Ranking the Souls Series Bosses from Worst to Best [#39-25]

[@eclecticspaghetti]

"If there's one fight that's never quite been repeated, it's the Old Monk" Well, that aged poorly.

[@redwonder1165]

Eclectic Spaghetti damn true

[@blackironwalterkus3851]

Meh, it’s still not quite been repeated because half light is shit.

[@OGXenos]

Half light is shit both as an invader, fighting an invader, and ESPECIALLY bad as an NPC.

[@eclecticspaghetti]

Huh, wow, I really liked the Spear of the Church fight. I thought it was the most interesting and balanced attempt at a PvP boss in the entire series, especially with the slew of buffs you get when facing ganks. Also the music fucks.

[@solitudeguard3138]

Wasn’t balanced, you could spam estus

[@appaloosahill4499]

The lore for kalameet makes sense you just don't take in your surroundings . Oolacile is right next to anor Londo witch is probably why kalameet is right next to oolacile as he's waiting for either the abyss to weaken anor Londo or for the flame to fade so he can kill of the inhabitants while gywns away because he greatly overestimated his own power

[@blakesmith5051]

"Kalameet is the best dragon fight FromSoft has ever made" Coming back years later: Darkeater Midir has entered the chat

[@Betaster3000]

I hate midir

[@MaxAndCheese0917]

I still prefer kalameet

[@zahhak5571]

Kalameet it's not Hard, it's stupid Best case scenario took me about 60 tries to cut off his damn tail, when i did it, it took me about 45 seconds to butcher the damn thing.

[@ginhitsugaya]

Coming back a year later, elden ring entered the chat

[@niconico9358]

@@ginhitsugaya placidusax is one of the best bosses i’ve had the pleasure of witnessing and playing against man

[@Dsworddance22]

Last time I was this early Dark Souls 3 poise is working as intended

[@D1ab0lical]

Apparently poise isn't what it used to be in DS3 mechanics-wise. It applies to a completely different scenario, which is stupid because it was better the way it was before.

[@D1ab0lical]

*****​​ So I guess you're okay with strength and defense builds being completely unviable because everything staggers and a lot of build variety being lost, so dex weapons reign supreme because you get almost no benefit from using heavy weapons/armor.

[@D1ab0lical]

***** Awful times, but these times are even worse. Havels is hard to wear without going over 100% weight ratio, so havel katana wouldn't work as well.

[@chrislittle4805]

Heavy weapons are great at trading blows through hyper armor and at using their range and delayed attacks to roll punish. And they also do more damage on backstabs and ripostes due to their insanely high AR. So I wouldn't say they are completely useless. Build variety is definitely lacking at the moment though. And heavy armor is VERY underwhelming.

[@mrbmo9375]

+Nice Guy whats the matter cant parry?

[@slambotv1334]

DeMocracy: I can’t imagine what it’d be like to have Gundyr be the first boss that you’ve played in any of these games Me, who started with Ds3: So i’m actually *not* bad?!

[@RedHornet980]

Nice pfp

[@southofheck]

He’s easily one of the hardest first bosses in souls. I guess BB has it worse if you don’t count Cleric Beast (since he’s technically optional)

[@matierk637]

I actually defeated him first try in my first ever playthrough on any Dark Souls game do to him being quite easy to parry (I practiced it against the weak mobs in the tutorial) and my overly agressive playstyle, which worked for him but made my other boss fights horribly difficult do to my lack of patience

[@wholewheatmilk3684]

Ik I am, I spent 3 hours on this boss. It was my first playthrough in any soulslike, but still

[@arathar24l]

I don't really see how people consider Pontiff to be an unfairly hard boss. he's fairly deep into the game, and the player (even if they're a newbie) has already had experience with aggressive enemies and bosses like the Abyss Watchers, so it's not really anything new; it's just a big step up. Fighting Pontiff took me many, many tries to beat, but I mastered him by the time I beat him and it was super triumphant, improving my ability as a player. I even beat in on ng+ on the first try without taking damage. Not only that, but the run up to him is really quick if you opened up all the shortcuts, so you can easily run back and face him again if you die. Personally, he's in my top 10.

[@Nick-zz6te]

Your comment is exactly what I think lol. I don't get his ranking sometimes. Pontiff's lore, music, design and his difficulty should put him way up higher. It was a beautiful fight.

[@JinFreeks]

I know may sound a bit strange but ... I genuinly dislike the easyness of access most somewhat challanging bosses have in DkS 3. I realy can't tell you why, probably just some stupid "time spend = difficulty" parallel my subconscious makes, but I have not felt the same triumph over any DkS 3 boss I had for 1 or 2. And it's not like I hadn't had my fair amount of deaths to bosses. For me having a difficult treck to a boss is as important as a hard boss itself I guess. Then again I did realize that you can run past enemys rather quick (somewhere around Sens on my first DarkSouls experience) so figuring out the best path to take to get to a boss that gives me trouble without taking damage and in a speedy manner allways was part of DarkSouls for me and 3 is kinda missing out in that regard. Nostalgia doing it's thing I guess.

[@dudeiii2069]

i actually think that if the combo werent so long i might just think he deserve to be on a top 20

[@dudeiii2069]

+JinFreeks dark souls 3 do have some nostalgicbosses though eg soul of cinder abyss watchers index gundyr second in the unteneded grave pontiff sulyvahn yhorm the gaint nameless king aldritch dancer and lorian princes

[@joshuakim5240]

Pontiff, lore-wise, i hate since he's such an evil bastard. Fight-wise, i fucking adore him for being iconically badass, tough, not being annoying to repeat fight due to the shortcut chain (which felt even more satisfying, almost like a series of checkpoints that all interconnect perfectly). One thing i do admittedly despite about the fight however is the absurd length of his combo, and his ability to extend or shorten it any time he fucking wants, making predicting his combo almost impossible thus making getting hits in a massive chore. His theme is at least beautifully epic enough to make dying not that bad, since i can listen to it again and again XD

[@DoctaDaKing]

The one thing I hate about the Smelter Demon is the tracking overheads. In fact, the hit boxes in Dark Souls 2 feel fucked in several places throughout the game. Other than that, he's pretty damn cool

[@D1ab0lical]

The rolling i-frames are partly to blame along with the stiff enemy animations.

[@theDeModcracy]

Definitely true, but the game's overall mechanics are more to blame I think. I mean...those fucking turtles

[@bulink5087]

The player hit boxes are super defined the problem mostly comes from enemies being able to slide turn to hit you. though if you know when to dodge every move save for about two is dodge able easly. most of it is timing but some attacks like dark magic attacks are crap due to the hit box being larger then most of the spells. and pvp in dark souls 2 is bad mostly becuase of lag from player to playre. I have done my research on this topic becuase I like two the most.

[@DoctaDaKing]

+theDeModcracy Dark Souls 2 in general has more poor design in almost every aspect of a souls game than the others (thanks B-team). It's still a great game in its own right, but it's still not on par with the others. And yes, those turtles can burn in Iron hell

[@bulink5087]

DoctaDaKing There is the B team joke a lot of the guys who made dark souls 2 worked on one and demon souls if anything its the Director, and even then a lot of the aspects of dark souls 2 are far better then dark souls 1 a lot of the problems came with with the English translation for items and boss souls butchers them greatly. When you talk about maps the only bad one is the connection to the iron keep. and the level designs themselves are way better then dark souls 1's Dark souls one levels were very set path, where as dark souls 2 wanted to give you more then one path the get where you are going the Iron Keep is its best showing. you can go up the to face a few Iron knights and then hop on down or you can go through the fog gate at the lower section of the keep

[@bobisdoinsomething895]

lore-wise I hate the Pontiff he fed my waifu to a blob

[@MOOEY_DRAWS]

your waifu is a husbando.

[@bobisdoinsomething895]

+A Sleeve Heart I'm a not a giver so I don't mind

[@RepublicOfBridger]

probably thinking of Gwynevere, Gwyndolin is a dude

[@bobisdoinsomething895]

+Paine Extin no I know what I said

[@RepublicOfBridger]

the you meant "hubby"

[@natef9439]

I thought Kalameet got shot down by Hawkeye Gough, and that's why he's hanging out around there.

[@natef9439]

Maybe he got injured to the point of not being able to get out of there?

[@CrazeeAdam]

he did, but I guess he's asking "why is he still there in the area in general" since everything is destroyed around the area and basically no one lives there any more. But yeah, he gets shot by a giant ass arrow xD

[@silvernight97]

But he was there to begin with. That's the questionable part.

[@mrbmo9375]

+Joshua Joestar since he represents you know calamity, he can sense it, thus drawing him to oolacile were they awoke manus bringing forth chaos and calamity

[@GgbroTG]

+Invadar ZimZ Yeah, but why is he STILL there? That's the question

[@theDeModcracy]

So funny story...I was trying out doing some handstands this weekend and it really strained both of my wrists. That made editing a little more troublesome, but I pushed through to at least get this out by Wednesday. Q&A is next and it will be out by Friday at the very latest. As a teaser, I'll be announcing our next Souls series and even hinting at some new stuff for the future! :) Then I'm working on Uncharted 2. No more videos until I finish that one. For realz. Thanks for watching as always my friends!

[@cromacy1194]

Im so hyped for Q&A

[@Titanxzero1]

I thought you didn't like Sinth? You said so in your older Dark Souls count down.

[@theDeModcracy]

I have already played Uncharted 4 and recorded it. 2 & 3 as well! Just have to put together the videos now.

[@mikeyf2256]

Quite the athlete lol

[@theDeModcracy]

I may be salty that Sinh counters my playstyle, but I still respect the good design and lore of the boss.

[@jonahbyers6183]

So happy that we're getting to my favorite bosses. As for feedback about Pontiff's ranking: He's personally my favorite boss in Dark Souls III and one of the few that I'll put a summon sign down for just so I can fight him again and again and hear his fantastic theme music; however, I understand that that's a matter of opinion. What I'm curious about is your reasoning for docking points from design and difficulty; the balance of incredibly aggressive first phase to less aggressive second, as well as the atium shadow phantom he summons which I thought was an incredibly clever is what I love about the boss, and even with those, he was still an amazingly tough fight until I finally figured out how to parry him. Oh, I just realized that maybe the fact he can be parried is what dropped him down points in difficulty. That would make sense.

[@Nick-zz6te]

I agree with you. A 7/10 difficulty and a 22/30 design, I don't understand why even if you can parry him that shouldn't drop him so low.

[@servingruin2848]

He did say in his first video that difficulty is about how hard the fight is while being fair tho. so the fight is hard but the problem is that some of pontiffs combos are a flurry of attacks with terrible hitboxes making the fight a how fast can you tap the b button and backtrack to find op ring to be able to dodge his attacks without getting hit. pontiff is a damn hard fight but for some of the wrong reasons. he comes early mid game when you aren't really prepared for him. there is no hype to the fight whatsoever amd personally he had some of the best lore. there was a lot is satisfaction to be had when I finally bested him but not knowing on my first run how important he was to the plot made him seem not as cool when I finally beat him. while a boss Like nameless king had statues of himself everywhere and was mentioned in numerous item descriptions so the hype was there for him and the difficulty was there for him. plus nameless kings difficulty will be fair, it will be 10 because he is still hard even with his attacks being super telegraphed and his high damage outputs punishing a miss

[@Nick-zz6te]

Gage Smith He's fairly deep in the game even if you are newbie and there have already been aggressive bosses before already like Abyss Watchers. It's just a big step up. His boss fight not being hyped doesn't affect his ranking but i do think he should have had a cutscene. It was a surprise I suppose and the moment I walked into the arena, I knew I was in for something awesome. Yes he probably has the best lore in the game but once you enter the boss fight arena it's an amazing fight. I think he is hard but isn't an unfair boss at all. Once you understand his mechanics, there are many moments where you can punish and his super long combo is very obvious when he is about to enter it and if you're pretty far away from him, he even stops the combo early. I don't see anything wrong with his hitboxes. Every time I died was because of me being reckless and missing my rolls. The fight just really pushes you and for me after I defeated him, I could definitely see myself as a better player. Amazing boss fight. Personally one of my favourite bosses. I don't see much wrong with the boss fight. I just deal with it and push myself to become master the fight. Same with King of the Storm. Many people complain about the camera angle of the fight and for me that wasn't an issue. I think Nameless King is a brilliant fight too.

[@jeffreymaxson6216]

I Loved the Pontiff, the boss design, environment and music are just awesome.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

Hey, you know the React channel? They did Teens React to Dark Souls 3... and one of them beat Iudex Gundyr on his first try, even though I'm quite sure none of them had ever played DS3 before (although some of them had played DS1 when the channel did that game earlier). You familiar with the theory that the Lost Sinner is actually the Witch of Izalith herself reincarnated after the Bed of Chaos was destroyed by the Chosen Undead? There's a lot tying her to the Witch- she's explicitly female, much taller than a human, drops the Old Witch Soul which can be used to make the Chaos Blade, her handcuffs boost Pyromancy when you buy and equip them later despite her not using it herself and, most importantly, the bug that crawls through the eyehole of her mask during her opening cutscene is the same model as the Sunlight Maggot you find and kill in 1 hit at the heart of the Bed of Chaos. It would explain why she's punishing herself to atone for her hubris. Does that go any way towards making up for your disappointment with the Bed of Chaos fight and how pathetic it was that your expected confrontation with the Witch was reduced to that?

[@PrettyDamnDandy]

Did not know that theory. Damn that's actually really cool and makes me regret trashing on 2 as much as I did

[@gioro98]

that's cool

[@mrbmo9375]

i dont think its the witch her self re incarnated, an old witch could have been her or her 7 ( i think 7) daughters, i persenally think thats its the only remaining un mutated witch that you find in the first game, maybey after you killed the bed of chaos she ventures to izalith and becomes consumed by chaos and realizes her mistake, thus feeling the need to lock her self up so that she will never unleash chaos like her mothers and sister accidently did

[@dudeiii2069]

actually the bug that crawl into her eye is the witch probably just one of the daughter of chaos

[@dudeiii2069]

+Steven Bills it was the witch in dark souls 1 they look identical

[@alvarosanchez8470]

I just realised that, considering the dates of these videos, bosses from Dark Souls 3's DLC won't be convered here... Men, that feels incomplete...

[@rodrigosoares8247]

Slave Knight Gael for the win!

[@thewhorocks515]

Yeah it's sad to not have Friede, Midir, and Gael ranked. All great bosses.

[@480pixels]

also now knowing sekiro bosses aren't included, i think this needs a remastered because a good chunk of ringed city and sekiro bosses would crush the top 10

[@Caperonious]

From what I remember Kalameet was feared as the strongest dragon, feared by everyone, even the gods. No one wanted to mess with him. He's also the only dragon left (aside from that one in hiding) As for the Pontiff I really love that fight. I really like that 1v1 feel of a human-ish boss with swords. Plus the fight is crazy fast, so it never gets boring

[@AmanojakuPenguin]

I'm literally visiting your channel every day just waiting for the next video.

[@spartansilverteam]

I'm surprised to see pontiff outside top 20 tbh, he's an intense fight with some stellar lore, and I'm reaaaally surprised to see him below the Dancer. random note, can someone remind what rank the pursuer is?

[@Nick-zz6te]

My thoughts exactly.

[@ja7642]

Dancer has heavy lore on her, and one of the best designs, Pontiff gets a bit easy when he starts summoning the shadow.

[@Nick-zz6te]

+Maknauj Pontiff's lore is better overall imo. He has a major difficulty spike for many players and his boss fight really improved people's ability at the game. After beating Pontiff, I learnt so much from the fight, improving my skill at the game. He ranked him 2 in his DS3 video but places him in 26 in all the Soulsbourne games. I think Dancer and Pontiff should both be at least top 20.

[@dudeiii2069]

why? pontiff is great but i think its a bit unfair JUST A BIT DONT GET PISSED because of the never ending combo and the phantom e can summon him just turn the boss from an impressive 1v1 boss fught to a ganking boss fight the heal chances are rare as fuck and on the second phase its just dodging and play very passive since you have to have alot of stamina to roll away from the never ending conbos by the phantom and pontiff himself

[@Raptor052]

Pursuer hasn't actually shown up yet.

[@Jesse_Drake]

Absolutely love pontiff, he's my second favourite boss in ds3 right behind nameless king. Not sure why some people hate him, he was pretty easy in my first run but that probably was because of my build.

[@collinqs2541]

+Nicholas Bennett it's a fact that his own opinion based list is wrong? Do you not get opinions or something?

[@JasonDoe1000]

Opinion yes but his rating system is very odd and inconsistent

[@artboycreations]

To answer your question why I dislike Pontiff (I love him more wise) is because im not good at parrying and when trying to dodge his combos I either have the camera messing me up or I get caught on something. Plus I'm best played as a strength two hand character so my playstyle does limit me. That's just my opinion and I can always get better in fighting him but pontiff will always be the boss that almost made me quit the game.

[@minoid]

I don't like Sulyvhan because his Stand is lame

[@BrBetim]

What about Wolnir? He is literally Justice

[@minoid]

+TheBetim Better than a fat Silver Chariot

[@BrBetim]

+Invader MAIR ayy

[@GodOfWar5528]

Not everyone can have a Killer Queen or D4C ^^

[@mentalbreakgaming3102]

I like Sulyvahn because if you don't know his height allows you to use the sir down gesture and Dodge all his flame attacks if you're close enough

[@Nick-zz6te]

Yeah Pontiff at 26 I strongly disagree. The music, the setup, his design, the lore and he's at 26? I'm honestly confused.

[@ja7642]

Due to her music, her setup, her design, her lore. To me they all overcome Pontiff's

[@Nick-zz6te]

+Maknauj Complete opposite to me lol. I think Dancer is a great fight. I think she has a slightly better design and set up but Pontiff's lore and difficulty is above. I mean he's the pope of Irythll and a lot of items are filled with Pontiff's lore. One of the smartest, ruthless and merciless character in the Dark Souls series.

[@feeblecursedone2540]

+Nicholas Bennett Another note would be that the Dancer's lore is completely dependent on James Pontiff Sulyvahn

[@Nick-zz6te]

Feeble Cursed One Exactly.

[@dudeiii2069]

dude 29 out of a 130 thats pretty impressive hes not saying that the boss is bad so you shoukd be happy and there are alot more bosses that are better design than him especially in bloodborne

[@tahruamananelly1018]

In my first play through of dark souls. I had more trouble with the Taurus demon than the gargoyles 😂😂

[@tahruamananelly1018]

Also I thought Pontiff Sullivan was a cake walk. Parrying = OP

[@mahdikabtni6728]

no need to even parry just stand behind him and try to go to the side or fight him on the stairs even his second phase is easy

[@Makcrag]

Taurus was the second hardest (non-DLC) boss in Dark Souls 1 for me on my first play-through.

[@eddielucroy2364]

Taurus made me quit for 6 months. Then i was like whatever lets try again and realized i could shield his attacks RIP Taurus t

[@DWFTW]

Yeah, by Gargoyles you can actually upgrade your weapons, and have a much better selection of weapons open to you as well (for a first playthrough) Plus a much better arena to actually fight on rather than that narrow castle wall with the demon that takes up the entire space across. Died so much to Taurus in my first playthrough... Didn't help was almost always out of Estus just getting back there usually, those spear knights I could not deal with well when new to the series.

[@andrebastos8889]

I hope you treat the abysswatchers well, that fight has everything of perfect, I'm not into lore but I assume its also great. In that fight the music is amazing, the fight is epic and never unfair to me (this fight is even better when you have a larger health bar), when he hits the second phase the fight gets even more epic and intense, but still, never unfair

[@zangetxis9764]

I still have nightmares about Gundyr's Second Phase

[@Caesius1208]

Yes! Your new video! I've been waiting for this one to the point where my boyfriend kept berating me from mentioning it so often. Glad it's up now! This is by far my favourite ranking of all the ones you've done, and of all the ones available at that. They're well thought-out, eloquent, and generally fun to watch. I'm already subscribed, but have a thumbs up as well! As a slight sidenote, I'm actually one of those players whose first Dark Souls boss ever was... Iudex Gundyr! I died about 10 times, of course, before finally killing him. Now I have purchased every souls game and bloodborne, though I've only really had time to play Dark Souls 3 and (particularly) Demon's Souls so far. Your ranking videos have made me look forward to the other three! So while you certainly didn't get me hooked to Dark Souls 3 alone, your videos definitely helped me realize I wanted to play the entire series and experience the bosses for myself. It's particularly interesting to see how bosses have developed since Demon's Souls. So thanks for that, and keep up the good work!

[@Lewich64]

Im so hyped, I mean, I only played (and still playing) Dark Souls 3 and it's really hard for me, but I love this ranking because I can learn what the whole series has to offer. Nice video as always, keep up the good work :D

[@theDeModcracy]

Thanks Shalaka, be sure to give the rest of the series a chance if you get the time!

[@Lewich64]

I will absolutly give them a chance! You literraly opened a new "world" for me, thank you a lot :)

[@moonlightwarriorgaming743]

I wonder how many get pissed at you for calling it "BloodSouls"

[@theDeModcracy]

Surprisingly very few since I made that whole thing a joke back in the beginning of this series. Not sure why, I just like Bloodsouls. DemonDarkBlood 3 is a close second though!

[@moonlightwarriorgaming743]

theDeModcracy Haha

[@oyanzinho]

+theDeModcracy but just to be sure... you know the stablished name for the series is soulsborne, right?

[@Arcaea_]

Remaining: Abyss Watchers, Champ Gundyr, Twin Princes, Dancer, Soul of Cinder, Nameless King, Sif, Gwyn, Artorias, O&S, Manus, The Pursuer, Raime, Ivory King, Sir Alone, Gascoigne, Maria, Gehrman, Martye, Ludwig, Orphan, Maiden Astrea & Old King Allant. I think I have a pretty good idea who's in the top 10;) buuuut nonetheless, the remainder is awesome as hell, keep up the good work!!

[@theDeModcracy]

Thanks for writing that up! We'll see soon enough how it all shakes out ;)

[@hamishmuir3679]

Isn't there 1 more demon's souls boss missing? I've never played it but I know Astrea and Allant are demons souls and that none of the rest of those are demons souls bosses. Since I haven't played it I don't know the last one but it's nice to see an actual list of who's left since I was agonising over trying to remember the remaining bosses :)

[@Arcaea_]

+Hamish Muir No, your right, I fckin missed the Tower Knight, shame on me for him having even a CUTSCENE!! qq

[@EchoTriux]

"I can't even imagine what it would be like if this was the your first boss in the series" Well let me tell you, I beat him on my second try. The again, I'm a monster hunter veteran so I had the "roll at the last possible frame" thing down already. Gundyr's moves don't have too many lasting hotboxes so they were really easy to dodge through (Think Nargacuga for any other MH players reading), then when he transforms halfway through it was simply "Go to the side he starts the attack from and wail on him as he wiffs". First ever dark souls boss. I completely missed the hype for the first game and the second one looked boring. I finally caved and bought the third one because a few of my friends wouldn't shut up about it. Was worth. Funny enough, the most difficult boss for me was Vordt, super easy ass vordt. I died more times to him than any other boss barring Champion and Nameless King...somehow. His delayed moves threw me off a lot, All of Gundyr's attacks come out right after the windup but 3 or 4 of vordts windups look the same for very different attack timings. Of course on NG+ he was a joke now that I'm in the dark souls zone but...

[@theDeModcracy]

Glad you finally took the dive into the series and kudos on downing Gundyr second try! I could definitely see Vordt's delayed attacks being challeging for a new player since it's something I still struggle with myself.

[@EchoTriux]

+theDeModcracy holy shit i didnt expect a reply, hows it going man? while youre on the horn- Im a big fan of your videos (obviously) and i immediately click on them when i see them in my subbox. i like the amount of work you clearly put into these rankings and the amount of detail you go into is great. I couldnt get enough when i first found you, binged every "ranking the __ bosses" video you had(all the way through ds3 19-1). Great stuff mate, keep it up!

[@theDeModcracy]

I'm pretty great! Always happy when I get to release a new video for you all. I really appreciate all the kind words man. Comments like that are a big part of what makes this community so damn awesome and supportive!

[@EchoTriux]

+theDeModcracy you deserve the support, there are too many youtubers who dont even read the comments let alone respond to so many of them, its a wonderful rarity. good on ya!

[@mentalbreakgaming3102]

you know I love monster hunter and for some reason all my practice on it seemed to go away I mean I am an amazing mh player I've put so much practice down in that game. also speaking of nargacuga did you have an easy time beating the lucent nargacuga I was terrified of him but found him difficult but still somewhat easy

[@megadragonking546]

4:50 yep that pretty much sums up my Dark Souls experience as well

[@chrislittle4805]

Really liking the videos. Think this ranking series has been a "must see" for me every time I see you've got a new one out. Keep up the good work!

[@BHM_Productions]

Kalameet is a pretty great boss, and definitely one of my faves in Dark Souls, but god damn he is painfully difficult. In my opinion, he is the hardest boss in that game, followed closely by Manus and Artorias. But still, a great design and very memorable fight.

[@lconner1959]

pontiff sulyvahn by far my favourite souls borne in my opinion, killed him for the 6th time today and still get a major rush

[@soulslayer434]

He and Nameless King are my 2 favorite DS3 bosses but I like BB bosses more like Maria and Ludwig.

[@dignifieddingus9821]

I never got the hate for Sulyvahn, I've never died to him and he is just so dang fun. By far one of my favorite DS3 bosses with Dragonslayer Armor and Watchers.

[@gitsmar7565]

He's a really cool boss. But do you know what's hard? Going against the twin princes and beating them first try (Journey 4 btw).

[@gitsmar7565]

+Imreadytorock ya. Can't lie he's just a really cool boss.

[@lconner1959]

+Nois24 Games I beat the soul of cinder first try on journey 4, idfk how I did it but I freaked out when I did

[@christianbryan8818]

Pontiff Sulyvahn #26?! Pontiff was a fight that combined you having to make great choices of when to attack, to heal and even when to hit because one hit could cause your life. That's rare in souls borne. Plus the satisfaction of parrying him is nice. Not to mention this is a boss that a really made you think hard about wether or not to attack, that's rare in soulsborne. Maybe it's just me but I love pontiff

[@christianbryan8818]

Promise me Marytr Logarious is top 10 or 5 I love that boss

[@D1ab0lical]

+Christian Bryan I thought Martyr was definately a better boss than Pontiff, but Pontiff has better lore and it's much more fun with friends to beat his evil ass. I actually never fought him without phantoms before and on my newest character I went in solo for the first time and beat him first try. Unlike Logarius it isn't required to learn his parry timing to beat him.

[@D1ab0lical]

+Christian Bryan Not that I could ever parry Pontiff, I always whiff the parry on the initial running forward strike. Parrying windows are pretty small in this game.

[@christianbryan8818]

+Mr. Realist I honestly didn't learn his parry timing, I still am trying to

[@christianbryan8818]

+Christian Bryan well there's a few attacks I know how

[@PaszerDye]

3:58 "Intense study of his tells" is exactly what I did. Even though I can beat him handily now with only rally, he's still my favorite boss :D

[@gnrfreak1]

I check your page every day for the next video, these are great!! I can't wait to see where OnS place

[@theDeModcracy]

Glad to hear you're enjoying the series gnr, I'm excited too!

[@frills333]

Felt really good when I beat Sinh, BECAUSE I PUNCHED A FUCKING DRAGON TO DEATH!

[@theDeModcracy]

Haha you fisted it?

[@frills333]

NO NOT LIKE THAT!

[@theDeModcracy]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@frills333]

Well a little bit if you know what I mean.

[@jerec1267]

ONE PUUUUUUUNCH

[@LoremXeroX]

So the Bosses left are: Demon's Souls: False King Allant, Maiden and Tower Knight Dark Souls: Manus, Ornstein & Smough, Artorias, Gwyn and Sif Dark Souls II: Fume Knight, Alonne, Ivory King and Pursuer Bloodborne: Orphan of Kos, Ludwig, Maria, Gascoigne, Martyr and Gehrman Dark Souls III: Nameless King, Soul of Cinder, Dancer, Lothric & Loran, Champion Gundyr and Watchers What is the top 5?

[@andyiverson4775]

tbh the cast that is left from DS1 just tops the 4 other games together, the only bosses worth mentioning are Allant, Raime, Gehrmann, Maria and the Soul of Cinder. And that would conclude my Top10

[@ijustgotreallystoned638]

@@andyiverson4775 tard

[@youmukonpaku916]

alright. my predictions for the top 10 have gotta be as follows, in no particular order. Champiom Gundyr (Maybe Im Biased as he is my favorite boss) Lorian and Lothric Gwyn Soul of Cinder Artorias Nameless King Orphan of Kos Gherman Ivory King Ivory King is the best fight in Dark Souls 2 by far rivaled only by Sir Alonne. Ivory King did everything right. Thr arena was a total 180 from the rest of the DLC, having the knights of Elyum Eoyce fight along side you and sacrifice themselfs is sooo bad ass and the Ivory King coming into the arena from the portal made the fight so damn good. The Lore was stellar af too and honestlt the fight had NO drawbacks whatsoever.

[@MOOEY_DRAWS]

i dont see gwyn making top 10 at all.

[@nathanh9760]

I think orphan of low has already been rated

[@youmukonpaku916]

+Seath The Dankless Gwyn is a fight that summed up Dark Souls perfectly. Go watch Jordan Underneaths video on the Kiln of the First Flame. It basicallt says everything that I could say about it but am too lazy to type.

[@MOOEY_DRAWS]

Youmu Konpaku i disagree. Its an awful final boss that has good lore. The parry mechanic makes it way easier, and even without it, you can kite gwyn around the objects in the boss room. In fact, Soul of Cider's second phase is literally gwyn without those things, which makes Lord of cinder a good boss because it's Gwyn without gwyn being gwyn-able lol.

[@dominicpetrone1393]

The Amor Londo brother over champion.

[@Ethikx]

Nothing is more satisfying than Chaos Storm when Sulyvahn summons his clone

[@milesmonaco2625]

Ok I know it's been years. But if you change it to stand you are poggers.

[@swag1fam397]

It always gets me so excited to see a new boss ranking in my sub box. Much love and also i dont know how you only have 66k subs. You deserve way more. Awesome video as always keep up the great work

[@canadian_finch2803]

I shall now continue my eternal wait for #1

[@myazo7274]

i will wait with you friend

[@D1ab0lical]

two more episodes.

[@theDeModcracy]

You won't be waiting too much longer!

[@mattk1469]

*Praise the Sun Gesture* Praise +theDeModcracy

[@ryza6897]

Still no Dancer! Yes! Waifu has made the Top 25.

[@doctor_baseball]

I was actually expecting Pontiff in the top 10.

[@jjtheinsane]

I love these souls series rankings that you do DeModcracy, keep it up :D

[@KoolaidHippie]

0:47 it was hard countless hours growing smarter while the Tutorial boss laughs at your lack of skill only to finally beat him and think “if this is the tutorial, what else is there” but after beating him once it slowly starts to turn into a joke and is just a speed bump.

[@dropdreadd2122]

I hate pontiff but fuck he's so cool and his lore is amazing

[@loomingmoon4682]

Why the fuck am I so low?

[@testrun2985]

Because you fed all of our Waifus *(Gwendolyn...for some reason he's a waifu/Priscilla and Gwynevere are possible as well)* and ruined the entirety of Dark Souls 3 by being a manipulative fuckhead...fuck you.

[@spasmodicgamerzn1221]

Really , you should at least mentioned penatrater for the 69th boss

[@talentlessidiot1964]

Spasmodic Gamer ZN *impersonates the ostrich from family guy* hahaaa

[@marshallroels5733]

So glad this video finally came out! Love the series, keep up the good work. Can't wait for the last two videos. :)

[@thisaccountisnolongerinuse793]

Please keep this up! I won't get to see the final few as I leave up north for the summer :( .Thank you for all the work you do!

[@theDeModcracy]

I've got no intention of stopping any time soon! Enjoy your leave and I appreciate your support :)

[@RePaperBag]

Pontiff should be higher on the list.

[@Rogu14]

Still no Nameless King, i must say i don't like him at all. 1st phase is insanely poorly made, you lose track, sight of dragon however 2nd phase is really good the first one sucks and destroys all the fun for me

[@JasonDoe1000]

Thank you, that's exactly the same problem that I have with him and I don't understand why everyone hypes him so much

[@joshrow584]

Yeah totally agreed, it's a great fight for the lore but the first phase ruins it in terms of fun for me. Soul of Cinder and Champion Gundyr are much better bosses imo

[@smeatyflavor8201]

I know... That fist phase just kills the fight. The second phase is awesome though.

[@55fivefive]

It's really not that bad, once you've done it 3/4 times you can blitz it down easily and it barely even registers as part of the fight

[@Rogu14]

5555 I would say that it's not the case. The case is more likely poor design of fight when u totally lose target and get rekt from somewhere else

[@soulslayer434]

#1 Nameless King is my guess.

[@jhinpotion9230]

I highly doubt he'll rank above Artorias, Orphan, Maria, Gehrman or O&S tbh.

[@supermysticsonic2]

+FridgeridooTV Soul of Cinder > Gehrman

[@sephyrias883]

I think his top 5 will be 5 Manus 4 Nameless King 3 Gehrman 2 Maria 1 Orphan

[@PrettyDamnDandy]

+supermysticsonic2 that's mostly due to the lore though. Gerhman is a much better fight but hard to really care for as there's only one bloodborne. The soul of cinder on the other hand is a monument to everyone's sins and has such meaningful lore behind it. Let's be real you felt your heart drop once phase 2 kicked in

[@CrazeeAdam]

the problem is, the Nameless King takes things from those fights and does a lot better. He'll be above O&S for sure, as his "gank" could be said to be done even better, his lore is a lot more rich, his difficulty is probably some of the highest in the series, design is very cool. The only one of those i see being above him is Artorias.

[@xx1ststarxx]

Woot DeModcracy! I've been waiting all week for this.

[@theDeModcracy]

Hope it was worth the wait Leon!

[@Ryza669]

Love your Soulsborne content, keep them coming!

[@Butcher_Of_The_Sands]

I think Lothric/Lorian and Sif will definetly be in the top 5

[@the96clawplayz29]

+Destroying Productions no he's not he's by far my second favourite souls boss

[@mrbmo9375]

+Destroying Productions why, sif is one of the best fights over all 3 games, he has some of the best lore, especially when you do the dlc special cutseen, he actually makes you feel bad and reflect your past kills, wondering who is the real monster, and its a giant flippy wolf with a giant glowing sword

[@the96clawplayz29]

+Destroying Productions also his master artorias is a real challenge and damn killing Sif is depressing

[@mrbmo9375]

+Destroying Productions "he looks like a dog" well i mean hes a wolf soooo... he should look like a cat?

[@mrbmo9375]

+Destroying Productions also just because he was easy for you doesnt really make it a bad boss in general

[@raymond.8182]

gherman #1 :)

[@theDeModcracy]

Maaaaaaaaybe ;)

[@thelitgreendude7575]

or mangus or master logarious (my favorite boss)

[@RoSoVilChan]

i LOVE ME SOME DEMODCRACY VIDEOS :) awesome work man ! Can't wait for the rest of the bosses :D oh and the Q&A too ! Cheers !

[@aqula]

One of the things that makes the Kalameet fight so awesome imo is the fact that you're fighting an actual dragon and not a wyvern or a drake. And as we all know, it took several gods to fight the dragons in that war. So killing a dragon with a little bit of help from Gough make this fight so damn awesome.

[@di0nin]

Hey man, just wanted to say that I love your vids! These videos are what motivated me to get back into Dark souls, and now I'm almost done with my first run of Dark souls 3. Every time I get my ass handed to me and I feel the salt flowing, I just watch one of your videos and I'm instantly raring to go again.

[@MaxiS9gd]

I love those videos dude! :D Can't wait for top 10!

[@theDeModcracy]

Thanks Maxi, I can't either! I'll work hard to get it out ASAP

[@djvg7607]

13:30 Black Dragon Kalameet has incredible lore. He was an ancient dragon who was known for being nearly impossible to kill. After the war with the dragons, he was corrupted by the abyss. They turned him into what you see when you fight him. Interestingly, Gough actually wants you to kill him not because he hates dragons, but because he wants you to put Kalameet out of his misery. So in a way the fight is a mercy killing.

[@mikelupia4434]

Awesome series, eagerly awaiting the next video!!

[@ajax2985]

0:47 As someone who started their journey through the Souls series with DS3, I couldn’t beat this boss without the Pyromancy starting spell until I had pushed through several more bosses. This was definitely a tough and eye opening first boss but he’s great!

[@kohakugaming4875]

Yes Ive been waiting all week for this

[@theDeModcracy]

Hope you enjoyed it Jigglystuff!

[@zelbess557]

Just got home from a bad day directly into your video. Thanks as always, mate.

[@theDeModcracy]

Sorry you had a bad day my friend, but glad I could brighten it up a bit!

[@Paperclipgaming5004]

Dude i freaking love this videos keep it up

[@KingCassio98]

Hello DeModcracy, the Potato Masher I'm here to say that i love your channel, and i need to thank you for the great help you gave me during my playthrough of Dark Souls. Keep the good work on your videos, and you'll keep getting my like. Sorry for the bad english, Brazilian subscriber here.

[@JrodXX]

Just wanted to say thank you for having an outstandingly entertaining channel.

[@theDeModcracy]

Nothing better than hearing kind things like this Jrod, I'll work hard to keep it up!

[@jakerose9148]

Bravo yet again sir. another top notch entry in your brilliant souls ranking series. can't wait for the final two. Although I'm not sure what I'll do with myself lol

[@theDeModcracy]

Well we're gonna have more fun Souls videos after these final two for you to get excited for!

[@jakerose9148]

Oh yeah. Thank you for raising my hopes good sir.

[@AReallyBuffLlama]

Dark Souls 3 was my first Souls game ever. Gundyr was such a pain for me, but man it was addicting. Loved the challenge of the game. Proud to say I beat it twice. Great video, dude. Love this series!

[@theDeModcracy]

I'm glad you got hooked easily from the start! I really do think Gundyr is such a great intro to the game. Kudos on besting the game and thanks for the support Llama!

[@themuffinman9353]

Great video as usual, DeModcracy. Keep up the good work :)

[@jaydenchimp1391]

"I cant imagine what it would have been like having Gundyr as your first ever boss in these games" Lemme tell you buddy. 6 months. Breaks here and there because he couldnt kick my ass enough but. 6 long months before I finally fell Gudyr and was able to play the game (only to spend the next month beating lothric, but after that it wasnt too bad. I'm in NG+5 now and beat NG+ in 2 days ^-^)

[@BagofBeansz]

I refunded the game the first time I tried lol

[@cloudbloom]

cutting off kalameets tail was definitely one of the most difficult things I have faced at the time. right when the dlc came out I fell in love with it and hawkeye gough became my favorite souls character. his short cutscene is my favorite in every souls game for some reason. I was able to kill kalameet fairly easy but it took me SO long to cut the tail off. probably around 35 tries, maybe more

[@FiendMatadorSlayerOfNoobs]

You know what makes these videos entertaining? Your voice. Seriously. It fits your style of commentating so well. It maybe sounds like i am completely outta whack saying it, but it's so fun to hear you talk. Kinda hard to describe when you cant find the word for it, so i guess i shall leave it at 'Entertaining and stylish'. :D Also, your 'Funny moments' video for Dark Souls III shows you have a reallly good sense of humor (In my opinion.) which is always a huge plus.

[@theDeModcracy]

I'm glad to hear that my voice adds a lot to the commentary! It's one of the most consistent things I hear viewers enjoy, so it makes me confident that as long as I have something worthwhile in gaming to talk about my videos will be worth watching. Thanks Fiend! :)

[@jasonbond5213]

As someone who got into these games with DS3 I cannot stress enough how much I love and appreciate Gundyr. He is the perfect boss for a new player, with a short run up, enough time in between strikes to heal or calm your nerves (as you will be at the edge of your seat if this is your first ever boss) and easy to grasp attack patterns that teach you blocking, dodging and staying on the move at the same time. He also has two very different phases, which helps as well as this introduces you to both humanoid and more abstract bosses. He is great for a first time player and one of my favourite bosses so far because of it (haven't beaten 3 yet though).

[@griffinbenedict3025]

The Old Monk, Pontiff, and Kalameet commentary, makes me wonder how this list would be changed if the DS3 DLC were to be included. EDIT: Added Pontiff and Kalameet

[@mikeyisbombable]

Fun fact: Pontiff was originally supposed to be the final boss for ds3 so the game was supposed to be much shorter. Since he was the final boss at the time, he was supposed to be fought in Kiln of the First Flame. Also, Pontiff had a different name during production of ds3 called “Old King of the Eclipse”. So technically, Ds3/events wouldn’t have happened without Pontiff himself.

[@harrishoin7950]

FYI gundyr as a first boss is what sold me on going through the entire rest of the series, he wasn't overly punishing and he fit the "prepare to die' mentality you're introduced to

[@Hardrocker251]

Woo, I was hoping this would come out on my birthday. Thanks

[@theDeModcracy]

Happy Birthday Hardrocker!

[@alligatorcrocs6693]

It took me like ten tries to beat gundyr my first time. Maybe it was because dark souls 3 was my first dark souls game

[@aeroforce2202]

personally as someone who has all 3 dark souls games but has never found the time to beat any of them (especially since not long after beating pontiff i had to reinstall windows and lost all my data for DS3) pontiff has been one of the most thrilling and fun challenges i have faced so far. hes such a fun bad-ass aggressive boss that you truly feel accomplished for slaying.

[@nickferrero835]

Quality video man, keep it up

[@TheGamingCamel22]

Thanks for making this with your wrists strained man!! I hope you get well soon.. also, I am happy to see some non DLC DS2 bosses made it a bit high.. i don't think all DS2 bosses are terrible and I certainly love the ones you included here, they are very memorable and good fights.. and btw, the Smelter Demon actually absorbs the fire that are in the two torches around the room when phase 2 kicks in.... you will notice how the room goes darker.. so the fire mechanic makes sense.. since you know.. Smelter Demon.. he drains the fire.. creates a forge within him and Smelts his weapon ;)

[@bogged810]

Great video, as always!

[@lewisdawson4816]

I love these videos keep up the great stuff DeModcracy and I'm glad to see pontiff get a respectable he's one of my favourite bosses in DS3 but my favourite is the twin princes by far :)

[@theDeModcracy]

Thanks Lewis, will do! I've got great admiration for both bosses as they are definitely some of the series' best!

[@lewisdawson4816]

+theDeModcracy I just hope fromsoft do well with the dlc and hope it's as hard as the other darkbourne dlcs can't wait for you to rank them bosses too in the future!

[@ligondis]

I was super excited when this video popped up. I have gotten pretty far on dark souls 3 to where I think I only have soul of cinder and the dragon you have to jump on left. I gotta say high up bosses have to be like the abyss walker twin princes and soul of cinder because bosses basically have double their health. Good video tho!

[@brotherhoodmanroblox]

if you havent fought oneshot dragon theres another beastmode boss waiting for you

[@bimmop4372]

Soul of Cinder isn't too hard

[@tobiasmoodias4855]

imo princes were super hard first time around but the next time they were a joke

[@jloe01]

+Slinky12355 *gets 5 hit comboed*

[@tobiasmoodias4855]

jloe01 are you staying up for the next boss ranking vid?

[@urokia]

Something that might have been mentioned before but that I always appreciated was the world 2 in demon's souls had all the best upgrade gear for physical damage builds, but everything had high physical resistance and low magic resistance, meanwhile for the enemies in world 3 the reverse is true. I always liked the cleverness behind making each stage more difficult for the type of build it benefits.

[@zyvan3179]

Khalameet is one of my favorite fights in the series. I remember my friend warning me about the difficult fight to come and he wasnt kidding. It was an insane fight but I somehow managed to beat him on my first try but I was at a sliver of my health with no estus and the last hit was almost a trade. Easily one of my most memorable fights alongside Artorias, Manus, and the Abbysswatchers

[@Crimson-kt7fd]

New boss idea for Fromsoft. Flexible Smelter Demon....

[@sl5737]

Another great video,keep it up man

[@theDeModcracy]

Thanks SL28!

[@ConnorH90]

Man, i love your videos! Your funny when its appropriate, but also highly professional! Got me subscribed and i wish the best of luck to you hoing foward! p.s., i think zones should come next. ive got some one id like to be..... evaluated.....

[@sharkassassin4121]

Iudex Gundyr was my first souls boss as a trial to see if I wanted to (attempt to) get Demon's Souls on ps5. It really involved me waiting for the jump attack, hit him once, repeat, and then get wrecked by the transformation and put the controller down for a few minutes to calm myself down before trying again.

[@logancampbell3065]

I get excited when I see a new video no joke.

[@JDWILSON13]

I have a very bittersweet history with Pontiff XD. I've never actually died to him but I've come damn near close multiple times, he always gives me a heart attack but the sense of accomplishment afterwards is through the roof!

[@Nutshell2K]

As always, great video! :)

[@quesomaster15]

This series is awesome! Do you have any plans for another series after this one ends?

[@Migsycruz]

nice video I've been watching every one that comes out 👏👏👏👏👌✌

[@BoisegangGaming]

Gundyr was my first boss in the Dark Souls series that I've fought. It took me hours to beat, but when I did, it was amazing. He felt difficult not because of artificial difficulty but because of his mechanics.

[@canigna]

that outro song is always so perfectly placed