IGN Readers Say Silksong's Bilewater Boss Has the Worst Runback in a Souls Game

"What defines a Soulslike?" is simply a question I would not situation to effort and reply connected IGN fixed the myriad viewpoints connected it retired there, but 1 oft-discussed diagnostic of FromSoftware's games astatine slightest is the "runback", oregon the... well, tally backmost to a brag aft you've died to it, particularly erstwhile there's a important region oregon situation involved. Not a batch of games person these. FromSoftware and Hollow Knight games person immoderate heinous ones.

How heinous? Truly heinous, if the galore net threads and discussions complaining astir immoderate of them are immoderate indication. But we wanted to know, which 1 is the worst?

We ran a canvass connected IGN past period wherever we asked readers to ballot connected the Soulslike brag with the worst runback. To populate our canvass options, I consulted a fig of sources. I asked our Soulslike experts present astatine IGN, I asked for suggestions connected Bluesky, and I went backmost to respective aged Reddit threads successful assorted Souls communities wherever fans lamented horrible runbacks to spot what was complained astir the most.

Interestingly enough, perfectly nary 1 suggested thing that wasn't either a Hollow Knight crippled oregon a FromSoftware game, which possibly says thing astir however some of those games attack prevention points successful narration to bosses. I asked IGN unit to deliberation truly hard if determination were immoderate different bosses from immoderate different games we should add, and we came up with Umi-Bozu from Nioh, conscionable to adhd immoderate variety.

We past posted the canvass connected aggregate articles connected to Soulslike games, and shared it astir connected societal media asking our readers to vote. We admit this is simply a alternatively unscientific poll, fixed that it was included archetypal successful an nonfiction explicitly astir Bilewater successful Hollow Knight: Silksong. That said...

IGN readers voted for Groal from Silksong arsenic the Soulslike brag with the worst runback, astatine 16.2% of the vote.

However, it wasn't an overwhelming victory. Coming successful conscionable down it with 15.3% was "The full Dark Souls 2 DLC" which we listed to see the Blue Smelter Demon, Lud and Zallen, and Sir Allone. Again, this is an admittedly unscientific canvass - including 3 bosses successful that 1 astir apt swung the ballot a small bit, but erstwhile we asked astir truthful galore radical mentioned either bosses from oregon the entirety of the Dark Souls 2 DLC it felt incorrect not to radical them together.

In 3rd spot with a marginally much technological percent of the ballot astatine 9.8% was Placidusax from Elden Ring and... yeah, that chunk of Crumbling Farum Azula you person to tally done each clip you combat him sucks! Close down him was Bed of Chaos from the archetypal Dark Souls, an already-frustrating combat compounded by a horrible runback careless of whether you slog done lava oregon instrumentality the "short"-cut down Queelag's sister.

Umi-Bozu got the slightest magnitude of votes, possibly suggesting that runbacks extracurricular of Hollow Knight and FromSoftware games truly aren't that bad.

If you're playing Silksong and haven't gotten to Groal yet, large news: we person a walkthrough that volition assistance you past Bilewater successful general, and if you're adverse to utilizing guides, we person a speedy extremity present that volition marque your runback to Groal... somewhat easier. It's inactive bad. In summation to our Bilewater guide, we person a elaborate Wiki to assistance you done each measurement of your travel successful Pharloom, truthful cheque it retired before, during, and aft Bilewater.

And if you've already beaten Groal and deliberation our canvass is wrong, delight consciousness escaped to ballot above. Percentages notation successful this portion are close astatine the clip of publication, but possibly determination are immoderate Nioh fans that truly privation to assistance Umi-Bozu out. Personally, aft 2 consecutive nights of failing to ascent a operation with thing astatine the apical of it, I'm regretting not having enactment Baby Steps successful this canvass somewhere.

Rebekah Valentine is simply a elder newsman for IGN. Got a communicative tip? Send it to [email protected].