When defeating Malenia, Blade of Miquella, anElden Ringplayer noticed a detail about one of her attacks. DespiteElden Ringbeing a large open world, it is filled to the brim with details that add more depth to the characters that inhabit it and the story being told. For example, recently oneElden Ringplayer found depictions of Malenia and Miquella on the Haligtree. FromSoftware has always added such details for any players who are willing to find them, or even for those who find them by accident. One such detail occurred to a player as they were fighting Malenia.
Malenia, Blade of Miquella is the hardest boss ofElden Ring, and for good reason. Her quick flurry of attacks coupled with her movements makes her a tough boss to defeat, let alone hit without a couple dozen slashes to the player. When all of that is said and done,Malenia even has a second phase that surprised someElden Ringplayers. Called Goddess of Rot, it involves the use of the infamous Scarlet Rot status effect. One of her attacks during this phase is a dive that brings about a massive scarlet flower, called Scarlet Aeonia, one that inflict Scarlet Rot on the player.
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It is in this very attack that the detail resides, as found by anElden Ringplayer when fighting the Goddess of Rot. Posting to r/Eldenring, user Summerclaw uploaded a clip of them fighting Malenia in her second phase with their mimic tear, a tactic which has won victories forElden Ringplayers using overpowered mimic tears against Malenia. In the clip, Malenia goes to dive, her Scarlet Aeonia exploding from her while the player sends a slash of fire at her, killing her. However, as she dies, the petals on the Scarlet Aeonia immediately go flat, standing straight out on all sides.
While it’s not entirely confirmed whether this is intentional or not, the sudden nature of the change has led many in the comments to assume that this is just the default pose of the flowers, similar to the ever-referenced T-Pose for regular character models. And when theElden Ringplayer killed Malenia in the midst of it, they just reset to their original position, which is how they ended up sticking straight out.
Whatever the true nature of this is, it at least points out an interesting aspect of the Scarlet Aeonia attack. It is definitely a less harmful glitch (if it can even be called that) than others involving the Blade of Miquella, like the one that hasMalenia keep fighting after her defeat. The last thing anyone would want is for Malenia to make herself harder to defeat.
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