The new Abyss doggo boss is one of the coolest Normal bosses released in a while.

source of clips:

[https://www.youtube.com/@emerald4218](https://www.youtube.com/@emerald4218)

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nxtquy2026-01-23 01:16

Yeah, it has very telegraphed, hard-hitting moves, but that sort of traditional boss design makes it feel like I’m playing Monster Hunter. I feel rewarded timing my dodges and making use of windows in between its attacks.

SomeRandomNewtype2026-01-23 03:00

It's not a MonHun boss until you've fought 30 of the frickin' things and have yet to see a single rare drop

I swear to Gog, give me your gem/mantle/dissenter already

Malixhous2026-01-23 03:23

WHERE IS MY ZINOGRE JASPER????

blippyblip2026-01-23 07:42

I mean, at this point it took me probably 30+ retries to finally beat this dude on Fearless with my halfassed Nefer team.

a-snakey2026-01-23 08:55

*throws 23 gems on the floor* I don't need these anymore im just here for the oil cause im American.

thisbigdiamond2026-01-23 03:15

if it was a fromsoft boss, it would wind its attack up 3 times before hitting

once_descended2026-01-23 03:55

I can't understand for life why so many bosses have so many shit-telegraphed attacks, primary offender being all attacks that have a "tEleGrApH" circle line thing that is totally out of sync with the actual attack, second being "rain shower of darts you can't actually dodge" or "big sudden circle explosion/cloud you can't actual dodge"

SectorApprehensive582026-01-23 06:17

Blame MMO. if I haven't played ffxiv before genshin I would be just as mad too

SpenzOT2026-01-23 06:22

Speaking of which, the Dottore fight felt VERY FFXIV raidboss-esque. Like, if the charge up on attacks was faster, if there was no text explaining what the marrows did, if he multiplied himself and shot from different angles, and if all the phases were present, he would make a decent raid boss.

SectorApprehensive582026-01-23 07:22

oh gawd the lack of explanation in raids/latter dungeons was what threw me off in ffxiv the most. Didn't know that half the fun for the community was reverse engineering the mechanics on the first raid week, and after that if you want to participate in anything you better watch a youtube guide first and have full ilvl gear

Ok_Can_64242026-01-23 01:19

I love how aggressive it is but hate how much white hp it has

ZeRandomPerson22222026-01-23 02:45

It has that annoying Nodkrai mechanic of the double health bar? Yuck

BeePuns2026-01-23 04:12

Yep. Cool boss, absolutely horrible experience though.

ZeRandomPerson22222026-01-23 04:19

In general I really despise the whole “double health bar if you don’t use lunar reactions” gimmick for several NK enemies. It’s the worst kind of shilling for new character design. And yeah technically you can brute force it with enough power but I just think its unfun and awful design.

BeePuns2026-01-23 04:32

100%, brother/sister. I don’t know how people are acting like this isn’t the worst shilling we’ve had in this game.

queer_catgamer2026-01-23 06:56

Yeah I would take Nightsoul making exploration more convenient with new characters over the stupid double health enemies any day. I could at least still find alternative ways to do Natlan bosses that didn’t include Nightsoul, burning did well enough to do any needed elemental reactions for Nightsoul shields, the only thing I found difficult was that damn weasel enemy, but at least I could brute force that enemy much easier than stupid “kill this enemy multiple times over cause you dared to not pull new characters” enemies

At first I thought Nod Krai was starting off alright with doing lunarcharged or electrocharged, or lunar bloom or bloom, but then they went and fucked it up

Tobi-of-the-Akatsuki2026-01-23 14:17

Worst shilling we've had in this game *so far.*

HuDat5262026-01-23 04:45

The zombies ones that have been in the abyss and IT are my least favorite. They just stand there and do almost nothing while taking significantly more dmg without lunar characters. It’s such a boring design

blippyblip2026-01-23 07:40

It's like if you could skip Abyss Lector shield phase just by having the right team comp lol.

JdhdKehev2026-01-23 05:34

Isnt the double health still here even with lunar reaction?

Dormant_4567892026-01-23 06:59

Yes but it breaks faster with lunar reactions.

YeetaIta2026-01-23 21:09

It doesn't have that mechanic, it has a shield similar to the Papilla but for Lunar Reactions instead of Nightsoul dmg.

Jaynat_SF2026-01-23 22:51

Not the same. Papila's shield was measured in units and required X elemental hits to break, no matter how big or small. That made it more like older elemental wards, except that it counted every hit and not just those that apply status.

This guy's shield is measured in HP and is set to a percent of its base HP, so it's more of a second health bar than a shield bar.

NSLEONHART2026-01-23 03:22

This is the papilla but worse

HuDat5262026-01-23 04:29

Papilla crossed with a consecrated beast

SectorApprehensive582026-01-23 06:16

Nah, papilla crossed with a shilled serving of extra health bar. Consecrated beasts were a menace, and this actually fun

Isuckateverything92026-01-23 07:09

nothing a skirk/mavuika bumrush couldnt fix

Ordep2222026-01-23 09:09

Tell that to the SO version cause you aren't clearing it with a C0 Skirk

Crossarot2026-01-23 21:32

White HP bar? what are you talking about lol? it doesn't have that? unless u mean the "shield" phase?

Whilyam2026-01-24 06:38

Another interesting boss ruined by shill filth. Same like Skirk's shill boss.

Pickle_C1372026-01-23 02:06

Try to fight it at D5 without Lunar shills and see if it's still the coolest boss

ElKyu2026-01-23 02:40

I mean, it could still be a cool boss with good attacks and cringe bloated hp/ shield. they r not mutually exclusive.

yokuyuki2026-01-23 04:31

Actually, it can became kind of fun. I perfected a rotation with my Mavuika melt team where I can funnel energy for Citlali's burst and then group all the chickens to kill them all in one rotation. After that, it was just doing perfect melts to kill the dog.

Remote-Monk-85422026-01-23 05:41

Maybe the problem is stygian's artificial difficulty instead of the boss design then?

the_dark_artist2026-01-23 05:52

I will never understand why people bother with Stygian. It's just a chamber with artificially inflated bosses thrown in, why are people so invested in excelling in it?

It's not even about primos like the Abyss floor 12, lmao. It's very clearly intended as a whale playground, but folks are driving themselves mad under the assumption they need to do it.

_Linkiboy_2026-01-23 09:55

Same reason, why we would do path of pain in hollow knight.

It's in the game so we want to beat it

lanawellman2026-01-23 10:48

Fearless is doable for non-whales. Some of us just like some challenge. there's nothing much to do either way, unless you're a newish player.

the_dark_artist2026-01-23 11:05

Yeah doing it to challenge yourself makes sense, but a lot of people seem to be forcing themselves to do it, and are then annoyed by the boss mechanics

It is by definition an optional challenge that can be ignored unless you want to engage with it

lanawellman2026-01-23 11:12

Well, I bitch about it too, but at the same time I have fun and it feel nice when you clear it. It's way less fun now with all the restrictions though.

the_dark_artist2026-01-23 11:17

Yup, it has become a hyper specific shill fest, and I feel folks should just ignore it instead of rewarding the game's low effort attempt to make you invest in the latest meta

newplayer1352026-01-23 02:09

the design, aesthetic, and moves, are pretty cool. The combat mechanics... maybe the worst we've ever had lol, can't decide between it and wild hunt

bluedragjet2026-01-23 02:23

Now go to Stygian Onslaught

Icy-Childhood-45872026-01-23 03:42

Every boss in the game is top tier until hoyo(or literally any gacha game) decides to put them in time restricted modes with boosted health points.

Previous_Air_90302026-01-23 04:02

I don't have any nod krai lunar DPS so beating it on menacing involved trying a dozen different teams for two hours. Finally brute forced it with Mauvika and Citlali but yeesh. The other two bosses were cakewalks compared to it.

Edit: Actually I gave it a try with Columbina, Lauma, Nahida, and Nilou. I was very surprised to find that Columbina's charged attack, when they have dew available, was doing around 70k damage. It took care of the shield pretty nicely. I didn't expect Columbina to be a DPS in disguise.

yokuyuki2026-01-23 04:29

I used Kazuha, Mavuika, Citlali, and Bennett and cleared fearless in 72s, but I wasn't even close even with my lunar team of Sucrose, Lauma, Ineffa, and Columbina.

Previous_Air_90302026-01-23 04:45

I struggled with menacing so I'd never manage fearless in my life. Which I am fine with. It's just a stark contrast to prior menacing challenges I've done where I could at least clear it with a good bit of breathing room.

TinOfRocks2026-01-23 05:23

I found that with Lunar teams, they should just focus on the main boss and not the summons.

I was trying to kill the summons to no avail on Fearless but had barely any issues once I changed strats.

yokuyuki2026-01-23 05:25

I'm well aware that I should target the main boss with lunar. I was just a few seconds off from breaking the shield though.

4GRJ2026-01-23 04:09

And some extra (expired) sauce on top

bluedragjet2026-01-23 04:33

Experimental Field Generator: "idk I give you free 600% atk"

pamafa32026-01-23 11:21

Pollux in AS moment:

NerdbyanyotherName2026-01-23 02:37

Void pupper

oldmonk_972026-01-23 02:38

gladius. just saying.

Yui_Kurata2026-01-23 02:55

Reminds me of Rifthound in Dauntless

Ari-lxra2026-01-23 07:11

I legit was going to comment this too!! So glad someone else thought the same thing as me

AnchorSky2026-01-24 01:22

Umbral was pretty much abyss from genshin! Thinking about it. man the sound design of umbral was soo cool, especially during the shrowd fight

MREAGLEYT2026-01-23 02:55

And the freaking music

elisadrowned2026-01-23 03:01

i’m so glad they made it the hardest stygian boss so that it isn’t seen as another joke

Bthbtx2026-01-23 06:39

Lol the entire mode itself is a literal joke with how it tinkers with "artificial difficulty" by shilling the current banners 10x and inflating HP into the millions.

It could've been a fun mode with epic buffs, but no, they had to put the most ridiculous mechanics and restrictive systems known. It just made this boss a pathetic wannabe on being "difficult".

elisadrowned2026-01-23 06:48

TLDR: “i couldn’t clear”

TruPJ6552026-01-23 03:06

Thus guy reminds me of Malzeno from Monster Hunter, pretty cool

six_seasons2026-01-23 03:11

Abyssal coeurl!

trueVenett2026-01-23 03:26

really hard combat in nodkrai when I dont have any nodkrai characters as I have no time to farm those material\~my usual team has a hard time\~

Creme_de_laCreme2026-01-23 03:30

Everdark Tricephalos, is that you?

reaperhank2026-01-23 03:33

This thing on SO is cancer. I fucking hate that on Hard difficulty it doesn't even have the shield mechanic, it's only available on Menacing and above so you can't even practice it on lower difficulty while the overworld version is way too squishy and can kill off easily

Squawnk2026-01-23 05:45

It loses a good chunk of health when you break the shield and it loses resistance, but unfortunately you need a premium team to damage it since it only take damage from lunar reaction

Caminn2026-01-23 09:13

the lack of 4\* lunar is almost criminal

1wbah2026-01-23 07:36

Also for some reason in menacing difficulty boss doesn't give energy (during shield phase) when hit by lunar damage (but he does it in fearless and dire), so u can't practice here either.

CryoStrange2026-01-23 08:07

Hard difficulty is mostly for artifact farming that is why bosses are very easy at that level.

itisyadad2026-01-23 14:01

I need to talk about the sudden rise of everything going from hard to menacing because what is that? I can defeat an enemy on hard in 12 seconds and don't even break the shield one level above - how crazy is that?

Nerfall02026-01-23 11:13

Ok, but why would you practice on diff3 when you can retry endlessly until you clear it anyway?

Mr_Pre51dent2026-01-23 03:44

Blade Wolf from MGS Revengeance

Tankerrex2026-01-23 05:30

TIME TO LEAVE THEM ALL BEHIND

Turafo2026-01-23 03:46

He has abilities and moves, i wished skirk had

Orangelemonyyyy2026-01-23 03:48

I call it the Moon Presence or Genshin MP. I keep forgetting its name lol.

scrayla2026-01-23 03:50

Except the one they put in stygian. Ridiculous that even flins ineffa team is having a hard time clearing fearless and i have a top 1% flins and top 3% ineffa

critsonyou2026-01-23 05:31

I'm having struggles trying to clear it with C5 Columbina and C4 Nahida. That says something

Ok_Can_64242026-01-23 11:58

what your rotation? This should be doable even with Flins f2p Hexirei teams. Had to split Flins and Ineffa for the shock trooper, so I had to use his alt team. Fischl, Aino, Sucrose or if you're struggling with this, Flischl, Aino and Durin should work better

scrayla2026-01-23 12:02

Maybe its because i only have C2 aino and my flins/ineffa C0R0. Flins is using jade spear and ineffa is using fav. Even crowned my flins burst, but not killing it at all. Always left 10% hp no matter how hard i try to change up rotations/builds/etc

Kleikon2026-01-23 12:39

I struggled to clear this abomination on Menancing level hard hitting him with 250k attacks as Nefer-Lauma-Columbina WTF

AverageCapybas2026-01-23 03:55

I love that it reminds people of so many things.

For me its a Displacer Beast.

Stormy2152026-01-23 04:06

If Skirk had a puppy

4GRJ2026-01-23 04:09

They always tend to cook with World Bosses, as they're intended to be placed in endgame content...

Now, if only they just... not use either shill mechanics or annoying mechanics even without shill

shawarmaconquistador2026-01-23 04:14

I fought it on dire. it was freaking awful

jinxedandcursed2026-01-23 04:16

I actually do like fighting it. I just wish the SO version was different.

Negative-Slip52162026-01-23 04:24

It is so cool
I never tried to fight it with the non-nod krai team. :(

2DurinAgenda22026-01-23 04:25

I know.for fact it will be back in 7.whatever when columbina rerun, feel.it in my bones

Hate it hate it, worse thing ever in astigmatism offslot

Cannot wait for boss that say *cannot kill without cryo archon and her best team* in that mode hahahaha

BluePanda3052026-01-23 04:30

More of Helcurt from MLBB

aelfwynn_the_mariner2026-01-23 04:50

Makes me think of Dark Souls or Elden Ring, honestly. It's not very similar to either of the dog bosses in those games, but the way it moves in this clip, with all the jumping, fake pauses, and projectiles, reminds me of a different one-- Morgott-- in a way...

Guess I know who I'll be fighting this weekend!

Glittering-Ad-16262026-01-23 04:53

Off topic but the ost fighting this boss in the quest was so banger! I can’t wait for the next album to drop

BluHor1zon2026-01-23 05:09

Its a very good design and uniquely fun fight.

Except to those who are trying to min/max the endgame haha. I see so many ppl just malding over it in Stygian.

osgili4th2026-01-23 05:17

Is really cool on the overworld, but man the SO is really really annoying how much HP they have and how the lunar dmg chill is dialed to 10x.

EmotionalStrategy1792026-01-23 05:29

Just dont put this on Stygian Onslaught.

evilhaem2026-01-23 05:49

CAN I PET DAT DAWG

Zihilism2026-01-23 05:53

Reminds me of Eve lol

TheMrPotMask2026-01-23 05:53

Lets just wait when it comes to abyss and everyone complains about its pattern changed to stall time or claim its nod krai to win

Top-Idea-17862026-01-23 06:15

It has a banger OST

Bthbtx2026-01-23 06:42

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I mean, awesome design and boss moves. But terrible mechanics specially on SO

Lorellya2026-01-23 06:56

I wouldn't know, he just gets one shot.

paradis_chateaudif2026-01-23 07:20

What in the Elden Ring?

Richardknox19962026-01-23 08:34

Ah, it does Judgement Cut End. We were about due for something to do it, given ots a miHoYo game. The Weeb devs need it like a Mavuika Hater needs Copium.

Z3R0_Izanagi2026-01-23 08:47

Cool boss to fight as a world boss.

The most frustrating boss to fight in onslaught mode (menacing and higher)

MaybeMrGamebus2026-01-23 09:19

Riftstalker from Dauntless (RIP)

HolyBiscuit692026-01-23 09:49

Yeah, worst shill in the game thus far. I will definitely be skipping SO this patch too.

Riaa_Azureflame2026-01-23 09:58

very nice inspiration taken from a displacer beast. I like it. It looks cool. Just the fight is a tad annoying

Nero_PR2026-01-23 11:02

Everything about it is cool until you get the wild hunt health mechanic. Stupid design that heavily favors the Nod-Krai units.

Each new version they find a way to make regional mechanics even worse for non-regional characters.

Altheradiodemon2026-01-23 11:07

It reminds me of the void rat from dauntless… o7 to a great game

JMacelarul2026-01-23 11:36

This looks so freaking close to the Rifthound from Dauntless lol. Even the purple theme ish.

ILoveSongOfJustice2026-01-23 11:36

... This is quite literally just Gladius from Nightreign, what the hell?

I spent most Stygian trying to do enough damage to kill him since my defensive utility is strong enough to practically ignore his moveset and...

Yeah that's just an Elden Ring boss.

Proper-Algae33942026-01-23 11:40

Coolest boss with one of the worst mechanics (talking about stygian)

Nash_Ashton2026-01-23 12:02

It kinda reminds me of how I felt when I first fought Andrius!

Few_Personality_83732026-01-23 12:05

Monster Hunter Teywat

Worldly_Line_54632026-01-23 12:16

It is a cool boss but not in stygian XD

Pokefreaker-san2026-01-23 13:02

Papilla is great too, so many variation of his transformation and attack moves

LazyMiquella2026-01-23 13:09

Cool boss, worse mechanic than the pupilla

Rouge_Epsilon2026-01-23 15:06

Heloster come get ur dog

Next_Television_91602026-01-23 15:12

Stupid doggo wont sit still inside Bennys voyage and my swirls.

Lolersters2026-01-23 15:39

Kinda reminds me of one of the monsters you can hunt in Dauntless.

Stealthless2026-01-23 17:02

Not in Stygian Onslaught tho...

Draco_0rnsteins_simp2026-01-23 17:43

"The abyss doggo boss" which one ?

Galathad2026-01-23 20:21

"Wow what a cool design and animations, I sure hope they don't put a massively HP inflated version in Stygian!"

ShiroLovesKeith2026-01-23 21:03

some of the moves remind me a lot of the saber tooth like echoes from wuwa

Great_Disgrace2026-01-23 21:55

It's cool until you meet it in Stygian