An Elden Ring Items(opens in new tab) player has knocked out the game's most demanding boss on its highest difficulty, New Game+7, inside a mere 15 seconds. The speed kill was performed by RS_Lionheart(opens in new tab), and takes down Malenia just by... walking in and beating the complete crap from her.

Using a comprehensive suite of damage-boosting effects inside a buff-up routine that can take about 45 seconds from the entire video, something similar to three times so long as the fight itself, RS_Lionheart knocks out Malenia within an impressive 15.7 seconds. In the words of Malenia herself: "Your strength, extraordinary..."

RS_Lionheart's 15-second kill got lots of attention when posted on Reddit(opens in a new tab), inspiring lots of commentaries. Such gems as "I might have died and retried three times in the period of time it contained apply the buffs" and "Ok, so I'm halfway there: I actually have the ability to end your dream after 15 seconds consistently. Now how do I win?"

Another elden ring items for sale player, Dahlberg (opens in new tab), was then inspired to consider down Malenia in ten seconds(opens in new tab) utilizing a build according to RS_Lionheart's—though that takedown was at NG+1, therefore it is not a candidate to interrupt Lionheart's time.

RS_Lionheart's Malenia-killing build utilized a lot—a whole lot—of buffs synergized together into big piles. You can find a complete list inside a Reddit comment(opens in a new tab), however, the short version is... Frenzyflame Stone, Black Dumpling helm, Golden Vow, Cerulean Flask, Cragblade around the left hand, Bloodboil Aromatic, Mushroom Crown, another Cerulean Flask, Physick of Thorny Cracked Tear and Stonebarb Cracked Tear, self-inflicted poison via Roped Fetid Pots, Kindred of Rot's Exultation, White Mask, a nice Seppuku with Lord of Blood's Exultation, then Red-Feathered Branchsword and Claw Talisman, then Cragblade again but around the other weapon this time around. That's on top of the things RS_Lionheart says the actual damage originates from Millicent's Prosthesis, Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, and Thorny Cracked Tear, which all stack together "to boost successive attack damage."

I didn't have to list all that out but honestly desired to just because of how hysterically in-depth and well-researched it's, and all sorts of time right down to the second to ensure that it's still essentially as your dream starts.