Most powerful boss lorewise?

[EASY PETE]

Who do you think would steamroll every other boss in the lore?

Since ingame they would have game mechanics to contradict it.

[Yal]

Maliketh canonically was feared by all the demigods. (Modders have confirmed this by setting up "boss vs boss" matches - he even beats Malenia no problem.)

[Fineous🔥]

Elden beast of course. We are talking about a god, the only one we face.

[TwinChops]

Originally posted by 𝕱𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖚𝖘🔥:

Elden beast of course. We are talking about a god, the only one we face.

Not sure about that one, if you hadnt noticed yet, its hiding itself pretty well in that tree.

[Sabaithal]

Probably Maliketh. Even before he acquired the rune of death from the Gloam-eyed queen (after defeating her) he was feared by all the demigods.

Its either him or Placudax. Not Elden Beast, it is NOT a god, its an emissary of a god.

[Fineous🔥]

Originally posted by TwinChops:

Originally posted by 𝕱𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖚𝖘🔥:

Elden beast of course. We are talking about a god, the only one we face.

Not sure about that one, if you hadnt noticed yet, its hiding itself pretty well in that tree.

And the tree is pretty much the "sun" of the Lands Between lore wise. Also all the Golden Order mumbo jumbo was made to praise it. So yeah it is an omnipotent being we get a chance to kill only because Hewg forges us a god killing weapon (again lore wise...you can go and try killing the beast with a cestus).

[Fineous🔥]

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

Probably Maliketh. Even before he acquired the rune of death from the Gloam-eyed queen (after defeating her) he was feared by all the demigods.

Its either him or Placudax. Not Elden Beast, it is NOT a god, its an emissary of a god.

Urgh.... we get a "GOD SLAIN" after whacking the beast!

[Sabaithal]

Originally posted by 𝕱𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖚𝖘🔥:

Urgh.... we get a "GOD SLAIN" after whacking the beast!

Then the game is contradicting itself, because the description for Elden beast Rememberance specifically says its the emissary of a god.

EDIT: Vassal, not emissary. Still not a god.

[EASY PETE]

interesting

[Xengre]

If we are including more than just personal power than Ranni due to ending feat. If not that perhaps Maliketh, or arguably the unnamed Tarnished who rose to Elden Lord. This might not mean a lot though due to the fact the prior was dethroned and the new one could very well be as well bringing an end to their age one day.

[TyresTyco]

Originally posted by 𝕱𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖚𝖘🔥:

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

Probably Maliketh. Even before he acquired the rune of death from the Gloam-eyed queen (after defeating her) he was feared by all the demigods.

Its either him or Placudax. Not Elden Beast, it is NOT a god, its an emissary of a god.

Urgh.... we get a "GOD SLAIN" after whacking the beast!

Could also refer to marika/radagon since the two fingers itself call her a god the vesselof the elden ring. Her kin demigods as we all know.

So I would say radagon is the strongest in the lands between. Since we never fight marika herself.

[hemorrhage911]

Malenia is considered to be a prodigy - she's also an extremely intelligent fighter and never used her full power until the second phase of Tarnished fight.

If we remove the second phase of Malenia, then I would say Godfrey.

[Turt]

I hate to be that guy... but Soldier of Godrick could easily crush Maliketh, Malenia, and Godfrey all at once.

[UnholyDentist]

Probably Dragonlord Placidusax, he existed before the Erdtree and the event of Lands between, as an Elden Lord ruled the mortal realm as the king of dragons.

[CazadorDeLobo]

You are. Mimic Tear.

[Sabaithal]

Originally posted by TyresTyco:

So I would say radagon is the strongest in the lands between. Since we never fight marika herself.

Hard to say because we didn't really fight Radagon at his prime anyway.

You'll notice in his cutscene that you can see the inside of his chest cavity, and the Elden Ring lights up inside. That wasn't Radagon, that was a shell of Radagon, half destroyed, and possessed by the Elden beast/Ring.