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5 Best Builds to Beat Promised Consort Radahn

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  • Опубліковано 14 сер 2024
  • Promised Consort Radahn is one of the hardest bosses in the Elden Ring DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree. I struggled with this boss a lot but feel like Im finally improving so i thought I'd share a few of my attempts using different builds! My first attempt at Radahn took me around 5 hours to beat him but I had to use the deflecting hardtear a lot to deal with some of his combos! Hope this video helps some of you!
    If you want to watch more speedruns and challenge runs just like this, please make sure to subscribe and drop a follow at: / ainrun
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    Edited by: / arhamsaa
    Timestamps
    00:00 intro
    01:24 Impenetrable Thorns
    02:23 Putrescence Cleaver
    04:03 Multilayered Ring of Light
    06:42 Dryleaf Arts
    09:00 Smithscript Daggers
    #eldenring #dlc #shadowoftheerdtree #ainrun

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  • @ainrun
    @ainrun  14 днів тому +45

    Unfortunately the Impenetrable Thorns have been nerfed with the latest patch (30th July 2024). The rest of the builds are unaffected though.

    • @DMOE22
      @DMOE22 8 днів тому +1

      Bro I beat him on my 1st one with the thorns and I didn't even know it was meta. And now I can't do it again bc they make it pretty ass 😔

    • @ravykam5194
      @ravykam5194 День тому

      Fucking Miyazaki, spending all his time on UA-cam to find the guys that melt the final boss pretty easily, ridiculous. Thx anyway lol.

  • @aufmajen
    @aufmajen Місяць тому +631

    I used scarlet aonia + blasphemous blade. The rot works very well. I also yelled a lot, cursed From Software, wondered why I was inflicting so much pain on myself, and questioned the meaning of life. After 48 tries, I beat him. Mimic was the MVP though. I'm sorry I yelled at my mimic so much "hit him!!! What the f*** are you doing?! Help me!!!"

    • @TheLowenstein
      @TheLowenstein Місяць тому +20

      I remember the good old days of Tiche flying in out of tower and pouncing on enemies. Good times

    • @plantman1093
      @plantman1093 Місяць тому +53

      My mimic became a simp half fight, can’t believe he betrayed me like this

    • @luqqs3047
      @luqqs3047 Місяць тому +6

      48, jesus it took me 500, i did parry only but it seemed like the best option without summon and built switch off quality.

    • @gabzsy4924
      @gabzsy4924 Місяць тому +6

      ​@@luqqs3047 500?! Bro this surely is a generic number right?

    • @luqqs3047
      @luqqs3047 Місяць тому

      @@gabzsy4924 i rounded it was 473, i like to slamm my head against walls tho and i dont summon, i think with good build against him + mimic u can get it down under 100.

  • @mr.dilanger
    @mr.dilanger Місяць тому +562

    When Radhn walked out I yelled "YES!! I know this guy, he's a friend from work!"

    • @Dinosaur_Senior
      @Dinosaur_Senior Місяць тому +32

      This is heckin epic Reddit Chungus bro! UPDOOT on me!!!

    • @rubub8455
      @rubub8455 Місяць тому +5

      what

    • @sasaki999pro
      @sasaki999pro 27 днів тому +7

      ​@@rubub8455 Its a Thor Ragnarok reference

    • @angelsalvador9425
      @angelsalvador9425 21 день тому +1

      😂 I'm gonna watch Thor Ragnarok again. Thanks.

    • @DaEvilShaman
      @DaEvilShaman 11 днів тому +1

      @@angelsalvador9425 I understood that reference!

  • @melkor5901
    @melkor5901 22 дні тому +108

    Dryleaf Arts-
    "How did you beat Radahn?"
    "He was tough, but even a god has a hard time taking 200 freezing nut shots. I even grabbed and twisted them."

    • @SouravBoss08-xo1ix
      @SouravBoss08-xo1ix 15 днів тому +2

      What Martial style is that I would love learn that type Martial Arts Irl that has Freezing Testicular Torsion

  • @RelativelyBest
    @RelativelyBest Місяць тому +101

    4:03 - Miquella: "You dare use my own spells against me, Tarnished?"

  • @lucasreissilva1219
    @lucasreissilva1219 Місяць тому +234

    Radahn, Consort of 40 fps. Really is the worst thing about this boss

    • @snazzythesnaz
      @snazzythesnaz 23 дні тому +9

      40 fps? i get 5

    • @saberkiller4567
      @saberkiller4567 23 дні тому +2

      My Xbox Series S is struggling. This shit shouldn't be happening

    • @hygormotasantos4035
      @hygormotasantos4035 20 днів тому +5

      ​​@@saberkiller4567Even PS5 drops some FPS in this bullshit. Not only it makes the fight look way too overdone and messing up with the learning of the moves, it also simply fucks up with whatever console you're on. This really is one of the worst designed bosses ever

    • @saberkiller4567
      @saberkiller4567 20 днів тому +1

      @@hygormotasantos4035 dude my ps5 can handle everything but really? It's worse than I thought.

    • @hygormotasantos4035
      @hygormotasantos4035 19 днів тому +3

      @@saberkiller4567 Just defeated him for the first time. Almost got killed cause of those "echo" attacks, FPS on my PS5 goes to waste on these

  • @roberts7873
    @roberts7873 Місяць тому +112

    Fingerprint Shield.
    Poking Weapon of Choice.
    Bleed Grease.
    Shield Grease.
    Shield Talismans, Stamina and Stamina Recovery Talismans.
    3 Rot Pots to Radahns Face.
    Ggs.
    I honestly don't know how else to beat him, outside of spending countless hours learning frame perfect rolls during a laser light show.
    Fromsofts idea of difficult bosses has ALWAYS been the same. It's the bosses who NEVER STOP attacking.

    • @yeab9919
      @yeab9919 29 днів тому +2

      How do I get the shield if lyndell capital is already ash

    • @roberts7873
      @roberts7873 29 днів тому

      @yeab9919 You can get a decent one from an quest NPC just before the boss if you don't have it

    • @Glamador
      @Glamador 27 днів тому +10

      You say that, but Malenia isn't like that. And she's the next in line for the title after this fucker.
      She's slow, staggerable, and hardly attacks until you do until phase 2. She's hard for entirely different reasons. And, honestly, 90% of that is just Waterfowl.
      So I guess it's one of those two, yeah? Either A) never stops attacking and closes distance like a mofo, or B) this would be perfectly doable if it weren't for that ONE fucking attack!

    • @HalodrianEnT
      @HalodrianEnT 27 днів тому +2

      @@GlamadorYeah I went to her right after Radahn in NG+.
      Felt so confindet and still died like 30 times to waterfowl move.
      Well but I wanted to meme her with big mouth imp ash. Which is just hilarious. Every shot from that thing knocks her of the feet. I had same RNG happening where she just ragdolls through the arena in phase 1 without ever pulling out one move

    • @DreyfusLagoon
      @DreyfusLagoon 26 днів тому

      I beat him with parries, kinda negates most of his combos. That and the deflecting hardtear

  • @Dolosify
    @Dolosify Місяць тому +83

    I was using the dry leaf arts but them switched to danes footwork since it does more guard counter damage. i was doing like 3500 damage per guard counter it was insane! Great video, man!

    • @ainrun
      @ainrun  Місяць тому +10

      Yes I posted a video where I did a full run with those weapons, they were really fun.

    • @jameswtlocs
      @jameswtlocs Місяць тому +2

      Wait how do you do the guard counter with fist???

    • @Marco-fs9bs
      @Marco-fs9bs Місяць тому +7

      @@jameswtlocs deflect hard tear inside your flask(you get that from the first fournace golem you can encounter), then you 2 hand the weapon and when an enemy attack is about to land, you use L1 to block and then, once you have blocked the attack, you use R2 to do the guard counter

    • @paint4822
      @paint4822 16 днів тому +1

      ​@@ainrun So you don't think he's tougher than Darkeater Midir

  • @something-g99
    @something-g99 Місяць тому +34

    Everyone sleeps on Poleblade of the Bud, it's relatively fast and inflicts Scarlet Rot. Radahn is weaker to piercing weapons so this weapon worked well for me🔥

    • @user-vh7ks8px3s
      @user-vh7ks8px3s Місяць тому +10

      I’m not your poleblade, bud

    • @SrBlue-qp2ux
      @SrBlue-qp2ux Місяць тому +2

      its awful and the scarlet rot build up is slow to the point of being near useless against consort radahn.

    • @saberkiller4567
      @saberkiller4567 23 дні тому +2

      Nah use the Rot Rapier. Way faster

  • @businessgoose69
    @businessgoose69 Місяць тому +83

    This Radahn guy has some pretty cool looking swords, I bet they'd make it easy to kill Radahn if you had them

  • @Haviprime
    @Haviprime Місяць тому +14

    This was one of the most informative videos on the topic, thanks. Every other video is like "mimc, finger shield, poke"

  • @cazzenova9286
    @cazzenova9286 Місяць тому +27

    i was already planning a Thorns/Bleed style build but this boss is the ONLY one in the entirety of the DLC that forced me to respec off my current Death Sorceries witch build, thank you for that lol
    it worked like a charm, cheers mate

    • @TurnedYapper918
      @TurnedYapper918 26 днів тому +2

      Same!!! This is the only boss in the ENTIRE game, except for Rykard because of his gimmick, that made me HAVE to change from my dragon build. I still haven’t beat him, but I’m only like 30-40 tries in. I’m trying to steer clear of the Fingerprint Shield and poke method, but I’m about to cave to an Impenetrable Thorns bleed build. This will probably be the only boss in the whole Soulsborne series that I beat once and have no interest in fighting again. I LOVE phase 1, but phase 2 is just pure, unbridled chaos!

  • @rinzler168
    @rinzler168 Місяць тому +6

    Phase 2 is just so wild 😂

  • @ericjensen7580
    @ericjensen7580 Місяць тому +7

    You can counter act his meteors with Rannis darkmoon if cast immediately after you dodge his jump into the air. Ranni's darkmoon can also be cast immediately after he does his light speed attack if you are near him when he starts it.

  • @jimjim4034
    @jimjim4034 Місяць тому +47

    This boss forced me to learn how to use the Buckler shield. It honestly made this fight a joke. Highly recommend it if you’re having trouble (pair it with the Miséricorde)

    • @giantslayer9335
      @giantslayer9335 Місяць тому +8

      Oh my god it’s Gwyn all over again

    • @scal221
      @scal221 24 дні тому +10

      Yeah for the first phase.. the second is just Michael bay mind wtf

    • @jimjim4034
      @jimjim4034 23 дні тому +1

      @@scal221 Trust me if you stay right on him at all times he’s pretty free (if you’re parrying). Just takes s bit of practice

    • @nik991
      @nik991 23 дні тому

      Yeah and then they Say its the hardest fromsoft boss

  • @boredflandre8234
    @boredflandre8234 Місяць тому +42

    Don’t forget Fingerprint Shield + Antspur Rapider. Total cheese.

    • @user-vh7ks8px3s
      @user-vh7ks8px3s Місяць тому +6

      I used mohgwyn spear instead works very nicely

    • @roberts7873
      @roberts7873 Місяць тому +2

      Sword Spear and Bleed Grease did the trick.
      And 3 heft rot pots

    • @XXXTENTAClON227
      @XXXTENTAClON227 28 днів тому

      If you can use the scholars shield or shield grease… yeah gg Radahn it’s over

    • @toospooky5929
      @toospooky5929 23 дні тому +1

      Honestly can't believe a video with builds to beat Radahn doesn't include this. Just L1 poke to death, completely ignore his entire moveset, he becomes a complete joke.

    • @caseybailey2664
      @caseybailey2664 18 днів тому

      toxic gamer alert

  • @puffii_
    @puffii_ 26 днів тому +30

    I genuinely found going in with a shield with carian retaliation and an antspur rapier and parrying him to be the easiest strategy for this fight

    • @1Maan1
      @1Maan1 20 днів тому

      That is exactly what I am doing except I am golden parrying him

  • @1996NAB
    @1996NAB Місяць тому +14

    Reporting back to this video to say that THIS GUIDE HELPED ME FINALLY BEAT RADAHN. Specifically the impenetrable thorns one. I've never beat a boss with anything but a sword before now, but that one looked so fun, so I respec-ed into Arcane and Int and after a bunch more tries I finally got it. Thank you so much for this guide man, I'm now using that same build to help friends through other bosses in the game and it's blowing everyone's minds!

    • @ainrun
      @ainrun  29 днів тому +6

      That's nice, GGs on the win.

  • @LAK_770
    @LAK_770 15 днів тому +1

    Radahn was the first fight where I actually recorded and studied footage of my deaths just to beat him. I do this for no-hit runs but never for just making it out alive. Phase 2 is so oppressive at first that you just die without learning anything. Wound up doing it in like 55 tries with Square Off, but had to learn literally every move the hard way

  • @darnelldyson4590
    @darnelldyson4590 Місяць тому +1

    Radhan is a beast and enjoyed the 50 plus times it took me to beat him! Thank you Software, for not making him easy! ❤

  • @ulysses8722
    @ulysses8722 Місяць тому +2

    Ty, cleared it pretty quick with the thorns build, gonna grind back here and try it with a melee build next

  • @darkrot824
    @darkrot824 Місяць тому +2

    I used sword of light and darkness, multilayered ring of light and Radagon’s rings to destroy this boss both in 1 and 2 phase in ng+, and I was doing 10k damage with Radagon’s rings in first phase and over 4k damage with multilayered ring of light in 2nd phase. So yeah, don’t sleep on holy damage especially in the dlc.

  • @Bleachdemon88
    @Bleachdemon88 3 дні тому

    Thanks for the video, I just got the multi layer rings of light and I’m a strength faith build so this is the method I’ll try when I get to him

  • @Zeke1460
    @Zeke1460 Місяць тому +8

    I managed to beat him!
    Used Cold Milady. Basically didn’t even touch my ashes of war lmao. Wing stance can be good for closing diatances and doing decent damage. But anything can work if you have enough time to land it.

  • @danielgerich
    @danielgerich Місяць тому +3

    I beat him after 7 tries with a great shield and a spear with blood loss, intense and long fight, but working

  • @sethlaflash3784
    @sethlaflash3784 28 днів тому +1

    Black steel great shield works really well with sacred affinity makes it 100% holy resist

  • @daytonpannell
    @daytonpannell 17 днів тому

    Glad i didn't see this video before i beat him. I my lack of self control would've had me cheesing him with the thorns. I can see those getting a huge nerf

  • @ericjensen7580
    @ericjensen7580 Місяць тому +8

    Also any hyper armor high stagger ash + melanias rune and defensive buffs are strong against him.
    I havent done him with deflect tear, but i have a feeling thats the real GOAT

  • @whitestar8965
    @whitestar8965 24 дні тому

    Thank you for the hint! Multilayered rings of light made short work of him. Was running 70 INT 45 FTH so I used the golden order seal to cast the spell while holding the dryleaf seal on the other.

  • @dutchblazewell6289
    @dutchblazewell6289 13 днів тому

    Cold cross naginata + heavy fingerprint shield helped me. Its special because it has pierce, frost and bleed which he's weak to AND you can attack while blocking.
    Yep. You can poke radahn during most of his combos. Talismans were two headed turtle, greatshield, golden braid, and dragon rest greatshield. Good luck!! ❤

  • @lharsay
    @lharsay Місяць тому +2

    2:16 Actually, the Maternal Staff is kinda bugged right now. instead of only applying a portion of it's arc scaling to blood sorceries for a ~40% status boost like the Albinauric Staff or the Dragon Communion Seal it applies the full 165% arcane scaling to the status build up.

    • @ainrun
      @ainrun  Місяць тому +1

      oh that's very interesting, explains the one hit bleed procs.

  • @wintercast1337
    @wintercast1337 Місяць тому +1

    Carrian retaliation + miscerode. Ever faithful

  • @hassansyed4135
    @hassansyed4135 4 дні тому

    I was going through a Dragonborn build where I used both dragon communion, dragon cult and ancient dragon weapons and spells, and it was going well until this boss.
    I wish it was at least viable without becoming a speedrunner.

  • @tdotfun
    @tdotfun Місяць тому +1

    Cheers! First time seeing multi ring of light - looks interesting.

  • @WinterHE
    @WinterHE 19 днів тому

    I beat him with Deadly Poison Perfume and Poison Antspur with "The Poison Flower Blooms Twice", the absolute nuke when you trigger deadly poison, poison and rot was hilarious!

  • @Personage9487
    @Personage9487 9 днів тому

    Instead of using the smithscript daggers I would recommend using the claws of night because:
    1. Claws do more dps
    2. Better scaling
    3. Way easier to proc bleed or frost
    So basically, the smithscript daggers are just completely outclassed by the claws of night.

  • @themain3524
    @themain3524 Місяць тому +3

    0:47 "FAITH TWO"

  • @inics1
    @inics1 Місяць тому +5

    The best build is porcupine and its not even close 😎

  • @donxcuses9810
    @donxcuses9810 Місяць тому +12

    We got Ainrun turning family friendly before we got gta 6

  • @Sombrita00
    @Sombrita00 17 днів тому

    Scarlet Aeonia and Milady was the only thing i needed✨

  • @DarkBeforeSpawn
    @DarkBeforeSpawn 18 днів тому

    Taylew Golem summon and Heal from Afar, stay locked onto Radhan when you wanna heal Taylew since Radhan is almost always in Taylew's face.

  • @amoeba2227
    @amoeba2227 12 днів тому

    reduvia with the highest poise armor, can't change my mind.

  • @DreyfusLagoon
    @DreyfusLagoon 26 днів тому

    A slept on method to defeating him is slapping carian retaliation on a shield, equipping the dagger talisman and the blade of mercy, and literally just parrying the shit out of him. Any single sword swipe (not the double swipes don’t try to parry those they are not parryable) can be parried with pretty easy and generous timing due to carian retaliation. It’s not how I beat him the first time, but I did it the second time I beat him and it honestly made the fight so much easier. Completely negates a lot of his combos

  • @ericwilliams7945
    @ericwilliams7945 2 дні тому

    I’ve been using my strength/int build and ita got me through most of the dlc except for radahn

  • @gulabul3517
    @gulabul3517 Місяць тому +2

    This is really good video.

  • @James-kv3ll
    @James-kv3ll 24 дні тому

    “Packs a heavy punch, literally” and “fist weapons”
    When describing a weapon that literally does not punch. It just has kicks and palm strikes

  • @jhond5
    @jhond5 6 днів тому

    The thorns were nerfed like a week ago, the bleed build up decreased frok 72 to 17

  • @levismith8423
    @levismith8423 29 днів тому

    I had two people help me beat him, and I'm not ashamed. It still came down to either me or him losing the fight.

  • @jmsantiago1
    @jmsantiago1 Місяць тому

    Easiest and most consistent by far is Fingerprint Shield + Poke Blood Anspier Rapier.
    It deals bleed and rot while staying safe behind the shield

  • @gnperdue
    @gnperdue 3 дні тому

    Took me 221 tries to parry him to death with a Dex character. It looks like if you’re very high Rune Level that the great shield + poke strategy may be the easiest…

  • @AlecFortescue
    @AlecFortescue Місяць тому +2

    I was at it for few hours with an int build. got frustrated, specced into thorns and got him on first attempt. T_T

  • @thecyberhorst3951
    @thecyberhorst3951 Місяць тому

    I listen to this when going to bed, would recommend, great voice, great hair

  • @hellogoodbye3786
    @hellogoodbye3786 21 день тому

    Devonias hammer + deflect tear + guard counter, double turtle neck, and two handed sword talismans shreds radahn

  • @kelakogreenaddict1888
    @kelakogreenaddict1888 25 днів тому

    On my dex/int build, I used Wing of astel + brass shield was the set up I used
    wing of astel worked wonders on gaius as well (also on romina, but what doesn’t)
    Brass shield just to block part of that slash-slash-double slash combo which is pretty hard to fully dodge

  • @dennismadrid5146
    @dennismadrid5146 Місяць тому

    If your a strength build, you can power stances 2 great stars. The left hand with cold infusion and cold mist to proc frost quickly and the other one should be heavy infused. You then will just use a bleed grease on the heavy infused one or if you have time, blood flame. The boss gives very little window of time for buffs so I recommend just the quick grease.
    Your best options will be jump attacks and basic R1s. You get a lot of ur health back from this strategy due to its passive. With claw talisman, the new chest piece that boost jump attacks while procing bleed and frost, you should be able to do a lot of dmg

  • @lilflax0396
    @lilflax0396 14 днів тому

    The worst part about learning that dryleaf is good against radahn is that I used dryleaf for most of my dlc run but I was too scared to fight him properly so I just summoned or looked for cheese builds online.

  • @De_monaa
    @De_monaa Місяць тому

    I finally know what to use on Radahn! Thanks!

  • @eltondesouzacarneiro4811
    @eltondesouzacarneiro4811 Місяць тому +4

    My build made him fall in second try, a simply wolfchest shield and carian sorcery sword, buff the shield with the shield buff spell and have fun.
    * Guarding strikes when he uses his aoe stuff like the pull and the leaping strikes.
    * His normal combos can be easily parryed, even in second phase.
    * If you cant parry, keep the guarding strikes, but take care of your stamina.
    Talis: [dragon crest shield/shield talisman/radagon icon/ godfrey icon)
    Why the icons? Its a int build , it is indeed focused in melee combat, but uses carian sword spells for extra sauce :3

  • @Nazyairsengikar
    @Nazyairsengikar 26 днів тому

    He is the hardest, I have beaten all souls games and platinumed 6 of them. And this guy is the hardest to win legit on 3rd playthrough.

  • @shadowrunner0
    @shadowrunner0 Місяць тому +18

    Took me 15 min to beat him, no summons, just fingerprint shield and bloody helice, this would not fly with malenia 😂

    • @roberts7873
      @roberts7873 Місяць тому +3

      It's the only way I could think of. Learning all the rolls is way too much trouble

    • @onywibisono7768
      @onywibisono7768 24 дні тому

      actually, its harder with npc summon 😓

  • @virus3x2
    @virus3x2 14 днів тому

    If you really can't be bothered, use heavy armor, fingerprint shield with scholar buff and that one spell that buffs holy resistance, there you're trivialized entire boss.

  • @razavierdavis
    @razavierdavis 26 днів тому +1

    9:42 did dude just DEFLECT THE NUKE???

    • @ainrun
      @ainrun  26 днів тому

      Yeah I love doing that cause it gives you a huge punish window!

  • @CthulhuianBunny
    @CthulhuianBunny 20 днів тому

    I had completely forgotten about the deflecting hard tear. I've probably been making things way harder than they need to be on my dryleaf arts playthrough.

  • @re-tar-d
    @re-tar-d 16 днів тому +1

    I think the only reason I struggled so bad is because my frames drop on like every attack

  • @rogue2shadow
    @rogue2shadow Місяць тому

    Everyone felt that scream "F***KIN DIEEEEEEEEE" at 1 HP.

  • @user-ox7ob6fm7e
    @user-ox7ob6fm7e 25 днів тому

    Greatshield + Antspur rapier is for pussies. I've tried so many different things and after 200+ tries I came back to what I have begun with. I remembered that I'm a faith/arcane caster, so I've beaten Radanh as a true drake warrior. Dragonmaw my beloved! Insane hyper armor allowed me to trade damage and bite a huge 4,7k chunks off his ass. One bite before phase 2 and two more bites during his light FPS destroying attack lead to a stun and one more free bite. After that he had less than 30% hp and all I need is luck to survive his bullshit. Three-four more bites after his landing and FINALLY victory achieved!

  • @nouveauangel747
    @nouveauangel747 14 днів тому

    RIP impenetrable thorns😢. It now takes more hits to melt his HP down to the next phase

  • @Rodolfo17987
    @Rodolfo17987 26 днів тому

    Put a great shield, put a great spear, put fros, use mimic tear, done enjoy the cheese.

  • @simonevigneri5784
    @simonevigneri5784 17 днів тому

    Thank you. You saved my mental health.

  • @Raziel6523
    @Raziel6523 Місяць тому

    Finger print shield and spear…
    spam r1….
    watch your stamina bar…
    double turtles talisman

  • @petemize
    @petemize 17 днів тому

    4:05 Distructo Disk!!!!

  • @dragoon3219
    @dragoon3219 Місяць тому

    Any decent greatshield with the Antspur (blood infused with poison mist ash). You just shield poke him until he drops, not even an issue. The double stack of rot and poison eat him alive and the bleed procs just speed it along. The grab in phase two is literally the only thing he can even hope to win with.

  • @rickrogan2355
    @rickrogan2355 27 днів тому

    I died 50+ trying my best against this boss. Impenetrable thorns... 2 tries. And the 1 try that I died because my cat jumped in front of my screen and refused to move. Thank you.

  • @mickMahaus32
    @mickMahaus32 Місяць тому

    putrescent cleaver is such a nice weapon

  • @silvereyedlionking21
    @silvereyedlionking21 Місяць тому

    I love/hate this fight. At the peak I was cursing these two as the lothric fight homage that they are. Yet I love it lol

  • @adonizzthetitan
    @adonizzthetitan 11 днів тому

    I eventually got tired of getting him to down 10% health so the way that i beat him was that i put on the antspur rapier and verdigris greatshield with the greatshield talisman and kindred of rot exultation and proceeded to poke him while blocking absolutely every attack and barely taking any damage

  • @Elijah-fc3ex
    @Elijah-fc3ex 16 днів тому

    When he does his Jesus elevation aoe my computer drops to 6fps

  • @satcheljones
    @satcheljones 12 днів тому

    when i found the putrescance cleaver i'd already been using a cold infused butchering knife - i had bloodhound step on it but switched to savage lion's claw after the DLC came out. imho i think the cold butchering knife is low key better. the damage is similar, the frost is similar, and you get 1% max hp back every time you land a hit. i don't use the cleaver's weapon art really ever, soooo
    but i'm also biased, because i've loved the butchering knife since release. something about it, lol. brilliant weapon.

  • @peetuaarila1267
    @peetuaarila1267 Місяць тому +2

    How did you do su much damage with putrescent cleaver? I barely do half of what youre doing!

    • @GMurph2336
      @GMurph2336 20 днів тому

      Because he’s level 401

  • @dinenpine
    @dinenpine 26 днів тому

    Thanks for the various tips. I was able to beat him utilizing your first tip about about the impenetrable thorns and it made the fight much, much less of a slog than Malenia.
    This was my third playthrough of the core game. First time was a sort of janky strength build (random stats put into dumb shit so I could try to use heal spells or magic not knowing theres 2 kinds of magic, they both require different weapons to even use them, and theyre basically useless with the minimal stat investment). Whole game thinking this is some Zelda shit rocking a shield and a stupid lordsworn straight sword I found early in the game and just kept upgrading cause this was my first Fromsoft game and I had no idea how any of the mechanics worked. After that, my thoughts were "that game would have been waaaayyy funner had they explained the fkn mechanics throughout the game" and I played a second time using a hybrid dex / faith build. Also the youtube / reddit elitists brainwashed me into doing it no summon (never again, thats some unenjoyable bullshit lol). After that I wanted to try a pure int / sorcery build plus get Frenzy ending for the Plat trophy. DLC came out before I finished it so I could jump right in kinda halfway through that playthrough. Quickly learned that "damn all the shiny new weapons I wanna play with dont really fit a mostly int build."
    Eventually get to Radahn and run it for a couple hours solo, w/ Mimic, with Ansbach, w/ Mimic and Ansbach, w/ Mimic, Ansbach and Thollier to get a feel for the fight with various conditions. Results are not ideal. Both NPCs make him insanely tanky, one NPC makes it harder to read and dodge the few patterns Ive got down, the mimic and one NPC can DPS burst him to second phase just to leave me to die, and solo aint no way I can realistically dodge through 100+ combo sequences to sneak in 100+ single attacks. Research online and see a pretty successful tank build, but Id have to respec completely. See another one using the new Troll summon while healing from afar and hiding behind giant shield so thats also a respec. Then I find your video and see the thorn sorcery. At first Im thinking "arcane is my crappiest stat so bleed won't be as effective". After playing around with the with the idea in my head though, I think "I have the staff of the guilty thats been collecting dust. I can upgrade it, throw it in the offhand to make up for the low arcane and drop my useless shield. The mimic will have it too. Ansbach can inflict bleed, and Im good enough at dodging for a bit that I could keep pulling aggro back to me to give the summons time to heal. Also crack the physick to heal allies and I can probably ensure they dont die by the second phase. From there, just play/dodge enough just to pull aggro back to me a few times (use the perfume with the one time damage mitigation if I can get it off), and I think this sounds pretty valid. And it did, quickly. So thank you for the ideas that inspired the strategy. Malenia 1st time w/ Mimic and ROB took like 12 hours split over 4 days, Malenia 2nd time no summon same thing more or less, integrating your idea into what I could do, Consort Radahn 3 hours over 2 days. So thank you for saving me a few more days of pain, you a real one 💯

  • @animatesynphony2716
    @animatesynphony2716 19 днів тому

    Claws of night are an insane sleeper on this boss, 2 boint blank ashes proc bleed and if needed can use range on it asaell as the r2 moveset being thrown but the lights where fast acting melee claw set.

  • @thugkermit9999
    @thugkermit9999 28 днів тому

    1.Grab the golden braid from the shaman village
    2.Get the lords divine fortification from Gideon ofnir after beating malenia
    3.Get as many scadutree fragments as you can
    There you go this combo will give you 90% damage resistance against holy damage, pop the fortification right as he does his big aoe in phase two and ALL of his holy follow ups stop dealing damage to you
    Turn his phase 2 back into his phase 1
    If you want even more safety against him use the mimic tear and give him marikas blessing plus hefty and normal rot pots
    Once you use divine fortification your tear will also have the same damage resistance as you making him immune to the holy aoes and giving him an easy full heal he can use repeatedly while also rotting radahn which he is very weak to
    This boss has a lot of ways to deal with him you just have to know which is the best for you

  • @aidenberguson713
    @aidenberguson713 23 дні тому +1

    If it’s throb sorcery can’t you use the staff that also builds up thorn sorcerers

  • @gopackgo1412
    @gopackgo1412 Місяць тому +1

    We need a sunglass tailsman

  • @apiwutintongkam3149
    @apiwutintongkam3149 23 дні тому

    My mimic lockin last 5 second and proc bleed. He's the real one

  • @noybeeswax
    @noybeeswax Місяць тому +9

    Melenia kicked my ass first play through. I foolishly started NG+ before jumping into the DLC, to make my way through all the bosses to get to Consort Dick Bag.
    I then saw a build that required Melenia’s Great Rune, so I had to go whomp whomping my way through the Haligtree to face her again, and she wiped the floor with me 7 times again before I got my groove back and beat her.
    Consort Dick Bag is still whooping my ass, I’ve tried every strategy. And so here I am.

    • @Wolf_Spark
      @Wolf_Spark Місяць тому +2

      The only Build that I've seen working on him reliable was:
      Blood Antspur Rapier, Finger Stone shield (or any shield that is similar with it). Holly Vow and Scholar Shield (Glint stone staff and finger seal for these two). As for talisman I went for Green Turtle, Lord of Blood Exultation, Rotten Winged Sword Insignia and Erd tree Favor +1 (you can get better one but that's the one i had). And that's the build, basically all you do is hold your shield and poke at him until he dies. If you need more help, you can throw your mimic at him too.

    • @magiccookie3191
      @magiccookie3191 29 днів тому

      But why did you need to fight her again. You keep the great runes from your previous run, you just need to restore the power of them in a divine tower

    • @johnfrankster3244
      @johnfrankster3244 29 днів тому

      You cant access isolated divine tower until she dies.

  • @constipation4650
    @constipation4650 Місяць тому

    There is an alternative weapon that can be as good, or even better than the Putrescence Cleaver. That's the Death Poker, that weapon helped me a fuckton in the DLC and beating Radahn aswell. It's Ash of War is still busted.

  • @balancetvi
    @balancetvi 20 днів тому

    isshin the sword saint left the chat...

  • @__dormant__
    @__dormant__ Місяць тому

    Great video. 👍I beat him by bonking him with an oversized sunflower.

  • @thanquolrattenherz9665
    @thanquolrattenherz9665 4 дні тому

    kinda disappointed there wasnt a third phase were he grabs the jaw of the monster on his back and rips it apart to then fight you with his bare hands. the dodge rolls feel kinda unreliable for this boss

  • @petermiller1475
    @petermiller1475 23 дні тому

    Ludwig is hands down the hardest boss in all souls games for me. Second being orphan.

  • @dreamer0093
    @dreamer0093 8 днів тому

    what armor is he using in the dryleaf arts section? it looks sick

  • @entroponetics
    @entroponetics Місяць тому

    I beat him with the Claws of Night. The weapon skill works really well at close range against him.

  • @YoothHD
    @YoothHD 19 днів тому

    showing your stats would've been helpful for a build guide

  • @leonardotranzillo5571
    @leonardotranzillo5571 13 днів тому

    what ash of war are you using with the fist and if you are not using one how do you deal forst? amazing video!!

    • @ainrun
      @ainrun  12 днів тому

      The Black Whetblade allows you to put Cold Affinity with any Ash of War.

  • @neroblitz9336
    @neroblitz9336 11 днів тому

    finger print shield and giant hunt

  • @XeawnCross
    @XeawnCross 22 дні тому

    For anyone trying the impenetrable thorns route, I completely forgot that you can spam cast the spell to make subsequent casts faster.

  • @Glirion__
    @Glirion__ 23 дні тому

    Sword. Lance.
    All you need.

  • @mukelson
    @mukelson 26 днів тому

    Big hammer from the black knights (sacred infused), perfect block tear, guard talisman, physical and sacred defense talismans, Malenia great rune.
    just attack with guard counters, 3 of those will stagger. best build for me

  • @vanceh706
    @vanceh706 Місяць тому

    I’ve beaten him about 40 times now through co-op just helping people, i’d say nothing comes close to a status effect shield poke build using the fingerprint shield and scholar’s armament