Ranking the Dark Souls Bosses from Easiest to Hardest [#1-26]

[@magicowlofbacon9416]

Fun story. I obliterated Pinwheel and stood around laughing. Then, his clones didn't de-spawn and roasted me alive in the middle of a taunt, meaning that my trophy picture is me being cooked to a crisp by PINWHEEL.

[@alex21u]

I killed Pinwheel as my first boss in NG+ because I needed the miracle of the Nito's covenant for the trophy, I was overconfident and then I got roasted by the clones AND the real pinwheel... I was left with 1/20 of my health bar, I almost lost with that clown

[@KingCasual1986]

@@alex21u I can sort of relate. The first time I got to Pinwheel he came in swinging and I ALMOST died to him. I wasted a whole Estus Flask on that thing...

[@Envoy1509]

Congratulations you played yourself

[@jimmyforrest7103]

1st kill he ever got

[@leeroybunn6865]

Just have heavy armour and heal through his attacks he doesn't do enough damage to stop you if your far in the game

[@alienpuppy]

Hardest boss in dark souls: greediness with hits

[@theDeModcracy]

Honorable mention: gravity

[@madhav77777]

@@theDeModcracy you replied after 4 years

[@zeal7895]

@@madhav77777 he needed time to think about his response

[@CD-Gaming]

@Master Yoda More like it took it him that long to stop nodding in agreement!

[@icebrorottenmushroom1817]

@@theDeModcracy Honorable Mention 2: clipping through floors

[@masochisticrob2673]

Even after years of playing, i always die more from being too confident on normal enemies lol

[@vajka28]

"Oh yeah, I'm just gonna run there and kill those torch holders standing there. What could go wrong?" - torch holders rush and swing and i'm dead.

[@adamnajami4902]

Lol, relatable

[@gabox17da88]

@@vajka28 true they can kill you in a second

[@mymindisdigital]

Yeah i can relate

[@MyH3ntaiGirl]

@@gabox17da88 boss, you know they are tough so you take your time with mob, sometime you just get cocky and get fucked

[@fallingbed1]

Hardest boss in dark souls: trying to stay alive after the blow dart snipers inflict you with toxic in blight town

[@hexo1580]

Hi

[@Duuderz0]

YES

[@hiddenblade6863]

God how i hate this town

[@them.4701]

Just use a blooming moss clump forehead unprepared slorg

[@kroh7742]

It's not the toxic that kills you.. It's the panic that the toxic causes kills you, most of the times

[@RealJesus]

the hardest boss is not knowing where the f*ck to go

[@farmer12ssolicitor71]

Blight town be like

[@floppydisksareop]

@@farmer12ssolicitor71 Blight town can fuck right off. It is such a bad area. It is dark, it is built like a maze, you WILL be falling down random platforms constantly, enemies take perverse pleasure of either ganking up at the bottom of a 10m long ladder or just loitering on one so that you can't use it reliably, random vampires are jumping at you, ignoring your blocks, you can't dodge because narrow platforms, your camera gets stuck in the ceiling half the time, and when you finally get past all that bullshit, you are greeted by random flame vomiting spiders, mosquitoes that are rather hard to swat and a ground that poisons you. Oh, and then you have the blowdart snipers that are acting like little shits and keep spewing bullshit at you that can kill you pretty fast...

[@guyfawkes9775]

@@floppydisksareop I finished this shitty area....never coming there again :D

[@atlas2758]

@@floppydisksareop the blowdarts are in my nightmares. I couldnt see them cause my TV is just too dark and i didnt know about the moss item to cure toxic status, so I had to go back to buy it. Then i had to go back AGAIN to take the iron ring so i could walk on the swamps. Took me a while to finish this part, but in a 2nd gameplay ill come prepared.

[@Hadrazazel]

@@floppydisksareop Fun fact, I had the same description from veteran friends, and after my first playthrough, I must say that to my huge surprise, instead of hating Blighttown, I kind of liked it. It's fun to explore because it is a maze, fights are fun because you've the knowledge that these little blowers will poison you harder than ever in like 2 hits, so you must be multitasking melee & distance fights at the same time. If the first way down was quite challenging, I think the whole area is a breeze compared to the Tomb of Giants. Seriously. Pitch black darkness ? Only 3 things that can light up your way ? One of which requires either 30 items that you'd rather keep for yourself OR going through other bosses to unlock it's access, the other one is the solution if you 'run and know where to go" and the last one is about damn Magic that I never used. The ennemies also have snipers, and if they don't have that nasty poison, don't worry they're using large bows that will push you off cliffs if it is not for the giant doggos. Blight town is a tutorial compared to that situation. But again, I'm quite biased by the fact that I did at least 3 full boss runs now and I know what to do and where to go to effectively go through most places fast.

[@veepers]

Hardest boss is fighting Solaire in Lost Izalith. Can’t see through the tears ;(

[@Robert399]

lol noob, didn't look up guide to save Solaire :P (EDIT: Clearly the :P wasn't obvious enough. Should I add at the end?)

[@sheiner1732]

Maybe he/she didn't knew he would gow crazy or he/she didn't had the 30 humanities (my case :c )

[@Twinkhye-Gameplays]

i fuck up on my second run i did the boss before cleaning those little piece of shit monsters :(

[@feco91]

I never saved Solaire on my first runs because I wanted to collect his armor. But I always saved him in NG+.

[@CraftBrewBen]

I hate the Capra Demon.

[@nathanhill6510]

“Why suffer the horrors of the catacombs early in your play through” *Also me not realizing catacombs was meant for a later time and suffering for hours*

[@kryse4806]

you absolutely have no way to know you dont have to go there yet. I went there because I forgot I still have other areas to go and I thought it was time to go that route, needless to say i died to pinwheel once cause i was doing little damage and his millions of clones are all charging up ready to shoot me, and yes I SUFFERED tomb of giants after that too. I did found out about the skull lantern but im enough of a dumbass to not know that you have to equip it on the shield hand and i thought it just doesnt light up, my god the horror when i found out nito was still closed and i had to run all the way back

[@rafaelantoniozentenoguzman3909]

@@kryse4806 but atleast you colect that serpent ring that give more souls per kill right?...right???

[@kryse4806]

@@rafaelantoniozentenoguzman3909 i think so, that place gave me trauma, so my memory is still kinda blurry

[@Elvenlijk]

@@kryse4806 Yes you have. The game makes it pretty obvious you are under leveled if you try to enter that area early in the game.

[@kryse4806]

@@Elvenlijk no, I can kill the skeletons. how do I know that im underleveled, in fucking dark souls, where any enemy can easily kill you whatever level you are. its not obvious, its not, its pretty fucking vague

[@loecher8479]

That pit full of wheel skeletons in the catacombs was much harder than the pinwheel himself

[@joenuts7471]

indeed 💀💀

[@kayleetorrey4176]

The worst.

[@Fluskar]

trueee

[@vincetigani4560]

Fuck those wheels

[@MagicMidget69]

I start with pinwheel in my first game (blind) and it was so fucking frustrating to climb up back to firelink

[@saucy_boi226]

You see, you got badass looking bosses with cool names, such as Great grey wolf Sif, Taurus demon, Gaping dragon, Artorias, Ornstein and Smough... Then you got *PINWHEEL*

[@sheogoraththetrickster8700]

Also, Ceaseless Discharge.

[@matildezilio8948]

Heh, in italian it's even worse

[@mrlolster2144]

Gaping is not an intimidating adjective.

[@shashemption]

Pinwheel 'looks' pretty dope tbh

[@Sunaki1000]

his original name was about some japanese costume whit 3 people under a cloth.

[@jays.6843]

I have beaten Dark Souls four times. I still have no idea what Pinwheel even does.

[@dancorps1388]

Try going to the catacombs before sen fortress. I feel like that where it should of been for it difficultly. Also you get 20 flask which makes O+S a lot easier.

[@Cashy384]

ive beaten dark souls like 11 times 7 on one and 4 on the other.

[@Noel-kn8ce]

Lmao

[@Dr.JonathanCrane]

Jay S. i tried fighting pinwheel with a low damage weapon and i guarantee he‘s hard when you don‘t kill him fadt. he created like 20+ clones that swarmed the entire arena with magic attacks

[@WealthyHomeless]

Pinwheel is a failed attempt to bring his family back which left him mixed with others and also you can find him surrounding with piles of book which suggest that he studied pyromancy to bring them back.

[@swagg3r_souls485]

The best reward in souls borne is the reward you get after killing orenstein and smough (amazing chest ahead)

[@ZombieGuy2401]

The lordvessel is a close second

[@Dravianpn02]

Amazing chest

[@deletedaccount3047]

Katana in Sekiro

[@jamesmata2945]

I love that message.

[@becool6132]

Anyways I started blasting

[@marylandlax3]

I got stuck on the Ornstein and Smough fight for almost a week, I spent all my time grinding levels and upgrading my weapon, I went on that nightmare run to get the last ember from new londo ruins just so I could get my weapon over +10, and when I finally beat that fight I was screaming bloody murder throughout my whole house I was so excited

[@shark20069]

Noice.

[@CaptainCuttlefish74]

yeah me too

[@naikyou]

Just a bit late, but you can get that ember without killing a single boss after the asylum demon. The easiest way to do it is picking the class with the bow, going to the undead merchant to buy some arrows, and sniping the NPC with the key from the stairs before the building he's on, which teleports said key into your inventory. (You can also just run up there normally and fight him regularly, but that's a lot harder.) Getting the ember after is just a case of using the key, draining the water and dropping at an opportune spot to not get killed by the dickwraiths (that just so happen to drop titanite chunks and slabs) for it. Which means that the lowest boss count you can have a +15 weapon at is 2.

[@luisalvan970]

I did the same strategy, grinding levels and upgrading my claymore, almost a week and , when I killed those guys, it was the most satisfying thing that I did in my video game history. By the way, I was about to quit the game! 😂, I felt so frustrating not to be able to beat them.

[@Viroh]

@@luisalvan970 I had quit the game over a year ago and picked it up again, remembering why I quit: goddamn Smough & Ornstein. After 3 days of grinding, upgrading my armor, upgrading my claymore and getting a magic weapon spell to do more damage, I beat these two fools and I have never felt more satisfaction during a video game :) Now in NG+

[@pugpaladin3218]

The skeleton on the pinwheel table is the one person who died to him

[@drogosic]

pugpaladin 321 that would Be @zerolenny

[@lucreciaperez8846]

That would be me (don’t tell anyone I died 2 times on him)

[@yaro42]

@@lucreciaperez8846 how?

[@lucreciaperez8846]

I DONT KNOW

[@aspeckinthegrandschemeofth3457]

I almost died to Pinwheel

[@brucewayne7323]

The hardest enemy in Dark souls is "Gravity"

[@ernestochang1744]

The ammount of times i have died to gravity is but less then 0.5% of the time ive died to literally any other thing, if you die from falls often, then you dont know how positioning works both in real life and in game

[@bifusmorgus9000]

@@ernestochang1744 Have you ever been to the crystal cave in dark souls?

[@ernestochang1744]

@@bifusmorgus9000 yeah, all you have to do is run past both of the 2 giant crystal monsters, and fall down into the orange message and go forwards while keeping a little bit to the left, if you try blocking the attacks in the middle of the bridge you fall down, in this case it would be a wise idea to get the crystal monster to follow you into the invisible bridge down below and he falls down into the void which he did, maybe fell down 2 or 3 times there trying to block his attacks until i realized that ican just walk past him

[@bifusmorgus9000]

@@ernestochang1744 If i talked about it then maybe, just maybe i know what that area has in store, and don't you fucking tell me that you didn't fall off those invisible bridge shits while going towards seath's boss room, or that you didn't fall off the slippery bridge with the gold crystal thing

[@mcuniboob]

Sugondese nuts but you can beat it in dark souls 3 as the game basically goes fuck you and makes falls do no damage for all of the dreg heap and the midir fight

[@Ahuizotl_Yolotl]

The first time I played Dark Souls it took me a whole night to defeat Ornstein and Smough. In the morning, when I finally defeated them I was shaking with pure joy, it is one of the best experiences in videogames I've ever had.

[@crachhit6]

Feelsgoodman

[@Kozyavi_Pizimin]

@Mateja Zagorac how did you leave anor londo?

[@nasrin1687]

Is it weird I beat them first try? Maybe because I already played every other Souls game.

[@Ariaaae]

Exactly that feeling is what you don't usually get from these type of RPGs, Dark Souls spoils you to the oblivion. :D

[@iliarsl]

@@nasrin1687 if you summoned a phantom, no. Any phantom will distract 1 of them, leaving you in a 1v1, making it VERY easy.

[@deon_strydom_00]

I'm probably one of the few people that genuinely love the gaping dragon. I was just amazed by its design the first time I played dark souls and that's stuck with me ever since

[@Blizz3112]

its tiny little head is so cute ;-)

[@Luis-Hernandez.1989]

My favorite boss, the music is fucking amazing.

[@papabillydeth4723]

Same

[@jubayerwasidraiyan5874]

I love it because it was the first "HUGE" enemy for me, i went from undead parish and killing gargoyles straight to the depths and going after him. I summoned solaire and together we couldn't kill him and then died then after 2 more tries i got him and felt so good. I killed it alone while i couldn't do it with solaire before. That felt AWESOME, slaying a big scary monster like that, just wow.

[@joshdopp8780]

I wish that boss was later in the game

[@Sytphc179]

I just remember a rule in the BloodSouls series: if they’re huge dodge into them, and if they are small or human dodge to the right or left. Works every time.

[@immorseabove6159]

Or get behind them

[@Sytphc179]

@@immorseabove6159 true

[@D..S..]

Bloodsoulsekiroring

[@yuramo919]

Smough: Allow me to introduce myself

[@jar_knight]

Gaping Dragon: Bait the slam then step aside.

[@treyalberts6283]

"Why would you suffer the perils of the Catacombs at an early level?" He has clearly not heard of our lord, Giantdad

[@litchqueenasenath5995]

None shall surpass THE LEGEND. THE GREATEST PVP BUILD OF ALL TIME; GIANTDAD, WRECKER OF SCRUBS AND DRINKER OF DEW

[@litchqueenasenath5995]

And one suffers the perils of the catacombs early for souls. Sweet sweet souls. There are some great items down there and the rite of kindling is fuckin sweet, but once you get rid of the necromancers you have a shit ton of skeletons to kill and they'll net you a few hundred apeice. The exploding heads can be used to your advantage, and you can find Vamos for fire weapons.

[@zimou5849]

dont forget our lord and savior *LEEEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOY*

[@davidzhang4294]

Haval mom is up there

[@Sunaki1000]

@@zimou5849 and you can meet Patches.

[@koboldkisser]

I got to Pinwheel and handed the controller to a friend who at the time had only played Animal Crossing and Minecraft on peaceful. She beat Pinwheel on her third try.

[@BossStar1995]

Hah!

[@anjaneyasreetrout2444]

*What?*

[@retarddog6505]

@@anjaneyasreetrout2444 are you slow?

[@RadishHead7]

If she 100% Animal crossing she's on some next level shit

[@monk1808]

It’s very interesting how the difficulty of a boss is mostly determined by the player’s style of play. For example, I beat Ornstein and Smough on my second try and had no trouble with the Capra Demon, but those frigging Anor Londo silver knight archers were hell for me.

[@gaminggramps1956]

fuck the archers

[@mrjooxmanallah]

Poison Arrows for the win 😀

[@PlotistLOL]

Almost the same thing here. Nearly killed them on the first try and finally killed them on the 5th. Zweihander +10

[@DualBackdrop]

yeah same with gaping dragon it took me 2-3 tries to defeat it but I defeated capra demon in my first try

[@JGStone]

@@DualBackdropWould have beaten gaping dragon first try without issues, if he didn’t swipe me through the floor on every of my first 4 attempts… and for some reason the tail attack even did that when he lost his tail. 5th try he didn’t clip me and he got grounded as a reward. No didn’t got close to the pit in his arena, was right next to the entrance each time.

[@joeym2723]

My problem with the four kings was depth perception. I’d always swing while I was too far away, it’s very difficult to know how close/far away you are

[@joshuaweston7037]

I had this problem as well the last time I faced them. The black knight sword is a lovely weapon, but it doesn't have the longest reach. I had to literally be touching each king to do damage.

[@jaesjmes5498]

Yeah I agree I had to run into them for a couple of seconds to make sure I was close enough then after a couple of hits they would run away

[@fzwwa14y163vcfgteku]

i put on smough's armor, got out my balder side sword, and poked him until he was dead. I tanked through all the damage and didn't even have to heal.

[@SalvageET]

Also I hated how arena was limited despite looking infinite. I beat four kings in my second try and died first time because I didn't realise that my character wasn't moving backwards because he was at the end of the arena. I get that abyss is supposed to be all black and stuff but putting it together with a pure dps battle boss fight was a poor choice. Manus was in abyss as well but its arena was still great.

[@lol-dm8wx]

If i completed those guys on switch, first try, you have hope

[@littlebaron5573]

That missed plunge attack holy shit

[@denno445]

60 fps problems EDIT: just clarifying dark souls: prepare to die was built to run on 30-40 fps and its legitimately less likely to do a successful plunge attack on 60 or above fps because programmers not dealing with frame times properly

[@cannibru6259]

Mass Games *blames 60fps*

[@oxygeninhaler4542]

*The plunging attack is one of the most reliable moves in the game*

[@opalgrapejam4160]

I coughed up an organ when that happened

[@dorianl7294]

That was painful to witness.

[@CadetOatmeal420]

Taurus demon committed suicide by jumping backwards off the bridge. I was kinda pissed cause I actually wanted to fight.

[@crazylando5846]

Yoooo same I just got it today and was like yes a boss fight let’s go,and I hit him twice and he did something and fell off haha

[@quanahriddle3065]

Taurus demon backhanded me off the ledge and decided to follow me down. A winner is me.

[@Generic_Gaming_Channel]

As soon as I entered he fucking yeeted his ass off the dam edge behind him like wtf I just wanted a fight ;-;

[@luckydr2623]

You: Give meaning to my existence! Taurus Demon: Nope (jumps to death)

[@renaytolliver7074]

Same

[@tightanimeass5132]

When the moonlight butterfly comes down, it's actually eating glowing flowers to HEAL.

[@schmoop3660]

then why doesn't it heal?

[@ryo3541]

Also if you're melee then it has no reason to heal at the start anyways...

[@pids11]

@@schmoop3660 I believe it does, just a very small amount that is invisible with you hacking away at it.

[@schmoop3660]

@@pids11 Yeah, I recently found that out from Gamer's Weekend's armour of thorns only video

[@captain_malaria]

Why write something that is objectively wrong? It has nothing to do with health. If anything, say it's eating flowers to restore mana so it can keep using magic.

[@Braekuh]

"smough is slow and not winning any races" Smough: *does a charging attack that makes up any distance between him and ornstein within a second*

[@DiggitySlice]

Not to mention the hitbox on that move ughhhh

[@mguy5923]

@@DiggitySlice for anyone struggling with that charge, roll into it. Weirdly enough, it misses if you roll through the hammer.

[@PiizzaTime]

@@mguy5923 I usually just spam roll away and it works

[@bugra-yildirim]

Just roll behind any pillar

[@mert8395]

smough gets fat shamed

[@sanspapyrus9564]

“why suffer the horrors of the catacombs at a low level“ GIANTDAD

[@thenthson]

I struggled through the catacombs after the firekeeper was killed. It sucked so much.

[@NoOne-ju8fi]

@@thenthsonrip your sanity

[@thenthson]

@@NoOne-ju8fi i used astoras straight sword without having sufficient faith. Thing was painful to use.

[@NoOne-ju8fi]

@@thenthson stoooooop

[@thenthson]

@@NoOne-ju8fi at least by the time i got halfway through i had enough faith. Before that i used an actually good weapon to get the skeletons down to low health then i finished them with the straight sword.

[@thicctoriasthedogwalker815]

Fought the Capra demon the other day, I was having trouble so I summoned a sunbro who was sat outside the fog gate. We walked in and the sunbro two shotted the Capra demon as I watched in horror.

[@Red-nl4lk]

You mean he two shotted *it* or it two shotted *him* ?

[@NoOne-ju8fi]

@@Red-nl4lk he says the summon 2 shot Capra

[@raccoonpeddler6730]

praise the sun

[@A-G-F-]

Probably another chad member of the Zweihander gang, or a member of the Club club

[@hil449]

@@A-G-F- Club club lmao

[@gigimuschadianthethird6684]

Kalameet took me a day of almost no stop anger and rage and sadness. When i got him i almost cried. Def my number one hardest

[@nestorlasala8118]

Have you tried the mask of the child? Takes Up your stamina quite a lot. You block the melee attacks and attack after. You Dodge when he goes on his back paws. You Dodge away when he files. You Dodge to one side when he throws fire. Thats all there is, the problem for me was the stamina...

[@zettonhz]

harder than manus? bro i spent 3/4 hours to defeat kalameet but that wasn't enough to defeat manus lol

[@cherubin7th]

@@zettonhz I killed manus first try, but Kalameet was difficult.

[@gigimuschadianthethird6684]

@@nestorlasala8118 Yeah that was the issue for me too, half of the time was spent trying to get the obsidian great-sword. I’m also notoriously bad at video games and it’s taken me beating all the souls games to finally get good lmao. Thank you though I appreciate it 🙏🙏.

[@gigimuschadianthethird6684]

@@zettonhz He was definetly difficult but I got him in under ten tries, I believe kalameet took me 56 tries. Just me remembering that shows me this boss lives rent free in my head lmao.

[@nouvek]

*going trough these comments and thinking:* Am i the only one who died to titanite demons +50 times?

[@nottoday9182]

I'm playing through for my first time, I beat most of them but the 3 in the depths I ignored. Also, in Anor Londo, I walked into that tiny ass room and saw that demon and ran. I've never gone back. Those guys don't mess around!

[@nottoday9182]

@Sha T sens fortress not the depths, my bad

[@springardacida2561]

The lost izalit one is a fcking asshole

[@Eloweh]

I lost 42k souls to the titanite demon on the way over to the Chaos witch Izilith person I was really mad

[@christinesulyvahn6043]

Sen fortress have 4

[@LordandsaverGarryBuecy]

I'm surprised he didnt mention the cheese against ceaseless discharge which turns it into one of the biggest jokes in dark souls.

[@LordandsaverGarryBuecy]

@Andrei Sokholov I just booked it all the way back to the fog door in an attempt to get more ground not knowing that was the secret way to effectively one shot him.

[@waynecalhoun2802]

They needed to patch that. Can you still cheese-kill Sif from outside the fog gate too?

[@LordandsaverGarryBuecy]

@@waynecalhoun2802 not sure about sif but thats an easy fight anyway. As for ceaseless discharge I'm not sure how much of that is an actual bug. It seemed rather intentional.

[@Loopysoloist]

​@@LordandsaverGarryBuecy It's intentional. He "leaps" off the ground to grab onto the ledge one handed so he can get hits in. When you hurt his hand enough, he falls into the bottomless pit beneath him. They added animations for it. I wish I'd known it my first playthrough, although baiting him into the rock passage was pretty easy too.

[@bronzy9826]

@@waynecalhoun2802 it's intentional.

[@zenak781]

Can't believe you didn't mention the fact that you can walk discharge of a cliff for a dissappointing climax

[@donspooky8709]

Underrated pun should have more likes.

[@hectorbeck4350]

Lithium Burns The fight sure ain’t long ‘n’ hard

[@locustman2300]

Long live the king...

[@bintangsatrya3960]

I actually did that unknowingly, i thought that maybe, MAYBE i can escape after taking that loot. And then suddenly the boss died. I don't know what the hell happened so I actually had to google it to see what happened to the boss

[@darolaho]

@@bintangsatrya3960 yeah he jumps off the lavafall (lava waterfall) to hit you and then hangs on by his one arm You hit his arm and he loses his grip and falls to his death

[@seantheguy]

The story behind pinwheel and ceaseless discharge is actually really interesting

[@syberslade3878]

Hardest part about Sanctuary Guardian and Kalameet is trying to cut their tail

[@joshuaweston7037]

Yes

[@burakmertmergen1531]

I played ds1 last and fuckin kalameet made me cry. I kill all the bosses 1 or 2 try but that damn dragon... I wanted the tail first and try to get it after 10th try, I just want to kill it and took 10 more try... I hate that dragon

[@quanahriddle3065]

@@burakmertmergen1531 fun fact about kalameet, he's week to bleed. Upgrade the uchigatana and you'll take him down rather quickly.

[@burakmertmergen1531]

Aw man thats the only darksouls game i dont use katana fml...

[@quanahriddle3065]

@@burakmertmergen1531 anything with bleed will fuck him like a pig. If you don't have anything with bleed just use the black Knight halberd.

[@TheLivingOdyssey]

“Artorias is one of the hardest bosses” *laughs in +15 Zweihander*

[@emc4lsd]

A Living Odyssey ikr. Lock on. Dodge. Dodge. Smack.

[@joshuaweston7037]

He still is

[@quanahriddle3065]

I didn't mess with the zweihander. Black Knight sword for the win. Also cursed greatsword of Artorius.

[@FoxIord]

Honestly, Artorias can be killed with somewhat less difficulty as long as you have a high stability shield. The thing that puts the nail in the coffin is being able to do enough dps to interrupt his buff spell. I used 3 swings of Black Knight Greatsword. I also usually fight without armor because I plan to never get hit behind my shield. That way I keep fast roll for the hard to block jump attack, and your stamina regenerates faster.

[@cralo2569]

his attacks are predictable after battling him once, really not that hard

[@hoshinotishoo5925]

I recently began a Deprived run and went straight to the Catacombs first. I regrettably admit, I died to Pinwheel once

[@Donnersora]

Im starting Dark Souls again and god damit so many Skeletons

[@fullmetalalkami6466]

Seriously I hated the catacombs goddamn respawning skellys

[@Donnersora]

@@fullmetalalkami6466 yeah

[@o.g.6605]

Thomas Botta (Student) you’re cheeks

[@peterpeladon]

"Why suffer in the catacombs at a low level?" Um . . . 20 estus flasks is very useful when you lack skill.

[@zeldabomber6291]

Does anyone love how satisfying the sound that plays when you kill a boss?? Or am I the only one

[@lecaptaine7945]

Yeah this sound is orgasmic as hell

[@edwardgyan9749]

It leaves me with an empty feeling lol. Like I would be so tense and then suddenly, everything is calm,

[@Dzombic_]

i love it

[@icebrorottenmushroom1817]

@@edwardgyan9749 like that boss fight in ds3 at dlc1 when phase 2 ended and suddenly phase 3 started

[@psizwei]

You must be the chosen one

[@chrisnichols2896]

I'm still trying to beat this game for the first time. Even so, Dark Souls is my choice for greatest game of all time. Everything is amazing. The character designs, the environment, how the world is connected as you progress through the game, how you can look into the distance and see sens Fortress or the walls that surround Anor Londo. I literally stood on the burnt bridge in upper undead burg just to watch the Drake fly behind the mountains. I stood next to Solaire and looked at the sun with him. I opened the doors in the Undead Asylum and looked up to see the Asylum Demon waiting to drop down. The difficulty of the Painted World. How I used to die over and over to Capra demon. How weirdly sexy the chaos witch is with her nakedness. How I raged at ornstein and the fat man Smough. How I finally beat Knight Lautrec and his bullshit cronies. How I get invaded at the most unfortunate times. The OP Stray Demon fight where I dropped down the hole and he immediately kills me with his AoE blast. Sif.... Fighting Havel in the tower. Getting killed by those spinning wheel skeletons in the catacombs. Watching others play on KZbin. I love this game.

[@ButterscotchTHC]

Be sure to update us when you get farther! I especially am excited to hear your opinion on later game bosses

[@Backpack47973]

God speed bro

[@SGNJBROKENTHEATER]

status?

[@sdmfbastard]

@@SGNJBROKENTHEATER he failed

[@Harkanator36]

@@sdmfbastard The man sadly became hollow

[@Ccnetminder31]

is anyone gonna tell him there is a much larger area to fight the centipede demon to the right?

[@joshuaweston7037]

I am surprised how many people miss that...

[@Generic_Gaming_Channel]

That makes it too easy but hell it saved me first time round

[@RealLilVodka]

There is? 😮

[@ASmartNameForMe]

@@RealLilVodka yep

[@dr.pingas378]

I feel people don't use that area because they aren't able to parkour over lava while being assaulted by a sentient ring.

[@junejulyaugustnoitsmarch]

I died more times trying to get a blue titanite in the crystal cave than the whole game.

[@callumcook8720]

You were wrong about iron golem you don't fight the boss iron tarkus does

[@onyxthemask6397]

I sent him to do that I was like tarkus get him

[@Furighteous]

+602263 Gameing "You can ninja flip? I flip golems over" :p

[@Etherion195]

+callum cook well, i think all phantoms you summon are pretty overpowered (except mildred, which i summoned for quelaag, but the mildred stuck in the fog wall and was killed while neither i nor her could inflict damage to quelaag, therefore she was extremely useless, but that was cause by a bug)

[@callumcook8720]

+Etherion Also witch Beatrice for four kings is utterly useless

[@samponcho3412]

+callum cook yeah she actually makes the fight waaay more difficult because she speeds up the king spawn speed. With witch beatrice a dex build might find themselves fighting 3-4 kings at once

[@memecultmaker1585]

When you " kill" Ornstein, he's still alive when Smough smashes him

[@craigauclair4026]

Definitely an awesome boss. Solaire died shortly after. But, definitely an awesome boss. Wish i could play it again, but killing Smough first.

[@BLooDy21HD]

He is not the real Ornstein tho

[@joshuaweston7037]

Yeah but who cares. Smough should without a doubt be killed first. What are you amateurs? The fight is twice as hard that way. Plus it's worth it to get Ornstein's armor, lightweight armor that is still really durable. It is my favorite armor in the game!

[@craigauclair4026]

@@joshuaweston7037 Artorias' Armor is my favorite.

[@Eloweh]

Sad

[@johncrow5072]

First play through - encountering the Capra Demon felt like an initiation.

[@SobiTheRobot]

No matter how many times I face it, the Capra Demon is fucking bullshit

[@ameshizen381]

@@SobiTheRobot first time his is liquid aids. But then I found out about wolf ring and stone armor. The poise Made this whole boss free souls

[@goobernator50k21]

It’s shit, if you don’t dodge his first jump attack he does when you walk in then you get bang ganged to death and if you do it’s a easy win

[@ThatGuy-ky2yf]

@@ameshizen381 The elite Knight armour saves me and made the fight easy imo. It also taught me the importance of poise.

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

I only beat him by cheesing him with firebombs and the staircase.

[@springshowers4754]

I just started playing this game for the first time after playing mostly just Minecraft and Zelda. It's insanely challenging, but rewarding at the same time. I haven't felt this invested in a game in ages.

[@SolareofAstora]

Howd it go

[@springshowers4754]

@@SolareofAstora pretty good! I ended up beating the game as a pyromancer. Still haven't beat Manus in the dlc, though...

[@Mare_Man]

I had a Crystal Homing Soulmass on when I jumped into Pinwheel's arena. He died *immediately.*

[@FentMaxxer768]

I did the same I was originally gana do my wambo combo with my Cristal soul spear

[@Generic_Gaming_Channel]

Fighting pinwheel is like fighting a dead bee

[@brucedinkledein7911]

How to beat Capra Demon 1.Shield 2.Profit

[@glaucoruzzetti9630]

u forget the "???" part!

[@anger2181]

I agree

[@blindtreeman8052]

It's overhead smash basically guardbreaks you at low levels every damn time. Screw shields, just dodge

[@ThoughtlessBrainlessEyeless]

i killed capra in 20 second with nothing but a club, hes so easy that its embarrasing

[@royrieder2113]

Use poise so the dogs can't stun you, and roll kapras attacks. There

[@LeGronk]

Taurus Demon committed suicide when I played him. just jumped off the bridge. I was like, "k".

[@mirceabalaceanu313]

Yeah, he's special. When I tried fighting him, he immediately threw me off the bridge but then he jumped to save me, so sweet of him.

[@paulbradley8533]

Haha same happened to me. I'm glad he did because he was kicking my ass, because I was very much still learning the game and didn't think to bait him to the tower and climb ladder and do drop attack on him.

[@senorbones1869]

I just walked towards him and he backed up and fell

[@DeathScorpi0]

Lol it happened to me but a bit different. I was facing him and he had that big hole in the bridge behind him, I struck him with an R2 of my uchigatana and threw him off the bridge. One of the most hilarious things that happened to me

[@daffawaffa]

Taurus Demon may be an easy boss, but it's definitely a huge challenge for anyone who isn't used to the gameplay. I died to him a handful of times before things "clicked" and I figured out how to dodge and block his attacks. He definitely has one of the highest learning curves for beginners.

[@jucalebre7540]

Same

[@sanctusbepis8544]

Hardest soulsborne boss : "the camera"

[@cullermann2]

yeah, im playing DS 3 and got to the nameless king and basically, fuck the camera in this game sometimes...

[@benjaminthibieroz4155]

@@cullermann2 you think the camera go crazy with Nameless King? Wait for Midir...

[@jordanwilliams5210]

No fuckin kidding

[@sanspapyrus9564]

i think the camera is ok

[@archienewby4927]

@@sanspapyrus9564 same but ngl your the hardest boss

[@southofheck]

Another Tip for Nito: if you dont move towards him at the start of the fight and wait for Nito to come to you, you agro far fewer Spooki Bois and then the fight becomes trivial.

[@ludeviguelemody863]

And with a divine a weapon it's as easy as pinwheel.

[@russellelton5098]

@@ludeviguelemody863 And the giant skele-bros wont come, and stick to nito, I reccomend having a +10 Zweihander

[@avelus5984]

Dark Souls: The only franchise where every single boss is famous.

[@glctcthnkr8059]

The demon firesage is famous? Dang I must’ve been living under a rock

[@chewycritter2283]

@@glctcthnkr8059 And it seems like I live inside that rock.

[@Kirb-kc4vs]

@@chewycritter2283 I was the rock

[@edwardgyan9749]

@@chewycritter2283 I, too, must be in that rock

[@chewycritter2283]

@@edwardgyan9749 So it was you who ate my sandwich. I thought something was off as I didn't eat it. U can't escape me now.

[@ryloc7567]

I first tried Manus on my first ever playthrough, but that was probably because I was crazy over-leveled by the time I got to him.

[@juppman8666]

Me too. I think i was really over leveled through the whole game. And i played the dlc only before killing gwyn so i managed to beat all the bosses in the dlc first try without too much of an issue.

[@luvas21]

@@juppman8666 i should've made the same thing, i didn't knew that when you kill gwyn the game restarts, so i had to kill the DLC bosses on a ng+. Killed them all today, but it took me a lot of humanities to summon Sif. 😭

[@SoIfire]

I find it interesting that some of the bosses I struggled with a lot my first couple of playthroughs were really low on this list. Meanwhile the Capra Demon, which I've never struggled with or died to, is pretty high. I guess everyone has trouble with different boss styles lol

[@smallfry2784]

Yeah the Capra is hella ez but the dogs and small room killed me so many times. It took me 11 tries for him and only 7 for manus. Arena is a big part. You had so much room for manus

[@floppydisksareop]

@@smallfry2784 I found that using a shield to block his swings, and slightly stepping to the right to dodge his jump does wonders. The +3 Zweihander I had might've carried it as well.

[@fawziespinosa4651]

I've found that just simply poise tanking him while killing the dogs is the best bet

[@emmettzaczepinski6565]

Yeah I Just roll through is attack when I enter the room the go up the stairs and kill the dogs, then i plunge attack Capra and then just fight home normally

[@raulpreite8346]

In my first playthrough i got the master key and went to blighttown from valley of drakes, so i skipped capra demon and the whole depths

[@saafi9723]

if i remember correcly, Buttefly eat the grass to recover.

[@saafi9723]

+Joseph Joestar Butterfly*

[@ImJustWatchingSorry]

+Joseph Joestar Buttfly*

[@yunsichov6374]

Yes, Indeed. He does take that break to heal, but yea no one would let him

[@JakesterVideo]

+Joseph Joestar Still though, why does it need to recover if it hasn't even taken damage yet xD

[@joule400]

maybe he recovers casting as well?

[@giantrock9501]

0:12 Please, Don’t Remind Us Of THAT.

[@frosttroll3411]

MᎯXIMILLIᎯNMUЅ ᎯRMᎽ I got past those guys first try. Try rolling.

[@fukinshin9918]

I feel like I missed out on a classic souls experience with these guys because I never even got hit by them and everyone complains about it.

[@mannevl5129]

fukinshin same

[@Generic_Gaming_Channel]

Rolling never saved me....Those bastards are harder then every boss at the same time lol

[@tomtrees763]

@@frosttroll3411Because They are about pure luck , that's why it's the most annoying level design in gaming history.

[@vibesfrmrnc2659]

Fun fact you probably didn't know about the moonlight butterfly when it comes down to rest it actually heals while rest even though it's microscopic it's still happening

[@jordaninja86]

Person who made this: "Theres nothing cool about the Taurus demon" *Me* looking at how it's a character straight from The berserk manga. And fanboying over it

[@avunz125]

rip

[@manassikdar1]

Zod intensifies

[@Peachypakiri627]

Great video but, your armor is hideous, -24/10 Fashion Souls

[@tenshyuki]

-100000/10

[@daveydevil1589]

Screw fashion if it's effective then use it fashion won't help you in a battle

[@Peachypakiri627]

davey devil I'd rather have piss poor defense than look hideous. The crimson set isn't even good.

[@Peachypakiri627]

***** Hate to break it to you but Zebra's smell like anus.

[@aidens3578]

+Scrug Krux well that escalated quickly

[@amaziatheguy1538]

Sif once killed me while he was limping... I have never showed mercy ever since!

[@ThatOneTechnocrat]

Wait for dlc and rescue sif as a puppy

[@Aiterior]

you monster

[@jennifer2233100]

sif is female

[@ThatGuy-kf5kc]

@@ThatOneTechnocrat Then you just get the sad cutscene when you enter the fight ;-;

[@ThatOneTechnocrat]

Because it'll make him show mercy

[@LSPig]

I love how different every person's experience is with these games. Personally I killed the Capra Demon in one try but spent an hour on the moonlight butterfly

[@recodegamesstudio]

Similar to me, moonlight butterfly was hard too. Also, gaping dragon I found impossible (still not beaten) yet I beat the gargoyles quick and easy first try

[@WaywardPython]

Yes, I found Capra not too difficult once I knew the trick (get onto the ledge at the back and use plunge attacks; obviously take out the dogs first). But the gargoyles I could never manage without summoning both Solaire and Lautrec. O&S were easier than the gargoyles.

[@platinumrage6687]

If pinwheel had a lot of health, I think he would actually be decently difficlult

[@WarriorF7]

Just swing around like crazy and he still dies.

[@WarriorF7]

Gwyn Lord Of The HueBr Works. Just wear some armor.

[@WarriorF7]

Gwyn Lord Of The HueBr There is still hope in red teartstone ring+certain pyromancy+A GIANT WEAPON.

[@WarriorF7]

Gwyn Lord Of The HueBr I was thinking about ricard's rapier(the highest damage output but drains stamina REALLY quickly... perfect against bosses, not used in pvp bacause all attacks are easy to parry and the strongest one is a combo with like 1,5 second of "charging").

[@Joe-oc9rq]

if he had the most hp he would for me at least be the hardest boss

[@nubberton1345]

1:11 I think you made a Typo. It's supposed to be ASSylum demon.

[@alexandergunn5143]

MyANUS is the hardest boss

[@davidpaquette1888]

The Taurus Demon taught me one special thing....Watching bosses jump to their own demise is hilarious.

[@oddluck4180]

David Paquette II Wait the Taurus demon can kill himself?

[@AmadisLFE]

Yep. Watch LobosJR Cheese run.

[@yhormthegiant7427]

Dark souls 2: Heides tower of flame:Fight dragonrider

[@sharkdogkp8440]

Hardest boss: That one max level player that invades you when your level ten

[@rollingdice3679]

First time I played, I didn't understand there was a dooor behind asylum demon, so I finished the boss with the original little broked sword, god it was hard

[@dkodonny2658]

I killed O&S on my first try and Artorias with my 2nd try, but I died to Ceasless discharge like 10 times. It just kept spamming the bs range fire attack that cant be dodged or blocked. It's weird how people struggle with different bosses

[@Shinotant]

I notice that's just how bosses work. I didn't struggle with O&S nearly as much as I did the Gaping Dragon on my first go.

[@justincredible3288]

Beat Artorias first time and I'm a scrub, but I did struggle with Gwyn, he beat the shit out of me a lot.

[@berko9647]

meanwhile im trying taurus demon for the 7th time :(

[@aizazizzat6060]

Played it an year ago and died to taurus demon about 30 times though most of that was because i didn't realize that my analog stick had gone wonky. kapra demon really took me apart and then my xbox power supply went bye bye. Now an year on finished dark souls 3 (still need to do the ringed city) came back to dark souls one today, beat the Kapra demon in 4 or 5 tries (i still think the dogs on top of the narrow arena is a shit move). Beat the gaping dragon (felt stupidly easy after kapra demon) and now am halfway through blight town. Dark souls one just looks slower and easier to read after dark souls 3 Not to say its any easier, still die just as much but thats more due to clunkiness than actual having problems in the game. However after the pace of ds 3 i've learned that as long as you don't panic and look at the bosses moves it'll come like muscle memory.you'll know what attack is coming when and be able to dodge or avoid all together. As for the Taurus demon, if you have fire bombs or even better black fire bombs then blast him to death. Else roll under his legs and and keep poking his butt.(Buts that better done on the upper arena than the narrow bridge.

[@michaelbootes4822]

I found his fire attack to be reasonable I never dodged it successfully but it never did more damage than I could heal and I had plenty of time to punish then chug an estus. Until I met pinwheel and straight up murdered him in less than 5 seconds I thought CD to be the easiest boss in the game.

[@AntoniusTertius]

Those two archers in Anor Londo killed me more times than any boss in any Dark Souls game! Seriously, DS 1 was my last souls game. I've just published a top 10 about Dark Souls franchise hardest bosses and still none of them can compete with those two archers located in such precise places just to help gravity prevail once again over us all. Ah! I must thank you Demodcracy! You inspired me to publish narrated videos after 8 years ! Very nice channel, congrats!

[@Bladerunner5146]

They killed me 3 times

[@skittlemuncher2244]

I must be really lucky I only died once to them 😂

[@AntoniusTertius]

@@skittlemuncher2244 Thinking better now, they didn't kill me that many times, but the gravity killed several times...

[@skittlemuncher2244]

@@AntoniusTertius 😂

[@safeenahmed9234]

I didn't die to them even one time

[@ChickenPizza]

Artorias was extremely difficult my first playthrough. Then I discovered Avelyn + 15 and heavy bolts. That crossbow combined with a greatshield makes the fight almost laughable. Block until he does his flying attack, shoot once after he lands. When he does his taunt yell, shoot once. When he charges, shoot twice and it stops the power up.

[@dovahkiin7253]

Dude just dodge all his moves and punish him it's really not that complicated

[@woolsword8200]

@@dovahkiin7253 ikr? avelyn... bruh ive only seen that in a crossbow only run its probably good, but i feel like it's gonna be hard to get

[@the-cockroach]

FACTS. just upgrade your weapon lmao@@dovahkiin7253

[@Egalitariat-likesecretariat]

Asylum Demon, pfft. The real tutorial boss was Taurus. Seriously, think about it. Asylum showed you what the *bosses* of Dark Souls were like. They're big, they telegraph moves, they have a pattern. Cool. But Taurus showed you what *everything else* was like: struggling for good footing, finding a safe position, learning the moveset, navigating harsh terrain, finding their weaknesses, and avoiding the certain-death situation with that gap in the bridge. You know the one. Every tough fight in the game had an element you could trace back to the Taurus Demon.

[@Joe-oc9rq]

uhhh???

[@Egalitariat-likesecretariat]

Joe the Coyote Okay, *almost* every tough fight.

[@Joe-oc9rq]

ok cause the tauras demon has jack about OnS

[@rollingthunder8630]

The way you described the Taurus demon describes exactly what I felt with the Gaping Dragon at first. The Taurus Demon doesn't actually teach you any of that, just go below him and slaughter his lower half, he's no different from Asylum Demon.

[@nemtudom5074]

You're right

[@cheesesauce1560]

The butterfly actually lands to eat the vegetation on the bridge, which actually heals her.

[@CaMypau]

You probably didn't die to Ornstein and Smough because you decided to kill Ornstein first.

[@jonathann.5754]

Mega ornstein isn't that difficult either tbh If you stay close to him only his grab attack and his butt dtomp kan hit you Botj are quite slow and telegraphed

[@ifuckinghatelife2312]

Jonathan N. Except when he glitches out and his slide thrust attack just hit you every time

[@jonathann.5754]

@@ifuckinghatelife2312 never had that problem Sucks mate

[@EKOddLink]

I find powdered up Orienstien Easier actually, and probably one of the easiest bosses in Dark souls for one reason. If you stay under him he can literally never hit you. Even his most deadly attack of stabbing you then shocking you is easily dodgable if you stay close. Of course the one attack you have to be careful of is the slam attack but even that one is pretty easy to dodge when you get used to it as well as Orienstein takes so long to get up you can estus up then too.

[@heideknight9122]

Ornstein is a lot like the old dragonslayer from the cardinal tower of ds2 isn't he? He is fun to fight but really easy for me to dodge. Know when to use a shield if dodging is iffy. Always carry a high element resist shield just in case.

[@alextyrsa]

The ranking much depends on the build, which you're using. Greatshield + one-handed heavy sword (like grt. dragonsword or zweihander) makes top 5 bosses trivial but causes problems with some of the low 15 bosses from this video.

[@shadebinder9969]

Yeah Artorias and Manus are cakewalks but Gaping dragon and Moonlight Butterfly are really hard with tanky melee fighters. Unless you use the NPC summons anyways

[@justaway6901]

The difficulty of each boss differs depending on your character build imo

[@seife41]

Sure kind of of, maxed out ultra greatswort or something with high dmg makes most boss fights very doable

[@zsomborbudai7473]

+5 black knight greatsword brother. That is the way. You get easy 600 damage output early in the game.

[@fabianfischer4229]

Manus: "I am the most difficult boss of all the Soulsborne games." Orphan of Kos: "Hold my placenta!"

[@javadnps8218]

Hold my camera

[@nobodyofimportance3922]

Manus still took me way longer to beat than Orphan. It took me on and off a week to beat Manus, whereas I took down Orphan in a day. Then again, every boss is different to each person

[@smallfry2784]

@@nobodyofimportance3922 bro it took me 7 tries for manus 😭. Like an hour. But on and off a week? God damn bro 😂. Although in my first souls game it took me 4 days to beat pontiff Sullivan so to each their own 😂

[@Future_Doggo]

Blue smelter demon: hold my greatsword.

[@fabianfischer4229]

It took my two or three tries for Manus and I took down Khalameet on my first. The only boss which took me longer was Artorias, and he was a great boss design-wise, I was ridiculously overlevelled, though and it was the 3rd Souls game I played and beat.

[@PolarBearon]

I nearly shit my pants the first time I met Taurus demon. Never played a souls game before that. And I was just running across the wall and suddenly this huge demon jumps down in my face, intense music starts playing, and he charges towards me. Holy shit I panicked and got pancaked real fast. I needed a fair amount of tries in the beginning to kill him. And I know a few people who make it to Taurus demon, fail many times, and quit souls games forever. He is a really easy fight now tho. It depends on your experience level. I think most fights in ds3 are harder than most fights in ds1, but I died only 0-3 times on every non-optional boss in ds3, and significantly more than that on almost all bosses in ds1 my first time. Except for pinwheel.... honestly, wtf even was that boss?

[@eduardofreitas8336]

Indeed. Its very different for everyone. Honestly, I never found the taurus demon difficult, but the gargoyles oh man

[@vaskopoh9512]

I Killed myself so he can die too. 10/10 would die again

[@rodrigoperez5073]

The real question is, what kind of monster attacks Priscilla?

[@yurinoworry]

The No think only unga bunga see possible boss smack it monster And I have no sex only dex, before you think this is self descriptive, I’m not proud of it but I won’t lie to you, filthy dex user here

[@THEMYSTERIOUSSTRANGER-GET]

​@@yurinoworryyour goddamn right about no sex

[@mega-mtv7929]

I killed her.

[@THEMYSTERIOUSSTRANGER-GET]

To beat all the bosses

[@errortrossity]

People who want her tail dagger.

[@Jskierka2295]

17:39 it's over Artorias, I have the high ground! Artorias: you underestimate my power...

[@theDeModcracy]

+JangoUnchained You were the CHOSEN ONE!!!

[@blank4227]

+theDeModcracy YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DESTROY THE ABYSS, NOT JOIN IT!

[@GuyUnderBridge]

+JangoUnchained That was a great comment.

[@m0vster]

Good. Twice the pride, twice the fall.

[@travro2525]

I first fought Manus in NG+. I ended up starting over with a new character on account of him alone.

[@miqseri]

Travro I first fought Manus in NG3

[@filthycasul1804]

I just got ds3 the ringed city and now I have to fight the demon prince AND every other boss for the first time on (I think) *ng+4* you can imagine how that goes...

[@metalsludge8205]

FilthyCasul Just make a new character

[@filthycasul1804]

I don't feel like farming so much :\

[@theholypopechodeii4367]

FilthyCasul IDK if you have beaten the Princes, but use the Warden Twinblades, infused with a Heavy, Sharp, or Refined stone and buff it. It does 4000~ damage in one full drain of the stamina bar. Those blades destroy the princes.

[@MRTWISTYCHEESECURLS]

The Gaping Dragon is a dentist’s worst nightmare.

[@alexvanzyl_official]

lmao

[@devontheundivided9815]

Goat see dragon but with braces

[@thomasjefferson2676]

I love these kind of videos when I am craving dark souls but can’t play for one reason or another they always satisfy my craving.

[@merckill9379]

Ornstein & Smough in a nutshell 1st run: trys killing 999 times, dies every time starts new run 2nd run: manages to kill after 50 trys 3rd run: kills first time

[@calcumalators]

beat them second try on my second playthrough. If you git gud at using pillars to block smough it becomes a lot easier

[@fukinshin9918]

The beauty of these games is that everyone has their own most difficult challenges. I died to the Taurus Demon several times 1st playthrough but I killed O&S first try (no summons) easily and Gwyn was like my Pinwheel.

[@KingCasual1986]

True story: my first play through, when I got to the Catacombs and reached Pinwheel, he came in swinging and I almost died. Even the easiest boss can still kill you in this game.

[@CarlJohnson-ff6yb]

If ur stoopid yeah any mobs can kill you even the slime in the 🔆 lol i type blighttwon then it auto correct to that emoji..

[@KingCasual1986]

@@CarlJohnson-ff6yb I don’t think I was being stupid when I hit Pinwheel, he just came in swinging and his attacks hurt!

[@Knight-Artorias]

Only if you try to get killed. lmao

[@NexusKin]

It only took a couple hits with the Gravelord Sword for me to kill Pinwheel.

[@aunabdullahaziz7977]

To be honest, I didn’t have that much trouble with Ornstein and Smough, but the Sanctuary Guardian smashed me more times than I can count (ie. 15 deaths)

[@HuesingProductions]

Artorias Greatshield worked great against that Guardian so got him on the 2nd try. But I died a lot to O&S.

[@gnork9541]

"a relatively easy boss if you can avoid his hard hits" hm yes

[@gergoretvari6373]

i think it's quite underrated boss

[@Bladerunner5146]

Which was this because this makes me think of most bosses in the game

[@Mapledpa]

Back in the day, I died more times trying to beat the gaping dragon than fighting O&S.

[@ifuckinghatelife2312]

Bleedingfist garbage

[@sherif_go]

Exactly, because in that point of the game, you don't really have a good weapon or even think to upgrade one, or the people that say It easy are probably people that have beat It easy in new game plus

[@guywithaname5408]

Same here.

[@blindtreeman8052]

I had more troubles dealing with the channeler shooting magic in the middle of the fight than the boss my first time fighting him

[@rememberDay1]

i died more on that stupid fucking roof of archers on the way to S&O than at any other point in the game. hardest parts besides that was definitely capra demon for me & twin gargoyles. Felt cruising after that...until those archers...ugh memories of that part alone make me never want to play that game again

[@whanowa]

*The magic of Dark Souls is that it´s a different experience for everyone.* I think this video was a very unromanticised view at the boss fights. I think the beauty of Dark Souls lies in it´s atmosphere as well. Sure, the Moonlight Butterfly wasn´t all that tough. But the fight and the music were so beautiful and I honestly wondered why I killed that beautiful being. This moment was the first time I stopped and thought about this insane bloodthirst I developed, slaying through tons of undead. In addition I do think that the bosses are different for everyone. I killed Manus second try on my very first playthrough while I needed 30+ tries to kill Havel. At the same time I needed a shitload of tries when I encountered the Taurus demon the first time. Then again, I´ve been warned about the Capra Demon but I thought he was totally alright once you get the dogs outta the way. When I met priscilla I didn´t even realize she was peaceful because the Painted World left me mentally scarred, so I started attacking her rightaway. P. S.: Most insane area in the game is right where you find the Large Divine Ember. First time I was like _"Two giant skeletons? BRING IT ON! ....three....?.....four.....?........five.....?...........SIX?!?!?!??!?"_ Impossible!

[@Raptorman0205]

this list is purely addressing difficulty, he has another list where he addresses what he thinks are good bosses, which takes stuff like that into account.

[@whanowa]

Raptormann0205 Thanks for pointing it out, I´ll have a look at it.

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

I think everyone had a similar experience when going for the Large Divine Ember, lol.

[@whanowa]

CidGuerreiro1234 Haha, yeah! One of my favorite moments in the game, when all those guillotine attacks come down on you. xD

[@Based_Teikam]

I know exactly why I killed the Moonlight Butterfly. It shot magic at me, so it got a one way ticket to the underworld from me.

[@cashbone3770]

To be honest i loved the Moonlight Butterfly boss. I didnt expect to run into it and i found the music really lovely. The boss itself was very pretty to me and I really did not want to kill it. Alas, it had to be done.

[@ThomasSquared]

Honestly after Ornstein and Smough, every single boss got cheesed by me thanks to my Black Knight Greatsword. I legit want to start another playthrough just to fight them with a weaker weapon, I eviscerated everything in my way with it.

[@themightymcb7310]

The DLC bosses still kick ass no matter what weapon you've got. Even a +5 black knight halberd and full Havel armor can't make Manus an easy fight.

[@VivaSativaMusic]

I find it funny that in my first playthrough, I killed Quelaag and Centipede Demon my 2nd try, Gaping Dragon, Pinwheel, and Priscilla my first... but yet got stuck on the Taurus and Capra Demons for days.

[@darkdiamondknight]

OMG, finally someone who shares my pain. I swear i died to taurus demon more times than ons or manus

[@valayna_2181]

Probably because those bosses are relatively soon in the game. I had never played an action game like Dark Souls ever and I refused to search any info on the wiki to prevent spoilers an make stuff easier. This is probably why I died more times to capra demon than the four kings, who where a bit of a dissapointment for me tbh.

[@malleableconcrete]

It's weird, the Capra demon and especially the gargoyles were brick walls that took me something like 20 deaths to finally win (in my first play-through I went in mostly blind and fought the gargoyles without any weapon or armor upgrades because I didn't know about blacksmiths, and without knowing about the summoning system, I only won by chucking firebombs at one of the gargoyles before the other arrived), but by the time I got to the four kings and Gwen himself I killed them both in one try. The difficulty curve of the game can feel really out of whack sometimes.

[@serfinboard8285]

Yeah Taurus demon sucked for me when I first started on Xbox 360 I didn't know about the resin so I died like 10 time or more

[@shadowpeople2645]

I avoided the capra demon all together my first time fuck that boss

[@Strikerenno]

I personally like how the bed of chaos looks and the lore to me actually perfectly represented in the fight , it’s supposed to feel chaotic. Sure it’s a terrible fight but it is good in those two categories at least for me

[@None0530]

Doesn't redeem it in the slightest for how poorly designed the fight is. Wouldn't even consider is a boss as litterally *every single* other boss in the game is either really good or simply borning. None of them comes close to the lack of creativity and complete waste of time it is.

[@Skityz]

Nah it should be a boss that dies in one hit as to represent the flames consuming her capability to fight not jank mario boss featuring depression

[@gravesidepoet5405]

The bed of chaos wouldn’t be so bad if you weren’t forced to jump a gap in which the BoC backslaps you off as you’re in mid air

[@Strikerenno]

@@None0530 yeah , I’m not saying it’s a good boss by any stretch but I personally think it’s at least decent in the two categories I mentioned. It looks like some sort of fire god and the lore is excellent.

[@pids11]

I really liked this boss, personally. It was a different kind of challenge, required thought and was satisfying from a lore perspective. Maybe its 'cheese' if you're a speedrunner or something, but I really enjoyed beating it on NG and NG+

[@Fiveward]

I love hearing people's different experiences in all these fights. I personally completely disagree with the take on the Capra demon. The 3 enemies are easy on their own. The difficulty is specifically the combination of them AND the boss arena. It forces you to adapt and because I quickly adapted to killing to dogs first and the focusing on the demon on the ground it made it super rewarding when I got it on the first try. It was exhilarating to me and that moment will stay with me for a very long time.

[@alexacosta4697]

i agree. i personally disagree with the centipede demon take, if you can get the orange charred ring before the fight is so deceptively easy cause you’re not forced onto that little island by the fog wall.

[@abbacle]

Thank you, I think the capra demon gets way too much hate

[@kromballs15]

I went to catacombs at low level. Pinwheel still sucked lol

[@matthewfitzpatrick2225]

SpencerGaming lol I go there right after ringing the first bell just to get the rite of kindling

[@TheLordAizen]

He is annoying when you’re like level 5 though :(. I could hurt him a lot before dying, but I figured it was better to come back later. I came back at like level 50, three shot him lol

[@DoctorMinjinx]

Tylericous How the hell did you get through the Catacombs at level 5? I feel like if you're skilled enough to do that, you should at least be skilled enough in dodging to dodge Pinwheel.

[@janwagner3020]

Doctor Minjinx you can simply skip the catacombs

[@ifuckinghatelife2312]

Brobo he is but but this guy is an idiot since unfortunately you need to go to pinwheel before o&s otherwise you wont have enough estus to beat em

[@oscarofastora7422]

I never fought gwyndolin because I never knew he existed

[@BakedPotatoPot]

No you don't, yes you can kill TittiesMcTits but you can also just go down to her area and hit the big statue of Gwyn.

[@oscarofastora7422]

You realize gwyndolin is a male, right?

[@BakedPotatoPot]

Oh shit didn't know why I said her.

[@oscarofastora7422]

Owen Beam You don't hit the statue of gwyn, you need to equip the darkmoon seance ring and the statue disappears on its own

[@BakedPotatoPot]

Oh fuck you are right! Give me a little credit I know most other things about the game just not about Gwyndolin.

[@qwteb]

we all know that the skeleton wheel and the silver knight greatbow are the hardest bosses in this game

[@jesterinadeck_2980]

Lucky y Long. Except they are not bosses moron.

[@aadityacs6773]

@@jesterinadeck_2980 woosh

[@RedAlpha101]

@@jesterinadeck_2980 r/wooosh

[@rudrapratapsingh735]

piece of cake with fog ring, black bow pharis and feather arrows.

[@sh0bez]

I don't even know how many times I died to that skeleton wheel, worst thing is getting stun locked by one while having full health.

[@augustomachado7778]

Honestly, if you get the black knight halberd all of the bosses in this list will be all tied for 26th except for the bed of chaos that will be first because your weapon doesn't matter against her

[@IRunOnCoffee95]

Also if you wear havels armour and poise ring during boss fights you can just R1 spam them until they die and heal whenever you want ( except kalameet because of calamity debuff ) . If you use everything you have at your disposal ds1 is the easiest game by far and it’s not even close

[@augustomachado7778]

@@IRunOnCoffee95 that's actually exactly what I did, but I didnt even notice the calamite debuff because I killed him too fast with the black knight halberd

[@Calvert212]

I killed ornstein and smough on my 2nd try but it took me like 10 tries to kill ceaseless discharge.

[@DOC_951]

Why didnt you just run to the exit?

[@movingapollo1927]

I beat Ornstein and Smough on my first try ever, I've never felt so accomplished

[@arasaart1997]

I beat Ornstein and Smough without even trying them

[@sanstheskeleton3766]

When you reach sif and gets them to low health Are we the bad guys?

[@chumy6900]

the way she fells down when trying to do the 360º slash. Damn it hurts me way more than the actual attack

[@kirramcdowell]

just poison arrow the londo archers and proceed with the calmest roof walking in history.

[@kratoi87]

Where I get the poison arrow?

[@kratoi87]

@@sviniciusbraga Thanks man!

[@shadebinder9969]

You should use the ring of fog to do it safely since they won't see until you hit them. Then just dodge back behind the pillar and they'll forget you after 2 shots

[@maxcrss2845]

I definitely had the hardest time with Ornstien and Smough. I didn’t grind out anything but attempts. I also chose to go through the Ornstien route because I wanted the ring. It felt good when I realized I was going to win halfway through the fight. :)

[@6amamisery769]

Bro how tf do you beat him. Lmao I’m struggling like a mf. Like what level were you. I’m level 53 I think and I’m getting my ass rolled into a pack!

[@maxcrss2845]

@@6amamisery769 I think I was 40’s? It’s been a while so I don’t remember the exact number. Abuse the hell out of the pillars. Ornstien can’t dash directly through them, though he can glitch around it sometimes. It’s also helpful when he’s big. He’s not an easy fight. I’m super good at Boss battles. It took me exactly 20 tries for Sans. Ornstien took me longer than that, about 35 or so? But to be fair sometimes I’d get killed instantly because he’d dash into me as I walked through the fog I also didn’t bother with parries, just dodging Ornstiens attacks. You need to recognize what’s an instakill attack and what’s not. I used mostly light armor to get the second best roll type.

[@zououoz3588]

@@6amamisery769 I fight him very easily idk why.. maybe because i grind like a crazy person so im at lv 75 atm

[@BALAMITA516]

Use a full melee build and its a cake walk @@6amamisery769

[@somerandommuslim8733]

Sif is the hardest due to the fact you can’t see anything it’s just so blurry

[@spherixblue8950]

And u have to overcome the mental struggle of killing a good boy

[@somerandommuslim8733]

@@spherixblue8950 yes

[@kartikayysola]

Damn onion-cutting ninjas out in full force for that fight.

[@anyquestions852]

Cringe.

[@somerandommuslim8733]

@@anyquestions852 fatass