What Is the Best Armor to Use Against Malenia?
Malenia is arguably one of the most challenging bosses in Elden Ring, requiring a well-prepared and strategic approach to defeat her. When it comes to equipping the right armor, it’s essential to opt for gear with high physical defense as Malenia can deal incredible damage with her deadly swings. In this article, we’ll delve into what armor is best suited for the challenging battle against Malenia.
Choose High-Physical-Defense Gear for a Stronger Defense
Malenia’s attacks are incredibly powerful, so gear with high physical defense is a vital requirement for survival. Armor such as the Scarlet Rot-resistant chestpiece and leggings, weighing in at around 18,000-20,000 HP, will help boost your physical defense. Additionally, having Greatshield Ashes‘ high physical defense (HP) will also aid in taking sustained damage.
Inflict Status Effects to Weaken Malenia
Malenia’s damage Output is significantly reduced when she receives Frostbite status (around 7% of her max Health per tick). Use inflicting status effects such as Frostbite to weaken Malena, allowing you to deal more damage:
- Frostbite malus: 7% HP max health per tick
Range-Extending Ashen Pillars can help create proximity between you and Malenia by casting Bloodhound’s Step, allowing you to dash short distances while maintaining proximity between the two of you. Maintain your distance while using Flaws to create Flows, which can help guide an Infused damage-inducing attack.
Strategy-wise: Stagger and Punish Malenia
1: Malenia’s Stagger Weakness: Malenia has become incredibly difficult to kill. Defeat her by staggering and breaking her with Taker`s Flame. Takers Flame is effective by utilizing Flaws’s Flow to create the opening it requires.
Malenia weakness:
- Bloodbite: Malenia` HP becomes extremely low as Health.
- Frost Damage: 7% HP Max Malus per tick
- Attack and Stagger Break/ Break/ Break Stunner.
Malenia Strength(s):
- Strong Area-of-Effect (AOE) Attack
- Very Agile, making it challenging (almost impossible) to keep alive during the fight. – This is the core content.
Malenia Phase:
- Bloodfume (Malenia does the most damage to this end.)
- Blight: Malenia starts firing (the most intense hit.)
- Darken : Malenia becomes completely opaque.
- Bane/Burn : This becomes very difficult to win on mortal combat.
Here: you can use Crawling Sorcerer to do everything except for the last three movements (the last of her hits is the most difficult.
Conclusion:
Malenia’s a serious opponent, and you’ll want both armor and strategy to take her
on. High Physical Protection Armor and Frost
bite are essential elements because she can deal a lot of physical trauma
quickly. Greatshell‘s high Physical Guard can help you survive with lower HP.
Bloodfights, Flows/Frosts, infused damage- and Taker}s
Flame, is also a crucial approach on your side.