Board 8 > Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

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power stancing the dueling shields

catesdb posted...

power stancing the dueling shields

Sadly not a thing you can do

My favorite Elden Ring experience was equipping the accessory that increases enemy aggro, then helping people through Malenia after I got really good at dodging Waterfowl.

They still died a lot.

From some quick searches, what I'm finding says that the effect does work during co-op (as long as you actually hit the boss).

I mean I don't think Shabriri's Woe by any means completely prevents the boss from changing targets. Elden Ring (and other Soulsborne) definitely doesn't operate on a super strict agro system like an MMO.

Anvil Hammer rules.

Sunflower rules

oh and I beat Mesmer! That was an absolutely awesome fight

UltimaterializerX posted...

Let Me Tank Him was using it to, uh tank. No host got aggrod.

You mean Let Me Solo Him/Her? That's because the other person isn't attacking. When people did attack Malenia he said it broke the fight all the time.

Like you can get a Spirit Ash to completely take the focus if you absolutely never attack or go into melee and just use Heal From Afar.

Nah there is a guy out there going by Let me Tank him vs the last boss of the dlcand yeah he just tanks it.

Its a really amusing build because it works.

OK I'll have to check this out.

But also please don't believe that the meme characters have 100% success because you see them work on videos. That's like people who think Ongbal just whips out the flashy hitless boss fights effortlessly and then bug streamers (particularly hitless run streamers) to just do what he does.

There are "all hit" runs where you can take the iron perfume buff and just whale away on the DLC Boss. You still need a good bit of luck for those.

(also you need to have not accidentally killed Millicent before getting her talismans :((( oops )

I in fact posted one of those before.

kevwaffles posted...

As if to prove my point here's this:

(Video obviously spoils the final boss, so don't watch if you don't want to know.)

https://twitter.com/EldenRingHQ/status/1806572245688434882

(also no this does not actually prove my point there is stupid stuff happening here)

https://twitter.com/EldenringAlerts/status/1810382526848053446

Holyyy shit savage lion claw on bloodfiends arm is nuts

Seriously enemies don't even get a chance to fight back

I'm playing again with the Backhand Blades and I kinda love them, but that second slash is DS1 levels of wall collision problems.

This is an adventure, huh?

Even 20 blessings later I can safely say Divine Lion is the most chaotic boss outside of the final one.
Just impossible to tell when to dodge or guard.

Any Sennesax tips anyone?

GANON1025 posted...

Any Sennesax tips anyone?

Nevermind, got them! What wound up working was hit and run with one charged R2 per run. That plus Tiche since she was the only spirit ash who wouldnt die in like 10 seconds

I've been slow going at this but wow Saint of the Bud was way easier than I thought she'd be lol.

For "main" bosses I've done Dancing Lion, Rellana, Golden Hippo, Putrescent Knight, and Saint of the Bud. Commander Gaius I've gotten to but didn't really fight as I wanted to explore more. Probably gonna explore for a little more before going for him.

Wow, I don't really care for the Scadutree Avatar fight. It's not hard, it's an easy boss in itself, but making it comes back 3 times with almost no new forms/moves is just annoying. Like I've learned the fight quickly and it's just a battle of attrition and that's just not that fun to me. They let you do the head special to make it only come back with 75% health but that's still annoying to whittle back down. The concept and it losing more of its body as it comes back is neat but in terms of the fight, I don't much care for it. And sure hitting the head does a big chunk of damage, when it's safe enough to hit it. The ethos of the fight is still not my preferred boss pattern for these games. I do like it being a sunflower though.

Well I beat Radahn
But I had to use a cheesy greatshield and poke weapon to do it
His second phase was just too insane otherwise
I did keep a save separate in case I ever want to try it again

https://twitter.com/RegoleSlayer/status/1814758061854093340

Wtf

My favorite thing is seeing people's reactions and the amount of time it took them to beat Radahn. (We still using spoiler tags?)

Seems pretty common that it takes 3-6 hours worth of attempts for most people.

https://twitter.com/kazzy_115/status/1815283997460828325

Haven't been able to play lately until now

God Jagged Peak is so good, the entirety is such a vibe. And I'm glad Bayle lives up to the coolness of Placidusax

https://twitter.com/ClericKnight/status/1817908914404388904

https://twitter.com/fromsoftserve/status/1818345912596369812

Thank fuck.

I haven't had time to devote to practicing the final boss for a while. Even at this rate i probably won't get him before the topic closes.

Glad to see Joln and Anna getting some buffs!