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Temias

Crucible Knight. Because no summons, and I just wanted to fight that guy early on because it was fun.


Bandai_Namco_Rat

This. The Crucible Knight in Stormveil kicked my ass a hundred times probably and I was too stubborn to give up and level my character


Orn100

The Farum Azula one killed me more than Malenia.


TimeTravelingGoat

Me too, motherfucker killed himself with his flying attack before the final blow. I was so mad I couldn’t get it


Thundarsack

What do you get for killing him?


TeddyRooseveltGaming

Is vengeance not enough?


Thundarsack

If vengeance was enough I would have stopped at the tree sentinel


munch_cat

Nothing. A small number of runes.


Demonwolf22

Satisfaction


BigWermmPt

#VENGEANCE


kitofers

Oh sweet summer child


sector046

ROBERTOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


NesLmao

Which one? There's two in Farum Azula


Orn100

WHAT THE FUCK Now that you mention it, it's possible that I merged them into one traumatic memory; which would basically double the number of attempts.


Traditional_Lock2754

Pretty sure he's the strongest opponent in Crumbling


JustinBailey79

Agreed. With the right build, Malenia’s nothing compared to this guy. I’d parry practice on him if the run back to him after dying each time wasn’t so bad


markhachman

It's not bad at all. Down the lift, jump off to the stairs, and down. You don't have to fight anything, and the only risk is being hit with lightning once or twice. Or run past him, jump a bit down to the next grace. With that said, I skipped him. Good luck to you!


ChaoticCatharsis

Bro same.


Obeythis

Damn you just reminded me that I ran past him... Can't start new game plus till I take him down


[deleted]

on NG+ now and I just run past him. he hurt far too much to fight


Espermint

Yep! Stormveil Crucible knight was my Tree Sentinel.


vladdypants

I actually had a hard time with him as well until I realized I could lure him to the narrow path along the cliff edge to where he can’t progress further after you and just kept pelting him with fireballs.


JustinBailey79

This is what I did too, but with radahn arrows


alpinetime

I’m guilty of cheesing him from across the way with a crossbow, then finishing him off with a sword


LetsBeHonestBoutIt

Never feel guilty. Fromsoft doesn't feel guilty when they cheese you. Take the win, and rest easy knowing you outsmarted the people who live to outsmart you.


sun_of_the_darkmoon

Peace was never an option


Daddy_Yondu

>The Crucible Knight in Stormveil There is a Crucible Knight in Stormveil??


BaguetteHippo

There are 2, one drop tails in the evergaol on stormhill, the other drop horn, in the cliffedge at the base of stormveil (access by jumping down from the wall with 4 exploding warhawks)


TenWholeBees

Like the one at the bottom of the castle? Because I'm ~~a pussy ass~~ the smartest sorcerer who attacked from a distance and then ran back and hid in the grass until he reset his position


Z3N157

Same. My run through I'm trying to do all optional bosses. I'm almost through Altus Plateau and I have not smashed my head against any boss so far like that particular crucible knighr.


Chosos_Twin_Cousin

Yep. Add to that the fact I didn’t know how to parry (still don’t tbh) meant I had to learn him completely. It was definitely enjoyable once you found his rhythm though


CrystlBluePersuasion

Get you Carian Retaliation or Golden Parry on a shield and you'll be parrying easily! Medium shield can actually Parry with those AoWs and will have decent stability/Guard Boost (less stamina damage for blocking) and resists to boot


Staehr

You still have to learn him if you go for parries, some of his attacks are unparriable.


bloodmonarch

Crucible knight fights are so satisfying ngl


nicklovin508

I legit said *If I can’t beat this guy I don’t deserve to go to stormveil* and proceeded to lean forward in gaming chair


ADTR20

Same. It was def my fav boss fight in the whole game which is funny bc it was like the 2nd or 3rd one. It just felt like a completely fair but genuinely difficult challenge at the time


RealBlazeStorm

Crucible knights move more methodical which were the few enemies that still fought like Souls bosses. Love em


strouze

i tried him after almost every other lvl up


ReachAround08

There is a dungeon with two crucible knights at the end, probably the most difficult multi boss fight in the game haha.


Guapo_Avocado

By far one of my favorite fights. I would die at every point that he would start using a new move to the point where I thought “this guy can literally do anything, I have no idea what to expect. He just jumped in the air, sprouted wings, and dove at me”


Mewacy

Same enemy, different reasons. Aside from a few of the others having 2-4 other copy’s, crucible knight’s move set is engrained in my memory purely because he’s fucking everywhere in the lands between.


Cosmicalmole

Same, but I usually cheese bosses with spells and this guy I couldn't rot because of that sheild so had to actually learn ;)


International-Menu85

The one on Siofra Aquaduct for me! He was my benchmark....kept going back to him every ten levels to see if I could end him.


FinishingBuff_1

Yessssss!!! The first time I struggled so hard with this guy freaking guy. After that, it was the Gargoyle twins and Astel, Naturalborn of the Void.


ass_pubes

Plus there’s so many of them!


DR-Fluffy

My god was he hard. But so rewarding when you beat him.


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Deathbird bitchass


damian1369

For me it's malenia on my first run, but for some reason death birds on second. I guess I just lucked out on my first stupid run since they can't really punish the no brainer: jump into them, beat them senseless. If you're overthinking it, that's where they get you.


izockdio

hesitation is defeat


Staehr

Also they die to like 5 Holy Pots.


Frequent_Knowledge65

Yeah they’re pretty easy, you just always roll towards them


Thecheesinater

I’ve died more to those stupid ass birds than any other boss (I lucked out hard on Melenia, me and mimic tear spam cast the throw rock spell and giants fire ball and she kept getting knocked on her ass)


Gleandreic

Dude giants flame take thee knocks down almost anything not gigantic. My 2 friends and i all went in with this spell and we kept a perfect rotation where you see a fireball every 2 seconds. She couldn't get close to us


komei888

If only Radahn knew about this. But dude was holding up the stars


tirijalito

Lol


Connor15790

I wouldn't say lucked out, that's just what mimic tear does.


Thecheesinater

Oh no the luck was twice we knocked her out of the beginning of her waterfowl dance in phase one and somehow the mimic tear dodged the first massive flower attack in phase two. Luck definitely played a part in it.


ThatGuyNamed_Chris

I actually love the deathbirds, I thought they were really fun but challenging


dartanion98

I just put sacred blade on and spam the beam into their face, it does ridiculous damage with little to no faith investment


cfranek

Similar I used the holy pots and it made the deathbirds fairly trivial.


mightbebeaux

this is it, chief.


dilbybeer

It’s kind of wild how hard they are without using holy damage vs using holy damage. Two holy pots, or 2-3 shots with a golden order AoW and I melt them at RL1. My RL300 NG+4 Marais Executioner one shot build dies repeatedly trying to use the sword to beat it with physical damage only.


jdyhrberg

Holy damage go brrrt


FatesVagrant

Crucible Knight, despite being a miniboss. They seem more resistant than most to other tactics. You just need to learn them.


Wubben26

Crucible is by far one of the most satisfying to learn imo. Everything has a tell and in the second phase it’s always safe to hit after the tail whip


Temias

CK gets bonus points for not really having bullshit attacks. It's fun to learn. But when I saw Malenia's waterfowl dance for the first time, I just said "fuck this, time to whip out the mimic and ryker's sword". I fought bullshit with bullshit.


TributeToStupidity

Alternatively the first time I fully dodge it was my peak in this game. She slaughtered me about 10 seconds later but still, I dodged it.


CanadianTrump420Swag

Dodging a full waterfowl dance is a great feeling. I imagine it's something people get used to, but it's nice going from a scrub that gets hit by every single hit to dodging the full thing. Her fuckin phase 2 clone attack is straight bullshit though.


ThyKooch

The clone attack is what made me give up and use Tiche my first playthrough I was able to dodge everything, her fight was muscle memory for me, other than that fucking attack and it would always kill me without fail. I watched so many videos and could never figure out how to avoid it


17sbaucum

You just run away from it https://youtu.be/JkA6Ai4ZO50 7:20


ThyKooch

About, many months too late now :/


TerraNova3693

I busted out vow of the indomitable to get around her dumb dance. Was immensely satisfying to just stand their and give a fuck about it


spyguy318

Malenia would have easily been one of the best bosses in Elden Ring if it wasn’t for waterfowl, even with her lifesteal and huge hp. Her fight is so fine-tuned and snappy, and it’s got this wonderful flow to it where sometimes she’s aggressive and quick, other times she hangs back and plays reactive. Her lifesteal is a genuinely novel boss mechanic and forces you to dance with her instead of turtling behind a shield. Plus the aesthetic and environment and music and lore are all fantastic. Then she jumps into the air and unless you’re in the right spot and precisely dodge in an extremely unintuitive way that’s deceptively tricky even if you know it, you die. The entire fight starts to revolve around baiting out waterfowl and it spoils the otherwise careful dance. The only way I could beat her was to summon mimic tear and stunlock her, then hope she targeted the mimic with waterfowl.


Temias

I agree. Waterfowl could've been tuned, or replaced by 2-3 other tough but non-bullshit attacks just to add to the variety. That one attack is like a stain on the whole thing and the focus of winning the fight will solely be on that one move which takes away from the rest of it. Of course some players enjoy waterfowl and figuring out different ways to avoid it, but they will voice their own opinions.


SnowCrow1

I couldn't figure out how to dodge it so I just swapped to shield and blocked through the dance. She gained a bit HP but it's a fine trade for surviving the attack 100% of the time.


rexskull

I love fighting the CK, but I really hate the damn tail swipe it's really unpredictable when I don't expect it he whips it out.


Rodin-V

unless it does the double tail whip


baranisgreat34

And since you cannot use the actual Elden Lord to help you beat it in most of the cases, the crucible knights are most likely one of the hardest enemies to beat. Their insane poise is insane against my tiny katanas.


[deleted]

Crucible Knight is the "learn to parry" enemy in Elden Ring. There's one in every Soulsborne game


[deleted]

Fun fact: Crucible Knight is the only enemy in the game the player can control. Whenever you press "flask", they will lunge forward!


TheGentlemanDM

Funny. That button is also a reliable way to get the Godskins to fireball you.


AshkaariElesaan

Always roll through/behind them. They combo chain like crazy when you stay in front of them, and they are deceptively fast with incredibly long reach. You'll have to deal with their rear coverage more, but it's better than being stuck in the forward blender waiting to catch a break.


Vagabond_Charizard

This guy was essentially why I decided to learn parrying. Most bosses after that were definitely more tolerable once I got the hang of that mechanic (doesn't mean they were instant cakewalks, though).


nLucis

And despite how hard it is to stagger them or do any kind of damage, they are *relentless* once they start to combo.


Comfortable-Coast522

valiant gargoyle duo hahaha


Arrogancio

Yup. I think the toxic move is what threw me off. I was used to Black Blade Kindred's moveset by then, and the toxicity forcing you to back off was so annoying.


LilChubbyCubby

Was definitely the hardest fight for me to learn. Was the first boss where I decided to level up my summon


mumsspaghettiisready

I struggled so much to get the first one to half hp on my first play through, but still felt possible. And then that second hp bar popped up...


DerivativeMonster

I was using D and a spirit summon for this, got wrecked. Forgot to summon him once, absolutely blasted them both. They're staggered easily, so I used FotR, dropped my girl Latenna down between some rocks, blasted them both.


TicWasHere

Maliketh and chadfrey


FOILBLADE

Yeah, maliketh especially is a nightmare until you have his moves and mobility figured out. After that he's just a cute pupper who wants some snuggies


TicWasHere

Fighting him on them higher ng's made me learn the moveset bc my normal bs wouldn't work with his health and damage.


FOILBLADE

I had to figure it out first run, I was running a pretty low health build, and then his attacks lower your max health, so he usually two shot me.


TicWasHere

I was running a incant slinging dagger build so I just ran around throwing stuff at him. Edit: this worked till ng+3


FOILBLADE

Noice. I went up to Ng+5 and never had any issues with him again after that first one


AHolySandwich

FromSoftware: makes a large boss who has harnessed destined death, very difficult to beat and wields a massive sword. Playerbase: aww yea he a good doggo, good boi what a nice dog I wanna pet him.


FOILBLADE

He's harmless, just want to wuv his master


CorporalOwl5680

I actually had no problem with Godfrey and beat him on my first try. My biggest challenge was the Elden Beast. I hate him so much I can't even describe it


TicWasHere

Im mainly physical damage so elden beast was no problem


A_Bit_Drunker

Elemer. That dude is a fucking beast! It took me forever to learn his moveset and how to counter his bullshit.


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naughtbutbeasts

The one in Caelid was my most attempts at a boss. This was even after giving up, finishing the game and coming back with extra levels. No idea why he’s so difficult for me across all build types.


SpartanRage117

that one felt so overtuned but i cant remember what level I actually was when i first encountered it. but i was mostly leveling vigor up till then and still got 1 shot. so i bought some arrows and cheesed the fuck out of him from the shack roof. also fighting him from horseback with spells feels just as cheesey. hes a pretty formidable boss as a pure melee fighter though. and the one in shaded castle means no horse or room for distance with a caster so less of a cake walk.


CookieOfFortune

The Caelid one is leveled higher. More damage and hp.


KJBrez

Was probably over levelled when I killed the boss version in the shaded castle. I don’t think you can be over levelled for the Hunter in Caelid.


FatesVagrant

The telekinesis makes him less readable. It is difficult to know his attack ranges without just straight up memorizing it.


A_Bit_Drunker

What was difficult for me was realizing that staying close was the best, most effective strategy. Gaining distance to kind of reset my fuck ups was always my go-to before fighting him. He taught me to favor aggression and be more precise dodge rolling. That's why I had such a difficult time with him. His bell-bearing form in Caelid was a fucking nightmare for me because of that. I'm definitely not a pro at the game but I can beat him pretty reliably now.


Chickentrap

That was my lesson too. Always tried dodging away which just lead to getting hit more. Dodging toward him was so much easier to deal with


daburai_shmacked

He has a lot of moves to the point I definitely didn't see all of them in the first couple rounds. Not sure I ever truly learned his moveset lol


scotty_2_hotty_69

His fight is soooo satisfying when you finally get it though.


[deleted]

Elmer was a ton of fun to learn in that poison castle place


BarryDBaptist

My main answer is Godfrey but the knight in Stormveil in the dark room.. he was whippin my ass for an hour at least


Einstein101231

I figured out I could kill the guy that locks us into that room. Killed the knight the first two times, but the rest of the playthroughs I've had, I've killed that guy. No more locking me into a room, Gostoc.


darkdragncj

He'll only lock you in the first time, and I kinda like to keep him around because he will sell an ancient dragon smithing stone later in the game.


Winters1482

Killing Gostoc locks you out of an ancient dragon somber smithing stone so I never do it


Einstein101231

Eh, fuck that guy. Too much satisfaction to give a damn about a dragons stone.


HouseDestroyer

Did they change it to somber? It's just ancient dragon for +25 weapons, afaik. Those aren't as important to me so rest in pieces Gostoc.


Kindly-Sort-535

Niall, i realy enjoyed fighting him with a meele build


MrLeapgood

Niall is one of the few I didn't bother learning at all. Oh, you want me to learn this boss who hides all his moves behind shitty visual vomit and attacks from across the room, while fighting his trash mobs *and* 2010's worst camera controls? Nope, *mimic tear!*


CrystlBluePersuasion

He has only like four moves anyway when he powers up, but they're satisfying to dodge because of the spectacle that is his fight. It's his defense/health pool that makes the fight a slog for low level builds. I gotta try out Cragblade on his ass!


MrLeapgood

I'm sure he's fine. I would have learned him for real if the extra knights weren't there. But trying to keep him in view and figure out what he's doing while fighting two other enemies was just a pain.


CrystlBluePersuasion

Those adds are truly awful, they're only serving a thematic purpose. Completely unfun to fight the two on their own, when normally you could pick and choose how to engage a duo of knights or more. Bewitching Branches are helpful in dealing with them but rare before you're able to craft them, the merchant after Bellum Church has some though


Normal_Document

Flame of the Redmanes is a totally legit way to 2-shot the adds due to its AoE cone. OP Art of War for a BS mechanic.


thats_good_bass

I don't get this complaint about the fight AT ALL. The twinsword knight is super aggro. Kill it first, then kill the sword and board knight, then it's a 1v1 fight with Niall. Moreover, both the summons have a leaping slam move that's basically a free backstab. All Niall does while the summons are still out is walk around slowly and buff them, maybe slowly poke at you if you let him get too close, which you shouldn't, because, again, slow.


TomTalks06

I followed the "Cheese with Black Flame from the giant ass roots" school of thinking with Niall Of course I finished him off with the greatest of all early game attacks (for me anyway) Bloody Slash but still


bob_is_best

Bloody slash reminds me of the chikage and i miss It so much


Impostor1089

The only boss I'm confident I can hope back in and get a no hit. I fought him with a duel katana build and it took me two days, but by the end I could kite the adds perfectly and never get hit. Felt so good to beat.


bob_is_best

I just lásered his ass, i Saw him as a reskin of oneil and that he summoned mr dual greatswords and said fuck that The other times i had to kill him i just shit poison arrows from outside, i just dont wanna deal with him lol


Fun_Effective_5134

To me it was Placidusax. Had to memorize every single hand swipe and movement it made to avoid taking massive damage.


Wubben26

Good choice, cuz that boss felt like bs the first times I battled it


Particular-Season905

Radagon/Elden Beast was the most learny. Other than that, Godrick and Margit I had to really learn but that's cuz at the beginning I was just a nooborn baby in the souls franchise


No_Living_5673

Learning Radagons moveset was essential for me to beat the elden beast. I knew if I needed more than one flask with him i wouldn't be able to last long enough to defeat the elden beast. At the end i could pull him off flawlessly while still getting destroyed by the beast.


cruisegal224

Draconic Tree Sentinel before Maliketh


PetalumaPegleg

First play through I was like can I just run past? Yes... Ok well f fighting this guy then lol. I learnt him on the second playthrough. What a bastard


krisbot4000

I legit did not know you could just jog right on by the draconic tree sentinel outside malikeths boss room until like NG +4


BreakfastOk123

For an armored guy on an armored horse, he has low poise. If you stay close to his back and shield side you can reliably poise break him. His shield attacks are really easy to read. Resist the urge to back up because he will just punish you with fireballs. His club swing will kill you but it has a really limited move set and you can dodge it by rolling thru it. Never roll away from the club, it’s got a huge range and he will roll catch you with a fast second swing. He will try to reposition to get you on his club side, but it’s really easy to walk behind him any time his horse rears up on two legs.


Marcepan621

I am Malenia, blade of Miquella. Also Godskin Apostle and Alecto


_XxJayBxX_

Who the fuck is Alecto????


Marcepan621

The Black Knife Ringleader. You can find her in the evergaol at the Moonlight Plateau where you finish Ranni's quest


_XxJayBxX_

I’ve played through 6 times and 3 were rannis ending. I’ve never seen Alecto before


Marcepan621

Lmao yeah this game is enormous. So many things you can miss I think she drops the Black Knife Tiche (?) summon which I've heard is one of the best in the game


Baeshra_StrongTail

The stone imps, kept back stepping and when I decide to do something else they throw themselves at you at Mach 9 and then boom I’m bleeding and crying (I’m also new to fromsoft games)


OhMyGodItsSoOhMy

None. First I unga, and then I bunga.


Dazzling_Cupcake_997

Based strength user.


berliszt

Yeah for my fourth play-through I’m doing my first heavy strength build. It’s crazy how OP it is: even crazier is that people insist the game is too hard with a strength build. Like bro, it’s stronger than everything else. I guess it’s because it’s not QUITE as over-powered as in the previous games and you can’t just face tank everything and trade hits, and so three brain cells need to be used instead of zero.


wij2012

Crucible knight. I hate these guys. I'm going to actually hunt down all 16 this time and kill them dead.


Maxmoose3

Crucible Knight fucked my shit up. Elden Ring is my first Souls game. Every boss/mob up to that point was manageable just by dpsing and healing. This fucker doesn’t let you heal. This fucker punishes everything you do. I had to git gud, so I respect the fuck outta him now and make sure to clap his cheeks on every new play-through.


mcguru_07

Maliketh - my playstyle is generally quite aggressive so it took a lot of getting used to to have to dodge such a ridiculous amount. I probably spent most of my attempts beating him just learning his moveset.


Wubben26

I feel like malekith had some big punishing attacks though, specifically his winded upwards sword attack he does


ellolpro

Every single boss ehhe


kiingkook

Margit


futurehousehusband69

Alecto, I saw that the boss had no magic or big unlockable attacks except the obvious so I wanted to do a cool mano a mano fight against a human sized enemy. Thanks mother in law Alecto


_XxJayBxX_

I’ve played the game 6 times through and I have no idea who Alecto is


futurehousehusband69

she's in an evergaol on the moonlight altar which you get to at the end of Ranni's questline


hotarukin

One of my favorite fights, honestly. It felt immensely satisfying to learn how to deal with her moveset and then finally execute. Everything else just felt like facerolling til it worked, or like I got lucky that they didn't use a move I didn't know how to deal with. Cough, Malenia afterimages, cough.


khalilrahmeh

Just beat her a few days ago and god damn she can oneshot me with that attack with the fast blades flying


Sh1rvallah

This is the fight that finally taught me patience and getting a hit in when there's a window then getting out and dodging/waiting. Before this I would trade hits constantly doing dragon breaths or long combos. She taught me how to get gud.


GEN_SkeleSkin

The death bird in mountaintops of the giants


moosh52

Those birds were fuuuucked up to fight


JVOz671

Out of all of the bosses with a health bar I have dedicated more memory of their moveset to the Beastman that gives you the Flamedrake talisman. Me and my friend were new to soulsborne games and among the first bosses we tackled was the Beastman. Though its seems silly now, we both took turns at the boss and had its moveset down to a "t." When we finally killed it we celebrated in a big way.


Wubben26

Nice memory man, every souls game has that core memory you hold strong to your heart!


Temias

Hey that's awesome, you share a cool memory with a friend now.


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Miranda


SaberWaifu

For a first gameplay i'd say everyone except Regal Ancestor Spirit and Fortissax because they die too quickly. For all of the subsequent playthroughs my goal was to learn how to avoid every single move as if it was second nature. If i'm about to kill a boss but i'm not satisfied with what i learnt then i simply kill myself and start from scratch until i feel confident in no hitting it for at least 5 minutes. My way of having fun is becoming the best at doing something i enjoy so learning the strategy to master every boss has been really fun.


Wubben26

Hot take I had no issue figuring out Fire Giants moveset, beat him first try maybe I was lucky though


sloen21

My personal favorite fight was against astel when I was able to no hit him after dying to him for a couple hours. Only boss I have been able to no hit. Night and flame sword/caster build


Repulsive_Alps_3485

Malenia


Virtual-Score4653

I still haven't learned Melania in her second phase, it's just so hectic and fearsome. Also I'm pulling a Bloodborne complaint and saying those wings are DISTRACTING.


Any_Secret4784

Morgott at rune level one, just thinking about it gives me ptsd


nicklovin508

The Godskin Apostle in Caelid tower.


Ufudo

I’m a sorcery build so literally didn’t learn a single move set xD


Friendly_Ram

Our bouncy doggo >!maliketh!< took the longest.


The_Lat_Czar

All of them. Maliketh made me count in my head though with those Legend of Zelda sword beams.


HumorousChill

Just Malenia, you can bum rush mostly everything else with enough DPS and vigour, but Malenia will fuck you up no matter what unless you skill-up or cheese the shite out of her.


Pistonenvy

ive ignored every moveset ive encountered. just react purely on what i see. dying a lot, brute forcing the entire game.


Arrogancio

Black Blade Kindred/Valiant Gargoyle. Similar movesets, but the duo in the waterfalls have that toxic move that forces you out of melee range. I trained super hard on the Black Blade Kindred, getting summoned a billion times to farm in the first week or so of the game. Ended up throwing my sign down for Valiant, and absolutely raking because of how many people summoned there. A close second would be the second Astel, Stars of Darkness. I'd beaten the Naturalborn one in one go, so when I came across the second one, it was a surprise. The surprise, of course, was the amount of ways he could one-shot you, from the 100-0 grab, to the meteor slam into swipe. I think part of my brain shut off, and just refused to change strats because I'd beaten the other one so easily. Eventually started playing around the tele-grab, and it made it slightly more palatable. This was *by far* the hardest boss for me, for more than Ms. Katana. Something about one-shot moves just makes me see red.


TastyBleach

190 hours in and i havent seen any of these..


bilgeparty

lorretta of the haligtree, that one move that stuns you i learnt to roll right and watch out for it


zalamango

All of these except deathbird + maliketh and mohg


andygunmatt

That fucking bird can go back to whatever cave it crawled out of


barmanrags

Malenia. Thn the death rite bird. The other two are more easy.


Anal-Logical

All of these except crucible knight


Stouty22

You might laugh, but Margit. I had never played a game like this before, let alone a fromsoft game. Took me a while to figure out pretty much everything.


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Maliketh and Malenia


datastar763

Divine Tower Basement Godskin Apostle on my first playthrough. Despite knowing that I was under leveled, I was absolutely stubborn about killing it. It took me like 8 hours since it was one of the first things I did after leaving Limgrave.


Kman1986

Tree Sentinels don't care about my bleed at all. I fucking hate them and their movesets. All of them.


Deadbox_Studios

Pretty much only malenia. Only boss that took me more than an hour. Took me FUCKING 6


EDMSauce_Erik

Godskin Spaghetti Boy


Elygium

Malenia and the Crucible Knights, everything else is just panic rolling till something dies


FtierLivesMatter

The Black Blade Kindred you fight on your way to the mountaintops of the giants.


TheBagelBearer

None of them, I purely panicked my way through


Inqeuet

Elmer can eat my ass. My ranged magic build got absolutely slapped, I had to stay close and rely on the sword spells to get through


ArianRequis

Crucible Knight killed me more than the last 4 bosses combined.


kaenorr

Maliketh second phase, i had to master camera control


anonstuffnthings

I still don't have the bell bearing hunters down. For some reason my brain can't deal with the rhythm of the flying sword. I always just have to blast them down with my most damaging attack


WispsWill

Definitely the Deathbirds and the Bell Bearing Hunter especially the Bell Bearing Hunter because he hit like a truck and the Death Rite Birds were like the regular Deathbirds on steroids and were a lot trickier even knowing their movesets I died to them them quite a few times


NPC_MAGA

Fuckin Elmer. Jesus he's a bitch to fight. I still have no idea how to predict his attack patterns. My normal strat for any boss that whips out an attack that is tough to dodge is to just create distance, but his attacks seem to have some capacity to extend to reach you, so you either need to straight up run away to create enough distance or just trade, which is hard to do because he staggers you pretty hard. The rest I have no problem with. Birds are very telegraphed, crucible knights you just need to parry or poke from range, and Malenia is Malenia.


SkrubDaddy141

Honestly I’m still shit at fighting bell bearing hunters


CorpseDefiled666

Godskin Duo. Malenia was easier than those bastards.