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Fighting Messmer was 100% the highlight of the DLC. Being on NG5 meant I got my ass whoooped a lot, but Messmer made me feel like I might not have to die 100 times to beat him. We bonded, became friends even! Perfectly designed boss 10/10.
Messmer so far is my favorite boss fight. I’m on NG+6 and Messmer was difficult but so much fun to learn the move set and that combo is pretty cool. I haven’t fought bayle yet and now I’m stuck on the final boss😢. But seriously Messmer was my favorite boss fight
The dancing lion made me feel like i was being chased around by an overly happy, and overly drunken chinese dragon who just discovered it could also use elemental magic, much to its drunken delight.
Its Bayle and Midra for me, its not only about the bosses themselves but the places when you go to them build up the tension. For example where you go up in the mountains, weather becomes worse and you start to get the feeling that the storm is incoming.
Bayle too imo is up there. Has better presentation that all of these, better build up. Moveset is clean and intuitive. Although, people usually prefer human build boss duels, so Bayle may be not for eveyone. But Bayle is the best dragon fight we got, no doubt. I'd also add Midra to that list of bosses, imo has very great build up through horror woods, then manse is very atmospheric, moveset is clean, design is a banger and has one of the most metal cutscenes ever. Although much simpler than other Elden Ring bosses, imo Midra is not simpler than let's say Ludwig, moveset wise
Saying the music for scadutree avatar being forgettable is such a weird take for me, getting to the third stage and the music switches to such a sad theme making it almost sad when the reality kicks in that you’re killing a flower and its just clinging to life after trying to protect something 😂
@@forwardmoving8252 Nah, I like that they could create such a map that seems larger than it's picture. The only problem was quite a bit of area was lack luster and not much going on or Bootable.
Bayle was the highlight of the DLC for me. The climb towards him, fighting drakes on the way, Igon, and then Bayle himself - hurt, furious and deadly. Narrative-wise, gameplay-wise, difficulty-wise, a perfect fight.
Yeah man, that climb with the red lightning everywhere getting more intense with each spiritspring jump. Higher and higher, seeing dragon corpses everywhere and fighting that appetizer dragon before moving higher and higher... the buildup was insane.
Tf r u talking about? Get good it’s a great boss. Beat it NG + 7 No Damage without summons, but at first he took me 10 hrs to even beat once on regular NG. Just practise before calling the boss bad.
Midra was my personal favorite. The fight was awesome. I just wished there was more lore to him, like a mention of Shabriri or the 3 fingers. Wouldn't it be extra cool if the fight had a different scenario if you go into Midra while under the Frenzied Flame Influence? Missed opportunity there.
Another great vid! I didn't know the Scadutree Avatar had three healthbars. I thought it kept respawning because of the stumps...so every attempt I was running around the whole arena baiting the Avatar to destroy all the stumps. Ah, good fun.
That's a geniunely cool idea for a boss though, having it destroy its own arena to weaken itself. Admittedly, it could very easily become frustrating, but I'd love to see something like that being pulled off by Fromsoft in their next game.
Radahn doing a Lions Claw attack is easily one of the coolest things I've ever seen in this game and the music in phase 1 is amazing, however I really hate phase 2 of this fight. Messmer and Rellana are easily my favorite DLC bosses tho
@@firstorderblade4432No it's just garbage opera singing with a holy vibe which ruins the great deep, rugged and heroic vibe from the first phase. The second phase literally ruins the fight in every single way 💀
The designs of all the top 3 bosses are absolutely phenomenal; I personally especially like Midra. Radahn was a bit of a disappointment for me. The fight felt really cheap, and in the end I don't even know how I defeated him, I only remember that I was simply glad that it was over---unlike the majority of the other bosses, where learning their movesets and how to dodge them was actually fun.
The fight is one of the most fun fights in the series when you learn it but i can see how people dont find it fun at first it can get tricky learning how to dodge some moves
They really spoiled us with this DLC. Rellana is one of the best bosses they ever created to me. Went to NG+ just to solo her. The only aspect I did not enjoy was the final boss.
Midra is hands down the best boss in the DLC to me, S-ranks across the board. Messmer was probably number 2 and Bayle third only for Gigachad Igon making the fight more fun.
This tierlist almost perfectly reflects my views on these bosses. Only change I would make is swapping Putrescent Knight and Romina. Both are good bosses, but Romina stood out to me more with a more varied moveset.
My problems with consort radahn fight, isnt the damage or hitboxes, IS the fact that I cant see shit on the Second phase, I cant read his attacks If i cant see whats happening on the screen
Pretty much fully agree as you can coin flip 1 and 2 but for me it has to be CURSE YOU BAYLE!!!!!!!!! The added design of NPCs in boss rooms just added this new level I wasn't expecting.
I swear after learning his move Gaius is actually fun boss to fight, I mean his charge still deal too much damage but finding attack in his move is very rewarding
My favorite is Rellana mostly because those intimate sword dance bosses like Maria, Gael, and Malenia are my preferred playstyle. I like fast, graceful swordplay and Rellana delivers. Plus, her gear was perfect for my aesthetic, though as said in the video I wish there was more lore. Then also as a dragon fan Bayle is right at number two. Didn't care for Radahn as much. I much preferred his base game form and since I knew we were fighting Miquella I was hoping for a rematch with Malenia but oh well
For me, Rellana's fight was the best, I'm sad that she didn't have any quotes or cutscene, she deserved it. As for the others, I agree with the list. Messmer, Bayle e Midra. And of course, fifth, CURSE YOU RADAHN! And the others.
What a great video and I completely agree with your overall top 6. I will say, Radhan was top 2 for me behind Messmar. Yes, his 2nd phase is a little cheap, but after beating him after 200+ tries. I never felt more on top of the world. Messmar is just unreal though. I wish he was just a TAD tougher 👏
I am surprised to see such a well thought tier list Fextralife pull out, I agree with most of it, except on the music side of things, dancing lion and scadutree avatar have S tier soundtracks. I can also see you are quite competent at fighting these bosses, It's not something to take for granted. You described the Radahn fight perfectly, once it clicks and you are dodging everything it feels like fighting in heaven, but when it doesn't happen it's a pain.
If anyone needs help. Commander Giaus is real weak to holy damage. I used the the Halo Scythe ash of war and it took about 5 trys. Level 160 at 10 Scadu Tree.
Paradoxically rolling *into* his charge, directly into the boar's hitbox, completely no-sells his charge, rather than trying to get to the side, which gets you hit. It's such a strange quirk of that attack but when you know it everything else becomes very manageable. I dare say his powered up gravity charges are even easier to dodge in his second phase simply because the boar zooms through you no matter what direction you dodge.
My top 5 Bosses 1 - Divine Beast Dancing Lion (So Unique) 2 - Bayle the Dread (CURSE YOU BAYLE!!!) 3 - Metyr, Mother of Fingers (Love the atmosphere) 4 - Promised Consort Radahn (First phase: 10/10, Second phase: To Much 🔦) 5 - Messmer the Impaler ( Love the Lore, Music and design, but, i expected more from the fight )
My top 5 Bosses in Base game/DLC: 1). Godfrey, First Elden Lord 2). Messmer 3). Rellana 4). Bayle 5). Midra, Lord of Frenzy FS should have made a questline or some sort of Cutscene when encountering Rellana. She is such a cool boss. She has, in my opinion, the best weapon in the Game... Her Twin Blades are easily OP, in certain situations. Her Twin Moons are good, but not as good as her blades. Also, Messmer should have been the Final/Main Boss of the game. Messmer is highlighted in the trailer... Messmer is in the Collector's Edition. Radahn is nowhere mentioned in the trailer so I am a little confused on why FS made him the Final Boss.
Top 5 for FROM 1. Ludwig, The Holy Blade (Bloodborne) 2. Slave Knight Gael (Dark Souls III) 3. Bayle the Dread (Elden Ring: SotE) 4. Isshin the Sword Saint (Sekiro) 5. Ornstein and Smough (Dark Souls)
Agree on everything about Radahn, finally a video that just doesn't rank him low and says "too hard and unfair" but actually explains what the boss does good and what does wrong while also having a fair placement for it because of the problems
@Mufire1991 I don't like some of hitboxes, camera lock on can be really disorientation and his 2nd phase lighting visual effects can be blinding. But really cool boss, great atmosphere, design, music, moveset
Messmer is probably my favorite boss ive ever fought. I mean goddamn, the moves and visuals and attacks are so unbelievably satisfying to dodge and look at. The voice actor was insanely outstanding, and we can't forget the boss design. The music slaps too.
I feel so fucking validated. My top three fav bosses of the dlc are these exact top three in that order. Genuinely amazing bosses, they don’t feel absurdly cheap but they’ll punish stupidity, their respective atmospheres are fucking amazing, and their individual lore is great as well.
Fextralife's analysis of the 'Shadow of the Erdtree' DLC bosses is exceptional! The thorough breakdown and detailed difficulty ranking truly reflect the effort and expertise put into this video. It's clear, well-researched, and incredibly helpful for players navigating the new challenges. This video stands out uniquely from others, providing in-depth analysis on not just boss difficulty, but also the music, design, and lore. It's an incredibly informative and well-crafted guide. Kudos to Fextralife for setting a high standard in gaming content
@@Mathias-vi3gf Oh so what, it's a game full of magic and gods, you can write plot where you revive him. Radahn and Mogh were also dead yet we got this BS boss, I'm so tired of this "soul killed" talk. Eclipse failed because Radahn held back stars, after Radahn is defeated and stars start to move eclipse can be done again and it would work, it was just lazy reskin instead of an new, original boss.
@@Just_B0red Destined Death are absolute. A good writer won't retcon their own story. Mohg and Radahn soul can still be revive. Godwynn cannot, but they couldn've use his body with Radahn soul. Instead they took Mohg body instead of Godwynn's for some reason.
@@karaage_ramen What do you mean retcon, Miquella tried to use Eclipse to Bring Godwyn back, Eclipse only failed because Radahn (who is dead btw) was holding back the stars, with Radahn dead Eclipse wouldn't fail. Even in base game there was a way to revive people (Death Mask Helm in DLC also says that you can revive people using Messmers Flame) so reviving was never a retcon.
I unironically think most people who absolutely hate Radahn either have never played any of the other souls games to know what a true dogwater boss is, or refuse to try anything differently. He is not perfect and as the video says he has plenty of annoying things, but he is far too overhated.
i agree completely, i think most of the people are newbies who played elden ring only which is one of the easier souls games, finally got a taste of difficulty, and couldnt hack it, so are now raging, yes i think second phase has a few issues, but its top 5 easily
Ill be honest, as a souls vet, i dont personally hate radahn for the difficulty, even thou it is BS how much FPS drop the light attack is, its just anti climatic for him to be the final boss... He got new moveset cool but if the NPC were saying Radahn soul in Mohg body, you do technically expect the boss to be some sort of chimera or the first phase mainly using blood and gravity magic or something, but its 2 gravity magic and 1 blood magic... Also its technically the last DLC for elden ring, how could people not feel disappointed to fight the same guy we fight before but as the final boss... Like heck radahn festival was alreadya perfect ending for him, not saying you cant bring him back, but dont make him the final boss or something Imo, the boss is meh, the first phase is hella fun, second face hard for all the wrong reason which is flash banging me the whole fight. Lorewise, it went to interesting world conflict how every demigod use to have their own problem to deal with is now, "its all part of miquella plan" really meh I will say, radahn is a decent boss but a meh final boss, wouldnt compare him to gael, orphan, or even manus
I agree with nearly all of this, I have issues with the dancing lion hit box, as well as camera issues with Bayle (hes’s still top 5, no doubt.). If fromsoft fixed someone of these issues, people would no doubt stop raging about the bosses being too hard. My top 5 Messmer Bayle Midra-not mid Rellana Scadutree avatar fight feels similar to Rykard, who I LOVE. Amazing video, I love the community this channel has brought together for Elden Ring.
Scadutree avatar would be so much cooler if it had actual phase transitions instead of just hopping out of the sludge again and again. I personally love Radahn, but both the times I beat him, I had super good RNG. I don't think he's harder than Malenia tho. His biggest issue was that if you got hit once, (clone attacks are the bane of my existence) you are staggerlocked to death which makes it super cheap. I also think Midra is a tad bit too easy. If he had another phase he would absolutely be my no 1, but for now that position lies with BAYLE. Just a perfect fight, fun to learn and master. Messmer is a close second
Hot take. Commander Gaius is a great boss. Avoid the BS charge with light rolls and the moveset is top tier. Extremely fun attacks to avoid and time to get hits in after every attack
You absolutely nailed the top 3. Midra, Bayle and Messmer are the most fun I had in the whole DLC. All of them also had great areas that slowly prepared you for the fight. Amazing bosses for sure.
You glossed over the #1 problem with Consort Radahn, which is that he just doesn't give you enough opportunities to counterattack him. After dodging a 9-hit combo flawlessly, you can go for a single light attack and then IMMEDIATELY get comboed to death because he can cancel his downtime for so many of his moves. Once you've mastered his moves, the fight just becomes boring because you're basically just waiting around for one of his openings while having to dodge everything perfectly.
Rolling *into* him typically does the trick. If you want big hits with anything greatsword sized or larger then yes, you're looking for the gap at the end of his attack strings - but if you're using smaller and lighter weapons like a straight sword or dagger you can actually slip an attack between dodges and make yourself look really cool in the process. Square off is a menace for getting meaty hits. Lord help any colossal weapon users.
I just wished Bayle had a deeper more demonic roar. He just does the standard dragon roar, which is pretty lame. Radahn was spoiled for me but after hearing my cousin who is a FromSoft veteran, struggle with him the first time. I knew i was in for a asskicking, but surprisingly enough it didnt piss me off getting murked in his second phase. Actually the first major boss i actually started memorizing their attacks to the point i could if didnt get smacked by his triple hit attack could go most no hit until his second phase. Messmer is my favorite by far, the second and most framerate breaking boss fight if had in Elden Ring😂 love his character so much!
I personally have Radahn as my #2 behind Messmer, and was surprised to learn that he was so controversial. I enjoyed him more than all of the fights in the base game, including Malenia, and definitely a LOT more than the original final boss Elden Beast. All of his moves are very flashy, and many have tight timings to dodge them, but I also thought that all of the attacks were telegraphed pretty well with both visual and audio cues; it just takes a bunch of learning to get used to those telegraphs and figure out how to dodge everything. It was incredibly satisfying to learn all of the patterns and watch myself get later and later into the fight with consistency. Once I figured out the telegraphs, the boss didn't feel "cheap" to me at all. I thought it was perfectly fair and consistently doable with practice, just hard, and requiring many attempts to learn. I wouldn't really consider something to be "cheap" unless it's random, poorly telegraphed, and un-reactable, but I get that people might have different opinions on that, and may not like having to sink in 100 attempts just to learn all of the boss patterns, or having to change up their equipment in order to accommodate the boss. None of the attacks were even close to one-shots with 50 vigor and light armor, but I also swapped to three defensive talismans, which made the boss a lot more forgiving and easier to learn. I can definitely empathize with FPS issues, and I do think that a couple of the map-wide effects in phase 2 are a bit too much, but these didn't really sour my experience at all thankfully. I'm not upset if people don't like the boss, since it's a game and they can like or dislike whatever they prefer, but personally I had a ton of fun with Radahn, even though he took me the longest to beat by far. Perfectly valid to enjoy different things.
One additional aspect I liked about Putrescent knight was also that he was weak to holy which was a nice change from most endgame bosses being 50-80% holy resistant. A nice bit of variation to make use of the huge amount of holy damage weapons and incantations that otherwise seldom find use outside PVP
Midra’s area (abyssal woods) is not exploited enough and I think his moveset could be improved. The ost is cool, the design also, but the fight is not UNIQUE enough. Could be better
Midra IMMEDIATELY took first place for me. What an absolutely amazing OST and the visuals are just mad. Bayle is almost tied but I loved Midras music way more. Metyr was like a wild acid trip, what a wild ride.
My top 3 would be Radahn Rellana Messmer However that rank is only based on how fun it is to learn, fight and eventually kill a boss. I dont really take graphics or lore into account. I also seem to be the only one in the world who didn't care much for bayle. Sure the fight definitely looked really cool and all but was it a fun fight? I dont think so. It was the only major boss of the dlc I somehow managed to kill first try. Definitely had alot more trouble with the other dragon before him. Probably need to give him another go I guess
Great list. Really appreciate how you clearly indicate individual factor rankings. Right now my list is almost identical to yours, though I would probably swap Metyr & the Tree Avatar, and swap Rellana & Consort Radahn.
What I noticed is that Messmer is actually more difficult with your mimic tear. You go in, summon and get smacked since you can’t dodge the upcoming attack due to you summoning. You run away and heal and now he’s extremely unpredictable and will attack you even if you’re not attacking or near him. That’s how it should be. Prevents it from being easy with a mimic tear.
Radahn music is one of the best soundtracks I ever heard, the design of the boss is also GOD tier. It's so unfortunate the boss is loaded with BS in the second phase. If was not for the huge amount of BS, it was second place for me (Bayle for me is the best boss fight of all fromsoftware games).
I don't like Messmer as a boss, but Rellana is amazing. When I fought her with the backhand blades, it really felt like a dance of swords. Well done, FromSoft.
10. Poop Knight - I do not like him at all. None of his abilities are memorable at all to me and I find design goofy plus I think when he dismounts his attacks are confusing to dodge. 9. Commander Gaius - Cheap but not as hard as I expected. Liking his design and lore makes him one step above Poop Knight. 8. Pretender Radhan and Miquelester - People always wanted to face Radhan at his prime, and I did too. And I always wanted to hear him speaking cause he seems like he would be perfect mix of Godfrey and Godwyn in chadness. Instead we got this walking corpse with Radhan's soul moaning like he did when he lost his mind in Caleid. And then pubrity-reached Miquella comes and everything goes to s**t. Difficulty hits the roof and, while flashy, it becomes little bit too much. I did not feel good after I beaten him, I felt relief. Only thing keeping him from last spot is OST (best one imo) and phase 1. 7. 3x Sunflowers - Cool design, generally OK boss, beautiful arena but instead of making him 1 good boss we got cheap 3 same bosses with different ability each time. 6. Metyr Mother of Fingers - from this point all bosses are quite ok in my opinion, no major flaws (except camera on 4th place boss) and Metyr is just bearly bordering that. I am Lovecraft fan which is a plus with this boss and her design resemble Bloodborne bosses. I also really love the arena, spectacular ability effects and lore behind her plus the fact that she is tied to a quest chain. Underrated on internet imo. 5. Romina Saint of a Bud - love her design, her abilities, her lore and OST. She never felt cheap and, while building dreaded Scarlet Rot, buildup was not that oppressive. I had fun fighting her. She takes number 5 only due to having no place being penultimate boss. She belongs in optional boss cathegory more. 4. Dancing Lion - design ✔ abilities ✔ lore✔ OST ✔✔ camera ❌❌❌. I could not decide placing between lion and Romina honestly. They both can be 4 and 5. I love the lion a bit more cause of different elements and his kit and general festival that is his battle. If this version had death blight like his brother from the north it would be under Poop Knight. 3. Relanna (I think I got name right) Love her, both design, which I agree resembles Pontif which is a plus, abilities (huge carian fan here) and I love the simplicity of her lore. She has hots for Messmer. Why not? She is also a perfect stepping stome to what we might expect from hiper aggressive bosses in this DLC. Her armor is also top fier for me to wear. 2. Midra, LotFF - other than Miquelested Radhan this boss took me the most tries to beat because I was flame specced. He is a bjt too oppressive but OST, buildup, creepiness, Frenzied Flame, based on second best ending in vanilla? I am sold sold sold. 1. Shared by Messmer and Bayle. I simply can't decide. Same points that Fextra gave but I would like to add that if not for Igon Messmer would be number 1 and Bayle number 3.
Radahn is an awful boss, its a not fun allowed boss, that to me drops it almost to to spot 10, I don't care if its an spectacle, its frustrating to learn to fight, it felt like a chore, and no I didn't want to change my whole build to a shield or somethign along those lines. if he was supposed to be this fast and flashy I wished it did less damage so that you can atleast try and learn the moveset without being killed by 5 string combos that 2 shot you while being hell of confusing to dodge. Also good luck if you had a build that was relying on cast time, becuase he gives you no time to without being slapped in the face atleast once per cast. After beating him I went and loaded a save I had on blodborne and Orphan of kos felt less opressive that this ass****, he had lenghtier openings in a game which the player character can basically light roll for free and the movesets are way quicker.
💯... Radahn should not have been the Main/Final Boss... His Hitboxes are SICK and he was, for me, a very CHEAP and overly hard designed Boss, just for the sake of being difficult... FS made a very poor choice for a Final/Main Boss... Messmer or even Rellana would have been better choices as the Final/Main Boss fight.
@@way2real364if you don’t like difficult games why are you playing them and crying when they are difficult? It’s the dlc of fromsoft biggest game, of course it’s gonna be crazy hard, if it was just another Messmer that took most people 6-7 tries it would be disappointing, difficulty is what makes these games fun for so many of us and 80% of you guys rob yourself of that feeling by cheesing and summoning your way through
Not everybody has all the free time in their life to spend hours or days to perfect a bosses moveset . You can enjoy fs games and still be annoyed by a shitty boss . @@Ar17778
Radahn not being 1 is wild. Everyone leans on he's "to hard" or "cheap". HE'S A GOD and the greatest warrior the lands between had ever seen. It's the final boss of Elden Ring as a whole. I don't want a fair fight or even a somewhat medium fight. I want insane difficulty and insane granduer and spectacle. That's what we received. They're all amazing, honestly, except hog rider, so I see the difficulty.
Don't care, still shit boss. It is worse version of Twin Princes from DS3 and it is also 1st time we got reused boss as a FINAL BOSS of a DLC. Radahn isn't a God Miquella is, Radahn is just a warlord with mother who was a God. Insane amount of roll catches and visual clutter in 2nd phase isn't a good design.
radahn is amazing and i agree he couldnt be easier cosidering he is the last boss of the last dlc, but bayle and messmer are just way more hype to fight against, for me radahn is number 3 of the dlc but number 4 overall cause i still think malenia is better than him and bayle, messmer was the best tho
@Just_B0red shit boss is a hilarious and wild take. That's the reason soulsbourne games are amazing. I had an easier and less fun time with Messmer and Bayle. Both were amazing, particularly Bayle. My order would be Radahn, Bayle, and Malenia for fun, difficulty, and the quality of the fight.
@thats4thebirds I saw no crazy poor design issues. Minus the massive aoe that I only ever dodged once properly. The rest of the second phase attacks everyone cries about are scaled down in damage , and it's fine to take a hit. It's part of the fight. I had a blast, and it was enjoyable difficulty. Someone like Malenia eventually becomes not enjoyable and is just annoyingly hard and has half the issues people cry about for Radahn.
I personally consider the phase 3 scadutree avatar music the best, I love that the final phase soundtrack gets slower and more quiet instead of the other way around like nowhere else
Am I the only one who thinks radahn was the best boss? Was it unfairly difficult? Yes. Was it the hardest boss in the soulsborne series? Yes, but the satisfaction that came with beating him was unmatched, visually he is one of the coolest bosses in fromsoft history specially in his second phase. Only bosses that came close to being as memorable were messmer and bayle for me.
That's fair, especially phase 1. Phase 1 was one of the best boss fights I've ever played in any game. Phase 2 really sucked, but finally beating him after like 4 days of trying felt so amazing
@@fishy1856 it took me 2 days and no other fromsoft boss took me more than a day, but I also enjoyed the 2nd half of the fight eventhough it was a bit unfair, I realy liked miquella being on top of radahn casting holy spells (also keep in mind i played on ps5 so I faced no performance issues neither)
My personal favourite so far has been Messmer, he just feels so perfectly balanced. Difficult, but rewarding for learning his moveset, not just AoE spamming, actual cutscenes to add to the atmosphere and a cool arena too 👌 Rellana is a close second because she just oozes style and has a unique weapon and attacks. I will add I’ve got a few bosses still to face, including Bayle and Midra though.
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Fighting Messmer was 100% the highlight of the DLC. Being on NG5 meant I got my ass whoooped a lot, but Messmer made me feel like I might not have to die 100 times to beat him. We bonded, became friends even! Perfectly designed boss 10/10.
Messmer was top tier easily my favorite and then probably rellana after him
He is very fun even at NG+7. I almost feel bad beating him, it's like losing a sparring partner.
The only boss I don’t mind losing. Gaius on the other hand…
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Messmer so far is my favorite boss fight. I’m on NG+6 and Messmer was difficult but so much fun to learn the move set and that combo is pretty cool. I haven’t fought bayle yet and now I’m stuck on the final boss😢. But seriously Messmer was my favorite boss fight
"CURSE YOU BAYLE!!!"
The most OP character design. I just summoned him for the vibe
Just did this today, Igon is the man
@@Thelankiestwopster YOUR FEARS MADE FLESH!
The dancing lion made me feel like i was being chased around by an overly happy, and overly drunken chinese dragon who just discovered it could also use elemental magic, much to its drunken delight.
That fight did not need magic at all
@@sublimechimp Wrong
Kaido-san
I never noticed the severed Placidusax head clamping down on Bayle, what an amazing detail.
There’s 2 of them!
@@shafayatchowdhury7008 he likely keep those as tokens
@@shafayatchowdhury7008 Where is the second? I see the one by his neck, I just noticed the heads from these comments, what a dope detail!!
The lore has it that Bayle severed 3 of Placidusax's 5 heads.
its hard to notice anything with Bayle lol, dude is relentless
Bayle isn't in the first place? CURSE YOU, FEXTRA! I HEREBY VOW! YOU WILL RUE THIS DAY!
nah bayle's cool and igon's a bro, but the actual fight is shit
@@nxvh9062the fight isn’t. Many people just fight him wrong.
@@nxvh9062 just get gud
@@nxvh9062How?
@@nxvh9062 It's a joke about the Igon quote. Everyone knows the fight is crap.
Its Bayle and Midra for me, its not only about the bosses themselves but the places when you go to them build up the tension. For example where you go up in the mountains, weather becomes worse and you start to get the feeling that the storm is incoming.
The seeing all the dead dragons as you get closer
Imo midra shoulda been harder and his attacks were too graceful and calm instead of being chaotic
I’m wondering through the Abyssal Wood at the moment, this place is creepy!
Buildup for Bayle literally had me nervous lol
messmer has better buildup than both midra and bayle.
Messmer is in that Isshin, Gael, Ludwig level. He’s THAT special of a boss.
Bayle too imo is up there. Has better presentation that all of these, better build up. Moveset is clean and intuitive. Although, people usually prefer human build boss duels, so Bayle may be not for eveyone. But Bayle is the best dragon fight we got, no doubt. I'd also add Midra to that list of bosses, imo has very great build up through horror woods, then manse is very atmospheric, moveset is clean, design is a banger and has one of the most metal cutscenes ever. Although much simpler than other Elden Ring bosses, imo Midra is not simpler than let's say Ludwig, moveset wise
Imo he has a bit too little health, but I also fought him pretty late.
I feel like he could’ve been but needed more health and do less damage to make it an endurance test rather than nuke him
@@haizhouz7627yeah same that Elden ring for us you choose when to fight them
no
Saying the music for scadutree avatar being forgettable is such a weird take for me, getting to the third stage and the music switches to such a sad theme making it almost sad when the reality kicks in that you’re killing a flower and its just clinging to life after trying to protect something 😂
Have you played DS1? The fight against SIF is awful! lol
Classic fextralife L take
Let me be clear I've played through this dlc 3 times and the hardest thing is navigating the dam map . Forget the boss fights 😂
Fr I haven't finished it yet, and the map, finding the bosses, and areas is the real challenge
I also played it 3 times. Map can be confusing off the layers. But that's only rauh ruins
It's overboard. They need to tone it down. Not fun having to look up where to go constantly.
@@forwardmoving8252
Nah, I like that they could create such a map that seems larger than it's picture. The only problem was quite a bit of area was lack luster and not much going on or Bootable.
It was actually a good idea this way for a dlc in my opinion
Bayle was the highlight of the DLC for me. The climb towards him, fighting drakes on the way, Igon, and then Bayle himself - hurt, furious and deadly. Narrative-wise, gameplay-wise, difficulty-wise, a perfect fight.
Yeah man, that climb with the red lightning everywhere getting more intense with each spiritspring jump. Higher and higher, seeing dragon corpses everywhere and fighting that appetizer dragon before moving higher and higher... the buildup was insane.
the miquellester not being last place is really sus... maybe fextra got grabbed twice as he was making this video...
Or you can just get gud and see that it's actually a really good and fun boss once you learn him.
@@edhen683 how dare someone have a differing opinion on the internet, simply a skill issue as any other criticism is completely invalid >:(
His forst phase is a very well designed and fun phase. If they removed the blidning light from the second phase it would be one of the best bosses
Tf r u talking about? Get good it’s a great boss. Beat it NG + 7 No Damage without summons, but at first he took me 10 hrs to even beat once on regular NG. Just practise before calling the boss bad.
@@spaghetti.... yeah, how dare someone else have a different opinion towards a really shi**y opinion, eh?
Midra was my personal favorite. The fight was awesome. I just wished there was more lore to him, like a mention of Shabriri or the 3 fingers.
Wouldn't it be extra cool if the fight had a different scenario if you go into Midra while under the Frenzied Flame Influence? Missed opportunity there.
I agree, I was left after the fight wondering what the point of Shabriris quest line even is now.
Another great vid! I didn't know the Scadutree Avatar had three healthbars. I thought it kept respawning because of the stumps...so every attempt I was running around the whole arena baiting the Avatar to destroy all the stumps. Ah, good fun.
omg 🤣
Honestly also thought it was some sort of trick/puzzle. Weird that it just like, doesn’t die twice then does.
That's a geniunely cool idea for a boss though, having it destroy its own arena to weaken itself. Admittedly, it could very easily become frustrating, but I'd love to see something like that being pulled off by Fromsoft in their next game.
The music from Bayle’s fight literally gave me chills! I actually froze up from it and got one shotted 😂
Radahn doing a Lions Claw attack is easily one of the coolest things I've ever seen in this game and the music in phase 1 is amazing, however I really hate phase 2 of this fight. Messmer and Rellana are easily my favorite DLC bosses tho
Phase 2 is just pure vfx bullshit.
phase two has the best ost in the game atleast
@@firstorderblade4432No it's just garbage opera singing with a holy vibe which ruins the great deep, rugged and heroic vibe from the first phase. The second phase literally ruins the fight in every single way 💀
I love how you included the ost in the rankings
True
Rellana, Midra, Messmer and Bayle are some of my favorite From Soft bosses of all time now. Incredible.
The designs of all the top 3 bosses are absolutely phenomenal; I personally especially like Midra.
Radahn was a bit of a disappointment for me. The fight felt really cheap, and in the end I don't even know how I defeated him, I only remember that I was simply glad that it was over---unlike the majority of the other bosses, where learning their movesets and how to dodge them was actually fun.
I broke down and summoned someone who was using a fingerprint shield tank build.
interesting how i got the exact opposite feeling when defeating radahn. the prism of subjectivity is truly unique to each and every individual
The fight is one of the most fun fights in the series when you learn it but i can see how people dont find it fun at first it can get tricky learning how to dodge some moves
@@Pofr557 frankly if they had toned down the light show, I would have loved the 2nd phase. I was enjoying his fight until the light show happened.
They really spoiled us with this DLC. Rellana is one of the best bosses they ever created to me. Went to NG+ just to solo her. The only aspect I did not enjoy was the final boss.
Midra is hands down the best boss in the DLC to me, S-ranks across the board. Messmer was probably number 2 and Bayle third only for Gigachad Igon making the fight more fun.
Too easy though. I would have loved a suprise 3rd phase
I agree, Midra felt like a very classic FromSoft fight, perfectly balanced for 1v1.
I don’t care what anyone says, divine beast dancing lion music is S tier all the way
no boss is s tier all the way, his ratings are extremely generous and should all be 1 point down
@@harkaranbrar2342 the music not the boss bruh
This tierlist almost perfectly reflects my views on these bosses. Only change I would make is swapping Putrescent Knight and Romina. Both are good bosses, but Romina stood out to me more with a more varied moveset.
Makes my dinner better. Thanks for your hard work.
Radhan 1st phase = Ganondorf
Radhan 2nd phase = Ganondorf + Zelda
1st phase: devil may cry
2nd phase: devil shall cry
+the old bandai namco logo
@@VREMEPLOV1 phase 2: Devil May Piss His Pants
First phase: Lorian
Second phase: Lothric + Lorian
You just named 2 characters who appear in a video game together. Its nothing like Radhan and Miquella fight lol
You know it’s a good DLC when even the tenth best boss is a banger. I might put Radahn slightly higher except I wouldn’t know which to bring down.
Bayle has a couple cheap moves so radahn is 3 for me, bayle 4 midra 2 and messmer still 1.
The guys who use mimic and asbach + great shield and spear , obviously u think radan is good
@@innergenichiro and radahn doesn't ?
@@innergenichiro Bayle has s couple of cheap moves?? Which ones?
@@ahmedwassime9697awe did somebody find him too hard to actually enjoy. 😂 nice projection.
My problems with consort radahn fight, isnt the damage or hitboxes, IS the fact that I cant see shit on the Second phase, I cant read his attacks If i cant see whats happening on the screen
Pretty much fully agree as you can coin flip 1 and 2 but for me it has to be CURSE YOU BAYLE!!!!!!!!! The added design of NPCs in boss rooms just added this new level I wasn't expecting.
The build up to Bayle climbing that mountain was peak. We were fighting him at perhaps the same elevation (underground?) as Radahn
The fact that 7 out of the 10 remembrance bosses have no cutscene or any dialogue is incredibly disappointing
I swear after learning his move Gaius is actually fun boss to fight, I mean his charge still deal too much damage but finding attack in his move is very rewarding
My favorite is Rellana mostly because those intimate sword dance bosses like Maria, Gael, and Malenia are my preferred playstyle. I like fast, graceful swordplay and Rellana delivers. Plus, her gear was perfect for my aesthetic, though as said in the video I wish there was more lore.
Then also as a dragon fan Bayle is right at number two.
Didn't care for Radahn as much. I much preferred his base game form and since I knew we were fighting Miquella I was hoping for a rematch with Malenia but oh well
For me, Rellana's fight was the best, I'm sad that she didn't have any quotes or cutscene, she deserved it.
As for the others, I agree with the list. Messmer, Bayle e Midra. And of course, fifth, CURSE YOU RADAHN! And the others.
I loved the music from the dancing lion boss
Messmer has so much Orochimaru energy on phase 2
Top 3 was spot on
i agree with this list except Bayle is number 1 and messmer nimber 2 for me
Putting rellana below radahn should be a crime
What a great video and I completely agree with your overall top 6. I will say, Radhan was top 2 for me behind Messmar. Yes, his 2nd phase is a little cheap, but after beating him after 200+ tries. I never felt more on top of the world. Messmar is just unreal though. I wish he was just a TAD tougher 👏
I am surprised to see such a well thought tier list Fextralife pull out, I agree with most of it, except on the music side of things, dancing lion and scadutree avatar have S tier soundtracks. I can also see you are quite competent at fighting these bosses, It's not something to take for granted.
You described the Radahn fight perfectly, once it clicks and you are dodging everything it feels like fighting in heaven, but when it doesn't happen it's a pain.
If anyone needs help. Commander Giaus is real weak to holy damage. I used the the Halo Scythe ash of war and it took about 5 trys. Level 160 at 10 Scadu Tree.
Paradoxically rolling *into* his charge, directly into the boar's hitbox, completely no-sells his charge, rather than trying to get to the side, which gets you hit. It's such a strange quirk of that attack but when you know it everything else becomes very manageable. I dare say his powered up gravity charges are even easier to dodge in his second phase simply because the boar zooms through you no matter what direction you dodge.
the most memorable disabled dragon boss fight of all time lol
My top 5 Bosses
1 - Divine Beast Dancing Lion (So Unique)
2 - Bayle the Dread (CURSE YOU BAYLE!!!)
3 - Metyr, Mother of Fingers (Love the atmosphere)
4 - Promised Consort Radahn (First phase: 10/10, Second phase: To Much 🔦)
5 - Messmer the Impaler ( Love the Lore, Music and design, but, i expected more from the fight )
Crazy, I 100% agree to every. single. bit. Well done, Sir
Man, Scadutree Avatar had one of my favorite themes in the DLC. Sad Fex didn't like it.
My top 5 Bosses in Base game/DLC:
1). Godfrey, First Elden Lord
2). Messmer
3). Rellana
4). Bayle
5). Midra, Lord of Frenzy
FS should have made a questline or some sort of Cutscene when encountering Rellana. She is such a cool boss. She has, in my opinion, the best weapon in the Game... Her Twin Blades are easily OP, in certain situations. Her Twin Moons are good, but not as good as her blades. Also, Messmer should have been the Final/Main Boss of the game. Messmer is highlighted in the trailer... Messmer is in the Collector's Edition. Radahn is nowhere mentioned in the trailer so I am a little confused on why FS made him the Final Boss.
i can see why u have put those as ur top 5 BUT i cannot agree rellana belongs in it
Godfrey is my favorite too glad to see him get some love
godfrey, inner father, and gael are in my top 3 fromsoft bosses. there's just something about old bearded men
Top 5 for FROM
1. Ludwig, The Holy Blade (Bloodborne)
2. Slave Knight Gael (Dark Souls III)
3. Bayle the Dread (Elden Ring: SotE)
4. Isshin the Sword Saint (Sekiro)
5. Ornstein and Smough (Dark Souls)
Midra's theme is just fantastic
Agree on everything about Radahn, finally a video that just doesn't rank him low and says "too hard and unfair" but actually explains what the boss does good and what does wrong while also having a fair placement for it because of the problems
Music B on Putrescent Knight is insane
1. Messmer the Impaler
2. Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame
3. Rellana, Twin Moon Knight
4. Bayle The Dread
5. Romina, Saint of the Bud
6. Scadutree Avatar
7. Commander Caius
8. Divine Beast Dancing Lion
9. Radahn, Consort of Miquella
10. Putrescent Knight
11. Metry, Mother of Fingers
Lowkey criminal how low you rated bayle
@Mufire1991 I don't like some of hitboxes, camera lock on can be really disorientation and his 2nd phase lighting visual effects can be blinding. But really cool boss, great atmosphere, design, music, moveset
you might actually have the highest ranked Gaius Ive seen
Messmer is probably my favorite boss ive ever fought. I mean goddamn, the moves and visuals and attacks are so unbelievably satisfying to dodge and look at. The voice actor was insanely outstanding, and we can't forget the boss design. The music slaps too.
I feel so fucking validated. My top three fav bosses of the dlc are these exact top three in that order. Genuinely amazing bosses, they don’t feel absurdly cheap but they’ll punish stupidity, their respective atmospheres are fucking amazing, and their individual lore is great as well.
Bayle was number 1 for me. Love a great Dragon fight and he’s the best From have ever made. Messmer a very close second.
Reminds me of the first dark souls bosses ranked from easiest to hardest going all the way to DS3
Fextralife's analysis of the 'Shadow of the Erdtree' DLC bosses is exceptional! The thorough breakdown and detailed difficulty ranking truly reflect the effort and expertise put into this video. It's clear, well-researched, and incredibly helpful for players navigating the new challenges. This video stands out uniquely from others, providing in-depth analysis on not just boss difficulty, but also the music, design, and lore. It's an incredibly informative and well-crafted guide. Kudos to Fextralife for setting a high standard in gaming content
Honestly best boss list so far on youtube !
I was pretty bummed Miquella’s plan wasn’t to return Godwyn to glory
His soul was killed
@@Mathias-vi3gf Oh so what, it's a game full of magic and gods, you can write plot where you revive him. Radahn and Mogh were also dead yet we got this BS boss, I'm so tired of this "soul killed" talk. Eclipse failed because Radahn held back stars, after Radahn is defeated and stars start to move eclipse can be done again and it would work, it was just lazy reskin instead of an new, original boss.
@@Just_B0red Destined Death are absolute. A good writer won't retcon their own story. Mohg and Radahn soul can still be revive. Godwynn cannot, but they couldn've use his body with Radahn soul. Instead they took Mohg body instead of Godwynn's for some reason.
@@karaage_ramen What do you mean retcon, Miquella tried to use Eclipse to Bring Godwyn back, Eclipse only failed because Radahn (who is dead btw) was holding back the stars, with Radahn dead Eclipse wouldn't fail. Even in base game there was a way to revive people (Death Mask Helm in DLC also says that you can revive people using Messmers Flame) so reviving was never a retcon.
@@Just_B0red I’m so tired of this “I’m so tired of this ‘soul killed talk’ “ talk.
Bayle is my personal favourite
Man your dodging is GODLY
Well done. Great analysis.
I unironically think most people who absolutely hate Radahn either have never played any of the other souls games to know what a true dogwater boss is, or refuse to try anything differently. He is not perfect and as the video says he has plenty of annoying things, but he is far too overhated.
i agree completely, i think most of the people are newbies who played elden ring only which is one of the easier souls games, finally got a taste of difficulty, and couldnt hack it, so are now raging, yes i think second phase has a few issues, but its top 5 easily
Ill be honest, as a souls vet, i dont personally hate radahn for the difficulty, even thou it is BS how much FPS drop the light attack is, its just anti climatic for him to be the final boss... He got new moveset cool but if the NPC were saying Radahn soul in Mohg body, you do technically expect the boss to be some sort of chimera or the first phase mainly using blood and gravity magic or something, but its 2 gravity magic and 1 blood magic...
Also its technically the last DLC for elden ring, how could people not feel disappointed to fight the same guy we fight before but as the final boss... Like heck radahn festival was alreadya perfect ending for him, not saying you cant bring him back, but dont make him the final boss or something
Imo, the boss is meh, the first phase is hella fun, second face hard for all the wrong reason which is flash banging me the whole fight. Lorewise, it went to interesting world conflict how every demigod use to have their own problem to deal with is now, "its all part of miquella plan" really meh
I will say, radahn is a decent boss but a meh final boss, wouldnt compare him to gael, orphan, or even manus
@@sirbrando2792it’s not difficult though. It’s just not very good.
@@iffatfikri1450 more fair argument than most people throwing at random things like difficulty and such
@@juuglord8509 it iss fromsofts hardest boss ever made, so it is objectively hard,
THANK YOU! Putrescent Knight is such a well-designed fight! I was amazed at all the slander for him.
I agree with nearly all of this, I have issues with the dancing lion hit box, as well as camera issues with Bayle (hes’s still top 5, no doubt.). If fromsoft fixed someone of these issues, people would no doubt stop raging about the bosses being too hard.
My top 5
Messmer
Bayle
Midra-not mid
Rellana
Scadutree avatar fight feels similar to Rykard, who I LOVE.
Amazing video, I love the community this channel has brought together for Elden Ring.
Scadutree avatar would be so much cooler if it had actual phase transitions instead of just hopping out of the sludge again and again.
I personally love Radahn, but both the times I beat him, I had super good RNG. I don't think he's harder than Malenia tho. His biggest issue was that if you got hit once, (clone attacks are the bane of my existence) you are staggerlocked to death which makes it super cheap.
I also think Midra is a tad bit too easy. If he had another phase he would absolutely be my no 1, but for now that position lies with BAYLE. Just a perfect fight, fun to learn and master. Messmer is a close second
Hot take. Commander Gaius is a great boss. Avoid the BS charge with light rolls and the moveset is top tier. Extremely fun attacks to avoid and time to get hits in after every attack
I really enjoyed using Deflect tear with the meteor Great Sword to fight him. Was perfect for dealing with the charge.
You absolutely nailed the top 3. Midra, Bayle and Messmer are the most fun I had in the whole DLC. All of them also had great areas that slowly prepared you for the fight. Amazing bosses for sure.
You glossed over the #1 problem with Consort Radahn, which is that he just doesn't give you enough opportunities to counterattack him. After dodging a 9-hit combo flawlessly, you can go for a single light attack and then IMMEDIATELY get comboed to death because he can cancel his downtime for so many of his moves. Once you've mastered his moves, the fight just becomes boring because you're basically just waiting around for one of his openings while having to dodge everything perfectly.
Rolling *into* him typically does the trick. If you want big hits with anything greatsword sized or larger then yes, you're looking for the gap at the end of his attack strings - but if you're using smaller and lighter weapons like a straight sword or dagger you can actually slip an attack between dodges and make yourself look really cool in the process. Square off is a menace for getting meaty hits. Lord help any colossal weapon users.
I just wished Bayle had a deeper more demonic roar. He just does the standard dragon roar, which is pretty lame.
Radahn was spoiled for me but after hearing my cousin who is a FromSoft veteran, struggle with him the first time. I knew i was in for a asskicking, but surprisingly enough it didnt piss me off getting murked in his second phase. Actually the first major boss i actually started memorizing their attacks to the point i could if didnt get smacked by his triple hit attack could go most no hit until his second phase.
Messmer is my favorite by far, the second and most framerate breaking boss fight if had in Elden Ring😂 love his character so much!
I personally have Radahn as my #2 behind Messmer, and was surprised to learn that he was so controversial. I enjoyed him more than all of the fights in the base game, including Malenia, and definitely a LOT more than the original final boss Elden Beast. All of his moves are very flashy, and many have tight timings to dodge them, but I also thought that all of the attacks were telegraphed pretty well with both visual and audio cues; it just takes a bunch of learning to get used to those telegraphs and figure out how to dodge everything. It was incredibly satisfying to learn all of the patterns and watch myself get later and later into the fight with consistency. Once I figured out the telegraphs, the boss didn't feel "cheap" to me at all. I thought it was perfectly fair and consistently doable with practice, just hard, and requiring many attempts to learn. I wouldn't really consider something to be "cheap" unless it's random, poorly telegraphed, and un-reactable, but I get that people might have different opinions on that, and may not like having to sink in 100 attempts just to learn all of the boss patterns, or having to change up their equipment in order to accommodate the boss. None of the attacks were even close to one-shots with 50 vigor and light armor, but I also swapped to three defensive talismans, which made the boss a lot more forgiving and easier to learn.
I can definitely empathize with FPS issues, and I do think that a couple of the map-wide effects in phase 2 are a bit too much, but these didn't really sour my experience at all thankfully.
I'm not upset if people don't like the boss, since it's a game and they can like or dislike whatever they prefer, but personally I had a ton of fun with Radahn, even though he took me the longest to beat by far. Perfectly valid to enjoy different things.
Igon made the fight a million times more cinematic and memorable. This DLC was insane 🤩🤩🤩
One additional aspect I liked about Putrescent knight was also that he was weak to holy which was a nice change from most endgame bosses being 50-80% holy resistant. A nice bit of variation to make use of the huge amount of holy damage weapons and incantations that otherwise seldom find use outside PVP
gaius is most hated by people? is consort radahn not at the phone right now?
Give it a couple weeks they’ll nerf the lights and the cross slash and everyone will love it, I mean a lot already do with the issues
Midra’s area (abyssal woods) is not exploited enough and I think his moveset could be improved. The ost is cool, the design also, but the fight is not UNIQUE enough. Could be better
Most accurate tier list
Adding a category for cutscenes could be a cool addition to future boss tier lists, good vid!
Scadutree avatars music is forgettable...really? Messmer felt so perfect after mastering his moveset I almost nohit him.
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Scadutree Avatar's theme is better than any boss theme from DS3, other than Vordt maybe. I don't get why people are downplaying that cool boss so much
I soloed Radahn because of you!
Midra IMMEDIATELY took first place for me. What an absolutely amazing OST and the visuals are just mad. Bayle is almost tied but I loved Midras music way more. Metyr was like a wild acid trip, what a wild ride.
In the embrace of mesmer's flame
Radhan ruined the whole DLC, I have beaten him but it was such a ludicrously outrageous fight that could give someone PTSD 😮
My top 3 would be
Radahn
Rellana
Messmer
However that rank is only based on how fun it is to learn, fight and eventually kill a boss. I dont really take graphics or lore into account.
I also seem to be the only one in the world who didn't care much for bayle. Sure the fight definitely looked really cool and all but was it a fun fight? I dont think so. It was the only major boss of the dlc I somehow managed to kill first try. Definitely had alot more trouble with the other dragon before him. Probably need to give him another go I guess
Great list. Really appreciate how you clearly indicate individual factor rankings. Right now my list is almost identical to yours, though I would probably swap Metyr & the Tree Avatar, and swap Rellana & Consort Radahn.
What I noticed is that Messmer is actually more difficult with your mimic tear. You go in, summon and get smacked since you can’t dodge the upcoming attack due to you summoning. You run away and heal and now he’s extremely unpredictable and will attack you even if you’re not attacking or near him. That’s how it should be. Prevents it from being easy with a mimic tear.
Radahn music is one of the best soundtracks I ever heard, the design of the boss is also GOD tier.
It's so unfortunate the boss is loaded with BS in the second phase. If was not for the huge amount of BS, it was second place for me (Bayle for me is the best boss fight of all fromsoftware games).
There's not a huge amount of BS though. Almost all of his moveset can be perfectly dodged, even on medium roll.
Golden Twink and his Meat Puppet not being dead last is very sus
There no way that fight deserves last place. Below Romina and Metyr???
What made the Messmer fight even better for me was that I forced myself to use the serpent hunter on him, making the fight a lot more fun
I don't like Messmer as a boss, but Rellana is amazing. When I fought her with the backhand blades, it really felt like a dance of swords. Well done, FromSoft.
Radahn is way too high
10. Poop Knight - I do not like him at all. None of his abilities are memorable at all to me and I find design goofy plus I think when he dismounts his attacks are confusing to dodge.
9. Commander Gaius - Cheap but not as hard as I expected. Liking his design and lore makes him one step above Poop Knight.
8. Pretender Radhan and Miquelester - People always wanted to face Radhan at his prime, and I did too. And I always wanted to hear him speaking cause he seems like he would be perfect mix of Godfrey and Godwyn in chadness. Instead we got this walking corpse with Radhan's soul moaning like he did when he lost his mind in Caleid. And then pubrity-reached Miquella comes and everything goes to s**t. Difficulty hits the roof and, while flashy, it becomes little bit too much. I did not feel good after I beaten him, I felt relief. Only thing keeping him from last spot is OST (best one imo) and phase 1.
7. 3x Sunflowers - Cool design, generally OK boss, beautiful arena but instead of making him 1 good boss we got cheap 3 same bosses with different ability each time.
6. Metyr Mother of Fingers - from this point all bosses are quite ok in my opinion, no major flaws (except camera on 4th place boss) and Metyr is just bearly bordering that. I am Lovecraft fan which is a plus with this boss and her design resemble Bloodborne bosses. I also really love the arena, spectacular ability effects and lore behind her plus the fact that she is tied to a quest chain. Underrated on internet imo.
5. Romina Saint of a Bud - love her design, her abilities, her lore and OST. She never felt cheap and, while building dreaded Scarlet Rot, buildup was not that oppressive. I had fun fighting her. She takes number 5 only due to having no place being penultimate boss. She belongs in optional boss cathegory more.
4. Dancing Lion - design ✔ abilities ✔ lore✔ OST ✔✔ camera ❌❌❌. I could not decide placing between lion and Romina honestly. They both can be 4 and 5. I love the lion a bit more cause of different elements and his kit and general festival that is his battle. If this version had death blight like his brother from the north it would be under Poop Knight.
3. Relanna (I think I got name right) Love her, both design, which I agree resembles Pontif which is a plus, abilities (huge carian fan here) and I love the simplicity of her lore. She has hots for Messmer. Why not? She is also a perfect stepping stome to what we might expect from hiper aggressive bosses in this DLC. Her armor is also top fier for me to wear.
2. Midra, LotFF - other than Miquelested Radhan this boss took me the most tries to beat because I was flame specced. He is a bjt too oppressive but OST, buildup, creepiness, Frenzied Flame, based on second best ending in vanilla? I am sold sold sold.
1. Shared by Messmer and Bayle. I simply can't decide. Same points that Fextra gave but I would like to add that if not for Igon Messmer would be number 1 and Bayle number 3.
Scadutree avatar had top tier music though for sure
Radahn is an awful boss, its a not fun allowed boss, that to me drops it almost to to spot 10, I don't care if its an spectacle, its frustrating to learn to fight, it felt like a chore, and no I didn't want to change my whole build to a shield or somethign along those lines. if he was supposed to be this fast and flashy I wished it did less damage so that you can atleast try and learn the moveset without being killed by 5 string combos that 2 shot you while being hell of confusing to dodge. Also good luck if you had a build that was relying on cast time, becuase he gives you no time to without being slapped in the face atleast once per cast.
After beating him I went and loaded a save I had on blodborne and Orphan of kos felt less opressive that this ass****, he had lenghtier openings in a game which the player character can basically light roll for free and the movesets are way quicker.
Just summon Taylew and call it a day
💯... Radahn should not have been the Main/Final Boss... His Hitboxes are SICK and he was, for me, a very CHEAP and overly hard designed Boss, just for the sake of being difficult... FS made a very poor choice for a Final/Main Boss... Messmer or even Rellana would have been better choices as the Final/Main Boss fight.
@@way2real364if you don’t like difficult games why are you playing them and crying when they are difficult? It’s the dlc of fromsoft biggest game, of course it’s gonna be crazy hard, if it was just another Messmer that took most people 6-7 tries it would be disappointing, difficulty is what makes these games fun for so many of us and 80% of you guys rob yourself of that feeling by cheesing and summoning your way through
Not everybody has all the free time in their life to spend hours or days to perfect a bosses moveset . You can enjoy fs games and still be annoyed by a shitty boss . @@Ar17778
have you tried getting good, learning his combos were extremely fun, and rewarding
Radahn not being 1 is wild. Everyone leans on he's "to hard" or "cheap". HE'S A GOD and the greatest warrior the lands between had ever seen. It's the final boss of Elden Ring as a whole. I don't want a fair fight or even a somewhat medium fight. I want insane difficulty and insane granduer and spectacle. That's what we received.
They're all amazing, honestly, except hog rider, so I see the difficulty.
And it’s poorly designed compared to the rest. The fact that it’s this high is already crazy lol
Don't care, still shit boss. It is worse version of Twin Princes from DS3 and it is also 1st time we got reused boss as a FINAL BOSS of a DLC.
Radahn isn't a God Miquella is, Radahn is just a warlord with mother who was a God. Insane amount of roll catches and visual clutter in 2nd phase isn't a good design.
radahn is amazing and i agree he couldnt be easier cosidering he is the last boss of the last dlc, but bayle and messmer are just way more hype to fight against, for me radahn is number 3 of the dlc but number 4 overall cause i still think malenia is better than him and bayle, messmer was the best tho
@Just_B0red shit boss is a hilarious and wild take. That's the reason soulsbourne games are amazing. I had an easier and less fun time with Messmer and Bayle. Both were amazing, particularly Bayle. My order would be Radahn, Bayle, and Malenia for fun, difficulty, and the quality of the fight.
@thats4thebirds I saw no crazy poor design issues. Minus the massive aoe that I only ever dodged once properly. The rest of the second phase attacks everyone cries about are scaled down in damage , and it's fine to take a hit. It's part of the fight. I had a blast, and it was enjoyable difficulty. Someone like Malenia eventually becomes not enjoyable and is just annoyingly hard and has half the issues people cry about for Radahn.
I’m so glad you brought up metyr looking like the Elden beast . I haven’t seen anyone talk about it
You should do a visual design tier list next. Would love to get your thoughts. In terms of that its Bayle, Scadutree,Metyr, and Romina for me.
I personally consider the phase 3 scadutree avatar music the best, I love that the final phase soundtrack gets slower and more quiet instead of the other way around like nowhere else
My favourite is leda's fight, for the music, the lore and the goosebumps !
Agreed on putrescent knight. Absolutely loved every second of it I was very surprised people had such issue with it
Am I the only one who thinks radahn was the best boss? Was it unfairly difficult? Yes. Was it the hardest boss in the soulsborne series? Yes, but the satisfaction that came with beating him was unmatched, visually he is one of the coolest bosses in fromsoft history specially in his second phase.
Only bosses that came close to being as memorable were messmer and bayle for me.
That's fair, especially phase 1. Phase 1 was one of the best boss fights I've ever played in any game. Phase 2 really sucked, but finally beating him after like 4 days of trying felt so amazing
@@fishy1856 it took me 2 days and no other fromsoft boss took me more than a day, but I also enjoyed the 2nd half of the fight eventhough it was a bit unfair, I realy liked miquella being on top of radahn casting holy spells (also keep in mind i played on ps5 so I faced no performance issues neither)
My personal favourite so far has been Messmer, he just feels so perfectly balanced.
Difficult, but rewarding for learning his moveset, not just AoE spamming, actual cutscenes to add to the atmosphere and a cool arena too 👌
Rellana is a close second because she just oozes style and has a unique weapon and attacks.
I will add I’ve got a few bosses still to face, including Bayle and Midra though.
I saw those comment that made sense to me and that i agree with. A majority of the dlc bosses felt like I was trying to survive.