The comment in the image is about the Lamenter from SOTE which, I have to say, was NOT my favorite horrible little man boss.

Personally I liked Onze since I just didn’t expect the boss to be a tiny demihuman, nor did I expect said tiny demihuman to kick my ass. Plus his sword and lore are pretty cool.

  • Skua@kbin.earth
    7·
    6 days ago

    Trick question, I am the horrible little man

    So I guess probably the Mimic Tear?

  • Druid@lemmy.zipMEnglish
    8·
    7 days ago

    Such an interesting question to which I have no satisfying answer, I’m afraid. Except for Onze, whom I did fight and enjoyed from the little time I’ve spent with SotE, I don’t think there’s too many bosses I’ve fought that fit the criteria well. The closest in vibes would be the Mad Clown Puppet from Lies of P because it’s such a prick. Just look at this fucker:

    It’s not even small, actually it’s bigger than P, but it kinda fits the vibe. Once you get the hang of the parry timings, the fight gets substantially easier.

    The only other enemy I could think of are the Assassins or “Rats” from Sekiro:

    They come in a couple variants and some have steel-enforced straw hats that deflect basically any attack you throw at them. You need the Axe Prosthetic to cleave it apart and be able to damage them. Their kill blows are pretty metal tho: They jump on your back and bend you backwards until your spine snaps. Sounds quite gruesome now that I type that out :s

    I wonder a boss fight against one of these would have looked like

    • AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      3·
      7 days ago

      Oh I was so hyped to see the ancient dragon man just because I had started playing DS3 right before SOTE. But yeah id say he’s still horrible little man material

      Also on the lines of Eleonora, I’d say Varre is a pretty solid choice for horrible little man too. He might be taller than the player but even if he was, he just feels like a creepy little evil guy

  • M.int@lemmy.zip
    5·
    6 days ago

    The player character!

    • Little? Absolutely, almost everything humanoid or not is bigger than them.
    • Horrible? You are regularly committing war crimes. So definitely.
    • Man? Well, sometimes… Maybe needs a coffin or a mirror.
    • Boss? When I’m going in a Boss arena with 80 Int. Yeah, in that case the player character is definitely the Boss.
    • AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      4·
      6 days ago

      Horrible? You are regularly committing war crimes. So definitely

      Yeahh rotten breath alone probably counts as a violation of the Geneva Conventions

  • BurntWits@sh.itjust.works
    8·
    7 days ago

    Does the first phase of Midra count? That’s one of my all time favourite bosses (though definitely because of phase two, which at that point isn’t really a horrible little man but it counts).