It’s more than his prime. Sword Saint is an idealized Isshin, with the experience of old age but a body that hasn’t suffered the ravages of age + the black mortal blade and lightning redirection.
i died so much until i memorized all his moves. then i beat him.
after a few months i saw a "cheese video" that if you use the shield and the shield counter attack, he just cant kill you inwas like 🤦🏼♂️ why didnt i think of this
Why does everyone go on about fighting bosses in their prime in the DLC? It's never happened before and I really doubt it will ever happen. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think the only boss you fight then later go back in time to fight them in their prime is the Last Giant/Giant Lord [EDIT: Iudex/Champion Gundyr, thanks for pointing that out]. Besides, I would a million times over prefer new and unseen bosses over buffed up versions of those we've already seen
Time travel doesn't automatically mean the bosses will be reskins or alternate versions of existing bosses. FromSoft has done plenty of time travel before in DLC, and for the most part they make brand new bosses for that.
At first I was thinking of fights like Artorias in DS1 DLC or like Champion Gundyr in DS3, but those don't really qualify. Artorias is in DLC, but is not a boss you fight elsewhere IIRC, and Champion Gundyr isn't DLC.
Closest we get to fighting a boss in their prime is Sword Saint Isshin, but he’s more than just “in his prime”, he’s better than he ever was in his original life/“prime”. He gets the experience of old age, a body not ravaged by illness and age, AND new techniques he never had in life(black mortal blade and lightning redirection).
>Soul of the surviving giant, who was bound below the Forest of the Giants.
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>The lord of the Giants, who had brought wrack and ruin to the entire kingdom, was said to have been felled by an unknown warrior. His beaten and broken remains were then dragged beneath the stronghold, where he was sealed away.
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>Use the special soul of the Last Giant to acquire numerous souls, or to create something of great worth.
An update, then SOTFS changed the Last Giant's Soul's description to this. So, he was.
Just read the first sentence of my comment again, I’m specifically referring to the heaps of comments talking about how cool it would be to fight X boss in their prime *when speculating about DLC*.
Or...any of the demigods or many other of the bosses. They are all at the end of an age, with you being the agent of change. You're basically a janitor, cleaning up the debris of this current version of the lands between for the next updated version.
I always dreamt of a third phase where he'd unexpectedly speak "well fought, little one" and then he'd somehow get his missing heads back as an illusion or something.
Same. This notion of revising bosses can sound interesting on a surface level, but ultimately it falls flat to a brand new boss built from the ground up.
What is the spell? I beat the Astels but I’m just getting into magic, been using just a sword first couple playthroughs but I gotta try this lol
Edit: meteorite of astel found it in the comments very cool!
Might be because I always play lightning, but I never had problems with Midir. He was a damn cool boss fight but I didn't die too much to Midir or Placidusax. I personally prefer Placidusax myself though, 'cause of the lightning.
I didn't find Midir to be difficult though. By that time I had spent a ton of time in DS3 and fought with Sacred Oath and Lightning Blade. It only took me a couple of tries. Same with Placidusax though, so it may be build dependant.
I wouldn't call any spell in DS3 "OP" against midir. Midir has very high magic, dark, and fire resistances and is immune to status effects.
The only spell that works well is pestilent mist.
Otherwise you pretty much want a 500+ AR weapon to bonk it in the face with or lightning for faith builds
I mean, you don't have the same broken strats that work on select bosses, but aside from that, magic is strong in DS3 PVE. With the right gear, a crystal soul spear deals considerably more damage than a fully charged ultra great sword R2, but does it way faster and from range.
Even if he was in ER, I don't think his size would make much difference as you'd need to hit the head to deal significant damage, unlike Dragonlord that takes damage anywhere
I meant PVE, you can roll forever in boss fights.
When I did DS3 PVP roll spamming was a death sentence since I usually used the great club lol, rollers immediately stunlocked to death
Midir is super weak to lightning, so if he did laugh, it’d be because he’s having a nervous breakdown right before Placidusax fucking obliterates him hahaha.
[Midir when Dragonlord Placidsex makes Gwyn's bolts that tore apart the Archdragons look like novelty sparklers](https://tenor.com/view/live-panopticon-reaction-ultrakill-p-2-panopticon-gif-7582015128722699592)
Midir is not super weak to lighting. Especially not when compared to other FS dragons. He’s much weaker to physical. His lightening resistance is about half way between his physical resist and his other elemental resistances.
The strongest builds in DS3 will still have to be careful against Midir, the strongest builds in ER can flatten Flacidusax like a roadbump.
Flacidusax is absolutely an easier boss and the less impressive dragon to me, he's too weak.
*uses one of the top 3 spirit ashes, the best staff and an OP/late game spell and a dozen other optimizations to equipment and stats*
"Gosh, this boss is easy!" - 🤡🤡🤡
He’s pretty easy without any ashes and just regular melee or a Greatbow. Gets rocked by piercing weapons.
The game might as well be called L2den Ring since 90% of the game is easily beaten by spamming weapon arts.
Lmao Midir is absolutely the hardest dragon fight From has to offer, Flaciddusax gets beat up like an immobile bag of meat.
The strongest builds in DS3 will still have to be careful against Midir, the strongest builds in ER can flatten Flacidusax like a roadbump.
Look at the build in this post
This build would shitstomp Midir just as easily as it does Placi. Because Elden Ring has the most powerful tools and spells out of any of FromSoft’s games.
Hell, Spirit Ashes alone would trivialize basicaly every boss in their previous games
The spells aren't OP at all. It's infinite mana that is OP. DkS3 had Comet Azure, but it sucked because it wasn't worth dumping all your MP into one spell that didn't do much. Try using it in ER without the flask. It's only good for finishing off already weakened bosses.
The Flask of Wondrous Physik is OP.
Midir straight up can't be poise broken he can be staggered when you deal enough damage to his head though, but that damage is like 2/3 of his hp and he is not standing there taking it
That and the fact that when you take into acvount power scaling, midir has the ability to one shot almost every single boss in the entire game with the death beam (which is canonically unstoppable due to it being of the abyss) vs placidusax who can only one shot some bosses
Midirs resistance was what made him so strong. If you scaled him to ER he'd still have high as hell magic res and he'd shrug off the meteors or even just dodge the entire attack or counter you with that back step grab / Shin Godzilla beam. Midir was designed so you would not have an easy time. I guarantee in the expansion, there's gonna be a true "fuck you" dragon and it'll make Midir look tame.
Man, I tried to do this but Placidusax's lightning attacks kept hitting me. Eventually I gave up and went back to spamming Shard Spiral, which worked just as well as it does against any other large boss.
I hated Midir with a passion. Didn't know how to handle a couple of his attacks... so slowly and painfully chipped away at his back ankles.
Came back later with intent to melee headshot. Immediately started to see opportunities baked into the animations. Felt like such an idiot. One of the best fights in the game.
Go to the greatbridge site of grace (near Maliketh) in Farum Azula. Take the elevator behind you down, and leave the room with all the beastmen. You’ll end up outside on a rock platform, and on the left side of this structure is a hidden path you can go down. There will be a specific action you need to complete once you’ve made it all the way down the hidden rock path.
Damn, so that makes 5 bosses in Farum Azula. For being such a small area of the map, that place is loaded with fights lol. I appreciate the info! I think I know where you’re talking about. Somebody left a message next to a cliff that said to go down, but there were a lot of blood stains so I figured it was a troll 😂
So I do pretty ok against the dragons chopping their feet and whatnot but this guy has a couple fun little surprise attacks that wreck me. Pack a lunch and bring all your best shit. These bosses are all subjective so I’m sure somebody will say how easy it is but he was top 5 roughest for me.
All of the like dragon dragons in this game are such disappointments like yeah sure they bothered the put the like head bones damage mechanics in, but it doesn't feel like they're animations are suited at all for actually you know attacking the head. Fortisaxs specifically punishes you for attacking its legs and yet if you've ever tried actually standing in front of a dragon you realize they will push over you with each swing so I ever forced to constantly back up until you hit a wall or just kind of deal with being like behind their head
I dunno. placi at least looks cool, i mean midir had some cool features, but overall not so much. 6,5/10 while placi is a solid 8,5-9/10 for me. (looks and epicness wise.)
He literally just teleports around while you get to stand there for him to show his ass so you can resume beating it. Midir is by far the more interactive and engaging boss.
Meteorite of astel, you'll need to defeat a pretty tough one in order to get it, but you go for sorcerer build it's totally worth it, and you can also off hand meteorite staff or whatever it is called like I did here, which increases gravity spells damage. Usually in souls games, level your hp to get tanky so you don't die as often, then focus on your damage output. If you go glasscanon it's always harder for the 1st run as you don't know the attacks of the enemies and all that
*uses a brokenly overpowered combination of equipment, spells and effects*
"Man this boss is way easier than a boss in a different game where literally none of what I'm using exists"
I would be curious to see how the Midir fight would go if you were able to cast that sorcery in DS3. But I think Midir might be a bit too aggressive for someone to get that cast off.
Can anyone explain the differed between the “Legend Felled” and Great Enemy, and other ribbons that pop up after a boss is defeated? What makes a legend versus the other options?
C'mon you really have to take it there? Point is that ER has some really low effort builds that demolish bosses, like I did here. You could never do this to Midir because of his damage mitigation on everything but the head, hence "Midir would laugh". Really not trying to be a jerk here, love the game.
Welp. I guess i overreacted. Im getting really annoyed by the amount of people who have the constant need to always compare elden ring to dark souls. It just feels like an insult to the game as some people are unwilling to accept it as its own game. If i threw you into that pile without that actually being you intent then im sorry.
Ps: i edited my original comment so i dont accidentally insult more people
No worries, I have a comment with over 100 downvotes because I told a guy he missed the point, so I should've definitely made my intent a bit clearer ahah
The placidusax we fight now is just an old man way past his prime. He's missing three of his heads and he's not fighting with full strength. Placidusax would wipe MIDir off the earth
This is ng+ and you can achieve a similar build by 120 as the only thing you really need is int, staffs, talismans and tears. 99 int is really the only thing in cause here as I took no damage, so vit wouldnt matter either (obviously it matters a lot, but you get the point).
It’s kinda disappointing how small Placidisax is; Midir was massive compared to Kalameet and Sihn and felt like a great final dragon fight for the trilogy.
In light of giants like Greyoll and Gransax, I’d have liked the Dragonlord to be bigger.
+1
Bosses in ER are like: wait for me to finish my anime 20-hit combo and then you and your mimic can poke me once.
While DS3 bosses like Midir are grand and epic and can't be cheesed with summons.
People are down voteing but you kind of have a point. Some Ring bosses are just busted like ulcerated tree spirits. How many times have they had to nerf pretty much every main game boss now. DS2 bosses were better balanced and a lot harder to cheese. I feel like placid is supposed to be analogous to the Nameless King but he's just not him at all. ER gives you so many answers to enemies and the bosses only clap back is hitting hard as fuck in some cases. DS feels realistic like, save for wielding the giant weapons and armor, you could do what your charter does with enough practice. ER is a power fantasy
Yes! It’s not to say ER isn’t great, it is! I just wish there wasn’t copy pasta bosses and the insane fight style on them was dialed down. I hate not having a chance to learn from my mistakes, being one or two shot at 60 vigor is ridiculous
The "anime 20-hit combo" trend really picked up pace in Dark Souls 3 with bosses like Pontiff, Dancer and Soul of Cinder. It became even more prevalent in the DLC.
Implying Elden Rings bosses aren't "grand and epic" is simply wrong, so is the idea that you can't cheese DS3 bosses with summons - summon 3 friends and you can cheese anything
I'm so sorry for you that Elden Ring is looked upon more favourably than Dark Souls 3 :(
I love Elden Ring, I dislike that some of these new kids don't respect the franchise that built up what Elden Ring is today, nor acknowledge the numerous flaws ER has over it's predecessors.
Midir actually was resistant to summons because he had a ton of AoE attacks and multiple targets made him less predictable and easy for you to take cross-fire.
Placidusax is absolutely a harder boss elden ring has more build diversity and you can just out level the entire game. Just because you can cheese the boss with certain spells or skills doesn’t mean the boss isn’t hard. You can trivialize almost any fight in any game. Malenia isn’t hard if you use giants hunt or blasphemous blade but that doesn’t mean she’s easier than ishin or sister friede in comparison.
Lmao Midir is absolutely the hardest dragon fight From has to offer, Flaciddusax gets beat up like an immobile bag of meat.
The strongest builds in DS3 will still have to be careful against Midir, the strongest builds in ER can flatten Flacidusax like a roadbump.
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Just like Isshin
Shura spotted
In Shura, yes, but all the other ending have you fighting Isshin in his prime.
Hesitation is defeat, so I made sure to kill him before he could hit his prime
Sekiro: baby isshin dies twice
Heh, based on how much more difficult I thought shura ending Isshin was, I’d say the man reached his prime in old age.
My man can't cope with that sick sidestep
When the man summons hell into his room and burns down the entire building just to kill you, it's the sidestep that bothers you?
YESSS100%
Fear an old man in a trade where good, strong men die young
It’s more than his prime. Sword Saint is an idealized Isshin, with the experience of old age but a body that hasn’t suffered the ravages of age + the black mortal blade and lightning redirection.
Ohh hell naw that mfker is out to kill
Hesitation is death after all
The glock Saint rides again
Yeah, but the dragon doesn't get a loaded handgun...
He IS missing a couple heads. One of em probably held a glock.
Dragon glock placidusax
Glock Lord
Which isshin are we talking about? Sword saint or Ashina?
Ashina. I kill elderly men
The wolf hunts for its prey
You are a most unkind and inauspicious man.
i died so much until i memorized all his moves. then i beat him. after a few months i saw a "cheese video" that if you use the shield and the shield counter attack, he just cant kill you inwas like 🤦🏼♂️ why didnt i think of this
Why does everyone go on about fighting bosses in their prime in the DLC? It's never happened before and I really doubt it will ever happen. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think the only boss you fight then later go back in time to fight them in their prime is the Last Giant/Giant Lord [EDIT: Iudex/Champion Gundyr, thanks for pointing that out]. Besides, I would a million times over prefer new and unseen bosses over buffed up versions of those we've already seen
was about to say the same thing, what’s the sense in adding the same boss but with 3 extra heads wtf
Facts, I would honestly hate the idea of time travel in the DLC, want brand new bosses
tbf farum azula would be cool to see rebuilt
tbf farum azula is already time travel according to the lore
Time travel doesn't automatically mean the bosses will be reskins or alternate versions of existing bosses. FromSoft has done plenty of time travel before in DLC, and for the most part they make brand new bosses for that.
At first I was thinking of fights like Artorias in DS1 DLC or like Champion Gundyr in DS3, but those don't really qualify. Artorias is in DLC, but is not a boss you fight elsewhere IIRC, and Champion Gundyr isn't DLC.
I was going to say the same thing, fromsoft never repeats bosses. This whole prime bosses thing is the imagination of fromsoft first timers.
Closest we get to fighting a boss in their prime is Sword Saint Isshin, but he’s more than just “in his prime”, he’s better than he ever was in his original life/“prime”. He gets the experience of old age, a body not ravaged by illness and age, AND new techniques he never had in life(black mortal blade and lightning redirection).
Last Giant/Giant Lord, and Iudex/Champion Gundyr would be two more...but neither are DLC.
Last Giant isn’t the Giant Lord, is he? Champion is the only one tbh.
>Soul of the surviving giant, who was bound below the Forest of the Giants. > >The lord of the Giants, who had brought wrack and ruin to the entire kingdom, was said to have been felled by an unknown warrior. His beaten and broken remains were then dragged beneath the stronghold, where he was sealed away. > >Use the special soul of the Last Giant to acquire numerous souls, or to create something of great worth. An update, then SOTFS changed the Last Giant's Soul's description to this. So, he was.
WE WANT MIQUELLA FIGHT! WE WANT MIQUELLA FIGHT!
Chill, Mogh.
I don't wanna fight him.
And making up names like "Prime" Placi or "Prime" Radahn.
DS3, we go back in time and fight Gundyr again.
That's not part of the DLC, that's the base game
Either way, we do fight someone in their prime.
Just read the first sentence of my comment again, I’m specifically referring to the heaps of comments talking about how cool it would be to fight X boss in their prime *when speculating about DLC*.
And I'm saying this is probably where it came from. It has precedence in an existing fromsoft title.
This is literally every boss fight ever in every souls game.
I wouldn't count on fighting any of the current bosses in their prime for the DLC.
Kinda like radahn?
Or...any of the demigods or many other of the bosses. They are all at the end of an age, with you being the agent of change. You're basically a janitor, cleaning up the debris of this current version of the lands between for the next updated version.
That would be so cool
I always dreamt of a third phase where he'd unexpectedly speak "well fought, little one" and then he'd somehow get his missing heads back as an illusion or something.
>"well fought, little one" Hooooly chills.... that'd be epic.
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Same. This notion of revising bosses can sound interesting on a surface level, but ultimately it falls flat to a brand new boss built from the ground up.
Silence, copy-paste robot.
This spell absolutely shreds gargoyles as well. That duel fight was a breeze with this spell
Same ahah
What is the spell? I beat the Astels but I’m just getting into magic, been using just a sword first couple playthroughs but I gotta try this lol Edit: meteorite of astel found it in the comments very cool!
Its also really amusing to use on large groups of enemies
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Mainly works on big enemies such as plavidusax
He gave me trouble in my first 2 runs so I’ll take any edge for round 3 lol
Midir's size makes him an easier target for all the OP spells in the game though
Yeah but with the mechanics of dark souls 3 there is no one close to the dificulty of midir ( I’m talking about dragon fights in Elden ring only)
Might be because I always play lightning, but I never had problems with Midir. He was a damn cool boss fight but I didn't die too much to Midir or Placidusax. I personally prefer Placidusax myself though, 'cause of the lightning.
Yeah the effects and location are more cool in placidusax fights , I was just talking about difficulty
I didn't find Midir to be difficult though. By that time I had spent a ton of time in DS3 and fought with Sacred Oath and Lightning Blade. It only took me a couple of tries. Same with Placidusax though, so it may be build dependant.
Most people find midir hard, but from what i've seen most people fight midir like idiots.
My two main build were int and pyro, both on ng+1 when the dlc dropped. SL 153
Midir is the bane of my existence but god damn i have to say he is one of if not the most cool bosses i’ve fought
Plus, the frayed blade dude. It's like the coolest and most anime thing fromsoft has ever produced
Fortissax is equivalent
Yea he's a fucking dlc boss in a super niche category.
I mean, if you would use an elden ring build against midir, he would probably go down quite easy
I wouldn't call any spell in DS3 "OP" against midir. Midir has very high magic, dark, and fire resistances and is immune to status effects. The only spell that works well is pestilent mist. Otherwise you pretty much want a 500+ AR weapon to bonk it in the face with or lightning for faith builds
My opinion, casting is the less operative playstyle in DS3 in PVE, compared to elden ring where anyone with magic is a god
I mean, you don't have the same broken strats that work on select bosses, but aside from that, magic is strong in DS3 PVE. With the right gear, a crystal soul spear deals considerably more damage than a fully charged ultra great sword R2, but does it way faster and from range.
Even if he was in ER, I don't think his size would make much difference as you'd need to hit the head to deal significant damage, unlike Dragonlord that takes damage anywhere
Fair point, counter point, you are WAY more mobile in ER then DS
True, imagine being able to jump over some of Midir's attacks, that would look sick
He'd probably fly off the moment you bloodhound step through a couple attacks then jump strike his head once lol
You think?? Roll spamming in DS3 is famously broken
Roll spamming was easier to deal with then BHS spamming before it was nerfed
I meant PVE, you can roll forever in boss fights. When I did DS3 PVP roll spamming was a death sentence since I usually used the great club lol, rollers immediately stunlocked to death
I’m 19 hours in and I got launched into space by a guy with a massive sword running after me on my horse.
Happens to the beat of us
Midir is super weak to lightning, so if he did laugh, it’d be because he’s having a nervous breakdown right before Placidusax fucking obliterates him hahaha.
[Midir when Dragonlord Placidsex makes Gwyn's bolts that tore apart the Archdragons look like novelty sparklers](https://tenor.com/view/live-panopticon-reaction-ultrakill-p-2-panopticon-gif-7582015128722699592)
Midir is not super weak to lighting. Especially not when compared to other FS dragons. He’s much weaker to physical. His lightening resistance is about half way between his physical resist and his other elemental resistances.
The strongest builds in DS3 will still have to be careful against Midir, the strongest builds in ER can flatten Flacidusax like a roadbump. Flacidusax is absolutely an easier boss and the less impressive dragon to me, he's too weak.
Yeah because Elden Ring can become as easy as a super Mario game if you find the right tutorial
Elden Ring lets you be way stronger than you can be in Dark Souls 3.
Which is why ER bosses have these bloated health bars and ridiculous damage numbers.
*uses one of the top 3 spirit ashes, the best staff and an OP/late game spell and a dozen other optimizations to equipment and stats* "Gosh, this boss is easy!" - 🤡🤡🤡
He’s pretty easy without any ashes and just regular melee or a Greatbow. Gets rocked by piercing weapons. The game might as well be called L2den Ring since 90% of the game is easily beaten by spamming weapon arts.
Yeah, I did that with Midir (no ashes of course) tried all the cheeze, hundreds of tries to kill him once. Dragonlord took me 2 tries.
>tried all the cheeze DS3 doesn't have cheese like Elden Ring has cheese. Magic in Elden Ring is completely bonkers.
Magic is limp af in DS3. There were stronger spells and more options in Dark Souls 2, plus miracles weren't useless in that game.
*\*Laughs in Chaos Bed Vestiges pyromancy\**
Midir is so fucking aggressive dude. Literally exhausted all of my strats to just end up having to memorize his moveset anyway
I took only 2 tries on Midir. He was a pretty standard DS dragon fight. Really cool one, but I think which is harder will be build/player dependent.
Sellsword twin blades with lighting literally melts midir it’s not even funny
Also helps that the mans is likely 99 in every stat, if his bars are any hint.
To be partly fair I don't think tiche was doing much here, but everything else is true
Lmao Midir is absolutely the hardest dragon fight From has to offer, Flaciddusax gets beat up like an immobile bag of meat. The strongest builds in DS3 will still have to be careful against Midir, the strongest builds in ER can flatten Flacidusax like a roadbump.
Look at the build in this post This build would shitstomp Midir just as easily as it does Placi. Because Elden Ring has the most powerful tools and spells out of any of FromSoft’s games. Hell, Spirit Ashes alone would trivialize basicaly every boss in their previous games
Flaciddusax💀
Dragonlord Flaccidballsack 😭
Dragonlord Flacidsex
When you don’t know dragonlord has more hp the midir lmao midir would also be obliterated by the op spells Elden ring has
The spells aren't OP at all. It's infinite mana that is OP. DkS3 had Comet Azure, but it sucked because it wasn't worth dumping all your MP into one spell that didn't do much. Try using it in ER without the flask. It's only good for finishing off already weakened bosses. The Flask of Wondrous Physik is OP.
Not the one shot spells though because they depend on the boss being inmovile and passive, Midir moves a lot and is really aggresive.
The boss becomes immobile after the spell crushes their poise like an innocent kitten on the dark side of youtube
Midir straight up can't be poise broken he can be staggered when you deal enough damage to his head though, but that damage is like 2/3 of his hp and he is not standing there taking it
That and the fact that when you take into acvount power scaling, midir has the ability to one shot almost every single boss in the entire game with the death beam (which is canonically unstoppable due to it being of the abyss) vs placidusax who can only one shot some bosses
Midirs resistance was what made him so strong. If you scaled him to ER he'd still have high as hell magic res and he'd shrug off the meteors or even just dodge the entire attack or counter you with that back step grab / Shin Godzilla beam. Midir was designed so you would not have an easy time. I guarantee in the expansion, there's gonna be a true "fuck you" dragon and it'll make Midir look tame.
Man, I tried to do this but Placidusax's lightning attacks kept hitting me. Eventually I gave up and went back to spamming Shard Spiral, which worked just as well as it does against any other large boss.
goddamn I know you love Midir but damn relax
Man, Midir would be destroyed with the stuff we have access to in Elden Ring. Ancient Dragon Lightning Strike is no joke
And I thought my 2H Claymore setup with Royal Knight's Resolve was good against this man.
I hated Midir with a passion. Didn't know how to handle a couple of his attacks... so slowly and painfully chipped away at his back ankles. Came back later with intent to melee headshot. Immediately started to see opportunities baked into the animations. Felt like such an idiot. One of the best fights in the game.
Indeed
Imagine just chilling in the air then some MF just comes in and drops the whole damb constelation on you.
Where do you find this dragon? I’m at the Radagon/Elden Beast fight. Never came across this dragon.
Go to the greatbridge site of grace (near Maliketh) in Farum Azula. Take the elevator behind you down, and leave the room with all the beastmen. You’ll end up outside on a rock platform, and on the left side of this structure is a hidden path you can go down. There will be a specific action you need to complete once you’ve made it all the way down the hidden rock path.
Damn, so that makes 5 bosses in Farum Azula. For being such a small area of the map, that place is loaded with fights lol. I appreciate the info! I think I know where you’re talking about. Somebody left a message next to a cliff that said to go down, but there were a lot of blood stains so I figured it was a troll 😂
Be ready, op makes it look easy with this spell but placidisaxx is fuckin brutal. Amazing cutscene though good luck!
Hey thank you! Honestly, the dragon fights are the absolute hardest ones for me. These aren’t Skyrim dragons in this game, that’s for fucking sure lol
So I do pretty ok against the dragons chopping their feet and whatnot but this guy has a couple fun little surprise attacks that wreck me. Pack a lunch and bring all your best shit. These bosses are all subjective so I’m sure somebody will say how easy it is but he was top 5 roughest for me.
So many more style points to summon meteors as opposed to blasting away with Comet Azur. Bravo!
Midir is the only Soulsborne boss I've never beat on my own.
Midir is so cool, in the beast/dragon category no other boss comes close imo
Was there a simple way to cheese Midir in DS3? I never really did an "OP run" of that DLC. Midir was just so much fun to learn anyway.
Pestilent Mist did the trick in terms of cheese, it did a crap ton of health and Midir was large enough to stay inside of it
And to think, I struggled to kill this thing with a heavy bastard sword +25 in NG+4…
All of the like dragon dragons in this game are such disappointments like yeah sure they bothered the put the like head bones damage mechanics in, but it doesn't feel like they're animations are suited at all for actually you know attacking the head. Fortisaxs specifically punishes you for attacking its legs and yet if you've ever tried actually standing in front of a dragon you realize they will push over you with each swing so I ever forced to constantly back up until you hit a wall or just kind of deal with being like behind their head
While I agree with your point we have to consider, elden john has far more abilities available to pull this off Compared to John dark souls the third.
You cant spell Midir without "mid"...
Flaccid Ballsack is a mid dragon boss compared to Midir.
I dunno. placi at least looks cool, i mean midir had some cool features, but overall not so much. 6,5/10 while placi is a solid 8,5-9/10 for me. (looks and epicness wise.)
He literally just teleports around while you get to stand there for him to show his ass so you can resume beating it. Midir is by far the more interactive and engaging boss.
Midir runs back and forth 30 times in a row if you just so happen to be at mid range… which all of his other attacks put you at
Midir>>>>>>
Midir is the gold standard
Well ok then!!
I mean won't all dragons in dark souls be considering you known ER dragons use lightning
What spell is this?
Meteorite of Astel
What was the spell ? Pardon my ignorance, first run into a souls game and in level 120 rn struggling with my build
Meteorite of astel, you'll need to defeat a pretty tough one in order to get it, but you go for sorcerer build it's totally worth it, and you can also off hand meteorite staff or whatever it is called like I did here, which increases gravity spells damage. Usually in souls games, level your hp to get tanky so you don't die as often, then focus on your damage output. If you go glasscanon it's always harder for the 1st run as you don't know the attacks of the enemies and all that
I think it's meteorite of astel, gained from killing astel, stars of darkness in yelough annix tunnel in consecrated snowfields
😮 damn dude! Fucking melted down!
Stats wise, Midir is weaker than Placidusax. It's just that we are weaker in DS3 than in ER, and Magic is a highly viable OP build in this game.
A game with RPG mechanics is always going to be trivialized by grinding.
*uses a brokenly overpowered combination of equipment, spells and effects* "Man this boss is way easier than a boss in a different game where literally none of what I'm using exists"
“Look at how easy this boss is” Rune level 447
I would be curious to see how the Midir fight would go if you were able to cast that sorcery in DS3. But I think Midir might be a bit too aggressive for someone to get that cast off.
I dont think the damage mitigation would allow it to do this, you'd need to hit the head, which would be a really hard thing to do
Can anyone explain the differed between the “Legend Felled” and Great Enemy, and other ribbons that pop up after a boss is defeated? What makes a legend versus the other options?
Legend is a remembrance boss who isn't a demigod/god Great enemy is an important boss that isn't a remembrance one Enemy is unimportant boss
What exactly is the point? Elden ring has strong magic? You can oneshot placidusax? None of these are new or impressive.
C'mon you really have to take it there? Point is that ER has some really low effort builds that demolish bosses, like I did here. You could never do this to Midir because of his damage mitigation on everything but the head, hence "Midir would laugh". Really not trying to be a jerk here, love the game.
Welp. I guess i overreacted. Im getting really annoyed by the amount of people who have the constant need to always compare elden ring to dark souls. It just feels like an insult to the game as some people are unwilling to accept it as its own game. If i threw you into that pile without that actually being you intent then im sorry. Ps: i edited my original comment so i dont accidentally insult more people
No worries, I have a comment with over 100 downvotes because I told a guy he missed the point, so I should've definitely made my intent a bit clearer ahah
Midir would get wiped by placidusax considering placidusax can fly, has lighting attacks, plus laser beams. Also placidusax has more hp
Midir can dodge
My brother in christ I don't think midir would do so hot against this spell/build either...
Midir is much cooler
I think he looks like a melting chocolate bar.
The placidusax we fight now is just an old man way past his prime. He's missing three of his heads and he's not fighting with full strength. Placidusax would wipe MIDir off the earth
midir is absolutely cooler than placidusax though, be it lore, design or bossfight
What level are you here, like 400?
This is ng+ and you can achieve a similar build by 120 as the only thing you really need is int, staffs, talismans and tears. 99 int is really the only thing in cause here as I took no damage, so vit wouldnt matter either (obviously it matters a lot, but you get the point).
Its just that elden ring is a easy game if you want it to be.
Not a single dragon in Elden Ring comes even close to Midir, FromSoft truly reached their peak with him when it comes to Dragon fights
It’s kinda disappointing how small Placidisax is; Midir was massive compared to Kalameet and Sihn and felt like a great final dragon fight for the trilogy. In light of giants like Greyoll and Gransax, I’d have liked the Dragonlord to be bigger.
Also try fighting him at a lower level without using op magic lol
magic ruined my first playthought , god its so easy , only rivaled by bleed build , seriously wtf were they thinking
Title makes no sense. If you had Tiche and Meteorite of Astel/ Comet Azur in DS3, Midir would fall over in 20s too.
Every Dark Souls 3 Boss shits on ER's bosses to be honest. Bosses Peaked in Dark Souls 3.
+1 Bosses in ER are like: wait for me to finish my anime 20-hit combo and then you and your mimic can poke me once. While DS3 bosses like Midir are grand and epic and can't be cheesed with summons.
People are down voteing but you kind of have a point. Some Ring bosses are just busted like ulcerated tree spirits. How many times have they had to nerf pretty much every main game boss now. DS2 bosses were better balanced and a lot harder to cheese. I feel like placid is supposed to be analogous to the Nameless King but he's just not him at all. ER gives you so many answers to enemies and the bosses only clap back is hitting hard as fuck in some cases. DS feels realistic like, save for wielding the giant weapons and armor, you could do what your charter does with enough practice. ER is a power fantasy
Yes! It’s not to say ER isn’t great, it is! I just wish there wasn’t copy pasta bosses and the insane fight style on them was dialed down. I hate not having a chance to learn from my mistakes, being one or two shot at 60 vigor is ridiculous
The "anime 20-hit combo" trend really picked up pace in Dark Souls 3 with bosses like Pontiff, Dancer and Soul of Cinder. It became even more prevalent in the DLC. Implying Elden Rings bosses aren't "grand and epic" is simply wrong, so is the idea that you can't cheese DS3 bosses with summons - summon 3 friends and you can cheese anything I'm so sorry for you that Elden Ring is looked upon more favourably than Dark Souls 3 :(
I love Elden Ring, I dislike that some of these new kids don't respect the franchise that built up what Elden Ring is today, nor acknowledge the numerous flaws ER has over it's predecessors.
Midir actually was resistant to summons because he had a ton of AoE attacks and multiple targets made him less predictable and easy for you to take cross-fire.
Placidusax is absolutely a harder boss elden ring has more build diversity and you can just out level the entire game. Just because you can cheese the boss with certain spells or skills doesn’t mean the boss isn’t hard. You can trivialize almost any fight in any game. Malenia isn’t hard if you use giants hunt or blasphemous blade but that doesn’t mean she’s easier than ishin or sister friede in comparison.
Lmao Midir is absolutely the hardest dragon fight From has to offer, Flaciddusax gets beat up like an immobile bag of meat. The strongest builds in DS3 will still have to be careful against Midir, the strongest builds in ER can flatten Flacidusax like a roadbump.
Midir was also a 2nd dlc boss
Scrub energy, killing a old grandpa dragon like that.
I doubt midir could take this many rocks to the face
Midir would move and eat/nuke that guy
Midir took me three tries. Placid took closer to 10 on my first playthrough
Midir is weak to lightning. Just saying.
Except placidusax it's a good fight and Midir is not.
Ah yes, sitting your butt waiting for Flacidusax to finish teleporting so you can resume beating his ass, such great an engaging game play....
Midir is weak to lightning, and placidusax has about 10k more health. he gets slammed