Summary
FromSoftwareis well-known for their fearsome boss fights that force players to become masters of the game in order to proceed. However, that reputation sometimes masks the fact that FromSoftware has created plenty of pushover bosses that are almost comicallyeasy to defeat.
Whether it’s lumbering warriors who can be pushed to their instant death, or gimmick bosses that are easy to beat once their trick is revealed, there are loads ofeasy FromSoftware bosses.This list is ranked purely by how easy each boss is to beat.
Dark Souls 2has something of a divisive reputation in the community, in part because mainstay director Miyazaki did not direct it, but also because the hitboxes are infamously janky and the strangely obtuse Adaptability stat is deceptively important to succeeding in combat. It’s a hard game, no doubt about it.
However, if done correctly, one of the first bosses players come across is a pushover.The Dragonrideris a fearsome armored knight, but if players simply bait his attacks correctly near the edge of his arena, he can go flying into the water, instantly killing himself.It makes a tough fight comically easyand is now the go-to strategy in the fan community to deal with him.
Every so often, theDark Soulsgames intermingle a bit of transcendent beauty to offset the consistently grim visuals that dominate the world. Yet, in classic FromSoftware fashion, beauty rarely comes without a cost attached.
Such is the case with theMoonlight Butterfly, a beautiful (but frankly unusual) optional boss fight inDark Souls,which is very easy to defeat.Players need to dodge highly telegraphed attacks and simply wait for the Butterfly to perch on the wall, where they can lay into it, killing the beautiful beast quickly.
6Prowling Magus And Congregation
Time To Go To Church
WhileDark Souls 2has acquired many defenders since its release, many of whom are actively trying to rehabilitate the game’s reputation, it’s hard to deny that some boss design moments just weren’t the greatest idea, and theProwling Magus and Congregationis one of the worst examples.
Players are put into a bare room with squishy nuns, congregation members, and a Magus. It looks intimidating, but they all go down very easily, and by simply trailing them around the room, the fight becomes a simple matter of patience.
5Ceaseless Discharge
An Ill-Advised Name
Ceaseless Dischargehas become a bit of a joke in the fan community, not simply due to his truly revolting name, but because, despite his tragic backstory and fearsome visage, he is extraordinarily easy to beat once players know the trick.
The great lumbering magma titan can only attack with highly telegraphed swings of his arms, which, when avoided, lie vulnerable in the arena for the player to slash. In fact, when players first trigger the fight, if they run back towards the boss arena’s entrance, they can bait the Ceaseless Discharge into a leaping attack that will almost always miss, sending the boss falling to its death in the lava below. He goes down easy, is easily countered, and is considered a bit of a meme boss, which is a shame considering his genuinely tragic lore.
Demon’s Soulswas the first Soulslike game, and naturally, FromSoftware’s first foray into the subgenre that they helped create, so it’s natural that not all the kinks had been ironed out just yet. Several bosses inDemon’s Soulsshow that the studio had a lot to learn in terms of boss design.
This is never more true than withFool’s Idol, an initially intimidating boss fighting in a beautiful chapel, which becomes incredibly easyonce players can consistently identify which of the mimics is the real idol. It’s just a matter of running her down and attacking fast before she falls.
3Covetous Demon
The Big Slug
The poorCovetous Demon. Of all the bosses in all FromSoftware games, Covetous Demon has become one of the biggest jokes, and not just because of his admittedly goofy design that makes the fearsome demon look almost adorable, a stark contrast tothe series' track record with terrifying demon bosses.
Players must keep a wide berth from the Covetous Demon as it writhes on the ground, taking their time to seize the advantage of its massive vulnerability windows, and bringing the seemingly fearsome Covetous Demon down with very few issues. At least the big guy tried.
To their credit, FromSoftware has increasingly leaned away from gimmick bosses, where players need to find a simple solution to make a boss fight trivial. They’re generally unpopular, and the bosses become pushovers in replays, which is exactly the issue with theWitch of Hemwick.
This eye-covered crone and her duplicates turn invisible and skulk around their boss arena, simply waiting for the players to fall into their clutches. Once players know about the boss' invisiblity trick, it becomes very easy to defeat, making them a total pushover and the butt of a lot of the community’s jokes.
Elden Ring, undoubtedly, has some of the toughest bosses in all FromSoftware games. Not only that, but it also boasts the largest roster of bosses of any of their games, even without the massiveShadow of the ErdtreeDLC. In all those hundreds of bosses, one, above all others, is the easiest boss fight FromSoftware has ever made.
PoorSoldier of Godrick. In a first for FromSoftware,they included a brief tutorial sectionwith this guy at the end. He’s essentially a glorified field mob placed into a tutorial dungeon, and he goes down in a couple of hits. He’s easy enough that even beginners can take him down, and it’s hard to imagine how FromSoftware could make an easier boss if they tried.
