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* The infamous [[Killer Robot|WarMECH]] from ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'' is the closest thing the game has to a [[Bonus Boss]], and it's quite a doozy. This literal murder machine hits ''hard'' with its standard physical attack, and you better hope that's the ''only'' attack it uses because the alternative is [[That One Attack|NUKE]]. As the name would imply, NUKE has it literally nuke your entire party for horrifying damage ranging anywhere in the ballpark from 200 to ''500 HP'', and if it decides to use it twice in a row then your fate is sealed. What's funny is that this thing is technically an enemy, as it's a rare random encounter on the bridge to Tiamat. But in a way that makes it worse because you can run into it again after a long and arduous fight, and the bridge it patrols is a long one. For veterans, getting past its stomping grounds to fight Tiamat without being bothered by this thing is a tense and nail-biting affair.
* ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'' has the Lamia Queen. Most of the theoretically difficult bosses in this game can be killed in just one or two turns once you get your hands on insta-death spells and/or the Blood Sword, but the Lamia Queen shows up before you can get any of these. Moreover, it'd be a horribly annoying boss even if you ''did'' have them, because it has powerful attacks that also make your characters go to sleep, can charm your party members and make them attack each other, and is nearly invulnerable to physical attacks. If you're one of those players who chose to make a party focused purely around physical attacks due to the game's rather esoteric magic system, then you can pretty much kiss your ass goodbye.
** To a lesser extent, the Behemoth, who also appears before you can get your hands on any boss-smiting items. This one doesn't have any nasty tricks like the Lamia Queen... just high defense stats, tons of HP, and brutally powerful attacks. Making matters worse, while you faced the Lamia Queen with the fairly competent Leila as your fourth party member, you end up having Gordon in that slot during the fight with the Behemoth. Being that Gordon starts the game as the ''weakest'' PC, guest or non, and players can choose to just fight with him dead in the earlier segment where he's available if they don't want the hassle of dealing with him...it can effectively mean that unwise ([[Trial and Error Gameplay|or just inexperienced]]) players are a man down in this battle.
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