Dark Souls 3 Bosses: Underrated/Overrated

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[@hardluckmk.52]

Midir wasn’t overrated to me until i tried it recently…still i rate bosses on music and atmosphere as well, doesn’t always matter like i might be jamming to the living failures in bloodborne but I’m actually just fighting living failures in a relatively small-medium sized dandelion garden However Gael and midir became easy to beat, fast, and that’s not entirely fun or maybe that’s just me, but their music and atmosphere are what keep me coming back to them so i gotta give them props for that, gael really felt like the final boss of the series and for midir…they couldn’t have chosen a better optional boss to end on. Talking lore-wise as well

[@darthshard8967]

@@EmberPlays soul level 1 all ds3 bosses?

[@bradyck2204]

Champion Gundyr is not in a parallel universe. It’s in the distant past, he was a champion like the ashen one. But when he got to firelink the flame had already faded and darkness took over. Then you come and defeat him which is why at the start of the game he has the sword through him.

[@leithaziz2716]

The theories I hear is that we're either in the past like you said or in the future where the Age of Dark has began. As Solaire said "The flow of time in Lordran is convoluted, with heroes phasing in and out"

[@shodai2054]

So not a parallel universe, but a time-travel wormhole instead💀

[@Robocoloku]

this is what confuses me, because hasn't the fire been linked continuously since Gwyn? Otherwise the age of dark would have begun.

[@mydrillasanjay5397]

​@@Robocoloku no it's implied that after an age of dark comes an age of fire again meaning the players choice in the first two games doesn't matter

[@TimeofRagnarok]

@@Robocoloku the fire did fade and our little guy who transposes soul, who I can't remember the name of, linked it again. The fire has faded many times but somebody, horrified by what they see, links it again.

[@Regibois]

2:37 the two of them syncing their attacks is so cool

[@hydroshock1853]

They're like those dredgings from Demon's Souls/Dark Souls 1.

[@SMEGEL145]

I have a video of them hitting each other with a completely synced attack knocking both of them up in the air 😂

[@futuristicbus61]

It really is

[@KingCasual1986]

Death the Kid from Soul Eater just came.

[@robbydailey1894]

Back when DS3 first came out everybody appreciated The Abyss Watchers for the masterpiece that it is. I'm sad to hear people don't see them the same way anymore.

[@mr.glitch5547]

I must say I hated them with every single cell in my body when I was fighting them and dying countless times but I just cant disagree with them being such amazing and cool boss after I beat them, also the 2nd phase was straight up fun to fight

[@spideyfan1024]

people rank bosses on difficulty nowadays when Dark Souls bosses are far more than the difficulty.

[@DS3Enjoyer]

My only criticism is their health pool is so low. Sucks the battle is over so fast

[@benireges]

abyss watchers is a good boss but not the legendary masterpiece people make em out to be. ur literally fighting a squad of npcs and the second phase is one npc with a fiery sword. i swear half the hype for this fight revolves around that soundtrack

[@btchiaintkidding7837]

Most underrated boss OST ever. also, their moveset and poise feels fair regardless of your build or weapon. really fun fight. their moveset flashy without being overtuned, their lore is cool, design is nice and boss arena is perfect without any area denial/elevation/instak^ll pits etc. underrated

[@rohitchaoji]

Another aspect of Dancer's difficulty is that you're sent there immediately after either Aldrich or Yhorm, depending on who you beat first, and if you're not suspicious of the boss arena being a boss arena, you're likely to immediately trigger the fight without preparing for it first.

[@hashtags_YT]

Got super pissed after Dancer kicked my ass and I nearly lost all those precious souls, thank God she didn't kill me while I homeward bone'd away.

[@Zaney_]

I love the demon prince, one the best gank bosses culminating into the best "demon" boss fight we've had. Which was even more disappointing that the only multi bosses in elden ring were complete trash.

[@bengough6772]

Oh yeah Twin Demons was intense. Really good!

[@Ghorda9]

i really enjoyed valiant gargoyles, just focus on positioning and get between the legs or jump attack over sweeps for openings.

[@bittim9094]

@@Ghorda9 they are like a worse version of every other duo fight in the series

[@K0DA._.]

@@bittim9094 I wouldn’t say a worse version of EVERY duo boss, but they are absolutely a worse version of the Demon Princes. It’s easy to tell they took large cues from the Demon Princes, but balanced them very poorly.

[@j.c-6424]

​@@K0DA._. Demon princes let you hit them and actually dodge

[@ftir1450]

The part at the end of the Old Demon King where he expends all his power and basically gives up gives me a very melancholic feeling

[@chatarrra7457]

Yeah pairs well with the area since it’s Lost Izalith but in ruins and turmoil

[@ToxiicPlaysUC]

What an unbelievable experience was DS3! The OST in this game, as well as the whole atmosphere, it just hits you on another level and as you said the bosses were awesome 🔥

[@AdrianBuseth]

In the context of the entire franchise it's mid at best

[@cardmossdn8058]

@@AdrianBuseth Not really. It has WAY more consistent quality than DS1, DS2, or DeS

[@iamMildlyUpsetWithMostOfYouTub]

@@AdrianBuseth ds3 is indisputably better than demon souls, ds1 and 2, and did a lot of things better than elden ring. It’s ost is also hands down the best fromsoft has ever made.

[@AdrianBuseth]

@@iamMildlyUpsetWithMostOfYouTub It is disputable Ds3 is is extremely linear and looses alot of replayability because the early game is always the same. If you played every game the order they came out then you realised that DS3 had almost no new ideas and recycled alot from the earlier titles. I think the color pallet is awful and everything feels grey and washed out. It does have very smooth gameplay and added alot of cool spells.just felt that i had played it before after played all the other games. And it didnt hjelp that the ps4 versioner was awful at launch

[@HMCarsSOA]

@@AdrianBuseth I personally think DS3 is far ahead of Demon's Souls, DS1 and DS2. And if you're talking about recycling, DS1 also recycled a ton from Demon's Souls. Experimental ideas don't always result in good quality, and the first 3 souls games have far bigger missteps than DS3. DS3 laid the foundation for Elden Ring in terms of gameplay. DS3 is so refined in that department and has a better overall ost than the first 3 games. It's no contest for me.

[@bappointhemorning]

The only thing bad about Gael is that you have to play the whole game just to fight him again

[@naiteiruakuma2261]

I am So happy that Dragonslayer Armour got some love it properly deserves. Beautiful arena, astonishing soundtrack and very very Fun challenging duel fight. One of my favorites

[@jamesg7456]

My 8 year old daughter beat Iudex Gundyr on her fifth try. Proud dad moment 😅

[@misinputgg]

As a 13 year old, it took me 4 hours 😭😭😭

[@itszaque]

I’m always surprised when people put DS3 low down on their list of favorite fromsoft titles. To me the nostalgia in this game hits home hard, and the narrative is beautifully crafted around the same core concepts of 1. But even if the nostalgia doesn’t land, you still have arguably the highest average quality of bosses in this game, with some truly spectacular ones mixed in! Imo this game nailed the balance of being difficult yet fun, and will always be one of my favorite games to replay.

[@HMCarsSOA]

Agreed, personally i could not fathom placing DS1 over DS3 apart from maybe out of nostalgia. And i could not understand how people talk about Bloodborne as if it's light years ahead of DS3, DS3 is top tier, and i'm glad people are starting to see that now. Best boss roster and arguably the best soundtrack in the series.

[@Kn1ghtborne]

​@The Profaned Black Knight I tried my absolute damnedest to enjoy Ds1 more than Ds3 but the only 2 things that are genuinely better in Ds1 are the journey/world and the actual Lore itself surrounding the land, Gwyn, Manus and Artorias. Honorable mentions are some side quests, intricate details in the environment, and severing tails for more weapons but that's about it. The best bosses in the game to fight are Artorias and Manus by a long shot but they hold up beautifully. Most of the osts are pretty dull and the movesets are super basic but still endearing. I'd say the main reason for this is I never played these games until Bloodborne,then I got Ds3 and played backwards to Ds1 because I sort of had my own story going on with my character. Ds3 is incredibly linear but it's like a short and sweet boss rush game in a world that's collapsing under eons of kingdoms and wars with a beautiful dlc to go with it. It's a matter of preference but Ds3 pvp was so lame all I did was play the story and ended up beating it 23 times

[@canisinumbra]

I absolutely adore the mood/atmosphere in DS3. It’s so intense

[@peda8607]

DS3 truly is the pinnacle of boss design in Soulsborne.

[@jajasking9652]

Exactly, there is only two bossfight below c tier and the amount of bossfights that are tier s can easily be like 8-10 bossfights, best bossfights of the series unless shadows of the erdtree have a lot of S tier bossfights

[@Ghorda9]

@@jajasking9652 personally i think elden ring has some bosses that are better.

[@jajasking9652]

@@Ghorda9 yeah, i should have said overall, becuase of godfrey and mogh being at the level of the best ds3 bossfights, but overall, i enjoy more the ds3 bossfights, elden ring has like a lot of A tier bossfights for me

[@Ghorda9]

@@jajasking9652 since really getting to know the boss mechanics i would put a few on the same level as gael.

[@jean-baptisteboucher6465]

Super cool video as always, nice pace and quality content. Keep it up 👍 Quick tip I noticed for Crystal Sage : when the clones spawn, their magic will be blue, wherease the real one has purple magic. Easy to notice after a few tries. Hope it helps some of you !

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[@3slicessenpai]

W-wait...I-I thought that was the whole point...I guess that, within all the magic spam, it's hard to see your surroundings and I must have gotten lucky to get a clear view of a purple one in the middle of all the blue...

[@rohitchaoji]

Another thing about the clones is that they only attack you with crystal soul spear or crystal soul arrow. Only the actual Sage will attack you with soulmass, crystal hail or rapier. The real challenge is getting to the actual Crystal Sage while you get crystal speared in the butt from the out-of-view clones.

[@NotMyStro]

People die to this "boss"?

[@canisinumbra]

1st Try boss because I immediately realised that. It’s like Wolnirs big fat glowing bracelets that call hit me!

[@kizaruthegreat]

abyss watchers is easily my favorite souls boss ever. the design, the music, the 3th neutral watcher. everything is just amazing about it

[@JohnDWJ]

Full on agree about the Twin Princes. Both them and Gael feel like they were on paths the player could've easily chosen for themselves (lore wise). The fight designs, the music, and fun factor (punishment) were top notch. Bravo.

[@finweain]

For the Crystal Sage just buy a few daggers to hit the clones and the fight is much easier!

[@rustman2990]

the clones cast blue magic, the real one uses purple, just focus on the purple one until it disappears then repeat

[@Ghorda9]

@@rustman2990 or hide behind something until it's safe and then beeline the real one.

[@briantalbot7929]

Or use vow of silence lmao trivializes fights against magic users

[@zachpeterson9605]

The entire game of DS3 is slept on imo. Too many good bosses and soundtracks and yet people will say it's bad because there is too much of the color grey😭😭. Also maybe I'm just too good bit when I hear people complain I about Anor Londo being brought back I alaways wonder why because your only there for like 15-20 minutes anyway.

[@RuskiFuze01]

I’m happy someone acknowledged how people sleep on soul of cinder. He’s part of my top 5 so I get annoyed when people downplay the boss

[@rpgtsmbt5675]

Really cool transition at 6:00 i dont know if it was on purpose but the attacks of the two bosses line up perfectly

[@leithaziz2716]

While the interconnected level-design from DS1 is missed, I can appreciate DS3 for (in my opinion) having the best bosses in the series. It's a really solid experience.

[@spideyfan1024]

I'd argue the interconnected level-design isn't what makes a game good. Most other Souls games don't have it either, It's strange how I only ever see DS3 being criticized for the lack of it.

[@chasewood1562]

From my experience it's because how funneled it feels early on. You get to firelink then fast travel away. No way to get back their (by foot not counting night mode) or reason to be there to get to another area in 1 and 2 their are multiple paths to go from the hub while in 3 you just warp away

[@mrznkc]

Really good video, however I think that with the Yhorm fight, a large part of why he is so loved, is because of the Siegward storyline that's interwoven with Yhorm

[@eviltoad746]

Nobody calls Oceiros their favorite boss

[@DontNerfHeavy]

I like him there are better fights like Armour, but he is very underrated

[@Nova03463]

Midir is definetly not overrated for me. Hes by far the best dragon in the series and in my top 5 bosses oat. I think with midir it really depends on how you fight him. I think there are 2 rules: 1. ALWAYS go for the head 2. Roll Backwards, not into him. If u End up under him the camera will be a mess and the fight becomes way less enjoyable

[@Foxtail190]

I prefer Sinh as a dragin fight tbh. Midir is one of those that just isnt much fun to me.

[@Nova03463]

Havent fought sinh yet bc I cant beat ds2 without smashing my Desk lmal

[@Foxtail190]

@@Nova03463 oooof XD.

[@Nova03463]

@@Foxtail190 yh its by far my least favourite

[@Foxtail190]

@@Nova03463 DS2 was hella fun for me. Wasnt my favorite, but I found it more enjoyable than DS1. (DS3s bosses really make it skyrocket to the top)

[@aidansilli4257]

I'd go Gundyr- underrated Vordt-properly rated Curse rotted greatwood-properly rated Crystal sage- properly rated Abyss Watchers- super overrated. They have some cool elements but I think my overall engagement with the fight is vastly outpaced by almost every boss past them. The first time I fought them was one of the most frustrating in the entire series(I think my weapon was under leveled) and every time after has been super easy. I think they are pretty good, but there are many bosses better than them. Deacons-properly rated Wolnir-properly rated Demon King-properly rated Pontiff-overrated Yhorm-properly rated Aldrich-underrated Dancer-a bit overrated Dragonslayer armor-massively underrated Oceiros-underrated Champ Gundyr-underrated Twin princes-underrated Wyvern- properly rated Nameless King-overrated Soul of Cinder-underrated (not because people don't like him, but I think he is with isshin as the best final boss in the series) Champion grave tender-overrated(not because people think they are good, but because I hate this boss) Friede-Underrated ( people usually put her high, but she is my favorite boss in any game I've ever played) Demon Princes-underrated Halflight-properly rated Midir- a very tiny bit overrated Gael-properly rated

[@hardbody2072]

I love the art style in this game combined with the ost it just stands alone in its own lane, unforgettable and imo the peak of Dark Souls

[@viniciuscrespo8612]

I think this is more like a "I like this boss or not" video, since absolutely no one talks about high Lord wolnir because he is incredibly forgettable and he gets and overrated, but Sister Elfriede who is easily one of the most popular bosses in Dark souls series gets an underrated???

[@exilious17]

ive never heard or seen anyone sat oceiros was their favourite aside from me so far, i loved his voice and the transition to his second phase whilst he loses all sense of what he is or was, really stood out to me as an enjoyable boss and made it my favourite.

[@spideyfan1024]

the lore helps too. Underrated boss imo

[@gitarmats]

I was not expecting to see Kenny Garrett in a video about Dark Souls, but here we are.

[@EmberPlays]

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[@TheEyeOfCthulhu]

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[@cryingdemon]

I distinctly remember soul of cinder, and nameless king being the two most difficult bosses in this game my 1st playthrough. The sense of accomplishment i felt once i beat them though was amazing, and has only been matched to conquering Maliketh & melania in elden ring.

[@Ghorda9]

i find that soul of cinder doesn't do enough damage to really punish you, i really only die to him if i run out of estus.

[@Kn1ghtborne]

​@@Ghorda9 That means he's kicking your ass

[@Ghorda9]

@@Kn1ghtborne that means i beat him second try because he could never finish me off.

[@carlossssssss5492]

​@@Ghorda9 true, he is hell on sl1 runs though

[@canisinumbra]

Soul of Cinders was so incredibly easy for me, I rank him worst boss in the game. I had a lot more trouble with Nameless King.

[@Ushisim]

It's wierd, I dont think I've died to nameless king a single time since my first 2 playthroughs, both phases combos and attacks are just really intuitive to me and they feel super natural. It's really interesting seeing what other people do well against

[@rotank638]

There is no way Pontiff is underrated - fairly confident I’ve never seen a negative sentiment towards him and he’s plenty of people’s favorite boss in the main game, so…

[@dshiznit40]

Abyss watchers are definitely not underrated, most people appreciate the fight. Also nice touch adding Ds2 music for Yhorm

[@lllpeople]

I like Gael most because for me its simply a 'get gud' boss. He has many attacks, you just need to learn then and dodge them all, no teleportation, no nothing. My favourite kind of boss.

[@innocentguest.4999]

He can teleport...

[@carlossssssss5492]

I have something to tell you my guy......

[@JamesW609]

​@@innocentguest.4999 We'll in this guys defense I also didn't no Gael could teleport till my 3rd playthrough of the dlc

[@LucasOliveira-zh5zs]

I just do not understand the difficulty in Abyss Watchers, in my first and second playtrough I beat it FIRST TRY and the only souls game I had completed before that boss was Dark Souls 1 but still one my favorite bosses of all time, I just wish he had more health to be honest with you guys.

[@belsalkkibelsalkki3838]

I honestly dont know why demon princes are sleep upon. They were in my opinion best gank fight there was in any games.

[@562.anthony2]

Finally beat this game about two weeks ago. It’s was super fun. I really enjoyed the big dudes with giant weapon battles like dragon slayer, lord of cinder, pontiff, twin brothers, champion gundyr, etc. The ones who gave me trouble were the abyss watchers, dancer and pontiff.

[@jujuplanet2866]

Dragon slayer armor was by far my favorite boss, it was balanced, he hit hard but he wasn’t too hard to hit back either, and his shield attacks looks so cool, the whole fight was a spectacle and left more of an impression than any other boss

[@futuristicbus61]

Whenever Spears of the Church is brought up, all I can think about is the “make haste” voice

[@erockexit]

Hold up, I have never heard people talk poorly about Abyss Watchers. I mean, I’m not a huge fan, but I hear it regularly. Also, Dragonslayer Armour is way underrated. If he had a flashier arena, he would have been much more popular.

[@rafaelz6211]

Pontiff is my favourite boss in DS3 and one of the best in the series, only really beat out by Maria, Orphan, Ludwig, Gehrman and Placidusax for me

[@randorandom9494]

This was my first Souls game, and i haven't struggled too much with the bosses (even Nameless king) but Soul of Cinder almost made me quit. His attack spam in the curved sword stance is insane, the straight sword stance has delayed moves that make no sense (unlike gundyr or DSA) and random follow ups, and don't even get me started on the healing in the spear stance that makes an already tanky boss go on forever. On the other hand, in the second phase you're always at a risk of dying instantly to his 5 hit combo. I love the moveset and the callback to Gwyn but i'm really not a big fan of it.

[@justinsharp8741]

I don't know what it is but Crystal Sage almost made me rage quit and still messes me up sometimes even now.

[@conan2096]

the abyss watchers fight is so fucking awesome they didnt even wait for you to get there to start.

[@Cav829]

It's always been my hot take that Nameless King is overrated because players are too forgiving of how bad the King of the Storms phase is. It has to be in the top 3 worst camera implemntations in the entire franchise. Yes, after enough playthroughs you kind of learn how to get through it without too much trouble, but it never makes the phase anything approaching good. And it's something many people I've seen admit is bad or at least problematic about him, but just forgive it because they like the second phase so much. I am not sure if there is another boss talked about in the top tiers that has as agregious of an issue that everyone just kind of accepts. That said, I think other bosses have either caught up to him or surpassed him on popularity, so it makes it a little less overrated than he once was. And of course, this is just my personal opinion. Anyway, thanks for the video! Entertaining as always.

[@Ghorda9]

you're supposed to stand in from of him and go for the head/neck you'll have a lot less camera issues that way and do more damage.

[@Cav829]

@@Ghorda9 As I said, I know what to do at this point from fighting him enough to at least minimize camera issues. It still doesn't make anything about that part of the fight good or enjoyable at least in my opinion. For me personally with how many quality bosses are in DS3 I can't put a boss with such a flawed phase in my top 5.

[@aksen303]

even though i know it's coming, the outro gets me every time.

[@garethjones1086]

Not quite sure you understand the difference between under/over rated and "I do/don't like this boss" like how can you call yhorm over rated when no one rates him highly

[@garethjones1086]

Same rationale for saying Friede is under rated - Friede is in most people's top 10

[@poyrazturgut3615]

Abyss watchers suck, no danger, so easy, gets staggered so much. Cutscene is better than the boss.

[@dretadel]

Tip on Crystal Sage: throwing knives are cheap to buy from the Handmaid, are thrown quickly, and have decent enough range to take out the clones obscenely quickly. Church Guardian Shiv works just as well if you don't mind FP consumption

[@TheVirtual3]

My least favorite boss in the game is the crystal sage. I'm colorblind and can't tell the difference between the magic attacks mid fight. My options are to get way over leveled, or bring a tun of throwing knives and throw one at each sage. Nothing against from software for the fight, life just be like that sometimes

[@AlyssMa7rin]

If you’re into modding, there’s prolly one online to add a colorblind filter!

[@AccursedHawk]

Just started my first DS3 play through the other day. All stemmed from watching your videos and elden ring being my first souls like game. I’ve completed elden ring, Sekiro, bloodborne and now attempting DS3. Love it so far and am super excited to get through it! Love the channel man

[@DCshandle]

You messed up now you won’t be able to enjoy ds1 and 2

[@AccursedHawk]

@@DCshandle eh I don’t think so, I’m not playing each game In hopes that the one I’m playing is better than the last. I’m doing it because I really enjoyed elden ring and wanna go back and experience the other games

[@leithaziz2716]

@@DCshandle DS1 holds up in other areas, so I wouldn't worry. There's always an intruigue in checking out how things started, even if that means a more jank experience.

[@DCshandle]

@@leithaziz2716 that’s why I’m glad things like KZbin exist so I don’t have to go through the horrors of playing ds2

[@PROJECTJoza100]

​@@DCshandle i enjoyed ds2

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

Gravetender's Greatwolf is unironically a top 3 boss for me. The music playing while he glides across that icy canyon filled with flowers defending his master's grave is just gorgeous to me.

[@keelanperumal1980]

I'm glad there's another youtuber who actually thinks Twin Princes is heavily underrated. There just as memorable as nameless king, abyss watchers etc. The music for there fight is honestly one of the best OSTs in all the Souls games for me. Couple there music with the introduction and the actual fight, it feels very cinematic and tension filled.

[@HeavensBane53]

Bit telling that a lot of the community opinion of a boss often seems to boil down to "Is it hard?" with a side of "and does it look cool?". Also idk about blanket claiming ds3 has the best bosses in the series when sekiro exists, unless you mean of the dark souls games specifically. Even then, I personally prefer ds1's lineup, but that's a combination of taste and being a str weapons enthusiast, and a number of ds3's more interesting bosses felt like they were designed more around the speed of dex weapons. Or rather, more accurately, they were designed around the speed of bloodborne's combat. I'm pretty sure the ds3 team just forgot they weren't making bloodborne at times.

[@lazynotuseless8843]

I would put Midir in "underrated", for the fact that there are people who thinks he is overrated.

[@charlierashi100]

Iudex Gundyr - Properly rated Vordt - Underated Curse Rotted - Properly rated Crystal Sage - Properly rated Abyss Watchers - Properly rated. Never met anyone who didn't think they were a top 10 souls boss. Deacons of the Deep - Underated Wolnir - Overated. This thing could never get enough hate in my opinion. Demon King - Properly rated Pontiff Sulyvahn - Underated Yorhm - Underated Aldrich - Overated Dancer - Properly rated Dragonslayer Armour - Super underated Oceiros - Properly rated Champion Gundyr - Underated Twin Princes - Underated Ancient Wyvern - Properly rated Nameless King - Properly rated Soul of Cinder - Slightly underated Freide - Properly rated Champions Gravetender - Properly rated Demon Princes - Super underated Halflight - Properly rated Midir - Properly rated Gael - Properly rated.

[@SimplCup]

I don't understand how people consider Midir to be difficult. He is an interesring boss, but i wouldn't say that he is difficult. You can just stay under him to hit his neck or tail, look out for his fire attack and explosion, and just quickly run against him whenever he starts his pushing attacks. Whenver he starts to breathe fire under himself just run to his tail and hit him while his breathing. As easy as that. Maybe if he had some unpredictable body slam, so that you won't stay under him, he would be difficult. Usually people for some reason try to stay right in front of him and dodge all the attacks, and i guess that is the reason why people always die to him and think that he is difficult.

[@MEISMUDKIPS]

One thing I'll say about deacons is that they are an absolute nightmare in challenge runs. The whole boss fight is a dps check and if your challenge is shield only, bows only, or throwables only, you'll have to be fast so you don't get killed by the curse attack

[@Joeumadd]

DS Armor and the Champ are 2 of my fav fights in ds3. Its just so fun to dodge around their combos plus their difficultly is almost perfectly fair (besides DS armor turtling and Champ's fuckin charge with 360 degree heat seeking tracking)

[@jackholt6860]

Champ gundyr is like an Elden Ring boss in ds3. Once I learned that you can only safely attack him in phase 2 after he does a kick it just became dodge simulator which wasn't all that fun. Maybe if I had a fast weapon I could sneak in some attacks at other times too but for me it was painful with my Claymore. My guess ppl don't talk about demon princes much because they are so squishy that everyone defeats them in 1 or 2 attempts and barely gets to see much of their moveset lol. I remember it was really cinematic in phase 2 but that's about it. My only complaint about Gael was again he was a bit like an Elden Ring boss in phase 2 where he had those "gotcha" attacks which he extended from his first phase and you just had to dodge roll endlessly but he is fair enough.

[@darknova3591]

Hey man, just wanna say you put out some really good quality content and I hope to see your channel grow a lot in time to come. Good luck

[@EmberPlays]

Thanks :)

[@aarontruong354]

This is probably my favorite game of all time (Batman Arkham City and Shin Megami Tensei 4 are also in my top 3 and they switch constantly). I think with most of these bosses being properly rated when many of them are universally loved or hated just shows how well designed and polished this game is. I'm currently playing the game on SL1 and it's kicking my shit in but I'm determined to go through it. Deacons are a weird boss for me. On NG+ and above they've actually been giving me some trouble. I feel like bosses shouldn't punish you for your weapon choice but this kinda does (I tried beating them with a rapier and it sucks not being able to hit multiple enemies at once). Also since poise is so weak in this game it's very easy to get knocked around especially when you are swarmed and there's deacons throwing out fireballs and casting Wrath of the Gods. It's gorgeously atmospheric otherwise and even this boss is better than 75% of DS1 and almost all of DeS lol. I have never died once to Crystal Sage until I learned you could parry him and I tried to do it on my most recent playthrough lol. If you just bum rush bro, it's not bad at all. I also have friends that have trouble with the Crystal Sages and I just never understood it. I quite like the Old Demon King. As a lore head though, the impact is cheapened by the fact that you fight one more demon boss in the DLC (although Demon Princes are top 10 Souls bosses so I guess it was worth it). Are people seriously saying they don't like the Abyss Watchers? Most I've seen are people who like them. It's a phenomenal gank fight and an early game highlight. What's even more impressive is that the bosses get even better after that point. Aldrich is way too RNG focused for me. Every time I've fought this boss it depended on whether or not he does the stupid arrow rain attack that tracks you for 10 years. I know there is a way for you to make sure he doesn't do that but that doesn't make the attack less dumb

[@raigamer1415]

Great wood is technically optional sure but you miss out on boss soul transmutation which gives some of the best gear and spells in the game

[@seancollins3106]

ds3 is *probably* my favorite souls game, overall. the other 3 (including demon's souls) are all excellent, but had issues. I never felt like ds3 had major flaws. it's not too long, boss runs aren't unreasonable, levels are consistently good throughout, and it wasn't boss spammed. I recently replayed it (after a few years off) with my son, and forgot just how much I enjoyed this game! it's even better when your 15yr old loves the genre, and is an excellent coop player!!

[@ceci_ferrando]

Can't wait to know what outro you chose for this one!

[@gapplebees9295]

Haven't been through much of the DLCs yet but man Nameless King was a great fight after you get past the mediocre first phase.

[@matius7260]

Advice for Nameless king, count his attacks, if he does an odd number of attacks punish, if even dont

[@AnimosityIncarnate]

Actual good tip. The nameless king REALLY teaches you 2 things that are heavily punished if you lack in this fight. Patience, timing and healing windows. Greed makes it impossible. His timings have that wierd windup later souls games started adding and he HEAVILY punishes erratic healing.

[@baki-cm8nn]

Can you rank the fromsoft games by who has the strongest protagonist?

[@anduinwrynn1516]

The Ashen One from DS3 at the end of Ringed City you could arguably consume the Dark Soul from Gael and that would turn you basically into a god,with just a small amount of blood you can create your own painted world

[@preraslihobbit3709]

​@@anduinwrynn1516 i think gameplay wise sekiro is the strongest

[@balls825]

My first ds3 playthrough which was the first souls game I completed, the dancer took me SO LONG and because of the fond memory of trying her until I wanted to give up right before finally beating her, she's my favourite boss in the game

[@crow1460]

I think Demon Prince is overrated. All i hear about the fight is praise and i really don't get it. The first phase has some really cool design ideas like the "passive" and the "active" prince, but that's it. When they're both active, it fucking sucks, you're forced to run around the arena for a minute, waiting for one of them to become passive, because otherwise you don't have safe openings because their attacks overlap. And the second phase is good, but the changes if you kill one prince first aren't that notable, unlike Ornstein & Smough, when the second phase is completely different depending on who you kill first. (Here, it's only one attack that's different). And they have so much health you might just as well tickle them to death. I don't know who thought giving the Demon Prince such a high physical resistance in a fight with a total of 21.000 hps was a good idea. They have so many hps that it becomes unenjoyable.. It's not like the other DLC fights where the large health pool is balanced pretty well. In Friede's case, you can stagger her easily and backstab her, in Midir's case you're rewareded if you fight him head on with a huge damage repost, in Gael's case you can stagger him after a certain amount of attacks, letting you be offensive even when he starts a combo. In the Demon Prince's case, it's just a boring slog, with the two demons that also have a big health bar and get repetitive real quick because they have like, 3 attacks each and with the Demon Prince who's a goddamn tank.

[@LucienThePeacebringer]

It's fun to see how different people's opinions can be. There are so many of these bosses where i have the opposite opinion on the boss. As an example; i think Pontiff is a bit overrated as it is the boss i hear most people in the community talking about, and i think Yhorm and Aldritch are some of the most underrated bosses in the game.

[@hugodegrootpiano]

YES! my day automatically gets way better if you upload. keep up the great work:)

[@EmberPlays]

I love to hear that :)

[@kamprouristheoharis8458]

Fully agree on Demon Prince and the Dragonslayer Armour. Me and a friend can't stop fanboying over them

[@kyanthecreator]

2:36 beautiful.

[@zydeox1221]

Fuck Midir. That's the one boss fight I practiced for a couple of hours and decided to ng+ instead for how miserable of an experience I was having with it. No other boss pissed me off as much and I fought them all.

[@bkaozzz]

Aldrich is the bane of my existence. I've had 3 playthroughs and he's still the one I have the most trouble defeating

[@samaron8970]

I actually think the Nameless King is underrated, first off, you hear a lot about the difficulty of the boss, but little about the quality, it's a really precise and fun fight. But my main reason is that the King of the Storm gets a lot of hate, but I actually think it's a great fight, it's a nearly perfect gank with you having to watch both the kings to properly dodge attacks, he has a really elegant moveset and goes by very quickly so isn't too frustrating to treck through each time. I can see why some people dislike it since the two phases have a very different tempo to them and it can throw you off, but that's the game testing your adaptability like no other boss, I think both phases are great and have medium difficulty, but putting them together is what makes the fight so hard. As for Gundyr (champion), he's the only boss other than the greatwood that made me angry, and I thought he was insanely difficult, but that was because I didn't understand his hilt attack, I thought he could do it whenever he wanted, but it turns out he only does it after a swipe, a punch, or as an openner, once I figured that out, and I stopped being terrified of the attack, it was a really good fight, still challenging, but fair. If you don't understand that move though, it is pain incarnate.

[@benjammn2157]

I faced the dancer when you’re normally supposed to, I tried 50+ times. After a while I came back to the game and got her second try

[@nomercy8989]

Fighting Midir in Ornsteins armor was chefs kiss

[@All_Beef_Hotdog]

Champion Gundyr is my favorite boss in the entire series. I love that in a game where almost every boss imbues their weapon with lightning, calls upon the Abyss, falls to madness and desperation, or uses ancient magics for their second phase, Gundyr simply says “alright, time to stop fucking around” and tries harder

[@grift98]

I thought Aldritch was a lackluster boss till I fought him with an int build. That shit causes next level rage

[@kapkapi]

It’s so weird when I went through ds3 semi-blind and ended up beating pontiff in 2 tries and found that one of the hardest bosses was the old demon king😭😭

[@blablahblablah836]

To this day you still get me with that outro shit bahahah

[@luznis139]

Nameless king dosent stop randomly, if you actually learned the boss before ranking him, you would know that he stops after an odd number of attacks in combo, and keeps going after even combos, unless he does the wind up stab attack

[@Charsept]

Nameless is like the game of Sekiro. It'll kick your ass for hours but once it clicks, it's game over. My last 8 runs against Nameless were first try victories.

[@hydroshock1853]

My ranking of the bosses (none are terrible, most are great) 25. Ancient Wyvern 24. Curse-Rotted Great wood 23. Crystal Sage 22. High Lord Wolnir 21. Deacons of the Deep 20. Halflight, Spear of the Church 19. Champion's Gravetender and Greatwolf 18. Oceiros, the Consumed King 17. Old Demon King 16. Vordt of the Boreal Valley 15. Iudex Gundyr 14. Aldrich, Devourer of Gods 13. Yhorm the Giant (he may have been over-hyped then, but he is underrated now) 12. Dragonslayer Armour 11. Dancer of the Boreal Valley 10. Darkeater Midir 9. Demon Prince 8. Abyss Watchers 7. Sister Friede and Father Ariandel 6. Lorian, Elder Prince and Lothric, Younger Prince 5. Pontiff Sulyvahn 4. Nameless King 3. Champion Gundyr 2. Slave Knight Gael 1. Soul of Cinder

[@watchmegrow4625]

In my opinion curse rotten greatwood was the best boss. The whole fight was impeccable and was so beautiful. I enjoyed the fight a lot the lore as well was too good.

[@562.anthony2]

Lmao it’s the opposite of beautiful but I guess it looked cool 😂

[@lilsmack3342]

I love getting whacked by hard wet logs 😍😍😍

[@milosblecic8891]

fr, my favorite part was when the curse rotted greatwood said: "it's curse rottin' time" and curse rotted all over the area. truly, one of the fromsoftware bosses.

[@AccursedHawk]

While I agree that the fight was fun I wouldn’t necessarily call a giant rotted tree with puss filled testicles all over it “beautiful” lmao

[@TheBagelman44]

As someone who likes the more faster paced bosses, I can’t really enjoy the curse rotten greatwood. But I appreciate for what it’s trying to be.

[@ReillyQuizzle]

Boss weapons means that the Curse-Rotted Greatwood is definitely not “optional” for me.

[@iistonton]

My favorite thing to do on every playthrough is Yoels quest to get the dark hand and punch the dancers ass early for 66k souls(with silver serpent ring) and then steam roll the early/mid game

[@jogrimes]

Love your content Ember, keep it up🙏

[@EmberPlays]

Thank you so much!!!!

[@legobatmanthevideogame3194]

Vordt vs gael Great Butt: vordt Dog: vordt Frost: vordt Music: 50/50 Not worse than magus: vordt Vordt wins

[@3slicessenpai]

Having finished 3 two days ago, I think Dancer, Aldrich and Dragon Slayer Armor are my favorite bosses because they were difficult, but I still felt like I was playing within a fair game. Like you said for DSA, it feels like a duel. All three have big attacks, big combos, but they leave windows to attack or maneuver around that feel fair for all builds. Playing an ultra greatsword build, it was annoying for me how many bosses were incredibly fast, had tiny windows for countering or how many were ganks (heck, your footage of you fighting with the twin swords is downright beautiful and alien for my slow butt XD). But with these three bosses, I could dodge and counter, not just dodge for my life and miss all my attacks because they decided to teleport away and start their katas again after 0.005 seconds of reprieve (Twin Princes). On another note, I also found myself liking Midir. I think he's the best co-op boss in FromSoft because his already massive health pool gets enhanced once you summon, so it doesn't feel unfair for you to gank him. Also, the game turns into Monster Hunter as you and your friend have to become a well-oiled machine to dodge, pick your shots and run away as you slowly pick away at his health.

[@jakubpuawski3875]

funny enough, Vordt is a boss that took me the most tries out of all From Soft games. Ds3 was my first game and while I somehow buttonmashed my way through Gundyr, I just could not beat Vordt for hours upon hours. I didn't even know what s were and when I saw this huge monster charging at me I would just panic and die every time on the other side of the spectrum, I beat Abyss Watchers quite easily on my first playthrough, but they just keep giving me trouble every time I replay the game. On my most recent playthrough, I died to them more than to Twin Princess, Nameless King, Friede and Midir COMBINED

[@jarltrippin]

0:44 I've beaten this game like 12 times and I still have no idea what the frost mechanic does.

[@Ghorda9]

i think it means you take more damage.

[@Nemesiis-jc7wm]

DS3 was my first Souls game and Gael even after all this time is still my favorite boss in the Soulsborne franchise. I hope the upcoming DLC for Elden Ring finally gives a boss that surpasses him.

[@iurysaraiva3411]

The Giant one ..Could it be that I was the only one (not knowing about the sword of wind) that I faced him the first time and found out that he took more damage with his glowing arm, and I beat him that way?

[@antadhg]

i dont think you know what "overrated" and "underrated" mean.

[@ThatGuyOrby]

I've always thought Pontiff was massively overrated. In over a dozen playthroughs he only caused one death for me and it's when my game glitched and my camera got stuck outside the arena permanently. Before someone asks, no. I can't parry worth shit so that isn't why. I don't think I've successfully parried the man once.

[@Kn1ghtborne]

The Abyss Watchers to me are perfectly rated. The one thing drawing them back is they're too easy but aside from that everyone loves them. If you summon for them you're definitely new, no offense.

[@CorryWith2rs]

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