Toughest boss in the game

[MarbleThrone]

Now that I've completed Blasphemous, I can honestly say that The Lady of the Charred Visage is the boss that I find the most difficult. Her attacks seem random (based on RNG) which can really screw you over in her second phase, when you are running from one attack only to be hit by the other. The design and soundtrack are awesome though. It took me an hour and a half in the first playthrough, and I fear I might need about as much time in the second as well.

Guess the Bronze Medal achievement is not meant for me...

What boss did you struggle most on?

[AlmightyDunkle]

Charred Lady certainly was hard but I found myself having more trouble with the Tres Anguistias.

Overall my hardest/least favourite was Exposito due to how janky and random it was to fight.

[Nitaire]

I wouldn't say there was a really hard boss in the game, I've got through all of it with relative ease and nothing really stands out.

Since this boss forced me to rely on defence I'll just go with Crisanta of Wrapped Agony.

Originally posted by AlmightyDunkle:

Charred Lady certainly was hard but I found myself having more trouble with the Tres Anguistias.

Overall my hardest/least favourite was Exposito due to how janky and random it was to fight.

I have a screenshot that literally says he was okay except his BS instakill grab move, thinking back he might be my 2nd least favourite right alongside Escribar.

[trolleybollocks]

For me, the hardest boss is Escribar or Our Lady. I thought Crisanta was tricky, until I learned to always close the distance. I have no idea how to avoid getting hit during Our Lady's second phase, when she does the combination of the red orbs and those fast yellow magic ball things. Expósito seems to be the most luck-based of the bosses, I think, although you can make up for it by using the ranged attack on the "knot"/weak spot.

[aledv]

Originally posted by Roland the Thompson Gunner:

I'd say Exposito and Crisanta were the hardest bosses for me. I also had some troubles with the Lady of the Charred Visage, until I learned her attack pattern; Esdras gave me a hard time when I went for the Bronze Medal achievement, but it was because I didn't upgrade Mea Culpa in order to save time (bad idea). The rest of the bosses were surprisingly easy to deal with, and I mostly beat them at my first try.

Exactly the same to me.

[fredd_uk]

I think I struggled the most on the baby because of that strange worm and the way it moved, I couldn't see how it telegraphed his attacks.
The most I've died on a boss is about 3 tries so I think the game is not too difficult overall.

[MarbleThrone]

Quirce was the second boss that took me a couple tries, primarily because of his multiple plunge attack that stunlocks you so you're almost guaranteed to get hit by all of them. I got an extra Mea Culpa upgrade before taking him on again. Crisanta can be parried and riposted (not counting the pushback) so if you get that down, she's not that hard.

Escribar was quite overwhelming the first time through, and he made me use nearly all my flasks in the first phase. Still, I too wouldn't consider the bosses very difficult overall. It's getting used to the areas and the platforming that frustrated me more xD. Like the swingy blades in Sleeping Canvases or the entirety of Graveyard of the Peaks.

[aledv]

Originally posted by Marblethrone:

Quirce was the second boss that took me a couple tries, primarily because of his multiple plunge attack that stunlocks you so you're almost guaranteed to get hit by all of them.

I found that anoying too, but there is a way of avoiding the stun lock. When you are hit by one of those pilars of fire, if you press the parry button (RB in the 360 controler) while you are in the ground you will block the next pilar of fire, from there you can freely move again to dodge the consecutive pilars of fire. This works but not so consistenly with the lighting attacks in Esdras and the final boss.

Just in case is usefull for someone.

[gungadin22000]

I like how folks seem to disagree on the hardest bosses in the game - I feel that this is a sign of decent game design, different challenges for different players.

To me, the Ten Piedad boss was the toughest, mainly because I had to hit him a lot, could not facetank him due to only having 2 flasks at that point and not gotten used to the controls yet. Rest of the bosses were pretty manageable, although I found the last boss to be frustrating and not much fun.

Boss difficulty also relies a lot on what enhancements you have equipped, IMO - I beat the Charred Lady first go due to having the Fast Dodge Recharge bead equipped, enabling me to spam dodges through all her bullet-hell nonsense, and the Parry Duration sword upgrade honestly made Crisanta trivial to beat (but only because I read someone referring to her as "Katie Parry, making it easy to figure out how to beat her - spam parries, all the time!)

The baby-snake boss was fairly tough, but way easier once I started using the ranged attack. Much easier to avoid taking huge damage when attacking his weak spots from afar and it can hit him twice if you time it right.

The coolest fights are mace-guy and flame-sword-guy, because they're really pretty ungimmicky standup duels, with the first being an exercise in hitting Macey when he is winding down from his huge swinging attacks and the other being a cool swordfight involving memorising quite a few different attack patterns. Both fights are challenging, but fair.

[Slug Camargo]

Another vote for Exposito's and his random behaviour. I beat him for the second time last night and I still can't be sure I understand that fight. It would seem like the worm is never giving me a proper opening and I'm just landing hits by accident. Tough, but not in a good way.

Escribar was somewhat annoying. The first phase seems ideal to use the dash/slash move, but that would always see me caught inside his bubble-shield to disastrous ends; and the second phase involved way too much faffing about waiting for the proper set of platforms to spawn. Again, tough but not very good.

Crisanta and Esdras, now that's where it's at: Both tough, both seemingly impossible at first; but both increasingly manageable as I learned their moves, and ultimately out and out fun to fight. I can totally see them worth re-challenging in a Hollow Knight's Hall of Gods sort of deal.

[MarbleThrone]

I defeated Expósito first (or perhaps second) try, maybe I just got lucky in my attempt. I made sure to equip as many relevant beads and prayers as possible (Wicker Knot for example, and anything that protects against fire). You just have to watch out for the blue circle.

Ten Piedad has, so far, never been my first boss after the Warden (that was Lady Scarface in both playthroughs), so he was not far away from being a pushover. The first time against Three Anguishes I sometimes failed to 'keep up' with the arena. I beat them third try in my second playthrough, the first two ending in avoidable deaths due to miscalculation of jumps.

Once you get the fourth hit slam and can use it (which is not the case against Lady Scarface), you can chop off a lot of health from bosses. I have never even used the other fancy moves like spin finish or upward/downward slashes, just K+4. Like the R1-spam in Dark Souls III.

[fredd_uk]

Originally posted by Slug Camargo:

Another vote for Exposito's and his random behaviour. I beat him for the second time last night and I still can't be sure I understand that fight. It would seem like the worm is never giving me a proper opening and I'm just landing hits by accident. Tough, but not in a good way.

Escribar was somewhat annoying. The first phase seems ideal to use the dash/slash move, but that would always see me caught inside his bubble-shield to disastrous ends; and the second phase involved way too much faffing about waiting for the proper set of platforms to spawn. Again, tough but not very good.

Crisanta and Esdras, now that's where it's at: Both tough, both seemingly impossible at first; but both increasingly manageable as I learned their moves, and ultimately out and out fun to fight. I can totally see them worth re-challenging in a Hollow Knight's Hall of Gods sort of deal.

Hey Slug! On one of my tries, I managed to stun lock Escribar in his first phase with the dash thing, I hit him and he teleported to the other side of the screen, dash attack, repeat, I think he managed to attack once in his first phase. On another try that didn't work though...

[Lusoka]

I don't remember the name off hand, it's the one with the baby in the back. If you can get back there after the double tail strike, the boss is a sitting duck, but otherwise the RNG nature of the boss can just be really obnoxious at times. When I went back recently to fight here, doing one of the shifts back and forth, she literally just went to the top of the screen and didn't come down until she went to the left side. Couldn't jump hit her or anything, just had to wait.

Kinda found the Charred lady to be one of my favorite fights to do. Besides the fire spam wheel which seems almost unavoidable, I liked the mechanic for additional damage you could do. If done right, you can basically skip a later portion. It can be difficult, but it's manageable.

[Nitaire]

Since Exposito is a hot topic and admittedly a more random natured boss I'll offer up my quick tip for killing it. When the lady has finished doing some attacks she'll move to coil up in a corner, sometimes leaving the other weak spot (on the tentacle thingy) directly beneath her. Simply equip and use the fast attacking prayer when you think she'll go there and go directly beneath before she takes position there if successful you can knock about 4 chunks of her hp.

Still honestly surprised nobody has mentioned this baby can instakill you if you're just standing near it, if it doesn't grab you it cries and shadows back into the background.

[aledv]

Originally posted by Nitaire:

if it doesn't grab you it cries and shadows back into the background.

Yea thats a nice touch to this boss in spite of it randomness.

[MarbleThrone]

I didn't have any trouble with Exposito the second time through, and that is taking into account the fact that I am going for the Requiem Aeternam achievement in my current run. Esdras, however, was on a whole different level this time. In many attempts I got him to the phase where Perpetua joins, with only a little HP left on my part (which proved to be fatal). I found that using the dodge attack (including the Toe bead that reduces cooldown) is a decent, though not fully safe, tactic to damage him until he changes his attack pattern.