7 Dickest Moves by Soulsborne Games That You'll Laugh About Much Later 

My favourite is the dark souls 3 gwynevere painting knight. There's your 1st silver knight of the game in a huge room looking away from you perfect for a backstab so you approach. Then, just before being in range to backstab, an archer behind launches a beach umbrella at you. What make it perfect is the knight could have shot you at any point in the approach but instead waits for the perfect comedic timing.

I love that elden ring continues the tradition of rolling balls except this time they said “what if the balls could comically follow you around wherever you go”

I remember when someone invaded me in the archer part of the ringed city. He spent 20 min waiting for me to come down so he could get me trying to hide from them. I then realized I had a seed that made enemies hostile to invaders... was so great

Shout out to almost all NPC invasions in DS2. Especially Maldron. Man disguises himself as a chair in Brume Tower, then after getting caught, leads you towards an area with enemies abound and curse aura about. And after failing with that, he disguises himself as a white phantom and emotes at you with a wave, then if he earns your trust, backstabs you, and if that doesn't kill you, leads you towards another covetous demon. Or the hex mage in Eleum Loyce who after killing you, throws a "thank you" stone.

The forbidden wood log detaching like that is just *chef's kiss*

I absolutely adore that Nightjar on the kite. I saw him as I was ascending the castle and suspected *something* was afoot, but when he lept towards me with that "whoooooooo!" I just froze in panic and died immediately. It was such an absurd moment that I could only laugh, and I still get a chuckle every time I see him

I think my favorite that could have been on this list is the naked merciless watcher in the chalice dungeons of bloodborne. By this point you have likely seen a clothed variant and you know by this point that they are generic fat slow enemies. How ever this time, you head down the stairs to kill it for the lever, and all of a sudden this naked obese ogre thing just rolls into a ball like sonic and rolls over you at mach 9

How could you forget about the Guardian Ape? We all remember the soul crushing feeling we felt when we saw what we thought was a brutally difficult boss we finally managed to take down get back up and start attacking you with a giant rusted sword and its own severed head.

The alluring skulls in dark sousl 2 and 3 are hilarious and dickish in their mockery. The item is "A skull of unknown ownership. Smashing it releases traces of souls, which can attract nearby foes." Turns out you can be that foe. I relized it in the Shrine of Amana in DS2. The area has movement slowing water, fast enemies, and homing ranged magic attacks. Near the end theres this little ramp with an item on the top, heading to it moves you out of cover and into the range of the mages and other enemies. So you put yourself in danger to get this item, sitting as if on a pedastal, only to get an alluring skull for all the risk. Who really gets lured here?!

These are all excellent contenders and there are so many more... The Guardian Ape staying dead just long enough for you to really believe it. That one staircase in the Ringed City where you can't even talk to an NPC without being smashed by two of the largest enemies you've ever seen. Making us fight the Maneater on a ledge about two steps wide. And then bringing a second one in. That second shark giant jumping down to attack you in the well.

"It'll turn you holier than the pope." Strong contender for my favorite quote. Also, a giant ball of skeletons is an absolutely hilarious idea. I was hit with laughter when I first saw it pop up

First time I died to that log trap sorta scared me for a second. But then my brain got an idea I stepped around it and lured one of the nearby enemies into it. He fell for it, I laughed at his demise and completely forgot the damn thing swings back which it did, killing me instantly I laughed even harder for being so stupid in that moment

Best part of the skeleton ball is that it actually moves faster when you are in its path of travel .

Ellen’s thinly veiled frustration and Luke’s resignation and increasingly dead eyes were the real art in this video.

My favourite is the NPC Invader in Eleum Loyce who disguises themself as a pot next to a chest and backstabs you when you open it. The fact that I was invaded and couldn’t find the invader made me think they would try something like this so I couldn’t help but laugh when it happened.

If you look closely at the Skeleton balls, you can see that the skeletons' arms are moving the ball instead of it rolling. I always found that detail pretty cool and creepy

Shoutout to NPC-invader Holy Knight Aurheim! So I was strolling through Frozen Eleum Loyce, and a pop up tells me Mr Aurheim is invading me. Oh well, nothing I can do about that. Anyways I see a chest at the end of an empty corridor . I periodically look back to check for an ambush. Nothing. Then, as I open the chest, HK Auheim backstab-kills me. I make my way back to the chest and wonder how Aurheim got behind me, since there was no hiding place and the corridor was to long to run up. Standing in front of the chest again, I turn around. And a barrel moving towards me freezes. God I laughed my ass off. But I gotta admit the Bloodborne log is a work of art. My absolute favourite

That segment on the spike trap in Bloodborne is delivered so perfectly. Luke's completely sincere tone is wonderful, and, I think, contributes a lot to my feeling that the whole thing is _deeply_ sarcastic. It's like, it's so sarcastic it's wrapped back around to sincerity, or something. Freaking amazing.

The bloodstain is actually what made me stay on the lift lol I thought there was something forward that was gonna attack me so I was just standing there with my shield up lmao

The log bit was brilliant. Laughed out loud at that one. For my money, the most infuriating dick move in dark souls is the Throne Watcher and Defender fight in DS2. It's already a tough as nails fight, but when you finally kill one of them, you see the other go kneel over the dead body and... oh no this is a revive isnt it

I can see how salty Luke and Ellen are about the NFT jerks. And they’re absolutely right to be.

I gotta say, even for a Souls game that crab was weird as hell. I've seen tons of videos of people trying to figure out if the crab holds some kind of secret and trying to get the crab to follow them to certain rooms etc. Turns out it's just a crab.

There is a reason we call it Sen's Funhouse. There is also Painted World or Ariandel's collapsing snow ledges and witch tree in DS3, or the Doors of Pharros in DS2 capitalizing on your desire for look and setting a bunch of traps that use up precious Pharros Lockstones making you regret going there

One of my favorites was in DS2 SotFS when it's established that wooden chests can be mimics but for the majority of the game, steel chests aren't. Despite it being my fourth FromSoft game, I let my guard down and stopped checking them and proceeded to get eaten by the one in Brightstone Cove. The slow animation of opening the chest where you can see it's teeth makes it even better XD Luckily I had enough health that it didn't kill me, but I did get a really good laugh at that.

Maldron the Assassin from Dark Souls 2 has got to be the best troll FromSoft ever made. He disguises himself as a white phantom so he can catch you off guard and backstab you. If you call his bluff and attack him he runs off to a cave filled with annoying enemies and a Covetous Demon. This is only ONE of the things this guy does.

as someone whose entire knowledge of the souls games is reliant on Outside Extra and etc.....i couldn't help burst out laughing when that log trap broke off and rolled over the character. Even better, i daresay the character gave a bow toward the screen right before getting hit and knocked off the edge? The laughter continued during the Nightjar attack from the kites. There's no winning in these games, ever!

My first arrival to the ringed city was slightly different, i had an invader stand in the centre of those ghost archers trying to lure me in, this got me suspicious so i decided to use a seed of a giant and the invader was quickly shot down so i could go on my merry way, by which i mean crawling through the spaces of them reloading to shoot me down.

The hole in the Tower of Latria is my favorite. Everything about it is genius. Building you up into a rhythm of checking doors, turning it into a mindless habit, and then putting a random hole in the ground. It’s amazing. Nothing kills you, there’s no bs trap that knocks you down, you’re voluntarily walking off the edge of a cliff. You have no one to blame but yourself.

The entry about the Mimic in Sens Fortress brought back traumatic memories of my first Mimic encounter in DS2. Chests in DS2 don't have chains, so I had spent hours and hours religiously whacking every chest I found trying not to break them by accident and by the time I reached Earthen Peak I had just about convinced myself that there were no Mimics in this game, so I ran up to the next chest I found and opened it without checking. Mega chomp. I subsequently learned how to identify Mimics by their shiny latches right sharpish.

Ah yes, the most dangerous creature: A crab. Having been somehow killed by mudcrabs in _Skyrim_ more than once, despite how I should be able to overpower them with no problem, I can confirm this. What's worse is that they can walk straight.

Fun fact: You can mash the shoulder buttons to break yourself out of most grab attacks, including mimics. You even take less damage while mashing. This is an intended mechanic as your character has special animations for breaking grapples.

I feel like we should also mention by far the Souls games most iconic beginners trap that originated in Demon's Souls and has been persistent in every game since. That is to say getting one shot by a dragon early into the game.

The ghosts in Dark Souls 2's Shaded Woods - by that point you're completely used to seeing player ghosts pop up around you, and then they start attacking you! There's also a white phantom in Eleum Loyce that does friendly emotes at you and follows you, and then the next fight you get in stabs you in the back and then gloats over your body.

The undead from Dark Souls 2 in Hunstmans Copse. When he sees you, he'll run around the map, leading you to ambushes if you chase after him. And he'll keep running around even after you've dealt with all of the ambushes. His running animation is hilarious. All it needs is that Benny Hill music and its perfect.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="251">4:11</a> That string of facial expressions kills me. I feel like those sum up the Dark Souls series as a whole

I encountered the ticking old man when I had two buddies with me and I walked up to him alone, grabbed the item, then turned around to see the two of them watching at a safe distance. One of them bowed as my game faded out

Heavy on the NFT jokes this time. Excellent, I’m glad I can trust you not to try to scam me with them. Respect.

My favorite such moment in DS3 is also in the Catacombs. You know, that time you see a suspiciously rickety bridge, think "Hm, that's probably a trap of some kind, I'll look for a way around" and suddenly find yourself swarmed and subsequently chased by a humongous horde of skeletons

Best laugh I got from soulsborne was watching my friend speed run Sekiro and getting sniped midair by the great snake.

Obv mimics are one of the best trolls in history. I felt so betrayed the first time I found one in DS1. Played through with a buddy who has never played before and waited with glee to see him get eaten by one too. 😂

I know it's OLD From Software and (I think?) not technically soulsborne, but what about in one of the King's Field games, where there's a trap chest which poisons you, but the item inside is just an antidote to the poison? Comedy gold.

You forgot one from Sekiro. When you “kill” the Guardian Ape with his own sword in his neck, get the message that you did a shinobi execution and everything and you breath a sigh of relief. …Only for his corpse to pick up his head AND the sword and start wailing on you. How is that NOT a dick move?

The first time I came across that falling sludge from DS1, I literally screamed in fear so loud that my mom came to check on me

There are a couple in Dark Souls 2. In the Catacombs, there are these massive Knights using metal doors as shields and standing in both doorways and corridors in the dark, holding the "doors" in front of them. Or in Aldia's estate there's a 'dead' skeleton dragon in the entry hall which, if you complete all the criteria, will the next time you go there come alive and throw it's skull at you. Or in the poisoned mines, there are numerous poison filled sinkholes with interconnected tunnels with loot - except for one halfway through the area, which is just a dead drop. Or in one DLC you will get an invasion message that a mad warrior has invaded you. He's really tough and after you beat him and go on around the corner, you realize *there are 12 of them, all counting as one invasion.* There's more, but I can't remember all of them.

The Four Kings boss fight is probably the only boss fight where you get killed before the fight even starts. Oops need a ring I guess go kill a dog or something

Dark Souls 2 Stone Sword Surprise Squad. See an item at the end of a giant statue's sword, so you run up to get only to be greeted by a crack squad of hollow soldiers that dropped from above on the way back.

I remember playing Dark Souls 2 and near the beginning you go through several rooms, however, one of the doors just leads to nothing but a straight drop. It killed me but I laughed so hard! 🤣

I still think the two bridge archers in DS1 Anor Londo are classic. I know everyone knows about it but that just goes to show what a memorable moment that is!

My favorite was in the dungeon with those jailers that poke you with a brand. Pretty early on you kill a couple of skeletons then there is a nice loot item. While picking up the item a skeleton runs up to you from off screen and knocks you down to a lower level. Good times. DS 3

Patches should probably have his own list. I, like Luke, avoided him pushing me into the swamp in the Nightmare Frontier (only because I got lost and then blundered into the ending area with the shortcut and thusly bypassed like half that area). "Holier than the Pope" is one I've got to remember. I love you guys using Mergo's Wet Nurse's theme for the Bloodborne part; I love that music so much. I didn't know the log would detach from the chains like that, so I about died laughing there. Thanks to Luke's streams, I just walked around the traps and didn't trigger them. I did, however, walk across the planks covering that small well/hole in the ground a bit further along in the area. I either forgot or didn't notice, so I jumped and swore when I got dumped down it. Thankfully I didn't get killed by it. "That's enough Sekiro for today" has been my general approach to all the Soulsborne games of late. I'll play a bit and then decide that I've had enough for now. That's in part so I don't feel burned out come Elden Ring, but also because I'm at slightly annoying parts in all the games and just don't want to deal with whatever nonsense I'm headed toward (the Yahar'gul gank squad of 3 hunters, followed by the One Reborn, and then the damned Winter Lanterns of the Nightmare of Mensis...yay). I'm embarrassed to admit I fall for the ol' loot lust trap a bit too frequently. I chased after a Crystal Lizard in the ruins before the Crystal Sage and I got jumped by a guy hiding behind the wall. I actually stopped and thought about it before I chased it, because I figured it was a trap. I still did it, so it goes to show where my priorities are, lol. "Why are you ticking?" I'd forgotten about that bit somehow, but it's a classic moment.

when it comes to hilarious traps and maneuvers Dark Souls 2 has definitively earned a spot on this list

Bed of Chaos in Dark Souls 1. The whole fight is essentially a parkour map that allows for zero mistakes. Probably the source of the most instant kills I've endured during my playthroughs

Here's a simple one but no less evil, in dark souls 1 the sprint button lets you slide down a ladder quickly but in dark souls 2 it makes you jump off. Especially evil considering it's something you'd do at a ladder that would take ages to climb down otherwise, there by making your death a certainty!

Hilarious writing and Luke’s delivery was perfect. “Must be nice 😒”

These guys have been hosting this show for years. They earned a huge level of success from their hard work.

Though they were shown at the beginning of the video, the Anor Londo archers are cruel pieces of shit. I attempted to run up to them thinking that I could just quickly knock them off the oh-so-tiny ledge we were on. Then as I got close enough, I discovered the horrific truth of *what* enemy type they really were.

Personally, I'm always partial to the ol' double blind corner guys at the start of bloodborne. You see an item in a conspicuous area and are probably able to spot the guy waiting around the corner, then not 20 feet away you walk past a normal lamppost and another guy jumps out from some architecture, immediately playing you for a fool. It's my favorite part in watching someone new play the game

Not overly difficult to handle, but the lost bastille in DS2 SOTFS edition. There's a well where you pull a lever and up comes a cage of suicide bombing enemies that dive at you and explode.

This brought back vivid memories of suffering through sen's fortress for the first time during a particularly hot summer day while sat in front of a fan on full blast.

Oh I got one. In DS2 the Lost Bastile area has a door that, if you open it, you'll fall into into the void and die

The foggy area of the Shaded Woods in DS2 = Dick Move City. It's where I go whenever I have the sudden urge to be backstabbed by ghosts whom I cannot see nor lock on to

“Why are you ticking?” He asks the bomb.

I think the village in dark souls 2 thats full to the brim with giant f**k off spiders that attach to the backs of people and control them like giant creepy puppets is my pick. I'm not even an arachnophobe, and that place was a nightmare for me.

I'm kinda surprised they didn't talk about the pressure plate traps in the research hall in the old hunters dlc, I died to that trap one too many times lmao

The skeleton ball made me laugh pretty hard and was the only redeeming quality of the Catacombs of Carthus

I just went through Sen's Fortress. I fell (metaphorically and literally) for every single trap.

In my most recent playthrough of DS3 I got invaded in the Catacombs right near the first skele-ball. The invader attacked me at the bottom of the stairs and we did battle... then backed off to opposite sides of the landing to let the ball pass before resuming our duel. This happened several times before the invader decided to run deeper into the level to ambush me (I ended up using a shortcut to bypass him, then killed him when he tried to find me).

If you're wondering why Maldron the Assassin wasn't on this list, it's because Maldron deserves his own video as a list.

DS2, Undead Crypt. Light the torch, as you’ve been trained to do the entire game. I love lighting torches! Except, now a bunch of Lightning chucking npcs spawn in all over the entire crypt, including right behind you. Bonus! Infinitely spawning hollows that ring bells to summon a bunch of Mages to attack you all at once. The final room setup is laughable in how petty it is. The bell is directly below the stairs, so you have to jump down and kill the hollow quickly, but avoid hitting the bell itself. Then another hollow comes walking from outside behind a pillar. Great. THEN, a final hollow comes out of the ground next to the bell!

Genius list! Makes me think about that dumb tree in DS1. I got past all the basilisks, nailed all the annoyingly blind drops from branches, and got one-punched to death by a giant mushroom. It was a laugh or cry moment, so I just gave in and had a hysterical laughing fit..

Oh boy, don't even get me started on Tomb of Giants, in Dark Souls 1, and that stupid giant skeleton hidden on a corner, who kicks you out of the path towards a precipice...

the best part of the video is seeing how much Luke and Ellen find one another's misery funny

Surprised that the Graveyard in DS1 wasn't on here. That's likely the place most folk have suffered through, coming fresh off the crow and thinking "Graveyards are full of super easy to kill skelies! Should be fiiiiiine!" Then suddenly, MASSIVE F OFF SKELETON WITH HORDES OF SMALLER UNDYING SKELETONS

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="800">13:20</a> Honestly, I thought that trap was very well placed on Fromsoft's part. Straight forward and some people may notice in time that the ticking sound is the same as the time bombs they were throwing at you just outside the door.

At <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="239">3:59</a> is some of the best acting I've ever seen! Almost made me spit my coffee out

That part with the log trap had me laughing out loud, I had no idea that could happen. xD

Do the three little pigs in the what is more or less what is your Firelink Shrine area in Dark Souls 2 count, because accidentally aggro'ing them is...hilarious. I ran away once, thought they had stopped following me, went to let the blacksmith into his smithy, and they rolled right in and killed me mid-convo. (I love this list video to bits. So much trauma brought back by one video. Especially the Ringed City, eugh.)

I will admit, the two from Bloodborne did make me laugh when you presented them.

I never even knew about the spiked elevator in Sen's Fortress. For all the times I've played through the game, I always just hopped out when the lift got to the next floor.

Also as someone who played dark souls 1 and 3 as well as bloodborne, i fell for most of these traps. One I expected to see but didn't occurred in the depths. There's a tunnel with a rat that flees from you, but if you chase it and aren't paying attention to your surroundings you'll fall into a pit full of basilisks. So surprised by the sudden fall, I wasn't ready for what happened next and got cursed and had my life bar halved. So yeah, nasty trick.

DS2 SOTFS having the three little pigs is Majula, the hub area where you’re supposed to be safe Also, just the whole Black Gulch area where you constantly have poison spat at you from statues, giant worms and Hand monsters coming out of tar pits and just as you think the worse is done, you have to deal with an NPC invader which you can’t really avoid because you can basically be invaded at any time regardless is you’d just used a human effigy or not And the second bonfire that you can rest at is blocked by a petrified statue so you better have a fragrant branch of yore in your inventory And after all that, you got to deal with The Rotten and Aldia popping out of his bonfire lol

Dark Souls 2, the Lost Bastille. What appears to be an empty, small, open room with a chest and a pit. As you head to loot the chest, bam! Pursuer. And he shows up all over Lost Bastille. It's a real dick move, dropping that jerk into a small room and expecting you to kill him.

I wish I had been able to record it! One time, while playing Darksouls, I had a player invade. I was new, I was inexperienced, and I was well aware of the fact that player killers were a thing in Darksouls. Imagine my surprise when the invading player charges me, I dodge to the left, and then said player somehow swings his sword over the cliff. I was so baffled that I didn’t think to move for a good minute! Also, I took his loot.

Kinda surprised to not see the absolute comedic genius that was the ambush in Tomb of Giants in Dark Souls 1. You get baited by a Bone Tower that sinks back into the ground, revealing a Skeleton Archer that, if you try to fight it - leads you directly into the path of *another* Giant Skeleton whose only purpose is to BOOT you off the cliff. It's even one of the only times that animation is used by an enemy, IIRC (It might be that it just always does the kick 1st, instead). It's just so perfectly executed you honestly can't even be mad at it.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="423">7:03</a> I was mad the first time, but laughed the second time I started striding back in with confidence after the trigger and dodge Then the chains snapped "Congratulations you cheeky a**holes..."

The script for this feels like it was written by someone really enjoying their work and I love it!

the hellkite wyvern right after the taurus demon in DS1 had me SCREAMING

Dark Souls 2, Shaded woods. You find a tree that makes funny sounds when you whack it, making you think you found a cute easter egg only to be greeted by practically invisible backstabbing horde of ghost-folks who took advantage of you playing around with the woodwork and murder you.

I recently started playing dark souls for the first time and the first path my eyes noticed was the path filled with skeletons in a graveyard so naturally I killed them without fear, till I looked back and saw that they ain't dying so I chose to run till I found a GIANT SKELETON which *ONE SHOT* me so I decided to chose a different route which led me to some ghosts that I can't damage... I gave up on playing it blind and decided to RU-vid a play through

Sen's Fortress lift has never gotten me. My first time getting to it I noticed the blood on the lift and thought it was trap (like arrows that would hit you once you reached the top or something) so I got off the lift as soon as it reached the top.

The line with the NFT's was so brilliant :3 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="600">10:00</a>

the delivery on the crab bit, flawless. these videos don't usually make me laugh, but i appreciate them wholeheartedly. that got me laughing.

Dark Souls 2 has a ton of ingenious dick moves that I hope show up on a follow-up video down the road. :D There’s the breakable chests for everyone used to attacking to test for mimics, the repeatedly spawning undead that summon a horde of pyromancers in the Undead Crypt, and - like, the entirety of Shrine of Amana… But the chef’s kiss was when the Shaded Woods introduced enemies that look the same as the player phantoms you’ve seen everywhere for the last two Soulsborne games - that is, until they stab you in the back.

The dikest move they made for me is Champions covenant from DS II in Majula. I joined that and didn't know its effect, suffered hours because of not figure out. It was my first playthrough. I genuinely belived its games difficulty. Despite that reached Ruin Sentinels, I basically stucked and searched for answer and learned there are summons but can't see it than I learned about Champions. Wow, big reveal.

Another from the Bloodborne DLC: Heading down the well in the Fishing Hamlet where you have to fight one of the giant shark bastards. Fighting one is already hard enough, but once you get its health down to half, another that was clinging to the ceiling drops down and they start double-tearming you. Worst part is while you climb down the ladder, if you twist the camera around just right you can see the one that's literally hanging out, waiting to ruin your day.

i just love the skeletons in the little wizard hats controlling the skelly balls xD ok you showed him haha

Ellen giggling at the word “ball” makes all of the pain and suffering worth it. And even funnier 😝.

The cannon in bloodborne was definitely one for me.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="796">13:16</a> "Last chance to look at me Hector"

Gotta say a particular baddy killing a particular fire keeper in DS1 really got me on first play through