Mini Bosses are the hardest in the game

[RollerPig]

Anyone else feel this way? Most of the main bosses, yes, I have to fight a few times but there moves and stages of combat seem to be much more predictable. I just reached the last area of the game and im not finding it very enjoyable. Basically one mini boss to Boss fight with no exploration, discovery or leveling.
So far the gargoyles seem to be the hardest fights in the game. I generally have to fight them about 20-30+ or more times to beat them and I feel like its a combination of me playing the fight well and luck (them not doing fast,slow,mega AoE attacks in rapid succession) I was stuck on the capitol city Godfrey for a long time until I gave up trying to 2 hand the fight. Gargoyles seem the hardest at least for melee?Some attacks can be blocked while other will crack stance and stagger into 2 shot . Does the endgame get better? or is it just basically boss to boss to boss ?

[Tiasmoon]

Double and tripple boss fights are mainly a side content thing.

For bosses in quick succession: some bosses are fought pretty much next to each other. Last 3 bosses for example. Could be 4 depending on your order of areas.
Later parts of the game are definately more heavy on that, since you've already done all the exploring except for the endgame unlocked areas.

[Zoid13]

havent had many issues with any bosses. vast majority killed 1st attempt. others dead after 2-3 attempts tops.... started as bandit with daggers progressed to using raptor talons for the entirety of the game.

the birds.... birds.... thems the hardest enemies. died to those way more than bosses lol

[Sabaithal]

Some of them, yeah. Revenants mainly because they move so fast you can't tell wtf is happening.

♥♥♥♥ those giant crows way more though. God those things are annoying.

[vamirez]

The two gargoyles come very soon after you find the mimic summons, i.e. perhaps this is thought to be a test- or showcase for that item.

[Tiasmoon]

Originally posted by vamirez:

The two gargoyles come very soon after you find the mimic summons, i.e. perhaps this is thought to be a test- or showcase for that item.

That's what I did. No regrets.

Tho it does seem like double bosses have less hp each then they'd otherwise have. (based on godskin duo, and how fast first gargoyle died)

[Zoid13]

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

Some of them, yeah. Revenants mainly because they move so fast you can't tell wtf is happening.

♥♥♥♥ those giant crows way more though. God those things are annoying.

oh god its been like 70 hours since i was last in Caelid.... i forgot about those giant birds... agreed!!! rofl. every bird in this game is cancer lol

[RollerPig]

Originally posted by vamirez:

The two gargoyles come very soon after you find the mimic summons, i.e. perhaps this is thought to be a test- or showcase for that item.

Im just at the last boss at Volcano Manor but I needed a break and decided to backtrack to Cealid to thump that gargoyle. Was worse...lmao... guy is brutal...i can block some of his quick attacks but the rest stagger and his big moves are 75% of my health. This is my first run through. never played any Souls game and im sure my point distribution/build is sub optimal but I do think the game does an amazing job at effective playstyles and point allocation seems moew flexable in terms of "this build doesnt work unless..."
Twin gargoyles...wtf???

[Ulmace]

experiment with different damage types, some fights can be really anoying and hard but become trivial with the right damage type and tactics

[60mph gorilla]

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

Some of them, yeah. Revenants mainly because they move so fast you can't tell wtf is happening.

♥♥♥♥ those giant crows way more though. God those things are annoying.

Anything with spastic movement in general just annoys me and is my biggest issue with this game. I have resorted to a bleed / rot build for my remaining playthroughs just so I can avoid the BS

[Jake]

End game is pretty trash honestly. Every enemy has massive AoE, 180 degree spins, disengage/gap close, and 1 combos if you get hit, god forbid try to heal. I've also resorted to just a cheese build, just because these fights are so ridiculous. I've played the souls games as well, so I'm familiar with this kinda game play, however I have never been this annoyed dealing with regular ass enemies. Side note, 3rd to last boss might have been the dumbest fight I've ever saw, good luck if you melee.

[Zoid13]

Originally posted by Jake:

End game is pretty trash honestly. Every enemy has massive AoE, 180 degree spins, disengage/gap close, and 1 combos if you get hit, god forbid try to heal. I've also resorted to just a cheese build, just because these fights are so ridiculous. I've played the souls games as well, so I'm familiar with this kinda game play, however I have never been this annoyed dealing with regular ass enemies. Side note, 3rd to last boss might have been the dumbest fight I've ever saw, good luck if you melee.

maliketh?

[Sabaithal]

Originally posted by Zoid13:

Originally posted by Jake:

End game is pretty trash honestly. Every enemy has massive AoE, 180 degree spins, disengage/gap close, and 1 combos if you get hit, god forbid try to heal. I've also resorted to just a cheese build, just because these fights are so ridiculous. I've played the souls games as well, so I'm familiar with this kinda game play, however I have never been this annoyed dealing with regular ass enemies. Side note, 3rd to last boss might have been the dumbest fight I've ever saw, good luck if you melee.

maliketh?

3rd to last is technically Godfrey, unless you don't count Elden beast as being separate. Then I guess it would be that dude from the round table (that fight was a joke).

[Miles (Tails) Prower]

I've noticed this when I was playing some catacombs, where they like to put Erdtree Watchdogs as common enemy. Holy hell, I haven't raged so hard from bosses comparing to this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

[Zoid13]

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

Originally posted by Zoid13:

maliketh?

3rd to last is technically Godfrey, unless you don't count Elden beast as being separate. Then I guess it would be that dude from the round table (that fight was a joke).

yeh dunno. he was jsut saying that whatever boss hes referring to is super hard for melee. mr.Loux isnt terribly hard and Mr. know it all from the round table just goes splat in liek 5 seconds if your melee so i just assumed he meant Maliketh

[vamirez]

Originally posted by Miles (Tails) Prower:

I've noticed this when I was playing some catacombs, where they like to put Erdtree Watchdogs as common enemy. Holy hell, I haven't raged so hard from bosses comparing to this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. :angry_yeti:

If you cannot kill them in a good way (for example, burn them down with Comet Azur) I would assume those to be a "just get around them" challenge. I mean they don't drop important items or a lot of runes iirc.