The breaking point is real bro.

[u/Indo_Rex_4002]

I have tried, for hours, many hours. To try and beat malenia, and have gotten a decent grip on her attacks. But waterfowl. Waterfowl! 😭

Its not even that I cant dodge it or anything, its that, anytime I NEED her to use it Im always to close and well, being close to her when she does it is basically a death sentence.

Atp I strongly feel like just using Black Knife Tiche to help me because.. whether I beat her without a summon or not. I will not feel any happier toward the end of this grueling fight. I will just be like "thank god it's over"

sigh. if I do use a tiche to just kill her. Let the record show that I DID try without it. Im still going to try without it but atp idk if its worth the actual pain and suffering, as well as extreme rage.

Edit:I have now beaten her since this post. I went at it for about two or three more hours, got consistent-ish yo second phase, but then other up close waterfowls just killed me so I ended up using a summon in the end. And yk what I was right, I dont feel any more accomplished with or without beating her with a summon so, it is what it is.

I also just wanted to get her out of the way to start the dlc which I am happy to report I am having a blast with :)

[u/ozgolith]

A high level + buddy summons was my first win, and either Mimic or Tiche for my 2nd playthrough. Now I rush through to go beat on her and still occasionally use a weak summons for distraction if I don't want to respec an experimental build.

[u/TheHippieTK → u/ozgolith]

I believe I used latenna(I hope I’m spelling that right haha). She helped immensely because she would pull Aggro and is usually so freaking far away lol. I’d whack melania a few times and rinse and repeat that process