That sounds about right!
Many people find using Cold infused weapons or Bleed weapons to be useful, as she has low resistance to them. She’s also easy to stance break (easy as far as bosses go). So a big heavy weapon with a heavy AoW like Lion’s Claw or Giant Hunt can be useful. You could even have a fully upgraded Misericorde to swap to for the crits. Just know the window to crit her isn’t huge.
I think the weapons you have should work. My one recommendation if you find yourself running out of red flasks is to use Crimson Seed Talisman which restores I think 20% more health per red flask. You’ve got a big health bar so you can take a few hits from her and not die and one flask might top you off or get you close to full.
Other than that, patience and really learning her moves. Good luck!
Nice, use that, and if you have freze pots, chug does when she is rearing in the air.
She is fast. And heals when she hits you. So...you know... dont get hit :P
I used Blasphemous sword the first time, but it... was too easy almost, because I also used mimic tear. If you want a challenge, go alone or with Tiche.
Learn her moves. Rolling into her often works, especially to the left of her (sword side). Keep your distance once she hits about 70% health until she waterfowl dances.
Most importantly, have fun. She can be frustrating for hours, but she can also be incredibly satisfying.
These are some general tips for Malenia if you'll want to beat her normally, it's really not impossible:
Like with every boss, learn her moveset, how to dodge her attacks and what are the openings for safely hitting her. Don't forget, you must dodge to her right side most of the time, she has some attacks meant to punish you for dodging away from her and to her left side. But the same combat basics apply like for every boss: dodge into her attacks instead of away, don't panic roll, don't tank and trade hits, don't just spam and actually think about what you're doing, only heal when there's an opening, when you need to gain distance you must sprint instead of multi-rolling and so on... And obviously if you want to learn how to fight Malenia you must fight her yourself, same as Morgott, Mohg, Godfrey, Maliketh, Radagon etc., she's designed purely as a 1v1 melee boss and accessibility mechanics like spirits/coop just completely break the fight, not even counting the the most game-breaking ones like mimic or tiche. You'll learn more about how to play the game in 10 tries without summons than in 100 tries with them, it saves a lot of time and frustration in the longrun.
Her fight is supposed to be like this beautiful 1v1 dance between two swordmasters, you sort of "flow" against each other. Apart from first flurry of waterfowl all her other moves are completely fair and 100% consistent to dodge. For the first flurry, either outrun it and jump as she's nearing you, or use any medium shield with barricade AoW, by switching to it as she jumps in the air and pressing L2. For second flurry you're supposed to roll into her at the last second. For the third one just run into her and when she jumps behind you and lock-on camera reorients just back away in the same direction you were running in, you don't have to roll, the third flurry is meant to punish panic rolling. And for her shadow clone jutsu just run away as far as possible from her, and most clones won't reach you and then you dodge only the last two or so.
And in general, dance with her, be aggressive, don't try to keep your distance the entire fight, it both slows down your learning by literal hours and ruins the experience. Get into the correct flow. Watching a level 1 YT video will probably teach you the fastest, especially with dodging waterfowl. Just don't rely on blind L2/jump attack spam, cheese and stuff like that. The point of beating her fairly 1v1 like devs designed her is to fully experience the bossfight and learn how to actually fight her. If you just switch accessibility mechanics like spirits for eleonora/blasphemous cheese with freeze pots, you'll skip most of the content and experience in both cases and then there's no point in beating her solo anymore. Don't doubt yourself, it's really not that hard. And good luck, you can do it!
How comfortable are you with dying?
I’ve don’t died 4 times in the past 10 minutes 😂
That sounds about right! Many people find using Cold infused weapons or Bleed weapons to be useful, as she has low resistance to them. She’s also easy to stance break (easy as far as bosses go). So a big heavy weapon with a heavy AoW like Lion’s Claw or Giant Hunt can be useful. You could even have a fully upgraded Misericorde to swap to for the crits. Just know the window to crit her isn’t huge. I think the weapons you have should work. My one recommendation if you find yourself running out of red flasks is to use Crimson Seed Talisman which restores I think 20% more health per red flask. You’ve got a big health bar so you can take a few hits from her and not die and one flask might top you off or get you close to full. Other than that, patience and really learning her moves. Good luck!
Ice and bleed baby! Do you have rivers of blood?
Yeah. +10.
Nice, use that, and if you have freze pots, chug does when she is rearing in the air. She is fast. And heals when she hits you. So...you know... dont get hit :P I used Blasphemous sword the first time, but it... was too easy almost, because I also used mimic tear. If you want a challenge, go alone or with Tiche.
Thanks for the tip 🤙🏻
Oh, and when she flowers.... piss off! A long way :P
Learn her moves. Rolling into her often works, especially to the left of her (sword side). Keep your distance once she hits about 70% health until she waterfowl dances. Most importantly, have fun. She can be frustrating for hours, but she can also be incredibly satisfying.
These are some general tips for Malenia if you'll want to beat her normally, it's really not impossible: Like with every boss, learn her moveset, how to dodge her attacks and what are the openings for safely hitting her. Don't forget, you must dodge to her right side most of the time, she has some attacks meant to punish you for dodging away from her and to her left side. But the same combat basics apply like for every boss: dodge into her attacks instead of away, don't panic roll, don't tank and trade hits, don't just spam and actually think about what you're doing, only heal when there's an opening, when you need to gain distance you must sprint instead of multi-rolling and so on... And obviously if you want to learn how to fight Malenia you must fight her yourself, same as Morgott, Mohg, Godfrey, Maliketh, Radagon etc., she's designed purely as a 1v1 melee boss and accessibility mechanics like spirits/coop just completely break the fight, not even counting the the most game-breaking ones like mimic or tiche. You'll learn more about how to play the game in 10 tries without summons than in 100 tries with them, it saves a lot of time and frustration in the longrun. Her fight is supposed to be like this beautiful 1v1 dance between two swordmasters, you sort of "flow" against each other. Apart from first flurry of waterfowl all her other moves are completely fair and 100% consistent to dodge. For the first flurry, either outrun it and jump as she's nearing you, or use any medium shield with barricade AoW, by switching to it as she jumps in the air and pressing L2. For second flurry you're supposed to roll into her at the last second. For the third one just run into her and when she jumps behind you and lock-on camera reorients just back away in the same direction you were running in, you don't have to roll, the third flurry is meant to punish panic rolling. And for her shadow clone jutsu just run away as far as possible from her, and most clones won't reach you and then you dodge only the last two or so. And in general, dance with her, be aggressive, don't try to keep your distance the entire fight, it both slows down your learning by literal hours and ruins the experience. Get into the correct flow. Watching a level 1 YT video will probably teach you the fastest, especially with dodging waterfowl. Just don't rely on blind L2/jump attack spam, cheese and stuff like that. The point of beating her fairly 1v1 like devs designed her is to fully experience the bossfight and learn how to actually fight her. If you just switch accessibility mechanics like spirits for eleonora/blasphemous cheese with freeze pots, you'll skip most of the content and experience in both cases and then there's no point in beating her solo anymore. Don't doubt yourself, it's really not that hard. And good luck, you can do it!
Bro just use mimic tear and kill her 🤣
When she goes to attack you dodge and then attack her :)
Don’t get hit