Correction at 5:12 - I got Fia's Champs wrong. theres 5 guys, 1 at the start, sorcerer rogier next, then the 3 guys. The 3 guy's loadouts are randomized too, except for lionel. still doesnt make the fight any better or worse lol
The unnamed ones don't have random loadouts. They have set builds in offline mode, and in online mode new builds are added whenever someone defeats them. (That player's build is added to a roster of sorts)
@@critterfarts7018 just for the hell of it, im gonna get my character to max level and just use a build with basically everything, because i'm becoming sadistic
Fight that boss when you aren’t overleveled and you’ll realize how trash it is. The only enemy that’s more annoying to fight than Lichdragon is death rite bird.
Bro all ur complains of fortisaxx is just ur lack of knowledge of his fight, u need to stick infront on him and double dodge his swipes, you’ll always be left with an opportunity to hit his head as he drops his head after every swipe. Skill issue on ur end
This was very well done! Malenia and king of puppet from lies of p are my favorite souls like bosses bc they’re good hard and satisfying. The joy I felt beating Malenia made me go back to when I first played a souls game. It’s so sad to beat her in lore bc she fought so hard not to become this servant to the rot but seeing her finally become that makes me cry. Her music shows how far she has fallen and I honestly just feel so bad for her.
@@akechigoro3340I love him too but that is a tight race for me. Almost every single Lies of P boss except the Swamp Monster absolutely slaps. Scrapped Watchman, Laxasia, and Nameless Puppet are all timers.
Always fun to see a boss ranking take. Interesting that you mentioned multiple times that your perceptions of bosses changed over the playthroughs. About some of the 'bad' boss mechanics, for example twin Gargoyles and Commander Nial's adds, Elden Ring can have some pretty big gaps in how good these feel depending on how much you interact with the tools the game gives you. Obviously summoning is one, but there are so many powerful things in the game I think they expect the average player character to be quite strong. So a simple knight build is a very weak build compared to the expected character, which might have the damage to instantly vaporize Nialls adds, and not have to fight the Twin Gargs simultaneously for any length of time, if at all.
This video is edited really well I appreciate that. Also fire giant is really fun i kind of look forward to it because he's just so cool but that's just me 💀 subbed 👍
Talking sbout Malekith without mentioning 'Oh death, become my blade once more' The most badass dialogue in the game, has to be a crime lol Great vid tho keep it up my man
Okay, I’m late to this video however all 56 minutes and 47 seconds of this video was absolutely amazing. The humor to keep us interested and actually just the humor in general is absolutely incredible. Keep the videos going. You’re going to go places.
You say how great it feels when you learn Malikeths moves, then say some of his moves are unfair....that means you didn't learn his moves cuz you'd know when his judgment slash is coming and get outta the way. There's plenty of time (just giving you a hard time. All in good fun)
Great vid, loved the attention to the music. Imo Elden Ring has the best boss line up Fromsoft has put out so far, this ranking is not too different from mine and does a great job of showcasing all the bosses. (You went a lil too hard on Elden Beast though ngl, the fight could be better yes, but the music and atmosphere were a perfect ending)
The editing style is very nice and this ranking was well done. Also despite his ranking forissax has the best OST (yep I said it but the OST as a whole is great)
Fire giant is actually really cool. It does have it’s problems, like the fire bouncing endlessly in the arena, but overall in my rl1 run I came to really appreciate this boss. First of all it’s really cool and unique, imo has one of the most innovative boss track (albeit not the best one)
I know im not the first one pointing this out, but if you count godfreys upgraded first phase as one phase, he would have 4 since he also has an upgraded second phase
If you learn beast clergyman its a really fun fight where your baiting his slashes because he will do the big overhead one afterwards where you get a big opening.
Man i must recognize, you should have put lot of work in it cuz the video is looking amazing, and you covered a lot of stuff man, congrats, amazing job!
24:12 I'm so glad someone else also appreciates how hard this music goes for the second phase of godrick, underrated ost, personally my favorite from elden ring. Also I enjoyed beating Astel Naturalborn of the Void especially because I was sevearly underleveled when fighting it. It was so rewarding and awesome to finnally defeat Astel, also I loved the visuals, just stunning (I might be biased since my favorite color is purple).
oh, for Malikeths destined death slashy thing you you can tell when he’s going to do it. He’ll do it after jumping and landing on the sword (as long as you’re in front of him), and he’ll also do it after his weird cartwheel thing. To avoid it you can deadass just run towards him or dodge roll like twice to his tail. (He was my personal favorite)
Great list, however i think fire giant ost is really amazing to me! Also i think you got something wrong for mohg's lore, its the outer god "formless mother" who craves wounds.
I honestly love astel. His visuals and atmosphere is top notch and his gameplay feels very similar to the dancer from ds3 but with ranged attacks. All these slow attacks with quick windups and backhand slaps really made this one of my favorite bosses. It felt like what dancer could've been if she were a dlc boss
Quick tip about Niall that makes him much easier: There's an item that exists called a "Bewitching Branch", you can buy five of them from a Nomadic Merchant below the Bellum Church in Liurnia. Using a Bewitching Branch on one of the Banished Knights in Niall's first phase will make it aggro on either the other knight or Niall himself. Either way, a knight is guaranteed to die when they aggro onto Niall as he pretty much kills them instantly. This makes the first phase SO MUCH easier and it allows you to enjoy the amazing second phase :>
@@critterfarts7018 cool design and lore, you have to be careful about his attacks so you can't just whack at his toes freely, AND you get to summon my boy alexander
@@critterfarts7018for me its not: “what could you possibly like about it” Its more like: “what is there to hate about” Cus I honestly think its quite an easy fight that quite easy to dodge. And as a bonus we get more horseback fighting (kinda)
I also like the fire giant. The mechanics are dog shit but the spectacle,music and chaotic nature of the fight is just fun for me. My favorite fight was using the executioner axe and knocking him three times.
Finally! Someone putting Malenia where she belongs. Also great to see that godskin duo is not last place. Valiant gargoyles are in all ways worse than godskin duo. Great ranking and video. Keep up the gpod work!
Fortissax's lighting strike only will trigger if you to under him its also clear er dragons are more made for spell users or ranged attacks whenever i fight any of them but placidusax i just use bolt of grannsax and using midir rules stay infront attack the head
It's coping for those who don't. Once you've mastered that fight it's head and shoulders above the others. The music, the arena, the dialogue and dodging waterfowl is insane
@@fattmo7217her poise is literally broken and you cannot end the first on a riposte. She can then get up bock your attack and immediately go into waterfowl which is a move that you cannot expect a player to doge fully every time. If you like the fight you do but don’t say its coping for talking about actually problems
@@alright1239 that's fair partner I just don't think those things take away from how beautiful the fight is. Every single boss has borderline bullshit mechanics one way or another her jus happen to be extra annoying because of lifesteal. I've had those exact things happen to me against her. I just don't think people saying she's a shit boss is valid because of a few tough mechanics. As you said to each there own and that's with no sarcasm I can understand why people may not enjoy it as much. It took me many many tries to get a clean win against her but I eventually went on to beat her solo with like 20 different builds. Between her ost, the arena and her actual player model I think it's an incredible fight
@@fattmo7217 It depends on the criteria you look at bosses with, I judge them mechanically first. Then everything else is a bonus, for me Melania is perfect in every aspect except mechanically. Kinda like ornstein and smough. When ever there is a move or bug that makes it not the players fault they got hit the fight quality diminishes. If they fix the poise and repost and make it so she leaps back away from you and then does waterfowl i think its perfect. The lifesteal is only annoying because she hits you, make it so every attack is fair then lifesteal is not a problem. But yeah its all subjective for enjoyment.
Malenia was the only boss I enjoyed every attempt on, normally I would try to kill myself if I die to a boss more than 50 times, but I actually enjoyed all 160 attempts of malenia and 6 hours wasted on her
And i spent 50hours+ on her alone on my lvl 1 run, and it was just fun the entire time. NOTHING provides a bigger hit of dopamine than PERFECTLY DODGING waterfowl with the circle strafe light equipload strat.
I respect the use of dmc music. Also I agree godksin duo is a decent boss; they both have good move sets, and as long as you're patient its fun and rewarding. I think the respawn mechanic is odd, but it is a boss as good as ornstein and smough, which ironically is also trivial if you're patient.
Many of these fights could be made easier if people were actually using consumable items. For Example, in the Commander Niall fight, he summons two knights to fight you, but you can use bewitching branch to turn them against him, making it an easy fight.
In last attempt of Malenia's boss fight i literal turn off music to hear sound of her move, i hate and love at the same time on this fight, 155 attempts and 4 hours of pain is worth it
it's one of my least favorite things this game does. No clue why they feel the need to reuse main bosses, it ruins what makes it cool. It's the same with Astel in the consecrated snowfield and sorta that mimic tear in the tunnel to the consecrated snowfield.
For Niall you just have to kill the very agressiv one (two sword men) and then you can hit Niall when the other one is a bit far away because he is way slower. It's the best strategy I think. Then midlife you have the second phase and it s done
Imma be honest, I skipped ahead to the end just to see which boss you thought was best. And I wholeheartedly agree. Malenia absolutely slapped, so did Mohg
13:30 the reason why you didnt get the cool grab attack version is because its only a rare below 25% health attack on astel darkness something which is just a copy of astel the naturalborn in some cave somewhere in the consecrated snowfeilds
I recently played through Elden ring again and tried to engage with the bosses more than my first playthrough and man the bosses are so much fun I also felt the exact same way about godskin duo with my recent playthrough although the nobles roll can be a bit buggy and stutter Sometimes also to dodge malikeths one slam move if he dose it normally you dodge back not forward and if his doing the air one you dodge towards him
@@_CrimsonBlade you try to find where you can hit them during a combo mainly trying to find how to do charge attacks and get posture breaks you gotta be agressive. I do think the bosses are very daunting to try and learn but I found when you focus and pay attention a lot of the delays make sense but I will say that I don’t think they prepare you super well for it I think they try to make you engage by punishing you for running away by having combo extensions but that just makes people run more a lot of people also had a problem with input reading but that was always a thing if you want to heal you have to dodge and find a opening to heal for every boss but there is a problem where some bosses extend and you weren’t trying to run away like morgott will pull out the spinning hammer if you run away and after doing the raining swords he can do it and it’s really not your fault for walking away from him since the swords fall right on him but what I mean by engage is being aggressive dodging attacking charge attacks I think margit try’s to teach the player a lot of things the most important thing he teaches you is to go away and come back stronger but I think doesn’t teach you the combat extremely well for most players one of the most important is to dodge to the side not back. I am talking mostly about melee can’t say much about magic I think the healing one applies for it tho probably also sorry if some of this is random or there are problems with the way I wrote it
parrying only malenia is one of the best boss experiences you can have, tho its tough, once you get tha hang of the timings it just feels so good. Kinda like parrying in sekiro
You never need to roll through Godskin Nobles rolling attack. Just sprint jump to the side once, then strafe to his side constantly and he cant catch you. He rolls as a cyclinder, not a sphere so he can't quickly. Based as fuck Godskin Duo enjoyer. Nerds on Reddit decided on release day that Godskin Duo was the worst boss ever made and everyone hopped on that bandwagon. I was the same for a long time, but its goated now.
This video is peak! Obviously don't agree with all your takes but things wouldn't be interesting if we all agreed, right? Maliketh is my favorite, not just in ER but in gaming period. I love both phases. I noticed watching the video you dodge into Beast Clergyman a lot. Getting under him causes him to constantly disengage. Try rolling his dagger combos to the sides next time you fight him. This will bait his finisher which is highly punishable. Maybe that'll improve your opinion on the encounter, maybe not just thought I'd share. Also, I've always loved Mohg but the way you talked about it here just made me realize how great he actually is. Thanks!
The main problem with twin gargoyles is the poison mist. In principle it's an ok summon punish / back off aoe / opening for ranged attacks (you're supposed to have ranged attacks in Elden Ring, like half the bosses have long 'get off me' aoes); but it comes out too fast and too often. Apart from that I think they're a reasonable damage/vigor check dividing Nokron, which you can get to pretty early, from Deeproot, which (I think? Maybe I'm wrong?) is intended to be more of a mid to late game area. If you come back to them post-Capitol they're tough, and still not a great fight, but not ~that~ bad. Plus, imo they're allowed to be a bit extra difficult because there's another path to the depths for people who favor exploration over combat. Also absolutely can't agree that their aesthetics is bad - they look neat, only really losing points for the repeat use. Their boss arena is fantastic, seeing the first one swoop in from the distance is dramatic, etc. I'm not claiming they're a good fight. Maybe if the poison mist was slower (in particular taking longer to recover before going into the next attack), with more of an audible wind up, an easier to make out area of effect, and just came out less frequently. But I don't find them as terrible as others.
I also have to defend Fortisax a bit. He's no Midir, but iirc that auto-lightning business mostly only spams like that if you're under his body - and if it does happen to catch if you're away from him it's much easier to read and time the dodge. I think it's mostly there to try to get you to square up and fight him from the front - where you can see, appreciate, and dodge his big lightning swipes, and target the head which most of his attacks bring down into melee range to punish. Yes, it goes back up between attacks, but again you're supposed to have a ranged option in this game. Again, still not great, far from Midir, but I think I prefer him to Placidusax.
i think a cool idea for radagon would A make elden beast an optiobal final boss like moon presence and B when you take down radagon you see the hair change to yellow and fight marika then about halfway the hair can change to orange or yellow signifying what attacks will be used then a combination of orange and yellow for big destructive attacks. ik its a lot but i would love to see someone implement that ps. love elden beast at least a top 15 boss for me and its probably because elden ring was the first souls game i completed
As a certified melee meathead, I hated Fortissax for a long time. But then i used ranged spells and even bows of him, and he's so much more manageable. The timed lightning only activates while near him so keeping a bit of distance can honestly trivialize Fortissax. I like Fire Giant quite a bit because he's pretty easy to poise break at the start of both phases, allowing for consistency no matter what kind of big stick I hit him with. I've literally never fought Godskin Duo straight up after my first playthrough and always just cheese them with sleep pots because I don't want to be on the receiving end of the fight's inconsistencies, like the noble sometimes rolling over broken pillars, randomly aggroing both of them simultaneously, or awkwardly layered attacks stunlocking me. The only good duo fight in Elden Ring imo is Leonine Misbegotten and Perfumer Tricia.
Honestly AMAZING list and video. Every boss is exactly where i wouldve ranked them except maybe switching Fire Giant with Astel( fg has slow but predictable moves, distance can easily be closed with torrent, ill admit the fire attacks are ass but he isnt that bad. And astel is just horrible to me: bad telegraphed attacks, really weird hitboxes, mid ost but an overall good visual design, and the fricking teleport) And i would also switch Godfrey with Malenia. Godfrey is just soo well done with the attacks being perfectly balanced and dodgeable, amazing ost, and a really intense second phase which when you have the timing down, just feels so satisfying. Malenia is great too obviously(shes my number 3):great visuals and ost, very fair attacks once you got them down, and it really feels like a dance BUT the healing is kinda unnecesary and she does just a little to much damage requiering almost perfection for most of her moves. Shes still an amazing boss tho but Godfrey just does it for me man. Also great take with Fortisax who is just a bad boss imo. All ancient dragons are bad(except placi) especially Lanseax(holy shit fuck this boss) and Fortisax is just a slightly better version of that but still not very good. And godskin duo is sooo overhated, like i think its the best gank fight in Elden Ring. With two amazing bosses on their own, beeing thrown together with perfect AI and an easy method to defeat them(sleep), a great ost, and a perfect Arena you get a really good gank fight.
I think the only big thing wrong with ER Bosses is that they are designed with summons in mind so getting windows to actually land hits are few and far between
really? i find it manageable to play ER without summons and still get opportunities for counterattacks. The bosses are definitely harder though for sure
Bro I must've got favorable RNG cause when I fought the valiant gargoyles they did not gank up on me to where as long as I monitored my spacing I was able to kill one before getting bummed rushed by the other.
Personally I'd put Godfrey at first because I first fought it at lvl 111 with no armor and it was sooooo fun to learn every single attack and it's openings made me feel like a speed runner doging by my attack animation crouch just a perfect fight
Midir unironically could 1v1 any dragon in FromSoft history and win. Bro is just built different and I don't think he'll ever be usurped as the best FromSoft dragon fight.
Malenia on 1st place is like ☠️☠️☠️ there is almost no fun fighting with her and its mainly focused on running away and looking for short window of time when you can attack
I agree with this video 1000% yes there are very good players out there that you could give them a short range weapon like a dagger and they could beat the game on new game +7 so level one there are some players out there that good but for the average player, I must admit I feel that the game is a bit unfair unless you have weapons like rivers of blood, the blasphemous blade stuff that has a little bit more range to it
Currently in my first playthrough, the valiant gargoyles were so ass. i beat them without summons, but the amount of times i finally managed to kill the first one only to be poisoned without enough healing to survive was so infuriating
16:15 fun fact: in lore they are not that fat and you can see this when they do the phase transition into the big slam attack. Their "fat" is just their skin armor
I know I’m a bit late but does the warp gate activate after or before fighting fortissax? If it’s before then it could be a good idea but if it’s after then DTS would probably be a better option.
The beast clergyman you give the death roots to isn’t malekith because you can kill him before you even fight malekith for an ancient dragon stone and the cope on malekith first phase is crazy
I think you misunderstood the Fire Giant fight. Like the 1st phase ur supposed 5o DPS down quickly, cuz its a toe smacking sim. 2nd phase is supposed to be fought from in front of him, not the legs. Wait till he slams his handa and get a few R1s or R2s or Ashes of War in depending on how much time ur moves take. Your only supposed to fight his legs in phase 2 if your doing a status effect run. I would put him above both Fortissax and Regal Ancestor.
Ehh, even if I would have fought him like that, I still really dislike just spamming r1 on someone's ankle and then just waiting for the fire giant to slam his hands down to hit them. I still don't like the bosses visuals, music, or arena as well. Fair enough though
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Correction at 5:12 - I got Fia's Champs wrong. theres 5 guys, 1 at the start, sorcerer rogier next, then the 3 guys. The 3 guy's loadouts are randomized too, except for lionel. still doesnt make the fight any better or worse lol
The unnamed ones don't have random loadouts. They have set builds in offline mode, and in online mode new builds are added whenever someone defeats them. (That player's build is added to a roster of sorts)
@@DarkSouls2_Enjoyerinteresting
@@critterfarts7018 just for the hell of it, im gonna get my character to max level and just use a build with basically everything, because i'm becoming sadistic
Bro must be paid by the Godskin Duo
I was asking myself "where is Godskins" ever since the 2nd worst
Bro really put fortissax at the bad spot then glazed godskin duo
Fight that boss when you aren’t overleveled and you’ll realize how trash it is. The only enemy that’s more annoying to fight than Lichdragon is death rite bird.
Godskin duo being above half of the bosses is certainly something
ey i like em man
Only majorly crazy take imo was the godskin duo but at least you acknowledged their banger ost. Great vid
thanks lol
Bro all ur complains of fortisaxx is just ur lack of knowledge of his fight, u need to stick infront on him and double dodge his swipes, you’ll always be left with an opportunity to hit his head as he drops his head after every swipe. Skill issue on ur end
Bro put fire giant below the *Godskin Duo*
😃
Godskin duo is a dumb fight but i didn’t struggle on it that much compared to the fire giant
Atleast you can sleep the godskin duo and be done with in less then a minute, firegiant even with cheese bleed builds is snooze fest
@@InfamousDiabloXAnd hey, in co-op. The Godskins are less painful.... Unless Chunky fat rolls into the host....
I agree ill take god skin trio over fighting that garbage flame giant at least i can see the god skins
Great video man, you can just tell how much effort went into it!
Thanks :D
The worst boss is the putrid tree spirit in Miquella's Haligtree.
Hey man for a small channel the editing in these videos are top notch. Can’t wait to see more from you keep it up !
This was very well done! Malenia and king of puppet from lies of p are my favorite souls like bosses bc they’re good hard and satisfying. The joy I felt beating Malenia made me go back to when I first played a souls game. It’s so sad to beat her in lore bc she fought so hard not to become this servant to the rot but seeing her finally become that makes me cry. Her music shows how far she has fallen and I honestly just feel so bad for her.
I just beat romeo from lies of p recently, best boss in the game by alot soo far
@@akechigoro3340 such a good boss!
@@akechigoro3340I love him too but that is a tight race for me. Almost every single Lies of P boss except the Swamp Monster absolutely slaps. Scrapped Watchman, Laxasia, and Nameless Puppet are all timers.
underrated chanel man, love yo videos
Always fun to see a boss ranking take. Interesting that you mentioned multiple times that your perceptions of bosses changed over the playthroughs.
About some of the 'bad' boss mechanics, for example twin Gargoyles and Commander Nial's adds, Elden Ring can have some pretty big gaps in how good these feel depending on how much you interact with the tools the game gives you. Obviously summoning is one, but there are so many powerful things in the game I think they expect the average player character to be quite strong. So a simple knight build is a very weak build compared to the expected character, which might have the damage to instantly vaporize Nialls adds, and not have to fight the Twin Gargs simultaneously for any length of time, if at all.
This was an amazing video man. Love hearing you talk about souls bosses. Keep up the good work! Also Bloodborne bosses ranking when?
I love the style of your videos so much
This video is edited really well I appreciate that. Also fire giant is really fun i kind of look forward to it because he's just so cool but that's just me 💀 subbed 👍
thanks :D
Talking sbout Malekith without mentioning
'Oh death, become my blade once more'
The most badass dialogue in the game, has to be a crime lol
Great vid tho keep it up my man
Okay, I’m late to this video however all 56 minutes and 47 seconds of this video was absolutely amazing. The humor to keep us interested and actually just the humor in general is absolutely incredible. Keep the videos going. You’re going to go places.
thanks man!
I loved how you put Tekken music to this video. Funnily enough I use Tekken music to amp me up when facing a tough boss. 😂
You say how great it feels when you learn Malikeths moves, then say some of his moves are unfair....that means you didn't learn his moves cuz you'd know when his judgment slash is coming and get outta the way. There's plenty of time (just giving you a hard time. All in good fun)
i hate that move lol
You can learn a move and it still be unfair
Great vid, loved the attention to the music. Imo Elden Ring has the best boss line up Fromsoft has put out so far, this ranking is not too different from mine and does a great job of showcasing all the bosses. (You went a lil too hard on Elden Beast though ngl, the fight could be better yes, but the music and atmosphere were a perfect ending)
thanks!
The editing style is very nice and this ranking was well done. Also despite his ranking forissax has the best OST (yep I said it but the OST as a whole is great)
Fire giant is actually really cool. It does have it’s problems, like the fire bouncing endlessly in the arena, but overall in my rl1 run I came to really appreciate this boss. First of all it’s really cool and unique, imo has one of the most innovative boss track (albeit not the best one)
fair enough
I know im not the first one pointing this out, but if you count godfreys upgraded first phase as one phase, he would have 4 since he also has an upgraded second phase
Hi, just wanted to ask what your settings are while you record!
If you learn beast clergyman its a really fun fight where your baiting his slashes because he will do the big overhead one afterwards where you get a big opening.
Agree beast clergyman by himself is one of the best fights in the game
Man i must recognize, you should have put lot of work in it cuz the video is looking amazing, and you covered a lot of stuff man, congrats, amazing job!
24:12 I'm so glad someone else also appreciates how hard this music goes for the second phase of godrick, underrated ost, personally my favorite from elden ring. Also I enjoyed beating Astel Naturalborn of the Void especially because I was sevearly underleveled when fighting it. It was so rewarding and awesome to finnally defeat Astel, also I loved the visuals, just stunning (I might be biased since my favorite color is purple).
I've been waiting for this one.
Bloodborne next🗣😈
oh, for Malikeths destined death slashy thing you you can tell when he’s going to do it.
He’ll do it after jumping and landing on the sword (as long as you’re in front of him), and he’ll also do it after his weird cartwheel thing.
To avoid it you can deadass just run towards him or dodge roll like twice to his tail. (He was my personal favorite)
Great video! subbed ❤
Great list, however i think fire giant ost is really amazing to me! Also i think you got something wrong for mohg's lore, its the outer god "formless mother" who craves wounds.
Great Video! Keep it up champ :)
My boy Hoarah Loux better be high up. Bro is in space jam and we the basketball
Edit: HES #3 LETS GO
I give a like a subscribe just because the editing is very cool
I honestly love astel. His visuals and atmosphere is top notch and his gameplay feels very similar to the dancer from ds3 but with ranged attacks. All these slow attacks with quick windups and backhand slaps really made this one of my favorite bosses. It felt like what dancer could've been if she were a dlc boss
Quick tip about Niall that makes him much easier:
There's an item that exists called a "Bewitching Branch", you can buy five of them from a Nomadic Merchant below the Bellum Church in Liurnia. Using a Bewitching Branch on one of the Banished Knights in Niall's first phase will make it aggro on either the other knight or Niall himself. Either way, a knight is guaranteed to die when they aggro onto Niall as he pretty much kills them instantly. This makes the first phase SO MUCH easier and it allows you to enjoy the amazing second phase :>
awesome :D
Lowkey think fire giant is pretty aight and Fortissax is hella ubderrated imo
What did you like about fire giant???? 😭
yeah what could you possibly like about fire giant bro 😭
@@critterfarts7018 cool design and lore, you have to be careful about his attacks so you can't just whack at his toes freely, AND you get to summon my boy alexander
@@critterfarts7018for me its not: “what could you possibly like about it”
Its more like: “what is there to hate about”
Cus I honestly think its quite an easy fight that quite easy to dodge. And as a bonus we get more horseback fighting (kinda)
I also like the fire giant. The mechanics are dog shit but the spectacle,music and chaotic nature of the fight is just fun for me. My favorite fight was using the executioner axe and knocking him three times.
Finally! Someone putting Malenia where she belongs. Also great to see that godskin duo is not last place. Valiant gargoyles are in all ways worse than godskin duo. Great ranking and video. Keep up the gpod work!
Radahn, after the initial nerf, was buffed again and now is pretty much the same as on release
That double gargoyle fight is 🔥💪👊💥
THANK YOU
FINALLY SOMEONE THAT APPRECIATES THE GS DUO
but that fortissax take is absolutely abhorrent
Thanks lol
great editing !
thanks :D
I understand if you think that fire giant is a bad boss, but his ost is actually great. I had it on my soulsborne playlist at one point
Also you are supposed to fight fortissax head on because his lightning only appears if you are under him
understandable :D
Radahn is still Radahn, they fixed a bug and accidentally nerfed it and then reverted the mistake.
the imdontai clip had me dying i ain't gon lie
Fortissax's lighting strike only will trigger if you to under him its also clear er dragons are more made for spell users or ranged attacks whenever i fight any of them but placidusax i just use bolt of grannsax and using midir rules stay infront attack the head
Finally someone else who loves malenia
She's great
It's coping for those who don't. Once you've mastered that fight it's head and shoulders above the others. The music, the arena, the dialogue and dodging waterfowl is insane
@@fattmo7217her poise is literally broken and you cannot end the first on a riposte. She can then get up bock your attack and immediately go into waterfowl which is a move that you cannot expect a player to doge fully every time. If you like the fight you do but don’t say its coping for talking about actually problems
@@alright1239 that's fair partner I just don't think those things take away from how beautiful the fight is. Every single boss has borderline bullshit mechanics one way or another her jus happen to be extra annoying because of lifesteal. I've had those exact things happen to me against her. I just don't think people saying she's a shit boss is valid because of a few tough mechanics. As you said to each there own and that's with no sarcasm I can understand why people may not enjoy it as much. It took me many many tries to get a clean win against her but I eventually went on to beat her solo with like 20 different builds. Between her ost, the arena and her actual player model I think it's an incredible fight
@@fattmo7217 It depends on the criteria you look at bosses with, I judge them mechanically first. Then everything else is a bonus, for me Melania is perfect in every aspect except mechanically. Kinda like ornstein and smough. When ever there is a move or bug that makes it not the players fault they got hit the fight quality diminishes. If they fix the poise and repost and make it so she leaps back away from you and then does waterfowl i think its perfect. The lifesteal is only annoying because she hits you, make it so every attack is fair then lifesteal is not a problem. But yeah its all subjective for enjoyment.
Malenia was the only boss I enjoyed every attempt on, normally I would try to kill myself if I die to a boss more than 50 times, but I actually enjoyed all 160 attempts of malenia and 6 hours wasted on her
completely agree
And i spent 50hours+ on her alone on my lvl 1 run, and it was just fun the entire time.
NOTHING provides a bigger hit of dopamine than PERFECTLY DODGING waterfowl with the circle strafe light equipload strat.
Underrated Video. So funny :D
thanks :D
I respect the use of dmc music. Also I agree godksin duo is a decent boss; they both have good move sets, and as long as you're patient its fun and rewarding. I think the respawn mechanic is odd, but it is a boss as good as ornstein and smough, which ironically is also trivial if you're patient.
Many of these fights could be made easier if people were actually using consumable items. For Example, in the Commander Niall fight, he summons two knights to fight you, but you can use bewitching branch to turn them against him, making it an easy fight.
In last attempt of Malenia's boss fight i literal turn off music to hear sound of her move, i hate and love at the same time on this fight, 155 attempts and 4 hours of pain is worth it
Godrick would be one of a kind if they didn't shoehorn Godefroy into that evergaol in Altus.
it's one of my least favorite things this game does. No clue why they feel the need to reuse main bosses, it ruins what makes it cool. It's the same with Astel in the consecrated snowfield and sorta that mimic tear in the tunnel to the consecrated snowfield.
Well made video but damn… some of these takes are wild
For Niall you just have to kill the very agressiv one (two sword men) and then you can hit Niall when the other one is a bit far away because he is way slower.
It's the best strategy I think. Then midlife you have the second phase and it s done
Imma be honest, I skipped ahead to the end just to see which boss you thought was best. And I wholeheartedly agree. Malenia absolutely slapped, so did Mohg
13:30 the reason why you didnt get the cool grab attack version is because its only a rare below 25% health attack on astel darkness something which is just a copy of astel the naturalborn in some cave somewhere in the consecrated snowfeilds
great video :)
I recently played through Elden ring again and tried to engage with the bosses more than my first playthrough and man the bosses are so much fun I also felt the exact same way about godskin duo with my recent playthrough although the nobles roll can be a bit buggy and stutter Sometimes also to dodge malikeths one slam move if he dose it normally you dodge back not forward and if his doing the air one you dodge towards him
Question how do you engage with bosses with 16 hit stun combos?
@@_CrimsonBlade you try to find where you can hit them during a combo mainly trying to find how to do charge attacks and get posture breaks you gotta be agressive. I do think the bosses are very daunting to try and learn but I found when you focus and pay attention a lot of the delays make sense but I will say that I don’t think they prepare you super well for it I think they try to make you engage by punishing you for running away by having combo extensions but that just makes people run more a lot of people also had a problem with input reading but that was always a thing if you want to heal you have to dodge and find a opening to heal for every boss but there is a problem where some bosses extend and you weren’t trying to run away like morgott will pull out the spinning hammer if you run away and after doing the raining swords he can do it and it’s really not your fault for walking away from him since the swords fall right on him but what I mean by engage is being aggressive dodging attacking charge attacks I think margit try’s to teach the player a lot of things the most important thing he teaches you is to go away and come back stronger but I think doesn’t teach you the combat extremely well for most players one of the most important is to dodge to the side not back. I am talking mostly about melee can’t say much about magic I think the healing one applies for it tho probably also sorry if some of this is random or there are problems with the way I wrote it
@@_CrimsonBlade
You could try, idk... Maybe... Getting better?
@@BBQcheese id love to see your gameplay upload a video or shut up
@@_CrimsonBlade
Just made an entire playlist public, enjoy
Such an underrated video
I ranked every boss. 30 seconds in: I didn’t rank every boss.
I ranked every "important" boss I guess:D
I guess you can't pin him for this though. Imagine going through 5 death birds, Tibas and Trees. I would die of boredom watching
The video is already almost an hour long and that would quickly become an 8 hour video😂
@@ExoGhost no way exo ghost commented on my video lol
I used to watch your mw2019 videos those were so good
parrying only malenia is one of the best boss experiences you can have, tho its tough, once you get tha hang of the timings it just feels so good. Kinda like parrying in sekiro
agreed
You never need to roll through Godskin Nobles rolling attack. Just sprint jump to the side once, then strafe to his side constantly and he cant catch you. He rolls as a cyclinder, not a sphere so he can't quickly.
Based as fuck Godskin Duo enjoyer. Nerds on Reddit decided on release day that Godskin Duo was the worst boss ever made and everyone hopped on that bandwagon. I was the same for a long time, but its goated now.
maliketh is the best boss imo. I love his first phase just as much as his second phase, and getting a perfect fight on him is so satisfying.
This video is peak!
Obviously don't agree with all your takes but things wouldn't be interesting if we all agreed, right?
Maliketh is my favorite, not just in ER but in gaming period. I love both phases. I noticed watching the video you dodge into Beast Clergyman a lot. Getting under him causes him to constantly disengage. Try rolling his dagger combos to the sides next time you fight him. This will bait his finisher which is highly punishable. Maybe that'll improve your opinion on the encounter, maybe not just thought I'd share.
Also, I've always loved Mohg but the way you talked about it here just made me realize how great he actually is. Thanks!
thanks man :D
The main problem with twin gargoyles is the poison mist. In principle it's an ok summon punish / back off aoe / opening for ranged attacks (you're supposed to have ranged attacks in Elden Ring, like half the bosses have long 'get off me' aoes); but it comes out too fast and too often. Apart from that I think they're a reasonable damage/vigor check dividing Nokron, which you can get to pretty early, from Deeproot, which (I think? Maybe I'm wrong?) is intended to be more of a mid to late game area. If you come back to them post-Capitol they're tough, and still not a great fight, but not ~that~ bad. Plus, imo they're allowed to be a bit extra difficult because there's another path to the depths for people who favor exploration over combat. Also absolutely can't agree that their aesthetics is bad - they look neat, only really losing points for the repeat use. Their boss arena is fantastic, seeing the first one swoop in from the distance is dramatic, etc. I'm not claiming they're a good fight. Maybe if the poison mist was slower (in particular taking longer to recover before going into the next attack), with more of an audible wind up, an easier to make out area of effect, and just came out less frequently. But I don't find them as terrible as others.
I also have to defend Fortisax a bit. He's no Midir, but iirc that auto-lightning business mostly only spams like that if you're under his body - and if it does happen to catch if you're away from him it's much easier to read and time the dodge. I think it's mostly there to try to get you to square up and fight him from the front - where you can see, appreciate, and dodge his big lightning swipes, and target the head which most of his attacks bring down into melee range to punish. Yes, it goes back up between attacks, but again you're supposed to have a ranged option in this game. Again, still not great, far from Midir, but I think I prefer him to Placidusax.
nice video
i actually dont mind the godskin duo fight, its not as hard as people make it out to be, the soundtrack is also my fave track in the game
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i think a cool idea for radagon would A make elden beast an optiobal final boss like moon presence and B when you take down radagon you see the hair change to yellow and fight marika then about halfway the hair can change to orange or yellow signifying what attacks will be used then a combination of orange and yellow for big destructive attacks. ik its a lot but i would love to see someone implement that
ps. love elden beast at least a top 15 boss for me and its probably because elden ring was the first souls game i completed
that would be cool
Appreciate the Malenia love. She’s also a favorite!
Agree with malenia , only thing I hate is that clone attack
Elemar was surprisingly difficult It's really an underrated fight
As a certified melee meathead, I hated Fortissax for a long time. But then i used ranged spells and even bows of him, and he's so much more manageable. The timed lightning only activates while near him so keeping a bit of distance can honestly trivialize Fortissax.
I like Fire Giant quite a bit because he's pretty easy to poise break at the start of both phases, allowing for consistency no matter what kind of big stick I hit him with.
I've literally never fought Godskin Duo straight up after my first playthrough and always just cheese them with sleep pots because I don't want to be on the receiving end of the fight's inconsistencies, like the noble sometimes rolling over broken pillars, randomly aggroing both of them simultaneously, or awkwardly layered attacks stunlocking me. The only good duo fight in Elden Ring imo is Leonine Misbegotten and Perfumer Tricia.
18:40 No love to the bewitching branch then. Can't imagine trying all these things without using the literal "No-U" item
Honestly AMAZING list and video. Every boss is exactly where i wouldve ranked them except maybe switching Fire Giant with Astel( fg has slow but predictable moves, distance can easily be closed with torrent, ill admit the fire attacks are ass but he isnt that bad. And astel is just horrible to me: bad telegraphed attacks, really weird hitboxes, mid ost but an overall good visual design, and the fricking teleport) And i would also switch Godfrey with Malenia. Godfrey is just soo well done with the attacks being perfectly balanced and dodgeable, amazing ost, and a really intense second phase which when you have the timing down, just feels so satisfying. Malenia is great too obviously(shes my number 3):great visuals and ost, very fair attacks once you got them down, and it really feels like a dance BUT the healing is kinda unnecesary and she does just a little to much damage requiering almost perfection for most of her moves. Shes still an amazing boss tho but Godfrey just does it for me man. Also great take with Fortisax who is just a bad boss imo. All ancient dragons are bad(except placi) especially Lanseax(holy shit fuck this boss) and Fortisax is just a slightly better version of that but still not very good. And godskin duo is sooo overhated, like i think its the best gank fight in Elden Ring. With two amazing bosses on their own, beeing thrown together with perfect AI and an easy method to defeat them(sleep), a great ost, and a perfect Arena you get a really good gank fight.
I also really like Godskin duo i mean it can be annoying to fight them but they are really well made.
Great video bro < 3
Whats the song as 17:12?
Got it Tekken 8 theme
yeah pretty much all music used in this video is tekken
17:22 That shit is so funny lmao
Fire Giant & Fortissax are way too low there, that’s criminal lol. But I enjoyed your video overall.
Top 3 in my opinion
3. Mohgwyn
2. Radabeast
1. FUCKING WWE MAN
Change my fucking mind
Ah… a man of culture, I see🗿🍷
Top 3 worst’s bosses of all time then i agree
@@_CrimsonBlade not worse bosses, best bosses
Get it right
Your mind doesnt need changing. 😎
I think the only big thing wrong with ER Bosses is that they are designed with summons in mind so getting windows to actually land hits are few and far between
really? i find it manageable to play ER without summons and still get opportunities for counterattacks. The bosses are definitely harder though for sure
@@critterfarts7018 yeah I might also be blinded by how wack end game scaling is too
The trick to Fire Giant is to stick to his front in his second phase
Strat #5 for Commander’s pawns: bewitching branches
Bro I must've got favorable RNG cause when I fought the valiant gargoyles they did not gank up on me to where as long as I monitored my spacing I was able to kill one before getting bummed rushed by the other.
Ur lucky asf bro 😂
Personally I'd put Godfrey at first because I first fought it at lvl 111 with no armor and it was sooooo fun to learn every single attack and it's openings made me feel like a speed runner doging by my attack animation crouch just a perfect fight
In all one-to-one fights, I managed to beat all bosses but the Bell Bering dude by Calid Shack (maybe because you cannot summon).
:D
I also Love the godskin duo! I agree with every positive! They are balanced!
Midir unironically could 1v1 any dragon in FromSoft history and win. Bro is just built different and I don't think he'll ever be usurped as the best FromSoft dragon fight.
ghost loretta once did i think 12+ glintstone stars at me. rng went crazy
Malenia on 1st place is like ☠️☠️☠️ there is almost no fun fighting with her and its mainly focused on running away and looking for short window of time when you can attack
You can literally interrupt her attacks and get huge openings when you dodge the right way
Exposing yourself as having no idea how to fight Malenia LOL
yea bro what are you talkin abt 💀💀
Even though it's annoying having bosses run too often, it keeps them from being overwhelmed too quick and makes them more interactive
I agree with this video 1000% yes there are very good players out there that you could give them a short range weapon like a dagger and they could beat the game on new game +7 so level one there are some players out there that good but for the average player, I must admit I feel that the game is a bit unfair unless you have weapons like rivers of blood, the blasphemous blade stuff that has a little bit more range to it
thanks man :D
Currently in my first playthrough, the valiant gargoyles were so ass. i beat them without summons, but the amount of times i finally managed to kill the first one only to be poisoned without enough healing to survive was so infuriating
yea they suck without summons
16:15 fun fact: in lore they are not that fat and you can see this when they do the phase transition into the big slam attack. Their "fat" is just their skin armor
I actually like the godskin duo, idk why i just like fighting them
same man :D
DTS not required to beat the Game, You can skip him by using the teleporter next to Fia on Godwyn's throne
I know I’m a bit late but does the warp gate activate after or before fighting fortissax? If it’s before then it could be a good idea but if it’s after then DTS would probably be a better option.
pretty interesting takes
yuppp
The beast clergyman you give the death roots to isn’t malekith because you can kill him before you even fight malekith for an ancient dragon stone and the cope on malekith first phase is crazy
I was going to say something about the godskin duo placement, then I remember that I put the Full grown fallingstar beast in my top 4
Understandable
I think you misunderstood the Fire Giant fight. Like the 1st phase ur supposed 5o DPS down quickly, cuz its a toe smacking sim.
2nd phase is supposed to be fought from in front of him, not the legs. Wait till he slams his handa and get a few R1s or R2s or Ashes of War in depending on how much time ur moves take.
Your only supposed to fight his legs in phase 2 if your doing a status effect run.
I would put him above both Fortissax and Regal Ancestor.
Ehh, even if I would have fought him like that, I still really dislike just spamming r1 on someone's ankle and then just waiting for the fire giant to slam his hands down to hit them. I still don't like the bosses visuals, music, or arena as well. Fair enough though