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@@suchar7175 Thanks. This boss is by far the hardest for every challenge run I’ve ever done of this game, and while now I actually quite like him, the process of learning him was agony, kinda similar to how I feel about consort Radahn. Best of luck if you ever decide to challenge Simon on level 1.

@@suchar7175 Thanks! It honestly could have been a lot faster in phase two, I played pretty unoptimally. She’s a super fun fight but the lightning nuke ruined it for me for a while, it’s just a reaction time check and if you miss it it just feels shitty

@@SacredWalrus I agree, without lightning nuke (or if this attack worked a bit differently) she could be my number one Boss of all time, because other than that she is perfect mechanically and great in every other regard in my opinion.

Can you give a timecode to which attack do you refer as lighting nuke?

@ It’s the attack right at the start of phase 2, I can give a time code if you want but I think it’s pretty easy to find

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@@suchar7175 Thanks! This was honestly my worst attempt until I survived all the way through tho lol. I’ll probably upload victor and green bean today and Laxasia later this week

@@cryptocash1847 Thanks

@@grayestrat Thanks, I wanted to do Messmer cosplay build for a while, and it feels like his equipment is specifically built for fighting lion, which is somewhat thematic to the lore as well

@SacredWalrus yeah you got pierce and fire. One of the few bosses messmers spear is good on

@SacredWalrus also yeah lore accurate too

@@Amy-kh3zl Yeah, crystal clarity makes the beams really fast and fun

@@ViniciusTetsuyaSasaki thanks!

@@abdulrhmanelfeky8534 A boom from Demeter turns your cast into the beams, and with a tier 2 from Demeter and a duo from Demeter and Artemis they become this crazy

@@grayestrat Thanks, I’ve been doing more cinematic kills of a few bosses and this is definitely the best so far.

@@SacredWalrus looking forward to seeing some more

@@grayestratI’ve done Mohg and dancing lion (still need to upload lion) and I’m hoping to do all of the dlc bosses except Metyr and a few more base game ones

@@SacredWalrus nice, love me some Mohg and Lion

@@grayestrat Thanks! The light of Miquella during twin moons is my new favorite unique attack punish.

@@SacredWalrus that was for sure the best part imo

@@mux9 Congrats

@@grayestrat Thanks! They finally found a way to make this kind of boss fun and not just cool looking

@@SacredWalrus they for sure did but couldn't resist adding the bull shit phase change aoe

Spectacular performance man. Truly remarkable. I'm going to put this man off forever lol

@@grayestrat Thanks, this is easily the hardest boss kill I’ve ever done and I’m not religious but I was praying during this fight lol

​@SacredWalrus it's absolutely stunning man, 12 minute radahn takes some insane skill

@@grayestrat Spending 18 hours on him for this run and about 40 hours on the fight in total I think I’m as close to mastering this boss as I’ll ever get (or want to get for that matter)

@SacredWalrus same story/hours I hear from others and it makes me full of despair

@@KiraHawleyRichardson Thanks!

@@grayestrat Thanks! I love this fight so damn much

@@grayestrat This fight was a ton of fun, and surprisingly easier than the no aux +25 club kill

@SacredWalrus love fighting this boss. Been working on my +0 a little but man no aux is gonna be long as hell. Even upgraded weapon on ng+7 took 8 minutes.

@@grayestrat Are you doing level 1, +0, scadu 0 ng+7? If so that is crazy and best of luck on the fights either way. I love Bayle even on long fights and other than the fire hitboxes he is crazy well balanced for a dragon

@@SacredWalrus no I'm not doing ng7 at +0 just base ng like the others I've done. Might even resort to frost or something too

@@grayestrat That’s good, the ng+7 health and poise increases might be too much honestly. Also yeah using bleed or frost on the star fists would probably be good, and really any of the statuses except rot are good but not op so that would probably be the most fun way to do it

@@phillip1054 Crystal Beams are so damn fun to use and are surprisingly adaptable even on moderately high heat levels like 32

@@LompaGaming Thanks! Technically no damage, because I messed up the strafe on the grab that time and it counts as a hit, but doesn’t do damage. This is probably my hardest boss kill and my hardest non-reset run, but I’ve done a few other challenges I think are harder

@@SacredWalrus hmm. sounds like a skill issue to me. gotta do it again but without any hit. 🤭

@@CRAAAYZ_ No fucking way Lol, I’m done with this boss for a while

@@madeline6951 I used gambit to get through the fissure and there aren’t any weapon arts that would help for the boss really so I just left it on there

@@FullMetalHeart_one Thanks! The +0 is made a lot easier by rot, frost, and bleed, because they do % based damage, but it is still pretty tough. Yeah I’ve been doing souls challenges since before Elden Ring released, but it definitely got me much more into challenges, and it’s been nice to see how many people are doing challenges for the first time with the dlc

@@SacredWalrus yeah, definetely. I actually started with the dlc, never thought it was that fun but it takes a lot of time :)

@@grayestrat Thanks! I still need to learn to punish him in the middle of Messmers assault on top of at the end, and to get more consistent with jumping the spins (using anything but star fists) but I have gotten very comfortable with this fight and it’s quite a bit of fun

Also, for some reason the upgraded weapon but no aux kill was a lot slower and tougher than this one, rot really is op

@@SacredWalrus absolute power (rot) And it's really hard to punish assault in the middle with star fists cuz the range is bad. With alabasters I was able to do 2 fully charged r2s during assault. One mid combo and one at the end. POWER.

@@pig_ofgold6888 That would be cool! This is just a demo so there will be more and I hope to see something like that upon full release

@@LompaGaming Thanks! He’s super cinematic and well built up, but honestly I’m not a huge fan of the moveset. Nothing bad, just kinda underwhelming in my opinion

@@SacredWalrus I see what you mean. The fight can be very repetitive and slow at times

@@LompaGaming Considering he is very tanky the fight tends to drag when doing it with lower damage and other than a few occasional instances, most of his attacks are easy to dodge and don’t have much depth of learning to them. You can jump a few swings and strafe one or two moves but other than those few it’s pretty much just dodge at the right time a few times in a row. Also the fact that he staggers as quick as he does makes it feel like he never gets going. I certainly don’t dislike the boss but I tend to share my negative opinions on the boss because I think he is pretty overrated

@@rudde7918 Yeah, part of me wanted to run it back Hitless but I am doing this run to learn the bosses better, not to beef up how many challenges I can put in the title and I felt like I had a good understanding of the boss and didn’t need to reset over a stupid mistake

@@SacredWalrus Did I see it right, or did he do the attack where he dismounts and both of them charge at you twice, did he do that only once in this fight? For me it felt he always spammed it xD

@@rudde7918 I don’t remember how many times he did it but I know he did it at least once. That is definitely one of his harder attacks to dodge but once you figure it out it is one of his most punishable attacks so it tends to be one you hope to get on a challenge fight like this

@@SacredWalrus Yeah, in the end I think all of his attacks are "easy" to dodge, if you learn them right? Maybe the one where he summons the blue fire from behind you is the hardest.

@@rudde7918 Yeah, he is one of the easiest dlc bosses and maybe one of the easiest bosses overall, none of his attacks are that tough to dodge once you’ve seen them once or twice. I honestly think the attack that trips me up the most is the horse scream, just because the timing is so weird. The attack where he summons blue fire behind you is easy to dodge if you unlock and turn around, but I’ve seen people stay locked on and jump into him over the attack for a punish and doing it that way is definitely harder

@@zacknstuff1611 Instead of a bunch of avatars they just put them all back to back. I’ve never thought about it that way but that’s hilarious

@@billalh7180 Thanks!

@@grayestrat Thanks! Part of me wanted to restart after that hit from the charge but considering it was my first attempt after reloading the save file I just let it play out, with no expectation of victory

​@@SacredWalrus of all the moves to say fuck it on, that's definitely the most lol

@@grayestrat I had done putrescent Knight right before this guy and I was stuck for a little while because I kept rolling wrong on the beginning of the big combo even though the timing is super easy, but the one time I actually kept going I got him down to like 10% and it was smooth sailing from there so I decided to just play on for this one too

@@SacredWalrus no shame in that

Thanks! Also, I tend not to like throwing around “skill issue” but to people who think Gaius is terrible, it’s a skill issue. I can understand people who think he’s kinda boring or simple, but all of the Gaius hate is so unwarranted.

@@SacredWalrus he's definitely simple