The HARDEST Video Game Boss EVER Made

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Published on July 5, 2025 7:00:31 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSK3dY5b28M

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Final Fantasy XI (2002)

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Some bosses are hard. This one was impossible.

For years, Absolute Virtue tormented Final Fantasy XI players — not just with brutal mechanics, but with mystery. It was the boss no one could figure out. Strategies failed. Alliances crumbled. Players gave up.

Until it was finally beaten... over six years later. Kind of.

In this video, we break down what made this superboss so infamous, the absurd strategies players used to survive it, and how Square Enix kept changing the fight to preserve its difficulty. This is the story of one of the hardest — and longest — boss fights in video game history.

Footage Sources:
Boss Fight Database (Adamantoise) -    • Final Fantasy 15: Adamantoise Boss Fight (...  
Boss Fight Database (Sephiroth) -    • Kingdom Hearts: Sephiroth Boss Fight (PS3 ...  
cloudchief arcade -    • FFXI - Pandemonium Warden Guide  
Derek Kleles -    • Absolute Virtue Kill  
Hikari no Senshi -    • Final Fantasy VII Emerald Weapon  
LilT20o0 -    • IIzerg Absolute Virtue  
Mrhappy1227 -    • Final Fantasy Bestiary - Absolute Virtue  
MrShinyPaladin -    • Final Fantasy XI - Absolute Virtue Defeate...  
Ozma09 (Cassie) -    • Capricious Cassie - Classic Notorious Mons...  
Ozma09 (Ironclad) -    • Ironclad Cleaver - Abyssea NMs - Final Fan...  
Ozma09 (Fafnir) -    • Fafnir - Classic Notorious Monsters - Fina...  
thenightblaze -    • Final Fantasy XI - Absolute Virtue Defeated  
TimberAngry -    • Final Fantasy XI - Absolute Virtue with Wa...  
upbeatglitch -    • FFXI  RNGx2 vs Jailer of Love  
Vahnnx -    • Absolute Virtue Attempt  
Zelllo Leviathan -    • FFXI Absolute Virtue (2018) THF with trust...  

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