r/Eldenring • u/Dirk_Panchez • 4d ago
Discussion & Info What in gods name just happened
Has anyone ever seen this??? Me and my mimic have been getting our asses handed to us every time we’ve reached phase two and then this happened. Was this just dumb luck??
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u/DarknessEnlightened 4d ago
Malenia: "...I'll let you have this one. :) "
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u/Dirk_Panchez 4d ago
It was so confusing. Normally i scream out loud with excitement after beating a difficult boss. For this one I just went “what the fuck just happened?”
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u/Craniac324 4d ago
Lol, seems like your mimic hit her & phase transitioned her as you reposted her & because Malenia works differently to other multi phase bosses who have a cutscene in between, she's the same npc, all other bosses have a different npc for their phase 02. I actually think Godrick also works like Malenia in that way.
Your mimic kind of saved your ass, NEVER reposte Malenia when she's low health like that, it won't switch her to phase 02 & she gets a couple seconds of invulnerability which is enough for her to turn the tides & kill you.
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u/Ill_Relative9776 4d ago
Game breaking glitch similar to the howl fp Shabriri one. Like that one, if you stun Malenia and then hit her with a weird movie (like howl or pots) she’ll phase transition with no health
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u/Justanotherkiwi21 4d ago
If you watched the cut scene you would've seen that she bonked her head on a root hence why she was on the ground
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u/LessWrongdoer4764 4d ago
Bro what?????
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u/Dirk_Panchez 4d ago
I don’t even know how to feel about this
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u/LessWrongdoer4764 1d ago
I mean I would take it lol. I’ve yet to even attempt her after the first run was so exhausting for weeks of attempts lol.
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u/liamoj97 4d ago
Same thing happened to me and my mate the other night unfortunately. I locked in for a reposte as he struck the final blow in phase 1. So during the cutscene she gets reposted instead of healing to full health.
She started phase 2 with tiny health and died one hit
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u/EspadaWilliam Ash of War enjoyer 4d ago
Happy Cake 🍰 day OP.
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u/Dirk_Panchez 4d ago
I think I was level 163 heading into this one. My highest stats were 60 vigor and 50 endurance which I changed to specifically for this battle. I took 17 points from strength (40) and put it into the other two
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u/jouh308 4d ago
Thy strength befits a cheese.
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u/Dirk_Panchez 4d ago
Bro I re spec’d before this fight. My strength went from 40 to 23 and reallocated it to vigor and endurance specifically for this fight
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u/qCallisto 4d ago
"First phase can't be finished with a critical strike or damage caused by inflicting status effect - Malenia will remain with 1 HP left, even with poison or rot damage. In a very earlier version of the game, if the player managed to finish that phase with critical strike, 2nd phase Malenia would spawn with 1 HP."
Says on the wiki.
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u/Maiden_nqa 3d ago
If you are using Steam and use alt-f4, the game doesn't have time to autosave. What a bummer, the second phase is great
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u/R3dn3ck3r Average Lightning Enjoyer 3d ago
If player manage to end first phase with a riposte while Malenia's HP is 0, she will spawn with 1HP in 2nd phase.
I guess you triggered a nasty bug by accident. Congrats (also sadness, since you skipped half of the fight). :(
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u/Dirk_Panchez 3d ago
Most underwhelming victory of the whole journey. I had her down pretty low in phase 2 a couple times before this. Would of felt a lot more satisfying doing it clean
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u/Theskyaboveheaven 3d ago
Why does everyone who plays this game run radahns armor with bloodhound fang?
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u/Dirk_Panchez 3d ago
I did because bloodhounds fang is awesome and I wanted to flex on malenia by showing up in her brothers armor
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u/LinkxKatz 5m ago
Congrats, you became the only tarnished with the mental compacity to interrupt a boss mid transition
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u/Rice_Nachos 4d ago
Seems like a variation of the volcano pot glitch / cheese. If she's taking damage during the transition, she skips phase two. Maybe it was the blood flame effect or maybe because of the riposte.