ColonelKillaBee

This is a pretty funny and also creepy rabbit hole balrog probably knows all about lmao

I like the spectacle of that fight. Its beautiful and sticks with you.... I hated the fight itself though but, maybe thats Fromsoft's version of Radahn that they decided to keep since they nerfed og Radahn and more people could solo him. And both were soloable but not for most people. So, its the same idea but not as obvious because they dont give you ten thousand unlimited summons for her like they did Radahn. And hey at least I can say I solo'd him, Balrog And Maliketh for me was easy. But yea I cant with my builds finish her alone.

I hope some of that rambling made sense lol but imo for most people beating her involved some form of cheese, either leveling high as hell or abusing some mechanic to out cheese the fight itself, which a lot of elden rings interactions are that way. How many of yall summon for example the bs double boss fights designed for you to want to use a summon.

I argue that its unfair because she is at a difficulty height that isnt due to just her attack patterns or stats etc, but because she ignores the set rules of the entire game and you dont have the tools to reasonably beat her alone, and they dont tell you that. Alone as in no summons. And lets be honest, without the internet telling you hey use this or that, how many more people would've continued to struggle past the 200 attempts mark lol. The waterfowl ability is something we all know is extremely hard to get around but yes we all know what we gotta do to avoid dying to it. And yet even so you'll still die because while you have to commit to an action, I.E. You attack and see her jump up for the waterfowl and cant run away from it because you're still in swing mode while she's already primed to rip your asshole apart lmao, meanwhile she gets hit in a stun or swings and the game input reads your action and she can stop what she's doing and counter it or again, prime that asshole ripping waterfowl. Is it possible for people to beat her without specific builds yes, its possible also to beat this game one handed and blindfolded in a speedrun (not exaggerating lol) but that doesnt mean its not unfair. And this is the first boss I'd say truly is and Ive struggled on bosses plenty before. Elden Beast is annoying and a bitch and imo badly designed but not unfair. It doesnt have established rules of the game being broken. Malenia does tho and thats why I think its not really a challenge the way the rest of the game is. You dont leave that fight imo better at the game than you were before because everything you learned about how to fight prior isn't true with fighting her. In other words for most people it teaches them one thing and one thing only, how to cheese this game when necessary lmao. What I learned from that fight was to accept my limitations and move on or become stagnant like the queen of rot herself who literally is about to suffer a loss, again, and decides to cheese that fight herself just like she did radahn for the win lol. So she's both the symbol of rot and also the symbol of overcoming it which is her duality presented as she herself learned from the blind swordsman to try and overcome what she is... a cheeselord lol. She abandons her pride to overcome the obstacle.... damn, FromSoft yall are good. Fuck you lol

Ironic that a redheaded goddess that has valkyrie wings and is naked would be my kryptonite lmao... you sexy fucking bitch

Lmfao well to be fair, if it wasnt hard as fuck and gatekeeped a little, it wouldnt be as unique or keep my attention as much. Difficulty elitism is what they made money off of originally, and Elden Rings sold better than any other one of their games. I'd argue its not the absurd difficulty spikes and that they sold better in spite of broken difficulty, however they do give you tools to get around that, even if it goes against tradition which they seem to be trying to break anyway... in fact now that i think about it their lore even shows this. Malenia herself is the goddess of rot/stagnation and the god of rot and decay was originally defeated by the blind swordsman who represents a flowing river. Big themes there for japan in recent years of old traditionalism that got them bombed in WW2, and their adaptive culture that has them prospering today. I digress tho. Despite the sour taste in my mouth I do think its good that they do not listen to player feedback, overall.... and I also dont think its true that they dont listen to player feedback at all, just not in the core aspects of the game. And funnily enough super dangerous levels that suck ass to get through is indeed a core aspect of the game lol. However so is commitment to action and malenia flies in the face of that so....... yea fuck her lol.

That said, imo with what those videos show, beating her fair doesnt mean the same thing as other fights, because she is such bullshit

I didnt beat her fair on the first try either lmao, mimic tear away lol

I had her down to a quarter of her health the other day, second phase, and im closing in for the kill. Only for this bitch after I kept my distance, and tried to bait the waterfowl.... to jump in the air and waterfowl as soon as she got close. It didnt kill me by some miracle, but she got half her health back nearly, I had no potions left, aaaand to top it off, she put scarlet rot on me after with one hit and i died while rolling Thats when I said fuck this Im mimic tearing lol

And tbh I really just dont have that kind of time or patience anymore to fight a boss that much.

Then you're a lot lot better than me lol at least on that fight, cause yea I couldnt do it with just a greatsword, tried it with Guts' sword and came close but got fucked by rng on moves. Would take me like 200 attempts to do that.

It is true that you have to go waaaaaaaaay out of your way to find and kill her, and they made sure you knew this place and this area would be bullshit and piss you off.

Imo if you need to switch to a very specific build type to beat a boss in a souls game it defeats the purpose of the game and goes against the spirit of it. I know not everyone had to do this but many did, and it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Before I just had to git gud. This tho man it just felt like rng ruled the fight. And there is some delicious irony of cheesing Malenia after lorewise she cheesed Radahn lol

So, I used my mimic again and I feel like this is yes, their hardest boss but also their least balanced and one of their most unfair bosses. I say one of because that damn elden beast is up there lol and that fight feels like they forgot to let us use Torrent. So, souls brothers, should I be ashamed lol

I have a lot of mixed feelings about the Malenia fight, now that I’ve done it on two playthroughs and couldn’t do it with the builds I used for the majority of the game. I feel cheap for having to use my summons even though as Czar said, end game everything’s resistant to holy damage, making certain weapons pretty much essential like the blasphemous blade. Though even that alone ain’t enough for her, tou imo need to use the katana blood swords or another bleed source, frost, or both. But while those give you the best results, it’s not gonna really carry you. Unless you’re pretty overleveled. She’s not just tough, she breaks the established rules of the game with how she functions. I’ll post some videos to what I mean and see what y’all think. And then I’ll ask my question.

Hey they came to me lol and one I tried to break it off with many times now lol. It is what it is lol

Everyone’s got a hobby!

Awesome I can rock with that

also fuck malenia fight is bullshit lol, she can animation cancel.... no other boss can and you certainly cant, so i used my mimic tear and stun locked her with blasphemous blade lol no regrets

I agree it really does @the rest im leaving it on ng+1 for the dlc but yea i also plan on starting a new game, actually i already have one ready to go because i was playing it with a gf lol. So I'll just take that playthrough more seriously when done with this one. Can I give my new character items from another one via trade like in souls?

Decided to go with the gargoyle wax blade thing that can have its art of war changed and went with fire so both are augmented with fire grant me strength.

Getting ready for the dlc for elden ring on my new game plus mode and just killed malenia the bullshitter of miquella again lol, fucking bitch. Anyway, whats the best sword to power stance with Blasphemous Blade, I think @TheCzarsHussar said the black gargoyle blade worked well with it which makes sense, but also saw people say you could pair it with Ordovis. Thoughts?

In a vacuum yes but I have context lol so I agree with balrog, fuck this dude after the pussy he turned Dante into I think that dude is reflecting. Calling Dante broke back is like calling master chief broke back

and I’m all for it lol send these sjws out with a bang literally