Elden Ring - February 2022 (PC, PS4, PS5, XBOX ONE, XBOX SERIES S/X)

[aleshemsky83]

? You get it literally at like the third grace point that is pretty damn close to where you start.

He probably went south. I'm pretty sure you only get it if you go to stormveil like the white mask Varr tells you.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

He probably went south. I'm pretty sure you only get it if you go to stormveil like the white mask Varr tells you.

The torrent shows up at the grace point well before Stormveil, I can’t remember it’s name but its the stop right before you go past the guys shooting arrows at you where the giant drops down from up high.

I watched the guy who speedrun the game in 19 minutes. I don’t know how people find these portal glitches but doesn’t look like a lot of fun.

 

[Kranix]

The torrent shows up at the grace point well before Stormveil, I can’t remember it’s name but its the stop right before you go past the guys shooting arrows at you where the giant drops down from up high.

I watched the guy who speedrun the game in 19 minutes. I don’t know how people find these portal glitches but doesn’t look like a lot of fun.

I thought she gives you Torrent after finding three sites of grace, period.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

I thought she gives you Torrent after finding three sites of grace, period.

I had found three already, but it unlocked at the one I had mentioned.

 

[cheechoo]

At the Academy of Raya Lucaria rn, about level 80 playing as a mage. I beat one of the mini bosses along the way and then after taking a detour route up a bridge I ran into Rennala. Going to beat her later today. I've pumped almost all of my runes into INT stats that my HP and FP bars are still way too small. I'm an OHKO threat against any semi-formidable opponent.

 

[Kranix]

I had found three already, but it unlocked at the one I had mentioned.

Ah okay. That's where I got Torrent too, but I had read somewhere it was after 3 sites so I thought maybe it could be anywhere.

 

[Kranix]

At the Academy of Raya Lucaria rn, about level 80 playing as a mage. I beat one of the mini bosses along the way and then after taking a detour route up a bridge I ran into Rennala. Going to beat her later today. I've pumped almost all of my runes into INT stats that my HP and FP bars are still way too small. I'm an OHKO threat against any semi-formidable opponent.

That was my build too. I've since invested heavily into mind. No point in investing in vigor as a mage when even tanky builds get one shotted.

 

[Jovavic]

The FOMO is strong, must resist...

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

I actually am taking a day or two away because the game is kicking my ass right now. The Rykard battle was the last straw. Need to regroup.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

I'm 90 hours in, and just started VM lol. This game is the goat

 

[aleshemsky83]

My goodness I never went to west leyndell until level 120 and rykard is just a joke, he actually couldn't even damage me and I figured out the boss mechanic easily having played DS3 and Demon's Souls already.

 

[syz]

Someone solved the bleed dog mystery. Died to this a few times.

tl;dr normally when an attack hits you the hit box disappears, but something can keep that from happening with the dogs sometimes so it does damage + applies bleed the whole time it's in contact with your model.

 

[aleshemsky83]

I finally beat this game, clocking in at 90 hours and 20 minutes exactly (keep in mind I did not beat Melania) and I still dont know if I'm ready to deliver my verdict. This kind of recaptures going into dark souls 1 in a sense because when you played those before they were in the zeitgeist with all the vaati videos, you truly didn't know what anything in the game meant. Well I can honestly say I still have no idea what was going on and why all the waifus wanted to destroy the world.

It also seems really obvious that there will be DLC since the game constantly mentions Godwyn the Golden is not truly dead...and hes not in the game. I was actually anticipating him and then looked it up to find hes not actually in the game.

I just beat melania.

 

[blue425]

I've played it really slow. I'm up to about 130 hours and currently up to Maliketh. Love the fight tbh.

Tried Malenia solo for four days (hundreds of tries). Was reaching phase two regularly but wound up using mimic at the end.

With mimic? 2nd try. Late game (Elphael mostly) feels balanced entirely around summoning. I'm not sure how I feel about that just yet.

The Duo I also mimic'd, but will try to kite one proper O+S style and try for solo.

 

[Unspecified]

The torrent shows up at the grace point well before Stormveil, I can’t remember it’s name but its the stop right before you go past the guys shooting arrows at you where the giant drops down from up high.

I watched the guy who speedrun the game in 19 minutes. I don’t know how people find these portal glitches but doesn’t look like a lot of fun.

Gatefront Ruins, rest at the grace and an NPC will talk to you and give you the steed whistle.

 

[Voodoo Child]

I also beat Malenia recently and decided to go back to the Haligtree and collect the stuff I missed, thinking ‘this should be easy, I’m level 296 and just stomped the Shunning Grounds, I’ll be right in and out.’

Walking into the Haligtree:

Walking out of the Haligtree:

That’s some hard shit, that Haligtree. Every other dungeon is daunting but ultimately manageable, but the door at the end (which there’s a way to skip) being guarded by two ballistas, at least three lightning knights and an Omen, and there’s another Omen, a Revenant and a Crystallian nearby? Brutal.

EDIT: Also noteworthy, it seems like you can farm Aeonian Butterflies near the Malenia mist gate, needed for Rotbone Arrows.

 

[aleshemsky83]

I also beat Melania recently and decided to go back to the Haligtree and collect the stuff I missed, thinking ‘this should be easy, I’m level 296 and just stomped the Shunning Grounds, I’ll be right in and out.’

Walking into the Haligtree:

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Walking out of the Haligtree:

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That’s some hard shit, that Haligtree. Every other dungeon is daunting but ultimately manageable, but the door at the end (which there’s a way to skip) being guarded by two ballistas, at least three lightning knights and an Omen, and there’s another Omen, a Revenant and a Crystallian nearby? Brutal.

EDIT: Also noteworthy, it seems like you can farm Aeonian Butterflies near the Malenia mist gate, needed for Rotbone Arrows.

The reason for this is because your actual defense stat (the number next to absorbtion) stops increasing after like level 120 so the enemies that hit hard in the endgame are always gonna hit hard no matter your level. But if you stack defensive incantations and talismans (plus some decent armor) you should still have an easy time.

 

[blue425]

The reason for this is because your actual defense stat (the number next to absorbtion) stops increasing after like level 120 so the enemies that hit hard in the endgame are always gonna hit hard no matter your level. But if you stack defensive incantations and talismans (plus some decent armor) you should still have an easy time.

Yeah - this s how you outlast her waterfowl in stage 2. I didn't start using great runes until I reached Maliketh. Wow. I was missing some good stuff. Might have been able to solo her...

Next time.

Co op'd a bunch yesterday. Average summon time for endgame bosses is like 20 seconds.

 

[aleshemsky83]

lol, just lost 40 hours of progress downloading a cloud save without checking how old the cloud save was.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Ooooooof.

Finally beat Rykard, then rolled through Astrel and Morgott. Weird how some bosses are a nightmare, and then others are relatively simple. First Souls game, though.

 

[Kranix]

Malenia phase 1 is a piece of cake really. Phase 2, I still haven't beat. Shameful. She's relentless and kills Tiche in under a minute.

 

[Tonneau]

It also seems really obvious that there will be DLC since the game constantly mentions Godwyn the Golden is not truly dead...and hes not in the game.

Spoiler

Godwyn is in the game. He's part of Fia's questline. Don't get too excited though, he's not what you seem to be anticipating.

 

[aleshemsky83]

Spoiler

Godwyn is in the game. He's part of Fia's questline. Don't get too excited though, he's not what you seem to be anticipating.

Oh of course but I mean as an actual boss since so many items and characters mention him, he's such a central character to the story it surprised me. Miquella is another one that surprised me.


One thing I forgot for people struggling with getting one shot. In this game your defense (not affected by armor) scales heavily with strength, even after 40 each point of strength gives you a point of defense. This is the rare souls game where people aren't leveling strength cause of all the broken bleed and magic builds, but I leveled strength to level 50 and other than miquella most bosses don't hit hard at all. Even maliketh wasn't too bad.

 

[aleshemsky83]

I finally figured out what I was looking at when I found Godwyn, Its very weirdly oriented so its hard to figure out. I'm wondering if the next DLC is gonna be in the sky or underwater.

Also, it seems like quality builds are pointless in this game.

 

[ArGarBarGar]

The Cipher Pata is pretty cool...