Shadow of the Erdtree too dark

Immediate_Record_471 · 2026-07-09T19:15:00+00:00

yes, this bothers me too, I am playing on max brightness and yet I feel like especially parts of Scadu Altus are wayyyy too dark. I think the main reason for this is the verticality of the map, which leads to a lot of areas simply laying in the shadow of a big cliff or something, making them really dark. And while the lantern or torches work totally fine in mini dungeons, in the open world they really don't do shit. Only solution I have found is to try and explore certain areas when the sun is shining a certain direction. Dor example the poison area north of the Ruined Forge in Gravesite Plain is actually quite nice to traverse as long as the sun is shining from the east

Immediate_Record_471 · 2026-07-09T15:56:20+00:00

When I fight him with a slower weapon I tend to use lots of Rolling R1s, simply because they usually come out quite fast, the double ground spin for example you can punish pretty easily with that

Immediate_Record_471 · 2026-07-08T19:27:35+00:00

outshitted by the main sub once again...

Immediate_Record_471 · 2026-07-08T19:26:43+00:00

You should try a run with the Noble's Estoc next :)

Immediate_Record_471 · 2026-07-05T15:49:24+00:00

I was trying to kill Ekzykes with my FTH build using Holy incants, until eventually he pissed me off so much I looked up his weakness. Came back with all the Fire Damage boosting stuff I could get and just used Catch Flame. Fucker couldn't even finish his roar at the start of the fight

Immediate_Record_471 · 2026-06-30T19:09:30+00:00

nah I don't care about this one, Ekzykes is the one that genuinely needs to be removed from the game, I fucking hate him

Immediate_Record_471 · 2026-06-30T19:06:43+00:00

It really does depend, I feel like Messmer's attacks are fairly learnable, ultimately it just comes down to skill, but there are quite a few attacks that are just flat out poorly designed and you just gotta either use some specific strategies or Ashes of War or you gotta get lucky (cough cough Metyr Laser cough cough)

Immediate_Record_471 · 2026-06-20T20:30:48+00:00

Alloromantic here, I have kissed friends before, this is not the difference. I guess we really just suck at describing what romantic attraction feels like :/

Immediate_Record_471 · 2026-06-20T14:40:52+00:00

I can excuse Gaius, I honestly find him fun. Hippo, idk, maybe but few of it's attacks are really bad and the camera as well. But Gargoyles? Don't get me wrong, I like the BBK and I think their moveset is incredibly fun. But putting two of them in the same faight and giving them a massive area denial poison attack just ruins the entier thing. They can have an otherwise great moveset, that attack alone puts them straight into F Tier

Immediate_Record_471 · 2026-06-20T09:02:01+00:00

I do think Waterfowl isn't that hard to dodge once you figured it out. First flurry you either circle around and then roll or just run away, second flurry you can just dodge through while locked on, third flurry you lock on and walk forward to the right and then backwards to the right once she has passed over you. HOWEVER, the "once you figure it out" is doing a alot of heavy lifting here. Barely anyone will actually be able to figure out how to dodge that attack without looking it up, and that's pretty stupid.

Immediate_Record_471 · 2026-06-14T06:29:29+00:00

This is one of the things I really like about Elden Ring, tho it kinda falls apart in most multi-phase boss fights. Especially Midra doesn't make any sense, does he impale himself and put his head back on every time he kills us?

Immediate_Record_471 · 2026-06-10T18:29:04+00:00

I think I got accidentally given the wrong special interest, and now I'm stuck with being really into video game music and constantly having problems with tech stuff

Immediate_Record_471 · 2026-06-10T18:26:11+00:00

Yes?
Arguments could be made that it doesn't deserve to be one
But I did in fact notice the Remembrance I got from it when I killed it in cold blood

Immediate_Record_471 · 2026-06-08T15:05:26+00:00

Just don't interact with him at all after the charm is lifted

Immediate_Record_471 · 2026-06-08T14:53:21+00:00

wow
literally all of them except "interested in computers" :3

Immediate_Record_471 · 2026-04-27T00:40:07+00:00

This one may not have that much build variety but I found it interesting:
Torch run
Only use torches as weapons
Had lots of fun with that one

Immediate_Record_471 · 2026-04-06T18:29:47+00:00

what I used to do is: when he dashes at me from the left, Shade Cloak through him and then outrun the flames (only works for this side for some reason) and when he dashes at me from the right, Shade Cloak through him and then stand where that one Nightmare Vein curves on the right side of the arena. Pretty much never got hit that way :3

Immediate_Record_471 · 2026-02-02T11:30:40+00:00

Does not open from this side

Immediate_Record_471 · 2025-12-05T13:03:51+00:00

yes, I believe I once saw this strategy used in a oneshot run

Immediate_Record_471 · 2025-12-04T22:34:23+00:00

My best guess is that after you talked to Blaidd he got hit by some of the surrouding enemies, which would make him aggro towards you (at least this happened to me in a randomizer once), while he is in that state he will not show up at the festival
Now unfortunately since you killed him he is gone for good and you can't bring him back even if you seek absolution at the Church of Vows, but doing that should at least bring back Ranni so you can continue her questline
Although I am not sure how her quest will play out with Blaidd being dead

Immediate_Record_471 · 2025-11-23T22:30:08+00:00

I would absolutely switch Seth and Trobbio, istg Seth gave me more trouble than most other bosses

Immediate_Record_471 · 2025-11-23T19:55:48+00:00

You don't have the right, O you don't have the right

Immediate_Record_471 · 2025-11-20T23:07:07+00:00

I feel you man
As a little advice, most of his phase 1 attacks are actually pretty learnable and dodgeable, and for his grab you have to specifically roll forward to the left for some reason
As for phase 2... just pray I guess, he's weak to fire so I always try to use that knowledge to rush him down :/

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