Dark Souls: 10 Most Disgustingly-Programmed Boss Fights

9. Knight Artorias

The character Knight Artorias was a bit of a fan-favourite. Though we'd never seen him, his story was particularly interesting and he sounded like one heck of a cool guy, so it was enough to make us giddy when we heard that we'd be able to fight him the DLC €“ 'Artorias of the Abyss'. But, it being Dark Souls and everything, he turned out to be a giant douche. Not in the story sense €“ he definitely is still a cool guy €“ but in the sense that he really, really enjoyed repeatedly sending our sorry behinds back to the bonfire. He was a bit of a baiter €“ he'd give you the opportunity to get a few cheeky stabs in, but then would basically say "PSYCHE!", and swing his sword at you with uncanny speed. His giant leap was one particularly nasty move; it was extremely hard to dodge and if he was in his super-abyss mode, could easily kill you in one. And let's not forget his slime throwing attack which was basically a b*tch-slap. This fight teased you into becoming cocky, thinking that you were gaining the upper hand, and then in seconds had you screaming un-godly curses every few minutes.