Ranking the Difficulty of the Dark Souls 3 Bosses (w/Ashes of Ariandel & The Ringed City)

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With Dark Souls 3, Ashes of Aridandel, and The Ringed City all in the books we can conclude our rankings of the difficulty of the bosses in the Dark Souls Series. First I'd like to share my thoughts on the easiest and hardest Dark Souls 3 bosses, including the bosses from Ashes of Ariandel and The Ringed City such as Sister Friede, Darkeater Midir, and Slave Knight Gael. I'll also provide whatever tips I can as sort of a "Dark Souls 3 Boss Strategy Guide."
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[@theDeModcracy]

With this being nearly a year since my channel blew up with Dark Souls 3, I wanted to really put in as much effort as possible to make this video great, so sorry for the long wait. Stream incoming at 6:00 PM EST (www.twitch.tv/thedemodcracy). I'll be streaming Bloodborne speedrun routing - so I hope you'll join me there after watching here and voting. Don't forget to leave a comment with your thoughts on the bosses if you don't mind! Thank you all!!

[@ianharris1326]

I'm replaying bloodborne too, Currently stuck on gerhman.

[@thomaswright4442]

theDeModcracy how long is your stream goingnto start?

[@melware_1869]

theDeModcracy If you try yhorm without storm ruler he's a fucking nightmare!

[@ianharris1326]

Would you also give someone a chance to invade you?

[@ephemeralenhancement9445]

theDeModcracy ancient wyvren should have been the easiest on list

[@thoringa9816]

hardest bosses: 4-sister friede and father ariandel 3-nameless king 2-darkeater midir 1-the katana guy outside the firelink shrine.

[@fistah_]

Rly i killed him before i got the first bonfire

[@carsonhunte4737]

This guy is easy if you know how to parry like a god

[@spectre3298]

Or just have the fume ultrq greatsword , turns any mob into a pancake

[@TigerTaiga]

C'mon this suicide katana guy? Are you serious?

[@einfachich2090]

@@TigerTaiga We´re talking about fights, not cheese

[@wedgeantilles1498]

The hardest boss is whatever one im stuck on right now.

[@frankboehm591]

@Jac 4535 man, this comment is easily punishable haha

[@calebread7285]

that one guy pinwheel

[@Carter-ze8il]

For all we know he could be talking about Demon Souls Dark Souls 1 Dark Souls 2 dark souls 3 bloodborne sekiro Shadows die twice literally any of these games could be it

[@akri8793]

@@Carter-ze8il code vein, nioh, ashen

[@BELDAM808]

It doesn't even need to be souls it could be any boss from any game ever

[@boredtolife7879]

I found the placement of Dancer being harder than Friede to be the most strange.

[@jimamo2768]

The funny thing is I found dancer to be quite easy. I beat her second try. However the twin princes took me for ever. I swear that boss fight sucks. The teleporting killed me so many times.

[@RuskiFuze01]

I’m super greedy and I’ve always found the dancer not difficult. The boss that whooped my ass before the dlc was the twins or nameless

[@gigganigga690]

​@@jimamo2768i kept dying 3 days straight But now He ded

[@Eleven74]

I beat her first try on my first playthrough just after killing vordt when my friend told me how much he was struggling with her. He was really salty, and I still think dancer is easy

[@windyr]

The most recent time I fought the dancer, he did a total of 3 attacks before I killed him (not counting the scripted phase change attack). He hit me once. He literally just stands there and lets you kill him.

[@notveryultraguy]

You forgot that most bosses are 80 thousand billion times harder if this is your first souls game

[@torpit7161]

well i killed the most of them first try xD

[@scoory9507]

@@torpit7161 ok

[@sho5801]

@@torpit7161 Yeahh sure you did buddy lol

[@notveryultraguy]

I made this around the time when I really sucked although now I've killed all the non dlc bosses and most of the bosses in bloodborne the only one I haven't done in bloodborne is yharnam and the defiled bosses

[@RaspiRoope]

@@torpit7161 And then everyone at the Firelink Shrine clapped.

[@ralayourlocalprotogen9628]

Me: ”deals 568 damage to Darkeater Midir” Darkeater Midir: awesome i have 1 million hp left

[@ashadow4313]

Surprisingly he doesn't have the most health in the game.

[@vjukz4427]

@@ashadow4313 true but it’s the armor that midir has that makes him so tanky

[@ashadow4313]

@@vjukz4427 Yeah and his nimbleness

[@daaaanteeeee5389]

Yhorm has the most, but storm ruler. Midir is difficult because there is no super simple way to trivialise him. Imo

[@ashadow4313]

@@daaaanteeeee5389 There is a way to trivialize him. Learning his attacks. In my opinion he is the most predictable dragon boss in the series because he has so indicators for each attack. In my 4th playthrough I managed to beat him in 1 try because I learned his attacks and unlike Friede, he gives sufficient time to strike in openings.

[@spencer1531]

Every Dark Souls comment section: "Yeah man that boss was hard lol I died like 20 times." Some guy: "Really? That boss was easy for me. I beat it in one try on my first playthrough. All you have to do is roll when it attacks. I find it so funny when people say that boss was hard. It was one of the easiest bosses in the entire series."

[@whodisboi8006]

Gotta flex on these nubs

[@johnnyjay102]

Ngl thats really me tho. I always have trouble with bosses people say are super easy (aldrich, fuck that guy), but breeze through bosses that are super hard like the pontiff.... Except the dancer, she beats everyone's ass on first playthrough

[@anordinaryfaraamknight7370]

I'm actually hate when someone says it tbh.

[@gandalfthethotful479]

@@johnnyjay102 my first video game was DS3. And I died like a bitch to Aldrich (I'm talking 40-50 times). But the dancer and pontiff were ezpz. Dancer was shit even. Used only 1 estus.

[@susington35]

Really? I thought that he was one of the easiest bosses!

[@nickswift5066]

Abyss watcher was one of the hardest challenges for me because I didn't know there was a bonfire next to the arena...

[@carlossssssss5492]

And I just learned something new

[@HoBroski]

What

[@user-ey1sf6fy3f]

@@HoBroski there's a bonfire close to the boss arena where you can enter the fight without losing hp. he(nick swift) played without knowing so he got hit a lot by enemies

[@ClodsireBeans]

wait what i didnt know that bonfire existed

[@pooyaarsalany4299]

@@carlossssssss5492 is it the one leading to the silver knight and inside a caslte like thingy ? cuz i got it the first thing and died 50 times to beat the guy after that.

[@Obsrange5176]

My friend tricked me into activating the Dancer boss fight by saying that the priestess drops a good item. Safe to say I was screaming when a cutscene started playing and the door started closing. Good times

[@delnotdell]

Cha cha real smooth

[@toastyvids1952]

Well, the basin of vows is a good item, so technically...

[@Gammaurai]

Ahahahaha I've done this to like 3 of my friends

[@Sun.Solaire]

This also happened to me hahshsh

[@danigomez9573]

this happened to me like 3 days ago haha

[@ordinarybear7414]

I don't agree, for me the first Lothric Knight you encounter next to the Dragon in High wall of Lothric is the hardest boss in the game.

[@andrewkietzman254]

Same. I beat him by running past him and up the tower to the bonfire and never looked back

[@smoldawn989]

I died there more at my first playthrough than all of my fights against sulyvan with my 3 runs against him

[@Krone0k]

Wait till NG+

[@smoldawn989]

@@Krone0k hes a joke once u defeated him once in your First playthrough since you know the Mechanics I Beat this bitch hitless with my second Charakter without armour,shield and only with the club since i knew the mechanics around dodging and timing my Hits correctly but i would say that at least i compare his difficulty with vordt. Hes easy as hell for a Boss 😂

[@liquidsleepgames3661]

@@andrewkietzman254 i just active the dragon and let the fire roast his booty.

[@killerboysnap8871]

Nameless King isnt the hardest boss. The camera angle is.

[@aidansullivan3683]

Also kinda the same reason anyone has trouble with the old demon king

[@mdjv]

ñever had one prob with this boss never understand the prob :s

[@jimmyjohnson111]

Totone Reed Smith same

[@biologicalshinju9629]

Camera problems is only in the first phase which is very easy if you have dragon slayer great axe.

[@bidoof5922]

I am the 1000st like

[@COACHICEEACADEMY]

The most traumatizing part of a new boss fight for me is when I discover they have a 2nd or 3rd phase(after using all my estus on phase 1)😂😂

[@ferryrichard2739]

Sister friede flashback

[@electric_paad567]

Soul of cinder

[@slyassassinxx4466]

I literally just fought sister fried and was so relieved after beating phase 2 and then got absolutely smacked at her 3rd phase

[@eryk8340]

@@ferryrichard2739 phase 2 and 3 destroyed me so many times that I consistently either aced phase 1 or only lost 1 estus

[@KeizerSosebee]

As someone who just encountered malenia:blade of Miquella in elden ring, i feel you

[@voidelixir7238]

When it comes to the epicness of a bossfight, Slave Knight Gael takes the crown of the most epic fight (at least for me).

[@podcasthub7526]

Slave knight gaels music is just so good, but Midirs theme makes Midir seem less epic.

[@Fabioonn]

@@podcasthub7526 I just muted the music for Minir and played "Live could be a dream" in permanent loop until i killed him. Great expirience.

[@Anonym-yr4qn]

Agreed.

[@Vergil_Sparda69]

​@@podcasthub7526 The biggest enemy during midir was the camera.

[@dragonmaster3030]

​@@Vergil_Sparda69 nah, king of storm takes the take for that one

[@calebalex7426]

The first time I fought Yhorm I couldn't figure out how to activate stormruler's skill. I spent over an hour killing him with the irythill straight sword.

[@MG7I]

Me and u both lmao. I picked it up and didnt use it and just killed him with the irythill straight sword as well. My friends just laughed and showed me a vid how to correctly beat him. But i can assure u my way was the “correct way” lmao

[@paulrayne6602]

Same for me, i didn't knew how to activate the Stormruller. But i didn't spend an hour on him, i just summoned someone :).

[@calebalex7426]

After you fight him like that, he is really easy to kill with stormruler.

[@maitemoreno5543]

I admire you LMAO

[@TheAngryAsianAnimations]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one. After seeing the poultry damage even with the stormruler I thought I was doing something wrong. So I went to the wiki and all it said is to use its weapon art on Yorhm's head (and I didn't want to do too much research since I wanted hints, not a walkthrough). Since I didn't know you had to charge it all the way to get the range, I spent the entire fight wondering how the hell am I supposed to reach the head with this twig? Like you and Grave, I also just ended up using the irythill straight sword to kill him.

[@neilpatel8769]

yhorms fight isn't just a easy win, it's his life's story. it's how the giants are slaves and are servants to the others because of how easy they are to "take" with just tools and how he still managed to become a ruler. so him giving up the sword willingly before he went hollow shoes how good of a giant he was. Yhorm's the Best

[@tomdaboss2885]

Neil Patel who gives a shit. This is a video ranking difficulty not a top 10 souls lore bosses video

[@mightymitchell99]

@@tomdaboss2885 fuck you man don't disrespect Yhorm like that

[@rahmanhakim1]

@@tomdaboss2885 nigga, shut yo ass

[@ams-2231]

Aye, favourite boss' are Yhorm and artorias, just because of the Lore

[@chamuscado90]

May the sun shine upon this Lord of Cinder

[@SasukeFromPart1]

I beat Midir first try. However, but for the life of me, I can't take down Gravetender fast enough before the great wolf spam tackles me into oblivion. The beauty of souls bosses.

[@MobyDrip]

I swear Gravetender was like 10x harder than Friede in my experience.

[@sgtmasterz8688]

It took me 7 try's too beat midir, so I went into the Gael fight a little nervous.... but I was surprised of how easy it was compared to Gravetender or Midir?

[@TheZMagiczian]

I beat gravetender first try with dex build uchigatana , it was suprisingly easy , he gets staggered after like any hit

[@youraverageddnerd1843]

This is one of those things I love about souls. I got Dancer on my first try, but Pontiff bodied me more then any other non DLC boss(not including Cinder, haven’t fought yet, currently on first ever play through and just have Midir left who’s bodying me. I think a big part is play strategy, I was a dex sword and board build and I found a lot of the fights like dancer, abyss watchers, or Nameless to be easier then fights like Midir because I can block attacks. Midir does not allow a shield build he just breaks your stance every single hit.

[@TheZMagiczian]

@@youraverageddnerd1843 bro same dancer easy peasy, pontiff? Not a chance took atleast like 20+ tries

[@adude6568]

I legitimately went through little struggle with the likes of aldrich, the princes, pontiff, dancer, dragonslayer armour, but was destroyed repeatedly by greatwood, abyss watchers and deacons. Also champion gundyr is torture because of one simple reason: his back kick

[@30thCenturyFish]

i died more times to greatwood then midir.

[@SoggySlopster]

Yeah Greatwood if you’re only lvl 15-20 is near impossible

[@30thCenturyFish]

@@SoggySlopster also i was stuuupid on my first playthrough

[@TheUnholyToast1]

Honestly same here. Dancer and Aldrich for me were easy as shit but abyss watchers and great wood gave me a lot of trouble. Don't even think I was overleved for dancer either cuz I fought her early.

[@Tenacityyyy]

​@@SoggySlopsterwtf is hard about greatwood i beat it 2nd try on sl1

[@user-ud7cg1nf3h]

came here to see the hardest bosses left knowing how to finally parry correctly

[@clintonfredricks]

Facts, my mind was actually blown. Been trying to parry all wrong 😭😂

[@madmanpecos]

I’m still shit at parrying. Fuck parrying I’m just going to use high stability shields and focus on damage

[@lucasbeck1391]

@@madmanpecos or roll

[@bigbruno2232]

@@madmanpecos Use the buckler or the small shields with the dot in the middle as parrying with those shields are a lot easier, and turn Pontiff into a joke.

[@GoldenbanjoDJ]

"I would say the only bosses I can seriously consider to be very difficult are those in the top 5" Number 6 pops up... Me: "You're taking the piss"

[@MuellerX]

Nah he is damn easy once you learn how to abuse his telegraphing....

[@GoldenbanjoDJ]

@@MuellerX I'm just shite

[@Cheese-qk1ft]

@@GoldenbanjoDJ bruh don't say that. Everybody has their "one" boss or bosses where they struggle a lot. First time i fought him i died 35+ times. The 2nd time on ng+ i murdered him first try. Eventually you're gonna master the bosses so well they're gonna piss easy for you.

[@GoldenbanjoDJ]

@@Cheese-qk1ft I knew I loved you, God!

[@Cheese-qk1ft]

@@GoldenbanjoDJ God i love you, memelings!

[@seriouslydon_t]

Everytime I watch a boss difficulty ranking of Dark Souls 3 I'm reminded of the LPer I discovered the game with. Who died 25 times to the Watchers, 20 to Champion Gundyr and 6 times to the Spears of the Church, but had Midir and Sister Friede down in something like 5 tries and then first tried Gael.

[@DTR333]

cap

[@ianclausen6812]

I literally spent 6 hours on the watchers but killed dancers in 2 attempts* *technically more but I’m not counting decided to kill Emma early and was obviously under leveled

[@DTR333]

@@ianclausen6812 6 hours on the watchers? narh ur trash

[@dragonlope4666]

@@ianclausen6812yeah same- I killed dancer on first or second try. Abyss watchers were really hard for me but I was using a two handed build with but didn’t realize I needed to press LB to swing both at same time so I essentially played through a lot of the game with only one sword and no shield lol. 1. Nameless king 2. princes 3. Champ Gwundyr 4. Pontyff 5. Abyss watchers. I probably died to abyss watchers more but assuming this is because I was nerfing myself by only using one sword. All the other bosses I used right button and dps went up insanely.

[@olilink4931]

I personally think that sister friede is wayyyy harder than the dancer. I thought the dancer was generally a cake walk.

[@DaHoneyBadgr]

100%. Friede is the hardest boss in the game and 2nd overall behind Malenia

[@DaishinZlrex]

You forgot one other boss *Camera angle* This boss will pop up out of nowhere and all you know you being hit and died

[@ArchivedKnowledge]

That boss was the sole reason why it took me 3 tries to kill the demon king

[@turtler9909]

Camera angle fucked me up at least 10 times at the miniboss ancient wyvern at archdragon peak

[@iamrazor9831]

Worst thing about this boss is that it'll spawn into other boss fights at random with no telegraphing

[@_Sterben_]

2nd hardest Gravity This bitch will fuck you up before you can say "God Dammit"

[@matatole3809]

lmao

[@here9477]

"Wait Untill Your Stamina Recharges" *Laughs In 99 Stamina*

[@matimeza6381]

40 stamina vs 99 stamina 😂

[@brohvakiindova4452]

@@matimeza6381 20 is all I really need with chloranty +3 and grass crest... what's the point of a huge stamina pool if you can't hit most bosses more than 3 times (depending on weapon) + roll anyway? if you're going for fume gs or other huge weapons you need a bit more but with 2 secs recovery to full stamina there's no use in more put that extra 20 SL into anything you need more

[@equilibrium8144]

@@matimeza6381 Exactly I'm on 40 stamina and it plateaus : if I level it up nothing happens I found out if I lvled it to 99 I would have 10 more stamina

[@kallesalo9688]

why not lvl 802 and 99 all stats? would think thr game is easy by then lol

[@brohvakiindova4452]

@@kallesalo9688 it really doesn't help at all to go far beyond the hard caps and even going beyond soft caps of most stats isn't useful at all

[@Zetheseus]

One thing I like is how different people's experiences are with bosses. You personally say Gael's phase 1 is hard with phase 2 being easier. but like you said with Princes, people have different experiences, because for me, I find phase 1 Gael very easy, but as soon as phase 2 starts, it becomes harder.

[@ntsd]

You can just skip second Gael’s phase by spamming attacks to his face, he is stunned easily

[@vindicator879]

After coming from elden ring I have found Gael lot easier than I expected, but twin princes is still pretty hard... i just hate teleporting bosses

[@kevindangelo1091]

Same. The ones people say r hardest I beat in 10 attempts or less. Abyss watchers and lothric princess took like 30 attempts. I think elden ring conditions you in a way that changes how u fight. I started w er too

[@SirGuidemere91]

I like hearing a different pov. Everyone always says midir or Gael.

[@existenceispain2074]

I find elden ring bosses generally a lot harder (without using the new stuff that is), moves are more complex, having no blinded spot (for example margrit, initially I thought I could stick to his right side)

[@ximirux2408]

i got twin princes in 22 tries, nearly won in my 2 try lmao, but then i had problems understanding attacks and wasn't dodging well, but not the hardest boss tbh

[@xsinef7558]

@@Le_Grand_Jacques_Brel nah i wouldn’t say elden ring has easier bosses. after playing both the boss designs are very different. ds3 has more punish windows whereas elden ring is a lot more rolling. it’s up to preference which is harder

[@TheRealZachvworm]

The list is respectable, but i don't see how dancer is harder than friede, demon princes, or the king.

[@omnibeta1876]

TheRealZachvworm RNG luck, lack of stagger, and that the moves are not necessarily telegraphed like the King

[@Nick-zz6te]

TheRealZachvworm I think this list is just his experience he has with them now. He has Pontiff at 12 now which I find shocking when I remember saying last year he got his ass kicked by him the second time he versed him and the community voted him at 2 for hardest boss. I wish he ranked the bosses of the experience in general rather than his experience with his speed run bleed build. Not everyone runs a build like that or can parry Pontiff that easily during their first play through. It would make a better list if he listed them on the experience he first had with the bosses and the mechanics of them, not just say "you can parry him and he's easy". The community votes is the one I'll actually care about.

[@havardhelgesen2906]

Nicholas Bennett This is an updated list buddy. He already made the list you're talking about (minus the dlc)

[@classicbilly5172]

I cant speak for the princes, but I do agree with the dancers place on this list. to me I feel like shes one of the few bosses that dont rely on a massive healthbar. I personally would rather a fight be short yet difficult, rather than long and drawn out. for this reason I despise the number 1 dragon. I hate endurance fights, they are lazy and unappealing in my opinion but I do believe they have their place. Dancer gets my number one as most memorable boss in dark souls. Who get's yours?

[@thekingofcucumbers4059]

TheRealZachvworm I don't see how Oceiros made the top 10

[@yankeemania2345]

Abyss Watchers were my favorite regardless of the difficulty. The music was awesome, the other watchers fighting each other at times was a new twist, etc.

[@user-ej1yx4rw3y]

it was my favorite fight too , everything about it was amazing .

[@fahmiazrol9906]

yeah feel like you interfere with the blood brothers endless battle Vergil vs Dante lol

[@soulreaver6546]

Easily my favorite boss in the base game

[@curtissmith4628]

I beat them first try, but it was an incredible fight that felt more stressful then ones I died to several times, and more creative with all the non allied abyss watchers fighting each other.

[@wombat2874]

It took me six in game hours to kill that mother fucker and pretty much every death was to his second phase

[@leonardobai12]

I know it's an old video, but your hint about keeping closer to Midir made me kill him in a second try. I was keeping some distance and beeing punished a lot of times. Thank you very much Demod

[@martinpalmenberg2678]

“The dancer is easily without a doubt the hardest boss in ds3.” *proceeds to show literally the easiest way to take out a boss in the game*

[@vencelfoldi8236]

I'm the kind of player who gets stuck on fighting the wood with balls for 30 minutes and then kills the dancer on SL30 with a +3 weapon during the rest of the afternoon.

[@ozanmrcan]

lol thats me, i died to its grab attack too much

[@DiddleyDanTheMemeMan]

Same

[@salaan8193]

Same

[@blue_caduceus592]

Man, screw that stupid tree. It gives me way more trouble than I'd like. And it's just really disgusting.

[@gabehafferty5687]

Killed Pontiff and Aldrich first try, died to Dancer/Slayer Armor 50m times like an amateur.

[@itzpayday1238]

My experience with ds3 was weird. Pontiff and Abyss Watchers? First try. Midir? Pushover. Dancer? Beat her early after the Deacons. Deacons? Took 5 tries. Greatwood? Fucked my shit up.

[@Trolhg]

Dude, my play through was extremely similar. But instead of Greatwood, the Crystal sage pushed my shit in.

[@themalegardevoir2467]

I'm still having trouble with cancer tree. That fucking grab on phase 2 sucks

[@elijahmcdaniel6797]

The pontiff raped me to the point where the controller was about to find itself in screen. I came back the next day and beat it the first try. Then I died to the dancer only twice (still on my first run of ds3).

[@deadprank947]

Itzpayday 123 midirs probably the easiest boss

[@ira-vt3nq]

@@Trolhg ikr

[@evercite1253]

The thing I love about champion gundyr is that he has the same attacks as judges but the attacks are either slightly slower or faster so if you have muscle memory that is super locked in for judex you miss the parries

[@hdckighfkvhvgmk5769]

On my first playthrough (which I'm still on) I decided to do the ariandel DLC while I was underlevelled (meaning I didn't have enough damage to kill gravetender fast enough), and let me tell you that gravetender & greatwolf becomes VERY difficult if you have to fight them both at the same time, taking me a really long time and inflated attempt count to beat this guy (though not as much as friede, that's for sure). Also even after beating friede while pretty underlevelled and inexperienced, I found Pontiff to be a surprising challenge, because after doing the entirety of ariandel I was pretty overlevelled and was steamrolling through the content up until pontiff. That boss feels like it should be placed much later due to how overtuned and agressive that fight is, especially without parrying (though he still isn't easy to learn how to parry).

[@douchenozzle77]

Pontiff is the reason I learned to parry. I’m still not great at it but it makes fighting him much more manageable. And it’s very satisfying to see him staggered.

[@r3gret2079]

Excuse me friend, how tf do you find that stupid giant wolf? I have been all over the world n cannot for the life of me find it. At this point I'm pretty certain he is under Priscilla's arena, right??? How in tf do you get there?

[@hdckighfkvhvgmk5769]

@@r3gret2079 break the bridge by hitting it once on the chapel side, then you'll be able to climb down as if it were a ladder. From there you'll need to carefully maneuver down a bunch of branches and you'll be at the bottom.

[@johnstone8361]

Nah b, crystal sage is the hardest... I am kinda colorblind

[@sooperpork391]

Well then you can be considered a legend...

[@gregorybarker8835]

You made my day :P

[@kloof5988]

You have gained my respect

[@Patrick-nx8lh]

Im colorblind as well. Took me like 20 attempts until i noticed and felt dumb

[@mot6376]

actually I took the time to farron dart every last one of the shadows before I go in (str build tho), sorta trivialize it since the shadows all die in one hit

[@edwardmakabling418]

I treat myself to Mcdonalds after defeating Midir.

[@toplesszombie8445]

Probably because it still takes like 20 minutes to get a kill even if you beat him first try.

[@Empridon]

you must be insanely skinny then

[@danielhardy2127]

@@Empridon *air horn goes off in back ground*

[@user-zw8bs1tj4u]

I literally spent almost 3 hours trying to beat sister friede on the DLC. I haven't started on ringed city yet but hearing all the comments makes me want to cry

[@edwardmakabling418]

パオ oh that bitch

[@domovoi_butler]

I found out that weapon choice will heavily influence the difficulty of a boss. After i discovered the redistribute-featue from Rosaria during my first playthrough, i tried out the widely-used Twinblades. They are great, I understand why everyone uses them. Many things were suddenly easier. However I struggled against Midir and couldn't beat him in 20+ tries. However after I changed back to my strength build and my heavy Greatsword, it was second try. Turns out the additional range and the wide overhead-swing when two-handed makes it a lot easier to punish many of his attacks.

[@thegregitto]

Jesus 😂 I couldn't contain my laughter in that dramatic turnaround in the first shot of the intro lol amazing character design.

[@joelout]

Dancer being that high was the biggest surprise for me. Struggled way more against Nameless king, Friede, Champion Gundyr the princes and even pontiff sylvian than the dancer.

[@z.e.w.worthington4087]

Both play throughs I killed the Dancer first try To me I found it to be one of the easiest bosses and he ranked it as #1 in dark souls 3 base game

[@waltuh11121]

Yeah I know for me she was hard only in NG, then In NG+ and beyond she is easy

[@johnnyjay102]

@@z.e.w.worthington4087 but do you fight dancer "when you're supposed to" which is after getting the three lord souls, or early by killing Emma like a huge amount of the playerbase does

[@tuyoufpazic5746]

depends on your playstyle, i came fighting midir with an uchigatana, that fucker kept highering his head

[@ornstein4795]

Dancer isn't as difficult as you say . If you know what are you doing , dancer fight is the most enjoyable fight .

[@nacho-bk3lm]

fights a dragon players: yeah hp must be glitch

[@urqu1d130]

That is literally what my father said when i fought him lol

[@lightwhited47]

Midir is a piece of crap

[@twistedgwazi5727]

@@lightwhited47 If by that you mean Midir is a piece of fair, well designed, extremely challenging crap, then yes

[@lightwhited47]

@@twistedgwazi5727 that’s what I mean

[@mikeyboy7719]

I am sl 120 on a strength build and a heavy gem +10 splitleaf greatsword does NOTHING to him.

[@nemesis2345]

Fun fact: the Soul of Cinder is supposed to be the player from the first dark souls due to that was the last you see the the cinder warrior, you have the option to receive its power, and it's phases are based on the build players used the most.

[@Cookiemagination]

Thank you very much for the parrying tip as well! I honestly never understood how parry works, as it turned out to be a gamble for me, espacially with quick attacks from the enemy. But with this trick in mind I might be able to pull it off 🤔

[@TweedsGuide]

Just finished my first run of Dark Souls 3 today. I died only once to the Dancer and 15+ times to the Deacons of the Deep. I don't know why either.

[@guy7912]

Bruh moment

[@fox_8714]

We all have struggles with different bosses

[@aldrichunfaithful3589]

i finished it for the first time a few weeks ago and dancer took me four hours yet i got champion gundyr first try with a UGS without parrying

[@TweedsGuide]

@@aldrichunfaithful3589 I would have happily traded, I was an estoc dex main that wasn't good at parrying so Champion Gundyr was my nightmare

[@guy7912]

Personally Twin princes are more annoying af than difficult... Okay maybe they are difficult but that teleporting 5 times in 10 seconds is just bs (coming from a guy who is agressive af using the HSGS)

[@niallcampbell2487]

I feel like this is a list more made from speed running experience

[@mstaverage8405]

Focuses on killing aldrich really fast, when its a boss you need patience for, complains about the arrows which are easy to run from or shield. Kinda funny

[@biologicalshinju9629]

If I could make a tiny list on who were the hardest bosses from my first time playing then it would be 3. Champion ghundyr 2. Twin princes 1. Nameless king And the easiest: Deacons of the deep Oceiros the consumed king.

[@hotshotroom964]

@@biologicalshinju9629 from ng+40 and sl1 3 aldritch 2 champion gundyr (sl1) Friede 1 Nameless king

[@Absorbant]

From my first playthrough, i have to say the hardest for me were 3. Soul of Cinder 2. Pontiff Sulyvahn 1. Sister Friede Do keep in mind that i haven't played The Ringed City yet. Easiest are 3. Yhorm the Giant 2. Iudex Gundyr 1. Deacons of the Deep

[@hotshotroom964]

@@Absorbant what build were you using, have you played a souls game before. I’m trying to make a spreadsheet to determine on average what the hardest boss was for every build

[@paulroche7588]

Thank you!! Midir is my pic for the hardest boss out of all 3 dark souls game, that is the only boss that took me over 15 attempts my first time through, such a long fight and you have to be on point the whole time or it’s over, beating Midir was such a massive thrill that I played all the way through NG+ with the Frayed Blade just to show my respect to Midir lol

[@ercoman8410]

I’m with you on twin princes. I found them to be very challenging. Friede is my #1 hardest with a bullet.

[@lunoxisbad4891]

God the first time I faced the abyss watchers I WAS RAGING SO HARD. And when I saw them transform I was like: n o.

[@vshiki4872]

I feel you. I managed to beat all the other bosses (except for pontiff and Nameless king) in a maximum of 3 attempts. But the abyss watchers? A whole fucking afternoon. I had to beat them another day.

[@darkmario3321]

@@vshiki4872 Pontiff kicked my ass until I learned I could parry his attacks. but even then, it took me about 20+ tries cause I had to learn how to parry. my main technique with bosses was usually blocking or rolling. also didn't help that I SL48 with fallen Knight set which made his attacks hit like a fucking truck.

[@vshiki4872]

@@darkmario3321 my dear lord (of cinder) I feel you dude. If I was at least decent at parrying in DS3 I would solve most of my problems in it.

[@ornsteintreed3969]

I just remember that I struggled a bit

[@linusji1732]

@@vshiki4872 I failed much more on Abyss Watcher than on Pontiff, mainly because I could use 2 summons on Pontiff which made the fight much easier

[@lumethecrow2632]

For the longest time I thought Yhorm didn't have a face, just two red eyes in a black void

[@lumethecrow2632]

@Panic Cuber What?

[@lumethecrow2632]

@Cris Lowe Well, there are the ones in Ds1, their faces are just covered

[@thanabanana2946]

@@lumethecrow2632 he said you and Yhorm are bestfriends for life cause his bestfriend was one of the onion knights lol oof

[@antonh1159]

Onion Knight you didnt even notice your friend had a face? You and Yhorm were friends!

[@deadprank947]

Thana Banana theres more than one onion knight

[@Ray-hx5fu]

Dancer being this high is a crime

[@VannMunson]

Friede gave me a lot of trouble solo but her stagger potential and the fact that she can be surrounded and backstabbed so easily makes her the biggest pushover in coop. She just gets ganked to death. Suddenly one of the hardest bosses becomes a great way to grind souls and sunlight medals.

[@xxxVideosaregoated]

Who woulda thought

[@faan481]

its incredible how differently we experience bosses based on build or just our weaknesses. I never found dancer very hard but champion gundyr is the hardest fucking boss for me

[@dabarretor6962]

I 100% agree with you, idk about you, but midir was pretty easy, now gundyr, that was a tough fight

[@faan481]

@@dabarretor6962 i'm pretty sure gundyr is the boss that has killed me the most aside from nameless king

[@yonjuunininjin]

@@faan481 Are you swinging a very slow weapon and find yourself in a situation where you are only allowed to swing once when champion gundyr jumps on you? That's basically me fighting him for 2 hours, then watched a video, learned how to parry and killed him on the 3rd try :/

[@lordad]

Champ Gundyr has very easy blocks. Once you know 3 different blocks vs his attacks the fight becomes a walk in the park

[@MrTurtlelove7]

It took me like 10 tries to beat Dancer and I beat Champion Gundyr on my first try. Everyone struggles with different things I guess.

[@bostontowny4life744]

The Slaveknight is probably my favorite bossfight inthe entire series. He's so hard, and I died like 50 times to him my first try, but he's such an epic fight I never once got annoyed.

[@thatguythatplaysdarksouls4273]

Same my next play through I’m not going to kill him just so I can come back whenever I want lmao

[@callummills8454]

My best DS3 moment was when I killed him without taking any damage

[@theparagonhouse6761]

that was the same with me I loved the Gael fight and the Midir fight, never once got mad or annoyed. Nameless and Sister though thats another story, only two bosses in the entire game i had to summon help for I could not for the life of me get their attack patterns down no matter how many times i tried.

[@Asdfboy_]

Playing as a Sorcerer my first playthrough, the most fun fight I had was probably Friede, she has the perfect mix of fast attacks which are fun to dodge and giving you good windows to hit (as a Sorcerer), and it's quite challenging learning to dodge her attacks, especially when she goes invisible in the first phase. I started thinking there's no dodging that since she can do 2 different attacks after uncloaking, one where she hits instantly and one where she winds up before attacking, and the one that hits instantly I was pretty sure was impossible to dodge, or so I thought until I heard the steps and the screeching sound of her scythe on the ground and then it clicked for me. Such a fun fight, same with the Demon Princes and Gael (probably didn't enjoy Gael as much because I beat him so soon I couldn't fully "enjoy" the fight, as I did with Friede), but Friede takes the top spot for me.

[@dmon9238]

I died once and he was down 95% health i forgot to add extra Blessings that restore ho on it and beat that ye ye ass boss next time

[@sergejkeser7270]

For Sister Friede, I find that having a GS or a UGS works really good, since it can stagger lock her, unlicke the straight swords and other smaller weapons. And yeh, in NG+, ALWAYS face her with her own weapon, the fight becomes full anime at that point. It is hard, vut aoo worth it in my opinion, it is one hell of a fight!

[@Johnny-tw5pr]

The FUGS is one hell of a weapon

[@ratman9600]

See, the shit I hate about nameless king is that when you die when you fight him instead of the dragon, you have to fight him all over again along with the dragon. (Yes I’ve defeated him solo many times but the first couple tries I needed a squad so if it’s hard definitely use a squad)

[@xxxVideosaregoated]

Imagine

[@Vercingetorix121]

Comments be like: "I beat all of those bosses in my fist playthrough, in my first try, without looking."

[@astramornstar]

Namik Imamović I beat myself by rolling off a cliff 1st try

[@hatman3445]

With no hands

[@ROYBGP]

I wasn't even playing! It was my brother

[@Rubenz343]

With no armor or weapons, at level 1

[@lukeblanchard8435]

Yeah, and you don't believe us?

[@alphachett438]

is it bad that I've beaten every souls game, and am just now realizing in this video that alluring skulls do something?

[@soupless4214]

I have never once used alluring skulls ever lol

[@Cheese-qk1ft]

nah fam i didnt even know that they existed lmao

[@joemamajoestar8141]

What’s alluring skulls?

[@alphachett438]

@@joemamajoestar8141 Dark Souls throwables that lure basic enemies

[@joemamajoestar8141]

@@alphachett438 ah I see like the shaman bone blade from bloodborne, I’ve never used them ever.😂

[@shadow_editz5536]

I have been sitting here for 3 days think "how do I parry?" and this is by far the BEST explanation for it i have gotten. amazing video and THANK YOU!!!

[@vancechristakes3489]

Wonderful video. Loved the tips and thoughts

[@thedudeofdarkness8002]

I've been looking through the comments and it seems like some people don't realize how much difficulty can vary from person to person in a souls game. It depends on several factors like character build, play style, and the way bosses behave can be totally different from fight to fight. People even react to different attacks in different ways.

[@sinken7719]

Very true

[@lordad]

Thats true and furthermore it heavily depends on when you face an enemy (Your SL). Since after AbyssWatchers the game is more or less completely open you can face most of the bosses in the order you want... So in many cases a boss becomes easy or hard when you face him relativly late or a bit earlier than most

[@dunsiegobitch4868]

Ohh yeah thats tru, Gael was like 5 tries, bcause he teleported😂 Nameless 7 tries, bcause i like to learn the moves before I play serious Champion Gryndir easy 12 tries Bcause hes fast as fk And holy hell the twin prices... I played them 2 hour straight, And as I checked to go behind him, it was so easy😂😂

[@thebrummygamer3687]

It's been a long time since I played this but I'm an aggressive player.. I'm pretty sure I breezed through most bosses apart from the boss that summons a clone, I'm pretty sure I got my ass whooped on that one a handful of tries.. I don't remember struggling on any boss apart from that one 😂

[@lordad]

@@thebrummygamer3687 Well Cinder and Lothric twins are a lot more difficult than Pontiff... so maybe you forgott your struggle against them :P

[@ashenone7592]

pontiff should be higher in the list cuz im pretty sure that most of the dark souls community are shit at parrying

[@danielsosa3753]

Me lol

[@kirkjohnson2924]

I have no idea how to parry. I beat ds2 and almost finished with ds3 ..

[@Farhaan12439]

@@_v_m_ i do

[@TheArbiter1225]

@@soggybread9846 I do it every time the only time I have ever parried sucessfully is against gwyn a few times In DS1 remastered with dumb luck

[@Cheese-qk1ft]

@@_v_m_ except if you're a parry god, literally there are some people that are so good they trivialize this game nd make it look like childs play

[@Blade_Of_Miquella]

Gael is my favorite. Story-wise, gameplay wise and music-wise all in one.

[@morganwoolford01]

Me normally: “ I totally understand that other people have a different view on which bosses are the hardest, and I respect their opinion” Me seeing the Dancer as the hardest base game boss: “the lord is testing me”

[@porterland2217]

What do you think is the hardest base game boss?

[@evantoner5560]

@@porterland2217 it’s nameless or the twin princes, nameless can be cheesed easier with ranged attacks but if your melee only nameless is king. Princes are hard af tho

[@goddamnarshia]

My brother , who's doing great but is still extremely rusty , killed her first try , completely blind. For comparison, he had me kill isshin for him in sekiro even tho he was 2 or 3 attack powers above normal , he used the mask. Doing that makes isshin an absolute joke

[@redditman9267]

Sister freide & ariandel is the most memorable boss fight for me, the intensity and the speed was exhilarating! gael and demon prince was pretty memorable too

[@koreancowboy42]

Sister friedes fight Is broken. He explained why too

[@BugattiVeyron267]

Yeah I was utterly shook when all the sudden she resurrected again and there was a third phase, I had like no estus left the first time lmao

[@morfigasoulslayer]

@@BugattiVeyron267 the 1st and 2nd phase are not hard, the 3rd phase wtvr is ridiculous long because the reasons he said + hitbox

[@patrickn.4113]

@@koreancowboy42 I couldn't agree more. She is Lady Maria in bitchy and on steroids. And probably meth.

[@RobertEdwinHouse9]

@@koreancowboy42 how are you felling after elden ring lmao

[@eclecticspaghetti]

...Goddamn, the bosses in this game are pretty much all flat out incredible. I could talk about so many, I could talk about the beautiful buildup and creative gimmick of Lothric and Lorian, I could talk about the absolute *awe* inspired in me by the Abyss Watchers, I could talk about the wondrous finale brought on by both Slave Knight Gael and the Soul of Cinder, but I’m not gonna talk about any of those. Instead, I’m going to pay some due respect to one of the most looked-down upon bosses in the entire game, that being the humble Vordt of the Boreal Valley. I’ll never forget my first time facing Vordt, about a month ago, since I only recently bought this game after waiting SO long and went through it blind, which was another unforgettable experience all it’s own. But even after all this time, and all the fantastic foes I’ve come to terms with, Vordt still sticks out in my mind, and I think the reason is that he is such a *good* gateway boss. Of course Vordt is piss easy to veterans of the game, that’s natural. But the first time facing Vordt, this is your first bout against a beast-type foe in the entire game, and while he may seem simple on your next go, he’s *deceptively* simple. He looks intimidating, he acts intimidating, and he hits like a fucking freight train, and all this is meant to scare new players and make them feel insignificant against this massive foe. But with how simple his attacks are, it’s not long before you start noticing the patterns, and, consciously or not, the new player begins to learn how to dodge. While Gundyr is a great first boss, it’s very likely that new players will scrape through it on their first go by the skin of their teeth and not be subjected to the learning experience that comes with Souls bosses. Vordt is not that. You *will* die to Vordt, probably multiple times (I died a total of 8 times to him), but in the process, you begin to understand the learning process that comes for beating every boss to come. Even when Vordt changes it up halfway through (in one of the COOLEST music drops ever conceived, don’t @ me), it still doesn’t stop teaching, because these new attacks are more generously telegraphed, allowing players to “learn on the fly” what to do and how to dodge, culminating in the ultimate adrenaline rush as you take down the most imposing foe you’ve come across in the game. His moveset is deliberately made simple for new players to contrast his intimidating appearance so that new players can get the full experience of learning how to take down a big baddie in the best environment possible. I’ll be moving onto Bloodborne soon, after I finally defeat the Soul of Cinder myself, and I’m sure many more worthy foes and memorable scrapes await me in Yharnam, but I will always remember the lowly Vordt, as the perfect example of teaching the player without saying a single word.

[@walkerhazen3438]

Eclectic Spaghetti this is so long my friends died of age while i was reading

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

A comment well worth the read! I feel the exact same.

[@brokenhalosc0810]

Dodge then beat dat ass

[@joshuahusher95]

I didn't die to Vordt on my first play through but on my 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th I died to him multiple times, i find the fat ladies are harder to fight than any of the bosses in the game

[@samstocker6450]

Bloodborne bosses are better in my opinion. They all look fucked up and some of the roaming AI are much harder than bosses.

[@OhLookItsRob]

Who would have known I’d learn how to parry properly from a boss rank video lol good stuff man

[@_NightKnight_]

Watching this randomly as I just started playing the DLC, Heck yeah

[@BladeOfSteel-Sword_Saint]

I respect whoever killed ancient wyvern without the 1 shot. *Salute*

[@SpectacularName]

I got 3/4 of the way there before I realized there was a path I could run off to. It's totally doable with a vertical swing weapon.

[@balliballieryufdf]

I did this on my first playthrough....

[@anonymousmale2646]

Yeah I got him to 1/4 hp as well.

[@SpadesHeart]

Honestly in some ways he's easier than Midir.

[@anonymousmale2646]

SpadesHeart na, I felt like his leg slams were more rng based than midir

[@mychael2147]

I've never played a Dark Souls game in my life so reading these comments is confusing beyond belief

[@quentinb734]

You gotta try one

[@hassanaltarawneh1569]

try the first one it has a slower pace but avoid DS2 at all costs

[@mychael2147]

@@hassanaltarawneh1569 why is ds2 just that hard

[@hassanaltarawneh1569]

@@mychael2147 2 can be unfair sometimes and hard for the sake of being hard in the other games when you die it's your fault

[@gingadreamurr6238]

Why are you here then?

[@Iso20227]

I absolutely loved the Gael fight. I was amazing at his first phase with only a little practice, and his second phase was so badass that I wasn’t even mad that he drained my estus with his light rings and lightning, and crossbow, and red seekers. The fight was amazing, his field was amazing, it was all great.

[@darthdump5440]

I commented here a few years ago, on my first playthrough. Now i’ve been playing for 2 years and nearly 1400 hours. Here’s my new list. (Least difficult to most) 25. Iudex Gundyr - Could probably win playing with my feet and blindfolded. 24. Vordt of the Boreal Valley - Used to be the bane of my existence, now nothing more than a speedbump on the way to the Undead Settlement. 23. Ancient Dragon - I hate the Dragon Kin 22. High Lord Wolnir - Do I really need to explain? 21. Deacons of the Deep - Self explanatory. Just slap the first five once or twice, then backstab the archdeacon and whale on him. 20. Curserotted Greatwood - Incredibly annoying boss, but with charcoal pine resin, this boss becomes a cakewalk. 19. Yhorm the Giant - Very well telegraphed hits, only lands hear because hits pack one hell of a punch. 18. Champion Gundyr - I have this fight Down to a science, i can fairly regularly no hit this fight, but his hits do pack a punch. 17. Abyss Watchers - Very low health and high stagger potential makes this boss very easy. 16. Dancer of the Boreal Valley - I don’t really know what to say, just not that hard for me. 15. Old Demon King - Does a lot of damage, especially if you fight him midgame, but attacks are well telegraphed and health isn’t that great. 14. Crystal Sage - The only early game boss that gives me any trouble, i almost always die 2-3 times to this boss. 13. Halflight, Spear of the Church - NPC is easy, but if you fight a player, then you could either have the easiest fight or the hardest. 12. Champion Gravetender/Greatwolf - Really really annoying boss, almost always gives me some trouble. 11. Pontiff Sulyvahn - One of my favorite bosses, and certainly fairly difficult. 10. Aldritch, Devourer of Gods - GOD i hate this boss. The arrow spam can kill even the beefiest of builds, and the spells can do serious Damage. 9. Nameless King - Only this high because of the King of Storms. I can no hit nameless, but that’s if i even get to him past that stupid fucking bird. 8. Dragonslayer Armor - Probably my strangest ranking. I genuinely could not explain why I have such trouble in this boss. 7. Oceiros, The Consumed King - Extremely RNG dependent boss, can be easy or hard, I usually find it to be hard. 6. Twin Princes - Same reasons a Dmod. 5. Sister Friede - Same reasons as Dmod 4. Soul of Cinder - This boss has always and probably will always give me trouble. Weirdly enough, I find the second phase harder, the wombo combo is devastating if you get caught in it, granted it’s fairly easy to dodge. 3. Slave Knight Gael - Immense health coupled with high speed makes this boss extremely difficult. 2. Darkeater Midir - Having to stay in front of the boss and hit the head leaves you vulnerable to it’s highly damaging attacks, which can 1-2 shot even the tankiest of builds. 1. Demon Princes - I couldn’t tell you why this boss is so difficult to me, it is to date, the only boss I cannot beat solo, and the only boss that has made me cry. This is not satirical, after about 6 hours on this boss and very nearly defeating it, i was killed and had a full mental breakdown. This is far and away the hardest boss in soulsborne for me

[@cjcalbick4790]

No dancer xd

[@cjcalbick4790]

nvm

[@victor_734]

Deacons harder than Gundyr? Nah

[@antekpatyk9425]

I feel you with the Demon Prince. Fuck that fight so much, on my first playthrough I fought them more times than Gael and Midid combined (still not as much as Friede though)

[@split-n-wigs-4748]

watching you run through all these bosses in ten seconds and hitting them seven times when I struggled with all of them, then seeing comments saying that your list is shit and all these bosses are easy makes me feel a certain type of way

[@ldallas8315]

Well I would honestly say that his list is not at all applicable to the average Souls player, and is mistitled, because he has played the game so many times that he literally has almost entire boss encounters memorized. So his list ended up not really ranking bosses in order of inherent difficulty, but rather by how exploitable they are.

[@Its-Ciaran]

yeah i agree

[@TheXXLGamer]

That and the build he's using. All my playthroughs are no resin, no parry, no bleed, no poison and it makes it a much more enjoyable experience by far. You actually get to experience the bosses to their fullest, while the strat he's using only lets you see one or two combos each phase. For me some of the endgame bosses lasted for 10-15 minutes and it makes for a much more intense experience and a much more interesting learning curve on the bosses (since you need to become really consistent with yoúr dodges)

[@cartharax4308]

Well he did say it's HIS list. Just saying, like meaning his own personal opinion.

[@Matt-uz9mq]

A resin just doesn't automatically make you a god, its a 100 damage buff. The reason his boss fights are 30 seconds and yours are 10 minutes is simple. he Is way fucking better then you. And that's not an insult. He's way better then every single player but the 10 speed runners that beat his time.

[@Kitsune-wm4cx]

Just hit my 5000hr mark on ds3 and I have to say, the only consistently hard boss is the fire keeper. Like holy shit that waifu just won’t die.

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

She dies in the Ending. She's really hard to kill. She's too pure for this World!

[@darealkokujinz1503]

Dork souls makes her look hot

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@darealkokujinz1503 Honestly she's quite beautiful in the ending. That smile... I can't...

[@SnoppleWopple]

this is gonna be sick

[@BeziTank]

The hardest bosses I found during my recent run. 5 - Dancer Of The Boreal Valley 4 - Sister Friede 3 - Demon Prince 2 - Champion Gundyr 1 - Dragonslayer Armour

[@tiagonairat_.9756]

"Ranks the difficulty of the bosses" "Plays the twinblades"

[@prometheus7316]

He's probably throwing some attempts before a speedrun with specific techniques and stuff

[@PyroFTB]

What's so good about the twin blades anyway? I've used them once but didn't really like the damage it gave.

[@tiagonairat_.9756]

@@PyroFTB with a dexterity build it's OP at least offline. You just get your dexterity to 30~40 get them to +10 and spam L1. You can also infuse them with a sharp gem and get the Carthus Flame for extra toxicity, you're welcome for making the game piss easy. Also if this comment was ironic, sorry.

[@avunz125]

It's more that every two handed weapons in this game are mindblowingly overpowered in PvE. They do way to much damage.

[@prometheus7316]

@@avunz125 Pretty sure From Software gave an alternative for speed runners to use the Twinblades instead of Anri's straight sword with bleed and luck scalling

[@graham1158]

I've played through dark souls 3 about 6 or 7 times and never knew that wolnir could summon a sword...

[@valchan2258]

CyberCitizen same

[@logancampbell3065]

i didn't either until my 6th playthrough and i got crazy bad rng, he summoned his sword almost immediately, summoned skeletons, and had his fucking hands in the fog almost the entirety of the 6 or so tries it took me to beat him. seriously, RNG can FUCK you during that fight, which i so unfortunately found out. he literally would not take his hand out of the fog, i was being chased 24/7, and he had a sword that produced that big ass AOE. god i hope that never happens again.

[@DiegoFuckingTapia]

Same here

[@Diree]

@@logancampbell3065 Ah, I remember my Wolnir fight like it was yesterday. I managed to beat him 1st try, but damn, I was panicking. First he didn't take any damage, then I found out about the bracelets on the fly, then he summoned all that shit and THEN the wall came up behind me and the poison mist was killing me, but 1 last hit...fuck you, Wolnir.

[@doctorae724]

He can't. But he can sure swallow one...

[@bomamba9402]

I love how experiences can differ so much. I got dancer and the twin princes on 2 tries each, but I literally gave up on the soul of cinder. Have yet to come back. Though just finished DS2 for the first time and the boss fights throughout were so ungodly underwhelming that I did just reinstall DS3..

[@manofdaboijerry7687]

That counting the Deacons bit was absolute gold

[@Grambee]

Imagine if Yhorm was as large as he seemed in the first trailer for Dark Souls 3.. Imagine you're on a cliff, and while you're looking out into the vast open battlefield, Yhorm stands and you see his massive size in the distance. He starts throwing boulders and trees at you from this distance. Keeping the main idea of the boss fight, there is a special bow that you can equip which is located on a narrow passageway, so you'll have to time it right if you don't want him to chuck a boulder and smack you off of it. You can avoid this easily though, as while he's rising up in the beginning, you can quickly run towards the narrow passage and run back, so he doesn't smack you off. Run back and start firing the arrows. ( and the arrows are unlimited only for the boss fight.)(it's a greatbow btw) One he's down to half health, he throws a final rock, which causes the cliff to crumble, sending you down with it. You survive the fall, and Yhorm comes running straight toward you for the final phase, where you can now face him head on while he is engulfed in flames. To increase the atmosphere, the camera is zoomed out so you can view most of his massive stature. You don't need a special item for this phase. Just a classic boss fight between a little man/woman and the true lord of giants. How amazing would that be.

[@Grambee]

furthermore, regarding Darkeater Midir: "hold on guys, i see some fire. Let me run 5 miles away and come back later."

[@benfish9377]

Grambee that sounds way better than the one WE GOT

[@JuanEsquivel-ex8nv]

Grambee first phase = dragon God +bed of chaos Second phase = giant lord

[@JuanEsquivel-ex8nv]

Grambee you responded quickly. Now I get the idea.

[@Grambee]

Yeah I deleted my reply to put it in a better way though. The dragon was boring because you have to wait for it to circle over and over, shooting it from a hiding place. With this, the cliff you're on has no hiding places. Like waiting until he calms down a little to draw your bow and take a shot.

[@divisionn6380]

Fighting Midir: *attack* (347 DMG) Good Job! Only 15,548 HP Left.

[@akachiteam6996]

Playing Code Vein rn...All of the god damn bosses have the hp of Midir + the fact that they deal 30%~60% of your hp with 1 hit is absolutely ludicrous

[@divisionn6380]

@Simon Sapir Yeah And A Normal Astora Greatsword Can Do Over 1000 If You Like Being Tortured While Doing It

[@ninaniles3184]

Pesilent mist max (soft cap) int then run, no need for normal estrus are all

[@songbird6414]

*laughs in Monster Hunter’s black dragons*

[@randmgenericname5077]

Use any horizontal swing UGS (Fume ultra, (black iron) greatsword, black knight greatsword,cathedral greatsword) position yourself sideways to where midir is looking and press R1... When done correctly, the back swing should connect twice due midir's larger hitbox, therefore you get 2R1 damage in 1 R1 which should amount to ≈1500 damage if you count the first R1

[@ivantaquino882]

Couple of tricks to use. Wear the pontiff's left eye when fighting the deacons. Against Aldrich, vow of silence cuts Aldrich off at the knees.

[@halocarmine3490]

Aldrich doesn't have knees

[@patrickcummings6831]

Mate. I fully agree with Lothric and Lorian. I am relatively new to the series having only played Ds3 and Bloodborne. I beat the brothers yesterday (horary) but I found them so difficult. I realised my mistake was using an ultra Greatsword. Though it is my favourite class of weapon due to design, hyper-armour and damage it did no good against Lorian who hit mu h faster than me. Even after switching to a straight sword it was tough. If you mess up a dodge, you are doomed to massive damage. Eventually I got good and learned the moveset like the back of my hand. But overall, despite the difficulty I still found it fun. Each time I died felt like one more reason why I wanted to win and ill never forget the feeling of overcoming that challenge.

[@DarkParagon]

The Dancer is #1 for me... if you're level 20 and get summoned, expecting to fight Vordt and get roped into fighting the Dancer. -_-

[@IDKWhatIsEvenHappening]

That's because no-one ever needs help with Vordt. He's dead easy.

[@hajuice438]

@Nick I killed him before the second part he is easy I didn't even have to try

[@hudnoraa1264]

@@hajuice438 well done

[@bakurawthesupersaiyanhair937]

LOL

[@dodojesus4529]

@@IDKWhatIsEvenHappening exept if youre fighting him with fist only

[@sils-row1588]

The dancer hardest main game boss??? Is she really that hard? Dont get me wrong shes difficult but not that hard

[@sils-row1588]

WolfeBane for me still nameless

[@sils-row1588]

WolfeBane yeah i just suck at nameless but i would still place pontiff above dancer

[@thomasross6824]

sil kroon not that hard at all

[@villelepoaho4105]

It is a hard fight, since I can only stare at her ass

[@kelex1298]

Its because Nameless have fewer moveset than Dancer, and it makes the fight have more RNG in it (whether you get easy moveset or harder to dodge ones). For speedrunners, RNG is what makes these games hard, that's why Dancer is harder for him. I actually found Dancer and Pontiff harder than Nameless. Heck, even Champion Gundyr is harder (I play with no parry)

[@junejulyaugustnoitsmarch]

the guy: "this is a very hard boss" what it shows: the guy completely destroying the showed boss

[@SnoppleWopple]

Who wants to see "you died" as background gameplay

[@junejulyaugustnoitsmarch]

@@SnoppleWopple lol. Don't know man. I'm just sad to know that I'm bad.

[@SnoppleWopple]

@@junejulyaugustnoitsmarch You're not bad, the gameplay is from someone who's played too much dark souls.

[@junejulyaugustnoitsmarch]

@@SnoppleWopple man I know but I'm ass ass. Double ass

[@imheretoexist8192]

I feel like optional bosses are scaled great. If you fight them as soon as you can they're hard but not impossible and if you win the reward us pretty good. If you fight them later on they're easy but still dangerous enough to kill you if you're careless.

[@StephenASmiith]

If Gael or midir aren't both in the top 5 I might lose my shit

[@Ben-kh4lc]

Tyler Aikens same

[@StephenASmiith]

how the hell is dancer in his top 3 ? Hell he shouldn't even be in the top 10 lol

[@twicespethamster3460]

Tyler Aikens she*

[@Ben-kh4lc]

Tyler Aikens Agreed bet her 2nd try but it's different for everyone

[@PatFagan]

Tyler Aikens *cough* opinion *cough*

[@Thomas_Cool]

My friend who got me to play dark souls 3 after some convincing and I was expecting some huge hardcore unforgiving experience but to my surprise simply playing with a buddy turns the game into a casual beatdown simulator and gave me the perfect opportunity to acclimate myself to the mechanics of the game. Seriously, as an outsider to the franchise I didnt expect a simple roll to make you completely invincible. This made me super confident on my solo playthrough which was the very thing I lacked before hand and I was able to run through the game with ease. Eventually I got the ringed city dlc and I played through it with my friend as he was completely new to it as well. We breezed through every boss until we finally got to Midir. We died so many times. Even my friend, a proficient Dark Souls veteran, was getting frustrated. We went back at it and my friend gets finished off in the first minute of the fight, I was all alone, my friend was basically carried me through all my first boss clears so I was not expecting to come out of that fight alive. Midirs phase 2 laser was the bane of my existence. It was a one hit attack for me and its quick movement were hard for me to predict and dodge. He'd already killed me 4 times with that attack. Midir was at around 40% health and he jumped back, threw his head up and summoned a wall of those void balls from that one garbage spell. At that moment I thought "This boss is cool as f**k" and "I'm actually doing this". I dodge the attack and the jumps back and does it again and I dodge it same as before. I was so focused, each successful dodge filling me with more confidence. He jumped back again and I was expecting him to do the void ball wall again but no... it was that infuriating laser attack. I dodge the first volley, but I get caught by the purple explosion which takes down 70% of my health. I get up and hes still flailing his head around, along with the laser. To my absolute shock I manage to dodge the laser twice. I was about to lose it. I smacked his head some more when he flies back, ready for a riposte. He was at around 33% health and I was only expecting his health to drop maybe 7-10% considering the size if his health bar but holy hell he dropped to like 5% health. I was freaking out and I just started to smash his head in after he recovered and to my absolute amazement I killed him. Even better I killed him alone, well kind of anyways. Easily the best feeling especially considering I'm the same guy that took 8 tries to kill Iudex.

[@ryangallichant7464]

The Twin Princes fight gave me soooo much trouble on my first playthrough. Killed me at least 30 times. The fact that Lorian can teleport, the giant AOE slam being hard to dodge, and the fact that Lothric throws spells at you sometimes was utter pain to me. I now spend my time helping others with the two as it’s my only soulsborne fight I can flawless now. The beauty of Soulsborne.

[@xxxVideosaregoated]

@@mewos1just dodge

[@nicolasmonteverdehorlent7712]

I beat most of the hardest bosses at my first or second try (except the top 5) Dancer of the Boreal Valley was a cakewalk

[@Voidkin_]

His ranking: 25. High Lord Wolnir 1:03 24. Iudex Gundyr 3:01 23. Deacons of the Deep 3:44 22. Yhorm the Giant 4:58 21. Curse-Rotted Greatwood 6:12 20. Vordt of the Boreal Valley 7:23 19. Ancient Wyvern 8:18 18. Crystal Sage 9:04 17. Abyss Watchers 10:11 16. Champions Gravetender and Gravetenders Wolf 11:06 15. Old Demon King 11:59 14. Halflight, Spear of the Church 11:58 13. Dragonslayer Armour 13:35 12. Pontiff Sulyvahn 14:29 11. Aldrich, Devourer of Gods 15:42 10. Oceiros, the Consumed King 16:53 9. Champion Gundyr 17:48 8. Soul of Cinder 18:56 7. Demon Princes 20:06 6. King of the Storm and Nameless King 21:16 5. Lorian, the Elder Prince and Lothric, the Younger Prince 23:18 4. Sister Friede and Father Ariandel 24:54 3. Dancer of the Boreal Valley 26:48 2. Slave Knight Gael 28:17 1. Darkeater Midir 29:31

[@justsomeguywithnaturallywa3466]

I would have liked this comment but 69 is perfect

[@Voidkin_]

@@justsomeguywithnaturallywa3466 kek thats true

[@hakushi9016]

Lmao it took me 61 tries to defeat the Nameless King, the Lothric Princes took me about 6.

[@belland_dog8235]

I watched NK wreck the two princes

[@andread87]

abyss watchers are much more harder then old demon king tho :) anyway thx for list

[@Falconvenom]

Best boss is Gael. Because the fight felt like a duel between two warriors. Also THAT MOVE IN THE THIRD PHASE WHEN HE IS SLASHING DOWN WHILE SHOOTING YOU WITH HIS CROSSBOW WAS FUCKING BASSASS AF!!!!! The worst boss is definitely the curse rotted greatwood. It feels like a chore, it can be hard to hit his pus-filled ballsacks, and he is really just boring, disgusting nightmare fuel. Thank you Dmod for making great videos and keeping me entertained. I'm always excited when your vids pop up in my feed.

[@ungratefulingrate1268]

Silveromega the first time I saw the slash/crossbow attack I got so excitet that I died... it is wonderful

[@shee__p718]

Silveromega artorias bootleg

[@ukownphantomGrin]

dontevenn0scop m8 Nigga when's the last time Artorias had a Deadly Cape and a Machine Gun Crossbow?

[@Otakumanu]

I actually like the greatwood more. It's a disgusting boss with a cheap mechanic yes, but it's atleast different. The problem with Gael is that he feels too much like the other bosses up to this point.

[@marcosalejandro8565]

Silveromega you sir are completely fucking right

[@blakejordan1992]

Nice tips man tyty

[@uufukful]

difficulty of a boss depends on one important thing, whether I do have an npc support or not

[@stt.9433]

npcs will trivialize any boss, when I hear people using them it makes me wonder why they even play the game.

[@crisgale8098]

in my opinion Gael is a fan fucking tastic last boss in the series

[@rolan5948]

Yh it doesn't top the best bloodborne fights buts it's a fuckin epic fight to end of the series

[@mobat1005]

The hardest 'part' about boss fights is the big ass walk you got to do before it.... Sometimes the walk last longer than the fight 😂

[@shalang6375]

Not in ds3, almost all have the bosses have bonfires near them

[@why8298]

@@shalang6375 the path back to a lot of bosses is long as hell.

[@genericidiot3525]

Pinwheel be like

[@shalang6375]

@@why8298 not in ds3

[@zerophantomyt433]

The only 2 bosses that had short run back in my personal experience were Old Demon King and Nameless.

[@VincentKimihiro]

The video is old but I had to return here because I keep remembering you saying "Don't. Backstab. A fatty." And I love it

[@floydnimrod1826]

Dancer seems to specifically punish you if you try to roll into her atttacks like every other boss, you actually want to dodge clockwise to your left side of her. A lot of her sweeps curve upward and you end up completely safe and can actually strafe around her followup attacks. The best example of this is her grab. If you dodge right instead of left she catches you 90% of the time.

[@Chotwink]

It really is different for everyone, haha. Killed the Dancer in one go with only half of my flasks, whereas the damn crystal sage got me like 5 times...

[@mooganify]

JR Zeebs EXACTLY THE SAME!!!

[@uuuhmean8463]

Lol

[@kayltaco5508]

How tf did you find the crystal sage hard?!?!!!!! It was the easiest boss in the game imo! Literally easier then a skeleton archer!

[@ross-kimatic8675]

Kayl Taco the Crystal sage is rng on the attack pattern as I've had it where he's only melee'd and used crystal soulmass

[@Eto-Ezio]

JR Zeebs the crystal sage I really underestimated it so I died 2 times I accualy tried the 3rd time but that was back the when I was a noob

[@spixsubject8345]

Abyss watcher is still my favorite boss

[@alechonnold2732]

Same here,there the best

[@bozenski8398]

Same

[@skipper1919]

agreed

[@Rexy-kun]

Spixsubject same 😀

[@steampunklemon1508]

Really? I find them boring and annoying.

[@SynAstra]

Still, to this day, THE best boss ranking video BY FAR. Any other ranking, like many top 10 ones, including newer videos with all souls games is pretty much a casual's opinion. Old & gold content. DS3 is also harder than Elden Ring imo. But Sekiro takes the cake for me as hardest Fromsoft game, along with many Armored Core games right behind it.