Elden Ring Cosplay: Beast Clergyman/Maliketh the Black Blade

I didn't really like Maliketh's fight very much on my initial playthrough. Gurranq feels bad to fight with his instant sword slashes and constant dodging, and Maliketh is as squishy as Morgott and Fortissax before him, except unlike those two he's got some really awkward to dodge and difficult attacks. Usually when phase two begins either you or him is dead in 40 seconds, and I dislike those kinds of bosses. I like the fight more now after helping people co-op him, his attacks are more well designed than they first appeared and the HP boost he gets when summons are in play makes phase two usually last longer than a minute. I just wish he turned into Maliketh at 70% hp like Gael rather than 50%.

0:00 Intro
0:34 Gurranq, Beast Clergyman
3:56 Maliketh, the Black Blade
9:26 Maliketh Finale
12:11 Stats

Stats of this build are detailed at end of video. In case it's not obvious, I used Darkness to mask me switching my armour and weapons when I got to half health/blue tearstone range. It's a fairly self-explanatory build all things considered, I don't think there's too much that needs to be said. The Godfrey and Mimic Tear cosplays I encountered were amazing, and I've never seen a full health Maliketh spawn in at the start of the fight! Don't know what caused that to happen but I'm not complaining, it was extremely coincidental for the build, haha.

Gurranq dialogue and some footage from the opening of the video was taken from    / @stratekyt  , he made a compilation of Gurranq's content which was extremely helpful.

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