Elden Ring: Boss Fight - VS Malena, Blade of Miquella

[@Grantsta]

Good job bro. You had a very solid build against her. She has low poise so she staggers easy when hit. Your greatsword staggered her a lot. The blood flame incantation boosted your bleed buildup, so you bled her a lot. White Mask bonus. You didn’t summon against her, which is a big accomplishment. Only thing that I could recommend you do is swap Godrick’s great rune with Morgott’s great rune. That way it gives you a massive HP boost and encourages you to use a great rune before bosses. If you had it equipped, you would have had a much easier time.

[@SoulsxCapxFighter]

Thanks Bro. I was being half lazy to go to East Altus and awaken the rune and half pissed that I couldn’t take her without it. So I kept going at it till she fell.

[@Grantsta]

@ No problem. I don’t know if you have the DLC or intend on starting it anytime soon, but that’s the ultimate skill check. There are great resources in it that will make it easy to do though. Not sure if bleed bloodhound’s greatsword will be enough, but I did play it entirely with bleed greatsword, and it was pretty easy.

[@SoulsxCapxFighter]

@@Grantsta I will do the dlc and post the vids. Kinda got to like how the Hand of Malenia feels and I might dual wield it with the bloody Nagakiba for the DLC, or maybe I’ll hold off till NG+.

[@Grantsta]

@ No, do NOT start the DLC on NG+. The game is going to be SIGNIFICANTLY harder, and trust me, the bosses are very difficult. Also Hand of Malenia won’t be viable for waterfowl dance since it is really slow. You’d be better off using it in your off-hand. Honestly, dexterity builds are a skill check in the DLC. You might even end up using a strength build for it unless you decide to stick with dexterity anyway. I was fairly good at the game, yet struggled with most of the bosses even using mimic tear. I stopped struggling after using a blood greatsword with lion’s claw ash of war.

[@SoulsxCapxFighter]

@@GrantstaI’ll do the DLC before going into NG+ then. Blasphemous blade seems like my second pick but it looks too op from what I’ve seen.