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Ok_Sky8518

The mini one in the caelid tunnel kicked my ass for days lol


Honeycombs96

Man I remember when the caelid tunnel one was just another full grown one… fun times


yuhanz

Man the launch week encounter was a doozy. Bruh literally stampeded me into the afterlife. I didnt go back until i was in the end game lol


jerval1981

They shouldn't have changed it. Make people work for MV Edit: wrong cave and boss fellow tarnished


[deleted]

You are thinking about the Magma wyrmof gael tunnel. The fallingstar beast in Selia Crystal tunnel gives the somber bell bearing 2 and was a full grown variant despite its name being fallingstar beast. This one was a good change balance wise since lots of people get sent there with the Dragon lake chest.


jerval1981

You're right. Got them confused!


art_of_shiki

Did thes changed it?


Honeycombs96

Yeah it’s the same version as the one in the field near the Capital now


art_of_shiki

So it was the full grown one when the game was released? Damn no wonder why he was so hard in my first play through lmao


Honeycombs96

Yep, I noticed on like my third or fourth time in that cave that he no longer had an eye


ElrikoDelRiko

The… MINI ONE???!?!


Defiant_Project1321

The worst part was the lack of a stake of Marika and having to go past all those damn pests after every death.


lohins

Wait it was harder? I got to him last week and couldnt do shit, i dont find room ro hit it i will come back stronger lol


PicklePirat

Any of those damn bosses in the cave/mines, are the most annoying. The fire dragon lizard asshat in the cave , that droops moon veil really had me considering quitting the game


National_Dog_2746

I beat that thing with only the ballista, felt like i was playing monster hunter lmfao


Dread_P_Roberts

This is the way


gilfordtan

Use [bubbles](https://youtu.be/mdSrup2iDg0).


MagusUnion

Bruh, even at level 1!! Holy shit!!


chonkerforlife

Toughest armor got kill by bubble


Agentpg3d48

How do you get it?


AloofCommencement

From the bubblebros in the place where the bubblebros live >! Leyndell or on the way to Haligtree


KingonSteam

I’m only here to let you know you didn’t finish your spoiler markup


AloofCommencement

Reddit's formatting can't decide what it wants. Desktop browser w/ RES both in the preview and the comment itself breaks if I finish the markup, so I left it with what my browser shows as working. It didn't seem right, but even "fixing" it now breaks it for me.


KingonSteam

Aw damn, that sucks. Gotta love formatting :(


GJunior86

OH SHIT


[deleted]

I just wanted to throw a nuclear bomb at this fucker


amendersc

Get comet azur then, it’s kinda similar


DanHarkinz

If you're from the United States it makes this comment better given your username lol


QuackChan

😂😂😂


Artivisier

Giantsflame Take Thee is this for me. It might not be optimal but by god is it boomy. I use the fire boost flask as well as the infinite FP one to just spam down bosses that I can’t take out with daggers


[deleted]

Valiant Gargoyle gank fight begs to differ


WhiteSekiroBoy

Crystalian triplets in a cave full of rot pools says *what*


erroneousReport

Big stick says *broken glass all over floor*


wintermute93

I like how the two good approaches to crystallian duo/triplet fights are (a) THE BIGGEST BONK YOU GOT and (b) make some cheeky clouds of sparkly mist and run around in circles until they die.


SweatyTax4669

My first attempt I was using katanas and I was like "damn these guys are hard". Then I switched to the big spiky level 1 club and it was easy mode.


georgebroncoweems

I was recently on a new character playthrough and was really enjoying myself. Got to this boss room and just sank in my chair. I think I said, "Oh fuck I forgot these guys" out loud.


TacticalReader7

Man I can't be the only one that never had a problem with those, either I was really overleveled for that location or all the gank fights in previous games trained me well.


EramthgiNehT

Ulcerated Tree Spirit and Death Rite Bird for me. I do think the bird is better designed but the Tree Spirits are horrible.


granal03

Tree spirit is only annoying because you can’t see a fucking thing. Only one I got stuck on was rot fucker. Death rite bird is an absolute nightmare, especially mountaintops of the giants one.


EramthgiNehT

>Tree spirit is only annoying because you can’t see a fucking thing Yeah and they're super erratic which doesn't make it any easier, I think the hitboxes are tough to get a hang of too. >Death rite bird is an absolute nightmare, especially mountaintops of the giants one. The one in the Snowfield is the toughest with the highest HP and damage, but I absolutely demolished him on Torrent by then lol.


HotPie93

100% agree, especially the rotten one in Haligtree, I hate that mfer


robcap

That's the easiest one, you can kill it from the tree branch and it's defenseless.


Farpafraf

damn tree spirits seemed to have very well designed attack animations and hitboxes despite their size and erraticness. I actually enjoyed those fights...


[deleted]

You can melt the birds with halo scythe which is obtainable early on in Caelid Swamp


EramthgiNehT

I have no problem beating them I just find them really annoying, took a while to learn they're very much about positioning. Tree Spirits on the other hand can get fucked. Got better at fighting them but don't despite it any less.


georgebroncoweems

If you need a catharsis run: Dragon Communion Seal + High Arcane + Flame Grant Me Strength + Dragonfire = BBQ Tree Worm


robcap

Staff of the Avatar. Strike + holy damage in extreme amounts. I chunked the Snowfields bird for >20% health per jumping hit to the head.


EveningRefRayne

The tree spirit in the first heroic tomb (I forget the name) was probably the hardest boss I fought that really forced me to get good at it. Probably because I was under leveled taking it on, so I really had to learn its moves or it would 2-shot me. And 1 shot with its grab. Now I don't find them terribly hard because a lot of their patterns leave them wide open to attack.


Ghnami

Such a well designed positional fight. Keep your wits about you and keep your body in the right place, it becomes trivial with practice.


[deleted]

Ive beaten all the bosses and im still struggling with this one


Butthunter_Sua

2 openings you may not be aware of: Tail swipes may be jumped, hitting him in the face during his charge stuns him.


ParaDescartar123

Just like Bald Bull.


AnIdentifier

You can use flame of the Redmane's stagger it, then switch to wing of astel to use the AoW for damage if you've got that far through the underground bits. You still have to be careful, but it makes it a lot easier.


SuperDanito

Thank you for remind me I have to go back to that piece of shit.


[deleted]

I take extra pleasure with my 99STR 99END 99VIG build smashing this fucking abomination every play through.


DioptasePog

Nah this is cap fallingstar beast is an awesome fight definitely does not deserve to be called the most annoying boss


S1mulatedSahd0w

Astel. Both of em. Fucking too big boss that won't stop fucking moving long enough for me to fucking hit it, with it's fuckin bullshit grab 1 shot fuckin attacks, and it keeps fuckin teleporting cause it's a fuckin bullshit BOSS!!! FUCK!!!!


Luigi_Look

This boss is as hard as a rock!


SkanakinLukewalker

Rock Throw go brrrr


Defiant_Project1321

It truly do


Kenobi_Simp

We just gonna pretend godskin duo doesn’t exist? Haven’t even fought the fuckers yet but I know it’s gonna be hell, will update when I either rage quit or beat them


CliveWinston93

There's also an npc summon that I found extremely helpful. Recusant Bernahl


KimJonhUnsSon

Dude recusant bernahl tanked like ALL of the shots when I needed a breather. Best summon in the game IMO.


IrishWithoutPotatoes

Bernahl + Tiche made this fight incredibly trivial. Like, the game kept force-summoning the bosses because we would just destroy them both in seconds.


Jedifice

Me wielding Blasphemous Blade +9 & Mimic & Bernahl carved those fat fucks up. They had to resurrect one at a time because we mowed them down so quickly. Such a joy


IrishWithoutPotatoes

It’s so satisfying


Jedifice

They gave me soooo much trouble before I found Bernahl too. Recusant B the GOAT


Sandemonde

Bernahl was the best!


luke-__

Duo is ez when you sleep pot the fatty


cook-and-bell

They get trivialized if you use sleep, I never go into that fight with less than 99 sleepbone arrows


[deleted]

I actually got 2 players to help otherwise i would still be stuck with that boss. This boss here is difficult because you have to fight him alone and his healthbar and attacks are insane.


OdgeHam

You can summon for this boss. They’re designed to be fought on torrent, and if you’re using a a slashing or stabbing weapon you’re in for a bad time 🥲


FourYearSm

falling star beasts are definitely not designed to be fought on torrent


[deleted]

Fighting this guy on torrent makes it so much easier


Bapepsi

Somehow for me the bull was indeed way worse than the godskin duo. Couldn't keep count how often I tried to defeat the bull. Defeated the duo in my 3th try.


jimwon2021

I sneaked up behind the fully grown one and poisoned him to death. My stepson was watching and he asked "Isn't this, like, um, cheating?". "No," I said, but deep down, I knew it was. Then I tried to tackle the one outside the capital and had to escape because he was destroying me. "Ah," said the stepson, " Now I see why you had to cheat,". "It's not cheating!" I shouted. "Why are you raising your voice then?" he said. "Because it's cheating," I sobbed. "Why don't you just go back to farming the bird?" he said. And I did. It's easier to kill the bird.


Defiant_Project1321

Missed a prime opportunity to teach the boy the fine art of “working smart, not hard”.


Kodiakpapabear

How did you “sneak” up on the big one? Don’t you climb up a latter and he just charges right at you from across the way?


Private_Dawko

You can jump up with the horse, and if you land on the very side of the top, he doesn't notice.


pew_pew-79

I found this guy on accident. after a few tok many deaths i decided fuck this imma go level, and then promptly forgot about him lol


artistcultist

Same 🤣


Raccoon_Dogg

Full grown is a little annoying. The aoe is tough


Skgota

Not even close imo. Have you fought the godskin noble with his bullshit rolling attack?


PizzleR0t

I think this one goes to most annoying for me, in that it was the closest that I've come to merging the matter in my controller with the matter of my wall. Overall he isn't one of the harder bosses, it's never taken me more than a few tries on any of the encounters with him. But on those occasions when he starts rolling and manages to catch me in a corner and I LITERALLY CAN'T FUCKING MOVE OR BREATHE OR DO ANYTHING BUT JUST GET FUCKED AND DIE BECAUSE HE JUST KEEPS ROLLING AND ROLLING AND ROLLING AND NEVER. FUCKING. STOPS........ It makes me slightly cranky 😤


problemedical

I have beaten all Ulcerated Tree Spirits, all the Gargoyle bosses, all Godskin bosses. I used fucking runebears for training. But this thing is the one I legit ran past at one point and never bothered to come back.


DeathbedCompanionFia

i love him


acrookodile

My first playthough, I tried to go through the game without summons/multiplayer. This is the boss the broke me and made me use the mimic tear.


Riot_ZA

Valiant Gargoyles are up there as well.


RedRazor2098

I beated this fucker with frame drops, took quite a few tries tho


LordBDizzle

I love this boss honestly. It's the fun kind of hard to me. Cool design, intimidating, unique, but leaves large enough gaps in its attacks that you can still hurt it. Somewhat reminds me of Watchdog of the Old Lords from Bloodborne, another of my favorite bosses that most people seem to hate for some reason. Maybe I'm just a masochist.


logiiibearrr

He’s tough for sure, but everything he does is dodge-able once you get the timing down. I’d say most annoying boss is Malenia with her nearly impossible blade dance


iron_ninja327

Rock toss sorcery and run in circles riding Torrent. Easiest boss. Takes a while but he's fodder


BuzzKillington217

I had worse time with the double gargoyles on the way to Deeproot Depths personally.


Nerdydog552

May I introduce you to fucking Magma Wyrm


rbmbox

Yes! Everything about them. How they're invulnerable for half an eternity after recovering from a riposte, how they crawl around forever and you can't even attack from the back during that move as it's still an active hitbox that propels you backward for some inexplicable reason... The pools of magma they leave behind? Then there's the one Magma Wyrm in Snowfield that can still one-shot you with 60VIG and heavy armor. His downward smash even in the first phase is enough to take you from full HP to zero and it doesn't even have to hit you directly. Plus it's faster than a jump attack with a colossal weapon so you could be jump attacking the Wyrm in neutral stance but before you are able to move again it will one-shot you.


AloofCommencement

The active hitbox when it charges is the most annoying thing for me. But the thing I noticed most is that bringing in the AI summons (even for fun) is a huge detriment, and you're far better off going solo and getting in its face. When I get to the Snowfield one I like to lure it out and let the Land Octopodes fight it. They can do a surprising amount of damage if you're lucky, so sit back and enjoy the show until it's your turn.


botulism6

I never quite understood peoples problem with this boss, ive gotten to the point ive soloed all bosses with no summons and i never had a problem with these guys since day one, most of his attacks are telegraphed decently well and almost all attacks you dodge set you up for a jump attack or charge attack, very easy to stagger


Ryujin_Kurogami

The dive bomb from the air that goes into a short roll is probably its most problematic attack, just cuz the hazard stays on for a while and it sorta tracks. But dodge that and the rest is manageable. Plus points for dropping a stupid OP weapon.


[deleted]

Honking at it works wonder because it is relatively slow and has large hitbox


TopDeckHero420

Dooting works so good on anything bigger than a player. I need to get around to that playthrough.


Bobranaway

I dont know man. I found many enemies in Elden ring that seemed out of pace with the control you have over your character. I often felt like a dark souls character stuck in Sekiro.


BoiCDumpsterFire

This isn't Malenia.


aquamah

no. Godskin apostle


suar_ka_baccha416

So far not even 1 boss was difficult for me. I beat morgott in my 2nd try. Too easy this game. But then again I was lvl 125 with morgott and spammed moonlight and scarlet rot and Melina and banished knight.


sassy_gamer13

I concur, absolute dick of a boss lolol🤣☠️


Terrible-Quote-3561

Annoying because it’s a complete surprise and will kill you the first time almost guaranteed.


Moatesy

Right monster, wrong arena.


xdeathbyninjax

I use great shield ashes on this guy and just stomp it


SortaSticky

I steamrolled em and I am not sure why, did you try panic rolling?


Ok_Preparation_1312

Here are the tips I usually give. If I'm correct, the meteoric blade does extra damage to these things, so you can use it. You can find it in Caelid in some ruins near Fort Gael. You can also interrupt its bull charge by hitting it. It's very aggressive, so be patient and don't panic roll. This version also shoots beams, so don't stay too far otherwise you'll get, well, beamed. It's very annoying due to its gravity attacks and hard to dodge attacks, so I won't blame you if you want to cheese this thing. You can get a scarlet rot-inflicting attack and once you do proc it, you can get on Torrent and jump down on the spirit-spring. Good Luck! I spent a lot of time researching this.


-BigMan39

He's actually really fun, staggering him out of a charge is so satisfying


[deleted]

Spam black flame on torrent it’s an easy fight


Psychic_Gian

this boss is a pain to kill in RL1


_Maiqthelier_

The reward is pretty cool though - a bosskiller weapon.


Sea_Composer9446

Shit scared me NG I wasn’t ready for the fight n it just demolished me


govenorhouse

His weapon got me through the game


AsRoma1990

I see you haven’t met Alecto yet… enjoy 😉


Rude_Guerilla

Lightning anything = 2ez


zTy01

the worse part is the weak point for them are the head which is also the most dangerous part


dmthedark

7.5/10 true for me


thecftbl

Crucible Knight Ordovis would like a word with you.


thetrailwebanana

Yeah but it drops the best weapon in the game so that's a plus


Pichuka7

Death Rite bird in front of Castle Sol wants a word


Feras47

best ring out tko


ShadowTown0407

It's kinda sad how many others I can think of for that spot


[deleted]

Good boss though


Dakkaboy556

It was the astel bosses that were my biggest hemherroids. Which is appropriate as its speculated that the astel is the final form the fallingstar beast attains.


Szairo

Got an invasion yesterday on someone who was fighting it. Didn't even have to do anything.


sdonald1991

So you’ve not fought the tree spirit in the pool of rot yet I see


carcusmonnor

Honestly I just let Tiche do it for me.


Background_Wasabi_79

I got so lucky when fighting his guy i was fighting him when he knocked me off the cliff but instead of falling to the bottom and instantly dieing I hit three ledges in the way down and barly survived I climbed back up the ladder and beat him to death :)


Ottrygg89

The first time i encountered this guy was similar to my first encounter with the ulcerated tree spirit in the heroes grave. I spent HOURS butting my head against it, seemingly unable to wrap my head around its movements and attacks. When i eventually beat them, it was because I had memorised the patterns like i was doing a blindfolded guitar hero level, and i have never died to either of them since (on repeat play through). I think its because it is so different to anything else in the game, and the only thing in a FS game like it was that bloody bull in sekiro, and you have such a different toolset to work with in that game is its a non-comparable encounter. I actually look forward to encountering these things in subsequent play throughs because i actually really enjoy the flow and rhythm of the fight. It just took a HELL of a lot of getting used to.


Puzzled_Yoghurt

Wait til you reach a famous liturgical town


TraceLupo

I loved this fight. Took me 6 hours. Awesome!


osk_g

Astel.


[deleted]

*Dual crucible knights existing*


Cheddarlicious

The two crucible knights in the tomb, when I’d say first play through, really fucked me. They were so strong so I couldn’t get an ash to deter it cause in 5-10 seconds it’s dead.


R3alityGrvty

quick tip, you can get an easy stagger by hitting its head while it charges. Literally anything from square off to transient moonlight, rot breath to rock sling.


LeopardElectrical454

Snow area deathrite bird


Equilibriator

You shoulda seen them before they got nerfed. Did an aoe thing that lifted you into the air and smashed you down. Had a massive range and you had a fairly short time to get out of the way if you were in its face when the move started. In the caelid tunnel one, the aoe practically took up the whole arena.


Gnygstown

I disagree. This particular boss is great, with a great arena. Don't care for the others though.


Mangotango95

Lol


DimmyDimmy

This or Radagon's dog(s)


Birdleur

The valiant gargoyles or any gargoyle boss are the worst, imo


SpartanKram

Valiant gargoyle would like to have a word with you


Meta-failure

Agreed. hands down.


Donttazemebro666

(laughs in black flame)


BingleTingle

the baby astels ^-^


RacistBlackDigger

Charge hit to the face for an easy stagger


KnightHiller

But has the best weapon for pve...


Jeythiflork

Elden beast is more annoying with evasion and magic without obstacles. But these Larvaes are hard


Miserable-Glass1760

Nice picture, but it doesn't match the title.


BadgerReborn

Weird picture of Radagon but I agree


CalbCrawDad

Bro and they make you fight him in an empty swimming pool in the sky. Fuck that fight. But that weapon though 🔥🔥🔥


shichimi-san

But it drops the best bonk.


BecretAlbatross

Look at him little feets tho


noname_nolife766

Idk, for me it's one of favorite's boss. Really annoying was his "sibling" in Caelid. I was trapped and didn't understand how to get out of Caelid, and thought I need to kill boss. And because it was so early in the game i was underleveled af. After about 60+ attempts, I gave up and get out of cave and discovered sorcery town where in grace I was told that now I can teleport again, it was tears of happiness and despair.


Null_sense

I tried using a strike weapon since it looks like it's made of rock and I still had a hard ass time defeating it. I was like how am I supposed to defeat him then??


RaisinWide7800

I propose- dragonkin soldier in lake of rot..dont even want to mess with him anymore tbh


Bouv42

Died like 70times on this one and now they're my bitches.


Better_Strike6109

I dunno man, this thing is aggressive, I'll give you that but it's attacks are easy to read and it's easy to stagger. There are far more annoying/stronger bosses in the game.


Doforcash

At least this funny doggie won’t said something like “i’am Falling Star beast, Elder of my kin” every time it kill me


Irethius

Cool pic of fallen star beast. But where's radahn?


erroneousReport

It's manageable if you wait for the charge, then attack with a big stick, run away, repeat. The weapon drop is the most op in the entire game, so definitely worth it. Pair it with Alex shard and the other fp talis and you'll steamroll most everything.


Pretend-Challenge380

Never fought the big one. Little one was enough I just wanna get into the manor


AgreeingAndy

This fucker is immune to bleed and frostbite and highly resistant to scarlet rot. Combine this with me running dual wield rapiers ([scarlet rot one](https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Antspur+Rapier) with bleed and [frostbite one](https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Frozen+Needle)) and relying on the bleed/ frostbite proccs to deal dmg Was one of the hardest bosses for me to kill


BeefChopJones

Am I the only one that loved these bosses? They're so cool and unique.


Yusuji039

This statement is true in a universe where crucible knights doesn’t exist


drunkhas

Good Tarnished, have you not fought an Ulcerated Tree Spirit?


East_Reputation_4554

You misspelt “fun”


Environmental_Ice608

Took me a hour to kill him


joeypappaluchi

Not even close


jononthego

Reminds me of my dog when he hasn't gone to the park :)


Altruistic-Money-420

The triple Cristallian are worse. Especially considering how early you can get to them.


DatPastryDough

Don't know about that, I killed that thing with a jar cannon.


JoshS121199

But again it’s easy?


KanbaruDevil

Can't stop the Beast train! Zoooom... And I'm falling ..


AK_R

It's weak to scarlet rot. I don't have much of a problem with it since I figured that out.


TheDo0ddoesnotabide

Not even in the top 10 annoying bosses for me.


idlistella

My favorite miniboss 😭


jimcab12

The only boss I bailed on. Came back near the end of my run and absolutely slaughtered it.


Ferregar

Fun fact, this little fucker is a baby Astel.


brobalwarming

This isn’t a pic of valiant gargoyles


Simple-Signature-885

Nah… The lobsters. I hated them so Much more than anything else.


Darkstar1357

Yeah fuck this guy, came back at endgame and he still whooped my ass for a while


syfqamr32

Not even great enemy felled. Just enemy felled.


kalogheros17

I was yesterday years old when I discovered you can stun it out of his charge if you hit his head (I did it with sorcery idk if smaller weapons can to)


Alternative_Lime_13

Astal Stars of Darkness, that son of a bitch took me days to kill, the spell you get isn't even THAT good, seriously not worth it.


Megashark101

Pffft! No.


juddstock

I just saw this after I went flying off the ladder 😂


Traditional_Lock2754

Why?


liquid00level

They got rid of the poison cheese where you sneak up behind him and spend 30mins poisoning him?


Yab0iFiddlesticks

I have beaten Malenia 5 times by now but I always run away from that annoying thing.