Which weekly boss sucks more?

Natlan dragon- the lord of bullshittery. Tanky as hell. Cant tell what im doing half the time because of the amount of color flying across the screen. That stupid void ward mechanic that one shots me because he felt like. Also, why do i have to run across the whole arena to fight him

Mondstadt chess- Cool design, first phase is easy but second phase sucks. half the attacks come out of nowhere, i constantly get stunlocked to then get one shot. Also, the cryo requirement kinda dumb. +2 points for creative design.

I think the natlan dragon takes the cake what do ygs thinks

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WideYoghurt58702026-01-13 16:51

Natlan dragon is super easy with pmc, so I vote for chess boss

SillyBillyCrazyDazy2026-01-13 17:02

What's PMC?

irsyada0072026-01-13 17:02

Pyro MC

Laithoron2026-01-13 18:15

Pyro Main Character (i.e. Pyro Traveler)

FarBaby44202026-01-13 16:51

All I need is one line to traumatize you
"water is-"

TheBBandit2026-01-13 16:56

Accurate

SillyBillyCrazyDazy2026-01-13 17:01

You mean Oceanid? I have heard people say they hate this boss but all you have to do is kill the little water monsters she sends down. Always been confused about that.

NeonUnicorn972026-01-13 17:03

It's not bcs she's hard to kill, it's just bcs it's time consuming. Takes too much time for no reason, and you can't speed it up.

SillyBillyCrazyDazy2026-01-13 17:16

Okay that I understand.

FarBaby44202026-01-13 17:19

and she \*never\* shuts up. \*ever\*.

ohoni2026-01-13 19:48

Also the metas were a lot more annoying in 1.0. Dendro really fucks her up, we did not have Dendro. Cryo can be very useful, there weren't as many good Cryo options. Some of the units can do a LOT of damage, relative to what early characters could handle.

patatesatan2026-01-13 18:49

she is a 1.0 boss she was pretty hard for her time

Eeekpenguin2026-01-13 20:59

Yeah some of those water critters explode after you kill them and can do a lot of damage to weak 1.0 unleveled teams.

Salter_KingofBorgors2026-01-13 19:44

Also when your still low level and if you get a bad match up. Say she summons the bird while you team is all close range characters. Makes it almost impossible to win

SillyBillyCrazyDazy2026-01-14 02:39

I always make sure to have Fischl ready when I play her.

Boysenberry01272026-01-13 20:34

omg i would literally alt tab to do something else then come back and she still wouldn't be done talking

Jealous_potato_chip2026-01-13 18:28

its because in 1.0+ versions there were no dendro, qiqi was a savior, barbara was the official healer, lucky were those who had Jean.

Electro chars killed themselves, Swirl chars like sucrose didnt do a thing or take too long

Xiangling and Amber FTW

Equal-Rush14142026-01-13 18:37

For noobs without a lot of elemental damage she's a nightmare. If you have them she's a nightmare because she's annoying to fight over and over. Especially in previous updates where the boss didn't immediately respawn.

Electrical-Ganache602026-01-13 19:00

Recently farmed oceanid for Mona. Hated every second of it it was just SO LONG

Existing-Ad-71552026-01-13 17:17

Let me guess - you are an assassin from her homeland?

WanderingCollapse2026-01-13 17:23

No, I'm a fool who trespasses upon the waters of Qingce :p

ArkassEX2026-01-13 19:55

If you insist on using Furina to play the role of the assassin from her homeland... Yeah, the fight will take awhile.

keranta12026-01-13 18:31

Anyone who talks otherwise didn't suffer enough

UnseenSeelie2026-01-13 18:38

Submerge.

Wrong-Hovercraft78262026-01-13 19:09

Water have the ability to take any shape...

MofoPro2026-01-13 16:53

I've been playing a while and both are pretty easy TBH once you learn the patterns , it might also help I have Mavuika , Skirk and Escoffier.

Use Pyro traveller on the Natlan Dragon

irsyada0072026-01-13 16:54

Still the Chess duo take the spot, you can use Traveler for the Natlan Dragon and its make the battle so much easyer, while the Chess, not only you need cryo and hydro,they tanky, won't stop moveing, and the King Chess won't stop chasing my ass

DrDeadwish2026-01-13 19:02

My Skirk team spoiled me. I rather fight them than the dragon

RogerRavvit882026-01-13 19:35

Smirk team trivializes the chess fight. That damn dragon is a slog of phases chewing my time up.

Capital-Trainer37932026-01-13 22:43

Smirk is such a good character. It sucks that she requires Estea though. Also Fufina is also a good teamate for her. Many people also use Selan with her.

DazzlingConflict90982026-01-13 19:38

My Chasca spoiled me, I hate the chess boss

cartercr2026-01-13 21:57

If you have Neuv/Furina/Citlali/Escoffier that’s the team I use in that fight and it’s pretty smooth. Just don’t use Furina’s burst until the final phase unless you have excess ER.

RandomHigh2026-01-13 22:49

[Even with a 4 star free to play team it only takes around 6 and a half minutes.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-strE5e65M8)

Natlan boss though? That's just god damn annoying with the ward mechanics and being insta-killed.

Even when I take Traveller, it's still a toss up on whether or not I'll be killed.

Yuukiko_2026-01-14 05:33

you can iframe the 3 ward fail if that's what you mean

SHTPST_Tianquan2026-01-13 16:56

the natlan dragon has the traveler to make it way easier, the other two you are seriously fucked if you don't have good cryo application

OniNoOdori2026-01-13 17:38

The chess boss isn't half bad if you have enough sustain. I usually use Clorinde, Ineffa, Furina, Jean. But that might be an outlier in terms of how much damage it can tank, so IDK how it feels on other accounts.

Prestigious-Elk12742026-01-13 18:19

no you didn't use that team against chess boss stop lyinh ToT

OniNoOdori2026-01-13 18:48

My builds are mid and I have skill issues, yet I still clear this boss every week without a problem. But sure, keep deluding yourself.

Laithoron2026-01-13 18:11

Is there some trick involving the Traveler? I normally use Mauvika, Varesa, Chasca, and Xilonen...

BladeSingularity2026-01-13 18:13

Pyro Traveler has extra cons for this fight specifically. So if you have C6 unlocked they’re technically a C12 unit for this fight. And the cons are VERY solid - healing, crit boost, and other buffs I’m forgetting at the moment.

Laithoron2026-01-13 18:26

Oh damn, I pretty much never use Traveler unless the game forces me to so I completely missed this. Thanks a bunch! :D

imbusthul2026-01-13 21:06

Traveler even sends Pyro blades from a distance

Ancienda2026-01-13 23:35

Would you still need to build traveler well? Or can traveler act as support somehow for your dps

BladeSingularity2026-01-13 23:42

I’d need to check the cons again, but if you build them more as a sub-DPS then they should work perfectly fine both in and out of this fight.

Particular_Web32152026-01-13 23:45

Yeah just slap sac sword and random cinder city artifacts to support your main. You only on field to break void shields as C6 gives your flying blades for the boss fight specifically

Ancienda2026-01-13 23:55

hell yeah thank you so much for this. definitely gonna try this out next time!!

Trebord_2026-01-13 18:59

Or have strong enough characters to defeat them before they do their big attack, I haven't fought them with a Cryo character since the end of Skirk's patch

MaeveOathrender2026-01-13 23:27

Or cheese it lol. I use Nefer but she has a C6 Kuki so I just have her tank the oneshot and continue (if the fight's not over by then)

Mikauren2026-01-13 22:21

i just use layla + neuvillette

Paks-of-Three-Firs2026-01-13 16:56

I wouldnt know.

PMC and varesa iansan chev invalidates him.

And I have skirk and esco.

NeonUnicorn972026-01-13 17:05

fr i use varesa overload on all bosses and just brute force it with her. Never had any problem

Obvious-Childhood9102026-01-13 17:32

You can also easily do the Chess boss with Varesa premium

You just need to keep killing the king so that they don't enter the cryo shield phase

ILuvHuTaoAndNagatoro2026-01-13 16:59

Chess no contest.

It's the only weekly boss i have to switch one of my teammates for.

MiniMages2026-01-13 17:00

Strangly enough I use to never figure out why the Natlan boss would kill me. Solved it but getting up a strong shield and then killing it before I die.

The chess boss never game me any trouble.

CASUALPLAYUR2026-01-13 17:00

Both are not hard and if anyone is having difficulties with the chess boss I have a way to cheese it.

Use a main dps to deal with the first phase of the king and queen.

Put a healer on your team to heal your character in case you somehow got hit.

Now here’s the key part, you don’t need skirk or some other cryo characters, just use kaeya and barbara. You might think I am trolling but this is the exact team I use to beat the chess weekly boss with.

Make sure you get kaeya’s burst ready all the time, which you can just spam your skill to hit them in phase 2 to get particles from. Just E and get away from them until you get the burst.

For barbara you must use her skill when they start charging. You should NOT use her skill at all except those sequences. Here’s what to do:

When they start their sequence of charging, Kaeya E Q, swap to barbara E and get into the face of the king/queen and start normal attacking until the freeze reaction happens. Repeat this process and you can beat it within a few minutes.

For context my kaeya and barbara are both level 20, don’t get mad at me :)

My apologies if I didn’t explain it correctly since English isn’t my first language but this is how I beat this annoying boss without any actual cryo teams

Gakamis2026-01-13 17:01

I genuinely do not know what is the music of the Chess Boss, so atleast its not so horrible that it bothers me xd.

So yeah, the Abyss Dragon has the worst one.

(Chess boss is still the lamest boss tho - we are literally fighting no one, no stakes, no nothing)

edit: oh i thought the post is about music for some reason.

neuvvv2026-01-13 17:01

dottore

AlterWanabee2026-01-13 17:02

The Chess boss. At least with the Natlan boss you can 1-shot it. For the Chess boss, I think only Ayaka and Skirk can sustain the bar as solo cryo. Ganyu can't do it.

htp-di-nsw2026-01-13 17:03

They both suck, but they're 2nd and 3rd place to the Scaradouche fight. You're never going to lose, but it's a three phase fight, in the middle phase you're not really even playing Genshin anymore, just dodging and waiting to trigger enough energy to go to the next phase. Then, you need specific elements in your team to trigger the gimmick, followed by a performative "look how much damage I deal!" sequence in which you beat on a helpless target. It's the worst by far.

But yeah, the dragon is second worst, even with the traveler and an all Natlan team, it's still annoying.

cartercr2026-01-13 21:55

See but at least the Scaramouche fight gives you the satisfaction of seeing the big number.

I’m a simple man, so I don’t care if he’s in a weakened state, big number is big number!

Then-Network-68612026-01-13 17:05

I have Skirks premium team and I dont have many Natlan units because i had to take a break so the first one is more annoying for me

Obvious-Childhood9102026-01-13 17:31

I sometimes do the Natlan boss with Skirk premium as well

It takes less than 30sec

None of his annoying mechanics (except the big slash which can be i-framed) are triggered if you have enough dps

katheralinet2026-01-13 20:02

Pyro traveler is free and doesn't need any cons for this fight because the quest locked constellations are active by default

TieFit10102026-01-13 17:09

Gosoythoth is literally easy, especially if you use PMC, if you can't beat him then you just have a skill issue.

SoggyBlood29812026-01-13 17:09

Chess for sure. It's long, has a ton of BS phases. At least with dragon you have traveller that can quickly slash totems. But if you don't have a cracked freeze team for chess (which I don't) — you a cooked. I just get up close, Yelan ult + Citlali NA spam — freezes reliably, but if you a late for a couple of seconds – you are dead. Also shielders make both fights a walk in the park.

hyozanryu-hoo2026-01-13 17:12

I find it way more fun to co-op weekly bosses as it makes things less boring. But for whatever reason Natlan dragon is the only one that seems to always kill everyone so I say it because I need to use my own team.

leche20072026-01-13 17:13

Nathan boss is 30 seconds with the right team. Chess boss is awful even with the best possible team.

rekage992026-01-13 17:51

How do you take out the dragon without dying to that bleed dmg at the start?

I still don’t understand how that works. I hit the boss, get a dot i guess? and just die, if i don’t wait a little bit.

iMasato1012026-01-13 18:10

Are you sure it's not on the floor? Try to leave the area with purple mark on the floor.

rekage992026-01-13 18:13

I swear i move out of it and im still taking dmg.

I realize it’s a skill issue on my part somehow lol

iMasato1012026-01-13 18:23

I see. I'll try to figure it out tomorrow using Varesa. I always use Chasca on that boss and didn't notice that bleeding.

Princess_Moe2026-01-13 18:35

also for u/rekage99

basically, when some of the boss's attacks hit or while you're on the purple goop, you accumulate stacks of Attrition

when you stop gaining attrition stacks, ie step out of the goop, your active character takes damage depending on how much you accumulated and reset stacks.

also the boss's ult isn't a oneshot like chess boss or scara boss, you can dodge it with ult or iframes

rekage992026-01-13 18:40

Ok, so im not crazy and there is a dot. It would be nice if that was displayed on the ui somewhere..

iMasato1012026-01-13 18:52

I see, thanks! It's 2am here so I can't test.

TheSwiftProphet2026-01-13 18:17

Chess boss with the best possible team is 2-3 skirk bursts lol it’s 1 min max

Lost_Introduction5012026-01-13 19:22

Chess boss is easy with neuvilette team

Odd-Leave-11182026-01-13 17:14

I'm not going to lie the wolf because it's not its own domain and takes a while to get to and I don't want to fight the hilichurls every time

BladeSingularity2026-01-13 18:14

Hoyo needs to add a teleport waypoint closer to Boreas.

HoshiAndy2026-01-13 17:16

Chess boss. I hate how I have to bring in specific elements and just can’t use my friendship team and just do it

waspwaspwaspwaspwasp2026-01-13 17:16

The Chess boss is the fricking worst…

KaiFireborn212026-01-13 17:20

Neither If you ended Up with Mavuika and Skirk...

DepartedSpectre2026-01-13 17:23

Chess because of phases. Natlan boss can be oneshot

Propensity72026-01-13 17:24

Gosoythot

At least the Chess boss has fun voicelines and a fun vibe

Gosothot is just making you run around the map because he teleports all the time and he won't stfu

Rex_Lapis_2026-01-13 17:24

Brother if you have a semi descent team you should be able to delete the dragon in an instant, chess bosses are abit annoying but no so much

LackingSimplicity2026-01-13 17:34

DPS Kokomi breezes through the chess boss. I resort to coop for Natlan.

UmbraNightDragon2026-01-13 17:34

They’re both fun. I don’t understand how people find weekly bosses annoying.

Ke5_Jun2026-01-13 17:35

Gosoythoth is dunked on if you bothered to use your Pyro Traveler. PMC is so busted vs this boss not only as a support but as a DPS. +40% ATK, takes 40% less dmg, 40% pyro shred, 30 burst cost (yes he gets energy refund), 40% pyro dmg bonus, 40% **partywide healing** regardless of stats, 20% movement speed, 30% less stamina consumption, +20% crit rate, +40% crit dmg (80% with C6), and ranged sword beams. All without even considering he can hold Scroll for even more DMG buffs, or Obsidian for +40 more crit rate.

Seriously, PMC is rivalling friggin Mavuika against this boss.

So then the Chess Pieces become the default “sucks more” boss.

pdmt2432026-01-13 19:34

PMC feels like a true anime protagonist against this boss lol

No_Recipe13492026-01-14 11:00

Nobody is building a character just for a weekly boss fight

imiru72026-01-13 17:35

I still hate Raiden's 👀 it sucks also the chess one

Both those bosses take too damn long and I hate it

heyheypeople222026-01-13 17:41

Avid Azsaha hater since his release

Also shoutout to all the Ganyus who co-oped the fight during his release

Josh_Addy2026-01-13 17:41

chess couple really easy if you have skirk fire dude hard cz i got no natlanese except traveller n he moves a lot

Luna_MariaHawke2026-01-13 17:46

The chess boss since I don´t have any Cryo teams/characters build.....

Facrock2026-01-13 17:50