What level r u

thanks dude, I took like an hour trying to kill this guy

30 deaths here, nowhere close to getting half of his HP

😭he makes it look so easy

Elmer & the other hunters were so easy, why did this guy have to be the tanky, spammy one.

finally killed her playing after 2 days playing 4hrs each day with double KO because of rot, staggering her and bloodhound step is the key to victory

This dude is nuts. He doesn’t let you drink a flask. His attacks don’t stop for a second and they travel across the map!

This is the hardest Boss in the game

Holy crap, was stuck on this guy like everyone else and as soon as I did your method, I beat him first try. Thank you so much!

Nice tips

Sir please explaine how is he not dealing any damage for you cuz this attack deal alot of damage for me ‏‪0:49‬‏

Thank you for this guide. I was finally able to beat him after staying on him and triggering the shield slam over and over. I had been struggling for so long, you saved my life (and my sanity).

Why is this boss harder than malenia

I cheesed this guy with a bow while walking/rolling backwards. He will follow you for a little while then he returns to his original respawn. Just rinse and repeat.

It's not fair the way you fought

Amazing tutorial, but I am wondering one thing: how important is the bloodhound step to defeating her? I have an art of war that I use in some of the big openings (sword dance) and I wanna keep using it, but I am also fairly new to the souls series so I know the bloodhound step would make it easier for me to manage waterfowl and such. what do you recommend?

thanks!

How do you slide and become invisible? and What amulets did you use?

His sword goes through the Fing tree! Like…wtf? This guy is just obnoxiously difficult

Solution number two don’t bother fighting him purposely overturned for a pointless fight that has no meaning in the game I won’t be fighting him moved on from it

good video showing her moves and when to dodge and punish. its crazy that toxic players would hate on this strategy of spamming jump attacks. i almost don’t want to read comments on many vids because of this toxic thinking that if you don’t play it there way then you are a casual. just go away.

insane. i was at lennes rise constantly farming that ball. i would watch videos of people using bloodhound step and never knew it was right there 😂

LTTP but thanks for the tip! Ended up getting a hitless run on the dastard sticking to his right!

lets make an incredibly hard boss with insane moves that one shot as well as a second phase and on top of that give her the ability to heal if she hits you or the summons. if anyone deserves a cheese its her. im almost to her so im hitting her with rotten breath and black knife tiche. or latenna and i draw agroe as latenna whittles her health away.

I just can’t time these dodge rolls

I’m lvl 119 with this current playthrough and can get him to a final quarter of health with buffs and my Godslayer Greatsword, but after that quarter of health… he’s unbeatable so far. Rolling doesn’t do anything he just one shots me.

This is one of the fights I don't look forward to. It took me a little while to get used to fighting him up close but we finally get em. Thanks for the video.

Seems so simple but the fact that you literally have to be perfect to beat this boss is just unreal. I'm gonna give this a shot because even my mimic gets hemmed up by this hag.

I must've been killed 200 times by this cunt. I'm bloodhound stepping exactly as you do it at the start of her...i dont know what its called, that attack that fucks you up, and she hits me every fucking time. I try to delay it, i try to go slightly earlier than i see you do and every time its the same outcome. Has the Iframe of bloodhound step been nerfed since your post? I just don't know what else to fucking do! I've never given up on a souls game in my life but after 3 months of playing this game, I'm close to quitting it.

If this fails, fight him like a mongol. Equip a bow, mount your horse, and just ride around and take pot shots at him.

Thank you for tip. I’m trying to break the habit of distancing myself from this boss like I have with the others, but I need to keep practicing.

Activate, run away, comeback, crouch walk behind him, poison mist

If you can’t beat her solo then use a blasphemous blade +10 if you have a strength faith decent build and have your mimic tear use it too, it should be plus 9 or 10 by now, the aow on this weapon heals you and your mimic and she is weak to fire so once your Mimi c has aggro spam the aow and you’ll be in phase 2 quick , Phase 2 run away from flower bomb and while she’s in flower spam aow , and you’ll have her half way, if she’s coming after you run towards your mimic and let it get aggro again then double team melee until she flower bombs again Get away and spam aow and fight will be over If you have a strength dex build I used bloodhound fang +10 with bloodflame and gave it to my mimic too and had a +25 fingerprint shield to block all her attacks Then let mimic get aggro and just start hitting her hard and you’ll trigger a stagger and riposte soon and bleed which will take you into phase 2 quick Phase 2 when she’s in flower throw volcano it’s or frost pots or stone of guranq, they all do great damage then once your mimic gets aggro again and flower rot is gone double team and if you’re able to trigger a bleed and one more stagger it will be over , otherwise if she flower bombs again just repeat and it will be over soon

Why is this the hardest one for me

Bro i literally died 47 times to the one near the capital... then i watch this after i almost snapped my controller in half. This literslly has to be the only way.. because his attacks NEVER STOP hes so fucking agressive. You can barely heal let alone attack.

he might received a patch because im glide to his right side and he still swings his sword

Wish id seen this sooner, this dude is the ghost of dark souls 2 specifically the Fume Knight, meaning my answer was towhand weapon, and get ready to memorize his moves, its like ballet, but your instructor beats you with a 2 by 4 everytime you get a move wrong.

suggested level is 40, im 120. this mfer is corny af

A year later, I found this video. Finally beat Malenia last night! Thank you so much for taking the time to explain everything in the way you did. Cheers

I wouldn't call it a cheese strat. Some people don't have hours or days for studying bosses. I'd call it easy mode and hard mode. It's nice to have that choice.

Excellent, thank you I’m doing this before going to work now 😅

Malenia is not easy. Players make her easy. Do the boss with fists and lvl 1 and that without hours of practice (if the boss is that easy)

Fuck this guy, I literally just cheesed him with blasphemous blade and he died like a fucking chump in range, don't play with unfair mechanics and I won't play with unfair mechanics, that damned floating sword just pisses me off so much, he didn't deserve to have a fight, he deserved to die like a moron swinging his sword around while I smack him afar with the ash of war, I actually managed to get him to literally one hit left when I fought him fairly then out of nowhere this fucker uses the force and kills me before landing the final hit, it wasn't worth my damn time, this dude was more frustrating than the first Godskin Apostle fight.

The slow mo was really genius. At first I thought it would just make the video longer, but it actually helps a lot and it is for sure what makes you understand her moveset. Great work!

I just kept chuckling my blue rocks at her and, along with my mimic tear we mashed her good.

Yeah i didnt get how to get him to shield bash consistently but you did help me to figure out that jump heavys destroy his posture which was super satisfying after all the trouble he gave me

I really don't understand, I'm lvl 86 with 46 on strength and 35 on vigor and yet this guy two shots me and barely takes any damage off my heavy att... Am I too under-leveled for this boss?

Beat the game, and I've never heard of bloodhounds step until this video

Blood hound step is basically a cheese

I've been getting clobbered by this rotting fish taco for what has to be over 50 attempts now. I've made it to phase 2 once. I just can't get passed the water fowl attack. I have been able to survive it 3 times. At this point in time the fight isn't even that impressive, it's just annoying. Her tracking is onto a BS level. I've had the worst luck with her getting poise-locked and then as I am mid rise, she water fowls me and kills me before I can finish standing, let alone dodge. Then i have the times where i beat her silly and she jumps way back and slowly paces. I know that the moment i get close to her she's going to water fowl me so we just pace back and forth with her forcing me to move forward to make her initiate my death. It's just so annoying. This is quite possibly one of the worst boss fights I've ever seen, let alone from FromSoft. They gave her every cheat in the book and it's not even fun anymore.