Elden Ring fans in shambles after they work out Malenia's killed 10 of them every second since launch

gamesradar.com:

Elden Ring players have worked out that Malenia has averaged killing ten players every second since the game launched – and they're stunned.

"How has she been able to kill 10 players per second since the game's release? Are we stupid?" posited one amazed player on the Elden Ring (opens in new tab) subreddit (opens in new tab).

"I'll tell you just one word: Waterfowl," said one succinct commenter (opens in new tab), garnering over 4000 upvotes.

"Waterfowl is the only reason I can't include Malenia amongst the best Souls bosses," added (opens in new tab) another. "It's not good, mechanically. It can be avoided, and I've solo'd her so it's possible and everything, my main problem with it as a mechanic is to a player who hasn't looked up a guide or had 100 attempts, it's not clear at all what the game expects the player to do. And I can't think of any other good Souls bosses that are designed that way. I don't even mind the lifesteal honestly."

"There's also the Scarlet Rot nuke that starts the second phase," said another. "The number of times I've tried to help other players with that fight for them to immediately die at the start of the second phase is probably over 50 per cent of the time (yes, it's avoidable by running you don't need to keep telling me, it doesn't change the fact I see people die to it all the time)."

"Admiring the pretty bossfights is normally what kills me," admitted another (opens in new tab) subredditor. "Rykard's probably one of the easiest bosses in the game, but his animations and arena are such a spectacle that I found myself not hitting him for a while just so that I could watch the fight. Radahn, Malenia, and not-sewer Mohg are also pretty fights."

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