Our individual rankings: (Don't read before watching) Alex's Rankings: 25. Ancient Wyvern 24. Crystal Sage 23. Champion's Gravetender and Gravetender Greatwolf 22. Halflight, Spear of the Church 21. Curse-Rotted Greatwood 20. Yhorm the Giant 19. Old Demon King 18. Deacons of the Deep 17. High Lord Wolnir 16. Iudex Gundyr 15. Oceiros, the Consumed King 14. Vordt of the Boreal Valley 13. Dancer of the Boreal Valley 12. Nameless King 11. Champion Gundyr 10. Abyss Watchers 9. Aldrich, Devourer of Gods 8. Soul of Cinder 7. Pontiff Sulyvahn 6. Sister Friede and Father Ariandel 5. Dragonslayer Armor 4. Twin Princes 3. Darkeater Midir 2. Slave Knight Gael 1. Demon Prince Jack's Rankings: 25. Champion's Gravetender and Gravetender Greatwolf 24. High Lord Wolnir 23. Crystal Sage 22. Ancient Wyvern 21. Curse-Rotted Greatwood 20. Halflight, Spear of the Church 19. Yhorm the Giant 18. Old Demon King 17. Deacons of the Deep 16. Oceiros, the Consumed King 15. Iudex Gundyr 14. Vordt of the Boreal Valley 13. Aldrich, Devourer of Gods 12. Nameless King 11. Dragonslayer Armor 10. Abyss Watchers 9. Twin Princes 8. Dancer of the Boreal Valley 7. Champion Gundyr 6. Pontiff Sulyvahn 5. Sister Friede and Father Ariandel 4. Soul of Cinder 3. Darkeater Midir 2. Slave Knight Gael 1. Demon Prince Who do you agree with more?

I'm never gonna forget my first win against the demon princes because I ran out of estus right as the second phase hit about 3/4th health and had all but given up on the attempt but somehow managed to do the rest of the fight entirely hitless, it was by far the best feeling I've gotten after clearing a boss

I dont think Dragonslayer Armour is a throwaway, hes at the top of in my opinion one of the best areas in the game, it has a great epic theme, the butterflies are intimidating, and he himself is a badass armour set who jumps at you and kicks your ass, absolutely awesome fight

My Ranking of the Dark Souls III Bosses from Worst to Best: 25)Deacons of the Deep 24)Crystal Sage 23)Curse-Rotted Greatwood 22)High Lord Wolnir 21)Halflight, Spear of the Church 20)Champion's Gravetender and Gravetender Greatwolf Fight 19)Ancient Wyvern 18)Old Demon King 17)Vordt of the Boreal Valley 16)Yhorm the Giant 15)Aldrich, Devourer of Gods 14)Oceiros, the Comsumed King 13)Dancer of the Boreal Valley 12)Iudex Gundyr 11)Dragonslayer Armour 10)Abyss Watchers 9)Demon Prince 8)Champion Gundyr 7)Pontiff Sulyvahn 6)Lothric and Lorian, Twin Princes 5)Sister Friede and Father Ariandel 4)Soul of Cinder 3)Darkeater Midir 2)Nameless King 1)Slave Knight Gael

Demon Prince at #1 is insane. That boss was honestly towards the bottom of my list on first playthrough. He has since moved up to around middle of the pack, but #1 actually baffles me.

Through all of your rankings I have never failed to thoroughly enjoy your commentary and presentation while abhorring your opinions

I actually think Pontiff and Friede's influence was reversed between each other. Friede's desire to snuff out fire is what made Sulyvahn leave the Painted World to find a new flame to cleanse the frigid rot, only to end up corrupted by the flame he sought after. That interpretation would TECHNICALLY make Sister Friede the overarching true villain of the entire game, as she would've been the one who unleashed this evil man onto the world.

Personally I don’t think DS3 is a good place to start because it makes the earlier games feel very clunky and hard to go back to in comparison. Also I think the reason Gundyr has a dramatic phase 2 is because DS2 had a lot of guy in armor fights while DS1 and Bloodborne had more monsters. So why not have the perfect answer and have an armored guy turn into a monster

Finally. Someone one who sees Demon Prince for the masterpiece that it is. One point you guys missed tho was the audio. A huge part for me is the BLOODCURDLING scream the demons let out when they are switching agro or when it goes into second phase. Even my dad who is an avid dark souls and elden ring player thinks that THIS is how you do a demon/monster fight. with all the badass terrifying elements it has

Thank you so much for this series on some of my favorite games ever. Can't wait to see what you will do next! (Perhaps the remaining maps of the soulsborne games tier lists? Or something entirely unrelated like pokemon lol)

I actually quite like Wolnir, I found the sheer awesomeness and spectacle of the fight really carried it, I personally really freaking like spectacle fights, so Wolnir was an automatic great for me, even if mechanically he isn't all that interesting, and yes, holy cow his sword looks awesome. Same with Yhorm, I love his spectacle as well.

I really appreciate that the Dragonslayer Armor's weapon is in Elden Ring as the Executioner's Axe. I main that weapon and just got it to +25.

This is my personal ranking 25: Halflight (It’s an NPC gank fight. The online variant isn’t much better unless your opponent is on your skill level) 24: Ancient Wyvern (Man Serpents in DS3 fucking suck) 23: Champion’s Gravetender (If it was just the great wolf it would have been way better) 22: Crystal Sage (Boring and annoying magic spam. I’m colorblind so I can’t even tell which one is the right one lmao) 21: Old Demon King (Bad Hitboxes stupidly quick attacks and shitty area denial) 20: Curse Rotted Greatwood (The tree with the comically large hand hitbox) 19: Deacons of the Deep (Not difficult just boring) 18: High Lord Wolnir (The fight is meh but the goofy skeleton argument is good enough for me) 17: Yhorm the Giant (Way too simplistic. He has like 4 moves) 16: Aldrich Devourer of Gods (Arrow and Magic spam. Fun…) 15: Vordt of the Boreal Valley (Fun boss but a bit too easy) 14: Iudex Gundyr (Best starter boss in souls hands down) 13: Dancer of the Boreal Valley (The tells are a bit weird at first but it’s still a great fight) 12: Oceiros the Consumed King (The charge attack has no tell. Other than that he’s a cool and memorable fight) 11: Abyss Watchers: (The phase 2 cutscene is so spectacular. These guys deserved more HP) 10: Sister Friede and Father Ariandel (I know people think it’s a great boss. I just find the constant frost magic and black flames annoying tbh) 9: Champion Gundyr (Random AI loops hold this fight back) 8: Dragonslayer Armor (Underrated Banger of a boss. His move set is kinda limited though) 7: Twin Princes (Oh god why is he teleporting everywhere?) 6: Soul of Cinder (The callback to Gwyn is great. Hate that spear form though) 5: Pontiff Sulyvahn (Amazing lore and a good fast paced fight to boot) 4: Demon Prince (best multi boss fight in the game and maybe the whole series. The scale of the attacks are of epic proportions) 3: Nameless King (A high stakes battle requiring little to no mistakes. I know Phase 1 kinda sucks. Just play unlocked) 2: Darkeater Midir (Health bar is a bit big for my liking. Other than that it’s perfect) 1: Slave Knight Gael (An amazing conclusion to the best trilogy I’ve ever seen. Move set is pure eye candy and keeps you engaged the whole time)

I'm a bit miffed that you put Nameless King so incredibly low, as he's one of my favorite bosses. He's like an M-rated version of the final Demise boss fight from Zelda: Skyward Sword. However, I do appreciate that you understand Demon Prince and Gale belong in your top three best bosses in Dark Souls 3. Here's my top 10. 1. Demon Prince 2. Gael 3. Midir 4. Nameless King 5. Sister Friede and Father Ariandel 6. Twin Princes 7. Dancer of the Boreal Valley 8. Dragonslayer Armor 9. Oceiros, the Consumed King 10. Champion Gundyr

My ranking: 25. Spear of the Church 24. Gravetenders Greatwolf 23. Oceiros, the consumed king 22. High Lord Wolnir 21. Ancient Wyvern 20. Crystal Sage 19. Deacons of the Deep 18. Yhorm the Giant 17. Iudex Gundyr 16. Curse-Rotted Greatwood 15. Aldrich, Devourer of Gods 14. Old Demon King 13. Vordt of the Boreal Valley 12. Dragonslayer Armour 11. Pontiff Sulyvahn 10. Darkeater Midir (hot take I know) 9. Twin Princes 8. Abyss Watchers 7. Dancer of the Boreal Valley 6. Nameless King 5. Sister Friede 4. Soul of Cinder 3. Demon Prince 2. Champion Gundyr 1. Slave Knight Gael

My rank: 25) Wolnir 24) Wyvern 23) Halflight 22) Crystal Sage 21) Greatwood 20) Gravetender & Greatwolf 19) Deacons 18) Old Demon King 17) Vordt 16) Iudex 15) Aldrich 14) Oceiros 13) Yhorm 12) Midir 11) Dragonslayer Armor 10) Friede & Ariendal 9) Nameless King 8) Dancer 7) Abyss Watchers 6) Twin Princes 5) Demon Prince 4) Pontiff 3) Champion Gundyr 2) Soul of Cinder 1) Gael

Yes! Some love for the demon princes!

I have a question do you have a Xbox One I can make the fight fair in the Church because normally I'm a Dragonslayer Armor however I don't really want to gank at all

I find the Sage difficult too. His damage output is absolutely unreal, and his clones are very annoying, even if they do die in one hit.

Not sure what you meant about no pillars when fighting Lothric and Lorian. Hiding behind one of the many pillars is how I avoided the magic attacks.

Man feel for a spectacular fight feel dancer was done dirty in this ranking. Especially when you think about major negative to a fight. For one the arena is actually capable of burning meaning her fight will slowly burn the whole place. A point possible against her is she is to fair, the fight against the abyss watchers can feel like an rng hack should all three walkers (if you can't do enough damage) all decide you are the target of their hate can easily lead to frustrating antics. Dancer can't really trump card without a few bits of knowledge. The third bit about her is in fact her rythm as a dancer her rythm is almost hypnotic most bosses feel like a battle while hers feels like well a dance one where she can grab you than impale you,. But she lets near her booty so it's fair play. A friend pointed out that unlike many bosses in dark souls three who have three attack combos or rythem where with clever positioning and such you can time their attacks with three dodges or so or seconds. But dancer is able to change it up with her rythem. Her theme also kicks if not as epic. (Low key if her sword was frost and magic instead fire her weapons would be super cool to vs generic). Don't get me wrong pontiff and a few other rightfully deserve a higher ranking but of all the fights dancer is one I always look forward to it. Though I could just have a thing for tall women who knows how much that plays. Friede is overated to be honest as she really isn't that great lore wise or strong as you can reliable trade or outpace her by being smart depending on weapon.

Back here after getting the plat trophy for this game (I did it mostly offline and it really wrinkled my balls) Nothing really to contribute boss ranking wise but I thought I'd maybe shed some light on the BTS of the Oceiros fight (unless Jack already had researched this within the year this video came out and this is just pointless but I'll do it anyway.) Ocelotte is Oceiros' child, and as he was "born of dragons," he was a crossbreed and could turn invisible like Priscilla. But that actually wasn't supposed to be the original intention. Oceiros is cradling nothing in phase 1 because Ocelotte was actually supposed to be visible during the fight. From Soft intended to have Ocelotte be killed by Oceiros during his phase transition by slamming him into the ground without even thinking about it to show how much he has lost his mind, but they would have had to deal with SEVERAL censorship laws overseas because, well, no one wants to see a baby get flattened. It was eventually reworked into the lore that Ocelotte had the ability to turn invisible and Oceiros was holding him the whole time but just didn't realize it. It's why you still hear the annoying ass baby crying in phase 1 and why it stops in phase 2

33:10 you forgot to mention this important bit: he was originally gonna be the final boss, which is why his lore is so tightly tied to the lords of cinder. He was gonna be in an area similar to the champion gundyr area

I personally really like the deacons of the deep and crystal sage. They're easy but I still find a lot of fun to be had with both of them. Conversely i'm not super big on Gael. He's not a bad boss by any means, he has a neat moveset and a lot of spectacle but his fight goes on way too long for what it is to me, and not in the fun way like Midir. Great video though!

Controversial choice of demon price. I enjoy the fight but I never struggled with this boss which is why I wouldn't rank him as high as Gael, Midir or Friede (who killed me more than any other boss). Challenge isn't everything but is a factor.

Im so glad u did pay attention to the abyss watchers, i enjoyed so much killing them for the first time. actually theyre one of the best bosses in my opinion

16:35 he was also corrupted by the abyss, as shown by his name. The consumed are those creatures outside of his boss arena, the ones that look like black snakes

If gravetender is"undeniably the worst boss in the game from our point of view"....then why did y'all rank the boss differently?😂

The Champion's Gravetender and Gravetender Wolf sometimes make me wish we had a boss fight against both Artorias and Sif, how amazing would that fight be? Maybe they would be separated for first half and you would need to get their health down to 0, which would trigger the second half. Artorias riding on the back of Sif like Nameless King & King of the Storm. It'd probably one of the most difficult fights done right, but I think that'd be awesome. Eh, maybe Dark Souls 4 might have it, if that ever happens.

My ranking: 1| Slave Knight Gael 2| Sister Friede/Father Ariandel and Friede/Blackflame Friede 3| Darkeater Midir 4| Soul of Cinder 5| Dancer of the Boreal Valley 6| King of the Storm/Nameless King 7| Lothric, Younger Prince & Lorian, Elder Prince 8| Abyss Watchers 9| Iudex Gundyr 10| Pontiff Sulyvahn 11| Champion Gundyr 12| Dragonslayer Armour 13| Vordt of the Boreal Valley 14| Demon in Pain & Demon from Below/Demon Prince 15| Aldrich, Devourer of Gods 16| Old Demon King 17| Oceiros, the Consumed King 18| Crystal Sage 19| Yhorm the Giant 20| Curse-Rotted Greatwood 21| Deacons of the Deep 22| High Lord Wolnir 23| Champion Gravetender & Gravetender Greatwolf 24| Halflight, Spear of the Church 25| Ancient Wyvern I'm aware you won't agree with me on the Demon Prince but I just don't get why they're so well liked. The way the two demons interact with each other in the first phase, when they're both active, is really confusing and i'd say really bad, since you can't separate them, you just need to run away until one of them becomes passive, which in my opinion, isn't as fun as using the arena to divide Ornstein & Smough and get a few hits. Fortunately, for most of the fight, one is active and the other is passive, which is a nice design choice but it also gets repetitive when you consider they have like the same moveset and 3 attacks each and they have way more health than they should have considering the Demon Prince has a LOT of health and he receives like half of the damage with a hit. It just becomes a slog, especially for my SL1 run, to the point that they just feel unfun to me. The demon prince is generally a good boss, but I don't like how tanky he is and as i said earlier, i don't like how little damage he receives. Either you decrease the Demons health in the first phase (Which i think is the best way this fight could be fixed) or the Demon Prince. In my opinion, this is a high C/Really low B Tier fight, i wish i liked it as much as you guys!

One thing I will say about Halflight: his boss theme is an underrated banger

Why are the demon princes so high?I mean,they're good,I would've expected them at #5-#6. But definetly not on #1! But I mostly agree on your rankings.

The demon prince is my favorite boss in the series, I feel like it’s so underrated, so I’m super glad to see it represented as the #1 pick here. The entrance to the fight, the amazing duo battle, and the climactic finish against the demon prince is perfect.

Not sure if intentional or bad luck but I was doing the Abyss Watchers fight and was surprised that through my several deaths/fights with a secondary character+build I was using, and the red-eyed one actually locked onto me almost the entire time in the first phase. That character was at 99 hollowing so I wonder if that was connected to fighting abyss lore and intentional but can't say for sure.

I found yhorm to be better than deacons imo. The fight whilst very easy was fun imo. And the siegward cutscene tops it off

Not sure why the demon twerps are at #1. The Demon Prince aka Phase 2 is good maybe Top 5-ish i agree, but the demon twerps' attacks clipping through each other to hit you in Phase 1 is just grade S bullshit especially if fought in SL1.

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just like there is gold pine resin for the Taurus demon in DS1, on the top floor in the chamber before the crystal sages there is magic resistance boosting bug bite items. they are on the same level as the sorcery teacher

Oceiros looks like the son of Seath the Scaless.

Completely agree with your #1 pick. Demon princes are absolutely phenomenal. Perfectly balanced gank fight. Meteor attack is *amazing.* Just an all around great boss. Everyone says it's overshadowed by Midir and Gael, but in my opinion all three of them are outstanding. Personally my favourite DS3 boss is the Dancer, but Demon Princes are a close second.

Abyss watchers were done dirty 😭

Fun fact: My opinion on midir has changed the most out of possibly any boss in any game. First run of the dlc, he didnt even crack my top 30 Souls bosses (though i did acknowledge it was the best dragon fight). Second playthrough, he got moved to the top 10. Third, he got moved to the top 5. Currently he's sitting at #1 for me among Souls bosses, #2 counting all of their games (only beaten out by orphan of kos)

I wouldn't personally rank demon prince at 1, but I'm happy to see demon prince get some love. I think they're a contender for best duo fight in the series.

Demon Prince is a great fight but it should not be 1. Gael completely outclasses. Also I think nameless king is too low but otherwise not a bad list

Crystal Sage kicks my ass too, he's a dps test and I'm usually not even raising my dps by this point of the game

My Ranking: 1. Slave Knight Gael 2. Demon Prince 3. Sister Friede 4. Darkeater Midir 5. Nameless King 6. Soul Of Cinder 7. Dancer Of The Boreal Valley 8. Twin Princes 9. Pontiff Sulyvahn 10. Champion Gundyr 11. Abyss Watchers 12. Dragonslayer Armour 13. Yhorm The Giant 14. Vordt Of The Boreal Valley 15. Iudex Gundyr 16. Old Demon King 17. Oceiros, The Consumed King 18. Aldrich, Devourer Of Gods 19. Deacons Of The Deep 20. Curse-Rotted Greatwood 21. Crystal Sage 22. Highlord Wolnir 23. Gravetender And Greatwolf 24. Halflight, Spear Of The Church 25. Ancient Wyvern

I would respectfully put the dancer higher just based on the soundtrack and the atmosphere alone. Also the nameless king is hard AF!!!!!! I have never been able to solo him, I suck.

I don't know why but Aldrich was the toughest for me, I could not beat him for FOREVER! even quit the game for a few months... Cham Gundyr was amaing, and of course the Soul is GOAT. SKG is so fun too!

SPOILER: Demon princes is a good fight, especially for a gank fight, but come on putting it at number 1 is just contrarian lol

Excellent 😂😊😊

Seeing Demon Prince at number 1 was weird for me but respect

Guy waits to fight the old demon king until he’s over leveled, then complains how easy the fight is

Midir is the only boss I never managed to master.His attacks are frankly way too chaotic,hes incredibly fast for a giant ass dragon and some moves seem to go on forever.

Unpopular opinion. But Nameless King sucks… If you didn’t need to kill the damn dragon every time I wouldn’t mind him as much.

Imma need that sekiro boss ranking!! (Best from soft game)

The first phase of the Two Demons is pretty terrible in my opinion, the second phase does redeem it a bit, but still, it falls into the pitfall that basically every multi-fight falls into; extreme tedium and overstaying it's welcome. Also that meteor attack is the most bs attack ever, I really like how it's undodgeable and completely blinds you.

Bro wtf nameless king 13☠️

Demon Princes are great but Gael and Dancer are more my speed. Princes are by Far the best gank fight From has ever made. Midir is shite, he is too freaking impossible to learn, can one shot any build in seconds and i refuse to even try anymore due to that crappy long run back. Friede also sucks. She is way too much for DS3's combat and i completely disagree on her disappearing. It is nigh impossible except by sheer luck to dodge her stab and figure out where she is, even with the snow tells. But i could also be more frustrated with her because the Ashes DLC in general was awful. It felt like a longer version of Scholar of the First Sin enemy design. Huge open areas with so many damn enemies everywhere AND they give crap experience and items along with one crappy PvP boss and an overly difficult final boss. What a chore.

But champion grave tender is my second favorite boss :(

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reading these comments make me not even want to watch the video, because ill know I will disagree with everything

Even though the camera on the first phase is awful, putting Nameless King below Aldrich is an interesting choice

Thoughts: Champion's Gravetender and Greatwolf: OK, this definitely isn't in the 5 worst, sure the first half sucks, but the greatwolf is a thrilling fight. Crystal Sage: A pretty nothing fight, nothing offensive but not very memorable. Ancient Wyvern: This one is memorable for the wrong reasons, the worst part is those annoying snake enemies. Halflight, Spear of the Church: The NPC sucks, and the player is a different fight each time. Curse-Rotted Greatwood: I do think this fight is overhated, it stands out as pretty scary, minus the ball zits. That being said, it's still not great. High Lord Wolnir: The only reason I don't hate this fight is because he looks cool and I do sort of like the gimmick of hitting his bracelets. Yhorm the Giant: Honestly, I prefer fighting him without the Storm Ruler as I actually like his moveset. Old Demon King: He's like a frail Demon Firesage, but with an actually new moveset. Deacons of the Deep: I think it's executed OK, but it's definitely the easiest boss in the game. Iudex Gundyr: He's insane for a tutorial boss, especially with his second phase. Oceiros, the Consumed King: I think he's OK with a great soundtrack, although he is actually holding a baby, it's just invisible, but with his second phase transition... Vordt of the Boreal Valley: The people who say he sucks because he's easy don't seem to realise that he's your first true boss. I like him, he feels like a bull with a weapon. Nameless King: I think he should be higher, his 2nd phase is so good, that I don't care if the first phase is mediocre. Aldrich, Devourer of Gods: This guy is a psycho, he has that arrow attack. Oh, he also eats orphans and gods to hear them scream, yeah that's pretty messed up as well. Dancer of the Boreal Valley: One of them most unpredictable and cool fights I've ever played. Abyss Watchers: Artorias Fan Club is a pretty great fight, I just wish the second phase had more health. Champion Gundyr: I love this fight, it's just a straight up brawl, and he's balanced by having low health. Dragonslayer Armour: I do agree his theme is meh in phase 2, but it's a great fight, I just wish we had references to Smough as well as Ornstein. Twin Princes: The theme is one of the best in the series, but I just wish you didn't have to be so far away for the 2nd phase to actually be one. Pontiff Sulyvahn: I think his theme is great the entire fight,and I love his arena, and the shadow clone is cool. Friede and Ariandel: Phase 1 is just better Priscilla, Phase 2 is one of the best gank fights in the series, and Phase 3 is chaos incarnate. Soul of Cinder: I love everything about this fight, that's all. Darkeater Midir: I think Placidusax has dethroned Midir as the best Dragon fight in the series, but he's still a great time. Slave Knight Gael: I can't really say anything that hasn't been said already, he's great, possibly tied with Ludwig as the best fight in the series. Demon Princes: If Jack hadn't spoiled it in the Bloodborne video, I'd have been surprised to see them this high, but they're definitely underrated since I think people either hate this fight or like it a bit.

The demon in pain version is the one with the meteors and the demon from below has the lasers

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