quick tip for anyone having trouble on this fight: dont run at him during the start, just walk. this doesnt change the difficulty but it makes it look cooler
SkullMinePro git gud. Abyss watchers is one of the easiest bosses in souls. If you REALLY wanted to, you can just walk backwards and roll the entire first half and let your boss partner do all the work. Then just the exact same thing for his second half. Walk backwards and roll to the side and it’s easier than pinwheel
I did him first try, but only because I decided to summon Anri. I cried after I dealt the last blow because I was panicking, I couldn't dodge anything he was throwing at me lmao
@@biga9144 It's just like how we find the Soul of Cinder resting at the bonfire of the world, before pulling out the Firelink Greatsword and charging at us
1:42 "Ah yes, this chair will offer me fantastic protection against these 2 religious missionaries with wings out of the pure material of dark, flying down at 100mph blowing fire out of their 100% Solid Steel Swords, both of whom being larger than I am"
Here's a partial list: -Corrupted the Flare Witches by giving them access to the Profaned Flame -Knowingly gave his outrider knights cursed rings that would turn them into slavering beasts -Kidnapped the daughter of a royal family, and forced her to serve as a "dancer" -Inducted said dancer into his outrider knights, gave her the cursed rings, and exiled her -Accelerated the corruption of the Deacons of the Deep -Fed Gwyndolin to Aldrich and imprisoned Yorshka (and possible intended for her to meet Gwyndolin's fate as well) -Recruited the insane inhabitants of the Profaned Capital to serve as his personal jailers (those filthy, health-draining jailers...) -Corrupted the Way of White for his own purposes -Though not explicitly stated, it's implied he was responsible for convincing Prince Lothric to reject his duties and instead watch the First Flame die out In all, I guess Sulyvahn is the real villain of Dark Souls 3.
I love how he's tucked away into the (almost) middle of the game, seemingly as a random stepping stone to your next achievement. It speaks volumes of how he was significant in terms of damage and misdeeds, but insignificant in terms of worth and might and value. He wasn't a Lord of Cinder. You don't need him or his soul to accomplish anything. He was just another Heir of Fire, and you kick his ass and move the hell on.
I love the fact that Sulyvahn not just tries to protect us from PVP by sheer force, if you pay attention you see the first thing he does in the fight is to buff both of his freaking weapons to give us a demonstration of what we have to endure in PVP if we continue our journey after his jolly church. But when we don´t take him seriously he even goes so far as to literally ripping himself apart to show us what it´s like to be ganked. He makes so many honorable sacrifices (ಥ﹏ಥ)
that actually makes sense since after his fight i was immediately invaded twice by 2 different guys, and im told that area is a popular meetup spot for people looking to pvp.
Who would be hardest to kill? The eldest child of Gwyn (a god of war who is riding a wyvern), The descendant of Archdragons who has consumed the abyss itself, the last knight who has outlasted every creature in The world and reformed The dark soul for The first time in ages,The literal anamglamation of every creature that has ever linked the fire including Gwyn OR Some faith build who r1 spams an intelligence weapon.
Why is it when I play Pontiff he's an unstoppable samurai killing machine that attacks with precision, but in all the youtube videos he looks like a blind dementia patient swinging at a piñata? I know I know. Git gud 🙄
Because a lot of the youtubers are experts at dark souls 3, the souls series in general, or they fought him several times and uploaded the best one. There are 0 hit speed runs of this game out there. I can't even imagine not getting hit once by the tutorial boss, lol
Pontiff Sulyvahn is one of the most evil bastards in the entire franchise. He caused untold suffering and created countless monsters, all to further his own power. Yet, unlike almost every other enemy you encounter, Sulyvahn is not a mindless beast, mindless hollow or corrupted abomination. He is an extraordinary man, one who used his sharp mind and silver tongue to usurp the city of the gods. For all his atrocities and cruelties, Sulyvahn is the only person in this dying world who was still able to accomplish great things. And we slay him because he stood in our way.
The profaned flame drove him mad, also, tell me, If he is perfectly sane, why does he make these sounds in combat: "GRRRRGRGH!" "AAAGGHGH!" "RUUGGHHH!" "RRRAAAGGH!"
@@Saltboi1823there's no implication that he went "mad" because of the Flame. Only that It bolstered his already existing ambition, it showed him his "true purpose". As another comment stated, Sullyvahn is completely sane.
It's truly jarring to me how I found this guy to be extremely easy but many others found him very hard, it's also one of the reasons why I love this game because the bosses difficulties are interpreted so differently player to player
@@lllool8404 Im currently playing Dark souls for the first time, abyss watchers was easy(3rd try i mean) while with pontiff i'm still stuck currently at 9th try and still cant get him to half. Update: Pontiff is no more, i've also just killed the dancer.
Ò ʌ Ó I’ve played through ds3 6 times and I’ve died to the abyss watchers 3 times and I’ve died to pontiff over 50 times no joke. Another boss that people say is difficult that I just don’t agree with is Aldrich, as I haven’t died to him once in my entire time playing this game
Showed this video to a friend. He said it doesn't look that hard. I let him make a toon. Fighting Iundex Gundyr, why can't I dodge, I can't attack. YOU GOT NO STAMINA BRO!! 6 or 7 seven deaths later he beat Gundyr, this is actually pretty tough. THAT WAS JUST THE TUTORIAL, My friend ._.
@@deads1lence893 looks like someone said something that doesn't have anything to do with the subject at hand. Said person also used a cancer Emoji and misspellings to sound cute while it actually just makes you seem immature.
It's sort of amazing to me that this fight didn't happen much later. Given your opponent's importance and connection to everything that happens in the game, you would think they would save his encounter for almost the very end.
@@icespirit7829 Yeah they can jump. I was able to get way more safe punish windows with Rellana than Pontiff. Just fought him today (again) and wow this guy is relentless even when compared with Elden Ring bosses
@@icespirit7829im on my first ds3 playthrough after beating the other fromsoft games, just reached sulyvahn. I unironically struggle just as much with him as i did when i solo'd rellana. Stamina isa bitch vs pontiff, and the fact that i can't stagger him by doing jump heavys or something really forces me to "wait for his move". Ppl say ER bosses are super unfair but idk man, if you didn't complain about pontiff's combos you dhouldnt complain about malikeths malenias or rellanas imo
ザエオン For Dancer just stick to her ass. It works really well. After 3-4 hits go back to doge her Grab attack. 2nd and 3rd phase is simple with her if you stick to her ass.
For anyone who's curious about his wings it's because pontiff is half corvian. He's also half brich woman which explains why the wings look more like tree brances then normal wings. Apperently in a dlc in one of the games you can meet his brich woman mom, I don't know if you meet his corvian dad though.
I beat this guy the other day with no shield, just rolling and only with parries. Whew. Took about 20 tries due to fuck-ups on the parry timing but I really like this boss. Def one of my favorites in all of soulsborne
Ben Porter He felt quite easy tho, However the nameless king, twin princes, soul of cinder and dragonslayer armour... Damn those were way too hard for me.
Fun Fact: At some point during development, Pontiff Sulyvahn was supposed to be the final boss. A lot of his attacks and moves remained them same after they decided it wouldn't be him, which is why he's so challenging.
Holy shit, the end of the fight is synced up perfectly. The final fist pump, the victory text, and the final beat of the music, which actually happened to land at the very end of the composition, before it would have looped. That was so satisfying.
Ashen One with 2 phantoms: In the name of the Anor Londo Castle you're under arrested, Pontiff. Sulyvahn: Its treason then, you can't arrest me Ashen One, I'M ANOR LONDO! Ashen One: Not yet Sulyvahn: *Ignates Magic swords and jumps towards the enemies screaming
2:16 - шикарно: музыка начинает затихать, Понтифик на секунду разрывает дистанцию, будто переводя дух - А ПОТОМ вдруг с новыми силами!..Божественный бой 👍👍👍
blowskiol i dont really remember my build, i just use fallen knight set, grass crest shield, and astora straight sword. My build is focusing on str and endurance
same. got beat to shit by crystal sage and then easily dancing with pontiff damn it. hahaha. really hoping luck is on my side when fighting other bosses. haha
got rellana to the half hp as soon as she entered phase 2 i alt f4 my game and came here cuz i thought i was in a wrong game she is literally pontiff just with a movment of abyss watchers
This was the boss I died to the most during my first playthrough, but I cannot call him the hardest because when I realized the trick to beating him, I beat him with little effort.
@@siraj_jr_ most of his attacks can be parried and reposted; his opening attack, the second hit after his thrust attack, and the overhead swing for example
@@keatontatooles223 haha nope, definitely rolling to my left. Perhaps you and I perceive different timing for the invincible frames, so only one side works for one of us but not the other...? Lady Friede was the next fight i had the most trouble with. That was a lot of panic rolling 😂
For real. In my memory he was one the coolest and visually most pleasing bosses in dark souls 3 but after playing Elden ring he looks really easy and almost boring lol. I guess they really stepped up their game again.
@@teewurst4630 There are a lot of crappy unbalanced bosses in the Elden Ring. Without DLC, ER, DS3 and Sekiro are still kings in their boss battles. I still love all these games.
Stuck on this guy rn. He has next to zero cool down plus he isn't wearing any shoes! Literally has no chill. Think I might need to level up. Even with my most physically resistant armor and with ember he 2-4 hit kills me.
Bart Stepien That's where I was until today. My build is kind of a hybrid of DEX and INT and I might have made the mistake of splitting my stats a little too much. I was trying to beat him with rolling and melee weapons + great magic weapon, but I could only get him to like a 5th of his health before him and his body double wrecked me. I ended up going hard mage to finally take him down but it was still a struggle. It's crazy to me how people say they got him in like 2 hours. He took me forever to beat.
beat this tonight, took me about an hour of attempts. i was using the black knight greatsword. i almost beat him about 30 minutes into the attempts but i choked and got killed when he had 2 hits worth of health left. Was tough with the great sword, if i didnt have a lot of experience from playing ds1 and part of ds2 and part of demon souls i can tell you i probably would have been stuck on this for like a week lol. I'm not gonna lie to you, i raged a lot trying to heal or get out of range only for him to fly over and start beating the shit out of me with a 3000 hit combo. Circling around him definitely seems to help a lot, dodge rolling directly away seems almost pointless with his sword range and speed. Definitely try to kill his clone as soon as you get the chance and take your free 2 hits on the shadow clone as he creates it but back away after that animation because he will tear you apart with the double offensive. hold the shield while you're circling around him too like in this video and dodge roll whenever appropriate every so often while youre shielding and circling so he doesnt break your shield. As you can see in this video, some of his attacks will just go right over your head. Best of luck everyone!
It's funny how I killed this guy (in my 40th try no less) with an Irithyll Straight Sword, which was the sword given to his knights. Talk about poetic justice. I was surprised he's affected by frostbite. My attacks did 139 damage on him. Except on each 3rd hit, which applied frostbite damage for like 300 damage or so.
Coming off of Dark Souls 2, after Vendrick and Aldia sacrifice everything to find another way and beg you to do the same, Pontiff Sulyvahn's rise to power and plan to wretch the Dark from its vast nothingness and caress it in his hands with Aldritch at his side is a fucking disgusting bastardization of everything those two stood for. What an terrifying yet perfectly evil monster.
One of my proudest moments in Dark Souls 3 is that I beat the Pontiff on my first try. I had heard that he was one of the hardest bosses in the game, so I did everything else that I could have done beforehand, so I went to challenge him after beating Yhorm. I was embered, so I got invaded on my way there so I made a mad dash for the boss fight. During the fight, my health was reduced to a point where I would have died if I wasn't embered multiple times.
After fighting Rellana head on, it really makes me appreciate Pontiff Sulyvahn way more, as both a boss fight and design. Clearly they took a lot of inspiration from his design and moveset when making Rellana, and managed to elevate it a lot. Makes me feel like I am progressing not only inside a game, but between them, as well - by fighting Pontiff, you are that bit more prepared for Rellana.
Is it strange that the Abyss Watchers took me over 30 attempts to kill, but I nailed this guy on my 4th try? I don't know, people say he's difficult but I actually found him pretty easy.
it was the opposite for me. I beat the abyss watchers on the 3rd try (being aggressive, not letting them fight each other) and this guy took me 9 or 10 tries. I bet him using that ice straight sword that you get from the miniboss guy, +2. I like it because it's fast and causes frostbite, but in retrospect I could have brought a much better weapon to the fight.
I beat the abyss watchers on my like 3rd try and pontiff on my first because the red eyed watcher went after me as well so it was a 3 v 1 on fast ass enemies like them, which is way harder than fighting multiple gargoyles or multiple giant sentinels
Felt so satisfying To kill him after like 3 dozen attempts as a intelligence/strength build. What I got out of the fight made it all worth it “Greatsword of Judgement” as it was just what I was looking for, and still remains my favorite sword in the game.
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quick tip for anyone having trouble on this fight: dont run at him during the start, just walk. this doesnt change the difficulty but it makes it look cooler
XDDDD
Instructions unclear, Pontiff sprinted at me when I entered
@@plushyyu4327 he was prob tired of the fist only damageless no rolling runs
😂 you really gave me a good laugh
That's the only thing that keeps me coming back lol. It's so cool
Ashen one: Ha this is my first time going to church in like 1,000 years.
Pontiff Sulyvahn:
WHY WEREN'T YOU AT CHURCH PRACTICE
@@laziwastaken church practice? You mean mass?
I like dogs
@@aqualemon6009 epic
@@aqualemon6009 legendary
the boss that tells you the tutorial is over
Xanax Player that be a abyss watchers
@@moonwolf8470 abyss watchers are too easy, even wolnir is easy. but irythil.... irythil is where casuals go to die
@@NathanThomass Eh, I had 81 tries on the Abyss Watchers, 7 on Pontiff.
SkullMinePro git gud. Abyss watchers is one of the easiest bosses in souls. If you REALLY wanted to, you can just walk backwards and roll the entire first half and let your boss partner do all the work. Then just the exact same thing for his second half. Walk backwards and roll to the side and it’s easier than pinwheel
@@NathanThomass git gud?
I've beaten the game twice, all I have trouble with is the Abyss Watchers, I've got every other boss pattern nailed.
i love how in 02:29 when Sulyvahn lunges toward you, the music cues when you get hit
so true, almost as if this fight waas DESTINED!!!?!?!!?
I noticed that its super epic :D
I got goosebumps
He knew he would appear on youtube.
that made it more epic :D
PONTINFINITE STAMINAVAHN
No doubt. 2nd hardest boss for me along nameless king. His fucking atks that has too much little openings with his fucking infinite stamina
You win one internet point!
No
@lurker You kids and your green frogs.
I did him first try, but only because I decided to summon Anri. I cried after I dealt the last blow because I was panicking, I couldn't dodge anything he was throwing at me lmao
They should have named this guy "99 endurance combos" the boss....
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Unlimited stamina* lol
Nois24 Games 😂😂😂
9999
His stamina number is 10000
Pontiff Sulyvahn should've gotten a cutscene.
He kinda got a cutscene,you both slowly walk down the chapels hall then he lunges at you and so the fight begins
Correct
@@biga9144 It's just like how we find the Soul of Cinder resting at the bonfire of the world, before pulling out the Firelink Greatsword and charging at us
@@jooot_6850 exactly or the cleric beast jumping on the bridge and screaming
the dramatic walking at the start is way better than any cutscene imo
Pontiff: Come to confess your sins?
Ashen One: I dunno how much time you got?
Pontiff: *Ignites weapons* More than you.
WishfulWayfarer 😂😂😂
I wanted to like this comment, but it was already at a perfect 69
dude the man's as religious as a strung-out unemployed college professor
Ashen One: Uh...... Have you been juicing?
@@thinkomancer8726 now it's (6)69
Me: *trying to drink estus*
Pontiff: Can I have some too?
Me: no
Pontiff: *angry noises*
Lol
angry combo noises
Angry in gregorian chorum
Horace sounds intensifies
*Angy pontiff noises*
If this guy sees that you are drinking an estus flask, he goes full baby rage mode and goes on a deadly combo with a force of 1000 winds.
The six attack spinny thing is BRUTAAAAL.
Him and dancer
@@poopmangaming5684As a player who defeated dancer first pontiff is just a cakewalk for me
1:42
"Ah yes, this chair will offer me fantastic protection against these 2 religious missionaries with wings out of the pure material of dark, flying down at 100mph blowing fire out of their 100% Solid Steel Swords, both of whom being larger than I am"
I mean it worked...
@Ferocious Battle yupyup.
@Ferocious Battle chair has 1000 magic resistance and 0 physical resistance
That chair is made out of the same material as gundyr's weapon
It's not just a chair tho
If you look closely
It's a chairs
If you hate Sulyvahn for his boss fight, you'll hate him even more when you learn what he's done.
Here's a partial list:
-Corrupted the Flare Witches by giving them access to the Profaned Flame
-Knowingly gave his outrider knights cursed rings that would turn them into slavering beasts
-Kidnapped the daughter of a royal family, and forced her to serve as a "dancer"
-Inducted said dancer into his outrider knights, gave her the cursed rings, and exiled her
-Accelerated the corruption of the Deacons of the Deep
-Fed Gwyndolin to Aldrich and imprisoned Yorshka (and possible intended for her to meet Gwyndolin's fate as well)
-Recruited the insane inhabitants of the Profaned Capital to serve as his personal jailers (those filthy, health-draining jailers...)
-Corrupted the Way of White for his own purposes
-Though not explicitly stated, it's implied he was responsible for convincing Prince Lothric to reject his duties and instead watch the First Flame die out
In all, I guess Sulyvahn is the real villain of Dark Souls 3.
LordFhalkyn assholism skill at top notch xD
.......in short, hes basically the reason we have "Dark Souls 3" ;or did the the lord of cinder corrupt Sulyvahn?
The Profaned Flame, actually. (When you get to the Profaned Capitol, you can actually see it in a brazier.)
I love how he's tucked away into the (almost) middle of the game, seemingly as a random stepping stone to your next achievement. It speaks volumes of how he was significant in terms of damage and misdeeds, but insignificant in terms of worth and might and value. He wasn't a Lord of Cinder. You don't need him or his soul to accomplish anything. He was just another Heir of Fire, and you kick his ass and move the hell on.
I love the fact that Sulyvahn not just tries to protect us from PVP by sheer force, if you pay attention you see the first thing he does in the fight is to buff both of his freaking weapons to give us a demonstration of what we have to endure in PVP if we continue our journey after his jolly church. But when we don´t take him seriously he even goes so far as to literally ripping himself apart to show us what it´s like to be ganked. He makes so many honorable sacrifices (ಥ﹏ಥ)
that actually makes sense since after his fight i was immediately invaded twice by 2 different guys, and im told that area is a popular meetup spot for people looking to pvp.
@@AtrociousAK47 it's funny I wouldn't class myself as good at the game but when I fought him I learnt how to actually parry and fight
Good ole Pontiff's Porch...the good days 🥲
Me who doesn't even use ember outside of bossfights:
👀
I think you’re doing a bit too much mental gymnastic here
Who would be hardest to kill?
The eldest child of Gwyn (a god of war who is riding a wyvern), The descendant of Archdragons who has consumed the abyss itself, the last knight who has outlasted every creature in The world and reformed The dark soul for The first time in ages,The literal anamglamation of every creature that has ever linked the fire including Gwyn
OR
Some faith build who r1 spams an intelligence weapon.
Captain Padraig to be honest I think nameless king will win
THINK YE CAN TAKE ME????
@@cosmology124 YER DUN
@@mystut306 DOHN'T FERGEHT ME!
Or the tutorial boss when he tries harder.
Why is it when I play Pontiff he's an unstoppable samurai killing machine that attacks with precision, but in all the youtube videos he looks like a blind dementia patient swinging at a piñata? I know I know. Git gud 🙄
Scott K Parry. He dies in four ripostes on leveled runs.
Because a lot of the youtubers are experts at dark souls 3, the souls series in general, or they fought him several times and uploaded the best one. There are 0 hit speed runs of this game out there. I can't even imagine not getting hit once by the tutorial boss, lol
yay candy
@@pontiffsulyvahn562 stop bulling me pls
The guy in this video did the fight completely wrong
Boss fight: Pretty good
Music: Lit asf
Camera: Pure fucking cancer
Josh king of the storm takes the cake with camera bs
Koen Brink The camera itself is cancer, needs to be fixed.
Koen Brink no it doesnt. Just use the fucking right thumb stick like you are supposed to
"wahh wahh the camera is cancer!"
Move it like you are supposed to
@@collision5904 Lmao I totally forgot this comment existed. I have to have been 15-16 years old when I wrote this.
2:29 he hits perfectly in time with the music lol
Such epic shit
Pontiff Sulyvahn is one of the most evil bastards in the entire franchise. He caused untold suffering and created countless monsters, all to further his own power. Yet, unlike almost every other enemy you encounter, Sulyvahn is not a mindless beast, mindless hollow or corrupted abomination. He is an extraordinary man, one who used his sharp mind and silver tongue to usurp the city of the gods. For all his atrocities and cruelties, Sulyvahn is the only person in this dying world who was still able to accomplish great things. And we slay him because he stood in our way.
No one can stop the curse of the Flame.
The profaned flame drove him mad, also, tell me, If he is perfectly sane, why does he make these sounds in combat:
"GRRRRGRGH!"
"AAAGGHGH!"
"RUUGGHHH!"
"RRRAAAGGH!"
@@Saltboi1823 people grunt when they fight
@@Sam-vz8pm I repeat:
"GRRAAAAAAAGHHHH!!!!"
@@Saltboi1823there's no implication that he went "mad" because of the Flame. Only that It bolstered his already existing ambition, it showed him his "true purpose". As another comment stated, Sullyvahn is completely sane.
I didn't know James P. Sullivan was a dark overlord lol
I read that in mr waternoose's voice :'D
Well we know hes always been into "Shady" bussines, so what to expect? ;)
Anytime I fight this guy I just hear “SULLIVAN!” in my head
If you're ever getting into a fight irl just think of pontiff before the fight and you will get instantly angry and win immediately
This is my favorite boss is Dark Souls 3 so far. such an epic fight.
unless you summon 3 people for it, then it just becomes "4 dudes beat the shit out of Darth Pope"
LMAO LMAO
true but they should add an intro scene he deserves it
Ca- Blaze fucking seriously tho - If wolnir gets one Pontiff deff needs one
I hate it
I swear every other level in this game is yet another cathedral
Cathedral souls
@@kroh7742 Dark Cathedrouls
Same as Bloodborne
@@ThatOneUglyLightskin Bloodborne has even more. Though unlike DS that is kind of the point.
@@solidsnake9898 True. I personally love the big cathedrals 😭
we were NOT ready for this guy to return in the elden ring dlc💀😭🙏
I feel so bad for beating this boss at my first try. I summoned 3 phantoms and it was super easy. Should've fought like a man
6root he does not deserve any kindness for the atrocities he's done in the lore
Eh don't worry about it. Whatever makes it easier for your to progress in my opinion. you should never feel bad for using summons to help you.
Umm he should feel bad. One summon already doesn't make that win legit anymore, let alone 3.
There’s always new game +
No way, man. This fight is bullcrap. Summonning any amount of help does you a huge favor
Pontiff Sulyvahn at the beginning of battle: _"Hoo... so you are approaching me?"_
“Even though I stabbed your fire keeper in the neck you are approaching me?”
Ashen: “i can’t beat the shit out of you from over there”
Sulyvahn: Ho ho, then come as close as you like
(*charging attack*)
*Proceeds to activate his stand*
2:29 ohh man that music timing...
Congrats on the transition pontiff 🙏
Damn you
Rellana: *I'm the upgrade*
Homelander ❤
At the start:
He's just standing there.... *m e n a c i n g l y*
Decided to reincarnated into Rellana huh ? You cheeky bastard.
Pontiff has mastered all of the 4 elements: Stamina, Salt, Lag, and last but not least
The loudest fucking soundtrack during a bossfight
Lorian and Lothric are way louder
It's truly jarring to me how I found this guy to be extremely easy but many others found him very hard, it's also one of the reasons why I love this game because the bosses difficulties are interpreted so differently player to player
Big Bee Took me about 6-7 tries with smough's hammer two handed. Definitely a good challenge.
Same here. He's not that fast and suddenly stops a lot. Abyss Watchers are clearly harder than him.
@@lllool8404 Im currently playing Dark souls for the first time, abyss watchers was easy(3rd try i mean) while with pontiff i'm still stuck currently at 9th try and still cant get him to half.
Update: Pontiff is no more, i've also just killed the dancer.
Ò ʌ Ó I’ve played through ds3 6 times and I’ve died to the abyss watchers 3 times and I’ve died to pontiff over 50 times no joke. Another boss that people say is difficult that I just don’t agree with is Aldrich, as I haven’t died to him once in my entire time playing this game
He was very easy, easiest boss so far for me. Just had a Llewelyn shield and kept parrying & retaliating at him. It was over very fast.
at 2:30 The attack of Pontiff's profaned sword matched with my favorite part of the theme. It was beautiful to watch/listen
1:22 "Good to see you, Cloud..."
Ahahah never really liked Final Fantasy. Zero roleplaying involved you're always a human teenager who must save the world.
Pontiff Sephiroth
Two-winged asshole
And the Pontiff Sephiroth sent Jenova, the Devourer of Cetras, to the forgotten capital to consume the last of the Cetras, Aerith.
2:52 Pontiff Sephiroth: "I will never be a memory."
Showed this video to a friend. He said it doesn't look that hard. I let him make a toon. Fighting Iundex Gundyr, why can't I dodge, I can't attack.
YOU GOT NO STAMINA BRO!!
6 or 7 seven deaths later he beat Gundyr, this is actually pretty tough.
THAT WAS JUST THE TUTORIAL,
My friend ._.
LMAO!
Same my boyfriend said that it was easy until he got the chance to play dark souls ... he NEVER beat him though
Wow your friend didn't know how to play within the first 10 minutes of touching the game?
Riceyes ytty aw looks like sum one has no fwends 😥
@@deads1lence893 looks like someone said something that doesn't have anything to do with the subject at hand. Said person also used a cancer Emoji and misspellings to sound cute while it actually just makes you seem immature.
It's sort of amazing to me that this fight didn't happen much later. Given your opponent's importance and connection to everything that happens in the game, you would think they would save his encounter for almost the very end.
He was supposed to be the final boss
@@ShuraTheSoulEater where did you hear that
@@Bendanna93 the dev's themselfs
@@ShuraTheSoulEater it does make a lot of sense
@@Bendanna93 older builds of DS3 have Sulyvahn listed as the final boss
I really wish you could transpose his soul into that sick lightsaber and dual-wield it.
You can, but it's from the Dancer of Boreal Valley soul. Dancer's Enchanted Swords
You could just get to NG+ and get both swords.
madeline plays dark souls? what a gamer
Look how merciful he is with his cooldowns. Unlike his doughter in the realm of shadows.
Tbf the tarnished is also much faster
@@shabbarbukhari7200 are they really?
@@icespirit7829 Yeah they can jump. I was able to get way more safe punish windows with Rellana than Pontiff. Just fought him today (again) and wow this guy is relentless even when compared with Elden Ring bosses
@@icespirit7829im on my first ds3 playthrough after beating the other fromsoft games, just reached sulyvahn.
I unironically struggle just as much with him as i did when i solo'd rellana. Stamina isa bitch vs pontiff, and the fact that i can't stagger him by doing jump heavys or something really forces me to "wait for his move". Ppl say ER bosses are super unfair but idk man, if you didn't complain about pontiff's combos you dhouldnt complain about malikeths malenias or rellanas imo
How to beat a boss in dark souls, 100% infallible
Run in circles.
Chad Elliott Not midir
2. Profit
Sounds good, doesn't work.
Chad Elliott Nope, just summon 2 dudes and beat the crap out of him
ザエオン For Dancer just stick to her ass. It works really well. After 3-4 hits go back to doge her Grab attack. 2nd and 3rd phase is simple with her if you stick to her ass.
For the Elden Ringians, yes, rellana is a Remake of Sulyvahn 😁
Similar concept, remake I’m not so sure
@@BeekoBagginstribute
They only look similar but they have a different move set. If anything he’s more similar to Radahn since he has a combo that is identical to Radahn
Of all the bosses of Dark Souls this is the only one with whom I took the bossfight as something personal...
For anyone who's curious about his wings it's because pontiff is half corvian. He's also half brich woman which explains why the wings look more like tree brances then normal wings. Apperently in a dlc in one of the games you can meet his brich woman mom, I don't know if you meet his corvian dad though.
He's from the painted world, which is where corvians came from
Explains why his face is just a bunch of roots. Nice
what??? lol. no.
@@kovacs4429 shut up
I beat this guy the other day with no shield, just rolling and only with parries. Whew. Took about 20 tries due to fuck-ups on the parry timing but I really like this boss. Def one of my favorites in all of soulsborne
I've beaten Sulyvahn by pretty much only rolling and hitting massively with my butcher's sword. It took me 5-6 tries.
Wolfrsmv Congrats
Ben Porter He felt quite easy tho, However the nameless king, twin princes, soul of cinder and dragonslayer armour... Damn those were way too hard for me.
I bet we have a pretty similar playstyle.
Did you have problems with SoC's "lance mode"? ^^
Discovering that staying on the stairs would make his attack miss made this fight a lot easier
Nice try Fume Knight, but I still recognise you.
Глеб Каменский I feel like pontiff is a bit easier than the fume knight
Глеб Каменский but he’s still a pain in the ass to fight
he's hard AF even without nadalia's help
@@skinnylegs5164 flaming greatsword and smaller sword... uses smaller sword to retaliate...
@@QuadLamb similar movesets as well,its just that pontiff does them much faster lol
Look, it’s Rellana twin moon knights dad
Welcome back Pontiff Sulyvahn
Can we appreciate how fucking well you timed the fade out of the soundtrack when you beat him, together with your gesture? That was fucking amazing.
“One of your messages was rated” I laughed
Here is the moment you came for.
1:29
I love how unlike a typical sorcerer pontiff knows his way around a sword fight, to put it mildly
And also unlike a typical sorcerer, Pontiff has basically infinite stamina
*Ah, it's good to see a fellow Stand user...*
[Remote Romance!]
@@Sentinel145 So its the same type of stand as pucci
[ Holy Clone ]
Fun Fact: At some point during development, Pontiff Sulyvahn was supposed to be the final boss. A lot of his attacks and moves remained them same after they decided it wouldn't be him, which is why he's so challenging.
Damn i wanna fight him with all his attacks then
Took me 8 tries to defeat him guess this is what happens when you fight dancer on a lower level before him😂
4K, full screen, max volume = Epicness
Holy shit, the end of the fight is synced up perfectly. The final fist pump, the victory text, and the final beat of the music, which actually happened to land at the very end of the composition, before it would have looped. That was so satisfying.
You gotta love the peaceful silence you get Everytime a boss is killed
Ashen One with 2 phantoms: In the name of the Anor Londo Castle you're under arrested, Pontiff.
Sulyvahn: Its treason then, you can't arrest me Ashen One, I'M ANOR LONDO!
Ashen One: Not yet
Sulyvahn: *Ignates Magic swords and jumps towards the enemies screaming
This fight is perfect, the music and everything. My god
Watching this after just having beat Rellana to relive my old trauma too
2:16 - шикарно: музыка начинает затихать, Понтифик на секунду разрывает дистанцию, будто переводя дух - А ПОТОМ вдруг с новыми силами!..Божественный бой 👍👍👍
Some people hate this boss but my opinion h is one of the best bosses ds3 has to offer
Who hates the pontiff fight? I think you mightve just been seeing people talking about how hes a bad person and a tyrant
Oh by the way, this guy was supposed to be the final boss.
lore-wise would've been a waaaay better end boss than the amalgamation of fire-linkers
The best souls boss, the music, the setting, the fight. I'll never forget the first time I walked into that fight, and god damn did it feel amazing
Love how him smacking you at 2:28 synced with the music.
I find this boss a lot harder than the nameless king
Sakata Gintoki and here i am, getting killed by crystal sage about 15 times, and clear this guy about 3 attempt
+Anwar Hisyam I feel u man :P
Anwar Hisyam Really? What character build are you using?
blowskiol i dont really remember my build, i just use fallen knight set, grass crest shield, and astora straight sword. My build is focusing on str and endurance
same. got beat to shit by crystal sage and then easily dancing with pontiff damn it. hahaha. really hoping luck is on my side when fighting other bosses. haha
I just beated him yesterday and my heart still crazy beating when I see theres just 5 hits left to kill him...
The OG Rellana
The drop in his OST goes so fucking hard
got rellana to the half hp as soon as she entered phase 2 i alt f4 my game and came here cuz i thought i was in a wrong game she is literally pontiff just with a movment of abyss watchers
rellana is pontiff if he locked in
This was the boss I died to the most during my first playthrough, but I cannot call him the hardest because when I realized the trick to beating him, I beat him with little effort.
Care to share that wisdom
@@siraj_jr_ most of his attacks can be parried and reposted; his opening attack, the second hit after his thrust attack, and the overhead swing for example
Simply rolling to the left instead of the right when he attacks made my survivability go up a significant amount.
@@thisisscotts Do you mean his left? I lost like 10 times in a row rolling left, then won on my firs try rolling right lol
@@keatontatooles223 haha nope, definitely rolling to my left. Perhaps you and I perceive different timing for the invincible frames, so only one side works for one of us but not the other...?
Lady Friede was the next fight i had the most trouble with. That was a lot of panic rolling 😂
This guy looks so tame after elden ring
For real. In my memory he was one the coolest and visually most pleasing bosses in dark souls 3 but after playing Elden ring he looks really easy and almost boring lol. I guess they really stepped up their game again.
@@teewurst4630 There are a lot of crappy unbalanced bosses in the Elden Ring. Without DLC, ER, DS3 and Sekiro are still kings in their boss battles. I still love all these games.
@@teewurst4630 pontiff sulyvahn shits on most of the elden ring bosses alone
@@LuM4rex bb too
Loved this boss fight, haven’t felt this exhilarated when fighting a boss in a long time
the Pontiff had Mimic Tear before it was cool😂👻
More like he had a stand from JoJo but he is so egotistical that his stand is literally just him LOL
A boss so confident he was waiting for you to make the first move. Because even so he will kick your ass.
Stuck on this guy rn. He has next to zero cool down plus he isn't wearing any shoes! Literally has no chill.
Think I might need to level up. Even with my most physically resistant armor and with ember he 2-4 hit kills me.
Bart Stepien That's where I was until today.
My build is kind of a hybrid of DEX and INT and I might have made the mistake of splitting my stats a little too much. I was trying to beat him with rolling and melee weapons + great magic weapon, but I could only get him to like a 5th of his health before him and his body double wrecked me.
I ended up going hard mage to finally take him down but it was still a struggle. It's crazy to me how people say they got him in like 2 hours. He took me forever to beat.
he has no opening in his 1st phase, you got to parry him, then visceral
Bart Stepien if he 2-4 hit kills you with ember then you have really low health lmao
beat this tonight, took me about an hour of attempts. i was using the black knight greatsword. i almost beat him about 30 minutes into the attempts but i choked and got killed when he had 2 hits worth of health left. Was tough with the great sword, if i didnt have a lot of experience from playing ds1 and part of ds2 and part of demon souls i can tell you i probably would have been stuck on this for like a week lol. I'm not gonna lie to you, i raged a lot trying to heal or get out of range only for him to fly over and start beating the shit out of me with a 3000 hit combo. Circling around him definitely seems to help a lot, dodge rolling directly away seems almost pointless with his sword range and speed. Definitely try to kill his clone as soon as you get the chance and take your free 2 hits on the shadow clone as he creates it but back away after that animation because he will tear you apart with the double offensive. hold the shield while you're circling around him too like in this video and dodge roll whenever appropriate every so often while youre shielding and circling so he doesnt break your shield. As you can see in this video, some of his attacks will just go right over your head. Best of luck everyone!
Yep exactly right I took much longer than you to win but this was what I learned from fighting him aswell
It's funny how I killed this guy (in my 40th try no less) with an Irithyll Straight Sword, which was the sword given to his knights. Talk about poetic justice.
I was surprised he's affected by frostbite. My attacks did 139 damage on him. Except on each 3rd hit, which applied frostbite damage for like 300 damage or so.
Love the first time I walked up to him and his sword catches on fire so u know ur in for a fight
Coming off of Dark Souls 2, after Vendrick and Aldia sacrifice everything to find another way and beg you to do the same, Pontiff Sulyvahn's rise to power and plan to wretch the Dark from its vast nothingness and caress it in his hands with Aldritch at his side is a fucking disgusting bastardization of everything those two stood for.
What an terrifying yet perfectly evil monster.
Ok weeb
no one mentions the fact that this guy perfectly times his celebration with the music at 2:55 !
1:33
Did he just summon a fucking stand
Stand Ability: Fucking show everybody what you're going to do 3 seconds into the future discks out for MIyazaki
Bepis No, he didn't. Doesn't even look like a stand.
is that a motherfucking Jojo reference?!?!?!
But what does a Stand truly look like? There was a telephone tower that was a Stand, a Gucci Bag was a Stand.
It's just an etherial version of himself. It's more of an afterimage clone or something, except it predicts his attacks.
Learning to parry this guy is so satisfying.
he is back boiss
1:30 *Pontiff is powering for phase 2 of the fight. Music changes*
"someone rated your message"
Pontiff Sulvahn delivers such a beautiful fight
Welcome back to Elden Ring, it's been so long.
1:29 Jojo reference?
We beat him with Remote Romance.
Wish I had Star Platinum to stagger this fucker
It won't even take a second to finish you off
Ayyy finally i found your comment again . I just came back to say that your comment still makes burst out laughing everytime i remamber it😂
this boss is like the hardest parry tutorial of all time
Elden Ring 1st dlc boss be like
Nobody:
Pontiff swinging his sword: YEEEEEEEEEEUUUUUGGGGHHHH!!!
lmao, i love those sounds
One of your messages was rated.
One of my proudest moments in Dark Souls 3 is that I beat the Pontiff on my first try.
I had heard that he was one of the hardest bosses in the game, so I did everything else that I could have done beforehand, so I went to challenge him after beating Yhorm. I was embered, so I got invaded on my way there so I made a mad dash for the boss fight. During the fight, my health was reduced to a point where I would have died if I wasn't embered multiple times.
Nice job man, this boss fight is so hard.
Who's here after fighting Rellana? I can't believe we thought Melenia was hard😭😭😭
Man I'm in ng+7 and rennala hard asf
Rellana was tired of people bullying her sister
malenia is harder than rennala tho *edit oh rellana you meant. they're about even in difficulty, as in both are tough.
After fighting Rellana head on, it really makes me appreciate Pontiff Sulyvahn way more, as both a boss fight and design.
Clearly they took a lot of inspiration from his design and moveset when making Rellana, and managed to elevate it a lot.
Makes me feel like I am progressing not only inside a game, but between them, as well - by fighting Pontiff, you are that bit more prepared for Rellana.
Yeah well, I havent played dark souls 3 in years so I wasnt prepared lol
Took me a long time to beat this boss but it was so epic, so much fun
Is it strange that the Abyss Watchers took me over 30 attempts to kill, but I nailed this guy on my 4th try? I don't know, people say he's difficult but I actually found him pretty easy.
Chris Dempsey I killed them both on first try? And it was my first time playing who knew I was such a savage
it was the opposite for me. I beat the abyss watchers on the 3rd try (being aggressive, not letting them fight each other) and this guy took me 9 or 10 tries. I bet him using that ice straight sword that you get from the miniboss guy, +2. I like it because it's fast and causes frostbite, but in retrospect I could have brought a much better weapon to the fight.
Pontiff is definitely way harder but the abyss watchers are no joke either
I beat the abyss watchers on my like 3rd try and pontiff on my first because the red eyed watcher went after me as well so it was a 3 v 1 on fast ass enemies like them, which is way harder than fighting multiple gargoyles or multiple giant sentinels
I beat Pontiff and Abyss Watchers both at 2nd try but they were very close fights.
Sulyvhan:Can you parry ?
Me: no
Sulyvhan:Top Kek
Felt so satisfying To kill him after like 3 dozen attempts as a intelligence/strength build. What I got out of the fight made it all worth it “Greatsword of Judgement” as it was just what I was looking for, and still remains my favorite sword in the game.