Over 20 million people played Elder Ring. Now, a year after the release of FromSoftware’s open world Soulsborne, we finally know which part of the game has destroyed players the most. It was Malenia, of course. Players have attempted to fight her 329 million times, though it’s impossible to say how many of them were hers alone Elder Ring Legend “let me solo her.”
Publisher Bandai Namco published this statistic along with a number of other new ones to highlight those 2022 GOTYfirst anniversary. While the infographics don’t say exactly how many times Malenia killed players, it’s a safe bet that being the most attempted boss means she was also responsible for the most failed attempts. After all, they can be difficult to get to easily, and traversing the hidden areas and high-level enemies blocking the way is not for the faint of heart.
The second most attempted boss was Margit the Fell Omen, which is kind of funny since it’s only the first major fight in the game. While it’s challenging, especially as players are just starting to orient themselves and grow into more powerful character builds, it’s probably also a testament to how early he’s showing up. I would be surprised if many of the 20 million players bought Elder Ring gave up before he even met her, which makes Malenia’s number one all the more impressive.
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The number one killers, meanwhile, were enemies and NPCs. So 69 percent of the players bit the dust (nice). Player-versus-player kills accounted for a meager 2 percent. Most of the summonses were also for co-op. Just 12 percent of online play was players ambushing each other, a reminder that PVP is what makes you passionate but very small part of Elder Ringoverall experience. FromSoftware was undoubtedly right to balance the PVE and PVP parts of the game separately.
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The final revealing part of these latest stats is that Rock Sling was the most commonly cast spell while Blessing of the Erdtree was the most commonly acquired summoning. That means a lot of players seem to have done this same basic structures. Blessing is a direct heal, while Rock Sling is exactly what it sounds like, slamming enemies for high damage and also staggering them. “Sling is King,” the magicians have been chanting since the game’s release. A year later they were proven right.
We’ll see how all of this compares to what players are doing Elder Ring‘s upcoming paid DLC, shadow of the earth tree. Although there is no official release date yet, the players have already lived a collective life Analyze concept art for clues about what the expansion will bring and new things hatched fan theories about what new mysteries will be revealed.
