
The boss starts as a sphere and changes into a cube and a pyramid throughout the encounter. It is hard to keep an eye on mechanics when you are fighting against a geometrical form. All encounters are difficult, but it’s the Ozma fight that steals the show. This 24-player alliance raid is known as The Wiping City and that says it all. If not, good luck dancing between the many spots on the floor where you absolutely do not need to stand, avoiding the boss’s gaze, switching from one add to another, running from meteors, standing near the towers, and more. If the raid’s DPS is high enough, you can skip certain mechanics. This means that if the damage dealers take their sweet time, Thordan will take them down first. The mechanics get harder to handle as the fight progresses. Thordan’s Reign encounter is both about DPS and mechanics. The fact that you need to move a lot makes it even harder to dish out decent DPS. Speaking of damage, A3S is considered one of the FFXIV fights that tests damage dealers’ skills. This is a fight with an insane amount of damage so taking as little as possible is imperative. Fail to stand where you need to and your HP will take a severe hit. It requires some planning as players need to know where their designated spots are. The A3S or Pepsi-Man is a soul-crushing encounter. It wasn’t for good as he joins forces with Twintania and Bahamut to torment players once again in Stormblood, the second Final Fantasy 14 expansion. This lovely A Realm Reborn bastion of a fight stood unconquered for almost three weeks before the good people from the Order of the Blue Garter free company managed to put Nael Deus Darnus in his place. There are so many attacks that can kill you and so many things to remember here. How many deadly mechanics can we fit in one fight? The Final Fantasy XIV encounter designers went crazy with the 2 nd Coil Turn 4, also known as Turn 9. The group has less than one minute to deal with adds and to get ready for the next boss attack. This encounter also spoils adventurers with damage puddles without markers, DPS checks, and situations that require positional awareness. The tank buster attack isn’t just an HP drainer, it also places a healing debuff on the tanks. Twintania basically transforms players into her punching bags causing them to take lots of damage. This is one long Final Fantasy XIV fight. We’ve picked the encounters that we consider to be the most difficult in their niche.


We got raids, trials, and alliance raids of various difficulties. What we can argue about is what are the most challenging Final Fantasy XIV Bosses. One thing we can all agree on is that Final Fantasy XIV is not lacking challenging content.
