Some bosses have a lot of hit points – really a lot. But which one actually has the most HP and is truly beatable?
Which boss in which game is actually the strongest? Not in terms of the damage it deals, but in regards to its hit points and how long it takes to whittle them down. Excluded are bosses that literally have “infinite” hit points or possess complete immunity. So they must be bosses that are theoretically beatable – no matter how long that may take.
There are tough bosses in the new game from some former Diablo creators:
Where did the discussion take place? In the gaming subreddit, players from all genres come together and exchange ideas about video games. Therefore, many have ideas and examples of which bosses might belong to the most powerful, whose hit points were so improbably high that while they can be defeated, it is an insane challenge.
Which bosses were mentioned? Commentators recall many games in which bosses possess absurd amounts of hit points and literally steal player time.
The comment with the most upvotes speaks of Kerafyrm. This was a very special boss in EverQuest, who could only be summoned once per server. He was supposed to be unbeatable, but the community was persistent, as spider0804 recalls:
It took over 100 players working an entire day to bring his HP near 0 before the developers despawned the boss, thereby halting the attempt.
This was a world boss that counted as a promotion for new content and was not supposed to be killable. He defeated players with a one-shot, but people rushed back in so quickly that they threw more bodies at the boss than he could defeat.
We reported in detail on the Kerafyrm incident.
A fight in Final Fantasy XII could last for days
However, there are also mentions of games where boss HP is represented in curious ways. There, scientific notation or exponents are used, such that bosses have multiple times the hit points – often with absurdly high values. Some examples where this was the case:
- Bosses from the Disgaea series
- Bosses in Clicker Heroes
- The final boss in Noita
Equally infamous are some bosses from Final Fantasy, such as the holy dragon Yiazmat in part 12 of the series. This boss had so many hit points that the fight could literally extend over several days – and that in a single-player RPG where fights usually last no more than 10 to 15 minutes.
This fight was so exhausting that players even programmed their characters (which was possible in Final Fantasy XII through setting up “Gambits”) and then let the PlayStation run overnight, hoping the boss would be defeated by the next day.
Do you know a boss that is even sturdier and equipped with even more hit points, but is still possible to defeat? Which bosses took so incredibly long that you’d never want to fight them again? Let us know in the comments!
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