#rellana — Public Fediverse posts

So #Radahn was definitely cool and has a pretty interesting moveset however I think is scaling is utterly messed up. I found him to be impossibly tanky until I respecced into a completely different build and then beat him in 15 minutes.

I basically had a #Rellana build going in using her twin swords. Except these swords absolutely suck against him. The light and heavy attacks are too slow to punish many of his lighter moves and don't do enough damage in the bigger windows. Uncharged R2 is usually the best option, and it's not great.

Moon-and-Fire Stance fares a bit better. The magic projectile is a decent punish and the flame spiral does significant damage. But none of his moves can really be punished by the full spiral, he always trades a blow with you. In phase 1 that trade is *usually* worth it, but phase 2 utterly wrecks you eliminating that option and heavily nerfing your damage.

Had a lot of fun with the #Rellana fight tonight, definitely one of my favorite boss designs. The fire and magic combo dual swords looks so cool.

I actually found her quite easy. I did a lot of damage and didn't take much from her. Maybe I'm overleveled on Scadutree fragments or the recent patch over compensated a bit. I feel like I beat her without really fully mastering her mechanics, but also I suspect she's intended to be a bit of a glass canon.

My immediate thought was "I really hope I can get her swords" and was excited to find that you can! Not only that, but Moon-and-Fire Stance does *exactly* what I wanted it too and I immediately pivoted to use these blades, definitely one of the coolest weapons in the game.

I do feel it's a bit stat hungry for a NG playthrough, and the Ash of War isn't as broadly useful as something as Blind Spot, but is so cool I kinda don't care. Definitely looking forward to the next major boss!