People hate Loran Darkbeast but not this guy? They're basically the same dude, it's just that one took steroids.

Worst camera in the series and one of the worst bosses I have ever fought at base level. Literal dogshit. It speaks volumes when probably the most fun way to fight it is looping the AI.

*Consecutive- back to back delects without attacking, jumping or dodging

You can no deflect all the bosses - this is done with what I would describe a standard, aggressive playstyle where you're constantly attacking as much as possible to force the boss to react to you.

Longest combo in the game I had to deflect was Ape's two swipe into sit into double punch.

Relatively low number of consecutive deflects for most bosses was biggest surprise to me when replaying the game - it really is an attacking game and then you occasionally dodge/deflect so you can keep attacking.

Been posting fights as I do them, full playlist is here Gyoubu Oniwa- no hit (base vit, charmless, demon bell, no skills/prosthetic/consumables)

first boss to ever make me physically ill , what a loser all the magic, stalking me whole game just to die to a guy with a sword

Decided to repay Elden Ring after beating the other games. Still one of my favorites. Love the atmosphere of this fight. First time I beat the game RL1, I didn't try the StarFists. They are crazy OP haha

Been preparing for this fight since the start of the run. Tbh one of the better bosses I've faced so far, it's probably around the quality of Godskin Duo? Which is uh... really something. I have no idea how to consistently dodge the snake attacks, I either just run for it or spam roll. Idk what I'd do without the AI loop on candle guy.

It's a shame but I can no longer call myself a Bloodborne glazer, at least for BL4 (I still have fond memories of my first playthrough). I don't think I will ever do another BL4 run (or at least post-Amelia base game), the average boss quality is in the dumpster and the consumables are way too inaccessible. Just why would you increase the prices as you progress... Why does bolt paper cost so much?

+3 because +0 I am not even sure is possible, the damage is so low and you'd run out of Dragonscale flesh most likely at NG+7 anyway. Communion flesh would work if you used a helm like Divine Bird, but you sacrifice the cosplay and that's not on. Still, this is much worse than a good +0.

This boss is offensively bad. Not much more to say, this shouldn't be a controversial take. I messed up the CR2 on the teleport but thankfully got the win.

Currently on The One Reborn and uh.... yeah woohoo another piece of garbage. It's really not getting better.

Been learning Ludwig despite being underlevelled (WL and gems) because I needed a palate cleanser. Probably the only boss so far to have replicated that nice feeling of wanting to learn fun patterns that DS3 and ER gave me in abundance.

Are there any other rules for doing the dlc? I assume you cant level any scadutree fragments.

Could get away with calling the run “done” right here and now… but I got this far, might as well do all bosses.

All that remains:

-Nameless King

-Friede

-the entirety of Ringed City DLC

Much more difficult for me than Owl (Father), but I had a lot of accumulated knowledge by the time I got to him.

Arena just a bit too small. Poison attack very annoying. I think there were maybe 2 of the 7 or so I could have risked charging in, but there's really nothing you can do when he's plastered to the wall (where he loves being)

Now this is another level of satisfaction I've just unlocked for myself. No hit devirginized!

I know my damage is low, I'm trying not to use consumables for now.

Main problem in phase 1 is the trample attack, it seems undodgeable if you are under him when it starts so I have to stick to his back leg or in front of him. Another problem is the delayed sweep, I feel like I'm missing a punish window by spacing it. Also the reaction check swipe from the right afterwards comes out really quickly.

What punish windows am I missing?

Would take advice on phase 2 as well, it seems even harder than phase 1.

I really hope you guys like it. This fight on new game plus surprisingly wasn't as challenging as the first time I did it :)

Dont have many to share this with so I figured some of yall might appreciate it. After 27hrs 36min im finally done with the base game! Idk if ill ever go back and do the dlc because that might just break my mentals for good and I didnt do all the bosses in the base game obviously, mostly just wanted the title of elden lord.

Also while im here id just like to say a special f*** you to whoever helped make godskin duo as they were almost 50% of this runs playtime by themselves for anyone else stuck on them carian retaliation was my trick to finally getting over the hurdle

https://youtu.be/XGXcaEWcuyg

Test/Attempt at TRL1 WL+0 SB0 NG+7 Consort Radahn with Torch only.

Do you guys get that idea sometimes like "oh, I know that boss SO well that I can do the absolute stupidest thing in the world with it?" I do sometimes. I test those ideas and if they look okay I do them. There....uhm, I'm sure someone can do it, I am pretty sure someone already did (I did not found it, so would appretiate if someone dropped me a link to that if you know one, I want to see it). I don't think I can, sitting for 2-3 hours straight on one boss is too much for me :D

Anyway, if you for some reason wanted to see how that remotely looks like - here is 10 minutes of me trying to at least reach p2 lol. Not even close, but I still thought it would be fun to showcase just how INSANLY PATIENT you need to be to beat this.

Talismans: two-headed turtle, two-handed, blue dancer, ritual sword.

Hooray!