I just one shot Rellana

[ZTEQ]

I wanted to make this post more for the people out there that are on the fence about the DLC due to difficulty or poorly designed bosses etc. In my experience so far, if you play with summons and use all the tools of the game that are at your disposable, the bosses in the DLC have been very manageable for me. I'm not a particular good player and would say I'm an average souls player ability wise at best.

Rellana was the easiest yet for me with Dung Eater summon and then just cold spells (I'm an int/dex build, level 250ish NG+2). She was honestly easier then Mallenia. Killed her on the first attempt and I didn't even realize it was going to be her when I got to boss room so wasn't 100% prepared even.

It's been all over social media that this DLC is brutal and that the difficulty of the bosses is whack, but this simply hasn't been my experience at all. I am playing the game like I played the base game and so far I'm not really finding the difficulty a ton harder for the most part.

[Madao]

okay

[duck_dodgers]

You beat her in the first try... that's not the same as one-shotting her.

She is a pretty tough boss, but nowhere near as brutal as she is made out to be. In some ways she reminded me of Owl (Father) from Sekiro with her ability to switch between attacks depending on player position and her 'in your face ' fighting style.

[ZTEQ]

Originally posted by duck_dodgers:

You beat her in the first try... that's not the same as one-shotting her.

She is a pretty tough boss, but nowhere near as brutal as she is made out to be. In some ways she reminded me of Owl (Father) from Sekiro with her ability to switch between attacks depending on player position and her 'in your face ' fighting style.

True, one shotting was the wrong term. Meant I beat her on the first attempt the non hardcore way using summons etc.

Re-reading my intial post it kind of comes off like I'm bragging about it but I'm not. I almost didn't get the DLC myself after seeing so much stuff out there that the bosses are terrible, DLC is way too hard, etc etc. So far I'm really enjoying it and I am maybe 20-25 hours into it as of right now.

[duck_dodgers]

Originally posted by ZTEQ:

True, one shotting was the wrong term. Meant I beat her on the first attempt the non hardcore way using summons etc.

I didn't imply that you were bragging, I was just pointing out a small mistake. In NG+2, she has over 30K health and one-shotting her seems highly unlikely.

One question though, had you seen her boss fight before your attempt?

[vamirez]

This game, and actually all FS games, can (and perhaps should) be played as oldschool RPG "puzzle" games. The puzzle being finding and using items and abilities that fit the situation at hand in a rock paper scissors kind of way. While it's cool that you can overcome everything with pure skill, that is clearly the hardest mode. Normal mode is to use everything at your disposal, find weak spots and solve encounters.

[Archdeacon Monseigneur]

your critique of the DLC is useless unless you're talking about the late game bosses.
nobody cares about Rellana or Divine Beast, their stats are not as inflated as Messmer or Radahn.

i did Rellana first because the cross map led me there, and when i came back to do Belurat i swiped through the area with ease and killed divine beast on my first attempt, because thats the area i was supposed to have gone to before castle ensis.
in turn, Rellana was a pretty harsh challenge for me, since i was supposed to have gone there secondly.

live and learn.
but yeah, irrelevant unless we're talking about Radahn.

[ZTEQ]

Originally posted by duck_dodgers:

Originally posted by ZTEQ:

True, one shotting was the wrong term. Meant I beat her on the first attempt the non hardcore way using summons etc.

I didn't imply that you were bragging, I was just pointing out a small mistake. In NG+2, she has over 30K health and one-shotting her seems highly unlikely.

One question though, had you seen her boss fight before your attempt?

Only through videos on Tik Tok honestly, so I was aware of some of her attacks, but Dung Eater summon was tanking her like a champ while I blasted away. Maybe Dung Eater is just a beast.

[duck_dodgers]

Originally posted by ZTEQ:

Originally posted by duck_dodgers:

I didn't imply that you were bragging, I was just pointing out a small mistake. In NG+2, she has over 30K health and one-shotting her seems highly unlikely.

One question though, had you seen her boss fight before your attempt?

Only through videos on Tik Tok honestly, so I was aware of some of her attacks, but Dung Eater summon was tanking her like a champ while I blasted away. Maybe Dung Eater is just a beast.

Alrighty.

[Datora]

I also beat her on first try but wait for last boss... That mofo is insane

[Knavenformed]

There are an awfully lot of "be wary of strong enemy" messages around Blackgaol Knight and the Messmer npc dude in the first legacy dungeon

And an awfully lot more bloodstains

[duck_dodgers]

Originally posted by Archdeacon Monseigneur:

your critique of the DLC is useless unless you're talking about the late game bosses.
nobody cares about Rellana or Divine Beast, their stats are not as inflated as Messmer or Radahn.

i did Rellana first because the cross map led me there, and when i came back to do Belurat i swiped through the area with ease and killed divine beast on my first attempt, because thats the area i was supposed to have gone to before castle ensis.
in turn, Rellana was a pretty harsh challenge for me, since i was supposed to have gone there secondly.

live and learn.
but yeah, irrelevant unless we're talking about Radahn.

Why is it irrelevant? The guys playing the DLC for the first time and every experience is an integral part of the whole.

It is your retrospective opinion that has little to no bearing on the OP's experience as they are only getting started.

Also, if it's all that irrelevant, what are you doing here?

[Archdeacon Monseigneur]

Originally posted by duck_dodgers:

Originally posted by Archdeacon Monseigneur:

your critique of the DLC is useless unless you're talking about the late game bosses.
nobody cares about Rellana or Divine Beast, their stats are not as inflated as Messmer or Radahn.

i did Rellana first because the cross map led me there, and when i came back to do Belurat i swiped through the area with ease and killed divine beast on my first attempt, because thats the area i was supposed to have gone to before castle ensis.
in turn, Rellana was a pretty harsh challenge for me, since i was supposed to have gone there secondly.

live and learn.
but yeah, irrelevant unless we're talking about Radahn.

Why is it irrelevant? The guys playing the DLC for the first time and every experience is an integral part of the whole.

It is your retrospective opinion that has little to no bearing on the OP's experience as they are only getting started.

Also, if it's all that irrelevant, what are you doing here?

its irrelevant because the early game bosses are easily overcome with even a modicum of scadutree upgrades whereas late game bosses are extremely punishing and borderline impossible to kill even at full scadutree upgrades.