ELDEN RING: Blackflame Friede VS All Bosses

[@nolanstrife7350]

Ok, despite the fact that it did literally nothing... Seeing Friede execute Malenia with a double neck slash was super cathartic

[@CrescentCrusader99]

Should have taken Malenia to her second phase 😁

[@erikdenwalt4801]

Malenia wouldn't have shit on Friede if Malenia didn't have life steal, and if Friede's black flame worked like the actual in-game black flame.

[@Evil_Beauty]

​@@erikdenwalt4801 And also, if she started off as regular Friede before going into Blackflame. Yeah. Malenia wouldn't have won that fight, and possibly many other bosses here if Friede didn't started off her strongest phase so early.

[@4MonsterhunterStory]

Double neck slash 😂😂😂😂

[@Urd-Vidan]

​@@erikdenwalt4801 tbh, Friede's black flame is just the fire of all Ashen ones, just that because she was so far off course and didn't want to be a lord of Cinder, her flame blackened in decay.

[@FullAdDariusBR]

25:12 This is probably my favorite part of this video. Elfriede's grab attack actually perfectly hitting Malenia with the actual DS3 animation.

[@Rikkity]

I didn't think it would actually fucking GRAB HER! That shit was fucking gold!

[@LucatielCh05]

That was beautiful

[@annemccormick2561]

People please I preach to you out of love belive on the lord Jesus Christ and trust in him for you salvation and not in yourself Christ came to die for our sin we have all sinned and deserve hell but God is so merciful and Jesus died on the cross to take our punishment so that who ever belive on him will not perish but have eternal life john 3:16 romans 10:9 if we confess with our mouth Jesus is lord and belive in our heart that god rose him from the dead we will be saved we can not earn salvation it is the free gift from God❤❤❤.,,.,.,

[@killdeathman2348]

@@annemccormick2561 wtf

[@armanozyurt5051]

Top 10 anime fight

[@Bossu]

Very cool that her frost attacks inflict Frostbite, so it's a bit disappointing she doesn't get updated to have this game's blackflame mechanic as well.

[@fracturedsolace145]

Her blackface might be stronger.

[@Xportbob]

Because her black flame isn’t the same as Elden Ring’s Black Flames lmao Black Pyromancies are not anywhere on the same level as the Black Flames in Elden Ring Frostbite was a status in Ds3 so of course Friede can inflict what is the exact same status in ER as equalized

[@na-vn5qy]

​@@fracturedsolace145lol

[@AristasTheMonsterHunter]

​@@Xportbob Black Fire pyromancies are not that far off, considering the use the Dark Soul as fuel, wich is one of the most powerful "entities" in any soulsborne.

[@nathanieleden2228]

She would be a monster since ER blackflame deals fire damage which would reset frostbite along side the health drain. Meanwhile DS3 blackflame does dark damage, that damage type isn’t in Elden ring so like with Gael, the dark damage is turned into holy damage.

[@DanielLopes-uo7qo]

1:42 that was brutal lol, the way she leaps at the youngling and then charged an attack to make him inside out was just cinematic, very cruel too.

[@Deflamed_Sphere]

Anakin would be proud

[@SunlightGwyn]

All of Renalla’s students are girls.

[@fatalfractal1298]

Finish him flawless victory child brutality.

[@GetBodiedSon]

the idea of friede killing maliketh and taking destined death from him is fucking terrifying

[@0Rookie0]

"...bring me thy destined death." -Ariandel

[@CrescentCrusader99]

Maybe Friede is the Gloam-Eyed Queen 😂

[@KuraSourTakanHour]

Fight her with her huge frostbite range and destined death fire?! Just kill me now

[@kagura7107]

I was actually thinking about that while she was fighting Rennala. Super glad the community thinks the same way, I agree. The only thing that will truly wipe out the Dark Soul from that universe and killing off Gael's martyrdom by perpetuating the useless Kindling. I fucked my sister later that night out of fear.

[@huntersmorton5867]

Phase 1 "sister friede" phase 2 "sister friede and father ariendel" phase 3 "Blackflame Friede" PHASE 4 "DESTINED DEATH FRIEDE😭"

[@excusemewhatthefuck8091]

She was the og Malenia with her and her daddies panic inducing 3 phases

[@mohammadsaleem5990]

Nah the OG malenia was lady maria

[@uncleol]

Yeah it was actually Maria like the person before me said

[@simonealcazar816]

Actually the original small humanoid bosses are Gascoqine and German. They predate BB DLC. Maria is just the female version.

[@LuM4rex]

In fact, what the hell does it matter who precedes what? It’s MUCH more pleasant to fight with Herman, with Friede, or with Lady Maria than with Malenia.

[@bigenemy000]

Friede is the illegitimate child of German and lady maria fr fr

[@saftigerkeks5212]

Im always surprised how well Fromsoft programs the enemies in their games, where you can make literally anyone fight anything, and it will look like its an intended fight.

[@paracame8162]

Rykard trying to fight literally anyone that's not Tarnished sized: 🗿

[@thelevel5goblin971]

That mutual kill was bad ass!

[@ArchangelExile]

Mind mentioning a timestamp or even which boss fight you're talking about?

[@x50ms]

​@@ArchangelExile Heyo! I know I'm a little bit late but it's the Maliketh fight. At the end, they kill each other!

[@LeQueef]

Lil bro just couldn’t watch the video like the rest of us

[@C-Master109]

Despite how much of a nightmare her bossfight is, I'm quite partial to Sister Friede because of her aesthetic, and design. Her fights against Morgott, Radahn, Placidusax, Godfrey/Horah Loux, and the Elden Beast were quite cinematic and had some seriously awesome moments. All of them fall behind the fight against Maliketh, and Malenia though. The former was one I had originally expected it to be a complete stomp in Maliketh's favor, especially with how much health she lost against Marika's Shadow in his first phase. However, Friede ironically started to make a comeback against the Black Blade. Resulting in a an epic match between the two reaper like characters from different soulsbourne games that ended in a beautiful, and unexpected double K.O. The clash between Malenia, and Friede was the one I was anticipating the most however, and it did not disappoint. Although I already knew Malenia was almost certainly going to win given she has her lifesteal, and second phase active, the fight was still so very satisfying to watch. Especially when Friede used her death hold neck slice on Malenia, and then quickly forced her in to her second phase shortly after. Only to finally fall in defeat moments later upon witnessing Malenia's transformation as if she were in in awe of it power, and beauty. Almost as if she had surrendered once she saw Malenia bloom, and awaken into a higher state of power. Just the perfect ending for such a duel.

[@excatalyst1443]

Friede's moveset always looks super cool in bvb vids : edit Jesus she deleted Fortissax poor dragon stood no chance :(

[@renneverbright]

I love how she dodges attacks, first boss I've ever seen who didn't get repeatedly blindsided by Placidusax

[@irontarkus6955]

keep in mind this boss had 3 phazes which means 3 hp bars and even had a sidekick during one of those phazes so essentially elden ring got destroyed by a boss using 1/4th of her strength.

[@velaikka]

Sir Gideon getting bullied in a corner as usual 😂

[@ericschubel9533]

yeah why does giddy always suck in these?

[@ricardohoang8452]

@@ericschubel9533 As he keeps saying “A man cannot kill a god …” so someone needs to corner him 😂

[@justanenglishcommentpassin644]

9:16 HOLY WHAT IS THAT DAMAGE

[@tranquoccuong890-its-orge]

Fire Giant's special move: punishing the stupid enemy for standing too close

[@brentramsten249]

i think 2 phase malenia versus 3 phase friede would be downright epic

[@franklinsodap0p]

Love the fact that Friede just absolutely demolishes Gideon while he's still talking. Like watching a jock beat up a theater kid.

[@leonides1527]

She even put bro in the corner XD

[@borismanev8626]

Nobody waits for sir Gideon to stop talking

[@thiagollmattos]

Detalhe: Friede não tinha as outras duas fases, caso contrário teria derrotado todos. A IA da Friede não permite que ela desvie. Ponto para Elden ring Os ataques delas são mais coreografados, por isso são mais demorados, e junto com a postura baixa dela dificultou em alguns bosses. Isso foi melhorado em Elden ring Friede vs Malenia: Friede deu uma surra na Malenia e só perdeu porque a Malenia curava (mesma coisa para o Moghwin) Só perdeu para Radagon porque a postura dele é absurdamente alta. Friede é a melhor boss de toda a série, para mim.

[@suchar7175]

Finally, the best Boss invades Lands Between!🎉 25:14 that was super cool! And Friede really dominated Malenia's first phase. Overall she did a lot better than I expected: 12 wins, 1 draw and only 6 loses. And most of her lost fights were very unlucky, she would surely beat Mohg if damage from Nihil wasn't set that absurdly high. My favourite BvB video on YT at this point.

[@Artem-eu3uv]

Yes, but Gael also cool

[@suchar7175]

@@Artem-eu3uv true, he is my second favourite in Dark Souls 3.

[@DroaTherapy]

25:09 Friede really said, "enough playing around."

[@kokocarillo9931]

@@suchar7175Gael is my favorite DS3 boss, then it’s Frieda (Frieda killed me much more though, Gael was surprisingly easy for me). I was very happy with Frieda’s fights here, it was amazing.

[@suchar7175]

@@kokocarillo9931 Friede is also much harder for me, I've beaten her 80 times (as for Gael, the counter is around 20) and she can still kill me easily while I usually beat Gael in 3 tries. Third phase of Friede alone is harder than most of Bosses I've ever fought.

[@AlasKenn1]

1:43 Kid didn't clean his room.

[@CRXPTXCXCCXS_NXXFXRMXNS]

Never heard the sounds her weapons made when she falls down before

[@laurencevicar5798]

Radagon hammering Friede reminded me of SoC 5 hit combo against Friede. Radagon is a GoW fan, SoC is DMC fan

[@brigandboy1425]

Frriede has the most fun moveset to watch. Not always the most effective, but when it is, it really really is.

[@loc7909]

Fav. (& most difficult IMO) Souls boss. I thought she had the fire giant! What a fight! Give her at least 2/3rds of her health bars....

[@Mi-Jung_Kim-tq2bl]

Her battle with malenia was on next level

[@madkat8614]

Friede: And who are you? Malenia: I am you, but stronger! Friede: We will see... Malenia: Cool! but time to end this.

[@rzgaming5678]

Okay but that execution animation on melania… *chefs kiss*

[@PapaVangeris96]

Friede’s defeats at the hands of AOE spamming bosses should tell you something about the difference between a well crafted fight and MuH LiGhT sHoW iS cOoL. Great vid, keep it up!

[@jasperfizzelle-halloran4867]

Godrick stabs himself and dies: the movie.

[@ArtMindVisuel]

25:13 after that malenia just didn't touched once friede, was beautiful lol

[@ArtMindVisuel]

mb she was hitted ONCE

[@njbmx8999]

Margit: "What fucking new game is this?"

[@edwardknox9269]

Beating this boss solo was probably the biggest personal achievement for me because it felt darn near hopeless after failing so many times.

[@cooper8413]

I love how every time she's knocked to the ground, it sounds like the metal pipe sound effect XD

[@Lunar_Valkyrie]

I like how this is pretty heavily nerfed Friede too, and she's still this good.

[@chazfromouterspace]

sister friede had all the smoke with her weapon being the only weapon to actually make you feel like you were the boss

[@davidbentz7907]

Friede feels nerfed without her ability to turn invisible - still awesome fights!! Excellent video..

[@alchemicangle]

I want to see a run back with Friedel having all 3 phases

[@vespenegas261]

Elden Beast fight looks like figure skating! Oh well...

[@brucemartin1420]

If sister friede had her multiple phases I think that would be cool. No flaming bowl daddy either lol. What a hard boss fight. I think it took me multiple days to beat her the first time

[@sirweenielick8534]

I don’t think any boss in ER is as relentless and fast as Sister Friede’s third phase, though I wanna say Beast Clergyman comes close.

[@emixam6947]

Jesus Radagon gave her the BUSINESS.

[@togy_9885]

Tbh, I would have loved if Malenia and Fride had used the Upward descent sladh attack at the same time-

[@alirezaie-em7hq]

It really amazes me how with one of her three phases she was able to defeat many boss fights . In fact, after the completion of each phase,she heals again😂

[@simonmictheftmoniedafe1467]

To think this is the monster we were up against in ds3

[@LearnTrainPlay]

The fight with phase 1 Malenia was beautiful

[@nicolasrodriguezbadala1024]

That backstep into forward jump from friede to evade placidusax claws was nice!

[@murdurmuffin7872]

Best moments; Margit: The first, and only moment of his brief existence. Godrick: The horrified scream right before life was torn from his body, still, at least he managed to hit her... once. Rennala: Anakin slaughter's the younglings (coldplay remix) Radahn: The moment he shit his pants from her sheer intimidation march. Draconic Tree Sentinel: Anime Girl finally meets someone who can take a hit... or three. Morgott: Just a cat playing with it's food. Fire Giant: He's literally the size of a temple and managed to dodge roll away. Also, Belly FLOP. Godskin Duo: We have discovered her weakness! Initiate midfight estus and fatroll protocols. Maliketh: I couldn't have imagined a more epic fight or appropriate conclusion. DL Placidusax: UNLIMITED POWWAAAAAHHHH ow ow ow ow ow! Mohg: The comeback. Both of them. Astel: Eh, pretty colors I guess. God Snaking Snake: Friede loses "Floor is Lava". Also the random "Bite the pillow, we're going through the backdoor". Rykard: This is what happens when you ignore Lair Actions. Malenia: THAT EXECUTION THOUGH. Good fight girls. Fortissax: Holy delete button batman! Gideon Ofnir: This is every PvP main, versus every other normal player that gets invaded. Godfrey: I mean... what a show. Radagon: When you meet a real man... with enough poise to make you blush. Elden Beast: They had me going in the first half...

[@annemccormick2561]

People please I preach to you out of love belive on the lord Jesus Christ and trust in him for you salvation and not in yourself Christ came to die for our sin we have all sinned and deserve hell but God is so merciful and Jesus died on the cross to take our punishment so that who ever belive on him will not perish but have eternal life john 3:16 romans 10:9 if we confess with our mouth Jesus is lord and belive in our heart that god rose him from the dead we will be saved we can not earn salvation it is the free gift from God❤

[@n4m35d0ntm4tt3r]

If only her blackflame worked like the godskin blackflame...

[@Luxorcist]

Sister Friede is one of my all time favorite bosses from the Souls games. She looks like she belongs in Elden Ring even, she did really well here, very impressive!

[@MethodMain]

25:12 DAAAMN that grab attack was so sick...

[@Irithyllian]

3:05 "Come! Oh little Ranni!" lmfao

[@iserador6106]

Friede Blackflame... without blackflame

[@ANONYMOUS43Y3R]

WOW! Even with Mohg's Nihil Friede STILL nearly killed him!

[@gb9884]

Going back to DS3 after elden ring I somehow had an easier time beating Blackflame Friede - I initially thought her black flame attacks would burn health away over time like they do in Elden Ring but then I remembered they hadn't invented it yet 😂

[@stickginge]

9:36 even friede was like "no thanks" for a second like most players

[@Zack-pm2tu]

Imagine if the Gloam Eyed Queen once fought with a black flame scythe. It would make a lot of sense since she was a god killer.

[@DroaTherapy]

The fact that this is just some lady in a painting is just crazy.

[@waywardphoenix3188]

As much I love Friede, my boy Maliketh isn’t someone to screw around with.

[@angelegal9446]

I would LOVE if Bloodborne bosses could be implemented like this... Just imagine, Malenia VS Lady Maria...

[@andrescabadasfernandez6064]

Pretty sure it was already done for Lady Maria. Not as well as Friede though.

[@Getsumei_Marson]

there already is a lady maria vs friede, go check it out

[@umukzusgelos4834]

I suppose her stats have been adjusted, otherwise her results are baffling, her poise damage in particular seems a little unheard of, more as if she used a strength weapon, might be the blackflame well it´s like a Proto Malenia in a way, I´ve never really been a fan of these anime-ish boss battles with such ridiculously long stretched combos, still some entertaining battles in this one Goodness me the Godskin Duo with their magic pixel of health... 12:50 that was choreographed just perfect as his snout falls on her corpse 25:11 nice one and of course for the cheap reference: Sir Gideon Ofnir:"A Man... cannot kill... a God..." Friede: "I am a woman!"

[@KogasaTatara514]

From what I've seen, porting Dark Souls bosses into Elden Ring has the side effect of giving them huge poise damage. Midir staggers every boss in like 3 hits max iirc.

[@iamMildlyUpsetWithMostOfYouTub]

The poise is something that wasn’t adjusted but the HP and DEFINITELY damage was buffed.

[@suchar7175]

​@@iamMildlyUpsetWithMostOfYouTubdamage surely wasn't buffed and she just has amount of HP from all her phases, because only one phase fought in this video.

[@krishnansubramoni7801]

@@KogasaTatara514 After recently doing a few DS3 runs while waiting for Elden Ring DLC, I can say this: 1) DS3 bosses have MUCH higher stagger resistance than Elden Ring bosses. 2) Midir is just that strong. He staggers everything in DS3 too. 3) Think back to your own Elden ring playthrough. We players with the right build can also stagger a lot of the bosses in like 3 to 5 hits. So it makes sense that strong bosses like Midir and Friede have little issue.

[@raydark100]

@@krishnansubramoni7801 eh no, the balance is not right and it is obvious that it shows that I added all the life of the three phases and increased the damage a lot, they do it that way so that the ds3 bosses have a chance with the bosses after morgott.

[@TheShikx]

Just imagine how even broken Friede would be if his Blackflame have the same damage over time effect like is in elden ring

[@anthonystone9897]

If this is a ds3 dlc boss I am absolutely terrified to find out what insane stuff will be in the dlc for elden ring

[@JAM92]

Now imagine if it were all 3 phases of Sister Friede! Now that would be a sight to see!

[@mewxtherealitygod4706]

Id love that, but we'd need to get the chair dude modded in as well.

[@fallengarden]

She lost 2 phases and her invisibility, and yet, her AI is finetuned to a point where she STILL holds up with anything you throw at her. Sister Friede is the best boss From ever created and it's not even close. Her AI and movement roaster is just spectacular. She is in her own leauge. I hope Elden Ring's DLC gonna introduce DS 3 quality bosses because the base game is so far from it it's not even funny.

[@kyte5648]

Just like other souls bosses in elden ring, she too breaks poise way too easy. The moment she fought draconic tree sentinel with a very high poise, she performed worse. Also Astels op grab attack didn't work on her and hoara loux didn't use his strong ground buster attack. Otherwise yes, she was very strong.

[@dudeman7826]

Maliketh, Morgott, Godfrey and placudisax are already comparable to ds3 dlc and bloodborn bosses when it comes how great they are 😂 btw

[@Jianxin-sensei]

The thing about Friede is you could very easily make a cherry picked bvb vid where she kills everyone cause she barely gets hit cause of how fast and flexible she is. Also yes, she is easily the no 1. FromSoftware boss so far.

[@FreyjaYngling]

@@kyte5648 To be fair, Friede can be knocked down which functions as her own version of poise. Not only that, but like Astel, her own OP grab attack doesn't work, and she loses her ability to go invisible and heal.

[@DaKingsAvatar]

​@@dudeman7826Maliketh has quite huge hitbox problems. Morgott has a a very good moveset but lacks HP. Godfrey has the same issue, otherwise his moveset is probably the cleanest in ER. Placi is a joke tho. Have u seen Midir? It's like a lizard vs Godzilla.

[@Sternenherz127]

Her Dodges on Plasidusax where sick. Sweet!

[@leandllima]

Seeing Friede roflstomping Gideon's ass was surely satisfying

[@miyukiteishi9051]

I love how shes still on par with the coolness of Elden Ring bosses

[@natedavis2944]

All I’m seeing is if any of them tried fighting her in her home court they get bodied worse that us 😂

[@patrickwhitehead2500]

That was cool that she beat first form melenia

[@ZzVinniezZ]

if Malenia doesnt have healing per hit, Friede might stance a chance

[@carmenarchangeluriel1795]

He didn't give her updated blackflame effect and her second phase 😢😢😢 it's BS

[@Walen_Lucifer]

If Fride doesn't have ice, she won't have a chance. That's your logic, you know? And this is not to mention the fact that the bosses from DS3 are too much off balance for the bosses of ER. That's exactly BULLSHIT. Even Radagon with very strong heavy attacks has never knocked Frida out of their balance, when she knocks everyone out and can knock them out in a row, which is shown with EB.

[@chaosdragoon1]

Fall down 7 times. Get up 8 times.

[@run-a-milekyle3835]

Fire Giant: “You call that a flame?”

[@jeffwirth429]

*Friede leaps into the air, imbues her weapon with black flame and careens into Margit at full speed, depleting 2/3 of his health in seconds* “Thou’rt of passing skill..”

[@ulyssessmith454]

With the amount of staggers she gets imagine if she was able to do critical attacks

[@DecayedZombie115]

Friede did NOT care what Gideon had to say at the beginning 💀

[@Ruuinx]

I wanna see a four way fight between Malenia, Lady Maria, Elfriede, and Rellana

[@Kffii69]

Firegiant is just the nemesis of the old souls games bosses

[@patriot-renegade]

(Friede falls down) CLANG CLANG CLANG

[@mewxtherealitygod4706]

Metal_pipe_sfx.mp3

[@nonkama-uj5cy]

Didn't expect mohg to get that. Him contently walking back to his stupid egg was funny tho

[@herxs14]

Uffff the best fight that ever seen sister fride vs melania ❤

[@wholelottagangshid]

25:14 holy shit that was sick

[@oanhhoang8164]

You should have enabled her 1st phrase as well. She should have 2 phrases: the first phrase and the blackflame phrase. That would be more fair when she is up against certain elden ring bosses like Rykard and Malenia.

[@MrOberndorfer]

can we just talk about what she did to my boy fortisax, that was insane

[@jasongordon1968]

You know, you never really realize just how high Friedes dps is because our characters have so little hp compared to the bosses. That is until you see her blast out 5k damage in 10 attacks over the span of 3 seconds while zipping around at mach Jesus

[@NickHunter]

Gideon: None shall take the Elden thr..

[@Mi-Jung_Kim-tq2bl]

She's way too cool

[@rysspace2511]

Seeing friede and malenia fight looked so cool, up until she pulled out the “win” button. It’s also crazy how friede was the only boss in these kinds of videos that can outmaneuver Malenias first phase.

[@simonealcazar816]

You do know she would have won without the flower right? Friede was a few attacks away from dying anyway.

[@KogasaTatara514]

​@@simonealcazar816that's the second win button. She has two of them.

[@rysspace2511]

@@simonealcazar816 I knew she was gonna win, it just doesn’t look as fun to see them fight when malenia gets out the waterfowl dance

[@LilyApus]

@@rysspace2511 in any case it's unfair because Malenia has both her phases but Frieda is in phase three for all of these fights, that and Malenia heals on every attack...for some reason I still don't understand.

[@LilyApus]

@@zanemob1429 if anything she should lose HP over time since shes you know...rotting, not sure how anyone defends Malenia as a boss honestly even the healing is put in "because fuck you that's why"

[@Toot7.]

This is probably the first time I've seen the opposite happen with Maliketh, as his second phase was less effective, and he just staggered and performed worse than Beast Clergyman. Even though, he managed to kill her.

[@suchar7175]

Friede fights similarly to players and for many players (especially those best) Beast Clergyman is a lot harder phase.

[@Christina..22121]

Still it was a stalemate

[@Mi-Jung_Kim-tq2bl]

She beat his as*

[@fracturedsolace145]

They killed each other.

[@Toot7.]

@@suchar7175 Ngl he was harder for me, his attacks are so fast(:

[@subject_of_ymir]

Gideon: A tarnished cannot become a lord. Sister Friede: bro.... I'm an Ash.

[@agssilv5919]

The chosen undead and their ash form >

[@leonides1527]

Gideon: .... Did I miss a page?

[@jamesshaver2376]

First time I’ve seen Radahn meteor fail to nuke 80% of a health bar

[@krishnansubramoni7801]

The two biggest reasons Radahn's nuke does not do 18,000 damage is 1) The enemy is standing on an incline or some uneven terrain and his meteor does not hit fully 2) The enemy get i-frames because of falling down like us players And here I think Friede got some i-frames to avoid the big portion of the damage.

[@Tphoenix618]

2:14 THAT DODGE THO💀 Edit: im starting to wonder how friede would fare in sekiro

[@agentofchaos7456]

She pulled off the same feat with the Elden Beast at 31:23.

[@priestofthighs3013]

​@@agentofchaos7456emphasis on feet

[@LudvigJosvason]

Probably poorly, she's too slow.

[@SunlightGwyn]

Sister Friede is easily one of the best bosses From Soft has ever designed.

[@HindrancUS]

At the time, I surrendered to her. I do not know if it was general fatigue from DLC marathon, the fact that she greeted me hospitably at first meeting, or her design - but after several attempts, I gave up on her third phase.

[@SunlightGwyn]

@@HindrancUS Giving up means you went Hollow. Never go Hollow!

[@zorro8027]

@@HindrancUS Man you can do it. Just keep your distance and punish her king windup attacks. Heavy UGS attacks that poke render he kinda worthless if you get her in a stagger lock. It is very doable, just don’t try to trade with her.

[@HindrancUS]

@@zorro8027 I know I can, comrade, but I don't want to. It was my choice. At that moment, roleplay defeated manchkinism.

[@HindrancUS]

@@SunlightGwyn Sometimes even Ashen One can afford not to kill everything he meets.

[@imperialash2729]

frieda doing grapple on malenia is the most badass thing i've seen in 2023.

[@Paws_itivity]

Gideon got bodied 🤣 and that grab on Malenia was impressive! Nice battles in general, she's such a cool boss

[@Slimewolf]

It was so satisfying seeing him get wrecked mid-speech. Friede was just like, "Shut up, nerd..."

[@crist8600]

Friede behaves like a player character, so when she gets knocked down, she gets I-frames, which is why she survived radahn's meteor

[@kokocarillo9931]

Thanks for explaining that, I love Freida but I did find that a very surprising.

[@CrescentCrusader99]

But doesn’t the player die automatically from that?

[@brayanferreira8147]

​@@CrescentCrusader99en efecto, ese ataque hace mucho daño pero el guión solo hizo que le quitaran una mínima parte

[@zaleost]

@@CrescentCrusader99 To be honest I think its more just a massive difference in health pools. It looked a lot more like she just tanked the meteor attack and it simply didn't do that much damage to her.

[@Aryan_H1]

​@@CrescentCrusader99no, if you get knocked down you survive.

[@akiraigarashi2874]

She did surprisingly well against Godskin Duo after getting comboed that much at the start

[@cirkleobserver3217]

If she could get staggered it would have been over very quickly. She’s just immune to a mechanic that is universal to ER.

[@arditlika9388]

@@cirkleobserver3217 Her not getting staggered isn't unique to DS3, she's like Gideon, a player boss. They do not get staggered, but they do get easily knocked over \stunned.

[@joshjonson2368]

She does way too much damage surely op messed up her dmg scaling by accident

[@goosemanVEVO]

I feel like Frieda and Malenia might get along. They're both powerful fencers, and despite Frieda putting down her blades in favor of another life, she hasnt forgotten how to absolutely annihilate someone if she really wants to.

[@drakusmero104]

Gotta love the drop of that steel pipe whenever she's knocked down

[@bhopr3800]

That Malenia fight was one of the most impressive displays of AI fighting I've ever seen, not only in a Dark Souls game, but in gaming in general. They were literally flowing together. Honestly, if she knew how to dodge Waterfowl Dance, it would have been an extremely close fight (maybe even in Friede's favor). Would love to see another match with her, possibly including Elden Ring's blackflame debuff to add to the immersion? I don't know, might make her too powerful.

[@davidtsmith33]

True.

[@s8theninjawarrior916]

Excuse me for breaking your bubble, but Malenia barely needed phase 2😂 it was very impressive from Friede to even reach phase 2 in the first place, but she wouldn't stand a chance except with a serious buff against phase 2 Malenia, again, sorry to burst that bubble😂

[@SeraphimxSins]

​@@s8theninjawarrior916Just needs the black flame buff, that would even it out. Malenia is just going to win every fight where the boss she's fighting can't just burst her health down and keep her staggered, just because of her lifesteal. If not for that, and the tremendous gap between their total health being so big, then it would've been a much more even fight, AI-wise or whatever form of I this technically is.

[@s8theninjawarrior916]

@@SeraphimxSins the black flame wouldn't be the main danger for Malenia here, it'd still be the frostbite, that's where most of her hp would go away still, then you have to consider she barely entered phase 2 when she won... and phase 2 is even stronger than phase 1... Friede is impressive tho, I'll admit

[@davidtsmith33]

They should take away that lifesteal per every hit for Malenia@@SeraphimxSins . She already hits like a machine gun which makes it so unfair, plus she already has some of the best dodges in the game. Plus two whole lives with full HP. Plus that big flower nuke that seem to draw the other enemies in like magnet like they have deer in headlights syndrome.

[@MrMelange]

The Malenia fighttt!! Straight out of a movie. Also, I really like how in alot of these fights it looks like fire vs ice

[@ewapiksrandeb3966]

Friede made stagger on Malenia once 😮