edit: guys, the fact that she is OBJECTIVELY optional doesn’t mean she’s a bad fight or bad content, being optional doesn’t mean being bad lmao what are yall smoking?
Idk if anyone needs to hear this but TIL you can beat the game and continue playing without starting NG+. I wasn’t going to finish the game til I beat her but this came as a nice surprise
In my friend group, there’s a guy who beat the game and vocally decided he wasn’t taking on Marika. Now he’s the guy in the group that didn’t beat Marika and remind him every time he brings up Elden Ring. This is how humans treat each other
Having just BARELY defeated her on my first try, even while significantly overleveled and using the easiest version of the Easy Mode mod (yes, I’m shit; I was playing for atmosphere, lore and music, not challenge) – anyone who got through her fight legitimately has my utmost respect for that accomplishment.
Also, it feels bittersweet to defeat Malenia if you’ve previously defeated Mohg, Lord of Pederasty. Being unable to tell her what happened to Miquella is depressing, even if it wouldn’t have changed the outcome of the encounter.
I considered every holder of a Great Rune non-optional as those are found at the end of fantastic Legacy dungeons, but I def don’t like to “100%” complete FromSoft games. I still dumped 120 hours into that game and now I’m bummed that it’s over lol
An Optional boss of an option dungeon unlocked by another optional dungeon in conjunction with with the blind luck of happening upon a suspicious-looking pot half-the-world away and clearing ANOTHER dungeon that the pot doesn’t clearly explain to you.
Honestly, Malena and here entire quest could have easily been DLC, considering how much content leads directly to her. She may as well bd considered her own final boss.
Have being waiting for something like this for long guys
Let’s do this
She is tho 😐
edit: guys, the fact that she is OBJECTIVELY optional doesn’t mean she’s a bad fight or bad content, being optional doesn’t mean being bad lmao what are yall smoking?
Revenge!
Duke Fishron
Everything dies, and *I* am the reason!
It was just that damn blade storm thing that was impossible to block. My mimic took those hits like a champ for me
There’s no such thing as an optional Souls boss.
Ugh. Not me. I couldn’t even make it to Elphael. I absolutely hated everything about the Haligtree that I just gave up and went and finished the game.
Are people really saying she’s the hardest fromsoft boss ever?
I beat her after she got buffed and it wasn’t that bad.
Isshin the Sword Saint was way way harder.
Nothing is optional if you’re a completionist
I got one name for you: Let Me Solo Her
Literally any Optional Boss in a Game: ”You don’t have to kill me, I’m optional!!”
Me: ”Fucc You.”
To those who legitimately solo’d her I salute you. My ass had to summon Black Knife Tish just to barely beat her with an inch of my life intact.
Isn’t everything in this game optional?
Can you uh give me a hint on how to find her? 👉👈😬 I don’t want to look at a guide lol
It’s always the optional bosses that you have the most reason to want to kill. Demon of Hatred had me stuck for a solid week.
i want 100% tho
How do you get that armor?
Optional = needed
me: I can kill you and defile your corpse.
Idk if anyone needs to hear this but TIL you can beat the game and continue playing without starting NG+. I wasn’t going to finish the game til I beat her but this came as a nice surprise
In my friend group, there’s a guy who beat the game and vocally decided he wasn’t taking on Marika. Now he’s the guy in the group that didn’t beat Marika and remind him every time he brings up Elden Ring. This is how humans treat each other
No FromSoft boss is optional…
Except Orphan of Kos. He can stay right the hell where he is.
Having just BARELY defeated her on my first try, even while significantly overleveled and using the easiest version of the Easy Mode mod (yes, I’m shit; I was playing for atmosphere, lore and music, not challenge) – anyone who got through her fight legitimately has my utmost respect for that accomplishment.
Also, it feels bittersweet to defeat Malenia if you’ve previously defeated Mohg, Lord of Pederasty. Being unable to tell her what happened to Miquella is depressing, even if it wouldn’t have changed the outcome of the encounter.
It’s like saying Sans is an optional boss. He IS the boss.
I considered every holder of a Great Rune non-optional as those are found at the end of fantastic Legacy dungeons, but I def don’t like to “100%” complete FromSoft games. I still dumped 120 hours into that game and now I’m bummed that it’s over lol
Fun fact, she doesn’t play by the rules literally every other enemy in the game does.
https://youtu.be/R9Vbsr3Ko7M
Its only optional if I don’t know about it.
An Optional boss of an option dungeon unlocked by another optional dungeon in conjunction with with the blind luck of happening upon a suspicious-looking pot half-the-world away and clearing ANOTHER dungeon that the pot doesn’t clearly explain to you.
Honestly, Malena and here entire quest could have easily been DLC, considering how much content leads directly to her. She may as well bd considered her own final boss.
You might be optional, but my mercy isn’t.
If it has a health bar at the bottom of the screen, then I have no choice but to wipe it clean
Back in the day, the main enemy of OG of these games, Kings Field, was the utter slowness that you moved. everything else was a side boss.
If they are at the end of a big-ass area + unlock an achievement + drop a valuable item (Great Rune), then they ain’t optional
Listen, I don’t usually play these games, but if I can do damage to it, it’s going to take ALL THE DAMAGE!!!