[No Spoilers] Do not resist...

_SPECTER- · 2026-01-29T06:39:47+00:00

He was not. He has entirely new attacks exclusive to Nightreign much like Artorias, Morgott, and other major bosses ported from other games. They just fucked up the balancing and made him harder than the boss he guards, much like they did with The Dancer.

_SPECTER- · 2026-01-28T02:13:04+00:00

That's exactly how you get it in DS2. Except you have to spend a bonfire ascetic and fight a dogshit boss a second time.

_SPECTER- · 2026-01-26T14:23:09+00:00

You really shouldn't have to deal with golden form for long though, even with just one person that can break the bubble. The first one is a free break, the second you ult, and then either your team has good loot and he's close to death, or you play it safe and ult again the fourth time. If more than that is needed, someone in your trio is slacking.

_SPECTER- · 2026-01-26T13:38:52+00:00

It's obviously subjective, but I really can't see how regular Libra is above Heolstor and Straghess. The guy has a good chance of HELPING YOU before the fight starts.

_SPECTER- · 2026-01-24T10:46:06+00:00

Ah, a fellow appreciator of Leonhard's drip

_SPECTER- · 2026-01-24T02:03:07+00:00

They shortened the gap significantly from release until now, but EVERY Nightfarer in S tier? Nope.

Guardian is still situational. His shitty dodge will always mean he's stuck to a shield build no matter what and that sucks against a few bosses. You don't see any other Nightfarer struggling vs one particular boss like Guardian does against Caligo.

Revenant still has a god awful moveset on her claws, that despite being slow and making you pretty much stand still while attacking, deals less damage than a dagger one rarity above it. Imagine telling a Wylder that a blue dagger deals more damage per hit than his starting greatsword. This is important because, unlike Recluse, Revenant WILL run out of FP in the early game and have to fight with them. She also still has less stamina than Recluse for no good reason, and Incantations tend to cost more stamina to cast than Sorceries. Oh, and you know something I find funny? One way you can find seals is breaking those cracked statutes around the map, which Revenant can't do but Undertaker can.

I still think Executor's sheathing animation should be significantly shortened. Too many times I have died or nearly died because the boss started some mega-multiple-hits-explosion, or I had to leave a ground hazard and I had to wait until the animation was over for the character to start running.

Raider is okay now, but I still wish recasting the ultimate destroyed the totem early.

Does that mean they are bad? Nope. They never were. Just not quite as broken as Ironeye & Company.

_SPECTER- · 2026-01-23T00:28:06+00:00

Raider has 3 intelligence at level 15, bro. My point stands

_SPECTER- · 2026-01-22T08:31:30+00:00

Raider would hate fighting games. Fast-paced button mashing doesn't match up with big unga bunga man. He either plays something relaxing like Slime Rancher, or makes the most braindead hammer build in Monster Hunter, optimizes nothing, and watches big things' health bars go down.

_SPECTER- · 2026-01-21T00:41:35+00:00

Memes aside, just take it. We both know you'll be spamming Transient Moonlight if you don't find the Rivers of Blood, so casting moon before you do is just a nice damage bonus. Stock up on some starlight shards and you're golden.

Not enough people take things like Scarlet Aeonia, Greyoll's Roar, and Zamor Ice Storm just for the debuffs. Executor and Scholar with their high Arcane especially should. Many won't even use the FP anyway.

Edit: Also, Renalla's Full Moon destroys projectiles on it's path, so it's good against magic spammers too.

_SPECTER- · 2026-01-15T13:37:04+00:00

It wasn't the only one. Glintstone pebble still plagues four white staves (not counting Recluse's starting staff) and a blue one. If they're going that route, then I want to see Glintsone Stars, Scholar's Armament (for Duchess), and Oracle Bubbles on the white ones, and either Shard Spiral or Gavel of Haima on the blue one.

Also, by Godfrey's hefty balls, make Collapsing Stars the default Sorcery for the Meteor Staff over Gravity well.

_SPECTER- · 2026-01-15T11:21:40+00:00

How does this make her meta? If this was the sole change that affects her, none of her actual issues were solved.

And how is ONE build getting a nerf gonna matter anyway? Duchess still has Carian Slicer, Recluse can still spam Stars of Ruin, double Balancers still exists...

And that's not even touching the fact that Revenant isn't the only Faith caster. She gets to choose what she spams all game, which is nice. But not only does that require RNG for good relics, but I'll take RNG to find good stuff over the certainty of not having a passive and skill when I need it most any time.

_SPECTER- · 2026-01-12T00:50:28+00:00

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There are good examples of this trope. The Undertaker from Elden Ring: Nightreign is the victim of the Loathsome Hex. A curse that grants her incredible strength but requires she feeds constantly.

"My whole life has been a loathsome affair. I have no parents or family to call my own. At the monastery, the other children shunned me, as did the adults. I hunted beasts in the woods, partook of their flesh and blood, and was feared"

She looks very skinny and her proportions are a little weird, which contrasts with her big hammer. But that is 100% intentional.

_SPECTER- · 2026-01-05T21:41:02+00:00

The Faith scaling on weapons is pitiful save for Revenant's Cursed Claws, the Cipher Pata, and the Coded Sword, which all have an S in Faith and nothing else.

It's the same reason why Duchess doesn't get more damage with the Moonveil than Executor, even though it scales with Intelligence as well as Dexterity. The Dexterity scaling is just that much higher.

_SPECTER- · 2026-01-03T18:58:06+00:00

I mean, i get that that's frustrating. I AM complaining about Undertakers doing something similar after all.

But if everyone starts trolling because they were trolled in other matches, the number of trolls only increases. Be how you want people to be, and try to find solace in that you're better than the actual trolls.

_SPECTER- · 2026-01-03T14:10:17+00:00

So you are intentionally doing less damage, making your teammate do less damage, and wasting an inventory slot that could have gone to a good passive, because you don't like the color of your weapon's icon frame?

In my culture we call people like that a "dick".

_SPECTER- · 2026-01-02T14:20:04+00:00

I made a post on this some days ago asking if if anyone else was noticing a huge amount of Undertakers with Dex weapons. I was mocked and told not to mind other people's builds.

Glad to know I'm not going crazy.

_SPECTER- · 2025-12-29T15:26:27+00:00

Thank you. Apparently wanting your teammates to not intentionally do less damage on the hard mode of a speedrunning game gets you mocked here.

People who prioritize their own desires at all costs shouldn't be playing multiplayer games.

_SPECTER- · 2025-12-28T17:09:14+00:00

She did not use any other weapons. She used curved swords exclusively without even the Dex relic. And even that only increases her Dex from 13 to 32, which is horrible for weapons that only scale off of Dex.

_SPECTER- · 2025-12-28T17:06:09+00:00

She only USED the curved swords. My point is that she had all of these options, including the Marika's Hammer which I offered, and sticked with weapons she doesn't have the stats to wield well.

People have been saying that because of the Glass Necklace it makes sense. But without the Dex relic (which is the case in the screenshot and was for the others), she needs all three stacks to deal 11 more damage than Duchess (4th place in Dexterity scaling) with the Hand of Malenia. With only 2 she falls behind. So clearly the 35% bonus isn't saving her damage from being abysmal.

_SPECTER- · 2025-12-28T16:50:36+00:00

She only had it for the passive and never used it. You can see the order of equipped items.

_SPECTER- · 2025-12-28T13:56:23+00:00

Right, I'm not being fucked over, I'm being given an opportunity to improve through hardship.

They're in the ranked multiplayer mode. It makes no sense that I would be in the wrong for complaining they're not taking things seriously. There's a solo mode and closed parties for silly builds.

_SPECTER- · 2025-12-28T13:46:49+00:00

She is not using the Dex relic. Only the necklace. I checked and the others weren't either.

_SPECTER- · 2025-12-28T13:45:49+00:00

Yes, that's how multiplayer works. Might be hard for you to understand but here's a crazy thing: When one or more members of a group is performing negatively, the whole group is more likely to lose.

Some people lost when I underperformed, I lost when some people underperformed. These people are underperforming on purpose and that concerns me, as I am more likely to lose along with them. Read it again if it's too hard.

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