Dark Souls 3 Ringed City: Slave Knight Gael Boss Fight (4K 60fps)
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The meaning of this Boss Fight it's just amazing.
End of the world, no gods, no glorious Knights, just a slave Knight that succumbed to madness carrying his mission of finding the Dark Soul for his Lady's Painting, never meant for an Heroic Ending, and an Unkindled One, fighting his former ally, and at the end, that's all, that's the end of the firelink cicle, two nobody's fighting till just one stands, that's Dark Souls ending for y'all.
He never found the Dark Soul because Patches had it =O
I’m glad you’re with me slave knight Gaelgee. Here at the end of all things.
Two men, fighting at the end of everything, for a reward of nothing.
@@ODST_SSGT Making the painter happy is more than enough ;)
I love that attack when jumps in the air and pulls out the crossbow looks so badass
I want to like this comment, but it has 69 likes on it. Can't ruin it.
Father Snick Don’t worry they’re are 78 likes now.
Father Snick where is that reference from?
Mineclon21 ツ
The fact you don’t get it shows how normie you are
Big Head Lex oh cmon! Nobody is supposed to understand every reference! I just asked >:c!
I love how his cape actually does dmg. That's taking fashion souls to the next lv ;)
TheFruitofPassion spawn would be proud
The Smokey skulls are a nice touch to the cape
The slave knight armor that you can actually wear looks stupid though.
DeathlikeSilence cause you get it before ringed city dlc
@@ericjrthered4365 There should have been the boss variant called "Gael's Armor" that has the cool cape and hole in the torso, That would have kicked ass.
Honestly I don't know how anyone could hate this boss. He was so well done, from the technical aspects of the battle to the lore behind him. He is literally the pinnacle of what a dark souls boss should be.
Ritz Tan ds2-bb fanboys. nothing to. This game is a masterpiece don't trust at those cancer
It's mostly DS1 fanboys. They are the true cancer
FrankHung being someone who prefers Ds1,DeS,BB lore but Ds2 pvp I take offense to this
I don't think it's a majority of fanboys from one specific game to blame but rather the community that can't handle him being the E N D
*Bloodborne boss
Some people in this world literally eat shit, after all, but that's not my problem. But defending this broken piece of shit sequel is on another level of retardation. 99% of the people that play dark souls consider the multiplayer elements to be just a bonus addition and not the core of the game. The people that like ds2 obviously like to play terrible pvp oriented games. Dark Souls has never been about that and quite frankly imo, the pvp in ds2 is the second worst (the worst is of course bb) in the series. With this kind of attitude the next game is going to be another soulless mess like the extremely lackluster dark souls 2 or a bland , tedious, terrible clone like nioh or even worse something like the surge or lords of fallen. Also people are just a herd of mindless sheep they usually hate everything that is somewhat new and that's to be expected.
Gael actually hollows after realizing he has accumulated the dark soul and starts fighting using tactics instead of wildly attacking like he would have had to to gather the dark soul. He spent an uncountable amount of time chasing it, and once somebody finally made him bleed, he realized he achieved it. It must've broken him and literally sent his mind backward. It's honestly scary to think about. He literally killed everything for that.
How did they even come up with this amazing story
I think he hollows because the Ashen One is there.
Gael has left breadcrumbs for you to follow throughout the entire DLC, because his quest was to make sure the Painter received the pigment; it didn't matter if he was the one who delivered it or not.
So once you make him bleed, he knows he has achieved it and you are there to kill him, so he essentially gives up, but having the Dark Soul inside of him turns him into the deadliest killing machine ever seen.
@@dinorex3464 I'm not sure where all of you getting this lore, because the entire series is just a basket of breadcrumbs and you claim to know the break which they came from.
However the fact that he goes from a wild, animalistic and most importantly hunched over posture to standing straight, using tactics liek the crossbow and fighting like a glorious knight, imho is anything but being broken. He seem to be filled with purpose and determination. And to connect with your observations, It doesn't really feel like he had lost his purpose here. Why would he be distressed? He had just found what he was looking for and if you guys are right, then he knows that you, the player is also there for the same reason. Meaning that now you two are only fighting to see who will deliver the pigment and as such he fights as the noble knight he is.
That's my take on it. He seems to be filled with purpose and not the other way around.
@@Limrassonbecause the Hollowslayer Sword deals more damage to him in phase 2 and 3 iirc, thats where the theory that he went hollow comes from
@@user-kt3jk1vq9o Right, the original comment is a lot of conjecture coming from one effect.
By the gods, fear the old blood Gael
SO did the purser get close to the dark soul as well i mean his armor is fucked up with bumps he drains your humanity and sends skulls out from it after you.
RelapsingOdyssey he's pretty much Ludwig mixed with Artorias
Pursuers probably hunted and ate the humanity of the undead, as they also use a dark attack similar to gaels AoE.
Gael doesn't fear the Old Blood. The Old Blood fears Gael.
@@roiroije243 I think too bro the dark soul
We expected a battle of legends but the irony is so clear that this is the battle of nobody, just nameless against nameless at the end of the world.
And it's epic af
Wtf he is not nameless his name is gael stop being this dumb
Jenish Maharjan he meant figuratively
Marcelo Cardona you know someone already explained it. You don’t gotta go calling them an idiot as if they actually care.
@@magmadude_ ah, a xenoblade and dark souls fan, what a man of culture. Do you happen to like hollow knight too?
what a badass uncle
and you kill him and then when the girl asks you where he is you say nothing.
... that likes to touch everything.
My uncle is better, he's used to rape me
@@giacomk1427 eXcUse Me wTf?
@@giacomk1427 huh????
Fun fact: gael becomes vulnerable to the hollowslayer greatsword in his second and third phase.
I'd like to think that he's finally succumbed completely to the Dark Soul, and is now just his puppet in it's goal to destroy you.
Straight Busta Hollowslayer is a great weapon in pvp. You either suck with it or just don’t use it.
@Straight Busta tfw i wrecked gael with it no problem cosplaying as lucatiel. 2 h moveset is great.
He's also vulnerable to the wolf knight and abyss watchers sword
@@bonarldsburritosbobtimer962 no he isn't..
I couldn't have imagined a more fucking epic final boss to close off the dark souls series.
Huge, open beautifully desolate wasteland that changes as the fight goes on and becomes darker with lightning striking and actually becomes apart of the boss fight? CHECK. beautiful, intense, progressive soundtrack? CHECK, most insane boss and 2nd phase ever CHECK.
And a perfect challenge to combine everything you've learned.
@@Amuppet I find Gael way too easy. But I don't deny he is a fantastic fight.
My hand was trembling when I was about to defeat him
Gael was way, WAY easier than sister friede imo. But I can't deny that his fight is probably equal or even more epic than friede. Adding his tragic backstory and such makes this fight so memorable
I killed gael at first attempt, epic but easy
Even after Shadow of the Erdtree, nothing surpasses Gael, not even the brilliant Messmer. A perfectly balanced fight; as grand as it is simple.
Nah
It's really an epic fight, even if I found that this is really easy compared to Elden Ring bosses in general, really slow compared to them and predictable
Messmer is terrible lel
When the lighting hits its almost as if the world itself is on gaels side. it just hits without gael having to do anything. like the world just wants the cycle to end.
It hits Gael too tho
@@vaskopoh9512 but it doesn't damage him
@@diobutjonathanjoestar8367 2 damage is still damage and it staggers him a little
@@vaskopoh9512 oh
Shut up
who else wished you could transpose this guy's soul into that cape? imagine the weapon art that thing would have.
It would be like the kirk armor, but waaaay cooler.
Too badass holy shit
Best boss in the series
in any game for that matter, not just this series
Gael, Friede, Gundyrs, and Soul of cinder are best.
Abyss Watchers. ✌️
@@hygorpereira3900 Gehrman/Orphan
@@creightonofmirrah2479 Not Dark Souls, but agree
To all the haters: the series is called Dark Souls. Isn't it fitting that the final boss is the wielder of the dark soul?
I feel this is what I don't like about DS3 lore in general though (especially Ringed City). I always felt that in Dark Souls 1, the "Dark Souls" was implied to embody humanity; us. It was more or less just an interesting way of saying that it is the player that is the threat in the Dark Souls universe, not the numerous PvE bosses we kill. it isn't a coincidence that the PvP covenant in Dark Souls 1 happened to be the one that supposedly tapped into what is deemed the true nature of man, i.e being a greedy asshole. And at the end of the game, Gwyn was proven right to fear us; our determination, that human drive to persist and push on beyond one's limits, is what finally brings down the gods themselves.
But in DS3, it just becomes too literal in the form of a guy "drinking" the Dark Soul and then getting epic powers. Right, cool...
It's still a cool fight though.
@@ZarajBlackblade Sorry just wanted to clarify from what I read someone else said. They mentioned that it was quite a fitting ending because it showed just how horrible the Dark Soul is at the end with Gael. The greed, the lust for power, the wants, and the needs. In the end, it's just two nobody's fighting at the end. Isn't it fitting to end with having two couple of nobody's to fight one another? One is an Ash that failed to kindle the fire while the other is a Slave Knight that was consumed by the Dark Soul itself. I don't know. Just saying that it is quite an interesting thing with the DS3's final boss ending being like this. It may not have had a satisfying ending but that itself seems soo Dark Souls in a way. At least that's what I think.
@@ZarajBlackblade it also helps, lorewise, that Gael is at the end of the world, literally killing every human and remaining lord to gain the dark soul. The dark soul only takes form after you kill Gael, the last human. Seemed kinda fulfilling to me :)
Very fitting
@@ZarajBlackblade "that human drive to persist and push on beyond one's limit"
you literally described gael's character
he's a fucking slave knight that was so determined to fulfill his goal, even knowing he probably wouldn't make it back, that he lasted to the end of the world where he finally found the dark soul
2:26 That's one of Manus' moves. He even screams beforehand like Manus did.
Underrated coment
that is true actually. Manus roars but it is close enough. Manus killed me so many times with that combo
not exactly
It makes sense that, just as the Soul of Cinder reverted to Gwyn's pattern when wounded, so would Gael revert to his Lord's progenitor when wounded as well.
Now i realize, there are a lot of bosses in this franchise are in their weakened state when you fight them..
-Artorias was gone insane, broke his left arm (which is his stronger arm), and even fighting us without his shield.
-Gwyn was already going hollow.
-Kalameet was injured after getting shot by Gough.
-Burnt Ivory King was already being consumed by the chaos, you are there just to end his suffering for the brave things he did.
-Old Iron King was also in same case.
-Sinh was being weakened by the poison.
-Abyss Watchers also having the same fate as Artorias, and have to deal with their own member while fighting you and also getting weakened because of the abyss, imagine if you are fighting "the legion" instead of 3 abyss watchers in same time.
-Yhorm was too tired to even fight because after all the bad things happened to him and just want us to end him quickly, he even left the storm ruler near his side from the previous owner who failed to kill him for us to use.
-Dragonslayer Armour is just an armour, imagine if the wearer still alive and fight you.
-Old Demon King is just like the name, is a very old king that already lost his prime long ago.
-Demon princes had been weakened because of Lorian.
-Dancer were gone mad after what Pontiff did to her.
-Lothric prince are literally two cripples who bearing a curse that limiting them to even wanting to try link the fire.
-Midir was in his pathetic state, being corrupted by the thing he supposed to destroy and he was in his weakened state as well after falling from the bridge.
-Friede just desperately wanted you to leave them alone, even Father Ariandel sacrificed their small amount of fire just to fight you.
-Then we got Gael as well.
And many more that i probably forgot to include..
The only great bosses you fought when they are in prime as far i remember are Sir Alonne, Champion Gundyr, Soul Of Cinder, Pontiff Sulyvahn, and Darklurker, again might forgot some as well..
Smough was in his prime too, never forget that.
Isn't the Soul of Cinder something like the First Flame's suicidal tendencies? Like, it is kinda forced to burn by whatever people did, and the Soul is incarnation of previous linkers which tries to prevent new cycles.
Cappra demon in dark souls 1 killed me more than this names
iirc pontiff fought aldritch and lost, which is why his robes are tattered and is wearing a mask, so he probably isnt in his prime either.
Gael was in his strongest. He ate so much humans his body doubled in size and he also has the full power of the dark soul. He is one of the only ones we fought in his prime
2:27 those dodge/block timings were beautiful. And the music transition at 3:08 gave me eargasm, my gosh...
Don't forget 4:31 when he enters the third phase just as the choir reaches an uproar
Oh my god, yes, the soul explosion was so perfectly timed. Shame the choir faded a bit sooner than it should have, but even so...
Wie krank ihr seid
I heard there are a lot of people whose dissapointed with Gael being the final boss of the dark souls series. I think this is quite a fitting end to the story. In the main story canon of dark souls 3 in the end you brought an end to the fire, ending the age of fire and brought the age of dark. We saw flame extinguished and the world became dark. Now everything is ending, the gods are gone, the legacy of fire is gone, everything is gone, destroyed for the world to be reborn anew.
Now the only thing remaining is the darkness, but there's something else that still survive even now, the dark soul. In dark souls 3, the lords and the lord souls, including the dark soul is all but forgotten. Throughout dark souls 3 there are only a handful of characters that show knowledge of the dark soul, these include the painter and Gael, and We know Gael himself was looking for the dark soul. He finally found it in the Ringed City and consume the dark soul presumably to somehow provide the pigment that the painter needs. You then defeated Gael, claim dark soul yourself and gave it to the painter for her to paint a new world with. Now the dark soul is also gone. The Ringed City DLC is the story about, literally, the end of dark soul.
Sorry if there is any mistake in my English, I am not a native English speaker, and please enjoy my thought about this DLC.
Origami Stroganoff
Basically the Dark Soul is what allowed humans to rise and take form.
That's a vast oversimplified answer though.
Well said.
Jjwhy321 darkeater is an optional side boss.
While everything you said is correct, the angle I personally like looking at it from is that it's just you and Gael, someone you've come to know as an ally, alone at the end of the world dueling to the death.
although he is much harder than gael due to his insane hp and defenses.
"Hand it over. That thing, your Dark Souls 3: The Fire Fades Edition."
I can't believe this line made it into the game, what the fuck Miyazaki?
that's fucking guts
Funkytones 314 Yeah. With the auto-crossbow and the aggressiveness of the Berserker armor.
A BERSERK reference in my Dark Souls? NAAHHHHHHH... NO WAY.
@@ChaoticAnamnesisHidetaka Miyazaki, the creator of Dark Souls said that the game was inspired by Berserk and he's a huge fan of the manga so he added a tons of references from the manga into the game.
Quick fact note though, Gael's cover art for the Ringed City DLC is straight up from the manga when Guts is heavily injured and sit on a tree
@@huzaimahsulaiman7240no it’s not
@@freshestveggies6476 yes it was
This is the best boss in the goddamn series, hands down. It combines elements of the best bosses of the other 2 games (+blood borne) and smashes them together into a fucking awesome fight.
Thanks From, this is a great way to end the series.
i couldn't agree more. i died to him about 7 times (i seriously feel like a pro when fighting him now though), but i wasn't the slightest bit mad. before the dlc came out i thought it would end in some deep, dark place, with some absolutely fucked up, monstrous thing - something tied to the abyss. but this is perfect. now that i think of it, it's the most fitting setting for the end of dark souls. truly, at world's end.
Not Applicable This fucker made me smile when he whooped my ass. Although I feel his health pool could be lowered a bit, my damage was barely yellow on the Health Bar using an UGS on NG+
AND NO RIPOSTE AVAILABLE!!!
thats the best part of it
AND NO RIPOSTE AVAILABLE!!!
thats the best part of it
AllAboardTheDankMemeTrain Setting could have been nicer, don't get me wrong thid boss was superb, but the surrounding area is just grey dirt covered in grey fog. Considering it is the last boss in the series,.
"Hand it over. That thing, your dark soul" still gives me chills after all these years
Gael = Lady Maria + Orphan of Kos + Abyss Watchers + Artorias
+ 3 kgs of crack
Gwyn, cuz the way he walks
Lady maria?
Agreed
His 2nd phase attacks have that "trailing" blood explosion
This wasn’t just a boss, it was an ending and a send off to the dark souls series. I love it.
3:04 roll credits
Buy the next Dlc for Phase 2 xD Sounds like a ubisoft game
Mateus R. de Andrade Ding
Max Frank, they're is too much shade in your comment I can barely read it.
That would be both the best and the worst cliffhanger in video game history
"Ahh, is this the blood? The blood of the Dark Souls III® Deluxe Edition® (2016) with Season Pass on Playstation 4®?"
1:10 "Artorias Detected"
Noah Wojcik All based on Guts from Berserk.
artotias`s grandpa xD
Noah Wojcik He also moves around like the Orphan of Kos.
More like "Guts number 2 detected"
My thoughts exactly. Came here from the Artorias video, noticed that throw and his bestial appearance and thought, "I wonder how they came up with you?"
(First time playthrough)
0:45 G-Gael....??
1:10 WAIT WAIT WAIT WAAAAIT
Varsam Grey 1:15 Yamete ! Stahp !
This fight is a masterpiece. One of the only boss fights i truly did not mind dying too many, many times. Everything about this shows the final battle for dark souls and im in love with everything about it.
6:04 if Geal ended with the last blow you would have lost this fight.. so close
He somehow reminds me of Artorias, especially with that throwing scene and the sword sounds
Ragnarok870 ofc he does
Really makes you think
"somehow"
Ragnarok870 Gael was around and fighting while Artorias was still a knight. He was there in the fight against the dragons too. Hes waaayyyyyy older than Artorias.
Of course he's older than Artorias. The beard and scruffy voice didn't give that away?
Lorewise and both as a boss, Gael is no joke. He survived all the way until the end with barely anyone left except for the pygmies he killed just before we came. He killed everyone and everything in his way to fulfill his duty. Absolute unit.
I absolutely loved this fight.
I have no clue why, I only died like 8 times, I was expecting to die more, especially solo like I was. But the way he moved just was incredible. The phases, the shown reason why the Lords feared the Dark Soul. You see the power that the Gods took from you in action, and it's all clear to why they enslaved us. Gwyn, Izalith, Nito, all of them were easier than this (Bed of Chaos doesn't count cause it's not Izalith herself). But this is the power of raw, festering humanity, tainted by blood and used by someone who's a slave of all people. It's awesome.
Loved this fight, would gladly do it all over again.
Also notice how he interestingly becomes MORE human after realizing the power of his Dark Soul. He stops running on all fours, he uses his cloak as a weapon, he starts using WoW corona and the Crossbow.
I'm on NG+ and I still can't beat him xD I died like 60+ times. Phase 3 just erases me from existance.
I was on NG+6 where if you screw up once phases 2-3, you're done. I had to return to it after a couple of days.
I personally think Gael is very easy... I made him second try. His move set is awesome!
The others are easier cuz you fight them in the Age of Poise.
WolfWarlord Jake ng+ first try, ng+2 third try... it was a lot of fun
This still holds the crown for best DLC final boss.
Absolutely! There are several key points here that make this dlc boss one of the best.
1. Gael’s boss arena literally takes place at the end of the world in Dark Souls. His arena is also one of the largest from the series due to you can explore and fight throughout it.
2. His lore is quite tragic due to him consuming the Dark Soul itself while it corrupted him and also drove him to madness.
3. The fight with Gael himself is quite difficult but fun once you master. His 3 phrases are also very unique due to him having some assets from a cut DS1 boss named Undead King Jar Eel
Nothing will trump Gael as a final dlc boss imo.
I would like to take this moment that the dual - greatsword Ringed Knight is still making his rounds.
That there is a man who loves his job.
Two nobodys, fighting on the edge of the world over something, that barely even exists anymore.
Dark Souls.
Should we add that those nobodies, are actually amongs the strongest of their time.
@@sombremerde at the end of the world yeah
Two nobodies, fighitng in the middle of nothing, fighting for nothing.
Mangled renmants of every age and every land, and nothing left, just an old slave, an old ash...
@@dagexhd4966 it's not nothing...
easily my favorite boss fight in the entire series thanks for uploading this on 4k dog appreciate it
You’ve come all this way just to fight what’s essentially a secondary character at best. The world has been reduced to nothing but ash and dust, and the last two living beings fight to the death at the end of the world, over something that no longer matters.
I cant think of a better, bleaker ending for the series
What's that smell?
Oh yeah it's bluuuuuuud
Or in this case ash.....
Obsidian Dragon what's that smell?
The sweet ash. Oh it sings to me. It's enough to make a man sick...
Hawkwood vs Father Gasoline
2:26 not only one of my favorite of Gael’s attacks, the dodging and blocking was so satisfying
Also the greatest spectacle from the first phase.....especially with that sad choir kicking in, oh god 🥹
This is the only boss fight that I wouldn't mind dying in, I can't describe the feeling from soft but you made me love every second of the boss, in short it's what one punch man always wanted, a fight to get your blood going. that's all I can ask for, we will miss you guys, cause I doubt anyone else will meet our expectations ever again.
At 5:32 when he's charging his AOE attack, is he crying?
Broly It sounds like it. I think you see him wipe his eyes. That is oddly touching.
prob due to pain. he did not look so bulged and big before consuming the pygmies.
Jonathan Bristor I mean, From Software isn't done developing games, they've got 3 IPs in the works. a new souls-like, Bloodborne 2, and I honestly forget the 3rd one.
Raven Whaat? Where are you getting all this info from?
Elden Rings dlc final boss has nothing on Gael. This was an incredible fight
3:30 When you hear your nephew is getting bullied at school
"A responsible parent wouldn't be able to harm a bunch of children just for being mean to their child. Good thing I'm an uncle, DIE MOTHERFUCKERS!"
More like niece.
"Gael Old Friend I Lord of The Hollows of Londor Will Give you Peace you Desire and I will Deliever the Pigment to your Beloved Lady In your Stead."
still the best dlc final boss.
modern from boss design just doesn't hold a candle to this imo.
trying to one up the difficulty with every boss just made them all play the same. every single boss in sote has 360 tracking, roll catches, delays, aoes, explosions, and some annoying spectacle attack that isn't even hard to dodge but just slows the fight down.
rhythm here is unmatched too. endgame + dlc bosses in er have such long ass combos and few openings that it genuinely feels like i might as well be playing a turn based rpg at times. dodging 5-6 times just to get a single hit in is more tedious than difficult if you asked me
yeah exactl,y thats why i came back to this video, the flow of the fight here is so much more entertaining and fun because the boss is hard but fair instead of just hard for no reason with one shot endless combos
100 Men Slayer Gael
Aienzo 100m
Why isnt he this badass during the sister Friede fight ? 😢
u could say that but boy Gael's theme song is badass
Paul Maltar before that he didn’t consume the dark soul. He didn’t find the Pygmy when you summoned him for friede. But when you find him next he thought the pygmies blood was enough to give to his lady to make a new painting ending the cycle. Driven mad from the fact that the blood dried ages ago, he slit the pygmies throats and drank its blood. He took its Dark soul consumed it. However the dark soul was too powerful even for him. So that’s what turned him into the giant human being and turning him into a beast.
@@pluschy7886 sound like some shit from bloodbourne the blood and beast thing
J Funny you mention that. There’s a theory where Yharnam could be the new painting created by Gael’s blood tainted with the Dark Soul, after the Ashen One delivered the pigment to the painter girl. It’s far fetched but I like it.
@@theblacksky9516 I think bloodborne was originally gonna be in the same universe as demon souls. For example gascoigne cut dialogue is where he say umbasa
Like Artorias, this badass legend of a boss would've never existed had Miura never created Berserk. Sad to see we'll never see the end to it. Thank you Miura, RIP.
Edit: thankfully I'm proven wrong about Berserk never ending. It will still continue as Miura's assistants will bear his torch and keep the legacy alive
this is how you do boss fights
"COMING UP, ON: I SHOULDN'T BE ALIVE"
4:29
Santa Claus got maaaaaaad
I just realized that the particles coming from his cloak in phase 2 are skulls.
Dear god, I'm not ready.
Its crazy how much worse bosses haven gotten in the Elden Ring DLC when you look back at this.
What are singular, fast attacks here followed by clear openings is instead a 3 hit combo with secondary aoe effects and a 50% chance for a 4th hit to randomly come out to catch you off guard in the ER DLC.
When you watch a video against this boss, you go "oh theres an opening here I could have done dmg on". You watch someone else do the DLC final fight and u just think "wtf is happening on the screen"
That's the problem with Elden Ring, you don't know whether or not a boss has finished their combo or they have another 7 hit clusterfuck up their sleeve
Yea and that made shit insanly easy, i can find openings on 140p while looking away, while radahn does have bs, you as the player have more bs
@@PShrekky People have trouble with that, like genuinely😂, the final dlc boss is pretty adaptable and has combos you can accurately tell with 100% certainty when they end and the openings they have. I'm genuinely surprised ppl are actually describing these bosses having infinite combos😂
@@GODWYNDEATHPRINCE Rellana does have some bullshit combos, Radahn's problem is that you can hardly tell what's going on because you're busy getting flashbanged
@@PShrekky I can say for those sensitive to intense light I can understand, but I'm being honest by saying the light show didn't throw me off, most of his moves in 2nd phase are just his 1st phase moves, I've perfected the timing for said moves, that all I need is to see how they begin to accurately dodge them all since I have the timing down, dodge inwards to his left or right and I'm untouchable
But I think that's the main thing you should look out for, the poses he makes before his combo, and you can attack in openings in his combo or after
1:00 “Hand over your dark soul.”
Nice try, Polnareff!
My child after years later: Father, what s your biggest succes ?
Me:
Don’t worry Gael, none of the Elden Ring DLC bosses hold a candle to you.
Cuz messmer is better lol
Midir can’t hold a candle to Bayle.
But to all the other bosses in the dlcs of ds3…. I’m sorry
@@Yuri-ir8wyNo
@@Mohgensteinyeah, no need for him to hold a candle to Bayle when you cannot even see what the fuck is he even doing in that fight due to the overabundance of blinding vfx
coming back after SOTE DLC. Man i miss when boss fights weren't bullshit
Same.
Same I came after SOTE, I’m so glad bosses are way better now. This mf nothing but a bloodhound knight but a boss version 😂
@@BtolHiko good for you man, I hate the direction ER went
@@owaowa7777 damn that sucks, games better now than ever.
@@BtolHiko I don't think so, the souls system has been pushed so much during the years that really needs a technical update. ER has so many different builds that the only way they could put up a challenge was giving bosses infinite combos and delays with little windows to retaliate. While playing I feel so restrained from actually using any of the cool abilities I got because most of them are slow as hell and I would get hit in the face while channeling. I beat consort Radahn feeling nothing, it was just tedious. But I recall the joy of facing Gael, it was flashy for the time but readable, it was fun
What a glorious way to wrap up the Dark Souls saga. The final dialogue with the painter was brilliant; simple, elegant and bittersweet.
The flask drink at 4:30 was cocky as fuck. Very good boss fight
3:38 the music, the walk, everything behind this fight... damn
Seeing Gael, reminded me of a little thing I thought was interesting. After all the DLC is included for Dark Souls 2 and 3, each game ultimately ends, with you fighting a really old, bearded badass. You've got the Hollowed, form of Gwyn just barely hanging on. Aldia in Scholar of the First Sin, after you trounce Nyshandra and now Slave Knight Gael. The difference is that Gael is a lot more powered up, than Gwyn or Aldia. And goes through a Ludwig style transformation, where he goes from a more pitiable and bestial stance, to an upright one. He then goes and throws in some insane leaps and sword swings, like the Orphan of Kos and Artorias.
Edit: He even has a similar AoE lightning attack, to the Orphan and his cloak flaps like the wings the Orphan sprouts, in his second phase.
Anyone else get the sense that Gael is the undead interpretation of Guts from Berserk? You know, with the whole giant sword thing.....and the rapid firing crossbow.....and an indomitable will so strong that he literally survived to the end of the world. Anyone else think we fought Guts.....and actually succeeded in putting him down?
andrew roncallo well it’s not that we killed Guts, it’s that Guts decided it was our turn to be the badass silent protagonist
Can we please stop comparing him to Guts? If that's all it takes to be compared to him, there are plenty others who fit the description.
Jakob Poisson ? You sound pretty messed up. I'll be sure to keep my distance.
It's fact that FromSoftware was inspired by Berserk. I'm surprised that there are people that still don't know about that
Pretty sure Guts was the main inspiration for Artorias, and Gael seems very Artorias-ish, with a bit of Orphan of Kos.
Crazy how tame literally every souls boss looks after Elden ring.
Exactly. People rave about these bosses and this one to me just looks like a glorified Bloodhound Knight in Elden ring
@@PurpleGengar822 it's the other way around buddy. And it's not gael who's the glorified one
@@PurpleGengar822stop comparing Gael to an enemy that came way after him
@@SpookyM0aiMan idk why you're offended. What I'm saying is that he feels a lot like that enemy who isn't hard to defeat either
@@PurpleGengar822 ok but you can’t just call a boss from 2016 a glorified version of a mini boss from 2022 that doesn’t make sense
4:50 that scream, just like an old soldier
Slave Knight Gael has the most epic Bossfight of all Soulsbourne.
*Change My Mind*
Nobody can change it
Slave knight Gael ❤
gotta say even after going through elden ring, gael still has to be my absolute favorite.
No boss in Elden Ring top Gael not even Malenia
@@smoker5989 definitly not Malenia she's like Elden Rings equivalent to the Bed Of Chaos
@@moustachio05 Let's not go that far.
She is a boss with some problems, but she is a great boss nonetheless.
Comparing her to the Bed of Chaos is like comparing Midir to the Ancient Dragon.
@@dinorex3464 Gonna be honest: I think Midir is a horrible boss. I never had fun fighting him. He has way too much health, some real bullshit moves and you can't even hit his head reliably.
Still better than Ancient Dragon because he has more swag, but somewhat worse, because you can just cheese the ancient dragon and just skip the annoyance of fighting him "properly".
Malenia wasn’t even a good boss fight her beblade move was so broken(already beat) but her fight wasn’t that good
I personally think Slave Knight Gael is a very fitting "final" boss in the series.
But that's my own entitled opinion, just like what everyone else has.
Get your head out of your ass. Nobody cares about your opinion.
F.B. I no u
@@strifexiii9557 don´t be a fucking idiot please
@@carrieroflight5633 the toxicity
@@strifexiii9557 no one cares about yours either
THIS IS THE MOST EPIC BOSS FIGHT EVER
Came back to it after Sekiro and couldn’t stop hitting buttons for mikiri
Me too lol
The music for this boss battle is so awesome, especially after the first phase when it ramps up and he just walks towards you.
Wow. Just...wow. This is probably the most most well designed, epic and fun battle in not only the Souls series, but in gaming history in my opinion. The idea is awesome: You, a survivor who has made it to the end of the world versus a skilled warrior who has lived through every event in the games timeline who has been tainted by the very thing he has consumed, all the while you battle on the remains of a large and ancient city.
I would go as far as to say that this fight is so much of a spectacle that it’s overwhelming, which was the reason as to how I died the first time against him. THAT’S how good this is.
Lore aside, this is now the best Souls boss for me. Got him on my second go but he's intense, epic and challenging but completely balanced and fair at the same time. For once I felt like I completely earned my victory instead of getting lucky with roll spamming. This is a real Dark Souls boss, not a boring battle of attrition like Darkeater Midir. Only Fume Knight really challenges him in (although even he has too much HP). Will probably do a playthrough with his sword now just to honour him.
FIghting Gael, I felt the same thing that when I fought Ludwig the Holy Blade.
Fighting against a Knight. It s a fair battle
These two are the best bosses FromSoft ever created.
All higher-level bosses in Soulsborne games are battles of attrition in NG+, that's why NG+ is largely lazy artificial difficulty.
Sea Anemoanemiaeia You just need to learn the fight. This happens on every boss that From releases. Learn the timings, stop rollspamming. This is closer to Dragonslayer Armour than anything else. All of his moves are EXTREMELY telegraphed.
The damage reduction is annoying, but this is one of the best fights in the series. I'm sorry you didn't feel like learning. Maybe Pontiff is your type of boss?
Sea Anemoanemiaeia Oh, so instead of learning the dodges you used a shield. Funny how you complained about me assuming the way you played and then proved me right. I love these sort of bosses just because people refuse to learn.
Sea Anemoanemiaeia NG+3. I had a horrible time fighting the dragon and straight up gave up. Bats were just annoying, and the PvP fight was extremely underwhelming. Now I'm just speed running to this boss on all of my builds.
This is the best boss fight I've ever seen.
Ludwig and Orphan of Kos says hello
@Quelatiel of Mirrah Same.
@@CrowofYharnam Ludwig and Orphan of Kos are good, but Gael is on another level.
@@loomingmoon4682 no
@@CrowofYharnam I like your argument.
Describe this fight
Everyone: two nobodies fighting in the middle of nowhere for nothing
Me: And on the right if you look you'll see two naked guys fighting over a can of paint!
Hands up, you're under arrest for stealing a comment from the ost.
This final section of the soundtrack always hits me. Along with the fight itself, it’s like wrapping up the entire Dark Souls series.
FUN FACT: Gael's sword is actually the executioner's greatsword. But decayed abd ruined and infused with the dark soul's power.
The slave knight gael battle is quite literally a battle between the last 2 people left. He accumulated the dark soul and you the player got strong overtime just as gael did. Its so fucking epic to realise that once that fight begins.
Yep the fight itself is great, but understanding what's truly going and what's at stake, skyrocketed this fight to just flat out amazing levels for me. Gael is probably my favorite boss in gaming.
this imperfect game style somehow is much more charming compare the perfect "no damage" gameplay that most uploader upload. i can feel the intense difficulty of dark souls from this video :D
God this game is a masterpiece, all the music in this game and all soul games just brings a tear to my eye, its like the same with final fantasy... these guys know emotion through song..
I swear, phase 3 (when gael hits 33% hp) is the coolest boss fight of all souls games combined. Jumping around while shooting homing missiles and lightning coming down at the same time is just soooooooo satisfying to dodge.
I see shadows of Malenia, Crucible knights, Starscourage Radahn, even some elements of Gurranq/Malekith. Holy cow, I should have played Dark Souls before Elden Ring.
Nah I think you're fine. Playing Elden Ring first makes Dark Souls easier. You don't gotta waste time learning how to play and can just enjoy it straight up.
who else noticed the skulls inside the flames?
those giant Ghru demons in Farron Keep cast the same spell
Sure did. I also noticed at 3:40 that his cape looks like feathered wings.
that can be the dark souls he consume
Sir Douche McScumbag gael is ment to represent the undead and humanity who were effected by the gods so it makes sense that souls that come out of his cape
His cloak also has screaming faces of the pygmy lords he consumed.
Your name was not forgotten Lucatiel. Even as the world ended, your name remained.
Something I haven't seen mentioned is that the time of day changes during the fight, implying that you and Gael clash for potentially days.
Doctor Strange wants his cape back.
Elden Ring will never be Dark Souls 3, and that just makes me sad.
Youre right, because Elden Ring is finally on the whole new level.
@@Yuri-ir8wy yeah with Shitty final boss it surely is, you wouldn't understand coz you haven't played ds3
@@bikashit ds3 is shit.
DS3 purist lmaoo
@@G-Manfromhalflifedon’t talk when you have a g man pfp😂
3:37 holy shit. The way the music swells up dramatically is fucked up epic.
If eating the dark soul means any cape I ware would turn into badass wings I'd devour that shit in a heart beat
Yes, even your clothes become a weapon of mass destruction, the dark soul is badass
Fun fact: You can hear Gael _sobbing_ right before his Phase 3 transition (that soul explosion), and when it happens, he screams in agony.
SOTE can't even compare to this. Its not about the difficulty, its not about how strong Radahn is vs Gael. Its about how thematic this fight is. Two undead duking it out at the ends of the world with no one else alive. Compare that to the Tarnished killing 2 gay people. At least SOTE had Bayle and Igon.
Messmer is better
@@Yuri-ir8wyeven ludwig is enough to beat that guy
Gael's crossbow is absolutely hilarious to me now, because I remember thinking "wow, he pulls a gun on you" just to later face Isshin and not only see that realized literally but in such an amazing form, I can't really fault them for taking something out of their own playbook so directly.
“What, still here?”
Somehow that to me is the most chilling line in all dark souls
Slave Knight Gael: "What, still playing? Hand it over. That thing, your dark souls 3. For my lady's playstation."
I think consort Radahn is an enjoyable fight but this is still the best boss fromsoft has ever made in their entire run.
Yeah sword slam spam is so peak 😂 I really don’t see what’s so cool about him.
0:58 he said it! the dark soul!! mf goosebumps
This Is guts in Berserk mode
No it isn't.
The pinnacle of DS boss fights came at the end of the series. Ironic
Me: *falls over and calls the teacher*
Teacher: Oh my God! What happened!?
Me: 2:56
he throws a corpse at you just like Artorias does