Elden Ring hero Let Me Solo Them recently hit her long-running goal of helping 5,000 Xbox players beat the final bosses of FromSoftware's RPG epic, Radagon and the Elden Beast. Initially inspired by the Malenia-slaying efforts of community legend Let Me Solo Her, Solo Them has become a Jarnished icon in their own right, and she's still fighting the good fight after all this time.
"I am still going, but not to the same schedule I used to do!" she tells me in a recent interview. "I used to try and help at least 10 people each day beat Radagon / Elden Beast since I started this journey!"
Amazingly, her origin story is similar to Let Me Solo Her, who initially struggled with Malenia in their own playthrough. "When I first started the game, I wasn’t great and often used summons to help me get across the finish line," she explains. "But on my second playthrough I wanted to challenge myself and do a no-hit run for the bosses, meaning I would fight a boss continuously until I got the fight hitless and then I would go on to the next.
"Radagon was the biggest challenge to do without getting hit. But from practicing his fight so much I grew to love it, and when I finally beat him hitless I wanted to keep fighting him so I did but as a summon for other players."
She says Let Me Solo Her was "a huge inspiration to me as he brought out my passion for helping others," which is why she stuck with the recognizable jar-headed warrior look. "Seeing how many players he had helped motivate me to keep fighting the final boss as a summon. That’s when I popped a jar helm on and set the goal of helping 1,000 players beat the game! Which was my first goal, but I loved the joy I experienced and the happiness people expressed when I assisted
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