i shouldve gone for a charged attack after the stance break as that wouldve hit but other than that im happy with this

Completed DS2 DS3 and Bloodborne no cheese and had a great time with the difficulty.

I’ve given Elden Ring 2 tries, gotten bogged down, looked up guides, then got exhausted by said guides.

I don’t want to choose a fun build then have to run around the world farming stones to make it viable.

Any good class to choose and play that feels strong with natural progression?

Meet my latest aspiring Elden Lord, Claudette.

She claims to be an Idus Knight, but rumor has it she hails from questionable origins & is actually an Albinuriac.

Claudette is hot tempered & prefers melee over magicks. Fire is her natural affinity, but since encountering Mohg she’s begun dabbling in Blood arts. She’s a weapons master but prefers to wield a Cold Great Stars to breakthrough enemy defenses & often can be heard screaming “if it Bleeds, it dies” while charging into battle smelling of Uplifting Aromatic perfumes.

With all worthy foes crushed in the Lands Between, Claudette is now ready to chase after Gods lurking in Land of Shadows.

Thank you for reading this far, Tarnished.

Have looked up lots already on how to beat this lad, but am getting nowhere over and over.

When using Mimic Tear it stands back and shoots arrows or occasionally it tries Rotten Breath. Meanwhile I’m getting smashed by him and struggling to get health back up.

Tried to get him stuck on behind the walls and spam with rotten breath but he never stays put!

It also seems like there’s not too many summons to help either, and those who did got killed very quickly too.

Any advice??

My first ever attempt at drawing architecture, environment, and a different perspective 😭

Not fully satisfied with how it turned out, but I'm glad I dared to try something new. I learnt a lot.

Also, curse my device for not letting me use a bigger canvas 🥲

I JUST realized I flipped the statue the wrong way... I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that...

Does anyone else find some of the big enemies cute? I think there are a handful that would make excellent plush toys. This guy in particular. I hate fighting it, but I find it adorable.

just bought the game and started a new game went to get the large club and its not there the corpse its supposed to be on isnt either
anybody see this before? maybe its cause I didnt update it at all and have the disc version but seems strange

I got her after 7 tries still but holy hell. it felt good with each attempt hearing that big PANG

Hey guys, I am asking the community: I want to have a new challenge in my ng+2 playthrough, being forced to discover everything again etc so my idea was to sell everything I have (weapons, smithing stones, ashes, sorceries and incantations, talismans, everything) and start fresh in ng+2. What worries me is my unawareness if everything really respawns in ng+2? Will I find all legendary weapons, all spells, all ashes, all talismans again? Any help is appreciated and I am saying Thank You innadvance

The order in which you fight Leda and her allies (full scenario) atop of Enir Ilim wasn‘t impulsively chosen.

Because you fight them in the exact order you most likely are to encounter them naturally throughout your journey through the shadow realm!

Freja -Three Path Crossroad

Hornsent - Three Path Crossroad

Ansbach - Main Gate Cross

Moore - Main Gate Cross

Thiollier - Pillar Path Cross

Dane - Moorth Ruins

Leda - Highroad Cross

Its more noteworthy when you think about that your allies (Ansbach and Thiollier) follow the same rule with the sequence and thats why they dont spawn right away!

Note: This sequence adds up more, if you venture via the short cut to scadu altus via Fort of Reprimand and hit up Moorth ruins on the way.

Though Leda is a kinda half exception because you encounter her already at the cocoon, so thats that.

How the hell did this happen...... one tick.. so hes actually not dead hes still alive so uh damn i spent 2 months tryna kill him this is the closest ive ever gotten EDIT Ive done it gang no cheese no spirit ashes that was fun

im rl30 fyi.
i had no idea you can jump crossbows like that XD

They definitely seem intentional, don’t they?

The Mohgwyn bird farm, having a grace RIGHT by the edge?

The Lennes rise grace, RIGHT next to the path with the boulder farm?

The elder dragon greyoll farm has a grace right behind the tail!

It all seems so conveniently placed, like it’s a built in mechanic or something 🫠.

side note, mohgwyn is probably my favorite. greyoll is a bit too difficult to pull off, and lennes rise is good for early game but becomes pretty obsolete after reaching levels 30-40. If I missed any let me know!

Since when have they been here?

the score was a 3/5 with the only other critiques being messmer was too difficult and that SotE has a lot of empty dead space.

but this specific critique, you cannot be serious and tell me this isnt hating for the sake of hating?

the bloody helice is so fun to use its crazy

3 hours is not enough! Tarnished will take at least an Hour to beat the tree sentinel and atleast an hour and a half to beat Margit

As the title says, i can't beat fire giant even with around 15 attempts.

is it just a skill issue or am i under leveled or any other problems?

About to play Elden Ring for the first time ever and on steam. Never played a souls game before. What are some do’s and dont’s at the start of the game etc?. I watched around a 1 hour video which talking about the basics of the game (level system, stats, builds etc…) I’d rather avoid any spoilers or too many tutorials unless absolutely necessary. Looking forward to playing. Any info is great

I absolutely love how the godskin peeler looks, but have yet to really use it much. Mainly I have just played with the lucerne, kgs, and deaths poker.

I like to play pvp and pve, but build my builds more for pvp. What infusion works best for a two handed godskin peeler?

I have heard status effects work well on it, are status infusions or physical infusions + greases (or spell buffs) better?

thanks!

#1. PCR solo took me 4 hours the first time, still the longest time it took me to defeat a boss. He doesn't have the most complex moveset, but he heavily punishes you for mistakes. Also, punish opportunities are few and far between, and if you get greedy in phase 2, the holy light beams will stunlock you and he will combo you to death.

#2. Malenia solo took me nearly 3 yours the first time. I think the biggest obstacle I faced with her was that she operated differently than every other boss in the main game, because you have to be very aggressive against her and learn her moves well enough that she can't siphon all her health back. I still love the back-and-forth of this fight, which is why she's my Top 2 in this game.

#3. Inner Father was brutal for me. I struggled with Owl (Father), and Inner Father was basically him but on steroids. The Mist Raven combo is extremely punishing and will one-shot you from max health. It is extremely fast so deflecting it is very tough; you mostly have to play passive-aggressively against him cuz Owl will do the combo if you're too aggressive (but you also can't be too passive cuz he will gain all his posture back).

Ich habe die Dark Souls Spiele geliebt,auch wenn ich nur 2 davon durchgespielt habe.(Beim Ersten verliere ich immer irgendwann in Anor Londo die Lust)

Die Atmosphäre,die Gegner,das Design...fast alles ist toll daran. Auch Lies of P ist absolut mega und ich hoffe schon auf einen Nachfolger...

Nun versuche ich seit PC Release schon immer wieder auch in Elden Ring rein zu kommen,aber es macht einfach nicht klick. Ich habe es schon so oft angefangen und immer wieder nach "kurzer" Zeit aufgehört. Glaube,das weiteste,das ich mal gespielt habe,war bis zu irgendeinem Schloss im See mit halb versunkenem Dorf oder so.

Ich fühle mich einfach irgendwie überfordert von der Größe und der Freiheit im Spiel.

Jedes Mal,wenn ich irgendwo hin gehe frage ich mich,ob ich hier jetzt richtig bin. Ob ich hier sein soll. Ob das normal ist,dass die Gegner hier so fordernd sind oder ob ich doch in eine andere Richtung muss,in der es geschmeidiger läuft. Ob ich irgendwo anders etwas verpasse. Oder habe ich was übersehen,mich vielleicht verlevelt...oder oder oder...

Das nimmt mir immer wieder den Spaß nach bestimmter Zeit,weil ich mich so nicht auf das Spiel einlassen kann.

Wie kann man das am Besten angehen?

Wanted to see what others thought. Started my fromsoft experience with Sekiro, loved it immensely- kicked my ass at the start, but when it all clicked it felt magnificent.

Elden Ring has been my second game, so I wanted to withhold judgment for a while so I'm not just "oh the first game I played is the best" etc.

In the DLC now, beat Malenia no-hit, so I feel I can say it now: Sekiro's combat loop is just way more fun, man. I do like Elden Ring to be fair, but the main thing thats been getting at me is the dead space.

There's bound to be a "your turn my turn" element to combat in these games, I have no issue with that. But Sekiro deals with this much better- whether you're on the offense or defense, posture damage means you're progressing the fight, bringing the enemy closer to defeat. For Elden Ring, if the enemy is attacking, and you dodge perfectly... you're back to square one.

The end result is that in Sekiro I was hoping the bosses would pull out their signature, harder moves. Sure, it might kill me- but usually these would be fast attacks chained together in a long combo, meaning if I played it right I'd deal massive posture damage.

In Elden Ring, I find myself groaning when an enemy pulls out a long combo. A short combo with an opening and a long combo with an opening are identical in terms of how much they move the fight forward, the latter is just... longer. And when an enemy chains combos it's just frustrating, as I have to wait even longer to start dishing damage back.

The same goes for aggression. If an enemy responds to your aggression with a counterattack in Sekiro, that's fine- just deal posture damage by deflecting. In Elden Ring, it's just your turn to wait again, dodging about.

I still am having a great time in Elden Ring, but I can't help but notice how much better a design Sekiro's deflection is for this type of combat. No dead space, always an option to move the fight forward, and lots of incentive to jump into the face of danger. Elden Ring can sometimes feel tedious in contrast.

TL;DR: Deflecting is a far more engaging mechanic than dodging for defense. Dodging gets boring because successfully dodging doesn't impact how far you are in the fight, while deflecting does.