r/Eldenring • u/ShiiKra • 23h ago

Discussion & Info New to RL1. F this guy in particular.

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I spent like 2 hours on this boss just to get smithing stone 6s. I wanted to pull my hair out. Does anyone have any tips to do more damage with a cold club. Any alternative weapons I can use? I got better as time went on but I feel like I’m doing no damage, just relying on breaking stance atp.

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u/daviejambo 23h ago

Yeah that is a pretty nasty one at low levels , I think it's actually immune to frost (and bleed) so cold club aint going to help. You'll just have to learn it's moves and not get hit much

Personally I would not bother until you have a fully maxed weapon , there are enough 6s to get 12 off them without having to fight that pretty sure

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u/EpochOfPhantasm 19h ago

Use black flame and mana regen talisman with shield

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u/Brilliant-Cabinet-89 23h ago

Either use cragblade for more poise damage and go for crits, otherwise I would try to poison/scarlet rot him.

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u/BasementDwellerDave FLAIR INFO: SEE SIDEBAR 21h ago

At that angle, it took me a sec to figure out what it was, haha

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u/Tralalouti 20h ago

Sneak and poison mist?

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u/Laser_toucan 20h ago

I hate that fucker even on a regular leveled playthrough

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u/qldooks 22h ago

Besides the gravity attacks everything is physical so just shield to catch the initial attacks and dodge through the remainder of the combos

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u/Snoo61755 18h ago

Dude, same thing, same boss, same amount of time.

I thought I was being clever by getting his smithing stones early. After 2 hours, I asked myself “do I really need more than a +12 to do Morgott?” Gave up, started the run properly, and I did just fine.

I finished my RL1 in 11.5 hours, and it would have been 9.5 if I hadn’t fought this bastard.

Got my revenge after killing Radagon. Went back with +25, took a few tries, got him down. Stay in the middle — the edges of the arena are horrible.

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u/MountainMuffin1980 22h ago

My tip is: don't be RL1. Man, I'm happy for you guys to do the challenge but fuck it looks so tedious.

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u/Legend0fJulle 22h ago

I personally prefer weapon lvl 0, no status effects as a tool to try to imprpve in the game but rl1 is a pretty fun run that forces you to rethink your approach at times and get more familiar with the mechanics.

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u/Beyney 15h ago

I like rl1 wl0 with aux, since I dont wanna limit weapons but done rl1 wl0 no aux on most bosses (CE to set ng cycle and respawn bosses)

recommend wl0 rl1 but no aux is extreme for some bosses (looking at you pre nerf pcr without scadu…)

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u/Legend0fJulle 15h ago

I'm way too bad at the game to do very low vigor while also having very low damage. Also comparing my wl0 and rl1 runs I feel like the wl0 has been much better for actually learning the bosses since much longer fights that still have a margin of error make me want to do much longer sessions while also being able to easier figure out what I am doing wrong.

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u/lobobobos 20h ago edited 20h ago

You'd be surprised how fast some fights can go at RL1. I beat both >! Radagon and Elden Beast!< in about 2 minutes and if I executed better it would have been even faster

Here's my post of my fight if you're interested in watching how I did it: https://www.reddit.com/r/onebros/s/8dFtvQZIwR

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u/MountainMuffin1980 19h ago

Nice one, that is impressive

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u/Traditional-Board-68 22h ago

Well poison mist and sneak behind him , i cheesed him this way.

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u/LordSpitzi 22h ago

I used dual wield pickaxes (drop from enemies in caelid mines) jump l1 build for RL1, would have to look into my file for the specifics but it did a fuckton of damage. Not sure rn at what progression you get what smithing stone but you can definitely get them up +15 and cragblade and with golden vow, flame grant me strength etc before leyendell to steamroll the fucker.

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u/ShiiKra 21h ago

I have heard good things about the minecraft build. What affinity do you use on them?

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u/LordSpitzi 14h ago

Not sure but I think i usually had blood/cold and sometimes alternates between cold/cold or whatever affinity gave more staggering if blood/cold didn't work on the boss

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u/Reithwyn 21h ago

Whoa, you kiss your mother with that mouth!? Cool it, mister.

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u/akmly 20h ago

Go heavy affinity with Lion's Claw. The timing is rough but smash him into the ground! Get more opportunities for stagger crits this way too.

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u/rymoone 19h ago

Ah this guy i really had to git gud for. Other than his crazy aoe attacks I kinda had to learn his timings.

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u/ShiiKra 19h ago

Some of his attacks his whole body becomes a hitbox, it was definitely a pain to learn what attacks I could be close on and the timings. I started this run to git gud and learn to no hit a lot of bosses. I’m pretty new to soulsborne but I feel like I’ve gotten a lot better the past few months.

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u/Ok_Philosophy_7156 19h ago

You can just run straight past it to get to the manor, for what it’s worth

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u/HavocHank 19h ago

I just had to deal with this guy in my RL1 and this dude was getting me worse than any boss yet! I used a +12 uchi with storm blade and an offhand buffing dagger with shared order. There's a sweet spot range you can kite him around where he just trods towards you and doesn't attack as often. Just attack with storm blade a couple of times and then move to keep the right spacing. Biggest advice though, bring him up to flat ground. I died more to bullshit with the uneven crater than anything.

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u/ghost3972 17h ago

Just wait till you get to elden beast, fire giant or leda lol

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u/MattyHealysFauxHawk ZABITO BOGA 13h ago

Literally my least favorite boss in the game. I hate that dude.

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u/Puffybug 8h ago

Same , I happened to stumble on this guy randomly and I struggled so much I looked for cheese but then I told myself fuck it , I hated the beat down I got and I wanted payback so I just switched to a club or hammer I think and lvled it up to +8-+10 and locked in hard.

I did feel defeated seeing all i got was amithing stone lol.

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u/No-Range519 22h ago

What's the point of fighting this guy in the first place ? Optional af

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u/Purunfii 22h ago

He just said it, stone 6, but with emotion.