When every NPC is a MAIN CHARACTER [Elden Ring]

[@aidenhmic1450]

This is actually so bad ass and i love it, the fight really sets that tone

[@ゼロシン]

LMSH, it may be kind off topic are what do you think of this theory of mine involving your iconic nemesis ? finlay betrayed Malenia upon taking her to the haligtree after jerren started making highly innacurate fanart of her and malenia and sending it to everyone in the lands between so as to destroy malenias image. That was not before finlay was borrowing mohgs ass cheeks and rannis hair strand to do a roast battle with bernhal, vagram, Gideon, Alexander alongside ansbach, varre, lannseax until midra was paid by patches to transform into a frenzy powered armored core. To witness the destruction, patches invited master Wilhelm, Sekiro to try out the device but Sekiro died of shock and wilheim t posed, ascending into the skies and meeting goldmask After the battle of aeonia, castellan of redmane castle jerren swore revenge against Malenia for driving his master Radahn insane. The heavily injured Jerren who was about to pass out watched as finlay carried Malenia out of caelid, cursing them but was helpless given finlay was ranni extremely fast. However He had a plan to destroy malenias image. He paid his former enemy Seluvis. The plan was to have Seluvis, a master of lore inaccurate fanartd draw highly lore.. inaccurate fanart of malenia and finlay which would make Malenia seem like a massive piece of shit that is only good for reproduction. Also the fanart would depict vleanrot knights looking human which is something miquella has denied since the formation of the haligtree. To depict finlay a cleanort knight looking human would just give the message that miquella is a liar and his age is a scam. Jerren hired patcehs to introduce tech so jerren could cancel Malenia online. Finlay on the way to the haligtree was kicked by patches who promised 100000000 runes to participate in a roast tournament. Finlay was loyal to Malenia but money was more important to her. Finlay with 100000000 Trina lilies from patches gave them to the unconscious Malenia to make her stay unconscious for 24h. Finlay to do the roast battle proceeded to borrow mohgs ass cheeks which mog regenerated and rannis hair which she used to make a machine gun with some of malenias skin(numen skin can graft stuff). The roast battle involved bernhal, vagram, Gideon, Alexander alongside ansbach varre, lannseax. Finlay won it after 13 hours. Patches reveals the entire roast tournament is a scam and he won't be rewarding the winner. Patches pays midra to transform onto a frenzy powered armoured core Which he uses to destroy all of limgrave. This happened because Jerren paid patches 3478494 trillion runes. Patches had Wilhelm and Sekiro shows up to try out the device and witness the destruction. Sekiro was the shocked to death by a lighting which struck him. Master Wilhelm used mods to ascend into the skies but he met goldmask and they both t posed. Patches within 4 hours distributed technology and internet to the entire lands between. Finlay returned Malenia to the haligtree. By the time she returned she realised that everyone had a lore innacurate view of her and malenia. Thinking Malenia was behind this (finlay is dumb) finlay killed malenia but not before gwyndolin shot her to death using a missile launcher. Bernhal who had used the zip glitch and ended up in the haligtree questioned why gwyndolin is here if Aldrich ate him in DS3. Patches explains that time is convoluted in the lands between. MichAl zaki shows up and beats patches to death. Patches is not surprised given the entire situation was caused by his timeline alterations. Patches lets Michael kills him. Michael undoes the events of this entire parody and patches awakes in murkwater cave in the present like nothing happened. many years ago, finlay took Malenia to the haligtree. Patches time travelled and showed up and claimed that malenia made lore.innacurate fanart of malenia and finlay. This angered finlay who decided to betray malenia. This time instead of killing Malena, malenia awoke as finlay stabbed jer she did not receive the large dosage Trina lilies who caused her to be unconscious for 24h in the erased events. Malenia killed finlay, Finlay's dying words saying that malenia will pay for that terrible faner and asked morgott to do something about it because she thought she paid morgott to protect her(she didn't she halluctanted it because she drank some of the godrick brand orange juice on the way to the haligtree). Malenia asked morgott to explain this and morgott asked hewg to do some spirit tuning on finlayz Turing finlay into a spirit summon. Please do share this theory, I want the entire fandom to hear this! Also you can find more theories on my community post!

[@nubsureiya9060]

@@ゼロシンyo wtf bro pulled a whole book outa his prison pockets

[@TytanR3x]

@@ゼロシンcomment instead of replyig

[@tezereth]

@@ゼロシンwhat is blud on about

[@mushamusha123]

They really had Saber say "marrow of my sword" I am the BONE of my sword

[@LeeoinCampbell]

Steel is my body and fire is my blood

[@majeedmamah7457]

Unknown to death. Nor known to life

[@LordYeager_55]

@@majeedmamah7457 My whole life was...Unlimited Blade Works! (Or something like that, I don't remember all of it)

[@plaguereper2670]

I’ve created over a thousand blades

[@henrypaleveda7760]

wait is it the same voice actress?

[@Avidire]

God I love Thioller’s character development. The dude was basically a loser simp that tried to kill you and at the end he is one of the people who chooses to side with you against a God.

[@pn5705]

It’s even implied that he finally managed to hear Trina’s words. Thus getting confirmation that you are, in fact, an ally to his lady; that your words were true and not some cruel farce. He even apologizes for what he did to you. He and Ainsbach are my favorites.

[@greenorb29]

Miquella is not a god if that was the case we would not have been able to defeat him he's just another mother flubber who tried to ice skate uphill.

[@blissseeker4719]

Imagine capitalising some worthless fiction and pagan god in a video game but not believing in the one true and living God and Father in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Is that you?

[@DeadSparkMan]

I think this fight succeeded where Gideon Ofnir kinda failed : the monologues not only greatly enhance the battle, but also play while the characters actively fight. It also cannot really get interrupted since you're bound to back off once other characters join the fray. (i still think Gideon's a good boss if you don't cheese him tho)

[@minhluonguc8825]

From my second play through forward, I always start killing him from the “what a sad state of affairs” moment

[@TheDoomsdayzoner]

Don't cheese him? Bro, I honestly waited for him to finish his speech. I didn't buff myself. DLC was not released at that time. I used no summons on him. I was a Dex/Int build with small Arcane investment (Lvl 150). I only used Frost Nagakiba+Blood Uchi in a Power Stance. And my Ashes were Double Slash and Impairing Thrust. No spells, since he was spamming his. And yet I STEAMROLLED HIS ARSE. Like, 1 jump attack followed by Double Slash, and when he gone for his Flask - Impaling Thrust and the backstab. That's literally how he gone down. It was long ago, but I still remember it like it was yesterday. It was like I visited Godrick, but with "current" level and skills. (Current at that time, I am lvl 200 now with more Arcane and I learned fast-switching on top of jumping attacks and crouch pokes I already learned by the time I reached Gideon)

[@halfblood_drag0n]

every strength build in existence is a gideon cheese, you just stun lock him

[@MinerDiner]

Dude you are objectively wrong if you think Gideon is a good boss. NPC's with infinite stamina and FP, do way more damage than they reasonably should, even for a boss is not a good boss. NPC bosses are just player characters that have the same moves you do if using the weapons they have. They rob us from fighting a real boss.

[@OlExtraRegularBass]

​@@halfblood_drag0n Hammer bonk ear boy.

[@aethous9163]

Truly a "Let Us Solo Them" moment

[@iwuanadie1058]

trio*

[@artevar_]

0:52 YOO THE MIQUELLA FORCE

[@TheGreatestTerrariaPlayerEver]

Is that a reference to go go loser ranger?

[@demiaeclipse5185]

@@TheGreatestTerrariaPlayerEver No it's the Ginyu Force from Dragon Ball

[@TheGreatestTerrariaPlayerEver]

@@demiaeclipse5185 oh ok

[@mendanikan9125]

Pls Leda take my body so that I might have such a ginormous healthbar as well

[@senorkaktusz5940]

Yes, Midra was terrifying and a big surprise, yes, Messmer was ten times more complex and epic than I'd envisoned, yes, Balye and Igon were the most iconic, and yes, the ass-beating Radahn gave me was the one that delivered me the true "Souls dlc vibes" BUT For me, this moment was the high point in the dlc. I don't consider too many questlines that memorable in these games, apart from few beautiful exceptions, like Siegward of Catarina or Ranni, but this was truly one of them. So many separate storylines coming together to a final climax, which is the true tragedy of this dlc: valiant knights, who were once united in common cause, kill each other because their opinions and beleifs differ... poetry.

[@iwuanadie1058]

meh

[@majeedmamah7457]

It was so beautiful. This is the path i hope more npc questlines take.

[@nothingness217]

Truly heartbreaking to see the disbanding of the Fellowship of The Twink.

[@straightjacket3.519]

I killed Igon, he was whiny, regretted it when I faced Bayle until I found out that ancient dragon lightning could take him down in less than two minutes.

[@demiaeclipse5185]

CURSE YOU,@@straightjacket3.519 ! I HEREBY VOW! YOU WILL RUE THIS DAY-

[@kip9484]

ALLEGATIONS BEATEN!! Ansbach is a legend standing by Mohg through all this!

[@guardianvalor962]

His line of him trying to free Mohg from Miquellla was the hardest line in the DLC. Literally flipped who was the victim and who was the weirdo in the "relationship"

[@matiasluukkanen7718]

Mohg: "I wouldn't say beaten. I still kidnapped Miquella before being charmed, with explicit intention of gaining Empyrean vessel for the Formless Mother, the dark deity I serve."

[@sunbro197]

​@@matiasluukkanen7718 we don't know when Mogh was charmed. After all Miquella charmed a buch of people, while being in the lands of Shadow. The question is when did he learn about it.

[@TheMoogleKing93]

It may shock you to hear that Mohg is only considered to be a good guy buy people from his blood cult that spills so much of people's blood that there's a fucking lake of blood that's so bloody it actually corrupts the animals and Albinaurics around it.

[@lusovenator5900]

@@matiasluukkanen7718 asnbach said he tried to face miquella after mogh was charmed, so he probably wasnt in the cocoon already

[@caleb1657]

The Jojo poses had me dying! Then you hit me with the Ginyu Force! I didn't know I needed this in my life. 🤣

[@middy552]

Don't forget the saitama , ok.

[@pn5705]

“Mique-sentei! Mique-sentei!”

[@thedirewolf7855]

This is so cool! Really captures the feelings of the fight so well!

[@OfnionGidnir]

Meanwhile, Igon is screaming bloody murder miles away.

[@jacksmythe2187]

Imagine if Miquella chose Bayle as his consort. We could've had Igon be the hypeman for the final boss

[@odogar2738]

One of the coolest moments in the entire game for me. It's probably the best narrative NPC moment in the series.

[@SaHaRaSquad]

You mean aside of it being the most annoying fight since Dark Souls 2.

[@odogar2738]

@SaHaRaSquad Npc fights will always be npc fights; But the first impression of this fight was spectacular through and through

[@niscent_]

i'm sorry but i have to... CURSE YOU BAYLE!!!!!

[@toastmaster914]

​@SaHaRaSquad It's not that annoying, it's actually pretty easy. And unlike Gideon you don't have to cheese it

[@gammagames6027]

This dlc had some of the best moments in all of the souls games imo. The entire climb up the mountain and fight against Bayle with Igon at your side screaming at him and the fight against Leda and her allies with Ansbach and Thiollier at your side, with everyone talking to eachother as an epic battle rages on, it’s just *chef’s kiss*

[@digital_nex2247]

this fight literally went from me getting jumped to reverse jumping them this is personally my fave quest line in the whole series

[@MohgTheLordOfBlood]

He’s not just a Elden legend he’s a damn good animator

[@BlackHermit]

The DLC NPCs were really so good.

[@TREVORVADER]

They were the hype of the DLC

[@BlackHermit]

@@TREVORVADER Well, Messmer too, but yeah!

[@Dooterman_Creature]

The Gang vs. The Miquella Force A battle of epic proportions

[@TheiTzCynical]

"Allegations beaten." Also kinda disappointed Ledas crew didn't end with the Pillarmen pose.

[@Shocker1141-iu8mw]

The best jarnished

[@armadaeyesgd]

0:53 it's the fucking ginyu force

[@frigusgwalker8123]

Easily one of my favorite boss fights in the entire game. Pure cinema

[@armadaeyesgd]

0:12 is that a jojos reference!!!!!!!

[@itsmikeyplayz27]

Yeah it is BROTHA !!

[@GerudoKing_]

A perfect blend of memes and awesomeness.

[@Dog-ec5oy]

I wish Elden ring had a bigger animation community so I could see more cool stuff like this

[@eviltoad746]

Thiollier's character development needs to be studied. Dude went from pathetic delivering that amazing line and then to fighting an actual god alongside you

[@BungusBottom]

They about to get stunlocked into oblivion

[@jimmyprince6172]

Thoillier saying "With spare your life" with the jojo pose is the hardest shit

[@rodolphofreire8311]

This boss fight is narratively perfect. The music and dialogues during the battle made me feel bad and almost cry. in the end i was convinced that miquella must be stopped I love this game...

[@MrPuddle01]

The Ginyu Force pose at the end had me dying!😂

[@aganaom1712]

I'm a tarnished with no name. I have a real doll wife, my best friend is a jar man and I used a ghost girl to burn the erdtree. Now give me your armor.

[@niscent_]

same for me. except i didn't burn the ghost girl. instead i got mentally unstable when a weird uncle used his fingers on me, so i burned myself, then got into some weird crack den where you can't feel the time passing to forget my uncle touched me, there i used some dirty needle to get high, and finally i'm okay again and can do all the shit i want without burning the ghost girl. she hate me because i got touched by the uncle though... victim shamming is real...

[@heideknight9122]

@@aganaom1712 Just made me think of how the enemies would see farming. Tarnished: "I know you can't truly die. And I'm going to keep coming back here every time you wake up until you give me your weapon."

[@diegocantu9853]

*Summons Florissax for even NPC number*

[@greenhydra10]

Ansbach really took the "stand" part and ran with it.

[@nahuelkid]

To think after all this time, they FINALLY nailed this concept of the NPC gank fight

[@sckecherten8304]

Unironically my favorite encounter in the game

[@97Multiphantom]

Was literally just watching your Radahn video!

[@7erong3mas]

they had the audacity to challenge an ELDEN LORD without bringing a Legend or a Demigod

[@marvcollins7842]

When Sanguine Noble Nataan is too NPC to be a main character

[@lucazade1]

Could this be .... A jojo reference

[@Kevvv890k]

maybe

[@Kevvv890k]

Ansbach best wise man in the game!

[@heideknight9122]

Allegations beaten, a very good edit. And the Ginyu force poses ha.

[@kevinthekevin]

This was exactly how my fight went, with me running around screaming for Ansbach to save me Until they hit Ansbach, then its personal

[@comm154]

During this fight I only could get Ansbach and me and bro were fighting for our lives.

[@spacecase2187]

Meanwhile me, bare-ass naked and just using Midra’s sword:

[@claywilson5402]

When I fought Leda I had also skipped previously hunting down Hornsent, but had already cleared to the church of the bud, so I never actually fought Hornsent, and he joined me to fight against Leda and their crew along w/ Thiollier. Along with my mimic it was a true 4v4!

[@rwberger6]

How did he join you against Leda? If you summon him against mesmer he invades you at the church of the bud (He gets high off his defeat of mesmer and wants to wipe out all traces of the golden order from the shadowland now) and if you dont summon him he joins Leda's side against you in the npc fight (He basically got bribed into rejoining them with the promise of the restoration of the hornsent people under Miquella's new order). To my knowledge there is no way to get him to join your side.

[@straightjacket3.519]

Poison guy got on my nerves but he grew on me when he showed up for the final battle, I thought he just wanted to sleep.

[@thegreycrusader]

"Not the finest blade, nor the mightiest armor will spare your life from the poison of Thiollier." - A statement made by a self proclaimed kitten as thick as two planks. What a badass.

[@Nobody-dd3hr]

"Not the finest blade or the mightiest armor" Oh he's talking about himself "Will spare your life, from the poison of Thiollier" DAMNMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[@richtofenify]

From intentionally made you fight 5 hostile NPCs in 2 separate waves, just like the G Force in DBZ. That was perfect, holy crap.

[@GigachadCrusader]

Completely eviscerating the flesh from their bones with Mohg’s trident was fun🥰

[@MISTAWULFY]

This is the best boss in the entire game for the sheer feels it gave me

[@protonjones54]

when finishing your first playthrough: "What the fuck is going on?" when finishing a 2 hour long youtube npc guide on a second playthrough: "Holy shit this is epic"

[@Hany-712]

So 2 jojo's ans saitama fighting the ginju force? That battle will be legendary😂

[@Tripple_772]

Ansbach and thiollier became the best NPCs fs 🔥🔥

[@KampfspieleTV]

I once more realized what a beautiful masterpiece Elden Ring is (I realized it 1000 times already)

[@nobodyhere7761]

The build up to this fight was very well worth it. All the pieces that slide into place and the alliances that were formed/broken. Brought a smile to my face.

[@BirdMoose]

There is rumors of an Elden ring adaptation, and I hope if that's true that it is a build up to this scene. Every NPC in the DLC felt like they could have been the main character to a great story, but we only got to spend a small time with each, so it would be awesome to have a version which did an ensemble cast where we get to know a lot more about each of them.

[@SpaceElvisInc]

it's still crazy that the best fight of the DLC was a NPC gankfest

[@digital_nex2247]

That’s just cap rellana, messmer, midra and bayle are all S tier

[@SpaceElvisInc]

@@digital_nex2247 Rellana was annoying, Messmer was easy, I don't even remember Midra, and Bayle was only good because of Igon, take him out it's just another annoying dragon fight, so no cap, I just have different taste from you

[@digital_nex2247]

@@SpaceElvisInc i mean sure its okay to have bad taste

[@SaHaRaSquad]

You should try the DS2 DLCs if you like that kind of cancer.

[@SpaceElvisInc]

@@digital_nex2247 you have a boss with mid in its name in S tier, I don't even know what she does because she died so fast

[@DefecTec]

If you do the Hornsent questline he dies, one less dude

[@hidd3n_]

The allegations beaten bit is godly.

[@TippyMartin-i6x]

So many anime references

[@destroyerexe6814]

0:29 I haven’t heard this line so I thought he was going to be humble and say something like “but I’ll try my best” but nah, bro came in with that cold af line?

[@rwberger6]

Yeah, I thought he was talking about himself at first with that "not the finest armor" line. But it turns out he was just smack talking Leda.

[@minoas-sunbro]

Amazing work here, always got hyped with the intros

[@Bringingmoneyback]

Starts spamming madness aka the only fight in the game that it is actually useful

[@hehgay]

Broooo, you gotta make more of these. Sooo good. 👏

[@Quickvibeeeeeess]

The goat uploaded again!!!🔥🔥🔥

[@vadandrumist1670]

Makes me think of how I've always wanted a Souls adapted series that focuses almost entirely on the NPCs while the protagonist is just there every now and then.

[@pablojoel3217]

That was awesome animation. I can't wait to reach that part of the dlc.

[@45proteinconsumer]

such a hype moment in the DLC

[@hehgay]

When you're actually the summon. RIP Ansbach.

[@titan1781]

The poses😂

[@shahriar4706_]

the fact that lmsh posted this makes it even better

[@baeber]

this is beautiful. I went the let me get ganked route because I wasn't really doing npc quests

[@indigodegelder]

Poor Hornsent, being killed way before the battle really begins.

[@vainspider9488]

Absolute peak cinema!

[@Yamoyashi]

no matter how much you fucked up in the dlc or mess with the questlines, Ansbach will always have your back. the real G.

[@BaCkuPFDTos]

Lmaooo this was perfect Also loved this battle royale in the game ( except for Moore's scarlet rot 😅 )

[@silenceslide]

the real main characters were the friends we made along the way

[@Monte_Carlo451]

Me and the boys when we all have day off at the same day

[@Krikri2009]

0:55 the ginyu force😂😂😂😂

[@RogerRoger897]

Love it I hope more npcs in Fs next games have more badass entry dialogues

[@mokadelic4037]

This fight is so goated omfg To me this was the true peak of the game

[@honedWOLFman]

Is it me or did the end kinda look like the Ginyu force 😂😂 love it bro!!!

[@NatsoWild]

Missing one : mimic tear

[@aethous9163]

"That's a tool that we are going to use a bit later"

[@hassanrao470]

This fight is so cinematic and feels super unique because it's like a very direct pivot in the story (which usually doesn't happen in elden ring, usually you just do things and have to piece the story together as you go). Feel bad for anyone who hates this fight bcz they didn't use summons and npcs are dumb

[@starbomber]

I like this fight way more than the Gideon one, there was more buildup to it.

[@smilecat2501]

Today is my first time actually having this boss fight in the game, and exactly with Ansbach and Thiollier on my side. After I beat them in third try, I searched a bit at boss room and could not found Leda. Then I walk out, and found her dead and sit there... suddenly give me a feeling of "damn why the heck we end like this...".

[@venandisicarius32]

Then there's my ass doing the DLC blind, staring all the NPCs down as they point death at me. "Hahaha... I'm soooo fucked."

[@theenderdestruction2362]

then there's tarnished of no renown having nothing to say cause he's basically the saying "actions speak louder then words" made manifest, he is more like a force of nature you just point in one direction and see the carnage unfold

[@trevollord6490]

this fight was fun whenever my friend and I were doing seamless coop, because they just died, like there was no fight,

[@TheUndeadHumor]

Best fight in the game, even if it is a Ginyu Force gank squad (0:51)

[@The1RealVoltican]

I seriously have a vendetta against The Needle Knight Leda. I use Mesmer’s spear for the poetic justice for making to defeat a soul who just wanted love from his mother.

[@kratoben]

this is good

[@HumanGeweld]

The jojo poses make it so godly 😂

[@23DrakeDOTN23]

NPCs: DOING THE MOST ANIME SHIT. Tarnished: ...I am so lost.

[@XyroneFlorida-wb5up]

This is so cool lol I wish it was longer.

[@bogan8865]

No no. The silent one is always the main character. Or in some cases a main villain. Leading to epic wordless exchanges.

[@joaopedroulmidesouza14]

the jojoposes... icing on the cake

[@xan7292]

0.00001 seconds later: 7 page Golden Crux Stand Rush

[@Colonel-Sigma]

Band of the hawk vs guts and the boys:

[@kisukoev]

when I played for the first time and Ansbach appeared and said "I stand with blade aloft, blood afire" I got chills all over my body, including my pp