If you’re playing online, messages left by other players are likely to lead you directly to the item needed to down the boss, though once you have it, you’ll have to equip it and figure out how to use it on the boss, all in the middle of him trying to squash you. The only reason this machete-wielding Lord of the Profaned Capital isn’t at the very bottom of the list is that his puzzle isn’t as apparent as that of the Deacons. From a lore and setting point of view, it actually constitutes one of the best moments of the game, especially if you follow through with a certain NPC’s questline. That doesn’t, however, change the fact that it doesn’t feel like a boss fight. It was disappointing to see one of the most intimidating boss designs of the game be reduced to a simple puzzle.

If you have a weapon that excels at crowd control, you will most likely be able to finish the fight way before that becomes a threat.

Once you figure out the obvious “secret” to defeating the slow moving herd of spell-casters, all you have to worry about is the curse debuff the boss hits you with during the second phase of the battle. The Deacons of the Deep are, in our books, an example of the latter. They either turn out to be infuriatingly unfair, or boringly easy. Seasoned gamers will agree that “mob” bosses are hard to get right. Update: We’ve added bosses from the two DLCs! We’ve tried to keep the description of each boss as comprehensive as possible with hints pointing to key elements and puzzles, so if you enjoy the series’ trademark obscurity and uncertainty, you might want to steer clear.

This goes without saying, but there are spoilers ahead. To help players new to the series decide where to opt for co-op and where to fly solo, here’s a ranking of the Dark Souls III boss battles from least to most difficult.

Not all of the game’s bosses require summoning phantoms and you needn’t prepare to die every time you traverse that fear-inducing barrier. The difficulty of boss fights doesn’t always increase in proportion to the player’s progression through the game. Dark Souls III is no different in this regard. For most, boss battles constitute the biggest selling point of FromSoftware’s Dark Souls games. No matter how gripping or nail-biting the journey to the fog wall might be, it is the mysterious enemy at the end of each area that defines it. There are rare instances, however, where certain enemies and obstacles along the way will prove to be a greater challenge than the area’s boss itself.

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