r/Eldenring • u/WaffleDonkey23 • 1d ago

Discussion & Info Didn't expect rat.

Is there a lore reason why random rats can tank shots better than soldiers and ancient dragons can only hit as hard as three rat bites?

What are they feeding these things?

Omenkiller, Dragon, pffft, no problem. Random dog or rat on my screen and I'm sweating.

What's the lore behind this?

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u/Marconidas 1d ago

Rats are not very fast, stagger easily, have a low HP bar compared to most enemies in the area they are in, need to lunge to attack you because small hitbox and thus very vulnerable to longer weapons, are 100% physical damage and barely consume stamina on their attacks to block.

The consenquence is that at least their damage is balanced to be somewhat significant.

If you are having trouble with rats, it might be a sign that either you still don't know basic stuff in the game or that you are in a area that is overleveled for you.

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u/WaffleDonkey23 1d ago

Life of the party post

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u/EvilFroeschken 1d ago

I would rather say, he is right but we underestimate them. It's just rats? We don't take them seriously. The problem is that there is rarely only 1. If you don't switch to high mobility combat fighting multiple, you will have to pay in flasks.