Elden Ring Player Sits Down At Just The Right Moment

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One Elden Ring player decides to use the sit emote at just the right time to avoid a dangerous attack heading their way. Elden Ring is a game full of surprises, so much so that being prepared for just about anything, like Elden Ring's hardest boss Malenia having a second phase, is what makes or breaks one person living through the dangers of The Lands Between. However, players can hit a button that is just so perfectly timed to avoid and parry projectiles or heavy-hitting attacks that it seems like luck is on their side.

Emotes have always been a part of FromSoftware's souls-likes. While just one way a player can express themselves in the throes of the game's PvP modes, it can also have some surprising practical effects. There are stories of players utilizing emotes in the midst of a battle to dodge an attack, like one player who managed to dodge most of Malenia's attacks by just using an emote. Of course, this is due to the fact that a player's hitbox is lowered to that of the emote, allowing them to dodge attacks, but it does make things funnier when it's all thanks to the fact that they used the Balled-Up emote.

Lucky Elden Ring Player Finds Site of Grace at the Perfect Time

Luckily one player's hitbox was just low enough to avoid some incoming projectiles as they tried to sit down and relax. Posting to r/Eldenring, user DrwGamer uploaded a video of them at some ruins in Elden Ring's Liurnia of the Lakes. As they climb the destroyed roof of a building, they decide to relax and sit down at the top, only for them to turn the camera around and watch as a volley of sorceries goes flying over their head, missing by mere inches.

Liurnia of the Lakes is a fairly perilous area, especially when one player delves into the area's