10 Best Dark Souls Bosses - Ranked

When Dark Souls hit shelves, not even the developers FromSoftware could have predicted the impact it would have on the next decade of gaming.

Not only did it spawn two brilliant sequels, it also created its own mini-genre, with multiple Souls-like games such as Code Vein taking inspiration from the series to capitalise upon its popularity.

That’s not to mention the constant headlines saying “this game is the Dark Souls of [insert genre]”, further cementing the reputation that Souls had for being relentlessly difficult.

The bosses of the games, however, were a bit of a mixed bag. Some of them were surprisingly easy to fight, others were only difficult because of the environment rather than the creature itself.

That being said, there were some standout bosses in all three of the games, and if you’ve played them all, ready yourself for some stressful memories before going ahead with this list.

In most boss battles you can summon one or more other people to help you out, but the Darklurker turns the tables on the player.

But in this case, not only are you forced to face the Darklurker solo, with summoning unavailable, but about halfway through the boss will split itself into two, essentially summoning itself.

It’s a rare case of a boss battle being a 2-on-1 in the creature's favour. Additionally, this boss can turn invisible, teleport at will, use portals to make his attacks more accurate and shoot up to six fireballs at you at once.

It’s a nightmare having your own advantage from other boss battles taken away and used against you, and we should count ourselves lucky that this boss was only optional.