Armored Core 6 was included in this topic, as I REALLY wanted to call this video "Top 15 FromSoftware Bosses", but I don't think the YouTube algorithm would appreciate that, and this is my job, searchability comes first.

If you're not a fan of the AC6 entries, I have my Honourable Mentions - Just bump Ornstein & Smough to 15th & Kalameet to 14th & you still get exactly what you came for.

Promised Consort Radahn: “Hand it over… that thing… your #1 spot”

Midir and Orphan as honorable mentions… pure example that difficulty is completely subjective. Great video Billy!

If I don't see Pinwheel here I'm going to scream

Putting Orphan of Kos in honorable mention is a bold choice indeed. I personally think it's the second hardest fight in the series behind Melania but I can get why some people experience it differently since it's an endgame boss

You only died ~100 times on Malenia? Amateur. I estimated I died 1300 times.

Radagon is such an amazing example of “If I take a few minutes, this boss is a cake walk.”

Everyone talking about the honorable mentions being surprising but the wildest thing about this whole list has to be the dual crucible knight fight making any list other than middest fights of all time

If you really haven’t done the Inner-Versions of Ishiin, Genichiro and Owl take your time and unlock them. All 3 of the exceed the originals by a lot especially Owl and Genichiro. I‘m not so sure if I really prefer Inner Ishiin because he can pull the move where you jump on his head in phase 1 instantly without the usual sword draw animation (which is 🤬🤬🤬 btw.) but if I replay him I still choose his Inner-version. Seriously go play them! They make these already great bosses even better.

Dude, the honorable mentions alone gave me PTSD.  What a list!

I've only played Elden Ring where Maliketh made me quit for over 5 months. Eventually I returned and whooped his ass, but I think that makes him my hardest boss.

I’ve been slowly playing through the fromsoft titles over the last year (elden ring, sekiro, bloodborne so far, on ds1 rn) and been enjoying going through your videos, watching the parts I’m “allowed” to watch (a lot of this video is currently off limits to me!), and then later revisiting. Actually found you through lies of p, which was awesome, and love your content.

Here’s a video suggestion I’d love; top cutscenes in soulsborne (or maybe just best boss intros if you want focus)

The demon of hatred is a pretty interesting pick. I think he’s really hard but in comparison to bosses like Midir and Laurence I never got frustrated. From the beginning I always saw the light at the end of the tunnel. It’s never ”how am I supposed to ever beat this without learning every single pixel of his hitbox?“ but instead ”okay that’s going to be challenging but very possible“. He’s fair and thus a great fight.

To be honest, Malenia wasn't terribly difficult for me on my first playthrough, I'm not sure what it was or if I just got good rng on Waterfowl Dance. I genuinely died more to Maliketh, Valiant Gargoyles, and Morgott than I did her. It definitely did take a few days and it felt so good to finally get that remembrance, but it was a fun challenge, and never felt impossible, I remember getting her down to halfway through phase 2 on my first attempt and I started questioning if I'd been lied to about her difficulty, haha-

God, thank you for recognizing the difficulty of AC6. I found the first balteus to be my 3rd worst experience (behind Radahn and Gargs) in the series and if we don’t count SoTE, my second hardest boss in FromSoftware’s entire catalogue; beyond Midir, beyond Friede, agh I HATED it. For reference I have autism, and while I’m fairly functional on my medication, I typically play in the evenings (because of school most of the year and jobs in the summer) where my medication is wearing off. This means I tilt like CRAZY when I tilt. With fun difficult bosses like Putrescent Knight, Midir, and NK this isn’t a problem, but with balteus… wheewwww with balteus. Days of attempts down the drain, being one of my few bosses to clear 100 attempts (Consort Radahn and Bayle being the only other two, with gargs close at 90-ish attempts).

Oh and then my brother beat him on his third try. Moral of the story: difficulty is subjective as fuck.

Hard question but I'll try
(Honorable mentions: genichiro, guardian ape and midir because they took around 6 months for me to beat and I never beat midir until ng+5)
15. Manus (I can dodge his attacks now but he still hits pretty hard)
14. Demon princes (always forget which demon turns into the laser demon so I mostly fail at the second phase)
13. Blue smelter demon (bullshit Boss, bullshit gimmick)
12.Inner genichiro (can catch me off guard sometimes but it's just genichiro)
11. Vendrick (hits like a nuclear bomb while you tickle him without any giant souls)
10. Friede (on ng+ she's really strong even though I know what to do to counter her)
9. Sir allone (harder than fume knight and blue smelter demon for me)
8. Isshin ashina (harder than sword saint for me and still catches me off guard a few times)
7. Nameless king (gives me more Trouble than on my first attempt against him somehow)
6. Burnt ivory king (took me by far the longest for a ds2 Boss, mostly because of rng with the knights)
5.Slave knight gael (somehow gives me more Trouble than midir, Friede and nk even though I once said that He's the easiest of them)
4. Orphan of kos (still gives me trouble even though I know what to do against it)
3. Owl father/inner owl (took me the third longest and still gives me trouble)
2. Malenia (wasn't able to beat her without summons, I'm sorry)
1. Laurence (f*ck laurence)

i love your diverse experiences

Great video! I would add Ebrietas to the honorable mention, but maybe that's just because I re-played BB recently and had a really hard time with her somehow 😅

I 100% agree with the placement of Nameless he is one of the bosses I struggled with the most in my playing ds3 but what an arena.

The demon of hatred's charge attack has a hitbox so low that if you jump you will most likely avoid it even if it doesnt seem like it