7 Boss Fights You Can Win Before they Even Start: Commenter Editon

[@hannarchy6554]

I'm pretty sure we do know the composition of the spider donuts actually! There's a little card next to the bake sale that says something like "Made by spiders, for spiders... of spiders"

[@Stratelier]

The donuts are specifically made with something called "spider cider" (which you can purchase separately)....

[@Datboi_23]

So... spider cannibalism.

[@gamemasteranthony2756]

@@StratelierIndeed. Odd thing…I remember a REALLY old game for the Apple IIe called “Apple Cider Spider” where you are a spider trying to platform its way through a cider factory. I wonder if THIS is the source of ciders made of spiders…

[@MrJoelthesu]

​@@Datboi_23spiders are cannibalistic, so...

[@Veladus]

Cannibalism is super common in arthropods. Common in reptiles, too. Mammals are the only ones who don't think meat is meat, and even quite a few mammals do. Birds, IDK, most aren't carnivores. But majestic eagles will fight over a dirty diaper they found in a dumpster, so I'm guessing they aren't super picky.

[@PeterEmrys]

The Gray Prince didn't want to die because he learned he was half vampire. He wanted to die because you broke the seal Lord Lovidicus used to lock away the Adoring Fan, and he knew it was coming for the Grand Champion.

[@splatninja9447]

This is now canon in my head.

[@thajocoth]

3:00 - The game does actually answer this! All of the spider pastries are made "for spiders, by spiders, of spiders", and "all proceeds go to real spiders".

[@jamesbrice3267]

It's called Advanced Recycling.

[@cosmicandy4620]

tbf, spiders have short lifespans, I imagine its a burial rite for them

[@modelmajorpita]

If you don't mind missing out on the loot, you can also kill minthara without having to do a boss fight by telling her where the druid camp is. When she walks off to gather a raiding party, she walks over a 4 hp bridge over a bottomless pit, hit the bridge with an attack at the right time and you kill her easily.

[@KaitouKaiju]

You can pickpocket her before you collapse the bridge No underwear though

[@busty1985]

@@KaitouKaiju What other loot are you even interested in?!

[@Golden_Jester]

Kill all 3 without killing any goblins

[@kassandra7313]

I ran into a heartbreaking bug on the ps5 version the week it came out - when I destroyed the bridge from under her she immediately respawned at the front of the temple with her army 😢 I had to kill her the normal way like a loser

[@ne0narcher708]

There is a far better way of taking out Dror Ragzlin and the other camp bosses instantly. In the goblin fort there is a store room guarded by slave traders that is full of exposive barrels, you can easily sneak into the room from the side, steal the exposives and drop them around each of the bosses then just lit them up. If you place them right you can instaly kill all the bosses and a lot of the minions without losing the loot they were carrying.

[@Magpie5yndrome]

I deal with Dror differently. When he's still trying to get the Speak with Dead scroll to work, I just get into the room with the barrels of explosive stuff, use magic pockets to pass them to the strong character in the room with him, and set those barrels up all around him and the crowd. They don't care, for some reason. Then I regroup, launch a firebolt at one of the barrels from afar, and watch as most of the people, including Dror, die in a blaze of glory.

[@ferafish213]

Barrel-mancy and Chrono-mancy. Truly the two most powerful magics in all of Faerun.

[@user399878993]

If the goblins are upset with you, you can also just leave a pile of barrels outside the door, hide, and then draw their attention somehow. Dror usually has the highest initiative, movement speed, and no ranged attack, so he’s likely to be the one to answer the door. Bonus points for Grease, so he opens the door and falls prone…

[@wildste]

I did something similar to this, though I just went through the whole cutscene and waited for him to be done and sit on his throne. Then, I set up all the explosives around him. I love that this is a thing, but I honestly do feel like the NPCs should react to it as you set it up

[@diabloein]

this is the strategy me and my friends use. we used it for some tough bosses back in divinity original sin 2 and carried that strat to this game. lol.

[@Magpie5yndrome]

@@wildste I did the same with Ethel in the tea house. Found her with faerie fire, reloaded, set up a grease spell, a few explosives I'd collected early, got the hell away, and launched a fire bolt.

[@niydfass1060]

Fun fact actually: for the Dror Ragzlin bit, if you draw him to the spider pit instead and push him in w/ a fog cloud obscuring you, you can get the goblins and spiders to kill him for you. You don't lose the loot, and you can make a quick getaway before Ragzlin dies and all the goblins aggro.

[@Windmelodie]

I like that they talk about Dror Ragzlin and how you can shove him into a pit to avoid the boss battle... but not about the 3 big bosses in Act 2 that you can quite literally talk into killing themselves to avoid fighting. As for Ragzlin, in that case you might as well bring up any other boss you can just shove, throw, owlbear from the toprope or use barrelmancy on to avoid fighting. Baldur's Gate 3 usually lets you get away with a bunch of fun stuff, so long as it's creative.

[@rowanrooks]

This is a much better tip! Almost all of the bosses in BG3 can be pushed into the chasm, but losing the loot is awful. Always better to use environmental damage or just talk the bosses into killing themselves. 😂 Charisma skill is deliciously OP in Act 2. I love that the game still grants a ton of XP for creative problem solving.

[@alexw4482]

I usually just enter his room on the upper level, stick a melee character or two by the ladder, and unleash ranged attacks from the rafters. You can still shove the ones who climb up the ladder for damage but they’ll be on the floor instead of in a pit.

[@farmerash]

@@Windmelodie Dror was the first boss I used barrelmancy against. I... may have overdone it a little bit and killed him so dead he didn't even leave behind a corpse to loot.

[@RobertHinchey]

You can also lure his teammates out of that room one at a time by simply having a druid in wolf form if you don't mind taking the slow part. You just go into their view, they'll chase you through the door to right where the caged goblin is located, kill them then pick up the body and place it in one of the barrels there (so when the next one you lure comes they don't see the body). Rinse and repeat until the zone is clear except for Ragzlin

[@insertclevername07]

I immediately thought of BG3 when I saw the title. The fact that there's more than one boss you can literally convince to unalive themselves before the fight is iconic

[@MrDarkSidius]

"You know, kill all of your allies! Wait, that didn't worked? Oh, you also need to kill your love. Yeah, and then yourself!" We are good guys, btw

[@WritingGeekNL]

Or a numbef of bosses you can push of a cliff.... or into oblivion.

[@dejaypage1575]

The hag came to mind

[@robertparks3670]

​@@MrDarkSidiusI did this, and then still convinced him to fight with me against his boss in Act 3.

[@MrDarkSidius]

@@robertparks3670 literally "MISINPUT! CALM DOWN! IT WAS A MISINPUT!"

[@Survivingbutbadly]

“Going ahhh while you fire at things doesn’t make your bullets do more damage” tell that to the Orks of 40k

[@Thekhajjah]

Chris doesn't read, he punches boulders. He is a very deep character

[@commander392]

He may be a boulder punching asshole, but he does read. There's plenty of documents to showcase that.

[@_Twink]

​@@commander392he has problems with measurements and weights appropriately. Maybe he can't do math?

[@nexidal9656legacy]

The one about Windblight Ganon. You can also do that to Calamity Ganon himself too, if you've done all Divine Beasts, but you'll need a penta-shot bow and a bomb arrow, or a tri-shot bow and an ancient arrow. Skip the actual Boss fight and go straight to the interactive cutscene Boss.

[@Jonathon_Hennessey]

I'm not sure if he counts as a boss but in Fallout 4 the story requires the player to find a courser to claim the device that allows them to teleport in and out of the Institute. Normally you have to fight the courser, but if you've given Mama Murphy enough chems she gives you the courser's shutdown code which allows you to make the synth just stop functioning.

[@DragonsRule06]

It counts. Also I don't remember if it was covered in the original video, but in Nuka World you can completely avoid round 2 with Oswald if you find Rachel's body in Bradburton and tell him about the holotape she left for him.

[@landonewts]

I did not know that! Thanks!

[@Renanbso]

This list could've been just BG3, there's loads of bosses you can either defeat in dialogue or by being creative with the environment lol

[@akaErma]

And that's how I am still yet to fight any of the Thorm "children" in Reithwin lol

[@Baalslegion07]

Yeah, I've tried them all out just for fun as a fight - they are rediculously strong. Its frankly absurd. I think they were meant to all be killed by theor vices - you can skip every boss encounter, except 3 mini-bosses entirely. You need to fight Balthazar, the Apostle itself and can fight the shadow-child if you want to lift the curse. Outside of that, every single bossfight can be done with dialogue. Thissobold will burst after drinking to much, Malus can be convinced tonkill his nurses and then himself, Gerringothe can be convinced to self destruct in many ways and Ketheric can be guilted into giving up by bringing up his dead wife constantly and offering him forgiveness - that will instantly skip to his Avatar of Myrkul form. The Orthorn Yurrgir? Its hard but he'll kill hks displacer beast, his Merregons and lastly himself. Those fights though? Nope, they all are incredibly unfair. Garringothe has insane hitpoints and a high AC with inbelievably strong attacks. Malus is just very dangerous when he gets to attack and Thissobold is just a heavy hitter.

[@normalhuman9878]

"I cast create water in their lungs"

[@hoid9407]

Yeah, I was thinking he was going to go with barrelmancy for dror ragzlin. For one playthrough I killed both him and minthara with barrels alone. No combat, everyone in their areas just dead.

[@athenabrown3117]

It was funny playing as a bard and having 3/4ths of the act 2 fights end with my Bard telling the boss to kill themselves before we even fought.

[@parkerdolson2157]

The second hardest boss is True Hero Undyne. Not only because the mechanics are tough, but also because I really didnt want to kill her lol. The moment when she, a monster, showed determination and didnt disappear I got chills

[@marneus90]

Also because her theme (named "Battle against a true hero") goes *hard af*

[@parkerdolson2157]

@@marneus90 so true

[@jimwormmaster]

And the hardest is Toriel, cause what sicko would wanna hurt Goat Mama? D:

[@skeletized]

i quit my genocide run there because nintendo switch drift was WRECKING me on every shield spinning attack

[@parkerdolson2157]

@@skeletized the switch drift really did make these fights take so much longer. I hard-core relate to that lol

[@zerotoninify]

I discovered this channel like 3 months ago and I’ve watched every single one of the videos by now lol. They’re so well done, well written and every single one of the members is so funny and likable. I’m not sure what the point of this comment was but you all are the best ❤

[@RageUnchained]

These guys used to be inside Xbox back in the 360 days, worked for microsoft.

[@landonewts]

They ARE! I love this channel.

[@TightSweaters4]

Windblight just exploding out of nowhere is so unexpectedly hilarious.

[@off_kilter_productions]

I am a habitual over-leveler and explore everything-er in RPG’s and accidentally prekilled RAM on my first play through. It felt like I missed a fight or skipped a part. Subsequent play throughs confirmed that. Oops 🙃

[@arthas640]

I know what you mean. I remember breezing through some of the Fable games, Knights of the Old Republic, and Elder Scrolls games since many enemies dont scale in difficulty with player levels, especially bosses. Same can happen in skill based games if you're really into multiplayer and suddenly even hard level difficulty settings on the campaign feel like easy mode.

[@off_kilter_productions]

@@arthas640 YES. It’s kind of like an inadvertent punishment for being good enough to scour the game for all the goodies before getting to the “content.” Do you find yourself adjusting this play style for other games to get the intended experience?

[@clockworkmonsters8590]

I did that with Ganon in Breath of the Wild. Had an inventory full of high powered Lynel weapons, a few hundred of each type of arrow, every set of fully upgraded armour, etc. All in all the boss fight took like five minutes and that was only because I had to figure out the mechanics of where and when to hit. I bit underwhelming after Maz Koshia, who took me a whole ten minutes XD

[@darklord884]

I wish there was a way to introduce the Grey Prince to Mazoga, the orc who became a knight. Granted, Mazoga only becomes a knight if you help her out, but the point remains the same. Mazoga is a great character because even though she desires status born from a title itself, she still works hard and does her best to be as a knight should be. She doesn't shy away from questing and adventuring to gain the favour of a lord and wants to work to help the people she dedicates her knightly service to. And if you help her, she does in fact reach her goal. And will humorously insist that you call her "sir Mazoga" despite, well, you know. So taking the fact that being knighted also means being granted noble status, I think the Grey Prince could have gained much from meeting her. Even if he didn't know his parents, or knew he was the child of a bloodsucker, he could see a different way of honour and nobility, one not beholdened to bloodlines and inheritance of riches and titles.

[@crisvinson395]

I’m

[@darklord884]

@@crisvinson395 You're? You're what?

[@brandonwithnell612]

@@darklord884 they are, they just are

[@darklord884]

@@brandonwithnell612 They are what?! I want answers! I want the truth!

[@maximeleneveu9433]

@@darklord884 That was the truth. The only truth. The ultimate truth: They Are.

[@velzekt]

In Demon's Souls, several bosses can be killed by not entering the boss arena and instead just casting the spell Poison Cloud on them from a distance. They can't attack you, and will eventually succumb to to so much poison damage that they just keel over.

[@Adriandz271]

Great job as always. Although I m a PlayStation gamer, I love your positivity, the classic British humour and awesome friendship you all share through your channel. This includes OutsideXtra .. Cheers

[@TrumpIsTheRootOfAllEvil]

I feel like they talk about Playstation more than XBox. They've even commented on it. I love that it's still the exact same cast as when I started watching years ago. Unlike other channels with really bad turnover.

[@daviddaugherty2816]

A couple of them had an Xbox-specific channel called Inside Xbox in the beginning. That was the difference when they went to Outside Xbox.

[@Adriandz271]

@@TrumpIsTheRootOfAllEvil I agree and also neat job with the username. Had a nice chuckle (I'm not American). Hope this does not end up being a political debate. I prefer the happy vibes :)

[@TrumpIsTheRootOfAllEvil]

@@Adriandz271 it happens, but it's best not to mention it 😛 I love the happy vibes on this channel. These host are awesome!

[@_Twink]

​​​@@daviddaugherty2816were any actually with inside xbox? Mike was editor of the official xbox magazine, and Jane was with gamespot. Luke was at nintendo life.

[@FredCDobbs-rd5wi]

Fallout 4: The fight with Kellogg -- If you avoid talking to Kellogg and do not attack first, you can literally walk over behind him and drop a pile of mines, provided they're just far enough away that they won't activate. Kellogg will patiently wait while you do this because the game doesn't allow him to initiate the fight. Once the area behind Kellogg is sufficiently booby-trapped, THEN initiate the dialogue. Once Kellogg finishes speaking, he activates his stealth field, turns invisible and... backs right over the mines you laid, killing him instantly.

[@philiphunn194]

I usually just nuke him before he ever gets the chance to talk now - the game does give you a Fat Man launcher right before the fight so it'd be rude not to (although I still have to try offing him with the Cryolator in a moment of poetic justice).

[@FredCDobbs-rd5wi]

@@philiphunn194 If you're fast, you can also just lock onto his head in VATS before he gets his stealth field up and nail him with a critical hit. With the right weapon (like Spray n' Pray), you can turn Kellogg into a headless corpse before can get a single shot in.

[@arthas640]

i played a couple games like that before. forget the name but one shooter i played 10+ years ago would let you plant mines, then walk into the area and start the cut scene, then you just had to jump back over the mine and the boss plowed into them instantly killing himself. you just had to be careful since if you planted them too far back you didnt have time to jump over them and if you went too far forward the cut scene started so there was a narrow window to plant them.

[@MrJedi20]

I have a fun retro one for you. On the original FF7 when you go to Cosmo Canyon and go into the caves, save any X-potions you come across. Then when you fight the Gi Warrior boss battle, use the X-potion on him and after a few seconds all his hit points go to zero because he's undead so his hit points start off as negative 5500 and when you use the potion BOOM! He's raised to zero. Saves you a lot of trouble.

[@xerael4659]

For a Baldur's Gate 3 entry, I would go for the orthon in Shar Gauntlet. Not only, you can get a free "instant win" card after a few checks and an awesome hand crossbow, but by making him kill himself, you send him straight back into Avernus and release from his pact with Raphael. And every day Raphael eats shit is a good day.

[@garetheggleston7807]

“Your love of spider donuts” This was a sentence I didn’t know I needed in my life, but I’m glad it happened

[@o6doom]

Added bonus to killing the Grey Prince after the quest revelation is that it counts as a murder to introduce you to the Dark Brotherhood.

[@merepseu]

By spiders, for spiders, and of spiders, I'm afraid.

[@ReclaimedDasein]

Lol. Best response ever.

[@deadcard13]

Did they already cover Royce in Cyberpunk 2077? You can pop him in a conversation and avoid his boss fight in the All Foods plant.

[@Matt-md5yt]

Lit moments in that mission

[@AJStarhiker]

And Sasquatch during the Voodoo Boys quest. You can sneak past her, pick up the Iconic hammer on the other side of the room, the go talk to the Netwatch guy.

[@khalidmf131]

​@@Matt-md5yt🕖 77⁷😊z??

[@monstahslayah]

You can also just pay him 10000 eddies.

[@splatninja9447]

Talking about winning here, not giving the enemy what they want.​@@monstahslayah

[@ComissarYarrick]

Demogorgon in Baldur's Gate 2. Set 7 spike traps, watch fireworks and enjoy easyest 600k exp in entire game.

[@daviddaugherty2816]

Oh my God, yes. Thank you, Jan. Have a turnip for your wonderful victory. Side note, if you manage to feeblemind any enemy that doesn't start agro'd (like a dragon) it won't do anything when you attack it.

[@Veladus]

Spike traps were SO OP lol

[@HilBethJay]

I'm pretty sure kissing mind flayers is always the best choice. Especially when they appear in our dreams half naked.

[@symantares9171]

Skyrim: Solstheim (sp) expansion. There's a Dragon Priest in a dungeon where you discover Elemental Spider summons. One variation of these is a dead spider that functions as a mine. It is possible to cover most of the room with them before he wakes up...

[@armymech87]

How have y'all missed one of the most OBVIOUS ones? "The End" in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. If you equip your sniper rifle after going through the river, you can pop him in the head when he's on the dock, and skip the boss fight completely. Definitely think it deserves a spot on this list!

[@matthewcrawfordmusic710]

You can also skip this boss fight by getting into the fight, saving, waiting about a week, and going back into it. He dies of old age. I did this by accident as a teenager.

[@kingofspainuk]

Yeah you can also kill Anna on the plane without any repercussions, also with Gunter I found as a kid if you edged into the boss room and shot a well placed rocket to the right of the stairs you can kill him without triggering him. 👍🏻

[@jaded718]

Always love a catching a reference to the classic disney channel original movie "The Tendril-Lashing Acid-Spitting Flesh Hungry Philadelphia Phenomenon"

[@KimJongPhil]

There's a short list of things that live in my head rent free and "do beware of spoilers... for the following games" in each of yalls voices is definitely on that list. When I have trouble sleeping, I don't count sheep. I hear you all take turns saying the line and it brings my soul joy xD

[@azuredragoon2054]

Lies of P allows you to win two fights before they can start. Against Black Cat and Red Fox, you can avoid fighting them entirely in the final areas of the game by giving each of them a single Gold Coin Fruit. You not only skip their fights, but you get their cosmetic gear as well!

[@enlongjones2394]

2:58 oh, we actually do know. The answer is “yes.” “Made by spiders, for spiders, of spiders.”

[@KestrelDC]

“Your informant Jaime Reyes” Wait…. Blue Beetle?! 😂

[@Tikuros]

I would add one more contender to the list: the no-kill playthrough solution against Delilah Copperspoon from Dishonored 2. Her punishment is worse than death to be fair... First, you have to corrupt her enchantment on the throne, so her painting becomes a prison instead of a reality changing curse, then follow her inside the painting, but instead of taking a step towards her (which is actually a projection), take a side path up and behind your entry point and knock out the real Delilah, then put her unconcious body on the throne with the corrupted enchantment, so she is transfered inside the painting again where she lives eternally, thinking she achieved her evil goals.

[@Mulbert]

I think I did this but I'm pretty sure I looked at a walkthrough 😅 Those games were so great, I really hope they make a third one

[@muskeldundret]

I just picked up every explosive barrel I could find and out them around Dror Ragzlin, and then made a loop of barrels to the other goblins. Easiest fight I've ever had.

[@ryanmaxwell7816]

Now, for BG3: who needs a bottomless pit when they give you such an abundance of Smokepowder barrels? So many fights simplified

[@rustygear447]

Barrelmancy is the most OP school of magic. I'm also a keen practitioner of the art.

[@wolter6102]

Shoving True Soul minibosses down chasms is not a good idea, as you lose loot and Parasites. However, there are other bosses in BG3 that you can just tell them to kill themselves and they will, leaving you with loot and all

[@ourkeving]

I haven't played BG3, but you never get rid of bodily remains until you've looted it. Especially in video games where clues or quest items are. You're a Paladin and can't loot, sorry you lose. Just as a hypothetical extreme lol

[@hannahweber]

As a person who still hasn't used a tadpole in four runs.... shove'em

[@EtherealHaunting]

@@hannahweber well you're losing out on some fun stuff, especially when you get the Act 3 extra level of powers and free 60ft flight as base movement - and it only negatively impacts one things all game - disadvantage on a single check with Jahiera if you lie about using tadpoles.. otherwise it's perfectly fine.

[@fahfahfred]

I'm so happy that BG3 has entered into the oxbox corpus

[@jongofett]

Wait wait there are viewers who skip through Oxtra videos? Everyone is so enjoyable to listen to that I could never even consider doing that! (Unless there’s something spoilery for a game I haven’t played yet that I intend to play)

[@Icam_here]

i think i might of won the outer worlds boss that way, i don't remember having to fight that thing also good lucky to Mike ordering his Mcflurry, worse case Jane will have to get the next Mike clone out earlier then planned

[@celdyparish7690]

I literally had no idea the boss existed, cuz I talked my way out of basically everything.

[@clarencealger8380]

This list could easily be all of Baldur's Gate 3. - Aunt Ethel: Knock out her human form then kill her hag form from there - All three Goblin Leaders: shoved off the chasm - Act 2 bosses: persuade into committing *unlife* - Literally every single one across all acts: barrelmancy As for that hobgoblin. you don't need to destroy his throne or wait for him to stand there. or even a strong character for that matter. Summon a mage hand next to him while the caster is hidden and keep using the shove action while he's seated. Each attempt rolls a dice and you only need to succeed once.

[@zacharysmith4856]

Okay, now I don’t feel so bad that I played BGIII on tactician and got absolutely crushed by Ragzlin the first time. 😎

[@Arcane_Archer]

17:30 Actually, the BG3 act 2 boss Gerringothe Thorm ALSO has a route that has her stand right next to a window 3 stories off the ground! ...She and her 2 siblings also all have dialogue paths you can take to have them just die without even entering combat, lol.

[@thundercookie3214]

Never found Gerringothe's path. Interesting. Will have to look for that. Thanks for mentioning it!

[@jamesrocha9473]

​@thundercookie3214 it has to do with a new Toll collector, that's your hint lol

[@arrankharchkrall2916]

5:00 - There is one thing that I was actually watching for in the video that never appeared. After doing the vampire quest for the Grey Prince, when you kill him in the Arena you will get the prompt that starts the initial Dark Brotherhood questline at the top of the screen, provided you don't already have their attention or are in the guild already.

[@WebHead18]

If your strength is high enough, you can yeet Ragzlin off the cliff WHILE he's sitting on his throne, haha.

[@pwnagecakes8934]

Cant believe silent hill 1 isnt on here. You just walk in with no ammo, and you beat the last boss. GG EZ.

[@chanm01]

I'm glad you included Anna and Gunther from Deux Ex on this list because there's an even easier way to deal with them before combat even starts. There's a way to place a LAM mine in just the right spot before triggering a cutscene in which they walk past the mine, blowing themselves up in the process. 😆

[@BandidoInocente44]

Loved JD outfit today, gave me some aztec vibes.

[@StormShadow743]

Shove him down the chasm, but no parasite and no hammer for you lol.

[@Jessie_Helms]

Not technically a _boss_ fight, but you could consider the entirety of Act 4 of Slay the Spire a boss fight. Normally when you run into Spire Sword and Shield you’re “surrounded” and can’t flee, making the Smoke Screen useless. However, if you time it right you can throw your smoke bomb _before_ the surrounded condition activates, letting you skip the fight specifically designed to shred or HP in preparation for the heart battle.

[@isamuokashii]

Hey, just wanted to show my appreciation for this KZbin page and the lovely people that keep it running; been watching since 2019 thank you for always being entertaining and i hope everyone's living well and happily ❤

[@nicolasqueen1219]

I remember seeing a whole other strategy for Gunther in Deus Ex involving lots and lots of explosives. 🤓 If you're careful, you can load up a spot with a bunch of mines just before triggering him to run over to you to start the fight. Lead him over to it and KABOOM! A pile of scrap made mid-cutscene. 🤣 "I regret--- 🔥🤯🔥"

[@mattkennedy9308]

You can do it with Simmons as well. When you go to the Ocean Lab, you get the chance to mine a tunnel entrance that arms and detonates after the cutscene with him on the exit

[@mar_speedman]

Ah yes, the classic RPG approach. Fill the boss fight room with traps

[@WolfyFancyLads]

Fun fact: Chris CAN actually kill the plant in the original RE via cheats and glitches. He can use the chemicals on the plant and kill it. However, upon entering the room, the plant will respawn alive and Rebecca will now no longer be able to mix the chemicals to save him. Also, if you cheat the doors and walk around the mansion hall at the start of the game and enter the hall through the gallery (that's the room with the map next to the dog jumpscare corridor), you'll actually walk from that door BACK to the dining room door! Every cutscene is played live in the first few games, so there's some comical situations when they glitch out. :P

[@RageUnchained]

That’s the GameCube remake they showed tho

[@WolfyFancyLads]

@@RageUnchained I know, which I don't actually know if the softlock still remains (I know there's other softlocks that exist in the remake, but I don't know about the Plant 42 one). But, sadly, I imagine the funny "awkward main hall walk" part isn't present given all cut scenes are pre-rendered in that one.

[@robertsissco2439]

I love the fan you get from the Arena in Oblivion, it is such an easy way to get into the Dark Brotherhood.

[@ejaylee5873]

lmaooo the windblight one 😂😂😂

[@KeithFraser82]

Such Is The Mercy Of Arachnid Patissiers will make a good title on my next prog rock album.

[@MarkDeSade100]

In Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-reckoning, there are a lot of what I'd call mini-boss fights: enemies who are fairly strong and are significant characters/leaders, but don't have the huge boss HP bar that appears at the top of the screen for the game's most important bosses. Most of them can be defeated easily because they talk to you first, and after the conversation ends it takes a few seconds before they actually attack. A quick player can smash them in the face with a hammer (my weapon of choice, any will do though), which stuns or staggers them while you continue to rain blows on them until they die.. generally about 10 seconds later.

[@RudalPL]

In BG3 I just stacked some barrels I picked up earlier around him, placed all my characters above the room within the shooting range. Used flame arrows to set the wole room on fire and just snipe all who has left from above. Easy fight. :)

[@thatwitchychick2717]

Lol. I always use the smoke powder and fire wine barrels to kill Dror Ragzlin. Just stack them up around and behind his throne and BOOM. Haha.

[@paola9478]

I only saw this video today, and it helped me realize: there are two "bands" in Cyberpunk 2077's radio called Flatlander Woman and Laputan Machine! I would have never understood that joke without watching this video, so thanks!!!

[@redcherry569]

For Baulders gate. I snuck into the storage room with all the exploding barrels. Disguised Shadow Heart. Set the barrels up around Dror Ragslin and sent him to the absolute with an arrow from my character hiding on a ledge 😁

[@Aidan_Brink]

I would love to see further Oxventurer's Guild escapades in Baldur's Gate 3. Every clip of that game here makes me think of it. Lovely list as always. Cheers.

[@smudgusinterruptus2246]

Honestly, there are so many bosses in BG3 that you can just…talk into submission, avoiding their fights entirely. It’s my favorite thing, 10/10 would recommend.

[@jwhite5008]

Or, for some mini-boses/other encounters - force into submission - with *Authority* )

[@willp2906]

Legate Lanius in New Vegas! Instead of having to beat up on a powerful enemy with New Vegas' janky combat system, you can just convince him to go away.

[@KingXeonMyroku]

I actually persuaded myself out of a fight against the demon in the Throm Mausoleum by telling it to kill its men, its displacer beast and itself. Bards are OP in Baldur’s Gate.

[@thundercookie3214]

Yep. It was hilarious. "Oooh, a persuasion check. Let's see where this one goes." It ended up with Gale being "slightly scared" of me.

[@KingXeonMyroku]

@@thundercookie3214 I was surprised I could talk my way out of a fight and coaxed the demon to kill everyone and himself. I laughed so hard. If I did that again as not a bard character I probably wouldn’t get the option again.

[@loganzagaming]

Being able to talk more than half of the act 2 bosses into offing themselves in BG3 is part of why I love playing charisma builds.

[@azuredragoon2054]

In Blasphemous, you can outright skip a mandatory boss fight by visiting the grave of Pepetva before you get to the bridge where you fight. Her spirit will grant you an item that will make him immediately hesitate, and he will let you proceed further without being able to lift his mace.

[@user-id6po7lw2o]

What about using the explosives in Baldur's 3? I mean, it takes a while longer but if you place them right you can clear the entire room.

[@MadSwede87]

the boss is dead you get the loot and some awesome fireworks the perfect fight

[@ralphbutcher7294]

In Baldurs gate 2 the final boss starts the fight in a globe of invulnerability which allows you to set a handful of traps around him that don’t fire until you barrier gets lowered instantly killing him, yes he drags you to hell for stage two but as you have to complete various trials before he spawns in there’s nothing stopping you doing the same again

[@randalldaughtry3410]

In BG3 you could just use the age ol' barrelmancy and fill the cave with explosive barrels to take out the boss and every living creature inside.

[@akaErma]

This is my go to strat for Ragzlin because I am fully on board the brain worm bandwagon and need to loot those juicy tadpoles.

[@thundercookie3214]

Barrelmancy is super-effective anytime all the time.

[@Kartissa]

Dragon's Dogma. There's an arrow available to buy from one merchant called the Maker's Finger, which automatically kills whatever it hits. At one point you are facing the Dragon of the title and are given a choice. You have freedom to move and act until you perform one of several actions which either start the boss fight or end the story early. Or you could shoot the Dragon in the heart with the Maker's Finger, killing him instantly (which is recommended if you're playing the Speed Run mode, as the actual fight is quite long and complicated), and skipping the fight entirely.

[@mattwilkinson5858]

I’m pretty sure it doesn’t work with bosses

[@jaredcrabb]

It works on most. Some bosses it wont kill outright but will fo a full bar of damage.

[@_Twink]

Basically the master ball. A special item that let's you defeat the hardest enemy in the game. Nice. Played the game, missed the finger.

[@jaredcrabb]

@@_Twink Its infinite. You can only have 1 at a time, but Fournival sells them infinitely. There are other ways to quickly kill hin but the Makers Finger will one shot him.

[@_Twink]

@jaredcrabb I mean, master balls are kinda rare drops, or a expensive purchase, but I have like 60 on me in Sword and shield. I lost count of how many I grabbed in Sun and Moon. So I'd say it's close ish enough. They haven't been to rare since the 3ds generationstarted.

[@Mr.-V.C-]

using pokedoll to chase away Marowak ghost in the Tower... no need Silph Scope

[@ExSuPiO1]

That's a neat one yeah but I wouldn't really classify that as a boss encounter

[@Mr.-V.C-]

@@ExSuPiO1 i think u're right about that.. because still need to beat team rocket afterwards. maybe it belongs to "boss fight you can cheese it"?😄

[@micahnewby7964]

@@Mr.-V.C- but.......that would still make it a boss fight..... What you just said they were right about it _not_ being.

[@Mr.-V.C-]

@@micahnewby7964 but.. not using attack moves is not a fight.. i'm using an item to run away from the fight.. but your point still valid. and i'm kinda agree with both

[@donladplaysgames4036]

One that hasn't been mentioned in the 2 videos so far there's the classic cheese for the Capra Demon in Dark Souls 1, because the boss is loaded into the arena before you go through the fog wall you can throw firebombs over the wall into the arena and kill the demon before you even enter

[@ZellyTheFangirl]

I think you could fill this entire list with BG3 bosses, even just with Act 2 alone. Most of the boss encounters in the Shadowlands can be talked into killing themselves in some way or another, sparing you from an encounter entirely.

[@CarbonatedToast55]

I felt like a bit of a punk in Dror Ragzlin's throne room. Entire party up in the rafters after smoozing our way in, one party member drops a grease bottle in the room, another tosses a small sack of gunpowder like stuff and third shot it with a firey arrow. Half the room dead and Dror was dead before he even reached us.

[@ModernAegis]

Shoutout to that one piranha plant in Yoshi's Island.

[@Toldoris]

The correct reaction to finding out your father is a vampire is: Awesome!

[@dragoredrox7493]

Oh Andy there are so many push-people-inable/offable holes, cliffs, building, bridges, chasm, and abysses in BG3.

[@Jessie_Helms]

As soon as I reached The Castle in Fallout 4 and saw the Mirelurk Queen I knew I had a strat. Just pile an ungodly amount of land mines on the middle wall and it’ll suicide run into them. And how do you get said unholy number of landmines? Visit The Minutemen outpost by the castle, take all the landmines, and then come back later, more landmines will be waiting for free.

[@mistahanansi2264]

The fact that they went with Only ONE boss from BG3, instead of the FUCK TON of them that can be killed before the fight even begins, suggests they haven’t actually played the game… hell, they could’ve done a video called “7 Boss Fights In Baldur’s Gate 3 You Can Win Before They Even Start: Commenter Edition”

[@fatalwaffle1715]

Awesome Video!!

[@CaptainRhodor]

Well it's nice to see that there was a way to handle Dror Ragzlin all along... Shame I didn't learn it before getting my ass beat for a total of six hours across five characters XD

[@AdamusPrime24]

4:36 - New Jane reaction gif, maybe? I need! XD

[@greenhowie]

Always nice to see a retro game mixed in with these, usually I just stick a LAM in Lebedev's jet for Anna. Also, MGSV came out ages ago. Nearly 10 years now. Found out yesterday that instead of fighting Eli, there's a pier that extends exactly far enough to tranq him in the ship at long range.

[@TheQuilanvos]

In Act 2 of Baldur's Gate 3, all the Thorms can be killed before the fight starts by persuading them to death. This includes big boss man himself, Ketheric, who in the end of Act 2, you can persuade him to off himself and skip the entire first half of his fight.

[@phoenixneo1630]

Baldur's Gate 3 really keeps the spirit of DnD in mind: finding creative (and DM-hair-tugging) methods to deal with planned encounters.

[@kyuven]

The whole Ragzlin fight has a number of ways to avoid facing him. 1. The method in the video. 2. Doing the grove raid instead by telling Minthara where the grove is (or having Sazza do it) 3. A massive, indescribably large number of explosives in his room. Bonus points for it being possible to take explosive barrels from outside and set things up in such a way that the explosion also kills the other two gobin leaders. It's a lot of running around but it's also cool as hell. #3 is particularly notable as it also deals with the adds and looks freakin' cool.

[@cameronwiley9412]

I literally, like 5 minutes ago from now finished that Baldurs Gate boss fight and here's KZbin with this video recommendation. Only I'm going to reload tomorrow because I didn't know killing him Aggroed the entire camp, and I was really enjoying picking them all off stealthily. (The Sad thing is that it was a really cool and satisfying fight.)

[@quelanathecrow]

I think Gerringothe Thorme in BG3 might be my favorite encounter in any video game (spoilers): pass a couple of persuasion checks and she explodes in a shower of gold!! that's my kinda boss fight ^.^ there's a few bits like this in BG3 I'm not so comfortable with (aka Yurgir) but mostly they're awesome, I didn't know about destroying Ragzlin's throne omg ^.^ thanks for all the great videos!! edit: oh also, in the goblin camp you can get somebody else to take care of Priestess Gut for you by doing the ultimate BG3 strat- making impossibly stupid and reckless decisions ^.^

[@ShiKageMaru]

What I think is much more satisfying and fun is to interpolate explosuve barrels between each of the goblins in the room, and pop a few down next to Dror Razglin's throne, then go to the rafters of the room and hit the barrels with a couple magic missiles. The bodies are actually lootable in that instance, and there's a whole bunch of those barrels littered about the goblin camp.

[@KTroid]

Honestly surprised not to see Gideon Ofnir on here. He's too busy going on about how "a tarnished can't become Elden Lord" or something. I wouldn't know, I was too busy stacking damage buffs on my greatswords to care.

[@SolusWhite]

The halfling barbarian quadruplets pretty much show that anyone in game can be defeated before the fight actually starts... just need thousands of firewine barrels...

[@thechild1418]

Here's an idea: "7 WTF genera swaps in games that came out of nowhere." To get us started: Minecraft - caves. Especially The Ancient Cities, which takes this mostly pleasant game about survival, building, and fun freedom to do anything you want, and turns it into an unsettling, horror survival game where every noise could result in you blindly legging it from 19 different Wardens in complete darkness with totally shredded, panic induced instincts, and probably get you killed because you decided to pillar away inside of digging a hole, blocking yourself in and waiting, and I do mean EVERY noise, from opening the sweet, best loot chests in the game, to using a torch (in some cases), to even walking. Your only life line? Sneaking around on carpet. Remember, the caves in Minecraft are already overly creepy, with their terrifying "ambiance" noises. Also ONE warden is enough to kill a player in full protection 4 Netherite gear in two hits, which is the strongest protection enchantment on the strongest gear in the game. OH, and it has the same amount of health as the ender dragon and the wither combined.

[@nataliebateman1151]

Another one from Baulder's Gate is Yurgir. If you roll an insight check that passes, you can unlock new dialogue which allows you to convince Yurgir to kill his minions and then himself

[@marybdrake1472]

I just use archery to take out Dor Ragslin from rafters above. It cleans things up nicely when you use the Gloomstalker Ranger sublcass. Also, making Astarion an assassin rogue with a pair of hand crossbows really helps.

[@kingofthebottleshooters5805]

That was my strategy/class on my first run, although I wouldn't say I found it easy exactly 😂

[@marybdrake1472]

@@kingofthebottleshooters5805 It also helps a lot if you reach level 5 first so you have the ranger's extra attack.

[@sagacious03]

Fun analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

[@ts25679]

To be fair those croissants were weapons grade

[@1Holbytla]

😂 Makes me remember the Chinese Throwing “Cwossant” that came with that Strongbad action figure from H ⭐️ Runner days past.