Elden Ring - Streamers Reaction to Radahn Consort of Miquella Part 1 (My Gameplay at the End)

[@FXRain]

Use my build at the end of the video if you are a similar or higher level than me and are struggling, Im level 150 in ng+7 and i used erdtrees favour +2, viridian amber medallion+1, two-headed turtle talisman and greatshield talisman. My wonderous physick flask had Opaline Hardtear and Greenburst Crystal Tear. My gear was the Fingerprint shield and Mohgwyns Sacred Spear, and for armour I had helm, chest, gauntlets and legs of fortitude(Yes you will be heavy load but that wont matter because your shield will be the one doing all the work in keeping you alive). My stats were 45, 20, 55, 50, 14, 9, 9 and 37 in the order of the stats going from top to bottom, also use a mimic tear summon in 2nd phase, because in 1st phase he will already be too low health to survive 10seconds in 2nd phase. If this helped give this comment a like and good luck!🤞

[@NhiroDarko]

Level 150 on NG+7????? Bro, go farm sum runes

[@FXRain]

I chose to stay at that level for pvp reasons, you could argue that I can start another playthrough for just that, but then I would have to get all the gear and everything again and I just really can’t be bothered 😂😂😂

[@ZKForbiddenParadise]

Honestly bro, that’s the only way to do it without going mad. I surrender to shield poke too lmao

[@NhiroDarko]

@@FXRain Fair enough

[@KingmfPierre]

imma keep it a buck... that's a corny ass way to do it. instead of learning the fight and skillfully beating it. Its not impossible at all. i beat it with double curved sword build with med load and full defensive talismans + damage negation physick. At +15 fragment upgrades.

[@TwitchKaijuknight69]

Miquella: rahdahn destroy my bussy Rahdahn: hell na you tweakin Miquella Miquella: Malenia nuke Caelid.

[@discipleofdagon8195]

Miquella/Ranni: I'm gonna become a God Radahn: Nah 🗿[Holds stars] [Blueballs Miquella] Malenia/Blaidd: 🤬

[@josephcola9662]

Miyazaki really just hit us with: Mohg isn’t a child-molester, Mohg is actually a brainwashed victim of Miquella, the Molester Child. Oh, and so is Radahn.

[@DepressedWolverine]

Upon seeing him: "IT'S RADAHN! HOW COOL!!!" 4 Hours Later: "I hate you with every fiber of my being, Radahn"

[@discipleofdagon8195]

@DepressedWolverine "I'm sorry Radahn but you've left me with no choice but to greatshield+thrusting weapon you."

[@Spooky_Fiendz]

Don’t hate Radahn, it’s miquella’s fault

[@_user0_]

Nah it’s Miquellester you should be hating

[@FrostPlayz]

Base game: “I hope we fight prime radahn” DLC: “fights radahn in their prime but instead in mogh’s body and with god-like powers”

[@ok3708]

CURSE YOU RADAHN!!!!!

[@ufohno5941]

So story wise, Miquella needed a consort to become the new replacement for marika/radagon. His initial plan seemed to have been to make godwyn his consort, but after the night of the black knives and Radahn preventing any hopes for Godwyns soul to be returned to his body, he instead adjusted his plans to make Radahn his consort. Radahn refused, and so miquella sent malenia to defeat him in the war of aeonia, which only partially worked and resulted in radahn staying alive for a good long while, albeit maddened by the scarlet rot. Presumably, during the battle, miquella found and bewitched mogh and had him carry his body to his dynasty to basically poison and kill himself with the blood magic so he could arrive at the realm of shadow. The realm of shadow is basically where all souls return to after death, as told by the suppressing pillar and a few other item descriptions. After you defeat mogh and radahn, moghs body is transported to the R.o.S., more specifically to the area where promised consort radahn is fought, in order to be used as a vessel for Radahn’s soul. This is evident through the omen horns and blood magic radahn now sports during your battle. While miquella waited for this to happen, he abandoned his flesh, his other half, and his love to become a god. When both he and P.C. Radahn were present at the crucible thingy, he would have been able to become a true god and not stay as an empyrian. His one flaw, however, is that through this action he would be no different from marika. She abandoned all she had left after her people were ritualistically massacred by the hornsent, and we all know how that went down. His “age of compassion” would be one where all love would be towards him with no love being reciprocated, resulting in yet another broken age of life in the lands between. It’s honestly quite a tragic tale for everyone involved. Mogh was manipulated and was used as no more than a vessel for someone else, radahn was poisoned with the scarlet rot and had his soul prevented from moving on, miquella tore himself apart to make no change in the world, etc etc. The DLC is quite intriguing lore-wise when you know where to look, and I really really really hope we get another one before the next souls game is made

[@polbalcells4869]

Great interpretation. It is amazing how well rounded the whole story around Marikas offspring is written. Miyazaki and George really took this one out for a walk on the park.

[@redaway-vk]

It was crazy what all that i understand without guides, just listen NPC quotes and read discription of items. Miyazaki make storytelling quite easy to understanding in this DLC

[@maddyfromwas]

One correction, Radahn didnt prevent Godwyn to be resurrected, his soul was not recoverable due to destined death. It's unclear wether Radahn is willing or not here They made the vow before the shattering, but then Radahn stops the stars for the golden order, stopping Ranni's (and possibly Miquella's) "fate" (we need him dead to continue ranni's storyline) Could be either tbh

[@Ceece20]

@@maddyfromwasI don’t think we even know if Radahn even made that vow. In all of the scenes and items, they are Miquella saying “he will be my consort”, but none of the lore shows Radahn making that vow. Even the memory cutscene is Miquella talking to himself.

[@tibik.8407]

@@Ceece20 I think that's the point. Consort Radahn's helm description pretty much tells you that Malenia confronted Radahn on Miquella's behalf, which means that either Radahn didnt make that vow, or did but later backed out when he realised that he wouldn't be a warmonger anymore. That cutscene only wanted to point out that Miquella's intention were pure, but not that both of them were on the same page.

[@alpino4580]

Man, Kai's deaths jumping from 389 to 565 in one cut is fire

[@jonasfreeman7559]

I thought I miss read that shit 😭😭

[@bop1886]

Omg it took him 20 hours to get to phase 2 lmao

[@WhatAHero]

Insanely cool reveal once you realize the threads this fight ties together. This fight and the descriptions from the Young Lion armor confirm that Malenia fought Radahn on behalf of Miquella, hoping to either force him to become Miquella's consort or kill Radahn and leave his soul up for the taking. Radahn must have refused to honor his promise to become Miquella's consort for some reason, maybe because he was too kind hearted to wage the wars needed for Miquella to become the god of their world. When we kill both Radahn and Mohg, we basically gave Miquella the ultimate candidate to be his consort and Lord, a Radahn in his prime with both his divine strength and gravity magic, and an innate talent for using blood flame because he's using Mohg's body. Since Miquella has the power to charm people as well, Radahn would be unable to refuse like he did prior, thus making the strongest being alive in the Lands Between Miquella's puppet. Did not expect Miquella to be a master manipulator but it's a really cool development. I can understand the mixed reactions tho, a part of me hoped Godwyn would somehow make a return despite his body's horrorific transformation. Still, this fight was amazing and I'm glad we finally found out why Radahn and Malenia fought in the first place.

[@Jepercreper]

This actually makes sense it makes all the pieces of the story click together

[@dgrant3062]

Godwyn might be in another dlc if they make another one

[@vigor9675]

He did not refuse to honor his promise, he never promised to become his consort to begin with.

[@aqua3637]

@@dgrant3062 godwyn was killed by destined death and the first demi-god to be killed his soul can't come back plus this is the last dlc

[@shadixyt]

It makes sense if you look at Miquella like Griffith

[@xavengerforcex6399]

Radahn is So powerful, he uses his Gravity magic to transcend the 4th wall to keep Caseoh from Collapsing our Universe from his weight

[@BleakForest]

You're banned. Mods ban him!

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

Since Caseoh is a multiversal threat, this means Radahn isn't just doing it for our universe, but for all of them. A true hero.

[@xavengerforcex6399]

@@TheStraightestWhitest Mad Respect for the Goat!

[@discipleofdagon8195]

OK BUDDY! YOU'RE BANNED!

[@OhThatGuyEw]

Holy shit Kais jump from 389 deaths to 565 to START the 2nd phase is fucking crazy

[@brunopelletier5701]

Not that much no he is known to suck major ass at the game

[@Nagram_]

Miyazaki didn't just gave us Prime Radhan, he gave us Prime Lorian and Lothric

[@thebarbs3485]

Underrated comment

[@vrishanksingh-ii5nk]

KAI CENATS JUMP FROM 389 TO 565 DEATHS LMAO

[@nCaveman1]

He finally beat the boss with just under 1000 deaths lol

[@jessemaleh8145]

i lol'ed at the time change and his face. god damn.

[@TimothyGod]

​@@nCaveman1better or worse than malenia for him?

[@jaylf]

So a bit of lore for you guys. Miquella, after the shattering, told Malenia about his plan to ascend to godhood. He sent her away to inflict the rot upon Radahn, cleaving his soul away and replacing it with the rot, as revealed by prime radahn's armor in which it says that Malenia told Radahn that he would be his consort. Meanwhile, Miquella enchants Mohg into steaing him away, thereby allowing him to divest his flesh and enter the realm of shadow. Once we kill Mohg (after Radahn), we enter the realm of shadow, and it is then that, thanks to us, he is able to steal away Mohg's body, as revealed by Sir Ansbach. Once in the realm of shadow, Miquella's rune continues to enchant the tarnished warriors into allegiance with him so that he may continue his plan, but as part of his plan he needs to destroy his rune, lifting the enchantment on the tarnished. At some point, he is able to fuse the body of Mohg with the soul of Radahn, as revealed by Prime Radahn having omen horns and the golden eyes of Marika's children and not Rennala's. Finally, during the battle with Prime Radahn, he is able to use a grab attack, that lifts you up to Miquella, and unless you have his discarded rune on your person that resist charms, he will insant-kill you through your own free will just giving up. The lore is a little convoluted, and Mohg is no longer the Mohglester but the Mohglested,but I overall enjoyed piecing together what I could. Lmk if I got anything wrong or have suggestions!

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

Miquella's idea of courtship is pretty damn complicated Also: does Radahn even get a say in this or is he just a mind controlled thrall?

[@deltastudio9726]

It’s left ambiguous if he is being brainwashed by his half-brother or not. But i like to believe he is being manipulated by Miquella.

[@tanthokg]

​@@deltastudio9726 I, too, think Miquella not brainwashed but took advantage of both Radahn's kindness (as in an item description), offering an irresistible future of a gentler world, and his allure and charisma

[@rexwest4532]

Why would he send Malenia to kill him only to then revive him? It makes no sense. Why moghs body specifically too?

[@Gioeli76]

I thought Radahn refused to be his consort so Malenia went after him to punish him/force him to keep the promise of being Miquellas consort.

[@voidkingofswing]

The shock they all have at seeing Radahn just shows they really missed Ansbach's quest. Like, he says it all outright.

[@shadixyt]

I'm genuinely a good explorer when it comes to from soft games but the place they Ansbach in for his second step is really easy to miss honestly, its a side path that I thought led back to where I was before

[@voidkingofswing]

Yeah I got lucky finding him, but that was honsetly the only real headscratcher part of his quest, the rest was pretty easy.

[@Tatertotsareamazing]

Mohg needs his dignity back!

[@xeox4280]

​@@shadixytjust read the player messages

[@KazmirRunik]

He says they're doing something with Mohg and Radahn. You don't know when or how there'll be a payoff, so it's still a surprise when it happens.

[@euronico7949]

Seeing Kai go from 389 deaths to 565 deaths just to reach second phase was killing me man 😭💀

[@randommortal3383]

Same as Mohg's fight 😅

[@xeqly]

@@randommortal3383fun fact if u didn’t know this, this radahn is actually mohg, mohg dies and so has radahn, and miquella actually put radahns soul into mohgs body and now we he have prime radahn again, that’s why u get to see radahn using the blood and fire as mohg had in his fight lol

[@randommortal3383]

@@xeqly he even has little omen horns on his armor.

[@DatAsianGuy]

@@randommortal3383 I don't think its on his armor, but actually on his body, since his physical is mohg's.

[@Мэв-в5э]

​@@xeqlythat was my first thought, but i don't get why he became bigger. Mogh was mush shorter then this Radahn

[@JP12345]

>Dies >Magically gets resurrected >Immediately sees the guy who killed him standing directly in front of him >Gets help from Miquella >T-poses on the tarnished >Nukes the tarnished with the power of the sun >breaks the speed of light >Violates every scientific law possible >Dies again Radahn grindset

[@discipleofdagon8195]

He's probably relieved that the same guy who put him down from scarlet rot is also here to put him down from being forced into being some weird twink's husband. Radahn just wants his forever-nap.

[@dcmanzana3215]

The fact that the time counter from Kai cenat was at 31 hours by the time he reached the boss and then 52 when he saw the mid cutscene LMAOOOO

[@alphawolf7417]

I was more focused on the death counter going from 380 to 560.

[@Josh-st6sx]

That damn fight is no joke😭 took me 30+hours with no summons

[@Rayendac]

I love how you can tell who did and did not do Freyja and Sir Ansbach's questlines by how they react to seeing Radahn.

[@lionheartnick664]

I seriously was sitting like why is everyone so shocked as if this wasn't basically thrown in your face and explained from the NPC story lines but I guess ppl just wanted to rush through the DLC for the right to say first I guess 🤷‍♂️

[@galaxyvulture6649]

​@@lionheartnick664This is why I prefer watching youtubers who mainly play souls games with these games. They'll usually explore everything and not try to speedrun it.

[@alexactable3009]

I was surprised that it straight up looked like radahn considering it’s technically mohgs body. I was expecting mohg with gravity attacks or radahn with leftover horns or something like that

[@JP-kp6xv]

@@alexactable3009 I guess a god can alter a body's looks

[@Notlukyhawk]

Ansbach left for me and I couldn't finish her quest line 😢

[@chriskoloski32]

So i became aware Radahn would come back thanks to the npc side quests. The old guy told me miquella was gonna put radahns soul inside of mohgs body. I guess everyone else playing this game ignored the side quests

[@samuraitadpole5459]

😂 did most people even know about that?

[@theprisonerofthegoldenhead4030]

Right they definitely told us. And yet the amount of claims of bad writing is crazy.

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

@@theprisonerofthegoldenhead4030 Synthetic Man can't stop crying about bad writing for example. His entire chat is braindead too.

[@HahahMamaman]

Just becuase they said it in a side quest, doesn’t make it good writing. Turning radahn, from the coolest, most powerful demigod, into a gay servant, of a child femboy is not good writing. Not to mention miquella is his half brother. Whoever wrote the story needs to have their hard drive checked.

[@TheSexyqueendiva]

​@@HahahMamamanGeorge RR Martin, co-wroted this. And yes its psiquo, but in the ancient times the royal families married whithin themselfs to maintain the power. And they are writhing about a medieval society, is stupid of yourself implaying because of that, that they need to be investigated

[@Kitsune9967]

People wanted to fight radahn in his prime.....they gonna fight him in his prime

[@Deoix9877]

sadly even this is not radahn in his prime, since it's still mogh's body. Radahn's actual body is way bigger than this one, imagine him doing all this shit while also being the same size he was in his original bossfight

[@Distophic]

​@@Deoix9877He got most of that size after being infected with cosmic fungus

[@Deoix9877]

@@Distophic I thought that at first, but in that cinematic of him fighting malenia before the scarlet rot he seems about the same size as he is in his normal bossfight. I've seen videos of people making consort radahn and malenia fight in game, and the size difference is nowhere close to what it was seen in the cinematic. Radahn really was that big

[@closetdwight2450]

​@@Distophic Radahn is part giant thats why he is big.

[@fpsmars3681]

@@closetdwight2450not sure about that, Rad seemed to grow in size after acquiring a great rune. When he was fighting Margret he was a regular size

[@danielpatterson1576]

People wanted to see lore-accurate Radahn. Guess what, here he is. This is the greatest of the demigods, the true Starscourge

[@RCHCourierTV]

I love how everyone is so confused about Radahn’s return but this shows no one listened to Sir Ansbach.

[@Flakingboi]

Wdym? Enlighten me

[@limittfv]

⁠​⁠@@FlakingboiMiquella charmed mohg to rid of his physical body for his dynasty, not realizing that It was so Miquella could take Rahdan’s soul and put it into Mohg’s. That’s why Ansbach is a summon at the end if you keep him alive, it’s a battle to kill Rahdan for good and kill Mohg’s body. We see that this is a possibility for demigods due to Godwyn and Ranni’s new forms. Seems this is something only they can do.

[@DatAsianGuy]

people are like "lore in shambles". Have they all forgotten the lore where Queen Marika removed the Rune of Death from the Elden Ring and therefore traditional death doesn't exist under the Erdtree's rule anymore?

[@debishvebishwish4839]

@@Flakingboi Sir Ansbach was working under Mohg. He was looking for a reason why Miquella was taking Mohg’s body. Turns out he was using the body as a vessel to revive Radahn

[@limittfv]

@@DatAsianGuy Very true, although it seems only demi gods can separate soul and body. This ends up being a continuous cycle in elden ring😭

[@sirflapfla97]

idk why everyone is surprised, if you give the scroll to ansbach he will tell you about how they are reshaping moghs body to match radhans then stuffing radhans soul in there

[@1wayroad935]

People didn't do his quest, I guess

[@sirflapfla97]

@@1wayroad935 yeah that's true I guess, but it's a really neat bit of lore that I didn't do justice

[@blessanabey5575]

Miquella the 'kind' is just like his mother.

[@SC2LuckyStrikes]

Hilarious watching Kai go from 389 deaths to 565 deaths and just looking in complete despair by the time he even gets to phase 2

[@Sargatas]

21 hour just to cut off a third of his HP. This dude has the firmest scull in the world to beat a wall with his head for so long, this is nuts.

[@glenmcl]

​@@Sargatas some players just suck

[@Мэв-в5э]

​@@Sargataswell, it actually took me 10 hours to beat him using rolls only so i can't blame him to much XD

[@Sargatas]

@@Мэв-в5э I spent 8 hours in total on him: 5,5 with a big sword only, I almost killed him in an hour, but screwed up in the end and couldn't reach the same result again. The next day I took a parry and killed him in 2,5 hours (I had to learn it from scratch because I never used parry in these games besides Gwin). I couln't handle him without parries... But 21 hours on the first phase, bro...second phase is 3x stronger, his ass is getting fried there🤕

[@Solar-2006]

i dont get why people are complaining about this boss its not like its an exact copy of radahn

[@RampidWarthogStudios]

Yeah it's not like the character has a new design, move set, and features at least five different characters attacks. Radahns gravity Godfrey's earth stomps Radagons ring of light Mohgs blood flame Miquellas magic

[@Solar-2006]

@RampidWarthogStudios I can't tell if you're agreeing with me or not

[@RampidWarthogStudios]

@@Solar-2006 sorry. Lmao. Yeah I'm agreeing with you

[@Reemon27]

we are complaining because my boy deserves his rest and we are his fanboys

[@LegendsForever206]

@@Solar-2006 Yeah he is pretty much a different person his whole move-set is different from the base game one, i guess they just wanted to find something to complain about.

[@fable23]

You can definitely tell who rushed the story and who actually bothered talking to the NPCs, lmao

[@TheRPGInsomniac]

I was gonna say ... so nobody talked to Ansbach and got the Secret Rite Scroll, apparently lol

[@crashcars9443]

I did all of the quests but I still missed it

[@PastramiBullGoat]

I didn't talk with every Npc, but I did manage to give the scroll to Ansbach. Even if I would miss it the final boss would still be my favorit souls boss.

[@Warsm1th12]

@@crashcars9443so did you listen Sir Ansbach during his?

[@crashcars9443]

@@Warsm1th12 yeah I listened and knew about mohg being kidnapped but nothing else was obvious

[@chivas9110]

I feel like im the only one paying attention to the lore the characters in the game tell you. They literally tell you that Miquella took Mohg's body to revive Radahn.

[@Mugetsu2021]

Book nerd over here

[@hypno_wave]

some people really be jumping from boss to boss without exploration and interaction with npcs smh

[@liquid1514]

​@@Mugetsu2021bro speed ran th game😂

[@deno2397]

Where did you find this?

[@黄衣の王-k7d]

@@deno2397the npc that is subordinate of mogh literally told the player just before we fight Radahn and again when he is summoned to fight Radahn

[@josephcola9662]

You know, in hindsight, having to also kill Radahn to enter the DLC should *really* have been a clue that we'd be seeing *something* relating to him in the Shadowlands.

[@lukeyost7566]

And mohg lol… cause that’s his body

[@discipleofdagon8195]

@@lukeyost7566 plus the Miquella arm I guess

[@PyrexVisionary]

We all didn't think that because I think we all thought that just had to do with radahn holding back the stars, thus holding back peoples fate or whatever.

[@ChuckLiftss]

The minute I heard "champion of the festival i knew who it was in game

[@DonHaci]

i thought it was gonna malenia again because of "my loyal blade" and how she nuked all of caelid

[@YurneroNazgul]

Well if you are doing the npc quests (Ansbach and Freiya) you kinda suspect who's coming

[@potatosoe12]

I'm pretty sure that was meant for us, seeing as we killed Radahn.

[@supersegway9464]

The champion of the festival is you. Radahn is miquellas loyal blade, tho not by choice.

[@shinyhydreigon7257]

@@supersegway9464 nah he is talking about Malenia. Miquella mentions you two because you were the only ones who helped Miquella without being under the influence of the charm.

[@Knuckles6000]

Thanks to Ansbach's quest, I knew Radahn was coming. These streamers' reactions just show that they clearly didn't do NPC questlines

[@luciferthemasterblade739]

When I replayed the dlc again (I needed a different build to take on him and I had save data backup) I ended up doing side quests this time and yeah the game outright tells you it’d be radahn if you did the ansbach quest

[@paulikoller3942]

​​@@luciferthemasterblade739 yeah but maybe people like me did not now the order of things and that lighting the shadowtree would be a no return point for many npcs

[@megamicromanager2449]

Just realized that the moment radahn was going to let loose in his second phase, miquella arrives and controls his aura. His red aura turning gold

[@Xmannn001]

Kinda wish she didn’t tbh

[@kianamelen8626]

@@Xmannn001don’t wanna be that guy but miquella is a boy

[@deadliftrat3680]

@@kianamelen8626😭😭😂😂

[@dadevi]

​@@kianamelen8626 Miquella is now a God. Pretty sure "he" is also a "she". Like his mother/father. You think two men will make children? Dream on.

[@discipleofdagon8195]

@dadevi he left his female side under ground (St trina). So yes, this form of Miquella, strictly speaking, is male.

[@JustAFatherlyNerd]

This whole time Miquella was the freaky one not Mohg and the brother he talked about was always Radahn and not Godwyn ..fking wow

[@discipleofdagon8195]

I mean even if he was the first option, it confirms that Godwyn is perma-dead soul-wise

[@sithslime]

I was shocked that radahn even returned… my reaction was like Kai’s, such a badass character and intro. That’s how you make a boss man.

[@lordzero-fall963]

I find it funny watching this after doing all the quests before this fight and knew EXACTLY who I was fighting thanks to lore hunting. A bunch of these streamers are Surprised to see the Lion in his Prime!

[@rangopistacho6928]

I just love how miazaki decided "you know what me nerfing radahn was a big mistake, time to make a stronger version!"

[@kkio8258]

Hopefully this prime radahan doesn't get butchered like the base game 😂

[@soulsenthusiasts1015]

@@kkio8258base game Radahn had his shit hitboxes fixed and that’s it. He’s the same fight but without the hitbox jank…

[@BlackMagik12]

Facts, he said "Y'all can figure out how this works with the lore, I just want Prime Radahn..."

[@cheyennenissen-puru1365]

Lol complained about not fighting a prime lorian or a prime artorias in dark souls, this introduction was gold. 😂

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

@@soulsenthusiasts1015 They also massively nerfed his damage and aggression. You can literally just check the ini files while fighting him if you're on PC and have it on disk. Revert it back to 1.01, and then compare it to the latest patch. His aggression value was equal to the DLC bosses currently, higher than Maliketh, higher even than second phase Malenia. It's currently lower than Godrick's. And the damage of his meteors, the ones he summons in the second phase, you should check those out too. At 40 vigor in NG, they one shot me on 1.01. But on the current patch, I can survive all four of them. And his weapon damage is about the same. His overhead slam brings the same character down to 10% HP from 100% at 1.01. But on the current patch, it takes away around 45%. People saying it was just the hitboxes haven't tested it themselves. BjornTheBear did a video of pre nerf Radahn against all bosses. He could literally compete with endgame bosses. Made it razor close with Godfrey, beat Radagon. With the right RNG he can beat Rykard and Elden Beast. Meanwhile current patch Radahn barely beats Morgott, and only because of his meteor phase transition being a crutch since it wasn't nerfed. But he loses to everything after that because his aggression has been nerfed so badly that all bosses melt him before he even phase transitions due to taking ten seconds in between reaching 50% health, enhancing his blades, going for the mandatory overhead slam, and then finally jumping up. He's almost always dead before he gets to do it. Radahn was nerfed into the ground. Even his hitboxes weren't "fixed", just nerfed. You can now stand at his legs and never get hit. What a waste of a beautiful boss. I'm glad the DLC redeemed him.

[@MrBdog28_]

Bro Kai’s death count went up 200 between the cut lol

[@ElpharrDesire]

If you realize it took Kai 200+ deaths and 20+ hours just to get to the 2nd cutscene 😂

[@XxMEGRENxX]

I always wanted to see Radahn in his prime. Glad he showed up again in the DLC with full power!

[@pakee2352]

Now that i fought him, yeah i didnt wanna see prime radahn Hes beating my ass rn.

[@joethestrat]

​@@pakee2352 lmaooo feels. He's quite that guy.

[@lebron73]

debatable whether he's full power considering he isn't in his own body, he's using mohg's

[@deinVater751]

​@@lebron73 Hes in His Prime If anything Hes stronger than His Former Prime

[@taserto5597]

Miquella's bussy got Radahn acting unwise...

[@ELA._.BORATED]

Cant blame him

[@joshuathomasverghese1341]

He didn't CONSENT! HE WAS FORCED, MIQUELLESTED!!!!

[@ELA._.BORATED]

@@joshuathomasverghese1341 worth it

[@tatersalad76]

Proof that streamers don't do NPC quests. Ansbach literally tells you that Miquella wants to resurrect Radahn and he suspects they're using Mohg's body to do so after doing the bare minimum for his quest

[@FrostPlayz]

I was personally spoiled due to some comment on a video of radahn being the final boss. However was still shocked when the npc said that line or what nkt

[@Spicywtrmlon]

Streamers hyperobsess over bosses they forget those bosses exist in worlds with environments and people

[@Idea_of_Lustre]

That would require them to find Ansbach and the Secret Rite Scroll in the Specimen Storehouse, both of whom are not exactly hard to miss.

[@TimothyGod]

Tbf after dying 100s of times, you sometimes forget details lol

[@wldcatfootbll]

My favorite part is kai going in at 389 deaths and phase 2 triggering at 565. lol

[@ForgottenShinobi11]

At this point Kai must be some sort of masoquits like come on bro.

[@TitaniteHydra]

Watching the Death counters go up between Phase 1 and 2 reactions is a treat

[@NobuNobuSimp]

Radahn is one of my all time Fromsoft characters so I was creaming when I found out about him in this DLC

[@lanilnt2120]

I think you meant screaming and not... uuuhhh

[@NobuNobuSimp]

@@lanilnt2120 I said what I said

[@archazazel1855]

Kai death change to 200 death and 20 hour later ☠️☠️☠️

[@samhescott348]

Even changed his clothes 💀💀💀 had me dead af

[@sushiroll3795]

I only really have two complaints about this fight: 1. I really wish that they'd incorporated more of Mohg's design into Radahn here. There's I think like 1 or 2 attacks in the whole fight that utilize bloodflame in any capacity, and the heavy armor makes it look like it's just Radahn again in terms of character design. Now, I'm not super in the weeds of Elden Ring lore, so this complaint might be invalidated by that; I just think that it would've been cooler and more thematic. 2. The light beams in the second phase are just waaaaay too much, and I don't just mean that they're hard to dodge. Fromsoft went super overboard on the brightness and number of the particle effects, to the point where even just casually watching the phase 2 fight started making my head hurt after a while; I can't imagine spending hours upon hours actually playing it and trying to beat it.

[@kirbowiththecrocks2586]

Miquella's hair is another problem because it hides his swords so much when you're behind him you can't tell what he's gonna do

[@OscaReyLich]

I love the falling in love with a femboy isnta kill move

[@ciwi.]

the most realistic move in the game

[@trav9210]

Cool part is if you go back and watch the base game opening, when him and malenia fight you can she her whisper something in his ear before she blooms. They had this planned for years

[@Smallrichard7144]

I cackled when I saw Kai’s death count skyrocket.

[@ItzNotSuppastar]

It's even funnier watching his face all shocked in happy to looking 30 years older 😭

[@Lance21094]

did you see the time difference between him first entering and getting to second phase? LMAO

[@Smallrichard7144]

Didn’t even notice the time! Hahaha

[@brodyestes2376]

Imsgine if youve done rannis quest, she appears on your back to help you fight as well

[@spacefaringyoshi]

"My dear Consort eternal. The Age of Stars is upon us. Let its gentle darkness cover this pretender and his ambitions... And grant my brother his final rest"

[@Big_Chico]

Bro the drama 😂

[@IHM69atN]

Look up the "ranni's promised consort tarnished" mod

[@TimothyGod]

Actually kinda cool

[@jamesmccloud1002]

Bruh, just go out and talk to a girl

[@crad5476]

Radahn is such an unit. In both the base game and DLC he is pretty much the main character.

[@redaway-vk]

We have been asking for 2 years to fight Radahn at his prime. We got it. Miyazaki cooked again

[@Havoc93]

And people still wanna bitch and complain lol crazy right?

[@AshBreather]

only the scarlet rot brained radahn fanboys. Something new would've been a million times better than this stinker

[@colinnixon7739]

​@@AshBreatherit's miquella too

[@andrewmilton2826]

@@AshBreathertake a deep breath brother, it aint that deep

[@AshBreather]

@@andrewmilton2826 I mean, we done waited over 2 years for DLC, yet so much of it is mid. Why? Tf happened in production?

[@McChickenIsNotReal]

Btw if y’all are confused. From the very start of Elden ring, miguella had a plan to resurrect radahn and become a god. And they needed moghs body, so they charmed him(mind control) so he has a weird obsession with them. Once we defeated both, she took radahn’s soul and put into the empty husk of moghs body which in turn resurrected radahn. That’s why before you enter the dlc you have to defeat both of those bosses. And that’s also why radahn has bloodflame magic.

[@SociallyDead]

It’s implied radahn didn’t fully want to hence why he fought back when Melania was sent to kill him also miqullas a dude

[@NightjarAves]

​@@SociallyDeadTBF to op miquella has the whole two form thing though, but yeah Miquella is the masculine one and St Trina is the feminine one

[@anthonyalvarez2037]

The fact that it took caseoh 40+ attempts to get him to phase 2 God damn lol

[@PathOfMathias]

Took Kai 200+ lawl

[@GentlemanMudkip]

Im really curious how so many streamers are confused on how radahn was brought back. I felt like even with the little exploring I did at first it was spelled out by a lot of things that "Miquella is using Mohgs body to revive Radahn". Yet nearly everyone here seemed so confused.

[@andrewbeez8119]

MOHG IS INNOCENT

[@afroahmed3989]

Miquella Fked over Radahn so bad , he won't even allow him to RIP after we kill him in the main game

[@Mugetsu2021]

Personally I don’t mind a femboy twink being obsessed over me

[@discipleofdagon8195]

He just wants to go back to feeding oats to Leonard in the afterlife.

[@RedTigerDragoon]

"What's the lore!?" they scream. Just admitting they speed ran and ignored all of the NPC dialogue. Didn't speak to Ansbach or Freyja. Never gave Ansbach the note, etc. You can argue with the dev's reasoning for making this the fight but you can't say it wasn't foreshadowed and hinted at

[@Qwtzuuu]

honestly, everything in this dlc points towards this end, even if you miss those. literally every boss, if not some random sidestory oriented one, points towards radahn. dancing LION, fat animal riding gravity user, messmer himself (hair, family relations,...). i expected the endboss to be miquella, but wasnt surprised to meet radahn at least somewhere

[@JP-kp6xv]

@dasilent15 What does that mean? English is not my native language btw

[@badasstoad9419]

I noticed something important on the Phase 2 transition. Radahn grows a red aura as he is about to get up, but it turns into gold the moment the gate opens.

[@sedarium5307]

The red aura was because Radahn was enraged, but then his wounds was cured by Miquella that's why the gold e aura, it may have been interesting to see what would happen if Miquella didn't helped him.

[@michapiasta3072]

Its likely the power of Moghs body.

[@RyanBrenner-jl7wc]

@@sedarium5307nah it’s cause of mohgs blood flame. He was gunna power up and Miquella stepped in and was like “I got you brother”

[@pontiffsulyvahn3898]

im pretty sure it was his soul trying to fight off miquellla's influence, as silly as that sounds on the surface level. you can see it in the trailers, too, where he's trying to fight off the influence of the scarlet rot, when the narrator is talking about the sky burning and all that. But then miquella comes in and he's just too strong for pure strength of will to be enough and it turns gold

[@cillafawn281]

"My frames?" is the best reaction I've heard to the start of phase 2 😹

[@richardromaine8639]

Radahn was the guy Miquella told Mohg and Malenia not to worry about

[@antoniohristov8729]

Mohg beat the alligations... I cant believe it but he did it

[@simowiess4871]

How??

[@antoniohristov8729]

@@simowiess4871 too much explanation, when lore videos about the dlc start coming out watch them and you'll learn, the short of it is that he was under Miquella's charm spell and all this time he was not acting on his own free will

[@simowiess4871]

@@antoniohristov8729 ah thanks bro 👍

[@lainmaxxing]

@@simowiess4871 miquellas too cute to resist

[@JP-kp6xv]

Biggest plot twist of the year frfr

[@TheLernaean]

All the npc dialogue skippers calling this a bad fight, smh

[@Halo0115]

Dude I was thinking the same thing. If players took any time at all the explore and talk to all npcs this “reveal” would have been known to you once you give the latter from Ansbach to Freyja and she explicitly states “Oh Miquella is reviving Radahn. I’m all for it”

[@lionheartnick664]

As I said in another comment, this information was seriously feed to you on a silver platter but these streamers just mash buttons past dialog and wanna rush the the finish as if they are all in a race to claim first, really fucking weird if ya ask me 🤷‍♂️

[@Halo0115]

@@lionheartnick664 Yup, I had a blast figuring stuff out and using the telescope to see and mark things in the distance to remember to come back. There’s a sense of accomplishment for it

[@lionheartnick664]

@@Halo0115 totally agree, I've read so much item description tryna gain knowledge on the lore of the area because I wanted to gather as much info as I could on my first playthrough, finding out so much info from the items excited me so much to keep finding more and learning even more of the lore behind the land of shadows and its inhabitants, idk what it is about others that just wanna rush rush rush, mash mash mash just to get the end and look dumbfounded at things that were seriously staring then right in the face lmfaoo

[@kirbowiththecrocks2586]

Ah yes, knowing lore correlates with skill in a game

[@matthewmartinez9835]

I love the fact that even though Radahn is in moghs body he has his skin color lol

[@harrisonyoung3857]

The body doesn’t seem to be mohgs body 1:1, it’s been morphed by miquella to harbour radahn, as weirdly enough the only omen horns left have been attached to the gauntlets

[@brub1738]

@@harrisonyoung3857would’ve been cool if they found a way to work mogh’s second phase devil wings

[@DieManDust]

He does pull off some bloodflame attacks

[@gluttonyfang6674]

It's hilarious how some people in the chat never had a clue that Miquella is a dude.

[@pepethefrog6809]

Well, he does have another persona just like Marika.

[@m.l.2871]

yes he was called brother but still they left it kinda open but ok

[@Talrion]

Miquella is neither a man or woman

[@AlastorAltruistGaming]

@@Talrionhardly agreeable; Miquella’s clearly Malenia’s brother.

[@slinttu1378]

@@Talrion Miquella is male, and referred as he throughout the game.

[@TheUnseenGate]

If you paid any attention to the Mohg officer’s npc quest, he tells you that he discovered that they stole Radahn’s soul and Mohg’s body to try to resurrect Radahn. That’s also why in the fight he can use blood flame. I actually jokingly said to myself what if we just fright Radahn and Mogh at the same time at the end 😂

[@andrei-cezarbleaje5519]

is kinda cringe how those big streamers don't care about the lore in a fucking lore game .

[@grrrr255]

​@@andrei-cezarbleaje5519 I platinumed the wholesome series and can confidently say I didn't care about the lore for a moment (it sucks)

[@mrcrowe1848]

4:12 watching that death counter go up is INSANE

[@CJPlayer13]

Watcing the TIMER go up is wilder

[@Khann_2102]

Fr 😂😂

[@riul07king7]

Miquella:"The lost soul of brother shall return, to be my consorn" LilAggy:"WhAt?" Me:"What do you mean WHAT?"

[@discipleofdagon8195]

@riul07king7 Aggy's just a lil guy. His last two braincells are dedicated to Parky and Margit parry timings respectively.

[@zacharyrodriguez6027]

They hinted that Radahn would come back at the beginning of The DLC…hints why you have to kill Radahn and Mogh before you can gain access into The DLC

[@TheArtistDT]

Also very fitting how Radahn idolized to other consorts in the game, being Godfrey and Radagon, and ended up being one himself in the end

[@zacharyrodriguez6027]

@@TheArtistDT plus, Radahn is using Mogh’s body…which means Bleed weapons and magic dose double the damage to him

[@Spatgoober]

The boss fight is definitely meant to mirror Godfrey. Radahns movements,Aoes, the run dashes he does, the stomp, grab. Another note which is differing, instead of taking the spirit off of his back, he puts it on his back.

[@excalibur2596]

He uses moves from Godfrey, Mohg, and even some similar to Radagon/Elden beast.

[@discipleofdagon8195]

His biggest inspiration was Godfrey after all.

[@Tarnished-Turned-Elden-Lord]

Given his hairstyle, how some parts of his armour look, and the fact that he has a sprit on his back, Radahn is pretty much a de-aged Godfrey from a purely aesthetic point of view

[@tylerr8083]

This boss is so fucking hard it’s the hardest boss I’ve ever fought is souls games

[@CUBSfan7364]

Feel you. Malenia with no spirit ashes took me like an 1 1/2 hours~, and I felt like I was getting progressively better at her fight (even evade her waterfowl step), but 2nd phase radahn idk even hours later. His first phase is cake (even with parrying). Feel like I could parry his 2nd phase, but that's easier said then done, with how relentless he is....though been seeing the shield cheese...might have to at this point

[@tylerr8083]

@@CUBSfan7364exactly and you can take advantage of Malenias low poise and could interrupt her attacks. Not a whole lot you can do against Radahn besides dodge every attack perfectly which is way harder than it sounds 😂

[@josephpiscitelli8053]

For the lore tldr after we killed radahn in caelid miquella yoinked radahns soul and after we killed mohg miquella took mohgs lifeless corpse and used it as the vessel to resurrect radahn from the dead

[@F11-c1u]

But why radahn of all people?

[@josephpiscitelli8053]

@@F11-c1u according to what little lore I have at the moment radahn was always miquellas consort but the battle between malenia and radahn was due to miquella manipulating them combined with mohg yoinking miquella essentially if miquella is marikas replacement then radahn is basically in Godfrey’s role

[@nzans3041]

@@F11-c1u he's strong

[@360logan]

@@F11-c1uMiquella wanted Radahn to be his consort but Radahn declined, so when Mohg and Radahn both died, Miquella took Mohgs Body and shaped it into Radahn now that he had the chance to make him his consort. The slash he does with the bloodflame is proof of this

[@josephpiscitelli8053]

@@360logan yeah basically what you said

[@m.l.2871]

imagine you see the final boss second phase cut scene for the first time and all you can do is stare at the chat. smh

[@1ZosoLZ]

That 2nd phase is very dark souls esque. Think I’m just getting twin princes vibes

[@anthonyschlott916]

"How did he come back!?" Miquella stole Radahn's corpse as we spoke about it with Ansbach. I kinda had the feeling once I read into that we were in for a 2nd round with him. Still beating my head against him trying to adapt to his moveset. It's difficult, but I'll get it.

[@GuyWhoWatchesStuff]

It was Mohg's corpse, not Radahn

[@kelvintorres6142]

Stole both Mohg's and Radahn's corpse. Phase 1 he's just kind of a lifeless puppet but when you see the red aura come out it's Radahn re-awakening only to get enthralled by the master manipulator Miquella. What we fight in truth is a puppet with Radahn's soul in Mohg's corpse that's why you see the omen horns all over his body in the cutscenes and also if you do the Ansbach questline and summon him in for the fight he mentions "General Radahn. A pleasure to see you, after all this time. But those remains do not belong to you. Lord Mohg will have his dignity." . In the end Miquella is the biggest villain we've ever seen and it's all because he doesn't even need to fight!

[@rileyteichman3520]

I got a McDonald's ad as soon as casoh came on screen

The game legit tells you it’s mohgs body….

[@jamesdavila9331]

Miquella: "Radahn is mine, and mine alone"

[@WeirdTroll666]

fr

[@jerdand_carguelles49]

Nah dude, nah.

[@deadsoul7409]

Turned out miquella wasn't so kind in the end

[@pleasenorpgs]

i like how kais death number jumped like 200 between reactions 😭😭

[@rezadyn87]

it took him 200deaths just to get the cinematic which isn't even half hp, this guy is pretty bad ngl

[@MFBloosh]

@@rezadyn87 He still does it though and never quit. Gotta respect it. Radahn is a mfer too. Him and Bayle are on some next level BS lol.

[@RedOne949]

I dont understand the complaints. I got literal chills when i saw radahn standing there.Menacingly! The beautiful second phase. AND THIS BEAUTIFUL SCORE!!!

[@frostkanalas]

yeah and the whole entire lore of the game makes complete sense after this, like everything clicked - the shattering, the great rune war, everything clicks after this

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

@@frostkanalas People saying it's just creating more questions are braindead. Literally all of it makes sense now. Why Malenia fought Radahn, why Mohg kidnapped Miquella, what Miquella's plans were. Hour long lore videos speculating about it, and they just give it to us. And then it's still not good enough 😂 I'm so done with people. Gaming isn't dead. People's brains are. Sure most games are trash nowadays, but people have become so bitter, so content to hate, that the good is just thrown in with the bad and shit on.

[@frostkanalas]

@@TheStraightestWhitest yeah like miquella charmed malenia and mogh, mogh got charmed to kidnap miquella so he can put miquella in that cocoon to leave his mortal body and then eventually use mogh's body to put radahns soul into it so he can ascend to godhood but at first Radahn refused to accept miquella and thats why malenia was sent to Radahn and even though they stalemated, malenia wouldnt have nuked him if not for miquella charm - like the whole entire wars and everythign makes perfect sense now

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

@@frostkanalas Exactly.

[@TheIrishTea]

"Wait... Ain't that Radahn?" "OH SHIT, IT'S RADAHN--"

[@legadomerrick5301]

All of us always argue about strength, skill, power, technique and we argue about who is the strongest the most powerful but Miquella's power goes beyond all that, he surpasses the physical and even the magical because he does not need to be more powerful to defeat you an that is an extremely broken and dangerous power... He will not need to be stronger to defeat you, because you will simply stop being an enemy, you will no longer want to fight, nor oppose, you will join him and you will love him, And while you look at his smile the luminous seed his power infects your soul and steals your heart, filling you with the sweet warmth of a false peace, a false love for him... It is simply terrifying.

[@zelven6109]

Have you ever read berserk?

[@darklight998]

I think the kaicenat part was my favourite because his death spiked by 200 and he spend an entire day JUST TO REACH THE SECOND PHASE!

[@trilldadon100yago5]

That's what had me over here rolling lol, he didn't get nowhere after 200 deaths 😂

[@Khann_2102]

For real 389 to 565 😂😂

[@gszuntz]

Alright guys I figured this out. First phase is actually prime radahn himself, second phase is miquella plus some mohg movements. This is how gameplay feels yo

[@SamuelPulkkinen-jp8ev]

First phase has Mohg moves, well, a singular at least, that being the Bloodflame spell.

[@newfuture85]

Look at Kai’s deaths before and after getting to 2nd phase😭😭

[@Hawkelawke]

And spending over 20 hours 😆

[@bezkrock]

21 Hrs as well lol

[@mendanikan9125]

Omg lol 😂😂

[@drc9374]

Radahn's Soul + Mohg's Body = Miquella Likey

[@drc9374]

Also love how no one acknowledges the Omen Horns on his arms as a Nod to being Mohgs body and all.

[@Salvador-312]

@@drc9374also Miquella is shown to have 4 arms, like Ranni…ALSO, if you die to his grab attack you get the “let us go together” emote…THATS WHAT RANNI SAYS AT THE AGE OF STARS ENDING…MIQUELLA=RANNI?!????!!

[@discipleofdagon8195]

@Salvador-312 I think it's more a nod to the fact that Godhood is no good. Ranni isn't a good person (caused Deathblight, the death of Godwyn, is tied to a weird moon entity, planned to have Rykard kill Maliketh if the night of black knives went sideways (because she doesn't trust Radahn who was taught by an alabaster lord who's from space and probably told him some truth about the outer gods, gods and the stars and on the whole is very "the ends justify the means". Also he's missing an arm because he left one behind at one of the crosses.

[@satanhoainterlocucaodoaman7412]

​@@Salvador-312what the fuck are you smoking

[@drc9374]

@@Salvador-312 NANI?!?!

[@CHILL1ng_out]

Radahn had to use gravity magic to hold Casoh lol

[@grimkxdo]

Dude Radahn and Miquella made vow before Melina found us . Malenia was sent to kill Radahn as a cover up instead him abandoning the golden order out right . He was always going to come back once Miquella ascended to Godhood to be his warrior given Miquella wouldn’t be able to protect himself and he probably feels Radahn is more powerful than his sister and was still looking for a way to heal her anyways . We became Elden Lord before Miquella ascended which caused us to fight in Marikas place as there can only be one Elden Lord and God . They made this plan way before we came into the picture and Miquella wouldn’t break the vow they made for us even though were technically stronger . That’s why he ask us to yield our title as Lord to them so he can “heal the world “ but we said no . Also consort can me champion/ warrior as we were for Ranni lol were her consort and we’re still Maidenless so I’d say she used us for out fighting ability in the same way Miquella is choosing to use his brother . The most powerful Empryean we know of . Now why they used Moghs body and framed him . I have no clue to be completely honest . Id wager because Godwyns soul is gone completely and his body isn’t capable of being used due to being a fish . And Miquella tried to revive him once and failed . Conclusion Radahn made perfect sense given the whole reason for his fight with Malenia and Death by our h hand was to get his soul to the Land of Shadow

[@simonglaser4862]

But how is radahn a live we killed him in one epic battle, and mogh had an completely different law in the main game …

[@hot_soup4319]

One _slight_ addendum to your statement: We aren't Ranni's consort as in champion, though we are her champion and she values our skills, we are actually her consort as in married. Lorewise, to become Elden Lord you have to be married to the current God. Plus, you put an oath ring on her finger, and she gives you the Darkmoon Blade. A blade which is *only* given to marriage partners as per Carian tradition. Rennala gave one to Radagon, Ranni gives one to us. Also if you head to her chair after her ending she calls you her "Dear Consort Eternal." "Dear" being a very common endearing term for one's spouse. After Ranni's ending we are no longer Maidenless, we are Maidenful.

[@lewism2725]

i’m still so confused, so Miquella is Radahns brother? as well as being Malenias brother? are they all related? 😭😭

[@grimkxdo]

@@simonglaser4862 it’s not actually Radahn it’s Radahns souls in Mohgs body

[@grimkxdo]

@@lewism2725 yes all the demig gods / empyreans are related either by being sons Dan’s daughters from Marika/Rad or Rad/Renalla or Marika/we don’t know yet I don’t know who Messemers father is to be honest

[@biglion4631]

Watching Kai’s death count go from 300+ to 500+ in between the two phases is hilarious!

[@Carter-bs2tp]

Radahn made a promise to be Miquella’s consort, most likely because he was so strong and like Godfrey said a crown is warranted with strength and being the consort would help fill his thirst for battle. But when the shattering happened he was able to many battle until Malenia came and you even see it in the trailer whispers in his ear “Miquella awaits thee, O promised consort” then after you beat Radahn his soul goes to the shadow realm where Miquella uses Mogh’s body as a host for his soul. Rip Mohg he beat the allegations before drake 🤣

[@natem355]

Radahn never made that promise tho that was only miquella who wanted him to be his consort. Radahn conquered the stars to stop miquellas fate from happening.

[@michaelkoutros]

@@natem355 It says in the game at one of the sword burials/memorial things that he stopped the stars to protect wtv the city in Caelid was called that he learned gravity magic at. It starts with an S i think. Although I do agree with you on the never making that promise part since we never actually see radhan agreeing to this in that final memory. i just wanna clear things up not hate

[@kirbowiththecrocks2586]

First phase of the fight: epic fight Second phase: FLASHBANG, FLASHBANG, FLASHBANG, FLASHBANG, FLASHBANG, FLASHBANG, FLASHBANG

[@ShinStriderHiryu]

Literally me holding B on mirage alone

[@mike_r91]

KAI's Death Count from the 1st Encounter until the 2nd Phase :DD

[@frostkanalas]

look at the hour difference too, 31 to 52 xD

[@Biohalomonster]

20...TWENTY fucking hours holy lmao.

[@AuroraX7]

he stopped after a few attemots and fought a bunch of side bosses instead, thats why it took so long and why there's so many deaths lol

[@Mr.grim10903]

They gave us radahn in his peak and while he was sane so that he could get revenge and wooop our azz

[@lukeyost7566]

All the steamers confused like this came out of left field when if you did all the npc quests this is expected and made sense

[@premexu2852]

Doesn't even require all npc or all quest, just the quest of Freyja and Ansbach in library

[@Khann_2102]

​@@premexu2852Yep

[@gaynarchist]

(people who didn't play the main quest of the game): "WHAAAT RADAHN IS BACK???!"

[@hazardoushead396]

Tbh, I played the main quest, and I was also surprised.

[@AlesMicik]

@@hazardoushead396 Einsbach literally has a Questline about Miquella using Mohg's body to host Radahn's soul

[@RevoltOfAges]

@@hazardoushead396Did you miss all of the quest stuff in Shadow Keep? It’s literally revealed in advance that Miquella is resurrecting Radahn in Mohg’s body

[@hazardoushead396]

@@RevoltOfAges yeah I guess I glossed over it. I never saw ainsbach anywhere

[@ReardensmolhauzLLargo]

​@@hazardoushead396pretty easy to fuck up the quests in the dlc ngl.

[@scrublolgameplay8130]

crazy if only people talked to npcs and looked at items for the lore so they know how he comes back like damn did anyone ever think where mohg's body went after you killed him. his brother morgott was still there even up until the godfrey fight. young radahns soul in mohgs body.

[@Eclipsed_Embers]

I'd been theorizing ever since Shadows of the Erdtree was announced that Mohg's body vanishing (notably he was the only demigod that left neither a body or some other change to the world (Radahn causing the meteor strike, Malenia leaving the flowers)) meant that he might still be alive and would return for another fight in the DLC. I felt like the biggest bit of evidence was that the Mohg the Omen illusion fight in the sewers didn't vanish after killing Mohg the Lord of Blood whilst both of the Margit illusions vanish if you kill Morgott looks like I was half right... at least we're fighting Mohg's body but yeah, people's reactions of confusion to seeing Radahn here made it quite clear that they had certainly not been doing Ansbach's questline

[@Rusty_Spy]

"did anyone ever think where mohg's body went after you killed him." Literally NOBODY has ever wondered that. Every boss disappears when you kill them in every souls game ever.

[@Eclipsed_Embers]

@@Rusty_Spy except the Demigods in Elden Ring. that was what made Mohg's body's disappearance notable. Godrick's corpse is left behind Rennala is left alive Radahn's body isn't left but it causes a major change to the world upon his death and it's implied that Alexander takes in some of Radahn's remains Rykard's face is left behind Morgott's body is left Malenia leaves behind a large flower at her point of death Mohg was the only demigod that left no corpse or change to the world. even his illusion in Leyndell catacombs failed to disappear upon his death (notably if you kill Morgott before fighting Margit then Margit will vanish). that was notable.

[@scrublolgameplay8130]

@@Rusty_Spy bro his brother body does not do what you are saying off that no

[@ggambidt7840]

kai start at 389, mid phase at 565 deaths

[@Flameatsu]

and is now close 1k deaths

[@nucularmechanic9623]

When Miquella starts with "My loyal blade, and champion of the festival" I thought he was bringing out Melania and Radahn as a duo fight. Would have been stupid hard, but lore wise I'd have been intrigued.

[@Its_Cannon]

If Radahn fought like this in his prime, I’m foaming at the mouth to see Malenia vs Radahn when they were in their prime.

[@circhoronos]

You infact do not want to get in-between that you will die

[@ABLAZEEXPO]

This ain’t his prime his prime better

[@deinVater751]

​@@ABLAZEEXPO this is his new Prime His Prime was against Base malenia where He stalemated Base malenia and than got Hit by the bloom now its Prime radahn with much more Powers (mohg and miquella)

[@dighad3824]

the cut from kai 300 deaths to 500 will never be not funny😂

[@physicssimulator2656]

For real 20 hours just to get to his second phase for the first time is insane.

[@sayhowling]

close enough- welcome back twin princes of lothric

[@LuizGustavoPintoBelo]

I thought the same when I saw this second phase lol

[@UceyJuceyJey]

Loooots of recycled content from DS that I noticed. Mostly from DS3, but even the whole palace where Radahn and Miquella are at look and sound a lot like Anor Londo. Rellana is literally a remixed version of the Dancer. Gaius and his dumbass boar fight almost exactly like Vordt but without any frost damage. Miquella looks, sounds, and acts just like Lothric while Radahn plays the role of the silent, mindless bodyguard; like Lorian. Kinda wish they could’ve had a bit more original ideas, but I wasn’t *too* disappointed. Still a cool ass DLC.

[@sayhowling]

@UceyJuceyJey exactly what i felt. this dlc feels like a tribute to ds3 literally every time i pay attention to things it reminds me of it

[@kappachino335]

@@UceyJuceyJey Just because Rellana got two elemental swords, doesn't mean she's a "remixed version" of Dancer.

[@discipleofdagon8195]

@@UceyJuceyJey Rellana would've been pontiff the fuck you smoking?

[@InsaneHellFox]

What i love is that most of the streamers are like" where did this come from" one npc quest tells you how and it is really hard to miss😂😂😂