So i got to the end of shadow lords and its was frustrating but fun, however I got completely annihilated by Gargos like everything i worked up for was for nothing. I’m in challenging difficulty, I took away 4 of his powers from the Omen, the only thing he had was his health regeneration and with those new boss only moves and recaptures I felt like I couldn’t do anything. I know IG made it more difficult when fighting him because people like me who got the early access said he was too easy but MY GOD THIS IS INSANE!!!
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Think that’s the point. Their intentions was to make an old school smash your controller cheap boss. Whether that’s right or wrong they’ve most certainly achieved what they set out to do.
I for one think the current boss gargos is a huge improvement over what we had in early access.
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People shouldn’t have bitten off more then they could chew then. That was their own faults. Overestimating themselves and underestimating boss gargos.
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On normal he’s harder now than he was on challenging in the beta period.
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So KI2 Gargos all over again? 
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A dev confirmed on maxs stream today that gargos is indeed overpowered. Nerfs incoming some time today.
Ah man I hope they don’t push the patch too quickly I want to try and beat him. From what I’ve been reading sounds like nostalgia from KI2.
Yeah that ■■■■■■■ is no joke, he makes shao khan from MK look like a ■■■■■ in comparison.
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Yep which is saying a lot. Even I could beat Kintaro and Shao Kahn in MK2 eventually thanks to continues/credits but we don’t have that luxury with Gargos lol
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Nerf? Why do they need to nerf him? I mean Final boss is always OP!
I can confirm this as well. Was half asleep and bounced up out of bed when i heard him say something similar to "Alright guys a dev just told me, I can confirm that he’s getting nerfed sometime tomorrow
Ah, memories of jump kicking those two nonstop and praying Kintaro wouldn’t teleport or Shao Khan wouldn’t back me in to the corner and shoulder charge me in to oblivion in 3 seconds lol.
At least there though, you can continue. When you lose to Gargos in this mode, and all three of your fighters are wiped out, don’t you have to start over? I just lost to him last night and that was the last match I played before going back to grinding Mira, Gargos and Eyedol to level 50 so I’m not quite sure how that goes yet.
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My bragging rights for beating Gargos on Godlike first try just went up a point XD
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Yeah those two were a pain. Kintaro telestomp and grabbing you out of the air and Kahn’s shoulder charge shoulder charge shoulder charge combo lol
I think that’s why losing to him hurts so much more lol with Gargos in this mode you have one shot and if you ■■■■■ it up you have to start all over.
Oh man that used to ■■■■ me off SO MUCH when you’d jump in and Kintaro was like “nope, I can actually just grab you out of the air and slam you down for insane damage.” I still remember yelling at the arcade cabinet “I wasn’t on the ground, you can’t throw me!!” So much salt. 
Yeah that’s the hard part with Gargos, not getting another shot. I mean, it makes complete sense from a story perspective. Honestly, that’s how all of them are, it seems. They don’t just stay there when you fail a mission, so that kinda carries it’s own pluses and minuses. On the plus side, the stakes feel like they’re much higher. On the minus side, the stakes are much higher! lol.
Lol that stupid throw of his makes me so bad. The AI can do a whole bunch of stuff in the game it shouldn’t be able to like Mileena sai spam lol its like, you have to hold the button for 3 seconds then release it so how is she doing it back to back? Or how about Kitana and Mileena’s absurd throws where they can essentially throw you from distances that a human player can’t? ■■■■ that game’s AI haha
True true. It does makes sense because if this were really happening, the heroes don’t get do overs lol if you fail its over better luck in your next lifetime lol
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Nerfs or not, I like how OP Boss Gargos is now, makes me feel like I’m actually getting happy for succeding in the battle, unlike the Early Access version (during that time I beated Gargos on Godlike with all his buffs but he was prone to crouching HK attacks during his instinct, now that “strategy” is useless and re-doing Godlike Gargos with all buffs and no support for items, etc. will be a wild ride).
Oh god THIS x1,000. If you were on the furthest reaches of throw distance (and that’s being generous), there was nothing you could do, no punch, kick, special, jump etc that was faster than a Kitana or Mileena throw. Occasionally, they’d do it two or three times in a row and all you could do was just stop pressing buttons, as actually playing the game seemed like somewhat of an insult to those two characters lol.
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Lmaoooo I do think that those two’s ai throws were some of the most frustrating things in the game. I always hoped I got matched against them lower down the tower because they seem absurd the higher up they are lol
I am having the same issue. He is just too hard. It’s beyond frustrating. I have not ever been so salty at this game until Shadow Lords.