![Elden Ring - Level 1 Maliketh, the Black Blade +0 weapons, No Aux, Buffs [No Damage] @Jordien](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zODF0z471Xc/sddefault.jpg)
Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
"Cower. Before Maliketh, the Black Blade."
A solo, melee only Rune Level 1 (RL1) fight against Beast Clergyman / Maliketh, the Black Blade with no upgrades, no auxiliary effects (bleed, frost, poison, scarlet rot etc), no weapon buffs and no hits. The entire fight is doable without Ashes of war like Bloodhound's step, but it helps here as an offensive tool to go behind him and punish during the blade of Death flurry, as well as escaping the stunning roar which cannot be reliably rolled if Maliketh does it while player is in his face since the hitbox lingers.
Overall a consistent and enjoyable fight, and despite being twice shorter than my Dragonlord kill it felt longer because of how much faster and intense the pace of the fight is. Beast Clergyman phase possesses a lot of mixups options for his combos and quick disengage hits, making it a very reaction heavy phase where stamina management is important - if you want to keep the pressure on, most of the phase must be played with one eye on your stamina bar and the other on the boss. Maliketh phase is a bit slower paced and less reaction intensive, the only things to really watch out for being his roar out of idle when the player is too close, and the overhead into flurry followup he can do after several melee combos which needs to be outspaced immediately if you don't have Bloodhound's step. He can also do weird memes with pillars or start an attack while looking in a wrong direction in p2 which changes the dodge timings completely (mostly with his double spin) but it's fortunately a somewhat rare occurence.
Build : Rune Level 1
Lordsworn's straight sword +0 [Bloodhound's step]
Lordsworn's straight sword +0
Radagon's Soreseal, Red feathered talisman, Rotten Winged sword insignia, Blue dancer talisman
Bonus items : +10 dexterity/strength physics
Champion's Respite server for Level 1 runs, boss resources and guides : discord.gg/vESQQvm
My other Elden Ring Rune Level 1 kills so far : youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9AUPD_UAv7ev2fuOVx3hCBoooKAwSoVV
#EldenRing
"Cower. Before Maliketh, the Black Blade."
A solo, melee only Rune Level 1 (RL1) fight against Beast Clergyman / Maliketh, the Black Blade with no upgrades, no auxiliary effects (bleed, frost, poison, scarlet rot etc), no weapon buffs and no hits. The entire fight is doable without Ashes of war like Bloodhound's step, but it helps here as an offensive tool to go behind him and punish during the blade of Death flurry, as well as escaping the stunning roar which cannot be reliably rolled if Maliketh does it while player is in his face since the hitbox lingers.
Overall a consistent and enjoyable fight, and despite being twice shorter than my Dragonlord kill it felt longer because of how much faster and intense the pace of the fight is. Beast Clergyman phase possesses a lot of mixups options for his combos and quick disengage hits, making it a very reaction heavy phase where stamina management is important - if you want to keep the pressure on, most of the phase must be played with one eye on your stamina bar and the other on the boss. Maliketh phase is a bit slower paced and less reaction intensive, the only things to really watch out for being his roar out of idle when the player is too close, and the overhead into flurry followup he can do after several melee combos which needs to be outspaced immediately if you don't have Bloodhound's step. He can also do weird memes with pillars or start an attack while looking in a wrong direction in p2 which changes the dodge timings completely (mostly with his double spin) but it's fortunately a somewhat rare occurence.
Build : Rune Level 1
Lordsworn's straight sword +0 [Bloodhound's step]
Lordsworn's straight sword +0
Radagon's Soreseal, Red feathered talisman, Rotten Winged sword insignia, Blue dancer talisman
Bonus items : +10 dexterity/strength physics
Champion's Respite server for Level 1 runs, boss resources and guides : discord.gg/vESQQvm
My other Elden Ring Rune Level 1 kills so far : youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9AUPD_UAv7ev2fuOVx3hCBoooKAwSoVV
#EldenRing
![Elden Ring - Level 1 Maliketh, the Black Blade +0 weapons, No Aux, Buffs [No Damage]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zODF0z471Xc/mqdefault.jpg "Elden Ring - Level 1 Maliketh, the Black Blade +0 weapons, No Aux, Buffs [No Damage]
Cower. Before Maliketh, the Black Blade.
A solo, melee only Rune Level 1 (RL1) fight against Beast Clergyman / Maliketh, the Black Blade with no upgrades, no auxiliary effects (bleed, frost, poison, scarlet rot etc), no weapon buffs and no hits. The entire fight is doable without Ashes of war like Bloodhounds step, but it helps here as an offensive tool to go behind him and punish during the blade of Death flurry, as well as escaping the stunning roar which cannot be reliably rolled if Maliketh does it while player is in his face since the hitbox lingers.
Overall a consistent and enjoyable fight, and despite being twice shorter than my Dragonlord kill it felt longer because of how much faster and intense the pace of the fight is. Beast Clergyman phase possesses a lot of mixups options for his combos and quick disengage hits, making it a very reaction heavy phase where stamina management is important - if you want to keep the pressure on, most of the phase must be played with one eye on your stamina bar and the other on the boss. Maliketh phase is a bit slower paced and less reaction intensive, the only things to really watch out for being his roar out of idle when the player is too close, and the overhead into flurry followup he can do after several melee combos which needs to be outspaced immediately if you dont have Bloodhounds step. He can also do weird memes with pillars or start an attack while looking in a wrong direction in p2 which changes the dodge timings completely (mostly with his double spin) but its fortunately a somewhat rare occurence.
Build : Rune Level 1
Lordsworns straight sword +0 [Bloodhounds step]
Lordsworns straight sword +0
Radagons Soreseal, Red feathered talisman, Rotten Winged sword insignia, Blue dancer talisman
Bonus items : +10 dexterity/strength physics
Champions Respite server for Level 1 runs, boss resources and guides : https://discord.gg/vESQQvm
My other Elden Ring Rune Level 1 kills so far : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9AUPD_UAv7ev2fuOVx3hCBoooKAwSoVV
#EldenRing")
![HK - Nightmare King Grimm 1:30 speedkill [Radiant] [Nail only]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zPLOJlEaTeM/mqdefault.jpg "HK - Nightmare King Grimm 1:30 speedkill [Radiant] [Nail only]
This is a 1:30 kill, counting from NKG appearing in the arena (0:12) to last hit (1:42). This is probably the last one Ill do in a while since reaching 1:30 was my goal. With 7-8 hits on pillars, 2 on fire dives and uppercuts and getting the 2 hits on baby Grimm per stagger (apparently the damage caps so getting 3 doesnt do any more), I dont see how this could be further optimized. Landing the dash slash nail art on all three pufferfish attacks seems the only option, but thats very hard to do consistently and would only shave off a couple seconds anyways.
Charms setup (as shown in the end of the video) : Unbreakable Strength, Quick Slash, Mark of Pride, Steady Body, Long Nail.")
![Elden Ring - Level 1 NG+7 Dragonlord Placidusax speedkill [No Damage]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zTRMs9MhOjU/mqdefault.jpg "Elden Ring - Level 1 NG+7 Dragonlord Placidusax speedkill [No Damage]
A solo, melee only speedkill at Rune Level 1 (RL1) in NG+7 (Max New Game cycle) of DragonLord Placidusax, master of Farum Azula, of 1:33 minute from health bar showing (00:18) to last hit (1:51). If counting from first hit dealt to Dragonlord Placidusax (0:28), this is a 1:23 minute fast kill. Also done with no hits taken.
Build : Rune Level 1
Bleed Cleanrot Knights sword +25 [Seppuku]
Bleed Cleanrot Knights sword +25 [Seppuku]
Radagons Soreseal, Red feathered talisman, Lord of Bloods exultation, Viridian amber medaillon +2
Bonus items : +10 dexterity/increased damage on successive attacks physics potion, White mask and fashion armor.
Champions Respite server for Level 1 runs, boss resources and guides : https://discord.gg/vESQQvm
My other Elden Ring Rune Level 1 kills so far : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9AUPD_UAv7ev2fuOVx3hCBoooKAwSoVV
00:00 Intro and buffs
00:18 Bossfight
1:52 Outro and stats/runes drop
#EldenRing")
![Demons Souls - False King Allant SL1 No Roll/Block/Parry [Flawless]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zeVN2kLrJK4/mqdefault.jpg "Demons Souls - False King Allant SL1 No Roll/Block/Parry [Flawless]
Janky fight, he gave me a free kill with these AoEs right after I learned how to deal with his charge. So rather disappointed.
I might redo it someday, I might not.")
![DS3 - Oceiros, the Consumed King SL1 NG+7 No Roll/Block/Parry [Flawless]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zg5wJOM36Us/mqdefault.jpg "DS3 - Oceiros, the Consumed King SL1 NG+7 No Roll/Block/Parry [Flawless]
absolute garbage boss. smashing your foot with a plank would be funnier than fighting this screeching frog")
![Dark Souls 2 - Lud and Zallen SL1 CoC No Roll/Block/Parry [Flawless]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zsXojN7mzVc/mqdefault.jpg "Dark Souls 2 - Lud and Zallen SL1 CoC No Roll/Block/Parry [Flawless]
Listening to a stream and chilling except its fucking DS2 so it was a mistake to begin with.
One of the worst bosses Ive had to suffer through, 8-9 hours to grind and absolutely zero fun from beginning to end with two 1 hit chokes including one where my character didnt R1 when asked despite full stamina left. This would have been a lot better werent it for unavoidable wall and run pounces, RNG ganking and other bullshit on top of having a player character as maniable as a several meters tall broom in a small hallway. 2/10 (one for each cat) never want to fight that boss on no roll again.
One of the two major roadblocks of the run out of the way, time for Ivory soon...whenever I have time in the next weeks.")
