Why Sister Friede is a God-Tier Boss: an Analysis 

Not exactly sure since I came to the game a couple years after it was released, but I can see why ppl would mistakenly believe she's a Bloodborne boss, but with enough patience she reveals herself as right at home in Dark Souls :)

This is accurate and it can actually be traced back further. People complained the same way about Manus in the DS1 DLC, and about Bloodborne, DS3 base game, DS3 DLC, Sekiro... People complain, the challenge run community solves the bosses hitless the solution trickle down through the community and the complaints evaporate. It's all a cycle which is a bit ironic considering the theming of the souls games...😏

It's a pretty popular opinion. Or perhaps was. And I do think there is something to say about how fast is too fast. I think DS3 and ER are bursting at the seams toeing the line between what is too fast and what isnt. Whats reasonable and what isnt. And of course that line is blurred because that line is different for different people. Friede is absolutely mechanically fair and possible. But you could probably make a case for certain attacks being unreasonable. For example to this day I cannot dodge Godskin Noble's belly attack 😂. I dont think they can make these games much faster. Hell they even have animation canceling in Sekiro.

The DLC always have a much higher skill ceiling. When I was playing her the first time and I didn't know about her. I always ran out of stamina and when I didn't I hardly had any to land a hit. That's when I looked up and saw people comparing her to Lady Maria. At that time I hadn't played Blood borne but I understood why she is being dubbed Lady Maria. Her speed and combos suit Bloodborne more. I eventually got tired of trying and called uncle Gael while I did the back stabbing.

Thank you!

lmao right?! I always suspect it's bullsh*t lol.

Yeah she goes under the radar for sure!

thanks for the kind words!!!

So true!

Thanks! And for sure there's a huge difference in enjoyability level before and after cracking it. Early on, it sucks to redo the phases to get to phase 3, but eventually they get pretty easy and you can blast through, especially if you're not trying to do a challenge run like hitless.

Thank you! If the channel gets a bit bigger, I'll look into creating a Discord account, so stay tuned :)

@@jermergerg What has been your biggest challenge so far?

@@Gay_Charlie For my no-hit boss run on DS3, so far the hardest were Sister Friede, Soul of Cinder, and Champion Gundyr. I am finding the Demon Princes unexpectedly difficult, just because with the two phases there's a lot of room to mess up one time and have to start over. Soul of Cinder is very easy to beat regularly, but with no damage, he has a number of poorly telegraphed combos that screwed me until I just stuck with dodging out for most of his sword attacks. I only have Demon Princes and Midir left to do, so we'll see how those go.

@jermergerg Darkeater Midir is so incredibly well-designed and is still the best dragon fight in the From Software line-up in my opinion. It's so annoying seeing other players fight him at the feet haha. I'm currently working on discovering self-imposed challenges viability on Stellar Blade. It's going pretty well so far. It's a shame that most people will rush through it without looking at the incredible combat details of the boss fights.