Malekith phase 1 has almost 0 openings.

[Not_L_Username]

This boss is peak Elden Ring Garbage. For RL1 the beast Clergyman is the most overtuned trash I've seen so far, and I have yet to get to the second phase as he has many double swipes that can't be rolled through and attacks with almost 0 windup. Positioning is pointless in the fight as he can do a 180 turn almost instantly, and he does a finnicky ground slam that can maybe be punished with a jumping attack if close enough, but the timing is delayed and unfun, and it can't be rolled through.

There are genuinely people in existence that will sit there and say this is a good boss, when in reality it's another unfun Elden Ring boss that doesn't reward postioning, have almost 0 telegraphing, and has a stupidly long boss run for a game with stakes of Marika. Don't care if it's for a lore reason or something, if you're going to add a boss that is genuine eye cancer then at least don't make the boss run 30 seconds.

In all seriousness I appreciate any advice given, as I can't find any openings and am being forced to spend 3/4 of the boss fight running to him so I get no opportunity to actually learn him.

[Sparhawk 59]

Their are some YT vids on fighting him RL1 try google those like this sort
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keY-rEY8iAA

[Not_L_Username]

Originally posted by Sparhawk 57:

Their are some YT vids on fighting him RL1 try google those

I don't like watching Elden RIng content on YT alot of it is clickbait and a waste of time. Some smaller YT channels can be decent but the bigger channels are useless and misinformed imo.

[𝑀𝓊𝑔𝑒𝓃]

His sporadic swings especially those fast swipes he does are all designed to roll catch whether you roll towards him or away from him so my own strategy is to just stick towards his right and make my way towards his ass where i start hacking away while he is stuck in that attack animation , i find that when he does bestial sling it's better to roll towards the projectiles rather than away from it , i also tend to punish his boulder throw by running towards him when he starts that animation but yeah phase 1 is annoying primarily cause how fast he moves , i find the antspur rapier or any thrusting sword to be effective in this fight primarily cause of their speed which can somewhat keep up with his speed

[SotiCoto]

Bosses in general in Elden Ring are deliberately attuned to be troublesome, even beyond sense or reason. They violate common sense over and over again in order to "gotcha" the player to a downright excessive degree... BUT they're obviously not insurmountable. You may have to learn every single movement they make in every single order to figure out how to beat them... OR you may have to entirely change your build, upgrade a new weapon, and come at the fight in a completely different way... or maybe you just need to upgrade your Mimic Tear.

In any case, assuming you aren't trolling... I feel your pain, but can't really be more helpful. I've only just got my 2nd character to Gurranq and I've been putting off continuing because of the 1.10 upgrade potentially breaking all the mods I use.

Originally posted by MrFantasticCraft:

I don't like watching Elden RIng content on YT alot of it is clickbait and a waste of time. Some smaller YT channels can be decent but the bigger channels are useless and misinformed imo.

That is just the nature of the Internet these days. This isn't the late 90s / early 00s where the Internet was a wild frontier of generally honest geeks. Unfortunately now it is a corporate playground where everything is a ploy to part you from your money, and anything that doesn't earn money is generally buried under everything else.

Still, there is information to be had on Youtube if you can dig through the piles of useless garbage to find it.

[Sparhawk 59]

up to you as you asked for help and these are the best ones for doing the RL1 run

[Not_L_Username]

Originally posted by 𝑀𝓊𝑔𝑒𝓃:

His sporadic swings especially those fast swipes he does are all designed to roll catch whether you roll towards him or away from him so my own strategy is to just stick towards his right and make my way towards his ass where i start hacking away while he is stuck in that attack animation , i find that when he does bestial sling it's better to roll towards the projectiles rather than away from it , i also tend to punish his boulder throw by running towards him when he starts that animation but yeah phase 1 is annoying primarily cause how fast he moves , i find the antspur rapier or any thrusting sword to be effective in this fight primarily cause of their speed which can somewhat keep up with his speed

I can kind of understand how his boulder throw is punishable, but even if I point blank jump him my Star Fists still miss his hitbox. I'll check those rapiers out, assuming they're useable at SL1.

[nfinite.recursion]

Stick close to him. Sounds counter-intuitive, but many of his attacks will miss, especially if you're near his rear flank.

Edit: Since you're using Starfists, it's generally better to NOT use lock on for enemies that have a target point higher than you.

[𝑀𝓊𝑔𝑒𝓃]

Originally posted by MrFantasticCraft:

Originally posted by 𝑀𝓊𝑔𝑒𝓃:

His sporadic swings especially those fast swipes he does are all designed to roll catch whether you roll towards him or away from him so my own strategy is to just stick towards his right and make my way towards his ass where i start hacking away while he is stuck in that attack animation , i find that when he does bestial sling it's better to roll towards the projectiles rather than away from it , i also tend to punish his boulder throw by running towards him when he starts that animation but yeah phase 1 is annoying primarily cause how fast he moves , i find the antspur rapier or any thrusting sword to be effective in this fight primarily cause of their speed which can somewhat keep up with his speed

I can kind of understand how his boulder throw is punishable, but even if I point blank jump him my Star Fists still miss his hitbox. I'll check those rapiers out, assuming they're useable at SL1.

The wonky hitbox happens with claws and fists when it comes to maliketh , didn't enjoy fighting him with the venomous fangs

[Not_L_Username]

Hey, so I switched to dual blood bandit swords and I have more more reach + better hitboxes. I've found a few more openings and have the first phase down. Is it cheese to use bleed against him?

[SotiCoto]

Originally posted by MrFantasticCraft:

Hey, so I switched to dual blood bandit swords and I have more more reach + better hitboxes. I've found a few more openings and have the first phase down. Is it cheese to use bleed against him?

Sure, but he uses cheese against you, so why not use it back?
Like I've said... just about every boss that gives difficulty can be turned around by switching weapons... except Pike. Everything is weak to Pike. All hail the eternal glory of the long, pointy stick!

Okay... everything except Gargoyles, Crystallians and perhaps Abductor Virgins.

[The Spirit of Jazz]

His double swipe can be jumped.

[Icedfate]

OP : tries to fight an endgame boss at level 1
also OP : complains it's too hard. . .


maybe he's not overtumed. maybe it's just tuned for someone higher than level 1 to fight him. .


that being said. I had to cheese him back earlier after i gave him the 4th deathroot, because yeah, his attacks really are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
like he swipes and i roll and the second swipe comes way too fast , there's is literally, physically, no time to dodge roll again. the game doesn't allow you enough frames to dodge roll twice at that speed, so the second swipe will always catch you.
the attack is LITERALLY not figuratively, literally impossible to dodge. I guess the only way is to just not even be close enough in the first place, but then if you don't get in close, you will never hit him. . .also, he's got the agent smith a.i. to dodge ranged attacks.. I still managed to cheese him with a bow back at the sanctum by standing outiside the door where he can't come out and then waiting for his a.i. to diesngage and he would turn around and walk back to his position then i could sneak in 1-2 shots and then he comes running back and it took me 20 minutes.




edit :

Originally posted by The Spirit of Jazz:

His double swipe can be jumped.

i had not discovered dual wielding at the time, but now i did notice since i started dual wielding, i favor the jump attack and i have been avoiding quite a few attacks accidentally just rom me trying to jump attack so that's a good tip if it works


edit 2 : also that vid that was linked in the first reply, i'll never understand how people are doing more damage at level 1 with straight swords than i am doing at level 171 with greatswords. . .

[Not_L_Username]

Originally posted by The Spirit of Jazz:

His double swipe can be jumped.

jumping feels too clunky and inconsistent to me.

[Faust Wither]

Look up for when he stab the ground or when he cast a rock throw.

[Mr_Blank]

Circus is back get your tickets

Same guy who said he didn’t want to spend anymore time in the game a couple posts ago