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The first enemy in the first game is a hollow wielding a broken sword The final enemy in the final game is a hollow wielding a broken sword I’ll miss you, Dark Souls

"THAT'S what you were supposed to do when i summoned you to fight sister Friede"

Gael is an absolute legend from a lore perspective. He was a Slave Knight aka cannon fodder for the mooks during the war against the everlasting dragons. He survived all the ages of fire up until DS3, and when you touch the egg your sent thousands if not tens of thousands years into the future and Gael is still alive, not only that but he’s also killed every human alive. How do we know he killed every human? Well he has the completed dark soul which every human contains a bit of. And on top of all of this he used his galaxy brain and planned the time travel as he knew a champion would go to the future and kill him only to then go to the past and hand the painter girl his blood. Absolute legend

A servant more loyal than Gwyn’s Four A warrior more fierce than the Dragonslayer. A knight more resolute than the Abysswalker. The man who claimed the blood of the Dark Soul. The man who found a purpose. The man who completed his task. A man that rivals the legends of the Age of Fire Yet his legend will be written nowhere. History won’t remember him, nowhere in the annals shall he be mentioned. His name was Gael, and he served his lady well.

Everybody a gangsta until Gael whips out the Glock 18 Crossbow.

That airborne crossbow barrage that ends in a front flip sword slam is quite possibly the most badass thing I’ve ever seen

It took me an insane amount of time to realise his teleporting attack is literally him PUTTING DOWN HIS SUMMON SIGN to summon himself behind you and catch you off-guard. The Dark Souls literally made him weaponise the game mechanics.

4:56 that whole sequence gives me chills every time. The last two living things, fighting in a desolate wasteland sunk in ashes, the erratic swings of Gael, the cape whipping itself in response to those moves, the lightning falling from behind, the creepy sounds of the souls and the insane choirs along with the music in the background... this truly feels like the final boss for the series.

*Remember guys, all of this happened because The Painting Lady refused to buy regular black paint.*

"At the end of the day as long as there's two people left on the planet, someone is going to want someone dead." -The Sniper

Coming here after beating the Elden Ring DLC, THIS is how you do a DLC. THIS is how you do a final boss. THIS is how you end a game. DS3 truly still is the GOAT and it's not even remotely close

*Mom, I'm being bullied at school!* Mom: "just ignore them" Dad: "tell your teacher next time" Your war veteran grandpa in a wheelchair: 3:34

Gael as Boss Fight: *THIS* Gael as a Ally vs Friede: ho ho ho Merry Christmas!

This boss is the PERFECT ending to the series. Nothing will change my mind The world is dead and all that is left are ashes, the blood of the dark soul and two nobodies. It doesn't get better than that

I my opinion, this fight is flawless. As a conclusion to the Dark Souls trilogy, and as a fun and entertaining boss, it does everything right.

even after elden ring, this still remains not only as my favorite from soft boss, but my favorite boss in gaming history.

Slave Knight Gael's weakness was his humility. His desperate plan had one flaw: he thought that the chosen one would beat him easily.

When an enemy spams his combo and there is nothing to do: *initiate roll sequence*

The best part is when you finally win and there is no ending cutscene, you're just left alone on an ash covered world. Such a powerful ending IMO, no words or anything needed, you're the last survivor constantly wandering the ash wasteland.

The real homage to Guts. Rest in Peace, master Miura...

If there are any people who don't think this is a fitting end to this series, maybe this will convince you: It's the end of the world, and the only two living beings left are two undead. The old gods who cursed humanity are long dead, and the curse is all that's left of their legacy. In order to claim the dark soul (the games namesake) you have to fight the last enemy...yourself. Gael is no god, no great warrior, not even a terribly important character. His fate is what happens to an undead with a solemn duty and nothing left to lose, in other words, the player. Once you kill him, you get your reward and it's done. There's nothing left in the whole world. It's all ash and death. If that doesn't scream dark souls, I don't know what does.

He wasn't this strong against Friede. How many push-ups did he do? How many sit-ups? WHAT KIND OF JUICE DID HE DRINK!?

The subtle environmental storytelling here regarding Gael as a person and what he's been through is incredible. By this point, Gael has been fighting for tens of thousands of years, if not hundreds of thousands. He survived the entirety of the age of fire, fought in the war against the dragons, and now he's been on a quest for who knows how long to consume the dark soul of every human alive. His is a life of brutal efficiency and savagery, and we see that throughout the first phase. Endless warfare has turned him into a mere beast - He fights on all fours, he roars at you, he swings his sword wildly and with reckless abandon. He fights like an animal. And then when you come along, the first thing in thousands of years to make him bleed? When gael sees that the blood of the dark soul is spilling out of him, he knows that his mission is finally complete, and he *immediately* hollows, leaving nothing left of him but his most fundamental instincts. And then something interesting happens - He stands up, holds his sword properly... *And he starts fighting like a man.*

Closing the Dark Souls trilogy out with the player actually obtaining THE DARK SOUL is such a great move. Also, this fight is truly worthy of ending a series as great as Dark Souls.

You've come so far only to face what is essentially a background character in the most intense boss fight ever. Very Dark Souls.

The fact that this man kicks your shit in with what is essentially a big-ass Broken Straight Sword is honestly inspiring.

I got to a point I memorised every move of his and would refuse to kill him coz it was so fun …. My fave boss in the franchise!!!

5:08 that move was absolutely insane

You ever fight someone so hard that your clothing, the weather, and the namesake of your universe all join your side?

*Hand it over, that thing, your crippling depression over the fact that this is one of the most beautiful moments in gaming history as it wraps up one of the greatest trilogies in all of gaming*

I’d like to take a moment to acknowledge what a stupendous job Mr. Stephen Boxer did voicing this character. The scream at 2:48 is so animalistic and raw and full of rage. Marvelous!

The good old days when you used to be able to attack bosses after their combos, and difficulty wasn't just throw as much shit on the screen at once to blind the player and stop them from seeing the boss' attacks.

6:23 my god......

me:give it to me that thing your crossbow.

Coming here after beating Consort Radahn just to remind myself what a good final boss fight is designed like.

Gael is the perfect example of a hard boss that doesn't rely on bullshit to be hard. He doesn't have a gank squad backing him up, doesn't have an instakill move that you need to run across the arena to avoid. He has an AOE cape, but the roll windows aren't vague. He has a lot of health, but he gives you good windows to attack, and has a cool moveset that's rewarding to dodge and predict. He's aggressive and unwavering, but you can still get a heal off if you play smart. You aren't expected to play perfectly, but you have to keep your focus until the very last swing. I wish more Elden Ring bosses were like Gael, especially Malenia...

Fighting this guy's 3rd phase with 0 Estus is perhaps the most terrifying thing in Dark Souls history

Two undeads fighting in a empty arena for something that does not matter anymore

5:07 - 5:11 just perfectly sums up the epicness of this battle. Truly one of a kind.

Fromsoftware developers should've watched this and relearn how to make a good final boss for a dlc

By the gods, fear it Gael. Fear the Old Blood.

0:59 ah, he said it. He said the thing.

The best fight I've experienced in any Dark Souls games. Very fair. No annoying minions, no giant sweeping tree, no old crawling giant grandpa with a metal bowl, no giant fire breathing chicken dragon that breaks the camera, just you and your character trading blows until someone falls.

Oh hey, look, a final DLC boss with cinematically engaging phases that doesn’t feel like being blinded with the might of 10,000 suns and is fairly adaptive to learn against. Oh wait, this isn’t SOTE, strange.

Gael: What's that smell? The sweet blood, oh, it sings to me.

Most of the gods, deities, dragons, royalty and heroes in Dark Souls died like feral, half-crazed nobodies, clawing at themselves in the dirt. Gael is a feral, half-crazed nobody clawing at himself in the dirt, who stood up and died like a god.

"Give me that thing, your Dark Souls III: The Ringed City DLC ™️"

Even after elden ring This guy is still my favorite Gael is still the pinnacle of fromsoft bosses imo

Imagine if he had a move where he chugged an estus since he is an undead

Dark souls 1:Artorias Dark souls 2:Weeb Artorias Dark Souls 3:Artorias Grandpa

The best fight in all of SoulsBorne. There is no question. It is absolute PEAK FromSoft. Everything about Slave Knight Gael is perfect, down to the last little details. His boss theme, his mechanics, his phases, his lore, his subtle storytelling, the arena, literally everything about Gael is perfection.

Like Artorias, this badass legend of a boss would've never existed had Miura never created Berserk. Sad to see we'll never see the end to it. Thank you Miura, RIP. Edit: thankfully I'm proven wrong about Berserk never ending. It will still continue as Miura's assistants will bear his torch and keep the legacy alive

His sword must’ve been screaming AT RISK

Here you are. Man versus man. no gods, no prestigious knights, no legends. A slave knight, who wasn´t supposed to even stand a chance, and a unkindled one, unfit to link the flame completely. And yet, only both survived, only both reached the end of the world. There is no fancy cutscene, there is no final music, there is no shiny reward. The world is rotten, and nothing you do will fix it. Linking the flame, leaving it to die, becoming the new dark lord... Nothing will prevent the world to sink into ashes, ashes of innumerable cycles passing, of countless heroes linking the flame. Just ash co ering the world, just Gael finding each piece of the dark soul, and becoming corrupted by it every step. And now you are alone in the future. When you go back to our timeline, you know there is no future, there is nothing that you can do with this world... Except creating another world, and leaving this one to die. You give the dark soul's blood to the painter, and there it is. Countless attempts to save the world. Everything was in vain. You failed, but there is hope in another world. Bravissimo, From.

I remember being so close to beating him first try, but then he did the mid-air crossbow combo and I died because it was so epic that I forgot to dodge. One of the best bosses of the series.

I am literally in love with elden ring and have beaten it twice now, but NONE of the bosses hold a light to Gael

That jump into the air and using crossbow in 6:24 is the coolest shit I’ve ever seen in any souls game

*2022* "What. still here?"

Coming back to this after elden ring .. really notice how all these attacks are fair yet fast , unlike waterfowl dance.. which just hurts

even after finishing elden ring i still think this boss fight is the best fromsoft has ever put together.

The Orphan of Kos and Artorias had a baby and it's beautiful 😭

You know a boss is a natural at being a badass when he shoot you with his auto-crossbow during a somersault jumping behind you in a middle of a combo while loosing magic homing bloody skull everywhere. Whithout forgetting gaping hole remplacing his stomach. Edit : Forgot about the thunder hitting the area from the sheer BADASSERY

It’s sad how humanity finally got to use dark soul at its peak when all was gone. Took them getting to world ends, while almost everyone and everything is gone. However, they were still able to use it for the painting of a better future for all.

This is one of the most glorious final bosses I have ever seen. It's such a beautiful culmination. At the very end of the world where there are none left alive, only you and an old friend remain standing. A friend trying to give life a final shred of time, to go out in dignity when the dark settles, and having become the embodiment of the Dark Soul to do it. Gael has become Dark Souls itself, and not only that, he fights just like how you would. There's no shame in battle now - no one's watching. No one will ever witness your final battle. It's just you, him, and the Soul of Cinder left in the world. Oh and a Fire Keeper if you're going for that ending.

Another reason why this dlc is a fitting end. It has you fight the last of everything. The last demon The last remnant of the church The last dragon The last man

It kinda makes sense that Gael would be the final boss. By the time we fight him in the wasteland at the end of the Ringed City, Filianore is definitely dead and Gael is the oldest remaining character in the entire game (assuming you killed the Nameless King and Midir). His Repeating Crossbow description states that he has been fighting alone, on his own, against overwhelming odds on an endless journey. Plus he knows the ancient Way of White Corona miracle, which only DS1 characters knew. People are just upset because his character didn't appear at all until Ashes of Ariandel, so it feels gimmicky to have him as a surprise final boss. But the real reason Gael is the final boss of the series is because Berserk had an outsized impact on Japanese game developers who grew up reading and watching it in the 80s-90s. Miyazaki has admitted he loves Berserk and it's really easy to see its influences across the lore and storylines of the DS universe. Besides, we had already killed Artorias (i.e., Guts reference #1) and Miyazaki wanted us to fight a fallen Guts at the end of all things (because that's the most meta Berserk reference of all), so he made us fight Gael instead. Stage 1 of Gael is Guts in his Berserker "Beast of Darkness" form, hence the all-fours, beast-like fighting style. Stage 2 of the boss fight is Guts regaining a bit of his sanity as the Black Swordsman, wielding his repeating crossbow. Even the concept of Gael as a Slave Knight who served Gwyn (who looks just like the King of Midgard, by the way) and presumably the rest of the gods and their lieutenants (i.e., Dark Sun Gwyndolin and Ornstein, who are references to Femto and Griffith, respectively) lines up with Guts backstory in Berserk as an orphaned child who was raised to fight and kill his entire life without asking questions before he joined the Band of the Hawk and began to realize he could have a purpose and a dream of his own (i.e., the dark, gentle painted world that requires the Dark Soul). In Berserk, a constant question that Miura leaves unanswered is whether Guts will succumb to the evil inside of himself and use the Behelit he holds onto to make a pact with the Godhand. In Miyazaki's homage to Berserk, Guts/Gael has finally fallen to the darkness.

Look, thats an actual good final boss, not some freaky flashbang simulator

Gotta love that roar from the power of the dark soul being released 5:00

3:49 "ah, you were at my side all along."

You are lucky that he doesn't drink potions.

The music and atmosphere and then Gael's roar at moments like 5:08. Gives me chills man

The way the Ashen One takes a step back when they realize what Gael has become. Our character almost never shows a sign of fear, but this could almost be construed as fear.

Also, so sad that old uncle gael became, this thing. From his dialogue and his action, he has no more semblance of sapience left. All he can think of is, gather more dark souls, gather more, for his lady.

Slave Knight of Gwyn, Gaeltorias.

Words cannot describe how well done this bossfight is

Im not even kidding when I say that this is not only the best boss in the entire series but probably the best boss fight in any game ever. The sheer size of the arena, Gaels attacks and phases and even the music is the best in the series in my opinion. Not only thay he is also the final boss of the entire Dark Souls franchise as like many people have commented, there is nobody left in the world except you and Gael himself. He even uses a broken sword. Legit the very first weapon you obtain in the series is a broken sword and im the end you fight a man wielding one as well.

Best boss in Souls series

A warrior so badass that even his cape is a weapon...

Out of all the video game bosses I faced, none have awestrucked and impressed me as Gael. No boss has gotten my blood pumping and my adrenaline rushing like Gael. Everything about him is just amazing - the lore, the design, the movesets, the music. The first time I faced him, I felt like I was partaking in an epic anime fight - Gael gave me all he got and I did the same for him. In a way, I felt like we respected each other during the fight - Gael and I reached the end of our journeys and only one of us was going to live. Slave Knight Gael, I bow before you and tip my Mimic hat to you.

At 5:14 you can see a skull pattern in Gaels dark soul attack. I just realized this and once you spot it you can’t unsee it

I fucking love how he starts by moving around like an animal on four limbs but then he finds his resolve and starts fighting you properly

Hand it over That thing *your conniptions*

In terms of the story, lore, design and the fight itself; I still consider this to be the best boss fight of all time

Not one of Elden Rings bosses gave me the chills like I got when fighting Gael. All time favorite video game boss right here

Does anyone else notice the fact that Gael is kicking the player's ass with a larger version of a Broken Straight Sword? Love the contrast between Gwyn and Gael. We first see Gwyn at the height of his power before the game even starts, before we finally fight him as a weakened husk of himself; while we find Gael as a lowly and humble slave before The Ringed City DLC, and we fight him at the height of his strongest using the power of the Dark Soul to fuel his abilities. While Gwyn/Soul of Cinder fought with a powerful blade and the miracles of Lightning, Gael wields a rusty, broken sword alongside the dark and a repeating crossbow never seen in the game before (shut up, Avelyn).

A quote from a steam user that goes by the name KILL.A that pretty much fucks up my life. "I've seen many people talking about how someone nearly nameless as Gael being the final boss not only of the dlc, not only of the game, but of the series itself just ruinned everything. And I say that I partialy agree with that. Why? Well, having Gael as the final boss of the DLC is not so great I will agree. I myself and I believe that almost everyone was expecting some big name like pigmy or another god, so having a nobody slave knight was pretty... meh. But now, seeing the big picture, not looking only on the ringed city or dark souls 3 itself, but the soulseries as a whole, having a nobody slave knight as the final boss is just a masterpiece. You see... dark souls was never a history of conquest, or honor or of a hero saving the day... No, it is a melancholy history of a decrept civilization falling apart as time passes while nobody can't really do anything about it, other than watch and try something for no major avail. Now, what best way to finish such a sad and depressing history of a world once ruled by great and immortal dragons which waged war with mighty gods than having two nobodys fighting the last fight the world will ever see? A crazed nobody slave knight fighting a nameless undead in the end of the world while the entire world is already gone. A fight with no reason, the nobody slave is in a crazy blood rage and the nameless undead is just trying to defend himself, no major ideals, nothing to be saved, only two nobodys fighting over nothing."

Ds3 ost > ER ost

Imagine if instead of Gael you fought a stronger version of pontiff sullyvahn with no buildup out of nothing 🤡🤡

it makes sense that Guts would be the final boss of Dark Souls

Easily one of the coolest, if not THE coolest, bosses I've ever seen.

Love the disparity between the opening cutscene and the cutscene from when you first meet Gael, the shot at 1:00 shows him wanting to take something from you while in the first meeting, the same angle is used but it's him handing you a piece of the painting with both hands

I cried after this fight. Having spent so much time on Dark Souls and knowing this was the end of the series, with the beautiful music and stories all finished, I felt sadness and joy at having reached the very end. The whole experience was breathtaking from the very start, I remember feeling butterflies in my stomach the moment I heard the title music, and was never disappointed anywhere in the whole trilogy. It will remain engrained in my heart forever.

People have noticed that the ethereal skulls are like bloodborne, but what they don't seem to notice is the lightning. Most of the lightning in Dark Souls is yellow, but lightning in bloodborne is blue, like the lightning in this fight

Allant. Gwyn. Aldia. Gherman. Gael. Isshin, kinda (Sekiro isn't really a souls game, juat fromsoft amd very souls-like) Every souls game ends with you killing an old man. Edit: a lot of people are saying Vendrick, though you seem to misunderstand that I mean the *final* boss, which Vendrick isn't, sorry if that wasn't clear.

I absolutely love how at the end of time, when all else has collapsed, the last two people left aren't lords, kings or gods. Instead, it's two homeless hollows beating the hell out of each other. "At the end of the day, so long as there's two people left on the planet, someone's gonna want someone dead." - Sniper, TF2

Even after Elden ring, this is still the best boss fight From Soft has ever done

6:21 The moment Dark Souls went full anime.

The shift to phase 2 is one of the best moments in the series. I think only Ludwig the Accursed reclaiming his sword matches for me. The Dark Soul of humanity reawakens in all it's terrible power, and Gael, this old, abused, and forgotten hollow becomes the most powerful being the world has seen, matched only by you. A nameless Ashen One, unfit even to be cinder. A climatic final battle between two worthless beings at the end of the world, fighting over something that doesn't really even matter anymore. Fitting end to the series in my opinion. And I love how Gael stands on his feet, and fights like a knight, not a mindless monster like in phase 1. And Everytime Gael explodes and souls escape from his body. Like he has so much power it's literally tearing him apart. So cool.

To this day that is still the best Fight and the best Ost in the Souls Series