Ranking All 16 Elden Ring Crucible Knights From Worst To Best...

[@Rusty._]

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[@MonkeyDLuffy-ed4fj]

No

[@sparkles7812]

No

[@OkamiTheRedWolf]

No

[@TheHolyFlumpty]

Rank all levels in Spore Galactic adventures

[@SwankySwankerson]

Yo VRising is actually lit as hell, it's been in EA for a year or two, and full released today. Highly recommend. Fantastic game.

[@cheap272]

Who said anything about all bosses Rusty, we want the all enemies ranked.

[@salva2387]

Agreed

[@kingofthesun21]

Jokes on you, I want him to rank all the sites of grace

[@1umbreon4life]

I just want all dogs ranked

[@fabianparth3307]

Actually

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

​@JamesCQuint #12345: That one wandering noble that you're supposed to stance break in the tutorial cave. #12344: The one in that same cave that introduces the backstab mechanic. #12343: The....

[@StrunDoNhor]

Here me out: Give the Breath incantation to another Crucible Knight, and have Tanith's Knight reward you with a Spirit Summon version of himself. And have the item description imply that he has no disdain for you (for defeating him), because he will gladly accept you as his Tanith replacement if it means he can continue fighting the Golden Order.

[@minerman60101]

The one you access from the Four Belfries would be the next best candidate for the Breath incantation

[@ghoulbuster1]

Getting a Crucible Knight as a spirit ash would be so OP that he could rival the silver tear for the top spot of best ash, and I would be okay with that.

[@Choco____1]

@@ghoulbuster1 We already have a Blacknife Assasin. Crucible Knight isn't going too far

[@carljohan9265]

Honestly now that I think about it, the very idea of a crucible knight going so far as to join the volcano manor is a concept that has some serious main character energy.

[@Emperorhirohito19272]

@@ghoulbuster1 they can set its health and damage to literally any number they want

[@2JOfficial]

Next video: Ranking all the letters in the Elden Ring title

[@JF-vz1ju]

E is definitely #1

[@oliverarent3375]

​@@JF-vz1ju Stop disrespecting the mighty I so hard 😤😤

[@SirSaladAss]

Second E is dogshit tier, absolutely useless.

[@jplichta]

@@JF-vz1ju which one

[@sayounsang]

@@jplichtaWell, there’s E and e, so I’d reckon he was talking about E.

[@cementman_]

The exploding crucible knight is a fucking hilarious idea

[@ddubsquizzee]

I started laughing out loud

[@skvaderarts7009]

I unironically hope they add something like this in the DLC lol!

[@anthonyward8853]

To be honest, I laugh every time this Crucible Knight yeets himself off the ledge. I always find it amusing when enemies end themselves.

[@Ssosmooth69]

Fun Fact: Zullie the Witch detamined a cut questline in which you would hunt down Ordovis for betraying the Golden Order. Zullie speculated that Ordovis was supposed to be Tanith’s Knight, which makes what Ordovis is in the final game that much more depressing.

[@thatlittlemonstrosity]

so Tanith’s bodyguard was supposed to be Ordovis himself. Ngl that position would’ve been much more memorable and fitting

[@Deadgye]

Come to the comments to post this.

[@ramrodbldm9876]

​@@Deadgyethey already "came" to the comments to post it. Tf are you talking about

[@beef_baby]

@@ramrodbldm9876It was an obvious typo, the reply meant to say came

[@cgkase6210]

You fool, that is Gug

[@staleking05]

In my headcannon, that one in the Evergaol also didn't take Godfrey's banishment lying down, but he got captured & incarcerated

[@CatPopeII]

honestly yeah that makes sense

[@terrantabula9847]

In my headcanon the Crucible Knight in the Evergaol and the one in Stormveil both defected to Godrick's side during the Shattering. But the one in the Evergaol was so fed up with Godrick that he tried to leave and got locked up.

[@RockinAfr0]

100% true imo. Every single other evergaol boss is either confirmed or implied to have been a traitor, banished or something along that line. I just wish there was lore about what he attempted to warrent the only one being locked up.

[@kirbofan304]

My thought is that he was there for a reason related to godwyn’s death, being that you can find his face at the bottom of stormveil

[@beckerscantbechoosers6768]

Fun fact about the Farum Azula Crucible Knights: I don't know how coding works, but somehow because of the way they're set up to fight the Beastmen there, these specific Knights are also set up to fight Invaders. This also means Invaders can kill them if they want. I found this out randomly while invading, and it's unbelievably interesting to me.

[@thediabolicalraisin8953]

Wait, really? Are there any other enemies like this, cause that seems like some good trolling potential.

[@beckerscantbechoosers6768]

@@thediabolicalraisin8953 I'd love to hear about any other enemies if any exist. It's fascinating! There are, of course, plenty of enemies with sweeping area attacks that hurt Invaders too, but I've only ever noticed these specific Crucible Knights to be hurt by Invader attacks. I thought maybe a similar thing would happen with enemies in the Catacombs after Radahn, but no such luck in my experience.

[@dorkmoonblade4315]

@@thediabolicalraisin8953 The Black Knights in DS3's Demon Ruins could also aggro onto and fight invaders.

[@BdrRm]

​@@thediabolicalraisin8953 the onyx lord in the tunnel with the second Astel.

[@Khotetsu]

@@thediabolicalraisin8953 I don't know about full on fighting invaders, but Runebears can grab them.

[@bonancheg107]

Phew, I thought that Elden Ring finally released you from its basement, but here we are

[@derpasoruswrecks2773]

I dunno who shook me more on a first play: the hidden Knight in Stormveil suddenly *appearing* or Taniths Knight instant-transmitting behind me to wear my ass like a hat...

[@osets2117]

He's right behind me isn't he

[@derpasoruswrecks2773]

@@osets2117 most likely...or Ordovis reaching from mount FarawayAsFuck for the ass-poke..

[@CollinDeP]

I get why it ranked lower, but one of my favorite Crucible Knights has to be the Siofra Aqueduct Hornshield Knight precisely because he can fall off. The first time I fought it I remembered their flying lunge attack and looked at the windows and was like "There's no way this works" and purposefully baited him off the edge. Especially given how some knights like the Nokron Belfry knight have invisible walls to avoid this exactly thing, it's incredibly satisfying to throw this guy off the ledge through a window. It was such memorable moment for me and now every time I'm going towards those damn Gargoyles I at least get excited that I can bully that one knight off the ledge first

[@dualtronix4438]

You can cheese the stormveil one to make him fall off the elevator. Also, you can make both knights in Farum Azula throw themselves off the map

[@runeamar]

When I ran into the one in the siofra river, I just sniped him with a bow from the ledge

[@axios4702]

It feels like a purposeful FromSoft comedy moment. You know, like the screaming kite ninjas in Sekiro or that one recurring troll invader in DS2, only for once it works in our favour.

[@ologames1185]

At the end of the year, you should do a ranking of every ranking, and then in ten years you can do a ranking of every year, and then when you retire, you can do a ranking of every ranking you've ever done.

[@HoodieKnight]

Peak

[@urtoryu_dy_althraidn]

Now THIS is the kind of ranking I'm talking about! Can't wait for the Runebear Ranking.

[@L1qu1d_5h4d0w]

We are ALL waiting for the Runebear ranking 😂

[@kaba1996]

Me too

[@carljohan9265]

The fucking roidbear in the Caelid cave is gonne be either number 1 or last place.

[@rexmaster8190]

I agree with number 1 very adamantly for the sole reason I found out he was fightable the hard way. This dude scared the crap out of me after I went, "Hmmm, what happens if I kill Tanith?"

[@NorthernDruid]

The Crucible Knight from the duo fight in Castle Redmane would've been the coolest boss entrance in the game if it wasn't hard to get more than a glimpse of him flying in because of the misbegotten you're busy with. Such a missed opportunity, plus would've been a good opportunity to make it a proper boss gauntlet instead of a mostly-awkward duo fight.

[@justatanuki.6495]

Uh, rusty, april fools was a month ago, what do you mean all 16 crucible knights in what way are they different? Has insanity struck you?

[@niall_sanderson]

I think the all weapons ranked vid broke him

[@samfish2550]

Yes, the answer is yes, have you seen what this man has been doing for the past 2 years.

[@Dr.Barber]

I mean to be fair they differ in arena and rewards for killing them so that's something.

[@FireFox64000000]

He needs a breather but he also needs content.

[@kaiserdetectivegolden2735]

@@Dr.Barber that's no difference man their moveset is exactly the same with only 2 new attacks for the Farum azula version

[@grfrjiglstan]

Shout-out to Gug, forcing you to kill Rykard to get a breath incantation that's outclassed by the one you can get in Limgrave.

[@DeadSparkMan]

That one doesn't require Arcane though ! (if you can't survive the grand ordeal that is getting 12 points of arcane)

[@jacobnewcombe5367]

It’s pretty good at stance breaking malenia though

[@MamaTrixxieAsmr]

Ok but dragon breath incantations have the downside of TAKING UP 99 percent of your damn screenspace (unless you’re doing the magma breath glitch that gives you the forbidden sun-esque cast animation)

[@MONKEY_BEAM]

i love how Gug is more or less universally accepted as his name

[@osets2117]

​@@MONKEY_BEAMmax0r puts in good work lol

[@simonkisielewski3327]

rusty at this point is just going insane,also all crucible knights are AMAZING

[@MozzaBurger88]

They're one of the most fair yet brutal fights when you first encounter them. I actually enjoyed learning how to beat the Evergaol one by getting rekt a good dozen times.

[@chair2945]

Amidst the dozens of terrible Elden Ring bosses, Crucible Knights are one of my favorites. @@MozzaBurger88

[@cameronshanks4871]

Rusty getting desperate

[@urtoryu_dy_althraidn]

That's how I like it.

[@Raine_Sakan]

He gotta learn how to move on bro

[@ChangedCauseYT-HateFoxNames]

Finally

[@skiburc2252]

​@@Raine_Sakanhis ranking videos do well why would he move on

[@Firestar19]

@@skiburc2252 I don't think you know what sarcasm is.

[@nicodemusedwards6931]

2:51 There’s a reality where that is the Incantation Equivalent to Carian Slicer

[@dananaditya9347]

I like the golden weapon that Morgott use

[@30000beesinatrenchcoat]

Maybe in the dlc...

[@tristanwelke7827]

I've always grouped the knights into 1 of 3 categories. 1: Type A - Sword with Tail 2: Type B - Sword with Fire 3: Type C - Spear I have legit made 35 character across 4 profiles and have never seen a Type A breath fire or a Type B sprout a tail it's very much one or the other. Type C is by far the easiest with their lack of a shield, slower combos, and very punishable wing attack. I've even one-button-wondered them with frost infused great swords/hammers/axes and the wild strikes ash, just slowly walking around them in a circle swinging away until they die, they only have like 2 attacks with enough poise damage to break the hyper armor. Type A being the most difficult with the tail shutting down their openings and screwing with my timings and all that, even now they often clip me with it. Type B is just kinda whatever the fire breath is plenty telegraphed to avoid, I kinda hate how in blows you over onto your ass but I hate when anything does that, I don't like having control taken from me, so it's not a direct complaint against the knight specifically (way too many "oops you're on your ass now" attacks in this game man).

[@名前考え中-b1e]

I think spear crucible knight can divide into shoulder tackle and claw. I've never seen crucible knight there using two at the same time.

[@tristanwelke7827]

@@名前考え中-b1e I know for a solid fact that Siluria herself can use both horn charge and claw grapple as I've been hit by both from her. The spear knight after Gold-frey guarding the barrier of gold spell has also hit me with both before. The others? I genuinely don't know. I tend to not let them live long enough to see, the spear knights are still the easiest in my opinion and they use their special attacks way less often than the sword knights. So, there could still be variance between the 2? On my next run I'll have to take them slow and analyze their moveset more.

[@NooBHatteR112]

this thumbnail is VERY close to the "This thing f!@$ing SUCKS" --> *the coolest thing ever*

[@gengarisnotinsmash...]

0:25 I love that the youtuber in the second thumbnail is "titanium bannana", as opposed to "iron pineapple".

[@StillAlwaysSleepy]

aswell as punk lol

[@Poptart2134]

Only Rusty could use the phrases "pinultimate biome" and "dimwitted giga-virgin step cousin" in the same video and have it make perfect sense

[@RegalRoyalWasTaken]

And then Devonia cleared all of them by having her own helmet, weapon and moveset, being the only one of her kind, and even showing off a unique Crucible spell we have never seen before.

[@Sir_Danks-A-Lot]

Stormhill Crucible Knight was one of my first walls in this game. I had leveled like 4 times, I played through DS3 and thought I was hot shit (I wasnt), and I proceeded to lose for like 4 hours to this boss dealing nearly no damage and taking way too much, with only 4 heals. But this made their moveset ingrain into my head that now I cant help but love a fight against Crucible Knights now. Such a fun fight, feeling like an honorable standoff between 2 knights, like fighting a Darknut in The Legend of Zelda. Learning the intricacies of what's punishable and what isnt was a trial at first but in retrospect taught me how to approach bosses from then on.

[@matteomadella1511]

Here after the dlc, this means there are 17 crucible knights

[@spilleraaron4748]

To be me: ALL crucible knights are good! Heck I even did a cosplay one as them during my second play though! Can’t wait for the new incantation in the dlc

[@Typhon0817]

Just by looking at the thumbnail, I got an idea for the dlc. A crucible knight summons, but to make it not overly powerful, it would take a 1000+ hp to summon it.

[@Dutch_df]

And I took that personally

[@Jonkenstonk]

ONE STEP CLOSER TO ALL BOSSES RANKING

[@L1qu1d_5h4d0w]

Isn’t it kinds nuts there isn’t one yet 😂 dude ranked the most random stuff available but still no "all bosses ranked" 😂💀 What is going on 👁️👄👁️ someone fix this bug already 🫠

[@KogasaTatara514]

The Farum Azula rooftop crucible knight also fights invaders, and they can fight it too. Do with that information what you will.

[@TheTIGSY]

The Nokron Belfry Knight not being dead last is a shocker to me, all that setup of him being visible earlier, the vista he's on when you fight him, finding and spending an imbued key just to get to him.....just for him to be a generic Knight who drops literally nothing aside from like 2k runes is just....why.....the sheer disappointment of actually fighting him undoes all of the points he gets from his location

[@caveychip7]

The fact that every time you get invaded in the whole end up with you fighting a player model (yes, the sanguine noble in the snowfield is an player model, he has 2 reduvias) and then you slap tanith and you get invaded by an actual boss only happens once makes me kinda sad because of just how hilarious it is on a first encounter.

[@Paintedawg]

8:07 I can't help myself with this guy. I just love sneaking up behind him and launching him off the waterfall with horn of the crucible 🤣

[@Just_really_tired]

Poor rusty, reduced to countdowns until shadow of the erdtree comes out. Hope you don’t need to make a second weapon list for the dlc items

[@L1qu1d_5h4d0w]

lol if he doesn’t make one I don’t know how to continue living… this is serious business my friend…. Pretty damn serious if I do say so myself…

[@warcoder]

He has to. He will make a "DLC weapons tier list" and then a new ranking for all the weapons after the final patch of the game. Then, he will ascend to a higher plane of existence were he will be able to see the true ranking of all things that exist in the universe.

[@inkymonstrosity]

The Rampart Tower Crucible Knight is actually one that stands out to me because of some cheese I stumbled upon during my first encounter with it. I ran past the thing like a coward and took a moment to breathe when I reached the lift, only for the knight to catch up. What followed was a bout of panic rolling that resulted in the lift going up without me, and the knight taking a ride. I thought, "Well, bye now." Then I had a good laugh when seconds later, I saw the knight fall to its death.

[@Kazmir1542]

Never thought this day would come 😭

[@alexignatow5420]

Eventually the only thing left to rank is all ~311 sites of grace! Something to look foreword to, but I'm loving these ranking videos! The comedy is there and they're fun to watch.

[@Gayonetta5000]

“Mr. Girl Boss” made me laugh harder than I think it deserved 😂😂😂

[@Spitfire0024]

15:00 yay! Gug got the #1 spot

[@DaddyWalrus]

Cool video, I’m excited for the misbegotten ranking next.

[@shallotliltian7617]

I actually think the 16 Crucible Knight detail is still valid and has important lore implications. Let me just establish some facts real quick taken from the lore. 1. Godfrey's symbol is the axe 2. There are 16 Crucible knights in the game. 10 wield swords. 6 wield spears. 3. The Crucible existed before Godfrey. Now, let's look at the roundtable of the roundtable hold. Embedded in it are 10 swords and one axe. I believe that Siluria's Armor is what the original Crucible Set looked. I think Ordovis and his 9 followers swore an oath to Godfrey at the roundtable when he became Elden Lord and changed their armor to suit that role. This is why their helmets are axe-shaped. The symbol of Godfrey. Siluria and her 5 followers may have been less enthusiastic about this change in leadership and chose to keep their armor as is, in reverance of the crucible itself instead of to a lord.

[@waitingfortheequinnox]

That’s rather interesting. However, the DLC has thrown a wrench in that

[@Sauced_Egg]

​@@waitingfortheequinnox how so?

[@Randomnoisemarine]

There's a new crucible knight named devonia that makes the number of knights 17 instead of 16​@@Sauced_Egg

[@_ikako_]

9:50 boy was it wild to hear SuperTF's intro music in the wild

[@mako6894]

boutta see "ranking all the demi-humans" next

[@FeedMeSalt]

It's been a long time since I actually laughed for real at someone dry humor. That fighting in a studio apartment and fridge shit actually got me. I'm subbin

[@mushroomduck1345]

They should’ve had all the crucible knights drop a piece of the armor. It might be tedious, but it’s much better on a first playthrough.

[@ahkosorsomesaykosby9999]

Should've had two sets of unique gauntlets and leggings and helmets and such. For like more or less poise and fashion

[@jroberts2nd]

#7, or as I like to call him, “fuck it I’m tired of Farum Azula and I’m running by him.” 😂

[@agent_meme2710]

Rusty, make a tier list video of your Elden ring tier list videos

[@Romanian_user]

Ordovis is FOURTH?! You even said you're dissapointed by how low he is but come ON! He's special.... he deserves better

[@Scoliosistic]

Next he’ll rank all the Deers

[@jasruss989]

2:24 hey look it’s Mr. Duo fight Necessitation man 🤣

[@irithylldragon]

'Can I Beat Elden Ring Before My Eviction Notice?' is top tier, hope mr banana picks that one up :)

[@Guildmaster_xero]

I was expecting just an average tier list video, but you were actually kinda funny. Good job.

[@thomasthorso2521]

is the dashing thing he does instead of rolling a mod?

[@perfectharbinger1398]

Just want to say: I appreciate the summary at the end listing your rankings. It's not exactly easy to remember how you ranked everything after a video the length of a nature documentary, so any assistance we can get is helpful. Great video as always.

[@Rtplb]

Ranking all loading screen next

[@randomrun856]

man i wish rusty would share his character sliders he really did a great job with it. awesome video as always!

[@GM-xk1nw]

*rank the small animals*

[@renegade6578]

While fighting both of them is absolute CBT, there's something really wholesome about the fact that one of Ordovis's soldiers was so loyal to him that he chose to also help guard the grave along with his commander.

[@tgsubie]

I had absolutely no idea about 3 of these knights. This game will hide shit from me for the rest of my life.

[@Harry50cal]

Every Tree, Bush and Grass ranked, thanks buddy 👍

[@felis_moon]

7:55 "i guess we are saving that shit for the dlc or something" lol. they did.

[@YTDariuS-my6dg]

>"He doesn't use primordial incantations" >shows him using two primordial incantations Truly the quality I come looking for in a Rusty video.

[@Shane_thePain]

I concur with this list except i think Ordovis shouldve been 3rd. But yah, the Stormhill one was such a challenge on my first playthru, then seeing these guys throughout the world always sent chills down my spine. But the one at Taniths side was the one that surprised me the most when i first saw him but didnt realize til this video that he was indeed the only one that went against the Erdtree. Thanks for that 👍!

[@-someguywhoisadegeneratefo1487]

Can say for sure that the Erd Tree Sanctuary knight successfully impaled me and threw me off the railing. Was one of my favorite moments ever fighting a crucible knight.

[@zack_feldman]

I would also like to see more boss ranking videos. I always learn new things from your work, and the fast paced, unpredictable verbiage makes for frequent rewatches.

[@gregorycarmichael6907]

Honestly, the Crucible Knights are one of my favorite enemies, even if it took me 10 playthroughs to learn how to fight them properly. They're always an intimidating encounter and they're vidual and combat design are among the best in Elden Ring

[@qitsune8326]

8:35 how does rusty sidestep? Seeing how quickstep isn't equipped. Looks way better than rolling so I need it xD

[@subject8776]

The way you described #1. I felt that, well said.

[@aquabomb1708]

If rusty made a 7 hour long video where he ranks every single rock in elden ring I would unironically watch the whole thing from start to finish

[@Broadmoore]

Missed that beautiful voice of yours. Love the videos.

[@creamygoodness4440]

Another thing that boosts tanith's knight is that you see him just chilling when you first see him, and then when you attack her, he finally kicks into action

[@PaulRoche-iv4oh]

I swear Rusty finds a way to insert the word “penultimate” every video lmao good video my guy

[@ShupperDupper]

i hadn’t even considered tanith’s knights lore, definitive goat of all crucible knights. i just loved that pose, the gigachad bodyguard.

[@enderdraco4940]

Omg I don’t care how many people call this desperate, this is the content I’ve been waiting for!

[@boringsupernova4836]

30+ hours into my third playthrough and that evergaol crucible knight is STILL the one that took me the most attempts to heat💀 (27 tries)

[@morty4193]

Trusty Rusty always ready to remind me that i only found 98 percent if elden secrets.

[@AmandaPerez14]

“People change. Just not the way you want sometimes.” Rusty speaking truth in a tier list.

[@LilithElaine]

Im assuming the amount of times i watch Rusty's videos.....means theyre my comfort videos

[@funkfisk]

During my playthrough so I can get a non-NG character in the DLC. I went full-on crucible knight in my build, I hate to encounter them, so why not become one... I don't regret that choice. Now I love them. (and with a mimic tear, you got yourself a duo..) The shadow of the Erdtree will feel the wrath of what were before it.

[@ranmitimibro7141]

This is an incredibly terapeutic video for Rusty, definitely let out a lot of past frustrations in that script

[@JellySlays]

Wow, I couldn't even fathom this would ever be a video. Impressed truly. Have a like and a sub.

[@voidwilliakin923]

Unirocnically excited for the V Rising sponsorship bc I love that game

[@jasoncook7003]

Sponsorships for games that I love? I was legitimately happy to see that

[@jotarokujo3603]

I can't wait for the "rating all my ratings videos" video.

[@therealsquimby3191]

What I really appreciate about the Crucible Knights is how they communicate to the player how strong they've become. That Crucible Knight in the Evergaol will have players struggling, but eventually, they're on the same level as normal enemies.

[@mannydani9180]

I love the waterfall knight just because crucible horn can just shove him right off the edge, its hilarious

[@ThomasLadder1]

7:54 unintentionally guessing thrusting shields for the DLC lol

[@gucci-shinigami]

“I don’t really get why Siluria is at number 2 I’ll just keep the audio playing in the background” “-defeating Siluria also gives you easy access to the tree SHE was guarding” “Okay I’m listening 👀 “

[@leighsimmons2663]

Finally the list we’ve really been waiting for

[@themanthemyth4522]

Honestly? I really like these shorter videos, I also really like these weirder or more creative premises too. they're just a nice breath of fresh air from the feature-length videos ranking something everyone else has already done to death.

[@PeterKudelin]

0:25 titanium banana has me cracking up

[@jasruss989]

7:46 Crusible knight: watch how goddam big I can make this number. *tries so hard that he explodes*

[@jonathanoriley8260]

7:30 Bro, I literally fought this guy for the first time about an hour ago, and him yeeting himselff off the platform is literally what happened 🤣🤣

[@seifukunokamisama2197]

The Nokron Knight standing in water is my favorite to send flying with the horn incantation

[@alpergunay4101]

When you finally release that Best Armors In The Game video my life will be complete.

[@vinnyv2106]

Fun fact: Tanith's knight was originally supposed to be Ordovis himself. Even had a scrapped questline where an npc wanted revenge on Ordovis.

[@Silverstar114]

It doesn't actually matter what it's about, I'm just here to listen to Rusty's over-the-top rage-fueled descriptions.

[@thexenocide6013]

"weird claw attack slicing ham etc etc" bro i got rollcaught by that spell seven times in a row once that is the single most irritating move they have