I'm back with a Bloodborne boss ranking! Which of Yharnam's beasties are your favourite? Leave your comments down below, and tune in next week as I rank the Bloodborne Areas from Worst to Best!
The One Reborn actually has some pretty cool lore. I believe the bodies making up the boss are from the people sacrificed in the Mensis ritual. The whole point of the ritual was an attempt to create a body for Mergo, the Old One we find in the Nightmare, so that they can enter into the waking world and rule over Yharnam. The One Reborn was a failed attempt at that body. So you’re fighting what could have the host of an immensely powerful god, but luckily instead became a mindless mass of bodies flailing around.
That's actually pretty interesting, yeah. It's just a shame it's so hard to actually discover in-game compared to other bosses, etc (and the boss itself still sucks lmao)
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Orphan is a great choice for best boss! I also have a personal achievement related to him that I'm proud of. My favorite would probably be Ludwig. Love that ghastly mutated horse man
What? Billy S is British?! I can't believe this, I've never felt so betrayed. Bloodborne has probably some of my favorite bosses both design- and mechanic-wise in the Soulsborne oeuvre, Lady Maria is a contender for best boss they've ever made imo. Ebrietas is one of the best realizations of a proper Cthulhu-an being in video games, and the way the game as a whole shifts from "beasts" to "eldritch monsters" as you approach Byrgenwerth and Rom the Vacuous Spider is just a masterwork of environmental storytelling. And of course without Bloodborne I don't think we would have had quite the same tone in Dark Souls 3 either, even from the outset with the Iudex Gundyr fight at the start--it sets the tone that DS3 takes quite a bit from Bloodborne and melds it with the elements of the previous Souls games.
What makes me love Bloodborne bosses, even if an unfortunate amount aren't very good, is how they remain so unpredictable. As tough and refined as some of the fights in Sekiro and Elden Ring are, once they are mastered they become an afterthought. But in Bloodborne, no matter how well you know a boss' AI and moveset, even the best players can still be caught off-guard due to how ruthless they are. It's why Orphan is in my Top 3 bosses in the series, as even now it's a toss of a coin whether I'll beat him in 2 attempts or 20. Bloodborne just benefits so much from its shorter length, the rally and parry mechanic, and the high damage output of both the hunter and the hunted.
22: Rom the Vacuous Spider-E tier ( I don't think there's any F tier bosses after DS2 ) 21: Micolash, Host of the Nightmare-E tier 20: Witches of Hemwick-D tier 19: One Reborn-D tier 18: Celestial Emissary-Emmisary-D tier 17: Living Failures-C tier 16: Mergo's Wet Nurse-C tier 15: Darkbeast Paarl-B tier 14: Blood Starved Beast-B tier 13: Moon Presence-B tier 12: Vicar Amelia-B tier 11: Shadows of Yharnam-B tier 10: Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos-B tier 9: Cleric Beast-B tier 8: Martyr Logarius-A tier 7: Amygdala-A tier 6: Laurence, the First Vicar-A tier 5: Father Gascoigne-S tier 4: Orphan of Kos ( or some say Kosm )-S tier 3: Gehrman, the First Hunter-S tier 2: Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower: S tier 1: Ludwig , the Accursed/ Holy Blade-S tier ( Fun fact: Orphan is the only Bloodborne DLC boss without the letter L in it )
i gotta say, you have a talent for totally surprising me with an unexpected joke. the "meteor storm the house down" joke caught me totally unawares. great stuff.
What's fun about that joke is it wasn't planned. Though tbh, none of the jokes are. I just realize in the moment "Oh, this would make me laugh, let's add it." Glad you enjoyed it :D
7:10 That actually explains the one reborn, He was the very last attempt from the people of yahargul to try to ascend humans at the same level as the great ones; only to end up as a failure. The one reborn is litteraly a failure and you're just ending its miserable suffering.
The thing with the witches is that both witches are always there. Strat for beginners that I tell them is find the one who when damaged doesn't break the healthbar to bully first as it does decrease her overall health. Spread the damage out evenly between the two and you can guarantee her never summoning her fellow witch.
The thing about Micolash is that he's absolutely terribly designed... and that's exactly why I love him. Because it's clear that the devs knew *exactly* what they were doing when they designed him, and what they were doing was creating the ultimate troll boss. The game wants to make sure you know that, despite all his grandiose, pseudo-intellectual posturing, Micolash is nothing but a babbling, obnoxious idiot in way over his head. But yeah, I very much can't blame you or anyone else for putting Micolash at the bottom because he's kind of supposed to be like that lol I just enjoy a good shitpost too much to put him dead last
Bloodborne’s boss lineup may be the most memorable in gaming for me. My favorite Soulsborne boss in Orphan, some absolutely excellent voice acting and cutscenes featuring Ludwig, the eerie design of Ebrietas, the one-two punch of Gerhman and Moon Presence in a gorgeous boss arena, and the boss I’ve died most to in FromSoft games, Laurence. Bloodborne’s bosses overall are SS+ tier. This video is fun as hell and I had a great time watching it. Big Ups!
Bloodborne is also my favorite! Have you considered ranking the Bloodborne weapons? They have so much more character than other games and I think that would be cool to see
This is such a top quality video. Love the way you sprinkle in lore. This is my favorite way to learn what the hell actually happened in this game I've played several times 😂
Yooo how have I only just found this and ur channel?? Great vid! Love ur enthusiasm and really enjoyed the Orphan of Kos story :D It's the unique personal stuff like that that makes me love this topic / type of vid, different opinions and experiences everywhere ya go, it'll never not be interestin'. Subbed!
I completed bloodborne recently, and I also beat the orphan on the first try. My friend watched me do it so I'm glad I had a witness. I was absolutely flabbergasted
This is a pretty good, genuine, and detailed ranking video. I like that you briefly cover each bosses context/lore and you did a great job describing several aspects why each boss is so cool/good/beloved, as well as describing your experiences. I enjoyed this video a lot in comparison to a lot of Souls ranking videos. deserves a lot more views I replayed this game for the first time in years this past and my ranking is like: X - Favs: Ludwig (fav. video game boss of all time I think?) > Orphan > Maria > Martyr Logarius S - Love (9/10): Shadows of Yharnam > Father Gascoigne > The First Hunter A - Like a fair bit (8/10): Laurence > Ebrietas > Amygdala B - Like somewhat (7/10): Blood-starved Beast > Vicar Amelia > Cleric Beast > Rom C - Good but too easy for their importance (6/10): Wet Nurse > Moon Presence > Living Failures D - Underwhelmming: Celestial Emissary, Witches of Hemwick, Micolash, The One Reborn F - Guilty of camera crimes, frame rate crimes and eardrums crimes. Yharnam's worst: Darkbeast Paarl
Interesting ranking and yes, the Shadows are really underrated, one of the best designed gank fights in the series, my personal ranking is 1| Ludwig, the Accursed/Holy Blade 2| Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower 3| Orphan of Kos 4| Gehrman, the First Hunter 5| Father Gascoigne 6| Martyr Logarius 7| Cleric Beast 8| Vicar Amelia 9| Shadows of Yharnam 10| Mergo's Wet Nurse 11| Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos 12| Darkbeast Paarl 13| Amygdala 14| Moon Presence 15| Laurence, the First Vicar 16| Blood-Starved Beast 17| The Witches of Hemwick 18| Living Failures 19| Celestial Emissary 20| Rom, the Vacuous Spider 21| The One Reborn 22| Micolash, Host of the Nightmare
I know I'm late to the party, but my personal recommendation would be to fight Henryk as soon as you can to get his set, then fight Paarle using Henryk's set ASAP in the early game. Reason being is that Henryk's set has INSANE bolt resistance; it's basically tailor made for Paarle. With Henryk's armor, you have the defensive capabilities to handle a few swipes while your lower, early-game DPS keeps the encounter challenging. I did it this way on my very first playthrough and will always do so in every playthrough to come because it plays into the "tough but fair" category of most FromSoft bosses.
I had a similar experience with Gwyn in dark souls. My roommate got me into dark souls and i watched him struggle over and over with Gwyn. He got it after a ton of attempts, but I was unknowingly playing the best build in the game. I had a magic build, and even though first timing a magic build made the early game a supreme struggle, I got to Gwyn and got him down first try with 4 soul spears. My roommate was pissed but I felt unstoppable
I attempted to play through Bloodborne a couple years ago, but I couldn’t even beat the Cleric Beast. Now that I’ve beaten Demon’s Souls, I’m going to eventually try to beat every Souls game in order, keyword being “eventually”.
To be fair, for a first playthrough, Cleric Beast is quite hard. But if you get that experience with the other FromSoft games, you'll be able to take it down. I believe in you!
My personal picks including chalice dungeons: 37. Rom the vacuous spider 36. Witches of hemwick 35. Maneater boar 34. Brainsucker 33. Micolash, host of the nightmare 32. Living failures 31. The one reborn 30. Loran silverbeast 29. Beast possessed soul 28. Merciless watchers 27. Celestial emissary 26. Queen Yharnam 25. Undead giant (all variants) 24. Amygdala (DEFILED DUNGEON DOESN’T EXIST) 23. Forgotten madman 22. Mergo’s wet nurse 21. Blood-starved beast 20. Keeper of the old lords 19. Ebrietas, daughter of the cosmos 18. Cleric beast 17. Laurence the first vicar 16. Darkbeast paarl 15. Vicar amelia 14. Moon presence 13. Pthumerian descendant 12. Shadows of yharnam 11. Watchdog of the old lords 10/9: Bloodletting beast and headless variant (both are interchangeable) 8. Pthumerian elder 7. Abhorrent beast 6. Martyr logarius 5. Father gascoigne 4. Ludwig the accursed/holy blade 3. Lady maria of the astral clock tower 2. Gehrman the first hunter 1. Orphan of kos
“I beat Orphan of Kos (some say Kosm) first try, some say I got gud”. Cheers for that, I’m especially interested in your future DS3 ranking! (My favorite game in the franchise, followed by DS1 and Elden Ring)
@@BillySYT I’m almost done with my second full playthrough; I’m doing a Grim Reaper build (scythes and dark miracles), and the only bosses left are Gael and Midir. Totally agree, the bosses are phenomenal for the most part
I had a similar thing with Orphan. I played Bloodborne on release but never finished it. I came back to it a couple years later and finished the base game but didn’t buy the DLC. I finally gave the DLC a try in NG+, beat Maria on the first try and was ecstatic. And then also beat Orphan on the first try! It was one of the highlights of my gaming life. I have since died to both of them my fair share but those first two fights will live in my memory forever!
I see your a man a culture and using my personal favorite weapon. Any man who uses the hammer in Bloodborne 100% has the best tier list and that teir list can never be wrong
In all seriousness Bloodborne for me is just good boss after good boss even the worst boss ranks above some mid tier bosses from souls. Could be copium talking but the rush I feel fighting so many of these bosses makes me tingly in my pants.
On my first playthru I beat the one reborn without killing the bell maidens by ONLY spamming attacks. I may of healed once or twice I forget but I def was just right against it spamming R1.
I know you joke about Amygdala's weak point being it's legs, however that's not actually that far from the truth. It has more than just its head as a weak point! It's gangly ass hands are all weak points which makes this fight SO much easier for us non-strength build players, and truly makes the fight so much less of a struggle, as all you gotta do is hang out underneath the fella, not locked onto it at all, and just have at it at its hands till it dies. Its ranged attacks, like the nasty ass eye beam, are truly a non-issue when you're underneath, the only kinda frightening thing is when it jumps to space and comes crashing back down to try to slam you, but u just gotta shmove baby Edit: I forgot to mention but second stage is also just a joke if you're underneath it. He actually seems to have a hard time hitting you when you're directly underneath him and I didn't even know he did the power of the cosmos ground slams at all.
I can relate to the joy of beating Orphan right away - while I did struggle with him in particuar a bit (he took the most tries of all the bosses in the game - over 20, with only Logarius coming close with cca 14-15), the other bosses were kinda deceptively easy. Something just clicked right with the bosses - beat Gascoigne and Ludwig in 3 tries, Maria and Ebrietas in 4, Gehrman and Moon Presence both in just one single attempt (after I took out the Wet Nurse also in a single attempt). And it felt really nice. Apart from Orphan and Logarius, the bosses that took the most tries (about 6-7) were Laurence, Amelia and the Living Failures :-D
Amygdala, oh Amygdala, the real tragedy of the game is how the defiled chalice reduced you from my S tied to an E tier fight, saved from F by the music
Wow i really thought i was the only one who felt Gehrman reminded me so much of the boss from mgs3. Even thematically with the whole passing the torch through blood motif, how he uses many of the same skills you can do Instant sub
Had to sub, purely due to the fact that you pronounce “vicar” correctly. I watch a lot of souls creators and so far you are the only one to say it right. It actually does my nut in when people pronounce it “v-eye-car” so thank you for not making me want to claw my hair out😂😂👍
Interesting note on your experience with Orphan. I have the same kind of relationship with Sword Saint Isshin after beating him first try in my first playthrough. Its such a funny story considering I have yet to beat Inner Isshin. Also noone believed me at the time :(
Sekiro and Bloodborne has by far the best boss battles. Now with Elden Ring, it has a few good bosses, Melenia, Maliketh and Margitt (and his other equivalents) but then there are thousands of mini bosses that are just jokes, it feels like DS2.
I'd say Dark Souls III is also up there boss battle-wise, but I definitely vibe the most with Bloodborne's boss set. Sekiro is exceptionally good too, but since it's a different gameplay style, they all have to be designed with that engagement in mind. FromSoft just know their stuff.
Sorry, but while I love Bloodborne, Elden Ring bosses blow Bloodborne's bosses quality, like most of Bloodborne's base bosses are just uninteresting gimmicks or really easy if you have a 6+ serrated weapon with like one cursed tempering gem.
On my first fights with each boss, I never really spent more than like two different sit-downs on them. Except Laurence. That took me a week of playing like 4 hours a day.
Lawrence took me one try. Lady Maria and Ludwig probably each took any equivalent number of 7/8 tries ans Orphan of Kos just tossed me around till I learnt what to do. Dodge Forward and I was consistently getting to his third phase. Father Gascoigne and Gehrman both one try so did Cleric Beast. I was surprised I actually took one try on a lot of bosses. Also it is the easiest From Soft game in my opinion.
Honestly, the hate on them is overblown. They're not one of the best fights ever, but they're mechanically sound and people make them out to be Bed of Chaos level bad sometimes lol
I used Simon's Bowblade against Gerhman and it completely destroyed the fight.. apparently Fromsoft never bothered to balance in game AI as you can snipe Gerhman the entire fight as he just takes every single arrow to the face.. ease victory.
To be fair to FromSoft in this case, Gehrman's fight was developed before Simon's Bowblade was even added to the game (DLC). I'd be curious to see if the same results happen from any of the base-game weapons that involve range.
It honestly feels to me like mergo's tracking is broken. The boss has wide swings sure but once it has picked the direction it attacks it doesn't stray very far from it. Especially with the long flurry she just goes in a straight line basically. Idk I just feel like if she could turn around on you quicker she would actually be an engaging fight
I definitely agree there. Outside of her darkness attack with the clones, it feels like you really have to go out of your way to die, be it by accident or by purposefully tanking damage to get some hits in.
When I was fighting orphan of kos I had no idea you could take the fight into the water until watching this video lmao. I just fought him on the beach 😂
It's crazy how many people I've seen hating on Micolash. I thought it was a cool change of pace from a regular boss fight, and he's not challenging or frustrating at all. I have never died to him. He is way way better than the Witches, Reborn or Rom.
I don’t know whatchu mean by orphans difficulty lowered because of newer soulsborne games cus BB was my last souls game and I found him more challenging than any Elden ring boss with no summons and no cheese for both, him and isshin I think are the 2 hardest in the whole series and then Malenia afterwards
Love your channel, Im a recent subscriber. Great list. I actually managed to beat Orphan of Kos first time, but died a lot to Laurence and Lady Maria. Especially Laurence. The soundtrack for them though, amazing.
Nobody asked for this, but Imma drop my own ranking here 22. The One Reborn 21. The Witches of Hemwick 20. The Living Failures 19: Celestial Emissary 18. Rom the dumbass spider 17. Shadows of Yharnam 16. Micolas Cage 15. Moon Presence 14. Mergo's Wet Nurse 13. Cleric Beast 12. Suzie Skinflaps (Blood-starved beast) 11. Martyr Logarius 10. Darkbeast Paarl 9.Amygdala 8. Barbecue Cleric Beast 7. Orphan of Kos 6. Gehrman 5. Lady Maria 4. Vicar Amelia 3. Papa Guacamole 2. Ludwig 1. Ebrietas
As always mfers are wrong about the Rom fight. It's a puzzle fight that requires actual strategy and poise under pressure, it's incredible. Ranking Amygdala above Rom is absolutely unforgivable
I mean... I get that it's a puzzle fight. It still doesn't change that I don't feel a lot of enjoyment when fighting Rom. Also arachnophobia is a bitch. I'm all good for differing opinions, but let's not be dramatic and use terms like unforgiveable, it's a bit rude imo.
Wait, how do you call the One Reborn a bad design?! If you got a threaded cane Paarl is pretty easy if you go to him right away. Save the music box for Gascoigne’s 3rd phase.
I don’t know if it’s because I barely level up vitality or what, but BSB one shots me with every grab attack. Countless have been in my position too. It doesn’t matter how good I am and how many times I kill the hardest bosses, it will always give me trouble!😂
My experience with Gascoigne is similar. I can beat the hardest bosses in this game easily, but Gascoigne will, without fail, kill me at least five or so times a playthrough.
@@BillySYT yea, phase one is a breeze but then beast phase just obliterates me if I don’t kill him fast! Hearing that you first tried Orphan is awesome. First playthrough, he killed me like 25-30 times but then, once I beat him once, he was easy on NG+ and NG++! Lady Maria has never killed me but Ludwig and Laurence always will. I don’t know how some find Ludwig extremely easy, then die to both Maria and OoK countless times. Once I found out I could parry Orphan, I just beat him down.
That implies I'm ranking them based on difficulty. I just don't find Rom particularly compelling outside of the lore, so it lands lower on my list for that.
I think Shadows of Yharnam are too high, Ludwig a bit low and I really hate Laurence, so he's definitely not on my top 10, other than that I pretty much agree. Also the Bloodstarved Beast of the base game is a bit too easy, that's why I prefer way more the Chalice version of it,
Hot take: I actually enjoy Micolash. Its mostly because of how fucking mindlessly insane it is chasing him around while he moans and spouts lore ridden nonsense. Also man that theme fits it so damn perfect. But the attacks he has can fuck off
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I'm back with a Bloodborne boss ranking! Which of Yharnam's beasties are your favourite? Leave your comments down below, and tune in next week as I rank the Bloodborne Areas from Worst to Best!
Bloodborne is just a historically accurate retelling of London in the 1800s
Bloodborne is a historically accurate retelling of 2023 London.
Edinburgh Burke and Hare, Royal infirmary and medical history
@@BillySYTas a British person, I do try to get stabbed from drunk Londoners.
@@Aston_VTB10bro got cheffed, ramboed and ZK'd
@BillySYT Can confirm. Went to London last year and happened to find the Cleric Beast at a train station
The One Reborn actually has some pretty cool lore. I believe the bodies making up the boss are from the people sacrificed in the Mensis ritual. The whole point of the ritual was an attempt to create a body for Mergo, the Old One we find in the Nightmare, so that they can enter into the waking world and rule over Yharnam. The One Reborn was a failed attempt at that body. So you’re fighting what could have the host of an immensely powerful god, but luckily instead became a mindless mass of bodies flailing around.
That's actually pretty interesting, yeah. It's just a shame it's so hard to actually discover in-game compared to other bosses, etc (and the boss itself still sucks lmao)
I love that bloodborne videos are still being made I watch everyone I can.
Bloodborne videos are forever 🙏
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Out of topic, I visited England last year and it is absolutely beautiful
Hope you remembered to farm blood vials beforehand
Once this channel starts creating drag race content that’s interspersed with subtle Soulsbourne references then I won’t need to go anywhere else on UA-cam
You have no idea how close I was to becoming a Reality TV Gameshow channel. Survivor, Drag Race, Amazing Race, it's my true passion lmao
"Facial chastity cage" Billy please that phrasing is so much worse than Micolash's actual design 🤣
He joins the optional femboy of the souls series Gwyndolin & Boletaria's Premiere Vore Fetishist King Allant with the cursed nickname.
Billy - I love your energy and enthusiasm. I have terrible anxiety and your voice cheers me up. Glad I subscribed!
Ah, glad to hear! The least I can do is offer a voice that isn't either monotone or the typical UA-camr over the top voice!
Orphan is a great choice for best boss! I also have a personal achievement related to him that I'm proud of.
My favorite would probably be Ludwig. Love that ghastly mutated horse man
I dont think Lady Maria was the one doing the experiments. She was mostly an assistant who was popular among the test subjects for her compassion.
What? Billy S is British?! I can't believe this, I've never felt so betrayed.
Bloodborne has probably some of my favorite bosses both design- and mechanic-wise in the Soulsborne oeuvre, Lady Maria is a contender for best boss they've ever made imo. Ebrietas is one of the best realizations of a proper Cthulhu-an being in video games, and the way the game as a whole shifts from "beasts" to "eldritch monsters" as you approach Byrgenwerth and Rom the Vacuous Spider is just a masterwork of environmental storytelling. And of course without Bloodborne I don't think we would have had quite the same tone in Dark Souls 3 either, even from the outset with the Iudex Gundyr fight at the start--it sets the tone that DS3 takes quite a bit from Bloodborne and melds it with the elements of the previous Souls games.
There's a reason why Old Hunters is peak FromSoft, and them bosses elevate this game to a whole new dimension, one that cthulu would be proud of.
What makes me love Bloodborne bosses, even if an unfortunate amount aren't very good, is how they remain so unpredictable. As tough and refined as some of the fights in Sekiro and Elden Ring are, once they are mastered they become an afterthought. But in Bloodborne, no matter how well you know a boss' AI and moveset, even the best players can still be caught off-guard due to how ruthless they are. It's why Orphan is in my Top 3 bosses in the series, as even now it's a toss of a coin whether I'll beat him in 2 attempts or 20.
Bloodborne just benefits so much from its shorter length, the rally and parry mechanic, and the high damage output of both the hunter and the hunted.
I love the enthusiasm, when you start talking about Maria's fight i can sense the passion you have for this game. Great ranking btw 🙂
22: Rom the Vacuous Spider-E tier ( I don't think there's any F tier bosses after DS2 )
21: Micolash, Host of the Nightmare-E tier
20: Witches of Hemwick-D tier
19: One Reborn-D tier
18: Celestial Emissary-Emmisary-D tier
17: Living Failures-C tier
16: Mergo's Wet Nurse-C tier
15: Darkbeast Paarl-B tier
14: Blood Starved Beast-B tier
13: Moon Presence-B tier
12: Vicar Amelia-B tier
11: Shadows of Yharnam-B tier
10: Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos-B tier
9: Cleric Beast-B tier
8: Martyr Logarius-A tier
7: Amygdala-A tier
6: Laurence, the First Vicar-A tier
5: Father Gascoigne-S tier
4: Orphan of Kos ( or some say Kosm )-S tier
3: Gehrman, the First Hunter-S tier
2: Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower: S tier
1: Ludwig , the Accursed/ Holy Blade-S tier
( Fun fact: Orphan is the only Bloodborne DLC boss without the letter L in it )
I mean, he hands out Ls to everyone so 🤷♂️
ebrietas daughter of the cosmos, no L's
Father Gascoigne, no KL's
Shadows of yharnam, no L's
The one reborn aswell
You can also use numbing mist to avoid amelia's healing!
Once I saw micolash at the bottom I already know this boutta be a w list
i gotta say, you have a talent for totally surprising me with an unexpected joke. the "meteor storm the house down" joke caught me totally unawares. great stuff.
What's fun about that joke is it wasn't planned. Though tbh, none of the jokes are. I just realize in the moment "Oh, this would make me laugh, let's add it." Glad you enjoyed it :D
I also beat orphan first try on my first playtrough, but he took me two days to beat him
That damn shrimp
So first try or two days?
Who else never gets bored of Souls game videos?
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That actually explains the one reborn,
He was the very last attempt from the people of yahargul to try to ascend humans at the same level as the great ones; only to end up as a failure.
The one reborn is litteraly a failure and you're just ending its miserable suffering.
Blood starved beast is the point where my friends stopped playing, not me, I became a scrippled.
The thing with the witches is that both witches are always there. Strat for beginners that I tell them is find the one who when damaged doesn't break the healthbar to bully first as it does decrease her overall health. Spread the damage out evenly between the two and you can guarantee her never summoning her fellow witch.
That's generally what I like to do as well. But I recall in the recorded playthrough for footage, I got impatient lmao
The thing about Micolash is that he's absolutely terribly designed... and that's exactly why I love him. Because it's clear that the devs knew *exactly* what they were doing when they designed him, and what they were doing was creating the ultimate troll boss. The game wants to make sure you know that, despite all his grandiose, pseudo-intellectual posturing, Micolash is nothing but a babbling, obnoxious idiot in way over his head.
But yeah, I very much can't blame you or anyone else for putting Micolash at the bottom because he's kind of supposed to be like that lol I just enjoy a good shitpost too much to put him dead last
Bloodborne’s boss lineup may be the most memorable in gaming for me. My favorite Soulsborne boss in Orphan, some absolutely excellent voice acting and cutscenes featuring Ludwig, the eerie design of Ebrietas, the one-two punch of Gerhman and Moon Presence in a gorgeous boss arena, and the boss I’ve died most to in FromSoft games, Laurence. Bloodborne’s bosses overall are SS+ tier.
This video is fun as hell and I had a great time watching it. Big Ups!
I’m of the opinion that Gascoigne is one of the hardest bosses in the game, relative to where he is in the game
You would LOVE my opinions in my Hardest Boss from Each Souls Game video
Bloodborne is also my favorite! Have you considered ranking the Bloodborne weapons? They have so much more character than other games and I think that would be cool to see
It's on my to do list. I have a save with all weapons unlocked, I'd just need to find time to try them all out.
This is such a top quality video. Love the way you sprinkle in lore. This is my favorite way to learn what the hell actually happened in this game I've played several times 😂
Yooo how have I only just found this and ur channel?? Great vid! Love ur enthusiasm and really enjoyed the Orphan of Kos story :D It's the unique personal stuff like that that makes me love this topic / type of vid, different opinions and experiences everywhere ya go, it'll never not be interestin'. Subbed!
Woo let's go Billy S! This is the best game ever made in my opinion and I'm excited to see your takes on it!
It's an absolutely stellar game, so hopefully my takes are good ^^
I completed bloodborne recently, and I also beat the orphan on the first try. My friend watched me do it so I'm glad I had a witness. I was absolutely flabbergasted
This is a pretty good, genuine, and detailed ranking video. I like that you briefly cover each bosses context/lore and you did a great job describing several aspects why each boss is so cool/good/beloved, as well as describing your experiences. I enjoyed this video a lot in comparison to a lot of Souls ranking videos. deserves a lot more views
I replayed this game for the first time in years this past and my ranking is like:
X - Favs: Ludwig (fav. video game boss of all time I think?) > Orphan > Maria > Martyr Logarius
S - Love (9/10): Shadows of Yharnam > Father Gascoigne > The First Hunter
A - Like a fair bit (8/10): Laurence > Ebrietas > Amygdala
B - Like somewhat (7/10): Blood-starved Beast > Vicar Amelia > Cleric Beast > Rom
C - Good but too easy for their importance (6/10): Wet Nurse > Moon Presence > Living Failures
D - Underwhelmming: Celestial Emissary, Witches of Hemwick, Micolash, The One Reborn
F - Guilty of camera crimes, frame rate crimes and eardrums crimes. Yharnam's worst: Darkbeast Paarl
Its such a random and tiny thing, but ur pronounciation of „Ludwig“ is so spot on. As a german it makes me happy everytime, idk why
That'd be because I've got a few German friends, so they'd call me out if I mispronounced it xD
Interesting ranking and yes, the Shadows are really underrated, one of the best designed gank fights in the series, my personal ranking is
1| Ludwig, the Accursed/Holy Blade
2| Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower
3| Orphan of Kos
4| Gehrman, the First Hunter
5| Father Gascoigne
6| Martyr Logarius
7| Cleric Beast
8| Vicar Amelia
9| Shadows of Yharnam
10| Mergo's Wet Nurse
11| Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos
12| Darkbeast Paarl
13| Amygdala
14| Moon Presence
15| Laurence, the First Vicar
16| Blood-Starved Beast
17| The Witches of Hemwick
18| Living Failures
19| Celestial Emissary
20| Rom, the Vacuous Spider
21| The One Reborn
22| Micolash, Host of the Nightmare
Nice list - Glad to see we can agree on our Bottom 6, albeit a different order lmao.
I know I'm late to the party, but my personal recommendation would be to fight Henryk as soon as you can to get his set, then fight Paarle using Henryk's set ASAP in the early game.
Reason being is that Henryk's set has INSANE bolt resistance; it's basically tailor made for Paarle. With Henryk's armor, you have the defensive capabilities to handle a few swipes while your lower, early-game DPS keeps the encounter challenging. I did it this way on my very first playthrough and will always do so in every playthrough to come because it plays into the "tough but fair" category of most FromSoft bosses.
Will im glad i beat every single boss in Dark Souls 2 what their most resistant too
I had a similar experience with Gwyn in dark souls. My roommate got me into dark souls and i watched him struggle over and over with Gwyn. He got it after a ton of attempts, but I was unknowingly playing the best build in the game. I had a magic build, and even though first timing a magic build made the early game a supreme struggle, I got to Gwyn and got him down first try with 4 soul spears. My roommate was pissed but I felt unstoppable
I attempted to play through Bloodborne a couple years ago, but I couldn’t even beat the Cleric Beast. Now that I’ve beaten Demon’s Souls, I’m going to eventually try to beat every Souls game in order, keyword being “eventually”.
To be fair, for a first playthrough, Cleric Beast is quite hard. But if you get that experience with the other FromSoft games, you'll be able to take it down. I believe in you!
34:02…. I always just called him “Father Gas Canister” 💀
Nicknames are gucci. It's just the people who mispronounce his name xD
My personal picks including chalice dungeons:
37. Rom the vacuous spider
36. Witches of hemwick
35. Maneater boar
34. Brainsucker
33. Micolash, host of the nightmare
32. Living failures
31. The one reborn
30. Loran silverbeast
29. Beast possessed soul
28. Merciless watchers
27. Celestial emissary
26. Queen Yharnam
25. Undead giant (all variants)
24. Amygdala (DEFILED DUNGEON DOESN’T EXIST)
23. Forgotten madman
22. Mergo’s wet nurse
21. Blood-starved beast
20. Keeper of the old lords
19. Ebrietas, daughter of the cosmos
18. Cleric beast
17. Laurence the first vicar
16. Darkbeast paarl
15. Vicar amelia
14. Moon presence
13. Pthumerian descendant
12. Shadows of yharnam
11. Watchdog of the old lords
10/9: Bloodletting beast and headless variant (both are interchangeable)
8. Pthumerian elder
7. Abhorrent beast
6. Martyr logarius
5. Father gascoigne
4. Ludwig the accursed/holy blade
3. Lady maria of the astral clock tower
2. Gehrman the first hunter
1. Orphan of kos
“I beat Orphan of Kos (some say Kosm) first try, some say I got gud”.
Cheers for that, I’m especially interested in your future DS3 ranking! (My favorite game in the franchise, followed by DS1 and Elden Ring)
Looking forward to DS3 when I get there. The boss quality is insane
@@BillySYT I’m almost done with my second full playthrough; I’m doing a Grim Reaper build (scythes and dark miracles), and the only bosses left are Gael and Midir.
Totally agree, the bosses are phenomenal for the most part
I had a similar thing with Orphan. I played Bloodborne on release but never finished it. I came back to it a couple years later and finished the base game but didn’t buy the DLC. I finally gave the DLC a try in NG+, beat Maria on the first try and was ecstatic. And then also beat Orphan on the first try! It was one of the highlights of my gaming life. I have since died to both of them my fair share but those first two fights will live in my memory forever!
I love Bloodborne! Nice vid!
Love your videos and your actually so funny as well. Keep up the amazing work man
Bro, beating Orphan first-try is amazing, especially after what happened on your first run. Major props
Genuinely one of the craziest experiences I've had in gaming.
Yo, imma say it again cause this information saves lives, you can dodge call of beyond 100% safely if you dodge forward
I've dodged forward multiple times in the fight, that didn't make the clip, and still screwed up. So I must be that bad x_x
@@BillySYT you need to be mid range and gogde towards his body when you hear the "spell" being casted
I see your a man a culture and using my personal favorite weapon. Any man who uses the hammer in Bloodborne 100% has the best tier list and that teir list can never be wrong
In all seriousness Bloodborne for me is just good boss after good boss even the worst boss ranks above some mid tier bosses from souls. Could be copium talking but the rush I feel fighting so many of these bosses makes me tingly in my pants.
Bloodborne's boss quality is just so engaging aside from the bottom three of my list. Fantastic game from top to bottom.
On my first playthru I beat the one reborn without killing the bell maidens by ONLY spamming attacks. I may of healed once or twice I forget but I def was just right against it spamming R1.
Which further proves the point - The One Reborn is just so meh.
I know you joke about Amygdala's weak point being it's legs, however that's not actually that far from the truth. It has more than just its head as a weak point! It's gangly ass hands are all weak points which makes this fight SO much easier for us non-strength build players, and truly makes the fight so much less of a struggle, as all you gotta do is hang out underneath the fella, not locked onto it at all, and just have at it at its hands till it dies. Its ranged attacks, like the nasty ass eye beam, are truly a non-issue when you're underneath, the only kinda frightening thing is when it jumps to space and comes crashing back down to try to slam you, but u just gotta shmove baby
Edit: I forgot to mention but second stage is also just a joke if you're underneath it. He actually seems to have a hard time hitting you when you're directly underneath him and I didn't even know he did the power of the cosmos ground slams at all.
Killing Celestial Emissary as a reaction to patriarchy 😂 loved it! Thank you for the list! All the best, Bart
I can relate to the joy of beating Orphan right away - while I did struggle with him in particuar a bit (he took the most tries of all the bosses in the game - over 20, with only Logarius coming close with cca 14-15), the other bosses were kinda deceptively easy. Something just clicked right with the bosses - beat Gascoigne and Ludwig in 3 tries, Maria and Ebrietas in 4, Gehrman and Moon Presence both in just one single attempt (after I took out the Wet Nurse also in a single attempt). And it felt really nice. Apart from Orphan and Logarius, the bosses that took the most tries (about 6-7) were Laurence, Amelia and the Living Failures :-D
the one reborn under the emissary’s and living failures is wild
30:24 What makes him *unfair is the fire aspect of all of his attacks 😆
Amygdala, oh Amygdala, the real tragedy of the game is how the defiled chalice reduced you from my S tied to an E tier fight, saved from F by the music
Wow i really thought i was the only one who felt Gehrman reminded me so much of the boss from mgs3. Even thematically with the whole passing the torch through blood motif, how he uses many of the same skills you can do
Instant sub
Love 5at you add lore bits. Also I love seeing shadow of yharnum get some love
First time I fought phase 2 micolash, the second I fell into his arena, used augur of ebrietas and stunlocked me from the back lol
Agreed with everything except Ludwig. Easily the #1 best boss of Bloodborne and probably all of Soulsborne.
Had to sub, purely due to the fact that you pronounce “vicar” correctly. I watch a lot of souls creators and so far you are the only one to say it right. It actually does my nut in when people pronounce it “v-eye-car” so thank you for not making me want to claw my hair out😂😂👍
Would you believe me if I said part of my reasoning for doing Bloodborne videos was to ensure people knew how to pronounce Vicar and Gascoigne?
@@BillySYT I love that, those sorts of thing really get on my nerves so it so nice watching videos and not wanting to claw out me eyes😂
Interesting note on your experience with Orphan. I have the same kind of relationship with Sword Saint Isshin after beating him first try in my first playthrough. Its such a funny story considering I have yet to beat Inner Isshin. Also noone believed me at the time :(
Just found your channel and love your content! Hope you have a great day :)
Sekiro and Bloodborne has by far the best boss battles. Now with Elden Ring, it has a few good bosses, Melenia, Maliketh and Margitt (and his other equivalents) but then there are thousands of mini bosses that are just jokes, it feels like DS2.
I'd say Dark Souls III is also up there boss battle-wise, but I definitely vibe the most with Bloodborne's boss set. Sekiro is exceptionally good too, but since it's a different gameplay style, they all have to be designed with that engagement in mind.
FromSoft just know their stuff.
Sorry, but while I love Bloodborne, Elden Ring bosses blow Bloodborne's bosses quality, like most of Bloodborne's base bosses are just uninteresting gimmicks or really easy if you have a 6+ serrated weapon with like one cursed tempering gem.
52 MINUTES??? LESGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Figured you deserved a good long vid after last week
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO APPRECIATES SHADOWS OF YHARNAM!!!
On my first fights with each boss, I never really spent more than like two different sit-downs on them. Except Laurence. That took me a week of playing like 4 hours a day.
Lawrence took me one try. Lady Maria and Ludwig probably each took any equivalent number of 7/8 tries ans Orphan of Kos just tossed me around till I learnt what to do. Dodge Forward and I was consistently getting to his third phase. Father Gascoigne and Gehrman both one try so did Cleric Beast. I was surprised I actually took one try on a lot of bosses. Also it is the easiest From Soft game in my opinion.
Not going to lie that was probably the most nuanced opinion on the hemwick witches I’ve ever heard
Honestly, the hate on them is overblown. They're not one of the best fights ever, but they're mechanically sound and people make them out to be Bed of Chaos level bad sometimes lol
I used Simon's Bowblade against Gerhman and it completely destroyed the fight.. apparently Fromsoft never bothered to balance in game AI as you can snipe Gerhman the entire fight as he just takes every single arrow to the face.. ease victory.
To be fair to FromSoft in this case, Gehrman's fight was developed before Simon's Bowblade was even added to the game (DLC). I'd be curious to see if the same results happen from any of the base-game weapons that involve range.
2nd!!! And I agree bloodbourne has a great aesthetic
Nice to see another Scholar of the school of BONK
13:16 This guy has 99 Insight here. 😂
2:29
If you dont go down to that room...you can easy kill that bastard with shooting him until he falls 😂
Yessss shadows of yarnham love 👏 great video
for me rom and martyr logarius were my favourite fights, just really cool and tbh fun for me
“If you’re remotely good at the game”
Me who smoked Orphan of Kos, Lady Maria, Gehrman, etc but proceeded to get smoked by BSB and One Reborn:😅
calling yharnam london is one of mt favorite jokes
It honestly feels to me like mergo's tracking is broken. The boss has wide swings sure but once it has picked the direction it attacks it doesn't stray very far from it. Especially with the long flurry she just goes in a straight line basically. Idk I just feel like if she could turn around on you quicker she would actually be an engaging fight
I definitely agree there. Outside of her darkness attack with the clones, it feels like you really have to go out of your way to die, be it by accident or by purposefully tanking damage to get some hits in.
When I was fighting orphan of kos I had no idea you could take the fight into the water until watching this video lmao. I just fought him on the beach 😂
You said hard mode
It's crazy how many people I've seen hating on Micolash. I thought it was a cool change of pace from a regular boss fight, and he's not challenging or frustrating at all. I have never died to him. He is way way better than the Witches, Reborn or Rom.
I don’t know whatchu mean by orphans difficulty lowered because of newer soulsborne games cus BB was my last souls game and I found him more challenging than any Elden ring boss with no summons and no cheese for both, him and isshin I think are the 2 hardest in the whole series and then Malenia afterwards
Love your channel, Im a recent subscriber. Great list. I actually managed to beat Orphan of Kos first time, but died a lot to Laurence and Lady Maria. Especially Laurence.
The soundtrack for them though, amazing.
Another for the Orphan first time club. We have fresh blood vials and whirligig saws for all members.
Nobody asked for this, but Imma drop my own ranking here
22. The One Reborn
21. The Witches of Hemwick
20. The Living Failures
19: Celestial Emissary
18. Rom the dumbass spider
17. Shadows of Yharnam
16. Micolas Cage
15. Moon Presence
14. Mergo's Wet Nurse
13. Cleric Beast
12. Suzie Skinflaps (Blood-starved beast)
11. Martyr Logarius
10. Darkbeast Paarl
9.Amygdala
8. Barbecue Cleric Beast
7. Orphan of Kos
6. Gehrman
5. Lady Maria
4. Vicar Amelia
3. Papa Guacamole
2. Ludwig
1. Ebrietas
66% winrate on OoK is wild! Laurence i would put higher ngl
Martyr longarius is my top 5 Soulsborne bosses and top 3 hardest I have ever faced for some reason 😂
As always mfers are wrong about the Rom fight. It's a puzzle fight that requires actual strategy and poise under pressure, it's incredible. Ranking Amygdala above Rom is absolutely unforgivable
I mean... I get that it's a puzzle fight. It still doesn't change that I don't feel a lot of enjoyment when fighting Rom.
Also arachnophobia is a bitch.
I'm all good for differing opinions, but let's not be dramatic and use terms like unforgiveable, it's a bit rude imo.
Amygdala is sooo much better than Rom imo
Hello fellow British person
Shall we drink tea to commemorate our Britishness?
@@BillySYT indeed…
hoonter
sorry I mean hoon’er
Wait, how do you call the One Reborn a bad design?! If you got a threaded cane Paarl is pretty easy if you go to him right away. Save the music box for Gascoigne’s 3rd phase.
Gehrman and orphan are my favourites
can’t lie celestial emissary is the absolute worst boss going 😂. And poor rom and TOR. love those two 🤣
I don’t know if it’s because I barely level up vitality or what, but BSB one shots me with every grab attack. Countless have been in my position too. It doesn’t matter how good I am and how many times I kill the hardest bosses, it will always give me trouble!😂
My experience with Gascoigne is similar. I can beat the hardest bosses in this game easily, but Gascoigne will, without fail, kill me at least five or so times a playthrough.
@@BillySYT yea, phase one is a breeze but then beast phase just obliterates me if I don’t kill him fast! Hearing that you first tried Orphan is awesome. First playthrough, he killed me like 25-30 times but then, once I beat him once, he was easy on NG+ and NG++! Lady Maria has never killed me but Ludwig and Laurence always will. I don’t know how some find Ludwig extremely easy, then die to both Maria and OoK countless times. Once I found out I could parry Orphan, I just beat him down.
Combined with the poison it's impossible to survive
Bloodborne AND rupaul fan??? instant subscribe
btw i 100% agree on your top 4 but I would rank them as: 1. Ludwig 2. Orphan 3. Gherman 4. Lady Maria
Yeah so I'm not the only one folk who beat Kosson first try lmaooooo
lmaooo i didnt even know the witches could attack
Honestly, neither did I until this last playthrough lmaoooo
Cleric best has my name in it
Okay, I don't think rom deserves to be behind a fodder boss. At least our spider is actually a threat in some way.
That implies I'm ranking them based on difficulty. I just don't find Rom particularly compelling outside of the lore, so it lands lower on my list for that.
Lady Maria is my favorite.
I think Shadows of Yharnam are too high, Ludwig a bit low and I really hate Laurence, so he's definitely not on my top 10, other than that I pretty much agree.
Also the Bloodstarved Beast of the base game is a bit too easy, that's why I prefer way more the Chalice version of it,
Finally bloodborne, lessgooooooooooooo,tho I like sekiro more than bloodborne but it's still better dark souls 2 that's for sure
Sekiro will come eventually. But I gotta get through DS2 & 3 first ^^
Sekiro will come eventually. But I gotta get through DS2 & 3 first ^^
2 sharks in the well > Kos
Love the videos billy it’s great to finally have some more queer bloodborne enthusiasts
Ebrietas is no9? She is the hardest boss in Bloodborne for me
Hot take: I actually enjoy Micolash. Its mostly because of how fucking mindlessly insane it is chasing him around while he moans and spouts lore ridden nonsense. Also man that theme fits it so damn perfect. But the attacks he has can fuck off