Summary
AnElden Ringplayer showed a very simple way to beat the arguably most difficult boss in the game. One of Elden Ring’s greatest assets is its enormous, carefully designed world, which includes over 230 bosses. Despite featuring so many different boss fights, players only need to complete 12 main boss instances to complete the main storyline.
This means that most bosses inElden Ringare optional, and a lot of players wrap up their journey through the Land Between without meeting them. However, one optional boss that most players have encountered at least once is Malenia, Blade of Miquella, also known as the Goddess of Rot.
Since she was featured inElden Ring’s earliest trailers,Malenia, Blade of Miquellahas been one of the fan-favorite characters in the game. She is widely considered thehardest boss in all of Elden Ringand, luckily for many players, the Tarnished don’t need to beat her to progress the main storyline. A new post on Elden Ring’s main subreddit has revealed an interesting way that players can easily go through the first phase of Malenia’s boss fight. Reddit user dspencil has shared a video showing how to beat Malenia by using the Nightrider GlaiveNightrider GlaiveHalberd. In order to keep staggering Malenia, the player has equipped the weapon with theAsh of War: Spinning StrikesAsh of War and the Blood Flame Blade Incantation.
Elden Ring Video Shows How to Easily Beat Malenia’s First Phase
To add the Nightrider Glaive to their weapon arsenal,Elden Ringplayers need to beat the Night’s Cavalrylocated south of Bellum Church. It should be noted that the Night’s Cavalry spawns at nighttime. The Spinning Strike can be acquired by extracting the Ash of War from theBanished Knight’s Halberd, which is dropped by Edgar, an NPC that can be encountered at the Ravenger’s Shack or Castle Morne.
TheBloodflame BladeIncantation enhances the players' weapons with Festering Bloodflame, which applies a debuff that builds up Blood Loss. ThispowerfulElden RingIncantationis dropped by a Teardrop Scarab northwest of the Rose Church in Lurnia of the Lakes. The recommended level for beating Malenia is 120, and her boss arena can be found at the bottom of Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree.
While this seems to be one of the easiest ways tobeat Malenia’s first phase inElden Ring, many players claim that the same trick works during her final form. However, a lot of comments still claim that this unique technique has made it much easier to beat this boss fight overall.
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ELDEN RING, developed by FromSoftware, Inc. and BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc., is a fantasy action-RPG adventure set within a world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R.R. Martin. Danger and discovery lurk around every corner in FromSoftware’s largest game to date. Hidetaka Miyazaki - President and Game Director of FromSoftware Inc. Known for directing critically-acclaimed games in beloved franchises including Armored Core and Dark Souls.George R.R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire - A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast For Crows, and A Dance with Dragons. As a writer-producer, he has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
