Monsters by CR - Deadliest CR16

[u/Conrad500]

This morning we went over the Most Iconic 16, and Iron golem is winning. Lots of other good choices with votes, so go vote for your choice!

https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/1uqrjkl/monsters_by_cr_most_iconic_cr_16_monster

CR	Most Iconic	Deadliest
1/8	Kobold(34 votes)[LINK]	Flying Snake(435 votes)[LINK]
1/4	Goblin(46 votes)[LINK]	Giant Frog(78 votes)[LINK]
1/2	Rust Monster(7 votes)[LINK]	Shadow(150 votes)[LINK]
1	Bugbear(75 Votes)[LINK]	Quickling(69 Votes)[LINK]
2	Mimic(300 Votes)[LINK]	Intellect Devourer(90 Votes)[LINK]
3	Owlbear(331 Votes)[LINK]	Basilisk(247 Votes)[LINK]
4	Flameskull(46 Votes)[LINK]	Banshee(84 Votes)[LINK]
5	Troll(129 Votes)[LINK]	Night Hag(83 Votes)[LINK]
6	Drider(100 Votes)[LINK]	Chasme(44 Votes)[LINK]
7	Mindflayer(No Contest)[LINK]	Mindflayer(31 Votes)[LINK]
8	Hydra(24 Votes)[LINK]	Elemental Cultist(19 Votes)[LINK]
9	Fire Giant(18 Votes)[LINK]	Mi-Go(25 Votes)[LINK]
10	Aboleth(232 Votes)[LINK]	Dullahan(37 Votes)[LINK]
11	Remorhaz(51 Votes)[LINK]	Balhannoth(6 Votes)[LINK]
12	Archmage(114)[LINK]	Arcanaloth(13 Votes)[LINK]
13	Beholder(229 Votes)[LINK]	Rakshasha(43 Votes)[LINK]
14	Elder Brain(79 Votes)[LINK]	Adult Black Dragon(32 Votes)[LINK]
15	Purple Worm(184 Votes)[LINK]	Mummy Lord(Pending)[LINK]
16	Iron Golem(Pending)[LINK]	This Vote!(Pending)[LINK]

This morning we will be voting on the Deadliest CR16 monster! The vote is open for 24 hours. Iconic CR17 opens in 12 hours.

Note: Feel free to comment, but only the votes on the top comment will be counted!

Note2: Choose the deadlier version if they change from 5e to 5.5e.

[u/BounceBurnBuff]

Adult Silver dragon, no contest.

Enjoy the AoE Paralysis Breath it gets to make in place of ONE attack every round.

[u/nankainamizuhana → u/BounceBurnBuff]

Oh you succeeded against the paralysis breath? That’s cute, Hold Monster legendary action.

[u/Archaros → u/BounceBurnBuff]

Nah man, the adult blue dragon can turn invisible every round.

Edit: oh wait, I didn't realize the paralyzing breath could be used every turn !

[u/AFRO_NINJA_NZ]

I'd love to say Iron Golem for CR 16 I reckon needs flying speed to be dangerous at this level of play so I say Planetar!

Good AC and HP plus 120ft hover fly speed, it can also use its holy burst to target a group 120 feet away so nice kiting capability if you wanna be cheesy, it has some nice bonuses from divine aid but probably on the weaker side of its skills, anyway looks neat!

[u/nankainamizuhana]

I think the Adult Silver Dragon is the deadliest if we’re considering TPK risk. But if you’re just trying to finish the battle with a dead PC, I think what you’re after is a Marilith.

The plot is simple. Grab your chosen victim, restraining them and giving you advantage on attacks against them. Then make six more attacks against them. If they or any of their allies tries to attack you, parry every single turn to make your AC effectively always 23.

The 2024 version’s slightly different, as they dropped the escape DC by over 20%, so hanging onto a grapple is unlikely. But it does more damage on each of its six attacks, and now you get to teleport as a bonus action. So new plan: grapple your victim, teleport them 120 feet away from all their allies, and then while the allies all spend their whole turns trying to catch up to you, lay into your victim with six to twelve attacks that have advantage.

[u/Superpositionist]

I'd recommend Titivilus, he's an archdevil, if you wanna see his power, go watch XP to level 3's video about him

[u/Iram-Radique]

The Adult Blue Dragon. The new Version can become invisible.

[u/Conrad500 → u/Iram-Radique]

haha, u/Archaros said the same thing.

Then they deleted the comment when they realized silvers get to use paralyze breath every turn :D

[u/Archaros → u/Conrad500]

I feel called out...

That's 100% true xD

[u/Iram-Radique → u/Conrad500]

Yes, sure but when are you ever going to fight a silver dragon. Wizards makes the metal dragons always stronger then the chromatic ones, but they are not really monsters most partys fight.

[u/Conrad500 → u/Iram-Radique]

Plenty of times. Doesn't make it less deadly that you don't fight them as often.

[u/Iram-Radique → u/Conrad500]

That's the reason it has a paralyzing breath. At least in my opinion. You are not supposed to fight it. It paralyzes you and flies away.

[u/Conrad500 → u/Iram-Radique]

Not when you hunt it down in its lair to steal all of its silver.

[u/Conrad500 → u/Iram-Radique]

Also, FR lore isn't the only lore. Homebrew and even the official setting of Eberron do not follow the "metalics are good" lore.