Elden Ring Player Sees New Enemy Attack After 300 Hours of Playtime

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FromSoftware's Elden Ring is a sprawling open world epic that is filled to the brim with hordes of deadly enemies. The enemy variety in Elden Ring has earned plenty of praise since the game's release, with each major location offering new creatures for players to take on. Considering the sheer number of enemies that exist in the game, it's no surprise that some Elden Ring players aren't even aware of all the attacks they have at their disposal.

This was the case for Elden Ring fan and Reddit user Expedition20, who recently shared a clip of an enemy doing an attack that they claim they never saw in their first 300 hours of playtime. In the clip, Expedition20 is outside Leyndell Royal Capital, being chased by skeleton monsters. Expedition20 is galloping around the skeletons with Torrent when suddenly one of the creatures T-poses, floats into the air, and spews black flames.

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The comments on the video suggest that many other Elden Ring players have put significant time into the game and yet are just seeing this for the first time themselves, with one claiming to have reached New Game+3 without ever seeing this attack. There are some theories about how this could be. Some think it's because only these specific skeletons outside Leyndell are capable of doing this attack, while others think so few have seen them do this because the creatures die relatively quick. Basically, most Elden Ring players kill these things before they're ever given the chance to do an attack like this.

Due to Elden Ring's incredible size, there are many other stories of fans making discoveries like this after having already spent significant time with the