Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I feel empty. This was not worth it, especially since this resulting kill does not paint the full picture in the slightest of the suffering I went through. Multiple chokes 1 and 2 hits from victory. 20+ minute attempts with multiple resummons and therefore gank phases. Staggering them out of the resummon is neat, but it feels extremely dependent on their AI as they can just deny you the opportunity.
6:33 SUPER lucky moment, I thought he was gonna resummon for sure so I felt the pressure to do something, but he instead did a melee attack that just happened to go slightly over my head.
Apologies for the bell-bearing popup at the end, I used cheat engine to set up a character with access to all bosses ASAP after switching PCs as I no longer had my old save files.
This fight under the restrictions is soul crushing. Props to @captainpizza222 for doing significantly harder kills on them still, notably the restrictions I used here but without talismans too.
Full restrictions:
RL1 (level 1) character, start as Wretch and never level up
no weapon upgrades or ash of war affinity
no weapon skills
no buffs (defined as something you activate to gain a temporary boost, like exalted flesh, flask of wondrous physick, or godrick's great rune)
no auxiliary effects (bleed, frost, sleep, poison, rot, madness, black flame)
no hits taken, even from those that don't deal damage
I feel empty. This was not worth it, especially since this resulting kill does not paint the full picture in the slightest of the suffering I went through. Multiple chokes 1 and 2 hits from victory. 20+ minute attempts with multiple resummons and therefore gank phases. Staggering them out of the resummon is neat, but it feels extremely dependent on their AI as they can just deny you the opportunity.
6:33 SUPER lucky moment, I thought he was gonna resummon for sure so I felt the pressure to do something, but he instead did a melee attack that just happened to go slightly over my head.
Apologies for the bell-bearing popup at the end, I used cheat engine to set up a character with access to all bosses ASAP after switching PCs as I no longer had my old save files.
This fight under the restrictions is soul crushing. Props to @captainpizza222 for doing significantly harder kills on them still, notably the restrictions I used here but without talismans too.
Full restrictions:
RL1 (level 1) character, start as Wretch and never level up
no weapon upgrades or ash of war affinity
no weapon skills
no buffs (defined as something you activate to gain a temporary boost, like exalted flesh, flask of wondrous physick, or godrick's great rune)
no auxiliary effects (bleed, frost, sleep, poison, rot, madness, black flame)
no hits taken, even from those that don't deal damage
![Erdtree Burial Watchdog + 4 Imps RL1 no Roll/Block/Parry/Jump [+4 somber]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r0eNm59KhU0/mqdefault.jpg "Erdtree Burial Watchdog + 4 Imps RL1 no Roll/Block/Parry/Jump [+4 somber]
weapon upgrade mightve been a bit high for the fight.")
![Hollow Knight - Absolute Inferno King Grimm [Radiant, Nail Only]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rN4DMT1SePk/mqdefault.jpg "Hollow Knight - Absolute Inferno King Grimm [Radiant, Nail Only]
Mod: Inferno King Grimm by Nickc01 with all settings set to hardest, making it Absolute.
I installed it using (the now deprecated) modinstaller and downpatching HK in steam to version 1.4.3.2
Charms Used:
Dashmaster
Sprintmaster
Steady Body
Unbreakable Strength
Quick Slash
Mark of Pride
Opinion:
TL;DR Amazing modded fight, pufferfish attack couldve been good but is too inconsistent.
This fight is really well made and thought out except for one thing. The pufferfish attack. While the concept is completely fine, a very small proportion of the fireballs just dont behave. They will go off in a pretty much random direction which cannot be controlled. On top of that, the trajectory of the balls can curve slightly while traveling (sometimes, they will swoop across the ground and curve upwards instead of hitting the floor and disappearing)
The stray projectiles can go up to 180 degrees away from your current position, I have even saved a clip in which exactly that happens. Because of the unpredictability and the quantity of fireballs, you will often be forced into extremely precarious situations, which you cannot reasonably be expected to account for in the moment. You have some control over most of the fireballs and when you turn around to dash through, but it doesnt feel like its enough to reasonably dodge this attack consistently, especially in the final phase when the orbs are significantly larger (and maybe theres more, too)")
![Elden Ring Main Bosses NO DAMAGE [RL1, NG+7, no buffs/%dmg]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sXuTQFFXTcs/mqdefault.jpg "Elden Ring Main Bosses NO DAMAGE [RL1, NG+7, no buffs/%dmg]
In addition to the restrictions in the title and thumbnail, I also chose not to use Red Feathered Branchsword or Blue Dancer Charm in order to represent builds viable for normal playthroughs. I also avoided weapons and playstyles that abuse staggers. I did not use ash of war skills except on Rykard.
The boss list is basically Remembrance Bosses and those required to get to them, and some notorious gank fights. All bosses are hitless except Fias Champions, which is still damageless as I only got hit by a non-damaging shockwave. For Mohg I used the crystal tear to reduce Nihil damage, unfortunately the chip damage is unavoidable unless you triviliase him by bursting his hp and skipping phase 2 entirely.
I did Goldfrey and sewer Mohg but omitted them as their movesets are just phase 1 of their stronger versions. I also had a faster Rennala where she never summoned, but I decided to redo it in order to showcase the suffering.
edit: Ignore the Fias Champions kill. The ng+7 scaling was improperly applied due to a bug, so they had less hp than intended.
Thumbnail by HatiDraw
Boss List:
0:00 Margit, the Fell Omen
1:06 Godrick the Grafted
2:19 Red Wolf of Radagon
3:33 Starscourge Radahn
5:26 Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon
8:35 Draconic Tree Sentinel
10:31 Morgott, the Omen King
12:33 Fire Giant
17:52 Godskin Duo
20:39 Beast Clergyman / Maliketh, the Black Blade
22:43 Sir Gideon Ofnir, the All-Knowing
24:41 Godfrey, First Elden Lord / Hoarah Loux
27:56 Radagon of the Golden Order / Elden Beast
34:19 Regal Ancestor Spirit
37:14 Valiant Gargoyles
45:09 Crucible Knight Duo
51:48 Commander Niall
54:53 Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree
57:02 Malenia, Blade of Miquella / Malenia, Goddess of Rot
1:02:33 God-Devouring Serpent / Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy
1:05:58 Mohg, Lord of Blood
1:11:19 Fias Champions
1:18:13 Lichdragon Fortissax
1:20:36 Astel, Naturalborn of the Void
1:23:20 Dragonlord Placidusax")
![Elden Ring - Margit the Fell Omen [Level 1, ng+7, +0 weapon, no roll/jump/block/parry/talismans/etc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/t8sXDOtM8yk/mqdefault.jpg "Elden Ring - Margit the Fell Omen [Level 1, ng+7, +0 weapon, no roll/jump/block/parry/talismans/etc]
No summons / spirits
No ashes of war
No rolls or other sources of iframes
No jumping, blocking or parrying
No buffs including Great Rune
No bleed/frost/poison/rot/sleep
No talismans
No spells
No damage or hits taken
I probably still forgot something
The status icon is from the Cinquedeas passive, it increases bestial incantations, which Im obviously not using.")
