Dark Souls 3: Ranking Bosses Strength Based on Lore

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  @BestiaryYT · 2 years ago · pinned

  Peep the description for timestamps, Youtube is being funny on getting them embedded on this video.

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  @icetide9411 · 2 years ago

  "Two nobodies fighting at the end of the world" will always be the best way to end such an expansive story

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  @Chair-sama · 2 years ago

  Imagine being Pontiff Sullivahn, a being at the height of their power, wielding the majority of the major forces of the world and even catalysts for threats that could end the Age of Fire like the Profaned Flame and Aldritch himself. Nothing really stands in your way anymore, but suddenly a lone Ashen One arrives in Lothric, killing your most successful Outrider Knights, decimating your forces, defeating you and the god-devouring weapon you had on your leash, as well as pretty much everything else in sight. <br><br>The humiliation must be immense

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  @harmoniousdiscord7411 · 2 years ago

  I&apos;m not going to lie, your final speech about Slave Knight Gael was truly inspiring.

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  @yabarber6902 · 2 years ago

  Gael as #1 is very fitting. People keep saying SoC should be stronger because he’s the amalgamation of every champion, but Gael is everything at the end. Minus you and that one random ring knight in the corner of the map. He’s also the only boss at the end of time. No he doesn’t lead you to him because he’s weak, it’s because he knew he would go mad and knew you would be the only one good enough to put him down because you would try again and again until you won

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  @gr33dl0cknein3 · 2 years ago

  There&apos;s a missed lore bit that states Aldritch can manifest miracles and powers just by dreaming about them, one of his transpositions was Priscilla&apos;s Life Hunt ability. Aldritch never met Priscilla, he dreamt about her or her power. This makes Aldritch power potentially infinite.

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  @troggdorthesecond · 1 year ago

  Little late to the party, but Ocelot isn&apos;t a hallucination brought on by Oceiros. He is a REAL baby. Has a model and everything, he&apos;s just literally invisible when we fight the Consumed King, so Oceiros isn&apos;t AS mad as you give him credit for. If anything, he&apos;s crazier. Since halfway through the fight when he realizes Ocelot is just as weak as Lothric, he crushes him into paste and goes on a full dragon rampage.

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  @milesbringhams6869 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Personally while I agree in terms of influence Sullivan is perhaps the greatest and most powerful figure in the entirety of the main game, head to head I don&apos;t believe he is the most powerful entity in the main game. Sullivan relied on trickery, politics and an expansive network of powerful underlings to attain the zenith of his power, not his own strength. <br><br>The Pontiff is certainly an incredibly powerful entity, with a stacked arsenal but limited battle feats.<br>(A) He is the most powerful member of the Dark Moon Nights, and as such is a master of Dark Moon sorceries. <br>(B) An incredibly skilled swordsman. <br>(C) Can wield the power of the profaned flame, which was at one point able to nuke the profaned capital. <br>(D) Can wield sorceries of the deep. <br>(E) Was able to command the loyalty of Aldrich, an incredibly powerful lord of cinder. Though it is unknown wether it was simply Sullivan&apos;s might or his silver tongue and propaganda that won him Aldrich&apos;s loyalty; because let&apos;s face it Aldrich has been manipulated before, he&apos;s not exactly the smartest. <br>(F) He might be part tree.<br><br>I couldn&apos;t find anywhere that said he explicitly overpowered Aldrich or Gwyndolin. From my understanding Sullivan and Aldrich made some sort of mutual agreement, while Gwyndolin was taken when he was sick or poisoned, and far from his best. Don&apos;t get me wrong usurping the Dark Sun is quite the feat but Sullivan didn&apos;t accomplish this via combat. He either did it by poisoning Gwydolin or god lucky because Gwydolin was just dyeing for some reason, maybe sickness. Poisoning a powerful got with deep sorceries or some other underhanded tactic is very different from besting him in one on one combat. <br><br>Also why would the Pontiff, if he was so powerful, not take some action against the Twin Princess? Probably because they hold a similar animosity towards the age of fire. But there are still powerful forces in Lothric which want to link the flame so why not simply eliminate the potential threat? My guess is because he views the Twin Princess as an enemy too dangerous to risk antagonising, one he isn&apos;t confident he could defeat... at least without the help of Aldbitch. <br><br>It is for these reasons I cannot in good conscience put Pontiff Sullivan above the Nameless King, Twin Princess, or Midir. Remember, Midir IS an everlasting dragon + abyss powers which puts him above you average Everlasting Dragon. At least for me. <br><br>Gael number 1 tho no question.

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  @geoffreysorkin5774 · 2 years ago

  Minor correction about Aldrich. &nbsp;The Gwyndolin we see is not a manifestation. &nbsp;It is the actual body of Gwyndolin that Aldrich controls while still consuming them. &nbsp;We know this because we can actually hear Gwyndolin crying out during the boss battle.

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  @bigmannn2443 · 2 years ago

  For the gravetender I think it definitely deserves that spot maybe even lower than the greatwood since that hollow that we fight isn&apos;t even the champion that once participated in the arena, that hollow is simply just someone that takes care of the champion&apos;s grave and I&apos;m assuming that he&apos;s partnered up with the wolves because the wolves themselves recognize that this man is only here to tend to their former master&apos;s grave

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  @kiracaroso · 2 years ago

  That final speech. You wrote a warrior&apos;s speech and an eulogy for the character. Good stuff, very inspiring.

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  @JohnSmith-tg9wc · 2 years ago

  Hmmm given the Ancient Wyvern&apos;s size, power, stone-like appearance and location, I think it&apos;s safe to assume it&apos;s one of the original wyverns or the progenitor of the wyvern species. Without the plunge attack gimmick it&apos;s a really tough fight and it really does look a lot like an ancient dragon...

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