7 Toughest First Bosses Who Deserve A Promotion

Rock-hard bosses, terrifying bosses and bosses who aren't afraid to fight dirty -- these are the first major enemies in games who frankly should be further up the bad-guy hierarchy.
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[@fezzyman-tfs5100]

I know it's not technically a boss, but the first frost troll in Skyrim deserves an honourable mention.

[@douglasgoodwon8227]

I learned the hard way to climb along that ledge to the left ._.

[@srburp]

TheFezSquad-Great British Gaming That fireball scroll i always had beforehand wasn't even enough.

[@danielg5692]

even at lvl 27 i didnt attempt to fight him since i was a coward with daedric armor

[@justanaverageferret]

"only the occasional wolf" my ass...make him carry that russack up those stairs next time...

[@sverrerosseland8489]

really? i think that one is pretty easy

[@matthollands7771]

I love how Ellen just "noped" it the hell outta there as soon as the spider came up, the quiet arguing off screen, and then suddenly Andy is sitting there all smiles reading the exact lines that were for Ellen. That entire bit was hilarious!

[@Electrickster-lq2gh]

Reminds me of my sister and her phobia of clowns lol.

[@ThegodofpiesTUEO]

Pikachu wouldn't enforce his cruel reign with an iron fist... It'd be an Iron Tail.

[@clockmaker9273]

comic Bane isnt a just brute character... he is acctually a genius

[@PRSOne]

Yeah, but in AA he's pretty much just a brute.

[@tsmokes5687]

In Arkham origins he’s a genius too, it’s because of all the venom and Titan affecting his mind

[@murhaug8401]

Which makes him even more terrifying to fight

[@TheDeathmail]

Batman & Robin Bane + The Dark Knight Rises Bane put together make the comic Bane...

[@aceventurasspear22]

True, iirc, he knows something like 5 languages

[@NichHustler]

Please can we have a 10 times you were stuck behind a glass window video. Please. Thanks.

[@EduardoVidalSalgadoFajardo]

Nich Hustler when you woke up on ME2 and that one mech killed the scientists.

[@poffzihavenoidea531]

Half life

[@NichHustler]

Yeah, the Half-Life one. Man I love that game, even though it does not hold up even a little bit. But that was also the first time I can remember that happening. If memory serves they use a similar mechanic a few times in that game, not always glass, but it seems like there were a few events you couldn't do anything but watch. At the time it felt revolutionary. Having a hard time remembering others off the bat.

[@ICARUSxRISING]

Bioshock 2. I... I just want a little human interaction... Please?

[@ICARUSxRISING]

Oh, yeah, Infinite with the famous scissors scene.

[@totallynotapuffball9119]

Should I be the one to point out that, in the comics, Bane is a genius as well as insanely strong? He built his drug/steroid thingamajig himself! Also, the back-breaking thing is canonical. Batman is put out of commission for quite a while from that.

[@kevinpumphret3321]

also that boss fight is trash when u look at ivy and crocs fights

[@dr.bright6272]

Have you seen what Venom does over a life time? Look at Batman Beyonds Bane.

[@duck3819]

Yeah bane broke his back and bane is, at least in a few comics, ridiculously smart and strategic

[@TheDeathmail]

Bane in the comics is a mix of BOTH Bane from the movies... each movie focused on a single aspect over the others.

[@gabebailey2127]

Van ban h. N,

[@supersnorkel7182]

"So it's safe for me to put my hand in this toaster while holding onto this plant" ...more experimentation required.

[@NivMizzet89]

I've tried it, can confirm it's completely safe. Next experiment will be with a plugged in toaster.

[@LadyOnikara]

@@NivMizzet89 Then next you try it with a plugged in plant.

[@chelle849]

I think part of the problem with Ghirahim (aside from the fact that he was difficult as a boss) was that the Zelda series had never had someone so creepy to Link. Most of the bosses just try and murder you. Ghirahim wanted to play.

[@Dovah_Slayer]

I felt icky every time he moved and now as an adult I'm worried about what he did to link every time I died

[@r.alford3692]

I'm not gonna' lie, my whole team died thrice trying to kill the first bear I encountered in Dragon Age Inquisition.

[@abrahamalexanderhenriquezc1287]

Judge Dredd it was dark souls

[@Idk-kr9xv]

Judge Dredd ever heard of a joke?

[@TheReZisTLust]

@Judge Dredd thay means beginner difficulty

[@alextaylor3380]

do ordinary enemies that should have been a boss

[@JayStrun]

Alex Taylor Giants in Skyrim.

[@shrike6243]

Albino radscorpions, or those tyrannosaurs from the starting area of FF VIII.

[@asuranidos]

Jex Mask Reacts Giants are usually not hostile though so it wouldn't work

[@aardbei54]

ReDeads / Stalfos from any Zelda game, but especially Wind Waker

[@jaxpro611]

Alex Taylor Legendary Deathclaws

[@jesseclark7105]

The thing about the Barrett fight in DE:HR is that the room is packed with guns, ammo, and explosives. You can kill him in less than a minute just using the huge explosive gas canisters lying around, since they damage AND stun him. It was a lesson in paying attention to your environment and not just spamming abilities.

[@Koops997]

Top 7 Scariest spiders in gaming hosted entirely by Ellie...

[@amezification]

Andy is an Assassin?!?! well I guess that makes sense, Jane, our evil overlord, hired herself an Assassin (Andy), and a Getaway driver (Mike), as her initial underlings and now has Luke and Ellen as her newest henchmen. Good to see there's a theme going on.

[@frankwest5388]

amezification nah it was an internet university. It doesn't really count.

[@321krahs]

Deadlift in borderlands. At that point in the game you have shitty guns and low armor, while he electrifies areas of the map (which kills you rapidly) and jumps around all over the place. At to that a huge shield and that guy is tough at nails for starting players.

[@sverrerosseland8489]

i know. it was so satisfying to finally beat him

[@dogishappy0]

Exactly! A super OP first boss if i ever saw one.

[@zirconis5411]

Yeah hes super hard. I had to do all the quests and try 7 times.

[@amaterashu23]

Yeah, Deadlift was very hard and made me doubt if I could even pass Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel at all. Imagine my surprise when the next boss was down after few bullets to the face.

[@AlluidTheGamer]

Yeah, it took me and my mom two hours to beat this bastard our first time playing the PreSequel (We were co-oping)

[@yoshilover105]

Saw the title and yeah, Ghirahim. He even broke the ye olde Zelda trope of using the dungeon item against the boss. That beetle you got in the first dungeon? Useless against him. I tried and failed

[@trippyskullz6669]

I love the dry humour . "now THATS how you enter a room....through the ceiling!"

[@dearone1]

The best way to get rid of Barrett is by using the patented Coward Method: 1. Hide behind barrels 2. Spam grenades 3. ??? 4. Profit!

[@nicholascross3557]

Or, the logical method of putting about 20,000volts into his augmented face with the tazer pistol about 8 times. Stun-lock, baby!

[@JPKgold]

Roz Turner 3 Rockets and 8 headshots with the upgraded pistol. Or play Directors cut where you actually get options...

[@LightTrack-]

Actually, once he finds out where you are, he spray-throws about 4 grenades in your general direction if he can't see you. Good luck with that! The best way is to use stun/EMP grenades and hit him hard with Proximity Mines.

[@dearone1]

LightTrack not in my version! I think that's the Director's Cut edition, where they fixed that little exploit ;)

[@ralloenshadowfyre4354]

Or Throw 1 EMP grenade at the start and Stun Gun 'im repeatedly until he goes down. Basically no damage at all to good ol' Adam

[@ithaldir]

9:33 Thank you, your moment of silence for my suffering was appreciated.

[@lennoxdarcyrichardstevenso5362]

Oof

[@lynnvoneverec6371]

What about the first boss of The Evil Within? The Sadist with his chainsaw was not just terrifying but also extremely fast and hard to take down. Especially with his large reach.

[@talonhowe8131]

"This is Pikachu. Pretty cute, right? As in you wouldn't want to smash his face in with a rock." Pikachu: Excuse me, what?

[@lordfrostwind3151]

Diablo 1, the Butcher, Heaven above the Butcher! Boss of your first quest and if you're lucky will kill you in 4 hits, most of the time two. Also about as fast as you are

[@jspettifer]

I remember the first sight of the butcher 20 years ago. A bit of a shock really.

[@SMCca]

AHHHHHH. FRESH MEAT

[@shrike6243]

Oh wow . . . I think you just brought back some repressed memories >.

[@aardbei54]

So that's where that quote is from

[@DermoNONE]

It's the point where most players decided whether they wanted to give up Diablo or get super super into Diablo.

[@AnachronousRex]

The toughest first boss in any game: the Character Creator.

[@Draeckon]

Oh lord, YES! Especially if there's a lot of customization options. I probably spent close to a solid hour, at least, at this point of the game.

[@jaredcrabb]

Dude, that takes hours longer than any dark souls boss.

[@spokkettle_5956]

Me: aww Pikachu is sooo cute Me: (hears Pikachu) AHH KILL IT WITH FIRE!!! 🔫🔫🔫

[@PGESTELAR]

7:46 and that's the moment when I wouldn't see my brother ever again

[@duck3819]

Oh God why

[@wadeconroy3467]

Come on! It's the game boy! If course the cry will sound weird! It's only 8-bit!

[@TheDeathmail]

Hey, that was pretty good for the Game Boy...

[@davv6628]

Yes.

[@TehThespian]

Wait a minute... I played NMH more times than I can remember and have a picture in my mind of the entire layout of the first level and I cannot for the life of me remember Death Metal as having clones. In fact I never considered him as being hard either, guy was a complete pushover compared to the other assassins. Can't believe all these years I've just always skipped a boss phase lol

[@dogoneshame]

First boss of Ninja Gaiden is the training boss and will literally murder you. Speaking of, though, almost all bosses in that game are just unreasonably difficult.

[@kirxuvalentine4795]

dogoneshame Alma *shudder* but agreed on murai

[@marky3609]

dogoneshame Fuck yea I remember when I was a kid and first got Ninja Gaiden I almost thought I wouldn't be able to beat it lol. Luckily I persevered and made it though.

[@houstonhall1144]

this was the comment i was looking for.

[@MikefromTexas1]

dogoneshame "unreasonably difficult" was the point of the game.

[@jwolen0959]

Yeah but he's also the final boss of the game if i recall. Kind of hard to get promoted past final boss

[@LiamGers-cx1kn]

7:26 Luke: "Which is why it's safe for me put my hand in this toaster so long as I'm holding this pot of earth" The Autarch of Flame: "NO!" Steve Carell: "NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!"

[@gwg2813]

"...waddling behind you" * interacts * *_PIKACHU_*

[@corradonadolo-buzneri4700]

Well, now you can add Lady Butterfly from Sekiro on no. 1 spot on this list.

[@seefzi]

4:00 I think the real difficult part of this fight is that you're using the wrong controller...

[@Firan25]

Wasn't skyward sword released on the Wii U? so the gamepad should work there.

[@pivotdude324hi]

Firan25 no. Twilight princess was, skyward sword can be played on the Wii U, but it still needs the wiimote, nunchuck and motion plus.

[@eric_moore-6126]

While using the wrong controller would make it MORE difficult, there's no way around it: Ghirahim is hard as f*ck.

[@PrinceSilvermane]

Murai from Ninja Gaiden. One part tutorial boss, one part pop quiz. Making sure you have a good handle of the combat system in Ninja Gaiden before you're allowed to continue. Problem is if you're like me you hadn't gotten used to the combat quite yet and he kicks your ass until you learn.

[@kirxuvalentine4795]

Kidou roughly a dozen or so times?

[@jeanueuh8228]

Iudex Gundyr, come on really? You cant forget dark souls with their insane introduction to the game.

[@jd8116]

Dude whooped my ass so bad the first time

[@davidcain7525]

I found bloodbornes cleric beast tougher

[@jeanueuh8228]

@@jd8116 i chose assasin first so i got beaaat

[@duck3819]

The asylum demon that most people don't realise you have to run from

[@redmoose7052]

Demon souls, first demon boss. If you beat him you're instantly nuked by the dragon.

[@dimensiondefender6785]

"So it's safe for me to put my hand in this toaster so long as I'm holding this pot full of earth." XD That is one of the best jokes ever written on this channel.

[@blancdark1727]

Father Gascoigne from Bloodborne! He FORCED you to adapt to Bloodborne combat style

[@thanatos5150]

Gascoigne happens well before most players would have a small bell, much less have the Insight to ask for help and get it with anything approaching regularity.

[@brandonbaucus3144]

Blanc Dark-Heart the first boss in blood borne was cleric beast

[@blancdark1727]

Brandon Baucus The Cleric beast isn't mandatory so if you are new and you go right instead to left you will have to face Gascoigne

[@eiram2042]

^^^If I could like this comment 1,000 I would. Fucking Father Gascoigne from Bloodborne!!! ARRRRGGGHHHH DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THAT OP BITCH. He should be at least the 3rd or 4th boss you encounter; I don't understand why HE is the FIRST boss, and then you have the fucking bosses like Darkbeast Paarl and the Hemwick Witch that are way easier, way later.

[@quillanjacobson1478]

I would say cleric beast is first boss because you're clearly meant to go there first, father Gascoine is only the first boss if you don't take the hint you took a wrong turn. That hint is the fact you haven't leveled up and are getting murdered every 2 feet

[@kak10053]

Deadlift in Borderlands Pre-sequel was weirdly hard compared to the rest of the game.

[@sverrerosseland8489]

yeah. i just hate when he bounces around. i had to bring in a friend to beat him

[@jillstingray7848]

sverre Rosseland True dat.

[@amaterashu23]

Yeah, it took me forever to beat him. He made me doubt if I could even complete The Pre-Sequel at all. Imagine my surprise when the next boss went down after few rounds to the face.

[@cinnamon-3047]

THANK GOD I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE

[@somerandomguy2316]

Yeah he was difficult if you didn't choose the maliwan sniper reward earlier also he was the second boss after flameknuckle

[@vector2988]

"lets see you cheat your way out of global extinction" Tricky: challenge excepted trickey proceeds to point a gun at his head

[@matthollands7771]

Heh dark

[@cjspellsfishmusic]

Tricky who?

[@EternalAnkh]

I haven't played Pokemon Yellow in a while, so I didn't realize the opening voice acting was so... ABSOLUTELY HORRIFYING.

[@matthewdowson1380]

OMG ANDY WORE A BALOR CLUB SHIRT...........

[@HeroSword_P]

I knooow right *fanboy scream*

[@jacobquinn2663]

Matthew Dowson coup de gra

[@dunadan1995]

Aaand Finn is back. Fucking loved this Raw after 'Mania.

[@cowartd]

Rizky Anandita Someone needs to go back to school to learn how to properly form and execute a thought.

[@Sol-mr1lv]

All it takes for Andy to get some of that sweet sweet screentime is a spider when it is Ellens turn to talk.

[@groom_of_the_stool]

How did you miss Father Gascoigne from Bloodborne? I mean, damn, I love that game, but even on my 10th or so playthrough, he's still a beast.

[@ridjenite]

Because Boss 1 is the Cleric Beast. And Soulsborne games do not count because they are all insanely hard.

[@McGamer103]

@@ridjenite If we're being technical, cleric beast is an optional boss, so OP is correct

[@ridjenite]

@@McGamer103 I did not know that.

[@GoblinLord]

...... Me watching them fight Ghirahim with a Wii U controller: B r u h

[@troyfulleylovekrause21]

I actually remember the deus ex human revolution first boss fight myself, i was one of those souls who was focusing on stealth so it was very hard, i think i kept playing for about 15 tries before i won, i just used all the bombs i stored up from never killing anyone on him then and there, it was still really hard.

[@Movieplayer112]

Dark Souls 3. the very first time you encounter Iudex Gundyr. He literally smacked my ass 15 times before I finaly passed him

[@sunnyslick2101]

Darmuka I had my friend beat him

[@gabegrier7866]

Keep in mind: this is coming from a guy who plays call of duty games on regular difficulty in the campaign and it is an extreme struggle for me to beat a level on the hardened difficulty. For the first one, bane, i beat it first try, i felt they should have made him more powerful considering he is, well bane.

[@saunga1]

Halloween must be really stressful for you Ellen; I can just picture Mike and Luke wallpapering a room full of fake spiders, or make a spider invasion mod for skyrim, just to get a laugh.

[@outsidextra]

Someone fax the CEO 'cos these first bosses are in line for a PROMOTION. Whether they're hard as nails or just creepy as all heck, these are the first bosses in games who deserve to be higher up the pecking order. If you can think of any others, drop them in the comments, and enjoy!

[@Tahkaullus01]

Quick! Everyone think of all the First Bosses that were spiders! Ellen's reaction will be worth it.

[@DemonKingCozar]

Outside Xtra Two first bosses that kicked me to the curb was Vangard from Demon Souls and Iudex Gundyr from Dark Souls 3. Wait doesn't oxbox have history with Gundyr?

[@Wiggityowned]

Outside Xtra No dark souls tutorial bosses? Minor disappointment..

[@helixaether872]

what about the barbarian tank/ barbarian king from castle crashers they are strong,take a thousand hits and have a huge variety of moves just dont make me talk about insane mode

[@Cool70sfreak]

You guys forgot the Scagdead from Resident Evil: Revelations. Absolutely terrifying first boss with that saw hand, and if he grabs you, he can kill you with it in one hit...and also, he ruined the word 'mayday' for me. Can you believe that?!

[@darklordforte8731]

Here is a relatively obscure one. Fireman from Mega Man Network Transition. In a new game and first time playing, he is going to two shot you. You actually have to leave the beginning area and pick up some expensive water chips for the beginning of the game to get past him. Stranger still is how stacked the game is in the first half. First part of the game is brutally hard, but after getting some money and more HP, upgrading your buster, and some new chips, the second half is mind numbingly easy.

[@chantzhulick466]

Gundir in Dark Souls 3, I know a number of people that bought the game, and quit before beating the tutorial boss.

[@magnifrost6758]

Heheh, "a couple" Going by the trophy, only about 80% of people who own the game, have the trophy for gundyr (on ps4) So that means 1 out of 5 that brought the game, never got further :D No love for Taurus Demon tho?

[@Nob911]

I only beat his with knight and pyromancer haha cheesed him

[@sunnyslick2101]

chantz hulick I had my friend beat it for me

[@SinQueenSix]

He's supposed to be that hard?

[@sunnyslick2101]

D Bo he’s super hard man

[@ryrysunter7714]

Gomorrah from Bayonetta 2 was such a good opening boss fight. The visuals were spectacular and it just threw you into it without any prep whatsoever, I don’t know about anyone else, but flying around a giant dragon demon as it’s scaling a building is just awesome to me.

[@MrMikeBlakeney]

What is a cakewalk? Is it what happens when your walk in the park is a piece of cake?

[@paulwade5853]

No, it's when you cut holes in 2 cakes and wear them as shoes, doi.

[@Stark-Raving]

Michael Blakeney the cake is a lie, it's just sneaky exercise

[@paulwade5853]

Not all cakes are liars you know, that's cakist!

[@benmcfee]

Paul Wade Hashtag: NotAllCakeIsALie

[@yusefdoesthings7669]

Oh come on! Where is gohma from wind waker! That boss came out of lava! My childhood mind was blown!

[@deathman11jackd]

Reckless Block It took me and my 2 best friends literal MONTHS to defeat good ol' "Scorpio". Wish we knew to just look up.

[@icarusty6481]

Was that a deliberate PBG reference?

[@aardbei54]

Kalle Demos's harder though

[@yusefdoesthings7669]

... maybe ...

[@SerathDarklands]

LQ-84i, AKA Bladewolf in _Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance_ was really tough the first time I played the game. On subsequent playthroughs, once I had mastered the game's mechanics, it was significantly easier, but I'll never forget how tough it was the first time through.

[@travisking8577]

Bane was a monster before he even took Venom. He had brains but the Venom messed with his head like any other drug whenever he used it.

[@dist0rt3dhum0r]

Iudex gundyr from Dark Souls 3. There was a time before the first DLC that only 25% of those that played the game actually beat him. That number has since risen to 82%, but that boss turned away a lot of new players.

[@AGnar0k]

I was about to say that as well. I died 8 times before finally killing that guy. Dark Souls 3 was my first souls game btw. But that was the toughest first boss fight I ever played.

[@TLPierret]

As someone who beat it first try, my thought was that it was a piss poor first boss because it clearly expected you to have extensive experience playing Dark Souls from the previous games. It's not a hard boss if you're used to how Dark Souls works, but it is NOT a tutorial to the game.

[@AGnar0k]

Tanner Pierret too bad,​​ Dark Souls 3 was my first souls game....poor me. :-

[@dist0rt3dhum0r]

Tanner Pierret I'd have to disagree with you on that last statement. The one thing that the Souls series has always been known for is rewarding experienced players and punishing new and impatient ones. He wasn't so much a traditional tutorial boss, though you still used mechanics learned against the starting hollows (blocking with your shield, parrying, or dodging), he was moreso an introduction to how difficult the game could, and would be for players.

[@leahbell3832]

Oh please he's easy

[@arcthauras4340]

But what about the Frost Troll from Skyrim you face when you're on your way to the Greybeards? He might not be an official boss, but the amount of hassle he gave me definitely makes him one for me.

[@BFedie518]

The first boss you fight in that game (if you're strictly following the story) is the dragon at the Watchtower.

[@joenesvick7043]

That dragon was easy. The frost troll made me level up (and I was staying at level 5 to avoid triggering the Dawn guard). Level 5 became level 12 and those stupid vampires tried to kill the entire town

[@seanmdpa]

That frost troll is not easy +Red Floyd, it only takes 30 minutes to reach him because its right after the start, and he can kills you with 2 hits. Because I couldn't beat him the first time I played skyrim I just stuck to the edge of the mountain and away from him.

[@BFedie518]

I didn't say the dragon was hard, but the list is specifically about first bosses, and that dragon is the first boss.

[@davidlarsen6438]

I just ran past it and drank like every bottle of mead in Skyrim until it lost interest

[@zhmolek]

Diablo 1. The butcher. Damn

[@jentemple3108]

Yeah that guys harrrrrrrrd

[@JKing20105]

7:47 YESH did THAT hurt my ears

[@tylertinney8294]

What about the first Bowser clone you have to get past in the first Super Mario Bros? I remember beating him and thinking I'd finally beat the game, only to discover he was just first in a line of 8 times I'd need to beat him. Wish MARIO had just gone to the right castle the first time.

[@simpleexplodingmaybe]

Asylum Demon in Dark Souls. I've got friends who've given up on the game because they couldn't beat it

[@weneedaladder8384]

Anything from any of the soulsborne games, really. They don't tend to mess around.

[@DiscardedLeaf]

Robin _ yeah but does the asylum demon really deserve a promotion? i mean, hes difficult, but comparatively hes pretty easy compared to the rest of the game

[@mathieupr6391]

He's the easiest of the series, just have to make a plunge attack and he's dead, you're not even supposed to fight him. But yeah, we could pretty much fill this entire list with any Souls/Bloodborne. There's 7 spot on this list, and 5 games x)

[@NefosteuxAlucard]

whaaat? I suck at dark souls, and the first few bosses even I beat without dying.

[@FireTalon24]

If they can't beat and give up on the Asylum Demon, odds are they didn't deserve to play Dark Souls anyway.

[@NejiHyuga961]

Instant like. I saw one of them wearing a “Balor Club” T Shirt

[@jonatansantacruz4033]

Death metal looks like handsome jack from borderlands and nix from infamous together

[@Nob911]

No just no

[@connersudmeier7258]

What about Nine-Toes in Borderlands?

[@RobertScythe]

He was kind of tough on your first outing, depending on who you were playing, but the bosses pretty much scaled up from him.

[@animeisgay1729]

AlphaWolf bonehead is harder...

[@brandonbaucus3144]

AlphaWolf Easy

[@Xvalai]

Don't forget he has 3 balls.

[@Nukestarmaster]

Captain Flynt is easy if when you die you don't renter the arena and just shoot him from the entrance (near the vending machines)

[@xthe_nojx5820]

Man, that Pikachu scream was a tad gruesome, eh?

[@noxserpentis]

Phantom and the Mirror-Demon from DMC were such amazing and fun bosses to fight.

[@Calex55KH]

How could you forget Iudex Gundyr? Even after beating Dark Souls 1 and 2 that dude still took me off guard the first few fights

[@Phunky1366]

Subbed because ellen and luke are adorable

[@aleksandrsmasharo5628]

I see, now debilitated stupid attention seeking behavior called adorable. Learning every day.

[@stadusunids]

Aleksandrs Masharo Your life must be garbage

[@Nestor1312]

I love Ellen

[@aleksandrsmasharo5628]

What an idiot.

[@youreakeyboardwarrior3624]

Lucy is so much better IMO

[@sambrown7141]

I found that 2 Blades from the original Fable was a bitch to kill.

[@MrDomoco]

Twin blades for sort of ease for me. It was the white balverine that petrified the shit out of me

[@halvarianknight4477]

1:00 Bane is so much more than a brute force villain, hell he is a million times smarter than the Joker being one of the few to actually defeat Batman in a battle of wits, and brawn

[@warriorcatsfan9029]

"Pi KAcHu" ok pikachu i get that your throat is sore but first we need to defeat all of the grym leaders then we will deal the sore throat

[@maximdemeersman4094]

Wolfenstein: jäger (the old blood)

[@matth1831]

Never seen Ellen hop aboard the Nope Express so fast in my life

[@mrmemes7883]

I think that false knight deserves to be on this list. he is pretty difficult in the fact that you have 0 damage upgrades when you fight him, and no abilities, so you have to try and just weave through his mace swinging and jumping without the ability to dash.

[@davidfayette1765]

That spider bit was funny as hell. Ya got me with that one, guys

[@rossbackstrom9284]

The Electrocutioner from Arkham Origins really gave me some trouble

[@heyitzbabygurl4025]

7:20-7:30 I broke down laughing at that part.

[@lmnopopsicle]

That....that scream when pikachu was defeated...I think I need therapy now. I. Ant ever unhear that!

[@the_godfather9974]

He‘s tecnically not the FIRST Boss but Deathstroke in Arkham Origins was either too early or too strong

[@brodieniahome2330]

Ghirahim wasn't as hard as you think. The main problem was the gyro scope in the Wii mote to allow you to attack. If you have a good Wii mote your fine, just when he grabs your sword fling your controller like you won the lottery and BOOM instant win.

[@talion4033]

Back when it first came out: Sepiks Prime from Destiny took waaaay too long

[@khrisbreezy3628]

Talion Blacktear Lets be real: The Devil Walker was the real first boss of that game! I remember spending more than half an hour on that thing back in the beta!

[@funnymonky9173]

ArchdukeOfBreezy Some guy friended me after the 20 minute fight with it.

[@khrisbreezy3628]

Gore Magala aaaah, good times...do you ever miss your old raid teams? I kinda do

[@talion4033]

ArchdukeOfBreezy Just beat the 390 VoG with my original team

[@funnymonky9173]

ArchdukeOfBreezy Yeah, but I'm hyped to join them again in the sequel

[@hexagonalchaos]

the false knight from hollow knight, he's just a crazy maggot in a suit but he's pretty fricking tough with the crazy armor he stole.

[@SamJ-hi7rz]

Never got past the first boss in Deus Ex. I thought that a stealthy non lethal character would be cool, then even after scrolling through many forums I still haven't got past it to this day :(

[@AveryGreenGuy]

"Pretty cute, right?" Personally, I prefer Raichu.

[@noobsaibot3066]

Do 10 video game moments that drove you crazy and caused you to throw your controller like a maniac! I'm looking at you, Dark Souls!

[@Painfulldarksoul]

It would be filled with Shin Megami Tensai Lucifers Call bosses and enemies.

[@HitchcockJohn]

I haven't actually played Donkey Kong racing, but your description of Tricky reminds me a bit of LEGO Racers 2. That one had a boss named Berg, who was a giant ice monster that goes really fast, is immune to power-ups, and gets a very clear headstart because he starts running midway through the countdown (the trick to beating him is to rely on a not particularly obvious shortcut). In fact that happens with a few of the bosses in the game. There's also an alien who races you in a giant mech suit. At least there they were the second or third bosses, depending on the exact order you do things.

[@SadiatMannan]

Resident Evil Revelations: Comms Officer, one of the toughest (first) bosses I have ever played.

[@SuperMagicUnderwear]

Uh... But Ghirahim already is second in command...

[@Marc-lf4du]

Inhaled Corn yeah but he's that fabulous he should be higher

[@kylepessell1350]

In Hyrule Warriors both Zant and Ghirahim basically have to be babysat by Ganondorf as they literally fail at everything they try to do. Demise is on a whole different level. I swear that boss fight was a huge mess for me the first time I tried it. I even had an unbreakable shield and I was forced to use all my potions.

[@Marc-lf4du]

Kyle Pessell that's a point They are bothbuseluss in hw But damn us the skyloft remix good

[@Awesomesausegameing]

Vanguard demon, demons souls

[@shadowangel2375]

Awesomesausegameing Dark souls.

[@Awesomesausegameing]

ralphcross237 the vangaurd demon apears in demon's souls as the first boss who will garunteed one shot you he is not to be confused with the asylum demon in dark souls

[@Awesomesausegameing]

ralphcross237 but the great thing about him is that should you defeat him you will be rewarded with strong equipment for the early game otherwise you can fight him later in the game

[@SyfyRules]

I beat vanguard demon...on like the 80th attempt or so...totally NOT worth it...unless you gonna abuse glitches and get f*** tons of souls early...but still gotta beat phalanx to level up...now excuse me while I go excavate my copy of Demon's Souls and have a good bought of masochism, probably with no shield

[@LocalChoker]

Okay so I have literally never died to the vanguard. He is beyond simple. And he doesn’t one shot you at full health. He two shots you. If he clips you heal up and stay behind him the whole fight. Simple. Easiest first boss of the whole series

[@zodiac1207]

ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME XD? Going from the no more heroes jerk off to pikachu nearly killed me i was laughing so hard XD

[@KatOwO2235]

oh my God, flashbacks of playing Pokemon Yellow are coming back, getting all available Pokemon from the first area, and going after Brock, Brock's dreaded Onix kills my entire team but he's almost 90% health gone, all I got left is my Pikachu, so I use Pikachu and perform tackle as that'll be the only affective move, I get a critical hit, Onix is now down to 1% health left, Onix does a move on me, I'm down to 1% health left, I have to make this tackle work otherwise I'm toast, I pray to God hoping that I beat Brock after 25 tries with no luck, and sure enough, thank the lord the tackle hit, Onix is dead and I'm breathing heavily like Markiplier when he beat the Octodad 2: Dadliest Catch secret level

[@doctorbleh4110]

Did you try Mankey? I remember low kicking my way to an easy win after getting squashed 5 times with Pikachu.

[@KatOwO2235]

couldn't get Mankey till after Brock

[@FrankCastle-tq9bz]

PataponCreeper You do realize that there is an easy way to get mankey, yes? A little patch of grass just outside Victory Road has them (as well as nidorans) - also, butter free has confusion (which takes down rock monsters as they have low special stats). Knowing these facts, I never struggled with Brock.

[@KatOwO2235]

@@FrankCastle-tq9bz I actually didn't know Mankey could be caught there, and I didn't know I could catch Butterfree, I was trying to level up my level 3 Caterpie but he kept fainting in training, which was no help for me, even in the dreaded Onix battle, but did you know that if a wild Pokemon is level 3 or lower that you don't have to fight them, you can just simply at the start of the battle just throw a regular Pokeball and it's a 100% catchrate, no joke, I just threw it once just to try it and it worked every time

[@FrankCastle-tq9bz]

PataponCreeper Well, now you know - and it’s actually easy to train caterpie when you just switch him out for a better mon in battle (he gains Xperia just for being in combat at all).

[@betterdeadthanred9863]

Was totally expecting Ludex Gundyr from Dark Souls 3 to be on this list. He's 10x more difficult than several of the bosses throughout the game!

[@betterdeadthanred9863]

Great video nonetheless!

[@allusanchez4206]

hi people of outsidexbox! love you guys! lots of love from the Philippines. have a great day 😀

[@vincentbismonte3497]

Allu Sanchez I'm also Filipino kamusta ka po!

[@allusanchez4206]

Vincent Bismonte hi vincent! ahaha ayos kababayan! familiar name mo sir, taga san pedro, laguna ka ba? kung ok lang na tanungin. have a great day sir!

[@vincentbismonte3497]

Ay Hindi taga bicol nga ako pero salamat din po!

[@polkarrty]

Whoa another Filipino OX| fan

[@allusanchez4206]

ay ahaha ayos! hi din kababayan!

[@berri_marie]

Loving the Balor Club shirt!!!

[@warioland523]

I agree. The Skyview Temple boss when I first fought him kicked my ass. What's funny is that the second main boss in the Earth Temple is actually easier then he is. I find this boss not to be as hard now but it sure was a learning experience.

[@benely9729]

Gotta say it...I'm completely smitten by Ellen and her dimples. There...it's out now.

[@LuisVargas-ro6ww]

Same here.

[@reactionjd]

I would marry her in a heartbeat

[@chummyweevil3948]

And she thicc af

[@AkumaDayo]

mood

[@wolfdwarf]

Not really what you are asking for but playing Orzammar as your first section in Dragon Age: Origins is daunting to say the least

[@That80sGuy1972]

If you guys ever played P&P AD&D, this is a theme with many 1st bosses. I haven't played since 2nd Ed but most end fights with the boss (and minions) as the first in a campaign is often an epic battle with someone that is barely defeat-able.

[@Reifgar]

Can I just say...you missed out on an incredible Pikachu joke. Could have said he would have ruled with an Iron Tail.....cause that's a move Pikachu can actually learn for some reason.

[@VoiceofKane3]

Well, at least Bane got rightfully promoted to final boss in Arkham Origins.

[@joenesvick7043]

Arkham Origins was about eight years before Arkham Asylum (Arkham Knight said Origins was 10 years ago & Asylum was 2 years ago, 10-2=8 and not 5), so was Bane promoted for Origins or demoted for Asylum?

[@virdinliatyler41]

Brady Snyder i dont feel like that fight was as hard as Deathstroke though yeah sure if Bane hit you a few times you would do but i mean deathstroke tested everything you learned and it was near the beginning of the game

[@HeadHunter-mv2ht]

Demon Souls first boss Vanguard, doesn't help that he pops up just as your figuring everything out, but he tends to kill you in 1 to 3 hits, thankfully him killing you was planned and the story but he will pop up again as a Mini-boss if you didn't kill him the first time.

[@HeadHunter-mv2ht]

Good job on killing him first attempt, but yeah if you didn't kill him the first time you can find him wandering around the Shrine of Storm's area.

[@Mariewolf_94]

easy for us to know NOW, not so for a little, wide-eyed children selves who didnt understand the concept of type match-ups except the basic Fire beats Grass, Grass beats Water and Water beats Fire...or just Pokémon noobs in general

[@bsctsngrvy9089]

I love how Tricky the Triceratops from Starfox Adventures just GREW UP and said "Time to go race animals in go karts... AND CHEAT!" Oh Tricky... I KNEW I hated you for a reason!

[@SurprisinglyDeep]

At 6:08 when they showed that clip in "No More Heroes 2" of the screen temporarily became fuzzy I got a message from youtube saying I was "back online". Lol