Griffon the Great vs Final Boss in Stick War: Legacy — Who Really Wins?
If you’ve spent any serious time in Stick War: Legacy, you already know two names that send chills down every player’s spine, Griffon the Great and the Final Boss. Both are absolute monsters on the battlefield. But when these two giants go head-to-head, who actually comes out on top? And how does this matchup change your tournament runs and campaign missions?
Let’s break it all down.
What Is Griffon the Great?
Griffon the Great is one of the most powerful units you can summon in Stick War: Legacy. Here’s everything you need to know:
- Cost: 1,000 gems, the most expensive power-up in the entire game
- Type: Chaos spell summon
- Crowd Control: Hits five units at once
- Special Ability: Independent earthquake move it can use on its own
- Best Use: Countering boss battles and overwhelming enemy armies
What makes Griffon special is that it doesn’t just deal damage, it controls the entire battlefield. Early in development, Griffon actually looked identical to the Boss Giant, which also had a similar stun-based earthquake ability.
What Is the Final Boss?
The Final Boss is the ultimate end-game threat in Stick War: Legacy. Here’s what makes it so dangerous:
- Raw Power: Can solo five Griffon the Greats with health still remaining
- Tournament Role: Appears in Hacker.Exe’s Reinforcement Wave
- User-Controlled: Hacker.Exe can directly control the Final Boss in battle
- Stomp Attack: Can one-shot an entire Swordwrath army instantly
Griffon the Great vs Final Boss: Who Actually Wins?
One-on-one, the Final Boss wins. It takes down five Griffons and still has HP left.
But the story changes when Griffon is user-controlled and backed by Archidons, especially Lava Archidons dealing constant burn damage. In that setup, the Final Boss can be defeated.
Two widely watched YouTube videos break this matchup down in detail, one testing exactly how many Griffons it takes to beat the Final Boss, and another showing what a full Griffon army looks like against it. The results are brutal and eye-opening either way.
Simple answer: Final Boss wins 1v1. Skilled player with user-controlled Griffon plus support, Griffon wins.
Griffon the Great: Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths:
- Beats the Kai Rider in a 1v1
- Devastating when user-controlled
- Independent earthquake hits multiple units simultaneously
- Excellent for tough campaign missions like Mission 395
- Superior crowd control against large armies
Weaknesses:
- Dies to poison if other enemy units are nearby
- Loses a clean 1v1 against the Final Boss
- 1,000 gem cost makes it impossible to spam
- Requires specific counter-strategies from opponents to deal with
How to Beat Griffon the Great
Here are the counter-strategies that actually work:
- Lava Archidon spam: constant burn damage wears Griffon down fast
- Speartons with manual spear throws: precise and reliable
- Spearton Rage: strong burst damage
- Statue Turret: slow but consistently effective
- Lightning spell: best option specifically against Hacker.Exe’s Griffon
- Voltaic Giants: stun it and keep piling damage
How These Two Show Up in Tournaments
Here’s the full tournament difficulty ranking from easiest to hardest:
1. Crazy Jay: Very easy. One Voltaic Giant solos most of the fight even on insane mode. His Reinforcement Wave is weak and the Golden Spearton he uses is completely handled by a Voltaic Giant.
2. Cyrus: Similar level to Crazy Jay. Voltaic Giants handle him comfortably.
3. Ruthless: Big difficulty spike. All units are maxed with good skins. Her Reinforcement Wave summons Griffon the Great plus a Kai Rider, deadly for players who aren’t expecting it. Her constant Meric spam can make recovery impossible if you let her build up. The best strategy is going straight for her statue early.
4. Hacker.Exe: The hardest by a wide margin. His troops carry multiple skins simultaneously, think Voltaic Ice Vampiric Spearton. He user-controls his troops, spams powerful power-ups, and is dangerous even in the early game. His Reinforcement Wave summons the Final Boss, the same one that solos five Griffons. And then he user-controls the Final Boss directly. There is no easy answer here.
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GRIFFON THE GREAT VS FINAL BOSS All Levels Gameplay Walkthrough
Is Griffon the Great Balanced in Crown Mode?
A Reddit community poll (34 votes) split almost evenly — 19 yes, 15 no.
The “no” argument is strong: it’s the most expensive power-up and also the strongest, making it feel unfair and un-fun to fight without very specific counters. It also makes weaker challengers like Cyrus significantly more dangerous when they get access to it.
The “yes” side argues its high cost naturally limits usage and that the right counters do exist.
Honest verdict: Not unbeatable, but not a fun fight either, especially mid-Reinforcement Wave when you’re not ready for it.
Conclusion
Griffon the Great and the Final Boss sit at the very top of Stick War: Legacy’s power scale. The Final Boss has the raw strength edge, but Griffon is more versatile and in skilled hands, especially user-controlled, it’s a force that nothing can easily stop.
Going into high-level tournaments? Learn the counter-strategies, don’t rely on cheap spam armies, and never let Hacker.Exe get his hands on the Final Boss.