Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
lvl10 (path of the bastard), no upgrades, no fire/blitz/decay, only weapon equipped
Some inconsistent hit timing and the gank phase ruin this fight, which would've otherwise been quite enjoyable. Also, random combo cancels, and the fact that breaking their weapon gets you hit if you queued an attack after a deflect, because it has no recovery.
lvl10 (path of the bastard), no upgrades, no fire/blitz/decay, only weapon equipped
Some inconsistent hit timing and the gank phase ruin this fight, which would've otherwise been quite enjoyable. Also, random combo cancels, and the fact that breaking their weapon gets you hit if you queued an attack after a deflect, because it has no recovery.
![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.")
![Impossible Malenia Hitless [Rune Level 263]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KONxoeB4XxY/mqdefault.jpg "Impossible Malenia Hitless [Rune Level 263]
This kill ended up a bit disappointing compared to the insane effort it took and Im not sure what to do with the footage now
Impossible Malenia by twistedgwazi
https://www.nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/3201")
