Which is the easiest DLC?

[Fried Griffin]

Or what is the order in difficulty?
(If that is a thing)

[TrueArchery]

The Iron King is a bit harder just because of buffed enemies and a certain room... otherwise it's pretty subjective.

[Osku]

Release order imo.

So, Crown of the Sunken King-->Crown of the Old Iron King-->Crown of the Ivory King.

[Scaredy Cat]

That certain room is pure evil. Somewhere there is a developer laughing in an evil way.

[Spoon]

I think that sunken is the easiest, followed by ivory and iron. Unless you're doing co-op, i think iron is the hardest due to the amount of enemies in some of the rooms.

[Leoscar]

I find ivory really easy compared to sunken. Try them and see for yourself, if one is too hard change and come back when you'll have more levels.

[KuroVersal]

Sunken is easiest in my opinion. There wasn't a single location giving bigger problems and reaching boss fights was fairly easy. Ivory king is harder thanks to snowstorm area with lighting attacks abusing horses which never end. Crossing that area to optional boss fight is annoying as hell. Iron king dlc is for sure hardest because Fume knight ain't no joke and it takes some time to perfectly learn his attack patterns(even then you still can get one shotted). Also path from bonfire to blue smelter demon is just cancerous. I had to fully clean it from beginning to the end that I could start boss fight with decent amount of estus.

[Kayneth]

Sunken King is decidedly the easiest among the DLC's, followed by Ivory King. To be honest, the 'main' bosses in Loyce, Aava and the Burnt Ivory King are not exceptionally difficult (*A Knight of Eleum Loyce seeks the Chaos!*). As KuroVersal puts it nicely above, the outskirts are the harder part in Ivory King

Iron King would be the hardest, though i found the Fume Knight to be easier because he is somewhat more predictable. Sir Alonne was the one i found to be the tougher one, mostly because he likes to make sudden leaps and bounds.

Even so. i almost always go Shulva -> Brume Tower -> Eleum Loyce, in the order of release. xD

[Dusk of Oolacile]

Originally posted by TrueArchery:

The Iron King is a bit harder just because of buffed enemies and a certain room... otherwise it's pretty subjective.

Certain room can be cleared with arrows from above. Pretty much anything in the game can be cheesed with arrows.

[TrueArchery]

Originally posted by Dusk of Oolacile:

Originally posted by TrueArchery:

The Iron King is a bit harder just because of buffed enemies and a certain room... otherwise it's pretty subjective.

Certain room can be cleared with arrows from above. Pretty much anything in the game can be cheesed with arrows.

I know, but if you don't know about it it's a pain in the ass. Especially if you haven't discovered the destruction-potential of certain enemies there.

[Count von Bunnyhopven]

Sunken King is the easiest with a few caveats. The normal enemies are easier than what the other DLCs have, but there is that one room with the invulnerable knights where you dont know where to go. I did not find the ladder and had to look on a wiki to learn how to solve the problem.

Also, the hidden optional boss: "The Gank Squad" is up there with Fume knight in being the toughest boss in the game to solo.

[HypetheKomodo]

Oh, man. This is actually a tricky question. Honestly, I think they're equal in terms of difficulty.

Sunken King has interesting but tricky level design, and the bosses are very difficult with some difficult encounters thrown in. The first one of the two main DLC bosses is the most difficult boss in the game on my own personal list.

Iron King is more straightforward in terms of level design, but hoo boy they throw in tough encounters, especially 'The Room'. Which will likely tear you apart. The main boss of the Iron King lives up to his reputation.

Ivory King is the most sprawling of the three, with the most red phantoms invading you, including the best one. First boss is difficult, and the second is a very tough endurance test.

They're all difficult more or less evenly. I'm not counting the optional areas: Each and every one of those can just go away, unless you're going for an all boss run.

[Yal]

Originally posted by Generic Knight:

Oh, man. This is actually a tricky question. Honestly, I think they're equal in terms of difficulty.

Sunken King has interesting but tricky level design, and the bosses are very difficult with some difficult encounters thrown in. The first one of the two main DLC bosses is the most difficult boss in the game on my own personal list.

Iron King is more straightforward in terms of level design, but hoo boy they throw in tough encounters, especially 'The Room'. Which will likely tear you apart. The main boss of the Iron King lives up to his reputation.

Ivory King is the most sprawling of the three, with the most red phantoms invading you, including the best one. First boss is difficult, and the second is a very tough endurance test.

They're all difficult more or less evenly. I'm not counting the optional areas: Each and every one of those can just go away, unless you're going for an all boss run.

^I can attest to all of that.

The Sunken King would be a lot easier if it wasn't for the room with the ladder completely blocking your progress if you're not prepared to handle it (it's a big room with a floor made from spikes: look for a ladder there, the ghosts can't climb them. Running past down the stairs will end up with you being invaded by a boss-levels-of-tough NPC phantom AND have a bunch of ghosts on your tail), which is also right before a bonfire with a suitably long shortcut-less trek back if you mess up.

The Iron King has the hardest enemies, but the level design is pretty straightforward and more focused on exploration and short self-contained trials instead of one long gauntlet of obstacles. Its final boss Fume Knight definitely is the hardest boss in the game, though - his attacks all come in different speeds that makes dodging them hard, and in his second phase he uses three different elements at once (phys, fire AND dark), so you can't rely on blocking either.

The Frozen King is kind of a mix between the two - it has several self-contained quest things, but they're fewer and longer. The bosses aren't that explosively hard... but require some preparation. And the Frozen Outskirts area is BRUTAL.

[Pryban]

With your 39 hours in scholar, it may be a little too early to attempt the DLCs if this is your first time going through Ds2. The DLCs are meant to be an endgame thing

[Fried Griffin]

Originally posted by Pryban:

With your 39 hours in scholar, it may be a little too early to attempt the DLCs if this is your first time going through Ds2. The DLCs are meant to be an endgame thing

I finished the game in 22 hours in NG, only summoned help to the last bosses, so I'm not that bad ^^
Umm... if i'm in NG+ does it affect DLC areas too?

[TrueArchery]

Originally posted by Ertiii:

Umm... if i'm in NG+ does it affect DLC areas too?

Of course