Enemies whose attack patterns you just cannot handle

Kyuur · Jun 24, 2018

In many games enemies have predictable patterns that you are expected to recognize and respond accordingly to win. Usually, once you've gotten the hang of it you can start pulling off flawless victories against them barring a mistake or two. However, if you're like me, sometimes you'll encounter enemies where you know exactly what they're going to do and you still can't seem to respond in the right way.

Case in point: fucking Primal Aspids from Hollow Knight.

Their pattern is simple. They shoot a spreadshot directly at you (one bullet towards you and two at a diagonal) every once and a while. I know that if I jump right away I'll get hit by the diagonal, but I do it without fail every time. It gets worse when there are multiple of them on screen! If you made one of these things a boss with the exact same moveset and just more HP and damage I'd probably be doomed.

Which enemies are the bane of your existence?

Orochinagis · Jun 24, 2018

welp

Dicer · Jun 25, 2018

Medusa heads...

asmith906 · Jun 25, 2018

Kindekuma · Jun 25, 2018

I still mess up fighting Brain Suckers in Bloodborne.

Mortemis · Jun 25, 2018

Felt so good beating him in critical.

gordofredito · Jun 25, 2018

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Blood-Starved Beast in Bloodborne took me exactly two weeks to beat, I know because my cousins came to visit and I got to the beast their first day and beat it their last day staying with me. I was cocky because I beat the second boss on my first try. The guy who turns into a werewolf-like creature in a graveyard - since I got the parry mechanic down almost instantly, but I skipped Vicar Amelia so this guy was my third boss... He beat my ass. I will never replay Bloodborne from the beginning because I am terriffied of this guy. I grinded smaller guys just to beat him. Every day I would sit and say "I am feeling it, today is the day"... then nope, nothing.

JazzmanZ · Jun 25, 2018

The freakin Hammer Bros. from Super Mario bros.

808s & Villainy · Jun 25, 2018

Such bullshit as it's the final boss (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga). I've gotten past this point maybe once, but if I die in the next phase, then this is basically the biggest hurdle

Resilient · Jun 25, 2018

Shadows in Devil May Cry.

Like, I know what to do, but those fucks always piss me off and I'm always on edge fighting them, especially in cramped rooms.

h8bit · Jun 25, 2018

Kindekuma said:
I still mess up fighting Brain Suckers in Bloodborne.

oh my god yes. i hate these enemies so much

NediarPT88 · Jun 25, 2018

I know what you mean OP.

I hope you're ready for this:

Thank god this is fake.

Kyuur · Jun 25, 2018

Orochinagis said:
welp

Dicer said:
Medusa heads...

JazzmanZ said:
The freakin Hammer Bros. from Super Mario bros.

Yes to all of these. They're so god damn simple too, which makes it worse!

NediarPT88 said:
I know what you mean OP.

I hope you're ready for this:

Thank god this is fake.

You nearly gave me a heart attack.

TornadoValley · Jun 25, 2018

Vermintide 2, every enemy has a predictable attack patten but they throw so many of them at you that you will constantly take hits that you anticipated simply because of the sheer number of them at any given moment (speaking about the end game difficultly setting)

ReginOfFire · Jun 25, 2018

The valkyrie queen from GOW

xGrizzly · Jun 25, 2018

Beat Dark Souls twice and these bastards always give me more trouble than bosses.

Opa-Pa · Jun 25, 2018

These little shits are the real masters of the castle in Castlevania

Lightning Lord · Jun 25, 2018

808s & Villainy said:
Such bullshit as it's the final boss (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga). I've gotten past this point maybe once, but if I die in the next phase, then this is basically the biggest hurdle

That fight is such a wild difficulty spike in what is otherwise a moderately easy game.

lordlad · Jun 25, 2018

Perfect answer will be the Winter Lantern,
For it is my life's bane.
The difficulty of Bloodborne will be less stern,
Switch to consuming insight makes me insane.

VectorPrime · Jun 25, 2018

Winter Lanterns holy fuck Winter Lanterns.

foxdvd · Jun 25, 2018

Smelter Demon...Dark Souls 2.

I am actually really good at these games, and usually don't have any problem with the bosses...but it was something about the hesitation with his attacks that I could never get down. I was just so twitchy with my dodges and I would get hit. What a frustrating boss....and then you have to fight a blue version of him in the dlc...with no good checkpoint before the fight...ugh..

Davoid · Jun 25, 2018

https://kotaku.com/5888474/the-perfect-moves-of-a-video-game-bad-guy

100%TrophyMaster · Jun 25, 2018

xGrizzly said:
Beat Dark Souls twice and these bastards always give me more trouble than bosses.

Yes fuck these bones—They have a counter move that can literally kill you in one hit in new game plus. Incredibly annoying trying to navigate through that area

PlanetSmasher · Jun 25, 2018

VectorPrime said:
Winter Lanterns holy fuck Winter Lanterns.

Winter Lanterns are such badly designed enemies. Visually they look amazing, but the amount of frenzy they generate is simply way too high for how hard they are to kill.

Deleted member 13496 · Jun 25, 2018

xGrizzly said:
Beat Dark Souls twice and these bastards always give me more trouble than bosses.

I do not remember this area giving me significant trouble. Then I played Remastered. Breezed through Blighttown.

Anor Londo archers no problem. This shit nearly made me throw my controller through the TV. The Catacombs and Giant's Tomb for some reason were incredibly frustrating this time.

EDIT: Yeah Winter Lanterns too. I could probably play Bloodborne blindfolded at this point but fuck those guys.

tusharngf · Jun 25, 2018

Orochinagis said:
welp

this one is really annoying..you cant run away from him

ScOULaris · Jun 25, 2018

Motherfucking frogs in Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon. Even 1-on-1 they manage to get at least one hit on me every time.

They're basically just the Bloodstained equivalent to Fleamen in Castlevania games, but they are the most recent example that comes to mind.

LapinLopLuna · Jun 25, 2018

The bloodborne shark ogre things in the dlc.

The clams in dark souls if there is more than 1 of them at once.

Skittles · Jun 25, 2018

gordofredito said:
Blood-Starved Beast in Bloodborne took me exactly two weeks to beat, I know because my cousins came to visit and I got to the beast their first day and beat it their last day staying with me. I was cocky because I beat the second boss on my first try. The guy who turns into a werewolf-like creature in a graveyard - since I got the parry mechanic down almost instantly, but I skipped Vicar Amelia so this guy was my third boss... He beat my ass. I will never replay Bloodborne from the beginning because I am terriffied of this guy. I grinded smaller guys just to beat him. Every day I would sit and say "I am feeling it, today is the day"... then nope, nothing.

Did you never parry this guy? He turned into a joke once i realized you could parry nearly all of his moves

Betelgeuse · Jun 25, 2018

Certainly a step down in difficulty from what's being discussed here, but it's fresh on my mind since I just beat Horizon ZD last night: rockbreakers are really obnoxious. Even when you think you're dodging at the right time they'll come up underneath you. And disabling their ability to burrow is hard due to the difficulty of targeting their arms.

Fairy Godmother · Jun 25, 2018

gordofredito said:
Blood-Starved Beast in Bloodborne took me exactly two weeks to beat, I know because my cousins came to visit and I got to the beast their first day and beat it their last day staying with me. I was cocky because I beat the second boss on my first try. The guy who turns into a werewolf-like creature in a graveyard - since I got the parry mechanic down almost instantly, but I skipped Vicar Amelia so this guy was my third boss... He beat my ass. I will never replay Bloodborne from the beginning because I am terriffied of this guy. I grinded smaller guys just to beat him. Every day I would sit and say "I am feeling it, today is the day"... then nope, nothing.

I found this boss easy to beat. All you need to do is to roll INTO its attacks and it'd never get you, even on the second stage.

Xiaomi · Jun 25, 2018

Dark Souls 2 - Heide Knights. Let's give a fast enemy the ability to stop any attack you might want to make, weird timing on attacks to make them unpredictable, and then make them almost impossible to stagger. Oh, and make them turn 180 degrees in the middle of an attack if the player tries to circle strafe. Sounds great.

JuicyPlayer · Jun 25, 2018

JazzmanZ said:
The freakin Hammer Bros. from Super Mario bros.

In SMB the hit box for the hammers is so random, sometimes you can jump though them and other times you can be a few pixels away and they still get you.

Blade Wolf · Jun 25, 2018

Orochinagis said:
welp

I freaking LOVE them

Davoid · Jun 25, 2018

JuicyPlayer said:
In SMB the hit box for the hammers is so random, sometimes you can jump though them and other times you can be a few pixels away and they still get you.

mnemonicj · Jun 25, 2018

That goddamned Ludwig from the Bloodborne DLC.

Twilight Suzuka · Jun 25, 2018

Gundam · Jun 25, 2018

Fuck these guys.

A god damn blemish on an otherwise nearly perfect bestiary of enemies. They're bootleg Jackals from Halo, except 1000x worse with auto-shotguns and they pretty much instakill you. These guys are legit like the only enemies I used the chainsaw on, because I felt like I had to. Their shields just aren't fun to fight against, and they recharge stupidly fast. Halo Jackals at least felt clear in how you were supposed to fight them, but these fuckers just feel like bullet sponges with limited options around them.

JuicyPlayer · Jun 25, 2018

Davoid said:

So basically the top left corner of the hammer sprite is the hit box. Interesting.....

Neptonic · Jun 25, 2018

THE MEDUSA HEADS IN CASTLEVANIA

Daschiel · Jun 25, 2018

Boss in Lost Izalith (hope I spelled it right) , till this day messes with me.
Armored Spider Demons Souls, I end up cheesing it with range attacks.
Omega, in Megaman Zero (extreme difficulty).
Last but not least, I could never repost Gwyn, try as I may, I can't :(

Lys Skygge · Jun 25, 2018

Nightmares from God of War.

They're weak, but goddamn they're a nuisance to kill.

Redfox088 · Jun 25, 2018

Orphan of Kos. I will never beat him. I'm ok with this.

Jombie · Jun 25, 2018

Manus' magic attacks in DS1.

silva1991 · Jun 25, 2018

Optional bosses in KH BBS like this one

Calling it BS is being generous.

Shopolic · Jun 25, 2018

Martyr Logarus - Bloodborne

It took me so long to defeat him. More than any other thing in Bloodborne and it's DLC.

HardRojo · Jun 25, 2018

Lys Skygge said:
Nightmares from God of War.

They're weak, but goddamn they're a nuisance to kill.

Yeah, they're pretty annoying in the first few hours when Atreus doesn't help much and you don't deal too much damage, especially when they take control of an enemy, rendering them invincible until you beat the Nightmare out of them. They becomes harmless later, but fucking hell did I hate them during the early game.

Also from God of War:

Valkyries

I like that they have a varied moveset, but fucking hell, some of them are easier to handle than others. For a few of them, it took me several tries for me to become fairly comfortable with their patterns and figure a strategy out, they're very fun to fight when you start understanding their patterns though and see improvements in every new attempt.

Anustart · Jun 25, 2018

Whatever my opponent does in rocket league. If I go left they juke right, etc.

But for real, I'ma say Dancer of the borreal valley. The difficulty really came to life in my sl1 run. Tough boss!

Deleted member 24118 · Jun 25, 2018

No matter how hard I try to cheese Rootmars, I will never get it.

ThroughtheVoid · Jun 25, 2018

Never could handle some of this motherfuckers for some reason

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