"Ah yes the poison. The poison for Kuzco. The poison specifically chosen to kill Kuzco. Kuzco's poison." I freaking love Kronk.

"Toxic work environment" ...I think Ari's sense of humor is rubbing off on you, Josh.

[RPG with poison in a nutshell] Healer: Oh no! The Ranger's been poisoned! *heals them* Ranger: *healed* Thanks for sacrificing your turn to heal me. Healer: You're quite welco- *gets killed by a one-hit move* Hero: Well sh- *yay* [The Party remains shocked. Not because of the swear, but because the Hero spoke instead of being a silent protagonist.]

It's scary to think that a not so innocent glitch in a massive MMORPG caught the attention of real life medical professionals over a decade ago.

"Can you send an ambulance? My husband's been method acting again." I say again, Ari has been making these countdowns AMAZING.

"At the end of Phaaze, you come face to face with Dark Samus" Alright, which one of Josh's writers put puns in his scripts again

Josh: Puts Minecraft on a bosses countdown. A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

Corrupted blood: Prepare for trouble. Covid 19: ...and make it double.

About time for some Toxic Looooove~.

Copperhead in any other batman media:a guy in a snake costume. Copperhead in Arkham Origins:A lady able to extremely contort her body and is also from South America. Me:WHY WASN'T SOMEONE THAT COOL THE NORMAL COPPERHEAD?!

Just a minor fact check, but Val Hazaak's poison is called "Effluvium," not "Effluvial." "Effluvial" is an adjective to describe its effects.

Fun fact: Vaal Hazak is probably one of the most/more peaceful monsters in MHW, he will not attack unless you attack him...funny one of the most, quote on quote, ‘poisonous’ bosses is also one of the most passive

Never thought I would see the day that Joshscorcher uses clips from VanossGaming.

Possible countdown: Top 10 Doppelganger Bosses (AKA any boss fight against a copy of yourself, be it an evil clone, past or future version of you, or whatever)

TOP 10 SCARIEST PROTAGONISTS!

"Taste the poison" Who remembers that line from what boss?

I'm glad I have poison heal as my ability. Also Roxie hype.

I'm addicted to this list. Don't you know that it's toxic? (Yeah I did a Brittany Spears reference. Don't judge me.)

I'm glad that Gen 5 got some love, as it was the gen that I started to play the main series.

Who would've thought that sixteen years later after that incident, a virtual pandemic foretold a real one.

Somewhere in the video game halls of fame, Plague Knight is juggling bombs.

Judging by the ending, next months boss list has to be top 10 anachronistic bosses as Josh described in a community post.

It was brilliant from a writing perspective to put the Acid Man bit before The Fear. The "La le lu li lo" bit foreshadows the Metal Gear entry, and the insistance on this being a family channel is a good explaination for not bringing up the _other_ symptom of Brazilian wandering spider venom.

Here some ideas for possible Top 10 Bosses lists 1. Top 10 Wind Bosses 2. Top 10 Shark Bosses 3. Top 10 Plant Bosses 4. Top 10 RPG Bosses 5. Top 10 Musician Bosses 6. Top 10 Only Bosses (aka video game bosses where they are the game's only boss) 7. Top 10 Snake Bosses 8. Top 10 Undead Bosses 9. Top 10 Demon Bosses 10. Top 10 Confusing Bosses

I'm lovin' these elemental countdowns you're doing. Elements of any kind have always interested me, even before the Last Airbender came around.

25:43 Oh god, that Ferngully reference. I was WONDERING if that song was gonna pop up in this list! 🤣

I know this isn't an Elemental suggestion, but I think a good boss category would be the Twist Boss- Bosses you honestly didn't see coming. Like that boss could have been an ally at first but turned out to be a foe?

I find it interesting you didn't actually discuss any of Hakkar's actual mechanics in his fight, besides that one corrupted blood. Such as the fact that periodically, he would stun the entire raid and drink their blood, healing himself massively. However, if a player happened to be poisoned with the toxic blood of his off-spring, when he drinks from the raid, he gets damaged by that player instead of healing, requiring the entire raid to balance being Poisoned or not poisoned. While focusing on the Plague incident itself is really cool, I feel using it as the only reason to justify his placing on the list defeats the point. As, the incident itself made the game unplayable for low level players who happened to be in the city at the time. If the boss makes the game unplayable, then that isn't a 'good boss fight.' I feel this actually detriments to the goal of the list, which was to show off great boss fights that used a poison mechanic, rather #1 merely being 'Haha, MMO plague goes brrr'

I find it pretty humorous that a list about poison bosses with a batman game on it , doesn't have poison ivy .

Number 0: toxic communities in gaming. Most dangerous ability to shut down or ruin games and affect the real world.

the blood plague was a beautiful disaster for those who want a description of what went down: During the intial "outbreak" there were many.... factions as to what to do with the DoT as once it hit the major city it exponentially exploded in how many people got it (what's worse is NPCs could also catch the debuff but not die) so when it started the split of the player base turned into a war field. There was the healers who tried to keep low level character alive (as if I recall if one dies with it the debuff explodes) The neutral zoners who tried to set up safe zones for players to hide from the blood plague Then finally there was the chaos faction who did nothing more than spread the plague as far as they could going into the raid and hiding their pet to go to certain areas to cause mass chaos (it got to the point that pet classes were straight up banned from entering the "neutral zones") there is a 4th "faction" but that was just the people who literally refused to log in so not really relevant to the story at hand Anyway thanks to this Epidemiologists got to see what would happen in real time what an outbreak would do as well this was a simulation with numbers floating by this was real people doing real things with a plague in game - this was real data that they could work with which is EXTREMELY rare because well you can't just randomly infect a community with a horrific bloodborne plague. But the blood plague incident is infamous because during the outbreak you would have these 3 factions working around the clock thanks to either aligned or conflicting goals, it got to the point that basically no one ever entered the cities. With that the in game economy absolutely tanked as no one was using the auction house, no one was selling items online (more often than not it was a scam to get blood plagued), no one was crafting, no one was really trying to make statics, and well it was more common to see players just wandering the PvE areas than anything else because well it was just safer. Now on to the 3 factions: when the initial outbreak started Faction 1 was created as well at first it seemed logical to just heal people through the affliction than anything else why sacrifice your entire game livelihood when like 10 seconds of your time was needed to keep a player alive? this faction still was active until the patch rolled out but they mostly relegated themselves with Faction 2 as well there were still incidents when Faction 3 would sneak into these "neutral zones". Faction 3 was by far the most inhuman faction of them all as well what they were doing wasn't technically(?) bullying as well it was just "walking around not my fault Blizzard didn't patch this" and what they did was actively sign up for the raid with others in the faction, get to the final boss, get all their pets and minions infected, and then leave to spread it even faster as to why they did this is on a person to person basis but they darkest and most common answer was just boredom and wanting to see how far they could have this progress cause hey it's funny and we could be a part of internet history "win/win". This Faction with this weird twisted mentality actively ran from city to city and with horrific efficiency made sure to pull their pets out infect NPCs, low levels, each other reset, and hide their pets when it was about to run out to infect themselves and feedback loop on their pets. It got so bad that at one point there was a petition from players to turn the game into full pvp (cities included) to try to rout the players who were causing it literally starting a witch hunt.

Mentions plagues as one of the topics for a poison bosses list, War hammer and Warcraft fans: “oh no”

As soon as you said characters who use plagues can qualify for the list, I KNEW who would be at the top

So the numder one is essentially a god that is so powerful that it literally bypassed the coding made by the programmers in order to inflict as much suffering as possible. DAMN!

I'm honestly surprised you put the Blood Plague in the list, but I'm glad you did. It's such an interesting topic. The fact that players behaved as people would in a real pandemic. There's a few people who think it should be brought back, but in secret. Just bring it back for a day and see what happens.

Never though I’d see a Minecraft entry on one of these lists. I am GLAD.

Honorable mention: Miraak, he uses that staff and poison sword

I think the term is effluvium, not effluvial. The latter likely means “pertaining to effluvium.”

Nosferatu from Resident Evil: Code Veronica was a pretty interesting case. He actually could inflict a permanent poisoning on Claire that will require a serum to be found as Chris later on, making it one of the few instances in the entire franchise where a boss could have a lingering effect on the player that wasn't just the nightmare fuel many of them tend to be.

Very late on this, but I loved this episode for being creative and unique for the underrated type of bosses. Especially #2 which is one of my favorite bosses from the series, and I should have known #1. Amazing episode FIeryJoker.

*sees crazy hand* Me:Please scorcher-san put Goro majima on the list he is one of the best insane bosses of all time

Again surprisingly the first one Also now it's time for the countdown of bosses that use the most annoying smash Hazard ever *poison*

You had the opportunity to say "all these squares make a circle" in your acid gag and you wasted it. I've never been so disappointed

Nice countdown as always, was lowkey expecting "The Scale" from Furi in there somewhere, just from the intensity of the fight and the game in general. Forgot how much I appreciated that until after this vid.

I swear nemesis looks like a fire emblem version of a Sith Lord(he even got the yellow eyes), in fact Nemesis sound like a sith name. Darth nemesis

Nightwish right from the start... Good choice Scorcher. Well played.

Honorable Mentions: *Glados - Portal -Smash her apart and drop her parts into the incinerator before she floods the room with neurotoxin. *Gravelord Nito - Dark Souls -This mass of skeletons can summon other skeletons and unleash a pestilence AoE blast. Also, if you kill the skeletons with a holy weapon, they won't respawn. *Great Centipede - Nioh - You'll need to turn on a machine in the cave that will filter out the poison gas. And it can even split the segments from it's own body to scatter around the room and fill the place with poison gas. *Juzuo the Drunkard - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice -Technically a mini-boss, but he can poison his odachi and breath poison gas. *Bloaters - The Last of Us -You'll fight quite a few Bloaters in your adventures. I also considered The Rat King from The Last of Us 2 for its "memorable design."

Greatly appreciate you using Hunt: Showdown's Spider and music as the transition! I humbly accept this honorable mention!

I remember the Copperhead boss fight in Arkham Origins being legitimately fun, so it’s great to see her in the thumbnail as well as #2.👌🏽

First 2 seconds of this video already had me giggling. Josh, you are a LEGEND!

Have to love the Nightwish reference in the opening seconds. Love it

16:28 THANK YOU JOSH!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! The Vaal Hazak was such an amazing fight for me.

28:54 Looks like the acid from earlier has worn off completely yet.

I never figured out how I managed to beat the Blood Starved Beast when going in blind on my first try. Now I know. I tend to dodge to the left unless I KNOW that it's a mistake and also have a love of fire that's probably only second to Josh.

Most of these on this list I didn't know, let alone number 1! That is nuts!

How fitting this came out after I was stuck on Code Vein's Delirium Butterfly for ages XD

For anyone curious the song after the intro is called rise up deadman

Kind of hoping to see King Joko, A theatrical lich king who succeeded in starting the plague in Guild Wars 2, to show up here. I think Josh would've like the character.

That number one... BRILLIANT!!! Definitely agree on Hakkar for the Corrupted Blood incident ALONE!

Hey Josh! Great countdown. Can't wait for the next one.

and one of my favorite typing of pokemon this is my list lol, but in all seriousness I do agree that finding a good one is a royal pain

Very Glad Gen 8 Pokemon Gym Leader isnt in the list! But Very Disappointing Koga Didnt Get in The List, but instead Roxie... Koga did become an Elite 4 Member(even though he's kinda bad) so he should had been in the list..

And that, kid’s, is how what would be a fun little fight that would be forgotten in months time became one of, if not the most infamous boss in video game history!

I remember that wow incident, I got infected in the city, got annoyed and lgged off and did not play that character for a long while, then logged back in and ran into the auction house killing myself and some low levels, lol. I had forgotten about it and got a talking to by a moderator but he removed it.

Before countdown: Oh wait we could have a monster hunter "boss" like Gigginox (although creepy but still fun and great armor for Kelbi Bow) or Pukei-Pukei, or classic Yian Garuga. After countdown: Ayyy Vaal I'll take it as "poison" I guess effluvia counts under these rules. Thanks Josh!

Love the my neighbor totoro frame in the background.

Well, guess I'll throw in a suggestion: Volk from Dragalia Lost. Yes I'm actually considering a boss from a mobile game of all things. Sure, only one of his moves inflicts the actual poison ailment, but only if the adventurer is afflicted by what would really qualify him, Plague, an ability exclusive to his fight that just...removes all your affliction resistances until it wears off either over time or by dispersing it with heals.

As soon as I saw the environment surrounding your top pick, I instantly knew where you were going with it! A poison boss that accidentally caused an epidemic worse than the Boubonic Plague! Now that's the perfect choice! Also, I'm really looking forward to next month! I'm a sucker for comedic characters, and I'm turning 27 then!

5:56 TU TU TUTU BANANA BUS! I didn’t expect to see Vanoss, Terrorizer and the rest of the crew here.

Nice touch using the Witherstorm theme from Minecraft Story Mode for The Wither

Quite frankly I'm surprised none of the Darkspawn let alone the Archdemon made it to this list considering that they poison everything they touch, and not to mention their blood is highly infectious if it gets into your eyes, your mouth, or a cut, hence the need for Grey Wardens.

There could've been another honorable mention, from Diablo 2 a boss called Andariel, the maiden of anguish, she is a spider demon who uses poison spheres and her normal smack attacks cause poison conditions also, so go in with plenty of antidotes or risk death very quickly.

I created my own Batman Villain called Corruptor; he's all-black and different shades of pink with thorny tendrils sprouting from his back, a single red eye in the center of his head, four thorny horns on the sides of his head and five glowing pink claws on each hand and foot. He acts as a sort of partner to Copper and follows her around wherever she goes and obeys any commands she gives him, and he can use his tendrils to Evilize people and turn them into Evil Ones or to stab, impale and whip Batman into submission.

One of my favorite characters in D&D is my Grung (poison dart tree frog people) Monk named Cricket. Due to being a Grung, any skin contact forces a creature to make a saving throw against 8 + CON + Proficiency or become Poisoned (Disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls). And that procks for every... single... unarmed strike. Also he plays a banjo and can use his Ki to heal people too. Hes a sweet boi

So uh....about Eternatus. Ultra Beasts are technically still Legendary Pokemon, apparently, which means Nihilego is the first Poison Legendary with Poipole and its evolution being the 2nd and 3rd ones. Yeah, it surprised me, too.

The "Butterfly" boss from Code Vein was a decent boss fight, it was just a rather steep difficulty curve early game.

5:56 a fan of the vanoss crew i see your a man of culture as well

That Catrina reference was incredible.

If you make a thing with secret bosses (not necessarily super bosses, just ones where you have to go out of your way to encounter them), I really hope you include Oktavia von Seckendorff as shown in Grief Syndrome as _atleast_ an honorable mention. Because let's be honest here, having to kill off the absolute tankiest playable character in the game is quite a requirement.

Loveing that Hunt showdown hum... great tune

Ok the lead-up to #5 was brilliant. XD

Thank you so much for the Number 7.

I salute your taste in music on the Kronk meme, good sir!

#1 is used as a study for epidemiology these days.

Copperhead for the thumbnail? Nice. I always loved that boss fight!

Joshscorcher: *uses footage from VanossGaming & crew* Me: Never thought I'd see the day that this would happen...

That intro was indeed an Epic Funny.

“Probably still too much work for Hilda.” Poison is supposed to be toxic, not burn people.

Acid Man has a cool gimmick involving the weapon you get from Torch Man hence why after Block Man I always go for Torch Man as the 2nd Robot Master, and then Acid Man as the 3rd Robot Master. When Acid Man brings up his Acid Barrier you can exploit a 2nd weakness basically if you hit Acid Man with the Power Gear-boosted version of Torch Man's weapon while his Acid Barrier is up the Acid Barrier will explode resulting in Acid Man losing Acid Barrier, and taking double damage.

"Man I love being Toxic!" ->'Kumoko'

5 seconds into the intro and i already liked, that was indeed an epic funny

Top 10 Monsters from Monster Hunter? But one list for each of the 5 generations? EDIT: Yian Garuga, Chameleos & Rathian/Rathalos would of been my 3 options to choose from besides Vaal (the first two being the more likely canidates I would choose)

I like how you used Vanoss crew footage for the nether star And you seriously named your magnamite “Steely Dan”

since you're keeping up with those I'd like to see a top 10 light/holy bosses

I should have seen the boss that caused the Corrupted Blood incident to be the top of this list.

Fun fact: the explosion when you hit the wither in phase 2 can break allmost any Block,even Obsidian and(dont know how) water,i tested it

6:55 Nothing but a good time by the band Poison I get it

I would add Scorpion from PS4 Spiderman. His overall boss trope is pretty amazing :) but loved the list and some of these aren't thought of often!

Don't know if anyone mentioned it but, Brazilian Wandering Spider venom also contains Aphrodisiac effects. I.E. The Death Boner Spider. So, yeah, Snake had to fight THE FEAR with a rager. Probably had it after to, but hey, it probably helped with EVA.

I was expecting Poison from Final Fight to be referenced