Dark Souls Dragons: Weak to spear and lightning. Elden Ring Dragons: Uses spear and lightning.

Dragon God is interesting in that it's not a dragon but a demon born from the bones of an ancient dragon. I wonder what the actual dragon looked like.

The gaping dragon is still one of the biggest mindfuck crazy designs I've ever seen in a souls game

Placidusax's design is so raw and powerful. Even though is slowly withering away, he still exudes a regal presence with his sheer size and stance.

You can clearly see the evolution in design, starting from the demon’s souls wyvern like dragons and ending with the Elden ring ancient dragons

I just love how Dragon God From Demon’s Souls have a ripped buffed human body. What? Bite you? He literally punch your soul out our body

Honestly, examining the models like this puts many of the dragons in a much more sympathetic light. Like you can see just how much suffering has been endured by Ekzykes, open sores everywhere and fungal growth slowly infesting every inch of his body, or Fortissax, so thoroughly seeded with the deathroot that it's sprouting out of his right eye in what must be an extremely painful condition. These beasts have both witnessed and committed untold atrocities and endured unimaginable suffering, over the course of millenia. The pain of such existence is beyond our comprehension. They have long since earned their eternal rest. Also, I need those hearts for my dragon knight build.

I find it really interesting that the Dragon God from _Demon's Souls_ as well as the Wyrms from _Elden Ring_ are the ones who have multiple rows of teeth inside their mouths as well as a hybridization of human & draconic anatomy. Excellent overall showcase of all these different designs (and great choice of music as well).

Gotta say i love elden ring's ancient dragons. The gold and stone just looks so cool and they look like they're wearing legit crowns

You put the consumed king in this list. He must be so happy.

One thing VN didn’t include is the two dead corpses of two dragons. Greyoll is technically the biggest killable Dragon, but the corpse of the Ancient Dragon Gransax in the center of Lyndell is to date the biggest dragon From has ever made and even dwarfs the dead mountain dragon that’s from Dark Souls 3

Divine Dragon is my favorite. It has a noble and mythological vibe in its design.

You could do one video on all the aliens in souls games, like Astel, Living Failures etc...

You know something I liked about DS2? Dragon Aerie and the sanctum (the areas before Sinh and the Squalid Queen) were, in my opinion, the most awesome places to visit on the game. They were just so atmospheric, like you were going around a sacred shrine, or an ancient tomb. DS3's dragon shrine was honestly pretty cool, especially once you got to the end, it felt like a pilgrimage. The dragon areas are always, for some reason, the most fascinating.

Would love a showcase of every enemy and boss in each of the games like this. Getting a closer look at their visual design like this is awesome.

In my opinion, Midir will always be my favourite, his design is simple but at the same time amazing, and i love that his laser attack is inspired by Godzilla Edit: for anyone who doesn't noticed the reference, search for "Shin Godzilla Laser Beam". And not only this attack but the Midir's design looks inspired by Godzilla, just like Placidussax is inspired by Ghidorah (another great dragon)

I remember playing Bloodborne and seeing Ebrietas for the first time. At first i thought it was a sleeping dragon, then the more closer i got the more bizzare the form became, when i attacked it, that eldritch thing turned around and... well it's bloodborne so it's obviously an eldritch creature from space

I think the design on Elden Ring's Ancient Dragons is the best; I love that you can tell they were likely one in allegiance with the Greater Will due to the gold shining through their scales

Being obsessed with Dragons in media I couldn't help but notice a couple things. An interesting aspect of these designs is that both the Everlasting Archdragons of the age of ancients (visible in the trailer), the Dragon God and the ordinary Ancient Dragons of Elden Ring have 4 wings and a bimaxilary disposition (double jaws). This also allows us to uncover the Dark Souls 2 Ancient Dragon as either a fake (confirmed by the lore) or a diluted descendant affected with the curse of life, as it doesn't have these traits, the latter examplified by all Dragon Bosses of Dark Souls, such as Midir and Kalameet, cursed with the dark. Inversely Dragonic descendants that have lived in favorable conditions start to revert back to more authentic forms even inheriting traits of their environment, such as the King of The Storms with more developed horns and vestigial feathers. Also you might notice that the wyverns of Dark Souls 3, as the world approaches its end and becomes more grey and divested of fire, become much more similar to everlasting dragons, with stronger features, greyer scales, and more defined draconic traits, unlike the wyverns of DS1 that were vibrant in color and distant in looks from their ancestors. In fact I have a theory that everything in the Dark Souls universe evebrually reverts to being an archtree or an archdragon, but that's for some other time. This recurring theme indicates that the loss of limbs or jaws (or heads in ER) indicates an evolution forward in time, and usually a degradation in the case of modern Dragons and Wyverns, but is interestingly contrasted by the existence of Wyrms, that do have 4 limbs, but lack all other abilities of dragons, so much so that not only their bodies but also their fires are weighed down becoming heavy magma, with useless wings and obsidian curved swords that resemble the lightning glaives of Ancient Dragons, unable to walk efficiently on 4 legs but bound to crawl, both they and their weapons greatly weighed down and bound to the earth unlike the lightning glaives that descend thunderously from the skies. [Edit: Bayle is a whole other can of worms, arguably the coolest Dragon of the series right next to Midir and Placidusax.]

Gaping dragon is one of the creepiest out of all dragons

I love the unique designs every dragon has in every game.

Divine Dragon, Midir, and Placidusax are my favorites. I love how the Divine Dragon is such a mystical creature, along with the fact it has one arm like Wolf. The most unique dragon design from FromSoft. Anytime I see Midir, he is practically like a destructive force of nature, especially when he throws that massive beam. He is practically FromSoft's Godzilla. And Placidusax is like a worn out King Ghidorah. Love that 'meditating' pose it does when you first see it. Also like the way FromSoft designed its necks. One of those dragons I wish I got to see without those wounds and all its heads.

One of the main reasons I love Souls game is the enemy and creature designs. Just absolutely brilliant. I love all of the dragons but I gotta say they nailed it in Elden Ring I loved seeing and fighting dragons

It's such a shame how detailed and incredible many of FromSoft's enemy/boss designs are considering the fact you can't really get a good look at faqing any of them during a normal playthrough.

When I saw you add that absolutly terrifying eye attack of Kalameet I was trying to guess which cinematics/attacks/animations you would show for each game. Really enjoyed watching Sinh´s sky-shrouding poison fume breath again and of course, Midir´s laser beam. Exellent video as always!

The ancient stone dragons of elden ring really have a good design, it feels like what fromstoft has been building towards the whole time within the lores of their games, and it works exceptionally well here especially when you're able to compare them to the newer generation of dragons

You should do most unique enemies in every souls game

O god,Ekzykes blinking is the creepiest shit ever.I didnt even realise he could do that.

One thing I love about the ancient dragons of Elden Ring is the communities collective response to that one trailer shot of Lanseaxx wielding Lightning being "Wait that's Illegal"

Lanssax with his 4 wings and red lightning is the best for me. The first time when he comes out of nowhere, it's one the numerous cool moment in ER. I still love Midir or Kalameet also.t

you missed the dragonkin soldiers of nokstella. they were also artificial dragons like the magma wyrms and I think should count too. Also, are there no dragons in bloodborne? I don't know the whole game but it feels weird if there isn't.

wooow I never realized how good the remastered DS1 textures are

i like how the dragons in demons souls and ds1 are classic medieval fantasy designs, and then in DS3 there are straight up godzillas

it would be cool to see the two halves of the undead dragon put back together. it's also interresting that the lower halves are all found in Izalith

I wanna know what Seath looked like before he experimented on himself and grew a bunch of tentacles with crystals sticking out of them.

Instead of getting the stronger version of the dragon breath, it should have been the special attack of the named dragon, ezykyes had that rot breath barf that covered an entire area, boreal had the frost procting roar, adula had the sweep with his magic sword and the other magic dragon had the comet and crystal breath

Elden Ring and ds1 have the best dragons. So many cool and original designs, great lore, great fights in Elden Ring which has the best dragon boss ever in the name of Placidusax. And there's not even the Dragonkin soldiers which are amazing too.

I'm guessing "all kinds of rats" will be next? Traditional enemy you see in every souls game. And last but not the least, "all bosses of Souls game". That's going to be an even bigger video. Interestingly, you missed out Dragonkin Soldier as that's a mumified dragon that should have been part of the category :P

kalameet will always hold a special place in my heart

I love souls games lore video but having just simply designs showcase of these creatures is soooo appreciated!

Even though they may not count, I remember there was a skeleton dragon in Aldia's Keep in DS2 and the even greater dragon in Leyndell.

This is probably my new fav video on your channel 👍

Fortisax looks so fucking cool when he has the lightning effect all over his body active gotta be my favorite in elden ring. Though I never noticed how much like a coral reef the scarlet rot dragon looks like, the bleached growths like a dead reef but the red patched kinda looked like living coral going with the scarlet rots theme of death and rebirth.

Sinh is criminally underrated. Probably the 2nd best dragon boss in the dark souls trilogy

Thank you for your dedication.

When I saw Elden Dragon for the first time I thought “this thing gonna spin like maniac not just my camera but my entire building” but Froms sparred us from epilepsy 😔

The designs of dark souls were on another level of originality, uniqueness, and eerie look. Only thing that came closer was oceiros and the divine dragon.

You forgot the dragonkin soldiers

the most beautiful dragon in my opinion is the divine dragon of sekiro design totally different from the others

DS1 has to be the clear winner. Goat designs. There is actually a unused version of kalameet which looks interesting too.

Bruh why is the Dragon God looking more like The Rock than an actual dragon?

Dragonlord placidusax is literally my favorite dragon especially in his second phase mode love the way he teleports and sooooo many things that he does. Midir doesn't stand a chance against him he will get destroyed

very informative, thanks mate 🔥

My favorites are 1. Midir 2. Sinh 3. Kalameet 4. Divine dragon 5. Placidusax

Elden ring has lot of cooler dragons but dark souls series takes it to a whole new level. Especially Midir and Kalameet.

Bone dragon from DS2. Not the enemy but anyways Also dragon bodies in Freja's arena and DS3 Archdragon Peak

For me, the Best Dragon of all times is Darkeater Midir.

Seeing just how big Greyoll is standing up made me have a mini heart attack, I am so glad she was stuck in the ground when we found her

DRAGONS LETS GOOO

Thanks for a fabulous look at Fortissax's one remaining eye! Man, the poor guy seems to have lost his pupil entirely, and maybe even his iris, unless it's that slighly brighter, somewhat v-shaped golden section in the center of the eye. If that is indeed his iris, then Fortissax is so injured that, unlike the other ancient dragons, he can't even move his eye properly to look right in front of him. As for Placidusax, it's intriguing that he might have subtle round pupils. The "modern" dragons all have round pupils, as best observed with Greyoll, so I wonder why the dragonlord's pupils might resemble the supposedly inferior modern dragons, along with traits like the nose horn. Perhaps the ancient dragons aren't quite natural after all? I'm also grateful for this nuanced look at all the dragons from Demon's Souls onward! In particular, I've always felt that the red and blue dragons of the Boletarian Palace have surprisingly beautiful scales, and their overall designs are great too. I'm not sure why you showed a low-res version of the Stone Dragon of Ash Lake though. I appreciate the close look at Sinh waking up, as I'm not sure if I ever noticed that he starts off surrounded by rocks and breaks them when awakening. He always looked oddly obscured before the fight fully began, and those rocks explain why.

"Ahh Dragonslaying, knighthood's highest calling" -Hawkeye Gough (2011)

Dragon God literally with that Gigachad body.

Seems like most of them either fall under Wyverns or "True dragons". For the record a "true dragon" is simply classified as a dragon with at least 6 limbs, 4 legs and 2 separated wings or 2 legs 2 arms and 2 wings (no clue why they'really called "true" dragons but I guess they are). Wyvern is characterized by having only 4 limbs, 2 hind legs and 2 fore limb wings. Example: Dragon god, Kalameet, sinh, midir, and the ancient dragons of elden ring are all true dragons. Interestingly magma wyrms are also ironically true dragons, in fact a "wyrm" is supposed to be a dragon with no limbs just I bigger meaner snake. And a "drake" is supposed to be a dragon with 4 legs/ 2 legs 2 arms and no wings so the hellkite drake and blue drakes are not drakes, they're wyverns. Sorry for all the rambling, dragons are just cool.

Dark Souls 1 has the best dragons in my opinion. They have the most unique visual designs in my opinion and they also have tail cuts.

The Demon's soul wyverns are my favorites, pure berk

5:08 one of the guardian dragons just flies through the rock the player is standing on

I was thinking about how much some of the Elden Ring dragons remind me of Elder Dragons from Monster Hunter, (especially White Fatalis) And then I saw Greyoll's title LMAO.

Ty for this dragon showcase! Fromsoftware has the best dragon designs. Midir is awesome, but Fortisax and Placidusax are my faves!

Holy shet almost 20 mins worth of dragons!!!???

Damn. Since most of the fights play out similarly, I never noticed how intricate and unique the design is for each of the different Elden Ring dragons. Then again, it's kinda hard to stop and admire the model when it's projectile vomiting fire/rot/frost/glintstone magic at you every five seconds 🤷

10:15 this was ultra creepy

Midir is the GOAT 🐐

Amazing video 😍

I still love Sihn and the buildup to his battle. Fighting your way through an entire Aztec-looking city built in his honor and learning of it's civilization's rise and fall.

great video! but you missed granseaxx in elden ring, the big dragon in leyndell!

Didn't even know midir had four wings.

Some off-shoot dragons include Hydra from DS and the Basilisk (they drop dragon bones in DS2).

You forgot the big boy gransax

I love the sort of decaying look of the dragons in Fromsoft's games, this even applies to a lot of their enemy and world design in general, where I noticed that a lot of the npcs, enemies, bosses, map, and even the player themselves looks decaying or withered in some way

All of the barbs on the hellkit look really cool.

More dragons! Maybe size comparition?

Ancient dragons are my favorite dragon designs. (Elden ring)

i didn't even know there were 2 different glintstone dragons. neat!

Amazing, you should have shown shanalotte for ds2 and the leyndell corpse.

Blue drakes are kinda weird compared to others. Literally the only ones to ever _breath_ lightning in those games.

I've always preferred the two leg, two wing approach to Dragons because four legged dragons either look like dogs (like Midir) or cats (like Kalameet). Therefore, I think the best design is, weirdly enough, the Glintstone Dragons from Elden Ring. With that said, obviously, Midir has the best Dragon fight in any From Soft game. P.S. I'd like to give an honorable mention to our boy, King Ghidorah! I mean, Placidusaxx

the dragon god isn't a dragon ,its a really big buff man in a dragon costume

not sure about you guys. but midir was actually giving me a run for my money there, in terms of difficulty. if you ever played dark souls, you know that the dragon fights in elden ring are far more easier mainly because the camera work. as much as i loved midir boss fight, i hated how the camera always goes insane when im fighting him

5:38 That’s quite a nice Wyvern you got there.

I didn't realized Borealis has a different rostrum and horn shape compared to the rest of the flying dragons.

Ironic or rather not so ironic that Placidusax had 5 heads, but now only has 2, like the 2 finger vs 3 that is shown throughout the game.

Elden Ring dragons gotta be the cutest

They're all majestic af

Easily my favorite bosses/enemies in the series

Divine Dragon: Shows up in video Me: Hey Its Shenron!!

For a land or where the dragons were wiped out during the first fire, there's lots of dragons.

1:12 - Gigachad dragon

2 legs = wyvern and 4 legs = dragon

Fortissax is my favorite, I'm a sucker for 4 winged designs.

3:44 stone dragon got them cheeks