The final boss of Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree was just completely defeated by someone I am now openly afraid of, without dodging or using flasks

Warning, spoilers for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree ahead.

Yes, it’s almost a day now that we see someone do something boss-related in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion that makes us sigh “well, you’re obviously good at video games, aren’t you?” This time, someone has completely defeated the DLC’s final boss, taking every single blow it dished out. You know, just like you do.

Don’t worry, at least there are no dance mats this time around, and the fights are a little tougher than just one-hitting Messmer. Still, you’ll probably still be sitting there questioning your life after watching this.

The player responsible for the kill, who is currently receiving a lot of praise in the Elden Ring subreddit, goes by the handle Recjawjind. “You’ve all seen the ‘no hit’ kills of the DLC final bosses. Now get ready for the opposite, my rl200 ALL HIT kill!” they declared in the post, adding that the kill was accomplished with a strict no dodging, no blocking, or no consuming potions policy.

After watching this kill (which you can watch below), I chose to submit it to one of our Elden Ring experts at Tower iGamesNews for some build analysis in the lab, as little did I know how Recjawjind managed to take down Promised Consort Radahn so dramatically.

The expert agreed that this was remarkable, using a microscope made from the same material as Miquella’s egg to determine that the player’s level 200 Tarnished was using dual-wielding cross axes with bleeding infusion, a large number of consumables, and buff spells. During the second phase, they switched to a golden braided amulet to negate holy damage. Oh, and as they said in the video description, they got 20 scadutree blessings.

Still, the Endurance Ashes is the player’s primary weapon – you know, the one that improves balance and negates damage when used. They also just took a Holy Meteor attack from a boss, and wrote that they “managed to avoid taking it in my 713 runs”, but as far as the weapon being really good, “this is more proof of that”, as if it was necessary.

They weren’t always toot their own horn though, admitting: “Stamina management could be better as always, and I was definitely a bit overzealous with my mental input, I think I needed more mana throughout the fight.”

If you’re struggling through Shadow of the Erdtree on your own and need some help completing it without any of the extra caveats that Recjawjind employs, be sure to check out our plethora of guides that should be able to help you no matter what you need help with.