(SPOILER) A totally legitimate, 100% objective Boss Ranking!

[Seisachtheia]

(sarcasm, in case you can't tell!)

I figured I'd do a boss ranking based on difficulty after getting to the final boss. Firstly let me commend Red Candle on this game, I love it. Secondly let me say that I have not beaten the final boss, in fact, I can't be the final boss, she's too difficult! However I have seen all of her phases enough times to include her in the ranking. I love parry mechanics but am also very bad at these kinds of games, so I think my rankings will be quite different from most other peoples.

Remember, these are ranked in order of difficulty for me at the time I fought them, not "actual" difficulty if I were to face them in an end-game boss rush with all the extra practice and skills unlocked. Obviously, these are just my own experiences so from most to least difficult we have:

1. Eigong - Pretty obvious choice for top spot. Like I said above I cannot beat her, and after 2 or so hours I have to take a break and then come back but unlike other bosses her patterns and parry timings are so unique I have to start all over again, I don't retain any skill between runs...so after 2 hours I have to take another break after only having just ♥♥♥♥♥♥ back to 3rd phase! Love the parrying in this fight though, I think it's my favourite of any boss in this game.

2. Fxi/Nuwa - The hardest part of this fight for me was the first phase. In 4.5 hours of trying I only ever made it to the second phase a dozen or so times, and 3 of those were in my last 5 runs before I beat the boss! Fxi was so difficult because the hitboxes aren't what you expect, you have to pay attention to spacing because sometimes you'll think you're parrying but the attack is actually hitting behind you. I thought this was just a feature of his large design but then I got to Eigong and realized the same thing happens there, it's just a lot more subtle and difficult. I love the evolution of being aware of spacing between Fxi and the Eigong boss fights. Also, I grooved hard to this boss music.

3. Goumang - Wait, what? Guomang?!? Yep. Guomang was easily one of the hardest bosses for me in this run because you don't have access yet to all your tools (critically, air dash). She's also the only "true" dual boss fight among the Sols (Nuwa is more of just stage hazards). Guomang is all about being aware of enemy positioning and taking advantage of limited openings to attack a boss that is immune most of the fight. Really great design for this point of the game that forces you to look at the arena, not your character, in boss fights.

4. General Yingzhao - The run killer himself! I'm sure this is where a lot of players will put down the game for good. Yingzhao is a straight skill check on parry, tai-chi kicks, and dodging. He's simple and straightforward but punishing as you are learning the mechanics. Nothing special about this boss, just the ultimate "welcome to the game now scrub" love letter from the developers.

5. Lady Ethereal - This was just such a chill feeling fight, the escalation from an almost trivial first phase to a hyper chaotic third was well done, and you could feel yourself becoming more and more in tune with your character and acting by reflex as the fight went on. I never had a bad run with Lady Ethereal even when I got thoroughly owned. Tough, and you need to pay attention because if you aren't thinking about how to attack her you can get real stumped by those clones or her hanging in the air a lot during third phase. Until I figured out I could hit her on the way down in third phase I was stumped!

6. Ji - Ji has the best narrative fight in the game where the boss battle tells a story. He believes so fully in his ability to predict the future that he drops little fealth/azure sand refills for you during the fight. A potential commentary on self-fulfilling prophecy where because he believes he will lose, he makes it so? I like to think that's how this fight was designed! I love parrying as a mechanic and keeping an eye out for all those knives as they zip around the screen was a lot of fun. Not the hardest boss though, it's really just all about parrying the knives and dodging the ring attacks.

7. Jiequan - I think Jiequan was built up too much in my mind. You get the unbounded counter mechanic in his area and I did not enjoy this mechanic and have not used it much in game. I thought Jiequan's boss fight would force you to do it to win...imagine my surprise and joy when I realized that wasn't the case. Because I had been dreading the difficulty of this boss so much when it turned out he was simpler than expected he became one of the easiest ones in the game.

8. Yanlao - To nobody's surprise and probably universal agreement, Yanlao is last. There's really nothing to say about this fight. It's not particularly difficult and its biggest standout feature seems to be how much health that claw has...it felt like it was a surprising amount given how often I was smacking it.

And there we go, those are the Sols of Nine Sols, ranked in order of my personal experience of difficulty! Did any of these surprise you? Agree with me on any?

[Seisachtheia]

İlk olarak Bean Man 007 tarafından gönderildi:

im sorry, 4.5 hours on the incest siblings? i get that the hitboxes are jank and the animations are kinda choppy but fushi only has something like 4 attacks, yeah? not trying to be mean here and i do agree with the rest of the rankig, just curious in a way because i beat this boss on something like my 5th attempt. also, boss music for this one is indeed a bop

I'm not very good at these kinds of games even though I enjoy them, so yeah, took a long time (mostly first phase, only got to second phase a handful of times before I beat it). Course, on my subsequent playthroughs I first or second timed them. I take a long time to get good at these kinds of games but I still get there.

[leo_gear]

İlk olarak Matthew Or tarafından gönderildi:

6. Ji (HE is the best boss and so much fun to fight with HIM,)
(Yeah confirmed by Red Candle, Ji is male, His name is a famous anicent emperor family name)

I figured he was male when his aged form grew a long thick beard. I guess a woman could grow facial hair but Ji's seemed distinctly "old man". It's odd to think an old man as a twink but here we are...

[intopieces]

ji is obviously not a dude

[HolidayFromReal]

İlk olarak intopieces tarafından gönderildi:

ji is obviously not a dude

https://imgur.com/a/qc886wm