The Controversial Hardest Boss Ever Made - Elden Ring

[@EvanExplains]

DLC enjoyers 👇❤

[@Mister_Puffins]

Very much enjoyed the DLC, will have to say that some people need to learn not to spoil or ruin it. 👀

[@lorencalfe6446]

radahn is bs

[@jameslough6329]

@@lorencalfe6446 No he’s not. Skill issue

[@donsalizar4037]

@@Mister_Puffins A game that gatekeeps itself is bliss

[@7.62b]

I enjoyed so much it was easy for me

[@Jacksontruman92]

Hate him or love him, Consert Rahdan is a prime example of why we fight most Souls bosses past their prime.

[@xironheadx-4590]

That Rahdan wasn't even prime Rahdan. That was a younger version of himself that lost to Margot back in intro cutscene. Prime Redahn was the one that bodied Milania

[@DuDoo553]

@@xironheadx-4590you’re gonna tell me this guy, which is literally called a "god boss" at the end of the fight is weaker than morgott lore wise? There is zero evidence for that and it makes no sense whatsoever

[@ColtonGamingTV]

@@xironheadx-4590 more like got bodied by Malenia

[@SirCilantro27]

@xironheadx-4590 It is implied to be his prime. Plus he has the mind of himself after fighting malenia, so he would have all his post malenia battle skills. His body being closer to the look of pre-morgott doesnt make it not his prime. Also if he was only as strong as morgott then he wouldnt be miquella's consort now would he?

[@wr5488]

@Chaos_knight553 Prime Radahn is shown being overwhelmed by Morgott in the games intro. THIS version of Radahn though, in Mohg’s corpse and amplified by Miquella’s new god form, would likely crush Morgott. DLC Radahn should be the strongest character we see by a ways.

[@HuyNguyen-wq1lx]

For the phase 2, they can just swap Radahn for a white screen and I doubt anyone would notice

[@MozzaBurger88]

With the "you died" screen. FTFY.

[@Starrky923]

White screen at least would have consistent fps

[@Heating56]

Kai’s “I got greedy” after dodging 90% of a 15 hit combo is wild

[@smolbean2263]

He did though, he kept missing and wanted to get a hit in as "reward" after all those dodges He should have stopped after his first jump attack

[@dafulegend5905]

This boss is a walking flashbang lobotomy

[@hiharovic7284]

This is the most accurate shit I’ve ever read

[@theone7059]

I feel as if they toned down the lightning a little? I remember the first time seeing it. Apart from burning my fps it was burning my retinas aswell. It doesn't feel as bad now for me. I also didn't change my brightness nor gamma.

[@TheOneWithNoFNnick]

@@theone7059 I think you're right. I first encountered him pre-patch and I thought that ER trolled me again. I applauded them for finally not flashing Bandai Namco in my face, just to make me lose my eyesight in the final round. Voluntarily. Over and over again. But when I finally beat him past patch, it really didn't feel that bad anymore.

[@SuryaGupta-te7fq]

I can't even play this fight because his light attacks causes freeze frames, the screen freezes then i lose all my health in the next frame. They should at least fix the lag issues, a 3070 should not be having lag issues according to their pc requirements

[@TreeeQueen]

miquella definitely should’ve had an epilepsy warning when he walked out

[@o_psicopato]

"its an RPG, what role am i playing? The victim?" -someone suffering in the hand of rykard.

[@Apt23-v8u]

Yes

[@JP-bg2vq]

Fighting Radahn is like fighting Maxor’s editing

[@Jikuri]

Holy Maxorlester build

[@player0ne16]

@@Jikuri ??? what are you implying

[@Jikuri]

@@player0ne16 Genshin Impact review

[@MrGrant176]

@@Jikurithat’s probably the most accurate description of this boss fight yet

[@santiagomoralesgarcia1802]

I wonder what maxor is going to Cook editing this BOSS fight

[@shawnalexandernoticemesenpai]

Let's never wonder out loud what a boss would be like at their full strength again thnx

[@vituperousrecidivist6141]

We’ll never see full power Gwyn 😢

[@viktorzeman5202]

@@vituperousrecidivist6141 Or Malenia without rot :(

[@EugeneDorkdinkletonBonquavo]

@@viktorzeman5202 Malenia without rot would honestly be a nerf imo, have you seen what the Goddess of Rot did to Caelid?

[@Redeyedjedii]

@@viktorzeman5202 You wanna see Malenia in her prime? Look up the Unalloyed Malenia fight.. Nearly impossible unless you're actually a god lol

[@viktorzeman5202]

@@Redeyedjedii I've seen it.

[@mcrenn5350]

You're basically fighting Radahn in Mohg's body possessed by Miquella. It's 3 demi Gods and their skillsets we fight in that battle -- gravity, bleed and holy damage abound 💔

[@berzgaming1039]

1 god and 2 demigods

[@sweatydrug437]

@@berzgaming1039 so 4 demigods🥰

[@sanity1947]

now that you put it like that I see why he’s so op. It’s a 1v4. One god versus four demigods.

[@gamera5160]

A dude possessing a dude with another dude. It parallels the divine beast fight. All things can be conjoined.

[@pututsoul7681]

Magic Faith Arcane.. Maybe Strength for the Damage and Dexterity for the swiftness. Miquella sure is cooking the perfect God

[@akanji8285]

My boy Radahn didn’t consent to shit

[@mrjooxmanallah]

Miquellested 😂

[@Ghaltouni]

Justice for Radahn and Mohg

[@luisplasencia2876]

Actually he did consent 😐

[@Mike-official]

@@luisplasencia2876 proof? why would miquella have malenia kill radahn for him if he consented?

[@EugeneDorkdinkletonBonquavo]

@@luisplasencia2876 Why would he stop the stars if he was gonna die anyway for the vow? He didn't consent to shit.

[@DaddySaddo]

Miquella is so strong that he killed me and my GPU.

[@sebastian-gs9ff]

Cpu? Oh Shit than

[@_oracle]

Literally the only boss ever that made me play this game at the lowest graphics setting. With still some frame drops during the T pose light nuke attack. Truly bs

[@freeziboi3249]

What is this why does my GPU have a moveset! 🤬

[@sebastian-gs9ff]

@@freeziboi3249 what isGPU??

[@legendarykeyboardwarrior8364]

I run this game on Ryzen 5500u 16 gb ram, 2gb integrated graphics memory... no issues, play smooth.

[@enickma910]

the biggest issue I had with waterfowl dance is lack of clarity. Players didn't figure out how to dodge it by being careful and watching for gaps in the attack, because visually there aren't any. They had to painstakingly discover through trial-and-error the dodge timings and directions to exploit invisible gaps in the hitboxes. Radahn's 2nd phase is just that, over and over. All clarity is thrown away for spectacle and it bludgeons any fairness in learning. There is only trial-and-error.

[@heckogoop4318]

is learning not trial and error? Its just a lot of it. the issue is the sheer scale of attacks, not that each one is bullshit. I’ll agree that waterfowl is kind of bs (if you don’t recognize when malenia likes to throw it and can prepare for it), but most of consort radahns attacks are just normal swings with some delayed area denial, pretty similar to the mohg boss fight fittingly. The one attack i didnt like was his repeated flash of light down slams after his rock throw in phase 2. That attack is impossible to read visually much like waterfowl.

[@Thisisthegreatestatofalltime]

@@heckogoop4318It’s trial and error in the sense that basically no one is going through his second phase first try without a build that hard counters him. Most other bosses might have some trial and error moves but as a whole beating even a boss like Orphan or Isshin first try is very much possible on a blind playthrough.

[@cherdnad2630]

If you've learned Radahn's 1st phase, you already learned 70% of the 2nd phase's moveset. Don't get intimidated by the flashing lights.

[@sturmmagnunstein1008]

​@@cherdnad2630problem is the 30% left are frequently 1 shots so you never have the chance to properly study his moves

[@cherdnad2630]

@@sturmmagnunstein1008 He doesn't have a one shot if you have armor/dragoncrest Tali/high Scadu. The only "one shot" I can think of is the clone attack he does on the ground but that attack will miss if you're close to him. Which I think is one of the reasons I find him easier than Malenia as Malenia's Waterfowl is a "one shot" for me. I think the problem is people are fighting him with low to mid Scadu fragments.

[@nathancurnutt8074]

You know I see no one talking about just how much Rahdan would actually love us and just how fucking excited he would be to fight us. Hearing about a tarnish that's running around gathering greatrunes would get that big man so happy, he might even throw a festival just so we come to fight him. For us it would be a terrifying experience, for him he would be like a teenage girl preparing for a highschool prom

[@ETBrooD]

Damn right, that's exactly why a lot of people don't like his return as Miquella's puppet.

[@ammarabbas5153]

That's uh...some wild fantasy you got there

[@fatalexception3845]

The Nth souls game sad factor: We never fight Radahn in full possess of his mind. He's either zombified by the Scarlet Rot or bewitched by Miquella. The strongest demigod on the planet, always reduced to his worse possible condition. And he still kicks ass. Love the character, but really pity him too.

[@KingdomKeyJT]

@@fatalexception3845pretty sure Radahn as Miquella’s consort is peak condition for him though. Not only is he in his prime but he also has ALL of the combat and magic knowledge from his past life (since it’s the same soul) AND he has the amplification of Miquella’s abilities. Radahn was NOT in bad condition at all for his final battle

[@EugeneDorkdinkletonBonquavo]

@@KingdomKeyJT Pretty sure he was talking about his state of mind as how he said in the first sentence he said. I'd even say the Starscourge Radahn is still in a fine condition physically. He can turn into a meteor, ride his horse with gravity magic, and also still hold the stars while basically being a mindless zombie. He's gotten better as Consort Radahn but now he has super kewl holy nuke powers from Miquella.

[@pirateskeleton7828]

Miquella was like “You made a vow” The vow: “Over my dead body”

[@jacobtrout2303]

Miquella: “Those terms are acceptable.”

[@ericlindogines8036]

​@@jacobtrout2303Malenia: "Allow me to introduce myself" *proceeds to nuke the fuck outta Caelid*

[@JT_No_Money]

I think Mogh was the one who said “over my dead body”😂

[@ThatCho]

And Miquella replied: "I can make that happen."

[@Cheezndie]

If you’re struggling with this absolute beast of a boss here are some tips. -never roll backwards in second phase -you can strafe his grab attack if you run around him -for his slice/slice/double slice attack, roll really early for the first attack -great shields are amazing against him - his flying meteor attack can be dodged by running to one side and jumping before they hit you -fast weapons with status effect, particularly rot and bleed are good as well Hope this helps

[@ZugzugZugzugson]

i can't help myself from rolling backwards. its a reflex. i see big swords coming at me, its sort of just ingrained in my head to dodge away from them, not _towards_ them.

[@alonsogarde4161]

​@@ZugzugZugzugsoni tried dodging towards but guess what,the camera allows you to see nothing and you literally eat the next attack

[@evanluckey8670]

His cross slash or the slash, slash, double slash also starts from the right side of radahn. If your going for the frame perfect dodge, keep your eyes locked on that arm.

[@justsomeotherguywithamusta6810]

Just parry. He's so easy parrying him

[@acetaminophen8695]

​@justsomeotherguywithamusta6810 parrying is extremely viable imo. during first and second phase, the AI sometimes does the fast right hand slash into delayed double slash after every parry. the delayed hit is super easy to parry, even if you get hit by the first part of the combo.

[@Rez_U_Rekt]

One thing. Boss is not weak to stagger damage. He is literally the boss with the biggest stagger bar.

[@TNumbers]

I wouldn’t say that. More so that because his attacks are very long, the stagger “meter” begins to regenerate and makes him harder to stagger. 3 great sword guard counters can get him as long as his combos give you the time to land the hits.

[@Ar17778]

Brother I was staggering him with backhand blades lol it isn’t that bad, I Imagine it’s very easy with star fist or a great sword

[@es-rh8oo]

Even with powerstanced Greatswords and the poise break tear, I wasn't able to poise break him without dying. So I just went with fingerprint shield + antspur rapier

[@Ar17778]

@@es-rh8oo what??? You couldn’t stance break with a 2 great swords? Wtf I got at least 1 stagger every fight with fucking tiny blades and 1 charged attack and the rest jumps and r1

[@bert3837]

I hit him with the thorns and staggered him easily.

[@zeddycanddy]

15:48 The player character just sitting there and bowing to Miquella while Ansbach is fighting for his life is just so fucking funny I'm sorry

[@Xensioh]

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU KNEELING FOR" -Said Ansbach calmly as he courageously takes on the strongest bussy bandit and the femboy at once

[@zedetach]

This is the only game in history where when it says 'God slain', you truly felt that you did indeed slay a God.

[@Mulamos8408]

Elden beast:

[@kacin1292]

@@Mulamos8408 Elden Beast is a wimp. This guy definitely felt like the full might of a demi god.

[@Mulamos8408]

@@kacin1292 fair enough

[@chicolopes1928]

No it's not? Main game final boss says it too

[@kiro253]

Ehh nah...this is cancer lol

[@MrPatchy248]

Radahn made me understand how overpowered greatshields are

[@TheOmegaDragon]

For me it was Fingerprint Shield, Spear with Bleed damage, and Mimic Tear to defeat him.

[@octavianpopescu4776]

@@TheOmegaDragon I'd recommend Black Steel Greatshield, it's what I used. It's that big shield that black knights have. Why? Holy: 84, really helps with those holy attacks. It's the best anti-holy greatshield that I know of, even better than the Haligtree greatshield (with 79).

[@BigPapaSpeedwagon]

@@octavianpopescu4776 i used the greatshield moore drops when you kill him and that thing face tanks all of his attack. combine that with the sword lance and you have a balanced fight against this guy XD

[@Ar17778]

@@TheOmegaDragonwhat a engaging way to win😭

[@kyle268]

​@@Ar17778If you dont wanna use shields or dodge endlessly. Then parry his ass just standing in front of him do nothing XD

[@protagonist9629]

One thing i find interesting is that you see radahns aura in the cutscene (which could also be mohg) and it's immediately overruled by miquella's aura.

[@yo_yo477]

seems like the devs forgot how restricted the character’s movement is when designing the fight

[@potatosuc4950]

if we had the bloodborne dash this would’ve been so much better

[@loganberkheimer1857]

There are so many bosses in elden ring that I would do very unsavory things to be able to fight them with a hunter or Sekiro

[@trutyatces8699]

Agreed. Many bosses in this DLC were clearly never tested in a meaningful way and the devs should actually factor in build-choices and the fact that Elden Rings controls suck with the buffering of inputs and the literal delay in rolling. Souls Bosses were hard but fair because they were methodical and reliant on conscious choice rather than the muscle memory we have to rely on now.

[@maxwellsamuel3255]

@@trutyatces8699Git Gud

[@trutyatces8699]

@@maxwellsamuel3255 not even your side takes that comment seriously anymore.

[@BlaD-Arc]

this is one of those bosses that you can say "use everything you have and can" to survive

[@aryabratsahoo7474]

Ironically, because of how hard his attacks hits, it's better to solo him, cause it's easier to dodge that way.

[@trutyatces8699]

@@aryabratsahoo7474plus the phantoms are dog water and clearly meant to be summoned the same way Igon and Hornsent were with their +0 Scadutree Fragments damage.

[@aryabratsahoo7474]

@@trutyatces8699 not to mention summoning them outside of the fog wall means the boss's hp increases.

[@_Tzer]

Use the spirit ash

[@aryabratsahoo7474]

@@_Tzer spirit ashes are not nuclear proof. It's better to use them in phase two or after the meteor strike.

[@anldorukozoguz3728]

I have been fighting this mf for the last 50 hours or so. and I still continue fighting Edit: I DID IT

[@honeydarlinggaming9156]

If you’re still struggling. Grab the Taylew summon and use him at +10. Grab around 45 to 50 fth. Get heal from afar and golden vow. Tayler can solo him if you wanna win.

[@anldorukozoguz3728]

@@honeydarlinggaming9156 I use no summon nor buff. I dont even struggle because he kills me instantly in the 2nd phase but I can no damage the 1st phase wtf😭😭

[@noddarkwolf]

@@anldorukozoguz3728 well no wonder your struggling your chaining yourself down. either use all the tools youve been given or simply git gud

[@SuleX00-ov5ip]

@@anldorukozoguz3728 Consort Rahdahn is a test of every single game mechanics in elden ring. If you ignore more than 1 of them the fight is impossible. The game doesn't do a good job at teaching you that.

[@fabriciosouza3128]

@@anldorukozoguz3728 You can use a weapon with bleed and the AOW raptor of the mist to avoid the explosion. I did kill him with milady only punishing with roll attack and whenever he did the T Pose I could hit him about 3 times, then use the ashe of war, and hit him as he's landing from T Pose. You might want to use heavy armor and about 2 talisman for defense, if you are being hit a lot

[@giusepperesponte8077]

Every other boss in this game, I’ve beaten them with no armor and truly nothing but a lordsworn greatsword, not even crab. This was very hard to do and I died many thousands of times, around 200 just to Malenia. All those bosses are easy next to Consort Radahn. They’re truly not even in the same league. I couldn’t imagine a fromsoft boss that was harder than malenia, but Radahn definitely is. I’ve died close to 400 times and honestly, it doesn’t look like the end is near. I can’t even get him consistently to 30% health. His first phase is fine, it’s the Miquella+Radahn phase that’s the problem. It’s easily the hardest boss ever in a fromsoft game. He has moves that I still don’t know how to consistently dodge, and he leaves virtually no openings on anything he does. Every attack he throws explodes later and wrecks you. I wouldn’t be surprised if it took me a thousand attempts to beat this guy with my barebones setup.

[@Jossages]

I 100%'d the game on release and didn't touch it again until recently - Finished the DLC the other day and I'm doing Haligtree now and I'm finding Malenia to maybe be more difficult than Consort Radahn. But they're difficult in different ways I guess.

[@jollyhazard-3809]

@@Jossages I've beat the game a few times and Malenia many more times, she's became a lot more fun and predictable after I beat her plenty of times. Can't say the same for Consort Radahn, his attacks feel like Malenia's waterfowl dance but 24/7 and they blind half of your screen. That one giant ray of light attack literally drops my FPS like 50 frames and my PC is nowhere close to bad.

[@Jossages]

@@jollyhazard-3809 "I've beat the game a few times and Malenia many more times, she's became a lot more fun and predictable after I beat her plenty of times." I think this is exactly the reason why people think the DLC is significantly harder than the base game - they've been playing the base game for 2 years.

[@verde5738]

@@Jossages Consort Radahn is like fighting 3 Malenia's at the same time. It's not even close.

[@Jossages]

@@verde5738 In what way? Sure he attacks more often/consistently but I think that just makes him easier.

[@dahlecho4914]

I wish if we had done the ranni quest we would show up with ranni on our back when phase 2 started. Would have been so sick.

[@elitechaz8440]

Agreed

[@somedude4832]

She summons the moon every time an attack hits the ground

[@zornstein_-9472]

Mods plssssss

[@dahlecho4914]

@@somedude4832 as soon as miquella walks out and gets on radahns back, we just “oh we can do that to” and ranni just shows up.

[@heyimurchin6575]

and if you did goldmask ending, he will be there T posing for dominance lmao

[@etkruger]

I am very thankful that most of the fromsoft bosses are out of their prime.

[@FreddyChoppins]

Radahn's gonna make everyone think twice before asking for a fight against a damaged/weakened boss in their prime ever again 😄

[@rickkcir2151]

Except this isn’t prime Radahn. I don’t know why people keep acting like we’re fighting Radahn as he was during the shattering. This is Radahn’s soul in Mohg’s body being powered up by Miquella. Even phase 1 isn’t prime because he’s still in a completely different body, and presumably still empowered by Miquella.

[@yayayayayaya8140]

@@rickkcir2151 i mean, the lore doesnt support it but this is basically still what the trope is. its a radahn not fucked up by the rot.

[@Elden-Bear]

@@rickkcir2151this is radahn’s new prime

[@ATthemusician]

I mean, it is a literal god mounted on top of a demi god in another demigods body.

[@orendamusic7577]

After beating it I think it’s absolutely the hardest boss ever in the series, but it really did feel like beating an anime dragonball z character flying around at the speed of light. It almost had to be a bit BS to meet the bar of killing a god and the strongest demigod in his prime

[@orendamusic7577]

Elden rings worlds “power level” is also a lot higher than dark souls, where everything is dead or dying used-to-be strong type dude by the time you fight them. They had to actually make the gods of ER feel as hyped as their lore or the fights feel hollow

[@allan9336]

it feels like radahn acting as a dmc character vs. a turnbased tarnished.

[@Svol09]

Can't wait for the dude who will beat him at lever 1 just to spit on all the difficulty.

[@orendamusic7577]

And if radahn gets to summon a god caster build halfway through the fight you best believe halfway through the fight im also ding dinging in my #1 ride or die (another me)

[@capitalism7189]

@@orendamusic7577if we’re using lore then Dark souls characters are on par with Elden rings. The first flame sustains EVERYTHING in the dark souls universe even concepts like space and time. Linking the fire is at bare minimum a universal feat putting people like the Chosen Undead,Gwyn,The Ashen One,Gael and a few others on the same level of power as The Elden beast.

[@busterwolf6973]

"Marketting would lead you to believe that mesmer was the final boss" Fromsoft 101any character in the "box art" of the DLC is not the final boss.. Lady Maria - Orphan of Kos Artorias - Manus Mesmer - Psych its Radahn again!

[@apophisstr6719]

Which is exactly what I love about how they advertise, seems to show so much yet so little actual spoiler, be it about the plot, or the enemies that you will fight.

[@EvanExplains]

one of my favorite things they do!

[@BBQcheese]

Soul of Cinder is on the cover of DS3...

[@-Roche-]

​@@BBQcheesesoul of cinder was not a dlc...

[@BUKUDI]

Truly the dark souls of marketing

[@zendera999]

Mogh seek Miquella Consort: “Mogh’s a pedo!” Miquella seek Radahn Consort: “Actually, consort has several meanings.” Ain’t no way boy, y’all are charmed irl 😂

[@somedude4832]

The Miquellester strikes again

[@Satsaru]

Miquella is truly the most fearsome demigod, his divine rizz even affects players in real life

[@trumpetskelton5877]

No it’s the fact that Mogh kidnapped Miquella that makes him look bad.

[@miragebarrage9748]

@@trumpetskelton5877Mogh kidnapped Miquella because he was already under Miquella’s spell. Miquella wanted to be kidnapped by Mogh in order to gain access to the shadow realm. And Miquella wanted our Tarnished to defeat Mogh so he could use Mogh’s corpse as a vessel for Radahn’s soul.

[@calebgriffin4214]

An item description talks about Mohg “trying to share his bloody bedchamber” with Miquella, whereas Miquella has abandoned his sense of love. There’s definitely a difference between the two

[@ruikiri]

People complaining about difficulty... the boss is learnable BUT the double slash into cross is BS, his clones are very inconsistent and sometimes clip you, sometimes they dont... and visually, that fight sucked. I dont think he needs to get nerfed but i think he needs to be adjusted on the tracking of some attacks and probably the speed of the double cross slash. People simply telling you to git gud have no concept of balance, they will simply say that to ANYTHING, doesnt matter how stupid the game gets xb

[@Thisisthegreatestatofalltime]

I mean that’s technically a nerf, but it’s not a bad nerf since it would just make the fight more fair

[@EugeneDorkdinkletonBonquavo]

Honestly, if they just fixed the cross slash combo then the fight would've been completely fine gameplay-wise. People just need to git gud. Though I also agree that fight looks terrible visually. It's like a Radahn Fanboy anime kid thought that adding him again with "super cool" ultra light beam holy nuke powers would look "so awesome". The Light beams don't even hinder my vision of the fight unlike the other people but it still looks like a cluttered over the top flashy mess that just doesn't look cool imo. Don't even get me started on the meteor attack lmao, it looks so bad compared to Starscourge Radahn's actual meteor attack. Fromsoft just wanted to make it even more over the top but ended up making it worse. Overall, fIght isn't bad gameplay-wise, but visually and even lore-wise it sucks.

[@ruikiri]

@@Thisisthegreatestatofalltime i mean technically yes xb i see it more as a fix xb

[@sturmmagnunstein1008]

The double slash ABSOLUTELY needs to be nerfed. The startup is like what, 11 frame? Its reactable but even if you dodge the first slash, without lightroll youll get hit by the second. You cant jump it, you dont want to block it because the third hit will kill you if youre guard broken. You can probably BHS out of it, but you cant raptor out it. You can parry it, but i can assure you if you miss, youre dead, and just try to parry a frame 11 attack on reaction.

[@duvetboa]

​@@sturmmagnunstein1008 You can dodge it with medium roll by strafing and rolling left. I'd link it but KZbin deletes comments with links sometimes, so just search it

[@MrHenry0201]

Mogh saying "ahhh i can see it, as clear as day" might mean "finally the enhancement finnal ends and i can think for myself again" as Michella's curse stop after we kill him

[@robertwalton434]

“… the coming of OUR dynasty” *heart stolen*

[@JT_No_Money]

Maybe he was just taking about seeing the end to the moghlester allegations that’s he’s had to listen to for over 2 years. His record stays clear as day😂

[@shroomian2739]

The gesture that he does as he dies is also reminiscent of the gesture the player makes when our heart is stolen

[@Notarobot1006]

"At last, I can die with my mind intact. ...WAIT HE LOOKED LIKE A TWELVE YEAR OLD-oh hold on, that's an adult arm sticking out of the cocoon. Phew. Surely anyone who beholds that not-an-eternal-child arm will understand I freed Miquella from his curse and not accuse me of having any untoward intentions. Yup, my reputation is secure, time to rest in peace."

[@kirkshanghai]

Whether or not you're a "git gud" type, or a casual player who was overwhelmed with the difficulty, we can all agree....they gotta turn down the damn brightness for this boss lmao. One thing to make it challenging, another thing to literally blind the player

[@jin12345678]

the goddamn light columns and miquella's hair means 80% of the screen is basically covered up whenever he attacks. Can't see shit. Literally like Mario Kart blooper debuff but it's a flashbang instead of squid ink. They really should have considered visibility more it's horrible.

[@ragegaze3482]

not even the light for me, I think they just need to calm it down with the hair. Can barely make out his body if you aren't directly infront of him

[@ZugzugZugzugson]

lightbeams everywhere. mega sized explosions. not to mention the oversized gravity spikes. its just clutter upon more clutter. awful.

[@enigmatic8280]

And it tanks performance too

[@_Tzer]

turn your graphics down it may help.. the anticheat tanking performance does not help this is probably why the specs are raised for the dlc.

[@Ali_Hussain2]

Proud to say, i beat Consort Radahn. Through sheer mother fucking will

[@Pandemos]

I love how Miquella is missing the one arm that was on the other side of the egg.

[@JT_No_Money]

Hasn’t it changed between difference scenes he’s shown in as sometimes having 2 arms and sometimes 4 arms?

[@ColdNorth0628]

​@@JT_No_MoneyHe has 3 arms in the final cutscene.

[@Notarobot1006]

"I abandon here my arm. Oh well, got three more of 'em."

[@Apt23-v8u]

Thats a Bad sign , 3 is an omen of evil and horror in elden ring, 2 is good luck and 4 is Divine power and revelation

[@itsKimi]

WHERE IS THE BAYLE VIDEO EVAN ?!

[@astalouroboros2955]

CURSE YOU BAYYYYYYYLE!!!!!!!

[@RD22x]

CUUUUUUURSE YOUUUUUUU BAAAAAAAAYLE!

[@NamebeDale_592]

THE ONLY TRUE BOSS OF ELDEN RING

[@CrazyCaleo]

@@NamebeDale_592 And to think he was denied a remembrance?

[@NamebeDale_592]

@@CrazyCaleo and because we need to eat his Heart.....truly a sad state of the game not giving the Angry boy, and I guess bayle too

[@_Tzer]

Now imagine fighting Gwyn in his prime after dealing with this.

[@DakaloMaedza-z4m]

Or a prime artorias and Ornstein with his full soul

[@guilhermefioresi7538]

Prime Placidusax with all his 5 heads:

[@WarTalonX]

My only complaint about the boss is how massive the HP bar is if you summon the NPC cooperators that don't pull their weight in the fight. The fight is actually way easier if you don't summon them at all.

[@apophisstr6719]

This, solo is much easier than co-op simply because of the ridiculous HP buff he gets.

[@chancetaylor6763]

That goes for pretty much all summons. Most players don't pull their weight either.

[@BIGMASOOD413]

If I'm not wrong with all of the shadow tree fragments his hp is like Godfrey

[@Jonderlei]

Yep Ansbach wasnt doing shit in the fight so I stopped bothering with him and it made it much easier

[@DFTNSHEXGRM]

I think the trade off is worth it.. With the extra NPC at the start, it divided his attention and then save your mimic for phase 2. It’s the only way I could beat him by summoning Ansbach. It adds a 40% increase to his health but the trade off is you get to assess the battle better and learn his move set without instantly dying the moment you screw up.

[@9Nifty]

It's more accurate to say that gamers tend to develop unhealthy habits when presented with a challenge that is over their heads. It's reported some people spent 5 evenings on this boss, I haven't spent 5 evening on one piece of content since I was six years old.

[@anaguma90]

I've played all the souls game over and over but I just put the controller down and didn't bother with Prime Radahn. I could probably learn to beat him with a bunch of time and dedication but a) its not fun and b) I got other shit to do. Overall great DLC but what a stinker of a finale.

[@GargantuanD]

Me too mate. I have been playing these games since 2011 and probably have around 5000 hours over the series. I used to run depth 5 FRC chalice dungeons in Bloodborne, but fuck this boss. He is relentless and just not fun to fight at all.

[@immortalozz746]

Same here

[@DK-hk4cz]

I think they do need to make some adjustments to the brightness of his moves. While I am not affected myself, people with light sensitivity or epilepsy can certainly have a hard time even seeing what the boss is doing.

[@mstirlz]

I can face him for about 20 minutes before the migranes start. No other game has made me feel like that.

[@jacquelineess1141]

These people do not play videogames with flashing lights etc. And if they do, it's on them. Health is more important than a videogame.

[@KupoPallo]

i made a script to turn brightness way down in P2 just cause i have the curse of shitty eyes xdd which made it so i couldn't play online and let the tank bro help but at least I wasn't getting blinded for the entire 10ish seconds I could survive the lightshow

[@RaymondMichaelBarrera]

I agree on this; also They should NOT nerf his damage, he's supposed to hit super hard; what I think is a problem is he literally hits non stop with barely if any no delay or stop in between. Even Orphan of Kos, Malenia,Soul of Cinder and more had a hard yet fair pattern to remember and moments to take advantage of. Radahns hit flurries are so rapid and nonstop there is basically no other strategy at this point than to use a great shield or the stone shield. They need to add an actual pattern with very slight pauses in between because right now it's ridiculous.

[@xzkilerymax8395]

@@jacquelineess1141 they still should turn the brightness down though lmao

[@ssj4galactus]

Radahn in lore seems to be a pretty chill guy. Loves his cat and horse, rykard who hated the golden order keeps a painting of him, messmer likes him. Looks like melania is the one that no one likes 😂

[@shutup1037]

U mean Godrick

[@Magnificent-S]

@@shutup1037both tbh

[@evanpetelle5669]

He had a cat?

[@LongClawzHidden]

@@evanpetelle5669 The talisman that halves fall damage, the cat one, has cut dialogue that says Radahn had a kitty.

[@evanpetelle5669]

@@LongClawzHidden oh yeah I know that one. Cool cool

[@zander12]

You know what also looks similar? Godfrey with Serosh on his back.

[@mariuss1590]

All memes aside, Consort has multiple meanings, such as partener or companion, so no Miquella does not want to "smash his bro" he needs a powerful person to be his Lord, as it is necesary for an Empyrean to have his or hers consort to be able to ascend to godhood, this is stated in a scrool in the Shadow Keep

[@EvanExplains]

was meant as a joke but i hear you!

[@MachineMan-mj4gj]

Yeah, but we were already primed with the GRR/Marika-is-Rdagon/Self-love/Moghlester jokes, so of course everyone's minds were in the gutter.

[@TheManofThings777]

I mean, it is GRR Martin lore. It being gay incest is not some outrageous idea lol.

[@SmartAss4123]

@@TheManofThings777 No its not outrageous but its clearly not what fromsoft was putting out. Radahn and Miquella arent gay. And Miquella isnt even really human anymore. He just needed the mightiest person available during his time. Not even Malenia was that person and she was also the wrong pick due to the Outter Rot god making her more of a problem. Radahn was just a straight demon on his own and such an honorable and beast of Demi-god that Miquella saw him as the only obvious choice to lead his new order. Miquella is an eternal childlike being. He thinks his mind control world is the right thing to do

[@lynn-Ryo]

@@SmartAss4123I don’t think tahts the reason why he didn’t choose melania, she was the closest to him but since shes also an empyrian she could have switched up on him at any time and become a god instead of him since shes way stronger than him. Radahn cant become a god no matter what so he would be a way better choice for his plan

[@StevefromSales]

Out of the DLC bosses Radhan wasn't my Favorite, but he was on par with the other DLC final bosses Imo. Except Gael, No one can Touch Gael.

[@WolvzReign]

Gael felt like such a perfect close to Dark Souls as a series. As far as this DLC though, I think Midra was probably one of my favs.

[@chinmaychandra7490]

I think even Kos makes the list not as good as Gael but his connection to Gherman makes him very interesting and the fight isn’t too bad.

[@Cbrunning849]

​@@WolvzReignDS3 was my first fromsoftware game. Since I've beaten all of them. I feel like since I played the game in a weird order the epicness of the entire situation went over my head at the time unfortunately

[@SrBlue-qp2ux]

no way, friede and kos are way better than consort radahn.

[@tack3411]

I thought messmer and redahn were awesome although I agree it didn’t feel like the best closer, but imo I have a feeling it will make sense when next dlc comes

[@danielv4793]

The message of fromsoft is: Never wait a Prime version of a boss without suffer

[@TheUnkindledTarnished]

1:50 the biggest lie anyone has ever told

[@_oracle]

This boss made me REALIZE that hard bosses dont always mean good bosses.

[@notjoaozin]

i mean, if you look at the big picture it is a good boss, his visual design is good, his sountrack is fucking GOD and his phase 1 is really good and fun, but i do agree that his second phase can be a shitshow

[@liszt646]

​@@notjoaozinthis boss really exposes ER boss philosophy, which is spectacle over mechanics. It's just the same as Elden Beast, it's visually striking but full of BS and not fun

[@adynatos4130]

True, it's not fun at all.

[@Athropod101]

@@notjoaozin If you look at the big picture, this is one of, if not the worst boss in gaming, and an actual stain on From Software. What the actual fuck are you on about? This boss, just like Malenia, has permanently tarnished From Software’s legacy of “hard but fair.”

[@notjoaozin]

@@liszt646 elden beast only problem was the fact that you couldn't use torrent in the fight, they added the option to summon him now and its a really good boss. also for me few bosses in the game are bullshit, basically malenia, radahn second phase and gaius are 90% of the problems

[@kip9484]

Made it to the final boss, I think last night on NG+. I swear this dude is insane with his attacks. The 2nd phase is like fighting in a room filled with nothing but bright white light. I feel like I'm gonna have to start wearing sunglasses during the 2nd phase.

[@harry6270]

So real. I just started fighting him today and I actually got a headache from his second phase. I feel like I’m watching the sun vomit flashbangs Lmao

[@indrickboreale5463]

I went in with a faith build and using the Gold negation spell and the Marika Braid talisman basically turned him into just dodging his swords more than anything else. His clones all to holy damage, I couldn't believe how much having holy negation made the fight so much easier

[@mikemac-man3796]

14:44 hearing Doto’s voice pop up in a montage of “streamers reacting to x scene” mentally flashbanged me. THAT’S MY GOAT!!

[@panchotheman4603]

After finally beating this guy I was like, "welp, that was a bitch...time to go outside and get some sun! "

[@xCallMeDracox]

one thing that isnt entirely true is the size of Radahn, he is smaller because as implied by the armor. This is PRIME young Rahdahn and he is actually taller than mogh by a lot.

[@Ryan-nm8pw]

It's not that, if you talk to Ansbach you learn Mohg's body was reanimated as a vessel for Radahn's soul, which is why it's closer to Mohg's size (which is still pretty big) but not as big as Radahn in the base game.

[@EugeneDorkdinkletonBonquavo]

That's literally Mohg's body though. Consort Radahn is nearly the same height as mohg without his red hair.

[@enman009]

And now he's fixed. He turned from a messy good fight into an excellent one. Glad Fromsoft took feedback, even though the damage nerf and the slam's hitbox removal was unnecessary IMO.

[@k-tech2937]

great now he is a push over, greatly done, your crying was heard. If it is too hard for you play other games

[@bobtruett76]

@@k-tech2937 Why are you so mad man? It really sounds like the only one crying is you lol.

[@k-tech2937]

@bobtruett76 because a challenging boss has been made piss easy. Far beyond actual bug fixes. Those games are meant to be hard, and because people cried that they couldn't beat him instead of actually learning how to beat him, everyone has to suffer.

[@AnthonyDoesYouTube]

​@k-tech2937 they think you're being a gatekeeper because they hate the game. I literally saw someone reply "I don't have hours to spend fighting bosses I have much better things to do" like BROTHER IN CHRIST WHY WOULD YOU BUY A F****** FROMSOFT DLC THEN

[@enman009]

@@AnthonyDoesKZbin I liked pre nerf Radahn, and I've said that the damage reduction was unnecessary. But this is now a better fight, seeing the positive changes and more opportunities to punish the boss. Not relying on just dodging left makes the fight more expressive for us, while still being challenging. But I understand other's frustrations in regards to the nerf though. Also, I don't understand the people that say they don't have time to learn a boss. So they threw money for an expansion that's harder than the base game? So why do people even bother playing these games?

[@GeorgeRushman]

I love how miquella is cursed to forever be young. But hes still bigger than us.😂

[@MachineMan-mj4gj]

5'11'' vs. 6'0 be like:

[@zaniki7307]

I am pretty sure that he broke his curse when he became a god, in the final fight he is WAY taller than any statue has ever showed him in comparison to Melania's height

[@GeorgeRushman]

@@zaniki7307 that may be true. But considering how big all of the other demigods are...he should've only been about the size of us.

[@RETMONT]

​@zaniki7307 You fighting them is to prevent him from ascending to godhood. Hence, the "Promised" in Radahn's name.

[@kwamemwangs2173]

​@@RETMONT the remembrance literally states that he is already a god. Plus without ascending miquella would be useless since he left everything behind

[@梅友仁-m3p]

LOL he's not weak to stagger damage at all. He has 120 poise but only takes 6 seconds to start to recover poise.

[@hellxapo5740]

They gotta make a new DLC where we team up with Godwyn to slay Ancient Dragons

[@fine_ol_chap]

I'm no hater towards anything in the DLC. And everything had a pretty good lore-wise explanation if you wanted to know more. But this' just me personally. Seeing a memory from Miquella as the final cutscene only to have that benefit nothing but a short intermission felt pretty garbage when you could've just found out the same thing if you read Radahn's armor description. And yes. I know, I know fromsoftware has had a history of barely putting in anything like a cutscene for the conclusion of their DLC's, but this one felt like it wasn't even worth the journey. About maybe the only thing that could be considered worth it that came out of the ending was just the remembrance.

[@SnailSnail-lo4pm]

Even then, the swords feel like shit. The entire ending feels god awful besides miquella's light and the crown.

[@bl00by_]

​@@SnailSnail-lo4pmThe swords are for some reason worse than the swords from the base game.

[@bl00by_]

They should've put a dragon ending and a miquella ending into the game. It would've been so cool if we could've become the new dragon lord...

[@SnailSnail-lo4pm]

@bl00by_ that's s bit wild for a dlc but we should've at least done SOMETHING post radahn, we're at the gate of divinity for fucks sake.

[@TheMartens]

7:45 wild one frame deer appeared

[@chrisstopher2277]

Was that because of his recording?

[@TheMartens]

@@chrisstopher2277 that may be. My guess is that it is caused by some mod used to create cinematic shots which somehow affects framerate of the animations?

[@mushroomy9899]

Actually, you’re wrong about Radahn ever being “nerfed.” The original radahn fight was quite literally bugged so bad as to wear one of his attacks was almost always completely impossible to dodge and could one shot you, all they did was change the hitboxes and speed in that attack, he’s just as hard as before, he’s just not glitched.

[@EvanExplains]

Well even if a bug fix on hit boxes those were still stronger therefore a nerf

[@Gaelthegoblinoid]

@@EvanExplains truly one of the most dumb takes ever typed out, also they werent stronger but bugged dude, learn to read

[@John-xs9ru]

-The game was so bugged, one of his attacks one shotted. -They patched the bug so now his attacks are no longer one shots. So in other words he got nerfed then

[@mushroomy9899]

@@John-xs9ru no… because it was a bug… it was a bug fix, not a nerf, those are very different

[@John-xs9ru]

@@mushroomy9899 removing bugs has to do with game interactions working as envisioned by developers within a game's systems. Nerfs(and buffs) have to do with the alteration of a game element's performance in order to adjust the player's difficulty/reward in interacting with said element. Fixing Radahn's bugs can make the fight closer to the intended vision of the developers for said battle; but in fixing those bugs the developer can absolutely change the player's experience in dealing with those game elements in comparison to past players' experiences. And in Radahn's case, by fixing a bug that caused him to one shot players in the past, it absolutely nerfed his difficulty(prepatch radahn being arguably comparable to Melania) compared to those players who had to originally experience his release version(regardless of how balanced he was or wasn't). P.S. - Radahn's wasnt changed to make him more balanced; they changed him to make the dlc more accessible by removing his initial version's difficulty as a literal barrier to entry(the financial impediment to the sale of fromsofts product a pre patched radahn would have been being obvious) to the dlc.

[@ministryofwrath]

The end boss required me to summon a shield/spear user, our third died. At the final flask, of the final moment I bled the demon, and we danced on the corpse of victory.

[@Sablemae76]

Streamers not doing quest lines and not paying attention

[@taufiqislam8935]

I doubt most people can do their dog shit designed quests on their blind first playthrough. I did some of them but missed others and got locked out of those quests coz some doodoo reason.

[@Sablemae76]

@@taufiqislam8935 I did most and knew about radahn. Moore's and hornsent were the only two I messed up. The rest were easy to figure out on my own

[@sepulcher8263]

The questlines in Elden ring are obscure as fuck. I waited until people fleshed more of that shit out.

[@Sablemae76]

@@sepulcher8263 it's almost like you're not supposed to get them all in one playthrough

[@sepulcher8263]

@@Sablemae76 Nah, that's absolutely remedial design. Barely anyone is going to do multiple playthroughs of a 100+ hour game just to get all the side quests completed.

[@cheddar7277]

I literally lost my voice from how much screaming I was doing from fighting this thing

[@Trigonxv1]

I died once because i could not see the wind up of his next attack after the holy rays. Ffs i hope the next installment in the souls archetype gives us better dodging to match the increasing speed of bosses. I would very much like innate built in dodge than wasting a slot on my weapon for the dodge

[@qfem2923]

If you’re having trouble with your dodges I suggest you use the crucible feather talisman as it improves the effectiveness of dodge rolls, but increases damage taken.

[@Trigonxv1]

@@qfem2923 I have beaten him using the holy twinblade and dodging my point was we should be given a better built in dodge by this point. It also looks asinine rolling on the ground for like 10 minutes during a cinematic god fight lol

[@JanVerny]

@@Trigonxv1 Imho Sekiro has the perfect combat flow, and they really need to lean in heavily into that style, let me do precisely timed counterattacks, no more goddamn rolling, a jump and a sidestep should be enough. Maybe give the MC some "shadow" powers or something, so we can just lore accurately phase through the attacks. And while we're at it, every boss attack should have a clear action I can take, no more hitboxes disconnected from the attacks and ffs properly balance your game around multiple playstyles. It's an RPG, if I want to play as lighting lord, I shouldn't feel dumb for not playing another shitty bleed build. Sometimes, in some boss fights it almost feels like they get it. When I just instinctively jumped over the twin moons, I couldn't believe they didn't put a random hitbox into the air to kill me. But then Bayle pushes me right against a wall, and then instakills me because I touched a random hitbox on his body, while my camera spasms.... and I realize the good combos they made were an accident.

[@FIIIthy]

@@JanVerny sekiro best souls game

[@gamersreactions9267]

​@@JanVernyjust use the sekiro tear. They literally made that a thing and it lasts 5 minutes

[@mikebrown1881]

Lore is not a justification for an unfair fight.

[@aal834]

Time to lock tf in

[@vnmememan8657]

It kinda is

[@GhostRider67854]

​@@vnmememan8657 So the tarnished being able to Radagon and elden beast back to back justifies why Radahns triple slash should be unfair?

[@noanswer531]

a fight being unfairly balanced for "lore reasons" is an incredibly stupid idea

[@spudermoth]

But its not unfairly balanced, its just hard lol

[@noanswer531]

@@spudermoth whatever helps you sleep at night lol

[@gandhichoron1365]

​@@noanswer531git gud

[@MaykonDourado]

​@@noanswer531Git gud tarnished warior

[@elvhadarei4521]

​@@noanswer531 Get better.

[@burntivoryking]

The fight definitely should be fair. I dont care if hes a god or anything because if we think about it, the tarnished shouldnt even be stronger than godrick. From a gameplay perspective bad design is bad design. In every souls games we have fought bosses that should be able to rival the power of this boss. The thing is, they didnt use bs attacks to make it harder like this fight does. Its a huge disappointment of a final boss

[@mixnmatchflavourbleach2313]

Streamers: How do i act shocked? *screams*

[@Jupa]

I would hate to see what these streamers are like in a nice restaurant. They act like animals, they can't behave like people for some reason.

[@Svol09]

The black dude could use a southern USA police officer at his door.

[@lyrexices9965]

​@@Svol09 excessively edgy... but ok

[@EvanExplains]

let people have fun and play with screams, it doesn't affect how you enjoy the game!

[@EugeneDorkdinkletonBonquavo]

@@EvanExplains If they just play alone for the sake of their enjoyment only, then yeah they can scream as much as they want as long as they don't disrupt their neighbors. But they're streamers. They're supposed to entertain and make good reactions in front of thousands of people to enjoy. Screaming like a mental hospital patient isn't good entertainment unless you're at MOST, 11 years old.

[@danielbergholtz5761]

I think more people should try to parry him. It takes a bit of the agression out of the fight. Try to bait him to the entrance, the level ground makes it easier to see the parryable attacks coming.

[@derekmorris89]

I've literally given up on this boss. If the difficulty of this boss is anything to show for future Fromsoft games, im out. I have yet to complete this DLC because of how hard this boss is.

[@eighttheinfinite871]

Understandable. Honestly, the only reason I didn't quit was because I spent money on this. I HAD to win...

[@somedude4832]

There are plenty of cheese/gimmick builds at your disposal if you want to get the fight done

[@themangle8893]

I just went with greatshield and bleedspear , was pretty easy to hit phase 2 and got him after like 1 1/2 hours of trying with lvl 13 scadutree

[@thereaversden6847]

I consistently smash Phase 1, but Phase 2 is next level BS that, for the first time since I started playing Souls games, is just simply too much. When your funneled into playing certain ways to beat bosses, they are not well designed. And Phase 2 is simply not well designed.

[@ragegaze3482]

@@thereaversden6847 it is perfectly fair bro, if you want to learn how watch a Ongbal video on it. He has done a few different hitless runs, it will show you how everything is done if you need help.

[@DR.TheLaw]

Radahn also wasn’t always a Behemoth of a dude either, in the picture of Margit fighting Radahn he seems the same size as him, so Radahn was probably roughly the size of Mohg in his prime

[@db4023]

This boss fight has more special effects than a Rob Zombie video.

[@eeveefrisk5659]

I play on the steamdeck and every time phase two starts my frames drop to like 20-25fps until shortly after the initial holy explosion

[@maxmillianwiegel1643]

I don’t know how much more difficult they can make another boss with this style of gameplay.

[@harry6270]

Next fromsoft game the second phase of the final boss will be overlayed with videos of actual flashbangs going off. I swear I couldn’t see shit on the second phase

[@hellxapo5740]

Guys whenever you're down just know that the 3 Fingers support you. Use the fingerprint shield, it saves you 200 attempts at Radahn, a life of torture.

[@Mr.V-7]

Lore Accurate Radahn would snap his fingers and crush the tarnished under the weight of gravity magic that turned off the universe.

[@SirCilantro27]

lore accurate tarnished has the strength of every demi god and enemy you fight up to that point using runes and great runes, so not really

[@Ale-dd3ek]

Lore accurate Radahn being kicked out of Leyndell by a Hobo with a Stick Radahn was the mightest demigods, not a fucking "solo the universe"

[@noddarkwolf]

@@Ale-dd3ek idk man he soloed the stars the universe is just a bigger better challenge

[@herrfantastisch7489]

@@Ale-dd3ek To be fair, that was a younger and more reckless Radahn. Not long after, that same Radahn went to conquer the Stars and become the mightiest demigod.

[@KupoPallo]

@@Ale-dd3ek tbf the stick had a surprise in it

[@guywalker297]

It would be really cool if you got the age of stars ending, you could summon Ranni to help you like she gives you a buff or something. The unique dialogue between Ranni and Miquella between them and about their chosen Consort would be really interesting and also a corporates the ending that you chose.

[@Kingrov312]

I really wanted secret melina boss for the frenzied ending

[@TopoSalsero]

The real hardest enemy in Elden Ring: 📸

[@Deboo-oz2rb]

The strongest demigod and the strongest empyrean, shit what ppl thought would've happened. I didn't like the fight, but it's a reason lore wise, we always fight bosses past their prime. Plus, I blame the souls community. A lot of people were calling elden ring easy, and fromsoft took that personally.

[@burghleyimeanberdly6513]

If you need to use a specific build to kill a boss, it isn't balanced. Also it doesn't really matter the build you use against this guy considering you get the smallest openings known to man

[@helmutkohl6207]

Thats not true dude just bc you see alot of people using it doesnt means that this is the only way to beat him you cant speak for everyone boss was hard for sure but def not unfair

[@aaronburr956]

​@@helmutkohl6207 Its the only way to beat him without pain and suffering. I was level 260ish on ng+ with 60 vigor and strength and faith with a blasphemous blade +10 and level 20 scadutree blessing using a +10 mimic with a level 10 spirit ash blessing using the full bull-goat armor set. The fight could not he described as anything other than painful. It was in no way a fun fight, and the only thing i felt after beating him was happiness that i could walk away and never do it again if i didnt want to.

[@helmutkohl6207]

@@aaronburr956 maybe for you but you cant speak for everyone i did it with dex weapon light armor no summons and scadu level:18 and i see alot of people that had no Problem with him either i had more fun fighting him then malenia for sure

[@oru_malayaleezombie7329]

​@@helmutkohl6207 the dude is borderline impossible to attack unless with very light dexterous weapons or giant bonk stick you can recover from quick after one attack,I tried fighting this guy with a flammeberge and by the time I finished one swing he's hit me like 3 times.

[@helmutkohl6207]

@@oru_malayaleezombie7329 there a several videos on KZbin that shows you can beat him even with ultra greatswords

[@liquid1514]

tbh, after fighting radahn three times now, i can say with confidence that he is my second favorite boss of the dlc, right behind messmer.

[@christinebouzas3090]

Fromsoft: nerfs starscourge Radahn Players: NO! Bring back OP Radahn! Fromsoft: okay…

[@okurimono748]

Whats the point of the streamer cameos into the video? Hearing a loud ass person scream WHAAAAT into their mic to make sure your ears bleed interrupts the flow of the video so much

[@whiskeybuddha1995]

Phase 2 was one of the most ridiculous things I’ve played against. Not even embarrassed to admit I had the mimic out for it.

[@Cheeseman12822]

I feel like radahn is a fight you need to go into with a fast attacking weapon, if you do it is a pretty fun fight

[@kwamemwangs2173]

Great katanas actually work really well

[@darthgallion]

impenetrable thorns ftw

[@Devin7Eleven]

Let’s see what my golden halberd has to say

[@Hollow__Heart]

My colossal swrods go 'poke'

[@harry6270]

Cries in great sword

[@CheddarbobOriginal]

I have literally almost beat him 3 times, But that last attack where he flies into the air then comes and hits you like a comet gets me every time. Had it not been for that attack I would have beat him by now.

[@Dante-uj5pc]

Run you fools

[@eighttheinfinite871]

Oooooh THAT move😬

[@CheddarbobOriginal]

I just beat him today LOL

[@SuryaGupta-te7fq]

thats the easiest attack to dodge in phase 2? Literally just run in one direction?

[@octavianpopescu4776]

I'd recommend running as fast as you can to the edge of the arena and trying to jump to avoid the 2 explosions. You might still get hit, but you'd take less damage and might survive. Good luck!

[@harvey_schutz]

I beat Star Scourge Radahn first try on my first playthrough, I'm too scared to fight his other version😭

[@jrvanstavern]

I said it before and will say it again. The real winners here is the Outer Gods.

[@yeeterdeleter2096]

I really thought that they would never make a boss worse than the bed of chaos but here we are

[@Tostilocos.]

I’m not complaining. I remember thinking that Itd be cool to fight prime Radahn and got exactly what I asked for.

[@cjzizzari2405]

lol no the fanbase just kept talking about it until fromsoft went “whatever here’s Radahn and he’s harder now” should’ve been something Godwyn related but whatever the weirdos cried their way into another repeat boss in ER…. Not like it would’ve been sicker to have a new boss.

[@chicolopes1928]

Youre really downplaying the bad design aspects of the boss. If you slow down a video of the fight you can see occasionally not even his model can keep up with his combos, and has to be snapped into position because of insufficient downtime between combo strings. This boss was just artificially hard, his combos aren't particularly hard to dodge it's just his ridiculously low downtime and FPS tanking flashbangs that makes this fight hard

[@matthewmachnov4790]

This was the best explanation of the DLC I’ve seen yet. Keep up the good work

[@drewprew]

Somehow Fromsoft managed to combine all of the worst elements of the DLC boss designs into a single fight. Awful camera, blinding visual effects, confusing hitboxes, and a new wrinkle…framerate drops and hitches.

[@michaelmamba1578]

So I did the whole dlc with no summons on new game 5. I’ve beat other soulsborne games. I would say I’m pretty good at the games cuz I first attempt a lot of bosses and kill most of them before 10 attempts. This dlc alone had 3 bosses that took me at least 2 n a half hours. Rellana was a really cool fight(2 n a half hours) Bayle took me 4 something which is the longest it’s ever taken me. Until prime radahn….3 separate days for a total of a bit under 7ish hours. That might not even be a lot for some but for me that’s insane. That’s never happened to me so I cracked…I used mimic. And I’m ashamed. Granted I do think I could solo him with the new scarlet rot build I did because for the last 2 attempts I completely switched my build and went fully into scarlet rot cuz I was like “well malenia did it, why not me?” anyways my point is….hardest fight of all time. It’s actually a bit bullshitty lmao.

[@zachscott3283]

The additional crazy thing about this fight is the « Hidden ending » in it… There’s missing dialogue from Miquella and cutscene in the game that no one has seen yet. Honestly it amazes me the depth of Fromsoftware games. And I can’t wait for somebody to discover it

[@MaddyRedux]

I believe that Elden Ring and Dark Souls 2 share a lot of characteristics: one of those being the developers' obsession with being "SUPER HARD!" and catering to the difficulty aspect of From's design rather than the quality aspect.

[@enigmatic8280]

Yui Tanimura, the director of Dark Souls 2, co-directed Elden Ring. That's why the game has a lot of similarities to DS2 when it comes to BS difficulty. Tanimura was a pretty bad influence on the series IMO.

[@CriminalizeObesity]

​@enigmatic8280 This is pretty backwards, Tani *salvaged* DS2 after the previous team wasted a year of devtime messing around with no direction and then had to put up with Bandai chopping two YEARS of dev time off and forcing them to completely rebuild the game from the ground up *twice.*

[@Hewasnumber1]

Dark Souls 2 doesn't have an obsession with being hard for the sake of conforming to a series identity. The commonly used examples as to why it does is blatantly wrong: people assume that the character's making reference to the fact that you--and by extension all undead--are going to die, lose your souls and go hollow that it's the game's attempt to be perceived as more difficult when that simply is not the case. Dark Souls 2 places a lot of focus on the tragedy of hollowing, as evidenced by nearly all of the side quests of the game ending with the main character of that side quest going hollow. The main character themselves is on the bri9nk of going hollow, can't remember their previous life aside from their name and appearance, and the human effigy and hollowing mechanics are designed to make you feel that desperation to cling onto the small vestiges of yourself you have left. The game isn't obsessed with being difficult, it just uses difficulty to push the themes and make you immersed in the world; y'know, the exact reason why Demon's Souls was made difficult for in the first place? If anything, Dark Souls 1 is more obsessed with being difficult: pretty much all of the promotional material went out of it's way to remind you that it was a HARD game for ELITE gamers. Hell, there's even an edition of the game titled the "Prepare To Die Edition." I am so sick and tired of people spreading misinformation about Dark Souls 2 because some idiot KZbinrs decided that just because Miyazaki didn't direct the game it was a blight upon the company. Indeed, KZbin itself was a death knell for many a good game because negativity garnered way more traction on garbage KZbin reviews than honest discussion did.

[@Niclerx]

This boss is not hard, it's straight up unfair and unfun. The double swing into X-scissor can't be dodged unless you have the backstep crucible talisman. His behaviour is random at times, he does THAT follow up 10 times then for 0 reason he does that OTHER follow up. But phase 1 is not so bad if you parry (not required for anything else in the game but ok). Phase 2 is the worst difficulty ever. Literally can't see because of the beams, half of his attack drop fps on PS5 and you really can't understand with his clones. Also the hiroshima attack is not dodgeable unless you start running BEFORE he does it. I beat this guy with a shield and poke scarlet rot+bleed. Cool, but why would this guy be THIS dumb? Worst final boss of ANY game I've played. He is worse than Malenia even, she has 1 dumb attack, this guy is dumb himself. Also 0 dialogue lol, puppet

[@harry6270]

Fair enough. I just started fighting him today. I am 60 attempts in and I’ve probably switched my build about 6 times just trying to figure out what will work. I am using a spear with bleed build up. I don’t want to use a shield but honestly if I get to 100 attempts then fuck it

[@ghamandlupinwalkingtours]

Fantastic video, really really enjoyable! What I don't understand is though, is why people are so shocked it's Radahn at the end, when the game literally tells you earlier on. I guess they missed that dialogue.

[@thegatorhator6822]

The title itself misunderstands the issue. The issue with these bosses was their monstrous stats and outright unfair design. Not that it's "hard." Gael was hard. Orphan of Kos was hard. They were also fair and didn't just rape you with insane damage output.