Elden Ring Player Tricks Enemy Into Falling Off Ledge

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Elden Ring is full of challenging areas for players to fight through, with one of the most difficult locations of all being Raya Lucaria Academy. Full of powerful foes despite its early placement in Liurnia, the rooftops are particularly dangerous — though one Elden Ring player’s approach makes them a bit less challenging.

While Elden Ring players will face a few spellcasters and flying enemies while traversing the Raya Lucaria rooftops, they will also encounter Marionette Soldiers. These enemies have four arms and wield four daggers within them, and if damaged, they can malfunction and unleash some rapid spin attacks at the player. These punish gamers that get too close, as the rapid slashes and arrows launched when spinning can deal serious damage if players do not get out of the way.

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With these enemies being place on the Raya Lucaria rooftops, their spin attacks can knock Elden Ring players to their deaths. Given how dangerous it is to traverse the area without stopping to fight the Marionette Soldiers, they can become a real nuisance and cause some unfortunate falls. However, Reddit user littlejaunde came up with an excellent strategy to eliminate these enemies without fighting them at all. In fact, littlejaunde caused them to copy their “signature move” of falling to their death.

This trick can be pulled off by any player that has one of Elden Ring’s bows, as a ranged attack of some kind is needed to trick the enemy. Once a bow is equipped, all players need to do is land a shot from a far off ledge. Since any damage can trigger the malfunction where the Marionette Soldier begins spinning wildly, this bow shot is enough to do the trick. With the player on