10.) Dragon God
Let me say this really quick. I love this boss. But I hate it too. Its not any other boss in Demon's Souls. You have to sneak from pillar to pillar avoiding this thing's gaze, and if it sees you it can kill you instantly with one attack.And the way you kill it? Sneak to two harpoon guns on both sides of it, impaling its arms before moving to its helpless head and finishing it off. Oh and you have to smash through piles of rubble, which alert the Dragon God. So unless you have a lot of health you're going to die. A lot. This boss is basically one giant environment hazard. Why is it so low then? I love dragons, and I love this thing's design. Besides if you have Water Veil and Warding, its not so bad.
9.) Leechmonger
One of the things I love about the Souls series is the lore present in both games. Its very fascinating to me learning about the motivations of characters, deities, or even the history of certain bosses through item descriptions or dialogue. SO as you can imagine the fact that the Leechmonger has no lore infuritates me to no end. This thing has absolutely no lore associated with it aside from the fact that's a monster made of thousands of leeches.Kind of cool but with no context it losses its cool factor. And the boss itself is soooo easy. Pathetically easy. If you're a mage you can just throw fireballs at it from a safe distance and kill it quick and if you're a melee build, its attacks do so little damage you can just tank it. And if you have a Dragonforged weapon..... holy crap this thing dies quick.
8.) Maneaters
You know there are rumors that Demon's Souls wasn't all the way finished when it was released, and when I fought these two for the first time, I believed it. This boss is the very definition of cheap. You're fighting it on an incredibly narrow bridge, it has a powerful charge attack which will knock you back several feet, including off the ledge for an instant death. In addition it can buff itself with magic unless you cut off its tail. Now this doesn't sound that bad i know, but here's the worst part. This thing can fly. And it often does fly. Leaving you on the bridge on high alert so it doesn't knock you off the bridge by surprise. Oh and if you don't kill the first Maneater fast enough, the second one will show up and you'll have to fight two of them. SO often times you'll be fighting the first Maneater, then it'll fly off.... and it won't come back for several moments. Then it'll land, then it'll take off again. This process will repeat several times until the second Maneater shows up. Which most of the time means you'll have to deal with two hard bosses with full health. In addition the lore is weak too. They're both just demons made by the Old Monk. Riveting.
7.) Gravelord Nito
Okay I should not be putting one of the Four Lords on this list but Nito himself is a pushover. His attacks are really easy to read and avoid, and his Aoe attack is easy to get away from. But that doesn't sound like a bad boss, I might just be good at it. So why is it on this list? Because the challenge from this fight comes from Nito's skeleton minions. For those of you who haven't played the Souls series, skeletons can't die permanently unless you kill them with a divine weapon. And when you fight Nito he'll have a bunch of small skeletons attacking you that can cause bleeding and poison, and he has two giant skeletons in the cave that can kill you in two hits. You are fighting Death himself, and his minions are more powerful than he is! Oh and if you're wondering why using a divine weapon seems so bad, its because divine weapons suck.
6.) Gaping Dragon
Anyone here ever fought Yiazmat from Final Fantasy 12? You know, that boss that had 10 million HP? The one that can take four hours to kill? Well this boss is nowhere near that bad, but it still has a massive amount of health and really high defenses. Its attacks are predictable and easy to dodge, you can cut off its tail weakening it significantly, but it just won't die. Even if you have Solaire and Lautrec helping you this fight takes forever, and that's what I hate about it. Bosses with lots of health aren't challenging or powerful, they're just hard to kill. And the lore? It's a descendant of the ancient dragons. That's it.
5.) Centipede Demon
This boss is proof that Dark Souls wasn't completely finished. You have to fight this boss in a giant lake of lava while you fight on a very narrow shore of rock. This boss can move freely in the lava, has a long and wide range with powerful attacks, but that's not why this boss sucks. Inaccurate hitboxes are why. You can hit this boss in the face with your sword, and most of the time it won't even register. And what's worse since you're fighting so close to the lava and this boss can knock you back with each attack, death is almost always a certainty. I just hate the artificial difficulty of this boss, if you cut off his tail you'll get a ring that lets you walk on lava at which point this boss becomes pathetic. You know, when the hitboxes register. Oh and the lore? Born from the ring that you get from this boss.
4.) Firesage Demon
Easy. Uninspired. This is pretty much the Asylum Demon or Stray Demon. The catch? Its on fire. This boss plays out, exactly like the previously two mentioned bosses. There is no reason for this boss to exist, especially considering the Centipede Demon is immediately after this boss. I wish I had more to say but what can I say? You've fought this boss twice already, and the lore is practically non-existant. Its supposedly the first fire sorcerer. And?
3.) Four Kings
This boss has a lot of stuff I love. Great music, great design, and great lore. But this boss is broken. Incredibly so. The Four Kings has an insane amount of health, has a very wide and long range of attack, and true to its name there are Four of them that can spawn. You start off with one, but as the fight goes on more will spawn. These bosses can take a large chunk of health with each attack, and they have long range attacks and Aoe attacks. In addition their high health and defense means that unless you have a REALLY good weapon, you'll have to fight two of them at the bare minimum. Which means unless you're fine with not locking on to them so you can keep both on sight, you will die a lot as you focus on one of the King, while the other attacks you from your blind spots. The worst part though? If all four of them spawn, they have an instant death attack.
2.) Dirty Colossus
Another boss from the Valley of Defilement? Yep, I hate both of them. But I hate this one more for one main reason. Its incredibly boring. All this boss does is shoot swarms of flies at you. That's it. Oh it may swing its arm at you if you get too close, but otherwise it just aims its arm cannon at you and shoots flies. the flies are easy to dodge, and even the bosses melee attack is easily dodged or even blocked. And the lore? Its non-existent. I mean, there is nothing. It may be the corrupted knight who wielded the Moonlight Greatsword, but that's a bit of a stretch. Just... boring.
1.)Bed of Chaos
I hate this boss. I hate it so much. Lore wise, this is the Witch of Izalith and two of her daughters who have become the source of all demons. You need her soul in order to progress to the last area of the game. Sounds exciting right? Its not. Its tedious, frustrating, and plays nothing like any other boss in Dark Souls. This is basically the Dragon God, only worse. You have to attack two orbs on both sides of the boss and destroy them but when you do, the Bed grows fiery limbs that can hit you from a much longer range. Now granted, the damage you recieve from this boss isn't that bad. And it moves slowly so if you see it, you can dodge it. But here's the catch. When you destroy the first orb, the floor starts collapsing, and if you fall into one of the holes, you die instantly [obviously.] and the arms can knock you into the holes since you're not watching the boss. Meaning you will die more often from falling than the boss itself killing you. And then you have to run all the back to the boss and if you haven't unlocked the shortcut, well I hope you enjoy fighting dragons. When you finally do destroy both orbs the floor in front of the Bed will collapse at which point you have to land on a narrow root and move inside the Bed to attack its heart. Not so bad? Wrong. The Bed can summon giant pillars of fire inside it that can kill you instantly or at take off at least half you health. And when you get to the heart? Its a bug. A bug that can't attack you, and dies in one hit. The only good thing about this boss? When you destroy an orb, it stays destroyed. Meaning you don't have to redo it when you die. But it doesn't change the fact that this boss is terrible. The best thing about Souls bosses is learning the bosses attack patterns and adapting to them, so that when you beat them you know it was from your own skill. That sense of accomplishment comes as a result as your own skill as a player. But this boss? You have to be lucky, or be REALLY good with a bow. This boss goes against the entire philosophy of the Souls games and in the end is just an environemental hazard rather than a good boss fight. The worst boss in the Souls games.
Hope you enjoyed this list, and I await your differing opinions.
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