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PatrickD95
Since: Jun, 2018
MasterN
Since: Aug, 2016
2021-11-13 16:14:11
Alternatively, the trope actually called Cowardly Boss if it only flees when hit.
One of these days, all of you will accept me as your supreme overlord.
eroock
Since: Sep, 2012
Mac_R
(Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
2021-11-13 18:00:53
Ugh, sorry, I had read the Boss Battle trope and saw it didn't apply, but still used the name as my Trope Finder request. The closest I could find was the Time-Limit Boss, though.

Is there a trope for a videogame boss that's considered hard or annoying not because he's deadly, but because he runs/teleports so often it's almost impossible to land a hit on him? So the difficulty for the player isn't really to avoid dying, but to beat him before running out of time or resources?
I mean 'cowardly' not as a characteristic of the character, but as something perceived by players.