Ranking the Black Myth: Wukong Bosses from Worst to Best

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[@lonewolf1868]

white-clad noble originally had a third phase that was even harder, but beta testing feedback was that it was unfair for new players to face him so early with limited skills, so the third phase was removed and given to a different boss. Also, many people don't get it because they don't know the story behind it, but in chapter 2, Lingji Boddhisatva is the one that is evil. He turned all the humans in the realm of flowing sands into rats for worshipping the yellow sage who defeated Fuban and saved the kingdom of flowing sands. The part where you fight Fuban is a flashback to when the Yellow Sage saved the realm of flowing sands. Lingji's act of turning the people into rats drove the rat sage mad and he ambushed Lingji to take his head, so Lingji manipulated the destined one to fix his problem. He allowed the destined one to take Wukong's relic because the Gods of West Heaven always seek to undermine the Court of East Heaven, and if there's one thing Wukong is good at... Lingji makes it out that you're doing good by defeating the rat sage and saved the people, but the problem was entirely of his own making.

[@jameslough6329]

I think Erlang can also be considered one of the greatest bosses ever made along with the Great Sage. I used to think Isshin the Sword Saint had the greatest variety of combo variations and mix ups I had ever seen in a single boss fight. But now Erlang has surpassed him. Almost all of Erlang's combos can have their speed and finisher attacks varied and the boss will constantly adjust his combos in real time to your current positioning relative to him. This, combined with how quickly he switches between attack strings, creates what is quite simply one of the most dynamic boss fights I have ever seen in a video game

[@nitowalsh8642]

ISSHIN is oke of the best bosses created in my opinion. I like wukong, but my biggest issue with the game is to me a lot of the bosses are really weak in comparison to Erlang and Great sage. I feel like I’m only playing to get to them. Would love to see them do reflections similar to sekiro.

[@Mr.Starlight_gaming]

Bro just came back from the magicat video

[@jameslough6329]

@@Mr.Starlight_gaming I see you are also a man of culture. I fought Erlang after watching Magicat’s video to see if the fight is actually as good as he said it was. I quickly found out that he was 100% right. Took me over 100 attempts to beat him and I loved every second of it

[@Mr.Starlight_gaming]

Honestly lotus vision is fun when you realise you have the staff spin. Every player i have seen seemingly just forgets they can reflect most small projectiles. (Also supreme inspector that low is criminal, top 3 boss for me).

[@Cytonox]

to be honest... you reminded me of the Staff Spin. whoops

[@Delmworks]

Frankly I forget I can use it to deflect- I nearly always use it to mince stunned enemy and build up 4 bars in about as many seconds.

[@christopherhu7189]

Staff spin, every ng+ players best friend lmao.

[@Mr.Starlight_gaming]

@@christopherhu7189 literally the "press for 5 seconds for max focus" button

[@feliciasmoon3323]

The Mad Tiger actually helped the father and the child . The Yellow Wind Sages wind caused the child to get sick and due to that the father asked the Mad Tiger for help who gave the child some of his gourds content and the childs health got better. However the tiger needed food (also due to the wind)so the father helped the tiger by bringing villagers to the dwell. The villagers noted that something was off and one day attacked the child and killed it. When the father found out he killed the villagers. The tiger later found the coffin and brought it down the dwell. If I said something wrong please correct me I got the information from a lore video about the bosses from Chapter 2 by BanditGames.

[@brentontariocanada7935]

You put the frogs infront of yellow loong lol haha 🤣 😂 😆 😄 that's insane crazy stuff haha

[@PUNCreates]

While i dont like captain lotus vision, watching others use cloud step, and staff spin to destroy him made me realize I was just bad.

[@lonewolf1868]

I forgot about staff spin, but cloud step does make the fight pretty simple.

[@PUNCreates]

im not joking when i say, i destroyed him after watching others. im mad i couldnt think of it myself

[@Grimscribe732]

Hard disagree on Yellow Loong. He and Tiger Vanguard are the best bosses in the game in terms of fight design. Finally, a good challenge without some "rule breaking" stuff. Just a hard boss with high aggression, damage, and long-ass combos. The only knock I can give him are his and his arena's visuals, they're not very interesting.

[@vegaskullkid4503]

Man I haven’t finished this game but honestly, it’s such an amazing game and is so much fun! I am stuck on Yellowbrow though so thanks for the tips Jack.

[@rpgfan1187]

Great video, Jack! I haven't played the game, but it looks awesome. I'm glad the boss roster turned out so well, since you never know with Souls-likes. That Quick As Fire, Fast As Wind boss definitely reminds me of a gank fight in the Ys series called Yogleks & Omulgun. These, too, are a pair of floating heads, with one of them being a fire elemental and the other an ice elemental. In Ys I, only the ice elemental head is vulnerable, and, each time you hit it, it switches places with the fire one. They return for a far superior fight in Ys Origin (one of the best games in the series) in which you fight them as part of a three-member gank with one of the game's major villains. It's also cool that the Four Heavenly Kings were included as bosses, as they've appeared in some of the SMT games, too. On the subject of QTE's, I've never been a fan of them, myself, for a couple of reasons. First of all, I feel like they're used to add spectacle to boss-fights while reducing player's participation in the fight to timed button presses (which I just don't enjoy as much as actually performing moves through regular gameplay). Secondly, I'm a proponent of maintaining player agency in games as much as possible (hence, why I love immersive sims so much), so I prefer being able to make my own decisions during a boss fight, instead of having to follow precisely what the game tells me to do. I understand that a lot of people like QTE's because they can give battles a more epic, spectacular feel. I've just personally never cared that much about games' cinematic qualities, so QTE's don't really do anything for me. Anyway, I'm enjoying your content as always and look forward to your future uploads!

[@anthonycrank6406]

This game fucking incredible! Loved every second of it! Also want to ask: What was your favorite animated short in the game? Mine was definitely the Fox one.

[@Cytonox]

mine was definitely the fox one too. but my favorite segments were the interactive maps after each chapter. Some of the most beautiful art I've seen.

[@Mr.Starlight_gaming]

I'd have to go with either chapter 5 or the true ending. I now crave for a movie or series in this art style.

[@brentontariocanada7935]

Great video thanks!!

[@MalicetheOmega]

I have never heard someone so intent on bringing back QTEs at this guy lol

[@mattmilliken1510]

You didnt mind wandering wight cuz you found the transformation first. I can guarantee almost everyone who was frustrated by it ran into him and brute forced him before they found the other guy, like i did.

[@megastarwarsrocks99]

I had the transformation and I struggled with wandering wight but that’s just because I’m bad at the game

[@prithwirajchakraborty6157]

I finished him off with the staff spin only..and heavy focus charges that you get while spinning.

[@Mr.Starlight_gaming]

14:48 the urge not to say the S phrase is killing me rn.

[@Cytonox]

that’s the beauty of subjectivity! i’m interested in other’s opinions and happy that we all think differently on things, and thanks for watching!

[@Mr.Starlight_gaming]

No hard feelings, i still hate the helicopter (ac6) for being hard, i just wanted to build a mech and that mf said Nu-uh!

[@WukongBattle]

If I had a nickel for every time Wukong impressed me, I’d finally have enough for that therapy I keep putting off.

[@mofilms1745]

Yellow long so low is criminal. He is one of the best

[@Gokulosestoavirus]

This game is medical

[@marchsixteen8709]

good argument! thanks for the info

[@dighad3824]

someone's cheeks getting clapped by Yellow Loong real hard😂😂😂

[@demondude665]

Was wondering where the classic Cytonox atrocious takes were at right up until YELLOW LOONG AT 56

[@Mr.Starlight_gaming]

Didn't even see that, jesus why he got so much beef?

[@Cytonox]

damn man it’s just my opinion, sorry

[@demondude665]

@@Mr.Starlight_gaming I love these guys for bringing at least 1 absolutely awful opinion per ranking, but this is like genuinely absurd lmao. The amount of mid that came 20-30 spots higher than Yellow Loong is incomprehensible

[@Cytonox]

i thought his aggression was a bit much and he was overleveled for his placement imo. i don’t dislike the boss though, retrospectively i probably should’ve placed him higher. but glad to hear you think differently, and thank you for watching!

[@demondude665]

@@Cytonox Absolutely always a pleasure

[@sharplosion1]

Ranking aside, there's some pretty interesting 'interpretations' of the lore. Like how calling Fuban 'an ally,' when it's outright said by the Yellow-Robed Squire that it's basically just a mindless beast that eats people. Yellow Wind Sage is just objectively a hero in that part of the story, hence why he and "Tiger Vanguard" are both very honorable during that secret area. But man, you really got just about everything wrong with Red Boy. His people, the Yaksha, are not inherently evil. Far from it. The Buddhist gods slaughtered Red Boy's clan for no real reason given in-game. He is the reincarnation of the original Yaksha King's son, and said king gave his own life so that his son could be reincarnated. Then the Celestial Court used Rakshasi as a pawn, making her give birth to Red Boy so that they could prove what the Buddhist gods did to his bloodline. He is basically tormented by the memories of his past life, dreaming of people trying to kill him. During the Journey to the West, Wukong proceeds to force Red Boy's mother to give up her powerful treasured Fan, beat his father nearly to death, and then get given away to the Goddess Guanyin, shackled in a similar way Wukong was by his own headband. All of Red Boy's life has revolved around him and his family being FORCED to beg, kneel, and submit to forces greater than themselves. He eventually learns of his past life and the slaughter of his people. He breaks free from Guanyin, and demands Wukong's relic from his father so that he can gain the strength needed to avenge his people. Bull King refuses because he knows it would just lead to the death of his son. Red Boy never wanted to fight his father, but he sees his father constantly forfeit his free will, and in refusing to give him the relic, it's what drives the wedge between them. Red Boy doesn't kill himself out of 'violence and chaos.' He kills himself because, like always, he's watching his mother again BEG, pleading for him to be spared while they would all have to cower, confined to the mountain. His suicide is the result of finally putting an end to the cycle of submission. He could no longer stand being forced under the thumb of others, nor watch his family be done so either. He kills himself for freedom, exactly like Wukong did at the start of the game. Sorry for the long comment, but Red Boy and his entire story, along with the story of Bull King, is my favorite in the game. So it does annoy me a little when it gets misrepresented and people seeing Red Boy as nothing more than an evil brat.

[@sombrashadow0013]

For me personally, I would knock Wise-Voice down the list, and it's only because of this one thing. I don't know how rare it is, but he ended up glitching for me. I stunned him, and he never got back up. He just kinda stayed there, which really took the fun out of the fight for me.

[@Mr.Starlight_gaming]

Ngl i was just mad he melee marth grabbed me across half the stage. Who made that hit box?

[@sombrashadow0013]

@@Mr.Starlight_gaming Are you talking about the grab where he launches you in the air and blasts you? Cuz if so, yeah, same

[@Mr.Starlight_gaming]

@@sombrashadow0013 yeah, caused about 70% of my deaths to him.

[@DaitylSword]

Word of the day: Cajole

[@TherockY122]

58:34 ummm actually his fifth sense/relic is wukongs body not mind🤓

[@brentontariocanada7935]

Elder infront of tiger ! No way say it ain't so ! That's brutal

[@Cytonox]

i kinda said it a few times but i should’ve maybe been clearer, pretty much every boss from #20 onwards are elite imo. elder and tiger are both so good i should’ve placed tiger in top 5 tho

[@TitaRussellTrails]

Oh hey a long video

[@fatnlazychinc]

Where did you get the displayed names of the bosses? The Chinese names in there are not the original character names, many of them are hilariously wrong.

[@Cytonox]

i apologized later in the video, i just used translate because when i made the title cards it was before the Wukong Wiki had the Hanzi of the bosses on there. Thanks for watching!

[@fatnlazychinc]

@@Cytonox lol A for effort

[@brentontariocanada7935]

Yellow loong is a great difficult boss! I disagree with him ranked so low

[@aarontruong354]

Glad you loved the game as much as you did! I thought it was like a 7.5 to an 8/10 for me, though the bosses (most of them) are definitely the highlight. Giant Shigandang, Hundred Eyed Daoist, Yellow Wind Sage, and Yellowbrow were bosses that had cool ideas but were executed terribly imo. There is at least one thing that ruins each fight for me. Giant Shigandang just feels underbaked, you wait for him to slam down his fists to attack him because it's impossible to dodge him up close and often times it's an instant kill. Hundred Eyed Daoist has that whole second phase which is obnoxious and basically requires the needle for it to be playable. Yellow Wind Sage goes out of bounds and can start attacking from outside the walls when you can't even fucking see him which feels cheap, as well as the tornado in the final phase that is so obnoxiously stupid without Wind Tamer. Yellowbrow is mostly ok, but why, just WHY, is there mandatory damage between cutscenes? Game is just punishing you for something completely out of your control and for what? I was super shocked to not see at least one of these in the bottom 10 for you. One thing that also bothered me about a lot of the bosses is that a good amount of them have moves where they just run away from you for 30 seconds or so while you aren't able to interrupt them and it just serves to waste your time. I really enjoy Supreme Inspector, but I see people put him top 5 and I don't see it. While I wouldn't put him as "low" as you did (comparatively to everyone else above him that is), I'm more like a median with your placement of him and where most seem to put him. I definitely was surprised to see Elder Jinchi and Black Loong as high as they were for that same reason. Elder Jinchi's "healing" phase lasts way too long as well as Black Loong's repeated slams. idk why you can't interrupt it, it just feels like it's there to waste your time. Completely agree on the gank fights. The game did them super well. Not exactly Demon Princes level, but I think it was an admirable attempt. Having the bosses tag each other in was an interesting choice. The synchronized combos in Stone Monkey and Misty Cloud + Cloudy Mist were some of my favorites to dodge. Sometimes I wish there was more of a Demon Princes esque boss, where it feels like both of the enemies have an impact on the fight even when one isn't aggro'd, but overall the game did ganks really well. My top 15 would prolly look something like this: 15) Emerald-Armed Mantis 14) The Duskveil 13) Kang-Jin Star 12) Red Boy 11) Supreme Inspector 10) Bishui Golden-Eyed Beast 9) Tiger Vanguard 8) Stone Monkey 7) The Four Heavenly Kings 6) Erlang Shen 5) Yin Tiger (surprised to see him as low as you put him) 4) Yellow Loong (surprised to see him as low as you put him) 3) Yaksha King 2) Erlang, the Sacred Divinity 1) The Great Sage's Broken Shell I fought Yellow Loong as soon as I found him and honestly, I didn't think it was too imbalanced stat wise, but I also fought as many bosses as I could throughout my playthrough without backtracking so I was a fairly decent level already. Thought it was super exhilarating and he actually killed me the most amount of times on my first playthrough at 23 deaths. I'm with you on GSBS over Erlang, but only slightly and it's literally only because I think the former is the more fun fight between the two. Erlang is mechanically more interesting, it feels like he's actively responding to your tactics on top of the multitude of combo chains and sheer combo variety the man has. GSBS isn't quite as challenging, he's just more fun especially phase 2 where his personality starts to shine through. That mf is one of the most disrespectful bosses I ever fought, and all the secret cutscenes you can get from him for incorrect gameplay are so fun to watch. You can't even be mad when he steals your gourd, and he's prolly the only boss that could pull that off without making me seethe

[@Cytonox]

@@aarontruong354 Aex here, I thought Yellow Wind Sage was a fuckhead for the same reasons as you lol. I liked Yellowbrow a lot overall but cutscene damage was def annoying

[@Mr.Starlight_gaming]

Erlang is currently my top spot but i'd say nezha has a good chance of taking it if he's in the dlc

[@Gyno-Mackima]

4:10 it’s not a soulslike

[@user-xs3sn2ze6b]

bro put yellow long low cause he's hard , point of even ranking

[@Cytonox]

i said i didn’t mind his difficulty, i actually liked it. but i didn’t think he was properly leveled and was a bit too aggressive in phase two. i still ranked him too low, retrospectively i should’ve put him higher