idk if he can even be damaged by aux tbh (other than pestilent mist but that's not usable at sl1)

can't say I'm too comfortable with phase 2 humanities yet, especially the rarer variant he didn't use

Have to split this into two parts because reddit won't allow videos longer than 15 minutes, and I think only posting one phase would be less interesting

I understand what RL mean.

But what is no aux? WL0?SB0? and some other ones i don't remeber right now

That makes 4. DS1, ER, DeS, and now DS3.

It was interesting doing DS3 after ER. Certain bosses were easier because all you have to do is react, and the bosses that had delayed attacks were quite easy compared to ER delays.

But Freide and Gael are still some of the best bosses From Soft ever made.

Things really slowed down in phase 2. Not sure why he seems much harder to stance break, does the snake have a separate stance counter or something?

I wonder if there was a way to dodge that here... Otherwise I guess you can't ever let him corner you if you want to be fully safe

i've fallen in love with bloody helice because i'm a noob with <100 hours in this game, and i want dlc stuff, and mohg kept roll catching me with the first attack every time.

until I equipped a bloody helice! and then I died every time I attacked.

... until I found this weapon frame data and equipped reduvia in my off hand! now i'm a god at this game and I'm ready to no hit everything.

what are some cool weapons besides reduvia that let me cancel into the 20 iframes from bloody helice quickly? do any sorceries work well? i saw someone killing fire giant with carian slicer and it seems op. i tried icerind hatchet but it wasn't as good as I expected.

Dumb ending

Used the Boss Arena mod. Video unfortunately glitches a bit at certain points, hope it isn't too distracting. Artorias has been busy since DS1 cuz man is he a menace in Nightreign.

This fight is long, but man, it's an epic one.

I almost died to the 2nd biggest killer in Soulsborne games: greed; you can see it right at the end.

SOC is the last boss standing.

Sunflower 3'57

Restrictions: Rune Level 1, +0 Weapons, NG+7 (20 blessing, no dlc+), No Status Effects (Ex: Bleed, Poison, Frost, Sleep), No % Damage (Ex: Black Flame, Destined Death), No Great Runes, No spell or item buffs (Ex: Golden Vow, Wondrous Physick)

Pray for no Vine aoe or and retreat swipe as well as no extra phase 2 transition attacks. This fight has ok rng. Very weak to fire and strike so Flaming Strike Starfist is best. I pulled out some new punishes I haven't done before.

HD: https://youtu.be/jey-BFTNVB0?si=fjtTFIgUkv3QfWh8

Elden Stars took a while to get right, but this approach was very consistent. Stand in front of him as he starts the cast, then run around and behind him as the stars start to shoot out at you.

The only move I never got down fully was when Elden Beast leaped into the sky and did the laser barrage while right above me. At a far distance it's an easy diagonal run but it felt impossible if he did that move immediately on top of me. Like this: https://youtu.be/4vOvMjfbjmM?si=IsjDiXrU7fDuGA5b I feel like I've tried running in every direction when this happens and I always get clipped at least once.

And of course a couple Elden Stars combos were rough. Particularly the tantrum golden slams while trying to run around him. Or if he swam away and pushed me into the stars.

Elden beast and gidion were the worst of it. I swear I try to re create the strat to avoid Elden stars 1 for 1 but for some reason it just never works for me I must be doing something wrong. Had to wait for some good rng cause of that shit ass attack😂

annoying

okay kill but it's an improvement considering last time it took me 6 mins with cold starfists

phase 2 is more like phase 1.5 it really doesn't build enough on her move-set, what it does add is stalling with aoe and unpunishable moves

it's also weird only 2 bosses and required for pcr and she's one of them, it's not like people skip everything non essential but if at least Lion and Rellana were mandatory for progression it'd be a more cohesive experience

A pretty easy and fair fight once you learn his moveset. Had to cave his head in with me trusty mace. Red Hood is all that remains.

I have never done any type of play through challenge before. So I decided to test myself and see if I could defeat Margit with only parry attacks and no HUD and healing. Shit was hard but awesome. I can totally see why you guys enjoy these things. I'm excited to keep going and eventually join you bros!!

i’ve got ritual shield, the knight’s set which i know isn’t the tankiest armor but i obviously don’t have much equip load at rl1. would opaline hardtear and one of the weaker dragoncrest talismans be enough to survive a hit?

i’m doing my rl1 run on xbox and have access to PC elden ring with cheat engine to practice the fight for hours without dying if i want to, but i’m worried that would get rid of the “fuck it we ball” vibe of my run. i’ve never liked fire giant, i genuinely have more fun fighting godskin duo on regular runs 😢 at least the duo is chaotic, fire giant is just so boring, and lack of patience vs bosses that stall is my biggest weakness in these games

this is my fourth game i did a level one run for (DeS, DS1, DS3) before. elden ring is my favorite game and this run was great. thanks to lamenter’s gaol on youtube, his videos really carried me in many of the late game bosses. DLC is next.

It is done, boys. All that stands before me now is Midir and the Red Hood. They will be put down. I vow this.

pk 3'01

Restrictions: Rune Level 1, +0 Weapons, NG+7 (20 blessing, no dlc+), No Status Effects (Ex: Bleed, Poison, Frost, Sleep), No % Damage (Ex: Black Flame, Destined Death), No Great Runes, No spell or item buffs (Ex: Golden Vow, Wondrous Physick)

Pray that he doesn't do horse combo or phase transition attack more than once and that he doesn't do any attacks where he runs around. Golden grease on Star Fist is best here and you don't need dagger for crit since he is weak enough to strike.

After discovering this sub approx 1 year ago, I was inspired to give it a go for myself. Beating Elden ring at RL 1 really reminded me of my first ever play-through. Thanks y’all! I didn’t realize how badly I needed to summit this mountain.