Elden Ring dataminers discover Malenia used to be even harder to beat than she is today

Malenia
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Hard to believe, I know, but dᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤♎ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚataminers have discovered that Elden Ring's most notorious boss, Malenia, used to be even more difficult to beat than she already is.

By analyzing and playing through the 1.0 version of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Elden Ring - that is, a version that's been untouched by patches or changes since the original game was pressed to disc and played offline to avoid just such updates - Kotn3l 🏅discovered several key differences with her attack pattern and abilities, making her significantly more aggressive. 

). "The most✃ noteable change that she still has access to her 'old' 'Waterfowl, which modders have discovered before. This video aims to showcase some of her differences to the patched version."

The dataminer goes on to detail the differences which include her being more aggressive in Phase 1, boasting "slightly different combos", her improved blocking - "she blocks many, especially consecutive attacks" - and the recently-discovered "old" Waterfowl Dance.🍰 It also shows that the Phase 2 clone attack doesn't do scarlet rot build-up.

Talking of Malenia; an Elden Ring player has vowed to beat the infamous boss with a different build every day until DLC is announced… even though FromSoft has yet to confirm DLC is even coming to the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:RPG. And did you see the speedrun attempt in which someone completed Elden Ring without leveling up or getting hit… without skipping the optional Grafted Scion ꦓboss fight?

Someone also recently completed a full three-hour run without getting hit, whilst another world-record speedrun has completed the entire game in less than seven minutes

A survey of Elden Ring players recently revealed what we love most about FromSoftware's open-world RPG, from our favorite weapons and spirit ashes, to our favorite NPCs, areas of the map, and boss battles, of course. And yes, it's still 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:the best-selling game of 2022 in the US.

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