On my playthrough, Radahn randomly decided to stop attacking my summons, make direct eye contact with my character, and bum-rush him at top speed. Never felt more tension and horror in my entire life
He will attack the host and be more aggressive towards, it looks like is some coding they did to the boss because I was summoned by my friend and with my blood build I lower his health so much while he was always looking for my friend while I was doing over 1k damage to his back
in the lore, it's explained that radahn's horse was his most trusted companion and best friend since childhood. later on in life, radahn learned to master gravity magic from sorcerers. after this point radahn didn't need his horse anymore, but he refused to let him go. even after radahn went mad from from the scarlet rot and began feeding on the bodies of those he conquered, he continues to ride his favorite horse, constantly using gravity magic to keep from crushing him...
Lore wise, dude straight up S tier. Learnt antigravity magic just so he could keep riding his horse. Used most of his power to hold back the stars from falling and won against most others using just a fraction of his original power. Dude didn't die to the rot either but slowly went mad with it, but still held back the stars despite all this. People held a festival to give him the farewell he should deserve. Plus Dude comes in like a meteor too and lastly, the music fuckin slaps like a war hymn.
@@geordiejones5618 its actually too good, meteorite staff has S tier int scaling and boosts gravity sorc, so high int and rock sling with this build busts most bosses, its kinda stupid
@@grantfreeman8224 i've recently fallen for frenzied flame. At this point I'm playing 100% elden bling I will sacrifice anything for a certain aesthetic and rn that is deranged heretic.
@@sudanemamimikiki1527 the horse doesn't seem so normal here 8:46 when it survives being buried in sand by being stepped on, and then manages to dig its way to Radahns current location after his combo ends.
Things about radahn is he's the most loved demigod after miquella, 1.He was stopping stars from hitting earth using his gravity spell even though he had been corrupted by scarlet rot. 2. Learned gravity spell to avoid hurting or parting with his horse. 3. He was so respected that his soldiers even after him bieng corrupted stick by his side and we're using flame to remove scarlet rot from cellia. That's why they started radahn festival to give him a warriors death. 4.when we fight radahn he's in extremely nerfed stage. Where he is basically a zombie and I guess most of his strength was utilised in stopping stars. 5. Even after loosing his mind he still never harmed his horse Leonard.
I really love how for this one fight you can summon basically an army. Plus it is hilarious to watch patches spawn in and then say "f**k this s**t I'm out,"
"I'm not gonna sit back on a horse and cheese him with magic" *cuts to multiple clips of runs of him using magic on horseback while summoned allies get destroyed*
@@OblivionNova479 yeah I agree, since they are donating and subscribing with their own money, they do deserve good content. It’s unfortunate for him but thats what streaming is ig.
@@FrigidOven he did say that he will beat him off stream. So fingers crossed, I think we will get like a aftermath video. I'm still at radahn myself, so avoiding going further than this video
I just started fighting him now. Playing solo it would probably be hard, but since it feels intended to be played with summons, I'm doing that and it's way more fun because it feels like a battle. In summation, after having beaten him, I feel like summons are definitely the best way to fight him. Running around the field in the second phase constantly summoning at a distance saps all enjoyment from it and I would never try it. Just summon at the beginning, play aggressive with the others handling aggro and poise, then in the second phase handle him with your remaining summons or solo for extra fun. It's the only fight in the series where I would recommend summoning, and for good reason. Best boss so far, can't wait to fight him solo on NG+.
...yeah dude. you're supposed to summon all the gold summon signs all over the place, over and over throughout the fight... it doesnt "feel" that way... it IS that way.
@@Crabgar yeah as someone who never uses NPC summons in any of the souls games (except against sister Friede, fuck that bitch), this dude had me running around the map touching summons the whole fight. I might try solo on a second play through but I had 35 vigor and he was constantly 1 shotting me
I have beaten it solo no horse and it was not easy but also not hard. Malenia is on another level only boss where i used summons. for now but i dont think the last boss is that hard.
Heres some fun facts about Radahn: 1) He learned gravity magic just so he didnt have to abandon his scrawny horse who he had since he was young. 2) The horses name is Leonard according to the files. 3) When you summon patches to the fight, he'll take one look at Radahn and peace out. 4) The Chad literally CONQUERED THE STARS. 5) He was actually holding back the meteorite that falls at the end of the boss fight. And the meteorite may or may not be Astel (just a little theory I have). 6) He actually is a good guy. Due to Malenia's scarlet rot, he slowly went insane and killed anyone like what Jerren says before the battle. And the fact theres a festival to put the fallen hero to rest is just wholesome, sad and amazing. Edit: heres a new one: 7) Radahn doesn't have feet.
I think the meteor is Astel because he’s literally in the hole where the meteor strikes down. And he’s a being from another world so it has to be Astel.
Damn i really like the astel theory, thats awesome! Radahn holding back that thing in his state? Just as if not cooler than just a normal huge ass star.
@@maxpayne421 Astel isn't in the crater. The crater is in the southern edge of Limgrave. Astel, Naturalborn of the Void's boss arena is farther to the northwest, past Stormveil castle, under the ocean.
"I wasn't going to use my horse" "I'm not going to use summons" "I'm not going to cheese him with magic" Flash forward 10 mins in the video and Charlie is a new man lmao. This fight was also intended for summons imo its like a raid boss and you have to summon your raid. Its also a crossing point in a bunch of quest lines for those characters
@@JB-nl3xy lol there are 6 instant spirit summons IN THE BOSS ROOM and I know for a fact 3 of the people you summon talk about going into battle with you to fight Rodan for their quests. If that's not the intended way to fight him idk what else would be
On my second try i went and summoned all of the summons to see what they do and i used moonveil and when he got distracted by those summons i went and destroyed his health with bleed and then he killed the summons and after he was left just on about 3k hp and i killed him. On my second try. I never felt so cheated in any of the games i ve played. I still hate myself for it. And until now i considered myself fair, except the moonveil stuff. Never used any summons until now for main bosses
idk why people just ignore dialogs lmao, its stated so many times that there is a tournament where people gather for the single purpose of beating radahn's ass
@@jonchacon4637 I’m a dex build so I ended up just upgrading a bow and riding on horseback. Summons being resummonable is very helpful too. Honestly the only reason radahn is fair 😂
Killed him with my greatsword and using Determination, waiting for the right timing and dealing massive damage when I got an opening. I was kinda high level tho, about 70, idk what level people usually fight him but I've been exploring so much that I got to him at a pretty comfortable level.
Boy he expected some sort of lousy knight, not Star-motherfucking-scourge Radahn, I'd have legged it too if the yee-yee ass Tarnished thought I'd tank that dude for him
Wait, really? Where does he go? Like just starts running away &, doesn't help at all? Lmfaoooo that's funny af. Shit, I'd run too if I could, but too bad we have to fight him. Or else I'd be with patches booking it the fuck outta there.
Radahn murdered me so bad my first time around I genuinely thought he was the final boss of the game or something and that I was not supposed to be fighting him yet
He was originally well balanced for being fought after morgott imo. But now he’s fair after godrick and easy after rennala with his puny ass health bar. Doesn’t do his lore justice, unless they bring him back in a time travel dlc
@@pootzmagootzI disagree. I fight him underleveled with no summons and barely ever die. He does a lot of damage but that’s abt it. None of his move set is hard to dodge.
I'm not that far into the game, seeing this is fucking insane. Just his first phase alone is jaw dropping. Seeing him fly in like a meteor blew my mind. Can't wait to fight him
radahn is just a chore imo, completely unfun to fight as im a melee player. I was level 57 and I had to kill him for ranni, and It never felt like my own fault when I died, and ive killed every boss in ds1, ds3, sekiro, and some from bloodborne. Its not like orphan or sword saint where you have to learn the patterns. He just flies around like a bloodborne character flailing around with attacks that are half impossible to dodge if you play melee. Its baffling to me that people find it okay that you have to respec to use spells to kill him, hes a fundamentally broken fight for melee players. He just feels like a boss made for show and no substance. Godfrey was the best boss in the game imo, and after that was the mini boss in the south who had gael's moveset, as a melee player beating radahn is literally up to chance, after like 100 tries I just cheat engined infinite health past him and I felt 0 remorse. I was actually happy I skipped him.
Adulas Ice Blade is insane for Damage. And the Homing Ability of The Moon Spells can give you really cheesy kills. Even in PvP. Magic is Finally Viable. And it's not Really OP. Many Status Builds. LIKE Bleed and Madness Builds are what is see Fairly Often. And Raw Massive Damage Builds are seen aswell. Really good Variety and many Viable Options. I hope the Meta doesn't shift to Perma Fast Weapon Spam like DS 3.
It's amazing how unique everyone's first playthrough is. I'm further along in the game than Charlie overall but he's encountered a lot of things I haven't seen yet
Yeah legit. I'm at the same place in the game with my friends, but I've done a lot of things they haven't, and vice-versa. It's crazy, there's just so many things in this game that you'll miss if you don't thoroughly explore. I love it, I love all the Souls games, & Bloodbourne, so having another Souls game but open world like this??? I couldn't ask for a more perfect game fr.
Yeah me and my friend I play with both have the same amount of days played in the game, but every time we play- I join his world because I've already been through all the areas he wants to beat. On top of that- he has tons of weapons/spells/items that I don't have. Shit is wild.
You should not compare yourself to his playthrough It looks like he gets informations spoonfed by his chat and he looks up immediatly where to go and where to find the "broken" stuff, its a completely different experience if you play it blindly
‘Rock sling is a terrible spell’ It tracks, falls vertically at the end, has the best damage:fp efficiency, and can be boosted with meteorite staff which has an innate S in int lmao It’s easily one of the most busted earlygame spells Edit: it also deals blunt damage which can be hard to get without a bunch of str investment and a ton of enemies are weak to (fallingstar beasts, crystalians, etc)
@@Prestiginii I guess it gets easy once you know the enemy and their attacks I'm just saying that it can get a little tricky when using it if someone isn't in the right distance or position since it's range works like a pyromancy in DS3 where it doesn't have much range as an spell would have and it goes in somewhat a curve instead of straight a head like most spells do, I see some similarities with pyromances than spells with that little curve that falls to the ground if your not in the right distance of the enemy
I had to change my claymore into a blood claymore with the bloody slash ash of war. Did him in 2 after that, I was only level 60 though I probably should have just leveled more before him
Took me like 80 tries. And that was with all the summons I used my horse the whole time on my last attempt and beat him so I'm not sure if that's what I had to do the whole time. I was using the golden halberd/grafted blade greatsword and I just kept getting one shot by most of his moves
I got triggered when charlie said rock sling is a terrible spell. That spell has literally carried me to like level 100. I'm still using to this day lol.
"Now I get to fuck up Radahn" I felt the same, then I got fucking dusted until I cried on my floor. Beat him eventually but he absolutely rubbed my face against the fucking toilet bowl 32 times.
He did though, he just didn't keep it in on this edit. Chat was teasing him for not being able to beat the boss without cheesing with summons and magic which he would brag about and be so proud of being able to do in every boss. He got mad, started saying chat was backseating so much that he was just going to end it right quick by cheesing it, however I would bet that the truth is that he said that just as an excuse for cheesing the boss after his pride got hurt by chat's teasing... And then he still ended up dying a few more times even after doing all the cheese strategies, which hurt his pride even further I imagine. But Charlie is a man of admirable humbleness indeed, he just got his pride hurt and lost his cool for a bit that's all.
@@Martoth0 your comment is so stupid bro he has never bragged about anything he just doesn't want to use summons and chat was being annoying stop acting like your a psychologist lol. you have no idea how it feels when a ton of people are trying to tell you how to a play a game, I would get annoyed too
He’s gotten mad quite a few times, every stream for this game chat has backseated so much, if his build is good, if it’s bad, it doesn’t matter, and for Radahn all chat said was use summons or do this and that, so he gave up and did it the cheesy way and he said he would do it the way he likes off stream
@@Martoth0 You misinterpreted it. Charlie wanted to learn how to dodge Radahn's attacks and kill him melee + solo, but chat was so impatient. Although obviously we can't trust everything that Charlie says, he did say that he's gonna try to beat Radahn off stream where there are less pressure because you don't have thousands of people complaining about every single thing that you do. It's less about hurting your pride and more about the fact that it's (chat) so annoying.
I only caught this after watching it myself, but Rahdan has attacks where he literally stomps his horse into the ground to leap at you, then the poor horse pops out of the ground right underneath him! Super cool boss design through and through!
To anyone who's losing their mind trying to beat him: use Rotten Breath. May have to cast it twice, but that'll 100% kill him if you keep your distance and let the summons get his aggro.
Beating Radahn without summons gives you a whole new appreciation for this fight. I have to say the only bs move he has is the four big meteors in phase 3, those things are fucking homing missiles.
I beat him today and that was the one attack I couldn't react to, i would stay away from him until they were gone. They're so fast and a gaurrenteed one shot.
Honestly, Charlie is a straight maniac for fighting him solo, with that little of health. He gained more respect from me Edit: I see towards the end he started summoning npcs. I don't even blame him, I did too lol
@@Christmas_Johan Really? Why? Edit: I was asking why the twitch chat cried about using summons. Let the man play the way that's more fun and interesting
yeah i saw many streamer fighting that guy with summons but a Souls like game for me with summons ist just easymode. (i finished the game by now (main story) without any summons or magic with the bloodhound sword)
Lol, that's brutal, I actually he was sum end game boss so never bothered venturing caelid, until mid game when I was around lvl 100, I beat him in 4 tries
He's like a combination of nameless king and orphan of kos various attack speed and infinite stamina. And beating him with melee will put hair on your nuts.
Fought the Godskin Apostle immediately after Radahn and, even though he was tough, I was actually happy it was a normal boss I could go toe-to-toe with lol
@@shreklordofogres6508 nah. Now that i did a second run post patch Radahn was easy affff. I remember him being one of the first mayor bosses i went to when the game released and fuck that was hard
@@theminecraftjester1738 For me the contrary, i had massive issues against apostle and noble by themselves, but after beating all of them, including the snail, for me the Godskin duo wasn't that bad as people have mentioned (around 6 deaths)
i find it so beautiful that when Radahn jumps into the sky after half health and it goes silent then the music picks back up as he dives down it is so theatrical
@@klvrkhi2294 yeah, the nerfed radahn boss fight is easy af. elden ring was my first souls game and it literally took me 2 tries to beat him, i only got the game after he was nerfed. beating radahn didn’t feel earned
It was the opposite for me really. I wanted to use the summons so it could be the raid they designed it to be. But after dozens of attempts and recognizing his move set for the most part. I decided to fight him completely solo and up close. Literally was the greatest boss I have beaten
@@zenvulcan2820 before the nerf if you just rode your horse behind him he would never turn around and attack you he would just ride away from you but you are just as fast on your horse so you could just slap his ass as he tried to outrun you. pretty easy way to kill him. when i got to him i was overleveled tho. so kinda of a breeze
@@randomcrusader5632 I haven’t faced melania yet but I’ll give an update after I do. Radahn was especially difficult for me because I’m a pure strength colossal greatsword build and that’s probably the weakest build against him
@@randomcrusader5632I really feel like her boss fight is kind of based on luck since one of her attacks is which she sometimes performs is near impossible to dodge and also pretty much one shots you.
If charlie had any levels in vigor to avoid one shots he would save himself so much suffering, but at the same time he seems to enjoy the experience regardless haha
Some of his attacks do enough damage to one shot regardless. I had 35 levels in vigor plus 3 different buffs that stack extra levels on top. So I was probably close to 45 or so vigor and still got instakilled by some of his magic attacks.
Radahn took me the longest to beat in all of souls history. At the end of the day I charged in, spammed my blood slash art while praying that he doesn't hit. I got a bleed proc + stun right before he went into 2nd phase which resulted in me killing him before he entered stage 2. I don't believe I could've killed him any other way
For reference: he indeed could not accomplish this a single time without summons on his first playthrough. He tried everything he thought was, "easy" and failed everything. Don't mistake confidence for performance. He still failed miserably and that's why I love him.
He did say unless it’s really that difficult, so he didn’t guarantee he’d beat it without summons, just that he had successfully so far and didn’t want to cheese the boss with only magic, which he could’ve done solo then when he beat Kadahn said “Didn’t feel great about that”😂
I fought this guy by circling around on horse, my mini army rushing him down, and firing lightning like Gwyn down at him. Still took like 4 hrs of tries, awesome boss and tough as nails.
same here. even though it’s kinda cowardly it still felt great since that was what the game wanted you to do and it just added to the festival of war aspect
@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodla2091 Yes, you can. Press triangle or Y + LB on horseback to put your left-hand weapon to your right hand (If you use left hand for incantations)
@@MrStrelecek You could also just put your incantation caster in your right hand and do it that way. But ya, you can cast any spells from horseback, and some you can keep moving, some mostly stop you like heal.
I never thought I'd see a raid boss in a Souls game. Charlie is an absolute madman for trying to solo him before figuring out that you're supposed to summon NPC's.
its funny because if u watched the stream you would realise he knew from the start that summoning was smart but he never did. Then after dying a fuck ton of times he still just wouldnt summon because he wanted to solo him then after awhile he decided to ONLY summon like he would just ride around the map on his horse trying to summon only without even trying to melee him lol. Like the first time he got him to his second phase he didnt even get to see his new moveset because he was so far away from him trying to summon
what do you mean you're supposed to? I just did it with no summons, albeit at somewhat of an overlevel (87, think its balanced around 70-75, charlie is WAY WAY underleveled here). I definitely don't think they made the boss with the intention that you're gonna spam resummon while running away the whole fight
lol this isn't a raid boss, this isn't even equivalent to one of those quivering/cowering lesser undead from the starting zone when you compare Radahn to Malenia. I one shot radahn at level 40. I'm level 130 now and still cant kill this bitch. The first time I've ever been close to just quitting a souls game, tonight's my last night trying to kill her that's how dog shit the fight is.
@@damienlee1165 You can, but you dont have to You can kind of decide the difficulty, like using summons or not, cheesing if cheese is possible.. Beating the games legit feels great, played everything except dark souls 2 and elden ring is probably the hardest to me (if you dont summon or spam magic that is), but its also nice for newer people that dont have the experience to get a feel for souls like games and then ramping up
@@indigo7898 That's why I never understood the easy mode argument. There are so many built-in mechanics that make beating the main game in most souls games a lot easier.
@@JohnDoe-kn7ex You just kind of do it for yourself, beating the game with whatever is most comfortable/accomplishing for you, whatever you enjoy most, its a game after all, should be fun in the first place some like it more challenging, some just want to use their cool summons, the only place where it matters is on the internet where anyone will judge you from behind their screens :P
For anyone struggling, here's some tips : *Start* - His tracking arrows (purple ones) cannot be dodged on horseback but they can be blocked if you stand behind the numerous weapons scattered across the battlefield. - Some of the summoning signs locations depends of your character's position on the arena. (For exemple Blaidd's sign can be found at the far left at the start but also along Patches's sign in front of Radhan) - The maiden's sign can be found left of where Radhan is standing while shooting his arrows (she provides healing while following the player). - Radhan will never shoot tracking arrows while the spears are following you. *Fighting Radhan Phase 1* - The safest place to be is behind his butt as he has only one attack that could hit you (but it is a 360° aoe so watch out). - At 3/4 health he will activate his Gravity powers by smashing his 2 swords on the ground in front of him giving a huge window to dish out damage. - When he pulls you in with his gravity power, avoid his 2nd hit by going behind him. It also gives you time to deal damage. - Blaidd or Alexander can stagger Radhan. If he is staggered, avoid doing a critical strike as the NPCs won't do any damage during your animation. *Fighting Radhan Phase 2* - His "jump" animation (to trigger phase 2) does no damage, take this opportunity to beat his ass. - To avoid his meteor move, immediately ride on horseback out of the way. - Shortly after landing Radhan will conjure forth 4 massive boulders. While doing so he is vulnerable at the back. Be warned these meteors are *INSTAKILL* if they hit you while also being extremely tricky to dodge. They will only start chasing you once Radhan takes some distance before charging at you full force. Best way to avoid the meteors is to run behind the hill on which he stands at the beginning as soon as he starts running away from you. Another way might be to run towards him but I have no concret evidence of success as of yet. The only brief respite from this is he will have to summon them back before he can pull that bs move again. - Another instakill is when he calls upon little gravity orbs. He will follow up with his pulling move, effectively killing you as you take 10+orbs to the face. You can dodge the "pull" if timed right or simply start running if you see him setup the orbs. *Some more infos* - He is weak to Scarlet rot and other afflictions (I used frost on him and it worked pretty well). - By chasing him behind on horseback, you can make the AI run in circle as you beat his horse's crippled ass (look up some videos on how it works). - The most effective way to kill him is to deal enough stagger damage during phase 1 to stun him before he jumps away. By doing this you can easily deal take 3/4 of his health bar. - Recommended lvl is 75 - Invest in healthpoints. Radhan can potentially 1 shot kill without any Vigor (and that dude combos a lot). - Screw this dude and his festival. Please feel free to add more infos or correct me if I'm wrong. Good luck brave tarnished. May -the Elden ring- Ranni give you strengh :P
there are i-frames mounting the horse WHEN moving / de-mounting WHEN NOT moving forward. So just let go of your forward movement control button or whatever console you are using, and unmount for a free dodge. This can be used if you cant get behind cover in time. And the horse sometimes tend to break the weapons on the ground if you get to close.. AND the seeking arrow hitboxes are wonky af and can sometimes go straight through them around the arena. So just practicing the mounting i-frames can save you from wasting flasks before getting to him.
I managed to beat him at lvl 45 and YES he could instakill me but honestly only thing I'd add here is just to be aggressive. Playing cautiously or defensively, especially as a STR build, WILL get you killed very easily. Bleed was a very good skill against him
@@tamiamorton7389 Yea I was a strengh build and got decimated the first few hours. It's only once I went ham on him and managed to get his health to 1/4 before phase 2 that I won. He hits hard and can easily dodge Strengh builds weapon swings as we are too slow. I went with the frozen ice dragon halberd and the many times I missed his ass because his horse just bolted out of the way after he swung his blades... Meh it was pretty enjoyable tho, only move I truly despised was the meteors. Tracking OS moves have never been my cup of tea.
@@silverwolf3625 😂I feel ya on the meteors. Strafing left or right as you see them coming made it pretty easy to avoid (for the little ones) but I had a ton of practice doing the same with mages. I had to kill him fast before he could try the big meteors tho😅those were a mf
Trolls. There's 2 of them chained up south of the bridge where you first meet finger lady. Bonfire in the ruins right next to their spawn 1k ea for runes
@@manos_sv4290 yes lookup rune farming method. It’s a method in caelim where you back stab these little enemies that give you 1000 per kill and there’s alot of them. Be careful tho because at low levels they can 1-2 hit you so as long as you are stealthy you’ll be fine
@@Joey-hs9ts Bruh, Radahn has one cheap move and thats the 4 meteors which are dodgeable with quick reactions. Killed him melee with no summons and no spirit ashe in 5 or 6 tries after finally dodging the fuckin meteors. Malenia is just a pure cheesefest. Almost undodgeable one shot move, self heal, a TRUE second phase, and overall just fuckin BS to fight. Radahn is piss easy in comparison lol
@@TheSiddster Malenia is also not to bad so long as you have a good build, or know how to dodge her. I mean they ain't easy, but to def not the hardest bosses in gaming history
@@docgeoffrey877 it isn't an Ash Of War, that's the swords ability. There's actually a couple of greatswords that have that ability. I think they're greatswords, might be just normal swords, but they have the ability and it's badass.
@@ststudios12345 godskin duo wasn't that bad for me, though I used mimic tear. It felt like one of the godskin guys would be pretty passive at a time when both were out and you could get a good amount of jumping r2's in. The boss that comes after, on the other hand...
He's silly,baddass and wholesome at the same time -Silly:He rides a tiny horse around and in one combo the horse got sunk into the sand so after the combo he pulls it out of the ground to keep riding it -Baddass:The guy literally forced the stars to stop moving by himself -Wholesome:He figured out how to use gravitation magic just to keep riding his horse
“I think he’s the hardest boss in all of souls” Melania is gonna actually fist him so god damn hard. She is actually nutty. I’m going insane fighting her because I gotta hear that same “I am melania sword of miquella” over and over again lmao
The chat were backseat gaming the entire 50 - or so deaths to the point of him saying "I will come back later and beat him the fun way". They apparently also kept judging him for using Sword of Night and Flames because its too easy to the point of him switching to Moonlight Greatsword aswell. I do wish him luck on his no summons and magic clear, and also a death count. I defo want to see a deathcount. For Milena aswell.
@@sywitdarock Cheese is not a good word but Magic is the preferable way to fight him. I went with STR/FAITH with Golden Spear. My Dmg on him was actually AMAZING! The problem were the one shot mechanics. That being said after 1.5 hour i realized the strategy of how to summon the people. I could continuesly than bring him to like 20-30% hp before he even starts 2nd phase. The only problem where that big meteorite that are incredibly hard to dodge and one shot u every time :D Overall 10/10 Boss experience, I will never forget going to battle with Pot Boy and beating what by lore is the strongers demigod in the universe ! :D
The easiest ways to kill radahm is to either give him scarlet rot or hit him with night maidens mist, or do both they reduce his health by the second incrementally rather than scaled or weapon based damage, then just vast at his ass while the npcs hit him and keep his agro
Rock Sling gets a buff from the Meteorite Staff. Honestly I've been using Rock Sling on every boss/larger enemies. Ridiculous range and awesome damage, also stance breaks enemies really fast.
Radahn is at about the halfway mark, so you should be pretty OP by the time you get to him in NG+. I imagine the health and damage is increased for early to mid-game points by at least 25%.
Just an fyi. The sword wasnt doing anywhere near the broken damage it does at max +10 and being scaled up with int/faith properly. I do like 2500 damage i believe with the beam. Its crazy.
Man, they nerfed Radahn to oblivion. When I first fought him I wanted to struggle for a long time because he was so cool, and I felt he deserved to have a long battle. But he’s just so easy now.
@@heatchamps2011 His nerf wasn't very significant for damage, and for the most part had to do with fixing the hitreg on his swords to make them more accurate to the size of the actual models. The biggest change by far was the reducing of the small homing orbs. People acting like he was literally unbeatable before the patch need to chill. The difference is not that significant
On my playthrough, Radahn randomly decided to stop attacking my summons, make direct eye contact with my character, and bum-rush him at top speed. Never felt more tension and horror in my entire life
He’s badass and intimidating. They nailed it with the bosses in this game. Feels like the best of bb and ds3 combined
THIS HAPPENED TO ME TOO AND I WAS HORRIFIED
He will attack the host and be more aggressive towards, it looks like is some coding they did to the boss because I was summoned by my friend and with my blood build I lower his health so much while he was always looking for my friend while I was doing over 1k damage to his back
Bumrush is exactly how it feels.
That's how you know its a good fucking boss
in the lore, it's explained that radahn's horse was his most trusted companion and best friend since childhood. later on in life, radahn learned to master gravity magic from sorcerers. after this point radahn didn't need his horse anymore, but he refused to let him go. even after radahn went mad from from the scarlet rot and began feeding on the bodies of those he conquered, he continues to ride his favorite horse, constantly using gravity magic to keep from crushing him...
That horse is named Leonard.
That is adorable
very wholesome
He learned the gravity sorcery BECAUSE he wanted to be able to ride his horse, despite growing so massive :')
😭😭
Lore wise, dude straight up S tier. Learnt antigravity magic just so he could keep riding his horse. Used most of his power to hold back the stars from falling and won against most others using just a fraction of his original power. Dude didn't die to the rot either but slowly went mad with it, but still held back the stars despite all this. People held a festival to give him the farewell he should deserve. Plus Dude comes in like a meteor too and lastly, the music fuckin slaps like a war hymn.
@Beauty 🇷🇺 no
Where have you gotten this lore from? Like the why he learnt anti-gravity part
@@marshallbowdrie8562 check his rune. It lists his lore
Rhadan is fucking bad-ass
@@marshallbowdrie8562 check out vaati for some of the best lore out there.
"Rock Sling sucks"
Rock Sling with meteorite staff literally carried me through 80% of the game lmao
Literally any boss I can't beat melee I imemdiately go to Rock Sling.
@@geordiejones5618 its actually too good, meteorite staff has S tier int scaling and boosts gravity sorc, so high int and rock sling with this build busts most bosses, its kinda stupid
@@grantfreeman8224 It staggers easily too
@@Ichibuns yea 3 full hits stagger most bosses
@@grantfreeman8224 i've recently fallen for frenzied flame. At this point I'm playing 100% elden bling I will sacrifice anything for a certain aesthetic and rn that is deranged heretic.
The tiny horse he’s riding is the true strongest souls enemy
@@sudanemamimikiki1527 looks like his weight is straining the fuck out of his clearly emaciated horse in the cutscene
@@sudanemamimikiki1527 the horse doesn't seem so normal here 8:46 when it survives being buried in sand by being stepped on, and then manages to dig its way to Radahns current location after his combo ends.
Radahn endlessly tbags the horse
His name is Daavid he rides his teeny tiny horsey to work.
Fr that thing is working overtime XD
That move where he just flies, then falls like a fucking meteor has to be one of the coolest moves I've ever seen a boss pull off in any game EVER!!
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Monster hunter has a dragon that does that. It's nuts and just as hard to dodge there too.
@@SaltySparrow Not really hard to dodge you just superman dive.
One of the rare times i was super exited after getting one shot lol
@@SaltySparrow which dragon was that again? Been awhile since I played monster hunter
Game: “now he eats his friends like a dog”
Charlie: “he’s so cool”
🤣😅
Things about radahn is he's the most loved demigod after miquella,
1.He was stopping stars from hitting earth using his gravity spell even though he had been corrupted by scarlet rot.
2. Learned gravity spell to avoid hurting or parting with his horse.
3. He was so respected that his soldiers even after him bieng corrupted stick by his side and we're using flame to remove scarlet rot from cellia. That's why they started radahn festival to give him a warriors death.
4.when we fight radahn he's in extremely nerfed stage. Where he is basically a zombie and I guess most of his strength was utilised in stopping stars.
5. Even after loosing his mind he still never harmed his horse Leonard.
Lose and land between not earth but this was very cool to read and valid
Bro is a fucking chad imagine if you could have fought Radahn in his prime
Godwyn, miquella, and radahn are the holy trinity of loveable demigods. Malenia isn't too bad when you think about it either
@@bananaduck14i think majority of demigods arent bad people inherently. except for the ones like mohglester and godrick.
@@ohhsostupidd most of them have redeeming qualitys but id say they've still done plenty of irredeemable things too
Watching the giant pot charge into battle was one of the greatest things I've seen in video gaming.
That pot is a God damn hero.
His name is Alexander, and he is the greatest warrior of all time.
@@-snek. in fact, many call him the “Iron Fist”. A moniker fit for a true warrior!
The Burger King guy riding into battle is great as well..
Never respected someone more, I want to be like him when I grow up
I love how you can summon Patches, he takes one look and immediately leaves, fair play Patches lol
i accidentally killed patxhes lol
Patches is the only smart summon
Bro really said “naw y’all got it” and dipped💀💀💀
I killed him as soon as he started begging for mercy
@@steveoATL6good, patches does not deserve to live in ANY soulsborne game
Blaidd is such a hero in this fight. He'll almost always just be the last one left going in on Radahn
He's such a badass in general
I feel like he was the only one I would see heal himself
Yep his questline is unfortunate. He’s a good guy
Hated killing him for sure
@@the2Atreeclimber u monster
I really love how for this one fight you can summon basically an army. Plus it is hilarious to watch patches spawn in and then say "f**k this s**t I'm out,"
"I'm not gonna sit back on a horse and cheese him with magic" *cuts to multiple clips of runs of him using magic on horseback while summoned allies get destroyed*
And losing after saying 'it would be easy but I'm not gonna do it'
He was showcasing it to the dude in chat who said he’s weak to cold
when
@@rammyboy2108 11:57 someone says comments he’s weak to cold and then he explains and tries to showcase that the boss is weak to any magic
@@lordzoro4568 ok, but he still beat him like that in the end
I love how he abandoned all his principles as the fight went on 😂 No summons, no spamming magic. I don't blame him tho
Lol I was the same way. I did not want to summon for any of the main boss fights but this boss was something else
Its because people in the stream kept whining so he had to rush the fight
@@FrigidOven yeah i guess it’s not very fun to watch someone getting wrecked for 3 hours straight
@@OblivionNova479 yeah I agree, since they are donating and subscribing with their own money, they do deserve good content. It’s unfortunate for him but thats what streaming is ig.
@@FrigidOven he did say that he will beat him off stream. So fingers crossed, I think we will get like a aftermath video.
I'm still at radahn myself, so avoiding going further than this video
I just started fighting him now. Playing solo it would probably be hard, but since it feels intended to be played with summons, I'm doing that and it's way more fun because it feels like a battle.
In summation, after having beaten him, I feel like summons are definitely the best way to fight him. Running around the field in the second phase constantly summoning at a distance saps all enjoyment from it and I would never try it. Just summon at the beginning, play aggressive with the others handling aggro and poise, then in the second phase handle him with your remaining summons or solo for extra fun. It's the only fight in the series where I would recommend summoning, and for good reason. Best boss so far, can't wait to fight him solo on NG+.
...yeah dude. you're supposed to summon all the gold summon signs all over the place, over and over throughout the fight... it doesnt "feel" that way... it IS that way.
I agree
I fought him after rykard so he goes from impossible when solo to a breeze
@@mr_hawker5817 damn you fought him late then, I can’t wait to fight him solo next playthrough
@@jimbob7572 I was still only around level 80 when I fought him tho
Radahn is the most wholesome boss, he cares about his horse so much he learns gravity spells so he doesnt crush him!
If you ignore him cannibalising his comrades and eternally infected with scarlet rot
Considering the fight is designed around summoning as many NPC’s as you can, this boss solo is the hardest they’ve ever made.
on the other hand, i feel like as soon as you can summon torrent you can kill him by running around and resummoning all the npcs
@@Crabgar yeah as someone who never uses NPC summons in any of the souls games (except against sister Friede, fuck that bitch), this dude had me running around the map touching summons the whole fight. I might try solo on a second play through but I had 35 vigor and he was constantly 1 shotting me
@@bigsmall2842 fight dragon lord palasadeux what ever his name is in the funny area in the right
I have beaten it solo no horse and it was not easy but also not hard. Malenia is on another level only boss where i used summons. for now but i dont think the last boss is that hard.
I beat radahn no summons in under 10 tries, and melania absolutely annihilated me for hours
Heres some fun facts about Radahn:
1) He learned gravity magic just so he didnt have to abandon his scrawny horse who he had since he was young.
2) The horses name is Leonard according to the files.
3) When you summon patches to the fight, he'll take one look at Radahn and peace out.
4) The Chad literally CONQUERED THE STARS.
5) He was actually holding back the meteorite that falls at the end of the boss fight. And the meteorite may or may not be Astel (just a little theory I have).
6) He actually is a good guy. Due to Malenia's scarlet rot, he slowly went insane and killed anyone like what Jerren says before the battle. And the fact theres a festival to put the fallen hero to rest is just wholesome, sad and amazing.
Edit: heres a new one:
7) Radahn doesn't have feet.
I think the meteor is Astel because he’s literally in the hole where the meteor strikes down. And he’s a being from another world so it has to be Astel.
Damn i really like the astel theory, thats awesome! Radahn holding back that thing in his state? Just as if not cooler than just a normal huge ass star.
@@maxpayne421 Astel isn't in the crater. The crater is in the southern edge of Limgrave. Astel, Naturalborn of the Void's boss arena is farther to the northwest, past Stormveil castle, under the ocean.
@@HollowBagel I took the crater to get to Astel tho.
@@maxpayne421 How? You get to Astel by going through the lake of rot in a completely unconnected part of the map.
"I wasn't going to use my horse" "I'm not going to use summons" "I'm not going to cheese him with magic"
Flash forward 10 mins in the video and Charlie is a new man lmao. This fight was also intended for summons imo its like a raid boss and you have to summon your raid. Its also a crossing point in a bunch of quest lines for those characters
lol
@chinsaw2727 Bloodhound Fang curved sword goes brrrrr
I'm pretty sure it wasn't intended for summons, but there sure are a lot of them in the arena
@@JB-nl3xy lol there are 6 instant spirit summons IN THE BOSS ROOM and I know for a fact 3 of the people you summon talk about going into battle with you to fight Rodan for their quests. If that's not the intended way to fight him idk what else would be
@@Vorusen just fighting him by yourself, as always (excluding NPCs who spawn automatically because of a questline)
It's been 2 years and Radahn is still the hardest boss after all
@@bezolsmatethats what he meant bruh
Nah he isn't, I melted him with my blood loss build
On my second try i went and summoned all of the summons to see what they do and i used moonveil and when he got distracted by those summons i went and destroyed his health with bleed and then he killed the summons and after he was left just on about 3k hp and i killed him. On my second try. I never felt so cheated in any of the games i ve played. I still hate myself for it. And until now i considered myself fair, except the moonveil stuff. Never used any summons until now for main bosses
Also a bit overleveled
Naw fam I third tried him, the nerf is crazy, but it was a lil easier since I used the greatsword
This one of the few bosses where summons actually enchance the experience. It feels like an epic battle.
It only makes sense especially with a boss like him it feels like a scene where the strongest heroes gather to defeat one big villain
@@handsanitizer3108 avengers
will try for second run
idk why people just ignore dialogs lmao, its stated so many times that there is a tournament where people gather for the single purpose of beating radahn's ass
Yes watching the pot run towards him in a crazy charge is amazing
Radahn is absolutely ridiculous I love his whole design and all the attack but damn is he the bane of every melee player’s existence
Fr I had to respec to a mage build just for that fight so I had range
@@jonchacon4637 I’m a dex build so I ended up just upgrading a bow and riding on horseback. Summons being resummonable is very helpful too. Honestly the only reason radahn is fair 😂
Bruh it was insane for melee😂 I had to learn the “rotten breath” spell which was supposed to make it easy, and it still took me so fucking long
Killed him with my greatsword and using Determination, waiting for the right timing and dealing massive damage when I got an opening. I was kinda high level tho, about 70, idk what level people usually fight him but I've been exploring so much that I got to him at a pretty comfortable level.
actually, I just dismounted and hit the shit out of him 😂
The best part is that if you summon Patches he immediately runs away
Boy he expected some sort of lousy knight, not Star-motherfucking-scourge Radahn, I'd have legged it too if the yee-yee ass Tarnished thought I'd tank that dude for him
@@prototype6706 ikr, everyone's giving Patches shit for being a coward but that's like bringing a pre-teen to a fucking active warzone.
Only if you don’t have him on camera! I managed to keep him fighting till phase 2 of radahaan then he despawns no matter what.
Lmao patches got more love in this game than in all fromsoft games xD hell so loved a certain monster chooses him to become xD.
Wait, really? Where does he go? Like just starts running away &, doesn't help at all? Lmfaoooo that's funny af. Shit, I'd run too if I could, but too bad we have to fight him. Or else I'd be with patches booking it the fuck outta there.
Radahn murdered me so bad my first time around I genuinely thought he was the final boss of the game or something and that I was not supposed to be fighting him yet
He was originally well balanced for being fought after morgott imo. But now he’s fair after godrick and easy after rennala with his puny ass health bar. Doesn’t do his lore justice, unless they bring him back in a time travel dlc
@@alalmalalhe's pretty tough if you're using no summons man. Even tho he has like no health now, his moveset is so erratic
@@pootzmagootzI disagree. I fight him underleveled with no summons and barely ever die. He does a lot of damage but that’s abt it. None of his move set is hard to dodge.
beyblade move
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@@alalmalal atp in the lore he was rotted from the inside out because of the scarlet rot. like 30% of his power was still left.
this boss fight was fucking epic. I felt like a general charging into battle with my mini army. One of the best in soulborne history imo
Best part is his tiny horse
I’ll be honest, I hated Radahn’s fight and think it’s one of the worst designed fights they’ve ever made
@@alexsharp3481 I agree
Loved this boss.
@@alexsharp3481 this is true. I feel like it is a perfect example of hard ≠ good.
I'm not that far into the game, seeing this is fucking insane. Just his first phase alone is jaw dropping. Seeing him fly in like a meteor blew my mind. Can't wait to fight him
Fighting him below level 45ish is a chore. Everything one shots you.
why did u spoil urself
@@simple_most788 honestly it just builds up the hype even more
@Junpei There's a ton of opportunity to attack. If you're hugging his legs you can basically keep swinging away at him.
radahn is just a chore imo, completely unfun to fight as im a melee player. I was level 57 and I had to kill him for ranni, and It never felt like my own fault when I died, and ive killed every boss in ds1, ds3, sekiro, and some from bloodborne. Its not like orphan or sword saint where you have to learn the patterns. He just flies around like a bloodborne character flailing around with attacks that are half impossible to dodge if you play melee. Its baffling to me that people find it okay that you have to respec to use spells to kill him, hes a fundamentally broken fight for melee players. He just feels like a boss made for show and no substance.
Godfrey was the best boss in the game imo, and after that was the mini boss in the south who had gael's moveset, as a melee player beating radahn is literally up to chance, after like 100 tries I just cheat engined infinite health past him and I felt 0 remorse. I was actually happy I skipped him.
"Rock sling sucks its a terrible spell" he says while every mage and their mother is spamming the shit out of it lol
Pebble goes dummy
Adulas Ice Blade is insane for Damage. And the Homing Ability of The Moon Spells can give you really cheesy kills. Even in PvP. Magic is Finally Viable. And it's not Really OP. Many Status Builds. LIKE Bleed and Madness Builds are what is see Fairly Often. And Raw Massive Damage Builds are seen aswell. Really good Variety and many Viable Options. I hope the Meta doesn't shift to Perma Fast Weapon Spam like DS 3.
Rock sling for cheesing the boss in the crystal cave :)
@@anigodzapex9384 theres other moon sorceries apart from Rennalas full moon? its the only one ive found so far and im level 103 lol
@@came4861 I don't want to Spoil. So I just say, do Rannis Quest Line and Find Out yourself.
Charlie dying to 1st phase Rennala had me laughing for a good 3 minutes.
Shit’s like Pinwheel.
It was his first time in the fight, and it’s confusing for a first, plus he was pretty under leveled.
Its easy, but she can easily one shot you and the puzzle is hard to find out.
@@krusty2670 well if you played the other games you'll remember the deacons. Pretty much deacons with a phase 2
@@krusty2670 why are you such a strong defender of whatever he does lol
Bro i misread and thought you said radahn first phase and was thinking that you were the 2nd coming of christ or sm shit like that😅
It's amazing how unique everyone's first playthrough is. I'm further along in the game than Charlie overall but he's encountered a lot of things I haven't seen yet
Yeah legit. I'm at the same place in the game with my friends, but I've done a lot of things they haven't, and vice-versa. It's crazy, there's just so many things in this game that you'll miss if you don't thoroughly explore. I love it, I love all the Souls games, & Bloodbourne, so having another Souls game but open world like this??? I couldn't ask for a more perfect game fr.
@@guccimane8310 same for me, souls game in a good open world 10/10 for me. Love it
Yeah me and my friend I play with both have the same amount of days played in the game, but every time we play- I join his world because I've already been through all the areas he wants to beat. On top of that- he has tons of weapons/spells/items that I don't have. Shit is wild.
You should not compare yourself to his playthrough
It looks like he gets informations spoonfed by his chat and he looks up immediatly where to go and where to find the "broken" stuff, its a completely different experience if you play it blindly
‘Rock sling is a terrible spell’
It tracks, falls vertically at the end, has the best damage:fp efficiency, and can be boosted with meteorite staff which has an innate S in int lmao
It’s easily one of the most busted earlygame spells
Edit: it also deals blunt damage which can be hard to get without a bunch of str investment and a ton of enemies are weak to (fallingstar beasts, crystalians, etc)
I stagger dragons with that spell all the time. Very useful
I feel guilty even using it. I feel like its a cheese and doesnt include any skill for the player to use.
@@zoatdagoat Casting it at the exact time and distance feels like an skill itself when it comes to that spell 💀
@@MrEmpty-eq1se it’s pretty easy y’all must have some bad positioning
@@Prestiginii I guess it gets easy once you know the enemy and their attacks I'm just saying that it can get a little tricky when using it if someone isn't in the right distance or position since it's range works like a pyromancy in DS3 where it doesn't have much range as an spell would have and it goes in somewhat a curve instead of straight a head like most spells do, I see some similarities with pyromances than spells with that little curve that falls to the ground if your not in the right distance of the enemy
Even with summons it took me 3 hours to beat this guy.
STR Build against this guy is pure pain.
Amen. If it weren't for Rotten Breath, not sure I ever would have beaten him.
Just 3 hours? For me it took 5+ hours T.T
I had to change my claymore into a blood claymore with the bloody slash ash of war. Did him in 2 after that, I was only level 60 though I probably should have just leveled more before him
Strength build in this game as a whole is pain
Took me like 80 tries. And that was with all the summons
I used my horse the whole time on my last attempt and beat him so I'm not sure if that's what I had to do the whole time. I was using the golden halberd/grafted blade greatsword and I just kept getting one shot by most of his moves
I got triggered when charlie said rock sling is a terrible spell. That spell has literally carried me to like level 100. I'm still using to this day lol.
I used it to kill the Elden Beast. Truly an S tier spell.
@@CosmosCat haha same
That spell is also NPC killer! No NPC boss or challenger can input read it! Its literally one of the best!
"Now I get to fuck up Radahn" I felt the same, then I got fucking dusted until I cried on my floor. Beat him eventually but he absolutely rubbed my face against the fucking toilet bowl 32 times.
Literally just beat radahn, like 2 minutes ago, he is wild. Craziest boss ive seen yet
How many tries did it took?
On a scale of 0 to Orphan Of Koss how hard is it? Haven't reached it yet I want to prepare before hand
Oh man, I'm a bit relieved that this is potentially the hardest boss in the game. I killed him but I'm still afraid of what's coming lol.
@@co2_os oh boy you're in for a surprise if you think this is the hardest boss, don't worry its just one guy though
He's probably the second hardest in the game. There's a pretty brutal boss near the end but I won't spoil.
i respect this man’s ability not to get mad lol
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He did though, he just didn't keep it in on this edit. Chat was teasing him for not being able to beat the boss without cheesing with summons and magic which he would brag about and be so proud of being able to do in every boss. He got mad, started saying chat was backseating so much that he was just going to end it right quick by cheesing it, however I would bet that the truth is that he said that just as an excuse for cheesing the boss after his pride got hurt by chat's teasing... And then he still ended up dying a few more times even after doing all the cheese strategies, which hurt his pride even further I imagine.
But Charlie is a man of admirable humbleness indeed, he just got his pride hurt and lost his cool for a bit that's all.
@@Martoth0 your comment is so stupid bro he has never bragged about anything he just doesn't want to use summons and chat was being annoying stop acting like your a psychologist lol. you have no idea how it feels when a ton of people are trying to tell you how to a play a game, I would get annoyed too
He’s gotten mad quite a few times, every stream for this game chat has backseated so much, if his build is good, if it’s bad, it doesn’t matter, and for Radahn all chat said was use summons or do this and that, so he gave up and did it the cheesy way and he said he would do it the way he likes off stream
@@Martoth0 You misinterpreted it. Charlie wanted to learn how to dodge Radahn's attacks and kill him melee + solo, but chat was so impatient. Although obviously we can't trust everything that Charlie says, he did say that he's gonna try to beat Radahn off stream where there are less pressure because you don't have thousands of people complaining about every single thing that you do. It's less about hurting your pride and more about the fact that it's (chat) so annoying.
Legitimately one of the coolest bosses FromSoft has ever designed.
i just beat him a couple days ago and it’s top 5 boss in all souls games
Charlie really does have the perfect demeanor for this game. Barely anything gets to him
The fact he clearly hasn't levelled his HP at all and was getting one-stot was annoying me more than him. What a lad.
@@LoudMouth_ and he has two talismans that increase the damage he takes, the guys a maniac
@@freddie_connor9202 smart one
@Unknown550 watch out guys the badass is here
He doesn’t even use ashes cause he’s Asperger brain can’t comprehend that this isn’t dark souls 3
I only caught this after watching it myself, but Rahdan has attacks where he literally stomps his horse into the ground to leap at you, then the poor horse pops out of the ground right underneath him! Super cool boss design through and through!
To anyone who's losing their mind trying to beat him: use Rotten Breath. May have to cast it twice, but that'll 100% kill him if you keep your distance and let the summons get his aggro.
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Boooooooo 😒
Cheesing is cringe
Dragon Breath's the business on this game for late game bosses
Is that not just scarlet rot? Could I use the antspur rapier?
Pre-Nerf Radahn was crazy. But Promised Consort Radahn (DLC) is even crazier 😭😭
Every main boss fight feels like the final boss of the game, this game incredible.
All of the main boss fights so far have been stellar
@@NightDenizen0 Rennala is pretty average.
@@VladDascaliuc Yeah, she wasn't too difficult, but the moon backdrop in the second phase was really cool.
Rhadan is the most difficult up boss I’ve fought in recent souls history tbh. Gg to whoever is struggling
Oh I said the same thing. Just wait till what comes later....
Radahn easy as fuck ion got the game tho
He isn't the hardest Shardbearer BTW
If you know you know
@@Nocturne989 FACTS
@@Nocturne989 maliketh ? (Goat souls boss)
Beating Radahn without summons gives you a whole new appreciation for this fight. I have to say the only bs move he has is the four big meteors in phase 3, those things are fucking homing missiles.
Not to mention it practically one-shots without like 50 vigor
@@theindie-vidual2188 “practically one-shots” nah if you even get tapped on the shoulder by one of those meteors you die both in-game and in real life
I beat him today and that was the one attack I couldn't react to, i would stay away from him until they were gone. They're so fast and a gaurrenteed one shot.
The only way I was able to dodge them was by using the i-frames you get from getting on and off your horse lmao
I literally only avoided that once and I still don’t know how. When I finally beat him, I literally just killed him before he could use that attack
This was some serious foreshadowing
“I’m not going to summon, I’ve never summoned” … summons “I’m not going to cheese magic” … cheeses magic 😂
Honestly, Charlie is a straight maniac for fighting him solo, with that little of health. He gained more respect from me
Edit: I see towards the end he started summoning npcs. I don't even blame him, I did too lol
Chat started getting mad. Charlie didn't want to use summons
@@Christmas_Johan Really? Why?
Edit: I was asking why the twitch chat cried about using summons. Let the man play the way that's more fun and interesting
yeah i saw many streamer fighting that guy with summons but a Souls like game for me with summons ist just easymode. (i finished the game by now (main story) without any summons or magic with the bloodhound sword)
@@pp1331 Tbf, the bloodhound sword also counts as easy mode
@@huotakahashi1808 easy troll l2 + bleed proc = problem elden ring
Beat this boss today, a real pain in the ass but loved the Ranni quest line as whole well worth the hours spent fighting him
Lmao I found ranni after I beat radahn, best part is that it doesn't feel like I missed anything
Lol, that's brutal, I actually he was sum end game boss so never bothered venturing caelid, until mid game when I was around lvl 100, I beat him in 4 tries
It's crazy how the title and thumbnail aren't technically lying
2 years ago yes as of late june 2024 no
@@lil_DReshI think he's referring to dlc Radahn
@@arisdrik Ik the dlc released in June
@@arisdrik and I ment 2 years ago it would be lying now it’s all true
He's like a combination of nameless king and orphan of kos various attack speed and infinite stamina.
And beating him with melee will put hair on your nuts.
idk, he didnt feel that special
He definitely has influence from Gael, and he even reminded me of Vordt
Not much like NK, and it's a horse fight
Beating him with melee will make you rank up from a basement dweller to a chad
@@cbboy1265 nameless king isn't that hard, it's just that dodging at the wrong time will get you decimated
Fought the Godskin Apostle immediately after Radahn and, even though he was tough, I was actually happy it was a normal boss I could go toe-to-toe with lol
Until he keeps two-shotting
@@seanslaysean7097 Nah, GS Apostle in Caelid tower was a breeze compared to the monster that was pre-patch Radahn
@@L3thalShad0ws7 didnt they unnerf radahn
@@shreklordofogres6508 nah. Now that i did a second run post patch Radahn was easy affff. I remember him being one of the first mayor bosses i went to when the game released and fuck that was hard
@@theminecraftjester1738 For me the contrary, i had massive issues against apostle and noble by themselves, but after beating all of them, including the snail, for me the Godskin duo wasn't that bad as people have mentioned (around 6 deaths)
i find it so beautiful that when Radahn jumps into the sky after half health and it goes silent then the music picks back up as he dives down it is so theatrical
wait till he gets to the dlc final boss
Lol. Looking back though, he cannot complain with 15vigor
Shoutout to the real ones who beat radahn before he got nerfed.
"Real ones" 🤓🤡
In memory of a boss that didn't need a nerf
@@klvrkhi2294 yeah, the nerfed radahn boss fight is easy af. elden ring was my first souls game and it literally took me 2 tries to beat him, i only got the game after he was nerfed. beating radahn didn’t feel earned
wasn’t the nerf reversed?
@@camelboop as it should be, we ain't no bitch...Right?
Watching Iron Fist Alexander charge pot-first into battle with his hands raised made me proud to be a pothead.
Lmao 😂
You must have not fought Malenia yet
Malenia is truly a mence especially "that" attack if you know wht I mean
@@TakeTheFalll if you know, you know
@@TakeTheFalll Malenia is a hard boss, but u can easily win first try, depending on what build ur using
@@rippjo678 You can easily win first try? How do you dodge her weapon art on your first try without getting one-shotted?
@@gasparm.2711 You don't. He's bullshitting. No one with two brain cells would ever say "you can easily win first try."
It was the opposite for me really. I wanted to use the summons so it could be the raid they designed it to be. But after dozens of attempts and recognizing his move set for the most part. I decided to fight him completely solo and up close. Literally was the greatest boss I have beaten
This was before the nerf
@@zenvulcan2820 before the nerf if you just rode your horse behind him he would never turn around and attack you he would just ride away from you but you are just as fast on your horse so you could just slap his ass as he tried to outrun you. pretty easy way to kill him.
when i got to him i was overleveled tho. so kinda of a breeze
@@zenvulcan2820 He was buffed to his former self a long time ago after alot of whining.
@@zenvulcan2820 he was buffed again
@@Broseph197 They did buff him but not to difficulty of Radahn Charlie is fighting.
This aged so well
Radahb has easily been the hardest boss in this game for me. Got hard stuck for 3 hours and had to leave and come back 10 levels later
Who the fuck are these people in the replies.
Like, huh? God I hate YT
@@lindyxyo4254 they're bots
Report them
I wonder how Melania holds up in comparison, since most were saying it’s a lot harder than Radahn
@@randomcrusader5632 I haven’t faced melania yet but I’ll give an update after I do. Radahn was especially difficult for me because I’m a pure strength colossal greatsword build and that’s probably the weakest build against him
@@randomcrusader5632I really feel like her boss fight is kind of based on luck since one of her attacks is which she sometimes performs is near impossible to dodge and also pretty much one shots you.
"You can't do that fight without summons"
"I'm pretty sure I can"
Famous last words
the foreshadowing is crazy
"im not gonna cheese him with magic"
charlie 5 seconds later: *spamming meteors*
Oh god Malenia is gonna be a nightmare fight. Can't wait to see his reaction to the bullshit that is the 1000 cuts move halfway through phase 1
@I’ve still never taken an L No, go away
@I’ve still never taken an L Seek a therapist, attention seeker.
that moment you call a bot an attention seeker
that move is so easy to dodge just roll under her lol
If charlie had any levels in vigor to avoid one shots he would save himself so much suffering, but at the same time he seems to enjoy the experience regardless haha
Some of his attacks do enough damage to one shot regardless. I had 35 levels in vigor plus 3 different buffs that stack extra levels on top. So I was probably close to 45 or so vigor and still got instakilled by some of his magic attacks.
@@MintyLime703 I had like 25 vigor with radagons soreseal and only got one shot via the meteors and big slam.
Nah I had like 30 vigor and still got one shot lol
him calling Rock Sling a terrible spell is absolutely wild, still to this day is it one of the best spells in the game
Radahn took me the longest to beat in all of souls history. At the end of the day I charged in, spammed my blood slash art while praying that he doesn't hit. I got a bleed proc + stun right before he went into 2nd phase which resulted in me killing him before he entered stage 2. I don't believe I could've killed him any other way
@@soap.7931 Let me fix that
Dude. Blood Slash is nutty. Shit fucking MELTS.
What about Malenia?
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@@KxOU_U falls off hard later, now hoarfrost stomp is where its at, that shit is stupidly op and costs next to nothing
For reference: he indeed could not accomplish this a single time without summons on his first playthrough. He tried everything he thought was, "easy" and failed everything. Don't mistake confidence for performance. He still failed miserably and that's why I love him.
W/ summons it’s easy tho since there are so many
I beat him without summons, I did a blind playthrough and didn't even know they were there
@@samuelj5890 pics or it didn’t happen
He did say unless it’s really that difficult, so he didn’t guarantee he’d beat it without summons, just that he had successfully so far and didn’t want to cheese the boss with only magic, which he could’ve done solo then when he beat Kadahn said “Didn’t feel great about that”😂
@@VasehollyIt's totally possible to fight Radahn after Leyndell or even later
Little did he know
I fought this guy by circling around on horse, my mini army rushing him down, and firing lightning like Gwyn down at him. Still took like 4 hrs of tries, awesome boss and tough as nails.
same here. even though it’s kinda cowardly it still felt great since that was what the game wanted you to do and it just added to the festival of war aspect
How did you fire lighting, can you use miracles on horseback?
@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodla2091 Yes, you can. Press triangle or Y + LB on horseback to put your left-hand weapon to your right hand (If you use left hand for incantations)
@@MrStrelecek You could also just put your incantation caster in your right hand and do it that way. But ya, you can cast any spells from horseback, and some you can keep moving, some mostly stop you like heal.
I never thought I'd see a raid boss in a Souls game. Charlie is an absolute madman for trying to solo him before figuring out that you're supposed to summon NPC's.
its funny because if u watched the stream you would realise he knew from the start that summoning was smart but he never did. Then after dying a fuck ton of times he still just wouldnt summon because he wanted to solo him then after awhile he decided to ONLY summon like he would just ride around the map on his horse trying to summon only without even trying to melee him lol. Like the first time he got him to his second phase he didnt even get to see his new moveset because he was so far away from him trying to summon
what do you mean you're supposed to? I just did it with no summons, albeit at somewhat of an overlevel (87, think its balanced around 70-75, charlie is WAY WAY underleveled here). I definitely don't think they made the boss with the intention that you're gonna spam resummon while running away the whole fight
lol this isn't a raid boss, this isn't even equivalent to one of those quivering/cowering lesser undead from the starting zone when you compare Radahn to Malenia. I one shot radahn at level 40. I'm level 130 now and still cant kill this bitch. The first time I've ever been close to just quitting a souls game, tonight's my last night trying to kill her that's how dog shit the fight is.
@@crakkajac7856 cry
The way he plays the game is insane he's so relaxed 😭
Critical is so good at souls game he literally saw the future with this title.
I never expected a raid boss in a souls-like game, but Radahn surpasses all expectations in that category
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"im not gonna cheese him with magic"
*uses every possible minion while running away cheesing him with magic*
That's why I never understood the clout from beating these games when you really can just cheese a lot of it. Makes the difficulty feel superficial.
@@damienlee1165
You can, but you dont have to
You can kind of decide the difficulty, like using summons or not, cheesing if cheese is possible..
Beating the games legit feels great, played everything except dark souls 2 and elden ring is probably the hardest to me (if you dont summon or spam magic that is), but its also nice for newer people that dont have the experience to get a feel for souls like games and then ramping up
@@indigo7898 That's why I never understood the easy mode argument. There are so many built-in mechanics that make beating the main game in most souls games a lot easier.
@@JohnDoe-kn7ex
You just kind of do it for yourself, beating the game with whatever is most comfortable/accomplishing for you, whatever you enjoy most, its a game after all, should be fun in the first place
some like it more challenging, some just want to use their cool summons, the only place where it matters is on the internet where anyone will judge you from behind their screens :P
@@indigo7898 summons are in the game tho. Why would you feel cheap
This aged like the world's best tasting fine wine
It’s kind of insane that he’s still somehow correct about this statement after the DLC
For anyone struggling, here's some tips :
*Start*
- His tracking arrows (purple ones) cannot be dodged on horseback but they can be blocked if you stand behind the numerous weapons scattered across the battlefield.
- Some of the summoning signs locations depends of your character's position on the arena. (For exemple Blaidd's sign can be found at the far left at the start but also along Patches's sign in front of Radhan)
- The maiden's sign can be found left of where Radhan is standing while shooting his arrows (she provides healing while following the player).
- Radhan will never shoot tracking arrows while the spears are following you.
*Fighting Radhan Phase 1*
- The safest place to be is behind his butt as he has only one attack that could hit you (but it is a 360° aoe so watch out).
- At 3/4 health he will activate his Gravity powers by smashing his 2 swords on the ground in front of him giving a huge window to dish out damage.
- When he pulls you in with his gravity power, avoid his 2nd hit by going behind him. It also gives you time to deal damage.
- Blaidd or Alexander can stagger Radhan. If he is staggered, avoid doing a critical strike as the NPCs won't do any damage during your animation.
*Fighting Radhan Phase 2*
- His "jump" animation (to trigger phase 2) does no damage, take this opportunity to beat his ass.
- To avoid his meteor move, immediately ride on horseback out of the way.
- Shortly after landing Radhan will conjure forth 4 massive boulders. While doing so he is vulnerable at the back. Be warned these meteors are *INSTAKILL* if they hit you while also being extremely tricky to dodge.
They will only start chasing you once Radhan takes some distance before charging at you full force. Best way to avoid the meteors is to run behind the hill on which he stands at the beginning as soon as he starts running away from you. Another way might be to run towards him but I have no concret evidence of success as of yet. The only brief respite from this is he will have to summon them back before he can pull that bs move again.
- Another instakill is when he calls upon little gravity orbs. He will follow up with his pulling move, effectively killing you as you take 10+orbs to the face. You can dodge the "pull" if timed right or simply start running if you see him setup the orbs.
*Some more infos*
- He is weak to Scarlet rot and other afflictions (I used frost on him and it worked pretty well).
- By chasing him behind on horseback, you can make the AI run in circle as you beat his horse's crippled ass (look up some videos on how it works).
- The most effective way to kill him is to deal enough stagger damage during phase 1 to stun him before he jumps away. By doing this you can easily deal take 3/4 of his health bar.
- Recommended lvl is 75
- Invest in healthpoints. Radhan can potentially 1 shot kill without any Vigor (and that dude combos a lot).
- Screw this dude and his festival.
Please feel free to add more infos or correct me if I'm wrong.
Good luck brave tarnished. May -the Elden ring- Ranni give you strengh :P
Just dodge and use magic ez clap
there are i-frames mounting the horse WHEN moving / de-mounting WHEN NOT moving forward. So just let go of your forward movement control button or whatever console you are using, and unmount for a free dodge. This can be used if you cant get behind cover in time. And the horse sometimes tend to break the weapons on the ground if you get to close.. AND the seeking arrow hitboxes are wonky af and can sometimes go straight through them around the arena. So just practicing the mounting i-frames can save you from wasting flasks before getting to him.
I managed to beat him at lvl 45 and YES he could instakill me but honestly only thing I'd add here is just to be aggressive. Playing cautiously or defensively, especially as a STR build, WILL get you killed very easily. Bleed was a very good skill against him
@@tamiamorton7389 Yea I was a strengh build and got decimated the first few hours. It's only once I went ham on him and managed to get his health to 1/4 before phase 2 that I won.
He hits hard and can easily dodge Strengh builds weapon swings as we are too slow. I went with the frozen ice dragon halberd and the many times I missed his ass because his horse just bolted out of the way after he swung his blades...
Meh it was pretty enjoyable tho, only move I truly despised was the meteors. Tracking OS moves have never been my cup of tea.
@@silverwolf3625 😂I feel ya on the meteors. Strafing left or right as you see them coming made it pretty easy to avoid (for the little ones) but I had a ton of practice doing the same with mages. I had to kill him fast before he could try the big meteors tho😅those were a mf
just spent an hour beating him alone. He's tough! But it was sooo good when I finally beat him
cool
Mad fucking respect man I was having a hard time killing him with summons
any tips on how to farm runes and lvl if you're new?
Trolls. There's 2 of them chained up south of the bridge where you first meet finger lady. Bonfire in the ruins right next to their spawn 1k ea for runes
@@manos_sv4290 yes lookup rune farming method. It’s a method in caelim where you back stab these little enemies that give you 1000 per kill and there’s alot of them. Be careful tho because at low levels they can 1-2 hit you so as long as you are stealthy you’ll be fine
“Hardest Boss in Gaming History”
Malenia, Blade of Miquela: Hold my Rot…
that's what I was wondering.
1v1 radahn is harder
@@Joey-hs9ts Bruh, Radahn has one cheap move and thats the 4 meteors which are dodgeable with quick reactions. Killed him melee with no summons and no spirit ashe in 5 or 6 tries after finally dodging the fuckin meteors. Malenia is just a pure cheesefest. Almost undodgeable one shot move, self heal, a TRUE second phase, and overall just fuckin BS to fight. Radahn is piss easy in comparison lol
@@TheSiddster Malenia is also not to bad so long as you have a good build, or know how to dodge her. I mean they ain't easy, but to def not the hardest bosses in gaming history
@@lawless7859 who is a harder boss than Malenia
well this is now very ironic after the dlc
1:14 - seeing Charlie go from calling this combat ash useless, to using it with such finesse - such a great comeback story
what's the ash called?
@@docgeoffrey877 Not sure if the name buts it’s from an evergaol boss down near weeping peninsula. It’s only for the weapon I think.
That isn't Ash of War, that is just its default ability
@@docgeoffrey877 it isn't an Ash Of War, that's the swords ability. There's actually a couple of greatswords that have that ability. I think they're greatswords, might be just normal swords, but they have the ability and it's badass.
The more I watch this guy. The more I really do appreciate his demeanor. Truly
I was literally think to myself about how immature i am because i would’ve broke something
Watching all your companions running towards the enemy in this beautiful arena really reminds me why I love video games
We knew nothing
"we're learning" hits him for a sliver of health and then gets annihilated
I struggled a lot with Radahn. As a strength build it took me almost 9 hours to beat him.
second time around I used sword of night and flame and killed him in 2 tries XD
Wait until you reach Godskin duo. The boss was straight up not designed about meele builds. It is almost impossible to do solo with meele.
@@ststudios12345 facts bro. they made me swap out my dex bleed build for a night and flame faith build lmao
@@ststudios12345 godskin duo wasn't that bad for me, though I used mimic tear. It felt like one of the godskin guys would be pretty passive at a time when both were out and you could get a good amount of jumping r2's in.
The boss that comes after, on the other hand...
ststudios12345 it’s literally a 500x easier version of oristein and Smaug not even hard
He's silly,baddass and wholesome at the same time
-Silly:He rides a tiny horse around and in one combo the horse got sunk into the sand so after the combo he pulls it out of the ground to keep riding it
-Baddass:The guy literally forced the stars to stop moving by himself
-Wholesome:He figured out how to use gravitation magic just to keep riding his horse
Radahn was such a visually stunning fight. Leading an army into battle was such a hyped up feeling
Rock Sling is amazing Charlie. It can easily do enough poise damage to stagger things with.
“I think he’s the hardest boss in all of souls”
Melania is gonna actually fist him so god damn hard. She is actually nutty. I’m going insane fighting her because I gotta hear that same “I am melania sword of miquella” over and over again lmao
I'm not gonna do magic and cheese him that would not be a fulfilling victory. Proceeds to cheese him with magic
I’d probably cheese with magic if I spent 3 hours on a boss with a couple thousand annoying people backseating my gameplay the entire time lol.
You can’t cheese him with magic😂
I tried but it didn’t work, I had to get gud and use the uchikatana
The chat were backseat gaming the entire 50 - or so deaths to the point of him saying "I will come back later and beat him the fun way". They apparently also kept judging him for using Sword of Night and Flames because its too easy to the point of him switching to Moonlight Greatsword aswell. I do wish him luck on his no summons and magic clear, and also a death count. I defo want to see a deathcount. For Milena aswell.
@@sywitdarock Cheese is not a good word but Magic is the preferable way to fight him.
I went with STR/FAITH with Golden Spear. My Dmg on him was actually AMAZING!
The problem were the one shot mechanics.
That being said after 1.5 hour i realized the strategy of how to summon the people.
I could continuesly than bring him to like 20-30% hp before he even starts 2nd phase.
The only problem where that big meteorite that are incredibly hard to dodge and one shot u every time :D
Overall 10/10 Boss experience, I will never forget going to battle with Pot Boy and beating what by lore is the strongers demigod in the universe ! :D
There is one thing i loved about the Radahn fight, Once you summon all the warriors it feels like a huge raid boss
The easiest ways to kill radahm is to either give him scarlet rot or hit him with night maidens mist, or do both they reduce his health by the second incrementally rather than scaled or weapon based damage, then just vast at his ass while the npcs hit him and keep his agro
scarlet rot was nice additional damage, for sure. that and hollow slayer great sword (I will just call it what it is :D)
Ya I used scarlet rot and hit him with like 5 lighting Spears and he died
Damn, Elden ring really is amazing. never thought Charlie would post so many times on one game.
Mr krabs overdose on ketamine finally found his rival.
Rock Sling gets a buff from the Meteorite Staff. Honestly I've been using Rock Sling on every boss/larger enemies. Ridiculous range and awesome damage, also stance breaks enemies really fast.
"Rock sling is a terrible spell" I never thought someone would ever say something like that.
he is pretty tough, but fun nonetheless. interested to see how tough he’ll be in ng+ and beyond
He becomes fodder in NG+ games. I killed him before he popped his 2nd phase. Check my latest video, that's Radahn on NG+3
Radahn is at about the halfway mark, so you should be pretty OP by the time you get to him in NG+.
I imagine the health and damage is increased for early to mid-game points by at least 25%.
@@Godakuri no
@@ChaseR206 No what
@@Godakuri i won’t look at your video
Just an fyi. The sword wasnt doing anywhere near the broken damage it does at max +10 and being scaled up with int/faith properly. I do like 2500 damage i believe with the beam. Its crazy.
Man, they nerfed Radahn to oblivion. When I first fought him I wanted to struggle for a long time because he was so cool, and I felt he deserved to have a long battle. But he’s just so easy now.
He’s fixed now. You probably just got better at fighting him
@@zUGGxz no he is not the same as when he launched
@@heatchamps2011 He's a little weaker but not as much as everyone is crying about
@@heatchamps2011 His nerf wasn't very significant for damage, and for the most part had to do with fixing the hitreg on his swords to make them more accurate to the size of the actual models. The biggest change by far was the reducing of the small homing orbs. People acting like he was literally unbeatable before the patch need to chill. The difference is not that significant
12:33 The reaction that you're looking for. Your welcome
The boss looks like he's riding a kids tricycle with that little horse carrying him around 🤣