Almost nobody noticed, but even at level 1 this Elden Ring player has been beating Malenia with every weapon, nearly every day, without taking damage, for over a year
Dec. 21, 2023Veganiele has been fighting the good fight almost every day, often at level one
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TheYouTubealgorithm is a truly wretched piece of tech, but just as a broken clock is right twice a day, sometimes YouTube will cough up an absolute gold mine. I would confidently describe the hundreds of Elden Ring videos onveganiele’s channel, which I randomly found earlier this week, as one such gold mine. This brave Tarnished has been beating Malenia, renowned as the RPG’s hardest boss, with every melee weapon in the game, without taking a single hit and often fighting at level one, for over a year straight.
Scroll through veganiele’s backlog, where many videos have under 50 views apiece, and witness the endurance of the human spirit. Their channel summary doesn’t do it justice: “Beating Malenia in Elden Ring with every melee weapon of the game. From January 26th, hitless only - every day. Wish me good luck!”
Veganiele’s most recent video features the humble Vulgar Militia Saw, which makes quick work of Malenia even on a level one character with no buffs. Another video from today features a more typical level 140 character witha three-weapon combothat absolutely decimates Malenia in under two minutes. Both fights are, of course, totally hitless.
Think of any melee weapon in Elden Ring. Odds are good veganiele’s used it to kill Malenia without getting a scratch on them. They’re still working through the game’s full arsenal, but they’ve already crossed off many of the weirder weapons, includingmy beloved Dark Moon Greatsword and Helphen’s Steeple combo, be still my heart.There arehundredsof videos to pick through here, with dozens of the most recent runs being level-one clears. Today’s triple-weapon combo is one of my favorites, butthis hitless level-one Zweihander runis also something to see.
In other feats of masochism, a streamer played Elden Ring, Sekiro, and the Dark Souls gamesall at the same time, randomly switching between them.
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