Malenia In-Depth Tutorial/Guide (Including Waterfowl and Spirit Clone attack) No Cheese

Your video is the first one I've seen that explains the Waterfowl Dance properly. I've seen guides say, "If she's floating and her foot twitches, then..." or "You have to wait three-quarters of a second, then run, then sprint, then roll forward, then roll backward, then forward roll, then do seven flip-flops while whispering a prayer to Radagon..." - which feels more like a Tomb Raider cheat code. Thanks for your simple, pragmatic explanation!

One thing's for sure...I've had PLENTY of practice with Waterfowl. Not successful practice, but practice nonetheless. Thank you for making this.

The first blossom attack after phase 1 ends can be dodged without any chance of error by unlocking from malenia and sprinting directly under her to the other side of the arena. The attack has trouble tracking you and will always fly past you, at which point you can just run away from where she lands, super easy.

Thank you for this. You were the only one who could explain how to deal with her Waterfowl from all ranges AND her Spirt Clone attack... I finally beat her after 200+ tries after watching this! You saved me so much time :)

Hats off to Elden Ring's endgame for being the first time a videogame has made me wish I was playing ds2 instead

16:04 man i found this moment so hilarious when he was talking about her attacks and explaining when she waterfowls and she instantly goes on to catch him off guard and do it, bro went dead silent just like the rest of us to focus on that dodge, great content man keep it up

she actually does the waterfoul as a reaction and it can be baited from a range with throwing knives. its coded in as a counter attack so its no wonder it happens most often as you strike her. divide her health into fifths and each time she crosses a threshold she will have a waterfoul loaded up to counter you. if you simply cannot manage to deal with it up close, notice these thresholds and run away when she hits them. then bait it with some range attacks like throwing knives. it sorta makes the fight trivial once you know this and use it to just avoid any waterfoul from a distance all the time.

This is by far the best guide to this fight on YouTube. Plenty of time is spent in combat, and there's no tricks or OP weapons. Just a solid video teaching you the dodge patterns you need. A+ job sir. 👍

great video, not just explaining particular builds that are strong against her but actually showing all her attacks and how you should respond to them, no matter what build you use. I needed an in-depth video like this because I was starting to lose my mind. thanks for making a REAL guide.

Thank you, mate! I still haven't learned to dodge waterfall properly, but your video gave me enough confidence to keep fighting her and eventually defeat her:) Thank you, great tutorial!

13:07 Pay attention to her "triple slash" attack. At the start of her move there's a sound queue followed by a spark of her weapon. If the weapon sparks she will triple slash with a follow up attack. There's a chance that at the start of the move (and the sound queue) her weapon will NOT spark. That means she will ONLY perform the triple slash attack without the follow up, which means its easier to punish her! Just a little tip. Didnt know that either but i watched my kill on her and find that out!!!!

Thank u so much for the Spirit Clone Attack tip, i swear i had no idea how to avoid it :)

I finally beat Malenia because of your video, its very informative. Thank you very much, friend.

I've never heard anyone talk about the pillar under her before, and that honestly explains so much of the trouble I've had with the attack. I always prefer learning by understanding how something works rather than being told to "just do this", and this video definitely helped with that. Thank you.

This video is as good as it gets. Tremendously communicated, really. I’ve been challenging myself to a low-level meeting with Malenia and you pointed out at least a dozen minor nuances that changed my thinking. You’re the man!

Of the 6 or so videos I've watched so far on this fight yours has the most comprehensive and organized detail about the fight. Well done and ty.

This video is a godsend, the threat of both waterfowl and spirit clone in phase 2 is such a run killer, but this clears things up so well. Good stuff!

Out of all the vods i have seen on Malenia guides, this one is the most in depth and easy to understand. Thanks to you i got her down in just 50 attempts and was extremely comfortable with her attacks by the end.

THE BEST tutorial! Clear, clean, no tricks, just how to develop pure skill. Appreciate the time and effort that went into this sir.

Thank you for your help dodging waterfowl dance and the clone attack, I've watched like dozens of videos and it just clicked when you explained it!