To anyone surprised that I didn't choose the Jailors as the worst Dark Souls 3 enemy, I'm as surprised as you are. I forgot about them when making the video lol. Also, I was incorrect when i said DS2's Old Knights are only found in Heide's Tower of Flame - they're also found in the Shrine of Amana and Drangleic Castle. Whoops!

@BungardBooce

4 ай бұрын

Fair enough, it adds some flair to a discussion where usually everyone picks that answer 😂

@lukethebaron5408

4 ай бұрын

The jailor is a fantastic enemy that really fits the area.

@argosvinandi5064

4 ай бұрын

I was more surprised you picked the omens over the crucible knights as the best enemy in Elden ring.

@danielle_vandress

4 ай бұрын

@@lukethebaron5408 I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes them ahah. They're one of my favorite enemies in DS3.

@LawfulBased

4 ай бұрын

The Royal Revenant definitely is the "gimmick enemy" of Eldenring. + Longrange puke with high dmg and it can proc poison + Teleportation cause it is a ghost and in general it has quick movements + Thousand slaps of doom charge that can delete a players entire healthbar twice or thrice even in one go + All on top of having lots of HP itself and is pretty tanky and very hard to stagger or posturebreak Even if you find out that using an AoE healingspell is their weakness, landing one can be tricky too. 10/10 most annoying enemy.

"...quite the opposite, in fact" 😂😂

@kfitz2711

4 ай бұрын

I laughed at that as well 😂

@pithyt5369

4 ай бұрын

Ha gaayyyyy

@darkomegahawk4759

4 ай бұрын

Ha Gayyyyy Ur Superior Probably In A Lot of Ways. This world has a very big reckoning coming because of all this hate. Certain types of people who think they're the Superior. Stay in school and expand your mind with facts not fiction. Learn your history and don't repeat past mistakes or be doomed to repeat it over and over again.

@asutura241

4 ай бұрын

@@darkomegahawk4759wtf man ? & who are you even talking to/about ?????

@Cathart1c

4 ай бұрын

That was golden xD

My obsession with killing everything in souls games has made me absolutely despise the giant Lobsters/Crayfish. They’re hard enough up close and they are really good at keeping you in front of them, but their sniper water jet shots are one of the most insane things I’ve ever witnessed. Maybe the longest range attack in the game and it does a ton of damage. Thankfully you can skip most of them but those two at the bottom of the Subterranean Shunning Grounds were the bane of my first playthrough

@1stIsOnlyInCash

4 ай бұрын

I don’t think anything in the game pisses me off as much as the fucking lobster long range attack

@featdirty1127

4 ай бұрын

Get lobter’d :)

@anonymous01201

4 ай бұрын

The lobsters are fun when you’re up close, from range though, no thanks.

@aReT4RTedduck

4 ай бұрын

Wanna see something funny/ gross? Look up “how do lobsters pee?”

@calebdouglas6113

4 ай бұрын

Lober

The worst enemy from every game in my opinion will always be dogs/wolves. Their ability to stun lock you is ridiculous. You could be decked out in 200 pounds of heavy armor and dogs will make your character flail around like they're having a seizure lol

@crutonman1547

4 ай бұрын

Im still so appalled at the Esgar fight and how mean spirited it is for this exact reason lol

@buckyhurdle4776

3 ай бұрын

If you don't have poise, 2 dogs can be a literal death sentence. They can overlap attacks so fast that you'll never get a hit off, you just have to run lmao

@bigslappy823

3 ай бұрын

Shoutout goes to those Resident Evil pitbulls in DS2 that have one move that's damage happens before its attack animation.

@eletgres519

2 ай бұрын

ds3 dogs fucking teleport to you bruh

@littlerave86

2 ай бұрын

Dogs, absolutely. Wolves, not at all. Also, not anymore. Fromsoft put in some serious effort into Elden Ring to dethrone dogs as worst enemies. Revenants, kindred of rot, warhawks, monstrous crows, fingercreepers. They're all so much worse.

Now I'll be waiting for a ranking of every enemy in every game

@ftir1450

4 ай бұрын

Me too!

@xnflg3074

4 ай бұрын

came to post this. DO IT!!!!

@AC-hj9tv

4 ай бұрын

Every video game ever made

@calebbaumtm1915

4 ай бұрын

You joke but youtuber "Chad of Astora" has been literally been doing just that. He has one on Sekiro, Bloodborne, and Dark Souls III

@anonymous01201

4 ай бұрын

Chad of Astora is already doing that go watch him

Props to FromSoftware for still having nightmare fuels ideas like the Revenants even after Bloodborne.

@QuantumTelephone

4 ай бұрын

Dark souls 3 has the scariest enemies

@JoseViktor4099

4 ай бұрын

@@QuantumTelephone Eh, the scariest looking maybe, but they don´t scream as much haha

@gloopy-error35

4 ай бұрын

​​@@QuantumTelephone **brain sucker just casually existing in the corner in Upper Cathedral Ward**

@QuantumTelephone

4 ай бұрын

@JoseViktor4099 Wym? The puss of man guys literally shake the screen with screaming. Also have you heard the irythill dungeon fetuses? Lol

@michaelwright3044

4 ай бұрын

Bloodborne for me. Those damn Giant Sharkmen and Winter Lanterns freak me out.

"Omens have one of the most graceful fighting styles" as you show an omen WWE slamming you

@QuestionableObject

18 күн бұрын

"Omen will never be ballin'" Omen:

I have a love/hate relationship with the bonewheels. I hate encountering them, but I love the sense of existential dread they provide. Every single death they've caused is hilarious to watch... provided I wasn't on my way back to retrieve a full level's worth of souls.

How the hell didn't the jailers make the list for worst enemies? Also jump attacks are great for royal revenants too, both helps to dodge some attacks as well as gets you a riposte or two during the fight

@mitchellcrego1451

4 ай бұрын

Was scrolling to find somebody mention the absence of the DS3 jailers.

@kinggamereon653

4 ай бұрын

Glad I am not the only one who found the exclusion odd

@AC-hj9tv

4 ай бұрын

Dude fr

@danielle_vandress

4 ай бұрын

I actually really like the jailers. Probably my second favorite enemies in all of DS3.

@liltrout4775

4 ай бұрын

you are a masochist LOL @@danielle_vandress

dude, your vocabulary is immaculate great writing and video.

@omelette535

4 ай бұрын

and his accent just enhances the whole thing 😮‍💨

@rthraitor

2 ай бұрын

I thought the exact same thing! Super well written and engaging

I think my personal fear and admiration of the Shark Giants informed my desire to go full anchor build in Elden Ring.

Glad to know others despise the royal revenants as much as I do. They fall under the category “avoid at all costs”for me. My dishonorable mention would be rune bears

@BioshockDrill

4 ай бұрын

Rune bears are so overrated it's hilarious. They are RIDICULOUSLY easy to dodge.

@disparu6007

4 ай бұрын

​@@BioshockDrillyes they are but they allways have a bs amount of health and give no reward for killing them. Making a long and boring fight. Seriously though snow area ones have up to 22k health. 30k+ on gn+7

@fang4223

4 ай бұрын

only one rune bear really gets me going. The calid one, to the left of the grace leading to the great jar.

@BioshockDrill

3 ай бұрын

@@disparu6007 yeah but people act as if they are unstoppable rage monsters. They are just spongier than normal enemies.

@the_furry_inside_your_walls639

3 ай бұрын

@@disparu6007 There's like two Runebears in the game that give you larval tears, which let you respec your rune levels.

Finding the bonewheels in DS1 turned the game into a pure horror experience.

@SamuelFinger

3 ай бұрын

In the early game when I go to the Catacombs, fist I summon Paladin Leeroy and I wait him to kill them and then I just run to kill Pinwheel. After I get the Lord Vessel, just need a shileld with good stability and 100 fisical damge reduction, a lot of stamina and weapon at least 10+.

1:16 Ayo

@DREADDWELLER

4 ай бұрын

Based cock enjoyer

@theus__

4 ай бұрын

Lmaoo

@pithyt5369

4 ай бұрын

Ha gaaayyy

@TheFallen_29

4 ай бұрын

@@pithyt5369Ha, grow up. Humor is subjective. Many might find what he said at 1:16 funny. But you sound like an 11 year old trying to be funny. Probably are since kids are always on the internet these days.

@JoseViktor4099

4 ай бұрын

My man spent too much time with Solaire(understandable)

I can't believe you didn't choose the irythill jailers for ds3, I have an immeasurable hatred for them

@JimMcC36912

4 ай бұрын

Or the irythill dogs tbh

@NisseDood

4 ай бұрын

Those jailers are easy when alone at least but their lazer hp drain vision is really shit design.

@NSEBMB

4 ай бұрын

@@NisseDood All of them do that iirc

@verynice7367

4 ай бұрын

Jailers not getting picked is insane

@the_furry_inside_your_walls639

3 ай бұрын

The Jailers are stupidly easy to deal with. As long as their sight debuff applies to you, they're aware of your presence and will start making their way to you, so you just gotta hide behind a wall and keep baiting them until they're close enough that you can take them out before the debuff kills you. I'm not even that good at Soulslikes, yet even I managed to figure this out the first time I encountered one of them. Besides, their design is sick as hell and I think the max hp reduction attack is unironically a cool concept that was really well made for an enemy you encounter in a small, cramped level where you can easily cut off their line of sight. Makes you think about the level design more. I'd honestly rather fight them than the Lycanthrope hunters in Crucifix Woods or the skeletons in Carthus Catacombs.

I thoroughly enjoy how well you write your scripts. This sort of video can easily get boring, but your writing style breathes a lot of life into the concept and makes it feel fresh and engaging.

Anything with spastic movement patterns is a cancer. Those red wolves in Elden Ring and those revenants are toxic. At least you can nuke the revenants with cure spells, but I’m still looking for a solution for the red wolves along the lines of ‘Indy just shoots swordsman because he doesn’t feel like dealing with him’.

@augustgurtisen

4 ай бұрын

I've beat elden ring several times and I almost always summon for red wolf of radagon

@geert574

4 ай бұрын

the red wolf at ranni plateau is crazy op...and completely avoidable haha

@Dasqal

4 ай бұрын

@@geert574Luckily my fox gracefully jumped off the edge.

@RealSankaiya

4 ай бұрын

Nothing compares to the red wolf in consecrated snow fields

@anonymous01201

4 ай бұрын

The red wolves are awesome and really fun though?? Maybe you just can’t handle them

"...quite the opposite". Ah, a man after my own... heart. Great video.

Revenants,. Bonewheel and the poison dart dudes really piss me off. I like the Omens, especially for testing out new weapons and builds. The later chapters in the challenge dungeons had a lot of annoying enemies as well

You should do a 15 hour long video doing every single enemy

The dogs in Demons Souls were menace i really hated them.

The dual-wielding banished knight from Castle Mourne in Elden Ring...I hate that guy!

@enlongjones2394

4 ай бұрын

Do you mean Castle Sol?

@frozenlimemix

4 ай бұрын

@@enlongjones2394 ah, yeah...mixed that one up!

@disparu6007

4 ай бұрын

Bro that's easily the coolest enemy in the game.

@grimm3995

4 ай бұрын

I love oleg 😢😢

The swamp people that jump on your head in DS3 Farron Keep is my dishonorable mention behind the jailers.

@deifiedtitan

2 ай бұрын

Yeah the Ghru suck. They’re arguably even worse in the demon ruins where your space is limited.

I’m surprised the Jailers that deplete your health within eyesight weren’t mentioned for DS3 worst

I usually might not be interested in a video like this, but the writing manages to be witty without sounding forced (I like the rhyme about the fire bugs in Demon’s Souls), and your voice is very nice to listen to :)

Your videos are always great and hilarious! Keep up the good work Candle!!!

Oooh this oughta be a good one! I appreciate your perspective, I wonder how many of these I'd pick for myself. 😂🎉

Really enjoyed this - and largely agree with your picks. Solid video, well done matey!

Very cool video and very enjoyable to listen the reasoning behind your choices. Thank you Way better than other thematically similar videos I've seen.

My favorite enemies will always be the knight types. Black Knight from DS1, Alonne Knight from DS2, Ringed Knight from DS3, and Cleanrot Knight from ER

@Tacticaviator7

17 күн бұрын

I absolutely love Sanctum Knights from 2, they have a cool if a little annoying gimmick with having to destroy their mummified bodies before attacking the ghost but man that green armor just looks so sick.

Loved the energy and tone behind the video!

the combination of soulsborne content and that wonderful accent has gained you a new fan!

Nice video! Keep up the good work 👍

Mentions and shoutouts are just a way to not having to make a clear choice :p Anyway, awesome video mate :)

In Dark Souls, the big knights that you fight in the beginning of Anor Londo are probably my favorite. They’re super tough at first, but you just gotta go through their legs when they shield slam!

I just got around to watching this video. I am glad you mentioned the giant fish in Bloodborne's DLC. Those enemies stick out in my mind quite vividly lol

love it whenever you upload, love your videos man

Surprised you didn't mention the Jailers from DS3. Definitely my pick for the worst enemy in the game

great video! glad i found this channel :)

I actually really did discover the healing incant strat for the royal revenant completely and totally on accident. I was fighting the one in kingsrealm ruins and just could not beat him no matter what I tried and then one time I was fighting him and I needed to get a heal off before I died and I just barely got it off in time before I died but since he was right about to hit me he got caught in the heal and dropped. I had no idea wtf happened at first lol I had to save the clip and go back and watch it to realize what I did.

Since I only played DS 3 and Elden Ring yet, my take is I fully agree you on DS 3, but for Elden Ring I would go for Crucible Knights instead. They are basically improved versions of Cathedral Knights with their own weird/cool draconic incantations. And Crayfishes definitely do deserve a place in most annoying enemies. Just let me ride through Liurnia in peace ffs.

@the_furry_inside_your_walls639

3 ай бұрын

The abilities used by the crucible knights aren't draconic. They're derived from the Crucible, the same font of power that the Omens draw from. I agree with you on the giant crayfish choice, though. Hate those things so much...

I was abroad for a few years and hearing your accent is really really refreshing. Good vid too.

One of my favorite enemy types in the whole series are the Pontiff Knights from Irithyll of the Boreal Valley. It also helps that this area is also one of my favorite areas too. They speed and grace make them really just to dual, and their armor set is awesome.

Personally, Elden, screw the revenants.

Just realised that the Dark knights share some moveset similarities with the Red eye knights. That first attack the one in Undead burg pulled after you agroed it was almost identical to the one's used by the sword and shield blue/red eye knights in Demon's souls, so it's cool to see more things that Dark souls added from Demon's souls.

Probably for 2 weeks in a row, I used your complete boss ranking and level ranking to use for background noise while I sleep. However, I’d end up staying up to watch them! You’ve convinced me to pick up Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls, and Bloodborne. Keep up the great work brother!

Great video as always , loved it , youre f*cking funny man 💀

The moment you said sekiro I already said "best will be the ishin students and the okamis" like come on those are peak sekiro

i think you are the first person who has done this even though there are a ton of youtubers with similar concepts and entire channels built around similar ideas. love the list, really think red eye knights are the best DeS enemies. they really show where the series would head in the future

I was gonna try to apply these to my dnd encounters.. but i think the biggest lesson is actually that the look and feel of the enemies is huge for players. (Also mechanics that take away control lead to frustration)

The Black Knights of DS1 having the same move set as the Boletarian Knights from DeS always puts a smile on my face.

Was sure the Elder Gru would be up at the top of the worst

@MassimilianoCavalera

4 ай бұрын

Is that the guy that jumps on your face and rips it apart or the bigass shaman dude who summons red skulls? Hate both of them

Omg I love your accent , it’s like I am hearing a dwarf from lord of the rings talking about darksouls.

subscribed mostly for the accent, the quality argument presented in the video is a plus

brother i love your voice and pronunciation of these enemies

The Royal Revenants made me crap my pants when I came across it. Soon as it started moving, my heart leaped and my fingers couldn't even button mash. I just died and died again before resorting to tried and true retreat.

You are the first person I've heard in real life to have the super specfic accent Davey Jones has in pirates of the carribbean...which I think is so cool

I'm surprised you didn't pick Jailers as most annoying Dark Souls 3 enemy

An additional note about the Black Knights in DS1 is how much of a game changer it can be when you get lucky and the ones you face early on drop their weapon.

Good to hear the Bloodlickers finally get a mention, the ones at Cainhurst are Definetly one of the hardest enemies in the Souls series, an extremely unpleasant and annoying enemy

I'm shocked no one is mentioning the winter lanterns from Bloodborne, arguably the worst enemy in any soulsborne game.

My least favourite in DS1 are the dragon hind legs and favourite are silver knights, in DS2 my least favourite are exploding corrosive hollows and my favourites are drakekeepers, in DS3 my least favourite are wolves and my favourite are Lothric knights, in Elden Ring my least favourite are royal revenants and my favourite are crucible knights.

@ftir1450

4 ай бұрын

All of these are excellent choices for their horribleness and greatness

@magicsteve5523

4 ай бұрын

@@ftir1450 btw, the DS3 wolves are my least favourite enemies in the series as a whole

Im so with you about Bloodlickers. After 5 years I still dont know how to fight them. Erratic and fast attacks and a highly telegraphed jump attack makes them a nightmare to fight, unless you are high- levelled.

Droppin those bugbear bars 💯

Was very shocked to see the Winter Lantern absent from the Bloodborne list. Every time I hear that accursed singing, I just die a little on the inside knowing what is waiting for me up ahead.

That „honorable mention“ in the spanish voice… lmao man. You just gained a sub

There's a note sold by a merchant that clues you into the revenants being weak to healing incantations, actually.

For pest threads, you can use a shield, either a medium or great shield, but the kindred of rot should be in front of you. If you have the barricade shield ability, you can easily deal with them with guard counters. Guard countering with barricade shield or a great shield is kind of effective with revenants, but you need stamina to absorb all the attacks

Every lizard that insta kills you with curse/deathblight. Annoying, no actual challenge, only works in swarm ambushes

I found that the royal Revenant was easier to deal with when riding torrent, you can slide in and get a few hits in and then run away

Worst DS2 enemy would've been the Hammer Drakekeeper Knight. Same combo, 2 different speeds. But you can poison arrow cheese him. Yes, you can run back to the bonfire without consequence. The worst enemies are the hedgehogs from the DLC. Or not if you consider how fucking funny their animations are. So it stands that the Reindeer from the Ivory King DLC are the worst. And the tadpole fuckers from the Sunken King DLC.

This man hasn't been stunlocked and frenzied by a winter lantern

For Dark Souls 2 I probably would have went with the Elephant Guardians. Those things looked cool, intimidating, and hit hard. Definitely a memorable enemy.

Good video although I was surprised you didn’t bring up the wardens from DS3. I personally can’t stand them

Royal Revenants are so weird. Sometimes I’ll fight one and it barely does anything and the other time it goes completely ballistic and destroys me. Omens are awesome to fight and I still remember freaking out when I went through a pipe in the sewer area only to see three of them coming down the ladder to kill me.

The Spear Adepts from Sekiro… I thought he would’ve brought those guys up. Although it’s sometimes satisfying to do a Death Air blow on them when you succeed

@funktimusrhyme

4 ай бұрын

Came here to say this, playing cat & mouse over the balconies with the trio at the top of Senpou temple could be a boss-fight on its own

When the video started, I wondered if the enemies would be ranked based on how tough they are individually, or grouped up. The most annoying enemies can be easy to handle one on one, but grouped up, is another story. I would’ve liked to have seen your list with those categories.

For me in Elden Ring, even though they're easy enough once you figure them out, it's gotta be those f**king birds with blades on their talons. I sigh heavily whenever I encounter one. Also, the giant dragonflies. They are just annoying and if you enter combat with them, you can't fast travel. Not to mention they are pretty much in every big open area.

Cathedral Knights are amongst the ultimate chads of the series. Love those boys.

I’m surprised you didn’t pick one of the DLC enemies for dark souls 2 worst. Those frozen porcupines are devil spawn.

Bloodborne best enemy: Keeper of the old Lords, along with his attack dogs. Very badass, very challenging, very rewarding. Chalice dungeon only though. Honorable mentions: Executioner. Excellent early game practice material. Looks really cool with his big hood and giant weapon, has plenty of moves and I love how heavy he sounds as well. Vermin Host. That moment when the snakes pop out of its head for the first time is so memorable. He's pretty strong and fast, rewarding to slay. Just a really cool design.

Surprised you didn’t mention the Smouldering Ghru for DS3. Inflicts toxic via AoE, has grabs, often positioned for (limited) ganks or ambushes with other enemies. At least in the base game I don’t think anything else comes particularly close for being annoying, saved only by everything in Smouldering Lake being completely optional. The room with two Demon Clerics and Ghru still gives me trouble after what must be hundreds of hours of play.

Bloodborne worst enemy: Winter Lanterns This is almost not debatable. Granted they have a very cool design/lullaby, but they are about as unfun and unfair as they come. Especially if you don’t have a lot of sedatives on hand.

The Old Knights in the early patches of DS2 were even better than they are now. I'm pretty sure they had their stats tweaked. Either that or very few weapons were available. But they took very little damage from all physical sources except blunt. They were extremely memorable because they kicked my ass a ton to the point where I tried out a bunch of different weapons and found that a simple mace smashed through them in a couple hits instead of a couple dozen.

I actually love Mibu Village as I treat it more like a farming location for Sen. The Village is how I was able to afford Sakes, Combat Arts and upgrade materials.

The revenants, those giant bears and all the different bird types in ER. My God.. you can barly heal, and it is impossible to flee (unless you can ride) when fighting these enemies

Shout-out to that one leftmost Cathedral Knight on the rafters who's armed with a crossbow. I both love and hate that guy cause on one hand, he's a cool idea, but on the other, he's the only source of the rare Heavy Crossbow (which is probably my favourite crossbow in the game appearance-wise) and he's extremely annoying to farm. Genuinely no idea why they gave a crossbow to him and him alone. Also, while some people suggest Jailers as the worst DS3 enemy, in my opinion they're saved from that title by the fact they drop their incredibly cool set. And they're a kinda fun change of pace making you play more carefully and lure them towards you with all those narrow hallways full of cells and pillars to act as hiding spots (but then there's a room with like ten of them that throws it all out of the window).

11:33 The first character I ever beat DS1 with had something like thirty resistance, so, it was me, I the hell was levelling resistance I don't really regret it either, I never got poisoned again, and with that many points in it, I could actually tank hits pretty well

@BioshockDrill

4 ай бұрын

Hate to tell you, but it basically doesn't effect damage taken, at least not enough to make a significant difference. The poison resistance is good though.

@MassimilianoCavalera

4 ай бұрын

I leveled the SHIT out of resistance my first time. My logic being that if I raised my defense instead of health, then the estus flask would proportionally recover more of my health. Pretty smart idea for being about 12 years old at the time but it unfortunately didn't work out as well as I would've wanted

To be fair the revenant's healing weakness is something you can learn from the nomadic merchant notes.

I love the accent man. Great video

Fun fact the old knight with the mace in the dragon shrine has a true combo if you are mid rolling

For Bloodborn I feel that not enough people had encountered the rotted dungeon respawnable enemy varient of the Witch Of Hemwick, they are brutal to fight.

Surprised Basilisks weren't mentioned at all, especially those ones in the tree in DS1

Good video

When you revealed that the "giant fish men of the Fishing Hamlet" were your Bloodborne Honorable Mention, I said out loud, "The Sharks?

elden ring in particular *really* wants you to level hp, and those lobsters show it more than anything by one shotting you with the ranged attack in every area they're in if you dont do it enough

I have trauma from the satyres in DS3 swamps, i'm thinking of those ones that grab you and proceed to twist your head like a screw

When I first started playing Elden Ring I was terrified of Rune Bears, they have loads of health, do loads of damage and they're super hard to get away from. Once you have good weapons and armour they're not too bad but early on they're the worst.

Good video. My only complaint is that I couldn’t see much of the footage because it was way too dark

The revenants are gimmicks, use heal and deal 3k dmg in an instant that combos into another heal. Cost a lot of fp but that is only a problem in Elpheal where there are 4 in a row.