Bear claws look absurdly fun too, I just maxed them out to mess around with in PVP (or to help others in PVE)
Maliketh and Mohg phase 2 were MUCH more annoying about outranging, by a landslide. Same with Elden Beast pre-Torrent My playthrough was pure melee as well
Yeah Torrent got added on the DLC pre patch for Elden Beast For me Maliketh hopped away nonstop for his shenanigans, very few openings in all my playthroughs. Not even difficult but I hate that loser haha. There’s also Fire Giant rolling away nonstop with the inconvenient hit boxes but at least he’s big and there’s Torrent
1. Messmer 2. Midra 3. Dancing Lion 4. Rellana 5. Putrescent Knight I liked every boss except 2, I just recognized a lot of flaws in some others as well even though I personally really enjoyed them I'ma do a long players log on my DLC thoughts going through the areas and bosses but I've been so busy at work I haven't gotten around to it
I now just have the final boss to go but I am kind of surprised at your ranking. Messmer is a clear #1, but the final boss is really good so far and Id probably rank every other boss over Putrescent Knight.
God I really hate the final boss haha, it is certainly challenging as hell and I "get it" but I really wish they did anything else Scadutree Avatar is the other one I have very low, just a lot of tedium Metyr is close to PK, I'd probably say 5a and 5b. I also REALLY like Gaius but I know the complaints about the charge hit box are valid so I deducted some points for that, if they fix that he's probably up to #4. Bayle is cool as hell but camera shenanigans etc. And Romina is too easy to blow through and very unmemorable