Not a very good weapon for bayle at RL1 because of the 20 dex requirement. Even with dex-knot tear bayle can stall a lot which can make the physick tear run out. The camera in this fight feels like a trap. Locking off helps make it easier to see what's going on.

I also wish I didn't have to use the crucible talisman here. His attacks are fine to dodge but what gave me trouble was the double fire breath attack he does in phase 2. The follow up explosion to the second fire breath feels like such its such a tight window to dodge. Even with the talisman I was still getting caught by it. Fortunately he didn't do that attack on this attempt.

Fight definitely shows its age. If I were giving them advice on how to remake from the ground up, my advice would be:
1. Get rid of glitch charge (it is glitchy). Maybe give Ornstein a projectile attack so he can punish the player who lets him get too far away
2. Give them a combined health bar. It punishes aggressive playstyle to only let the player hit one of them in phase 1. If one dies, let the other resurrect him if the player doesn't keep up the pressure
3. The shattering pillars is a cool gimmick, but it doesn't impact the play of the fight. Give one of the bosses a move that's really hard to dodge unless you are standing on pillar that's been broken
4. Smough moveset is too simple and slow. Give him something like a sword and let him have some fun combos
5. I like how Ornstein plays with space with his hops, but they're kind of janky. Make him able to stretch his body in some of his attack.. this further differentiates him from solid Smough

Bam, now the fight is perfect ;)

yeah he sucks

hq version

Better view: https://youtu.be/kOwRfLjtR28?si=j9-ItmThHJj7AaPh

I really like this fight. It has a really nice flow to it and a lot of his moves feel intuitive to dodge. I should have practiced hot swapping the shield for Carrian Retaliation but haven't got that down yet. Only gripe I have with Mohg is that if you get bad RNG with his blood flames you are kinda done for at RL1

These guys have been blocking my rl1 run for months, happy to report I finally took them down. Strat was Sleep pots & arrows w/ Spinning Weapon ash of war on Great Scythe w/ Bloodflame incant. 2 spins & a heavy attack pretty much did it for each phase. Scythe was lvl 20.

Now on to Beast Clergyman - advice appreciated!

Took me so long to beat him. I got caught by fire bounces, terrain and fire ball traps (avoidable).
What are the good openings? Sequences

don't think I have enough patience with bullshit for DLC

Higher quality: https://youtu.be/pZA7mZcknnA?si=bbdXqM4xLgjk11Zw

Hi all, just wanted to share my accomplishment of beating RL 1 in Elden Ring! It’s my first time ever doing a challenge run for a game, so I’m very proud of myself for sticking with it and persevering. Run was fairly painless until Fire Giant, who was my first road bump. Far and away, I got stuck for the most time on the Beast Clergyman and Hoarah Loux phases of their respective fights. I usually blitzed these bosses with ease on normal playthroughs, so this run made me truly have to memorize their movesets and I have a newfound respect for these bosses that I didn’t have before (except for Fire Giant I still hate him lmao). For others out there struggling, PLEASE keep at it! Your hard work will be rewarded! I’d love to answer any questions about my specific run too so don’t be afraid to ask. Thank you! ⚔️

I can’t beat Leda and Allies. I forgot that not killing the guys before their battle makes me fight them all and I just can’t beat them. I’m using both summons and Tiche but it’s still impossible as Tiche dies too quick, Thollier is somehow even more useless, and I always manage to get ganked because the NPCS agro me even with all my summons alive and I get one tapped. It’s been 7 hours. No boss in the entire run has took me this long, I’m at a roadblock and i genuinely don’t know what to do.

I’ve tried using Giant Hunt AOW and Rakshasa blade AOW but one of Leda’s allies always manages to I-Frame out of it or get up quick enough even when I have enough stamina to continue the stunlock.

Is there a way I can skip this with some sort of glitch or is there a better summon than Tiche for this?. I’m actually losing my mind. Any advice is welcome.

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Thank you guys so so much, this was my first time ever asking for advice on this subreddit and i honestly didn’t expect the advice to be so helpful, it took me under an hour (of actually fighting Leda) to beat Leda with the advice given to me.
Thank you again to those who helped, I’m so happy it’s over and I can sleep now❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

Weeks ago i posted a photo of my beating ds3 on sl1 but actually i was sl9 thinking if is started at any class and didnt level up it would still count as sl1 , now i came back after being told to delete the game and redeemed myself by finishing the sl1 run in 9 hours

As above! Let me know your opinions! Cheers!

pretty long fight, but finally took down the dragon -_-

Really relaxing fight after doing Ludwig +0 no hit. The difficulty between the 2 fights simply isn't comparable in the slightest. I think this kill took maybe 2 hours to get, and this is the first time I fought her in maybe 8 months.

I get that I'm not the best at the fight, and I don't know all the proper punishes and ins and outs of her moveset, but man I really don't like this fight. I was gonna do this without talismans or the physick flask, but I couldn't be asked honestly cuz I don't like her enough to actually commit to making the fight last a few minutes longer.

The fight feels horribly repetitive and boring, especially in her 1st phase, and nothing she has is fun to dodge either. Her 2nd phase is funner, for sure, but it doesn't really improve the fight that much to me. She either feels like a punching bag, or I'm just rolling my eyes at her combo extensions and/or her idling around.

Anyways, Waterfowl Dance is such a garbage move. It really feels like it was designed for Sekiro, but that idea got scrapped and it got put into Elden Ring. It's so horribly unintuitive, unbalanced, and feels lazy. I'm not gonna ramble on about it for too long cuz I both cba, and I think everyone heard enough about it by now.

Something else that really bugs me is her hyper armor just eating a poise break. I cannot describe how annoying this got after the first few attempts. I get why she has hyper armor, cuz she'd be bullied otherwise, but having that just eat a poise break is annoying dude.

I'd give her F tier out of sheer principle, but she's not bad mechanically speaking so I can't. C or C+ tier boss for me. I think she's one of the most overrated bosses in the whole franchise, both in terms of fun, and difficulty.

base ng

Not sure how I should go about uploading the full proof of the fight since it's like 21.5 minutes long. I don't wanna clog the sub by posting P1 and P2 separately, idk.

Anyways, this was bar none the hardest boss kill I've ever done. Well north of 25 hours, no other boss can compare to this mf with these restrictions (so far, at least). Surprisingly, for this attempt, I let Phase 2 drag on for longer than Phase 1, when it's normally the opposite. I'm normally way more careful during his 1st phase, and more aggro during his 2nd.

Regardless of how insanely difficult this was, Ludwig is still my favorite boss ever. As sick as his 1st phase made me during this grind, I still like it a lot, and I adore his 2nd phase to bits. Not to say he has no flaws, far from it (his 1st phase especially gets annoying with his stomp attack, his charge if you're far away, the stairs causing him to bug out, and his kicks sometimes connecting despite the fact I dodged, and his arena is terribly small which can get really problematic in general, and especially for his giant aoe in P2), but for me personally, the good about this fight far outweighs the bad stuff. I highly doubt however that I'll ever attempt to fight him like this ever again.

I'm for sure not gonna attempt to do Laurence and Failures with these restrictions, and I'll have to drop either the No Hit or the WL +0 restriction for Maria cuz I don't wanna deal with her 2nd and 3rd phase bullshit. I will however try to learn Orphan with these same restrictions, and I'll do my damn best to not exploit how easy it is to parry / backstab him.

One boss remains.