This boss fight was like a David and Goliath moment for me. Here you are, a puny ordinary human, challenging Maliketh, this gigantic werewolf-like demigod, feared by the gods. Maliketh is armed with a greatsword much larger than you are, imbued with the power of "destined death", while all you got is a trusty longsword, which to him could very well be a toothpick. And yet, somehow, you manage to come out on top, and take the power of the Death Rune for yourself.
@@oktusprime3637 Maybe? Maliketh isn't ever directly referred to as a demigod, but because of his familial relation with Marika and the other gods and demigods, it would seem that yes, he is technically a demigod of sorts. He is said to be Marika's stepbrother, and other demigods are his nieces and nephews. Now we don't really know how the Shadowbound are created, but if we take the word "stepbrother" literally, and assume he shares at least one parent with Marika, then he is a demigod. If we assume the word is figurative, and Shadows are creations solely from the Fingers, he is still created from the essence of an Outer God, and can be considered to have some godly association either way. Maliketh obviously isn't anything like an ordinary mortal.
He isn’t Marika’s stepbrother. That’s just a terrible translation. He’s her shadowbound beast as is Blaidd. They have no familial relationship but their bond is so close that in Japanese, the closest English equivalent we have is something like sworn brother. He was even referred to her half brother which is completely false. Maliketh is a demi god as much as Blaidd is. Not at all.
@@oktusprime3637 Demigod does not just refer to ones familial relationship. In Greek mythology, the Cyclopes, Nymphs, and Fauns were often referred to as demigods, despite not having been the product of a mortal and divine parent. Sometimes these creatures were called "minor gods". Also, isn't Maliketh literally born from a god? It's the Golden Order that creates Shadows. Maliketh isn't a mortal, so I can't think of a better label.
@@xxfalconarasxx5659 Demigod can refer to status but Maliketh isn't a demigod no matter how you slice it. He's never referred to as being one anywhere. He's a shadowbound beast just like Blaidd and they serve and protect Empyreans. They're the servants of gods. Not everyone has to be either a god or a mortal.
@@Jetstream_Selrach Not really. He is much more fair than her, even if he's flashier. If Bushy could beat him with only kicks, then the boss can totally have a health buff without hindering the fight
@@Jetstream_Selrach Doesn't need to have 15K. 10K would have been plenty. I killed him before he even got started. In NG+ with a health buff, he was the hardest boss.
No, the fight is insufferable enough as it is with his bipolar aggression (one of the most volatile cases of this issue) and a DoT debuff THAT STACKS WITH ITSELF on top of a shit first phase, make this fight to be (imo) one of the worst bosses in the FromSoftware library. That would legitimately make me consider the Bed of Chaos a better fight. I know that a lot of people like this fight, hell there were brief moments where I was enjoying it, it's just bogged down with questionable design choices. The DoT debuff stacking with itself is the part that I find to be pure bullshit design at its worst. Bear in mind I've beaten all of the bosses but Darklurker in the trilogy (due to the shit you have to do to unlock the fight), beaten all Bloodborne bosses and all Sekiro bosses aside from Inner Isshin and Inner Owl (haven't unlocked), so I'm not someone who came in on Elden Ring.
This is a nice, smooth loop of one of the best battle themes in the game. It's a tale of ancient dedication, of one that was feared by all--especially his nieces and nephews. And yet, it is the nameless warrior that's killed them all that he's desperately fighting to stop, possibly knowing full well that even he isn't enough to stop their ascent to Elden Lord. You don't get enough views on this, good poster. This is well-made.
Malenia is shit compared to Maliketh as a boss. I dont even talk about lore, just have a feeling that Malenia is a quintessence of developer’s wet dreams… In terms of gameplay absolutely uninteresting fight if we compare it with the fight against Maliketh. Even Fire Giant boss fight in terms of his lore and location where he stands is much better
@@Theodor89 Don't say anything more on malenia ( game accurate malenia ) or else their malenia FANS would cry upon our maliketh and cursing him. Malenia in Elden Ring Game, is basically a Hacker lol 😂 she is actually waste, if she doesn't have that insanely lifesteal ability which regenerates her half of the full HP when she does waterfowl slashing attacks like 3 times consequently in a row. Malenia's HP is like 3 times of Maliketh's HP ( even considering Maliketh's Full Healthbar which is not in game, i hope developers could add and give justice. We want a full healthbar maliketh ). Malenia's HP is like 33.2K HP while Maliketh's HP is like 10.6K HP ( I'm considering here full healthbar, not including the half HP of gurranq beast clergyman, where maliketh then pops out. ) And also, maliketh's black blade direct hit damage is average only when comparing against malenia's long arm blade. Again, as a souls borne Maliketh's fan, I too want here developers to add 650HP extra damage when he hits and 900HP-to-1000HP as a extra critical damage to add..depending upon his type of move attacks varies by Maliketh's black blade. Because black blade is not a joke, it's literally blade of marika..So, I want that extra damage is needed as considering maliketh a major boss episode of elden ring game. And also I want to add gurranq beast clergyman a little more buff and sturdier because currently beast clergyman is weaker than the godskin duo and also weak than the draconic tree sentinel. So a boss I want gurrang too be having both a full HP i.e., 10.6K HP with his own full healthbar during the 1st phase. Then after his complete defeat. Then maliketh would pop out as like every other elden ring bosses with a new full healthbar of another 10.6K. [ and furthermore, I want that Gurranq should perform blackflames like the godskin duo just like other apostles in crumbling farum azula which will give a bonus attack to gurranq damage ]. In this way. Maliketh ( 2nd phase ) would have 10.6K HP with a full healthbar and Gurranq ( 1st phase ) would have 10.6K HP with a full healthbar. Hence, total healtbar of Maliketh and Beast Clergyman will have 21.2K HP...which is still good for a boss fight ( but still pretty low than Malenia's massive 33.2K HP ) And also with my last thing Malenia has 100 poise level but maliketh has 80 only..Again I want maliketh for having both 90 poise level to be more badass boss...but I want to keep gurranq as 80 poise level
@@Theodor89 I love fighting maliketh but malenia is tons of fun and very fair and telegraphed once you learn how to dodge waterfowl (which I admit is unintuitive to learn). wouldnt ever think of comparing her to fire giant
I have to admit, I was surprised to see HIM to be revealed as Maliket, the Black Blade. I always thought it was ultimately Godwyn, but no. It was actually this one, the legendary wielder of the Rune of Death.
Somebody pointed this out. Maliketh has features of all souls borne games so far. Armor like Dark/demon souls Beastly nature of Bloodborne (Kinda like Ludwig) Weilds a Blade capable of slaying immortals like Sekiro.
"It's death from the beginning to the end of time And I'm the cosmic champion and I hold a mystic sign And the whole world's dying and the burden's mine And the black sword keeps on killing 'til the end of time Black Blade, Black Blade Bringing chaos to the world we know Black Blade, Black Blade And it's using me to kill my friends Black Blade, Black Blade Getting stronger so the world will end Black Blade, Black Blade Forcing my mind to bend and bend."
This dude should have a second healthbar. Maybe even when you beat the Beast Clergyman and die to Malekith, you don't need to fight the Clergyman again?
Kinda bugs me the best part of his theme is the first like 20 seconds, the section where he oulls the blade out gully and leans back and you get the female vocals, the rest is just pretty eh
Amazing soundtrack, the fight on the other hand...not so much. I personally hate this fight so much, this fight is one that I never felt like I was getting better at, instead the game's RNG was taking pity on me and letting me win, this is an issue that both Radagon and Mohg share Inconsistent aggression has been an issue since the original Dark Souls (Manus and Gwyn suffer from this) and can make those fights either enjoyable or completely insufferable, however both phases of this fight dial up this issue to unreasonable extremes. On my second playthrough I was able to finish him off with two uncharged Frenzied Bursts (for the range, not that Madness buildup) as he slowly walked towards me, he didn't try and attack me for some reason despise me being relatively close to him. Phase 1 is a tedious slog to get through due to you have basically no openings, then you get to phase two and now have to deal with either the, third, fourth or fifth most bullshit mechanic in the game (Bloodflame, Radagon's damaging teleports, healing/lifesteal, Waterfowl is 1st and Radagon's parry is 2nd), the Destined Death DoT debuff since IT STACKS WITH ITSELF, resulting in you dying in a way that you couldn't react to. There were moments where I was enjoying the fight on my second playthrough, however I would get very quickly reminded as to why I hate this fight so much. I get why people like this fight, but I see this fight as an RNG dumpster fire that only belongs in F-Tier.
I get your complaints about Mohg or Maliketh but how in the ever loving FUCK did u find Radagon hard with how predictable his moveset is most of the time ?
As with so much of Elden Rings soundtrack, so bland and unmemorable. Came here because I literally couldn’t tell you what Maliketh’s music sounded like. And thanks to this song, I still can’t. Random chanting with a bunch of underlying stuff muffled and muddied together
I have 1556 hours and 24 minutes total on Elden Ring, as of right now. I can only tell a handful of songs apart from the rest. Maliketh's just isn't memorable...and there is nothing striking about it to be remembered. It's a bunch of tense noise that doesn't flow together. It sounds like the composer didn't really know what to do with it, and was just trying to finish the soundtrack.
Having countless hours on a game and having Knowledge about music theory is a completely different thing. If you dive deeper into that, you'll understand that this theme is a well crafted masterpiece. Fromsoft composers know what they're doing.
![Dark Souls III OST - Slave Knight Gael [Extended]](/img/n.gif)
*_“O, Death. Become my blade, once more.”_*
Maliketh is Death, straight up, i love when his music syncs with some of his attacks makes the fight so much enjoyable
Two God Slaying warriors fighting to the death.
Easily my favorite fight.
Two nobodies, fighting over nothing at the end of the world
@@crispytrist8928that makes it even cooler. Two warriors nobody knows fighting to the death. In a fight that will determine the next age
This boss fight was like a David and Goliath moment for me. Here you are, a puny ordinary human, challenging Maliketh, this gigantic werewolf-like demigod, feared by the gods. Maliketh is armed with a greatsword much larger than you are, imbued with the power of "destined death", while all you got is a trusty longsword, which to him could very well be a toothpick. And yet, somehow, you manage to come out on top, and take the power of the Death Rune for yourself.
Maliketh isn't a demigod which makes him cooler.
@@oktusprime3637 Maybe? Maliketh isn't ever directly referred to as a demigod, but because of his familial relation with Marika and the other gods and demigods, it would seem that yes, he is technically a demigod of sorts. He is said to be Marika's stepbrother, and other demigods are his nieces and nephews. Now we don't really know how the Shadowbound are created, but if we take the word "stepbrother" literally, and assume he shares at least one parent with Marika, then he is a demigod. If we assume the word is figurative, and Shadows are creations solely from the Fingers, he is still created from the essence of an Outer God, and can be considered to have some godly association either way. Maliketh obviously isn't anything like an ordinary mortal.
He isn’t Marika’s stepbrother. That’s just a terrible translation. He’s her shadowbound beast as is Blaidd. They have no familial relationship but their bond is so close that in Japanese, the closest English equivalent we have is something like sworn brother. He was even referred to her half brother which is completely false.
Maliketh is a demi god as much as Blaidd is. Not at all.
@@oktusprime3637 Demigod does not just refer to ones familial relationship. In Greek mythology, the Cyclopes, Nymphs, and Fauns were often referred to as demigods, despite not having been the product of a mortal and divine parent. Sometimes these creatures were called "minor gods". Also, isn't Maliketh literally born from a god? It's the Golden Order that creates Shadows. Maliketh isn't a mortal, so I can't think of a better label.
@@xxfalconarasxx5659 Demigod can refer to status but Maliketh isn't a demigod no matter how you slice it. He's never referred to as being one anywhere. He's a shadowbound beast just like Blaidd and they serve and protect Empyreans. They're the servants of gods.
Not everyone has to be either a god or a mortal.
The best song in the entire game, IMO. A masterpiece.
Wish this guy had more health. He has like 4-5K health whereas most late-game bosses have 15K+.
If he had that much health he wouldn't be fun difficult anymore, he'd be arguably more difficult than Malenia....
@@Jetstream_Selrach Not really. He is much more fair than her, even if he's flashier. If Bushy could beat him with only kicks, then the boss can totally have a health buff without hindering the fight
@@glorytoukraine5524 Agree
@@Jetstream_Selrach Doesn't need to have 15K. 10K would have been plenty. I killed him before he even got started. In NG+ with a health buff, he was the hardest boss.
No, the fight is insufferable enough as it is with his bipolar aggression (one of the most volatile cases of this issue) and a DoT debuff THAT STACKS WITH ITSELF on top of a shit first phase, make this fight to be (imo) one of the worst bosses in the FromSoftware library. That would legitimately make me consider the Bed of Chaos a better fight.
I know that a lot of people like this fight, hell there were brief moments where I was enjoying it, it's just bogged down with questionable design choices. The DoT debuff stacking with itself is the part that I find to be pure bullshit design at its worst.
Bear in mind I've beaten all of the bosses but Darklurker in the trilogy (due to the shit you have to do to unlock the fight), beaten all Bloodborne bosses and all Sekiro bosses aside from Inner Isshin and Inner Owl (haven't unlocked), so I'm not someone who came in on Elden Ring.
Cower. Before Maliketh, Marika's Black Blade.
I shall not part with it, again.
Tarnished… why would’st thou… why?
This is a nice, smooth loop of one of the best battle themes in the game.
It's a tale of ancient dedication, of one that was feared by all--especially his nieces and nephews.
And yet, it is the nameless warrior that's killed them all that he's desperately fighting to stop, possibly knowing full well that even he isn't enough to stop their ascent to Elden Lord.
You don't get enough views on this, good poster. This is well-made.
Thanks :)
the chad maliketh vs the sigma nameless tarnished
A song very fitting for the golden order’s insurance policy in case a god was getting too big for their britches :)
*"Oh Death... Become my blade once more"*
We need more bosses like malekith, he's the most badass boss in the game
He is my top 1 boss even die many times
Malenia is shit compared to Maliketh as a boss. I dont even talk about lore, just have a feeling that Malenia is a quintessence of developer’s wet dreams… In terms of gameplay absolutely uninteresting fight if we compare it with the fight against Maliketh. Even Fire Giant boss fight in terms of his lore and location where he stands is much better
@@Theodor89 Don't say anything more on malenia ( game accurate malenia ) or else their malenia FANS would cry upon our maliketh and cursing him.
Malenia in Elden Ring Game, is basically a Hacker lol 😂 she is actually waste, if she doesn't have that insanely lifesteal ability which regenerates her half of the full HP when she does waterfowl slashing attacks like 3 times consequently in a row.
Malenia's HP is like 3 times of Maliketh's HP ( even considering Maliketh's Full Healthbar which is not in game, i hope developers could add and give justice. We want a full healthbar maliketh ). Malenia's HP is like 33.2K HP while Maliketh's HP is like 10.6K HP ( I'm considering here full healthbar, not including the half HP of gurranq beast clergyman, where maliketh then pops out. )
And also, maliketh's black blade direct hit damage is average only when comparing against malenia's long arm blade. Again, as a souls borne Maliketh's fan, I too want here developers to add 650HP extra damage when he hits and 900HP-to-1000HP as a extra critical damage to add..depending upon his type of move attacks varies by Maliketh's black blade. Because black blade is not a joke, it's literally blade of marika..So, I want that extra damage is needed as considering maliketh a major boss episode of elden ring game.
And also I want to add gurranq beast clergyman a little more buff and sturdier because currently beast clergyman is weaker than the godskin duo and also weak than the draconic tree sentinel. So a boss I want gurrang too be having both a full HP i.e., 10.6K HP with his own full healthbar during the 1st phase. Then after his complete defeat. Then maliketh would pop out as like every other elden ring bosses with a new full healthbar of another 10.6K. [ and furthermore, I want that Gurranq should perform blackflames like the godskin duo just like other apostles in crumbling farum azula which will give a bonus attack to gurranq damage ]. In this way. Maliketh ( 2nd phase ) would have 10.6K HP with a full healthbar and
Gurranq ( 1st phase ) would have 10.6K HP with a full healthbar. Hence, total healtbar of Maliketh and Beast Clergyman will have 21.2K HP...which is still good for a boss fight ( but still pretty low than Malenia's massive 33.2K HP )
And also with my last thing Malenia has 100 poise level but maliketh has 80 only..Again I want maliketh for having both 90 poise level to be more badass boss...but I want to keep gurranq as 80 poise level
@@Theodor89 I love fighting maliketh but malenia is tons of fun and very fair and telegraphed once you learn how to dodge waterfowl (which I admit is unintuitive to learn). wouldnt ever think of comparing her to fire giant
You said it!
That roar man is epic best cinematic in the whole game.
The all-knowing approves
Truly, the perfect orchestra for a deathbound shadow
I have to admit, I was surprised to see HIM to be revealed as Maliket, the Black Blade. I always thought it was ultimately Godwyn, but no. It was actually this one, the legendary wielder of the Rune of Death.
Is this a jojo reference
Somebody pointed this out. Maliketh has features of all souls borne games so far.
Armor like Dark/demon souls
Beastly nature of Bloodborne (Kinda like Ludwig)
Weilds a Blade capable of slaying immortals like Sekiro.
He's Sekiro in Elden Ring.
this is what makes players fear this boss
Of all the bosses in Elden ring Maliketh has to be my favourite edgy as hell but holy shit is he awesome
How is he edgy?
Malekith is a good boy.
@@oktusprime3637 Black armor, being the bearer of the rune of *DEATH* dun dun dun, and being all cloaked in his first phase.
@@Hatemx1 he managed to make two of the most edgiest enemeies in the game out of a couple of skinny flying gargoyles.
@@lemnioaz3854 I don't know what you're talking about?
Cower. Before Maliketh, the Black Blade
The second phase.......oh the second phase
Thank you for this
Glad you enjoyed
The best furry-boss in the entire Soulslikes series. Apart from me, Ornstein, of course.
1:10 is what gets this as probably my favorite boss fight in the whole game
good video. love it thanks
"It's death from the beginning to the end of time
And I'm the cosmic champion and I hold a mystic sign
And the whole world's dying and the burden's mine
And the black sword keeps on killing 'til the end of time
Black Blade, Black Blade
Bringing chaos to the world we know
Black Blade, Black Blade
And it's using me to kill my friends
Black Blade, Black Blade
Getting stronger so the world will end
Black Blade, Black Blade
Forcing my mind to bend and bend."
And one of the best bosses in the game and that transitions cutseen is so badass❤
Sounds straight outta Bloodborne
_maliketh._
0:48
1:19
2:16
This dude should have a second healthbar. Maybe even when you beat the Beast Clergyman and die to Malekith, you don't need to fight the Clergyman again?
Elden Beast Extended (Cinematic): ua-cam.com/video/-C09gtOrQ30/v-deo.html
Check it out if you want
“Witless Tarnished. Why covet Destined Death to kill what?”
At game plus 7 I'll forever remember this fight😢❤
I’ve heard this theme over 127 times, 125 times on my first play through, once the next 2 and hoping to hear it for the 128th time tomorrow
The music is fire🔥
By far the coolest boss in the game. Radahn is a close 2nd IMO.
Those female vocals kicks in as he’s in the air spinning like the death incarnate demigod wolf that he is!
Pulls out sword and burns robe, malaketh: "become anime once more.."
I wish he had more health durinng his 2nd phase.
Does anyone know if the second phase song is on Spotify at all? I can't find it..
It’s just titled Beast Clergyman
Loved this part 1:14
0:45
0:40
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@@glacialyx Left a timestamp for myself. That's where the song starts after the cutscene. Great extension by the way!
Wiltless tarnished, why covet destined death? To kill what?
Ohhh Death, become by blade Once More 🗿🗿
Музыка маликета самая лучшая
He could even defeat the Malenia.
Marika... Pourquoi...
I only managed to win through pure luck.
Kinda bugs me the best part of his theme is the first like 20 seconds, the section where he oulls the blade out gully and leans back and you get the female vocals, the rest is just pretty eh
Amazing soundtrack, the fight on the other hand...not so much.
I personally hate this fight so much, this fight is one that I never felt like I was getting better at, instead the game's RNG was taking pity on me and letting me win, this is an issue that both Radagon and Mohg share
Inconsistent aggression has been an issue since the original Dark Souls (Manus and Gwyn suffer from this) and can make those fights either enjoyable or completely insufferable, however both phases of this fight dial up this issue to unreasonable extremes. On my second playthrough I was able to finish him off with two uncharged Frenzied Bursts (for the range, not that Madness buildup) as he slowly walked towards me, he didn't try and attack me for some reason despise me being relatively close to him.
Phase 1 is a tedious slog to get through due to you have basically no openings, then you get to phase two and now have to deal with either the, third, fourth or fifth most bullshit mechanic in the game (Bloodflame, Radagon's damaging teleports, healing/lifesteal, Waterfowl is 1st and Radagon's parry is 2nd), the Destined Death DoT debuff since IT STACKS WITH ITSELF, resulting in you dying in a way that you couldn't react to. There were moments where I was enjoying the fight on my second playthrough, however I would get very quickly reminded as to why I hate this fight so much. I get why people like this fight, but I see this fight as an RNG dumpster fire that only belongs in F-Tier.
Literal skill issue
I get your complaints about Mohg or Maliketh but how in the ever loving FUCK did u find Radagon hard with how predictable his moveset is most of the time ?
As with so much of Elden Rings soundtrack, so bland and unmemorable. Came here because I literally couldn’t tell you what Maliketh’s music sounded like. And thanks to this song, I still can’t. Random chanting with a bunch of underlying stuff muffled and muddied together
Fucking what lol? You my guy have a lacking skill set in deciphering music.
It’s ok we are all entitled to having bad opinions
Sorry about having a bad opinion!
I have 1556 hours and 24 minutes total on Elden Ring, as of right now. I can only tell a handful of songs apart from the rest. Maliketh's just isn't memorable...and there is nothing striking about it to be remembered. It's a bunch of tense noise that doesn't flow together. It sounds like the composer didn't really know what to do with it, and was just trying to finish the soundtrack.
Having countless hours on a game and having Knowledge about music theory is a completely different thing. If you dive deeper into that, you'll understand that this theme is a well crafted masterpiece. Fromsoft composers know what they're doing.