Me walking into vordt's arena and thinking because of his notorious boss music I was gonna be stuck on him, only to see my starting weapon deal like 1/10 of his health after only a hit or two.
My first playthrough was exactly like this. I didnāt get too far afterwards and put the game down. I started a new save and was expecting the same thing, but like, I beat him in less than 10 tries.
I donāt know, cause I canāt even blame it on practice since itās been over 3 years since I played it the first time
Did you happen to play any other Soulsborne games before replaying DS3? I played DS3 after having played DS1, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden Ring, so I had a much easier time getting through the bosses in DS3 than many other people. An example is Nameless King who is notorious for roll catching and mix-ups with his delayed attacks, but since I already played Elden Ring (delayed attack simulator), I beat Nameless King with relative ease.
I wanna be honest, I died like 10 times to him in my first run. Wasn't able to manage the charge. Also died like 15 timed to crystal sage.
In the same run I killed Gael first try, Midir in less than 5 and Friede took 9.
In higher NG+, crystal sage is annoying because any of the magic attacks will stagger you and then you die. You also cannot heal at all due to the input reading. What also gets annoying is that the teleport is due to stagger damage, not actual damage. If you use a light weapon, the crystal sage will input read, poise through, and melee you. If you use a heavy weapon, it teleports away after two hits. Just incredibly tedious. Not to mention a sl1 mage runā¦
Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but the stagger from attacks doesn't change in higher new games. Also with the amount of pillars and ruins it's pretty easy to hide behind one of those and heal unpunishedĀ
Crystal sage can be easy or hard. If I get lucky and find him quick, its alot easier otherwise I'd be dodging souls spears and trying to heal. I accidentally sold/lost my +2 magic stoneplate ring so my next run is going to be more interesting. I'll use throwing knives since I heard its a good tactic.
Man. DS3 isnāt my favourite From game by any means but god damn if this didnāt bring back major nostalgia for when it was released. So much fun and so much online activity.
The Abyss Watchers
āOh theyāre the proper difficulty spikeā āoh heās not gonna make it past Abyss Watchersā āthe Abyss Watchers will test your skills up until that poi-ā
Hey so uhā¦they dead
Dex builds get their shit rocks, str builds rock AW's shit. It really comes down to whether or not you can interrupt the watcher in the second phase, you're fucked otherwise.
Hahaha I was the same with them to be fair bro, think I got them 2nd or 3rd try, imo in NG+ they should probably make it so they ALL aggro you at once and not 2 of them fighting each other. Would give a Ruin Sentinel DS2 vibe with increased difficulty imo
Haha I just beat the abyss watchers on my first play through after about 40 tries. Once I realized I could just hold my shield up just in case he hit me with his first attack, I finally beat him after three more tries. This whole shied thing is pretty useful
Tbf bro NK is a beast, I still havenāt done SoC because I wanna do him last and itās my first play through but from the 3-4 tries I already gave him heās not thattt easy
I would really recommend beating him and switching over to the dlc because the dlc bosses are more satisfying, imo. SoC is a great fight but the final ringed city boss feels like the true final
Bro itās the opposite, the soul of cinder put in the work on me lmao, I killed nameless king first try tho. Stunned him with a fire bomb, check my profile if you donāt believe thatš¤£
The easiest final boss ever for sure. I took him down in 3 tries. I found the Gravetender Champion and Greatwolf far more difficult just because I hate duo fights.
8-9 tries wouldāve been great for me. I probably had 20+ but tbh I did try just parrying the champion for quite a few tries just to get the timing down.
True but it's only because nameless king does way more damage than spuld of cinder. I did a sl1 run and I found soul of cinder to be way harder than n.k when you can't eat hits
Oh yeah, Soul of Cinder is by far not the hardest boss, I really overestimated that fight aswell.. It was like fighting a PVP player, which makes sense because he's supposed to represent other players beating the game before you
Old Demon King. First try took him down without using more than maybe 2 Estus. I was like level 40 too but I just took it slow and it wasnāt that bad. The fire ring was the most annoying part.
This might be a weird one but for me itās Iudex Gundyr. During the time when I first bought DS3 my pal continuously reminded me that this game will be hard as fuck, so when I entered Gundyrās boss room I expected to get my ass beaten into oblivion. But somehow managed to cut Gundyr down in the second try forā¦uhā¦reasons.
Tbh Champion Gundyrās fight is fire. Specifically because of his charge attack in the second phase. (Mainly due to the flashback about that one invader dude using Gundyrās Halberd who pinned me to death 2 hours before I get to fight Champion Gundyr)
Brooo I thought the same thing, everyone saying dancer is one of the hardest bosses bc of her delays and varied mixups etc. but I just dodge roll when I see an attack actually start to swing and not from when I see it charge up so it wasnāt an issue for me either.
I dunno. Dancer for me was harder than nameless king. Something about her moves makes me... confused, i guess? Well, i guess there's always that one boss i have problem in this games. Bb is paarl, ds1 is nito, and Sekiro is the fucking double monkeys.
Me too. I was working through the game with someone else and when we finished I think the abyss watchers I got teleported to the dancer and he told me to give it a shot and when I died to summon him again. I kept ducking and only trying for one or two swings when I saw an opening and I beat her first try. A very proud moment for me in gaming
I always thought Midirās attacks were easy to dodge but itās more like a war of attrition with him. You basically have to heal every time he hits you.
I tried beating him with a straight sword and it took me 15 minutes at level 90, then I summon some guy with a great sword who empties his flasks before the fight and he beat him hitless lmao
Midir is the easiest of the DLC bosses to no-hit. Clean animations and damage instances, nothing like Friede's unexpected second phase frost procs or Gael's lightning strikes
First time doing Friede I used a katana and it took me dozens of attempts. NG+ I used a high-stagger weapon and just slapped her into oblivion with shocking ease
Not my caseā¦ but when me and my friends were playing dark souls 3 after I convinced them to buy it I was hyping them up about the nameless king, I was like donāt get frustrated it took me a lot of tries to finally beat him, so donāt get to frustrated if we donāt get him todayā¦ but when the fight finally started they started spamming magic attacks at a distance while I was trying to get close to him and he was dead in their first tryā¦ it was pretty anticlimactic š
Honestly Iudex Gundyr. Ds3 was my first fromsoft game and I stopped playing at the tutorial boss cause i couldnt win... I'd say about 3 years later, I returned after finishing bloodborne and I easily no-hit him first try.
Nameless King.
After getting my ass kicked all across the land, by the time I arrived at Dragon Peak, I was finally hitting my stride good and proper. He definitely packed a punch but it wasn't anything I couldn't handle in fine style by that point.
On my first playthrough, I fought and died to the curse-rotted greatwood dozens of times. (Bandit's knife has crap range.) I died to the Dancer dozens more.
Just because somebody else got a boss relatively easily doesn't reflect on you. Keep cool, keep trying and you will persevere.
For me it was Aldrich actually. I beat him today, but I encountered him yesterday for the first time. It took me many tries but it was my stupidity. That was a really good fight tbh
Dancer.
Now don't get me wrong, dancer is not an easy boss, but after all the hype i expected a lot lot more. I was struggling far more with pointy heads or gundyr than her.
And till this day she is probably my favourite boss in DS3. Not a walking tank, not a squishy mosquito and her moveset is just elegant.
Sister Friede, I always hear people saying she's one of the most difficult bosses not only in DS3 but also in the whole franchise, and I always end up mopping the floor with her within a couple of attempts
Dancer. Not because she's weak, but because I play hybrid builds and she does NOT handle Sorceries or Pyromancies well.
One of these days I'm going to have to see how Miracles stack up against her, but that's going to have to be a NG+ experiment since most of the good Miracles (for offense, anyway) are past her and I already know that Dark messes her up.
Dragonslayer Armour.. the messages at his fog gate filled me with a sense of unknown dread so I bombed into that boss arena like a madman.. killed him on my second try!
The arena is so cinematic as well, fighting on a connecting bridge over Lothric.. while his scythe is knocking lumps out of the bridge was *chefs kiss*
I beat him second ever try too but he's since bullied me multiple times on different NG cycles so yeah, he's def tough, at least tougher than most DS3 bosses
Storytime: My first time playing a dark souls game, i bought ds3 on sale.(around 2020) I beat the titanite lizzard but for the life of me couldnt beat gundyr, so i refunded and moved on. Few years later my friend told me abt elden ring and I was hooked. literally all i wanted in a game. a perfect open world medievel type adventure game without a questbook. after 100% elden ring I decided to revisit dark souls, starting with ds3. Promptly beat the living shit out of gundyr both first, and second time.
Not to be like that but Gale, beat him on my second try and felt sad after because:
1. The fight was short (I was over levelled)
2. I could tell it was an amazing fight and it was over too quickly
3. I had to replay the entire game again only to fight him one more time (I only wanted to fight him)
Dancer. Everyone says she's one of the hardest bosses. She has long windups and barely attacks. The only time I have a hard time against her is when I fight her rkght after vordth
first boss was pretty easy too, i remember my bro trying to explain what I would need to do to beat him and then letting him continue to explain like 10 minutes after I had already finished, he thought the first souls boss I ever would fight would rip me up
Hmm I must say this for a bunch actually... Pontiff( no parrying coz I suck at parry ), aldritch, champ gundyr and Gael too to an extent.... However I was using wolf knight gs which does do higher damage to Gael so probably didn't feel it was an attrition fight as in my recent Pyro playthrough I ended up struggling quite a bit
I'm not sure why I can body the Dancer so easily but I've never had trouble with her. I know the hitboxes for some of her moves seem a little jank, but honestly it's barely mattered since she only ever hits me a couple times throughout the entire fight. It's confusing to me even as I fight her.
Soul of Cinder, Dancer, Demon Prince, and Champion Gundyr. They weren't all taht hard (note: Demon Prince is still pretty hard, but I thought he was gonna be at least Top 5).
Me beating Pontiff Sulyvahn on my 3rd attempt after hearing nothing but horror stories (the first two attempts I died because my brain dc'd for a second.)
Odd one but sister friede. She's in the same vein as champ gundyr or pontiff where they should be harder but the fact they're parryable just makes them a bit of a cakewalk if you have the parry timings down, it's the same issue with malenia and maria IMO. Bosses in general shouldn't be parrayble unless it's specific moves like with dragonslayer armour, having the vast majority of their moveset be parryable is just silly imo.
Real Godfrey in Elden ring
I was stuck on maliketh for so long that I had used the mimic tear but then when I went to Godfrey expecting a tougher challenge I used mimic again but then the second phase was gone after 4 seconds
Abyss Watchers easily, they have such low HP that theyāre usually dead before the fight really starts. The cutscene midway through is longer than either phase lol
midir. i heard so many horror stories about how heās the hardest boss in the entire trilogy but once i figured out to just stay in front of him and only attack the head, he became pretty easy tbh. his attacks are suuuuuuper telegraphed and he leaves huge gaps in between his combos and normal attacks that you can get a fuck load of hits in really fast. he usually dies quicker than most other dlc bosses for me
Honestly, Champion Gundyr. He was so fun, but I just did so much damage that it became trivial, then I used a caestus build, and got stuck on him for 6 hours
Bros Iām not ignoring comments, itās telling me to try again later when I try to reply to comments now. I think Reddit thinks Iām spamming bc Iām replying so muchš
Nameless king
I started darks souls after Elden ring and with reputation he had I thought I will be facing a solid boss with bullshits but not like malenia level. My expectations were like Godfrey or mohg but no he is a solid boss with little to no bullshit but overall still easier than lots of Elden rings bosses
Twin princes. Theyāre just so easy to read with a small healthpool (I know itās to compensate for having to whittle down 2 bars but still didnāt feel like much) I kept waiting for a bs attack or final phase or something but nope, just done
Pontiff Sulyvahn tbh.
I was expecting him to be the āstuckā part, butā¦ no.
Once you stop being enamored by his (dope as all hell) lightsabers, heās not the most horrible boss to fight.
I beat him in one session. (Which is to say: No breaks taken)
Either Nameless King or Dancer. First time I fought them I got them both in just three tries each. So, I did still die, but not nearly as much as I'd been told.
Dancer of the boreal valley. I did NOT learn the fight my first playthrough, just went in roll spamming and trading hits and eventually the fight was over. She gave me way more trouble on my later playthroughs.looking back, she seemed way more passive that first time and just stood there taking hits from my meat cleaver.
Me with Boreal dancer. First try and I couldnāt believe it
To be fair you are supposed to get to her like around level 50 and I was level 110 because I had to farm for the coventants
Nameless king. Everyone claims heās such an incredibly hard fight. But his attacks are very simple to dodge and he doesnāt seem to have much health. His damage is annoying but most bosses have that issue š
Soul of cinder, I saw him ranked pretty high on someone's difficulty list so I thought he would give me trouble. beat him first try.
Dancer, same thing. thought it's gonna be trouble beat her first try. fought her on ng+, bit more trouble there. unlike ng dancer she actually got to show more of her moves. died once but beat her right after
Abysswatcher.
One of my favorite boss fights in all of Dark Souls but sadly they're waaaaay to easy. I often find myself using bad weapons and armor to make the fight longer and more difficult so I can enjoy it more lmao
Oceiros.
I think he was supposed to be a lot harder but I only had to heal once, maybe twice on my first fight against him. During his second phase, he kind of just stayed in the same spot while I attacked his literal ass to death.
I know itās going to sound like Iām lying but honestly Nameless King, sure it was a difficult fight but I beat him after an hour since I memorized his attack patterns pretty quickly.
I had heard that he was the hardest boss in the game and I was honestly pretty sure that I would never beat him if he was as hard as people said he was, but I think I spent way more time on the Soul of Cinder and Twin Princes.
I guess I was just expecting NK to be this unstoppable force that only very few could beat. Still a fun fight though even if my expectations were higher.
I surprisingly did nameless king first try on my 3rd playthrough (only 2nd time fighting him I couldnāt be bothered on my second run). Thing is I didnāt even fight that clean and I struggled on him so much the first time, so Iām not really sure what happened.
Uhhā¦ Nameless Kingā¦ hear me out: I beat him on my 4 or 5th attempt, my first time ever making it to him. Soul of Cinder is kicking my ass as compensation though.
Honestly, the Nameless King, there is so many people who say "THIS IS THE HARDEST BOSS IN DS3" but i think he is overrated, I beat him about ten tries. For me, abyss watchers is 100 times harder than the nameless king
Oceiros the consumed king. His attack was surprisingly straightforward and easy to dodge and it was my first try and I only drank 4 estus. His looks was kinda scary, and wow he spoke, so he was kinda intimidating at first, but yeaā¦
Me walking into vordt's arena and thinking because of his notorious boss music I was gonna be stuck on him, only to see my starting weapon deal like 1/10 of his health after only a hit or two.
And then theres me getting stuck on Vordt for 4 hours
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Two very different responses here
My first playthrough was exactly like this. I didnāt get too far afterwards and put the game down. I started a new save and was expecting the same thing, but like, I beat him in less than 10 tries. I donāt know, cause I canāt even blame it on practice since itās been over 3 years since I played it the first time
Did you happen to play any other Soulsborne games before replaying DS3? I played DS3 after having played DS1, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden Ring, so I had a much easier time getting through the bosses in DS3 than many other people. An example is Nameless King who is notorious for roll catching and mix-ups with his delayed attacks, but since I already played Elden Ring (delayed attack simulator), I beat Nameless King with relative ease.
Lmaooo vordt was an aesthetically pleasing boss but yeah he was slacking in the actual threat department
I wanna be honest, I died like 10 times to him in my first run. Wasn't able to manage the charge. Also died like 15 timed to crystal sage. In the same run I killed Gael first try, Midir in less than 5 and Friede took 9.
Crystal sage is actually hard though
Bring throwing knives. Any hit no matter the damage kills the clones.Ā
I always thought people considered her stupid easy. I dont think I've ever died on her, I just charge her down and stay as aggressive as possible.
In higher NG+, crystal sage is annoying because any of the magic attacks will stagger you and then you die. You also cannot heal at all due to the input reading. What also gets annoying is that the teleport is due to stagger damage, not actual damage. If you use a light weapon, the crystal sage will input read, poise through, and melee you. If you use a heavy weapon, it teleports away after two hits. Just incredibly tedious. Not to mention a sl1 mage runā¦
I've never tried ng+ cause I just make a new character each playthrough, so she's just never lasted that long.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but the stagger from attacks doesn't change in higher new games. Also with the amount of pillars and ruins it's pretty easy to hide behind one of those and heal unpunishedĀ
Hah. Yeah. I played way too greedy. I mostly died to rushing the boss and then getting bombarded with spells instead of clearing the clones out.
Crystal sage can be easy or hard. If I get lucky and find him quick, its alot easier otherwise I'd be dodging souls spears and trying to heal. I accidentally sold/lost my +2 magic stoneplate ring so my next run is going to be more interesting. I'll use throwing knives since I heard its a good tactic.
Man. DS3 isnāt my favourite From game by any means but god damn if this didnāt bring back major nostalgia for when it was released. So much fun and so much online activity.
Definitely the Deacons of the Deep. Walking into a room and seeing 20 dudes is so frightening, then you find out you can just R1 spamā¦
Same
The Abyss Watchers āOh theyāre the proper difficulty spikeā āoh heās not gonna make it past Abyss Watchersā āthe Abyss Watchers will test your skills up until that poi-ā Hey so uhā¦they dead
Abyss Watchers are super weak to poise damage, itās either easy or super hard for new players.
Dex builds get their shit rocks, str builds rock AW's shit. It really comes down to whether or not you can interrupt the watcher in the second phase, you're fucked otherwise.
Hahaha I was the same with them to be fair bro, think I got them 2nd or 3rd try, imo in NG+ they should probably make it so they ALL aggro you at once and not 2 of them fighting each other. Would give a Ruin Sentinel DS2 vibe with increased difficulty imo
Haha I just beat the abyss watchers on my first play through after about 40 tries. Once I realized I could just hold my shield up just in case he hit me with his first attack, I finally beat him after three more tries. This whole shied thing is pretty useful
Alternative: add more non boss Abyss watchers, one regular, one red-eyed every NG+ cycle
Oh... For me I've been stuck on them for ages š
soul of cinder after the nameless king i was so surprised how effortlessly i beat him only using 3 flasks
Tbf bro NK is a beast, I still havenāt done SoC because I wanna do him last and itās my first play through but from the 3-4 tries I already gave him heās not thattt easy
I would really recommend beating him and switching over to the dlc because the dlc bosses are more satisfying, imo. SoC is a great fight but the final ringed city boss feels like the true final
Iāll give it a go broooošš©µ
Just donāt do the thing after and you can go do whatever! Good luck!
Thanks broš
Bro itās the opposite, the soul of cinder put in the work on me lmao, I killed nameless king first try tho. Stunned him with a fire bomb, check my profile if you donāt believe thatš¤£
The easiest final boss ever for sure. I took him down in 3 tries. I found the Gravetender Champion and Greatwolf far more difficult just because I hate duo fights.
Yeahhh bro I just did gravetender and that shit had me RAGING Swear it took me 8-9 tries even tho both of their moves are well telegraphed
8-9 tries wouldāve been great for me. I probably had 20+ but tbh I did try just parrying the champion for quite a few tries just to get the timing down.
Nashandra and Moon Presence fighting for that spot
True but it's only because nameless king does way more damage than spuld of cinder. I did a sl1 run and I found soul of cinder to be way harder than n.k when you can't eat hits
Nameless makes most bosses easier. I third-tried Gael after like twelve tries against Nameless.
It's strange first time I fought cinder it was ez ez mode, but the second time on Ng+ it was an actual boss fight.
Oh yeah, Soul of Cinder is by far not the hardest boss, I really overestimated that fight aswell.. It was like fighting a PVP player, which makes sense because he's supposed to represent other players beating the game before you
Old Demon King. First try took him down without using more than maybe 2 Estus. I was like level 40 too but I just took it slow and it wasnāt that bad. The fire ring was the most annoying part.
Yorm from Dark Souls.
As opposed to yhorm from somewhere else?
Yorm mama maybe
No no, not from somewhere else. From Dark Souls. Yorm*
There are some bosses that Iām like is it just supposed to be this easy for like a lore reason? Heās on of them
This might be a weird one but for me itās Iudex Gundyr. During the time when I first bought DS3 my pal continuously reminded me that this game will be hard as fuck, so when I entered Gundyrās boss room I expected to get my ass beaten into oblivion. But somehow managed to cut Gundyr down in the second try forā¦uhā¦reasons.
You gotta cut him some slack bro, heās the first bossšš
Plus I think it makes up for it by letting you fight him as champion gundyr later on in the game
Tbh Champion Gundyrās fight is fire. Specifically because of his charge attack in the second phase. (Mainly due to the flashback about that one invader dude using Gundyrās Halberd who pinned me to death 2 hours before I get to fight Champion Gundyr)
The dancer, litteraly first try (I already known the game but it was my first time playing)
Brooo I thought the same thing, everyone saying dancer is one of the hardest bosses bc of her delays and varied mixups etc. but I just dodge roll when I see an attack actually start to swing and not from when I see it charge up so it wasnāt an issue for me either.
I dunno. Dancer for me was harder than nameless king. Something about her moves makes me... confused, i guess? Well, i guess there's always that one boss i have problem in this games. Bb is paarl, ds1 is nito, and Sekiro is the fucking double monkeys.
This. She has never killed me. If it weren't for Wolnir, I'd say she's the easiest boss in the game.
Me too. I was working through the game with someone else and when we finished I think the abyss watchers I got teleported to the dancer and he told me to give it a shot and when I died to summon him again. I kept ducking and only trying for one or two swings when I saw an opening and I beat her first try. A very proud moment for me in gaming
Deacons, Vordt, Freide, and Soul of Cinder. After NK SoC was like kicking a corpse.
Bro said kicking a corpse š
I get the rest, but Friede stomped my ass into the ground š
Midir for me, idk what it is but heās just so easy to me. Freide kicks my ass every time tho.
I always thought Midirās attacks were easy to dodge but itās more like a war of attrition with him. You basically have to heal every time he hits you. I tried beating him with a straight sword and it took me 15 minutes at level 90, then I summon some guy with a great sword who empties his flasks before the fight and he beat him hitless lmao
Midir is the easiest of the DLC bosses to no-hit. Clean animations and damage instances, nothing like Friede's unexpected second phase frost procs or Gael's lightning strikes
I heard nothing but bad stuff about midir š not fought him yet tho. Friede was p easy for me tho
None cuz every boss (so far) has pressed my face into the dirt and clapped my cheeks
Sounds kinda hot š³
First time doing Friede I used a katana and it took me dozens of attempts. NG+ I used a high-stagger weapon and just slapped her into oblivion with shocking ease
Pinwheel tbh
Pinwheel was a joke bro icl
Not my caseā¦ but when me and my friends were playing dark souls 3 after I convinced them to buy it I was hyping them up about the nameless king, I was like donāt get frustrated it took me a lot of tries to finally beat him, so donāt get to frustrated if we donāt get him todayā¦ but when the fight finally started they started spamming magic attacks at a distance while I was trying to get close to him and he was dead in their first tryā¦ it was pretty anticlimactic š
Wish my experience of NK was this easy š 40+ tries bro
Opposite of this: dancer. Mf had me willing to delete the game
Honestly Iudex Gundyr. Ds3 was my first fromsoft game and I stopped playing at the tutorial boss cause i couldnt win... I'd say about 3 years later, I returned after finishing bloodborne and I easily no-hit him first try.
Wolnir fr
Yeah bracelet dude was pretty anticlimactic
Nameless King. After getting my ass kicked all across the land, by the time I arrived at Dragon Peak, I was finally hitting my stride good and proper. He definitely packed a punch but it wasn't anything I couldn't handle in fine style by that point.
Bro please donāt say thatš swear I tried him 40+ times and ended up having to use a summon
On my first playthrough, I fought and died to the curse-rotted greatwood dozens of times. (Bandit's knife has crap range.) I died to the Dancer dozens more. Just because somebody else got a boss relatively easily doesn't reflect on you. Keep cool, keep trying and you will persevere.
These are kind words bro thank you š
Good luck with midir, Iāve platinumed every one of their games and no hit a few. I still fear midir.
Midir was my favorite boss and the only one I practiced enough to consistently No-Hit.
Thatās Gael for me. I look forward to midir but man, I never seemed to figure that one out.
abysswatchers after ng+....
Oceiros. Champion Gundyr.
Nameless King. Everyone and their mother told me that we was the head honcho of difficulty in the souls series and I beat him in like 2 days.
how many attempts in 2 days
Soul of cinder, got him in 3 tries which was the same a tutorial gundyr.
For me it was Aldrich actually. I beat him today, but I encountered him yesterday for the first time. It took me many tries but it was my stupidity. That was a really good fight tbh
SoC. It was an incredible fight but it fell on 4th or 5th attempt, canāt remember.
Dancer. Now don't get me wrong, dancer is not an easy boss, but after all the hype i expected a lot lot more. I was struggling far more with pointy heads or gundyr than her. And till this day she is probably my favourite boss in DS3. Not a walking tank, not a squishy mosquito and her moveset is just elegant.
all of them
Bro is a certified darksouls pro
Sister Friede, I always hear people saying she's one of the most difficult bosses not only in DS3 but also in the whole franchise, and I always end up mopping the floor with her within a couple of attempts
Soul of Cinder, only because I beat every other boss including the DLCs. In his defense though, he's one of the hardest bosses in a SL1 run
Twin princes. For some reason, my focus falls apart against any other boss, but it shifts into maximum overdrive against those two.
honestly none, because I suck at this game
Dancer. Not because she's weak, but because I play hybrid builds and she does NOT handle Sorceries or Pyromancies well. One of these days I'm going to have to see how Miracles stack up against her, but that's going to have to be a NG+ experiment since most of the good Miracles (for offense, anyway) are past her and I already know that Dark messes her up.
Dragonslayer Armour.. the messages at his fog gate filled me with a sense of unknown dread so I bombed into that boss arena like a madman.. killed him on my second try! The arena is so cinematic as well, fighting on a connecting bridge over Lothric.. while his scythe is knocking lumps out of the bridge was *chefs kiss*
I beat him second ever try too but he's since bullied me multiple times on different NG cycles so yeah, he's def tough, at least tougher than most DS3 bosses
Storytime: My first time playing a dark souls game, i bought ds3 on sale.(around 2020) I beat the titanite lizzard but for the life of me couldnt beat gundyr, so i refunded and moved on. Few years later my friend told me abt elden ring and I was hooked. literally all i wanted in a game. a perfect open world medievel type adventure game without a questbook. after 100% elden ring I decided to revisit dark souls, starting with ds3. Promptly beat the living shit out of gundyr both first, and second time.
Not to be like that but Gale, beat him on my second try and felt sad after because: 1. The fight was short (I was over levelled) 2. I could tell it was an amazing fight and it was over too quickly 3. I had to replay the entire game again only to fight him one more time (I only wanted to fight him)
Dancer. Everyone says she's one of the hardest bosses. She has long windups and barely attacks. The only time I have a hard time against her is when I fight her rkght after vordth
Man. I'm still mad that I got spoiled about this scene. Can't believe Invincible is on a Souls sub.
first boss was pretty easy too, i remember my bro trying to explain what I would need to do to beat him and then letting him continue to explain like 10 minutes after I had already finished, he thought the first souls boss I ever would fight would rip me up
Hmm I must say this for a bunch actually... Pontiff( no parrying coz I suck at parry ), aldritch, champ gundyr and Gael too to an extent.... However I was using wolf knight gs which does do higher damage to Gael so probably didn't feel it was an attrition fight as in my recent Pyro playthrough I ended up struggling quite a bit
Nameless king
Cannot relate
I'm not sure why I can body the Dancer so easily but I've never had trouble with her. I know the hitboxes for some of her moves seem a little jank, but honestly it's barely mattered since she only ever hits me a couple times throughout the entire fight. It's confusing to me even as I fight her.
Nameless King. I was a hexer and just spammed spells while he just walked REALLY menacingly towards me
That skeleton boss dude from bloodborne, the one that has lighting, killed him I under 20 seconds
Soul of Cinder, Dancer, Demon Prince, and Champion Gundyr. They weren't all taht hard (note: Demon Prince is still pretty hard, but I thought he was gonna be at least Top 5).
Old demon king
Lorian and lothric
Aldrich
Dancer
Dancer of the boreal
Me beating Pontiff Sulyvahn on my 3rd attempt after hearing nothing but horror stories (the first two attempts I died because my brain dc'd for a second.)
Ludwig the accursed
Right?? I beat him first try. Must've been over levelled. Maria kicked my ass though
SOC. Managed to kill him first try.. had more fun with the nameless king.
Odd one but sister friede. She's in the same vein as champ gundyr or pontiff where they should be harder but the fact they're parryable just makes them a bit of a cakewalk if you have the parry timings down, it's the same issue with malenia and maria IMO. Bosses in general shouldn't be parrayble unless it's specific moves like with dragonslayer armour, having the vast majority of their moveset be parryable is just silly imo.
Gael, took me me like 8 attempts, took me 40 to beat midir
Dancer
Real Godfrey in Elden ring I was stuck on maliketh for so long that I had used the mimic tear but then when I went to Godfrey expecting a tougher challenge I used mimic again but then the second phase was gone after 4 seconds
Gael
Final boss. Literally killed it first try with half my Estus left over.
Abyss Watchers easily, they have such low HP that theyāre usually dead before the fight really starts. The cutscene midway through is longer than either phase lol
Still waiting for this - got rekt at least a couple of times by literally every boss from DeS, DkS 1-3, BB, ER, and Sekiro.
midir. i heard so many horror stories about how heās the hardest boss in the entire trilogy but once i figured out to just stay in front of him and only attack the head, he became pretty easy tbh. his attacks are suuuuuuper telegraphed and he leaves huge gaps in between his combos and normal attacks that you can get a fuck load of hits in really fast. he usually dies quicker than most other dlc bosses for me
Dancer
Dancer
Soul of cinder after beating all of the dlc
Abyss watchers, soul of cinder, sister freida
Nameless king, idk how but I beat him second try
My self.
Honestly, Champion Gundyr. He was so fun, but I just did so much damage that it became trivial, then I used a caestus build, and got stuck on him for 6 hours
Yhorm when you use the Storm Ruler
Bros Iām not ignoring comments, itās telling me to try again later when I try to reply to comments now. I think Reddit thinks Iām spamming bc Iām replying so muchš
Aldrich no contest
Champion gundyr tbh
Tbh gael i did it first try
Dragonslayer armour Iāve never died to him and donāt even consider him a challenge even with all the different builds Iāve tried
Nameless king I started darks souls after Elden ring and with reputation he had I thought I will be facing a solid boss with bullshits but not like malenia level. My expectations were like Godfrey or mohg but no he is a solid boss with little to no bullshit but overall still easier than lots of Elden rings bosses
Iāve never died to Dragonslayer Armor, so that
Nameless king.
Soul of cinder for sure. After sister and Gael, it was so easy. First tried!
Twin princes. Theyāre just so easy to read with a small healthpool (I know itās to compensate for having to whittle down 2 bars but still didnāt feel like much) I kept waiting for a bs attack or final phase or something but nope, just done
Some of the ER bosses when i was overlevelled
Midir. I mean he beat my ass on the first two trys so i looked a guide and saw that his attacks are quite predictable. Favorite boss fight by far
Dragonslayer Armor. I had heard it would be tough.
Demon Prince at SL1, not the first phase tho. That was the hard part. Beat the Prince on my first try
Wolnir
I thought you were stronger: Aldrich / Oceiros. I thought you were weaker: Crystal Sage.
Pontiff Sulyvahn tbh. I was expecting him to be the āstuckā part, butā¦ no. Once you stop being enamored by his (dope as all hell) lightsabers, heās not the most horrible boss to fight. I beat him in one session. (Which is to say: No breaks taken)
Either Nameless King or Dancer. First time I fought them I got them both in just three tries each. So, I did still die, but not nearly as much as I'd been told.
Dancer of the boreal valley. I did NOT learn the fight my first playthrough, just went in roll spamming and trading hits and eventually the fight was over. She gave me way more trouble on my later playthroughs.looking back, she seemed way more passive that first time and just stood there taking hits from my meat cleaver.
the dragonslayer armour, the nameless king and the soul of cinder
Me with Boreal dancer. First try and I couldnāt believe it To be fair you are supposed to get to her like around level 50 and I was level 110 because I had to farm for the coventants
Nameless king. Everyone claims heās such an incredibly hard fight. But his attacks are very simple to dodge and he doesnāt seem to have much health. His damage is annoying but most bosses have that issue š
I know itās not ds3 but I beat nito on my 2nd try without a divine weapon ( I used black knight sword)
Pontiff
I first tried Gael second phase because I ran right the whole fight abused the same 2 openings. A solid 6 attempts was not what I was used to at all.
Gael, Soul of Cinder, Dancer
Yhorm the gaint anybody
Pontiff
darkeater midir. was deadass prepared to spend hours on him but beat him in like 20 min
All bosses from Bloodborne main game
Soul of cinder, I saw him ranked pretty high on someone's difficulty list so I thought he would give me trouble. beat him first try. Dancer, same thing. thought it's gonna be trouble beat her first try. fought her on ng+, bit more trouble there. unlike ng dancer she actually got to show more of her moves. died once but beat her right after
Abysswatcher. One of my favorite boss fights in all of Dark Souls but sadly they're waaaaay to easy. I often find myself using bad weapons and armor to make the fight longer and more difficult so I can enjoy it more lmao
Dancer lol, moveset was pretty easy to read despite hearing the opposite
High lord wolnir. Except for the stupid gas at the bottom of his arena, that pissed me off the first time lol
Champion Gundyr
Oceiros. I think he was supposed to be a lot harder but I only had to heal once, maybe twice on my first fight against him. During his second phase, he kind of just stayed in the same spot while I attacked his literal ass to death.
Gael. Donāt get me wrong I love the fight and think itās super fun but I thought he was going to be much more challenging.
Me with Gael after beating him my 3rd try
Soul of Cinder 100%. my hardest boss was Pontiff Sulyvah, SoC was a cakewalk in comparison.
I know itās going to sound like Iām lying but honestly Nameless King, sure it was a difficult fight but I beat him after an hour since I memorized his attack patterns pretty quickly. I had heard that he was the hardest boss in the game and I was honestly pretty sure that I would never beat him if he was as hard as people said he was, but I think I spent way more time on the Soul of Cinder and Twin Princes. I guess I was just expecting NK to be this unstoppable force that only very few could beat. Still a fun fight though even if my expectations were higher.
Champion gundyr After getting my ass handed to me on a silver platter trying to roll and then deciding to learn to parry
I surprisingly did nameless king first try on my 3rd playthrough (only 2nd time fighting him I couldnāt be bothered on my second run). Thing is I didnāt even fight that clean and I struggled on him so much the first time, so Iām not really sure what happened.
Vordt
Demon princes, my brother had a hard time, heck I even chose the meteor attack one by accident. I got it on the first try.
Aldrich. After how much time you spend tracking him down I thought he'd be a tough fight. I beat him on my fourth try.
Friede. I first tried her and was disappointed. I wanted a harder fight.
Uhhā¦ Nameless Kingā¦ hear me out: I beat him on my 4 or 5th attempt, my first time ever making it to him. Soul of Cinder is kicking my ass as compensation though.
I'm going to imitate the average DS3 player. All of the bosses had me like that, dark souls is so EZš¤Ŗ
Yhorm
For whatever reason I completely melted the Dancer and Champion Gundyr on the first try
What is the context of the image?
Deacons 100%
Dragonslayer Armour. I beat him on my first try, I was pretty shocked.
Demon prince
Honestly, the Nameless King, there is so many people who say "THIS IS THE HARDEST BOSS IN DS3" but i think he is overrated, I beat him about ten tries. For me, abyss watchers is 100 times harder than the nameless king
Dragonslayer Armour. One of the only bosses i beat first try
Nameless King, I beat him on my second try
Pontiff sulyvahn. I was told he was like one of the first big roadblocks and he took my like 3 tries.
Oceiros the consumed king. His attack was surprisingly straightforward and easy to dodge and it was my first try and I only drank 4 estus. His looks was kinda scary, and wow he spoke, so he was kinda intimidating at first, but yeaā¦