The hardest boss From Soft has EVER made - Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree First Playthrough [5]

[@Bokatisha1234]

To those that care more about lore than Aggy does and were so confused when he got to the village: It's heavily implied that Marika's people were massacred by the Hornsent and shoved in the jars. All the women in the jars have white hair and part of her seal branded on their foreheads. Marika only survived by using her mimic magic, hiding when her people were all killed. Explains her absolute hatred for Omen, and why her own Omen children were banished. The village is described as "Shaman Village" but the Japanese translation is closer to Miko, shrine maidens. They communed with gods the Hornsent didn't approve of, and it led to the darker sides of Elden Ring as a whole.

[@TheMyHalo]

Its also said that the flesh of the women "melted" together, so it wasnt just a punishment for the women, they literally were good base material. This also puts another light on the whole crafting stuff of Godfrey.

[@andrei20-x9r]

For anyone that misses a lot in souls games. Search entire regions before entering new ones or fighting bosses, talk to all npcs after major bosses or events. Exhaust all dialog with npcs then rest and exhaust it again (a lot have new things to say or move on to next area). Aggy missed almost all npc quests for these reasons

[@andrei20-x9r]

Also always buy everything from merchant npcs, sometimes requires you to buy couple things to progress or get new dialog

[@lukassmida4885]

Also, look at the map for NPC markers. Aggy literally had them marked at map, but he ignored it.

[@laxor5902]

the fact that ppl have already no hit radahn without cheesing is crazy to me

[@Rin-ix9dl]

you just have to spend a lot of time learning his attacks and get good rng, i did some niche run no hir after spending like few days learning, i enjoy the fight tho, maybe they can tune down the visual at phase 2

[@divinefox4306]

​@@Rin-ix9dl I'm more of a malenia guy, not a big fan of how the radahn fight feels.

[@funfill1985]

​@@divinefox4306 Malenia fight is the most enjoyable fight in elden ring for me like its completly fair fight and malenia dont have those stupid magic and holy attact just stord fight its my fav ❤ After learning its moveset u can dodge its waterfoul dance without much problem

[@Hamish_Whitehaven]

The Shaman Village Area is the most beautiful Area in whole Elden Ring for me

[@DigitalVirusX2]

Shame he missed the questlines, that gank fight at the end ends up being one of the best moments in probably all souls games lol

[@milhoverde667]

Yeees I felt the same, all those npcs fighting together was so fucking cool man

[@ragegaming8572]

for me it was literally a 4 v 4... epic moment

[@CrownlessStudios]

​@@ragegaming8572I managed to make it 4v3....is the only way to keep hornsent both alive and on your side to not summon him for Messmer?

[@anonisnoone6125]

It a trash fight. Fromsoft gank fights r always trashly designed but this one specifically was horrendous.

[@shedinjask]

​@@CrownlessStudiosif you dont summon him he turns against you, idk what happens if uou do summon him

[@retriyz8430]

mildly infuriated that he was in front of Ansbach at one point in the Specimen Storehouse and just didn't see him so Aggy didn't acknowledge him, unlike Freyja's stuff which he found

[@itachileesan]

i mean as great as aggy is to watch in runs, hes never been good at doing lore stuff and questlines.

[@EGeorgev]

Bro just pans the camera around way too quickly to catch stuff like that. I guess it's just that speedrunner training doing him no favours in a casual run.

[@violatyrant]

watching the dlc VODs, you kind of get tricked into thinking aggy is normal. yknow like requiring multiple attempts with bosses and struggling like everyone else and then he no-hits two base game bosses in a row like it’s nothing and you remember he’s a freak

[@joshuallewellyn2648]

Meh, I think its just cause the dlc enemies were designed to be cheap. They remind me alot of ds3; in fact they reused a couple assets from that game.

[@fl0cbitter611]

@@joshuallewellyn2648 ds3 was actually good tho, only thing elden ring copied from it that sucked was midir (half the boss fights are just tanky one shot fests or dragons)

[@joshuallewellyn2648]

@@fl0cbitter611 I agree. It's my favorite fromsoft game.

[@ge0rgemccrate160]

@@joshuallewellyn2648 Just utilize the Scadutree Fragment mechanic from exploring (like it is intended) and you wont get 1 -or 2-shot. Literally as simple as that.

[@fl0cbitter611]

@@ge0rgemccrate160 blatent lie theres so many one hit kill attacks with hardcap vigor

[@unoriginalname4426]

Chat was legitimately trying to recreate hieroglyphs to communicate in this one. I’m not sure if that’s brilliance or stupidity

[@frazer4737]

If you actually do the npc quests, you learn mid game that Radahn in Mohg's body is the final boss

[@Arrakiz666]

Not… really. You learn that Mohg was under Miquella’s influence and that his body vanished. That’s it. If Ansbach joins you in the fight he states outright that Radahn’s using Mohg’s body. But nothing in the game actually leads to the twist, it happens completely out of nowhere.

[@frazer4737]

@@Arrakiz666 You can read between the lines in Ansbach/Freyja questline, where you learn Mohg's body is missing and ansbach is looking for why and Freyja whos loyal to radahn is looking for "something"

[@Arrakiz666]

@@frazer4737 Right, but it’s impossible to know what that means until you see Radahn. That’s why it’s a poor twist, it turns previously established story into a series of red herrings and exists only to be a twist for the sake of being a twist. I’m not even opposed to it in principle, Radahn could absolutely work as the final boss of the DLC, it just needed to be established better, in the base game and in the DLC. I can see what they were going for, and I’m not against it, I’m just saying the execution is far from perfect.

[@frazer4737]

@@Arrakiz666 I'm not saying it's good either, I'm just saying it wasn't as big of a surprise if you follow the quests

[@Hertman779]

@@Arrakiz666 Ansbach literally says they are using Moghs body and how insulting that is to Mogh before the fight, after you give him the scroll, and before the final fight. It's not even a twist, it's premeditated.

[@matthewg9467]

Next year’s Bingo is gonna be “kill duo tree sentinel duo”

[@deadhead_012]

Aggys frustration after Metyr with chat is ridiculous. He WAS RIGHT THERE AND JUST HAD TO PRESS EXAMINE AGAIN, and just walked away. Aggy, more than most, should know to exhaust all dialog or options before moving on. Chats frustration was warented. I got through Metyrs quest without looking up how to complete it. it's very straight forward.

[@Chookychicken]

Yo who’s sleeping good tonight, vod frogs unite

[@PigeonOfTheAbyss]

Honestly i thought every boss in this dlc had incredible design, are they mostly hyper aggro and follow a similar pattern of "dodge a few attacks then get a small window to punish" yeah, but i feel like for the current combat system in Elden ring/Souls its the only reasonable way to make the games harder without any gimmicks (I do believe that elden ring would have looked a lot different gameplay wise if development started after Sekiro). For every boss i saw reasonable ways to roll trough attacks or outspace them after only a few tries at most. The only exception being the final boss, where most attacks feel like a waterfowl dance in themselves, where they might be dodgeable but the way to do so is so incredibly specific that i honestly still dont know how to reliably dodge half of them. Even all the no hits ive seen so far use parries or hope some attacks dont get used often (The X attack into sweep for example). Might be the first boss where i genuinely think they should nerf hitboxes and timings.

[@aahyaan]

Why nerf if it can be cheesed with shield and bleed poke stick.

[@quasarone3083]

@@aahyaan"why nerf it can be cheesed" is a terrible take

[@aahyaan]

@@quasarone3083 you are using a build optimized for that boss. I don't see anything wrong. If you can't dodge effectively, shield up. You don't want to adapt then that's on you.

[@aahyaan]

there's bosses i know i can beat with star fist easily or use mimic but there's no challenge so i stick with kung fu.

[@PigeonOfTheAbyss]

@@aahyaan The issue with that is that this isnt a Rykard/Yhorm fight where its obvious the developers want you to use a certain item/build (and then provide you with said item). This is a regular fight so most builds should at least be somewhat viable. And all builds except a dedicated shield build rely on rolling to evade damage. Almost all bosses in every From game have this one trait in common, their regular moves can be evaded by rolling, its the core design of these games, its the entire reason why Elden beasts elden stars was a badly designed move and they quickly nerfed it, because there simply wasnt a way to avoid taking damage without glitching its path finding. Phase transitions or 1 time moves like Mohgs for example are fine, they only ever get used once per battle and deal a fixed amount of damage, theres nothing stopping Radahn from simply using his cross slice however many times he wants.

[@daviantul5818]

this is so stupid, he doesn’t even want to hear hints from the chat, swearing negatively, but read the hints on the floor - oh yes, let’s gooo

[@sirnik6304]

i love everything about the dlc except the many times of dissapointment when reaching to corners and hills where nothing is at all except messages saying its dissapointing here :D

[@tortyreus2384]

So, a good 30-40% of the DLC then

[@adamstevens3661]

Aggy the grab you kept getting confused about is miquellas charm. If you get grabbed twice you lose

[@SirRockXIII]

I will say this.. the ending doesnt feel like an ending. I want more DLC😂 Miyazaki give us another DLC.. or 2 lol

[@quasarone3083]

The FS DLCs always end very abruptly after the final boss to be fair

[@AskwhoQ]

@@quasarone3083true, but if there’s one thing I wish there was story wise for this dlc, I’d for Melina to be involved and drop some lore for us. Other than that I think the dlc was amazing, final boss was sorta annoying tho.

[@austinmc12]

@@quasarone3083off top of my head but at least with Gael an orphan they made a lot more sense for those 2 to be the respected “ends” of the game but a fuckin “prime” mohg infused Radahn is about the most left field thing to me. I’m not an expert on lore but I see no reason why we couldn’t have gotten a grotesque Godwyn failed to come back to life by miquella an we can actually get a moveset from miquella an Godwyn. I’m about 50/50 on lore reasons vs gameplay reasons being why I don’t like it but I think I lean more lore tbh. The fight was hard but just doesn’t feel like the end like Gael / Orphan. ******Not familiar with ds1 or ds2 dlc******

[@pushman2172]

i feel like there wont be more elden ring content since a lot was answered you got to the the lord of frenzied flame or the mother of fingers as a example, also you basicly fight the last demigod which is miquella. the only way to add more content is probably through godwyn or marika herself but i think thats unlikely since we kill radagon who is marika in the base game and godwyns soul is destroyed, but i would welcome more elden ring

[@gragalakaisel1477]

probably because compare to the main game, they give more lore in dialogues in DLCs. like I don't go around looking for lores in the game I just watch KZbin videos about it. but even I understood what's happening from the npc dialogues alone. ​@@quasarone3083

[@LucasOliveira-lu9fp]

I just defeated Radahn with the Dueling Shield and the deflecting tear. Even though it wasn't easy, it felt like I was cheating lmao. The fight was literally Sekiro. Also, being able to block the aoe spam from his second phase makes it much less frustrating.

[@AskwhoQ]

So true, that deflecting tear was hard carrying me😭I eventually caved and used a shield a rapier combo and had to basically endure through all his attacks in phase 2 while deflecting some so my guard didn’t break.

[@zero9905]

Nah you're not cheating, parrying is hard for some people, there's always player like me who had skill issue when it comes to parrying, turkey legs all the way 😂

[@lukassmida4885]

@@zero9905 He wasn't talking about parrying.

[@jay-cm]

I loved all the DLC except for the last boss 2nd phase, still wasn't enough to ruin my experience, but I doubt I will fight him again unless they nerf him somehow.

[@Chrisbun1]

Same

[@andrei20-x9r]

Honestly expected a third phase there where miquella turns into a god, then i was disappointed when they just died

[@dakarai47]

​@@andrei20-x9rwow u so cool

[@stavik96]

Get some faith, pop Lord's Divine Fortification at the start of phase 2 and suddenly the holy damage does next to nothing.

[@coletrain218]

@@dakarai47what does this even mean? He was just saying he expected a 3rd phase. What part of his opinion do you feel attacked by?

[@quitian9596]

2:48:43 durrrrrrrr surprised he didn’t ban his mod for “spoiling” something else that he was just not realising cuz he’s slow

[@Shadowyurix]

It took me a solid 9hours of tries, without summons, ashes or cheese build, to finally beat this guy. By the end, the quick double slash was the only attack I didn't know hot to dodge perfectly. I am honestly surprised that pretty much eveything in Phase 2 is dodgeable.

[@vickent2475]

U can make him even harder by summoning the npcs😂

[@CrownlessStudios]

​@vickent2475 yeah....first time in I summoned both NPCs for the lore. My attacks, with an AR of about 2000, did barely anything. I decided future attempts wouldn't use the NPCs. Lol

[@bugra-yildirim]

​@@vickent2475 yeah lmao. In my couple of first tries I summoned them for lore and maybe reward wise. And I realized they just buff radahn and get oneshotted anyway without dealing any damage to him. Never again

[@DurealzForReal]

the quick double attack can be dodged by running tight left around him at the end of every attack sequence before dodging. if you reach his side, you're clear

[@Tegami-Tea-Man]

To all the players that didn’t use shield. Absolute Respect

[@stavik96]

26:09 assuming fextra is correct for once then most NPC questlines moved on with you burning the sealing tree while Thollier's questline moves on when you trigger the Leda fight, I know I basically failed all NPC questlines but did end up fighting Freyja and Moore in the Leda fight as I did help them a bit, I guess being helpful is bad as they then try and kill you down the line... At the time I didn't think much of it but looking back at it I guess burning the sealing tree and unlock the big castle was a fairly obvious point of no return. 8:16:17 Wait, I completely missed that, I was wondering why all I got was the crown and then nothing else happened, no lore or anything, WTF MIYAZAKI! 8:24:49 I just popped it the second he let me down from the grab, he usually got a normal swing in but that's fine.

[@Withing_]

I went from not liking it too much to loving it to be honest. Ive spent 4-5 hours trying him but dont feel like anything is ever truly unfair, its just genuinely the hardest thing FromSoft ever made for me and Im actually starting to like him more for it

[@esmith2k2]

Its my 2nd favorite elden ring boss. Bayle takes #1. Hes easier but fuckin sick as hell

[@ablackcircle7447]

The hair is unfair 😭

[@fathergascoigne3558]

aggy's 'hoLEE' is literally how i felt this whole time that was CRAZY?

[@JDavi-nl1rc]

I watched it all beacuse I like Aggy's challenge runs, but HOLY SH1T it was so difficult to digest him ignoring all npcs and being stubborn to all external advice to just keep jumping on walls and looking at ways that we knew had nothing there. Great fights tho, Bayle was epic

[@KnightlySymphony]

I’ll be honest reusing bosses is sometimes eh but the way they do it with Radahn Is smart. It’s different enough in terms of moves and the way he comes back feels heavily supported by the lore. I’m not a lore genius but im pretty sure some people stated their souls are preserved In the erdtree or something along those lines so any of these demigods could be brought back by another power or person. I could be totally wrong but that’s the info I got.

[@torrix_4595]

This is a month late reply so you might already know this. But from my understanding. Keep in mind i might be wrong on some parts (and it ended up being way longer than I first thought lmao, when I get started on lore discussion I can't stop apparently). Miquella looked up to Radahn when they were younger, and they made a vow to eachother, Miquella looked up to Radahn because of his suprising amount of kindness and compassion, everything about Radahn pre-scarlet rot was signs of him being an honorable and kind man afaik. Yes, a military general, but he focused on honor and glory. A good example is Redmane Freyja from the DLC who shares a lot of his values. If you did her questline, she finds out about Miquella and Radahn, and she feels like she has a duty to fight for him still, so she fights against you in the Leda fight, but she mentions that there is no others she'd like to die to, there is respect for the opponent. Radahn was promised the idea of an eternal battle, a fight for eternity, and Radahn who loves the thrill of battle, would of course accept. The shadow lands, and possibly all of the Lands Between (including the base game that is) seems to have been a sort of weird area, where both life and death were synonymous, the living and the dead coexisted in a weird way, I'm not sure exactly in what manner, but with Marika having taken out death from the Elden Ring it seemed to have seperated the two, while not entirely you could view the shadow lands as a 'land of the dead' and theres a theory of Radahn having to die for his soul to go there. That is kinda weird and I don't have a proper understanding of it, because we know now what Malenia whispered to Radahn in the cinematic of their fight "Miquella awaits thee, O promised consort." But if he had to die, why didn't she finish him off? I understand him fighting back, its the whole 'honorable fight, honorable death' deal. Did she just fail, and we had to kill him? Also if death is taken out of the Elden Ring, why do we get to kill him? I think from what we know before the DLC it would've made more sense for Godwyn to be in the position that Radahn was in, theres several pieces of Lore that states that Godwyn was a loving older brother to both Miquella and Malenia, and Miquella did a lot to try to give Godwyn a proper death, if they had gone the route of Godwyn being resurrected it would've been so much cooler, but I also understand why not, theres questlines tied to Godwyn in the base game that would be too intricate to have as a requirement, while how it is now Is just kill Radahn and Mohg. Now why was Mohg chosen to be the body Radahn would resurrect in? I think it's several reasons, 1. he seemed like the most manipulate-able guy out of the ones on the table. 2. Nobody would really care, at least in comparison to other shardbearers. and 3. he's Omen, the hornsent in the Shadow lands saw the horns as holy, if you had horns, you were sick af, and the more you had the better you were, Mohg had a lot of horns, and he embraced it. Ok thats about all I have for now. Have a good day!

[@ragegrim]

1:49:25 what does he mean by nerfing quitouts? Is it slower now?

[@CrownlessStudios]

All menuing has been slowed down, yeah.

[@ragegrim]

@@CrownlessStudios is there a reason for it?

[@CrownlessStudios]

@@ragegrim I think people mashing through dialogue were complaining they accidentally made a choice because they mashed to fast. So they slowed all prompt windows to prevent that, but prompt windows also include quit outs and upgrading weapons.

[@bugra-yildirim]

​@CrownlessStudios Yeah. And its crazy they cant seperate dialogue popups and quitout, upgrade popups.

[@tortyreus2384]

​@@CrownlessStudios ah makes sense why suddenly it took forever to skip through the dialogues of the npc's in this dlc. Was already wondering why.

[@The-Suckler]

“That was my only chance to one shot a boss in the dlc” oh my poor sweet child if only you knew what was to come

[@nikochikorita8777]

No heart stolen :(?

[@Firebreaf]

I was hoping he'd get to see it too, but I guess because he was struggling to survive long enough to get grabbed again, he just learned the timing to dodge it before it could happen

[@zayhorn42]

Ya I wish we got to see that I wanted to se his reaction but he missed alot of things by not listening to chat as well tho so it's whatever

[@alreadytookenname]

Was using the giants forge supposed to effect your other save files? Tried loading a different character but it's like I brought my new player into the dlc save file.

[@hoang2312]

kinda weird that there's no trashtalk when you die vs radahn, something messmer and malenia really love to do

[@spagettysylph2033]

"Where did this come from?? I'm apparently not a lore knower because this feels random as fuck" as a lore knower I still feel this is the appropriate response tbh.

[@Tohlemiach]

Really curious if this was the same reaction people had to Gael, Orphan of Kos, or Manus. Like have FromSoft DLC final bosses ever *not* been random as fuck? Who are we kidding here?

[@yorak13]

As a lore knower, I feel like it should’ve been Godwyn idk

[@jplichta]

As a lore knower I 100% expected it

[@Jezkovah]

7:31:45 name of the ash of war?

[@knox2740]

That dude took me three days... ut went on to the point where i almost no hit him

[@tenzero5274]

what scadutree level was he?

[@TheRealFredbearPlush]

At 3:24:13 you can see he’s at 17

[@Hamish_Whitehaven]

i love how the scaduuu avatars Boss Face moves and lookes at you ( the Sunflower thing)

[@Dark-he8dw]

what ash of war is Aggy using ????

[@paulmagagin6495]

Tip for final boss : bloodfiends arm

[@KonbiniBento]

Do we know what his build is

[@Gondaldin]

01:22:00 Did... did you not play DS3?

[@abdalla8558]

8:09:30 final fight

[@dragskcinnay3184]

3:22:42 actually, that's exactly what it is. Holy shit. Holy damage, but shit attacks. At least the phase 2 looks like horrible unfair bullshit to this non‐Elden Ring player of a commenter.

[@jajasking9652]

You should play elden ring But as someone that beated this boss, is indeed, pretty bs, first phase is really good though

[@dragskcinnay3184]

@@jajasking9652 yeah the first phase looks fair and pretty good (not as cool-looking as some other bosses in the DLC IMO, but at least fair), but oh lord, those beams of light at every attack in phase 2 really feel cancerous... Also, no, I'm not going to play Elden Ring, I already spend enough time on other things I like :)

[@dmitriym1153]

I think streamers are traumatized by Radahn, thats why they cant like him. I like him. Yes, he has confusing tp attacks, but i managed to figure out most of them. Spent 3 hours beating him. I also think Malenia was harder on first playthrough.

[@valyrym2782]

anyone ever told you hat you like a little like BBNO$

[@TheRealFredbearPlush]

3:34:36 Long ass combo

[@beastking4373]

ofcourse you’re going to miss stuff and find lore npc’s dead when you’re against backseating as much as you are, dont be upset about it, thats the experience you wanted brah

[@djspaceinvader5555]

50:42

[@jplichta]

lmao he skipped like half the lore and 85% of the quests, streamerbrain strikes back

[@elbandito2990]

I was so disappointed seeing Radahn as the final boss. Idc about any lore implication, I never really cared for his original fight and this is just the same thing but with random holy followups to his attacks. Idk I would have loved to see a character we know nothing about from the lore get a spotlight like Godwyn(I know he is dead), Melina,the Gloom Eyed Queen or something. Outside of the final boss and Rellana not getting a cutscene or some voicelines, I thought this DLC was 10/10. Tbh the NPC fight before Radahn was more enjoyable

[@shedinjask]

godwyn would have made more sense since its implied in the base game that miquella is trying to revive godwyn

[@yorak13]

I still think Miquella’s consort should’ve been Godwyn since we already had the lore placed of wanting to revive him 🤷

[@torrix_4595]

I agree, but Godwyn had questlines tied to him in the base game that would get complicated with the DLC, so I understand why it isn't. Would be much cooler tho imo

[@winxwest2964]

Honestly I think a lot of the impact of Godwyn’s death in the lore is reinforced with the sheer finality of his passing. Death was supposed to be impossible, yet the golden child was slain. Reviving him, at least in any form with his original soul, would weaken the overall story.

[@SirRockXIII]

Chat is evil for real XD I mean come on man

[@kandoor1]

Ongbal dropped a last boss hitless lmao

[@XxxTheFireEmblemxxX]

He cheated. He started several dodges within 2 frames of the attack’s startup, which is an impossible reaction time.

[@SapeeX]

@@XxxTheFireEmblemxxX Ok XxxTheFireEmblemxxX

[@jettisonantics]

@@XxxTheFireEmblemxxX Skill issue

[@clay9078]

easily the most whiny ive seen aggy, jesus the end boss was great

[@matthewg9467]

Kinda sad that the final boss isn’t a new character to kill. Other than that, shit looked amazing

[@prizma45]

3:54:10

[@SirRockXIII]

I goddamn loved Consort Radahn..plus the armors DOPE. I wore prime Radahn legs and arms.. and Rellana chest and head. Lovely combo.. he took me like somewhere from 2 to 3 hours.. but it felt like 20 minutes

[@Kunaljindal06]

Hii I am your biggest fan and love from India 🇮🇳

[@leonardofontes7007]

its impossible for mfs like this guy to admit that this boss is overtuned

[@jplichta]

He's not overturned, the stats are fine. He does need a few animation adjustments though - the cross slash is fucked.

[@atrainace114]

I guess there are 2 remeberance swords for Radahn so you can bitch about something else.

[@quitian9596]

For reeal so fucking sick of this guy literally complaining about more weapons like jfc

[@JoeJoesBizzareAmbitions]

​@@quitian9596 "Why they no add more weapons" After getting a new weapon: I'm going back to backhand blades😍

[@GeremyG]

Once you learn the phase 2 move set greatshield plus poking weapon makes Radahn a breeze. Just face tank and trade blows.

[@mcgeiler3915]

Ew

[@SirRockXIII]

With that build anything is a breeze. Even a 3v1 pvp gank fight

[@Amferam]

Yes because from games are all about using a specific build to beat a boss

[@bugra-yildirim]

Bro you dont need to learn phase 2 move set with that shit lmao

[@rickastley6035]

Peak game

[@fine1764]

With a Greatshield and Spear build Bayle is actually harder than Radahn

[@CrownlessStudios]

Grearshield and Spear for Radahn. Pest Thread Spears for headshots on Bayle. Every boss has a counter, if your build can adapt to it.

[@bugra-yildirim]

​​​​@@CrownlessStudios"if your build can adapt to it". Bro you have access to rennala and probably at +160 level already with all of the items from the base game. You can adapt to every boss in the dlc before going into. But you dont have to. You shouldnt have. This is not what souls games all about. Its a part of it yeah. But you should be able to beat all bosses no hitwith any weapon. And radahn seems too tideous for it. Also that double slash is worst than waterfowl for dodging

[@esmith2k2]

Idk if this ever got answered but yes every move in the fight is fully dodge-able with nothing but roll, backstep, and sprinting. For example the rocks followed by the 5 slams and AoE: Run backwards when he starts then jump to the side to avoid the rocks, then run backward and to the left at a 45 degree angle to avoid the first 4 slams then simply roll twice, once to avoid the 5th slam and once to avoid the AoE. Thats it.

[@DwWarWolf]

This is the equivalent of the "totally actual easy to dodge waterfoul just stop locking on dodge forward then turn around and do your dishes and a 360 while doing a handstand" Fights almost the best ever just like Malenia if not for neigh impossible to dodge moves unless you watch a video. If a video is required to know how to dodge a move then the move is overtuned.

[@oliverbrinker8730]

thats not fully true, his left right swipe is first phase is not dodgable without extra s (rings, bloodhound, etc)

[@esmith2k2]

@@oliverbrinker8730 it is. Light rolling in the precise direction will avoid it. It is difficult, but possible.

[@oliverbrinker8730]

@@esmith2k2 are you sure? Ive seen multiple videos saying its not

[@esmith2k2]

@@oliverbrinker8730 Yep, here's ONGBAL's video kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3-3kn6vfpeYrKcsi=ZFWLZEO3DFCAqbNx&t=147 you'll see him perform it at 2:27 and again at 3:44. You can see his buffs including talismans in the top left, there are no dodge enhancing buffs active. I've done it on accident a few times during my hitless attempts, but it is possible with the right direction and timing, its just REALLY precise and is (in my opinion) far too tricky and specific to be considered "Fair".

[@bugra-yildirim]

I am in love with all of the rememberances except final boss. Really shitty holy light mechanic. Really shitty clone attacks. Insanely stupid fast slash attack. And ofcourse zero lore buildup. Why? What in the world radahn and malenia fought if both would die foe miquella? How in the fuck that make sense for miquella at all? Radahn was already in his prime before malenia fucking lobotomied him. I love how they plot twisted Mogh into not being the bad guy but I am not actuall sure about radahn part. Even after these lore reasons I was screaming and full of hype when I saw him in the cutscene. Prime radahn. Ready to fight against me. And first phase was really good. I wish he had a better second phase that would mark his way into best bosses category. But no. They had to make it full into holy light fuckfest that I couldnt understand what is going on most of the times.

[@jettisonantics]

Maybe if you did the questlines you'd know the lore buildup lmao. Also, Skill Issue ™

[@bugra-yildirim]

@@jettisonantics Lore buildup is only in the dlc. I meant there was no buildup in base game lmao. I finished ansbanch and thoillers quest and knew radahn was coming. Also I killed him with malenia armor , melee , no spell , no summon. There is no skill issue. There is simply no fun in fighting something when you dont even see wtf is going on because all of your screen is fulled with holy beams. Go cry somewhere else

[@griffithdidnothingwrong4788]

You clearly didn't understand shit then, and why malenia and radahn fought in the first place when both of them didn't care for lordship at all. Stop bitching sir. It was a good fight and very enjoyable if you took the time to memorize his patterns​@@bugra-yildirim

[@jplichta]

Git gud, read lore instead of crying.

[@XBaten]

The chat is so annoying... why cant they just stfu, they simply dont learn

[@seanbrooks5863]

This boss is amazing but he was almost the hardest boss I have ever fought he killed me 38 times but the hardest boss I ever fought on my first play through was the final boss of the base game radabeast which killed me 45 times

[@ValtheJean]

This final boss was terrible. Like, horribly tuned. It's just fortunate that the rest of the 99% of the DLC was utterly fantastic.

[@dragonstargaming3296]

Why is Prime Radahn a bad final boss?

[@JulianAeneas]

@@dragonstargaming3296 Thematically disappointing, completely unpredictable, and what ultimately feels like failed fanservice. Combine that with frustratingly difficult attacks (in ways that feel cheap and are visually misleading with insane damage) and you get a terrible experience.

[@ValtheJean]

@@dragonstargaming3296 to add to what @JulianAenas was saying, lorewise it is just a travesty. They put in so much content in the original game over how close Miquella was to Godwyn, yet when given the chance to bring someone back to life, he chooses Radahn because the writers hamfisted some random promise we never heard about. In addition, Radahn was one of the most ardent supporters of the Golden Order, he has no reason to want to overthrow it. And then you have to consider: Mohg abducting Miquella was part of his plan. Which by extension means his plan was to have Malenia kill Radahn. Why? Radahn was already IN his prime before Malenia rotted him. He didn't NEED to be revived up until Malenia went and enacted this grand scheme of Miquella. It's just a terrible decision for the sake of trying to put fanservice.

[@finlaytemple1744]

​@@JulianAeneashow is it thematically disappointing? And how is the fight unpredictable? He's a super telegraphed boss

[@finlaytemple1744]

​​​@@ValtheJeanmiquela cannot revive Goldwyn has his very souls was killed with the rune of death, rahdahn suffered a normal death and thus could be revived. Also we have zero reason to believe that radahns fight with malenia was related to the vow considering it's not confirmed she even knew about it. This was also foreshadowed at castle SOL Also radhan was never explicitly a supporter of the golden order but rather a fan of the people who resided in It, there is zero evidence to suggest he philosophically agreed with them

[@thisisyourfreedom]

this is the best fight of all time, appropriately punishing for making the slightest mistake, demands perfection and knowledge. one of the best gaming challenges of all time.

[@joshuallewellyn2648]

Aggy should just leave the chat off permanently. Watching him throw a fit every 30 mins is kind of ruining the channel for me

[@Kraden34]

Yeah, I’ve watched Aggy for a while now, but his extremely antagonistic relationship with chat does get kind of old. I mean, there are times where they are definitely annoying, but it seems like he is always on edge and looking for a reason to fight with them (not just here, but even when he is doing bingo matches). Honestly, overall, they aren’t even as bad as the chats for a lot of the other major souls streamers.

[@user-wlj68sbwj97]

I feel like it’s only the DLC that made it this bad. Generally he’s much chiller, I mean yeah he sometimes (seemingly?) has bad days and gets annoyed with chat more easily, but on his usual challenge runs, he’s fairly relaxed I’d say…

[@treacle4617]

@@Kraden34 Do you watch the streams or just the VODs? Because the only reason the on screen chat is as clean as it is is because he has a very active team of mods who delete a message about once a minute.

[@hungphan6159]

@@Kraden34He’s chill whenever it’s NOT actually affecting him. His challenge runs he doesn’t mind backseating that much or even at all because that’s stuff he all knows already, hell he even asks chats sometime for his randomizer gates because he can lose track of those. This is a playthrough where he vehemently makes it clear that there is to be no backseating, no tips, no tricks, nothing. He wants to discover it on his own and don’t want to know if he missed something, and people still ignored it because they can’t fathom someone not playing and discovering the same thing they did. Not being as bad as other streams doesn’t mean he has to tolerate it any more than the other streamers.

[@nakiangoderich3014]

The mods actually made me unsubscribe. Been watching him for about a year since I found him, and when I finally catch his stream live for the first time, I get muted for a day for asking “have you tried fighting the frenzied enemies.” Now tell me, is a question a reason to get muted, for an area he ALREADY COMPLETED.

[@dsuable_]

It looks so WEIRD when people confuse "awful" and "hard".

[@Sekiro_lover]

Radhan is awful

[@fishstrats960]

"Hard" and "good" are both a spectrum. You can have a boss that is hard and awful as easily as you can have one that is hard and good.

[@dsuable_]

@@fishstrats960 Rellana is hard and good, Messmer is hard and good MALENIA is hard and good. Radahn is just BS.

[@bugra-yildirim]

​@@dsuable_ Yeah. Not everything that hard is good lmao. People that act like this fight isnt bs are greatshield users. Period

[@maxeisenach1771]

It's a shame that there's a loud minority of souls players who invalidate and disregard any sort of criticism and hide behind childish elitism. Just a minority though, it feels like most people weren't afraid to voice their issues with the final boss. At the end of the day, whether you enjoy it or not is just subjective, and enjoying yourself is what games are about. For me personally, he definitely just wasn't enjoyable. The entire rest of the DLC (or hell, the entire game, save for a few minor things) is utterly brilliant though, so still an 11/10 for me :)

[@SUKABAZUKAAA]

The most unfair boss From Soft has EVER made* Fixed. It's not even a real boss fight. It's a torture for the eyes.

[@winxwest2964]

Bed of chaos would like a word with you

[@namikozuki3135]

Dlc with empty areas only items and less mobs and 3 to 4 cut scenes total and say this is peak, All that area to explore and for what? For some items? Those places dont have any significance in the game and the game can be beaten without even doing that, If that's the case how is this a good game? Because everything is optional and we can beat this game in few hours lol

[@firstorderblade4432]

at blessing 20 radahn is a joke

[@lennysummers]

Is 18 to 20 that much of a difference? Because I wasn’t doing that great with 18 damage wise

[@firstorderblade4432]

@@lennysummers 15% extra defense and damage. At level 20 and golden vow with two spears I was doing 3500 per jump attack

[@andrewbowen2837]

BS. At 19, he demolished me

[@aegis9904]

it took me 30 attempts and two build changes to beat him no summons at scadu 15, i did a second playthrough of the dlc and cooked him so fast with scadu 20 the difference is crazy

[@firstorderblade4432]

@@andrewbowen2837 To be fair i use golden vow and flame grant me strength, but i was wearing no armor besides the jump attack enhancing chestplate which has no defense, and i would only get 4 shot