I love miyazaki take on bosses, often inspired by the unknown and mysterious. you see, what makes malenia so great is that she is something i've never faced before: a naked woman
I've never faced an enemy like her before, not that she's naked, she's way to difficult. That spinning anime attack is a nightmare, God I don't want to go anywhere near her.
Things to keep in mind for this fight: 1. She dreamt for so long 2. She is Malenia 3. She is the blade of Miquella 4. She has never known defeat 5. You will witness true horror
She honestly could, she’s one of the only bosses in the game that doesn’t have a message that says something like “god slain” after you kill her, and seeing that a popular theory about future dlc is that it’ll involve Miquella in some way I definitely think she’ll return if that’s the case
That's the best part of souls lore, it doesn't matter if they ate a god, are gods or are blessed by some great power. All of them will be crushed under your determination.
I absolutely love her butterfly wings in the 2nd phase because some butterflies are associated with decay and rot. Her design is also one of the best in the game imo.
@@NuclearShot You can get a similar Armor Set, but I must agree since this is an incredibly well executed boss. And you can get the Arm Blade as a Weapon!
@@popkhorne5372 Unfortunately, based on her Lore and the Lore of the Rot it seems defeating her was actually bad for their world. The Rot is the byproduct of the Erdtree and there will always be a vessel for it. Most of the vessels for the Rot never last due to its toll on the vessels body, I mean Malenia lost most of his limbs already, she wanted to remain undefeated so no one else would be the vessel for it but her. So another Vessel for Rot would appear.
@@Bigtwinkissac209I don't remember correctly, but i heard we will meet Miquella in DLC, soooooo. There might be a great possibility that it can lead us to a different outcome
I like how the bosses in this game doesn't even want to fight at all, they just waited there for ages with their immortality... waiting for someone to give them the everlasting peace that they want.
@@Verydumbledore I get what you mean, but her design is genuinely one of the coolest I’ve seen in video games that doesn’t involve evoking incredibly explicit biblical imagery or is just a massive fucking moon.
Lore wise though, she’s a very shitty Demi God born of technical incest, she ruined an entire part of the Lands Between because Mog kidnapped her brother, she didn’t even attack the right person, Radahn was actually a really nice Demi god and she fucked him up.
@@eythorl97k74 I just can't beat her after 3 days of playing.... I didn't lose to a single boss. Solo'd them all. Solo'd my friends Radahn fight. Solo'd gank bosses. But I just cannot beat her.
True horror is trying 46 times to beat her first phase, finally beating it with 4 flasks left, and then dying in one hit to the second phase 2 seconds after the cutscene ends.
@@svenhoek8615 I know! It took me forever to get through her first phase and the same thing happens . I died instantly . I have now gotten to the second phase a good few times but I can’t survive for more than 15 seconds . Sometimes less than 5 lol. She’s nuts with that dive Bomb and sword dance crap. I know people have figured it out , but it’s beyond me. It feels like the only real chance I have is to just get lucky and have her AI decide not to use those two attacks during a certain attempt
Her transformation into the second form is PURE ART. The lines, the scene, the music, just absurd, crazy goosebumps everytime I see it, thank you Miyazaki-san.
As great as Malenia’s design and lore are, this fight also took me SIX. FUCKING. DAYS. to conquer. Even Ornstein and Smough didn’t take me that long. This was, hands down, the hardest boss I’ve defeated in any video game EVER.
I would like to state that I did the souls series backwards and went in and steamrolled orenstien and enough my first try after hearing about them for so long. One of my favorite souls moments of all time
Everything about Malenia's design is so goddamn cool. The parts of her which were consumed by the Scarlet Rot have been amputated or removed, replaced with prosthetics, like her left leg and right foot. Her eyes have also rotted away. I also imagine she must feel pretty woozy from the decaying effects of the Scarlet Rot in general. So Malenia is not just deadly & skilled, she's a deadly & skilled, blind CRIPPLE afflicted with a wasting, unnatural disease that destroys the mind & body-if it dosn't mutate you into something horrific first- and she can STILL annihilate you in the blink of an eye.
She’s the most noble Boss of the game, her love and devotion to Miquella is infinite, she gives into the rot in this fight to protect him, you can even see Miquella’s figure in the tree behind her when she goes in the air. She’d rather die than let someone get to him. Beautiful. Will never forget that scenery.
@Lancelot I think it is implied that she doesn’t know her brother has been abducted since when she goes in the air she positions herself right in front his figure in the tree, the lore makes it clear « my brother will keep his promise », she loves and trust him. I’m not sure about what happened when Mohg captured Miquella… I would like to understand since this is an important piece to the story.
@@payingtoplayI think Malenia and her Cleanrot Knights waged war in Caelid because underneath is Mohg's blood palace where Miquella can be found. Unfortunately, she encountered Radahn and his Redmane army. Malenia bloomed to meet Radahn's strength, causing her to fall into a coma and having to be carried back to the Haligtree by Finlay, one of her knights
@@payingtoplayi think miquella was abducted when malenia fought radahn. She was trying to stop him from holding back the stars, because it halted miquella's transformation
Noble ? Are you fucking kidding ? She wanted to not lose so badly that she had to ruin an entire region and infect Radahn with Scarlet, and she still cluldnt defeat Radahn. Godfrey and radahn were prpbably the more noble ones
Fun fact: Malenia has a total of more than 33k HP summing her two phases, and gains about 1k for every 3 hits she deals to any enemy. Alone, she has more HP than Radahn, Morgott and Maliketh combined, not counting her heals.
Beating this boss made me feel more euphoric than beating any other boss in any game ever. It’s been half an hour and my heart rate is still through the roof…
Huge tip when fighting Malenia (or any other boss after Leindell for that matter): use Uplifting Aromatics, it increases your attack by 10% and reduces the damage of the next attack taken by 90%, and that's not all! You can carry 10 of those on you per bossfight! It really helped me tank the stupid Waterfowl Dance
@@sloppynegan3663 Not him but I power stanced the bloodhound curved greatsword and the zamor greatsword and summoned my ash clone, it does a lot of damage but I would get one shot anyway, so i had to be extremely careful, you'll get it though!
I always am a sucker for human sized bosses but she is on a whole another level her design, and the way she fights. when she blooms into the goddess of rot its very haunting with the music change. You see her just float up into the air this is like a love letter to every person who loves human sized bosses
It feels nice that you are not getting knocked away screaming when you get hit by her. When I fight other huge bosses I kept getting knocked around to the ground and it get's tiring really fast.
6:55 O, dear Miquella... O, dearest Miquella, my brother... I'm sorry, I finally met my match... - Malenia's dying words. I felt sincerely sorry for Malenia. She was a loving and caring sister.
The music transmits many emotions, it is an intense mixture of epicity, the choir is majestic showing that you are facing a very powerful boss, but it also transmits great sadness, the violin chords show the tragedy that Malenia suffered throughout her life, she born afflicted by the scarlet rot and despite being very powerful the rot is almost completely consumed her. Despite her enormous power, this power was of no use to her because she failed in all her objectives, she could not finish the war, she could not kill Radahn and, moreover, she was forced to unleash the rot destroying all of Caelid only to disable Radahn, condemning to all her enemies, allies and all those who inhabited the area, sadly with this she was one of the ones who contributed the most to the devastation of the Shattering and the end she could not gain control of the elden ring, then she returned afflicted by the rot only to find that her Miquella's dear brother was kidnapped and she has no trace of him... We find her alone in Elphael Brace of the Haligtree contemplating with pain and loneliness the place where her dear brother was, alone empty, with no one around to relieve her pain... Maybe That's the only thing we can help with, maybe by finally defeating her she can rest and have peace.
Malenia never intended to kill Radan or obtain the Elden Ring. She could have gotten his shard when she fought Godrick if she had killed him, but instead she decided to spare him when he begged her and moved on. The reason for the battle with Radahn was the plans of Miquella and the plans of Radahn, Miauella tried to create his new Erd Tree and, apparently, establish his own order in the world in this way, Radan attacked the capital and fought with Morgott, hunted Godrick, most likely he wanted to get the shards of Elden's ring to fix it and become a Elden lord himself that way. So the conflict between Miquella and Radahn was inevitable, and Malenia also had the Great Rune, which Radan needed, all this most likely was the reason for the battle. And Malenia managed to complete his task, since Radan was completely neutralized. And In the official Elden Ring book of knowledge volume 2 it is indicated that Malenia winned over Radahn. And as for the kidnapping of Miquella, it most likely happened before Malenia went on a hike, because when Malenia wakes up, she says that corpse after corpse left in her wake as she awaited his return, and after the battle with Radahn she only sat at home and did not take part in battles. But yeah, there are very sad moments in her story.
She waited all that time for her brother to return, and the sad thing is that he never would have. Amazing character. If DLC exists in the future for Elden Ring, I bet it would have something to do with Miquella.
A lot of bosses make remarks about returning somehow so I have hope that a dlc would be related to boss rush behavior along with their returns from the grave
Malenia has to be the most fantastic boss from the saga. How she presents herself at the second phase, suspended in mid air with wings extended. Love her design aswell, it screams renaissance, she has a huge resemblance to Boticcelli's Birth of Venus. She's literally a piece of fine art.
@@carlonalessandro9021 Personally loved her fight, The waterfowl attack is kinda bs but other than that she has probably my favorite move set in the game, Love dodging her attacks more than any other boss. Malikeths attacks were way more brutal tbh. If he had a full health bar would probably be the hardest in the game.
I love how they managed to give every boss so much personality. Out of all the bosses I've encountered, I think Malenia is one of the most well designed boss fights for sure.
@@chef416 I thought it was undodgeable too, but then I realized its insanely telegraphed whenever she jumps up run away and keep running until she does the second cycle then roll into her, then roll away from her that's how I managed to dodge it with no damage taken a ton of times. Boss is unreal, and hope this can help you feel that sweet relief
@@MegaSpaceAdventure Dodged it a single time doing this, running to that range was probably the least fun I've ever had in what should be a good boss fight. I ended up just going braindead and blocking the entire thing with a greatshield whenever she did it. Hope they don't throw these kinds of attacks onto more bosses in future.
@@chef416 after 5 hours it took me to kill her, you can dodge he quick repeated slashes by rolling towards her on her right, it works if you are somewhat close, if you are not, roll backwards
This is the fight that I'm the most mixed on. On the one hand, it's an incredible duel against easily the most anticipated boss fight in the Elden Ring, right next to Radahn. On the other hand... Waterfowl Dance.
With enough determination and patience, you can dodge it. Hell after 132 tries I was finally able to at least not die from it and only get hit once from it. It’s possible.
@@incumbentvinyl9291 It’s true that everyone knows it’s possible. Now that I look at the original comment, I’m sure that I misunderstood. What he meant was that he dose not like the move itself. In which case I still disagree. Water fowl while bullshit is one of the many thing that makes malenia such an “iconic” character. I personally don’t have a problem now that I look back and reflect.
@@turhat As a diehard str build fan, I... don't blame you bro. Friede was nearly the breaking point for me in DS3 but I barely managed to hang in there, giant heavy weapon and all. Imagine your massive metal hammer doing less damage than 2 daggers, far less DPS, AND having like 1 punishable move out of all the boss's attacks. It's sadomasochism, but so satisfying the other 90% of the time.
If anyone is still having issues, the black knife summon you can get is better than even the mimic in my experience. Specifically his blood knife wave melts her health and on some attempts he never got hit until her phase 2. Granted there was an update so maybe this interaction changed... But to add, he could also knock her down and stuff as well just like the player can be. That surprised me.
Yeah I noticed it too, i defeat her first try using black knife and river of blood. The fight becaming way to easy after knowing shes the hardest boss in the game
Malenia is my favorite. She's definitely the strongest demigod. I love her theme of decay and rebirth. There's beauty in her rot and the symbolism of her wings is great.
@@wildbard4112 we can't tell. Radahn was stronger than her while simultaneously fighting outer beings. All we know is that Maliketh is stronger than both.
@@juwe7143 When was Radahn fighting out beings? Casting a spell to stop stars is not fighting out beings. And when they fought neither of them could defeat each other. Also about Maliketh, again that was before she embraced her rot powers. We can tell that Malenia is more powerful than Radahn.
@@wildbard4112 Radahn fought against the outer beings to protect the lands between from things like Astel. And no, "to meet Radahns measure" she resorted to using another one's powers, the rot. So Radahn was indeed about to defeat her. All while not being able to use all of his power. And no again, going by feats, prime Malenia has nothing against prime Maliketh.
For anyone having trouble with her whirlwind attack, I've found that dodging out of her first sweep to get distance and than rolling into her second and third sweeps will gain you the best chance of survivability. Again, get enough distance to clear her first drop and than on the second and third, position yourself to dodge through the attack and end up behind her. It's not easy to get the timing down but give it a few try's, read her movements. Remember when she goes in the air try and react as soon as possible, and those gaps in between her swings are when you need to perform your rolls. Good luck guys, I hope this information helps you out. Don't give up. If it's any motivation you can get her sword after the fight and it's ash of war literally does that same triple typhoon attack and It's so much cooler when you're not on the receiving end.
I've rolled through the attack numerous times and come out clean before, however it requires perfection. You roll through the first flurry twice, wait then roll back twice when the second flurry comes because the second one doesn't gain much distance, after the second roll immediately roll forward into her thrice all in quick succession without stopping. The real challenge is timing the first flurry
3 hours. 3 FUCKING HOURS and finally I beat her. The most satisfying boss win I've ever experienced. First ever souls game and yall were right. These games are so rewarding when you finally figure it out! LETS GO!
What level are you and what's your build? I am 138 and still struggling against her... I am using sword and shield and everytime she hit my block she heals such a bullshit. Should I respecc instead?
If you're tryna beat her legit, mimic or black knight tear to max level, and block her only when absolutely necessary. For the most part, you want to avoid any and all contact with her. Her stamina drains is intense, so dodging and learning the combos is essential. On her bs combo, dodge backwards for the first volley, forwards and through for the second, and the third, try not to move much unless absolutely necessary. If you want to cheese, get knights resolve ash of war, hoarfrost stomp or whatever its called, get a mimic, and lock her in a corner after your mimic gets aggro. Knights resolve is bugged and doesn't go away after you use an ability resulting in the stomps murdering her quickly.
Me and my friend were fighting her together and we both first saw the transformation at the same time. We just started to cry as we witnessed her rise horrifically. Then she killed us instantly. Good time
I love the level of detail they bring to this game. Like she is supposed to this villain who caused all the scarlet rot in Caelid, but then you realize all she wants to do is just protect her brother (who is a tree for some fucking reason?!?!)
He is not really the tree, he used the tree to grow into an adult in order to cure his sister (he was cursed with permanent youth and Malenia was cursed with the scarlet rot) he was in a cocoon during the process but Mohg the lord of blood stole it, and you can see the cocoon when you fight him the hand that hang out of it is Miquella.
@@cursedpuppet8047 not really, it's stated that Miquela resided within the tree, not in a cocoon, when mogh stole Miquela he killed him and put in him a cocoon to try and rebirth him in a godly form which he could control as his consort
It’s cool that she wants to protect Miquella but she’s still an asshole lol. And also did a pretty shit job because her brother got kidnapped by a power hungry pedophile and she doesn’t even know.
Damn she is one of the most tragic characters of all them fromsoftware game, imagine how long she was waiting for her brother whom she loved the most, and only to awaken to some random ahh dude
Everything in this battle is amazing, the cinematography, the lines, it gives me chills that you find her sitting there all along and then she starts talking about her waiting, her voice is calm and even warming, she walks slowly while progressively comprehends that she is about to kick your ass. Game design in it's finest.
It almost reminds me of Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower in Bloodbornes' DLC, the way Malenia receives you ir her sacred place of Miquella's tree gave me the same impression of Maria being gentle when letting go of the hunters arm and saying "a corpse should be left well alone". Damn how I love FromSoftware games
No bro, don't compare lady Maria with malenia, malenia doesn't measure up to Maria in terms of the fight, malenia is simply a frustrating boss when it comes to the fight itself.
Malenia is a very badly designed boss fight. The problem From Software was facing was that the Dark Souls and Bloodborne community became too good, so they had to use unfair mechanics like Scarlet Rot or the fact that the boss heals itself with every hit. Even in this video they used the mimic to fully defeat her. Embarrassing
@@MrNucleosome but that's not why she is unfair, I mean with that is sure a difficult boss, a really difficult one, but she is also the final challenge, an end end game boss. The problem is the waterfowl dance, an incredible difficult move to dodge, if you get it by the first attack you are basically dead, and she can do it whenever she want in a sec. You can do a perfect attempt, then at the end find it in a bad situation and you are dead.
@@MrNucleosome No, the only badly designed part of Malenia is her berserker barrage bullshit move and only when you're too close, otherwise is reasonably easy to dodge, other than that if you get killed by her is because YOU did something wrong.
I was dreading facing Malenia. By the time I got to her, I had defeated every single challenge / boss the game had thrown at me. I saved her for last cause I knew she was going to work me over good. And she has NOT disappointed.
lt feels like a rematch between Radahn and Malenia wearing that Radahn set. lf only you're using Radahn's great rune, that would be awesome, but nevertheless, this still looks superb.
She’s a work of art, whether you love or hate her. Her cutscenes, music, and visuals are so beautiful. I would say she is possibly the most iconic thing in Elden Ring.
for anyone struggeling, the cheese tactic is mimic tear+10 and a somewhat high lvl katana with Ash of war : Hoarfrost Stomp. Let the mimic tank her and just spam your weapon special - easy win. if your mimic dies to quickly, be sure to bind 3 meat dumplings to an inventory slot. The mimic will use the last item you bind, so it has 3 heals now and wont even get effected by the poison.
I just play nonstop for 8 hours such a masterpiece, the game difficulty put off a lot of players at first once you lost yourself in the game you just can't stop
It's not even that difficult as there's no set path. If u get stuck on one place, u can go somewhere else. U can even literally skip stormvale entirely through a hidden path.
Ngl this how I felt the first 3 hours of the game I regretted buying this lmao I was like why the hell did I buy this the reviews were wrong. But I kept playing cause I had to get my moneys worth and now I’m obsessed with this game it just so damn good so much stuff to do, the map is so damn big, so many bosses just amazing
@@user-bw1vn3hd7p you say that, but you can't deny this, when I describe a spiky haired mercenary with a massive sword who got ptsd from long white haired man he used to look up to killing everyone he loved and traumatizing his love interest, who then became a godlike being and eventually got reborn, and said white haired man used to be a hero that was almost single handedly responsible for winning a war, and now its the mercenaries goal to hunt down and kill said white haired man, during which time he eventually forms a party that he warms up to, you can't tell if I'm talking about Guts or Cloud.
@@espada9000 I think she’s supposed to look utterly grotesque and beautiful at the same time though. She’s rotting and it looks horrific but there’s this strange aesthetic to it. Classic Soulsborne. I love it.
i still think back on my 1v1 with artorias. not even the hardest souls boss i fought, but probably the most memorable. maybe my favorite dark souls moment.
@@nana93106 Yes. She said the flower blooms once again, so this is what probably happened at the Radahn fight too. She entered phase 2 but for some reason none of them died, both just got very badly injured.
Malenia's scarlet rot wasn't enough to overtake Radahn, even if he eventually succumbed to his madness. Malenia left him to die, but he was stronger than she realized. She never technically lost, but Radahn pushed her to her limit and survived the encounter, all while holding back the passage of the stars. He truly was the strongest ever, no matter how undefeated Malenia is.
The only thing we know for sure is that they were both the mightiest to remain and no one won. As for who the strongest is... we don't know. Radahn has immense strength and the power of gravity, but we don't know how skilled of a fighter he was during his prime. Malenia can basically restore as much of her health as she wants, given how slow radahn is, she could probably go back to full health in between every of his attacks, but she can be poise broken, and as we see in the trailer he destroyed her prosthethic. I think this is an unstoppable force meets immovable object scenario. But also we just have to wait a few more weeks probably until Bonfire VN recreates the fight here on youtube 🤩
The only tip I’ll give is to be as much aggressive as possible. This is a battle of endurance where she’ll always got the advantage since she can regenerate by any damage inflicted to you. It’s ok to play defense or dodging by learning her patterns but you’re stakes to hold out her are pretty low since most of her attacks are starting with the same movement specially on her second phase when she jumps on air to do the sword dancing, cast her reflections or deliver that sword blooming blow or whatever so trying to learning then it might be really tedious because you almost got no time to react to them. Ahhh and the most important… be lucky with the combos she provides to you and there’s no sword dancing…
Love her sword as it reminds me of a golden odachi. Hauntingly beautiful design overall. She is a reminder that sometimes, the most beautiful ones are also the deadliest.
I love the Sekiro element she gives off. The combat art Dragon Flash. I love how Miyazaki brings old elements back with such a beautiful new way of adapting them. EDIT: I also found out that Sekiro and Elden were being developed at the same time, hence a lot of similarities, they weren't grandfathered in from one another, they were developed simultaneously. Very interesting.
@@Gael-x999 Absolutely... when people complain about Radahn being too hard, I just laugh about the hard time they are going to have soon... Malenia is easily the hardest Soulsboss so far. Near impossible for a tank build.
Read her great rune, it doesn’t even work. It’s her will being infused to it that made it have any sort of power…she literally buffed her rotted rune… She threw hands with Radahn and stalemated with nothing but hands…of course her rot ended the stalemated fight though lol
Malenia is undisputed the hardest boss. That boss makes your journey worth it. I was fired up once I reached the grace before the boss area. I beat her in 15 tries.
She learned from her father, although he was half-naked, but then again he was an easier fight. Except for the teleport, the teleport attack feels cheap.
Hardest boss in the history of souls game, the fact that she gets health back is absolutely busted Edit: I managed to beat her with my shield only build
Seriously. I'm kinda SOL because I'm using a tanky build dual wielding two greatswords with a lot of damage and a TON of poise but that means my vigor is near base stat. One single swipe one shots me and I'm over lvl 100 lmfao I may have to rebirth and change weapons specifically for this fight. atm I just use a halberd with spin blades art and bloodflame magic, summon skeleton militiamen, then hope for good RNG to lock her into a corner where she can't escape and start a beyblade style stunlock. It works with most bosses weak to bleed where I can 100-0 them in under 10 seconds, I use great swords for everything else, but her, only got her out of first phase once and died at her first attack in phase 2 lol
The hp regen isn’t the worst, there is another boss in the game that does it but it isn’t as annoying. She is totally RNG, and will probably be the first boss in the series to nerf them to make the fight actually skillful.
@@christophermarlowe7163 I don't know I best her in under an hour. The first phase was dumb easy to get through, but it was the second phase when she does the clones that killed me a couple times.
Melania| Blade of Miquela!!! Taught me patience I was struggling to beat Melania. Before this boss fight, I always struggled to have patience whenever I didn't want to. I only had patience when I wanted to have patience. Then just like Genichiro taught me how to have self confidence again. (Sekiro Shadows Die Twice) Melania was there to save me in a Fromsoftware Game once again. Melania is truly the most difficult boss Fromsoftware ever made. It made sword Saint isshin look like a breeze. If I wasn't for my patience, I would have never gotten the opportunity to receive help from some players. I kept fighting Melania. I knew I couldn't beat her alone. But, as some people would give up and go beat Elden ring without Melania. I chose for the first time in my life to have patience when I totally didn't want to. My patience payed off and was able to assemble a team of players to take down Melania. Melania during the first team managed to eliminate me. But even when before I would have given up. I said, let's do this! I summoned maybe 2 or 3 times. And now! When I finally beat Melania. It was not just satisfying to know my patience paid off. It felt rewarding to know that I finally have the confidence and the know how to have patience whenever I don't want to. Now I can look back on this moment whenever i do not want to have patience. Thank you Fromsoftware for creating a masterpiece of a boss fight. Now! I must become the Elden Lord.
Malenia is a glorious exception to the largely mediocre boss lineup in Elden Ring. She's definitely difficult, but more of the "fun" kind of difficult, IMO
I get people hate her, but shes personally my favorite boss. The fact that she acknowledges your strength, and really isn’t even evil just makes her my fav.
People just acting childish. This boss is tough as fuck, but they're just projecting their frustration with the boss fight to her character. So they shouldn't hate the character, just the boss fight
@@wildbard4112 No she sucks. She legit cancels her stagger animation to dodge and hit you. Freide woukd just dodge after you hit her and then attack. Waterfowl's first volley is dumb and irredemable. The attack is fine, but she did that to me five times in the first phase alone. On top of the healing (while you have a shield on), the clones, the tricky flower attack, and her speed, it is stupid.
imo there's very few characters/bosses in FromSoft games that are actually evil. Everyone's tragic in their own way.... dung eater may be an exception...
Her second phase reminds me a lot of Genichiro's own. The way they call upon their powers and just sheds their armors for you to see the extent of the damage on their own body are just. Wow. They mean business.
The only good boss design is the last boss because it's not trying to be scary or just something in armor. The Elden Beast actually looks good to take out to dinner.
If there was ever a game I wish I could forget and play again for the first time. This world is absolutely spectacular. I really hope this game isn't the last we see of it.
My body thrills every time when scarlet bloom and the epic BGM hits… also it’s just ironically beautiful that the goddess of rot rebirths like a phoenix.
Can I just say how much I appreciate my character actually being acknowledged? Being a PART of boss cutscenes this time? Besides the odd ones out in DS3 (only one I’ve played), like Gael, the Twin Princes, and sorta Dancer/Vordt, there’s practically no place where you’re part of the scene. Here, it feels more personal. Malenia talking directly to _you._ -Heed my words. I am Malenia. Blade of Miquella. _And I have never known defeat._ -…Wait. The Scarlet Bloom flowers once more. You will witness true horror. Now _rot._ Margit talking directly to _you._ -Foul Tarnished, someone must extinguish thy flame. Godrick talking directly to _you._ -…Well. A lowly Tarnished, playing as a Lord. I command thee, KNEEL. This makes everything much more personal, and that makes the victory much sweeter. *(Shows appreciation for a game)* *(Gets flamed for not playing the other ones/being God)* (The Dark Souls community, everyone)
Borderlands 3 was the absolute worst with this. Your player character basically disappeared from existence and just stood around watching the bad guys kill your friends and shit
The combo with the mimic was amazing, really good mecanic in the game, but the bosses, their designs, what they say and how they fight is just amazing, the little we know about all of them is enought to love them and search for more lore to really know them, as always the story is im the game, you just have to look at it, or watch aome youtube videos lol
@@Soogooroo The game seem very much intended to have something to draw aggro away. Not to mention Malenia heals whenever she hits the mimic anyway so you still need to divide her attention and keep the dps up.
unlike other games, it seems like everything is stepped up, bosses have absolutely insane abilities and skills and you have your own skills and abilities too, i really like that, it feels like they had huge ambitions for this game, i hope we get free updates or DLC, preferably boss gauntlets or the ability to replay bosses like in sekiro
@@Soogooroo nah it's a mechanic in the game. it's not like the NPC summons. they added these especially for players to use so why not lmao. it's not like every single players playing this game would wanna use a broken sword till end game..
@@ashleyurbina1055 In terms of lore, yes, as both are basically "cursed brothers", together with Miquella and Lothric. Even, i read that according the producers, originally Miquella meant to appears during her boss fight and assist Malenia, in a similar way like Lothric with Lorian.
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When she said "Your strength... extraordinary" she was talking to the mimic
LOL This!!
Lmfao 😭😭😭
This comment wins!
but let's be honest man, when i beat her without summon/ spirit, ash of war, using dual sword, and at the end she say that line, i feel awesome lol
@@farianandadiratama I used dual wield but no summon or blood hound step so yea
this boss fight is like playing Fruit Ninja but you're the fruit
True
Always true
This killed me!😂
haha
😂😂😂
I love miyazaki take on bosses, often inspired by the unknown and mysterious. you see, what makes malenia so great is that she is something i've never faced before: a naked woman
💀💀💀
I believe its George Martin's idea lol
Jesus💀
maidenless
I've never faced an enemy like her before, not that she's naked, she's way to difficult. That spinning anime attack is a nightmare, God I don't want to go anywhere near her.
Things to keep in mind for this fight:
1. She dreamt for so long
2. She is Malenia
3. She is the blade of Miquella
4. She has never known defeat
5. You will witness true horror
you should also let your body be consumed by the scarlet rot
Only heard this the 50+ times it took me to beat her.....
and you will know true horror
6. Corpse after corpse left in her wake as she awaited his return
"you will witness true horror" is funny af, not like phase 1 was a beautiful dream omg
I am Malenia, blade of Miquella.
I am Mimic, blade of Tarnished.
Mimic tear is your stand and you are jotaro watching the Mimic lay the hate on fools
l am Mimic,the Real Lord of Eldern Ring.
@@秋声-s4e who's the cutie in your pfp?
@@Hatemx1 seems like the female protagonist of persona 3
@@Fab27531 Life. Saver.
Malenia: "I have never known defeat".
Tarnished: "All I've known is defeat".
That actually sound pretty badass in a way
Made me chuckle
“Through my countless failures I become victor”
“Put these foolish ambitions to rest”
Which is actually why you beat her!!
I learned 2 things from fighting Malenia:
1. She is Malenia
2. She is the Blade of Miquella
Also that she dreamt for so long
And she has never known defeat
And you will witness true horror
And your flesh will rot
Wait..
Can’t lie, I hope she makes some sort of return to the game. This was one of the most epic bosses I ever played against
Did she clap your cheeks in her fight?
@@smoker5989 with Both hands 😂
She honestly could, she’s one of the only bosses in the game that doesn’t have a message that says something like “god slain” after you kill her, and seeing that a popular theory about future dlc is that it’ll involve Miquella in some way I definitely think she’ll return if that’s the case
@@neocourser7077you get her great rune and souls so nah she’s probably dead
How to find her
I haven't played whole game yet
What irony that one who never knew defeat was bested by one who knew defeat a thousand times and has learned from each one.
That's the best part of souls lore, it doesn't matter if they ate a god, are gods or are blessed by some great power. All of them will be crushed under your determination.
@@d.n5287 undertale??
@@d.n5287 they will be crushed by my mimic and 2+ summons while I stand far away shooting arrows at them
@@d.n5287 It is classic Berserk Guts mentality.
@@domenica3639 not really, no.
I absolutely love her butterfly wings in the 2nd phase because some butterflies are associated with decay and rot. Her design is also one of the best in the game imo.
And here's a Fun Fact, the Mushroom Crown Armor Piece improves Damage against targets inflicted with either status!
She is so fine, wish I had the chance to preorder the collector's edition.
@@NuclearShot
You can get a similar Armor Set, but I must agree since this is an incredibly well executed boss.
And you can get the Arm Blade as a Weapon!
@@NuclearShot people are selling their statues of her on Mercari.
She’ll also make you want to break your monitor with how hard she is
I love that despite being undefeated, she looks like she was genuinely happy when someone finally does defeat her. Even acknowledged your skills.
I mean yeah, she was waiting for someone who would never come.
Reminds me of isshin tbh
@@popkhorne5372 Unfortunately, based on her Lore and the Lore of the Rot it seems defeating her was actually bad for their world. The Rot is the byproduct of the Erdtree and there will always be a vessel for it. Most of the vessels for the Rot never last due to its toll on the vessels body, I mean Malenia lost most of his limbs already, she wanted to remain undefeated so no one else would be the vessel for it but her. So another Vessel for Rot would appear.
@@basicsimp8798 I think someone else pointed out that there’s rot flower growing after her defeat so most likely she truly isn’t dead
@@minaajoku1169 I think she is dead, but the rot flower is an indication that the cycle continues and a new vessel for the Rot would be chosen.
as a twin, this was really touching that she waited for him this entire time. i loved her so much
It is, and she probably didnt even know where he was, but if only she had got off her behind and get Miquella back instead.
Same man. A sister protecting her brother no matter what. That hit close to home.
the sad part was SHE WAS INCHES CLOSE to finding the tp that Mohg used to kidnapped Miquella She could’ve found it
@@Bigtwinkissac209I don't remember correctly, but i heard we will meet Miquella in DLC, soooooo. There might be a great possibility that it can lead us to a different outcome
Welp
This aged poorly in context💀💀💀
“My flesh was dull gold and my blood rotted”is such a badass line and shows exactly what she fears being fully taken by the rot
may the rot take the world!!
@Joe Im slinging you into the air and frenzying you if you pull ts out😭
@Joe you fs not finna have enough time before I abuse you with a stitcher and make you panic roll
@Joe and no it isn't. Just need to time the roll
@Joe its a pretty nice roll catch to finish, but against anyone half decent they just fina avoid it
I love that she feels the need to introduce herself EVERY time she kills you
CLEARLY first time didn’t take
XD
I am Malenia, Blade of Miquella.
If you get killed by the Rot she says something different. Along the lines of "let the rot consume your flesh" or something
@@raijinoflimgrave8708 I think she the one that fought general radahn
@@lightninggaming016 yes they mention it a lot in the game
I like how the bosses in this game doesn't even want to fight at all, they just waited there for ages with their immortality... waiting for someone to give them the everlasting peace that they want.
Margit?
@Sheldon Julius They wanna go out swinging
*It'd be nice if they'd stop pushing me into the dirt then!*
@@ruthlessasmr6662 yes
@Sheldon Julius an honorable death is what they desire
6:03 I love the way she looks right before she uses the flower. Her design is superb.
Malenia is kicking my ass but she’s easily one of my favorite characters in the game. Her design is awesome. It’s so memorable.
Did u beat her yet
Doomer pfp while also saying a naked woman is memorable lmao
@@Verydumbledore I get what you mean, but her design is genuinely one of the coolest I’ve seen in video games that doesn’t involve evoking incredibly explicit biblical imagery or is just a massive fucking moon.
Lore wise though, she’s a very shitty Demi God born of technical incest, she ruined an entire part of the Lands Between because Mog kidnapped her brother, she didn’t even attack the right person, Radahn was actually a really nice Demi god and she fucked him up.
Yea, I imagine a naked woman would leave a lasting impression lol
this boss is incredibly difficult, she even heals when she hits a shield or your summons.
She heals no matter what she hits took me 6 hours to beat her.
even tho it took me an hour to beat her, I KNOW for a fact she's one of the hardest bosses in soulsborne
@@eythorl97k74 I just can't beat her after 3 days of playing.... I didn't lose to a single boss. Solo'd them all. Solo'd my friends Radahn fight. Solo'd gank bosses. But I just cannot beat her.
The healing needs to be nerfed then I would say its a good fight.
@@spin.chicken yeah, me too... glad to see that I'm not the only one strungling for days at this fight
"You will witness true horror"
Yeah, they knew what they were doing knowing players would die multiple times in the battle.
True horror is trying 46 times to beat her first phase, finally beating it with 4 flasks left, and then dying in one hit to the second phase 2 seconds after the cutscene ends.
@@svenhoek8615 I know! It took me forever to get through her first phase and the same thing happens . I died instantly . I have now gotten to the second phase a good few times but I can’t survive for more than 15 seconds . Sometimes less than 5 lol. She’s nuts with that dive Bomb and sword dance crap. I know people have figured it out , but it’s beyond me. It feels like the only real chance I have is to just get lucky and have her AI decide not to use those two attacks during a certain attempt
@@svenhoek8615 that’s why you get this fight done before the mimic nerf. She is a true boss now.😂
@@RANDYORTONbest1 I loved loved loved the Witcher and the dlcs. Defleff was tough but this is definitely way harder
@@RANDYORTONbest1 Malenia is 100 times harder, the witcher on highiest difficulty is easier than playing with +10 mimic and bleed katana in elden ring
Her transformation into the second form is PURE ART. The lines, the scene, the music, just absurd, crazy goosebumps everytime I see it, thank you Miyazaki-san.
BTW it's miyazaki-kun as kun is the honorary for a male
@@Sansskeleton-qu6np san is of any gender, and it's more respectful to an older person than kun
@@gabi119lool my bad
Yeah and the fact its an optional boss is crazy :O
“Thank you Miyazaki” 🤣🤣🤣
That’s like thanking someone that just raped you! 😂😂😂
“You will witness true horror”
My new favorite boss line in history
"This spot marks our grave, but you may rest here to, if you like"
"If you acknowledge any gods, start praying...NOW!"
@@leppamiro dude i fucking loved that vampire ( I dont remember his name)
Me: "You will witness true horror" (proceeds to summon Let Me Solo Her)
Too damn accurate
I like how she tells you “wait”.
She really needs time to ascend into a god. Lmao
Ugh I was yelling on my end no don't let her transform don't be like goku but apparently the tarnished is an idiot
I think she doesn't want you to approach the Haligtree as she believes Miquella is still in there.
@@TheStraightestWhitest “wait I’m rendering”
wait a minute, I need to take of my clothes for this phase
Hol up lemme just transform real quick
As great as Malenia’s design and lore are, this fight also took me SIX. FUCKING. DAYS. to conquer. Even Ornstein and Smough didn’t take me that long. This was, hands down, the hardest boss I’ve defeated in any video game EVER.
@Sangamesh Nope. Not even Demon of Hatred and Isshin were as bad as her.
I would like to state that I did the souls series backwards and went in and steamrolled orenstien and enough my first try after hearing about them for so long. One of my favorite souls moments of all time
If it’s any consolation, Radahn took me over a week
You tried orphan of kos?
Yes. Still only took me a day to beat. Hard, but not Malenia hard.
Everything about Malenia's design is so goddamn cool. The parts of her which were consumed by the Scarlet Rot have been amputated or removed, replaced with prosthetics, like her left leg and right foot. Her eyes have also rotted away. I also imagine she must feel pretty woozy from the decaying effects of the Scarlet Rot in general.
So Malenia is not just deadly & skilled, she's a deadly & skilled, blind CRIPPLE afflicted with a wasting, unnatural disease that destroys the mind & body-if it dosn't mutate you into something horrific first- and she can STILL annihilate you in the blink of an eye.
She’s the most noble Boss of the game, her love and devotion to Miquella is infinite, she gives into the rot in this fight to protect him, you can even see Miquella’s figure in the tree behind her when she goes in the air. She’d rather die than let someone get to him. Beautiful. Will never forget that scenery.
@Lancelot I think it is implied that she doesn’t know her brother has been abducted since when she goes in the air she positions herself right in front his figure in the tree, the lore makes it clear « my brother will keep his promise », she loves and trust him. I’m not sure about what happened when Mohg captured Miquella… I would like to understand since this is an important piece to the story.
@@payingtoplayI think Malenia and her Cleanrot Knights waged war in Caelid because underneath is Mohg's blood palace where Miquella can be found. Unfortunately, she encountered Radahn and his Redmane army. Malenia bloomed to meet Radahn's strength, causing her to fall into a coma and having to be carried back to the Haligtree by Finlay, one of her knights
And then there's Mohg
@@payingtoplayi think miquella was abducted when malenia fought radahn. She was trying to stop him from holding back the stars, because it halted miquella's transformation
Noble ? Are you fucking kidding ? She wanted to not lose so badly that she had to ruin an entire region and infect Radahn with Scarlet, and she still cluldnt defeat Radahn. Godfrey and radahn were prpbably the more noble ones
“i have never known defeat” is such a badass line
Complete bullshit though
@@firstlast-zl6of why? she literally hasn't lost ever
@@Typisch0705 radahn
@@MegaRayan2011 They were in a stalemate, he gained the upper hand, so she launched a bioweapon so she wouldnt lose
@@Typisch0705 ig you got me there lol
Fun fact: Malenia has a total of more than 33k HP summing her two phases, and gains about 1k for every 3 hits she deals to any enemy. Alone, she has more HP than Radahn, Morgott and Maliketh combined, not counting her heals.
Nobody will touch my boi rykard. That mf has like 60k health.
5:21 “You will witness true horror.”
She was not fucking around when she said that.
Beating this boss made me feel more euphoric than beating any other boss in any game ever. It’s been half an hour and my heart rate is still through the roof…
I was just relieved, I was stuck on this shit for 2 hours
@@eanderson9599 2 hours?.. pft rookie number. I legit spent 2 days 😅
@@mattylebatty1518 Same lol I don't understand how some people only spend a few hours in this boss
This and Orphan in BB, were the two bosses that gave me the biggest adrenaline rush.
@@Rubenz343 i tried for almost 2 hours to beat her without summon...and finally give up and then took like 5 minute more to finish it with mimic...
Huge tip when fighting Malenia (or any other boss after Leindell for that matter): use Uplifting Aromatics, it increases your attack by 10% and reduces the damage of the next attack taken by 90%, and that's not all! You can carry 10 of those on you per bossfight! It really helped me tank the stupid Waterfowl Dance
Noted.
THe fukken Waterfowl Dance
Caused like 50-60% of my total deaths on her.
@@PLHouse Noʇǝp
That's good for the reduced damage, but does it help against her health steal?
@@The94Venom No.
Healing is based on hits and not damage. If you try to block her attacks, she will still heal up.
It’s been 5 years since I played a game 9 hours a day lol I absolutely love this game and this boss didn’t disappoint.
How did you kill her? I feel hopeless using a heavy slow swinging weapon lol
@@sloppynegan3663 Not him but I power stanced the bloodhound curved greatsword and the zamor greatsword and summoned my ash clone, it does a lot of damage but I would get one shot anyway, so i had to be extremely careful, you'll get it though!
@@DWAI_ Alright thanks bro, at least its possible!
Me too bro 😎
@@sloppynegan3663 same It seems you definitely how to Duel wield swords
5:58
That double team was smooth as hell tho, holy crap
Thought i was seeing someone was cos-playing Pontiff Sully's phase 2 moveset
I always am a sucker for human sized bosses but she is on a whole another level her design, and the way she fights. when she blooms into the goddess of rot its very haunting with the music change. You see her just float up into the air this is like a love letter to every person who loves human sized bosses
Well "human sized". She's like 8 feet tall
@@christianboustani8284 well i mean like not towering over you
It feels nice that you are not getting knocked away screaming when you get hit by her. When I fight other huge bosses I kept getting knocked around to the ground and it get's tiring really fast.
Human-sized? More like NBA-sized
I thought she was a giant :( sad sad sad.
For anyone who still struggle with her spinning move, equip a weapon with bloodhound's step and when she jumps switch to it to evade
Wdym?
@@YR-jg1gk bloodhound step is like Quickstep but moves even further. Plus it's like disappearing from a move. It's that good.
you've clearly never fought her
@@RustCollector i beat her 2 times on ng and ng+ dude
@@phuongnam4958no proof no pudding my man
6:55
O, dear Miquella... O, dearest Miquella, my brother... I'm sorry, I finally met my match... - Malenia's dying words.
I felt sincerely sorry for Malenia. She was a loving and caring sister.
Didn't expect sadness 😢
The music transmits many emotions, it is an intense mixture of epicity, the choir is majestic showing that you are facing a very powerful boss, but it also transmits great sadness, the violin chords show the tragedy that Malenia suffered throughout her life, she born afflicted by the scarlet rot and despite being very powerful the rot is almost completely consumed her. Despite her enormous power, this power was of no use to her because she failed in all her objectives, she could not finish the war, she could not kill Radahn and, moreover, she was forced to unleash the rot destroying all of Caelid only to disable Radahn, condemning to all her enemies, allies and all those who inhabited the area, sadly with this she was one of the ones who contributed the most to the devastation of the Shattering and the end she could not gain control of the elden ring, then she returned afflicted by the rot only to find that her Miquella's dear brother was kidnapped and she has no trace of him... We find her alone in Elphael Brace of the Haligtree contemplating with pain and loneliness the place where her dear brother was, alone empty, with no one around to relieve her pain... Maybe That's the only thing we can help with, maybe by finally defeating her she can rest and have peace.
For real, Malenia is a cursed freak and a fuck up, who ruined Radahn and Caelid while achieving nothing.
Interesting, thanks for the info
Malenia never intended to kill Radan or obtain the Elden Ring. She could have gotten his shard when she fought Godrick if she had killed him, but instead she decided to spare him when he begged her and moved on.
The reason for the battle with Radahn was the plans of Miquella and the plans of Radahn, Miauella tried to create his new Erd Tree and, apparently, establish his own order in the world in this way, Radan attacked the capital and fought with Morgott, hunted Godrick, most likely he wanted to get the shards of Elden's ring to fix it and become a Elden lord himself that way. So the conflict between Miquella and Radahn was inevitable, and Malenia also had the Great Rune, which Radan needed, all this most likely was the reason for the battle. And Malenia managed to complete his task, since Radan was completely neutralized. And In the official Elden Ring book of knowledge volume 2 it is indicated that Malenia winned over Radahn.
And as for the kidnapping of Miquella, it most likely happened before Malenia went on a hike, because when Malenia wakes up, she says that corpse after corpse left in her wake as she awaited his return, and after the battle with Radahn she only sat at home and did not take part in battles.
But yeah, there are very sad moments in her story.
this dudes a gamer
everything about her design is just perfect. and her lines too! "you will witness true horror..."
Me: I witness true perfection
She: 😳😡
She waited all that time for her brother to return, and the sad thing is that he never would have. Amazing character. If DLC exists in the future for Elden Ring, I bet it would have something to do with Miquella.
Nah Miquella is dead. Mohg made sure of that.
Someone didn't fight mohg I see
Or he would have, just as something far different. I wonder what she would have done to Mohg if she knew his true plans for their brother?
@@zzzerefu House Miquella is just Marika and Radagon, they're not a seperate house
A lot of bosses make remarks about returning somehow so I have hope that a dlc would be related to boss rush behavior along with their returns from the grave
Stunning character design. Her second form left me mesmirised.
Elden ring players seeing a woman for the first time in their lives
@@brianthepyromancer924 The straight ones, I agree. 😅 Then there's me, a partnered gay man who just loves feminity and fashion. LOL.
Me a bi guy rahdann and melania I know I am not spelling that right: why are they both so damn hot
@@albescentrose7225 Based and validpilled.
Bro was peaking the see through in intermission of second phase 💀💀
遊戲將這個角色塑造地極為優雅又神秘、悲情，無論何時何地都沒見過女武神怒吼或是大聲講話，總是一派冷酷，實力頂尖，幾乎是所有玩家最頭痛的boss...真的會讓人愛上這個角色呀
Bing chilling
@@backlawa7527 😂😂
@@backlawa7527 👎
I agree, she's so epic and her story is so sad
But most people are stupid, so she gets a lot of hate.
Malenia has to be the most fantastic boss from the saga. How she presents herself at the second phase, suspended in mid air with wings extended. Love her design aswell, it screams renaissance, she has a huge resemblance to Boticcelli's Birth of Venus. She's literally a piece of fine art.
have you played against this shit xd
@@carlonalessandro9021 hey man at least she staggers
@@carlonalessandro9021 well the harder the boss, the stronger your will must be to defeat her.
@@carlonalessandro9021 Personally loved her fight, The waterfowl attack is kinda bs but other than that she has probably my favorite move set in the game, Love dodging her attacks more than any other boss. Malikeths attacks were way more brutal tbh. If he had a full health bar would probably be the hardest in the game.
Artorias is 100X better than this weebo garbage
I love how they managed to give every boss so much personality. Out of all the bosses I've encountered, I think Malenia is one of the most well designed boss fights for sure.
You really love commenting videos, huh
I would think the same if she didn't have a specific attack that you just don't have enough s for.
@@chef416 I thought it was undodgeable too, but then I realized its insanely telegraphed whenever she jumps up run away and keep running until she does the second cycle then roll into her, then roll away from her that's how I managed to dodge it with no damage taken a ton of times. Boss is unreal, and hope this can help you feel that sweet relief
@@MegaSpaceAdventure Dodged it a single time doing this, running to that range was probably the least fun I've ever had in what should be a good boss fight. I ended up just going braindead and blocking the entire thing with a greatshield whenever she did it. Hope they don't throw these kinds of attacks onto more bosses in future.
@@chef416 after 5 hours it took me to kill her, you can dodge he quick repeated slashes by rolling towards her on her right, it works if you are somewhat close, if you are not, roll backwards
This is the fight that I'm the most mixed on. On the one hand, it's an incredible duel against easily the most anticipated boss fight in the Elden Ring, right next to Radahn. On the other hand...
Waterfowl Dance.
With enough determination and patience, you can dodge it. Hell after 132 tries I was finally able to at least not die from it and only get hit once from it. It’s possible.
@@channingbloom7125 That's not saying much, in fact I'd say you're proving the opposite true.
@@incumbentvinyl9291
By me saying its possible, I really do mean, it is possible. Simple as that
@@channingbloom7125 Everyone knows it's possible. We even have video evidence.
@@incumbentvinyl9291
It’s true that everyone knows it’s possible. Now that I look at the original comment, I’m sure that I misunderstood. What he meant was that he dose not like the move itself. In which case I still disagree. Water fowl while bullshit is one of the many thing that makes malenia such an “iconic” character. I personally don’t have a problem now that I look back and reflect.
"Your Black Knife Tiche Ashes +10... extraordinary..."
3:49 The moment when you think you already won, when you rush to finish it, is when you are most vulnerable.
brother tapped into his sun tzu type shit for this one
I.e. getting greedy
Powerstancing dual katanas with bleed holy shit, Malenia isn't the boss here, it's you
When you heard that music you know serious shit bout to pop. 4:53
That’s the build I’m going for!
Katanas are broken AF in Elden Ring’s PvE.
I'm using katana with wakizachi the move set is badass with holy and bleed on both lul
Delete ur profile pictures, dude.
Malenias sword got me re-specing from pure strength to pure dex. Coolest weapon and boss in the game.
I used double maxed great hammers + mimic and just tag teamed jump attack and keep her on the floor.
Weak
@@rasmushansen5055 bruh ive been playing with strength for 5 years cut me some slack pls
@@turhat don't explain yourself to worthless trolls
@@turhat As a diehard str build fan, I... don't blame you bro. Friede was nearly the breaking point for me in DS3 but I barely managed to hang in there, giant heavy weapon and all. Imagine your massive metal hammer doing less damage than 2 daggers, far less DPS, AND having like 1 punishable move out of all the boss's attacks. It's sadomasochism, but so satisfying the other 90% of the time.
I’m watching this pretending it’s me winning.
If anyone is still having issues, the black knife summon you can get is better than even the mimic in my experience. Specifically his blood knife wave melts her health and on some attempts he never got hit until her phase 2. Granted there was an update so maybe this interaction changed... But to add, he could also knock her down and stuff as well just like the player can be. That surprised me.
Yeah I noticed it too, i defeat her first try using black knife and river of blood. The fight becaming way to easy after knowing shes the hardest boss in the game
Black knife is a girl
@@otown_dt-2331 yeah, spaced it. I keep forgetting that.
She's weak to blood/frost, which is part of the reason why.
Oleg also works, as he can stagger her with practically any one of his hits.
Malenia is my favorite. She's definitely the strongest demigod. I love her theme of decay and rebirth. There's beauty in her rot and the symbolism of her wings is great.
The game states that she's weaker than Radahn
@@juwe7143 That was her before she embraced her rot powers. Afterwards she's easily stronger
@@wildbard4112 we can't tell. Radahn was stronger than her while simultaneously fighting outer beings.
All we know is that Maliketh is stronger than both.
@@juwe7143 When was Radahn fighting out beings? Casting a spell to stop stars is not fighting out beings. And when they fought neither of them could defeat each other. Also about Maliketh, again that was before she embraced her rot powers. We can tell that Malenia is more powerful than Radahn.
@@wildbard4112 Radahn fought against the outer beings to protect the lands between from things like Astel.
And no, "to meet Radahns measure" she resorted to using another one's powers, the rot. So Radahn was indeed about to defeat her. All while not being able to use all of his power.
And no again, going by feats, prime Malenia has nothing against prime Maliketh.
For anyone having trouble with her whirlwind attack, I've found that dodging out of her first sweep to get distance and than rolling into her second and third sweeps will gain you the best chance of survivability. Again, get enough distance to clear her first drop and than on the second and third, position yourself to dodge through the attack and end up behind her. It's not easy to get the timing down but give it a few try's, read her movements. Remember when she goes in the air try and react as soon as possible, and those gaps in between her swings are when you need to perform your rolls. Good luck guys, I hope this information helps you out. Don't give up. If it's any motivation you can get her sword after the fight and it's ash of war literally does that same triple typhoon attack and It's so much cooler when you're not on the receiving end.
I've rolled through the attack numerous times and come out clean before, however it requires perfection. You roll through the first flurry twice, wait then roll back twice when the second flurry comes because the second one doesn't gain much distance, after the second roll immediately roll forward into her thrice all in quick succession without stopping. The real challenge is timing the first flurry
Thou shall use the word "then" in this context, o'Tarnished.
Locked on or not?
i run away until the last attack where i dodge into her
Was wondering if anyone tested, if you can parry the whirlwind?
4:44 _"Wait..."_ this is epic moment of this battle
3 hours. 3 FUCKING HOURS and finally I beat her. The most satisfying boss win I've ever experienced. First ever souls game and yall were right. These games are so rewarding when you finally figure it out! LETS GO!
60 try an One completed day For Defeath her
What level are you and what's your build? I am 138 and still struggling against her... I am using sword and shield and everytime she hit my block she heals such a bullshit. Should I respecc instead?
If you're tryna beat her legit, mimic or black knight tear to max level, and block her only when absolutely necessary. For the most part, you want to avoid any and all contact with her. Her stamina drains is intense, so dodging and learning the combos is essential.
On her bs combo, dodge backwards for the first volley, forwards and through for the second, and the third, try not to move much unless absolutely necessary.
If you want to cheese, get knights resolve ash of war, hoarfrost stomp or whatever its called, get a mimic, and lock her in a corner after your mimic gets aggro. Knights resolve is bugged and doesn't go away after you use an ability resulting in the stomps murdering her quickly.
Also, focus on blood loss or frost.
try sekiro :D
Me and my friend were fighting her together and we both first saw the transformation at the same time. We just started to cry as we witnessed her rise horrifically. Then she killed us instantly. Good time
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Me no friend also i play the fisrt version which more harder💀
I love the level of detail they bring to this game. Like she is supposed to this villain who caused all the scarlet rot in Caelid, but then you realize all she wants to do is just protect her brother (who is a tree for some fucking reason?!?!)
He is not really the tree, he used the tree to grow into an adult in order to cure his sister (he was cursed with permanent youth and Malenia was cursed with the scarlet rot) he was in a cocoon during the process but Mohg the lord of blood stole it, and you can see the cocoon when you fight him the hand that hang out of it is Miquella.
@@cursedpuppet8047 not really, it's stated that Miquela resided within the tree, not in a cocoon, when mogh stole Miquela he killed him and put in him a cocoon to try and rebirth him in a godly form which he could control as his consort
It’s cool that she wants to protect Miquella but she’s still an asshole lol. And also did a pretty shit job because her brother got kidnapped by a power hungry pedophile and she doesn’t even know.
@@IStolePillows No. He didn't kill Miquella. And Miquella was already in his cocoon before Mohg took him.
@@MarkHogan994 Where do you learn this? I might have missed some info
Damn she is one of the most tragic characters of all them fromsoftware game, imagine how long she was waiting for her brother whom she loved the most, and only to awaken to some random ahh dude
Everything in this battle is amazing, the cinematography, the lines, it gives me chills that you find her sitting there all along and then she starts talking about her waiting, her voice is calm and even warming, she walks slowly while progressively comprehends that she is about to kick your ass. Game design in it's finest.
It almost reminds me of Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower in Bloodbornes' DLC, the way Malenia receives you ir her sacred place of Miquella's tree gave me the same impression of Maria being gentle when letting go of the hunters arm and saying "a corpse should be left well alone". Damn how I love FromSoftware games
No bro, don't compare lady Maria with malenia, malenia doesn't measure up to Maria in terms of the fight, malenia is simply a frustrating boss when it comes to the fight itself.
Malenia is a very badly designed boss fight. The problem From Software was facing was that the Dark Souls and Bloodborne community became too good, so they had to use unfair mechanics like Scarlet Rot or the fact that the boss heals itself with every hit. Even in this video they used the mimic to fully defeat her. Embarrassing
@@MrNucleosome but that's not why she is unfair, I mean with that is sure a difficult boss, a really difficult one, but she is also the final challenge, an end end game boss.
The problem is the waterfowl dance, an incredible difficult move to dodge, if you get it by the first attack you are basically dead, and she can do it whenever she want in a sec.
You can do a perfect attempt, then at the end find it in a bad situation and you are dead.
@@MrNucleosome No, the only badly designed part of Malenia is her berserker barrage bullshit move and only when you're too close, otherwise is reasonably easy to dodge, other than that if you get killed by her is because YOU did something wrong.
I was dreading facing Malenia. By the time I got to her, I had defeated every single challenge / boss the game had thrown at me. I saved her for last cause I knew she was going to work me over good. And she has NOT disappointed.
lt feels like a rematch between Radahn and Malenia wearing that Radahn set. lf only you're using Radahn's great rune, that would be awesome, but nevertheless, this still looks superb.
And the starscourge greatsword
She’s a work of art, whether you love or hate her. Her cutscenes, music, and visuals are so beautiful. I would say she is possibly the most iconic thing in Elden Ring.
for anyone struggeling, the cheese tactic is mimic tear+10 and a somewhat high lvl katana with Ash of war : Hoarfrost Stomp. Let the mimic tank her and just spam your weapon special - easy win. if your mimic dies to quickly, be sure to bind 3 meat dumplings to an inventory slot. The mimic will use the last item you bind, so it has 3 heals now and wont even get effected by the poison.
any specific katana you'd recommend?
@@Tibokio uchigatana +20 or higher should do the trick. but it doesnt really matter, just upgrade it as good as you can
@@kristallmett7843 thanks man! I’ve mostly used the starscourge greatswords since I got em, but I feel like a change of tactics is in order here
@@Tibokio Yeah I feel you. until this fight I was using a greatsword as well, but it just didnt work out for me
Cheesing her makes the victory empty but you guys do you I guess. I beat her with an UGS solo and it felt amazing
Mom walking into the room on 5:31 is unfair boss mechanic
I just play nonstop for 8 hours such a masterpiece, the game difficulty put off a lot of players at first once you lost yourself in the game you just can't stop
It's not even that difficult as there's no set path. If u get stuck on one place, u can go somewhere else.
U can even literally skip stormvale entirely through a hidden path.
Ngl this how I felt the first 3 hours of the game I regretted buying this lmao I was like why the hell did I buy this the reviews were wrong. But I kept playing cause I had to get my moneys worth and now I’m obsessed with this game it just so damn good so much stuff to do, the map is so damn big, so many bosses just amazing
I don't think it's THAT good.
Drink water
@@espada9000 the world is gorgeous and detailed, but the combat/gameplay is just your typical, lame, repetitive souls game
When she said you will witness true horror she didn't lie😭
I love that she doesn’t say something wack like you will pay in the 2nd phase. She say now witness true horror that’s so badass
I like to think she’s fighting extra hard because she recognises Radahn’s armour and knows what you’re capable of.
This gave me a Sephiroth feel!
She could be his female counterpart.
Loved it!
Me gave it more Griffith vibes from Berserk on wich most of the Souls Games are based on and even Cloud and Sephiroth are based on Berserk
Yeah sure everything is inspired by Berserk
@@Igotthatjizz Some legends claim that Jesus was based off of berserk as well
@@user-bw1vn3hd7p you say that, but you can't deny this, when I describe a spiky haired mercenary with a massive sword who got ptsd from long white haired man he used to look up to killing everyone he loved and traumatizing his love interest, who then became a godlike being and eventually got reborn, and said white haired man used to be a hero that was almost single handedly responsible for winning a war, and now its the mercenaries goal to hunt down and kill said white haired man, during which time he eventually forms a party that he warms up to, you can't tell if I'm talking about Guts or Cloud.
5:21 you were either scared for your life and lost, or so turned on you forgot the game was on and lost.
I was turned on ngl
Watch you fight Malenia was amazing. Both of you were dancing! She’s such a beautiful boss too. I love her designs so much. 🏵
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@@theresearcherofart Wut?
Looks kind of ugly to me. They could have done better honestly.
@@espada9000 respect
@@espada9000 I think she’s supposed to look utterly grotesque and beautiful at the same time though. She’s rotting and it looks horrific but there’s this strange aesthetic to it. Classic Soulsborne. I love it.
I loved everything about this fight. Malenia is up there with Artorias and Nameless King for me for favorite Souls boss
i still think back on my 1v1 with artorias. not even the hardest souls boss i fought, but probably the most memorable.
maybe my favorite dark souls moment.
Can't forget orphan of kos too
@@InvaderG same here, it came down to 1 hit each and that battle has stuck with me ever since
I feel like some of her attacks are really cheap and getting health eachi time she hits is ducking absurd
The giant gough shooting kalameet down alone was a masterpiece of a 30 sec cutscene lol
Malenia: "And I have never known defeat."
Shirrako: "You're about to."
then what was that fight with radan, was a tie or some
@@nana93106 Yes. She said the flower blooms once again, so this is what probably happened at the Radahn fight too. She entered phase 2 but for some reason none of them died, both just got very badly injured.
@@ungoliver radahn presumably could've been holding the meteors back at the time too.
Malenia's scarlet rot wasn't enough to overtake Radahn, even if he eventually succumbed to his madness. Malenia left him to die, but he was stronger than she realized. She never technically lost, but Radahn pushed her to her limit and survived the encounter, all while holding back the passage of the stars. He truly was the strongest ever, no matter how undefeated Malenia is.
The only thing we know for sure is that they were both the mightiest to remain and no one won. As for who the strongest is... we don't know.
Radahn has immense strength and the power of gravity, but we don't know how skilled of a fighter he was during his prime.
Malenia can basically restore as much of her health as she wants, given how slow radahn is, she could probably go back to full health in between every of his attacks, but she can be poise broken, and as we see in the trailer he destroyed her prosthethic.
I think this is an unstoppable force meets immovable object scenario.
But also we just have to wait a few more weeks probably until Bonfire VN recreates the fight here on youtube
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Such a beautiful moment in video game history. beating her. Is just so rewarding.
The only tip I’ll give is to be as much aggressive as possible. This is a battle of endurance where she’ll always got the advantage since she can regenerate by any damage inflicted to you. It’s ok to play defense or dodging by learning her patterns but you’re stakes to hold out her are pretty low since most of her attacks are starting with the same movement specially on her second phase when she jumps on air to do the sword dancing, cast her reflections or deliver that sword blooming blow or whatever so trying to learning then it might be really tedious because you almost got no time to react to them. Ahhh and the most important… be lucky with the combos she provides to you and there’s no sword dancing…
Love her sword as it reminds me of a golden odachi. Hauntingly beautiful design overall. She is a reminder that sometimes, the most beautiful ones are also the deadliest.
Ah... your making me miss my Nioh Playthrows. Me and my trusty Odachi...
1:47 Nice dodge by the Cameraman
"Go ask that girl out, the worst thing she could say is no."
Die a thousand time for this Malaria boss. Gorgeous swordmanship.
I am Malaria, bane of Africa
I love the Sekiro element she gives off. The combat art Dragon Flash. I love how Miyazaki brings old elements back with such a beautiful new way of adapting them.
EDIT: I also found out that Sekiro and Elden were being developed at the same time, hence a lot of similarities, they weren't grandfathered in from one another, they were developed simultaneously. Very interesting.
Shut up about Sekiro. Shut up about Sekiro
@@raisondetre9767No. It's a fricking masterpiece.
This boss feels like it belongs in sekiro tbh she's just too much for elden rings mechanics
@@Gael-x999 Absolutely... when people complain about Radahn being too hard, I just laugh about the hard time they are going to have soon... Malenia is easily the hardest Soulsboss so far. Near impossible for a tank build.
@@raisondetre9767 why? that was where the combat system peaked before they took a step back with this game
Bro you make every single boss fight so enjoyable to watch, pure epicness
because they are enjoyable
Love the soundtrack too
What class is he using?
@@titoestrada3233 he started as samurai
@@titoestrada3233 it doesnt matter what his class is
I love how malenia doesn't require any lasers, any fire breath, any magic to beat the living shit out of you. 😂♥️
How about the second form tho
Read her great rune, it doesn’t even work. It’s her will being infused to it that made it have any sort of power…she literally buffed her rotted rune…
She threw hands with Radahn and stalemated with nothing but hands…of course her rot ended the stalemated fight though lol
Her scarlet aeonia attack is equivalent to a nuke as to what it did to caelid lorewise.
I do not have this game but this boss fight is one of the most amazing things i've ever seen...
I can't describe how good the overall design in Elden Ring.. Monsters, Bosses, Classes, Places and the World design is totally majestic to me..
yeah amazing design like the godskin duo...
@@caluma2575 very good i like
@@caluma2575 that was the least fun boss so far and I vsed most but that just felt like discount dollar store ornstien and smough
@@artorias5737 couldn’t have said it better
@@caluma2575 i summoned an overpowered player for that battle and have 0 regrets. Worst boss ever
"I'm sorry....I finally met my match" love the lore that leads to this, knowing she was never defeated till you show up.
Malenia is undisputed the hardest boss. That boss makes your journey worth it. I was fired up once I reached the grace before the boss area. I beat her in 15 tries.
Go Beat her without mimic tear
@@zxzxzxxsxsxzc1117 I used black knife tiche summon.claymore flam of redmane +25 and black knife +10.
Getting dominated by a hot naked redhead was truly an experience. Thank you Elden Ring 🙏🏻
Would you smash the rotussy
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A man of culture i see
Bruh, her flesh rotted but she’s still hot.😂😂😂
She learned from her father, although he was half-naked, but then again he was an easier fight. Except for the teleport, the teleport attack feels cheap.
And i have never known...DEFEAT!
Gives me chills every time
Hardest boss in the history of souls game, the fact that she gets health back is absolutely busted
Edit: I managed to beat her with my shield only build
Seriously. I'm kinda SOL because I'm using a tanky build dual wielding two greatswords with a lot of damage and a TON of poise but that means my vigor is near base stat. One single swipe one shots me and I'm over lvl 100 lmfao I may have to rebirth and change weapons specifically for this fight. atm I just use a halberd with spin blades art and bloodflame magic, summon skeleton militiamen, then hope for good RNG to lock her into a corner where she can't escape and start a beyblade style stunlock. It works with most bosses weak to bleed where I can 100-0 them in under 10 seconds, I use great swords for everything else, but her, only got her out of first phase once and died at her first attack in phase 2 lol
The hp regen isn’t the worst, there is another boss in the game that does it but it isn’t as annoying. She is totally RNG, and will probably be the first boss in the series to nerf them to make the fight actually skillful.
@@christophermarlowe7163 I don't know I best her in under an hour. The first phase was dumb easy to get through, but it was the second phase when she does the clones that killed me a couple times.
@@tyisafk what are you even spending your stats on? as a greatsword user you can easily go 40 vig 40 sta and 40str
@@christophermarlowe7163 rng? people are already soloing her (no ash summons) with 0 hits. please
Melania| Blade of Miquela!!! Taught me patience
I was struggling to beat Melania. Before this boss fight, I always struggled to have patience whenever I didn't want to. I only had patience when I wanted to have patience. Then just like Genichiro taught me how to have self confidence again. (Sekiro Shadows Die Twice) Melania was there to save me in a Fromsoftware Game once again. Melania is truly the most difficult boss Fromsoftware ever made. It made sword Saint isshin look like a breeze. If I wasn't for my patience, I would have never gotten the opportunity to receive help from some players. I kept fighting Melania. I knew I couldn't beat her alone. But, as some people would give up and go beat Elden ring without Melania. I chose for the first time in my life to have patience when I totally didn't want to. My patience payed off and was able to assemble a team of players to take down Melania. Melania during the first team managed to eliminate me. But even when before I would have given up. I said, let's do this! I summoned maybe 2 or 3 times. And now! When I finally beat Melania. It was not just satisfying to know my patience paid off. It felt rewarding to know that I finally have the confidence and the know how to have patience whenever I don't want to. Now I can look back on this moment whenever i do not want to have patience. Thank you Fromsoftware for creating a masterpiece of a boss fight. Now! I must become the Elden Lord.
People can say what they want about her being unfair or unbalanced but I love everything about this boss
She's extremely balanced and what makes her so hard is she actually respects the player and doesn't just b line towards you attacking at wild.
@@lukecapelli1971 ye she is every boss is and trust me im bad in this game xd but i never felt its impossible in every FS game
@@lukecapelli1971"balanced"
Fucking please
Malenia is a glorious exception to the largely mediocre boss lineup in Elden Ring. She's definitely difficult, but more of the "fun" kind of difficult, IMO
@@crafty_matt Mediocre?
Mohg, Morgot, Godfrey/Hoarah Loux, Placidusax, Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella, Blackblade Kindred, Maliketh, Radagon, Godrick, Rykard...
4:52 never has music told me that I'm about to get my sh!t kicked in more in my life
I love how she spawns butterflies with each attack on her second phase. It looks so pretty 😊
Amazing legendary boss fight, right up there with Ragadon / Elden Beast and Dragonlord Plasidusax as the best boss battles in the game.
I get people hate her, but shes personally my favorite boss. The fact that she acknowledges your strength, and really isn’t even evil just makes her my fav.
People just acting childish. This boss is tough as fuck, but they're just projecting their frustration with the boss fight to her character. So they shouldn't hate the character, just the boss fight
@@wildbard4112 No she sucks. She legit cancels her stagger animation to dodge and hit you. Freide woukd just dodge after you hit her and then attack. Waterfowl's first volley is dumb and irredemable. The attack is fine, but she did that to me five times in the first phase alone. On top of the healing (while you have a shield on), the clones, the tricky flower attack, and her speed, it is stupid.
@@shawnmarcum8078 it's tough as fuck but there is a way to dodge Waterfowl
@@shawnmarcum8078 Still you're not understanding my point. People are hating the character because of the difficulty of the boss fight
imo there's very few characters/bosses in FromSoft games that are actually evil. Everyone's tragic in their own way.... dung eater may be an exception...
Her second phase reminds me a lot of Genichiro's own. The way they call upon their powers and just sheds their armors for you to see the extent of the damage on their own body are just. Wow. They mean business.
I mean, she is missing an arm...
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She is like Sekiro who is also missing an arm.
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Malenia spreads around Scarlet Rot while Sekiro spreading around Dragonrot.
they both use a Katana!
This is more impressive boss than the last boss
This is incredible, stunning design
nah the last boss is the best
@@chongliyang4044 nah Malekith
@@chongliyang4044 stay hurt she’s much cooler lol
@@ange7222 malikith, malania and morgott are some of their best bosses ever
The only good boss design is the last boss because it's not trying to be scary or just something in armor. The Elden Beast actually looks good to take out to dinner.
If there was ever a game I wish I could forget and play again for the first time.
This world is absolutely spectacular.
I really hope this game isn't the last we see of it.
My body thrills every time when scarlet bloom and the epic BGM hits… also it’s just ironically beautiful that the goddess of rot rebirths like a phoenix.
"Wait"
Can I just say how much I appreciate my character actually being acknowledged? Being a PART of boss cutscenes this time? Besides the odd ones out in DS3 (only one I’ve played), like Gael, the Twin Princes, and sorta Dancer/Vordt, there’s practically no place where you’re part of the scene. Here, it feels more personal.
Malenia talking directly to _you._
-Heed my words. I am Malenia. Blade of Miquella. _And I have never known defeat._
-…Wait. The Scarlet Bloom flowers once more. You will witness true horror. Now _rot._
Margit talking directly to _you._
-Foul Tarnished, someone must extinguish thy flame.
Godrick talking directly to _you._
-…Well. A lowly Tarnished, playing as a Lord. I command thee, KNEEL.
This makes everything much more personal, and that makes the victory much sweeter.
*(Shows appreciation for a game)*
*(Gets flamed for not playing the other ones/being God)*
(The Dark Souls community, everyone)
Borderlands 3 was the absolute worst with this. Your player character basically disappeared from existence and just stood around watching the bad guys kill your friends and shit
there's also lady maria's cutscene in bloodborne
Lol you can’t fucking talk on something when you’ve only played ds3 and probably didn’t beat it let alone the dlc,
That's so true!
In bloodborne that scene with lady Maria was a favorite because of this
The combo with the mimic was amazing, really good mecanic in the game, but the bosses, their designs, what they say and how they fight is just amazing, the little we know about all of them is enought to love them and search for more lore to really know them, as always the story is im the game, you just have to look at it, or watch aome youtube videos lol
Idk, mimic sucks the difficulty out of the game. Puts it on easy mode
@@Soogooroo The game seem very much intended to have something to draw aggro away. Not to mention Malenia heals whenever she hits the mimic anyway so you still need to divide her attention and keep the dps up.
unlike other games, it seems like everything is stepped up, bosses have absolutely insane abilities and skills and you have your own skills and abilities too, i really like that, it feels like they had huge ambitions for this game, i hope we get free updates or DLC, preferably boss gauntlets or the ability to replay bosses like in sekiro
@@sighssssss mimic just got nerfed
@@Soogooroo nah it's a mechanic in the game. it's not like the NPC summons. they added these especially for players to use so why not lmao. it's not like every single players playing this game would wanna use a broken sword till end game..
She is the reincarnation of the Sister Friede.
She is the reincarnation of Lorian as well
@@ashleyurbina1055 In terms of lore, yes, as both are basically "cursed brothers", together with Miquella and Lothric.
Even, i read that according the producers, originally Miquella meant to appears during her boss fight and assist Malenia, in a similar way like Lothric with Lorian.