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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree might be the hardest thing FromSoftware has ever made⁠—or at least its bosses are . It took the entirety of a single, sweaty, stressful day off for me to beat the expansion's mega hard final boss, but the challenge runners are already putting him to shame, with no-hit, level one, and potentially even more deranged takes on the battle. Spoilers for Shadow of the Erdtree's final boss below .

Estus OJ on YouTube lays claim to the world's first no-hit run against Promised Consort Radahn . I don't know if there's some board or sporting commission clearing that, but with a June 22 upload (just one day after the expansion's release), I'm inclined to believe it. They used an interesting build to do it, with a fire-infused Miséricorde dagger and the Wolf Crest Shield with Carian Retaliation parry.



In a similar fashion to Malenia, parrying three of Radahn's attacks leaves him open to a critical hit, while the Miséricorde has the highest critical modifier (so among the highest potential critical damage) in the game⁠—Estus OJ headed off dodging through Radahn's more laborious combos to just chunk through his health bar after slapping his sword away three times. Ongbal , meanwhile, has been one of my favorite Souls challenge guys since Elden Ring's original release. They've uploaded three different Radahn no-hit videos, but by far the most impressive is a no-hit, no blessing, level one fight .

For this one, Ongbal's rocking a heavy-infused Cle.

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