it's still underrated, while now its talked more it's only relevant during underrated bosess discussions, still, i feel like the old demon king is more underrated
@@robertoberto9385BRO OMG I AGREE SO MUCH i genuinely feel like he’s underrated and should be talked about more in boss discussions I enjoyed that fight
@robertoberto9385 Boring boss in a bad area and I don't care about the lore, pulling a Sif and having him stumble at low health just doesn't work nearly as well
For me the most underrated fight in the entire series has to be the demon prince. I don’t know why but on my first playthrough he was just okay. Coming back to the game after having played all the other games fighting the demon prince was one of the most fun fights I’ve ever had. The fight is literally perfect. Peak souls.
@Yive. I have beaten the boss more than 5 times SL1 Solo Melee alongside every single Dark Souls Boss. It's not like it took me 2 whole days to devise a working strategy I can tell what this boss will do by just a slight flinch Doesn't change the fact that the arena doesn't help the camera Lock on is suicide When they both flame on a lot of times, you die to bullshit And when they are both turned off It's arguably worse On top of all that, there is the toxin factor If you play like me without any consumables, it makes the fight pretty much unwinnable With that said, the boss overall is a A- at worst A great boss,but not what i would call a legendary one
@@Yami1300 I’ve also done this boss no damage and sl1. Just don’t lock on in the first phase??? Play passively when they’re both aggressive? It still seems like you don’t know how to fight them. Most people would agree that they’re the best multi enemy boss in souls
I never noticed, until this video that the fully grown falling star beast’s roll attack looks really similar as far as animation to the jumping grab attack of the guardian ape
In my opinion, Ruin Sentinels from DS2 are also very underrated. Many people treat them like "just another gank fight" but they're so much more than that. They have a surprisingly diverse and distinct moveset with many attacks for all possible situations, their attack windows are nicely balanced for you to be able to fight back even when fighting 1vs3 at soul level 1 (tested myself). And the mechanic with the first one being a solo fight if you manage to not drop down from the small platform is really amazing, too.
I find godrick the grafted to be extremely underrated, I think it's because of all the great fights present in elden ring already but, I love his cutscenes, voice acting, and duh, his fight. I really do wish he was talked about more
Funnily enough there is actually allot of cut dialogue from Godrick, I have no idea how it would have fit into the game but we hear him sending his soldiers out to hunt tarnished, and we even hear him giving a speech about returning to Leyndell
Aava from DS2 is underrated imo. The atmosphere of an old frozen city and the final guardian of it before the queen was amazing. Aava is pretty fair with her moveset and very visually distinct.
Would totally agree with this, serious boss theme, Ingenuity with tying the invisibility to the eye of the priestess, fits the setting, and it’s a giant tiger it’s just cool. Besides that maybe blue smelter demon
@@primalspongebob6144 Blue Smelter is very cool as a reused boss because he actually does change delays for his attacks and uses a different damage type. I just wish he had any lore and a better run up.
Yeah but Aava's boss design birthed Lud&Zallen, one of if not the absolute worst Dark Souls boss ever created. At least Blue Smelty fights you one on one.
@@markopusic8258 It’s overhated. The run up was bad but the fight isn’t very hard if you mastered Aava. It’s just a shame they didn’t do anything unique with the king’s pets being more than just giant kitties.
Martyr logarius is pretty well liked for the most part but for me I find it the most underrated boss in the series because when most people say its a great boss I say its flawless up there with orphan for best bb fight
Glad to see the fallingstar beast get some recognition, its my second favourite fight in elden ring only being beaten out by mohg. Also like that you gave ds to sanctuary guardian, its such a drastic change in pace from anything in the base game and a fun switchup.
I love the fallingstar beast!! Probably my favourite mini boss even though I know some people hate it. They even drop smithing stones that are good for every build. So you’re encouraged to fight them which I like. They’re one of the few bosses I actually really love fighting on horseback because all their attacks are actually dodgeable on Torrent, similar to Radahn. For Dark Souls 3 I’d say Demon Prince though. I genuinely think Demon Prince deserves to be up there with Midir and Friede in terms of being talked about more, I loved that fight.
A boss I personally feel is underrated is the Abhorrent Beast in Bloodborne's chalice dungeons. The pace of that fight is pretty fast given how relentless he can be, and how hard he can punish you for greed, panic, or a bad dodge. The theme being the Darkbeast theme is also a cherry on top for me.
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100% Agree on the Dragonslayer Armor. I think it's a little weak on the lore front, but such an amazing and fun moveset and design from a throwaway boss.
I feel like Soul of Cinder should have been the underrated boss for DS3, but thats probably just me. I've always preferred him to Gael personally, and he's my absolute favorite boss of all time, but I never see people giving him the credit he deserves :(
Honestly, I think Elemer of the Briar and the Bell-Bearing Hunters deserve some praise. They're some of my favorite bosses to fight because if you can match their rhythm and aggression it is immensely satisfying, but still takes time to actually defeat. And it can turn into a very one sided fight in either direction depending on who is controlling the flow, which makes it all the more engaging to me. Plus I love going at him with my buckler and unleashing my parry god self but the wide moveset and double-parry mechanic keep it from being a bland instant win. Seriously, where is the love for my man?
Agreed, I like that it punishes you for being passive and staying away, instead of Malenia who is the exact opposite. Also I'm pretty sure that Elemer IS the bell bearing hunter
Great list overall. I hated the fullgrown fallingstar Beast in Elden Ring on my casual playthrough but after doing my Rune Level 1 All Bosses run which forced me to learn its moveset i fell in love with the boss and consider it among the best non-main bosses in the game.
Hero of Zamor in Elden ring could be S tier with a couple minor tweaks imo. Maybe with a cool icy arena at the end of an ice dungeon in snowfields, and give him the ability to change the layout of the arena with ice mid-fight for personality. His moveset is varied and satisfying to dodge, not too easy and not bullshit either
@BillySYT I only disagree with Najka, she's just way less interesting than the boss she was clearly designed off of. Nothing offensive to me, just another DS2 boss to mow down with relative ease.
I’ll never forget my first fight against DS Armor. I had played Sekiro and DS2 before, and even with Sekiro’s magnificent cast of bosses, I had never experienced a rush during a boss like I did with that one. 10/10 boss, good to see it on here as nobody seems to talk about it enough
I agree so much on Shadows of Yharnam. I see so many people say they hate the fight and I can’t understand why. Okay, it’s a gank fight, but that’s not inherently bad. All three Shadows present their own challenges and have their own weaknesses, and it works perfectly. There’s cover around the arena to avoid the fireballs, parrying works well on the melee attackers, and the giant snakes are a really cool touch. Thematically it’s awesome, and the combat is fun. I’d call the Shadows easily a top 10 boss in the game.
I think armored spider is cool too, stuck in essentially a corrdior where you have to decide to rush the boss for melee or explore ranged options while taking cover.
Most underrated boss in Elden Ring imo is the Elden Beast. I’ve never once seen him do what everyone claims he does, which run away the whole time. I find him to be the 3rd best fight in the game and outside of Elden Stars, I really don’t understand why he’s hated by so many people.
I absolutely love the Fallingstar Beasts, my favorite none major boss in the game next to the Death Rite Birds. Them being in the evolutionary chain next to the Malformed Star and Astels makes them even cooler.
Dragonslayer armour really reminds me of Looking Glass Knight in style. Both have you vs a large knight who can block on a high up platform AND they can call upon help if needed.
I fought the Sanctuary Guardian today on a SL1 run, and I just realized something. The boss is literally a quadruped version of Maneater, they are the same boss. Well, not literally, but the two share an almost identical moveset. Both fly around with wings and shoot out elemental ranged attacks from their mouth, they possess multiple slam attacks and a fast charge-attack. There is a tail that can be cut off to make the fight easier and you even fight two of them. Their designs also have similarities, being a mix of multiple different creatures merged into one. The two even share some, such as both designs incorporating a lion. I know I'm onto absolutely nothing, but this fascinates me.
Dragonslayer is only underrated because it competes alongside the best bosses in the series like soul of cinder, gael, twin princes, etc. I would say its no longer underrated, most people realize its an S tier fight
The dragon kin soldier of nokstella from Elden. It’s so crazy and schematic for just some random dungeon. It has two fazes with crazy attacks and I never hear it talked about.
What is or what isn’t underrated is such a subjective category to tackle but I understand your choices. One honorable mention in particular would probably be the most underrated for me. O‘Rin is a weirdo in a way I can appreciate. She plays an instrument, wears a Skyrim merchant hat and has a pretty unique moveset to boot. (Still ended up cheesing her with poison because I‘m bad at Sekiro)
Fallingstar beast was basically blazing bull but better, genuinely one of the best mini-bosses in the game. Also a cool thing about it, is that if you time an attack perfectly when it's charging at you, you'll be able to stop and stagger it. However my most underrated one in elden ring has to go to Nokstella's dragonkin soldier, his second phase is so fucking cool and it makes him like 3x cooler, sadly he dies too quickly...
While dragonslayer armor is underrated, I feel the most underrated boss in DS3 is the Demon Prince who I find to be the best gank fight I’ve ever done in a game. More so even than the Valkyrie duo in Ragnarok.
My personal underrated bosses are: Demon's Souls - Armored Spider or Old Hero. The first has an interesting gimmick that makes any hit at close range that much more valuable and creates tension to do as well as quickly as possible. Old Hero is more interesting if you ignore the gimmick and fight him upfront. Dark Souls - Iron Golem. Great presentation with an interesting moveset and gimmick. Dark Souls 2 - Aava, the King's Pet. Underrated lore with a good set of attacks with quite varied timings. Bloodborne - Shadows of Yharnam. Pretty much the same reasons as yours. Dark Souls 3 - Yhorm, the Giant. You'd be surprised by how many ways you can efficiently fight him. Storm Ruler, switching between it and a regular weapon, double Storm Ruler with Siegward, but my two favored ones are aiming for the arms (they take increased damage and can stun him) and Siegward-only Storm Ruler while I try to keep Yhorm's aggression MMO-style. Very emotional fight, too. Sekiro - (False) Corrupted Monk. First true polearm boss in Sekiro, with a massive but singular health and posture bar that incentivizes finding opportunities to deal damage more so than most others. Elden Ring - Elden Beast or Rennala. Personally never had bad Elden Beast AI, probably because I don't count attacks that cause him to MOMENTARILY create distance before closing back in as it 'running away', nor the scripted Holy Nukes at 75% and 25% hp. Elden Stars is... problematic but there are ways to deal with it. Rennala is definitely the best mage boss they've ever done. Would've been better if the first phase were a one-time thing only per run, but it's over fast. I love the summoning phase as she becomes less aggressive and you can balance offense and defense if you know what you're doing, plus with the help of some tools.
Demon's Souls bosses in general are underrated. Fools Idol is a better Pinwheel, Tower Night is a better Iron Golem, Man Eaters is a harder (idk about better) Bell Gargoyles, frankly I think Vanguard Demon is a better and more fulfilling version of the Asylum/Stray Demon. Hell even Dragon God which is an objectively bad boss is still better than Bed of Chaos who took the same concept and made it worse. Also shades of Manus in Flamelurker.
I generally agree that demon soul usually has the best and most interesting version of each concept. Maneater would be the main exeption as the gargoyle fight really just feels like a fixed version of it.
For ds3, I think Champion Gundyer is underrated. I don’t see many people taking about him, but if you fight him without parrying it’s an absolute blast of a fight
i just started playing dark souls 3 couple weeks ago and the only boss that killed me again after starting a new game+ is champion gundyer that fight is so fun i love how aggressive he can be and his kick just makes it better
NOTE: In the Najka fight you can just dodge the ground move and it wouldn't take that long Goddamn why do i agree with every one of this? Maybe this is biased (because i agree) but this was another banger video
For Elden Ring it's gotta be the Deathrite Birds. It's far too easy to lock on to the head and have your camera taken hostage that people dismiss the fight entirely on that basis, myself included at first. However once you know to change lock to the body you get quite a well designed fight with a solid variety of moves that require different dodging methods. Also their insane weakness to holy damage is pretty fun. I will denigrate the one in Caelid for having a terrible arena though; that was the first one I fought on my RL1 run and it didn't help my impression of the fight.
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I'm glad to Full-Grown Fallingstar Beast is getting the recognition it deserves. In my opinion, it's best the non-remberance boss in Elden Ring. My only complaint is how few runes it drops, 21K runes for something that's arguably harder than Morgott is theft.
At least for me the Sanctuary Guardian was never a forgotten boss. I think that the shock of starting the DLC and being thrown a boss mere seconds of the start must have been the reason why I always remember it. Strangely enough the boss I never remember from that DLC is Manus. I always think of the Guardian and then for me the "main" boss is Artorias. My most underrated boss would be Soul of Cinder that for a lot of fans is too easy as a final boss. I don't think he is, and also the callback to Gwyn during the second phase is awesome.
Centipede demon got screwed by the devs. Behind an area of reskin enemies and boss, between two of peoples least favorite areas in the series, in an arena that has a ring gimmick the boss drops. Just set up for failure, if you have a patch of land to fight on it has about a dozen unique attacks and combos, but the bad arena breaks the AI and ruins a potentially fun fight in one of the most underwhelming areas in the series
Great list as always, here are my nominations: DeS = agree DS1 = I would actually say Gwyndolin DS2 = Elana for me, Najka just isn't a good fight mechanically and the arena is so ugly BB = even in this list, Chalice bosses remain, er, underrated. There's a few I could have picked, but the Pthumerian Elder has one of the coolest boss designs and movesets in the series. DS3 = I think the Old Demon King needs more love! Sekiro = I love Emma, but Divine Dragon is the best spectacle boss they've ever done Elden Ring = Necromancer Garris is a random hard asf caster fight in a relatively benign region. Unique enemy design, cool spells, just hard and annoying enough. Good old Garris!
DeS: Penetrator - i hear your comments but i never hear penetrator mentioned as best boss in the game and to me he genuinely is DS1: Agreed honestly, Sanctuary Guardian was more fun than Kalameet to me mechanically DS2: Elana the Squalid Queen - RNG heavy but honestly good fun but never mentioned, DS2 is hard because most of the good bosses stick out amidst the generally poor roster Bloodborne: Logarius or Ebrietas, generally liked but are both top tier in my opinion, similar reasoning to penetrator DS3: Agreed, DSA is an amazing fight who gets forgotten by being sandwiched between dancer and princes Sekiro: Either Emma or True Corrupted Monk, True Corrupted is just a great arena and high energy, much better than the false variant Elden Ring: this is maybe cheating but phase 1 Godfrey, lots of people rave about Hoarah Loux but phase 1 of that fight is maybe the most balanced and fair (while still being epic) stand and bang fights in the whole series
DS1 - Four Kings DS2 - Sentinels DS3 - No clue - they are all highly rated, but definitely not Dragonslayer Armour. I see everyone putting him in top 10, which is praise in that game BB - Shadows of Yharnam is fine pick Sekiro - Guardian Ape ER - I hate everything about Fallingstar Beast so just no. Idk what is underrated though, maybe Godskin Apostle
Dragonslayer armour is my 2nd fav ds3 boss So in my 3rd Eldenring run (because his axe is in the game) I did a dragon slayer Armour cosplay run (called DrakeSlayerArmor cause otherwise the name doesnt fit)
I'm not gonna lie I think shadows of yharnam are trash. The fact they can hit you through a wall in the second phase with their normal attacks just completely ruins the purpose of separating enemies in gank fights. Also the snakes are complete rng
Honestly the most underrated boss in soulsborne is Gwyn. He is in my opinion extremely close to being a perfect boss fight. I feel like people forget that it is possible to fight without parrying. I honestly think the arena is the best in the series, given how the rocks can be used. It’s honestly such a spectacle. I have one tiny issue, and that is that sometimes, it feels like I should be hit but then it just doesn’t happen. Best boss fight in the entire series imo.
O'rin is definitely the best mini boss, I have to fight her down the path I don't like to cheese her as I do invite her combos for skill purposes nevertheless she is insanely deadly and it feels like an earned victory without a doubt
Demon’s Souls Storm King. Audio and visual masterpiece Dark Souls Seath maybe? Dark Souls 2. Not underrated, more like overhated, Blue Smelter Demon. It’s reskin, but it is really not that bad. Bloodborne. Laurence. Top 5 fight in Bloodborne for me Dark Souls 3. Oceiros. It’s easy, but it has interesting lore and cutscene and highly dynamic fight Sekiro. Divine Dragon. It rivals Sword Saint Isshin for me. Elden Ring. Godskin Apostle. People would love this boss, but Godskin Duo exists.
Dragonslayer Armor will aways be lacking due to not having that extra story element Oh it's just some Random Armor controled by some butterfly creature we know nothing about Every 1 v 1 knights fight or dragonslaying has some story context behind it
If we talk about fromsoftware as a whole it has to be Quelaag for ds1. She is ahead of her time when ds1 came out. I Easyly see her as an S tier fight. For ds2 its old dragonslayer. Yes its Ornstein but its a good reuse for ds2 Standards. Bb is Laurence. Ds3 was really difficult but in the end it is Midir for me. She is just a perfect fight and she becomes a satisfying fight when mastert. Sekiro has to be Shura Isshin. Emma is a close second spot but shura Isshin gets overlocked a lot. Elden ring is from all 15 main bosses Renala. She is the second best magic boss in all of fromsoftware history after Darkluker.
DS3 mist underratted boss for me is definitely the Old Demon King also very forgettable being out of the way optional and having nothing beyond his arena but he is such a good evolution of the asylum demon or the lost demon
now i need to stop being a wimp and do ds3 dlc and beat demon souls and ds1-2 but for the ones ive played BB: probably shadows as well but to me the BB bosses are either amazing or just bad(i dont have dlc so i cant give my opinion on dlc and i didnt know that it sends you to ng+ so i have to do the other bosses) DS3: now idk how the general preference is but i never hear about the oceirus fight, love the ost with the baby crying and (with what i generally know) the lore is pretty sad but pretty good Sekiro: i would either go with monk or DOH, more-so since i dont hear a lot about the monk and a lot of hate towards the demon but for me its hard since imo sekiro bosses are generally very well received and i need to do shura ER: main bosses easily elden beast, now this is probably controversial but i love the design the arena and the music, and i love his moves(except elden stars that move is bs) but if were're talking about all the bosses for me its the dragonkin of nokstella but i think its because its found so early in an area where most players will be in mid to endgame and challenge it with high damage
The main problem with dragon slayer armor for me is its too easy. I think the most underrated in ds3 is demon prince cause i think its a top 3 boss in the whole franchise
Demon's - Armored Spider he's a cool fella DS1 - yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy idk they're either overrated or kinda bad yyyyy Iron Golem he's funny DS2 - Sinh my boy is much better fight than Kalameet but Black D. dude is the one people love for some reason BB - Ebrietas my girl is best big boss in the game and no one talks about her cuz humans DS3 - Aldrich he seems disliked and I like him ER - Leonine Misbegotten ginger dude is fun to fight and I found it absolutely hilarious that 3/9 legendary weapons are dropped from them. Absolute legends
i think friede is the most underrated rated in ds3 because everyone just says gael is easily the best fight in the game. Friede has the singular best phase in all the souls games and its sad no one even is willing to entertain the idea of her being better than gael.
Shadows of Yharnam? Underrated? I gotta respectfully disagree. They're the best Gank fight in the SoulsBorne Ring series! Mmm, I think the most underrated Boss(es) for Bloodborne are the Pthumerian Descendant & Elder. Unique fights, the Chalice Lore, great horrifying design, etc.
Najika really isnt underrated maybe for her game she stands out because shes not a humanoid guy in armor, but in comparison to the series i think shes pretty appropriately rated as forgettable.
I think the only one I disagree with is Emma, Butterfly never gets any respect as also a strong female character. Emma was cooler as an ally and the representation of her turning into an enemy was cool but she was very easy at that level of the game and just a mild stopgap before isshin.
For DS3 I’d have to go with the Deacons. Soft spot for me as I crushed them on my first play through and it was my “I can do this” moment. Great list!!!!!
Dragonslayer Armor is called underrated so many times that it is not underrated anymore
it's still underrated, while now its talked more it's only relevant during underrated bosess discussions, still, i feel like the old demon king is more underrated
@@robertoberto9385 Wait i think you dropped this King 👑
@@robertoberto9385BRO OMG I AGREE SO MUCH i genuinely feel like he’s underrated and should be talked about more in boss discussions I enjoyed that fight
@robertoberto9385 Boring boss in a bad area and I don't care about the lore, pulling a Sif and having him stumble at low health just doesn't work nearly as well
This comment is underrated
For me the most underrated fight in the entire series has to be the demon prince. I don’t know why but on my first playthrough he was just okay. Coming back to the game after having played all the other games fighting the demon prince was one of the most fun fights I’ve ever had. The fight is literally perfect. Peak souls.
But most people think that too making it perfectly rated
Phase 1 is a mess
@@Yami1300I can tell you don’t know how the fight works
@Yive.
I have beaten the boss more than 5 times SL1 Solo Melee alongside every single Dark Souls Boss.
It's not like it took me 2 whole days to devise a working strategy
I can tell what this boss will do by just a slight flinch
Doesn't change the fact that the arena doesn't help the camera
Lock on is suicide
When they both flame on a lot of times, you die to bullshit
And when they are both turned off It's arguably worse
On top of all that, there is the toxin factor
If you play like me without any consumables, it makes the fight pretty much unwinnable
With that said, the boss overall is a A- at worst
A great boss,but not what i would call a legendary one
@@Yami1300 I’ve also done this boss no damage and sl1. Just don’t lock on in the first phase??? Play passively when they’re both aggressive? It still seems like you don’t know how to fight them. Most people would agree that they’re the best multi enemy boss in souls
I never noticed, until this video that the fully grown falling star beast’s roll attack looks really similar as far as animation to the jumping grab attack of the guardian ape
In my opinion, Ruin Sentinels from DS2 are also very underrated. Many people treat them like "just another gank fight" but they're so much more than that. They have a surprisingly diverse and distinct moveset with many attacks for all possible situations, their attack windows are nicely balanced for you to be able to fight back even when fighting 1vs3 at soul level 1 (tested myself).
And the mechanic with the first one being a solo fight if you manage to not drop down from the small platform is really amazing, too.
I think they are the most underrated boss in ds2
I find godrick the grafted to be extremely underrated, I think it's because of all the great fights present in elden ring already but, I love his cutscenes, voice acting, and duh, his fight. I really do wish he was talked about more
I've seen him talked about plenty
Godrick was heavily praised when the game came out and was spoke about a lot
Funnily enough there is actually allot of cut dialogue from Godrick, I have no idea how it would have fit into the game but we hear him sending his soldiers out to hunt tarnished, and we even hear him giving a speech about returning to Leyndell
Godrick is the best boss fight in my opinion.
His main issue is that many people on their first run struggled way more with Margitt who came right before him than with Godrick
Aava from DS2 is underrated imo. The atmosphere of an old frozen city and the final guardian of it before the queen was amazing. Aava is pretty fair with her moveset and very visually distinct.
Would totally agree with this, serious boss theme, Ingenuity with tying the invisibility to the eye of the priestess, fits the setting, and it’s a giant tiger it’s just cool. Besides that maybe blue smelter demon
@@primalspongebob6144 Blue Smelter is very cool as a reused boss because he actually does change delays for his attacks and uses a different damage type. I just wish he had any lore and a better run up.
Yeah but Aava's boss design birthed Lud&Zallen, one of if not the absolute worst Dark Souls boss ever created. At least Blue Smelty fights you one on one.
@@markopusic8258 It’s overhated. The run up was bad but the fight isn’t very hard if you mastered Aava. It’s just a shame they didn’t do anything unique with the king’s pets being more than just giant kitties.
I think most people recognize Aava as a top 5 DS2 boss so i wouldnt call it underrated.
Martyr logarius is pretty well liked for the most part but for me I find it the most underrated boss in the series because when most people say its a great boss I say its flawless up there with orphan for best bb fight
I love Logarius. The sound design of his attacks is so cool.
@@tytar1037Glad someone else pointed out his sound design lol. Love his grunts as he swings his weapons, not to mention the magic itself.
Glad to see the fallingstar beast get some recognition, its my second favourite fight in elden ring only being beaten out by mohg. Also like that you gave ds to sanctuary guardian, its such a drastic change in pace from anything in the base game and a fun switchup.
I LOVED the falling star beast, I’m glad to see it get some attention.
I love the fallingstar beast!! Probably my favourite mini boss even though I know some people hate it. They even drop smithing stones that are good for every build. So you’re encouraged to fight them which I like. They’re one of the few bosses I actually really love fighting on horseback because all their attacks are actually dodgeable on Torrent, similar to Radahn.
For Dark Souls 3 I’d say Demon Prince though. I genuinely think Demon Prince deserves to be up there with Midir and Friede in terms of being talked about more, I loved that fight.
A boss I personally feel is underrated is the Abhorrent Beast in Bloodborne's chalice dungeons. The pace of that fight is pretty fast given how relentless he can be, and how hard he can punish you for greed, panic, or a bad dodge. The theme being the Darkbeast theme is also a cherry on top for me.
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100% Agree on the Dragonslayer Armor.
I think it's a little weak on the lore front, but such an amazing and fun moveset and design from a throwaway boss.
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We love an underrated boss in this household! Which are yours from each game? Let me know down below!
Penetrator, Four Kings, Smelter Demon, Laurence, Lothric and Lorian, True Monk, Godrick
DeS: Penetrator
DS1 Sanctuary Guardian
DS2: Ruin Sentinels
DS3: Twin Princes
ER: Morgott
I haven't played Sekiro or Bloodbourne yet
For me:
Ds1: 4 Kings
Ds3: Demon Princes
BB: Shadows of Yharnam and Living Failures
Sekiro: Emma
Elden Ring: Godskin Apostle
I feel like Soul of Cinder should have been the underrated boss for DS3, but thats probably just me. I've always preferred him to Gael personally, and he's my absolute favorite boss of all time, but I never see people giving him the credit he deserves :(
Honestly, I think Elemer of the Briar and the Bell-Bearing Hunters deserve some praise. They're some of my favorite bosses to fight because if you can match their rhythm and aggression it is immensely satisfying, but still takes time to actually defeat. And it can turn into a very one sided fight in either direction depending on who is controlling the flow, which makes it all the more engaging to me. Plus I love going at him with my buckler and unleashing my parry god self but the wide moveset and double-parry mechanic keep it from being a bland instant win. Seriously, where is the love for my man?
Agreed, I like that it punishes you for being passive and staying away, instead of Malenia who is the exact opposite. Also I'm pretty sure that Elemer IS the bell bearing hunter
He is, I just felt that his field boss variants were worth including
Great list overall. I hated the fullgrown fallingstar Beast in Elden Ring on my casual playthrough but after doing my Rune Level 1 All Bosses run which forced me to learn its moveset i fell in love with the boss and consider it among the best non-main bosses in the game.
Hero of Zamor in Elden ring could be S tier with a couple minor tweaks imo. Maybe with a cool icy arena at the end of an ice dungeon in snowfields, and give him the ability to change the layout of the arena with ice mid-fight for personality. His moveset is varied and satisfying to dodge, not too easy and not bullshit either
I agree, I just wish they had more health and their phase transition didn't leave them vulnerable for so long.
Another banger by Billy S 🗣
Bold of you to say that before watching the full video lmao
@BillySYT I only disagree with Najka, she's just way less interesting than the boss she was clearly designed off of. Nothing offensive to me, just another DS2 boss to mow down with relative ease.
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I’ll never forget my first fight against DS Armor. I had played Sekiro and DS2 before, and even with Sekiro’s magnificent cast of bosses, I had never experienced a rush during a boss like I did with that one. 10/10 boss, good to see it on here as nobody seems to talk about it enough
15:20 wtf, did I forget about this or have I never seen that attack? That looks so cool!
He doesn't use it that often
I agree so much on Shadows of Yharnam. I see so many people say they hate the fight and I can’t understand why. Okay, it’s a gank fight, but that’s not inherently bad. All three Shadows present their own challenges and have their own weaknesses, and it works perfectly. There’s cover around the arena to avoid the fireballs, parrying works well on the melee attackers, and the giant snakes are a really cool touch. Thematically it’s awesome, and the combat is fun. I’d call the Shadows easily a top 10 boss in the game.
I think armored spider is cool too, stuck in essentially a corrdior where you have to decide to rush the boss for melee or explore ranged options while taking cover.
Most underrated boss in Elden Ring imo is the Elden Beast. I’ve never once seen him do what everyone claims he does, which run away the whole time. I find him to be the 3rd best fight in the game and outside of Elden Stars, I really don’t understand why he’s hated by so many people.
I absolutely love the Fallingstar Beasts, my favorite none major boss in the game next to the Death Rite Birds. Them being in the evolutionary chain next to the Malformed Star and Astels makes them even cooler.
another great ranking as usual
The way this could age poorly once you start watching
Dragonslayer armour really reminds me of Looking Glass Knight in style. Both have you vs a large knight who can block on a high up platform AND they can call upon help if needed.
You are a super underrated youtuber!
I fought the Sanctuary Guardian today on a SL1 run, and I just realized something. The boss is literally a quadruped version of Maneater, they are the same boss.
Well, not literally, but the two share an almost identical moveset. Both fly around with wings and shoot out elemental ranged attacks from their mouth, they possess multiple slam attacks and a fast charge-attack. There is a tail that can be cut off to make the fight easier and you even fight two of them.
Their designs also have similarities, being a mix of multiple different creatures merged into one. The two even share some, such as both designs incorporating a lion.
I know I'm onto absolutely nothing, but this fascinates me.
Dragonslayer is only underrated because it competes alongside the best bosses in the series like soul of cinder, gael, twin princes, etc. I would say its no longer underrated, most people realize its an S tier fight
The dragon kin soldier of nokstella from Elden. It’s so crazy and schematic for just some random dungeon. It has two fazes with crazy attacks and I never hear it talked about.
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I was hoping it would be full grown fallingstar beast for ER. Such a great fight. Black blade kindred is great too
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What is or what isn’t underrated is such a subjective category to tackle but I understand your choices. One honorable mention in particular would probably be the most underrated for me. O‘Rin is a weirdo in a way I can appreciate. She plays an instrument, wears a Skyrim merchant hat and has a pretty unique moveset to boot.
(Still ended up cheesing her with poison because I‘m bad at Sekiro)
Fallingstar beast was basically blazing bull but better, genuinely one of the best mini-bosses in the game.
Also a cool thing about it, is that if you time an attack perfectly when it's charging at you, you'll be able to stop and stagger it.
However my most underrated one in elden ring has to go to Nokstella's dragonkin soldier, his second phase is so fucking cool and it makes him like 3x cooler, sadly he dies too quickly...
While dragonslayer armor is underrated, I feel the most underrated boss in DS3 is the Demon Prince who I find to be the best gank fight I’ve ever done in a game. More so even than the Valkyrie duo in Ragnarok.
My personal underrated bosses are:
Demon's Souls - Armored Spider or Old Hero. The first has an interesting gimmick that makes any hit at close range that much more valuable and creates tension to do as well as quickly as possible. Old Hero is more interesting if you ignore the gimmick and fight him upfront.
Dark Souls - Iron Golem. Great presentation with an interesting moveset and gimmick.
Dark Souls 2 - Aava, the King's Pet. Underrated lore with a good set of attacks with quite varied timings.
Bloodborne - Shadows of Yharnam. Pretty much the same reasons as yours.
Dark Souls 3 - Yhorm, the Giant. You'd be surprised by how many ways you can efficiently fight him. Storm Ruler, switching between it and a regular weapon, double Storm Ruler with Siegward, but my two favored ones are aiming for the arms (they take increased damage and can stun him) and Siegward-only Storm Ruler while I try to keep Yhorm's aggression MMO-style. Very emotional fight, too.
Sekiro - (False) Corrupted Monk. First true polearm boss in Sekiro, with a massive but singular health and posture bar that incentivizes finding opportunities to deal damage more so than most others.
Elden Ring - Elden Beast or Rennala. Personally never had bad Elden Beast AI, probably because I don't count attacks that cause him to MOMENTARILY create distance before closing back in as it 'running away', nor the scripted Holy Nukes at 75% and 25% hp. Elden Stars is... problematic but there are ways to deal with it.
Rennala is definitely the best mage boss they've ever done. Would've been better if the first phase were a one-time thing only per run, but it's over fast. I love the summoning phase as she becomes less aggressive and you can balance offense and defense if you know what you're doing, plus with the help of some tools.
Demon's Souls bosses in general are underrated. Fools Idol is a better Pinwheel, Tower Night is a better Iron Golem, Man Eaters is a harder (idk about better) Bell Gargoyles, frankly I think Vanguard Demon is a better and more fulfilling version of the Asylum/Stray Demon. Hell even Dragon God which is an objectively bad boss is still better than Bed of Chaos who took the same concept and made it worse. Also shades of Manus in Flamelurker.
I generally agree that demon soul usually has the best and most interesting version of each concept. Maneater would be the main exeption as the gargoyle fight really just feels like a fixed version of it.
For ds3, I think Champion Gundyer is underrated. I don’t see many people taking about him, but if you fight him without parrying it’s an absolute blast of a fight
i just started playing dark souls 3 couple weeks ago and the only boss that killed me again after starting a new game+ is champion gundyer that fight is so fun i love how aggressive he can be and his kick just makes it better
NOTE: In the Najka fight you can just dodge the ground move and it wouldn't take that long
Goddamn why do i agree with every one of this? Maybe this is biased (because i agree) but this was another banger video
For Elden Ring it's gotta be the Deathrite Birds. It's far too easy to lock on to the head and have your camera taken hostage that people dismiss the fight entirely on that basis, myself included at first. However once you know to change lock to the body you get quite a well designed fight with a solid variety of moves that require different dodging methods. Also their insane weakness to holy damage is pretty fun. I will denigrate the one in Caelid for having a terrible arena though; that was the first one I fought on my RL1 run and it didn't help my impression of the fight.
If I were including field bosses, I'd consider them. Deathrite Birds definitely are some of the more memorable for me.
Ok so the content is very good, but the thing that really got me to sub is the Lies of P music playing while you are doing your whole like, sub, ring the bell thing. LoP is my personal favorite game of 2023.
Fully Grown Fallingstar beast is the only one I encountered on my first playthrough😂
Ds3 has to be the demon prince for me. My favorite multi fight in the series
DS1: Quelaag, Four Kings
DS2: Pursuer, Smelter Demon
DS3: Old Demon King, Champ Gundyr
ER: Godrick, Elemer of the briar
We need that soulsborne maiden ranking video
I'm glad to Full-Grown Fallingstar Beast is getting the recognition it deserves. In my opinion, it's best the non-remberance boss in Elden Ring. My only complaint is how few runes it drops, 21K runes for something that's arguably harder than Morgott is theft.
And here I was, thinking dragon slayer armor was a fan-favorite
I think Fire Giant is underated. Some people seem to hate it, while I think it's fine aside from it's arena.
At least for me the Sanctuary Guardian was never a forgotten boss. I think that the shock of starting the DLC and being thrown a boss mere seconds of the start must have been the reason why I always remember it. Strangely enough the boss I never remember from that DLC is Manus. I always think of the Guardian and then for me the "main" boss is Artorias. My most underrated boss would be Soul of Cinder that for a lot of fans is too easy as a final boss. I don't think he is, and also the callback to Gwyn during the second phase is awesome.
Centipede demon got screwed by the devs. Behind an area of reskin enemies and boss, between two of peoples least favorite areas in the series, in an arena that has a ring gimmick the boss drops. Just set up for failure, if you have a patch of land to fight on it has about a dozen unique attacks and combos, but the bad arena breaks the AI and ruins a potentially fun fight in one of the most underwhelming areas in the series
i think everyone was picking the dragon slayer armor as their favorite fight before the DLC came out.
Great list as always, here are my nominations:
DeS = agree
DS1 = I would actually say Gwyndolin
DS2 = Elana for me, Najka just isn't a good fight mechanically and the arena is so ugly
BB = even in this list, Chalice bosses remain, er, underrated. There's a few I could have picked, but the Pthumerian Elder has one of the coolest boss designs and movesets in the series.
DS3 = I think the Old Demon King needs more love!
Sekiro = I love Emma, but Divine Dragon is the best spectacle boss they've ever done
Elden Ring = Necromancer Garris is a random hard asf caster fight in a relatively benign region. Unique enemy design, cool spells, just hard and annoying enough. Good old Garris!
Even though it’s super annoying, Emma’s grab and throw is so elegant, it’s one of my favorite moves in the series in terms of looks
DeS: Penetrator - i hear your comments but i never hear penetrator mentioned as best boss in the game and to me he genuinely is
DS1: Agreed honestly, Sanctuary Guardian was more fun than Kalameet to me mechanically
DS2: Elana the Squalid Queen - RNG heavy but honestly good fun but never mentioned, DS2 is hard because most of the good bosses stick out amidst the generally poor roster
Bloodborne: Logarius or Ebrietas, generally liked but are both top tier in my opinion, similar reasoning to penetrator
DS3: Agreed, DSA is an amazing fight who gets forgotten by being sandwiched between dancer and princes
Sekiro: Either Emma or True Corrupted Monk, True Corrupted is just a great arena and high energy, much better than the false variant
Elden Ring: this is maybe cheating but phase 1 Godfrey, lots of people rave about Hoarah Loux but phase 1 of that fight is maybe the most balanced and fair (while still being epic) stand and bang fights in the whole series
DS1 - Four Kings
DS2 - Sentinels
DS3 - No clue - they are all highly rated, but definitely not Dragonslayer Armour. I see everyone putting him in top 10, which is praise in that game
BB - Shadows of Yharnam is fine pick
Sekiro - Guardian Ape
ER - I hate everything about Fallingstar Beast so just no. Idk what is underrated though, maybe Godskin Apostle
Laurence first Vicar……… unpopular opinion but I think he adds enough new stuff to make him fun. Plus his music is so good
Dragonslayer armour is my 2nd fav ds3 boss
So in my 3rd Eldenring run (because his axe is in the game) I did a dragon slayer Armour cosplay run
(called DrakeSlayerArmor cause otherwise the name doesnt fit)
I'm not gonna lie I think shadows of yharnam are trash. The fact they can hit you through a wall in the second phase with their normal attacks just completely ruins the purpose of separating enemies in gank fights. Also the snakes are complete rng
Lies of P had the best soundtrack, Feel is a banger
Honestly the most underrated boss in soulsborne is Gwyn. He is in my opinion extremely close to being a perfect boss fight. I feel like people forget that it is possible to fight without parrying. I honestly think the arena is the best in the series, given how the rocks can be used. It’s honestly such a spectacle. I have one tiny issue, and that is that sometimes, it feels like I should be hit but then it just doesn’t happen. Best boss fight in the entire series imo.
O'rin is definitely the best mini boss, I have to fight her down the path I don't like to cheese her as I do invite her combos for skill purposes nevertheless she is insanely deadly and it feels like an earned victory without a doubt
Can you rank your favourite soulsborne bosses based PURELY on aesthetics?
shoutout to emma for having the best boss track in the game. The only one I remember
Demon’s Souls Storm King. Audio and visual masterpiece
Dark Souls Seath maybe?
Dark Souls 2. Not underrated, more like overhated, Blue Smelter Demon. It’s reskin, but it is really not that bad.
Bloodborne. Laurence. Top 5 fight in Bloodborne for me
Dark Souls 3. Oceiros. It’s easy, but it has interesting lore and cutscene and highly dynamic fight
Sekiro. Divine Dragon. It rivals Sword Saint Isshin for me.
Elden Ring. Godskin Apostle. People would love this boss, but Godskin Duo exists.
From the beginning of the video I was like ds1 has to be sanctuary guardian, BOOM
Demon Prince is the most underrated fight ever. It is incredible but no one talks about it
To an extent, I agree. But then Ember also named it in his video on the topic and that brought it into the mainstream more
Dragonslayer Armor will aways be lacking due to not having that extra story element
Oh it's just some Random Armor controled by some butterfly creature we know nothing about
Every 1 v 1 knights fight or dragonslaying has some story context behind it
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If we talk about fromsoftware as a whole it has to be Quelaag for ds1. She is ahead of her time when ds1 came out. I Easyly see her as an S tier fight. For ds2 its old dragonslayer. Yes its Ornstein but its a good reuse for ds2 Standards. Bb is Laurence. Ds3 was really difficult but in the end it is Midir for me. She is just a perfect fight and she becomes a satisfying fight when mastert. Sekiro has to be Shura Isshin. Emma is a close second spot but shura Isshin gets overlocked a lot. Elden ring is from all 15 main bosses Renala. She is the second best magic boss in all of fromsoftware history after Darkluker.
Godskin Duo is underrated. Not hated as much as they should be. Even though I rarely die to them. Just annoying.
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All video ideas welcome. Though I won't be working on any videos until January ^^
@@BillySYT thank you, ranking wich games got the best mini bosess or just rank the mini bosses from each game, also dw i will gladly wait, take care
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DS3 mist underratted boss for me is definitely the Old Demon King also very forgettable being out of the way optional and having nothing beyond his arena but he is such a good evolution of the asylum demon or the lost demon
When can we expect to see the Demon's Souls community ranking video?
now i need to stop being a wimp and do ds3 dlc and beat demon souls and ds1-2 but for the ones ive played
BB: probably shadows as well but to me the BB bosses are either amazing or just bad(i dont have dlc so i cant give my opinion on dlc and i didnt know that it sends you to ng+ so i have to do the other bosses)
DS3: now idk how the general preference is but i never hear about the oceirus fight, love the ost with the baby crying and (with what i generally know) the lore is pretty sad but pretty good
Sekiro: i would either go with monk or DOH, more-so since i dont hear a lot about the monk and a lot of hate towards the demon but for me its hard since imo sekiro bosses are generally very well received and i need to do shura
ER: main bosses easily elden beast, now this is probably controversial but i love the design the arena and the music, and i love his moves(except elden stars that move is bs) but if were're talking about all the bosses for me its the dragonkin of nokstella but i think its because its found so early in an area where most players will be in mid to endgame and challenge it with high damage
The main problem with dragon slayer armor for me is its too easy. I think the most underrated in ds3 is demon prince cause i think its a top 3 boss in the whole franchise
For me dirty colossus from demon souls is the most underrated boss in the series for me
Demon's - Armored Spider he's a cool fella
DS1 - yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy idk they're either overrated or kinda bad yyyyy Iron Golem he's funny
DS2 - Sinh my boy is much better fight than Kalameet but Black D. dude is the one people love for some reason
BB - Ebrietas my girl is best big boss in the game and no one talks about her cuz humans
DS3 - Aldrich he seems disliked and I like him
ER - Leonine Misbegotten ginger dude is fun to fight and I found it absolutely hilarious that 3/9 legendary weapons are dropped from them. Absolute legends
i think friede is the most underrated rated in ds3 because everyone just says gael is easily the best fight in the game. Friede has the singular best phase in all the souls games and its sad no one even is willing to entertain the idea of her being better than gael.
Dark beast parll Bloodborne is the king of under rated bosses
Twin princes
Why do you always use footage from ps3 demons souls and not from the remake?
Capra demon with dog
Shadows of Yharnam? Underrated?
I gotta respectfully disagree. They're the best Gank fight in the SoulsBorne Ring series!
Mmm, I think the most underrated Boss(es) for Bloodborne are the Pthumerian Descendant & Elder.
Unique fights, the Chalice Lore, great horrifying design, etc.
Underrated boss? Gravity. Definitely gravity.
Emma's fight doesn't exist to me
Would kill owl over her any day (not saying she's a bad boss I just refuse to fight my favourite npc)
Najika really isnt underrated maybe for her game she stands out because shes not a humanoid guy in armor, but in comparison to the series i think shes pretty appropriately rated as forgettable.
I think the only one I disagree with is Emma, Butterfly never gets any respect as also a strong female character. Emma was cooler as an ally and the representation of her turning into an enemy was cool but she was very easy at that level of the game and just a mild stopgap before isshin.
For DS3 I’d have to go with the Deacons. Soft spot for me as I crushed them on my first play through and it was my “I can do this” moment.
Great list!!!!!
Deacons theme is even more underrated, it’s one of the best in the franchise but almost nobody talks about it.
Literally *every* list says the Dragonslayer Armour is underrated. By whom?
I disagree with the shadows of yharnrem because the second phase has cheap moves with big hitboxes.
Totally fair, I haven't really had an issue with them myself but I can only speak from personal experience
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Misleading title, says underrated bosses in each but it’s most underrated boss in each
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Wait! Ur not
dragonslayer armor sucks ass with its bs flying birds. couldnt have chosen twin princes or dancer?
Those ain't underrated tho?
pilgrims make the whole fight rly cinematic, and aren't too annoying
@@frylord666 people like them for a reason, they're good fights.
@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaa2907 yeah but undderated means a fight that typicallyt isnt beloved.
@@blackbloom8552 not like this game isnt extremely known, if it was a good fight then it would be called that.
Shadows of Yharnam are in my opinion the best boss of the main game of Bloodborne.