Worst Mobs Ever.

Only those things that can't be knocked back.

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See also: PPD Ghosts.

Most annoying groups;

CoT
Scrapyarders/Dockworkers
Cimerorans.

CoT are specifically ghosts. Having S/L is hard enough anyway...-hit aura and energy attacks...and...ugh. Certain bosses are also horrible, but at least they are Bosses.

Scrapyarders and Cimerorans, for being mere humans, UNENHANCED, do rediculous ammounts of damage. I wouldnt mind if, say, they spawned in larger numbers while doing less damage...but ye GODS!

Actual specific enemy types;
PPD Equalisers. The ghosts I dont actually mind. The equalisers, though....URGH that AoE glue grenade hacks me off so far, namely because it is NOT a locational AoE...its horrible, whatever it is.

Ballista's, simply because they use a pitiful move like Force Push with the foce of a Steam Train. I really, really hate them.

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

There's only one sort of mob that has made throw my hands up, swear I quit, and avoid missions with them for forever more, and that's the stupid Demolitionists (and the Scrapyarder's in general). For some horrid reason, I ended up doing Vince Dubrowski's missions on my poor Mastermind. I imagine that now, despite being level 50 and having defeated Recluse, screwed up the plans of practically everyone in the world, and having plotted and helped the doom of the earth (and, okay, maybe saved it once or twice but she'd blame the Rikti), on the times that she does have nightmare's it's full of dreams of dynamite and miners.

Scrapyarder and Family bosses (odd, as the Family is generally easy as anything) also gave her lots of trouble. On the other hand, she laughed at Archanos and their Mu (and Widows), and even the Circle ghosts only gave her a bit of trouble in the early levels. Carnies and Malta aren't a problem either, although KoA can be annoying.

On the other hand, my /Willpower Scrapper seems to do even better. There are mobs that are annoying (Paragon Protectors, Fake Nemesis's, flying Master Illusionists or Circle Ghosts), but none of them bad enough to be worst. Tsoo Sorcerers were pretty bad, though... I guess they can go on the 'worst mobs' lists. Scrapyarder Demolitionists and Tsoo Sorcerers are my votes.

Also, Kadabra Kill and Nosferatu are evil, evil, evil. The second amuses me, as I will gladly dance with Requiem and Arakhn a hundred times before wanting to touch Nosferatu. The first is just a scary, scary, scary enemy.

Most have hit the most annoying mobs to me already...but I'll touch on 'em a bit.

Longbow: Yeah, pretty easy going early to mid levels...then in the high 30s/low 40s (?) that's when they go from 'meh' to "grr" (especially villy side since that is mainly who you fight). The stacked res grenades are really, really annoying....and painful. The other two things that I hate about the Lt. is the beanbag attack and the -res grenade. For some reason their res grenade has a small hold that is attached to the grenade. Whenever I'm on a 'squishy' with no mez protection I always get mezzed either by the stupid beanbag or the 'hold' from the res grenade. Wish Trick Archery had the hold part attached to Disruption Arrow... >_>

That reminds me of Wyvern. Them and the Red Caps are quite painful...especially when there is more than 3 of them around attacking you. Not only do they hit relatively hard but they shoot/attack so fast....and have a very long range for their attacks it seems.

Of course you have the Tsoo Sorcerers and Vahz in general. I really would like to see the Tsoo and Vahz in the later levels in the game...once you get to the 30s/40s the Tsoo Sorcerers wouldn't be so bad...

Scrapyarders/Demolionists like others have said is almost a death-knell for MMs. I remember a long time ago (2 years?), I joined a sg team with my lvl 30 (not sure of lvl) Ninja/DM MM...I was sk'ed up and we were doing a mission with all scrapyarders....almost every single mob that we fought, at least 3-4 ninjas died every time....yeah...I kind of stopped summoning them after a while and just used Dark Miasma... >_<

CoT: The NSDLs/ghosts are truly a pain...yes I always go for them first (or the Behemoths if they are in there instead)...but still the big -tohit toggle that they have is really painful...especially for lower lvls. And as others have pointed out, Earth Thorn Casters as well as Ruin Mages are just evil. Ruin Mages may not seem much but I did a posi TF a few months ago and...yeah, that was kind of painful...especially when there is more than 1 in the group you're fighting. 2 Dispersion Fields stacked on them/other CoT mobs, plus 2 Earthquakes....ouch..good bye tohit....

KoA are a pain mainly because the caltrops and they have good perception (can see through stealth/invis)...so harder to 'stealth' missions with them in it.

Malta are annoying because of the 1 minute long stun durations...among other things.

Nemesis: Don't really care for 'em....I hate how their Vengeance stacks...if it didn't stack then I wouldn't mind it so much....but grr...

Speaking of stacking...Night Widows...yeah...they're a pain and not 'terrible' per se...but the Smoke Grenade is really, really, really annoying. The most annoying thing is that they can stack it by themselves.

DE: Yeah, don't care for 'em either but don't fight them too often so it's not too bad (have been playing villies lately). But yes...it's very bad/annoying when there are multiple Cairns...oh look my attack that usually does 400 damage is now doing....40.... x_x

Council: The only mob that bothers me in this faction/group is the Warwolves...it's their fast running speed, and like someone said above, their ability to run away, come back and one-shot a minion (as a MM) or do good/decent damage on you.

Rularuu: The eyes have it.... >_> I really wanted to be mean while all the AE farming was going on and have some 'fun' with people. I was thinking of making an AE mission and title it "awesome xp farm!" or something similar and just have all Rularuu eyes in it (with maybe the green hami mitos healing them...or some mob healing them). And just go around and broadcast, "LFM for eye farm/xp". Ah well, not doing that....'farming has stopped in the AE' (for the most part).

And one quick nod to the Chief Plasma Scientist(s) for Crey...I think you only see him/them in one mission...but I remember doing the mission on my MM on a small team and that CPS just totally burninated my minions and us...wow...fire powers that always caused a burn patch....not fun. :P

Only two mobs I absolutely despise. The first and biggest are Sappers (Malta Group) which instantly drain all my endurance on SR and nuke all defensive toggles as a result. The second are those Ring Mistresses (Carnival of Shadows) which seem to be a lot stronger than their level and status would suggest. That and they have that annoying anti regen ability which really annoys me on my Regeneration scrapper.

CoT Ghosts - Immune to hold/sleep/knockback/etc, lowers your accuracy, and drains your health.

Vanguard Sword - Never have I seen enemies rip my defese to absolute shreds.

I was trying to think of an answer, then realized many of my answers were "depending on the AT." But - and I'm using "low spawning" here as "low level," since that's where they're really worst - ones I hate seeing in general:

Vahzilok. For slows and toxic damage. VERY bad for a lowbie. And don't forget... *Boom* if you can't interrupt (followed by a rez and another explosuion if you have REALLY bad luck.)
Mu. END drain and -recovery on something using TOs or DOs and that has no recovery ANYWAY is just... not... fun.

Most everything else I can think of are either higher level, bad for one AT/powerset but not another, or workable with good pulling and tactics.

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Marksmen. Marksmen of any kind, especially Council ones because they're a frickin' minion meaning your recharge is debuffed through the floor! A real pain at low levels.

Rikti Swords, even on their minions can hit pretty hard, but not too much of a problem.

Oh dear God, Vanguard! Never EVER have I stopped playing an arc after the first mission. EVER!

The only "difficult" NPC group in this game is Vanguard. They only appear in a few arcs, yet you don't exactly see people jumping over each other to run those arcs - they're equipped with a large variety of powers designed to nullify pretty much anything, and they can give even the strongest Tankers problems sometimes (plus they have some nasty, persistent debuffs, which require purchasing temp powers to remove). Every other group - high-level CoT, Carnies, Malta - is easily countered by intelligent playing and good inspiration management.

I think I might be the only CoH player who likes fighting Circle of Thorns

KoA win that IMO. While they are not the most deadly (not to say they are pushovers), the spammed pile of caltrops makes any mission with them in quantity an utter nightmare. Even on an electric armor character with slow resistance it still is unbearable. I just don't both with any arc full of them.

Of course add in the fact that their perception is through the rough so they swarm all over you from half a map away and it really gets to suck.

I like CoT, but the spectral daemon lords suck. If we don't get to have auto-hit damaging auras that also have monstrous debuffs, neither should enemies. An AV, I could accept, but certainly not a common mid-level Lt.

Also, no mob should ever ever have a detention field. Ever. It doesn't make things hard, it doesn't make things fun. It's just annoying and boring.