'Let me solo her' is Elden Ring's first legendary player

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It took two days for «Let me solo her» to become a legend.

On Monday, April 11, a poster on the Elden Ring subreddit wrote a short post titled «thx to 'let me solo her,'» praising a player who helped them defeat Malenia, widely considered the toughest boss in Elden Ring. «He dodged nearly all her attacks and got hit only one time,» poster great_artorias wrote. The story didn't catch on, grabbing only 74 upvotes and a few comments. But «Let me solo her» was keeping busy, summoning in to help other players. The next post, just 24 hours later—«Here's to an absolute legend, let me solo her»—has 40,000 upvotes and counting. FromSoftware fans have a new idol.

«Let me solo her» is the latest in a prestigious lineage of Souls players who flex their skills by fighting naked, or in the goofiest armor they can find. In «Let me solo her's» case, that means wearing nothing but a pot for a helmet. Foregoing armor is partially practical—keeping your equip weight as low as possible in Souls games allows you to dodge roll slightly faster and farther, with a better invulnerability window. Some players dedicate the weight capacity they'd normally spend on armor to dual wielding greatswords or comically oversized hammers, though «Let me solo her» favors katanas.

The character name itself is a powerful statement: it's all «Let me solo her» needs to say to their future summoner, an efficient mission statement in a game that mostly only allows communication through gestures. It also implies the player behind the naked, pot-headed warrior created a brand new single-purpose character after beating the game, purely to fight Malenia again and again.

Going in naked is also a statement of absolute confidence. It says that while you were partying at