Dark Souls 3 - Sister Friede and Father Ariandel Boss Fight (4K 60FPS)

[@G4M4GAMA]

'Please, avert thine eyes.' It is actually so cute seeing Father Ariendal covering his eyes during 1st phase

[@slurpcurry4253]

I was gonna comment this. No one else seemed to notice that he actually does avert his eyes, but you can see it at the beginning of the phase 2 cutscene.

[@maxpaynegk]

After all this time, I never noticed he did that.

[@owenjones7522]

No it isnt

[@Max-px5ym]

Yea he's... cute

[@spacenaves]

He looks like a little kid lol. Made me wish you didn't have to kill him soon after

[@TheGamerApocalypse]

There still hasn’t been a moment in the series that matches the panic of discovering phase 3 black-flame for the first time. This is my favorite boss possibly in video game history.

[@Veluvian]

Also the Guardian Ape in Sekiro, but it lacks the epic and dark vibe of Sister Friede, cause the ape is a middle boss, but the troll for the player was really nice there too

[@CostasSavvides]

I thought nothing could ever top Lothric, younger prince and Lorian, elder prince and the game was hold my ember

[@BionicAir]

Me killing her in phase 1: Well that was easy for a DLC boss.....oh, shit. Me killing her in phase 2: Okay, that was a decent challenge.....oh, uhh Phase 3: You Died.

[@javierperezjp2025]

2 years ago I literally die70 or more times on this boss, fml so hard

[@TheGamerApocalypse]

@@javierperezjp2025 the attempt that becomes the victory though, highest dopamine rush of my life. I spent about as many times on her as you did. Fight was *hell* to progress on

[@jaidencorreya2112]

Man I felt so bad fighting them the pain in the fathers scream desperately trying to bring her back to life man and the strength to rip those chains off the type of adrenaline fuelled rage I like to see in a game close second to Gael this one is

[@CatManDoom84]

Yes! His sadness turning to rage! Sad fight for sure

[@motazfawzi2504]

@@CatManDoom84 It makes it harder, but I only fought Friede

[@TheBlueDino0ne]

I didn't feel bad, she's a bitch when she goes invisible

[@acrazyweeb7225]

@@CatManDoom84tbh I was kinda apologizing cause of how genuine it is I was even starting to question whether we were the hero or not

[@danielhall635]

​@@acrazyweeb7225Well... good news... we (the ashen one) are the heroes. The painted worlds are destined to burn so that a new painter can paint a new world. Such is the cycle of a painted world. Sister Friede wants to halt this natural order and leave the painting to rot. A corvian resident even tells us that Father Ariandel is being manipulated by Sister Friede. Sister Friede further wants to halt this cycle by imprisoning the new painter.

[@Majestic7274]

5:23 is probably one of the coldest shots in fromsoft's games. Over time they've really gotten good at cinematography in their games. Miyazaki loves his wide shots.

[@AwesomeyFox]

Agreed, also reminds me of ornstein and smough, not sure if it was intentional but I think it was cool

[@just_cade]

This shot, the shot at the beginning of Gael’s second phase, and the Dancer’s reveal are my absolute favorites in the game.

[@ianfechtner8755]

All these mentioned are great, but you are forgetting “Tonight, Gehrman joins the hunt.”

[@garczmen3291]

Yeah, and opposite - hot shot 1:34

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

I’ve never played this game but my jaw dropped

[@randomkitty2555]

I remember this boss fight, took me literally days of play session to finally beat. Easily my most memorable moment in this game. Cool seeing it in 4K.

[@javierperezjp2025]

Isshin on Sekiro and this boss the hardest bosses of from IMO

[@devanshtyagi1403]

It saddens me we didnt get even a single three phase boss in elden ring with some cool bosses like Malekith and Godfrey cut short because of piss poor balancing of the game.

[@randomkitty2555]

​@@devanshtyagi1403 Probably in future DLC.

[@forkliftcertifed123]

@@javierperezjp2025 friede is harder than nameless king and Gael? Lmao get good buddy

[@javierperezjp2025]

@@forkliftcertifed123 i said IMO, dont you see?

[@joelhardaway1143]

5:23 that’s some badassery right there

[@shaunconnally4794]

They dropin that new mixtape

[@qcdoomqc]

That shot is absolute Art.

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

One of the hardest shots I’ve ever seen in gaming

[@just_cade]

Her move set in the third phase is just stunning. She is so nimble, and each swing of her scythe is dramatic and deadly. It just looks so epic when she spirals up into the air and then slams down on you in an explosion of black flame. Spectacular boss design.

[@HeartOfHallownest]

Yeah you’ve never known terror tho until black flame friede has locked you into a 20 hit combo lol

[@just_cade]

@@HeartOfHallownest Gotta love that infinite stamina!

[@HeartOfHallownest]

@@just_cade fr

[@MrEel-mp3yf]

she fights very much like gehrman from bloodborne. she even uses some of his moves

[@kukuc96]

@@MrEel-mp3yf People do say that she is a Bloodborne boss in DS3. The speed of her is more like BB, and faster than anything else in DS.

[@keithfilibeck2390]

Black Flame Frieda is easily one of the top strongest lore-wise characters in the series, if not quite possibly, the 2nd strongest character in it, with the lowly slave knight surpassing her.

[@grimkxdo]

@Viper Hareous makes you wonder what Ng they were on man

[@jeanniemaycrawford4466]

Lore wise, the furtive pygmy is supposed to be the strongest as all main playable characters are his descendents. The ashen one being the last playable characters means that he's the strongest playable character. Gael is on par with the chosen undead who's basically the soul of cinder. May not reflect in the gameplay (health scaling of the dlc) but according to the lore, Gael is just an undead powered up by the dark soul who's more than capable to link the flame if given the opportunity. It should also be noted that Gwyn and the nameless king are equally powerful (some say that the king is stronger) and Gwyn was the first lord of cinder so the nameless king can hypothetically be as strong as Gael/the chosen undead. Sister fride is an unkindled one, those who failed to link the flame like the ashen one and is canonically weaker than all the lords of cinder.

[@jeanniemaycrawford4466]

Oh, if it weren't for the gods, the dragons would be the strongest. It's like rock paper scissors. Dragons weak to gods gods weak to humans Humans are supposed to be weak to dragons (but dragons can succumb to the dark just like how humans can forget that they have the dark soul)

[@kwamemwangs2173]

No what are you talking about Frieda is weaker than all the lord soul users, Manus, and probably vendrick too

[@keithfilibeck2390]

@@kwamemwangs2173 until she becomes Black Flame, empowered by whatever primordial flame Ariandel has.

[@laeIkdl]

I love everything about this boss, learning to counter her invisibilty turns what seemed like an devistating move into her biggest weakness. The second phase is the best duo fight From has made since Orenstein and Smough. And the third phase is probably one of my favorite fast paced fights in the series, its a fight that seem so daunting and impossible at first yet after fighting her time and time again you learn each of her weaknesses and it becomes like a dance. S tier boss.

[@slayermonkey007]

Lutar com ela umas 300 vezes, você quis dizer kjk

[@carpedownhillem]

I had so much problems with her 3rd phase with dex build. Her 3rd phase is literally bloodborne tempo but DS3 characters are not so fast. It turned out you can stagger her with strength weapon and literally almost mindlessly trade hits with her. Also advantage of a strength weapon for that fight is that when you initiate your hit you cant be staggered by her anymore. So if she hits you while you are trying to hit her, she takes the hit and just quickstep back giving you time to heal.

[@voteZDLR]

2nd phase doesn't really feel like a duo phase. I mean it is, but they share a life bar which I thought was actually kind of odd. If they had separate life bars and sets of HP, I might be more inclined to agree with you, but you split damage between the two of them and before long that phase is over, where you're fighting Friede in the very end no matter what. Still a great fight but IDK if I can agree that it's as good as Ornstein and Smough if only because I have some really, really specific memories regarding that fight and how frustrating it was but the ecstasy I felt when I finally beat it, too. That was the first time I beat a boss in a video game, ever, and actually felt a sense of accomplishment for doing so. That was a HARD fight no matter how you approached it.

[@redsol3629]

This boss fight takes on new meaning when you understand the lore, these lost souls long for the final winter so they can rest. They see you as the last ember to be smothered so the madness can finally end.

[@NandeskaGaming]

Interesting, my perspective was that I thought that in the paintings when the fire doesn’t alight the world, it grows cold and stagnant and everything begins to rot… essentially the opposite to what the first flame does to lothric. And she is preventing change and fire to the painted world because she is traumatized by her failure to link the first flame and she has denounced and lost everything including her faith in the sable church and abandoned her two little sisters. She thinks she is doing right but esentially is causing the painted world to rot, hence why the father is chained to that chair? I could be totally wrong

[@loomingmoon4682]

@@NandeskaGaming you're completely right mate, what this guy said is poetic, but ultimately bollocks

[@esbiem653]

@@NandeskaGaming you are right Freide is a clear villain here, and the Father is sorta a victim of hers because she enchanted him and gaslighted him into abandoning his duty to let the world burn when it starts to rot, and instead made him hurt himself with his "flail" to douse the flames in his lordvessel with his blood, whenever they start showing up. The OP commenter misunderstood the lore.

[@edeasley144]

Can we just appreciate that little sliver of health at 2:40? Little guy really carried the fight.

[@z01k1]

no, he had 9 heals in second phase and 8 left at the end of phase 1

[@NormalCardBoardBoxes]

@@z01k1 LOL and?

[@martin085]

​@@NormalCardBoardBoxesit implies this was edited.

[@NormalCardBoardBoxes]

@@martin085 Okay and?

[@martin085]

@@NormalCardBoardBoxes idk just explained what he was pointing. Idc either. I just wanted to watch the fight, not a no hit so anyway.

[@danielrobinson7872]

Ariandel had such love for Friede that forsook all of his suffering and dedication, allowing the flame to surge again just so she could be revived.

[@blakesweirdinstrument6448]

After finishing Elden Ring which I absolutly love, seeing this makes me relies that the ds3 bosses or at least a good few of them are some of the coolest experiences in games i ever had.

[@NinjapowerMS]

If only Elden ring had soundtracks on the level of quality as the bangers in DS3. Even a joke boss in Bloodborne Living Failures has Godlike OST particularly the second half just goes hard.

[@prostate7462]

elden ring had some high highs like hoarah loux who is up there with ludwig for me, but some really low lows in the realm of dks2. you can tell over half of the bosses were there as padding to make up for the sheer scale of the game. dark souls 3 was a better package than elden ring for me.

[@Nrzpokrter]

@@prostate7462 Do you know the difference between a boss and a mini boss?

[@prostate7462]

@@Nrzpokrter i'm not talking about the minibosses in the caves or the evergoals, i treat those like the chalice dungeons of elden ring. i'm talking about the two loretta fights, the two ancestor spirits, the two commander nialls, the godskin dudes... the optional bosses that have their own unique area/dungeon

[@Nrzpokrter]

@@prostate7462 Well its kinda unfortunate that they are reskinned a few times (tho its understandable considering the game's size) but individually those are great fights. Loretta, Spirit, both Godskins individually are all really good bosses.

[@gabrielbelmont8013]

This is the best DLC I have ever played in my entire life, love Ashes of Ariandel. Lady Friede will guide you.

[@buffoonustroglodytus4688]

Really? This short ass dlc with only two bosses (one being filler) was the best you ever played?

[@yourewallsareveryconvenien8292]

Dlc cool but it was just reused level from Dark Souls 1 but just larger. I love Dark Souls 3 but i have to admit. Its just Dark Souls 1 fanservice simulator.

[@kanick1983]

yup... and we enjoyed every second of it....

[@kanick1983]

Ringed City was 100 times better

[@gabrielbelmont8013]

@@buffoonustroglodytus4688 Epic as Hell

[@lengmoua22]

Having played all the souls games including elden ring, I gotta say that Sister Freire may be my favorite boss from the entire series

[@kip8949]

Facts bro. She's a really close runner up for twin princes for me

[@CascaEnjoyedIt]

Same here

[@carpedownhillem]

Gael for me. I literally just intentionally die to him in the end to fight him again he is so cool. :D Unfortunately I usually first try him nowadays.

[@alasdaresineaeris2772]

Out of all the bosses in the Souls series/BB/Sekiro/ER, Friede is definitely the most memorable for me. The development of the ice cold phase 1 to the aflame phase 2 and then the Kindled Blackflame Phase 3 sold it for me.

[@carpedownhillem]

Yes and its a begining of the best dlcs in the series - Ringed City where all bosses are epic. (apart from the Church spear)

[@Vivec-1]

Friede was the only boss in DS3 that actually made me go mad, next to dragonslayer armor.

[@marianvalkyrie]

Still my personal favorite boss fight in all Souls games. I love the Malenia fight in Elden Ring but Black Flame Friede is just 👌🏻

[@darkoale3299]

Malenia is harder but Friede is cooler.

[@colleengray2696]

Friede was harder lol what

[@deflectworthy]

@@colleengray2696 if you soloed malenia she is 100% harder. if u use summons or mimic then its easy mode fight.

[@petershahan533]

Friede is better in all way than Melania. Malenia if she doesn’t have this water flurry attack , She will be one of the best fight.

[@saturnringer267]

@@deflectworthy even with that friede is harder

[@grimzen6576]

;0 for some reason, this kind of gave me Howl’s Moving Castle design, when Sophie wanders in her nightgown looking for howl and howl’s morphing into a monster and the flame being his heart.

[@mickeycee8559]

God the frustration of this boss fight and the feeling of triumph in defeathing all phases. Good memories

[@GawainW]

When I fought Malenia, I was reminded of Sister Friede. Both are duelists that can either be patient or overwhelmingly aggressive, but also can be staggered and punished. Although I have to say, I preferred Sister Friede just because the amount of damage she does is a lot more reasonable. That compared to how Malenia can just kill you with 2 or 3 attacks, which to me seems like a crappy punishment to add challenge. Some of Malenia's attacks are confounding in how you have to position and time your dodges. Her life steal effect I could deal with if that wasn't a problem. Malenia was just too unforgiving and unfair, even by Souls games standards. But Sister Friede gives you clear ways to understand the fight, and doesn't completely screw you over if you make a mistake since it's only her biggest attacks that will knock off most of your health.

[@Life0fDrew]

So you expected to have the same easy fight in Elden Ring? you didn't think got a moment that FromSoft wanted to make Elden Ring a lot harder than previous souls games to improve on it. that's the excitement of the game. is that it doesn't feel like every other souls games. it must always get better. I can garuntee you if Melania was any easier than this then you'd start complaining of the lack of complexity and difficulty level because it seemed to eassy to beat her

[@GawainW]

@@Life0fDrew I'm sure I'm not the only one that thinks damage values are too much in this game and would like to see them toned down. Hell, another player could so much damage to another player, that even those who invest in Vigor could go down in 2 to 3 hits. So it's not just a problem in PvE; PvP also tends to end too quickly in most cases.

[@LedzQQ]

@@Life0fDrew The entire lategame balance is just plain bad, not just Malenia. I'm talking about the snowfield + haligtree. The capital was tough but fair, but beyond that everything started having a shitton of health and can 2 shot you even at 40+ vigor

[@Life0fDrew]

@@GawainW I mean I understand and I get that. Sometimes a specific build that you have can seem lackluster but everything can be countered in my opinion in game. In Late game Zones. You have to have all your equipment leveled up and mechanics down to a T. I think it's fun. And it makes the game more exciting in my opinion, and bosses should have a lot of life for the soul reason that their end game bosses and it takes skill to beat them. It's possible! Maybe I just like a hard game. Challenges my brain 🧠 but to each their own

[@genericgorilla]

Sister Friede is also aesthetically cooler than Malenia by a lot

[@noahcriss3436]

This fight scene is an art. So is the music

[@yourewallsareveryconvenien8292]

This was the hardest boss. You won't understand it. On my first play through I fought her with the Guts DragonSlayer. Which is slow as hell. I had to be very careful with my attacks. When i managed the beat her i felled like i hit the sun.

[@suchar7175]

Even if you use fast weapons, like twinblades or straight swords, she is nightmare. Friede is just the hardest boss of series (counting also bosses of Elden Ring).

[@kadriann1104]

@@suchar7175 I fought both and Malenia for me is like 2 times harder

[@suchar7175]

@@kadriann1104 actually, I must admit that Malenia is minimum as hard as Frieda if not harder. I didn't fight her yet, when i wrote this comment

[@suchar7175]

Defeat her took me almost hour with mimic. Without mimic, I doubt that I would be able to finish her today... Really amazing fight - music, arena, second phase, her appearence and that sick spun combo, I can't even figure out how to avoid it, I feel sorry for no hit runner in this fight. Malenia is another FromSoft's masterpiece.

[@schoolpresentations3593]

@@suchar7175 Her phase 2 attacks are so beautiful

[@Kidkinsey]

That 3rd phase literally left me so defeated😭😭 I was NOT expecting that

[@Eree379]

Sister fried and ariandel get so freaky ariandel got into rage mode while still strapped to his chair

[@osbourne1073]

Im in love with sister friede's voice. Damn

[@dan2002df]

4:17 when i pour cereal into the bowl and realize we don’t got milk

[@KevD720]

Too real 😢😂

[@slaveknightgael7017]

Where do you get these beautiful realistic thumbnails it's so good. Hopefully you can do mine realistic thumbnail

[@uglyskully5928]

Take a in game screenshot and just edit the photo nicer. Plus it looks better cause its not super up close

[@Galateja]

Friede is so awesome i found myself rooting for her while watching this video

[@BOMByachiy]

One of the best boss of all time. And this fight theme...

[@alangantzer5289]

Best boss fight ever. Black Flame Friede is just beautiful.

[@ziggystardust3123]

4:15 I find this frame pretty scary and disturbing

[@sarahkhaqan]

i have never seen a gameplay before i don’t even know how i stumbled by this video but i was so invested 😭😭 i was biting my nails the whole time god this was intense.. i don’t know how u did that but wow i’m amazed!!

[@sooutchea]

Still my favorite souls boss fight of all time

[@just_cade]

Me too, perfection

[@chinavirus841]

Sekiro still better

[@EyDary]

I so fucking agree!!!

[@bluewind55]

Her voice actor crushed that intro cutscene is so good

[@antonironstag5085]

The music in this fight is my favourite out of the whole series.

[@iffatfikri1450]

ER : we are the newer fromsoft bosses with new mechanic and different attack speed Friede : third phase SoC : Multiple weapon set Nameless king : camera Gael : COMBO WOMBO Midir : fight like a dragons on drug Gundyr : no healing Dragonslayer armor : a turtle with insanely delayed swing attack thats intant kill

[@rugby4lif3]

it took me so many attempts to beat the second phase and then when the third phase happened my souls left my body, i’m still on her now 😭😭

[@exmeasententia6953]

Pun intended ?

[@XyzgorYT]

This was easily the hardest boss in any souls game for me. ...Until I met Malenia.

[@astPred]

Malenia is hard but unlike Elden Ring DS3 doesnt have all that overtuned stuff like bleed or mimic tear and all that. Pure strength on Elden Ring feels way easier than pure strength on DS3 and I remember spending a whole friday on Fride while Malenia was like a 7th try

[@badboy250984]

You can cheese Malenia quite easily in Elden Ring. BHS and swamp flies can cheese her off. I felt this boss in DS is a lot more harder.

[@TheRedhenProductions]

@@astPred If you're not using Mimic tear and going Melee only, Malenia is far harder than Friede. I beat Friede first try, maybe I just got lucky but I found her easy enough to bully. Malenia on the other hand took me close to 100 tries , shes an absolute nightmare and you need to be properly spec'd and have learnt all her moves off if you want to stand a chance. That healing mechanic means she will punish any mistake you make far more than any boss FromSoft has ever made

[@SuperNinjaMan55]

I spent 2 days on Malenia as a Giant Crusher user even with a Mimic. Eventually i had to summon Tiche +10. Then it only took about 8 attempts.

[@walton836]

@@astPred its subjective i replayes ds3 after elden ring killed every boss in ds3 and the dlc in 30 hrs did gael first time

[@Lfkxl]

That soundtrack makes the whole fight a thousand times more memorable. Feels like a movie

[@FnandoDuarte]

The high level of design of this... incredible

[@erlkonigschubert]

Tbh i have never heard someone speaks so beautifully like friede's voice actor

[@mfdoomify]

I come back to this fight sometimes because it's absolutely my favorite fight in any video game for me. It's so good, so epic, the third face had me screaming in both joy and amazement in how epic it was. Such a memorable boss.

[@lemnioaz3854]

Malenia, Friede and Maria, Sisters of despair

[@Whimsey11]

The fire fades.

[@kevinferdian746]

It's nice to see Sister Feet I mean Friede in 4k.

[@kjwong4730]

Playing elden ring has made me want to play ds3 again

[@TheGamerApocalypse]

I was just thinking this the other day. I’m not sure what it is, but I think playing DS3 will in some way help me. Currently 100 hours in and sitting on 2-3 bosses that have me absolutely tearing my hair out.

[@ziadgaser2012]

@@TheGamerApocalypse I just finished my first playthrough in ds3 level 101 91hrs in. It was a long journey but I killed every boss so it was worth it :D

[@iffatfikri1450]

Same Now i am guess i am continuing my journey to NG+9 Hey experience the boss 8 time is still not enough for me for how beautiful and epic the fight was

[@moose3178]

this was a love hate boss for me! i hated the fight so much but at the same time loved every moment of it! def one of the satisfying wins in ds3

[@VampageRampage]

For real…by the time I’d finally killed her I’d given up hope…I didn’t have the summons and solo’d her first time NG+3 with the slow Guts sword…and it took me over 34 attempts😓 The first time she went 3rd phase and I had one potion left I was like, “There’s no way…”

[@HungNguyen-jk5ll]

My favorite part has to be Father Ariandel's screams, which seems to be the source of the howling winds in the Painting devoiding of any environmental effects

[@filipjovanovic8138]

I've only played Elden Ring so far and want to start Dark Souls. Had this show up in my recommended videos and holy shit does that fight look badass. It's a shame that I now already know that it has three phases, would have been great to go into that blind, but I am still really looking forward to it

[@LuM4rex]

Buddy, I hope you haven't lost much. In this game, at the end of the 2 DLC there is my favorite boss from all the games From. I hope you have a good time!

[@ineedscissors6176]

play bloodborne next! it's easily the best soulsborne imo

[@filipjovanovic8138]

@@ineedscissors6176 I actually played a good chunk of it over PS+ Premium Streaming recently and it was amaaaazing... Right until the stream kept breaking and I wasn't able to play more than five minutes in one go. Don't know what caused it, since I had been playing for 30 hours already by that time, but it became basically unplayable and that's not how I wanted to experience the rest of the game. Plus the streaming version had no online features and was the 1.0 version of the game. Might honestly get a used PS4 just to play it properly

[@OktatOnline]

I come back from time to time to rewatch my favourite boss fight of all time, in any game. And some people dare say video games aren't an art form..

[@ivanderschreckliche8385]

this boss took me one 5 hour session which i had to give up and another hour next day. Its my favorite boss in the entire soulsbornering series.

[@shiniediamondz7905]

"tis only the flame quivering at misguided ash" "Put these ambitions to rest." Same energy

[@Sanji_Vinsmoke_69]

Nobody seemed to have caught this but why did you stich 2 tries together as one fight? The first phase you clearly had an ember active and only had 7 estuses left but when the second phase starts your ember is gone, health bar is shorter and you magically have 10 estuses..

[@Bill_9999]

Bro do you actually think the guy watches the cutscene every time he fights the boss?

[@muslimcrusader5987]

Hmm

[@racomaster]

father arnidel : when simping was seen as cool "damn shawty ur so fire i will litreally revive you instead of myself in my painting world" love these games

[@Trash-ramen]

That scream at 4:12 is so fucking awesome

[@zoidango6166]

2:18 Corrupted Monk

[@nhatquangnguyen963]

this boss fight gives me goosebump. absolute class!

[@vouriequatte]

just realized hoarfrost stomp in elden ring is basicaly one of sister friede's attacks in phase two! no wonder it felt so familiar

[@CP3oh322]

What a beautiful battle in a masterpeice of a game that was full of them.

[@sergeymiller1058]

Ah the genius of baroque-gothic twist in art style

[@Ajay-dy3xw]

2:37 My man probably has 99 luck

[@TheRealFredbearPlush]

The got dayum 500 item discovery

[@theseventhweek]

"When the ashes are two, a flame alighteth.."

[@EpsilonBiatch]

Literally better than every single boss in Elden Ring, Friede makes them look like they are from Dark Souls 2.

[@eligreg99]

I think you’re taking it too far with that one. We haven’t even seen any DLC’s yet for Elden Ring.

[@LuM4rex]

@@eligreg99 This is a great stupidity. The studio's most ambitious game with the biggest budget, a difference of 6 years with DS3 can't beat the boss at the age of 5 years? By the way, some Sekiro bosses from the base game could already do this. That's because the average quality of the bosses of these two games is much higher than the bosses of Elden Ring.

[@glorytoukraine5524]

Absolutely Maidenless take

[@corpsie1241]

@@LuM4rex u sound dvmb asf ER bosses would bish slap any DS bosses only friede can compete ER bosses r much faster n stronger than DS bosses even BB is better than DS bosses besides friede she's the only exception everybody else r easy n weak asf idky y'all DS fanboys always trynna start sum lol

[@LuM4rex]

@@corpsie1241 Then I was flogging nonsense, and now I realize it. And you're a real fool if you haven't figured it out until now. Just think about what we're arguing about. A pure subjective impression of the game, and personal experience of passing.

[@marvinf8128]

1:56 -oh, you're approaching me? Instead of running, you're coming towards me? -I cannot beat your bloody pulp without coming closer.

[@jo_mesquita]

This is the coolest 3rd phase in the entire series for me

[@Sheethen]

"Return from whence thou cam'st, for that is thy place of belonging"

[@SuperPROTOTYPE2]

You take a lot of damage, I love that.

[@Mr.Luxiaux255]

Sister Friede was one of the hardest boss in my opinion, I struggled so much against her that I became really good at fast-reacting, so good that I second-tried Malenia while playing ER the first time. This fight is also one of the most beautiful that FSW ever made.

[@greencat3800]

That’s very impressive! 😁

[@jimmyj5703]

No you didn't lol

[@ekcanok2412]

the boss fight video that i randomly stumbled on youtube and it makes me try and play the game for 100+ hours ds 3 definitely have superior bgm than elden ring

[@PetersaberHD]

Here we were having a perfectly polite conversation with the large person and there she goes fucking it up for everyone, resulting in two deaths.

[@tylercraig5633]

God this was such a hard boss fight. This fight as a sorcerer was living hell

[@lolschrauber]

the dual scythe idea was just super cool, great character design.

[@jcreyes4869]

I consider Sister Freide way more tougher than Malenia. This boss killed more times than any other boss in from software. One of the nest boss fights of all time.

[@danieldevito6380]

Easily one of the most amazing moments in gaming

[@Adrian8-q1m]

After i will finish elden ring i will play once more Dark souls 3 ,of course elden ring it’s best game IMO and manny others say that but one thing dark souls 3 has it’s the well contured boss like Sister Freide ,Dragonslayer armor ,Gael ,Dancer of boreall valley and more

[@estebannomas3542]

honest merchant mod, full ornstein build but with the nameless king weapon and the sunligth spear. you can go through ds3 as if was sekiro and you will have a blast, go to lvl 80 and finish the game without leveling after that.

[@charlesajones77]

I think you're going for a "record number of times being Frostbitten and still winning".

[@presasomar8658]

Its just a dlc bossfight. It cant go THAT hard. The boss fight:

[@issi529]

Too damn difficult. Especially the last phase.

[@DarkkSorcerer]

​@@issi529 She Killed Me More Than Malenia Could Ever Do. She İs The Hardest Fromsoftware Boss After Maliketh İn My Opinion

[@issi529]

@@DarkkSorcerer I agree. She is indeed one of the hardest of them all.

[@saturnringer267]

I like how this video was put out after Elden ring

[@mrtempoe]

I think this fight was so difficult in the moment because most of us were on NG+4 or higher when the dlc finally dropped. Looking at this fight post elden ring, there’s a few fights much tougher than this one. DS3 mechanics also held us back. If we could jump and slash like in elden ring she’d get stagger locked to death and be nothing more than a dungeon boss.

[@buffoonustroglodytus4688]

«If this was elden ring» already that’s a shitty argument. You could use that same nonsensical argument about elden ring too, or any game for that matter. «Oh yes melania is hard but only because elden ring mechanics hold u back. If this was sekiro u could just deflect every attack and then delete her health bar in one critical hit. It would be like a miniboss if this were sekiro!» Oh yeah and if I had wheels I would have been a bike. Utter nonsensical reasoning.

[@wahyudiiskandarzulkarnain0232]

It isn't that DS3 mechanics held us back, but Elden Ring was the one that expanded it. Like @Buffoonus Troglodytus said although rude, he has a point.

[@kingjaffa618]

If we could jump and slash they'd probably design them differently as bosses

[@pizzadastiro1434]

She already gets stagger locked to death, not to mention half of her attacks expose her to backstabs. I think you're just bad at the game.

[@SuperMChannel]

year passes and she is still my favorite boss in all soulborne games, i really hope she will come back in Elden ring night reign, even if it makes no sense, I really wish i could fight her once again in elden ring.

[@malek0093]

Friede's third phase is such a cool fight, her moves are a sight to behold and she's incredibly challenging yet still absolutely fair. This is what the Malenia fight in Elden Ring should've been like, but instead we got a boss that heals herself with every hit and has one move that can literally end your run if you don't know the frame perfect dodging technique that few people can master. Sister Friede is a fun fight, Malenia isn't. When you finally beat Friede you feel an overwhelming sense of accomplishment and pride and all you can think is "What an epic fight that was!" whereas with Malenia all you feel is relief because you somehow survived and don't have to fight her again and you're just thinking "I'm glad that's over, I never wanna fight her again."

[@ccl3130]

This is exactly how I felt. Friede has long combos and devastating attacks that give you a huge window to punish if you manage to dodge, and she has a lot of weaknesses to balance out her strengths. Malaria? She can just chain her attacks with no room for retaliation if you get bad rng. Low poise? Gone in phase 2. Backstab? Nope. Parry? You have to do it 3 times to get a single reposte because why not. And of course, the life leech that goes through shield even with 100% physical protection. But it's ok because she undresses herself people will simp for her anyway.

[@johndeighan2495]

I get that; but Malenia is an optional boss. She’s there, I think, for players who want to test themselves past the point of fairness.

[@SoloPlayerSama]

I agree whole heartedly. Melania- as cool as she looks, is an absolutely garbage and unfun fight.

[@malek0093]

@@johndeighan2495 True, but she could've been designed to be a tough but fair fight, like the Nameless King from DS3, he's optional, and he's by far the hardest boss in DS3's base game, yet fighting him still feels fair (at least compared to Malenia).

[@aidansilli4257]

Eh, while I still vastly prefer friede, malenia was a great fight. As someone who died 115 times to her, the only thing I hate about the fight is waterfowl dance when she does it close to you. I can consistently dodge it if I am away from her, but you need to be almost frame perfect to dodge it up close. I don't necessarily mind the healing mechanic or the fact that she has few weaknesses because the fight demands mastery. I wish I liked her as much as Friede or Maria, who are my favorite bosses in all of gaming, but I still think she is enjoyable.

[@sebastien1664]

Such a challenging fight! I finally beat her on my first ever playthrough of ds3 yesterday, and shes hands down one the hardest bosses ive fought between elden ring and ds3.

[@user-xf2lx8mi1e]

First, he had the ember, and on the second phase he lost it and got +2 estus. Wtf?

[@MrAgunkx]

Seems weird right ?

[@MariinKitagawa]

probably died

[@loafofbrave]

It's just a showcase of the boss fight in a better resolution, it's not a speedrun that needs to be done in one take. Would you really rather watch a showcase video of a boss with all the failed attempts?

[@user-xf2lx8mi1e]

@@loafofbravei occasionally watched video from this channel and i think all time this channel about perfect or effortless passing bosses

[@NarffetWerlz]

When she jumps she usually vaults over you, so often you can turn around and see the tuft of snow blow up where she lands.

[@gergocsaki9828]

The hardest boss in all solus games imo

[@jaysonheeralall8377]

This boss took me the longest of all bosses lmao , it took a whole 8 hours 🤣

[@JohanEsparon]

midir?

[@loafofbrave]

She's easier than Yhorm if you whip out an UGS and catch her with R1s

[@chairchair1231]

general radahn without summons

[@theneef174]

Literally just use a spear. This is one of the *easiest* bosses.

[@Deathlikesensation]

Looking back, her moveset looks quite tame compared to some of the Elden Ring Bosses

[@Liminal_Simulacre]

FIA, THE DEATHBED COMPANION! Oh oops wrong game. THE LOATHSOME DUNG EATER

[@parth6615]

This freaking boss was the real deal. My pain went over 9000 when i discovered she got a 3rd mf phase. Still loved her and the father daughter duo was pain but worth it.

[@JeffReams]

0:34 I didn't know there was an 'A' button on the PlayStation controller.

[@MartyFromDagestan]

This is on xbox series x, says so in description.

[@Slimetendo_Hub]

Don't worry father Ariandel, those candles and lanterns around the painted world, they're just pictomancy.

[@spuriusscapula6481]

1:30 you're welcome

[@xokelis0015]

That entrance by Freide in the beginning is pretty epic.

[@MagicCodes]

Seems like you cheated, in second phase, your health flasks increased?!

[@SunWarriorSolaire]

Different clips

[@juliantn]

I just bought this DLC primarily for her, and I struggled through the base game this summer, wish me well!

[@johnbeavers9977]

Daughter dies: *murderous Scottish agony*

[@tischregal9678]

Hey, just out of curiousity, Am I allowed to use your 3rd phase gameplay in a video because I find the fight choreography of your showcase perfect and it would really fit with a video idea I have. I recreated the music which plays at the end of the ashes of ariandel trailer and wanted to showcase it with gameplay.

[@jamesnesran2348]

the most beautiful and cinematic moment of all souls games

[@zhila5958]

all gaming for me

[@lettuce6321]

What a graceful fighter she is. She’s my favourite

[@Daijizaiten]

Cool story but I am Malenia, Blade of Miquel- oh, wrong verse.

[@girthbender2779]

I noticed when Father Ariendel dies he actually pulls the chalice into himself. I think in that moment he sacrificed himself to give Friede one last chance to survive