Most Dangerous Basic Enemy In Games

[SmashLuigiFan1]

What's the most dangerous basic enemy you've ever encountered? You know, the "Goombas" of a game. The enemy you see every where you go.

For me, it's Galsia from Streets of Rage 1 and 2. They may not do much damage alone, but in number they're deadly. These guys are actually one of the worst enemies to encounter in the first game just because of their ludicrous speed on harder difficulties, and they flat out surround you.
And in the second game, while they do a lot less damage per hit, they don't have a knockdown attack. Because of this, you better be alert on later difficulties (especially Mania) as they'll do some serious damage in just a couple of seconds.

[Aethos]

The freakin iron knuckle in zelda 2.
Sometimes they are harder than the boss fights.
That game is broke.

[Raab]

At 9/9/13 12:09 AM, SmashLuigiFan1 wrote: The enemy you see every where you go.

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[Th-e]

From the Castlevania series, I present you MEDUSA HEADS.

In the older games, they could often knock you into deadly spikes or bottomless pits. In the Metroidvanias, variations turn you to stone and still knock you into spikes or other hazards. They consistently respawn, as well.

[Hikky-Dikky]

This fucker right here.

[SmashLuigiFan1]

At 9/9/13 08:25 PM, Aethos wrote: The freakin iron knuckle in zelda 2.
Sometimes they are harder than the boss fights.
That game is broke.

Not really. Zelda 2 is a challenging game, but it's not unfair. Iron Knuckles just require a fast reflexes to block their stabs. It leaves you a small window of opportunity to land a hit, but it'll require some patience.

At 9/9/13 09:44 PM, Th-e wrote: From the Castlevania series, I present you MEDUSA HEADS.

In the older games, they could often knock you into deadly spikes or bottomless pits. In the Metroidvanias, variations turn you to stone and still knock you into spikes or other hazards. They consistently respawn, as well.

Yeah, the medusa heads can be a huge pain if you don't have holy water and they're place in a really tight space. Well, except in Castlevania 2. They were a complete joke there.

[HollowedPumkinz]

At 9/9/13 09:09 PM, Raab wrote:

At 9/9/13 12:09 AM, SmashLuigiFan1 wrote: The enemy you see every where you go.

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The horrors, the HORRORS!

Speaking of TES, how 'bout those Skeletons from Arena. What. the. Fuck. I dread those fuckers.

[SkuhPlew]

Other Players in Dark Souls.... Very commonly raid you and rape you. And I do mean rape you.

[Aethos]

At 9/9/13 11:55 PM, SmashLuigiFan1 wrote:

At 9/9/13 08:25 PM, Aethos wrote: The freakin iron knuckle in zelda 2.
Sometimes they are harder than the boss fights.
That game is broke.

Not really. Zelda 2 is a challenging game, but it's not unfair. Iron Knuckles just require a fast reflexes to block their stabs. It leaves you a small window of opportunity to land a hit, but it'll require some patience.

I grinded for hours on octorocks until all my stats were maxed out, and it still takes about 4 hits to deafeat one blue darknut.
Considering the damage they do, how common they are in palaces, and that they are immune to all other practical attacks other than a frontal sword attack, I would say it was built to be unfair (which makes sense to me, as games in that day were expensive and limited, and sometimes had some unfairness in order to rack up the challenge and make said game last longer).
And that's not even counting the blue ones, which can not only hit you at a distance, but speed up after taking a hit.

Not to mention it only takes two darknuts to basically leave it to luck when trying to get a hit in, as they can cover both their weak spots simultaneously.

[destrozar]

At 9/10/13 04:55 AM, SkuhPlew wrote: Other Players in Dark Souls.... Very commonly raid you and rape you. And I do mean rape you.

it happens ALL THE DAMN TIME

[SmashLuigiFan1]

At 9/10/13 02:29 PM, Aethos wrote:

At 9/9/13 11:55 PM, SmashLuigiFan1 wrote:

At 9/9/13 08:25 PM, Aethos wrote: The freakin iron knuckle in zelda 2.
Sometimes they are harder than the boss fights.
That game is broke.

Not really. Zelda 2 is a challenging game, but it's not unfair. Iron Knuckles just require a fast reflexes to block their stabs. It leaves you a small window of opportunity to land a hit, but it'll require some patience.

I grinded for hours on octorocks until all my stats were maxed out, and it still takes about 4 hits to deafeat one blue darknut.
Considering the damage they do, how common they are in palaces, and that they are immune to all other practical attacks other than a frontal sword attack, I would say it was built to be unfair (which makes sense to me, as games in that day were expensive and limited, and sometimes had some unfairness in order to rack up the challenge and make said game last longer).
And that's not even counting the blue ones, which can not only hit you at a distance, but speed up after taking a hit.

Not to mention it only takes two darknuts to basically leave it to luck when trying to get a hit in, as they can cover both their weak spots simultaneously.

Zelda 2 isn't really unfair though. Iron Knuckles (not Darknuts, those are the Zelda 1 variations) just require some patience and good blocking skills. You can also use the Shield spell every time you encounter them, which pretty much makes them push overs at that point. Plus, there's always this incredibly cheap strategy. I personally don't use it, but it makes mince meat out of Iron Knuckles, even if there's more than one on screen. Besides, that rarely happens unless you go to far by pushing an Iron Knuckle you're fighting closer to its spawn point.

[MrBeer]

This fucking birds on Ninja Gaiden..

[Painbringer]

Literally the first monster in Shadow Caster.

You have to fight him hand and foot. And will probably die a few times before you figure it out.

I don't think I've played that game in over a decade.

[ZJ]

Are Hammer Bros from the original Super Mario Bros. considered a basic enemy? Those dudes were way too tough.

[Auz]

I agree with Hammer Bros.

I also remember some from the Final Fantasy series:
Yans in Final Fantasy IX, because they keep whaling on you with comet for massive damage.
Ruby Dragons in Final Fantasy VIII, are practically stronger than about every boss in game.

[eliteknightofastora]

skeletons from dark souls i did have a hard time to kill them more than to kill the iron golem
also the N.O.O.S.E from GTA series(or S.W.A.T)
and the goons from amnesia you know that thing that did leave you with nightmares for 1 year yeah that one

[sweet21]

Cait siths in Final Fantasy all of them. They are capable of petrify and the "blaster" move instant kills anyone it hits. Blaster has a high success rate and nobody has immunity to it. They use blaster every other turn. They have lots of HP and dont give you much EXP. for actually beating them.

[NekoMika]

Super Mario Bros. - Hammer Bros.
Final Fantasy VIII - Tonberries

don't mention the FF XIII variant since that one is even worse!

[exudaz]

Hammer bros in SMB.
Those things always get me.

[MrPlinkett]

Antlion Workers from Half-Life 2 Episode 2.
They may be easy kills 1 on 1, but in swarms you're fucked.

[Blitzkrieg667]

FUCKING SLICER

[oobooglunk]

At 9/10/13 07:11 PM, ZJ wrote: Are Hammer Bros from the original Super Mario Bros. considered a basic enemy? Those dudes were way too tough.

I was going to say Hammer Bros. too!

Also, those tanks in Level 5 of Contra are practically invincible.

[scoutthesoldier]

The peahats. They are annoying!

[ShiningFox]

These guys

[darkjam]

Bug pokemon in the Viridian forest are a bitch if you get poisoned, and you only have on pokemon. Other ones are Hammer Bros, that fucker on the cloud and the Slicer from Metropolis zone in sonic 2.

[TacoBell-Lord]

At 9/9/13 09:44 PM, Th-e wrote: From the Castlevania series, I present you MEDUSA HEADS.

In the older games, they could often knock you into deadly spikes or bottomless pits. In the Metroidvanias, variations turn you to stone and still knock you into spikes or other hazards. They consistently respawn, as well.

anything in Castlevania is a pain the fuckin nuts, from the jump, they're all annoying as fuck

[Sense-Offender]

Fucking second cliff racers and medusa heads.

Also, pretty much everything in Dragon's Dogma until reaching certain levels. When you're a low level, a fly on your nose could kill you. But even as you level up, there will still be something somewhere that can murder the hell out of you if you try to take it on too early. You gotta be careful where you go and when you go there. The everfall looks fucking tough. Last I was playing, I was just grinding like crazy in preparation for Grigori. I'm off that game for a bit, though. I heard Dark Arisen takes it to a new level, too.

[Sense-Offender]

Also

[Kwing]

Pretty much anything in Vagrant Story. New player racks up 100 Risk comboing an enemy, then it turns around and wipes them out in one hit.

There's also the Genprey in Monster Hunter. If they stun you right before a big monster attacks, you're finished.

[Sense-Offender]

At 9/13/13 03:30 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Also

Wait, I'll take the tiger! Fuck off, you!