Artificial Difficulty

[Eisenhower]

But nothing in the game indicates that "stop moving or attacking" is the way to survive Blighted Bouquet, so it's totally artificial.

The same is true for T9, with Iceclaw and Fireclaw. First hit ? Almost no damage. Second hit ? One shot ?!

No.

The mechanics of Blighted Bouquet are not artificial, since they can me dealt with via player skill. They are obfuscated since it's difficult to realize details surrounding the event, but trial and error will reveal this information even if the initial clue provided is sparse. Planned, systematic testing of the ability will reveal it even faster.

The ice and fire attacks are neither artificial in difficulty, nor are their mechanics obfuscated as the tooltip clearly reads "Icebitten: Resistance to attacks by Iceclaw is decreased." and "Firescorched: Resistance to attacks by Firehorn is decreased.".

A challenge is artificially difficult if player effort is disregarded for calculating the result of the challenge.