@eniko this post was inspired by the fact that in my most recent ER playthrough, in which I did not use armor or defense-boosting talismans or spells, there were a lot of attacks where I was like, "wow, that's bullshit". And I found myself saying it over and over again. Until I realized that, actually, the bullshit was what made them challenging, which was the whole point.
The common denominator was that if a boss is gonna murder you with some absolute nonsense, it needs to look impressive 😁