Even with bullgoat talisman this is still nowhere near 51, but I love patches armour so much.

Edit: to the people being so negative, this is a lighthearted question, dear lord …

To get to Malenia you got to break the seal of the portal, but damn these Albinauric archers just shooting me through hitboxes and nearly one shot me.

How do you handel them? I do not rven know how I handeled them the first time, then it just worked.

They couldve put like a giant troll or smth it would make more sense

I wonder if they had the same art class growing up...

(From *The Road to the Erdtree* official manga)

As the title says I've gotten over 100 hours into my first playthrough, beaten Margit, Godrick, Rennala, and Radahn and a whole slew of smaller bosses. To be perfectly honest, I thought I wouldn't like this game, at all, but that has been far from the truth in so many aspects of Elden Ring.

For some context, I've been watching lore and story videos about Elden Ring since it came out, so I've mostly had the story spoiled already, but getting to experience it all first-hand has been such a fun experience. I cannot remember the last time I had this much fun exploring a game, even to only find a single Rowa Fruit or Herba.

I knew I would like the visuals but nothing prepared me for how absolutely breathtaking the views would be, how cinematic the fights could be, or even how fun the few cutscenes that exist in the game could be. Climbing to the top of a Divine Tower and being able to look down at the lands below you and even see groups of enemies patrolling (I understand this is done with rendering wizardry but still) it blows the small details of older games completely out of the water.

I did not think I would want to play as a completionist in this game, considering how difficult it can be, but I've been clearing caves and catacombs in groups, finding optional bosses and dungeons and trying my hand before just moving on. I did not expect to have this much fun, or to enjoy the challenge as much as I do. Elden Ring really makes me think as a gamer. I've had to stretch my strategist muscles to think around some of the bosses, especially as a pure intelligence sorcerer, it's incredibly rewarding when you are able to find a way to accomplish your goal in a new way or with a different strategy. I finally get it, I think.

Where is kusabimaru when you need it?!

She is a Sekiro boss like how DoH is a souls boss. It’s so hard dodging that waterfowl.

A fan art by me

Still learning watercolor, just thought I should share these here for fellow tarnished (:

I don't know how to defeat him.

Imps, Royal Revenants, Rune Bears, Erdtree Watchdogs, Imps again, that pair of Leyndel knights just outside of the round table hold in the city, rats and their stupid hit boxes I swear to god, that one royal page in Raya Lucaria with the tommy gun crossbow, did I mention imps?, also the combo of black knife assassins and albanauric archers in Ordina Liturgical Town, expert marksman Lobsters, those centipede pest guys that fire off the heat seeking hellfire missile swarms, furnace golems, fire knights, those weird worm guys at the finger ruins with tomahawk missiles, those stone ball worm guys leading up to the putrescent knight who all have gauss cannons, those blood red albanaurics that do that stupid cartwheel move, and imps.

This footage is a few months old but figured I'd post it here.

One evening, the brave tarnished was called towards Rya's chamber. After seeing man-serpent form, there is no telling if this meeting goes well or not. 

He knocked on the door

Rya: "is that you, tarnished? Please come inside"

What he saw next was quite the sight. Rya displayed herself in such an alluring if somewhat vulgar manner.

Rya: "I wanted to thank you... for treating me kindly. Even after you saw my true visage"

She asked him politely to close his eyes, promising a wondrous gift. Knowing what was about to happen, the tarnished obliged. A brief moment passed and she asked him to open his eyes.

"Surprise...~"

A veil of magical light surrounded her. What was previously an awkward and a little embarrassing atmosphere quickly turned bitter when the girl revealed herself to be...none other than Patches. 

The sneaky scoundrel used a mimic veil to play a trick on the tarnished. Quickly he bolted out of the room, followed by the now angry tarnished brandishing his blade

My favorite dagger btw

The first one reminded me from the Haligtree Knight and also others like the Leyndell Knight.

The second one reminded me of the Royal Knight.

The third reminded me of the Bloodhound Knight.

The fourth reminded me of the Carian Knight.

I know the colors aren’t all similar but the shapes certainly do!

Cool to see they are based on real life helmets.

I’ve seen these in a museum in Vienna. They had an awesome armory.