Didn’t expect weak foe.
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree might be the hardest thing FromSoftware has ever made—or at least its bosses are. It took the entirety of a single, sweaty, stressful day off for me to beat the expansion’s mega hard final boss, but the challenge runners are already putting him to shame, with no-hit, level one, and potentially even more deranged takes on the battle.
Spoilers for Shadow of the Erdtree’s final boss below.
Estus OJ on YouTube lays claim to the world’s first no-hit run against Promised Consort Radahn. I don’t know if there’s some board or sporting commission clearing that, but with a June 22 upload (just one day after the expansion’s release), I’m inclined to believe it.
They used an interesting build to do it, with a fire-infused Miséricorde dagger and the Wolf Crest Shield with Carian Retaliation parry. In a similar fashion to Malenia, parrying three of Radahn’s attacks leaves him open to a critical hit, while the Miséricorde has the highest critical modifier (so among the highest potential critical damage) in the game—Estus OJ headed off dodging through Radahn’s more laborious combos to just chunk through his health bar after slapping his sword away three times.
