so just to be clear - the context of each ranking, is in regards to the power of the bosses AS WE FIGHT THEM IN-CANON, within the game, correct? NOT, as to their full-strength selves, as they might've been in the distant past (Like with Radahn, Placidusax & Bayle, etc-etc)
This is absolutely incredible work. From someone who has spent the last 2 years delving into the lore of ER while also being a powerscaler... this is phenomenal. Props to you. You've gained a new sub! :)
Rykard reminds me of a man who grew up but forgot to abandon his childish fantasies aka I will be a space ranger. Like his entire idea with the god devouring snake was doomed to fail from the beginning due to the sheer absurdity of it.
20 minute episode of a show: Ehhhhhh, maybe I'll watch it 8 hour long video about Elden Ring lore: *puts on most expensive suit* Alright gentlemen, let us commence forth.
An 8 hour video packed full of interesting lore explanations for the entirety of Elden Ring’s world, and the biggest revelation comes 15 minutes in when you learn the Spiritcaller Snail has a grab attack
At first I was like cool video, then I saw your comment during the add and wondered what the hell you meant. But I quickly realized that the video is 8 fucking hours long
Just want to say that the rennala illusion was entirely ranni’s doing. The second phase, she literally says you who disturbs my mother’s despair, now face the queen of the full moon and send word that the queen of Caria is still here in her strength. Rennala didn’t speak at all and was in fact just reaching for the egg. So it ranni who placed that illusion to those who dared attack her mother.
@@BorrasitoTakaTaka Probably. She stopped the Golden Order with a huge army of 20 Knights and some nerds at her side. Marika literally had to leave the Golden Order completely to stop Rennala. Would be weird if she wasnt OP, in her prime, just like virtually every remembrance boss we fight, except Godrick and Rykard.
This is unbelievably insane. One would think that you'd just name out the bosses with some simple commentary and not give a whole history on every one of them. EXCELLENT work.
Any other UA-camr would split this thing up into like 8-10 parts and release one every 2-3 weeks for max profit. This guy just throws the whole thing at his audience. Truly a man of the people
Honestly, I think Messmer is a little overrated by the community. Like, I've seen people put him higher than Radhan and Malenia, and I think people forget that he didn't just solo the whole Land of Shadows. He had an entire army to back him up, plus Rellana (who, if we take a look at Moorth Ruins, can level a village by herself). It's obviously very impressive that he accomplished all of this without a Great Rune, but even with it, I don't think he'd quite reach the heights of Miquella, Malenia or even Radhan.
@@Dutchy4564 Yeah, but they both did much more impressive things by themselves. Malenia's nuke was enough to devastate all of Caelid, which is the size of a small country, and Radhan, though he wasn't literally holding back stars, was still performing the greatest feat of magic we've ever seen in the Elden Ring universe. The only thing we've ever seen Messmer do is kill three Dancing Lions, which isn't bad, but it doesn't really compare to the other two's feats.
Soldier of God, Rick being so low? I guess we are only judging him by the 0.000000000000001% of his true power that he shows us in the game. He could have become Elden Lord but he instead guided us along that path instead. so selfless.
I thought the phase 2 fight with rennala was just a projection like sewer mohg, put in place by ranni to protect her mother. Thats why ranni introduces her and also why rennala initially looks like a spirit before taking full form and color, and why shes still alive after the battle.
With regard to the leonine misbegotten, the golden order great sword is only one example of a legendary armament wielded by a misbegotten. There is also the grafted blade great sword and the ruins great sword, making 3/9 of the games legendary armaments wielded by these misbegotten. Further supporting your points that they were formidable warriors
I’ve been watching this on and off for the past couple of days in my free time and I’m genuinely astonished with the consistency and lack of a drop in quality commentary through the video. This is an amazing video and I can’t imagine the amount of time that went into making it. Thank you for blessing us with this anthology-level video.
I prefer him both as a character and as a boss, but putting Bayle that high over Placidusax is crazy when they fought and Bayle LOST. There's no reason to assume Bayle is any stronger now than he was when he challenged Placidusax. The idea that Bayle is using Placidusax's heads to conjure Placidusax's wings is complete headcanon. There's no reason to assume Bayle can't do that on his own when Bayle's wings are clearly different than Placidusax's. Bayle 's wings have the distinct curved talon that all drakes do while Placidusax's do not. Though Bayle's access to flame lightning is noteworthy for sure, it clearly wasn't enough for him to beat Placidusax in the first place. The ancient dragons manipulating humans to fight their race war for them isn't a feat for Bayle or the drakes.
Iirc Bayle was consuming drakes to further increase his strengths and restore what was lost. Whereas Placidusax is sort of stuck in stasis. I’d assume them relatively equal in their respective primes, but not after the fight
@@NiceIndeed There's literally nothing in the game in imply this. If you're referring to the dead drake bodies outside of his arena, this could much more realistically be explained by Bayle's territorial/aggressive nature as a drake. Not once is there any mention of drakes cannibalizing eachother for power. But... on the same mountain we run into two drakes fighting each other seemingly for no reason other than instinct. @CosmereReviews If the ranking is based on how powerful they are when we meet them, what gives Bayle the edge? Bayle obviously walked away much more fucked up from their battle than Placidusax did. Bayle hasn't been training up for his get-back against Placidusax and there's nothing to imply he couldn't do everything we see him do during the boss fight but better (We can even assume safely that Bayle first used his spectral wings to escape from Placidusax after he lost own). You're arguing that the Bayle hopping along on one leg, missing both his wings, and covered in wounds is in his prime? Huh? So Placidusax was dormant/praying/sleeping/whatever when we find him. So what? He wakes up and he's seemingly just as ready to fight as ever. The only valid argument I can see here for Placidusax being significantly weaker now then he was is that being abandoned by his outer god somehow made him physically weaker, but once again, that'd be entirely speculative. If you want to talk anti-feats, Igon canonically fought Bayle and lived to tell the tale. (granted he is him) (Guys I love Bayle too, but he was the UNDERDOG of their fight. He HAD to run away.)
I’ve had a UA-cam account for over 10 years and have maybe commented on a handful of videos and I want to say I appreciate the work you put into this video. As a fan of this lore I’m happy you have been able to do it justice and keep me entertained the last couple while I’ve been locked inside with Covid
Wow the madman actually did it. Been legit waiting on this for months. Best idea for UA-cam videos I’ve seen in years. Looking forward to more strongest in lore content from you going forward
I just finished this, and as a longtime lore fanatic, this is absolutely incredible, and I really love how you researched everything. So much effort into this video!
I'm near the 6 hours mark (just finished The Scadutree Avatar) and I'm constantly amazed by how spot on your lore analysis is. This video is literally the best source of Elden Ring lore, there isn't much wild speculation here, everything is grounded in actual text. Great job!
You do well to take pride in your work. This is spectacular on so many levels. Watched it slowly everyday since it came out and every minute was fun. No reminders, nothing. Just craving the video. Hats off.
iirc both finlay and the unnamed cleanrot knight bosses have halo scythes, indicating they were commanders in rank with malenia's forces. they're probably comparable in strength man. don't think too hard now
@@trevorBbracket THE UNNAMED SLOP KNIGHTS WE FIGHT ARE SNOOZING IN WRETCHED CAVE GUNK FOR GOD KNOWS HOW LONG AND SEEING HOW THEY RISE FROM THE OOZE THEY WERE BURIED IN IT LIKE PREHISTORIC FOSSILS AND PROBABLY HAVE THE SAME IQ
@@trevorBbracket the SLOP knights we fight are in a random cave buried in SLOP like PREHISTORIC FOSSILS ONG ! ! They ain't beating the Bear Witness or,, normal BEAR they cant even beat the SLOP in their SLOP den
Loved the video i’ve been watching it at work over all my youtube accounts. The amount of detail you put into the video is insane and im sure will be used for reference by many elden ring content creators! one thing of advice i’d say for future videos of this length is Instead of releasing the full 8 hr video, you could have released it in 4 two hour videos or 8 1 hr videos over. All your other ranking videos are 1 to 2 hrs, i’d say keeping them around that range is good. I’ve seen and heard from other creators the super long videos arent the best for youtube’s weird algorithm anymore. All the work you put into this video deserves to be seen by the millions of elden ring fans!
I’ve been waiting for MONTHS for this video and it did not disappoint in the slightest, I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it. I just wanted to comment on it to interact and show the love, seriously looking forward to the next project you put out
I don't know if I'll be able to finish it but this is amazing. You put tons of effort into this and who knows maybe I'll come back and edit this comment when I finish watching it.
What I learned from this video: 1. POWAH 2. Bureaucracy 3. Hierarchy 4. Monopoly Awesome vid, your magnum opus. I disagree with some of the latest placements (Tannith does admit that Rykard was "still weak" after we kill him, so I would put him at least below Malenia), but the overall work put into this deserves respect. Waiting for the DLC to drop was worthwhile.
5:07:12 Witch-Hunter Jerren is a former General of Radahns army. Most likely his friend from the time they studied at the academy as Jerren is a sorcerer. His final duty to help his lord find an end in battle. O'neills needle is the one Malenia broke when she unleashed the Rot in Caelid. He found it evidenced by him being at the spot the fight took place.
This video was a work of art. I literally started watching it the day of it came out and took me almost a week to finish. Really great overview of the lore and you introduced me to some theories I hadnt heard before. Truely a crime how few subscribers you have but its just a matter of time with the quality of your uploads
@@Gaaaarf in lore carian knight balls gets absolutely bodied by a godskin The only spell he is shown casting is tremendous phalanx and otherwise hes just a regular old troll Absolutely incomparable to big G
Finally finished and wow, that was a great breakdown of... basically everything the lore. That's why I was excited by how you would cover ER since with there being 300+ bosses, you basically would be covering and going through the entirety of ER's lore due to the style of coverage with there ranking videos. I love the fact that you covered that Metyr disappears into the void, rather than dissipating into the air after our battle with her. I have seen hardly anybody bring this up, which is weird because it was the first thing I noticed a few months ago. I feel like that could lead to further plot points in a sequel regarding the Greater Will/Golden Order. Which would be interesting considering our Tarnished from ER1 would have slain basically all the protectors and those aligned with the Golden Order. Again fantastic video and you're the absolute goat for spending I'm sure many, MANY ours compiling, editing, and bringing this all together in such a awesome way
@@Kratos_1572Agreed, both Midra and Messmer are automatic top 10, and depending on your interpretation you can even push them all the way to top 5. Rykard and Metyr are also way too high, a little bit of scaling actually shows this. Rykard is literally a demigod which automatically means he is weaker than Radahn who is stated to be the strongest demigod by multiple people. Yet, Rykard still ranked above Maliketh? A person who all the demigods including Radahn feared? Midra is an actual lord of frenzied flame, a failed one but still. And Messmer who has Radahn’s rival as his general(who he is therefore automatically stronger than even in just his base form) is literally ranked lower than Morgott. As a reminder Radahn is the strongest demigod meaning he is stronger than Morgott by default. Honestly, Margott vs Gaius on its own is already a tough debate as both scale to Radahn but are both still weaker than him. So logically speaking,even base form Messmer, who literally has Gaius surve him as his general is going to beat Margott at like mid to high difficulty.
i agree about messmer and midra needing to be higher, however regarding rykard this isnt regular demigos rykard, this is the god devouring serpent eiglay who has consumed rykard(a powerful demigod) as well as likely hundreds of mighty tarnished. regular rykard probably would even be top 50
@@arturmagomedov4849your logic makes no sense, you’re taking general statements and making outlandish conclusions. Radahn is stated the mightiest as a reference to his battle prowess, and those who state that don’t even know half the other demigods exist. Morgott defends the capital infinitely, and beat Radahn, he is obviously above Gaius. Messmer and Radahn being rivals in youth doesn’t mean they’re equal at all. Rykard being a demigod doesn’t mean shit, it’s the fact he fed himself to the serpent, that power isn’t reflective of being a demigod at all.
@@vryyyx I think you misread some of the things I said. I literally stated Messmer and Radahn were rivals, it was Gaius and Radahn that were rivals, which shows that they at least operated on the same tier of strength which Messmer scales above even in with his power sealed as he had Gaius as his general, therefore showing he had more power than him. And Morgott is never shown to defeating Radahn and you can’t use the intro cutscene image to prove that he did because we don’t have the context behind it and for all we know he could of just sneak attacked Radahn and then got immediately overpowered by him. And while it is true Morgott repelled Radahn and his army it was most definitely only possible because he had the biggest, oldest army in the Lands Between under his command. On top of that Morgott only had to defend while Radahn was the one attacking, it is pretty common knowledge that defending is much easier than attacking. There are other things I disagree with you on but honestly I am too lazy to name them and I already said everything I wanted to say.
I am 100% liking and subscribing just due to the sheer time and effort put into this, not sure if I'll have the time to watch the whole thing but on principle I gotta respect the dedication. Oh, and stay safe out there friends. Don't you dare go Hollow.
Finally finished the Video! Don't agree with everything but see your reasoning for every single one. Great piece of writing, entertaining and thoughtful! Thank you!
I just finished the vid, the only thing i disagree wth is rykard being over maliketh, the game never states that he was more than capable of killing maliketh and even with the blasphemous claw, he still feared him
thats all rykard before he fed himself to the serpent and consumed a bunch of strong tarnished. og rykard would 100% be below maliketh but this is rykard + god devouring serpent whose been fed for probably centuries
@@Snagavitch Rykard's goal isn't to beat anyone. He's not Godfrey or Radahn. His base instinct right now is to devour as much as he can and grow as much as he can, just like any snake. Like a snake, while he's eating, he's not doing much else. So for now, Rykard is just waiting, growing more powerful with each sacrifice brought to him, but incapable of fulfilling his goal.
Man, what a great video, has some of the most interesting lore interpretations and a great ranking of the bosses, of course, i agree and disagre with some placements but still, one of my favortite videos on elden ring.
This is absolutely brilliant and inspiring. You’re insightful and you’re love and passion for the games universe really comes through. It’s a privilege to watch your videos. Thank you
i do wanna add my personal input, no bias my intent, malenia and radahn stalemated and THEN she bloomed, it was directly stated neither were able to exactly finish off the other "malenia and radahn locked horns in combat" - "the two stalemated, THAN the scarlet flower bloomed" - implying malenia and radahn were at a draw when she bloomed, both matching each other- the trailer CUTS to malenia getting her prosthetic arm cut off, but the fight obviously was not onesided, i must also point out- the trailer has several mistakes, not exactly mistakes but rather it lacks context because it was before the games release, when Malenia fixes her prosthetic arm, thats her seeing Radahn for the first time, and him seeing her, she is wounded and fearlessly fights on also, Malenia's scarlet rot would have killed radahn had his greatrune not burned which greatly confuses me as to why you said he stands greater than her even though we see she is nearly unaffected, waiting for miquella to return at the base of the haligtree because it makes me feel you either are biased or did not deepdive this situation enough, no offense because this video is absolutely amazing and your work here is awesome, next, you refer to Radahn as greater than Malenia multiple times, even calling to Millicents diologue, which is poorly translated, the original diologue was, in the best way to explain it possible, she "abandoned her caution with the scarlet rot" not her pride, also not to meet his measure, ofc you cant perfectly translate japanese to english, also, irrelevant- but CG. World states Malenia was beaten black and blue before her fight with Radahn, and Game Guide states she had a narrow victory over him, in the trailer you can even see her face bleeding from combat before, now finally- you use the stars as a drawing of comparison to malenia holding back the outer god of rot, but the stars have had no confirmation to actually weaken radahn, this is all just my personal observations as someone who also does deepdives into the lore.
I'm not sure it matters, Malenia was put over Radhan in the list anyway, right? It was Radhan's realm that got nuked, Malenia's was more than fine. Malenia fully recovered, Radahn never did. No matter who won the immediate battle, Malenia won the war in almost every way.
You asked for it - it's finally here! Peep the description for timestamps. Big Love to you all!
It was a great watch! I see why it took so long😅 For Metyr though, was there a symbolic reason to giving her rank number “0” rather than 1?
so just to be clear - the context of each ranking, is in regards to the power of the bosses AS WE FIGHT THEM IN-CANON, within the game, correct? NOT, as to their full-strength selves, as they might've been in the distant past (Like with Radahn, Placidusax & Bayle, etc-etc)
THIS IS WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR
Crazy work man good job
This is absolutely incredible work. From someone who has spent the last 2 years delving into the lore of ER while also being a powerscaler... this is phenomenal. Props to you. You've gained a new sub! :)
Btw, if anyone is wondering why rick soldier of god is so low, it's because this list is in reverse order from strongest to weakest
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@@BestiaryYT obvly the cosmic slug is sooo weak
@@somebody4094Yeah, all you need is cosmic salt and it dies
Makes sense
@@AngelsMultiverse a bit of heresy, two hammer blows and you have a plate of escargot ready
104: Runebear
1: That Runebear in Dragonbarrow Cave
0: the snowy runebears in the consecrated snowfields
He's my favourite testing dummy
@@gorilla_2282 Mine too! I consider a build good if you can 1v1 a polar runebear without problems.
8 hours? Damn.
Rykard number one obviously. He has the Power of Family. And Family always wins.
so long as family stays TOGETHAAAAHHH
Its pronounced FAMILEEEEE
*”see you again” plays in the background*
Rykard reminds me of a man who grew up but forgot to abandon his childish fantasies aka I will be a space ranger. Like his entire idea with the god devouring snake was doomed to fail from the beginning due to the sheer absurdity of it.
TOGETHAAAAA
20 minute episode of a show: Ehhhhhh, maybe I'll watch it
8 hour long video about Elden Ring lore: *puts on most expensive suit* Alright gentlemen, let us commence forth.
We eatin good tonight boys
An 8 hour video packed full of interesting lore explanations for the entirety of Elden Ring’s world, and the biggest revelation comes 15 minutes in when you learn the Spiritcaller Snail has a grab attack
5:38:12
Holy shit, looks like I'm not going to be bored this week
Watch it all at once. Embrace your full potential.
😂
At first I was like cool video, then I saw your comment during the add and wondered what the hell you meant. But I quickly realized that the video is 8 fucking hours long
I had the same thought but instead of this week I thought of this night... Help me
get a job
Just want to say that the rennala illusion was entirely ranni’s doing. The second phase, she literally says you who disturbs my mother’s despair, now face the queen of the full moon and send word that the queen of Caria is still here in her strength. Rennala didn’t speak at all and was in fact just reaching for the egg. So it ranni who placed that illusion to those who dared attack her mother.
Then four hours later me and ranni were married cuz i killed some space scorpion and she turned to dust
Wait, Is Rennala a lot more powerful than what we actual see in her boss fight?
@@BorrasitoTakaTaka Probably. She stopped the Golden Order with a huge army of 20 Knights and some nerds at her side. Marika literally had to leave the Golden Order completely to stop Rennala. Would be weird if she wasnt OP, in her prime, just like virtually every remembrance boss we fight, except Godrick and Rykard.
@@ryanergo754 Aaand Mohg, and Morgott, and Malenia, and Messmer, and-, wait, actually, there's a lot of bosses we fight in their prime lmao
@@xd-px5nemorgott isn't in his prime at all.
This is unbelievably insane. One would think that you'd just name out the bosses with some simple commentary and not give a whole history on every one of them. EXCELLENT work.
Any other UA-camr would split this thing up into like 8-10 parts and release one every 2-3 weeks for max profit. This guy just throws the whole thing at his audience. Truly a man of the people
Imagine how strong messmer would be if he had a great rune
Right?
Honestly, I think Messmer is a little overrated by the community. Like, I've seen people put him higher than Radhan and Malenia, and I think people forget that he didn't just solo the whole Land of Shadows. He had an entire army to back him up, plus Rellana (who, if we take a look at Moorth Ruins, can level a village by herself). It's obviously very impressive that he accomplished all of this without a Great Rune, but even with it, I don't think he'd quite reach the heights of Miquella, Malenia or even Radhan.
@@pietrocatalano4285 ok but radahn and malenia both had an army as well
@@Dutchy4564 Yeah, but they both did much more impressive things by themselves. Malenia's nuke was enough to devastate all of Caelid, which is the size of a small country, and Radhan, though he wasn't literally holding back stars, was still performing the greatest feat of magic we've ever seen in the Elden Ring universe. The only thing we've ever seen Messmer do is kill three Dancing Lions, which isn't bad, but it doesn't really compare to the other two's feats.
@@pietrocatalano4285he's also the one who solo killed all those fire giants at the mountains
“Babe can I pick the movie tonight?”
Soldier of God, Rick being so low? I guess we are only judging him by the 0.000000000000001% of his true power that he shows us in the game. He could have become Elden Lord but he instead guided us along that path instead. so selfless.
No shame in that I mean it wouldn't even be fair if we used his true power.
You can even see him on a flaming motorcycle during the hidden chaos ending riding into the sunset where he shows us one last bit of respect.
I thought the phase 2 fight with rennala was just a projection like sewer mohg, put in place by ranni to protect her mother. Thats why ranni introduces her and also why rennala initially looks like a spirit before taking full form and color, and why shes still alive after the battle.
it absolutely is. an projection by ranni demonstrating rennalas strength in her prime
@@ShadeStormXDbut was ranni able to project renalla exactly in her prime strenght? Or she is not as strong because is Just an illusion?
@@vinicius_games31 probably not as strong as real renalla, otherwise that would mean ranni is insanely op
@@blazinglions9554 She is, though. Only character in the game we can never harm.
@@mirayoquese8608we cant harm her because she is already dead
With regard to the leonine misbegotten, the golden order great sword is only one example of a legendary armament wielded by a misbegotten. There is also the grafted blade great sword and the ruins great sword, making 3/9 of the games legendary armaments wielded by these misbegotten. Further supporting your points that they were formidable warriors
Love your content. I’ll be here watching if you keep making these “strongest in lore” videos!
I’ve been watching this on and off for the past couple of days in my free time and I’m genuinely astonished with the consistency and lack of a drop in quality commentary through the video. This is an amazing video and I can’t imagine the amount of time that went into making it. Thank you for blessing us with this anthology-level video.
Wow, that is an a lot of effort. Thanks for this enormous project.
8 hours? I’m locked in Mr. Bestiary…
No ads on an 8 hour video? Respect to you man, u got a new sub
No one:
Bestiary: “TOTALITY”
I prefer him both as a character and as a boss, but putting Bayle that high over Placidusax is crazy when they fought and Bayle LOST. There's no reason to assume Bayle is any stronger now than he was when he challenged Placidusax. The idea that Bayle is using Placidusax's heads to conjure Placidusax's wings is complete headcanon. There's no reason to assume Bayle can't do that on his own when Bayle's wings are clearly different than Placidusax's. Bayle 's wings have the distinct curved talon that all drakes do while Placidusax's do not.
Though Bayle's access to flame lightning is noteworthy for sure, it clearly wasn't enough for him to beat Placidusax in the first place. The ancient dragons manipulating humans to fight their race war for them isn't a feat for Bayle or the drakes.
placidusax was fed up with dealing with bayles inbred shit so he outsourced
Iirc Bayle was consuming drakes to further increase his strengths and restore what was lost. Whereas Placidusax is sort of stuck in stasis. I’d assume them relatively equal in their respective primes, but not after the fight
The ranking is based on how powerful they are when we meet them
It’s simple: the Placidusax we fight is weaker than the one Bayle fought, and the Bayle we fight is stronger than the one Placidusax fought
@@NiceIndeed There's literally nothing in the game in imply this. If you're referring to the dead drake bodies outside of his arena, this could much more realistically be explained by Bayle's territorial/aggressive nature as a drake. Not once is there any mention of drakes cannibalizing eachother for power. But... on the same mountain we run into two drakes fighting each other seemingly for no reason other than instinct.
@CosmereReviews
If the ranking is based on how powerful they are when we meet them, what gives Bayle the edge? Bayle obviously walked away much more fucked up from their battle than Placidusax did. Bayle hasn't been training up for his get-back against Placidusax and there's nothing to imply he couldn't do everything we see him do during the boss fight but better (We can even assume safely that Bayle first used his spectral wings to escape from Placidusax after he lost own). You're arguing that the Bayle hopping along on one leg, missing both his wings, and covered in wounds is in his prime? Huh?
So Placidusax was dormant/praying/sleeping/whatever when we find him. So what? He wakes up and he's seemingly just as ready to fight as ever. The only valid argument I can see here for Placidusax being significantly weaker now then he was is that being abandoned by his outer god somehow made him physically weaker, but once again, that'd be entirely speculative.
If you want to talk anti-feats, Igon canonically fought Bayle and lived to tell the tale. (granted he is him)
(Guys I love Bayle too, but he was the UNDERDOG of their fight. He HAD to run away.)
6:15:58 Is no one gonna mention how good that transition was? Amazing work not just with the substance but the editing too!
Get this man a like and subscribe, he worked for months without a sponor to create an 8 hour long masterpiece! Gotta support ya, buddy
I’ve had a UA-cam account for over 10 years and have maybe commented on a handful of videos and I want to say I appreciate the work you put into this video. As a fan of this lore I’m happy you have been able to do it justice and keep me entertained the last couple while I’ve been locked inside with Covid
Subbed. This is the single most impressive Elden Ring lore video I've ever had the honor of watching.
Wow the madman actually did it. Been legit waiting on this for months. Best idea for UA-cam videos I’ve seen in years. Looking forward to more strongest in lore content from you going forward
I just finished this, and as a longtime lore fanatic, this is absolutely incredible, and I really love how you researched everything. So much effort into this video!
Holy shit, this is nice, I just got into your stuff and you uploaded this, I will watch all 8 hours
Soldier of God,Rick should have been number 1.
we're eating good this whole week
You should be given a congressional medal of honor for this video and the work that went into it
This video needs own DVD setbox.
I'm near the 6 hours mark (just finished The Scadutree Avatar) and I'm constantly amazed by how spot on your lore analysis is. This video is literally the best source of Elden Ring lore, there isn't much wild speculation here, everything is grounded in actual text. Great job!
My dude, mad props to you 🍻
You do well to take pride in your work. This is spectacular on so many levels. Watched it slowly everyday since it came out and every minute was fun. No reminders, nothing. Just craving the video. Hats off.
Crazy to think that an unnamed Cleanrot Knight would potentially challenge or even beat Godrick
Finlay marched across the lands between.
Godrick retreated across the lands between.
which way, western man?
We dont fight finlay tho we just fight unnamed cleanrot knights which is what was ranked@@trevorBbracket
iirc both finlay and the unnamed cleanrot knight bosses have halo scythes, indicating they were commanders in rank with malenia's forces. they're probably comparable in strength man. don't think too hard now
@@trevorBbracket THE UNNAMED SLOP KNIGHTS WE FIGHT ARE SNOOZING IN WRETCHED CAVE GUNK FOR GOD KNOWS HOW LONG AND SEEING HOW THEY RISE FROM THE OOZE THEY WERE BURIED IN IT LIKE PREHISTORIC FOSSILS AND PROBABLY HAVE THE SAME IQ
@@trevorBbracket the SLOP knights we fight are in a random cave buried in SLOP like PREHISTORIC FOSSILS ONG ! ! They ain't beating the Bear Witness or,, normal BEAR they cant even beat the SLOP in their SLOP den
Loved the video i’ve been watching it at work over all my youtube accounts. The amount of detail you put into the video is insane and im sure will be used for reference by many elden ring content creators!
one thing of advice i’d say for future videos of this length is Instead of releasing the full 8 hr video, you could have released it in 4 two hour videos or 8 1 hr videos over. All your other ranking videos are 1 to 2 hrs, i’d say keeping them around that range is good. I’ve seen and heard from other creators the super long videos arent the best for youtube’s weird algorithm anymore.
All the work you put into this video deserves to be seen by the millions of elden ring fans!
Drink a shot of water every time Bestiary says “on the list” to stay hydrated
I’ve been waiting for MONTHS for this video and it did not disappoint in the slightest, I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it. I just wanted to comment on it to interact and show the love, seriously looking forward to the next project you put out
I don't know if I'll be able to finish it but this is amazing. You put tons of effort into this and who knows maybe I'll come back and edit this comment when I finish watching it.
I’m 10 seconds in. I’ve liked and subscribed. This is…. A monumental task you’ve completed
Holy smokes now thats a long video. Thank you for your efforts. Hope you'll get bigger!
What I learned from this video:
1. POWAH
2. Bureaucracy
3. Hierarchy
4. Monopoly
Awesome vid, your magnum opus. I disagree with some of the latest placements (Tannith does admit that Rykard was "still weak" after we kill him, so I would put him at least below Malenia), but the overall work put into this deserves respect. Waiting for the DLC to drop was worthwhile.
5:07:12 Witch-Hunter Jerren is a former General of Radahns army. Most likely his friend from the time they studied at the academy as Jerren is a sorcerer. His final duty to help his lord find an end in battle.
O'neills needle is the one Malenia broke when she unleashed the Rot in Caelid. He found it evidenced by him being at the spot the fight took place.
Amazing vid bro absolute peak Elden ring content
Holy god its here, I hope you know that your hard work is appreciated
I can’t think of a video that earned a subscribe more than this. All 8 hours done. Subscribed. Thank you. Great work
8 hours? From this channel? This is like a dream come true
This is absolutely amazing. Mad respect for the effort and quality put in the video, it really made my week a lot better
8 hours, man, subbed just cuz of that
This video was a work of art. I literally started watching it the day of it came out and took me almost a week to finish. Really great overview of the lore and you introduced me to some theories I hadnt heard before. Truely a crime how few subscribers you have but its just a matter of time with the quality of your uploads
haven't started it yet but my bet for the strongest would be Dragonlord Placidusax 🐉🐲
I was waiting for you to do this game.
Putting sanguine nobles above fully grown fallingstar beasts and golems is kinda wild. They aint doin ish to those.
So real, carian knight balls does NOT beat a godskin or Elemer or the Flying Dragons either, its crazy how low and high some things are
It’s based on lore not actual gameplay
@@Gaaaarf in lore carian knight balls gets absolutely bodied by a godskin
The only spell he is shown casting is tremendous phalanx and otherwise hes just a regular old troll
Absolutely incomparable to big G
I started watching this video innocently thinking it could be my last before bed. Then I saw how long it is lmao
Your remarks about Metyr definitely solidifies her as the “Ebrietas” of Elden Ring. Lore-wise she’s become one of my favorite bosses in the game.
Finally finished and wow, that was a great breakdown of... basically everything the lore. That's why I was excited by how you would cover ER since with there being 300+ bosses, you basically would be covering and going through the entirety of ER's lore due to the style of coverage with there ranking videos. I love the fact that you covered that Metyr disappears into the void, rather than dissipating into the air after our battle with her. I have seen hardly anybody bring this up, which is weird because it was the first thing I noticed a few months ago. I feel like that could lead to further plot points in a sequel regarding the Greater Will/Golden Order. Which would be interesting considering our Tarnished from ER1 would have slain basically all the protectors and those aligned with the Golden Order. Again fantastic video and you're the absolute goat for spending I'm sure many, MANY ours compiling, editing, and bringing this all together in such a awesome way
THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR
YES! Been waiting on this. Thank you for the great content as always.
the 8h video would be perfect for a long driving travel session
This took weeks of tuning into during work lol ty ty
Heavily disagree with some placements but you put too much work and effort into this for me to give you anything but praise.
Ikr. How is morgott being placed over midra. Lore wise it makes no sense. Messmers placement is also bad.
@@Kratos_1572Agreed, both Midra and Messmer are automatic top 10, and depending on your interpretation you can even push them all the way to top 5. Rykard and Metyr are also way too high, a little bit of scaling actually shows this. Rykard is literally a demigod which automatically means he is weaker than Radahn who is stated to be the strongest demigod by multiple people. Yet, Rykard still ranked above Maliketh? A person who all the demigods including Radahn feared? Midra is an actual lord of frenzied flame, a failed one but still. And Messmer who has Radahn’s rival as his general(who he is therefore automatically stronger than even in just his base form) is literally ranked lower than Morgott. As a reminder Radahn is the strongest demigod meaning he is stronger than Morgott by default. Honestly, Margott vs Gaius on its own is already a tough debate as both scale to Radahn but are both still weaker than him. So logically speaking,even base form Messmer, who literally has Gaius surve him as his general is going to beat Margott at like mid to high difficulty.
i agree about messmer and midra needing to be higher, however regarding rykard this isnt regular demigos rykard, this is the god devouring serpent eiglay who has consumed rykard(a powerful demigod) as well as likely hundreds of mighty tarnished. regular rykard probably would even be top 50
@@arturmagomedov4849your logic makes no sense, you’re taking general statements and making outlandish conclusions. Radahn is stated the mightiest as a reference to his battle prowess, and those who state that don’t even know half the other demigods exist. Morgott defends the capital infinitely, and beat Radahn, he is obviously above Gaius. Messmer and Radahn being rivals in youth doesn’t mean they’re equal at all. Rykard being a demigod doesn’t mean shit, it’s the fact he fed himself to the serpent, that power isn’t reflective of being a demigod at all.
@@vryyyx I think you misread some of the things I said. I literally stated Messmer and Radahn were rivals, it was Gaius and Radahn that were rivals, which shows that they at least operated on the same tier of strength which Messmer scales above even in with his power sealed as he had Gaius as his general, therefore showing he had more power than him. And Morgott is never shown to defeating Radahn and you can’t use the intro cutscene image to prove that he did because we don’t have the context behind it and for all we know he could of just sneak attacked Radahn and then got immediately overpowered by him. And while it is true Morgott repelled Radahn and his army it was most definitely only possible because he had the biggest, oldest army in the Lands Between under his command. On top of that Morgott only had to defend while Radahn was the one attacking, it is pretty common knowledge that defending is much easier than attacking. There are other things I disagree with you on but honestly I am too lazy to name them and I already said everything I wanted to say.
I am 100% liking and subscribing just due to the sheer time and effort put into this, not sure if I'll have the time to watch the whole thing but on principle I gotta respect the dedication.
Oh, and stay safe out there friends. Don't you dare go Hollow.
By the time I'm at the end of the video, I'm gonna forget who were the weakest, let's go!!!
Finally finished the Video! Don't agree with everything but see your reasoning for every single one. Great piece of writing, entertaining and thoughtful! Thank you!
Love the amount of effort and detail you’ve put into this video, you deserve more subs dude
I just finished the vid, the only thing i disagree wth is rykard being over maliketh, the game never states that he was more than capable of killing maliketh and even with the blasphemous claw, he still feared him
thats all rykard before he fed himself to the serpent and consumed a bunch of strong tarnished.
og rykard would 100% be below maliketh but this is rykard + god devouring serpent whose been fed for probably centuries
@@ShadeStormXDif rykard had the strength to topple everyone weaker than him he would have made a move. He wasn’t nearly that powerful yet
@@Snagavitch He doesn't make a move because his only desire right now is to consume.
@@Snagavitch Rykard's goal isn't to beat anyone. He's not Godfrey or Radahn. His base instinct right now is to devour as much as he can and grow as much as he can, just like any snake. Like a snake, while he's eating, he's not doing much else. So for now, Rykard is just waiting, growing more powerful with each sacrifice brought to him, but incapable of fulfilling his goal.
That was pre big ass godly serpent rykard in hjs serpent form hes clearly above maliketh😊
Man, what a great video, has some of the most interesting lore interpretations and a great ranking of the bosses, of course, i agree and disagre with some placements but still, one of my favortite videos on elden ring.
Ive been waiting for months... its beautiful
This is absolutely brilliant and inspiring. You’re insightful and you’re love and passion for the games universe really comes through. It’s a privilege to watch your videos. Thank you
8 hours? Holy shit this is going to make my day. Thank you!
I’ve been waiting for this video for so long! So exited when I saw this!
I JUST FOUND YOUR CHANNEL AND THEN YOU POST AN 8 HOURS VIDEO DAMN
This is what I subscribed for. Excellent work the Bestiary
Are we to expect an NPC video at some point too? I know that's greedy to ask, but your content is just TOO GOOD
Just watched the whole video and thank you for the great content, I don't think I was bored at any point during this video, really well made!
Holy shit 8 hours, you are crazy and o respect
(Sorry for bad english)
This is absolutely genius work!! Really well written, cohesive! It's hard to stop 😅
Me at 3am:"Alright! time for sleep i have tons of stuff todo tomorrow..."
BeastiaryYT:
8 hours, man your work and dedication is admirable and inspiring, now time to spend the entire week on this video
I love these videos
Damn! Im so hyped! This obviously took a lot of work thanks man
i do wanna add my personal input, no bias my intent, malenia and radahn stalemated and THEN she bloomed, it was directly stated neither were able to exactly finish off the other "malenia and radahn locked horns in combat" - "the two stalemated, THAN the scarlet flower bloomed" - implying malenia and radahn were at a draw when she bloomed, both matching each other- the trailer CUTS to malenia getting her prosthetic arm cut off, but the fight obviously was not onesided, i must also point out- the trailer has several mistakes, not exactly mistakes but rather it lacks context because it was before the games release, when Malenia fixes her prosthetic arm, thats her seeing Radahn for the first time, and him seeing her, she is wounded and fearlessly fights on also, Malenia's scarlet rot would have killed radahn had his greatrune not burned which greatly confuses me as to why you said he stands greater than her even though we see she is nearly unaffected, waiting for miquella to return at the base of the haligtree because it makes me feel you either are biased or did not deepdive this situation enough, no offense because this video is absolutely amazing and your work here is awesome, next, you refer to Radahn as greater than Malenia multiple times, even calling to Millicents diologue, which is poorly translated, the original diologue was, in the best way to explain it possible, she "abandoned her caution with the scarlet rot" not her pride, also not to meet his measure, ofc you cant perfectly translate japanese to english, also, irrelevant- but CG. World states Malenia was beaten black and blue before her fight with Radahn, and Game Guide states she had a narrow victory over him, in the trailer you can even see her face bleeding from combat before, now finally- you use the stars as a drawing of comparison to malenia holding back the outer god of rot, but the stars have had no confirmation to actually weaken radahn, this is all just my personal observations as someone who also does deepdives into the lore.
good catches on all of this, I was really hoping for a content creator to actually get this lore right for once. one day, i hope.
Cope malenia fan for radahn is him
@@JadenLehman07
They literally just quoted factual information dude
I'm not sure it matters, Malenia was put over Radhan in the list anyway, right? It was Radhan's realm that got nuked, Malenia's was more than fine. Malenia fully recovered, Radahn never did. No matter who won the immediate battle, Malenia won the war in almost every way.
Man i love your videos so much. I dont even care what you talk about, its just so satisfying listening to your speeches
This guy needs way more attention
Just based off of the time and the fact that you do every boss you got a like and a new subscriber in me. Great work mate !
i'm afraid there won't be any left overs from a FEAST like this
Great video bro, all the lore I need in one place 👍🏻
8 HOURS??? So this is why it took so long 😭😭😭
This needs to be uploaded to spotify, imma have to buy so much data otherwise, ‘cuz this is such a worthwhile listen❤
Kinda wild Rykard takes, ngl
Yeah I agree pretty wild ngl, he's high but not THAT high
god devouring serpent
stronger than Maliketh??? hell nawwww
I mean Eiglay makes up most of his power
@@LeonidasXRatedHe did send a henchman to take out Maliketh. Doesn't really tell us anything other than that he believed it could be done lol.
Best video of this length I have ever seen!!
WoW !!! this is amazing.
Your passion for this really astonish me! Respekt, love your videos.
I remember encountering swordmaster onze and thought bro was just gonna be a regular demi human
Let’s go it’s here!! Congrats on this absolute monster of a video
Hey what’s the matter this looks like a totally normal ranking video--OH MY GOODNESS (8hrs????)
can't believe i wasn't subscribed before this! thanks for all of your hard work
Thanks!
Congratulations on a fantastic video, take a well earned break you absolutely deserve it