cant beat malekith

[Glory]

currently been stuck longer than fire giant wtf is this boss

[OMEGA]

Originally posted by Glory:

as for my build im at lvl 116 rn
full lionels armor
regal ancestor spirit axe +10
mimic tear +10
greenspill crystal tear and opaline bubble tear
talismans are dragoncrest shield +2 crimson amber medallion haligdrake +1 and arsenal charm
13 +9 normals flasks
37 vigor
9 mind
33 endurance
65 strength
25 dexterity
7 intelligence
8 faith
11 arcane
if i missed anything else idk

you can summon mimic at start spirit axe is a pretty poor weapon 37 vigor is very low if your struggling you should have at least 60 vigor which also buffs your mimic lower strength too after soft cap you wont get much more in fact your wasting 5 levels make sure your not slow rolling i can solo him for you most likely if you want too i have no idea how you got past fire giant at 37 vigor as you would need to beat him hitless. you will get him eventually

[Fripposo]

if u wanna summon me i can help

[Glory]

Originally posted by Meewec:

looks like it comes down to needing to learn his attacks so you know when to roll and when you can get a hit or two in. you can probably only reliably use the horn skill right at the start of phase 1 while he's running towards you.

this is one of the only bosses i cant learn his attacks because i die so quickly in phase 2

[Haru]

Originally posted by Glory:

as for my build im at lvl 116 rn
full lionels armor
regal ancestor spirit axe +10
mimic tear +10
greenspill crystal tear and opaline bubble tear
talismans are dragoncrest shield +2 crimson amber medallion haligdrake +1 and arsenal charm
13 +9 normals flasks
37 vigor
9 mind
33 endurance
65 strength
25 dexterity
7 intelligence
8 faith
11 arcane
if i missed anything else idk

I realised what the problems are pretty quickly.

Try out Opaline Hardtear instead. It is overall damage negation increase. I believe it should stack with bubbletear.

If it's the axe I'm thinking of, I don't think that's suitable for your build. There are much better strength specific focused weapons. The axe from this boss is a quality weapon.

Lionel's set is very heavy and to be honest maybe more suited for a block style of game play over a dodge rolling one. It's good for poise and tanking direct damage, but for Malekith, it's a lot easier with a lighter load out, imo.

More vigor will ALWAYS help because it can save you another couple of hits, but it isn't mandatory. And it isn't the core problem either. People largely blow this out of proportion.

Crimson Amber Medallion is horrendous and I would trade it for something to increase your damage mitigation or stamina regen. I can't see why the haligdrake talisman would be useful for this fight either. If you are going to keep the arsenal charm, then you should go for the greatjar arsenal charm as it's the best version in the game. The reason I don't rate the haligdrake talisman from this fight is because it doesn't do much to mitigate the burning away of HP, this is something that needs to be avoided by running, jumping or rolling. You might also want to grab the strongest possible version of the dragoncrest greatshield talismans if you don't already have it.

Only thing I'd change in your stats is removing 3 points off of endurance to throw into vigor but I don't think that'd matter much either.

If I was going to adopt the usual 'vigor is king' mentality, I'd dump ten or even fifteen points out of strength and throw them directly into vigor.

You can also increase your general damage mitigation by consuming boiled crab or boiled lobster.

[MaisKais]

hes very easy just his destined death slashes go behind him

[Humpenstilzchen]

Originally posted by DLC💚TOO🤍HARD💔:

Definitely a skill issue

Yes on your part for lacking empathy and the decency to give proper advice. Instead you use this opportunity to talk down on someone from a position of superiority instead of trying to help this person who clearly just lacks experience.

You literally shamed yourself with this post showing what a pathetic mindset you have.

@ OP Since you thought being oneshot is the norm for this game. It´s not. You can become quite tanky depending on which build you have. Many people incl myself like using shields from which greatshields offer the best protection but there also other ways to become super tanky.

Today I watched a video from a well known Elden Ring youtuber who pushed a tank build to the max and when I read your post it reminded me of that that and I thought it fits well in here to show you what is possible in Elden Ring (literally everything imagineable)

Check this out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzEz6bDHJvY

[InfernoX250]

Wait people use 50 or 60 vigor?

*Laughs in 25 vigor

[Fel]

If you don't get hit, you don't need vigor, for the rest of us that get hit quite a bit and frequently run out of flasks, 40 vigor quickly is a must-have since it's the first point beyond which the amount of health you gain per stat takes a dive, the second break point being at 60.

To be fair, level 116 seem quite low to me for that point in the game.
Of course, people that want to stay at meta levels for PvP is one thing but for those of us that just want to get through the game it should be feasible to be at mevem 150-170 at that point, which means a rather large amount of stat points.

[Meewec]

Originally posted by InfernoX250:

Wait people use 50 or 60 vigor?

*Laughs in 25 vigor

i did 40 for base game, went to 60 in the dlc

[Haru]

Originally posted by Fel:

If you don't get hit, you don't need vigor, for the rest of us that get hit quite a bit and frequently run out of flasks, 40 vigor quickly is a must-have since it's the first point beyond which the amount of health you gain per stat takes a dive, the second break point being at 60.

To be fair, level 116 seem quite low to me for that point in the game.
Of course, people that want to stay at meta levels for PvP is one thing but for those of us that just want to get through the game it should be feasible to be at mevem 150-170 at that point, which means a rather large amount of stat points.

To be honest, that's extremely over the top, lol. 120 is about the norm' for end game.

[Glory]

i think im at lvl 122 now with 40 vigor idk exactly ill post it when i get off work

[Fel]

That "norm" really depends on the player's own skill as well as how much of the content you explore.
The only reasons to keep your level low are for the challenge or for PvP.
If you are not into either of those, getting more levels is only beneficial, and you get plenty of runes without farming for them if you explore and do the various dungeons that are all over the place.

It's fine to want to keep yourself at a low level if you have a reason for it, but if like OP you are struggling there is little reason to not go beat some dungeons (and their bosses) for a big chunk of runes and level up.

Another thing to note is the +9 on the flasks, the cap is at +12 and all of the sacred tears are before cumbling farum azula.
It won't magically make you better at the game to have better flasks of course, but healing more with each flask can help when you are struggling against a boss (assuming you have enough time to heal during the fight of course).

[Key]

It took me probably 50-70 attempts before I beat Maliketh on my first playthrough, nowdays I can beat him hitless.

Observe his moves and keep trying, try to not only memorize the attacks themselves but also what moves can follow up an attack in a chain, once you start predicting the next move, the tables turn in your favor.

Don't use smaller weapons like daggers to fight him cause you'll miss more than half of your attacks, that was my main issue at the time, my first build was dual daggers.

[Snus]

try a mage build and avoid holy on him

[brownie689]

Originally posted by Glory:

i didnt really think i needed anymore i was under the impression at some point the bosses where just gonna one shot you anyway

you need 60 vigor to even think about surviving an attack from most bosses in this game. Especially the DLC.