{"id":32053,"date":"2022-08-01T11:35:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T11:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/elden-ring-dataminers-discover-malenia-used-to-be-even-harder-to-beat-than-she-is-today\/"},"modified":"2022-08-01T11:35:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T11:35:42","slug":"elden-ring-dataminers-discover-malenia-used-to-be-even-harder-to-beat-than-she-is-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/elden-ring-dataminers-discover-malenia-used-to-be-even-harder-to-beat-than-she-is-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Elden Ring dataminers discover Malenia used to be even harder to beat than she is today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Hard to believe, I know, but dataminers have discovered that Elden Ring&#8217;s most notorious boss, Malenia, used to be even more difficult to beat than she already is.<\/p>\n<p>By analyzing and playing through the 1.0 version of <u>Elden Ring<\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span> &#8211; that is, a version that&#8217;s been untouched by patches or changes since the original game was pressed to disc and played offline to avoid just such updates &#8211; Kotn3l discovered several key differences with her attack pattern and abilities, making her significantly more aggressive. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;Upon encountering Malenia, every AI was [a] tiny bit different, unpolished even in this version of the game,&#8221; explains Kotn3l in their video description (thanks, <u>PC Gamer<\/u>).  &#8220;The most noteable change that she still has access to her &#8216;old&#8217; &#8216;Waterfowl, which modders have discovered before. This video aims to showcase some of her differences to the patched version.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The dataminer goes on to detail the differences which include her being more aggressive in Phase 1, boasting &#8220;slightly different combos&#8221;, every improved blocking &#8211; &#8220;she blocks many, especially consecutive attacks&#8221; &#8211; and the recently-discovered &#8220;old&#8221; Waterfowl Dance.  It also shows that the Phase 2 clone attack doesn&#8217;t do scarlet rot build-up.<\/p>\n<p>Talking of Malenia; <u>an Elden Ring player has vowed to beat the infamous boss with a different build every day<\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span> until DLC is announced\u2026 even though FromSoft has yet to confirm DLC is even coming to the <u>RPG<\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span>.  And did you see the speedrun attempt in which <u>someone completed Elden Ring without leveling up or getting hit<\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span>\u2026 without skipping the optional Grafted Scion boss fight?<\/p>\n<p>Someone also recently <u>completed a full three-hour run without getting hit<\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span>whilst another <u>world-record speedrun has completed the entire game in less than seven minutes<\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p><u>A survey of Elden Ring players recently revealed what we love most<\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span> about FromSoftware&#8217;s open-world RPG, from our favorite weapons and spirit ashes, to our favorite NPCs, areas of the map, and boss battles, of course.  And yes, it&#8217;s still <u>the best selling game of 2022 in the US<\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Elden Ring tips<\/strong><\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span><strong>  | <\/strong><u><strong>Elden Ring Classes<\/strong><\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span><strong>  | <\/strong><u><strong>Elden Ring Keepsakes<\/strong><\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span><strong>  | <\/strong><u><strong>Elden Ring PS4 and PS5 comparison<\/strong><\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span><strong>  | <\/strong><u><strong>How to get the Elden Ring horse<\/strong><\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span><strong>  | <\/strong><u><strong>Elden Ring Smithing Stones<\/strong><\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span><strong>  | <\/strong><u><strong>Elden Ring weapon scaling explained<\/strong><\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span><strong>  | <\/strong><u><strong>How to strengthen weapons in Elden Ring<\/strong><\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span><strong>  | <\/strong><u><strong>Elden Ring Rune farming locations<\/strong><\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span><strong>  | <\/strong><u><strong>Elden Ring Summons<\/strong><\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span><strong>  | <\/strong><u><strong>Elden Ring stats explained<\/strong><\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span><strong>  | <\/strong><u><strong>Elden Ring bosses<\/strong><\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span><strong>  | <\/strong><u><strong>Elden Ring Ashes of War<\/strong><\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span><strong>  | <\/strong><u><strong>Elden Ring weapons<\/strong><\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span><strong>  | <\/strong><u><strong>Elden Ring Great Runes and Rune Arc farming<\/strong><\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span><strong>  | <\/strong><u><strong>Elden Ring Stonesword Keys<\/strong><\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span><strong>  | <\/strong><u><strong>How to level up in Elden Ring<\/strong><\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span><strong>  | <\/strong><u><strong>Elden Ring map fragments<\/strong><\/u><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hard to believe, I know, but dataminers have discovered that Elden Ring&#8217;s most notorious boss, Malenia, used to be even more difficult to beat than she already is. By analyzing and playing through the 1.0 version of Elden Ring (opens in new tab) &#8211; that is, a version that&#8217;s been untouched by patches or changes &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/elden-ring-dataminers-discover-malenia-used-to-be-even-harder-to-beat-than-she-is-today\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Elden Ring dataminers discover Malenia used to be even harder to beat than she is today<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30181,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/elden-ring-fan-beats-malenia-with-just-a-level-1-build\/","url_meta":{"origin":32053,"position":0},"title":"Elden Ring fan beats Malenia with just a Level 1 build","date":"July 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"When it comes to Elden Ring bosses, defeating Malenia, Blade of Miquella is no easy task. 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