r/Eldenring • u/lizzied23 • Jan 12 '24

My Boyfriend bet me $500 that I couldn’t beat Elden ring in 6 months with little to no video game experience. Humor

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The rules of the bet:

  1. No magic
  2. Only Melee
  3. No farming for runes
  4. Have to beat the entire game by June, 6th, 2024

I am currently on the last boss of the game with 89 hours played. I hope the last boss doesn’t take me 5 months. 😂

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u/TheCorpseOfMarx Jan 12 '24

My first playthroigh was magic, ng+1 was faith, now I'm on a second playthrough with strength and it's sooo much easier! I don't think melee players recognise how much easier it makes it when you can stunlock enemies

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u/RandomMabaseCitizen Jan 12 '24

Smirks in rock sling

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u/NightDX Jan 12 '24

Try to use a ultra greatsword or any heavy waepon with barely any stats to work with. Can´t equip armor, can't fast roll, have to invest everything in STR and END, have to find the bigest windows on bosses because our weapons are slow and we can't tank any hits...

Its a playstyle thing and magic isn't for me but Malenia with a pure STR build was a nightmare but some friends just changed to magic and beat her with more ease.

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u/TheAngriestPoster Jan 12 '24

There’s a build for every type that you can trivialize Malenia with. Putting stamp upward cut on a colossal weapon meant I could stunlock her every time I joined a host. Royal Knights Resolve meant I could actually outtrade her

Bleed and Magic are both very strong, don’t get my wrong, but strength has options as well. You just have to know the moveset well enough to pick your moments

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u/whomad1215 Jan 12 '24

I unga, therefore I bunga

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u/HarmlessSnack Jan 12 '24

I dunno man, I’ve watched people beat Melania like a red-headed step child with Iron Ball fist weapons. STR builds absolutely have options into her.

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u/Latter_Weakness1771 Jan 12 '24

Not to mention the runny slammy mace thing that one combos her before she can ever stand back up

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u/HarmlessSnack Jan 12 '24

Fire Prelates charge I think? I can believe it.

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u/bgi123 Jan 12 '24

STR spartan builds make the game easy mode with shield poke.

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u/AtMaxSpeed Jan 13 '24

All you need to beat Malenia is bloodhound's step, I died like 50 times before using bloodhound step then beat her in 2 tries with it. Every attack from her is easy to dodge normally except for waterfowl dance, and bloodhound step makes that trivial.

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u/HarmlessSnack Jan 12 '24

Jump Heavy, Charge Heavy, Riposte, Repeat.

It’s crazy how many enemies that works on lol

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u/Smart-Potential-7520 Jan 12 '24

Nothing stops you from using melee with a int build. Summons take away the downsides of being a frail caster.

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u/Anagoth9 Jan 12 '24

There've been a lot of patches to make it viable. 

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u/peepee_zucc Jan 12 '24

Not trynna be an anti-magic dickrider but a lot of that ease is probably from the experience from your first playthroughs

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u/curtcolt95 Jan 12 '24

you can start as prisoner which starts with magic glintblade. That spell alone can beat probably like 90% of bosses because of the ability to delay cast which stuns them. I found magic so much easier than my second playthrough with melee

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u/Fancy_Cat3571 Jan 17 '24

Yeah I’m gonna try strength on my 2nd play through as well cause ain’t no way people were saying magic is as easy as it is yet she’s about to beat the game in under a month with strength while being one of the first games she said ever played.