Guys not to sell myself here, but I just found a new way to find the Euporia at the BEGINNING OF THE DLC, no longer will you need to beat 98% of the DLC just to use the weapon for 2 bosses. You can get this weapon right now without defeating a single boss in patch 1.13 its linked at the end of this video. ------------------------------------------------------ Extra thing about the build: This is by no means the new GIGAFARTBLASTER 1 TAPPER 9000, i just decided to make a classic knight build and ran that for the entire run. Sometimes there's beauty in a simple build. It goes to show you can still win without having the strongest build.
Thank you for that last sentence, ive seen some people say, in response to the counter argument "the dlc isnt hard because the games gives you options", that the only way to make the dlc "fair" is to use an OP build. But like you said, you can make dlc the a bit easier with a so many builds, without having to resort to OP broken builds
Real bro. It’s just knowledge of game mechanics. With parries I whoop Radahn, without I get whooped by Radahn. I know this after killing him 3 times and struggling the most on the first time
I had a ton of fun beating Consort with Milady and Dex/Bleed, even though it took forever to learn his patterns. Through pain comes satisfaction, even though it wasn't the "meta" choice
Thank you!!! I finally finished the fight after AGES with different strategies, finally landing on parrying (using your video and a while of purposefully just learning parry timings) and Darkmoon Greatsword plus Ranni’s Dark Moon to speed up the fight.
@@KABLAMMATS Thops’ barrier deflects most spells/incantations/multiple projectiles & even some weapon arts, the other spells u listed are good but not as versatile as Thops’ barrier in terms of what they can deflect
Eh. Seems to me much more like they're saying that defensive playstyles are highly effective in Elden Ring (which is just true). Like, glass-cannon Max DPS builds are fun, but being one-tapped by almost anything gives you no budget for mistakes. Being reasonably durable and making heavy use of shield mechanics gives you a huge budget for errors, which leads to fewer/slower deaths, which also usually lets you learn movesets faster, since each error doesn't prompt a loading screen.
This is a really spot on comparison. Gwyn without parries is a monster of a boss, easily destroying most players in a couple hits (especially on version 1.0). Gwyn with parries is a joke, he's dead in 4 ripostes. Radahn is very much the same. Learn his patterns, block his attacks, interrupts everything he pulls and suddenly his aggression is so mitigated he can't even damage you. The only things you need to watch out for are the meteor, promised consort combo and meteor shower into light speed attack.
@@Carsu12 it's three things. In a game that is at least five times as fast, where you have ten times the options, with more than a dozen times the chances of survival. Try Gwyn on 1.0 (meaning almost no humanities, way less souls, no upgrade stones from merchants and a much harder time overall being at lvl70/80 in the endgame if you were good) without parrying. He just destroys you. He's fast, he's relentless, he's aggressive, his combos stagger and he does a ton of damage. He also flies to you and kicks your shield. He has a deceptive grab attack and he does mixed damage with all attacks. You can safely block all of radahn's attacks, his follow-ups don't do much damage, you can even block the light nuke with the shield. It does very little damage. You can parry and cancel the follow-ups altogether. Stopping his aggression puts him into a state of forced response, giving you time to heal and regain stamina. He has a habit of doing easy parriable attacks back to back. His grab does no damage. his patterns are varied but manageable. He really is a Gwyn 4.0 kind of boss (2.0 is orphan and 3.0 is soul of cinders).
@@zenkichihitoyoshi9513 And the fire chip damage from Gwyn were no joke, there was a reason why almost everyone was rocking the Dragon Crest Shield for him at the time, that single-handed quick swing was the shit at the time whenever someone is not blocking. Only as time goes these bosses became a joke because people learned how to deal with them, it was the case for Malenia, and it will be the case for Radahn as well.
alot of gwyn copium here. Gwyn was much harder without parry yes. But he is definitely NOT as hard as radahn without or even with parry. If I an average player can do him at sl1 with no parry I am sure you can do it too with a full build at lvl 70/80.
FYI you can get a single milady R1 poke after every single successful parry, and every 3rd parry you can get a milady R1 AND time to soft swap to a misericorde for the critical. That damage really adds up.
The intro shot with your stats is epic. I did a parry run for all of the bosses that could be but didn't even consider it for him. This looks way easier than some other parry kills. Nice vid
I like how you two-hand your weapon for the real DS1 immersion. Also, Radaniel spamming the side swing at 0:56 and making frustrated noises like "wtf this usually kills people" lmao
you remind me of my first build I did in elden ring, everytime i play a from software game I always try to make a low fantasy soldier trying to adapt to the large fantasy world he is living with, I have a lot of good memories, but later on I forget this and start to worry more about damage, combos, etc... you made me want to fix my firt build to it's former glory. Stay the path of your character's destiny!
First / default builds are always a blessing. Id always run the grasscrest shield and black knight greatsword in souls series, with any stat buffing rings! Currently trying to replicate that build in ER with the Knights Greatsword and Turtle shell with turtle tal and others lol - though to be truly faithful i should use endure only but glintblade phalanx helps so much Edit: no armor! Waste of points for endurance imo since most bosses with melt your hp regardless, save for gimmick armor like extra souls
@@thefoxwolfdraconis I used to rush the Gravelord Sword and try to use very light gear to be able to fast roll with it. Had I believe Thief's Hood / Gold Hemmed Hood, Dingy Robe from the Anastasia set, Gold Hemmed / Black Leather Gloves and Shadow Leggings. I was fast af, provided I leveled END enough, and hit hard with the Gravelord. Fun times. Remember taking my sweet time to get those Demon Tits for upgrading the sword, and you had to kill the respawning one a couple times to +5 it.
It's extremely useful against most knights (especially the crucible ones). For bosses, I especially appreciated it on Margit, Elemer and Rellana. Didn't manage to parry Mogh but I know it works for Godfrey, at least in phase 1. Malenia is more annoying because she dodge backwards on first 2 contrary to other. And of course there's Radahn. When you fight so many fast and agressive oponents, bringing a pause into their fury is a huge satisfaction.
Well parry makes radahn so simple and easy compared to playing like a dex dodging build without abusing bleed build or only block poke strategy. Or lets say, it makes it more enjoyable cause spam dodging quadrillian combos strike with special effects 95% of the time and 5% time is opening to hit 1-3 times is just annoying over time.
Bro how is everyones Radahn so tame, I swear 90% of the time he just uses Dashes and Multi Clone attacks, don't remember one time he used like 2 regular swings in a row 🤣
I mean those extra steps involve a LOT of dodging attacks that can 1-2shot you that can’t be parried at all. ESPECIALLY in phase 2. So yeah. Gwyn with extra steps. A whole thanksgiving dinner grocery list of extra steps.
Ah, Gwyn...how we've missed you. I dont think a soul on this Earth could've handled hearing even one snuck-in riff of "Plin Plin Plon" during this fight...but we would've loved it.
Beautifully done, I am on my first play through of the base game and am learning how to parry, I am getting better and it really is quite powerful. It’s the greed that gets me every time.
Now that I'm thinking about it parrying solves the biggest problem with fighting Radahn which is that he has very little openings and the openings he does have are very short.
just got him, at long last. I have to thank you because your video showed me the best way to defeat him. It took a lot of practice, but once I started to focus on finding attacks I could parry, I instinctively learned to ignore a lot of the visual noise that he creates, which helped immensely. Parrying also not only gives you a chance to breathe, but also halts his endless combos, so it really is a fantastic strategy. Well, that and stacking defense like crazy. Thanks again, it really helped a lot!
@Feuerex oh hey! I'm glad my video could help. This was my first time beating him, lmao. If you want parrying to be as useful as it can be, either use Carian Retaliation or Golden Parry. Have fun with your next run!
i tried this the first time and after seeing that the first parry didn't have the usual effect. I didn't think his poise would break after simply repeating the parry. thank you!
I loved fighting radhan, and was positively surprised over how easy he was to parry with the buckler. He even uses parryable attacks in the second phase. Made it feel very rewarding to have learned to parry
Dude yes. I literally had this realization when defaulting to parrying Radahn. My first souls game was Dark Souls and I first beat Gwyn with parries. Then as the latest “souls” game comes out with the hardest boss From has EVER made, he, too, can be beaten by the same technique all those years ago. It was a beautiful realization tbh
this is definitely giving me the urge to play the dlc again but start parrying more, i usually never parry because… well… not a lot of bosses can be parried lol, and im not exactly the greatest and parrying since i haven’t practiced much.
This DLC converted me to a parry king. It started with Midra. He has really slow wind ups on his attacks that threw me off and learning all the little intricacies and timings of dodging every hit in his combos felt like a chore. Then I realized if his first attack is super slow, it should be very easy to parry on reaction. Then I tried it and it worked first try. Then I realized if you parry the first move of a combo, you immediately end their combo and you don’t have to deal with the rest of it! It was more fun learning Radhan’s parry timings than dodging through all the unnecessary combo bs. I even learned to parry Radagon shortly after. I just wish I had had this realization when I was fighting Rellana
Thanks for this video! I actually just started to learn how to parry last night. I'm almost all the way through the base game and stuck on Radahn in the DLC lol. I can't believe I hadn't even thought about parrying until now!
Parrying can be extremely useful for bosses like Radahn, (as you've jsut seen), Rellana, Crucible Knight, and much more. Sometimes it can absolutely destroy a boss once you get the timing down.
@@HuntressVivi I was proud for learning on the fire knights and horned warriors but man, the slow wind-ups on some moves absolutely KILLS me! Thanks for your response, though! Parrying seems pretty crucial. My friend and I are stuck on Radahn lol!
@@robbiekincaid5448 One thing to remember is that after 6 souls games, Elden ring is hyper focused on roll catching, so expect most enemies to have a crazy wind up, try to picture 2 or so dodge rolls in your head, and time it to that. (if that makes any sense lol) Goodluck with Radahn!
You’re right. It’s just parrying, learning the hit boxes for his ridiculous attacks so you can dodge, and having a near perfect run so he doesn’t one shot you. Basically: “get gud, bruh!” This strategy will work for people who have already beaten the game. I just kept using rot and blocking. That was WAAAAAY easier!
Gonna have to try this. The dodges on some of his combos are proving really hard to get down without getting hit by some part of it. This seems to mitigate a lot of the dodging.
There is one particular Phase 1 attack (and its Phase 2 equivalent) that I could never figure out how to dodge. Peeps probably know what I mean, but it's the two fast slashes followed by the cross-body cut. If you dodge the first one on reaction, the second one hits. I looked up a hitless run to see how that guy did it, and it seems like he strafed far enough around to the left that neither of the first two slashes connected? Seems random
I went with parries as well. Just easier to parry the initial swing than to dodge a whole combo, especially with the extra holy splashes added to his swings in phase 2. crits with the misericorde will proc the assassins' dagger talismans twice to keep you topped up on health and mana from stray hits without having to find safe openings to chug.
I have been garbage at parries since DS1, but I did beat Consort Radahn the same way I beat Gwyn. Big Shield, long poke. It consistently has worked for me through all the Souls games and Elden Ring.
Great video! Color me impressed. One thing I'm curious about: why did you pick Thops' Barrier as your parry ash? Don't carian/golden give you more parry frames? Is it for the visual indicator? Either way, really impressive work! You should be proud ❤
This is how i just beat him. Took a while to learn the appropriate strikes to parry and what distance to engage him from, but eventually i defeated him with more than half of my flasks left.
at this point, I think is a constant for miyazaki to make the final boss parryable (at lest the great mayority) we have like: - gwyn - gherman - orphan of koss - slave knight gael - radahn I don't know if Nashandra is parriable, since it's so easy I think people doesn't bother to have it on mind, since I look it up and nothing come out, but at least the throne watcher and defender are parryable
The Armored Core music at the start reminded me I could be doing another playthrough of Armored Core VI instead of bashing my head in against Consort Radahn. 😂 ty for that
That was really amazing and enlightening, I should give this a try! Any specific reason on why using thopps parry over regular? Is there any advantage?
If you use a Bleed infused Misericorde and some buffs, you can swing twice before the parry riposte and get a proc to amplify the bleed damage, pushing phase 2 on the first crit.
I honestly gave up on phase 2. Phase 1 is fun. But then miquella comes in. *sigh* But seeing this has gotten me from my pita of deapair and crolling back to my crouch, booting up the game,, and trying once again.
What I find extremely funny is that in a couple hours fighting him and keeping my eyes very open for that thing I couldn't notice him having some kind of "input reading heal punish" move - you know, the shit people whine about non-spot talking about Elden Ring. Like Radann's attack patterns did not change regarless of whether I was blocking, healing, or swining. But Gwyn actually does have an attack that is triggered by you healing, some people even learned to abuse that trigger for chaining parries.
for better results use a bleed misericord and hit inbetween each parry twice on the jump grav atk and an jump light on repost all attacks but big right swing and grav swing are parriable
Radahn phase 2 may seem impossible or irrationally difficult, but I assure you guys, that the fight will become much more manageable once you learn what he’s doing, it’s all a show to scare players into thinking rolling away would solve it, it actually has the opposite effect, phase 2 is phase 1 but with AOEs that enforce roll directions & greatly punish passivity, and some big explosive attacks, Radahn phase 2 will destroy you if you backed away, you just have to be at a hugging-distance all the time & roll towards him whenever he attacks. From Software knew what they were doing with that phase 2 and I’m actually loving it, aside from some weird hitboxes & and that double slash X attack which is almost unavoidable in most circumstances, I hope that move gets fixed. It’s an S tier for me throughout.
If anyone reminds me of gwyn in this dlc its Midra, greatsword user with a mix of fast and slow swings, fire god, has a sad backstory, etc. He was easily my favorite boss, meanwhile consort made me give up because it lags my game to hell in phase 2…
I made my character with little to no clothing not just for light roll but some _skimpy_ fashion. Parrying with blood thrust sword is as simple as it gets
How? You see lvl 1 naked dudes beating the game with a broken sword. Does it mean the game is fun and balanced for most people?! No. This is such a poor take.
@@gabzsy4924 This has always been an argument for pretty much every Souls game, every bosses that you can't beat easily will always be bullshit to you. Until the moment you finally wreck the shit out of them.
@@apophisstr6719 This boss is still badly designed tho, insane amount of particle effect and miquela hair that mess with you vision and fps (my game went from 50 to 20-30 fps), moves that requires you to spam dodge, lack of opening, insane amount of health compared to other bosses. Just baf
@@jeanclaudethedarklord6205 Just deflect and guard counter with a medium shield (in case you don't want a greatshield/poke setup), it made most of his attacks basically meaningless, the tools were there. I won't argue about the fps drop though, while I didn't encounter that issue with my run (or I didn't notice), I could see the amount of particles might be ruining some people's performance.
I had to cheese this guy, the only boss in Elden Ring I almost gave up on. I got the biggest shield, shield talismans, shield grease. Poked him to death with a bleed spear.
Guys not to sell myself here, but I just found a new way to find the Euporia at the BEGINNING OF THE DLC, no longer will you need to beat 98% of the DLC just to use the weapon for 2 bosses.
You can get this weapon right now without defeating a single boss in patch 1.13
its linked at the end of this video.
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Extra thing about the build:
This is by no means the new GIGAFARTBLASTER 1 TAPPER 9000, i just decided to make a classic knight build and ran that for the entire run. Sometimes there's beauty in a simple build. It goes to show you can still win without having the strongest build.
Thank you for that last sentence, ive seen some people say, in response to the counter argument "the dlc isnt hard because the games gives you options", that the only way to make the dlc "fair" is to use an OP build. But like you said, you can make dlc the a bit easier with a so many builds, without having to resort to OP broken builds
Real bro. It’s just knowledge of game mechanics. With parries I whoop Radahn, without I get whooped by Radahn. I know this after killing him 3 times and struggling the most on the first time
Brb naming my firstborn GigaFartBlaster.
I had a ton of fun beating Consort with Milady and Dex/Bleed, even though it took forever to learn his patterns. Through pain comes satisfaction, even though it wasn't the "meta" choice
Thank you!!! I finally finished the fight after AGES with different strategies, finally landing on parrying (using your video and a while of purposefully just learning parry timings) and Darkmoon Greatsword plus Ranni’s Dark Moon to speed up the fight.
Consort Radahn is just Gwyn on Miquelloids.
MIQUELLOIDS😂😂😂
Not bad boy
Miquelloids
Had to get Miqullested to get the Miquelloids tho…
I also hear Radahn's favorite channel is Miquellodeon.
If by "extra steps" you mean "on 55 quintillion tons of steoroids" then you are correct
The extra step of pressing "dodge" from time to time
Radahn stole all of Gwyn's ketamine
Thops is truly an amazing sorcerer
*Was :'(
@@draconicrift8974 :(
dude made the ultimate anti-magic parry/counterspell
@@labibahasan8302 idk man, carian retaliation, eternal darkness, and the moon spells exist
@@KABLAMMATS Thops’ barrier deflects most spells/incantations/multiple projectiles & even some weapon arts, the other spells u listed are good but not as versatile as Thops’ barrier in terms of what they can deflect
Miyazaki truly never moved on
This man really just said “skill issue” to all of us.
Eh. Seems to me much more like they're saying that defensive playstyles are highly effective in Elden Ring (which is just true).
Like, glass-cannon Max DPS builds are fun, but being one-tapped by almost anything gives you no budget for mistakes. Being reasonably durable and making heavy use of shield mechanics gives you a huge budget for errors, which leads to fewer/slower deaths, which also usually lets you learn movesets faster, since each error doesn't prompt a loading screen.
@@qoiosgarritano1355 2 things can be true. The creator is saying both (skill issue and use shields/defensive playstyles)
Aseo: Thops, my man- best ten runes I ever spent!
Just read volume 3 last night
This is a really spot on comparison. Gwyn without parries is a monster of a boss, easily destroying most players in a couple hits (especially on version 1.0). Gwyn with parries is a joke, he's dead in 4 ripostes.
Radahn is very much the same. Learn his patterns, block his attacks, interrupts everything he pulls and suddenly his aggression is so mitigated he can't even damage you. The only things you need to watch out for are the meteor, promised consort combo and meteor shower into light speed attack.
That's still quite a lot of things to mind compared to Gwyn lol
@@Carsu12 it's three things. In a game that is at least five times as fast, where you have ten times the options, with more than a dozen times the chances of survival.
Try Gwyn on 1.0 (meaning almost no humanities, way less souls, no upgrade stones from merchants and a much harder time overall being at lvl70/80 in the endgame if you were good) without parrying. He just destroys you. He's fast, he's relentless, he's aggressive, his combos stagger and he does a ton of damage. He also flies to you and kicks your shield. He has a deceptive grab attack and he does mixed damage with all attacks.
You can safely block all of radahn's attacks, his follow-ups don't do much damage, you can even block the light nuke with the shield. It does very little damage. You can parry and cancel the follow-ups altogether. Stopping his aggression puts him into a state of forced response, giving you time to heal and regain stamina. He has a habit of doing easy parriable attacks back to back. His grab does no damage. his patterns are varied but manageable. He really is a Gwyn 4.0 kind of boss (2.0 is orphan and 3.0 is soul of cinders).
@@zenkichihitoyoshi9513 And the fire chip damage from Gwyn were no joke, there was a reason why almost everyone was rocking the Dragon Crest Shield for him at the time, that single-handed quick swing was the shit at the time whenever someone is not blocking.
Only as time goes these bosses became a joke because people learned how to deal with them, it was the case for Malenia, and it will be the case for Radahn as well.
Dunno I was a dex and destroyed Gwyn even with dodge
Never needed to use parry
alot of gwyn copium here. Gwyn was much harder without parry yes. But he is definitely NOT as hard as radahn without or even with parry. If I an average player can do him at sl1 with no parry I am sure you can do it too with a full build at lvl 70/80.
Tbh, it really did felt like fighting Gwyn, the eye watering fast swings, but having the major weakness of being parryable
FYI you can get a single milady R1 poke after every single successful parry, and every 3rd parry you can get a milady R1 AND time to soft swap to a misericorde for the critical. That damage really adds up.
Even better with Golden Parry
Add Ranni's Dark Moon when he throws the meteors.
The Armored Core multiplayer intro shot goes so hard
The intro shot with your stats is epic. I did a parry run for all of the bosses that could be but didn't even consider it for him. This looks way easier than some other parry kills. Nice vid
Thanks! I grabbed the Dark Souls 3 UI and slapped on some Elden Ring icons in Photoshop. I'm surprised more people don't parry in ER.
@@HuntressViviyea everyone is hard stuck on "read their movements and dodge." They don't *actually* wanna dominate bosses in this game.
Guilty, but I do try to parry. I am going to try parrying this, though. I made the mistake of booting up my NG+4 file, and he is curb stomping me.
That soul of cinders version of gwyns theme will never not give me absolute CHILLS
I like how you two-hand your weapon for the real DS1 immersion.
Also, Radaniel spamming the side swing at 0:56 and making frustrated noises like "wtf this usually kills people" lmao
you remind me of my first build I did in elden ring, everytime i play a from software game I always try to make a low fantasy soldier trying to adapt to the large fantasy world he is living with, I have a lot of good memories, but later on I forget this and start to worry more about damage, combos, etc... you made me want to fix my firt build to it's former glory. Stay the path of your character's destiny!
yeah dude, you should definitely give your first build another go.
First / default builds are always a blessing. Id always run the grasscrest shield and black knight greatsword in souls series, with any stat buffing rings!
Currently trying to replicate that build in ER with the Knights Greatsword and Turtle shell with turtle tal and others lol - though to be truly faithful i should use endure only but glintblade phalanx helps so much
Edit: no armor! Waste of points for endurance imo since most bosses with melt your hp regardless, save for gimmick armor like extra souls
@@thefoxwolfdraconis I used to rush the Gravelord Sword and try to use very light gear to be able to fast roll with it. Had I believe Thief's Hood / Gold Hemmed Hood, Dingy Robe from the Anastasia set, Gold Hemmed / Black Leather Gloves and Shadow Leggings. I was fast af, provided I leveled END enough, and hit hard with the Gravelord. Fun times. Remember taking my sweet time to get those Demon Tits for upgrading the sword, and you had to kill the respawning one a couple times to +5 it.
that Armored Core style intro is sick
Using the ds1 and ds3 versions of gwyn's theme for phases was a nice touch. Nice job
People underestimate the power of Parrying in Elden Ring. Just because it's hard doesn't mean it shouldn't be strived for.
It's extremely useful against most knights (especially the crucible ones). For bosses, I especially appreciated it on Margit, Elemer and Rellana. Didn't manage to parry Mogh but I know it works for Godfrey, at least in phase 1. Malenia is more annoying because she dodge backwards on first 2 contrary to other. And of course there's Radahn.
When you fight so many fast and agressive oponents, bringing a pause into their fury is a huge satisfaction.
Well parry makes radahn so simple and easy compared to playing like a dex dodging build without abusing bleed build or only block poke strategy.
Or lets say, it makes it more enjoyable cause spam dodging quadrillian combos strike with special effects 95% of the time and 5% time is opening to hit 1-3 times is just annoying over time.
in elden ring it's not that hard, golden parry has 3000099 active frames
@@leero9032 carian retaliation has even more frames than amy other i thought
@@yannickmarti9866 I'm not that informed, but yeah parrying radahn is easier than dodging
Bro how is everyones Radahn so tame, I swear 90% of the time he just uses Dashes and Multi Clone attacks, don't remember one time he used like 2 regular swings in a row 🤣
You gotta stay in his face he only does that when you start running from him
I mean those extra steps involve a LOT of dodging attacks that can 1-2shot you that can’t be parried at all. ESPECIALLY in phase 2.
So yeah. Gwyn with extra steps. A whole thanksgiving dinner grocery list of extra steps.
Ah, Gwyn...how we've missed you.
I dont think a soul on this Earth could've handled hearing even one snuck-in riff of "Plin Plin Plon" during this fight...but we would've loved it.
Beautifully done, I am on my first play through of the base game and am learning how to parry, I am getting better and it really is quite powerful. It’s the greed that gets me every time.
Now that I'm thinking about it parrying solves the biggest problem with fighting Radahn which is that he has very little openings and the openings he does have are very short.
Thank you for showing us how to git gud on this boss
And personally I enjoyed your intro
just got him, at long last. I have to thank you because your video showed me the best way to defeat him. It took a lot of practice, but once I started to focus on finding attacks I could parry, I instinctively learned to ignore a lot of the visual noise that he creates, which helped immensely. Parrying also not only gives you a chance to breathe, but also halts his endless combos, so it really is a fantastic strategy. Well, that and stacking defense like crazy.
Thanks again, it really helped a lot!
@Feuerex oh hey! I'm glad my video could help. This was my first time beating him, lmao. If you want parrying to be as useful as it can be, either use Carian Retaliation or Golden Parry. Have fun with your next run!
i tried this the first time and after seeing that the first parry didn't have the usual effect. I didn't think his poise would break after simply repeating the parry. thank you!
I loved fighting radhan, and was positively surprised over how easy he was to parry with the buckler. He even uses parryable attacks in the second phase. Made it feel very rewarding to have learned to parry
Dude yes. I literally had this realization when defaulting to parrying Radahn. My first souls game was Dark Souls and I first beat Gwyn with parries.
Then as the latest “souls” game comes out with the hardest boss From has EVER made, he, too, can be beaten by the same technique all those years ago.
It was a beautiful realization tbh
this is definitely giving me the urge to play the dlc again but start parrying more, i usually never parry because… well… not a lot of bosses can be parried lol, and im not exactly the greatest and parrying since i haven’t practiced much.
Update: i can do the first phase sort of easily now, but holy hell that 2nd phase keeps screwing me over 😭
Bro he really tried to parry the feet 💀
Parry reduces damage taken
Conclusive evidence that this person is not Miyazaki.
Loved the AC6 introduction. Great video.
Plin plin plon
This shit was so beautiful. i absolutely could never 😭
This DLC converted me to a parry king. It started with Midra. He has really slow wind ups on his attacks that threw me off and learning all the little intricacies and timings of dodging every hit in his combos felt like a chore. Then I realized if his first attack is super slow, it should be very easy to parry on reaction. Then I tried it and it worked first try. Then I realized if you parry the first move of a combo, you immediately end their combo and you don’t have to deal with the rest of it!
It was more fun learning Radhan’s parry timings than dodging through all the unnecessary combo bs. I even learned to parry Radagon shortly after.
I just wish I had had this realization when I was fighting Rellana
dude this is exactly what i thought when I saw someone parry him
That AC intro was sick
I love the amored core 6 arena startup sound at the beginning.
I don't think I've ever seen anyone use Thop's Barrier, well done.
Poor Radahn the big guy looks so frustrated
I like it when you two-hand the weapon for a riposte. Cool detail.
4:30 huge
My God once you get his timings in, sliding attacks between parries and knowing rhe fight so good your parries are input delayed is top notch 👌
Shadow of the Erdtree made people remember to respect SHIELDS.
The AC reference is top notch and a great way to show your build 👏👏👏
Thanks for this video! I actually just started to learn how to parry last night. I'm almost all the way through the base game and stuck on Radahn in the DLC lol. I can't believe I hadn't even thought about parrying until now!
Parrying can be extremely useful for bosses like Radahn, (as you've jsut seen), Rellana, Crucible Knight, and much more. Sometimes it can absolutely destroy a boss once you get the timing down.
@@HuntressVivi I was proud for learning on the fire knights and horned warriors but man, the slow wind-ups on some moves absolutely KILLS me! Thanks for your response, though! Parrying seems pretty crucial. My friend and I are stuck on Radahn lol!
@@robbiekincaid5448 One thing to remember is that after 6 souls games, Elden ring is hyper focused on roll catching, so expect most enemies to have a crazy wind up, try to picture 2 or so dodge rolls in your head, and time it to that. (if that makes any sense lol) Goodluck with Radahn!
@@HuntressVivi dang I had no idea. Thank you so much for your tips and your help! I really appreciate it!
Good job man! I never even tried to parry him. Maybe on my next run of the DLC!
absolutely a must try!
Parrying is quite effective in Elden Ring as it was in Dark Souls! Definitely give it a try.
Also, theres that ash of war that makes you invencible for 1 or 2
seconds
You’re right. It’s just parrying, learning the hit boxes for his ridiculous attacks so you can dodge, and having a near perfect run so he doesn’t one shot you.
Basically: “get gud, bruh!”
This strategy will work for people who have already beaten the game. I just kept using rot and blocking. That was WAAAAAY easier!
The armored core 6 intro fucking slapped 💀
Gonna have to try this. The dodges on some of his combos are proving really hard to get down without getting hit by some part of it. This seems to mitigate a lot of the dodging.
There is one particular Phase 1 attack (and its Phase 2 equivalent) that I could never figure out how to dodge. Peeps probably know what I mean, but it's the two fast slashes followed by the cross-body cut. If you dodge the first one on reaction, the second one hits. I looked up a hitless run to see how that guy did it, and it seems like he strafed far enough around to the left that neither of the first two slashes connected? Seems random
Here we are, we're in stage 2 of new souls content - the part where everything becomes too easy
after Gundyr in DS3, this guy is going to be my new favourite parried biach
I was just thinking about this today. Thank GOD your video blessed my recommended.
I went with parries as well. Just easier to parry the initial swing than to dodge a whole combo, especially with the extra holy splashes added to his swings in phase 2. crits with the misericorde will proc the assassins' dagger talismans twice to keep you topped up on health and mana from stray hits without having to find safe openings to chug.
This made me like the fight more.
all bosses feels like Gwyn when you full parry them. At least you don't have 2min run between each try.
I parried the final boss too and it was very enjoyable! 🎉
Parrying is quite effective.
I have been garbage at parries since DS1, but I did beat Consort Radahn the same way I beat Gwyn. Big Shield, long poke. It consistently has worked for me through all the Souls games and Elden Ring.
Great video! Color me impressed. One thing I'm curious about: why did you pick Thops' Barrier as your parry ash? Don't carian/golden give you more parry frames? Is it for the visual indicator? Either way, really impressive work! You should be proud ❤
This is how i just beat him. Took a while to learn the appropriate strikes to parry and what distance to engage him from, but eventually i defeated him with more than half of my flasks left.
Awesome work!
Do you see how you sometimes parry early bc the attacks are so quick? You need to predict when he’s gonna swing and not react. It’s not Gwyn.
at this point, I think is a constant for miyazaki to make the final boss parryable (at lest the great mayority) we have like:
- gwyn
- gherman
- orphan of koss
- slave knight gael
- radahn
I don't know if Nashandra is parriable, since it's so easy I think people doesn't bother to have it on mind, since I look it up and nothing come out, but at least the throne watcher and defender are parryable
My brudda in crucible did you just try to parry his foot?
-someone who repeatedly did the same thing my first dlc playtrough
Nice kill well played. I also like to play with this shield parry block.
The Armored Core music at the start reminded me I could be doing another playthrough of Armored Core VI instead of bashing my head in against Consort Radahn. 😂 ty for that
I love Armored Core, It's a game I'll remember forever!
Plin Plin Plon lives rent free in my head.
That was really amazing and enlightening, I should give this a try! Any specific reason on why using thopps parry over regular? Is there any advantage?
no advantage, just a style choice!
If you use a Bleed infused Misericorde and some buffs, you can swing twice before the parry riposte and get a proc to amplify the bleed damage, pushing phase 2 on the first crit.
I love the intro like its ac6, but i still wish there was a version of the video where the audio was the consort soundtrack
Well damn. Now i wanna see OG Gwyn vs Consort Radahn.
Samee
I honestly gave up on phase 2. Phase 1 is fun. But then miquella comes in. *sigh*
But seeing this has gotten me from my pita of deapair and crolling back to my crouch, booting up the game,, and trying once again.
What I find extremely funny is that in a couple hours fighting him and keeping my eyes very open for that thing I couldn't notice him having some kind of "input reading heal punish" move - you know, the shit people whine about non-spot talking about Elden Ring. Like Radann's attack patterns did not change regarless of whether I was blocking, healing, or swining.
But Gwyn actually does have an attack that is triggered by you healing, some people even learned to abuse that trigger for chaining parries.
You went and got gud! Any particular reason you used thops over carian retaliation? Also, is the vid sped up at all?
i havent modified the speed at all. i just thought thops looks cool.
I love tha you even put your weapon on 2 hands like in ds1 despite not having bonuses on elden ring
God dammit, this reminds me of Champion Gundyr. I didn't think about parrying him and now I want to start a NG+ just to try it.
for better results use a bleed misericord and hit inbetween each parry twice on the jump grav atk and an jump light on repost all attacks but big right swing and grav swing are parriable
Prime gwyn would also get parried but scare anyone that doesnt know how to to hell and back.
Radahn phase 2 may seem impossible or irrationally difficult, but I assure you guys, that the fight will become much more manageable once you learn what he’s doing, it’s all a show to scare players into thinking rolling away would solve it, it actually has the opposite effect, phase 2 is phase 1 but with AOEs that enforce roll directions & greatly punish passivity, and some big explosive attacks, Radahn phase 2 will destroy you if you backed away, you just have to be at a hugging-distance all the time & roll towards him whenever he attacks. From Software knew what they were doing with that phase 2 and I’m actually loving it, aside from some weird hitboxes & and that double slash X attack which is almost unavoidable in most circumstances, I hope that move gets fixed. It’s an S tier for me throughout.
Parrying is slept on by most players, even in the base game
Miyazaki spent years grooming souls fans into thinking shields are shit and then made the hardest boss ever be trivial if you use a shield.
Respect for using Thop’s Barrier.
Radahn wishes he had a soundtrack half as cool as Gwyn
This is beyond amazing
Gwyn wishes he was even half of the monster Radahn is.
Very nice fight. Still definitely more "extra" stuff to worry than with Gwyn, but I appreciate the comparison
6:18 2 handing doesn't increases riposte damage btw
I did it with golden parry and scholar's shield on a holy resist shield. He's a fun boss with a shield on.
If anyone reminds me of gwyn in this dlc its Midra, greatsword user with a mix of fast and slow swings, fire god, has a sad backstory, etc. He was easily my favorite boss, meanwhile consort made me give up because it lags my game to hell in phase 2…
I read the title and was like - umm nope.
I made my character with little to no clothing not just for light roll but some _skimpy_ fashion. Parrying with blood thrust sword is as simple as it gets
Nice strategy! Still it takes some serious practice to avoid those insane combos lightning all over like at 5:41
this is an answer to "elden ring dlc is too hard"
How? You see lvl 1 naked dudes beating the game with a broken sword. Does it mean the game is fun and balanced for most people?! No. This is such a poor take.
@@gabzsy4924Fr this dude thinks everyone is a r1 speedrunner
@@gabzsy4924 This has always been an argument for pretty much every Souls game, every bosses that you can't beat easily will always be bullshit to you.
Until the moment you finally wreck the shit out of them.
@@apophisstr6719 This boss is still badly designed tho, insane amount of particle effect and miquela hair that mess with you vision and fps (my game went from 50 to 20-30 fps), moves that requires you to spam dodge, lack of opening, insane amount of health compared to other bosses. Just baf
@@jeanclaudethedarklord6205 Just deflect and guard counter with a medium shield (in case you don't want a greatshield/poke setup), it made most of his attacks basically meaningless, the tools were there.
I won't argue about the fps drop though, while I didn't encounter that issue with my run (or I didn't notice), I could see the amount of particles might be ruining some people's performance.
You know, the plins and plons make the parrying easier
This is a certified Plin Plin Plon classic
yup, that was I thought. Parry is way easier to deal with him
Well done.
I had to cheese this guy, the only boss in Elden Ring I almost gave up on.
I got the biggest shield, shield talismans, shield grease. Poked him to death with a bleed spear.
I mean if it works! It's quite a common strategy.
this man is insane
If the extra steps were from Calid all the way to the Haligtree than sure... finally beaten this boss and I think I rather fight midir again
its was Gwyn all along.