. Four forms, the last of which is a hulking monstrosity not unlike [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Senator Armstrong]], a dynamic and often dangerous fight to the finish, and a whole lot of catharsis for all of the suffering he's put everyone through. Part of what makes the bosses of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'' incredible is how good the song "Blooming Villain" is, but Shadow Shido one-ups even that with [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "Rivers in the Desert"]], which many players name as the best song in the game's already high-grade soundtrack. It also plays during the battle with the Holy Grail and the BonusBoss, but it debuts with and is seemingly tailor-made for Shido to make his fight that much more incredible. ''Royal'' even takes this fight a step further: when Shido's final form drops to a quarter of its max HP, he unleashes shockwaves that knock away all of the Phantom Thieves except Joker. The fight from that point on becomes a DuelBoss. It's ''extremely'' satisfying to have Joker take Shido down one-on-one as revenge for ruining his life.
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** King Kenji in Infernal Tokyo, whose SchmuckBait is a stroke of FridgeBrilliance: Near the end of the battle, Kenji [[ISurrenderSuckers claims to admit defeat]], and then the game offers you the chance to pick up the remote. If you do pick it up, he sucker-punches you with a physical attack that also inflicts Sick status on the entire party. Yes, he's [[CombatPragmatist fighting dirty]]. But considering that Infernal Tokyo is a society where, as Akira puts it, "[[AsskickingEqualsAuthority you can do anything you want, as long as you have the power to back it up," it makes sense for Kenji to pull such a cheap tactic on you.]]

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** King Kenji in Infernal Tokyo, whose SchmuckBait is a stroke of FridgeBrilliance: Near the end of the battle, Kenji [[ISurrenderSuckers claims to admit defeat]], and then the game offers you the chance to pick up the remote. If you do pick it up, he sucker-punches you with a physical attack that also inflicts Sick status on the entire party. Yes, he's [[CombatPragmatist fighting dirty]]. But considering that Infernal Tokyo is a society where, as Akira puts it, "[[AsskickingEqualsAuthority "[[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership you can do anything you want, as long as you have the power to back it up," it makes sense for Kenji to pull such a cheap tactic on you.]]
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* ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'': Shadow Konoe is an epic two-phase fight, fitting for the game's ClimaxBoss. First, you are up against his HumongousMecha, which has a ton of impressive attacks that still give enough opportunities to dodge and counter, and you can climb to higher ground around the arena to hit him with railguns. Once the mech is destroyed, Akira The Hero himself proves to be even ''more'' capable in a fight without it, making it a no-holds-barred fight against one man in armor with a {{BFS}}. Both phases are also set to SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic, the first to a rock remix of "Rivers in the Desert," and the second to an amazing new song, "Counterstrike." And finally, for many fans, the fact that [[ThrowTheDogABone he's weak to Ryuji's element]] makes it even better.

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