9 RPG Boss Attacks That Were Utter BS

5. Mirelurk Queen’s Acid Spray - Fallout 4

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Fallout's Wasteland is an unfriendly place for many reasons. All sorts of overgrown radioactive baddies, misshapen ghouls, and fearsome Deathclaws lie in wait on every plain and I'm every vault. Perhaps only one foe, though, has an attack that feels unbelievably cheap and is unreasonably punishing should you find yourself on the receiving end of it.

The Mirelurk Queen's acid spray attack is a brutal damage dealer that even eats through power armour.

Your only real tactic here is to make sure you don't get hit by it. The spray deals ongoing damage so if you get caught in it and aren't properly prepared it'll drain your health in a second flat. Or the second after that if somehow you escape the first onslaught with a sliver of health.

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