Elden Ring: New patch makes one of the hardest bosses in the game even harder

Elden Ring has a huge variety of bosses for you to fight throughout the Lands Between but one of the most famous is Malenia, and the game’s newest patch has made her all the more difficult.

Malenia is an optional boss that you can take on towards the endgame of the story, and it is possible for you to see the credits roll without swinging a sword at her.

However, if you do go into the battle, you need to know that she’s one of the hardest foes in Elden Ring, as she’s also one of the most powerful demi-gods in the game’s lore.

She has a huge katana, can hit you repeatedly with real speed, and has the possibility of one-shotting you if you’re not careful.

Oh, and she’s capable of healing herself whenever she lands a hit on you.

Like we said, this is one tough cookie.

You may remember the story we wrote earlier this week about the new Elden Ring celebrity ‘Let Me Solo Her’, who jumped into another player’s game and beat her without taking a single hit.

However, the 1.04 patch has seemingly added something of a bug that makes her next to impossible to beat.

Per Kotaku, as soon as she swings her sword, Malenia self-heals. She doesn’t need to hit you to do it.

As the report notes, even Let Me Solo Her took her on and uploaded a video to their YouTube channel; the player’s real name is Klein Tsuboi.

Tsuboi needed over 15 minutes to beat her, a far cry from the scenes when he was able to beat her rapidly and perfectly.

Another update in the patch has somewhat nerfed the Swarm of Flies incantation. That skill releases a load of bloodflies and they make a beeline for the enemy you’re fighting. They are capable of building up bleed damage, causing your opponents to haemorrhage. Malenia is vulnerable to haemorrhage damage but given