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Re-creating the Dragon Fight [Future "End Update"]

As everyone has already said, the Dragon fight is too easy.  It doesn't deal much damage, and all you have to really do is taking down the crystals, waiting for it at the middle portal, and hoping it doesn't fling you 100 blocks into the air.  Here's my thoughts:

Phases

Most boss fights come with multiple phases, and it would fit perfectly for the Dragon. 

Maybe you can only damage it after destroying the crystals, or it flies to a different island once you get it to half health.  There are many ways you can do with this.

What would be better is that at a certain point, a random phase out of many could be chosen.  This would bring more strategy and skill to the table, since the player has to scheme over their best possible options.

[This will definitely come down to more luck for speedrunning, as certain phases may be easier / faster than others.  It would be very interesting what that community would come up with...].

More Abilities

The Dragon can only fire "Ender Charges" at you and dive into you.  This alone is nice, but it doesn't feel enough.

It could call monsters, or give status effects.  Maybe it could create a new monster, like the Redstone Monstrosity and The Corrupted Cauldron from Minecraft: Dungeons.  Of course, these are only examples.

 

Overall, the Dragon fight is heavily lacking in content.  Since it hasn't changed in a long time, too many flaws have shown for the experience over the course of multiple updates.

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    You, the top 5% of most skilled players, think that the dragon fight is easy but it is very difficult.
    The crystals are so hard to take down without skill, dragon's breath keeps killing you so well, and the dragon keep yeeting you into the air

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    I mean, taking down the crystals requires a lot of practice, and the dragon yeeting you into the air can be a problem.  The dragon breath is what I disagree with: it's too predictable to see it coming, and you can easily avoid it.

    What I do think is that Mojang should just remove the Yeeting part of the fight entirely.  That would definitely help out a bunch of players.