I’ve finally finished school and have passed all my exams, so finally I can live a life unshackled from scholarly duties. Which means that I have more time to shitpost (you’re welcome 😘)
My weekend is pretty busy, so I probably won’t be playing too much. If I do, I’ll probably rotate between Monster Hunter Rise and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite via PPSSPP again :)
I’m not sure I’ve had fights like this, actually. Most of the bosses I’ve encountered I’ve either seen before in videos and had not made up an opinion on, or they were new to me, so I went in with an open mind. Maybe the two Gundyrs in DS3? Both were made out to be a lot harder than they actually were in the end, but for someone new to soulslikes they likely pose more of a challenge.
@Druid congrats!
(And I await more shitposts ;))
What comes to mind is Fire Giant in Elden Ring. Not on my first playthrough since I was not spoiled on him (and he was quite easy). But on my first RL1 playthrough I had a reaction like this, since I heard from many places that Fire Giant is supposed to be such a big roadblock for such a run. I beat him in about 5 tries? He was quite easy. On my second RL1 playthrough I even beat him on my first try.
I am currently playing my second randomizer in Elden Ring. After having had an enormous amount of fun with my first randomizer playthrough, I’ve now added another restriction: not with the randomizer software, but I combined it with my favorite challenge run: I’m playing at Rune Level 1! This is either going to go great or end in disaster. (With my luck I’m half expecting Consort Phase 2 in Golden Godfrey’s arena).
Hmm yea I can see Fire Giant being a hurdle. I was quite intimidated by his size too the first time I saw him (pun intended) but ultimately he wasn’t suuper difficult. What’s the difficulty for rl1 supposed to be specifically?
💀 anything in Pissfrey’s little arena that’s bigger than him is probably a challenge, damn
At RL1 (almost) every little twitch from Fire Giant can one shot you and he has a truly staggering health pool of 43,263 HP (for comparison Morgott has 10,399 HP). Phase 2 is particularly dangerous since the fire attacks are so far reaching.
But he has giant – pun intended – attack opportunities in phase 1 and you can set up a stagger for the opener of phase 2 and then kill him right then and there or he has just a sliver of HP left.
It also heavily depends on the weapon choice for this fight: Star Fists – my favorite – absolutely wrecks him. Alabaster Lord’s Sword is supposed to be even better.