@TheSchylli I did too for first few playthroughs lol. Every time it was like "eeeeyyyyy I forgot you existed!" As the mini boss aggressively shakes it's chains at me.
Ahaha “lady and gentlemen” I’m dying. Didn’t know you could see that stuff. I’m part of that 0.5%. I love your vids so much. Been playing souls games since the original demon souls and your vids never fail to entertain me. Love your input on things.
Generally I consider enemys like the Drakes in Demons Souls, the Hellkite Drake in DS1 and DS3, and the Carthus Worm to be more like..."Level Hazards that you can kill" more then actual enemys that you fight. Great video btw :)
I’ve now watched almost all of your ranking videos, and I have to say that I absolutely love your writing/editing style and overall vibe/attitude. You’ve definitely got my subscription, hands down. Can’t wait to see what you come up with next; keep ‘em coming!
lorewise, I always assumed the heide dragon was meant to show the extent of the old dragonslayer's deterioration... his one emphasised character trait (slaying dragons) yet theres one contentedly sleeping right outside
Yeah, I mis-spoke a bit there when I said it wasn't placed logically. I more meant that it was placed without due thought for the mechanics of actually beating it rather than it being placed illogically lore-wise.
What about the fact that the other boss of the area is the Dragonrider? I always thought it was supposed to be his mount, as it's just chilling so close to the other knights of the area.
My favorites ER miniboss are the ones Who are in Horses mainly because the story behind It. See, FromSoft wanted to implement this kind of enemies since DS3, being a more dificult enemy than usual due to their high speed, in that moment they weren't able to program It as It was dificult to make one NPC stand over another. They tried to do that in Sekiro but rather on another way, as a same NPC , meaning that enemy wouldn't be able to be separated from his Horse. Of course, im talking about the first main Boss fight of the game, Gyobu. It wasn't until their open world game that they decided rather a stupid yet so simple and efficient solution; attach points. Some NPC would had attach points in order that other NPCs would be glued over them. That means that some enemies, could be able to ride enemies such as those pesky flying insects. Anyhow, you can see that some bosses on horseback used the same system as Gyobu (Erdtree Sentinels) and which bosses actually used the newer systems( Night Calvary). Some people may be in denial, but FromSoftware always wanted to implement new systems into their games, and the idea of some scrapped concepts that can come back later with more experience is something I love about game development.
They went all out when it comes to mounted enemies in Elden ring lol Tree sentinel Draconic tree sentinel Loretta Horseback wraithcallers Kaiden warriors Mounted knights (Region specific) Night cavalry (Glaive/Halberd) Mounted Nox army
@@BioshockDrill Have you ever Heard the "FromSoft literally just copypaste Demon Souls 6 times and Call It a day"? Thats what I meant, FromSoft likes to implement new systems and explore new stuff.
Mounted enemies go farther back than DS3. BB has a cut knight on a horse, and in DS2 concept art you also have an unused knight/horse. If you wanna get technical the twin princes are a mounted enemy but they don’t separate past phase 2 lol
@@waltersullivan2727 Of, interesting! I Heard about that but I wasn't sure if It was real. Seems that mounted enemies, on a similar fashion as the open world and wandering enemies, were things planned much earlier when they didn't have the resources/experience for doing so.
I hated them at first due to how BS they appeared. I love them now and they are the epitome of why I love these games. They have the ability to wreck the everloving shit out of even the most seasoned FromSoft vet if you get sloppy. But when you are zoned in properly, oh man are they satisfying to kill.
I strongly disagree with Grafted Scion being a bad mini-boss, let alone the worst one in Elden Ring. I'm bad at fighting them as well, despite the 1000+ hours I have in Elden Ring, but that doesn't mean they're bad enemies. I've always enjoyed the difficult, complex moveset they possess, and all the little ways you can create openings by strafing certain attacks and attacking in between the gaps in their combos.
for the outrider knights dodging behind them helps a lot after getting absolutely destroyed in my first playthrough I finally understood what to do in ng+ rolling behind them makes a lot of their attacks miss and makes the aggression far tolerable
I scrolled for a minute, but have yet to see anyone mention that scions and revenants are both weak to even the most basic healing incantation. It doesnt outright kill scions, but it'll flip them on there back like the shell guys from ds3. Plenty of time to finish it off while its squirming on the ground 👌
The Heide Knights near the dragon will attack you even if you haven’t killed the Dragonrider, but the ones further away are still passive. I played through this level recently.
I have to say my fav DS1 minibosses are the big sludge monsters in New Londo. They're one of a kind, look horrifying when you first see them, have a very unique set of abilities, match perfectly to their environment and their freakiness adds an extra tension when you fight them, especially since they're always surrounded by lesser enemies.
Damn just noticed how you've gained quite a few thousand subs since i found your channel, you're clearly doing something right! Great stuff as always. I've seen many videos on the same topics as yours but hearing your love for what you're talking about is always a pleasure to watch. Also I could never figure out where the channel name comes from, if anything. Mr CANDLE Type 1a may i ask, what is a CANDLE Type 1a?
Thanks man, glad you like my stuff! As for my channel name, it's a pretty obscure reference to some lyrics from the song, "Interstellar Boredom" by the German metal band, Alkaloid. The song's about making a Dyson Sphere and I just thought Candle Type 1a sounded like the coolest term when I heard the vocalist say it.
You know what'd be a hilariously evil heavyish/minibossish unit for ER2? Mini Margit/Morgott. With the whacky super long attack delays and crazy combo potentials. Make them more aggressive with the sudden thrown daggers for good measure.
The reason the 7 ashina spears boss is so hard is that he's the first spear enemy in the game that doesn't get destroyed by mikiri counters, he makes it hard to perform one because of the delays and even if you manage to do it he doesn't give you an opening right after.
Grafted Scion: they have a few attacks you can punish somewhat reliably. Run in after their scream with a jumping light, the forth swing in their basic swipe combo is easy enough to score a parry on. when they do that stomping attack with all their blades that wraps up with a leap and slam, respond with your own jumping heavy. When they take the duelist stance, run their right side. to be clear, you will be going to the left side of the screen, and you can reliably dodge either of the attacks they come out with and punish with a few swings of your own. Still not terribly fun to fight. You never feel in control regardless of your combat style unless your able to nuke the damn things before they get close. and they get close gaps very fast, it feels, in part because you never have much space to work with when fighting these things. The one in Lenuria is something of an exception, but by the time the illusion disguise wears off, it's already on it's way to kick your shit in, and doesn't even have any rewards on it or nearby to make it worth the effort.
all that being said, the damn lobsters, I hate those FAR more. Not much reason to fight them, but if they agro, they can easily snipe you for an unreasonable level of damage before you get out of range. if your on torrent, it'll dismount you too just to rub salt in the wound, leaving you forced to wait for the tarnished to get back up. Don't blame torrent for it though. I'd be startled too if I got a surprise enema power-wash.
Totally agree with the seven spears of ashina, I legit thought I would never beat him hahah. Took me almost a week to beat him (embarrassing I know) but after fighting him, much like you I loved the fight. Hands down the best souls miniboss imho, really made you get good. Also definitely agree on the headless, especially the underwater one in the fountainhead palace. You fight two for gods sake and you can't use confetti underwater, what a miserable experience.
It looked like you were about to name Havel as worst DS1 miniboss and I already had my hate comment drafted when you said "titanite demon". Good fake out, got me
I've always meant to start putting out stuff on the Nioh series. Nioh 2 in particular is one of my favourite ever games; I absolutely love it. Might put out a retrospective or something for it first this year and then start dipping into lists/rankings after.
I couldn't agree more with your pick for the worst Dark Souls 1 miniboss. I have played DS1 base game and DLC to completion multiple times and DS2 SOTFS base game to completion, and the only enemy in DS1 with Shitboxes as bad as anything in DS2 are the titanite demons. I can perfectly time a dodge to avoid the swing, but if the pole touches me at any point after he's already attacked, I take massive counter damage even though he isn't attacking and I've stopped rolling. Sometimes, it won't even look like it hit me, and I'll take damage. I've been killed by the jumping attack because the tail touched me when I dodged forward to end up behind them, or they'll wind up for a hit, and I take damage from the wind up.
I also CAN’T STAND how their tail can do chip damage to you when you’re busy dodging their like 120 degree fucking polearm swings. Just everything about them is infuriating.
Praise the sun fellow Scotsman been watching your vids the last few days and been trying to figure out why I like your voice so much. I thought you were Irish being half Irish myself so I always get them mixed up haha. Some of these mini bosses I get so annoyed at need to really learn to not be greedy but to be fair I’ve been saying this since DS1 so I guess I will never learn
Tbh it'd be awesome if you went into Armored Core content. We all like fromsoft content, and fromsoft has a lot of different games. Maybe do kingsfield or the echo night series?
It's weird that the Vanguard Demon will sometimes not move at all, just attacking from a stand still. I don't recall this being a problem in the original, but I've definitely seen it in the remake.
Gotta say, as maddeningly harsh as the Bloody Crow of Cainhurst was, I enjoyed the fight far more than the Hyopgean Gaol trio. Probably purely because the Crow isn't blocking progress.
While I definitely agree with Bloodborne’s abhorrent beast, you seemed to forget about the beast possessed soul that appears at the bottom of the pit area near the cathedral. Such a random encounter but a menacing enemy that only otherwise appears as a Chalice boss
I do think the Beast-possessed Soul is a brilliant enemy but for some reason I seemed to remember that it respawned there if you came back after killing him. Upon checking though, turns out it doesn't respawn, and so yeah, if the Abhorrent Beast wasn't in the game it'd probs get the best miniboss spot.
Grafted Scion's to me were not too much of a problem to fight, especially compared to royal revenants. They have many more openings and attacks that are not too hard to roll away from. But it sure seems like heavy weapons user are much more impacted given scion can attack pretty fast.
More I see of the Pursuer, more I wish it was clearly the same one. Even after taking his soul, he just mindlessly keeps pursuing, looking more and more weathered each time with maybe an additional attack on each encounter. Ending with an optional endgame boss fight if you beat him all previous times, now just this barely holding together husk of curse filled armor.
For me, i appreciate the fact that shichimen warrior and headless are optional. I've only ever beatem them once and that was when i was going for the platinum. So they are not a problem that much. With that mindset, my absolute worst miniboss in Sekiro is Blazing Bull. Especially due to the fact that it is mandatory no matter the playthrough. Thinking about the Bull sometimes literary stops me from doing another playthrough. It is annoying as hell and unlike most bosses and minibosses in the game, it is not fun to fight at all no matter the skill level.
The drake in hieds actually is best to fight melee as you just sprint from the stair case to the legs. Then it can never fire breathe again besides it flying up, which you can stand on the edge of the arena to dodge without needing to worry. It can only stomp or try to bite *very slowly* and is a joke to kill early from this.
The grafted scion as well is easily killed by just parrying them. They do the 4 swipes from right to left, the last swipe is heavily delayed and is meant for you to run into it for a parry.
I considered myself a soulsborne veteran when I started Sekiro. But that was the issue I couldn’t break my habits from those games. I’d quit the first time outta frustration and didn’t come back from a few months. I spent 10straight hours of game save time fighting seven spears. It was miserable. But I was not gonna leave and go else where , and I wasn’t quitting again, he was going down. And when is finally beat him I’d broken all the habits of trying to play sekiro like the other games. When that man finally went down I screamed at the TV like I’d put down my worst enemy… lol. But the rest of the game was was much easier and when all was said and done Sekiro is my favorite From game to play.
You could expand this idea to non-souls games? Like maybe 3D Platformers like Hat in Time or Corn Kidz 64 Others souls-likes? Like Salt and Sancturary, Hollow Knight (debatable if that one even counts), Lies of P
My personal pick for the worst titanite demon is that first one in the parish. They’re all annoying but that one is especially terrible because of the rubble all over the place messing with your rolls.
What do you mean "grotesque nipples", my guy?! The Bloody Crow of Cainhurst is the toughest boss in any of the games, and he's not even a real boss... Thanks for another top tier video!
I would personally pick the regular tree sentinel on the first step over the draconic one by maliketh as the better miniboss. It’s a great teaching moment for returning players and new players alike, showing you that there are some things in the open world that you are better off returning to with a little more levels under your belt. Plus it has the really cool shield that reflects magic, forcing casters to take a more imaginative or bold approach. That draconic bastard just shoots fireballs at me with his horse over and over and OVER AGAIN. Terrible AI in my experience, inconvenienced by that miniboss in every run
I’m so glad that someone else hates the DS1 Titanite Demons as much as I do. In the past I’ve even googled “why the titanite demons are so bad” in hopes of finding Reddit posts supporting my views. Their impossible reach, janky, delayed attacks, their clipping through everything, their large HP bars, and the fact that hitting them doesn’t even give you a satisfying, impactful sound the way other enemies do in DS1, all contribute to them feeling just plain terrible to fight. I’d go as far as to say they’d be in my top 5 most annoying enemies in ALL of Souls.
Headless are a pain, but Lone Shadow Masanaga takes my spot for worst miniboss. I did it legit one time, and decided to cheese every time since. Screw him and his endless dogs 😂
Good video! Hard disagree though with the Elden ring pick - I feel the grafted scion is a good miniboss as you are shown how scary this guy is at the start of the game - also Elden rings biggest problem imo is the amount of littering of copy paste bosses. My personal pick for worst miniboss has to be either Margit (surprise encounter outside leynedell) as it’s the exact same enemy again, I believe right next to that miniboss is an ulcerated tree spirit too, which is one of the ugliest moveset bosses in the game
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that sounds like a great way to end a video, but i wouldn’t know
Can't believe so many of you stayed watching right to the end lmao ❤
Super Paper Mario reference? New subscriber
Omg muppet show reference for outro???!?? 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
As someone who watches right to the very end of a video then scrolls down to read comments, this was a joy to see first.
Ideas: Every Soulsbourne Floor Texture RANKED. Every Soulsbourne Fextralife page RANKED. Every Souslborne TH-cam Ranking RANKED.
All Soulsborne Barrels tier list WHEN??
Sir Alonne’s floor chuckling in the distance
Soulsbourne hidden doorways tier list
Soulsborne Oversized animals ranked
That chain freak that you fight only once in ds1 dlc is pretty cool.
Wow I forgot about that guy!
@TheSchylli I did too for first few playthroughs lol. Every time it was like "eeeeyyyyy I forgot you existed!" As the mini boss aggressively shakes it's chains at me.
He also has unique poise in that even when his poise hits 0 he won’t ever stagger unless hit by an attack with sufficiently high motion value.
i hate that guy so much
He respawns tho
Ahaha “lady and gentlemen” I’m dying. Didn’t know you could see that stuff. I’m part of that 0.5%. I love your vids so much. Been playing souls games since the original demon souls and your vids never fail to entertain me. Love your input on things.
So you DO exist!?
Same lol. The math says there should be about 50 of us
51 if you include that me and my girlfriend watch together lol
@@candletype1a447 Part of the 0.5% as well, played all souls
Women are real?!?
Generally I consider enemys like the Drakes in Demons Souls, the Hellkite Drake in DS1 and DS3, and the Carthus Worm to be more like..."Level Hazards that you can kill" more then actual enemys that you fight. Great video btw :)
For me sekiro’s best mini boss has to be o’rin in mibu village. The flow of that battle and deflecting all of her attacks just feels so good
she's great, yea, but I wouldn't call her a miniboss. Closed off arena, health bar. awards you get from bosses, ect,
@@fang4223she's a miniboss. Minibosses give prayer beads and don't give you a memory
Ugh she was very annoying even though I could do that well. Something weird about her fight
she was easy bro i didnt even use confetti or any buff or prosthetic for her just deflections
@@fang4223She is definitely a mini boss. Bosses give memory things. Orin doesnt
10:50 had me so stressed thinking you were gonna pick havel for dark souls 😅
when i went down into the basement for the Aldrich Faithful covenant, man was i not expecting two of those massive Guts dogs
I’m going through my second DS3 play through now and damn they were still brutal. Thankfully I was careful enough not to pull both of them at once.
Yeah but thankfully it's not pointless to kill them like most souls games would do
Huh I'm starting to suspect The Pursuer is called The Pursuer because he pursues you... I'll have to dig deeper
I’ve now watched almost all of your ranking videos, and I have to say that I absolutely love your writing/editing style and overall vibe/attitude. You’ve definitely got my subscription, hands down. Can’t wait to see what you come up with next; keep ‘em coming!
Aw thanks man, really glad my style resonates with ya!
@@candletype1a447 Trust me, the pleasure was all mine :D
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lorewise, I always assumed the heide dragon was meant to show the extent of the old dragonslayer's deterioration... his one emphasised character trait (slaying dragons) yet theres one contentedly sleeping right outside
"Keep your friends close but enemies closer" type beat
Yeah, I mis-spoke a bit there when I said it wasn't placed logically. I more meant that it was placed without due thought for the mechanics of actually beating it rather than it being placed illogically lore-wise.
What about the fact that the other boss of the area is the Dragonrider? I always thought it was supposed to be his mount, as it's just chilling so close to the other knights of the area.
Seems like a very generous read of dark souls 2 when the devs seemed to care very little about smart enemy placements
I feel like the Old Dragonslayer is a fraud who stole Ornstein's armour. Kinda like the False Knight who is just a little maggot in stolen armour.
Bloody crow is not only my favorite Bloodborne fight including bosses, but my favorite fight I ever had in a video game.
Love it
Radical
My favorites ER miniboss are the ones Who are in Horses mainly because the story behind It.
See, FromSoft wanted to implement this kind of enemies since DS3, being a more dificult enemy than usual due to their high speed, in that moment they weren't able to program It as It was dificult to make one NPC stand over another.
They tried to do that in Sekiro but rather on another way, as a same NPC , meaning that enemy wouldn't be able to be separated from his Horse. Of course, im talking about the first main Boss fight of the game, Gyobu.
It wasn't until their open world game that they decided rather a stupid yet so simple and efficient solution; attach points. Some NPC would had attach points in order that other NPCs would be glued over them. That means that some enemies, could be able to ride enemies such as those pesky flying insects.
Anyhow, you can see that some bosses on horseback used the same system as Gyobu (Erdtree Sentinels) and which bosses actually used the newer systems( Night Calvary).
Some people may be in denial, but FromSoftware always wanted to implement new systems into their games, and the idea of some scrapped concepts that can come back later with more experience is something I love about game development.
They went all out when it comes to mounted enemies in Elden ring lol
Tree sentinel
Draconic tree sentinel
Loretta
Horseback wraithcallers
Kaiden warriors
Mounted knights (Region specific)
Night cavalry (Glaive/Halberd)
Mounted Nox army
Not sure why anyone would be in denial lol
@@BioshockDrill Have you ever Heard the "FromSoft literally just copypaste Demon Souls 6 times and Call It a day"? Thats what I meant, FromSoft likes to implement new systems and explore new stuff.
Mounted enemies go farther back than DS3. BB has a cut knight on a horse, and in DS2 concept art you also have an unused knight/horse.
If you wanna get technical the twin princes are a mounted enemy but they don’t separate past phase 2 lol
@@waltersullivan2727 Of, interesting! I Heard about that but I wasn't sure if It was real. Seems that mounted enemies, on a similar fashion as the open world and wandering enemies, were things planned much earlier when they didn't have the resources/experience for doing so.
Those outrider knights have kicked my ass on every single build I've done in ds3, they're insane lmao
I hated them at first due to how BS they appeared. I love them now and they are the epitome of why I love these games. They have the ability to wreck the everloving shit out of even the most seasoned FromSoft vet if you get sloppy. But when you are zoned in properly, oh man are they satisfying to kill.
Your videos are the only ones I "like" before watching them. That's how much I love ya, mate.
I strongly disagree with Grafted Scion being a bad mini-boss, let alone the worst one in Elden Ring. I'm bad at fighting them as well, despite the 1000+ hours I have in Elden Ring, but that doesn't mean they're bad enemies. I've always enjoyed the difficult, complex moveset they possess, and all the little ways you can create openings by strafing certain attacks and attacking in between the gaps in their combos.
for the outrider knights dodging behind them helps a lot
after getting absolutely destroyed in my first playthrough I finally understood what to do in ng+
rolling behind them makes a lot of their attacks miss and makes the aggression far tolerable
Fantastic list, with an even more fantastic final 20 or so seconds, this makes me want to rewatch the ranking every area video
You should do a video where you rank NPCs based on vibes
So glad the algo recommend me your channel! Your intro and narration is highly entertaining!
I scrolled for a minute, but have yet to see anyone mention that scions and revenants are both weak to even the most basic healing incantation. It doesnt outright kill scions, but it'll flip them on there back like the shell guys from ds3. Plenty of time to finish it off while its squirming on the ground 👌
Must admit, while I knew that Royal Revenants were weak to healing incantations, I did not know the same applied to Grafted Scions!
I'm just getting around to this video. The first 1 minute was really funny, well written and well edited.
Not putting o’rin for Sekiro is criminal. I love her crazy unique moves that flow so well
The Heide Knights near the dragon will attack you even if you haven’t killed the Dragonrider, but the ones further away are still passive. I played through this level recently.
Made me laugh out loud to see the viewer stats at the very start - best use of a bespoke greeting statement I've seen all year!
Your accent makes me think you actually fought some of these monsters travelling across the highlands
I have to say my fav DS1 minibosses are the big sludge monsters in New Londo. They're one of a kind, look horrifying when you first see them, have a very unique set of abilities, match perfectly to their environment and their freakiness adds an extra tension when you fight them, especially since they're always surrounded by lesser enemies.
You can do videos on npcs, quests, endings, weapons of each category, pyromancy, spells, faith shit, armors, and that’s all I’ve really got
I feel very validated, fucking hate those titanite demons
gotta do worst and best npcs next
Damn just noticed how you've gained quite a few thousand subs since i found your channel, you're clearly doing something right! Great stuff as always. I've seen many videos on the same topics as yours but hearing your love for what you're talking about is always a pleasure to watch.
Also I could never figure out where the channel name comes from, if anything. Mr CANDLE Type 1a may i ask, what is a CANDLE Type 1a?
Thanks man, glad you like my stuff!
As for my channel name, it's a pretty obscure reference to some lyrics from the song, "Interstellar Boredom" by the German metal band, Alkaloid. The song's about making a Dyson Sphere and I just thought Candle Type 1a sounded like the coolest term when I heard the vocalist say it.
You know what'd be a hilariously evil heavyish/minibossish unit for ER2? Mini Margit/Morgott. With the whacky super long attack delays and crazy combo potentials. Make them more aggressive with the sudden thrown daggers for good measure.
Hey man! Sorry to spam your comment section but it seems like by the time I wake up you should be at 10k Subs! Congratulations! :)
Thank you buddy! Only 12 more subs to go (at time of writing) before the big 10k haha
The reason the 7 ashina spears boss is so hard is that he's the first spear enemy in the game that doesn't get destroyed by mikiri counters, he makes it hard to perform one because of the delays and even if you manage to do it he doesn't give you an opening right after.
Bloody Crow of Cainhurst is the best enemy NPC ever made by From
Ok, now rank EVERY weapon from every Soulsborne game from worst to best. It'd put the hour+ long boss videos to shame! 😅
Grafted Scion: they have a few attacks you can punish somewhat reliably.
Run in after their scream with a jumping light,
the forth swing in their basic swipe combo is easy enough to score a parry on.
when they do that stomping attack with all their blades that wraps up with a leap and slam, respond with your own jumping heavy.
When they take the duelist stance, run their right side. to be clear, you will be going to the left side of the screen, and you can reliably dodge either of the attacks they come out with and punish with a few swings of your own.
Still not terribly fun to fight. You never feel in control regardless of your combat style unless your able to nuke the damn things before they get close.
and they get close gaps very fast, it feels, in part because you never have much space to work with when fighting these things.
The one in Lenuria is something of an exception, but by the time the illusion disguise wears off, it's already on it's way to kick your shit in, and doesn't even have any rewards on it or nearby to make it worth the effort.
all that being said,
the damn lobsters, I hate those FAR more. Not much reason to fight them, but if they agro, they can easily snipe you for an unreasonable level of damage before you get out of range.
if your on torrent, it'll dismount you too just to rub salt in the wound, leaving you forced to wait for the tarnished to get back up.
Don't blame torrent for it though. I'd be startled too if I got a surprise enema power-wash.
Totally agree with the seven spears of ashina, I legit thought I would never beat him hahah. Took me almost a week to beat him (embarrassing I know) but after fighting him, much like you I loved the fight. Hands down the best souls miniboss imho, really made you get good.
Also definitely agree on the headless, especially the underwater one in the fountainhead palace. You fight two for gods sake and you can't use confetti underwater, what a miserable experience.
I’ve played Bloodborne twice and watched hours and hours of lore videos, and I have *never* heard of the Abhorrent Beast before. Holy crap
Elden Ring: I consider the fallingstar beast in mount gelmir a miniboss and that's my fave
It looked like you were about to name Havel as worst DS1 miniboss and I already had my hate comment drafted when you said "titanite demon". Good fake out, got me
You should do those lists for Nioh and Nioh 2 since you almost covered everything soulsborne related
I've always meant to start putting out stuff on the Nioh series. Nioh 2 in particular is one of my favourite ever games; I absolutely love it. Might put out a retrospective or something for it first this year and then start dipping into lists/rankings after.
@@candletype1a447 Can't wait! Glad your channel finally got the exposure it deserved.
next i think id like to see fromsoft instances of odd geometry ranked
wow i love being individually addressed by the opening
I couldn't agree more with your pick for the worst Dark Souls 1 miniboss. I have played DS1 base game and DLC to completion multiple times and DS2 SOTFS base game to completion, and the only enemy in DS1 with Shitboxes as bad as anything in DS2 are the titanite demons. I can perfectly time a dodge to avoid the swing, but if the pole touches me at any point after he's already attacked, I take massive counter damage even though he isn't attacking and I've stopped rolling. Sometimes, it won't even look like it hit me, and I'll take damage. I've been killed by the jumping attack because the tail touched me when I dodged forward to end up behind them, or they'll wind up for a hit, and I take damage from the wind up.
I also CAN’T STAND how their tail can do chip damage to you when you’re busy dodging their like 120 degree fucking polearm swings. Just everything about them is infuriating.
Love to see Scottish TH-camrs, especially soulsborne players. Keep it up man your content is great
Praise the sun fellow Scotsman been watching your vids the last few days and been trying to figure out why I like your voice so much. I thought you were Irish being half Irish myself so I always get them mixed up haha. Some of these mini bosses I get so annoyed at need to really learn to not be greedy but to be fair I’ve been saying this since DS1 so I guess I will never learn
Your intro really made me laugh - one of the "gentlemen" watching your videos
A Scottish man saying "mimimimimi" over and over again is not something I thought I needed to hear. I was wrong. Thank you for that unexpected gift.
Great way to end the video
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What is the violin music playing during the dark souls 3 portion?
It's the song played by the entombed merchants in the Frenzied Flame Proscription area of Elden Ring.
I like Crucible Knights because they are the only enemy I can parry consistently.
Tbh it'd be awesome if you went into Armored Core content. We all like fromsoft content, and fromsoft has a lot of different games. Maybe do kingsfield or the echo night series?
I somehow still haven't played any Armored Cored games - not even the newest one. I'll get round it it one of these days though!
My favourite TH-camr rn
That intro was top tier brainrot. I love it
It's weird that the Vanguard Demon will sometimes not move at all, just attacking from a stand still. I don't recall this being a problem in the original, but I've definitely seen it in the remake.
!!!!!!!!! NEW CANDLE VID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gotta say, as maddeningly harsh as the Bloody Crow of Cainhurst was, I enjoyed the fight far more than the Hyopgean Gaol trio. Probably purely because the Crow isn't blocking progress.
Is 18:12 a reference to David Liebe Hart/Tim and Eric? Agree with mostly everything here, too!
You can't convince me you didn't intentionally add a little extra Scottish zest to that "Brilllllllliant patrons"
Hey if you'd want to keep doing Souls lists, how about telling us your favorite and least favorite spell/weapon from each game?
While I definitely agree with Bloodborne’s abhorrent beast, you seemed to forget about the beast possessed soul that appears at the bottom of the pit area near the cathedral. Such a random encounter but a menacing enemy that only otherwise appears as a Chalice boss
I do think the Beast-possessed Soul is a brilliant enemy but for some reason I seemed to remember that it respawned there if you came back after killing him. Upon checking though, turns out it doesn't respawn, and so yeah, if the Abhorrent Beast wasn't in the game it'd probs get the best miniboss spot.
Orin of the Water gotta be best Sekiro for me. Kicked my ass so bad but then I got her timing down and deflects were so satisfying
Armored Warrior in Sekiro for me is the best miniboss From has ever made.
better than mist noble?
@@yourehereforthatarentyou how could I have forgotten the absolute goat mini boss, shame on me
Grafted Scion's to me were not too much of a problem to fight, especially compared to royal revenants. They have many more openings and attacks that are not too hard to roll away from. But it sure seems like heavy weapons user are much more impacted given scion can attack pretty fast.
More I see of the Pursuer, more I wish it was clearly the same one. Even after taking his soul, he just mindlessly keeps pursuing, looking more and more weathered each time with maybe an additional attack on each encounter. Ending with an optional endgame boss fight if you beat him all previous times, now just this barely holding together husk of curse filled armor.
"The Tootooreal boss" is tickling me for some reason 😂
If you’re looking for content you could do a top 10 best and worse comments on videos
For me, i appreciate the fact that shichimen warrior and headless are optional. I've only ever beatem them once and that was when i was going for the platinum. So they are not a problem that much.
With that mindset, my absolute worst miniboss in Sekiro is Blazing Bull. Especially due to the fact that it is mandatory no matter the playthrough.
Thinking about the Bull sometimes literary stops me from doing another playthrough.
It is annoying as hell and unlike most bosses and minibosses in the game, it is not fun to fight at all no matter the skill level.
The “mimimimimi mimimimimimi” really hit the spot at the end there🗣️🔥
The drake in hieds actually is best to fight melee as you just sprint from the stair case to the legs. Then it can never fire breathe again besides it flying up, which you can stand on the edge of the arena to dodge without needing to worry. It can only stomp or try to bite *very slowly* and is a joke to kill early from this.
The grafted scion as well is easily killed by just parrying them. They do the 4 swipes from right to left, the last swipe is heavily delayed and is meant for you to run into it for a parry.
The worst Titanite Demon for me is the Catacombs one, the room its in is ridiculously tight and you can get stuck trying to circle around it.
I guess I am one of those few who watch to the end, great choices.
I quite enjoyed your Old King Borin’ joke l😂
vid idea:best and worst weapon from each game
I considered myself a soulsborne veteran when I started Sekiro. But that was the issue I couldn’t break my habits from those games. I’d quit the first time outta frustration and didn’t come back from a few months. I spent 10straight hours of game save time fighting seven spears. It was miserable. But I was not gonna leave and go else where , and I wasn’t quitting again, he was going down. And when is finally beat him I’d broken all the habits of trying to play sekiro like the other games. When that man finally went down I screamed at the TV like I’d put down my worst enemy… lol. But the rest of the game was was much easier and when all was said and done Sekiro is my favorite From game to play.
You could also do best and worst weapons and armor
"Love it to bits, i want to kiss it on the lips" nice reference
The best mini boss in Elden Ring for me is Blaidd. A unique encounter with huge emotional weight and a fun moveset. Truly should have been a boss.
DS 2 the assasin guy. Its just hilarious npc event
I just did 8 back to back runs of dark souls 1 to finally beat ng+7 and i never went in the titanite demon pit once lmao
You could expand this idea to non-souls games?
Like maybe 3D Platformers like Hat in Time or Corn Kidz 64
Others souls-likes?
Like Salt and Sancturary, Hollow Knight (debatable if that one even counts), Lies of P
My personal pick for the worst titanite demon is that first one in the parish. They’re all annoying but that one is especially terrible because of the rubble all over the place messing with your rolls.
1:12 I don’t remember that enemy in Demons Souls.
you're a loremaster, the name of the pursuer comes from the fact that it pursues you. holy shit, how do you figure this stuff out?!?!
Keep up the videos mate!
Now this is some good content.
I will always remember that one time CANDLE Type 1a went "mimimimimimimi"
The thumbnail makes it look like the Channeler is smiling.
Lmao, or that he has a white beard. Old man Channeller.
My favorite ds3 mini boss is the dual greatsword ringed knight
What do you mean "grotesque nipples", my guy?!
The Bloody Crow of Cainhurst is the toughest boss in any of the games, and he's not even a real boss...
Thanks for another top tier video!
I would personally pick the regular tree sentinel on the first step over the draconic one by maliketh as the better miniboss. It’s a great teaching moment for returning players and new players alike, showing you that there are some things in the open world that you are better off returning to with a little more levels under your belt. Plus it has the really cool shield that reflects magic, forcing casters to take a more imaginative or bold approach. That draconic bastard just shoots fireballs at me with his horse over and over and OVER AGAIN. Terrible AI in my experience, inconvenienced by that miniboss in every run
I’m so glad that someone else hates the DS1 Titanite Demons as much as I do. In the past I’ve even googled “why the titanite demons are so bad” in hopes of finding Reddit posts supporting my views. Their impossible reach, janky, delayed attacks, their clipping through everything, their large HP bars, and the fact that hitting them doesn’t even give you a satisfying, impactful sound the way other enemies do in DS1, all contribute to them feeling just plain terrible to fight. I’d go as far as to say they’d be in my top 5 most annoying enemies in ALL of Souls.
Headless are a pain, but Lone Shadow Masanaga takes my spot for worst miniboss. I did it legit one time, and decided to cheese every time since. Screw him and his endless dogs 😂
Crucible knights are goated
Best and worse chair in every soulsborn game
Not mentioning the giant crystal lizard from DS3 as the worst is a crime
Good video! Hard disagree though with the Elden ring pick - I feel the grafted scion is a good miniboss as you are shown how scary this guy is at the start of the game - also Elden rings biggest problem imo is the amount of littering of copy paste bosses.
My personal pick for worst miniboss has to be either Margit (surprise encounter outside leynedell) as it’s the exact same enemy again,
I believe right next to that miniboss is an ulcerated tree spirit too, which is one of the ugliest moveset bosses in the game
The intros always make me crack.
Mimimimi back at you!