10 HARDEST Elden Ring Bosses That Require Incredible Skill

Elden Ring (PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S/One) is basically the king of bosses. Here are some of the most challenging.
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0:00 Intro
0:13 Margit, The Fell Omen
2:02 Fire Giant
4:02 Starscourge Radahn
6:06 Full-grown Fallingstar Beast
7:29 Mohg, Lord of Blood
9:12 Astel, Naturalborn of the Void
10:18 Godfrey, First Elden Lord / Hoarah Loux
11:28 Godskin Duo
12:57 Radagon of the Golden Order / Elden Beas
14:20 Malenia, Blade of Miquella

[@Ennahdee]

Mohg was easy for me... though pretty tough for the other 2 who attacked him while I shouted encouragement from behind a pillar.

[@halcyon6098]

😂😂😂

[@GeeRipp]

Mohg and falling beast were the ones I killed the fastest seriously never understood how someone couldn’t overcome their attack patterns but astel..took about ten tries lol

[@MichaelJohnson-nj2cc]

Bleed build combined with Tiche spirit ashes and Mohg pretty much melted like butter.

[@dexterflexer65]

Yeah I fought someone similar to him and they basically did the same thing so I new what he does

[@BeckDawgGaming]

Had us in the first half not gonna lie

[@mason_woodruff]

Falcon: “Margit’s the first true test this game throws at you.” Tree Sentinel: “Am I a joke to you?”

[@12345Yeah]

Tree sentinel is easy to run around and away from. You have to beat Margit to progress

[@broskander3671]

@@12345Yeah I mean not really. You can go around Stormveil entirely

[@12345Yeah]

@@broskander3671 yes but if you want to progress through stormveil castle you need to beat him..and it's silly to skip that area

[@broskander3671]

@@12345Yeah eh. I usually skip as much of stormveil as possible until later on unless there's something I really want cuz I don't think it'd a very fun or interesting area personally

[@12345Yeah]

@@broskander3671 I understand, I'm talking in terms of someone approaching the game for the first time

[@royalflush13]

"I am Melannia. Blade of Miquella." Every elden ring player would've heard that on repeat a million times.

[@michaelfrye2664]

Except let me solo her. He makes it look easy 😂

[@mikakoivisto6504]

Expect Hollow. He beat her in a few tries.

[@jesus8772]

Blown out of proportion imo. Thought Radagon/Elden Beast was harder, depends on the build I suppose

[@maxton-_-4243]

She only killed me 19 times, most I died to anyone in Elden ring but still not the most in any souls game (nameless killed me 20 times smh)

[@rajatcj2256]

Took me only 2 tries and I'm not even good.

[@cameronwigington3247]

Anyone remember pre-nerf Radahn on release week?... an absolute force to be reckoned with. Insane hit box and one-shotting great arrows that made you wanna throw your controller through the TV. Poor guy is a pushover now

[@JackMilde]

Took me 37 tries to beat pre-nerf Radahn at RL68. Next playthrough after he was nerfed, he felt like a total pushover at RL57

[@WEInvest23]

They should have never nerfed Radahn

[@isaacverrall8782]

He got buffed

[@Christina..22121]

And all that because everyone fights him extremely under leveled and can't understand he is a mid game boss. I fought pre nerf radahn at level 75 which is the level you are supposed to be and he was a lot more fair, fun and easier but everyone needs to be stubborn nowdays.

[@brucepreston3927]

Literally ran circles around him and hit him with comet shard, he died in like 2 min...2nd playthrough I fought him melee and holy crap was that different experience! He destroyed me, alot!

[@user-zg8vk1lr7d]

I surprised Maliketh doesn't count as hard boss. His agility and movement was badass and also very fan to fight.

[@lukesaville4340]

Absolutely shocked Maliketh isn't on the list. I just beat him and he is BY FAR the hardest boss I have fought so far. Astel that high too???

[@Iwuldvbinurdady]

I think Maliketh is much harder than any other save Melania and Mohg. Astel isn't even in the same league.

[@widdershins5383]

Astel just hits like a runaway tank, the actual move set is stupid simple to avoid for the most part

[@akiraigarashi2874]

Definitely harder than Astel.

[@haggus71]

His first phase isn't that bad; and his health pool is small compared to the other bosses. Give him about 10k more health and he'd be near the top of the list.

[@IIISWILIII]

The Draconic Tree Sentinel Knight guarding the Capitol deserves an honorable mention

[@wonders8561]

Exactly, yesterday I rage over that guy in Crumbling Farum Azula after I finished up the Black Blade. Finished him up with my Giant Crusher (S scaling 980+ damage).

[@alkhalaf89]

i died 50+ times to him. but margrit died only 15+- times. ( not a souls gamer at all).

[@backloggame]

Am i the only one that still thinks the crucible knights tandem was unquestionably difficult. (Assuming you went straight up)

[@recovermail4260]

@@backloggame no lol. Crucible duo is horribly hard. I went there overleveled and still got my cheeks claped.

[@damian1312]

Killed him first try w my dex faith build using godslayer sword on horseback its easy af (i never player any other souls games either)

[@AmanSinghAmmy]

Not gonna lie elden ring was my 1st game in dark Souls franchise and at start I was like I wasted money on the game but after I beat margit it was a amazing feeling and I was motivated to get more challenging bosses after 150 hours I finally completed the main story and still exploring the world

[@softpalace4605]

I have to respect your commitment to bringing the lordsworn greatsword all the way into the end game.

[@TheSacr3dWalrus]

I mostly agree but I have one thing to say, WHERE IS MALIKETH. I did not find aster that hard but maliketh was easily top three difficulty for me. All of that aside Thanks for more Elden ring content

[@hapwn]

Patience is still the hardest boss for me, by far!

[@gustavmatson4739]

astel was super easy compared to every other on this list

[@TheSacr3dWalrus]

@@gustavmatson4739 Yeah by far

[@gustavmatson4739]

@@TheSacr3dWalrus most people even fight him while high level, I would rather see maliketh (as you said)/placidusax or even godrick instead

[@artorias7933]

Yeah Black Blade must have made the list

[@clarkus11]

Elden ring was my first from software game so I went straight to Margit severely under leveled. Didn't know the controls very well but was still determined to beat him. Took me around 4 hours of non stop trying until I finally got it done. That was such a great feeling of accomplishment that I had not felt from a game in a very long time.

[@DecayingReverie]

That's why so many of us are drawn to the series. The game will let you both persist and persevere with little gear or go around and level up first. Both feel satisfying when you killed him because he can still be difficult even with a few levels. The game makes your choices and styles feel satisfying. There's skill involved, but the game wants you to succeed. It gives you the means to do it everywhere.

[@ELpun1sher]

This my 1st from software too. I honestly roamed around and died everywhere else before i even knew how to follow along the story. I got to him pretty leveled up amd he was still pretty rough lol

[@trystangovender4827]

Then get destroyed by birds with swords on their feet immediately after

[@Patrickdaawsome]

That's gangsta. Took me about 35 hours to beat him.

[@stalactitesnek]

Good job king

[@zayzo007]

Godskins get to take a nap everytime I step in the room😂😂😴😴

[@joeysmith5382]

I think commander niall is worth mentioning. I beat starscourage and the fire giant, but Niall was so impossible.

[@vegas707]

niall took me longer than malenia 😭

[@maxldaxl1806]

are we talking about the same guy? the commander who spawns 2 ashes ? .. i first tried him lol

[@ulysse9194]

@@maxldaxl1806same, i guess it depends on your build

[@anassmouradi90]

Man, those 3 months when we all played the game at the same time as it came out were so magic and beautiful..together we shared every little detail,helped eachother. Simply,the souls game are the best community

[@titusalabat5173]

That time was one of the best gaming experience in my life. Like you said It's much different when you actually played it and experienced it with everyone else at the same time. I feel like if you play it late then you lose a part of that experience.

[@jjjjashan]

@@titusalabat5173 i bought a week ago. i regret not buying it earlier

[@titusalabat5173]

@@jjjjashan It's alright, enjoy this masterpiece of art of a game.

[@theirresponsibleghost7748]

@@jjjjashan how are you enjoying it so far?

[@beemelonhead1]

@@jjjjashan I bought it when first came out but I don't have internet so I'm forced to play by myself. I kinda got bored and put it down for a couple months after getting to falling star beast. I went back to playing Sekiro to get all the endings (best Fromsoft game imo). Just now coming back to Elden Ring again.

[@ViceGR]

Twin gargoyles at nokron were tough for me. Also from non bosses, the Crucible Knights and the Runebears gave me more hard time than most of the bosses you refered. Thats elden ring i guess

[@VaderPepe]

Runebears appearing out of nowhere and being so aggressive you don't even have time to pop a pot

[@riceballs8461]

I was really dreading the twins but found them suprisingly easy, only took two tries

[@philjamprimate]

Rune Bears are the worst. Especially in caves

[@kevinhernandez9626]

@@philjamprimateI swear that cave rune bear in Caelid is by far the hardest non boss in the game. Rune bears in general are the only enemy in the whole game I purposefully didn’t fight. Even crucible knights you can get super consistent on but those rune bears man I don’t know what it is about them, but they’re horrible.

[@4w0ken]

at what level u guys killed them ?

[@lvwonder]

The second-tier boss fight of two crucible knights at Auriza Hero's Grave was a great one to rattle your wits. It made me wonder about the more challenging bosses that were yet to come...

[@moshtran]

Those one were troublesome

[@destructimus]

Toughest in the game for me, but I was maybe underlevelled there and overlevelled for Mohg and Radahn, who I had no trouble with.

[@britking]

Comet azure was the only way I could beat this fight. I died more here than anywhere else.... except Malenia.

[@iSouluh]

This is my first souls game and this fight almost made me quit lmao 😂 took a couple hours

[@eliashorak2047]

Yep honestly I guess I was around 8 hours alone in auriza hero's grave all in all and these mfs in the end were tough as hell

[@lachutojav2558]

For margit the most memorable voice line for me is his whole intro "Foul Tarnished!"

[@humblelootfarmer]

Completely with the sentiment that the Fire Giant is the start of a very long stretch of bosses that get more and more increasingly difficult until the very end. Theres a lot of them that just have attacks that just go on and on and you find yourself just standing or dodging moves waiting to attack in a tiny window.

[@Laccc]

I found the fire giant incredibly easy once you dodge the first wave attack, got him on my 3rd attempt, the wave was just killing me, I just got to his legs and started to hit him

[@humblelootfarmer]

@@Laccc I meant like he said in the video that the fire giant started the steep endgame bosses. I got to maliketh soon after and he hit me like a freight train. He’s trying first boss I couldn’t help but use summons on.

[@fy4b230]

Don’t know if this is a dig at the end game bosses or not, but Malekith is the best boss in the game mechanics wise imo. Try and no hit him. If you get it (and you will), it’s the “purest” boss fight I’ve encountered in any Soulsbournekiro game. Seriously, whoever designed that boss fight is big brained af. First time I fought him I thought he was so broken and cheap…then I actually learned the fight and wow was I wrong.

[@BigBinky_Gaming]

*Cough* Elden Beast *Cough*

[@mysticdispersion2961]

Fire giant wasn't hard imo however I had a quality build which meant bleed was a viable strat for me

[@deathless2554]

I got stuck on the Fallingstar Beast in the Sellia Crystal Tunnel for so long that I eventually learned him well and beat him. Little did I know, I would have to fight the fully-grown one. But, beat him first try with all that practice. I always love that with some bosses, they seem almost impossible at first but with practice, they become easy.

[@xavierwehi]

I honestly hated that one more than the godskin duo

[@therealgator4856]

Me an you both bro, this boss had me ripping my hair out I spent so long

[@leedex]

The same here. Was a noob and didn’t know how to lvl. up and lock on target with spells as mage 😂

[@dblegends1923]

Ain’t no way mallikith isn’t in this list

[@juancarlosgutierrez3939]

They hadn’t fought him yet, still stuck with the duo

[@cadingibson6699]

Just finished my first playthrough and beat all of these solo; boy were some of them hard and frustrating. Even so, I immediately started a ng+. What a great game!

[@thegoldendoge5475]

“Put these foolish ambitions to rest” still gives me shivers from how many times I died from him

[@gameranxTV]

😅

[@augiegomez7460]

Damn should I continue playing scary shit

[@MrFreshGamer101]

@@augiegomez7460 its a masterpiece

[@jakr0se]

@@augiegomez7460 keep going!!!!!!!!

[@djanirasim5842]

My character is currently level 547. You have no idea what joy it is to just melt bosses with Comet Azur or simply that rancor call spell.

[@juvenilegolden]

The secret dragon boss was such an incredible experience. A proper souls atmosphere.

[@gibby3767]

Which one? Dragonlord was epic seeing him waiting, fortissax was a long time coming and sad but still a specticale

[@DizzlerDazzler]

Placidusax or fortisax?😂

[@gibby3767]

@@DizzlerDazzler lmao thats what i said, placidusax is my favorite, but the duskborn was my first ending so i like fortisax and his lore is better than the dragonlords

[@juvenilegolden]

Definitely Placidusax. I was too op for the other one lol

[@DizzlerDazzler]

@@juvenilegolden those lasers where epic

[@duhmeebunch5630]

Maliketh?????

[@twoResets]

LMAO funny vid man. I was busting up laughing especially at your comparison of Margit and other DS games.

[@trcbrdrline7080]

Astel definitely has a devastating signature move. If you've been caught in it's grab, then you know

[@belphegor7352]

i killed him and have no idea of what you're talking about lmao

[@trcbrdrline7080]

@@belphegor7352 then you're one of the lucky ones lol

[@drizzyk6633]

Dude did you fight the second astel where he clones himself around the entire ring and grabs you??

[@belphegor7352]

@@drizzyk6633 no 😅

[@trcbrdrline7080]

@@drizzyk6633 that's the one I'm talking about. Not the one in Rannis questline, the one in the consecrated snowfields

[@HingleMcCringleberryX21J]

Dunno how Maliketh doesn’t make the list. After experimenting with many builds over multiple playthrus, I can say that even while playing with the broken bleed builds he is extremely dangerous due to his damage and moveset. Which is not something you can say about most of the bosses, even Melania to a degree imo

[@carlsoll]

Malikeths *2nd* Form Was *Insane*

[@PickleJuice76]

margit being on this list is disrespectful to maliketh tbh

[@JoeMartinez18]

Luckily he is weak to magic and such... I beat him with my tanking mimic tear... and then just frost dragoned his ass.

[@IIMiikexDII]

Yeah there's a few bosses that could be on this list, and yet they put Radahn and Margit in there LOL

[@ramelbell497]

Maliketh move set was too easy to pick up on for me... and that's saying alot... but I admit I did kind of cheese him with dragon breathe

[@dandalorian2470]

Great list - for me I had a HELL of a time with the Freezing Fog Dragon.. he was so tough to even approach!!! He’d always knock me off horse, ruthless frost attacks too

[@kaskraker]

Finished a no magic / summon run, malenia was the hardest by far. Took me 14 hours in total. In the end I could consistently parry her and that makes for an exciting fight. Can really recommend doing such a run if you haven't already

[@xrabbz2010]

I needed this comment, im doing the same run atm with powerstance katanas and just got to the haligtree. Been dreading this every step of the way

[@raizenpk]

I beat her a few days ago with powerstance curved swords and it also took me around 15 hours.. My thumb is still in pain haha

[@anonisnoone6125]

U can parry her? I read comments saying she could be parried.

[@kaskraker]

@@anonisnoone6125 Yeah almost every attack can be parried, you just need to learn the different timings. For some attacks you press the parry button when you see orange sparks from her sword, look out for those. She only staggers after three succesvol parried attacks. Good luck!

[@rhysofsneezingdragon1758]

The hardest boss for me was Black Blade Maliketh. I tried to do the whole game on my own. No spirits. But Maliketh was just a brick wall for me. I had to give in and get the mimic tear.

[@bingobongo1615]

An intern in my team quit Elden Ring because of him and I cant blame him for it

[@oviekpolugbo4227]

The whole kill-you-in-one-hit thing gets pretty bad late in the game, but Maliketh takes it to the next level. The problem I had is that in his second form he's never in the same place he was when you were just fighting him, so sometimes he'd kill me before I knew where he was.

[@NikulayBeyatris]

60 Vigor with 25 Endurance + Greatjar's Arsenal will help you with tanking. Already tested that. Beaten the game 14 times already.

[@rhysofsneezingdragon1758]

@@NikulayBeyatris had like 60 vigor and dragoncrest greatshield

[@NikulayBeyatris]

@@rhysofsneezingdragon1758 you need good armor too and none of that Radagon's Scarseal. Worst talisman in mid to late game. Check out the link I've commented here. That's my 60 vigor 25 endurance str build.

[@khanager2814]

Makes me miss pre-patch Radahn. He was honestly up there with Maliketh and Malenia, particularly because you can get to him quite underlevelled if you get the invite to the Festival through Ranni's questline. Also in what world is Maliketh not on this list? He's arguably the second hardest fight in the entire game.

[@dirtyghostlyhabbits7042]

I'd go as far as to say the worst boss. I genuinely hate him.

[@khanager2814]

@@dirtyghostlyhabbits7042 I don't know if you mean Radahn or Maliketh, but either way, clown take. Both such amazing fights. Maliketh's moves can be a bit BS occasionally but the whole fight is so sick.

[@titusjohnson200]

pre patch radahn was on a whole nother level.

[@DJWhitelow]

Yes Maliketh second stage omg, I thought i was getting good until i reached him on my first playthrough. Was suck for a week and honestly the boss that gave me the hardest time out of them all.

[@michaelcantfly]

didn't they reverse the patch?

[@williamhutsch851]

Margit is a hard first boss because unlike the rest of the souls games being extremely linear, elden ring is a game about exploration. The devs of the game purposefully made Margit hard to incentivize players to kick back and go explore the world to gain exp, gear, meet certain characters, and obtain items for later in the game. The whole game is meant to be an experience and not a straight path.

[@shineki1743]

Yeah. A french youtuber tried to beat Margit without going in the open world to farm on his first playthrough, he killed him in 7 hours in total. On my first playthrough I discovered the open world etc, and I killed him within 6 or 7 tries. There's a huge gap between a non leveled player and a leveled player who took the time to explore, especially on this boss

[@Wistream.]

If only I knew that before clearing whole stormveil castle right away.. But what's bad about that is if you really explore everything some bosses get too easy, decreases the joy when you actually beat them. Morgott, took like 10 secs bitch didn't even got time to get phase 2, that was really disappointing..

[@pun15h3r.]

​@@Wistream. fk man Morgott wiped the floor with me.. me and my greatsword had no chance... there was NO hit window AT ALL... you basically had to perfect dogde for a minute straight just to get one single hit in.. like wtf

[@Wistream.]

@@pun15h3r. After I reached Morgott and gave it a try it looked manageble but I just paused to go back for Rykard and aanything else I didn't discovered/killed yet until that point, just to not left out of any content. And when I came back I was just too disappointed that I became so OP..

[@pun15h3r.]

@@Wistream. yeah prob. wasn't the best idea to go straight to the golden tree.. i didn't do Nokron or Rakahn nor did i do Rykard before Margott.. xD I felt really overwhelmed by him.. I guess now i would beat him, at least with Mimic Tear for sure, me x2 is OP xD

[@leedex]

6:16 The Fallenstar Beast in the mines, what the one I had most problem with. I didn’t know how to lvl. up and log on target with spells at that time 😂

[@michaelsznytzer5443]

Margit literally took me about 40 tries. With summoning ashes and the wizard. His timing threw me off every single time I finally beat him last night lol. And felt so damn good!

[@Watch-0w1]

Ur into a long journey. Good luck tarnish

[@jacobhouser4798]

Tarnished are we?

[@kareltjen100]

Good luck on your long, long journey. Don't give up and use everything in your arsenal if you have to!

[@MrAwEsOmE145770]

You definitely have what it takes if you’ve attempted 40 times

[@deus0rcinus889]

The first time I got to him he kicked my arse. Twice. I then went "sod this" and went exploring and when I finally remembered that I had to fight him he was a breeze and I owned him. (I killed him without him hitting me)

[@themarvelouschester3587]

hardest thing about malenia is dealing with waterfowl dance, that's what takes it from hard but fair to insane IMO.

[@dynamicflashy]

Exactly. I'm surprised they didn't even mention that.

[@Oryyyt]

It can be avoided. Just don't get greedy and run like hell when she's telegraphing

[@themarvelouschester3587]

I'd argue you can deal with it 80-90% of the time if you catch the telegraph early enough but if you get caught in the wrong place positioning wise when she starts up this attack you are simply dead

[@haggus71]

@@Oryyyt Yeah, you can run away from the first two phases, and just roll through the third. Just gotta peck away at her. Or summon "Let Me Solo Her"

[@enman009]

I feel weird regarding Malenia: found out you can stop the Waterfowl Dance with an ice pot. And even if you can't runaway or stop her, you can easily block her first wave, dodge the second and literally stand still in the third. She has become more manageable.

[@ypnosipet8862]

The Flex Armstrong and Michelin Man duo is hilariously brutal. I'm glad it isn't just me.

[@ibrahimalbaz2595]

man your voice is amazing, everytime you talk about any boss in this video I feel like I am so fucked up in the battles to come hahaha

[@molonym2]

I somehow had a harder time with the Caelid Bell Bearing Hunter than I did with any of these bosses

[@mcpidro]

SAME !!

[@Fingeringmyboarddude]

Big time

[@r4ymac329]

Patience and poison arrow is your bff, and I mean lots and lots of poison arrow lol , hey whatever it takes right?! Lol

[@will3pr]

That boss was a bitch to deal with I agree lol

[@sliphstream4927]

Abso-friggin-loutely

[@cryingdemon]

I feel like Maliketh, the black blade should have been on here, even as an honorable mention. Same with Commander Niall. Maliketh is Super aggressive like the falling star beast, and similarly is hard to keep track of. Commander Niall isn't as wild, but the two spirit knight guys he has make it frustrating AF.

[@jamesstephenson3733]

100% agree. I dont why, but it took me over 6 hours to beat Maliketh whereas I beat the falling star beast on my third try.

[@haujobbperfect]

How is he not? My kryptonite. On NG+7 and he has been the one boss that just owns me since NG+4. Just don't have it down.

[@raeishimura]

Niall is also shockingly easily wrecked with just one bewitching branch on his minions. Don't even attack them. Just hit them with the branch, stand back and watch his own men kick the crap out of him

[@Lizard1582]

Nialls knights felt tedious, not necessarily hard. The walk also sucks relative to the rest of games walk, Niall himself is relatively easy to learn, it just takes to so much time to rematch him 1v1

[@lkoolaid_man_official723]

Nah i beat him on my 4th fry first play through he ain’t that hard

[@GTdba]

I am firmly convinced that Radahn must have been the strongest warrior among the demi gods. He lost to Malenia's blooming Aeonia, but remember this: he was fighting her, and her archers, all while keeping the stars static and mantaining the focus to not squash his horse. Thus said, you fight a weakened version of himself, impaled by rods, insane and yet he still keeps his concentration. Such will power!

[@DjDolHaus86]

It's a classic strength/tank vs. dex/status battle between Malenia and Radahn. Radahn wins phase 1 because Malania can't chip his health down fast enough to overcome Radahns armour and attack power but when phase 2 kicks in Radahn is so dosed in status effects he can't finish the fight before he succumbs to proc damage. In terms of personality Radahn seemed to be a warrior and a gentlemen, good to those he cared for but a near unstoppable force against his enemies. Malenia is a zealot who has fallen off the deep end, she fights for what she believes is right and refuses to see any other side of things.

[@mkaterr]

I can proudly say I beat alone the godskin duo at first try and not overleveled, and without all flask charges full. Just gotta make sure you use the pilar bases to separate them and then fight them separatedly

[@featuresnobodyaskedfor]

There's a few bosses I'd say are tougher than Margit. Black Kindred, Maliketh, Placidusax, and the twin gargoyles all come to mind

[@menyce3]

when I played, placidusax was a cake walk using bleed on him. Not sure if they ever balanced bleed

[@tqvur6402]

People keep saying placidusax is hard Is it really??? I've seen people beat it rolling on my first run malekith I did it first try but ng3 it's a whole different story ):

[@MrCrandman]

Twin gargoyles, i still cant beat them 😆

[@bhargavchaudhari2025]

honestly for me rot sead beast in rot lake was so annoying for me

[@MinorZero]

@@tqvur6402 If you straight up melee he can be hard. But he has a lot of weaknesses, the most fun way I did (and quite fast) was with that bubble blowing horn (the long one). Also with magic he wasn't too hard. He is a bit like Midir, big health bar, so the fight can last a bit, so I suspect the more impatient ones are the ones finding him hard.

[@UsefulLeaf]

This is my first souls game and for Malenia I took 4 hours with a blood build to beat her but Margit took me 11 hours

[@believeinmatter]

That’s interesting, i beat margit on my 2nd try, its cool to see how different bosses effect different players…i took forever to beat Tree Sentinel, which some people beat right away 🤔🤷‍♂️

[@believeinmatter]

@will i hit 1 sub before 2023? 🙏💖 reported.

[@kevin123652]

@@believeinmatter glad I’m not the only one lol

[@StyvynWayne]

I lost to her probably 50 times with my basic, no-strategy melee build. Respected into a bleed build with a mimic and we obliterated her first try.

[@meh8726]

@@believeinmatter as a souls beginner Tree sentinel was a lot more difficult than Margit for me

[@H.Cervantes]

Margit - First Try. Fire Giant - 3 tries. Radahn - 7 tries. Full Grown FS Beast - 40 min. Mohg - 8 tries. Astel - 2 tries. Godfrey - 1 hour. Godskin Duo - 10 tries. Radagon & Elden Beast - 1½ hour Malenia... 3½ hours ... sheeeeeeeeeeeesh Also Maliketh 2½ hours...

[@commanderfox1858]

for mogh you can get a potion for the flask that does stuff and it reverses the effect of the nihi thing

[@Ashgan9]

It took me longer to defeat Malenia but honestly I hated the Radagon fight way more then Malenia. I was able to figure her out eventually. Radagon on the other hand has mixup attack patterns that make it nearly impossible... I'd fight her over him anyday.

[@iqbalridwan8710]

TRUE!!!

[@roastinpeace2320]

I mean yeah she's fun to fight. She has low poise so you can stunlock her + she has really cool combos that feel so great to dodge. But freaking Elden beast is boss that just teleports all over the HUGE arena shooting from the distance... If we could use steed it would be WAY less frustrating.

[@Sefwan_ak]

I dont know if it’s because i used mimic tear. But only malenia gave me a bit of trouble. Where i had to try over 2 hours i guess. All the other bosses i defeated them on first try.

[@davequinn8801]

@@bobby_idk1880 why are you talking about radahn?

[@Gamerprice40]

I love Malenia’s first phase, it’s very enjoyable to learn and counter and it’s fair. But absolutely hate her 2nd phase, it’s confusing to learn her attacks because her wings make it difficult to see. Elden Ring’s bosses demands incredible patience compared to other fromsoftware games because bosses almost never stop attacking and if you don’t want to trade attacks you’ll only be getting 2 hits in max after every 10-15 attacks you have to dodge. As someone who absolutely loved the Bloodborne and Sekiro gameplay, from a pure gameplay perspective I’m not sure I like Elden Ring because melee-only builds don’t work too well and it really encourages ranged attacks or using summons when it comes to many of the tough bosses. And summons make bosses so much easier there is almost no challenge at all.

[@Nozerone]

The Elden Beast ended up being fairly easy. Easier to learn than Radagon, and easier to fight. Elden Beast is only difficult if you try to chase after him through the whole battle. If you play defensive, and wait till it does its big ring attack and you run away from where it's at when it spawns the ring. It will always come up out of the water right next to you and give you some free hits before starting an attack or running away (It usually runs away in my experience). By waiting for the rings, you can then focus on just dodging attacks which for the most part is pretty easy. Only challenging attack is when it swings the sword and throws out those blades of light at you.

[@Literally___Me]

Oh I legit just got enough health and other versions of defense so I can attack most of the time and now I realize I turned into a tank because I fought god

[@9999999999cloud]

I legit kicked radagon's ass after about three tries but the elden beast really f'd me up. Took a solid 15 tries at least

[@hmm7829]

Radagon was sooo much worse for me. The staggered / fast attacks and some attacks lightning fast with minimal animated indication as to what he might be doing. Radagon alone took me about 20 tries to learn, but I killed the Elden Beast in 3 attempts. Just let it run away from me and spammed Radan's rain from the lion greatbow

[@lucasantolik9960]

This is truly sound advice. You should be a creator with how you can articulate and break things down.

[@Nozerone]

@@lucasantolik9960 I use to lead raids in WoW a long time ago. Had to get good at explaining fights, and what to do when. Especially when the raid had members that required you to spell out exactly what they needed to do, only to stand in fire anyways. I've thought of trying to be a creator though, but I don't have the time or charisma.

[@AshenAsura]

What I learnt is that the bloodskin noble is very vulnerable to sleep pots so if you bring some of those before the fight you can just make him fall asleep and take out the other bloodskin without him interfering.

[@LeoTubeXIII]

Margitt being hard as a boss is a good design because it makes you think: Hey, I don't have the level yet, I have to farm. And you end exploring the first area more carefully and discover you have to do a lot of things before going against him. It is very well done boss for people who comes from the more linear leves of the rest of souls.

[@creepykiller6078]

Honestly we have to thank everyone at gameranx because they have been on the grind lately giving us content after content (Also that was the first time i ever seen the elden beast hit someone with that move super cool looking thank god i never even seen him do it in my fights with him)

[@BaconBane]

Of course he did it to me 😂

[@BOINGtheGAMER]

I remember the joy of defeating Margit... But then i saw Godfrey.

[@keithkershaw5844]

The Gargoyles were one of the toughest fights for me, even with a mimic tear. All the other bosses have their challenges, but I can usually muscle my way through it with my mimic. The gargoyles always made short work of my mimic, and I was about lvl 200. They are top 3 in difficulty in my opinion.

[@PeacefulOz]

Most of these bosses i didnt have a problem with but the radagon elden beast fight gave me serious trouble on my first run. I am super happy about it though as it made me change up my playstyle to a spellblade which I have had a lot more fun with and utterly crushed Malenia.

[@raeishimura]

I'm a bit of a souls veteran, and the bosses I struggled with most were the ones with staggered attack timing and varied attack chains. Some bosses, even on this list, were fairly predictable and you could read their moves pretty easily. Some of them were just hell. I think there is going to be a big difference between what bosses longtime souls players find hard and the ones people new to the series find hard, and I love that. This game is a challenge for new player, but also manages to challenge longtime veterans, and in the end of the day, we all get to have our asses kicked together, lol

[@Skullpture1]

i struggled more with the first evergaol crucible knight than with more of those bosses lol my character was way weaker in that fight

[@lovelesswing458]

I found that this list was good but found most of everything doable. Except Radahn and Mohg. As a mage, I didn't put THAT much in health. Basically had to be perfect as a glass cannon. Finally did it but sheesh. Found that malenia and the final boss was actually EASIER than those two bosses I mentioned. Finally got all the achievements. I thought I loved Bloodborne but elden ring for 200 hours of my time and is now my favorite soulsborne game.

[@scavanger4618]

@@lovelesswing458 I still find bloodborne to be my favourite, just walking through and feeling the atmosphere of yharnam and all the secrets behind the place and the connectivity of the world is just on another level. Lore is without a doubt the best for me

[@zakeryseaton6719]

@@lovelesswing458 eww a mage lol

[@JoeMartinez18]

@@lovelesswing458 Maybe each build is better against certain bosses. I know Maliketh was hell to me as I tend to do a fairly balanced build... and damn... first form is doable... but the second form... Holly molly... at first I didn't manage 10 seconds

[@lowkeycoder7260]

The Astel from Ranni's quest was pretty easy for me, though the other one in Mountaintops of giants was one of the hardest bosses in game.

[@nitrondersaftige3807]

Fr, after Malenia I died the most to him... especially his multi grab...damn this move

[@lilbunkus2739]

Gotta be perfect with the dodge or he just grab attacks you and insta kills you

[@iCubaZ]

I also thought, how hard can it be to fight another one of these... Well very hard

[@ultimateewa2168]

I foud the one from ranni's quest line harder than the one in the Mountain tops of the giants Maybe I was just underleveled

[@jasonthomas4064]

Really I found astel in rannis quest way easier then astel in the mountain tops

[@PanamaIsBetter]

I beat Malenia a few days ago. I have to agree, she was by far the toughest boss in the game. Fighting her is an exercise in frustration. I managed it with the Blasphemous Blade.

[@FoxHound-ch1yy]

I bet her co-op. no way am i skilled enough to solo her.

[@rasendriyafi9697]

​@@FoxHound-ch1yy I just beat it today with my summon, i got lucky cz her 2nd phase she use her incantation skill twice which is easier to dodge and i can spam her with my comet 😂

[@nikomarceau7826]

How you guys do it?? I’m stuck on her right now and I can’t do shit against her. Only once did I manage to beat her, only to realize that she has a second phase and by then I was out of healing flasks and got wrecked

[@camonthejam]

I killed her with the moonveil katana weapon art and a mimic. Weenie mode

[@Luffy-K1NG]

Use blasphemous blade and just spam the ash of war.

[@gareth0412]

The hardest non main story boss is the double crucible knights. I don't know how many times it took to beat them. I actually enjoyed the challenge unlike some of the other bosses.

[@sliphstream4927]

Special Mention goes to The Red Wolf of Radagon. SPECIFICALLY: The one at the Moonlight Altar area. I swear that thing may be one of the most aggressive enemies with the smallest openings and biggest health pools in the game. I took the "boss" version of this beast (at Raya Lucaria) down in under 5 tries.

[@PierceArner]

I'd argue that the one in the Consecrated Snowfield is _FAR_ worse, because that one you're fighting almost blind because of the low visibility from the blizzard around that whole area. Both times doing it so far have been the most deaths that I've had to a boss other than Malenia.

[@andrewefurhievwe6416]

@@PierceArnerI never knew there was one there. Ever since I accidentally bumped into a rune bear there, I never bothered to explore that place

[@PierceArner]

@@andrewefurhievwe6416 Yeah, if you head straight north towards the sending gate that will jump you across the chasm to the Minor Erdtree it's there with a pack of wolves. Absolutely _brutal._ I'm on Journey 3 now and I always make a point of exploring everywhere, but I'm still dreading that encounter, haha.

[@andrewefurhievwe6416]

@@PierceArner thanks. I'll go check it out

[@sliphstream4927]

@@PierceArner Oh no! I haven't gotten there yet! 😅

[@anthony4553]

I’m surprised commander Niall didn’t make the list he was a problem for sure, great video!

[@LOUDERthanU]

Stuck on him and his 2 mates right now. I’ll get him. Eventually. Maybe.

[@chrisandrew7577]

I'm here fir Radahn. That might be my favorite boss fight in all of the souls games, it was epic

[@dookiemonster2469]

I think my favorite aspect of this game is that collectively, we all experience the bosses differently. For me, Astel was almost as easy as the tutorial boss.

[@guts9160]

Astel darkness is the worst he has a attack where clone himself 10 times and grabs you and instakillyou, he is easy but that attack is bs. You never know which astel is the one you have to avoid.

[@bradleyfitzik2447]

I used a magic build my first time through and funnily enough Rennala was the toughest for me since she has super heavy magic dmg negation 😬

[@sandarootk]

Putrid Tree Spirit was pretty challenging for me more than most of the bosses in this list. especially if it do rot damage

[@broccolin]

The one at the Haligtree is harder than Malenia

[@garcalej]

I rode around the tree, shooting arrows at it. Not the quickest or most sporting way, but it got the job done.

[@impr0v]

@@broccolin real

[@ashleytaylor4029]

try the one in the dungeon behind radahns boss arena

[@lioneagle2555]

Bro literally missed Maliketh, the hardest boss in Elden Ring 💀💀💀💀

[@TheAfterIife]

I beat Radahn on my first try. I was incredibly lucky. Managed to get >50% of his health before he killed all of my summons. I did this with a +6 Moonveil only. I can't overemphasize how lucky I was. Spammed roll and avoided even the meteor. Astel was another story of course. Took me about an hour. You learn that certain attacks can only be dodged by sprinting away (as opposed to rolling away). You mustn't be greedy and you have to keep your patience.

[@MohamedUai]

how did you have moonviel so early on i got when i reached around lvl 78 and fought radahan while lvl 66

[@oni2362]

@@MohamedUaiyou can get moonveil pretty early I had it by level 50 you just have to beat the wyvern in the cave where you get it

[@aros3554]

I remember my first playthrough when I thought Margit is so quick and nimble. After facing Morgott I changed my mind

[@BuckScrotumn]

Yeah it takes so long to learn his absurdly long wind ups that when you fight Margott it feels like he’s the fastest boss in the game 😂

[@DanielS-gv5nj]

It probably doesn't count as a boss but the three ulcerated tree spirits in the capital of ash are close to Malenia in terms of difficulty in my book.

[@OrggsOrggs]

Can confirm that Dan OlMate.

[@562.anthony2]

The stupid scarlet rot one in the hailgtree during Millicent quest line fuccin sucks

[@jamesbohm3690]

@@562.anthony2 I cheesed that thing, standing on a tree branch shooting radahn arrows. After fighting that same boss 4 times I stopped caring

[@Imminent_Wrath]

that tree spirit in the haligtree city was for sure insanity with the golden shot thing.

[@mohammadaman1685]

Bell bearing hunter and Godskin Apostle from Caelid, Draconic Tree Sentinel , valiant gargoyle duo. If we try to fight them early on in the game, they are almost impossible.

[@davidcoffman321]

The falling star beast in mt gelmir was ridiculous with a melee build. I had to come back later and cheese it with a strong summon and greatbow

[@omegaweapon116]

Same. I had to switch to a magic build to beat that mf'er

[@markmullins9388]

Malenia was such a beast. I cheesed through whole game as a spellcaster but she tore me a new one. Like 20 times. Finally broke down and respeced to a bloodloss build.

[@SeraphimArtist]

Don’t feel bad. My first time trying to take her on I used a Black Blade build and, after like 5 hours of dying, I caved and respeced to Rivers of Blood

[@lydelldorseyjr7502]

@@SeraphimArtist i mained Eleonaras Poleblade, the bleed coupled with the crazy Poise damage allowed me to crit nonstop.

[@RogueRanger53]

It took me like 2 days to beat her with the starscourge swords because that's the only weapon I was using it's crazy hard to beat her without using a bleed build

[@5114ares]

I stayed Mage and tried fighting her normally till I gave up and used a Mimic and came up with a mage build strat to beat her. Its on my channel.

[@froogality]

I like how you say 20 times as if that's even a fraction of the attempts I've made

[@evil_vein6072]

Sad to see Maliketh didn't make this list . He is the only boss in ER I had to use summon but still got my ass spanked. Mainly because of his life draining effect in mid-fight along with some massive damage output+combos. By far the hardest boss I have faced beside Midir. I think both Astel and Fallingstar beast are useless spot on this list. Should've been Maliketh and Dragonlord Placidusax

[@fozzythasalesman6125]

Fr, I don't remember having any real trouble with the Fallingstar Beast. I think every boss that came before it on the list gave me a harder time, shouldn't have been on the list at all imo. I remember utilizing my horse quite a bit during that battle tho and all their footage is on foot so maybe that's why? Haven't fought Astel tho so can't say on that one

[@davidbarnett342]

Yea Astel was tough until Ik his obvious patterns and then starbeast was just an upset cow. I fought it on foot and just avoided its attacks until it died.

[@kevb3876]

the all batches , love it ...

[@warbeast787]

I actually beat astel on my third try. Very intimidating boss, but I found out early you can time the rolls with each gravity wave and that made things quite easy.

[@forthehomies7043]

Not a boss, but the hardest fight for me in the entire Elden Ring game was the Bell Bearing Hunter 4 in Dragonbarrow. With melee, it took me so many hours to defeat him, many many many hours. You pretty much have to be perfect because of how hard he hits, and all of his attacks are on different timings, just an absolutely brutal fight. Dodging into him helps but you still have to be perfect

[@theasiancow1860]

Idk how you have the patience for that tbh. Props. I just threw fireballs at him until he died I’m pretty sure lol

[@shinichiizumi2242]

I killed him with fall damage bc where he is located is near a big cliff but it took me about 20 to 30 min to finally get it😅

[@I.disagree]

100% agree. The bell bearing hunters may be super easy to predict but their range is ridiculous. It's kind of like fighting a buffed up crucible knight that you're forced to be close to

[@andreasnordgard9190]

I was doing a meleebuild for my first playthrough, and struggled with every Briar eventually besting them. Then I made a mage and all I did was blast them, cause they rarely run towards you. I was so mad... haha.

[@eattabagovdix7169]

Yep. Insanely hard.....use physik with tear that helps stance break. Stony cracked tear maybe? Cant remember

[@tylerwascom364]

My first time fighting margit I got him down to almost no health, would’ve only taken one more hit to beat him……but I got greedy and ran in to swing and got caught in one of his combos and he obliterated my health, didn’t even have a chance to heal

[@toad_slayer1493]

🫡

[@dotastillthebest5474]

As vagabund it took me 6 hours at level 26 with weapon lv 3, but with samurai i did him at lv 11. But then he had like 10 HP, i had full health and 3 pots left and then i fell off the cliff on the side

[@bm318]

Radahn was really ez ngl

[@sugabear2251]

LAWL!

[@joshuamcclellan4942]

Same thing happened to me

[@connortwomey2497]

Honestly this list is spot on for me, I have over 4000 hours in the souls series, yes I’m a sweat who doesn’t know what grass is, and all these bosses pasted me the first few times I fought them, and even with now 700 hours in Elden ring, they still give me trouble sometimes

[@Mhaaark]

Malenia was my hardest and my most favourite fight, Elden Ring is my first souls game, i play without summons, naked with only 2 katanas, i love this game and i beat it very soon!

[@thekogrenade215]

You can bring a couple of items to help with Mohg, first you can bring Mohg's shackle to use on him in his first phase, and secondly you completely nullify his blood curse attack with the purifying crystal tear in the flask of wonderous physick. He's also weak to gravity, which I didn't learn until after I killed him I had a far rougher time with Maliketh the black blade. 😅

[@DedLoko]

The fire giant and Commander O’Nail broke me! Malenia I did third time, blood build destroys her!

[@atharvtyagi3435]

It's surprising to see that developers an optional boss more tough to beat than the final boss, even though Radagon looks more holy than Malenia 😯.

[@03Grunt-arrino]

That commander was horrendous. Felt good coming back by with Rivers o’ Blood & mimic tear haha

[@phil2877]

Final boss was much tougher for me than Malenia. Everyone struggles on different bosses than other people though.

[@DedLoko]

@@phil2877 True! It’s so cool to hear what other people struggle with

[@johnnyboy3410]

bad part that it was 2 bosses

[@AKANI32]

There's a streamer who got mauled from a fallingstar beast right after climing a very tall ladder. Im grateful to him as i recognized the spot when i went there. Decided to fight the beast and it took sooooo loooong lol

[@minoas-sunbro]

Fallingstar Beast and Mohg are on my top 5 for favorite bosses in Elden Ring, love fighting them. Fallingstar Beast is intimidating at first but if you stay in front and keep hitting his head, it's no problem at all. Mohg in the second phase becomes more difficult, the key is staying close so you don't get hit by the lingering fire from his swings.

[@snek_47]

Mohg was so infuriating as a pure strength build lol

[@minoas-sunbro]

@@snek_47 oh I agree, he was a menace on first playthrough!

[@snek_47]

@@minoas-sunbro I’m still on my 1st playthrough and I only have malenia left to beat before starting NG but Mohg definitely gave me the second hardest time out of any boss

[@offworlder461]

No matter what anyone says, the Deathrite Birds are still the hardest bosses for me.

[@thisisboring6645]

YES! Those things suck so much ass

[@offworlder461]

@Ghost Yuki i'm honestly baffled that those birdies didn't make it into the top 10 list.

[@-_-5470]

Yeah the snowfield one is brutal

[@mahmoudelabd7035]

Agree

[@gluttonyfang6674]

It's awesome how past experiences can aid you in this game, the Fallingstar beasts is trivial for me because I'm used to observing this kind of creatures because I played Monster Hunter.

[@LuxOfZodiacs]

As monster hunter player.... I still have heavy difficulties with that thing xd

[@TheVikingKing125]

@@LuxOfZodiacs I found that treating it like Tigrex (just making sure to stay out of the way of the charge) kinda helped me. Honestly the Fallingstar Beasts are some of my favorite bosses and a friend of mine is baffled that I can beat them semi easily. Still a Fromsoft boss so I definitely die to them more often then this comment lets on.

[@LuxOfZodiacs]

@@TheVikingKing125 thats a good idea, I just think it's easier to dodge tigrex, that also doesn't shoot a deathstar beam. Maybe I need to do more hit and run with the beast too. Why do we have to fight against trains in every game xd

[@conbeck]

I love how almost the entire list was the main story line bosses

[@pyrex2132]

I remember my first play through on Astel I hyped myself up, drank the finest of elixirs ( Red Bull ) just for him to fall through the map somehow within the first 5 seconds of the battle, don’t know how but dam the 2nd run was brutal 😹

[@drg9812]

Margit was... a cake walk for me. I had done all of the weeping peninsula and like half of Caelid by the time I got to him so according to the forums I was 30 levels overleveled (how was I supposed to know?) I just stood infront of him and kept swinging away at him and he couldn't really do much damage to me at all - I'd only leveled vigor at that point, which only increases max HP and yet I don't think I needed to flask once despite like never dodging nor parrying. He was just really disappointing from all I'd heard about him

[@Gruso57]

I had more issues with Gascoigne as a first non-optional boss. However Margit is a very close second

[@prolaeusmorris6540]

Fire Giant is one of the toughest enemies in the game. I didn't have much trouble with the full grown Fallingstar Beast, but I DID use my Mimic Tear each time. Still, other than getting plowed through my first time, subsequent playthroughs I have not died.

[@Sethwhite672]

I’ve been able to learn just about every boss but that crucible knight boss in one of the caelid forts gave me so much trouble cause he just spams his attack chain is about 8 moves long in his second phase and you can only get about one hit in during that and also FIRE GIANT first phase is fine but second phase took me the longest out of any boss

[@milindsundriyal837]

Malenia: I am the strongest boss of elden ring no one can defeat me Letmesoloher gets summoned* Malenia: I am in danger

[@mirelazmihuda6969]

The first boss that I found challenging was the Black Knife Ringleader coz I was too much focused on a magic build and so I was poor on close combat. Oh man it took me tries to get my Black Knife Tiche spirit ashes only for me to use the mici tear ashes

[@TheTrickyTwix]

Right!! I was a mage on my first playthrough and the ringleader was the hardest boss for me by far, when I tried a melee playthrough i did it first try in like 30 seconds lol

[@haneyguitarinstruction6260]

@@TheTrickyTwix I spammed adulas moonblade with unlimited fp and turtle neck meat

[@lvwonder]

I already platinum EO, and it will be a while before I play it again. Waiting on the DLC. This is one freaking tough game.

[@porkryne72]

Astrology mage here. Mt. Gelmir boss took an hour and malenia about 3 hours were by far my most difficult battles. I beat radagon and elden beast with the comet azur. I was ecstatic

[@futuristicbus61]

A tip for anyone trying Malenia, try Mohg’s spear. It’s cheap yes, but holy hell is it effective. Bloodboon ritual does massive damage on top of huge amounts of bleed. For added damage, try the lord of blood’s exaultion talisman and the white mask (the mask you have to get before killing mohg, which I didn’t realize). Throw a mimic tear in if you want and you have a nightmare build for a nightmare boss. I can consistently get passed her first phase and about halfway through her second, and I’m not even a bleed build whatsoever, so you arcane users will have a field day with her.

[@rkss9009]

I just got all of the achievements in elden ring last night. The last play through, I had a crazy time trying to beat the a few of the final bosses. It took me a few days to take down the beast clergyman, godfrey, and radigon/eldenbeast. Hopefully we get dlc or something on the future.

[@theasiancow1860]

Yeah dude. I actually had a very hard time on ng+4 beating radagon + beast because my status effect build was worthless

[@berthierbernd1654]

Rhadan was a complete daywalk 1st try and full bar, but rhykard is my personal endboss with my dex int build absolute pain for me.

[@Ghostf4cekilll4]

I was just chilling In the falling beast cave for so long. That boss fight was no match for my relentless. I even helped a few strangers

[@maki9847]

Small remind: radahn before nerf is very hard even with summons, mohg used to count from sex to unus (sex, quinquer, Quatour, Tres, Duo, Unus and then Nihil) which means he might Nihil u 6 times instead of 3 times like the current version

[@WermMilk]

Really good list and agree with Malenia at number 1 completely. I do think Misbegotten Warrior and Crucible Knight before the Radahn festival was one of the hardest optional bosses earlier on in game.

[@jdc673]

They're optional? Fuck lol

[@Unknown-hj7nm]

For me, Astel was easier than most bosses in the game even though I am a melee build. I would recommend using the Mimic Tear if you need help.

[@NikosTsoup]

I actually couldn't find Margit the fell Omen at the start of the game and I fought him at level 55 with a +4 weapon. I killed him first try with summons.