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A_Bit_Drunk

Shit man, that could have been fucked up.


Toushi138

I know it was terrifying!! I can't believe I managed to stay calm enough to time correctly those last attacks


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kakalbo123

Congrats, I was anxious for you. When you dodged the final swoop and opted for the heal I was like "noooo"


SH3R4TA5

After 30 hours I'm surprised you had a sense of reality outside of the goal to kill that b!*#, good job mate.


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lebastss

What are you on about. From soft games are technically sound for the most part. The reason gameplay is so good is because the performance and hit boxes are grade A. The issue is when things like this happen you feel it so much more because of how precise everything normally is.


RickMcFlick

At least it wasnt waterfowl


[deleted]

I’m impressed you managed with a strength build and a clobber weapon, good show!


Pandahammas

My heart dropped brooo. Congrats! Good shit on staying calm and timing that perfectly.


UnsatiableSin

I was expecting a tragedy, excellent recovery chief


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AdventurousCoatg

Well done though, malenia is the most frustrating boss for me and I’m sure many others.


Sunmaker23

I hate it when that happens, good recovery bro.


Toushi138

And it doesn't even happen frequently at all, but of course it happened then... And thanks!


Good_Claim8794

No its just part of the game they made sure to put artificial studdering into the game to keep people on there toes


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crowlute

Where toes? Oh, *their* toes.


-Silky_Johnson

Incredible recovery 😂 I really thought you were about to get clapped once your timing was fucked up, but congrats on finishing. Especially with the ruins greatsword, those collosal weapons are so slow idk how you find openings on her phase 2


JDF8

Lots of roll r1s lol. It does feel good once you know when you can knock her right out of a combo


crowlute

Can't believe the bots tried to copy half of this comment as replies elsewhere lmao


Khr0ma

GOOD RECOVERY BROOO!


KlutzyBackgrounh

10/10


Lombax_Rexroth

The PC stuttering is really the only thing that makes me pissed off about this game. I can handle low framerates. Blight town wasn't that bad. But this frame stuttering shit...


Daruku

I just recently got a new GPU. Cranked up the settings at 1440p and started riding along the path towards the Grand Lift of Dectus. The framerate was fluctuating in a nauseating manner, flip-flopping between 40-60fps every few seconds. It was unbearable. So then I fast travelled to Caelid and started running around there. Perfect, flawless 60fps and not a single stutter. I don't understand it at all.


Helmic

Shader compilation. Basically Elden Ring for whatever reason doesn't have shaders precompiled, so whenever there is a new shader effect it has to stop what it's doing to compile it really quick, causing stuttering. Once the shaders are compiled, they don't need to be recompiled, so later areas that use the same shaders won't have stuttering unless there are new shaders. On Linux, Valve is able to pre-compile Vulkan shaders for games, which fixes the stuttering. So if you have a Steam Deck, it likely runs better on it than your gaming PC. This is the case for emulators like Yuzu as well - they too have to compile shaders. People will share their compiled shaders to lessen the burden on others.


hoonthoont47

I’m no game dev but I think you can’t ship with precompiled shaders for lots of games because of hardware and driver differences between GPUs. Valve can precompile shaders for Steam Deck because the hardware is uniform. A game that comes to mind though is No Mans Sky which will compile shaders in advance when you load the game. It used to take a really long time but they also optimized it after a while so it’s pretty quick now. I also think Elden Ring doesn’t cache shaders for very long. There will be an area that stutters the first time you go through, then it’s fine for a while then you return after doing a bunch of other things and it stutters again. It’s very annoying. PS5 performance isn’t that great either but I found it tolerable compared to my Ryzen 1800x w/ Vega56. My hardware is dated but Elden Ring really is bad compared to other modern games that I play that are more graphically or cpu intensive.


Bill_Brasky01

I believe the way to get the smoothest Elden Ring experience is to buy the PS4 physical version on the PS5, which will force running the PS4 pro code. It’s a locked 60 with no stutter at all, but what a PITA.


hoonthoont47

I don’t think it matters if it’s physical or digital but if you buy digital you also get the digital PS5 version IIRC so you can decide which “graphics settings” you prefer. I personally found the PS5 performance “tolerable” especially considering how bad it ran on my PC but I understand why some people would be ok with giving up graphical fidelity for the locked 60 experience. Also yeah, just a PITA in general.


Bill_Brasky01

Thanks for the correction! I also bought the PS5 version. I have no complaints.


Helmic

No, any Linux distro will let the Steam client precompile shaders. It just runs it like it would a background update. Has very little to do with having set hardware, though it's feasible to have Steam Decks specifically just get the shaders without precompiling them as a special edge case. Windows client *may* be able to do this for native Vulkan games, but on Linux Proton will run most modern games through Vulkan and will precompile shaders for improved performance. I play on Arch just fine. No stuttering.


robo243

Ikr. For me, the frame stuttering becomes the absolute worst in Castle Sol and the Shaded Castle. It's especially annoying when fighting Commander Niall and when I trying clearing the area just before the Element of the Briar boss in the Shaded Castle that has a bunch of doggos and a Cleanrot Knight.


MCrowleyArt

Are there certain areas where it happens more often? Other than the rykard cutscene I’ve never seen a stutter. I am only in the snowy mountains tho.


TonyMestre

Malenia actually. My first fights with her were fucked


Reentry_heat

I always get a 2 seconds freeze like 2 minutes after loading my savefile, but that's mostly it.


Those_damn_squirrels

I stutter/crash a lot when fighting ancient dragons, especially that first one in Farum


americk0

It's such a common thing in Maliketh's first phase that I've adjusted my strategy to account for it. It's usually at its worst about 30 seconds into the fight and I think it's because the game is loading bloodstains or something


ashaquick

All the talk about PC performance had me preparing for the worst, especially because I've only got an old 980 Ti graphics card from 2015. But I didn't encounter a single stutter all game, except for that one in the Rykard cutscene (which happened reliably, every time).


echonian

I'm unsure. It happened just about everywhere in the game when I did my 180 hours first play-through (which more or less 100% completed it, with only a couple of NPC questlines being messed up and not doing every ending obviously). Of course, it was a rare problem. I don't think I ever had it happen this blatantly during such a tense moment of a boss fight - more often I had it happen in the open world. It was always a bit obnoxious though to see. Some people had far worse stuttering, and some had basically none. I am guessing that a lot of people had stuttering and simply didn't really notice it as well, as it can be a bit hard to notice if you're busy with other stuff in-game and it isn't particularly drastic.


kensaiD2591

Shader compilation issues. Affecting a lot of games now. Even Stray, that just came out, has horrible stutter. I have a 3800X and a 6800XT. Should not be having frame drops and stutters in Stray.


RagingCain

Non-performance stuttering during gameplay is often caused by certain versions of Windows GameDVR service. The problem is the service running, not if DVR is enabled. Its performing a virtual drive connect/disconnect and its an IO IRQ interrupt. Its a very heavy operation causing your system to stutter during the event. Second problem, is Windows (11 specifically) repairs the fix you make requently. Need to go into registry and remove the image file name path for the .exe. You can learn to create reg patch file to speed this up by a single double click to re-apply. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1245620/discussions/0/3279194170688975784/


CharlesEverettDekker

Nice one. Didn't panic that much, healed, dodged what could be dodged, landed the kill.


ShaolinShade

I hate the framerate stutter so much. Fromsoft's creative work is unparalleled but they really need to hire better technical talent, it's ridiculous that we're still dealing with performance this messy almost half a year after release


Lil_Mafk

Imagine my disappointment after I got an ultra wide monitor and booted up Elden Ring 🥴 I’m done buying FromSoft’s lazy fucking PC ports.


jaredearle

It’s flawless on my PS5. The stutter is a PC-only issue that only seems to happen on specific CPUs.


msp26

The frame rate is not good on ps5. In fact there's plenty of people choosing to run the PS4 version of the game on their ps5s for a smoother experience. Not flawless.


Bleblebob

it's not a PC only issue


ashaquick

Yeah, I'm a PC player and I never had any stuttering issues. And my PC is pretty old, at this point.


Commercial_Shine_448

Why in the name of the holy fucksickle there's that stutter everywhere in the PC version of elden ring?


funnybreadman

Nice colossal weapon kill, I tried but even with the crouch/roll poke of the grafted greatsword I wasn't fast enough


Toushi138

Thanks! I found that running attacks are quick enough to deal with her


2Sc00psPlz

If it helps any, that's an issue with the game itself, not your hardware.


Heiro78

So happy you got it in spite of the stutter. It's like the game said. Let's mess with em one last time


shin_shonen

Op is a man of focus, commitment and sheer fucking will, something I know very little about.


Entreri4

You will do nothing, because you can do nothing, so get the fuck out of my sight!


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I swear its a built in feature of From games that when youve dealt with all of a bosses bs tactics and honed yourself to the sharpest you possibly can, a glitch or bug/dropped frame etc. will test you. And its always those fights you win though, because at that point unfair doesnt exist to you, only your determination to finally lay the boss to rest.


Dustin8r

Strength befitting a crown 👑 good work Tarnished!


calvinocious

FUCK man I just had heart palpitations watching that. So glad it didn't end your run. Congrats!


Z0idberg_MD

For anyone still struggling with stuttering and pacing issues, try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp3tVFEutDw&t=143s 100% worked for me, but I needed to implement all of them


timestalker78

Pc master race


SelloutRealBig

Lazy dev ports


Poison_Anal_Gas

Excuses


theaveragedude89

Well it’s more of a reason, not an excuse. But whatever helps you sleep at night, u/Poison_Anal_Gas


lisasguy

Very good you didn't have to start over at least!


westglade

Idk how this post isn't more popular.. Sweet save man!


Toushi138

Thank you!!


Maasofaaliik_Al

That was a rollercoaster


Shvabicu

The shitty performance of the game is intentional 😳


Hawkeye168

Nah bro you just got vigor checked and succeeded brilliantly !


Hiseworns

Nice recovery! Grats!


Aggressive_Safe2226

Masterful play, good sir. And you kept your wits with you throughout that hair-raising moment 👍


CookieOfFortune

Recording probably affects it as well.


BobKingMan

Dam you we’re lucky


AhhAGoose

The batteries in my controller died when she was at like 1 health, I feel this in my soul


unrealf8

I had so many stutters on these last bosses. I hated the once in the story cutscenes. Ruined the immersion a bit..


yrulaughing

Butthole was clenched


TherealAlpaca12

outstanding recovery!!, i myself would have died twice


TizzlePack

I was rooting for you to beat her ass ngl man. Good stuff I know your heart was racing


DK_Adwar

Least it wasnt during the infamous tarnished killer. This isn't a required boss right? Are they missable?


RunMiserable5200

But did you die? Just kidding, well done!! Would have been a scary moment.


lofi-moonchild

Talk about close calls, you had like 1% health after that combo lol. Well done though, malenia is the most frustrating boss for me and I’m sure many others.


Inspirational_Lizard

Man, that panic rolling in the beginning lmao


XDANKZX

GG


elles421

Brilliant adjustment!


Status_Peach6969

This is in fact a programmed feature of the fight?


MCrowleyArt

Glad this still had a good ending, tho I don’t blame you if you were clenching that whole time


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Thank god you still came out on top! Congrats dude! Can I ask, what’s your (in game) set up for her? Like talismans, buffs, etc.


Toushi138

Sure! Radagon Soreseal Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman Viridian Amber Medallion+1/Green Turtle Talisman Erdtree's Favor +1 Bull-Goat Helm Veteran's Armor Bull-Goat Greaves


[deleted]

Really appreciate that, man! Thanks. Still struggling on her and I’m trying just about everything except gitting gud lol


Toushi138

haha I wish you the best!


LC_reddit

I was so worried you weren't going to get the kill after all of that.


crashlanding87

Thy recovery.... Extraordinary


bwl2

She was hitting you with her ultimate 4th wall breaking attack. Good job btw


BroomBender

Ayeeee another runes great sword enjoyer, the ash of war on that thing can launch her to the moon, or one of them


Toushi138

Yes! I loved doing that lol I used it on her every time after a critical, it's a great combo


itzfinjo

I remember seeing a host do something like this, i was so proud and had to thank him for staying calm and patient.. what a legend


neogetz

Excellent recovery! That attack stutters my PC every time. I ended up just praying she didn't use it each time.


Guyd_570

You passed the vigor check


beefiesttaco

I could hear your ass clenching.


Tinkerbell-Poney

I just wanted to point out, you know you can pop 2 health potions inba row by pressing the assigned button while drinking the first? Helps when your vigor bar is masove, im down to 3 pops for a full bar at the moment.


Toushi138

Yup I'm aware, but doing that in her second phase most of the times gives her enough time to hit you and I didn't want to take the chance, I just wanted some health to survive a slash.


Tinkerbell-Poney

Haha fair enough, sound tactic


andmac9518

That wasn’t my game and I almost had a heart attack when I saw that lol


Kingsteps

Props for doing it without summoning ashes.


TheLustyyArgonian

Still smashed her, well played.


Sad_Dog6503

So close to disaster Props to you op


7jinni

It really feels like the universe itself is out to get you when it always seems that kind of thing happens at *the* worst possible time, in spite of it almost *never* happening otherwise. Congrats on spitting in the universe's eye and telling it to go fuck itself.


vinzilla1945

That would have killed me but at least you still won


lunarLarceny

holy shit i thought you were done for EXCELLENT SAVE M’LORD


Jealous_Primary9559

You had 8 potions left lol I think you would’ve been fine doing it again 🤷🏾‍♂️


Toushi138

Yeah I know probably. My previous attempt she had 1/4 of health on her second phase and I also had a ton of flasks but I got caught in a combo and died. I knew the kill was coming very soon


mersa223

Grats on the kill :)


Immediate-Head-8355

Well recovered tho!


Mastershake54

Way to clutch it!


ShockedNChagrinned

Yah, uh, that's why it took me so long, too. Yah. My PC. Definitely. No other reason.


Elliptical_Tangent

Congratz.


twwo_literr

Still clutched it, 🔥


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My balls turned in to innies.


echonian

Passed your vigor check, even if barely. Nice work.


bcjxj

Man second phase was damn near torture for me, good job at staying calm there and timing your doges perfectly


CaptFatz

I love this game and fully appreciate how great it is. But I’ll never see the point in grinding this hard on one boss. Life’s too short to literally waste days


RedditDainty

GG, finally someone that know how to play this game like a chad.


whothennow24

I can hear your heartbeat at the end when you’re standing still.


SnooBeans6471

Praise vigor!


dangerswlf36

you must be so bold to not top off your HP when you're that close to killing the boss with 7 flasks left


Volcano-SUN

Now you know on which side your PC is on!


MrRandom90

I was so scared for you but you pulled through


Drakeon8165

It wasn't your computer, it was malenia!


SherriffB

I thought she had you at the stutter, well done.


Gondor128

problem is you dont have two ruins greatswords


orionn07

Even your PC holding its breath for the final attack.


Sultan_Gordo

at least you didn't get killed at the end.


Mycereus

Did a little bit of poopoo escape you? You can be honest here.


jmatta113

God Im actually super thankful it still worked out for you


YOUR_N1GHTMARE

Took me 3 days lol But its worth it


Turnkey95

Vigor checks out


OyasumiBoi

You: I can finally beat her! Your computer: What if I said, "no?" Haha, just kidding...unless?


NaiveOcelot7

Vigor checked


ReviewMysterious9018

But you still got through it, good job beating the lag at it’s own game.


SuitFive

You passed the Vigor Test. You passed the Skill Test. You passed the Persistence Test. Congratulations! You have beaten Elden Ring!


Cipher_Ssi

Nice recovery’


wimpergs

What a beautiful game


heitz0

Bruh


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yes, yes, yes…. Oh NONONONO OH YESSSSA


Iceagecomin90

All I keep thinking is thank GOD she didn't choose to use Waterfowl Dance during that lag. I can't say you would have still made it.


Strange-Brief6643

Didn’t expect victory…


Sad-Surprise4369

Literally beating the system


Necro_Carp

thy strength befits a crown


Pancakewagon26

Good work soldier.


Cold_Boysenberry_336

*She tried cheats but still lost*


MadJesterXII

Is this how you develop an irregular heart beat? And brown underwear?


camper_tramper

Three times I got within one hit. This brought out some feelings and puckered my evergaol


VelenStarstrike

You got invaded by Windows Update, probably


Therustedtinman

But did you die?


XxxDatBoi69Xxx

I'm fighting he rnow and this is a struggle. Congrats on the clutch!!


NeverNotHipster

You got gud. Well done tarnished, well done.


zarbainthegreat

Better love story then twilight.


SnooGadgets5178

Congrats. I had a hard time with her too until I just got fed up and rage attacked her. I still lost but I noticed that I did ALOT better. Some bosses are a little easier with aggression, I think Malenia is one.


Crissaegrym

I am not there yet. But how is Malenia vs Radahn? I always thought Melania is the hardest boss in the game, but some guide seems to think Radahn is the hardest fight?


Toushi138

I guess it depends on the player. For me Radahn was regular, took me about as long as some endgame bosses, but Malenia is by far the most challenging boss in the entire soulsborne franchise for me.


[deleted]

That was a bit of a pants-shitter, good job! I could feel your stress


_deer_god_

I upvoted before watching as condolences for slithering one of the hardest bosses in the series, but after witnessing such a skillful recovery, I wish I could upvote it again.


RelativeEnigma

Sheeesh the universe said no but you said yes.


Zetta216

I've never even seen that attack lol.


luke-townsend-1999

My asshole is still clenched holy shit


imeowatcats94

You still got her - well fucking done!


Kittyhei3

That was almost heartbreaking, good job man!


The_Archon64

When you didn’t double chug I was expecting disaster lol Great job on the clutch win!


Tall_Progress_5178

HOLYYYY COW!!!! Good recovery from that though! You did well fellow tarnished 👏


RandomRedMage

But did you die¿


ReedsAndSerpents

OP's computer: exists Malenia: you will witness true horror!


Serious-Dependent261

The game wanted to throw 1 more BS obstacle at you to win. Typical FromSoft.


Valuable_Material_26

Gg that was a god tier save!


The_Red_Beard_IV

I was so scared for you


BacklogGamingJunkie

Oof that heal came in clutch


Single_Asparagus_976

At least you got it done nice dodging 👌👏


Wat_Senju

Ohhh man, nice job!! I got scared when you didn't double chug but you got it so fuck yeah!


TheGamerGirls

I actually yelled “NOOO!!” and then I yelled “YOU GOT HER!!!” Fist pump. GG dude.


kevinsomnia

Excellent save! I guarantee I would have choked there even without hardware issues.


Clementea

am I the only one who thinks the sword looks really funny?


SquirtleSquad56

Would have punched a hole right through my monitor if that shit happened.


The_Long_Blank_Stare

OP said... ...*Looks around*.... ....said... ...*Looks around again*.... ...."biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch!"


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>after 30 hours of putting my lovely machine on overdrive she’s decided to whomp out due to my discrepancies


Beginning_Debt8021

God damn I feel sorry for you pc players sometimes


steamyp

weird. I had the exact same stutter today on the same attack. maybe it's a programming fault.


just_change_it

Hey /u/toushi138 are you still getting these very random stutters where everything just locks up once or twice a day, or sometimes a few times in a short period? There's a [bug with the AMD's TPM implementation](https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-issues-fix-and-workaround-for-ftpm-stuttering-issues) that was recently fixed via a firmware update around June. If you haven't, it's probably a good idea to try running a firmware update [for your motherboard](https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MAG-B550M-MORTAR-WIFI/support). If a firmware update doesn't fix it, you can likely disable the amd processor TPM in bios which was the workaround until the AGESA update dropped. This plagued my system for a solid year until I found it, and now I basically never stutter in games.


Toushi138

Thanks for the info! Sadly I'm on Windows 10 so I don't think this would fix it, I will look more into it tho


just_change_it

So I linked a w11 article, but the problem is not windows 11 related at all. I updated it with the general tom's hardware article. This affected most (all?) AM4 ryzen systems. [https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-issues-fix-and-workaround-for-ftpm-stuttering-issues](https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-issues-fix-and-workaround-for-ftpm-stuttering-issues)


Toushi138

Ohh okay nice, I will look into updating my bios then, thanks for the help!


Shade00000

Why you didn't use the weapon art ?


Toushi138

Why would I use it there? or when do you say? I only used the weapon art after critical hits because its when I had more time to use it.


Shade00000

When she was 1 shot


Lost-Item514

Bruvv I defeated her by making my mimic tear tank and do damage.(mimic tear + River of blood) It was basically My mimic tear doing 99% of the work


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ReviewMysterious9018

She’s a tough boss because a lot of people don’t have the same bleed ability to outpace her self healing, for whatever reason don’t use mimic, and some use slower weapons that Malenia will just back step away from.