Rennala Rant

[Kraehe]

I need to vent right now, Rennala has to be one of the worst designed bosses ive encountered in any game in a long time.
Literally everything about her is annoying tedium.
To start with, there is no grace close to her. Afaik the closest one is in the room where you fought the red wolf. So everytime I die I have to run aaaall the way across that stupid ramp and to the elevator just to get to her. This alone always takes a couple of minutes.
And the "shortcuts" you unlock here are barely shorter and come at the expense of having enemies in the way, so might as well just run the normal path.
Then there is phase one, where you have to listen to those singing c**ts over repeat the same three lines over and over while you run around the room to kill the ones that keep the actual boss afloat, all the while getting ♥♥♥♥ flung at you.
And then the phase after that is probably fine if you have magic of your own or ranged attacks. But for me this is trying to get close to her so I can get a hit or 2, all the while she keeps spamming her spells, most of which are homing to some degree.
And then halfway through that ordeal she starts summoning ♥♥♥♥, and not normal ♥♥♥♥ like the occiasional wolf or whatever, no, minibosses, giants, dragons, all the fun ♥♥♥♥.

TL:DR Rennala is annoying, nothing about this fight is fun and I hope I can end this suffering soon.

[Degaron]

She was really easy; I found the trash mobs leading up to her alot more of an issue then Renala herself.

[rasabt]

tbh. if you got this much of an issue with her
i don't think this is the game for you
she is literaly early game
not even a mid-tier encounter
normal enemies mid to end tier will tear you apart

[defnotj4]

its a pretty typical souls run back, phase 1 is just deacons and basically free, and phase 2 she staggers to the lightest attacks so she's never really a problem

it is odd that some fights put a respawn right outside the boss room, and some they make you actually run a little bit. my only real complaint on the fight is when she summons something, my lock on decides to switch target to it for some unknown reason

[Zanax]

Originally posted by Schizm:

Originally posted by Zanax Maniax Edition:

Rennala makes me feel things

Show me where da Rennala touched you.

It hurts too much to tell

[Mesond]

She's an easy boss. Just get in close, move to the side, hit her with a sharp pointy item. Staggers super easily.

When she summons her illusions, back away. Kill fast if it's wolves. Only the bloodhound will be an issue. Giant and dragon is easy to doge and avoid. Remember, when it lifts off, count the three wing flaps. Then dodge as it dives.

Besides that it's a matter of casually moving left and right and you get in close to hit her. Wehn she does the moon thing, it's a free hit when she comes down. Then run before it explodes.

I did die to her a few times myself at first. But once I got her attacks figured out she was so easy. The spells can hit hard but they're easy to avoid. Don't move "backwards" from them. Move "sideways". Trying to move back from tracking spells will get the player killed. Sideways though? They miss. Just go a bit forward as well.

As for the bonfire, it's actually a short walk. It's the lift that's annoying.

[ghost]

Rennala has to be the easiest FromSoft boss since Pinwheel, she died so quickly I had to look up the boss fight on youtube to get the full effect of the awesome looking room and what the clones are singing/doing

[Humpenstilzchen]

Originally posted by runningtargetzombiebait:

I think her summons are timed so if you can avoid them they'll disappear.

Yes the summons are definitly timed and don´t last very long. The last time I fought her she summoned a dragon so I just ran around a bit avoiding him and he despawned again after a couple seconds.

[Woldy]

"There is no grace close to her"

Souls vets: First time?

[Craig]

Originally posted by Woldy:

"There is no grace close to her"

Souls vets: First time?

It insane how close checkpoints are to bosses. It was not a short walk back from the bonfire to any boss in DS1...I'm not complaining either. I hated the stupid long death runs.

[Space]

PLEASE HELP ME KILL RADAGON PASS: 12345

[Random Dan Random Snack Man.]

ahh the bed of chaos feels XD

[Beldraketh]

HOL UP people actually got stuck on this boss?? I am on my 2nd playthrough and she only casted 1 spell 2nd phase before I killed her lol. This has to be a meme post.

[blood_guts]

correct on all counts. if you use a fast weapon you can stunlock her, but a big bonk makes you work harder. Anyone who thinks renala is easy is confirmed a katana wielding weeb.

try sprinting sideways and then towards her when the homing stuff comes out. should be safe doing that. then wait until it's between a hard summon to get her.

also she does summon wolves.

[Sonnenbank]

Well she is a puzzle boss and actually very easy.
probably easiest boss in the game.

Phase 1 just run around and look out for stuff that can hit you
you can also hide behind pillars.

I was surprised how easy it is to evade all kind of stuff just by running in circles

Phase 2
All her magic can be avoided just by running in 8 shapes.
Summons can be brutal but here is the deal
you dont have to fight them ! run around for 30 seconds and they will just dissapear
she has low health and a few hits kill her.


I am surprised someone struggles on one of the easiest bosses in all souls games

[Mesond]

Originally posted by blood_guts:

Anyone who thinks renala is easy is confirmed a katana wielding weeb.

The only thing that's "confirmed" is that you assume and speak out of ignorance. I'm sure plenty of people use katanas, but plenty of people also don't. For one thing bleed gets old (yea, I said it).

Carian Knight's Sword. Combine with it with the Carian shield (or a great shield). The tracking spells will do chip damage if they hit, but they're easy enough to dodge. More useful against the summons.

Just don't keep the shield up when trying to close the gap with Rennala. Block, stop blocking, sprint to her.