Fromsoft just nailed the concept of dlcs. Instead of adding random cosmetics or weirdly paced and priced bits of content, they make a unique climactic endgame challenge with the highest quality stuff, nearly doubling each game's lifespan. Easily best dlcs out there
Lady Maria is incredible. And it's interesting to see the evolution of the badass female enemies. Lady Maria led to Sister Friede. Sister Friede and Maria combined led to... Malenia. And a fun little detail, when we first meet them... they are all sitting in a chair.
Whats so cool about his design? Hes just a normal guy except on steroids in dlc, never really thought he looked super cool, definitely not cooler than the Abyss Watchers or Nameless King, definitely a fun fight though
Unpopular oppinion but i always love fighting the failiures. It feels like all the time learning parrying is paying off and their score is one of the best in the series. More of a visual and epic fight than a difficult one.
I've always enjoyed that fight as well. It's nail biting without being too hard and the lore implications for both level and the Celestials (back in the main game) are amazing. I always see them as the appetizer before the incredible three course fight that is Maria.
@@idirbouchdoug1567 it doesn’t feel like a throwaway to me when considering the boss themes we got after. Friede, Demon Prince, Midir and Gael all have amazing themes so it felt nice keeping with the “theme” of good boss music in the dlc
Never really understood why Orphan is so slept on. People always just write him off as a pretty good boss that's just hard as hell, but he's my favorite boss FromSoft every made. The atmosphere, the lore, the aggression, it's all just perfect.
The annoying thing where he can hit you if you dodge (no matter which direction) with his strafing attacks because of how the lock-on camera manipulates your direction stops it from being perfect for me.
Just to note, "Father" Arieandel is because he's a priest, just like "sister" Friede is named like that because she's a nun. He isn't actually her father.
i wish hitboxes weren't broken tho, it's basically the main thing that ruins that game. And recovery time after your hits. Sometimes i feel like Sir Alonne could go drink a cup of tea, hit the gym, go to a party, talk with fume knight, become the president of USA while my character recovering after doing hit. Even dsr, the slowest souls probably, has faster recovery frames than ds2.
@@Domo3000 what techniques? Upgrading adp? Well guess what, it only affects recovery time of consumable items. Hitboxes are broken, enemies hit sometimes lag behind the model of the enemie's weapon or even enlarge their hitboxes sometimes making it look like they hit you with the air. Most late game bosses aren't meant to be fought with large weapons, so usually you forced to use small weapons like clubs and swords to fight them without trading hits.
@@SimplCupyou can roll faster after an attack by making use of the Feint mechanic. In DS2 you can cancel attacks in the first few frames into a roll, which is great in PVP to trick players into parrying and then you roll behind them. If you attack, and then start a follow up attack and immediately cancel it into a roll that's faster than just rolling after an attack. This also works to speed up chain rolling by doing a rolling attack and cancelling it immediately.
@@Domo3000 i've watched a couple of videos about that, and it looks like you're starting an attack and then roll/backstep immediately after that cancelling your first attack, and only attacking after roll? If that's how it works then i see no use of it against bosses or regular enemies, it might trick a real opponent in pvp to get some free hits, but bosses don't care about such tricks. I just want to hit an enemy and have time to roll away after that, because it's just how it works in dsr, ds3 and er. Even if you use gigantic weapon you still can find a window for an attack, whilst dark souls 2 late game bosses are too fast to hit and roll away.
I still think the burnt ivory king is the best DLC boss out of the first two games. He’s the most cinematic boss they’ve ever made in my opinion, and the fact that it incentivizes exploration of the whole DLC is pretty sweet. There’s still some bosses from blood borne and DS 3 that are better, but ivory king is the pinnacle of DS 1 and 2
If we’re talking about only DS1 and DS2, the best boss is Artorias. Everything comes together so well in that fight, especially when we realise that Artorias was consumed by the abyss and that it’s actually us who will go on to destroy it (though with the inevitable consequence that our name will never be remembered.)
The best is Sinh imo, that boy is the best dragon fight on the dark souls games. A wide moveset with various aerial attacks, various melee and fire attacks from the ground, environmental hazard (the poison mists that remain from his fireball), the pure spectacle that it is to fight him and he smol 🤏🏽
My favorite boss in all the games remains Lady Maria. I just get such a thrill everytime i get to fight her and i think shes the peak hunter style fight in the game with the best combat in the series
Lady Maria for me is probably the best boss I've ever fought honestly. Going into it blind, it felt like the most even playing ground possible for a fight in a video game. We equaled hits without me destroying her or vice verse, and it is just beautiful. Of course, once you do it a few times it is super simple, but I still love it. Also best theme song in the series no doubt for me.
How does one consider Ludwig ro be a worse fight than Midir, Alonne, Fume Knight and the Demon Prince? Don't get me wrong, I like all of these fights, especially Midir, but c'mon it's Ludwig...
@@DM-qd7gw it was truly the worst. I got through the skeletons fine just bursting them down when they were spawning, but melee was rough when he spawned
K, I just have to say. I love your outro gag. It makes me laugh everytime, and it's honestly a really good idea. After I finish watching a video, I kind of don't want to sit around and watch an outro. Usually feels lkind of like a slog for me. So I appreciate yours haha.
@@jadonzen1239the biggest reason why sir alonne is that high is because the FEEL of the fight feels so damn good. It’s one of the only times, in my opinion, where dark souls 2 nails the high fantasy feeling, and the key reason for that is the arena and lightning. The distant landscape when you look out the window looks like something you’d see in the end of a tragic war, and you feel like it’s eventually gonna destroy you too. The atmosphere of the fight is 10/10, along with the fact that it’s a fair 1 on 1 duel. The ability to switch phases based on if you’re hit by the grab or not is also an idea that has never been used before other than with pursuer.
@@jadonzen1239the biggest reason why sir alonne is that high is because the FEEL of the fight feels so damn good. It’s one of the only times, in my opinion, where dark souls 2 nails the high fantasy feeling, and the key reason for that is the arena and lightning. The distant landscape when you look out the window looks like something you’d see in the end of a tragic war, and you feel like it’s eventually gonna destroy you too. The atmosphere of the fight is 10/10, along with the fact that it’s a fair 1 on 1 duel. The ability to switch phases based on if you’re hit by the grab or not is also an idea that has never been used before other than with pursuer.
@@Clarity_Control you can dodge into his grab, behind it, and to its right. The only way you’ll get hit is if you dodge to the left, and at a point, that’s your fault. It’s like wondering why you can’t dodge into radahns meteor. As for the runback, yes it’s bad, however that’s not the boss fight so I don’t care about it. It’s not like you’re fighting the enemies inside of the boss arena.
@@Sephirothkingdom782 If I’m being hit by a grab attack when nothing is hitting me, then it isn’t my fault. It’s the game having shit hitboxes. Also, the run is definitely part of it as it determines how prepared you’ll be when fighting the boss, and having to make that run every time you die is annoying.
Really agree with what you said about the Blue smelter demon being the perfect size for a boss. I think that’s one of the reasons I love fighting Godfrey so much
I have absolutely no idea why but the Fume Knight is just one of my favourite fights in Soulsborne. His lore is pretty cool, especially if you find little drips of information about him through the main game of DS2 only to figure out he was one of the strongest warriors in Vendricks army, and one of his personal bodyguards who was deemed a rebel. I also kinda headcanon him to related to Artorias (you find Artorias’ greatsword in a neighbouring tower and FK is left handed) so that’s a W at any point, the run back is decent and the actual fight itself is incredibly fun. Learning how to perfectly bait and punish his combos is one of the most satisfying things I’ve done playing video games
My top 3 is midir, gael, and orphan. Midir is the perfect dragon fight to me, gael is the best knight-esque type fight, and orphan of kos is the perfect beast/non human boss
Gael is a perfection, there's no boss that is more satisfying to fight. His moveset fits your move capability perfectly, like you can fight him with UGS or a dagger and you'll still feel comfortable enough. And his story throught the game and placement in the lore is just brilliant. Best boss ever, not only in souls, but overall the best of all games.
On my recent replay of DS3 I think Friede finally moved to the top spot in the franchise for me as that third phase is the single best phase of about any video game boss. But that top 4 is so good I think any variation of that would get me to nod along.
I thought this came out ages ago. Pretty good list! Here’s mine from least to most favorite: -Gank squad -Lud & Zallen -Halflight -Gravetender -Failures -Aava -Guardian -Elana -Blue Smelter -Laurence -Kalameet -Sinh -Ivory King -Alonne -Artorias -Manus -Maria -Ludwig -Demons -Midir -Gael -Fume -Friede -Orphan
I love the respect shown to my boi Blue Coolaid! Still one of my favourite (probably the best) reskins he gets new timings that really did me in the first few times, run back sucks, but pure boss, I really like it!
Man, EVERYBODY is sleeping on Aava’s introduction! That shit was epic! Alsanna’s monologue as you approach the boss door did an amazing job hyping me up for the boss and making me feel on edge. The fight was okay but that, for lack of a better phrase, in-game cutscene made it five times more memorable!
I really hope you didn’t quit YT and comeback and start making vids again. I just got into soulsbourn games a little bit ago with Elden Ring. Now that I’ve finished I’ve started demons souls and am really enjoying it. I find your videos really enjoyable and hope you return to making videos shortly!!!
Funny thing is that, I enjoy the Maria fight and tight parry windows so much that while others R1 spam, I just parry the whole time due to how satisfying it is!
I’ve always felt like fromsoft shines a lot more in its dlc They take their time with the feedback from the main game release and give us the best of content Dlc is clearly not casual territory, it’s meant for hardcore fans and you can tell just by the difficulty amps DLCs always give us exactly what we want from them which is why I’m really eager for Elden ring, i genuinely think that they will sort out all our gripes about balancing with the dlc
His 2nd phase is significantly easier than his first and the best part of the song barely gets to play because his 2nd phase is over in like 30 seconds. Also, his drop from the ceiling attack is pretty annoying. Everything about him other than the 2nd half of the fight is perfect.
@@tahireedharder doesnt mean better if that’s the case I think orphan is your favourite I like a boss which is difficult but not too much and he’s a fun biss
@@tahireed tbh it depends on the person bc the 2nd phase has some really strong moves and all the moves are strong tbh just some can one shot you of you aren’t prepared I found the first harder on my first try on my 2nd I found both were hard in different ways so it depends on the person
@@s35ii0 They aren't strong moves though. I could eat an entire combo from his sword but not from his beast form. His only strong move in phase 2 can be easily dodged because he takes really long to charge the move.
Only played Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3 from this list. I did Slave Knight Gael first time. Awesome fight, but maybe I need to fight him again to fully appreciate it. Ludwig was actually my favourite.
Solid list, I especially like the appreciation for the Burnt Ivory King. Really underrated, but a gimmick boss done right. I dont really share the placement of Blue Smelter tho. In a vakuum, he is a solid boss. But the runback to him and especially the fact that people paid money for it to be a reskin AND being the worst Boss in that DLC really would have warranted a spot on the very low end of the list. (At least for me)
Ngl i found gravetender pretty underrated. Obviously overshadowed by friede, but the arena and ost is so beautiful. You can take out the dogs and npc quick before the greatwolf starts to seriously attack. The greatwolf by itself is a pretty fun quick battle
Sister friede is def my fav out of all the dlcs I played, because I knew about her 2nd phase before going into the fight, so when me and my friend killed her, I turned around and started talking to him saying something like “yeah I knew about her second phase but still that was such a fun fight!” And he goes “uh…..Uh??…..AHHHHHHHHH” and I turn around and friede is in the air with her black flame scythe and I have never felt more fear in a souls game since, so yah, she’s my fav
Laurence is a reskin Boss done right (not including the sounds). Also is he not the ONLY reskin Boss in Bloodborne ? I cant remember others so bonus points for that game
I think originally Fromsoftware games intended "Velstaldt The King's Royal Aegis" to serve the Queen; in the system's game flies, he is titled Queen's instead of King's; ironic if u consider his unwavering service to Vendrick. In lore it is stated that he never questioned Nashandra upon her seeking of shelter In Drangliec Castle, possibly out of his unwavering devotion. Once the Queen, she settled the land in quietness. She too revealed her intentions to trick Vendrick; to use his own power to usurp him. He ran through Drangliec castle, to the once Royal crypt (now titled Undead Crypt, they mass-buried-alive the undead here to suppress their uprising) he did so to protect the kingdom, however his subjects viewed this as unfaithfulness. Once Vendrick retired to the Crypt, so too had Velstaldt; to serve him in undeath. In the past, Velstaldt faces towards would-be pillagers/graverobbers and the Queen's subjects. In the present he has turned towards his own King, to protect him further... I love this story, the visual representation of Velstaldts sollum prayer/thought reflection under his holy light is one of my favourite images in the series. Him giving into the embrace of the Darknesses, corrupting black abyss in order to serve Vendrick is one of many underappreciated moments in this videogame. I say this to mention, it's possibly Nashandra (who has quite similar moves/Animations to Elana, The Squalid Queen who summons Velstaldt) means Nashandra might have once summoned him, using him here instead of in Elana Squalid Queen's, or Vendrick's storyline. One more suggestion towards this, The Queen's House: Throne Defender/Throne Watcher have similar physical appearances too Velstaldt (Pale unhuman skin, etc).
Honestly, the Ivory King is not only my least favourite DLC is DS2, but my least favourite in all the Souls games overall. In DS2, my favourite is definitely the Sunken King DLC
@@yourdad5799 Is it not a gank when you have the knights to help? In any case Elleyum Lloyce is a gorgeous environment. Ironically has more to explore in a DLC than Anor Londo did in a main game.
@@torakandwolf6786 The knights don't really help so It's still a bad gank either way. The environment is just snow and brick, pretty ugly and bland. The exploration is good yes, before Elden ring this level was the only one where you felt like you were exploring an actual city. Still preffer the other DLCs by far but it's not the most terrible level ever
@@crow1460mine is iron king due to it having good level design and great bosses, albeit some unfair areas. Sunken crown is definitely the most fair dlc out of the 3 and has some of the best level design in any fromsoft game
Sister Friede is my absolute favorite boss in all of Soulsborne, very closely followed by Slave Knight Gael. Her design is perfection. Honorable mention to the Demon Prince also, we really don’t deserve the DS3 DLCs.
For me id switch midir and sinh. For me, especially in my recent playthrough, midir posed a very big and frustrating problem: the camera constantly locked off, once 3 times in 5 seconds. In general, the camera is really unlucky with this boss. He also is just so all over the place that i have to run for like half the fight to catch up. I dont mind his difficulty but the shit with the camera and his mobility. Sinh on the other side is all over the place too, but he flies most of the time combining it with charges at you so you have plenty of counter opportunities since its most easier to catch up. Also, this much of flying while showering fire on you really did a good job of portraying how a flying dragon would fight you. His lore is very cool, also his entrance. The only thing making him not a rival to the best dragon fights like placidusax and fortissax is sinhs armor. 10 strikes in and your weapons durability is in a critical state.
I saw how ypu reffered to Ariandel as "Friede's father",in case ypu don't know,Ariandrl isn't actually Friede's father,the father in his title likely means "priest" as a corvian NPC also refers to him as "our father".
Elana is too low. It is one of the best double-fights in the series. You have a melee character with a magic boss that complement each other very well and give you an interesting thought dilemma of who to focus on.
@@_noahbury6_it doesn't even make sense lore wise too, Veldstadt was Vendrick's knight, not of the unnamed sunken king, he would make sense with Nashandra but not Elana a completely unrelated character
I need some help making a decision. I don't know If I should buy and play DS3. I love Elden Ring and Sekiro but only got like 7 hours in ds1 before deciding that I didn't like it. I am just really torn between buying Ds3 or not.
nahhhh no way blue smelter demon above Laurence lmao. Laurence has so many new moves, blue smelter demon is basically just a recolour. It's a good fight but Laurence takes the cake by a long shot
The first time i ever fought Midir it took me like 5 hours to beat him. Then i came back on NG+ and beat him on my second or third try. Once you know his moves it really is easy so i actually like where hes placed
I still think Burnt Ivory being at #12 is slander but I'm at least glad he did get some respect. He is one of my favorite bosses in any game, ever. I much prefer him to both Alonne and Fume Knight. His lore significance, the spectacle, dropping into the arena with the Loyce Knights, the team battle between you and the Loyce Knights and the Charred Loyce Knights, then finally seeing the Burnt Ivory King emerge from a massive portal of flames once only you and one of your Loyce Knights remain after the others sacrificed themselves to shut down the portals summoning more Charred Loyce Knights. That and in my personal opinion the King has the most enjoyable moveset to dodge in the game. Also his boss theme is dope.
Fromsoft just nailed the concept of dlcs. Instead of adding random cosmetics or weirdly paced and priced bits of content, they make a unique climactic endgame challenge with the highest quality stuff, nearly doubling each game's lifespan. Easily best dlcs out there
I'd say witcher 3 has the best dlcs ever released
Monster hunter also has some good ones
@@marmite7014 monster hunter dlcs are like entire games every time without fail they're so good.
@@kronos8221 i much prefer the old hunters and the ringed city dlcs bc the boss fights and areas they offer
Vergil's worth it imo
Ludiwg at #10 is unforgivable sin
Yeah wth he's one of the best
His music alone should bring him at least top 5, and that’s without the entire fight
When this video came out I don't even think I started Bloodborne. Now I have beaten Ludwig yesterday and I understand what you mean.
it’s AT LEAST top 5
Yeah, he's way too high
Lady Maria is incredible. And it's interesting to see the evolution of the badass female enemies. Lady Maria led to Sister Friede. Sister Friede and Maria combined led to... Malenia.
And a fun little detail, when we first meet them... they are all sitting in a chair.
Damn never thought of that. Nice detail!
@@parasite7639 It only occurred to me today as well. The depth of these games is like wandering through an art gallery.
Always a new detail to see.
It seemed like sister Friede leading to Malenia was disappointing, which honestly is fair.
@@freesoup9673It was. Malenia is the worst fight of the three
@@SJ-di5zu Nah
Gael is not only the best boss From have created...But one of the best bosses ever! What a incredible design man
My fav dlc boss is Sister Friede
@@fadpanda3873 Also a fantastic bossfight! Especially her phase 3 ;)
I don't see it as the best boss since his moves are very intuitive to dodge, it's not really a challenge. It's in my top 5 tho
Whats so cool about his design? Hes just a normal guy except on steroids in dlc, never really thought he looked super cool, definitely not cooler than the Abyss Watchers or Nameless King, definitely a fun fight though
@@Speedur_ the 1st time I was very racist and said how thevhell is a big black slave summoning red fire balls and decimating
Ludwig at 10 is absolutely crazy
It’s a retarded list
Unpopular oppinion but i always love fighting the failiures. It feels like all the time learning parrying is paying off and their score is one of the best in the series. More of a visual and epic fight than a difficult one.
Ost is god tier !!!
@@kenneth27205 that drop tho holy shit shivers every time
I've always enjoyed that fight as well. It's nail biting without being too hard and the lore implications for both level and the Celestials (back in the main game) are amazing.
I always see them as the appetizer before the incredible three course fight that is Maria.
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HIC TENERE DEUS SANGUA INFANS EX NIHILO
Yeah I feel like the failures are incredibly underrated
To me, Gravetender and Greatwolf is saved MASSIVELY by its boss music. It’s boss music is one of my favorites in the game
Same with Halflight
true. honestly ,it is so good that it feels like a waste on a throwaway boss like that.
@@idirbouchdoug1567 it doesn’t feel like a throwaway to me when considering the boss themes we got after. Friede, Demon Prince, Midir and Gael all have amazing themes so it felt nice keeping with the “theme” of good boss music in the dlc
Never really understood why Orphan is so slept on. People always just write him off as a pretty good boss that's just hard as hell, but he's my favorite boss FromSoft every made. The atmosphere, the lore, the aggression, it's all just perfect.
The annoying thing where he can hit you if you dodge (no matter which direction) with his strafing attacks because of how the lock-on camera manipulates your direction stops it from being perfect for me.
@@anonymous01201skill issue
He's not slept on.If anything he's highly over-rated.
@@alexbyrne1266 Maybe. But it’s still an issue since it isn’t intended.
@@gregelden8611 Yup beat him in 5th try I was really expecting an hour or 2 of slogging with him.
Just to note, "Father" Arieandel is because he's a priest, just like "sister" Friede is named like that because she's a nun. He isn't actually her father.
DS2 DLC bosses were either huge Ls or huge Ws, Sir Alonne and Fume Knight are still awesome to this day
i wish hitboxes weren't broken tho, it's basically the main thing that ruins that game. And recovery time after your hits. Sometimes i feel like Sir Alonne could go drink a cup of tea, hit the gym, go to a party, talk with fume knight, become the president of USA while my character recovering after doing hit. Even dsr, the slowest souls probably, has faster recovery frames than ds2.
@@SimplCuphitboxes aren't broken, especially not in the DLCs
And for the recovery after an attack you can speed it up by using advanced techniques
@@Domo3000 what techniques? Upgrading adp? Well guess what, it only affects recovery time of consumable items. Hitboxes are broken, enemies hit sometimes lag behind the model of the enemie's weapon or even enlarge their hitboxes sometimes making it look like they hit you with the air. Most late game bosses aren't meant to be fought with large weapons, so usually you forced to use small weapons like clubs and swords to fight them without trading hits.
@@SimplCupyou can roll faster after an attack by making use of the Feint mechanic.
In DS2 you can cancel attacks in the first few frames into a roll, which is great in PVP to trick players into parrying and then you roll behind them.
If you attack, and then start a follow up attack and immediately cancel it into a roll that's faster than just rolling after an attack. This also works to speed up chain rolling by doing a rolling attack and cancelling it immediately.
@@Domo3000 i've watched a couple of videos about that, and it looks like you're starting an attack and then roll/backstep immediately after that cancelling your first attack, and only attacking after roll? If that's how it works then i see no use of it against bosses or regular enemies, it might trick a real opponent in pvp to get some free hits, but bosses don't care about such tricks. I just want to hit an enemy and have time to roll away after that, because it's just how it works in dsr, ds3 and er. Even if you use gigantic weapon you still can find a window for an attack, whilst dark souls 2 late game bosses are too fast to hit and roll away.
Slave knight gael boss is probably the best boss in gaming
I still think the burnt ivory king is the best DLC boss out of the first two games. He’s the most cinematic boss they’ve ever made in my opinion, and the fact that it incentivizes exploration of the whole DLC is pretty sweet. There’s still some bosses from blood borne and DS 3 that are better, but ivory king is the pinnacle of DS 1 and 2
i like the idea of ivory king but the gameplay is so bad imo
If we’re talking about only DS1 and DS2, the best boss is Artorias. Everything comes together so well in that fight, especially when we realise that Artorias was consumed by the abyss and that it’s actually us who will go on to destroy it (though with the inevitable consequence that our name will never be remembered.)
I’m a Burnt Ivory King & Fume Knight sympathizer but Sir Alonne is the best of the first two games.
@@exray49he has a better moveset than fume knight and sir alonne lol
The best is Sinh imo, that boy is the best dragon fight on the dark souls games. A wide moveset with various aerial attacks, various melee and fire attacks from the ground, environmental hazard (the poison mists that remain from his fireball), the pure spectacle that it is to fight him and he smol 🤏🏽
My favorite boss in all the games remains Lady Maria. I just get such a thrill everytime i get to fight her and i think shes the peak hunter style fight in the game with the best combat in the series
Gael is my favorite too! I love that fight. Outro was on point btw.
Lady Maria for me is probably the best boss I've ever fought honestly. Going into it blind, it felt like the most even playing ground possible for a fight in a video game. We equaled hits without me destroying her or vice verse, and it is just beautiful. Of course, once you do it a few times it is super simple, but I still love it. Also best theme song in the series no doubt for me.
The sanctuary guardian is so underrated
Bro u deserve so much more views and subs for the content it’s crazy keep it up man it’s perfect
Ludwig at 10th place is a crime
How does one consider Ludwig ro be a worse fight than Midir, Alonne, Fume Knight and the Demon Prince? Don't get me wrong, I like all of these fights, especially Midir, but c'mon it's Ludwig...
Slave Knight Gael is just too perfect 🤩
Elana was awesome. Love how she summons Velstadt. First time I saw that, I was like "oh sht"
Hated her myself, only boss I summoned for. I’d run around to avoid velstadt and right when I got to her she’d teleport away. Unbelievably annoying
@@haldir8198 I bet you were pissed af the first time you saw velstadt tho lulz.
Like "you gotta be kidding me wtf"
@@DM-qd7gw it was truly the worst. I got through the skeletons fine just bursting them down when they were spawning, but melee was rough when he spawned
Elana is the real bad bitch.
Maria is all show no bite beat her in 2nd try for all the hype she got maybe because she look prettier than Elana
K, I just have to say. I love your outro gag. It makes me laugh everytime, and it's honestly a really good idea. After I finish watching a video, I kind of don't want to sit around and watch an outro. Usually feels lkind of like a slog for me. So I appreciate yours haha.
Just a little note: I don't think Ariandel is Friede's fathers; I think Father is just a religious title.
Sir Alonne was easily number one for me. The OST is probably the best track in Dark souls imo. Ivory King followed second.
@@jadonzen1239the biggest reason why sir alonne is that high is because the FEEL of the fight feels so damn good. It’s one of the only times, in my opinion, where dark souls 2 nails the high fantasy feeling, and the key reason for that is the arena and lightning. The distant landscape when you look out the window looks like something you’d see in the end of a tragic war, and you feel like it’s eventually gonna destroy you too. The atmosphere of the fight is 10/10, along with the fact that it’s a fair 1 on 1 duel. The ability to switch phases based on if you’re hit by the grab or not is also an idea that has never been used before other than with pursuer.
@@jadonzen1239the biggest reason why sir alonne is that high is because the FEEL of the fight feels so damn good. It’s one of the only times, in my opinion, where dark souls 2 nails the high fantasy feeling, and the key reason for that is the arena and lightning. The distant landscape when you look out the window looks like something you’d see in the end of a tragic war, and you feel like it’s eventually gonna destroy you too. The atmosphere of the fight is 10/10, along with the fact that it’s a fair 1 on 1 duel. The ability to switch phases based on if you’re hit by the grab or not is also an idea that has never been used before other than with pursuer.
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It stops feeling good when his grab attack sucks you in because shit hitboxes. Also the run to his boss fog is atrocious
@@Clarity_Control you can dodge into his grab, behind it, and to its right. The only way you’ll get hit is if you dodge to the left, and at a point, that’s your fault. It’s like wondering why you can’t dodge into radahns meteor.
As for the runback, yes it’s bad, however that’s not the boss fight so I don’t care about it. It’s not like you’re fighting the enemies inside of the boss arena.
@@Sephirothkingdom782
If I’m being hit by a grab attack when nothing is hitting me, then it isn’t my fault. It’s the game having shit hitboxes.
Also, the run is definitely part of it as it determines how prepared you’ll be when fighting the boss, and having to make that run every time you die is annoying.
Really agree with what you said about the Blue smelter demon being the perfect size for a boss. I think that’s one of the reasons I love fighting Godfrey so much
I have absolutely no idea why but the Fume Knight is just one of my favourite fights in Soulsborne. His lore is pretty cool, especially if you find little drips of information about him through the main game of DS2 only to figure out he was one of the strongest warriors in Vendricks army, and one of his personal bodyguards who was deemed a rebel. I also kinda headcanon him to related to Artorias (you find Artorias’ greatsword in a neighbouring tower and FK is left handed) so that’s a W at any point, the run back is decent and the actual fight itself is incredibly fun. Learning how to perfectly bait and punish his combos is one of the most satisfying things I’ve done playing video games
My top 3 is midir, gael, and orphan. Midir is the perfect dragon fight to me, gael is the best knight-esque type fight, and orphan of kos is the perfect beast/non human boss
I like how your pick for best non-human boss is by far the most humanoid "beast" lmao
Gael is a perfection, there's no boss that is more satisfying to fight. His moveset fits your move capability perfectly, like you can fight him with UGS or a dagger and you'll still feel comfortable enough. And his story throught the game and placement in the lore is just brilliant. Best boss ever, not only in souls, but overall the best of all games.
The living failures ost is a banger
On my recent replay of DS3 I think Friede finally moved to the top spot in the franchise for me as that third phase is the single best phase of about any video game boss. But that top 4 is so good I think any variation of that would get me to nod along.
Outro was really life changing
thoses outros are deep
I'm having a hard time deciding between Lady Maria, Ludwig, and Slave Knight Gael, as the best dlc boss.
I thought this came out ages ago. Pretty good list! Here’s mine from least to most favorite:
-Gank squad
-Lud & Zallen
-Halflight
-Gravetender
-Failures
-Aava
-Guardian
-Elana
-Blue Smelter
-Laurence
-Kalameet
-Sinh
-Ivory King
-Alonne
-Artorias
-Manus
-Maria
-Ludwig
-Demons
-Midir
-Gael
-Fume
-Friede
-Orphan
Gael at 4 is wild to me
I love the respect shown to my boi Blue Coolaid! Still one of my favourite (probably the best) reskins he gets new timings that really did me in the first few times, run back sucks, but pure boss, I really like it!
15 minutes Blockbuster, lets goooo🎉🎉🎉( you‘re my favorite youtuber)
Man, EVERYBODY is sleeping on Aava’s introduction! That shit was epic! Alsanna’s monologue as you approach the boss door did an amazing job hyping me up for the boss and making me feel on edge. The fight was okay but that, for lack of a better phrase, in-game cutscene made it five times more memorable!
Souls Mojo is alive.
Ludwig, lady Maria, and orphan of kos are so good all these 3 in one dlc and Lawerence is also good this dlc is a masterpiece
I really hope you didn’t quit YT and comeback and start making vids again. I just got into soulsbourn games a little bit ago with Elden Ring. Now that I’ve finished I’ve started demons souls and am really enjoying it. I find your videos really enjoyable and hope you return to making videos shortly!!!
Funny thing is that, I enjoy the Maria fight and tight parry windows so much that while others R1 spam, I just parry the whole time due to how satisfying it is!
Lets gooo ember my bro uploads again!
Living failures is actually amazing. Because there is a bug where you get hundreds of millions of echoes for killing them a certain way.
I’ve always felt like fromsoft shines a lot more in its dlc
They take their time with the feedback from the main game release and give us the best of content
Dlc is clearly not casual territory, it’s meant for hardcore fans and you can tell just by the difficulty amps
DLCs always give us exactly what we want from them which is why I’m really eager for Elden ring, i genuinely think that they will sort out all our gripes about balancing with the dlc
"and don't ask me for an outro I-"
I always like your rankings, because although I think they're awful(no offense) they're very unique and I like that about them.
Yeah right? Where else will you see someone putting Blue Smelter Demon above Kalameet, Sinh and Aava
Besides Gael at #1 yeah it was pretty refreshing
Lol tbh I couldn't rank them love all the souls bosses irs such a thrill
can we have a ranking vid of ember ranking ember ranking videos? 6/5 would watch
i’d put Ludwig at 1
Everything about him is so perfect you can’t even find a flaw
His 2nd phase is significantly easier than his first and the best part of the song barely gets to play because his 2nd phase is over in like 30 seconds. Also, his drop from the ceiling attack is pretty annoying.
Everything about him other than the 2nd half of the fight is perfect.
@@tahireedharder doesnt mean better if that’s the case I think orphan is your favourite
I like a boss which is difficult but not too much and he’s a fun biss
@@s35ii0 I know harder doesn't mean better. That doesn't change the fact that he "powers up" and becomes weaker. That is poor design. Period.
@@tahireed tbh it depends on the person bc the 2nd phase has some really strong moves and all the moves are strong tbh just some can one shot you of you aren’t prepared I found the first harder on my first try on my 2nd I found both were hard in different ways so it depends on the person
@@s35ii0 They aren't strong moves though. I could eat an entire combo from his sword but not from his beast form. His only strong move in phase 2 can be easily dodged because he takes really long to charge the move.
Only played Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3 from this list. I did Slave Knight Gael first time. Awesome fight, but maybe I need to fight him again to fully appreciate it. Ludwig was actually my favourite.
For me my top 3 DLC bosses have be Gael, Orphan, and Friede all perfect bosses in their own way. honorable mention to Ludwig
Yeah, perfect...
*Cries on 3 phase Friede all being at full health*
@@zalabit927 Friede took me 2 days to beat lol. It got to the point where I could beat her taking no damage because of all the attempts
Solid list, I especially like the appreciation for the Burnt Ivory King. Really underrated, but a gimmick boss done right. I dont really share the placement of Blue Smelter tho. In a vakuum, he is a solid boss. But the runback to him and especially the fact that people paid money for it to be a reskin AND being the worst Boss in that DLC really would have warranted a spot on the very low end of the list. (At least for me)
Great list, and I love seeing Lady Maria get her spotlight! She's also my favorite Bloodborne boss
Ngl i found gravetender pretty underrated. Obviously overshadowed by friede, but the arena and ost is so beautiful. You can take out the dogs and npc quick before the greatwolf starts to seriously attack. The greatwolf by itself is a pretty fun quick battle
My opinion
23: king’s pet
22: living failures
21:halflight
20:gravetender
19:elana
18:aava
17:sanctuary guardian
16:sinh
15:laurence
14:Kalameet
13:smelter demon
12:burnt
11:manus
10:sir alonne
9:demon twins/ prince
8:midir
7:fume
6:artoris
5:orphan of kos
4:lady Maria
3:friede
2:Ludwig
1:gael
11:09 Very easy to see thru that stone pillar LOL. Love these videos ember! Keep it up! 💯
HES NOT DEAD, HE IS ALIVEEEEEEEE
Taking the tail sword what made kalameet a hard boss for me tbh
"I also think Artorias is a good fight. That doesn't mean I want to fight two of them."
Elden Ring: "Oh Yeah?"
Dark Souls franchise has top tier DLC where you're missing out if you don't get the extra content. Just like Witcher 3
Sister friede is def my fav out of all the dlcs I played, because I knew about her 2nd phase before going into the fight, so when me and my friend killed her, I turned around and started talking to him saying something like “yeah I knew about her second phase but still that was such a fun fight!” And he goes “uh…..Uh??…..AHHHHHHHHH” and I turn around and friede is in the air with her black flame scythe and I have never felt more fear in a souls game since, so yah, she’s my fav
Glad to see Lady Maria and Sister Friede made the top 3 :) I also 100% agree with your top 3 for sure!
Laurence is a reskin Boss done right (not including the sounds).
Also is he not the ONLY reskin Boss in Bloodborne ? I cant remember others so bonus points for that game
Pretty sure you’re right about him being the only reskin(not including chalice dungeons)
Living failures is a reskin of celestial emissary, pretty sure witches of hemwick are reused as an enemy, same goes with shadows of yharnam.
Glad to see some love for Demon Prince(s). Favorite DS3 boss.
I think originally Fromsoftware games intended "Velstaldt The King's Royal Aegis" to serve the Queen; in the system's game flies, he is titled Queen's instead of King's; ironic if u consider his unwavering service to Vendrick. In lore it is stated that he never questioned Nashandra upon her seeking of shelter In Drangliec Castle, possibly out of his unwavering devotion. Once the Queen, she settled the land in quietness. She too revealed her intentions to trick Vendrick; to use his own power to usurp him. He ran through Drangliec castle, to the once Royal crypt (now titled Undead Crypt, they mass-buried-alive the undead here to suppress their uprising) he did so to protect the kingdom, however his subjects viewed this as unfaithfulness. Once Vendrick retired to the Crypt, so too had Velstaldt; to serve him in undeath. In the past, Velstaldt faces towards would-be pillagers/graverobbers and the Queen's subjects. In the present he has turned towards his own King, to protect him further... I love this story, the visual representation of Velstaldts sollum prayer/thought reflection under his holy light is one of my favourite images in the series. Him giving into the embrace of the Darknesses, corrupting black abyss in order to serve Vendrick is one of many underappreciated moments in this videogame. I say this to mention, it's possibly Nashandra (who has quite similar moves/Animations to Elana, The Squalid Queen who summons Velstaldt) means Nashandra might have once summoned him, using him here instead of in Elana Squalid Queen's, or Vendrick's storyline. One more suggestion towards this, The Queen's House: Throne Defender/Throne Watcher have similar physical appearances too Velstaldt (Pale unhuman skin, etc).
Blue Smelter demon over Kalameet is insane
Now we’ve seen your ranking of the bosses…now let’s see the themes
Video idea: coolest boss attack in every soulsborne game
Where are you bro ???
Bruh so glad I found your channel, I love your content so much 🎉
That outro was top tier
If I had to give my top 3 Soulsborne dlcs would be
1. Burnt Ivory King
2. Old Hunters
3. Ringed City
Honestly, the Ivory King is not only my least favourite DLC is DS2, but my least favourite in all the Souls games overall.
In DS2, my favourite is definitely the Sunken King DLC
I always dread fighting Ivory King. That stupid gank before the actual fight is mainly the reason.
@@yourdad5799 Is it not a gank when you have the knights to help? In any case Elleyum Lloyce is a gorgeous environment. Ironically has more to explore in a DLC than Anor Londo did in a main game.
@@torakandwolf6786 The knights don't really help so It's still a bad gank either way. The environment is just snow and brick, pretty ugly and bland. The exploration is good yes, before Elden ring this level was the only one where you felt like you were exploring an actual city. Still preffer the other DLCs by far but it's not the most terrible level ever
@@crow1460mine is iron king due to it having good level design and great bosses, albeit some unfair areas. Sunken crown is definitely the most fair dlc out of the 3 and has some of the best level design in any fromsoft game
Sister Friede is my absolute favorite boss in all of Soulsborne, very closely followed by Slave Knight Gael. Her design is perfection. Honorable mention to the Demon Prince also, we really don’t deserve the DS3 DLCs.
He’s not dead? I can’t believe it
He not dead 😱
rent must be due
Ember used an ember
It’s been like 2 weeks
Living failures are kinda cool ngl
does anyone actually ask you to do an outro? i think the succinct ending to all of your videos is iconic
Blue Smelter Demon that high? Nah I can’t forgive the frustration, still a great video
gotta make a remaster now, where have you been? i really loved your content
This really is the Dark Souls of WatchMojo lists
For me id switch midir and sinh. For me, especially in my recent playthrough, midir posed a very big and frustrating problem: the camera constantly locked off, once 3 times in 5 seconds. In general, the camera is really unlucky with this boss. He also is just so all over the place that i have to run for like half the fight to catch up. I dont mind his difficulty but the shit with the camera and his mobility. Sinh on the other side is all over the place too, but he flies most of the time combining it with charges at you so you have plenty of counter opportunities since its most easier to catch up. Also, this much of flying while showering fire on you really did a good job of portraying how a flying dragon would fight you. His lore is very cool, also his entrance. The only thing making him not a rival to the best dragon fights like placidusax and fortissax is sinhs armor. 10 strikes in and your weapons durability is in a critical state.
Unpopular opinion: Orphan of Kos and Lady Maria are the best DLC bosses. Not just because of the fights but the lore as well.
I saw how ypu reffered to Ariandel as "Friede's father",in case ypu don't know,Ariandrl isn't actually Friede's father,the father in his title likely means "priest" as a corvian NPC also refers to him as "our father".
Elana is too low. It is one of the best double-fights in the series. You have a melee character with a magic boss that complement each other very well and give you an interesting thought dilemma of who to focus on.
Unless she summons the skeletons or the pigs
@@_noahbury6_it doesn't even make sense lore wise too, Veldstadt was Vendrick's knight, not of the unnamed sunken king, he would make sense with Nashandra but not Elana a completely unrelated character
Yes sir bro reach 100 k big W I've seen this guy's shorts appear here and there the last time I checked him he was at 80k
Great list, with Elden Ring it's gonna change up a bit lolol.
On another note, I'd swap Maria with Laurence :)
That was said perfectly. Artorias was a great boss... It doesn't mean I wanna run through the frigid outskirts to fight two of them at once
Ember, where have you been at brother?
EMBER ISN’T DEAD LETS GOOOOO
LETS GOOOOO
Inner Ishin is best dlc boss
I need some help making a decision. I don't know If I should buy and play DS3. I love Elden Ring and Sekiro but only got like 7 hours in ds1 before deciding that I didn't like it. I am just really torn between buying Ds3 or not.
ye get it, its very close to elden rings fast paced combat
@@dorianpompa8409 Nevermind I like ds1 now
nahhhh no way blue smelter demon above Laurence lmao. Laurence has so many new moves, blue smelter demon is basically just a recolour. It's a good fight but Laurence takes the cake by a long shot
The first two entries are meant to be tackled with summons. Especially lud and zalon
That doesn't make them any better
Summons make the gank squad 10x worse
elden dlc had finally came out and we are still waiting for u
The first time i ever fought Midir it took me like 5 hours to beat him. Then i came back on NG+ and beat him on my second or third try. Once you know his moves it really is easy so i actually like where hes placed
I think Manus is my fave dlc boss tbh, it's just such a cool fight
Are the outro complainers in the room with us right now?
Bro casually put Ludwig outside of top 10 💀
When are we getting a King's field 2 tier list?
Midir behind fume knight and sister friede is blasphemy. He’s such a good boss definitely my favourite in the series
Not sure if there is a Vaati video that says otherwise , but Ariandel is not actually Friede's father.
I still think Burnt Ivory being at #12 is slander but I'm at least glad he did get some respect. He is one of my favorite bosses in any game, ever. I much prefer him to both Alonne and Fume Knight. His lore significance, the spectacle, dropping into the arena with the Loyce Knights, the team battle between you and the Loyce Knights and the Charred Loyce Knights, then finally seeing the Burnt Ivory King emerge from a massive portal of flames once only you and one of your Loyce Knights remain after the others sacrificed themselves to shut down the portals summoning more Charred Loyce Knights. That and in my personal opinion the King has the most enjoyable moveset to dodge in the game. Also his boss theme is dope.
Ok but the living failures ost tho