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** Cyrus, Chapter 4: [[spoiler:Lucia, a scholar who seeks immortality at any cost]]. The boss begins with a whopping '''30''' break points, although this is reduced to 15 after the first break and 8 after the second. The boss hits hard with a variety of strong physical and elemental attacks, which can potentially one-shot [[SquishyWizard Cyrus]] if he's underleveled. After the boss's first break, it gains access to an attack that can damage your SP, which can be rather problematic, since it switches to elemental weaknesses after its first break (although it has a mix of physical and elemental weaknesses after the second break).
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* "VideoGame/Wizard101" is well known for this with certain cheating bosses (bosses with mechanics like being able to act more than once per turn, automatically reacting to certain player actions instantly, and so on). Many fights are intended to easily be steamrolled by the players, especially those who know some of the strategies, like having the bare essentials in your deck so you always draw what you need (since you draw 7 cards per turn, a popular strategy is to just put 7 cards in your deck so you will always pull them guaranteed). It might even deserve its own subpage
** During the first 5 worlds, Malistaire was well known for this at release, having [[DamageSpongeBoss 100000 health]] where no other enemy/boss at the time got to even 10000. Since then, he was reduced to 10000, and later 8000.
** With the introduction of cheating bosses starting in Celestia, many bosses responded to certain conditions. For example, some enemies may use shields that reduce damage by 90% unless a certain condition is met. One may require the player to use a blade, and then they will remove the shield. One may require the player to use a heal before he removes the shield.
** One of the most infamous bosses has its home in Zafaria, known as Belloq. Every round he doesn't take damage, he uses a spell called Ra, which by that point may consume a considerable amount of the player health, especially on a class with low health or resist. The player fights this boss a few more times as a recurring boss later in the story.
** Another notable example exists in Avalon. Jabberwock hits players very hard every few turns with a version of meteor that does 1500 base damage, about 5 times what the regular one does.
** Azteca has some notable cases as well.
*** Ponce de Gibbon tries to trick players into using spells against their own team with beguile. If a player doesn't realize that they've been affected by this, they could accidentally use a heal on the enemy team, or hit their own team very hard.
*** Later on, the player fights another version of Malistaire where he was forcibly resurrected by shadow magic, known as Malistaire the Undying. He's invincible to all attacks, the only way to defeat him is to defeat his minions, where he will die due to the damage done to the battlefield.
** Khrysalis doesn't stop either.
*** Ghost Dog has multiple appearances in this world, notably using a damage over time spell, and if it's not dealt with, will be "removed" after it is detonated, dealing nearly 3000 damage.
**** He's also a minion of a boss known as Kravenly the Hunter, where if the player takes him to certain health thresholds, he responds by dealing around 1500 damage to the entire team. If multiple thresholds are passed in 1 attack without defeating him, he will do so multiple times. This will likely kill off teammates who aren't prepared.
** Polaris gets a bit better, although in some cases, it can still be a bit sadistic.
*** About a quarter way through the story, the player has to fight Baba Yaga. She has the ability to turn players to eggs (making them unable to act, except giving them the ability to use a spell called hatch, a 50/50 chance for them to turn back to normal), as well as summoning very annoying minions if the players don't kill her quick enough.
*** At one point, the player is tasked with taking on the Trial of Wisdom, where the player is put against 2 bosses, and the player must determine who has the poisoned claw and kill them first. Choose incorrectly, and the entire team gets wiped out 1 by 1 by being poisoned.
** Empyrea has some as well.
*** The optional [[BrutalBonusLevel Beastman Fight Club]] is well known for this. It was made on purpose in response to the game being too easy. Among other mechanics, every other turn, someone will typically just straight up die.
*** For the most part, most of the fights in the first part aren't really that bad. At least until near the end of [[LethalLavaLand Inner Athanor]], which features Bat Bots, minions that don't seem special, but are actually invincible (except every few turns where they become vulnerable to damage).
*** The next notable boss isn't until the Nexus, better known as the Dream Hive reuses Belloq again, with 300000 health. The trick though is that if you kill his minions, he will deal damage to himself.
*** Shortly later is the Tumbler. He starts by using an aura that increases his damage immensely (100 for each player in the battle, up to a maximum of 400), which can easily kill off unsuspecting players as his damage is increased 5 fold.
** During the first 5 worlds, Malistaire was well known for this at release, having [[DamageSpongeBoss 100000 health]] where no other enemy/boss at the time got to even 10000. Since then, he was reduced to 10000, and later 8000.
** With the introduction of cheating bosses starting in Celestia, many bosses responded to certain conditions. For example, some enemies may use shields that reduce damage by 90% unless a certain condition is met. One may require the player to use a blade, and then they will remove the shield. One may require the player to use a heal before he removes the shield.
** One of the most infamous bosses has its home in Zafaria, known as Belloq. Every round he doesn't take damage, he uses a spell called Ra, which by that point may consume a considerable amount of the player health, especially on a class with low health or resist. The player fights this boss a few more times as a recurring boss later in the story.
** Another notable example exists in Avalon. Jabberwock hits players very hard every few turns with a version of meteor that does 1500 base damage, about 5 times what the regular one does.
** Azteca has some notable cases as well.
*** Ponce de Gibbon tries to trick players into using spells against their own team with beguile. If a player doesn't realize that they've been affected by this, they could accidentally use a heal on the enemy team, or hit their own team very hard.
*** Later on, the player fights another version of Malistaire where he was forcibly resurrected by shadow magic, known as Malistaire the Undying. He's invincible to all attacks, the only way to defeat him is to defeat his minions, where he will die due to the damage done to the battlefield.
** Khrysalis doesn't stop either.
*** Ghost Dog has multiple appearances in this world, notably using a damage over time spell, and if it's not dealt with, will be "removed" after it is detonated, dealing nearly 3000 damage.
**** He's also a minion of a boss known as Kravenly the Hunter, where if the player takes him to certain health thresholds, he responds by dealing around 1500 damage to the entire team. If multiple thresholds are passed in 1 attack without defeating him, he will do so multiple times. This will likely kill off teammates who aren't prepared.
** Polaris gets a bit better, although in some cases, it can still be a bit sadistic.
*** About a quarter way through the story, the player has to fight Baba Yaga. She has the ability to turn players to eggs (making them unable to act, except giving them the ability to use a spell called hatch, a 50/50 chance for them to turn back to normal), as well as summoning very annoying minions if the players don't kill her quick enough.
*** At one point, the player is tasked with taking on the Trial of Wisdom, where the player is put against 2 bosses, and the player must determine who has the poisoned claw and kill them first. Choose incorrectly, and the entire team gets wiped out 1 by 1 by being poisoned.
** Empyrea has some as well.
*** The optional [[BrutalBonusLevel Beastman Fight Club]] is well known for this. It was made on purpose in response to the game being too easy. Among other mechanics, every other turn, someone will typically just straight up die.
*** For the most part, most of the fights in the first part aren't really that bad. At least until near the end of [[LethalLavaLand Inner Athanor]], which features Bat Bots, minions that don't seem special, but are actually invincible (except every few turns where they become vulnerable to damage).
*** The next notable boss isn't until the Nexus, better known as the Dream Hive reuses Belloq again, with 300000 health. The trick though is that if you kill his minions, he will deal damage to himself.
*** Shortly later is the Tumbler. He starts by using an aura that increases his damage immensely (100 for each player in the battle, up to a maximum of 400), which can easily kill off unsuspecting players as his damage is increased 5 fold.
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* ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'': La Saia, who has a bunch of ice attacks that can hit you from pretty much anywhere. One in particular freezes you, regardless of whether you have an anti-freeze amulet equipped, and lets her get 1-2 powerful shots in.
* ''VideoGame/DarkChronicle'': Sirus. Not Griffon in his ultra-badass form. Sirus, as in that bastard rabbit with the voice of [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Phil and Lil]]. Not to say that Griffon isn't a gigantic asshole either. The fight will either take forever or you will barely survive. Dark Element is also a complete '''ass''' if you don't know exactly what you're doing and don't have really, really powerful projectiles. Gaspard, in all incarnations, is also a horror if you don't have really powerful weapons. Like, used the photo album exploit level powerful weapons. Really, half the bosses in the game can be considered ThatOneBoss to someone, but Sirus in Bunny form takes the cake for sure.
* ''VideoGame/DarkChronicle'': Sirus. Not Griffon in his ultra-badass form. Sirus, as in that bastard rabbit with the voice of [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Phil and Lil]]. Not to say that Griffon isn't a gigantic asshole either. The fight will either take forever or you will barely survive. Dark Element is also a complete '''ass''' if you don't know exactly what you're doing and don't have really, really powerful projectiles. Gaspard, in all incarnations, is also a horror if you don't have really powerful weapons. Like, used the photo album exploit level powerful weapons. Really, half the bosses in the game can be considered ThatOneBoss to someone, but Sirus in Bunny form takes the cake for sure.
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** La Saia, who has a bunch of ice attacks that can hit you from pretty much anywhere. One in particular freezes you, regardless of whether you have an anti-freeze amulet equipped, and lets her get 1-2 powerful shots in.
* ''VideoGame/DarkChronicle'': Sirus.** Sirus in ''VideoGame/DarkChronicle''. Not Griffon in his ultra-badass form. Sirus, as in that bastard rabbit with the voice of [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Phil and Lil]]. Not to say that Griffon isn't a gigantic asshole either. The fight will either take forever or you will barely survive. Dark Element is also a complete '''ass''' if you don't know exactly what you're doing and don't have really, really powerful projectiles. Gaspard, in all incarnations, is also a horror if you don't have really powerful weapons. Like, used the photo album exploit level powerful weapons. Really, half the bosses in the game can be considered ThatOneBoss to someone, but Sirus in Bunny form takes the cake for sure.
** La Saia, who has a bunch of ice attacks that can hit you from pretty much anywhere. One in particular freezes you, regardless of whether you have an anti-freeze amulet equipped, and lets her get 1-2 powerful shots in.
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* ''VideoGame/DarkCloud2'': Sirus. Not Griffon in his ultra-badass form. Sirus, as in that bastard rabbit with the voice of [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Phil and Lil]].
** Not to say that Griffon isn't a gigantic asshole either. The fight will either take forever or you will barely survive. Dark Element is also a complete '''ass''' if you don't know exactly what you're doing and don't have really, really powerful projectiles. Gaspard, in all incarnations, is also a horror if you don't have really powerful weapons. Like, used the photo album exploit level powerful weapons. Really, half the bosses in the game can be considered ThatOneBoss to someone, but Sirus in Bunny form takes the cake for sure.
** Not to say that Griffon isn't a gigantic asshole either. The fight will either take forever or you will barely survive. Dark Element is also a complete '''ass''' if you don't know exactly what you're doing and don't have really, really powerful projectiles. Gaspard, in all incarnations, is also a horror if you don't have really powerful weapons. Like, used the photo album exploit level powerful weapons. Really, half the bosses in the game can be considered ThatOneBoss to someone, but Sirus in Bunny form takes the cake for sure.
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* ''VideoGame/DarkCloud2'': ''VideoGame/DarkChronicle'': Sirus. Not Griffon in his ultra-badass form. Sirus, as in that bastard rabbit with the voice of [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Phil and Lil]].
**Lil]]. Not to say that Griffon isn't a gigantic asshole either. The fight will either take forever or you will barely survive. Dark Element is also a complete '''ass''' if you don't know exactly what you're doing and don't have really, really powerful projectiles. Gaspard, in all incarnations, is also a horror if you don't have really powerful weapons. Like, used the photo album exploit level powerful weapons. Really, half the bosses in the game can be considered ThatOneBoss to someone, but Sirus in Bunny form takes the cake for sure.
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** The Mages Tower has some tough encounters but the infamous boss that takes a disproportionate part of its mission is the Sloth Demon. When encountered it sends the player character and their squad to sleep and traps them in a realm in the dream world. The player character has to move from one place to another PORTAL style, gain powers from NPC's, rescue your squadmates, kill all the mini bosses and THEN you confront and kill the Sloth Demon in a tough fight where it changes form. Dealing with the Sloth Demon takes more time and effort than defeating the main boss of the Mage's Tower.
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** The Mages Tower of the Circle of Magi has some a few fairly tough encounters encounters... but the infamous boss that takes a disproportionate part of its mission is the Sloth Demon. When encountered it sends encountered, he puts the player character and their squad to sleep and traps them in a realm his personal section in the dream world. Fade (the realm of dreams). The player character has to move from one place to another PORTAL style, gain powers from NPC's, rescue your squadmates, and kill all the mini bosses and THEN bosses. ''Then'' you confront and kill the Sloth Demon in a tough fight where it he changes form. form, shifting between a Darkspawn Ogre, a Rage Demon, an Abomination, a Shade, and finally its true form (that of an Arcane Horror). Dealing with the Sloth Demon takes more time and effort than defeating Uldred, the main boss of the Mage's Tower.
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*** Notably from Orzammar's Proving Grounds (the optional fights, not the main quest if you side with Harrowmont) is a fight against several elite/boss class enemies, including a Templar (who is basically a toned down Revenant with higher health/damage), a Blood Mage (who is broken by sheer merit of being a blood mage), and dangerous mooks.
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*** Notably from Orzammar's Proving Grounds (the optional fights, not the main quest if you side with Harrowmont) is a fight against several elite/boss elite class enemies, including a Templar (who is basically a toned down Revenant with higher health/damage), a Blood Mage (who is broken by sheer merit of being a blood mage), Blood Mage), and dangerous mooks.
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** At the end of the quest to rescue Queen Anora, the player is confronted by one of Loghain's CoDragons, Ser Cauthrien. In addition to being Level 19 and having almost as much health as a ''High Dragon'', she's also backed by [[HopelessBossFight ten archers, two swordsmen, and a mage.]] The player is given the option to surrender, and if they do so or lose the fight [[PrisonEpisode they - and possibly Alistair - are taken prisoner]]. Unless the player knows about the fight in advance and completely prepares for it, this is guaranteed to be a CurbStompBattle. It's not uncommon for players to need about 50 health potions during the fight, and it's extremely difficult to avoid being stunned from ten directions at once before taking hundreds of points of damage from Cauthrien and her swordsmen.
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** At the end of the quest to rescue Queen Anora, the player is confronted by one of Loghain's CoDragons, Ser Cauthrien. In addition to being Level 19 and having almost as much health as a ''High Dragon'', she's also backed by [[HopelessBossFight ten archers, two swordsmen, and a mage.]] The player is given the option to surrender, and if they do so or lose the fight [[PrisonEpisode they - — and possibly Alistair - if he is part of the current party — are taken prisoner]]. Unless the player knows about the fight in advance and completely prepares for it, this is guaranteed to be a CurbStompBattle. It's not uncommon for players to need about 50 ''50 health potions potions'' during the fight, and it's extremely difficult to avoid being stunned from ten directions at once by the archers' Scattershot attack before taking hundreds of points of damage from Cauthrien and her swordsmen.
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* Aragog from the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor version of ''VideoGame/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets''. His attacks take roughly 25% of your hp every turn, plus he can poison you for even more damage. Did I mention that he can paralyze you to prevent you from healing between turns? Best part is, he starts off with a surprise attack.
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* Aragog from the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor Platform/GameBoyColor version of ''VideoGame/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets''. His attacks take roughly 25% of your hp every turn, plus he can poison you for even more damage. Did I mention that he can paralyze you to prevent you from healing between turns? Best part is, he starts off with a surprise attack.
