The hardest boss in Bloodborne 

“ i can’t fight hyper aggressive enemies” my man was set up to fail from the beginning with the orphan.

Hot take: This is the best boss in the game. Not because he's the hardest (which he is), but because he's the most fun imo

You really thought you just disturb a man just peacefully looking into the sky or some say kosm and he wouldn't beat the shit out of you with his mom's placenta?

5:20: "What's it coming out of?" Remember Micolash, the insane guy in the Nightmare of Mensis/Ya'hargul that you had to chase down, who was yammering away about Kos (or some say Kosm)? That's Kos -- or rather, Kos's corpse. The Byrgenwerth hunters killed her (and the Fishing Village residents who worshiped her), and the Hunters are cursed to be drawn into the nightmare as a result. The Orphan is Kos's child. Another cool thing about the Orphan is that it is a Great One that fights like a Hunter---really fitting for this area/DLC's themes. And yes, its scythe/weapon is its placenta. You can get the spiky dude's set/weapon via a sidequest and dialogue (the dude is in the prison area). Simon's quest also leads to a weapon too. I'm not sure if you can by this point in the DLC, though. But yeah, the Orphan's reputation is rightfully deserved. XD He essentially demands you use everything the game teaches you. Congrats! You've made it to the end!

"I paid for this game, when is it my turn to play it" is one of the funniest shit I've ever heard

8:26 "I paid for this game, when is it my turn to play it!??!!" LOL 😂 (Loses sanity) Goes swinging as Spider-Man. (Returns, then loses sanity once more.) When my guy wins against Orphan I will give him a standing ovation...

This is the moment I have been waiting for

The lore is that students from Burgenworth (location of rom fight) found a god and beat it to death. So you were standing on a dead god and fighting its child

Why is this boss always screaming at me

I`d recommend you to upgrade your weapon to plus 10 for the damage and bolt paper also works on this boss well

Orphan is tough with unpredictable movements and patterns, but you're a little under-leveled. Two handed overhead slam is good to parry and when he tries to jumps over you immediately move forward to get a charged r2 and backstab. Good luck fellow hunter.

Idk how you beat Laurence but struggled so hard on this boss, Laurence was my kryptonite

this boss stripped me of my sanity

That boss is so aggressive, he fights almost like how you would fight

I thought you said the DLC was easy 😭💀

We believe in you man! Just remember that no amount of struggle on this guy is unusual. We were all in the same boat (save for that one guy who’s about to comment that he got it second try. 🙄)

this boss is a tough one. I recommend trying to parry it and avoid unnecessary attacks. Also, when he's back is open you should do a charge attack bc it staggers him and thus making him available for a visceral attack.

I feel his parry window on some of his moves are just so weird it’s so awkward to parry him 😂

one tip. fights on the water. there are no obstacles there

Most beneficial tip I can tell you that would’ve helped for a lot of bosses btw charged heavy on their back allows for the parry attack on almost any boss that isn’t giant and helps drastically orphan of kos is an annoying boss but it can be done to him to make it a decent bit easier if you know the attack pattern

"I paid for this game! When is it my turn to play it?!" Best Bloodborne comment I've heard.

Parrying and knowing when to use charge attacks. That's the secret to beating the Orphan, which I learned after being stuck on it for a week. Was never too hard on any replay after that.

FINALLY !!!❤‍🔥🔥

I feel your pain. I had the same. If you accept backseat recommendations then try pressing weapon mode switch button after first attack. That will cause your attacks to deal more damage. Also try different armor sets to find which one reduces the boss damage the most so it allows for more mistakes. Hang in there you can do it. 👍

I heard his screams for weeks after beating him, that screech will give you ptsd 😅😅

Rit on bro. Now that's an honest gamer. I hate when all some people show is them just winning all the time.

Really enjoyed the playthrough, very nice 👌

Don't know if it's been mentioned already, but his forward jump attack is perhaps his most punishable move. Just strafe accordingly and use a fully charged R2 to stagger him and you've got a free visceral. You don't even have to dodge.

pro tip for the orphan of cos boss. Try to stay in mid range so that his weapon hit behind you but his body doesn't hit you either.

I just beat the DLC today! After 7 years of a break. Brador, that Hunter you fought, was using a Lead Elixir. It's similar to an item from the other Souls games where you're super tanky and weapons bounce off of you. It's the best defense around overwhelming opponents like the 3 Yhar'Gul Hunters.

You can stand in the open water, the fight area isnt just the small beach, the arena is actually pretty big. It may help you to get out there into some space.

Just beat orphan myself yesterday. I’d highly recommend investing in some bone marrow ash if your gun is at least +9. The damage dealt with it between periods where there’s significant space between you and orphan will help chip in when things really count. Don’t even bother using the ash for a parry since the windows are very tight. Beyond that, actually keep closer to his left in the second phase. A lot of the time his melee combos will go in a circular motion so like, kinda corral him in place to bait out the long sweeping moves. Those give the best times to attack at least once or twice.

the lightning attack in phase two i recommend just bolting into the ocean area whenever you see orphan do that stupid scream.

12:29 so he went full afrosenju huh 😅

The hardest part of the Orphan of Kos bossfight is making it out alive without going deaf!

Ahh yes... One of the bad time trio, of the fromsoft catalogue. Yelling baby kos. Glock Saint Isshin Malenia blade of miquella. This are a true beat down.

Orphan of Kos is just showing his frustration from his parents death, he just needs a hug

Try Blades of Mercy. They work better for him than a serated weapon. Also dodge attack with 2 handed Blades of Mercy is a thrust attack that has built in i-frames.

He finally reached Kos... and not once, not once, did I see him do a Backstab. Am willing to bet he never figured that out. Not a single R2 charged to the back of anything. 11:20 he really wants to parry The Orphan, but all he can think of, is shooting him for the parry, never the R2 charge attack to the back. Its both sad and amazing that he was able to finish the game in that way.

During the split second you are behind him the Orphan can be backstabbed. It's actually easier to do that than the parry.

Him and Afro are the same being I need a collab (Afro also loads up Spider-Man to go swimming around when he needs to calm down 😂)

I joined the party late playing bloodbourne back in 2020, even after all this time I consider it one of the best games I've ever played. Need to do another playthrough

I recommend Bolt Paper for Orphan. Also I need to know if you are on New Game Plus. I know Bloodborne immeadately restarts as soon as you beat Moon Presence. So if you are on NG+ Orphan is actually like 10x harder. For context NG+ regular beginning enemies can take multiple hits from a Plus 10 weapon and not die. Like they survive unless you do a full combo. So Orphan is even worse than he is usually on NG+.

Tbh Laurence the first vicar is the most hardest boss i've ever faced, I've tried millions of times to beat it. Even orphan of kos just 2 tries lol..

The trick is not to dodge away from the orphan, but doge to the side. The farther you retreat, the more aggressive he is. I had a bloodtinge build and was able to kill him using bloodletter in my second try, fighting lady maria prepared me for this guy. Though in new game plus it took me 8 tries to kill him, bloodletter wasn't doing it anymore after 5 tries, so I switched to rieterpallasche with bolt paper. When his health was low, I just shot him with evelyn and the reiterpallasche.

The Rune that allows you to regain health on a Visceral is very useful against him, try charged backstabs when you get a good dodge in or when he leaps over you. The overhead slam and his charge are quite well parriable although the timing is a little finnicky and takes time to get used to. Orphan is a rather punishing boss and you need to force your openings against him, generally some bolt paper is also pretty useful against him, good luck, he is difficult but intensly rewarding to beat, you got this!

Parry and when he jumps at you and you dodge forward you can power attack him behind and get another party attack

For anyone new who’s playing this, his problem is that he’s not using the rally mechanic. Most of orphans hits take at least one vial to recover from. Not using rally at all means that you’re boxing yourself into a 20 hit run or less (if we assume every hit takes only one vial). If you’re able to rally some of your health back you can take more hits. I found that any run I did where I used more than 8 vials on the first phase was a dead run. I averaged 5-8 vials on the first phase and when I finally beat Orphan I think I had 5 vials first phase and 9 on the second. For context: BL 98 on NG+ Hunters Axe +10

He is a baby.

Love this I knew this would happen 😭 bro ran away to the spida verse orphan was clapping cheeks

I can enjoy this fight. Orphan of Kos being hard and learning his move and dying on my mistakes is more acceptable than learning Melania's waterflow. That move makes me use Mimic Tear just to defeat her.

From what I can tell the biggest problem is that you are way too aggressive! You need to respect him. Try to keep a bit of distance between you and Orphan and let him come to you. Also learn his parry windows, this way you can pretty much trivialize his first phase. In the second phase you absolutely cannot stick close to him or else he will wreck you. It's best to avoid parrying, his hitboxes are pretty wonky lol. Good luck!

This is hands down the best boss fight that fromsoft has made 😊

Pretty much matches my experience. Took me weeks. But you can do it!

honeslty VIcar Laurence pissed me off way more than Orphan of Kos

This is my favorite boss fight in the entire Souls series.

Hardest boss in any souls game . Took me ages but was very fkn rewarding man

The secret to souls like games, never, be too overconfident.

you gotta get hip to R1 and L1 attacks, it’s a transformation attack.. way better. especially w the saw spear

did this man walk into the dlc wit a +1 weapon or somethin? 💀

First time I fought Orphan was in NG+ because I bought the DLC after beating the main game. It took me 100 attempts

Upgrade your weapon. At the desk behind where Gehrman sits against the wall.

"i paid for this game, when is it gonna be my turn to play it" sent me

this boss made me question my existence

The Orphan of Kos is an absolute great boss. He's different, FAIR, the speed, the tells, OST everything was PERFECT. I died about 15 times but unlike lies of P where it's frustrating due to the unbalancing and clunkiness, THIS just made me coming back for more. This is a perfect example of a majorly difficult boss but fair. This is why Bloodborne is King and it's nearly been 10 years and still hasn't been knocked off it's perch.

You need to go in the water, away from Mother Kos's body. That's where he calls the lightning from.

It's finally here!!!🎉🎉🎉

Great video, as always! I think you should upgrade your weapon.

No idea why but I had more of a problem with Laurence than I did Kos or Ludwig

What am i stanfong on what is that thing Orphan: my mother

This is the boss I am on as well 😂 man this boss is insane and I love every moment

Bro you should level up

first upgrade your weapon then farm 21% or 20% gems from Winter Lantern in dlc area then it's easy.

Nice vid man ty for funn

If you're good at parrying he is cake, same with Maria

I needed for him 3 days

Bro you really need to do waaay more parries and backstabs

you seemed to forgot you can do heavy attacks, use your gun, and transform your weapon 😭

You ate a lot of placenta there.

Please do heavy attacks to his back

Maybe farm a level or two. Make sure you are fighting him with an upgraded weapon. Bolt Paper is also good against him

Hey, bruv. I thought I was the only one that got stuck with bosses for days, haha. How much time did it take for you to beat him? For me, it was eight days of trying over and over, trying different weapons, leveling up, finding items and trying new tácticas until he finally went down.

Diss boss is really just a dps and stamina RACE and you have both low stamina which isn't really a problem but the fact you do's so little dmg that it becomes a major problem. So either grind upgrade mats and get a +10 weapon with good blood gems or do the tried and true...Be stubborn and throw stuff at the wall until it sticks

Fear the old blood

When i got to the orphan, he was just so crazy i logged out after 10 attempts. Resigned myself to the fact that i didn't need to beat him. It was optional. I didn't need the trophy **sniff** Next morning, second attempt i got him. I Screamed fueled with adrenaline and woke my husband up from a dead sleep scaring the shit out of him thinking something was wrong and i was hurt. The hand tremors at the end are wonderful as well as the delirious giggling like an idiot. Your time will come.

Maybe an r2 when he jumps over you? Iono.

This boss took me 4 hours to beat the first time After a year I came back and got him on my 2nd attempt and 4th attempt on NG+ Gotta spam the charge attack on his back

Slayer of gods vs aggressive newborn

Do people forget that they can repair their weapons so they do max damage? The damage on the saw spear can be so much higher than that

0:01 Ophan of Koz Raging Demon.

at this point I was so farmed up I did it in the 1st try. I mean, farmed up. chalice dungeon glitch farmed up.

I like how he never transforms his weapon or tries another one

Laurence is the hardest boss in the game. Orphan has a free first phase

the boss is basically designed to wreck you if you dodge backwards, only dodge forwardleft or right and suddenly it will click for you

I found Laurence the first vicar to be the hardest

The only way I beat him was by parrying and hitting him while he's in a loop

I gotta say..i ran past big shark dudes too xD

Playing this beats in ng+5 is a nightmare 😂

R1R1R1R1R1R1R1R1R1R1R1 I am in awe of your skill, sir

Unlock for 2nd phase, as the roll dodge is better for getting underneath all the slams.