Can a Summon SOLO Elden Ring?

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[@fragrantwinter8233]

36:40 I’d like to believe that, in this moment, the mimic thought to itself: “Why should he be the one to take the Elden throne? I’m the one who did all the work.” And so, it attempted to take the throne for itself, only to be thwarted by the lack of friendly-fire game mechanics.

[@MammalianCreature]

A usurper.

[@MsKementari]

Funny, but it was mimic questline in cut content)

[@gamilith]

@Deadpoppin no

[@LowIntSpecimen]

@@MsKementari look up asimi's scrapped questline

[@sleepwalking117]

@Deadpoppin kzbin.info/www/bejne/p520ZZ2XgNSBbaM

[@TheZoobZoobs]

Margit: Well, thou art of passing skill. Tiche: You wot mate? I think the reason Tiche is as powerful as she is aside from her Destined Death debuff is because she moves like a Bloodborne hunter

[@qwertyuiop123456459]

What is the song at 23:04

[@dereklong2839]

@@qwertyuiop123456459 Disco Necropolis

[@alastor8091]

It would be pretty cool if we got Dark Souls with Bloodborne movement.

[@chacharealsmooth4667]

She got transported when in the middle of the hunt

[@alanthe2]

Now you mention it, I would’ve preferred Malenia’s rune perk to have been to change dodge to a hunter’s dodge rather than the rally.

[@andreigeist7767]

For anyone that doesn't know, there's a pot that marks targets for agro from your summons. It's called the cursed-blood pot and you can craft it after you get the Nomadic Warrior Cookbook [12] from the Rose Church in Liurnia. Generally it's not that useful but for fights like Renala and O'Nial in runs like this it might be of some utility. Hope it helps someone!

[@BaconPinata]

It’s just often not used in these types of playthroughs because it deals 1 damage, thus resulting in most content creators disqualifying it.

[@matthewguidry6975]

@@BaconPinata but you can throw it to where it will splash onto the enemy and not deal damage

[@BaconPinata]

@@matthewguidry6975 interesting. Good to know!

[@grim1044]

@@matthewguidry6975 you can but in some runs this is even discussed but thrown away because its not very reliable. And will end up sometimes hitting the boss if they didge into it.

[@yupadej4361]

He wants to take some aggro for himself so that Tiche can win. In the winning fights he lets the enemy aggro him so that Tiche uses the black blade

[@LampseekerForevermore]

I wonder if the skeletal militiamen could solo the game, they will only need three years to kill Margit

[@Nick_308]

Lol I don’t think that’ll ever happen without constant support/buffs and even then it would prolly be rough

[@Leotheleprachaun]

The Tower-Shield skellys can beat the final bosses with the use of a bit of healing spells.

[@_Shadoh_]

@@Leotheleprachaun Proof or I call bs.

[@Leotheleprachaun]

@@_Shadoh_ "LobosJr Ashes Only Run" second last video

[@crow4936]

Na AoE wrecks them hard

[@Scoutp1]

We Stan Tiche

[@hibikikuze1876]

Underrated waifu?

[@AnxiousCinder]

@@hibikikuze1876 yes indeed

[@GabiBucciarati]

Until she runs off and starts walking around casually..

[@NamelessKing1597]

@@hibikikuze1876 You can't tell because she's wearing a binder under her armor but she's secretly a tig biddie goth gf.

[@rainwmv]

@@NamelessKing1597 the armor IS her binder

[@JujuBerries123]

I'm pretty sure the reason for the Fire Giant beating the mimics ass was because it will only attack enemy's nearby. So because u were far from him, the mimic wont attack that's why during Rennala fight u were able to get him to kill the specific people

[@Limcube]

Yeah, thats what i ended up switching to make it work!

[@picies2020]

Yeah I had the same thought.🤔

[@alexandertiti]

All melee summons behave like this. Exceptions are ranged ones ofc since you can stay farther from the boss and the boss will still be in the shooting range of the summon.

[@EOSouthside]

@@Limcube bro I love this run so much

[@MainTopmastStaysail]

18:54 The Fire Giant is not THAT strong against fire. His fire negation is only 50%, which is above average but not as good as Radagon's 80% Holy negation or Fortissax's 80% holy AND lightning negation. The real problem is that the Omenkiller's fire attacks aren't good to start with.

[@simplyrohith2163]

And there comes Elden beast with all 100 negation😑

[@JonoBogano]

Rykard not radagon

[@Daan-Dovah]

Fortissax has lightning negation really? Dang and I killed him with one lightning spell

[@de_gree]

@@theminecraftjester1738 this is misinformation btw

[@LunarMuphinz]

In the Fire Giant fight, the Fire Giant is considered as having half as much health in the first phase, because its technically a different creature with less health so that it dies to trigger the cutscenes and summon the next phase to spawn in Therefore Black blade/flame AoW and spells do less damage in the first half due to the maximum health damage scaling effect.

[@derrikthegreat4133]

I use a lot of black flame, I felt like it wasn’t burning as hot as it should’ve. Now I know why

[@torringutierrez5607]

A good litmus test for the power of an ash that any person can try without mods is to summon them to fight the haligtree knights at Elphael inner wall. The only ashes that can consistently beat them both at +9 is the mausoleum soldier ashes. They’re probably your best bet for something like this.

[@2hard2xplain]

That's my testing ground for almost everything as well.

[@agedgouda8809]

That’s where I used Finlay and was super disappointed to see her get her ass kicked lmao

[@Leotheleprachaun]

*laughs in skeletal tower shield ashes* They can beat The Elden Beast

[@_Shadoh_]

Really? Using trash enemies as an measurement for the strength of spirit ashes? That is laughable. They'll do jack vs a boss that does tons of damage to them lol. Only viable method of testing is vs. bosses like Fire Giant or Godskin Duo.

[@Leotheleprachaun]

@@_Shadoh_ mydude forgetting what a litmus test is. How does one test ashes for bosses.... *with said bosses?* Testing against literal endgame enemies is quite possibly the best way to test for how long they'll stay alive for in boss fights.

[@Mathenaut]

A big problem here is that if you aren't near the boss, then the summon is going to play passive. Alot of these fights involve Tiche taking hits and losing time because she's following you, which ashes will prioritize over attacking.

[@alencek13]

If you didn't know, equipping Mohg's great rune is an awesome way to seriously buff all your summons.

[@Limcube]

I did learn this recently and now i kinda wanna see if tiche can beat the game with it

[@TrashPanda90914]

@tommaso giobbi depends how aggro they are. Sometimes one or both of them are pretty passive and you can literally just aggro one and dodge the occasional fireball from the other while it takes a million years for him to walk over to you.

[@TrashPanda90914]

@tommaso giobbi that's true... maybe she could do it with bernahl as back though? He's pretty useless for dealing damage but he's great at soaking it up. Personally I find a three man team works best for the fight, one person to keep one of the duo occupied and two to gank the other one.

[@deusgamer4922]

1:10 - there’s something oddly funny about Tiche just taking a casual walk through Limgrave. Like just strolling next to the Sentinel like “Oh, hey Dave! Haven’t seen you since... oh, you know! How’s the wife and kids?” Anyways, stan Tiche. My favourite moment of her’s in my playthrough was whenever I go to one of those carriages to loot a chest, and she just hops up with me and kinda just looks around bemused. Also let’s you know how tall Numen are compared to regular humans...

[@sparkgaming4353]

Mimic is tethered to you, you're too far from giant. There's a few untethered ashes, like mad Pumpkin and blood hound, but make sure you summon them near boss, since they don't follow you.

[@bonefat21]

I'd like to see this again, but instead of one summon the whole time, using different summons for different fights. I swear I've seen Dung Eater solo Fire Giant somewhere, and Delores with Bernahl could probably kill Godskin Duo. I don't know if anyone would have the endurance for Radagon/Elden Beast, though.

[@spinyslasher6586]

Dolores is a roll of the dice since she's made of paper even when max upgraded. The fight will depend on if Bernahl can keep the aggro.

[@GreebusBleeb]

You saw it on LobosJr's channel!

[@FilmColossus]

I was waiting for Dung Eater. Was sad barely any other summons got used

[@montgomeryfitzpatrick473]

Tiche beat Radahn in less tries than it took me to figure out to roll into his arrows

[@ates423]

I’ve been doing a maiden astrea cosplay where I am a pure healer/buffer, 40 mind 80 faith at lvl 90. I typically do blessing of the erdtree buff, golden vow, and either barrier of gold/lords divine fortification, etc on my spirit ashes. I also tend to spam erdtree heal in my fights, I don’t even damage the boss lol. From my experience, I’ve found in my ng+ run that the azula beastmen ashes absolutely clap all bosses before Godfrey. Banished knight oleg does a pretty damn good job for the stronger bosses in the endgame. Also the godrick soldier duo ashes are pretty damn strong too. They’re a mix of the two other ashes, a little tanky while also high damaging. I didn’t realize black knife tiche was this strong, I kinda avoided her because of how mobile she is, would be hard to buff and heal her in fights, but now that I see this video I’ll give it a try.

[@aidenallen5922]

Never thought of that build,sounds cool! Vangarl for life

[@wackymcwacksire6279]

I was genuinely surprised at how often i could get an erdtree heal off with tiche because of its large AOE. It also heals tiche a good chunk of health as well. Buffs im not so sure about because i dont use them

[@ates423]

@@wackymcwacksire6279 yup someone else that understands the power of erdtree heal

[@jaroldscottwilliams.3rd832]

I feel like using Tiche Because she's mobile and it would be hard to buff and heal her would actually increase your skill over time. So isn't that a positive thing?

[@kristienieves2091]

It helps you understand why 5 black knife assassins could take down Godwyn even though he was one of the most powerful demigods

[@tinafisher]

I found this fascinating, and it kept me busy for 30 plus minutes on my elliptical machine NOT bored, thanks for that!

[@alirezarezaei2976]

Against Rinalla i found out that wolves summon did far better job at the first phase Their number help to farm all of those minions quickly and you just need to focus the boos hereself

[@ghxst5834]

Wolf summons help keep her staggered in the second phase though. The first phase should be easy enough to push through without them, but the stagger frames come in handy big time.

[@gamongames]

I used the Raya lucaria soldier trio on that fight and they did pretty much that. They'd seriously be able to solo both phases if they had more damage. They hit everyone in the first room pretty reliably and not only survive into second phase but gang up on her and keep her staggered 90% of the fight. They saved me from several attacks by interrupting her and they even survived the dragon. Were all there at the end alongside me when I killed her.

[@stevenrb99]

I had a +10 Tiche for the Rykard fight and she pretty much solo’d him. I hit him a couple times in phase two but i noticed that if I held his aggro most of the fight tiche just had to take the aoe fire stuff (which as you’ve mentioned she just LOVES) and so long as RNG is on your side (and she back-steps critical attacks/the lava around him) she could prob solo him but it would be extremely close and extreme RNG heavy like the Fire giant fight.

[@iamMildlyUpsetWithMostOfYouTub]

My tiche can barely survive against a fat fire monk, how do y’all have good tiches.

[@lueroifan12]

@@iamMildlyUpsetWithMostOfYouTub make it +10

[@lueroifan12]

wouldnt mimic with the spear be better

[@HunterYangBird]

Mimic is always better. That’s why tiche is often brought up but not the mimic. Mimic is just that good, people don’t feel like talking about it anymore.

[@Worldly_Pitfall3]

@@iamMildlyUpsetWithMostOfYouTub it’s all rng with it he you just want her for her destined death attacks

[@cuteandfluffypikachu3405]

Black blade tiche is definitely my favourite summons she’s helped me throu a lot of boss battles main and side bosses 😊😊😊

[@crimsonram6106]

Try to drink nomana crystal tear then spam your own Black Knife Death blade among with Tiché. It melts bosses and stacks a hilarously big max hp reduction. Basically bosses will have 50% health pool

[@jooot_6850]

Marriage ended with Ranni now Tiche is my new wife

[@hossainkira144]

@@jooot_6850 cringe

[@jooot_6850]

@@hossainkira144 real hard aren’t ya

[@tenken1986]

I have been trying to get that summon just too casual and not good to win the fight to get them

[@dismentaler]

would have loved to see how rot knight finlay would have done in this challenge. I think mimic tear will always be the king of summons, but I've always thought that finlay is a decent contender to black knife tiche, only instead of the black blade effect, it would have the scarlet rot status effect, while having decent medium-short range moves

[@OzixiThrill]

Mimic Tear is a summon where your mileage will vary. For example, for a low-level character, the tear is near-useless (making low-level runs with it essentially pointless). Hell, when I was messing around with a low level challenge (until I got to a frustrating level of difficulty, anyways), the Mimic Tear boss essentially had tried to use a spell repeatedly that I didn't have the base int for, resulting in it's death by standing around too much.

[@blackmamba3060]

Mimic is only better than tiche one your own character gets so stupidly broken your probably don't even need summons.

[@pxblobd]

it would be pretty interesting if someone manages to mod the game in such a way that your character is actually the summon, in the sense that it has the same stats and moveset, you obviously have to use the same weapon as the summon but you can still heal

[@retrobros9684]

There is a mimic summon

[@Kyulnjir]

This is genuinely one of my favourite videos on KZbin, you are great at making these long-form videos

[@Fromchaostheory]

There was one thing you forgot. The blood boss drops a rune that makes summons CRAZY.

[@ozbalrabbit1700]

I don’t understand why people don’t use the mimic with incarnations and sorceries. It’s incredibly fun to see him sending so many spells ( Mimic vs Mimic is the best fight for me )

[@Limcube]

i wanna try this now

[@doarner]

It required NG+ and NG++ to make it functional for both. If you want to melee with the build of a sorcerer you'll get hit hard.

[@kennyhouser3467]

The mimic tear trivializes the boss fights if you have a strong build, even post nerf. I played my first playthrough as an arc/fth Drake Knight cosplay and the mimic would end up killing the bosses solo pretty damn quick. The few times it queued up a breath at the same time I did at the beginning of the fight the boss was dead in literal seconds. Needless to say, I didn't use it in following playthroughs. Tiche is a pretty close second to Mimic with making the game too easy imo.

[@xRevTheoryx]

I agree. I don't use summons in general because they make the game too easy, but aside from that, they also make the fights a disgusting mess. But if you use ranged summons or a caster summon while you go melee, it's helpful and funny to use without necessarily turning the bossfight into a random fiesta

[@cachorro17-com-brawlstarsm64]

Because it losses braincells, if you have terra magicus or golden vow it would just spam those spells

[@robowolf3748]

The mimic can also use items in the hotbar like the smashpots. (Before the nerf it could use the flasks at appropriate times). The mimic could also use magic items like healing spells and buffs.

[@theAaroneer]

I want to see if Tiche AND the Mimic could work together to beat Elden Ring.

[@dragobane4728]

So basically her and the player anyways

[@theAaroneer]

@@dragobane4728 Maybe. The Mimic isn't good at every boss in this game, as shown by the fire giant. However the Mimic is good at being a tank, whereas Tiche is a much better DPS than the mimic.

[@alessanderturibiopaes5257]

@@theAaroneer bleed mimic is wonderful

[@absoluteradiance3254]

​@@theAaroneer give the mimic tear a healing incantation and the fire giant is a walk in the park

[@eldercrab3387]

Maybe a mimic of tiche… or simply 2 of tiche

[@darekpower]

Something else that can be used on the mimic is healing and buffing items, leave a few in your hotbar when summoning, and they will use it. My mimic kept dying on the final boss early second phase until I learned to use this, gave some rotten meat and stones, and he would use em, essentially more then doubling his life just from those, add that to that blade and its probably unkillable.

[@OzixiThrill]

18:41 - He (as well as Tiche previously) was getting leashed to you being too far away. The same thing happened with the Mimis as well with the Fire Giant. Maybe the Mimic Tear has a shorter leash distance, but all in all, the leash distance basically overrides the AI and forces them to follow you. It's probably to make it so your summons don't run off to fight some random enemies, while you are alone, trying to fight something actually in your way.

[@Winasaurus]

Headless Lhutel is also a really good option casually. Obtainable super early (Tombsward catacombs in Weeping Peninsula, with only a cemetery shade boss) so no need to travel super far or beat anything really hard. (Had that issue trying to get gold scarab talisman early, 2 rot knights in that awful cave is so hard at level 1) Lhutel uses a spear with the death blight effect. But sadly most enemies are immune to the effect. However spears in general are pretty good, thrust damage is a super common weakness. Also she has the ability to throw the spear to deal ranged damage (like tiche's flames but faster and weaker), also she can literally just warp around. So much better than even tiche's bloodhound step-esque dodges, she literally just phases out and in again like placidusax. Which can make her extremely strong on single targets because she can hammer them with thrown spears and then just literally teleport behind them and hit them with the "nothing personnel kid". I don't know if the ashes AI tweaks have borked her like they did the mimic, but I was using her when the game came out and she either basically solo'd every boss, or was such an incredible distraction that it made it baby easy. Double crucible knights would have been spooky if one of them wasn't stuck in a corner trying to bash a teleporting ghost.

[@whyareyouhere6274]

My first +10, one who carried me against Astel and the Fire Giant just because of how tanky and able they are at dodging attacks

[@mlvlnc]

Use Shabriri's Woe upon summon then remove it from yourself. The mimic tear will retain its effect, thus get aggroed

[@brinker50]

Thanks for an entertaining video and for being persistent with trying the various options.

[@Limcube]

Thanks Mike, appreciate it

[@RiderofGary]

i recently found alot of joy within the skeleton based ashes, because unless they get hit again when downed, they just keep coming back. The downside is that they typically have super low health, but with enemies losing aggro on them the moment they 'die' they have proven useful in fights to be a constant source of aggro pull

[@sadfacethebum5249]

I keep finding awesome Elden Ring content creators! I love it keep up the great vids

[@sevnsinnz6468]

Glad I came across this video! Going to show it every time the topic of strongest ashes comes up. Been saying it for the longest, a buffed up Mimic Ash is absolutely amazing.

[@tomiokasam2242]

having 99 stat points in everything of course the mimic is going to slaughter everything. he's basically a god. if you set a level cap that's realistic to a player's actually level at NG or NG++. i finished the game at rl178, i plan to go to maybe 200. then going to 2nd playthrough.

[@Limcube]

Let me know how it goes

[@Guardian_Arias]

Realistic level caps are realistically relative. Its realistic to beat the game at RL9 and WL+25. I'm currently trying to find out how realistic it is for RL9 and WL+0 with patience as the only cheese

[@tomiokasam2242]

@@Guardian_Arias I see what you mean, since having the levels all maxed at 99 your covering all spectrum ls of what a player could possibly have as a Stat. As far as realistically, what person would level themselves that high? But yes testing something on that level takes allot of patience and time and I commend the YTers that do that for the community to understand. Just showcasing that in a video with 99 I. Every Stat is a bit extreme. But it was great entertainment. Won't argue with that

[@niakitten2937]

I used Lateena for almost everything. Maybe if you tried a run with Lateena and spawning in a dire wolf for her to ride.

[@Cappybara33]

38:05 Limcube: "You've done it, Limic, you've killed all the bosses!" Limic: "Not all of them."

[@saturniidmoff]

3:45 to my knowledge regardless of whether she’s in range of the boss she always uses that move the second she’s been spawned

[@__-fi6xg]

mimic also uses the healing stones if you equip them, mimic actually uses all items you give him, including bleed or frost bombs and such

[@Leotheleprachaun]

I had sleep pots and the accursed blood pots for an easy Godskin Duo fight for NG+4. Forgot mimic also uses your items so we kept both of them sleeping and he'd come over to mine when i blood-potted mine so the other would wake up for a second until i noticed. Had the silliest fight against the skinny one. Just kept sleeping fatty cuz he still rolls too long and too often.

[@MsMoonDragoon]

Protip: putting raw meat dumplings on your hotbar lets the mimic use them without getting poisoned. you only need 1 and it uses them infinitely.

[@TheSandkastenverbot]

Awesome 👍

[@SanicTheHidgehag]

Loved the bit that you did when giving in to the mimic tear for godskin duo

[@solidsnake6206]

36:42 " the throne is mine and mine alone"

[@GoodManBrawlStars]

You ligit are the best!!! I fricken love you! Keep up the amazing work

[@rogersargent3727]

If you target lock the enemy,then that'll be the enemy your summons will attack. Otherwise, you'll have what happened to you with rennala

[@YogurtIsTheBest]

the fallen leaves tell a story, of how a mimic tear became elden lord..

[@lovejomama5786]

I had the biggest doubts in Farum Azula Me: Oh because of Maliketh! Him:the Godskin Duo

[@garethwalker3229]

I think the best summon against Fire Giant is The Dung Eater His armor has the best resistance stats in the game, also he is really aggressive

[@schirmscharmmelone9908]

Love this case and video - thanks for do that :-* Eldenring is amazing, your run is crazy !!!

[@Limcube]

Thank you !!!

[@williamburke9153]

Great freaking video man! Very entertaining! Thank you

[@Bravilor]

It was kind of heart wrenching to see the mimic redirect that final Taker's Flames toward the player. In the heat of the moment, a sudden pang of resentment toward his master.

[@justchillin7274]

Tiche is so fun to watch fight. Tho i wish she wouldnt miss as much. Just saw the tiche beam is long range too? It reached the fire giant from far away.

[@sevirakalau2171]

yea their version is way better than the players. I do wish the black knife had an alternate ash of war where you can do Alecto's copy of Malikeths... black blade slashing thing.

[@50blessings57]

That second try on Radahn wasn't really fair since he kept aggroing you and not going after the Tiche.

[@SlimsyLeader]

You forgot the hardest boss in the game! Soldier of god,Rick!

[@RIPTIDEsounds]

OKAYYY. I am so glad youre making Elden Ring Vids now.

[@desmondbrown5508]

Tiche is absolutely amazing. I did manage to beat Malenia solo with katana. But on my strength build, I basically ended up doing some Maliketh Blade L2 strat to get through phase 1 solo... and then said fuck it and summoned Tiche... Jesus Christ we ended second phase in like 15 seconds between both of us using Destined Death shit on her.

[@mrpumpkinpumpkins3926]

dont have friends to play with? dont wanna summon randos that just die in a few seconds? cant find any summons? GET YOUR MIMIC TEAR TODAY! YOU WILL NEVER BE LONELY ANYMORE!

[@Angel-mi3jw]

$4.99 per summon

[@josephwalker1853]

I like the dramatic backstories you give for every summon.

[@Lyzerglick]

it’s so awesome to see you play ER, Lim!

[@prismknight353]

the Destined Death that the BKs wield is just that op, it’s also why normal Maliketh can solo the entire souls series

[@gregconen]

Given how hard it was even for a maxed out mimic tear, I'm doubtful any other summon could manage, but Dung Eater puppet might be an interesting one to try.

[@DALKurumiTokisaki]

Tiche love

[@kitsuneprincess4637]

"I also put on this outfit so the demigods will just confuse me for the local flora." 🤣

[@zombierex9918]

If you did use mimic tear there is a talisman that you can equip that makes you take agro, if you have it when you summon mimic then take it off the mimic has it equipped

[@SirVyre]

Was that a level 812 Mimic? Lmao Awesome! Tiche is the best though, for any low level character. I'm not sure at what exact point the Mimic will surpass Tiche, but Tiche's efficacy is insane. She carried my level 1 playthrough of the game super hard, and tanked Malenia for me like a champ.

[@jonnyhernandez4502]

Lhuthel is really good too. Treleports AND has a shield. Super good at just lasting. Decent dmg too.

[@itachileesan]

she is def one my favs

[@HellecticMojo]

Usually the aggro retention is her problem. If you are summoning to tank, the enemies lose interest on her pretty easily and get you focused.

[@LyraLyraPantsOnFyra]

"I am Mimic Tear, blade of Limcube" - Mimcube probably

[@naveendennis]

Wow, that’s a lot of work. Thank you for giving us this content! 🙂

[@jacktheglove1177]

GGs Limic!

[@Netirumi]

I know I’m late, but you could have given Mimic Tear some Uplifting Aromas. A full stack gives it 10 chances to negate incoming damage.

[@houndofchulainn5324]

Damn subbed just because of your accent. Makes the watch more enjoyable

[@billh2567]

That guys face and commentary during the godfrey fight are priceless!

[@yahiaelshahawy4802]

I think the most difficult boss fight any summon would struggle against is Placidusax, if the summon can't finish him before his last phase when he shoots laser beams :"D

[@Limcube]

That Guy is a Tank

[@user-qt8un9om5h]

Lena the alburonic can

[@heisseheizung1893]

i hear german

[@jonawondracek9089]

Ich auch

[@xxboxofmuffinsxx4252]

If you want a casual mimic tear that can solo the game even for over half of the game on your first playthrough, here's what I did on my 3rd run going into NG+ - Standard faith build with stats to equip blasphemous blade - Collect Erdtree Heal and Blessing of the Erdtree (I think only one of these is available earlier on though) - Equip blasphemous blade in the main hand, seal in the off hand, no switches, equip armor - Put only the two heals on the spell bar - Summon a mimic upgraded as much as possible and he will solo the fight. You can also switch blasphemous blade for serpent hunter for rykard on NG+ This was able to solo every boss in the game for me aside from Malenia. I suppose maybe it could have beaten malenia, but it just ended up being a tank that allowed malenia to heal herself to full every so often while also healing itself up indefinitely. Maybe it would need to be reoptimized for that fight.

[@Xavier_btw]

I think Tiche is very powerful, but weaker than the mimic. Tiche's strength revolves around her blackflame slash, the slash does lots of damage but that's the only thing (aside from her dodging) that makes her strong, which makes wins and losses up to when Tiche decides to win. Compared to the mimic which scales with you, I believe that the mimic is better. In early-mid game Tiche is better because the mimic wont be as powerful because you are weaker, but in the endgame, the mimic is stronger because you will also be stronger. The Mimic Tear also has downsides too. When you spawn the mimic, it does a lengthy animation before it attacks, which forces you to run until the animation is over. Also, the Mimic might not use the build that you want, it could switch to another weapon that you equipped or use an incantation in the wrong moment. For example, if you are using the rivers of blood, your build revolves around corpse plier, but your mimic doesn't know that and could not use it for the fight. However, the Mimic usually has more use because even if it doesn't do what you want, it wont waste time dodging and will draw aggro more, which could clutch out a boss. In short: Tiche is good, but the lack of other strong moves aside from her Blackflame slash makes her weaker in endgame, and while the Mimic also has downsides, compared to Tiche, the Mimic is overall better (for me atleast).

[@parkerterrell5578]

That's more or less how I beat my first playthrough. I focused on getting the mimic tear to plus 10. I'd summon the mimic with sword and shield in hand. Switch to spamming rock throw while my mimic tanked. In the late game I would pull to much aggro. To counter this I summoned my mimic with shabriri woe tailsmen equipped. Then immediately take it off me. It was still on my mimic so I could spam rock throw and never pull aggro.

[@colorgreen8728]

The mimic actually “mimics” your attacks, I’ve seen him do spells and weapon arts right after I do them

[@LeKami]

I've seen mine do absolutely nothing and swing aimlessly at invisible enemies that don't exist instead of at the boss that's all the way across the arena

[@demonintellect9834]

@@LeKami I learned dont use the dark moon greatsword on them. The mimic tear will treat the sword like it has the buff and stand far back charging the heavy attack obviously not doing anything.

[@Overlysarcasticfox]

@@LeKami yeah if there are enemies outside the arena Simmons target them until you eat one of the boss’s attacks

[@LeKami]

@@Overlysarcasticfox I'm aware of that but the mimic wasn't attacking the fog wall it was attempting to attack the boss that wasn't there it was just spamming light attack moving forward a bit then attacking nothing again once I killed the boss it was just attacking a regular wall

[@nothing4youhere540]

With my little experiments, the mimic seems to mirror you and compliment your tactics if your build facilitates it. Absolutely OP having a shadow clone.

[@FuryOfTyphon]

You had me at local flora XD.

[@zombieshuffle2680]

my first character was a glass cannon sorcerer, whenever I popped the mimic tear, it spammed the hell out of those spells. Mimics have a health and stamina bar, but no mana bar so every spell is freecast for them. bosses getting blasted with two comet azurs never gets old

[@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290]

Tiche has the damage, but the fact that she only wears a wet paper towel for armor kinda holds her back. I myself used Banished knight Oleg on my support character (Mostly a healer and buffer). He usually can tank a few more hits, while also dealing some serious damage. Another valid choice (IMO) are the demi-human ashes at night. It's kinda fun to see the gank squad break apart low to mid lvl bosses. It's great how specific summons are better suited for different bosses.

[@michaelwerkov3438]

why at night?

[@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290]

@@michaelwerkov3438 their AI is more aggressive at night. Just like for regular demi-humans.

[@theomegablade6415]

Rykard is actually easier to kill with black knife due to his ungodly high 32k+ hp bar and no unique defense vs other weapons, so yes, Tiche would nuke Rykard, but not alone, unless lucky, as Rykard has 2 phases with a lot of damage too...

[@linkesocke4533]

Rivers of blood and mimic tear is a very strong combo even after the patch. If yiu add the healing greatshield (and get rid of the ash of war on the shield) the mimic gets tankier. My first playthrough was with a katana bleed build and this was basically my endgame setup for fighting bosses. Two vs one with rivers of blood still melts bosses in the latest patch and I didn't even had the most optmised build for that lol Now I'm doing a new character with a colossal sword build. I got three great runes and so far it's fun. And yeah I'll use mimic tear again. And probably the greatshield skeleton squad.

[@BloodStarLex]

German, right?

[@nokol7538]

I thought the same!

[@Julius_Strife]

Isn’t that the guy from Bloodborne

[@benjamindeh873]

15:04 that was so clutch! X) Feels almost like watching a friend play

[@haritmohansaxena732]

@5:55 bro talking loud, and instructing an npc vocally... LMAO 🤣

[@lienhard_live]

i smell german

[@jefferygrandor7852]

Oh wow! A late game summon at +10 can be powerful in the early game who knew😐

[@dah_goofster]

The mimic in this video is the equivalent of forcing a Ditto from pokemon into shapeshifting experiments. Torturing and mangling it to create the strongest pokemon in existence.

[@strawberrypetal6736]

36:40 bro said “Screw you Elden Beast and YOU for not helping”!

[@requiemagent3014]

I really need to make my own videos seriously. The mimic thing is absolutely achievable without cheating. So first of stats have a soft cap. There is never a reason to go beyond 60. The increase is negligible at this point. Maybe 70 if you really want to. But that's it. Getting a Rivers with +10 is hard why? Can be done in around two hours in a new game. You can skip a lot in this game if you want. But a Uchikatana with bloody slash can be a substitute until you get it. Only the talisman set up requires a new game plus. Because you want both Milicent talisman. Yes they do stack but you cannot get both anymore. But eh. Also always White mask and blood talisman. It's a broken combination. For armor just go with the most tanky one you have access to. Bull goat is obviously the end goal. The mimic AI didn't get nerfed. Like wtf. That's just wrong. You have to be close to the enemy and the Mimic will do its job. They only nerfed the damage output by the mimic but this doesn't effect bleed build up. It's still completely busted. Also your talisman set up was not ideal. Even if you are cheated. Like what. If you reach new game plus 1 you basically have a mimic who can play the entire game by itself. Also two rivers will help to make the mimic more consistent in its attacks.

[@Limcube]

Cant wait for your own Video!

[@requiemagent3014]

@@Limcube What a professional and adult response. You got so many very basic things wrong you could have checked in like 10 minutes on the wiki. You obviously can read so what is the excuse here? You made a video about something that is not a challenge. At all. You can accomplish this run without any safe file editing. Just a bit of brains and game knowledge. Also little side note Stormvaile castle has a legitimate path to skip it. Entirely. You theoretically can reach the Erdtree before fighting a single boss. Radahn is required to progress but a minimum boss run would be Radahn, Godfrey (Piss version) Morgott, Fire Giant, Foreskin Duo, Maliketh, Godfrey, Radabum and Elden beast. Every other boss is optional and not required to finish the game. But he you do you I guess.

[@peterjaksics9573]

@@requiemagent3014 You need 2 great runes to enter the capital tho

[@requiemagent3014]

@@peterjaksics9573 No you don't. You only need the Dactus medallion and I think you need to defeat Radahn. Not sure about Radahn but you can go to the Erdtree and defeat Morgott with just Radahn. I did this and it works perfectly. After that you can do Fire Giant. You don't need two great runes.

[@peterjaksics9573]

@@requiemagent3014 The entrance to the capital is blocked by a seal until you get 2 great runes. You could have checked this in like 10 minutes on the wiki. You obviously can read so what is the excuse here?

[@vsc6154]

5:00 there's an item that, when you throw it, your summon will agrow to it instead of others 7:00 there's a certain spot in the area of Radahn that allows you to spawn summons with the bell...

[@someinternetguyiguess5068]

The weapon "Great Stars" actually also heals a tiny bit with every hit.

[@BellowDGaming]

This should be called the Jojo Run, when you use only Stands in the game lol

[@honkinghorse7347]

"No, my summons aren't carying me. It's just skill."

[@barrywise7185]

btw the mimic will use any weapons/items you have equipped when you summon it, like throwing darts, perfumes, incantations, etc. I had 5 of the shielding perfumes equipped, and I've had the mimic use 4 in a single fight (which doesn't consume any of yours)

[@emedeterandomstuff8260]

The final part of Tiche's fight vs Godfrey was INSANE

[@geancaludehernandezsalas1383]

You can also use it as a caster, with healing, every time his life drops below 50% he uses healing (healing miracle, not consumable), I beat radagon and the duo thanks to mimic killing them alone, with 2 magic , one for range and one for melee and healing, the AI uses them depending on the distance between her and the enemy. The fortixas spears and the great fireball is in my humble opinion the best, although against elden beast it works well with the multiple fireballs because they have more range.

[@JTdaGoat2871]

Loved this. Limic is the true elden lord