The YouTube algorithm is a very wretched piece of tech, however simply as a damaged clock is true twice a day, generally YouTube will cough up an absolute gold mine. I’d confidently describe the a whole bunch of Elden Ring movies on veganiele‘s channel, which I randomly discovered earlier this week, as one such gold mine. This courageous Tarnished has been beating Malenia, famend because the RPG’s hardest boss, with each melee weapon within the recreation, with out taking a single hit and sometimes preventing at degree one, for over a 12 months straight. 

Scroll by means of veganiele’s backlog, the place many movies have below 50 views apiece, and witness the endurance of the human spirit. Their channel abstract does not do it justice: “Beating Malenia in Elden Ring with each melee weapon of the sport. From January twenty sixth, hitless solely – day-after-day. Want me good luck!”

Of us, they have been doing this since August 17, 2022. No less than, that is after they uploaded their first outlined Malenia hitless solo, wielding double Nice Star maces to kick issues off. They’ve killed a number of different bosses in a similar way within the year-and-a-half since, however a cursory scan of their add schedule reveals it is nearly wall-to-wall Malenia bullying. And I imply bullying.

Veganiele’s most up-to-date video options the standard Vulgar Militia Noticed, which makes fast work of Malenia even on a degree one character with no buffs. One other video from at this time includes a extra typical degree 140 character with a three-weapon combo that completely decimates Malenia in below two minutes. Each fights are, after all, completely hitless. 

Consider any melee weapon in Elden Ring. Odds are good veganiele’s used it to kill Malenia with out getting a scratch on them. They’re nonetheless working by means of the sport’s full arsenal, however they’ve already crossed off most of the weirder weapons, together with my beloved Dark Moon Greatsword and Helphen’s Steeple combo, be still my heart. There are a whole bunch of movies to choose by means of right here, with dozens of the newest runs being level-one clears. At present’s triple-weapon combo is one in every of my favorites, however this hitless level-one Zweihander run can also be one thing to see. 

You have simply obtained to admire the tenacity. In each video, veganiele features a temporary little description. “Okay, this was actually enjoyable,” they are saying after perfecting a boss that when drove me to profanities that can’t be printed right here. I would want them good luck, however I actually do not suppose they want it. 

In different feats of masochism, a streamer performed Elden Ring, Sekiro, and the Darkish Souls video games all at the same time, randomly switching between them.  

Austin freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports activities Illustrated, and extra whereas ending his journalism diploma, and he is been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They’ve but to appreciate that his place as a employees author is only a cowl up for his career-spanning Future column, and he is stored the ruse going with a deal with information and the occasional characteristic.