Elden Ring boss Radahn has attacks you still haven't even seen

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An Elden Ring player has just discovered a hidden attack that Starscourge Radahn has been sitting on for months. 

FromSoftware's soulslike came out in February, giving masochistic players an abundance of time for repeated playthroughs. Since its launch, the relationship between Elden Ring players and the game's bosses has been a rocky one. Updates have nerfed cheesing methods, as well as accidentally making Radahn easier to beat before promptly giving him his power back.   

But if you think you finally have Radahn all figured out, think again. After beating the game five times already, children's book illustrator Emma Ward ran into this surprise spin attack which she shared on Twitter(opens in new tab). 

I've beaten this game five times & I've never seen this spin attack from Radahn. pic.twitter.com/Rjap1mifoFJuly 17, 2022

The replies suggest Radahn's whirling dance of death is as much of a shock to the Elden Ring community at large as it was for Ward. One Twitter user says(opens in new tab) they've sunk over 200 hours into the game and have yet to see it. Someone else(opens in new tab) has beaten the game around six times and didn't encounter it until this week.

There are a couple of players claiming to have run into it on their first playthrough(opens in new tab), with one saying(opens in new tab) it's happened every time they've encountered him. After much speculation about what could trigger the spin attack, including NG+(opens in new tab) and good old RNG(opens in new tab), one Twitter user(opens in new tab) thinks they have the answer.

«It's the spacing between you and him! This is a rarer attack for Radahn but if you're in the right range I think he can chain that move 3 or 4 times.»

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