Finding this guy was my most "wtf" moment I had in the game so far. Was merely trying to find the map, got lost, went up, and then suddenly was being eaten alive by a maw of lightning.
Text leaks show he betrayed our lord and saviour Plasci, attacked him and the battle resulted in the brutal injuries both sustained, he then fled and was the reason for the lesser dragons existence
@@masterofcolddark6892Far as I am aware there is nothing to have suggested this to be the case. We know that the age of dragons was long before Marika became a god and that possibly the age of the crucible was in between. But it is possible there were other ages even between dragon and crucible.
Yeah, this goes hard. Also kinda cool that they added an NPC who can join you in the bossfight that has dialogue like Siegward of Catarina or Biorr of the Twin Fangs
He’s actually got 3 running up his back, I’m guessing that during their fight Plascidusaxs tried wrapping his heads around him like what King Ghidoera did in Godzilla king of the monsters
The thing is that Placidusax is stronger lore wise but the actual game mechanics r pretty unfair against Placi. It definitely seems like Bayle would win.
@@anonisnoone6125 How? Based on the wounds, Bayle inflicted more damage.. 3 heads.. maybe he flee but it doesn't say much; the fact that he even had the power to flee and Placi didn't have the power to catch him kind of says they're almost even
I love how how I can’t summon Igon for two seconds without getting hit with a stream of fire only to be killed immediately after I get up. This dlc has been so much fun
@@gangzilla5716 if I heard right, Bayle FLED fighting Placi, so while he did do in the Dragon Lord's heads, Placi's still probably stronger, especially seeing what Bayle's current body looks like(look at his broken right wing, the bone's sticking out while the left wing's just cut.
@@themustardman219 fleeing also means he can't take on Placi. If he could win, why can't he finish the job? Sure he took his heads, but he still has two. Plus, a dragon's best advantage is flight.
This is the best dragon fight FromSoftware has made. The buildup to his fight as you climb the mountain, with all of the red lighting raging around the peak. The 2nd phase of his fight where his music starts kicking in. Not Midir nor Placidusax can top him now.
I don't like elden ring, but this boss looks gorgeous. He has buildup, hype, pathos. Above that, he looks like Balrog and has a great design. It likes if Mohg was a dragon
@@Ultradockerkeep coping buddy, you enjoy commenting on anyone’s comment praising how good this fight is, or do you have such a boring life you have nothing else to do but act different.
@@Ultradocker If you say this is endless AOE spam, then you haven't played any Fromsoft game lmao, every Fromsoft boss is unfair and spams everything in their arsenal. Malenia is an example.
@@Ultradocker The reason I prefer this boss fight is I much more enjoy dodging large single attacks than multi hit combos with mixups where you can never tell when it will end. (i.e. Rellana) Bayle has clear punish windows and rewards proper positioning and timing. Once you get the fight down all his moves have very clear timings on when to dodge. Aoe spam does in fact suck if you plan on tanking every single attack, so I can see why this fight might not be fun if you’re more of a sword and shield player or dislike dodging moves.
This dragon means business man, if u look closely, u can see that he has the other 2 (maybe 3) heads of lord Placidusax himself on his neck. If he was the reason placi lost his heads then u know Bayle is no joke…
I, with sound mind and body, dethrone Midir as my personal top dragon in the souls series, and happily place Bayle at the top spot. I LOVE this fight. The attacks, the lore, the absolute HATRED Igon has for Bayle, the music, and Jesus bike riding Christ that second phase! 20/10
To everyone on any NG+ these bosses will fuck over your day so i advise to NOT go over an absurd NG+ amount due to this boss alone and alot of the others maybe?
All previous commenters have yet to fight this monstrosity. Truly the worst experience of the DLC so far. Cool, but not being able to attack while getting just half healthed every attack , not cool. So called "dragon hunter" just yells and throws shit.
@@smol-shogun2005 i fought the golden hippo,the lion,and rellana,and they all killed me at least 20-30 times each,now i wonder if im simply rlly bad or are they just too strong
Was this guy once human? his wings look really deformed, and yet he can breathe a mix of fire and lightning, and has a secondary pair of wings that enable flight. If that case is true, then he might be the closet a human has gotten to becoming a full dragon.
I believe his lore is he betrayed, fought, and fled from Lord Placi. His wings were ripped off. He also has one of Placi's head burrowed into his kneck
As far from it as imaginable- he's effectively the Dark Lord of the Dragons, even older than Placidusax. The whole system of dragon communion was created as a means to hunt him down and exterminate his offspring with the help of humans.
It sounds like a different version of the OST, at least in phase 1. does anyone know why that might be? Or know where I could find it, I’d love to compare them side by side
@@andys3279 You are being kinda crazy, though. 2 Malenia's that get healed after every strike is literally an impossible boss fight. This is possible, just very hard. I just beat it after some 60+ tries. His first moveset is not that bad to get down, the second moveset goes crazy; the key is that a lot of his attacks are NOT safe to reply in kind. The best one I used to get some hits in is when he is doing like a 3 hit combo and you get under him. I also used Maliketh's Blade Blade to quickly whittle down health in those key moments. He's definitely higher than Malenia in difficulty, but as long as you know what you're doing; you got this.
just beat him as well it was not a fun fight he feels really wierdly designed like they tried to something similar to midir but not with the same finesse that he had
@@Oknahidwin The camera on midir works better and midir has better telegraphed moves and also is kind of an hp sponge but bayle is just something else, he takes literally no damage
Man I gotta say this is the hardest boss I’ve faced yet, he was quite the challenge for me but I took him down. And I have to say he’s the best dragon from software has given us. everything about his design and his Bossfight in general is brutally amazing. Just the way he attacks alone really sells this boss for me, and as he flails, and pounds his broken limbs towards you in almost a desperate attempt to completely annihilate your existence is just so cool. Almost all of his limbs are missing besides one leg and he still manages to put up An amazing fight really tells you how powerful he is especially since he thought the dragon lord himself and debatably won. And especially when he enters his second phase and starts flying around the arena. Raining hellfire down at you before crashing into the ground at mock speed and showcasing even more amazing attacks he has It’s just phenomenal.
Finding this guy was my most "wtf" moment I had in the game so far. Was merely trying to find the map, got lost, went up, and then suddenly was being eaten alive by a maw of lightning.
Lmao I may never find that map
Me too bro
@@tristancronin6589 Hint; its nowhere near where you guys are at. Its all the way in the south, in the place called Cerulean Coast.
Yea I did the same. Just found dragon pit and I ended up on top of mountain with OP dragon. Didn’t even know this is a side quest
@@stephenjenkins7971 just found it thanks
He betrayed placidusax and created the lesser dragons. Can anyone confirm?
This is correct
Text leaks show he betrayed our lord and saviour Plasci, attacked him and the battle resulted in the brutal injuries both sustained, he then fled and was the reason for the lesser dragons existence
@@joshvanzuydam i though plasci lost heads to godfrey
@@masterofcolddark6892Far as I am aware there is nothing to have suggested this to be the case. We know that the age of dragons was long before Marika became a god and that possibly the age of the crucible was in between. But it is possible there were other ages even between dragon and crucible.
@@joshvanzuydam So Bayle is the one who cut 3 of Placi's heads.Interesting
I see Balerion the Black Dread has made it into Elden Ring.
Thought the same thing lol
BRAVO GEORGE
My thoughts exactly
Balerion is much bigger
@@Very-old-man but much weaker so it evens itself
Yeah, this goes hard. Also kinda cool that they added an NPC who can join you in the bossfight that has dialogue like Siegward of Catarina or Biorr of the Twin Fangs
Do you know how to get them?
It's an NPC called Igon you see him screaming on the way to dragon pit, it's hard to miss
@@professorpenguin7293 welp I missed it lol. I still got him though.
Whoever beat bayle congrats, whoever leaves a message in his arena so others can't find igon, dick move
People that do that really need to be out off-line
If Placidusax resembles King Ghidorah then this guy would be Destoroyah
You definitely right
just noticed its got 1 of placidusaxs heads latched onto its neck
He’s actually got 3 running up his back, I’m guessing that during their fight Plascidusaxs tried wrapping his heads around him like what King Ghidoera did in Godzilla king of the monsters
He looks straight outta DOOM eternal
more like Doom the dark ages
Welp, excited to see the BvB between Bayle and Placi. Hearing that both have beef, this is going to be a good time.
Bonfire VPN here I come
The thing is that Placidusax is stronger lore wise but the actual game mechanics r pretty unfair against Placi. It definitely seems like Bayle would win.
@@anonisnoone6125 How? Based on the wounds, Bayle inflicted more damage.. 3 heads.. maybe he flee but it doesn't say much; the fact that he even had the power to flee and Placi didn't have the power to catch him kind of says they're almost even
@@Ankylosaurus_mangiventris He doesn't do BvsB anymore
@@gangzilla5716 damn really? That’s a shame, I loved his DS3 videos
The npc has more beef with bayle than placi 😂
yeah this might be the coolest fight in the game. so looking forward to fighting this guy
This entire fight had my jaw on the floor. This might be the best fight in the whole game.
I have omly damaged him once on ng+3
Not my idea of cool
might be the coolest fight in all of fromsoft
Coolest and most annoying
To be honest he looks good and thats about it, lame to fight as every dragon in elden ring except placudisax, just a huge hp sponge
I love how how I can’t summon Igon for two seconds without getting hit with a stream of fire only to be killed immediately after I get up. This dlc has been so much fun
To think that He survived being attacked by Placid is crazy
Hell, I would even say he win actually. He cut off 3 of Placidusax head.
So this the man that fucked up my second favorite boss?
@@gangzilla5716 if I heard right, Bayle FLED fighting Placi, so while he did do in the Dragon Lord's heads, Placi's still probably stronger, especially seeing what Bayle's current body looks like(look at his broken right wing, the bone's sticking out while the left wing's just cut.
@@Urd-Vidansure he fled but I'm pretty sure cutting off multiple heads is a bigger injury than some torn up wings
@@themustardman219 fleeing also means he can't take on Placi. If he could win, why can't he finish the job? Sure he took his heads, but he still has two. Plus, a dragon's best advantage is flight.
This is the best dragon fight FromSoftware has made. The buildup to his fight as you climb the mountain, with all of the red lighting raging around the peak. The 2nd phase of his fight where his music starts kicking in.
Not Midir nor Placidusax can top him now.
It was terrifying ngl going up the mountain i felt like i was about to fight a dragon god
I don't like elden ring, but this boss looks gorgeous. He has buildup, hype, pathos. Above that, he looks like Balrog and has a great design. It likes if Mohg was a dragon
have you actually fought him or just seen this video? Its constant AOE Spame, super shitty boss.
@@Ultradockerkeep coping buddy, you enjoy commenting on anyone’s comment praising how good this fight is, or do you have such a boring life you have nothing else to do but act different.
Amazing boss, the npc great voice acting just makes it even better.
you enjoy endlêss AOE spam? this boss is the definition of doshit brainrot boss design
@@Ultradocker Do you enjoy spoiling everyone's fun just because you cant handle the boss or because you dont like it?
@@Kyubi268 what are you even talking about spoiling? you saw the video, you are commenting on it.
@@Ultradocker isnt spoiling like, when you try to end with someone's fun?
@@Ultradocker If you say this is endless AOE spam, then you haven't played any Fromsoft game lmao, every Fromsoft boss is unfair and spams everything in their arsenal. Malenia is an example.
Close enough, Welcome back Midir
Midir is nothing compared to this
@@BeenznSkwash yeah, this is better than "mid"ir
@@G-Manfromhalflife AGREED
Igon has to be my favorite npc the way he just yells is absolutely amazing
he stood on business & killed his biggest opp 🙏
Bro you seem skilled enough to beat this Dragon with a strength build...
*CURSE YOU BAAAYYYLE!* I hereby vow! You will rue this day! Behold, a true drake warrior! And I, Igon! Your fears made flesh!
I fucking love this voice acting
CURSE YOU, BAYLE!
Yep. This is the best dragon fight they've ever made. It's gonna be hard to top this one.
Better than Midir?
@@colehamrick6252Cooler than midir and if it has similar mechanics than midir than probably.
Midir and the princes were much better than this
@@mehmetvursavas5922 cap they use the same trick as midir with focusing on his head. And in terms of moveset this boss clears
@@mehmetvursavas5922nah
This is the most fun I’ve had fighting a Boss, in any game, EVER.
explain whats fun about AOE spam? easily the worst boss in the game so far next to base game fire giant.
Me fucking too. Oh my god i was smiling so hard
@@UltradockerGodskin duo would like a word with you.
@@Ultradockergo fight commander giaus and think about what you said again.
@@Ultradocker The reason I prefer this boss fight is I much more enjoy dodging large single attacks than multi hit combos with mixups where you can never tell when it will end. (i.e. Rellana) Bayle has clear punish windows and rewards proper positioning and timing. Once you get the fight down all his moves have very clear timings on when to dodge. Aoe spam does in fact suck if you plan on tanking every single attack, so I can see why this fight might not be fun if you’re more of a sword and shield player or dislike dodging moves.
Design wise this looks amazing, the arena too
Bayle killed me like 50-60 times but I finally got him 🙌
best fromsoftware dragon boss fr
Midir says hi
@@reixx-_- midir is fucking mid
@@G-Manfromhalflife aight
@@reixx-_- bayle is better ngl
@@ll-ll5gt nah. To me it's not even close.
Igon is the main character now
This boss is relentless.
Omfg what a boss
Thought I’d finally give summoning a go for this one.
Person enters arena.
Boss gets one hit.
Regret.
Only annoying thing is people putting messages on the summon sing
This dragon means business man, if u look closely, u can see that he has the other 2 (maybe 3) heads of lord Placidusax himself on his neck. If he was the reason placi lost his heads then u know Bayle is no joke…
I love this guy's design
POV: You find the person who’s been spending all your money.
HOLY FUCK I JUST BEAT THIS BOSS HE NO FUCKIN JOKE
I, with sound mind and body, dethrone Midir as my personal top dragon in the souls series, and happily place Bayle at the top spot. I LOVE this fight. The attacks, the lore, the absolute HATRED Igon has for Bayle, the music, and Jesus bike riding Christ that second phase! 20/10
To everyone on any NG+
these bosses will fuck over your day so i advise to NOT go over an absurd NG+ amount due to this boss alone and alot of the others maybe?
Sickest dragon
Fearsome Darkeater Midir has evolved!
This was such a fun fight
All previous commenters have yet to fight this monstrosity. Truly the worst experience of the DLC so far. Cool, but not being able to attack while getting just half healthed every attack , not cool. So called "dragon hunter" just yells and throws shit.
I was literally thinking if theres on boss that a sorc build actually would be decent on its this one, turns out i was not mistaken lmao
womp womp,go hate somewhere else
womp womp
I swear man, these people who comment saying the dlc is easy haven't played at all or just haven't fought the bosses
@@smol-shogun2005 i fought the golden hippo,the lion,and rellana,and they all killed me at least 20-30 times each,now i wonder if im simply rlly bad or are they just too strong
Was this guy once human? his wings look really deformed, and yet he can breathe a mix of fire and lightning, and has a secondary pair of wings that enable flight. If that case is true, then he might be the closet a human has gotten to becoming a full dragon.
I believe his lore is he betrayed, fought, and fled from Lord Placi. His wings were ripped off. He also has one of Placi's head burrowed into his kneck
@@kailanerman5090Is that the reason 3 of Plasi’s heads are ripped off?
@@colehamrick6252 Yeah both of them sustained heavy damage from the battle
@@colehamrick6252 most likely! We thought it was Godfrey, but lore and timeline wise, it now makes way more sense that it was this fella
As far from it as imaginable- he's effectively the Dark Lord of the Dragons, even older than Placidusax. The whole system of dragon communion was created as a means to hunt him down and exterminate his offspring with the help of humans.
Is that Midir's cousin?
This dlc is the best
It sounds like a different version of the OST, at least in phase 1. does anyone know why that might be? Or know where I could find it, I’d love to compare them side by side
what the priestess dragon heart for trade?
I’m so happy I didn’t finish going to the path leading to him I would’ve been cooked I was still fresh in the dlc
Dammit Igon sign is in the boss room after all. I couldn't for the life of me find it and wasnt able to complete his quest 💀
the npc goes hard
this boss fight is the very definition of visual clutter
"Ain't 20v1 it's 1v20 if I gotta smack your summons"
CURSE YOUUU, BAYYYLLLEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monster Hunter vibes
Anyone jnow what talisman and staff hes running?
Placi vs bayle make it happen garden
Why no two phase bosses?
The music stopping for suspense and the boss suddenly flying doesn’t count as a second phase?
Something doesn't need a second health bar to have a second phase
The scadutree spirit has 3
Is this genuinely fun for you?
Looks like they got some inspiration for this one’s moveset from Gorgara from Jedi fallen order
Where do you take its heart after killing it
The big dead dragon, you know the one
Damn placidusax fucked bro up badly
Epic boss fight
My favorite boss
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYLLLEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can anyone beat him using a melee build?
dragon hunter katana
@@bosoqdawg, I swear to god mine doesn't work at all
@@smol-shogun2005 upgrade to plus 10 use the ash of war remember the move and minimal level 13 or more for blessing in shadow of erd tree
I just did
I did with double omencleavers, he does have a shorter hit window but it's doable
whats the build?
the talisman lead me here
This is just midir 2💀
Worst boss fight in fromsoft history, puts 2 summons and penalizes you with instant death for using either
Nah, Malenia is much worse
@@alexrenner5117I’m not being remotely sarcastic when I say that fighting 2 Malenias at once would be easier than this fight
@@andys3279 You are being kinda crazy, though. 2 Malenia's that get healed after every strike is literally an impossible boss fight. This is possible, just very hard. I just beat it after some 60+ tries. His first moveset is not that bad to get down, the second moveset goes crazy; the key is that a lot of his attacks are NOT safe to reply in kind.
The best one I used to get some hits in is when he is doing like a 3 hit combo and you get under him. I also used Maliketh's Blade Blade to quickly whittle down health in those key moments.
He's definitely higher than Malenia in difficulty, but as long as you know what you're doing; you got this.
Fucking cope
His grab attack is impossible to dodge.
I mean, just time? It isn't even a multi hit combo is just one attack
Its the easiest to dodge lmao
How can you get Igon's sign? I don't see it anywhere
You have to kill the Jagged Peak Drake, then talk to Igon and get his furled finger.
@@Count.Saruman A little too late. I killed Bayle already lol. Thanks though, I'll keep it in mind for my next playthrough
@@Count.Sarumando you have to kill all of them or just one?
@@The_swan_god Just the Jagged Peak drake next to Igon, I think. You shouldn't need to kill Senessax.
@@Count.Saruman I did it but thank you!
Can’t wait to fight this guy at RL1.
just beat him as well it was not a fun fight he feels really wierdly designed like they tried to something similar to midir but not with the same finesse that he had
Seriously? I found him a better version of midir
@@Oknahidwin The camera on midir works better and midir has better telegraphed moves and also is kind of an hp sponge but bayle is just something else, he takes literally no damage
@@ridero4812too much glaze on midir
I for one loved the fight
only normal boss in dlc
Midras, Messmer, Rellana and the penis monster all go hard. The only dissapointment is the final fight.
every dlc boss was amazing apart from radahn
@@ll-ll5gtradahn is a dlc boss?
@@wont0repeat446 unfortunately
@@ll-ll5gt just seen him he looks cool af and I think it’ll grow on people like Gael
using magic lol
midir 2.0
Man I gotta say this is the hardest boss I’ve faced yet, he was quite the challenge for me but I took him down. And I have to say he’s the best dragon from software has given us. everything about his design and his Bossfight in general is brutally amazing. Just the way he attacks alone really sells this boss for me, and as he flails, and pounds his broken limbs towards you in almost a desperate attempt to completely annihilate your existence is just so cool. Almost all of his limbs are missing besides one leg and he still manages to put up An amazing fight really tells you how powerful he is especially since he thought the dragon lord himself and debatably won. And especially when he enters his second phase and starts flying around the arena. Raining hellfire down at you before crashing into the ground at mock speed and showcasing even more amazing attacks he has It’s just phenomenal.
seems like midir got dethroned as the best fromsoft dragon boss
CURSE YOU, BAYLE!