As someone who spent hours playing Elden Ring, the boss that gave me the hardest time surely is Malenia, Blade of Miquella. At first, it was quite tiresome to counter her moves as she was quite fast and agile.
But, with a bit of analyzing and strategy planning, Maleina is just another fortress to be taken down. So, let me show you exactly how I managed to counter her moves and apply an enormous amount of damage in a short time.
After countless attacks that ended up wounding or killing me, I learned that Malenia has a certain set of moves and attacks to be aware of. She is fast, agile, and quite hard to deal with.
On top of that, she heals with every attack, so learning how to dodge her is of the essence here. Also, don’t think of summoning anyone to aid you in this fight since you’ll only create more ‘’healing targets’’ for her.
Since fighting against Malenia is done in two phases, I’ll divide and describe her attacks accordingly.
Most of her attacks come down to speed, so be prepared to jump, move backward, left, right, and do whatever it takes to avoid her. Here’s the whole set for Phase One:
This is where the fun starts. If you thought that Phase One was hard, just wait until you see her transform into the Goddess of Rot in Phase Two.
Some would say that going against Malenia without any kind of potions or support-like items is possible, but I would strongly disagree. For me, it was mind-blowing how the effect of Bloodhound’s Step Ash of War eased the dodging of her attacks. So, stack up, and let’s see what you’ll need to do to beat her.
As you become more familiar with Malenia’s moves and animations, you’ll be better prepared for this challenging Elden Ring boss battle.
The goal to kill Malenia is to always know what’s coming next. For beginners, this is super hard, but if you fight against her a couple of times, you’ll eventually learn her moves and animation.
For example, if she moves her hand in front of her, you know that Impale Grab is coming, and therefore, you should act on it. Also, if you see her pointing her sword at you, be aware of the Simple Kick.
The bottom line is to try and play against her a couple of times until you learn exactly what’s coming. Also, it helped me a lot to count seconds for each animation and learn exactly what was going to happen and when.
To punish Malenia’s attacks, you must be quick, on point, and definitely clever. Every time she performs one of her attacks, you’ll be given an opportunity to attack her after she’s finished.
Basically, there will be a one or two-second window opening for you to quickly attack her or heal up with some Starlight Shards.
By throwing the Freeze Pot at her, you will be able to stop her attack move in the middle of her animation. However, I find this strategy quite hard to execute as it requires quick reflexes.
I personally wasn’t able to stop her attacks at the first couple of tries, but after I learned the timing, it was easy. The most important part here is that Malenia will give you a one-second opening to attack her after she is hit with the Freeze Pot.
The Freeze Pot can be an effective tool in overcoming this difficult Elden Ring boss fight if used correctly.
By using the Frost Stomp ability, you can lure Malenia into performing either a Charge or Simple Kick, allowing you to gain control of the fight and easily counter her moves. In my own experience, I was successful in baiting her to perform the Charge attack and then counterattacking her every time.
Also, it helped a lot to use the Exalted Flesh to boost my damage by 20%.
I’ll leave you with a couple of times you can use to fully obtain control over the fight:
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