Everyone's like "lol just use bloodhound step" or "just equip this extremely hard to find weapon" when giving advice for bosses. Hopefully she pops up again in short order and you dodge her the same way, and hit another comet Azure in the same way, which should be enough to kill her. That wasn't her moveset. Cerulean Amber Medallion +2 (get it here) Big FP boost. Plenty of TRY NIGHT messages at every spot night cavalry spawns. Doubt it tho. Didnt realize my problem was I was staying locked on. Here? r/Eldenring Bruh, she Litterally did it in the video and he dodge it no problem. She got cut from Sekiro and they just plopped her in Elden Ring. If she couldn't randomly do her hyperarmor through everything kick and waterfowl dance wasn't "run around waiting for her vergil attack until she does it". Dragoncrest Shield Talisman +2 (get it here, Major physical damage reduction, as all of Melanias damage is physical, although if you get caught in a combo, nothing will save you. I beat her without bloodhound step. Its funny how the difficulty of bosses changes from person to person. I mean, they're called Night's Cavalry. Don't know how it is now after the mimic nerf tho. Here? Once you've met one, you can probably figure out when the others might show up. He only comes out at night though, and if you want theres a way to really cheese the fight to a degree that you dont even need to hit him. Was running a dual katana bleed build and a bloodhounds step dagger at level 1 carried me through waterfowl dance and her clone attack. Isn't it a black horseman? Well done. I'll be in Limgrave if anyone needs me, The biggest contrast I see for most successful runs is did she do big anime slash combo? Bloodhounds Step (get it here) This was essential. Are 2k damage bonks normal for colossal weapons at this point? Comet Azure is the main trick here because I dont think you alone will be able to avoid spamming moons for long unless youve pulled off some really crazy defensive dodges. You can get two of them at the start of NG+1 by duplicating the remembrance and carrying it forward in your NG+1 and get another one. Rannis Dark Moon (get it here) This was the phase 1 spell I spammed. There are always bosses that is tougher on some builds than others. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Seeing how everything stacks and scales is v helpful. I actually haven't looked up where to find it. There's nothing wrong with changing your entire build for just one fight then going back to what you prefer. I never was one to like strength or big weapons in any game so I beat her with a simple bleed build and powerstanced katanas. It might take you a few try to get use to the timing, but is reliable with maximum of maybe just getting a scratch on the first flurry if not time correctly. He was way more annoying than Malenia. What If a fight forced you to use a bow? OP played really well - not everything you deem overpowered needs a call to nerf. Hope this help and good luck in this battle! Dragoncrest Shield Talisman +2 (get it here) Big physical damage reduction, as all Malenias damage is physical, although if you get caught in a combo, nothing will save you. Thanks for this, tired of people saying its a cheap fight. Bloodhound step still require some skill to use. Just noticed your health bar lol, There are stats on the end of the video, it was a no hit run so I didn't put anything in VIG, A no hit run of Elden Ring Man you must eat crack for breakfast. So, Im a mage, and while the Melania fight is tough for anyone, its especially for someone who has to be cast-up and where most of their spells make her blink like theyre nothing Huh. Like bitch have you tried anything? Ahh okay that makes sense. Press J to jump to the feed. Shields also work quite nicely as I've heard. At 2:58 she actually does a hyper armor slash but it very luckily missed. Took a while to learn her move set though. Maliketh felt unnecessarily overtuned. Then there's "rot goddess gets bullied by caveman with no vigor and big hammer". The problem is fuck your playstyle you will use this. I dont think i got hit by that thing in my last 50 fights. I'm bound I can beat her but it's my first souls game and after like 150hrs things finally are clicking and I don't look like a panic mess so my combats more calculated now lol. I'm 37 years old and this is my first souls game. Look up nights Calvary caelid to find out where hes at. When he slammed, that was my time to do as much damage as possible. pick up my science fiction novels Herokiller Series And The Earthborne Trilogy. Bosses are fast and relentless and we're slow and clunky. Snow Witch Hat (get it here) This gives a 10% bonus to cold spells (my Dark Moon). So I only got to experience her bullshit combo twice through the whole fight unlike the 3 to 4 I would see during any other attempt. to be honest getting double the amount of i frames is pretty op anywhere, I dropped her 2 min with rivers of blood and bloodhounds step.3 days ago, Bloodhound step and mimic gotta be the worst things from soft could have put in the game, genuinely easy mode, how did i not fucking think of it damn i would have killed her easy. Or get another one after killing her the second time. In any other game Bloodhound's step would be a cheat engine script, but not here lmao, I'd be very surprised if it stays as it is currently, yeah it will probably get nerfed into obilivion. I can see this strategy working out for about 3 people of the 12 million that bought the game. This is the subreddit for the Elden Ring gaming community. I've been watching Lobos do a level 1 run. Well, that's the whole point of the challenge. dude, if you don't want to use it then don't use it ffs. Why this is important, well, some of melania attack are weak on your poise which helps you to trade of some blow, let say you are playing a build that have not invest into endurance/equip load this allow you to use high poise armor like lionel armor or veteran armor which also give better dmg reduction. Just curious because i noticed ongbal does this too, if youre doing no-hit, why not use RTSR? I beat her in 10 different ways and builds so far But, for me, after you beat the game once, then all the community aspects of these games really come to shine, regarding different starts, hidden items, discussing the lore etc. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. Yup. Dude you made me feel bad for a boss that whooped my ass for a solid 45 minutes, good job! Every from soft boss is a puzzle with multiple solutions and there are some straight up mentally inhibited small minded ghouls who cry about the slightest challenge when they cant git gud. Very rarely am I desperately trying to beat content so I can sit down and write a guide for it, but in order to explain how to actually beat Elden Rings hardest boss, Malenia, as a mage, I had toactually beat her first. i just beat her without summons. Nope, it fine as it is. Essentially you want to dodge (mostly using the Bloodhound step) until he swells again, which he should do when youve turned him down to decently low health. Dude I for some reason cant get the timing down with her devastating combo on new game plus.. how far away do I need to be when she does that whirlwind attack? Np, I got you. Just remember for that one perfect run they had they probably had countless failed attempts that aren't being uploaded. It's what I think about anytime I get stuck on a boss, My bad lol ultimate glass cannon good work, Damn, if I could spec out VIG Id be able to have 99 dex, The contrast on this sub is incredible. Eh not really, the Night's Cavalry that drops it isn't hidden or anything. Thanks! Just Malenia, as I have save files ready before her fight and Rennala makes it very easy to respec. Primal Glintstone Blade (get it here) This reduces FP cost for a bit of health for more moon spam. Also just noping out of the clone sequence's range easily. a pure strength no hit run without the bloodhound's step or a shield to avoid her upclose waterfowl is near impossible, dodging the waterfowl from upclose is hard af. Also if you have a weapon capable of bleeding and all those thing that have been discuss here on reddit I imagine it helps even more. Bloodhound step and blasphemous blade special attack let me beat this boss on the first try. There's better things to Nerf. The rest of the fight is getting good at knowing when she is gonna stop attacking and sadly rng that she doesn't go into a frenzy. This is from my experience of fighting her with dual Zweihander, obviously with faster weapons or using ranged ashes of war you have much more opportunities to deal damage. I dont think I could have beaten it without this. Terra Magica (get it here, This is what I put down at the beginning to shoot the moon for a big damage boost. Bloodhound step for those that don't know, is an ash of war that basically give you a dash with lots of Iframes and a faster startup than a roll no matter your equip load. Actually makes the fight challengingly fun instead of feeling like complete bs. Players must explore and fight their way through the vast open-world to unite all the shards, restore the Elden Ring, and become Elden Lord. The rest of your armor doesnt really matter but I had a moderate load. :). When I finally beat her it was sheer luck that Tiche survived well into the fight and managed to help me get a couple lucky staggers on her. Hmm alternate save files to test things out never though of that. I mean it's either use a thing that makes the boss easier, or get good and dodge waterfowl (you can dodge it point-blank, it's not impossible, but it is very hard, which I think an optional endgame boss is fine being.). On a bad run she will spam her Waterfowl Dance move and you will have to do the Bloodhound Step boogie to avoid as much of it as you can. For sure my favorite as well. I would not be surprised at all to see bloodhounds step get a nerf in the next month or so. With bloodhound when close, you drop the lock on when she jump and wait just a sec, when she lounge forward you do two bloodhound forward, no timing needed for the second, you wait like a half a sec and do one bloodhound backward and the wait the same and one forward. Carrion Regal Scepter (get it here, This is my max Scepter which does bonus damage to my Dark Moons. Probably because you get people unironically saying stuff like, If you beat Malenia using BH Step, Frost status, bleed weapons, mimic/summons, parrying, stagger-locking, sorcery, barricade shield + greatshield, Swarm of flies, etc etc then I dont respect you and your kill isnt legit,. Just sayin. Here are the main components of my kit, most of which youll find the result of a queen quest at some point: Black Knife Teach (bring her here, This is one of the best summons in the game and a perfect counter to Melania. just do not give up! Waterfowl, while beautiful to witness, is very hard to dodge. I think if anything, it levels the playing field. You can get it as soon as you get your Horse :D. My mans rocking that 10 vigor like the gigachad he is. She didn't use waterfowl. Awesome gameplay. You can Bloodhound Step sideways on repeat to dodge all the clones of her one attack. It's very simple. Also melee build . You can make any fight easier with BHS. Fake video. I totally understand it's strong and I still get spanked. Elden Ring stresses building chars the way you want, and one boss move centralizing builds to specific weapon skills is at odds with that philosophy. Hopefully she will flower again in short order and you dodge it the same way, and hit her with another Comet Azur the same way, which should be enough to kill her. It doesn't chunk half your HP in a single swing like some Magic Katana We need it to keep Stars of Ruin in check, which got buffed instead for some reason. I didn't find the bloodhounds step as well on my first playthrough, hell I missed that bridge entirely let alone at night-time. Some people are celebrating that they finally beat Malenia after 8 hours. Wow, she didn't waterfowl once in phase one, and only did it 2 or 3 times in phase two. hehe for sure, the first time I beat her was with a mimic, also a very fun way to fight her. Seems like bad design. Bloodhound step is too spam-able. unless you get there at daytime you don't really have a chance at knowing whether you missed something there or not and it isn't a place you'd ever return to. Very rarely am I desperately trying to beat material so I can sit down and write a guide for it, but its hard to explain how to actually beat the toughest boss of the Elden Ring, Melania, as a mage , I actually had to beat him first. tbh if you have more than 50% of your HP with even a little experience dodging the move it's no problem to survive. Was having so much trouble with the rhythm of flurry attack. Yea I accidentally used it on her effectively just bc I equipped to step through the rot lake part, was too lazy to switch and just bashed my head in a few times using same build I had to clear the area, Seeing you get caught out by waterfowl at point blank and not dying is hurting my brain. If you can't stagger, just run like hell once she loses 1/3 of her health. 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