Ranking Soulsborne Final Bosses (Tier List) 

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if you choose to get killed by gehrman, the wet nurse is pretty much the final boss of bloodborne

The best part about isshin is that he tests every skill the player should have learnt: deflection, sword fights, spear fights, gun fights, unblockable attacks, lighting reversal, aggression, wind attacks similar to those of divine dragon, everything. Together with story relevance, being actually fun to fight and cool factor that makes it a perfect final fight for me.

I like Soul of Cinder and Gael as culminations of player potential. The soul of cinder showcases off potential builds you could have used as well as includes a fight with Gwyn minus parry cheese. Gael uses fast but strong attacks to show off quality, a crossbow to show off using items, and a bunch of different magic spells.

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Radagon was incredible. The best part about his fight was the MUSIC. Dude. Rank boss music! Radagon’s theme is amazing!

Finally, Gael being at the top of the tier list instead of just getting silver or bronze like in most other rankings I've seen. I salute you good sir.

Wait, i thought the final boss of the iron king dlc was the Fume Knight, not Sir Alonne. Alonne was an optional boss.

I beat Isshin 3 days ago. I still can't get over how good that final boss was!

SS, Gehrman and Orphan are freaking amazing, but it's gonna be always Gael for me...Everything about him from the OST, boss design, moveset, 2nd phase, lore - to the color use. Learning about him in Ashes of Ariandel nad what he stands for, it really humanises him even more when you see what he sacrificed. Still the absolutely pinnacle of From's bosses!

Gehrman, Moon Presence, and Mergos Wet Nurse are all a final boss, depending on which ending you choose. If you choose to get killed by Gehrman, it’s Mergos

Sir Alonne shouldn't have been in this tier list since he's an optional boss that youre able to fight before the actual final boss being Fume Knight.

I remember fighting Isshin the sword saint and I used all my health and revives. After the fight my palms were sweating, heart was racing, and I took a breather like I survived a near death experience.

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Best thing about elden beast is the design, a stunning creature to be sure.

Radagon and both versions of Isshin are by far the best final bosses imo. Elden beast is a great audio/visual spectacle, with emphasis on a more soothing and yet tragic atmosphere. Mechanically i think it's pretty good, animations and hitboxes are super polished as well. It's slower paced, which gives all of it's moves more time to exist (contributing to the overall vibe). I also love the implementation of the jump dodge for many of it's attacks, including sword swings. The "runing away" aspect is overblown imo, especially seeing as there are so many opportunities to deal damage to the boss and break it's posture. Also i believe From as reduced the frequency of this happening because i find that the boss doesn't do it nearly as much now. Or maybe it has something to do with positioning (like the Fire Giant's roll), i'm not sure. Lastly i'll say being able to use torrent during the fight would've been awesome, but the boss needed to be rebalanced for that to work properly, because as it stands, the Elden Beast is balenced for "on foot" combat and torrent would likely trivialize a huge number of melee and ranged attacks due to his speed being much greater than the travel/expansion velocity and tracking of projectiles and AOEs.

Sir Alonne has my favorite character lore in all of dark souls. An talented Samurai finds himself without a master, finds the Old Iron King, they have a mutual respect for each others strength but have literally nothing else in common. Alonne is ostracized by the people for being different, so he's relegated to his own secret room where he spends all of his time polishing the floor in this room that looks NOTHING like the rest of the castle. But then years later he's finally seen as a legend and inspires copycats in the Iron Keep

The thing with gwyn is that he is supposed to be weak, drained, lifeless .. "the once lord of sunlight is now hollow slowly becoming cinder, desperately trying to protect the fading flame" The fact that he's the only boss that can be parried tells you the whole story

Soul of Cinder was really something else... the fact that the boss is both technically and mechanically you (the player) from the end of DS1 just wraps up the story so well. It uses everything you could've learned in phase 1, switching between builds until finally summoning the powers of the very first Lord, Gwyn (but much better). Also the OST is just absolutely amazing, I get chills from it every time. The arena is also the best boss room in my opinion, the dying sun and the mediveal apocalypse scenery gotta be one of the most, if not the most iconic backdrop of the entire Souls series.

Isshin all the way. I love Gael too and he does have the better OST, but Isshin is just on another level. One of my favorite bosses of all time.

Gael, Gehrman, SwordSaint are my favorites. All amazing characters, lord, and fights. Currently doing cosplay builds of my boys on ER just cuz I love them so much.

Personally, Elden Beast is one of my favorite final bosses in any game that I’ve played. His move set is vast, keeping you on your toes through the entire fight. His moves are punishing, meaning that you have to have actual skill to beat the game. The arena was spectacular, solid 10/10 final boss arena. His moves were beautiful. I got everything that I wanted from a final boss in the Elden Beast. The most annoying part was fighting Radagon again and again after I died to the Elden beast. Something else that I found slightly annoying and yet also thoroughly enjoyed was the way that the Elden Beasts moves stacked up. He would shoot Elden stars, and then Rain of Arrows, followed by Sacred Sword or Golden Wave. And immediately after he would go into the Elden ring attack, or breath fire that I have to run across the whole arena to escape. It was annoying to deal with, but it gave me a sense of realism, because that’s similar to what would actually happen in real life. A barrage of attack after attack, taking any opening that you can get to deal some damage. All in all, loved the fight. 9/10

You ever noticed the similarities between gehrman and isshin. I feel like isshin is the gehrman fight perfected(ironic cus I prefer gehrman) but they are both older mentors. They both fight with a short blade, long blade and a gun. They have the wind attacks. They even fight in very similar arenas with the whitefield as the home base goes down in flames behind you. I think graphically isshin has the upper hand but gehrmans arena under the moonlight is too beautiful for me

I always loved how the fight with Gael actually felt like what it was: two guys, fighting at the end of the world, for something they won’t even matter in the end, who both have been through hell and back for the sake of their mission, and in the end, whether Gael or you wins, the outcome is the same: giving the Dark Soul to the painter so she can lay a new world. The fight itself, the second and third phase did everything to truly encapsulate that “end of the line” feeling, what with Gael throwing everything he has at you, in a desolate giant dirt-covered ruined city, with lightning falling all around both of you, the OST is top tier… I can’t even put it into words, Gael’s fight is the absolute peak ending.

My first time fighting Gehrman will always be something I remember. Bloodborne boss AI is strange as it can be so random and it was a highlight for the fight. For some reason, Gehrman only started doing certain moves after I did. He didn't fire his gun until I fired it, he didn't transform at a percentage but rather after I did, he didn't Visceral me until I first did it to him. It was so strange, but a highlight for sure.

Best part about these videos… are those absolutely lit outros

Thank you for giving such a credit for Gehrman.I think his first phase is very easy. I got 2 parry on him and a few attacks then he transform into his second phase which is a hard phase. I knew the lore while i am fighting against him and once the lyrics of his ost kicked in... I feel something different i felt sorry for him and even i could beat him on my first try i get up from my chair and let him to kill me just to hear the ost and fight this epic battle once more. Definietly one of the best characters in video games history and best boss in bloodborne for me.

Mergo's wet nurse is also the final boss for speed runners and no hit any% runs in Bloodborne just to note (If you don't want to fight Gehrman or Moon Presence)

personally, Mergo's wet nurse is actually one of my favorite bosses in blood borne, and soul of cinder is my favorite boss fight ever (better than Gael personally) but I do generally see those 2 places lower

I’ll defend elden beast till my dying breath. I get why people don’t like it but I think it’s one of the best large beast type bosses in the series and an Incredible finale that honestly just elevates the final fight. Radabeast is easy S tier for me. my jaw hit the floor for both fights. Don’t think I’ve done that for any of the other bosses except Gael.

Amazing video!

The way they tied the story with slave knight gale is perhaps my favorite boss fights of all time. Plus the music is amazing.

Sword Saint Isshin and Gael were both amazing and I always would have had them at the top but I think Gael will always be my number 1 simply because of the chills I got the first time I watched his cutscene when you figure out that the pigment for the painting is the dark soul.

Isn't the final boss of the old iron king dlc really more fume knight? Sir Alonne is just one of those optional bosses meanwhile fume knight is the boss that actually gives you the crown. Idk, I could be wrong about this.

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Sister Friede I feel gets some extra points by being the first ever boss, at least in a soulsborne game, to have legitimately three phases. We have all experienced that relief of defeating phase 2, getting a prize, the enemy defeated thing on our screen... and then the abject horror when she got back up when we had no more healing items. That boss gave me the same horrifying thrill I had when I found my first mimic, and that is a memory I will cherish greatly.

Tbh, Radagon complimented by that epic music that started when Radagon held his hammer up in the cutscene made that boss my all time favorite

I always thought of the parry for gwyn as a window to heal yourself, more than a cheese strat, that way you can create an opening to breathe in the middle of the battle, the time is just enough to use the estus and go back to fighting

Tbh I feel like even though the actual fight isn't the best the actual spectacle of the fight the music the crazy huge moves and it makes sense as it's the physical embodiment of the elden ring.

Very good video man! I haven’t played any soulsborne yet but you got me hyoed for them so I will play them:D My question is that what are your pc specs? What machine runs these games and can edit videos like this one?

Great Vid ❤

Man that Radagon/Beast fight is terrible wtf were they thinking. Sword Saint Isshin is unbelievably good.

I played Bloodborne recently and I accidentally had Gherman kill me, and missed out on him. Now I'm going back in ng plus to beat him.

I had an awesome time against the elden beast using a secret method most souls players going to elden ring don't know : it's called ranged attacks. Radagon was the big skill check melee fight Elden Beast was the big high fantasy fight between a genius mage and a cosmic entity trading powerful magic rays between each others. Also Elden Beast dodges is more about figuring out the flaws in it's attacks than dumb reflex check, which I know based on the fact the community keeps praising Bloodborne and Sekiro, that you guys prefer dumb reflex based gameplay over slower build and strategy based one, but it's not my case.

I keep saying it, they should've given Radagon another health bar and a phase 2 where Marika tries to stop him from inside and his combos just get a lot more wild and he starts shining more. Maybe also have the arena crumbling and the fire from the erdtree starting to reach inside as the main menu music intensifies. Would've been a great finale knowing Marika helped you become elden lord. My first reaction when I saw Radagon was pure joy. There's this character everybody talks about, second elden lord and shit, great ending. He also had that intimidating presence like Isshin, Malenia and Radahn. When I first saw the elden beast, my honest reaction what wtf is that?

I would put Gwyn in A tier, not for the bossfight but for why he is pretty easy to beat and parryable all things considered. He’s worn out and lost his flame, nothing but cinder. You get hyped for him all throughout the game and when you finally get to him there’s no epic boss music or cutscene, just pling pling plong and a hollow dude with a flaming sword running to you. I just love how they set him up, it was a very unique experience first time around.

On my second playthrough I 1st tried gehrman and I was so proud

Mergo is there because in case you choose the ending where gehrman frees you she technically becomes the last boss battle of bloodborne

My personal ranking of Soulsborne and Sekiro final bosses. 1. Fume Knight (Best final boss) 2. Slave Knight Gael 3. Burnt Ivory King 4. Isshin the Sword Saint 5. Aldia, Scholar of the First Sin 6. Lord Gwyn 7. Gehrman the First Hunter 8. Sinh the Slumbering Dragon 9. Moon Presence 10. Old Isshin Ashina 11. Orphan of Kos 12. Mergo's Wet Nurse 13. Nashandra 14. True King Allant 15. Manus, Father of the Abyss 16. Soul of Cinder 17. Sister Friede (Worst final boss)

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As I thought about it more, I think Moon Presence was a better handled version of what Elden Beast in Elden Ring went for. For starters, you have the option for Gherman to be the last boss you fight (since you need to go out of your way to meet access the Moon Presence boss) which doesn't undermine Gherman as your last fight as it does with Radagon. Secondly, with the last act of the game delving more into cosmic horror, it clues you in that there's more going on behind the scene regarding Moon Presence's existence. When I first saw Elden Beast, it felt like it came out of nowhere with no buildup, and I made sure to read most item descriptions before that moment.

First things first. Nice list and a lot of agreement from my side. For me Sir Alonne ist one of best bosses overall. His moves, the arena, background story and this "secret" seppuku death animation, if you manage to flawlessly kill him. But actually the Fume Knight is the final boss of the Crown of the Old Iron King DLC and could also fit in this list, i guess.

I love that you have no outro. Not even saying "outro" would make it even better imo

As someone who despises this games, but loves Sekiro, seeing Glock Saint at the top warms my heart.

Radagon would've been an easy top S, because when that theme kicked in, I knew I was truly at the end. But then Elden Beast...

Just gonna point out that Sir Alonne is an optional side boss. Fume Knight is the final boss of the Iron King dlc.

After the patch where they made elden beast run away way less, the fight became much better, i no longer had truble hitting the elden beast ever since, so i'd give radagon + elden beast an S rank.

Honestly, the only 2 changes you could make with the elden beast to make it better is to lower its hp and make most of its attacks much slower. I like elden beast, but even I'll admit that it moves around too fast.

Gael is by far my favourite. When I heard about him I thought the hype would be too high, it wasn't. Only boss in the series I've felt so sure of how fair it is. He hasn't got any bs that you can't beat with proper and fair timing. His Moveset is fluid and the flow of the fight is amazing. I really hope we get something similar in Shadow of the Erdtree.

So I absolutely love SS Isshin. I honestly never get mad when I die to him because he's so cool to fight every time. Literally a perfect way to end a game.

Tbh EB isn't that horrible imo. It annoyed me a lot due to the amount of undodgeable bs it threw at me and the fact I couldn't use torrent was annoying. But imo Radagon boosts it up so much, he's almost perfect. He tests your dodges, reaction time and also makes sure you cannot bleed him so you cannot win easy. Though for me they were both easy because I like summoning, it's fun ganking with mimic or watching Tiche melt bosses

He did it, the Mad Lad did an outro

4:57 DS2 hitbox appreciation

Honestly, i still prefer gael as the greatest soulsborne final boss ever. But man...Isshin was literally Madara of Sekiroverse. Dude was teased since the intro of the game. And we saw old Isshin being a good guy to the main mc. And then in the climax, he enters from Genichiro's body like some horror movie type sh*t. And we see prime Isshin holy sh*t. The very same man who was being touted as a god lvl samurai and was unbeatable until Sekiro showed up. This intro was like as if Radahn somehow resurrected from dead and arrived as Prime Radahn as the final boss🔥

cinder is "S" for me, it has many movesets, excellent ost, 2 phases, references Gwyn, it's symbolic, it's very hard,

Orphan was the only boss in Bloodborne I needed help for. I never got consistent with his first phase and the second would just rinse me. Great fight though. I wish Gherman was more difficult though, maybe a few moves that couldn't be parried or something.

video idea: giving every boss a rating out of 10, one video for each game

Sword Saint Isshin to this day is the best boss I've fought.

Ranking all bosses next ?

I liked the elden beast but I'm beginning to think it would of been better to separate both radagon and the elden beast (buffing both of them) and for the elden beast allow torrent.

I would've put Fume Knight as the final boss of Crown of the Iron King. Alonne feels more like an extra boss

You don't judge the bossfight by The gameplay aspect of it only. You gotta look at the music, the build-up, the break of expectations, etc.

Why is Alonne considered the final boss of Crown of the Old Iron King? You get the crown after you kill Fume Knight, meaning he is the the actual final boss

Dude I fuckin love orphan. It’s the perfect boss for the hyper aggressive gameplay of bloodbourne

Mergo's wet nurse is here because it's technically the last boss you have to kill before finishing the game, if you chose the ending where gehrman spares you by killing you

radagon is gonna be so fun to fight when I feel like actually fighting him...

these vids are gass ngl

I haven't done demon souls or bb with I'm doing soon but man isshin is literally insane and such a good boss altho that 3rd phase can be cheesed but still

Strange that they chose Sir Alonne for the finale of the the old iron king DLC instead of the fume knight

Next will be best lore tier list :-)

link for list? I want to use with my friends if possible!

Not really a final boss but it was my final boss for Bloodborne, beat him last in the DLC, Laurence first Vicar is IMO the hardest boss in that game, at first you think its just a Cleric Beast (full circle) but then you fight it and you realize you this is no walk in the park. Has incredible amounts of health and many of its attacks will one shot you. Second phase demands good positioning so you dont get surrounded by lava.

Except orphan not being in S this list is perfect.

mergo's wet nurse is considered a final boss because of the bad ending of bloodborne where you just submit to letting gehrman kill you

What’s the background music, it sounds so nostalgic

I know you put final bosses but i just want to throw out the fact i love tower knight. Would got to battle with that beefy boi any day

Is Mergo there because there is an option to not fight Gerhman or Moon Spirit.

My list isn't too different than yours but it would go like this : S tier - Slave Knight Gael - best From Soft boss to this day still , Sword Saint Isshin / Inner Isshin ( slight upgrade ) best Sekiro boss do doubt , Orphan of Kos - best BB boss imo and certainly the hardest . Sister Friede obviously the best boss in her dlc , that third phase is awesome . A tier - Manus - an excellent fight but not quite S tier , Soul of Cinder - one of the best DS3 base game has to offer , Gehrman the first hunter - great boss fight but overshadowed by the dlc bosses , Radagon/Elden Beast - Radagon is definitely the better half of the fight but EB isn't bad by any means but can be boring to fight him sometimes , still one of the better remembrance ER bosses , Sir Alonne - one of the best DS2 bosses and one of the rare ones that get as high as A . B tier - Isshin/Ema - good boss fight but the first phase is almost the same as Sword Saint and the second phase is good but not great , Burnt Ivory King is a good boss fight , really like his second phase but the first phase is boring and on high ng+ is awful to do , can't rank him higher , Sinh is easily the best DS2 dragon boss fight and a good boss fight in his own right , Gwyn - a bit easy to parry , he doesn't have a lot of moves but he is fast and a good ending to the base DS1 game , could have been better tho , Old King Allant - definitely the best boss in Demon's Soul and has a decent moveset especially for that time , not gonna count the slug version that would be super F . C tier - Moon presence - has an epic cutscene but the fight is just mediocre and a disappointment , not bad just average , Mergo's Wet Nurse has a cool design but the boss is just too slow and boring to fight , he has some nice moves especially the ,, dark phase ,, but is just an OK boss fight , a bit disappointing it can actually be the final boss . D tier - Nashandra - barely has any moves , slow and just boring , she isn't terrible but definitely bellow average and a poor final boss . Aldia - even worse than Nashandra , he has more moves but is so boring to fight and it takes a while until you get a chance to properly damage him , I didn't like it but it isn't garbage just another disappointing DS2 boss .

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IMO Fume knight should be final boss for Crown of the Iron king DLC in DS2. But it's your tierlist ❤

This list is a huge W Gael and Isshin are my favourite bosses fs and both are interchangeable No one comes close to them

Midir not being included for just the sheer spectacle of the fight is criminal.

No fume knight? Thought that was the end of the iron crown dlc, since you acctually get the crown after defeating him. Thought sir alonne was optional.

Mergo is there because you can choose the Yharnam sunrise ending making him the final

Why is sir alonne listed as a final boss instead of fume knight? Sir alonne’s optional

when I beat isshin he said "well done sekiro" I felt like he was proud of me

Nobody notice Ember actually did an outro this time????

10:56 damn the missed deathblow, hurts to watch

would you do a full every boss ranking?