Perhaps the funniest thing about the Parasitic Wall Hugger is that new players probably won’t appreciate how weird it is on their first go-around.

Whatever it may be, these enemies contribute to what makes a FromSoft game a FromSoft game, and today I’ll be ranking my favorites based on how much I did not expect them there. Maybe it’s a monster design that confused you so much you beat it to death just in case and it never respawned- its absence the only thing to remind you it was ever there. Maybe there’s only one or two of them in the whole game. Maybe it’s an enemy you met somewhere you didn’t expect. The series’ excellent, genre-defining bosses-Great Grey Wolf Sif, Knight Artorias, a lone Torch Hollow-are the focus of ample praise and years of discourse, but for me, it’s the strange, unexpected Guys who call the kingdoms of Lordran, Drangleic, and Lothric home who make for some of the most memorable encounters in the Souls games. Guys who grab you, guys who stomp you, guys who kick you and guys who flush you down their toilet mouths like crunchy mouthwash. This is presumably why FromSoftware never actually used the 'try lightning' message and ultimately removed it.įast forward to today and we've got masochistic streamers randomly switching between Dark Souls, Elden Ring, and Sekiro using mods.Above all, the Dark Souls series is known for its intricate lore, smart, vertical level design, and memorable bosses. Suffice to say, Pinwheel isn't the type of boss you'd really need extra help for, let alone dedicated messages on what weapons or spells to use. Illusory Wall theorizes that the message was originally meant to lead players into using lightning attacks on the pool of water in Pinwheel's arena to insta-kill groups of the one-HP clones that the boss summons during the fight. It's developed a reputation as a joke boss which, like the much more intimidating Capra Demon, is recycled in other areas as a normal enemy. Frankly, Pinwheel is just weak to damage. Pinwheel is technically weakest to lightning, but only by a slim margin compared to fire and magic.

The only memorable thing Pinwheel ever did was drop the Mask of the Father which spawned the legendary Giant Dad build. Hell, it might be the easiest boss in any FromSoftware game barring true-blue gimmick bosses that get one-hit, like Dark Souls 2's Ancient Wyvern. The tip to 'try lightning' was placed near Pinwheel, the boss of the Catacombs area bordering Tomb of the Giants, and also the easiest boss in all of Dark Souls.

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