How To Not Get Hit - Tips And Tricks For Beginners - Elden Ring

There is much more to avoiding getting hit than simply having your dodge timings down. In this video I break down two things that really helped me get better at fighting bosses in souls games.
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[@philipfahy9658]

A third tip, sometimes you should wait to dodge or not dodge at all. Like if you get pancaked, there are some enemies that will catch you if you immediately stand up. But if you wait a moment and then pop up, their chain misses and you are clear. Also, many attacks can be ducked under or avoided via spacing or positioning. This will not only increase your dps, but it can also open up other opportunities in a fight. You can often stay closer to enemies by avoiding one attack in a chain then dodging the other, when otherwise you would need to just run away because it's a roll catch chain.

[@ThingfishyGaming]

All good stuff here, Phillip. Thanks for posting and thanks for watching!

[@DjentyB]

The second slam of Radagon's triple slam will completely miss you if the first one hit you and you just lay on rhe ground lmao

[@blackeyedturtle]

Brilliant observations. I am newborn to Elden Ring, but played all previous games in the franchise. I watched my son the other day ducking under blows by casting. At first I thought he was cancelling after casting, but if memory serves, he said he was just holding down the button. Either way so many blows never connected, but just went right over his head. One bit of advice I learned the other day is avoid rolling twice. Of course I learned it the hard way. Heard it ignored it, died a few times then tried it. I noticed Thingfishy rarely if ever rolls twice.

[@alexhein6386]

4th tip. Get your dex to level 40

[@gnperdue]

Great vid. This seems so much better than my usual strategy of button mashing, swearing excessively, and grinding through based on having massively over-leveled my character…

[@spw947]

When I get greedy, which leads me to death, I say out loud “ respect the game, Sean!” It’s actually made me a much better player.

[@noahfreeman8115]

I do the same with a “don’t get greedy” and then I beat the fight

[@JT14-]

I’m so glad I thought to look up “ Tips on dodge in Elden ring” great video & great comments. Love the knowledge, appreciate all of you. I’m new to the Elden ring scene, had no idea how much of a learning curve it can be. All the more, it’s been the most enjoyable gaming experience I’ve had in some time.

[@fallenangelyt1590]

I'd just like to come in here to tell you. Thank you so much for this! Been stuck on Godskin on various builds of yours. Kept getting frustrated and made every mistake you highlight. After watching this video, I got him down to 1/4 health. Then he flattened me. Came in the second time, dodging only when he would strike. And it worked, words cannot express how thankful I am for your content!

[@ryaneng2212]

I’m trying to do the same. I keep getting caught in the attacks coming from the side. Any suggestions? I’m talking about Godskin Apostle.

[@FlawlessKam]

@@ryaneng2212dodging into them or to the left right before they swing . Don’t remember where I heard that from but I’ve always done it and it’s always worked for me lol

[@garrick3727]

This is great advice. I find I have two ways of playing Elden Ring, focused and unfocused. Unfocused it my state when I am in areas I am familiar with, where I am not expecting any real difficulty. Focused is my state in new areas, particularly dungeons where you do not get flasks returned when you kill groups of enemies. Since I know I could potentially run out of flasks, I am much more focused on avoiding damage. Focused is also how my first attempt at a boss goes, or maybe few attempts. However, if I die a couple of times I am more likely to become unfocused, where I am throwing damage at the boss and hoping to get lucky and kill it before it kills me. I can see this in my results, where I'll often do quite well in the first fight, die, and then be unable to get close to where I was on subsequent attempts. Taking a quick break is a good way to regain focus. Only hitting once is another way. If I could fix my controller where the attack button could only be pressed once every 5 seconds I would probably be a much better player. When avoiding hits, rolling forward to the side of the boss often works better than rolling away. I am constantly surprised by how many hits I avoid by rolling right into it. With many larger enemies, if you roll right into them their attack passes over you. I was really struggling to avoid those annoying inquisitor virgins because they always seem to catch me with their hits or their stupid grab attack, until I realized it was when I roll, not where I roll, that mattered. I do better rolling into them or diagonally to one side than I do rolling away or directly sideways. Once again, focus makes all the difference.

[@ThingfishyGaming]

There’s some great stuff here, Garrick. Thanks for posting and thanks for watching!

[@MisterK-YT]

It’s interesting cuz I find that I play better when I play “”unfocused.”” I’m more calm and fluid and less tense and jittery.

[@scottleland403]

Your videos are fantastic. I've spent hundreds of hours in FromSoft games, but your lessons are a great reminder to not fall into old and/or bad habits.

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Thanks, Scott. Really glad you’re enjoying the channel! Thanks for watching!

[@GuillaumeCartier]

Watching your video made me want to try another playthrough of Elden Ring. I finished Dark Souls 1 and 2 and thought I knew all about not being greedy but the way you present it in your video just finally brought it home for me. Just starting my playthrough, but already the first 3 bosses have been the most fun I've had in the game! It's like I see the matrix. Thanks so much. Keep up the amazing work.

[@iatwiatw]

Fighting against two bosses, bosses that take up the entire screen, and bosses that move large distances incredibly quick do not allow for fair assessments of their capabilities within reason, especially when you take into account how much damage everything does in this game. The royal revenant, the godskin duo, and the fire giant are some of the standout examples. At the end of the day, I don’t find it satisfying or worth it to try and fight enemies in this game with this kind of methodical approach because they don’t fight fair. Of course it’s helpful to realize that you shouldn’t spam attacks or heal as soon as your health gets low. But when you’re trying your best to dodge and learn but you’re given only one or two mistakes until you have to restart the whole thing, it’s going to be really hard to keep fighting “methodically “ instead of figuring out a way to out cheese the enemy.

[@ddampac]

Well, this is really helpful. Def. one of the most important ER tips videos I've come across, and I search for them all the time. It's trully inspiring. Thanks for spreading the knowledge!

[@steps0x029a]

Just started doing exactly that against an enemy in an Evergaol. He wrecked me at first, but I got closer and closer to finishing him - ran out of time but will try again tonight. The "treat healing as attacking" part is new to me, will try

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Keep it up, Steps! You got this! Let me know how you get on. Thanks for watching!

[@steps0x029a]

@@ThingfishyGaming Thanks, will do! I plan on training on this enemy (funny enough, you have a parry video on him) until I can beat him without taking damage...so...yeah...that might take a while (including parry)

[@steps0x029a]

You, sir, are awesome! Evergaol cleared on my first try tonight. Took me 7 flasks 🙈 and it was a close call. But in the end I really felt like I got in control, dodging everything, hitting him once when there was an opening and healing only when I could've attacked instead. Worked like a charm 😁

[@steps0x029a]

@@ThingfishyGaming Alright, Crucible Knight and that damn Ball Bearing Hunter down. Both gave me sweaty palms at first and especially the hunter was hard, but nevertheless - your tips helped a lot. Thanks!

[@malgaras6204]

Dude, your videos are fantastic. This is my first From Software game and it's great to have such thorough breakdowns of combat tactics. I'd been sandbagging on attempting Margit for multiple days now just due to all the hype around his difficulty, but after watching your parry series I decided what the hell, might as well give it a go. Grabbed a small shield, spent 15 mins practicing on some soldiers, and after maybe 6 or 7attempts Margit folded like a cheap suit, and the combat felt great. Just wanted to say thanks because your videos were a huge help. I'd actually tried parrying and written it off because I was using a medium shield and didn't know better, but now I'm loving the play style.

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Ah, man. Comments like this genuinely make me so happy! So pleased your enjoying your first FromSoft experience and really glad my videos have helped. Thanks for watching’

[@DerkDastardly]

Great video. I was stuck on the Crucible Knight at Stormhill Evergaol, so I followed the tips here and on the dodge roll vid. And they helped big time. The final key was switching my weapon to 2 handed. This tip will be very useful for the rest of the game. Thanks!

[@nosleep1271]

This is probably the best channel I’ve found on Elden Ring thus far. Thank you for all you do.

[@senecauk8363]

Another tip for boss fights- if you are in that type of encounter where you gotta settle in for the long haul, ten plus attempts territory, TURN THE MUSIC OFF. It is unreal (and testament to the quality of the soundtracks of these games) the extent to which the music can get you flustered and greedy. Just discovering your vids mate, great stuff.

[@alcoyot]

Draconic tree sentinel the whole challenge is 2nd phase. I didn’t know what to do. I ended up cheesing him with the poison, which was still fun felt like being a ninja assassin. The biggest problem I have is with guys who suddenly go into hyper armor. For example, banish knights in farum azula suddenly go into whirlwind mode and it’s so hard to avoid them after that, they just keep going at you over and over with invincible aoe attacks. Even if I dodge I still get hit by the aoe.

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Haha. Yeah Draconic’s are tough. I thought this one was unfair till I found the one in Farum Azula 😂. Found a pretty good strat for Haligtree Loretta, so gonna test it out on all the sentinels soon and make a tutorial if it works.

[@AshenDust_]

Am I the only one who doesn’t struggle with the Draconic Tree Sentinels? This isn’t a flex, I struggle with other bosses, but I just find these guys not that hard.

[@alcoyot]

@@AshenDust_ I came at it a bit underleveled. And I just don’t get the 2nd phase. Goes into hyper armor aoe attacks everywhere etc

[@The-Bloke]

Awesome video, thank you - I was looking forward to this. The suggestions are things I basically already knew, yet somehow am consistently unable to apply. I've played Elden Ring for 300 hours now, still without beating it (I restarted after Radahn because I felt I was overlevelled, and just recently beat him again on my 2nd NG) so I have plenty of patience, yet somehow in the moment of any fight, all my fingers want to do is spam the buttons. So it's very helpful to external confirmation that this is definitely what I need to work on :)

[@ThingfishyGaming]

So glad you’re enjoying the vids, Bloke. Haha, funny enough that’s what I’ve done with EVERY other FromSoft game on a first playthrough. Get halfway through and realise I don’t like my build. Start a new playthrough and beat it on the second character. Think Elden Ring was the first one where I went straight through on the first character. Thanks for watching!

[@ykattt99]

very good tips brother!Literally what went in my head after getting to DLC bosses,that the true way to play!

[@joshhayes3433]

Fantastic content and channel, thanks for not promising the world but delivering what literally every other channel provides. Subbed.

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Thanks, Josh! Glad you like the channel! Thanks for watching!

[@lukeatom4068]

Amazing tips! I would never have thought to do that 1 hit then dodge tactic.👌

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Top tier video @Thingfishy. Nice work.

[@rhinteractive]

Great video. I've been looking for content on more advanced combat techniques for Elden Ring and this is exactly what I was hoping for. Will check out your other videos too.

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Really glad you like it, Richard! Thanks for watching!

[@MillerTheOriginal]

Great guide. Would love for you to do a guide explaining when to dodge ans when to parry. Currently playing my first Souls like in lies of P. I'm hooked and looking to play many more. Learning when to dodge/parry is what is holding me back currently

[@incontinentiabuttox]

I came back here for some inspiration and it worked...just managed to solo Radahn for the first time! Don't get greedy, that really is the best advice! Thanks, Thingfishy 🙌🏻

[@ThingfishyGaming]

GG, Incon! First solo Radahn is a special one! Great job. Thanks for watching, as always.

[@incontinentiabuttox]

@@ThingfishyGaming thank you! Honestly, I didn't even know it was possible until I saw you do it! Thank you for always being so generous with sharing your knowledge and encouragement, I know I'm not the only one it has helped immensely 👍🏻

[@elib9002]

This is freaking brilliant, bless you, master!

[@lizardltd]

Incredibly helpful video! You speak very clearly and concisely, and the video was made in a very engaging way. Thanks a lot!

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Glad you enjoyed it, Lizard. Thanks for watching!

[@yaboye1967]

I'd given up on this game a couple months ago but watching these tip videos has me considering coming back

[@tingleifeng2588]

Absolutely helpful and insightful tips for not only souls games but also other games like monster hunter

[@lebigmac74]

How can this video have only 10k views? I always knew that my fighting style is shit and I simply overcame it by getting OP. But I guess in the last 13 minutes I learned more about proper fighting than in the 50h of gameplay I've had so far. Excellent work! Also live your parrying guides but I still need to work on my timing...

[@kokorochacarero8003]

This is solid advice not only for begginers but also for people that skipped DS3/Bloodborne If you are comming straight from DS1, you really have to learn to respect input reading and learn how to spot it, otherwise you'll see yourself falling into endless estus-catch loops. You can even learn how to abuse it in certain cases. Great video and very illustrative footage.

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Totally! I’m pretty sure they’ve turned the input reading down since original patch, but with draconics and godskins it’s particularly important to notice. Thanks for watching, Kokoro!

[@hatherlow]

Thanks for this, really useful

[@gregbrown3082]

4:44 This is exactly why it took me so long to Git Gud. Because I am stupid. After playing for 200 hours, I said out lout, "I think I'm watching my own character model. I really should try actually watching the boss." I legit get mad though when (while learning these bosses) Margit or Godskin Noble would do their super-fast windup, and then hesitate an additional FOUR SECONDS before striking. It's like, "Ok guys! Wow, you got me! I mean great job! The amount of it effort it took you to just kill every single player who ever tried this boss! NICE. The only thing easier would be putting random ravines on all the steep ridgelines! Those are found in nature, right?"

[@shurias734]

i was to greedy. even tho i played through darksouls 3 almost without deaths.. in eldenring i just played 25 hours and i use the Greatsword now with role slash.. first try after watching this video. Remembered me :) thanks buddy nice tipps

[@krakan4566]

One thing I've also noticed in elden ring unlike a lot of souls games would be elements of the enemy's attacks. A lot of the enemies weapons may apply status effects, but all of the initial damage can be blocked with a 100% physical block shield. It's a part of the game that I personally like that encourages players to do more guard counters and do whatever they can to NOT get hit. Just thought I would mention that.

[@mckennasharpe4444]

great video👍🏻👍🏻

[@adlantian6334]

Awesome video. I've beaten the game already but trying to git even guder for a pure strength bonk bonk build without much magic and trying to avoid spirit summons (I only ever play offline.) Samurai was my starter for first playthrough and it was a lot of fun

[@Senseslol]

Great advice, I figured this out yesterday fighting that giant dragon sentinel Soilder for 2 hours lol.

[@carlparisi9749]

Incredible.. this literally changed everything

[@buckhughes1637]

This helped so much!

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Glad you found it useful, Buck. Thanks for watching!

[@Mr.SocialDistance65]

I can agree. Everything you said makes perfect sense but putting it into practice, now that’s a different story 😂

[@hellknight03]

Because of this tip i was able to finish the game thank you so much

[@xrayvisor1]

Homie just gave up Fromsofts secret haha. Sub. Loved the insight you gave. Used it 10 minutes later on the Erdtree Avatar in Mountaintops of the Giants. That fight went a LOT smoother than I remember in NG +2 yikes!

[@mattolenn]

This is a really good video.

[@thevikingofhardcheese4080]

I’m starting to use incantations only in the battle arena, walking in there with a sacred seal in each hand. Seeing as incantations specifically have no blocking/rebound abilities (unlike sorceries that have Thops’s barrier and Eternal Darkness) I’ve resorted to panic rolling every time a mage gets cocky and starts spamming! When I had a sword equipment I was supremely confident, often going in there with no shield and winning a bunch of times. Yet mages casting sorceries at a distance inspired me to play them at their own ranged combat game. I’ve noticed its in part the cast time for my lack of confidence, yet I’m determined to try my hand at incantations only in the arena! This should be a valuable lesson!

[@guy3090]

my problem is... i already KNOW these things... but ive been playing video games for 30 years so when my adrenaline kicks in, i revert to a play style that works in 99% of all other games similar to elden ring.

[@ThingfishyGaming]

I think there are a lot of people who would say exactly the same thing, Guy. Me being one of them! Thanks for watching!

[@dgm66]

I am the exact same way. It's super frustrating.

[@EveryThingGleeko]

Thanks!! Im stuck on Godfrey’s second faze Im getting closer n closer

[@Katoasapun]

Great stuff this!

[@Klittle010]

o this hit home, i am very very happy with this video. thank u

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Glad you found it useful, Klein. Thanks for watching!

[@Klittle010]

@@ThingfishyGaming GOT HIM! THIS WAS INTENSE

[@allmyfriendsarepixels]

Tonight on "things that I already know but can't put into practice because I'm bad at the game": hahaha great video my guy, I swear I'll get gud one day.

[@HOODEDSHINOBI134]

Nice advice!! I just started playing Elden ring and already defeated margit but my dodge game need some work 🤦🏾.

[@gporr7004]

Dodge rolling is so much better in Lprds of the Fallen. If you dodge into attacks you don’t get hit. Souls games is impossible. You always tend to get hit it’s frustrating and I don’t get why

[@beansnrice321]

Seriously, I think you'd love Aikido. When I was taught Aikido I was taught that the first rule was: don't get hit and that the 2nd rule was: don't get hit. There is so much stuff that's solved by Aikido strats in From soft games that I swear that someone over at Fromsoft is an Aikidoka.

[@TheRealfrost-qf9tm]

The fire giant grinds my gears

[@keeleycarrigan]

I hope you’re a tech teacher or something. The way you describe this is exactly the way to approach learning to code. It’s amazing.

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Haha, that’s really cool! I am a teacher but not in tech! Thanks for watching!

[@primeirrational]

@@ThingfishyGaming cool, what kind of teacher are you?

[@zacharyayala1642]

Can’t wait to chill in the stream

[@ThingfishyGaming]

I look forward to it, Zachary!

[@Wolf89b]

the beginning of this video, this is so me in every online game when i see random people

[@millsc0913]

Dude A+ thank You

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Thanks for watching!

[@Infernoz04]

The problem is when the 1 hit window on the expansion bosses is .10 of a second for the 1 hit, and it is easy to say this when it is a swing, but try that using magic jejejeje

[@tacocat5355]

the only hit them once section was so motivational lol

[@taeriterry2308]

Level 678 here. Although I'm high level, sometimes I get greedy and get killed by simple mistakes

[@alanthe2]

Can you do a video about how to deal with nearly fainting because you’re struggling to survive a fight so much you forgot to breathe? (Seriously though, these are great tips!)

[@Zaza-sn4tw]

Yes bro 1 hit seems lot better thanks a lot!!!

[@fluff2027]

Thanks mate x

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Thanks for watching, Fluff!

[@Eav_H]

Bro this is my first souls ever, he's literally talking about me, I been fighting migrit for ages

[@CarpGamer69]

thank you :)

[@jasonrussell1739]

Best advice. You really don’t learn there attack patterns until you stop attacking.

[@chrome8222]

I spent 3 hours fighting tree sentinel and died 100+ times, this helps a lot.

[@nwbasson]

This is also why my first blind attempt always seems to be going well, and I nearly best the boss. The follow up attempts get worse and worse because "I have seen this before", and impatience and greed gets the better of you.

[@juangbetancurs6996]

You are awesome❤

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Thanks for watching, Juan!

[@jorgwei8590]

Excellent stuff! As a bonus: I think every time you find yourself frantically spamming any button, you lost intentionality. This, to me, seems to be the key to all souls games. Don't buttom spam! And a wish, if I may: I'd love to see a video on movement and positioning.

[@aayushdasgupta9754]

Not me finding this qfter my RL1 run... Great video tho. Nice tips

[@GreatJoey91]

This might seem like a stupid question, but do you roll to dodge every attack? I ask having come from Sekiro where some attacks require a jump to avoid, others need a step dodge and others a counter parry.

[@sevbait]

This is great advice, and I appreciate it, but I also just ran into the wall with the Misbegotten Warrior and the Crucible Knight in Caelid. It seems that I need to dump on the dps to down the misbegotten and get solo with the knight and I am finding it difficult to be that aggressive when he's so fast and slashy. I can land some parries, but he doesn't go into counter guard break until you get something like 3 of those it seems. Perhaps I'm under leveled at 50?

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Yeah, Misbegotten and Crucible is a real toughy. I haven’t actually done it at sensible level yet, as keep forgetting and activating the festival before I go there. The strat is definitely to out DPS them and get rid of Misbegotten before crucible spawns. Level 50 sounds pretty sensible as that’s about the level I’ve been fighting Radahn, but don’t be scared of levelling up more. I find it a lot easier to learn a fight when you’re stronger than you need to be for it. Thanks for watching!

[@FallPresent]

I JUST DEFEATED GODRICK, this really help me👍🏼

[@gizzmo722]

I am at 30 deaths to that boss already.. and i feel called out xD I try to attack too often, or heal when he fire spams and get hit xD

[@alcoyot]

With erdtree avatar I also gave up fighting them, too frustrating, I just use crossbow fire bolts. Sometimes I feel that’s the way to go, the game gives us a lot of tools for a reason. I easily beat Astel also this way with crossbow.

[@ThingfishyGaming]

The avatars were funny ones for me. I found them really tough until someone pointed out to me that they were just Stray Demons from DS3. Soon as I realised that I never really struggled with them again. Goes to show how important the psychology is sometimes. Important one for that fight is just spam rolling sideways as soon as you see the stars attack. Thanks for watching, Lex!

[@kokorochacarero8003]

That's a smart player I was struggling against a boss similar to Astel just the other day. I struggle against most giant bosses in general because I have trouble reaching them with my hammer swings, they jump and teleport around A LOT and on top of that they sometimes turn around slighty and my swings just barelly go between their legs/limbs or under their hitboxes. Whenever I find this to be the main difficulty of an encounter I swallow my pride, throw the paladin thematic out the window and embrace the Rotten Breath. I might spend half the encounter chasing after them and missing swings but the red corona doesn't care about hitboxes.

[@Sir_Meowss_A_Lot]

Hi, can you do some pvp parry duels?

[@matheussoares1138]

The best tip that helped me was lock the target before engaging… 😂

[@zangified0117]

godskin noble here I a come, wish me luck lads (I'm going to try my hand at no sleeping pots, before someone recommends me).

[@cornelius7043]

Me watching this video because I’ve been stuck on the black gargoyle for 20 minutes

[@azfarrr2944]

how did you take so little stamina when parrying enemy attacks

[@LegendIv10]

me playing my 2 through and still watching the video

[@RIXTDynsty]

I guesse these tips helped

[@angeloszavier]

Never use God mode and never ever underestimate your Instinct. I use health regen and fp regenerate to survive with attack recovery overhaul mod.

[@pauliewalnuts3212]

That's all gravy, but isn't the whole point of a bleed build to hit them numerous times in a row to build up that blood damage?

[@14MTH3M00N]

So true

[@mickael922]

Don't be greedy = take your time

[@arcilluu]

so many elden ring bosses are annoying because have a delayed attack. if i compared to darksouls 3 the boss that have a delay attack are not many like elden💀

[@Hugo_Tate]

Tree sentinel is a fun and easy opponent lol

[@ropo_o]

It's the fault of other (non-souls) games in the market, I say. There, hacking and slashing is what you actually have to do. In Souls games, you cannot quickly opt out of the action you are going to do by reading enemy cues.

[@zameme383]

It's not the fault of other games that they are different from Souls games. DMC doesn't need to slow down for Souls; players just need to learn each game's combat as its separate thing and adapt.

[@ropo_o]

@@zameme383 yeah, no, I agree. By fault, i mean fault in a playful way. Of course, we need othet games too. For e.g. its the fault of previous souls games that people found Sekiro hard to master at first.

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Haha, yeah it’s really interesting swapping from souls games to others. I replayed the Witcher 3 a few months back in the great pre-Elden Ring hollowing of January, and it was really weird how spam dodging was not only effective, but also advisable a lot of the time. (No shade on The Witcher btw, I adore that game)

[@michaelflatt4663]

I dont get why everyone hates the tree sentinel. Carian retaliation owns him.

[@smesh8318]

My first new game + I can stagger any boss with 2 - 3 hits.. no buffs just talismans

[@smesh8318]

It feels like AC Valhalla now

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Nice! Thanks for watching!

[@chemlol]

This is defintiely notw orking for me on Beast Clergyman/Maliketh, even if i go in to try to hit only once after they did an attack, they have so many instant followup attacks that catch me......AHHHHHHH

[@Geckoz]

Because his tips are not complete here. You also need to have a good timing on every single boss and you need to know when to hit and first of all it's not about being greedy. It's all about learning every single move that bosses are doing. You need to know when there is a window to attack, you need to know how to position yourself in some fights because sometimes not dodging is the best way to get the most of your attacks.

[@craigslaunwhite579]

Know thy enemy

[@CG-nr3nd]

Playing aggressive doesn't work 😅

[@truzbrut]

Git gud guys on this channel 🙃

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Thanks for watching!

[@T1Slam]

Step 1: install EMULight to remove dodge delay.

[@ThingfishyGaming]

It’s really interesting. I’ve read so many people talking about a dodge delay in Elden Ring vs other souls games, but I haven’t felt it at all. Might do a comparison video in the future to see what the difference is! Thanks for watching!

[@T1Slam]

@@ThingfishyGaming i heard it depends on hardware (the better game runs less it is prominent). Personally for me it made evading quick attacks impossible, but after installing mod i'm like finally beathing fresh air for first time - playing the game as intended.

[@ThingfishyGaming]

@@T1Slam Ah that makes a lot more sense! Thanks for the info! Glad you got it sorted.

[@TheArmyofHades]

@@ThingfishyGaming Dodge delay is a thing. Many times i might be doing things subconsiously so i ask my housemate who is also playing ER, to watch me and mostly my hands to notice mistakes and there are times where i pressed dodge and it took a while to start (enough for me to get hit). Also there are times when you jump attack and press the power stance button once, it might perform another attack without the input which could jeopardize your boss run big time. It happens in about 5% of the times which isnt much but it can still screw you up big time.

[@ant8750]

Just beat the stone crushing troll while watching this, that tip about “one-hit window” “two hit window” really helped

[@weldmaster1825]

Looking at this makes me feel like a noob . My way of fighting bosses before - " hya hya take this mother fucker slash slash dieeeee hy dont you die !!" 2 seconds later i would be on the floor.."fuck this game,why is it so hard" no wonder you need to play strategically to win fightings

[@Jim-ro5sl]

Just be a mage. Problem solved. You're welcome.

[@Silky_Chan]

😂 As much as the spells are badass bit boring