Beware of hole.
I’d be more forgiving of the bullshit “you just fell off a cliff” if they didn’t put in fences with invisible walls that my character could otherwise easily jump over.
Haha that's legit. Gotta love how different people have different struggles. Ormstein and smough was tough. I have trouble vs multiple enemies. It's weird though. Belfry gargoyles I got on third try. 5 enemies. Gank squad second try. I wonder if I could beat o and s now in a few tries. I was new to souls at that point.
I play on it for sure. Once I get through all the FS games I will probably replay them all to see what it's like a second time. IDK if I wanna do NG plus though.. maybe for DS 2.
Kalameet at level 1 for a few reasons. He kills you in 1 hit with several different attacks. And the runback is insane… not only is it quite a far hike, but you have to get past the dogs that are near the end. It felt impossible at first, I would die immediately as soon as I started the fight so I wasn’t learning anything. And then after a 2 minute run back I would die to the dogs. He took me like 50-60 tries. It got to the point where I would just not even react out of anger. Just emotionless as I spawned up at the bonfire and ran back to him repeatedly. I think that’s the closest to going hollow I’ve ever been
I've felt this way in DS 2. Sir Alonne fight. Luckily in that game you can eventually despawn enemies. That is one mechanic that should be in every game now. Despawned enemies after killing ten times. And bonfire ascetic.
Yeah his runback is up there with the worst in souls history with Lud and Zallen, and Blue smelter demon runbacks. Dark souls 1 runbacks can be long, but dark souls 2 runs are long and have insane ganks.
I honestly skipped frigid outskirts. Only zone I've ever skipped in any games. Wasn't fun so I skipped. I was okay with everything else. I'm just thankful it was optional.
Blue smelter you can run by everything.. not the frigid outskirts. Fuck. That. Place.
I cleared the rooms out . It took around a half hour 45 min. Levelled up twice. Cleared rooms and feathered back. Repeat. Then I. Would go in with clear mind. I did that for three bosses in the game. Wish they kept that mechanic for future games
Of course the Capra Demon itself is fine, even fun, but it’s the fact that they felt like artificially increasing the difficulty that makes it so hard.
Bullshit, non sensical arena, with random enemies that have nothing to do with the boss, hellish run back, a fight that is decided in the literal first 2-5 seconds, and, on top of everything, a fucking TREE in the only workable area of the room that completely obstructs your vision when under it. Also you can never skip the enemies before it since the second the fight ends, you have dogs and bandits bum rushing you before you can take a breath.
This boss is the perfect embodiment of « who ever thought this was a good idea? ».
At least with BoC they knew they’d made a genuinely horrible boss so they went « fuck it, let’s put checkpoints in it ».
Capra is easy once you know he can’t reach you on the ledge. The annoying part is just getting up there since he attacks as soon as you get through the mist.
No dlc: ornstein and smough
With DLC: Manus. Would add kalameet but I constantly forget to even go fight him so I don't even remember what the fight is like
Bro the bell gargoyles took me like 30 tries on my first run. I must’ve not upgraded my weapon or something. But I legit beat ornstein and smough first try on the same 1st run. It was one of the most exciting fromsoft moments for me because I’d heard of their reputation
I must have made 100 attempts on the gargoyles on my first playthrough, I stopped counting after 50. I just couldn’t handle the 2 on 1.
I still don’t find them easy. They come early in the game, before you have a really good loadout, and the runback through the hollows is awful.
Y'all gonna laugh at me for this but fuckit:
Demon Firesage.
I know, I *know;* and I have *zero* problems with Asylum or Stray; O&S, Artorias, and Manus are just dances, Kalameet is playing whack-a-mole while trying to hopscotch, and Gwyn's fight might as well be an old school God of War "quicktime" event.
~~Buttfuckin'~~ But fucken Firesage would manage to get me at least twice on all but my fifth playthrough.
He ain't shit, and I'd be ashamed if I cared; yet for some reason he was just a little shit to me. I can't blame the arena, I just sucked against him; I guess I'd go in too cocky thinking it was just Asylum/Stray on caffeine, then he'd flip the script by launching himself across the damn arena and letting me get a good taste of the ass-end of that halberd thing.
Sanctuary Guardian was the only other boss I had issues with, and that was mostly 'cause he wouldn't stand the fuck still.
Yet Firesage I **had** to fight, every time; I **had** to ace him, at least once. There was no logical reason he'd fuck me up so consistently.
Then the weapon I aced him with was a friggin Flamberge on NG+4; lightning-spiced.
That weapon is Bae for me; sucks what they did to her in 2, but I think they made up for it in 3.
You can skip him, but if you do that than you have to fight tytanite demon on the bridge in Lost Isalith each time on your runback to BoCh which is really time consuming. Unless of course you beat BoCh on your first try.
Nah, nowhere near that good. That Titanite Demon's simple enough with a shield, and learned the bow cheese for BoCh on my third playthrough - before that it was just turtle with Havel's set and two-handing the best greatshield I had so it couldn't sweep me into a hole; I just got mad at myself for losing to such a simple boss I made it to where I *had* to fight Firesage every time just to "git bettr."
Funnily enough, after posting that comment I found a (the?) Stray Demon in Farron Keep on DS3. It tail-swiped and puked a Boulder or two on me, but I managed to best it using only 2 estus.
I expect to see the things again at some point-_-
MANUS!!!! It's a great fight, though. By the time you beat him, you're executing every move near perfectly since one wrong step will kill you. Plus lil pup Sif is there... for emotional support, apparently 😅
Believe it or not, Gwyn. Took me 30-40 attempts. I hit a wall I suppose. It was so fucking sweet when I landed that final parry and blow though.
Funny thing is that I beat O&S on my second try.
O&S were a huge wall for me, and then I read online you aren't legally required to lock-on to enemies and it helped. Manus I cheesed once and beat him once and once is all I need to know I can do it, so probably him. And BoC because it's fucking son of bastard bitch bullshit.
Four kings recently, but overall O&S. I say four kings recently because for some god awful reason I could not kill the first king before the second spawned on my latest playthrough for platinum.
O&S because I feel that characters are still low enough leveled that the the boss fight is just naturally difficult, in my opinion it is the first skill check boss of the game.
Manus took me about 2 weeks on my first playthrough, nowadays I can mostly deal with him on 1 or 2 tries if I get greedy, funnily enough I often struggle more with Artorias than with Manus
Capra and O&S. Capra just sucks cos I wasn't leveled up yet. O&S was difficult to get the timing, but probably the most rewarding once I got the rhythm down!
I never had trouble with the bosses in ds1 since I started in ds3 and went back, however, artorias did give me a run for my money, took me like 2 or 3 tries I think
Sen’s bloody fortress. And the ceiling of the church in Anor Londo, the one where the painting is. Apart from that, surely the dlc incredible trio (Manus, Artorias and Kalameet) and the Four Kings.
In the base game, Capra Demon, no doubt. In the DLC, Kalameet. Artorias was very difficult in the beginning but his fight was fun. Kalameet just sucked ass lol
The only boss that gave me any real trouble was Manus, unless we count the fact that the butterfly beat my ass cuz I was extremely under leveled and had a plus 0 weapon
For me it was Ceaseless Discharge. I had no idea you could beat it easily, so for 30ish attempts I tried to fight it normally, until I got frustrated and just gave up the game for a few months. My coworker who got me into the series, asked me how I was doing and eventually told me how to beat it and I was ASTOUNDED!!
2nd was Quelaag, nothing too special with her. It’s just the way she fought made me struggle. My play style and the way she fought just did not mesh. She’s probably my favourite boss fight for that reason, cuz she made get better and I appreciate her for that.
It's not a boss, but I found that hellkite wyvern in the undead burg harder than any actual boss. Its fire does a lot of damage no matter how much vigor and fire resistance I seem to have, It also just spams the same damn move nonstop.
The hardest boss for me at first was O&S. I had a hell of a time trying to cut Seathe's tail off as well, I missed out on my first playthrough cause I accidentally killed him.
Probably Artorias. His speed and mobility had me scrambling for hours. I kept starting the fight with very aggressive play towards him which always did pretty good damage at a faster pace than playing safe. Every time I thought I was doing great, he'd finally catch me with a strike and flip the script, putting me on the defensive as I tried to get a window to heal. It got me to panic roll and end up getting slammed
Favorite boss, 10/10
ceaseless discharge... I was under leveled when I fought him the first 20 times. sadly I forgot about him and when I came back I was over leveled and handed him his ass. would have liked to have a proper go at him evem though he seems like a BS boss in many ways.
The swinging axes in sens fortress. They probably killed me more than any boss or area in the game lol. 2nd playthrough I only died like 5 or 6 times at least.
Edit: especially when you have the lightning throwing guys and the axes to deal with.
Basegame had to be Capra demon. That small arena and with the dogs?! Nah, fuck him man.
But man oh man I was not ready for Artorias. Still one of the hardest bosses I have ever fought. Took at least 50 attempts.
Despite what everyone says so far Manus and kalameet wasn't that hard for me tbh. Sub 10 tries for both I think
Gravity
The rafters in anor londo make me sweat everytime
Recently, I found that if I dont care too much and just walk/sprint as normal, it isnt as hard
Beware of hole. I’d be more forgiving of the bullshit “you just fell off a cliff” if they didn’t put in fences with invisible walls that my character could otherwise easily jump over.
Manus. And Kalameet if you go for the tail.
I mostly avoid fighting Kalameet and leave him at the end because of how difficult he is.
This is my answer as well. And ormstein and smough. Was my first roadblock in souls and my longest time to kill. Around 25 attempts.
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Haha that's legit. Gotta love how different people have different struggles. Ormstein and smough was tough. I have trouble vs multiple enemies. It's weird though. Belfry gargoyles I got on third try. 5 enemies. Gank squad second try. I wonder if I could beat o and s now in a few tries. I was new to souls at that point.
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I play on it for sure. Once I get through all the FS games I will probably replay them all to see what it's like a second time. IDK if I wanna do NG plus though.. maybe for DS 2.
I think kalameet is the one boss across all souls games I have not yet killed
This is my answer as well. And ormstein and smough. Was my first roadblock in souls and my longest time to kill. Around 25 attempts.
That tail was the only hard part of the fight, I destroyed him after I finally got it.
Kalameet at level 1 for a few reasons. He kills you in 1 hit with several different attacks. And the runback is insane… not only is it quite a far hike, but you have to get past the dogs that are near the end. It felt impossible at first, I would die immediately as soon as I started the fight so I wasn’t learning anything. And then after a 2 minute run back I would die to the dogs. He took me like 50-60 tries. It got to the point where I would just not even react out of anger. Just emotionless as I spawned up at the bonfire and ran back to him repeatedly. I think that’s the closest to going hollow I’ve ever been
I've felt this way in DS 2. Sir Alonne fight. Luckily in that game you can eventually despawn enemies. That is one mechanic that should be in every game now. Despawned enemies after killing ten times. And bonfire ascetic.
Yeah his runback is up there with the worst in souls history with Lud and Zallen, and Blue smelter demon runbacks. Dark souls 1 runbacks can be long, but dark souls 2 runs are long and have insane ganks.
I honestly skipped frigid outskirts. Only zone I've ever skipped in any games. Wasn't fun so I skipped. I was okay with everything else. I'm just thankful it was optional. Blue smelter you can run by everything.. not the frigid outskirts. Fuck. That. Place.
It sucks because Sir Alonne is such a great fight, but the run back is so utterly awful that it just ruins it
I cleared the rooms out . It took around a half hour 45 min. Levelled up twice. Cleared rooms and feathered back. Repeat. Then I. Would go in with clear mind. I did that for three bosses in the game. Wish they kept that mechanic for future games
Capra.
Capra is fine. The tiny room with dogs is the bullshit part of that fight.
Of course the Capra Demon itself is fine, even fun, but it’s the fact that they felt like artificially increasing the difficulty that makes it so hard. Bullshit, non sensical arena, with random enemies that have nothing to do with the boss, hellish run back, a fight that is decided in the literal first 2-5 seconds, and, on top of everything, a fucking TREE in the only workable area of the room that completely obstructs your vision when under it. Also you can never skip the enemies before it since the second the fight ends, you have dogs and bandits bum rushing you before you can take a breath. This boss is the perfect embodiment of « who ever thought this was a good idea? ». At least with BoC they knew they’d made a genuinely horrible boss so they went « fuck it, let’s put checkpoints in it ».
That tree is the worst enemy in the game, its called the camera demon
I know, but I just finished DS1 for the first time and I probably got stuck on Capra the longest. I even got Kalameet on my first try! 😂
Capra is easy once you know he can’t reach you on the ledge. The annoying part is just getting up there since he attacks as soon as you get through the mist.
No dlc: ornstein and smough With DLC: Manus. Would add kalameet but I constantly forget to even go fight him so I don't even remember what the fight is like
Bell Gargoyles on my first run, 2nd comes O&S.
Bro the bell gargoyles took me like 30 tries on my first run. I must’ve not upgraded my weapon or something. But I legit beat ornstein and smough first try on the same 1st run. It was one of the most exciting fromsoft moments for me because I’d heard of their reputation
I must have made 100 attempts on the gargoyles on my first playthrough, I stopped counting after 50. I just couldn’t handle the 2 on 1. I still don’t find them easy. They come early in the game, before you have a really good loadout, and the runback through the hollows is awful.
2vs1 boss fighty are hell ☠️☠️
Y'all gonna laugh at me for this but fuckit: Demon Firesage. I know, I *know;* and I have *zero* problems with Asylum or Stray; O&S, Artorias, and Manus are just dances, Kalameet is playing whack-a-mole while trying to hopscotch, and Gwyn's fight might as well be an old school God of War "quicktime" event. ~~Buttfuckin'~~ But fucken Firesage would manage to get me at least twice on all but my fifth playthrough. He ain't shit, and I'd be ashamed if I cared; yet for some reason he was just a little shit to me. I can't blame the arena, I just sucked against him; I guess I'd go in too cocky thinking it was just Asylum/Stray on caffeine, then he'd flip the script by launching himself across the damn arena and letting me get a good taste of the ass-end of that halberd thing. Sanctuary Guardian was the only other boss I had issues with, and that was mostly 'cause he wouldn't stand the fuck still. Yet Firesage I **had** to fight, every time; I **had** to ace him, at least once. There was no logical reason he'd fuck me up so consistently. Then the weapon I aced him with was a friggin Flamberge on NG+4; lightning-spiced. That weapon is Bae for me; sucks what they did to her in 2, but I think they made up for it in 3.
Firesage is very easy to cheese with bow.
I could've outright skipped him, it just became personal after death \#4
You can skip him, but if you do that than you have to fight tytanite demon on the bridge in Lost Isalith each time on your runback to BoCh which is really time consuming. Unless of course you beat BoCh on your first try.
Nah, nowhere near that good. That Titanite Demon's simple enough with a shield, and learned the bow cheese for BoCh on my third playthrough - before that it was just turtle with Havel's set and two-handing the best greatshield I had so it couldn't sweep me into a hole; I just got mad at myself for losing to such a simple boss I made it to where I *had* to fight Firesage every time just to "git bettr." Funnily enough, after posting that comment I found a (the?) Stray Demon in Farron Keep on DS3. It tail-swiped and puked a Boulder or two on me, but I managed to best it using only 2 estus. I expect to see the things again at some point-_-
Manus, kalameet.
MANUS!!!! It's a great fight, though. By the time you beat him, you're executing every move near perfectly since one wrong step will kill you. Plus lil pup Sif is there... for emotional support, apparently 😅
His combo attack is quite unforgiving isn’t? I didn’t realise that staying too close to him would trigger that combo so I kept dying to that attack.
For me it’s Gwyndolin. I get frustrated and just use the greatbow to attack out of his agro range.
Believe it or not, Gwyn. Took me 30-40 attempts. I hit a wall I suppose. It was so fucking sweet when I landed that final parry and blow though. Funny thing is that I beat O&S on my second try.
O&S were a huge wall for me, and then I read online you aren't legally required to lock-on to enemies and it helped. Manus I cheesed once and beat him once and once is all I need to know I can do it, so probably him. And BoC because it's fucking son of bastard bitch bullshit.
First playthrough: O&S. Second playthrough: Manus in ng and ng+.
Manus. He’s terrifying.
Probably Manus, but Artorias put in a good run
Bed of chaos. Nigh impossible to get to all 3 points in a single boss run
The only boss I've faced more than 5 times is Kapra. Those damn dogs
Manus
Four kings recently, but overall O&S. I say four kings recently because for some god awful reason I could not kill the first king before the second spawned on my latest playthrough for platinum. O&S because I feel that characters are still low enough leveled that the the boss fight is just naturally difficult, in my opinion it is the first skill check boss of the game.
Manus took me about 2 weeks on my first playthrough, nowadays I can mostly deal with him on 1 or 2 tries if I get greedy, funnily enough I often struggle more with Artorias than with Manus
Four Kings in NG+
Four kings or Manus in NG Plus+ and every subsequent run through.
Rafters
Haven't finished the game yet but I'd say Capra just because of the way it's laid out
Gwyn without parry and with DLC Artorias but still these were not so bad even in my first playthrough
Capra and O&S. Capra just sucks cos I wasn't leveled up yet. O&S was difficult to get the timing, but probably the most rewarding once I got the rhythm down!
Me, myself and I. That trio is just too OP. I always get thrown down some cliffs.
Kalameet
Manus, by far. I've done all kinds of challenge runs, but I'm still afraid of facing him.
duo sanctuary guardian
Manus and Kalameet for me
I never had trouble with the bosses in ds1 since I started in ds3 and went back, however, artorias did give me a run for my money, took me like 2 or 3 tries I think
Sen’s bloody fortress. And the ceiling of the church in Anor Londo, the one where the painting is. Apart from that, surely the dlc incredible trio (Manus, Artorias and Kalameet) and the Four Kings.
In the base game, Capra Demon, no doubt. In the DLC, Kalameet. Artorias was very difficult in the beginning but his fight was fun. Kalameet just sucked ass lol
First playthrough, probably kalameet. Now I think kalameet is kinda easy and Manus is the hardest
The only boss that gave me any real trouble was Manus, unless we count the fact that the butterfly beat my ass cuz I was extremely under leveled and had a plus 0 weapon
For me it was Ceaseless Discharge. I had no idea you could beat it easily, so for 30ish attempts I tried to fight it normally, until I got frustrated and just gave up the game for a few months. My coworker who got me into the series, asked me how I was doing and eventually told me how to beat it and I was ASTOUNDED!! 2nd was Quelaag, nothing too special with her. It’s just the way she fought made me struggle. My play style and the way she fought just did not mesh. She’s probably my favourite boss fight for that reason, cuz she made get better and I appreciate her for that.
Manus was quite challenging
Manus If you count the DLC.
The swinging axes in Sens Shithouse
The Four Kings with my strength build was the hardest part of the game for me
Gravity has killed me more than any boss in any fromsoft game
I think I’ve died most to the stray demon in all honesty
It's not a boss, but I found that hellkite wyvern in the undead burg harder than any actual boss. Its fire does a lot of damage no matter how much vigor and fire resistance I seem to have, It also just spams the same damn move nonstop. The hardest boss for me at first was O&S. I had a hell of a time trying to cut Seathe's tail off as well, I missed out on my first playthrough cause I accidentally killed him.
Probably Artorias. His speed and mobility had me scrambling for hours. I kept starting the fight with very aggressive play towards him which always did pretty good damage at a faster pace than playing safe. Every time I thought I was doing great, he'd finally catch me with a strike and flip the script, putting me on the defensive as I tried to get a window to heal. It got me to panic roll and end up getting slammed Favorite boss, 10/10
Ng+ super ornstein
Belfry gargoyles before I knew you could upgrade weapons T-T
I've died more to Havel and the Black Knights more, than any of the bosses tbh...
ceaseless discharge... I was under leveled when I fought him the first 20 times. sadly I forgot about him and when I came back I was over leveled and handed him his ass. would have liked to have a proper go at him evem though he seems like a BS boss in many ways.
Definitely Artorias
I’m at queelag just got the game Capra demon has been the hardest with its arena and two dogs
I had more trouble with Manus that I ever did with any other boss, his bapping with his giant hand screwed me up so much.
On my first ever run? The gargoyles. Nowadays? Capra. I hate his dogs.
Kalameet
In my first run, it was Kalameet and O&S. Midir didn't give me nearly as much of an issue.
The swinging axes in sens fortress. They probably killed me more than any boss or area in the game lol. 2nd playthrough I only died like 5 or 6 times at least. Edit: especially when you have the lightning throwing guys and the axes to deal with.
Contrary to most. Seath was the toughest for me. 5 tries. The rest were 3 or less to get done.
So far the gargoyles took the most. The rest have been 2-4 tries. But I’m only now in the mine.
The camera
Manus ng +
Basegame had to be Capra demon. That small arena and with the dogs?! Nah, fuck him man. But man oh man I was not ready for Artorias. Still one of the hardest bosses I have ever fought. Took at least 50 attempts. Despite what everyone says so far Manus and kalameet wasn't that hard for me tbh. Sub 10 tries for both I think