Nameless King, Worst Boss?

[Clown Babby]

+ Camera abuse like no other
+ Dragon head bob and sway and 0 depth perception mean many missed swings and wasted time
+ NK often ignores shields completely, for not much reason other than to be h4rd
+ NK endlessly spams a 1000+ damage 2 hit combo, first hit staggers, second hit guaranteed
+ NK "gets mad" at 50% life and adds massive lightning cheese to his attacks
+ Endless stagger and knockdown abuse make most combos guaranteed death

Really limited moveset, hyperaggressive bloodborned boss, every hit does 500+ damage regardless of armor, spend 95% of the fight hitting dodge twice, poke, dodge twice, poke.

The Souls series is just DBZ. People expect more and more difficulty with each itteration, and all they can do is make the bosses more cheap and more spammy.

We have now entered GT territory in the Souls series. I'm glad this is the last game, i can't imagine what kind of cheese they would cook up for DS4.

[drnmontemayor]

No.

[Ashe]

He's a bit of a ♥♥♥♥ yeah. The camera ♥♥♥♥ is the worst tbh

[Sgt. Magnusson]

I hate the camera during the dragon part, it's the only reason I get hit during that phase.

[Moisés Oliveira]

The camers is the worst tho, rest is mostly like adapt to his patterns. Also, a dragonslayer shield has 95% lightning resist, use it against him and he will be a walk in the park.

[Moisture]

Just beat him for the first time.
He does tones of damage

But he takes fire damage like a ♥♥♥♥♥, all attacks are wide sweeps with clear wind ups and his AOEs seem to have lots of warning.
He isnt super easy. But I dont feel like he pulls any real cheap moves.
Bit its possible he can do something I have not seen yet.

[EternalReaper]

Camera sucks during the first part, but I typically will just unlock camera and just look around to be prepared. I honestly found his second phase way too easy because of how easy the attacks are to dodge and predict. Lightning damage was painful though.

Worst boss title rightfully goes to Yhorm the Giant.

[Kou]

People still use shields? Seriously, just roll through his attacks. Even without the Carthus ring you go through most pretty easy

[Vezera]

Originally posted by Kougeru:

People still use shields? Seriously, just roll through his attacks. Even without the Carthus ring you go through most pretty easy

I remember this guy, anything he can't just heavy armor + shield through is 'bad design'.

[Lugez]

don't lock on during the King of Storms phase.

i really don't see why so many have issues with this fight. he's tough but at least he makes sense.

Champion Gundyr on the other hand....that second phase is just a never ending stream of bs. unavoidable sweet chin music from halfway across the arena.

[MrFluffyWolf]

He's certainly the hardest, and I think he's one of the bosses I had the least fun fighting.
Once he gets off his bird, he turns into an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, nearly every one of his moves and combos can instantly turn around. He'll finish a swing and just bring his spear over his head and hit behind him fairly frequently, but not always, so rolling around his attacks isn't wholly safe ever.
I dunno if he's the worst, but the fact he pretty much could always 2-hit you was obnoxious as hell.
I get the game is supposed to be punishing, but ♥♥♥♥ me, not a SINGLE boss in DS1 had a 2-hit margin of error.
EDIT: Except for the bosses with special, extra telegraphed 1-hit moves with fancy animation like the Gaping Dragon, or enemies like mimics but I would think that's a given.

[Fall]

The camera during the King of the Storms section can be frustrating but the Nameless King section is a great boss fight. There's nothing wrong with a boss chunking you becasue you failed to roll. There's nothing wrong with being punished for shield turtling.

TL;DR
Stop whining that a boss can kill you when you ♥♥♥♥ up.

[Gunnlæifsson]

Just learn when to lock the camera on and off during the first phase, and it will no longer be an issue.

[Chris]

The dragon phase is the only annoying part because the camera is the real boss that you are fighting. It's also incredibly frustrating trying to hit the dragon's head with weapons that don't have a vertical attack.

2nd phase is easier in my opinion, all the bosses moves can be predicted and punished with trial and error. Only part that seems cheap to me is when he hits me with a lightning bolt that seems almost undodgable.

[Mepho]

I guess I'd be quite good at Bloodborne, since every time someone is complaining about something and defines it "bloodbornish", it's always something I'm perfectly fine with, lol.

NK was mostly annoying in phase 1 due to the dragon for me. I can't remember if I killed him at the second or third try but I found the 1v1 part quite easy by simply rolling around.

[SnusHead]

Didn't have any problems at all with him.
Use the Dragonslayer shield.