Who is the most underrated boss in Dark Souls 3?And why is it Yhorm?
Storm Ruler trivializes the fight
>>336429902
The Deaks tbqh fampai
>>336429942
This.
Storm Ruler is cool and all but the fight would have been leagues better without it, and by extension the inflated health that forces you to use it.
It's Aldrich actually
dragonslayer armor imo
>>336429902
I was so hyped for Yhorm. All I got was a shitty reference and a lame fight.
Yhorm was absolutely terrible and Profaned Capital seems like an unfinished area compared to most of the others.
I like Vordt a lot. Very good for a first (non-tutorial) boss
>>336429902
There are no underrated bosses.
All "badly rated" bosses are indeed shit.
The closest i can think of an underrated boss is dancer, because she's a good boss that doesn't get a lot of attention.
I thought how they lured you towards High Lord Wolnir with the item was clever, and while he was easy I'm still waiting for someone to make a wallpaper of him because he's fucking awesome.
>>336430506
I loved Wolnir both mechanically and aesthetically
I like the some bosses were breakpoint bosses rather than dps race ones
Yhorm is legitimately fucking terrible. I don't know what convinced Fromsoft that Storm King's gimmick was worthy of a repeat, especially when it was dog shit in Demon's Souls too.
HOW THE FUCK DO I BEAT PONTIFF WHY AM I HAVING SUCH A HARD TIME
iudex: 7/10
vordt: 7/10
greatwood: 4/10
crystal sage: 5/10
deacons: 6/10
abyss watchers: 9/10
Old Demon King: 7/10
wolnir: 4/10
Pontiff: 10/10
Aldrich: 8/10
Yhorm: 6/10
Dancer: 9/10
Oceiros: 8/10
Champion Gundyr: 10/10
Ancient Wyvern: 1/10
Nameless King: 10/10
Dragonslayer Armour: 8/10
Twin Princes: 10/10
Soul of Cinder 10/10
I like Yhorm the same way i like Wolnir, Congregation and Ancient Wyvern. I don't think every boss fight has to be extremely hard. These bosses are gimmicky but they provide the game with some nice alternative experiences. It's better than having literally every boss in the game be a tall humanoid anyway.
>>336430193
Dragonslayer Armor is cool but those dickheads at either side of the bridge shooting bloody turds at you are fucking annoying, especially when the big exploding one hits you while you're trying to dodge the actual fucking boss.
>>336430305
could it be a placeholder for DLC? as shitty as it sounds i think it might be the case, that area near the basin that shoots fire seems like there were much bigger plans for it.
>>336429902
How the fuck did Yohrm get inside his boss room?
>>336430056
>Mfw same thing as the fight with Storm King in Demons Souls except Yhorm is more of a threat at least
>Yet Demons Souls fanboys praise it there
>>336430616
Get the Dragon Crest Shield, block and circle-strafe. Wail on his clone as he summons it to get as close to killing it as you can before it attacks.
Dancer was the hardest boss for me. I liked her simply because I felt super accomplished when I beat her.
>>336430840
I thought the DLC placeholder were those doors that don't open in the Pontiff's room.
>>336431451
those could be too, but just think about it. profraned is incredibly short, which is a shame because aesthetically its really interesting, that bonfire you first find really sets the mood. its got a nice loop back to irithyll, but thats it. it really feels like there was supposed to be something more in that area.
oceiros
i mean its a pretty easy boss but the whole fight is just weird as fuck. loved it
Yhorm and the Wyvern are neat boss fights because there is a specific means to defeat them that isn't made clear to the player. They're not just frenzied duels with much more powerful swordsmen. The Tree and the Deacons are a bit similar but one is just annoying because of the undead and the other is piss easy.
That said, it annoyed me later that after Pontiff there's those two giants waiting on the approach to Anus Poundo and the Storm Ruler is useless against them. Made no sense and it would have been fun to fell those fuckers in one mighty wind slash
>Tfw literally the only person who had legit fun fighting Yhorm
And that fucking music tho. Hypest phase 2 this side of the final boss.
>>336429902
Shoulda made it so Storm Ruler hits caused brief periods where normal attacks would do normal damage. Like the Storm put out his sinders and he stops glowing while vulnerable. Right now he is the shittiest boss ever. Worse than that stupid fat Jabba the Hutt boss in DS2.
>>336431925
How can anyone "enjoy" fighting him? Did you just not notice the Storm Ruler for 15 attempts, then felt overwhelming satisfaction when you started knocking the chunks off his health bar?Onion Bro quest?
>>336430305
>Profaned Capital's optional section is bigger than its main section
>implying smashing Yhorm to pieces with onionbro wasn't the single most hype shit in the entirety of the entire souls series
>>336430201
This.
>Walk through fog gate, knowing it's probably Yhorm (massive everything, he was supposed to be in the profaned capital)
>See him rise from his throne
>Oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck
>I got this
>Do barely any damage
>Remember a message said; weapon required therefore try throne
>Find the sword
>Don't do damage again
>The fuck
>Try stance moves
>Nothing
>Die 4 times
>Decide to break my code and look up a guide
>Ohh you need to fully charge
>Proceed to kill him in four consecutive blows
What a letdown.
>>336430938
Yeah but at least in that you aren't FORCED to use Storm Ruler. You can take Storm King out easily with magic or arrows as well. With Yhorm you can only really use Storm Ruler on him to damage him.
>>336431746
They might both be since there will be two DLC.
The Profaned capital brings up all sorts of images in my head but it is a let down when it is a hallway with a bridge and two rooms.
>>336432082
>Onio bro quest
Played blind. What does Onion bro have to do with Yhorm? Last time I saw him I saved him from irithyl dungeon
>>336432252
I don't see why this is an issue. You've had 5 games worth of bosses where you use your own equipment to beat them with raw strength, and one boss where you pick up a legendary weapon (and a really cool callback to Demon's Souls) and have to make use of it's weapon art to slay a giant is somehow bad?
Granted the weapon is useless after that, they could have had it do extra damage against other giants too, or large monsters in general, but it was a fun fight.
>>336432345
You can get him as a summon for the fight, and he has unique dialogue.He also has a Stormruler.
>>336432082
Didn't notice the Storm Ruler until mid-way through the fight. The first part of me liking it was mainly because of Siegward though.
>Notice I do fuck-all with my sword
>Switch to bow and hope I get ignored
>Notice Sieg dealing out that fucking damage tho
>He hits Yhorm with his second fully charged blast
>Yhorm slams him at the same time
>Siegward dies
>Suddenly dawns on me how fucked I am
>Yhorm enters phase 2 then and there
>Slowly rises up and turns my way while literally on fire
>Starts chasing me around the room
>Mfw dodging his exploding machete in time with the music while running between pillars as they crumble around me
For my first playthrough, it was the best experience I had in the whole game barring Soul of Cinder.
I'm having one helluva time with the Nameless King. I hear he's the hardest boss in the game, and now I see why.
One of my favorite bosses. Just a shame that he is gimped by his gimmick. He needed a second stage none gimmick.
>>336430912
Teleported through a bonfire :^)
>>336432252
You can still hit Yhorm in the head and inflict regular damage to him if you dodge his attacks and use a weapon with good vertical range.
Get fucking good, literally. Storm Ruler was much worse than Yhorm.
>>336432665
Wolnir is either a supertough negrosmasher or a literal target dummy.
Depends on how much he spams his miasma and sword.
>>336431925
You're not alone anon. It was great.
>>336430616
Use maximum buffs.
Kill him with a single riposte.
>>336432665
Yeah, it's crazy how quickly he dies. He does some neat shit if he lives a while like pull out a big ass version of that sword you can transpose with his soul.
>>336432552
That soundspretty fucking hype actually. Kinda annoyed I found out about the Storm Ruler before fighting himAnd that I fucked up Siegward's quest along the way so he no-showed.
>>336432665
It took me being summoned for this a bunch of times before I realized he had a more diverse moveset. He has a sword, summons it out of the ground, does AoE magic or something, in addition to the standard swiped and black mist. He's just so easy to solo though if you go fast.
>>336432814
True
>New Game +2
>His puke kills me in 2 seconds.
>>336432872
He also summons regen meme skeletons.
>>336433000
I was helping people kill him on my knight and he kept spamming his sword summon / slash so his bracer was always high up in the air and and I kept getting pissed because I couldn't hit it and the host was being beat up by skellies.
>>336430938
You can use the storm ruler to make the storm king fight easier??
>>336433269
>>336430056
I'd rather just get it over with rather than fight Giant Lord again.
>>336433314
i beat him at sl 75 with abastard swordsolo
but it was a bich
and i am not gud
>>336433774
>bastard sword
MUH NIGGA
>>336430696
CS should be a bit higher. Even if you get the gimmick, it's still pretty fun.
Aldrich was pretty lame once you get in close.
Oceiros was cake in my case. Got him first try without seeing his curse attacks.
Yhorm was wasted potential. They could have made it more similar to the Storm Ruler fight in terms of terrain.
Dragonslayer Armour was underrated. One of the best fights in terms of fairness for that point in the game, even with his support artillery it's perfectly readable.
Princes were good but overrated. After beating the champ, all their moves looked really telegraphed.
>>336433774
>>336433903
My niggas, I always liked the bastard sword better than the claymore, and as far as greatswords go anything bigger is anime status.
Good to see the ol' bastard gettin' some love.
>>336430696
Abyss Watchers is a 7, nothing higher. Everything else is spot fucking on though.
>>336434000
I've loved the bastard sword since DS1.
The reach, speed, moveset, damage. GOD its good.
>>336430696
i like your rating. can you do one on bloodborne?
>>336432231
>had to google
>IT WAS A LETDOWN
The fact he killed you 4 times makes him a good boss, unless you just suck at the game.
Every boss has some cheese method, Yhorms is pretty hidden though, first you need to realize to get the sword, then how to use it
If you homeward bone out your a pussy and that counts as a loss.
Favorite boss from each game coming through.
>DS1
Gwyn tied with O&S
>DS2
Vendrick
>DS3
Champion Gundyr tied with Soul of Cinder
>>336434283
>Parry Me tied with O&S
>Vendrick
You have some dull fucking taste.
>>336434283
>DeS
Old King Allant
>DaS1
Four Kings
>DaS2
Throne Watcher/Defender
>DaS3
Nameless King
>>336429902
Yhorm's only cool if you do it with Siegward. Unique intro cutscene and everything.
Anything less should be considered botching it.
>>336429902
>And why is it Yhorm?
I've read of people doing the fight without their own storm ruler, but having onion bro there, and it being exciting
>>336434409
>the existence of an easy exploit completely invalidates what fun you can have with a boss otherwise
Okay. I don't parry spam and enjoy him.
>Vendrick
Had to pick somebody, I'm not going to do the "lel DS2 is garbage" shit, I had fun here and there. I was very satisfied when I beat Vendrick.
>>336432252
I beat Yhorm first playthrough on my first try without even knowing about Storm Ruler. Git gud scrub
>>336434617
>parrying is an exploit
Suuuuuuuure
>>336434528
This. Siegward's quest is the best character quest in the game and it's ten times better than Siegmeyer's, though they're both great characters.
Still, helping Siegward finally complete his duty as we both wielded Storm Ruler was awesome.
>>336434693
That's not what I meant. The fact that you can parry spam Gwyn and trivialize his fight into nothing is what I meant and you know it. Sorry we have a difference of opinion and that makes me somehow wrong.
>>336434617
>I was very satisfied when I beat Vendrick.
More satisfied than the Loyce boss right?
>>336434283
>DS1
Gwyn for muh immersion, Artorias for challenge
>DS2
LOL
Actually can't remember any bosses from that game besides the shitty dragon riders.
>DS3
Twin Princes
>BB
Orphan of Kos
>>336434617
>parrying is an exploit but only on Gwyn meme
Classic Anon. Well meme'd
>>336434787
Very few of the bosses in DS2 were fun or memorable. Vendrick gave me a lot of trouble due to his fucky damage and the shitty hitboxes, I remember spending an entire night on him. When I finally beat him it was incredibly satisfying. One of the highlights of the game for me, honestly.
I'm not saying the fight was good, just that overcoming it was enjoyable and memorable.
>>336434932
>an entire night
The guy has the slowest swings and biggest tells.
Do you not know how to roll? Or did you do it without giants souls?
>>336434283
>DeS
Flamelurker
>DaS
Artorias
>DaS2
Sir Allant
>Bloodborne
Orphan of Kos
>DaS3
Pontiff Sully
>>336435029
I couldn't git gud, and then I did. I don't care how long it took me.
Do you guys remember that DrkS2 had a Scopion Boss?
Like its so bizarre, like its not even from the game compared to the other aesthetics of DrkS universe.
She looked like a Generic MMO boss or something from Legacy of Kain>
I guess she was underrated
Champ
>>336435152
Almost everything from DS2 felt out of place. The cyclops. The scorpion boss. The final boss. Shit was weird.
>>336435152
>cut off her tail
>doesnt give me weapon
Dropped
>>336435152
>Like its so bizarre, like its not even from the game compared to the other aesthetics of DrkS universe.
Its just Quelaag but with a scorpion dude. Fuck off.
>>336435245
>RULES OF NATURE
>>336435245
>DSP Tries Dark Souls 3.webm
>>336435258
>get her to smash the tree
>heh heh aren't I clever I bet this is a cool weapon
>flame butterfly
>>336435274
Except Quelaag kinda made since with a story and what not. Scorpioness was like. Just there with her husband
>>336435274
Quelaag wasn't just a hot chick attached to a generic looking spider.
I've never played the DLC for DS1 or 2, despite owning it. Should I get off my ass? I hear the bosses are great.
>>336435413
>her husband is a betafaggot who cries because she beats him
That entire area made me laugh
>>336435413
>Just there with her husband
They were creations of Seath or Aldia or something and one of them was Tarkus.
I thought it was fine. If all the games had the same feel to them it wouldn't be worth playing.
Complaining about the one eyed trolls thing is just silly though. You don't go anywhere in DS1 that would fit their habitat like DS2.
>>336435491
Dude, the DLC is literally the best part of DS2.
>>336435575
>one of them was Tarkus
What? My man Iron T became a scorpion?
>>336434283
>DS1
Artorias, still my favorite boss in the series
>DS2
Fume Knight
>Bloodborne
Ludwig
>DS3
Soul of Cinder
Say what you will but this series has an amazing track record for DLC.
>>336435575
What about the giggling lions, what where their deal? Especially the one random gold one?
>>336435675
>My name was Tark... that is all I remember...
>>336435775
Lion Knights of Forossa, that God of War whose armor is on the cover.
>>336435775
It wasnt the Lions giggling, it was the curse pots.
>>336435775
The giggling was coming from the pots full of curse.
The lions were just a tribal race that inhabited the region. Fleshes the world out and makes it seem less like everyone that ever lived lived in the one big city and the one big castle.
The world is full of life anon.
>>336435245
what
>>336435790
Huh, I don't remember that. I really need to replay DS2 I guess.
>>336432082
I picked up storm ruler but didn't realize that I was suppose to charge it so I just ended up bashing him with my club. Yhorm is really fun if you're using a strong weapon.
>>336435491
>>336435659
pffft fuck that the dlc in both das1 and 2 are some of the best levels and bosses in the series
artorias/kalameet/manus/sinh/fume knight/sir allone/burnt ivory king
all of them are so good
also, imo, brume tower is the best level in the series
>>336435992
Just the Champ taking out the trash, nothing unsual here.
>>336435905
Huh. I had no idea. Thats cool as fuck. I'd like to see more of the lions
Can you imagine how shitty Dark Souls society must be to actually live in. We never see how the world is normally since we only ever fight in kingdoms that have already been torn down but if the NPCs are of any indication everyone must be a cynical asshole who laughs mysteriously whenever ending any sentence
>>336436109
Ludd and Zalan hardest boss in Soulsborne
Lothric and Lorian.
>>336436118
This is good but needs work. Shop in his health bar.
>>336436346
Bran and Hodor*
>>336436383
Luke and Yoda*
>>336436419
Link and Midna*
Yhorm is objectively a terrible boss
>>336429902
why the fuck is the firelink set not black
>>336436489
Why would it be?
>>336434283
>DS1
Sif. Swordfighting a fuckhuge wolf wielding a fuckhuge sword in its goddamn mouth? Shit's Nito.
>DS2
The Fume Knight. No boss in any game has ever taken me anywhere near as long or pissed me off anywhere near as much as motherfucking Raime did. But the satisfaction from winning was indescribable.
>DS3
Nameless King. The camera was a bitch in this fight, but it was an awesome concept with an amazing execution. 10/10
I wish Ciaran was a boss instead of some severely depressed assassin.
>>336437019
>The Fume Knight
he is the only boss in any of the soulsborne games, and ive played all the content, to ever just make me put down my controller and make me rethink how i was fighting them. killed me a good 12 times before i finally got his number. even orphan only took me 5 tries
>>336437348
>soulsborne
go back to rebbit
Iudex: 8/10
10/10 as far as first bosses go.
Vordt: 8/10
Great first "real" boss, forces you to learn you can't block everything.
Greatwood: 2/10
Figure out where to hit, get annoyed by respawning enemies, multiple moves of "well I better just wait outside the damage range not doing anything"
Crystal sage: 3/10
Maybe if the crystals that spawned indicated where the real boss would tele to, it might be neat, but there's really nothing to this boss.
Deacons: 7/10
Mobs needed to be a little bit more dangerous, but just rushing in gets you overwhelmed, and the trick to the fight isn't readily noticed. Pretty good for a mob boss fight.
Abyss Watchers: 8/10
Good fight, I always just felt they were really easy. Not sure why.
>>336436612
Metal is blackened when burnt.
>>336437445
Old Demon King: 8/10
Fun in a group, the mechanics reminded me of MMO bosses, the expanding/retracting ring in particular. MMO type mechanics might not be a bad way to go in Souls.
Wolnir: 3/10
Would be decent for the type of fight if hitting the bracelets weren't so frustrating and most moves being non-threatening. Also intro to fight is spoopy and awesome.
Pontiff: 9/10
Great fight, not enough preamble or style for such a connected character.
Aldrich: 9/10
Arrow attack hits a bit too hard/tracks too hard to be avoided.
Yhorm: 2/10
Gimmick weapon fight's can be okay, but you should do more than just charge and shoot from a range - Manus was how to do it right.
Dancer: 10/10
Nothing to complain about; difficult but not stupidly so, cool design, no bullshit.
Oceiros: 6/10
Cool unnerving boss but he's pretty terrible at trying to hit you.
Champion Gundyr: 9/10
Lacking something special. Fight is great, don't get me wrong but he's just boring looking.
Ancient Wyvern: 0/10
Run through (or past) a gauntlet only to 1-shot the boss or fall to your death.
Nameless King: 9.99/10
Style, difficulty, variation, phases - all perfect. Just fix the damn camera on the dragon phase.
Dragonslayer Armour: 10/10
Neat looking, threatening, outside barrages, railings breaking, bait stagger, all are awesome.
Twin Princes: 10/10
Fun fight, flashy, cool/creepy bosses.
Soul of Cinder 10/10
It's pretty much fanservice. Should've added even more "builds".
>>336437481
And why would it be burnt?
>>336437445
>>336437515
Fine ratings, anon.
>>336437429
salty pc cuck detected. enjoying your bans?
>>336437901
PS4 master race, faggot.
Blow it out your ass.
>>336437481
Why is it burnt.
If anything its just covered in ash.
>>336436262
Dark Souls is just post-apocalyptic zombie fiction. Only the most capable killers, both good and bad people, survived.
I think the degeneration of society in Dark Souls follows the same path our society would fall apart if there was a plague that would randomly turn someone into a mindless zombie. You wake up and your neighbour went hollow over night. Your doctor, your teacher/daycare, the people who harvest the food, the people who transport goods. Like any society it would be difficult to focus the workforce into doing the jobs that need to be doing - it would be like waging war against an enemy that had a unstoppable killer in each of your cities just randomly killing people every day; you couldn't even mobilize the workforce to get out of fucking bed to work in the factories or the fields like you could during regular wartime.
Remember, the only people who survive are those who give a fuck about something. Few people truly and deeply care about something enough that it drives them beyond all hardship: a relationship, a hobby, a drive for power; and of those people few of them have the strength to defend themselves - the map faggot, which is emasculating when you consider we're all probably weaker him. An archmage blacksmith literally just builds a jail around himself with no door - that is the sort of autistic focus needed to hack it in the Dark Souls world.
If hollowing hit our world, the only people left at the end of it all would be the Japanese and Germans. The only survivors in North America would be the government-fearing Preppers.
I'm imagining that society in Dark Souls is probably what it was like in all the outlying provinces when Rome recalled the legions and left them defenseless and with no bureaucracy and tax collection, to ensure education and civic infrastructure were maintained.
I wonder how long it would take our own society to break up into territorial warbands if people just randomly started turning into zombies.
>>336429902
>Yhorm
His fight is shit unless Seigward is there to make it kind of semi-epic just to have a bro-fight.
>>336429902
Dragonslayer armour, I don't know why, but battles on bridges just make my dick go DIAMONDS.
>>336437971
salty pc cuck detected
>>336437971
>uses the term master race
top kek
>>336437515
>It's pretty much fanservice. Should've added even more "builds".
That's brilliant. Every Souls of Cinder should have been a different NPC summon from the previous games implying that one of them made it.
Solaire, Tarkus, Benhart, fucking Gavlan.
We'd all be fucking arguing that the last boss was someone different and trying to rank each one in terms of difficulty but the game would randomize and determine it each NG.
>>336438440
You should learn to read.
