Beating Malenia with Elon Musk's Terrible Elden Ring Build

[@TheGreatGoulash]

Seeing someone perfectly fat roll water fowl dance is a true horror of Lovecraftian heights.

[@onnatsu]

You will witness true horror!

[@hunterterrat9105]

People wank the shit out of waterfowl. It isn't that bad Jesus

[@teabaggins1er]

If im Malenia and i see that i would just give up

[@Padlock_Steve]

its not hard to dodge you literally just go backwards and then the other way and roll

[@Arkain89]

@@Padlock_Steve no matter how many times i see it the "you just need to press the right button at the right moment" is still hilarious

[@bubba_]

He probably read intelligence and immediately thought of himself and went all in on it

[@Jinchokion]

No, see, people usually pick what they WANT to be when picking a class/build. Mans WANTS to be intelligent 💀💀

[@shinryusaiha]

Should have negative int stat to reflect real life

[@uncleruckus6990]

@@shinryusaiha im not gonna lie im not the biggest fan of elon but someone with 228 billion dollars is far from stupid

[@uncleruckus6990]

@@LieutenantVague he wasnt born into money he became a millionaire at 41 im ngl to you bro this was about the most brain rotten comment ive seen 0% research 0 knowledge nothing please do atleast a google search before you make your self seem like you have very little intelligence

[@uncleruckus6990]

@@LieutenantVague he wasnt born into money he became a millionaire at 30 and even if he was you dont make money like he has without intelligence

[@ladonmccabe]

The two shields is the one that gets me. Like every other thing is just noob mistakes, but the two shields are mentally deranged. Its not even a parry shield paired with a regular, they are both just medium shields.

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Yup. Totally bizzare!

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

I mean. There are highly specific times where two shields like this might be useful. Say, you have a 100% physical shield, but also want a shield for the projectile of a boss which is, say, Lightning, and you don't have any shields that are good in both stats, so you intend to switch off to the lightning shield for that specific attack. Or, maybe you have a shield you actually use, and then your Stamina regen shield you two hand with. However, these are extraordinarily niche use cases, and are usually adaptations to having to work with limited gear. Definitely not a core part of a basically functional, idealized build

[@blazaybla22]

Like… I kinda get it? In the sense of the bronze shield being 100% against physical and I think having higher stability, and the other one being good against non-physical damage. But wtf just swap in your inventory, what situation would you be in where you would need to access both so quickly that you couldn’t swap in the menu. Goddamn psychopath

[@taylorfisher3944]

Funny how I have changed since DS1, in Elden Ring I never equipped one.

[@SaxSlaveGael]

@@taylorfisher3944 Sheilds kinda slowly became less useful once Bloodborne released.

[@hfhfj24]

I like how you assumed he still has the debuff from hugging fia and you're probably right lmao

[@inv3991]

wait she gives a debuff

[@pyrozzz6346]

@@inv3991 had to search this up cuz i didnt know this either. she gives you a 5% health debuff if you have hugged her indicated by a red square under you stamina bar. To get rid of her use a baldachins blessing and travel to a grace site and it should be gone.

[@Nodoga1]

@@inv3991 reduces max health by 5% you can see it by the red square with the black down arrow where the other buffs/debuffs are shown. To get rid of it just use the Baldachins Blessing you get from her.

[@UnlimitedBick]

@@inv3991 secret vitality loss, it's barely noticeable, maybe 20 hp? early you can burn the item to get extra poise, then the little bit of health will come back unhealed i kept it, knowing it was poison, because i felt bad when she said "everybody hates me and thinks i'm evil, but i just hug skeletons"

[@paul_469]

Tbf I know that she gives one and I stll have it too. Though I am also retarded

[@Phrygid]

Dodging a waterfowl with heavy equip load is insane. A mark of a true Lord indeed

[@Vital433]

this. I could only do it with the ash of war dash lol

[@dvdivine1962]

It's only the first flurry that's a problem, such a stinky move.

[@mikebrinkerhoff92]

I was shook that he did that.

[@TurkeyJiblets]

Because he could keep the aggro far away with summon. Really not that hard. Running from the first flurry is always the best way, after that its simply pattern that you dont necesarily need to dodge for.

[@tameflames]

​@@TurkeyJiblets🤓☝️

[@phantomlock8015]

heavy load dodging waterfowl is probably the biggest flex i've ever seen

[@SargentD4]

Then you haven’t seen much 😂

[@phantomlock8015]

@@SargentD4 I can tell you're fun to be around

[@catedoge3206]

ye

[@Hodenkobold44]

@@SargentD4 End it 😂

[@user-ot8wl7oh9s]

Remember switching your shield is faster than rolling

[@nosferatu9561]

kkkkkkkk

[@aurelioalvarez8694]

Lmao

[@isopropyltoxicity]

​@@DrakevidGaz says that line not captain price

[@BudoThePaladin]

@@isopropyltoxicity true, but ppl always forget that cpl. Dunn in the pit in mw2's training course introduction also does say the same line, but Gaz is the most iconic one.

[@manhphuc4335]

Tbf, vow of the indomitable basically saves you first 2 combo of the waterfowl dance, you only have to role out of the third and kept your distance for the fourth. So yes sometimes switching to your shield is faster than reloading.

[@theodorebear6714]

Elon's got that jack of no trades and master of none thing going for him.

[@Sdroalaun]

and what do you have going for you?

[@captainpandabear1422]

@@Sdroalaun 78 more likes than you, currently. xD Keep glazing, maybe Elon will give you a pat on the head for being his bitch.

[@Bbbbbyyyy15]

@@Sdroalaunhe wasn’t insulting him as a person he was just making fun of his build

[@trulyinfamous]

He knows how to find people who are better than him and that's why SpaceX is so successful. Probably his only good skill.

[@spike339]

@@Sdroalaun actual nerd defending a braindead billionaire in the wild.

[@ky7501]

In my entire career playing souls games over several years, never in my life have I seen a mage build purposefully using a heavy load

[@someone-ji2zb]

Eh, it works I guess lol

[@namnamkuragundoshke]

It is usable in all ds series in pve , get havel's armor = enough balance that ur casts are uninterruptable

[@mendeleyev1790]

ds 1 full havel set darkbead was like 50% of all builds for pvp

[@Nah1100]

And still using medium shield with moonveil. Must have intended to spam aow and use the normal attack for pve or something idk

[@mphylo2296]

With 31 vigor 💀 You just know musk probably hates invaders

[@amberhernandez]

Two hilarious moments to me: 1. Malenia performed Waterfowl _twice_ in phase one out of sheer panic of losing to this mess of a build 2. the way you popped off a greatbow at 5:03 solely to fulfill the "all spells" condition and never used it again lol

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Lmao! In a few failed attempts I used it more. It's just a bloody tricky one to use!

[@Noizzed]

She did it 3 times on first phase one time i was playing. Most times i fought her she did it more than once. You just gotta have any build that isn't extremely OP like most players.

[@krisjohnston5569]

@@Noizzed Hell sometimes she'd do it twice in a row to me

[@nickjklol]

Every time I've fought Malenia she's done waterfowl multiple times in the first phase?

[@vincecrisostomo8107]

Because the greatbow is only situational for long range attacks. Like elon said, versatile build

[@gilfordtan]

The best thing is even Oleg survived until the end! Well played!

[@SaxSlaveGael]

I was hoping my boi could make it! He's pretty damn good taking on Malenia!

[@MarK0-D4c]

Oleg is chad

[@SaxSlaveGael]

@@MarK0-D4c Definitely one of the better summons against Malenia.

[@vsevolodpoddyh8191]

Tiche also works good.

[@ppman698]

@@vsevolodpoddyh8191tiche is good against almost every boss, that life drain+sap is such a cool thing to have on the side

[@tharrock337]

30 Vigor Fatrolling Malenia sounds like the kind of thing they do to people in guantanamo.

[@veskogc]

Took you 2 years to finish this challenge. Keep the grind bro

[@bargainbrandmilk9858]

@sailingsential grind don't stop

[@Ostr0]

If you stop it could be a challenge no one will ever do ever think Dark Souls PTDE Barefist Damage Only (No Dragon Form for Killing Bosses) How Many Bosses can be beaten? You'll never see a sane person attempting it.

[@bobsmith93]

​@@Ostr0someone did that in elden ring, where it's way harder to do than in ds1. People are crazy lol

[@veskogc]

@@Ostr0 well all of them can be beaten kek

[@corpsie1241]

@@Ostr0 Gino did bare fist only on elden ring

[@CrappyCar]

It’s disgusting how easy you made this look. Heavy load isn’t a crutch, but that summon sure is.

[@Chadius_Thundercock]

Nothing wrong with using summons

[@ETBrooD]

@@Chadius_ThundercockPlenty wrong using a summon against Malenia. She heals on every connect. Summons are generally speaking a detriment against her except during the first phase.

[@Chadius_Thundercock]

@@ETBrooD I’m talking in general, this dude is calling summons a crutch, but there’s nothing wrong with using summons

[@paracosmx7684]

@@Chadius_Thundercock The way they used the term crutch doesnt really match what you think of. In the vid he called fat rolling a crutch and i think he just means it drags you down. Against Melania Summons sabotage you.

[@ETBrooD]

@@Chadius_ThundercockCompletely agree. I think summons are the default way to play the game (solo), and not using them is a deliberate choice to make combat more difficult (broadly speaking).

[@DanteYewToob]

“I must maintain a heavy load!” Is it November already?!

[@Mark_13132]

1.1k likes no replys let me fix that

[@flu3747]

I see this fight as "Oleg gets a mage summon"

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Accurate

[@flu3747]

@@SaxSlaveGael xD

[@niflheimm-yt]

I remember hearing a clip from a podcast or interview where Elon said he was one of the busiest people in the world, pretty much working all the time, and yet he finished Elden Ring months before I did as a senior in college

[@effigy42]

Yeah he was busy doing that

[@theveganduolingobird7349]

he got his summon to do all the work like he gets his daddys money to do all the work in his real life

[@laren153]

he is probably better at the game than you, sorry to break it to you

[@Barbarossa_F]

​@@laren153Doubt it. I'll go up against Elon any day of the week, and I'm basically a newbie to souls games

[@spin6420]

you really think so?@@laren153

[@Capper_Bra]

All jokes aside this was the most calming gameplay of a Malenia fight

[@akiyama-gaming]

Average magic build gameplay

[@LaBrawa]

​@@akiyama-gaming cope

[@akiyama-gaming]

@@LaBrawa vro I played elden ring twice with a physical build and a magic build, magic is so much more calming

[@LaBrawa]

@@akiyama-gaming only because of the range, most of the weapon builds are just stronger and easier to realise

[@HotShame0]

@@LaBrawacope, that makes zero sense, other builds are in melee range u gotta know every single dodge. Mages dont need that shit.

[@StickNMove1040]

this just proves how op magic + summons can be because his build was probably working in his playthrough

[@SaxSlaveGael]

I was actually surprised how well it worked despite the fat rolling!

[@mkv2718]

@@SaxSlaveGaelhonestly i think “veterans” forget that fat rolling isn’t that bad outside of pvp. that’s why noobs do it, because they can get away with it, so why not?

[@marcosdheleno]

@@mkv2718 i dont fat roll. but im tired of people saying even mid roll is bad. as someone who has played and completed all 3 dark souls and elden ring with mid roll builds.

[@malking1486]

Mid roll​ in every single soulsborne is ok exept for ds1 in ds1 its so damn slow @@marcosdheleno

[@marcosdheleno]

@@malking1486 not really. if anything ds1 is the least dependent roll souls game. hell, you dont even need to roll at all after you get some of the buffier armor sets. i mean, one of the strategies in speedrun is to literaly stand still and just mash attack to kill the 4 kings. then there are bosses that are soloed by summoned npcs. like the iron golem or the butterfly. other bosses like gwin you can just bait attacks and parry, or seath you can just run around and stab him, if you have enough curse resist. so it doesnt really matter how slow the roll in ds1 is, the game is the easiest of the entire franchise.

[@jochem12jdj]

I don’t know what’s worse, the build or the fact that this self proclaimed tech genius didn’t seem to know how to take a screenshot EDIT: yes people, I know he is not an actual IT guy, just a CEO, hence the “self proclaimed” part

[@SaxSlaveGael]

🤣

[@MrMan-np9jg]

Could be on console?

[@jochem12jdj]

@@MrMan-np9jg consoles also have screenshot functionality that can be used to tweet said screenshot

[@KHJohan]

@@jochem12jdj controllers for PlayStation and Xbox even have screenshot buttons

[@Krakmak]

He probably was on console and didnt feel like hitting the screenshot and using xbox interface to tweet with text, just said fuck it and snapped it with his phone

[@FaeQueenCory]

To this day... No one has been able to explain to me why he has 3 separate summons "equipped"... You never get more than one.

[@Grey_3708]

probably easier to just bring them all than having to change sets for each fight. some better than others for certain fights

[@eljovenaleman7147]

I played with more than one Summon equipped to be prepared for each scenario when exploring, at least that was my logic in my first playthrough. I also have no idea which summons are good and which are bad so I always had them prepared and tested them

[@Panda-sn5or]

​Yeah, having 3 summons in the inventory is one of the least egregious part of this build. I have 3 summons that I like and I have them equipped too. Maybe you take them out for an intense boss fight like Malenia. But when exploring and you have no idea what kind of fight you're getting, keeping multiple in your loadout is pretty convenient.

[@Pururut]

​@@Panda-sn5or yeah i personally have like a few summons that i really like even though im well aware its not that useful though less gameplay oriented and more so just being able to summon ones i think are cool

[@Mesopotamian]

Because i don't think he actually played it.. maybe he just took a picture of someone else's game, and probably told them "i want to show everyone the cool items i don't really have" and the person with the game just equipped some random shit

[@cptbtwth]

In that fat roll in p2 after you break stance Malenia, I can feel so much pain.

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Bro you have no idea how mad that made me!!! 🤣 I was like are you f***en serious! I hate missing a riposte.

[@yodoleheehoo90]

ugh yes T_T I was literally shaking with rage when he couldn't make that counter XD

[@JustRob96]

I actually laughed out loud at that moment The roll was just so pathetic 😂

[@OliverNease]

The fat roll to try and take advantage of the stagger at 5:31 was fucking hilarious lmao

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Kills me every time someone brings it up! I can still vividly remember thinking - FFS that's right Im fat rolling 🤣

[@jine7123]

I lost it at this point hahaha

[@adingahinga]

my favorite moment

[@pagingdoctorsideburns]

This is also what made me finally lose it. Hilarious

[@MrWinczakos]

immense gap closer

[@nocomment9532]

"intelligence build" the word intelligence is doing some heavy fucking lifting there!

[@crowhuman3177]

Did anyone catch that crazy part where he’s memorized the boss so well, he dodged the first attack and then immediately blocked the second attack he didn’t have enough time to roll through??

[@occultnightingale1106]

I mean...it's one of the more telegraphed combos. I'm more impressed by the perfect dodge of Waterfowl with heavy equip load, tbh.

[@robinolsson7003]

@@occultnightingale1106 Yeah it took me around ten attempts or so to learn how to dodge waterfowl, sometimes I even got it perfect. But doing it while fat rolling is impressive. The thing I struggled most with was her fast successive attack combo where she spins and lunges (not the one with the straight dash with the sword), and the one in phase 2 where she summons clones that dive at you. Figured out you can dodge most of the clones simply by running lol.

[@MrMollusk7]

The fat roll at 5:31 sent me, the fight was so good for a while I forgot how goofy this build is

[@SaxSlaveGael]

I only died on the inside a lot when that happened 🤣

[@robinolsson7003]

I can hear the character making groaning noises while doing it in my head. Like a slightly too old man attempting a somersault.

[@Hoagie_Man]

I know a ton of people have already said it but seeing you dodge out of waterfowl while fatrolling is inspirational

[@Brandog7]

I laughed so hard when you broke her poise and then fat rolled towards her but she was already back up before your animation was over ;D

[@zsDUGGZ]

2:23 having flasks on the pouch saves me so much time instead of having to cycle through items. It's a little finicky at first, but feels very seamless once learned. I can understand not preferring pouch flasks, but I would not call it impractical.

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Absolutely fair point! I keep my blue flask on there. I guess it comes down to that muscle memory and what works for you 👍

[@SomeUserk]

True i put my red flask there so that i can use it asap in emergency

[@minerman60101]

I took a leap of faith and switched to red flask on pouch and I've never gone back. Having a button (combo) which always heals frees me up to use consumables

[@kristianjensen5877]

I switched from having heal flasks on the quick pouch to simply having them as the first option in the equipment slot and focus flask as the second slot. Using the "return to first slot" shortcut input feels way faster and more reliable to me than having to first "summon" the pouch menu, during which you cannot use the functions buttons for normal actions.

[@Lisselle.]

I agree, my flasks have been on my pouch since my first playthrough. Flasks, Torrent and Lantern!

[@williamglane]

Nit: a “crutch” is something that makes things easier, not more difficult

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Yes found that out the hard way. Your like the 10th person to mention it 😂

[@jamesr3505]

A crutch is something that makes things easier

[@TulkasMight]

A crutch makes things easier. Like walking if you have a hurt leg.

[@SaxSlaveGael]

@@TulkasMight Yeah I always thought it meant something holding you back cuz im stoopid

[@TulkasMight]

@SaxSlaveGael Nah, not stupid, just looking at it differently. It can work that way, too.

[@m.l.2871]

I dont know if you guys understand the true genius behind this man.. Mr. Musk created himself the hardest difficulty! Which makes himself the best souls games player of all time. a true genius, a true pioneer

[@SaxSlaveGael]

💯💯💯

[@Honed-]

i mean, its still doable, and mr.musk didnt bother to look up a guide and he decided to played the way he wanted to play, so more props to him honestly.

[@talon310calif]

Its an open world with so many options to create and develop your character. Its play as you feel like. No harm in that.

[@aceknight6358]

@@Honed- I didn't look up a guide and figured out how the UI worked, it almost looks like he asked an AI what build to make and just slapped everything that was listed in the equipment without trying to figure out how to infuse or quickly access things... I say almost because I feel like an AI probably wouldn't make the mistake of giving you a fat roll.

[@Honed-]

i mean, tbh..... mr musk could of been trolling... he dose that a lot..@@aceknight6358

[@blimby2416]

He only has five memory slots. You start with two. One is dropped before Rennala. One is bought from the twin maiden husk. There is a damn good chance he only found one.

[@devonstoomuch]

5:31 PAIN 😭 the fat roll made you miss the visceral 😭😭😭

[@SaxSlaveGael]

IKR! It was so pissed off! A regular roll would have made it 🤣🤣🤣

[@isaacbruner65]

The best thing about the Souls games is that it doesn't matter how terrible your build is, if you're good enough at the game you can get through the entire thing without getting hit. They're very fair overall (some exceptions apply).

[@zatharigo7815]

you people always say the game is very fair, even easy, and bring people like this player as an example. The average player is not someone who did all the games multiple times in NG+1500

[@Rateltong]

Skill issue​@@zatharigo7815

[@jashserfus]

@@zatharigo7815 sounds like someone needs to get gud

[@zatharigo7815]

@@jashserfus I`ve just completed ds2, it was the last of all games, and I enjoyed them. Yet there are ample bullshit elements in these games. I dont need to get any better, I move on. You stay and get guddest, or do whatever the fuck u want 😃

[@Eshtian]

​@@zatharigo7815 I somewhat agree with your main point, we should have better examples. But DS2 is both the easiest, and worse design. Even a decent chunk of souls players hate it.

[@H2XBD]

imagine elon actually plays like this

[@concept5631]

Bet he doesn't play this game at all.

[@colonelkenpachi5009]

​@@concept5631 but what if he does tho. What if he beat the game with this.

[@mierwei3402]

Beating Malenia whilst taking no damage?

[@NepetaLeijon]

@@colonelkenpachi5009 he totally did

[@diegosotomiranda4107]

​@@colonelkenpachi5009what if we stop giving this billionaire clout for any bs he says (that sure wasnt Even him posting this) what about bill Gates or Jeff bezos build? Gtfo

[@SonaChainsaw]

0:13 roasting him with the Godrick cut scene 💀

[@SadTown99]

“ As it matches the *intelligence* build he was going for “ …. I see what you did there 😂

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Ha! First to point it out!

[@blazaybla22]

I don’t get it 😟

[@SaxSlaveGael]

@@blazaybla22 "Intelligence" I'm using it sarcastically.

[@phantomlotus1323]

Double no skill shields is the best part of the build. You play it so well that it almost looks like a good approach to the fight lol. Bravo.

[@jerome6032]

5:30 that desperate role to get into frontstab range

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Makes me cringe but glad I recorded it 🤣

[@Redw556]

@@SaxSlaveGaellmaoo

[@Quagsikee]

My theory is that he was trying to basically make a tanky mage,given the use of Radahn's armor. He could've easily put a couple of levels in endurance, just enough to maintain a med roll. Still,that was actually insane. You've earned a follower.

[@justindlc]

Fat rolling waterfowl and guard countering in phase 2 make this the best no hit Malenia video I've seen. Well done.

[@Bodzio2M]

There is no such a thing as terrible build as long as you have fun with it.

[@SaxSlaveGael]

The right answer! 💯

[@Bodzio2M]

@@SaxSlaveGael But magic builds against Malenia are kind of a cancer, because she's the funniest boss for a pure melee no-shield build.

[@Rtplb]

​@@Bodzio2M But they are playing the game with the weapons they are given so there shouldn't be any problem

[@Bodzio2M]

@@Rtplb There is no problem, it's just a shallower experience. After all you don't experience everything that fight has to offer.

[@Crusader-yq1bf]

@@Bodzio2M Bro what are you even saying 'yea if you play using with half of the weapons available you get a shallow experience' I htae using mage is souls game but I recognize this take is dog

[@AlexCatable]

Every time I see a perfect Waterfowl dodge, I feel so satisfied. Surprisingly, little use of a shield (not that fingerprint nonsense, just an old fashioned brass shield to meet the first movement) even spices it up. Really, such an excellent job. Thank you, ir was a pleasure to watch.

[@mcgruber]

That is how I beat her originally. Swapping to a brass shield to catch a break and roll through her combos. Felt satisfying.

[@Bokobodobo]

I love how serious you sound. You could talk about paint drying and itd sound like a passage from an ancient account of battle.

[@Neo_Theo]

This was way funnier than I even expected, and a dang impressive fight, too. Well played.

[@Greirat]

i cant believe he posted that build being at 99% equip load and thought he was cooking

[@Bigbrollicblackdudenamedrequis]

Just defeated Godrick, but now I’m thinking I could beat Malenia.

[@lordplebius483]

Buddy isn’t even jumping to avoid scarlet aonia

[@SaxSlaveGael]

I know all the tricks to avoid that attack 🤣

[@somecunt8579]

You should've done this on the release version of the game, Moonveil dealt like 3 times as much damage and staggered bosses in two hits

[@Ron322]

Based on this, if Elon knew how to play properly, this build would be able to somehow carry him through, assuming he only went the vanilla route of just beating 2 shardbearers and just the mandatory bosses.

[@_bvck]

I feel Maliketh would pose a bigger problem than Malenia with this build though.

[@KevinOnEarth_]

The double shield is definitely odd, but ppl are hating on this build for no real reason than to inflate their own paltry ego. That being said, his build is indicative of someone who isn’t a souls veteran which is 100% okay. I can see someone thinking the equip load is something you get close to without going over hence why he’s fat rolling. Plus, as a spell caster with multiple summons, he probably anticipated not getting into melee range enough to require a medium build anyway which is fine.

[@scrimblocoded]

"elon musk is a moonveil user" is the least surprising news ive yet heard i also love the "equipped load will be lower if fast roll is needed" caption like he's so close to being self aware about it

[@AltFromTheLimbo]

As one might see - fast roll is NOT needed in this particular case

[@MrMonklad]

you made this look so EASY it makes me wonder if Elon was cooking with this build.

[@jurivjerdha2467]

Its literaly just a mage buld with moonveil ffs most meta shit ever

[@SamsarasArt]

Methamphetamine is what he's cooking.

[@Fused77]

I bet he burnt the food alot

[@donovanlocust1106]

​@Fused77 bro , he was born in South Africa. He probably had like Black people do it for him.

[@Fused77]

@@donovanlocust1106 Maybe, who knows

[@Martoffel]

I am glad you did the explanation before the Fight. You made this build look really good.

[@Xel_Naga]

hitting us with the Majula music taking me right back to the beautiful coast line. Its so relaxing thank you

[@User44226]

The dramatic voice over makes this video 10x better

[@AgniButWithChronicBackPain]

Idk about others but having the HP and FP flask in my pouch is one of the most convenient things of this game tbh. Always miss it when going back to the previous souls.

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Yeah I don't find it too bad, I just know some in the community tend dislike it.

[@Mr-qt4xr]

Amazing to watch. I watched parts of it in slow motion, absolutely epic.

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Really appreciate it!

[@AdmCornFlake]

The jump he made thru the first attack in Malenia's second phase was truly incredible. He soared like a bird that just gained its wings. Miraculous. Had to watch it 10 times.

[@AZodiacCancer]

When even Kotaku shits on you you know you fucked up.

[@generic840]

There was this one kotaku writter whose only role was making articles that were either making fun of elon or the moat unhinged random crap so that checks out

[@NepetaLeijon]

@@generic840 they're paid by those who shall not be named to go against people like elon so checks out

[@generic840]

@@NepetaLeijon yeah whatever the liberals or the jewish bla bla bla No, this woman was on her own, her other articles were unhinged shit like "top 15 bsdm games" and "reviewing the bratz game turns out it sucks" Quite inspiring

[@Delta_Quagsire]

​​​@@generic840anybody got a link to/know what the games on the the top 15 bdsm games list were so I can avoid them all?

[@generic840]

@@Delta_Quagsire you should find it quite easily by title alone if its still up To your posible dissapointment its mostly rpgmaker slop, but it is a funny header

[@who_tf_is_nick]

The poor heavy roll at 5:30 after the stagger has me crying tears of sadness

[@bebos1262]

Like a fat old man trying to somersault.

[@Apexapee]

That AAAHH at 0:38 is perfect hahaha. I'm doing this build on a run NG+, makes bosses look easy!

[@LitchGaming]

Dude this is the absolute peak of the masochism. This build is so cursed that Babazaki had mercy and helped you with less aggressive Melania 😂

[@lockekappa500]

Hint, being aggressive on Malenia makes her look like a less aggressive malenia.

[@LitchGaming]

@@lockekappa500 i know) two swords of night and fire and claw talisman delete her very quickly Or if you are arcane dude - raptor's feathers, claw talisman and ocult raptor talons are good either

[@someone-ji2zb]

To be fair, most people who kill her end up doing so become of waterfowl RNG in phase 2. So few know how to consistently dodge it point blank; since knowing is no where near enough, but in practice takes a long time to get right consistently.

[@lockekappa500]

@@someone-ji2zb Can confirm, my first kill had zero Phase 2 waterfowls. (although I had 2 in P1)

[@sloppyy]

damn he really did set his stats based on his irl self-image...that's crazy

[@orxy5316]

No he was doing a heavy armor Marge build. It even has the moonveil. It is pretty meta except by the use of heavy armor and shields

[@spudmanii]

Two swords and two shields like he's doing a General Grievous build

[@trevormccarron4451]

fromsoft needs to do a game where all your shoulder buttons fire off different spells- looks so cool the way you do it in this footage, but would love to see them update magic to be less clunky

[@ellagage1256]

Isn't that sort of like Armored Core, at least mechanically speaking? Genuinely that would feel so much more versatile

[@Odin46]

Now I'm not surprised that his missiles exploded...

[@gdmikester4302]

This build really isn't that bad, considering low vigor and fat roll is offset by the shields and summons. High int scaling weapon/staff with a strong AoW poise breaker on the rapier pairs for a number of decent tactics against various bosses. Not amazing for Malenia, but I think everyone is severely underestimating the damage potential. Ive seen worse builds for sure

[@lotus3540]

38 mind...

[@gdmikester4302]

@@lotus3540 He is using lusats tho. its not even past soft cap

[@lotus3540]

@@gdmikester4302 yup but 38 mind 31 vig and heavy armor sounds like a Bad idea Even having lusats

[@gdmikester4302]

@@lotus3540 I never said it was a great build

[@temphy]

The fact the build has rogiers rapiers gb phalanx is probably the most based part even if it was probably unintentional and he had no clue how op that AoW is.

[@aj1046]

Elon as Godrick just fits so well lmao, "they're the same picture"

[@thewall915]

I just don’t understand why two shield’s? If he took at least one off I think he’d have medium equips load

[@mohammadhussien5223]

The Character be like at 4:58 "OH GODDAMN I"M TOO FAT FOR THIS SHIT! I almost had a cardiac attack there!"

[@SaxSlaveGael]

DW I absolutely died a little inside when that happened!

[@Birb56]

I like how the build itself isn't bad, it's just that it doesn't live to its full potential. Making it a medium load by switching the Radahn armor could help, and adding parries to the shields could work. Overall, play however you want, but it seems a bit goofy to self-nerf.

[@KevinOnEarth_]

Agreed. Ppl are hating on this build for no real reason than to inflate their own paltry ego. Med roll with one parry shield and no one would blink an eye at this build. That being said, his build is indicative of someone who isn’t a souls veteran which is 100% okay. I can see someone thinking the equip load is something you get close to without going over hence why he’s fat rolling. Plus, as a range spell caster, he probably anticipated not getting into melee range enough to require a medium build anyway which is understandable.

[@DroneCorpse]

@@KevinOnEarth_braindead

[@mechamahou8467]

​@@KevinOnEarth_or the build is just bad and it's funny to make fun of a world class egotist himself lol. You aren't going to be hired as his assistant for defending him on ER lol.

[@the_seer_0421]

​@@mechamahou8467or he just isn't desperately trying to be an asshole like many of you? Yeah, we get it, it's not the cool meta build but if he can utilize it well then it's probably decent at least.

[@BasedHyperborean]

@@mechamahou8467☝️🤓🤓🤓

[@Valkyrie-Kain]

Dude this helped me sleep so good 😂 had to rewatch lmao great video man! Keep it up!

[@scorchercast8366]

You know if you apply the saying “if it’s stupid but it works then it’s not stupid” you’ve actually redeemed Elon’s gamer cred here by proving his build is perfectly viable

[@TheLumberjack1987]

the correct saying goes "if it LOOKS stupid and it works, it's not stupid"

[@TheRazePlayz]

Overcoming a bad build to make a challenge video doesn't redeem the moron who made a bad build.

[@Whom1337]

everything is viable following that logic. im being reminded of hitless ladle and broken sword runs in ds2

[@onceonly1111]

Yeah he honestly made this look fun and interesting. It was way better than seeing another video of some naked person who wishes they were 'Let Me Solo Her'.

[@cynical_americano_redux]

i prefer "if it works then it’s not stupid", the way you phrased it is redundant

[@youtubeuser4221]

The mention of lighter load, at least to me, implies he was using the Winged Crystal Tear if he couldn't fatroll things mid fight. Given the magic setup of the... "build"..., the other was probably Cerulean or Magic Shrouding. He was also using pre-multiple nerf Moonveil so he was probably crutching super hard on that.

[@davidweaver4436]

I hate how you did so well with this inane build, meanwhile it takes everything I have to claw out a win against Malenia... Truly amazing stuff. Also, it's one of the few times I've seen someone use a shield against Malenia and it's disgusting how much health she gets back even if you block with a shield.

[@CallyMayz]

The build isn't that bad. Especially if you presume that it's everything that gets used, and stuff might be removed if it's useless when fighting bosses. Especially if you're not terminally on the wiki so don't have an incredible understanding of the mechanics. Two shields is the weirdest part, but the load isn't going down by removing it, you're never gonna fumble with them really, so it's likely just to remove the necessity of opening the inventory to swap.

[@natetaylor2952]

Ive never seen malenia do her waterfowl dance right after doing one already. Really showed how desperate she was to not lose to Elons trash ass build (4:35)

[@CZGXB1]

lol. I actually have all my flasks on my quick pouch rather than the item list. I think its faster than cycling through your items, unless you have basically nothing in your item list.

[@briccdicc]

all jokes aside we all know elons not dodging waterfowl dance

[@Plerion]

Didn't know having flasks in quick pouch was a stupid move. I prefer it to the quick inventory because I don't have to cycle through everything else I have in there, but everything in the pouch is max two button presses away.

[@Michaelbrown-xi3mr]

You can hold down to jump back to the first item in the Quick bar.

[@ZZMonkeysUncleZZ]

That summon held up damn well.

[@mejaiss392]

why does anyone play heavy load unironically is beyond me

[@AI.Overlord.X]

This video cracked me up. 😅 You're a legend for being able to win with that character setup. Great video.

[@tokerrZ]

It’s giving forensic files narration lol I love it.

[@hajinka98_]

Elon doesnt play video games, it's a PR trick to make all the nerds love him

[@SaxSlaveGael]

He definitely does do a lot to pander to the 🤡

[@EmissaryOfStuff]

"Would you lose against Malenia with Elon Musk's Build?" Sax Slave Gael: "Nah, I'd win"

[@zPichu]

5:32 idk if you tried to roll in to get the critcal stab in but that made me laugh so hard when it was a fat roll

[@SaxSlaveGael]

I killed me. Old habits die hard 🤣

[@ellagage1256]

The way he has double shields is so odd... like if one shield was upgraded and left standard to have a high Guard Boost stat and the other was infused with an Ash of War/Whetblade to have a higher damage reduction that would make sense to me. It also doesn't help that Malenia is just a miserable fight for shield-focused builds with the healing/status effect combo she has going on

[@SethWTFF]

Incredible. Somehow, you make this build look fun

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Drop the heavy load and stat redistribute a bit and it's not terrible honestly. Gave way more shit than necessary tbh lol

[@akram4223]

The Majula Theme got me bro 😢😢😢

[@donrane]

I was laughing so hard until he said "a staff in the right hand"...that hurt man.

[@A--Hollow]

5:32 you can see the struggle 😂😂

[@rocketsocks3116]

Is it not better to keep your Estus flasks in your quick select pouch? It seems more convenient then switching through your d pad slots in emergency situation

[@Renyth]

I have a heavy load You've at least got the high poise right? :) Right?

[@beardiemom]

My question is: How does Musk even have time to play Elden Ring, when he supposedly micromanages Twitter, I'm sorry, X, and Space-X at the same time?

[@eightcoins4401]

Especially when he's already busy tweeting 24/7

[@bojangles11111]

The only thing dumber than Elon was his build.

[@puzzlejinx]

Jerma had a better build than this

[@exilb]

OMG the fight was sooo smooth! great videao

[@TheNIGHTCREED13]

Dude said "Fuck" and "Fuckin" 6 times within the first 60 seconds and that's fuckin earned him a fuckin sub.

[@SaxSlaveGael]

🤣

[@Killicon93]

Having the HP and FP flasks on the quick pouches are one of the few things right with this build. Hell I even finally convinced one of my friends to put his flasks there. It's superior IMO. It's always there with the same button combo, no need to scroll through or hold down on the D-Pad to get through to the red flask in a pinch. Just holding triangle and pressing up, bending my left index finger over to press the d-pad. It's nicely consistent. Makes knives and bombs so much more viable. And if those two inputs were too much to avoid dying in a pinch it probably was a bad spot to heal anyhow. The only real reason I can see for having them on the first toolbar slot is some disability affecting finger dexterity. Though I don't know how bad of a handicap that would have to be. I recently got back into playing ER recovering from a dog attack (as well as anticipating the new DLC) and I didn't have trouble with the pouch's inputs, despite one of the wounds that required stitching was at the back of my left hand where the middle finger's tendon is and I had no trouble healing in-game with the pouch-setup.

[@ellagage1256]

Personally I switch to putting them in the quick pouch slots if I have the normal pouch filled with a bunch of other items. Mimic Tear can use most items placed in the normal pouch without actually using them up so filling those slots up with harder to acquire items like ritual pots and perfumes can be a lot of fun