Elden Ring Player Defeats Malenia Using Only Bubbles and Music

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An Elden Ring player managed to best Malenia using only the power of bubbles and jazz. Malenia is one of the most difficult bosses to defeat in the game, earning the user praise from many of his fellow Elden Ring fans.

WhenElden Ring was released in 2022, it took the gaming world by storm thanks to its challenging combat, beautiful art design, and intriguing open world. It was beloved by fans and critics alike, so much so that Elden Ring became the most-awarded game in history. Since then, fans have continued to enjoy FromSoftware's masterpiece by testing out its wide array of classes and tackling bosses in new ways. One fan continued this tradition but took things to another level.

Reddit user FutureAristocrat posted a video that showed them defeating Malenia by only blowing bubbles while listening to Careless Whisper by George Michael, a song that many users might recognize for its iconic saxophone riff that spawned the «Sexy Sax Man» meme. It took the Elden Ring fan eight minutes to kill the boss, as well as plenty of well-timed dodges and patience.

FutureAristocrat used various kinds of horns to blow bubbles and defeat Malenia, like Envoy's Greathorn, Envoy's Long Horn, and Envoy's Horn. The user explained that «the Envoy Horns are absolutely garbage weapons against fast enemies. The blowing animation takes forever and the bubbles are easily sidestepped or dodged by anyone that tries to do so… You can kind of use the Envoy's Longhorn and Envoy's Greathorn against Malenia's first phase.» However, FutureAristocrat further explained that Malenia is too aggressive during her second phase to make the Envoy's Greathorn or Envoy's Longhorn a viable choice. Instead, they switch to the Envoy's Horn for the latter half of the