An enterprising pair of Elden Ring gamers going by the identify “Let Us Duo Her” have invented a new methodology for cheesing one of Elden Ring’s hardest bosses, utilizing a easy mixture of weapons and strategies launched by the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.
Malenia, Blade of Miquella is doubtless one of the hardest bosses supplied up by Elden Ring’s primarily based recreation, that includes a vary of lightning swift sword strokes and rot-infused assaults that work in live performance to soften the participant’s well being bar whereas frustratingly regenerating her personal. Now, a pair of gamers have taken to Reddit to reveal a new — and vaguely humiliating — methodology of cheesing the troublesome boss by harnessing the new hand-to-hand combating type launched by the new DLC.
As proven in a YouTube video, the pair, who’ve branded themselves “Let Us Duo Her”, have been summoned into battle as co-operators whereas donning the Dane’s Footwork gear, which was geared up with the Dryleaf Whirlwind ash of conflict.
NEW Malenia Cheese (Allow us to duo her)#ELDENRING #EldenRingDLC
📹oRezyn pic.twitter.com/M0PCjdEKbM— ELDEN RING Alerts (@EldenringAlerts) July 7, 2024
Upon coming into the boss chamber, the Tarnished who had summoned the duo stood again as the unorthodox pair took it in turns to unleash kick upon kick in opposition to the boss, which locked her into a stun animation that went unbroken for the total first stage of the battle. The ordinarily troublesome boss was then granted a transient reprieve following the mid-battle cutscene to unleash her fearsome Scarlet Aeonia assault, earlier than being savagely kicked into oblivion by the scantily clad warriors.
“Impressed from ‘Let me solo her’, we adopted ‘Allow us to duo her’ to introduce the world to the Malenia cheese we found whereas enjoying round with the new DLC weapons,” defined oRezyn, who posted the footage. The construct apparently wanted no specialised talismans to stunlock Malenia, although oRezyn has warned that the stagger might have been interrupted if the summoning participant had chosen to get entangled.
Malenia’s Haligtree area has borne witness to a slew of extraordinary problem feats in the years following Elden Ring’s 2022 launch, together with the rise of the neighborhood co-op hero “Let Me Solo Her”, who specialised in taking down the rot-infused demigod.
In fact the consideration has lengthy since shifted away from Malenia and in the direction of the new solid of brutally tough bosses launched by the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. Make certain to take a look at IGN’s complete guides and walkthroughs to make sure that your Tarnished warrior is ready to tackle every part that the land of shadows has to supply.
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