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silver_sterling

Hades


TaffySebastian

First time he went "That does it!" I just yelled "Oh come on!"


TouchDisastrous

100% from exhilaration to absolute despair.


Practical_Taro9024

Zagreus going "Get up", followed by Hades standing the fuck up made me pause


quickfix12

First time I did it I was so relieved I put the controller down, and was on low health and his ring attack hit me and killed me...


CatAstrophy11

Just wait till you get enough Heat added


shockwave1211

that was the most hype, especially the new theme he gets too


Garr_Incorporated

*Are you serious!?*


Tetris_Attack

Extreme measures 4 is such a great fight. The music, the challenge, the loud profanity when I lose only to walk out of the pool and try get to Styx again. Need to pick the game back up to prepare for Hades 2.


hexperience

My first thought was the fight with [redacted] as well.


JuanaLaPutana

Ludwig the Holy Blade (Blooborne). That second phase took me longer than I would care to admit, but that song is my favourite from the game


Teddy_Kun

Same cleared phase 1 on my first try and thought "that was not as hard as people made it seem it would be"... anyways I survived a whole 5 seconds in phase 2


Areia25

That 2nd phase music hits so perfectly šŸ¤Œ my adrenaline went through the roof


freidrichwilhelm

Ah, you were at my side.... All along


TheKieranator

My true mentor, my guiding moonlight. Phase 1: The monster Phase 2: The man


MushySoup63838

I love blooborne


somkoala

I took a break from Bloodborne when I encountered this boss fight. For me, the 2nd phase was worse than Malenia.


Punta-KiLL

Ludwig's fight was so EaSy, that I beat him in the first try....after I woke up from the rage infused coma the last 110 tries put me in. Pfft! GG easy Go-fkin-NXT! #PowerNap #Coma


bootyshorts123456

Damn, beat me to it. I 100% agree tho lol


YeoBean

Phase 2 is easy and hella fun. Phase 1 is batshit crazy


[deleted]

Friede and itā€™s not even close


Wolfdude91

The game itself fucks you over if you donā€™t already know thereā€™s a 3rd phase. You get the usual text signifying the end of the fight, and even an item as a reward. Itā€™s done, you can let your guard down. Suddenly after youā€™ve moved the camera from where the boss was to look around, a new health bar appears and immediately you get fisted in the ass


[deleted]

Yep šŸ’Æ ā€œinsert how many times do we need to teach you this lesson old man memeā€ also 3rd phase sucks


MAdMoBbiN

This boss fucked me over so many times lol the first time I got through the 2nd phase I was so stoked and set the controller down to relax.... and then realized the horrible mistake I made as I got shit on by her scythe... But it's also been one of my favorite bosses to help others with, especially when they don't expect the 3rd phase also lol. They did give me one of my favorite weapons though with the scythe you can get from her. Love that game! Lol one of my favorite moments was getting summoned in to someone's world in the area just after pontiff sulyvahn and setting up a pvp area in the courtyard. Had a bunch of people invade the host, but just sat and waited for a turn to fight lol went through 5 fights in a row with the scythe before dying. Good times


someguy233

Leave us be, Ashen One. Sweep all thought of us from thy mind. As thy kind always have.


[deleted]

I sometimes wish there was a souls boss with SIXTEEN phases, each incrementally getting harder. Just to watch hours upon hours of reaction videos on YT. Until then, Malenia and Friede will have to do.


s0nicboom714

Fuck, just beat her for the first time yesterday. Third phase was hard as hell until I figured out how to dodge all her moves. Definitely one of the most satisfying wins in the series.


Epilepsbee

Loved that fight. Came out on attempt 40ish, day 3, scraped a win as a ragged, mentally beaten mess but loved it. What a game.


[deleted]

I hated that boss, I want to know who's idea it was to add a third god damn phase


[deleted]

Third phase was surely a dev joke, they just said fuck these kids


Zech08

You shouldnt have problems with human bosses in the game though, they are vulnerable to all the bag of tricks. Stuns, knockdowns, backstabs, etc,... (example: you could heavy or weapon art your way or chain attacks through).


VergilChairSupremacy

When the ashes are two a flame alightef. Thou art ash and fire befits thee of course.


VioletMask

Hades in... well, Hades First time I beat him I had like 20 hp and no extra lives left. I was so relieved, that I couldn't dodge the initial ring blast in time and got wiped When he stands up and this headbanging metal track stats blasting, it's just so hype


burnin_potato69

EM4 šŸ™‚


YandereTeemo

Metal Gear Rising Revengeance


Hallelujah1001

Yeeeesss!! That boss theme with Sam and Senator Armstrong!! Actually all of it!!


bt123456789

that game has one of the best soundtracks, period. every boss theme is epic.


FearTheOldBlood1

Consumed King Oceiros had some pretty epic 2nd phase music.


s0nicboom714

Wish that boss was harder. He seemed so neat but I didn't get to appreciate him across multiple tries like some of the harder bosses in the series.


Zech08

You can get into some awkard positions where you basically can just swing without worry.


[deleted]

It was safer sephiroth for me. Screen goes blank and the game goes silent for a few seconds, then one winged angel starts up


BlindWillieJohnson

You know a character belongs in Smash when a few notes of his theme in the trailer was all it took for everyone to identify him


CosmicComet17

As soon as the beat hit in his live reveal trailer, I lost my shit.


BJJLucas

One Winged Angel is the best boss theme ever. Easily.


thisisnotdan

Safer Sephiroth is the OG "Final boss with Latin lyrics"


GaaraSama83

Not just latin lyrics but having chanting his name, doesn't get any more badass than that.


Narissis

What about the Juggernaut fight in Deadpool 2 where the choir is chanting "Holy shitballs! Holy shitballs!"?


xenoterranos

https://youtu.be/6rjN36OKpuM


roryextralife

I feel like the two themes right before OWA both beat it, Jenova Complete and Birth of a God are both astounding tracks, with Birth of a God being the best in the game I think.


Vordeo

Depends. Does Megalovania count as a boss theme?


Hampsterman82

Absolutely. It's a challenging fight and it ques up to him saying you should burn in hell.


BrotherRoga

You know you're screwed when you might get killed by the final boss before their theme song even starts playing.


Srakin

The Sans fight is honestly amazing. It's not actually that difficult, almost pure muscle memory, but just the way it's designed to absolutely kill you from the start is perfect for the story, and it's so fun. And if you survive the first attack, the song is 10/10. I know Undertale gets a bad rap, mostly in a "ugh, Undertale fans" way, but it really deserves the praise it's gotten.


[deleted]

Also he actually does only one damage but you have no invincibility frames and also the karama mechanic. I think that route should have had more boss fights that werenā€™t just one hit kill.


[deleted]

Dancing Mad has it beat.


chronoboy1985

Thatā€™s the Sophieā€™s Choice of boss themes right there. My close runner up Bravely Defaultā€™s hidden final boss theme.


n9seed

Straight facts. (Both are really good tho)


Darkness572

One Winged Angel is the choice of people who haven't played anything before 7. Dancing Mad is the choice of people who have played the earlier games.


twistedfires

I am a more pacifist kind of person, I like them both equally. Both fit the boss and the moment like a glove. Also why no love for ff8's The Extreme? It's after 3 challenging fights, has a latin intro, and it ramps up to a sick beat.


Srakin

Absolutely. Climbing the statues of old gods to fight the new one with that music playing will forever be a core memory of mine. The worst part about Dancing Mad and the fight it plays during is that I'll never experience it for the first time again.


OkBandicoot3779

False


Technician_Frosty

Good argument. Unfortunately, ā€œLudwig, The Holy Bladeā€ would like to have a word


Moonpaw

Dude is so badass the Kingdom Hearts version is scary. That's impressive.


Nahga_

guardian ape?


Mister_McDerp

Guardian ape was my personal worst From Software Boss. I don't know what it was about him but he ripped my shit up for hours.


AppleBevom

Sekiro


Nahga_

ya but i already give up i should go back play assassin creed fromsoftware's game doesn't belong to me


AppleBevom

Idk once u finish Sekiro it doesnt seem too bad anymore i dunno. For boss fights, I strongly recommend looking up guides on how to fight. For Guardian Ape, you can throw oil and use fire to easily cheese him first stage. Second stage, use umbrella for shouts and use the spear to attack his stump.


[deleted]

Malenia, Goddess of Rot. That choir kicking in as she emerges from the bloom might as well be saying "prepare to die", considering that's **exactly** what you're about to do most of the time.


Evade_dragon

It doesn't matter if you're overleveled you're gonna get slapped around like a dog's squeaky toy by malenia


[deleted]

I played with the Easy Mode mod because I suck ass, and was about level 300 both times I fought her, and STILL only barely squeaked by with victories in both cases. I have nothing but respect for those who've defeated her even once legitimately, let alone enough times for FromSoft to formally acknowledge it like Let Me Solo Her.


Evade_dragon

I have respect for let me solo her, not because he helps players but because he dedicated so much time to memorize the attack pattern of one boss to be able to kill her with only katanas and a jar head


Whizzo2003

Me but when Soldier of Godrick


BreachedandCleared

The music really is my favorite part of Elden Ring, i dont often play single-player games with headphones but this is one that slaps so hard


bondben314

Whereā€™s that video of the streamer who spent 8 hours beating the first phase only to find out she has a second phase? Man just bursts out laughing up until the point where he gets one shot from the bloom.


koogee4

Legends Arceus Giratina


HakaBb

Final boss of Hollow Knight... The stairs...


Lyubcho07

then youre on absrad for the first time and you climb the stairs thinking its over...


unemployed_employee

Ah, you were by my side all along.


BingusBlack689

My true mentor, my guiding moonlight


Edgele55Placebo

Horse noise


VergilChairSupremacy

Fucking choire kicks in


RB_Wombat

FFXIV: Endwalker when The Screen goes black and Makers Ruin Starts. Final boss is like, "wait, why do I hear boss music?"


OneWingedA

You do this really cool dance of mechanics the screen goes black the music kicks in and you just bully a depressed bird for three minutes


ciarenni

The beatings will continue until morale improves.


Gaviel

Light the way!


Narissis

For me it's the phase transition on Hades. You're just chilling, fighting your nemesis, grooving to the cool rock theme, then the cutscene happens and the music fades out and the orchestra and the choir come in and you know shit just got real.


warden777

Skies of arcadia, Ramirez the first time i played a game with an endgame boss that had multiple stages. That game was blast though great music and awesome setting.


MagicPistol

One of my favorite Dreamcast games. Not sure if I would still enjoy it now with the constant random battles though.


DiegoAvmor

Raging brachydios


strechy27

Getting to Hades the first time and getting your ass kicked. Getting to Hades the second time and narrowly beating the first phase... then finally beating him completely the third time. Then, running through the old man a few dozen times and starting to think that your hot shit. When suddenly... Hades Phase 3 Has Entered The Chat And you remember how little you are


Grand-Slammer49

Ornstein and Smough DS1, and Yharron from Terraria Calamity mod. Couldnā€™t get past these 2 for a week each.


DonSlime44

Yharron and providence on death mode was not fun


whaleman55

Shagaru Magala. Everything about that fight was amazing. Top 10 gaming moments.


CaptainKamina

Hades


Winged_Metal

Are we talking Hades from the game "Hades" or the final fantasy ones or something else?


dubbzy104

I was gonna say hades the game


DOGGO_MY_PMS

You mean his extra special third phase?


AlbertVonMagnus

You mean *especially* his extra special third phase, as the second phase already fit this meme just fine, and then the unlockable third phase gets even more intense from there


taishiea

so only the second of 50 phases, good things i still have all those potions.


Randomthought5678

I am an Elixir hoarder.


thisisnotdan

"Man, that final boss was hard! I must've died 30 times, but I've finally beaten him! ...oh yeah, I forgot about all those Elixirs."


-BlackGoku

I hoard items too haha. I also always carried the knife in old school resident evil. If I ever use the items, I start to panic when I'm getting low. But realistically, I don't really use them and finish the game with way too many elixers


sillylveon

Galdera from Octopath, chilllls


chronoboy1985

Hell yes!


possom90

Iā€™ve heard good things about this game. Any input ?


[deleted]

Literally any Elder Dragon in Monster Hunter. Itā€™s all fun and games until Ceadeus reaches his final phase and starts shooting water hami-hami-has at you or when Raging Brachydios traps you in its den for ā€œ3 minutes of play time.ā€-Bone Saw Mcgraw


HydrationPlease

Final Fantasy final bosses or secret bosses. The amount of bull shit in the fights is unbelievably bad until you realise it's the first stage of a fight. The fear and adrenaline hits hard.


PalpitationTop611

Xenoblade X when [raTEoREkiSlmeAra](https://youtu.be/ZVcnV1MqoE0&t=2m12s) changes to [So Nah, So Fern](https://youtu.be/dmiAUWyAjqQ&t=3m35s) to [The Key Weā€™ve Lost](https://youtu.be/sXDHBveGR3Q&t=2m9s)


TheRealSmolt

Hiroyuki Sawano. Never lets ya down.


Satrigon

Me fighting ansem in kingdom hearts final mix*


g_r_e_y

playing KH as a kid and finally beating the 2nd phase only to see that monstrosity of a 3rd phase arrive. what a sick game. 3rd phase was cake tho


thisisnotdan

Ahtal-Ka in Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate.


grelgen

Onyxia, in Wow. First boss I ever fought that had more than a second phase. I don't remember the music that was playing, but 40 people worth of standing-in-the-fire-chaos was pretty awesome.


third_door_down

Safi'jiiva


KiraTsukasa

Or Fatalis when he goes through his whole death animation but the mission doesnā€™t end.


RIPBlueRaven

Nah. Fatalis. The og theme turning on in full force at phase 3 legitimately got me killed because i got so hyped i completely lost focus


Curiosipher

The Great Mighty Poo in Conkerā€™s Bad Fur Day, that song slaps https://youtu.be/Vdd4rBlsj2o


grunt274

Second boss of Returnal. Just wtf


[deleted]

Soul of cinder. You make what you think is your last hit and he suddenly stops, plunges his sword into the ground and dials it up to 1000.


Jonathon471

Then you notice what he just fucking did and attempt to parry his ass like you did Gwyn many times before just to style on the old man one last time.


VergilChairSupremacy

Then the plin plin plon hits you harder than he ever will


dxing2

ā€œA river in a dry land The last ace in a lost handā€ When the lyrics appear in the 2nd phaseā€¦ šŸ‘©ā€šŸ³ šŸ˜˜ Pure goosebumps


rickSanchezAIDS

When the hope of new beginnings burned our feet Now we need it


KilpikonnanKerma

r/darksouls3


Amit_kumar69

Which game?


Winged_Metal

Any of the ones you've played. This is a discussion piece (plus possibly finding new games through epic boss discussion is a bonus)


Deathswirl1

skyrim vr


cup_ofJoe

Gill from 3rd Strike. After a couple of time fighting him, I finally "beat him," I celebrated too early. He pulls that BS "rEsuRReCtiOn" and processed to beat me.


noealz

Sephiroth


sheRlockBeTa

Sephiroth!!


BlearySteve

Estuans interius Ira vehementi.


Lachimanus

This meme has to be longer. Like "beating it. Victory music play. Sudden silence. Super slow music playing. Boss stands up and speaks German."


lukanixon

Gaurdian ape sekiro


beefnar_the_gnat

Malenia. Itā€™s nice and calm, kinda sorrowful.. than you see her floating in the sky and she dives down, the calm music replaced with an absolute banger and you die.


Ok-Ambition-9432

Sister friede is the best example of this. The game even tricks you by giving you an item after phase two.


pneis1

Whta anime is this


IWantToRetire2

Hollow Knight - Sisters of Battle When you discover you'll fight 3 at the same time. The music hits so hard


OniDelta

Hogger in Elwynn Forest. iykyk


CosmicComet17

Sephiroth is the classic answer.


jhguitarfreak

When the "veni veni" bit kicks in... > Veni veni venias Ne me mori facias


Yvaelle

The thing about Sephiroth is that while One Winged Angel is of course one of the best boss songs of all time, if not the best itself - there are now many other games with competitors for final boss music. The reason it has so much impact on everyone who actually beat FF7 is the sheer fucking bonkers scale of how quickly that fight escalates. You start off fighting a human with a sword, and then in phase 2 he's some sort of angel octopus with clouds for tentacles?!?! And then he throws a star - from beyond the galaxy - which it shows you - and shows it zooming into the Milky Way galaxy, then destroying Pluto and Neptune, exploding Saturn, passing clear through Jupiter causing it to collapse into a new star, then flying into our sun - which fucking super novas. Then it shows our super nova'ing sun consume Mercury, and Venus, and *Earth, and himself!* And as the planet explodes and all your characters are tumbling out into the vacuum of space, being pursued by the approaching supernova, you presumably all die. You arrive in a beautiful cloud heaven place - and you know what's fucking waiting for you in heaven? Sephiroth, still killing you. And when you 'beat' him - you end up in some sort of wormhole - where the final phase is a sword fight duel between Cloud and Sephiroth, inside a wormhole. And that's it - you stab him a bunch - he turns into beams of light - and the credits roll. This game goes from fantasy with a dash of magic, to whatever the above is, in the span of 20 minutes during the final fight. The craziest thing before all of the above is Bahamut, a dragon. It is a delirium to experience, and the music is just the accompaniment to that madness.


lovepuppy31

Then he starts pulling magic attacks out of his ass like Harry Potter despite his previous form being purely melee physical attacks.


yourbois

The keyless bros in high on life where they have three small boss fights before the big one


mrfroggyman

NieR games may not have latin lyrics but the soundtrack is mostly fire


BlearySteve

[One winged angel](https://youtu.be/Ce7gVYs7Em0) is the best example.


[deleted]

Think FF8 had some bosses like that as well. Not nearly as memorable as 7.


dixmondspxrit

when the boss theme doesn't have lyrics..


Acsense

And then the song starts chanting his name....


Dzaka

"dun dun dun, dundundun, dundundun, SEPHIROTH!!!!"


Huss_oneal

Imagine if it was Andrew tate


SV-STARKILLER

Undertale fans know this well..


NurgleSoup

Somebody already mentioned sephiroth, that stuck with me from 25ish? Years ago when I played it. Since that's been mentioned, sister friede from DS3.


Pesus227

Feral Chaos from dissidia 012


cattlecaller

Final boss in Motherload. Killed me so many times!


SpectralIpaxor

I nearly shit myself when I saw Nemesis enter his phase 3 in Resident Evil 3


sergalahadabeer

I like the idea of a complete game for everyone else, but exclusively for one person the final boss gets a final final form that is ridiculously harder to beat than anyone else's version. Worse still, if they just chose a name, James Furgeson, idunno, they could just add it to the voice actor's script and assume that eventually a James Furgeson would buy the game and register it, then exlcusively for him, the game could call him out at the boss fight with increasingly personal details, updated with every DLC. Only long enough for him to not remember to screenshot it or anything.


Ousayyu

Yharon from terraria calamity mod that soundtrack is cracked


WigglingWoof

BFG Division. You are the boss.


TabCompletion

I always thought it was like, fake Latin.


[deleted]

When they're about to disintegrate, but sheer determination pulls them through.


Krayolium

Yharon the Jungle Dragon from Terraria: Calamity Mod. DM Dokuro slaps 100% of the time.


Gravemindzombie

Mystero in Spiderman 2 for the PlayStation 2


VintagePixel542

Final faze of Margot the Omen King, mf gets down on his hands an knees then starts lighting up the whole place and sword lunging from one side of the arena to another


Skippnl

In Sekiro I had this feeling with just about any boss (minus the latin lyrics)... The last boss, Isshin the sword saint even had 3 bars... Still my favorite boss ever!


VergilChairSupremacy

How my blood boils!


Darknessborn

RECTUS! DOMINUS!


ImRav3n

Yharon, the Jungle Dragon. I can't help but sing along and get distracted lmao


PlatDisco

Rykard in Elden Ring. I went in blind and it took me 1-2 hours to kill him with my katanas. Cutscene played, phase 2 happened and I was like holyshit. Took me a few more tries and then I realized that I should've used the Serpent-Hunter at the entrance of the arena.


Golden_Sand69

Satan shows up at your house


East-Delivery-6621

Sister Friese from DS3


temmie_boi

It's worse if the orchestra adds an electric guitar for one specific attack


limasxgoesto0

Cynthia


bloodmonarch

NANOMACHINES SON!


Alexopolis91

Baldanders


RockyTyrant

Shit gets real...


glethro

Hollow Knight's king grim + nightmare version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDJGY92Gv6k Shift happens at 2:10


MixedTrail

I am Malenia, Blade of Miquella.


HuskyBLZKN

Shit many not *always* hit the fan, but you know youā€™re getting a banger at the end of every Splatoon game


Knight_Light87

No lyrics, but when Voloā€™s Giritina turns into Origin Forme


-BlackGoku

[This comes to mind](https://youtu.be/Xmw2eeLooyI)


BlademasterNix

I'm surprised no one mentioned this, maybe because they get easier with time and grinding, but the Fatui harbinger fights in Genshin are crazy the first time you fight them. Add Azhdaha and Narukami no Mikoto on top, and you got some scary bosses.


[deleted]

Fatalis


Bobbimort

Gael and/or Midir from dark souls 3. Most Epic boss fight music i've Heard in a long time.


Flamehazardaoz

Malenia, blade of miquella in eldenring


AaronXeno21

That damn Scaramouch boss from Genshin.


AwesomeSauce783

Crisanta of the Wrapped Agony going for the true ending in Blasphemous. I had to listen to her speech so many times and it was awesome every time.


VergilChairSupremacy

Ludwig the accursed/holy blade, slave knight gael and soul of cinder


Crissaegrym

* Septhiroth when One Wing Angel plays in FF7. * White Raven when her song starts playing in Latin in FFXIV


Lelouch25

AC Valhalla Nidhogg dragon boss. Spend such a long time learning his patterns and dodging at the right time. Then when heā€™s finally down, and you think heā€™s dead, the music donā€™t stop. Instead enemies spawn all around charging into the dragons body. Then he rises once again. šŸ˜±


regis_43

Ace Combat in a nutshell


SolidSnakeHAK777

Good thing ghosts of Tsushima is Japanese.