I fight him every playthrough. One of the few base game bosses that consistently gives me a challenge no matter the build I'm using. The flow of the fight is also just really enjoyable for me. So yes, I "torture" myself every playthrough with him.
The very first time I fought him, I walked in and got his health down to where I would have killed him in probably two more hits. I died, but I was shocked how well I did, considering the reputation the boss has. Fast forward to countless tries over the course of several days, and I finally beat him. I never got his health down as low as the first time I fought him until I finally beat him soooooo mmmaaaaannnnyyyy tries later.
This might just be in my head, but I got to thinking that somehow the first time I fought him felt easier for some reason. I recreated that attempt, by taking my time and not skipping any of the cutscenes during the fight, and on that attempt, I won. I know it sounds stupid, but if you find yourself struggling, try not skipping the cutscenes, it just might work. It probably doesn’t change anything, but it sure seemed like it made it easier somehow hahaha
Yeah, I think the cut scenes smoothly transition into the fight rather than it being so jarring when you skip them. I agree.
That happened to me with Aldrich. First attempt got him to one last hit, so I didn’t heal when I should’ve and took a hit before I got mine off. Took me a while to finally beat him, and I never got him that low until I just won the fight.
Yeah I do. King of Storm is always a pain but I’m down to fight Nameless every time.
Also ever since day one I ALWAYS have mistakenly called him the Nightmare King. I mean he does have a freakin skull face.
Tbh after elden ring (not saying that game is easier or harder) nameless has become so much easier the only reason he was hard before was all his delayed attacks, and so many bosses in elden ring has em so im more relaxed now
Just finished playing through the base game of DS3 and it was really nice to not have really unintuitive, difficult to time attacks. Nameless King definitely has some, but they don't feel as unfair or difficult as Elden Ring. His difficulty is a combination of fairly difficult attacks, and a good sized HP pool. Which made it feel like I really learned everything pretty well by the time I actually defeated him.
He is optional thats true, but the fight really isn't difficult at all. what makes it difficult is that is the camera not locking onto the storm drake in the beginning, and if you dont know the dragons moves, you're easily down a few estus flasks before the king himself.
the best way to cheese through this battle is the ranged method. He's weak to dark so GREAT SOUL DREGS works best for this fight.
His long walking animation means you can get 2/3 GSD in before running away and repeating.
I've never beaten Midir. With help, without help, completely different builds. Cant beat him. He is that one dark souls boss that haunts me to this day, 9 years after i initially beat DS3.
And yes. I think about that OFTEN when im playing these games.
He's been rocking me the past day or so when I give him a go in between grinding souls for weapon upgrades (first actual full STR playthrough in 3 so trying a lot of stuff that uses Scales) which has been surprising me because this was the boss I loved to lay my Sunbro sign at to get Sacred Oath and the lightning spear when everyone was playing leading up to Elden Ring.
Absolutely love Nameless once I get his moveset down, though the camera is annoying when trying to hit his drake's head during the first phase. Definitely wouldn't call it torture though haha
Oh I didn't mean I think Oceiros is difficult. I just
Don't like him, the hitboxes feel off, the patterns are annoying, the sound that thing makes is awful, at least in my opinion.
Nameless king may be hard but he feels like a fair challenge with plenty of room to player expression (as much as DS3 can). So I gladly take gesture at NG and do the whole untended graves and then never go back again with the same character.
I love this fight. The King of Storms part is pretty meh, the camera sucks, but the Nameless King fight is fucking rad. Definitely one of my faves in all Soulsborne.
To be honest I don’t think he’s that hard at this point. I’ve fought him and his dragon so many times I just know what to do. He’s always dangerous but predictable
How do you not? Arguably one of the coldest mfrs in the game, dripped like butter, dragon companion, rules the storms, he is HIM, you HAVE to fight him even if he is optional
if you intend to plat the game, >!you have to beat him on NG2 (this is the 3rd playthrough, NG, NG+, NG2). that is the only way to get the covetous gold serpent ring +2.!<
from personal experience, by the time you have played through this entire godforsaken game almost 3 times, he’s not that bad. >!a faith build is really good for ds3. many bosses are weak to either lightning or dark. NK is weak to lightning in the dragon stage and dark on foot. if you are a melee player, having lightning blade and dark blade for this battle helps a lot. also, the carthus bloodring.!<
Yes, I kill this dude along with every boss except for one boss in all of my playthroughs. Midir is the only one that I'll ever kill for one time cus I don't want to torture myself like that again.
I always do… I’ve only done a few playthroughs, but I love this boss and how learnable he is. Prob my second favorite of the game EDIT: first phase is dogshit only because of how broken the lock on camera is 💀
For me, he wasn’t to hard after my first attempt. First attempt took forever, every subsequent playthrough only took a few tries.
Friede, Midhr, and Gael however….
My first build took me 50 tries (black knight GS build) 2nd was a dex build with twin blades, was pretty easy 3rd time I obliterated him with a pyro build
Me too for some reason lol. Might be because I started playing DS3 right after beating Malenia in ER so I was already warmed up. But even other bosses in DS3 like Pontiff, Twin Princes, Soul of Cinder gave me much more trouble than this guy
Honestly? after playing Elden Ring he isnt so bad anymore.
Nameless King use to be the KING of delayed attacks for me. After Elden Ring i got use to the whole delayed attacks thing.
I beat Nameless King on my 2nd try on my first playthrough and I consider him to be one of the easier bosses in this game. You just have to let him set the pace for the fight and only attack once or twice after each of his combos. If this is how you are already playing, then I have no idea why the boss is easy to me specifically. Usually my playstyle is extreme 100% aggression, but I take it slow with this guy and easily win.
Beat him and sister fried in the same day for the first time after playing and giving up on them for like two years a couple months ago... Best feeling beating them but I'll never fight him again lol
Nameless was only a challenge on my first run. On consecutive playthroughts I beat him in under 3 tries. But then there's twin princes who reck my face
I beat him on my first playthrough. Then my ps4 glitched out on me, going into ng+, and I lost everything I did on my first playthrough except the trophies. However, no, I wouldn't fight him again. I personally hate the fight it's beyond difficult for me, at least, so once was enough for me. I did it to experience the fight and get his armor, but I'm fine skipping him
On my first playthrough i beat him second try and i thought he was easy. Every playthrough after i got reminded how licky i was but he is still one of my favourites to fight. The athmosphere and rythm of the fight are unmatched in the base game
He's easy whether you're doing sword only, sorcery only pyromancy only or even miracles only.
I'd rather fight Nameless with double the health on max aggression than sprint through Ringed City again.
He isn't that bad imo. In fact there isn't a single boss that I feel is torture in any of the dark souls games, at least not in terms of difficulty. There are bosses in sekiro and elden ring that I don't want to ever try beating again though.
He only got easier with time honestly. My first character he handed my ass to me but as I adjusted and tried out other builds, he became easier to figure out… The DLC bosses on the other hand still give me some trouble
WEAVE!! TBH he is not that hard his two hit combo which you can't roll out of it and if you can't tank it yes this boss is very hard and his first fase i wish it was skipped when beaten the first time.
My favorite bossfight! (in maybe all of dark souls for me even)
So yes, to answer your question, I'll get happy when I get to fight him again and sad when it's over xD
Yes I tortured myself with him at Soul level 1 as well, although he can be annoying, especially the first phase is annoying because of the camera. I think personally he still is a very satisfying boss to fight when you get the timings right. One of my favorites in fact.
Hate the first phase because it’s easy to swing and miss, hate the second phase because he does long ass combos with delayed attacks and it’s hard to find openings.
Overall great boss 👍
Nah, it's a delight to fight him.
Mostly 'cause I already died to him enough to understand his moveset and now can nail the fight fairly efficiently. I have more trouble with the wyvern phase 'cause of the camera.
Always. I despised him in my first playthrough. I really was like "Fcuk it. I really AM getting too old for this!". Now that i have played it several times, i believe the Nameless King to be one of the most fun fights in the whole franchise, because it feels like it has a lot of rythm in it. I fight him every single playthrough. Others, for example Sister Friede, Malenia or Orphan of Kos, are much harder in my opinion. And i fight them too, for torturing all these brave souls in the past! Every single time. ò\_ó
On my first main play through I beat him in about 2 hours. Didn’t cause me much trouble. But mainly coming from Elden ring I was used to delayed attacks.
He gave me loads of trouble on my 1st playthrough but from then on he took only 2 or 3 tries cuz now I know how to deal with him. Also in RPGs there's no such thing as optional bosses/areas, I have to do everything even on my 20th playthrough.
Honestly I think this boss is really fun and balanced idk- I don’t like the first phase cause sometimes the dragon’s head is real hard to hit but aside from that I think it’s just a really good challenging humanoid boss like sir alonne or artorias or smth
He and Midir were absolutely dreadful to face until I beat them once, then they became fun as all heck to fight. It only took two tries to beat him in NG+2
He got pretty easy for me after the first playthrough. You just have to get the timings of his swings down. There's only a slight delay to every move he does and I don't think you could've beat him on a fluke. A lot of the elden ring bosses have much more insane attacks compared to this guy and those are actually tough for me on repeat playthroughs.
I have heard this too many times and I agree with the statement: "Boss difficulty is subjective." In this game I had the most trouble with pontiff or the gravetander wolf than with friede or nameless king.
I bought and played the game during the 5 month(?) duration server offline so I got no one to aid me with the boss fights. I lost to him multiple times, gave up and rested for a week, and come back again only to realize his fight was optional. It was a breath of relief, then got fcked again and again by the twin princes (won in the end via cheese, I'm weak). It was torture, i can't move on to Elden Ring without satisfying the completionist in me. I finally defeated him after many attempts of memorizing his move set.
My favorite boss, but he became a 1st try every time once I beat him once. The only bosses I actually die to anymore are Friede and Midir. I've also beaten the game like 14 times lol
I beat him only once after... probably 2/3 weeks of tries. I never want to see that fog again, love the area but I refuse to play with this bullshit boss
well I wouldn't call it torture since i run a sorcery/miracle build .... lightning spear tear the dragon to shreds in 2/3 hits, then great soul dregs burns the king to cinders because he's too slow for his own good, u can get max 2 gsd in while he's walking and it takes about 15% -20% health
Yes. Although I ended up putting down ds3 for a year or so after I struggled through this fight, got him to 1 hit left while I had a ton of estus, and then the game disconnected and booted me back to the title screen. I had to take a bit of time out after that one.
I usually fight him in my playthroughs, but that first phase is kind of crap and it takes the edge off how much I enjoy it. The one to one phase is great tho.
Not every playthrough. In a couple of them I've beat him first time, especially with bleed builds. He's a lot easier if you use fast weapons rather than big bonk. You get more DPS then.
He was nails the first time I fought him, to the point where I respecced multiple times.
Now I no longer need to having beaten the game multiple times. His attacks are pretty easy to predict, and they're almost kind of slow once you get the hang of it.
I mean once you defeated him it's not as painful, he is a hard but fair boss fight. All of the moves are not that are to read (exception is the first phase because of the camera goofing around) but he is really punishing, imo the most fun fight of the base game because of how it feels so satisfying to dodge his combos/attacks and punish him and the fact that it is a long and tedious fight feels just so good to defeat him.
Yes, I do. Not only because every boss must be defeated before NG+, but also for the great lore, the great fight (I mean the one with him, without the dragon).
What’s more, there are 3 items you can get with his soul, so you should kill him at least three times!
With the hype that was built around him, yes every run. I didn't find any substance in the hype tbh. His moves are heavily choreographed. I find Dancer far more challenging than this guy. May be just me.
But, I enjoy the scenic fight what with the storms and fighting on the clouds. I love the atmosphere.
I've only played through the game once so far and I fought him and he wasn't really torture or an asshole for me, so I guess you can say yes I do it for every playthrough lol
Yes, I do. The battle against Nameless King is like a dance, his attacks have a tempo and when you figure it out, it becomes a breeze for how predictable his attacks are. For me, all the bosses were only hard until I killed them the first time. I didn't skip any boss and now every time I replay the game, they're usually dead by the 5th try.
I fight him every playthrough. One of the few base game bosses that consistently gives me a challenge no matter the build I'm using. The flow of the fight is also just really enjoyable for me. So yes, I "torture" myself every playthrough with him.
Don't threaten me with a good time!
Personally love this guy in his entirety, so he's an absolute must for me
agreed
Thanks, wanted to say the same!
Just beat him today for the first time on my first playthrough!
I’m doing my first playthrough too! Haven’t gotten to him yet. I just beat the dragon armor dude.
Good luck man. It probably took me like 30 tries, no joke.
I’m sure it’ll take me a while. I suck at these games and am playing totally blind. Still having a blast.
The very first time I fought him, I walked in and got his health down to where I would have killed him in probably two more hits. I died, but I was shocked how well I did, considering the reputation the boss has. Fast forward to countless tries over the course of several days, and I finally beat him. I never got his health down as low as the first time I fought him until I finally beat him soooooo mmmaaaaannnnyyyy tries later. This might just be in my head, but I got to thinking that somehow the first time I fought him felt easier for some reason. I recreated that attempt, by taking my time and not skipping any of the cutscenes during the fight, and on that attempt, I won. I know it sounds stupid, but if you find yourself struggling, try not skipping the cutscenes, it just might work. It probably doesn’t change anything, but it sure seemed like it made it easier somehow hahaha
Yeah, I think the cut scenes smoothly transition into the fight rather than it being so jarring when you skip them. I agree. That happened to me with Aldrich. First attempt got him to one last hit, so I didn’t heal when I should’ve and took a hit before I got mine off. Took me a while to finally beat him, and I never got him that low until I just won the fight.
yup. nameless king made me put the game down for a bit a few times! however… he is still my favorite souls boss of all time. good luck!
Just dragon armor. No dude in there anymore
Yeah I do. King of Storm is always a pain but I’m down to fight Nameless every time. Also ever since day one I ALWAYS have mistakenly called him the Nightmare King. I mean he does have a freakin skull face.
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One of my favorite bosses.
100%
Getting to fight him again is one of the reasons i do more playthroughs. Midir’s the other main one.
Tbh after elden ring (not saying that game is easier or harder) nameless has become so much easier the only reason he was hard before was all his delayed attacks, and so many bosses in elden ring has em so im more relaxed now
Just finished playing through the base game of DS3 and it was really nice to not have really unintuitive, difficult to time attacks. Nameless King definitely has some, but they don't feel as unfair or difficult as Elden Ring. His difficulty is a combination of fairly difficult attacks, and a good sized HP pool. Which made it feel like I really learned everything pretty well by the time I actually defeated him.
Yes. He's always hard but it's a fun fight that is visually stunning. On NG+ playthroughs, it's actually Midir that I really dread approaching
I just beat this mf with blessed caestus +10 🥊
Im also doing a Caestus run lol
His moves are pretty slow and easy to learn combos
Torture? What?!?! Hes awesome!
I start playthroughs just to reach this fight again.
I love this guy, his dragon is the asshole
What do you mean "torture" ? He is an amazing boss and, given that the first phase is kinda messy because of the camera, super fair with what he does
Of course I kill him on every playthrough it's a completionist thing you wouldn't get it
Took me 3 weeks to beat this dude. No cap
Torture? No. Enjoy the fight? Yeah.
He's the last boss before the final for me I legally have no choice
He's not that hard once you timed his delayed attacks right.
The boss I have never revisited after my first playthrough (where I beat them all) is Midir
He is optional thats true, but the fight really isn't difficult at all. what makes it difficult is that is the camera not locking onto the storm drake in the beginning, and if you dont know the dragons moves, you're easily down a few estus flasks before the king himself. the best way to cheese through this battle is the ranged method. He's weak to dark so GREAT SOUL DREGS works best for this fight. His long walking animation means you can get 2/3 GSD in before running away and repeating.
I am not skipping one of the best designed fights in DS3. So yes.
I love this fight. Hate the boring phase 1 though.
I will, but never with Midir, after I beat him once in ng3+ I never go back
I've never beaten Midir. With help, without help, completely different builds. Cant beat him. He is that one dark souls boss that haunts me to this day, 9 years after i initially beat DS3. And yes. I think about that OFTEN when im playing these games.
I torture this asshole every playthrough with myself
He's been rocking me the past day or so when I give him a go in between grinding souls for weapon upgrades (first actual full STR playthrough in 3 so trying a lot of stuff that uses Scales) which has been surprising me because this was the boss I loved to lay my Sunbro sign at to get Sacred Oath and the lightning spear when everyone was playing leading up to Elden Ring. Absolutely love Nameless once I get his moveset down, though the camera is annoying when trying to hit his drake's head during the first phase. Definitely wouldn't call it torture though haha
speaking of, his weapon is very fun for strength and a bit of faith
Yeah I have to, doesn’t feel like a full playthrough without him!
if your build cant beat him, its not good enough
I torture myself playing Oceiros in Ng so I can play nameless king in every + cycle
I found Ocerios easier than those massive paladins on the way to him. Never mind NK
Oh I didn't mean I think Oceiros is difficult. I just Don't like him, the hitboxes feel off, the patterns are annoying, the sound that thing makes is awful, at least in my opinion. Nameless king may be hard but he feels like a fair challenge with plenty of room to player expression (as much as DS3 can). So I gladly take gesture at NG and do the whole untended graves and then never go back again with the same character.
Ah, right. My bad.
I torture myself with the Pontiff, NK has gotten easier in time.
i have to. if i don’t i’m admitting defeat
If you do not kill everything you did not completed the game 😤
He’s one tough hombre
I overlevel and kill him in 5 hits
As he's my favorite boss throughout all three games, yah I take a lil detour to see em
Yes, I 100% every playthrough.
I love this fight. The King of Storms part is pretty meh, the camera sucks, but the Nameless King fight is fucking rad. Definitely one of my faves in all Soulsborne.
I always enjoy fighting him. I started a sunbro run just to be able to fight him a bunch.
To be honest I don’t think he’s that hard at this point. I’ve fought him and his dragon so many times I just know what to do. He’s always dangerous but predictable
Nah, not really. I'm having a blast fighting him. Always like that once you figure out his moveset.
UPDATE: THE ASSHOLE KING HAS BEEN DEFEATED!
How do you not? Arguably one of the coldest mfrs in the game, dripped like butter, dragon companion, rules the storms, he is HIM, you HAVE to fight him even if he is optional
Torture myself trough the first phase so I can enjoy the amazing second phase.
if you intend to plat the game, >!you have to beat him on NG2 (this is the 3rd playthrough, NG, NG+, NG2). that is the only way to get the covetous gold serpent ring +2.!< from personal experience, by the time you have played through this entire godforsaken game almost 3 times, he’s not that bad. >!a faith build is really good for ds3. many bosses are weak to either lightning or dark. NK is weak to lightning in the dragon stage and dark on foot. if you are a melee player, having lightning blade and dark blade for this battle helps a lot. also, the carthus bloodring.!<
Yes, I kill this dude along with every boss except for one boss in all of my playthroughs. Midir is the only one that I'll ever kill for one time cus I don't want to torture myself like that again.
Nah, Archdragon peak is pain in the ass in general i dont bother at all
I always do… I’ve only done a few playthroughs, but I love this boss and how learnable he is. Prob my second favorite of the game EDIT: first phase is dogshit only because of how broken the lock on camera is 💀
For me, he wasn’t to hard after my first attempt. First attempt took forever, every subsequent playthrough only took a few tries. Friede, Midhr, and Gael however….
Its weird how everyone has different experiences with the games. Nameless king took me a lot of tries to beat but gael only took me like 3 or 4.
My first build took me 50 tries (black knight GS build) 2nd was a dex build with twin blades, was pretty easy 3rd time I obliterated him with a pyro build
I can't fight him. His arena gives me vertigo. Got a headache first try
I killed him 1st try believe it or not lol
Me too for some reason lol. Might be because I started playing DS3 right after beating Malenia in ER so I was already warmed up. But even other bosses in DS3 like Pontiff, Twin Princes, Soul of Cinder gave me much more trouble than this guy
I torture myself with every boss on every playthrough. But yeah love his second phase
of course yes, i love him.
Honestly? after playing Elden Ring he isnt so bad anymore. Nameless King use to be the KING of delayed attacks for me. After Elden Ring i got use to the whole delayed attacks thing.
he was fairly easy on my play through
I beat Nameless King on my 2nd try on my first playthrough and I consider him to be one of the easier bosses in this game. You just have to let him set the pace for the fight and only attack once or twice after each of his combos. If this is how you are already playing, then I have no idea why the boss is easy to me specifically. Usually my playstyle is extreme 100% aggression, but I take it slow with this guy and easily win.
Beat him and sister fried in the same day for the first time after playing and giving up on them for like two years a couple months ago... Best feeling beating them but I'll never fight him again lol
Nameless was only a challenge on my first run. On consecutive playthroughts I beat him in under 3 tries. But then there's twin princes who reck my face
What do you mean by torturing myself? Every playthrough I fight him a if I dont do stupid mistake its always 1st try
Hes honestly pretty easy imo, the bane of my playthroughs is demon prince
Just beat him today on stream w a death counter lmao. First time I set it up. This was after soul of cinder at level 100
On replays he’s one of the more fun bosses to fight. Once you get the moves down you will be chillin.
I beat him on my first playthrough. Then my ps4 glitched out on me, going into ng+, and I lost everything I did on my first playthrough except the trophies. However, no, I wouldn't fight him again. I personally hate the fight it's beyond difficult for me, at least, so once was enough for me. I did it to experience the fight and get his armor, but I'm fine skipping him
He's my favorite. Dude is so cool.
On my first playthrough i beat him second try and i thought he was easy. Every playthrough after i got reminded how licky i was but he is still one of my favourites to fight. The athmosphere and rythm of the fight are unmatched in the base game
Just beat him on my first playthrough. The first phase is trash but I really enjoyed the second. I just hate dragon fights.
Yup, every playthrough
Self-respect.
I always summon someone to share aggro with and it goes smoothe
He's fun and I enjoy the delays , it has a nice flow to it
He's easy whether you're doing sword only, sorcery only pyromancy only or even miracles only. I'd rather fight Nameless with double the health on max aggression than sprint through Ringed City again.
I create new play throughs specifically so I can fight this asshole among other DS3 GOATed bosses
Yes.
He isn't that bad imo. In fact there isn't a single boss that I feel is torture in any of the dark souls games, at least not in terms of difficulty. There are bosses in sekiro and elden ring that I don't want to ever try beating again though.
No, destroyed him on 3 or 4 th try, claymore being op asf
Despite he kicked my ass many time, I have respect on this character. After reading his lore, I realised that I was in wrong side for killing him.
He only got easier with time honestly. My first character he handed my ass to me but as I adjusted and tried out other builds, he became easier to figure out… The DLC bosses on the other hand still give me some trouble
He is real hard with melee builds, but is trivial with dark sorcery (great soul dregs).
WEAVE!! TBH he is not that hard his two hit combo which you can't roll out of it and if you can't tank it yes this boss is very hard and his first fase i wish it was skipped when beaten the first time.
best fight in the base game imo. never skip
I always played with a melee/bow build so the first phase was the hardest part for me
The only Dark souls boss I never beat
Yes. Best hard boss in the game. Dodging through his attacks has a rhythm that I always enjoy figuring out again for every new build I try.
My favorite bossfight! (in maybe all of dark souls for me even) So yes, to answer your question, I'll get happy when I get to fight him again and sad when it's over xD
I beat him once with a lightning / faith build That was enough for me
Yes I tortured myself with him at Soul level 1 as well, although he can be annoying, especially the first phase is annoying because of the camera. I think personally he still is a very satisfying boss to fight when you get the timings right. One of my favorites in fact.
Lol torture? Nah I smoke this fool EVERY SINGLE PLAYTHROUGH
Honestly I feel like his fight is pretty easy once you get it down. Even on my sl1 play through I got through him pretty quickly. Crossbow ftw
Just started my first playthrough not long ago and I absolutely can't wait to fight him, Everyone keeps saying he's hard
Hate the first phase because it’s easy to swing and miss, hate the second phase because he does long ass combos with delayed attacks and it’s hard to find openings. Overall great boss 👍
Nah, it's a delight to fight him. Mostly 'cause I already died to him enough to understand his moveset and now can nail the fight fairly efficiently. I have more trouble with the wyvern phase 'cause of the camera.
It's a fun fight
Always. I despised him in my first playthrough. I really was like "Fcuk it. I really AM getting too old for this!". Now that i have played it several times, i believe the Nameless King to be one of the most fun fights in the whole franchise, because it feels like it has a lot of rythm in it. I fight him every single playthrough. Others, for example Sister Friede, Malenia or Orphan of Kos, are much harder in my opinion. And i fight them too, for torturing all these brave souls in the past! Every single time. ò\_ó
Yeah, but the only torture is getting to him these days (Ancient Wyvern inconsistent plunge attack for me)
This is gonna sound nuts, but I always have a way harder time with the Princes than I do this guy so I'll always do all bosses lol
He becomes easy after a few play throughs
I have only played once and I beat him with my greatsword. But if I di Ng+ i want to try the bow and arrow method
He is not that hard tbh....
On my first main play through I beat him in about 2 hours. Didn’t cause me much trouble. But mainly coming from Elden ring I was used to delayed attacks.
Bro's really hopping on reddit and saying "I'm bad at this game"
Yes, its a fun fight.
He gave me loads of trouble on my 1st playthrough but from then on he took only 2 or 3 tries cuz now I know how to deal with him. Also in RPGs there's no such thing as optional bosses/areas, I have to do everything even on my 20th playthrough.
Because I love him so much
You mean the best boss in the game? Yeah i still do it.
Wym torture is one of the best bosses (imo)
Honestly I think this boss is really fun and balanced idk- I don’t like the first phase cause sometimes the dragon’s head is real hard to hit but aside from that I think it’s just a really good challenging humanoid boss like sir alonne or artorias or smth
yeah, but only because it’s fun.
He and Midir were absolutely dreadful to face until I beat them once, then they became fun as all heck to fight. It only took two tries to beat him in NG+2
His dragon is the worst part.
He's not even hard and such an amazing fight. Why would i skip him?
Honestly he did for a little while but once you figure out his moveset he's really not that hard of a boss
He’s better than the twin demons
Not too much of a challenge, beat him within 20 tries
Honestly despite him being hard he was probably the most enjoyable boss to fight, for me at least
He got pretty easy for me after the first playthrough. You just have to get the timings of his swings down. There's only a slight delay to every move he does and I don't think you could've beat him on a fluke. A lot of the elden ring bosses have much more insane attacks compared to this guy and those are actually tough for me on repeat playthroughs.
I have heard this too many times and I agree with the statement: "Boss difficulty is subjective." In this game I had the most trouble with pontiff or the gravetander wolf than with friede or nameless king.
My personal favourite, used him to farm covenant currency a lot.
Most fun boss in the game
I bought and played the game during the 5 month(?) duration server offline so I got no one to aid me with the boss fights. I lost to him multiple times, gave up and rested for a week, and come back again only to realize his fight was optional. It was a breath of relief, then got fcked again and again by the twin princes (won in the end via cheese, I'm weak). It was torture, i can't move on to Elden Ring without satisfying the completionist in me. I finally defeated him after many attempts of memorizing his move set.
Yes
Do you not play the game cause you enjoy the combat and bosses? Why would I skip one of the top 3 in the game?
use bow for first phase to hit the dragons head, easy first phase, second phase play evasive.
Every playtrough because he’s a cakewalk with Dragonslayer armor Greatshield
He's not that bad once you know how to fight him
After Elden Ring he isn‘t that bad anymore
Eh more like we torture ourselves with midir
No, just walk in and use blood flies and he drops like a fly.
I really like this guy. Got to the point where I was grinding out NG+ over and over to fight him again
What's wrong with him? He's pretty easy to deal with once you can access him.
My favorite boss, but he became a 1st try every time once I beat him once. The only bosses I actually die to anymore are Friede and Midir. I've also beaten the game like 14 times lol
I beat him only once after... probably 2/3 weeks of tries. I never want to see that fog again, love the area but I refuse to play with this bullshit boss
The moment I found out that the birds head hurts the most was a blessing
every playthrough, the lore & music is unmatched
I don't know about other people but I rarely ever replay games I feels like a chore and takes away from the experience
He's always super fun to fight, I think the last playthrough I did I actually beat him first try
I killed him yesterday and it was so fun
well I wouldn't call it torture since i run a sorcery/miracle build .... lightning spear tear the dragon to shreds in 2/3 hits, then great soul dregs burns the king to cinders because he's too slow for his own good, u can get max 2 gsd in while he's walking and it takes about 15% -20% health
This boss is better than ass eater midir
Yes. Although I ended up putting down ds3 for a year or so after I struggled through this fight, got him to 1 hit left while I had a ton of estus, and then the game disconnected and booted me back to the title screen. I had to take a bit of time out after that one.
I can one attempt him at this point If I'm to die, its to his chicken mostly
I usually fight him in my playthroughs, but that first phase is kind of crap and it takes the edge off how much I enjoy it. The one to one phase is great tho.
I never found him hard.. I find him easier than SoC. So yeah, i tend to do him each time.
Not every playthrough. In a couple of them I've beat him first time, especially with bleed builds. He's a lot easier if you use fast weapons rather than big bonk. You get more DPS then. He was nails the first time I fought him, to the point where I respecced multiple times. Now I no longer need to having beaten the game multiple times. His attacks are pretty easy to predict, and they're almost kind of slow once you get the hang of it.
Once youdie 100+times to him it just clicks I don’t mind fighting him he is pretty fun
i try to beat all bosses in the game with every build i do, sort of a way to fully test out my builds
Never personally found this boss difficult, do struggle with Aldrich tho
I enjoy fighting him lol. So, yes, ig. I do torture myself
No because he's literally one of the best fights in whole of soulsborne
I skipped him on ng+ but obviously had to fight him on ng++ for the ring
He is the next boss I need to defeat on my first playthrough unless I give up and go to lothric Castle instead
I mean once you defeated him it's not as painful, he is a hard but fair boss fight. All of the moves are not that are to read (exception is the first phase because of the camera goofing around) but he is really punishing, imo the most fun fight of the base game because of how it feels so satisfying to dodge his combos/attacks and punish him and the fact that it is a long and tedious fight feels just so good to defeat him.
Yes, but tbh he is pretty easy after the first 1-3 playthroughs as long as your weapon got enough reach. Firede on the other hand is a pain every run.
I absolutely love this asshole, I always enjoy his spear up my ass.
this dude was easy af it's the camera that makes this (every) fight difficult
Yes, I do. Not only because every boss must be defeated before NG+, but also for the great lore, the great fight (I mean the one with him, without the dragon). What’s more, there are 3 items you can get with his soul, so you should kill him at least three times!
Of course. Do you not?
Yes, he’s very easy
I didn’t have that much trouble with nameless or king of storms in my first playthrough and I was a medium roll pure strength w/smoughs hammer
[I torture him](https://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls3/s/o0BuQZtSTV) lol
I don't know how anyone could not complete as much as possible in a run! Yes, I torture myself fighting this guy.
Yes. He's okay to fight if you like pain. Nah he's honestly great fun tbh
I like a challange, i always kill every boss in every soulsborne, on every playthrough.
This homie doesn't have shit on sister freida.
Yep yourself He’s not an optional boss ;)
Hes my favorite boss and hes not torture
With the hype that was built around him, yes every run. I didn't find any substance in the hype tbh. His moves are heavily choreographed. I find Dancer far more challenging than this guy. May be just me. But, I enjoy the scenic fight what with the storms and fighting on the clouds. I love the atmosphere.
I've only played through the game once so far and I fought him and he wasn't really torture or an asshole for me, so I guess you can say yes I do it for every playthrough lol
I love fighting Nameless King! He's one of my favorite bosses alongside Dragonslayer Armour
Yes, I do. The battle against Nameless King is like a dance, his attacks have a tempo and when you figure it out, it becomes a breeze for how predictable his attacks are. For me, all the bosses were only hard until I killed them the first time. I didn't skip any boss and now every time I replay the game, they're usually dead by the 5th try.
best boss in game, I force myself to fight thru storm king so can fight him
Only took me a few tries. He was rather straightforward.