Malenia, Blade of Miquella, a level 1 boss, must be defeated by one Elden Ring player using only unupgraded melee weapons.
Using only a level 1 melee weapon that hasn’t been upgraded, an Elden Ring player successfully completes an impressive challenge by taking down the challenging boss Malenia, Blade of Miquella. More builds are tested on the renownedly difficult boss as Elden Ring is played in an effort to determine what it will take to defeat her. While some players try to be a little more inventive with their consumables, others may use an overly powerful magic build that eliminates her before she can move. However, some players simply enjoy testing their skill levels in the absence of level increases.
Malenia is known for taking some Elden Ring players over 300 attempts to defeat, making her the hardest boss battle in the entire game. After navigating the challenging Miquella’s Haligtree legacy dungeon, her boss fight occurs. When a player takes on Malenia, she doesn’t pull any punches. She charges in quickly with a barrage of slashes that never seem to end, and one combo can easily take the life of an unwary player. After that, she enters a second phase known as Malenia, Goddess of Rot, which augments her attacks with Scarlet Rot. Fighting her head-on with just a standard melee weapon can be difficult for many players.
However, one player chose to experiment with that, engaging Malenia with an unupgraded melee weapon at its base level of 1. User gilfordtan demonstrated their full-length battle against Malenia as a level 1 character using a Vulgar Militia Saw with no upgrades in a Reddit video. At level 1, the Vulgar Militia Saw deals 126 physical attack damage on its own, which is adequate overall, but what’s most crucial is that it causes Blood Loss buildup, which Malenia is vulnerable to. The powerful Rivers of Blood Katana of Elden Ring is used in most blood-related builds, but the Vulgar Militia Saw works just as well.
After using a weapon that causes blood loss repeatedly, it starts to hemorrhage, which reduces the affected person’s maximum health by a certain percentage. The player relies on this significant loss of health along with strategic parries, dodges, and uses of Elden Ring’s Impaling Thrust, an Ashes of War attack that knocks the enemy to the ground. They are aware of all of Malenia’s attacks and when to attack to maximize the Hemorrhage effect. They gradually reduce Malenia’s health until both phases are won, proving that they are level 1 at the end of the clip.
Malenia will continue to be the hardest boss in Elden Ring, though that may change with the upcoming DLC, so more players will attempt to defeat her in as many ways as they can, whether that be with an unimproved Vulgar Militia Saw or an overpowered Mimic Tear. All this does is demonstrate how Elden Ring’s biggest obstacle can be overcome with sufficient willpower and knowledge.
Elden Ring is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Source: Andrew Bottino
