Touhou New World Boss 32: Yorihime
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Difficulty: 10/10
I have now beaten the game and I can safely say Yorihime is the hardest required boss fight (at least in Reimu's Story) and the second hardest boss in Reimu's Story.
What makes her hard? Well she's got really powerfull ranged and melee attacks while also sporting the largest health bar up to this point and the third highest in the game only beaten by the final boss and the secret boss. Her lightning comes out really fast and is dangerous but her flame pillars are even worse as they can hit you multiple times because there's no invincibility frames on their attacks. Her melee combos can be parried but the last hit can BREAK THROUGH YOUR PARRY and while you won't take damage from it it leads you wide open to all the explosions caused by the clash.
She has two bombs. One that has 3 flaming lasers moving around the arena and you have to play jump rope with dark orbs. It's actually not hard to dodge once you realize you need to jump far earlier than you think you do.
The much deadlier bomb is actually her first one where she spews out flame pillars at seemingly random while lightning will strike the arena constantly. If you can beat her then congratulation you've toppled the hardest required battle in the game.
One last warning for those playing along. This is the last level before the endgame. The next mission "to save everyone" is the final level of the game and has 3 different bosses... well actually 6 but I don't feel like showing off giant toad, crab monk, and the tank again.