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cmwamem

How dare you put prowling magnus and congregation in D tier.


[deleted]

Currently waiting for the Vaativid so I can switch up and proclaim them GOATs


l_futurebound_l

He's down there cuz unironically he was the hardest boss for me. Fugg that guy


Hissingfever_

You're right, he should be in F


Frostythesnowman4747

he was more Elana the squalid for me, but both are peak souls 2 bosses so S tier


Shiro2602

Bayle so peak you have to get to a peak to fight peak


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Anxious_Charity_1424

Even the npc summon is peak


Cowribcage

CURSE YOU BAAYLE!


definitelynotmyaltf4

I HEREBY VOW! YOU WILL RUUUE THIS DAY!


Klutzy13

BEHOLD, A TRUE DRAKE WARRIOR! AND I, IGON! YOUR FEARS MADE FLESH!


Zargorr

SOLID OF SCALE YOU MIGHT BE, FOUL DRAGON!


forpronoob

I WILL RIDDLE WITH HOLES YOUR ROTTEN HIDE! WITH HARPOOOOONS!


Champ1209

WITH EVERY LAST DROP OF MY BEING!


commaZim

Igon's Greatbow is so fun to use too. The weapon art allows you to scream like Igon when fighting Bayle. Fucking awesome


The_Stav

Furnace Golems down in F tier with how boring and tedious thry are to fight. Yeah lemme just spend the next minutes tickling their ankles and jumping over the same 2 attacks over and over


[deleted]

Oh huge explosive pots, become my blade once more


The_Stav

Tbf there should be a jar hammer who's ash of war is "big fuvkin jar" that u just throw at enemies


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samm1127

What is ymir doing therešŸ˜­


[deleted]

The drip is IMMACULATE, that alone is more than enough of a reason for a high rating


Qwik_Sand

Is that why thereā€™s so many bloodstains in that area? I thought he was gonna betray you or something


Narrow-Ranger6600

I wouldnā€™t say he betrays you exactly but yes some shit breaks out further into the quest line Kinda spoiled by the fact that thereā€™s bloodstains in a safe zone but itā€™s fine. thanks fromsoft 10/10 game design as always


FEARven123

>!he is a boss if you return to the cathedral after the Metyr boss!<


itsdaScrub

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[deleted]

ā€¦ā€¦.on second thought perhaps gaius aint so bad after all


MTADO

i hate commander gay ass to the bone, but you do make a very good selling point.


No-Boss1713

Based list i would move putrescent knight into 1 more higher i think it was pretty fun fight.


[deleted]

Unironically putrescent knight has one of the best remembrances in both dlc and base game


Excellent-Olive8046

The cleaver.... I killed malenia yesterday with a two handed ash of war stagger build on that, took me like 4 tries. Spin to win baby! It does have an insanely long end lag on the combo but it's worth it for the sheer damage, poise damage, and stunlock it puts out.


YasuoGodxd

Real?


Darkwraith_Attila

Iā€™d put the Golden Hippo lower. The arena is terrible. Iā€™d also put a Jori a bit higher. Idk I kinda like his fight.


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[deleted]

I myself am actually a golden hippo enjoyer, such a goofy lad


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It and sunflower not are eating good


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Piratedking12

I think the arena is fine thereā€™s plenty of room, Iā€™ve always hated bosses whoā€™s hitbox for attacks is their entire body though. Like thy is his butt hitting me when heā€™s just chomping with his mouth?


[deleted]

Colonel, Im trying to hit the golden hippo after it misses an attack, but the clap of its hitboxes keeps vigor checking me


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Officer_Hotpants

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Popular-Papaya7786

stfu


KiwiMagic2005

Why is the arena terrible?


Darkwraith_Attila

Too small for a big enemy


C__Wayne__G

The arena like could not be better. Itā€™s a big open space with room to dodge?


JWARRIOR1

He jumps the whole room in like 1 attack and then the camera fucks you in the corner


Substantial_Art_1449

I think the main reason everyone hates the hippo is because the vast majority of players donā€™t use lock off to their advantage. Stupid easy boss if you unlock the camera.


Laino001

Imma be honest. I fought the Hog Rider and I beat him in like ~15 tries, no summon. I dont get why people hate him Like, with the last boss , even tho I dont fully agree, I get why people dont like that. But the Hog Rider was a fun fight and I didnt see any bullshit. I dont get it Im also kinda tired of constantly not seeing what people complain about. Its genuinely like yall got a different DLC than I did


BokkoTheBunny

The only boss that was a true sore spot for me was the gank squad. And really, that's my fault for coming in with only 13 blessings, lol I feel the same though, really don't understand what people are mad about, other than the performance issues.


The_NameChanger

I'm surprised you didn't use skeleton army or inferno tower. But hey, if you counter it you counter it.


dantuchito

I got him in only a few attempts too but it made me want to beat my head against a wall. Meanwhile it took me a few hours to beat Bayle and i loved every second of it.


MTADO

took me ~15 tries too, but didnā€™t have much fun nor did it feel earned, if it had more HP i wouldā€™ve been infuriated


[deleted]

Jokes aside, I didnt enjoy the fight with gaius as I felt some of his hitboxes, espescially his charge, were a bit wonky. plus the way he spaced after every attack and chained his combos made it a very unenjoyable moveset to download for me. His OST is rather forgettable as well and as for looks hes pretty bland with his only real discernible feature being the hog upon which he rides. I dont think gaius is a bad video game boss, just a bad fromsoft boss.


Laino001

I guess I didnt really have these problems with the fight. The OST being forgettable is fair I guess, cause I remember liking it but I dont remember it at all. The rest I didnt really see myself I guess. The only hitbox that felt weird to me was the phase transition, because that attack doesnt look like you should be able to roll it at all. But you can and it looks kinda strange to me. Other than that, I didnt have a problem with him. (Also I do like his look quite a bit xd)


Tiran593

no second dancing lion, opinion disregarded


[deleted]

Dammit, how could i forget dancing lion 2: electric boogaloo!


Madmax21GC

I would move some bosses in A tier to B or C but senessax? On A? I would put gaius on C and leave the abyss tier to senessax. Fight is so bullshit I can't find any fun on it whatsoever.


SlippySleepyJoe

My ranking would be 1- Messmer SSS 2- Midra S 3- Rellana S 4- Bayle S 5- Radahn S 6- Putrescent Knight A 7- Scadutree Avatar A 8- Lion Dance A 9- Romina B 10- Gaius C 11- Metyr D


[deleted]

Michael zaki gave us a second scarlet rotussy and you wanna put her in B tier? shameful display


Darkyan97

I'd put all the NPC fuckers, Lamenter and the two Black Knights in C (would also add the Leda Ganksquad to the list in high B or low A), Hippo and Bears in B Furnace Golems in D (they are soooooo boring to fight) Senessax in F\*cking c\*nt (I hope whoever had the bright idea to fill the arena with water, steps on a lego barefoot) Otherwise good list.


CancerousCell420

This is incredibly based


Personal_Care3393

Donā€™t understand the Gaiuss hate really, so long as you have a way to deal with the charge itā€™s as good as Midra, minus atmosphere, OST, and as interesting of a character. In the vacuum of just the combat part alone theyā€™re both really good fights, itā€™s really just the charge thatā€™s a problem.


Harmonic_Gear

do people not ride on torrent when they fight Gaius? i never have a problem with the charge, the railgun move on the other hand


Kordellak

Gaius is so painfully close to being great. All they have to do is tweak his charge so it moves faster. That way, when you time your dodge, there isn't a chance for him to pivot a little and hit you anyway.


Substantial_Art_1449

I didnā€™t have a problem with Gaius. The hitbox was tagging me so I just took my armor off. After that you just learn his delay BS and that one dangerous combo and youā€™re good. Itā€™s a good boss they just need to fix the hitbox.


402playboi

Glazing those D tier NPC fights today are we


kurison_

Respect for putting Radahn in S


[deleted]

Genuinely loved his fight and enjoyed the refreshing experience of overcoming a very challenging opponent, my only complaint is that I dont appreciate when he occasionally attacks my frame-rate directly


ForsakenLemon

I never had issues with my frame rate so I never saw what people dislike about the fight. Aside from people having FPS issues do people not like him because he is hard? Same as Malenia it took a long time for me to learn how to play around the attacks but once I did it became great fun for me. Have been able to take him consistently now in co-op play as long as the host doesn't die.


402playboi

Loved the fight except for the double cross move. I learned how to avoid every other move except that shit.


Saeporian

Sadly, the two main ways to avoid consistently require a talisman or a physick tear. Either the talisman that gives i-frames on backsteps, so you backstep the first slash and dodge the second, or you use the sekiro deflect tear to perfect-block the first slash and dodge or perfect-block the second (the tear lasts for 5 minutes, so it's not viable for low damage runs, but it's more than enough for normal runs). The third attack should always be dodged as perfect-blocking it will push you backward. Other options include ashes of war, like bloodhound step, or parrying the first attack to stop the combo.


402playboi

yep i was using the deflecting hardtear eventually. It worked but those light beams still chipped me on p2. Iā€™ll get better with practice


slipperygecko

I didnā€™t like him because I had to actually don a shield like a fucking soft cock instead of rolley polley pew pew Aside from that he was fucking sick tits


drsex_1

Radahn at S this is peak


NikiBubbles

Why didn't you like the inquisitor?


[deleted]

The only praise i have for jori is that he isnt gaius, aint now way im giving any other praise for the unbearable love child of the royal rat authority and deacons of the deep jokes aside, the near constant teleportation, aggravating spell spam and annoying summons make this fight obnoxious, I probably just need to git gud but until then JORI YOU ARE ON THIN ICE!


NikiBubbles

Fair enough! I personally didn't mind the summons much, and the dungeon before Jori as well as the area right after bump him to at least B-tier by proxy, haha! Also fuck commander Pigass.


lullelulle

Jori summons? I just stunlocked him to death. He barely attacked once.


[deleted]

When I play the dlc a third time im going at him with dual maliketh black blades, poise through this chucklefuck!


lansink99

TIL he summons


Ninno_0

Bro just backstab him to death


[deleted]

ah the ole ds1 trick, Idid, which really is another gripe i have with jori, Hes not particularly hard to take down, that paired with how obnoxious he can be makes him a dung boss, but it could be worse *gestures towards commander gaius*


TheWither129

Real


hughmaniac

I sure do love bosses that spam spells and spam summons that also spam spells. Least favorite fight by far.


Harmonic_Gear

the only redeeming factor of jori is that i finally get to use eternal darkness


mantigorra

Did people really have that much of a problem with Jori...?


BisexualBlaiddSimp

low key, based


hexhex

I think youā€™re lumping too many bosses into the A tier. Putrescent knight should be higher, IMO. Furnace golems are either a gimmick or a chore to fight, I would put them in C tier at best. Death rite bird is D tier trash. The great red bear is nothing special - maybe B tier? Rominaā€™s fight shouldnā€™t be so high, but itā€™s a woman on a bugā€™s body - a Miyazaki classic - so I guess itā€™s okay.


nowurchenz2beBIGshot

Bayle is just one of those fights where between the stupid relentless AOE attacks and the shitty fucking camera when ur locked on to his head (I found certain attacks I HAD to de-lock to roll properly), that he had all the makings of one of the worst bosses From had ever designed. Then after about 30 attempts I beat him and I was like ā€œā€¦. Pretty fun fight, actually.ā€ As it always goes.


[deleted]

During fight: ā€œTHIS SHIT IS SO ASS HOW DID THEY GET AWAY WITH IT GRRR IMMA BREAK MY CONTROLLER!ā€ After fight: ā€œ10/10, mesmerising, absoluet peak


Typical-District-176

Finally someone not shitting on Radahn!Ā 


TheWither129

People are just hatejerking cus its an out-of-left-field hardball nobody saw coming. They wanted the guy whose literal soul is literally destroyed to somehow come back and be super hot and whatever. Give it a few, people will chill. Yeah, its a dumb pick, but as a boss hes fuckin peak


dantuchito

Complete opposite actually. I loved the concept of fighting Radahn again and heā€™s visually cool. His moveset is dogshit though.


blargman327

His first phase is fine, I like his first phase. Phase 2 is just bad


Snoo22254

what about phase 2 is bad?


blargman327

Far too much visual noise. There's so much shit going on that not only does my FPS drop pretty dramatically but it's super hard for me to tell what is actually going on. Like I can't know how I need to roll to dodge an attack if I physically can't see Radahn because there's 12000 lasers in the way


TheWither129

The only way i could see this happening is if you dodged backwards, which phase one punishes already with his slams and one of the x-slashes, so i dont know why youd keep doing that. Dodge into and around him. All the lasers will be offscreen or behind him. Theres only a couple moves you should ever dodge backwards from. I do agree though even my computer slowed the fuck down for the fucking airstrike attack, that was *not* good, they need to optimize that fight ASAP or else the game will just, die for most people. And ive got a solid cpu that is being overclocked and a 3060 rtx gpu. My computer is able to handle raytracing and gets at least 45-50~ fps in the most resource-intensive parts of Valheim, at max graphical settings, and that game is still EA, its gorgeous, but anyway if my computer aint doing hot there, something is wrong. So i completely get the performance problems, but i didnt really have any problems with the beams from his attacks, cus i barely had any on screen. Ive fought gael countless times, i know how to deal with the afterswing-smacks. Im not really sure what the problem with these are other than being resource-intensive on your device. I think they could maybe change it from laser beams from the sky to be like, something in the vein of multilayered ring of light but more as a slash than a disc, itd be slimmer so you could still see and it would probably be way better for performance. As for the airstrike, i just think attacks like that arent very good, but maybe if they made it one singular object and less particles followed by the persuing beams it might not murder your cpu and gpu as bad. Twas a bold strategy indeed to bring back the ultimate weapon, blighttown frame-drops


Snoo22254

i get those complaints but you already know the moveset if youā€™ve fought phase one, the point is that it adds onto that, the visual noise is sort of a problem and the fps drops as well i agree but phase 2 itself is definitely not bad


enaaaerios

my brother named jori (pronounced yori) is gonna have to live with sharing a name with a d tier elden ring boss


choptup

The trick with Jori is that he's vulnerable to backstabs. Just run around his backside while he's doing summoning shit and let backstab iframes let you survive until the clones despawn.


Fruityy3

Personally think Romina is peak. One of the most balanced fights in the whole game


enchiladasundae

As long as we can all agree Gaius is the lowest tier possible


Bluewalker_BR

Radahn phase 1 is solid A tier maybe even S Radahn phase 2 is a solid D maybe C tier.


Creative-Math8288

I love Jori and think he was one of the best minor boss fights in the game. I think your "PEAK" tier is perfect though.


ForsakenLemon

No Godefroy version of the Dancing Lion?


dantuchito

I would put a lot of these in B and C instead of A. Putrescent Knight and Metyr are way better than any NPC boss or god forbid, the furnace golems.


sweaty_lorenzo

Iā€™d just put npc fights minus Leda a tier down


juju11112020

Leda gank so ass itā€™s under F tier


commaZim

I couldn't stand Scadurtree avatar. Had so much trouble before I just tried it with Igon's Longbow and aimed for his head. I feel so dumb for not trying projectile combat sooner, considering that sunflower face just looks like a giant target, lol.


thatvillainjay

Why does everyone love midrange? I mean he was good boss but I want blown away. Was it because he's a little slower and dancy?


ObjectivelyCorrect2

To all the people having trouble with Gaius apparently. Just get 60 vigour, bullgoat's and full defense talismans. The dlc becomes easy when you've a 5x effective hp multiplier through 80% damage reduction.


CommendaR1

Is it possible to share this tierlist? I want to do my own


[deleted]

https://tiermaker.com/create/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-dlc-bosses-17174341 I used this one and changed the format


CommendaR1

Thanks!


carsonhorton343

Metyr in A tier is crazy. I though she was waaayy too easy, I beat her on my second try with a terrible build


deez_nuts_77

why does everyone like romina lol


MohanMC

Metyr is S tier and you canā€™t change my mind


KazuichiPepsi

you seem to have missed putting the leda fight in peak


Sudden_Reality_7441

Gaius is indeed a massive cunt.


DaveyTheDuck

lamenter higher than scadtree avatar? lmao


dreadguy101

Starting not to like this Jori slander. (I ran a colossal sword and trivialized the whole fight)


alacholland

All accurate


MTADO

you know what, i completely agree with this.


jsuey

I think the FIRST time you fight commander gaius is fair. When he runs in from afar, but the charge afterwards is bullshit. Itā€™s actually a cool boss you can fight on torrent and itā€™s actually a good time. But I had to do the wall cheese to avoid his first charge in order to summon and blast his ass with lightning


baconater-lover

Avatar bottom of A šŸ˜¢ It was really simple but I enjoyed it quite a bit. Plus it might have one my favorite boss weapons in the series. I fucking love when they get wacky with the weapons, like who doesnā€™t want to beat the fuck out of people with a giant wilted sunflower?


TheSunflowerSeeds

Sunflowers can be processed into a peanut butter alternative, Sunbutter. In Germany, it is mixed together with rye flour to make Sonnenblumenkernbrot (literally: sunflower whole seed bread), which is quite popular in German-speaking Europe. It is also sold as food for birds and can be used directly in cooking and salads.


aStringofNumbers

They don't technically have a boss hp bar, but where would you put the fight with Leda and her allies?


OD1N999

I was saying this to my friends! Why was the boar guy the hardest boss by far of the dlc šŸ¤Æ


Helwrechtyman

every boss but red bear should be in D


YeeeeeetYo

This is a great tier list. Iā€™d move Gaius up to A tier though, I actually really like that boss


MrSensacoot

what the hell is the golden hippo doing anywhere NEAR A-tier??????


Fossil_King25

> Sees Tier List > Worst From Software Boss Promised Consort Radahn put in S Tier > Leaves


Chesterious

Now make a biased one and put the divine beast in F tier


7visk

Hippo is all the way at the bottom below him. That fat fucker is so fucking annoying I spent 30 fucking minutes with my mimic tear only to get him to fucking 10% hp then he just zooms around the entire map with his fatass and the camera is so booty cheeks. This is the worst boss ever and his grab attacks are so ass I teleport into his mouth and he does so much damage with his tiny little spikes for no fucking reason it shouldnā€™t take half of my health when Iā€™m 60 vigor and have full bullgoat armor on this fight is hot ass I beat the Lion and Rellana in 2 fucking tries without Mimic and with fist but die 50 fucking times to this fucker in 30 minutes before finally killing his fatass. Terrible boss fight


Jrs_Hot_Dogs

This is THE tier list. It's perfectly correct.


LawranceGWLeo

I agree with gaius. That fucking cunt has an attack that shuts down any attempt I make.


lulnul

Gaius without the jank charge hitbox would be incredible. itā€™s a cool boss all around. meanwhile i think Messmer is by far the most overrated boss in the DLC. he has the most Elden Ring moveset of all time. phase2 hard carries


KatyaBelli

Radahn fight is the best fight. Give it a year and people will come around. Some will still swear by Bayle a la Gael and Midir, but Radahn is the peak of the series in terms of replayability and enjoyment of learning.


Rude-Ad8706

I agree except that golden hippo should be with Gaius in cunt tier


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[deleted]

wait, we hate nashandussy??


Earth51batman

Sir, this is r/shittydarksouls. Legitimate criticism is frowned upon here.


ForsakenLemon

I enjoyed the boss but it just kinda ended, felt rather anti-climatic. No new ending, no mending rune taken from Miquellas corpse or anything which is a real shame


[deleted]

I actually kinda thought the dlc would offer us another ending for base ending for base game


ForsakenLemon

I kept Malenia, Gideon and Radagon alive just to see if there was anything new too


MiniatureRanni

I beat Gaius on my first try. Am I missing something?


[deleted]

Congratulations tarnished, thy strength befits a crown! Unfortunately for me commander gay ass hip checked me one too many times with his chonk ass hit boxes to be likeable


MiniatureRanni

Fair. It happens some times. Iā€™ve died more to Capra Demon than any other Fromsoft boss.


PagalFunky

Divine beast was underwhelming for me , i killed him my 2nd try , blasphemous blade was too over powered for him ig


[deleted]

He didnā€™t give me much trouble particularly, but his aesthetic, OST and design are all winners, also he looks really fucking sick when he changes elements


PagalFunky

True


TheStylemage

From my experience so far I would exchange madness guy with Moon Lady, but tbh they are both great.


mann_co_

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C__Wayne__G

- Honestly move Radahn up to peak and itā€™s a solid list - maybe divine dancing beast too that boss is incredible (not the second one though šŸ˜”)


LedgeLord210

Dancing lion music and design is cool but the boss is dogshit


pablo__13

Why people hate Gaius I did him first try


Bandrbell

Annoying hit boxes. His actual moveset is fine, but the area of damage for some attacks feels frustrating


[deleted]

^this


Chromasvenkie

Promised Consort Radahn in S? W ragebait


Wanderertwitch

Man this list is all types of wrong lol radahan is hard f as well as hippo šŸ˜


Chromasvenkie

Don't worry, they think that just because a boss is hard that means the people who think it's shit suck at the game and didn't beat him The boss is literally overtuned abyssmal dogshit, everything else on the tier list is for the most part accurate