Elden Ring Player Defeats Malenia Without Getting Hit Once
Elden Ring released back on February 25 to critical and commercial success, but despite it being almost six months since the game's release and players having discovered all the game's secrets, many are still testing builds and strategies for conquering the Lands Between. While the game is full of difficult fights, the most notorious boss is Malenia, Blade of Miquella, as she has tested even the most hardcore Elden Ring players. In a video posted to Reddit, a player has managed to defeat her without taking a single hit.
Most Elden Ring players have at least heard about the difficulty of Malenia. She can recover her own health when she hurts the player, she has a lengthy set of moves making her difficult to predict, and she has a string of sword slashes known as the Waterfowl Dance that is incredibly difficult to survive. Despite her difficulty, players have found ways to defeat her and conquer yet another grueling trial in the game, even if it takes hours to figure out how this fearsome foe works.
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In the video posted to Reddit by user «Lancenfstr,» an Elden Ring player uses a strategy focusing on parrying. The weapon skill used is called the Buckler Parry and is actually one of the easiest parry moves to obtain in the game; the player starts with it equipped to their Buckler Shield if they chose the Bandit class at the start of the game, or it can be purchased from Gatekeeper Gostoc at Stormveil Castle, the first major story dungeon in Elden Ring. All of Malenia's attacks can not be parried, though, which forces the player to learn strict timings and dodges in order to avoid seeing the infamous «You died» screen in her arena.
After parrying the majority of her attacks,
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