For those who don't know why maliketh covers his face. The description of the claw says that it deflects the power of the black blade, not parry. So it's essentially throwing the power of the blade back at maliketh. You can also see that when he uses it, it actually damages maliketh. Pretty interesting how Ranni thought of such a counter, and to give it to Rykard of all people.
Rykard is her brother, and he's probably the only person both capable and willing to challenge the gods in a way that helps ranni if her first plan fails.
I mean it's a pretty logical contingency given that Maliketh was almost certain to come after her, as for why Rykard he was opposing the Erdtree even before he gave himself to the serpent, so it makes sense that she'd include him in her conspiracy. I think most interesting is that it implies Ranni was on poor terms, or at the very least didn't trust, Radahn. As his reputation for might would have made him the more obvious choice for a champion of the two brothers had he been on side.
@@cbjones6967 Oh, Ranni must have completely hated Radahn. He took after Godfrey and supported the Golden Order and planned to become Elden Lord, which Ranni despised. He held back the stars, halting her 'destiny' and limiting her magical powers. Her quest is at a standstill unless you kill him, and she doesn't even comment on his death. Ranni is anyway shown to be one of the colder, more distant demigods among her siblings.
@@Count.Saruman pretty sure she probably would have loved radahn before when she was an empyrean not a mere doll, same for radahn too before growing that huge in proportion
It looks like you actually claw his face or eyes (with the claw) when you parry him. That's why he flails around for a bit after getting parried. If I'm not mistaken, this is the only parry that deals damage.
It's so weird how an item dedicated to letting you parry him only works for that one attack. If I didn't see this video, I would totally die a ton trying to parry everything he does.
The claw is really unclear about what it does, I was trying to figure it out and everyone seemed to think it was used to dispel the fire effect that happens after you get hit with some of his attacks.
I actually tried to parry his flying death slashes whatever many times and I just gave up because it wasn't working so I fought him to the death the way I usually do. XD
What the claw emits when performing the parry: Red shockwave What I expected it to parry: Red blades that Maliketh shoots from his sword What it actually parries: a frickin golden sword Gee, thanks FromSoft. Item description at it's best lol
That's what I thought too. I thought I was terrible at timing it. Nice job Fromsoft, you made an item to parry a boss work for one very specific move... great.
Why would you parry the red blades? And the description literally says you parry the blades itself, not it's projectiles. So yes, the description is accurate
One thing I wish they did was to have a mode where you could just re-do boss fights again and again. Gives you a chance to really learn their move sets and try out different builds. Would be a fun idea I think
I think they wanted to give more incentive to try the multiplayer. I did love boss rematches in Sekiro. Genichiro is one of my favorite boss fights of all time.
Reminds me, since it wasn't clearly shown: the air swings are NOT the only parriable attacks, it works on *any* where the sword glows yellow. I was mystified when I saw a fellow phantom parry the pillar jump, but when I saw that the sword glowed yellow, it made sense. Learned it, practiced it, and then had a badass run a week later where I got 4 parries practically consecutively for my host.
I appreciate the clarification (on behalf of folks reading the comments) but just to point out, Ongbal actually did specifically state that the parries are for whenever his sword glows golden in the video, then demonstrated that a few times. 01:58 is the timing, inc you/anyone else missed that!
@@iergosum When he's about to plunge. The gold only indicates the attack is parryable, not the timing of it -- it still behaves like a normal parry in the sense it has to 'hit' you.
Maliketh: (Fancy blade w/ crazy attack) ONGBAL: Are you done? (Intends to hold back not to kill the boss by accident ) Man watching Ongbal fighting against boss is always a feast in the eye.
@@swagiro824 He's the beast clergyman at the very top of Caelid. If you talk to D in the rountable hold with a deathroot he'll tell you how to get to him through a transporter near the third church of marika in limgrave. Once you give the beast clergyman enough deathroots he'll leave in search of more. Turns out he went to crumbling farum I guess.
@@roundandedgeless.1218 That's not true, I killed maliketh and the beast clergyman was still there. I attacked him and he had a different name and didn't have a second phase.
I had gotten this item and actually read its description before I beat him, but I didn't try it much. I had thought it had to do with his red beams or something but wow that's really specific. Thanks for showing how to properly use it! Maybe I'll try this on my new game plus :) Great video
I used this guide and started co-oping and I’ve gotten decent at parrying him. It makes the fight much easier because of the massive damage you can inflict while he is staggered.
Dude, thanks for the guide and the god tier Hitless run video. I swear to god, when you just dancing around him, not finishing him of is a sight to be loved. Thanks man
Thank you for this. All the other vids are summon strats, and I just wanted to see the window without having to progress the fight a bunch of times. Super helpful.
I never used the Blasphemous claw before because I figured the parry window was super tight but after seeing this, it took only 1 attempt to get it down (I can't parry that slow wind-up swing he does occasionally that SOMETIMES shoots out a destined death blade, and sometimes doesn't, but his two aerial ones, I can do no problem). Thanks for the video!
I'm not going to lie... I suck at parrying. But watching this like an hour ago, helped me learn the timing perfectly. I've helped 8 people beat him now. Mad props to you!
If Fromsoftware adds an "Insane" option to the difficulty level, with bosses having extremely parrying skills like Ongbal, I don't know if there is anyone who can finish such a game. Watching your videos always makes me think that Elden Ring is such an easy game. And every time I try to parry the attack of a boss, I always end up dead from one or two attacks.
I managed to parry him once. It was completely unintentional, and pure adrenaline, but it was probably the coolest thing I've done in this game so far.
that's a fuckin lie bro. you cannot parry him unintentionally. you have to have the item equipped and ready to activate, and wait for the right attack pattern and have the timing down. no need to lie dude
Yeah same here I actually one shot him with my fists and he was stunned so I decided to give him a chance and he did the attack you can parry and I partied without even trying. Then a model walked in my room and we made out. She is now my wife.
Meanwhile, I'm still celebrating taking out Magrit the Fell Omen. :D Very nicely done, sir. Watching your videos elevates the very material, in my opinion.
@@BMAChannel. I think it’s a bit overrated due to unbalance. Melee in elden ring is one of the hardest things to do in elden ring. I’m not talking about weapon arts, those are broken, but going at a boss normally is near impossible. It doesn’t help that the camera for melee is god awful. Half the time the real boss fight is against the camera. Not to mention gank bosses, and the reused bosses are the worst parts of the game. It’s still very solid, 100% GOTY worthy, but people are making it out as like THE perfect game
@@Chadius_Thundercock even as a mage you get fucked by some bosses. Some are insanely resistant to magic, rendering your build useless, and some close the gap too quickly for you to cast ANYTHING.
newton's 3rd law "when two bodies interact, they apply forces to one another that are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction." - this is how Maliketh died
@@nomongosinthaworld ER has DS3 parry timing and style, but improved alot, so it's still more forgiving than ds3, sekiro on the other hand, built around deflecting, so it has to be more forgiving than ER, where parrying is the highlight of melee combat skills
Tbh Sekiro parrying skill doesn’t translate well to parrying with startup frames; especially when the parry window is smaller and messing up can easily lead to a loss. Though it’s still more than nothing for sure.
I love parrying bosses, so when I failed to parry Maliketh a thousand times, I felt like the absolutely worst. Only now I realize you cant only parry a few attacks 😂 This already happened to me with the old knights in heide tower at the start of DS2
I've had him randomly do the glowing sword move out of no where with no combo beforehand. He just jumped on a pillar and then his sword was glowing gold.
Would it be possible to get a showcase of your ingame settings, and maybe pc settings outside the game? Game looks buttery smooth, and im interested to know if you have done anything about the input lag.
If you can time him well enough to use this item, you've already learned the boss fight enough that you might as well just beat him without it at that point.
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I like how this is actually a hitless run DISGUISED as a tutorial lmao
ongbal thing
Casually flexing on us.
And he purposefully drags it out to show more parries. What a menace
he took at hit at 2:13, no?
@@Jachammer93 nope he dodged it
For those who don't know why maliketh covers his face. The description of the claw says that it deflects the power of the black blade, not parry. So it's essentially throwing the power of the blade back at maliketh. You can also see that when he uses it, it actually damages maliketh. Pretty interesting how Ranni thought of such a counter, and to give it to Rykard of all people.
Rykard is her brother, and he's probably the only person both capable and willing to challenge the gods in a way that helps ranni if her first plan fails.
@@sleven1160 rykard also wasn't always a snake monstrosity
I mean it's a pretty logical contingency given that Maliketh was almost certain to come after her, as for why Rykard he was opposing the Erdtree even before he gave himself to the serpent, so it makes sense that she'd include him in her conspiracy.
I think most interesting is that it implies Ranni was on poor terms, or at the very least didn't trust, Radahn. As his reputation for might would have made him the more obvious choice for a champion of the two brothers had he been on side.
@@cbjones6967 Oh, Ranni must have completely hated Radahn. He took after Godfrey and supported the Golden Order and planned to become Elden Lord, which Ranni despised. He held back the stars, halting her 'destiny' and limiting her magical powers. Her quest is at a standstill unless you kill him, and she doesn't even comment on his death. Ranni is anyway shown to be one of the colder, more distant demigods among her siblings.
@@Count.Saruman pretty sure she probably would have loved radahn before when she was an empyrean not a mere doll, same for radahn too before growing that huge in proportion
I love how Maliketh covers his eyes when he gets parried, as if he is ashamed that just happened to him lol
It looks like you actually claw his face or eyes (with the claw) when you parry him. That's why he flails around for a bit after getting parried. If I'm not mistaken, this is the only parry that deals damage.
But can we parry other boss or enemy without any required item though ?
I'd like to believe he got blinded by his own sword's spark because this only happen if his sword glows gold
"Ah fuck, I can't believe you've done this"
Watching this vid I feel ashamed for malekith too
It's so weird how an item dedicated to letting you parry him only works for that one attack.
If I didn't see this video, I would totally die a ton trying to parry everything he does.
Tbh it would be broken if it allowed you to parry every attack
The claw is really unclear about what it does, I was trying to figure it out and everyone seemed to think it was used to dispel the fire effect that happens after you get hit with some of his attacks.
I actually tried to parry his flying death slashes whatever many times and I just gave up because it wasn't working so I fought him to the death the way I usually do. XD
lol dying for that very reason is what made me find this video
@@user-ik3xt1bx2n that's true, but you'd think they would at least put the glowing sword effect on another attack or two.
What the claw emits when performing the parry: Red shockwave
What I expected it to parry: Red blades that Maliketh shoots from his sword
What it actually parries: a frickin golden sword
Gee, thanks FromSoft. Item description at it's best lol
That's what I thought too. I thought I was terrible at timing it. Nice job Fromsoft, you made an item to parry a boss work for one very specific move... great.
Tbf a parry isn’t the same thing as a reflection
Would’ve been really cool tho reflections are very limited in the series
I wanna say I pulled that off once but it was a panic parry so he could have swooped down before I knew what was happening
Why would you parry the red blades? And the description literally says you parry the blades itself, not it's projectiles. So yes, the description is accurate
One thing I wish they did was to have a mode where you could just re-do boss fights again and again. Gives you a chance to really learn their move sets and try out different builds. Would be a fun idea I think
Exactly my words! Huge drawback to this game in my opinion. Would love to be able to train on bosses without having to replay the whole game!
I think it’s a market team move in order to make players create new savefiles and have more playtime
I think they wanted to give more incentive to try the multiplayer. I did love boss rematches in Sekiro. Genichiro is one of my favorite boss fights of all time.
They had this for sekiro, deffo shouldve kept it
Bonfire ascetics did this in ds2
Reminds me, since it wasn't clearly shown: the air swings are NOT the only parriable attacks, it works on *any* where the sword glows yellow. I was mystified when I saw a fellow phantom parry the pillar jump, but when I saw that the sword glowed yellow, it made sense. Learned it, practiced it, and then had a badass run a week later where I got 4 parries practically consecutively for my host.
I appreciate the clarification (on behalf of folks reading the comments) but just to point out, Ongbal actually did specifically state that the parries are for whenever his sword glows golden in the video, then demonstrated that a few times. 01:58 is the timing, inc you/anyone else missed that!
Is it like right when it turns yellow or when Maliketh starts closing the gap like a regular parry?
@@iergosum When he's about to plunge. The gold only indicates the attack is parryable, not the timing of it -- it still behaves like a normal parry in the sense it has to 'hit' you.
@@BlueShellshock exactly. It's still a timing game. The yellow indicator is nothing but a visual cue. It's still really difficult to parry this POS
Maliketh: (Fancy blade w/ crazy attack)
ONGBAL: Are you done? (Intends to hold back not to kill the boss by accident )
Man watching Ongbal fighting against boss is always a feast in the eye.
Maliketh is a super dope boss. He’s definitely my new favorite boss. The storyline behind the quest is great too.
Is the quest to get to maliketh easy to miss?
is like fighting Guts with the black armor
@@swagiro824 He's the beast clergyman at the very top of Caelid. If you talk to D in the rountable hold with a deathroot he'll tell you how to get to him through a transporter near the third church of marika in limgrave. Once you give the beast clergyman enough deathroots he'll leave in search of more. Turns out he went to crumbling farum I guess.
@@roundandedgeless.1218 That's not true, I killed maliketh and the beast clergyman was still there. I attacked him and he had a different name and didn't have a second phase.
@@spiderfatty02 No, he is the Beast Clergyman at Caelid. If you give Gurranq 9 deathroots Maliketh even has new dialogue.
I had gotten this item and actually read its description before I beat him, but I didn't try it much. I had thought it had to do with his red beams or something but wow that's really specific. Thanks for showing how to properly use it! Maybe I'll try this on my new game plus :) Great video
watching bosses get bullied at 10am is the best beginning of the day
I used this guide and started co-oping and I’ve gotten decent at parrying him. It makes the fight much easier because of the massive damage you can inflict while he is staggered.
Dude, thanks for the guide and the god tier Hitless run video.
I swear to god, when you just dancing around him, not finishing him of is a sight to be loved.
Thanks man
2:25 he literally got cold feet when he realized he's fighting a sigma Chad
I'm sitting here being wrecked by this boss on my mage, and this guy is TOYING with him 😂😂
Maliketh was always my favorite boss in Elden ring!
Thank you for the guide, it helped me learn how to dodge some attacks so I was able to beat him without taking any damage!
Thank you for this. All the other vids are summon strats, and I just wanted to see the window without having to progress the fight a bunch of times. Super helpful.
I never used the Blasphemous claw before because I figured the parry window was super tight but after seeing this, it took only 1 attempt to get it down (I can't parry that slow wind-up swing he does occasionally that SOMETIMES shoots out a destined death blade, and sometimes doesn't, but his two aerial ones, I can do no problem). Thanks for the video!
I'm not going to lie... I suck at parrying. But watching this like an hour ago, helped me learn the timing perfectly. I've helped 8 people beat him now. Mad props to you!
This is amazing. I love that youre helping teach us how to be more like you.
так вот как оно работает, а я думал, что эта штука аналогична ожерелью против мануса из дс1, что она отражает магические снаряды, спасибо)
You're amazing. It's also nice to see the boss' moves without actually playing against them. Maliketh's moveset is spicy!
Thanks for making this. Couldn't figure out how to make that item work. Super helpful.
A parry that deals damage, that’s cool!
thank you Ongbal. I had no idea how to use this item before, but now it seems pretty clear when to use it
Finally found this dudes channel! The legendary Parry King! lol. Had to sub this time!
i love how you waited and parried Maliketh to death
Thank you for this. Kept trying to parry the red attacks. Obviously didn’t go well lol
They've given you like two nanoseconds to react to his attack
If Fromsoftware adds an "Insane" option to the difficulty level, with bosses having extremely parrying skills like Ongbal, I don't know if there is anyone who can finish such a game. Watching your videos always makes me think that Elden Ring is such an easy game. And every time I try to parry the attack of a boss, I always end up dead from one or two attacks.
Dude, I love you! very nice from you to show us step by step.
I managed to parry him once. It was completely unintentional, and pure adrenaline, but it was probably the coolest thing I've done in this game so far.
🧢
This is probably the cappiest thing you've said
So you're saying you unintentionally equipped the item and pressed the button to use it when he did the right attack
that's a fuckin lie bro. you cannot parry him unintentionally. you have to have the item equipped and ready to activate, and wait for the right attack pattern and have the timing down. no need to lie dude
Yeah same here I actually one shot him with my fists and he was stunned so I decided to give him a chance and he did the attack you can parry and I partied without even trying. Then a model walked in my room and we made out. She is now my wife.
Meanwhile, I'm still celebrating taking out Magrit the Fell Omen. :D Very nicely done, sir. Watching your videos elevates the very material, in my opinion.
Wow ur slow
The rememberance bosses are very well designed and had a vast backstory to them. Elden Ring is indeed 2022 masterpiece and GOTY candidate.
@@BMAChannel. I think it’s a bit overrated due to unbalance. Melee in elden ring is one of the hardest things to do in elden ring. I’m not talking about weapon arts, those are broken, but going at a boss normally is near impossible. It doesn’t help that the camera for melee is god awful. Half the time the real boss fight is against the camera. Not to mention gank bosses, and the reused bosses are the worst parts of the game. It’s still very solid, 100% GOTY worthy, but people are making it out as like THE perfect game
@@Chadius_Thundercock 100% agree, the balance for so many of these bosses is absolutely jacked
@@Chadius_Thundercock even as a mage you get fucked by some bosses. Some are insanely resistant to magic, rendering your build useless, and some close the gap too quickly for you to cast ANYTHING.
every time i look up a video on how to do something difficult it's this dude demonstrating
what a god
pls we need speedrun from you
you are really master of souls games
From Shura to Lord of Chaos
finally tried this out today and actually pulled it off, the dopamine rush was unmatched.
i had no idea it's used to counter this attack... thanks for shedding light, now I know its purpose
i didn’t follow this method at all, but i still got by without getting hit thanks to watching this video, so thanks.
Thanks bro, haven't fought him yet, but I know this will be very helpful.
newton's 3rd law "when two bodies interact, they apply forces to one another that are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction." - this is how Maliketh died
This makes it look so easy. That fight is chaotic AF.
the way he holds his head whenever he gets parried IM WEEEAAAK 😂
your skills are truly on insane level man💪💪💪💪
This guy's skill is on another dimension
Always great video bro
This is what Sekiro does to a man. They become parry gods by the end of the game and it reflects the way they play in Elden Ring.
I wish parry frames in ER were nearly as forgiving as Sekiro‘s
@@nomongosinthaworld ER has DS3 parry timing and style, but improved alot, so it's still more forgiving than ds3, sekiro on the other hand, built around deflecting, so it has to be more forgiving than ER, where parrying is the highlight of melee combat skills
Tbh Sekiro parrying skill doesn’t translate well to parrying with startup frames; especially when the parry window is smaller and messing up can easily lead to a loss. Though it’s still more than nothing for sure.
you parried that guy so hard he merged with one of the columns
Great video! Ty!
Pretty sure he invades you even without the volcano manor quest! I never did it and he still appeared for me
I love parrying bosses, so when I failed to parry Maliketh a thousand times, I felt like the absolutely worst. Only now I realize you cant only parry a few attacks 😂
This already happened to me with the old knights in heide tower at the start of DS2
Thanks for the video! I will still, time and time again, die to the eight trigrams palms revolving heaven attack
it was wayy easier then i thought wow thanks for the help
You are the true Elden lord 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I salute you
Even without Blasphemous Claw, Maliketh doesn't stand a chance again Master Ongbal, but with it, Maliketh will die in style
Not a single boss in any fromsoftware game stands a chance against Sifu Ongbal
@@reptilesleaf6086 what about Mist Noble?
@@juwe7143 we just saw that he died in the hands of Rick, right?
2:27 nothing bro , he was just depressed and confused at the same time cuz he expected to see u dead after performing so many fancy attacks 🤣
I've had him randomly do the glowing sword move out of no where with no combo beforehand. He just jumped on a pillar and then his sword was glowing gold.
I live how this fight is basically just Guts in the Berseek Armor
You just toy with all these bosses lol meanwhile i'm panic rolling whenever they slightly move a bit.
It's so so soooo satisfying hitting Maliketh with this. Almost as awesome as stopping Malenia's Waterfowl Dance with a Frozen Pot!
You are the god. How u can have that fkin timing sense so perfect.
then again, you are a monster at this game. maliketh is a scared cat in that pole over there
You are always the best
Ngl, kinda wish the blade's ash of war let you follow up with either the multihit beam shield, or launching those flame blades like the boss does.
I love dodging maliketh too much to parry him tbh
such a fun fight
0:42
You don't have to finish the Volcano Manor quests, just kill Rykard
@uno reverse card Rykard is too hard??
Thanks for not killing him so fast and allowing us to see how to avoid his other moves.
This dude might be the best in the world. Curious to see what GinoMachino comes up with.
Teach me your ways, oh grand master!!
Dud become so good he makes the boss need to take a break
Oh, it's an actual parry. I thought it meant deflect like the radius attack or something and I was bad at it.
*knowledge now acquired for NG+*
Meanwhile on makileth CZcams “how to defeat ongbal”
It’s so satisfying to parry him, I’ve been ravaging him for a weeks now. I’m close to 500 victories so look for my sign on PS4! I play as myself!
Se ciao. Fantascienza proprio. Sei di un altro pianeta. 😁
Maliketh turned into a armless puppy. How cute.
Came for a tutorial, witnessed an absolute chad lmao
this fight is SO FUCKING CHAOTIC for me, you make it seem so easy, casually strolling around poking him.
Okay this is legit the coolest fucking mechanic Fromsoftware has ever thought of.
This is indeed the way
Dang, that stunned him for a good while.
By far my favorite boss in the game
That’s so cool!!!
You could really be the first to hitless this game without spells or summons. I hope you get worlds first, the recognition would be ammmazing
Amazing, the BEST player in Elden Ring 👌🙌🙌🙌
Would it be possible to get a showcase of your ingame settings, and maybe pc settings outside the game? Game looks buttery smooth, and im interested to know if you have done anything about the input lag.
This video is not a tutorial, but the biggest fucking flex I've seen on an ER boss.
what an insanely situational item
Ah yes, my fav technique: L2 + O Repeat🥶
If you can time him well enough to use this item, you've already learned the boss fight enough that you might as well just beat him without it at that point.
Legend did legend
I love how he just stops attacking just bullying maliketh at this point lmao
Welp you're now my sensei
Hard because sometimes he throws two times and sometimes three times before the parry attack
Next video "how to parry God"
I love the idea of parrying literally Death itself.
구르기도 저스트가드 타이밍처럼 하시네 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 개깔끔하다
Holy shit. I got the claw but never even looked at it!!!
Lmao I love how it looks like he’s parrying with his fucking fist.
Shura from the land of reeds has returned...!