10 Harmless-Looking Video Game Enemies That Completely Wrecked You

10. Mimic - Dark Souls

Nothing could be less threatening than a wooden chest. It’s the dopamine factory of RPGs, reliably doling out loot for adventurers eager to find that perfect weapon, a fat stack of gold, or just a badly needed health potion. Developers know this and know that after putting you through hell the reward needs to be worth the effort.

Then some sadistic prankster at FromSoftware decided that it would be fun to pull a fast one and replace the promise of juicy loot with a face full of razor-sharp teeth.

And as a first class Gotcha! moment, mimics play their part to perfection. Leaping to horrifying life they chomp down on the Chosen Undead’s head, doing a ton of damage and handing unsuspecting players the fright of their life.

Spot the evil shape shifter early and it will get up on spindly legs and attack, and with significant hit points, unnerving speed and high damage they can easily wreck players.

Veteran players know the trick to tell a mimic from a chest and with that experience the chuckling impostor turns from terror to nuisance, but even so, any lapse in concentration and the Mimic can, and will, make you regret it.