I did it (Major DLC spoilers)

[Joshua Rosfield]

He took me 4 days, but Radahn is dead. It's on me that he took so long since I refused to summon or use Spirit Ashes. Unlike the other bosses in the DLC, I do think this boss is way overtuned as it stands right now, a lot of his kit is very ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and the visual clutter is insane, even if it looks gorgeous.

For those who are struggling, never give up; if I can do it, you definitely can! :)

[LuckyCheshire]

He's definitely intended for fighting with summons. 'Grats.

[Daniel Burgermeister]

Radahn was ZzzzzzZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz fr fr.

[sergantuss]

finished all bosses solo as well and i can tell that second phase is the mostly big ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ in the entire souls like life.

you can not see ♥♥♥♥.
low time to react on the *ult*
so many effect on the screen that some time this lazers was blocking my vision....

legit insane ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
it was the first time when i legit respec myself into the str/bleed and just deleted him with this new collosal weapon that do bleed on heavy atack.

i hate myself for doing this since there is like no other even more casual build then bleed but it is what it is....

such a godlike dlc and such a ♥♥♥♥♥ ass final boss(not even gona menton *the ending*)

[Joshua Rosfield]

Originally posted by Aerieanei:

Why did they make the DLC end like that?

If he was optional I wouldn't hate him as much, but the fact that he's mandatory to beat the DLC feels kind of insulting, casual players even with the tools to help them with these fights are going to seriously struggle with this boss I think.

[Joshua Rosfield]

Originally posted by Willy Wonka on Laced Perc 30s:

Radahn was ZzzzzzZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz fr fr.

If they altered his moveset and toned down the visual clutter he'd genuinely be one of the best bosses in Elden Ring, but in his current state he's really messy.

[Joshua Rosfield]

Originally posted by LuckyCheshire:

He's definitely intended for fighting with summons. 'Grats.

Thank you! Yeah I definitely shot myself in the foot fighting him summonless haha, but I do enjoy learning the boss movesets and mastering them, I just think Radahn's moveset is badly designed and I hope it gets revised at some point (very unlikely).

[JGoodman]

I wonder if George R.R. Martin was involved with the DLC. I don't think he was considering he mentioned in an interview three years ago that he was finished up with Elden Ring so he could focus on his new novel. That is probably why the new lore didn't make any sense.

[LuckyCheshire]

Originally posted by 8uman:

I wonder if George R.R. Martin was involved with the DLC. I don't think he was considering he mentioned in an interview three years ago that he was finished up with Elden Ring so he could focus on his new novel. That is probably why the new lore didn't make any sense.

It was stated somewhere by Miyazaki that basically Martin left them with far more lore than they actually used in the game, and the DLC stuff is just more of it.

[CrAZYVIC.]

Indeed, that boss is poorly designed. They force you to use a shield to defeat it in a reasonable time. If you want to kill it without a shield, multiplayer, or summons, it will take you 500 attempts.

Having played several Soulslike games, not just from FromSoftware, it is the boss with the worst design in this franchise.