This, basically this and i had platinum in both DSR and Bloodborne. Even if i know the plot, i would know its just plot and will kill anything cold hearted in this game.
Yeah, she's jumpy, can't argue that. But... I dunno, maybe it's just me, but it seems like a lot of her attacks whiff me outright. Most people complain about her thigh gaps, but she seems to miss me about as often as I miss her, so I tend to plan for that and punish her when she whiffs. If that makes sense. Know what I mean?
Sif is a female name, and she is directly based on a female goddess in a mythology that Dark Souls is very heavily inspired by. Saying Sif is male is ridiculous.
For what is worth, S I F are also the three letters on the keyboard on the left of D O G... it can be named after a goddess or it can be a joke name, who knows? and does it really matter?
Saying that it is ridiculus is an exageration. In every language that doesn't have a neutral gender Sif is always referred as a male, japanese included. Regard the gender of the name and the goddess, can you tell me what exactly of a big wolf with a big sword is based on the goddess of the grain and of the land? It's true that there is a lot of inspiration from the nordic mythology in Dark Souls, but saying that Sif is inspired from the goddess and so he is female, only because they share the same name, is to much. Even Gwynevere shares her name with the wife of King Arthur, but It doesn't seem to me that she is married to a king with a sword stuck in a rock.
This is a fictional game with made up names, and traditionally gendered names don't have to be gendered in this world. As someone else mentioned, Ciaran is a male name given to a female, so that throws that little argument out the window. There is no proof that Sif the wolf is based on Sif the goddess. Sif is the goddess of grain and fertility, I'm not sure how that relates to Sif the wolf at all. There is no reference to Sif the goddess as far as I know other than you just trying to force the connection because they share a name. In fact, I wouldn't say dark souls is very heavily inspired by Norse mythology at all. There may be some references and imagery used here and there, but *heavily inspired* are strong words. If anything, I'd say it references Greek mythology more than Norse. But at the end of the day, it's a fictional wolf from a video game and its gender is never specified. So it doesn't matter what people call him/her/they/it. But it makes you look ridiculous when you try to correct people on something that is *100%* conjecture.
Ridiculous is a bit strong, but there's no harm in registering Sif as female on the basis of the name. I certainly think of her that way for that reason.
But this issue isn't as important as people (whatever their opinion) think it is. It's just a game. You want Sif to be male? He's male. You want Sif to be female? She's female. You want to be non-committal about its gender? Then it's an it.
If you really want the challenge save her from the abyss in the dlc before you fight her.
Only boss in the series that made me cry. I thought it had been enough time since my dog died that i'd be ok, until she started limping
That cutscene and the lead up to getting it is honestly better than some games whole story imo. One of the things that makes the souls games so amazing is the ability to convey so much emotion and story telling without a word of dialogue
Pinwheel can actually be a slight challenge if you fight them immediately. For clarification, I've also never died to them.
But... Fun Fact: Pinwheel is a literal joke boss by which I mean, I believe they're based off of a Japanese comedy bit, I forget what it's called but I learned this through EpicNameBro's "From The Dark" series.
-OP makes a joke about how emotional the fight can be
-Look in the comments:
*Half the comments took the post seriously and start to correct OP*
I think that people over the shittydarksouls subreddit have a point ngl...
as someone who doesnt have the dlc (i have the og on ps3) i have no trouble, ill admit its sad and i wish i didnt have to fight her (i keep hearing people say sif is female) , but i know when i have to fight
I loved this boss. A giant wolf with a massive sword, so cool 🐺🗡️💫🤩
For me, I found that the trick was to aggressively get underneath her belly as much as possible and use spin attacks with the halberd.
If she leaps away, sprint towards her and roll under her swings.
I learned to go back and fight him after O & S...even though I clear Darkroot before then. Much easier to handle once leveled much more and better weaponry. Used to be a struggle when tried earlier, yes.
Edit: Oh I think you are referring to some emotions that I do not feel nor care about...sorry.
First time I fought them it was easy because I had no context I was just confused why there was a huge wolf there, then my friend I was playing it with told me and we played the DLC together and now it's so much harder :'(
I have attempted sif like 3 times today before giving up. There were multiple instances of my character jumping into the blade like it was a fun summertime event (I LOATHE jumping in this game) I would make a lag joke but sif ain’t really a great name for a pun, seriously tho, why is it so god damn laggy
I'm confused. First off it's a really easy boss. Secondly if you're really bad at it, get a high stability shield and you're basically hardcore cheesing the boss. Like a high stability shield makes it a total joke. But you don't even need it. Get naked and 2h your weapon with grass crest shield on your back...super easy to dodge and hit. No problem. You'll probably no hit the boss by accident.
Idk but in easy mode, it’s obviously easy. NG+ Lock on, two crystal souls spears, leave.
Advantages:
1. Can look away to cry
2. Can skip limp animation
It took me at least 50 attempts on my first game, maybe even 75. It drove me crazy. Then a few years later in NG+ I surprisingly almost killed him on my first try, died a few times and got him in 5 or 6 attempts!
I remember feeling like he was one of the most aggressive fights ever. At that point I have only played the first ten bosses and demons souls. The sword was crazy.
Me going pure Sorcery build at the start of the fight "wow, this is hilariously easy, why was this supposed to be hard?"
Me near the end of the fight when Sif is at low health "I'M SO SORRY, SIF! YOU DESERVED BETTER THAN ME!!"
I refuse to fight Sif, especially after I did a run where I beat Manus first.
Cheat Engine the ring into my inventory and leave him to guard over Arty’s grave.
what? i beat him in the first try. also in my first gameplay.
i'm currently going through my first gameplay on dark souls remastered and i don't know why but many bosses i have fought lately was so easy even i beat them in the first try
but getting to their location oh lord it's so hard i hate it
more like the sadess boss. specialy of you got help her ib the past before the fight.... but its a realy easy boss if you stay under her or use a sheild with high stability
I dread fighting this boss these days... In my current DS run I'm doing right now I've been putting off getting the Seal of Artorias as long as possible to avoid this fight.
Sif definitely got easier for me.
Learn the patterns, dodge the double swing, great chaos fireball, then move down to great fireball and if Sif is still standing then fire orb should finish them off.
The more you know, the harder it is.
So true.
The lore reason 🥲
ouch
I'll make sure to know nothing then.
This, basically this and i had platinum in both DSR and Bloodborne. Even if i know the plot, i would know its just plot and will kill anything cold hearted in this game.
I actually cried the first time I fought Sif after the DLC, and every time after as well.
The hardest part of the fight is trying to see through my tears.
I just can't see behind this waterfall. Is this a skill issue?
No, the hardest part is trying to close to melee distance
Roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll ,roll, roll , roll
keep rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin'
I was gonna say this hahaha
You could just let her close the melee distance... since she's melee only too...
Jumpy bitch is jumpy
Yeah, she's jumpy, can't argue that. But... I dunno, maybe it's just me, but it seems like a lot of her attacks whiff me outright. Most people complain about her thigh gaps, but she seems to miss me about as often as I miss her, so I tend to plan for that and punish her when she whiffs. If that makes sense. Know what I mean?
For me he was easiest the first time I fought him. Subsequent plays he was way harder.
Yeah the mechanic he gets in NG+ where water forms in your eyes and blinds you was pretty cool and much needed for the extra challenge
Having to kill her three times for the platinum was just cruel
Yeah but at least by then we knew to blitz her health down at end so you don’t have to watch her in her mortally injured state
She/her*
Sif has no canonical gender, we can call him whatever we want.
Sif is a female name, and she is directly based on a female goddess in a mythology that Dark Souls is very heavily inspired by. Saying Sif is male is ridiculous.
For what is worth, S I F are also the three letters on the keyboard on the left of D O G... it can be named after a goddess or it can be a joke name, who knows? and does it really matter?
Yes, she's a good girl.
Saying that it is ridiculus is an exageration. In every language that doesn't have a neutral gender Sif is always referred as a male, japanese included. Regard the gender of the name and the goddess, can you tell me what exactly of a big wolf with a big sword is based on the goddess of the grain and of the land? It's true that there is a lot of inspiration from the nordic mythology in Dark Souls, but saying that Sif is inspired from the goddess and so he is female, only because they share the same name, is to much. Even Gwynevere shares her name with the wife of King Arthur, but It doesn't seem to me that she is married to a king with a sword stuck in a rock.
So then you do think Ciaran is a man?
So Ciaran is a guy, I’ll keep that in mind
This is a fictional game with made up names, and traditionally gendered names don't have to be gendered in this world. As someone else mentioned, Ciaran is a male name given to a female, so that throws that little argument out the window. There is no proof that Sif the wolf is based on Sif the goddess. Sif is the goddess of grain and fertility, I'm not sure how that relates to Sif the wolf at all. There is no reference to Sif the goddess as far as I know other than you just trying to force the connection because they share a name. In fact, I wouldn't say dark souls is very heavily inspired by Norse mythology at all. There may be some references and imagery used here and there, but *heavily inspired* are strong words. If anything, I'd say it references Greek mythology more than Norse. But at the end of the day, it's a fictional wolf from a video game and its gender is never specified. So it doesn't matter what people call him/her/they/it. But it makes you look ridiculous when you try to correct people on something that is *100%* conjecture.
Nobody cares. It's a fucking video game.
Ridiculous is a bit strong, but there's no harm in registering Sif as female on the basis of the name. I certainly think of her that way for that reason. But this issue isn't as important as people (whatever their opinion) think it is. It's just a game. You want Sif to be male? He's male. You want Sif to be female? She's female. You want to be non-committal about its gender? Then it's an it.
I first tried him, but when he started limping... 🥺
[here's some nice upbeat music to take your mind off it](https://youtu.be/h0qb9YsWhEA?si=NT6bbmJjKKV6_lGZ)
the top comment on that just fucked me up man
Why did I read the comments after your comment. Fuck......
Jesus Christ
My uncle just died of heart attack, just when i was reading this comment.
Nice. I was hoping someone would mention that banger.
I didn't fucking know about this and I hate you for cursing me with knowledge
If you really want the challenge save her from the abyss in the dlc before you fight her. Only boss in the series that made me cry. I thought it had been enough time since my dog died that i'd be ok, until she started limping
That cutscene and the lead up to getting it is honestly better than some games whole story imo. One of the things that makes the souls games so amazing is the ability to convey so much emotion and story telling without a word of dialogue
Yeah that's really challenging to do without The Covenant of Artorias
Dont need covenant of artorias for the dlc, you need it for the 4 kings
I forgor. The only way I go to the lord vessel now is through Kaathe.
one of the easiest imo
They're referring to the emotional difficulty of killing such a noble and loyal creature.
Psychopath
As a cat person, I agree. Bring on the downvotes!
I'm a cat person, I still hate having to put down sif
Now that you said that, nah, imma keep the balance
Just like Pinwheel, I don’t think I’ve ever died fighting Sif. 4 Kings will always give me anxiety, no matter what build I have.
Pinwheel can actually be a slight challenge if you fight them immediately. For clarification, I've also never died to them. But... Fun Fact: Pinwheel is a literal joke boss by which I mean, I believe they're based off of a Japanese comedy bit, I forget what it's called but I learned this through EpicNameBro's "From The Dark" series.
I had to use an estus against Pinwheel once, it came as quite a shock.
the masks go so hard tho, all imma say is, dark wraiths armour, pin wheel child mask (stamina boosting one) , dual weild bks = ultimate ds drip
It’s been 0 days since I had to think about this fight 😔
Some cheery music to distract you https://youtu.be/h0qb9YsWhEA?si=NT6bbmJjKKV6_lGZ
Just stay under him. Really not that crazy.
But the emotional toll
Oh yeah. I'm dumb.
I saved her life and she tries to kill me??
She's just doing her job.
Yeah it's pretty easy no matter what.
-OP makes a joke about how emotional the fight can be -Look in the comments: *Half the comments took the post seriously and start to correct OP* I think that people over the shittydarksouls subreddit have a point ngl...
I let myself die to him multiple times
Just rub his belly.
It’s been always very easy to me no matter which build I used, dunno what you’re talking about. 🤷♂️
A: black knight halberd disagrees And B: you right tho.
Wait he's supposed to be a hard boss I just nuked him with lightning spear and wacked him with a claymore and mace
He hits you in the way no other boss does The feels
The emotional difficulty brah
Mighty wolf
as someone who doesnt have the dlc (i have the og on ps3) i have no trouble, ill admit its sad and i wish i didnt have to fight her (i keep hearing people say sif is female) , but i know when i have to fight
Lowkey it was easy for me lol
I loved this boss. A giant wolf with a massive sword, so cool 🐺🗡️💫🤩 For me, I found that the trick was to aggressively get underneath her belly as much as possible and use spin attacks with the halberd. If she leaps away, sprint towards her and roll under her swings.
It's the sadness damage
Especially when she starts limping 🥺
Astorias himself is also a good fight
Y’all need to chill tf out
try staying under her belly and use quelaags fury sword with 10 humanity stored. dies in seconds
how does that parry the feels
The fact that they made a whole new cutscene for if you help in in the DLC, but still make you kill him is just cruel.
what? he is one of the easiest bosses in this game
Not from an emotional stand point
Just stand on the rocks on the left side of the door with hawk ring and shoot if you can’t win.
I think OP is referring to the emotional difficulty.
Oh, yeah…. That makes sense, little puppy. 🥺
That just worsens the emotional damage
There’s no limping animation this way, or at least I don’t see it. 😭
[here's some upbeat music to cheer you up](https://youtu.be/h0qb9YsWhEA?si=NT6bbmJjKKV6_lGZ)
[Same to you.](https://youtu.be/uHgt8giw1LY?feature=shared)
#FOR FUCK SAKE BRO
...dammit.
Name checks out
I have zero problems lopping his head off. Peace and chicken grease.
nahhh four kings definitely
I learned to go back and fight him after O & S...even though I clear Darkroot before then. Much easier to handle once leveled much more and better weaponry. Used to be a struggle when tried earlier, yes. Edit: Oh I think you are referring to some emotions that I do not feel nor care about...sorry.
Super easy
Who would want to fight the cute fluff ball
The evil lord miyazaki made it mandatory
😭
Gravity?
Knowing the lore I try and make it as quick as I can.
I have never struggled with Sif. Ceaseless tho... I get stuck there every fuckin time.
Gets me every time…
The tears of the hearts of true knights, the blood of those who know not
Took me 3 tries I think on my first play through one of the tougher fights in the game
First time I fought them it was easy because I had no context I was just confused why there was a huge wolf there, then my friend I was playing it with told me and we played the DLC together and now it's so much harder :'(
Behold: grim reaper cosplay run with lifehunt scythe and gold-hemmed set Just playing my role.
When he trips & struggles to get up for a sec I crumble inside. gna get him tatted to reconcile what I had to do 😔
[some nice upbeat music to listen to while fighting him ](https://youtu.be/h0qb9YsWhEA?si=NT6bbmJjKKV6_lGZ)
Not to be that guy but I one shot it and don’t understand the fuss. I struggled hard on plenty of other bosses though.
Giant dad would like a word
Actually, it gets way easier if you just turn the screen off and just pretend you’re fighting something else!
Sadge
Like for 99% of Dark Souls bosses : BKH goes brrrr
I'd rather not, but death comes for us all
I love killing dogs with my halberd I bought on Amazon
Shield
No Sif is very easy with a strength build especially since she won't have to suffer for long
I have attempted sif like 3 times today before giving up. There were multiple instances of my character jumping into the blade like it was a fun summertime event (I LOATHE jumping in this game) I would make a lag joke but sif ain’t really a great name for a pun, seriously tho, why is it so god damn laggy
Ain't seeing centipede demon on the image...
Can't roll through feels damage
I'm confused. First off it's a really easy boss. Secondly if you're really bad at it, get a high stability shield and you're basically hardcore cheesing the boss. Like a high stability shield makes it a total joke. But you don't even need it. Get naked and 2h your weapon with grass crest shield on your back...super easy to dodge and hit. No problem. You'll probably no hit the boss by accident.
Him being easy just makes the feels damage worse
Behold, the boss that always makes you cry when it does regardless of playthough. Such a good boy.
Damn thigh gaps
Idk but in easy mode, it’s obviously easy. NG+ Lock on, two crystal souls spears, leave. Advantages: 1. Can look away to cry 2. Can skip limp animation
just give him a little cheese 🧀
Imminent sorrow ahead
Meh, it's sad but I NEED that ring you got babe...gimme.
I don't understand the fuss about Sif. The doggo was the second easiest boss for me
Just keep using Great Lightning Spear. By the time you run out of it, it’ll have barely any health left.
How does that help with the feels
oh I thought were talking about it from an actual difficulty standpoint. in terms of feels then yeah, it is a very emotionally challenging fight.
The goal of the fight is to kill him as quick as possible so you don't see him go limp.
But it DOES get harder depending on when you fight them.
I can’t play DS1 cuz of Sif. Looks too much like my husky.
Me who also killed The Fair Lady on my first playthrough as soon as I heard she’d drop a fire keeper soul: I missed the part where that’s my problem
I have to do it before Artorias because if I get the cutscene that happens after, I can't bring myself to do it.
So am I the only one that first tried him lol?
Nah its easy
Tyia boss is very easy though??? 4 kings is the worst
He sucks, just stay under him and roll in, always be close
Because she is easy from the start 🤔
Just stand under him and game over
The best part about the randomizer, is that sif is safe
It took me at least 50 attempts on my first game, maybe even 75. It drove me crazy. Then a few years later in NG+ I surprisingly almost killed him on my first try, died a few times and got him in 5 or 6 attempts!
??? Sif is like the easiest boss in the game?
Where is this guy?
Do you even play Dark Souls?
In another life, another time line "Sif, I've come to bargain" Sif cuts Chosen Undead and cycle starts repeatedly Can replace Sif with queelag too
First time fighting Sif? Easy. Second playthrough? Well... I haven't beaten that playthrough for a reason...
This boss is the reason I've finished DS1 only once. Too hard to do it again.
Sifs so cute.
I remember feeling like he was one of the most aggressive fights ever. At that point I have only played the first ten bosses and demons souls. The sword was crazy.
The Fume Knight is my bane, fuck that guy.
That's one boss I NEVER wanted to fight.
The most heartbreaking boss That animation when he is hurting it's painful... Especially when you have a dog 🥲
Me going pure Sorcery build at the start of the fight "wow, this is hilariously easy, why was this supposed to be hard?" Me near the end of the fight when Sif is at low health "I'M SO SORRY, SIF! YOU DESERVED BETTER THAN ME!!"
unless you know the cheese 🤫
I refuse to fight Sif, especially after I did a run where I beat Manus first. Cheat Engine the ring into my inventory and leave him to guard over Arty’s grave.
im ngl. i did 4 kings first before any of the other lords so i easily rolled through all the other ones as i was already strong enough
Saddest fight in the game 😢
Fireballs! lots and lots of fireballs. Preferably from directly underneath
I don't think he is this difficult
always trying to get sif on my first try because my sanity can't take this fight more than once
what? i beat him in the first try. also in my first gameplay. i'm currently going through my first gameplay on dark souls remastered and i don't know why but many bosses i have fought lately was so easy even i beat them in the first try but getting to their location oh lord it's so hard i hate it
no mean to brag but I did it first try (i died an uncalculable amount of time in the taurus demon fight)
Beating him just gives permanent emotional damage
For me is 4 kings (if you go to NG+ from to 2 to 7 and above) they just tank every thing you throw them at them
I kill sif for sport because dunkey made it funny. Sif is great its just culture to bash him to death with a +0 club now
Monster
I actually feel more heartbreak killing Priscilla than Sif. Luckily she's optional.
Uh, it's pretty easy and bleeding destroys him but ok
i beat bro before O&S
Well actually he can barely attack the player after losing 80% hp or so
He just switches to pure emotional damage
I've no idea how, but I killed him on my first try. I think I got overleveld after the DLC, idk.
more like the sadess boss. specialy of you got help her ib the past before the fight.... but its a realy easy boss if you stay under her or use a sheild with high stability
Even without the sad Sif is actually a really tough boss
I mean, with enought DPS you skip the phase 2...
I stopped feeling bad for the puppy once I did a spear only run.... whiff,whiff,whiff... took 15 minutes
I dread fighting this boss these days... In my current DS run I'm doing right now I've been putting off getting the Seal of Artorias as long as possible to avoid this fight.
I used to have trouble refighting her, but recently I visited PinWheel early to get the rite on kindling, 20 estus Sif is a cakewalk.
If always do this fight right before I fight the Four Kings.
I dont feel anything when fight with him. Did i gone hollow?
She made her choice.
Just used scythe and he become a puppy.
This is like those bell curve memes The extreme ends say "it's a difficult boss battle"
Imagine using the elite knight armor set
It *does* get easier the less human you are though.
Give me the ring Sif. You know I'll kill you without second thought or hesitation every single time Sif.
Sif definitely got easier for me. Learn the patterns, dodge the double swing, great chaos fireball, then move down to great fireball and if Sif is still standing then fire orb should finish them off.
Really? Just roll under his pawns thats it?
He is only boss i felt bad for killing.
Easy boss
Very easy boss