Elden Ring's PVP shows itself to still be brimming with creativity after one player finds the perfect hiding spot in the game's Lake of Rot. The PVP in Elden Ring, just like the game's freedom to let the player go anywhere, use whatever build they desire, and kill whoever they want, allows for plenty of creativity in the huge open world that is The Lands Between. With so much to play with, it's almost like a sandbox, with players utilizing every inch of it to their advantage.
Ranni is one of the more popular characters in the game, as evident by her ending achievement being the most received out of the three Elden Ring endings. However, to get this ending, and with it the iconic Dark Moon Greatsword, the player will have to go through a long series of quests, involving multiple bosses, new locations, and conversations with characters. One of the quest's more notorious locations is the Lake of Rot; a gigantic room flooded with Scarlet Rot and very few stone platforms to travel between. This area forces players to walk through the Rot just to get to the end, making it an extremely perilous journey.
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One PVP invader decided to use this place to their advantage. A Reddit user by the name of GaelTheVapeMaster posted a video to r/Eldenring showcasing a clever hiding spot they found and used against a player and their co-op partner. In the video, the invader is using a magical item perfect for PVP called the Mimic's Veil, which turns the player into an object from the area. In this case, the invader hid by a pillar as a coffin, watching as two players crossed the scarlet rot-infested waters to check it out. When the players got close to the coffin, it quickly
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