Time Eater is drastically harder than the other bosses

[MobyPhallus]

Does anyone else think this? This boss has wiped me more than any other. Making you vulnerable and then hitting for 60+ every other turn is just absurd, especially on top of the card limit gimmick. If you are trying to run a shiv deck and you see Time Eater is your boss, might as well abandon the run right then and there.

[Berik Xardas]

Well, it sure hurts decks which dish out more cards per turn harder, but you can still win vs him with shiv decks.
It depends on the char and the deck which boss will be the hardest. If you play as Defect and have quite some powers (especially Creative AI), then you probably prefer Time Eater over Awakened One.
Another thing about Time Eater is that it doesn't attack every turn. The Awakened One does, and Donu and Deca too, as long as you haven't killed one of 'em already.

[MobyPhallus]

Originally posted by Berik Xardas:

Well, it sure hurts decks which dish out more cards per turn harder, but you can still win vs him with shiv decks.
It depends on the char and the deck which boss will be the hardest. If you play as Defect and have quite some powers (especially Creative AI), then you probably prefer Time Eater over Awakened One.
Another thing about Time Eater is that it doesn't attack every turn. The Awakened One does, and Donu and Deca too, as long as you haven't killed one of 'em already.

That's true, I guess my point is that Time Eater counters shiv-type decks harder than any other boss counters a certain archetype. Defect can still steamroll the Awakened One with a power deck because his powers are extremely strong.

You "can" win against him with a shiv deck but it has to have other factors at play, a deck purely focused on shivs is pretty much useless against him because of how fast he scales and how little damage you can dish out with shivs. Most decks are countered in some way by a specific boss, but shiv decks are straight up negated, so you might as well never attempt them at all because you have 1/3 chance of getting time eater

[Zu]

Originally posted by Berik Xardas:

Another thing about Time Eater is that it doesn't attack every turn.

That's actually the thing. The critical mass is what gets you with a meh hand because fûck your shít, you're vulnerable and frail and I'm not attacking three times so your disarm is worthless ez.

Meanwhile, birb keeps getting nerfed for no reason other than people overloading on powers which is exactly what beats slug.

[K E N N I]

Nah, the Champ is the hardest one. He's basically Time Eater, but one act earlier. If you can't burst him down, he executes your ass to hell in 2 turns.

[Ackranome]

Time eater does prevent infintes.

[Rodin]

One thing about the Time Eater is that he has the lowest HP of all the Act 3 bosses. Awakened One has 600 + 100 or so from his minions, and Donu/Decu clock in at 500 between them plus a great deal of armor which is generated while they constantly attack. The Time Eater's 450 piddly HP is only mitigated by his heal, which can easily be played around by dropping him just under the limit and forcing him to waste a turn healing up. In addition, unlike the Awakened One and Donu/Decu he has no resilience against massive damage spiking. A 500 damage Poison hit straight up kills TE, while the others both need to be targeted separately.

In my experience (level 14 ascenion on all classes right now), the difficulty from easiest-hardest is generally DD/TE/AO, with the specific difficulty depending on if your deck type gets hard countered.

[aversethule]

The card limit gimmick can be managed to some extent by learning not to play cards just because you have energy and cards in hand. If you are at 8 or 9 on the counter, it may be more beneficial to not play those extra cards that turn and discard them so that you get 3/4 plays the next turn and not end up completely vulnerable for a turn due to only getting one card play and auto-turn end.

[teekay15]

I'm on ascension 17 right now and the fact you can see who the boss is at the start of the act has allowed me to scramble a makeshift counter before...but with some decks i PRAY i won't be facing TE and that has never happened to me with Donu+Decu.

[MobyPhallus]

I guess my original point is that, while time eater is manageable, even with certain kinds of shiv decks (definitely not a pure shiv deck), he is way harder than the other bosses and he counters more deck types than the other two bosses. So the other bosses either need to be buffed or time eater should be toned down, maybe increasing the card limit to 15.

[weregamer]

Actually I find him the easiest of the final bosses. Like the easiest of the first-act bosses, it's all about managing the rhythm. That said, like ALL the final bosses, certain builds are screwed against him. Time Eater screws with builds that rely on zero-energy cards. The shapes screw with builds that rely on defense. The *$#@%%$# Awakened One screws with builds that rely on powers (and IMO is the hardest by a lot.)

[MobyPhallus]

That's interesting, i usually sigh with relief when i see the awakened one is my boss, he never gives me trouble. He seems easiest of the 3 for me

[1ceGold]

I dont think you understand the point. TE denys you player choice, if you have a deck that needs you to throw out those cards, well you just cant. With AO you can still play powers, sure they buff him, but you can still do it at your discrestion. No such option with TE.

[harberst]

Exactly, TE is a hard counter deck preventer. I usually try to sneak a few powers into infinite (or infinitish) decks, because (while I can't verify it) I really get the feeling the game picks TE or AO based on your deck and it's not 'really' an equal 1/3 chance of any boss, because I only seem to get them when I have deck they're a direct counter to.