The Worst Boss in Every Souls Game (Including Elden Ring) 

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Dont forget, the witches of hemwick can be made even easier by having no insight, this removes the roaming enemies leaving just the witches.... Which i still died to

Fun fact: the Bed of Chaos didn't use to save progress so you did have to beat it all in one go. That was quickly patched though IIRC.

Honestly surprised you didn't put Valiant Gargoyles as the worst ER boss, I find them to be an even more obnoxious and annoying version of Godskin duo.

DS2, the RR Vanguard actually hits you with petrification, and the Mohawk rat has poison. Minor difference, but it makes the fight bearable. Plus, you can nuke the room with Soul Appease repeatedly to just win. I think RR Authority is worse, 4 rats with toxic rush you at once at the beginning, and if you get toxic, just restart the fight.

I get your point with Wolnir but I'd say Ancient Wyvern is the worst DS3 boss. Calling it a boss is too generous, honestly.

Suprised that the boss for bloodborne wasnt Micolash, first time doing the fight it’s kinda interesting but then it just becomes a pain in the ass having to run through and defeat enemies just to get to phase 2 of the boss who has a “new” attack that one shots you 90% of the time.

Completely disagree with the Guardian Ape. Just FYI, you can break its posture and it's how you should be fighting (even the large enemies). Go play it again and counter his attacks instead, it's a night and day difference.

I think that's the first time I've heard a negative opinion of Guardian Ape. Though I will note that you can deflect a variety of his attacks and the Demon of Hatred's as well as posture break both.

Lud & Zallen are so much worse than the Royal Rat Vanguard, especially with the walk back that makes the path to Bed of Chaos look like a walk in the park. Oh also, none of the rats in the Royal Rat Vanguard inflict toxic (you were probably thinking of the Royal Rat Authority), they inflict petrification.

I can just never agree with people that say Guardian Ape encourages you to dodge. He doesn't. He is harder when you dodge in my opinion. Just stay close and deflect his attacks. Duo Ape is still annoying though.

I really hated fighting the headless bosses in Sekiro. You basically can't beat them without divine confetti and being slowed down when trying to get away and the terror build up was super annoying.

Bed of chaos has a 3rd attack. It's an AOE that creates firestorms in the whole boss arena. It's very rare and very devastating

The godskin duo might’ve been tolerable if they didn’t have a shared health pool and constantly respawn until it’s depleted. Thankfully it takes some time before the other one will respawn so you can take the other out but it feels so cheap when they spawn back in

I actually really like Royal Rat Vanguard. The pure panic I felt at being locked in with a room full of rats and not initially knowing what to do is something I won't forget. I think Royal Rat Authority is a much, much worse fight given that the main challenge is trying to kill the four toxic rats before mangy Sif comes in. You don't even get anything for it, you just get to join a covenant you probably already had the opportunity to join

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I feel that most people including myself think the guardian ape is an incredible boss. Although it is a beast boss it doesn’t play like one, it reminds me of Ludwig. The duo really frustrates me tho because it turned a great boss into a shitty disappointing recycled gank. Just thought I’d elaborate since it seemed like you didn’t like the regular guardian ape

In defense to Capra Demon, he is actually a nice boss for where he is and the arena isn't that bad. What really makes it one of the most hated is the two dogs they decided to throw in with him.

Nice video! I actually like Capra though. You learn that the environment/arena can be deadly when you meet the Taurus demon and the Bell Gargoyles.

The Guardian Ape is an amazing fight!

Wolnir is not that bad, there is ancient wyvern, curserotten greatwood or even the deacons of the deep seem way awful imo. Other than that i agree with your picks.

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You can parry almost all ape guardian moves, same with DoH besides the burn status. Not sure why people always say those fights are too different. By the end of it you really only need to dodge about 3 attacks they do and can parry everything else.

The thing I really hate about godskin duo is the respawn mechanic. Even if you kill both at once, if the health bar isn't at 0 they will come back. You should be rewarded for juggling their health bars together to take them down at the same time.

You know what's worse about the Godskin Duo? The fact that you always forget about it until you actually get to it. It's like that for me anyway. Not sure if it is the same for other people.

I assumed the rat statues were there to make it more difficult to swing your weapon, not to help you.

For Demon's Souls Leechmonger is in my opinion much worse. The boss fight itself is uninspiring and boring and the run towards it is atrocious.

DS3, Crystal Sage. I’ve died so many times to rng. If the clones spawn in in just the wrong placement, I just instantly die when I stick my head out of cover. 4 enemies spamming spells at once from all directions. I either immediately pick the right one to cause them to reset, or I die and make the run back to them. Yes, I know I can use throwing knives, but that requires you to focus on one briefly, and not get shot in the back by the other 3.

Funny thing is that on my 5th playthrough in DSIII i wanted to do a no death run and nearly managed to do so. My only death was because of Wolnir mist that OS me lmao (I was quite salty). Otherwise in BB I found Rom and Micolash way worse than the witch.

Thank you for shortening the outro like i suggested last time 👍 Now it is at a good length

Bed of Chaos is a her, by the way. You kept saying "his attacks". The Bed of Chaos is what remains of the Witch of Izalith, the mother of Ceaseless Discharge and Quelaag, along with a few other characters.

Your choices were pretty safe until guardian ape. Ape is one of the BEST bosses in the entire series. For Sekiro, why didn’t you say the monkeys? There’s no challenge, it’s just annoying. Also, I hate the Four Kings more than bed of chaos.

When he said- "It doesn't feel like skill it just feels like rng" A tear fell from my left eye in agreement.

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Good list, and I would agree with all of these. By the way, your outros are hilarious.

Kinda surprised to hear that guardian ape duo, I love both fights as they are both exciting to deflect! That being said , the Headless is a different story...

I kinda love how they tried to make a reference to O and S with the pillars. They really tried their best to make us like this fight uh ? Yeah i dont think so

DS1 - I'm appalled you would even consider Capra Demon for this list (that and Pursuer in thumbnail nearly made me skip this video), but Bed of Chaos makes sense. It's one of the coolest designs, and I really like Lost Isalith, but the boss fight itself is just too different and clunky. It would be one of the best if it was more formulaic (perhaps with the current mechanic being a hidden one-hit KO). DS2 - I think every boss you mentioned has it's moments - Covetous suffers from Pinwheel syndrome (too fragile to show off it's moves), Skeleton Lords are a pretty fun gank actually, and Vanguard is a very fun gank (why would you think the statues were there to help you, lol?). I would instead say Vendrick. He's a cool character, but as a boss he has only his enormous health pool. DS3 - Deacons of the Deep suck too, but Wolnir fits I guess.

Capra Demon is definitely an annoyance, especially if you stumble into him early, to get one-shot by a volley of quick bite combos from the doggos or get staggered by said bites to give him enough time for a big smackdown. Learning that the steps you're supposed to use for space have a little side extension to it was the key for me defeating the boss after I researched him for tips, but I still feel it was much thanks to RNG that I went through the fog door and rolled at the precise timing to get far enough away from the dogs' random bite volleys, and climb the steps unbothered. Gank fights and mob n' boss fights should have appropriate arenas.

I think the godskin duo are really out of place in Farun Azula, it doesn't seem super right that they'd be there. I get that they're trying to get at Maliketh to get the Black Flame at full power again, but still. I feel it should have been a beast man of some sort, or an Ancient Magma Wyrm that shoots red lightning instead of lava. I feel something more thematically linked to the area would have been a nice choice. But eh, beggers can't be choosers (unless I learn how to mod Elden Ring)

For me the guardian ape the first time was absolutely terrifying and in fights after that I just enjoyed the boss

You just made me want Bed of Chaos 2.0 in Elden Ring DLC. From managed to make their insane platforming sections somewhat fun and satisfying now that we have a proper jump button. Going back to BB and trying to get to the Abandoned Workshop was not fun, even though it takes just one careful drop. Just having a proper jump button makes success at the Frenzy pit satisfying instead of "damn it Miyazaki, why?" on safely reaching the bottom

Guardian Ape is far easier to posture break than Demon of Hatred, the constant fire damage of that fight makes taking your time impossible, and you can't continue to parry because of threat of fire damage either. You simultaneously are in a DPS race and have to back up and heal due to constant fire damage. Demon of Hatred is also just much harder due to being a late game optional boss with a giant health pool. Guardian Ape is a top 5 boss for me, you don't have to dodge him, you just feel like you have to because he is such a wild animal that he is hard to predict, but eventually you learn his erratic fighting style and can overcome it like most other Sekiro bosses, same can not be said for DoH in my opinion. I agree with all your other takes though for the most part! And EPIC outro btw

The Gank Squad in DS2 for the expansion was by far my least favorite boss. I absolutely hated it...

I was so disappointed when I finished all the bosses except Allant and went around killing Arch Demons saving dragon God for right before Allant. Only to be disappointed that my last Arch Demon was a bore.

I like the series and you make good points around each boss but I'm just here to see the outro evolve and I'm glad to say that

Nice pick for DS3, though I do have to say, I thought the way they introduced Wolnir with a slight jump-scare was pretty epic. Even though I pretty much knew what was coming when I saw that bait item, it still freaked me right out the first time 🤣

Gotta disagree with the guardian ape they do go against some of what sekiro stomps into your brain but once you learn the patterns and get used to their weakness they can be fun I would of given the worst boss award to the underwater headless in the the fountainhead palace got he sucks especially with his phantom friend

Great outro, like always :)

A few things. 1. In the bed of chaos section you stated it had two attacks (swinging it's arms and breaking the floor) this is incorrect, even in this video you can see it using more attacks such as it's flaming scythes and fireballs. 2. Wolnirs breath attack is hilariously easy to dodge, you can literally just walk up to his hands (or anywhere close to him except directly under his skull) and the mist won't reach you. Still pretty much agree with your rankings, though I probably would have put curse rotted greatwood for DS3.

I'ma have to disagree with the what you said about the Guardian Ape. I didn't like that second fight much either but just like the demon of hatred I like the fact that they made you take a different approach than the rest of the fights. It adds to the challenge when these games break away from the formula and make you have to figure out a new way to tackle something

I'm currently playing through bloodborne and the witches weren't to bad. Rom however was a bitch to fight.

Personally really like Godskin Duo, even as a melee main who doesn't use spirits. Focus on one of them and the other one mostly leaves you alone, just keep an eye out for any projectiles coming your way. Also the pillars still block the Noble's roll even if they're broken so I wouldn't call them useless at all. I get that it's a pretty tough boss, especially considering it's mandatory, but I reckon in a few years you won't see many people claiming that they essentially 'require' spirits or summons.

The Guardian Ape is awesome dude! can't believe you didn't pick the Headless for Sekiro

I really truly disagree that Godskin Duo is a bad boss. The point about summons feeling forced is an odd one to me because the developers very, very clearly WANT players to use the summons. There's a lot of thought and effort put into the summons and it's very reductive to say that because a boss encourages the use of them that the boss is bad or thoughtless. The thought was summons. As for them not working together well, I also really disagree. They're both fast but they have really complementary movesets. Noble has a lot of gap closing attacks while Apostle has more stationary attacks. I found it pretty easy to keep them separated even before the AI update. Last, because of how their summon mechanics work, it's super easy to just kill one and then alternate between 1v1s. I think a mistake a lot of people make is killing Apostle first. Noble first helps a lot imo.

Guardian Ape is one of my absolute favorites. Very surprised you didn’t put the folding screen monkeys, considering it’s boring, takes way too long and has zero replay value whatsoever. Guardian Ape gave me so much grief on my first play through, so bodying him and beating him first try on my second was just so cathartic. He didn’t get easier, I got gud.

i think you are correct about godskin duo but wrong about the pillars on my mage playthrough i got them stuck between them and the wall long enough to nuke both at the same time with Comet Azur.

Godskin duo is just a skill issue. Even though the pillars break, they can't walk over them so u can separate them using that and make it more fun and a bit easier

7:45 come on, man. it's unfair considering to put Elden Beast as the worst boss. keep in mind: It's the living incarnation of the Golden Order, a beautiful arena, looks beautiful, beautiful music, fitting attacks for the final boss (yes even elden stars which is the worst one) and overall a great final boss. Gameplay wise it's meh, they could have certainly given us Torrent, but I think the good parts are really some of the best in all of the ER bosses

Picking the witches of hemwick in the game where Laurence exists...

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Unironically subscribed because the outros are so good.

Bro stop the cap on Guardian Ape, he's one of the best fights in the game. Also I find it really annoying when people still to this day keep saying that guardian ape is different than other fights in the game. You can deflect almost every one of his attacks even in phase one and its absolutely thrilling to stand toe to toe with him deflecting everything.

I’m probably in the minority here, but I actually enjoyed the Godskin duo fight, even tho I beat them first time. For those who don’t believe me; in Elden Ring with enough grinding (aka looking up a guide to every dungeon and side-boss) and willingness to use everything in your arsenal, every boss feels like a cake-walk. The amount of bosses I first-tried is ridiculous for a souls game

Nice outro bro, loved it

I love the music when fighting the godskins, and I think the snail version was harder. I just hate the rolling attack of the fat one, when he gets stuck on top of you and you get cheesed out of doing anything

The thing I don’t like about godskin duo is that I have to kill them both more than 1 time since if you kill both that still leaves health on their bar

Just like with the best bosses video, I understand your picks and I can't debate your picks for Demon's Souls, Ds1, Elden Ring, and Sekiro even though I only played it once. Dragon God and Bed of Chaos like you said are just not fights. One is shoot ballista, rock destroying, and stealth simulator and the other is a run and hit 3 things once as you hope the Bed of Chaos broom sticks doesn't sweep you in the trash. The Ape Duo is just a terrible gank. They just don't work well together and it's a gank of 2 phases of one boss you already fought. The Godskin Duo is a boss I feel could have been a lot better and they tried something interesting with the whole respawn part of it but it just was executed as well as it probably could have. Honestly I weirdly like becoming a rat exterminator during the Rat Vanguard fight but there's one rat I absolute hate having to go exterminate and that's Rat Authority. First there are the 4 toxic rats that absolute no business being there and the fight itself is just not fun. It's just a extremely easy, boring boss that has nothing going for it. I understand picking wolnir but for me it's the Ancient Wyvern. Just like the Dragon God and the Bed of Chaos, this just isn't a fight. It's just a enviromental hazard that has a health bar. Wolnir at least is a fight and has a cool design. I also understand picking the Witches but I really hate Darkbeast Paarl. Honestly the boss seems like it would work, it's a fast pace boss in a fast pace game but it's just the camera that really annoy me. It becomes at least a few minutes of just fighting the camera as you try to follow the boss.

What you said in that outro has really stuck with me and made me re-think a few things in life

my choice: demon's souls: *real* king allant ds1: bed of chaos ds2: RATS bb: one reborn (micolash came in second but had cool ost and 4th best lore) sekiro: monkey elden ring: godskin duo

Just because the crucible knights kicked your ass doesn’t make them bad! Give them the credit they deserve

Fun fact about the dragon god for me. When I fought the boss for the first time, almost everytime I got spotted and he went to attack me, he missed the attacks. I proceeded to first time the boss

Tip for Wolnir: if you break his bracelet on your left first, it's much easier. Also you can avoid his mist by hanging out under his head right behind where his mist lands and get lots of damage in on his arms

Great video! Personally I'd choose the Smelter demon from DS2, Micolash from bloodborne, Blazing Bull from Sekiro and Valiant Gargoyles from ER. 100% agree with your picks for Demon Souls, DS1 and DS3.

I love the Royal Rat Vanguard lol. I find it to be a good challenge with crowd control, and a unique boss

When Wolnir spews mist aren’t his hands relatively safe to be around? Sometimes his arm might drag you into the mist behind him, but the mist from his mouth doesn’t go where his hands are, at least that’s what I’ve experienced.

ngl that outro got a giggle out of me 😆

Personally I kept going at Godskin Duo until I won. No summons, no sleep, melee only. Took a lot of tries but eventually I figured it out. The first part where both of them are alive is always going to suck. But the key is to kill one and then RAMP UP aggression to the max. It's no longer just a game about rolling through attacks, it's now a game about sneaking in every single attack you can. If you keep up the aggression and have a reasonable build, you will repeatedly kill one Apostle just as the other one respawns, meaning you never have to deal with a 1v2 again, or at worst a very brief 1v2. So you get really rewarded for taking risks. And that's honestly pretty cool and refreshing, certainly a change of pace that is welcome. Wouldn't say this is great design but it's certainly not as bad as people say.

That ending had me rolling, you just gained a sub my friend

Would you consider doing one for the non Fromsoft soulsborne games? (Salt and Sanctuary, The Surge 1/2, Lords of the Fallen, etc.)

I can see why you went with Witches for BB, though I've gotta go with Bloodletting Beast. People always say this or that enemy in DS3 or Elden Ring feels like a BB enemy, being too fast for the player to reliably keep up with. I disagree with this in general but Bloodletting Beast is where I reverse that claim. Bloodletting Beast was an Elden Ring boss before Elden Ring. At 50 Vitality the thing still near one shots me, which I can't say about any other boss in the game. BB bosses generally don't hit as hard as DS3 and Elden Ring bosses, while also giving you plenty of time to get health back with the rally mechanic. Bloodletting Beast will kill me with any two attacks if I don't heal in between. His attacks hit so hard that rally recovery is pointless, you don't get enough back to survive another hit. Then there's his ridiculous range. When he does the jab he lurches forward and has incredible range. If he backed you into a corner with it, you have a much harder time dodging whatever comes next, plus the BB camera is awful near walls. Then there's the ridiculous amount of health the thing has. It takes ages to wear it down even on NG. On a first playthrough this thing had more health and hits harder than even NG+ Laurence as the optional DLC boss. This boss feels designed for the insane stats of late game Elden Ring, hitting way harder and packing significantly more health than anything else BB throws at you, short of Moon Presence being able to bring you to one health, but that's an easy fight and you are given a huge window to counter MP's attack.

Replace the rat gank with Lud and Zallen, Witches of Hemwick with Micolash, and Wolnir with Halflight.

I have 700+ hours in Elden Ring and the only boss on replays that feels not difficult but unfair is Melania my biggest gripe is that waterfowl, arguably the most difficult move to dodge in gaming history, has no real punish window if you dodge it successfully! she will dodge immediately if you throw a projectile (other than night sorceries obviously) or she will dash forward and swing immediately

Wolnir DOES have a second phase, he just doesn't have speed or health to even use it. When he gets into a second phase, he will: 1. Draw out his sword. 2. Summon bonewheels and, worst of all, big carthus skeletons. This is so, so hard to fight through if he can manage to do this (which he did with me, i was trying to beat him without breaking all his bracelets with a knife), he becomes one of the most menacing bosses in the game. Unfortunately, his low health and speed completely eliminates any challenge he could've presented, ever, since ng+ doesn't change his speed or that bracelets delete him instantly.

the rats from the royal rat vanguard boss fight actually apply petrify as well

Red dragon is my least favorite for Demon Souls. You just sit and fire arrows as the dragon flies by. What peak gameplay. Also best outro

quick tip to make wolnir a bit more bearable, go for the solo bracelet first, thats the hand he pulls the sword out with and after he brings out the sword you basically never get to touch the hand again

Why did you choose Wolnir over the Ancient Wyvern?

8:00 The godskin duo is much better than the Elden beast

The outro is heartbreaking. 😢😁

Had me laughing on that awesome outro bro, love it

I never knew sleep was so effective on the Godskin duo... Oh well, next time, I guess.

My personal picks: Demon's Souls - Dragon God Nothing to add here. Dark Souls - Bed of Chaos It's a short fight which can be done very consistently. It's just that learning it takes a while due to all of the pitfalls. Dark Souls 2 - Ancient Dragon The worst boss in the entire series. Not only does fighting it pretty much erase any meaning from the combat mechanics, the fight itself just boils down to running back and forth for 6 minutes while occasionally spamming attacks. That's it. Even Lud and Zallen is more engaging. Bloodborne - Cursed Depth 5 Loran Darkbeast You know what's worse than playing at inconsistent 25 fps? Playing at inconsistent 25 fps while fighting a boss with oneshot aoes in phase 2. While Paarl as a boss is fine, his chalice variant somehow runs so horribly that I'd rather fight against Micolash. If the boss ran well, I'd pick Micolash instead since it's barely a proper fight. Pthumeriam Descendant might suck, but he at least has a moveset to speak of. Dark Souls 3 - Ancient Wyvern It's a short level with annoying enemy placements, a chain axe that tends to hit you when you climb the ladder and a boss oneshot. Even NPC Halflight is more engaging. Sekiro - NG+7 Charmless Double Ape Great camera in this ridiculously small room. At least the apes are manageable since they work by very clear rules, but still this fight takes a while and can feel very inconsistent due to the camera and lack of space. Elden Ring - NG+7 Gargoyle Duo Even Godskin Duo is more manageable than this thanks to the pillars, the clear difference in the movement speeds and movesets, both bosses are even parryable. But Gargoyles meanwhile have similar dashing moves, jump around similarly, have massive ranges, go in and out of agro at seemingly random and puke up a mile off screen. Screw this fight.

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What gets me is when you fight the Nobel in Volcano Manor the pillars are indestructible giving a work around for his roll attack. During the Duo fight they're usually half gone within 30 seconds of the fight.

For elden ring i would say the elden beast. not even because i was disappointed to se it as the final boss, I just hate bosses that just run away and shoot projectiles. especially when it literally can swim under you and appear on the other side of the arena. Astel is a close second for me.

Godskin duo is super easy with overleveled antspur rapier and overleveled mimic tear ...eventually you start dissociating so hard when you farm those poor albinaurics that 4 hours of farming goes by in no time

To beat Godskin Duo without using sleep pot is try to get them to throw fireball. Just dodge forward and jump attack then runaway. Rinse and repeat.