Because he could keep the aggro far away with summon. Really not that hard. Running from the first flurry is always the best way, after that its simply pattern that you dont necesarily need to dodge for.
@@LieutenantVague he wasnt born into money he became a millionaire at 41 im ngl to you bro this was about the most brain rotten comment ive seen 0% research 0 knowledge nothing please do atleast a google search before you make your self seem like you have very little intelligence
@@inv3991 had to search this up cuz i didnt know this either. she gives you a 5% health debuff if you have hugged her indicated by a red square under you stamina bar. To get rid of her use a baldachins blessing and travel to a grace site and it should be gone.
@@inv3991 reduces max health by 5% you can see it by the red square with the black down arrow where the other buffs/debuffs are shown. To get rid of it just use the Baldachins Blessing you get from her.
@@inv3991 secret vitality loss, it's barely noticeable, maybe 20 hp? early you can burn the item to get extra poise, then the little bit of health will come back unhealed i kept it, knowing it was poison, because i felt bad when she said "everybody hates me and thinks i'm evil, but i just hug skeletons"
@@isopropyltoxicity true, but ppl always forget that cpl. Dunn in the pit in mw2's training course introduction also does say the same line, but Gaz is the most iconic one.
Tbf, vow of the indomitable basically saves you first 2 combo of the waterfowl dance, you only have to role out of the third and kept your distance for the fourth. So yes sometimes switching to your shield is faster than reloading.
Two hilarious moments to me: 1. Malenia performed Waterfowl _twice_ in phase one out of sheer panic of losing to this mess of a build 2. the way you popped off a greatbow at 5:03 solely to fulfill the "all spells" condition and never used it again lol
She did it 3 times on first phase one time i was playing. Most times i fought her she did it more than once. You just gotta have any build that isn't extremely OP like most players.
If you stop it could be a challenge no one will ever do ever think Dark Souls PTDE Barefist Damage Only (No Dragon Form for Killing Bosses) How Many Bosses can be beaten? You'll never see a sane person attempting it.
The two shields is the one that gets me. Like every other thing is just noob mistakes, but the two shields are mentally deranged. Its not even a parry shield paired with a regular, they are both just medium shields.
I mean. There are highly specific times where two shields like this might be useful. Say, you have a 100% physical shield, but also want a shield for the projectile of a boss which is, say, Lightning, and you don't have any shields that are good in both stats, so you intend to switch off to the lightning shield for that specific attack. Or, maybe you have a shield you actually use, and then your Stamina regen shield you two hand with. However, these are extraordinarily niche use cases, and are usually adaptations to having to work with limited gear. Definitely not a core part of a basically functional, idealized build
Like… I kinda get it? In the sense of the bronze shield being 100% against physical and I think having higher stability, and the other one being good against non-physical damage. But wtf just swap in your inventory, what situation would you be in where you would need to access both so quickly that you couldn’t swap in the menu. Goddamn psychopath
@@Chadius_ThundercockPlenty wrong using a summon against Malenia. She heals on every connect. Summons are generally speaking a detriment against her except during the first phase.
@@Chadius_Thundercock The way they used the term crutch doesnt really match what you think of. In the vid he called fat rolling a crutch and i think he just means it drags you down. Against Melania Summons sabotage you.
@@Chadius_ThundercockCompletely agree. I think summons are the default way to play the game (solo), and not using them is a deliberate choice to make combat more difficult (broadly speaking).
I remember hearing a clip from a podcast or interview where Elon said he was one of the busiest people in the world, pretty much working all the time, and yet he finished Elden Ring months before I did as a senior in college
@@SaxSlaveGaelhonestly i think “veterans” forget that fat rolling isn’t that bad outside of pvp. that’s why noobs do it, because they can get away with it, so why not?
@@mkv2718 i dont fat roll. but im tired of people saying even mid roll is bad. as someone who has played and completed all 3 dark souls and elden ring with mid roll builds.
@@malking1486 not really. if anything ds1 is the least dependent roll souls game. hell, you dont even need to roll at all after you get some of the buffier armor sets. i mean, one of the strategies in speedrun is to literaly stand still and just mash attack to kill the 4 kings. then there are bosses that are soloed by summoned npcs. like the iron golem or the butterfly. other bosses like gwin you can just bait attacks and parry, or seath you can just run around and stab him, if you have enough curse resist. so it doesnt really matter how slow the roll in ds1 is, the game is the easiest of the entire franchise.
I played with more than one Summon equipped to be prepared for each scenario when exploring, at least that was my logic in my first playthrough. I also have no idea which summons are good and which are bad so I always had them prepared and tested them
Yeah, having 3 summons in the inventory is one of the least egregious part of this build. I have 3 summons that I like and I have them equipped too. Maybe you take them out for an intense boss fight like Malenia. But when exploring and you have no idea what kind of fight you're getting, keeping multiple in your loadout is pretty convenient.
@@Panda-sn5or yeah i personally have like a few summons that i really like even though im well aware its not that useful though less gameplay oriented and more so just being able to summon ones i think are cool
Because i don't think he actually played it.. maybe he just took a picture of someone else's game, and probably told them "i want to show everyone the cool items i don't really have" and the person with the game just equipped some random shit
I don’t know what’s worse, the build or the fact that this self proclaimed tech genius didn’t seem to know how to take a screenshot EDIT: yes people, I know he is not an actual IT guy, just a CEO, hence the “self proclaimed” part
He probably was on console and didnt feel like hitting the screenshot and using xbox interface to tweet with text, just said fuck it and snapped it with his phone
Did anyone catch that crazy part where he’s memorized the boss so well, he dodged the first attack and then immediately blocked the second attack he didn’t have enough time to roll through??
@@occultnightingale1106 Yeah it took me around ten attempts or so to learn how to dodge waterfowl, sometimes I even got it perfect. But doing it while fat rolling is impressive. The thing I struggled most with was her fast successive attack combo where she spins and lunges (not the one with the straight dash with the sword), and the one in phase 2 where she summons clones that dive at you. Figured out you can dodge most of the clones simply by running lol.
2:23 having flasks on the pouch saves me so much time instead of having to cycle through items. It's a little finicky at first, but feels very seamless once learned. I can understand not preferring pouch flasks, but I would not call it impractical.
I took a leap of faith and switched to red flask on pouch and I've never gone back. Having a button (combo) which always heals frees me up to use consumables
I switched from having heal flasks on the quick pouch to simply having them as the first option in the equipment slot and focus flask as the second slot. Using the "return to first slot" shortcut input feels way faster and more reliable to me than having to first "summon" the pouch menu, during which you cannot use the functions buttons for normal actions.
I dont know if you guys understand the true genius behind this man.. Mr. Musk created himself the hardest difficulty! Which makes himself the best souls games player of all time. a true genius, a true pioneer
i mean, its still doable, and mr.musk didnt bother to look up a guide and he decided to played the way he wanted to play, so more props to him honestly.
@@Honed- I didn't look up a guide and figured out how the UI worked, it almost looks like he asked an AI what build to make and just slapped everything that was listed in the equipment without trying to figure out how to infuse or quickly access things... I say almost because I feel like an AI probably wouldn't make the mistake of giving you a fat roll.
He only has five memory slots. You start with two. One is dropped before Rennala. One is bought from the twin maiden husk. There is a damn good chance he only found one.
Every time I see a perfect Waterfowl dodge, I feel so satisfied. Surprisingly, little use of a shield (not that fingerprint nonsense, just an old fashioned brass shield to meet the first movement) even spices it up. Really, such an excellent job. Thank you, ir was a pleasure to watch.
The best thing about the Souls games is that it doesn't matter how terrible your build is, if you're good enough at the game you can get through the entire thing without getting hit. They're very fair overall (some exceptions apply).
you people always say the game is very fair, even easy, and bring people like this player as an example. The average player is not someone who did all the games multiple times in NG+1500
@@jashserfus I`ve just completed ds2, it was the last of all games, and I enjoyed them. Yet there are ample bullshit elements in these games. I dont need to get any better, I move on. You stay and get guddest, or do whatever the fuck u want 😃
@@zatharigo7815 I somewhat agree with your main point, we should have better examples. But DS2 is both the easiest, and worse design. Even a decent chunk of souls players hate it.
My theory is that he was trying to basically make a tanky mage,given the use of Radahn's armor. He could've easily put a couple of levels in endurance, just enough to maintain a med roll. Still,that was actually insane. You've earned a follower.
@@colonelkenpachi5009what if we stop giving this billionaire clout for any bs he says (that sure wasnt Even him posting this) what about bill Gates or Jeff bezos build? Gtfo
@@Bodzio2M Bro what are you even saying 'yea if you play using with half of the weapons available you get a shallow experience' I htae using mage is souls game but I recognize this take is dog
"elon musk is a moonveil user" is the least surprising news ive yet heard i also love the "equipped load will be lower if fast roll is needed" caption like he's so close to being self aware about it
Based on this, if Elon knew how to play properly, this build would be able to somehow carry him through, assuming he only went the vanilla route of just beating 2 shardbearers and just the mandatory bosses.
2:28 "But worst of all is two almost identical shields in the left hand. Both are uninfused, meaning both their default Ash of War... are....NO.... SKILL. Which says it all, really". Nominated for biggest roast in Elden Ring history.
@@lockekappa500 i know) two swords of night and fire and claw talisman delete her very quickly Or if you are arcane dude - raptor's feathers, claw talisman and ocult raptor talons are good either
To be fair, most people who kill her end up doing so become of waterfowl RNG in phase 2. So few know how to consistently dodge it point blank; since knowing is no where near enough, but in practice takes a long time to get right consistently.
The jump he made thru the first attack in Malenia's second phase was truly incredible. He soared like a bird that just gained its wings. Miraculous. Had to watch it 10 times.
The double shield is definitely odd, but ppl are hating on this build for no real reason than to inflate their own paltry ego. That being said, his build is indicative of someone who isn’t a souls veteran which is 100% okay. I can see someone thinking the equip load is something you get close to without going over hence why he’s fat rolling. Plus, as a spell caster with multiple summons, he probably anticipated not getting into melee range enough to require a medium build anyway which is fine.
Idk about others but having the HP and FP flask in my pouch is one of the most convenient things of this game tbh. Always miss it when going back to the previous souls.
fromsoft needs to do a game where all your shoulder buttons fire off different spells- looks so cool the way you do it in this footage, but would love to see them update magic to be less clunky
There was this one kotaku writter whose only role was making articles that were either making fun of elon or the moat unhinged random crap so that checks out
@@NepetaLeijon yeah whatever the liberals or the jewish bla bla bla No, this woman was on her own, her other articles were unhinged shit like "top 15 bsdm games" and "reviewing the bratz game turns out it sucks" Quite inspiring
@@Delta_Quagsire you should find it quite easily by title alone if its still up To your posible dissapointment its mostly rpgmaker slop, but it is a funny header
I hate how you did so well with this inane build, meanwhile it takes everything I have to claw out a win against Malenia... Truly amazing stuff. Also, it's one of the few times I've seen someone use a shield against Malenia and it's disgusting how much health she gets back even if you block with a shield.
You know if you apply the saying “if it’s stupid but it works then it’s not stupid” you’ve actually redeemed Elon’s gamer cred here by proving his build is perfectly viable
Yeah he honestly made this look fun and interesting. It was way better than seeing another video of some naked person who wishes they were 'Let Me Solo Her'.
The mention of lighter load, at least to me, implies he was using the Winged Crystal Tear if he couldn't fatroll things mid fight. Given the magic setup of the... "build"..., the other was probably Cerulean or Magic Shrouding. He was also using pre-multiple nerf Moonveil so he was probably crutching super hard on that.
I like how the build itself isn't bad, it's just that it doesn't live to its full potential. Making it a medium load by switching the Radahn armor could help, and adding parries to the shields could work. Overall, play however you want, but it seems a bit goofy to self-nerf.
Agreed. Ppl are hating on this build for no real reason than to inflate their own paltry ego. Med roll with one parry shield and no one would blink an eye at this build. That being said, his build is indicative of someone who isn’t a souls veteran which is 100% okay. I can see someone thinking the equip load is something you get close to without going over hence why he’s fat rolling. Plus, as a range spell caster, he probably anticipated not getting into melee range enough to require a medium build anyway which is understandable.
@@KevinOnEarth_or the build is just bad and it's funny to make fun of a world class egotist himself lol. You aren't going to be hired as his assistant for defending him on ER lol.
@@mechamahou8467or he just isn't desperately trying to be an asshole like many of you? Yeah, we get it, it's not the cool meta build but if he can utilize it well then it's probably decent at least.
Didn't know having flasks in quick pouch was a stupid move. I prefer it to the quick inventory because I don't have to cycle through everything else I have in there, but everything in the pouch is max two button presses away.
This build really isn't that bad, considering low vigor and fat roll is offset by the shields and summons. High int scaling weapon/staff with a strong AoW poise breaker on the rapier pairs for a number of decent tactics against various bosses. Not amazing for Malenia, but I think everyone is severely underestimating the damage potential. Ive seen worse builds for sure
The fact the build has rogiers rapiers gb phalanx is probably the most based part even if it was probably unintentional and he had no clue how op that AoW is.
The build isn't that bad. Especially if you presume that it's everything that gets used, and stuff might be removed if it's useless when fighting bosses. Especially if you're not terminally on the wiki so don't have an incredible understanding of the mechanics. Two shields is the weirdest part, but the load isn't going down by removing it, you're never gonna fumble with them really, so it's likely just to remove the necessity of opening the inventory to swap.
Ive never seen malenia do her waterfowl dance right after doing one already. Really showed how desperate she was to not lose to Elons trash ass build (4:35)
The way he has double shields is so odd... like if one shield was upgraded and left standard to have a high Guard Boost stat and the other was infused with an Ash of War/Whetblade to have a higher damage reduction that would make sense to me. It also doesn't help that Malenia is just a miserable fight for shield-focused builds with the healing/status effect combo she has going on
lol. I actually have all my flasks on my quick pouch rather than the item list. I think its faster than cycling through your items, unless you have basically nothing in your item list.
Two shields and two swords with a staff is genuinely baffling, I cannot for the life of me figure out how he thought it was worth fat rolling to have 3 completely unnecessary weapons
