Elden Ring has its first celebrity: a naked dude who loves to solo Malenia

polygon.com:

Elden Ring can be a deeply lonely game. The player Tarnished works their way through castles, forts, poison swamps, and other lethal locales, accompanied only by the brief ghosts of other players and the occasional message left behind. There are a few in-game allies you meet, like Sorcerer Rogier and Blaidd, as you progress through the story. But players can also call in help, in the form of summoning other players who can assist in battle. And in this sea of friendly summons, one figure has established himself as a legend of the Lands Between.

His name is Let Me Solo Her, and he’s not quite what you would expect a legend to look like, mostly because he’s naked except for a pair of sweet katanas and a pot on his head. The “Her” in question is Malenia, Blade of Miquella, the Goddess of Rot, and one of the hardest boss fights in the game. If you were a fool, you might look at this weird little guy and think “there’s no way he can actually solo her.”

But he can — and he has, dozens of times, to help Tarnished on their own journeys overcome this tough-but-optional boss. His deeds have become the stuff of Reddit legend.

My first experience defeating Malenia was very tough and took me nearly 170 times, so I decided to help other players fight her so they could feel relieved,” Let Me Solo Her told Polygon over Reddit DMs. Players can summon helpful allies by consuming the appropriate elixir, which allows them to see glowing summoning runes in the world; sometimes, these are NPC companions. Sometimes, it’s a guy like Let Me Solo Her, who was inspired by content creator Fighter.PL.

It certainly is a relief to kill Malenia, since she has a barrage of elaborate attacks using her massive blade. She uses her weapon and augmented