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Boss Rush Creation by RoachTheIntelCollector canon to the Roach Chronicles

“How many bosses can you fight?”
―Description

Boss Rush is a collaborative project between RoachTheIntelCollector, Anakin Nakamura, Greedyselfish, and Icestormshadow, created on March 29th, 2019. The project is a massive boss fight gauntlet, allowing players to play as characters from the various series of all of the creators and pit them against bosses from their creations.

Boss Rush also appears in Call of Duty: Zombies as a special game mode. In the Roach Chronicles timeline, it is the twenty-first saga of the series, preceded by The Sentinel Trials saga and succeeded by the Futuristic Paradox saga.

Overview[]

Boss Rush is set in an amphitheater in the ancient underground city of Delphi, Greece after it became frozen in time. The arena can change its size in order to accommodate for larger and tougher boss fights. Prior to all fights, the player will be placed in the "spectator room", where they can choose their playable character, weapons and perks. The player will also have the option to choose the boss fight they wish to fight, and choose between four difficulties: Casual, Regular, Hardcore and Nightfall. However, there will be certain boss fights that will have a locked difficulty which is known as Mythic.

The player will have the option in choosing solo fights against one boss, or alternatively group fights, which combines multiple boss fights into a single fight. When a boss in a group fight is defeated, they will collapse to the ground and fade away as opposed to simply fading away like in a solo fight. There is also the Gauntlet, in which players will fight every solo boss in a row, although the player can return to the spectator room to restock between the fights. Once the player beats the Gauntlet for the first time, they will unlock the Time Trial, in which players will have to repeat the Gauntlet all while under a time limit.

Once the player completes all of the solo fights against the Fragments of Darkness, a secret boss battle is unlocked. This final battle pits the player against a mysterious figure known as the Grandmaster, who serves as the announcer for all of the previous fights. Upon defeating the Grandmaster for the first time, players will unlock a Mythic difficulty locked version. In addition to this, players will have the ability to customize their own group fights, which can consist of a limit of three bosses.

Health System[]

Main article: Boss Rush/Health System

Each boss uses a unique health bar that appears on the top right corner of the screen to display their health. This bar will appear whenever the player is aiming at a boss.

The bar has two rows; the top row is the main health bar, while the bottom row has several smaller health cubes lined horizontally below the main bar. When the bar up top is depleted, one of the health cubes below will deplete as well while the top bar instantly refills. When the health bar and all of the health cubes are depleted, the boss will be defeated. The amount of health cubes will change depending on the boss itself, and the amount of damage the boss receives will change depending on the difficulty. The amount of health cubes will increase or decrease with the chosen difficulty as well.

Ranking[]

Main article: Boss Rush/Ranking

Weapons, Equipment and Perks[]

Main article: Boss Rush/Weapons, Equipment and Perks

Dialogue[]

Main article: Boss Rush/Dialogue

Playable Characters[]

Roach Chronicles[]

  • Roach
  • O'Ryan
  • Chris
  • TJ
  • Alex "Rook" Miller
  • Mackenzie "Mac" Davis
  • John Doc
  • Gary Arlington
  • Rick Peterson
  • Jacob Roberts
  • Patrick West
  • Daniela Knight
  • Samuel Higgins
  • Evan Jones
  • Mark Harrison
  • Simon Turner

Nexus-verse[]

Greedyselfish[]

  • Skylar Henning (Young)
  • Dave Herd (Young)
  • Zack Battleman (Young)
  • Robert van Alexander (Young)
  • Dr. Skylar Henning
  • Dr. Dave Herd
  • Dr. Zack Battleman
  • Dr. Robert van Alexander
  • Lv Bu
  • Sergeant
  • Trigger
  • Cowboy
  • Gloria "Athena" Branigan
  • Alain Bourden
  • Jack McMack
  • Mr. Tachibana (Unnamed Mercenary)

Icestormshadow[]

  • Danny Archne
  • Darksun
  • Lifelight
  • Flamwsword
  • Earthknight
  • Icestormshadow
  • Kevin Blood
  • Amy Bondy
  • Lily Dangerfield
  • Clary/Airhammer
  • Shadow
  • Edward Richtofen
  • Henry Dempsey
  • Takeo Masaki
  • Nikolai Belinski

Solo Fights[]

Roach Chronicles[]

Nexus-verse[]

Greedyselfish[]

  • Cyborg Dragon
  • Supreme Roarer
  • Commander Lawton
  • The Angel
  • The Hybrid

Icestormshadow[]

  • Red Shadow
  • Azathoth
  • Shadowifed Icestormshadow
  • The Beast

Final Boss[]

  • Grandmaster

Group Fights[]

Roach Chronicles[]

  • The Soulless - Lextyr, Yaxnor, Xirsch and Xarcoh
  • Power Hungry - Gruntijackal/Emperor of Destiny, Master Ronin and Echthroi
  • Mechanized Soldiers - Omnitron and Gigabyte
  • Triple Entity - Erebus, Gigabyte and Xarcoh

Nexus-verse[]

  • Nexus Defenders - The Son, Lotus and Loki
  • Grimm Might - Re'mai and Ka'mei
  • Masters of the Nexus - The Son and Rogue Mr. Tachibana Clone
  • Creatures of Grimm - Last Predecessor, Re'mai and Ka'mei
  • Scorn Leadership - Riven and Yirksii (supported by Scorn Grimm)

Greedyselfish[]

  • Van Lucker's Revenge - Cyborg Dragon, Supreme Roarer and Commander Lawton
  • Desire & Power - The Angel and The Hybrid

Icestormshadow[]

  • Shadow Army - Shadowstorm, Shadowblade, Shadowstrike and Shadowshield (plus Minions)
  • The Resetting - Apocalypse, Death, Famine, War and Disease
  • Apothicons Rise - The Beast, Shadowman, Red Shadow, Corrupted Dr. Monty

Combined[]

  • Twisted Sister - Agent 14, The Hybrid and Ka'mei, the Apparition Alpha
  • Rise of the Machines - Omnitron, Gigabyte, Cyborg Dragon, Supreme Roarer, Commander Lawton and Timeless
  • Unlikely Alliance - Master Ronin, Rogue Mr. Tachibana Clone, The Angel and Red Shadow

Music[]

Depending on the creator, each boss fight has a certain background theme playing during the fights.

Main Theme[]

The main theme for Boss Rush that was featured in the "Boss Rush Launch Trailer".

Spectator Room[]

Music that plays in the Spectator Room while restocking or choosing a Boss and Difficulty.

Roach Chronicles[]

Nexus-verse[]

Greedyselfish[]

Icestormshadow[]

Final Boss[]

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • The normal shaped arena is derived from the amphitheater found in the Zombies map Ancient Evil within Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
  • The "Twisted Sister" combined group fight is a reference to the heavy metal band of the same name.
  • The three bosses chosen for the "Triple Entity" fight are all splintered versions of Roach.
    • Xarcoh is his Soulless, Gigabyte is his evil robotic form, and Erebus is a combination of Roach and Xarcoh resurrected through the Dark Realm.
  • Players will earn an achievement/trophy called "Nexus Trinity" if they choose "The Son" boss fight and two players are playing as Mr. Tachibana/The Drifter and Mr. Tachibana (Unnamed Mercenary).
  • The enemy health bar system is derived from the Kingdom Hearts series.
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