![]() ![]() Even the best prepared groups would end up battling him for the better part of an hour, but it was worth it for the gigantic sword you got to stick on the lawn of your personal home as a trophy. ![]() Spewing disease and conjuring swords as long as Hobbiton is wide, he did his best stomp the light from Glathlírel the elf as she attempted to purify the waters nearby, while players pulled levers and smote Thaurlach's ruin upon the cavernside. Once, players threw themselves against the balrog Thaurlach as he broke from his chains in the Rift of Nûrz Ghâshu. Thaurlach (Lord of the Rings Online)Įven today, few MMORPGs so fully capture the experience of living in a fantasy world quite like The Lord of the Rings Online, but Turbine's sprawling take on Middle-earth rarely pops up in discussions of great raid battles. There's also a lot of welcome verticality to the fight-if you play melee classes, for instances, you can use levitation platforms to hop up to his level and bang your swords on his metallic head. ![]() The fight kicks off with Volan stepping away from the friggin' mountain he was using for a chair, and then the cabal of sorcerers, warriors, and rangers use cannons to blast him while he stomps around like Godzilla. But that's partly what makes the fight great. Volan (Rift)Įvery time I think of Rift's Volan fight from the Storm Legion expansion, I can't help but think it looks like the Fellowship of the Ring is brawling with one of the "jaegers" from Pacific Rim. It would be funny, but at that point, players were usually too busy dying to laugh. Survive long enough, and heroes from Warcraft's lore yank him from his molten pool, revealing his legs and feet the first time. His hammer Sulfuras slammed down repeatedly, players got knocked in the air, and raid members had to adjust to random minion spawns that could wipe the raid if left unchecked. On heroic mode, he was a challenge for the ages. World of Warcraft continues to have some (most?) of the most creative boss fights in the genre, and in 2011 Blizzard revived Ragnaros, arguably the most iconic raid boss of all time, and updated him to show off just how much the team had learned about fun boss design since 2004. Ragnaros, The Firelord (World of Warcraft) Both world and instanced bosses make the cut, and some made the list based on their significance in MMO lore and history instead of their mechanical polish. One last thing-the criteria here is a bit loose. ![]()
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