What is the best defense for Malenia?

It is better to dodge towards Malenia's katana than away from it. Inflict status effects. 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 best counter for Malenia?

The Bloodhound's Step Ash of War is ridiculously good against Malenia as it lets players phase through her rapid moveset with ease, including the dreaded Waterfowl Dance. It's well worth respeccing to use this Ash of War when having a lot of trouble against this boss.
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What is the best weapon to use against Malenia?

Stars of Ruin is an excellent choice. The homing abilities and the number of projectiles it fires means you'll land at least a few hits even if Malenia dodges.
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How do you defend against Malenia?

We'll go through some tips below, both things you can do before and during the battle.
  1. Malenia is weak to Fire attacks, Bleed status effects, and weapons. ...
  2. Protect yourself against Slashing, Piercing and Scarlet Rot with armor and consumables. ...
  3. Don't let Malenia use her lifesteal health regeneration.
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What is the best armor to use against Malenia?

When it comes to armor, it's best to use gear with high physical defense, even if it slows you down a tad. This boss can take you down in one hit, so having high defense will serve you well. We also recommend skipping a shield, which will preserve your equipment load and stamina consumption.
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In Defense of Malenia

What is Malenia's weakness?

Inflict status effects. 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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Should I use a shield against Malenia?

Another defensive manner of beating Malenia includes using shields and blockers to prevent damage. Remember, this is a risky move, as Malenia can heal herself with every hit to a player's shield, but the tradeoff of keeping one's own health meter full makes it a calculated risk and worthy tradeoff.
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How to survive Phase 2 Malenia?

Just don't dodge roll, run, jump and attack all at once, wasting stamina can get you killed. Unless you know her pattern inside and out, and have the perfect build that you mastered - just take your time with it. No time limit.
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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 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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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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How do you dodge all Malenia attacks?

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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Is Phase 2 Malenia harder?

Her phase 2 is nothing compared to her phase 1 and can be breezed through due to massive openings and 0 poise. I beat her without using a meta build and without using any summons and still don't think she comes close to Midir, Gael or nameless on a first time playthrough.
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How do you stagger Malenia?

Her low poise means she's easy to stagger, and if she staggers then she's not attacking. Thus the easy way to beat her is to use weapons/arts that inflict stagger easily. For the whirlwind attacks, generally it's best to have an ash summon tank it.
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What level should I be to fight Melania?

You should be at least Level 120 (but preferably even higher) before even considering taking on Malenia, and be sure that you have upgraded your weapon and shield to their maximum levels. You may also want to respec your character so that your endurance is at around 50.
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Is Bleed good against Malenia?

You do have to occasionally dodge, she can eventually break out of the blood slashes. But if bleed procs during her windup for Waterfowl, it'll knock her out of it.
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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 Malenia a girl?

Malenia was a tall, well-built yet fairly slender woman with free flowing long red hair that reached down her back. Her body was infected by the scarlet rot which caused cracks to appear on various parts of her body.
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Why Malenia is so hard?

She wasn't designed for the average player who just blocks and attacks after learning patterns . She also heals not only when swinging at the air missing , but also on block , and she also heals after you have died as she is swinging .
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How many Elden Ring players beat Malenia?

35% of Elden Ring players beat Malenia. 8% of Lies of P players got past Green Monster.
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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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Did they make Malenia easier?

If you can get your hands on the Cursed Sword, Malenia is now a lot easier to fell. Malenia is probably the toughest boss to beat in Elden Ring, or at least she was before the game's recent ray-tracing update was applied.
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Can you stun lock Malenia?

Since Malenia is easily stun-locked in her first phase, ganging up on her with three people and effectively making sure you hit her constantly can work.
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Is it possible to fully dodge waterfowl dance?

you can, either if you've got REALLY good reflexes or have some distance to begin with: as soon as she rises into the air and lifts her sword, don't roll, but SPRINT away from her. waterfowl dance has 3 slash combos.
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How do you prevent Malenia scarlet rot?

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I was having better luck before just spamming BHS to avoid it but I thought I might try to do it without looking like my L2 button was broken and stuck. Move away from her and roll when she lands, then keep moving away. Depending on how close you are, you may need to roll again when it explodes.
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