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*** Dark Bahamut is probably the most sadistic boss of the game. First of all, he starts with a Megaflare and you can't prevent it, it's too fast. Then he casts Reflect on himself...and then he spams Flare. It's not even a joke. He ''costantly casts Flare on himself''. And Slow does very little...because Flare is ''instantaneous''. And don't summon or he'll cast another Megaflare. And like the cherry on the cake, he sometimes heal 6000 HP. Have fun!

** The Imprisoned in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]''. It's basically a giant mouth and pair of legs covered in black scales, with its toes as its weakpoints. Your job is the stop it from walking up a spiral trail to the temple above by destroying all its toes and driving the seal back into its head [[SequentialBoss three times]]. Not only do you have to keep up with its pace, but every time it takes a step that foot sends out a harmful shockwave from the feet you're supposed to be attacking. As if that's not bad enough, you have to fight the Imprisoned ''three times'' throughout the game.

* Wilhelm in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands2}}'' is this for many players. A giant robot with many hard to avoid attacks and can summon lesser robots to either annoy and distract you or to get his shield recharged unless you [[ShootTheMedicFirst blast them quickly]]. Even with a strong corrosive weapon, Wilhelm has a ton of health. Don't let the boss catch you near the arena's cliff edge because he can push you over it and instantly kill you, causing his health and shield to be ''fully restored'' because you died. The only way to avoid that is to play with other people, since boss characters cannot regain health unless the entire group is taken out in one swoop.

* [[VideoGame/Persona2 Persona 2: Eternal Punishment]] has Captain Shimazu. Shimazu and his flunkies aren't too tough aside from the insta-kill Aimed-shot with all of their damage-dealing attacks being single-target, the problem comes with dealing damage as they will constantly spam Hypnotic wave, a party-spanning sleep-inducing spell over and over, screwing up your Fusion-spells.

* Shadow Mitsuo of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' takes forever to kill, constantly giving himself a 1400 HP buffer that is pretty much impossible to stop. Beyond his [[AIRoulette AI randomly getting lucky]] and using both of his actions to attack the hero ([[WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou instant game over if he dies]]) he poses no threat but is a war of attrition.

* Venom from ''VideoGame/SpiderMan'' will ''really'' get on the nerves of players, particularly those on a first-time playthrough who haven't mastered the decent but often dodgy controls. You first have to chase him across the city and battle him in an alley, with his favorite attacks being [[TeleportSpam vanishing and teleporting]] and a difficult to avoid attack that amounts to just grabbing and immobilizing you for five straight annoying seconds. Then you get to do the same chase through the sewers, and ''then'' the same battle except with [[DamselInDistress Mary Jane]] dangling in a tank with a "fill" switch that Venom keeps flipping on. It doesn't help either that Venom [[BossBanter never once shuts up]] throughout the entire 45 minute or so segment.

* Actually a plot-point in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'': [[spoiler:Sans, who is]] the final boss of the No Mercy route, intentionally tries to make the battle as annoying as possible, because he has enough MediumAwareness to know that you, the player, has the ability to {{Save Scum|ming}}, so his only hope to actually "win" the battle is to make you RageQuit in frustration. He only has 1 health point, and his attacks only do 1 damage, but they ignore MercyInvincibility, take up wide areas, and deal DamageOverTime. To make things worse, he does many unexpected things, like dodging every single attack, starting the battle with one of his most devastating attacks, at one point offering to spare you but immediately killing you if you accept, doing damage if you don't move quickly during your own turn while deciding what to do, and finally using his special attack, where he [[spoiler:does absolutely nothing. And because he's doing nothing, it's still his turn, so you can't hurt him either. Until he falls asleep]].

First, let us say that [[ThisIsNotThatTrope it is not]] ThatOneBoss.

*** There's also Waterblight Ganon, who the first time isn't particularly difficult, but the Champions' Ballad DLC sets up a rematch with each of the Blights with only the tools provided. For Waterblight, this is just a few spears and ten arrows with a fairly weak bow. This becomes frustrating in the second phase when Waterblight takes to the sky and can only be knocked down with arrows. Once you runs out, the only way to damage is by getting close enough to use bombs or Urbosa's Fury if you have enough charges.

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** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'' and its Thunderblight Ganon. Overall not a difficult boss, but his many little mechanics make it infuriating to fight him. Thunderblight is [[LightningBruiser infuriatingly fast]], making it difficult to get Perfect Dodges or even Shield Parries, and — as the name implies — can use electricity. Getting hit by electricity in this game means that Link drops his weapon. All of this gets worse when it gets to lower HP and not only electrifies its sword and shield, but also begins to drop metal rods around Link and have them act as lightning rods.

* ''[[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Mega Man Legends 2]]'s'' train boss. Good God, ''the train boss''. It's actually a very easy fight with very easy to dodge repetitive attacks, but the train has [[DamageSpongeBoss so much health]] that the fight will easily take more than an hour to complete. The last portion of the battle, where you're trying to shoot out the engine, is quite literally twenty straight minutes of standing there not moving (except to ''occasionally'' dodge an attack) and just holding the fire button down.

*** Remember, Dark Bahamut, who constantly spams Flare? Atomos constantly spams '''Meteor'''. But unlike the dragon, this bastard '''only''' casts Meteor...aaaaaand Firaga and Earthquake if you're lucky. And I mean it.

*** Plague Horror's only attack is to cast Doom on the party, which can be annoying. By no means he's actually hard; he can very well be the easiest boss of the game. What's annoying is killing the characters and revive them. If you're fast enough, you can cast Reflect before he'll cast Doom and then you're set; he doesn't attack. I'll tell you something. He'll cast Haste on the characters, but it doesn't affect the timer.

* Pyribbit in ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe''. While he can be rather dangerous at first, it becomes clear that a lot of his attacks are very telegraphed and follow a clear pattern. But no matter how good you get at the fight, there's nothing that can stop from jumping into the background, and absolutely every opportunity to attack him when he comes down is incredibly short. Can be extra frustrating in [[spoiler:Dedede Tour]] where you not only have to deal with the harder (DX) form, but you're trying to be quick about it, as well! This actually applies to most bosses in ''Triple Deluxe'', since this game introduced the mechanic of 3D background layers and every single boss (even minibosses) uses it to some extent, dragging the fights out. That said, none of the others are anywhere near as bad about it as Pyribbit.

*** Moldorm from the Tower of Hera, the third dungeon. It fights you on top of a platform with open edges and a hole in the middle, and while its attacks don't do a dangerous amount of damage, they ''do'' cause KnockBack that can send you plummeting down a floor (two floors if you fall down the hole in the middle). After a tedious climb back up, any damage you've done to him is reset and you must start the fight over from the beginning. It gets faster the more damaged it gets, making it more and more likely that it will knock you off and you'll lose more progress. There's a reason why speedrunners call him Trolldorm.

*** [[FinalBoss Safer Sephiroth]], if you are leveled up thoroughly from sidequesting and have access to high-end Materia and weapons, is not a particularly hard boss. But in the North American version, Supernova has a hideously long attack animation that takes over ''two minutes'' to complete and cannot be skipped.

*** Ultimecia qualifies as a Goddamned Boss on several counts. Firstly, she randomly chooses three party members to fight her. During battle, if a character is KOed for too long they will be "absorbed into time" and replaced by one the remaining characters. So your options are to spread your resources thin around all six characters, to stall (preferably against the first form) so characters get absorbed until you have the three you want, or to reload the save until you get lucky. This also means if you're down to the last three and someone lets absorbed, you're stuck with a short-handed party for the rest of the battle.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'':
*** Dark Bahamut, in the 2D versions, is probably the most sadistic boss of the game. First of all, he starts with a Megaflare and you can't prevent it, it's too fast. Then he casts Reflect on himself...and then he spams Flare, the second strongest Black Magic of the game. It's not even a joke. He ''costantly casts Flare on himself''. And Slow does very little...because Flare is ''instantaneous''. And don't summon or he'll cast another Megaflare. And like the cherry on the cake, he sometimes heal 6000 HP. Have fun!

*** The [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere Twilit Bloat]] that is the last Tear of Light. First of all, it's electrified — imagine the unholy union of Barinade from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' and a gigantic tick. He flies, naturally. You're on this floating wooden platform in the middle of Lake Hylia, that ''of course'' tilts with your weight, and he can swim under it and knock you off. The only time you can attack him is after he tries to attack you (for a FULL HEART of damage — and you only have five at this point), assuming you managed to both dodge him and are still close enough to reach him. And if you've managed to do this three times, you have to leap on top of him and attack his little tick legs all at once.

*** That Twilit Bloat that is the last Tear of Light. First of all, it's electrified — imagine the unholy union of Barinade from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' and a gigantic tick. He flies, naturally. You're on this floating wooden platform in the middle of Lake Hylia, that ''of course'' tilts with your weight, and he can swim under it and knock you off. The only time you can attack him is after he tries to attack you (for a FULL HEART of damage — and you only have five at this point), assuming you managed to both dodge him and are still close enough to reach him. And if you've managed to do this three times, you have to leap on top of him and attack his little tick legs all at once.
*** [[spoiler:Ganon's Puppet: Zelda]] is an interesting idea for a boss, and it's the first time we ever see this character fighting, but this boss cannot be attacked in any way... It's a TennisBoss and, damaging [[spoiler:her]] is entirely dependent on when the game decides "now's a good time to throw another energy ball that can be hit back".
** The Imprisoned in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]''. It's basically a giant mouth and pair of legs covered in black scales, with its toes as its weakpoints. Your job is the stop it from walking up a spiral trail to the temple above by destroying all its toes and driving the seal back into its head [[SequentialBoss three times]]. Not only do you have to keep up with its pace, but every time it takes a step that foot sends out a harmful shockwave from the feet you're supposed to be attacking. As if that's not bad enough, you have to fight the Imprisoned ''three times'' to complete the game.

** ''VideoGame/[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'':

** ''VideoGame/[[TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'':

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'':

* Many of the bosses in ''StarWars: VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed'' can be these if you're having an off day. They end with mandatory ActionCommand challenges, and if you keep screwing them up, you'll wish you could just give 'em a basic slash and call it a day. Same deal with ''VideoGame/SpiderManWebOfShadows.'' The Gorog in the sequel to the Force Unleashed can be a MarathonBoss with repetitive mechanics.

** The Imprisoned is easily the tankiest of the Giant Bosses and he just ''loves'' to stall with tediously drawn out attacks, potentially costing you an A-rank by either shredding through your health or just wasting too much time. The Imprisoned is unique in that exposing his weak point isn't dependent on him using a specific attack, which sounds nice on paper but in practice requires you to spent much of the fight huddled around his vulnerable feet, practically begging to get stomped on or hit by a powerful shockwave attack if he's at low health. Not helping matters is his sheer size, which many maps just aren't able to comfortably accommodate without [[CameraScrew messing with the camera]]. The Imprisoned is even worse in the Wii U version where he will automatically stand up when his weak point gauge reaches half. No other boss, not even ''Ganon'', is capable of doing this. The ''Legends'' and ''Definitive'' versions remove this trait, but fights with The Imprisoned are still unpleasant regardless.