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Top 10 Hardest Video Game FINAL Bosses of the Century (So Far)
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12/7/2024
So far, this century has had plenty of tough final bosses to throw at us. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most challenging final boss encounters players have gone up against since the year 2000.
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Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most challenging final
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bosses of the 21st century.
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10. Primordial Malzeno – Monster Hunter Rise
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Primordial Malzeno is the final boss of the Sunbreak DLC's post-game, and the final
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fight of the Elgato Outpost story. To unlock the fight, players must first reach Master
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Rank 10, and he'll be available to hunt. Malzeno is an enormous dragon who employs
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a plethora of perilous attacks in the fight. It can wield incredible amounts of power
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once entering the Bloodlust state when low on health, making it impossible to calm with
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attacks. It's one of the fastest bosses in the series, and packs a mighty punch, requiring
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you to know all three of its phases to successfully beat them.
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9. Senator Steven Armstrong – Metal Gear Rising Revengeance
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Metal Gear Rising Revengeance might be the most unique title in the Metal Gear franchise,
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turning into a hack and slash where you play as Raiden, rather than a stealth game as Snake.
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The final boss is against evil politician Senator Armstrong, a nanomachine augmented
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superhuman, and he is arguably the toughest boss in Metal Gear history. The arena you
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fight in is tiny, his defense is irritatingly high, and he is constantly turning the whole
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place on fire. He can also regenerate, healing all damage you've dealt, and even reattach
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lost body parts. He also played football in college and has a banger of a theme song,
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so watch out.
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8. Necron – Final Fantasy IX
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An alien being with the goal of destroying literally everything. Yeah, he packs a punch.
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Necron is arguably the most challenging boss in the franchise, dealing powerful attacks
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which deal damage to all party members. If players are unprepared, he will make short
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work of them. Necron's fight introduces some unique mechanics too. For example, he
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can inflict status ailments like instant death and zombie which can disrupt your strategy.
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If that's not tough enough, they also gave him a humongous health pool, so even the smallest
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mistake can wipe out your party. Mastering strategies and being as well prepared as possible
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is crucial to overcoming this formidable foe.
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7. Erlang – The Sacred Divinity – Black Myth Wukong
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Erlang Shen is a Chinese folk god who is ordered to subdue Sung Wukong after wrecking the Heavenly
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Palace. He's also the secret final boss of Black Myth Wukong, and easily the hardest
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boss in the game. Erlang uniquely has a stance bar, and if it's full, then expect him to
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take little damage. He uses a multitude of attacks, usually infused with thunder. These
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range from him throwing a giant axe at you, his black dog biting you, and sometimes he'll
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even cancel your transformation completely. This boss tests all the skills you've learned
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along your journey, and upon completion, makes you truly feel worthy of taking Sung Wukong's name.
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6. Vergil – Devil May Cry 3 – Dante's Awakening
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DMC3 is considered the hardest entry in the franchise, and its final boss, Vergil, is
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at the peak. He's also the final boss of DMC5, but the third game's battle is much
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more challenging. Vergil can easily match Dante's skill, with fast attacks and unpredictable
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moves, he can close distances terrifyingly well. The combos he will unleash are an absolute
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headache to memorize, and he can even adapt to Dante's playstyle, punishing repetitive
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attack patterns. Vergil isn't just another boss, he's Dante's brother, making the
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fight emotionally driven, and turning him into one of the most demanding, and most memorable,
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bosses of all time.
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5. Orphan of Kos – Bloodborne This wouldn't be a boss fight ranking without
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mentioning From Software, with the Orphan of Kos being more than worthy of inclusion.
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It's wildly regarded as the toughest boss fight in Bloodborne, and a brutal final test
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in the old Hunters DLC. The Orphan's fighting style is unpredictable, chaotic, and relentless,
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with fast and erratic attacks that are a migraine to avoid. If you thought its first phase was
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challenging, its second phase is going to devastate you. Its combos become even longer,
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and it gains intense area of effect attacks, which can punish even the smallest mistakes.
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The arena is also uncomfortably small, giving you little breathing room when trying to handle
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the Orphan.
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4. Absolute Radiance – Hollow Knight Absolute Radiance is the final boss of Godmaster,
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one of the three content packs for Hollow Knight. This upgraded form of the Radiance
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is infamous, with a total of six phases, all featuring complex attack patterns. She
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is constantly alternating between lasers, orbs, and sword attacks, forcing you to constantly
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adjust your positioning and timing. Like a lot of the entries on this list, there are
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very few safe windows to heal, meaning you have to be as cautious as possible to win.
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It's an especially long fight, requiring endurance and complete concentration, meaning
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even the tiniest slip-ups can cost you everything.
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3. Sans – Undertale Sans becomes the final boss of Undertale
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if you complete a Genocide run, and he's easily one of the most taxing bosses to date.
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He's attacking you constantly, leaving no safe breaks between, forcing you to constantly
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dodge and react without even having a second to rest. You must navigate through a series
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of challenges, such as bullet hell sequences. Additionally, his attacks can inflict poison
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damage, causing you to lose health over time, making healing an absolute nightmare.
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Sans only has one HP, making you think he'll be an easy target, but he dodges almost every
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single attack until the end of the fight, adding a psychological challenge as you inevitably
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start another gruelling run against him.
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2. Promised Consort Redan – Elden Ring If you thought Star Scourge Redan was too
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easy, then maybe Promised Consort Redan will be up your alley. He's the final boss of
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the Shadow of the Erg Tree DLC, and a contender for the toughest among Elden Ring's pantheon.
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Consort Redan wields two giant swords, which he will be constantly throwing at you in a
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wild flurry of rapid attacks. His second phase is a thing of nightmares, and feels downright
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unfair at times, given that every attack comes armed with a layer of magical damage, plus
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access to an insta-kill grab. Complete patience is required to come out on top, but if done,
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you will feel like a god.
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Who else would we pick for number one?
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Sword Saint Isshin is without a doubt the hardest boss fight of the century, and is
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arguably the greatest ever created by FromSoftware. It's a four phase battle, with Isshin taking
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up three of them. His first phase is a massive challenge, but it's his second phase that
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really sticks out like a sore thumb. Isshin pulls out a gun and a spear, and the only
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saving grace comes in his third phase where he unleashes lightning attacks on you. If
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successfully reversed, it makes his third phase a breeze, but if not, you may instantly
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die. Thankfully, shadows die twice, but for this boss, you're likely to die a lot more
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than that.
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Which final boss took you the longest to beat? Drop one down to the comment section and let
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us know.
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