Sure Melania has wings in her second phase and like 40% of her moves involve her airstalling with hyperarmor waiting for you to make a mistake so she can heal half her health bar and eat all your flask, but does that mean that this ducky can dance her way past the swag jump to safety or will she finally know defeat?
Morgott is just sick of dealing with his family after the last family reunion to discuss the inheritance. At least the person visiting him is one of the least degenerate of his siblings.
20:21 The fact that one of the only times that Malenia's Rune is actually useful is if you're trying to fight Rykard without the Serpent Hunter with a melee weapon so that you can get the HP you're losing from standing in the lava back is just hilarious to me.
That's only half true because if you get ticked again before you healed, that hp is gone for good. The rune is still heavily outclassed by the godskin talisman that gives you hp from combos in that situation, lol.
@@skilletborne Correct me if I'm wrong, but Godskin's talisman is percentile. So you'd benefit exponentially more by having morgott's or radahn's rune instead.
@@AgentChick I'm not going to try to claim to already know, it seems to need testing and ultimately would depend on the build. People discount Malenias Greatrune as soon as they get it so there's next to no information available on a cursory google, but I'm noticing a lot of the limitations it has are completely different from what the Godskin Talisman has. I would be shook though if the extra 20 or so HP per proc from Morgotts greatrune consistently outclassed Malenias GR, considering status effects and spells can activate Malenias effect.
Actually, if you equip two daggers and become really aggressive, you can recover all of the damage you've taken in a few L2 presses. Couple it with Millicent's Prothesis and the Godskin Swaddling Cloth and you'll recover a lot of HP and increase your own attack rather quickly. I also put the Greenburst Crystal Tear coupled with the Green turtle Talisman to recover my stamina really quickly and get back to combat really quickly. There you go, you have all of the tools necessary to make use of Malenia's Great Rune to its fullest, focusing on aggressive combat to recover the lost HP through two methods. The downgrade of the Crimson Flask becomes irrelevant. That's how I'm managing to get Ragadon down in less than a minute (Elden beats still killing me, first time clearing this game).
Malenia fought Radahn, because Radahn stoped the stars And since the stars govern destiny, both Miquella and Malenia (and Ranni) needed Radahn dead to change their destiny Nice allegory for Radahn upholding the Status Quo, while Malenia is basically the personification of Change Miquella wanted to grow up, and not be stuck in a childs body, Malenia wanted to get rid of Scarlet Rot Meanwhile Ranni didn't want to become a puppet of the Greater Will through the Two Fingers, so I guess Ranni would not mind, if Malenia killed Radahn back in those days already... By the way, when the Malenia vs. Radahn happened, that was the time Mohg kidnapped Miquella
According to my understanding, Miquella also wanted to change the social order by creating the Haligtree which the albinaurics, historically a downtrodden group, refer to as their promised land. Additionally, judging by the misbegotten and kindred of rot there, you can kind of assume that the Haligtree is a place of refuge for any group seen as disgusting (although maybe the kindred are just there because of all the rot) Either way, Miquella seems to want this, and as the blade of Miquella, Malenia would be in pursuit of this as well. Just another thing that might support the allegory of Malenia and Miquella being against the stagnant status quo of Radahn.
11:12 if i recall correctly, stars moving was important for Miquella’s plan with the Sol Eclipse and Radahn, who holds the stars in place, was a problem because he wouldn’t let the plan come through
Don't think at all Malenia was on the way to Mogh's when she fought Radahn, instead, I'm pretty sure that Malenia not being home is precisely what allowed Mohg to kidnap Miquella. She'd prolly have bopped him otherwise
4:16 which is weird because in PvP I know Waterfowl *does* have hyper armor to some extent. At least enough that people can spam the skill and I have never successfully knocked them out of it.
It's good at interrupting PC poise, and I think would have more poise if your character did. The Melania set doesn't have very high poise, so that might be where we had the issue
@tulokthebarbrarian2033 it interrupts PC poise because of the 1.10 PvP changes. Against players/ npcs your poise *stat* means very little. In fact, when Milicent invades in Aeonia, her Waterfowl true combos, just like In PvP. I guess enemy poise damage is just different from PC poise damage?
They also remind me of those famous cousins of Greek myth, Achilles and Patroclus. I wonder if any scholars in the Lands Between are writing furious screeds about who tops, like some ancient Greeks used to.
8:15 my favourite arc of the bible was the one where Jesus fought satan and went “nothing personnel kid” and then teleported behind him and cut him in half
That doesn't even need NG+, Radhan can easily be your first boss and doesn't even need you to fight him It's very fun going through the game with his swords and armor from the beginning
i am in no way a good souls player, never even played a souls game, only ER. but i’ve always found malenia to be a super fun fight due to how her attacks are choreographed extremely well, the soundtrack is phenomenal, and as soon as you really start to learn her waterfowl and other ghost attacks, they become extremely fun to dance around. it really is a ballad of a fight.
You should do a starter run as the holder of one golden seed, owner of the house we all wish our favourite characters were in, fort haight, the granter of the impossibly strong erdsteel dagger, the great KENNETH HAIGHT!
Yeah. And the entirety of Ranni's quest. I've done both almost every run after my first playthrough just because I end up much higher level than I normally should be. Makes Morgott a lot easier.
Mohg can actually be the second remembrance boss you fight and kill in the game, as long as you kill Godrick, and then do Varre's questline, either online or offline, as that gets you the medal that teleports you to Mohgyn's Palace. Which means the only remembrance bosses you are forced to kill after Morgoth are the Fire Giant, Maliketh, Godffrey, Radabeast, Malenia and Placidusax. Another two cosplay NG+ runs I can recommend are Maliketh (Destined Death shreds through bosses with high holly resistance, because Destined Death doesn't care about your holly resistance) and Mohg (if it can bleed, then Mohgyn's Sacred Spear's Ash of War will decimate them. I've been doing it on NG+, and even bosses immune to fire damage get brought down by the bleed). They're both extremely fun. Great work.
On the one hand, I don't want to recommend NG+ runs if you don't particularly care for NG+. On the other hand the floodgates are open so a Godrick run would be funny & I love the dumb lil' dragon his rememberance gives. I assume all Greatrune holders are natural enemies since they're fighting over them.
The amount active frames on enemy spears is ridiculous. I've lost count of the number of times I've come out of a dodge roll and died by intersecting a stationary spear haft.
Water White in elden ring would be a perfumer with a mimic for help in the lab and take your pick on ashes of war: you got your various enforcers and crews.
21:58 “make a little foot lettuce salad” Number 15, fire giant foot lettuce. The last thing you'd want in your Raya Lucaria burger is someone's foot fungus. But as it turns out, that might be what you get. A Volcano Manor resident uploaded a photo anonymously to the site showcasing the fire giant’s feet in a plastic bin of lettuce. With the statement: "This is the lettuce you eat at Raya Lucaria." Admittedly, he had shoes on.
Omenkiller secret starting class anyone? No dex spells or incants because that stuff is for nerds. Just big old unga bunga energy with two big beef sticks. And Rollo is cool.
I like to think that Radahn and Malenia actually got on well before the whole shattering thing. Mostly cause I like drama and two beloved siblings near-killing eachother is the shit i live for.
I've watched all of your videos and dumped 700 hours into elden ring, Phil. I wanted you to know this so you understand what I mean when I say it's impressive that not only is this the first run where I see someone gap malenia AND MOHG before fortissax, but it's also perfectly logical in context to the run.
Every time I type "Melania" I remember it's "Mel" not "Mal" because of you haha. So if you've never tried to do a 15 hit katana combo, maybe give it a shot
Can you do another Cast or Pass with the Godslayer incantations and the Fire Giant/Monk incantations? Considering how busted fire damage is, I think a good portion of them would be cast.
Need Crucible Knight next. Ordovis GS is absolutely busted. The aow does insane damage even to holy resistant enemies and also has ridiculous stance damage. The Siluria Tree is great as well, and it's a great way to kill the crucible duo to get Ordovis' GS
Comments sound off: Lies of P, like it or no? I think it’s pretty neat even if it is pretty linear, sometimes you want to play a game that has a pre planned progression of difficulty
I heard it was because Miquella needed the moon to eclipse in order for a ritual involving Godwin, and the moon can’t eclipse with Radahn holding the stars.
I’m already subscribed can’t be the funny number :( Also, not only was malenia v radhan in the trailer, it was the first thing ever revealed about the game when they announced it at like E3 whatever showcase type thing
Lore fact: Radahn and Malenia fought during the shattering, probably to claim each others great rune. Mohg took Miquella while Malenia was in Caelid. Malenia doesn't even know that Mohg took Miquella. That is why she is just waiting for his return instead of getting him back.
Very nice and fun run. I'm actually surprised how well the Wish Ducky Dance did throughout the run. A run I would like to see. NG+7, just to crank the difficulty up as high as possible, with whatever your favorite build has been so far. I just want to see how much fun you would have doing it. Also, have you done a Genocide Run in which you attempt to kill every single boss in the game?
Ok so, little bit of lore for the Radahn fight, Miquella is trying to bring back Godwyn. He needs an eclipse to do it. Radahn is holding back the stars. No stars, no eclipse. I.E. Radahn has to die.
Sure Melania has wings in her second phase and like 40% of her moves involve her airstalling with hyperarmor waiting for you to make a mistake so she can heal half her health bar and eat all your flask, but does that mean that this ducky can dance her way past the swag jump to safety or will she finally know defeat?
Ducky dance was MADE for the swag jump
Identity thief!
Holy corny
@@fakeaccount6319because how dare people want to leave an interesting comment for a person that they enjoy watching, right?
@@fakeaccount6319actually corny
I like the idea of Morgott doing bis Margit intro like "Foul Tarnished. In search of... What the fuck are you doing here Mel?"
Morgott is just sick of dealing with his family after the last family reunion to discuss the inheritance. At least the person visiting him is one of the least degenerate of his siblings.
20:21 The fact that one of the only times that Malenia's Rune is actually useful is if you're trying to fight Rykard without the Serpent Hunter with a melee weapon so that you can get the HP you're losing from standing in the lava back is just hilarious to me.
That's only half true because if you get ticked again before you healed, that hp is gone for good. The rune is still heavily outclassed by the godskin talisman that gives you hp from combos in that situation, lol.
@@AgentChick And why not use both?
@@skilletborne Correct me if I'm wrong, but Godskin's talisman is percentile. So you'd benefit exponentially more by having morgott's or radahn's rune instead.
@@AgentChick I'm not going to try to claim to already know, it seems to need testing and ultimately would depend on the build.
People discount Malenias Greatrune as soon as they get it so there's next to no information available on a cursory google, but I'm noticing a lot of the limitations it has are completely different from what the Godskin Talisman has.
I would be shook though if the extra 20 or so HP per proc from Morgotts greatrune consistently outclassed Malenias GR, considering status effects and spells can activate Malenias effect.
Actually, if you equip two daggers and become really aggressive, you can recover all of the damage you've taken in a few L2 presses.
Couple it with Millicent's Prothesis and the Godskin Swaddling Cloth and you'll recover a lot of HP and increase your own attack rather quickly.
I also put the Greenburst Crystal Tear coupled with the Green turtle Talisman to recover my stamina really quickly and get back to combat really quickly.
There you go, you have all of the tools necessary to make use of Malenia's Great Rune to its fullest, focusing on aggressive combat to recover the lost HP through two methods. The downgrade of the Crimson Flask becomes irrelevant.
That's how I'm managing to get Ragadon down in less than a minute (Elden beats still killing me, first time clearing this game).
Malenia fought Radahn, because Radahn stoped the stars
And since the stars govern destiny, both Miquella and Malenia (and Ranni) needed Radahn dead to change their destiny
Nice allegory for Radahn upholding the Status Quo, while Malenia is basically the personification of Change
Miquella wanted to grow up, and not be stuck in a childs body, Malenia wanted to get rid of Scarlet Rot
Meanwhile Ranni didn't want to become a puppet of the Greater Will through the Two Fingers,
so I guess Ranni would not mind, if Malenia killed Radahn back in those days already...
By the way, when the Malenia vs. Radahn happened, that was the time Mohg kidnapped Miquella
According to my understanding, Miquella also wanted to change the social order by creating the Haligtree which the albinaurics, historically a downtrodden group, refer to as their promised land.
Additionally, judging by the misbegotten and kindred of rot there, you can kind of assume that the Haligtree is a place of refuge for any group seen as disgusting (although maybe the kindred are just there because of all the rot)
Either way, Miquella seems to want this, and as the blade of Miquella, Malenia would be in pursuit of this as well. Just another thing that might support the allegory of Malenia and Miquella being against the stagnant status quo of Radahn.
They govern the destiny of the carian family, so only of Ranni, Rennala, Rykard and Radhan himself
Miyazaki confirmed Radahn needs to be killed to play the DLC, so this almost confirms your theory that Malenia fought Radahn to free the stars.
@@oria322 turns out melania went to kill rahdahn so miquella could put his soul in mohg's body so she can marry him
@@charmless247*he
11:12 if i recall correctly, stars moving was important for Miquella’s plan with the Sol Eclipse and Radahn, who holds the stars in place, was a problem because he wouldn’t let the plan come through
Yep. They can't retrieve Godwyn's soul and give him a proper death without it.
Don't think at all Malenia was on the way to Mogh's when she fought Radahn, instead, I'm pretty sure that Malenia not being home is precisely what allowed Mohg to kidnap Miquella. She'd prolly have bopped him otherwise
10:57 this line is now far funnier since the dlc dropped.
Genuinely one of my favorite parts of these videos is the Cage the Elephant deep cuts at the segment transitions
Cory has impeccable taste
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033hey… WAIT a second……
Actually jumpscares me every time, my brain refuses to believe cage the elephant exists for some reason
Tibia Mariner was just chilling and can literally catch some sick waves when fighting him
Big surfer Vibes for sure
nobody talking about how smooth the transition at 9:34 was
It's a Very good transition edit so smoothly done.👍
4:16 which is weird because in PvP I know Waterfowl *does* have hyper armor to some extent.
At least enough that people can spam the skill and I have never successfully knocked them out of it.
It's good at interrupting PC poise, and I think would have more poise if your character did. The Melania set doesn't have very high poise, so that might be where we had the issue
@tulokthebarbrarian2033 it interrupts PC poise because of the 1.10 PvP changes. Against players/ npcs your poise *stat* means very little.
In fact, when Milicent invades in Aeonia, her Waterfowl true combos, just like In PvP.
I guess enemy poise damage is just different from PC poise damage?
All about how we're WHAT now?
i see you seemingly making an unseemly "seamen" joke 😂
love it - the joke too 😏
god I'm so sorry.😅😅😅
but no seriously, you're so funny and cute actually, STAHP
Malenia and Finlay might be my favorite cousins since Sailors Neptune and Uranus.
They're roommates
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Oh my god, they were roommates
Finlenia forever 😌
They also remind me of those famous cousins of Greek myth, Achilles and Patroclus.
I wonder if any scholars in the Lands Between are writing furious screeds about who tops, like some ancient Greeks used to.
they're very close cousins
That onion transition into Gostoc at 9:34 was sick.
8:15 my favourite arc of the bible was the one where Jesus fought satan and went “nothing personnel kid” and then teleported behind him and cut him in half
Wonder what the next NG+ run is gonna be? I would really like to see how a Radahn run would stack up.
That would be so fun to see
“AAAAAAAHHHH”
*BONK*
A radahn run would absolutely annihilate
That doesn't even need NG+, Radhan can easily be your first boss and doesn't even need you to fight him
It's very fun going through the game with his swords and armor from the beginning
"all this dance practice and we're still stepping on toes" is such a killer line 22:57
the "Malenia drunk texts Finlay" joke was my favorite and i love it #Finlenia
I never knew the rot ticks counts as hits you inflict that can heal you
The humour keeps the ER runs fresh. Great stuff👍
I have been watching all your build videos and comparing to others channels you are the only one able to make a funny and enthusiastic run
I watch a lot of souls content, but you're the only one who makes Elden Ring videos I really like.
Suggestion: Moongrum secret starting class.
"Cope and Seethwater Cave" is 11/10, perfect.
Caramelized onions in a grilled cheese!? Genius. I shall now try that
i am in no way a good souls player, never even played a souls game, only ER. but i’ve always found malenia to be a super fun fight due to how her attacks are choreographed extremely well, the soundtrack is phenomenal, and as soon as you really start to learn her waterfowl and other ghost attacks, they become extremely fun to dance around. it really is a ballad of a fight.
I did a ng+ malenia run and it was so incredibly painful that by radabeast I just power stanced an uchi so I could actually deal damage
Really? We had a pretty good time with it...
youre doing something wrong then bro, the hand is a broken weapon. the talismans that add damage per consecutive hit make it unreal
Really? It got a buff, it's decent now
Really? I did it, and it made the game trivial. Just deals an incredible amount of damage with insane hyperarmor
I would love to see a Vergil run just so the the title can be something like “can Vergil bury the light in Elden ring”
7:45 YEAH!!! Thanks for taking my suggestion of ducky dance in fort haight!
You should do a starter run as the holder of one golden seed, owner of the house we all wish our favourite characters were in, fort haight, the granter of the impossibly strong erdsteel dagger, the great KENNETH HAIGHT!
14:27 It’s worth noting that you can *technically* fight Mohg before Altus Plateau.
Yeah. And the entirety of Ranni's quest. I've done both almost every run after my first playthrough just because I end up much higher level than I normally should be. Makes Morgott a lot easier.
Mohg can actually be the second remembrance boss you fight and kill in the game, as long as you kill Godrick, and then do Varre's questline, either online or offline, as that gets you the medal that teleports you to Mohgyn's Palace. Which means the only remembrance bosses you are forced to kill after Morgoth are the Fire Giant, Maliketh, Godffrey, Radabeast, Malenia and Placidusax.
Another two cosplay NG+ runs I can recommend are Maliketh (Destined Death shreds through bosses with high holly resistance, because Destined Death doesn't care about your holly resistance) and Mohg (if it can bleed, then Mohgyn's Sacred Spear's Ash of War will decimate them. I've been doing it on NG+, and even bosses immune to fire damage get brought down by the bleed). They're both extremely fun.
Great work.
On the one hand, I don't want to recommend NG+ runs if you don't particularly care for NG+. On the other hand the floodgates are open so a Godrick run would be funny & I love the dumb lil' dragon his rememberance gives.
I assume all Greatrune holders are natural enemies since they're fighting over them.
The amount active frames on enemy spears is ridiculous. I've lost count of the number of times I've come out of a dodge roll and died by intersecting a stationary spear haft.
9:34- I saw that slick onion transition
As your one "Men Without Hats" enjoyer I liked the reference.
Broke: hacking the game to give you the weapons you need from the get-go.
Woke: using Rennala's trans powers to become the new build.
yaaassss
rennala has helped so many tarnished transition, very based of her
Next starting class, I wanna see the worst boss in Elden Ring.
The Crystallian Trio, from Sellen’s quest.
I want you to make.them.know.pain.
I think I'm in love with you for that safety dance/ rykard ridiculousness😮
Water White in elden ring would be a perfumer with a mimic for help in the lab and take your pick on ashes of war: you got your various enforcers and crews.
Mohg secret starting class will go crazy
8:13 ...As a Christian i can confirm Jesus was savage with a Katana
Source: "I have the power of God and Anime on my side." -That one vine kid
Secret starting class ravenmount assassin would be cool
21:58 “make a little foot lettuce salad”
Number 15, fire giant foot lettuce. The last thing you'd want in your Raya Lucaria burger is someone's foot fungus. But as it turns out, that might be what you get. A Volcano Manor resident uploaded a photo anonymously to the site showcasing the fire giant’s feet in a plastic bin of lettuce. With the statement: "This is the lettuce you eat at Raya Lucaria." Admittedly, he had shoes on.
I cam for the elden ring gameplay and I stayed for the grilled cheese advice
Omenkiller secret starting class anyone?
No dex spells or incants because that stuff is for nerds. Just big old unga bunga energy with two big beef sticks.
And Rollo is cool.
how do u know i watched every single vidoe u posted 3x in a row?
I know everything
I like to think that Radahn and Malenia actually got on well before the whole shattering thing. Mostly cause I like drama and two beloved siblings near-killing eachother is the shit i live for.
Great video dude!
Thanks we try!
It would be fun to see what a Human Rykard build can do, using all the weapons and spells / items related to him.
I've watched all of your videos and dumped 700 hours into elden ring, Phil. I wanted you to know this so you understand what I mean when I say it's impressive that not only is this the first run where I see someone gap malenia AND MOHG before fortissax, but it's also perfectly logical in context to the run.
Come for the speed runs, stay for the Missy Higgins references.
13:28 PHIL THE SCREAM I MADE LMAO
Every time I type "Melania" I remember it's "Mel" not "Mal" because of you haha. So if you've never tried to do a 15 hit katana combo, maybe give it a shot
Can you do another Cast or Pass with the Godslayer incantations and the Fire Giant/Monk incantations? Considering how busted fire damage is, I think a good portion of them would be cast.
Hey you hit the funny number!
Cage the Elephant mentioned
Truly stellar commentary in this one
What about making a separate tier list for NG+ runs? It might be cool to differentiate them because of the levels / difficulty differences.
Now you’ve got me thinking, how would one do a Tibia Mariner build?
Hey I love your videos, but one tip, you can back up in the Radagon fight to start the melee phase early!
The limgrave tibia mariner isn't the toughest boss, it's Rick, soldier of god
Need Crucible Knight next. Ordovis GS is absolutely busted. The aow does insane damage even to holy resistant enemies and also has ridiculous stance damage. The Siluria Tree is great as well, and it's a great way to kill the crucible duo to get Ordovis' GS
Comments sound off: Lies of P, like it or no? I think it’s pretty neat even if it is pretty linear, sometimes you want to play a game that has a pre planned progression of difficulty
Excuse me, the hardest boss is unequivocally Soldier of God, Rick.
Have you though of doing Ensha of the Royal Remains as secret starting class run. I am currently on run as them it fun
I put it on a poll, but I believe that's the one Vyke won
Ok the vyke video was fun thankful you gave us new ways to play Elden Ring I would’ve never thought of this run otherwise
i was just hoping you'd do this last night woot
18:30 ok that was epic
That was extremely elic
easily the best youtuber.
"Swap the great rune for Radahn's ironically, it's the best one for Malenia." Yes.. That's why they fought. It was over the great runes xD
I heard it was because Miquella needed the moon to eclipse in order for a ritual involving Godwin, and the moon can’t eclipse with Radahn holding the stars.
Imagine factor… in fort haight
Yes, badass. Not declaring war on the fucking stars on your favorite horse badass, but still badass.
Got a kick out of your '80s references lol. Well done.
13:27 WOW OKAY
I’m already subscribed can’t be the funny number :(
Also, not only was malenia v radhan in the trailer, it was the first thing ever revealed about the game when they announced it at like E3 whatever showcase type thing
Well its only fitting to do a Miquella of St trinas run before the dlc.
You're so fucking funny dude, perfect kind of humor in all these videos 😂
I appreciate the Missy Higgans call out
Crush them all my Lady ! *cheers in Finlay*
Lore fact: Radahn and Malenia fought during the shattering, probably to claim each others great rune. Mohg took Miquella while Malenia was in Caelid. Malenia doesn't even know that Mohg took Miquella. That is why she is just waiting for his return instead of getting him back.
Can we have a Radhan starting class too?
Very nice and fun run. I'm actually surprised how well the Wish Ducky Dance did throughout the run.
A run I would like to see. NG+7, just to crank the difficulty up as high as possible, with whatever your favorite build has been so far. I just want to see how much fun you would have doing it.
Also, have you done a Genocide Run in which you attempt to kill every single boss in the game?
Ok so, little bit of lore for the Radahn fight, Miquella is trying to bring back Godwyn. He needs an eclipse to do it. Radahn is holding back the stars. No stars, no eclipse. I.E. Radahn has to die.
making finley fight melania is crazy
Really? A Billy Idol reference but no David Bowie? For shame!
Also lovely video as usual
Now i can introduce myself to all the bosses so they have to suffer from name repetition.
I'm shocked you didn't call him Dadagon.
Blaidd starting class?
Please do a erdtree guardian run
Bro just casually predicted that Melina was radagon and Marika daughter
Omg i made it
Also yeah fuck that tracking
Tracking is so fun
You should do a playthrough where you ask what would Jesus do and do a Jesus run with a kitana
You should do a soldier of godrick secret starting class
Hopefully we get Secret Starting Class God's Dog ng+. God's dog is my favorite character
Mohg starting class? It's going to be an easy run
Solair next? (I know you said you wouldn't do RP builds anymore but hey the game has a great helm)
Now, will we be able to play as Malenia's Shadow after the DLC drops?
Bro is shredding
What Talismans are you using for this run?
this guy is great
You can kill mohg before going to the city
Gongrats on the funny number subscribers