Elden Ring - Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy Boss Fight (4K 60FPS) 

Ranni’s plan: extremely complex game of chess to overthrow the gods Rykard’s plan: the very hungry caterpillar

In any other game this would be a final boss design. In a FromSoftware game, he's just boss #71.

This fight actually made me freeze up with intimidation. Gave me the worst case of ‘how am I possibly expected to survive this?’ I’ve experienced since Manus in DS1.

One of the coolest bosses in the game, no doubt. His introduction to the second phase is chilling, the voice actor nailed it, and the design of the boss is straight out of nightmares/hell. Such a metal boss, oh and don't even get me started with his bling, he's got rings for days.

I just love how Rykard basically wakes up from a nap after you've spent the first half destroying a Giant Snake with some wind God weapon. He's like "oh I suppose if I must fight...."

Among the siblings, Ranni and Radahn seem like pretty normal well adjusted people all things considered. Rykard was just built different.

It's absolutely insane how far models and animation and processing has come. I remember being impressed by Skyrim's realism, which pales in comparison to this work of art.

I think one thing that gets slept on a lot is how incredible the arena itself is. The aesthetic was amazing, and when Rykard would lift his sword into the swirling red fog to charge it before bringing it down on you…absolutely incredible. I’ve never seen such an amazing aesthetic in any video game before.

Honestly his second phase is probably the most disturbing boss I've ever faced. Especially his voice.

I've watched this a dozen times. I wish he had more lines, the way he says, "together, we will devourrrr the very godddsss" is burned into my memory

Rykard is such a cool character; he became 'blasphemous' because he led a revolt against the tyranny of the Greater Will and the Golden Order and was considered a hero, but became corrupted when he fed himself to The Serpent in a desperate attempt to grow his power enough to challenge a god.

Unforgettable boss fight. That amazing cut scene, the MUSIC in the second phase, and of course when he activates his ability unleashing literal hell. I've never seen anything like it in a video game.

The most chilling moment was when he pulled the sword out of the serpents mouth and you see the writhing limbs of the poor souls that were bested by him before you. Pretty sure those that are eaten also get turned into the man-serpents eventually and forced to be apart of his "family".

This guy needs more love from the player. Everybody talking about how cool malenia and radahn looks, how disturbing godrick is, how good his voice actor is but no one talk about rykard at all. He basically has everything: disgusting but cool design, great voice that fits extremely well with his character, a challenging fight while still using an old gimmick mechanic. He is probably my favorite boss in ER.

This was the boss that made me want to buy Elden Ring never seen any other boss just this cool-ass-looking snake dude who pulls a sword out of a snake's mouth like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat. Thank you creepy snake man for pulling me into this amazing game.

As much as I love Radahn, Rykard is on a whole other level... The voice acting, the OST and especially the stage became hell. I am just waiting for my copy to arrive by mail so that I can experience this boss and the world of Elden Ring.

Now that's just straight up an apostle.

When I got to him, I was disappointed thinking the stormruler gimmick would ruin the fight, but they really got it right this time, this was one of the best bosses!

Even Darkeater Midir didn't give out the "How the fuck am I supposed to win this" feeling

2:41 I keep hearing this over and over again

This fight is biblical, absolutely love the design

This right here is a ‘spectacle’ boss done right. Love this game.

This castle is one of my favorite areas, and this is my favorite boss fight in the game by far. Dodging his attacks feel so satisfying and the serpent hunter sword has such a nice flow with its attacks.

4:02 Best moment the music making you feels chaotic and allover the place i love it

I have been playing Souls games since 2012, and I can say with the utmost confidence that nothing in From Software's repertoire has unnerved me as much as Rykard has. Not the Gaping Dragon, not the Headless, not even the Orphan of Kos. Every aspect of his design absolutely chills me, from his guttural and sickly voice, to his uneven and almost vestigial human limbs, to his horribly misplaced face, all capped off with the hellish arena, bloody human agony, and flaming skulls. He literally looks like something you'd see in Dante's Inferno. Hats off to the designers at From Software. I won't be sleeping well tonight.

Never have I been so disturbed in a souls fight, The Rotten and The One Reborn included. Rykard is the epitome of disgusting freak who rejected his humanity for power and I absolutely love the fight for establishing him in all of his twisted nature.

This boss fight gives a whole 1980's sword and sorcery feel. Like something you'd expect to see out of Conan the Barbarian. Right down to the music. Dunno if that was the intent of the designers for the fight, but it sure nails just how epic this fight is. And how good it feels to finally beat it.

I got Rykard’s health to one more sword hit. He raised his hand to summon those infernal skulls from the sky and I landed the killing blow. I literally yelled “DIE!”. I love this game.

Great gimmick fight with the serpent spear. The design of Rykard is truly disturbing. You have to wonder if the art team at Fromsoft use their own nightmares to come up with some of the bizarre creatures we fight.

Rykard genuinely makes you feel like you are in hell. Such an awesome fight.

I love how you beat him while cosplaying as his brother.

whoever voiced this guy is legendary, it sounds so creepy and so ridiculous at the same time

Amazing boss , his design is very disturbing and look very cool .

Insanely awesome boss design aside, can we just appreciate the voice acting?? That voice had such a good combination of cunning, confident and deceit as you'd expect from an evil snake. I'm sure it was no coincidence they picked a giant scary ass serpent dude in the fiery bowels of a volcano to be a "lord of blasphemy" hell bent on opposing the powers that be. Every tiny detail in this game's design makes me so happy. Easily the best I've played and I don't even think I'm half way finished with it hahaha

2:46 If that ain't the perfect still for a painted portrait, I don't know what is

This was one of the coolest/funnest boss fight imo; from the aesthetic of the boss to the funny voice to the cinematic and being skeptical at first with the serpent-hunter then using the serpent-hunter it was all just fun

What a terrifying foe, I am shaking when Rykard appeared, but when I beat him I got a really exhilarating feeling. One of the best boss fights I have ever had.

The music composition imo is one of the key points that makes this such an awesome boss fight. Really gives of the feeling that YES.. your fighting a demigod. Praetor Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy.

When you finished all the side quest and come to this boss with fashionable armor with cool weapons.

Rykard basically wakes up from a nap and says oh well I guess I'll do it

My favorite boss fight so far , they managed to make the storm caller gimmic fight even more epic and still challenging at the same time

Going through the volcano manor, I knew I was in to fight some type of abomination, but holy hell, Rykard is a grotesque visual feast

The design The atmosphere The orchestral music It's almost on the same level as Ludwig's fight

I love how this whole area is a reference to ds3, with the godskin noble’s arena being almost identical to pontiff sulyvahn’s and this fight basically being Aldrich, down to the whole, “serpentine dude devouring gods” thing. You can even kinda hear Aldrich’s theme in the song.

At first, I thought "oh cool, he gonna give me a new sword ?" then boss battle theme start playing.

This was by far the most fun boss fight for me, serpent killing spear was just so cool.

“Togetherrrr we will devour the very gods!” Aldrich? That you?

Year and a Day since you made this vid! Great work.

Dude I just fucking love the attack at 4:12, its like he’s pulling so fucking hard on the sword to swing it on you.

This is thematically and visually probably my favorite boss in a souls game

This is a great piece of art. Games in themselves are an artform, but this is art within art, and magnificent at that. The "dog" cats are perhaps my second favourite so far. Great use of uncanny valley and other effects while not overusing any. Great stuff! By the way the sound engineering and voice of this guy is legendary

This shit is straight up terrifying. I fought him late at night and then had my first nightmare about him in years immediately after. Fucking hell. And that voice, me and my buddies do it for the meme but the first time it’s in person is nuts

Every boss in this game is just so fuckin epic and cool, I can’t get over how well done boss fights/encounters are in this game

I love how diverse all the character designs are in this game. Some serious thoughts and collaborations took place during the design process, and the results speak for themselves 👌🏻

Absolutely loved this fight. Imo the best second phase cutscene there is. When I first saw it I thought rykard was just going to give me the sword straight up especially since he was talking about joining the family and taking down gods together but yea that's fine.

I now just click this video from time to time just to hear rykards voice, so fucking cool

When you go back to where you killed him. You will find him already regenerating his body/face. Like he said a serpent never dies. His still alive and growing back

Despite me sucking at these dark souls mechanics, I have to give credits when due. I am speechless at how impressive and amazing Elden ring is. The amount of detail, the amount of different monsters and bosses is astonishing. And for being a single player experience for the most part it’s what truly makes this game shine. Look at the detail in this boss’s room. The boss itself is unique and not a simple copy paste from other monsters. By that I mean it isn’t just a reskin of a previous boss. Most game nowadays have to their core a few assets of enemies, it could be as low as 5 but all of them are just reskinned or have more armor or health and that’s about it. Elden ring is what games should aim to be. A game that will truly suck you in and not let you go that easily. A game that will always find a way to surprise you and keep you entertained. I bow to the masterminds behind this gorgeous piece of art.

His voice and visual design and arena design is the absolute peak of that fromsoft vibe of being both terrifying and goofy simultaneously. It actually got under my skin a bit which nothing ever really does in these games.

Just beat this boss and damn that was epic lol one of my favorite bosses so far. The music, the fire and hellish arena was so awesome. I thought it was cool getting another "stormcaller" weapon, it made it really fun!

Such a wholesome boss invites the tarnished to join the family Btw is it me who is fascinated by the way he speaks?🤣

If Ludwig and Aldia had a baby, that's what it would grow into.

this Boss is so fucking cool. im buying this game, idc anymore. never played a souls game but jesus man this game is too cool. 2:35 ''Join the Serpent King as Family,...Together We will Devourer the very Gods'' SO DAMN HARD

4:10 epic

voice actor did an amazing job. truly left an impression

That old, raspy voice is so chilling when looking at his design at the same time. Truly a breathtaking boss fight to see, imo.

The artistry, design, and level of detail in this game is off the charts.

This is my favorite boss so far in terms of design and the fight itself! Absolutely stunning!

One of the coolest bosses I ever seen

So what exactly did this guy do that counts as blasphemy? Seeing as how Godrick turned himself into a flesh-golem and isn't referred to as blasphemous, Rykard must be one hell of a bastard

“It appears that you’re trying to cut off my pet snake… so in return, I will now cut off yours”

A lot of bosses in Elden Ring were pretty easy for me. Mainly because for that specific one, I was a bit overleveled. This is the first boss fight in Elden Ring in ages that gave me quite some trouble to beat. Absolutely enjoyed it.

This fight was tougher than I expected, especially with the weapon gimmick, I even upgraded the damn Nameless King spear and it still was tough. Great fight, and man Rykard's design has to be my favorite of the game.

God-Devouring Serpent: "This feels a lot like Hell." Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy: *"This **_REALLY_** feels a lot like Hell."*

If I could like more than once I would. Beautifully beautifully beautifully fought. Very cinematic for this video.

The music is bliss, also the fire giant one second phase, chief's kiss.

This is the kind of game that kids in the 80's imagined, when they played those mercilessly hard, and carefully constructed TRIALS that were "video games" in the past. Ruthless, challenging, but a wonder in their "display", rather than their "reward".

Seriously why is nobody talking about this, fantastic design, fantastic theme, super epic fight, fantastic arena!?!?!! I already killed Radahn and although he's fantastic Rykard is better imo, I still haven't fought Malenia but this is probably atleast top 3 elden ring bosses

This bossfight gave me chills, rykard brought the real hell to that little cave.

Loves how the fight style reminds me with Yhorm in DS3 with the storm ruler weapon

Boss giving off Berserk vibes. I wonder if Miura's death played a role in some of these boss creations since Miyazaki was a huge Berserk fan.

Damnn that arena fight and design is outstanding software has done soo many cool bosses. They deserved to win goty for sure

2:32 - my guiding moonlight, you were at my side all along 😂

This is the first boss that made me yell out of disgust. Like an audible "EUGHH". I have never done that to anything in a video game before.

The best "gimmicky" fight in the series..this is what yhorm the giant should have been

This satiated my dream of battling an Apostle. Loved this fight so much

What’s the name of the weapon your using and does it have a ash of war that increases the range of attack ?

I like his funny voice”Familyyyyyyyy”, “Togetherrrrrrrr”. I am waiting the DLC for him haha

The amount crazy different tough bosses in this game is INSANE

Rykard felt like one of the most iconic bosses in the franchise. Everything about him just screams "Dark Souls"

Togethaaaa we will devour the very gods!!! I found the "together" part meme worthy. (The way he said that).

He even kinda references Berserk (RIP Kentaro Miura) with where his face is. Many apostle designs had their face move to some odd place once they transformed.

This boss gave me Dante’s inferno vibes

That "Very Well" has the same energy as "Fine, I'll do it Myself".

I played as an assassin so my armor was pretty light like normal clothes and my helmet just a hood it was pretty sweet to see the emotionless eyes of my avatar seeing fearless as the real rykard wake up and says "very well"

Very helpful video /s

The skull knight reference tho

From software the most talented studio ever

Don’t think I’ve ever seen someone complete Elden Ring without dodging, well done

those skulls reminded me a lot of the skulls that persecute Alucard that attack him under the top of the castle in Catlevânia - Simphony of the Night