This is by far still my favorite dragon fight in all of FromSoft. The music, the lore, the mechanics. You really feel like you're fighting an epic battle for the fate of the world.
I think what makes Midir so good is the fact that it is literally a head on head dragon fight. With most dragon fights in Elden Ring, you're usually hacking at the toes and guessing when to dodge, especially the case with the lightning dragons, cause most of them never keep their heads down long enough to hit so you never actually feel the awe and excitement that should come from taking on a dragon(Placiudusax is the only exception imo) . If you notice, every attack Midir does leaves his head open for counter damage and all of his attacks feel realistic/readable in a way I've only ever seen in Monster Hunter. The camera also helps too, being zoomed out just enough to see this giant dragon's attacks(something that's an issue with big enemies in Elden Ring(Fire Giant, Dragons, etc) but nailed in Sekiro(Guardian Ape, Divine Dragon, etc)). Also, even though he's got a massive healthbar, you can cut it down quite a bit with the riposte, which once again encourages you to hit the head, and compared to bosses like Malenia and Fire Giant, he's honestly a lot less girthy in terms of health/length if you know what you're doing. Overall the boss serves as a prime example of how to do a dragon fight, make the head the focus of the fight, give all of his attacks a realistic readability, zoom the camera to identify these attacks, and give it the size and health of a dragon without feeling excessive or tedious. Also, do I even need to mention how good the presentation and music are in this fight. Midir is truly worthy of the title of a Dragon.
True, placidusax is like "midir at home" because they tried to make it similar with the gimmick of aiming for the head, but i found that annoying since the camera was horrible through the whole fight, i think the reason why midir is best dragon is because he has a short neck, sounds funny but this makes aiming for the head more readable
@Abraham Rangel youre not really ment to aim for the head with placidusax. You're never really given a chance to attack his head, unless your talking about fortisax which is a different dragon boss. I do wish they made fortissax fight like midir, as in stay in front and hit the head but it doesn't seem like it's designed that way which sucks, I thought they would reuse the idea from midir since it worked well camera wise. It really sucks because fortissax has way cooler moves than midir, major gripe being alot of midir attacks look basic as hell save for a few and phase 2 outside of the epic lazer move doesn't add much. Astel is actually the closest to midir, both keep there head down and have only one lock on point, their head, but tho astel has way better moves overall, still suffers midir's problem, not enough new moves during phase 2 save for the meteorite shower
@@AaronCorr Try it, Fighting him head on is what elevates this fight from a spectacle to the best designed boss fromsoft, No honestly in all of gaming has ever made.
Yea, Kalameet, Ancient Dragon, Sinh, we fought them by attacking them not on the head, only in Dark Souls 3 we fight dragon heads on. Kinda overwhelmed at first, but it becomes real easy when I finally know how to fight him heads on.
I can understand why a lot of people prefer Placidusax over Midir: a lot of spectacle, cool moves, not too easy nor difficult Midir on the other hand seems like a insurmontable mountain: extremely difficult, a giant healthbar and on top of that the way the game suggests you to play is new for dark souls (more like the normal dragons in ER), but once you master the fight it becomes so damn fun
Placidusax is just dope asf 💀💀. He is living in the past present and future, he has 2 heads but had 3, lighting attacks that are fire. His lore is pretty cool too. Hes just fire
Nah I find Midir easier than placidusax (due to a fuck ton of experience and SL1 runs), I preferred Placidusax for a while due to recency bias, but nowadays I prefer him because he's just cooler; wish he was as mobile as Midir throughout the entire fight, as it stands phase 1 Placidusax is worse than Midir but phase 2 is just a slight bit better imo.
Midir is much easier because Placidusax has many moves where it's much harder to tell when you'll take damage so correct rolling is harder and there aren't many safe approaches while Midir's attacks are always consistent with dodge timings and even if you can't dodge, you can run away from basically all of his attacks because the indication of an attack always gives you time to run away.
Placi is the quite opposite of "but once you master the fight it becomes so damn fun" This was surely a NG+7 Midir and we saw 2 weapons and 1 spell and the fight was 4mins. In ER NG+7 placi is a snooze fest for fun weapons and spells. though I like Placi nuke attack one of the coolest boss attack for sure.
Yea that attack puts him up a notch above the Elden Ring dragons. Makes the fight feel more dramatic. I think the Elden Ring dragons have a better general moveset, but it's not as dramatic. Fortissax is the most dramatic of the Elden Ring dragons given the arena and lore around him.
@@thadofalltrades yea elden ring dragons really pale in comparison. Dragon lord was cool, but not hard and rewarding like midir. More of just a damage sponge = boring made up for it in spectacle but could of been so much more. Midir felt like a true fight agaisn't a arch dragon. Like we were really fighting a being worthy of being called the "perfect lifeform". Even battered and broken put up such a fight. Elden ring has taken boss AI and movesets to the next level but it lost that "personality" bosses use to have. Like midir, gael, twin princes, demon prince, etc. Black blade was close, but not quite there. Same with godfrey and radagon. Also just putting this out there Malina sucked. She wasn't hard, Just BS. Im looking forward to hopefully them recovering this aspect of boss fights, Along with improved AI / Spectacle they are capable of now. They will make something that will NEVER be topped if they get it back.
Well yeah Elden ring bosses kinda suck. Just because a boss fight has cool visuals and updated graphics doesn’t make it fun. They bloat the attacks of Elden ring bosses to make it more difficult but you lose the flow of good bosses like ds3. The most fun fight in Elden ring was malenia and she was less fun than half of ds3 bosses
@@BT-ob7ve i love sinh too, tho many might find annoying how he spends most of the time on the air because they dont know how to make him fight on ground level. Lets hope elden ring dlc gives us a dragon as good as midir, sinh and kalameet because it seems like a trend for fromsoftware to make all the dragons in the base game of all souls games disappointing at the cost of a memorable dragon in the dlc
@@abrahamrangel2326 yes you have good points, but I think they are overshadowed by objectively nice features. A) it makes sense that a dragon would fly most of the time (the 2 dragons from ds 1 and 3 have been recently crippled by the player, that is why it also makes sense that Midir and Khalameet use a lot of "regular" attacks) B) Sinh combines a standard MH dragon fight, with the use of elements (like quelaag w lava) to create poisonous parts of the arena that restric the players' movements. That alone is great. C) his hitboxes are slightly better than Midir and Khalameet's ones, but that is my impression (I did a no dmg of the 3 dragons, so it s not that I don't have any experience about their hitboxes). D) they should have added a cooler music for the fight, but that is what happens in ds 2 unfortunately, with some exceptions. Never fought Placidusax though, I am currently in Leyndell in ER.
Finally, a perfect Midir fight that showcases what this boss should look like to fight. Beautifully done. Been trying to find a video actually showing off the perfect dance you enter with Midir for ages. Best dragon/beast boss by a mile, only one which feels just as much like a dance as the humanoid enemies.
Midir's head being overtly reminiscent of the Xenomorph Queen from _Aliens_ as well as the clear _Shin Godzilla_ homage at 1:41 is why he'll always be the best. I love your fights because they always show off the beauty and design of the bosses like they're a showcase of them in their entirety. This one is exceptionally well done in that regard!
@@dirt_dert_durt Well, I'll gladly present the evidence for you, then! (I've been researching the design evolution of Japanese adaptations of Western Fantasy for the last several years, so hopefully the following tl;dr makes for an interesting distillation of these two elements). The story in _Aliens_ is primarily about Ripley vs. the Queen, because they're both maternally protecting children against the other (James Cameron adapted his script for a different film called "Mother" to make _Aliens_ ). Even the original _Alien_ is about a lifeform that literally is born from the death of the human that darkness is implanted into and turns them into more of those monsters. That theme is why _Alien³_ has the Queen egg planted in Ripley's chest, and that whole film refers to the Xenomorph as "The Dragon" as well as why _Alien Resurrection_ focuses more on Ripley's horrible hybridization, in the same way that Miyazaki does with the relationships between Humans fusing themselves with or using Dragons throughout the _Souls_ series. The Caryll Rune "Beast's Embrace" in _Bloodborne_ is a depiction of a Facehugger, and the unused boss, "Great One Beast" utilizes the multiple teeth rows that Miyazaki started using with the Dragon God in _Demon's Souls_ along with Wolf features. That lupine element draws from the "Beast of Darkness" from _BERSERK_ like the "Watchdog of the Old Lords" boss as that's a central visual design theme for that inner darkness. Those fantasy-centric links to Dragons & Wolves are what we still see in the designs of the Ancient Dragons & Wolves of Radagon in _Elden Ring_ while the themes about parasitism and absorbing darkness within yourself that typically builds off of the _Alien_ series visual design are still present throughout (like the Albinaurics being artificial humans having white blood like the Synthetics). Suffice to say, those influences are VERY consistently utilized by Miyazaki throughout his games, but he's not alone as when _Aliens_ came out in 1986 it massively influenced the Japanese gaming industry with countless games having a Giger-like boss near the end as a final threat or secret boss, which is still used all over. It's that same darkness portrayed on a cosmic level, which is why _Bloodborne_ marries that symbolism to Lovecraftian elements. The underlying theme of absorbing darkness & pain into oneself causing a monstrous corruption that Miyazaki focuses on is why Midir matches the core theme of _Shin Godzilla._ In the scene that I mentioned this fight references at 1:41, the film's background music is a lament titled, "Who Will Know" which plays during the massive destruction of Tokyo. The lyrics convey the emotional darkness & existential pain that Godzilla experiences in his seemingly immortal existence, and why that is what escapes in the destruction of him just fighting to live. That theme was linked to the core of Japanese depiction of national suffering with Godzilla is now iconic. That matches to what Miyazaki is portraying with Midir and given that _Shin Godzilla_ was a critically acclaimed film in July 2016 when it released in Japan, and the "The Ringed City" DLC came out in March 2017, that's nearly impossible to overlook as directly tying those themes together, and being maintained with the Dragonlord in _Elden Ring_ with the attack called "Placidusax 's Ruin" following those same motions. So, those factors are why the fusion of the themes with the Xenomorph Queen from _Aliens_ and breath attack from _Shin Godzilla_ are central to the depiction of Darkeater Midir. The head design with hidden eyes and a huge crest is overtly to the silhouette of the Xenomorph Queen, especially with the spine-like protrusions. The conveyance of that inner pain being translated through the attack motions of Shin Godzilla, especially as that final attack is the one Godzilla makes in the film before being exhausted and falling to rest is how to translate those themes without the use of words. Midir was a descent of the Ancient Dragons tasked by the gods to eternal suffering as he's consuming and fighting back the darkness in exactly that type of inhuman pain that is a reflection of all the themes that Miyazaki's games are about, and how he's continued using and evolving those design motifs in his work. It's easy to see things that aren't there because just similarity of patterns doesn't mean that they are linked, as correlation ≠ causation. That's why I hope you'll appreciate that I wanted to emphasize that there is a veritable mountain of evidence that those references are things Miyazaki has used before & since, and my observation here was more than just speculative guesswork.
I might just have misread that but In case I understood correctly that you called midir female im pretty sure the girl behind the door In the ringed city Who has A ton of dialogue that you cant listen To because of the ugly bastards that walk up the stairs called midir him
I just love the way he literally fumes from the mouth after doing that huge beam attack. Like even he's recoiling from it's power. Feeling like a boss is making a final last ditch effort against the player makes the fight feel like an an actual exchange.
Firstly, using the Ringed Spear weapon art to dodge and then attack immediately was just beautiful 👌. Also, unless I'm mistaken, you are attempting a Radagon cosplay here. I need to fight the Elden Ring dragons again to be sure, but Midir is definitely one of the best bosses in Dark Souls 3 and is certainly worthy of his title as a true Everlasting Dragon whose race was wiped out by 3 of the 4 original Lords of Fire. Midir is one of the very few things in the Souls universe who has retained most of its glory whereas most other things and people - including the original Lords, have degraded or become just a shadow of their former glory.
THANK YOU, seriously how do you continue to be one of the realest people in the community it's unreal. Best FromSoft dragon without question, this is simply fact, great content as always.
The way Midir is introduced earlier in the dlc was brilliant to me. He's already a frightening danger to dodge and avoid, then you think you kill him on the bridge, only to find it sets up the real fight deep below.
The way you use the weapon skill to dodge or close in distance is just amazing. Also as always you try to make it theatrical by letting the boss do his whole moveset. Amazing as always.
This is hands down the best showcase of this fight on CZcams. You fight Midir the correct way and give him a chance to show off his incredible move set.
I agree, making the head takes "double damage", instead of every other body parts taking "half damage" really changes the dynamic and how players perceive the fight. The only thing missing is the ability to cut off its tail, and gets rewarded for it.
HOLY SHIT I AM ALIVE RIGHT NOW- Honestly. There's 'rare gameplay footage', and then there's someone who's really good at the game just picking an unoptimized but cool-looking loadout and showcasing just how amazing a bossfight can be. Hitless with no HUD, adding to it. ONGBAL as usual. Man, I'll just never get enough of this game.
Dark Souls 3 will always be one of my favorites because of battles like Midir, Friede, The Nameless King, Soul Of Cinder... This video just reminds me of that Awesome battle, Clean af ! 👌🏻
Wow, I forgot how amazing the music for this fight is. Definitely in my top 5 From bosses, I’ll never forget the dopamine rush I got the first time I beat him.
The best challenge run I ever did was to level faith only and use the Nameless King's Swordspear (with required str/dex of course). The buffed charge attack would chunk off a satisfying 900 or so damage. I also had to fight Nameless with basically nothing as well, and I made it a point to get to him as soon as possible anyway. Good times.
YES! For the amount of times I’ve been pounded into ash by Midir there wasn’t a single time I wasn’t having fun. The music, the arena, the moveset, and just the story behind Midir made this battle a 10/10 in my eyes.
@@kun Placi doesn’t follow the normal dragon design traits. He’s pretty much just a wad of meat that swipes at you and shoots lightning. His heads aren’t that large at all and aren’t the focus of the fight. Meanwhile all the other dragons in ER follow a more traditional design, encouraging the head as a weak point. He’s more of an exception to the rule.
@@nono-lz9qr even the other dragons be it the agheel types or the lanseax type i find it so much easier to just stay under them and whack at the legs. They don't punish you at all for doing that unlike Midir. It kinda feels like most of them are faster but less tanky version of DS2 ancient dragon.
@@kun Lanseax is strange. It very much has the head as it’s weakness, but they modeled the damn thing wrong so it’s hard to hit it. The agheel’s are meant to be whacked on the head though, it does more damage and allows you to riposte them
@@nono-lz9qr Yeah and they do a lot of frontal attacks too. Sure the agheel types have advantages to whack the head it's just that unlike Midir, staying under them is a lot easier and you still do pretty good damage so i dont find a lot of incentive going for the head.
Not only is he one of the best dragons done by fromsoft, Midir is one of the best dragon bosses ever, period. He tops even ones from specialized series like most MH 5th gen elder dragons, et cetera Just a masterwork in terms of design
@@Cilanad Other than Fatalis, i also love Alatreon fight especially soloing him, if only they don't cripple his fight with that elemental check then playing with other people would be much more fun, responding to SOS Alatreon is always like playing dice..
Great Video ONGBAL! It's always amazing to see your spacing and combat mastery. All while looking very stylish! Have you ever played Monster Hunter? Some of the weapons have parries. I would love to see you play it on your channel!
Midir is rhythmic, he’s balanced, he’s ferocious, he’s unique, he is the best dragon From ever produced. A lot of Dragons in Elden Ring use him as a baseline, but none of them quite nail what made Midir amazing. The Ancient Dragons were something new but they paled in comparison to all of the inherent designs and mechanics of Midir’s fight. They became a nuisance while Midir remains the best.
I have discovered Midir always starts with that rampage move and if you do nothing after dropping to the area, he gets very close to you without damaging you so I'd just wait for him at the start of every attempt.
Mr Ongbal sir, lovely work as always. Can you do some elden ring bosses with Godfrey's Axe, the moveset is awesome, I'd love to see someone with your skills use it.
The only boss in the entire souls borne series where I still have trouble fighting him even after returning to Ludwig orphan of cos Geal I know how they’ll play but midir is a nightmare for me
Midir is probably the reason why I wasn't enjoying the dragon fights as much. I noticed early, that like Midir, they were getting more damage on the head compared to the rest of the body. So my impression was that the fight was supposed to be similar, with you waiting for the head and then strike. But the time the dragons leave their head down was so short that it was often not possible to get a hit in. And because the game also punished you for staying under them, I was a bit frustrated and just used Moonlight Greatsword (or whatever the name is this time) and sniped the heads with its ability. Took like 4-5 hits for the dream dragon. Now I know that dodging the lightning strikes isn't as difficult if you have the timing down, but I still feel that Midir's design was far more polished (well except for the fact that the camera is still a problem when you stay locked on).
As someone who played Monster Hunter for about 8 or 9 years at the time, i didnt find Midir to be very difficult, but your spacing and timing in this video is an absolute masterclass.
Gorgeous fight, love how clean it looks with no hud. Still my favorite fromsoft dragon of all time. Lore, design, music, it’s just incredible. I don’t think I’ll ever fight him solo again, now I prefer the chaos of random rng of a full co op raid to keep me guessing
I enjoyed that you fought the boss head-on. Your attacking by the flames, like at 2:30, and well-timed purposeful 'whiffs,' such as at 0:40, to sneak in damage faster entertained.
He is the best and will always be the best. The background music, the story, the balance of the fight, everything makes this fight the greatest dragon fight every
Midir is sick, but seeing/fighting Placidusax for the first time was one of my best Elden Ring/gaming moments ever. He's easily my favourite ER fight and the best Dragon fight imo
@ONGBAL would be nice of you to have some video(s) to talk about your approach to fighting bosses, strategies etc. I know a lot of practice goes into this but you could still teach us the WAY!
Midir was up there but was overturned by Placidusax, or Fortissax even. Those are truly unique dragons with unique movesets to them, half of Midir's attacks are shared with dragons you fight in the open world in Elden Ring. Fire breath, claw smash, stomp, flying and shooting fire to the side, chomp etc. It was awesome for 2016, but in 2022 the dragon fights have evolved in the series. Seeing dragons wielding red lightning as a weapon is unmatched.
Gael, Midir, Nameless King are the best bosses of this game. But Midir has the best build up, definitely the best DLC boss so far unless Elden Ring pulled out another magical stuff from nothingness.
I remembered that day, it smash every time. Finally after 30 attempts I managed it defeated. You played like it is nothing. You have legendary skills. Bravo
Midir is such a masterpiece. Idk how fromsoft did the ER dragons based on it's moveset yet got everything so wrong with them, problably the bigger AoE + Slow moves made everything kind of tedious (Not referring to the ancient dragons)
I felt like he was easier than Agheel but that’s probably because I can never dodge the breath attacks in Elden Ring because they have massive AOE. I mean I beat Midir first try when I first ever fought him and it’s never taken me more than 2-3 attempts. Though I am usually base level when fighting him.
I played the game many times before ever doing the DLC and Midir was easy after over playing Elden Ring and fighting it’s Dragons. Never played the DLC until last summer.
@Nines I have it uploaded punk. But yeah have fun I don’t care if you don’t believe in miracles. I spent the first half of the fight attacking his legs because I didn’t know that it did almost zero damage unlike Elden Ring Dragons. I wish you a fortuitous day.
The first time I arrived to the Ringed city, I defeated Midir on my second try and all of the other bosses on my first try. Now, I'm sure that didn't happen because they were easy or me being too good, but because I spend the previous 5 hours getting destroyed by the Lingering will from KH 2.5 and after that pretty much everything else was moving in slow motion.
I agree. Nothing in Elden Ring so far manages to beat the pure rage that is Midir, especially not Placidusax. I really hope there will be some serious contender in the DLC. *I especially love that you left him barely alive at the end to let him unleash the final lazer show.
Haven't done this one yet. Finishing up ds3 and ds2 and I'll prolly play dlcs and then the first one. Elden Ring sent me down the from software rabbit hole and its great
Clearly I'm in the minority here but I honestly don't understand why everyone loves Midir so much. He is definitely a great boss, no question, but to me he is nowhere near the level of Placidusax in terms of spectacle, creativity in terms of how a dragon can and should fight, or overall aesthetic. To me Midir is really just another dragon, ultimately not that different from Kalameet or Sinh. No shade to anyone who feels this way of course as it's just a game and everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I will never understand how anyone thinks he's cooler than Placidusax
"He is nowhere near the level Midir in terms of spectacle, creativity in terms of how a dragon can and should fight, or overall aesthetic" Fixed it for you, dude. Also, Placidusax is bland, he is not spectacle nor creative and overall just like any generic dragons.
@@bloorb0569 they're both easy. Midir has a very simple move-set and people typically play into it incorrectly because they're afraid to attack his head. Placi *also* has a simple move-set, but the spectacle of the fight is what makes it more entertaining imo. The teleports and bolt nuke are just flat out cooler to see than anything Midir does tbh.
@@FauxRegard Meh, Placidusax's teleports gets lame after a while, and the bolt nuke don't even do enough damage to one shot the player - lame ultimate move. Midir's laser barrage will certainly kill most players if it connects, nothing is cooler than his Godzilla beam.
The end where he seemingly gathers all of his remaining power for one last beam attack. After he's spent he just lays down in defeat as you execute him... perfect cinematography through gameplay.
I wish From would have buffed Fortissax when they were re-balancing bosses after release. It's such a cool fight that is underminded by how easy it is.
Midir is just on another level.
Perfect way of moving synchronized with one of the best Osts in the series. Perfection.
my favorite thing about Midir is how angry he is storming around the arena. It really feels like you're fighting a pissed off dragon.
His music is also really creepy at some parts, mainly the opening tbh
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@@Beyond_Immortal He's blind so it sorta makes sense he flails around.
@@shadysorkin9214 he has really tiny eyes
This is by far still my favorite dragon fight in all of FromSoft. The music, the lore, the mechanics. You really feel like you're fighting an epic battle for the fate of the world.
Midir and Kalameet are my favourite dragons
don't forget the personality midir exudes despite not even being able to talk. kind of like artorias
Its my favorite boss theme, so good
@@nomanssouls1957 mine is Fortisaxx, Midir, Placidusax.
Isshin, The Sword Saint is the best imo. He is so fun to fight
I think what makes Midir so good is the fact that it is literally a head on head dragon fight. With most dragon fights in Elden Ring, you're usually hacking at the toes and guessing when to dodge, especially the case with the lightning dragons, cause most of them never keep their heads down long enough to hit so you never actually feel the awe and excitement that should come from taking on a dragon(Placiudusax is the only exception imo) . If you notice, every attack Midir does leaves his head open for counter damage and all of his attacks feel realistic/readable in a way I've only ever seen in Monster Hunter. The camera also helps too, being zoomed out just enough to see this giant dragon's attacks(something that's an issue with big enemies in Elden Ring(Fire Giant, Dragons, etc) but nailed in Sekiro(Guardian Ape, Divine Dragon, etc)). Also, even though he's got a massive healthbar, you can cut it down quite a bit with the riposte, which once again encourages you to hit the head, and compared to bosses like Malenia and Fire Giant, he's honestly a lot less girthy in terms of health/length if you know what you're doing. Overall the boss serves as a prime example of how to do a dragon fight, make the head the focus of the fight, give all of his attacks a realistic readability, zoom the camera to identify these attacks, and give it the size and health of a dragon without feeling excessive or tedious. Also, do I even need to mention how good the presentation and music are in this fight. Midir is truly worthy of the title of a Dragon.
True, placidusax is like "midir at home" because they tried to make it similar with the gimmick of aiming for the head, but i found that annoying since the camera was horrible through the whole fight, i think the reason why midir is best dragon is because he has a short neck, sounds funny but this makes aiming for the head more readable
@Abraham Rangel youre not really ment to aim for the head with placidusax. You're never really given a chance to attack his head, unless your talking about fortisax which is a different dragon boss.
I do wish they made fortissax fight like midir, as in stay in front and hit the head but it doesn't seem like it's designed that way which sucks, I thought they would reuse the idea from midir since it worked well camera wise. It really sucks because fortissax has way cooler moves than midir, major gripe being alot of midir attacks look basic as hell save for a few and phase 2 outside of the epic lazer move doesn't add much.
Astel is actually the closest to midir, both keep there head down and have only one lock on point, their head, but tho astel has way better moves overall, still suffers midir's problem, not enough new moves during phase 2 save for the meteorite shower
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You're supposed to attack the head on Placidusax? I always just hack away on his tail and hind legs
@@eliasovesen1463 no i was talking about fortisax, but since the dragons in this game are not memorable i got the name wrong
You fight dragons head on. This is how it's suposed to be done. Not chipping away their health by hitting their feet. What an amazing fight.
I never manged to stay in front of Midir. Always switched between his throat and tail 😅
@@AaronCorr Try it, Fighting him head on is what elevates this fight from a spectacle to the best designed boss fromsoft, No honestly in all of gaming has ever made.
Yea, Kalameet, Ancient Dragon, Sinh, we fought them by attacking them not on the head, only in Dark Souls 3 we fight dragon heads on. Kinda overwhelmed at first, but it becomes real easy when I finally know how to fight him heads on.
Asians..
@@TheHeavyassaulter What do you mean?
I can understand why a lot of people prefer Placidusax over Midir: a lot of spectacle, cool moves, not too easy nor difficult
Midir on the other hand seems like a insurmontable mountain: extremely difficult, a giant healthbar and on top of that the way the game suggests you to play is new for dark souls (more like the normal dragons in ER), but once you master the fight it becomes so damn fun
Placidusax is just dope asf 💀💀. He is living in the past present and future, he has 2 heads but had 3, lighting attacks that are fire. His lore is pretty cool too. Hes just fire
Nah I find Midir easier than placidusax (due to a fuck ton of experience and SL1 runs), I preferred Placidusax for a while due to recency bias, but nowadays I prefer him because he's just cooler; wish he was as mobile as Midir throughout the entire fight, as it stands phase 1 Placidusax is worse than Midir but phase 2 is just a slight bit better imo.
I've been killing him with Farron's sword so healthbar wasn't that long)
Midir is much easier because Placidusax has many moves where it's much harder to tell when you'll take damage so correct rolling is harder and there aren't many safe approaches while Midir's attacks are always consistent with dodge timings and even if you can't dodge, you can run away from basically all of his attacks because the indication of an attack always gives you time to run away.
Placi is the quite opposite of "but once you master the fight it becomes so damn fun" This was surely a NG+7 Midir and we saw 2 weapons and 1 spell and the fight was 4mins. In ER NG+7 placi is a snooze fest for fun weapons and spells. though I like Placi nuke attack one of the coolest boss attack for sure.
That Megaflare attack at the end so awesome, you can see Midir's desperation in a last attempt to take you out.
Midir's Ruin
For real, they could name this dragon Bahamut, and it would make perfect sense.
Yea that attack puts him up a notch above the Elden Ring dragons. Makes the fight feel more dramatic. I think the Elden Ring dragons have a better general moveset, but it's not as dramatic. Fortissax is the most dramatic of the Elden Ring dragons given the arena and lore around him.
@@thadofalltrades yea elden ring dragons really pale in comparison. Dragon lord was cool, but not hard and rewarding like midir. More of just a damage sponge = boring made up for it in spectacle but could of been so much more. Midir felt like a true fight agaisn't a arch dragon. Like we were really fighting a being worthy of being called the "perfect lifeform". Even battered and broken put up such a fight. Elden ring has taken boss AI and movesets to the next level but it lost that "personality" bosses use to have. Like midir, gael, twin princes, demon prince, etc. Black blade was close, but not quite there. Same with godfrey and radagon. Also just putting this out there Malina sucked. She wasn't hard, Just BS.
Im looking forward to hopefully them recovering this aspect of boss fights, Along with improved AI / Spectacle they are capable of now. They will make something that will NEVER be topped if they get it back.
@@WorldKeepsSpinnin midir also has a ton of health, which makes him a lot harder.
Midir is still one of my favourite soulsbosses even after elden ring. The lore, the arena, the music everything is just masterpiece.
It's the build up for me. The Ringed City is just built around him and definitely a worthy build up.
Fronsoft always outdone themselves with dlc bosses artorius, manus, Lady Maria, ludwing, kos, midir, gael etc.
Actually i don't feel like elden really brought us some good things, i found normal that the dark souls bosses were better
Well yeah Elden ring bosses kinda suck. Just because a boss fight has cool visuals and updated graphics doesn’t make it fun. They bloat the attacks of Elden ring bosses to make it more difficult but you lose the flow of good bosses like ds3. The most fun fight in Elden ring was malenia and she was less fun than half of ds3 bosses
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Midir is a treasure.
midir is fair, balanced and fun as all the bosses should be. best dragon fight of all time
Best fromsoft dragon
Sinh (ds2) is the best dragon fight to me
@@BT-ob7ve i love sinh too, tho many might find annoying how he spends most of the time on the air because they dont know how to make him fight on ground level. Lets hope elden ring dlc gives us a dragon as good as midir, sinh and kalameet because it seems like a trend for fromsoftware to make all the dragons in the base game of all souls games disappointing at the cost of a memorable dragon in the dlc
Best dragon fight in gaming has to be Fatalis from MHW Iceborne
@@abrahamrangel2326 yes you have good points, but I think they are overshadowed by objectively nice features.
A) it makes sense that a dragon would fly most of the time (the 2 dragons from ds 1 and 3 have been recently crippled by the player, that is why it also makes sense that Midir and Khalameet use a lot of "regular" attacks)
B) Sinh combines a standard MH dragon fight, with the use of elements (like quelaag w lava) to create poisonous parts of the arena that restric the players' movements. That alone is great.
C) his hitboxes are slightly better than Midir and Khalameet's ones, but that is my impression (I did a no dmg of the 3 dragons, so it s not that I don't have any experience about their hitboxes).
D) they should have added a cooler music for the fight, but that is what happens in ds 2 unfortunately, with some exceptions.
Never fought Placidusax though, I am currently in Leyndell in ER.
Fighting Midir felt like you were actually fighting a real ass dragon, coolest fight in ds3 imo
Anyone else ADORE Midir’s phase 2 theme? Like it goes so fucking hard, 100% the best soulsborne soundtrack ever made
Ludwig, the Holy Blade tho
I like the violin at the beginning of his theme. It’s chilling.
Midir phase 2 theme is my favorite ost in all souls, that goes way too hard !
It gives me chills whenever I listen to it
Abyss Watchers music
Finally, a perfect Midir fight that showcases what this boss should look like to fight. Beautifully done. Been trying to find a video actually showing off the perfect dance you enter with Midir for ages. Best dragon/beast boss by a mile, only one which feels just as much like a dance as the humanoid enemies.
I watch all your videos and I'm still blown away at how you have everything calculated down to the last centimeter. Really well done!
Midir's head being overtly reminiscent of the Xenomorph Queen from _Aliens_ as well as the clear _Shin Godzilla_ homage at 1:41 is why he'll always be the best.
I love your fights because they always show off the beauty and design of the bosses like they're a showcase of them in their entirety. This one is exceptionally well done in that regard!
I genuinely think you're just seeing things that aren't there
@@dirt_dert_durt Look up shin godzilla atomic breath scene.
@@dirt_dert_durt Well, I'll gladly present the evidence for you, then!
(I've been researching the design evolution of Japanese adaptations of Western Fantasy for the last several years, so hopefully the following tl;dr makes for an interesting distillation of these two elements).
The story in _Aliens_ is primarily about Ripley vs. the Queen, because they're both maternally protecting children against the other (James Cameron adapted his script for a different film called "Mother" to make _Aliens_ ). Even the original _Alien_ is about a lifeform that literally is born from the death of the human that darkness is implanted into and turns them into more of those monsters.
That theme is why _Alien³_ has the Queen egg planted in Ripley's chest, and that whole film refers to the Xenomorph as "The Dragon" as well as why _Alien Resurrection_ focuses more on Ripley's horrible hybridization, in the same way that Miyazaki does with the relationships between Humans fusing themselves with or using Dragons throughout the _Souls_ series.
The Caryll Rune "Beast's Embrace" in _Bloodborne_ is a depiction of a Facehugger, and the unused boss, "Great One Beast" utilizes the multiple teeth rows that Miyazaki started using with the Dragon God in _Demon's Souls_ along with Wolf features. That lupine element draws from the "Beast of Darkness" from _BERSERK_ like the "Watchdog of the Old Lords" boss as that's a central visual design theme for that inner darkness.
Those fantasy-centric links to Dragons & Wolves are what we still see in the designs of the Ancient Dragons & Wolves of Radagon in _Elden Ring_ while the themes about parasitism and absorbing darkness within yourself that typically builds off of the _Alien_ series visual design are still present throughout (like the Albinaurics being artificial humans having white blood like the Synthetics).
Suffice to say, those influences are VERY consistently utilized by Miyazaki throughout his games, but he's not alone as when _Aliens_ came out in 1986 it massively influenced the Japanese gaming industry with countless games having a Giger-like boss near the end as a final threat or secret boss, which is still used all over. It's that same darkness portrayed on a cosmic level, which is why _Bloodborne_ marries that symbolism to Lovecraftian elements.
The underlying theme of absorbing darkness & pain into oneself causing a monstrous corruption that Miyazaki focuses on is why Midir matches the core theme of _Shin Godzilla._ In the scene that I mentioned this fight references at 1:41, the film's background music is a lament titled, "Who Will Know" which plays during the massive destruction of Tokyo.
The lyrics convey the emotional darkness & existential pain that Godzilla experiences in his seemingly immortal existence, and why that is what escapes in the destruction of him just fighting to live. That theme was linked to the core of Japanese depiction of national suffering with Godzilla is now iconic. That matches to what Miyazaki is portraying with Midir and given that _Shin Godzilla_ was a critically acclaimed film in July 2016 when it released in Japan, and the "The Ringed City" DLC came out in March 2017, that's nearly impossible to overlook as directly tying those themes together, and being maintained with the Dragonlord in _Elden Ring_ with the attack called "Placidusax 's Ruin" following those same motions.
So, those factors are why the fusion of the themes with the Xenomorph Queen from _Aliens_ and breath attack from _Shin Godzilla_ are central to the depiction of Darkeater Midir. The head design with hidden eyes and a huge crest is overtly to the silhouette of the Xenomorph Queen, especially with the spine-like protrusions. The conveyance of that inner pain being translated through the attack motions of Shin Godzilla, especially as that final attack is the one Godzilla makes in the film before being exhausted and falling to rest is how to translate those themes without the use of words.
Midir was a descent of the Ancient Dragons tasked by the gods to eternal suffering as he's consuming and fighting back the darkness in exactly that type of inhuman pain that is a reflection of all the themes that Miyazaki's games are about, and how he's continued using and evolving those design motifs in his work.
It's easy to see things that aren't there because just similarity of patterns doesn't mean that they are linked, as correlation ≠ causation. That's why I hope you'll appreciate that I wanted to emphasize that there is a veritable mountain of evidence that those references are things Miyazaki has used before & since, and my observation here was more than just speculative guesswork.
@@dirt_dert_durt you have a tiny frame of reference to draw from
I might just have misread that but In case I understood correctly that you called midir female im pretty sure the girl behind the door In the ringed city Who has A ton of dialogue that you cant listen To because of the ugly bastards that walk up the stairs called midir him
Still remember the first time I beat Midir; Midir is Legend!
I just love the way he literally fumes from the mouth after doing that huge beam attack. Like even he's recoiling from it's power. Feeling like a boss is making a final last ditch effort against the player makes the fight feel like an an actual exchange.
To be fair, Midir is one of the best bosses in any game of all time IMO.
Edit: Guys, I said "one of" the best, not THE best lol
That's why he's the GOAT! THE GOAT!
@@pc-9826 Darkeater GOATdir
Yep.
nah, Gael and Raime are the best
bro doesnt know about isshin the sword saint or Hourah loux warrior/morgott LOL
Firstly, using the Ringed Spear weapon art to dodge and then attack immediately was just beautiful 👌. Also, unless I'm mistaken, you are attempting a Radagon cosplay here.
I need to fight the Elden Ring dragons again to be sure, but Midir is definitely one of the best bosses in Dark Souls 3 and is certainly worthy of his title as a true Everlasting Dragon whose race was wiped out by 3 of the 4 original Lords of Fire. Midir is one of the very few things in the Souls universe who has retained most of its glory whereas most other things and people - including the original Lords, have degraded or become just a shadow of their former glory.
ongbal was rocking the radagon drip years back when he no hit the lady friede bossfight hahaha
@@Acusumano25 Bro predicted Radagon's existance
@@TheJonkler1 kinda makes me wonder if Ongbal is a Fromsoftware insider..... maybe even Miyazaki himself haha
That was an absolutely stunning boss fight. And the music still hits JUST as hard.
Bravo Ongbal! Once again a beautiful performance of skill and style
THANK YOU, seriously how do you continue to be one of the realest people in the community it's unreal. Best FromSoft dragon without question, this is simply fact, great content as always.
The way Midir is introduced earlier in the dlc was brilliant to me. He's already a frightening danger to dodge and avoid, then you think you kill him on the bridge, only to find it sets up the real fight deep below.
These videos have transcended gameplay and have become beautiful performances. I absolutely love them.
Love the DS3 content!! I didn't think you'd make more videos of it again!
And I gotta agree, Midir really is the best Fromsoft dragon.
Midir's laser is too cool, such an amazing fight. nice work as always
The way you use the weapon skill to dodge or close in distance is just amazing. Also as always you try to make it theatrical by letting the boss do his whole moveset. Amazing as always.
Very true, Midir is legendary, as well as your work
This is hands down the best showcase of this fight on CZcams. You fight Midir the correct way and give him a chance to show off his incredible move set.
Beautiful fight.
Best Midir fight i ever saw.
Chapeau!!
I agree, making the head takes "double damage", instead of every other body parts taking "half damage" really changes the dynamic and how players perceive the fight.
The only thing missing is the ability to cut off its tail, and gets rewarded for it.
HOLY SHIT I AM ALIVE RIGHT NOW-
Honestly. There's 'rare gameplay footage', and then there's someone who's really good at the game just picking an unoptimized but cool-looking loadout and showcasing just how amazing a bossfight can be. Hitless with no HUD, adding to it.
ONGBAL as usual. Man, I'll just never get enough of this game.
Perfect gameplay! This was sooo satisfying to watch!
What an insane fight, awesome stuff!
Ongbal really knows how to show us just how awesome these games and bosses are. Midir's desperate dark laser combo is amazing.
Dark Souls 3 will always be one of my favorites because of battles like Midir, Friede, The Nameless King, Soul Of Cinder...
This video just reminds me of that
Awesome battle, Clean af ! 👌🏻
Love love love how you baited the final Lazer. Gonna steal that tech from ya. Tysm for the vid.
god, I love Ringed City
amazing video as always!
The startup when he unfurls his wings and roars always gives me goosebumps
Can't believe how beautiful Midir's laser attack was. Never had them before and it's absolutely gorgeous
Midir's laser at the end is what I was waiting for and it was right on time to be his last move. Satisfying as always, Ongbal!
Wow, I forgot how amazing the music for this fight is. Definitely in my top 5 From bosses, I’ll never forget the dopamine rush I got the first time I beat him.
The best challenge run I ever did was to level faith only and use the Nameless King's Swordspear (with required str/dex of course). The buffed charge attack would chunk off a satisfying 900 or so damage. I also had to fight Nameless with basically nothing as well, and I made it a point to get to him as soon as possible anyway. Good times.
YES! For the amount of times I’ve been pounded into ash by Midir there wasn’t a single time I wasn’t having fun. The music, the arena, the moveset, and just the story behind Midir made this battle a 10/10 in my eyes.
I love watching this guy play. The craft and cleanliness of his runs are amazing.
Remember, the trick to fighting most FromSoft dragons is to be brave and stay within a few paces of their face
Not Elden Ring dragons where you just whack at their toes and their rump in case of Placidusax.
@@kun Placi doesn’t follow the normal dragon design traits. He’s pretty much just a wad of meat that swipes at you and shoots lightning. His heads aren’t that large at all and aren’t the focus of the fight. Meanwhile all the other dragons in ER follow a more traditional design, encouraging the head as a weak point. He’s more of an exception to the rule.
@@nono-lz9qr even the other dragons be it the agheel types or the lanseax type i find it so much easier to just stay under them and whack at the legs. They don't punish you at all for doing that unlike Midir. It kinda feels like most of them are faster but less tanky version of DS2 ancient dragon.
@@kun Lanseax is strange. It very much has the head as it’s weakness, but they modeled the damn thing wrong so it’s hard to hit it. The agheel’s are meant to be whacked on the head though, it does more damage and allows you to riposte them
@@nono-lz9qr Yeah and they do a lot of frontal attacks too. Sure the agheel types have advantages to whack the head it's just that unlike Midir, staying under them is a lot easier and you still do pretty good damage so i dont find a lot of incentive going for the head.
Epic performance as always! 👏
Beautiful as always
Not only is he one of the best dragons done by fromsoft, Midir is one of the best dragon bosses ever, period.
He tops even ones from specialized series like most MH 5th gen elder dragons, et cetera
Just a masterwork in terms of design
Fatalis from Iceborne was the best for me. Midir still the best from soft dragon boss.
@@Cilanad Fatalis was amazing
Fatalis and Midir are both bosses and dragons peak of perfection you can get. (well I sure died to them enough times to suffer hahaha )
Safi'jiiva and midir have some similarities, laser breath and massive size.
@@Cilanad Other than Fatalis, i also love Alatreon fight especially soloing him, if only they don't cripple his fight with that elemental check then playing with other people would be much more fun, responding to SOS Alatreon is always like playing dice..
The most majestic boss.
You clearly don't know what majestic means 😂
@@BlueBirdsProductions Trust me, I been defeated enough to feel fighting Midir and winning eventually so majestic 💪
No other game has nailed a giant fight like this so thoroughly for me. You face him head on the whole time. No chipping at the ankles
Great Video ONGBAL! It's always amazing to see your spacing and combat mastery. All while looking very stylish! Have you ever played Monster Hunter? Some of the weapons have parries. I would love to see you play it on your channel!
bayle mogs this lizard so hard its not even close
Midir is rhythmic, he’s balanced, he’s ferocious, he’s unique, he is the best dragon From ever produced. A lot of Dragons in Elden Ring use him as a baseline, but none of them quite nail what made Midir amazing.
The Ancient Dragons were something new but they paled in comparison to all of the inherent designs and mechanics of Midir’s fight. They became a nuisance while Midir remains the best.
Hardest boss in all soul games for me. You make it so entertaining. Great job.
Good fight and very nice Radagon Cosplay sir !
You know it's a hard boss when it takes Ongbal 4 minutes to kill him.
I agree, Midir is still the best dragon boss in FromSoft history
I like that you tried (and achieved) to show all of his attacks and let him do the final laser party
The music...aww the music. Those dissonant strings sound like a dragon screeching ...so perfect.
I have discovered Midir always starts with that rampage move and if you do nothing after dropping to the area, he gets very close to you without damaging you so I'd just wait for him at the start of every attempt.
Midir actually does feel like an abyssal consuming dragon, it was always going to be a touch act to follow in elden ring
the music with the fight just fits sooo well
Mr Ongbal sir, lovely work as always. Can you do some elden ring bosses with Godfrey's Axe, the moveset is awesome, I'd love to see someone with your skills use it.
The only boss in the entire souls borne series where I still have trouble fighting him even after returning to Ludwig orphan of cos Geal I know how they’ll play but midir is a nightmare for me
Midir is probably the reason why I wasn't enjoying the dragon fights as much. I noticed early, that like Midir, they were getting more damage on the head compared to the rest of the body. So my impression was that the fight was supposed to be similar, with you waiting for the head and then strike. But the time the dragons leave their head down was so short that it was often not possible to get a hit in. And because the game also punished you for staying under them, I was a bit frustrated and just used Moonlight Greatsword (or whatever the name is this time) and sniped the heads with its ability. Took like 4-5 hits for the dream dragon. Now I know that dodging the lightning strikes isn't as difficult if you have the timing down, but I still feel that Midir's design was far more polished (well except for the fact that the camera is still a problem when you stay locked on).
the most impressive thing in these vids is the spacing, and its especially noticeable in this fight
Your twin dagger playthrough is my personal fav
*The* Dragon bossfight.
As someone who played Monster Hunter for about 8 or 9 years at the time, i didnt find Midir to be very difficult, but your spacing and timing in this video is an absolute masterclass.
seconding this, Monster Hunter exp really does make this boss much easier.
Gorgeous fight, love how clean it looks with no hud. Still my favorite fromsoft dragon of all time. Lore, design, music, it’s just incredible. I don’t think I’ll ever fight him solo again, now I prefer the chaos of random rng of a full co op raid to keep me guessing
The opening roar with the music will never not make me smile. God I love this boss so much.
I have to tell you guys, Bayle from Shadow of the Erdtree is now the number one dragon boss fight
it surpassed midir,both visually and mechanically
Bayle dethrones this boy sadly. The future is now old man.
I enjoyed that you fought the boss head-on. Your attacking by the flames, like at 2:30, and well-timed purposeful 'whiffs,' such as at 0:40, to sneak in damage faster entertained.
Incredible sequence!
He is the best and will always be the best.
The background music, the story, the balance of the fight, everything makes this fight the greatest dragon fight every
Midir is sick, but seeing/fighting Placidusax for the first time was one of my best Elden Ring/gaming moments ever. He's easily my favourite ER fight and the best Dragon fight imo
@ONGBAL would be nice of you to have some video(s) to talk about your approach to fighting bosses, strategies etc. I know a lot of practice goes into this but you could still teach us the WAY!
He definitely is. His roar, soundtrack and 1-shot laser still haunt me to this day.
Midir was up there but was overturned by Placidusax, or Fortissax even. Those are truly unique dragons with unique movesets to them, half of Midir's attacks are shared with dragons you fight in the open world in Elden Ring. Fire breath, claw smash, stomp, flying and shooting fire to the side, chomp etc. It was awesome for 2016, but in 2022 the dragon fights have evolved in the series. Seeing dragons wielding red lightning as a weapon is unmatched.
Gael, Midir, Nameless King are the best bosses of this game. But Midir has the best build up, definitely the best DLC boss so far unless Elden Ring pulled out another magical stuff from nothingness.
I personally disagree :)
Best DLC bosses for me are Friede, Orphan and Ludwig
@@wispy893 I think Friede is overrated af. I beat her under 6 tries not even that hard at all. but Midir, oh Midir... so hard lol.
@@eetfuk3571 i forgot to youtube commenters say hard = good, my bad for thinking for more than 2 seconds about something
Nah gael has the best build up homie was in ashes of ariandel
@@wispy893 that's right, bow down to me. heed my words.
I remembered that day, it smash every time. Finally after 30 attempts I managed it defeated. You played like it is nothing. You have legendary skills. Bravo
Absolutely stunning boss fight. Easily my favourite from the game
Midir is such a masterpiece.
Idk how fromsoft did the ER dragons based on it's moveset yet got everything so wrong with them, problably the bigger AoE + Slow moves made everything kind of tedious (Not referring to the ancient dragons)
I felt like he was easier than Agheel but that’s probably because I can never dodge the breath attacks in Elden Ring because they have massive AOE. I mean I beat Midir first try when I first ever fought him and it’s never taken me more than 2-3 attempts. Though I am usually base level when fighting him.
FIrst attempt midir Surely
@@miasmaticgrey1279 yes high dexterity duel sell sword build. With some resin for his weakness. Very easy to just stand under him.
I played the game many times before ever doing the DLC and Midir was easy after over playing Elden Ring and fighting it’s Dragons. Never played the DLC until last summer.
@Nines I have it uploaded punk. But yeah have fun I don’t care if you don’t believe in miracles. I spent the first half of the fight attacking his legs because I didn’t know that it did almost zero damage unlike Elden Ring Dragons. I wish you a fortuitous day.
The first time I arrived to the Ringed city, I defeated Midir on my second try and all of the other bosses on my first try. Now, I'm sure that didn't happen because they were easy or me being too good, but because I spend the previous 5 hours getting destroyed by the Lingering will from KH 2.5 and after that pretty much everything else was moving in slow motion.
Beautiful fight, I wish I had the level of precision you have.
So many questions. Perfect gameplay
Midir with some of Placidusax attacks would be a peak dragon design. Modders, make it possible pls.
I agree. Nothing in Elden Ring so far manages to beat the pure rage that is Midir, especially not Placidusax. I really hope there will be some serious contender in the DLC.
*I especially love that you left him barely alive at the end to let him unleash the final lazer show.
Haven't done this one yet. Finishing up ds3 and ds2 and I'll prolly play dlcs and then the first one. Elden Ring sent me down the from software rabbit hole and its great
In another universe, you are a world renowned choreographer; the way you know the steps and execute them perfectly
Clearly I'm in the minority here but I honestly don't understand why everyone loves Midir so much. He is definitely a great boss, no question, but to me he is nowhere near the level of Placidusax in terms of spectacle, creativity in terms of how a dragon can and should fight, or overall aesthetic. To me Midir is really just another dragon, ultimately not that different from Kalameet or Sinh. No shade to anyone who feels this way of course as it's just a game and everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I will never understand how anyone thinks he's cooler than Placidusax
"He is nowhere near the level Midir in terms of spectacle, creativity in terms of how a dragon can and should fight, or overall aesthetic" Fixed it for you, dude. Also, Placidusax is bland, he is not spectacle nor creative and overall just like any generic dragons.
@@lolz3895 you will not change my mind and I do not care if you agree with me or not
Placidusax wishes he was Midir
I don't see Midir dropping tactical lightning nukes lol
Honestly Placidusax felt more of a show than a fight but yea hes still cool as hell
@@FauxRegard I don't see Placidusax being a difficult and fun fight tbf.
@@bloorb0569 they're both easy. Midir has a very simple move-set and people typically play into it incorrectly because they're afraid to attack his head. Placi *also* has a simple move-set, but the spectacle of the fight is what makes it more entertaining imo. The teleports and bolt nuke are just flat out cooler to see than anything Midir does tbh.
@@FauxRegard Meh, Placidusax's teleports gets lame after a while, and the bolt nuke don't even do enough damage to one shot the player - lame ultimate move.
Midir's laser barrage will certainly kill most players if it connects, nothing is cooler than his Godzilla beam.
The end where he seemingly gathers all of his remaining power for one last beam attack. After he's spent he just lays down in defeat as you execute him... perfect cinematography through gameplay.
This is PERFECTION ❤
Bayle the Dread: THE FUTURE IS NOW OLD MAN
Midir and Placidusax are both amazing and epic, love them dearly.
But (from a small margin) Fortissax is number one in my heart 🗿
Too easy unfortunately...
I wish From would have buffed Fortissax when they were re-balancing bosses after release. It's such a cool fight that is underminded by how easy it is.
Completely agree, Midir is dragon perfection
Smoothly done
From a boss design and balancing standpoint, most bosses from other From games are better when compared to Elden Ring. Midir is a good example.
its Bayle the Dread now