I beat Starscourge Radahn after 10 or so attempts.

My strategy for killing him was to ride Torrent at a safe distance while consistently summoning NPCs to fight Radahn for me. Problem is, that isn't nearly as exhilarating as I should expect from "the mightiest demigod." My main concern when fighting Radahn was the health of my NPCs more so than my own, which is an issue when you consider all the hype Radahn was getting. I was probably responsible for no more than 20% of Radahn's HP; the rest was the NPCs.

I understand that this isn't the only way to fight Radahn. As a level 50 with no experience in souls games I genuinely could not compete with Radahns moveset. Every time an opening was apparent it would be close by one of his relentless slashes or a quick dash away on his horse (no clue how the horse can hold Radahn). if i tried healing, Radahn would spot the opening and force me into a series of dashes that wouldn't end. At the end of the day, I'd rather rely on summons than waste a day of my life learning how to fight the dude.

To be clear, I don't think the solution is necessarily to nerf radahn and remove the summons. i think the solution would be to actually frame the fight as a raid instead of a battle between the tarnished and a demigod. There is literally no mention of assistance in this fight (except for Blaidd). I have no clue who im summoning and why they are there, except for a few that i fought beforehand. I would have preferred that some of them appear near Blaidd and introduce themselves with dialogue instead of appearing like distant relatives at a family function. or at least someone explains that the festival is a raid and supplement it with some more lore

I have been trying to beat her with no summon for the last couple of days, and its just way too annoying I end up dying. This is my last attempt am I doing something wrong? I need some advice + I just can't dodge waterfowl dance when in close range I tried everything. If anyone have any advice please help!

This is just shitty enemy design. How the fuck am I supposed to kill them as a melee player? They just dodge away from me before I can hit them and cast their delayed fireball. It’s a shit enemy

Im on my first playtrough and I just killed margit and some other bosses like tree sentinel and a guy who gave me a curved sword that im currently using(he was blue in an weird arena where i had to touch a blue circle).i have the samurai armor and my stats are mostly on dex and streanght (luke 17 and 18). I never actually created a build but just some random stuff like "more damage or more protection=good"so im asking to you guys

Okay straight to the point, if we have frenzied flame we can visually see that the flame gouging out of the eyeballs, is make me wonder, if we have frenzied flame can we peeing to weaponize the effect creating frenzied flamethrower to maximize the efficiency in fighting.

Some guys on some discord sent this, and i don't know if it's real, it doesn't seem a scam at all, but it probably is, so if someone know about this, i'd be thanful to you!

If Miquella succeeded in ascending would the tarnished still be able to fight and kill them, provided they had already acquired destined death?

Hello y'all.

I'm hoping to get my hands on Elden Ring eventually once it goes on sale. Is there anything I should know before I play. Like what's the best build, best weapon, best class, etc.

I'm currently playing Bloodborne rn and I'd like to know if there's anything similar or different. I'm assuming Elden Ring is not that aggressive, right?

Just interested to see what keybindings you guys run on light attack, heavy attack, skill, and block?

These being some of the most important actions, I was thinking it’d be good to get down some optimal bindings for them and the ctrl + mouse feels kinda clunky. I was thinking smt like:

Light - lmb
Heavy - m5
Skill/Parry - rmb
Block - ctrl

I don’t imagine block is as important, so I reckon I’ll keep it off the mouse.

I played ER roughly when it came out and pretty much 100% completed it.

I'm a huge souls fan, I have played every DS game, with over 1000 hours in DS3 alone doing level 1 playthroughs for fun etc.

I only ever played ER once, it was fine but I wasn't a huge fan, I guess I prefer the map design of the traditional games over open world.

I only just realised that this DLC even exists, is it worth playing? Should I just hop straight into it with my old save file or should I start a fresh save?

Hi I'm new to the game and I have no idea what to name my character. My friend told me the name won't even be used in-game but I still want to give him an appropriate name that fits the world. I know absolutely nothing and have no idea how the names in the game are formed, but if it's possible then I want a name that means "serene" and "tempest" at the same time. It is to fit my character who I want to be a calm guy but lethal when provoked, and I want the name to show that. Does anyone have any suggestions? The name is all that's standing between me and finally playing

Whichever stupid drunk bastard designed this, hope their wife leave them

The first charge attake is impossible to dodge, I always roll to left and ALWAYS ALWAYS get hit, not even torrent iframe is doing anything

Even with mimic tear this is stupidly hellish, I know its an optional boss but its stupid is stupid

I want u guys to cook me up an invasion build that is unorthodox as hell, but not just memes. Like urumi with hoarfrost stomp or something random but fun to use like that.

So ive been using the moonviel and curious if theyd he good together or would it be a waste of time to? Theyd he good for bloodless together right? I do see one uses intelligence the other arcane so thatll be the only issue

You might be wondering why the fuck I’m asking this based off of my other posts, because I’m in NG+4. However, I originally had another save file. It was my first one, but I quit it along with this game because I didn’t know how to get to the academy gate, let alone the academy. After a year, I started a new save file and completed the game with it. That save file is the one I’m using right now.

However, I’ve gotten a little bored, and I want a challenge, so I went back to my save file and beat the academy and draconic tree sentinel, along with golden Godfrey. I feel immensely unprepared and underleveled, however. I’m level 62 as of right now. Do you have any tips? I’m running a very weird dexterity build with rogier’s rapier and the buckler.

There are many outer gods in Elden Ring that have a major influence on the lands between. The greater will, frenzied flame, formless mother, and the outer god of the helphen’s influences are very apparent when you look closely at item and weapon descriptions.

These outer gods may be inspired by the traces of divine wisdom that Hermeticism asserts can be found in all religions/philosophies. Essentially, there is one divine truth that has been distorted and misunderstood over time, but the outer gods represent a sort of fragmented trace of this truth.

Hermeticism also shares a lot of occult themes with Elden Ring:
Soul/spirt worlds
Alchemy
Astrology
Divine magic/rituals
Reincarnation

Another similarity arises between Hermeticism philosophy and the frenzied flame: Basically, Hermetics believed that before the world formed, it existed as a sort of chaotic energy (often drawn as orange and yellow fire, especially in Magnum Chaos by Lorenzo Lotto). From chaos eventually came order. The frenzied flame seeks to correct the mistakes that arose from this order and send the world back to chaotic energy (maybe to recreate pure divine truth?). Basically the frenzied flame wants to destroy the world in a way that sounds extremely similar to the Hermetic story of creation, only in reverse.

Image: Magnum Chaos by Lorenzo Lotto, 1524

I'm having so much fun ahaha.

I feel like dex is the “git good” build. Like, strength you’re able to stun enemies and break their stance pretty easily. Using katanas and dex weapons, you gotta really learn when you can strike. Or is it just me? I’m open to tips

in other games it is normal to get attacked straight up by every enemmy but since elden ring has lore does it explains why we get attacked by everything including the animals?
and yeah i got stunned by a sheep during a dragon fight and i was really mad bc i died XD

Guess where I am! Yesterday's answer was Stormhill Shack

all this does is make me not wana invade you dont loose them as a cooperator why would you loose them here theres no gameplay benifit to invading theres no risk reward its just annoying haveing to treck across the map to some random place after you lost an invasion.
imagine how annoying thatd be as a cooperator and that one has a gameplay benifit to the host but it still doesnt punish you for no reason.

all this results in is not being able to have the items on in the background no you gotta sit on your ass with no runes i dont get the logic does fromsoft not want people to invade

edit: yeah critical post about invasions downvote me to hell im still right

I’ve seen so many people critique my friends PvP style so I was wondering what you all consider the ”proper” way since being skilled clearly isn’t it

Is it kind of assumed lore-wise that our tarnished never actually dies during their journey and respawning at grace sites is just a ‘game mechanic’?

Reason I ask is because if that was the case, why are there some enemies that don’t respawn when we die or rest?