![Leonine Misbegotten No Roll/Block/Parry/(Jump)/Skill [+0 weapons] @BigDBrian](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HYmY3Ppdsrs/maxresdefault.jpg)
Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Previous kill felt a bit too dependent on the high damage output.
Greatsword moveset feels a lot better. In initial testing I thought its r1s didn't stagger, but I guess I must've only hit during hyperarmor at the time.
r1/l1 from the front is not safe. The double l1 punish requires tight positioning and spacing & about 85% stamina to be safe from all followups.
Honestly, if you had a large, flat arena without obstacles, he could be made 100% consistent with jumps, I think.
Previous kill felt a bit too dependent on the high damage output.
Greatsword moveset feels a lot better. In initial testing I thought its r1s didn't stagger, but I guess I must've only hit during hyperarmor at the time.
r1/l1 from the front is not safe. The double l1 punish requires tight positioning and spacing & about 85% stamina to be safe from all followups.
Honestly, if you had a large, flat arena without obstacles, he could be made 100% consistent with jumps, I think.
![Leonine Misbegotten No Roll/Block/Parry/(Jump)/Skill [+0 weapons]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HYmY3Ppdsrs/mqdefault.jpg "Leonine Misbegotten No Roll/Block/Parry/(Jump)/Skill [+0 weapons]
Previous kill felt a bit too dependent on the high damage output.
Greatsword moveset feels a lot better. In initial testing I thought its r1s didnt stagger, but I guess I mustve only hit during hyperarmor at the time.
r1/l1 from the front is not safe. The double l1 punish requires tight positioning and spacing & about 85% stamina to be safe from all followups.
Honestly, if you had a large, flat arena without obstacles, he could be made 100% consistent with jumps, I think.")
![Elden Ring - Malenia with +0 Curved Great Club [level 1, ng+7, no buffs/skills/bleed/frost/etc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IBF6T-jKDLE/mqdefault.jpg "Elden Ring - Malenia with +0 Curved Great Club [level 1, ng+7, no buffs/skills/bleed/frost/etc]
For some reason, I couldnt find this kill having been done yet, so here you go. A lot of people (including myself) matched the ng +0 no talismans restriction @GinoMachino originally did instead. This kill is only slightly slower, the main difference is her poise health.
Great Hammers strike a great balance between speed, stagger, damage and range while boasting insanely high poise damage, making ng+7 Malenia almost look like her poise health is ng. Two charged attacks and two light attacks is enough.
Some other good options, that unfortunately lack the same poise damage benefits, are Claymore, Alabaster Lords Sword, Rusted Anchor. Claymore in particular surprised me in its decency, the R2 is very strong, high range. You can even interrupt her regular melee swipes with it for counter damage. Rusted Anchor, despite also dealing thrust damage, lacks the range to get convenient counter damage hits.
Thumbnail image by Anato Finnstark https://www.artstation.com/anto-finnstark/profile")
![How I Beat Elden Ring DLCs Final Boss Hitless PRE-NERF [level 1, 0 blessing, no buffs/bleed/etc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/InapH4rA9LM/mqdefault.jpg "How I Beat Elden Ring DLCs Final Boss Hitless PRE-NERF [level 1, 0 blessing, no buffs/bleed/etc]
!! EPILEPSY WARNING !! (this boss has many flashing lights, sorry)
Something I didnt get to showcase. You CAN dodge his cross-slash when hes running at you, but you need to react insanely fast, and its a mixup with other attacks. Roll backwards twice, as early as possible. You can make the timing slightly more lenient by replacing the second roll with quickstep or BHS, as those come out faster than another roll would.
It cannot be stressed enough how much the presence of this attack dominates his entire moveset by being basically undodgeable. Dont even try to do this hitless without light roll. Thats not to say cross slash is the only issue though, this fight has too many problems to count. But I didnt just want to complain in this video.
After getting this kill, I didnt want to edit it yet so I started messing around until I eventually got that one shot parry/riposte kill from yesterday.
I actually recommend parrying if you want to fight him level 1, but this commentary might be helpful nonetheless.")
