What incantations are good against Malenia?

Faith builds should rely on lightning Incantations, such as Lightning Strike or the Gransax Bolt's Ancient Lightning Spear. These deal high damage and, unlike most Incantations, affect a broader area, which is a nice counter for Malenia's dodging.
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What incantation is best against Malenia?

Elden Ring: Black Flame Incantations Work GREAT Against Malenia - YouTube.
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What spells is Malenia weak to?

Malenia is weak to Frost and neutral to Fire. You can Frostbite Malenia, which deals 7% of her maximum health on its own, then remove the frostbitten debuff by inflicting fire damage, and repeat the process.
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What is the easiest way to beat Malenia?

A common tactic to juggle aggro' and KO Malenia is to charge-heavy-swing/stab at her when she's getting up, and to do so when her attention is diverted from you if able. By doing so back and forth, it's fairly easy to get her staggered and eventually onto her knees for a critical.
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What is the best summon against Malenia?

Black Knife Tiche (get her here)– This is one of the best summons in the game and a perfect counter to Malenia. She will dodge enough so Malenia will not auto-feed health off of her on-hit, and her cursed blade move will do significant DPS and offset a lot of her healing.
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Ghostrider completely disrespecting Malenia ( no damage, incantations only) OP pyro build

What is the best weapon to beat Malenia?

  • Blood Godskin Peeler with Seppuku. The absolute bleed machine.
  • Any polearm that can use Black Flame Tornado. It melts her health and there are a lot of openings for this if you learn it.
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Does Malenia heal when hitting summons?

Summoning is making things tougher.

One of Elden Ring's toughest bosses, Malenia, Blade of Miquella, is now automatically self-healing when players summon help. While healing herself is one of Malenia's normal abilities, she is only meant to do so when her attacks hit the player.
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How many runes do you need to beat Malenia?

Malenia, Goddess of Rot reward

Malenia, Goddess of Rot drops a hefty sum of 480,000 runes when defeated.
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Can you parry all Malenia attacks?

- A LOT of Malenia's attacks can be strafed counterclockwise at close range. The safe zones are quite forgiving. - Don't parry everything, parry what you can. Learn what combo's alow a charged R2 in the cooldown (phase 2), if she creates space punish with a jumping attack, Interrupt her as much as possible.
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Can I parry Malenia?

Malenia is probably the toughest boss in Elden Ring, but one player defeats her using only the parry mechanic without ever taking damage. An Elden Ring player beats Malenia without taking any damage while using only the parry mechanic.
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At what level should I fight Malenia?

~150 - ~175 is the typical level people fight Malenia in NG+.
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What is the best armor for Malenia?

Malenia's Set. If you're looking for some top-tier late game light armour, you can't do much better than Malenia's Set - a very lightweight but surprisingly sturdy and good-looking armour set for any character.
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Do sleep pots work on Malenia?

In case anyone is having trouble abs looking for a strat that doesn't involve coop, I highly suggest you all make a bunch of sleep pots, have that be your only ranged move of any kind, and summon your mimic. They will spam those pots A LOT. It opens up so many more opportunities to hit her.
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Can Malenia be rotted?

Yeah she's not immune to rot or poison, just has quite a high resistance. And the dragon rots do pretty decent damage, mostly physical which she is weak to. I always heard she was basically immune to Rot (incorrectly). So, I tried a lot of other things before going back to what should work.
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Does Malenia drop a great rune?

You don't actually acquire Renalla's Great Rune directly. yep, only godrick and malenia drop theirs directly, the others come from the tower of divinations but like i said in teh edit and the other user, rennala doesnt have one.
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Can you beat Malenia with bloodhound Fang?

She was never even able to use her OP flurry ability or any other special attacks. So the build revolves around Bloodhound's fang. Upgrade it to +10. This weapon will be able to interrupt most of her attacks and damage her greatly.
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Is Miquella a girl?

Miquella of the Haligtree is a demigod, an Empyrean, and the elder twin brother of Malenia, Blade of Miquella. He and his sister are the children of the union of Queen Marika the Eternal and King Consort Radagon.
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Is Millicent a Malenia?

Elden Ring - Millicent Is The Daughter Of Malenia

This is why her invader version uses the same Waterfowl Dance that Malenia does and also why she blossoms into a flower of the Scarlet Rot upon being betrayed by Elden Ring's Tarnished protagonist.
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How do you dodge Malenia's Flurry?

Malenia will leap up into the air and hover for a couple of seconds before the onslaught begins, during which time the player should walk slightly to their left until her back is in view. The Tarnished should roll through the attack as her sword swings down, safely positioning them away from the initial whirlwind.
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What does killing Malenia give you?

The Remembrance of the Rot Goddess is Malenia's associated Remembrance and gives players either 50,000 Runes or a choice between her Katana, the Hand of Malenia, or the Scarlet Aeonia Incantation. She also drops Malenia's Great Rune, which grants a retaliatory Health recovery effect.
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What weapon is Malenia weak to?

It's also worth noting Malenia's strengths and weaknesses. As the Goddess of Rot, she is strong against Scarlet Rot damage. She's also strong against both Holy and Poison damage, and will be weak to Fire, Bleed, and Frost damage.
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Is Malenia dead after you defeat her?

Malenia's slumber is eventually disturbed by a Tarnished, who found their way to the roots of the Haligtree. The two fight, and Malenia finally meets her match and suffers her first true defeat. However, in the end Malenia succumbs to the Scarlet Rot and blossoms yet again, reborn as a nascent goddess.
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Does black blade work on Malenia?

Probably old news but: Malekith's Black Blade is almost a direct counter to Malenia. This was the first attempt and i legitimately suck. But the skill not only does immense damage, it knocks her down EVERYTIME and generally doesnt get interrupted either.
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Does Scarlet Rot work on Malenia?

Malenia is still an Empyrean character capable of becoming Elden Lord, which means that Malenia was not only powerful enough to hold back the Scarlet Rot that has been consuming her for her entire life, but she also became one of Elden Ring's most powerful warriors at the same time.
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Do shields work against Malenia?

Anticipating Malenia's Grab & Lunge

Players will quickly notice that shields do not block grab attacks in Elden Ring. While Malenia's grab isn't as deadly as her Waterfowl Dance, being able to anticipate her grab attack and sidestep will pay dividends in defeating the boss in the long run.
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