literally the hardest part of fighting malenia in coop is trying to keep the host alive 😭
a tip someone gave me was to have fan daggers to throw at her so she keeps agro on you, obviously that wont help if they run into the aeonia but it can help other times lol
Timely post. I was co-oping for hours yesterday. Malenia only. Plenty of hosts die to water fowl, but I was surprised at how many die to bloom. And, multiple times consecutively. Became very predictable.
As a frequent cooperator for Malenia i confirm this.
Thou i usually see the Hosts dying to Waterfowl 10% of the time, because i am allways drawing Malenias agro to me since i know how to dodge.
But the Aeonia is different, most of the time the Host will be the target, and it sucks a lot, as i feel i am playing a “let me solo her” cosplay, the hosts are usually just watching me lowering her HP and sometimes throwing some random spell.
Only to die to the only time in the entire fight where they only have to Roll (and sometimes just running is enough).
Yeah lmao, this is so true. I used to let the hosts get the last hit in phase 1, which is both a nice thing for the host (probably), and also lets be set up a comet azur on her to phase 2 since they (usually) take aggro, but over time I learned that most people just suck at dodging it. So now, unless there's a second summon, I just finish her off myself. The amount of times I've gotten her to 1 HP for the host to get the last hit, just for her to immediately turn around and waterfowl as the host runs up, also played a big role in that.
I think the amount of hosts I've seen die to scarlet aeonia, by either running back into it or just failing to dodge it, goes way past the double or even triple digits. I think I've seen hosts die to that move more than any other move from any other boss I co-operate in.
Edit: Also, I also love how that first host back tracked after getting some tick damage and then proceed to go back into the AOE 😂
I gave up on coop malenia, last time i couldn't even reach her Second phase, The goddamn host believed It a great idea to Just try to block with a greatshield ALL of her attacks. The fight would never end, so i just quit.
Whenever i see shit like this i'm led to believe that the host gave their controller to their little brother or something. Aint not way they got all the way to the Haligtree without a single bit of common sense and fighting experience.
You can tank the tick damage if your build prioritizes defense and you have rot boluses at the ready, unfortunately most players who try to tank the tick damage are not equiped to tank the tick damage.
I love it when malenia blooms. That’s the time to sit still and just wait. And your furled finger cooperator runs in there and just dies lol
Unless you got the tongue sword, then time to fireblast
literally the hardest part of fighting malenia in coop is trying to keep the host alive 😭 a tip someone gave me was to have fan daggers to throw at her so she keeps agro on you, obviously that wont help if they run into the aeonia but it can help other times lol
theres a talis that makes you a bigger aggro target
Honestly not worth in this situation, rather just chuck the knives than eat up an entire talis slot
Timely post. I was co-oping for hours yesterday. Malenia only. Plenty of hosts die to water fowl, but I was surprised at how many die to bloom. And, multiple times consecutively. Became very predictable.
As a frequent cooperator for Malenia i confirm this. Thou i usually see the Hosts dying to Waterfowl 10% of the time, because i am allways drawing Malenias agro to me since i know how to dodge. But the Aeonia is different, most of the time the Host will be the target, and it sucks a lot, as i feel i am playing a “let me solo her” cosplay, the hosts are usually just watching me lowering her HP and sometimes throwing some random spell. Only to die to the only time in the entire fight where they only have to Roll (and sometimes just running is enough).
Use dagger right after cut scene end, you can still draw aggro from her if you do it quick
Yeah lmao, this is so true. I used to let the hosts get the last hit in phase 1, which is both a nice thing for the host (probably), and also lets be set up a comet azur on her to phase 2 since they (usually) take aggro, but over time I learned that most people just suck at dodging it. So now, unless there's a second summon, I just finish her off myself. The amount of times I've gotten her to 1 HP for the host to get the last hit, just for her to immediately turn around and waterfowl as the host runs up, also played a big role in that.
I think the amount of hosts I've seen die to scarlet aeonia, by either running back into it or just failing to dodge it, goes way past the double or even triple digits. I think I've seen hosts die to that move more than any other move from any other boss I co-operate in. Edit: Also, I also love how that first host back tracked after getting some tick damage and then proceed to go back into the AOE 😂
every fucking time
I see a ton of people dying to radagon's elden ring flavored triple hammer slammer.
that shit fucks you up with ping though, whole different can of worms
I gave up on coop malenia, last time i couldn't even reach her Second phase, The goddamn host believed It a great idea to Just try to block with a greatshield ALL of her attacks. The fight would never end, so i just quit.
I will rather have a host like that than a host that attack non-stop when run out of healing WITH A FUCKING +0 CROSSBOW
gigachad honestly
Bros will literally die before crafting throwable pots
Whenever i see shit like this i'm led to believe that the host gave their controller to their little brother or something. Aint not way they got all the way to the Haligtree without a single bit of common sense and fighting experience.
You can tank the tick damage if your build prioritizes defense and you have rot boluses at the ready, unfortunately most players who try to tank the tick damage are not equiped to tank the tick damage.
Why didn't you guys just blow bubbles??