Use my build at the end of the video if you are a similar or higher level than me and are struggling, Im level 150 in ng+7 and i used erdtrees favour +2, viridian amber medallion+1, two-headed turtle talisman and greatshield talisman. My wonderous physick flask had Opaline Hardtear and Greenburst Crystal Tear. My gear was the Fingerprint shield and Mohgwyns Sacred Spear, and for armour I had helm, chest, gauntlets and legs of fortitude(Yes you will be heavy load but that wont matter because your shield will be the one doing all the work in keeping you alive). My stats were 45, 20, 55, 50, 14, 9, 9 and 37 in the order of the stats going from top to bottom, also use a mimic tear summon in 2nd phase, because in 1st phase he will already be too low health to survive 10seconds in 2nd phase. If this helped give this comment a like and good luck!🤞
I chose to stay at that level for pvp reasons, you could argue that I can start another playthrough for just that, but then I would have to get all the gear and everything again and I just really can’t be bothered 😂😂😂
imma keep it a buck... that's a corny ass way to do it. instead of learning the fight and skillfully beating it. Its not impossible at all. i beat it with double curved sword build with med load and full defensive talismans + damage negation physick. At +15 fragment upgrades.
Insanely cool reveal once you realize the threads this fight ties together. This fight and the descriptions from the Young Lion armor confirm that Malenia fought Radahn on behalf of Miquella, hoping to either force him to become Miquella's consort or kill Radahn and leave his soul up for the taking. Radahn must have refused to honor his promise to become Miquella's consort for some reason, maybe because he was too kind hearted to wage the wars needed for Miquella to become the god of their world. When we kill both Radahn and Mohg, we basically gave Miquella the ultimate candidate to be his consort and Lord, a Radahn in his prime with both his divine strength and gravity magic, and an innate talent for using blood flame because he's using Mohg's body. Since Miquella has the power to charm people as well, Radahn would be unable to refuse like he did prior, thus making the strongest being alive in the Lands Between Miquella's puppet. Did not expect Miquella to be a master manipulator but it's a really cool development. I can understand the mixed reactions tho, a part of me hoped Godwyn would somehow make a return despite his body's horrorific transformation. Still, this fight was amazing and I'm glad we finally found out why Radahn and Malenia fought in the first place.
I'm genuinely a good explorer when it comes to from soft games but the place they Ansbach in for his second step is really easy to miss honestly, its a side path that I thought led back to where I was before
You know, in hindsight, having to also kill Radahn to enter the DLC should *really* have been a clue that we'd be seeing *something* relating to him in the Shadowlands.
We all didn't think that because I think we all thought that just had to do with radahn holding back the stars, thus holding back peoples fate or whatever.
@@Мэв-в5э I spent 8 hours in total on him: 5,5 with a big sword only, I almost killed him in an hour, but screwed up in the end and couldn't reach the same result again. The next day I took a parry and killed him in 2,5 hours (I had to learn it from scratch because I never used parry in these games besides Gwin). I couln't handle him without parries... But 21 hours on the first phase, bro...second phase is 3x stronger, his ass is getting fried there🤕
sadly even this is not radahn in his prime, since it's still mogh's body. Radahn's actual body is way bigger than this one, imagine him doing all this shit while also being the same size he was in his original bossfight
@@Distophic I thought that at first, but in that cinematic of him fighting malenia before the scarlet rot he seems about the same size as he is in his normal bossfight. I've seen videos of people making consort radahn and malenia fight in game, and the size difference is nowhere close to what it was seen in the cinematic. Radahn really was that big
"My dear Consort eternal. The Age of Stars is upon us. Let its gentle darkness cover this pretender and his ambitions... And grant my brother his final rest"
So i became aware Radahn would come back thanks to the npc side quests. The old guy told me miquella was gonna put radahns soul inside of mohgs body. I guess everyone else playing this game ignored the side quests
Just becuase they said it in a side quest, doesn’t make it good writing. Turning radahn, from the coolest, most powerful demigod, into a gay servant, of a child femboy is not good writing. Not to mention miquella is his half brother. Whoever wrote the story needs to have their hard drive checked.
@@HahahMamamanGeorge RR Martin, co-wroted this. And yes its psiquo, but in the ancient times the royal families married whithin themselfs to maintain the power. And they are writhing about a medieval society, is stupid of yourself implaying because of that, that they need to be investigated
Btw if y’all are confused. From the very start of Elden ring, miguella had a plan to resurrect radahn and become a god. And they needed moghs body, so they charmed him(mind control) so he has a weird obsession with them. Once we defeated both, she took radahn’s soul and put into the empty husk of moghs body which in turn resurrected radahn. That’s why before you enter the dlc you have to defeat both of those bosses. And that’s also why radahn has bloodflame magic.
The body doesn’t seem to be mohgs body 1:1, it’s been morphed by miquella to harbour radahn, as weirdly enough the only omen horns left have been attached to the gauntlets
The coolest part of the opening cutscene is that Radahn is waiting for you in the exact same manner he did with Malenia. Both of you get a rematch in your respective prime in an honorable duel. Just as he waited for Malenia to resolve herself for their battle, he awaits at the apex for you. He could have gone off and become Miquella’s consort, but he holds off at the gate and wants to challenge you, the one who killed him, properly, one more time. (Only for Miquella to intervene half-way into the fight to control Radahn directly) Radahn himself holds you in high regard. Even when brainwashed, Radahn remains one of the coolest, honorable, and most respectful character in all of FromSoft. (Radahn is incarnated in a new body so he isn’t in his prime but this would be as close as we could get)
It's either Prime Radahn or an even more powerful version. We also don't know if Radahn is being brainwashed or mind controlled, or is simply honoring the part of a vow he made with Miquella. I suspect that it's a vow that Radahn never thought Miquella would be able to keep, or at least it's an agreement between them that Radahn isn't totally happy with, since he says nothing.
@@BLK_MN I only assume the former as at least according to what we know about Radahn, while he shares the same goal as Miquella, he prefers a different method. Halting the stars does two things, it prevents the influence of Outer Gods _outside_ the Lands Between, and protects the Carian royal family from their fate as it is guided by the stars. But conquering the stars was only a temporary measure. If he had plotted with Miquella to become God and Consort without the need of the Elden Ring, he never would’ve attacked Leyndell or needed his Great Rune. If he possessed a Great Rune and attacked Leyndell, his goal would’ve been the Erdtree. Miquella’s goal is become a god without either the Elden Ring OR the Erdtree. While he might have sympathized with Miquella’s goal for an Age of Compassion which drove away the Outer Gods permanently, and believed his wish innocent and just. He never would’ve fought Malenia or Morgott if he didn’t agree with Miquella’s plan. Radahn vs Malenia is either something instigated by Miquella or spearheaded by Malenia alone out of envy, as Radahn was already in his prime, so inflicting him with the Scarlet Rot would go against Miquella’s desire as he would have needed Radahn at his strongest to combat the Outer Gods, which again, he managed to accomplish as he was. The only way Miquella could “obtain” Radahn and make him strong enough to still inact his plan close to his prime was to fuse his soul with the corpse of the recently deceased Mohg. Only in the process of the creation of this new incarnation can Miquella achieve both obtaining Radahn who rejected him, and fulfill the secret rite. What really cements this argument is Malenia fight with Radahn and unleashing the Scarlet Aeonia. Even if Radahn initially agreed to Miquella’s plan, part of the rite of ascension in the divine gateway was “the *soul* of the chosen lord”, meaning Miquella would’ve had to have killed Radahn. So Malenia’s fight, which occurred before Miquella traveled to the Realm of Shadows where he discovered the Secret Rite Scroll, must imply that Radahn resisted Miquella’s plan. He couldn’t have gone to the Realm of Shadows and then ordered Malenia to kill him for his soul, as he could only travel to the Realm of Shadows once he was taken by Mohg, which occurred during the Battle of Aeonia, as Malenia returns to the Haligtree now an empty husk. If Miquella’s staged kidnapping DID happen before Malenia’s march to Caelid, and Malenia believed Radahn had taken him and marched to Caelid to “take him back”, that would mean that by some method, Miquella would have to have been “kidnapped” by Mohg and Ansbach while under the security of Malenia and the Cleanrot Knights. Which would’ve been highly unlikely, and even if they did manage that, Malenia would have to have completely jumped to conclusions and believe Radahn and the Redmanes of all people would have kidnapped Miquella. Which is less unlikely. TL;DR Miquella’s ascension to godhood required Radahn’s death and a vessel according to the Secret Rite Scroll, a fact he would only learn once he reached the Realm of Shadows. The fact that Radahn fights Malenia would imply resistance to Miquella’s plan, as even if he wanted to “die honorably” he resists the Scarlet Rot, and definitely would not have approved betraying everyone, Ohga, Jerren, etc., by letting Malenia unleash the Scarlet Aeonia and destroying Caelid; as even in his insanity, he doesn’t betray Leonard. So he does not approve of Miquella’s plan and even resists it by trying to fight Malenia, whom he granted an honorable duel as she was conflicted abandoning the Unalloyed Gold Needle and embracing the rot to defeat Radahn. As the needle was originally in her arm, and we see her adjusting her prosthetic before their duel which was probably when she resolved herself and broke the needle. And Miquella is able to fulfill his wish without Radahn’s consent by putting his soul in the only usable demigod body that has also been corrupted by his charm, trapping Radahn’s soul in a charmed body. (This part is pure speculation) It’s only during our fight with Radahn do we see a bit of his true personality and rage leak out as the red aura around him is immediately drowned out by Miquella’s golden aura as he intervenes with duel to control Radahn directly, which is supported by the fact that during his grab attack he brings you to Miquella, instead of fighting you directly in your duel, as if ordered by Miquella to do so. Radahn is Miquella’s trump card, but with Leda and the others, he is now his ONLY card, and his enemy is the one person who can actually be a threat to him and defeat Radahn.
Radahn needed to die. It is obvious only the dead can travel to the Land of Shadow after it got disconnected. Miquella "divested himself of his flesh", Mogh and Radahn both had to die for their body and soul to be brought over and everyone else in there is either native to the place or a Tarnished, and going by the opening cinematic, the tarnished are all dead, reviced by Marika's Grace
Feel you. Malenia with no spirit ashes took me like an 1 1/2 hours~, and I felt like I was getting progressively better at her fight (even evade her waterfowl step), but 2nd phase radahn idk even hours later. His first phase is cake (even with parrying). Feel like I could parry his 2nd phase, but that's easier said then done, with how relentless he is....though been seeing the shield cheese...might have to at this point
@@CUBSfan7364exactly and you can take advantage of Malenias low poise and could interrupt her attacks. Not a whole lot you can do against Radahn besides dodge every attack perfectly which is way harder than it sounds 😂
I loved this fight and this boss so much, it's easily top 3 from the DLC for me, it was so cool having a prime Radahn fight, and alongside Miquella, he was indeed sooooo beautiful. For everyone playing the DLC : Read the new Radahn armor after this fight, it conects to the first trailers of the base game when he fights Malenia, which is pretty cool and probably shows how Miyazaki ( and Martin too ? ) had all planed all along. We all where charmed by Miquella into thinking he was the cool guy and we would help him destroy Messmer or some sht like that, definitely a cool thing that the lore was not predictable, loved the DLC.
nah, it was predictable if youre familiar enough w berserk. Miquella is straight up on some anti christ manipulation in this dlc, griffith is the same way in berserk, being the embodiment of that archetype(?) perfectly id argue. What wasnt predictable was that radahn being chosen to be his consort by...? Who knows, doesnt seem like radahn wanted anything to do w it tho
@@mfspectacular I mean Radahn being the consort makes sense. He was the strongest Demi God. Also, he isn’t an empyrean and wasn’t already taken by another outer god like Malenia. Who else would be the consort? Not Godwyn as he is taken by another god already.
@@mfspectacular if you just watched the DLC trailers and started playing on the release without knowing nothing, you're not walking around the game predicting everything, it doesn't have to deal with knowing berserk or not, that's something people came up with after seeing the final boss fight, before that a bunch of people believed that Messmer or even Godwyn ( that was impossible ) would appear. It was very well written and done, and everything on the beginning of the DLC led us to believe we would help Miquella until we are not. 10/10 boss fight. Miquella probably just chose Radahn because he was the strongest of the demi gods, he looked up to Godfrey, he could control even the starts and put an pause on Ranni's fate, dude was not know as the mightiest demi god for no reason. 10/10 boss fight.
@@poseidon3342 youre not following me. The only unpredictable thing im talking about is literally just radahn as the final boss, which i dont mind. He's meant to mirror godfrey- literally a godfrey stan, who also appears outta nowhere at the end. If anything im bummed he didnt drop the swords & go hand to hand 😂 Miquella has always mirrored griffith tho. Even before the dlc the bits of lore available made it clear he had anti christ levels of manipulation- just like griffith. the dlc just solidlifies that w the scale both share, theyre literal gods in their series. Also like griffith, he doesnt take no for an answer- evident in how he had to use mogh & basically soul trap radahn in his body. Radahn's refusal go join miquella & the shattering is 1for1 a parrelel to guts leaving the hawks & the eclipse- the absolute hellscape that followed. Either way idk why youd think we'd actually help miquella. The only concrete thing w our tarnished is, as hewg put it; to slay the demigods & their god. The only ones we dont are godwyn, ranni & melina. All technically dead, or atleast no body w melina. Just talking the dlc for a sec, i fw the pace of it both gameplay & story wise. Messmer is basically maliketh & melina rolled into 1, & w the latter it's fitting as theyre siblings. He's been abandoned & betrayed, yet he's also keeping something stowed away only his death can release. Gameplay wise, it's the final boss rush for the base game w fire giant (&melina's kindling) & mailketh, the npc fight, godfrey, & then radagon/marika. The dlc matches that w messer acting as the beginning of the last act I didnt mean to go off on an essay man, im sorry if this was a long read. Idc if it's too early, this is a 10/10 dlc imo. Tied up alot of loose ends from the base game, while leaving enough in the air to still ponder as you replay it all
Ngl the radahn boss fight was the first glimpse of the dlc I caught and my biggest fear was the entire dlc just fighting the main game bosses in their prime😭
Thank god we didn't or malenia would be torture. Imagine how fucked up it would be if we had to fight prime malenia and rafahn side by side like orstein and smough
@@hazardoushead396Did you miss all of the quest stuff in Shadow Keep? It’s literally revealed in advance that Miquella is resurrecting Radahn in Mohg’s body
By far the hardest and coolest boss in FromSoftware history. The only thing harder than this boss was me when I first watched Miquella mounting Radahn.
And still we are not fighting him at his peak when he defeated the stars and became Starscourge Radahn. We are fighting the younger version Miquella fell in love with
@@DrTolisLmfao, the fact Radahn is Miquella's half brother from Radagon's side, and he just wants him to be his husband, game is game, bussy bandit radahn
Idk if yall lack comprehension for the story obviously marika did the same thing miquella is doing and when she ascended she needed someone strong n thts how Godfrey became a consort Miquella doing same thing with radahn because he’s strong he obviously didn’t choose his sister or some cause she weak and the strongest character in game is radahn so what did yall exepct And in reveal trailer maleina literally whispers something in radhan ear they had this planned for years again lack comprehension And for those saying consort doesn’t mean husband read his rememberance for fuck sake the little blonde had a crush on radahn since they were in childhood and for those saying he was brainwashed read his armor as well… his name is literally “promised consort “ this was a promise
All the people complaining about it being Radahn again are idiots. It ain't a re-used boss, movesets are completely different, and if any of you dumbass's actually listened to the NPC's you would know why it's Radahn. Miquella took Mohg's body and Radahns soul and used mohgs body as a vessel for radahns soul in the secret rite to bring Radahn back to life, and Miquella did all this so he could have a consort so he could ascend to godhood. (Marika had a consort, which was Godfrey, a consort is needed to ascend to Godhood) and the reason all that revival shit was possible is because "death" doesn't exactly exist in Elden Ring because of Marika shattering the elden ring and giving the rune of death to Malekith. The only things capable of actually killing things is the Black Knives and Malekith, or whoever is in possession of the Rune of Death. Also to people saying Fromsoft was taking risks by doing this. George R.R Martin didn't write any new story for the DLC, this shit was already part of the story and the lore, but just got put in the DLC instead of the base game. So if yall are going to blame someone for Radahn coming back, blame George R.R Martin.
Another theory is, when Miquella created halig tree to cure the rot but Mohg stole the seed in which Miquella resided before the tree could reach the full potential (Malenia still waiting there at halig tree for her brother )and in the beginning of the DLC, we see the tarnished touching the hand of Miquella to transported to the shadow realm, so everything happening in the DLC is fragment of imagination of Miquella. and reveals the true nature of Miquella (That he was trying to get Radahn to side with him to attain godhood which obviously Radahn rejected, which can also one of the reason why Malenia fought Radahn). So in current timeline, Radahn is gone, Miquella is gone and tarnished is already elden lord, so DLC is just like filler storyline which is revealing the connection between Radahn and Miquella which was unknown to others.
Nobody is complaining about the lore, but rather that the boss fight is absurdly unbalanced. Romina is the previous boss, and she's easy as fuck. Radahn and Miquella in the second phase don't stop spamming attacks, miracles and sending fromsoftware's shitty optimization to hell
@@matthenry4976i mean you do realize redanhs the strongest demi god of them in the game right? like he only lost to melenia when she succumbed to the scarlet rot and bloomed. him being in his younger body makes sense that he’s the way he is. he’s strong and fast yes but he’s got punishable attacks.
@@ryansnyder5764 In fact, he is the strongest, but mechanically, he has very... Questionable attacks. But, nothing that a little patience at the end won't help, in the end he's not my favorite end-of-DLC boss but he's a good boss, especially given all the lore and preparation for him.
Also it is explained in the game, I think the old guy from the Band says it, that Miquella took Mohg's remains for some reason and that he wanted to resurrect Radahn.
@@loungeduck6583 I wish it would have looked that way. Like, an abomination struggling for control, something in between Radahn and Mohg. This is basically mind controlled Radahn.
@@lazybuddah9639 Radahn being younger and Radahn being smaller go hand in hand. He was once small enough to ride Leonard. The only things he got from Mohg were the horns and possibly eyes.
@@Akatsukileader9 There's no reason for struggle - It's simply Mohg's body, none of his consciousness or will remains And it being Radahn's soul puts it beyond just a puppet. "Promised Consort" and "Vow" imply Radahn AGREED to the 'marriage.' His not talking is sum I have a lot of theories about, obviously he's not fully himself Don't wanna go on a rant tho mb
Really dont like the community here I hate the gatekeepers that are like "git good" instead of giving advice and treat summing like it's "for weak asses", it's a game, you should have fun and fun is subjective; this "elite player" bullshit is really annoying. On the other hand players that are constantly lamenting over the difficulty because they dont want to summon or change weapons are just dumb: you are forcing yourself over a challenge that isnt fun to you in the first place, why? The game gives you planty of options, try them. Then in my opinion there are bosses that have clear issues in this dlc, specifically Bayle and Radahn to the point where it's even dumber to say "git good" but that also are not so dishonest to justify review bombing
i agree with you but you know what i hate as well? people posting videos with titles and thumbnail of bosses, from new DLC or games and spoil the surprises for others.
@@TheKilaby i got spoilered the final boss this way the 2nd day After the dlc I suggest avoiding most social and opening RUclips on a different account or by using the incognito(?) browsing (english is not my First language, hope i got It right :p) this way you wont get in the homepage videos relating your previous researches
@@talloinzhd4581 you are right about that, but shouldnt people be more cionsiderate of others? A little human decency could help a lot of people. Having to expecialy use secondary accounts or using the incognito mode, just to avoid a few spoilers shouldnt be the way. Especially since i use YOutube premium to get rid of adds, that wouldnt work with a secondary account or in icognito mode.
@@ProfessionalBadPerson Imo it's not well designed. It's thought to be fought by hitting his face yet he continuously dashes farward obstructing the camera and making It hard to hit him. On top of that he has some follow-up attacks at the end of his combo which are completely random: sometime you have a window to attack and sometimes not without any visual clue. And also he has a bit to much hp, moves his head a lot and has some attacks that are really hard on understanding how to Dodge and are even harder to if you lock him. That's my experience tho, and i get that someone may like this kind of "Chaos" more then the "Chaos" of the lion thingy.
@@plipplop728 These compilation videos are pretty much the only way I watch Streamers to be honest. Never there actual streams. I usually only watch RUclipsr’s lets plays.
@@musicalsoul4542 You probably didn’t realize he was there. He kinda blends in the background of the room you find him in if you’re not paying attention, or just running away from enemies. He’s found reading a book in one of the rooms with large Skeletal remains on a table. These rooms should be near the beginning of the library area.
True. We're not fighting Prime Radahn, here. We're fighting Prime Radahn buffed with Mohg's Bloodflame attacks and his femboy brother's holy magic. Even Malenia didn't have to fight all that.
@@onilink134 imagine if we canonically lose and those two went back, and radahn decided round two with malenia, like sure she may have life steal but that can only stave off so much specially when every attack he does hits like a sledgehammer thrown from orbit.
Seems Miquella already ascended to Godhood by the time we arrive in Enir Ilim. I believe he's not dead yet, and not only is he not dead yet, but the DLC is not over either. I believe there will be an update. The ending seemed very abrupt and sudden. And Miquella dying because we killed his puppet makes no sense. Unless there's something I don't know within the lore, I want to believe there will be a part 2.
I don't think there will be a content update for the story. Miquella had already lost his body. Yeah he became a god but then the tarnished ended him with his promised consort, only a memory of their youth remained.
The reseon why he was defeated by us was because there can only be one lord, us or radahn. Also if miquellas order came to pass it's pretty much the world would become kinder but we would lose our free will.
32x to be more precise. Today I defeated him in my 32th try, decided to fight Malenia after to see “Who is the hardest?”... I killed her in the first try
Its pretty much prime radahn his body isn’t infected with rot and his mind isnt addled in new body all thats left is the omen horns. Edit also its stronger then prime radahn due to the ya know, god backpack he sporting giving him godlike holy attacks.
@@mrainy9416 that makes him even stronger he can tap into his new bodies innate arcane skill while still having the intelligence for gravity magic and the strength for godfrey stomps lol
i really don't see any issues with this boss, i called it a year ago saying we might get to fight radahn when he was younger. i honestly just hated the framerate with the giant AoE more than anything
@@HahahMamaman literally in reveal trailer it shows maleina whispering something in Raegan’s ear this was planned from beginning 😂 and mohg was charmed by him and he took the blame yall are so dumb
Miyazaki really just hit us with: Mohg isn’t a child-molester, Mohg is actually a brainwashed victim of Miquella, the Molester Child. Oh, and so is Radahn.
So story wise, Miquella needed a consort to become the new replacement for marika/radagon. His initial plan seemed to have been to make godwyn his consort, but after the night of the black knives and Radahn preventing any hopes for Godwyns soul to be returned to his body, he instead adjusted his plans to make Radahn his consort. Radahn refused, and so miquella sent malenia to defeat him in the war of aeonia, which only partially worked and resulted in radahn staying alive for a good long while, albeit maddened by the scarlet rot. Presumably, during the battle, miquella found and bewitched mogh and had him carry his body to his dynasty to basically poison and kill himself with the blood magic so he could arrive at the realm of shadow. The realm of shadow is basically where all souls return to after death, as told by the suppressing pillar and a few other item descriptions. After you defeat mogh and radahn, moghs body is transported to the R.o.S., more specifically to the area where promised consort radahn is fought, in order to be used as a vessel for Radahn’s soul. This is evident through the omen horns and blood magic radahn now sports during your battle. While miquella waited for this to happen, he abandoned his flesh, his other half, and his love to become a god. When both he and P.C. Radahn were present at the crucible thingy, he would have been able to become a true god and not stay as an empyrian. His one flaw, however, is that through this action he would be no different from marika. She abandoned all she had left after her people were ritualistically massacred by the hornsent, and we all know how that went down. His “age of compassion” would be one where all love would be towards him with no love being reciprocated, resulting in yet another broken age of life in the lands between. It’s honestly quite a tragic tale for everyone involved. Mogh was manipulated and was used as no more than a vessel for someone else, radahn was poisoned with the scarlet rot and had his soul prevented from moving on, miquella tore himself apart to make no change in the world, etc etc. The DLC is quite intriguing lore-wise when you know where to look, and I really really really hope we get another one before the next souls game is made
Great interpretation. It is amazing how well rounded the whole story around Marikas offspring is written. Miyazaki and George really took this one out for a walk on the park.
It was crazy what all that i understand without guides, just listen NPC quotes and read discription of items. Miyazaki make storytelling quite easy to understanding in this DLC
One correction, Radahn didnt prevent Godwyn to be resurrected, his soul was not recoverable due to destined death. It's unclear wether Radahn is willing or not here They made the vow before the shattering, but then Radahn stops the stars for the golden order, stopping Ranni's (and possibly Miquella's) "fate" (we need him dead to continue ranni's storyline) Could be either tbh
@@maddyfromwasI don’t think we even know if Radahn even made that vow. In all of the scenes and items, they are Miquella saying “he will be my consort”, but none of the lore shows Radahn making that vow. Even the memory cutscene is Miquella talking to himself.
@@Ceece20 I think that's the point. Consort Radahn's helm description pretty much tells you that Malenia confronted Radahn on Miquella's behalf, which means that either Radahn didnt make that vow, or did but later backed out when he realised that he wouldn't be a warmonger anymore. That cutscene only wanted to point out that Miquella's intention were pure, but not that both of them were on the same page.
@@randommortal3383fun fact if u didn’t know this, this radahn is actually mohg, mohg dies and so has radahn, and miquella actually put radahns soul into mohgs body and now we he have prime radahn again, that’s why u get to see radahn using the blood and fire as mohg had in his fight lol
Yeah it's not like the character has a new design, move set, and features at least five different characters attacks. Radahns gravity Godfrey's earth stomps Radagons ring of light Mohgs blood flame Miquellas magic
@@Solar-fg8eg Yeah he is pretty much a different person his whole move-set is different from the base game one, i guess they just wanted to find something to complain about.
@@FlakingboiMiquella charmed mohg to rid of his physical body for his dynasty, not realizing that It was so Miquella could take Rahdan’s soul and put it into Mohg’s. That’s why Ansbach is a summon at the end if you keep him alive, it’s a battle to kill Rahdan for good and kill Mohg’s body. We see that this is a possibility for demigods due to Godwyn and Ranni’s new forms. Seems this is something only they can do.
people are like "lore in shambles". Have they all forgotten the lore where Queen Marika removed the Rune of Death from the Elden Ring and therefore traditional death doesn't exist under the Erdtree's rule anymore?
@@Flakingboi Sir Ansbach was working under Mohg. He was looking for a reason why Miquella was taking Mohg’s body. Turns out he was using the body as a vessel to revive Radahn
I seriously was sitting like why is everyone so shocked as if this wasn't basically thrown in your face and explained from the NPC story lines but I guess ppl just wanted to rush through the DLC for the right to say first I guess 🤷♂️
@@lionheartnick664This is why I prefer watching youtubers who mainly play souls games with these games. They'll usually explore everything and not try to speedrun it.
I was surprised that it straight up looked like radahn considering it’s technically mohgs body. I was expecting mohg with gravity attacks or radahn with leftover horns or something like that
I feel like im the only one paying attention to the lore the characters in the game tell you. They literally tell you that Miquella took Mohg's body to revive Radahn.
So a bit of lore for you guys. Miquella, after the shattering, told Malenia about his plan to ascend to godhood. He sent her away to inflict the rot upon Radahn, cleaving his soul away and replacing it with the rot, as revealed by prime radahn's armor in which it says that Malenia told Radahn that he would be his consort. Meanwhile, Miquella enchants Mohg into steaing him away, thereby allowing him to divest his flesh and enter the realm of shadow. Once we kill Mohg (after Radahn), we enter the realm of shadow, and it is then that, thanks to us, he is able to steal away Mohg's body, as revealed by Sir Ansbach. Once in the realm of shadow, Miquella's rune continues to enchant the tarnished warriors into allegiance with him so that he may continue his plan, but as part of his plan he needs to destroy his rune, lifting the enchantment on the tarnished. At some point, he is able to fuse the body of Mohg with the soul of Radahn, as revealed by Prime Radahn having omen horns and the golden eyes of Marika's children and not Rennala's. Finally, during the battle with Prime Radahn, he is able to use a grab attack, that lifts you up to Miquella, and unless you have his discarded rune on your person that resist charms, he will insant-kill you through your own free will just giving up. The lore is a little convoluted, and Mohg is no longer the Mohglester but the Mohglested,but I overall enjoyed piecing together what I could. Lmk if I got anything wrong or have suggestions!
@@deltastudio9726 I, too, think Miquella not brainwashed but took advantage of both Radahn's kindness (as in an item description), offering an irresistible future of a gentler world, and his allure and charisma
I didn't talk with every Npc, but I did manage to give the scroll to Ansbach. Even if I would miss it the final boss would still be my favorit souls boss.
@@supersegway9464 nah he is talking about Malenia. Miquella mentions you two because you were the only ones who helped Miquella without being under the influence of the charm.
idk why everyone is surprised, if you give the scroll to ansbach he will tell you about how they are reshaping moghs body to match radhans then stuffing radhans soul in there
When I replayed the dlc again (I needed a different build to take on him and I had save data backup) I ended up doing side quests this time and yeah the game outright tells you it’d be radahn if you did the ansbach quest
@@luciferthemasterblade739 yeah but maybe people like me did not now the order of things and that lighting the shadowtree would be a no return point for many npcs
>Dies >Magically gets resurrected >Immediately sees the guy who killed him standing directly in front of him >Gets help from Miquella >T-poses on the tarnished >Nukes the tarnished with the power of the sun >breaks the speed of light >Violates every scientific law possible >Dies again Radahn grindset
He's probably relieved that the same guy who put him down from scarlet rot is also here to put him down from being forced into being some weird twink's husband. Radahn just wants his forever-nap.
@@soulsenthusiasts1015 They also massively nerfed his damage and aggression. You can literally just check the ini files while fighting him if you're on PC and have it on disk. Revert it back to 1.01, and then compare it to the latest patch. His aggression value was equal to the DLC bosses currently, higher than Maliketh, higher even than second phase Malenia. It's currently lower than Godrick's. And the damage of his meteors, the ones he summons in the second phase, you should check those out too. At 40 vigor in NG, they one shot me on 1.01. But on the current patch, I can survive all four of them. And his weapon damage is about the same. His overhead slam brings the same character down to 10% HP from 100% at 1.01. But on the current patch, it takes away around 45%. People saying it was just the hitboxes haven't tested it themselves. BjornTheBear did a video of pre nerf Radahn against all bosses. He could literally compete with endgame bosses. Made it razor close with Godfrey, beat Radagon. With the right RNG he can beat Rykard and Elden Beast. Meanwhile current patch Radahn barely beats Morgott, and only because of his meteor phase transition being a crutch since it wasn't nerfed. But he loses to everything after that because his aggression has been nerfed so badly that all bosses melt him before he even phase transitions due to taking ten seconds in between reaching 50% health, enhancing his blades, going for the mandatory overhead slam, and then finally jumping up. He's almost always dead before he gets to do it. Radahn was nerfed into the ground. Even his hitboxes weren't "fixed", just nerfed. You can now stand at his legs and never get hit. What a waste of a beautiful boss. I'm glad the DLC redeemed him.
I find it funny watching this after doing all the quests before this fight and knew EXACTLY who I was fighting thanks to lore hunting. A bunch of these streamers are Surprised to see the Lion in his Prime!
Proof that streamers don't do NPC quests. Ansbach literally tells you that Miquella wants to resurrect Radahn and he suspects they're using Mohg's body to do so after doing the bare minimum for his quest
I was personally spoiled due to some comment on a video of radahn being the final boss. However was still shocked when the npc said that line or what nkt
Technically, no. Radahn is the son of Renalla and Radagon, Mohg is the son of Marika and Godfrey, while Miquella is the son of Radagon and Marika, but I can understand the confusion.
@@KaousKing Neither Mogh or Radahn are full siblings to Miquella. No matter how you look at it. Presence of Renalla or Godfrey with both Mohg and Radahn contradicts that.
@@simowiess4871 too much explanation, when lore videos about the dlc start coming out watch them and you'll learn, the short of it is that he was under Miquella's charm spell and all this time he was not acting on his own free will
Dude I was thinking the same thing. If players took any time at all the explore and talk to all npcs this “reveal” would have been known to you once you give the latter from Ansbach to Freyja and she explicitly states “Oh Miquella is reviving Radahn. I’m all for it”
As I said in another comment, this information was seriously feed to you on a silver platter but these streamers just mash buttons past dialog and wanna rush the the finish as if they are all in a race to claim first, really fucking weird if ya ask me 🤷♂️
@@lionheartnick664 Yup, I had a blast figuring stuff out and using the telescope to see and mark things in the distance to remember to come back. There’s a sense of accomplishment for it
@@Halo0115 totally agree, I've read so much item description tryna gain knowledge on the lore of the area because I wanted to gather as much info as I could on my first playthrough, finding out so much info from the items excited me so much to keep finding more and learning even more of the lore behind the land of shadows and its inhabitants, idk what it is about others that just wanna rush rush rush, mash mash mash just to get the end and look dumbfounded at things that were seriously staring then right in the face lmfaoo
I only really have two complaints about this fight: 1. I really wish that they'd incorporated more of Mohg's design into Radahn here. There's I think like 1 or 2 attacks in the whole fight that utilize bloodflame in any capacity, and the heavy armor makes it look like it's just Radahn again in terms of character design. Now, I'm not super in the weeds of Elden Ring lore, so this complaint might be invalidated by that; I just think that it would've been cooler and more thematic. 2. The light beams in the second phase are just waaaaay too much, and I don't just mean that they're hard to dodge. Fromsoft went super overboard on the brightness and number of the particle effects, to the point where even just casually watching the phase 2 fight started making my head hurt after a while; I can't imagine spending hours upon hours actually playing it and trying to beat it.
Use my build at the end of the video if you are a similar or higher level than me and are struggling, Im level 150 in ng+7 and i used erdtrees favour +2, viridian amber medallion+1, two-headed turtle talisman and greatshield talisman. My wonderous physick flask had Opaline Hardtear and Greenburst Crystal Tear. My gear was the Fingerprint shield and Mohgwyns Sacred Spear, and for armour I had helm, chest, gauntlets and legs of fortitude(Yes you will be heavy load but that wont matter because your shield will be the one doing all the work in keeping you alive). My stats were 45, 20, 55, 50, 14, 9, 9 and 37 in the order of the stats going from top to bottom, also use a mimic tear summon in 2nd phase, because in 1st phase he will already be too low health to survive 10seconds in 2nd phase. If this helped give this comment a like and good luck!🤞
Level 150 on NG+7?????
Bro, go farm sum runes
I chose to stay at that level for pvp reasons, you could argue that I can start another playthrough for just that, but then I would have to get all the gear and everything again and I just really can’t be bothered 😂😂😂
Honestly bro, that’s the only way to do it without going mad. I surrender to shield poke too lmao
@@FXRain Fair enough
imma keep it a buck... that's a corny ass way to do it. instead of learning the fight and skillfully beating it. Its not impossible at all. i beat it with double curved sword build with med load and full defensive talismans + damage negation physick. At +15 fragment upgrades.
Man, Kai's deaths jumping from 389 to 565 in one cut is fire
I thought I miss read that shit 😭😭
Omg it took him 20 hours to get to phase 2 lmao
Holy shit Kais jump from 389 deaths to 565 to START the 2nd phase is fucking crazy
Not that much no he is known to suck major ass at the game
KAI CENATS JUMP FROM 389 TO 565 DEATHS LMAO
He finally beat the boss with just under 1000 deaths lol
i lol'ed at the time change and his face. god damn.
@@nCaveman1better or worse than malenia for him?
Insanely cool reveal once you realize the threads this fight ties together.
This fight and the descriptions from the Young Lion armor confirm that Malenia fought Radahn on behalf of Miquella, hoping to either force him to become Miquella's consort or kill Radahn and leave his soul up for the taking. Radahn must have refused to honor his promise to become Miquella's consort for some reason, maybe because he was too kind hearted to wage the wars needed for Miquella to become the god of their world. When we kill both Radahn and Mohg, we basically gave Miquella the ultimate candidate to be his consort and Lord, a Radahn in his prime with both his divine strength and gravity magic, and an innate talent for using blood flame because he's using Mohg's body. Since Miquella has the power to charm people as well, Radahn would be unable to refuse like he did prior, thus making the strongest being alive in the Lands Between Miquella's puppet.
Did not expect Miquella to be a master manipulator but it's a really cool development. I can understand the mixed reactions tho, a part of me hoped Godwyn would somehow make a return despite his body's horrorific transformation. Still, this fight was amazing and I'm glad we finally found out why Radahn and Malenia fought in the first place.
This actually makes sense it makes all the pieces of the story click together
Godwyn might be in another dlc if they make another one
He did not refuse to honor his promise, he never promised to become his consort to begin with.
@@dgrant3062 godwyn was killed by destined death and the first demi-god to be killed his soul can't come back plus this is the last dlc
It makes sense if you look at Miquella like Griffith
Radahn is So powerful, he uses his Gravity magic to transcend the 4th wall to keep Caseoh from Collapsing our Universe from his weight
You're banned. Mods ban him!
Since Caseoh is a multiversal threat, this means Radahn isn't just doing it for our universe, but for all of them. A true hero.
@@TheStraightestWhitest Mad Respect for the Goat!
OK BUDDY! YOU'RE BANNED!
Miquella: rahdahn destroy my bussy
Rahdahn: hell na you tweakin Miquella
Miquella: Malenia nuke Caelid.
Miquella/Ranni: I'm gonna become a God
Radahn: Nah 🗿[Holds stars] [Blueballs Miquella]
Malenia/Blaidd: 🤬
The shock they all have at seeing Radahn just shows they really missed Ansbach's quest. Like, he says it all outright.
I'm genuinely a good explorer when it comes to from soft games but the place they Ansbach in for his second step is really easy to miss honestly, its a side path that I thought led back to where I was before
Yeah I got lucky finding him, but that was honsetly the only real headscratcher part of his quest, the rest was pretty easy.
Mohg needs his dignity back!
@@shadixytjust read the player messages
He says they're doing something with Mohg and Radahn. You don't know when or how there'll be a payoff, so it's still a surprise when it happens.
You know, in hindsight, having to also kill Radahn to enter the DLC should *really* have been a clue that we'd be seeing *something* relating to him in the Shadowlands.
And mohg lol… cause that’s his body
@@lukeyost7566 plus the Miquella arm I guess
We all didn't think that because I think we all thought that just had to do with radahn holding back the stars, thus holding back peoples fate or whatever.
Hilarious watching Kai go from 389 deaths to 565 deaths and just looking in complete despair by the time he even gets to phase 2
21 hour just to cut off a third of his HP. This dude has the firmest scull in the world to beat a wall with his head for so long, this is nuts.
@@Sargatas some players just suck
@@Sargataswell, it actually took me 10 hours to beat him using rolls only so i can't blame him to much XD
@@Мэв-в5э I spent 8 hours in total on him: 5,5 with a big sword only, I almost killed him in an hour, but screwed up in the end and couldn't reach the same result again. The next day I took a parry and killed him in 2,5 hours (I had to learn it from scratch because I never used parry in these games besides Gwin). I couln't handle him without parries...
But 21 hours on the first phase, bro...second phase is 3x stronger, his ass is getting fried there🤕
People wanted to fight radahn in his prime.....they gonna fight him in his prime
sadly even this is not radahn in his prime, since it's still mogh's body. Radahn's actual body is way bigger than this one, imagine him doing all this shit while also being the same size he was in his original bossfight
@@Deoix9877He got most of that size after being infected with cosmic fungus
@@Distophic I thought that at first, but in that cinematic of him fighting malenia before the scarlet rot he seems about the same size as he is in his normal bossfight. I've seen videos of people making consort radahn and malenia fight in game, and the size difference is nowhere close to what it was seen in the cinematic. Radahn really was that big
@@Distophic Radahn is part giant thats why he is big.
@@closetdwight2450not sure about that, Rad seemed to grow in size after acquiring a great rune. When he was fighting Margret he was a regular size
Imsgine if youve done rannis quest, she appears on your back to help you fight as well
"My dear Consort eternal.
The Age of Stars is upon us.
Let its gentle darkness cover this pretender and his ambitions...
And grant my brother his final rest"
Bro the drama 😂
Look up the "ranni's promised consort tarnished" mod
Actually kinda cool
Bruh, just go out and talk to a girl
So i became aware Radahn would come back thanks to the npc side quests. The old guy told me miquella was gonna put radahns soul inside of mohgs body. I guess everyone else playing this game ignored the side quests
😂 did most people even know about that?
Right they definitely told us. And yet the amount of claims of bad writing is crazy.
@@theprisonerofthegoldenhead4030 Synthetic Man can't stop crying about bad writing for example. His entire chat is braindead too.
Just becuase they said it in a side quest, doesn’t make it good writing. Turning radahn, from the coolest, most powerful demigod, into a gay servant, of a child femboy is not good writing. Not to mention miquella is his half brother. Whoever wrote the story needs to have their hard drive checked.
@@HahahMamamanGeorge RR Martin, co-wroted this. And yes its psiquo, but in the ancient times the royal families married whithin themselfs to maintain the power. And they are writhing about a medieval society, is stupid of yourself implaying because of that, that they need to be investigated
I always wanted to see Radahn in his prime. Glad he showed up again in the DLC with full power!
Now that i fought him, yeah i didnt wanna see prime radahn Hes beating my ass rn.
@@pakee2352 lmaooo feels. He's quite that guy.
debatable whether he's full power considering he isn't in his own body, he's using mohg's
@@lebron73 Hes in His Prime If anything Hes stronger than His Former Prime
The fact that it took caseoh 40+ attempts to get him to phase 2 God damn lol
Took Kai 200+ lawl
This whole time Miquella was the freaky one not Mohg and the brother he talked about was always Radahn and not Godwyn ..fking wow
I mean even if he was the first option, it confirms that Godwyn is perma-dead soul-wise
Btw if y’all are confused. From the very start of Elden ring, miguella had a plan to resurrect radahn and become a god. And they needed moghs body, so they charmed him(mind control) so he has a weird obsession with them. Once we defeated both, she took radahn’s soul and put into the empty husk of moghs body which in turn resurrected radahn. That’s why before you enter the dlc you have to defeat both of those bosses. And that’s also why radahn has bloodflame magic.
It’s implied radahn didn’t fully want to hence why he fought back when Melania was sent to kill him also miqullas a dude
@@MadmidgetTBF to op miquella has the whole two form thing though, but yeah Miquella is the masculine one and St Trina is the feminine one
My favorite part is kai going in at 389 deaths and phase 2 triggering at 565. lol
At this point Kai must be some sort of masoquits like come on bro.
I love the fact that even though Radahn is in moghs body he has his skin color lol
The body doesn’t seem to be mohgs body 1:1, it’s been morphed by miquella to harbour radahn, as weirdly enough the only omen horns left have been attached to the gauntlets
@@harrisonyoung3857would’ve been cool if they found a way to work mogh’s second phase devil wings
He does pull off some bloodflame attacks
I got a McDonald's ad as soon as casoh came on screen
Miquella:"The lost soul of brother shall return, to be my consorn"
LilAggy:"WhAt?"
Me:"What do you mean WHAT?"
@riul07king7 Aggy's just a lil guy. His last two braincells are dedicated to Parky and Margit parry timings respectively.
The coolest part of the opening cutscene is that Radahn is waiting for you in the exact same manner he did with Malenia. Both of you get a rematch in your respective prime in an honorable duel. Just as he waited for Malenia to resolve herself for their battle, he awaits at the apex for you. He could have gone off and become Miquella’s consort, but he holds off at the gate and wants to challenge you, the one who killed him, properly, one more time. (Only for Miquella to intervene half-way into the fight to control Radahn directly)
Radahn himself holds you in high regard.
Even when brainwashed, Radahn remains one of the coolest, honorable, and most respectful character in all of FromSoft.
(Radahn is incarnated in a new body so he isn’t in his prime but this would be as close as we could get)
It's either Prime Radahn or an even more powerful version.
We also don't know if Radahn is being brainwashed or mind controlled, or is simply honoring the part of a vow he made with Miquella. I suspect that it's a vow that Radahn never thought Miquella would be able to keep, or at least it's an agreement between them that Radahn isn't totally happy with, since he says nothing.
@@BLK_MN I only assume the former as at least according to what we know about Radahn, while he shares the same goal as Miquella, he prefers a different method.
Halting the stars does two things, it prevents the influence of Outer Gods _outside_ the Lands Between, and protects the Carian royal family from their fate as it is guided by the stars. But conquering the stars was only a temporary measure.
If he had plotted with Miquella to become God and Consort without the need of the Elden Ring, he never would’ve attacked Leyndell or needed his Great Rune. If he possessed a Great Rune and attacked Leyndell, his goal would’ve been the Erdtree. Miquella’s goal is become a god without either the Elden Ring OR the Erdtree.
While he might have sympathized with Miquella’s goal for an Age of Compassion which drove away the Outer Gods permanently, and believed his wish innocent and just. He never would’ve fought Malenia or Morgott if he didn’t agree with Miquella’s plan.
Radahn vs Malenia is either something instigated by Miquella or spearheaded by Malenia alone out of envy, as Radahn was already in his prime, so inflicting him with the Scarlet Rot would go against Miquella’s desire as he would have needed Radahn at his strongest to combat the Outer Gods, which again, he managed to accomplish as he was.
The only way Miquella could “obtain” Radahn and make him strong enough to still inact his plan close to his prime was to fuse his soul with the corpse of the recently deceased Mohg. Only in the process of the creation of this new incarnation can Miquella achieve both obtaining Radahn who rejected him, and fulfill the secret rite.
What really cements this argument is Malenia fight with Radahn and unleashing the Scarlet Aeonia. Even if Radahn initially agreed to Miquella’s plan, part of the rite of ascension in the divine gateway was “the *soul* of the chosen lord”, meaning Miquella would’ve had to have killed Radahn. So Malenia’s fight, which occurred before Miquella traveled to the Realm of Shadows where he discovered the Secret Rite Scroll, must imply that Radahn resisted Miquella’s plan.
He couldn’t have gone to the Realm of Shadows and then ordered Malenia to kill him for his soul, as he could only travel to the Realm of Shadows once he was taken by Mohg, which occurred during the Battle of Aeonia, as Malenia returns to the Haligtree now an empty husk.
If Miquella’s staged kidnapping DID happen before Malenia’s march to Caelid, and Malenia believed Radahn had taken him and marched to Caelid to “take him back”, that would mean that by some method, Miquella would have to have been “kidnapped” by Mohg and Ansbach while under the security of Malenia and the Cleanrot Knights. Which would’ve been highly unlikely, and even if they did manage that, Malenia would have to have completely jumped to conclusions and believe Radahn and the Redmanes of all people would have kidnapped Miquella. Which is less unlikely.
TL;DR
Miquella’s ascension to godhood required Radahn’s death and a vessel according to the Secret Rite Scroll, a fact he would only learn once he reached the Realm of Shadows. The fact that Radahn fights Malenia would imply resistance to Miquella’s plan, as even if he wanted to “die honorably” he resists the Scarlet Rot, and definitely would not have approved betraying everyone, Ohga, Jerren, etc., by letting Malenia unleash the Scarlet Aeonia and destroying Caelid; as even in his insanity, he doesn’t betray Leonard.
So he does not approve of Miquella’s plan and even resists it by trying to fight Malenia, whom he granted an honorable duel as she was conflicted abandoning the Unalloyed Gold Needle and embracing the rot to defeat Radahn. As the needle was originally in her arm, and we see her adjusting her prosthetic before their duel which was probably when she resolved herself and broke the needle.
And Miquella is able to fulfill his wish without Radahn’s consent by putting his soul in the only usable demigod body that has also been corrupted by his charm, trapping Radahn’s soul in a charmed body.
(This part is pure speculation)
It’s only during our fight with Radahn do we see a bit of his true personality and rage leak out as the red aura around him is immediately drowned out by Miquella’s golden aura as he intervenes with duel to control Radahn directly, which is supported by the fact that during his grab attack he brings you to Miquella, instead of fighting you directly in your duel, as if ordered by Miquella to do so.
Radahn is Miquella’s trump card, but with Leda and the others, he is now his ONLY card, and his enemy is the one person who can actually be a threat to him and defeat Radahn.
Radahn needed to die. It is obvious only the dead can travel to the Land of Shadow after it got disconnected. Miquella "divested himself of his flesh", Mogh and Radahn both had to die for their body and soul to be brought over and everyone else in there is either native to the place or a Tarnished, and going by the opening cinematic, the tarnished are all dead, reviced by Marika's Grace
It would be very interesting to fight that enraged form of Radahn in the cutscene before Miquella intervenes and heals him.
Miquella: "Radahn is mine, and mine alone"
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Nah dude, nah.
Turned out miquella wasn't so kind in the end
This boss is so fucking hard it’s the hardest boss I’ve ever fought is souls games
Feel you. Malenia with no spirit ashes took me like an 1 1/2 hours~, and I felt like I was getting progressively better at her fight (even evade her waterfowl step), but 2nd phase radahn idk even hours later. His first phase is cake (even with parrying). Feel like I could parry his 2nd phase, but that's easier said then done, with how relentless he is....though been seeing the shield cheese...might have to at this point
@@CUBSfan7364exactly and you can take advantage of Malenias low poise and could interrupt her attacks. Not a whole lot you can do against Radahn besides dodge every attack perfectly which is way harder than it sounds 😂
I loved this fight and this boss so much, it's easily top 3 from the DLC for me, it was so cool having a prime Radahn fight, and alongside Miquella, he was indeed sooooo beautiful.
For everyone playing the DLC : Read the new Radahn armor after this fight, it conects to the first trailers of the base game when he fights Malenia, which is pretty cool and probably shows how Miyazaki ( and Martin too ? ) had all planed all along.
We all where charmed by Miquella into thinking he was the cool guy and we would help him destroy Messmer or some sht like that, definitely a cool thing that the lore was not predictable, loved the DLC.
nah, it was predictable if youre familiar enough w berserk. Miquella is straight up on some anti christ manipulation in this dlc, griffith is the same way in berserk, being the embodiment of that archetype(?) perfectly id argue. What wasnt predictable was that radahn being chosen to be his consort by...? Who knows, doesnt seem like radahn wanted anything to do w it tho
@@mfspectacular I mean Radahn being the consort makes sense. He was the strongest Demi God. Also, he isn’t an empyrean and wasn’t already taken by another outer god like Malenia. Who else would be the consort? Not Godwyn as he is taken by another god already.
@@mfspectacular if you just watched the DLC trailers and started playing on the release without knowing nothing, you're not walking around the game predicting everything, it doesn't have to deal with knowing berserk or not, that's something people came up with after seeing the final boss fight, before that a bunch of people believed that Messmer or even Godwyn ( that was impossible ) would appear.
It was very well written and done, and everything on the beginning of the DLC led us to believe we would help Miquella until we are not.
10/10 boss fight.
Miquella probably just chose Radahn because he was the strongest of the demi gods, he looked up to Godfrey, he could control even the starts and put an pause on Ranni's fate, dude was not know as the mightiest demi god for no reason.
10/10 boss fight.
@@poseidon3342 youre not following me. The only unpredictable thing im talking about is literally just radahn as the final boss, which i dont mind. He's meant to mirror godfrey- literally a godfrey stan, who also appears outta nowhere at the end. If anything im bummed he didnt drop the swords & go hand to hand 😂 Miquella has always mirrored griffith tho. Even before the dlc the bits of lore available made it clear he had anti christ levels of manipulation- just like griffith. the dlc just solidlifies that w the scale both share, theyre literal gods in their series. Also like griffith, he doesnt take no for an answer- evident in how he had to use mogh & basically soul trap radahn in his body. Radahn's refusal go join miquella & the shattering is 1for1 a parrelel to guts leaving the hawks & the eclipse- the absolute hellscape that followed.
Either way idk why youd think we'd actually help miquella. The only concrete thing w our tarnished is, as hewg put it; to slay the demigods & their god. The only ones we dont are godwyn, ranni & melina. All technically dead, or atleast no body w melina. Just talking the dlc for a sec, i fw the pace of it both gameplay & story wise. Messmer is basically maliketh & melina rolled into 1, & w the latter it's fitting as theyre siblings. He's been abandoned & betrayed, yet he's also keeping something stowed away only his death can release. Gameplay wise, it's the final boss rush for the base game w fire giant (&melina's kindling) & mailketh, the npc fight, godfrey, & then radagon/marika. The dlc matches that w messer acting as the beginning of the last act
I didnt mean to go off on an essay man, im sorry if this was a long read. Idc if it's too early, this is a 10/10 dlc imo. Tied up alot of loose ends from the base game, while leaving enough in the air to still ponder as you replay it all
@@MtS1900 godwyn being taken by an outer god? Did i miss something? He was murdered & both how he was killed & buried had unforseen consequences
"At long last you are returned" stop pretending you didn't order his death and he didn't die fr a week ago
Ngl the radahn boss fight was the first glimpse of the dlc I caught and my biggest fear was the entire dlc just fighting the main game bosses in their prime😭
Thank god we didn't or malenia would be torture. Imagine how fucked up it would be if we had to fight prime malenia and rafahn side by side like orstein and smough
@@galaxyvulture6649dude we already fought prime melenia lol. It was her scarlet god form where she was in her strongest form
@@galaxyvulture6649 We already fought prime Malenia
@@PlanckSkill Well I was wrong then. Also the second part of my comment mentioned fighting radahn and malenia at the same time. That would go crazy.
@@galaxyvulture6649 true but no thanks haha. Imagine radahn in the distance with his bow and melania in front of your face with her unending attacks
Radahn had to use gravity magic to hold Casoh lol
(people who didn't play the main quest of the game): "WHAAAT RADAHN IS BACK???!"
Tbh, I played the main quest, and I was also surprised.
@@hazardoushead396 Einsbach literally has a Questline about Miquella using Mohg's body to host Radahn's soul
@@hazardoushead396Did you miss all of the quest stuff in Shadow Keep? It’s literally revealed in advance that Miquella is resurrecting Radahn in Mohg’s body
@@RevoltOfAges yeah I guess I glossed over it. I never saw ainsbach anywhere
@@hazardoushead396pretty easy to fuck up the quests in the dlc ngl.
By far the hardest and coolest boss in FromSoftware history. The only thing harder than this boss was me when I first watched Miquella mounting Radahn.
WOAH ☠️
Tf 💀
yo chill!!
😬 yikes bro
hahahhaha
CaseOh had my exact same reaction, Prime Rahdan was on my wishlist of things I didn’t think we’d see but man I was so happy
💯
Bummer we don't get prime placidusax tho
Watching the Death counters go up between Phase 1 and 2 reactions is a treat
Radahn is such a chad that they had to bring him back as the final boss of the DLC
And still we are not fighting him at his peak when he defeated the stars and became Starscourge Radahn. We are fighting the younger version Miquella fell in love with
@@DrTolisLmfao, the fact Radahn is Miquella's half brother from Radagon's side, and he just wants him to be his husband, game is game, bussy bandit radahn
Idk if yall lack comprehension for the story obviously marika did the same thing miquella is doing and when she ascended she needed someone strong n thts how Godfrey became a consort
Miquella doing same thing with radahn because he’s strong he obviously didn’t choose his sister or some cause she weak and the strongest character in game is radahn so what did yall exepct
And in reveal trailer maleina literally whispers something in radhan ear they had this planned for years again lack comprehension
And for those saying consort doesn’t mean husband read his rememberance for fuck sake the little blonde had a crush on radahn since they were in childhood and for those saying he was brainwashed read his armor as well… his name is literally “promised consort “ this was a promise
All the people complaining about it being Radahn again are idiots.
It ain't a re-used boss, movesets are completely different, and if any of you dumbass's actually listened to the NPC's you would know why it's Radahn.
Miquella took Mohg's body and Radahns soul and used mohgs body as a vessel for radahns soul in the secret rite to bring Radahn back to life, and Miquella did all this so he could have a consort so he could ascend to godhood. (Marika had a consort, which was Godfrey, a consort is needed to ascend to Godhood) and the reason all that revival shit was possible is because "death" doesn't exactly exist in Elden Ring because of Marika shattering the elden ring and giving the rune of death to Malekith. The only things capable of actually killing things is the Black Knives and Malekith, or whoever is in possession of the Rune of Death.
Also to people saying Fromsoft was taking risks by doing this.
George R.R Martin didn't write any new story for the DLC, this shit was already part of the story and the lore, but just got put in the DLC instead of the base game. So if yall are going to blame someone for Radahn coming back, blame George R.R Martin.
just want to point out his gravity fly and slam/shockwave move he uses is exactly the same as commander gaius’.
Another theory is, when Miquella created halig tree to cure the rot but Mohg stole the seed in which Miquella resided before the tree could reach the full potential (Malenia still waiting there at halig tree for her brother )and in the beginning of the DLC, we see the tarnished touching the hand of Miquella to transported to the shadow realm, so everything happening in the DLC is fragment of imagination of Miquella. and reveals the true nature of Miquella (That he was trying to get Radahn to side with him to attain godhood which obviously Radahn rejected, which can also one of the reason why Malenia fought Radahn). So in current timeline, Radahn is gone, Miquella is gone and tarnished is already elden lord, so DLC is just like filler storyline which is revealing the connection between Radahn and Miquella which was unknown to others.
Nobody is complaining about the lore, but rather that the boss fight is absurdly unbalanced. Romina is the previous boss, and she's easy as fuck. Radahn and Miquella in the second phase don't stop spamming attacks, miracles and sending fromsoftware's shitty optimization to hell
@@matthenry4976i mean you do realize redanhs the strongest demi god of them in the game right? like he only lost to melenia when she succumbed to the scarlet rot and bloomed. him being in his younger body makes sense that he’s the way he is. he’s strong and fast yes but he’s got punishable attacks.
@@ryansnyder5764 In fact, he is the strongest, but mechanically, he has very... Questionable attacks. But, nothing that a little patience at the end won't help, in the end he's not my favorite end-of-DLC boss but he's a good boss, especially given all the lore and preparation for him.
I bet the Tarnished was just as shocked as they were.
Radaan Literally said RUN IT BACK
I love how radahn was gunna power up with blood flame but miquella stepped in and was like “I got you brother no need”
We all thought Mohg was the weird one but we got the brother-fucker Miquella here. LOL
Thats radahn trying to break free of miquellas charm, only for miquella to put it right back on
Yes, radahn was starting to wake but miquella charmed him again
Oh man I thought Messmer was hard but when I met this guy on ng+7 he kills me just by looking at me
mohg was miqelested not the moghlester
Miquella is the Griffith of Elden Ring but who is the Guts? Who will we stand next to when we kill Miquella?
@@funnyskull14we are guts. We are the struggler
No😊
@@EraVulgarity Well "relationship-wise", I'd say Radahn is Guts
@@randomperson3119 Nawh radahn is more like Casca LMAO
Radahn pulls up the sword.
Me: "Yo, I'm f*cked."
Anyone who complained about Radhan being the final boss paid absolutely 0 attention to any lore or the storyline whatsoever.
Hell yeah, the best demigod is back.
Have you thought him yet, and if so have you reconsidered your opinion on him yet 😂
Also it is explained in the game, I think the old guy from the Band says it, that Miquella took Mohg's remains for some reason and that he wanted to resurrect Radahn.
Mohg's remains were used as a host for Radahn's soul
@@loungeduck6583 I wish it would have looked that way. Like, an abomination struggling for control, something in between Radahn and Mohg. This is basically mind controlled Radahn.
@@Akatsukileader9the most they did is make him smaller and added a few horns on his armor
@@lazybuddah9639 Radahn being younger and Radahn being smaller go hand in hand. He was once small enough to ride Leonard.
The only things he got from Mohg were the horns and possibly eyes.
@@Akatsukileader9 There's no reason for struggle - It's simply Mohg's body, none of his consciousness or will remains
And it being Radahn's soul puts it beyond just a puppet. "Promised Consort" and "Vow" imply Radahn AGREED to the 'marriage.'
His not talking is sum I have a lot of theories about, obviously he's not fully himself
Don't wanna go on a rant tho mb
So No One is going to talk about how Motivated Radahn is, when Miquella rode ontop of his shoulders?
Miquella giving him that femboy bussy frfr
Radahn vs Caseoh is literally just MuscleMan vs FatMan
Really dont like the community here
I hate the gatekeepers that are like "git good" instead of giving advice and treat summing like it's "for weak asses", it's a game, you should have fun and fun is subjective; this "elite player" bullshit is really annoying.
On the other hand players that are constantly lamenting over the difficulty because they dont want to summon or change weapons are just dumb: you are forcing yourself over a challenge that isnt fun to you in the first place, why? The game gives you planty of options, try them.
Then in my opinion there are bosses that have clear issues in this dlc, specifically Bayle and Radahn to the point where it's even dumber to say "git good" but that also are not so dishonest to justify review bombing
i agree with you but you know what i hate as well? people posting videos with titles and thumbnail of bosses, from new DLC or games and spoil the surprises for others.
@@TheKilaby i got spoilered the final boss this way the 2nd day After the dlc
I suggest avoiding most social and opening RUclips on a different account or by using the incognito(?) browsing (english is not my First language, hope i got It right :p) this way you wont get in the homepage videos relating your previous researches
@@talloinzhd4581 you are right about that, but shouldnt people be more cionsiderate of others? A little human decency could help a lot of people. Having to expecialy use secondary accounts or using the incognito mode, just to avoid a few spoilers shouldnt be the way. Especially since i use YOutube premium to get rid of adds, that wouldnt work with a secondary account or in icognito mode.
I get Radahn but what issues does Bayle have?
@@ProfessionalBadPerson Imo it's not well designed.
It's thought to be fought by hitting his face yet he continuously dashes farward obstructing the camera and making It hard to hit him.
On top of that he has some follow-up attacks at the end of his combo which are completely random: sometime you have a window to attack and sometimes not without any visual clue.
And also he has a bit to much hp, moves his head a lot and has some attacks that are really hard on understanding how to Dodge and are even harder to if you lock him.
That's my experience tho, and i get that someone may like this kind of "Chaos" more then the "Chaos" of the lion thingy.
Lore took a turn some (including me) didn’t expect, but holy crap Radahn looks insane
Radahn: miquella. I require assistance
Miquella: hey man. Best i can do is become your cape/hair extension
Miquella: oh and also here like 20 orbital lasers
Also gonna give you light speed attacks and clones because why not. Man, I wish we could be Miquella's consort if that's what he brings to the table 😂
Not Gino trying to correct the pronunciation of radahn made by the game itself 💀
Its great that nobody seems to pay attention to any of the npc conversations 🤣 they basically tell ypu how and why radahn is coming back!
IS THAT LET ME TANK HIM???
i love how kais death count in 4:13 goes from 389 to 565 before he hits phase 2
youtube is the biggest pos ever for putting this fucking video on my recommended when im playing the dlc trying to avoid spoilers.
Same. I've been playing the dlc blind. I just opened it to look for a recepe and this was on top.
yea, this was fucked
So like, did everyone miss the quest line that pretty much explains why and how he’s back?(Hatchback I mean)
Bold of you to assume streamers do quests, or even interested in the lore.
@@plipplop728 These compilation videos are pretty much the only way I watch Streamers to be honest. Never there actual streams. I usually only watch RUclipsr’s lets plays.
Ill be honest even as a nonstreamer i still missed this quest. Loved Tholliers though. That one was straight forward.
For my case, I never found Ansbach in the Shadow Keep. I only found Freya and I was like "Oh I wonder where Ansbach is so I could tell him" lmao
@@musicalsoul4542 You probably didn’t realize he was there. He kinda blends in the background of the room you find him in if you’re not paying attention, or just running away from enemies. He’s found reading a book in one of the rooms with large Skeletal remains on a table. These rooms should be near the beginning of the library area.
Who wouldve thought that femboy love turn radahn from an already impresive boss to the absolute fucking unit ever concede in the eldensoulborne verse.
True. We're not fighting Prime Radahn, here. We're fighting Prime Radahn buffed with Mohg's Bloodflame attacks and his femboy brother's holy magic. Even Malenia didn't have to fight all that.
Is this version of Radahn the strongest Elden Ring character in lore besides the tarnished?
@@onilink134 imagine if we canonically lose and those two went back, and radahn decided round two with malenia, like sure she may have life steal but that can only stave off so much specially when every attack he does hits like a sledgehammer thrown from orbit.
@@TheSlayerr99 Yes, although prime Maliketh lore wise would be up there as well, and stronger than him if he has Destined Death.
@@TheSlayerr99 Barring actual gods, I think he just might be. This is what happens when he doesn't have to focus on holding back the stars
how tf does kai get 200 deaths just to get to second phase
If your don't do cheese he's really fucking hard
he went to do side bosses after releasing he made it to the final boss at 50 hours (He is aiming to do 100).
Death count 100% depends on your build and scadutree blessing level
Did you fight this boss?
Seems Miquella already ascended to Godhood by the time we arrive in Enir Ilim. I believe he's not dead yet, and not only is he not dead yet, but the DLC is not over either. I believe there will be an update. The ending seemed very abrupt and sudden. And Miquella dying because we killed his puppet makes no sense. Unless there's something I don't know within the lore, I want to believe there will be a part 2.
I don't think there will be a content update for the story. Miquella had already lost his body. Yeah he became a god but then the tarnished ended him with his promised consort, only a memory of their youth remained.
The reseon why he was defeated by us was because there can only be one lord, us or radahn. Also if miquellas order came to pass it's pretty much the world would become kinder but we would lose our free will.
dlc radahn is 10x harder than malenia!
32x to be more precise. Today I defeated him in my 32th try, decided to fight Malenia after to see “Who is the hardest?”... I killed her in the first try
Because phase 2 is a terrible bossfight
@@shuvi1565get gud.
@@shuvi1565git gud loser
When radahn not ride his horse but something else
NAHH 💀💀
I want to be in his place
Caseoh and i had the exact same reaction, down to the way we spoke XD
Leonard was holding this man back
There should be a phase 3 with prime Leonard
funny how people skipped everything lore-wise in the dlc. This is not prime radahn, the horns on his arms should give it away that it's mohg's body.
Its pretty much prime radahn his body isn’t infected with rot and his mind isnt addled in new body all thats left is the omen horns. Edit also its stronger then prime radahn due to the ya know, god backpack he sporting giving him godlike holy attacks.
@@Sorvo_YTeven without miquella he has mohg’s blood magic. He could probably do Godfrey stomps before he lost his mind
@@mrainy9416 that makes him even stronger he can tap into his new bodies innate arcane skill while still having the intelligence for gravity magic and the strength for godfrey stomps lol
@@Sorvo_YT he is not even in his own thoughts. he is literally a puppet for miquella
@@dziosdzynes7663he’s not a puppet it literally says promised in the reveal trailer maleina whisper something to Rahadan they had a “deal “
I wanted to see their reafction to the moves of phase 2
Damn, I actually wanted to see how they react to the super enhanced meteor drop, so many times that meteor killed me..
i really don't see any issues with this boss, i called it a year ago saying we might get to fight radahn when he was younger. i honestly just hated the framerate with the giant AoE more than anything
It’s because they ruined the lore. Radahn was the most powerful demigod, badass warrior, and now he’s a gay servant to Miquella.
@@HahahMamamanThey didnt ruin the lore lol, you just dont understand it
@@HahahMamaman the fuck are you talking about
@@HahahMamaman literally in reveal trailer it shows maleina whispering something in Raegan’s ear this was planned from beginning 😂 and mohg was charmed by him and he took the blame yall are so dumb
@@maluk6516 just because it was planned, doesn’t mean it was good. Radahn used to be my favorite demigod, and now he’s bottom 3.
Miyazaki really just hit us with: Mohg isn’t a child-molester, Mohg is actually a brainwashed victim of Miquella, the Molester Child. Oh, and so is Radahn.
Upon seeing him: "IT'S RADAHN! HOW COOL!!!"
4 Hours Later: "I hate you with every fiber of my being, Radahn"
@DepressedWolverine "I'm sorry Radahn but you've left me with no choice but to greatshield+thrusting weapon you."
Don’t hate Radahn, it’s miquella’s fault
Nah it’s Miquellester you should be hating
Base game: “I hope we fight prime radahn”
DLC: “fights radahn in their prime but instead in mogh’s body and with god-like powers”
CURSE YOU RADAHN!!!!!
So story wise, Miquella needed a consort to become the new replacement for marika/radagon. His initial plan seemed to have been to make godwyn his consort, but after the night of the black knives and Radahn preventing any hopes for Godwyns soul to be returned to his body, he instead adjusted his plans to make Radahn his consort.
Radahn refused, and so miquella sent malenia to defeat him in the war of aeonia, which only partially worked and resulted in radahn staying alive for a good long while, albeit maddened by the scarlet rot.
Presumably, during the battle, miquella found and bewitched mogh and had him carry his body to his dynasty to basically poison and kill himself with the blood magic so he could arrive at the realm of shadow. The realm of shadow is basically where all souls return to after death, as told by the suppressing pillar and a few other item descriptions. After you defeat mogh and radahn, moghs body is transported to the R.o.S., more specifically to the area where promised consort radahn is fought, in order to be used as a vessel for Radahn’s soul. This is evident through the omen horns and blood magic radahn now sports during your battle.
While miquella waited for this to happen, he abandoned his flesh, his other half, and his love to become a god. When both he and P.C. Radahn were present at the crucible thingy, he would have been able to become a true god and not stay as an empyrian.
His one flaw, however, is that through this action he would be no different from marika. She abandoned all she had left after her people were ritualistically massacred by the hornsent, and we all know how that went down. His “age of compassion” would be one where all love would be towards him with no love being reciprocated, resulting in yet another broken age of life in the lands between.
It’s honestly quite a tragic tale for everyone involved. Mogh was manipulated and was used as no more than a vessel for someone else, radahn was poisoned with the scarlet rot and had his soul prevented from moving on, miquella tore himself apart to make no change in the world, etc etc.
The DLC is quite intriguing lore-wise when you know where to look, and I really really really hope we get another one before the next souls game is made
Great interpretation. It is amazing how well rounded the whole story around Marikas offspring is written. Miyazaki and George really took this one out for a walk on the park.
It was crazy what all that i understand without guides, just listen NPC quotes and read discription of items. Miyazaki make storytelling quite easy to understanding in this DLC
One correction, Radahn didnt prevent Godwyn to be resurrected, his soul was not recoverable due to destined death.
It's unclear wether Radahn is willing or not here
They made the vow before the shattering, but then Radahn stops the stars for the golden order, stopping Ranni's (and possibly Miquella's) "fate" (we need him dead to continue ranni's storyline)
Could be either tbh
@@maddyfromwasI don’t think we even know if Radahn even made that vow. In all of the scenes and items, they are Miquella saying “he will be my consort”, but none of the lore shows Radahn making that vow.
Even the memory cutscene is Miquella talking to himself.
@@Ceece20 I think that's the point. Consort Radahn's helm description pretty much tells you that Malenia confronted Radahn on Miquella's behalf, which means that either Radahn didnt make that vow, or did but later backed out when he realised that he wouldn't be a warmonger anymore. That cutscene only wanted to point out that Miquella's intention were pure, but not that both of them were on the same page.
Miyazaki didn't just gave us Prime Radhan, he gave us Prime Lorian and Lothric
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Seeing Kai go from 389 deaths to 565 deaths just to reach second phase was killing me man 😭💀
Same as Mohg's fight 😅
@@randommortal3383fun fact if u didn’t know this, this radahn is actually mohg, mohg dies and so has radahn, and miquella actually put radahns soul into mohgs body and now we he have prime radahn again, that’s why u get to see radahn using the blood and fire as mohg had in his fight lol
@@xeqly he even has little omen horns on his armor.
@@randommortal3383 I don't think its on his armor, but actually on his body, since his physical is mohg's.
@@xeqlythat was my first thought, but i don't get why he became bigger. Mogh was mush shorter then this Radahn
The fact that the time counter from Kai cenat was at 31 hours by the time he reached the boss and then 52 when he saw the mid cutscene LMAOOOO
I was more focused on the death counter going from 380 to 560.
That damn fight is no joke😭 took me 30+hours with no summons
i dont get why people are complaining about this boss its not like its an exact copy of radahn
Yeah it's not like the character has a new design, move set, and features at least five different characters attacks.
Radahns gravity
Godfrey's earth stomps
Radagons ring of light
Mohgs blood flame
Miquellas magic
@RampidWarthogStudios I can't tell if you're agreeing with me or not
@@Solar-fg8eg sorry. Lmao. Yeah I'm agreeing with you
we are complaining because my boy deserves his rest and we are his fanboys
@@Solar-fg8eg Yeah he is pretty much a different person his whole move-set is different from the base game one,
i guess they just wanted to find something to complain about.
I love how everyone is so confused about Radahn’s return but this shows no one listened to Sir Ansbach.
Wdym? Enlighten me
@@FlakingboiMiquella charmed mohg to rid of his physical body for his dynasty, not realizing that It was so Miquella could take Rahdan’s soul and put it into Mohg’s. That’s why Ansbach is a summon at the end if you keep him alive, it’s a battle to kill Rahdan for good and kill Mohg’s body. We see that this is a possibility for demigods due to Godwyn and Ranni’s new forms. Seems this is something only they can do.
people are like "lore in shambles".
Have they all forgotten the lore where Queen Marika removed the Rune of Death from the Elden Ring and therefore traditional death doesn't exist under the Erdtree's rule anymore?
@@Flakingboi Sir Ansbach was working under Mohg. He was looking for a reason why Miquella was taking Mohg’s body. Turns out he was using the body as a vessel to revive Radahn
@@DatAsianGuy Very true, although it seems only demi gods can separate soul and body. This ends up being a continuous cycle in elden ring😭
I love how you can tell who did and did not do Freyja and Sir Ansbach's questlines by how they react to seeing Radahn.
I seriously was sitting like why is everyone so shocked as if this wasn't basically thrown in your face and explained from the NPC story lines but I guess ppl just wanted to rush through the DLC for the right to say first I guess 🤷♂️
@@lionheartnick664This is why I prefer watching youtubers who mainly play souls games with these games. They'll usually explore everything and not try to speedrun it.
I was surprised that it straight up looked like radahn considering it’s technically mohgs body. I was expecting mohg with gravity attacks or radahn with leftover horns or something like that
@@alexactable3009 I guess a god can alter a body's looks
Ansbach left for me and I couldn't finish her quest line 😢
I feel like im the only one paying attention to the lore the characters in the game tell you. They literally tell you that Miquella took Mohg's body to revive Radahn.
Book nerd over here
some people really be jumping from boss to boss without exploration and interaction with npcs smh
@@Mugetsu2021bro speed ran th game😂
Where did you find this?
@@deno2397the npc that is subordinate of mogh literally told the player just before we fight Radahn and again when he is summoned to fight Radahn
So a bit of lore for you guys. Miquella, after the shattering, told Malenia about his plan to ascend to godhood. He sent her away to inflict the rot upon Radahn, cleaving his soul away and replacing it with the rot, as revealed by prime radahn's armor in which it says that Malenia told Radahn that he would be his consort. Meanwhile, Miquella enchants Mohg into steaing him away, thereby allowing him to divest his flesh and enter the realm of shadow. Once we kill Mohg (after Radahn), we enter the realm of shadow, and it is then that, thanks to us, he is able to steal away Mohg's body, as revealed by Sir Ansbach. Once in the realm of shadow, Miquella's rune continues to enchant the tarnished warriors into allegiance with him so that he may continue his plan, but as part of his plan he needs to destroy his rune, lifting the enchantment on the tarnished. At some point, he is able to fuse the body of Mohg with the soul of Radahn, as revealed by Prime Radahn having omen horns and the golden eyes of Marika's children and not Rennala's. Finally, during the battle with Prime Radahn, he is able to use a grab attack, that lifts you up to Miquella, and unless you have his discarded rune on your person that resist charms, he will insant-kill you through your own free will just giving up. The lore is a little convoluted, and Mohg is no longer the Mohglester but the Mohglested,but I overall enjoyed piecing together what I could. Lmk if I got anything wrong or have suggestions!
Miquella's idea of courtship is pretty damn complicated
Also: does Radahn even get a say in this or is he just a mind controlled thrall?
It’s left ambiguous if he is being brainwashed by his half-brother or not.
But i like to believe he is being manipulated by Miquella.
@@deltastudio9726 I, too, think Miquella not brainwashed but took advantage of both Radahn's kindness (as in an item description), offering an irresistible future of a gentler world, and his allure and charisma
Why would he send Malenia to kill him only to then revive him? It makes no sense. Why moghs body specifically too?
I thought Radahn refused to be his consort so Malenia went after him to punish him/force him to keep the promise of being Miquellas consort.
You can definitely tell who rushed the story and who actually bothered talking to the NPCs, lmao
I was gonna say ... so nobody talked to Ansbach and got the Secret Rite Scroll, apparently lol
I did all of the quests but I still missed it
I didn't talk with every Npc, but I did manage to give the scroll to Ansbach. Even if I would miss it the final boss would still be my favorit souls boss.
@@crashcars9443so did you listen Sir Ansbach during his?
@@Warsm1th12 yeah I listened and knew about mohg being kidnapped but nothing else was obvious
The minute I heard "champion of the festival i knew who it was in game
i thought it was gonna malenia again because of "my loyal blade" and how she nuked all of caelid
Well if you are doing the npc quests (Ansbach and Freiya) you kinda suspect who's coming
I'm pretty sure that was meant for us, seeing as we killed Radahn.
The champion of the festival is you. Radahn is miquellas loyal blade, tho not by choice.
@@supersegway9464 nah he is talking about Malenia. Miquella mentions you two because you were the only ones who helped Miquella without being under the influence of the charm.
Kai death change to 200 death and 20 hour later ☠️☠️☠️
Even changed his clothes 💀💀💀 had me dead af
idk why everyone is surprised, if you give the scroll to ansbach he will tell you about how they are reshaping moghs body to match radhans then stuffing radhans soul in there
People didn't do his quest, I guess
@@1wayroad935 yeah that's true I guess, but it's a really neat bit of lore that I didn't do justice
Miquella the 'kind' is just like his mother.
MOHG IS INNOCENT
Thanks to Ansbach's quest, I knew Radahn was coming. These streamers' reactions just show that they clearly didn't do NPC questlines
When I replayed the dlc again (I needed a different build to take on him and I had save data backup) I ended up doing side quests this time and yeah the game outright tells you it’d be radahn if you did the ansbach quest
@@luciferthemasterblade739 yeah but maybe people like me did not now the order of things and that lighting the shadowtree would be a no return point for many npcs
>Dies
>Magically gets resurrected
>Immediately sees the guy who killed him standing directly in front of him
>Gets help from Miquella
>T-poses on the tarnished
>Nukes the tarnished with the power of the sun
>breaks the speed of light
>Violates every scientific law possible
>Dies again
Radahn grindset
He's probably relieved that the same guy who put him down from scarlet rot is also here to put him down from being forced into being some weird twink's husband.
Radahn just wants his forever-nap.
I just love how miazaki decided "you know what me nerfing radahn was a big mistake, time to make a stronger version!"
Hopefully this prime radahan doesn't get butchered like the base game 😂
@@kkio8258base game Radahn had his shit hitboxes fixed and that’s it. He’s the same fight but without the hitbox jank…
Facts, he said "Y'all can figure out how this works with the lore, I just want Prime Radahn..."
Lol complained about not fighting a prime lorian or a prime artorias in dark souls, this introduction was gold. 😂
@@soulsenthusiasts1015 They also massively nerfed his damage and aggression. You can literally just check the ini files while fighting him if you're on PC and have it on disk. Revert it back to 1.01, and then compare it to the latest patch. His aggression value was equal to the DLC bosses currently, higher than Maliketh, higher even than second phase Malenia. It's currently lower than Godrick's.
And the damage of his meteors, the ones he summons in the second phase, you should check those out too. At 40 vigor in NG, they one shot me on 1.01. But on the current patch, I can survive all four of them.
And his weapon damage is about the same. His overhead slam brings the same character down to 10% HP from 100% at 1.01. But on the current patch, it takes away around 45%.
People saying it was just the hitboxes haven't tested it themselves. BjornTheBear did a video of pre nerf Radahn against all bosses. He could literally compete with endgame bosses. Made it razor close with Godfrey, beat Radagon. With the right RNG he can beat Rykard and Elden Beast. Meanwhile current patch Radahn barely beats Morgott, and only because of his meteor phase transition being a crutch since it wasn't nerfed. But he loses to everything after that because his aggression has been nerfed so badly that all bosses melt him before he even phase transitions due to taking ten seconds in between reaching 50% health, enhancing his blades, going for the mandatory overhead slam, and then finally jumping up. He's almost always dead before he gets to do it.
Radahn was nerfed into the ground. Even his hitboxes weren't "fixed", just nerfed. You can now stand at his legs and never get hit. What a waste of a beautiful boss. I'm glad the DLC redeemed him.
We have been asking for 2 years to fight Radahn at his prime. We got it. Miyazaki cooked again
And people still wanna bitch and complain lol crazy right?
only the scarlet rot brained radahn fanboys. Something new would've been a million times better than this stinker
@@AshBreatherit's miquella too
@@AshBreathertake a deep breath brother, it aint that deep
@@andrewmilton2826 I mean, we done waited over 2 years for DLC, yet so much of it is mid. Why? Tf happened in production?
I find it funny watching this after doing all the quests before this fight and knew EXACTLY who I was fighting thanks to lore hunting. A bunch of these streamers are Surprised to see the Lion in his Prime!
I cackled when I saw Kai’s death count skyrocket.
It's even funnier watching his face all shocked in happy to looking 30 years older 😭
did you see the time difference between him first entering and getting to second phase? LMAO
Didn’t even notice the time! Hahaha
Proof that streamers don't do NPC quests. Ansbach literally tells you that Miquella wants to resurrect Radahn and he suspects they're using Mohg's body to do so after doing the bare minimum for his quest
I was personally spoiled due to some comment on a video of radahn being the final boss. However was still shocked when the npc said that line or what nkt
Streamers hyperobsess over bosses they forget those bosses exist in worlds with environments and people
That would require them to find Ansbach and the Secret Rite Scroll in the Specimen Storehouse, both of whom are not exactly hard to miss.
Tbf after dying 100s of times, you sometimes forget details lol
People wanted to see lore-accurate Radahn. Guess what, here he is. This is the greatest of the demigods, the true Starscourge
Radahn is one of my all time Fromsoft characters so I was creaming when I found out about him in this DLC
I think you meant screaming and not... uuuhhh
@@lanilnt2120 I said what I said
Bro Kai’s death count went up 200 between the cut lol
Wait did it really take Kai 20hrs to get to phase 2 for the first time 😂😂
If you realize it took Kai 200+ deaths and 20+ hours just to get to the 2nd cutscene 😂
I was shocked that radahn even returned… my reaction was like Kai’s, such a badass character and intro. That’s how you make a boss man.
If Radahn posessed Mohg's body, does that mean Miquella married his full blooded brother instead of his half brother? Truly an Alabama moment
Technically, no. Radahn is the son of Renalla and Radagon, Mohg is the son of Marika and Godfrey, while Miquella is the son of Radagon and Marika, but I can understand the confusion.
It's still very.... weird... to say the LEAST.
@@Ganonsmorkbut they are the same person so yes it's full
@@KaousKing Neither Mogh or Radahn are full siblings to Miquella. No matter how you look at it. Presence of Renalla or Godfrey with both Mohg and Radahn contradicts that.
So Miguella is gay too?
Mohg beat the alligations... I cant believe it but he did it
How??
@@simowiess4871 too much explanation, when lore videos about the dlc start coming out watch them and you'll learn, the short of it is that he was under Miquella's charm spell and all this time he was not acting on his own free will
@@antoniohristov8729 ah thanks bro 👍
@@simowiess4871 miquellas too cute to resist
Biggest plot twist of the year frfr
All the npc dialogue skippers calling this a bad fight, smh
Dude I was thinking the same thing. If players took any time at all the explore and talk to all npcs this “reveal” would have been known to you once you give the latter from Ansbach to Freyja and she explicitly states “Oh Miquella is reviving Radahn. I’m all for it”
As I said in another comment, this information was seriously feed to you on a silver platter but these streamers just mash buttons past dialog and wanna rush the the finish as if they are all in a race to claim first, really fucking weird if ya ask me 🤷♂️
@@lionheartnick664 Yup, I had a blast figuring stuff out and using the telescope to see and mark things in the distance to remember to come back. There’s a sense of accomplishment for it
@@Halo0115 totally agree, I've read so much item description tryna gain knowledge on the lore of the area because I wanted to gather as much info as I could on my first playthrough, finding out so much info from the items excited me so much to keep finding more and learning even more of the lore behind the land of shadows and its inhabitants, idk what it is about others that just wanna rush rush rush, mash mash mash just to get the end and look dumbfounded at things that were seriously staring then right in the face lmfaoo
Ah yes, knowing lore correlates with skill in a game
I only really have two complaints about this fight:
1. I really wish that they'd incorporated more of Mohg's design into Radahn here. There's I think like 1 or 2 attacks in the whole fight that utilize bloodflame in any capacity, and the heavy armor makes it look like it's just Radahn again in terms of character design. Now, I'm not super in the weeds of Elden Ring lore, so this complaint might be invalidated by that; I just think that it would've been cooler and more thematic.
2. The light beams in the second phase are just waaaaay too much, and I don't just mean that they're hard to dodge. Fromsoft went super overboard on the brightness and number of the particle effects, to the point where even just casually watching the phase 2 fight started making my head hurt after a while; I can't imagine spending hours upon hours actually playing it and trying to beat it.
Miquella's hair is another problem because it hides his swords so much when you're behind him you can't tell what he's gonna do
4:12 watching that death counter go up is INSANE
Watcing the TIMER go up is wilder
Fr 😂😂