The Lichdragon once led a host against the forces of Leyndell, where he met the prince Godwyn the Golden on the battlefield. While he was decisively defeated by Godwyn, they were each impressed by the other’s might, and the two became good friends. After the Night of the Black Knives and the death of Godwyn, Fortissax entered Godwyn’s dream in an attempt to save his friend. However the fight against death has taken a serious toll on him, most of his scales worn away and blackened to reveal the golden flesh beneath. He came to rescue his friend, and now he fights for his life in a terrifying nightmare.
This dragon deserved to be more of an endgame boss with more damage and health pool 😢what a goated ost, design, quest, arena where you fight him, attacks, he was awesome
@@samthepigman4069it’s mainly the “head weak point” that’s the problem. With Ancient Dragons, every part of their bodies have insanely high defenses except for their heads. Only problem is, they very rarely lower their heads. Regular Dragons are modeled after Midir and you are expected to fight them head-on. They have a similar instance of good defenses on the body with a weak point on the head. Ancient Dragons are completely new and keep their heads held high, unlike Midir or the modern dragons. So their 90% damage resistances become an absolute chore to deal with when they refuse to lower their heads in melee range.
@Rexis102 Even with thr regular dragons it can be difficult to hit their heads because you're expected to do jumping attacks to hit them, only problem is jumping attacks have poor tracking especially when hitting something above you and if you have a small weapon it can be infuriatingly difficult to hit their heads, it's just more consistent to hit literally any other part of their body
@@samthepigman4069 honestly charged R2s on the ground works really well if you know positioning. Only time it becomes wonky is when dragons stand on uneven terrain.
I honestly don't understand the HP/damage of some remembrance bosses. Rennala and Morgott are especially easy for shardbearers but yeah Fortissax is criminally underpowered especially when you consider that he is after the Valiant Gargoyles who are extremely tough together
@@falcoon_f_zero9450 that is absolutely most effective method for fighting him. Unfortunately by the time you reach him, you will be overleveled for him and kill him fast.
That part at 3:13 just FEELS like its Godwyn's theme. It plays when Fortissax starts using the golden lightning, and its so -heroic-. I'll always lament that we never got to fight Godwyn.
@@alex-plorateur793wasn’t miquella trying to revive him? I personally think Godwyn taking radahns place as the final boss after being revived in the shadow realm would’ve been sick but ig radahn wasn’t a terrible choice just not what I expected
@@alex-plorateur793it doesn't even have to be a revived Godwyn, even just Miquella's memory of him would have been a better fight than Promised Consort remix.
This might be the best song in the game, 500 hours played and maybe beat fortissax 4 or 5 times total, never listened that closely to his theme. I beat him again today and was absolutely blown away by this track.
I never realized how amazing this boss's theme was until giving it a more proper listen recently. I think I can now confidently call this the most slept-on track in the game, lol. It almost sounds like a rock song disguised as an orchestral piece. Reminds me of Troupe Master Grimm from Hollow Knight, or Monstrosity from Fire Emblem Awakening.
0:26-0:58 hits different for me. It sounds like a mix of excitement in battling Fortissax but also tragic in how Fortissax could not save his friend and too became corrupted
What a banger of a boss fight theme, it kept me focused that I managed to beat this absolute of a Chad boss in two tries only with a Strength Build, I absolutely love this boss fight, this dude is the best dragon boss in the game.
The start with the organ and choir setting up this feeling of despair and horror, then the undercurrent of grief in the violin building up to the forefront. The calm before the storm leading into a complete tonal shift, from horror to majesty, from pain to glory alongside the amazing build up until the beat drop. Perfection.
Maybe I faced this boss much too late or maybe it's because I was using a mage build, but this boss is much too easy considering his lore and song. I didn't even notice he had a second phase... Missed him on my faith/strengh run though since I wasn't doing Fia's questline, so I don't know how hard he his with melee builds
Am I the only one who thinks that the second part of this OST would be perfect for a surprise boss? that after defeating Fortissax everything turned dark and out of nowhere a body of death blight emerged from the ground, a man with black hair, a figure very similar to radagon, but at the same time with a very different aura, he would rise like death itself before us and after that his boss name would appear: Godwyn prince of death and then this music begins to play 1:54
It wouldnt make sense lorewise, but if you made fortissax super unknown yet cool in the world. And before fortissax, there was some deathblight boss. That)d be cool
@@MarcoDiCesar Me and a few others shouted "FORTISAX" at the end, when the orchestra was considering playing another soundtrack. But they played Godfrey's theme instead.
If we do fight Godwyn in Shadow of the Erdtree, I pray they get Yoshimi Kudo to do the boss theme cause goddamn did he cook for the theme he gave Fortissax.
Top 3 bosses and OSTs in the game for sure, his lore is tragic yet beautiful, he and his sister are very interesting characters and not just random dragons who are strong and look cool asf. I wish he was a endgame boss since he is the final fight of the duskborn ending quest.. I wonder if the planned to have these quest bosses as real endgame or even final bosses, when I first saw astel in the trailer I was almost convinced he would be the final boss like moon presence
Such a phenominal track, the organ and the choir are just SO DAMN GOOD!!! And the design and attacks alone that make up Fortissax are all S tier. It just really bugs me that he has such low health, especially considering what you have to do to even fight him
Still think this boss deserved better in the endgame, banger design, banger ost, banger actual moveset, banger arena fight, had fun doing the questline to reach him as well
i missed out on so much of this fight because i did fia's quest late, why does the guy guarding a mending rune have less hp than the farum azula dragon?
Fr, he deserved so much and not even just for the music (which is like my fav in this game), got done dirty dirty.... although i think people on pc did make a mod or 2 to buff him for more hype in the battle
Game glitched and me and my friend were stuck on the bossfight reappearing there everytime we died being forced to fight him over and over again until we were victorious. But the music didnt play again until his second phase.. i feel like i missed a crucial part of the bossfight
Everyone complaining how easy he is; summon 2 random ppl, tell them to stay back and solo him on your own. Then you get your end game boss. At least thats how i do it
Presentation on this boss was so good. Not sure why people complain about it being a reskin of Lansseax, by that logic Godfrey is a reskin of Goldfrey and Godrick is a reskin of Godefroy
Goldfrey and Godefroy are reskins of their respective remembrance bosses. Godfrey’s first phase was ruined by goldfrey, and Godefroy had no reason to even be a boss. Lansseax and Fortissax are far different from one another so not sure where you heard that.
You know what is a crime? That is one of the few bosses that it's designed very well, the music is kickass and the ambience it's amazing... And is optional and pretty cryptic how to fight it. For real, what the hell happened with boss design in Elden Ring?
I think the fact that it's optional is even better. Just like Malenia or Placidusax. They make these awesome bosses and don't even make them mandatory. That says something about how good they make their games. Most other games would put this much effort into the final boss but Fromsoft does it for a side boss
The only genuinely impressive track in the game, and Fromsoft just actively decided NOT to allow this man to make any new tracks for the DLC (same with Yuka)??
This is so good, too bad it's held back by tactical lightning strikes, and shortened by the boss either getting pwned or one shotting the player from outside the screen because of how lock-on works on ancient dragons.
![Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree OST - The Promised Consort Radahn [EXTENDED]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8jtYWu_0Plg/mqdefault.jpg)
That organ in the back is just 🤌
Really makes you feel like you’re fighting a god that has a whole religion behind it
Imagine using that emoji unironically
🤌@@trenta.958 🤌
Mla* nice
@@Anonymous-73sad it’s the weakest ancient dragon in the game
I can't be the only one who purposely holds back on this boss fight because of how epic and cinematic it is.
Your not alone
Do this all the time😭😭
Same, fighting him with gransax bolt and some ancient dragon spells is definitely a gaming moment
not the dragon cult ones tho, too slow
I spend a lot of time running away from him so I can appreciate the full spectacle when he rises up to stab the ground with his lightning bolt.
@@blueberry4209fortissax started the dragon cult
The Lichdragon once led a host against the forces of Leyndell, where he met the prince Godwyn the Golden on the battlefield.
While he was decisively defeated by Godwyn, they were each impressed by the other’s might, and the two became good friends.
After the Night of the Black Knives and the death of Godwyn, Fortissax entered Godwyn’s dream in an attempt to save his friend. However the fight against death has taken a serious toll on him, most of his scales worn away and blackened to reveal the golden flesh beneath.
He came to rescue his friend, and now he fights for his life in a terrifying nightmare.
Gideons dream
@@papieverett damn autocorrect
Wasn't it a draw?
I believe Godwyn ended up with the upper hand, and offered Fortisaxx mercy out of respect for his prowess.@@robertwye9463
You are WRONG.
This dragon deserved to be more of an endgame boss with more damage and health pool 😢what a goated ost, design, quest, arena where you fight him, attacks, he was awesome
This boss is absolutely horrible to fight if you don't have a pew pew build, such a shame as everything about it is done pretty well except the arena.
@@samthepigman4069it’s mainly the “head weak point” that’s the problem. With Ancient Dragons, every part of their bodies have insanely high defenses except for their heads. Only problem is, they very rarely lower their heads.
Regular Dragons are modeled after Midir and you are expected to fight them head-on. They have a similar instance of good defenses on the body with a weak point on the head. Ancient Dragons are completely new and keep their heads held high, unlike Midir or the modern dragons. So their 90% damage resistances become an absolute chore to deal with when they refuse to lower their heads in melee range.
@Rexis102 Even with thr regular dragons it can be difficult to hit their heads because you're expected to do jumping attacks to hit them, only problem is jumping attacks have poor tracking especially when hitting something above you and if you have a small weapon it can be infuriatingly difficult to hit their heads, it's just more consistent to hit literally any other part of their body
@@samthepigman4069 honestly charged R2s on the ground works really well if you know positioning. Only time it becomes wonky is when dragons stand on uneven terrain.
@Rexis102 Yeah but I can't think of a single reason to fight any of the dragons because they give no worthwhile rewards
Extremely underrated. Also this boss should've been a late-game healthbar
Agreed! Lichdragon is my favorite😁
To be fair he was deathblighted, prime fortissax wouldve been so sick
I honestly don't understand the HP/damage of some remembrance bosses. Rennala and Morgott are especially easy for shardbearers but yeah Fortissax is criminally underpowered especially when you consider that he is after the Valiant Gargoyles who are extremely tough together
@@franciscoreza8295maybe in the DLC?
@@valentinvas6454you don’t need to fight valiant gargoyles to reach deeproot depths
3:11, craziest build up since vordt.
3:14 goosebumps
Also at 4:42, these parts are sick af
BEST. PART.
Everything after the 1:55 minute mark is absolutely insane
I would expect Grimm to have good taste in video game boss themes
2:23 goosbumps
RichDragon FortySstax🗣🗣💲💲🔥🔥
What an amazing theme, it’s a shame I can’t hear it over the LIGHTNING AND THE SCREAMING
A strategy for fighting Fortissax:
Open menu ➡️ Audio settings
Effects volume ⬇️
Music volume ⬆️⬆️⬆️
@@falcoon_f_zero9450 that is absolutely most effective method for fighting him. Unfortunately by the time you reach him, you will be overleveled for him and kill him fast.
@@falcoon_f_zero9450praise the message!
Orphan of Kos moment
DS1 is the only souls game I played with sound effects at high volume
Fighting Fortissax after knowing the lore is just cream
Cream 🤨
@@Aurelius1239 🤤 cream
cream 😩
Elden Rings OST is fucking good that I just want to cry every time I listen to it.
A fellow MGS enjoyer 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Wait till you play ds3 and Bloodborne
@@jae7044Bloodborne boss ost kinda lacking except the big 3 imo(gehrman, maria, Ludwig)
@@HuleHulale Cleric beast, Living Failures and Orphan of Kos are also good imo
@@HuleHulaleTbf the big three have arguably the best themes of any from soft boss ever. Seriously, the violin part in ghermans theme is so emotional
That part at 3:13 just FEELS like its Godwyn's theme. It plays when Fortissax starts using the golden lightning, and its so -heroic-. I'll always lament that we never got to fight Godwyn.
Would've been a better final boss for the dlc than what we got
@@ThePerson44godwyn is litteraly dead in soul while his body is a zombie. Having him as the final boss would have made complete nonsense
@@alex-plorateur793wasn’t miquella trying to revive him? I personally think Godwyn taking radahns place as the final boss after being revived in the shadow realm would’ve been sick but ig radahn wasn’t a terrible choice just not what I expected
@@mllrd yup but he failed, as we can understand in castel sol in the snow fields iirc
@@alex-plorateur793it doesn't even have to be a revived Godwyn, even just Miquella's memory of him would have been a better fight than Promised Consort remix.
This might be the best song in the game, 500 hours played and maybe beat fortissax 4 or 5 times total, never listened that closely to his theme.
I beat him again today and was absolutely blown away by this track.
I’ve beaten him once. I dragged the fight out listening to this ost
0:58 those choirs... every time i hear them, i completelly feel tragedy, disgust, hate and rage transformed to a stressfull stare
loser
Definitely one of my favorite songs in the soundtrack
Best theme in the game for me. This is just beyond epic and it fits Fortissax’s aesthetic perfectly. Crying of joy!
I never realized how amazing this boss's theme was until giving it a more proper listen recently. I think I can now confidently call this the most slept-on track in the game, lol. It almost sounds like a rock song disguised as an orchestral piece. Reminds me of Troupe Master Grimm from Hollow Knight, or Monstrosity from Fire Emblem Awakening.
0:01 How inviting 😊
0:26-0:58 hits different for me. It sounds like a mix of excitement in battling Fortissax but also tragic in how Fortissax could not save his friend and too became corrupted
It's too bad he's so easy to take down. He has an awesome look and one of the best themes in Elden Ring. The part starting at 2:48 is my favorite.
3:14 this reminds me of living failures ost
Damn it does. That’s why it’s so good lol.
3:05
One of the best ost ever
What a banger of a boss fight theme, it kept me focused that I managed to beat this absolute of a Chad boss in two tries only with a Strength Build, I absolutely love this boss fight, this dude is the best dragon boss in the game.
Placidusax like got 5x more health than Fortissax. Such a shame Fromsoft thought of him as a mid game boss.
Well, Placidusax is the DRAGONLORD that holds farum azula stuck in state beyond time... He is much more of a badass than Fortissax
@@amai-w8fthen how come Fortissax looks so much more badass than him?
@@themustardman219placidusax is past his prime, he had more than two heads initially
@@chongyvevo doesn't make him not look fat and not as badass looking as Fortissax. Having more heads doesn't help
It's more like 3 times. Fortissax has around 10k hp while Placidusax has 30k hp
Lichdargon Fortnite-Sex is my favourite boss in Elden Ring
I have no idea how to reply to this but yes lichdargon fortnite-sex is a great boss
Rich dragon forty stax is an amazing boss
Dickdragon orgy-sex really is cool
Witch Dragon Forty Six is a great boss
0:58 to 1:31 gives me absolute shivers, goosebumps all over 🥶
Lichdragon Fortisuck 🔥🔥
richdragon fortystacks 🔥🔥🔥
The start with the organ and choir setting up this feeling of despair and horror, then the undercurrent of grief in the violin building up to the forefront. The calm before the storm leading into a complete tonal shift, from horror to majesty, from pain to glory alongside the amazing build up until the beat drop. Perfection.
when we defeat him,he finally free from nightmare
Maybe I faced this boss much too late or maybe it's because I was using a mage build, but this boss is much too easy considering his lore and song. I didn't even notice he had a second phase...
Missed him on my faith/strengh run though since I wasn't doing Fia's questline, so I don't know how hard he his with melee builds
he's very easy, they didn't give him enough health
Best Soundtrack in Elden Ring.
Mama maia what in the good dam fuck is this amazing music Like holy crap I am alive right now
Am I the only one who thinks that the second part of this OST would be perfect for a surprise boss? that after defeating Fortissax everything turned dark and out of nowhere a body of death blight emerged from the ground, a man with black hair, a figure very similar to radagon, but at the same time with a very different aura, he would rise like death itself before us and after that his boss name would appear: Godwyn prince of death and then this music begins to play 1:54
It wouldnt make sense lorewise, but if you made fortissax super unknown yet cool in the world. And before fortissax, there was some deathblight boss. That)d be cool
Elden Ring fans thinking of every way possible the dead guy could be a boss fight (he can’t (he’s dead))
@@A-Rune-bear it is a dream, anything could happen
Always get goosebumps with how the boss fight is introduced
Perfect ost .Elden ring is epic
Pov: you dodge your dad's belt 3:15
No... you catch it.
you dogde your dad s balls 🏀🏀
3:15 goes insanely fucking hard
This is gonna be orgasmic at the Elden Ring Symphonic Adventure next month.
See you there man ;) ill fucking dragon-scream at you 😂
It was, in fact, the only original track not played at the orchestra 😞
@@MarcoDiCesar Me and a few others shouted "FORTISAX" at the end, when the orchestra was considering playing another soundtrack. But they played Godfrey's theme instead.
@@eminemfan3333 Was it at the 1st showing? Heard some guys shouting for it. At least we got an encore for Godfrey.
@@MarcoDiCesar I think it was only one showing, 28th April morning. But yeah, at least we got that ;)
Bro just wanted to help his bro... 😔
If we do fight Godwyn in Shadow of the Erdtree, I pray they get Yoshimi Kudo to do the boss theme cause goddamn did he cook for the theme he gave Fortissax.
Second phase is amazing
Best OST in the game
Top 3 bosses and OSTs in the game for sure, his lore is tragic yet beautiful, he and his sister are very interesting characters and not just random dragons who are strong and look cool asf. I wish he was a endgame boss since he is the final fight of the duskborn ending quest.. I wonder if the planned to have these quest bosses as real endgame or even final bosses, when I first saw astel in the trailer I was almost convinced he would be the final boss like moon presence
They made this fight way too fucking easy to have an OST like this.
That 4:42 part is insanely epic.
Agreed
no itsd not
i like to think this is what godwyns theme would sound like just more creepy and less primal
Such a phenominal track, the organ and the choir are just SO DAMN GOOD!!! And the design and attacks alone that make up Fortissax are all S tier. It just really bugs me that he has such low health, especially considering what you have to do to even fight him
I love GOW Ragnarok OST, but I can't belive Elden Ring OST lost to GOW Ragnarok.
Hands down the greatest track in all of elden ring
0:34 chills bro
It's RichDragon FortySstax!
I wish Elden Ring had more OSTs with organs.
The first half of this OST is *the* perfect way to describe the “anger” part of the stages of grief.
Still think this boss deserved better in the endgame, banger design, banger ost, banger actual moveset, banger arena fight, had fun doing the questline to reach him as well
the fight goes so hard when the violin(?) kicks In around 2:47
Easily the best ost in the game
KING
This song is awesome
2:48 is my favourite part
I’m actually convinced Elden ring was made by straight aliens bro like every ost especially fortissaxs is straight gas💯💯💯💯💯
Came here because I melted his healthbar with my shadow flame build and I wanted to enjoy his amazing music more
Best dragon in the game, what a shame he has no health
Oh shit it’s richdragon fortystaxx
pov: you've never heard the cool part ingame because you kill him too fast
3:13 is absolutely insane
no its nit
Kovacek Via
3:15 holy shit that drop.
Better than 99% of the drops we get nowadays
i missed out on so much of this fight because i did fia's quest late, why does the guy guarding a mending rune have less hp than the farum azula dragon?
Still the best fight.
Easily the best in the game imo
I deem this the official theme of Godwyn, The Golden.
No, fortissax deserves this theme.
@@047-j2yNo, both do.
What a fucking awesome theme man. A shame the boss itself is just kind of okay for me.
Fr, he deserved so much and not even just for the music (which is like my fav in this game), got done dirty dirty.... although i think people on pc did make a mod or 2 to buff him for more hype in the battle
Game glitched and me and my friend were stuck on the bossfight reappearing there everytime we died being forced to fight him over and over again until we were victorious.
But the music didnt play again until his second phase.. i feel like i missed a crucial part of the bossfight
pumped the music up to 11 and beat Fortissax RL1 +0. 10/10
Everyone complaining how easy he is; summon 2 random ppl, tell them to stay back and solo him on your own. Then you get your end game boss.
At least thats how i do it
Unupgradee weapons another way
Presentation on this boss was so good. Not sure why people complain about it being a reskin of Lansseax, by that logic Godfrey is a reskin of Goldfrey and Godrick is a reskin of Godefroy
Goldfrey and Godefroy are reskins of their respective remembrance bosses. Godfrey’s first phase was ruined by goldfrey, and Godefroy had no reason to even be a boss. Lansseax and Fortissax are far different from one another so not sure where you heard that.
This boss is the greatest evil of every game. Besting him make us unable to get hugged. Poor Fia...
Build up OST for no nut November
We’ll OFF TO VISIT YOUR
FATHER
*I'll give you a good home*
@@splitjawjanitor5369 *unimaginable terror*
You know what is a crime? That is one of the few bosses that it's designed very well, the music is kickass and the ambience it's amazing... And is optional and pretty cryptic how to fight it.
For real, what the hell happened with boss design in Elden Ring?
I think the fact that it's optional is even better. Just like Malenia or Placidusax. They make these awesome bosses and don't even make them mandatory. That says something about how good they make their games. Most other games would put this much effort into the final boss but Fromsoft does it for a side boss
It being optional and cryptic makes it more memorable for the people who chose to explore
That's why it's a good open world game, with side content of this caliber
The only genuinely impressive track in the game, and Fromsoft just actively decided NOT to allow this man to make any new tracks for the DLC (same with Yuka)??
this young kitamura i think
Godrick, Mohg, Godskin and Radahn all go hard as hell.
THE SIMPDRAGON
That's mommy Lansseax
very great theme for a reskin boss fight
It’s literally not
is literally not but ok
How dare you insult the next in line of the "Dread" title
@@xEcuador1 from a design perspective yeah he's lansseax but black and deathblighted. but his moveset is different.
what an amazing ost for a horrible boss (for melee builds)
Im a melee build snd it was super fun
i dont get it unlike godfrey
godfrey theme is mid compared to this lol
@@andrei-cezarbleaje5519all i hear is screams in this ost
Its sad that they put so much effort on a weak boss
Definitely should have been an endgame boss
This is so good, too bad it's held back by tactical lightning strikes, and shortened by the boss either getting pwned or one shotting the player from outside the screen because of how lock-on works on ancient dragons.
I've slayed it once, I can do it again.
3:12
1:56
1:57
3:14