It should be noted that nothing from this point on is quite so bad as the previous two bosses who almost received a separate tier of their own. That being said, Leechmonger is essentially the Soulsseries’ Great Mighty Poo without the singing or humor.

Even then, there’s not really a lot of them in the grand scheme of things. Among a series of regular rat enemies is the one rat you have to kill in order to beat this “boss.” There is nothing special about these rats besides the fact that there’s a lot of them. That may sound obvious, but apparently, it wasn’t, as that’s exactly what Royal Rat Vanguard is. You know what’s a good idea for a Dark Souls boss? Anything but a bunch of rats. Second, these rankings are based on many things, but they ultimately came down to the feeling that these bosses left and how excited they leave you at the thought of doing battle against them again, tough as they may be. That means no encounters with unique enemies you meet along the way that don’t have their own boss health bar or other identifiying elements. First off, it only includes full “proper” boss fights. It shows us the tremendous creative scope of these games as well as re-affirms that the legacy of the Dark Souls series is so great that even the “worst” bosses from the franchise are ones that you can probably dig up memories of if you think hard enough.īefore we dive into that, though, there are a couple of things to keep in mind when looking at this list. It’s a daunting task to rank all of those bosses, but attempting to do so reveals something quite important about these revolutionary titles. Indeed, there are some bosses which conjure a sense of dread that has little to do with their intimidating presence. While so many of those bosses are simply just a few rungs below the heaviest hitters, others conjure the opposite memories of the best bosses in the franchise. There are bound to be some that simply don’t meet the expectations set by the greatest foes in the series. Call it the price of doing business when you traffic in so many epic encounters. You know there’s a way out, but how?Īs great as the bosses from this franchise are, though, they are not created equally. No, the bosses of these games are more like puzzle boxes you suddenly find yourself trapped in. The bosses of Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls are designed to be more than mere roadblocks meant to slow down your march towards the end credits.

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