Favorite boss fights (base & SOTE)
1. Messmer the Impaler
2. Mohg, Lord of Blood
3. Starscourge Chadahn
4. God-Devouring Serpent & Rykard
5. Astel (both)
6. Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame
7. Godfrey (both phases)
8. Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame
9. Morgott, the Omen King
10. Rellana, Twin Moon Knight
For me:
1. Godfrey/Hoarah Loux (again mostly Hoarah Loux. Still my favorite character in the game)
2. Gigascourge Chadahn (what I consider to be the best fight in the game just not my personal favorite)
3. Radahn, Consort of Miquella (phase 1 is great, his attacks are similar enough that you it actually feels like you're fighting Radahn, just in a very different circumstance and state of being, but phase 2 is just incredible theatrically. A bit too hard for sure but man the afterimage thing and the repeat of the Radahn meteor is so cool, and I adore Ansbach's final dialogue. "Righteous Tarnished. Become our new lord. A lord not for gods, but for
men..." shit literally gave me chills when I first heard it)
4. Messmer the Impaler (absolute CINEMA)
5. Bayle the Dread (probably 7 or 8 without Igon the GOAT but he carries it, him and the theme)
6. Mohg, Lord of Blood (peak boss design and one of the most iconic phase transitions of the decade so far, the most iconic in the game besides Radahn of course)
7. Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame (one of my favorite "secret bosses" ever, his moveset and animations perfectly fit him. The uncanny yet elegant way he moves around is just immaculately designed and I would struggle to imagine a better boss, the only thing holding him down here for me is that his arena is pretty lame. Like you're literally fighting a failed avatar of a world-ending abstract cosmic entity that could theoretically threaten the world had things played out differently, in a tiny wooden room)
8. Maliketh (phase 1 pretty weak both literally and metaphorically, phase 2 is great but the theme is kinda mid and I'm not sure how much I like glass cannon's)
9. Rykard (phase 1 mid but again I love phase 2, but I'm not a huge fan of gimmick bosses where it's almost impossible to beat the boss without using a specific method)
10. Morgott, the Omen King (only thing holding him back is that he's just too easy and his attacks are a bit too similar to Margit's. If they gave him a balance of familiarity like with Radahn it would've been better)
11. Placidusax (camera problems with his size hold him back but overall really good and cinematic, man the phase transition is sick)
12. Radabeast (I love Radagon and if phase 2 was on par with Radagon it'd probably be top 6 or 5, but I still am not a huge fan of the Elden Beast. I mean design and lore-wise the Elden Beast is sick, but with literally no build-up outside of a single item description for a spell that sucks dick and a questionable battle design, it actually waters down the final boss for me. Huge spectacle boss but in terms of actual substance the Elden Beast is mid, Radagon specifically however is genuinely close to a perfect boss)
13. Rellana (Absolute fire boss, great moveset, I love the way she dances around, her Twin Moon attack is just sick, but having no cutscene, no dialogue, and a pretty mid build-up and arena holds her back)
14. Astel (feels like you're fighting a legitimate alien being different from anything else in the Lands Between, but otherwise it's kinda mid)
15. Divine Beast Dancing Lion
16. Rennala (mid battle design imo but holy hell does the arena carry her, and every fantasy game needs that one cheesy spellcaster boss, and man the first time I heard "Come, Oathsworn Dragon!")
17. Metyr, Mother of Fingers (huge spectacle boss, I love the black hole attack, and the lore is sick, esp the arena design, but take those things away and Metyr is kinda mid ngl)
18. Romina, Saint of the Bud (Don't @ me but genuinely I hated this boss when I fought her. And I still don't like her battle design, but overall she has a pretty cool arena, lore, and character design so I struggle to put her below the next few)
19. Putrescent Knight (Not terrible but the boss is just kinda boring to me and not memorable)
20. Commander Gaius (Hard to believe this guy is a major boss)
21. Fire Giant (Cope. Fire Giant is still the worst boss in the base game minus maybe the Godskin Duo or Magma Wyrm, he's not a terrible boss overall but he is terrible by ELDEN RING standards, which are vastly above most of the game industry at this point, he does have some spectacle value but it's hard to give that credit when any build besides long-range is constantly staring at his feet)
22. Magma Wyrm (You already know why it sucks)
23. Godskin Duo (Still genuinely loathe this boss and think it was FromSoft's worst boss in Elden Ring)