Just beaten Messmer in Elden Ring DLC. Definitely hard, and I died a lot, but I definitely didn't struggle as much as I did with Malenia.
This boss actually made me strategize, and I gotta commend fromsoft for that. Before it was the simple timed-dodge-then-attack gameplay. But with this guy, it actually made me think about re-specing my build as well as maxing out a tanking spirit summon as I was a mage. It really wasn't a boss to out-DPS. And I managed to beat it with Black Knight Commander Andreas summon.
Co-op kinda backfired on me with this boss, because if I grabbed two additional damage builds, we're all just glass cannons and everyone got wiped out quickly. One-shot build especially was the worst, because as soon as their prep work was ruined they were panicking and didn't know what to do. But with how quickly the summon signs are being grabbed, it was hard to find someone with a tanky build.
This boss actually made me strategize, and I gotta commend fromsoft for that. Before it was the simple timed-dodge-then-attack gameplay. But with this guy, it actually made me think about re-specing my build as well as maxing out a tanking spirit summon as I was a mage. It really wasn't a boss to out-DPS. And I managed to beat it with Black Knight Commander Andreas summon.
Co-op kinda backfired on me with this boss, because if I grabbed two additional damage builds, we're all just glass cannons and everyone got wiped out quickly. One-shot build especially was the worst, because as soon as their prep work was ruined they were panicking and didn't know what to do. But with how quickly the summon signs are being grabbed, it was hard to find someone with a tanky build.