To anyone surprised that I didn't choose the Jailors as the worst Dark Souls 3 enemy, I'm as surprised as you are. I forgot about them when making the video lol. Also, I was incorrect when i said DS2's Old Knights are only found in Heide's Tower of Flame - they're also found in the Shrine of Amana and Drangleic Castle. Whoops!
The Royal Revenant definitely is the "gimmick enemy" of Eldenring. + Longrange puke with high dmg and it can proc poison + Teleportation cause it is a ghost and in general it has quick movements + Thousand slaps of doom charge that can delete a players entire healthbar twice or thrice even in one go + All on top of having lots of HP itself and is pretty tanky and very hard to stagger or posturebreak Even if you find out that using an AoE healingspell is their weakness, landing one can be tricky too. 10/10 most annoying enemy.
My obsession with killing everything in souls games has made me absolutely despise the giant Lobsters/Crayfish. They’re hard enough up close and they are really good at keeping you in front of them, but their sniper water jet shots are one of the most insane things I’ve ever witnessed. Maybe the longest range attack in the game and it does a ton of damage. Thankfully you can skip most of them but those two at the bottom of the Subterranean Shunning Grounds were the bane of my first playthrough
Ha Gayyyyy Ur Superior Probably In A Lot of Ways. This world has a very big reckoning coming because of all this hate. Certain types of people who think they're the Superior. Stay in school and expand your mind with facts not fiction. Learn your history and don't repeat past mistakes or be doomed to repeat it over and over again.
The worst enemy from every game in my opinion will always be dogs/wolves. Their ability to stun lock you is ridiculous. You could be decked out in 200 pounds of heavy armor and dogs will make your character flail around like they're having a seizure lol
If you don't have poise, 2 dogs can be a literal death sentence. They can overlap attacks so fast that you'll never get a hit off, you just have to run lmao
Dogs, absolutely. Wolves, not at all. Also, not anymore. Fromsoft put in some serious effort into Elden Ring to dethrone dogs as worst enemies. Revenants, kindred of rot, warhawks, monstrous crows, fingercreepers. They're all so much worse.
I have a love/hate relationship with the bonewheels. I hate encountering them, but I love the sense of existential dread they provide. Every single death they've caused is hilarious to watch... provided I wasn't on my way back to retrieve a full level's worth of souls.
How the hell didn't the jailers make the list for worst enemies? Also jump attacks are great for royal revenants too, both helps to dodge some attacks as well as gets you a riposte or two during the fight
The Jailers are stupidly easy to deal with. As long as their sight debuff applies to you, they're aware of your presence and will start making their way to you, so you just gotta hide behind a wall and keep baiting them until they're close enough that you can take them out before the debuff kills you. I'm not even that good at Soulslikes, yet even I managed to figure this out the first time I encountered one of them. Besides, their design is sick as hell and I think the max hp reduction attack is unironically a cool concept that was really well made for an enemy you encounter in a small, cramped level where you can easily cut off their line of sight. Makes you think about the level design more. I'd honestly rather fight them than the Lycanthrope hunters in Crucifix Woods or the skeletons in Carthus Catacombs.
In the early game when I go to the Catacombs, fist I summon Paladin Leeroy and I wait him to kill them and then I just run to kill Pinwheel. After I get the Lord Vessel, just need a shileld with good stability and 100 fisical damge reduction, a lot of stamina and weapon at least 10+.
Glad to know others despise the royal revenants as much as I do. They fall under the category “avoid at all costs”for me. My dishonorable mention would be rune bears
@@BioshockDrillyes they are but they allways have a bs amount of health and give no reward for killing them. Making a long and boring fight. Seriously though snow area ones have up to 22k health. 30k+ on gn+7
Anything with spastic movement patterns is a cancer. Those red wolves in Elden Ring and those revenants are toxic. At least you can nuke the revenants with cure spells, but I’m still looking for a solution for the red wolves along the lines of ‘Indy just shoots swordsman because he doesn’t feel like dealing with him’.
I thoroughly enjoy how well you write your scripts. This sort of video can easily get boring, but your writing style breathes a lot of life into the concept and makes it feel fresh and engaging.
I usually might not be interested in a video like this, but the writing manages to be witty without sounding forced (I like the rhyme about the fire bugs in Demon’s Souls), and your voice is very nice to listen to :)
Everyone talks about DS3s boss lineup, but the game probably has the single most consistently good set of enemies as well. Every single knight variety is an absolute treat to fight. Lothric Knights, Cathedral Knights, Black Knights, Winged Knights, Silver Knights, Ringed City Knights, Harald Legion Knights, Boreal Outrider Knights, Pontiff Knights, Millwood Knights. Just an absolutely insane lineup. That being said, Ravenous Crystal Lizards are easily my favourite enemy in the game.
In Dark Souls, the big knights that you fight in the beginning of Anor Londo are probably my favorite. They’re super tough at first, but you just gotta go through their legs when they shield slam!
Since I only played DS 3 and Elden Ring yet, my take is I fully agree you on DS 3, but for Elden Ring I would go for Crucible Knights instead. They are basically improved versions of Cathedral Knights with their own weird/cool draconic incantations. And Crayfishes definitely do deserve a place in most annoying enemies. Just let me ride through Liurnia in peace ffs.
The abilities used by the crucible knights aren't draconic. They're derived from the Crucible, the same font of power that the Omens draw from. I agree with you on the giant crayfish choice, though. Hate those things so much...
@@pithyt5369Ha, grow up. Humor is subjective. Many might find what he said at 1:16 funny. But you sound like an 11 year old trying to be funny. Probably are since kids are always on the internet these days.
My favorite enemies will always be the knight types. Black Knight from DS1, Alonne Knight from DS2, Ringed Knight from DS3, and Cleanrot Knight from ER
I absolutely love Sanctum Knights from 2, they have a cool if a little annoying gimmick with having to destroy their mummified bodies before attacking the ghost but man that green armor just looks so sick.
I actually really did discover the healing incant strat for the royal revenant completely and totally on accident. I was fighting the one in kingsrealm ruins and just could not beat him no matter what I tried and then one time I was fighting him and I needed to get a heal off before I died and I just barely got it off in time before I died but since he was right about to hit me he got caught in the heal and dropped. I had no idea wtf happened at first lol I had to save the clip and go back and watch it to realize what I did.
Just realised that the Dark knights share some moveset similarities with the Red eye knights. That first attack the one in Undead burg pulled after you agroed it was almost identical to the one's used by the sword and shield blue/red eye knights in Demon's souls, so it's cool to see more things that Dark souls added from Demon's souls.
Worst enemy per game: Demon's Souls = Dogs Dark Souls = Dogs Dark Souls II = Dogs Bloodborne = Dogs Dark Souls III = Dogs Sekiro = Dogs Elden Ring = Dogs
Bloodborne worst enemy: Winter Lanterns This is almost not debatable. Granted they have a very cool design/lullaby, but they are about as unfun and unfair as they come. Especially if you don’t have a lot of sedatives on hand.
Worst DS2 enemy would've been the Hammer Drakekeeper Knight. Same combo, 2 different speeds. But you can poison arrow cheese him. Yes, you can run back to the bonfire without consequence. The worst enemies are the hedgehogs from the DLC. Or not if you consider how fucking funny their animations are. So it stands that the Reindeer from the Ivory King DLC are the worst. And the tadpole fuckers from the Sunken King DLC.
Probably my favorite enemy to fight out of all soulsgames has got to be Lone Shadows from Sekiro. It just really itches that Tenchu/Ninjitsu feeling for me. The way they jump into the air to land with a kick, the parry method for them, everything just feels so satisfying. And for the most part their placement in the levels are just too good. Having them on the rooftops near Kuros room is such a cool fight to be had! I guess a bonus mention would be any offline invader-type npc from Bloodborne. With their cool outfits and weaponry. Not necessarily a stock enemy and moreso a mini boss but I think it counts
My least favourite in DS1 are the dragon hind legs and favourite are silver knights, in DS2 my least favourite are exploding corrosive hollows and my favourites are drakekeepers, in DS3 my least favourite are wolves and my favourite are Lothric knights, in Elden Ring my least favourite are royal revenants and my favourite are crucible knights.
Probably for 2 weeks in a row, I used your complete boss ranking and level ranking to use for background noise while I sleep. However, I’d end up staying up to watch them! You’ve convinced me to pick up Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls, and Bloodborne. Keep up the great work brother!
One of my favorite enemy types in the whole series are the Pontiff Knights from Irithyll of the Boreal Valley. It also helps that this area is also one of my favorite areas too. They speed and grace make them really just to dual, and their armor set is awesome.
I was gonna try to apply these to my dnd encounters.. but i think the biggest lesson is actually that the look and feel of the enemies is huge for players. (Also mechanics that take away control lead to frustration)
i think you are the first person who has done this even though there are a ton of youtubers with similar concepts and entire channels built around similar ideas. love the list, really think red eye knights are the best DeS enemies. they really show where the series would head in the future
An additional note about the Black Knights in DS1 is how much of a game changer it can be when you get lucky and the ones you face early on drop their weapon.
The Spear Adepts from Sekiro… I thought he would’ve brought those guys up. Although it’s sometimes satisfying to do a Death Air blow on them when you succeed
The black knights will always be my favourite enemies to parry in any souls game ever. The guttural *kaching* as their sword gets flung backwards will always put a smile on my face.
I absolutely cannot deal with Omens. Cannot get their timing right, and always burn through several flasks to fight them. That Omen Crypt in Liurnia is probably my least favorite dungeon in the game because of it. However, I find Royal Revenants to be alright. Scary and dangerous, sure, but even without healing, I found them okay to deal with. Get distance when they spaz, and close in afterwards. Same with the Kindred of Rot. I legit don't mind fighting them at all. Don't even consider them to be annoying. It's always interesting to see how different playstyles lead to different preferences. But anyways, great video! And I'm impressed you actually like the shark giants.
Im so with you about Bloodlickers. After 5 years I still dont know how to fight them. Erratic and fast attacks and a highly telegraphed jump attack makes them a nightmare to fight, unless you are high- levelled.
For me in Elden Ring, even though they're easy enough once you figure them out, it's gotta be those f**king birds with blades on their talons. I sigh heavily whenever I encounter one. Also, the giant dragonflies. They are just annoying and if you enter combat with them, you can't fast travel. Not to mention they are pretty much in every big open area.
11:33 The first character I ever beat DS1 with had something like thirty resistance, so, it was me, I the hell was levelling resistance I don't really regret it either, I never got poisoned again, and with that many points in it, I could actually tank hits pretty well
Hate to tell you, but it basically doesn't effect damage taken, at least not enough to make a significant difference. The poison resistance is good though.
I leveled the SHIT out of resistance my first time. My logic being that if I raised my defense instead of health, then the estus flask would proportionally recover more of my health. Pretty smart idea for being about 12 years old at the time but it unfortunately didn't work out as well as I would've wanted
Was very shocked to see the Winter Lantern absent from the Bloodborne list. Every time I hear that accursed singing, I just die a little on the inside knowing what is waiting for me up ahead.
Just you wait for Elden Ring DLC, Fromsoft is probably gonna realize that only having 4 royal revenants in the entire base game is too boring. So they’ll add a small room where you get ambushed by 20 of them. And it will be hilarious to see people get salty about it, while we’ll try not to trigger our ptsd of our own encounter of that room.
Good to hear the Bloodlickers finally get a mention, the ones at Cainhurst are Definetly one of the hardest enemies in the Souls series, an extremely unpleasant and annoying enemy
Royal Revenants are so weird. Sometimes I’ll fight one and it barely does anything and the other time it goes completely ballistic and destroys me. Omens are awesome to fight and I still remember freaking out when I went through a pipe in the sewer area only to see three of them coming down the ladder to kill me.
My personal worst list: Channelors in DS1, Bonewheels in DS1, which WILL make a b-line to you, all overly tanky stone enemies in DS1, those damn blowdart guys, Heide Knights in DS2 for their unpredictable movements, that one dragon near the beginning in DS2, ALL canine and rodent enemies, basilisks in DS1 for the very evil curse mechanic, most enemies in the DS3 swamp, and those very anti-first time player placement of those two Silver Knight archers in DS1.
i’m glad a video finally talks about how awful the revenants are in elden ring it’s my pick too i’ve done 6 playthroughs and i’ve only killed one of them because i’d rather just not deal with them
Bloodborne best enemy: Keeper of the old Lords, along with his attack dogs. Very badass, very challenging, very rewarding. Chalice dungeon only though. Honorable mentions: Executioner. Excellent early game practice material. Looks really cool with his big hood and giant weapon, has plenty of moves and I love how heavy he sounds as well. Vermin Host. That moment when the snakes pop out of its head for the first time is so memorable. He's pretty strong and fast, rewarding to slay. Just a really cool design.
The revenants are gimmicks, use heal and deal 3k dmg in an instant that combos into another heal. Cost a lot of fp but that is only a problem in Elpheal where there are 4 in a row.
The revenants, those giant bears and all the different bird types in ER. My God.. you can barly heal, and it is impossible to flee (unless you can ride) when fighting these enemies
Surprised you didn’t mention the Smouldering Ghru for DS3. Inflicts toxic via AoE, has grabs, often positioned for (limited) ganks or ambushes with other enemies. At least in the base game I don’t think anything else comes particularly close for being annoying, saved only by everything in Smouldering Lake being completely optional. The room with two Demon Clerics and Ghru still gives me trouble after what must be hundreds of hours of play.
Horned Warriors and all of their variants are my favourite. They are the Old Hunters, Ringed Knight, Corvian Knights equavilent of Elden Ring. Basically an a ultimate enemy that tests your skills and how far you have gone. Top it off they look cool.
I actually love Mibu Village as I treat it more like a farming location for Sen. The Village is how I was able to afford Sakes, Combat Arts and upgrade materials.
Shark Giants, Royal Revenants, Winter Lanterns and Corvian Knights are my 4 horsemen of "anxiety inducing encounter" They're terrifying but I don't hate them since they spice up some already spicy games
You are the first person I've heard in real life to have the super specfic accent Davey Jones has in pirates of the carribbean...which I think is so cool
maybe its bc theyre fairly squishy iirc, i may be wrong tho its been a couple years but i remember the big ones were the only ones that ever gave me trouble
The Old Knights in the early patches of DS2 were even better than they are now. I'm pretty sure they had their stats tweaked. Either that or very few weapons were available. But they took very little damage from all physical sources except blunt. They were extremely memorable because they kicked my ass a ton to the point where I tried out a bunch of different weapons and found that a simple mace smashed through them in a couple hits instead of a couple dozen.
Alright, before I watch it I‘ll guess based on my preference. DS1 best: Silver Knights worst: Skeleton Dogs DS2 best: Syan Knights (it’s a pattern) worst: Oooooh… I‘ll say butterflies, just annoying and no actual fight DS3 best: Ringed Knights (okay, I‘m boring) worst: Jailers (love the visual design but I‘d prefer a debuff that just induced fat-rolling and not the health drain) Sekiro best: Bell guys worst: Grabby Zombies (just no reason to fight them) ER best: Gladiators worst: Remnants Let’s see how I did!
When the video started, I wondered if the enemies would be ranked based on how tough they are individually, or grouped up. The most annoying enemies can be easy to handle one on one, but grouped up, is another story. I would’ve liked to have seen your list with those categories.
For pest threads, you can use a shield, either a medium or great shield, but the kindred of rot should be in front of you. If you have the barricade shield ability, you can easily deal with them with guard counters. Guard countering with barricade shield or a great shield is kind of effective with revenants, but you need stamina to absorb all the attacks
DS1: Best: capra demons in the demon's ruin: they're big, strong, fast and hit hard, fighting them and downing them it's always a pleasure. worst: crystal undeads in the duke's archive: they're stupid, stupidly strong and hit stupidly hard en masse.
I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the giant crows in Elden Ring. Both variants of them, the normal ones found in Caelid and Mountaintops, and the Bloody ones found near Mohgwyn palace. They are some of the only enemies in the game where I do not even attempt to fight them, and they're extremely difficult to run away from even on horseback
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To anyone surprised that I didn't choose the Jailors as the worst Dark Souls 3 enemy, I'm as surprised as you are. I forgot about them when making the video lol.
Also, I was incorrect when i said DS2's Old Knights are only found in Heide's Tower of Flame - they're also found in the Shrine of Amana and Drangleic Castle. Whoops!
Fair enough, it adds some flair to a discussion where usually everyone picks that answer 😂
The jailor is a fantastic enemy that really fits the area.
I was more surprised you picked the omens over the crucible knights as the best enemy in Elden ring.
@@lukethebaron5408 I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes them ahah. They're one of my favorite enemies in DS3.
The Royal Revenant definitely is the "gimmick enemy" of Eldenring.
+ Longrange puke with high dmg and it can proc poison
+ Teleportation cause it is a ghost and in general it has quick movements
+ Thousand slaps of doom charge that can delete a players entire healthbar twice or thrice even in one go
+ All on top of having lots of HP itself and is pretty tanky and very hard to stagger or posturebreak
Even if you find out that using an AoE healingspell is their weakness, landing one can be tricky too. 10/10 most annoying enemy.
My obsession with killing everything in souls games has made me absolutely despise the giant Lobsters/Crayfish. They’re hard enough up close and they are really good at keeping you in front of them, but their sniper water jet shots are one of the most insane things I’ve ever witnessed. Maybe the longest range attack in the game and it does a ton of damage. Thankfully you can skip most of them but those two at the bottom of the Subterranean Shunning Grounds were the bane of my first playthrough
I don’t think anything in the game pisses me off as much as the fucking lobster long range attack
Get lobter’d :)
The lobsters are fun when you’re up close, from range though, no thanks.
Wanna see something funny/ gross? Look up “how do lobsters pee?”
Lober
"...quite the opposite, in fact" 😂😂
I laughed at that as well 😂
Ha gaayyyyy
Ha Gayyyyy Ur Superior Probably In A Lot of Ways. This world has a very big reckoning coming because of all this hate. Certain types of people who think they're the Superior. Stay in school and expand your mind with facts not fiction. Learn your history and don't repeat past mistakes or be doomed to repeat it over and over again.
@@darkomegahawk4759wtf man ? & who are you even talking to/about ?????
That was golden xD
Now I'll be waiting for a ranking of every enemy in every game
Me too!
came to post this. DO IT!!!!
Every video game ever made
You joke but youtuber "Chad of Astora" has been literally been doing just that. He has one on Sekiro, Bloodborne, and Dark Souls III
Chad of Astora is already doing that go watch him
The worst enemy from every game in my opinion will always be dogs/wolves. Their ability to stun lock you is ridiculous. You could be decked out in 200 pounds of heavy armor and dogs will make your character flail around like they're having a seizure lol
Im still so appalled at the Esgar fight and how mean spirited it is for this exact reason lol
If you don't have poise, 2 dogs can be a literal death sentence. They can overlap attacks so fast that you'll never get a hit off, you just have to run lmao
Shoutout goes to those Resident Evil pitbulls in DS2 that have one move that's damage happens before its attack animation.
ds3 dogs fucking teleport to you bruh
Dogs, absolutely. Wolves, not at all.
Also, not anymore. Fromsoft put in some serious effort into Elden Ring to dethrone dogs as worst enemies. Revenants, kindred of rot, warhawks, monstrous crows, fingercreepers. They're all so much worse.
I have a love/hate relationship with the bonewheels. I hate encountering them, but I love the sense of existential dread they provide. Every single death they've caused is hilarious to watch... provided I wasn't on my way back to retrieve a full level's worth of souls.
Props to FromSoftware for still having nightmare fuels ideas like the Revenants even after Bloodborne.
Dark souls 3 has the scariest enemies
@@QuantumTelephone Eh, the scariest looking maybe, but they don´t scream as much haha
@@QuantumTelephone **brain sucker just casually existing in the corner in Upper Cathedral Ward**
@JoseViktor4099 Wym? The puss of man guys literally shake the screen with screaming. Also have you heard the irythill dungeon fetuses? Lol
Bloodborne for me. Those damn Giant Sharkmen and Winter Lanterns freak me out.
"Omens have one of the most graceful fighting styles" as you show an omen WWE slamming you
"Omen will never be ballin'"
Omen:
How the hell didn't the jailers make the list for worst enemies?
Also jump attacks are great for royal revenants too, both helps to dodge some attacks as well as gets you a riposte or two during the fight
Was scrolling to find somebody mention the absence of the DS3 jailers.
Glad I am not the only one who found the exclusion odd
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I actually really like the jailers. Probably my second favorite enemies in all of DS3.
you are a masochist LOL @@danielle_vandress
dude, your vocabulary is immaculate great writing and video.
and his accent just enhances the whole thing 😮💨
I thought the exact same thing! Super well written and engaging
I can't believe you didn't choose the irythill jailers for ds3, I have an immeasurable hatred for them
Or the irythill dogs tbh
Those jailers are easy when alone at least but their lazer hp drain vision is really shit design.
@@NisseDood All of them do that iirc
Jailers not getting picked is insane
The Jailers are stupidly easy to deal with. As long as their sight debuff applies to you, they're aware of your presence and will start making their way to you, so you just gotta hide behind a wall and keep baiting them until they're close enough that you can take them out before the debuff kills you.
I'm not even that good at Soulslikes, yet even I managed to figure this out the first time I encountered one of them. Besides, their design is sick as hell and I think the max hp reduction attack is unironically a cool concept that was really well made for an enemy you encounter in a small, cramped level where you can easily cut off their line of sight. Makes you think about the level design more. I'd honestly rather fight them than the Lycanthrope hunters in Crucifix Woods or the skeletons in Carthus Catacombs.
Finding the bonewheels in DS1 turned the game into a pure horror experience.
In the early game when I go to the Catacombs, fist I summon Paladin Leeroy and I wait him to kill them and then I just run to kill Pinwheel. After I get the Lord Vessel, just need a shileld with good stability and 100 fisical damge reduction, a lot of stamina and weapon at least 10+.
Glad to know others despise the royal revenants as much as I do. They fall under the category “avoid at all costs”for me. My dishonorable mention would be rune bears
Rune bears are so overrated it's hilarious. They are RIDICULOUSLY easy to dodge.
@@BioshockDrillyes they are but they allways have a bs amount of health and give no reward for killing them. Making a long and boring fight.
Seriously though snow area ones have up to 22k health.
30k+ on gn+7
only one rune bear really gets me going.
The calid one, to the left of the grace leading to the great jar.
@@In-Nihilum yeah but people act as if they are unstoppable rage monsters. They are just spongier than normal enemies.
@@In-Nihilum There's like two Runebears in the game that give you larval tears, which let you respec your rune levels.
I think my personal fear and admiration of the Shark Giants informed my desire to go full anchor build in Elden Ring.
If you cant beat shark, you must become shark.
Anything with spastic movement patterns is a cancer. Those red wolves in Elden Ring and those revenants are toxic. At least you can nuke the revenants with cure spells, but I’m still looking for a solution for the red wolves along the lines of ‘Indy just shoots swordsman because he doesn’t feel like dealing with him’.
I've beat elden ring several times and I almost always summon for red wolf of radagon
the red wolf at ranni plateau is crazy op...and completely avoidable haha
@@geert574Luckily my fox gracefully jumped off the edge.
Nothing compares to the red wolf in consecrated snow fields
The red wolves are awesome and really fun though?? Maybe you just can’t handle them
"...quite the opposite". Ah, a man after my own... heart.
Great video.
I thoroughly enjoy how well you write your scripts. This sort of video can easily get boring, but your writing style breathes a lot of life into the concept and makes it feel fresh and engaging.
I usually might not be interested in a video like this, but the writing manages to be witty without sounding forced (I like the rhyme about the fire bugs in Demon’s Souls), and your voice is very nice to listen to :)
The dual-wielding banished knight from Castle Mourne in Elden Ring...I hate that guy!
Do you mean Castle Sol?
@@enlongjones2394 ah, yeah...mixed that one up!
Bro that's easily the coolest enemy in the game.
I love oleg 😢😢
Those banished knights in Castle Sol are a pain in the ass if you don't have a way to stagger them
Everyone talks about DS3s boss lineup, but the game probably has the single most consistently good set of enemies as well. Every single knight variety is an absolute treat to fight. Lothric Knights, Cathedral Knights, Black Knights, Winged Knights, Silver Knights, Ringed City Knights, Harald Legion Knights, Boreal Outrider Knights, Pontiff Knights, Millwood Knights. Just an absolutely insane lineup. That being said, Ravenous Crystal Lizards are easily my favourite enemy in the game.
You should do a 15 hour long video doing every single enemy
In Dark Souls, the big knights that you fight in the beginning of Anor Londo are probably my favorite. They’re super tough at first, but you just gotta go through their legs when they shield slam!
I’m surprised the Jailers that deplete your health within eyesight weren’t mentioned for DS3 worst
The swamp people that jump on your head in DS3 Farron Keep is my dishonorable mention behind the jailers.
Yeah the Ghru suck. They’re arguably even worse in the demon ruins where your space is limited.
Since I only played DS 3 and Elden Ring yet, my take is I fully agree you on DS 3, but for Elden Ring I would go for Crucible Knights instead. They are basically improved versions of Cathedral Knights with their own weird/cool draconic incantations. And Crayfishes definitely do deserve a place in most annoying enemies. Just let me ride through Liurnia in peace ffs.
The abilities used by the crucible knights aren't draconic. They're derived from the Crucible, the same font of power that the Omens draw from.
I agree with you on the giant crayfish choice, though. Hate those things so much...
1:16 Ayo
Based cock enjoyer
Lmaoo
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@@pithyt5369Ha, grow up. Humor is subjective. Many might find what he said at 1:16 funny. But you sound like an 11 year old trying to be funny. Probably are since kids are always on the internet these days.
My man spent too much time with Solaire(understandable)
The dogs in Demons Souls were menace i really hated them.
well to be fair the dogs are cancer in every game they're in
My favorite enemies will always be the knight types. Black Knight from DS1, Alonne Knight from DS2, Ringed Knight from DS3, and Cleanrot Knight from ER
I absolutely love Sanctum Knights from 2, they have a cool if a little annoying gimmick with having to destroy their mummified bodies before attacking the ghost but man that green armor just looks so sick.
Now we have mesmer's fire knights as well. Their armor has great details
I actually really did discover the healing incant strat for the royal revenant completely and totally on accident. I was fighting the one in kingsrealm ruins and just could not beat him no matter what I tried and then one time I was fighting him and I needed to get a heal off before I died and I just barely got it off in time before I died but since he was right about to hit me he got caught in the heal and dropped. I had no idea wtf happened at first lol I had to save the clip and go back and watch it to realize what I did.
Surprised you didn't mention the Jailers from DS3. Definitely my pick for the worst enemy in the game
the combination of soulsborne content and that wonderful accent has gained you a new fan!
To be fair the revenant's healing weakness is something you can learn from the nomadic merchant notes.
Every lizard that insta kills you with curse/deathblight. Annoying, no actual challenge, only works in swarm ambushes
That's a pretty good video. . .
but can you say "Purple Burglar Alarm"?
I miss the dragons from DS 2, loved fighting them and love their look.
Oooh this oughta be a good one! I appreciate your perspective, I wonder how many of these I'd pick for myself. 😂🎉
Just realised that the Dark knights share some moveset similarities with the Red eye knights. That first attack the one in Undead burg pulled after you agroed it was almost identical to the one's used by the sword and shield blue/red eye knights in Demon's souls, so it's cool to see more things that Dark souls added from Demon's souls.
Your videos are always great and hilarious! Keep up the good work Candle!!!
I Know This is 5 Months Later. But The Fact The Reindeer aren’t the worst enemy in DS2 literally blows my mind
Worst enemy per game:
Demon's Souls = Dogs
Dark Souls = Dogs
Dark Souls II = Dogs
Bloodborne = Dogs
Dark Souls III = Dogs
Sekiro = Dogs
Elden Ring = Dogs
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When you revealed that the "giant fish men of the Fishing Hamlet" were your Bloodborne Honorable Mention, I said out loud, "The Sharks?
Bloodborne worst enemy: Winter Lanterns
This is almost not debatable. Granted they have a very cool design/lullaby, but they are about as unfun and unfair as they come. Especially if you don’t have a lot of sedatives on hand.
Really enjoyed this - and largely agree with your picks. Solid video, well done matey!
The moment you said sekiro I already said "best will be the ishin students and the okamis" like come on those are peak sekiro
Worst DS2 enemy would've been the Hammer Drakekeeper Knight. Same combo, 2 different speeds.
But you can poison arrow cheese him. Yes, you can run back to the bonfire without consequence.
The worst enemies are the hedgehogs from the DLC. Or not if you consider how fucking funny their animations are.
So it stands that the Reindeer from the Ivory King DLC are the worst. And the tadpole fuckers from the Sunken King DLC.
Probably my favorite enemy to fight out of all soulsgames has got to be Lone Shadows from Sekiro. It just really itches that Tenchu/Ninjitsu feeling for me. The way they jump into the air to land with a kick, the parry method for them, everything just feels so satisfying. And for the most part their placement in the levels are just too good. Having them on the rooftops near Kuros room is such a cool fight to be had! I guess a bonus mention would be any offline invader-type npc from Bloodborne. With their cool outfits and weaponry. Not necessarily a stock enemy and moreso a mini boss but I think it counts
My least favourite in DS1 are the dragon hind legs and favourite are silver knights, in DS2 my least favourite are exploding corrosive hollows and my favourites are drakekeepers, in DS3 my least favourite are wolves and my favourite are Lothric knights, in Elden Ring my least favourite are royal revenants and my favourite are crucible knights.
All of these are excellent choices for their horribleness and greatness
@@ftir1450 btw, the DS3 wolves are my least favourite enemies in the series as a whole
I'm shocked no one is mentioning the winter lanterns from Bloodborne, arguably the worst enemy in any soulsborne game.
I'm surprised you didn't pick Jailers as most annoying Dark Souls 3 enemy
Probably for 2 weeks in a row, I used your complete boss ranking and level ranking to use for background noise while I sleep. However, I’d end up staying up to watch them! You’ve convinced me to pick up Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls, and Bloodborne. Keep up the great work brother!
One of my favorite enemy types in the whole series are the Pontiff Knights from Irithyll of the Boreal Valley. It also helps that this area is also one of my favorite areas too. They speed and grace make them really just to dual, and their armor set is awesome.
I was gonna try to apply these to my dnd encounters.. but i think the biggest lesson is actually that the look and feel of the enemies is huge for players.
(Also mechanics that take away control lead to frustration)
Personally, Elden, screw the revenants.
i think you are the first person who has done this even though there are a ton of youtubers with similar concepts and entire channels built around similar ideas. love the list, really think red eye knights are the best DeS enemies. they really show where the series would head in the future
An additional note about the Black Knights in DS1 is how much of a game changer it can be when you get lucky and the ones you face early on drop their weapon.
subscribed mostly for the accent, the quality argument presented in the video is a plus
The Spear Adepts from Sekiro… I thought he would’ve brought those guys up. Although it’s sometimes satisfying to do a Death Air blow on them when you succeed
Came here to say this, playing cat & mouse over the balconies with the trio at the top of Senpou temple could be a boss-fight on its own
Great video as always , loved it , youre f*cking funny man 💀
The black knights will always be my favourite enemies to parry in any souls game ever. The guttural *kaching* as their sword gets flung backwards will always put a smile on my face.
I absolutely cannot deal with Omens. Cannot get their timing right, and always burn through several flasks to fight them. That Omen Crypt in Liurnia is probably my least favorite dungeon in the game because of it.
However, I find Royal Revenants to be alright. Scary and dangerous, sure, but even without healing, I found them okay to deal with. Get distance when they spaz, and close in afterwards. Same with the Kindred of Rot. I legit don't mind fighting them at all. Don't even consider them to be annoying.
It's always interesting to see how different playstyles lead to different preferences.
But anyways, great video! And I'm impressed you actually like the shark giants.
Im so with you about Bloodlickers. After 5 years I still dont know how to fight them. Erratic and fast attacks and a highly telegraphed jump attack makes them a nightmare to fight, unless you are high- levelled.
The way you got my subscription in under 2 minutes is WILD (you know what you said)
The Black Knights of DS1 having the same move set as the Boletarian Knights from DeS always puts a smile on my face.
For me in Elden Ring, even though they're easy enough once you figure them out, it's gotta be those f**king birds with blades on their talons. I sigh heavily whenever I encounter one. Also, the giant dragonflies. They are just annoying and if you enter combat with them, you can't fast travel. Not to mention they are pretty much in every big open area.
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The first character I ever beat DS1 with had something like thirty resistance, so, it was me, I the hell was levelling resistance
I don't really regret it either, I never got poisoned again, and with that many points in it, I could actually tank hits pretty well
Hate to tell you, but it basically doesn't effect damage taken, at least not enough to make a significant difference. The poison resistance is good though.
I leveled the SHIT out of resistance my first time. My logic being that if I raised my defense instead of health, then the estus flask would proportionally recover more of my health. Pretty smart idea for being about 12 years old at the time but it unfortunately didn't work out as well as I would've wanted
Was very shocked to see the Winter Lantern absent from the Bloodborne list. Every time I hear that accursed singing, I just die a little on the inside knowing what is waiting for me up ahead.
Just you wait for Elden Ring DLC, Fromsoft is probably gonna realize that only having 4 royal revenants in the entire base game is too boring. So they’ll add a small room where you get ambushed by 20 of them. And it will be hilarious to see people get salty about it, while we’ll try not to trigger our ptsd of our own encounter of that room.
While backed up by hogwarts mages spamming their glintstone pebbles with 0 downtime.
Runebears are nigh unfightable in close combat, they're just way too aggressive for how much stagger their slams do, and they get to attack endlessly
Good to hear the Bloodlickers finally get a mention, the ones at Cainhurst are Definetly one of the hardest enemies in the Souls series, an extremely unpleasant and annoying enemy
Royal Revenants are so weird. Sometimes I’ll fight one and it barely does anything and the other time it goes completely ballistic and destroys me. Omens are awesome to fight and I still remember freaking out when I went through a pipe in the sewer area only to see three of them coming down the ladder to kill me.
Was sure the Elder Gru would be up at the top of the worst
Is that the guy that jumps on your face and rips it apart or the bigass shaman dude who summons red skulls? Hate both of them
Mentions and shoutouts are just a way to not having to make a clear choice :p
Anyway, awesome video mate :)
The crucible knights are my favorite enemies in Elden ring. They’re absolutely brutal but also fair. No bs, just a good enemy encounter
My personal worst list: Channelors in DS1, Bonewheels in DS1, which WILL make a b-line to you, all overly tanky stone enemies in DS1, those damn blowdart guys, Heide Knights in DS2 for their unpredictable movements, that one dragon near the beginning in DS2, ALL canine and rodent enemies, basilisks in DS1 for the very evil curse mechanic, most enemies in the DS3 swamp, and those very anti-first time player placement of those two Silver Knight archers in DS1.
Very cool video and very enjoyable to listen the reasoning behind your choices. Thank you
Way better than other thematically similar videos I've seen.
i’m glad a video finally talks about how awful the revenants are in elden ring it’s my pick too i’ve done 6 playthroughs and i’ve only killed one of them because i’d rather just not deal with them
Bloodborne best enemy:
Keeper of the old Lords, along with his attack dogs. Very badass, very challenging, very rewarding. Chalice dungeon only though.
Honorable mentions:
Executioner. Excellent early game practice material. Looks really cool with his big hood and giant weapon, has plenty of moves and I love how heavy he sounds as well.
Vermin Host. That moment when the snakes pop out of its head for the first time is so memorable. He's pretty strong and fast, rewarding to slay. Just a really cool design.
I was abroad for a few years and hearing your accent is really really refreshing. Good vid too.
The revenants are gimmicks, use heal and deal 3k dmg in an instant that combos into another heal. Cost a lot of fp but that is only a problem in Elpheal where there are 4 in a row.
The revenants, those giant bears and all the different bird types in ER. My God.. you can barly heal, and it is impossible to flee (unless you can ride) when fighting these enemies
Hard counter the Kindred of Rot with a Greatshield and a spear then guard counter. 100% physical resistance also counters the pest threads.
Surprised you didn’t mention the Smouldering Ghru for DS3. Inflicts toxic via AoE, has grabs, often positioned for (limited) ganks or ambushes with other enemies. At least in the base game I don’t think anything else comes particularly close for being annoying, saved only by everything in Smouldering Lake being completely optional. The room with two Demon Clerics and Ghru still gives me trouble after what must be hundreds of hours of play.
Horned Warriors and all of their variants are my favourite. They are the Old Hunters, Ringed Knight, Corvian Knights equavilent of Elden Ring. Basically an a ultimate enemy that tests your skills and how far you have gone. Top it off they look cool.
I actually love Mibu Village as I treat it more like a farming location for Sen. The Village is how I was able to afford Sakes, Combat Arts and upgrade materials.
There's a note sold by a merchant that clues you into the revenants being weak to healing incantations, actually.
Shark Giants, Royal Revenants, Winter Lanterns and Corvian Knights are my 4 horsemen of "anxiety inducing encounter"
They're terrifying but I don't hate them since they spice up some already spicy games
You are the first person I've heard in real life to have the super specfic accent Davey Jones has in pirates of the carribbean...which I think is so cool
I’m surprised the rock lizards and lizard people weren’t mentioned for dark souls 3, they feel like one of the only ‘cheap’ enemies in the game
maybe its bc theyre fairly squishy iirc, i may be wrong tho its been a couple years but i remember the big ones were the only ones that ever gave me trouble
They aren't cheap though. I kill the crystal lizard on every playthrough. Just. Dodge. Attacks.
This man hasn't been stunlocked and frenzied by a winter lantern
sick video, you've got a lovely way with words
(although it's funny the one word you whiffed was a very scottish one lol)
My least favorite in bloodborne is the Winter Lanterns, no doubt about it
The Old Knights in the early patches of DS2 were even better than they are now. I'm pretty sure they had their stats tweaked. Either that or very few weapons were available. But they took very little damage from all physical sources except blunt. They were extremely memorable because they kicked my ass a ton to the point where I tried out a bunch of different weapons and found that a simple mace smashed through them in a couple hits instead of a couple dozen.
Alright, before I watch it I‘ll guess based on my preference.
DS1 best: Silver Knights worst: Skeleton Dogs
DS2 best: Syan Knights (it’s a pattern) worst: Oooooh… I‘ll say butterflies, just annoying and no actual fight
DS3 best: Ringed Knights (okay, I‘m boring) worst: Jailers (love the visual design but I‘d prefer a debuff that just induced fat-rolling and not the health drain)
Sekiro best: Bell guys worst: Grabby Zombies (just no reason to fight them)
ER best: Gladiators worst: Remnants
Let’s see how I did!
0/10, not bad! Technical points on the last one but I did get the name wrong.
When the video started, I wondered if the enemies would be ranked based on how tough they are individually, or grouped up. The most annoying enemies can be easy to handle one on one, but grouped up, is another story. I would’ve liked to have seen your list with those categories.
For pest threads, you can use a shield, either a medium or great shield, but the kindred of rot should be in front of you. If you have the barricade shield ability, you can easily deal with them with guard counters. Guard countering with barricade shield or a great shield is kind of effective with revenants, but you need stamina to absorb all the attacks
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Putting honourable mentions after the main pick is an interesting layout descicion
DS1: Best: capra demons in the demon's ruin: they're big, strong, fast and hit hard, fighting them and downing them it's always a pleasure.
worst: crystal undeads in the duke's archive: they're stupid, stupidly strong and hit stupidly hard en masse.
I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the giant crows in Elden Ring. Both variants of them, the normal ones found in Caelid and Mountaintops, and the Bloody ones found near Mohgwyn palace. They are some of the only enemies in the game where I do not even attempt to fight them, and they're extremely difficult to run away from even on horseback
Loved the energy and tone behind the video!