Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

Yaamean · May 9, 2022

Godrick down with a +4 Broadsword, took a bit until I stopped trying to go for a stagger and just get 2-4 hits in each time he was vulnerable.

Still have to make the trek to Fort Faroth before even attempting Radahn, that's gonna be a boss that takes me forever. Still happy I have another melee playthrough before doing spells, if I get frustrated I may just start that one concurrently.

jayrebb · May 10, 2022

zignor 4 · May 10, 2022

Fogel said:
If mimic is dying to soon, try dragon knight kristoff. Doesn't do as much damage but much tankier

I tried this guy and he held up a bit longer, but phase 2 just seems to annihilate all of the summons I've tried. The bird thing didn't even last a minute in phase 1, he got all up in the dragon's face and got ripped to shreds.

It's strange how I'm having so much trouble with this fight. No other boss has come close, and I'm long done all of the "hard" ones short of the elden beast. I think the slow 2-hander is fucking me a bit. I can't cancel out of the ponderous swinging animations to dodge / run so I take a lot of damage, and this fight is like 90% dodging / running.

Phazael · May 10, 2022

Yeah some bosses can just get in your head and work against your playstyle. For me, it is those fucking star beasts in the meteor craters. Those fucking things thrash me constantly and I am not sure why.

Phazael · May 10, 2022

Yaamean said:
Godrick down with a +4 Broadsword, took a bit until I stopped trying to go for a stagger and just get 2-4 hits in each time he was vulnerable.

Still have to make the trek to Fort Faroth before even attempting Radahn, that's gonna be a boss that takes me forever. Still happy I have another melee playthrough before doing spells, if I get frustrated I may just start that one concurrently.

Radahn is easy to beat, if you don't care about gimping yourself for Epeen points. Summon pals, sit back and res them as they get killed and wait til Radahn leaps in the air for his metor move. Once he is airborne, get to the edge of the arena near the ocean death drop. He will rocket in from the sky, land in the ocean, and promptly croak without even going to phase 2. You can actually do that without so much as laying a glove on him, but if you need to rot breath is your friend.

Fogel · May 10, 2022

Phazael said:
Radahn is easy to beat, if you don't care about gimping yourself for Epeen points. Summon pals, sit back and res them as they get killed and wait til Radahn leaps in the air for his metor move. Once he is airborne, get to the edge of the arena near the ocean death drop. He will rocket in from the sky, land in the ocean, and promptly croak without even going to phase 2. You can actually do that without so much as laying a glove on him, but if you need to rot breath is your friend.

There's an easier way to cheese him. There's a wall you can run up and he will attempt to follow you up. He'll then eventually fall and take full damage and die.

Nirgon · May 10, 2022

Some bitches

Evernothing · May 10, 2022

I'm on my NG+ run now. Trying to use Spirit Ash / Summons as little as possible this time around.

Bruuce · May 10, 2022

Fogel said:
There's an easier way to cheese him. There's a wall you can run up and he will attempt to follow you up. He'll then eventually fall and take full damage and die.

I think I read they nerfed doing that to him and the fire giant but not 100%

Bruuce · May 10, 2022

zignor 4 said:
I tried this guy and he held up a bit longer, but phase 2 just seems to annihilate all of the summons I've tried. The bird thing didn't even last a minute in phase 1, he got all up in the dragon's face and got ripped to shreds.

It's strange how I'm having so much trouble with this fight. No other boss has come close, and I'm long done all of the "hard" ones short of the elden beast. I think the slow 2-hander is fucking me a bit. I can't cancel out of the ponderous swinging animations to dodge / run so I take a lot of damage, and this fight is like 90% dodging / running.

imo he is the hardest boss in the game. everytime I beat him I felt like I got lucky and it always took multiple attempts

Kovaks · May 10, 2022

Phazael said:
Radahn is easy to beat, if you don't care about gimping yourself for Epeen points. Summon pals, sit back and res them as they get killed and wait til Radahn leaps in the air for his metor move. Once he is airborne, get to the edge of the arena near the ocean death drop. He will rocket in from the sky, land in the ocean, and promptly croak without even going to phase 2. You can actually do that without so much as laying a glove on him, but if you need to rot breath is your friend.

I tried that the decided to just go at him. Dual katana blead build, no rivers just dual uchi and he didn't even get to jump and do phase 2 dies before he got the chance.

Fogel · May 10, 2022

Bruuce said:
imo he is the hardest boss in the game. everytime I beat him I felt like I got lucky and it always took multiple attempts

For me, dragon type enemies have always been the easier of the Elden Ring bosses. I one shot Fortissax the first play through and only took a couple runs for Plucidisax.

Yaamean · May 10, 2022

Still not even sure what my RL1 build will be, kinda neat there's ways to boost your stats enough to wield a good amount of weapons, thinking I'll go bleed / dex but not 100%.

This week I want to get the first few bell bearings so I can decide what weapons to go with. Dual wielding looks fun!

Hateyou · May 10, 2022

Yaamean said:
Still not even sure what my RL1 build will be, kinda neat there's ways to boost your stats enough to wield a good amount of weapons, thinking I'll go bleed / dex but not 100%.

This week I want to get the first few bell bearings so I can decide what weapons to go with. Dual wielding looks fun!

Dual wielding great swords is what I eventually ran with on my main character. The move set was fun. I wasn’t even really specced well for it cause I was switching between using a faith sword, int sword, and str sword. If I planned ahead and paired the right weapons with the right ashes of war I would’ve been better off. I was doing a bleed sword and a frostbite sword so when they’d both go off it was huge chunks of life gone. Then swap to the blasphemous blade when I was struggling with hp.

Yaamean · May 10, 2022

Hateyou said:
Dual wielding great swords is what I eventually ran with on my main character. The move set was fun. I wasn’t even really specced well for it cause I was switching between using a faith sword, int sword, and str sword. If I planned ahead and paired the right weapons with the right ashes of war I would’ve been better off. I was doing a bleed sword and a frostbite sword so when they’d both go off it was huge chunks of life gone. Then swap to the blasphemous blade when I was struggling with hp.

Yeah the bleed and frost combo looks pretty brutal damage-wise, could definitely use all the help I can get for this, I've never conpleted a level 1 playthrough before, started a couple but always gave up at some point.

Hateyou · May 10, 2022

Yaamean said:
Yeah the bleed and frost combo looks pretty brutal damage-wise, could definitely use all the help I can get for this, I've never conpleted a level 1 playthrough before, started a couple but always gave up at some point.

I wouldn’t do level 1 past the initial play through personally. If you already know what build you’re shooting for there’s no point in starting as a level 1 imo. The initial playthrough though, it’s great. Finding shit along the way, no idea what you want to spec into, etc.

Rajaah · May 10, 2022

ShakyJake said:
Why on Earth would you go from PS5 -> PS4?

So I can get two platinums for it. I did the same thing with Dark Souls 2, 100%'d SOTFS and then decided to go back and plat the regular version too. I don't do this kind of thing with anything except Fromsoft games and it's a new phenomenon. Really it's just Souls 2 and ER.

Seananigans · May 10, 2022

On a forum full of nerds with too much time on their hands, you have entirely too much time on your hands!

Yaamean · May 10, 2022

Hateyou said:
I wouldn’t do level 1 past the initial play through personally. If you already know what build you’re shooting for there’s no point in starting as a level 1 imo. The initial playthrough though, it’s great. Finding shit along the way, no idea what you want to spec into, etc.

Oh the goal is to beat the game at level 1, only passed Godrick currently so we shall see how it goes. Fire Giant and beyond are gonna suuuuuuck.

zignor 4 · May 10, 2022

Rajaah said:
So I can get two platinums for it. I did the same thing with Dark Souls 2, 100%'d SOTFS and then decided to go back and plat the regular version too. I don't do this kind of thing with anything except Fromsoft games and it's a new phenomenon. Really it's just Souls 2 and ER.

This is like saying you just fucked 1992 Pamela Anderson but instead of going back for seconds you're gonna fuck 2022 Pamela Anderson.

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