Elden Ring

**drave** · 04-29-2022, 08:44 AM

The Haligtree is one of my favorites. It's challenging as fuck, but fair.

Malenia......

I was a few hits away from victory...... and the sacred Waterfowl Dance does indeed have a counter. I've noticed 3 moving parts......

1) She flies up into the air and delays for a moment. This is the hardest part for me to get through. The 1st attack she does when she comes down can stun (due to animation) which leaves you to be picked apart by.....

2) Gonna call this anime sword play. All's that's missing is some DBZ-like YA YA YA YA YA YA YA. Maybe more akin to Chun Li

3) Same as the 2nd, but a lil faster.

Point being - you can dodge INTO the 2nd and 3rd pieces of the dance, and she'll go right through you. Oh, and her poise is SHIT. You can stance break the bejesus out of her with a colossal weapon with little effort. Bleed is the way to go with her though, because of her heal mechanic. This helped a TON with the rot soldiers too. I would kill everything in Haligtree (except for the tree guardians and stuff) in 2-4 hits. The tower shield guards can block twice before being stance broken.

Dodging and colossal weapons is the way.

Man, Monster Hunter World is like this game, without the weird story and open world. A LOT of the mid to end-game fights there are incredibly similar. I think the biggest difference being it is MUCH harder to survive in Elden Ring, in an attempt to better learn the boss fights.

I will stand over her corpse before the weekend is over.

04-29-2022, 08:44 AM	#30
drave Posts: 25,503	The Haligtree is one of my favorites. It's challenging as fuck, but fair. Malenia...... I was a few hits away from victory...... and the sacred Waterfowl Dance does indeed have a counter. I've noticed 3 moving parts...... 1) She flies up into the air and delays for a moment. This is the hardest part for me to get through. The 1st attack she does when she comes down can stun (due to animation) which leaves you to be picked apart by..... 2) Gonna call this anime sword play. All's that's missing is some DBZ-like YA YA YA YA YA YA YA. Maybe more akin to Chun Li 3) Same as the 2nd, but a lil faster. Point being - you can dodge INTO the 2nd and 3rd pieces of the dance, and she'll go right through you. Oh, and her poise is SHIT. You can stance break the bejesus out of her with a colossal weapon with little effort. Bleed is the way to go with her though, because of her heal mechanic. This helped a TON with the rot soldiers too. I would kill everything in Haligtree (except for the tree guardians and stuff) in 2-4 hits. The tower shield guards can block twice before being stance broken. Dodging and colossal weapons is the way. Man, Monster Hunter World is like this game, without the weird story and open world. A LOT of the mid to end-game fights there are incredibly similar. I think the biggest difference being it is MUCH harder to survive in Elden Ring, in an attempt to better learn the boss fights. I will stand over her corpse before the weekend is over.