The Best DLC Boss in Every Souls Game 

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I still am really salty about sekiro not getting a dlc

Something you didn't mention with sir alonne is that if the player flawlessly beats him (no taking any damage or blocking an attack with a shield) he does a different death animation. That is sick

0:47 mans really been holding that in for a while

I absolutely love Gael and lady Maria and Artorias they are my favorite DLC bosses.

I honestly really love Midir. After learning his moveset, once you actually try out rolling _away_ from his attacks rather than into them like you would for anything else in the game, you’ll see that his head is easily open for the double damage (not to mention hitting his head enough times eventually grants you the most satisfying riposte in the game). I see it as a very interesting “unlearning” exercise within the game, like how Bloodborne and Sekiro challenge your average Souls combat habits

0:44 my guy wrote a whole novel

Lady Maria feels like the more badass version of a rivers of blood spamming invader

Man the fight with Artorius for me was amazing, felt like a dance of death

100% with you on Lady Maria. The most fun fight of the entire game for me.

Artorias is till this day GOATED

I actually think Sinh is my favorite ds2 dlc boss, he’s not really hard like most dragons but his fight is still fun

I love midir almost as much as gael, he's a huge boss that feels like a proper dual against an intelligent few, giving him a weak point and emphasizing facing him head on instead of going under him while trying to reposition yourself around his attacks for punish is a fun mini game within the fight itself and the riposte is a bloody awesome finisher, I also adore the design presentation and music, he still has the best most over the top spectacle in the series imo

While sir alonne and fume knight were great bosses my favorite boss in DS2 has to be the burnt ivory king I love this fight first I love its arena and the battle of the knights and the fight was awesome and I like his long blue sword and the moves and his soundtrack is really good.

Really loved your outro thanks for giving us something to really think about ⭐

Me on the floor having a panic attack after my 300th death ..... Miyazaki comes out of no where kicks my controller to me and says ' Pick it up " ... " PICK!!! .....IT!!!.....UP" !!!!

Lady Maria is my favorite Bloodborne boss as well.

I knew this vid was coming after your last one and boy was it another 100k sub quality video!

I love your videos man, can you also do a ranking of the easiest to hardest souls game? i would love to see that as well

To think Gael would be the boss everybody loves the most out of all dark souls games and the fact he is the boss to end the series is jaw dropping. best boss in dark souls series for me too

Personally, I love the Artorias fight and character so much

your rant while talking about Manis is awesome haha

Hey 4 years ago when i first fought sir alonne i was blown away from how good the graphics of his boss arena looked.

I remember when I first beat Gael. It was like, four in the morning and I had been grinding him over and over and over again for like, 4-6 hours. When I finally beat him I swear I almost cried. The spectacle of the fight and the lore behind it, all culminating the Souls series to a close just, AH, such a fantastic, memorable fight that produced a feeling I don't think I'll ever get again.

Honestly the only boss in the old hunters dlc that should deserve critism if you picked it would be the living failures and maybe lawrence since its just a fire cleric beast with a crawling phase. However the other 3 are all so good that it comes down to preference. I personally loved the orphan most.

W ember uploaded before bed, bro ember you could literally make 100 of these video ideas I’d literally watch everyone. Such a quality video fr

I have never seen or played the full fight against Gael, and as you were mentioning that crossbow move I saw it and audibly freaked out, that's the coolest shit I've ever seen.

For me, kalameet is the best boss in dark souls 1 dlc, the first decent dragon boss fight, exclusive mechanics like manus, the OST.. it's the best for me (in ds1 btw) Aava is underrated

every dlc has my fav bosses from each game, they do not miss

I HAVE to buy that shirt, bless you for making Ember :):):)

The outro joke gets me every time I really like it

God I look forward to your uploads. Keep it up!

Thx for the vid

In DS2 there's Sinh, the slumbering dragon. In many ways, he's a Midir before Midir. His bossfight is mainly him doing flybys on you abusing his aerial mobility.

Outro is still top tier

For sure enjoy the Artorias fight as my favorite DLC fight. It's challenging and you walk away with a sense of satisfaction when you can finally win it.

Good list my man! Here's mine: Demons Souls: Giant Of The Frozen Peak - You know...that one from the dlc where you get to visit the sixth archstone...oh right, that never happened... Dark Souls: Black Dragon Kalameet - It's a tough call between Kalameet and Artorias, but I gotta go with my favorite black fire spewing dragon fight in the series! Dark Souls 2: Sir Alonne - Really love Sinh and Fume Knight, but the battle with Sir Alonne is just such an intense one on one duel! Bloodborne: Orphan Of Kos - It's between placenta candy man and Ludwig, but I'm going with placenta candy man for the insane speed and aggression, all set to the backdrop of an isolated shore... Dark Souls 3: Demon Prince - I hated this fight when I first encountered it but I've only grown to appreciate with time as one of the better duo fights in the series, plus they just look so cool glowing in the dark! Sekiro: inner something or another - okay yeah, I haven't actually had a chance to fight the "dlc" bosses yet, so any of the three will do. Elden Ring: Miquella, Satanic Spawn Of The Egg - This of course, hasn't been released to the public yet, but rest assured this is the dlc boss to end all dlc bosses!

Midir ost hits so hard 😫

it’s a good day when Ember posts a video

"manus is probably my second favorite fight in this entire game and MANUS he difficult"

I have been so excited for this video because dlc bosses are so gooooooood

Lady Maria from bloodborne and Sister Friede from dark souls 3 are the bosses that makes me feel like a true fast paced combat challenge.

Can't wait to see what amazing boss fights are gonna be in elden ring dlc

3:33 Me too. I wish we could see her a little improvement in her phases, but man... She really deserved to be the protagonist of the DLC front page.

Dark souls 2 my favorite was burnt ivory king. Just falling into the arena and his badass entrance.

My favorite part of Artorias is he's kicking your ass while using his right hand when he's a lefty. Man is using his off hand and still beating you to a pulp. What an absolute unit

The holy guiding drip always wins

As good as Ludwig is aesthetically, musically, and lore-wise, personally I've got to go with Oprhan of Kos for Bloodborne. The perfect amount of difficulty for me, really fast but fair moveset, and honestly one of the coolest bosses aesthetically, imo.

Ember can we please get a poll of what the best poll was

I would've given anything for a Tomoe DLC for Sekiro! Welp here's to waiting for Elden Ring DLC

Nah Sir Alonne's runback is too despicable.

Artorias was nearly the breaking point for me during my playthrough of dark souls, but after I beat him the rest of the game felt extremely satisfying

Outro works as perfect joke, well done.

I could not agree more with you about Lady Maria. She's the main reason I return to Bloodborne every now and then. I love her fight so much I deliberately make sure I'm under leveled so the fight lasts longer than intended. Then I go and level up and still get repeatedly obliterated by Orphan :)

Top DLC bosses basically means top bosses in each game, honestly, because From always bring out their best in their DLCs so far (please be the same for Elden Ring, I am begging you)! My choices would be: Dark Souls: Artorias Dark Souls 2: Raime/Fume Knight Dark Souls 3: Friede and Ariandel Bloodborne: Orphan of Kos....barely ahead of Ludwig, by a shade Sekiro: Owl (Father)

DS1: Manus, his high damage and speed makes weaving in and out of his attacks and landing hits feel all the more satisfying DS2: Fume Knight, the slow and methodical pace of the fight makes it feel like a true TRPG battle BB: Orphan, just feels like a truly off the walls adrenaline-pumping encounter DS3: Friede, the most demanding fight in the game and feels the best to beat imo, you go from a one on one duel to an actually well made duo fight to a more souped up and intense one on one Sekiro (ig???): Inner Genichiro, takes the most iconic fight in the game and makes him even more unpredictable. The feeling of perfectly parrying Floating Passage and Sakura Dance back to back is unmatched and the double lightning deflect is just cold

Love the video! I’m really exited about getting to Gael but at the moment I’m kinda stuck on abyss watchers lol. Any tips on that one?

When you mentioned how you lost on purpose against gael (copium) that reminds me of my second play through of the game where I always let gael kill me at the end because he truly felt like the perfect boss

Gael is my favorite boss in the whole series, but as evidenced by this video and many others the DLC always has From Soft bringing out their absolute best for their respective games. I cannot wait for the Elden Ring DLC to see if they'll be able to compete with the GOATs. Also I bought a shirt, I gots to support the kid

The Manus rant was hilarious! And I don’t know why people complain about the outro, in my opinion, they’re -

not gonna lie man when I saw you mention gank squad my heart dropped😬

In my opinion Gael is the best because while he is challenging he isn't difficult: it's not hard to see which attack he's about to use, his damage isn't over the top but he'll still keep you on your toes all the way through the fight

The fact that slave knight gael is the final boss of dark souls trilogy is sooo underated they managed to match final boss and best boss at the same time which is amazing

the fume knight had me thinking id never beat him... then i went to sleep, woke up and beat him first try. That's always how it goes isn't it (ive also never leveled adaptability)

Man I really love the Elden Ring dlc, especially the boss!

Best part of Manus fight is that you can summon Sif :D

Sir Alonne for the win hell yeah best ost other than Gwyn btw

Artorias is still my favorite boss of all time in the souls series

I had a lot more trouble with Artorius. Artorius took me around 180 attempts, while Manus took me 7.

The outro joke will never get

Maria is definitely my favourite in the entire game. Her lore, ost and moveset is top tier and she gave me the second most trouble in Bloodborne after just Laurence

Artorias was so damn good.

Do the best and worst weapon in every souls game next for a video

You forgot sekiro, I think my favorite boss was NON-EXISTENT but tied with NEVER RELEASED

Can you rank all the souls protagonists by who is most likely to win in a battle to the death

Glad you mentioned Sekiro. I love all the inner bosses with Inner Genichiro being my fav, Inner Father 2nd, and Inner Isshin 3rd. Also I'll always love your outros no matter how trolley they are.

I’m new to dark souls 3, but I have yet to get to the end yet

Lady Maria is my favourite boss out of all souls-style fromsoft games :D

Burnt Ivory King is the top Souls boss imo, the lore, the backstory and the presentation, the pre requisite of getting knights and basically becoming the new Ivory King for that war... Gael was quite a disappointment imo, a nobody is the big end of everything, thanks.

for some reason it took me three tries to kill gael for the first time ever, and in my second playthrough it took me like eight or nine

When lady Maria goes into the bloodfire stage it should’ve reset her health bar. It would’ve been a much better fight

I agree with all picks! I think Lady Maria should be picked as the best more

Lady Maria is probably my favorite boss of all time ngl

Sister Freid took me one try lmao

Ludwig is the best boss in Bloodborne for me. The super aggressive first phase fits perfectly into the game's fast-paced combat and is really fun once you learn the combos. And need I say anything about the second phase, and the music? As for your point about being more into humanoid bosses, I'm the exact opposite, and prefer the beast-like designs. Anyway, Orphan of Kos takes second place above Lady Maria. It's a really tough fight with no bullshit mechanics, compared to Malenia for example. Your success in the fight depends on parrying and staggering him correctly, and it's an intense pure adrenaline experience, especially in phase 2. The attack where he cries out for Kos and summons a lightning bolt is badass. Lady Maria is a really good boss by all means and has cool lore, but the Orphan's perfectly balanced difficulty, music, and more beast-like grotesque design hits it for me. BTW the first time I played the DLC was all in NG+

You should rank all OSTs in all From Soft games

Bro really said Sir Alone

I want them to add the sixth Archstone as DLC.

Man Friede was the harder for me but my fav it's definitely Gael

i killed mannus first try by tanking every possible hit with the pendant and the guardian set

All 4 of the Soulsborne DLCs are amazing, I hope they continue that trend with Elden Ring.

I mostly agree with these picks, but my favorite DS2 boss has to be the Ivory King.

Cannot wait for the Elden Ring DLC.

I'm fighting Lady Maria now and while I haven't beaten her yet, I can say that I'm having a hell of a good time with the fight. I've barely been using the gun before her, but she's actually teaching me how to parry. It also helps that the run to her in non-existent. I love the fight with Ludwig, but his crazy horse rampaging in phase 1 sucks so much. By contrast phase 2 ended up being much easier than I expected and it wasn't hard to stay in close and avoid most of his attacks. At least there are 5 free blood vials on each run back to him though. Father Ariandel isn't Friede's father. It's clearer in the Japanese. He's father as in a Christian priest; hence why Friede is Sister Friede. I'm not at Friede yet, but she's the reason why I've gotten the onikiri and ubadachi pair to +10. I love my Hollowslayer Greatsword, but I need a faster weapon for that fight. Given that I'm currently fighting Lady Maria, I should be better prepared for Friede.

I have to say I disagree with you for what concerns Lady Maria. I like the moveset, but the second phase is a copy-paste of the first one (only with extended range and three more attacks, that are delayed ones, and actually the number of moves is inferior to the one of the first phase, since she stops using the weapon with only one hand to shoot you, as far as I remember). I find the third phase really annoying, since the flames have not the same timing of the attacks themselves, so you can't dodge them consistently, and also parries don't always work due to the fact that sometimes flames are generated even if you manage to parry the attack (maybe it's a little bug, but it happens and is a problem, in my opinion). In addition, third phase is no more than a second phase with flames. Anyway, i really liked the video!

My favorites DS1: Kalameet DS2: Sinh Bb: Ludwig DS3: Midir Funfact: Fume Knight has one if the better hitboxes in ds2 because the size of the hitbox matches with the size of his weapon

Lady Maria is awesome, she deserves respect

My favorite DLC Bosses Dark Souls: Manus, Father of the Abyss Dark Souls 2: Burnt Ivory King Bloodborne: Orphan of Kos Dark Souls 3: Slave Knight Gael

Ludwig’s a way better boss than Maria and I say that as someone who enjoys fighting hunters in Bloodborne.

Series idea: Overrated/Underrated bosses