His aggressivity is one of the reasons why he is so hard. Sometimes you almost kill him and next attempt you dont even hit him once. Reminds me of Namesless King, less technical tho.
The name 'Beast Clergyman' triggered my Bloodborne instincts and it doesn't help that they clearly pulled thr desigb concept from Vicar Amelia. Hmmmm. Assuming Malekith is her relative, I wonder if I could get consent from him to marry Amelia.
I don’t see any resemblance of Amelia in Maliketh. They’re both beasts & have white-grey fur…that’s really it. It takes more than a color swath to claim he’s inspired by her. 🤔
@@muhammadhussain4952 maliketh and last bosses are the only that i can't take without mimic tear. I'm in NG+5 and is the same shit, to difficult for my skills to take him down alone.
@@timragen6658 Marika told him to watch over the Rune of Death, but when the Black Knife Assassins stole a piece of it he sealed it in his own body to make sure nobody could steal it ever again.
From a lore standpoint, Maliketh is by far my favorite character. The shadow of Queen Marika, she chose him to be the bearer of Destined Death which he placed into a black blade that he entombed within his own flesh to protect it. So badass.
This boss is extremely difficult with a strength build, hitting him is almost impossible. By the time your sword hits the ground he’s already hit you 3 times and started flying away again.
It's not about gitting gud, strength build is difficult for pretty much every boss in this game. The problem is that compared to ds1-3, bosses in elden ring are way quicker, much more aggressive, have ridiculously large hitbox and have the ability to traverse entire map within seconds, which leaves very little openings and room for error for slower weapons, this is especially true for many mid-late game bosses. There is literally no advantage of investing in strength even in PvP, where faster builds like bleed can take away 2/3 of your health within seconds, no matter how heavy your armor is. All the while you are still recovering from 1 great sword swing. This game is imbalanced.
It’s crazy how Miyazaki put a black blade gargoyle right in front of the Beast Clergyman’s area in Caelid, already cheekily telling us that’s Maliketh before we even fight him as a boss
I like how it doesn't give him an intro to trick people into thinking he's a boss who's weak yet unimportant to the story then subverting it by showing who he really is.
So he's the guy who stole the Death Rune or is he just holding onto it? I don't think he's the one who killed Godwyn, the intro showed multiple assassins, but I could be wrong
What exactly is Maliketh’s part in the story aside from holding the Death Rune? I’ve seen some item descriptions and so far it seems like he’s either Marika’s half brother or some sort of shadowbound beast (whatever that means - I thought it was like Godfrey’s Serosh - an embodiment of Marika’s more primal instincts). Knowing Fromsoft I’m probably off by a long shot.
Fun fact: His dialogue changes when you beat him if you feed him with all the available deathroot in his present form as Gurranq. He even has unique dialogue and recognizes you when you enter his arena.
It is weird that so many people missed this. There litterly an indicator that tells you when a deathroot is nearby. I feel like many players did little to no exploration.
@@Saleh19999nah i found some, but im not exploring every cprner and dungeon. its gets impossibly boring going through the 50th identical dungeon. already spent time in like 15 of em im done
Yeah, 3000 hit combos that give you 1 second of attack opening sure is fun. Not allowing you to play aggressively at all. Just roll 50 times and r1 once.
@@MrCholoPants3415 The combos aren’t that long. I’d say it’s the perfect amount where it’s hard to find an opening, but you can deal a lot of damage in it.
@@luckyrice672 I beat him in less than 2 hours with a shitty strength build. It wasn't that hard, just boring, and the second phase is just lame as hell. I'm glad you beat him with mimic tear and moonveil tho on first try because you're such a gamer
First try I got boss to 10% hp and second try I did not even hitt boss and die and after I did not even get close to 30% hp on boss and I am stuck now need to lvl up and my lvl is 110 some thing
@@cjsrandomstuffust get behind him. And do not be afraid to back up and use pillar as shield. He is hard for sure. Need to be passive until the small windows present themselves. I just got stuck on him for 2 hours but every death I knew what I did wrong. After him. Gideon one try. Godfrey 2 tries. At the last boss now, I will have it in a couple tries. I absolutely couldn't do radagon and elden beast with my strength build. Doing dex / arcane duel wield and shredding now. Hope you got it!
Fighting and killing malenia, even with mega cheese strategies, just makes this boss feel like a cake walk. Or any boss after. Malenia doesn't feel unfair. She just genuinely is unfair. So having that be something I dealt with before maliketh. Maliketh took 2 tries.
@@trevorveillette8415 Lol nope she's not unfair either, all her attacks are dodgeable and avoidable including her flurry, they just require extreme patience and very precise timing. Once you get the timings down they get much easier, you just have to put in the time to learn the patterns. Wether or not you find that fun or not is subjective though
@@trevorveillette8415 No yeah completely agree, killed Malenia with a pretty OP setup for her (ice stomp uchi +25 and a mimic tear) and it still took me like 2 dozen tries, after beating her, Maliketh felt more like a miniboss than anything
This guy might be my favorite fight in the game. So many deaths where I never even came close to landing a hit in the second phase. But like all good From designs, his move set can be learned and exploited. That leaping corkscrew attack he does is the coolest shit ever, btw.
This fight will legitimately be one of the most memorable because I honestly love the lore of the Beasts. Seeing Gurranq actually being this was impactful as hell. The Beasts worshipped the dragons, afterall. I'm still sour that there isn't an option to bring upon an "Age of Beasts/Dragons" as times past. I really, really, really pray that this is a DLC ending, if not just more building upon that. That and the underground.
@@MK-vi2cm Stone of Gurranq incantation: _"Long ago, Gurranq was a beast of such terrifying ferocity that his former name meant "Death of the Demigods."_
@@MK-vi2cm It is gurranq, if you finish his deathroot quest he will leave his place and have different dialogue at the start and end of the fight. If you don't finish the quest he stays available so you can finish the quest which is kinda weird but happens for gameplay reasons ig.
@@hachikuji_mayoi Another thing that's weird is that I killed Gurranq and was still bale to fight Maliketh. Again, this is because of gameplay reasons.
that's true. I say Gael because in the cutscene when he put the sword on the ground, it's basically the same angle as Gael when he's going hollow. and Ludwig of course, because of the blade covering part of the right eye. but I think that in terms of gameplay he's more like Artorias + Gael, since he fights more like a beast than an human, right?
1:37 is a badass scene. We think he’s an insignificant, wild beast flailing stones defensively….. Until he reveals his true form and stops holding back.
No the boss is fucking dogshit because he flies around the arena and it's impossible to get close to him for long enough to deal any reasonable amount of damage, so you sit around praying that he does a favorable move and doesn't end up doing one of his bullshit unavoidable attacks that take half your HP and set you on fire.
His second phase was the moment where I was like 'oh yeah, favorite boss right here' Not only is he challenging, but he's fun as well. Just trusting your own skills against a really fun boss.
My only problem would be the first phase where if you have a strength build your punish opportunities get lowered an unreasonable amount in my opinion. I get that some bosses can be more weak against some builds then others but I thought the second phase is better example of that where he is very nimble but if you just spend a little more time learning his moveset you can still easily cut him down.
I haven't bought a game console since the PS2, but I've been binge watching these boss fights off and on all day. The creature design is just incredible. Truly outstanding artwork throughout.
@Viper Hareous No for real. This guy hasn't done anything since ps2. The literal best era of gaming, as if he's gonna buy the most generic shit out today. My dude had godhand, dmc, shadow hearts, shadow of the collosus, god of war, kingdom hearts, final fantasy, metal gear, Jak and daxter, sly the racoon, silent hill, ratchet and clank, GT, shin megami, persona, odinsphere should I go on? Fuck your red dead, shit is garbage compared to everything before it.
The Maliketh theme song is very well done. It sounds like a struggle and when you understand the backstory involving Maliketh and Marika you realize that it is because of his failure to guard “destined death” why the events unfold in the lands between. He is essentially responsible for all of the chaos. Here lies his last ditch effort to keep a deadly foe away from the rune (You), remembering full well what his previous failures have wrought.
The item description for Maliketh’s remembrance says she betrayed him. It’s not said how, exactly, but given the rest of the description, it is quite likely that Marika herself was in some way involved, if not the *true* mastermind, of the theft of Destined Death
If I had to make a selection of best bosses, for me the top 10 would be 1. Rykard and Maliketh 2. Morgott 3. Astel, Stars of Darkness 4. Mohg and dragonlord placidusax 5. Godfrey 6. Radagon 7. Radahn 8. Fortissax 9. Elden beast 10. Greatwyrm theodorix
@@sfogel I think Maliketh and Godfrey are better fights than Morgott (who is still amazing nonetheless), but lorewise Morgott is easily the best character of the game.
@@dinorex3464 I can agree all of those are amazing too, maliketh is my second fav. but I never had so much fun fighting a boss in a souls game when i used a no fully upgraded weapon ( +16) instead of a fully upgraded weapon because i didn't want the fight to end
For me the best and most difficult boss in the game. It's designed so well and I have such respect every time i enter that arena. It's the only boss I just can't be totally frustrated with, even though strange words leave my mouth. Strength build works, especially when you cosplay as a Crucible Knight who wants to be Elden Lord.
Finally beat this guy solo just a few minutes ago ^^ All the other peeps who are stuck on this boss, don't give up! I was awful at dodging his attacks a few hours ago, but once I learnt them and what move he would make next, that was it :D
Finally beat him today. Honestly, he almost made me quit. I know he isn´t the hardest boss in the game, I already met Malenia, but there is something extremely intimidating about his moveset the first times you fight him. Also the fact he reduces your healthbar down to zero in a matter of seconds leaves you with the greatest poker face ever reproduced by a human being. He is somehow similar to Radahn, who looks impossible as well as awesome the first time you get to him. However, I would say Maliketh is way less gimmicky. His moveset is hard, but learnable, and kinda predictable. He doesn´t have much health either, is actually quite a short combat. You need a little bit of luck so your mimic tear (or whatever summon you´re using) doesn´t die too early into the battle, but I guess most bosses in Souls saga work like that. Whatever, nice boss.
Perfectly described he’s one of those bosses that is frustrating not because he’s poorly designed or has some weird gimmick, but simply because of your own skill. He’s definitely one of my favorite in the game.
Yeah it’s funny because the rng on this fight is weird, sometimes I’ll walk in and summon my mimic tear and he’ll just walk towards me and other times I’ll walk in and he’ll have me pegged before the tear even summons 🤦♂️ the first phase is easy but after the cutscene it’s just something else, he becomes impossible to hit
Your fight in the second phase was beautiful ! I hated that boss in his first phase, so damn agressive and fast, but that second phase was so cool and pretty ! Loved that battle.
Probably my favorite fight in the game, the whole thing is a masterpiece. The first phase really rewards you for being patient with your dodges. The second phase is telegraphed really well by looking at the color of his sword. Plus his lore, his design, the amazing ost, and the areana.
If I were to pick one favorite boss from ER, it has to be Maliketh, my favorite boss in terms of lore, design, and the insane difficulty spike from his first phase to his second phase. And that cutscene when he transforms from the Beast Clergyman to his true form is one of the most legendary cutscenes in a Fromsoft game imo.
Idk how, but this man makes every fight looks soo easy. He may get hit a few times, but I don't know how he makes these fights look so easy with such fluid dodging. Maliketh, Malenia, and Radagon gave me soo much trouble that I had to summon 2 people to help me with each fight. Major props to you my man 🙌🏼 for taking them on solo
If your struggling with this boss please don’t give up guys, I just beat him after thinking it was impossible, just remember every time you die you will learn a bit more about his move pattern 👌🏻 good luck
The music in this fight is haunting 🔥🔥🔥🔥. Gave me chills. It instills a sense of horror, but urges you to be brave at the same time. Damn I love Elden ring.
@@handzar6402 i disagree, all bosses in the game have strengths and weaknesses therefor the fight and experience entirely depends on your build. I personally found it very fun and challenging
@@handzar6402 This boss is insane, I love it. It's hard and spectacular, the armor and movement design is just another lvl. To win you need to push forward as he do, being aggresive and stuff.
@@quinnt671 I'd like to know the weakness of this guy LOL. Fuck Maliketh. I beat Slave Knight Gael for the 1st time a day ago and I actually felt accomplished because I learned his whole moveset through all 3 stages and beat him solo. Felt fair. He was agile but not so much to where you have no openings to hit him, he has down time. This nigga Blackblade on the other hand, ughhh I tried so many times to solo him, First stage isn't too bad. His 2nd stage is pure aids, between him flying all over the arena, stupid retarded ranged projectiles and swings, and his health draining health shrinking curse magic, I think I had more fun fighting the Godskin Duo or Crucible knight Duo (Fuck those guys too). I hate his delayed AOE attacks and his hyper aggressiveness which leave almost no opening without trading damage. I had to call it quits and Gank this dude and even then the first time we STILL lost, eventually won though. No sense of accomplishment though like Gael just glad it was over with.
@@sovereignsammy8528 Bleed. And close range in between openings. P1 he has 4 openings for at an attack. His pocket sand attack and throwing a boulder which you should run at him and roll towards him for an attack. His overhead slam with his dagger and his long sweep from his right to his left, you dodge into his right or your left facing him and thats 1 or 2 attacks. Run away from his aoe and P1 is easy. His P2 is all about close range once he starts his combos as his attacks and combos are medium/long range wide sweeps and you could run into him and easily do 2 attacks maybe 3 and as in the videos when he slams his sword in you just dodge forward to get behind him for either the explosion or the waterfowl attack. His arial attacks are easy dodges to the side when you time it and he will always slam down and do the 2 choices, either an explosion or the aoe slashes. Yes there is no breathing room for healing and either getting to him or baiting him to get to you is risky but with my kill, rivers of blood WA and mimic summon takes too long for the openings and is not worth it. I just went melee and roll L1's.
@@TheStraightestWhitest Maliketh and Radahn are probably my two favorite bosses in Fromsoft history, only ones that come close are Isshin, Gerhman and Ludwig.
@@terminalarray1047 They're my two favourites as well. Both insane spectacles that still play like traditional Soulsborne bosses if that's how you wish to approach them.
Bro maliketh is probably the most fun I've had with a boss fight, the seamless movements you have to have are absolutely incredible, I am convinced that Elden Ring will be played for the rest of time
I cannot believe what fromsoft did to those bosses. I had a short scene stuck in my head from one trailer of a shade swinging a red blade in that arena so i was excited when i entered the temple. Than the beast cleric destroyed me for some time because it requires perfect dodging to escape his punishing combos which i struggled with with my double greatsword build. It was awesome though because he was the perfect challenge for me. Then i got to the cutscene. Fuck, my jaw dropped when i saw the cleric summoning his true form that is posessing the rune of death. A beast like warrior in a dark armour and a black glowing sword. He. Was. Sick. His combos, the music, his difficulty, ... And lorewise... the only diety to exist that even the demigods and gods feared since he was the only one capable of killing them. But does he want to slay gods? No, he is too noble and badass for that. And surprisingly i didnt care that he pulled the irithyll dungeon keeper move on me by lowering my healthbar. And despite the oneshot combos and his insane mobility he had fair openings for you to hit back. A challenge peak, but perfectly balanced. This far he might be the boss i struggled with the most. And i love him. The best boss fight i have ever faced.
Maliketh is by far one of the hardest bosses I've ever encountered in gaming, by the time you run to him and start swinging your weapon, he's jumped halfway across the map and hit you 6 times
reminds me of blade wolf from metal gear rising Born Into a pack There’s no choice But take orders to attack Locked up in chains I get fed But the hunger still remains Not content to live this way Being led by the blind Got to plan my dispersal Time to leave them all behind Breaking out of my pain Nothing ventured - nothing gained I’m my own master now Bear the mark of my scars Shedding blood underneath the stars But I will survive somehow Oooooooo Oooooooo Hear me howl Time to leave them all behind I’m my own master now
Prob the first boss ever in souls to actually make me depressed. I tried for like a day without summons, said fuck it, had one summon, and still didn’t have any luck, and my second to last try he was one hit away and when I tell you I was screaming, I was SCREAMING when he hit me with that weird thousand slash move on phase 2. After that I got one of those broken summons who had a broken weapon art that melted him. I didn’t really care anymore, even if I did it without a summon, I wouldn’t be happy with winning against him anymore and just wanted to move on….. then I got to Godfrey who is probably my favorite boss ever now HOLY SHIT HES SO COOL.
If you explore the underground cities, then you can find one of the most OP summons in the game. Mimic tear. It copies your base stats, weapons, armor, and spells. It won't change weapons/shields, so make sure if you want it casting stuff, then to have your talisman+weapon equipped and not weapon+shield. At +10, it's pretty tanky and it does the same damage you do I think. I'm also using bleed, so that might be part of why it's op lol The only downside to it is that it costs HP and not FP to summon. With it, I was able to kill Maliketh on my second try.
@@JC-kl3uc Yup. Even pros who say she can be beat fairly are still just getting her stuck in parry cycles into wake up charged attacks. Rinse repeat. Malenia requires cheese. She's a trash boss. Still somewhat fun to fight, but not well designed.
I really wish among the gear you can get from beating Maliketh is his robe for when he's Gurranq. That clergy outfit is badass. I wanna go around the Lands Between dressed as a bestial monk.
I love the difference between phase 1 and 2. The black flame mechanic can be a pain but it's such a good boss fight. I'm so happy to see something this amazing
Malenia is harder but only by a little bit since she can lifesteal. I’m not even sure how to avoid my health bar getting smaller AND the fire attacks doing constant damage
A black empty figure forever cursed, From the divine family long thou fell. For thy failure her fair hand was forced, Punished to ever guard the gates of hell. Oh great is Marika the Eternal, Profound Goddess with august locks of gold. What dear sorrow dost thou grasp internal? What sensations are thou wishing to hold? Thy dark cold hand now fused with the great sword Taking back that which has caused harm for her, Thy half sibling which thou dearly adored Yet failed to restore her golden order. With destined death thy life has dearly paid, Rest now, Maliketh, Marika’s Black Blade
Using a greatsword without spirits, magic, or shields is the literal definition of hell for this boss fight. Which is exactly what I did for the majority with my bloodhound's fang. I gave in and used mimic tear (post-nerf) and bloodhound's fang, but nothing else. Fun and still challenging boss fight if you're a pure dex build with katanas. Annoying, tedious, and frustrating if you're using a greatsword and anything heavier.
Yep I have the dark moon great sword and cast times for my spells are just as long so could never get an attack in. Caved and used mimic and beat him second try after about 2 hours of attempts without. This boss countered my build so hard. Looking forward to a second play through with a dex, bleed or quality build (haven’t decided yet haha) where I can face him head on because he is by far my favourite boss fight so far.
lmfao man i also used the fully upgraded bloodhound’s fang and had the same experience. mimic died shortly after transition to the second phase but i finally managed to succeed with the positioning and use the weapon art to kill him, feel like i got lucky lol
Rivers of blood, uchigatana and mimic maxed and arc on 46 when my lvl is 116 my ass geting kicked I am pretty bad on dodge and one hit take 80% hp from 1340hp. I SUCKS
@@Kage0No0Tenshi Nah you’re good bro. This boss is just way too unbalanced, as most bosses are in this game. Hell I can’t even beat Malenia, and I’ve beat every souls game.
One of the most excruciatingly beautiful fight from software could had ever made. Its design amd intricacy is no doubt, on the next level. It took me 3 hours straight to beat him amd i was knocked off my feet
Even though I'm playing Elden Ring on my PS5, I still like to watch the boss battles probably because I'm curious by how cool they may look and I guess just to see what I'm up against.
The best looking boss in elden ring… Seeing Maliketh back in 2022 when ER came out was epic. When you get to phase two, and he shows his true form, it was extreme to fight him. 😂👌
To quote the description of his armour, *"Champions knew what was at stake. Indeed, that was what made them champions."* Honestly one of the coolest characters From has made, and the fact that he decimates any other boss in the game, as is fitting with his lore, is icing on the cake.
Malekith is the type of boss where I was going "That was a pretty good attempt, I actually hit the boss before I died!"
His aggressivity is one of the reasons why he is so hard. Sometimes you almost kill him and next attempt you dont even hit him once. Reminds me of Namesless King, less technical tho.
The name 'Beast Clergyman' triggered my Bloodborne instincts and it doesn't help that they clearly pulled thr desigb concept from Vicar Amelia.
Hmmmm. Assuming Malekith is her relative, I wonder if I could get consent from him to marry Amelia.
I died before i even got a hold of myself about what happened.... :))
I don’t see any resemblance of Amelia in Maliketh. They’re both beasts & have white-grey fur…that’s really it. It takes more than a color swath to claim he’s inspired by her. 🤔
"Malekith, Witch King of Naggaroth."
That cinematic for the second phase is just chilling. Whoever designed Maliketh did a fantastic job.
a typical fromsoft cinematic bro, always gave me chill and iconic
@@farianandadiratama uhm dude, when I get hit from him, my health just reduces, is that some status effect that I can’t seem to keep track of?
@@johnsaltfresh5946 its the death fire, if you get hit your health is drained, theres no escape
@@rebeccabarbosa978 I managed to beat the beautiful beast, amazing boss fight but very difficult
Maliketh is just a ripoff of Guts with the Berserker armor from berserk
Me and Maliketh have great synergy. I can do phase 1 hitless, then he does phase 2 hitless.
Edit: I beat him :)
Congrats!
U beat him without summons or with summon
@@muhammadhussain4952 without
@@nep1062 that's good how much tries did it take you, cuz I am still getting destroyed and being forced to use mimic tear
@@muhammadhussain4952 maliketh and last bosses are the only that i can't take without mimic tear. I'm in NG+5 and is the same shit, to difficult for my skills to take him down alone.
3:01 him using the knockback from his own ability to juggle himself in the air freaking blew my mind
It was so beautiful /chefkiss
True! As well the way he switches up combos in midair while still projecting his attacks well enough for you to react is fucking incredible.
they took the acrobatics in this game to a whole new level. i thought soul of cinders little flips were cool but holy hell
A skillful warrior indeed.
It's based on Gut's Berserker armor from Berserk. Same poses and everything
This guy literally *sealed Death* in his arm to avoid people abusing of it.
Maliketh was an absolute beast.
Literally.
lorewise perhaps his act of sealing death away is the greatest abuse, preventing the natural cycle of life and death
Well merica told him to do it
@@timragen6658 Marika told him to watch over the Rune of Death, but when the Black Knife Assassins stole a piece of it he sealed it in his own body to make sure nobody could steal it ever again.
@@twotwo108 And when has death been good for anything besides killing sinners?
From a lore standpoint, Maliketh is by far my favorite character. The shadow of Queen Marika, she chose him to be the bearer of Destined Death which he placed into a black blade that he entombed within his own flesh to protect it. So badass.
Also everyone - including all the other demigods - is fucking terrified of him. For very good reason.
@@afungai1649 Well he could have literally slaughtered them all if he woke up feeling cute one day. Even Malenia gets shredded by his sword.
@@afungai1649 No kidding, he was a formidable adversary.
@@afungai1649 he can permadeath anybody lorewise, if you died to his second phase you'd stay dead
@@ashleysmith9755 _Heh,_ imagine if losing to him in that phase deleted your save slot... now THAT would be scary!
This boss is extremely difficult with a strength build, hitting him is almost impossible. By the time your sword hits the ground he’s already hit you 3 times and started flying away again.
Git gud
I just beat him my second attempt as pure strength
Fuck the git gudders. I feel you bro he was a bitch
@@Arthur0ne they’re all using Moonveil. Just wait till the nerf and they’ll be crying
It's not about gitting gud, strength build is difficult for pretty much every boss in this game. The problem is that compared to ds1-3, bosses in elden ring are way quicker, much more aggressive, have ridiculously large hitbox and have the ability to traverse entire map within seconds, which leaves very little openings and room for error for slower weapons, this is especially true for many mid-late game bosses. There is literally no advantage of investing in strength even in PvP, where faster builds like bleed can take away 2/3 of your health within seconds, no matter how heavy your armor is. All the while you are still recovering from 1 great sword swing. This game is imbalanced.
It’s crazy how Miyazaki put a black blade gargoyle right in front of the Beast Clergyman’s area in Caelid, already cheekily telling us that’s Maliketh before we even fight him as a boss
Ohhhhhhhh
Ohh wow didn’t know that
Well that’s strange I killed “him” there so will that mean he’s dead dead 🧐
@@reborn6596nope.
@@Armbender1085 sweet
Malikith's design is like a fusion between Nameless King and Ludwig the Holy Blade, it's fucking great and I love it
It's true!!!
Also Gael
@@kravv1232 and also Guts
My first thought was Artorias
Definitely took inspiration from Berserker Guts
A FromSoft classic
A berserker swordsman who fought like a beast with comically large sword
Don't forget about the absolutely amazing moveset
And the music that comes with the fight
Speaking of berserker he look just like Guts in the berserker armor
@@krajicsek13 nah he looks like Griffith
A comically large spoon
I like how it doesn't give him an intro to trick people into thinking he's a boss who's weak yet unimportant to the story then subverting it by showing who he really is.
Geez I love it.
So he's the guy who stole the Death Rune or is he just holding onto it? I don't think he's the one who killed Godwyn, the intro showed multiple assassins, but I could be wrong
Yeah, but for me first stage harder than 2nd. Almost 30 tries i died on first stage
@@calebmacenka3132 From what I understand, he's just guarding the rune. The black knife assassins are the ones that stole it and killed Godwyn.
What exactly is Maliketh’s part in the story aside from holding the Death Rune? I’ve seen some item descriptions and so far it seems like he’s either Marika’s half brother or some sort of shadowbound beast (whatever that means - I thought it was like Godfrey’s Serosh - an embodiment of Marika’s more primal instincts). Knowing Fromsoft I’m probably off by a long shot.
I use pure dex with bloodhound step
I felt like i was in an anime fighting this dude. Truly an exhilarating boss.
bloodhound step is easy mode
Never got the chance to play this game but when i do i am gonna abuse bloodhound step, looks like lots of fun
@@ducminh7568 at this point all thing consider ezy mode to people like u lol. Have fun playing 1-2 hit and roll and running
@@narutooooo1 sure it is easy too but it is also fun, still a bit challenging if your reflex is not good. Still way better than mage spam.
@@ducminh7568 bro let the man have his fun. Touch grass
Man that arena and the OST gave me pure chills, Miyazaki is back in style (cutting my ball off if this doesn’t win GOTY).
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Bro this game is fantastic
But can't say
GOW ragnarok and Marvel's spider man 2(end of this year I guess)
But for me, this is GOTY
@@sun-17 And Starfield
@@EarthwormShandy lol its a bethesda game its going to be overhyped hot garbage.
How do you get to Maliketh. I’m in farem azula but I have no clue how to reach him
3:25 thats insane how he seamlessly jumps and latches onto the pillar mid fight
Not "seamless" at all but yes.
@@godefroiddebouillon7769 “not ‘seamless’ at all but yes.” 🤓
He sometimes also gets stuck in the pillar and then he just gets teleported to the middle of the arena😂
@@godefroiddebouillon7769 i challenge you to do better
Fun fact: His dialogue changes when you beat him if you feed him with all the available deathroot in his present form as Gurranq. He even has unique dialogue and recognizes you when you enter his arena.
Is there a video on that
@@Laarsan yep just search "maliketh dialogues after quest" he recognizes you and asks why are you betraying him
yeah I just saw this in my first playthrough, I felt sad indeed
It is weird that so many people missed this. There litterly an indicator that tells you when a deathroot is nearby. I feel like many players did little to no exploration.
@@Saleh19999nah i found some, but im not exploring every cprner and dungeon. its gets impossibly boring going through the 50th identical dungeon. already spent time in like 15 of em im done
This fight is sooo sick. All the main bosses have such epic, phenomenal design.
Godskin duo
@@soap2330 that doesn't count
Godskin duo
@@soap2330 They are one of my favourite bosses and I love their design, to each their own
@@cauthrim4298 you have something wrong with you
One of the most visually and mechanically astounding boss in all Fromsoft's works.
Yeah, 3000 hit combos that give you 1 second of attack opening sure is fun. Not allowing you to play aggressively at all. Just roll 50 times and r1 once.
@@MrCholoPants3415 sounds like someone is getting their ass clapped
@@MrCholoPants3415 The combos aren’t that long. I’d say it’s the perfect amount where it’s hard to find an opening, but you can deal a lot of damage in it.
@@luckyrice672 I beat him in less than 2 hours with a shitty strength build. It wasn't that hard, just boring, and the second phase is just lame as hell. I'm glad you beat him with mimic tear and moonveil tho on first try because you're such a gamer
@@ghx5490 yeah, my issue is the lack of start up frames on his front flip slashes and giving life steal to a boss that already does massive damage.
2:25 the music swelling up as Maliketh stands up gives me chills every single time
Ikr I can't get enough. It's just straight goosebumps. It's perfect
03:42 That arena and the epic background, plus his elegant moveset... Unforgettable. This is what games should look like these days!...
Couldn't agree more. This is what gaming should be
Yeah, gaming should be based on rolling back and forth for 10 consecutive minutes, lmao 🤣
I think I watched that cutscene like crazy amount of times, just majestic.
Maliketh and Ludwig phase 2 cutscenes are the best moments in all of Souls
Me too, but not by choice...
When I fought this boss I literally got chills during the cutscene. Very well done.
P.S. I died about 15 seconds later.
First try I got boss to 10% hp and second try I did not even hitt boss and die and after I did not even get close to 30% hp on boss and I am stuck now need to lvl up and my lvl is 110 some thing
@@Kage0No0Tenshi I loved his cutscene. I never knew who he really was and was ABSOLUTELY impressed when I saw who he really was.
I absolutely loved his cutscene too. From software and their art direction is mind blowing
Any tips on surviving for 15 seconds please? I get wrecked by him lol
@@cjsrandomstuffust get behind him. And do not be afraid to back up and use pillar as shield. He is hard for sure. Need to be passive until the small windows present themselves. I just got stuck on him for 2 hours but every death I knew what I did wrong. After him. Gideon one try. Godfrey 2 tries. At the last boss now, I will have it in a couple tries. I absolutely couldn't do radagon and elden beast with my strength build. Doing dex / arcane duel wield and shredding now. Hope you got it!
This fight took me a while. There’s some times where I thought it was unfair but it’s really satisfying once you get into the rhythm of his moveset
Yeah definitely not an unfair fight, practice makes perfect
Fighting and killing malenia, even with mega cheese strategies, just makes this boss feel like a cake walk. Or any boss after. Malenia doesn't feel unfair. She just genuinely is unfair. So having that be something I dealt with before maliketh. Maliketh took 2 tries.
@@trevorveillette8415 Lol nope she's not unfair either, all her attacks are dodgeable and avoidable including her flurry, they just require extreme patience and very precise timing. Once you get the timings down they get much easier, you just have to put in the time to learn the patterns. Wether or not you find that fun or not is subjective though
@@trevorveillette8415 No yeah completely agree, killed Malenia with a pretty OP setup for her (ice stomp uchi +25 and a mimic tear) and it still took me like 2 dozen tries, after beating her, Maliketh felt more like a miniboss than anything
@@bubalfred260 her flurry has been confirmed not the be dogeble although only the first spinn
This game and it's boss fates make me emotional, man. Like the beauty in the way each boss moves. The effort and passion put into this game is evident
The animations have so much emotion in them alone. No other games can compete with this
This is easily a top tier boss in the game, I know when the trailer released this was gonna be a favorite for me
This is easily the hardest story souls boss if you play without summons.
I fucking loved the maliketh fight, just kinda wish it wasnt stuck behind best clergyman
It’s my favorite by far
Yep. Def my fav boss he just has a top tier design
Crap boss.
2:40 I love the cutscenes for second phases. It gives you just enough time at the end to get a nice looking screenshot
God fucking dammit, he's way too cool. I can't get enough of his fighting style, he fought like an actual beast master-swordsman would fight.
This guy might be my favorite fight in the game. So many deaths where I never even came close to landing a hit in the second phase. But like all good From designs, his move set can be learned and exploited.
That leaping corkscrew attack he does is the coolest shit ever, btw.
This fight will legitimately be one of the most memorable because I honestly love the lore of the Beasts. Seeing Gurranq actually being this was impactful as hell. The Beasts worshipped the dragons, afterall.
I'm still sour that there isn't an option to bring upon an "Age of Beasts/Dragons" as times past. I really, really, really pray that this is a DLC ending, if not just more building upon that. That and the underground.
This isn't Gurranq
@@MK-vi2cm
Stone of Gurranq incantation:
_"Long ago, Gurranq was a beast of such terrifying ferocity that his former name meant "Death of the Demigods."_
@@MK-vi2cm It is gurranq, if you finish his deathroot quest he will leave his place and have different dialogue at the start and end of the fight. If you don't finish the quest he stays available so you can finish the quest which is kinda weird but happens for gameplay reasons ig.
@@MK-vi2cm Oh boy, have you got some catching up to do on the lore. This is definitely Gurranq, and it's tear invoking.
@@hachikuji_mayoi Another thing that's weird is that I killed Gurranq and was still bale to fight Maliketh. Again, this is because of gameplay reasons.
The ludwing refrence in the cutscene is amazing.
it's like Ludwig + Gael, this boss fight is amazing.
@@Halberick I felt it was like artorias more than anything.
that's true. I say Gael because in the cutscene when he put the sword on the ground, it's basically the same angle as Gael when he's going hollow.
and Ludwig of course, because of the blade covering part of the right eye.
but I think that in terms of gameplay he's more like Artorias + Gael, since he fights more like a beast than an human, right?
@@Halberick where does it rank in your top 5
Maliketh for me is top of the heap
Him and his jacked up sword reminds me of Lorian.... Him and Lothric was one of my favourite bosses in ds3
1:37 is a badass scene. We think he’s an insignificant, wild beast flailing stones defensively….. Until he reveals his true form and stops holding back.
"To kill what?"
Idk why but that line feels so ominous yet hilarious at the same time for me.
This boss is amazing, his moveset is fascinating, it is almost a dance, a performance of death.
I seen this same exact comment on the other boss battles
it almost like guardian boss ape on sekiro
No the boss is fucking dogshit because he flies around the arena and it's impossible to get close to him for long enough to deal any reasonable amount of damage, so you sit around praying that he does a favorable move and doesn't end up doing one of his bullshit unavoidable attacks that take half your HP and set you on fire.
@@Corzappy This. Strength builds are gonna have to respec just for this fight because they'll never get a hit in.
@@Corzappy git gud
His second phase was the moment where I was like 'oh yeah, favorite boss right here'
Not only is he challenging, but he's fun as well. Just trusting your own skills against a really fun boss.
I see your idea of fun is sticking metal spikes up your urethra
My only problem would be the first phase where if you have a strength build your punish opportunities get lowered an unreasonable amount in my opinion. I get that some bosses can be more weak against some builds then others but I thought the second phase is better example of that where he is very nimble but if you just spend a little more time learning his moveset you can still easily cut him down.
This boss is miserable for strength, I’m on the verge of respecing to use magic and cheese this boss, just no openings at all
I haven't bought a game console since the PS2, but I've been binge watching these boss fights off and on all day. The creature design is just incredible. Truly outstanding artwork throughout.
you should buy one then
its on pc
Do you mean you don't buy multiplatform games? If not then this is on pc, it's a good game you should try it
@Viper Hareous No. We ain't out here buying normie shit.
@Viper Hareous No for real. This guy hasn't done anything since ps2. The literal best era of gaming, as if he's gonna buy the most generic shit out today. My dude had godhand, dmc, shadow hearts, shadow of the collosus, god of war, kingdom hearts, final fantasy, metal gear, Jak and daxter, sly the racoon, silent hill, ratchet and clank, GT, shin megami, persona, odinsphere should I go on? Fuck your red dead, shit is garbage compared to everything before it.
Wow, this boss is so fascinating and have some similarities with Ludwig, The Holy Blade of Bloodborne, another of my favorites
This is Ludwing + Vicar Amelia combined
Slave knight Gael
@@lesterglenn111 more like tiger knight malekith
malekith is basicly mix between ... vicar amelia + ludwing the holy blade from bloodborne + slave knight gael from dark soul ...... AWESOME MIXTURE
I don't see any similarities with Ludwig aside from the sword
The Maliketh theme song is very well done. It sounds like a struggle and when you understand the backstory involving Maliketh and Marika you realize that it is because of his failure to guard “destined death” why the events unfold in the lands between. He is essentially responsible for all of the chaos. Here lies his last ditch effort to keep a deadly foe away from the rune (You), remembering full well what his previous failures have wrought.
The item description for Maliketh’s remembrance says she betrayed him. It’s not said how, exactly, but given the rest of the description, it is quite likely that Marika herself was in some way involved, if not the *true* mastermind, of the theft of Destined Death
2:34 That sound the sword makes when he jabs it in the ground is the most satisfying thing ever. From's sound design has always been peak.
I could never get mad while fighting him ever bc he was just so damn cool
And annoying
Yeah no a lot of his attacks in phase 2 is bullshit
If I had to make a selection of best bosses, for me the top 10 would be
1. Rykard and Maliketh
2. Morgott
3. Astel, Stars of Darkness
4. Mohg and dragonlord placidusax
5. Godfrey
6. Radagon
7. Radahn
8. Fortissax
9. Elden beast
10. Greatwyrm theodorix
I think I've never had such fun fighting a boss like morgott since ludwig and gael, and even lore wise morgoot is just a perfect boss in my opinion
@@sfogel I think Maliketh and Godfrey are better fights than Morgott (who is still amazing nonetheless), but lorewise Morgott is easily the best character of the game.
@@dinorex3464 I can agree all of those are amazing too, maliketh is my second fav. but I never had so much fun fighting a boss in a souls game when i used a no fully upgraded weapon ( +16) instead of a fully upgraded weapon because i didn't want the fight to end
Always happy to see a fellow Maliketh enjoyer
Mogh is underrated af
For me the best and most difficult boss in the game. It's designed so well and I have such respect every time i enter that arena. It's the only boss I just can't be totally frustrated with, even though strange words leave my mouth. Strength build works, especially when you cosplay as a Crucible Knight who wants to be Elden Lord.
My favorite boss in the game so far, such a phenomenal design
+1
My fav is the one from ranni’s quest and melania
@@chad5577 mohg?
Same
@@chad5577 i like Malenia's design and soundtrack, but fighting her was a pain in the ass.
Finally beat this guy solo just a few minutes ago ^^
All the other peeps who are stuck on this boss, don't give up! I was awful at dodging his attacks a few hours ago, but once I learnt them and what move he would make next, that was it :D
Finally beat him today. Honestly, he almost made me quit. I know he isn´t the hardest boss in the game, I already met Malenia, but there is something extremely intimidating about his moveset the first times you fight him. Also the fact he reduces your healthbar down to zero in a matter of seconds leaves you with the greatest poker face ever reproduced by a human being. He is somehow similar to Radahn, who looks impossible as well as awesome the first time you get to him. However, I would say Maliketh is way less gimmicky. His moveset is hard, but learnable, and kinda predictable. He doesn´t have much health either, is actually quite a short combat. You need a little bit of luck so your mimic tear (or whatever summon you´re using) doesn´t die too early into the battle, but I guess most bosses in Souls saga work like that. Whatever, nice boss.
Perfectly described he’s one of those bosses that is frustrating not because he’s poorly designed or has some weird gimmick, but simply because of your own skill. He’s definitely one of my favorite in the game.
Inb4 you get roasted to shit for using the Mimic's Tear, lmao!
Yeah it’s funny because the rng on this fight is weird, sometimes I’ll walk in and summon my mimic tear and he’ll just walk towards me and other times I’ll walk in and he’ll have me pegged before the tear even summons 🤦♂️ the first phase is easy but after the cutscene it’s just something else, he becomes impossible to hit
He actually made me quit
Pre patch Mimic abuser and still have hard time. So casul.
Getting the item that allows you to parry him adds a new dimension to this fight and I had a lot of fun learning his moves.
The "Oh Death, Become my blade once more" straight chills🔥
Your fight in the second phase was beautiful !
I hated that boss in his first phase, so damn agressive and fast, but that second phase was so cool and pretty ! Loved that battle.
Ludwig and Gael made the fusion dance and created this boss. Hands down.
Nah, he's completely unique.
One of the most badass characters ever made, i love every second of this fight. The one who smited the gloam eyed queen , the black blade !
Probably my favorite fight in the game, the whole thing is a masterpiece. The first phase really rewards you for being patient with your dodges. The second phase is telegraphed really well by looking at the color of his sword. Plus his lore, his design, the amazing ost, and the areana.
The unltimate souls game power(the invincibility frames when dodge rolling)
I can't tell if you're saying ultimate or unlimited
@@wojtekthegreat2115 Yes.
3:00
Her: ugh why isnt he responding to my texts.
*me fighting for my life*
5:10 I legit thought he killed himself by running into the pillar. Had to rewind this like 5 times to see what happened. :'D
Maliketh doing his flips and shooting death slashes is so cool.
This fight is incredible. This fight is also incredibly hard.
The low but menacing growl before you fight him always gives me chills
If I were to pick one favorite boss from ER, it has to be Maliketh, my favorite boss in terms of lore, design, and the insane difficulty spike from his first phase to his second phase. And that cutscene when he transforms from the Beast Clergyman to his true form is one of the most legendary cutscenes in a Fromsoft game imo.
Real
One of the most badass bosses in Elden Ring.
Idk how, but this man makes every fight looks soo easy. He may get hit a few times, but I don't know how he makes these fights look so easy with such fluid dodging. Maliketh, Malenia, and Radagon gave me soo much trouble that I had to summon 2 people to help me with each fight. Major props to you my man 🙌🏼 for taking them on solo
It's called katanas.
And he somehow ended up with 0 flasks after fighting Godfrey.
@@PapaNihil-w3x i use katanas and even then, i still struggle. I just time my dodging too early
Am happy i have beat him in a try when i tried without summon mimic
Godfrey i cant without mimic lol (force build btw)
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If your struggling with this boss please don’t give up guys, I just beat him after thinking it was impossible, just remember every time you die you will learn a bit more about his move pattern 👌🏻 good luck
The music in this fight is haunting 🔥🔥🔥🔥. Gave me chills. It instills a sense of horror, but urges you to be brave at the same time. Damn I love Elden ring.
It's interesting that that's what you picked up, because lore wise that's perfectly fitting with who he is.
0:33 That was brilliant, it makes it look like he's sentient and capable of making strategies.
This boss looks like the fusion of Ludwig the Accursed / The Holy Blade, Artorias and Lorian, contextualized in the figure of Guts of Berserk.
Vicar Amelia from bloodborne
He looks like guts in the berserker armor. But ludwig? A fuckin HORSE? what.
@@shabu9ine Two-phase boss in which he changes his name and way of fighting.
@@covenant6039 A lot of bosses do that in ER.
He’s harder than all of them
Maliketh: *sealed destined death. Gods and demigods fear him. Holds the power to kill gods*
Me: its a puppy!
easily one of the best boss fights in this game in my opinion. the arena, his attacks, all of it are just perfection
Worst*
How can this be one of the best? It's unbalanced as fuck, and an absolute chore to fight.
@@handzar6402 i disagree, all bosses in the game have strengths and weaknesses therefor the fight and experience entirely depends on your build. I personally found it very fun and challenging
@@handzar6402 This boss is insane, I love it. It's hard and spectacular, the armor and movement design is just another lvl. To win you need to push forward as he do, being aggresive and stuff.
@@quinnt671 I'd like to know the weakness of this guy LOL. Fuck Maliketh. I beat Slave Knight Gael for the 1st time a day ago and I actually felt accomplished because I learned his whole moveset through all 3 stages and beat him solo. Felt fair. He was agile but not so much to where you have no openings to hit him, he has down time. This nigga Blackblade on the other hand, ughhh I tried so many times to solo him, First stage isn't too bad. His 2nd stage is pure aids, between him flying all over the arena, stupid retarded ranged projectiles and swings, and his health draining health shrinking curse magic, I think I had more fun fighting the Godskin Duo or Crucible knight Duo (Fuck those guys too). I hate his delayed AOE attacks and his hyper aggressiveness which leave almost no opening without trading damage. I had to call it quits and Gank this dude and even then the first time we STILL lost, eventually won though. No sense of accomplishment though like Gael just glad it was over with.
@@sovereignsammy8528 Bleed. And close range in between openings. P1 he has 4 openings for at an attack. His pocket sand attack and throwing a boulder which you should run at him and roll towards him for an attack. His overhead slam with his dagger and his long sweep from his right to his left, you dodge into his right or your left facing him and thats 1 or 2 attacks. Run away from his aoe and P1 is easy. His P2 is all about close range once he starts his combos as his attacks and combos are medium/long range wide sweeps and you could run into him and easily do 2 attacks maybe 3 and as in the videos when he slams his sword in you just dodge forward to get behind him for either the explosion or the waterfowl attack. His arial attacks are easy dodges to the side when you time it and he will always slam down and do the 2 choices, either an explosion or the aoe slashes. Yes there is no breathing room for healing and either getting to him or baiting him to get to you is risky but with my kill, rivers of blood WA and mimic summon takes too long for the openings and is not worth it. I just went melee and roll L1's.
Love this fight so much, favorite in the game so far IMO.
Maliketh and Placidusax are the two best bosses in the game IMO
@@bubastis6306 Radahn and the (Regal) Ancestor Spirit too.
@@TheStraightestWhitest Maliketh and Radahn are probably my two favorite bosses in Fromsoft history, only ones that come close are Isshin, Gerhman and Ludwig.
@@terminalarray1047 They're my two favourites as well. Both insane spectacles that still play like traditional Soulsborne bosses if that's how you wish to approach them.
Ok MALIKETH reminds me of GUTS like HONESTLY, The blade, the Wolf stance, the speed and power, SPITTING IMAGINE of guts in berserker armor in berserk.
Blaidd would like a word with you
Will you weeb virgins just stop. There isnt a character in the game who doesnt remind you of nuts or whayever his name is
@@joesheridan9451 in the first page of berserk this guts guy is having sex with a demon for no reason. Berserk is for cringey edge lords
@@joesheridan9451 probably bra use the entire serried was heavily inspired by berserk?
@@joesheridan9451 cool kid
That dodge over the sword at 3:23 was SICK
This was among the most difficult fights in Elden Ring.
Bro maliketh is probably the most fun I've had with a boss fight, the seamless movements you have to have are absolutely incredible, I am convinced that Elden Ring will be played for the rest of time
2:20 - 2:50 That whole sequence is the coldest shit I've ever seen 🥶
I cannot believe what fromsoft did to those bosses. I had a short scene stuck in my head from one trailer of a shade swinging a red blade in that arena so i was excited when i entered the temple. Than the beast cleric destroyed me for some time because it requires perfect dodging to escape his punishing combos which i struggled with with my double greatsword build. It was awesome though because he was the perfect challenge for me.
Then i got to the cutscene. Fuck, my jaw dropped when i saw the cleric summoning his true form that is posessing the rune of death. A beast like warrior in a dark armour and a black glowing sword. He. Was. Sick. His combos, the music, his difficulty, ...
And lorewise... the only diety to exist that even the demigods and gods feared since he was the only one capable of killing them. But does he want to slay gods? No, he is too noble and badass for that.
And surprisingly i didnt care that he pulled the irithyll dungeon keeper move on me by lowering my healthbar. And despite the oneshot combos and his insane mobility he had fair openings for you to hit back. A challenge peak, but perfectly balanced. This far he might be the boss i struggled with the most. And i love him. The best boss fight i have ever faced.
Same, it was absolutely insane
Maliketh is by far one of the hardest bosses I've ever encountered in gaming, by the time you run to him and start swinging your weapon, he's jumped halfway across the map and hit you 6 times
When the music changes to proper god like sound when he roars is awesome.
Love this game easily one of the greatest games ever made.
This one of the most impressive Bosses i've seen.
One of the greatest boss fights of all time
,,O Death, Become my blade once more"
reminds me of blade wolf from metal gear rising
Born
Into a pack
There’s no choice
But take orders to attack
Locked up in chains
I get fed
But the hunger still remains
Not content to live this way
Being led by the blind
Got to plan my dispersal
Time to leave them all behind
Breaking out of my pain
Nothing ventured - nothing gained
I’m my own master now
Bear the mark of my scars
Shedding blood underneath the stars
But I will survive somehow
Oooooooo
Oooooooo
Hear me howl
Time to leave them all behind
I’m my own master now
Nice, most vids of this boss I see everyone completly decimate it with their op weapon, nice to see some classic skillful combat.
I like these videos. No "no hit" gimmicks, no cheesing, just a skilled player taking on a boss as most folks would.
I can't stop watching you. As a brimstone main you help me so much, and you are a big big inspiration for me, thanks man
The first boss that feels impossible. I love him.
Prob the first boss ever in souls to actually make me depressed. I tried for like a day without summons, said fuck it, had one summon, and still didn’t have any luck, and my second to last try he was one hit away and when I tell you I was screaming, I was SCREAMING when he hit me with that weird thousand slash move on phase 2. After that I got one of those broken summons who had a broken weapon art that melted him. I didn’t really care anymore, even if I did it without a summon, I wouldn’t be happy with winning against him anymore and just wanted to move on….. then I got to Godfrey who is probably my favorite boss ever now HOLY SHIT HES SO COOL.
If you explore the underground cities, then you can find one of the most OP summons in the game. Mimic tear. It copies your base stats, weapons, armor, and spells. It won't change weapons/shields, so make sure if you want it casting stuff, then to have your talisman+weapon equipped and not weapon+shield. At +10, it's pretty tanky and it does the same damage you do I think. I'm also using bleed, so that might be part of why it's op lol
The only downside to it is that it costs HP and not FP to summon.
With it, I was able to kill Maliketh on my second try.
@@Meralx I feel like I’m missing out on the game by using it
@@Alex-xi8uj well something like malenia basically requires you to use it. Being a mage requires you to use it against fast bosses in general.
@@trevorveillette8415 Malenia and Godskin Duo are the only bullshit bosses in the game that require summons or cheese strats imo.
@@JC-kl3uc Yup. Even pros who say she can be beat fairly are still just getting her stuck in parry cycles into wake up charged attacks. Rinse repeat. Malenia requires cheese. She's a trash boss. Still somewhat fun to fight, but not well designed.
I really wish among the gear you can get from beating Maliketh is his robe for when he's Gurranq. That clergy outfit is badass. I wanna go around the Lands Between dressed as a bestial monk.
@Xylonus15 Godskin Apostle/Noble set is the wrong kind of outfit for a Friar/Monk kind of character though XD
In my top 3 boss with Artorias and Gael. The look, the lore and the fight is masterpiece
I love the difference between phase 1 and 2. The black flame mechanic can be a pain but it's such a good boss fight. I'm so happy to see something this amazing
Honestly my favorite of the final bosses stretch. Beyond epic.
This fight took years off my life.
I was ready to hunt Miyazaki when I saw my health bar get smaller
Malenia is harder but only by a little bit since she can lifesteal. I’m not even sure how to avoid my health bar getting smaller AND the fire attacks doing constant damage
@@madmanpecos Dont get hit
Coward. Before. Maliketh. The black blade
@@bbpoItergeist Been hearing this non stop for the past 2 days 😂
This video is so well recorded. Great camerawork, great gameplay, fun build to watch
Any FromSoftware fan knows if you get a pose similar to 2:44 things are about to get ramped up real quick.
A black empty figure forever cursed,
From the divine family long thou fell.
For thy failure her fair hand was forced,
Punished to ever guard the gates of hell.
Oh great is Marika the Eternal,
Profound Goddess with august locks of gold.
What dear sorrow dost thou grasp internal?
What sensations are thou wishing to hold?
Thy dark cold hand now fused with the great sword
Taking back that which has caused harm for her,
Thy half sibling which thou dearly adored
Yet failed to restore her golden order.
With destined death thy life has dearly paid,
Rest now, Maliketh, Marika’s Black Blade
Surely I’m not the only one who found his first phase way more difficult than the second, even with a strength build
7:00 Man, it really feels like we’re just bringing the apocalypse.
The thing I love about from software souls bosses is, they’re rarely “evil”. So many are tragic figures that you sympathize with.
Using a greatsword without spirits, magic, or shields is the literal definition of hell for this boss fight. Which is exactly what I did for the majority with my bloodhound's fang. I gave in and used mimic tear (post-nerf) and bloodhound's fang, but nothing else. Fun and still challenging boss fight if you're a pure dex build with katanas. Annoying, tedious, and frustrating if you're using a greatsword and anything heavier.
Yep I have the dark moon great sword and cast times for my spells are just as long so could never get an attack in. Caved and used mimic and beat him second try after about 2 hours of attempts without. This boss countered my build so hard. Looking forward to a second play through with a dex, bleed or quality build (haven’t decided yet haha) where I can face him head on because he is by far my favourite boss fight so far.
lmfao man i also used the fully upgraded bloodhound’s fang and had the same experience. mimic died shortly after transition to the second phase but i finally managed to succeed with the positioning and use the weapon art to kill him, feel like i got lucky lol
Rivers of blood, uchigatana and mimic maxed and arc on 46 when my lvl is 116 my ass geting kicked I am pretty bad on dodge and one hit take 80% hp from 1340hp. I SUCKS
@@Kage0No0Tenshi Nah you’re good bro. This boss is just way too unbalanced, as most bosses are in this game. Hell I can’t even beat Malenia, and I’ve beat every souls game.
Awesome battle. Stunning arena as well!
One of the most excruciatingly beautiful fight from software could had ever made. Its design amd intricacy is no doubt, on the next level. It took me 3 hours straight to beat him amd i was knocked off my feet
Even though I'm playing Elden Ring on my PS5, I still like to watch the boss battles probably because I'm curious by how cool they may look and I guess just to see what I'm up against.
Same, I love being the tank of players. I always increase my health and Endurance and strength the most out of everything.
@@darksied1098 could you help me through stormveil castle lol I'm stuck on the Scion
@@chiefkelly On the ps5 my name is Ghost187X0_0
@@darksied1098 would you be down to play tonight, tomorrow works too if not
@@chiefkelly yea I can play tonight till like 10 to 11pm. Have to work in the morning. Just add me and we'll play.
The best looking boss in elden ring… Seeing Maliketh back in 2022 when ER came out was epic. When you get to phase two, and he shows his true form, it was extreme to fight him. 😂👌
This boss is straight up using Isshin Ashina’s One Mind attack!!!
To quote the description of his armour,
*"Champions knew what was at stake. Indeed, that was what made them champions."*
Honestly one of the coolest characters From has made, and the fact that he decimates any other boss in the game, as is fitting with his lore, is icing on the cake.