Top 10 Moments That Broke Every Souls Player

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If you’ve ever played a Souls game, you know — pain is part of the experience. 😤 From impossible bosses to cruel traps, these 10 moments define why Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Elden Ring are the ultimate tests of skill and sanity. 🔥 Relive the most stressful, heart-pounding, controller-smashing moments in Souls history!  Prepare to rage… and respect the grind. 💀

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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo and today we're looking at those butt puckering moments in Souls games

00:11that had us squeezing our controllers to the point of breaking. This isn't just about tough

00:15bosses, these are the 10 most stressful moments in Souls games. Let's wipe our brows and do this

00:21thing. Fishing Hamlet and Shark Giant Bloodborne.

00:30Welcome to the Fishing Hamlet, annoying enough on its own but home to one of the most annoying

00:39enemy types in Bloodborne, Shark Giants. Narrow walkways, limited cover and swarms of aggressive

00:45foes force players into annoying spots for swinging swords, leaving almost no room for error. Then

00:51there's the Shark Giants, the hard-hitting enemies whose attacks can one-shot or stagger. Don't even

00:56bother thinking you can duck this section with aggressive healing because it's strikingly

01:00limited. Let me quote the great, a good hunter from Reddit. What am I missing here? What can I

01:06learn, practice and get good at to reliably kill this enemy? Nothing, Hunter. Nothing.

01:11The Lake of Rot, Elden Ring. The Lake of Rot in Elden Ring is one of the game's most stressful areas,

01:37placing players in unrelenting danger with almost no room to relax. The stress of navigating this

01:42area, reaching every corner, solving the puzzles and fighting the bosses is turned up to 11 with

01:47Scarlet Rot infecting you almost instantly, a status effect that steadily drains health and demands

01:52constant cures or meticulous preparation. Movement is sluggish and punishing while lurking enemies and

01:58environmental threats heighten the pressure. Every resource must be carefully managed as the

02:02inevitable rot builds. Combined with its oppressive atmosphere, unsettling music and pervasive sense

02:08of helplessness, the Lake of Rot turns each step into a tense gamble for life, which is also the name

02:14of my autobiography.

02:23Arno Londo, Dark Souls.

02:36Have you tried to move through Arno Londo in Dark Souls? Trust me, if you had, you'd never forget it.

02:41First off, flying buttresses are infamous for breaking newcomers, and then the section of Arno Londo with

02:46the silver knight archers has become a true rite of passage, testing whether players can stay calm while

02:51being relentlessly shot off narrow ledges into the abyss. Many gave up here entirely. Those who persevered

02:58soon faced another war. Ornstein and Smaug, the game's most brutal boss duo. Without solid dodging skills and

03:05careful stamina management, players were doomed to repeat the fight until they adapted. For many, this section was the

03:10ultimate test of patience and rage. And stress.

03:20Frigid Outskirts, Dark Souls 2.

03:34On to another stress-inducing section, we have the Frigid Outskirts. All of the Dark Souls 2 DLCs are

03:40notoriously tough, but none compare to the misery of the Frigid Outskirts in the Crown of the Ivory King.

03:45This area features some of the franchise's worst enemy designs and one of From Software's most

03:50punishing boss runs. Much like the Tomb of the Giants, a blinding snowstorm limits visibility,

03:56while reindeer enemies charge out of the whiteout to knock you down and deal heavy damage,

04:00something Elden Ring players would have experienced years later at about 10% the annoyance.

04:05After minutes of wandering aimlessly, players finally reach a boss fight against two re-skinned versions

04:09of Ava. The fight is easier than the Trek itself, but guess what death means? Repeating the entire run.

04:24The Ritual Path, Demon's Souls.

04:26I mean this with absolutely no hyperbole. I googled the Ritual Path so I could revisit it

04:37before writing about it, and in all my days at Mojo, I've never seen so many Reddit posts about

04:43how the hell do I get through this section. The Ritual Path in Demon's Souls is notoriously

04:48difficult because it combines oppressive design with brutal enemy placement. Placement that requires

04:52a complete knowledge of the area, as walkthroughs will often have you cheesing kills with well-placed

04:56shots and magic before even getting there. The area is shrouded in darkness, making navigation tricky

05:02and giving enemies the advantage of surprise. Reaper enemies summon waves of lethal shadow creatures,

05:08forcing players to either rush the Reaper or risk being overwhelmed. The narrow pathways leave little

05:12room for maneuvering and a single mistake often results in death. Add in powerful black phantom enemies

05:17and a deadly fall to the abyss below and the Ritual Path becomes a test of patience.

05:22I'm not interested in repeating.

05:30Old Yharnam in Bloodborne is stress on stress on stress. From the moment you enter, you're greeted by

05:43Jura's Gatling gun raining down bullets, forcing you to dash between cover while beasts swarm the streets.

05:48These stressful moments would be well and truly enough to get it onto this list, but it goes on.

05:53The level's vertical design makes you feel constantly exposed, with enemies lurking around

05:58blind corners. Most foes inflict poison, punishing hasty movement while also forcing you to fight with

06:02speed. It's just an impossible combo. Old Yharnam teaches you that rushing ahead is deadly,

06:07yet lingering too long is equally dangerous. A lot of this list is about stressful areas,

06:11but this one stays with me personally more than most.

06:26Blighttown Dark Souls

06:28Even by modern Souls-like standards, no poison swamp compares to the nightmare of Blighttown in

06:41the original Dark Souls. It's lake of rot on crack. Even the path to get to this infamously

06:46sh**ty swampland is stressful. Inside Blighttown, players must navigate a ramshackle vertical maze of

06:52rickety platforms and awkwardly placed ladders, all while exposed to enemies at every goddamn angle.

06:58Hulking ogres hurl cleavers, toxic darts shooters drain your HP, and insects lash out with blood and

07:04fire. This area is achievable now, with everyone having their methods pinned down.

07:08RING CITY DARK SOULS 3

07:29Yay, Dark Souls 3 made it on this list. Oh no, it's because of the RING CITY.

07:34The RING CITY DLC for Dark Souls 3 stands among the hardest content in the entire trilogy.

07:39Traversing its ruined streets is brutal, with Ringed Knights arguably the series' toughest

07:44standard foes, and don't forget the relentless Angels. This city requires complete, unfiltered

07:49mastery of combat fundamentals. Designed for endgame characters, the enemies here are stronger

07:54than anywhere else in DS3. Its bosses, especially Dark Eater Medea and Slave Knight Gale,

07:59push players to their limits. Is it cheating to include the entirety of a DLC in an entry?

08:05Maybe. But I'm gonna.

08:11The Obsidian Greatsword Dark Souls

08:24Dark Souls is infamous for its grueling challenges, but the Artorias of the Abyss DLC pits players against

08:30the legendary boss Black Dragon Kalameet, whose overwhelming health pool and punishing attacks

08:35test every part of a player's skills. Beating Kalameet is already a monumental task, but obtaining the

08:40Obsidian Greatsword from him is even tougher. The weapon can only be acquired by severing his tail,

08:46a near-impossible feat, requiring precise timing, rare openings and immense patience. It's truly like if I said,

08:54you need to defeat Mike Tyson in his prime in a boxing match, and then I said, I'll also give you a

08:59billion dollars if you can take one of your socks off.

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09:27Gauntlet of Strength Mortal Journey, Sekiro Shadows Die Twice

09:41Truly, any of the Gauntlet of Strength challenges could be considered the most stressful sections of

09:45any Souls game, but we're focusing on the Gauntlet of Strength Mortal Journey challenge,

09:48because it demands perfection over an exhausting marathon of some of the hardest boss fights

09:53available. Players must defeat a Gauntlet of Sekiro's toughest foes back-to-back without checkpoints

09:59or healing between battles, aside from limited healing guards. The sheer endurance required

10:04makes even minor mistakes costly, as losing late in the Gauntlet means starting all over again.

10:09Pressure builds with each victory as the fear of slipping up grows heavier.

10:13Mortal Journey pushes players mastery, patience and nerves to the limits, amplifying stress right

10:19throughout. It's easily an hour of your life and it can disappear with the clink of a sword.

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