The Other Hardest Boss Ever Made - Bloodborne

[@EvanExplains]

This will be the end of the Bloodborne universe for now, the door to Elden Ring is getting wider and frenzied flame is calling, will you answer?

[@borisbean4872]

Step foot into the lands between, tarnished. And, become Elden lord.

[@JagRaj-qo5lv]

Have you ever played sekiro? This guy is not hard lol

[@Berzzerker3934]

​@@JagRaj-qo5lvI love Sekiro more than anything. It's not hard lol

[@JagRaj-qo5lv]

@@Berzzerker3934 same with kos, you can just get a decent blood gem from the winter lanterns wipe his hp lol

[@DepartmentofAutism]

@@Berzzerker3934 b. 23:04 23:04 23:04 is not 😊😅😊😊

[@itsame7491]

Malenia is a dance, orphan is panic atk

[@gideonkimbrel7181]

More like a seizure

[@A-Rune-bear]

Gherman is a tearful. Malenia is a dance. Sword saint isshin is a show. And Orphan is a seizure

[@TobyKBTY]

Malenia was difficult, but she was a spectacle. Orphan was a "oh God kill it fire get this away from me"

[@owengoddard326]

Melania is a cheap one trick pony

[@joelh90]

Orphan was harder in my opinion. Its the only from soft boss i had to get help with in the end via summon. I was new game +6 when i got the dlc and i swear it was just impossible 😅

[@ash2maker180]

this title alone is the best way to describe orphan of kos, especially since this is how i felt after beating him last night

[@EvanExplains]

usually people get angry at the titles, thank you

[@ryanmattioli9790]

He’s not hard at all

[@homerlol9058]

​@@ryanmattioli9790second phase is kinda nuts

[@EvanExplains]

@@ryanmattioli9790 forgot that you were THE Ryan! Everything is easy for YOU!

[@ryanmattioli9790]

@@EvanExplains no it’s just bloodborn bosses aren’t that hard

[@Amferam]

Don’t know if anyone else mentioned it, but it’s not just a placenta blade. The blade and line that the Ook uses is the fishing hook and line that hooked Kos and pulled it in.

[@EvanExplains]

Even grosser thank you

[@RussianCanadianGuy]

I've never heard that Kos was pulled in as you say, I've always read / heard that Kos washed up ashore and that was partly why she was venerated. What is the source of this information? I'm very curious, thank you!

[@FilthyToes14267]

You mean the umbilical cord? 😂 😂

[@TheFlopped2979]

Me when i spread misinformation:

[@Amferam]

@@TheFlopped2979 you can literally see the hook on the edge of the placenta

[@jacobscanlon9311]

I’ll be honest… the two Shark-Giant’s were the hardest fight in all Bloodborne for me. Beating them without exploits is maddening.

[@jenjoe4359]

If you go through the way from the elevator that leads to orphan, fighting them is pretty manageable

[@aant429]

I jumped down that well to hide from the shark beast ON TOP, thank God I got them first try but it was an endurance run, I used ALL MY ITEMS 😭

[@professorgrimm4602]

The two Shark-Giants in the well were the hardest fight FromSoft ever made. Legit, I find Malenia easier than those two motherf*ckers. One of them alone is already the most powerful non-boss enemy, but two together are just ungodly.

[@StormSnakeMG]

​@@jenjoe4359How, there's no difference. I tried cheesing the one on the ceiling, you can't hit it to my knowledge.

[@kirkcavenaugh758]

I beat them first try kinda by accident. I thought they were going to be tough...

[@TheManBehindtheScreen]

The Orphan's weeping is Gehrman's. His screams may also be Gehrman's. And if you look closely at his face, while it's skeletal, it's not at all unlike the First Hunter's, either. Personally, I've always taken this to mean that, ultimately, the deaths of Kos and the Orphan before everyone got trapped in the various nightmares were more directly caused by Gehrman, something I feel is supported by the elevator statue that takes you to the clocktower. That statue shows three men overlooking the body of the Orphan. One of them is Master Willem, one of them is Laurence, and one is Gehrman, who is the only one among those three to be a Hunter. I personally think, after Kos was killed, they took the body of the Orphan back for study, and that it was Gehrman who was responsible for killing it in the waking world. I think that's why you find one of the one-third umbilical chords in the original Hunter's Workshop, not far from the Clocktower in Yharnam. I think that's the Orphan's one-third chord, and I think that Laurence might've had him use that as the means to commune with the Moon Presence once the Dream was revealed to them. Which is all to say, I think the Orphan's appearance in the Hunter's Nightmare is one partly shaped by the memories of the people who killed it, chiefly Gehrman.

[@ryuivanovich7271]

That’d mean that even Gehrman had a hard time against the bastard, goddamn.

[@iosonoio8799]

This is brilliant! And would also explain the presence of the umbilical cord in the original Hunter's workshop, which I always had questions about

[@youmamma251]

@@ryuivanovich7271The implication is the child died in its fetus form. They ripped it out of the mother to experiment on it, where it died during. This is a manifestation of that baby’s rage, openly towards Gehrman..😢

[@hugofreitas6799]

​@@iosonoio8799the Cord Has nothing to do with Koz.

[@kirkcavenaugh758]

@@hugofreitas6799 some say kosm

[@thejoaquindead9515]

Someone once mentioned that whenever Orphan calls for lightning, it always struck the same spot; Mother Kos' corpse. The scream isn't actually calling for lightning specifically, it's Orphan's instinct to call help from their mother. Whether it's Kos' transcended form hearing her child's calls or Kos' body reacting to the screams, the instincts to protect are still there.

[@rumblingprune1525]

It’s crazy how this games lore is just an endless rabbit hole.

[@Dr_Bille]

Pretty sure it's made explicitly clear that Kos was dead long before she ever washed ashore. It was what they did to the Orphan that brought on the curse. Kos is only corporeally dead, which seems to merely be a slight inconvenience, if even that, for a great one Also, those aren't water bags. That's their heads, grossly expanded by infection of parasites

[@Funko777]

Yep, Kos arrived dead and has parallels to an old Japanese tradition where the more remote island peoples would occasionally receive the gift of a "dead God" washing up in their shore in the form of a whale thus giving them much needed food and materials. The whale was respected and praised as a bountiful God during this time. Kos was already dead. The orphan however was killed by Gherman/Maria/Willem who did the same to the peaceful residents. I don't think there's anything to back up the parasites in the head though. The only reference for what they're injected with is the brain fluid item description. It bearing a resemblance to the Lake rune as how deep water creates a bulwark for the Great ones. I suppose you could argue the brain fluid is made of the parasites because both are blue (same as the blue elixir) so it does kinda make sense.

[@joshuamena-tornay8557]

​@@Funko777 parasites cause your head to fill with fluid irl

[@itz_x_salvation395]

I will never forget this boss, I remember I was nervous as hell to fight him because I saw all the horror stories about this guy. I was using the saw cleaver as my main weapon the uncanny one I do believe with the gems I had. Of course I farmed the hell out of the best ones you can obtain in chalice dungeons, so I made sure I was as strong as possible. Went in to fight the boss, got him down to 3 or so shots on my first try and died. I was like ok ok, I can do this. Beat him my second try while my friend was at my house and it took him 3 hours to beat orphan using the whirligig saw. He looked at me and said "I hate you". I can remember how happy I was when saying "that was easy". Lol

[@ΧρηστοςΣουλιωτης-ν7ζ]

Bro wtf that was literally my first encounter with orphan on point lmao . Scared af to fight him got him to 1hp on first try and got him on the second . Idk why I never found him that hard I found ludwig significantly harder (barely beat him in like 30 tries😂)

[@pizzamozarella6346]

Ayee hell yeah, I was dreading this fight for the whole game and ended up 2nd trying it as well. Gg

[@fine_ol_chap]

We practically barged into something we weren't supposed to and proceeded to kick an orphan to death while it was grieving the loss of it's mother and whatever else. I jest, but the orphan sounds like it's pretty much fighting you out of hatred for what your kind did, rather than being a monster who kills for just the kill. If it's anything that this boss fight felt during the clash, it would likely be sadness and hatred.

[@rowanreynolds8786]

Just one thing, Kos was already dead when the Old Hunters came. Their sin against her was dissecting and studying her unborn child.

[@ravipathak4614]

So I didn't have much trouble with the orphan of kos, because right before I fought him, I fought Laurence The First Vicar and I learned a very important lesson. The trick was to dodge forwards. Most of OoK's attacks cam be avoided by dodging forward. Took me like 5-6 tries Laurence on the other hand took like a billion tries give or take

[@ryuivanovich7271]

Same. I found OoK easier than Laurence

[@procow2274]

You dodge forward with Gascoigne to

[@hansheinrich125]

@@procow2274 dodging forward and staying aggressive in general is the intended way. The developers give you one shitty shield, where they make fun of shields in general in the item description. The only other shield being the Loch Shield which only works for magic (projetiles).

[@ravipathak4614]

In the main game dodging to the left is the trick and I followed the same strategy in Old Hunters and it didn't work here. With Ludwig, dodging in general was useless whether it's forward or sideways. With Maria it's same case but compensated with the fact that she's much easier to Parry But Laurence and OoK, dodging is the key.

[@TheManBehindtheScreen]

@@ravipathak4614 dodging left is still the trick with Ludwig, too. Thing is, instinct tells you to dodge his charges and swipes to the right because that's the side where his back is leaning down, so it looks less threatening. In reality his hitbox, particularly for his charge, is larger on that size and he'll catch you more easily with his swipes along the ground, where you can weave under some of his attacks if you dodge to his left. Ultimately, though, timing is the key with Ludwig. Attack at the wrong time and he's probably gonna counter you with a kick to the face or a swift bite.

[@RwnEsper]

Fantastic attention to detail! Thank you for consistently highlighting how great the sound design is, and letting it "speak for itself."

[@hectorlopez9453]

I swear BB is the darkest souls gane

[@the_real_tay_loud2072]

Nothing can compare to your first blind play through. BB was my first souls game and my favorite by a long shot. now after beating all the others as well as sekiro, ER and AC6 I can say it still would have been my favorite even if it wasn’t my first, it’s just deeper and more fleshed out.

[@gavinferguson2938]

​@@the_real_tay_loud2072Ive always felt this way too, sure it may have been my first, but I have a strong feeling that if it werent, itd still ended up being my fav. Theres just something unique about it, as an overall experience it feels like theres so much more deliberate craftsmenship in every aspect. From music, weapons, and lore to architecture, models, and other assets. Everything in Bloodborne feels like it was considered carefully and put there for a reason. The pacing and level:difficulty progression is also the best in any fromsoft game to this day imho. Whilst other fromsoft titles are masterpieces in their own right, none come close to this level of inhuman attention to detail and downright freakish quality. Other fromsoft titles are interpretive and somewhat abstract, but Bloodborne is straight up *defined* by its vagueness and obscurity. The setting, lore, and story are all explained in just enough detail for you to come up with a skeleton of a theory, but never enough to prove it correct which has lead to inumerable interpreatations that are still arising to this day due to the unfathomable little details that can each lead you down a rabbit hole of thought.

[@nerdymidwesterner3662]

A darker souls than Dark Souls 😱

[@BloodyVoyager]

@@the_real_tay_loud2072 Glad I'm not the only one that feels this way. Also my first, also my fav. Idk how to describe it, Bloordborne is a Souls game, but even within Souls and more so within gaming as a whole, there's nothing like Bloodborne.

[@stainedyouth5151]

Easily one of the BEST bosses in gaming history

[@InsertarNombre-od2bh]

Along side with Demon of Hatred.

[@ryanmattioli9790]

Doesn’t even touch top 50

[@garrettg790]

​@@ryanmattioli9790😂 clown take.

[@Rouu_Garou]

Slave Knight Gael would like to know your location 😊

[@ryanmattioli9790]

@@garrettg790 I’m serios there’s so many better bosses play more games even in other fromsoft games like sekiro bosses almost all of them clear him

[@kloudytt]

The Old Hunters DLC along with DS2’s Scholar of the First Sin was one of many DLCs I started buying and well, The Old Hunters DLC was honestly the most amazing experience. The Orphan of Kos, is easily one of the best best bosses I’ve faced and I still have trouble with him to this day.

[@EvanExplains]

definitely not one to forget

[@kloudytt]

@@EvanExplains Indeed, it is my all time favorite FromSoftware game ever.

[@JLchevz]

I'm glad you already mentioned Shadow over Innsmouth. It's a creepy and chilling story and it has clear influence on the DLC. Just fantastic use of these kind of stories by FromSoft

[@FMF6A]

6 tries on my first ever play through of Bloodborne. Probably my greatest video game accomplishment. Ludwig was the bane of my existence

[@POW3RSAUC3]

“EEEOOEWWWEWWW” “OOOOAAAHHOOOOUUU” - Placenta Man

[@DeadFieldofFlowers]

Its just so sad to realize you’re fighting an orphan while his dead mother’s corpse is couple of feet away for him only made a corpse by the insanity of the old hunters and their search for ascension

[@Henry12151]

Great video! Only two issues so far. Both Sekiro and Dark Souls 3 came out after Bloodborne, so the two things you mentioned that were references to the other games would actually be backwards, those instances in Sekiro and DS3 would be references to Bloodborne.

[@ItchiestBum]

We know, what he means is they are foreshadowing From's future titles (Sekiro was already in devlopment by the time Bloodborne DLC was being made) hope this clears it up.

[@gypsydanger1013]

Its really sad that every Great One loses their child, but the Orphan uniquely lost his mother. How lonely and tragic that he was never even named

[@JoaoVictor-rg5ix]

I named him Kos junior. I think his mother would have liked. 😅😅😅

[@gypsydanger1013]

@@JoaoVictor-rg5ix aww. That's actually really sweet. I know it's just a game, but I feel like it would mean so much for someone to give him a name since he never had a chance for his mother to give him one 🥺

[@JoaoVictor-rg5ix]

@@gypsydanger1013 😜😜😜😜😜

[@theenderdestruction2362]

And then there's our weird ass, we become one with a mother figure who might be formlwss oden and live as well

[@BlankEmporium]

​@@theenderdestruction2362 Do you mean the Doll? If so, she's not Formless Oedon or connected to him in any way. Yes, her blood silvery-white like Quicksilver. But Quicksilver isn't owned y Oedon - he's just the God with the strongest connection to it. Do recall all the Great Ones can control Quicksilver. That's why it's a medium for the Arcane. The Doll was created by Gerhman yet given life by the Nameless Moon Presence. That's why she prays to it during a special dialogue that has a small chance to be spoken every time you enter the Hunter's Dream.

[@keyarthule5886]

yo bro, just saying your content is awesome, i love watching your essay videos and i think they're extremely well written and directed, kudos to you! have a nice day

[@EvanExplains]

this made my week thank you

[@RandomlyBread]

Ah, Kos... Or some say, Kosm... Do you hear our prayers? No, we shall not abandon the dream. No one can catch us! No one can stop us now!

[@fromsoftgammer5777]

The fact that it looks so human and has screams like gherman makes me ask uncomfortable questions about who the father is

[@kirkcavenaugh758]

Busted

[@thetitanking9999]

idk how you upload so much considering the quality of these videos

[@EvanExplains]

some doors have already been opened, this universe was beckoning to be completed

[@StonexRanger]

Living Failures might not be the best boss but their OST for phase 2 has no reason to go as hard as it does

[@EvanExplains]

Absolutely NO reason to go that hard 😂

[@TheManBehindtheScreen]

Hic Tenere Deus sangua Infans ex nihilo

[@MikeRavia-xp5ig]

I remember beating him when the dlc first came out. I thought he was really hard but i never would have thought he was going down as one of the hardest fromsoft bosses.

[@InsertarNombre-od2bh]

I hate when people say that Laurence is just a fire cleric beat, which is true

[@hansheinrich125]

but he is also a bloodletting beast, sometimes even headless with a parasite making up for the loss of brain

[@amo903]

I beat bloodborne for the first time a couple of months ago, I didnt even know how to use summons or anything the whole game but learned the system just so I could have some help for this fight. Probably cause this game is a decade old but nobody joined my game and I just had to git gud. And I wouldnt have it any other way

[@metheuscane719]

What i love about Orphan is... Yes he is hardest boss in a fair way... Not like Malenia type bullshit boss....

[@Jeffmetal42]

The fishing hamlet is such an awesome area, the design of it is so gross and creepy.

[@EvanExplains]

Agreed, it’s dripped with atmosphere

[@Redonepunch]

That well in the fishing hamlet is the true final boss

[@nativepredator8803]

I fought orphan of kos for the first time the other day one my ng+ playthrough since i didnt realize the game threw you right into you next playthrough. Honestly with all the hype and the way everyone talked him up i was worried esspecially him having more health etc. He beat me up a few times but i beat him in about 6 trys. Then with new found resolve from fairly easily beating one of the hardest bosses i proceded to beat the rest of the base game 1st trying ever boss except 3. Amy, comos, and nightmare guy(idk why it took me more than once). Point is he didnt live up to the hype for me as far as difficulty

[@Lemontarts01]

This MF is the real RNG king. He just has your number for days sometimes even as someone who can do the fight very well most of the time. No other boss pushes your shit in like he does when hes got your number

[@MissChambersxo]

I love Orphan!! Best bloodborne boss in my opinion. He’s super hard but I love the fact he’s also completely fair and the reason that he’s hard is because he’s fast, strong and aggressive. Learning the parry windows on his attacks and going around and charged R2ing him when he does his placenta spam feels AWESOME. I also love that if you’re aggressive you can stagger him. Compared to Malenia, Orphan is hard for all of the right reasons, instead of Malenia where she has like a standard and fair moveset but then this one crazy attack that can just outright end a run on the spot. Also: his weapon is his placenta, but there’s also the fishing hook inside that placenta that killed his mum, Kos.

[@procow2274]

I also noticed kos weapon looks like certain blood gems which brings up a lot of questions

[@christianheinemann9192]

It's also a placenta

[@buukaczi]

A book can also be a hat

[@Lord_Pilaf]

I can't believe this game is almost 10 years old now, one of my all time favorites.

[@codygreene9067]

Orphan of Kos was fucking nuts and he’s one of the many reasons Bloodborne is my favorite From game.

[@pc4mlc451]

The Living Failures can instantly get you enough echoes to get to max level, but the parameters to make it work is very specific.

[@BloodyVoyager]

Not sure if it's a hot take, but Malenia without the healing doesn't hold a candle to the Orphan. Waterfowl is a bitch, but there's a few dozens of ways to avoid/stop it. Besides that, you just trade and interrupt her to death. No cheesing the Orphan though.

[@patriksvensson2360]

The bit around Lady Maria and her doings also tie in rather nicely with Iosefka's impostor at the clinic, as well. Sadly, she didn't get the lab notes from the old hunters and their trials, but it is a nice tie-in. Given the content so far, Bloodborne should've been given some additional dlc that delves deeper into the Vile Bloods, imo, as there is much, _much_ more to uncover there.

[@professorgrimm4602]

I think hat makes the Orphan so difficult is how unrelenting he is. There's no other boss in any FromSoft game that attacks so aggressive.

[@kirkcavenaugh758]

Soul of sinder

[@weiwenntwo7972]

I remember it took me 2 weeks to take out Orphan of Kos...

[@asgads]

I love all other souls dlc incl. the new elden ring one. but the power package of ludwig, maria and the orphan cant be topped

[@Anon26535]

Can you hear that horrid thing? Ancient orphan's cry Rotted are the apron strings Stillborn's lullaby A thousand eyes A thousand "you died"s And still we fight to see the end A thousand eyes Yeast of thoughts and minds Into the madness I descend

[@vruxdrossgaming]

Miracle Of Sound song.

[@biglad6749]

Laurence and ludwig in ng+ cycles go goblin mode.

[@kojirosasaki9048]

Pretty sure the crunch sound in the grass is actually bones.

[@Yusa25]

The moon looks like the frenzied flame burst into the sky from elden ring. I cant get over the thought these ubiverses are connected in many ways

[@davysamir2289]

The Living Failures aren’t just praising the sun They are praising ALL THE SUNS!!

[@orlandodanielveracastillo4343]

They are praising the entire cosmos

[@austinhicks166]

Fishing Hamlet is the sweatiest area in all souls games.

[@HeatherHolt]

That screaming is forever imprinted in my brain. The orphan, not my own screaming after being killed over and over again. Or maybe it’s both idfk

[@justApigeon.]

I somehow beat this guy first try. But that witch hat lady in the chalice dungeon made me rethink my life.

[@jebbushu711]

This boss was AMAZING. It was tough no doubt but the fight is perfectly paced and feels super intense to fight. I feel like so many of the hardest elden ring bosses belonged in bloodborne, when you fight them in elden ring it feels like you need a faster dodges or a way to interrupt their combos, both of which bloodborne had. I hope we see bloodborne 2 or something different like sekiro where the more aggressive boss style of elden ring suits the combat better, the type of bosses in that game deserve a combat system that lets them be fun to fight.

[@olorlolrl]

The orphans weapon is not only its placenta - but a fishing hook if you look carefully .

[@Willzb-xk4ew]

Never forget, orphan is a BABY with a placenta blade that moves faster than the flash

[@procow2274]

I experienced this a lot later than 2015

[@beyond_the_tequila_rift3194]

Can you imagine a live-action Rated R version of the slaughter and massacre within the Fishing Hamlet by Maria and Co.?

[@JeffintheD]

Ok, yes, I will play again after Shadow of the Erdtree. Lady Maria is my favorite boss fight of all time. Thanks for the video.

[@linah1998]

For me the Orphan is still Fromsoft's crown jewel of hard bosses. I think Malenia's only hard move is Waterfowl. She moves very predictably otherwise, has huge openings, a big arena and maaany cheese tactics. Orphan on the other hand.. extremely fast, extremely aggressive, melee, aoe, aerial attacks, extra aggro when getting to close to Kos' corpse, the lack of defensive options... aside from parrying, there aren't really ways for an easy win. I'll remember Orphan's screams until the end of time

[@zaidlacksalastname4905]

The final boss of the Elden ring dlc is very hard, but with orphan, which I fought later, especially because I didn't have ps plus, it felt like a real victory because I didn't have summons or coop. Really had to learn the boss

[@jt.8144]

That's when you get your buddies to help you clear your playthru boss.

[@Maxranviir]

*Prime Consort Radahn has entered the chat*

[@vruxdrossgaming]

Nah, Orphan still holds the crown. So many Blood Level 4 runs ended because of Orphan, in under a week, people already did a level no hit run on consort Radahn.

[@WerewolfKweef]

I’m not the greatest souls player but it really surprised me to learn how many people struggled against Orphan of Kos. Maybe it was the build I was using or I was just on fire that day or something, but with no prior knowledge of this guy I beat him on like my second try without much of a struggle. He was cool, but I still couldn’t believe he was the final Bloodborne boss at the time. I can remember thinking "that’s it?"

[@plotfinder5640]

He was a pain in most of our collective Ass’s. Was a wonderful fight.

[@InsertarNombre-od2bh]

In my first time against him, I died a LOT of times. But the second time and third time I face him I beat him in a first try, he became one of the most enjoyable boss fight in the game

[@TheDustyChinchilla]

People don’t seem to understand the concept of boss difficulty being completely relative to player character power in Souls games. People will say shit like “Ornstein and Smough / Orphan of Kos / Nameless King are nothing compared to Malenia!” but completely fail to remember that player power in previous Souls games was SIGNIFICANTLY lower than it is in Elden Ring. Players have far more offensive power, movement, and general gameplay options in Elden Ring that all serve to make the player more lethal, so the relative difficulty doesn’t really increase when individual boss difficulty does increase, because the player’s power has also increased in step.

[@linah1998]

THIS. ER has so many ways to completely break the game's difficulty. Ashes of War already trivialize a lot of content but add to that the absurd amount talismans, buff items, flask effects and so on. You can kill Malenia in a few hits by doing a bleed weapon + swarm of flies set up. You can kill her very quickly with a frost set up. Something like Orphan? You can equip a paper for some extra effective damage but then you can to rely on skill, especially if you're bad at parrying

[@tiredasf107]

The orphan is my favorite boss fight ever!

[@HLC_NIKZ]

quite honestly i got him 2nd try the secret is keep consistent and constant pressure his attacks focus on the fact that you WILL dodge away if u dodge into him he whifs and you can counter the best way i can describe it is try to stay glued to him and just dodge when needed and punish him

[@Oldmanindigo]

Ahhh back when From Software made Grendel from Beowulf one of the hardest bosses of all time

[@patriksvensson2360]

Oh, and regarding the human-like features of the Orphan of Kos; is it possible that, in their unhinged longing for ascension, one of the (male) hunters was responsible for Kos's pregnancy and that, given all hunters and their children were cursed, it was mad as a result?

[@Infrared-nyne]

I'm currently on a brand new Bloodborne run thanks to you. My ps4 broke 2 years ago so I lost all my save data on BB so I plan on playing thru on the ps5 to get all my fav weapons and outfits and such

[@pvthfindxr]

Orphan never gave me that much trouble actually. idk why but his party timing just made sense to me. the fight and atmosphere around the story and fight is truly incredible tho. for me, Vicar Amelia always kicks my ass in the early game

[@deltacosburrito9214]

I defeated Kos about 3 months ago. It took me 13 attempts. Not bad overall as far as attempts are concerned. But I’ll never forget that feeling on that final run when it clicked for the boss.

[@ItchiestBum]

I usually have a easy time with widely considered hard bosses (proud to say maria and ludwig only took 4 tries) but Orphan humbled me, 50 tries but man was the feeling worth it.

[@goatlover6312]

225 tries here and now I am depressed.

[@ItchiestBum]

@@goatlover6312 You a trooper for still going though

[@PaleVoyager]

Orphan of Kos' screams are a stock sound like the Wilhelm scream. I used to hear it a lot as a kid.

[@EvanExplains]

What?! Where?! How?! HUH?!?!

[@redditman9267]

This video is good memories for when I played the DLC

[@domin8tr9thegreat72]

Bloodborbe is my 3rd favorite fromsoftware game such a great game 10-10

[@ForgeGames_]

Was not expecting that picture of Captain from RoR2 with buff microbots

[@EvanExplains]

:)

[@kinguchiha6212]

I’ll never forget breaking my 1500 dollar tv after dozens of deaths lmaooo

[@Kazuhira2249]

"the other hardest boss ever made" Ibes series cel-240 from ac6: thats cute

[@fall5923]

I love how the main problem was that kos was delaying that upper attack.

[@bgjerpe]

Ahh kos best boss in The best dlc fromsoft has ever made.

[@TheFallen3]

Played this game right after I played 400 hours of elden ring. Kosm gave more work than anyone in both games except malenia.

[@whiskeybuddha1995]

I fought Lady Maria with no parrying and it is was absurdly intense, not for any particularly reason, just found myself dodging instead of thinking about trying to parry. One of my favorite fights for sure, although I know it's a way easier fight if I wouldve used parries

[@gabutiiiiiii]

I beat this guy on first try, never seeing anything about him or knowing what he was. I ended up with 1 inch life bar left and 0 vials. The fight felt like it lasted hours and I still remember to this day the feeling of beating him in what felt like a dog fight. Thank you Miyazaki

[@weichiang89]

I have never played a horror game. I have never played a souls game. All this till I bought a PS4 all those years ago and my only game was Bloodborne.

[@huntsworthdoom]

I don’t remember having a very hard time with him the first time I fought him, not as true the next playthrough

[@TheAquarius87]

My sphincter still spasms when I hear it scream...

[@The_Story_Of_Us]

As a big Bloodborne fan, if you think Orphan of Kos is one of the hardest bosses ever, you’ve clearly never played the latest God Of War games on NG+ hardest difficulty.

[@brileonn]

Sigrun on GMGOW NG+ is seriously no joke! The only boss in the Souls games (haven't played DS2 or Sekiro yet) that rivals in difficulty is Malenia. Sigrun I prefer because she seems like a more fair fight. Fighting Malenia was a complete shitshow that made me question my self worth lmao

[@The_Story_Of_Us]

@@brileonn I gave up at Hrolf and Gnar in Ragnarok, they're hard enough on NG, NG+ I began to sense would just drain my fucking mental health... One of the few times I'll just flat out admit to something being fairly outside of my gaming competency.

[@brileonn]

@@The_Story_Of_Us honestly at some point it's not worth it if it's not even fun anymore! I've only done Ragnarok on regular hard mode which was a good amount of challenge, but I can imagine those berserkers would be insane on the hardest difficulty! Legit made my thumbs sore from how demanding the combat was 😂 I love that game so dang much

[@jaynguin]

Funnily enough I didn't find Ludwig challenging, and Orphan was a blast of a boss because I was an aggressive player so finding a boss that was just as aggressive was AMAZING. The only one that I couldn't take down though... Lawrence...

[@melkerbotin7098]

Amazing video!!!

[@bigbeef1147]

This boss took me a full day to beat him. I was actually losing my mind. When I finally beat him my brother was with me and for the first time he actually was scared of me because my face looked like a psycho. I screamed and smiled while shouting at it. Had a headache for 2 hours after that.

[@JISHBOSIN]

Now, THIS title i agree with LOL, no update needed after i watch the video (and forget to update)

[@cnrv1657]

idk, for me it was always the Laurence, orphan of kos was just fun to "dance" with, cause thats how this whole fight felt

[@redballoon1604]

I’m not sure what happened, but orphan seems so much easier than Laurence now, never died to him more than once a character after the first time.

[@soccerandtrack10]

So a primearch died because of a really powerful human and thats why the emporor hid it? For the 2nd or 11th legion.

[@being_adibahnaf]

Can you believe Mr. Foot Fetish made a tragic story? I can count stories that don't end tragically in one hand or two

[@dirac_dydx1830]

And, unlike Malenia, this boss was designed by actual competent human beings, as opposed to extraterrestrial aliens unfamiliar with the concepts of "fun", "fair", or "good videogame design".

[@RepellentJeff]

12:36 Was that soundtrack from Shutter Island?? If so, well chosen. 👏

[@ricklubbers1526]

As much as i cringe at that intro, the rest of the video is ridiculously good. In depth and entertaining. Subbed.

[@EvanExplains]

You must like the intro, it's required :)