Who is/was the hardest Boss to Beat in the Story?

IonGaming

Who was/is the hardest Boss to beat when first released?

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IonGaming

Imo it was the Grandmaster, still haven't mastered that fight. Always get cornered bcz he won't throw a special 1

TheBair123

i mean i would say abyss collector, but he's just out in another category at this point. i would say 6.2.6 pre-nerf was hardest on release

Kennado

If you remember what the original 6.2 Champion fight was like at launch, then you already understand why. Close second would be The Collector. Not many counters back then and no 6*s were in the game. Hell.

zuffy

All of the bosses can be power thru with unitman except 6.2.6 champion. Pre-nerf was much harder to defeat and unitman wouldn’t save you.

MaxGaming

I still think the Collector was extremely annoying because it wasn't like a pattern like Grandmaster and it didn't have a direct counter like Ultron it just was enter ha d hope you live

Raichu626

I still think the Collector was extremely annoying because it wasn't like a pattern like Grandmaster and it didn't have a direct counter like Ultron it just was enter ha d hope you live

At least the champion had counters like SymSup. Collector's counter was prayer.

Raganator

Pre-nerf with no retreat.

H3t3r

Ice Phoenix back in i believe 2017.

ChriissR

The champion forsure, on release there was literally only a handful of champs that cando it. Don't even get me started on the No Retreat node as well.

baskinrobbinsknows

When the number of champions needed to complete a boss can be counted on with one hand, you know this isn't for everybody. Not just that, Kabam made a big deal for the first 10 people who could beat it, and even then it took several months to get 10. All us old veterans know what I'm talking about.

Hoitado

I would Say The Collector because my Roster was pretty underdeveloped at the time.

Texas_11

The champion was the first fight in the game you couldn't unit your way through. It was a huge wave of people quitting the game even after spending tons of money.

Xva23

Collector with 5/50s, ah the nightmares

Kennado

Ice Phoenix back in i believe 2017.

Ooooooooh. Good one. The original Ice Phoenix was insane. First ever Uncollected monthly EQ Boss if memory serves. Only one counter (Iceman) and at most, all we had was rank 4 5*s too.

Kennado

Collector with 5/50s, ah the nightmares

Yep. Same guy that designed that fight, designed Act 6 too I believe. A true sadist.

HunkyRanger

I don't understand why many mention collector here,I have cleared him in 2018 and maybe the champs released before then were not effective or was he nerfed at some point and was easier after? Anyway I felt Grandmaster was the toughest

0casual0

I used more units on The Champion than GM. Also, GM fight is actually much fun compared to The Champion. The second toughest I'd say Collector. Mostly because I got bodied by the unblockable special. Don't know what to do on that part.

Kennado

I don't understand why many mention collector here,I have cleared him in 2018 and maybe the champs released before then were not effective or was he nerfed at some point and was easier after? Anyway I felt Grandmaster was the toughest

2018 wasn't the true Collector experience. I know when I explored that map, 5/50 4*s were the meta. Only like 13-15 5* champs were in the game total and 5* shards were scarce. The luckiest of us had awakened r4 5* Starlord and that was the equivalent to having 6* r4 Herc in todays meta.

BuggyDClown

I may get lot of disagree but many downplaying this old timer. Many said that except champion every boss can be powered through which is incorrect In terms of GM. He punishes more than Champion and need more precision and timing to play against.
IMO he is still hardest boss in story ( collector in beginning was night mare but game meta has changed but GM still a road block for many. On my main account; I defeated pre nerf champion so I know what i am saying).

Toasty

For me it was gwenmaster 🥴

Strangecraft069

Petition to bring pre Nerf, 'the champion' fight back in some way or the other (not in the story quest); wanna wrestle the demon

beaker1000

Based on the number of revives used it's superior Kang, used 65 revives on him.
2nd Would be Grandmaster, on him i used 48 revives.

SHIELD4AGENT

Act 3 Thanos

Noobda

Based on the number of revives used it's superior Kang, used 65 revives on him.
2nd Would be Grandmaster, on him i used 48 revives.

Missed by 4 revives :

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Kerneas

I say this as someone who has beaten them all, 7.4.6 included. This boss is the hardest to this day and my worst nightmare

Fenico

You can either say it was 5,2 Collector or you can be wrong. Its that easy.

Sure, Collector can be a joke if you jump in there now with r3 or r4 6* champions. But with champions adequate for that content, there is no specific counter for that fight, no tactic, you just jump in and hope to get few % off of him.

Every other boss had some playstyle or some way to get him effectively down.

PapaMidnite007

The combination of bane, AAR, unstoppable and that overpowered tenacity of his when i fought him first he really massacred me. Now with easier availability of 5/65, 6 star rank 3s and above the fight is more bearable.

HunkyRanger

I don't understand why many mention collector here,I have cleared him in 2018 and maybe the champs released before then were not effective or was he nerfed at some point and was easier after? Anyway I felt Grandmaster was the toughest
2018 wasn't the true Collector experience. I know when I explored that map, 5/50 4*s were the meta. Only like 13-15 5* champs were in the game total and 5* shards were scarce. The luckiest of us had awakened r4 5* Starlord and that was the equivalent to having 6* r4 Herc in todays meta.

Ok, if thats the case then compared to Champions available now ( 6* rank 3) to clear present bosses yeah I would agree that Collector might be the toughest to clear with 4* champs. I used 5* rank 4 champs to clear him for first time.

Magrailothos

Toughest non-boss fight?

Pre-nerf Slashed-tires Juggernaut when you were greedy and took all the chests, leaving his link nodes up...