Wow, tried every other method. Climbed the tree root to spit swarm of flies. Used the Jar Cannon . . . nothing worked. I must have had 50+ attempts. After watching this I did it 1st try. Can't thank you enough man!
Pro tip, if you hold down the d pad for your items, it will take you to the first item you have. Gets you to your healing flask faster so you don't have to cycle through
Worked for me first try. I love the blasphemous blade. I had 41 faith and didn't have one of your talismans so I used kindred of rot exultation instead. Increasing attack power when rot is in vicinity. Thank you
Awesome guide man thank you so much. I'd been struggling with her on ng+ and couldn't seem to beat her the same way I did on my first playthrough but this worked like a charm. Extra bit of advice for anyone wanting to make it even easier. You can equip Shabriri's Woe onto your character, then summon Mimic Tear and swap the talisman to something more useful. Your Mimic will keep the effect of Shabriri's Woe and constantly get all the agro away from you.
Man that was a fight. First time through the door she killed me as I was in the animation summoning my Mimic Tear lol. 2nd time in I was more careful realizing how fast she starts to attack, and your technique worked PERFECT!!!! I did hotkey Preserving Boluses which saved me when I got too close to her comet bomb on my Mimic & got Rotted. That was a flawless strategy, MASSIVE THANKS to you Ogles!!!! (ps. as far as tough From Software fights go, for me it was the second Owl fight in Sekiro inside the church-ish building. Took me over a day to get the timing down on that fight, and when I fought him all the known cheeses for him at that time had been patched. Tough to know if this fight is harder since you made it SOOO much easier). Thank you again, it's so appreciated.
Whenever I have a problem with an enemy in Elden Ring (my first ever soulslike game) I ended up watching YT videos on how to win these encounters...like many others I guess. Many times in the past, I ended up on your very channel and by following your guides, I was always able to finally overcome my oponents. After a few tries (about 10, because RNG I guess) I just managed to finally put her down! So thanks a lot for your help and for making the effort of creating these videos. I was about to give up on Elden RIng but you absolutely saved my day! Thanks a ton!
Two days, countless losses and your method was a 1 attempt 1 success run. Didnt have enough faith for all the incantations, but enough. This achievement was thanks to you bro
This worked. Took 3 tries but when it worked she was destroyed. Im running a faith blasphemous bladr build already but never used buffs before they made BB weapon art go from 1k-ish damage to almost 3.5
Sep 2023: Wrapping up my first play through which started in March 2022, I'm definitely getting my money's worth. This was the only boss who owned me but thanks to your clearly laid out strategy I was able to defeat her/him/it. Thanks for the very inciteful vid.
Glad it worked out so well for you! And I'm telling ya man, it really is such a great game with hours and hours of content that is just so satisfying. Thanks for watching!
Wow, your hardwork and research on the optimal build for Melania is without equal! Thanks so much, took me a several attempts to get coordinated but, she is resting peacefully now. So, on to the Elden Beast!
Thanks for the guide, works great. One thing I'd like to add is that you must not forget to switch to Blasphemous Blade after buffing and BEFORE summoning the mimic tear. If you don't do that, the mimic tear will use the talisman, buff itself and do nothing else because it has no attacking moves on the talisman. If this happens, Malenia will focus on you instead of your summon. Then it most likely won't work as intended. How it came to mind? I definitely, 100%, absolutely didn't make that mistake myself (yes, I did, and Malenia killed me for it several times until I figured it out)
@@Ogles thank you!!! I have done it, I have embarrassed Radagon using Malenia's great ruins, blasphemous blade, Alexander shard Talisman, greatly Holy damage negation Talisman the fire Scorpio charm and Mimic Tear. Elden Ring is One of the greatest games I have played.You have helped me a lot with your cheese guides from early in the game, tons of them.I appreciate it:).At the end I didn't get to see Rani's finishing, what I did was I restored Marikas head.
Killed her on the second try (first try we get teleported straight to her and I got startled). Mimic lost less than half health. I'm at 45 Vigor and 80 Faith. This method is freaking awesome. Ty so much, Ogles!
Thank you I used the archer latenna method, the ghiza's wheel method, the jar cannon is patched and jumping up that vine I didn't even want to attempt... Got her on first trial try not even fully buffed just golden vow and flame grant me strength with mimic used only shard of Alexander, kindred of rot, carian filigreed, and fire scorpion. No shabriri or wonderous physick. This boss gave me the most problem so far thank you
You're the MAN! I finally crushed this wench! By far the hardest boss I've encountered in all From Soft games! I've never been stuck for more than a day or two with these games. I've been getting working by Malenia for 8 days straight. lmaoooo
Like many others I was dying to her over and over either because my summon got taken out in 20 secs or I missed a dodge on fricking waterfowl. Your method worked on the third try (would have been the first but I stupidly ran right into her rot bloom). Anyway thanks for this great vid and simple easy to follow recipe for success.
Tried her a few times and almost had her dead but my mimic would die and then so would I, I ended up using your idea for the blasphemous blade (thanks btw) and ended up using tree sentinel armor with great jar’s arsinal shard of Alexander dragoncrest great shield and carian filgreed crest with blasphemous blade and also made sure to put shabriri’s woe on my mimic, melania only attacked me like twice the whole fight the rest of the time she was either stun locked from blasphemous blade spam or attacking my mimic
Every difficult boss in this game is so RNG its ridiculous. I've had her water fowl me 4 times in a row and other times she doesn't do it once. Still take her out with tried and true carian shield / carian retaliation.
Never beat her first time but thought I’d give it a go again. Was so better doing with blasphemy blade and not intelligence build. Scadutree levels probably helped too
TLDR: This guide works. I didnt follow the whole set up though like I only wore the same body armor and ritual sword talisman and used the blasphemous blade. As for my mimic, I made her used meteoric ore blade and a shield. Of course I used the incantations since my character focuses on faith build By far, I dont mind spoilers on ER (because Im a soul newbie hehe) so I've watched lots of Malenia fight videos especially from streamers. In my 1st try, I managed to get to her 2nd phase when my mimic hp was still above half so I was pumped but sadly I forgot her bloom mechanic which it was to run towards her so yeah I died when she did the 2nd bloom. I think it was under 10 tries where I managed to get her 2nd phase hp to like 15% BUT I FORGOT TO USE WONDROUS PHYSICK because I was in a corner so I couldnt run away from her clone jutsu. Tbh, I never bothered to use it because I never had never needed to lol. Unfortunately, after these number of tries Malenia went ape shit on me for hours so I had to search for a guide to damage her faster. Took me 3 tries using this guide because I was experimenting with my mimic but I did it! Yet again, I forgot to use the wondrous physick hahahaha~ If only I didnt accept Frenzied Flame I wouldnt try to beat Malenia where I had to pause my journey after I killed Maliketh and Dragon Placidusax. I wondered where was Melina at the forge of giants so I had to google haha. Sorry Yura, chaos seems fun but I would like my 1st playthrough to have "normal" ending XD Thank you for the guide!
I ended up beating her on my third try with a bleed fire build I did bloodhound fang +10 with bloodflame and mimic had same I had the fingerprint shield +25 to block all her attacks Talisman I had was the one to reduce stamina needed by 20% for blocking so I could block as long as I want for her special attack The great defense talisman that reduces physical damage by 20% Then turtle and virtual talisman to increase stamina and make stamina regen faster As soon as my mimic got aggro I jumped attack her and then bloodhound finesse and we got stagger and riposte, she did her special attack and I blocked the first party and was be to get away from the rest, then mimic got aggro again and we bled her to get to phase 2 Phase 2 run towards and behind her to avoid flower bomb and my mimic rushed in and I used stone of guranq and threw 5 times while she was in flower and she got staggered and my mimic riposte her, then we double teamed and got bleed which got her down to a sliver of hp but she flew up to flower bomb again Ran away and threw stone of guranq to finish it This Strat took 3 tries but each time she was close to dying since she’s weak to slash, bleed and fire and with me and my mimic both doing it , it can overwhelm her and end the fight quick But had it not worked my backup was def blasphemous blade on me and my mimic for its shaking and fire properties and I would love to try it but I don’t think on have the energy to play the game again lol
This really does help a lot. I'm consistently getting her into phase 2 but getting nailed by rot pretty much immediately. I'm having trouble dodging that 1st bloom attack fast enough. Any suggestions? I do have a heavy load because of the crucible tree armor... wondering if I should switch it out?
Holy shit, I wish I would have found this so much sooner. This shit actually worked so fuckin well!!!!!! I got my ass handed to me for a month now, finally got her thanks to this video, thank you thank you.
Great guide! Unfortunately, I cannot get this to work. She moves around WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY more than in your video. Maybe I'm just unlucky? Or maybe the latest patch changed some things? Anyway - thanks for the video! I'll keep trying!
I only tried malenia once to see how it will go. First phase i took her down with +25 Nagakiba, i did take a few hits to but nothing serious... second phase got one stot by that stupid ground slam and bloon shit everywhere xD
did a few attempts using black knife tiche. did pretty good and made it to phase two a couple times but then would get destroyed. thought id try a real world player summons. first couple just died lol. found a couple that were really good but then i died. i remember reading on redditt or something that if im summoning just stand back and let them do the heavy lifting and don’t die lol. so i summoned a dude ragesage69twitch. he was a mage and used the big rennala ball for massive damage. he got in rtsr rage using a blood blade and he used the scream buff. pretty damn cool. i shot a few lorettas arrows but mainly hung back and lived lol. ill attempt her alone on future playthroughs but im just trying to get through the game now.
Glad you were able to take her out and sounds like the summon player you used has some pretty awesome skills themselves! Best of luck on the last bit of the game!
@@Ogles thank you sir!! shouldn’t be too much of a problem considering the end game bosses aren’t necessarily as difficult as makenia. im a pretty good level with some decent spells and incantations. also got maxed out weapons like blasphemous blade, wings of astel, reduvia and bloodhound fang.
I haven't fought her yet but I was on my way there and just wanted to see what she's like. Also what level would you recommend being in order to fight her?
Honestly I prefer the mimic as well because I can just stick an aggro pull item on it (either shabriri's woe or the rotten duelist hat). Can't do that with any other summon and boy does it make a difference, no other summon holds aggro like that.
@@luchesisuzana7643 ye I used the mimic +10 because I couldn’t get the dung eater summon who’s really tanky because I was locked out the quest line, the mimic tear is still very good even after nerf
@@antons_0891 I killed her today on the second try, my Mimic +10 still had half its HP bar full. This method is freaking awesome and honestly I prefer the Mimic over the other summons. I'm at 45 Vigor and it can take a solid punch without losing aggro like the other summons.
Wow, tried every other method. Climbed the tree root to spit swarm of flies. Used the Jar Cannon . . . nothing worked. I must have had 50+ attempts. After watching this I did it 1st try. Can't thank you enough man!
Pro tip, if you hold down the d pad for your items, it will take you to the first item you have. Gets you to your healing flask faster so you don't have to cycle through
Mimic: "I think I will just use Rotten breath - against the Goddess of Rot!" :)
it worked . she was infected
Worked for me first try. I love the blasphemous blade. I had 41 faith and didn't have one of your talismans so I used kindred of rot exultation instead. Increasing attack power when rot is in vicinity. Thank you
Awesome guide man thank you so much. I'd been struggling with her on ng+ and couldn't seem to beat her the same way I did on my first playthrough but this worked like a charm. Extra bit of advice for anyone wanting to make it even easier. You can equip Shabriri's Woe onto your character, then summon Mimic Tear and swap the talisman to something more useful. Your Mimic will keep the effect of Shabriri's Woe and constantly get all the agro away from you.
Nice!
thanks , it works , simple and effective, not a cheese, its just a good choice of buffs and the famous BLASPHEMOUS BLADE.
Man that was a fight. First time through the door she killed me as I was in the animation summoning my Mimic Tear lol. 2nd time in I was more careful realizing how fast she starts to attack, and your technique worked PERFECT!!!! I did hotkey Preserving Boluses which saved me when I got too close to her comet bomb on my Mimic & got Rotted.
That was a flawless strategy, MASSIVE THANKS to you Ogles!!!!
(ps. as far as tough From Software fights go, for me it was the second Owl fight in Sekiro inside the church-ish building. Took me over a day to get the timing down on that fight, and when I fought him all the known cheeses for him at that time had been patched. Tough to know if this fight is harder since you made it SOOO much easier). Thank you again, it's so appreciated.
Whenever I have a problem with an enemy in Elden Ring (my first ever soulslike game) I ended up watching YT videos on how to win these encounters...like many others I guess. Many times in the past, I ended up on your very channel and by following your guides, I was always able to finally overcome my oponents. After a few tries (about 10, because RNG I guess) I just managed to finally put her down! So thanks a lot for your help and for making the effort of creating these videos. I was about to give up on Elden RIng but you absolutely saved my day! Thanks a ton!
I'm glad the videos have been helpful to you! Always love getting feedback from players that I've helped out! Thanks for the support and kind words!
Two days, countless losses and your method was a 1 attempt 1 success run. Didnt have enough faith for all the incantations, but enough. This achievement was thanks to you bro
Thank you so much for this guide. I was getting destroyed until I followed this to the best that my resources would allow.
This worked. Took 3 tries but when it worked she was destroyed. Im running a faith blasphemous bladr build already but never used buffs before they made BB weapon art go from 1k-ish damage to almost 3.5
Worked flawlessly first time! Great work sir!
Glad it worked out for you so well! Thanks for watching!
Worked better than anything else I tried. Thanks a bunch!
Sep 2023: Wrapping up my first play through which started in March 2022, I'm definitely getting my money's worth. This was the only boss who owned me but thanks to your clearly laid out strategy I was able to defeat her/him/it. Thanks for the very inciteful vid.
Glad it worked out so well for you! And I'm telling ya man, it really is such a great game with hours and hours of content that is just so satisfying. Thanks for watching!
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don't be afraid.
Wow, your hardwork and research on the optimal build for Melania is without equal! Thanks so much, took me a several attempts to get coordinated but, she is resting peacefully now. So, on to the Elden Beast!
Thanks for the guide, works great.
One thing I'd like to add is that you must not forget to switch to Blasphemous Blade after buffing and BEFORE summoning the mimic tear. If you don't do that, the mimic tear will use the talisman, buff itself and do nothing else because it has no attacking moves on the talisman. If this happens, Malenia will focus on you instead of your summon. Then it most likely won't work as intended.
How it came to mind? I definitely, 100%, absolutely didn't make that mistake myself (yes, I did, and Malenia killed me for it several times until I figured it out)
THANK YOU 🙏 I’ve been stuck on her for 3 days for her helmet and got it under 30 mins
This helped me out so much in fact all the video tricks were a lifesaver in my second character run on Elden
Glad I've been able to help you out! It's such a great game to make multiple runs through!
Thank you so much 🙏, the fire Scorpio charm helped me greatly along with the blasphemous blade +10 and the mimic tear.
You're very welcome! Best of luck on the final bosses in the game!
@@Ogles thank you!!! I have done it, I have embarrassed Radagon using Malenia's great ruins, blasphemous blade, Alexander shard Talisman, greatly Holy damage negation Talisman the fire Scorpio charm and Mimic Tear. Elden Ring is One of the greatest games I have played.You have helped me a lot with your cheese guides from early in the game, tons of them.I appreciate it:).At the end I didn't get to see Rani's finishing, what I did was I restored Marikas head.
From all the methods this is the one it works for me
Blasphemous blade user since volcano manor. This thing rips everything!!! Subbed
It really is such a great weapon!
Finally beat her with your incredibly helpful video . NG+ too ! Thanks Again !!!
You're more than welcome! Glad you were able to get her!
@@Ogles Oh ! and I went on to beat Maliketh too , straight after it with the same build
Killed her on the second try (first try we get teleported straight to her and I got startled). Mimic lost less than half health. I'm at 45 Vigor and 80 Faith. This method is freaking awesome. Ty so much, Ogles!
Thank you I used the archer latenna method, the ghiza's wheel method, the jar cannon is patched and jumping up that vine I didn't even want to attempt... Got her on first trial try not even fully buffed just golden vow and flame grant me strength with mimic used only shard of Alexander, kindred of rot, carian filigreed, and fire scorpion. No shabriri or wonderous physick. This boss gave me the most problem so far thank you
You're the MAN! I finally crushed this wench! By far the hardest boss I've encountered in all From Soft games! I've never been stuck for more than a day or two with these games. I've been getting working by Malenia for 8 days straight. lmaoooo
Huge help!! Thank you so much man!!
You're more than welcome!
Like many others I was dying to her over and over either because my summon got taken out in 20 secs or I missed a dodge on fricking waterfowl. Your method worked on the third try (would have been the first but I stupidly ran right into her rot bloom). Anyway thanks for this great vid and simple easy to follow recipe for success.
Glad I was able to help you out and you were able to get her defeated!
It actually worked thanks man
This the best cheese video and lucky for me didn’t involve anything I didn’t already have . Didn’t have a couple things but boss was way easier
Tried her a few times and almost had her dead but my mimic would die and then so would I, I ended up using your idea for the blasphemous blade (thanks btw) and ended up using tree sentinel armor with great jar’s arsinal shard of Alexander dragoncrest great shield and carian filgreed crest with blasphemous blade and also made sure to put shabriri’s woe on my mimic, melania only attacked me like twice the whole fight the rest of the time she was either stun locked from blasphemous blade spam or attacking my mimic
Not sure how long ago you posted this but as of today I have been struggling to take her out thank you this work with a little tweaking to the build.
Every difficult boss in this game is so RNG its ridiculous.
I've had her water fowl me 4 times in a row and other times she doesn't do it once.
Still take her out with tried and true carian shield / carian retaliation.
This helped thank you. Finally beat her.
Glad it worked out so well! You're more than welcome!
Never beat her first time but thought I’d give it a go again. Was so better doing with blasphemy blade and not intelligence build. Scadutree levels probably helped too
The blasphemous blade is amazing against her! And most other bosses too lol
That did the trick...thank you. The blasphemous blade rocks!!!
YES! THANK YOU! I WISH I HAD MORE ACCOUNTS SO I COULD UPVOTE YOU MORE! Ahem. Sorry, didn't mean to shout.
TLDR: This guide works. I didnt follow the whole set up though like I only wore the same body armor and ritual sword talisman and used the blasphemous blade. As for my mimic, I made her used meteoric ore blade and a shield. Of course I used the incantations since my character focuses on faith build
By far, I dont mind spoilers on ER (because Im a soul newbie hehe) so I've watched lots of Malenia fight videos especially from streamers. In my 1st try, I managed to get to her 2nd phase when my mimic hp was still above half so I was pumped but sadly I forgot her bloom mechanic which it was to run towards her so yeah I died when she did the 2nd bloom. I think it was under 10 tries where I managed to get her 2nd phase hp to like 15% BUT I FORGOT TO USE WONDROUS PHYSICK because I was in a corner so I couldnt run away from her clone jutsu. Tbh, I never bothered to use it because I never had never needed to lol. Unfortunately, after these number of tries Malenia went ape shit on me for hours so I had to search for a guide to damage her faster. Took me 3 tries using this guide because I was experimenting with my mimic but I did it! Yet again, I forgot to use the wondrous physick hahahaha~
If only I didnt accept Frenzied Flame I wouldnt try to beat Malenia where I had to pause my journey after I killed Maliketh and Dragon Placidusax. I wondered where was Melina at the forge of giants so I had to google haha. Sorry Yura, chaos seems fun but I would like my 1st playthrough to have "normal" ending XD Thank you for the guide!
First try with your strategy I won it is amazing
Glad you got her! Thanks for watching!
There is nothing to say but thank you😍😍😍
You're more than welcome!
I am currently on this
Crazy B!TCH now and I refuse to back down I will be utilizing your tactic🤞 thanks for the vid. 👍
Thanks man, finally end with my suffer
This is rad, man. I appreciate it, indeed.
I ended up beating her on my third try with a bleed fire build
I did bloodhound fang +10 with bloodflame and mimic had same
I had the fingerprint shield +25 to block all her attacks
Talisman I had was the one to reduce stamina needed by 20% for blocking so I could block as long as I want for her special attack
The great defense talisman that reduces physical damage by 20%
Then turtle and virtual talisman to increase stamina and make stamina regen faster
As soon as my mimic got aggro I jumped attack her and then bloodhound finesse and we got stagger and riposte, she did her special attack and I blocked the first party and was be to get away from the rest, then mimic got aggro again and we bled her to get to phase 2
Phase 2 run towards and behind her to avoid flower bomb and my mimic rushed in and I used stone of guranq and threw 5 times while she was in flower and she got staggered and my mimic riposte her, then we double teamed and got bleed which got her down to a sliver of hp but she flew up to flower bomb again
Ran away and threw stone of guranq to finish it
This Strat took 3 tries but each time she was close to dying since she’s weak to slash, bleed and fire and with me and my mimic both doing it , it can overwhelm her and end the fight quick
But had it not worked my backup was def blasphemous blade on me and my mimic for its shaking and fire properties and I would love to try it but I don’t think on have the energy to play the game again lol
She starts spazing on the mimic in the second part
This really does help a lot. I'm consistently getting her into phase 2 but getting nailed by rot pretty much immediately. I'm having trouble dodging that 1st bloom attack fast enough. Any suggestions? I do have a heavy load because of the crucible tree armor... wondering if I should switch it out?
Unlock from melania in phase two and run straight forward. you will miss plunge attack every time
Holy shit, I wish I would have found this so much sooner. This shit actually worked so fuckin well!!!!!! I got my ass handed to me for a month now, finally got her thanks to this video, thank you thank you.
Just did this but 99 faith, thanks!😊
You're more than welcome!
Great guide! Unfortunately, I cannot get this to work. She moves around WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY more than in your video. Maybe I'm just unlucky? Or maybe the latest patch changed some things? Anyway - thanks for the video! I'll keep trying!
Thank you. Now I can kill her with my level 9 character with all that requirements.
I only tried malenia once to see how it will go.
First phase i took her down with +25 Nagakiba, i did take a few hits to but nothing serious... second phase got one stot by that stupid ground slam and bloon shit everywhere xD
did a few attempts using black knife tiche. did pretty good and made it to phase two a couple times but then would get destroyed. thought id try a real world player summons. first couple just died lol. found a couple that were really good but then i died. i remember reading on redditt or something that if im summoning just stand back and let them do the heavy lifting and don’t die lol. so i summoned a dude ragesage69twitch. he was a mage and used the big rennala ball for massive damage. he got in rtsr rage using a blood blade and he used the scream buff. pretty damn cool. i shot a few lorettas arrows but mainly hung back and lived lol. ill attempt her alone on future playthroughs but im just trying to get through the game now.
Glad you were able to take her out and sounds like the summon player you used has some pretty awesome skills themselves! Best of luck on the last bit of the game!
@@Ogles thank you sir!! shouldn’t be too much of a problem considering the end game bosses aren’t necessarily as difficult as makenia. im a pretty good level with some decent spells and incantations. also got maxed out weapons like blasphemous blade, wings of astel, reduvia and bloodhound fang.
Blessing of the erdtree and blessing boon stack?
Thanks!
Thanks so much for the support and kind words!
it worked. Thank you!!
3:07 damn she took 90% of your health with that one attack....is this ng+++?
Nah, I'm just not overly leveled and I choose fashion over beneficial armour lol.
Dude thank you 🙏
I haven't fought her yet but I was on my way there and just wanted to see what she's like. Also what level would you recommend being in order to fight her?
I was level 132 when I beat her which I think is a fairly standard level to fight her at.
@@Ogles thanks man beat her shortly after asking this question, I might have been a bit over levelled since I love farming😂😂
wow thanks this worked well
+10 rivers of blood for the win👌
Lol summon kept using the rot dragon should have unequipped that
Extraordinary
What stats did you have your character whilst doing this?
Stats are shown near the start of the video, but I have a mostly faith build
Btw would it not be better to use a summon that’s more tanky with a ton of health to keep her focused on the summon so you can spam L2??
black knife tiche did it for me..
Honestly I prefer the mimic as well because I can just stick an aggro pull item on it (either shabriri's woe or the rotten duelist hat). Can't do that with any other summon and boy does it make a difference, no other summon holds aggro like that.
@@luchesisuzana7643 ye I used the mimic +10 because I couldn’t get the dung eater summon who’s really tanky because I was locked out the quest line, the mimic tear is still very good even after nerf
@@antons_0891 I killed her today on the second try, my Mimic +10 still had half its HP bar full. This method is freaking awesome and honestly I prefer the Mimic over the other summons. I'm at 45 Vigor and it can take a solid punch without losing aggro like the other summons.
Does not work for me. It only provokes water... dance.
Fume Knight was worse.
Easy kill, not a cheese though.