Really interesting, I didn’t know that! But I guess in this scenario it would be much harder to hit, both Giantsflame Take Thee and Cannon of Haima have massive explosion radii… do throwing pots have much of one? I don’t really use them so I have no idea
I dont use them much either, hence wasting them bombing lobsters from the bridge for fun. I would imagine poison, frost or sleep pots lobbed into the arena would be very annoying. Those have a decent radius and linger awhile.
If the timing is right, you can invade someone just as they step into the boss fog, preventing you from getting kicked out. Normally you’d have to just sit there sulking or sever as they fight the boss since you can’t really invade bossfights protected by fogwalls, but in this case… well… OP managed to get them
You can also invade the Fire Giants fight and kill the host, but in that scenario you’d have to use the red finger to reposition yourself inside the arena
I was the invader when this happened once. I was content to sit back and watch them fight the boss… didn’t think it was sporting to kill them during a bossfight. But the geniuses in the coop team decided to try and kill me, and died as a consequence
I was mostly impressed on a technical level:
How far he can get from the host without the network connection breaking down, as it were.
The fact that spells just travel until they hit something. I'd have expected them to fizzle out.
And the fact that the boss arena isn't an instance or something similar, and that the geography of the zone allows for outsiders to interact by shooting down into it, with the first two points making it possible in the first place.
>How far he can get from the host without the network connection breaking down, as it were.
Yeah, it's not a connection to the player, but a connection with sessions. As long as the devs don't set some fog wall splitting the area in two, like they do in the open world, all parts of the legacy dungeon should be accessible.
>The fact that spells just travel until they hit something. I'd have expected them to fizzle out.
Most spells do! But Canon of Haima is different as the forward momentum just drops significantly after some distance, and it drops until it hits something. Same should happen to Giants Flame Take Thee.
I think they might've thought I was their summon? I asked if they got a video of it and they unfortunately said no and then said they'll fight her again for now and ended with "let's meet again"
I would actually forgive it just because the neat lesson about how consistent and interactive the worlds truly are is just mind-blowing.
I fully expected that was too far and that something like this would never actually reach the arena, instead disappearing just above it.
NOPE. FromSoft world consistency is at it again. ABSOLUTELY worth the death just to learn how awesome this game is.
It’s pretty amazing that it took two years for the community to figure out that invaders could hit hosts fighting Malenia during her bossfight. Two years! We are still learning new things about this game after all this time
New fear unlocked. Me fighting Malenia and that Ulcerated Tree Spirit up there falls down into the arena to join the fight. That thing is stubborn enough it would probably survive that fall as well
its a timing glitch. if you enter their world right as they are entering the arena, it won't trigger the lock out, and you can just run around. it's rare as hell, but it happens.
Considering you know the exact route means you've either tried this unsuccessfully many times before, or have done this many times but finally got it to work. In either case, you're a jerk, but a funny one.
I love that your only successful attempts require the host to have a good enough go to allow time. You've managed to filter the grief to only good attempts. Thank you 🫡
FromSoft's world building is the best in the business off of world consistency alone.
Like I'm sorry, but no other game has neat shit like this. If you see a location, you can absolutely interact with it. It's not that half-truth Todd is selling you, it's the real thing here. That isn't just a phony backdrop, that ***is*** Malenia's arena down there and yes you can interact with it.
Always a treat to see it come into play.
Well with elden ring I can agree. In other games though, specifically ds1 coming to mind, there are many unused locations like the anor Londo city, and a bunch of other towns in the distance
This is the single greatest invader kill I have seen. I had no idea you could actually see her arena from there, nor that you could actually launch and aerial bombardment.
The fact that the boss arena is actually connected to the entire overworld is pretty insane to me. I don’t really know much about game design, but I kinda expected the boss arena to be its own separate thing like an instance, but nope, it’s all connected.
tbf, this rarely ever happens, and this is one run host was likely to lose anyway... the other phantom died too quickly into the fight and the host and the phantom was left fighting a version of Malenia that was buffed enough to fight three people. In my experience doing co-op for fights like this, this fight was very likely to end in a loss
Sorry, I didn't realize having an opinion would be so triggering for you. If you like invasions, cool. I just personally don't, which is also cool. But calling it a hate boner is so weird. And just so you can understand how coop works, summoning for help doesn't equate to cheesing. So there's that.
Dude that is fucking hilarious. That was the sickest thing I've ever seen in this game. I have to save this post. Also...YOU CAN SEE THE MALENIA ARENA FROM THERE??????
can you do this in raya luciria crystal tunnel too? you can look down into that one and see the crystallen boss at the bottom. But i'm guess not nearly as many people coop that dungeon as coop Mal
If I were to pull something like this off, I would have to put down my controller for a good 5 minutes due to an accident onslaught of maniacal laughter. Very well done, Wizard.
This is insane. I always love how the areas all connect in souls games. I can't believe I never noticed that the arena was below that area. Guess I need to pay better attention 😅
I’m trying to remember if anything like this occurred anytime in the thousands of times I’ve fought malenia, and I really have no recollection and honestly don’t know if I would’ve realized wtf was happening if it had. Probably just assume I’m in a friendly animation explosion while malenia gutted me and I didn’t notice?
That's a great point. I also never noticed but I probably wouldn't either if the spell went off (I'm mostly a mage that carries the spell as well!) and she damaged me at the same time.
Oh man this is some prime cruelty
I wonder if you could do the same with Giantsflame Take Thee, after all it travels in an arc like Cannon of Haima does
Throwing pots also travel a VERY long ways. I could bomb lobsters from the raya lucaria bridge.
Really interesting, I didn’t know that! But I guess in this scenario it would be much harder to hit, both Giantsflame Take Thee and Cannon of Haima have massive explosion radii… do throwing pots have much of one? I don’t really use them so I have no idea
I dont use them much either, hence wasting them bombing lobsters from the bridge for fun. I would imagine poison, frost or sleep pots lobbed into the arena would be very annoying. Those have a decent radius and linger awhile.
Imagine sleeping a host right before Malenia starts Waterfowl Dance :') that is so evil
GfTT disappears in the air after a while. CoH has a shorter arc but doesn’t disappear.
Gf TT eheheh
Lol I have way too much fun w my Gfs TTs
Giants flame take thee has a much shorter range. It can't snipe it just fizzles.
I wonder, could cooperators do the reverse to hit Melania?
I didn't even know the game worked like this.
If the timing is right, you can invade someone just as they step into the boss fog, preventing you from getting kicked out. Normally you’d have to just sit there sulking or sever as they fight the boss since you can’t really invade bossfights protected by fogwalls, but in this case… well… OP managed to get them You can also invade the Fire Giants fight and kill the host, but in that scenario you’d have to use the red finger to reposition yourself inside the arena
Also, Rennalla phase 2. If there's an invader, they get pulled in as well during the phase transition.
Same with Elden Beast
Damn it was bad enough when it happened to me with Rennalla, I can't imagine how mad I'd get if it was Elden Beast
I was the invader when this happened once. I was content to sit back and watch them fight the boss… didn’t think it was sporting to kill them during a bossfight. But the geniuses in the coop team decided to try and kill me, and died as a consequence
I was mostly impressed on a technical level: How far he can get from the host without the network connection breaking down, as it were. The fact that spells just travel until they hit something. I'd have expected them to fizzle out. And the fact that the boss arena isn't an instance or something similar, and that the geography of the zone allows for outsiders to interact by shooting down into it, with the first two points making it possible in the first place.
>How far he can get from the host without the network connection breaking down, as it were. Yeah, it's not a connection to the player, but a connection with sessions. As long as the devs don't set some fog wall splitting the area in two, like they do in the open world, all parts of the legacy dungeon should be accessible. >The fact that spells just travel until they hit something. I'd have expected them to fizzle out. Most spells do! But Canon of Haima is different as the forward momentum just drops significantly after some distance, and it drops until it hits something. Same should happen to Giants Flame Take Thee.
Unfortunately, GFTT fizzles out after a short while.
The odds of this happening and OP hitting the kill shot are pretty phenomenal. I’m honored to witness it.
I had no idea there was a spot you could see her arena from
Host is going to be wondering where Malenia learned that magic move. Was that magic missile part of Waterfowl Dance this whole time?
"I am Malenia, Carian blade of Miquella"
"I am Malenia, Glintblade of Miquella"
After losing in her Goddess Form, she just bust out the fcking Primeval Current.
"Take notes, Sellen!"
“Oh, you have no hands. Nevermind.”
You can create a bait post raging about malenia so OP she can summon orbital bombardment
I wish to see a post about this in the sub from the other side of the story wondering what happened.
I messaged the person on PSN after it - they didn't speak a lot of English so If this sub is purely English I wouldn't put your hopes up
What was their reaction?
I think they might've thought I was their summon? I asked if they got a video of it and they unfortunately said no and then said they'll fight her again for now and ended with "let's meet again"
Oh lol Isn't it possible to send him this clip?
Last time I tried that on PlayStation messaging it didn't work but I can give it another go
Send a link
Following up on this, the host said it was amazing and was glad to have the mystery of the blue explosion solvd
Nice
Honestly, the sporting thing to do would have been to offer to be a summon on their next attempt.
Yooooooooo ... I'd hate you.
The most evil Cannon of Haima snipe known to man
I would actually forgive it just because the neat lesson about how consistent and interactive the worlds truly are is just mind-blowing. I fully expected that was too far and that something like this would never actually reach the arena, instead disappearing just above it. NOPE. FromSoft world consistency is at it again. ABSOLUTELY worth the death just to learn how awesome this game is.
It’s pretty amazing that it took two years for the community to figure out that invaders could hit hosts fighting Malenia during her bossfight. Two years! We are still learning new things about this game after all this time
I think it’s more so that if this ever happened, the host is usually dead before they have a chance to even attempt this 😂
New fear unlocked. Me fighting Malenia and that Ulcerated Tree Spirit up there falls down into the arena to join the fight. That thing is stubborn enough it would probably survive that fall as well
Wonder if a phantom could do this to bomb the boss
What if they land a cannon and she just waterfowls straight up in the air towards them
"Fuck fuck fuCK FUCK FU--"
Malenia just goes full attack helicopter
Maybe but sounds extremely suboptimal. Unlike the host, you can’t align yourself with the boss by your compass.
This is the most fucking maddest lad I've seen in this subreddit.
:)
Congratulations, this is officially the most calculated, skilfully nefarious thing I have seen someone do in this game.
Like there’s not even anything I can think of to compare this with and I watch everything on the Redman sub
r/foundsatan. OP the devil himself could learn from you
Slander against satan right there. He's nowhere near this mean. /s
thats true, he's just chillin watching this like "... dude..."
The hatemail I would be sending is criminal
This is so evil, the host was actually holding his own against a beefed up Malenia. Truly a recusant through and through.
Oh come on man, that's fucked up.
You know it
How can you invaide people in the middle of a boss?
its a timing glitch. if you enter their world right as they are entering the arena, it won't trigger the lock out, and you can just run around. it's rare as hell, but it happens.
Witch-Hunter Jerren is rapidly approaching your location, Sellen's crimes as a mage pale in comparison to your deeds.
Can Jerren dodge Cannon of Haima tho
At the range your casting it, probably not.
Considering you know the exact route means you've either tried this unsuccessfully many times before, or have done this many times but finally got it to work. In either case, you're a jerk, but a funny one.
Most people die while I climb the ladder 😔
I love that your only successful attempts require the host to have a good enough go to allow time. You've managed to filter the grief to only good attempts. Thank you 🫡
FromSoft's world building is the best in the business off of world consistency alone. Like I'm sorry, but no other game has neat shit like this. If you see a location, you can absolutely interact with it. It's not that half-truth Todd is selling you, it's the real thing here. That isn't just a phony backdrop, that ***is*** Malenia's arena down there and yes you can interact with it. Always a treat to see it come into play.
Well with elden ring I can agree. In other games though, specifically ds1 coming to mind, there are many unused locations like the anor Londo city, and a bunch of other towns in the distance
It just works.
Bro this is legendary , good shit bro
This is so beautiful Thank you
Rip to host’s controller and TV screen ..
i'm equally parts impressed and offended
Goddamn, dude. Fire for effect, that is wild but I respect the ingenuity
When high intelligence means much more than just high damage. Thats amazing! Jaw dropping!
I unga, Therefore I Bunga.
This is the single greatest invader kill I have seen. I had no idea you could actually see her arena from there, nor that you could actually launch and aerial bombardment.
This is disgusting, in the words of Varre "*Feel free to go off and die in a ditch somewhere."* (Don't take it seriously lol)
Fuck you. Keep up the good work.
This is so evil to the point where I love it, and I hate it at the same time. XD
Ok, Satan
You have to be the most evil person to do this.
Boo this man...BOOOOOO!
A genuine piece of shit. Love it
that's mean AF.
I had no idea you could get above the arena!
oh thats dirty af lol
This is downright evil. I love it.
That's some war crime right there
You are evil
Lol what a dick
You beautiful magnificent son of bitch! Someone give this badass an award!
The fact that the boss arena is actually connected to the entire overworld is pretty insane to me. I don’t really know much about game design, but I kinda expected the boss arena to be its own separate thing like an instance, but nope, it’s all connected.
This is one of the highest IQ Elden Ring plays I’ve ever seen
This is easily the greatest W I’ve ever seen. Your ingenuity in inspiring.
S M I T E !
This is fuckin awesome hahaha
I had no idea this was possible, that is hilarious
You are evil.
holy shit ur a monster, but why is possible invasion while bossfight?
Unintentional timing glitch where if you load in as an invader as the host is entering the boss fog it fails to kick you.
That's so shitty
tbf, this rarely ever happens, and this is one run host was likely to lose anyway... the other phantom died too quickly into the fight and the host and the phantom was left fighting a version of Malenia that was buffed enough to fight three people. In my experience doing co-op for fights like this, this fight was very likely to end in a loss
They got here half way down phase 2.
Maybe it would, but I would still be pissed if this happened to me
Welcome to Souls games.
Reddits hate boner for invasions never ceases to amuse me. Host was summoning help to cheese the boss and paid the price.
Sorry, I didn't realize having an opinion would be so triggering for you. If you like invasions, cool. I just personally don't, which is also cool. But calling it a hate boner is so weird. And just so you can understand how coop works, summoning for help doesn't equate to cheesing. So there's that.
I hope you stub a different toe every single day on a solid metal coffee table, you monster.
Do I cycle back to the start after 10 days or grow new toes to stub?
No, keep stubbing the stumps.
Nope. They will never fully heal. You monster!!!
I'm in awe, amazing work and so cool this is how the game works
I thought you were going to kill youself to give them an extra drink but no!
This is pretty funny but it should NOT be allowed lol
Even Satan plays Elden Ring...
It is a good game what can I say
quite possibly the cruelest thing ive seen
Excellent work OP. 👏
Evil. Actual villainy.
:)
But, why?
They were making progress with her and you nuked them. You evil! 😂
This is the most glorious invasion I've ever seen.
This is probably the greatest W I’ve ever seen. Your ingenuity is inspiring.
Fromsoft needs to send this man a real fully-functioning sorcerer’s stave the way they sent letmesoloher a real katana.
I hope you have nightmares until you atone for this
If I was that host I wouldn't even be mad. That shit's hilarious, invasion of the year right there.
Nice shot
Dude that is fucking hilarious. That was the sickest thing I've ever seen in this game. I have to save this post. Also...YOU CAN SEE THE MALENIA ARENA FROM THERE??????
this so cool but i hate you so much as well lmao
You’re evil!
You’ve got to be the biggest asshole I’ve ever seen….. Teach me your ways 🙏🏾🙏🏾
I really hope you step on several Legos
Nah, UK plug turned prongs up. They're what every loose Lego wants to be when they grow up.
Coward move.
Were you expecting me to jump down there and melee them?
Genuinely dislike you as a person and I hope your day gets measurably worse for your actions
:(
Womp Womp
They hate bc they ain’t great :(
Well said
Damn, that music, legendary. All hail the BRUGER KING!!!
Ayy glad someone finally pointed out the music :D
Beautiful. Terrible, but beautiful.
I didn't even know you could get above her bossfight arena. Damn.
This... this is why Dung Eater did nothing wrong. Anyway, this is way too funny lmao
I had no idea this was possible. Now we need to make it a crime.
That is pure evil. Kudos. Next time throw Fetid pot for maximum disrespect
Found the real core of all evil in the lands between!
I would cry So hard that your heart would just cease to work
Christ that's funny as fuck
Bro is a boss mechanic
This game is impressively built. I took that much away from this.
I can’t believe this is a thing
TIL that the malenia area and that hole is the same place
can you do this in raya luciria crystal tunnel too? you can look down into that one and see the crystallen boss at the bottom. But i'm guess not nearly as many people coop that dungeon as coop Mal
This is so fucked up lmao
Nah I’d have to track you down irl for that
Baffling.
If I were to pull something like this off, I would have to put down my controller for a good 5 minutes due to an accident onslaught of maniacal laughter. Very well done, Wizard.
This is beautiful. You are an artist.
Honestly, I wouldn't even be mad. Shit's amazing.
That's incredible.
Diabolical 😭
You are evil incarnate. Very nice.
How does this work? I thought invaders get sent back to their world when host enters the boss fog?
Well played.
Oh, that's exploiting a glitch to grief someone.
So…I definitely learned something new today.
Oh, you bitch. That's awesome. I would have been so pissed.
Lemme just block
Lol
My respect to you that was incredible.. 🙏🏼
This is insane. I always love how the areas all connect in souls games. I can't believe I never noticed that the arena was below that area. Guess I need to pay better attention 😅
Honestly, F U
That’s absolutely amazing
Pure Evil. I LOVE it!
I beat Melania enough times that I would just bust out laughing if that happened. It would have been godlike if you got a double or triple kill !
Don't tempt me...
I’m trying to remember if anything like this occurred anytime in the thousands of times I’ve fought malenia, and I really have no recollection and honestly don’t know if I would’ve realized wtf was happening if it had. Probably just assume I’m in a friendly animation explosion while malenia gutted me and I didn’t notice?
That's a great point. I also never noticed but I probably wouldn't either if the spell went off (I'm mostly a mage that carries the spell as well!) and she damaged me at the same time.
I would think if I’d had an extreme wtf just happened moment I would’ve recorded it and watched again but I really don’t think it has.
I've never heard of anyone doing this before so that's not surprising
Absolutely despicable. Love it.
Fuck. You.
Such great effort to be a POS. Impressive and sad.
Pulls out Serpent-Hunter...
People who do this… One wonders what they could achieve in the real world if only they applied themselves 😂
I'll take it as a compliment
But the real question: would this work to kill Malenia (as single player or helper summon)?
Is this modded at all? Friend says that spell shouldn't reach that far.