Elden Ring NPC Styles on Player, Dealing an Embarassing Death

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Elden Ring players have pulled off impressive kills and suffered embarrassing deaths, but one recent gameplay clip combines them both as an enemy NPC performs an impressive kill shot right before dying. Videos of gamers enjoying FromSoftware’s latest dark fantasy hack-and-slash RPG have spread like wildfire since Elden Ring was first released towards the end of February, and for every triumphant moment of victory, there has been an agonizing and humiliating tale of defeat.

While Elden Ring’s punishing difficulty and formidable bosses like the Tree Sentinel have led to many understandable deaths for the warriors of the fabled Lands Between, there are some clips of Tarnished meeting a less dignified end at the hands of a lowly dung beetle or goat roaming the landscape of Elden Ring. There are even videos of Elden Ring players dying not by the hand of an enemy or creature at all, but rather their own misfortune as they accidentally take a step off a high ledge while trying to wave hello to an opposing PVP player. Virtually anything could spell doom to a Tarnished in the unforgiving world of Elden Ring, especially when a random enemy pulls off a stunning display of luck and skill that could put even the most seasoned players to shame.

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Such is the tale of Reddit user 97Hshk, who recently posted a short gameplay clip of a one-in-a-million encounter with an enemy NPC to the Elden Ring subreddit. This enemy fires off a few shots at 97Hshk’s hooded avatar, wearing down their health before inadvertently rolling off the ledge to their doom. However, the NPC manages to land one last hit on 97Hshk before their death, and this manages to kill the player. The