An Elden Ring problem runner has simply managed to do the unthinkable: one-shot the ultimate — and arguably most troublesome — boss of the Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. One hit, blammo, he is down.
Content material creator Ainrun has posted a video by which he makes use of mainly each buff you possibly can think about, together with a number of new to Shadow of the Erdtree, to stroll into the ultimate boss enviornment of the DLC and simply smash by means of the combat’s two excruciating phases in a single assault. If you happen to’ve encountered this boss already, you know the way nightmarish this combat might be, to the purpose the place some contemplate it to be the toughest combat in the complete enlargement.
Warning: Spoilers for the id of the ultimate boss of the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC comply with after the video. Learn on at your personal danger!
We did not identify him above to keep away from spoilers, however the boss Ainrun is nuking right here is Promised Consort Radahn — a fully nightmarish rematch towards one of many most important sport’s bosses that has loads of folks tearing their hair out due to the problem. The Elden Ring subreddit is filled with folks complaining about this man’s punishing assault patterns, particularly within the second section when Miquella pops up onto his head and infuses the whole lot he does with a distracting golden gentle present.
From the creators of 49k Midra comes 93k Radahn pic.twitter.com/qLNkCrbG0t
— Ainrun (@Ainrun_ttv) July 21, 2024
Ainrun simply skips all that, although. I requested one in all our resident Elden Ring consultants, Brendan Graeber, to stroll me by means of what is going on on right here. He defined that Ainrun is probably going doing the next:
This was a part of an extended problem run Ainrun has been making an attempt the place he tries to land 100,000 injury on varied bosses in a single hit. Within the tweet above, he was sadly unable to cross 100k on the ultimate boss, however did handle a whopping 93k — shut, and fairly spectacular anyway. Then, afterward stream, he managed a 105k blow. Ainrun has additionally carried out a number of other incredible challenge runs, together with beating the DLC with solely perfumes or as a porcupine.
Replace: This is the clip of his 105k hit:
We did it, my magnum opus – Radahn 105,000 injury with 1 melee weapon hit pic.twitter.com/UGl7MsSGor
— Ainrun (@Ainrun_ttv) July 22, 2024
Extra gamers than simply Ainrun are discovering enjoyable, unusual, difficult, or in any other case distinctive methods to play by means of Shadow of the Erdtree. A co-op pair referred to as Let Us Duo Her has invented a brand new methodology to cheese one of many base sport’s hardest bosses. Twitch streamer MissMikkaa beat the DLC utilizing a dance mat as a controller. Neighborhood hero Let Me Solo Her has modified his identify to Let Me Solo Him and helps gamers sort out difficult mid-DLC boss Messmer.
However at IGN, we discovered the DLC unimaginable even with out performing wild feats like this. We gave it a ten/10 in our evaluate, saying that “[l]ike the bottom sport did earlier than it, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree raises the bar for single-player DLC expansions. It takes the whole lot that made the bottom sport such a landmark RPG, condenses it into a comparatively compact 20-25 hour marketing campaign, and offers incredible new challenges for closely invested followers to chew on.”
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Received a narrative tip? Ship it to rvalentine@ign.com.