Why the Twin Princes are a God-Tier Boss: an Analysis 

I will not emphasize by hitting the table while recording; I will not emphasize by hitting the table while recording; I will not... Seriously, thanks for all the support. I'm totally floored. I will try to keep improving, and I hope to make more content you'll enjoy :)

All I know is that this spot marks are grave, but you can rest here too if you'd like

Little funfact: yall remember Gwyndolin's death sentence? "An eternal curse upon thee." and yall remember Lothric's? "You remain amongst the accursed". He essentially completes Gwyndolin's sentence, because he assumes you want to Link the fire and therefore prolong mankind's curse.

it's funny, in my first playthrough I was like "yeah bro I also want the fire to fade into nothing can we please chat about this instead"

"Rise, if you would." Will always give me goosebumps

I don’t have time to watch this at the moment, but I fully agree based off the title alone.

Favorite fight in all the games

I love finding someone take the time to make videos like these because it is a masterpiece and something that deserves that level of appreciation. It's just so good, this boss is so well done. The music as well.

I always cry on this boss 😭 This is the pinnacle of boss design, the music the dialogue the lore behind it, the combat never feels unfair but truly smooth Dark Souls 3 is and will be the best type of art I ever experienced 👏🏻

i love this fight with everything in it , only shame everyone on the internet seems to call poor Lothric the femboy of the title , like he's just weak why are their minds so twisted they literaly compare him to gwyndolin , also great analysis you earned a sub , can you make a similar one about abyss watchers ?

the music in this fight is just so good. i have replayed ds3 a month ago and this is by far one of the best fights in any fromsoft game!

everytime the 2nd phase starts and lorian attacks and the music kicks in always gives me chills, i had a tough time with this boss but this is by far my favorite one

This was a really great analysis- no beating around the bush. I really love Lorian & Lothric’s fight, and sometimes I wish the boss had more health (tho I can understand why not from a first playthrough I struggled with these boyos) and I can say that with any great Ds3 bossfight. Keep up the great work, and can’t wait to see more analysis on the bosses in the soulsgames!

Good takes! A lot of video essays go on for too long, I liked this shorter 7 minute analysis. Glad this popped up on my recommended!

This analysis is probably the best i have seen for this boss, plus it’s really well summarized. Btw i would love to see your opinions/analyses on Elden ring bosses (critically speaking). Keep up the good work!!

The music is awesome

Stumbled upon your channel - and I'm now a fan! Can't wait for your next upload, hope you don't mind contuing the series with the other SoulsSekiroRingCore games 😂😂

Great commentary. These guys always give me a hard time. The way you described From's design philosophy of reading and aggression kind of makes it seem a little more manageable! Speaking of paired bosses - hardest one I can remember was Lud and Zallen!

An absolutely incredible analysis!! I'm really looking forward to seeing your future vids!

My pfp speaks for myself 😂. This was a great video and I agree with everything you said, except for one thing. I'm weird and this is my favorite fight in the game, with Gael in third place. But I would just like to say that your ideas came out strong and your video was very well structured. It's not much but I subbed! Can't wait to see more of your content.

The Twin Princes mark exactly what makes Dark Souls III's combat arguably the best in the extended Soulsborne series. Every move is deliberate, synergetic, and natural. It's tough, but never cheap, and that's what makes it so great. Beat it first try. Yep, I think the reason this boss stays overlooked is because it appears at the point of the game where you've likely mastered III's flow of combat, so things like Champion Gundyr, Nameless King and Soul of Cinder are kind of pushovers, at least in my experience and some of the ones I've seen. A great fight that was overshadowed by the spectacle to come.

This fight for me is what I prefer in these games, where its a dance between everything. It's just peak

Really cool video! If anything, I’d love to see a more in-depth analysis of Lorian’s moves. I haven’t done this fight at SL1, so I guess I’ve never truly mastered the idea of reading a move and their different timings pre-teleport. Anyway, you earned a sub.

Loved it so much

I strongly agree with this take; I feel like the twin princes are usually rated highly by most people, but they still end up slightly underrated in general. I am pretty average at videogames, not great at fast reaction time, twitch gameplay, I get by in fromsoft games through experience and determination, but this fight in particular makes me feel like fucking superman when I can absolutely dominate it. But at the same time, whenever i come back to it, there's still some challenge there. It's never a cakewalk. Very balanced.

I hated this fight at first but once I learned the moveset I started to enjoy it. Now I look forward to it in every play through. Truly a mechanical masterpiece and fabulous music to boot.

Definitely my favorite Boss in the game. It's just really great in my opinion. I also just really love Lorian he looks cool with his armor and crown.

And now I know I'm going to stay with this channel for a long time. Good job.

I find the fight to be narratively amazing, but at the same time its not only directly after Dragonslayer armour, but its also arguably before the Nameless king, which are two very difficult bosses (imo). My problem is that they're just too easy. on my first playthrough, nameless king, dragonslayer armour, and pontiff sulyvahn were all beaten after a dozen to two dozen tries, whereas twin princes was felled in just two. I genuinely loved the teleporting mechanic and the lothric mechanic but it was just too simple and slow of a fight for my taste. I can see why you love it so much though!

Favorite OST, Favorite Main game boss, Favorite Cutscene just a peak boss! Great Video!

Great video! LIKED

This boss never gave me trouble it felt more like a dance than a fight Best main game boss

Lots of facts here. L&L are definitely one of the best duos they made. Tied with the demon prince duo for #1 in my opinion. The way the fight flows just goes over very well and smooth, nothing feels unfair, and it’s just generally a cool fight. It really is mind boggling how they went from stuff like this, to godskin duo, (which is more than a duo). Cowardly gargoyles, the fell twins, and most of the other ER duos. The music too is just gripping like other ds3 tracks but a tad bit more so. Really there’s just little to nothing that you could complain about with them. Also at 4:09 the meaty clang there is SOO good . Shame they didn’t use the cut lothric castle ost on the section of stairs before the boss room.

Great video.

For me, I see the whole camera unlocking thing in a different light. He teleports directly behind you in a position that purposefully unlocks your camera and in a position where he is out of frame. But here's why. They want you to rely on anticipating an attack without seeing it. If you really learn him, you'll know that every time he ends up behind you after being far away, he attacks immediately. So I have always learned to just preemptively dodge, because I know exactly what he's going to do. I don't need to spin my camera and turn and see what he's doing. From doing the fight over and over, I already know. So I evade attacks I didn't need to see coming because I knew they already were coming. They want you to anticipate it.

finally some love for my boys

Would it be correct to compare Lorian and the Demon in Pain to Radahn and Malenia? I don’t think there’s been any similar boss duel lore but I’d be happy to be surprised

Which boss we'd like you to cover? Oh my dear boy, all of them.

Friede is my favorite boss, I remember watching someone take her on and feeling absolutely hyped. She’s the reason I picked up DS3

Yep, Twin Princes and Gael are the 1a and 1b best bosses from DS3.

I was hoping someone would say it

The high point of the entire game for me honestly. I'm surprised that the same devs that made this boss and Champion Gundyr made the rest of the bosses in this game lol. Any plans to cover Bloodborne?

Fantastic 📸

I want to point out ? Linking the fire being a bad idea? It's not that simple. The Fire is literally the fabric of reality trying to keep itself alive by eating itself. Although the quality drops each time? The fabric of reality it be.

the camera unlocking is a good thing. if it doesn't unlock he is next to you and prepare to roll.. if it unlocks he is behind you and far away. .

I wish it had at least one unfair move so i can bound with them

my fav fight of aot

What sucks is that I’m doing a SL1 run and made it to Lothric and Lorian. Here’s the problem… I have stick drift now…😐 So I gotta wait for a while till I can save up enough to buy a new control so my camera doesn’t go haywire on one of the best boss fights!😂

peak

Idk man, getting attacked constantly off camera made me hate this boss and rank it C or lower. The majority of DS3 bosses force me to rotate the camera constantly which means that i have to take my thumb off the sprint button so I'm jogging around slowly while the boss zips around like Sonic.

I agree but not better than gael

Nah they're too easy. Lorian's vacuum slicer attack is literally the only attack that has enough of a delay compared to the other attacks to actually mix up the timing for your rolls. All of the other attacks can be side rolled through as soon as you see him do any attack animation. They should have given him a second delayed attack with a different timing and made the pathetic little fire cone he does linger for a longer amount of time like Iron King's fire attacks. The Crucible Knight duo fight in Elden Ring where one has the spear and the other the greatsword is unironically a more engaging fight. I don't get this cope about ER duo fights being bad when ERs basic enemies have better, more engaging movesets than any DS3 boss, which allows From to stick two random mobs together and have the fight still be better than anything in DS3. The only good duo fight in DS3 are the twin princes because they have so much health. Actually I suppose Michael realized how piss easy the base game was in general so he made every Ringed City boss into a health sponge. Purely based on mechanics and excluding presentation and lore or whatever the gap between DS3 and ER is so gigantic that the Leonine Misbegotten, a regular enemy actually has a better, more complex and engaging moveset than Phase 1 Gael, Dark Souls' supposed magnum opus

Valiant gargoyles is better and more fun than any ds3 boss lmao