Can ANY Boss Survive the Night of Black Knives? - Elden Ring

[@TXugoGamer]

Rennala: "THEY'RE JUMPING ON ME, THEY'RE JUMPING ON ME!!!"

[@BaelZebubI]

That was brutal, she got turned in mincemeat lol

[@azuyzuu4049]

That was like watching a pack of Utahraptors decimate their prey 😭😭

[@DylanDFree12]

Black knives: STOP RESISTING! STAY DOWN! STOP RESISTING!

[@oswaldcontreras7177]

Soldier of Godrick: “None of you seem to understand: I’m not locked in here with you. You’re locked in here with me!”

[@istofar560]

The classic😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@redclayscholar620]

That fog wall was for their safety.

[@highlander918]

Don’t you mean, Rick, soldier of God?

[@Nillkiggas911]

soldiers of God, Rick

[@geminiblue6677]

This is the best comment ever

[@NavyMonk89]

Watching Gideon give his speech knowing he is about to get shivved like Ceaser just made me laugh so much.

[@retroicdescent]

Sir Gideon Ofnir, the All-Ganked

[@ryandunnlives]

Haha, yeah I audibly laughed. Dude didn’t get one cast off.

[@punchlord]

Pouring one out for Gideon

[@Old_Gregg]

@@ryandunnlives what got me was the lack of weapon arts from the assassins. They were like “Nah, he’s pathetic, we’re gunna make him suffer”

[@hufflefluffle]

He could not cast a single thing lol

[@okaberintorouwithagun]

Alternative title "Can any of the bosses survive being Julius Caesar"

[@boomerpro87]

Alternative alternative title:"can any of the bosses survive being JUMPED?"

[@1.0xY.m0r0n]

Et tu, Ranni?

[@titanus261]

​@@1.0xY.m0r0nc'est ranni

[@muhammadscott571]

"Can any boss survive London?"

[@Syzyphuss]

Black knives: But will it blend!?

[@Dasacht095]

The black knife assassins failing to even get the beast clergyman form through was satisfying though. Malekith straight up fought like "Oh no, I know how you fuckers play"

[@scalesthecobra9685]

The fact he went behind a pillar so they could use the slash-

[@doratheshade]

He won't let the same mistake happen again. Unless it's the player, of course

[@jillsandwitch67]

I will not have it stolen from me again.

[@MrEvan312]

"Oh hey, y'all are back again, I've been looking forward to this."

[@FFVogter.-em6zz]

And he didn't even reveal his true self. They lost to a nerfed Malekith.

[@Kizur13]

For Radahn, it almost always seems to come down to whether or not he can pull off his meteor attack.

[@eragonbook4]

and fohr mog if he can nihil theyr asses

[@WittyCorvian]

I predicted he would decimate them with his meteor attack but still, all 10 caught in it? Lol

[@RatGod01]

@@WittyCorvian Well the player positioned himself so the meteor was a direct hit, and they were all grouped up idling

[@tanakisoup]

Yeah, that’s how a lot of Radahn Vs other Ai fights go. Radahn can be taken down to half pretty quickly by quite a few enemies, but that meteor is made to kill literally anything it hits, so if you get caught in it, you’re dead

[@Terrtail]

Same thing with Malenia, that rot attack is what kills everyone because it takes like 10 minutes to disappear and the AI doesn't know to not be close when that happens lol

[@B1ACK-0-0-L1STED]

That wasnt Rick's hp, it was his patience bar

[@Spin818]

He wasn’t even attacking, he was just stretching

[@jacobsonnier7259]

That's gold

[@LilCurtisKeepASwitch-m9r]

This is literally one of the best comments I've seen on KZbin lol

[@-Flip_reset-]

And he was just napping at the end

[@kingtoast2764]

underrated

[@drksideofthewal]

Malekith didn’t just rely on an enormous healthbar, he actually outskilled and finessed them.

[@gengyuchen]

"Bloodhound‘s finesse" joined the chat:

[@littlebluewolfie]

Which is kind of funny because in my Playthrough, Tiche all but soloed him 😅

[@realpatty]

​@@littlebluewolfiesame lol

[@ts0nam122]

@@littlebluewolfiesame =))) tiche just spam black knife aow and his lifebar drop like my fps

[@ElSoMbRiO19]

not falling for the treats and leaving the death rune alone again. He is a smart boi

[@niftynack1747]

Best boi Maliketh was impressive to watch, he didn't even need to bring out his Black Blade to wipe the floor with these thieves. Destined Death will indeed not be stolen again!

[@nightscout9979]

I was genuinely surprised that they never staggered him. Also, him jumping behind that pillar was the best accident ever, it looked like he was actually taking cover from the projectiles. It's a good thing for him that he did, as those were like eight energy slashes, and the NPC and boss Rune of Death effects seem to stack at a factor that just doubles their damage and speed.

[@silentxwxlf]

I know legit nothing about the lore of this game but it looks like the assassins are malikeths soldiers or something

[@Ceriu]

damn straight Malikeths THE BEST lol

[@niftynack1747]

@@silentxwxlf In a way, I suppose you could say. The Black Knife Assassins, and/or a certain Witch, stole a fragment of the Rune of Death from Maliketh, imbuing their own daggers with the power of Destined Death but to a lesser degree than his namesake Black Blade. When you first enter Maliketh's arena he tells you that Destined Death will not be taken from him again. From a lore perspective, it feels like justice that he won this round 2 battle against the Black Knife Assassins. His whole purpose was to safeguard and also deliver Destined Death to Queen Marika's foes and he technically failed in that role by having a fragment of his Rune of Death stolen and then used to kill Marika's offspring, eventually triggering The Shattering.

[@theknghtofni3912]

Would have been SO cinematic to see actual Maliketh fighting the assassins with them all throwing those energy blades at each other lol

[@crookeddesk]

Seeing Maliketh perform accurate dodges, using terrain for cover and pivoting around it when necessary, etc, really makes it look like an actual fight and not just AI which is insane

[@Peter_Turbo4]

Malekith: *”GIVE ME BACK MY KNIVES!!!!!”*

[@andrej8413]

Maliketh finessed the shit out of them

[@Peter_Turbo4]

@@andrej8413 he’s upset that they stole pieces of his Black Blade to go off and do goon shit That’s why he went full Executioner on them

[@SondreGrneng]

Best one by far so far. Radahn was hilarious but for the most part, the winners only won because of frankly enormous AoE attacks. BC just showed why he's the boss.

[@psychophilosopher3674]

@@SondreGrneng I mean, when you're fighting 10 people that all do percentage damage on their ranged attack

[@mabelhqprogamer4791]

Sir Gideon looked all cool and badass delivering his monologue before the fight but in the end, he couldn't even get a single attack out as expected

[@ColdNorth0628]

1 carian slicer. Thats all he could manage

[@VampirsTTG]

dude lasted longer than i expected (mostly because he spent the entire fight otg)

[@davidkamps9879]

I was rooting for him, wanted to see an anime moment but ended up seeing some generally knowledgeable guy get shanked.

[@gregb9452]

I wasn’t too surprised by his loss. Hes literally like dude from the wizard of oz moving doing things behind the scenes and having others do tasks for him. This is what happens when the people pull back the curtain and realize he’s just a dude , get em!! 😭😭😭😭 Like that meme “fight back! Fight back!” 😭😭😭

[@oceanwavedvd]

Like dropping some meat in a piranha tank

[@ZPM7]

malenia: casts the scarlet bloom to open her phase 2 every npc fighter, deciding to sprint into the cloud of toxic rot: "nah, I'd win"

[@Phantom-Ex]

me as a human ran into it several times i am so stapid

[@Poison-T0rch]

I am stapid too 😂

[@lordgilgamesh2985]

I love how malenia got mercked then basically goes and says "nah run that shit back" and enters creative mode

[@ScumDogMF]

Yooo.... They really did just mash her right quick though lol that was so fucked!

[@olivnuja1234]

What severe lack of poise does to a person

[@zjaeriqsanders1731]

if she had gotten literally a single flurry out in her first phase it would have been all over

[@dnb3068]

@@zjaeriqsanders1731 hence why she got Jumped. The black knives wasn’t having any of that lmao

[@Inamichan]

Being the elden noob I am,for a hot second I thought she would lose. In my defense I’ve never played the game (too scared) but I love watching others play 😂

[@deeforty-five8588]

I was expecting Malekith to survive. I wasn't expecting him to be so dominant that they didn't even get him to phase 2. What an absolute monster

[@ryanzillmer8511]

He's the only one that "outskilled" them (if an AI can do so). Pretty much all of the others won by massive AOE attacks that the AI wasn't smart enough to dodge.

[@jarluhtraed9725]

I didn't see any Druchii's King here

[@orayerdogan4667]

Freezer vs krillin xD

[@zachslater9947]

Where was Maliketh? I only saw Gurranq who was the same move set minus the black blade aoe slice maliketh has. I want to see that one. Regardless, Gurranq handled his business.

[@WhatupitsTetra]

There's a reason they had to steal a part of the rune and not take it by force. My boi is the only one the God's feared

[@streptococo4735]

DAMN the Maliketh fight was seriously underrated. The fact that he INMEDIATELLY positioned himself better to not be surrounded, used AoE attacks first, and TOOK COVER of the Black Knife's own destined death, like he knew what kind of weapon they were using and how to counter it. So clean he never even needed to reveal the Black Blade.

[@hadowsinc.3156]

Tbf he's specifically hiding the black blade because of them. He's probably been playing out this fight in his head for a while.

[@brianalejandro2502]

literally that figth was canon

[@evanho4538]

Literally one of if not the coolest boss. I just love the way he fights too.

[@lolz3895]

@@YaksenPushMongo LMAO, lil bro is projecting hard. You're the one who should learn before speaking, child.

[@damiancook3120]

@@lolz3895🤣🤣 right

[@largeoctahedron]

That sad little walk the last assassin did during Astel’s meteorite attack is cracking me up. She saw the cosmos being manipulated before her eyes and decided she wasn’t getting paid enough for this.

[@quanchi8578]

Omg you made me lol

[@Laban6112]

The lone survivor walking towards Astel after seeing all their comrades get wiped before actually giving it a fair shot and surviving longer than all of them combined but ultimately facing a tragic end was the most cinematic AI battle I probably ever saw.

[@Zedmunbunspunblablabla]

true folk

[@juancampos9468]

You should see Lorian vs the demon prince now that’s an cinematic AI battle

[@daddymememaster5432]

Lol, Astel just played with that poor guy, he got bullied to death

[@buckashisensei]

And the lone survivor that killed rykard 1st phase

[@KnjazNazrath]

I feel you fr, but still you gotta get on dat SaltyBet if this you yr ultimate AI battle ngl.

[@britishnarrator6961]

Radahn just annihilating them with Starfall has to be one of the best moments I've seen.

[@hotnessgaming1396]

That was awesome and to a lesser degree Radagon dying of the flame but taking 8 of them with him with that last explosion is a close second imo

[@ryankoh917]

Phase 2 begins when he...uh....he uh.... Jumps INTO THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE HIKARI INTENSIFIES

[@rav3style]

Yes but that’s more of an ai issue

[@lordbasketboi9998]

@@rav3style what do u want the ai to dodge?

[@Stingthehedgehog]

Radahn has to be one of my least favorite bosses cause his attacks can hit too many people at once it's bad enough he's like a giant beyblade.

[@starmoral5456]

Maliketh is literally the definition of "Look at what they have to do to mimic a fraction of my power"

[@SamantherPanther]

Didn’t even get him to second phase lmao

[@gabrielrussell5531]

I will never understand the hype around Malenia in a game where Maliketh exists.

[@numbron803]

@@gabrielrussell5531 Waterfowl dance, take that away and she's not that special no more

[@jimwoday1776]

@@gabrielrussell5531 play sekiro

[@ilyysm]

@@jimwoday1776 big serpent wowee (sob

[@muhammadscott571]

"Can any boss survive London?"

[@slashbows]

Underrated ass comment lmao

[@Future_sight_katakuri]

Old London or new? New London? Maybe, it's just a few old people with machine guns, and werewolves of varying sized. Old London? Hell no, too many non-euclidean horrors

[@welltakeenoughtime5307-v1r]

lmao

[@Angelwithashotgun115]

Fire giant 1st phase: "Oh wow, they might barely make it to 2nd phase!" Fire giant 2nd phase: "Ayo what the health bar doin?"

[@tylerd4884]

yea wth, was that poison damage?

[@tylerd4884]

oh probably destined death i guess

[@alytaqy]

@@tylerd4884 No, just their weapon's Ash of War immediately being spammed by every single Black Knife that survived the first phase 🤣 It's like they're saying: "Oh, fuck off!" Big 'wholly fed up with the Giant' vibe

[@Tjerty]

I read this comment before watching that part of the video and laughed my ass off when it got to it.

[@The_SinisterMister]

Fire Giant: Here let me nearly one shot all of you with a combat roll real quick. Black Knives: oh we're playing CHEAP? One sec

[@quentinhoarau9616]

Seeing Gideon doing his speech before getting absolutely destroyed in a corner got me laughing so hard

[@alexandercox9004]

They literally just shoved him in a locker for talking shit.

[@juanrodriguez26]

*Brazzers logo show up*

[@justanaveragenormalgamer1632]

He didnt even manage to deal damage or cast spell😂

[@AidenWhite-sn2lc]

He xasted a single spell that didnt hit​@@justanaveragenormalgamer1632

[@zer0skillz725]

But how did he know tho? Lmao

[@Coyotebriggs]

I love how when Radahn seemingly just disappears they all look confused and then the camera pans over to see the COMET OF PURE RAGE HURTLE TOWARDS THEM.

[@geminiblue6677]

Assassin: Where ? What ! HOW..

[@Battleguild]

Looks like they were tracking the horse that stays underground as an anchor for Radahn lands.

[@Geambasu169]

Dont mess with atomic bomb

[@thiccusmaximus2515]

"I MUST PROTECT LEONARD!"

[@Pizza_Requiem]

"AND HERE COMES RADAHN WITH THE STEEL CHAIR!"

[@FortuneFavorsNo.8]

Radahn: Haha Meteor Gideon: THEY JUMPIN ME, THEY JUMPIN MEEE

[@tomdylan2074]

I actually laughed when the fire giant rolled around and squashed the assassins like they were just annoying bugs to him.

[@shinatoarisato167]

It felt like Fate/Zero's Rider v/s Assassin all over again xD

[@swolebowl1693]

He would gotten an ez dub if they all started where the player starts

[@glatykoffi6672]

Why did his hp melt when he got to phase 2 ? It didn't do that in phase one and the knives didn't even start attacking, feels like a bug.

[@FFKonoko]

Look about 8:20 He gets hit with Tiches blackflame shortly before the Phase 2 start. That isn't a bug, it's just how much blackflame can ACTUALLY melt HP. Most of the time of phase 1, they were shooting it but too far to actually hit it. But then? He got it, right to the injured leg weak point. And it lasted long enough to entirely kill phase 2.

[@glatykoffi6672]

@@FFKonoko Yes, but throught the whole first phase he was hit by a multitude of projectiles, none melted his hp this fast. I know how fast it can melt hp, but everytime it happens, it's because the boss got hit by multiple projectiles that stack the effects. It doesn't just do a jump in effectiveness because of 1 projectile.

[@crestfallenhussar895]

I love that a lot of the ones they failed to kill are things that are actively thorns in Ranni's side. Like she really needed you specifically to tackle those threats like Astel and Radahn.

[@bukojoetheslapsoils8273]

Yep. The ones she can't have assassinated are the ones who weren't assassinated. Pretty consistent with the lore XD

[@Ospreynaitor652]

I dont even think black knife assasins are even associated with ranni anymore. Seemed to be a one job thing cos at the end of her questline there are a bunch of them dead around iji and blaidd implying they were sent to kill them

[@funnycorner2802]

@@Ospreynaitor652 But who sent them?

[@LowIntSpecimen]

@@funnycorner2802 Greater Will most likely

[@KatanaBlade07]

@@Ospreynaitor652 My thoughts on it are that ranni just betrayed them because she got what she wanted. She got us as her suitor for her age of the stars, so iji wasn't really needed anymore and blaidd went mad because he was controlled by the greater will

[@calicon00b77]

maliketh being the only one to dodge the death beams because he actually knows what it does

[@anthonytyner2393]

bro already had regular death stolen from him... he is NOT about to let them have DESTINED death XD

[@MaajidM]

He did say “I will not have it stolen from me again”

[@shadowmcfall4788]

@@anthonytyner2393 it was actually a fragment of destined death

[@anthonytyner2393]

@@shadowmcfall4788 potato potato same thing

[@ElmoWill]

​@@anthonytyner2393 exactly because it's the same thing your comment makes no sense, why are you answering rudely he just pointed out something

[@cabnbeeschurgr]

Shoutout to that one assassin who fought Astel solo for a few minutes. What a badass lady

[@Aoel__]

The way she didn't get hit by the meteors was so badass

[@sleepy9513]

“The only way Radahn wins this is if the knives all huddle together” *5 seconds later* “Well I’ll be damned”

[@homerman76]

Yeah, I was expecting him to get slaughtered because of the nerfs, but watching the knives get obliterated was most satisfying 😂

[@lordanonimmo7699]

@@homerman76 Radahn was barely nerfed.

[@bustinarant]

@@homerman76 They got Redahnosaur'd

[@takeit1229]

@@homerman76 I thought the nerf was an unintentional bug and fixed, so don't think he's nerfed at all.

[@felipeguedescampos851]

Strike

[@RuiNDieM1988]

Did not expect fire giant to get deleted like that. The rest were pretty expected. That Radahn meteor though was so epic

[@Drenosir]

what happened to his health bar when second phase started?

[@RuiNDieM1988]

@@Drenosir I was wondering the same thing. I'm wondering if the the DoT stacked during the cut scene. I know it happens when you Rot him before the leg comes off, he'll take a fat bit of damage when the scene ends

[@Drenosir]

@@RuiNDieM1988 I've seen some videos in the meantime and I'm pretty sure it somehow stacked during the cutscene or right before it which led to so big damage

[@woutv.m.808]

His health bar automatically drops by almost 1/5 upon starting phase 2, add to that the DoT and it's prob the result we see.

[@iCheckMyPulse]

@@woutv.m.808 its actually just a glitch lol

[@tallfang4955]

They literally passed Gideon around the room until they beat this man down in the corner. That's got to be the greatest beat down I've ever seen in my life 🤣🤣🤣

[@leblanc69069]

Average day in England

[@laavalus696]

I felt so sorry for him 😔

[@gigastrike2]

I don't think he even got off an attack.

[@scalesthecobra9685]

Bro got turned into Caesar so fast….

[@Barryschitpeas42069]

Welcome to landan m8

[@1.0xY.m0r0n]

Gideon gives his anime villain speech Black knife - "So am I kicking this off, or who wants to go first?"

[@ApocalypseGuy1]

"They had us in the first half, not gonna lie." - Malenia, Blade of Miquella

[@bnardo5417]

pulled the same move on rahdan lol

[@Grofindar]

That's said, she didn't use her signature move even once. Though not because she didn't want to - she wasn't able to

[@ciferlu254]

It's so funny when they fight Malenia and Radagon and they're all just swarming, and you occasionally see one of them just leap up out of nowhere. It's like a cartoon fight where it's a mess of limbs in a smoke cloud and every so often a head pokes out or someone gets thrown out and jumps back in.

[@summergamer7650]

the term you are looking for is a dogpile

[@gatosexo8803]

True

[@33GLOCK]

@@summergamer7650 mmmm

[@yukimabi5225]

If you think thats hilarious wait till you see what happens when there's 20-50 abyss watchers ganging up on bosses in dark souls 3.

[@hoo7797]

Maliketh's fight was PERSONAL. He recognized the shitheads who stole his piece of Death and proceeded to wipe the floor with them

[@vote4todd]

He really made a comeback.

[@cheeks_of_the_boreal_valley]

and oh boy, he made them pay

[@kalogheros72]

Piece of death sounds like a weird insult

[@archsteel7]

... Except it was Ranni who stole it, she just *gave* it to the Assassin's. Like she gave Rykard the ability to become a big snake. Ranni, low key responsible for all of the worst shit in Elden Ring lore.

[@fatty1040]

@@archsteel7 lol you mean the manipulative gods who demand service without recompense. They got what they deserved even miquella (Pitties Godwyn indicating they were close) and malenia and rykard were planning to overthrow the erdtre order.

[@ninjachannel007]

Radahn of course, but the Beast Clergyman was fighting like he had an ancient grudge against the black knives or something. 🙂He hunted each of them down in close quarters even as they slid and jumped all over. Glorious.

[@fullcapslock4388]

Cause they stole part of his power

[@JubioHDX]

To be fair they are using the power that was stolen from him. Thats why he imbues the rune of death into his flesh for phase 2 and unleashes the power of the black blade against the player when you fight him, he refuses to let the power of destined death be taken from him AGAIN. So he really does have an ancient grudge against the black knives for using that power, as the actual night of black knives only happened because of his previous failure

[@Heavenly_Father]

I like how Malekith didn't need to enter his second phase. He be like, "you dare use my own cheat against me, fools"

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

He's the Half-Blood Prince. Immune to his own machinations. Fits stupidly well with the lore considering nobody, Marika/Radagon and Godfrey included, dared go up against the Godskins and the Gloam-Eyed Queen back when they were at full power wielding Destined Death. Maliketh was the only one who could. He just seems to be too clever, agile and powerful to die to it.

[@rannithewitchh]

@@TheStraightestWhitest can you tell me about that gloam eyed queen?

[@barrontrump3943]

@@rannithewitchh gloam eyed queen is melina

[@rannithewitchh]

@@barrontrump3943 wha, just that?

[@barrontrump3943]

@@rannithewitchh no ody really knows. But in the 3 fingers ending Melina has a purple eye that opens. The eye that was squinted the whole game. Some say gloam eyed queen was Marika. Hopefully DLC will show us this

[@Master40mins]

Rennala's fight was so brutal. I actually started feeling bad for her.

[@sutarn_gamer4159]

Remember the black knife assassin's are from Ranni, Rennala's daughter.

[@justlikeawind]

Literally raped by a group of men

[@lizardinabigwizardhat]

@@sutarn_gamer4159 and rennala’s boss fight IS Ranni anyway

[@sutarn_gamer4159]

@@lizardinabigwizardhat Oh yeah that makes this even worse lmao

[@favlam1408]

@@lizardinabigwizardhat isn't that just her spell to protect her mother? It's not really her in person. wait, technically you're still right.

[@zunderdod24]

1:25 when they tackled rennala to the ground and started shanking her..... that was brutal.

[@DustyEggSauce]

Pure Hatred and a Destined Death!

[@clownindan]

Now you know how your mother feels on friday night.

[@theBIGeE]

"Et tu, Brute?"

[@desmondmiles5900]

Irony Taking out their employer's mother (Ranni rates Black Knives 0/10 on Yelp 😏)

[@k.m.m.a81]

best part is that when they all walk away after the massacre one of them just stays for a while. probably ranni.

[@murdurmuffin7872]

Can I just say I love seeing the wretched Godrick scream? His pain and humiliation is just music to me.

[@synphilia4776]

Gideon: "A man cannot kill a god" All ten Black Knives, in unison: "I am no man!"

[@trevorweisberg8470]

Radahn: What is a man to a god? Assassins: What is a god to a non-believer? *Meteor strike* Radahn: Do you believe now?

[@xnotasweatx]

Well the black knives are women so yeah mate

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@trevorweisberg8470 He just goes full Supernova.

[@100.ShibaInu]

Man alone weak, man togethar strong

[@CrimmiSkye]

Aren't Black Knife Assassins mainly women?

[@TheForts101]

I personally love the Maliketh fight. As soon as it begins, he dashed out to not be surrounded only to go into a beast incantation that hit a bunch of enemies in different directions since the assassins immediately surrounded him again. The movement was phenomenal and the attacks were something out of a movie

[@Danktorias]

It's like he knew exactly how to counter his own weapon which makes it amazing to see.

[@nebelrebel1557]

Truly the greatest warrior amongst the shadows

[@julianmartinez6919]

He will not have death stolen from him again!

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

He's been waiting to do that for a long time.

[@blobvisfan666]

He *definitely* enjoyed that revenge.

[@elasticater8429]

In fairness to Malenia, that whole "nuke the world" strategy she pulls out every time she's about to lose really comes in handy.

[@xerofire]

I like to imagine that if the fight didn’t take place in the Haligtree the bloom she does when she goes phase 2 would have created another Caelid.

[@JS-kc1tm]

​@@xerofire lore wise it would be a fair assumption that the second bloom (the one in her phase 2) would be as powerful as the first one (when fighting Radahn), if not more so, but what she actually does is much smaller than the first one we can see when she fought Radahn. canonically it probably should create another caelid, but the gameplay aspect stops that, or else we'd become like Radahn

[@juansan2406]

@@JS-kc1tmor the player character is just built different

[@Stixxx_.]

@@JS-kc1tmI thought malenia’s bloom from the boss fight against the player is her third bloom?

[@JS-kc1tm]

@@Stixxx_. we can't really assume that the bloom outside her arena is hers, because that would mean the one after the fight would be the fourth, but there shouldn't even be a fourth bloom

[@muffinpoots]

this is the most lore faithful test you have done to date.

[@matthewkho3907]

Exactly. I know that Godwin was killed in the Night of Black Knives, but I never understood how did the prodigy of the golden lineage lost the fight when he can kill ancient dragons. What this video demonstrates was that any humanoid character without good AOE that lingers a bit longer will essentially be killed in the Night of Black Knives with the most likely exception being Radahn and maybe Malenia. In fact, if we consider the timeline of the Night of Black Knives, Radahn may not have learnt the meteor move and wasn't that big yet, and Malenia still have the unalloyed needle sealing her scarlet rot, which means even they may not survive the Night of Black knives. It also demonstrates the political power Marika held and the control she had by having this personal assassin troop wielding the rune of death

[@EFlatPC]

A lot of these had cool moments or seemed thematically appropriate. I especially liked Morgott’s phase change flinging back all the assassins that had piled on him, and Malenia’s human form not standing a chance but her rot goddess form absolutely destroying them. I feel like you should do one with the assassins fighting Malekith starting in his 2nd phase, just because I really wanna see that.

[@hereticseraphim73]

Also with radagon murdering most of the assassins with holy light as he slams his hammer down.

[@dnevnikjedneosobe2846]

It's also lore-friendly that Radahn is the baddest mf out there

[@chongliyang4044]

if she wasn't in the air by default and had to actually perform the attack she woulda been dead

[@glioblastome]

*Maliketh

[@acay5722]

They would probably loose, Maliketh is extremely agile and will just jump around them while 2 shotting all of them

[@drakusmero104]

Radahn's hp dropped so fast I almost thought they'd one phase him somehow. Then he started his fly up animation and all I could think was "all that for a drop of blood?" And Godfrey went down like a true warrior. He almost had that last BK

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

You actually can kill him between phases. Damage overtime effects continue to work during it.

[@drakusmero104]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 that makes sense

[@gabrieljames4910]

I’ve one phased him on my last like 5 playthroughs… bleed on twin blades is nuts man.

[@joelreis5366]

I was assuming Radhan would annhilate everything on his meteor strike, and Malenia would crush on her second phase. Was sad with the Hoarah Loux, almost got it. And Maliketh... he was probably thinking "never send sheep to kill a wolf".

[@alilweeb7684]

maliketh didnt fuck around lmao

[@YourEmperorStef]

Makes sense lore wise too. Radahn is the greatest warrior out there, Malenia is the greatest child of a god, Godfrey is the greatest Tarnished and First Elden Lord, Malekith is literally a god (half-brother shadow to Marika, a god), and Radagon is a god (or half god if we assume he’s different than Marika). All of these won whereas the other ones that aren’t as powerful lore wise lost. Even Morgott did quite well and he’s beaten a weaker version of Radahn in the lore

[@karhu7581]

@@YourEmperorStef It's not that Maliketh is a god, he's a being that was purpose-made to serve a god. He doesn't have an inner world besides that singular purpose, he can't be bribed, persuaded or convinced. If his duty necessitates killing someone or something, he'll do it, without questions asked or hesitation.

[@alilweeb7684]

@@YourEmperorStef neither maliketh or radagon are gods, only marika had direct contact to the greater will. Radagon is marika now but he wasnt always

[@DdiiaabbllooBlanco]

To be fair though. Malenia only won because they suicided on the bloom.

[@robinuralt8274]

Incredible to see Rick giving them a head start

[@feckusmaximus3234]

I love Mohg desperately trying to count down so he can heal but the Black Knives don't even let him reach Unus

[@uzn8545]

He either clutch with Nihil or die trying

[@私はクソな中国人です]

Carolus rex my *ryhmes with vigor

[@aperson9847]

Morgott lost of course but that moment when he was almost down and then exploded and sent them all flying was still really epic. A hail Mary if I've ever seen one.

[@melancholyman369]

If those swords fell he could've won, fitting tho he's always one step shy of victory.

[@Ramdas_Devadiga]

@@melancholyman369 🤣🤣

[@buddharocks492]

Shit was god tier

[@theshreddedone8322]

His explosion was amazing and if he had a bit more he would’ve resulted in a win.

[@KobePlaysGacha]

I like the fact that everyone who could canonically probably win, did win.

[@eldendynast]

Yes it worked out so well! And we all know Soldier of God, Rick, was just being generous. I do think Godfrey and Morgott would've been able to survive lore-wise, given Godfrey's feats and Morgott having defeated pre-rot albeit younger Radahn. Fire Giant was probably on his last legs anyway but not sure about Mohg, I suppose his strength was cunning rather than raw power.

[@crimsonmusic9138]

@@eldendynast Honestly if it wasn't for the fact that mohgs ai locks him into doing the countdown thing no matter what when he hits certain health thresholds he probably would've won. He was doing really well up until then

[@Cybertruck2022]

Godfrey

[@colorgreen8728]

Lore wise yeah morgott and Godfrey would’ve mopped the floor with em

[@potassium3948]

@@Cybertruck2022 if grab attacks work for npcs hell yea he would win

[@Ziru0Gaming]

Golwyn in heaven: Shit ain’t sweet now is it?

[@selfdestructivecat4922]

The god-eating serpent barely being defeated by the assassins, the lone assassin standing there as she deals the final blow, exhaling a sigh of relief and heartbreak as she had just lost all her friends in the battle, and yet were victorious because of their combined efforts… Only for phase 2 to kill her moments later.

[@mitchellclendening7682]

fr. aren't all the black knife assassins women tho?

[@selfdestructivecat4922]

@@mitchellclendening7682 i was not aware of this! That’s really cool! Ill admit that I still don’t know much regarding the lore of this game. I’ll edit my comment to reflect this, Ty for letting me know!

[@mitchellclendening7682]

@@selfdestructivecat4922 haha it's ok! I'm glad I could teach you something about the game. And lol, I hardly know everything about the lore either. Lot of story to this game

[@selfdestructivecat4922]

@@mitchellclendening7682 understatement of the century lmao

[@PipiriganyaEPYB17]

Rykard wanted her to join him in familyyy

[@featuresnobodyaskedfor]

Maliketh getting his revenge without even pulling his sword, what a beast. My top 3 bosses in terms of "salute, you absolute monster" are Radahn, Maliketh, and Malenia. They're all just too cold.

[@robertsiems3808]

Whats with godfrey??

[@nrnjn8547]

Malekith is the most powerful being. Other than elden beast

[@octavianpopescu4776]

I like Godfrey the most. He respects you. Even in his wild form, he's still a gentleman.

[@rhysofsneezingdragon1758]

I'd salute astel, too. He took it like a champ

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

Your top 3 should have Godfrey in place of Malenia. Malenia is anything but cold.

[@montablanc1]

@ 2:51 I like how they're all standing around like : "Where'd he go?" "I think we got him" "What's that sound?"

[@cephaleaorion4888]

*fortunate son starts playing*

[@josephlongbone4255]

"it's all over..." "BUT HERE COMES GENERAL RADAHN, WITH THE STEEL CHAIR!"

[@montablanc1]

@@josephlongbone4255 Jerren is sitting on top of the castle at the commentators table yelling into a mic: "WATCH OUT! WATCH OUT! WATCH OUT!!!" *Meteor Descends*

[@draculachen9380]

Literally me first time I fought him 😂

[@TheeCaesarKing]

“Hey what’s that in the sky?”

[@RadagonTheRed]

Placidusax just deleting them all … truly marvellous.

[@Ghostrick74]

One minute of silence for Rennala and Malenia (1st phase) who got simply annihilated

[@zacharyhawley1693]

Its or the other with her lol.

[@gilcorrea283]

LOL

[@GodAmbition_1997]

Also Gideon who I don't feel bad for if you know his lore.

[@dsaz2033]

At least she was able to attack once, Gideon got decimated from the start

[@J171-i5v]

Talk about annihilated, sir Gideon didn’t even get a chance to hit

[@GrandmasterPant]

Black Knives: "We have weapons that can fell a god!" Astel: "Lol check out how many AOE explosion attacks I have"

[@spacejam5486]

Astel was probably the most legitimate of those fights. Radahn and Malenia easily cheated with the phase 2 transition/rot flower.

[@manz7860]

@@spacejam5486 it's fitting. Rahdahn uses his space magic and Malenia let's the rot take over.

[@elifaughn570]

@@spacejam5486 but don't forget placidusax, he wrecked their shit without much difficulty

[@fuzzasco4896]

_Boom boom boom_ _You're locked inside my room_ _BOOM BOOM BOOM_

[@SpadeApeiron]

I never fought Dragonlord Placidusax ~ Where does he spawn it seems i've to play again XD till now only Radahn, Astel and Placidusax defeated black knives matter XD

[@Rilas711]

Just want to say the fact that Iji had like 4 of these things dead before you find him dead. Dude must've been pretty strong after seeing these in action against some serious badasses.

[@panopticpunk]

Yup - heres the thing. There were 10 black knife assassins - you kill 4 ingame as bosses, 2 more outside the haligtree, find another locked in jail (Tiche) and find Alecto's ashes - those 2 Iji kills are the LAST REMAINING black knife assassins (The ones accounted for, at least.) He IS a chad.

[@LucDeTruc]

@@panopticpunk Just a quick name correction that doesn’t really matter, Alecto is the one in jail while you find Tiche’s ashes

[@BaguetteBob]

@@panopticpunk what about the ones blaidd kills

[@panopticpunk]

@@BaguetteBob Maybe Alecto and tiche didnt count towards the 10 since they are named, so the ones blaidd kills could make up the deficit (i believe he kills 2 as well, now that you reminded me) - either that, or i misremembered the lore - either way, good call dude!

[@TheGoodHunterXIII]

But iji dies due to blackflame and not red flame, thus he must have survived the encounter with the black knives and then incinerated himself.

[@CountryMusicMann]

I kinda love the Maliketh battle. "Little thieves, thou dare-est to wield Destined Death against its master? I will show thee the error of thy way!"

[@1.N.F.1.N.1.T.3]

I like how most of the bosses in the unlikely battles end up being canonically accurate in power. Like Radahn being able to survive Malenia and they both survived, Astel Nuturalborn not being susceptible to blackflame because he's cosmic made it easy for him to beat them, it's all pretty cool if you pay attention to the small details!

[@BLgunsliger85450]

Also Maliketh beating them first phase. Payback for the lore

[@robert.7230]

​@@BLgunsliger85450 it shows why they didn't fight him.

[@Frencho9]

Godfrey would have survived lore wise I bet.

[@rafasr0]

@@Frencho9for Godfrey, my headcanon is that the two last black blade sacrificed themselves so the black blade leader could finish Hoarah Loux They were all pretty beat up

[@best_senator]

​@@rafasr0Godfrey can destroy fucking the most powerful version of placidusax with 5 heads. I'm sure, that he can eliminate black khifes

[@Jeffmetal42]

I'm surprised how well Godrick's move set is for taking on gank squads. If only he didn't spend so much time chopping off is arm (or whoever's arm that originally was)

[@darthteej1]

That's the great irony of Godrick, his moveset is actually really diverse and scary due to the grafting, he's just too clumsy to properly use it and thus his attacks are slow and telegraphed.

[@jamesevansen5246]

His axe is really, really good for invasions at mid level.

[@crestfallenhussar895]

I think it's quite a few people's arms. Maybe some legs and torsos too.....

[@sterlingwhite8473]

Rennala getting buried in a cartoon fight dust cloud while shrieking was the funniest thing I've seen today

[@RuiNDieM1988]

Such an accurate metaphor

[@Velvet-Of-Erion]

@@RuiNDieM1988 that's not a metaphor

[@RuiNDieM1988]

@@Velvet-Of-Erion "a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable." Yes it is

[@Hiem4eva]

​@@RuiNDieM1988 ikr 😂😂😂

[@NotSomeOrdinaryGuy]

It looked like she got jumped and shanked to death by a prison gang

[@kylewinters4433]

Gideon : **yapping** 10 black knives assassins that was about to r-worded him : "nah, we'd wait"

[@bluebean5438]

The fact that radahn and rykard were able to fight them all off like looking at ranni like “I see you you little shit you ain’t gonna get me THAT easily”

[@SamAspden]

It's just a sibling prank bro.

[@heyfell4301]

Bro, I totally forgot the Black Knives were hired by Ranni

[@BLgunsliger85450]

Yo I didn’t even consider that those were my favs too. Goated comment

[@judgment5090]

@@SamAspden, they do a bit of tomfoolery around these parts

[@minidanielx5208]

and astel

[@SharkyShocker]

And as a general reminder, these were assassins. They couldn't be heard, they couldn't be seen. It's no wonder Godwyn couldn't take them, he was dead before he even thought to draw a weapon.

[@libertyprime6932]

And no demigod had ever been killed so he had no idea he even should fear assassins.

[@Melqhii]

@@libertyprime6932 He was a warrior. He knew to be wary of any kind of armed foe. The problem is, he never even perceived them before he died

[@Eclipsed_Embers]

@@Melqhii but there was no need for him to even be wary of other foes. until destined death was stolen he literally couldn't die to anyone or anything.

[@bobomo5857]

@@Eclipsed_Embers exactly, an assassination under the guise of the perfect premise. If it was a straight up fight, then Godwyn never would have lost even against all of them.

[@evilmac9623]

What if he never intended to fight them. What if he was in on Ranni or Marika's plan...

[@schizosamurai8840]

14:05 Can we appreciate that amazing dodge from Maliketh? Getting out of the circle instantly possibly won him the fight

[@mariomurcia7509]

dude he dodged like more than half of their weapon arts, either by dodging or hiding behind a pillar. and it looked intentional too, what a beast

[@rudrovlogs6638]

Best elden ring guide for beginner: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oH7NmJZ7p8-bY7M

[@cryw1092]

To one who knows Death, what is there to fear?

[@lostlambv2939]

None shall steal destined death twice

[@Sylphord]

fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me

[@EldenRealms-ku2xc]

Every time I watch your videos, I’m inspired to try new strategies in my own game. Thanks for the ideas!

[@BjornTheBear]

Welcome dude

[@rhodes3983]

I saw Radahn's orbital strike coming and he still managed to surpass my expectations

[@LectroBer]

>He just decimated all 10 of them

[@rhodes3983]

@@LectroBer I think annihilated is the better word to use here...

[@LectroBer]

@@rhodes3983 I think you'd be right. Reading how the 10 of them were decimated by the orbital strike did make me laugh though

[@ThePrime971]

I love that against Rykard , weapons empowered by the rune of death are so damn effective. Really giving the lore justice, to kill the immortal serpent there is destined death.

[@urameshi4725]

Rykard pre-serpent was actually very powerful, Ranni had a fail-safe plan for Rykard to go toe to toe with Maliketh if things didn't go as planned.

[@welshycarrot936]

@@urameshi4725 Wait really? Where does it say that?

[@fefega]

@@welshycarrot936 on the thing you use to parry Maliketh's Rune of Death enhanced attacks

[@fefega]

@@welshycarrot936 it's called the Blasphemous Claw if I remember correctly

[@welshycarrot936]

@@fefega Thanks!

[@CuriousLumenwood]

I love that Gideon’s fight is one of the longest just because they can’t hit him while he’s down. He doesn’t put up a fight, he’s just that much of a birch

[@lancelovell55]

Everytime I come across Gideon in Leyndell I summon the Demi Human ashes at night so I can sit back and watch him get ganked.

[@cortez1030]

@@jamesmackes4531Normally, when it’s night demi humans go rabid and get more powerful I think, cool that it applies to the ashes too though

[@MichaSennin]

Its kinda funny how much of a Meme he is considering he is probably the most powerful single individual that is called a "Human". He is closer to the Elden Throne than anyone else included Vyke.

[@Matt-rr4wx]

Black Knife Assasins: "We have you ten to one." Soldier of Godrick,Malenia,Rhadahn: "I like those odds."

[@Corymbia]

Isn't Rhadahn technically a 2v10?

[@Joetheknight406]

​@@Corymbia they work in harmony, so I guess you could say they act as one unit

[@motivationenjoyer9830]

Astel: am i joke to you?

[@senseithomes]

Rykard : JOIN THE SERPENT KING AS FAMILY

[@slengestrike]

Maliketh: bring ten more and that will be a fair fight!

[@acarter9806]

I swear, Gideon Ofnir with Actual Poise would be one of the most powerful bosses. He didn't even get one spell off during the gank, but I know his DPS is some of the best.

[@damagedcanofbeans]

If he didn't get staggered by the fucking wind his damage output could be the most devastating just because of the sheer amount of spells he can throw at you

[@carcosanative666]

Sir Gideon Ofnir, The All Poising!

[@ZazeH]

Not really, his attacks are really rng based, it depends a lot which spells he uses.. And yeah, the poise is his weakness..

[@locomotivo4644]

*_Sir Gideon Ofnir, The All Flinching!_*

[@keyes2013]

His choice of spells and incants is actually depending on what spells and incants you have learned. So... Being a dipstick strength tard or dex nerd with no spells except "I cast fist" he can't really fight back all that well either.

[@scavengersix2161]

Black Knife Assassins: "We've come for your rune of Destined Death, old man." Malakith: "You dare use my own spells against me, Plotter?"

[@abuckarooboyo7104]

Maliketh: "You think destined death is your ally? you merely adopted death. I was born in it, molded by it".

[@arktrain4733]

He didn't even need the second phase.

[@tetardjaxon7420]

GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY CASTLE

[@dragonlordplacidusax9413]

Judging by his moves... i think we defeated the gloam eyed queen in the past . His first phase is literally a joke

[@mohamadyazdan9410]

😂😂

[@corgeousgeorge]

Well dayum, rick said "oh u gonna attack me when im asleep huh?"

[@divinehorror2543]

"Do you want to know how to kill a God?" - Black Knife Tiche "I don't recall asking," - Starscourge Radahn

[@TimBagels]

"Killing gods is easy. Come back when you're able to kill the stars."

[@sus6221]

Radahn would probably say something like "isooajoajãuhdadgaEejklBAlso" and smash them like a rat

[@Cutie_Amor]

@@sus6221 that appears to be what he did, yes

[@s_t_r_a_y_e_d]

Who decided I couldn't kill a god? Who decided to show magics beneath me? Who decided to allow you to lecture me in MY arena? [ C R U E L M E T E O R ] - Radahn, Sin of Chad

[@theraggingscorpion]

"Don't run directly into the lava. Tiche, baby, no.." "Don't run directly into the flower. Tiche, baby, no.."

[@matinaref6975]

LMAO that was funny as fuck

[@crios8307]

"Tiche, baby, MOVE OUT OF THE F**KING METEOR RANGE!"

[@nicoharlan5703]

I kinda feel bad for Rennala in that one. She's already one of the saddest characters, they didn't have to jump her like that.

[@Eternallloop]

i don't care

[@khayyamaurelius912]

​@@Eternallloop no one asked

[@Eternallloop]

@@khayyamaurelius912 i don't care

[@Duskmother]

@@Eternallloop i dont care that you dont care

[@Rettraced4687]

​@@Eternallloopfucking twat

[@zacsadler5887]

‘All elden ring bosses experience a normal Tuesday in east London’

[@buddharocks492]

Radahn being mindless and nerfed still obliterated them.. The Black Knives thought Morgott was gonna go out sad and then he unleashed his power like a monster,, truly The Omen King.. Placidusax said fuck this and nuked them 💀 Maliketh surprised me, I knew he would win but he didn't even have to go 2nd phase, I guess we know who the true master of Destined Death is.. This was sick Bjorn

[@sevirakalau2171]

yea it was cool to see his Ai hide behind the pillars (even tho it was just chance) but it made it feel like he was very familiar with the limits of destined death and knew he could use the pillars to hide

[@dingoflowers]

they changed the radahn nerf back like a month ago friend

[@clankymocha]

@@dingoflowers they reverted some changes but overall he's still a whole lot less powerful than he was at launch

[@invisiblesic3820]

if morgott didn't get poise broken that hammer would have decimated them for sure

[@mxnokuma4335]

@@clankymocha that's false. The only thing that got nerfed was the hitbox size of his attacks. Nothing crazy.

[@hrewhrewhrew]

With a couple exceptions on both sides, this pretty much just comes down to "Does the boss have AoE?" If they have a decent AoE attack (including Maliketh's beast claws - narrower AoE but high damage), the boss almost always wins. If the assassins AI had even basic AoE avoidance, they would've won every single time.

[@reecemartory5668]

It really came down to which bosses have poise. Anything that can get staggered will just grt staggered locked. Horah almost won despite having very little aoe because of his poise and high af single target dmg. If his grab attacks worked on summons he would have won

[@samwarren6008]

@@reecemartory5668 He is literally one of the bosses with the most aoe attacks. He stomps a lot and smashes his axe into the ground.

[@Hemuthecookielord]

If the assassins had AoE avoidance, they would have easily won. But at the same time, if the bosse actually dodged as much as a person would they could have easily won too.

[@lastboss2418]

@@samwarren6008 well he isnt because all boss in elden ring have lot of aoe atk

[@SeniorDankyKang]

Even with aoe avoidance, I think Astel and Rykardd would still win. They can't really get on Rykardd in phase 2 and most of their attacks were missing Astel. Their aoe avoidance would obviously not be perfect and both their attacks would be difficult to avoid consistently enough for the Assassins to live through long enough to kill them. Plusadix may also still have a chance but maybe not. Radahn would come down to how many actually avoid Star Drop 1 hit kill lol.

[@bierrafeu7519]

6:23, That assassin is so dedicated at his job, he just walks slowly to the absolute monster who defeated 9 of his co-workers, see It charge a barrage of fucking big gravity balls, it falls all around. He doesn't waver. He charges his dagger and start sprinting at the thing. Absolute legend

[@darkriversaben9163]

You know all the assasian are women right. Still she tries. BTW the "maiden" who helps you lvl up is an assassin as well.

[@nathanielkidd2840]

*She.

[@bierrafeu7519]

@@nathanielkidd2840 Black knife assassins are female ? I Did assume their gender because they have broad shoulders, but that's even better so. Go strong woman!

[@nathanielkidd2840]

@@bierrafeu7519 I can’t remember which item it is that says it, but yeah they’re all women.

[@superdoombro]

@@nathanielkidd2840 I know Rogier mentions it.

[@sumolover99]

"What is this Ofnir guy in the weird armor is blabbing about? I feel like we're missing out on something..."

[@souffrantdepine3762]

Gotta appreciate the honor shown by Rick, letting them think they were doing something for that long. Like a father wrestling with his son. They fought hard and well, but the outcome was determined before the battle ever began.

[@Matrim42]

(Andre the Giant voice) “I just want you to feel like you’re doing well, I hate for people to die embarrassed”

[@markjones5672]

I'll never underestimate the Soldier of Goddrick again. It's time for him to face Radahn

[@idante7016]

Oh, do you mean Soldier of God, Rick?

[@matt-rx6hi]

I rolled a bandit, it's still stuck in that fkn cave

[@AB-jt4rs]

@@idante7016 soldier of god, Rick

[@NickolasOliveira]

Soldier of Goddrick it's actually Guts

[@radioactive247]

i love that only ones able to defeat the night of the black knives that werent either a lovecraftian nightmare, a literal dragon or a giant beast, were radahn and melania. melania won the fight just like how she won against radahn, and radahn won the fight with HIS last ditch attack too. absolutely legendary

[@JurgenBlitz]

... So the Godrick soldier WAS a Lovecraftian Nightmare. I knew it. I knew it all along.

[@MinniMaster]

*cough* she never won against Radahn *cough*

[@MegiddoTheImmaculate]

Maliketh is a giant beast now? They didn't even make it past phase 1.

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

​@@MegiddoTheImmaculate A pocket knife was all he needed. No wonder they chose stealth over combat when they took a piece of his Rune.

[@motivationenjoyer9830]

Astel: am i joke to you?

[@njjs447]

3:00 a comet takes out raptors while looking cool af causing ice age😂😂

[@BLgunsliger85450]

Guranq/Maliketh soloing the black knives was pure gold. Knowing his lore he’s trying to take back what they stole. Could’ve solo’d them in the sanctum too I bet

[@MidoriOfTheShuinsen]

That fight was personal for him

[@DankSlayer_Ornstien]

Better question is how did they get them in the first place

[@awanderer3047]

​@@DankSlayer_Ornstienthey stole it. The rune of death was only sealed in him after they enacted their plot to ensure it never happened again.

[@DankSlayer_Ornstien]

@@awanderer3047 I know, but I'm wondering how he didn't stop them.

[@uzn8545]

@@DankSlayer_Ornstien let's keep that to GRR Martin I need whatever the fuk he smoked when making this game's lore

[@carlospizarro915]

Radahn literally just said “enough games” and straight up phased them out of existence ☠️☠️☠️

[@FizzyPopVevo]

“Did you just hurt Leonard?… Playtime is over”

[@HansenDing]

I loved that with almost all of them, even the ones who won, they got jumped and took a while to respond, effectively or not. The ones who won often did it through brute raw god-like power (Radahn's comet, Malenia's scarlet rock nuke) EXCEPT Maliketh. Nobody gets the jump on fierce best boi uncle. He was *immediately* ready to throw hands and answered every attempt on him five-folds. It never looked like he was struggling or at a loss for how to respond. No matter how prepared they thought they were, they never stood a chance.

[@paracame8162]

I think that's really in character since they are using the power of the death rune against the guy who literally uses the entire rune as his sword

[@gottacoconut]

He fuckin recognized them and had some *words* to say about what those hooligans had done with his stuff last time they “borrowed” it

[@pokeman5000]

Honestly I knew Rykard was going to win aswell. Just from the 2 guaranteed phases and the lava pool that surrounds him. It was just a numbers race and TOGETHER WE WILL DEVOUR THE VERY GODS! 10 points to slytherin.

[@theonesithtorulethemall]

And aatel deatroed them

[@Rishith198]

Firstly, Radahn absolutely obliterating them was a spectacle And then, maliketh's smart and deadly combat was so good that he didn't even have to reveal his true form, it was so cool!!!

[@israeltheirrelevant678]

Can we talk about Astel dodging the destined death and counter-attacking with the grab?

[@midono77]

isn't astel one of the outer gods if im not wrong?

[@pancakke08]

@@midono77 Sry but astel is not an outer god. Its an species of malformed stars that are alien to the lands between

[@suryagiri3798]

@@midono77 astel is also an envoy of some outer god, he himself is not an outer god.

[@darius9329]

can we talk about can we just appreciate i dont know why but i loved that dodge hit dif omg chadahn I hate braindead youtube comments so much

[@m.douglas8492]

No, but we can talk about him landing a pointblank laser.

[@raeishimura]

I mean, this goes to show why the Night of Black Knives was a significant thing, and why it's kind of terrifying to the people of the Lands Between. There were only a few beings within their universe that could have survived what happened, and when you look at which ones did, it makes sense.

[@firmak2]

it did look like some victories were cheated, while others would have been completely done if they just spammed theyr destined death like in some wins. or just werent complete dumbasses

[@ClimbinInYoWindows97]

I would say its also a question of whether the boss is fast enough and has enough poise to be able to do the damage. Rennala does a lot of aoe damage but she just got stunlocked to death, and hoarah loux was just a little bit too slow

[@ClimbinInYoWindows97]

whoops wrong comment to reply to lol

[@tiborstein3360]

Trying to explain lore with game mechanics?

[@potatoe7436]

@@ClimbinInYoWindows97 And whether they have an aoe attack they can use from the get go, before being spammes to death.

[@marvincr5258]

I always knew Radahn, Placi and Maliketh would make it. But Astel´s performance and Rotussy Goddess were a big surprise. Ranni plotted such a good plan, poor Godwyn

[@nightscout9979]

Placidusax was super fortunate that they hardly tried the weapon art on him. If they did, he'd be wrecked really quickly. They did try to mess up Maliketh, but that pillar he jumped behind saved the day.

[@avixka7751]

Rotussy goddess damn lmao

[@crazy13alex]

@@nightscout9979 But they couldn't stagger it out of the annihilation lance which would have gone off regardless of the weapon art.

[@erikson318]

I expected Astel to do well (not that well though) just coz of amount of AOE he has. Maliketh was actually my biggest suprise just coz well we didnt even see Maliketh in this video clergyman to stronk I guess.

[@fatty1040]

@@avixka7751 rotisserie chicken

[@ieatbugs8948]

Watching Gideon getting the shit kicked out of him like he's a kid in a playground was hilarious

[@Timenaught]

Black Knives: “You’re trapped, there no way out, and you’re doomed.” Soldier of Godrick: “What you fail to realize, is I’m not trapped in here with you. You’re trapped in here with me!”

[@ghostjj45]

He's no godrick soldier, he is Rick, The soldier of God

[@ronin7997]

Very cruel of Rick to give them that small ray of hope before unleashing devastation.

[@doorbuster99]

Rumor has it that not even the Erdtree could withstand a single strike from RIck.

[@googlewolly]

Just for your information, the comma after "realize" is incorrect/unnecessary.

[@shrimpman.]

@@googlewolly still grammatically correct, actually

[@ItMeBob]

I love when Radahn stepped in and just said "It's scourgin' time." It really scourges me.

[@jelleluyten5017]

The Radahn clip just further supports my theory that Radahn checks your max HP, and then decides how much damage his meteor does

[@Dat-Boi-Camoja]

It is fucking insane I think he does that too Lmaooo

[@piper964]

to be fair, name one _thing_ capable of surviving a fucking meteorite. now make the meteorite angry and sharp

[@allenspence2908]

@@piper964 you just made my day with this comment, that's hilarious!!

[@piper964]

@@allenspence2908 just doing my job, friend

[@jelleluyten5017]

@@IIXLR8II yeah, currently using a glass cannon mage and i can tank hits with no armor and just vigor

[@pascova5088]

I love the Acknoledgement of Radahns glory here. He aint no wuss demigod