Radahn is insanely hard. Then i realised you can use the 60% holy damage negation incantation. Makes the boss so much more reasonable.

I love that almost all the optional bosses have a main boss feel to them like the madness guy literally had a sick cutscene as if he’s a final boss it’s dope asf

In the miquella's followers fight if you do all their respective quests, it turns from a gank squad reprise into a fun team deathmatch

Radahn might as well just reach through the television and break my controller over my head at this rate. Edit: Finally beat him!! Re-Speced into Pure Strength/Vigor/Endurance, Cold Greatsword, and a dream.

Somehow I beat Radahn. Doing this DLC on NG+7 above was absolute torture. You could be wearing a full set of demigod armour with the most turtle talismans in the game… and everything still kills you in 2 to even 1 hit. It’s borderline masochism trying to enjoy how breathtaking & beautful the DLC is, when you are constantly backtracking for the site of grace only to get sniped or wombo combed into oblivion just to start all over again. I didn’t beat this DLC, *I survived it*

If you don't summon Igon for the Bayle fight you are missing out on something. Not because he makes the fight easier but because his VA goes HARD ! I love this guy

Honestly, Radahn (consort of miquella version) might be the hardest boss they've made thus far in thier games!!!

Divine beast is only number 11, you're telling me the boss that has me stuck and has been kicking my ass is that much easier than all the ones to come after 😭 EDIT: nvm just beat his ass, in hindsight really not that bad, just a skill issue on my end

After reading all these comments, the DLC seems to be quite literally its own game. It has its own leveling system. Scadutree blessings seem to matter a lot.

As a 47 year old man this DLC gives me very mixed emotions. My first Fromsoft game was Bloodborne and I remember getting wrecked by Cleric Beast on that bridge. I platinumed that game and proceeded to plat DS3 and beat DS1, Ds2 and Demon Souls. I platinumed Elden Ring base game. Ive seen Fromsoft go from niche to mainstream and a industry titan. Im doing okay in the DLC, Ive beaten 3 bosses on this list and havent pulled my remaining hair yet. However, Ive seen whats in front of me and I know my abilities and this shit isnt happening. Ive beaten Kas, Gael and Malenia, but I dont see myself getting past some of this. The endless combos, area effects, and just raw damage are going to be to much. Like a ball busting coach Myazaki has dragged me kicking and screaming from getting wrecked by Cleric Beast to beating Gael. I think Shawdow of the Erdtree is wear my abilities get left behind. Im not mad and Im not posting salt. I feel blessed, as a former athlete to find something at this stage in life to test me and force me to improve beyond what I imagined at the start, this experience has been a blessing. For you pushing through, "Take heed, Struggler. Struggle, endure, contend. For that alone is the sword of one who defies death. Do not forget these words".

Consort Radahn is a goddamn Bayonetta boss

I think Leda was never meant to be played without summons, since it is meant to be a war between factions that were once united. The gravitas is lost without Ansbach and Thiollier I think

After like 30 deaths, i just gave in and beat radahn like this: -60 Vig, 80 endurance, 80 strenght -fingerprint greatshild +25 -moghs spear +10 -bull goat armor I just made myself as tanky as possible and blocked everything with my shield, and it worked lol, beat him in 2 tries doing it this way

the fact that fromsoftware have dethroned their hardest boss malenia with the dlc bosses in just 2 years is insane

I agree so much with your ranking. i was so confused why you struggled with the leda fight lol, but wow you did it solo. If you complete an npcs quest you can summon them to help so it was a 3v3 in the end

That second phase radahn grab attack is brutal if it hits twice. If you know you know

They just heard we hated that spinning radahn move and decided theyd give us all the more reason to

I’m on NG+4 with level 8 Scadutree. I still feel like I’m being used as a fleshlight in some of these fights.

Commander Gaius made my hair gray

They took one of my favorite bosses, lothric and lorian, and then just went completely insane with the difficulty. Definitely going to mop up some of the side stuff i missed before i try that again.

I played through the dlc blind and now I realize I missed almost half the bosses

I stumbled upon Bayle by accident whilst exploring and I immediately got messed up. After a while of struggling with Relanna I went back to bayle and didn’t leave until I beat him. He was my favourite dragon fight they’ve ever made and honestly one of the best fights in general, when I beat him I was so sad I couldn’t do it again immediately

Radahn took me around 9 actual real life hours... A part of my soul is gone and I don't think I'll ever recover

I for one am happy that Radahn ends up being the most challenging boss of the entire game. What a Chad

Bayle gets a 10/10 from me with the same reason as you and shoulda been the end boss. But He gets a 25 / 10 for Igon going full Captain Ahab Mode when you summon him.

I wanted to play the game without the earthtree blessings buff and let me tell you its so hard i spent like 8 hours on some bosses and im still not done

I really dig how your character comes through in this video without interrupting the flow of the video itself, really great balance and it never feels forced - subscribed!

I believe there's a talisman which makes Radahn phase 2 much easier. It's a holy resistance talisman found in... somewhere around Scaduview.

I didn't summon at all for base game, but for Leda I had too, especially since I somehow managed to get a 4v1 with Moore too instead of the regular 3v1.

These bosses are so hard it feels like Miyazaki wanted to punish us all

Try scarlet rot, that is the best counter to radahn... Remember Malenia beat Radahn using scarlet rot only

Radahn's second phase AOE attack lowers my framerate to like 1 its impossible for me

I think Bayle could’ve been my favorite boss if I could lock on to his torso, having to lock and unlock constantly makes the whole thing feel more awkward than it needed to be.

For final boss phase 2 start run directly behind him, not away from him. I got completely blasted by his range but once I started to go behind him he is forced to meele you from the beginning of phase 2. There's a new talisman for holy dmg negation in the hinterlands region, pretty sure that talisman was meant to be used in this fight.

I love to watch those kinds of video while I'm in a living nightmare in the DLC and learn all of the hardest stuff is still to come...

Oooo ur getting me hyped to play the DLC!

I had my ass handed to me by that one knight guy near the beginning and that humbled me real quick. Everything up until Radhan felt doable, so I resorted to co-op and I'm still unable to beat him.

Pro tip for Dr spam at the end, took me about 30 tries, after a while I had enough and busted out the great shield and got him in 2 tries, first one almost had him but my heart was "stolen" (use miquealas great rune to get the thing off your head

The leda fight is supposed to be fought alongside Ansbach, I believe. Leda has voice lines talking to him, and he spawns in once Dane does. It makes the insufferable ganking into a satisfying chance to turn the tables into a 2v2 or 2v1 in your favor.

Messmer and Midra were my favorites I feel like Midra was supposed to have an infinite madness buildup after transforming and they scrapped it last minute

If you bring a greatshield against Radahn it absolutely trivialises him to an insane degree

Leda and her friends can be super shifted by some side quests. It’ll make it much more bearable.

Choosing to play it on ng7 was definitely what I needed. Love the challenge of almost needing powerups to deal okay damage and to survive more than 1 hit. Still have the hardest 3 to beat.

My advice, since my main playthrough character is a strict soloer (I have her designed like a Skyrim Nord, so all of her fights are 'Nord Honor Duels'), I found out after about 10+ attempts on Leda and co. that they suck at figuring out what to do against Wild Strikes. Slap Wild Strikes on a Bleed Weapon, buff up with Holy Negate, then do the Bart Simpson "If you get hit, its your own fault"

Midra is surprisingly challanging if you use a fire weapon. I mean, yeah, he is kind of strong against fire. Lord of Frenzied Flame for a reason. Also with Bayle there are a few windows where its more worth it to hit the left leg, as that takes the same damage as the head.

Bayle the Dread is Bayle the Balrog

I'm currently doing a strength build no summons or damage incantations, I've done everything up to the final boss, he has been whooping my ass so much, I've gotten pretty close a couple of times so I just gotta keep banging my head against the wall. Bayle was surprisingly very easy for me

I’ve been on a trip ever since the DLC came out and keeping in the dark as much as possible until getting back but I’ll make sure to watch this video as soon as I’m done with the DLC

Radahn- Intro: I just beat Radahn after around six hours of attempts. I used a build similar to yours, a heavy sword one-hit at a time kinda thing. I learned that holy negation counts, it removes a lot of the risk in second phase. Also if you’re gonna hit this guy, hit him hard. I stacked jump attack buffs with the Gravebird chest piece and the claw talisman, I hit exclusively jump attacks for this fight. Luck dictates whether you survive, and that’s a fact. There are a few moves I want to mention as I go. Combat in first phase: The first hit is free. Enter the fog wall and wait for him to do the gravity spin, learn the timing and it’s an instant hit for you. He has two attacks in first phase that are potentially unavoidable, the gravity rock sling and the double slice into scissor combo. Lucky placement is the only way to avoid them, period. The easiest attack to reliably dodge and then punish is the double right-side swing into sword earthquake combo. Bait that by staying kissing distance from him. These tips come from hours of trial and error, and they allow me to get him to second phase within twenty seconds on average (with a high scadutree blessing and three buffs, I did this on NG+3 and they are necessary). Phase two Combat: Phase two gives all of his attacks the Miquela poppers, obviously. Though, one or two combos only get them from the last swing (just as a fun fact). The holy negation I mentioned will help counteract a popper here and there. Now for the anime-clone-after-image attacks. A lot of them are dodgable, specifically the ones where he is on the ground and hacking away. There are also one or two where he charges in place before sending a burst of himself at you, just walk/dodge to the side a whole bunch and he’ll miss (unless you’re too slow, then you die immediately). A lot of the overhead after-image attacks will chip you at the least, but one takes the cake as the hardest move to survive in the entire game (Waterfowl Dance 2 if you will). It’s a modified version of one of his other really difficult to avoid attacks, the rock sling. He sends rocks at you, then if you survive those (or get half your health bar chunked) he sends a bunch of clones at you that cannot be outrun, dodged or avoided. They also stun you if they land, so try to dodge a couple and take one or two for the team. But that’s not the worst part, after the clones, he slams down and makes another earthquake. Once he pulls his swords up the ground shatters and explodes in an outward pattern with the Miquela poppers. Each of these things stack by the way. The swords coming up, the ground shattering, and the popper wave can all hit you individually require meticulous timing and placement that I couldn’t muster after six hours of trying. I used the crimson burst tear to save my ass during this one specific attack, and it only worked twice. Other than that it’s manageable for a seasoned player like you. The Miquela rapture explosion can be avoided with good timing by running out of the blast zone (marked by the ring of white around the edge). Also a good tactic I found is staggering him and critting just before the boom (this takes luck, you’ll need three consecutive and powerful attacks to knock him down). The Miquela brainwash grab is the most free damage in second phase, even if you mess up your timing you only die after the second time he grabs you. The meteor attack is tough to avoid but isn’t usually a one-shot risk. Just dodge the first set of clones and take the explosion like a champ. That’s all I’ve got, I’m sorry I don’t have more experience to tell you how to avoid his attacks better, but this is what got me by. You might’ve already beaten him, but maybe this will help another commenter :) Mohg Secret Boss Are you familiar with the Mohg dance? Well, streamer Jerma985 is the master. After beating the game and getting Miquelas crown, bring it to Mohg’s arena and put it on the cocoon. Mohg will then be resurrected and will challenge you to a dance-off. Refer to Jerma985’s “Mohg Dance” for tips on how to beat him.

The strategy for radahn is parrying, he’s fairly easy to parry. That was the only way I could beat him

For the Leda fights I summoned the 2 npcs that were available to me. 1 was literally useless but the fact that they appear slowly just like the ones on Leda's side made the fight so much more cinematic

I love how each boss is so different with a play style. I was double spears and beat Leda first try without summons just poke and run

Radahn is the hardest boss in this series, by far. It took me 4 hours of attempts to win and I will say that phase 1 is so much harder than phase 2. Most of my deaths were in phase 1 or attempting to get back to phase 2. You need Malenia's great rune to have a chance in this fight, so kill Malenia, buy every rune arc imaginable, and just use the healing on hit. For the DLC, just use the spirit ashes at this point, when From introduces an entire leveling system for them, they are no longer cheese tactics, but necessary use tactics. My build recommendations for Radahn are his swords from his base game remembrance, Malenia's great rune, Opaline bubble tear, Ironjar aromatic, and Black Knife Tiche. That was the build I killed him on.

This dlc feels like fromsoft puts the hardest bosses they made in all souls games together and then makes them even harder😢

i finally gave up and used mimic tear for the first time against radahn, he is just too damn insane

I found midra pretty late as well. He was challenging af tbh. But he was one of the better fights. Good windows of attack, get the flame +3 talisman and it’s pretty good. Eye attack needs a bigger wind up for something that can potentially one shot even at +15

You actually have to summon for needle knight or you wont finish certain quests.

The first boss i fought was the death knight he was hard

Was not expecting to see no.3 so high up. Then again, progressing the right npc questlines can make the fight super trivial as it goes from a 4v1 to a 3v3 (without mimic)

you should rank EVERY dlc boss in your quality ranking, the interactive map can help you find them all

Bayles 2nd phase was literally the coolest fight in the entire game

13:09 you couldn't take the average invader Experience lmao

I beat Radahn after a little over 50 tries...My trick was: 1) Talismans: Dragoncrest, Golden braid, erdtree+2, Crimson Amber +2 2) Morgotts rune 3) Bullgoat legs and arms, empty head, Scaled Armour, raptor black feather armour 4) Boiled crabs, golden vow 5) Physick: Opaline hard tear, Thorny cracked Tear 6) +20 scadutree blessing and +10 spirit summon 7) 2 handing bloodhound fang+10 8) Mimic summon. Spammed ash of war and jump attacks to brute force. I was initially trying no summon with my dual cold bandit curved sword build. Always used to struggle in phase two. I used to die with unused flasks. Realized that main problem is that I dont have enougn HP to tank hits and exchange blows. Beefed up HP and took it to above 2700 with increased defence and won in 2nd try of the mentioned build. The first try was very close with him and me both on one hit. The camera caused by attack to whiff. I could have beat him in less than 3 tries if I respeced and went for this setup. I wanted to end the game with only cold bandit curved swords. Btw, shield and poke with fingerprint shield should work as well. This guy would be the hardest ever made till date for me.

I can't watch this yet because I'm not finished, but I just wanted to say I'm happy you're back. Lol

The great dragon katana is designed for Bayle (and basically any dragon). Using it make even Bayle feel like a gimmick fight (but great still, ofc)

Finally beat radahn after 6 hours

This is exactly how i rank it thanks for this. Radhan phase 2 is just insane i cant even tell how many builds i changed to beat that guy except for insanely dodging or use the finger print shield to cheese him.

I feel your pain with Needle Knighy and co. Fia’s Champions kicked my ass way more than I would like to admit to and this fight is that on crack

The big issue I have with this dlc was how much the blessings matter. The final boss was so insanely obnoxious that I grinded out my blessings from like 7 to 13 which made my damage not feel like hitting him with a wet newspaper.

Bro I’ve died to Midra like 30 times

Finally finished the dlc in its entirety, every boss without summons and wow it certainly was a ride. Specifically Giaus, Leda gank, and Radahn were incredibly hard and I'm honestly glad I've finished it, I'm definitely using summons on my next playthrough no chance I'm going through that pain again

About the triple npc fight, there’s an npc summon you can get for it, made me go from 30+ attempts to one after realizing his sign was near their red summon sign

I haven’t gotten too far and there were two boss spoilers in the thumbnail, maybe change it to some of the earlier bosses? I will definitely watch this once I complete the dlc tho

Doing this dlc on NG+11 is honestly really fun but extremely rough. I’m stuck on Radahn right now and looking forward to beating him after work.

I think what makes Radahn difficult is that your assumptions are often against you. So many moves have to be dodged by running: the rock hurl, the phase two gravity wave, the phase two standard air five-point slash, the massive nuke attack, etc. You often have to use running to get into position to actually dodge, and when you do dodge, you have to always dodge in, you can never run away. The fight just goes against your base instincts.

For this list, except the scadtree avatar, I beat all the other bosses. For the arena fight, it's such a fun fight. If you do the quest, you can summon other npc. For number 1, promised consort is for sure top 1 hardest boss, because young Radahn got Miquella light spells + Mohg blood spell + Malenia attack speed. I had to change my build for this fight

I love spoiling everything for myself before getting to actually play!

Did anyone felt that the final radahn boss is somewhat rushed ?

At first I was really frustrated yet after 20 hours I'm really enjoying this DLC.

Metyr: the Triple Laser, you can dodge it just by running left or right.

leda being at #3 just because you were fighting them alone (which is not what your meant to do) is a fine example of the stupid mindset of "if you summon you didn't beat it"

Wtf would u have that as the thumbnail. Some people are taking their time with this. Just put the divine spirit

Im just glad to know I’m not the only one who absolutely struggled with this DLC. I also went with my original account (NG+8) I do not recommend until you’ve beat the DLC. 😅

Great video. I know you from your music centered channel and was very surprised to find out you also make gaming videos. You seem like a very cool guy

When you beat the DLC do you have to begin another journey as a whole to play DLC bosses again? Or can you just reset the DLC part of it

So the Leda fight is actually made a lot easier if you do the questlines because then Angsbach and Thiolier will join the battle but they’ll be on your side. Plus it gives you more dialogue which is cool

When it came to needle night and friends, this one stumped me the most compared to any other boss I fought so far. But I remembered a good way to easily dispose of NPC's. Fingerprint stone shield with Shield crash Ash of War /w blood infusion You spam it (holding skill button), it'll stun lock any NPC, along afflicting Madness and Bleed, I recommend it if people ever get stuck on NPC's in general as it just demolishes them

Imo leda bossfight is the one bossfight where i think you really should use the npc summons availabe to you. This is the culmination of multiple npc questlines leading up to the final confrontation to miquella. Its supposed to feel like a brawl.

Killing needle night and friends without summons and spirits is my greatest life accomplishment. It was horrible

Radahn made me break out the forbidden greatshield build that I made in my first ever run. I had locked that build up because it was simply too powerful, it was the secret easy mode. But Radahn made me bring it back out, because by god I couldn't stand that second phase.

I hope you take the time to replay the expansion slowly so you can savour everything and learn the fights even more. I think SOTE rewards exploration more than any piece of Fromsoft, since scadutree fragments can make most bosses moderate in difficulty. Rellana and Putrid Knight in particular are doable with 5 and 7 scadutree fragments respectively.

Black Knife Tiche is doing what needs to be done be me 🤣🤷🏽‍♂️

11:18 “a few tries later”… that’s a good way to put it 😂

I found the Scadutree Avatar pretty early and with not that many scadutree fragments, but I still found it relatively easy. I think a lot of the people struggling it didn't realize you can do more damage if you hit it in the face.

9:18 Same brother, i had to pull out my winged scythe to put him to sleep back then.

i just beat Radahn today. After like, literally 50 tries. Rivers of a blood, Verdigris Greatshield, Dragonscale talisman +2, boiled prawns for that extra damage negation, Rams Horn talisman for THAT POISE, and Lord of blood Exultation. Along with tear of thorns and the tear for stamina regen (i forgot what it was called). Oh and obviously the mimic, but summon it in phase 2 to tank damage for ya. hopefully you get him soon, Good Luck Tarnished!

NG+7 / Two Handed "Greatsword" / Braggart's Roar / And a dream Bayle is the best dragon fight in all of Fromsoft's Souls creation, I proudly say this as a long-time player of Monster Hunter. In all of my years of playing Fromsoft games, there has never been a dragon that gave me the same andrenaline as the ones in classic MonHun games. Bayle pulled off a dragon fight that is as high quality as what Capcom put out in MonHun, and I hope they would learn from this when they finally created a remake White Fatalis. Also the camera needs fixin lmao, other than that 12/10

Leda was super epic for me, i used the 2 npc summons you get + oleg spirit ash, it was super fun since it turned into this giant 3v3 brawl, really cinematic feeling.

Radahn took me hours but I finally solo'd him with the sunflower hammer and it was just the best feeling. What a crazy fight.

I couldn't agree more with this list its just perfection