Remove Malenia From Elden Ring

[@killer114188t]

Afro after so many hours of Fromsoft games played: _"If I dodge forward..."_ The community: _"He's beginning to believe."_

[@MrDrdiaz81084]

This should have wayyyyyyyy more likes. Lol

[@fiwz7840]

lol love it

[@ADMHipHop94]

i was cringing when he was fighting the fire giant and he wasnt attacking the hands in its second phase lol, man afro made that fight so much harder than he had to

[@whitevii1533]

LMAO

[@blipblop1112]

Has he ever played dark souls and bloodborne before?

[@tetraboom2739]

Watching Afro's descent into madness never gets old.

[@jake-no5mr]

And then when he catches the win you cant help but to get hyped with him its like we won too cause we get another fire video until the next main villain arc😂😂😂

[@uprising1557]

I can’t wait for him to fight fire giant, the farum azula bosses, and the ash capital bosses.

[@michaeldiaz7620]

The million dollar question is how many controllers will his madness cost him. Either way, I'm 100% invested in him overcoming the challenge that is Malenia.

[@Darkcoffeecigarettes]

We been there that’s why but Afro has that type of rage that’s kinda funny lol

[@blackexcellence7953]

I'm not comfortable with him legit bleeding tho

[@5TailFox]

"My nose is bleeding.." Goddamn, mans is taking literal damage from this fight.

[@lrdalucardart]

Yap, its past "emotional damage" at this point.

[@jrag1000]

like the Matrix.

[@dojartie]

she literally inflicted bleed on him 😭

[@MrcreeperDXD777]

That rotussy was just too irresistable

[@BlueBamboo9]

@@MrcreeperDXD777 Ayo XD XD

[@rosshaikenleonen1416]

They say Malenia builds up Scarlet Rot. But in this video, we see her build up madness.

[@manoking9619]

Perfect

[@anguineus_vir]

🤣

[@ajaypartapsinghwaraich8687]

With Rivers of blood maxed out and by 2-3 dodges phase 1 passed damageless Me - When Entered phase 2 dead in 3 seconds 😂

[@roseberzerker2989]

@@ajaypartapsinghwaraich8687 wooooow imagine leaning on rivers instead of actually fighting, crazy

[@kaku4434]

@@roseberzerker2989 everyone has their way of playing bro, i will say you shouldn’t brag about beating malenia easily if you use rivers, like yea u beat her but don’t brag about it 😂

[@obi-wankenobi5626]

With every big dark souls boss I’ve always said to myself “I can’t beat this one” but deep down I think I’ll beat them eventually. But Malenia is the first boss to ever break my spirit completely

[@endertuber8300]

I fought Malenia before Maliketh, Godfrey and Radagon and I came in all three fights with the fear that I would have need to spend five days on them too like I had to with Malenia... it felt like shit

[@kuro6374]

I thankfully had the determination to kill her quicker than my friends, so I didn't lose hope as quickly. I also tried her with no summons and no ashes (don't do that unless you have a dumb amount of bleed). Came prepared, got myself 2 Godskin peelers with seppuku and bleed and sliced the fuck out of her with the jump attack. Worked pretty well bc I got her in like 4-5 hours.

[@raize2374]

if you’re that desperate , get mimic +10 it’ll carry so hard, and then get rivers of blood and i beat it like 4th try

[@MonkeyDIvan]

I told myself the same thing trying to 0 hit her. Eventually I got it.

[@sewerPig]

@@kuro6374 I found her way easier solo with double greatswords than double curved swords with bleed, I just jump attacked her a shit ton

[@miracleofsound]

We are reaching Guardian Ape levels of rage 😂 EDIT: Yeah, it's beyond it, you're all right lol

[@chochlatevanilla]

Did he do a rage lvl ranking?

[@WastedChildhood]

Nah, bro! This is BEYOND that! 🤣🤣🤣

[@jeremybk54]

i think we are long past that level

[@tommygarvence6575]

Might be worse, he got a nosebleed

[@gryphon1708]

I think he already past that bruh 😂

[@billy-the-butcher]

17:03 *"You're the one who knocks* *I'm the one who dies* *I'm just a deer, I'm just cattle in this fkin game, waiting for you to dismantle me"* Can we make this quote Elden Ring canon please?

[@ryuzetsu6446]

He died so much he became a poet

[@aakveart4609]

@@ryuzetsu6446 😂😂

[@SouthKami]

Was spittin facts

[@jrag1000]

hahahahahahahahahaha Yeah, this game does push you to the limits of your mind. It's pretty good because it's all about timing.

[@FeejFish]

I respect the fact that he's bossing straight up but summons are your friend lol

[@ashetonrodgers9220]

Rule 1 of Malenia boss fight: Don't start happy. Rule 2 of Malenia boss fight: Don't get happy. Rule 3 of Malenia boss fight: If you break rule 2, never get happy again.

[@Recentlyisekai89]

Can I be happy after malaenia boss fight?

[@fragrantwinter8233]

I’d like to make a rule subset. Petition to recategorise Rules 1-3 as section “Rules of emotional engagement” and follow on with a second section known as “Rules of combat”. Rules of combat: 1) Never attack first. (Look for openings after she attacks, there are opportunities for safe damage.) 2) Always be ready to dodge either into or away from a move as it happens. (Most of her moves close distance very quickly, *never* assume you’re safe.) 3) Dedicate time towards learning how to dodge Waterfowl Dance. (This is by far her most dangerous move, it *will* kill you if you fail to dodge all three parts of it.)

[@Power56798]

@@Recentlyisekai89 absolutely

[@Recentlyisekai89]

@@Power56798 ok

[@Devilspade]

@@Recentlyisekai89 not

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Gotta feel bad for Afro losing his sanity with each try. Kinda crazy to think that there are so many players out there who’ve mastered fighting Malenia, damageless too.

[@mcunicorn311]

I’m convinced they got lucky

[@KJ-bl4tz]

A guy was able to no hit Malenia with a Yujiro hanma build now let that sink in.

[@MammalianCreature]

@@mcunicorn311 Ongbal has straight up killed her damageless multiple times. He's got a full on strategy down.

[@paulcoffield2102]

@@mcunicorn311 Nah, you don't get lucky no-hitting Malenia. She has some tells in her move-set. It's about being able to spot them and react to them quickly and in the correct way. With some people, it takes a lot longer to master and with others, they can't do it at all.

[@stuffed.1]

lol

[@cmc_williamson]

While I struggled with lots of bosses/enemies, Malenia was the only one that took me days to beat. And I ended up beating her on a run that I had intended to just be a research/throwaway run.

[@HANKTHEDANKEST]

Dude, me too. I beat her right before bed a few nights ago, just thought "fuck it, why not?" Killed her in under 3 minutes. Welp.

[@chrisbellville6957]

Exactly when I beat her it was similar an abysmal barley made it through phase 1 mistake ridden run I had nothing left except for the physik flask ..... then somehow didn't get hit in the second and couldn't believe I won I thought I was dead for sure .... it felt like a cheat but the 500 deaths I figured I'd earned it .... I can't really explain how it happened I took a few big rips during the transition cutscene and then a flawless phase two somehow happened

[@Ayzingg]

@@chrisbellville6957 love that!

[@fuego786]

yeah there is no such thing as planning with that boss

[@DrezzyEFTP]

Someone defeated while being level 1 with no damaged taken

[@luklass8999]

15:18 This is not rage , it's fear She really show him true horror ...

[@gabrielemblem605]

This is how the character yells when dies of rot

[@Tw0DrunkGuys]

he screamed like a man having all his limbs cut off, then his soul cut in half! yes, genuine horror. almost frightening to listen to.

[@Official_NOLIMIT]

You literally make no sense, because he’s conspicuously frustrated

[@DrkMegaman]

Omg just hearing say them lines gave me hell

[@adamharis4648]

A quick tip, during her first phase if you want to have a quick sip just run away from her as far as you can, and then have a sip. She will not chase after you. In second phase tho, you'll have to bait out an attack and heal during that time.

[@sambal777]

Did you know you can also drink faster and multiple estus flasks in a row if you hit R again mid gulp so you dont need to take 2 slow ones.

[@CaptainDrumm15]

@@sambal777 lots of people don't know that and only heal half their health in the midst of battle and it kills them 100% of the time

[@randyjax09]

The only break she gives you in the second phase is during Scarlet Aeonia. How sad is that?

[@MrcreeperDXD777]

When she has 75% HP, she'll start using WFD. Use any ranged attack like daggers, and she will use WFD, allowing you to dodge it easier from a distance. Every 30 seconds bait out WFD with daggers, and repeat

[@Mr_Peem]

@@randyjax09you get plenty, malenia, and every ER boss is reactionary, you have to wait for openings (moves where she slams down, after her thrust) literally whenever she finishes a combo, the reason you dont get “breaks” is because you’re just chugging randomly and her ai is punishing

[@spike._.7221]

“I need to calm down” 10 seconds later “ I’M JUST A DEER, I’M JUST CATTLE” 😭😭😭😂 I always enjoy watching you rage, even if it is painful seeing Malenia work you out numerous times.

[@XxNightmare128xX]

Before that "My nose is bleeding, that's never happened before." Lmao

[@kazamaskeyblade7311]

Jokes aside: As much fun as it is watching this, when you lose it, I start to feel your pain a little bit. Don't hurt yourself for the content, bro. If you pass out or go to the hospital over this, I'mma cry.

[@-beebo]

Honestly it’s a lot better watching him enjoy the game than stressing and raging over it imo

[@OctoDADDY.]

i mean it was his choice to keep going.

[@tybreez4333]

Yea its most def entertaining but WE DONT want you to hurt yourself bro

[@mcallisterpritchett7998]

Said it perfectly! Take care Afro

[@matthewearles894]

That's what I'm banking on. 100%

[@oyulo-may1568]

This 18 minute video of back to back losses against this boss makes me feel like my life ain’t as bad as I thought it was , thanks Afro kun

[@YuriiTemnikov]

I like that Malenia in the first phase is actually in no hurry. She just slowly walks towards you, knowing that you're not going anywhere. And when we defeat her in the first phase, she is already much more aggressive in the second, as if we have passed some kind of test that we can defeat her when she is not very serious.

[@calebcolling2008]

Dude it is so entertaining to watch you play this game, just recently found out about you but you are definitely one of my favorite KZbinrs already 😂😂 love you!

[@michaelsterling8422]

Wow u got this comment out fast

[@jake-no5mr]

@@michaelsterling8422 noti gang always coming through👏

[@prachetasnayse9709]

Go watch his Sekiro series right now!

[@OneHunna]

Same bro

[@wenslo8514]

Same

[@iAMNinjaDarkovia]

“HOLDDDD ONNNNN” I laughed so hard whenever he’s trying to drink a potion and telling the boss to wait 😂😂😂😂

[@beastmotoz]

Lol 😆 🤣

[@jameclockwork]

I love how Afro is super calm at the beginning, does really well, and gets happy. Then immediately gets cocky and dies. Making him angry, it’s a cycle lol.

[@TheCommunistColin]

Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer.

[@jameclockwork]

@@TheCommunistColin Indeed a very deadly one. Poor Afro.

[@gliizee]

It's kinda annoying how he's stuck in that loop of immediately getting cocky. Just like Gohan, has the W but starts feeling himself too hard and then gets his shit wrecked.

[@jrag1000]

You get worse. Its fatigue.

[@dzeebest3816]

The main issue here is the build is severely unoptimized: There are 38 points in Arcane and 23 points in Faith when Flies only needs 16 and 11 respectively The whip scales with both strength and dexterity so put those remaining points in there for more damage The dragon communion seal scales incantations with Arcane and Faith, but considering the whips are the main weapon the clawmark seal would work much better The clawmark seal scales incantations with strength instead which works better for this build The poleblade does require arcane to use it, but there's no reason that it should still be being used Committing to either the poleblade or the whips is key

[@user-iz2ik3gh2n]

For me, the issue seemed to be more that he was over committing to attacks trying to stack status and stagger. She hyper armors a lot, and if you're too close when waterfowl starts you basically get destroyed. You need to keep enough stam to roll and sprint. If you deal a bunch of damage then get hit a bunch because you lacked the stam to avoid it, you wasted health for nothing because she heals the damage back.

[@Kagura259]

Thing is the whips deal bleed damage, and Status effect application scales on arcane, so if you are trying to apply frostbite and bleed like he is, you want arcane builds.

[@Dark3nedDragon]

​@@Kagura259 He definitely over extends a lot, and I don't think he understands the effectiveness of his weapons. He relies too much on stagger, takes damage, which then heals the boss. Considering he's got basically no defense due to his armor and build, he can't really trade effectively with her. Malenia in general is not a boss you trade blows with, Phase 1 especially should not involve trading attacks.

[@Beams_]

It’s Afro lop

[@Annuhlynne]

That is far from the problem here LMAO

[@marokugaming2537]

I remember last video you were trying to know more about Malenia. She's Miquella's twin sister. They are the children of Queen Marika and Radagon, the gods you're seemingly trying to replace. Miquella was cursed with being unable to grow/age, which is why he resembles a child, and Malenia was cursed with scarlet rot. Supposedly Millicent and her 3 sisters were born from Malenia's scarlet rot. (←I didn't know this part, the people in the comments told me, thanks guys!) During the war of the shattering, Malenia went toe to toe with her half-brother, Radahn, and inflicted him, along with most of Caelid, with scarlet rot. She's the reason Radahn is pretty much a primal mindless zombie. During that battle, Miquella was kidnapped by Mohg, which is why you see what appeared to be an adult arm in some big egg in Mohg's cutscene. Long story short, empyreans are those eligible to become a god like Marika, Mohg wanted to marry his half-brother Miquella for some sort of power, but he wanted to break Miq's curse and age him. From the looks of it, that failed. Malenia has been waiting for Miquella's return because it is believed he will be reborn.

[@Mangoloonikus]

Thanks for the lore. It is very interesting

[@KleptomaniacJames]

I pity whoever hit that... scarlet rot has to be like super-aids

[@Ty6260]

@@KleptomaniacJames You seen those thighs? Abso-lutely worth

[@Inphinity01]

@@Ty6260 this man knows haha

[@_lmaobk]

Mohg is gay?

[@rageking9358]

It’s sometimes more beneficial to dodge into a boss than away. They are designed to catch panic rolling and back rolling but a lot of their attacks miss and loose tracking when you get close to them.

[@yautomata]

Thats what i was thinking i hope he sees this comment

[@stormdragon2529]

i mean yea with malenia all you have to do to dodge the waterflow is outrun the first 2 then dodge into her on the last dance and she'll go behind you

[@jacobg9651]

@@yautomata I’m baffled that it took him this long basically playing through the entire game to think, “maybe I should roll into the boss”

[@bl4cksh4rk_77]

That how I beat her. Dodge rolling into her body during all three of her flurries. Maybe got hit twice if that

[@pimpmasterkirbo4383]

@@stormdragon2529 if you dodge in on the second onslaught of her combo breaker she'll go in a circle trying to redirect back to you and miss completely

[@prodigy8950]

7:13 "Appearing offline doesn't help it" had me absolutely dying 🤣. That's when you know it's getting bad

[@trouncerrredits]

LOOK HERE! LOOK! LISTEN!

[@sdp2754]

😂😂 right! trying anything and everything

[@MamushiVenom]

Damn Richard is becoming a popular meme. Lol

[@skota7416]

What a reference! Had me like, "did he really just work that in?"

[@krugerofcause9048]

“I can’t do this, I can’t TAKE this shit no more, man!”

[@Overload456]

To Mohg: You are not RADAHN, YOU JUST AINT HIM To Malenia: You aren't Radahn...you are something much worse...

[@lousybunny_]

This is probably one of my most favorite series on KZbin at the moment. Really hope it doesn't end. Take as long as you need for this boss

[@AdityaSingh-lp5rp]

The more he refuses to bloodhound step the funnier it gets

[@FrizFroz]

I live vicariously through Afro's tears 😂😭

[@davis08527]

He should just do some multiplayer and grind some levels, to buy stones to upgrade weapons. If he did the white masks dude quest he could do more bleed damage, but to force your way through when you can just grind for some better gear is just overreacting at the most. As most KZbinrs would do stuff off screen and just recap. Especially since this game is nothing like any dark souls game before. It doesn’t just force you in one direction.

[@TheVampireCafe]

Yes Malenia senpai, break this man

[@Sebdyr]

Me too

[@adamelmofty5993]

When Malenia uses her waterfowl dance run away from the first burst, and then dodge into the second burst and you’ll end up behind her and she’ll miss the rest of the attack. Another thing to keep in mind is that she uses the attack when her hp bar is at around 70% the second time is at 50% and the third is around 30%. Once you get the dodge timing down in the dance the rest of the fight is pretty easy

[@shrekwazowski8912]

She starts using it at 70% but there are no other fix points where she does. But ur dodge tip is good! I did it exactly like that.

[@Lloyd00]

i literally tweeted him the video showing how to dodge it

[@demonintellect9834]

@@shrekwazowski8912 Not sure why that dude was saying she only does it 3 times.

[@Kohth_0]

You can actually just run away from the first 2 furry and dodge into the third one than dodge forward in that same direction again. That’s what worked for me at least.

[@kopuskylus29]

Bro she did that as her 1st attack for me before but I think your mostly right about her attack times

[@121von]

I feel his pain when he said "EVERY TIME I DRINK SHE DOES SOMETHING!" I think some bosses are set to do certain attacks when you get a certain distance and try to heal.

[@derrickplaysguitar]

Margrit and his daggers. I swear the item button throws one of his daggers at you haha

[@buggart]

@@derrickplaysguitar From Soft dev 1: Ok, so what we'll do is that everytime the player enters a fog we'll map their heal button to the boss' range attack. dev 2: But won't that be counterproductive? I mean, we want our players to have fun, don't we? dev 1: That's the secret, we don't. dev 2: Oh, right! Forgot about that!

[@williamhanna9718]

Godskin bosses and their black fire attack. Can only heal if I’m behind something with them Bastards

[@icereinthegamer3265]

@@buggart this is factual lol

[@super_kizaru1529]

Most of sekiro bosses will attack you if you drink too so this is not supposed to be new to afro

[@Calavinio]

Margit is the only boss I’ve killed. It stuns me that people can make it this far

[@NightFML]

You can do it my guy sekiro was probably the first game I played with hard bosses and I somehow pulled through (although Owl father was hard af had to take a month break for him)

[@Itachi_UchihaL337]

When did you pick the game up?

[@Calavinio]

@@Itachi_UchihaL337 its my housemates game. Be he grabbed it I’d say over a week ago. I thought bloodborne and sekiro would get me ready for this, I was mistaken

[@Itachi_UchihaL337]

@@Calavinio well margit is a b*tch and a half to be fair, if you explore limgrave and the peninsula, you should be geared up and a high enough level to merk him 💯 there's also an item you can find that makes fighting him easier

[@cm4n63]

@@Calavinio the thing about Elden Ring is that since it's open world, how easy a boss is is often determined by how well you prepared for it (exploring, farming, etc)

[@WedgeSkyrocket]

Damn, this is some top tier commentary, you definitely earned my subscription for this. You got this my man, if you made it to her I know you've got what it takes to beat her. I stopped counting the number of times I made the run at her over the course of several days, but it sure felt good when I finally finished her off.

[@kuro6374]

@Wedge Skyrocket same, but I wasn't that happy when I beat her. See, I wanted to clip it, to save it.. Tried her over the course of like 3 days and didn't get a single message during that time. Then, 15 second before she drops dead, friend texts me on discord and asks me if I wanna WATCH HIM... PLAY SKYRIM!!! (No you didn't misread) AND RUINS MY CLIP WITH A *Boop beep*

[@soli6026]

The most important thing is to be calm and keep a cool head. If your getting too angry or making too many mistakes, just take a moment to relax or do something else and come back again. I’m no expert Elden Ring player but this is kind of how I dealt with most of her attacks for P1. It might not be the best as I beat her a while ago, some of this might be shaky. I time stamped it below as well. P2 is similar but she does have new attacks and follow ups, so the punishable attacks in P1 aren’t as punishable in P2. For anyone that wants to know took me 11 hours to beat her, I used Moon Veil and Meteoric Ore Blade, and a side weapon with Blood Hound Step. -Try not to greed only do a hit or two, anymore and your asking to get hit. She’s more open than you think she is, you just need to be patient, and learn when you can get a hit off. Sometimes it’s better not to heal and to attack when she’s punishable, sometimes it’s not, you just have to learn when. -Put on the Damage Negation talisman you find in the area, it really helps. Her grab attack was doing 90% of my HP and dropped to around 70%, makes a huge difference for when you get hit or are trying to learn her attacks. -A reminder that you don’t always have to dodge roll everything, just taking a step back or to the sides can be helpful. Also, even just regular attacking even if it’s once if able is better than nothing. -I played the patient game so if you wanna do it this way learn her strings and how to SURVIVE Waterfowl dance. -She WILL always do a Waterfowl Dance in P1 at 65-75 % HP always, so bait that one first aka don’t greed and try to maintain distance. Anytime after is up to the AI. You might not see any at all, you could see it four times in P1 alone. Once I avoided death more consistently on that attack I started seeing P2 way more, that move alone probably gave me half my deaths. -If you wanna play patient expect to see Waterfowl dance multiple times. Don’t attack her until her combo ends, as that’s when she’s the most punishable. You can tell she’s done because the last attack she does she will draw her weapon away much slower. Also I believe there might be a sound cue as well but who’s really listening. 7:00 A good example of how that attack was the end of her combo. -Try not to drink your potions unless she’s mid combo and your far enough, or she’s just ending her combo or she backs steps away. You have to learn her patterns to tell when you can or can’t drink most of the time. -Also don’t run out of stamina too much shouldn’t have to explain why. -Don’t punish her grabs unless you can stagger her, if not she most likely will follow up with another attack. -Also get used to attacking her at the same time she’ll attack you, if you like to do a stare off waiting for her to attack. -1:31 Punishable attack, roll towards her not away from her if you want to be able to get a hit or two off. This attack you’ll see a lot in P2 and becomes less punishable. -1:55 Had enough distance to Bloodhound Step once to avoid the first string, and even Bloodhound Step again to avoid the second string. For the Third combo string you need to Bloodhound towards her when she just jumps over you, but she homes in on you so need to dodge roll again. The Camera is your worst enemy on the last string. Always be mindful of the wall if your using Bloodhound Step. -2:15 Punishable attack, it’s not too bad to learn to dodge that one. Wait until she’s very low, then dodge roll twice to her sides. The second roll is for safety. -2:28 You need to roll towards her just a little bit to her left or right, if you do it right she’ll go right past you. Don’t dodge roll away from her or too far to the sides because you will get clipped. She always does the Dash123 in a straight line. She can do the attack up to 4x in a row. Make sure to roll away once you’ve dodged the initial hit 123 swing as she can immediately turn and swing, so if you try and greed you’ll get clipped by it. -4:26 Punishable attack during and after the attack, but it can be tricky to get the timing down of always dodging the first hit if your close. -4:41 If you can’t Bloundhound Step to make some distance, the best you can do is I-frame as much as you can of the first hit. For the second string, roll towards her but don’t dodge ASAP as there is a gap between the first and second string 4:43-4:44 and if you do it too soon you will get clipped. -6:02 That is a punishable combo ender and the one you will probably punish her the most on, however she usually will only do it if your close enough. Also the range on that is quite long I’ve gotten clipped by that attack a lot. -8:26-8:30 Good example of how a majority of her combo’s are. I would usually roll towards her to avoid the first attack, and roll again away from her to make distance to to see what she’s doing. Sometimes she will do attacks that will follow up very closely with each other, so you can’t i-frame them back to back which is why I recommend moving away and making distance after the first attack. -Her Blood Loss build up carries on from P1, usually you should proc it twice, if you build up enough you can actually get Bleed off on her as she is getting up from her Aeolian Bloom (Diving flower attack). Which is nice she starts at around 75% HP. However she can also immediately follow up with Waterfowl after her dive, always be careful of that attack along with her Clone attacks into a dive. Unfortunately I can’t help with dodging it as I never successfully did it without getting hit. However she attacks 6 times with her clones before she dives at you and the third clone does a delayed attack. If you lock on to her, you will most likely not see her 6th clone attack (which I think is another clone just dashing at you) which is also a very fast attack that follows up from the 5th. So if you get hit by the 5th clone, you’ll most likely get hit by the 6th and her dive attack (aka stun locked) which is unfortunately most likely death. Goodluck and try to stay calm, if you start getting angry you’ve already lost.

[@borheim8282]

Bro made a whole damn study guide

[@SparkOfUnity]

Kudos to you for this entire thing, I hope this helps him and anyone else whos having trouble with her

[@miguelgarnica104]

I can tell you've attained this knowledge through walking thru the crucible of pain. I thought Malenia for 10 hrs straight before I killed her. By that point everything just became muscle memory and honestly the hardest attack for me to avoid in phase 2 was when she sends out multiple clones of herself. That ended many phase 2 attempts. But honestly the biggest thing that will help afro is accepting the pain and staying calm. He's overthinking every little thing and trying to brute force through it. Malenia punishes the shit out of stuff like that.

[@Dazumu]

Or you can fully upgrade the fingerprint shield and destroy her in a Hitless run.

[@solarft]

@@miguelgarnica104 I just pushed her into a corner next to the fog gate and spammed the hell out of her, took me 3 tries, works like a charm 😅

[@HaloMouth]

The build he has for her is actually amazing. This is how I beat her as well with frost and bleeds. What's funny is even though we had different weapons/builds you can see a patern where things generally go good for people on the first few attempts for this boss. After discovering she had a phase 2 I somehow become worse at the 1st phase as I knew what was coming, not only that but you can feel this boss break you. This boss gave me a run for damn sure.

[@victorgomez4827]

I think its cuz the first few attempts you're just trying to drain her first healthbar, but when you realize you need to pace yourself for the second phase you havent actually learned any of her patterns and have to GI back to the drawing board

[@TiramisuDesu97]

Both his games against Melania were kinda stupid, circle jerking around how stupid he is when he was always being greedy for every hit, guy had no clue how to moderate his attacks and know when to get tf back

[@nooone1387]

Bleed and frost, Alongside how quick his attacks are and how easily he staggers her, Afro is getting the taste of “easy mode”. I went in with a slow casting build 😂 it’s a nightmare

[@TheWalt19]

@@TiramisuDesu97Yeah he being too greedy for sure. Patience and battle control. Control your player

[@machine1685]

As entertaining as it is to watch you rage, please take care of yourself. Your health should always come first.

[@FrazierboiX]

I agree, as entertaining as it is Afro my dude may need to take a step back.

[@LeelosAdventure]

Super agree. Afro should take a break and come back to malenia at level 200 if he has to. It’s not worth damaging his health

[@lolersthe4th880]

​@@LeelosAdventure Honestly, if he just uses a summon, I think he'd get it in one sitting. Even with a summon she can be oppressive with just how much room she takes up in the arena. It can be done without, but it's far, far more frustrating and I think people often miss the fun in this fight. That's just my take tho.

[@trillsam7726]

@@lolersthe4th880 I beat her with a summon less then 10 tries. Black knife tiche at level 10

[@Mr.Duck64]

I noticed you have Radagons Soreseal. I've had a bit of an enlightenment recently regarding the late game difficulty spike. Radagons Soreseal specifically is amazing early game because it gives melee builds all the important stats they need, bonus health, endurance, strength, and dexterity. The downside to using RS is that it lowers your defenses so you take more damage. Early game, that downside simply does not matter because you're not soft or hardcapping on your levels yet. The bonus stats early make equipping RS well worth it since nothing early game does a massive amount of damage anyways. Late game however, RS works against you for two reasons. First, the snow regions in particular introduce a large increase in damage, the late game difficulty really spikes up. Secondly, by the time you reach that late game difficulty spike, you've most likely soft or hardcapped on the extra stats RS gives you, so the bonus stats aren't meaning as much as they used to. So the pros for using RS late game have gone down because that stats aren't as important due to the softcapping, it lowers your defense, and the late game difficulty is night and day compared to previous areas All this to say, my advice would be to remove the RS talisman and replace it with something to give you more survivability. Maybe physical damage reduction from Dragoncrest Greatshield talisman or the Crimson Seed talisman to get more health from your flask I was struggling with Malenia a lot when i tried solo'ing her without a summons or using frost/bleed/greatshield combo until i realized this. After removing RS the fight went a lot smoother and I took her out within 10 minutes. TLDR: Radagons Soreseal late game bad because of soft cap on stats, the lower defense it gives you, and late game difficulty. Replace it with a talisman to increase your survivability Hope this helps someone

[@m0002856]

I typed this up as well. Many build guides are coming out with maximum DPS parameters, but there’s simply no reason to take about 15% more damage from all attacks when the stats aren’t even doing as much for you any longer.

[@Mr.Duck64]

@@m0002856 I was in one of the snow catacombs being upset that even the stone imp throwing knives were doing a respectable amount of damage and so I went back to my talismans and thought it up. Since I've made the realization, the late game areas still pose a threat, but I feel like it's much more manageable. I flipped the script overnight, and each new journey into those areas on a new character have mimiced the same results as the first time

[@chrono_s9699]

I 100% agree with this. In late game, both Radagon and Marika's soreseals are not worth it. The increased difficulty spike diminishes the benefits you get from soreseals. The weapon damage doesn't mean anything if you don't survive. The only way to mitigate this is by using dragoncrest greatshield+2 talisman or using golden vow spell. But you could get so much more defense without the soreseals and increase your survivability.

[@TheLuca115]

I came here with the Radagons Soreseal and after get my ass beaten by her i tried to remove it and i didn't see the difference. I take less damage but the combo still killed me, and the second phase still hurt. I used the Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman for mitigating the damage and that helped a bit. He just needs to endure and learn the boss fight, even if he takes less damage if he still fucks up the rolls he's not gonna win.

[@arramiscastellon6168]

I'm personally still using it for the endurance boost as well as the boost to str and dex bc Im already capped on faith and int.

[@joeygiesbrecht8163]

Afro had such a great strategy his first attempt and then threw everything from that attempt out the window 😂

[@AndrettiGA]

Bro I got sooooo frustrated lmao

[@trappytripod]

He gets greedy that’s all

[@CM11l]

@@trappytripod Afro's fatal flaw is his arrogance lol. Once he's getting cocky and acting like he's hot shit, you'll know there's a good chance the next boss will humble him. It's a never ending cycle.

[@Asriel_Cypher]

I thought he has BHS and that's the most OP shit that every PVP players' worst nightmare. Is there a reason he is not to using it there? I spam it a lot during Malenia's fight. Is there a reason he's not using it? Can someone tell me why? Why he's not using it? It has the I-frames and distance with it if he does it but he hardly uses it so I wanted to know why since I knew he had it there, for a reason. He also uses it a lot previous episodes.

[@CM11l]

@@Asriel_Cypher He was experimenting a lot with ways to beat her in this video, what with the shield and the poleblade. It probably slipped his mind that he had Bloodhound Step in the fight, especially since he panics easily against Malenia.

[@welby4296]

For anyone who wants to know, the best way ive found to dodge the waterfowl dance is to dodge backwards as much as possible with bloodhounds step for the first 2 flurries, and then on the third dodge directly into her so she'll go right over your head. Ive done this multiple times and taken no damage from it at all

[@darkincognito3826]

You could also throw an ice pot at her to cancel the dance

[@Moshuun]

Okay, this is moving into Guardian Ape territory.

[@allensmith8459]

i think we're well past that point, afro was never this pissed with the apes

[@rikkhanny867]

Ing?

[@thanosanityeffect2240]

Bro he’s far past gardian ape. He was straight quite at the end. That’s a different level of rage

[@Warsm1th12]

I think we’ve passed that actually….my man’s nose was bleeding ffs…

[@Bouchiba-bu7yp]

this is reaching demon of hatred territory it took him 3-4 videos to beat that fucker this is the 2nd video and he barely made progress he reached phase 2 only once and 2 times last video

[@Yusuf-mk4so]

Big tip, use the dragoncrest great shield talisman. Its nearby in the haligtree and vastly boosts physical damage negation. You'll still take hella damage but it really helps and stops you from being one shot from 60-70% health.

[@XOSKELENTON]

He already can’t get one shot he got hit by her throw one shot throw still survives

[@adrian4887]

@@XOSKELENTON barely, gettin caught in the swipes annihilates his health

[@NinjapowerMS]

Also lobster boy is selling crab meat which boost your physical negation even further

[@ramenemu_4376]

@@XOSKELENTON but that was first phase second phase would annihilate him.

[@Animefan5890]

Bloodhound step is an ash everyone needs for the madness that is her blender move. Tip note for folk, keep an eye out for when she hops/jumps with her sword pulled bk, thats your clue to start running, second flurry dbl back and dash towards her so she flies behind you and misses with third flurry

[@liamc7070]

For her special move, as soon as you see it, start running/bloodhounds stepping backwards immediately. Once she gets to the third one you can’t seem to avoid, run towards her and go under it.

[@wanted7812]

You can throw a freezing pot in her face while she is preparing for the move and it staggers her out of it.

[@LTTawil]

Shit still barely works, that attack is pure ass 😩😭

[@liamc7070]

@@wanted7812 I actually didn’t know this, thanks!

[@selethag]

Not sure if it'll help, but the third part of her blade storm has functionally infinite range, and will circle around in front of where she thinks you're going, so if you run in the same direction the whole time even if you avoid the first two the third will always catch up to you. You can bait her into a direction for it, but it can be tricky, so it may be easier to just 180 swap directions with your bloodhound step after the second part ends

[@Quang1999]

The funniest thing is he did dodge the third dance in the video, by literally standing still. You only need to learn how to dodge two moves to beat Malenia, the Waterfowl Dance and her Kage Bunshin in the second phase (and Afro haven't even encounter that yet lmao). In Soul games. a lot of times you can beat the bosses by having a moment of luck, but Malenia is the boss designed to never give you that moment. All of her other combos is either easy to read or easy to dodge, as long as you understand her ultimate moves, it will be a lot simpler.

[@Ninjacob00]

@@Quang1999 ah so unlike other souls bosses you can’t afford to get greedy and try to chip extra damage away. You have to stay patient and stick to the game plan of her moveset

[@Quang1999]

@@Ninjacob00 yes because she lifesteal from hitting you, so you have to be as patient as possible. Trading damage is a big no no. She always Waterfowl dance when her health drops to about 75%. I always hit her a little bit to reach that point and keep backing to keep distance. Once she does the move she rarely do it again in the first phase. For the second phase just make sure you dodge the scarlet rot nukes. Then take dmg resistance flask to avoid her special move one shotting you and try to keep the gameplan the same as the first one.

[@Dravianpn02]

@@Quang1999 nah. I've had her use it on average, about 8 times in phase one. Very rarely is it less than even 4 or 5. Definitely not just once and hardly ever again.

[@JustAS1nk]

@@Dravianpn02 you’re trading too much damage then she only does it when you do more than like 50% of her health pool if she keeps doing waterfowl 4-5 times a fight you could’ve killed her first phase 2 times over if you didn’t let her heal off you

[@kunosho1315]

16:40 Your nose is bleeding???😭😭😭 Nah she doing irl damage☠️

[@powderly390]

Love how raw you’re playing but you make it so much harder than it needs to be. Respect

[@JDWalker495]

Suffering is always easier, when you know your not alone We all been here bro

[@oscarbyrne5408]

I'm raging at her right now but watching afro go through my same rage is almost comforting in a way, lol

[@brealus]

I ain’t never been here bro deleted the game 3 times

[@jotarosold9290]

Not just you she’s easy

[@reaperofthings]

It took me five hours to beat Malenia the first time. I did four straight hours of banging my head against the wall, slowly but surely figuring out her moves and devising my own methods of evading and countering. And, while I never raged once, I was upset with myself. The first run… I beat Malenia’s first phase, 1st try. I could 50/50 the match most times, but that first run I played perfectly. And that’s what upset me. I knew in my heart and soul that I could beat Malenia, I knew I was skilled enough to defeat her, yet I kept making such silly mistakes like not paying enough attention or getting too greedy and got punished for it hard each time. Even if it didn’t mean death, it did mean being put on the back foot and reset from a worse position than when I started. And then I took an hour for a break, before the itch in my brain demanded I go back. It took me another hour, and unleashing my “secret weapon” (which is a can of Monster energy. For some reason, every single time I struggled on a boss, I’d crack open a can and just win. It might sound silly, but genuinely, I’d open a Monster and just win) but I managed to get a run so perfect I started phase 2 with 7 out of 7 Crimson flasks and 5 Cerulean flasks. That was the run I won. I still had 3 Crimson Flasks and 2 Cerulean. I popped off so god damn hard and drained that can of Monster in celebration. My advise to any player struggling against a boss. Take a break. You don’t have to grind yourself down on a video game and nobody will think less of you for doing so. Take a break, grab a bite to eat and something to drink, let yourself settle down, and go back in when you are ready. You will play so much better that it won’t take long to win. Because during that break, your mind will be able to take in all those patterns you saw and break them down. That is a lot more difficult to do when you keep throwing yourself into the grinder. When you’ve processed all that information, trust me you will have so much easier of a time. That last hour? I was 100% for wins against phase 1. I only struggled with the newer attacks of phase 2 and even then I could figure them out a lot faster without having to worry about her other attacks as well.

[@Wayne-jh4mi]

At least it took you 5hours it took me one full day. It's funny I went into Elden ring thinking I'm that guy. Tree Sentinel showed me I'm not, radahn destroyed my pride( and this is post nerf I can't imagine what pre nerf radahn would've done to me) and Melania broke me. I wasn't even happy when I beat her I felt nothing. Wasn't hyped wasn't happy, wasn't sad just nothing. I'm pretty sure i finished the fight with at least 7 healing flask. I beat her almost flawlessly I fought her so much I can go through phase 1 without getting hit. And I want bad things to come to whoever made waterfowl dance

[@Edrozine]

“And yes, for those wondering where Afro’s Villain Arc begins… let us begin with, Malenia”

[@MinatotheGreenLantern]

Yeah

[@Sapherr]

That started back at guardian ape

[@gemain609]

Lol his villain arc started in Elden ring when he killed the innocent merchants. Glad boy is getting run through by Malenia

[@achiel6700]

The funny part about her ultimate is that contrary to what the wiki says, it does NOT have a cooldown inbetween. I've seen her use it back to back.

[@tyomega9939]

The RNG of that attack is legit bullshit since she CAN DO IT back to back, but 90% it should be more periodically. Maybe it depends on if you're trying to be too aggressive on her after she finishes up the Dance

[@cptcrytech71]

from what ive read and seen it seems she does it after taking a certain amount of damage and her healing doesnt cancel that. so say she does it at idk after taking 1000 dmg lets say if she reaches that then heals she will still do the attack no matter what

[@nunull6427]

I've got a clip. That wiki is dead wrong

[@benthegreat2801]

True horror

[@saintscribbles1617]

I really like that we as a Community decide to refer to her waterfall dance as her ultimate; like there’s a cool down to that bullshit! It really shows that we came a long way as a collective.

[@LaughingDragonie]

Here is a shield tip: The amount of stamina it takes to block depends on shields guard boost, a stat which you dan check. Upgrading a shield almost to max raises guard boost by like 5. Also it is way faster and easier to switch to a shield like you switch to spell casting talisman or a weapon rather than 2 handing it. That is the start I used to survive the combo attack. Edit: For people saying that you can dodge her during the combo and that he heals even on shield. While both is true shield is still by far the safest option and its not like you have to eat the entire combo attack. She does roughly 3 combo bursts with pauses and you can just start walking back during the thrid one and not get hit at all. Also just damage her more than she heals 5 head. Respec and try other spells/weapons. She is weak to fire, bleed and frost. Last 2 are probably some of the most common status effects in the game.

[@KuntryFowle]

Why do I notice that when I upgrade some shields their guard boost decreases??

[@LaughingDragonie]

@@KuntryFowle Im guesing its a bug. Game did have several weapons with broken scaling before 1.03

[@anoofhaikalmohamed825]

I just dodge at her when she does the combo

[@devilos250]

Vs melania she heal on Ur Shield so u cant play shield everytime

[@zeratai2465]

@@KuntryFowle If you change from Standard to Heavy, Keen, or Quality, the overall guard boost drops. As they only increase the damage, it is best to keep the shield on Standard.

[@ryuuseiirockman872]

15:12 is the moment of true despair

[@cloutlaw5824]

Afro, I’ve been subbed since about 2016 and I’m proud of you and how far the channel has come! Very inspiring

[@uprising1557]

@@caesarprice3252 stop making typos, it makes me feel cold inside. 🥶

[@jake-no5mr]

I remember the first time i watched him i finally got into naruto and my youtube recommended me his “mutilating my pupils” naruto storm vid and ever since I’ve just been along for the ride regardless of his subs ill always say he deserves to be number 1 on youtube when afros having a bad day I’m having a bad day when afro gets hyped I’m getting hyped I’ve never had an experience like watching his videos

[@chblegendary165]

You’ve been here long as me, so you remember the Nameless King struggle. This is on the same level

[@biggestfloppa274]

@@chblegendary165 nah this pain hit diffrent

[@chblegendary165]

@@biggestfloppa274 you’re right I can feel it through my screen

[@GratefulDave93]

Afro, you could go to weeping peninsula and grab the turtle shield. It gives you stamina regen, but more importantly, has barricade shield. With that you should be able to tank the waterfowl weapon art.

[@IzraelGraves]

Frost pot. Thats all it takes. It instantly interrupts the entire attack.

[@VirgilHawkinsIs]

I lowkey expect him to comeback with a full fingerprint shield build. 😂😂

[@mokeyblackblood8356]

Sounds nice, but unfortunately she can still regen health by hitting the shield. Even if it deals no damage.

[@themadcultist2649]

@@mokeyblackblood8356 the hp regen isnt that much of a prob if you have a bleed build like afro

[@VirgilHawkinsIs]

​@@mokeyblackblood8356 I know but hes not having a huge issue out damaging the heal. It could work. I wouldn't advise it either though if we are talking optimal strats. Im sure some psychopath beat her with a fingerprint shield build.

[@Mr_Fudge07]

Remove lock on while dodging the waterfowl dance. When u lock on to any enemy while dodging your character tends to dodge either towards the enemy or to its side. If u remove lock on and dodge away from her using bloodhound step, u can easily dodge the water fowl dance.

[@roachmancam9012]

16:53 you've descended into a madness only comparable to the tv shows in the background of the game max payne

[@larryharden8844]

I highly recommend taking advantage of the iron jar perfume, it can help buffer you against her slashing combo it does come at the cost of your movement speed but bloodhound step basically negates it

[@WhatAHero]

I feel like if he remembered to time his forward dodges instead of spamming dodge during her ultimate attack he'd have this in the bag. Like he's aware of her normal attacks and their wind-ups but it hasn't clicked yet that dodge timing is still everything especially when you don't wanna get hit during Waterfowl, which has 3 distinct phases and timings to keep track of. I hope he gets it eventually, he's been working hard at this fight

[@slyreject8370]

And he is using Blood hound step. If he times the dodges with BH step he'd be fine. He could also try using parry. And there are long range weapons he could use too. He was using the long bow in the beginning.

[@IzraelGraves]

Or even easier, just use a frost pot. lmao

[@slyreject8370]

@@IzraelGraves Yeah afro hasn't used any crafting tools in the game at all lol. My favorite thing to use is sleep tools like st trina arrows and sleep pots.

[@pikakid8134]

True, but once you start panicking in from software games, you don’t exactly play well

[@IzraelGraves]

@@slyreject8370 I run an entire sleep based build. Lol

[@trczs5309]

Quick lil tip: if you hold down on the d-pad it’ll automatically bring up your heal potions, making it easier to find them mid fight Edit: it goes to your first slot not wherever your heal potions are

[@newt2120]

whoa now thats a game changer!

[@duquette1792]

Correction; it automatically goes to the first quick slot. If you put the flask of wondrous physick or any other item in the first slot, it'll go to it when the d pad is held down

[@spencerkennedy7872]

@@duquette1792 thanks for the info 👌🏽

[@trczs5309]

@@duquette1792 oh ok I normally have my healing in the first. Thanks for the info

[@damidir]

or even better just bring necessary usable item, don't equip things u don't always use, keep the d-pad rotation simple. this applicable to the weapon slot too

[@AverageAwesomeDude]

The shield swap worked for me, would’ve worked for Afro to if he knew about strengthening shields decrease the stamina loss per hit. Granted that’s something I found out researching malenia strats

[@axs7876]

When she does that “op undodgeable attack” dont lock on her, keep running away or use bloodhoundstep if that feels more comfortabel

[@user-om3pw6up9n]

i think u won

[@jasonschutz5293]

Too add to this when she stops and begins that animation already be running away but not using stamina until she comes for you. Also Axs congrats!

[@jpesicka492]

U can even roll out if you diagonally roll.

[@thanquolrattenherz9665]

some people use a simple dodge roll to beat the boss without ever getting hit by hear, i use a shield with a shieldblock ash of war and take her healing as a given, he simply suffers. well he surely had some serious determination to make it to this point and i applaus for that.

[@cauliflowerconnoisseur2710]

IRRC you can throw something at her to hit her out of that attack. Like while she charges it. I am not sure, though. Second phase you just run under it and it goes over your head.

[@xXXx-jl9we]

The fact that he deleted Elden Ring 4 times by fighting one boss is showing how much he loves and hates this game at the same time...

[@deathstreak1156]

Very true

[@sourcrush1673]

Pro tip: Throw a knife at her whenever you think she’ll do the jumping sword slash ability. If your within range it’ll trigger it. It’ll work as well with the blood fly spell you have. You can also throw knives at her when she’s in her cocoon you can throw them really fast compared to the blood fly attack you have.

[@slyreject8370]

Afro was using a longbow in the beginning of his playthru. I don't know why he stop using it. Could've been helpful to use a bunch of times.

[@cptcrytech71]

you know i never thought about using knives when shes in her flower....to be fair i also forgot i had stuff like lightning spear when i was in that fight cuz i was so focused on brute force powerstancing a cold flamberge and cold claymore....

[@trevor8726]

The biggest thing he needs to know is to not spend his whole stamina bar trying to use his whips on a boss he cant trade with

[@donnthomas8123]

Use a shield

[@slyreject8370]

@@donnthomas8123 Afro did use a shield. He was awful at using it lol.

[@DukePureEgg]

Your vid are honestly the best they cheer me up, never seen whips for this fight your a true trooper. Hang in there man

[@Lee-22]

"If you just use your brain, everything is significantly easier" Wise words from a wise man

[@alirezaehsanifard9220]

"I'm just a deer I'm just a cattle" Same wise man

[@teryancehorace3276]

Is this Gandhi?

[@odinmercer5944]

my dad during homework

[@emmanuelmondesir1314]

-first run: wait to safely get his licks -everything after: gets impatient and dies easily Typical but relatable

[@THEZWARRIORWAR]

That’s how it took me a week to beat her, I would only try 5 to 10 times a day just so I wouldn’t get titled

[@m0002856]

Afro, you should try removing the Radgon’s Scarseal or Soreseal whichever you have on. I know people talk about it like it’s a god tier item, but it completely falls off once you reach the soft caps and you end up taking a large increase in damage for extremely minimal gains. I don’t think you need it at all in this build, and it will give you a lot more wiggle room.

[@OoXLR8oO]

@TheFallenRuler Mind you, the defence reduction only matters if you get hit.

[@justyouraveragehumanbeing7411]

@ShuraAfterDark lets compare keeping RS: very small stat boosts that doesn't matter because afro hit the soft or hard caps on those stats removing RS: gives afro 15% of his defense back while allowing him to put another, more useful talisman in its place

[@romeyrome3275]

@@justyouraveragehumanbeing7411 tbh I kept both of those seals on and didn’t have a problem. Granted I had way more FP then him so I could bloodhound out her bs more but still the damage wasn’t as bad to me as me getting mind freeze 🥶

[@justyouraveragehumanbeing7411]

@@romeyrome3275 yeah but still those seals are pretty much useless once you've hit the soft or hard caps, you could just equip more useful ones

[@sigmasigmaonthewalluhuh]

@SBTGaming it’s negligible and it’s not 15%

[@Shiroyashasama]

The fact that we drive so much joy out of this man’s anger is insane

[@ragnarokgenesis438]

For anyone wondering the music used in the beginning is: Lord of Destruction (破壊の主), from: God Eater 3, by: Go Shiina (椎名豪). Great game series and fantastic music, I implore anyone who is interested to check out the games and OST's.

[@Cat-jx1sp]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@flailingdragoon1072]

Hey afro, your shield strat wasn't bad but there's an easier way to do It. Instead of trying to 2 hand, just equip barricade shield Ash of War on your shield. Pop It during the First part of her Waterfowl Dance attack and then block It. You can Dodge the rest easier that way.

[@zghostly_]

Been using this strategy all game and it's work wonders. Allowed me to stay in most bosses faces and fight. Even Radahn couldn't do much against it

[@HANKTHEDANKEST]

I honestly feel silly for not using my shield more as an Astrologer until Malenia. She showed me that there was a real weakness to my boss technique, that I was relying far too much on summons and nukes and not prioritizing DR and shield defence. So, I got 20 levels, equipped Radahn's armour, maxed my Carian shield and slapped Barricade Shield on it and WOW, WOW what a total difference. She damaged me ONCE, only once the entire fight, and only for like 400 health. I was amazed. The other change I made was learning to love Stars of Ruin--I had no idea it had such incredible stagger, here all this time I was relying on Rock Sling for my stagger bombs but Stars of Ruin just wrecks it. Between actually using my shield, Stars of Ruin spam, and Tiche to keep her distracted, I killed Malenia before my physick even ran out. I was genuinely surprised. Stagger her with Stars, then while she's down Tiche will usually damage her enough to pull aggro, allowing more Stars spam. The one time she did aggro me was actually kinda pathetic with my shield up--sure she healed, but nothing more Stars spam couldn't fix.

[@GxCreed]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i37SnqKDoMmYmdk you can also get this ash of war with a shield that strait up makes you invulnerable for the amount of time its there. its like bloodhound step except for a shield

[@justincausing116]

When Malenia does her special move observe her, and look for the best timing for you. She will jump in the air three times, The first two use bloodhound step to back away from her then on her third jump right before she dives in for you use bloodhound step towards her and you will make it. It all comes down to timing.

[@cannedsquasher5923]

Don't even need bloodhound step. The key to her Waterfowl Dance is to dodge into and past her. Basically if she's in front of you roll forward through her and out the other side (spam that shit lmao). The 3rd set of slices after you dodge THROUGH it she will also kind of slide to a side you want to dodge in the other direction or you'll get hit by the end. It doesn't make sense written down but once I learned the rolling timing that move is a joke despite sometimes still hitting me. The only parts of that move I really get hit by anymore is the first set (because sometimes I fuck it up) and the end of the 3rd set because I rolled the wrong direction.

[@jamaledwards8118]

@@cannedsquasher5923 that's how I've been dealing with it when I help summon. Only issue is if she's right above you. It's a little more tricky to dodge since she falls flat on your face. I think that's honestly what's killing people the most. Being open during an attack.

[@ignisspiritustenebris7137]

Yeah when she jumps on the fourth series of slashes you gotta roll towards her. The move is meant to bait you into rolling away and getting destroyed

[@MammalianCreature]

You can also just throw a single frost pot and it will knock her out of it when the frostbite effect procs. It has a 100% proc chance.

[@jasonschutz5293]

@Canned Squasher also a very viable strategy. It's natural to roll away from danger but alot of boss encounter are much easier when you practice rolling in especially sword dances and magic stuff.

[@Houster1000]

Watching streamers suffer from a boss I struggled with is pure joy. It took me like 6 hours. No summons though. No bleed too! GG everyone who beat her. I think the tide turned when I realised Ican chase her when she retreats. In my mind I was like "PRESS THE ATTACK!!!"

[@patrickkinnear8625]

To anyone watching having trouble, when she jumps to do the waterfowl dance attack, run away from her, then when she catches up dodge into her twice It will solve the problem

[@valkyriesmilk6697]

Attack her when she starts the animation and then run haha you're funny even if you run immediately when it starts theres still a very good chance it's going to hit you just got to perfectly dodge it there's plenty of tutorials takes time and practice

[@ajgibson8422]

Lmao it’s called not panic rolling I’ve see people not panic roll and parry every move she does at level a 1🤣

[@patrickkinnear8625]

@@valkyriesmilk6697 no it's pretty easy. I mean, you'll have to actually get the timing down like anything else. The game isn't going to play itself for you m8

[@valkyriesmilk6697]

@@patrickkinnear8625 yeah get the timing down hmm how would one do that think there's something for that uhh hmm oh LIKE I SAID HE WILL HALF TO PRACTICE HIMSLEF AND NOT LISTEN TO A BUNCH OF IDIOTS TELLING HIM WHAT TO DO WHEN ITS NOT THAT SIMPLE REAL EASY TO JUST SAY IT IS

[@patrickkinnear8625]

@@valkyriesmilk6697 I gotta be honest, I have no idea what you're saying. All I know is it's very angry and very dumb.

[@slurpingmario8006]

Realizing that Afro didn’t know the whole “dodge into, not away” that exist in EVERY one of these games is amazing to me

[@Tee_B]

Yeah I was just wanting to gouge my eyes out every time he dodged back away from her quick swipe attack.

[@Zomboy123456789]

That's what Bloodhound Step does to the brain, it prevents learning :P

[@FecalMatador]

To be fair, dodging can be weird when you’re locked on

[@snoopdawg2363]

@I'm a Bear You have to dodge into the attack for the second flurry. Worked mostly when I timed it correctly

[@KiwiPew]

Tru2.. i find it is weird that people dodge away and be out of range to attack instead of just dodging near the enemy..

[@heartlessscorpion1334]

It's ok afro, we know the struggle of this boss, the hardest boss in souls history, and we're here for you, through thick and thin.

[@burgeranus5725]

Cap

[@philiprandolphbenitez3788]

I'm having more difficulties with Radagon Elden Beast form than with this.

[@proxywolf2006]

@@philiprandolphbenitez3788 for real had a way worse time with radagon and the elden bitch then malenia

[@heartlessscorpion1334]

Yeah that fight I'm more so loathing than malenia because of certain mechanics, radagon has hyper armor and elden beast just runs away while spamming magic

[@jamieheslop2750]

Tough yes, hardest not even close.

[@marshinz5696]

We have all been telling ourselves this since 2009 only to come back 20 minutes later out of anger with a full stomach lol 13:26

[@eisauvais3516]

Afro when you fight her try dodging to her left more often (your right) that way you dodge her sword attacks and for that b.s multi hit attack your best bet is to Dodge using blood hound step. the moment she gets close to you(not before or after ) dodge using bloodhounds step..when you do that she remains in the same place and does those strikes till she moves again..you need to dodge back and away the moment you think it would hit you( has to be the exact moment) thats how i beat her...hope this helped!

[@iTz_Vocalz]

You can also normal dodge into her for the first two then use the bloodhound step to get distance for the third (the attack has subtle tempo to follow) If it’s easier for you to just blood hound step the whole thing that works too

[@rustyrayz1]

You’re becoming my favorite KZbinr. Content, editing, thumbnails, humor. It’s all on point.

[@MasonNHD]

She took me 213 total attempts and about 8 hours of fighting to beat. I was RL 158 using a +25 claymore with the lightning bolt ability, and the frost dragon breath incantation.

[@GratefulDave93]

How’d you fare with the final gauntlet starting with godskin duo and ending with elden beast?

[@supersigma711]

HOWWW, I BEAT HER AT RL 115 MAN

[@joodblanorthrup8259]

I feel that bro still hav not beet her, in my opinion she is the hardest soulsborne boss

[@ineffableblu]

Dude give elden ring up its not for you I beat her my first try people

[@supersigma711]

@@ineffableblu dawg shut up 😭😭

[@arunsinghyadav696]

I love this video so much, 😂 🤣 😭 the frustration and rage = comedy

[@RobZombii]

"Dodging forward is doing something for me." Me: "He's beginning to believe..." Would you believe me if I said the best way to dodge "THAT ONE MOVE".... is to simply dodge forward into it. Think of it having 2 phases, the first phase is the first 3 swipes and then she pauses, dodge backward during the first phase and wait for the pause. When she dives at you to start the 2nd phase, dodge forward into the attack and you'll avoid the whole thing.

[@LulutheJester]

That's how I felt like when he rolled forward I was like "finally!"

[@goomba07]

Dodging backward gets you no where in her first burst. She catches you and murders you unless you’ve run far enough away which isn’t possible if you’re directly next to her when she starts the attack

[@KSIdragonrage]

@@goomba07 thats when you dodge forwards when she jumps up or throw a frost pot at her... ether works.

[@rafaelpferreira5463]

@@goomba07 it really depends on the initial distance relative to her when she starts to do it. that's why some players throw some daggers at her from distance, just to initiate her flurry attack from a distance. The only way reliable (at least for me) to avoid her flurry attack without taking distance is using the shield.

[@Zerterk23]

Isn’t that how you beat any elden ring boss, you dodge into their attacks…

[@Commonwealth-ex7ev]

A few tips that helped me beat Malenia: First bloodhound's step is absolutely critical, when she charges up her spiral cloud passage dance you have to spam the weapon art backwards for the first two bursts. Then on the third and final burst you have to dodge forward with the weapon art becuase she will always dash in ahead of you in order to catch you. Secondly you have to roll into her sometimes, when shifts she her sword into her prosthetic hand for a rapid series of slashes you'll want to roll towards her left hand. If you time it right you'll get out of the combo unscathed. Minor detail I know, but since Malenia can heal at your expense every bit of health counts. Thirdly you might just want to turn off the music, especially in the second phase. If you're stressed then this soundtrack will only likely make you panic when you should be concentrating for the most difficult phase. Fourthly if these tips don't really help then I suggest grinding for more levels. Miquella's Haligtree is actually the area where enemies drop the most amount of runes per kill. One place that worked well for me was between the church where the clean rot knight is standing guard and the gateway where the putrid avatar is standing guard. I was around level 130 and each run between these checkpoints gave me at least a single level up per run. Anyways, I wish you the best in your endeavors.

[@Elixrfy]

I don't feel bad because I was using this weapon before the big update that fixed everything but Rob helped me beat her second try even when the arcane scaling was messed up it still shredded melenia with bleed but after seeing what the weapon got turned into I can confidently say I got my ass handed to me at least a 100 times before I finally beat radagon and elden beast. Just something about that fight but even on ng plus Melania is no where near as hard as what people say. her moves are stupidly easy to read after the first few tries and bloodhound step is the best counter for any long combo move she does. a great fight but nothing on the level of some of sekiro bosses or even ds3 I'd say

[@jungalist117]

Bloodhound ain't critical imo you can just dodge the waterfowl

[@mida05g]

No need to farm at the haligtree. Just bird up in moughs area

[@kingyoshi1124]

Most helpful comment!

[@MH-ut1rc]

@@jungalist117 buddy nobody is going to dodge her waterfowl consistently when she does it right on top of you.

[@zghostly_]

Fighting the Tree Sentinel and Margit early on teaches that dodging backwards won't work most of the time and that dodging forward is better. Seems this lesson gets brought back here. What a skill check boss 😂

[@diogomelo7897]

Honestly I thought that apart from the waterfowl dance, dodging towards her would rarely work for me

[@zghostly_]

@@diogomelo7897 With most bosses dodging forward works. If you dodge back you're technically jumping into their attacks. Margit is the prime example as he has hella range so dodging back will only throw you into his attack

[@tomireef9383]

i have personally never found dodging forward helpful against melenia, cus whenever i get close she will just keep attacking relentlessly so i just back up and bait out her punishable attacks while going for a few jump attacks when shes not doing anything

[@diogomelo7897]

@@zghostly_ I definetly agree for Margit and a few other bosses, just didn't thought that was the case with Malenia

[@danielclark653]

@@diogomelo7897 a lot of her attacks can be super easily punished if you either dodge through them or around them instead of away from them. Dodge in the direction of her swings and she’ll usually whiff the follow ups so you can punish her. The water fowl dance she does is super easily dodged by running from the first two then dodging into the last one.

[@PavelSekerka]

Swarm of Flies is actually a viable strategy. At least it was for me, but I had to utilize Mimic Tear or Tiche as a diversion and also spammed Night Comet like crazy, while avoiding her by any means possible 🙂

[@fakechloe207]

He actually keeps on dying cuz he keeps doing the flies when she's up his face

[@michaeldiaz7620]

For baiting out the waterfowl dance, the easiest way is when you are just staring her down, throw a knife or hit her with a projectile at a safe distance and she'll respond with the move. Do that and your safe to dodge no problem especially with the bloodhound step.

[@Jonmad17]

Use a high stability shield for that one attack. That's what I did. A shield's stability determines how much of your stamina bar each hit you receive takes, and if it's high enough you can block every attack reasonably well.

[@bananaman4613]

You just feed her health if you do so

[@Riasiru]

For those saying that she heals if you block, yes. She do... She also heals if you die. Pick your poison. For those with a keen eye, you might notice she doesn't heal the same amount on every hit. I was curious about this and it seems her rapid attacks heal her for significantly less per strike whilst her big hits can heal her for as much as 6.5% of her max HP all at once. Yes, she heals... But you can beat it out even if you block her. She staggers, after all. Comboing her isn't hard.

[@bananaman4613]

@@Riasiru yeah but if you dodge she doesnt heal

[@Jonmad17]

@SBTGaming Which is why I only used the shield for that one attack, since it's so hard to dodge. She does heal, but that's still better than you dying instantly. It's what worked for me.

[@AzraelVT]

“ I did no damage but I felt like I was fighting” I felt that one

[@TheSizNation]

Boah

[@kennyislo]

Mans teleported to WW2 at 8:47

[@salarmer1633]

I love how his mood quickly alternates between “oh you’re so easy, you’re dog water” to “OF COURSE THAT HAPPENS, OF COURSE THAT FUCKING HAPPENS, I JUST COME TO DIE”

[@cptcrytech71]

its the cockyness lol i was like that too untill i was stuck on her and fire giant and then i relized being cocky in a fromsoft game is not good for anyones health lol

[@salarmer1633]

@@cptcrytech71 yeah, letting your guard down fucks you up, specially on a boss as hard as this one, my man gets too greedy and forgets that stamina management is a thing that should be proactively done lmao.

[@cptcrytech71]

@@salarmer1633 ik right managing stamina is probably the one thing I still think I struggle with even after beating the game I mean even with this fight I went so gun hoe with powerstancing a bleed and frost imbued greatswords (cold flamberge and bleed claymore) that I forgot when she is in the flower during second phase I could have used lightning to still dmg her lol

[@ticboii5254]

Hey quick tip: that combo is a three part attack. You can run from the first part. Dodge the second and either run from the third or dodge

[@jamierasmussen5006]

He knows bruh

[@ep0l37]

@@jamierasmussen5006 😐

[@karasupowa23]

or simply throw a jar at her face when she starts flying

[@luggi9846]

I just like how evrybody here is telling us how maidenless they are with there comments :D

[@theunit789]

I was excited to see his triumphant moment overcoming Malenia. Hope to see it soon!

[@cc-sy9mk]

This dude is by far the most relatable elden ring player I’ve ever seen and I love it.

[@caneosgaming9575]

I love the series Afro it’s great to just be able to watch all of your content and find enjoyment as well

[@danksanz4353]

I know you're pain man it took me 7 straight days and the recruitment of an invader to beat her, I may not be the veteran of souls games like you guys or anyone in comment section, but just know we get it, we ALL get it man, keep your head up

[@ultraviolence3150]

Lol 2nd try easy

[@Thiricola]

@@ultraviolence3150 okay

[@fediardhaoui1422]

tbh it took me like 20 tries or less but i used rivers of blood +9 and mimic +10.

[@thatlaysbag6790]

Took me like 4 tries

[@thatlaysbag6790]

@@fediardhaoui1422 I beat her first try with the same loadout

[@pac0113]

The easy way to dodge that move is to run away from her first jump, then dodge IN on the second jump and keep running. If you don’t have time to dodge the first one, then good luck and may grace guide you

[@goshagrigorian4009]

Also she does that move when she reaches about 70% on first phase Oh and to dodge the clones on second phase bloodhound side to side

[@WedgeSkyrocket]

Freezing Pots can also be used to frostbite her during the windup, which will cancel the attack. Although it goes without saying that you should probably not use a frost weapon if you're going to use this method. It's worth bringing a fire weapon instead, so you can manually reset the frostbite status to ensure it's always available to cancel Waterfowl Dance. It's a tough fight and to anyone still trying to overcome it, I wish you good luck, keep it up!

[@bofa722]

@@WedgeSkyrocket also I've heard after u freeze her 2x she will need to be hit with 2 pots to stun her out of it, so it pretty much only works twice and then good luck dealing with it

[@alicevioleta3184]

mad respect for afro. everything about this man deserves respect. he has incredible character. genuinely good dude.

[@urborg74]

Know that every time I laughed during this video it was because I have also felt the pain. Have fought her with a different build in each play through (4 times now) and every time it has been a slog unmatched by almost every other enemy.

[@Shishakind86]

That's exactly what we as humans enjoy. To share experiences and to relate to each other.

[@Borderlines]

17:06 "im just a deer. Im just cattle, waiting for you to dismantle me" - Afro says, passionately [Quote from the book of AfroSenju Bedroom Roleplay Ideas] .. probably

[@deadlyydude5522]

Yo Afro, I just wanna say Malenia is an optional boss. You can still go fight all the other main bosses and then come back and fight her after. She’s def the hardest boss in the game, so no shame if you save her for later

[@cart_r2405]

U seem to have not watched afro before. He will keep bashing his head against the wall until he beats her

[@Tam-Ezrac]

The thing is he’s doing all the side content first before finishing the game and unless he starts to get “self-destructive” he probably won’t stop his attempts plus he would probably feel like shit if he doesn’t kill her before beating the game

[@JoshuaIfidi]

You know afro isn't leaving until she dies bro

[@deadlyydude5522]

@@cart_r2405 I know, but he did end up beating DS3 like a year or two after he gave up by cheesing the boss with his friend. I’m just saying it’s no shame if he leaves her for later. She’s honestly harder than anyone he’s going to fight, like Radagon or Godfrey. The only boss that comes close to Malenia imo is Malekith Also a rematch in his Elden Ring arc would be lit, like Sasuke vs Naruto pt 2

[@dathunderman4]

As asmongold once said, “the whole fucking game is optional”

[@CharlesinTampa]

When I finally killed this boss... It was less a moment of joy, and more about the confusion over how I did it. Same loadout and move set with some lucky hits and dodges.

[@Loki_The_Damned]

The hypercut near the end with 13 deaths got me hard. I feel your pain bro, I ended up just using a giant axe and beating her to De@th with it. Stagger is good c:

[@ramenemu_4376]

dang you bricked?

[@2themax236]

Hey Afro, a couple of tips that helped me beat Malenia: - Her waterfowl move consists of three different attacks. Once Malenia is at 70% health she'll start using this attack so be sure to keep your distance at this point. Running at her can trigger the attack meaning you can bait it out (you can also start her combo from a distance using throwing knives). There are a couple of ways to deal with the attack itself. If you are positioned correctly (far enough away) you can outrun the first two and dodge away from the third hit by rolling twice. This however didn't work for me personally because I could never get the required space between me and the boss. My tactic was running away from the first move, dodging into the second move on the left side (her right side) and immediately dodging back twice. Most of the times I would only get hit once. Bloudhound step is a good option but I could never get the hang of it. - Roll into the attack where her sword sparks. Most consistent way I found to dodge it. You also have to dodge right after the first roll otherwise you'll be hit. - Equip the Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman to greatly boost your physical damage nagation and equip some better armour. The difference in damage you'll take is insane. I really hope these tips can help you beat Malenia, good luck!

[@minmaxflaminggaming4283]

I knew I could never dodge so I used black knife tiche and a greatsheild with I saw this first

[@TheIshvalanHero]

"If you just use your brain, everything gets significantly easier bro." This man is a philosopher 🤣🤣🤣

[@KingPhill87]

THE MOST ENTERTAINED IVE EVER BEEEN ON KZbin!!! Watching someone else suffer what you went through and overcame, is a unique kind of satisfaction :D

[@bigbigbigbigbigman]

Turns out it wasn't the scarlet rot that drove Radahn insane it was hearing "I am Malenia blade of Miquella" on repeat in his head.

[@nogb8367]

Radahn stomped her though, she was literally carried out of the battlefield unconscious

[@michaelbrown8660]

@@nogb8367 so she has known defeat. She just got her ass beat too bad to remember it 🤣

[@dacbiet]

@@nogb8367 Right. She had to nuke Caelid with the rot to even out with Radahn, the gigachad.

[@bigbigbigbigbigman]

@@nogb8367 How could you know she was stomped from 2 seconds of cutscene? For all you know they were beating each other over the head for hours til Malenia decided to pull out her Ult.

[@nothaman1345]

@@bigbigbigbigbigman radahn was winning until the nuke where they were even then they both got fucked up