Best Bosses from Dark Souls 1

This was honestly the boss that gave me the most trouble on my first playthrough. His lightning fast attacks and ridiculous flips, not to mention all of his distance closing attacks makes this a relentless fight, but it's so satisfying to beat him.

This boss is amazing, I love how it always keeps you on your toes. The entire fight is uncomfortable having two powerful enemies charging at which almost simulates a real life fight. people always say they quit on Ornstein and Smough, how could you quit on them as cool as they are. Also the design of the fight along with the music creates a perfect atmosphere for the biggest climax in the game, overall 100/10.

I personally never saw the extreme hype about this boss. It is very good, but the design isn't anywhere near as good as people make it out to be. There is next to no contrast in terms of sped and damage between the two, their appearances only give the impression of that. I feel that while this boss is fun and one of the few multi-target bosses to not be terrible, it still feels like 2 aggressive enemies going at you at the same time.

As well as being one of the hardest fights in the game, the fight with Manus is extremely fun. It combines the high defensive capabilities of an endurance boss like Fume Knight, with the raw speed and offensive power of a mechanical boss like Sir Alonne. I found the frantic nature of the battle to be amazingly fun.

Manus is the hardest fight in the game but somehow it feels just as fair

The music alone makes him one of my favourite bosses. The sadness of it combined with the sheer majesty reminds me so much of Roxas' theme from KH2. The boss himself is quite challenging and fun, as turtling behind your shield won't work very well, due to his sword being on fire. The main issue with the boss is how he can be trivialised with parrying.

This boss is a case of something great that could have been so much greater. The way the boss is structured is essentially a dps test. I believe that to make this boss even better, each of the kings could be different. That said, the boss is still really good as is.

This is an intense fight that reflects everything dark souls is about

Hands down the most sad boss in the series, the lore about him only fighting you to protect you from the abyss, the fact that he spends his life guarding his master's grave, the fact that he begins to limp as he becomes close to death, everything about him. His fight isn't too bad either, forcing you to actively dodge as he will wipe out your stamina if you block. He probably has my favourite design in the series, a dog holding a sword in his mouth.

While this boss isn't necessarily well liked, I find it to be great. He himself isn't that difficult or great in any way, but the skeleton army that joins the battle makes it cool as you keep trying to lead Nito's attacks into the regenerating skeletons. He also looks awesome.

Depending on what weapon you have will depend on how difficult the fight is. Any overhead weapon can make this boss a non-threat as you can stunlock her. However, the fight itself is well designed as it is all about limiting movement. As the fight goes on Quelaag will spit more and more lava onto the floor in order to limit where you can go, making it essential to always be behind her.

This boss is where stuff gets real, the boss is very tough on your first playthrough as you have no idea about the many different easy ways to beat them, you can get 2 different summons and have pine resin, making this boss easy. However, the surprise the first time that second gargoyle came down will always be a fond memory of this game.

As with the sanctuary guardian, I would like this boss a lot more if I couldn't beat her with my eyes closed. Her invisibility concept is creative, but it really takes away from the fight when a boss only has 3 attacks.