# Top 16 Dark Souls and Elden Ring Villains

> Towering demigods, tragic fallen knights, and nightmare-fuel horrors that made players rage and marvel in equal measure. Cast your vote for the one that left the deepest mark.

*By YPB Team · Published July 10, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/top-16-dark-souls-and-elden-ring-villains*

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1. **Malenia, Blade of Miquella** — score 1000/1000
   Elden Ring's undefeated demigod swordmaster whose Scarlet Rot makes her the game's most feared boss.
2. **Slave Knight Gael** — score 727/1000
   The wandering hunter who serves as the poignant final boss of the entire Dark Souls saga.
3. **Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy** — score 682/1000
   The demigod who fused with a serpent to devour the gods in Elden Ring's Volcano Manor.
4. **Morgott, the Omen King** — score 568/1000
   The dutiful Omen ruler who defends the capital as the last king of Leyndell in Elden Ring.
5. **Godrick the Grafted** — score 384/1000
   Elden Ring's cowardly demigod who grafts the limbs of the fallen onto his own body.
6. **Artorias the Abysswalker** — score 384/1000
   The fallen knight of Gwyn corrupted by the Abyss in Dark Souls' acclaimed DLC.
7. **Sister Friede** — score 384/1000
   The scythe-wielding, three-phase Ashes of Ariandel boss regarded as Dark Souls III's toughest.
8. **Pontiff Sulyvahn** — score 384/1000
   The tyrannical, dual-sword-wielding pontiff who corrupted Irithyll in Dark Souls III.
9. **The Dung Eater** — score 384/1000
   Elden Ring's depraved NPC villain who spreads a curse to defile souls even in death.
10. **Ornstein and Smough** — score 303/1000
   Dark Souls' iconic duo boss guarding Anor Londo, a rite of passage for every player.
11. **Manus, Father of the Abyss** — score 303/1000
   The primeval humanity turned monstrous, the source of the Abyss in Dark Souls' DLC.
12. **Nameless King** — score 303/1000
   Dark Souls III's hidden dragon-riding warrior god, an optional boss famed for his brutal difficulty.
13. **Aldrich, Devourer of Gods** — score 303/1000
   The Lord of Cinder who consumed gods and men, wielding Gwyndolin's power in Dark Souls III.
14. **Mohg, Lord of Blood** — score 206/1000
   The blood-cursed demigod of Elden Ring who schemes to raise a dynasty around Miquella.
15. **Starscourge Radahn** — score 91/1000
   Elden Ring's gravity-wielding general who halted the stars, fought in a legendary festival battle.
16. **Maliketh, the Black Blade** — score 91/1000
   The Beast Clergyman and shadowbound guardian of Destined Death in Elden Ring.

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