Dark Souls 3: Ranking Bosses Strength Based on Lore

It's finally here! Dark Souls 3 Bosses Ranked by Lore!
I have compiled all 25 Boss encounters and ranked them based on how powerful they are according ONLY to their lore. This is the final instalment of the Dark Souls Trilogy for this series.
As always these are all my opinions, though large amounts of research go into videos such as these, there will always be some level of subjective world building required by Souls Games, you're likely to have a different opinion - that's fine, and is a cornerstone of why Dark Souls discourse is as alive as well today as it was the day the first game was released!
Ranked Order
No.25: 01:05
No.24: 04:03
No.23: 06:46
No.22: 10:44
No.21: 13:46
No.20: 17:07
No.19: 21:52
No.18: 24:34
No.17: 26:55
No.16: 29:32
No.15: 33:03
No.14: 36:48
No.13: 41:18
No.12: 45:17
No.11: 49:43
No.10: 55:07
No.9: 1:01:43
No.8: 1:06:00
No.7: 1:08:16
No.6: 1:15:15
No.5: 1:21:15
No.4: 1:26:36
No.3: 1:34:58
No.2: 1:41:42
No.1: 1:55:51

[@BestiaryYT]

Peep the description for timestamps, KZbin is being funny on getting them embedded on this video.

[@blockwearingman]

even the red bar isn't there💀

[@icetide9411]

"Two nobodies fighting at the end of the world" will always be the best way to end such an expansive story

[@Hopeful_Husker]

There’s a reason Gael is the greatest boss in all of the Dark Souls series

[@DreyfusLagoon]

@@Hopeful_Huskerthat is the reason bozo

[@roxazzino3115]

​@@DreyfusLagoonI mean.... That's what he was saying tho..

[@Doncroft1]

​@@DreyfusLagoonlol chill the flip out

[@DreyfusLagoon]

@@Doncroft1 how about you

[@harmoniousdiscord7411]

I'm not going to lie, your final speech about Slave Knight Gael was truly inspiring.

[@BestiaryYT]

Thank you, it really is such a pinnacle moment in the story.

[@itachileesan]

Agreed. Could rival vaati in storytelling

[@ididntaskverified3663]

Prime vaati voice was dark souls 2 , the new mic is trash

[@Oknahidwin]

​@@ididntaskverified3663it just isn't tho is it? It's far better

[@thepicbloke7246]

Bro I cried during that speech

[@yabarber6902]

Gael as #1 is very fitting. People keep saying SoC should be stronger because he’s the amalgamation of every champion, but Gael is everything at the end. Minus you and that one random ring knight in the corner of the map. He’s also the only boss at the end of time. No he doesn’t lead you to him because he’s weak, it’s because he knew he would go mad and knew you would be the only one good enough to put him down because you would try again and again until you won

[@nicolasleal5644]

I don't know. I shudder to think about an alternate version where he pulls out the powers of a Bearer of the Curse completionist from DS2 and not Gwyn. (That's a joke but think about it, Vendrick was insanely powerful along with his soul to the point he had to hide it from Nashandra so she does not get its power. If you include the DLCs and the many, many insane trials that the bearer of the cursed goes through, then it's shocking how insanely overpowered the Bearer is and is probably the most powerful protagonist in all the Soul's games.)

[@yabarber6902]

IDK i figured the Ashen one was strongest. Or maybe the Tarnished@@nicolasleal5644

[@NepNep8840]

I fail to see why placing SoC higher conflicts with Gael being number 1? I mean yeah, I do agree Gael is the strongest being DS3 (arguably second strongest if you count the Ashen One), but, yeah. Placing SoC at top like 20 wouldn't really interfere with Gael's top 1

[@yabarber6902]

understandable. Had I made the list he would have been higher@@NepNep8840

[@Omar-um4nn]

​@@nicolasleal5644 The Bearer of the Curse is the only character able to directly affect the Past Events, using the Ashen Mist Heart, they could even go back in time to the age of ancients, specifically at the end of that age and can create souls out of nothing and out of nowhere the Ashen Mist Heart even created an Ancient Dragon Soul The Bearer of the Curse literally affected the Past before they were even born, meaning that they ALWAYS existed that alone makes the bearer of the curse the most powerful, also them breaking the curse for theirselves and became immune to the fate of the cursed

[@gr33dl0cknein3]

There's a missed lore bit that states Aldritch can manifest miracles and powers just by dreaming about them, one of his transpositions was Priscilla's Life Hunt ability. Aldritch never met Priscilla, he dreamt about her or her power. This makes Aldritch power potentially infinite.

[@sekiro_the_one-armed_wolf]

Never met Nito either, dreamed up his greatsword.

[@GlitchBoy-ws5in]

"Sully, this shit goes crazy af man, cracks just get me high AF" "Yeah, good shit yeah?"

[@User-es3em]

Brother that's how faith spells work in lore. Every simgle character uses spells lile the sunlight spear by remembering a miracle from the gods and based on how much faith they have in that recollection, the stronger their spell is. Think of it like a literal prayer. Aldritch is basically doing a skewed version of the same thing, he dreams about priscilla and gets her life hunt scythe from the recollection.

[@NotSoSerious69420]

@@User-es3emfrom where is he “recollecting” something he has never seen? That’s the point of the comment. He doesn’t even gotta know you EXIST to use them.

[@User-es3em]

@NotSoSerious69420 It's literally stated he dreamt about priscilla and in canon aldritch was a Saint for the religion that worships the gods and its miracles so WHY wouldn't he know? Ignoring the fact he was devouring and using gwyndolin as a puppet. He could easily get the miracles from like a billion different sources that make sense in lore.

[@geoffreysorkin5774]

Minor correction about Aldrich. The Gwyndolin we see is not a manifestation. It is the actual body of Gwyndolin that Aldrich controls while still consuming them. We know this because we can actually hear Gwyndolin crying out during the boss battle.

[@BestiaryYT]

Awesome insight! Thanks

[@Gigimave]

*consuming him Gwyndolin is male

[@geoffreysorkin5774]

@@Gigimave The lore is ambiguous whether Gwyndolin is male, female, or non-binary in terms of gender. Gwyndolin was born male, used a ring which made their sex female for most of their life, and different item descriptions differ whether the character thought of themselves as male, female, or other. Hence my usage of them, which is the grammatically correct term to use when someone's gender is unknown (and has been for literal centuries).

[@Gigimave]

@@geoffreysorkin5774 yes born a boy = male. he then pretends (nothing wrong with that but still male)

[@andrewkelley9405]

@@GigimaveI take the Wildpie 101 stance on Gwendolyn.

[@FalseShepherd]

Ahhh yeahhh another Banger....now we wait for Bloodborne.

[@Crackheadcentral2188]

Maira is top 3, probably number one 1 tho

[@Pdudi]

Why not a Video listing all 3 titles combined?

[@SaintConstantine0101]

​@Crackheadcentral2188 Moon Presence is probably no 1 or 2

[@animeanime7849]

@@SaintConstantine0101yeah I imagine the top is some mixture of Presence, Kos, german, Maria and Laurence. But I think an underrated boss might be Rom and wet nurse

[@OCEAN-fc9wl]

Elden ring*

[@nerobiblios4086]

I feel like the Soul of Cinder was put way too low on the list tbh. SoC is essentially an amalgamation of all the previous individuals who have linked the fire, meaning it would also be an amalgamation of strength, skills and abilities. So it has everything all other previous Chosen Undead had and then some in terms of repertoire, that's what? an innumerable of years if not eons of combat experience fighting against the first Lords, the remnants of Ancient Dragons and a collective knowledge of every age that has ever had a need to link the fire. It also means that every Lord of Cinder's skills are in the SoC too, including Yhorm, Aldrich, the Abyss Watchers and the original Chosen Undead. Imo that makes it easily top 2 or 3.

[@konsama1315]

Seeing him mid way through the video is absurd

[@BiggusThiccus]

"SoC is essentially an amalgamation of all the previous individuals who have linked the fire, meaning it would also be an amalgamation of strength, skills and abilities." Incorrect. At least about that second part. Think about it: if the First Flame needs to be rekindled by powerful warriors and its power is constantly diminishing, then it would make sense that SoC's power, which is directly created/manifested by the First Flame, should also be extremely diminished to the same extent. Which therefore means that the SoC isn't nearly as powerful as you're making it out to be. It's probably not even as powerful as Gwyn is in DS1, lore-wise, if we considering the respective rekindling cutscenes from each game.

[@jarrett3556]

​@@BiggusThiccusGwyn was also shit back out by the first flame it doesn't link ALL of you, most of gwyns base power was probably in the hollowed version we fought Let alone the first flame still is superior to ANYTHING we've seen in dark souls And guess what the SoC uses as a weapon? The first mf flame He's also the only boss you need to do a whole ritual for absorbing the powers of all the other lords of Cinders u slew throughout your journey to contend with him This SOC downplay is fucking absurd and Gael at 1 is such nonsense Yk the reason he guides u to him is cuz he knows he's to weak? And he was right He's prolly not even strongest dlc boss that title goes to Friede It doesn't take all your strength just a unknown portion of it and likely a different percent of each linker but it does take all your skills and intelligence

[@jarrett3556]

​@@BiggusThiccusand using the link cutscenes to decide who's stronger is bullshit and yk it, first we have to consider the powers of each individual protagonist then the power of the first flame, in ds1 the CU is FARRRR weaker than the Ashen One and gets instantly devoured but that was by a near prime flame (when in comparison to later titles that is) however Ashen One can't get devoured instantly the first flame has to like nibble away at him/her but guess what this flame is far weaker than it was in DS1

[@BiggusThiccus]

@@jarrett3556 Gael at 1 makes sense because, while it's true he's probably kind of weak in the beginning, he absorbed the dark souls of the furtive pygmies, the brings closest to Manus. All the other lord souls lost power over time, while the Dark Soul doesn't. (It's the literal namesake of the franchise lol) The reasoning behind his placing the Lords above SoC remains solid to me. The Lords can link the fire and linking the fire requires beating the SoC, makes perfect sense. I think you're putting way too much emphasis on the ritual right before. It's basically a rite of passage, kind of like what you do with the Lord souls in DS1. And final note: Friede is an ashen one like the player. Which means she failed to link the fire. She's not that impressive. She even gank fights you and loses lol

[@bigmannn2443]

For the gravetender I think it definitely deserves that spot maybe even lower than the greatwood since that hollow that we fight isn't even the champion that once participated in the arena, that hollow is simply just someone that takes care of the champion's grave and I'm assuming that he's partnered up with the wolves because the wolves themselves recognize that this man is only here to tend to their former master's grave

[@based_windwalker]

He kicked my ass for so long that it hurts to see people dissing him lol

[@bigmannn2443]

@@based_windwalker I would be lying if I didnt say that he also kicked my ass harder than the pontiff

[@GlitchBoy-ws5in]

​@@based_windwalker Freide slaps

[@Vernafveik]

Pontiff Sulyvahn is such an amazing villain, and was the most memorable part of Dark Souls III for me Despite knowing nothing about him at the time, beating him felt like what defeating a being as powerful and tyrannical as him should His presentation displayed power. His theme commanded presence. His difficulty brought upon fear. His defeat granted us rule over the world’s fate.

[@ondrejmrazek8209]

In the early draft of the game pontif was meant to be the final boss with the main menu theme as his soundtrack.

[@michaelhowry8939]

For me, the most interesting part of the Ashes of Ariandel DLC is the frost spell that reveals Sullyvhan was born in the painted world. It gives context to some of his motivations;if he grew up with the ideology that when the world starts to die, burn it down to make room for what comes after.

[@Vernafveik]

I also love the translations of his theme It’s equal part directed at Sulyvahn, the Gods, and the Ashen One Tearing into Sulyvahn and his true nature, and how his actions are potentially bringing upon the end of times as we know it. Mocking Gwyn and the Gods for being so blinded by power they shackled the world to a never ending cycle of suffering to try and keep hold of it, just to experience downfall and being forgotten anyways. Questioning the Ashen One as to why they’d want to sacrifice themselves for a far overdue era. Ultimately, Sulyvahn, Gwyn and the other Gods, as well as the countless chosen undead before us, all brought to ruin by something as simple as a dying flame in the dark, and the fear of facing a world they have no control over, unaware, uncaring, unaffected by anything we can do.

[@isaakauertschurtschenthale5385]

His difficulty brought upon fear, until you learn to parry him

[@Scowleasy]

I think I disagree with the logic that being able to link the flame means you’re automatically able to beat Soul of Cinder. I think that the champions spoken of as capable of linking the fire are just that; their sacrifice would actually link the flame. Soul “power” isn’t a 1:1 correlation to pure combat ability, and even when we can beat SoC our power barely lights anything. If the quotes about them were “capable of defeating the Soul of Cinder *and* linking the first flame” that would go a long way to tying them together.

[@mariano8910]

Well but lore wise you have to at least be relative to an opponent in order to beat them.

[@codewizard0]

​@@mariano8910actually no. It's not supported by any of the lore.

[@mariano8910]

@@codewizard0Where is it not supported? Artorias couldn't beat Manus; there are theories that say Friede was defeated by the SoC; Anri PROBABLY couldn't have defeated Aldritch and there are other examples to support the fact that you must be somewhat relative to your enemy in order to defeat him.

[@codewizard0]

​@@mariano8910ludleth of Courland is a Lord of cinder but has 0 actual combat feats and is a small pigmy. Though it's my theory he transposed a lot of souls into himself to be able to link in the flame.

[@apocratos0174]

Great! Is as much like as he is giving his own opinion and his own understanding....

[@elijahmontgomery4146]

Yhorme and Gael are my favorite Dark Souls characters in the series. Both are true servants of their chosen cause. Despite his might, Yhorme was a humble protector. And despite the limitations of his human form, Gael resisted hollowing possibly his the beginning of the age of fire in order to hunt down the Dark Soul so that humanity could escape the cycle in a painted would that would never succumb to rot.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

Unfortunately Yhorms people dispised and reviled him for his giant stature.

[@naidr0x]

keeping fingers crossed for wolnir, my man is a giant skeleton war criminal who does dark magic and vaping edit: what the fuck dude

[@BestiaryYT]

HAHAHAHA love the roller coaster of emotions here. Sorry 😉

[@domenichughes7792]

Justice for vapers

[@Hopeful_Husker]

Cringe Vapelord Wolnir (I did think he would be higher, though. Dude was a force in his prime)

[@elijahkeay3906]

I’ve never had a channel so eloquently describe what I love about Gael’s narrative, and what he says about humanity so much as you just did, fantastic work

[@OhDemetrios]

Thank you so much for your excellent attention to deal and wonderfully crafted prose! You do a great job at contextualizing the history and background of the world and its iterations, I appreciate all the research and effort you go through to make a video of such substance; and I can clearly see how passionate you are about everything you discuss! My preface would be to see Bloodborne and Sekiro before Elden Ring, particularly because without the Elden Ring DLC we might not be getting a full picture of the power and level of influence of all the entities in Elden Ring (but that's only my opinion, and I would be happy to see any video ultimately!)

[@carlosandressanabria8050]

The ending speech was beautiful 😥, it gave me a new perspective not just about Gael, but the entire meaning of that last fight. I thank you for that.

[@kiracaroso]

That final speech. You wrote a warrior's speech and an eulogy for the character. Good stuff, very inspiring.

[@threemeters1425]

You should probably rank Bloodborne and the other games by lore first so you can include Elden Ring’s DLC in your ranking

[@metuogalendus577]

I kinda like the thought that the Dancer could be Ciaran the Lord's Blade of the Knights of Gwyn, the weapons remind me of the Gold/Silver tracer enchanted by the Pontiff. And we don't know what happens to Ciaran after seeing her at Artorias's grave in DS1

[@justsomeone883]

The dancer is actually heavily implied to be a distant relative of the old royal family(her armor helmet mentioning that it's only made for distant relatives of Gwyn's family) and one of Gwynevere's maidens(you can use her soul to get Bountiful sunlight which is stated to have been given by Gwynevere to her maidens) and I don't think that anything indicates that Ciaran was Gwynevere's relative or maiden,so I'm not too sure about that,but it does sound possible.

[@jacobnorris8256]

Sounds extremely unlikely she would become as loyal to Sulyvahn as dancer was. She already struck me as having been under Gwyn more for Artorias than Gwyn, not really the most loyal of knights, and it's especially unlikely for warriors to have all that much loyalty to new leaders after having served another for a long time.

[@metuogalendus577]

@jacobnorris8256 the Dancer herself, albeit of an identity, is a prisoner to the pontiff, not an ally. All of the outriders are exiled prisoners of Irithyl

[@justsomeone883]

@@jacobnorris8256 as Metuogalendus said,the Dancer eas forced to serve Pontiff,and his two rings were used to shift his knights into beasts,the very reason why they were exile knights,his right eye aplears to transform the weaver into those canine-like creatures that ambushes you on Irythill's entrance,and the left appears to transform them into boreal knights

[@jacobnorris8256]

@@justsomeone883 Except it Pontiff really did have her serve entirely through force (I guess the eye he places on them can't be removed?), that just makes it even less believable. Why would Ciaran ever let herself be put in a situation like that? 1. Obviously nobody in her family would be able to force her to go to the Pontiff. Why would she ever entertain the idea of serving him to begin with? 2. Even if she was somehow convinced to at least *visit* him, she wouldn't let herself be subjugated. 3. He'd actually have to be strong enough to not only beat her, but prevent her from escaping and then taker her down without killing her. 4. I'm under the impression that Pontiff controls people through fear, but I don't buy her being afraid of him even after losing. She's an ancient, wizened and high status warrior who lost her reason to live ages ago, that's not really someone you can do that with.

[@Doumu]

Great vid! Love how you sound more Welsh the more dramatic it gets, some real heart and soul went into making this, much appreciated.

[@guanbulbus2376]

Thank you for taking the time to analyze and create these ranking videos! Hope you cover bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden Ring in the future!

[@MouaffakKoubeisy]

Amazing amazing amazing video man! I went into it expecting just a nice lil list of ranking bosses but ur story telling capabilities and ur voice’s ability to really captivate me left me with a sense of understanding and appreciating the true underlying beauty of each boss’s lore and character and what they represent to the story at large, especially Gael and how he symbolizes the entire story of the trilogy!!! Genuinely an amazing video and I can't wait till the Bloodborne video comes out!!!! Keep up the amazing work🔥

[@JohnSmith-tg9wc]

Really impressive work, I haven't felt this eager for Dark Souls content in a long time! Keep it up :p

[@devon318]

Great video, can never get enough Dark Souls ranking videos!!

[@codex2428]

Beautiful video, it was a massive undertaking and you pulled it off masterfully

[@DragonFan12345x]

I just have to praise how good your videos are. I have watched a lot of souls content over the years, but you make it feel new and fresh all over again. Keep up the good work! Can't wait for the Bloodborne list!

[@dylanwyss6017]

This series has been awesome and I would love to see it continue for further fromsoft games! You deserve way more subs

[@clayrenner1382]

I listened to this, and it wasn’t til I was done and subscribing that I realized you’re such a small channel. Keep this up, your production quality is amazing and the the formatting is top notch

[@brynmorpattison2232]

This is the first video I'd seen from you, and the explanation in that first minute earned a sub. Just better.

[@aeneas4283]

Realy impressive Quality for a chanel of your size. Keep up the great work my man💪

[@jishwah1889]

I love your story telling abilities; keep up the good work! I was trying to guess the top 10 as you went through and got stumped on the last one which I am embarrassed to say is my favorite boss to fight, like how do I forget??? (Sister Friede) A small bit of constructive criticism, timestamps for each entry would be dope. With the cross-referencing the different bosses I got confused (probably cause I was listening in the background while playing skyrim lol) and slightly mixed up which bosses were already covered (dang Pontiff for being involved so heavily xD) . I went back to look and resolved my ADHD inefficiencies but a timestamp would speed up that process. Again, great video!

[@icelordotis]

That was aamazinggggg. You’re an amazing narrator and this was such a fun dive back in to test my lord comphrehension. You deserve all the flowers 💐

[@TheSacr3dWalrus]

Absolutely amazing video. Your dedication is incredible and you deserve to have so much more recognition. I feel like videos on demons souls, bloodborne, and sekiro would all be very cool to see and maybe if elden ring dlc comes out by the time you do those three you could include all of the dlc bosses in a huge elden ring video.

[@caleballison6064]

I really love these videos... Thank you for your hard work and amazing story telling. Keep it going!

[@tonylambert2616]

I've watched a ton of Dark Souls lore vids, and somehow you managed to feel like a fresh take on it. Bra-Vo-Bro.

[@xXNIDSXx]

That is without a doubt my friend the best dark souls video I've ever watched, hats off to you bud.

[@Luis-rp2lm]

Now this is my kinda video Total W. Hopefully slave knight Gael ranks around the highest as hes my fave and he just gives out the feeling that he’s the strongest thing you’ve ever faced

[@Mars_junior]

Hell yeah. I just checked your channel yesterday to see if this was here yet.

[@myamdane6895]

Your skill for oration and storytelling is phenomenal! Particularly your insight into the binding of man to the age of fire itself… mind blown

[@ryansullivan1722]

Thank you so much for this, keep it up! The way your orientated sentences are phenomenal. I would love to hear about the philosophy.

[@JohnSmith-tg9wc]

Hmmm given the Ancient Wyvern's size, power, stone-like appearance and location, I think it's safe to assume it's one of the original wyverns or the progenitor of the wyvern species. Without the plunge attack gimmick it's a really tough fight and it really does look a lot like an ancient dragon...

[@aestheticleviathan7028]

Amazing short u made got me here great work

[@tomascayul5728]

amazing video!, had to watch it till the end, i love dark souls lore and you made a great work telling these memorable stories. thanks!

[@clayson456]

Amazing job as always. Answering the question in the end of the video, a Sekiro rank would be nice

[@francismcalister7811]

Magnificently well put together video

[@xyzek0157]

Wow I was looking for a channel just like yours. Great video, highly interesting lore explained with great detail.

[@SUIIIIIII77]

Dude you are amazing i hope your channel gets more views

[@milesdeen1984]

Been waiting for months for this🙏😭

[@Benji-sr7uv]

I really feel like Soul of Cinder isn't a challenge for those who link the fire, but another Lord of Cinder awoken by the bell. It just so happens that it represents previous Lords of Cinder. All that to say, I feel like he got snubbed BIG time and I would've put him #3-4. Bonus points for being the Chosen Undead from the first game + Gwyn.

[@Benji-sr7uv]

That's my only real gripe.

[@codewizard0]

I mean his soul says he's an amalgamation of previous lords of cinder made to protect the flame

[@grandmagertrude7676]

Soul of cinder should be way higher then 9. It’s likely that no other lord of cinder had to defeat soul of cinder to link the flame. To me SoC is the first flames last hope at stopping the ashen one from putting the fire out and the SoC is the combination of EVERY single lord of cinder ever. Including gwyn, yhorm, Aldrich, the abyss watchers, and any previous protagonist. It can be argued that SoC is stronger than Gael simply by how many lords of cinder make up the soul of cinder

[@miimiibeschde4818]

Wrong If it Has every Soul how can the fire still be lit when the fire uses the souls of the lords of cinder to keep itself lit?

[@raggingraven]

These videos are really good. I appreciate the use of every piece of information available. I would love to see one these for Bloodborne. I'm interested in your take on what would be stronger, a Nightmare Monster or a Hunter or a Madman with some insane cosmic magic. 😊

[@figurethisfigures4785]

Awesome video! The one thing I was wondering was about Halflight's placement. I know he's not everyone's favorite, but in regards to lore I'd say the most interesting thing about him other than his sorcery is the fact that he is wielding a Frayed Blade which is a weapon that the player can only get after defeating Darkeater Midir. Not saying that should make us assume he has defeated a dragon of similar caliber to Midir as the lore of the blade reads "A blade symbolizing Darkeater Midir" meaning you may not have to kill a dragon to get it, but still very interesting to consider as far as Halflight's potential feats of strength go.

[@user-gi3cr5hn7d]

This is an amazing video and I love how much effort you put in honestly. Please do Elden ring next !!

[@nyclurker603]

I love this series. Look forward to each installment

[@wertm123]

First of all, great video! Was eagerly awaiting it for weeks. Second to answer your last question. I would like videos on Sekiro, Bloodborne and Demon Souls first. It just feels right to end at Eldem Ring.

[@omiwhan1]

Was not expecting the level of depth and historical context within the lore in this video. As someone who’s been playing the game for years and knows the general story, I was simply blown away by the interconnectedness of your story telling. A truly, meaningful interpretation and breakdown of the world. Gael is my favorite boss fight, and he’s the homie. It makes me a little emotional whenever I get to his arena. Especially when that little girl is like ‘where’s uncle Gael?’ 😭 After hearing your speech tho, it makes the battle even more heartfelt. I really appreciate the time you put into this, as I’ve come to really enjoy all the characters a bit more.

[@omiwhan1]

Subscribe button smashed 💥

[@slaaneshi]

masterfully crafted, really enjoyed listening to this in the background of coloring game (literally called that on steam), the last part about gael gave me chills. also just because i love gael and i love the pontiff as well

[@durjoymaitra3840]

As someone who studied marxian economics and is doing a research paper with a dialectical analysis, it was very exciting to see you mention dialectics!

[@BestiaryYT]

You should check out my video on Dark Souls as a critique of capitalism! I also did my Master's Thesis on Dialectical analysis :).

[@francoguerrero6564]

I love your videos, as a feedback I feel you could shorten some parts of the lore or make a resume so doesn't feel a little stretched but love the videos

[@hengedraws]

love your inclusion of philosophical language in the video it genuinely adds a lot and makes the video more interesting and gives it more depth1

[@Eric6761]

Sulyvan and Aldritch are my favorite enemies of dark souls and see them ranking higher gives me joy although i never expected Sulyvan to be that high on the list

[@cquint778]

Another great ranking! Would love to see a Bloodborne or Elden Ring lore dive next.

[@phyreph9649]

this dude is so into dark souls lore i love it

[@casseusfloyd4880]

So sick bro, only like 4 videos in and your channel has almost 11 k subscribers. Would be great if you timestamped each boss in the video, considering its length :)

[@LegendaryBrah]

I’m pretty happy Pontiff Sulyvahn got a lot of love here. I could go all day about the theories and speculations about him but it cannot be overstated how he was the most important character in Souls series outside of Gwyn.

[@colinnixon7739]

Pontiff was super evil. He is underrated.

[@user-ll4qe4ip3b]

Something you forgot to note about the dancer is the fact that she is most likely descended from not just gywn, but gywnavere as well. This is evidenced by the fact that we can get an incantation heavily associated with gywnavere from the souk of the dancer. I figured that was worth noting.

[@AlexHyena-dv4mb]

I like to believe that the Dragonslayer Armor was once the armaments of the Nameless King before his more refined swordspear was developed and before his betrayal. as it is said in his items’ descriptions, the Nameless King was a dragon slayer that only had respect for arms. the Dragonslayer’s Greataxe is definitely a weapon worth respect

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

Pretty positive it's Ornsteins armor

[@rigorm136]

@@A_Black_Sheep94 Both of you are incorrect, according to the description of Sacred Oath; “Miracle of those chosen by the Sunlight covenant. Temporarily boosts attack and damage absorption for self and those in vicinity. This is the tale of the Sun's firstborn, his faithful first knight, and the brave dragonslayer who served them both.” The Sun’s firstborn is Nameless king, his faithful first knight is Ornstein, and the brave dragonslayer who served them both was the original owner of the Dragonslayer Armour who is left unnamed. Also don’t regurgitate the point of ‘the brave dragonslayer is havel’ because Vaati got it wrong.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

@@rigorm136 Which Dragonslayer out of all the Dragonslayers are they talking about Brianmiac? As if Lorewisd there's a single one, not to mention serving under Ornstein would have resulted in similar looking armor

[@rigorm136]

@@A_Black_Sheep94 it’s more of the fact that the sunlight altar, a.k.a the place where you obtain Sacred Oath after turning in 10 sunlight medals, is literally right outside Dragonslayer Armour’s arena. Also the point you bring up of serving under ornstein would inspire similar looking armor directly correlates to why Dragonslayer Armour looks like ornstein.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

@@rigorm136 Which is why everyone thinks it's fucking Ornstein. Not to mention its not like it's the first time Ornstein would have been reused in the series.

[@KairosFPS_]

Man I wish I was in a spot to give money but I’m gonna like, sub, hit the bell, and spit shine your shoes. Amazing content thank you so much 🙏🏻 cannot wait for the inevitable elden ring video

[@BestiaryYT]

That’s more than enough for me, I really appreciate the support and am so excited to have you on board!

[@jacopovilla2028]

Imagine a spin off where we play as Sulyvhan

[@BestiaryYT]

I would love this, even just an official graphic novel of Sulyvahn’s story

[@themanbeanz1754]

imagine a spin-off where sulyvhan isn’t stopped by us so early

[@Scythera99]

Beats overrated ass Gael.

[@jacobschex]

I do love me a 2 hour video about dark souls 3 bosses.

[@leggigreen4325]

What an amazing Video! As someone who didnt play bloodborne at all and hasnt finished sekiro yet I would like to see the elden ring video first :D

[@BigBroKuma]

Bro you just made me feel bad for Wolnir 😭 yo story telling skills are impeccable

[@DanS044]

Letting you know that a Bloodborne variant of this video, I would love and certainly watch until completion. I’m Subscribing for that, and anything else you make with anywhere near as much quality and passion I’d want to see. If the Elden Ring video(s) are going to be broken into parts then perhaps you could experiment with other fromsoft titles, or other games/stories with videos you think *you* could make.

[@Beeyo176]

The short you did for this sold me on this like a mofo. Good job

[@plugmontana2746]

Great video.

[@Jergy2]

I'd be very curious to see your take on the most powerful souls or influences on the Dark Souls trilogy, bosses or otherwise, at the supposed height of their power. The machinations of Kaathe compared to Nashandra, the learnings of Seath compared to Aldia, Prime Gywn vs Gael, Prime Vendrick, or Prime Ivory King, Chosen Undead vs Ashen One, that sort've thing.

[@julianduplessis6234]

amazing video, great job, thank you for your effort! would love to see Bloodborne next personally!

[@thomasbello4984]

This is by far the best lore video I've seen. And would love to see a similar one of bloodborne

[@Scowleasy]

Wasn’t Kalameet an everlasting dragon? And we meet the ancient dragon in ash lake in DS1, but we never engage it in combat. Midir isn’t one of the original stone dragons, but he and Kalameet are both close enough that they can be counted.

[@miimiibeschde4818]

Kalameet wasn't an everlasting dragon

[@welshlout3400]

Kalameet is a direct descendant of the everlasting dragons, so he has the lineage and therefore the power of the everlasting dragons...but he missed the bus on actually being an everlasting dragon himself. He's the next best thing though.

[@Scowleasy]

@@welshlout3400 same could be said of Midir, then.

[@welshlout3400]

@@Scowleasy Yeah they’re both in the same camp. There’s also Sinh who might not be a direct descendant, but he’s probably pretty close to being one. And Gaping Dragon is a confirmed distant descendant

[@Scowleasy]

@@welshlout3400 the “distant” part is unintended, and an interview with Miyazaki says Gaping is supposed to be pretty close to the original dragons

[@SubmachineExplorer]

47:00 also the description of soothing synlight tells us that the miracle was granted to maidens of rhe princess of sunlight indicating that the dancer was also a maiden 1:21:07 there's also the description of lifehunt scythe wich tells us aldrich dreamt of a pale girl in hiding, meaning he was able to manifest the power of lifehunt which was feard even by gywn in his prime

[@nobodyimportant4778]

It's wild that a little girl who has grown up isolated from everything naively asks a literal slave to do the most impossible task ever in rebuilding one of the lord souls in its entirety, and gael just goes "fuck it. Let's do it" and in pursuit of the single most herculean task in the series, is the last of the last people to go hollow from the sheer drive

[@sheepmasterx]

hell yeah this definitely earned a sub

[@statikskeletor9747]

Wanted to shout out the transition at 1:44:30 Very well done

[@Hopeful_Husker]

Perhaps a list ranking the lore strength of each protagonist? (Hero of Boletaria, Chosen Undead, Bearer of the Curse, Ashen One, the Good Hunter, Sekiro, and the Tarnished)

[@peenyyt4921]

ashen one wins easy just cause of gael

[@themustardman219]

@@peenyyt4921maybe against the other DS guys, but the others are debatable

[@peenyyt4921]

@@themustardman219 no its not debatable

[@themustardman219]

@@peenyyt4921 yes it is???? Why's it not?

[@peenyyt4921]

@@themustardman219 because the ashen one is literally just objectively stronger?

[@wvngamer1516]

Great video!

[@payaisola4917]

Man i love your vids. I really need the elden ring video because i think it would be most interesting but some bloodborn content would be nice too. honestly if you keep the quality up i would watch whatever.

[@TSDT97]

I don't feel the Soul of Cinder's placement right. I feel 'he' (we talking about an amalgamination of multiple males and females) is the strongest character in ds3 and all of the Dark Souls trilogy. He is there to safeguard and tend to the flame in the absence of the last Lord of Cinder and awaits the new fuel to the flame. He wouldn't engage the Lothric twins as he is the current chosen undead fulfilling what the Soul of Cinder wishes. He only intervenes us, because we already gave up once and failed on our quest, we are seen as a faliure, not worthy to become the new fuel, the new Lord of Cinder. But the reason is why he is the most powerful is that he is able to perform any known combat technique to its highest degree, and also his entire being is based on Gwyn, and the additions of so many who linked the fire brought him back to almost full power. The Soul of Cinder is an even closer image to the full power Gwyn than the firstborn in my humble opinion. There is no greater challange than lord Gwyn himself in full power. I think when the fire is linked, most of the chosen undeads soul energy is being used as fuel, but some of it is stolen by the Soul of Cinder(Gwyn), who lives within the fire forever, to rebuild himself in a new form, now equipped with all the skills and knowledge of all the chosen undeads that linked the flame. So the argument that every being claimed to be worthy to link the fire does not mean they can win a battle against the Soul of Cinder, but means they wouldn't be stopped by the Soul of Cinder. We, the Ashen Ones are a mistake in the system, heralded only as the last resort, so the fire's will (Gwyn) double-checks our worthyness. The stronger the fuel is, the better the next cycle will be, and such the choosen is the best fuel, any other needs to be double-checked. I believe Gwyn is fully immortal until any other ending than the linking of the fire occurs, so we won't be destroying Soul of Cinder even if we are victorious.

[@alexrippy2125]

Been looking forward to this video for a min now, would love to see some more from soft games or even a ranking between the three games

[@dudebroslayer376]

Such a good video. Hoping to see the Bloodborne bosses as I am finishing it up for the first time. Dark Souls 3 was the first one I beat, but I am going through the Ashes of Ariandel for the first time too

[@oshenone6947]

In my opinion you should go through Bloodborne, Sekiro and maybe Demons souls and then do Elden Ring and after that do a video putting the top 1 of each game against each other. Love this series definitely gained a new sub!

[@theawkwardpotato1973]

One thing I noticed: The Demon Prince looks a good bit like the bat-wing demons that take you to Anor Londo in the original game, and a couple times again in dark souls 3 after you defeat Vordt. I don't know, but maybe there's a reason for the resemblance?

[@ty_capalot]

Excellent content keep it up 🙏🏽 can’t wait to see bloodborne’s addition to the series

[@Violaphobia]

“It’s pays homage to the beings in DS1” We literally go to the ruins of Izaleth and Anor Londo, I’d say this is beyond a subtle homage

[@based_windwalker]

20 min in, and already thought provoking. I never realized the similarities between the deacons of the deep and the flame monks of elden ring. And I never once considered that wolnir was so powerful but yeah true.

[@stephencardone]

Hegelian Dialectics in the context of everlasting dragons is such a great connection

[@LordDIO420]

Very nice list. I agree with it except for Top 10 which should be. 1. Slave Knight Gael 2. Nameless King (Stronger than Yhorm and Sulyvahn because he has Gwyn's Sunlight lightning) 3. Soul of Cinder (The First Flame is weaker at the end of DS3 but the Soul of Cinder still has the powers of all the Lords of Cinder from times long gone) 4. Yhorm the Giant (Is almost invincible since his only weakness is the Storm Ruler) 5. Pontiff Sulyvahn 6. Darkeater Midir (Archdragons are extremely powerful immortal gods with only a lightning weakness. Midir has additional abyss abilities) 7. Twin Princes, Lorian and Lothric 8. Abyss Watchers (Comparable to Artorias, and were equipped to combat the Abyss) 9. Aldrich, Devourer of gods 10. Champion Gundyr

[@_00_balt]

I'd Love to see this again, but like a top 25 strongest boss by lore between the 3 games😊.

[@rydoustar725]

You should wait for ER especially if you release the video during the DLC hype. Instead work through the other souls games and Sekiro would be a good idea. At least I think so. Thank you for this wonderful video.

[@mirayoquese8608]

Honestly, with Elden Ring's dlc coming around the corner, I would wait for that to drop in order to attempting such colossal video(s) hahaha I would rather get Bloodborne, Demon Souls and/or Sekiro first. Either way, I'm sure they're all gonna be amazing vids such as this one. Congrats!

[@futuristicbus61]

Bosses Ranked by Lore is such a cool series.