The Dragon That Cursed The Entire Souls Community - Elden Ring

[@EvanExplains]

IGON ENJOYERS 👇❤ (also shoutout to smoughtown and ziostorm for helping in todays video)

[@NamebeDale_592]

CURSE YOU BAYLEEEEE

[@Klaatu6432]

You shall rue this day

[@Nintenbro_64]

BEHOLD, A TRUE DRAKE WARRIOR! AND I, IGON!

[@ProbablyBacon]

YOUR FEARS MADE FLESH!!! SOLID OF SCALE YOU MAY BE, BUT I WILL RIDDLE WITH HOLES YOUR ROTTEN HIDE!!!

[@ichiryia12]

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[@James-kv3ll]

Igon is too angry to die Bayle is too evil to die We are to stubborn to stay dead

[@whispermati1679]

😂 ahahah

[@speedonfleekdemon7890]

The death defying trio

[@gooddaytoyou5256]

*too stubborn. You made a spelling mistake

[@grimreaper2301]

@@gooddaytoyou5256okay there grammar nazi!

[@Koifin3]

Grammar mistake not a spelling mistake. Either way it doesn’t matter because everyone understands what he meant, thus making his message get across which is all language is meant to do.

[@tuxedo_cat_gaming]

CURSE YOU BAYLE!

[@DragonKnight90001]

I HEREBY VOW YOU WILL RUE THIS DAY! BEHOLD A TRUE DRAKE WARRIOR AND I, IGON!

[@ciarandewing8018]

YOUR FEARS MADE FLESH!!!!! SOLID OF SCALE YOU MAY BE, BUT I WILL RIDDLE WITH HOLES YOUR ROTTEN HIDE!!!! WITH A HAIL OF HARPOOOOOONS!!! WITH EVERY LAST DROP OF MY BEING!!!!!

[@sebastianlindo6310]

GRAAAAAHHHHH Bayle the Dread... You shall haunt me no longer

[@JorgSmeets09]

What a hypeman

[@Insofistikerad]

I didnt find a single NPC in the whole dragon region so i really, didnt get the hype that Bayle is to everyone. Also took him down on my 4th try so it didnt feel that hard either. maybe i just got lucky.

[@Merc_507]

What i love about bayle, is that when you get to the top of the mountain you expect a massive dragon thats never known defeat but what you find is a relatively normal-sized battle-worn dragon. His appearance and attacks tell a story of a horrifying dragon warrior. He is like the malenia of the dragons, battle-worn, missing limbs and yet still fighting as fierce as they are.

[@authorjgamber]

Normal-sized? The dude is massive, probably 2-3 times the weight of any other dragon except Placid Doofus.

[@logeyperogi1805]

Imagine if Bayle was something like the size of Dragon God from Demon’s Souls That would’ve been EPIC Of course it would probably have been a gimmick fight but I still would’ve loved it

[@FFKonoko]

​@@authorjgamber also except the big dead one on the mountains, and greyoll, and gransax. So like....he's maybe in the top 5 big dragons in elden ring? Which seems pretty low considering he fought placidusax, dragon lord and elden lord 😅

[@authorjgamber]

@@FFKonoko Nope you're right, I didn't even think to include Greyoll, etc. Fair point.

[@jakquinn4207]

@jacobgamber5407 wholesome. GG

[@emixam6947]

I do think Placidusax won that fight. After all as Godfrey said, a crown is warranted with strength. Of Bayle had won he’d be dragonlord

[@lighthamza6228]

I agree

[@kwadwoasante3504]

Facts

[@bobbytaraantino]

Bayle was fully crippled. I'd say Placidusax won that fight.

[@bplatinumpaladin]

I think it'd be terrifying to fight them in their Prime. Imagine, with Bayle being as tough as he is, he has all his limbs back? Or Placi gets all their heads and their full tail? Yeesh

[@geordiejones5618]

Yeah it's another Radahn vs Malenia. Radahn was clearly winning because Melania had to force a stalemate. You only do that if you can't win. Bayle fled after dishing and taking significant damage. Leaving him isolated on the Peak while Placidusax hibernated in the storm beyond time.

[@heyimurchin6575]

The coolest detail of Bayle is how he uses his tail as a leg to prop him up since he's missing one.

[@EvanExplains]

i love how he also fights dirty as indicated by the tail spin attack

[@cainanlove8432]

Similar to titanite demon. Cool.

[@GardenGuy1942]

It makes me mad, it’s not realistic

[@Glitch-lk6sh]

@@GardenGuy1942 it is..

[@_TheMushroomMan]

@@GardenGuy1942 and so is the dragons, golems, the bosses, the magic, the incantations, alot of enemies..

[@sechan436]

The WHOLE setup and build up for Bayle is actually INSANE I think I never seen this much effort put into hyping a boss in a fromsoft game

[@mediumvillain]

Going up the mountain and there's no path anymore, just climbing rocks littered with dragon corpses as flame lightning hits all around you

[@TheSolarium18]

Gwyn

[@cameronmcginley]

Base Game Radahn also gets great build-up before his boss. However I personally prefer the set up to Bayle, especially if you do Igon's questline

[@SmartAss4123]

Radahn has the coolest boss intro's in both base game and the DLC version. But I do think Bayles lead up to his fight is the best in the entire souls series IMO

[@FFKonoko]

​​@@TheSolarium18 gwyn was a game long set up for plin plin plon Jk

[@ianthorpe1925]

I was all about dragon communion before... Then they give you dragon FORM, a dragon slaying katana, four bad ass dragons on the way up to the greatest dragon fight in Souls history? This is definitely one of the best quests/fights in the entire DLC.

[@drakonlegend4452]

The DLC side stories were good, mitra being the weakest imo. They really dropped the ball however on the post Mesmer stuff, we get barely no explanation about Rowina and the whole Radahn+Miquella thing is not mentioned anywhere but at the end of the dlc…

[@notswaw8721]

​@@drakonlegend4452 The Radahn stuff *is* actually mentioned, but in typical fromsoft fashion it's only in a convoluted path of an NPC questline that instantly gets failed if you talk to the wrong people at the wrong time

[@drakonlegend4452]

@@notswaw8721 I know you can """""LEARN"""" about their pact through the library questline, but its like...just before mesmer, and then you get nothing until ansbach tells you miquella is using moghs body to revive radahn....Its mentioned/alluded to NOWHERE in the base game, like literally an ass pull from mike wazalsky.

[@paracame8162]

​@@drakonlegend4452 I don't think anything in the base game alludes to anything in the DLC aside from Miquella's ability. I find the DLC follows more of an investigation story than a rise to power like the base game

[@D4Bean]

My arms! My legs! Each lies a bloody ruin! Ah... A-aaaagh! The pain... The exquisite pain... Bayle! Vile Bayle! O terror incarnate There is life in me yet! I will soon feast upon your heart! Mark my words! You too shall know fear! Uaaaargh! Curse you, Bayle! I hereby vow!You will rue this day! Behold, a true drake warrior! And I, Igon!Your fears made flesh! Solid of scale you might be, foul dragon... But I will riddle with holes your rotten hide! With a hail of harpoons! With every last drop of my being!

[@Mechalindsay]

The writing in this game is just chef’s kiss 👌

[@gatling216]

I just beat Bayle last night and I had to put my controller down, I was shaking so bad. It was maybe my favorite bossfight in a Soulsborne game so far. The fight itself was brilliant, but Igon just added an extra dimension to it, and as his soul finally laid to rest, I felt things I haven't felt in any game in a long time.

[@STI.Ricardito]

I was sad he didn’t survive, would have been a treat to have him back us up against radhan

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

Wow you are weird. I felt nothing after that. Just another dragon fight. Nothing special. I hope you got bullied for feeling emotion for that fight.

[@kasmidjan]

Igon and bayle is like : a Homeless Dude having beef with Giant Crippled Lizzad

[@whispermati1679]

omg hahahha thats so funny 🤣😂😂😂

[@Afrocypher9590]

@@kasmidjan damn, now I can't even unsee it. Perfect description. 😅😂🤣

[@kasmidjan]

@@Afrocypher9590 like WTF Miyazaki set Igon As Drake warrior yet Give Igon Homeless like Attire/costume Miyazaki and Fromsoft never cease to give us Midle finger to good things

[@w_ldan]

I dunno why he so mad, they're both even, both cripled💀

[@Apt23-v8u]

The epic fight of the tryhard losers

[@duquette1792]

"Oh the pain..The exquisite pain.." Igon is an historically accurate depiction of me ramming my face in to Orphan of Kos 170 times. 😅

[@Jai_dinn]

OH BAYLE THE DREAD GIVE EVAN THE KZbin BREAD

[@douglasbullet6456]

Hey, that rhymes

[@Skeleton-pk8fd]

This is legit one of the most clever comments I have seen.

[@karofy754]

This is Igon's boss battle and we are his summon

[@agentalaskaak4955]

CURSE YOU BBBAAAYYYYLLLLEEEEEE!!!

[@valltrax4076]

I HERE BY VOW YOU WILL RUE THIS DAY

[@Raybro16]

@@valltrax4076BEHOLD, A TRUE DRAKE WARRIOR! AND I, IGON!!!!!

[@orendamusic7577]

BEHOLD, A TRUE DRAKE WARRIOR

[@ronanpazpappalardo5602]

AND I, IGONNN

[@sebastianlindo6310]

YOUR FEARS MADE FLESH

[@Dinodacat]

fun fact: bayle was the one who created the lesser drakes! (Ones such as agheel and the jagged peak drakes) he is there lord which made me think if he challenged placi for a specefic reason like becoming lord for not just the lesser drakes/dragons but the ancient dragons as well

[@sumitpop1]

Igon screaming with agony,"oh,oh,oh,ohhhhh" Community comment: "Could this be Edging?" 😂❤

[@2dark4u88]

He fights you with stumps where his wings are... it'd be the equivalent of fighting with our arms ripped of below the elbows and deciding to stab your oponent with the pieces of bone jetting out of your gaping wounds

[@russelllim4891]

Metal as fuck

[@rhysofsneezingdragon1758]

Also, since his bones look shattered, he's constantly hitting his nerve endings. So, he's fighting us while In constant, agonizing pain.

[@kingchaos1084]

@@rhysofsneezingdragon1758 That is assuming that dragons have the same nerve design as animals on Earth. Not a bad assumption, but it could be different, considering that they can outright regenerate.

[@w_ldan]

😬goes hard af

[@Piensamalyacertaras]

Isn’t there a MK character that does that?

[@NCR_Ranger_on_youtube]

Bale makes sense in why he is fighting so hard,an animal thats injured can becoem the most damgerous man eaters,so a dragon that can't fly would understandably killing machine

[@artoriapendragon3234]

As a Dragon Communion build, this part of the DLC was my Holy Grail.

[@im2arrogant118]

Florissax tells us Bayle attacked Placi, and after they both messed each other up, Bayle fled.

[@poweredbythemakyostar8896]

No bayle got his ass kicked

[@hello-re5hu]

​@@poweredbythemakyostar8896id say a draw,3 heads and a pair of wings for a leg and and shredded wings is not a win for placi nor bayle

[@poweredbythemakyostar8896]

@@hello-re5hu smh how bayle has PTSD 🤭 the taking of the two head could have been the sneak attack Idk how people think bayle can compete with someone who scales can create God slaying weapons crazy Bayles not hiding for no reason

[@NeocrimsonX]

​@poweredbythemakyostar8896 bayle did get his ass kicked but losing 2 of your 4 heads is still also getting your ass kicked one just got their ass kicked harder which would be bayle.

[@hello-re5hu]

@@NeocrimsonX he had 5 heads

[@ProffessorWaffle]

Fun obscure dlc tip if u put the dragon priestess to sleep before killing bayle u can do this by giving her Thiolliers concoction(obtained from st trinas sidequest) at nighttime u can get her as a summon. Plus there's some fun bonus dialogue too

[@Rain1]

Dang

[@yat6811]

Dang

[@docthomas8717]

Holy shit

[@artoriapendragon3234]

Because the Dragon Priestess was in fact the Ancient Dragon Florosax, (as implied by her incantation you get if you make her sleep) And implied by her heart telling you she was once a dragon who took the more human form.. we can probably imply that this is a similar form to what Lanssax took when communing with the Golden Order and Vyke her beloved. Also from the quest with the black syrup its very much hand given to us that Florosax WAS in fact Placidusax's priestess, cause when she sleeps even once against her oath to Placidusax, he actually abandons her, and as a result she serves us instead as a Spirit Ash summon, now as OUR priestess.

[@onnijoutselainen7465]

I didn't want to tell her that I already murdered placi

[@artoriapendragon3234]

@@onnijoutselainen7465 Placi exists beyond time though, so.. she's still able to feel his presence even thought in our minds we killed him..

[@animefreak780]

Placidusax and Bayle def had a clean 1v1. Dont ask me why but something about Bayle just invokes that definition of Villainous Pride. Like, if he's gonna run that fade, its gonna be by his own merit.

[@dafulegend5905]

That “If you like Seneassax, good for you” 😭

[@georgehouliaras7239]

Bayle? Did you just say Bayle? Bayle! BAYLE! CURSEEEEEEE YOUUUUUUUU BAAAAAAAAYLEEEEEE! CHOCOLATEEEEEEEE! -Igon.

[@robbyloux]

WITH A HAIL OF HARPOONS, WITH EVERY LAST DROP OF MY BEING I THROW ONE EXTRA HARPOON AT THE LIKE BUTTON

[@Beagle_enthusiast]

Im sorry his wings are scratched!!?? Brother half of his wings are gone, that is his bone. Hes lost half of his right wing so he just sharpened the bone.

[@Messmer-The-Impaler-n8i]

Tis' but a scratch

[@timweber8570]

Me dieing by anything after beating bayle: "curse you bayle!"

[@tylerruane1326]

Priestess does not disappear after u fight Bayle. U gotta talk to her to get either her weapon or her spirit ash depending on whether or not u put her to sleep.

[@Afrocypher9590]

I'm actually amazed at how Igon wanted all da smoke with Bayle knowing he was on his last leg of defense with most of his life force zapped away from him to fight, dat's some real determination right there for ya.

[@bandit_six5418]

Bayle ripped off Placy’s HEAD. If homie only had one head, like most dragons, this wouldn’t even be a debate.

[@ctmarine9100]

Not one, but two apparently

[@poweredbythemakyostar8896]

Lmao and made bayle a cripple 😂

[@JoeShoesAreComfy]

He didn’t rip off placidusax’s heads, placidusax’s 2 heads bit him so hard that when bayle fled they stuck on bayle and were ripped off. Placidusax is just that much of a chad

[@kyte5648]

​@@JoeShoesAreComfy Or maybe the two heads bit into Bayle, then he destroyed the necks to free himself, but the heads stayed on Bayle.

[@ItsameArtic]

Fun fact, Igon was Richard Lintern’s first VA on the gaming scene, and it’s very well done

[@grizzley3002]

CURES YOU BAYLE!!!!!! was the most epic line I've heard and bayles boss music is amazing from he his first phase and till his second phase

[@StrifeZack343]

Great vid even getting Smough Town and Ziostorm was an exciting addition!

[@DragonKnight90001]

Ok hear me out…………… CURSE YOU BAYLE!

[@valltrax4076]

I HERE BY VOW YOU WILL RUE THIS DAY

[@atilamaldonado8944]

BEHOLD A TRUE DRAKE WARRIOR AND I IGON

[@georgehouliaras7239]

​@@atilamaldonado8944 YOUR FEARS MADE FLESH!

[@Black053-f7q]

SOLID OF SCALE YOU MIGHT BE, FOUL DRAGON

[@Raijin550]

BUT I WILL RIDDLE WITH HOLES YOUR ROTTEN HIDE

[@christopher-kw3fw]

19:52 igons death line right as the music dims for phase two was the most cinematic thing i’ve ever seen

[@Bayle-the-Dread-Dragon]

It is an honor for thou to dedicate 28 minutes of only I, Bayle the Dread

[@kierananderson1721]

CURSE YOU, BAYLE!!!!

[@karofy754]

CURSE YOU, BAYLE❗️❗️❗️❗️

[@thekatarnalchemist]

I HEREBY VOW! YOU WILL RUE THIS DAY!

[@Bayle-the-Dread-Dragon]

@@thekatarnalchemist BEHOLD A TRUE DRAKE WARRIOR AND I IGON

[@MrStardust91]

I will zap your sadistic a... with a hail of Ancient dragon lightning. Mark my words, you will be shocked :D

[@annamcdade1710]

Bayle oh, dragon of mine bring me your heart to consume

[@sibsart2039]

Bayle Vs Placidusax is basically Godzilla vs King Ghadora

[@herohunter81]

5:25 these are the exact same enemies from Farum Azula.

[@JohnDWJ]

The mechanics and flow of learning and overcoming Midir are still untouched for me. But Bayle takes the top for sheer spectacle and Igon’s passion (WITH A HAIL OF HARPOONS!!!!)

[@TheSolarium18]

If you don’t summon Igon and fight Solo … Bayles attack patterns are actually much more interesting to learn than Midir. Midir is pretty simple in comparison but more intuitive (which i think fromsoft neglects too much that’s why midra is the best bossfight in eldenring, more intuitive but hard) My only critism on Bayle is that it is a bit not intuitive enough and that you can only focus on his head which makes camera work unnecessary hard since more than often his head gets over you which inverts your inputs shortly and that his flying attack is a little bit too hard to dodge completely (also mainly because of either focus on him and you won’t dodge the fire wave or don’t focus and you will have a hard time to keep him in eyesight to dodge his landing)

[@itsSmiv]

​@@TheSolarium18not at all. Mechanically, midir is WAYYY better than bayle. Bayle has few, tiny punish windows that some weapons can't even take advantage of. On top of that, the best way to fight him is either jump attacking his head (because it's too high for you to attack normally), or use the dragon great katana's ranged attack which makes the fight much less engaging. Midir on the other hand, has tons of huge punish windows that any weapon can take advantage of, and his head stays low to the ground during them so you aren't forced into a specific playstyle that not every weapon excells at. Midir is just a far better fight.

[@TheSolarium18]

@@itsSmiv Mmhh on the one hand you are right with the punishing windows and i agree that i don’t like eldenrings specific approach that you often only have very small windows followed by nearly purely attack avoiding phases. On the other hand i think you are very overexaggerating specifically on bayle. See i used the dragon greatkatana in one hand and erdtree seal with primarely black blade incantation on the other hand. (changeable with any other damage focused ranged attack) I got an insanely great fight flow with bayle. When he uses his physical attacks just role out of them and learn how to place yourself to get an instant Weapon art attack hit on the head, followed by another quick hit on the body. then role away he will blow fire in front of him which gives you a pretty generous attack window for any range spell/incantation or weapon art. When his mouth starts to shine orange just role into him and repeat this when he blows fire just strave run to the left and into him and you can get a heavy jumpattack on his body All this attacks give you direct double attack windows when he does the distance fire wave just role into it but don’t try to attack The Fly moves on the other hand yeah good luck Needs a lot of perfect positioning and camera adjustment just to avoid. The pure fly high and land move on the other hand with the later ground explosion gives you an attack windows and especially with every jumping ash of war perfectly timed you can avoid the ground explosion You also get very generous distant attack windows after his ground AoE Midir also had a weakness to one specific sword btw And his moveset while being fun was pretty simple.

[@marcelplay827]

14:45 CURSE YOU BAAAAYYYLLLLEEEE

[@Unnamed__Being]

SOLID OF SCALE YOU MAY BE, FOUL DRAGON! BUT I WILL RIDDLE YOUR WRETCHED HIDE! WITH A HAIL OF HARPOONS!

[@kebabloodmoon6848]

MH trained me for this fight! Go for the leg and never relent! His hide may be strong, but that only means we swing our tools faster and harder. Do not flinch. Do not run. onwards, fellow hunters!

[@kyte5648]

Just like Fatalis. You can go for the head or belly, but the leg is safer.

[@thesavagegummybear7341]

that is one of if not the most metal phase transition ever, such a legendary boss!!!

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

Yawn

[@thesavagegummybear7341]

@@mihaimercenarul7467 ok, night night, go back to bed then little guy.

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

@@thesavagegummybear7341 good comeback, little boy. Go back to bed, it's past your bed time

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

@@thesavagegummybear7341 also metal? It's boring af, over the top doesn't make a phase good. I guess you are a little baby who is like "woooow so cool, omg some special effects, awesome!"

[@thesavagegummybear7341]

@@mihaimercenarul7467 using the same thing is crazy can’t even make an original comeback, and it’s not just the visual effects, the fact his wings are made out of sheer rage and lightning would absolutely be considered metal, not to mention the sound track, I don’t understand why you’re so salty about me liking a cool boss, crawl back into your little hole short bus passenger.

[@lawrence9806]

17:34 30% more damage to Dragon Type enemies? Man, Lance is going to be cowering in fear after this one.

[@KazuDiabolis]

could definitely see the GRRM influence "Bayle the Dread" vs "Balerion the black Dread"

[@pvpeet9374]

Team Dragonlord. Based on the dialogue where he is called a traitor I think it’s pretty obvious that Bayle lead a revolution and fled back to the peaksfzer losing the fight. But I have to correct you: as far as I know, the Dragonlord lost 3 heads over time (the Old Lords talisman depicts him having 5). Whether all three were Bayles doing I can’t say, but he did lose three. I am very happy to see the collaboration here. I love both of them - nicely done!

[@Apt23-v8u]

Placi has 4 and has lore reasons but is heavy spoiler

[@andrewkelley4455]

I genuinely enjoyed Igon and Bayle's storyline more than the main storyline of the DLC. The whole setup leading up to the fight at the top of the mountain is perfect.

[@Lackadal]

Hey Evan, I’ve been watching your videos a lot lately, and I enjoy them a lot! Your way of presenting the lore and buildup to the bosses is really enjoyable. One thing I noticed specifically here in this video (and this is completely subjective of course), is that in my opinion, you missed a chance to shift the tone of the whole video to be crazy cinematic and epic. At 15:30, the correct music (maybe some epic piano, violin, etc) could’ve really elevated the whole storytelling of yours more, your impression of Igon and introduction of his really set it up well. Again this is completely subjective, but I feel like its something to consider the next time. Great video as always though!

[@EvanExplains]

Thanks for the really good feedback, this was incredible

[@Lackadal]

@@EvanExplains gladly!

[@bmprojects3235]

Music, editing and the video as a whole was amazing!

[@EvanExplains]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bmprojects3235]

​@@EvanExplains Hey Evan, thanks for answering! Have only been watching your work for a couple of weeks but i love it! Have a great day and I'?m deeply grateful for your continued efforts

[@slokane]

This fight was only fight in whole ER i felt bad to defeatinga boss to soon Ssoo DAAAAAMN YOU BAYYLEEEE

[@birdninja23]

Amazing video Evan! I appreciate the clear footage of how Bayle looks, it'll make painting him that much easier

[@MortimerSCrane]

BAYLE THE DREAD! BAYLE THE DEAD! NO MORE SHALL YOUR BAYLEFIRE SPREAD!

[@trevorp8124]

"That is like a full-on red-mana-granting Magic the Gathering mountain" -My first reaction to the Jagged Peak

[@ixiahj]

I think that first question for me is Midir.

[@brinverheijden2701]

I love how the summoned wings are not a repaired version of his original wings, but an extra set. The original wings are destroyed, and he sees them as arms/weapons.

[@bottle424]

bayle makes me rethink life when he one shots me bro 😂😂

[@sako2239]

If am not wrong Igon was such a chad that he climbed the mountain from the first place you saw him to the place where the two dragons are fighting with broken legs and arms?

[@vilda_petr]

Really good, so good my expectations about this game, before I played it, were blown out of proportions and the dlc made it 10x better as a whole. It sparked my interest back into gaming again. 😍😍😍

[@islothful2508]

I just can't appreciate the design enough... the fact that he lost his 2 arms and using his wings as arms to attack and balance himself and missing one leg which he uses his TAIL to walk and also balance himself is just astonishing.

[@awashermine1004]

11:57 hey, that’s me!

[@wladewig]

Presentation well done - my very fav battle, and lore in the entire the game.

[@maxmillianwiegel1643]

BAYLE! VILE BAYLE! OH TERROR INCARNATE!

[@m97polska]

THERE IS LIFE IN ME YET!!!

[@vexthegreat9167]

This turned out to be my first major boss fight. I was looking for a map fragment and convinced myself that if I just kept going, I would find it. I met Igon, went up the mountain, and, when he called me a “True Warrior” and asked me to summon him, I was amped up. I had no idea what we were on our way to fight, all I knew was that we were gonna beat it down. I had scadutree +2 or +3 because I was looking for a map fragment. Bayle killed me before I could even summon Igon. When Igon died in the fight, I would let Bayle kill me because we were gonna do triumph together and we did. Bayle you will haunt Igon no longer!

[@WaterFlame3030]

I am Team Dread until the end of my days.

[@artoriapendragon3234]

i think that by becoming Elden Lord and consuming the strength of runes, that's why the Tarnished is able to commune with Dragons without becoming a Magma Wyrm or commune with Bayle without being consumed. As the Elden Lord and a literal ruler of the Lands Between, we are too strong for even Bayle to overcome, instead forcing him to lend his power to us in service to the Lord of the New Age.

[@adamstevens3661]

CURRRRRSSEEEE YOUUU BAYYYYYLEEE!!!! I WILL RIDDLE TOUR ROTTEN HIDE WITH A HAIL OF HARPOOOOOOONS!!!

[@IgnizStudios]

One thing i noticed is that despite that fact of just being a head, a leg, a tail and three stumps, Bayle still fights with a lot of control of his actions, while Placidusax is more or less complete, he is very slow and doesn't start to fight harder until he has been wounded enough... I guess that losing those two heads was a heavy blow to him.

[@Apt23-v8u]

Well his heads we're his homies, of course it was tough for him

[@onnijoutselainen7465]

Placidusax is also trying to commune with his god

[@Jikuri]

DRAKE?!!!!! DRAKE???? Igon is Kendrick Lamar confirmed

[@mewxtherealitygod4706]

There is a channel named chaossilvermoon that does these bosses vs bosses battles. The differents (besides having the bosses speak dialog that they have out of cutscenes) is that every boss can be grabbed by hoarah loux. And they aren't a scrunched up mess, they act like a normal player when grabbed... So... When you see bayle get up and stand up full height after being grabbed, you will realize just how imposing bayle is. Bayle the dread, dragon lord placudisax, crippled for our sake. Because at full power, they seperately could have destroyed the erdtree, and we know damn well that they'd vaporize us.

[@Velisatra]

That is not Placidusax's priestess. Yarr spoilers do be ahead. If you talk to Thioller before the great rune breaks and exhaust her dialogue you can go back & talk to Moore, he'll give you Black Syrup. Take that to Thioller and get Thioller's Concoction. Make sure you exhaust Igon's dialogue when you see him along the way. Speak to the dragon priestess when you get there, exhaust her dialogue. After the 2 dragons exhaust Igon's dialogue again. Then go BACK to the Grand Altar and ask the dragon priestess about Igon. Pass time at a grace until night time. Now the dragon priestess will be praying. Give the Thioller's Concoction item to her at night, this'll put her to sleep. Pass time until day (may need 2 days), or until she wakes up. It needs to be day time. Go speak to her again. She'll be distraught that she broke her oath to the Dragonlord. Kill Bayle. Immediately teleport back to the Grand Altar and talk to the dragon priestess. Confess to putting her to sleep. She requests you become her new Lord. You get Dragonbolt of Florissax and Ancient Dragon Florissax spirit ashes. If you just read all this to figure out who she is... that's the ancient dragon Florissax. There's also an item description: Ashen remains in which spirits yet dwell. Use to summon the spirit of Ancient Dragon Florissax. Florissax assumed this spirit form to offer her service to a new lord. Uses her own dragonbolt to increase all damage negation (including physical) for herself and nearby allies. Strikes foes with the Flowerstone Gavel's dragonbolt to reduce enemy lightning damage negation. Long ago, Florissax assumed human form to share Dragon Communion with the world. Now, she has acquired a human heart.

[@lefthandcrust]

Dude Igon's bow, +25 with Arrows Sting, and Arrows Reach, and Rain of Arrows AoW. Absolute red bar drainer

[@mattnsg13]

WITH A HAIL OF HARPOOOOONSSSSS!!!!!!! WITH EVERY LAST DROP OF MY BEEEIIIINGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!

[@AlexAnom420]

when Igon started wailing, I about s*** my pants😂

[@sasalotas]

Plasidusax my number 1 dragon

[@Ushiwakamaru_BAU_BAU]

CURSE YOU BAYLE! FromSoft voice actors are all awesome but Igon's voice actor is my favorite!

[@darkestwilightt]

I personally think Midir is still the best but Igon is a true Chad and pushes fhe fight up there

[@ZachTramm]

Team both are badass, and id love to see the fight in the prime.

[@alexanderminas28]

If we ever met Bayle in his prime.. We would've easily... Wait for it..... *BAYLE-D OUT!* 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@A-Rune-bear]

curse you alex

[@lordsaladman2526]

came from D2 community never knew u had this acc, im glad i discovered it

[@jayb7775]

Still think it's Midir. Igon makes a good argument tho. Such passion in his rhetoric.

[@Capthowdy098]

That's it. My next character will be a dedicated dragon comunion build named Christian Bayle!

[@moresomoze]

The bayle fight itself was kind of mid in my opinion. The dragon from crown of the sunken king, the lichdragon, and midir were all better fighta in my opinion. But you cant replace igon.

[@pablojosediablo]

He was my easiest DLC boss as an INT build. Im replaying the game on an NGsave to try dex instead, because my friends who ran strength + buff incantations made light work of him as well. I have noticed most of the streamers I watched struggling with bale were running Dex

[@ImBarryScottCSS]

Idgi, I didn't think the Bayle fight was particularly hard or particularly memorable, I much preferred the mechanics and the overall vibe of Placidusax.

[@cubeix6586]

I wonder what level scadutree is recommended on fighting him, when i first fight him i was at 6 (which i considered already high) and i just shocked when his attacks literally 2 shots me. I eventually beat him but i just accidentally stumbled into the jagged peak while trying to get the map fragment which turns out nowhere near the mountain

[@blizzardgaming7070]

All those messages who thought the abyssal woods map was there

[@normanbestboi9117]

I beat him with 3, which is insane, the scadu buff was too much, i was tank him at 3 now 🥲

[@Mixi_Hazbin]

6 is low.

[@tokugamer9930]

Answer to the opening questin: you can be sure, brother, that for me, it definitely WASNT Bayle

[@The_Grox]

me personally i still found midir to be mechanically more fun & interesting but bayle really wins in the spectacle part

[@enfrax]

Fantastic video on a milestone of a boss! Thank you for your content!

[@EvanExplains]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Marksmen17]

BAYLE… VILE BAAAAAAYYYYYYLLLLLLLEEE!

[@awesomezaucegames8826]

When i first saw the trailer that had bayle for a moment, i was super hyped because i thought we were going to get a dragon that was using the Frenzied Flame. a little sad we didn't get more frenzy flame stuff in the dlc, but Bayle still blew me away. undoubtedly one of the best boss fights i've ever doen, rivaling even Slave Knight Gael for me.

[@idk83153]

here after the bots

[@wanderingexo8689]

Beep boop

[@Save_Frog]

Huge Smoughtown and Ziostorm W's here. I really love how collaborative the Elden Ring community is! This was such a great video, too. I agree that Bayle was the goat of all Fromsoft dragons, for sure.

[@Rudi4rius]

nah

[@spamurai666]

First video of yours I've seen. Watched the whole thing cuz I feel empty inside since I beat the dlc. Got my sub 👌🏼

[@Imperialstate-101]

I still like midir more

[@itsSmiv]

Based

[@miyuna_h]

the greatest moment is that i died to bayle with only him having a sliver of life yet, but my man igon got my back. As I died, he did shot one last harpoon from his massive bow and got the final hit himself. Kinda sad I didn't get the win dialogue but the moment was literally a scene from a movie which I'll never forget. Such a cool boss fight made even better with a amazing voice acting

[@_BBAGG_]

I still put Midir above Bayle, but Bayle has 100% earned his #2 spot above Placidusax, Sinh and Kalameet for me

[@SinisterOL]

Placidusax was one of my favourite fights from the base game, I didn’t think they where going to top it but they did with Bayle