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The first time I came up against Ornstein and Smough I was absolutely demolished, but it was my perseverance and willingness to try new strategies that eventually helped me beat them.

Ornstein: I suspect leadership and experience, perhaps in the dressing room and around the camp as much as on the pitch. Wharton’s time is coming and, I’d like to think, Gibbs-White’s as well.

Ornstein and Smough, Dark Souls. Ornstein and Smough are one of the toughest gatekeepers in the series. Unlike several bosses on this list, they are mandatory if you want to finish Dark Souls.

Ornstein and Smough established the very template for this kind of double boss fight, and it's one that FromSoftware loves to include in virtually every one of its games released since Dark Souls.

Ornstein and Smough established the very template for this kind of double boss fight, and it's one that FromSoftware loves to include in virtually every one of its games released since Dark Souls.