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Souls game veterans: What is the boss or bosses that still give you trouble?
- Thread starter JMY86
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Not sure it counts but freakin' Lady Butterfly in Sekiro. I know she's a starter boss. I know the right tactics. I know she's not that hard.
Kicks my ass more than any other boss in the game.
Kicks my ass more than any other boss in the game.
Probably Laurence. Orphan gave me trouble even on subsequent playthroughs for a while but I got really good at parrying him. Laurence is always a pain to deal with though.
I feel like I would have trouble with Freide on another playthrough, however I've only played AoA once.
I feel like I would have trouble with Freide on another playthrough, however I've only played AoA once.
Ornstein and Smough.
Something happens to my brain when facing two independent bosses. Like I just can't cope with it, and I inevitably end up sucking.
I can do Midir fine (great fight), Gael, Twin Princes, Nameless King... but I choke on simple Ornstein and Smough.
Luckily, it's really rare in Souls to have fights like that. Most multi-enemy boss fights are simply duplicates (gargoyles) or have a gimmick (Friede) that makes it easy to adapt to there being more than one enemy.
The headless ape duo fight in Sekiro almost broke me too. It only took a few tries (their health and posture is comically low), but I still screwed up royally (at one point, I was just pushing buttons—I couldn't even remember how to fight for a few seconds).
Something happens to my brain when facing two independent bosses. Like I just can't cope with it, and I inevitably end up sucking.
I can do Midir fine (great fight), Gael, Twin Princes, Nameless King... but I choke on simple Ornstein and Smough.
Luckily, it's really rare in Souls to have fights like that. Most multi-enemy boss fights are simply duplicates (gargoyles) or have a gimmick (Friede) that makes it easy to adapt to there being more than one enemy.
The headless ape duo fight in Sekiro almost broke me too. It only took a few tries (their health and posture is comically low), but I still screwed up royally (at one point, I was just pushing buttons—I couldn't even remember how to fight for a few seconds).
Logarius solo is freaking impossible (for me) even with Ludwig. Even with 3 other summons, dude could still kick ass and take names.
Beat every souls game and dlc 3+ times but I still cant manage to take her down on solo. phase 1 and 2 are done without trouble, but that extended moveset on the 3rd phase is too much for me.
I found midir to be quite though because of broken hitboxes and health pool but still more manageable than friede.
Rom on the chalices dungeon also gives me quite a lot of trouble because im always too lazy to clear the spider mobs and they can easily 1shot you.
defiled amygdala should be everyone's nº1 but it's mostly because of artificial difficulty
I LOVE LOVE LOVE that boss fight and think its very well balanced, never understood why people had trouble with him.
The spell that puts the sword on the ground and throws you a bunch of blood daggers, together with those delayed explosive projectiles add some extra complexity that make the fight really fun for me
It has to be Darklurker for me. The bloody shitty boss has such a hard path to follow through if you want to reach it every single gotdamn time and then have him spam all sorts of shitty magic attacks with shitty hitboxes and shit where duplicates himself into two bosses. It makes you pull your hair out. Its probably the most frustrating badly designed boss i've seen in Souls. Thanks a lot Dark Souls 2.
Haven't beaten Midir, doubt I ever will.
Sister Friede I beat once, but the amount of stress it caused me was high enough that I'll never bother again.
I'm sure Orphan and Slave Knight Gael will always be very difficult for me, but they're fun enough that I don't care.
Sister Friede I beat once, but the amount of stress it caused me was high enough that I'll never bother again.
I'm sure Orphan and Slave Knight Gael will always be very difficult for me, but they're fun enough that I don't care.
Sister Friede, although I don't make it easy for myself by tackling her with +6 or +7 weapon. Everything about her screams endgame, just like the Milwood Knights and Corvian Knights that inhabit the painted world. Yet the DLC is littered with Large Titanite Shards and only a few Chunks, which suggests a weapon level of +7 should be fine. It really isn't, as Friede has the distinction of being the only boss in the franchise I have summoned help for.
In Bloodborne it's Master Logarius. I just can't get a read on that guy's moves. Even Orphan of Kos is easier to parry in my opinion. To make it worse, the boss run is probably the worst in the series.
In Bloodborne it's Master Logarius. I just can't get a read on that guy's moves. Even Orphan of Kos is easier to parry in my opinion. To make it worse, the boss run is probably the worst in the series.
Midir was the hardest time I have ever had in the series, for the wrong reasons. Good boss, just giant ass HP bar.
I have beated (nearly) every boss in the Souls games barring DLC. I did beat the DLC of Dark Sould 1 though.
The ones I didn't ever beat were:
DS2:
Darklurker. Fuck that second form. There was one spell that always ruined me.
Bloodborne:
I didn't try the Chalice bosses, so probably there would be plenty to choose from.
DS3:
Nameless King. The first form is so annoying to deal with, that I rarely got to the second part. And beating the second part without practise is hard.
Sekiro:
DoH: Yeah no. I tried to bet it once and that was enough. The amounts of time I would need to practise was not worth it.
The Last boss: Fuck From Software and their hard-on for multiple forms. Could be the first form, didn't have a chance against the second one. If I tried to bet the last boss every day for weeks, I possibly could do it, but I rather play games I enjoy.
The ones I didn't ever beat were:
DS2:
Darklurker. Fuck that second form. There was one spell that always ruined me.
Bloodborne:
I didn't try the Chalice bosses, so probably there would be plenty to choose from.
DS3:
Nameless King. The first form is so annoying to deal with, that I rarely got to the second part. And beating the second part without practise is hard.
Sekiro:
DoH: Yeah no. I tried to bet it once and that was enough. The amounts of time I would need to practise was not worth it.
The Last boss: Fuck From Software and their hard-on for multiple forms. Could be the first form, didn't have a chance against the second one. If I tried to bet the last boss every day for weeks, I possibly could do it, but I rather play games I enjoy.
I have beaten OoK and Defiled Amygdala solo (NG), and I don't think I will manage to do so ever again.
Friede, Midir, Gundyr and the fake King Zeus in Dark Souls 3.
In Sekiro, the flame beast that I cheesed during my unique run.
In Bloodborne, Lawrence, zombie giants with chains on their back, the aborrhent beast v2, the parasited Bloodletting beast.
In Sekiro, the flame beast that I cheesed during my unique run.
In Bloodborne, Lawrence, zombie giants with chains on their back, the aborrhent beast v2, the parasited Bloodletting beast.
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The Lost Sinner in Dark Souls 2. Had to fight him 50+ times for a drop at NG+++++ bonfire difficulty while in my base game, and I stubbornly did the first 40 or so attempts without a shield. I won with a shield in the end.
F/R/C Amygdala, the true final boss of Bloodborne.
Every boss from The Ringed City, minus Halflight
Every boss from The Ringed City, minus Halflight
Sister Friede in DS3 took me like 6-7 hours. More than twice of anyone else, I think.
Three phases, with the 2nd one being somewhat RNGish and very difficult to complete quickly, made it hell to even get to the final phase. I only had 9 Flask Shards, too.
Three phases, with the 2nd one being somewhat RNGish and very difficult to complete quickly, made it hell to even get to the final phase. I only had 9 Flask Shards, too.
I've seen it mentioned a couple times here, but Kalameet. I had played DS1 completely solo the whole way through and managed to beat every other challenge without a ton of headache (both before and since).
Fume Knight, Alonne, Frieda, Artorias? A couple hiccups and some grind to learn the fights but nothing too arduous.
Kalameet though, something about that fight did not click with me. I died over and over and over.
The second toughest would be Bloodborne's final boss. Third, probably Flamelurker.
Fume Knight, Alonne, Frieda, Artorias? A couple hiccups and some grind to learn the fights but nothing too arduous.
Kalameet though, something about that fight did not click with me. I died over and over and over.
The second toughest would be Bloodborne's final boss. Third, probably Flamelurker.
legit almost bailed on the bloodborne plat because of the dude in the chalice dungeons that zips around the room with the columns and can hit you through them and all...i just didn't have the stamina to get away, heal, do damage and such. fuck i forget his name but i still hate him
I'm not much of a veteran, having only completed DS3 and BB.
BB was my first and I was stuck on blood starved beast for so long. I bet it took me like 50 tries. And then I got the DLC like two years later and couldn't make it past the first boss on NG+ so I still haven't gotten anywhere in the DLC.
DS3 has been miles easier for me. I think my toughest bosses were Abyss Watchers, Friede, and Gael but I got them all in under 15 tries I think. Every other boss I got in a couple tries.
BB was my first and I was stuck on blood starved beast for so long. I bet it took me like 50 tries. And then I got the DLC like two years later and couldn't make it past the first boss on NG+ so I still haven't gotten anywhere in the DLC.
DS3 has been miles easier for me. I think my toughest bosses were Abyss Watchers, Friede, and Gael but I got them all in under 15 tries I think. Every other boss I got in a couple tries.
Midir isn't too bad once you realize you dodge everything to the right and when you need to run. Demon Prince gave me more trouble my first time through, because it's more of a camera management fight against the two demons before they merge. Ornstein and Smough are still tough for the same reason. Burnt Ivory King is hot bullshit when you don't have a shield.
Pontiff Sulyvahn. It's the only boss I've never beaten by myself and always have to summon the NPC character. I'm sure that with practice I could do it, but the problem is that the walk of shame for him is particularly unbearable for me and whatever argument of how important it is and all that blah blah blah just doesn't applies for this boss in my case, it just makes me to not want to bother learning the fight because I really can't stand the gigantic stretch to the boss, with the slow ass elevator and dogs and ghosts.
Never has a walk of shame managed to bother me so much.
Never has a walk of shame managed to bother me so much.
You got this. There shouldn't be an elevator to the Pontiff; you can walk from the room Anri was in through a gate, up some stairs, and in front of the cathedral pretty quickly. If you want an easy time, get Great Chaos Fire Orb from Smouldering Lake and cast it when he spawns the clone; it one-shots the clone and you can focus on the one boss.
