Planning on it, though I'll give it a while since the game is so long and I want as many people as possible to have a chance to vote. Thinking it'll likely be in early/mid April
Dude I just realized that Gideon Ofnir actually uses more abilities depending on what bosses you have faced before. He was faceroll easy for me and never did any of the scarlet rot or laughing skull abilities because I didn't do Melania or anything but Radhan, Rennala, and Godrick by the time I faced him. He is literally learning from the bosses you kill throughout the game lol. So the less you allow him to learn, the better.
For the Mimic Tear. Yes, that is possible. Embarrasingly, I died to it the first time and decied to see what happens if you go in naked. So I unequipped all armor and weapons and fought a naked me. It was funny, probably one of my most memorable moments.
It's crazy that in your footage with Gideon he actually seems like a threat. The minute he started talking I just stun locked the man and he died without throwing out any interesting spells. I love how many different interactions different players can have with this game and it's bosses.
I beat him first try but it was a close call. I was getting destroyed and used a spirit ash and barley survived. I think I find my expect him to be aggressive, because I did a lot of damage with my axe. Cool boss though, I had every demi god beaten except one so he used a lot of their attacks
Same here, didn't even see any of his moves. After he finished talking I grabbed him with inescapable frenzy and one shot him. In retrospect seems like a pretty cool boss.
I fought leonine at level 22 using meteorite staff and rock sling, and he never hit me even once. I didn't even have to dodge, he just went down immediately
The only time I ever broke my no summons rule in elden ring was against radahn. Having an army of your allies charging this absolute titan doing all they can to help tear him down little by little felt so freaking amazing and so unique for this series.
Him being almost like a raid boss was awesome. All these warriors gathered for a festival to put him out of his misery. Loved it. Would definitely summon in the future for the spirit of it all
Same here. Found the 1st encounter much worse than Radhann, any dragon or almost any other boss barring the fire giant, Rykard or malekith. To be fair, I think playstyle/class matters more than anything. Also I was like level 20 against the wyrm, but still he isnt easy for when hes supposed to be faced...at least if someone's gonna call these other bosses hard.
@@Vikn01 This game is weird, where HP is so valuable and your regular damage stats do almost nothing until the weapon is fully upgraded. Makes it easy to set up a versatile NG build I'd imagine. Can't speak for NG+ or PvP though.
I love how true 2nd phases are done very well in this game. Not a ton of bosses have them, so when you are mid fight and a cutscene starts and the boss begins to commit egregious acts of self harm you know shits getting real.
@@avgvstvs7 I know alot of bosses have a kinda of 2nd phase where they get a new attack or 2. But I mean the REAL 2nd phases. Like Radahn falling from the sky like a meteor, or Malenia, who summons up all the power of her rot to bring you down.
@@avgvstvs7 Add the amount of Mini bosses and bosses together, and this game has the highest number of bosses. Of course there's more 2nd phase fights, it just makes sense.
The mimic tear fight actually showed me the second move of my bloodhounds fang. I did not know until then, that after the main weapon art, one can press heavy attack to teleport forward for a brutal followup slash.
something similar happened to me with the magma wyrm sword, i was in pvp and someone was using it and i did NOT know there was a follow up attack for the skill, so cool
The fact that Gideon monologues at you for so long while his fight is active is amazing,I've always wanted to just preemptively shoot whatever boss is talking at me before the fight starts and now i finally get to fulfill that and it feels so good
And then there's me, politely standing there, smiling, listening to his speech. Just because he's a traitor doesn't mean I should be rude :) But yeah it is hella cool to have the OPTION and I will definitely use it in my 2nd playthrough :D
@@Kylekashi he literally slaughtered a whole village for half a medallion. Not to mention he threw his adopted daughter to the garbage after she didn’t want to slaughter innocent. Plus he steals all the things you earned from the demigods(spells). It would make sense if he did this to become stronger and elden lord, but dude just wants to cuck you out of being it. Dude doesn’t deserve to have his last speech, only the madness of the lord of frienzied.
IDK man the fact that Astel was one-shotting me with most of his attacks when I faced him made him very challenging, no room for error. This game is so open in both world structure AND character building that I feel different people will have wildly different experiences when it comes to what boss/area were the hardest/easiest. Everyone's adventures are way more personal on this one.
Case in point, my friend bumped into Nokstella as soon as he got to Liurnia, he decided to explore the high road instead of the lake. He spent 3 hours beating that thing with a +3 weapon. That was the most challenging encounter in his playthrough so far.
Bro I fought Astel and for some reason he was way more difficult than Radhan without summons for me. I deadass had to resort to using mimic and that didn’t even help. The only way I could actually beat him was by getting my friend who beat him really easily to help me with his rot attack while I resorted to the beam sword and even he said that the Astel in my world was on crack cuz it was doing moves that he’s never seen before in his fight. I even had to use a great rune just to beat him while with Radhan I was like lvl 59 and beat him without summons in less than 10 tries
@@nufcjoker9057 That's probably a bit under the average. 100-120 is probably the level that most people fought the end game bosses, but my point was that he fought the early game bosses overleveled, because he couldn't find them.
@@darkfool2000 my bad i miss understud you i don't understand why he's doing so early game bosses ( limgrave lurnia ) with end game stats i personally did everything that had to be done before changing regions
So I just learned Gideon has different attack depending on which boss fights you’ve taken down up to that point. For example he only has the skulls if you killed Rykard
I feel like while the ancestor spirit might be an easier fight, it doesn't detract from the overall quality of the boss battle. GoW proved boss battles don't need to be difficult to be fantastic and fromsoft executed that practice to perfection with the ancestor spirit. The environment of the fight is stunning, the spirit is absolutely beautiful and has a gorgeous moveset, the soundtrack is absolutely divine and the fight feels so peaceful. It gave me the same sort of feeling when I fought Sif that I didn't want to kill it because it was such a beautiful creature and amazing boss to fight. So yes, while it's easier, Id certainly put it amongst the best bosses in the game in terms of quality
100% agree. This was a one and done boss for me, but it might be my favorite boss I've encountered for pretty much every reason you gave. Adored the big dead moose.
They really upped the magical elements with this game. I watch boss run videos just to admire how much effort they put into it. Especially the final boss. That ring attack/flying combo is hands down one of the most beautiful things I've seen in a Fromsoft game. That shit really was awe-inspiring.
I went my second playthrough as a mage, some bosses became extremely easier and some became much harder. It's insane how big of an impact ur build has on this game.
@@manlikemars2929 Resistances aren't even the biggest factor though. The most important thing you have to worry about as a mage, or any form of caster, is your ability to land your spells. Is the boss really agressive, is he mobile, does he have weak spots, what size is he, can he dodge even? All of these things impact how difficult a boss is for a spell caster. Margit for example gets absolutely trashed because outside of a few moves he's content with letting you rain spells on his face, whereas Maliketh is nigh impossible to even hit.
I felt the same with Commander Niall in the north. I was dual wielding katanas and had a rought time dealing with the two summons and then made silly mistakes to have to start all over. I came up with a strat too late to use during, but will use it in the future. I was too prideful, stupid, to use any ranged items. There was a different boss where my pride wasn't hurt after finally deciding to bring a friend.
Rykard is one of my favorite bosses, period. It's the only gimmick boss so far that feels natural. the spectacle is insane, you have this giant snake man pulling a sword out of his throat and you hitting him with an extended blade of light. Also, the weapon is genius, stuff like heavy jumping attacks had so much weight behind them and it felt awesome to sink them into this giant snake. loved it.
Rennala was definitely harder than Rykard and many other bosses on this list for me. It’s so interesting how much your build can influence boss difficulty so dramatically! Rennala’s magic resistance and constant movements pushed my defensive spellsword style to its limit, and I had a blast weaving through her spells and summons. I’ll probably speak more about it on the quality ranking!
Godrick was plain awesome. The wide variety of moves, lopping off his arm and replacing with a dragon head combined with his personality and he makes an absolutely fantastic story opening to from softs greatest game to date. Also, I COMMAND THE KNEEL! THAT was what made me want to embrace the world entirely as well as feeling more like a real adventurer.
He's the best boss in the game.He's hard while not being to hard fast without being overwhelming. powerful without being a one shot monster. And he's the last boss where the new staggering mechanic and guard attack actually felt reasonable.
Haven't finished the game, will watch after its done, leaving a like, love and support, can't wait to watch these kind of videos after watching the previous ones over and over again! Edit: my ps4 broke down a year back, motherboard was fried, I had only beat godrick when it happened, I won't be seeing this video for quite awhile RiP :( Edit: 2 years later I got a new pc, picked up elden ring a few days ago on steam summer sale, gonna jump in once I finish metal hellsinger, praise the sun! gonna watch this video this year!!
Same for me, also rly curious to see what you consider a boss or not. There are definitely a couple of enemies that fall somewhere between a boss and a miniboss for me
Rykard WOULD'VE been difficult for me, except I found out you can literally stunlock him to death in both phases. You just need to do your L2 attack, which stuns him, and then start charging it up again after around two seconds. If you get the rhythm down, it stuns him every single time before he has a chance to attack. Definitely the best gimmick fight FROM has ever made, but not without its flaws ;)
It’s kinda baffling they didn’t add a stun timer for the weapon art. It reminds me of how firecrackers were better against most enemies not weak to it due to the lack of a stun timer on them.
Our picks differ so much due to routing and when we encountered the bosses it's insane. This game allowing you to pretty much do whatever you want when you want is something I didn't know the souls series needed but im so beyond happy they included that freedom. When I faced rennala I was kinda just chuckling like really? This is a shard bearer? But then I realized you weren't really supposed to go fight the draconic tree sentinel right after fighting godrick get mad you can't go through the door that tells you that you need more great runes and then go fight radahn. So of course I can see why I found her laughable but some who encounter her when she's meant to be would be a nightmare
i fought her after godrick and would say shes pretty easy i beat her with a plus 3 or 4 bloodhounds fang first attempt in my opinion she is the easiest shardbearer by alot and her first phases is a joke also didn't use any summons.
She's extremely weak to bleed, a +5 Reduvia with 20/20 Strength and Dex makes the fight a total joke, especially if you conserve your blue OJ to use the weapon art during phase 2
I feelt like I was overleveled for her fight as well. I began exploring the area east of Limgrave after beating Margit so by the time I got through that and the academy she only took me two tries. That being said she was a cool ass boss regardless of difficulty
@@omegawarking2157 I had a +7 greataxe, and killed her after around 15 attempts. She pretty much 1 or 2 shotted me in second phase and the only time I had a window to hit her was when she was busy summoning a big ass dragon
2:23 Yes, yes you can. I nearly beat the boss normally, then let him kill me so I could try it. It only mimics what you had equipped going into the arena, not what you currently have equipped. So I pummeled him with a greatsword as he tried to kill me with fists lol.
I did this with the intention of having a bar room brawl to the death with him, but quickly realized that we both did so little damage that our health bars weren't moving in the slightest.
So basically you can unequip your weapon and clothes and go in. The mimic will then copy your appearance and weapon (which is none) in the meantime you can re-equip your stuff and go bonkers on it? Is it right?
i just made it through the raya lucaria academy, WOW that boss was great, a great fakeout for what i thought was going to be deacons 2.0, was instead an engaging and fun fight
@@theDeModcracy I went to the red area early and killed some bosses there which got me a bit too strong so I don’t really have an experience of the battle as she was just… deleted
Unfortunately I came to her after clearing all of Caelid up to Radahn, and I killed her in under a minute without learning anything. Probably the single biggest flaw in this game's boss design is just how overpowered the character can get before choosing to fight the boss. I didn't get to experience half the bosses in this game because I was too strong by the time I got to them, and some really fun ones I got to play were brute forced through by other players in a similar way.
@@cronotriggered4314 yeah, but getting through caelid at a low level is TOUGH, so in a sense i kinda like how op it makes you, this occured in other souls games, where your power grew a lot over the course of the game, now you suffer through one area to crush another, idk i do guess it may ruin the bosses for some people, i personally only experienced the phenomenon with a few dungeon bosses, but with the main ones this is definitely the easiest, i just really like the arena and her moveset, and the fakeout was good.
I heard it, laughed , then laughed more as the idea that the dragons are allot like bazelgeuse in that they show up everywhere out of nowhere and just kinda fuck around
Fun fact: Sir Gideon Offnir actually changes depending on how many Shardbearers you've defeated. For every one you bring down, he gets new moves (for example, Crimson Rot from Melania, the flying skulls from Rhykard etc.),
@@Potato_tomato47 I think they're just being a dick. Melenia is how it's spelled in the game, not Malania, so they are faking confusion as to who they are referring to
To answer your question about the Mimic Tear. Yes you can go in without anything on and make the fight a joke. I had the same thought so died on purpose and did just that. He will remain naked and bare handed for the whole fight making it a joke. Cool concept but easily cheesed.
It was pretty funny watching a naked version of myself trying to bare knuckle brawl with me while I'm just chilling with my armor and claymore ready to ruin him 🤣
After beating Rykard, I can safely say the best way to avoid his flaming skull rain attack is just to sprint away. Don't roll, don't keep the camera locked on him, just turn around and high-tail it around the edge of the arena.
I beat Rykard and genuinely the best strategy was to put a fire resistance medallion on, 100% physical block shield and jab him with light attacks in the lava through your shield until he dies. It worked so well he never even used the skull attack I think because I was so close to him.
Honestly, some of the easier bosses in this game are some of the best. Hoarah Loux, Mohg the Omen (his second fight, while cool, can get really stupid with all of the AoEs you have to keep track of at once), and Fire Giant (not crazy hard but really fun) are all not crazy difficult, but their good design makes up for it. Also, some of the hardest bosses in the game are actually some of the worst. Malekith the Black Blade is way too fast for a Souls game (though I primarily blame that on how the game as a whole seems better designed for Sekiro’s combat and movement), Malenia is an amazing boss that FromSoftware turned into an utter abomination with some of her attacks and mechanics, and Godskin Duo is just terrible.
@@thegrapethief5514 yea I found the difficult bosses are difficult more due to poor design. Mogh is fun until he has decided to throw four aoe things at you but is otherwise really great. Even lava wyrms can get cheap kills by scooting you in their lava via their massive hit box. Maleania kinda is a prime example of a her ai determining the fight more so than skill, her ability to potentially spam water fowl dance or not use it at all makes each fight more a roll of the dice as she may not use it for the entire fight until your out of stamina and than decide to use it once. One mistake meaning death is not great, the only other fight that looks like this is the heart of chaos. Yet the rest of her fight is still good and fun. If only some stupid intern wasn't responsible for water fowl dance dodge windows.
It actually surprised me to see it so low on the list since I actually struggled a bit with that one. I got most of it’s attack patterns down, but that fucking roll is the most annoying move in that battle! I was probably under leveled because that roll would kill me in two hits, and no matter what I tried I couldn’t dodge it!
2:25 Yes, I actually tried that on my second playthrough and it makes it impossible for the mimic to damage you. Making it undoubtably the easiest boss in Elden Ring.
@@adastial2104 Yeah it technically does damage but if you're wearing armor, it does 3 or less damage at a time, so if you stood afk for like 5+ minutes (depending on your vigor) you could lose the fight.
I feel so much happiness I could cry. Your boss rankings and the amazing mix of appreciation for beauty,humor and tips in your videos was what got me to come back to dark souls and finish what I started. Few years later and I'm a day one player in elden ring with an amazing friend of mine. Thank you Dmod :)
The only thing that this video has showed me is that everyone’s experience with this game varies a lot, since it surprised me a lot to see astel so early not only that but rennala was a quite a few spots above him which I found really weird reason being is because I beat rennala early game and it took me around 2 to 3 tries however Astel might’ve taken me well over 20+ idk how I always managed to get grabbed and his slam did a ton of damage to me thinking back on it it might’ve been the fact that I neglected spending my runes on vigor to get more health
It's also his first playthrough and yours as well. Some bosses will get easier and others remain hard. The builds and when you find each boss will make this tough to rank.
Yeah that was the pick I couldn't agree with in the list. I did Rennala first try although I might have been overleveled by 10 level or so, my weapon not though. Astel on the Other hand especially the later version in a certain secret area really was among my top 10 hardest bosses.
Between you and vaati, I’ve been waiting for elden ring content. Yours I’ve been waiting for especially since the size of the game makes me worried I’ll miss an awesome boss fight. Keep up the excellent content man
If you're not over-leveled by the time you get to Regal Ancestor Spirit, it's harder to burn it down during his healing periods. After each one it will gain new abilities but heal less each time. The most hilarious ability being the roll from the goats.
I think, Dragonkin can be pretty tough, even though you switched to low level weapon, still you forgot about your massive hp bar. that boss can delete you if you make one mistake early on, and from the footage you did make quite a bit mistakes, now imagine each time you get hit, you are either one hit away from death or you got mangled in wombo combo and you died.
Exactly. He was overleveled on most bosses. I've killed dragonkin soldier on siofra river by level 30 or something and this boss can easily one shot players on early or even mid game. The other ones were easier for me but rennala above dragonkin feels so weird.
Something mildly interesting about Fia’s guardians is that the enemies are semi randomized. Rogier will always be Phase 2 and Lionel is always phase 3 I believe but the ones just labeled Fia’s guardians can be a few different NPCs. Kinda neat
@thegamersfaction6343 you stupid or something? 1. He said it was his opinion 2. It's an open world game blame it on the game not him for being overleveled it happens in games like these
It's just so interesting to see all those bosses from another perspective, and seeing what was harder and what was easier considering I went with a Mage build.
You also probably took them in something that better resembled their intended order and at something closer to the appropriate level. He's taking on a lot of early bosses with like end-game stats.
I had the opposite experience of the Leonine Misbegotten, meeting it at level 10-15 and dying dozens of times. Nothing else gave me as many deaths. Admittedly, I was not using Ashes at the time, which probably also contributed.
By far Malenia was the hardest boss I’ve ever fought in any souls game. I was so excited to fight the teaser boss for months and instantly regretted it the second I started fighting her😂
I have literally respeced just for her and still can't beat her. You're screwed if you have a strength build. It doesn't matter if she staggers easy or not because she's so fast you can never hit her
@@jerryjeanpierre839 yeah I've tried bleed, doesn't work great for heavy weapons still because you just can't hit her fast enough in phase two to stack it up.
Gideon is an interesting case because he gets more powerful the more you tell him. If you leave him in the dark about all the bosses you defeated then he'll be much easier. But if you tell him about Malenia, Rykard, etc... Then he'll be able to use their abilities.
My problem with ranking difficulty in this game is due to it being open world tons of the bosses vary too much in difficulty. Even just comparing experiences with a few friends who are all going different paths has shown how alot of bosses feel out of place in difficulty compared to their location in the game
Yea, if you go off the beaten path you might run into an extremely challenging boss for your level, but your friend fought them way later when they were nearly done with the game, so they destroyed the boss easily. Boss difficulty in this game is likely going to be the hardest to gauge.
This game is my heart, I have never felt so invigorated playing any game prior to this, I have absolutely no doubts in my mind that this my favorite game in the franchise and quite possibly my favorite game of any I’ve played
I will never forget when I stumbled down into the basement of the Divine Tower of Caelid, completely caught off guard by the Godskin Apostle at level 77 and battled through it.
I’m so hyped to get elden ring, I haven’t felt this type of excitement for a game in a long time, plus it’s a new fromsoft world, my excitement is immeasurable. Also which starting character would be the best, I wanna choose the opposite of it
It’s biiiiig. And good. I’ve never played an open world game where almost every reward is unique and there’s like 12 bajillion enemy types. Spells and weapon abilities are bonkers now. I’ve explored maybe a third of the second major zone (out of like a dozen?) and I already have more time than my first playthroughs of Demon Souls, Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3 combined. Like this is the first open world game I’ve ever actually felt intimidated by its size… and it’s a Fromsoft game jam packed with actual cool stuff. It’ll be my GOTY for sure.
14:40 You don't actually have to kill the student with the gold glow. Simply hitting them interrupts them. Helps speed along the fight if your weapons aren't particularly strong at this point.
Yea, I beat the game with a claw build, and realized on my third attempt that I only needed to slash once, definitely helped reduce damage taken in phase 1
@@johnhutcheson774 malenia was super hard at first before I remembered I was wearing my drip gear and not my good gear. Once I switched to a strength based greatsword with bloodhound’s step and it became an actually fair and fun fight. Still hard as hell but it removed the luck so it became manageable
Your ranking has made me realise how spirit ashes make a difference in certain boss fights. Using the mimic tear ashes with Rykard makes it pretty easy
Yeah it really dose my first time play through I used mimic tear and other op stuff and when I went in to my 2nd naked with a dagger and a buckler made me realize how trash I was😂
Leonine is a double edged sword. If you can stagger him on every hit, he's piss easy, but if you face him with a low stagger weapon, may God help your soul
@@tritobandito7853 technically yes, but that's only valid for subsequent playthroughs, unless you're crazy quick at getting the timing right, you can't really afford to tank these hits early in the game by wiffing parries. Definitely though it's an extremely abusable boss.
The regal spirit is quite harder the second time, each time it heals it gains new abilities, if you have a decent but not op weapon his roll is hard to dodge
seeing commander njall so low made me feel bad. i beat him around level 100 with dex meele build and it was the fight where i got instakilled the most of all bosses in any soulsy game i played so far.
I absolutely love the boss design of some of the end game fights. I'm just not a huge fan of their mechanics. Their difficulty seems to hinge on weird timing AOE attacks and multi hit combos that seem impossible to dodge at points. It's like they were designed with summons in mind. Overall though great game. Beating it was one of the greatest experiences
Magma Wyrm can be real difficult sometimes. One of his attacks with the sword can insta-kill you and the other attack that has a very delayed sword smash deals ton of damage if up close.
Full disclosure: I encountered a lot of the harder, early bosses when I was putting most if not all of my earlier skill points into strength and not vigor or endurance. This resulted in my being able to do plenty of damage, but them being able to do that to me. I had to use near perfect dodging and in-and-out techniques to beat them. I think my heart rate was at 130 while fighting them.
Nice to see I’m not the only who found radahn hard Edit:just tried out the trick to unequip and requip armour in mimic tear and yes it not only works but it makes the fight from a joke to as easy as true king allant
20:03 Commander Niall was surprisingly lethal for me, but one funny thing I learned on accident is his prosthetic leg slams can be either completely or partially avoided by jumping, once I started doing that he wasn't as terrible (his damage output is still insane)
It also depends how many big bosses you beat before him. He learns from all bosses you beat and adds to his powers. He's always quite frail but he adds to his offense which can make it harder. You beat every single boss possible before him, he's going to pump out the pain.
Oh. No. So Fromsoft saw the Dark Lord in Doom Eternal and thought "Hahaha, it would be awesome if we had a boss that heals with each hit?" I'm scared to fight her now. I'm nowhere near where she is, but I'm legitimately scared. I've beaten the likes of Isshin and Gael and didn't mind them too.
got some complains i love these videos i do i’ve always been excited for them and i’ve been watching you for a long time but idk man i think it’s way to early to be making a video like this bro truly. i feel like this one’s just a view grab like we haven’t even had enough time to truly get immersed with every single boss and know how they work down to the bone and with multiple different builds of testing to see how they fair against other kinds of weapons and builds
Just FYI, this is all his experience. From myself and many of my friends Niall is significantly more difficult than he places him, easily above this entire group by a wide margin. Tread carefully!
I love how different builds make difficulty so playthrough dependant in this game. Personally I'd put Naill in top 3 seeing that I actually needed to switch to a greatsword from my straight to claim victory 🤣
I was able to do the areas in a pretty good order so that most fights were pretty toe to toe. The only one that surprised me was the ancestral spirit. I was way under leveled for the area and I still beat him like a rented moose. Also I fought all the dragons on foot. Using my horse never occurred to me since Agheel was actually the first boss I beat and he wasn't difficult for me on foot, but it looks fun. I'll have to try!
I've put 80 hours into this game and this is the first time I'm seeing some of these guys. Crazy how you can put that much time into a game and still miss major content like bosses (that's a compliment btw) Time for a second playthrough lol
Don't forget Godefroy, Godrick's twin brother locked up in the Evergaol. To be fair though they're supposed to be similar; Godfrey, Godwyn, Godefroy, and Godrick are all of the Golden Lineage (related to Godfrey, the first Elden Lord, and Queen Marika), Radahn, Ranni, and Rykard are all children of Rennala and Radagon, and Miquella, Malenia, and presumably Morgott, Mohg, and Melina are all children of Radagon and Marika.
Ok the Nergigante theme on the transition to the first dragon was perfect and gave me PTSD from another one of my favorite games with demon AI. Keep it up man!
I just REALLY want to talk about Leonine Misbegotten. I fought him as my very first boss, even before Margit, and he was VERY difficult. I couldn’t stun him, and nearly all of his attacks 1 shot me. And all of his aggressive and strangely timed sword swiped has me aching for so long. Definitely underrated imo
Heh, I knew as soon as you said "no summons and no spirit ash" that Margit was going to end up way higher on this list than he deserves to be. Will be interesting to hear your take on it because to me he was the boss that was supposed to teach people, "you have help, use it". Like with Genichiro and teaching the player to parry. And given just how insanely fast he is to change targets when he wants to it only makes the fight fractionally easier anyway.
that no summons rule is certainly going to place Radahn super high... if there was any boss that was made with the intention of the player summoning then it was him.
@@Eclipsed_Embers Honestly, as a bread and butter straight sword melee player, having summons in Radahns fights made it harder for me, especially with Radahns massive AOE swings. I found it simpler when he would never re target mid combo
Agreed. As someone who tends to avoid summons for boss battles, this game legit changed my views in that for almost half its roster of bosses. Like damn. To be fair, I don't farm overworld enemies and I tend to boss rush this game even on first playthrough, so it makes sense that encounters will be more difficult for me, and summons become more necessary.
Just a tip for Rennalas second phase, if you use the ash of war trolls roar it stuns her knocking her to the floor giving you time to either stun her again or attack her
@@DevK0z I guess hit and run on horseback just felt easiest as a strength build. All my weapons swing so slowly so having the mobility of the horse helped.
I found it easier in foot since I could just dodge tails wipes and stomps with an actual roll instead of a 70/30% chance of getting hit. When I started fighting Greyll, the tail swipe killed me the majority of the time while on the horse. On foot i did… slightly better
after watching this I realized that all the "mid tier" bosses you featured, become low tier when you go for a blood loss build. Seriously, for e.g, I didn't know Rennala's 1st form had a 2nd phase because she died in a single burst thnx to blood loss
Elden Ring is the best example of hard not necessarily being good. A lot of the coolest and most fun bosses (Mimic Tear and Ancestor Spirit) are pretty easy, while some of the hardest ones (Radhan and Fire Giant) are not designed well and are not fun to learn. Thankfully the game still has plenty of well designed **and** difficult bosses, such as Margit and Godfrey.
Radahn and the fire giant are both well designed and fun to learn. Radahn is also quite easy and the fire giants only real difficulty is a health check. I think you just don’t like to be challenged, and thus, find the easier bosses to be more fun.
@@avengedhotfuzz7499 No, I enjoy good challenges such as Malenia or Radagon, but the two I listed are not fun to learn or to fight. Don't do the condescending "you don't like to be challenged" thing.
Radahn was the most well-designed fight FROM has made so far imho. It challenged me to use all the skills I've used up to that point. Switching between horseback to solo fighting the boss depending on the situation was great, using the dunes to avoid his black hole magic was a clever way of using the environment to your advantage, and I also found myself switching between magic and physical attacks. I never used summons, but from what I've seen, it makes the boss fight very cinematic. Perhaps whatever strategy you were using made the fight less enjoyable?
Just a fun fact/FYI for fire giant, hitting his wrists does indeed do the same damage as hitting his ankle did. You can technically even hit them in phase 1, but it's a _lot_ harder than the ankle. The wrists are fairly easy to hit in phase 2, aside from having to wait for him to put his arms on the ground.
@@Netherghoul If you only use hit and run tactics for the wrists in phase 2 it's honestly not that hard to avoid getting hit. The most dangerous things are the firebolt things that he occasionally shoots when you're at a distance.
@@Pandadoxical I hate the proximity explosives because sometimes you get stunned by his weapon and then finished off by their explosion. And its super annoying to just be stunned and then eat the damage and die.
I would LOVE to see a ranking of the gank bosses in this series since there are just so many of them. And I know a certain two statues that will get my vote for the roughest.
@@cchris93 I had no problem with the crucible knights(honestly had more trouble with the crucible/misbegotten pair) because parry. The statues' timing just threw me off way too much.
@@namelessking3988 Commander Niall really annoyed me lmao. Not so much the boss himself, but those 2 fucking Knights he summons at the start, they killed me more times than the actual boss did.
@@Dahrk_Angel want a hint? 1 of these summons is the best in the game, called ouleg i think (the dual wielding 1), if you get him as spirit get ready to go through the game like a hot knife.(he can literally solo bosses) i wont spoil more but there are 2 others that are tanky as well as deal damage.
I had a strange bug with regal ancestor spirit and was wondering if someone else has as well. When I staggered him it, it still had about 80 percent of its health left. The weird thing is that he disappeared like he was deleted out of existence and some of the goats showed up, after about 15 seconds his health dropped to zero and I got the usual boss defeat prompt. Just a weird occurrence I'm curious anyone else has experienced.
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Are you going to do a community ranking and if so where do we vote?
Planning on it, though I'll give it a while since the game is so long and I want as many people as possible to have a chance to vote. Thinking it'll likely be in early/mid April
@@theDeModcracy Awsome! Will you hold the poles on Twitter Patreon or somewhere else?
@@JohnDoe-df7bl im pretty sure previously he's given a strawpoll link on youtube and socials
Either that or google forms
@@theDeModcracy cant wait
Dude I just realized that Gideon Ofnir actually uses more abilities depending on what bosses you have faced before. He was faceroll easy for me and never did any of the scarlet rot or laughing skull abilities because I didn't do Melania or anything but Radhan, Rennala, and Godrick by the time I faced him. He is literally learning from the bosses you kill throughout the game lol. So the less you allow him to learn, the better.
That's so cool...
In other words, only fight him after you beat everything else you can.
Im guessing he gets the scarlet rose when beating Melania, the skulls when beating Rykard and possibly more.
and a blood spew spell after killing Lord of Blood
Too bad all knowing got stomped after only three slashes of my moonlight great sword lol
For the Mimic Tear. Yes, that is possible. Embarrasingly, I died to it the first time and decied to see what happens if you go in naked. So I unequipped all armor and weapons and fought a naked me. It was funny, probably one of my most memorable moments.
Same, he perfectly roll caught me with the moonlight katana weapon art so I unequipped to see if it worked
you power stanced on him
spell casters can make him sooo easy with "eternal darkness"
For the mimic tear, I ended up punching them to death after unequipping everything
Did you fight him naked as well? True combat
It's crazy that in your footage with Gideon he actually seems like a threat. The minute he started talking I just stun locked the man and he died without throwing out any interesting spells. I love how many different interactions different players can have with this game and it's bosses.
I beat him first try but it was a close call. I was getting destroyed and used a spirit ash and barley survived. I think I find my expect him to be aggressive, because I did a lot of damage with my axe. Cool boss though, I had every demi god beaten except one so he used a lot of their attacks
am I the only one who kept having him explode from melee damage? That made him difficult for me, not the mass of spells I was already used to.
Same here, didn't even see any of his moves. After he finished talking I grabbed him with inescapable frenzy and one shot him. In retrospect seems like a pretty cool boss.
Gideon has basically no poise. If you're aggressive and pressure him he just doesn't get to cast anything.
@@zeratai2465 the incantation he's using is Law of Causality, which causes the caster to explode after taking a certain amount of melee damage.
Fighting Leonine at end game level isn’t a fair representation. He’s rough if you fight him at like SL 20 like you generally are supposed to
I fought leonine at level 22 using meteorite staff and rock sling, and he never hit me even once. I didn't even have to dodge, he just went down immediately
He is pretty good at catching you when you want to heal.
Yeah, he was kicking me as at around that level until I learned to parry him
@@williammesloh wow, u didn’t really fight him then. U can’t call something easy if u just spam rock sling from range
@@mrchunks912 facts
The only time I ever broke my no summons rule in elden ring was against radahn. Having an army of your allies charging this absolute titan doing all they can to help tear him down little by little felt so freaking amazing and so unique for this series.
Him being almost like a raid boss was awesome. All these warriors gathered for a festival to put him out of his misery. Loved it. Would definitely summon in the future for the spirit of it all
@@theDeModcracy really felt like the souls version of “Everyone is here!”, and I’m not complaining
@@theDeModcracy You gotta admit defeating him solo makes you feel like an anime protag in comparison
They literally made summoning help feel amazing for a community that often tried to avoid summoning like the plague
@@Christmas_Johan gonna do that next time to be sure
Man, magma wyrm annihilated me over and over for the longest time. I guess it's the difference between endgame gear and early game gear
Yeah, a lot of his fights here look like very early game bosses taken down with very late-game stats.
fight them underleveled with slash weapons and they're very far from easy.
I fought the Gael Tunnel Magna Wyrm early with my mage build to get Moonveil (not for PvP I swear). That was painful
Same here. Found the 1st encounter much worse than Radhann, any dragon or almost any other boss barring the fire giant, Rykard or malekith. To be fair, I think playstyle/class matters more than anything. Also I was like level 20 against the wyrm, but still he isnt easy for when hes supposed to be faced...at least if someone's gonna call these other bosses hard.
@@Vikn01 This game is weird, where HP is so valuable and your regular damage stats do almost nothing until the weapon is fully upgraded. Makes it easy to set up a versatile NG build I'd imagine. Can't speak for NG+ or PvP though.
When the world needed him most, he returned
What do you mean? he still uploads frequently
@@armpit6985 But the ranking videos are finally back
DeMod better than the Avatar confirmed
Yeah that’s Miyazaki
I hate this comment.
ITS NOT FUNNY
I love how true 2nd phases are done very well in this game. Not a ton of bosses have them, so when you are mid fight and a cutscene starts and the boss begins to commit egregious acts of self harm you know shits getting real.
This game literally has the highest number of 2nd phase fights. Have you played a souls game before?
@@avgvstvs7 I know alot of bosses have a kinda of 2nd phase where they get a new attack or 2. But I mean the REAL 2nd phases. Like Radahn falling from the sky like a meteor, or Malenia, who summons up all the power of her rot to bring you down.
@@avgvstvs7 HaVe yUO PLayed A SouLs GaMe beFore?!
@@avgvstvs7 Add the amount of Mini bosses and bosses together, and this game has the highest number of bosses. Of course there's more 2nd phase fights, it just makes sense.
@@MammalianCreature All reused shit
The mimic tear fight actually showed me the second move of my bloodhounds fang. I did not know until then, that after the main weapon art, one can press heavy attack to teleport forward for a brutal followup slash.
Wait what
something similar happened to me with the magma wyrm sword, i was in pvp and someone was using it and i did NOT know there was a follow up attack for the skill, so cool
I just started using this weapon and thought uk there should really be a follow up to this. Thank you lol!
Dude I have been using that weapon for over half the game and I didn’t even know that thank you so much
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The fact that Gideon monologues at you for so long while his fight is active is amazing,I've always wanted to just preemptively shoot whatever boss is talking at me before the fight starts and now i finally get to fulfill that and it feels so good
And then there's me, politely standing there, smiling, listening to his speech. Just because he's a traitor doesn't mean I should be rude :)
But yeah it is hella cool to have the OPTION and I will definitely use it in my 2nd playthrough :D
@@Kylekashi same i sat there and let him ramble on and grabbed him with inescapable frenzy immediately when he was done
Yeah, I just waited for him to finish and backstabbed him
@@Kylekashi he literally slaughtered a whole village for half a medallion. Not to mention he threw his adopted daughter to the garbage after she didn’t want to slaughter innocent. Plus he steals all the things you earned from the demigods(spells). It would make sense if he did this to become stronger and elden lord, but dude just wants to cuck you out of being it. Dude doesn’t deserve to have his last speech, only the madness of the lord of frienzied.
IDK man the fact that Astel was one-shotting me with most of his attacks when I faced him made him very challenging, no room for error.
This game is so open in both world structure AND character building that I feel different people will have wildly different experiences when it comes to what boss/area were the hardest/easiest. Everyone's adventures are way more personal on this one.
Case in point, my friend bumped into Nokstella as soon as he got to Liurnia, he decided to explore the high road instead of the lake. He spent 3 hours beating that thing with a +3 weapon. That was the most challenging encounter in his playthrough so far.
I did astel way after I'm assuming I was supposed to and he was the easiest boss for me. Sword of Night and Flame killed him in 3 shots with the heavy
Yup he was way overleved for this fight considering the footage shown
It was very jarring watching this dude only take a little damage from the gravity attack that was basically just a death sentence for me
Bro I fought Astel and for some reason he was way more difficult than Radhan without summons for me. I deadass had to resort to using mimic and that didn’t even help. The only way I could actually beat him was by getting my friend who beat him really easily to help me with his rot attack while I resorted to the beam sword and even he said that the Astel in my world was on crack cuz it was doing moves that he’s never seen before in his fight. I even had to use a great rune just to beat him while with Radhan I was like lvl 59 and beat him without summons in less than 10 tries
I'm definitely seeing a pattern. You fought many of these bosses overleveled because you couldn't even find them earlier.
definitely he to overlevled for the endogame bosses i finished the game lvl 74 with every boss done
@@nufcjoker9057 That's probably a bit under the average. 100-120 is probably the level that most people fought the end game bosses, but my point was that he fought the early game bosses overleveled, because he couldn't find them.
@@darkfool2000 my bad i miss understud you
i don't understand why he's doing so early game bosses ( limgrave lurnia ) with end game stats
i personally did everything that had to be done before changing regions
Yeah feels like he just bullrushed through the game then fought everything later. Lot of these are not hard to find at all if you're exploring.
@@nufcjoker9057 What do you mean overleveled? Recommended level for endgame is 120-150.
So I just learned Gideon has different attack depending on which boss fights you’ve taken down up to that point. For example he only has the skulls if you killed Rykard
I feel like while the ancestor spirit might be an easier fight, it doesn't detract from the overall quality of the boss battle. GoW proved boss battles don't need to be difficult to be fantastic and fromsoft executed that practice to perfection with the ancestor spirit. The environment of the fight is stunning, the spirit is absolutely beautiful and has a gorgeous moveset, the soundtrack is absolutely divine and the fight feels so peaceful. It gave me the same sort of feeling when I fought Sif that I didn't want to kill it because it was such a beautiful creature and amazing boss to fight. So yes, while it's easier, Id certainly put it amongst the best bosses in the game in terms of quality
100% agree. This was a one and done boss for me, but it might be my favorite boss I've encountered for pretty much every reason you gave. Adored the big dead moose.
I have to agree with you here, it was a very easy fight but it was so beautiful
100% agree. The best soundtrack to any boss in any game ever in my opinion. Absolutely beautiful.
They really upped the magical elements with this game. I watch boss run videos just to admire how much effort they put into it. Especially the final boss. That ring attack/flying combo is hands down one of the most beautiful things I've seen in a Fromsoft game. That shit really was awe-inspiring.
I get what you are saying, but nothing killed me as much as Sigrun in elden ring.
You missed one. Ensha, the one brooding outside of Gideon's area. When you beat him it says "great enemy felled".
Yeah, that blew my mind XD
Edge, Lord
just an npc invader
He shows up again?????
He's easier that mimic tear, at least in my eyes
I went my second playthrough as a mage, some bosses became extremely easier and some became much harder. It's insane how big of an impact ur build has on this game.
That’s every Souls game bro. Bosses have a lot of built in resistances
@@manlikemars2929 Resistances aren't even the biggest factor though. The most important thing you have to worry about as a mage, or any form of caster, is your ability to land your spells.
Is the boss really agressive, is he mobile, does he have weak spots, what size is he, can he dodge even? All of these things impact how difficult a boss is for a spell caster.
Margit for example gets absolutely trashed because outside of a few moves he's content with letting you rain spells on his face, whereas Maliketh is nigh impossible to even hit.
@@markopusic8258 not with Hoarfrost stomp if you get it right.
I felt the same with Commander Niall in the north. I was dual wielding katanas and had a rought time dealing with the two summons and then made silly mistakes to have to start all over. I came up with a strat too late to use during, but will use it in the future. I was too prideful, stupid, to use any ranged items. There was a different boss where my pride wasn't hurt after finally deciding to bring a friend.
@@markopusic8258 i always carry the night comet spell for the hyper mobile enemies since they wont attempt to dodge it since its invisible to them
Rykard is one of my favorite bosses, period. It's the only gimmick boss so far that feels natural. the spectacle is insane, you have this giant snake man pulling a sword out of his throat and you hitting him with an extended blade of light. Also, the weapon is genius, stuff like heavy jumping attacks had so much weight behind them and it felt awesome to sink them into this giant snake. loved it.
Yeah he was awesome so as his weapon after I created it
not light, wind.
@@GodMajik I don't care shut up
@@GodMajik The description of the item says light, nerd, this isnt the storm ruler
I feel like calling him a gimmick boss isn’t even right, he was pretty difficult even with the weapon
Rennala was definitely harder than Rykard and many other bosses on this list for me. It’s so interesting how much your build can influence boss difficulty so dramatically! Rennala’s magic resistance and constant movements pushed my defensive spellsword style to its limit, and I had a blast weaving through her spells and summons. I’ll probably speak more about it on the quality ranking!
You can literally spam the L2 move for the Serpent-Hunter and it's an easy win.
Renalla was so easy for me at level 52 first fromsoftware but she never somonned anything
@@StanleyG23 Not if you don’t have the health to tank, he gains resistance to the stagger for a bit after you do it.
Yeah me too
I play with rabid aggression and used a Caestus, and I beat her first try.
Godrick was plain awesome. The wide variety of moves, lopping off his arm and replacing with a dragon head combined with his personality and he makes an absolutely fantastic story opening to from softs greatest game to date. Also, I COMMAND THE KNEEL! THAT was what made me want to embrace the world entirely as well as feeling more like a real adventurer.
Plus the fact that you can JUMP OVER his aoe attacks and flame breath and air attack him in the same move
He's the best boss in the game.He's hard while not being to hard fast without being overwhelming. powerful without being a one shot monster. And he's the last boss where the new staggering mechanic and guard attack actually felt reasonable.
He beat the shit out of me to be honest, i had to summon coop to beat him
Rykard was easier, however i may be just more used to the games mechanic
he was so much harder than margit and i was shocked
Haven't finished the game, will watch after its done, leaving a like, love and support, can't wait to watch these kind of videos after watching the previous ones over and over again!
Edit: my ps4 broke down a year back, motherboard was fried, I had only beat godrick when it happened, I won't be seeing this video for quite awhile RiP :(
Edit: 2 years later I got a new pc, picked up elden ring a few days ago on steam summer sale, gonna jump in once I finish metal hellsinger, praise the sun! gonna watch this video this year!!
Appreciate the support. Have fun with the rest of your playthrough!
What this guy said
On everything , one of my favorite games ever made, can wait to come back and watch this
Same for me, also rly curious to see what you consider a boss or not.
There are definitely a couple of enemies that fall somewhere between a boss and a miniboss for me
Same. Liked the video and look forward to seeing it later on. Love this game and looking forward to seeing your opinions on the bosses
Rykard WOULD'VE been difficult for me, except I found out you can literally stunlock him to death in both phases. You just need to do your L2 attack, which stuns him, and then start charging it up again after around two seconds. If you get the rhythm down, it stuns him every single time before he has a chance to attack. Definitely the best gimmick fight FROM has ever made, but not without its flaws ;)
It’s kinda baffling they didn’t add a stun timer for the weapon art. It reminds me of how firecrackers were better against most enemies not weak to it due to the lack of a stun timer on them.
Our picks differ so much due to routing and when we encountered the bosses it's insane. This game allowing you to pretty much do whatever you want when you want is something I didn't know the souls series needed but im so beyond happy they included that freedom. When I faced rennala I was kinda just chuckling like really? This is a shard bearer? But then I realized you weren't really supposed to go fight the draconic tree sentinel right after fighting godrick get mad you can't go through the door that tells you that you need more great runes and then go fight radahn. So of course I can see why I found her laughable but some who encounter her when she's meant to be would be a nightmare
i fought her after godrick and would say shes pretty easy i beat her with a plus 3 or 4 bloodhounds fang first attempt in my opinion she is the easiest shardbearer by alot and her first phases is a joke also didn't use any summons.
She's extremely weak to bleed, a +5 Reduvia with 20/20 Strength and Dex makes the fight a total joke, especially if you conserve your blue OJ to use the weapon art during phase 2
I feelt like I was overleveled for her fight as well. I began exploring the area east of Limgrave after beating Margit so by the time I got through that and the academy she only took me two tries.
That being said she was a cool ass boss regardless of difficulty
@@omegawarking2157 I had a +7 greataxe, and killed her after around 15 attempts. She pretty much 1 or 2 shotted me in second phase and the only time I had a window to hit her was when she was busy summoning a big ass dragon
And as a guy who want moonveil and rush to magma wyrm as soon as he’s available, fuckkkk that dude
2:23 Yes, yes you can. I nearly beat the boss normally, then let him kill me so I could try it. It only mimics what you had equipped going into the arena, not what you currently have equipped. So I pummeled him with a greatsword as he tried to kill me with fists lol.
BIG BRAIN
I did this with the intention of having a bar room brawl to the death with him, but quickly realized that we both did so little damage that our health bars weren't moving in the slightest.
Lol he tried to attack me recklessly with magic as I was slashing him with a bad but fast sword
It would be so cool if when you go into the equipment menu, he stands still and changes into whatever you do
So basically you can unequip your weapon and clothes and go in. The mimic will then copy your appearance and weapon (which is none) in the meantime you can re-equip your stuff and go bonkers on it? Is it right?
Fighting the mimic tear depressed me. I literally said “If this is as strong as my character is then I’m really weak.”
Weak foe ahead, therefore try introspection
i just made it through the raya lucaria academy, WOW that boss was great, a great fakeout for what i thought was going to be deacons 2.0, was instead an engaging and fun fight
I even enjoyed phase 1 for what it was, but hell yeah. Phase 2 is amazing
@@theDeModcracy I went to the red area early and killed some bosses there which got me a bit too strong so I don’t really have an experience of the battle as she was just… deleted
I enjoyed it as well even though the deathrun was probably the longest for this one.
Unfortunately I came to her after clearing all of Caelid up to Radahn, and I killed her in under a minute without learning anything. Probably the single biggest flaw in this game's boss design is just how overpowered the character can get before choosing to fight the boss. I didn't get to experience half the bosses in this game because I was too strong by the time I got to them, and some really fun ones I got to play were brute forced through by other players in a similar way.
@@cronotriggered4314 yeah, but getting through caelid at a low level is TOUGH, so in a sense i kinda like how op it makes you, this occured in other souls games, where your power grew a lot over the course of the game, now you suffer through one area to crush another, idk i do guess it may ruin the bosses for some people, i personally only experienced the phenomenon with a few dungeon bosses, but with the main ones this is definitely the easiest, i just really like the arena and her moveset, and the fakeout was good.
The bazelgious theme with the dragon ranking was amazing
Bazelgeuse's theme is engrained into my brain after monster hunter world. Loved fighting bazel and I loved fighting the dragon
i can still hear the screams
I instantly heard that and went to the comments to find this
I heard it, laughed , then laughed more as the idea that the dragons are allot like bazelgeuse in that they show up everywhere out of nowhere and just kinda fuck around
Fun fact: Sir Gideon Offnir actually changes depending on how many Shardbearers you've defeated. For every one you bring down, he gets new moves (for example, Crimson Rot from Melania, the flying skulls from Rhykard etc.),
Melania? Who the fuck’s Melania? Malenia’s and Melina’s lost sister?
@@AarturoSc nah she was one of radagon and marikas children she had scarlet rot inside of her and she’s the reason radahn is in his state
@@Potato_tomato47 I think they're just being a dick. Melenia is how it's spelled in the game, not Malania, so they are faking confusion as to who they are referring to
@@haydeng3541 No? In the game her name is spelt Malenia, not Melenia or Melania
@@catdragonLolThat’s what he just said
To answer your question about the Mimic Tear. Yes you can go in without anything on and make the fight a joke. I had the same thought so died on purpose and did just that. He will remain naked and bare handed for the whole fight making it a joke. Cool concept but easily cheesed.
That's amazing hahaha
It was pretty funny watching a naked version of myself trying to bare knuckle brawl with me while I'm just chilling with my armor and claymore ready to ruin him 🤣
Yeah I did that too! after entering the room, I re-equip my armor and He barely did any damage to me.
Just saying its an intentional cheese, you cant make a fight that works like this without making it cheesable
Just saying its an intentional cheese, you cant make a fight that works like this without making it cheesable
After beating Rykard, I can safely say the best way to avoid his flaming skull rain attack is just to sprint away. Don't roll, don't keep the camera locked on him, just turn around and high-tail it around the edge of the arena.
I beat Rykard and genuinely the best strategy was to put a fire resistance medallion on, 100% physical block shield and jab him with light attacks in the lava through your shield until he dies. It worked so well he never even used the skull attack I think because I was so close to him.
Despite the difficulty being low I think regal ancestor spirit is a really great boss
Honestly, some of the easier bosses in this game are some of the best. Hoarah Loux, Mohg the Omen (his second fight, while cool, can get really stupid with all of the AoEs you have to keep track of at once), and Fire Giant (not crazy hard but really fun) are all not crazy difficult, but their good design makes up for it. Also, some of the hardest bosses in the game are actually some of the worst. Malekith the Black Blade is way too fast for a Souls game (though I primarily blame that on how the game as a whole seems better designed for Sekiro’s combat and movement), Malenia is an amazing boss that FromSoftware turned into an utter abomination with some of her attacks and mechanics, and Godskin Duo is just terrible.
@@thegrapethief5514 yea I found the difficult bosses are difficult more due to poor design. Mogh is fun until he has decided to throw four aoe things at you but is otherwise really great. Even lava wyrms can get cheap kills by scooting you in their lava via their massive hit box.
Maleania kinda is a prime example of a her ai determining the fight more so than skill, her ability to potentially spam water fowl dance or not use it at all makes each fight more a roll of the dice as she may not use it for the entire fight until your out of stamina and than decide to use it once. One mistake meaning death is not great, the only other fight that looks like this is the heart of chaos. Yet the rest of her fight is still good and fun. If only some stupid intern wasn't responsible for water fowl dance dodge windows.
bro what i HATE that boss
it teleports away constantly and then instantly heals itself, it’s the ancestor spirit but made less fun
Difficulty =/= Best.
It actually surprised me to see it so low on the list since I actually struggled a bit with that one. I got most of it’s attack patterns down, but that fucking roll is the most annoying move in that battle!
I was probably under leveled because that roll would kill me in two hits, and no matter what I tried I couldn’t dodge it!
2:25 Yes, I actually tried that on my second playthrough and it makes it impossible for the mimic to damage you. Making it undoubtably the easiest boss in Elden Ring.
That's actually kinda funny
@@adastial2104 Yeah it technically does damage but if you're wearing armor, it does 3 or less damage at a time, so if you stood afk for like 5+ minutes (depending on your vigor) you could lose the fight.
I fought Elemer of the Briar pretty early when I stumbled upon the Shaded Castle; hands down one of the best fights in the game.
I feel so much happiness I could cry. Your boss rankings and the amazing mix of appreciation for beauty,humor and tips in your videos was what got me to come back to dark souls and finish what I started. Few years later and I'm a day one player in elden ring with an amazing friend of mine. Thank you Dmod :)
That's awesome! I appreciate all the kind words and support. Hope you're enjoying Elden Ring :)
The only thing that this video has showed me is that everyone’s experience with this game varies a lot, since it surprised me a lot to see astel so early not only that but rennala was a quite a few spots above him which I found really weird reason being is because I beat rennala early game and it took me around 2 to 3 tries however Astel might’ve taken me well over 20+ idk how I always managed to get grabbed and his slam did a ton of damage to me thinking back on it it might’ve been the fact that I neglected spending my runes on vigor to get more health
Please use punctuation. This was one run on sentence and it was hurting my brain trying to read it
What?? I’ve fought rennala like 20-30 times and I still haven’t beat her!
55 vigor still get one shot by the grab unless I'm at exactly full health. Ruins what would be a good fight imo
It's also his first playthrough and yours as well. Some bosses will get easier and others remain hard. The builds and when you find each boss will make this tough to rank.
Yeah that was the pick I couldn't agree with in the list. I did Rennala first try although I might have been overleveled by 10 level or so, my weapon not though. Astel on the Other hand especially the later version in a certain secret area really was among my top 10 hardest bosses.
Now that I see Loretta I realize that horse armor would be very cool, even if its just vanity I would love loretta's horse armor
Love your videos. Gonna wait to watch until I’ve played the game myself. Keep up the good work demod!
Appreciate the love. Enjoy your playthrough!
Between you and vaati, I’ve been waiting for elden ring content. Yours I’ve been waiting for especially since the size of the game makes me worried I’ll miss an awesome boss fight. Keep up the excellent content man
If you're not over-leveled by the time you get to Regal Ancestor Spirit, it's harder to burn it down during his healing periods. After each one it will gain new abilities but heal less each time. The most hilarious ability being the roll from the goats.
I think, Dragonkin can be pretty tough, even though you switched to low level weapon, still you forgot about your massive hp bar. that boss can delete you if you make one mistake early on, and from the footage you did make quite a bit mistakes, now imagine each time you get hit, you are either one hit away from death or you got mangled in wombo combo and you died.
Exactly. He was overleveled on most bosses. I've killed dragonkin soldier on siofra river by level 30 or something and this boss can easily one shot players on early or even mid game. The other ones were easier for me but rennala above dragonkin feels so weird.
Something mildly interesting about Fia’s guardians is that the enemies are semi randomized. Rogier will always be Phase 2 and Lionel is always phase 3 I believe but the ones just labeled Fia’s guardians can be a few different NPCs. Kinda neat
While I personally cannot perceive a world in which Commander Niall is easier than Rykard, I will always appreciate these videos. :D
I agree, getting to commader Niall was difficult than most of the bosses in the game.
This guy is practically overlevelled and out of order when fighting the bosses this list should be ignored
@thegamersfaction6343 you stupid or something?
1. He said it was his opinion
2. It's an open world game blame it on the game not him for being overleveled it happens in games like these
It's just so interesting to see all those bosses from another perspective, and seeing what was harder and what was easier considering I went with a Mage build.
You also probably took them in something that better resembled their intended order and at something closer to the appropriate level. He's taking on a lot of early bosses with like end-game stats.
I had the opposite experience of the Leonine Misbegotten, meeting it at level 10-15 and dying dozens of times. Nothing else gave me as many deaths. Admittedly, I was not using Ashes at the time, which probably also contributed.
Same here.
On my first playthrough I found Leonine before I beat Margitt. I was using my starting Uchi and it was *hell* until I realised he can be staggered.
These all change drastically depending on how leveled you are and if you abuse summons really.
Using Sorcery and a Mimic tear everything is at number 33. Except maybe Malenia and Malekith.^^
@@riemaennchen yeah i regret using mimic tear +10 it makes the game a cakewalk
@@fbiopenup846 you robbed the true souls experience from yourself
@@skrtskrt4413 eh i’m on ng+4 and feeing pretty good not using it
By far Malenia was the hardest boss I’ve ever fought in any souls game. I was so excited to fight the teaser boss for months and instantly regretted it the second I started fighting her😂
I have literally respeced just for her and still can't beat her. You're screwed if you have a strength build. It doesn't matter if she staggers easy or not because she's so fast you can never hit her
That ONE combo…..
@@paullucas7504 bleed ftw boi
@@jerryjeanpierre839 yeah I've tried bleed, doesn't work great for heavy weapons still because you just can't hit her fast enough in phase two to stack it up.
@@paullucas7504 I did a strength build with the Grafted Blade Greatsword and all it takes is willpower and RNG.
Gideon is an interesting case because he gets more powerful the more you tell him. If you leave him in the dark about all the bosses you defeated then he'll be much easier. But if you tell him about Malenia, Rykard, etc... Then he'll be able to use their abilities.
My problem with ranking difficulty in this game is due to it being open world tons of the bosses vary too much in difficulty. Even just comparing experiences with a few friends who are all going different paths has shown how alot of bosses feel out of place in difficulty compared to their location in the game
Yea, if you go off the beaten path you might run into an extremely challenging boss for your level, but your friend fought them way later when they were nearly done with the game, so they destroyed the boss easily. Boss difficulty in this game is likely going to be the hardest to gauge.
This game is my heart, I have never felt so invigorated playing any game prior to this, I have absolutely no doubts in my mind that this my favorite game in the franchise and quite possibly my favorite game of any I’ve played
I will never forget when I stumbled down into the basement of the Divine Tower of Caelid, completely caught off guard by the Godskin Apostle at level 77 and battled through it.
I’m so hyped to get elden ring, I haven’t felt this type of excitement for a game in a long time, plus it’s a new fromsoft world, my excitement is immeasurable. Also which starting character would be the best, I wanna choose the opposite of it
It's a rare case that lives up to it's hype completely. Need to see how it holds up with time, but I think it's one of the GOATs
@@theDeModcracy I haven’t even touched the game and it’s slowly creeping it’s way up my personal ranks
It’s biiiiig. And good. I’ve never played an open world game where almost every reward is unique and there’s like 12 bajillion enemy types. Spells and weapon abilities are bonkers now.
I’ve explored maybe a third of the second major zone (out of like a dozen?) and I already have more time than my first playthroughs of Demon Souls, Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3 combined.
Like this is the first open world game I’ve ever actually felt intimidated by its size… and it’s a Fromsoft game jam packed with actual cool stuff.
It’ll be my GOTY for sure.
Id advise picking wretch as your starting class for a challenge. Nothings better than having nothing in a game where you can get everything
@@wr5488 come on man you’re making the wait even worse😭
14:40 You don't actually have to kill the student with the gold glow. Simply hitting them interrupts them. Helps speed along the fight if your weapons aren't particularly strong at this point.
Yea, I beat the game with a claw build, and realized on my third attempt that I only needed to slash once, definitely helped reduce damage taken in phase 1
The difficulty of a boss fight mainly depends on your class and level at that moment
Based on the number of times I fought each boss before winning, Crucible Knight was hardest closely followed by Raadan
I must correct my opinion after playing more. New hardest is by far Malenia 😂
@@johnhutcheson774 yup even after beating the final boss id say she was the hardest
@@johnhutcheson774 malenia was super hard at first before I remembered I was wearing my drip gear and not my good gear. Once I switched to a strength based greatsword with bloodhound’s step and it became an actually fair and fun fight. Still hard as hell but it removed the luck so it became manageable
@@gizmo12055 the final boss was really easy tbf. I got him third try, and two times i died to radagon not elden beast. And malenia took me 3 days
@@olafolaf7725 radagon is easy elden beast is unfair and boring
8:00 The Bazelgeuse music fits nicely
Your ranking has made me realise how spirit ashes make a difference in certain boss fights. Using the mimic tear ashes with Rykard makes it pretty easy
Yeah it really dose my first time play through I used mimic tear and other op stuff and when I went in to my 2nd naked with a dagger and a buckler made me realize how trash I was😂
Amen brother this game is a masterpiece
The sheer spectacle of the bosses is utterly insane
Leonine is a double edged sword. If you can stagger him on every hit, he's piss easy, but if you face him with a low stagger weapon, may God help your soul
Bloody slash go whoosh
I faced that thing early with a greatsword that couldn't stagger him, and indeed it made the fight quite difficult so early in the game.
And then you realize you can parry him and he becomes piss easy again
@@tritobandito7853 technically yes, but that's only valid for subsequent playthroughs, unless you're crazy quick at getting the timing right, you can't really afford to tank these hits early in the game by wiffing parries.
Definitely though it's an extremely abusable boss.
Now imaging with a magic build. Had some trubble with her until my gang of demi-humans could distract her enough.
I had war flashbacks to Nameless King during the Commander Niall part... the music.... it gives me chills everytime...
Can we just take a moment to thank FromSoftware for not only giving us SO MANY bosses, but ones that are unique in both aesthetic and move set!!!!
The regal spirit is quite harder the second time, each time it heals it gains new abilities, if you have a decent but not op weapon his roll is hard to dodge
I love the Hyper Light Drifter OST to start off and showing off Zelda... It's like you're speaking directly to my soul. Keep up the great work.
"Hand it over, that thing... Your boss ranking series."
Love this guy so much man been watching him for years, I love how calm he is in the vids best souls borne TH-camr on the platform, keep it up dude ❤️
This list was soo different to mine just goes to show how much of an effect different builds have on the Elden ring experience
seeing commander njall so low made me feel bad. i beat him around level 100 with dex meele build and it was the fight where i got instakilled the most of all bosses in any soulsy game i played so far.
I absolutely love the boss design of some of the end game fights. I'm just not a huge fan of their mechanics. Their difficulty seems to hinge on weird timing AOE attacks and multi hit combos that seem impossible to dodge at points. It's like they were designed with summons in mind. Overall though great game. Beating it was one of the greatest experiences
They also have super inflated hp where even playing with a halberd that does 800+ damage still feels like it’s not doing enough
The end bosses were so easy though at full build if u were using mimic
Tree Sentinel was a very fun boss once we had equal hoofing.
I wanted to beat him without my steed it took a whole fuckin day but I did it…him and the black knight on the horse( forgot his name)
@@317NEETz would you do it three more times?
@@evenrik_2214 absolutely not I’m gonna cheese my way through him every other time now
Magma Wyrm can be real difficult sometimes. One of his attacks with the sword can insta-kill you and the other attack that has a very delayed sword smash deals ton of damage if up close.
Full disclosure: I encountered a lot of the harder, early bosses when I was putting most if not all of my earlier skill points into strength and not vigor or endurance. This resulted in my being able to do plenty of damage, but them being able to do that to me. I had to use near perfect dodging and in-and-out techniques to beat them. I think my heart rate was at 130 while fighting them.
Nice to see I’m not the only who found radahn hard
Edit:just tried out the trick to unequip and requip armour in mimic tear and yes it not only works but it makes the fight from a joke to as easy as true king allant
20:03 Commander Niall was surprisingly lethal for me, but one funny thing I learned on accident is his prosthetic leg slams can be either completely or partially avoided by jumping, once I started doing that he wasn't as terrible (his damage output is still insane)
Gideon was the easiest boss for me. Killed him with 5 lightning spears which also staggered him, he died before attacking
It also depends how many big bosses you beat before him. He learns from all bosses you beat and adds to his powers. He's always quite frail but he adds to his offense which can make it harder. You beat every single boss possible before him, he's going to pump out the pain.
I one shot him with inescapable frenzy lmao
I think so far the hardest boss in the game is malenia just because of the healing on hit
There's some form of lifesteal in a lot of the harder bosses. It's crazy
@@theDeModcracy yea but she does have a crazy one shot move that’s hard to dodge lol
I just beat her, holy shit she might be one of the hardest bosses in Fromsoft history
Oh. No.
So Fromsoft saw the Dark Lord in Doom Eternal and thought "Hahaha, it would be awesome if we had a boss that heals with each hit?"
I'm scared to fight her now. I'm nowhere near where she is, but I'm legitimately scared. I've beaten the likes of Isshin and Gael and didn't mind them too.
@@DS_DoggerX I haven’t beaten her yet but she is the hardest boss I have fought in any fromsoft game
got some complains i love these videos i do i’ve always been excited for them and i’ve been watching you for a long time but idk man i think it’s way to early to be making a video like this bro truly. i feel like this one’s just a view grab like we haven’t even had enough time to truly get immersed with every single boss and know how they work down to the bone and with multiple different builds of testing to see how they fair against other kinds of weapons and builds
Just FYI, this is all his experience. From myself and many of my friends Niall is significantly more difficult than he places him, easily above this entire group by a wide margin. Tread carefully!
Agreed, commander nial was nuts, definitely higher on my list
Niall just fell over for my sorcerer build, just straight melted on first try.
Aren't most of his moves predictable?
You can just use witching branches on his summons and they will annihilate him
yeah Demod was ultra overleveled, Niall does not make sense with this placement.
I love how different builds make difficulty so playthrough dependant in this game. Personally I'd put Naill in top 3 seeing that I actually needed to switch to a greatsword from my straight to claim victory 🤣
Tru. First playthrough was a tank berserker type. Doing a glass cannon mage build now. Def makes some easier and some much harder.
Bruh i had to respec myself, max out my sword and max out my mimic tear to beat him
Shoutout to the use of the Bazel theme for Agheel. Fun comparison between the two dive-bombers.
I was able to do the areas in a pretty good order so that most fights were pretty toe to toe. The only one that surprised me was the ancestral spirit. I was way under leveled for the area and I still beat him like a rented moose. Also I fought all the dragons on foot. Using my horse never occurred to me since Agheel was actually the first boss I beat and he wasn't difficult for me on foot, but it looks fun. I'll have to try!
I think the DLC of the game should have Radahn in his prime as the final boss. No summons, no horse, just you and him in an epic 1v1 showdown.
Radahn's lore definitely one of the best if not the best in elden ring
Nah the dlc will be whatever was in that egg that the lord of blood was talking to
Or the face under stromveil castle
I love that fighting Gideon really does feel like punching an old man until he dies. One of the few bosses I first tried
I've put 80 hours into this game and this is the first time I'm seeing some of these guys. Crazy how you can put that much time into a game and still miss major content like bosses (that's a compliment btw) Time for a second playthrough lol
Commander Niall and O’Niel are 2 different people.
This game has a lot of very similar names. I guess it’s a family thing. Godrick, Godfey, Godwyn…
or the pain of naming
Don't forget Godefroy, Godrick's twin brother locked up in the Evergaol. To be fair though they're supposed to be similar; Godfrey, Godwyn, Godefroy, and Godrick are all of the Golden Lineage (related to Godfrey, the first Elden Lord, and Queen Marika), Radahn, Ranni, and Rykard are all children of Rennala and Radagon, and Miquella, Malenia, and presumably Morgott, Mohg, and Melina are all children of Radagon and Marika.
Ok the Nergigante theme on the transition to the first dragon was perfect and gave me PTSD from another one of my favorite games with demon AI. Keep it up man!
I just REALLY want to talk about Leonine Misbegotten. I fought him as my very first boss, even before Margit, and he was VERY difficult. I couldn’t stun him, and nearly all of his attacks 1 shot me. And all of his aggressive and strangely timed sword swiped has me aching for so long. Definitely underrated imo
Heh, I knew as soon as you said "no summons and no spirit ash" that Margit was going to end up way higher on this list than he deserves to be. Will be interesting to hear your take on it because to me he was the boss that was supposed to teach people, "you have help, use it". Like with Genichiro and teaching the player to parry.
And given just how insanely fast he is to change targets when he wants to it only makes the fight fractionally easier anyway.
that no summons rule is certainly going to place Radahn super high... if there was any boss that was made with the intention of the player summoning then it was him.
@@Eclipsed_Embers Honestly, as a bread and butter straight sword melee player, having summons in Radahns fights made it harder for me, especially with Radahns massive AOE swings. I found it simpler when he would never re target mid combo
Agreed. As someone who tends to avoid summons for boss battles, this game legit changed my views in that for almost half its roster of bosses. Like damn. To be fair, I don't farm overworld enemies and I tend to boss rush this game even on first playthrough, so it makes sense that encounters will be more difficult for me, and summons become more necessary.
Just a tip for Rennalas second phase, if you use the ash of war trolls roar it stuns her knocking her to the floor giving you time to either stun her again or attack her
I found the flying dragons even easier on foot than horseback, actually.
Really?? I found the complete opposite to be true
Yeah they are easier on foot for me in most situations as a astrologer.
@@DevK0z I guess hit and run on horseback just felt easiest as a strength build. All my weapons swing so slowly so having the mobility of the horse helped.
I found it easier in foot since I could just dodge tails wipes and stomps with an actual roll instead of a 70/30% chance of getting hit. When I started fighting Greyll, the tail swipe killed me the majority of the time while on the horse. On foot i did… slightly better
after watching this I realized that all the "mid tier" bosses you featured, become low tier when you go for a blood loss build. Seriously, for e.g, I didn't know Rennala's 1st form had a 2nd phase because she died in a single burst thnx to blood loss
Watching these videos was my reward for making to the end of Elden Ring. Boy did that motivate me. :D Super happy to be here!
Elden Ring is the best example of hard not necessarily being good. A lot of the coolest and most fun bosses (Mimic Tear and Ancestor Spirit) are pretty easy, while some of the hardest ones (Radhan and Fire Giant) are not designed well and are not fun to learn. Thankfully the game still has plenty of well designed **and** difficult bosses, such as Margit and Godfrey.
Radahn and the fire giant are both well designed and fun to learn. Radahn is also quite easy and the fire giants only real difficulty is a health check. I think you just don’t like to be challenged, and thus, find the easier bosses to be more fun.
@@avengedhotfuzz7499 No, I enjoy good challenges such as Malenia or Radagon, but the two I listed are not fun to learn or to fight. Don't do the condescending "you don't like to be challenged" thing.
Radahn was the most well-designed fight FROM has made so far imho. It challenged me to use all the skills I've used up to that point. Switching between horseback to solo fighting the boss depending on the situation was great, using the dunes to avoid his black hole magic was a clever way of using the environment to your advantage, and I also found myself switching between magic and physical attacks. I never used summons, but from what I've seen, it makes the boss fight very cinematic. Perhaps whatever strategy you were using made the fight less enjoyable?
Radahn (pre nerf) and Fire Giant are significantly better bosses than Mimic and Ancestor...
Just a fun fact/FYI for fire giant, hitting his wrists does indeed do the same damage as hitting his ankle did. You can technically even hit them in phase 1, but it's a _lot_ harder than the ankle. The wrists are fairly easy to hit in phase 2, aside from having to wait for him to put his arms on the ground.
Always attack the back of the amputated leg. Because this way when he rolls you wont get caught and take damage in the second phase.
@@Netherghoul If you only use hit and run tactics for the wrists in phase 2 it's honestly not that hard to avoid getting hit. The most dangerous things are the firebolt things that he occasionally shoots when you're at a distance.
@@Pandadoxical I hate the proximity explosives because sometimes you get stunned by his weapon and then finished off by their explosion. And its super annoying to just be stunned and then eat the damage and die.
I haven’t even played Elden Ring yet and wanted to wait to watch this until after, but I can’t resist it anymore.
I would LOVE to see a ranking of the gank bosses in this series since there are just so many of them. And I know a certain two statues that will get my vote for the roughest.
Wait till you find the 2 crucible knights or the 2 pumpkinheads😂
@@cchris93 don't remind me of the crucible duo God that was painful
@@cchris93 I had no problem with the crucible knights(honestly had more trouble with the crucible/misbegotten pair) because parry. The statues' timing just threw me off way too much.
Wait til you meet the godskin duo. FUCK that fight
Godskin duo is hell
i found loretta really easy, she did considerably less damage than the creatures in the run up to her room.
Easier than commander nial in my opinion
Loretta was my 2nd easiest boss.
@@namelessking3988 Commander Niall really annoyed me lmao. Not so much the boss himself, but those 2 fucking Knights he summons at the start, they killed me more times than the actual boss did.
@@Dahrk_Angel want a hint? 1 of these summons is the best in the game, called ouleg i think (the dual wielding 1), if you get him as spirit get ready to go through the game like a hot knife.(he can literally solo bosses) i wont spoil more but there are 2 others that are tanky as well as deal damage.
@@GabyHannaheavenseeker Mimic Tear is the best summon
Watching your videos have helped me learn what this game was trying to teach you.
Ain't no way Commander Niall is that low.
Rennala being ranked as harder than Astel is wild to me. Rennala staggers so easily and has like no poise. Easiest fight of my life
The Bazelgeuse theme playing for Agheel was perfect
I had a strange bug with regal ancestor spirit and was wondering if someone else has as well. When I staggered him it, it still had about 80 percent of its health left. The weird thing is that he disappeared like he was deleted out of existence and some of the goats showed up, after about 15 seconds his health dropped to zero and I got the usual boss defeat prompt. Just a weird occurrence I'm curious anyone else has experienced.
Sounds like it fell through the map or something.
Yes. Same thing happened to me two days ago.