Malenia is a hard-as-nails endgame encounter in Elden Ring. She featured prominently in the game’s marketing materials, and revealed the limitations of FromSoftware’s imagination.

If Malenia attacked a summoned player, regardless of whether she made contact with them, she’d restore her own health. That was not FromSoftware’s intention, nor was it how she behaved in ...

Since Elden Ring launched back in 2021, Malenia has gone on to be one of the game’s most iconic bosses. Not only is she one of the most difficult fights in Elden Ring, she also boasts one of the ...

Keeping Malenia in a stunlock state for as long as possible is the best, easiest way to beat her — and she seemingly becomes even easier to stagger (less poise) in the second phase of her fight.

Speaking of let me solo her, the legendary Elden Ring player recently defeated Malenia for the 1000th time, and even has an NPC mod made by Garden of Eyes, allowing players to summon the hero at will.

Malenia was said to be waiting for the return of Miquella, who has their own awful fate for players to discover. As for Finlay, she's become Spirit Ashes, which can be found within the Haligtree.

So if you’ve struggled with Malenia until now, it might be worth delaying the fight just a bit longer while you defeat Morgott and claim his sword. Aside from the new bug, it’s a strong sword ...

Patch 1.04 also made it harder to defeat the Malenia in other, more intentional ways, as it nerfed the Swarm of Flies incantation that caused major blood loss damage. In our 10/10 review, IGN said ...

Since its release, many Elden Ring players have shared tactics and unique strategies for defeating Malenia, with some fans being able to perform this feat at level 1.

Malenia’s second phase Once you deplete Malenia’s HP, a cutscene plays where she transforms into the Goddess of Rot, a stronger, faster form with a completely different set of attacks.

Regardless of whether you've ever been a Malenia-Tomoe truther, if you're after some top Elden Ring tips to help you prep for Shadow of the Erdtree's arrival, make sure to check out our array of ...

Very rarely am I desperately trying to beat content so I can sit down and write a guide for it, but in order to explain how to actually beat Elden Ring’s hardest boss, Malenia, as a mage, I had ...