Looking at victory stats (PS3) from Dark Souls II: Beyond The Bonfire, there are three bosses that have been bested considerably less than the rest. Not surprisingly, these bosses are all optional, so some players may not even know they exist. Be warned that we’re heading into serious spoiler territory, especially if you’re just picking up the game for the first time to play on PC.
Dark Souls 2 remains a divisive entry in the landmark RPG franchise, but Hidetaka Miyazaki believes it led to the success of Elden Ring.
DS2 was fine. While there was a bit of recycling assets or ideas for bosses, it was a bigger more open Dark Souls. The Fume knight boss is one of the hardest bosses in the series until Sekiro and Elden Ring were released.
The problem with Dark Souls 2 was the same problem when a different director takes over for a sequel to an outstanding movie. It typically (there are exceptions) doesn’t have the feel and vision of the previous movie.
I wouldn’t say Dark Souls 2 is terrible. Had Dark Souls 1 never been a thing and we got this, I think it would have been praised more. The problem is it didn’t have the Miyazaki touch to it and felt pretty derivative. The soundtrack is a banger though.
And it will happen in the future when he doesn’t touch them as he is planning on.
I like DS 2, might even be my favorite of the 3. But it's a hard sell, there's so many obscure things you need to do to make it an enjoyable experience. So always find it hard to recommend, but it is worth the trouble.
TheGamer writes, "Some weapons resist the test of time."
The Nerd Stash: “Whether you’re here to gloat about your victories or to see what the fuss is about, we present to you the hardest bosses in the Souls series.”
I beat them all with my fists and no hits were taken. What do you mean you don't believe me? I used a guitar hero controller!!!
All the bosses are only from Dark Souls. No Bloodborne, Sekiro, Elden Ring, or Demon Souls
Vendrick? easiest boss in the game once you have the Giant Souls (which are not hard to get)
Ancient Dragon? yeah, pretty tough, after 50 attempts I got him, I learned it's MUCH easier doing it solo (and changing my characters stats around using a Soul Vessel)
DarkLurker? again not very tough if you can dodge its attacks
Ancient dragon is pretty damn tough. Definitely solo like they^ said.
yup
Ya vendrick and darklurker weren't that bad. I think I died once or twice before beating them. But that ancient dragon was rough. I died at least twenty to thirty times before beating it. I ended up beating it solo as well. It was easier that way cause u could control and predict his moves better that way. For me might of been the hardest boss in the soul series so far.
Those 3 are the hardest in the game imo.
Dark Lurker was the toughest for me on my pure melee build i hear he's pretty easy if you use pyromancy tho.
Vendrick was tougher than it was supposed to be because i only had 4 giant souls and i didn't know about the 5th, it wasn't tough per say but it required some patience.
The Ancient Dragon was a drag and i had to try it a bunch of times until i learned to go solo, leave a big part of my stamina bar filled when he's about to fly, and run for his tail every time, but it still required huge patience, and one error essentially means you're dead since he one shots me (even his stomp one shots me).