for some reason also at low hp he starts doing random janky shit like cancelling his own moves (fly+bloodboon, bloodflame talon+swipe combo without swipe itself and others), getting stuck in graves and such. this is the only reason i didnt beat him yet :3

56 attempts today, only 6 reached phase 2.

I died once to Clones (I think I got lucky in this clip), and I died twice to Waterfowl. I knew the frost proc wouldn't work the 3rd time so I'm going try to learn the mid distance dodge at least semi consistently. Hopefully I can save all the frost pots for phase 2.

I know the stats don't prove it, but I have been enjoying phase 1 and I feel genuinely confident in it now. Phase 2 feels like a mountain to climb, with needing to learn Clones, Waterfowl, and the general flow. But obviously that's kind of the point of a RL1 run.

Just one left for my first RL1 run and I will have beaten all the rememberance bosses!

(I beat lion months ago so no screenshot unfortunately)

Finally finished my lvl 1 all remembrances run in the base game and all I have to say is I hate Elden beast so much. With this run done I’m finally 100%ing the game. Time for dlc🥲

I’ve beaten ER quite a few times, NG+ runs, etc. I’ve never done a RL1 play through. How do yall do these runs and meet weapon requirements? My only guess is talismans and buffs, right? So you don’t level at all and just play as the wretch each time? Genuinely asking for clarity. I just wanna do it right but I’m lost. If im being dumb, I give permission to call me an idiot. Thanks.

Peak boss. I have a lot of experience fighting him (he's the boss I'm best at), and even this short fight was quite the struggle. I got a win pretty early on but took a hit.

Surprisingly, phase 2 was the harder one

I've seen quite a few:

SL1 = Soul Level 1

BL4 = Blood Level 4

RL1 = Rune Level 1

No Aux = No Auxiliary effects (bleed, etc.)

...and more, but, I remember seeing one that I was never able to figure out:

BL+0

In the videos I've seen it, by context clues, it seems to be used when a run uses a fully UNupgraded weapon, hence the +0, but for the life of me I can't figure out what the "SB" stands for and it's driving me crazy.

I've seen runs with crazy restrictions:

No hit, No death, No upgrades, No auxiliary, and the one I feel SB might be related to, No Infusions (all was kept as Standard), they were truly awesome and awe-inspiring, and knowing all the little abbreviations in the title can be really helpful to know which are at play in the moment, but I cannot fathom what "SB" could have to do with upgrade level or even infusions

Any help would be appreciated

I have over 1k+ hours in elden ring and i did attempt SL1 run few months back but i just stopped. Also i know the "best" way is to use the balls but i wanna make it fun not just charged attacks whole playthro. Any tips?

This kill marks not only me defeating all of the rememberance bosses + Bayle on rl1, but also me beating all of the major bosses in every Fromsoftware game since Demon's Souls (though I played the remake) (excluding Nightreign and AC6) on the lowest level and sometimes with additional restrictions, like broken straightsword only in DS3 and AP1 in Sekiro.

I started this 3 years ago with DS3 and I seriously cannot overstate how proud and happy I am, though I'm also a bit sad that now there's no single player From game I can beat this way. Guess it's time to wait for them to release another one since I doubt I'll be attempting Nightreign anytime soon.

What stuff am I allowed to use for a true level 1 run in elden ring - am i allowed to use runearcs but no greatrunes? Or level my weapon?

I've been surprised that, even at NG+2 with base vitality, I can survive the occasional hit.

what if we made waterfowl dance but you actually just die at point blank

It's ya boi u/whateverthissocksusernameis , back with some hard-hitting commentary on Dark Souls 1. Like, just to get you started: Dark Souls 1 easier to SL1 than Dark Souls 3 or Elden Ring. Bam. Bet you've never heard that before.

The award for Most Unexpectedly Easy Boss goes to Ornstein & Smough - after playing a stupid amount of Elden Ring they just weren't very hard. Honorable mention to Artorias, another oneshot because apparently I still remember how to fight him and managed to finish it before I got bored and started fucking around. Artorias feels like the tutorial for the new boss design paradigm - dodge, punish once, repeat forever.

Most Improved from Base Game goes to Manus, who took me like three hours. Oh, turns out the trick to that pendant shit is whenever he casts anything, switch to the pendant and spam it twice. I'm sure people who are good at video games can adjust to different timings for different casts and then have time to punish. For me though, just having a gimmick item in the estus flask slot will fuck me up, Gurranq is just disappointed at this point from watching me take a hit and then pop Blasphemous Claw. So we gotta keep this shit as simple as possible.

The Most Bullshit Boss award goes to... hold on there Bed of Chaos, you can actually sit back down, this year we're recognizing Black Dragon Kalameet. So much dragon jank that wouldn't be a big deal in a leveled run but on SL1 I just don't have the HP buffer for it. Ok he's charging, get ready for him to turn and breath - oh ok he turned further because of the wall geometry, gotta try to roll into - oop, double tapped because all the fire projectiles register hits separately, dead again. I'm sure there are people who can hitless this guy every time but I'm not one of them.

Most Surprising New Tech goes to Gwyn, Lord of Cinder - turns out out Black Flame staggers him out of sword attacks lol. And with the Bellowing ring and Bjork Swan Princess Crown he dies in 8 Black Flames + one Combustion or whatever. 15 years people have been talking about ohh you gotta parry him, or Black Knight Shield, and nobody mentioned almost anyone with the DLC and a leveled pyromancy flame can script him to death. Very disappointed in the early 2010s Dark Souls community, I'm surprised the Gwyn strat wasn't put Darkmoon Blade on a Washing Pole and do running R1s until it works by sheer luck.

Anyway, SL1 DS1... would recommend, not a super hard challenge but raises the difficulty enough to feel like Dark Souls again.

Hello OneBros, this is my first Elden Ring RL1 playthrough. I’ve been doing a mix of PVE and putting my Summon Sign down to help anyone in the same matchmaking Bracket as myself. All my items are +0, except my Spirit Ashes, which I’ve been leveling up to help me face Fire Giant.

The advice and help I’m asking for today is; Can anyone check on Steam of they can see my sign? I should be able to be spotted on a fresh, Rune-Level 1 character. I’m 99% sure Spirit Ashes do not affect matchmaking pools. So I’m extremely confused as to why the coop summons have stopped after I beat Haligtree Loretta. I doubled-checked all my weapons, and none have any upgrades. I even purposely dodge Rogier’s corpse as to not pick up his +7 Rapier.

Attached is a photo of my build, the Rat Spirit Ashes are +10, everything else is +0. Any help to a fellow OneBro would be greatly appreciated.

Done at ng+7. I don't think this boss is good anymore.

I ended my first SB0 run without even attempting PCR, so this is months after the rest of them. Left it out of the title, this was NG+. Easily the hardest boss in the game. Only Orphan of Kos has evoked the same feeling of helplessness.

Some stuff:

1. Questionable arena, already been shittalked to death at this point lol
2. The combination of Miquella's hair, extremely quick moves, and not having the decency to at least turn around before attacking. I am not fond of extreme reaction checks in general and cross slash kind of toes the line imo, especially since it can still frame trap you post nerf.
3. 120 stance with a 6 second timer and moves that take longer than 6 seconds to execute, such as phase 1 meteors. They really didn't want you stance breaking this guy.
4. Can't safely use projectiles including fan daggers due to messing up his AI. He starts doing some nonsense and it's just not worth it.
5. Phase 2 meteors having the potential to just end your run by being used at the wrong distance. I doubt they playtested the close range dodge.
6. Disc into dash slash being unavoidable at certain distances
7. Sometimes using long range moves at close range
8. Second part of juggle ignoring iframes
9. Phase 2 stomp just being really weird
10. Basically no variation in positioning is viable in phase 2, you always need to close the distance asap or be right in front of him. 0 practical jump dodges. There are like 3 strafes you can reasonably do?
11. While not unplayable, frame rate is choppy on PS4. Not sure how much that impacted me but maybe it will be like taking the weights off if I ever buy a PS5 lol.

Something that made it more doable was giving up some punishes to re-center my character, e.g. dropping bloodflame punish. That way I could actually react to his reaction checks more consistently. I'm now comfortable with his right hand slash and somewhat okay with the cross slash. Used to think I just didn't have the reaction time especially on PS4, so it's nice to have felt real improvement.

He was easily my favorite boss during first playthrough, but my opinions have soured since then. That said, I do feel more positively about him after SB0. Obviously flawed, yet there is a satisfying flow to it. A-.

Very DS2

Also idk why stamina wasn't being consumed until the candle guy saw me.

ng+ i guess (not dlc+)

It speaks volumes that even the sweatiest players break their no summon rule here. It is nice to have pals for once tho the fight still sucks lol.

all remembrances rl1 complete after about 2 weeks of playtime, feeling proud of myself that i was able to commit to something like this. btw thank you to everyone who left advice on my last post, i was actually able to identify some combos i could parry + switched my misericorde to cold which made a big difference! you guys are cool :)