I hate to say it but I saw this coming. This boss can and will take years off your life. Cause even if you beat her you know in your heart that all you did was survive
The fear and anxiety that you can hear in his voice when he beat the first phase and said "Did they ever have a cutscene after they die before?" fucking sent me. Holy shit man these just keep getting better.
@@samadagwis0361 It’s deep for a stranger playing a video game. “The fear and anxiety he felt! You can just hear it!” Dude it’s just a recording of a man playing a video game chill out. BTW aren’t we all 12 here? We are watching a stranger playing video games. We couldn’t be adults doing this right?
The moment he realized she had a second phase is everything. First time I fought her, I knew immediately that she had one. This is what some of us have been waiting for, and I think all of us aren't disappointed.
@@ianyowpa3352 that would be years later when he reinstalls elden ring LOL he gonna put her name right beside nameless kings on his most fucked up stuff in his gaming life LOL
@@bryann_7197 not really. Play the game however you want. Spirit summons are in the game for a reason. NG+ Is in the game for a reason. Don’t let people gatekeep you from having fun
@@bryann_7197 only way I did it was with my strength build I put bloodhound step on guts sword dodged jump attack stagger it took forever though had to be real patient
I wanna believe that the reason why Malenia repeats her name and title every time she kills him is b/c Afro kept mispronouncing her name and she didn’t want him to forget 😂. Great content as always, man! We believe!!!
After a merciless beating from the Malenia, Afro uninstalls the game and goes to touch grass. Will this connection with nature give Afro the confidence he needs to take her on and win or will he have his cheeks spread apart by Malenia's merciless swordplay? Find out next time on AfroSenju: The Elden Ring Chronicles.
“I am Malenia - Blade of Miquela and I have never known defeat.” No matter how many times you hear that iconic introduction, it gives you absolute chills.
No boss in history has ever made me feel as terrified as when Malenia floated into the air and said "You will witness true horror. Now, rot." Told me two things, there is a 2ND FUCKING PHASE and she inflicts rot now, all I could think about is what I have done to deserve this.
He went through so many emotion when he first entered the second stage, first was pure joy, then doubt, then to anxiousness, then anger, then begging for the death scene, then denial when the second phase beggings, to more denial, to finally questioning this entire game.
i went thru all those same emotions. someone told me they struggled on her and i beat first phase like aw man that wasnt as hard as i thot. 2md phase pops up and i left to do other shit
the best part is that his build is literally everything you need to make this fight as easy as it gets - bleed + frostbite, bloodhound step, and the flies on top of all that
He might as well use black knife or mimic and get rob from his friend again cause there’s no reason someone should struggle on her while overleveled with this much cheese I’m on ng6 r and first play through I beat her with 12 deaths with a shield and greatsword. If I had this build I’d have obliterated her less than 5 deaths, I’m sure Afro will kill her eventually though
Malenia: So you are the one who slaughtered all those merchants? Afro: Yeah, what about it? Malenia: You asked one of them to tell you what death felt like…prepare to learn
Miracle of sound here?? Let me take this opportunity to say that the music you make is fucking awesome dude! Somehow every song you release is a certified banger! Thats real talent. I love all your songs and among them valhalla calling (all versions) and embers rise have gotta be my favorite. Cant wait for the elden ring song!
milenia made me take a couple months break after dying 15 times cus i coulden't touch her without getting yeeted into a new dimension came back ready to lose killed her in my 2 tries straight after coming back the pain and joy i felt
I’m surprised more people weren’t expecting a second phase I’d heard Malenia was difficult prior to playing but that’s all I knew When I fought her and finally got her to second phase I set down the controller for a sec to wipe off the sweat from my hands, then grabbed my controller again and prepared for round two
@@logeyperogi1805 what got to me is in 14 out of the 15 tries before my break i got her second phase to the point one pebble spell or a fist could kill her but i couldne't land the hit
I love how at 19:18 he screamed “ITS NOT OVER!?!” Because it had been so long since he even beat the first phase he completely forgot about the second 😂😂😂😂
My fav for malenia is seeing people fight right after cutscene, realizing she has life steal, and then her water fowl attack. This is why she is my favorite boss/character in the game
Seeing Afro completely caught of guard, flabbergasted, blindsided, and honestly bamboozled by Melenia’s first attack was worth it, she’s an anime character at the end of her arc and doesn’t wait for no bullshit, I love it
Afro: “Give me the death screen already, were done!” Malenia: “Wait.” That timing and everything about this video made my day. Man I was depressed as hell and needed a laugh. Thank you Afro. I sincerely hope you beat her soon.
16:35 denial and anger 16:57 bargaining 17:05 depression 17:44 acceptance 17:49 meaning These are the 6 stages of grief. I'm sorry bro. Edit: honestly i dont know how many stages of grief there are anymore.
The video everyone's been anticipating for the past couple of weeks, here we are. This is about to be funny for sure 💀 "Has a boss ever had a cutscene after they died before?"
She's pretty easy though in my book. Not joking on that either. I just stun locked her with Swarm of Flies and bullied her into a corner and just dodged whenever she got free. It's weird how I beat her 4 in tries but was stuck on Elden Beast/ Radagon for a while.
I was mad respecting his level of optimism. I was like: yes, that is definitely an optimistic person that can handle life bravely. After his hundred attempt, I concluded that his optimism was bad for his mental health. Never had such realisation before. Thank you dude for unraveling such angle of life. Truly! You are wonderful! 🏆🏆🏆
4:00 For those wondering, Gowry suggests that the entire plot with the needle was meant to gestate the rot inside of Millicent's body until she 'blooms', suggesting that she was some sort of walking rot nuke (ala what Malenia did to Caelid or somesuch). Somehow, she discovered this and decided to nope out in the end. There was no saving her, that game was rigged from the start. Edit: Another part of what makes Malenia so difficult is that she doesn't actually have a consistent pattern. Her moveset alters slightly when you're attacking her - this is part of why parry gods can absolutely demolish her as they do. For waterfoul dance, you have to roll-dodge INTO the second flurry. The first one, you need to just be out of range, and bhs can help with that. Lastly, as noted at 15:00, a well timed ranged attack can knock her out of waterfoul stance. If you use some of the stronger pots (pref freezing) at the right time, you can shut it down entirely if your timing is tight.
There are actually weapons that knock her out in the aur while she's attemoting the waterfowl dance like the skill of the rivers of blood sword. Actually found her easy with that weapon.
@@dredgewalker plus 10 mimic and I’m lvl 186 with a strength and Dex and Vig build and endurance lol and we used a plus 10 rivers of blood and beat her within maybe 10 mins
Previously on elden ring. Massive, Thick, Heavy and far too rough. It was too big to be called a sword. Indeed it was like a heap of raw iron. Afro goes further with this new sidequest helping a young girl on the brink of death and with the help of an odd man he rids the scarlet rot in her body and even gains a new arm thanks to Afro. Continuing on he Hope's to find new places and even more so. New horrors. With his New Build of sheer strength and rage he fights a Mage Knight who proves to be a bit of a challenge but nothing our hero cant handle. He travels further down Miquella's hailtree. Only to find his friend with the prosthetic arm waiting. Hoping to discover what kind of relationship she has with this Meliena. Hearing humors of how troublesome this foe is Afro relishes the thought but also doesn't think it'll be much of a challenge as the masses say. Will Afro find this mysterious new person? Will he be able to defeat her as easily as he thinks? Will Afro meet. True horror. Next time on. Elden ring the story of afrosenju..... 12:00 Afro: "What's your NAME." The entire comment section: "Oh she'll tell you, for at least 2 more episodes."
In case anyone is actually wondering, the way to dodge waterfowl dance is to run away for the first flurry, dodge toward her for the second, then stand still for the third. Works every time
Well there are a lot of situations where you simply can't run away. Especially if you are using heavy collosal weapons. Imo the startup time needs to be increased to account for heavier builds otherwise you have to play very slow and keep waiting for her to jump up.
@@ermahgerd1678 The problem ain't the damage. It's the patience required to dodge her swings and whip her ass. I believe Afro would have a better chance if he used the katanas.
Afro: "WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO- DO YOU WANT ME TO DIE?!?" Literally every enemy, boss, and most NPCs in the entire game, the intro narrator, every incarnation of Patches, and Miyazaki himself leaning in from on high: "Yes" Alexander in the distance: "I don't!" :D
i would be confused too if after 20+ hours of gameplay a boss suddenly has cutscenes after they die, but especially in souls game..... that is not a good sign at all.
The moment when every player realizes there's a phase 2. No Elden Ring player will ever. forget. this. moment. Eye Dilation - check haha. I'm only on NG+3 atm but it feels like the more interactions with her, the more calculated you get but that Waterfowl Dance is straight fuckery no matter how many times I've seen it.
We gotta save this man's playthrough we can't let it end here just to wait another 3-5 years for a return not when he's only a hand full of bosses off from it ending
I've never seen someone fall in despair as vividly as Afro realizing there's a Phase 2 Also, Gael's theme as Malenia's intro was a really nice touch, like if there's a baton pass on who can fuck the player harder
@Pierce the HEAVENS! soloing her is hard af. And if you watched videos beforehand stfu. I fought and beat this boss before there was even guides on YT and NO ONE knew how to dodge waterfowl. Legit watched mauler livestream his attempt lmao
I knew Malenia would break him and he'd uninstall on this one lol. Glad he ended up ditching the Guts build tho cuz that would have started off as a complete catastrophe lol we might not see a video for a few days. He may also need to grab a few items in that area, at the very least the Dragoncrest greatshield talisman, which halves the physical damage she does (still massive tho lol). That actually might do it considering he used no summons and is so so close. Impressive gameplay.
@Juan beat her with the royal great sword, was on the easier side in around 2hrs or so bc she’s easy to stagger. Although I feel like how she is rn is perfectly fine, balancing the boss you can get a statue for and basically being the hardest boss in the game that’s never been defeated would be a slap in the face for Melenia. Did it to Radahn and he ended up being a joke compared to prior.
Honestly thought that I would have to change builds by what everyone told me about this boss (I dual wield the guts swords) but after a while I finally killed her. No summons or dragon talisman. Just two swords and a dream
To be fair, most summons are of neutral or negative benefit with her. She heals off of them, and does so much damage to them they die in relatively short order.
@@found6393 no, the fact that they aggro her definitely makes it easier instead of her chasing you the entire time. I tried many times without summons and couldn’t get it
When she does the flurry attack dodge into it instead of dodging away. Someone on Reddit said this and it helped me a lot, I can avoid the attacks without bloodhound step very consistently now and it felt impossible before I knew this
I felt this frustration. I used heavy weapons, no summon. That did not go over well with Maleina lol. Had to upgrade that coded blade so I could get enough swings in between her attacks. The waterfowl dance has 3 homing attacks. If you deselect her when she starts to float and wind up the attack and run in little circles below her, you can confuse the tracker and the first dance will miss, generally want to roll through her second dance, and the third you can usually roll away (avoid getting too close to walls). Safety is usually in the dance not at the edges of her swings were the damage is hitting you from. OR you can just chuck an Ice Pot at her and it staggers her out of the entire move.
Holy shit I just got elden ring on Sunday and I’m now at melania this is my first time being stuck for more than 2-3 hours I’m a lvl 112 Dex build I’ve been getting her consistently to phase 2, does the Ice potion trick work for her shadow clone move and her water fowl with the scarlet rot in 2nd phase?
Heavy Weapons are one of the best ways to beat her ironically. but you need a LOT of stamina, and good stamina management to keep the pressure on. she staggers easily and posture breaks decently well when you use heavy weapons, and you can deal a LOT of damage quickly with them.
@@JustAS1nk don't rely on that trick, it can only work trice and you don't know what her status buildup is because it recovers. Just learn the moveset and aggressively look for all the openings.
To counter the Waterfowl Dance, when Melania begins you have to run away from the first two aoe bursts and then dodge FORWARD through the third and run foward to avoid the fourth and final aoe burst.
Or the simpler solution for me was just bloodhound step, it worked wonders for me. But yeah I noticed Afro was using it and still getting killed, but that's his fault he was just panicking dodging instead of reacting accordingly.
@@revlismorningstar825 Well it's not technically a very fair move to begin with. I usually think every boss in dark souls and Eldon Ring are built to a technical degree with no unfairness but I feel like that attack is just pure b*******. On top of mass damage and a very few s to take advantage of, she also heals. It's just too much.
@@nawab256 Well, she's broken and that's why she's optional. It's not that she's that important on the main story line on finishing the game. She's the type of boss that people only go to if they wanted to test the limit of their skills cause you literally can't beat her unless you master your timings and skills into perfection.
@@naknampucha5236 afro was shown to be able to burst her hp down with blead and frost whip and bleed spells he brought second phase to 65 percent in less then 20 secs. Also is she optional? Shes a ringbearer so y?
I personally thought the blasphemous blade was amazing against her in both phases the first one gets staggered very easily with it and the takers flames can reach her when she does the scarlet bloom attack
Lmao this has to be the funniest video I’ve seen of someone going into this boss blind. Just watching him go in all confident and then slowly processing what was happening was gold 😂
This reminds me of when I first fought Melania and was having a terrible time and now a year later I consistently beat her first try, she's such a skill check it's amazing
You don't have to defeat Melania to beat the game by guy. She's an optional boss. He'll beat the game in 3 days no problem. An come back to Melania after the fact
@@Kamina1 true but when he made the statement he was meaning there would be no more than 6 more videos of elding ring, and we can all see we probably have a lot more than that coming lol which is good 🙏🙏
17:13
Melania: “You will witness true horror.”
“….”
Afro: “What did you just say to me?”
The delayed reaction! LMAO
Yup he was absolutely terrified 🤣
Ong😂😂😭
Like a wise commenter once said, “when Afro’s not having fun, I am.”
This is the one we’ve been waiting for.
YESSSIR
I need popcorn for this one
ONG
I’ve been waiting for so long
same!
Afro saying “I can’t even see straight” then running into a wall is killing me😂😂😂
ONG
Shit had ME WEAK
10/10 best way to feel rage, through lack of vision
The genuine anger 😭😭😭
I hate to say it but I saw this coming. This boss can and will take years off your life.
Cause even if you beat her you know in your heart that all you did was survive
The sheer panic in "did they ever have a cutscene after they die before???" absolutely killed me
Well to be fair Maliketh had one after he died.
Indeed 😂😂
This is probably one of the most anticipated videos of the year and it didn’t disappoint.
I feel the same but I literally just came here excited lol
I finished it and all I can say is.. YOOOO!!
Perfect
Same here
@@BobbysWrldd same
The moment sho goes nuclear the sound afro made is priceless.
Such guilty pleasure. 😅
And this is why Isshin taught us the most valuable lesson of all
“Hesitation is defeat”
Facts man. If this boss was in sekiro it wud be an absolute cakewalk
@@UNGXDLY2129 true tho
@@UNGXDLY2129 Now imagine isshin in Elden ring lol
He doesnt hesitate tho, he need to be more calm, dont panic dodge and take his time to wear her down little by little
Bro you are here to
The fear and anxiety that you can hear in his voice when he beat the first phase and said "Did they ever have a cutscene after they die before?" fucking sent me. Holy shit man these just keep getting better.
Bruh it’s not that deep. 😂
@@UltraEgoMc He never said it was...
@@samadagwis0361 He’s making it deep for a guy who has a video thumbnail of a stupid looking bear looking at the in game boss. Lmao
@@UltraEgoMc He isn't making it deep... He was commenting about what he liked about the video. If you think that's deep you can't be older than 12
@@samadagwis0361 It’s deep for a stranger playing a video game. “The fear and anxiety he felt! You can just hear it!” Dude it’s just a recording of a man playing a video game chill out.
BTW aren’t we all 12 here? We are watching a stranger playing video games. We couldn’t be adults doing this right?
20:07: "YOU JUST WANT ME TO DIE!?"
Malenia: "That's the idea, yes."
The moment he realized she had a second phase is everything. First time I fought her, I knew immediately that she had one. This is what some of us have been waiting for, and I think all of us aren't disappointed.
My friend fought her over 100 times before getting her to 2nd phase not knowing she had one…let’s just say he wasn’t too happy with me
I'm just waiting for Malekith to be honest. After him nothing ever felt as difficult xD
I've been waiting all week for this
@@IkatsuItonori fr. I faced that man so many times that eventually I got ultra instinct and started walking around his attacks instead of dodging
Best moment ever
19:40
Afro: "oh you weak!!"
Malenia: I'll give you 20 seconds of hope and then you will know true horror
Tbh he forgot his first encournter right quick lol
malenia: and I took that personal
“Elden ring pro” Forgets he can use bloodhound step during waterfoal dance
Exactly 20 seconds 🤣
She said "I will give you exactly 2 seconds to apologize."
Afro: "I'm gonna just keep calling her melina"
Malenia: "I am Malenia, blade of Miquella!"x1000
Malaenia: You gone learn today
It's Malenia. The name is right there.
@@josephatkinson6280 *whistles as if an edit didnt happen* idk what ur on abt bro
Made sure he got her name glued right.
@@Nirv2267 oh must have been the wind I guess
Finally, he’s fighting Melenia.
**looks at playlist**
**sees four videos with Melenia in the title**
Dude, this is gonna be a freakin saga!
I did the same thing! I was so curious about when he would fight her so I scrolled down… and fucking died of laughter because of the 4 videos xD
He is now in Hogwarts ArC
@@golik133 It's a good game 🤷♀️
Uhm acktually it’s malenia ☝️🤓
999 likes ? Lemmi fix that
This whole series I have been waiting for this episode. It did not disappoint. It exceeded my expectations
Me2 Enjoyed it!
Same and I can't wait for God skin dou, maliketh, and radagon/eldenbeast
I have been waiting for the uninstall 🤣😭 rip another fallen brother
Same bruh, I fucking called it
@@ianyowpa3352 that would be years later when he reinstalls elden ring LOL
he gonna put her name right beside nameless kings on his
most fucked up stuff in his gaming life
LOL
"I don't think the Malenia boss fight is gonna be that hard in Elden Ring"
*ONE DAY LATER* Malenia isn't fun. Elden Ring isn't fun. I'm good
She gave me a good fucking at level 120 shes I finally beat her but Only because my mimic tear . Im a disgrace 😭
@@bryann_7197 not really. Play the game however you want. Spirit summons are in the game for a reason. NG+ Is in the game for a reason. Don’t let people gatekeep you from having fun
@@jacobg9651 well I finished the game w no mimic tear or summonsshe was the only boss I couldn't do it with I don't think it's possible 😭😂
@@bryann_7197 only way I did it was with my strength build I put bloodhound step on guts sword dodged jump attack stagger it took forever though had to be real patient
Hardest boss ever she is a real ball buster
I wanna believe that the reason why Malenia repeats her name and title every time she kills him is b/c Afro kept mispronouncing her name and she didn’t want him to forget 😂.
Great content as always, man! We believe!!!
He definitely won't forget it after this. Put a capitol "M" on that 🤣
Ong the disrespect was too blatant
That's exactly what I was thinking. He won't pronounce her name wrong now xD She's burned it into his memory along with trauma.
🤣🤣🤣
“I am Malenia, Blade of Miquella, and you WILL put some respect on my name when you say it.”
The struggle never fails to put me in tears from laughter even after all this time🤣🤣🤣🤣
The fact that there is so many blood on the floor is hillarious to me loll
After a merciless beating from the Malenia, Afro uninstalls the game and goes to touch grass. Will this connection with nature give Afro the confidence he needs to take her on and win or will he have his cheeks spread apart by Malenia's merciless swordplay? Find out next time on AfroSenju: The Elden Ring Chronicles.
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🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
😂😂😂😂
Swordplay🤨
I'm rolling
“I am Malenia - Blade of Miquela and I have never known defeat.”
No matter how many times you hear that iconic introduction, it gives you absolute chills.
Facts, love this boss
The opening, yeah.
Not when you’re forced to listen to it 100+ times when you die...
@@GenEric1305 Huh, you can skip it
no i turn brain dead after getting killed by her 1000 times
I still preffer "Tonight, gehrman joins the hunt..."
No boss in history has ever made me feel as terrified as when Malenia floated into the air and said "You will witness true horror. Now, rot." Told me two things, there is a 2ND FUCKING PHASE and she inflicts rot now, all I could think about is what I have done to deserve this.
😂
Isshin pulling out a glock in a game with only swords was just as scary in my opinion, "Hesitation is defeat" still haunts me to this day
So true lol
For me, nothing beats Orphan of Kos at the end of Bloodborne's DLC. fuck that boss
The devs new what they were doing with that “you will witness true horror shit” lol
20:16 the continuous buttons smashing and that shivering voice. The amount of despair in his voice is immeasurable.
Afro: "I got this"
Malenia: "waterbreathing 12th form, fuck you"
Loved the reference to Demon Slayer and that the 12th form has been finally revealed. LMAO
Afro: "I got this"
Malenia: "La Muerte!"
@@Gyswandir Yea, i thought i'd make it cannon instead of mucking the lore.
Malenia: waterbreathing 13th form, bullshit for thee
@@PrakashaTheTree gooood, gooood my new apprentice. Use your brain power and your jouney to the funny side will be complete.
And that “OH LETS GO…..do they normally have cut scenes after they die?” Mans hope went out the window
Bruhh, iknew it wasn’t ova cause they don’t have cut scenes, it’s just enemy felled.. 🤣🤣
Dude suddenly have to fight malenia kyubi
@@eddiedelacruz2981 I mean sometimes radahn Kind of had one and the dark blade dude made me think I was gonna get a phase 3
what aboet radans cutscenes after he dies?
Went through the denial, anger and bargaining stages of grief
He went through so many emotion when he first entered the second stage, first was pure joy, then doubt, then to anxiousness, then anger, then begging for the death scene, then denial when the second phase beggings, to more denial, to finally questioning this entire game.
i went thru all those same emotions. someone told me they struggled on her and i beat first phase like aw man that wasnt as hard as i thot. 2md phase pops up and i left to do other shit
16:35
Watch this Lisa, you can actually pinpoint the moment when his heart rips in half.
i’m just laughing my ass off “did they ever have a cutscene when they die before”
afro starts sweating nervously...I'm in danger..
That had me in tears I was like not only at half life
@@Xxxcho_sinxxX That man went through the 5 stages of grief in that cutscene.
"wait"
I mean technically rahdan had a cutscene when he died.
“LETS GO”
‘2nd cutscene starts’
“What is this?”
It was at this moment that Afro’s fate was sealed
This is why he’s playing Lego Star Wars now instead of finishing elden ring ahaha
It was at this moment he knew... he fucked up 🤣
That “your giving me an item” was full of denial
the best part is that his build is literally everything you need to make this fight as easy as it gets - bleed + frostbite, bloodhound step, and the flies on top of all that
Yeah... I doubt any of that is coincidence.
Just use Black Knife Tiech and you pretty much no diff any boss
all he really need is rivers of blood and mimic tear
Nah weapon arts make thia fight pretty easy
He might as well use black knife or mimic and get rob from his friend again cause there’s no reason someone should struggle on her while overleveled with this much cheese I’m on ng6 r and first play through I beat her with 12 deaths with a shield and greatsword. If I had this build I’d have obliterated her less than 5 deaths, I’m sure Afro will kill her eventually though
Malenia: So you are the one who slaughtered all those merchants?
Afro: Yeah, what about it?
Malenia: You asked one of them to tell you what death felt like…prepare to learn
Dont forget the turtle😂
@@Teebz47 Seereax put a hit on Afro lmao
I usually pity Afro when he gets stuck on a boss. Not this time, nope, this was so cathartic to watch after he killed the merchants and Kale
Looks like Guardian Ape has a challenger for your most hated boss ever 😂
Yeah...
Holy shit I love ur music dude
Or nameless king
Miracle of sound here?? Let me take this opportunity to say that the music you make is fucking awesome dude! Somehow every song you release is a certified banger! Thats real talent. I love all your songs and among them valhalla calling (all versions) and embers rise have gotta be my favorite. Cant wait for the elden ring song!
I think GA has been surpassed, honestly. Lolol
The pain in thousands of players hearts when they heard her say "Wait."
FAXX
milenia made me take a couple months break after dying 15 times cus i coulden't touch her without getting yeeted into a new dimension came back ready to lose killed her in my 2 tries straight after coming back the pain and joy i felt
I’m surprised more people weren’t expecting a second phase
I’d heard Malenia was difficult prior to playing but that’s all I knew
When I fought her and finally got her to second phase I set down the controller for a sec to wipe off the sweat from my hands, then grabbed my controller again and prepared for round two
@@logeyperogi1805 what got to me is in 14 out of the 15 tries before my break i got her second phase to the point one pebble spell or a fist could kill her but i couldne't land the hit
@mai-san5639 no she was not
I love how at 19:18 he screamed “ITS NOT OVER!?!” Because it had been so long since he even beat the first phase he completely forgot about the second 😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
10:10 Malenia glitched out just to mock Afro
My fav for malenia is seeing people fight right after cutscene, realizing she has life steal, and then her water fowl attack. This is why she is my favorite boss/character in the game
Her character is ass she's ignorant
She’s my favourite because she and Margit are the two bosses that truly humble even the cockiest of players
@@logeyperogi1805 Margit no Malenia yes
@@logeyperogi1805 radahn is the most humble of them, margit literally insults you for winning not only that he's also an a hole
@@FatherG420 Margit definitely humbles newer players who are cocky similar to father gascoine
Seeing Afro completely caught of guard, flabbergasted, blindsided, and honestly bamboozled by Melenia’s first attack was worth it, she’s an anime character at the end of her arc and doesn’t wait for no bullshit, I love it
Afro: “Give me the death screen already, were done!”
Malenia: “Wait.”
That timing and everything about this video made my day.
Man I was depressed as hell and needed a laugh.
Thank you Afro. I sincerely hope you beat her soon.
Guardian Ape be like "Have I taught you NOTHING?"
Strength to you brother. May your depression face Malania and eat a waterfowl dance combo to the face 💪
@@grimecube you should post that
@@grimecube 😂😂😂🦍🦍🦍
i felt this heavy fr i wasn’t feelin the best but half through the vid i caught my self laughing hard asf when that second phase came😭
16:35 denial and anger
16:57 bargaining
17:05 depression
17:44 acceptance
17:49 meaning
These are the 6 stages of grief.
I'm sorry bro.
Edit: honestly i dont know how many stages of grief there are anymore.
There's 7 stages though
@@QDJW what?
@@datdude2339 there are 7 stages of grief not 6
@@QDJW There are five.
@@QDJW there are 5
14:00 bro abandoned his believe system in 10 seconds HAHHAHAHA
This video is awesome
We gather here today, to mourn the loss, of Afro’s sanity
May it rest in peace
Amen
Amen 🙏
Amen😭🙏
Amen👏
Amen 🙏
“Everything was perfect…stars were aligned…then she took everything away from me.” 😂😂 Shit got personal real fast.
This is how you get PTSD.
This had me rolling 😂, similar to fighting the valkyries on gmgow
The video everyone's been anticipating for the past couple of weeks, here we are. This is about to be funny for sure 💀
"Has a boss ever had a cutscene after they died before?"
Yes lots actually take sister friede she has two cutscenes or are you talking about this game
I mean radahn had a cutscene to
@David Edosomwan Most people fight Radagon after Malenia
Radahn
@@shahirani4762 most? Malenia is one of the last few people face. All those videos with his helm on, they had to have beaten him prior.
Years and i still cant get over this 😂
"You think your crazy hu- OH
OH WHAT THE FU-"
Everyone I've seen approach Malenia just had sky high confidence, and watching it devolve into madness is way too satisfying
She's pretty easy though in my book. Not joking on that either. I just stun locked her with Swarm of Flies and bullied her into a corner and just dodged whenever she got free. It's weird how I beat her 4 in tries but was stuck on Elden Beast/ Radagon for a while.
@@TheRandomMuffinMan If you used summons doesn't count
@@steviewonder0850 if the boss is beaten, it counts🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@steviewonder0850 gonna cry about it?
She took me 9 tries
Afro on stream : “I’m gonna body Melina”
Malenia: “I am Malenia blade of Miquella”
Yeah definitely he meant the wrong person😂
LMAOooooo
Afro: “Give me the death screen”
Malenia “Wait”
Afro: “FUCK!”
😭😂😂😂
😭😭😭
Roflmfaoooo
Such perfect timing
I was mad respecting his level of optimism. I was like: yes, that is definitely an optimistic person that can handle life bravely. After his hundred attempt, I concluded that his optimism was bad for his mental health. Never had such realisation before. Thank you dude for unraveling such angle of life. Truly! You are wonderful! 🏆🏆🏆
He was about to go med😂😂😂
"Did they ever have a cut scene after they die before?" I felt that desperation on a spiritual level.
Radahn has
I really hope this arc could rival the monke and demon of hatred arcs
ong
He’s a different man now. Those monkeys forever changed him
@@14MikeMoss still can't get over when he seen the ape was still alive and brought a friend along with him
@@14MikeMoss agreed I don't think anything will ever rival that arc it affected him to deep and I don't blame him the ape made me forever hate monkeys
Those monkey was literally the best thing i ever seen him struggle with
This is when Afro receives the karma for massacring all of those innocent merchants.
I am Malenia, blade of Miquella…
Yesss hahahahah
Where’s the people who were confident that he was gonna beat her in 2 tries lol
Rot, Tarnished
They have now been avenged
Hate to be the one to tell you, but the merchants aint innocent at all.
Hit her out of the air “ I see a sliver of hope “ gets grabbed “ and now it’s gone “ had me weak 🤣🤣
"Is there ever a cutscene before a boss died?" this killed me
it was like emediately after he celebrate he started to question if hes killed the boss LOL
Reminded me of when he fought the abyss watchers. I think that fight scarred him
I got a big laugh when he started celebrating and then started to cope, trying to hope that it was over.
I mean Radhan have one
4:00
For those wondering, Gowry suggests that the entire plot with the needle was meant to gestate the rot inside of Millicent's body until she 'blooms', suggesting that she was some sort of walking rot nuke (ala what Malenia did to Caelid or somesuch). Somehow, she discovered this and decided to nope out in the end. There was no saving her, that game was rigged from the start.
Edit:
Another part of what makes Malenia so difficult is that she doesn't actually have a consistent pattern. Her moveset alters slightly when you're attacking her - this is part of why parry gods can absolutely demolish her as they do.
For waterfoul dance, you have to roll-dodge INTO the second flurry. The first one, you need to just be out of range, and bhs can help with that.
Lastly, as noted at 15:00, a well timed ranged attack can knock her out of waterfoul stance. If you use some of the stronger pots (pref freezing) at the right time, you can shut it down entirely if your timing is tight.
thanks for the explanation on Millicent, but don’t help him. He deserves to suffer for all the lives of the merchants he took
There are actually weapons that knock her out in the aur while she's attemoting the waterfowl dance like the skill of the rivers of blood sword. Actually found her easy with that weapon.
@@dredgewalker plus 10 mimic and I’m lvl 186 with a strength and Dex and Vig build and endurance lol and we used a plus 10 rivers of blood and beat her within maybe 10 mins
@@Eclipze45 at level 186 with mimix the entire games a cake walk bro i hope you werent surprised u beat her or something
@@kamikazekiwi1313 yeah after like 15 tries cause she kept doing tht one move with tons of spins :(
Previously on elden ring.
Massive, Thick, Heavy and far too rough. It was too big to be called a sword. Indeed it was like a heap of raw iron. Afro goes further with this new sidequest helping a young girl on the brink of death and with the help of an odd man he rids the scarlet rot in her body and even gains a new arm thanks to Afro. Continuing on he Hope's to find new places and even more so.
New horrors. With his New Build of sheer strength and rage he fights a Mage Knight who proves to be a bit of a challenge but nothing our hero cant handle. He travels further down Miquella's hailtree. Only to find his friend with the prosthetic arm waiting. Hoping to discover what kind of relationship she has with this Meliena. Hearing humors of how troublesome this foe is Afro relishes the thought but also doesn't think it'll be much of a challenge as the masses say. Will Afro find this mysterious new person? Will he be able to defeat her as easily as he thinks? Will Afro meet.
True horror.
Next time on.
Elden ring the story of afrosenju.....
12:00 Afro: "What's your NAME."
The entire comment section: "Oh she'll tell you, for at least 2 more episodes."
The massive, thick and heavy was kinda sus..... So I continued reading.
Best comment ever😂😂😂
Bro i love you
Thank you for being Afros comment narrator
“The masses” 😂👍
Lmfaooo that ghost was fighting for its life 😂 15:20
“WHY TF DO YOU STILL HAVE THAT!?!? DO YOU JUST WANT ME TO DIE!?!”
Miyazaki: “……si”
Do you expect me to talk Miyasaki. Miyazaki: No I expect you to die
This video was everything we wanted from this series. That phase two moment
You can hear the stages of grief in his voice
@@tnmyat2 I laughed for a good while because of this one
In case anyone is actually wondering, the way to dodge waterfowl dance is to run away for the first flurry, dodge toward her for the second, then stand still for the third. Works every time
Exactly what I was going to say - it has weird tracking but since most people just try to run away, they don’t notice.
Well there are a lot of situations where you simply can't run away. Especially if you are using heavy collosal weapons. Imo the startup time needs to be increased to account for heavier builds otherwise you have to play very slow and keep waiting for her to jump up.
Thank you so much for saving me so much time. I just could not figure out this damn move.
@@shreyashrai7372 you can dodge it point blank
th-cam.com/video/YiRZED7AJAs/w-d-xo.html
@@shreyashrai7372 I think they've accounted for it, which is exactly why it's so brutal. You're not able to stand and trade with her.
There is nothing more blissful than when you finally defeat a boss and don’t see “enemy felled” but a cutscene.
("Demigod Felled")
Shinobi Execution
Guardian Ape: Indeed someone will be executed
12:35 “I can’t dodge if I’m dying. That’s my fault” For some reason this line killed me. 😂
Like those TikTok memes of the bad boyfriend or petty girlfriend, like “he looked at the waitress, he should’ve just told us to leave”
Can't you parry that slicing up combo of hers? I saw players parrying it in tiktok on other players but I don't know if it works on the boss
@@kazuyahirako4843 you parry boss but not the sekoir move
@@greenrisingphoenix6110 Thanks for the info.
@@kazuyahirako4843 np
Malenia: I am Malenia, Blade of Miquella.
Everyone: Afro, you are NOT ready for Malenia.
Afro: Bet.
Also Afro: *uninstalls*
General Rodhan solos
@@marquicebroadwater2607 who
@@addictedgamer7382 yes
He is ready tho, his damage is crazy high and everyone gets 2 shot by her anyways so his health is normal
@@ermahgerd1678 The problem ain't the damage. It's the patience required to dodge her swings and whip her ass. I believe Afro would have a better chance if he used the katanas.
From "Malenia? *pffft* I'm him" to "I can't even see straight!" is perfection
You mean MeleeNa. 😆
**Malenia unleashes scarlet bloom**
Afrosenju: you're giving me an item?
"You think you're crazy huh?"
Malenia teleports behind you: "Nothing personnel kid"
"WHAT!?"
*unsheaths twin katanas
17:47 that delete contemplation took me ALL the way out!! 🤣💀💀💀💀
I have never laughed this hard in my entire life.
Afro: "WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO- DO YOU WANT ME TO DIE?!?"
Literally every enemy, boss, and most NPCs in the entire game, the intro narrator, every incarnation of Patches, and Miyazaki himself leaning in from on high: "Yes"
Alexander in the distance: "I don't!" :D
He wants
Spoilers:
Alexander challenges you at farum azula
You forgot to mention the ledges and gravity.
20:01 is the time stamp
Alexander is our pal.
"I don't think the Malenia boss fight is gonna be that hard in Elden Ring"
Malenia: Hold my Scarlet Rot, Tarnished
Hold My Arm, Tarnished
Hold my delicate flower, Tarnished…
@@michaelbarnes2126 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Hold this L, Tarnished
Hold my Dying Mellicent,Tarnished.
"Has a boss ever had a cutscene after they died before?"
The amount of denial in his voice was peak.
i would be confused too if after 20+ hours of gameplay a boss suddenly has cutscenes after they die, but especially in souls game..... that is not a good sign at all.
I think Radahn did
@@revlismorningstar825 along with Gwyndolin and the four kings
coming back here before he vs dlc radahn 😭
Dude I’m here still waiting for the Rahdan arc to finish. There’s a shit ton of filler but it good so far.
Lol a boss has real hands and Afro suddenly becomes his own greatest enemy.
19:58 the way he says “no” with extreme fear because the ptsd kicks in of the move he hates the most 🤣🤣
“My bleed build is perfect I’ve got to Malenia”
Malenia: if only he knew my kd ratio…
Afro is literally just living example of: Joy to Confused to wtf to rage
Living example of a manchild
The moment when every player realizes there's a phase 2. No Elden Ring player will ever. forget. this. moment.
Eye Dilation - check haha.
I'm only on NG+3 atm but it feels like the more interactions with her, the more calculated you get but that Waterfowl Dance is straight fuckery no matter how many times I've seen it.
19:17
Has actually forgot there was a second phase 😂🤣
After watching this 4 times, some of these moments just never get old.
I didnt even notice that lmaoooo. Good catch!
Malenia: I have never known defeat
Afro: oh you think you’re crazy
Malenia: dashes
Afro: WHAT THE‼️‼️😰
Is that a female?
HE GOT HUMBLED INSTANTLY AHAH
@@fbrkdgsvvtbrjehr1440 no it’s a woman
@@fbrkdgsvvtbrjehr1440 yeah
😂😂🔐‼️‼️
We gotta save this man's playthrough we can't let it end here just to wait another 3-5 years for a return not when he's only a hand full of bosses off from it ending
7:12
The lil "gak" Sound i heard the tarnished make when that blade went through☠
I've never seen someone fall in despair as vividly as Afro realizing there's a Phase 2
Also, Gael's theme as Malenia's intro was a really nice touch, like if there's a baton pass on who can fuck the player harder
Nah yall tripping if you even wanna put Gael remotely on the same level as Malenia difficulty wise lmao
Gael was an awesome balanced fight with perfect gameplay
One is a cheap trash boss that proves fromsoft is losing their skill
@@lewispooper3138 someone's upset...
@@lewispooper3138 malenia a fire boss. Wouldn’t mind if waterfowl was telegraphed for a second longer, but she’s perfect aside from that.
@Pierce the HEAVENS! soloing her is hard af. And if you watched videos beforehand stfu. I fought and beat this boss before there was even guides on YT and NO ONE knew how to dodge waterfowl. Legit watched mauler livestream his attempt lmao
19:58
"WHY TF DID YOU HAVE THAT AGAIN"
i swear afro killing us with this shit 😂😂
hey aint even realise she does scarlet rot two now😂
6:42 “You think you Crazy huh?”
Malenia: *Dashes in*
Afro: *Fear*
Thank you for typing this underrated and unnoticed comment.
7:25 "So this is the kinda day im bout to have"
Little that he knew...
16:03 I cannot tell you how hard I laughed when I heard "Did they ever have a cut scene before they died before?"
Like he forgot😂
He definitely had a dramatic cut scene ending 🤣 😂.
I feel so bad for afro knowing Im so close to this pain, but man did this live up to everything we thought it did 🤣🤣🤣
I knew Malenia would break him and he'd uninstall on this one lol. Glad he ended up ditching the Guts build tho cuz that would have started off as a complete catastrophe lol we might not see a video for a few days. He may also need to grab a few items in that area, at the very least the Dragoncrest greatshield talisman, which halves the physical damage she does (still massive tho lol). That actually might do it considering he used no summons and is so so close. Impressive gameplay.
That’s what I beat her with no summons took me around 7hrs but that I got the job done
@@thegreenmed cool but personally I don't got 7 hrs to spare to be spending on one boss so I'm cheesing whatever/whenever I can lol
@@Rashimotosan understandable. as long as you have fun. Is what I tell my self lmao I later went back Nd rocked her shit with the mimic lmao
@Juan beat her with the royal great sword, was on the easier side in around 2hrs or so bc she’s easy to stagger. Although I feel like how she is rn is perfectly fine, balancing the boss you can get a statue for and basically being the hardest boss in the game that’s never been defeated would be a slap in the face for Melenia. Did it to Radahn and he ended up being a joke compared to prior.
Honestly thought that I would have to change builds by what everyone told me about this boss (I dual wield the guts swords) but after a while I finally killed her. No summons or dragon talisman. Just two swords and a dream
“Did they ever had a cutscene after they die before???” The quiver in his voice 😂 can’t bruh
"You will witness true Horror"
Afro: so terrified he asks "What did she just say?!?!"
“I don’t use summons, not part of my belief system”
*7 seconds later*
“Stormhawk, I choose you”
Or using swarm of flies which is double as broken XD
That's why they say never say never 😂😂
To be fair, most summons are of neutral or negative benefit with her. She heals off of them, and does so much damage to them they die in relatively short order.
@@found6393 my mimic and I don't give her enough time to even hit either of us
@@found6393 no, the fact that they aggro her definitely makes it easier instead of her chasing you the entire time. I tried many times without summons and couldn’t get it
Two of the most iconic phrases in this series:
Afro: I'm him!
Malenia: I am Malenia, Blade of Miquella
Here to see afro win against malenia ,after what radhan did to him in dlc
Not even did past tense, he’s just actively destroying this man’s mental health
7:59 The moment when fear entered into Afro’s heart.
The intro to this video is borderline phenomenal, Melania’s dialogue accompanied by “For the Dark Soul” and the visuals….a true masterpiece
This was exactly what I was looking for. I could NOT find this song on TH-cam so thank you for the name
@@SuddenlySlantedbro give me the name for the intro
@khaled-334 it's in the original comment in quotes...it's called "For the dark soul"
When she does the flurry attack dodge into it instead of dodging away. Someone on Reddit said this and it helped me a lot, I can avoid the attacks without bloodhound step very consistently now and it felt impossible before I knew this
Excellent strategy. I figured it out and it helped me a lot
BLOODBORNE LOGIC
You run away during her wind up and avoid the initial two flurries that way the 3rd flurry you dodge into her and then back away again.
You can easily dodge the second one with rolling.
Let him suffer for our enjoyment
I felt this frustration. I used heavy weapons, no summon. That did not go over well with Maleina lol. Had to upgrade that coded blade so I could get enough swings in between her attacks. The waterfowl dance has 3 homing attacks. If you deselect her when she starts to float and wind up the attack and run in little circles below her, you can confuse the tracker and the first dance will miss, generally want to roll through her second dance, and the third you can usually roll away (avoid getting too close to walls). Safety is usually in the dance not at the edges of her swings were the damage is hitting you from. OR you can just chuck an Ice Pot at her and it staggers her out of the entire move.
Holy shit I just got elden ring on Sunday and I’m now at melania this is my first time being stuck for more than 2-3 hours I’m a lvl 112 Dex build I’ve been getting her consistently to phase 2, does the Ice potion trick work for her shadow clone move and her water fowl with the scarlet rot in 2nd phase?
Heavy Weapons are one of the best ways to beat her ironically. but you need a LOT of stamina, and good stamina management to keep the pressure on. she staggers easily and posture breaks decently well when you use heavy weapons, and you can deal a LOT of damage quickly with them.
@@JustAS1nk don't rely on that trick, it can only work trice and you don't know what her status buildup is because it recovers. Just learn the moveset and aggressively look for all the openings.
@@zeehero7280 you can get more reliable if you only settle for one attack each opening and just expect waterfowl or phantoms to come out whenever.
His rage at 20:15 I think accurately describes the experience of anyone who’s ever tried a souls game LMAO
19:56 I must've seen this moment a dozen times by now, the delivery is impeccable.
To counter the Waterfowl Dance, when Melania begins you have to run away from the first two aoe bursts and then dodge FORWARD through the third and run foward to avoid the fourth and final aoe burst.
Or the simpler solution for me was just bloodhound step, it worked wonders for me. But yeah I noticed Afro was using it and still getting killed, but that's his fault he was just panicking dodging instead of reacting accordingly.
@@revlismorningstar825
Well it's not technically a very fair move to begin with. I usually think every boss in dark souls and Eldon Ring are built to a technical degree with no unfairness but I feel like that attack is just pure b*******. On top of mass damage and a very few s to take advantage of, she also heals. It's just too much.
@@nawab256 Well, she's broken and that's why she's optional. It's not that she's that important on the main story line on finishing the game. She's the type of boss that people only go to if they wanted to test the limit of their skills cause you literally can't beat her unless you master your timings and skills into perfection.
@@naknampucha5236 afro was shown to be able to burst her hp down with blead and frost whip and bleed spells he brought second phase to 65 percent in less then 20 secs. Also is she optional? Shes a ringbearer so y?
@@naknampucha5236 Dont you meed to defeat her in order for melina to lit the erdtree on fire?
I personally thought the blasphemous blade was amazing against her in both phases the first one gets staggered very easily with it and the takers flames can reach her when she does the scarlet bloom attack
ah
Afro: “THERES NO SCIENCE TO THIS MOVE I DONT UNDERSTAND”
Also Afro: Only dodges backwards, never tries to dodge into it
I mean, logic and natural human response would be to dodge away from attacks, not into them.
@@dragonquest8ftw1 understandable but after the 15th time you would think he would. Or at least see the pattern she does lol
It's actually so interesting that he only goes backwards. Not even left or right.
It doesn't make sense to dodge into any of these dumb attacks but more than half of these big attacks bosses do want you to go against logic
Yeah, that's what I thought
"Did they ever have a cut scene when they died before"
Malania: *Wait*
Afro definitely had a dramatic ending 🤣 😂
Lmao this has to be the funniest video I’ve seen of someone going into this boss blind. Just watching him go in all confident and then slowly processing what was happening was gold 😂
This reminds me of when I first fought Melania and was having a terrible time and now a year later I consistently beat her first try, she's such a skill check it's amazing
Remember 3 videos ago when afro said "i have about 6 videos left before i beat the game"? I think we got a while
Remember when he said he won't delete the game again, I knew this was coming lmfao!
And he said that he didn’t think Malenia would give him any issues lmaooo
You don't have to defeat Melania to beat the game by guy. She's an optional boss. He'll beat the game in 3 days no problem. An come back to Melania after the fact
He's gonna be real mad at Maliketh
@@Kamina1 true but when he made the statement he was meaning there would be no more than 6 more videos of elding ring, and we can all see we probably have a lot more than that coming lol which is good 🙏🙏