Poll: The Best and the Hardest Boss in the Soulsborne Series [FINALISTS]

[Pedro]

This week I posted a poll for everyone to vote in two different categories: best and hardest boss in the Soulsborne Series. After many votes, these are the finalists as well as the three top voted for each game.


**At the end of the post there are going to be links for you to vote for the best and hardest of the finalist.**



>**Demon’s Souls**

-Best boss:



1. Old King Allant (105 votes out of 502 – about 21%) - **FINALIST**
2. Flamelurker (57 votes out of 502 – about 11%)
3. Penetrator (53 votes out of 502 – about 11%)


-Hardest Boss:



1. Flamelurker (110 votes out of 346 – about 32%) – **FINALIST**
2. Old King Allant (79 votes out of 346 – about 23%)
3. Maneater (60 votes out of 346 – about 17%)



>**Dark Souls**

-Best Boss:



1. Knight Artorias (401 votes out of 1308 – about 31%) – **FINALIST**
2. Ornstein and Smough (270 votes out of 1308 – about 21%)
3. Gwyn, Lord of Cinder (108 votes out of 1308 – about 8%)


-Hardest Boss:



1. Ornstein and Smough (258 votes out of 1036 – about 25%) – **FINALIST**
2. Manus, Father of the Abyss (231 votes out of 1036 – about 22%)
3. Black Dragon Kalameet (159 votes out of 1036 – about 15%)



>**Dark Souls II**


-Best Boss:



1. Fume Knight (231 votes out of 756 – about 31%) – **FINALIST**
2. Sir Alonne (183 votes out of 756 – about 24%)
3. Burnt Ivory King (173 votes out of 756 – about 23%)


-Hardest Boss:



1. Fume Knight (202 votes out of 641 – about 32%) – **FINALIST**
2. Darklurker (167 votes out of 686 – about 24%)
3. Ancient Dragon (158 votes out of 686 – about 23%)



>**Bloodborne**


-Best Boss:


*Due to very close votes between the two top voted bosses of Bloodborne, both will be classified as finalists.



1. Lady Maria (156 votes out of 792 – about 20%) – **FINALIST**
2. Ludwig (154 votes out of 792 – about 19%) – **FINALIST**
3. Gehrman, the First Hunter (131 votes out of 792 – about 17%)


-Hardest Boss:



1. Orphan of Kos (207 votes out of 598 – about 35%) – **FINALIST**
2. Ludwig (97 votes out of 598 – about 16%)
3. Laurence, the First Vicar (84 votes out of 598 - about 14%)



>**Dark Souls III**


-Best Boss:



1. Slave Knight Gael (201 votes out of 1219 – about 16%) – **FINALIST**
2. Nameless King (148 votes out of 1219 – about 12%)
3. Abyss Watchers (110 votes out of 1219 – about 9%)


-Hardest Boss:



1. Darkeater Midir (233 votes out of 900 – about 26%) – **FINALIST**
2. Nameless King (164 votes out of 900 – about 18%)
3. Sister Friede (147 votes out of 900 – about 16%)

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**The FINALISTS, for each category, are:**


>**Best Boss**



*Old King Allant

*Knight Artorias

*Fume Knight

*Ludwig

*Lady Maria

*Slave Knight Gael




>**Hardest Boss**



*Flamelurker

*Ornstein and Smough

*Fume Knight

*Orphan of Kos

*Darkeater Midir

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**If you want to vote for whom you think should win in both categories, go to the links below. Even if your favorite boss did not become one of the finalists, please vote for your favorite of the chosen.**



>**Best Boss in the Soulsborne Series:**



http://www.strawpoll.me/12808684



*remember that you should vote for who YOU think is the best boss out of these 6.



>**Hardest Boss in the Soulsborne Series:**



http://www.strawpoll.me/12808698



*Remember that this category is not about which boss you prefer and actually about which one YOU think is the HARDEST.




**Results will be posted on the 29th of April (Saturday). Until then, please share this with anyone that might want to vote so that the community can choose which boss is the Best and Hardest of the Series.**

[Vasthe]

People actually think Ornstein and Smough is harder than Fume Knight.

What.

[The Fountaineer 🖋]

Tbh I don't know how O-S gets top billing each time. The fight is good, but not really that challenging or epic after the first playthrough.

[MaenaZ]

Because people jump at them unprepared and some bring Drake Sword into damn Anor Londo.

[NightmareGats]

Pinwheel is harder than Ornstein and Smough.

[Vasthe]

Publicado originalmente por NightmareGats:

Pinwheel is harder than Ornstein and Smough.

Yes that bithc forces me to roll wtf

[Doska]

Publicado originalmente por Eileen The Crow:

Publicado originalmente por NightmareGats:

Pinwheel is harder than Ornstein and Smough.

Yes that bithc forces me to roll wtf

lol wut? you can kill Pin @ level 1

[DamZe]

Fume Knight/Pontiff Sulyvahn are a cake walk when you learn their super telegraphed attacks. Ornstein and Smough have complete troll mechanics where the one can sneak up on you from behind while you are trying to hit the other which makes them technically inferior bosses as they are more cheap than hard, the same could be said about Throne defender/watcher in DS2. Any fight that throws multiple bosses at you at once turns more into an exercise it dodging and rolling than it does in parrying or correct positioning.

Personally, I think Darkeater Midir from DS3 is probably the hardest boss in the Souls series as he is an absolute tank and with the right combo can devastate you in seconds if you are not careful, although not fun to fight in any way he is rather fair once you learn his move set and don't lock on to him to avoid his 360 tail swipe attack.

[Vasthe]

Publicado originalmente por Tondiss:

Publicado originalmente por Eileen The Crow:

Yes that bithc forces me to roll wtf

lol wut? you can kill Pin @ level 1

dafuq I was lvl 95 and couldn't land a single hit. i wasted all of my estus too fking cheesy boss fight.

[Vasthe]

Publicado originalmente por DamZe:

Fume Knight/Pontiff Sulyvahn are a cake walk when you learn their super telegraphed attacks. Ornstein and Smough have complete troll mechanics where the one can sneak up on you from behind while you are trying to hit the other which makes them technically inferior bosses as they are more cheap than hard, the same could be said about Throne defender/watcher in DS2. Any fight that throws multiple bosses at you at once turns more into an exercise it dodging and rolling than it does in parrying or correct positioning.

Personally, I think Darkeater Midir from DS3 is probably the hardest boss in the Souls series as he is an absolute tank and with the right combo can devastate you in seconds if you are not careful, although not fun to fight in any way he is rather fair once you learn his move set and don't lock on to him to avoid his 360 tail swipe attack.

I wouldn't call 2 bosses at the same time cheap. You have to learn how to handle both at the same time, managing their positions etc etc. I think duo bosses are among the most fun bosses in souls games. The twin demons from DS3 are my favorite DS bossfight so far for example.