Is Gael still the "Best" Fromsoft boss in 2024?

Apologies for the stuttering and mispronunciation sometimes
nervous first upload!
also my first self edited video!

[@abdurrehmankhan480]

Two nobodies fighting at the end of time in the middle of nowhere, gael truly is an SSS tier boss(although I havent played the sote dlc)

[@ididntaskverified3663]

If you played with a straight sword, orphan of kos is the best

[@azamat6765]

He's the best soulsborne boss overall, I think. He has good arena(literally the end of times, lightning in the second/third phase), great design, good sfx(sword clangs, rapid fire sound, his screams), he namedrops "Dark Souls" 2 times(its funny tbh), great ost, beautiful moveset(it's not hard but it's very pretty and acrobatic, especially phase 3), no runback, and he's the last boss of the trilogy which also gives him significance. IMO all the stars have alligned when they made this boss.

[@EM38101]

Isshin is my favorite. No bs, no broken builds, just downright skill and timing

[@mrnao9283]

I havent gotten to isshin on sekiro yet but he seems super fun and I agree sekiro is very fair as you cant be overpowered in any way

[@swift7842]

Isshin is a close second to inner owl (father) for me personally.

[@protojester632]

Loved the video, and honestly I almost forgot about Gael with the flurry of new incredible bosses. But he killed me a few too many times to fully forget

[@mrnao9283]

Yep I agree the new bosses are incredible im excited to see what fromsoft can even make in the future!

[@rockinslugz]

Nice video, I agree with a lot of the sentiment. Consider taking multiple takes of smaller chunks of reading, and then stitching the best ones together lol

[@Alex-kq4tn]

In my opinion, Gael as a whole cannot be beaten. The fight, the music, the arena, the lore, the final Dark Souls boss. He will forever be, for me at least, the greatest From Soft boss.

[@svenproglhof1768]

The answer is, yes, yes he is. The fight has everything: *High lore relevance *build up across 2 DLCs *OST is ridicolously good *desolate wasteland as final battle, because we are at the literal end of the world *a moveset that is like a dance that gives you clear openings to attack *does an homage to Artorias' cutscene in which he throws a corpse in the player's direction *is a walking Berserk reference (1st phase is basically inner beast of darkness taking over Guts and he is feral, while 2nd and 3rd phase he reclaims at least partially his humanity) While Gael is a carefully crafted bossfight that has balanced gameplay all around and clear openings and non-openings and is a waltz, a lot of Elden Ring bosses feel like they are Tangos to which you have to dance to Dragonforce while Herman Li is on fucking coke. It is explosive, it is a spectacle, it is chaotic/hectic, but not really satisfying and in the end your feet are tired and your ears are ringing and you did not really enjoyed the dance, but you´ll probably tell your friends how awesome it was to particiapte.

[@copyforhypewilliams]

best boss is soldier of godrick

[@Hardunkenchud]

You mean Rick... Soldier of God? 😂

[@anom2619]

♻️

[@sylfynfotho5522]

Yes

[@Cresif]

As someone who started with Elden Ring, my experience with Gael was underwhelming compared to the mythos he gets from DS3 fans. I played DS3 for the first time after beating NG+7 ER and Beating DS1, so I was used to both the slower parts of the combat from DS1 and the faster parts of the combat similar to ER. This made bosses that would've been hard had DS3 been my first souls game like Nameless King, Midir, and Gael all relatively easy experiences to me at the time I encountered them, (note I was at the recommended level for all of these bosses) as I had already learned most of the combat lessons these games had to learn. I still enjoyed the DS3 bosses but I think I beat Gael in around 10 tries at most which couldn't compare to something like me learning Malenia for the first time. I think Gael is a good boss and I would've enjoyed him more if DS3 was my first Souls game but as I encountered him he just couldn't live up to the hype.

[@LaCazaLP]

Did you just disrispect the King? The choosen one? The Master of them all? How dare you spit in the face of Pinwheel the almighty!

[@MikeyZillectibles]

Pinwheel is the goat 🐐

[@kaijukingofthemonsters1075]

I remember how perfect Gael was in DS3 when I fought him, he's so fair and actually very challenging even then But Messmer? DAYUM, I actually was floored by how good Messmer was, so it may be recency bias but, I think Messmer tops the charts for me

[@ajsskskni9455]

What about radahn?

[@VoidOperatic]

Great video, I think its a good start, just remember that you can always do retakes when doing a voice over, other than that its a really good video, keep up the good work

[@mrnao9283]

Noted!

[@KittyPittyMeowmeow]

Great time to see this in my feed! I also think about how awesome Gael is, along with tons of other DS3 bosses like Abyss Watchers, Sister Friede, Soul of Cinder, etc. They have a fair variety of attacks that range from short to long combos and bring in spectacle without overloading the player. When I look at Elden Ring bosses and how there's so much visual clutter and obnoxiously long attack strings in them, I understand why players feel so inclined to just cheese the living hell out of them. Even though bosses like Malenia are extremely challenging when fought 1v1, she feels nowhere as fun or fair as someone like Nameless King. Also don't fret about the stuttering, you can always re-record if you trip up on some words. Write a script, break it down into segments, practice and then record, you have plenty of time ^^

[@mrnao9283]

I agree the new dlc bosses from elden feel as if they are just trying to hard to make the boss challenging without giving it a proper moveset for the fight to be enjoyable a good example being the new final boss Thank you for the positive feedback!

[@MoreImbaThanYou]

- Godfrey - Sword Saint Isshin - Twin Princes - Friede - Gherman - Messmer Those are the fights I am looking forward to the most in a playthrough.

[@mrnao9283]

very good list

[@alexmaximoff3616]

Gael's arena looks great and theme fits perfectly to the lore and the fight. But I beat him in my 4th try and did not leave as strong impression as Sister fried or Rellana, Messmer, Godfrey or Maliketh.

[@xeox4280]

The difference is ds3 bosses are fun to fight. Most elden ring bosses arent.

[@sw11sh98]

Good stuff man keep it up! I recommend you cut out pauses in between speaking.👍

[@mrnao9283]

Thank you so much will do!

[@Lilith_Xolaani]

yes

[@MakioGoHardio]

Hasn’t been since sekiro, and ER is even better.

[@ajsskskni9455]

Radahn is the most dogshit fight

[@MakioGoHardio]

@@ajsskskni9455 bed of chaos? I agree he’s bad tho.

[@SamRabbit1256]

Hes up there, the lore, spectacle and music is goated but I feel like the fight was a little too easy for a final boss.

[@gurnoorsekhon6402]

Still the best FINAL Boss (not considering Sekiro). The best boss will always be subjective.

[@mrnao9283]

I agree with this thanks for commenting

[@o_hell_nah]

Personaly, I think Gehrman is better as a final boss.

[@gurnoorsekhon6402]

@@o_hell_nah he's great but Gael has 3 games worth of build up riding on his shoulders

[@o_hell_nah]

@@gurnoorsekhon6402 He's a great boss, definetly one of the greatest FromSoft ever made. But, I think people are a little bit biased, when calling him the best, because hes the last in the trilogy.

[@gurnoorsekhon6402]

@@o_hell_nah that's your subjective opinion. But the arena, the settings, the lore, the soundtrack, the moveset, the character, everything was utter perfection. Plus extra points for being a Guts insert lol. Gerhman is good but I've never heard anyone call him the best even in Bloodborne. But I guess it's all subjective.

[@WeirdTroll666]

DS3 da goat! although my fav souls boss is Genichiro :)

[@mrnao9283]

Good choice!

[@elia0162]

elden ring bosses have all the samew problem ungodly long combo and punish you for attacking first so it feels like a turn based combact

[@VR00100]

Dark souls 3 and 1 still has better boss quality over Elden Ring ANY DAY

[@theluluexpress8528]

Pls work on ur grammer. "Is gael still" should be "gael is still the best". ❤ And no question mark needed. We know he still is.

[@glub_glub420]

Havent even watched the video yet the answer is yes even with the new dlc for elden ring not a single boss from that game comes close to the masterpiece of gael the dlc was mid anyway only good bosses were rellana and mesmer

[@RealEvilLordExdeath]

Best Boss is radagon

[@teenagesilver6512]

you are wrong about music, relisten er ost's

[@mrnao9283]

elden ring has great osts not down playing them but i will always prefer dark souls music i can agree that godskin duo and elden beast have great music

[@teenagesilver6512]

@@mrnao9283 relisten dlc. It's the same quility lvl. Maliketh ost is my numba 1 fav of all fromsoft games. And now I'm thinking of Midra ost, might be in the second spot, above midir and ludwig

[@teenagesilver6512]

@@mrnao9283 midra ost sounds like the most evil ost in fromsoft history, and I'm considering bloodborne tracks

[@mrnao9283]

@@teenagesilver6512 yeah ill probably give the dlc osts another listen i was to focused while fighting them to listen xD

[@teenagesilver6512]

@@mrnao9283 yup, same

[@weed_houze]

yes

[@adriankissimonyi8183]

Yes

[@kianhr104]

yes