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Champion Gundyr is not in a parallel universe. It’s in the distant past, he was a champion like the ashen one. But when he got to firelink the flame had already faded and darkness took over. Then you come and defeat him which is why at the start of the game he has the sword through him.

2:37 the two of them syncing their attacks is so cool

Back when DS3 first came out everybody appreciated The Abyss Watchers for the masterpiece that it is. I'm sad to hear people don't see them the same way anymore.

I love the demon prince, one the best gank bosses culminating into the best "demon" boss fight we've had. Which was even more disappointing that the only multi bosses in elden ring were complete trash.

Another aspect of Dancer's difficulty is that you're sent there immediately after either Aldrich or Yhorm, depending on who you beat first, and if you're not suspicious of the boss arena being a boss arena, you're likely to immediately trigger the fight without preparing for it first.

What an unbelievable experience was DS3! The OST in this game, as well as the whole atmosphere, it just hits you on another level and as you said the bosses were awesome 🔥

The part at the end of the Old Demon King where he expends all his power and basically gives up gives me a very melancholic feeling

I am So happy that Dragonslayer Armour got some love it properly deserves. Beautiful arena, astonishing soundtrack and very very Fun challenging duel fight. One of my favorites

My 8 year old daughter beat Iudex Gundyr on her fifth try. Proud dad moment 😅

I’m always surprised when people put DS3 low down on their list of favorite fromsoft titles. To me the nostalgia in this game hits home hard, and the narrative is beautifully crafted around the same core concepts of 1. But even if the nostalgia doesn’t land, you still have arguably the highest average quality of bosses in this game, with some truly spectacular ones mixed in! Imo this game nailed the balance of being difficult yet fun, and will always be one of my favorite games to replay.

abyss watchers is easily my favorite souls boss ever. the design, the music, the 3th neutral watcher. everything is just amazing about it

Full on agree about the Twin Princes. Both them and Gael feel like they were on paths the player could've easily chosen for themselves (lore wise). The fight designs, the music, and fun factor (punishment) were top notch. Bravo.

Super cool video as always, nice pace and quality content. Keep it up 👍 Quick tip I noticed for Crystal Sage : when the clones spawn, their magic will be blue, wherease the real one has purple magic. Easy to notice after a few tries. Hope it helps some of you !

Really cool transition at 6:00 i dont know if it was on purpose but the attacks of the two bosses line up perfectly

For the Crystal Sage just buy a few daggers to hit the clones and the fight is much easier!

Can't wait to know what outro you chose for this one!

Really good video, however I think that with the Yhorm fight, a large part of why he is so loved, is because of the Siegward storyline that's interwoven with Yhorm

Finally beat this game about two weeks ago. It’s was super fun. I really enjoyed the big dudes with giant weapon battles like dragon slayer, lord of cinder, pontiff, twin brothers, champion gundyr, etc. The ones who gave me trouble were the abyss watchers, dancer and pontiff.

Hey man, just wanna say you put out some really good quality content and I hope to see your channel grow a lot in time to come. Good luck

Love your content Ember, keep it up🙏

i enjoy watching these videos, even though my takes seem to often be quite different

YES! my day automatically gets way better if you upload. keep up the great work:)

even though i know it's coming, the outro gets me every time.

I’m happy someone acknowledged how people sleep on soul of cinder. He’s part of my top 5 so I get annoyed when people downplay the boss

I agree with almost everything you said except the souls of cinder rivaling nameless king's difficulty. Great video!

with the Crystal sage since all the clones are 1 shot I figured using throwing knife while taking cover to take them all out before approaching the real one works pretty well.

ive never heard or seen anyone sat oceiros was their favourite aside from me so far, i loved his voice and the transition to his second phase whilst he loses all sense of what he is or was, really stood out to me as an enjoyable boss and made it my favourite.

I love the art style in this game combined with the ost it just stands alone in its own lane, unforgettable and imo the peak of Dark Souls

quick question, friede or sword saint? (since they are both long, amazing, 3 phase humanoid fights)

I distinctly remember soul of cinder, and nameless king being the two most difficult bosses in this game my 1st playthrough. The sense of accomplishment i felt once i beat them though was amazing, and has only been matched to conquering Maliketh & melania in elden ring.

Would love a similar video for Sekiro! Maybe mini-bosses and main bosses?

also i had a funny glitch with the sage where he just didn't move so i could just wail on him and skip half the fight

Dragon slayer armor was by far my favorite boss, it was balanced, he hit hard but he wasn’t too hard to hit back either, and his shield attacks looks so cool, the whole fight was a spectacle and left more of an impression than any other boss

I watch your videos mostly in anticipation for your perfect outros

I need more of these!

I legit just started my ds3 playthrough as part of my series run through so this is fun

Whenever Spears of the Church is brought up, all I can think about is the “make haste” voice

DS Armor and the Champ are 2 of my fav fights in ds3. Its just so fun to dodge around their combos plus their difficultly is almost perfectly fair (besides DS armor turtling and Champ's fuckin charge with 360 degree heat seeking tracking)

lovely video 🏆🙂🙏🏼

The only thing bad about Gael is that you have to play the whole game just to fight him again

Having finished 3 two days ago, I think Dancer, Aldrich and Dragon Slayer Armor are my favorite bosses because they were difficult, but I still felt like I was playing within a fair game. Like you said for DSA, it feels like a duel. All three have big attacks, big combos, but they leave windows to attack or maneuver around that feel fair for all builds. Playing an ultra greatsword build, it was annoying for me how many bosses were incredibly fast, had tiny windows for countering or how many were ganks (heck, your footage of you fighting with the twin swords is downright beautiful and alien for my slow butt XD). But with these three bosses, I could dodge and counter, not just dodge for my life and miss all my attacks because they decided to teleport away and start their katas again after 0.005 seconds of reprieve (Twin Princes). On another note, I also found myself liking Midir. I think he's the best co-op boss in FromSoft because his already massive health pool gets enhanced once you summon, so it doesn't feel unfair for you to gank him. Also, the game turns into Monster Hunter as you and your friend have to become a well-oiled machine to dodge, pick your shots and run away as you slowly pick away at his health.

While the interconnected level-design from DS1 is missed, I can appreciate DS3 for (in my opinion) having the best bosses in the series. It's a really solid experience.

To this day you still get me with that outro shit bahahah

Pontiff is my favourite boss in DS3 and one of the best in the series, only really beat out by Maria, Orphan, Ludwig, Gehrman and Placidusax for me

My first ds3 playthrough which was the first souls game I completed, the dancer took me SO LONG and because of the fond memory of trying her until I wanted to give up right before finally beating her, she's my favourite boss in the game

I really loved this game, and I wish I could experience the game again from beginning to end for the first time.

Soc is one of the toughest? I dont remember having much trouble with it but its been a while. Ig i got lucky, think i only fought it twice

Midir is definetly not overrated for me. Hes by far the best dragon in the series and in my top 5 bosses oat. I think with midir it really depends on how you fight him. I think there are 2 rules: 1. ALWAYS go for the head 2. Roll Backwards, not into him. If u End up under him the camera will be a mess and the fight becomes way less enjoyable

Just started my first DS3 play through the other day. All stemmed from watching your videos and elden ring being my first souls like game. I’ve completed elden ring, Sekiro, bloodborne and now attempting DS3. Love it so far and am super excited to get through it! Love the channel man

Pretty sure the butterflies in DragonSlayer fight have sound cues, but I’m not 100% as I’ve only played through the game a few times

The Giant one ..Could it be that I was the only one (not knowing about the sword of wind) that I faced him the first time and found out that he took more damage with his glowing arm, and I beat him that way?

DS3 truly is the pinnacle of boss design in Soulsborne.

Funny enough the bosses that i died too the least is vordt and twin princes. I didnt die to either but i did die to deacons of the deep, crystal sage and also wolnir, did i just get lucky or something?

just beat midir for the first time. I'd been running pretty much the same build for all of DS3 so when I fought him I wanted to change it up and use the Nameless King's spear which was super fun and when I finally beat him he gave me a weapon which became the center of my next build to beat Gael. That felt like the best way for me to beat the game and prove it wasn't just the build I was using.

The entire game of DS3 is slept on imo. Too many good bosses and soundtracks and yet people will say it's bad because there is too much of the color grey😭😭. Also maybe I'm just too good bit when I hear people complain I about Anor Londo being brought back I alaways wonder why because your only there for like 15-20 minutes anyway.

My favorite thing to do on every playthrough is Yoels quest to get the dark hand and punch the dancers ass early for 66k souls(with silver serpent ring) and then steam roll the early/mid game

This is probably my favorite game of all time (Batman Arkham City and Shin Megami Tensei 4 are also in my top 3 and they switch constantly). I think with most of these bosses being properly rated when many of them are universally loved or hated just shows how well designed and polished this game is. I'm currently playing the game on SL1 and it's kicking my shit in but I'm determined to go through it. Deacons are a weird boss for me. On NG+ and above they've actually been giving me some trouble. I feel like bosses shouldn't punish you for your weapon choice but this kinda does (I tried beating them with a rapier and it sucks not being able to hit multiple enemies at once). Also since poise is so weak in this game it's very easy to get knocked around especially when you are swarmed and there's deacons throwing out fireballs and casting Wrath of the Gods. It's gorgeously atmospheric otherwise and even this boss is better than 75% of DS1 and almost all of DeS lol. I have never died once to Crystal Sage until I learned you could parry him and I tried to do it on my most recent playthrough lol. If you just bum rush bro, it's not bad at all. I also have friends that have trouble with the Crystal Sages and I just never understood it. I quite like the Old Demon King. As a lore head though, the impact is cheapened by the fact that you fight one more demon boss in the DLC (although Demon Princes are top 10 Souls bosses so I guess it was worth it). Are people seriously saying they don't like the Abyss Watchers? Most I've seen are people who like them. It's a phenomenal gank fight and an early game highlight. What's even more impressive is that the bosses get even better after that point. Aldrich is way too RNG focused for me. Every time I've fought this boss it depended on whether or not he does the stupid arrow rain attack that tracks you for 10 years. I know there is a way for you to make sure he doesn't do that but that doesn't make the attack less dumb

Tip on Crystal Sage: throwing knives are cheap to buy from the Handmaid, are thrown quickly, and have decent enough range to take out the clones obscenely quickly. Church Guardian Shiv works just as well if you don't mind FP consumption

It's wierd, I dont think I've died to nameless king a single time since my first 2 playthroughs, both phases combos and attacks are just really intuitive to me and they feel super natural. It's really interesting seeing what other people do well against

it feels great to know that someone agrees with me on the crystal sage

I faced the dancer when you’re normally supposed to, I tried 50+ times. After a while I came back to the game and got her second try

Aldritch is my favorite design. Dancer is my favorite fight. Friede is a spectacle to be sure but such a headache.

I was not expecting to see Kenny Garrett in a video about Dark Souls, but here we are.

The constant monotony of work-life balance comes to a screeching halt when Ember posts a vid. Made my week

Nameless king has a pretty standard and easy move set but (at least imo) if u get hit I find it very difficult to find a proper healing window. Plus the crazy amount of damage he dishes out. I’m my first play through I think he killed me around 12-15 times but, every play through after I always kill him 1st try

I agree with you on gael's fight. Fighting him is just visually spectacular and satisfying

Gravetender's Greatwolf is unironically a top 3 boss for me. The music playing while he glides across that icy canyon filled with flowers defending his master's grave is just gorgeous to me.

Nobody calls Oceiros their favorite boss

You can use the throwing knifes on the clones so they disappear without having to run towards them

the abyss watchers fight is so fucking awesome they didnt even wait for you to get there to start.

14:29 “And instead of doing an outro” 😂

My least favorite boss in the game is the crystal sage. I'm colorblind and can't tell the difference between the magic attacks mid fight. My options are to get way over leveled, or bring a tun of throwing knives and throw one at each sage. Nothing against from software for the fight, life just be like that sometimes

This was my first Souls game, and i haven't struggled too much with the bosses (even Nameless king) but Soul of Cinder almost made me quit. His attack spam in the curved sword stance is insane, the straight sword stance has delayed moves that make no sense (unlike gundyr or DSA) and random follow ups, and don't even get me started on the healing in the spear stance that makes an already tanky boss go on forever. On the other hand, in the second phase you're always at a risk of dying instantly to his 5 hit combo. I love the moveset and the callback to Gwyn but i'm really not a big fan of it.

the outro joke always get me

Fully agree on Demon Prince and the Dragonslayer Armour. Me and a friend can't stop fanboying over them

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Abyss watchers has one of the best intro cinematics,and his moveset was cool to see but overall he was a really easy boss lol,easier than bort and the rot plant

I share the exact same feelings about the Chrystal mage those clones are far to damaging for just an distraction.

I’m gonna try to change your mind for a second; have you listened to Ocieros’ ost? His theme is one of my all time favorite themes in the series. It’s super underrated!

it took me a week to kill the dancer on my first playthrough, after killing Aldrich, Yhorm & Abyss Watchers, so for me it was really hard

How the name in God is he teleporting while getting attack

Sister Friede gave me Sekiro ptsd with how fast she was attacked😂

Great video as always. DS3 will always be one of my favorite gaming experiences. Nothing beats my boy Gael

I just started DS3 and when i fought the Abyss Watcher i thought he was gonna be a super difficult boss because of elden ring since they hit a lot more

Great wood is technically optional sure but you miss out on boss soul transmutation which gives some of the best gear and spells in the game

After the bloodborne one, I don’t know if you’ve played cuphead, but if you had, do this with cuphead bosses please!

I like Gael most because for me its simply a 'get gud' boss. He has many attacks, you just need to learn then and dodge them all, no teleportation, no nothing. My favourite kind of boss.

What's your build bro

Advice for Nameless king, count his attacks, if he does an odd number of attacks punish, if even dont

I 100% agree with Twin princess, man I love that fight and their lore

2:36 beautiful.

funny enough, Vordt is a boss that took me the most tries out of all From Soft games. Ds3 was my first game and while I somehow buttonmashed my way through Gundyr, I just could not beat Vordt for hours upon hours. I didn't even know what s were and when I saw this huge monster charging at me I would just panic and die every time on the other side of the spectrum, I beat Abyss Watchers quite easily on my first playthrough, but they just keep giving me trouble every time I replay the game. On my most recent playthrough, I died to them more than to Twin Princess, Nameless King, Friede and Midir COMBINED

It's fun to see how different people's opinions can be. There are so many of these bosses where i have the opposite opinion on the boss. As an example; i think Pontiff is a bit overrated as it is the boss i hear most people in the community talking about, and i think Yhorm and Aldritch are some of the most underrated bosses in the game.

I never died to Soul of Cinder Because I kept homeward boning tf out of there lol

I remember watching and hearing about dark souls 3, about how it was so difficult and hard but after finishing it, bit of a let down. Still had a blast playing it tho

Abyss watchers are definitely not underrated, most people appreciate the fight. Also nice touch adding Ds2 music for Yhorm

Champ gundyr is like an Elden Ring boss in ds3. Once I learned that you can only safely attack him in phase 2 after he does a kick it just became dodge simulator which wasn't all that fun. Maybe if I had a fast weapon I could sneak in some attacks at other times too but for me it was painful with my Claymore. My guess ppl don't talk about demon princes much because they are so squishy that everyone defeats them in 1 or 2 attempts and barely gets to see much of their moveset lol. I remember it was really cinematic in phase 2 but that's about it. My only complaint about Gael was again he was a bit like an Elden Ring boss in phase 2 where he had those "gotcha" attacks which he extended from his first phase and you just had to dodge roll endlessly but he is fair enough.

Hi! Im new in soulslikes world and I've started Demon Souls. Can you give me some tips ? I've defeated the Phalanx and it took me like 6 attempts but I know that it shouldnt be that hard XD

haha, he made the outro joke for the 100th time now, so funny haha