From Software games are notorious for their difficulty, and, whileElden Ringallows for a greater variety of builds, tactics, and approaches, many of the game’s bosses are every bit as difficult as was seen in theDark Soulsgames. As it turns out, even cheesing bosses inElden Ringisn’t as straightforward as one might think. At least, that was the case for one unfortunate Twitch streamer who died in hilarious fashion after felling a late-game field boss.
McQueeb is a Twitch streamer and YouTuber who has a penchant for indie rogue-like games such asNoitaandThe Binding of Isaac. Yet, while larger streamers likeShroud and Summit1g have more or less shrugged offElden Ring, McQueeb has embraced the challenge, venturing far into a game that’s purported to take dozens of hours to beat.
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In the late game, runes become essential as the cost of leveling up and upgrading weapons continuously balloons. As such, ambitious players may see fit to take on major bosses in the overworld, two of the most recognized being the Tree Sentinel and Flying Dragon Agheel in Limgrave. Of course,Twitch streamer Atrioc infamously spent a total of seven hours combating the Tree Sentinel, thus indicating how difficult these bosses can be to defeat.
However, when taking on Flying Dragon Greyll, McQueeb took a somewhat underhanded approach. Rather than facing him head-on, he appears to have cheesed him by getting the boss stuck on a bridge and launching a barrage of arrows at him from a nearby cliffside. That tactic ultimately paid off;unlike one unlucky Redditor who was killed by a random enemy seconds before defeating one of the Night’s Cavalry bosses, McQueeb managed to finish off his foe. Tragically, after amassing more than 80,000 runes, he promptly strolled off the edge of a cliff by total accident.
It wasn’t the end of the world, however. With the boss defeated, McQueeb could easily return and reclaim his reward. Still, it’s an unbelievably unlikely thing to happen, and it goes to show that an awareness of one’s surroundings is as important inElden Ringas it was in games likeDemon’s SoulsandBloodborne. Prior to release,From Software hinted that the game would feature incredibly difficult optional bosses, and, while they may have been referring to the sort of boss which the streamer had just defeated, they probably weren’t referring to the game’s occasionally-unpredictable geometry.
Elden Ringis available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
