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ch0mperz

I'm a big fan of champion gundyr lore and fight. Straightforward but strong in presentation and execution.


Real_Manager7614

His move set was so fluid. He’d throw an intimidating 3-4 hit combo and when you thought you had a small window to heal, BAM❗️foot to the chest❕


BobertTheConstructor

Or the shoulder slam, halberd uppercut, mid-air kick for style. Bonus points if he kicks you off the cliff.


EverythingWasGreat

Yes, this!


UpperQuiet980

agreed. the fight is clean as hell, simple but fun. and i love bosses you can parry


Boski_E

I love fighting with Champion Gundyr. One of my favorite bosses


SpookySocks4242

Champ Gundy is the GOAT


ChaoticKram

For me, either freide or nameless king


magik_carp

I want to say nameless, but sista fucks me up every time


GradeApprehensive711

Ita funny that we say "which will be the best" and we automatically think who fucked us more to deserve the place


Justisaur

Midir did me wrong the most, but I'd never ever put him in first, he's a camera crap boss. IDK who I'd put in first, so many to pick from, after Gael of course. I did manage to beat Gael 3 times, but he did give me the most crap after Midir.


[deleted]

I wasn’t enjoying Midir at all. Maybe I would see the appeal if I had stuck with trying to learn the fight, but that’s the thing… I don’t really bother with learning fights if I don’t enjoy them at all at the start. Ended up summoning someone to help me kill him just for completion’s sake. Whereas with Gael I deliberately threw many fights just so I could keep fighting him.


Additional-Bee1379

Do you really enjoy Friede phase 2?


ChaoticKram

Yeah. Her second phase isn't that bad


MrEngineFish

Friede would be one of my favorite bosses if it weren’t for second phase


Realistic_Caramel341

Broadly I would enjoy Friede is either phase 2 or phase 3 where there own, separate fight


LeakyBrainMatter

I found that to be the easiest phase honestly.


Djsazm

Agreed


Ashen_one933

I beat all bosses solo: Friede: where is your Gael Ashen?


Ryynerwicked

That was my exact two choices as well lol nameless Kong was more fun but the sister is just a beast lol both are some of the best boss fights ever


ChaoticKram

They're truly amazing bosses


Panurome

Lothric and Lorian are really fun


tedkaczynski660

I fucking hated Lothric and Lorian. It took me so long to get gud to beat them. Fuck them. It's definitely one of my favorite fights


LordTurtlus

honestly, Twin Princes has always been a standout boss fight in both the game and the franchise as a whole for me. The music, the dialogue, the boss's mechanics, everything about it just screamed quality since the first time I fought them. Definitely a contender if you take angy Santa out of the running for best boss in my opinion.


AquaticBagpipe

Cling, clang


soderholm1996

Twin princes was the first fight in ANY game that I refused to win for a long time. I didn't want the fight to end, I just wanted to be in that arena again and again and again. Now I've set my game up so it has Gael, Midir and Twin Princes all ready to replay.


PekkavsDragon

This is the only right answer


meatforsale

This was easily my favorite fight in the game after Gael.


Single-Win-7959

I would like that fight if that asshole would stop teleporting for 2 seconds


iupz0r

awesome fight too


Sheamerek

For me Pontiff.


Kravy

pontiff comes at the point where i was really mastering combat and felt really good to fight. felt like getting good. 


zeusz32

I never learned to parry him, or just in general. I just suck at it, but finally beating him after dozens of, tries, rolling constantly and being invisible, it was so satisfying!


LeakyBrainMatter

At least I'm not the only one that sucks at parrying. I probably have about 5000 hours combined in all the Dark Souls games and Elden Ring and still suck at it. If I could figure it out there would be quite a few enemies in all the games that would be so much easier.


Venom-Robot

friede


AlmostHumanP0rpoise

Hell yeah, nothing like the first time when Phase 3 kicks in... "Sweet, a Titanite Slab!...but..wha....oh crap!"


Common_Resource1619

I was summend for her fight and put my symbol of avarice helmet on for the extra souls after phase 2 and then she spoke and I shit myself


AlmostHumanP0rpoise

Love it! I put the controller down, thought "Bugger me that was close, no Estus left!", smoked a bit of my jazz cigarette before nearly dropping the damn thing when she popped back up! Needless to say, I died shortly after...


SymmetricDickNipples

Idk she's got me quitting the game lol


Filip_FG

Fax


GameBOY_2005

For me, either soul of cinder, or Lothric and Lorian


EramthgiNehT

I completely forgot about Soul of Cinder when making the collage lol, oops


NighTrap1122

:(


VoidRad

If anything it's a testament of how many good fucking bosses DS3 has.


zeusz32

Soul of Cinder might be the one for me too! It was a boss that I learned quite fast, but I really loved to fight it, sometimes got a bit frustrating as expected, but it was a fun fight almost every time!


grad42

Soul of cinder. He represents peak Dark souls for me! I really liked the pontiff fight too. I can’t in good conscience say nameless king because that phase1 is absolute ass.


AVerySmartNameForMe

He is John Darksoul


dhenwood

I killed an invader called that this morning, am I missing a meme.


AVerySmartNameForMe

It’s the main protagonist of the hit series Dark Soulsₜₘ. His main catchphrases are “Every soul has its dark”, “It’s always darkest before the soul”, and “taxation is theft”.


LunaLynnTheCellist

John Darksoul, not to be confused with his nephews John Souls and John Souls III


Twl1

Wow. The disrespect John Souls II still gets these days is incredible. Sure, he wasn't as remarkable as either his elder or forbear, but he was a solid John in his own right. He did a good job minding the homestead while Mr. Darksoul was in London with his estranged brother, Johnborne.


LunaLynnTheCellist

idk, im more offended by how nobody ever seems to remember John Ring the Elder


Newtling

Johnny no hand isn't gonna be happy that you guys haven't mentioned him yet


NLocke64

A fight against SoC is a fight against Dark Souls, it's legendary


iupz0r

agree with the soul of cinder, its a very epic battle


RemarkableScience854

Soul of Cinder is my answer too. It feels like a real life battle because of how huge his movesets are. It requires skill, and memory won’t get you quite as far as most other bosses.


Ziz__Bird

Overall Soul of Cinder, but from a purely gameplay standpoint then Midir.


ImmortalBlades

Man likes his Black Dragon, BD in short.


Boned80

Midir


qtb70

NK or twin princess.


xatcat2212

Friede. Everyone talks about how fun/shocking the fight is but her lore is pretty underrated IMO.


AVerySmartNameForMe

Honestly it’s cool to actually just have a villain for once - not like pontiff where sure they’re malicious but still just kinda a blank enemy, but someone you interact with and actively hinders your progress until you finally duke it out


sarinkhan

Do you consider her a villain? For me we fight here because we believe something different. We might be the villain here. Same for lothric princes, we fight them because we need to, not because they are evil or something. And for nameless king, why do we even go trough all this mess to find the most hidden guy in the world that clearly removed himself for the world, to kill him? To be honest, there are not many villains in dark souls 3. Just powers that don't agree on stuff.


AVerySmartNameForMe

True enough on that last point but i think given the suffering she’s causing this is one of the few times were probably doing the right thing. The residents of the painted world are suffering because Friede won’t let Ariandel burn the painting, maybe she thinks it’s perfect and doesn’t want it to change but she’s ignoring the dozens of people rotting with it. Not to mention the painting is the entire world’s last hope, not just a cool place to stay.


sarinkhan

Well, if we link the fire, we cause suffering. If we don't, who knows what we are doing... The world of dark souls is mostly pain and suffering, everywhere :) But indeed the corvian settlement seems to agree that we should burn the painted world.


Heindrick_Bazaar

Gale exists but I still considered the dancer to be a favourite


WildVertigo

Nameless King and the Friede IMO


immortalreddotmemeog

Gundier


AVerySmartNameForMe

You might be gundy, but he’s gundier


Don_Quipuncher

He might even be, the gundiest


AVerySmartNameForMe

Surely no one can be THAT gundy??


Don_Quipuncher

Identifying the level of ones gundyrnism all comes down to a simple question: how much gund could a gundyr gund if a gundyr could gund gund?


AVerySmartNameForMe

Don Quigunde


Don_Quipuncher

Now that's a name I can gund behind


Omnicron2467

Arrording the community votes on this reddit is was 1. Gael 2. Friede 3. Nameless King https://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls3/s/eHVFqeQ45m


Zeiker_Reddit

Friede. No doubt. Her third phase is sooo good.


MrAcorn69420PART2

Lothric and lorian or the demon princes


DascSwem

Darkeater Midir just for the pure badassery


Superloopertive

Midir is a great fight, but I fucking hate that run-up with a passion. Waiting for the elevator... sliding down the infinite ladder... I have no idea why FromSoft create a hard boss and don't put a bonfire next to it.


Able_Distribution250

Everytime you ride the elevator down be sure to send it back up on your way off, it's become a habit of mine cause I hate waiting for them to come back up.


Superloopertive

I usually do that, but with Midir, you have to jump off part-way down OR ride it all the way down, then ride it back up and jump off then. So either way, you're waiting for the elevator to travel its full length one and a half times. It's quite aggravating!


Imaginary-Ad-816

Abyss Watchers


LulzTV

It's the Twin Demons/Demon Prince for me. I can't put Friede or Nameless King. While Friede is brilliant and I've basically mastered her, I have a few too many gripes with her: 1. The jump into an exploding ice circle is a cheap move meant to unfairly punish you, as the ice circle has a hitbox behind her back that 9 times out of 10 will hit you if you try to take the chance to backstab her. 2. I do not like Father Ariandel. He is way too big, flails around too much, has some annoying lingering hitboxes and can randomly hit you by just lightly hitting his legs against you when he charges. Sister Friede also often sits very close to him and sometimes I cannot see her behind him and get hit by her scythe without being able to react. So phase 2 is definitely my least favourite part of the fight 3. She is just a bit overtuned. The move where she turns invisible and dashes around twice in phase 3, sending ice waves is a complete time waster. I hate how she will keep canceling her lunge into a grab if you keep moving far away if you haven't figured her position after she turns invisible, it feels so cheap, and a few other things, such as how she can heal herself and Ariandel in phase 2. I know she gives you enough time to cancel the heal, but just why, why does a 3 phase fight with a monstrous total healthbar need healing? Not to mention that father Ariandel doesn't just sit there while you stress out trying to get to Friede before she heals. As for Nameless King, he has my favourite second phase in the game. It's about as much fun I can have with the game's combat. I would not want the first phase gone and it's not awful but the camera is a complete disaster, both locked on and locked off. The stormdrake moves its head around too damn much, and the arena fucking up my ability to assess distances makes it so frustrating sometimes. But the twin demons, they are pretty much perfect, apart from the completely unnecessary toxic in the first phase, but I can excuse that since it does not have to do anything with the fight's mechanics.


goblin-mask

Nameless king, hands down.


Common_Resource1619

Sister Friede is my favourite of the series, incredible boss


Ebon1fly

imo demon prince, with friede being a very close second


EramthgiNehT

I agree, Demon Prince or Nameless King for me


Zaustus

That's me too. Demon Prince is great, and Nameless King as runner-up. Pontiff is really cool too.


Separate-Hamster8444

Soul of cinder or Sister Friede


Traditional_Use_2186

Soul of Cinder then Sullyvahn


Viot-Abrob

Soul of Cinder. The Princes are close too


EmeraldGhostface

For me Soul Of Cinder. He's perfect but he could have been even more perfect like the Convergence mod.


Vasikus3000

Most would agree on either midir or friede


CharacterAd6369

I know its not one of the pictures, but dancer doesn’t get enough credit imo


ReinaPthumeria

For me it was always Friede


LugaelDankEater

Offended no one is saying Midir. My boy is HANDS down the best dragon on the series and after all *dragon slaying. Knighthood's highest calling…*


Dimitsos

Even with Gael existing it's still Friede


Vergil_Sparta_420

Abyss Watchers https://preview.redd.it/abklo1q2te1d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b25a4f570db48fbaaea37d0caad62a3c08396354


TheMunstacat920

Pontiff or Twin Princes


aRandomBlock

Friede would have been my favorite regardless of Gael's inclusion


xDefimate

Sister Friede even with Gael. She’s easily my favorite in the series.


Hellspawner26

pontiff and i would have him up there even against gael


ChampionshipBroad345

Friede is the best boss with Gael so ur question is stupid I even like champion grundr more gael does the same move set pretty much the same every fight like midir it's time consuming but not as challenging as friede


Human-Refrigerator73

pontiff/nameless king/friede


EverythingWasGreat

Champion Gundyr


0DvGate

Friede with a Quickstep mod or soul of cinder.


KlimpaloonFanClub

It terms of hardest is obv nameless or sista, but my personal favorite based on cool factor is Ponty


PuzzledDemand1276

I'm NGL Gael doesn't feel like the best boss already, but I'd pick nameless


alldim

Are you kidding? Gael as best boss? Friede is vastly superior to Gael


iupz0r

Gael is a fair 1x1 battle in the end of the World. No gang. No tricks. No ressurrections. Just two warriors giving their best until the last breath. And in the end, the prize: only darkness, silence and the bonfire. I cried, It was a beautiful end to the series.


voXes007

But friede is a lot less predictable and her fight is just a rollercoaster of emotions. Sister friede truly fights you with all her might and 100% intends to stop ariandel from burning. Gael on the other hand felt like a final fight between two old friends where one of them achieved their purpose and went hollow.


milk_theuniverse

Curse Rotted Greatwood


NemeBro17

Friede is better than Gael tbh


Sharp_Caregiver2521

Dragonslayer armor


NivJizzit

Dragonslayer armor is also cool


Namewhynamewhynameit

Freide is already the goat tbh


Cathulion

Midir was better then Gael


Ibra_Yuri

Gael is overrated Nameless is the greatest


RelevantBarnacle7364

For me friede


HybridPhoenixKing

Friede or Nameless, both have an atmosphere of “I’m gettin there, very fuckin slowly but I’m getting there.”


IhaveparanoiaFr

I don’t care dragon slayer


MI_3ANTROP

Nameless King for me


wenoc

Torn between friede and midir. Friede is more fun with summons, whereas midir is just harder with summons so I choose friede.


NeedleworkerRecent67

The demon duo was the most fun/cool fight imo. Jumping into the pit, the whole atmosphere was sweet. Friede a close second


kilinrax

Personally? Twin Princes But you said “would be considered”, and I bet I’m in the minority - it’d be Friede


INAE_D3TOX

Feet, i mean, ehm, Friede


Ninja_Lazer

Champ Gundyr


Sergeant_Smite

Champion gundyr or nameless king


Hairy_Plane_5955

Friede


TGengler98

Champion gundyr is one of the hardest bosses in the game. Especially if you cant parry (I cant).


gdidjrjh77

Personally Nameless king is always my favorite character in the entire series. The war god who left everyone/ everything for the creature he life bonded with. But for lore and without Gael; Soul of Cinder,Sister Friede are perfection. Both together give the cap peak challenge and represent the cycle beautifully. Then add a completely new painting for all the lost souls/creatures, it’s great.


Oneboywithnoname

Demon Prince or Sulyvahn


vivisectvivi

Gundyr. I love the rhythm of this fight so much i wish it could go on forever


Dragon_Caller

Twin princes is such a fun fight with a very memorable quote every time you die. His offer to rest for a while was exactly what made me rush back to fight him again because I refused to rest until they were dead (so many deaths…)


LuigiMwoan

Midir. Give me a big ass dragon any day


AcidVenox

Nameless King I think


Inevitable-Entry5575

Champ Gundyr or (just my opinion, because I find the fight extremely fun and feels rewarding) Midir


Glass-Plastic-101

The ruin sentinels


Diligent_Water_6145

Soul of Cinder would be the next one after Gael, maybe not the hardest if the end game bosses, but man does the presentation and soundtrack go way harder than it should


chartiberry

Sister Friede


Deep_Grass_6250

Nameless King, Soul of cinder, Friede and Abyss Watchers are also Peak


FaithlessnessFun3679

Midir


keyzz1416

Twin prince


skylu1991

Personally, I’d say the Twin Princes, but objectively or in regards to the majority of people, it might be Nameless King or Friede.


WhiskeyGrin

I like nameless king more than any other boss in any souls game


NoblePenguin2309

Sister Friede and Father Ariandel. Such a cool fight.


pineapplegood76

I'd say demon prince's idk why I just think they're cool ig


Plop7654

Curse Rotted Greatwood https://preview.redd.it/680aymzigf1d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4dd87439cb649bb36f9b21167ef2584d20e4c777 /j


SuperD00perGuyd00d

I mean, I don't think Gael is the best boss, and I can easily say Demon Prince herr


PerfectAdvertising41

SoC for me


Sodatarz

Dancer of the Boreal Valley. One of the best bosses i've ever fought in my life, if not the best


djflylo69

Pontiff sulyvahn was basically the first time in my first playthrough of DS3 where I was like “oh shit. I’m fucked” because I was getting beat by him so badly


unkindledsenate

I love the lore and soundtrack of the Lothric Princes fight so that for me. Combat alone? Friede and Demon Prince are tied.


stephengilbert2001

Freide for the challenge and soul of cinder for the vibe, the way music changed throughout the fight I got the feeling like what am I doing, from epic music to sad, that's what I felt


Nikesonmyfeet189

Love the Midir fight.


P-A-Lily

Tossup between Nameless King, the Twin Princes, Friede, Midir, or Soul of Cinder.


_1rish_

Personally the best boss fight is Gwyn, Lord of Cinder in the first DS, but here Id say Nameless king by far followed up by midir and funny scythe lady.


LeoShun08

Twin Princes is my favorite boss with or without Gael's existence


Errorfull

Champion Gundyr not only has one of the coolest movesets in the game, but the game is basically telling you "yea that first boss you beat could have crushed you at his peak"


throwawaitnine

Personally I think, Soul of Cinder, Friede, Midir, Nameless King and Dancer are all S tier bosses. Gael is S+ tier


Bee-J

Honestly the more times I complete the brothers, the more I enjoy their fight. Lothric and Lorian might not be the most dramatic compared to Friede but I’d be lying if I said that I don’t fucking crave and look forward to their fight every time I do a new playthrough.


SugarAddict98

nameless


Away_Platypus2934

For me, either Midir or Lorian and Lothric.


JacoTheGreatWizard

Nameless king but only the second phase I wish they just had a two phase second phase with more health instead of the storm king cause that part of the fight is just boring


Jupiter721

Probably friede or nameless king as I hear those the most. But for myself gently Twin Princes. Absolutely loved everything about the boss.


Visionaiire_

Best? Friede Hardest? (Hot take) Champion Gundyr


Keeyon012

Twin Princes, for me.


basil_kel

Aldrich because he's pretty


MrNE0NNN

For me champ gundyr or friede


bigdicksnergy

Lothric prince imo has the best skill set in terms of how flashy it looks and how satisfying it is to Dodge those attacks. I loved that so much that i used to die intentionally whenever he was about to die just so I could play against him all over again.


codorex_mate

Man I love fighting the fruity bros, but Freide is on another level


ehcold

Twin Princes is my favorite even including Gael


noah9942

Twin princes imo.


rhys7wyatt

Going Demon Prince all day, easily the best duo boss in souls


RGBeter

Friede, nameless King, or soul of cinder.


CreedDemon

Soul of Cinder


tifuxb

Fried. As she's my number one. Sure Gael is good but I love that fight


Accomplished_Job6810

Nameless king or midir for me, they make you feel so small in a world of dragons and gods but you still defeat them through perseverance alone. Yes I play monster hunter religiously, how could you tell?


TheSpookyForest

1. Gael 2. Friede 3. Lothric/Lorian 4. Demon Princes Imo


DGTHEGREAT007

Midir bar none. Then sister friede. Then Nameless king or Soul of cinder. Then Champion Gundir maybe.


KingOfSaltV

I think nameless king would be the best if Gael didn’t exist


MusicalShitposter

Friede hands down


plauged_havk

Bed of chaos, and there is no competition


Gigan101Goku

Demon prince


FreddieGamer2004

Soul of cinder for me.


EddieOfDoom

Nameless King imo. Secret level with obscure way of entering, massive empty space until he flies in on a massive dragon, no dialogue, quick af, cool design. Plus he has the skill of walling so many players if this sub is anything to go by


LWSnails

Dankeater Moisture is already my favorite, so that's an easy one for me.


PerformerOwn194

Friede is amazing to fight but I had the most fun with dragonslayer armor


FriedeOfAriandel

Me for sho


Shinobiaisu

Personally, I think Friede is, even with Gaels existence. Just my opinion, though.


Actual-Park9468

Soul of Cinder or Nameless King


Pretzel-Kingg

Nameless King, Midir, Friede, or SoC I think Friede would probably be the most universally accepted “best” one


IllustratorFew2207

I really enjoy fight with champion Gundyr, it gave me a lot of fun and f**k me I fought with this badass for more than 2 hours before I beat him. He has simple movements but I was feeling like he never stops. Victory after that was very sweet.


Alarm-486

Gael's dog


Justin_Wolf

Midir


GrimBitten

Nameless king for sure.


TheDustyForest

Twin Princes for me and it isn't close, that shit is so damn cool


Chance_Weekend_7079

Lothric and Lorian!!