What Are The Actual First Enemies Of Every Souls Game?

[@PerfectlyLostMySanity]

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[@ravoniesravenshir3926]

Your first enemy... is yourself.

[@eigonofcarim1406]

If enemy by definition is a "person", and NPCs aren't technically people in literal sense, then my first dark souls enemy was a 1200 ping red phantom with assylum demon hammer

[@Jonas-ox7eo]

I never played online, so by that logic I guess I got through ds1 Thorfinn style

[@Feanor1988bis]

Fun fact: the grafted scion technically can't kill you.

[@Hydra_X9K_Music]

Correct. It leaves you at 1 HP

[@certifiedlosenger4300]

Does it count if it can kill you if you go back?

[@nicolasleal5644]

The one in godricks castle disagrees.

[@noecarrier5035]

None of the bosses or enemies in any Souls game can kill you in a way that matters.

[@sanscomic4226]

​@@noecarrier5035Maliketh lore wise:

[@The1RedRooster]

The Character Creation.

[@theamazonbois7970]

Good job lad, most humorous comment yet

[@Kagezawa]

Best Souls 2 said you are wrong. You don't even need to create character to beat the game if you good enough. So first enemy you really need to fight is THE DOOR

[@SunWarriorSolaire]

The hardest boss of every game… This is why sekiro is so easy

[@superzwerg4366]

dammit you were faster 😅

[@PeptoAbismol]

the character creation is both the shortest and longest fight in dark souls

[@ClaimSuit]

The Camera, hardest boss in every Soulsborne Title who is ever present and eternal.

[@DreamyAileen]

the camera's friendly at the start though, it usually doesn't become hostile until a little bit into the game

[@TohtoriP]

you know you dont have to lock on the enemies? just free aim git gud

[@Fat_xeno]

@@TohtoriPoh shut up. Please, oh please beat one of the games without skips or cheese without lock on, even expert speed runners need it

[@random99989]

@@Fat_xeno While I agree with the first half, the latter is whatever as most people transitioning from MH to DS never really lock on in these games, atleast I know I never did.

[@random99989]

@@TohtoriP How is it even skill issue when the camera is at the fault with large bosses and the way it snaps. I think you need to "git gud" with understanding basic social cues

[@volcanolord100]

interesting thing: In Bloodborne, the first enemy you come across is already damaged, not due to the dead man, but because it was the one that tried to attack you in the intro cutscene. The one that was lit on fire. And that is how it was damaged.

[@lhumanoideerrantdesinterne8598]

Are you sure about that? I always thought that the beast you saw in the intro was a just representation of the beast curse trying to take hold of you and being repelled by your natural resistance to it, which in turn attracted the attention of the messengers and made you a hunter. If this was a real beast, then why did it suddenly catch fire ?

[@EldenLord-wh4ov]

​@@lhumanoideerrantdesinterne8598maybe it was the messengers' doing?

[@daruddock]

No it's not.

[@RanmyakuIchi]

@@lhumanoideerrantdesinterne8598 Because the Hunter is a spicy boi/gal

[@SyntaxDaemon]

The cutscene is a metaphor - one I thought was obvious, but clearly wasn't. The blood transfusion turn people into beasts. The werewolf in the cutscene is the beast inside you rising up. It is burnt away by the Messengers, or more accurately, the Hunter's Dream, or even more accurately, the Moon Presence.

[@FriendFred]

Sony, Keeper of Bloodborne

[@thetower8553]

bit late for that

[@FriendFred]

@ never too late

[@thetower8553]

@@FriendFred I meant that you can already play it on PC

[@FriendFred]

@ yeah but not from Sony lmao

[@thetower8553]

@@FriendFred wouldn't have it any other way, they evidently don't care about it, it goes against the type of "game" they want us to like

[@portalmanHUN]

The scion being there is such a mystery. It's not like Godrick has been hunting tarnished to graft or anything.

[@Ghorda9]

it's to stop the chosen undead

[@184Switch]

Correction for DS2, ER and Sekiro, the first enemy is actually From's most deadly recurring enemy. Gravity. And don't try to say it's passive, that thing comes at us all with pure disdain every time!

[@galactica_2]

my first death in any souls game was ds2 jumping off the side of the path to majula. Screw you Gravity!

[@projectorochi]

This is actually my final boss list

[@TheCIockApp]

If this is a joke, it is too advanced for me

[@projectorochi]

@@TheCIockApp I’m too bad at the game to progress any further (I’m also not good at jokes)

[@Flooshery]

@@projectorochiit was funny

[@dedalomusic]

​@@projectorochii also thought it was funny bro keep it up 👍🔥 keep posting funny comments under souls videos I'll be there liking

[@demilung]

Trying to call it before watching: DS1 Asylum Demon DS2 The monkey thing in the grass before the bridge to the House with old Firekeepers DS3 Hollow in the Avandoned Graves Bloodborne The werewolf in the clinic Elden Ring - Grafted Scion I didn't play DeS, but I think it's just a soldier on your way to Vanguard Demon And if you count Sekiro (I love the game, but it's not part of the FromSouls for me) then it's either a guard where you hide in the grass or the guard where you leave the moon view tower, depending if you count the first you can fight or the first that can kill you.

[@alinkbetweengames4328]

100% correct (with a big complication for DS2)

[@Diresilence]

There's a few theories about the grafted Scion, actually. 1. He's there specifically to collect your corpse, so Godrick can add your limbs to the pile. This has to do with the other theory that The Tarnished is actually one of Marika's children, namely the crypts found in the moving mausoleums. In this case, your character lacks the protection of a turtle mountain, so he thought easy pickings. Especially possible if the other theory that the tarnished is Godwyn's twin, and he figures you might have that 'best of the demi gods' trait going. 2. It's there specifically as your warden. While your grave has a distinction of not having a giant turtle mountain guardian, it is cut off and requiring a gate to get there. This might be one of the first indications of a Gaol, minus a stone circle entrance way. The Scion is there to make sure you stay dead, as your crimes were heinous enough for it. But apparently not quit on par with the Dung Eater, who has an entire fun house dedicated to his crimes. 3. He's your assassin. While you have no repute as far as some are concerned, you have an island tomb to yourself. Maybe Godrick was aware of you, and sent it there just in case, knowing you would be at your weakest upon awakening. Especially given when you awaken, you're very far away from where you woke up, meaning it tossed your corpse into the ocean to let it be fish food... only, you weren't fully dead But really, he's just there to make sure you know how to die. Hell, even beating him, the only thing that happens is a bridge falls down.

[@jaydenw9803]

So... DS1: A morbidly obese demon DS2: The piglets DS3: A (Hollowed) cleric trying to prevent the dead from reviving Elden Ring: Grafted Scion Bloodborne: Werewolf Demon Souls: Another morbidly obese demon And yet somehow out of all of these, I think the piglets are the most intimidating simply because they attack you in the game's hub area and are so small and hard to hit. That being said, undead hollow in DS1 solos, he's just being nice and letting new undead pass because he hopes that one day he'll have an actual challenge. (He is what Gwyn was scared of in the Age of Dark.)

[@gercovanna3291]

Demon's souls first enemy is a dregling

[@-SEAS-OF-RED-]

The reason why yhe Grafted Scion ambushes you is because Godrick hunts Tarnished to use their limbs for grafting. Put two and two together, the Scion is there to kill you and take you back to Stormveil to be used for grafting. As to why the Scion doesn't take you back to Stormveil and instead chucks you off the cliff, well, in the words of Godrick himself: "Lowly Tarnished... Thou art unfit even to graft..."

[@procow2274]

I mean you could argue the first enemy in DS1 is the stray demon since it absolutely would attack you if you could get next door

[@onadaTotihotiH]

Fun fact, at one point in development, an Erdtree Avatar was going to be the first enemy instead of the Grafted Scion, so that would have essentially been another case of the Asylum Demon being the first enemy

[@benjamincotton1734]

If you wanna be technical about it: since you fight Oscar of Astora when you come back to the asylum, technically, the first onscreen enemy your character encounters in dark souls is him when he drops the corpse

[@kiz1000]

I *definitely* beat the grafted scion on my first playthrough. Blindfolded. With one hand. My left shoe awaits....

[@Vahkitauti]

Grave Wardens being called that and dropping sacred chimes is my new favorite pointless trivia

[@kindlingking]

I'm pretty sure they're called grave tenders. Grave wardens are those enemies with bleed twinblades.

[@Vahkitauti]

I dont know who came up with the name but a quick search revealed that the answer is that both share the same name... sounds like the wikis being weird again

[@adaroben1104]

I am. The first enemy is me, the rest of the world is my victim. They're defending themselves.

[@SunWarriorSolaire]

Please, PLEASE, don’t hurt me

[@adaroben1104]

@A-Rune-bear I'll think about it. How many runes does a rune bear bare?

[@SunWarriorSolaire]

@ i have 2 but get my weird uncle from the caelid cave, he carries much more than me 🙏 Beautiful rhyme too lmao

[@jamesaditya5254]

​@@adaroben1104just bearly enough

[@andriu1372]

True

[@khajiitimanus7432]

I didn't beat the Grafted Scion the first time, when I first started playing Elden Ring. But I have beaten him before the tutorial, without being in NG+, on other characters. The easiest way to do this, would be to start as the samurai and use the bow. Otherwise, if you grind and learn the parry timings of these guys, one could also just parry him repeatedly.

[@IdToaster]

Vagabond and Confessor have Square Off on their starting weapons so they're also good candidates. First time I beat him on a fresh character was a Warrior, and those dual curved swords certainly helped. I've gone back and beaten him on a fresh character for every class by now though, so they're all doable. IIRC, I think the hardest time I had was an Astrologer; you don't have enough blue juice to blast him off the table and your backup weapon and HP aren't very encouraging.

[@Syrence.]

I assume Godrick sent the Grafted Scion there to prevent Tarnished from challenging him or maybe just for fun

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Or to collect the Tarnisheds' arms. You know, for grafting.

[@HarryPotter-uv8yp]

Got three ideas for you and future videos: -LAST enemy you can encounter before you beat the last boss (DLC’s COULD count, but I’ll leave that choice up to you) -FIRST area you can get invaded (ER will be fun to parse out for that) -LAST area you can get invaded

[@ZeallustImmortal]

Wym? You can get invaded as soon as you get outside in Elden Ring

[@thatgamingkiwi1630]

Technically any area in ER could be the first area you can get invaded in, simply because to be invaded requires you engage with the co-op mechanics which can be done pretty much anywhere.

[@ZeallustImmortal]

@@thatgamingkiwi1630 can and do mean different things believe it or not.

[@HarryPotter-uv8yp]

@@thatgamingkiwi1630 As I recall, there are a handful of areas at the start. -Chapel of Anticipation (The area you first wake up in) -Cave of Knowledge (Tutorial Area) -Fringefolk Hero’s Grave (Stonesword Key Door) -The First Step (Hi, Varre) It’s the Hero’s Grave that intrigues me. Technically you can’t enter the grave until you have two keys (you only get one as a starting gift), which means you have to exit the area, grab the key, then return. But that area technically exists and is encountered BEFORE the First Step, which makes it an earlier potential invasion zone than reaching the First Step. So at this point we can start arguing the semantics.

[@Blusterberry]

What I hate about the grafted scion is his scream attack. It doesn't look like it should even deal damage, so when I died to that on my first run, I legitimately couldn't tell if I'd done something wrong or if it was just scripted.

[@ivantimofeev6580]

I still remember how I got my "first death" achievement in DS2, by falling off a cliff. The one and only, Gravity.

[@alessonxavier9187]

Darksouls 2: "I will have no enemies."

[@MettanAtem]

In DS1's enemy randomizer, whatever boss replaces Stray Demon can and will try to attack you through the wall at the start since they lack Stray Demon's passive state. Much fun!

[@TotalyNotSatan]

Youre wrong, the first enemy of DS1 is the user licence agreement with its 2nd phase

[@arglebargle42]

The grafted scion sets up the fact that Godrick has been harvesting incoming tarnished for his scions

[@devilclaw123456789]

You could argue that the first enemy of DS1 is Oscar, you see him in the opening Cutscene and he becomes hostile later on.

[@megamagicmonkey]

I beat the grafted scion first attempt. I mean I didn’t but now you gotta come over to my house and piss in the left shoe I don’t own, so checkmate.

[@Aranexorsist]

The grafted scion is there because it replaced the asylum demon clone boss that was originally supposed to be there because Miyazaki didn’t want us to be sick of them immediately after character creation, seeing how we fought them 2 times in demon souls, 3 times in dark 1, and once in dark 3. He wanted to give us a break before we fought 10 of them in Elden ring

[@BrassPetals3Voices]

I wonder sometimes if the grafted scion is how Miyazaki pictures players after piling on a ton of different spells, charms, buffs, armor, weapons and so on from every race and faction when as we are reminded a few times, sometimes the simple solution is the best one. There we are at point where the cycle is on the cusp of old and new. Maybe the scion is us at the end of the game and when we go back and easily beat it, we are in a way being shown that if arm flailing weakness is at the center of our pile of buffs, then we too will be easily beaten.

[@0zz1k5]

Maybe the real enemies where the friends we made along the way.....I felt that

[@solar901]

In Sekiro and Elden Ring potentially the first enemy you have to face is the ultimate boss - gravity.

[@DRUNKENMOOSE69]

Awesome video as always lost. Kisses 😘

[@LoanRepresentative]

Technically the first enemy you can see in DS1 is the Stray Demon, since you can see him through the windows, even if you won't fight it for a while

[@haiderkhan6486]

Second video idea. "What are the actual last enemies you see in every fromsoft game?"

[@PerfectlyLostMySanity]

I'm stealing this and taking all the credit

[@akun50]

I feel there is ONE lesson from the Grafted Scion: "Don't expect anything."

[@ShadowChorus]

I did legit actually beat the Grafted Scion on my first attempt, though it was more luck than skill in that instance. I happened to pick Samurai as my starting class, and as it turns out, a bow and the Unsheathe Ash of War are very good tools to have.

[@danielpmonteyro]

Actually, my first death in DS2 was to those skittish dog-like creatures in the first seconds of the game.

[@titesyl1023]

The first enemy of every Souls games, who also happens to be a very hard boss, is your wallet Like, it is so hard to beat him, it took me over a year to beat it for Elden ring

[@noecarrier5035]

I got the Grafted Scion to 1/3rd on my very first try in Elden Ring. I felt pretty proud about that at the time.

[@emrickazor2610]

I beat Grafted Scion on my first attempt. Do it, coward. I sleep with my door unlocked.

[@chrisspike3282]

No you didnt

[@emrickazor2610]

@chrisspike3282 prove it

[@sodafan767]

While I 'beat' the grafted scion the first time I played Elden Ring, it was because the grafted scion glitched and died before I could swing my sword at it. It got stuck on the statue when it jumped up to get to the boss arena, and then died from fall damage. I didn't even see it, so I was very confused.

[@Katanagatari-b2o]

the first enemy in DS1 is stray demon, since you can see him earlier than the asylum demon

[@dragonmz5274]

6:28 "Despite his face overflowing with disgust" thats me because you didnt use OG DeS footage

[@Nyota7766]

Ah yes the questions we should all be asking ourselves.

[@themoops4006]

if you can lock onto it its an enemy. i expected the ds1 reveal to be "the rat in the opening cutscene is ACKSHUALLY an enemy" but you subverted my expectations and went in the complete opposite direction with "um well TEKNICKLEE since the hollows don't attack they're not enemies"

[@GuildedChunks]

The first enemy of every souls games ? 1. The price of the games 2. The character creation menu 3. Gravity 4. Yourself 5. The first enemy of every games

[@chaffycosaine8839]

10:30 because godrick is collecting the corpses of tarnished to graft onto himself

[@n0vitski]

I may be mistaken, but if you afk in the starting area of DS2 for long enough, cat monkeys will turn hostile and can potentially kill you. I seem to remember it happening to me.

[@darth0tator]

I also thought they were attacking after a while of being near them or a specific area?

[@GrubbleTheNugget]

1:04 of course they be annoying as hell😂😢🎉

[@reperfan4]

I'm gonna officially be "that guy," but I did actually manage to beat the Grafted Scion when I first played Elden Ring. That said, it's also because I spent 3 hours continually making characters and deleting them if I didn't win until I managed to learn the fight well enough to pull it off and only actually "started my first playthrough" after getting it down.

[@TheDoomsdayzoner]

For some reason youtube deletes my comment about the Grafted Scion. I made it a challenge for myself to beat that guy when I played the game for the first time, had to delete my saves. And I did. Luckily ER allows you to save your character's appearance presets. But yeah, you are right, grafted Scion is HARD AF. But, honestly, he taught me how to dodge in this game. And how much bosses and mini bosses love to delay their attacks.

[@Mak-2213]

Correzione per DS1, state dimenticando l'essere vuoto con l'arco che ci spara quando tentiamo di prendere i nostri primi oggetti, ovvero lo scudo (relativo) e l'arma primaria della classe

[@firte3899]

You nailed that transition

[@btarczy5067]

I don’t get how people have an issue with the Grafted Scion. The attacks are all telegraphed a mile away and there’s punish windows on almost anything he does. Only died to him once on a fist-only run because I got a call halfway through the fight and had to do it one-handed. Anyway, I‘m a BS machine, don’t believe what people tell you on the internet!

[@bugothecatplays7864]

Since DS3 and later on, FromSoft lost the plot, and many enemies and bosses are non-stop hit compos, he is just flailing shit. That's why I stayed more on DS1/2. I can't logically understand the combo patterns anymore. They are too fast and random. "Telegraphed" doesn't help me here.

[@lordflashheart3741]

​@@bugothecatplays7864Pretty sure OP is being sarcastic.

[@bugothecatplays7864]

@@lordflashheart3741 I got it now, haha. Didn't read the last sentence

[@The_mad_God_of_Cheese]

10:14 I thankfully got him on new game plus, but his attacks are so sporadic for being that early lmao

[@orbitalvagabond7371]

You took a boring subject and made it quite entertaining.

[@Mathaiascn]

The ds2 dog gremlin gets aggressive after a while, and at ng+ the falconeers appear before the dogs

[@DjDolHaus86]

My own incompetence is generally the first enemy in any souls game

[@robindom.2186]

If it was about the first enemy you see it would be the stray demon in dark souls 1

[@extrakrispy81]

I cheesed the Scion with the samurais starting fire arrows and running away like a coward because I knew about him ahead of time and watched other people fight him a lot before I got to play the game. It's not as impressive as beating him blind for sure though.

[@user-zk3dx9dd6p]

I thought the little guys in ds2 would attack you if you linger near them. Nope. Waited 5 minutes.

[@darth0tator]

totally mandela effect, I also thought so. Maybe there's a specific area? Or getting aggro on touch?

[@user-zk3dx9dd6p]

@darth0tator no, they will kinda circle you, even bump into you, but never attack. They will attack you in Shaded Woods (on the road to Aldia's Keep) despite being initially nonviolent). They'll attack you immediately in Aldia's.

[@eddyshore6528]

The first enemy you encounter is the camera.

[@alexmoon066]

It was a nice “check yourself” quiz 😅 because I new every single first enemy but I watched video anyways

[@starryskies9655]

i’m pretty sure if you stand still the prowlers will attack you though, that maybe a scholar of the first sin change?

[@hockeater]

The first enemy is fought before you even start playing. It is people trying to convince you to play wretch or deprived or equivalent on your first character.

[@masacarre]

I sort of technically beat the grafted scion my first "playthrough". I reset like 5 times after I lost to him and didn't play any more of the game until I beat him.... I was sad when his weapon was shite.

[@r3gret2079]

I beat the grafted scion on my first try. I also don't have legs, so good luck with pissin in my left shoe.

[@Pandoravol]

lost my sanity lost his sanity

[@TheTobyOMG]

Someone give this man a map.

[@KStyleAzure]

super princess peach's subrella music track is an inspired choice of background music for this video

[@ravoniesravenshir3926]

Your first enemy, is your own pride :D

[@notanyoneimportant-lp3iw]

Dude, are you dressed as the guy from Darkwoods?

[@mt2r-music]

Is that Super Princess Peach OST?

[@grimreaper8575]

I dont know the first, but i know the deadliest enemy is the camera. Also my first death in DS2 were the monkey cats. Still the only game to kill me before ive made my character.

[@King-lt5yw]

HDE can also mean hideous. With that knowledge, try to fall asleep peacefully and sane

[@Nachtmar3]

10:30 They were debating putting an erdtree avatar and crucible knight there as well. Elden Ring never intended for there to be a unique memorable first encounter. How fitting for the game -_-

[@THISISYOUTUUUUUUUUBE]

Fake, the real first enemy is always the camera, hope this helps!

[@NisseDood]

Original DeS & DS1 and bloodborne got a worse first enemy. Them being in disgusting 30 fps.

[@audomarisgay]

5:36 They're only referred to as grave wardens in the prima guide, which outright has the wrong names for several different things such as "Knights of the Deep" for the cathedral knights, and there's a completely different type of enemy also just called grave warden already. I tend to see people referring to them as grave hollows or gravetenders, but grave warden is for sure not correct.

[@milesprower6110]

In Dark Souls 2 and 3, you spawn in any location last you were teleported to as far as I know. Counting your starting point, and not only the bonfire... So it makes me wonder, as Dark Souls 1 was the first with this "checkpoint" mechanics compared to Demon Souls that is more like per zone (as if you die back, you are sent at the start of the zone and not where you spawned) what happens if you die in DS1 before even meeting the first bonfire...? (And now that I write this, the answer is as simple as seeing a Speedrun attempt that avoids using bonfires and dying not long after-... So just leave it as a stupid curiosity that I never thought before...)

[@vagabondknight1380]

Lore being too vague is just a description of Elden Ring Lore in general.

[@viazzi91]

I was really close to beating the grafted scion in my first playthrough, with magic...

[@yuumijungle548]

i did beat grafted scion on my first attempt (after having finished the game before) jokes aside you can actually beat him real easy by using the vagabond and spamming square off into R2, he staggers every 2nd hit i believe giving you free criticals, it only takes 2 critical hits to take him down from memory. i have beaten him hitless before, took me about 10 minutes to learn how to do the fight flawless, its really not that hard. his weapon sucks as a reward tho, the longsword is much better, if your class would start with his weapon you couldnt beat him nearly as easy as with the longsword.

[@lewis1423]

are you saying some people did not reset over and over again until they could finally beat the sion just to see what he dropped? (the secret is cheesing him with the bow )

[@noecarrier5035]

Why does everyone kill themselves in that little cave between Majula and the Things Betwixt? It's been happening for years, pretty much since release. I always see loads of bloodstains there.

[@battedbook5811]

It's something of a community joke to scare new players and a place where people retire their characters. Another weird place similiar to this is the start of shaded woods that is just full of messages that read "message ahead".

[@TheProsecutionMachine]

Honestly if there was a first enemy i thought of for Dark souls, It'd be Patches, but idk if that counts cause he's an NPC lol

[@TimesChu]

The first time I played DS2, I decided to beat the ogre with only my bare hands, before visiting the witches. This took forever and did not benefit me in the slightest. It was a real high point!

[@a10bam420]

I beat the scion on my first playthrough... I'll be waiting for the "stuff" when you get here 😉

[@Greywander87]

What even is an enemy? Even in real life, someone can be your enemy without physically attacking you. "Enemy" also has some special connotation in video games. DS1 hollows are enemies, clearly, it's just that these specific ones are coded to be passive. Does that make them not enemies? Are hostile NPCs enemies? Are friendly NPCs also enemies? Why might a passive hollow be an enemy while a friendly NPC is not? Is it because the hollows respawn? But hostile NPCs don't respawn either. What about the crystal lizards, which _don't_ respawn _or_ fight back? I think if I were reading a game guide, I would expect passive hollows, crystal lizards, and hostile NPCs to all be listed as enemies. An enemy is that which exists to be killed by the player.

[@ampgamer7941]

Yeah I really sometimes wish Elden Ring had a starting point at the grave and not the Scion.

[@Lulumorell]

Rip Cool thumbnail 2024-2024

[@Touma134]

The god is a war god so makes sense.

[@PiotrWalecki-u8d]

1st enemie in DS game is either camera or gravity :D

[@StreetSpirit135]

istg when Outset Island started playing i thought it was in my head cus i'm currently doing that terrible triforce quest in WW

[@DontYouDareGoHollow]

lost upload is always peak

[@LoliFoxQueen]

i almost managed to kill the grafted scion first try i think it got 2/3 of his health bar down the first time i fought him on my first character

[@shea6859]

In darksouls one he didnt talk about the bow hollow at the top of the stairs