ELDEN RING: Ranking Bosses Strength Based on Lore

[@BestiaryYT]

You asked for it - it's finally here! Peep the description for timestamps. Big Love to you all!

[@Tryhard-j6w]

It was a great watch! I see why it took so long😅 For Metyr though, was there a symbolic reason to giving her rank number “0” rather than 1?

[@mc-inversal7069]

so just to be clear - the context of each ranking, is in regards to the power of the bosses AS WE FIGHT THEM IN-CANON, within the game, correct? NOT, as to their full-strength selves, as they might've been in the distant past (Like with Radahn, Placidusax & Bayle, etc-etc)

[@JoeBarnes-i2t]

THIS IS WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR

[@Cacanava12]

Crazy work man good job

[@sammyk123-n5n]

This is absolutely incredible work. From someone who has spent the last 2 years delving into the lore of ER while also being a powerscaler... this is phenomenal. Props to you. You've gained a new sub! :)

[@G_UZI]

Btw, if anyone is wondering why rick soldier of god is so low, it's because this list is in reverse order from strongest to weakest

[@BestiaryYT]

😂😂

[@somebody4094]

​@@BestiaryYT obvly the cosmic slug is sooo weak

[@AngelsMultiverse]

@@somebody4094Yeah, all you need is cosmic salt and it dies

[@0Him]

Makes sense

[@somebody4094]

@@AngelsMultiverse a bit of heresy, two hammer blows and you have a plate of escargot ready

[@Hoscue]

104: Runebear 1: That Runebear in Dragonbarrow Cave

[@paracame8162]

0: the snowy runebears in the consecrated snowfields

[@gorilla_2282]

He's my favourite testing dummy

[@BorrasitoTakaTaka]

@@gorilla_2282 Mine too! I consider a build good if you can 1v1 a polar runebear without problems.

[@trinidaddy]

I love the fact that everyone independently comes to this same conclusion 😂😂😂. They really had no business putting something with those stats there.

[@ivanvoloder8114]

He is above regular runebears, but the ones in Consecrated Snowfileds are in league of their own.

[@jetstreamvlad9060]

20 minute episode of a show: Ehhhhhh, maybe I'll watch it 8 hour long video about Elden Ring lore: *puts on most expensive suit* Alright gentlemen, let us commence forth.

[@lankthytheunforgiving4437]

We eatin good tonight boys

[@La_hire337]

I just happened to be wearing a suit while watching this😂

[@GardenK11]

8 hours? Damn. Rykard number one obviously. He has the Power of Family. And Family always wins.

[@pimpamtrucutruku3873]

so long as family stays TOGETHAAAAHHH

[@WristTapeDrowzzy]

Its pronounced FAMILEEEEE

[@kisorjoshua]

*”see you again” plays in the background*

[@padrenuestre]

Rykard reminds me of a man who grew up but forgot to abandon his childish fantasies aka I will be a space ranger. Like his entire idea with the god devouring snake was doomed to fail from the beginning due to the sheer absurdity of it.

[@voken1380]

TOGETHAAAAA

[@siddhantchauhan1975]

Just want to say that the rennala illusion was entirely ranni’s doing. The second phase, she literally says you who disturbs my mother’s despair, now face the queen of the full moon and send word that the queen of Caria is still here in her strength. Rennala didn’t speak at all and was in fact just reaching for the egg. So it ranni who placed that illusion to those who dared attack her mother.

[@mr.suitsland6594]

Then four hours later me and ranni were married cuz i killed some space scorpion and she turned to dust

[@BorrasitoTakaTaka]

Wait, Is Rennala a lot more powerful than what we actual see in her boss fight?

[@ryanergo754]

@@BorrasitoTakaTaka Probably. She stopped the Golden Order with a huge army of 20 Knights and some nerds at her side. Marika literally had to leave the Golden Order completely to stop Rennala. Would be weird if she wasnt OP, in her prime, just like virtually every remembrance boss we fight, except Godrick and Rykard.

[@xd-px5ne]

@@ryanergo754 Aaand Mohg, and Morgott, and Malenia, and Messmer, and-, wait, actually, there's a lot of bosses we fight in their prime lmao

[@toastmaster914]

​@@xd-px5nemorgott isn't in his prime at all.

[@LeeHarveyKennedy]

An 8 hour video packed full of interesting lore explanations for the entirety of Elden Ring’s world, and the biggest revelation comes 15 minutes in when you learn the Spiritcaller Snail has a grab attack

[@notaleaf7620]

5:38:12

[@xKapnKrunch]

Bro... I just realized I'm not getting though this soon lmao. I was getting tired while playing Elden Ring. Just killed melania for the first time. I was playing around the new build it took I was a mage now I'm arcane Katana bleed boy. I was thinking I'll play until this is over then watch some supernatural before bed.... Yeah lmao your comment made me realize the video length.

[@Patrees.]

This is unbelievably insane. One would think that you'd just name out the bosses with some simple commentary and not give a whole history on every one of them. EXCELLENT work.

[@CeciditLux]

Any other KZbinr would split this thing up into like 8-10 parts and release one every 2-3 weeks for max profit. This guy just throws the whole thing at his audience. Truly a man of the people

[@msn3033]

“Babe can I pick the movie tonight?”

[@r.mariano8118]

Lmfao. 8 hour elden ring lore vidoe

[@Lynnux6002]

Holy shit, looks like I'm not going to be bored this week

[@Zachary_King]

Watch it all at once. Embrace your full potential.

[@M3xagorg]

😂

[@loliger_noob9665]

At first I was like cool video, then I saw your comment during the add and wondered what the hell you meant. But I quickly realized that the video is 8 fucking hours long

[@nigo9108]

I had the same thought but instead of this week I thought of this night... Help me

[@The-xp4xj]

get a job

[@G_UZI]

Imagine how strong messmer would be if he had a great rune

[@buddharocks492]

Right?

[@pietrocatalano4285]

Honestly, I think Messmer is a little overrated by the community. Like, I've seen people put him higher than Radhan and Malenia, and I think people forget that he didn't just solo the whole Land of Shadows. He had an entire army to back him up, plus Rellana (who, if we take a look at Moorth Ruins, can level a village by herself). It's obviously very impressive that he accomplished all of this without a Great Rune, but even with it, I don't think he'd quite reach the heights of Miquella, Malenia or even Radhan.

[@Dutchy4564]

​@@pietrocatalano4285 ok but radahn and malenia both had an army as well

[@pietrocatalano4285]

@@Dutchy4564 Yeah, but they both did much more impressive things by themselves. Malenia's nuke was enough to devastate all of Caelid, which is the size of a small country, and Radhan, though he wasn't literally holding back stars, was still performing the greatest feat of magic we've ever seen in the Elden Ring universe. The only thing we've ever seen Messmer do is kill three Dancing Lions, which isn't bad, but it doesn't really compare to the other two's feats.

[@ethanlancaster819]

​@@pietrocatalano4285he's also the one who solo killed all those fire giants at the mountains

[@greatwhitnorth]

Love your content. I’ll be here watching if you keep making these “strongest in lore” videos!

[@svartrbrisingr6141]

Soldier of God, Rick being so low? I guess we are only judging him by the 0.000000000000001% of his true power that he shows us in the game. He could have become Elden Lord but he instead guided us along that path instead. so selfless.

[@marcthehatguy]

No shame in that I mean it wouldn't even be fair if we used his true power.

[@celnart3159]

You can even see him on a flaming motorcycle during the hidden chaos ending riding into the sunset where he shows us one last bit of respect.

[@guifire9747]

The meme is all fun and game until FromSoft play along with it and makes him a Gael 2.0 on steroid, with River of blood in one hand and Euphoria in the other

[@kjmagginoodlez9537]

I’ve been watching this on and off for the past couple of days in my free time and I’m genuinely astonished with the consistency and lack of a drop in quality commentary through the video. This is an amazing video and I can’t imagine the amount of time that went into making it. Thank you for blessing us with this anthology-level video.

[@quarterbrownder1585]

I thought the phase 2 fight with rennala was just a projection like sewer mohg, put in place by ranni to protect her mother. Thats why ranni introduces her and also why rennala initially looks like a spirit before taking full form and color, and why shes still alive after the battle.

[@ShadeStormXD]

it absolutely is. an projection by ranni demonstrating rennalas strength in her prime

[@vinicius_games31]

​@@ShadeStormXDbut was ranni able to project renalla exactly in her prime strenght? Or she is not as strong because is Just an illusion?

[@blazinglions9554]

@@vinicius_games31 probably not as strong as real renalla, otherwise that would mean ranni is insanely op

[@mirayoquese8608]

​@@blazinglions9554 She is, though. Only character in the game we can never harm.

[@jjohnson01]

@@mirayoquese8608we cant harm her because she is already dead

[@imsuperior7318]

No one: Bestiary: “TOTALITY”

[@drcider5255]

I prefer him both as a character and as a boss, but putting Bayle that high over Placidusax is crazy when they fought and Bayle LOST. There's no reason to assume Bayle is any stronger now than he was when he challenged Placidusax. The idea that Bayle is using Placidusax's heads to conjure Placidusax's wings is complete headcanon. There's no reason to assume Bayle can't do that on his own when Bayle's wings are clearly different than Placidusax's. Bayle 's wings have the distinct curved talon that all drakes do while Placidusax's do not. Though Bayle's access to flame lightning is noteworthy for sure, it clearly wasn't enough for him to beat Placidusax in the first place. The ancient dragons manipulating humans to fight their race war for them isn't a feat for Bayle or the drakes.

[@ShadeStormXD]

placidusax was fed up with dealing with bayles inbred shit so he outsourced

[@NiceIndeed]

Iirc Bayle was consuming drakes to further increase his strengths and restore what was lost. Whereas Placidusax is sort of stuck in stasis. I’d assume them relatively equal in their respective primes, but not after the fight

[@CosmereReviews]

The ranking is based on how powerful they are when we meet them

[@cameronmyers2154]

It’s simple: the Placidusax we fight is weaker than the one Bayle fought, and the Bayle we fight is stronger than the one Placidusax fought

[@drcider5255]

@@NiceIndeed There's literally nothing in the game in imply this. If you're referring to the dead drake bodies outside of his arena, this could much more realistically be explained by Bayle's territorial/aggressive nature as a drake. Not once is there any mention of drakes cannibalizing eachother for power. But... on the same mountain we run into two drakes fighting each other seemingly for no reason other than instinct. @CosmereReviews If the ranking is based on how powerful they are when we meet them, what gives Bayle the edge? Bayle obviously walked away much more fucked up from their battle than Placidusax did. Bayle hasn't been training up for his get-back against Placidusax and there's nothing to imply he couldn't do everything we see him do during the boss fight but better (We can even assume safely that Bayle first used his spectral wings to escape from Placidusax after he lost own). You're arguing that the Bayle hopping along on one leg, missing both his wings, and covered in wounds is in his prime? Huh? So Placidusax was dormant/praying/sleeping/whatever when we find him. So what? He wakes up and he's seemingly just as ready to fight as ever. The only valid argument I can see here for Placidusax being significantly weaker now then he was is that being abandoned by his outer god somehow made him physically weaker, but once again, that'd be entirely speculative. If you want to talk anti-feats, Igon canonically fought Bayle and lived to tell the tale. (granted he is him) (Guys I love Bayle too, but he was the UNDERDOG of their fight. He HAD to run away.)

[@zaybrah8826]

8 hours? I’m locked in Mr. Bestiary…

[@LittleAlastair]

With regard to the leonine misbegotten, the golden order great sword is only one example of a legendary armament wielded by a misbegotten. There is also the grafted blade great sword and the ruins great sword, making 3/9 of the games legendary armaments wielded by these misbegotten. Further supporting your points that they were formidable warriors

[@charliewilson9215]

I’ve had a KZbin account for over 10 years and have maybe commented on a handful of videos and I want to say I appreciate the work you put into this video. As a fan of this lore I’m happy you have been able to do it justice and keep me entertained the last couple while I’ve been locked inside with Covid

[@Thegaming728]

Get this man a like and subscribe, he worked for months without a sponor to create an 8 hour long masterpiece! Gotta support ya, buddy

[@kevynlub2655]

No ads on an 8 hour video? Respect to you man, u got a new sub

[@Grizzly42665]

Wow, that is an a lot of effort. Thanks for this enormous project.

[@elcawyo9629]

we're eating good this whole week

[@Hopeful_Husker]

Drink a shot of water every time Bestiary says “on the list” to stay hydrated

[@owenlawrenson2865]

Crazy to think that an unnamed Cleanrot Knight would potentially challenge or even beat Godrick

[@trevorBbracket]

Finlay marched across the lands between. Godrick retreated across the lands between. which way, western man?

[@generalock3015]

We dont fight finlay tho we just fight unnamed cleanrot knights which is what was ranked​@@trevorBbracket

[@trevorBbracket]

iirc both finlay and the unnamed cleanrot knight bosses have halo scythes, indicating they were commanders in rank with malenia's forces. they're probably comparable in strength man. don't think too hard now

[@Gungle940]

@@trevorBbracket THE UNNAMED SLOP KNIGHTS WE FIGHT ARE SNOOZING IN WRETCHED CAVE GUNK FOR GOD KNOWS HOW LONG AND SEEING HOW THEY RISE FROM THE OOZE THEY WERE BURIED IN IT LIKE PREHISTORIC FOSSILS AND PROBABLY HAVE THE SAME IQ

[@Gungle940]

@@trevorBbracket the SLOP knights we fight are in a random cave buried in SLOP like PREHISTORIC FOSSILS ONG ! ! They ain't beating the Bear Witness or,, normal BEAR they cant even beat the SLOP in their SLOP den

[@elemental-zweihander]

This video needs own DVD setbox.

[@dinokecalovic]

Putting sanguine nobles above fully grown fallingstar beasts and golems is kinda wild. They aint doin ish to those.

[@Gungle940]

So real, carian knight balls does NOT beat a godskin or Elemer or the Flying Dragons either, its crazy how low and high some things are

[@Gaaaarf]

It’s based on lore not actual gameplay

[@Gungle940]

@@Gaaaarf in lore carian knight balls gets absolutely bodied by a godskin The only spell he is shown casting is tremendous phalanx and otherwise hes just a regular old troll Absolutely incomparable to big G

[@andricksav7176]

Me at 3am:"Alright! time for sleep i have tons of stuff todo tomorrow..." BeastiaryYT:

[@CluelesslyIgnorant]

6:15:58 Is no one gonna mention how good that transition was? Amazing work not just with the substance but the editing too!

[@grubbierlizard6091]

I don't know if I'll be able to finish it but this is amazing. You put tons of effort into this and who knows maybe I'll come back and edit this comment when I finish watching it.

[@arturmagomedov4849]

Heavily disagree with some placements but you put too much work and effort into this for me to give you anything but praise.

[@Kratos_1572]

Ikr. How is morgott being placed over midra. Lore wise it makes no sense. Messmers placement is also bad.

[@arturmagomedov4849]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@Kratos_1572Agreed, both Midra and Messmer are automatic top 10, and depending on your interpretation you can even push them all the way to top 5. Rykard and Metyr are also way too high, a little bit of scaling actually shows this. Rykard is literally a demigod which automatically means he is weaker than Radahn who is stated to be the strongest demigod by multiple people. Yet, Rykard still ranked above Maliketh? A person who all the demigods including Radahn feared? Midra is an actual lord of frenzied flame, a failed one but still. And Messmer who has Radahn’s rival as his general(who he is therefore automatically stronger than even in just his base form) is literally ranked lower than Morgott. As a reminder Radahn is the strongest demigod meaning he is stronger than Morgott by default. Honestly, Margott vs Gaius on its own is already a tough debate as both scale to Radahn but are both still weaker than him. So logically speaking,even base form Messmer, who literally has Gaius surve him as his general is going to beat Margott at like mid to high difficulty.

[@ShadeStormXD]

i agree about messmer and midra needing to be higher, however regarding rykard this isnt regular demigos rykard, this is the god devouring serpent eiglay who has consumed rykard(a powerful demigod) as well as likely hundreds of mighty tarnished. regular rykard probably would even be top 50

[@vryyyx]

@@arturmagomedov4849your logic makes no sense, you’re taking general statements and making outlandish conclusions. Radahn is stated the mightiest as a reference to his battle prowess, and those who state that don’t even know half the other demigods exist. Morgott defends the capital infinitely, and beat Radahn, he is obviously above Gaius. Messmer and Radahn being rivals in youth doesn’t mean they’re equal at all. Rykard being a demigod doesn’t mean shit, it’s the fact he fed himself to the serpent, that power isn’t reflective of being a demigod at all.

[@arturmagomedov4849]

@@vryyyx I think you misread some of the things I said. I literally stated Messmer and Radahn were rivals, it was Gaius and Radahn that were rivals, which shows that they at least operated on the same tier of strength which Messmer scales above even in with his power sealed as he had Gaius as his general, therefore showing he had more power than him. And Morgott is never shown to defeating Radahn and you can’t use the intro cutscene image to prove that he did because we don’t have the context behind it and for all we know he could of just sneak attacked Radahn and then got immediately overpowered by him. And while it is true Morgott repelled Radahn and his army it was most definitely only possible because he had the biggest, oldest army in the Lands Between under his command. On top of that Morgott only had to defend while Radahn was the one attacking, it is pretty common knowledge that defending is much easier than attacking. There are other things I disagree with you on but honestly I am too lazy to name them and I already said everything I wanted to say.

[@BatteryPoweredCassandra]

Soldier of God,Rick should have been number 1.

[@greatwhitnorth]

Wow the madman actually did it. Been legit waiting on this for months. Best idea for KZbin videos I’ve seen in years. Looking forward to more strongest in lore content from you going forward

[@pyrokretic1620]

8 hours, man, subbed just cuz of that

[@zangpadaires]

incredible work sir. You deserve millions of subs.

[@tijsgoetelen6812]

Dude you are an absolute legend, the devotion you have to telling this story is really only rivalled by vaatividya and i have never seen him put out an 8 hour video, kudos

[@theonlyMoancore]

By the time I'm at the end of the video, I'm gonna forget who were the weakest, let's go!!!

[@Lescheres]

i do wanna add my personal input, no bias my intent, malenia and radahn stalemated and THEN she bloomed, it was directly stated neither were able to exactly finish off the other "malenia and radahn locked horns in combat" - "the two stalemated, THAN the scarlet flower bloomed" - implying malenia and radahn were at a draw when she bloomed, both matching each other- the trailer CUTS to malenia getting her prosthetic arm cut off, but the fight obviously was not onesided, i must also point out- the trailer has several mistakes, not exactly mistakes but rather it lacks context because it was before the games release, when Malenia fixes her prosthetic arm, thats her seeing Radahn for the first time, and him seeing her, she is wounded and fearlessly fights on also, Malenia's scarlet rot would have killed radahn had his greatrune not burned which greatly confuses me as to why you said he stands greater than her even though we see she is nearly unaffected, waiting for miquella to return at the base of the haligtree because it makes me feel you either are biased or did not deepdive this situation enough, no offense because this video is absolutely amazing and your work here is awesome, next, you refer to Radahn as greater than Malenia multiple times, even calling to Millicents diologue, which is poorly translated, the original diologue was, in the best way to explain it possible, she "abandoned her caution with the scarlet rot" not her pride, also not to meet his measure, ofc you cant perfectly translate japanese to english, also, irrelevant- but CG. World states Malenia was beaten black and blue before her fight with Radahn, and Game Guide states she had a narrow victory over him, in the trailer you can even see her face bleeding from combat before, now finally- you use the stars as a drawing of comparison to malenia holding back the outer god of rot, but the stars have had no confirmation to actually weaken radahn, this is all just my personal observations as someone who also does deepdives into the lore.

[@Gvjrapiro]

good catches on all of this, I was really hoping for a content creator to actually get this lore right for once. one day, i hope.

[@JadenLehman07]

Cope malenia fan for radahn is him

[@Gvjrapiro]

@@JadenLehman07 They literally just quoted factual information dude

[@thomasjohnson4060]

I'm not sure it matters, Malenia was put over Radhan in the list anyway, right? It was Radhan's realm that got nuked, Malenia's was more than fine. Malenia fully recovered, Radahn never did. No matter who won the immediate battle, Malenia won the war in almost every way.

[@austinhancock8204]

Subbed. This is the single most impressive Elden Ring lore video I've ever had the honor of watching.

[@Stunit101]

Rennala over messmer... i disagree. Messmer has so many feats.

[@bowlocereal123]

Rennala held her own against radagon tho, while messmer is strong he isnt at radagon level.

[@BigSadSky]

Just finished, well done good sir! Surprised you didn't mention how Placidusax is trying to commune with his God (he's suspended in the air with his necks going straight up like the two fingers trying to commune with Metyr), but not receiving a signal, much like Metyr stopped receiving messages from the greater will. Does Placid commune to Metyr for guidance, but was abandoned by Metyr? Or did she stop guiding placid because she stopped receiving messages from the Greater Will?

[@FirstLast-l8f]

for the ranking elden ring npcs video, I think it would be an interesting idea to add in some of the boss ncps featured in this video to get a better idea of where the npc characters stand compared to boss characters

[@PhantomBones101]

That's a whole shift covered lol

[@seekay8079]

It's always crazy to me how people try to act like Radahn hasn't won a fight or isn't as powerful as people make him out to be when he's literally conquered the stars. Half of the goddamn npcs in the game exist just to talk about how badass and strong Radahn is

[@davidpower5710]

bro cooked up a multi day meal man, ngl this is some goated shite

[@TheBitingBat]

Elden Beast is pretty clearly supposed to be the strongest lorewise as its the embodiment of order using the body of a god as a sword. The only ones comparable at all would be the full potential rykard/messmer who have serpents capable of eating the world/gods and Rad Miquella who's a god and his Lord.

[@Mika-Fresh]

My dude, mad props to you 🍻

[@rohanpanchdhari]

For the trolls, they also allied themselves with the ancient dragons cause theodorayx is said to be a troll and all those who communienes are enemies of Bayle

[@loganc1586]

4:51:01 Gideons fight is so bad that we have to be told to just ignore it💀

[@thequincy_]

8 hours of a pure, quality breakdown is incredible. The depths you go to gather and compile all this info and lore is ridiculously cool. I love all your previous ranking vids, so seeing this at 8 hours is exciting as hell

[@BayanKebab]

Holy smokes now thats a long video. Thank you for your efforts. Hope you'll get bigger!

[@user-sqr2jp6304]

haven't started it yet but my bet for the strongest would be Dragonlord Placidusax 🐉🐲

[@vidarnordqvist4667]

He who lost a battle vs another dragon? He who had a god but the god left for no reason? He who has lost multiple heads?

[@nolandawson8649]

@@vidarnordqvist4667he forced Bayle to flee, he didn’t lose

[@englorious]

You are a madman hahaha, how many hours approximately did this take in total? Thanks for delivering like usual, the community owes you one for this one!

[@zzuklaa5699]

Midra being a failed lord comes from him losing to the tarnished (the single strongest being of the universe). He would have destroyed the entire existence if we had not fought him. Putting him below morgott, and more importantly rykard is laughable imo. Hes practically an avatar of an outer god.

[@JoeJoesBizzareAmbitions]

Ferb, I think I know what we're watching with dinner tonight!

[@عبدالرحمنهندي-ل2ط]

the 8h video would be perfect for a long driving travel session

[@Fafuchess]

The video lenght omg 😂 Wise Bestiary... emboldened by the flame of ambition loved every second tho

[@D0verking69]

Holy god its here, I hope you know that your hard work is appreciated

[@luisflores7635]

Damn, i just discovered your channel. Your narration is sublime, as well as your visuals. I obviously subscribed, keep on with the amazing work 👍

[@redcloud1029]

The fucking mad lad actually did it

[@way_2_saucy848]

This has to be the most impressive KZbin video I’ve ever seen in my life. The amount of effort that went into this is insane, I watched every minute and extremely respect the work that went into this, keep it up man

[@3einEye]

8 hours? From this channel? This is like a dream come true

[@thedude4192]

Just based off of the time and the fact that you do every boss you got a like and a new subscriber in me. Great work mate !

[@fingolfinofnoldor3592]

The Malenia vs Radahn fight took place during the Battle of Aeonia, near the town of Sellia. Their fight didn't take place at the Wailing Dunes, near Redmane Castle. The Aeonian sword monument explicitly say that Malenia and Radahn were locked in a stalemate before the rot bloom. Even in the story trailer, Radahn was on his knees after Malenia stabbed his neck and pushed nearly the entire length of her sword in him. Radahn does nothing and was still on his knees unable to do anything to stop Malenia from blooming. "To have someone's measure" means you know what it takes to deal with or defeat them, and "to meet someone's measure" means to overcome them. Which aligns with the fact that the fight was a stalemate. Neither could meet the other's measure, until Malenia abandoned her pride and embraced the rot which broke the stalemate. With the stalemate broken, their fight ended resulting again in a stalemate. Radahn also has to eventually move to the Wailing Dunes, away from Aeonia or else he might have died from the rot if he stayed.

[@facundovera3227]

In addition, Malenia couldn't continue fighting because Radahn destroyed her sword arm.

[@patrascu1485]

"Although the awakening of her latent curse brought her a narrow victory over radahn" Official Strategy Guide Vol.2 p.228

[@velhokala8456]

Doesn't Malenia stab herself in that cinematic? Im pretty sure you can even see her own blood dripping down on the blade. I would assume her defeat would make the flower bloom.

[@kataru3083]

She lost her dignity to beat him and even then she couldn't, tells me everything I need

[@fingolfinofnoldor3592]

@@kataru3083 Radahn lost his entire self and couldn't beat her as well, tells me everything I need. It's a stalemate, but apparently that's hard to understand.

[@THETYMEKK12]

I'm near the 6 hours mark (just finished The Scadutree Avatar) and I'm constantly amazed by how spot on your lore analysis is. This video is literally the best source of Elden Ring lore, there isn't much wild speculation here, everything is grounded in actual text. Great job!

[@Nebulonentreterimentos]

Man, what a great video, has some of the most interesting lore interpretations and a great ranking of the bosses, of course, i agree and disagre with some placements but still, one of my favortite videos on elden ring.

[@SiPickle]

yeahh this one is going in the coveted sleep playlist

[@azaleacolburn]

Kinda wild Rykard takes, ngl

[@D3athrus]

Yeah I agree pretty wild ngl, he's high but not THAT high

[@Grimnoire]

god devouring serpent

[@LeonidasXRated]

stronger than Maliketh??? hell nawwww

[@shroomian2739]

I mean Eiglay makes up most of his power

[@richter6699]

​@@LeonidasXRatedHe did send a henchman to take out Maliketh. Doesn't really tell us anything other than that he believed it could be done lol.

[@nightangelx1513]

Finally soldier of Godrick get's the praise he deserves !

[@payaisola4917]

No sleep, but I am happy

[@Comesussytoad]

New drinking game: take a shot every time “antithetical” is said in the video

[@Capital_CW]

8 hours!???!!!??!?! Youre crazy! (in a good way)

[@PeterKudelin]

looking forward to cranking this one out

[@otisvale9445]

I just finished this, and as a longtime lore fanatic, this is absolutely incredible, and I really love how you researched everything. So much effort into this video!

[@adamyohan]

You do well to take pride in your work. This is spectacular on so many levels. Watched it slowly everyday since it came out and every minute was fun. No reminders, nothing. Just craving the video. Hats off.

[@G_UZI]

I just finished the vid, the only thing i disagree wth is rykard being over maliketh, the game never states that he was more than capable of killing maliketh and even with the blasphemous claw, he still feared him

[@ShadeStormXD]

thats all rykard before he fed himself to the serpent and consumed a bunch of strong tarnished. og rykard would 100% be below maliketh but this is rykard + god devouring serpent whose been fed for probably centuries

[@Snagavitch]

@@ShadeStormXDif rykard had the strength to topple everyone weaker than him he would have made a move. He wasn’t nearly that powerful yet

[@ariald869]

@@Snagavitch He doesn't make a move because his only desire right now is to consume.

[@pietrocatalano4285]

@@Snagavitch Rykard's goal isn't to beat anyone. He's not Godfrey or Radahn. His base instinct right now is to devour as much as he can and grow as much as he can, just like any snake. Like a snake, while he's eating, he's not doing much else. So for now, Rykard is just waiting, growing more powerful with each sacrifice brought to him, but incapable of fulfilling his goal.

[@generalock3015]

That was pre big ass godly serpent rykard in hjs serpent form hes clearly above maliketh😊

[@brucepa2350]

You should make a video of ranking by their prime state, that would be great

[@mirayoquese8608]

What I learned from this video: 1. POWAH 2. Bureaucracy 3. Hierarchy 4. Monopoly Awesome vid, your magnum opus. I disagree with some of the latest placements (Tannith does admit that Rykard was "still weak" after we kill him, so I would put him at least below Malenia), but the overall work put into this deserves respect. Waiting for the DLC to drop was worthwhile.

[@Emperor_Candice_D]

Loved the video i’ve been watching it at work over all my youtube accounts. The amount of detail you put into the video is insane and im sure will be used for reference by many elden ring content creators! one thing of advice i’d say for future videos of this length is Instead of releasing the full 8 hr video, you could have released it in 4 two hour videos or 8 1 hr videos over. All your other ranking videos are 1 to 2 hrs, i’d say keeping them around that range is good. I’ve seen and heard from other creators the super long videos arent the best for youtube’s weird algorithm anymore. All the work you put into this video deserves to be seen by the millions of elden ring fans!

[@BruceWayne-f4o]

No matter what you say it’s go end the same….radahn and malenia fans arguing 😭

[@aidan_arvizu]

8 hours of straight Elden Ring lore?? Can I get a hell yeah

[@christar1ful301]

Metyr as the old god of placidusax is actually genius it makes so much sense

[@scottstaker6818]

Amazing video, but the gameplay is so funny. I don't think there's a single combat clip out of hundreds or even thousands where the tarnished doesn't take damage unless they're stunlocking an npc

[@Empireo_sebastian]

I started watching this video innocently thinking it could be my last before bed. Then I saw how long it is lmao

[@davidstonge6026]

I’ve been waiting for MONTHS for this video and it did not disappoint in the slightest, I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it. I just wanted to comment on it to interact and show the love, seriously looking forward to the next project you put out

[@Emperor_Candice_D]

Could we get a timestamped comment with names? I know there’s a timestamp list in the description one in the comments would help with mobile users and names with the timestamps would help with finding placement of specific bosses i know alot of people will use this video for references

[@nathangraf1222]

I can’t think of a video that earned a subscribe more than this. All 8 hours done. Subscribed. Thank you. Great work

[@jonathanfarrimond3619]

Ive been waiting for months... its beautiful

[@joshreilly1960]

This video was a work of art. I literally started watching it the day of it came out and took me almost a week to finish. Really great overview of the lore and you introduced me to some theories I hadnt heard before. Truely a crime how few subscribers you have but its just a matter of time with the quality of your uploads

[@ShadeStormXD]

1:51:11 you keep calling the bloodfiends hornsent, but is there any actual evidence of that? i always took them as warped demihumans

[@vermincrusher852]

YES! Been waiting on this. Thank you for the great content as always.

[@negansmith5637]

8 hours? Holy shit this is going to make my day. Thank you!

[@Wafflefrieslmdh]

Ok theory based on the ending: Bayle, in a bid for power, challenged not only placidusax, but metyr as well, and succeeded in wounding her. This, however, lead to her getting cut off from the greater will, and thus, the entire story here began because of a silly dragon later killed by us and captain ahab

[@BigBroKuma]

8 HOURS??? So this is why it took so long 😭😭😭

[@apocalypse8346]

Seeing ymir so high is weird after i just got done slapping him around

[@Loxucus]

8 hours my man your crazy

[@dickinsonia4132]

Cool video, it's funny how low Godrick ended up being even though he's a demigod

[@siddhantchauhan1975]

Can’t believe fallingstar beasts were so low. They were such a pain to fight. The full grown one I’d assume would at least be stronger than godrick

[@masquerayn]

I so appreciate this thorough work - what a well researched, well described project you've done here! I know most are here for the ranking itself, most likely, but I love your lore analysis more than anything. To me, you see the bigger picture more clearly than most. I have not even finished the video but i wished to drop in to say that you've inspired me to keep going in my own content journey. I hope I can be like you one day. :)

[@BestiaryYT]

Adore comments like this, genuinely make me want to get better every video, let me know what you think of the ending!

[@masquerayn]

@@BestiaryYT If I make it there!! :P I've been watching and taking notes. It's like someone has released a whole thesis and now I have to go through it point by point!