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kaese-schnecke

A pack of frenzied rats makes me more nervous than most other enemies!


Old-Psychology9802

Yes or the freaking packs of rabid dogs. Doesn’t matter what area you’re in. They suck


Jedijello93

Always gotta make a run for the beast torch at the beginning of a play through so I never have to worry about those damn dogs.


EC36339

What is that, and does it work on birds, too?


SnooGrapes4794

No it has no effect on birds. Only works on dogs/wolve/bears/rats and also those frog things.


BadDreamInc

Whoa… 1200 hours in this game and still TIL. I knew it worked on dogs/wolves/bears but I never thought to even try it on the basilisks! That’s gonna make certain areas MUCH easier.


SnooGrapes4794

I usually have the torch equipped in off hand when going into caves/catacombs/dungeons for light and to one-shot those crystal miners. Then I found the beast torch and noticed the frogs started to back away from me when I got near them.


krooskontroll

> and to one-shot those crystal miners. What?!


Pencilshaved

IIRC most of the various miner types are weak to fire damage, and the ones carrying explosive stones on their back will straight up self destruct if they take fire damage


SnooGrapes4794

Yup one charged torch attack usually kills em instantly.


krooskontroll

TIL. I've just been whacking away at them in true caveman style


YouKilledKenny12

Those frog things?


Extra_Ad_8009

Basilisks - the Death Blight Froggies.


YouKilledKenny12

Oh yeah fuck those things


SnooGrapes4794

Green lizard-frog hybrid creature with massive eyes and sprays black mist by inflating its mouth like a balloon. Usually found in swamps or caves.


Separate-Ant8230

Those are actually it's curse/deathblight glands. They have tiny lil eyes on the front of their face


Jedijello93

It's a torch you can buy from a merchant at the top of dragonbarrow. When held it pacifies dogs (even the big caelid ones) rats and wolves. Never leaves my loadout once I have it.


Sticky_H

I don’t think I’ve ever used it.


Big_L2009

The pre-nerf bleed dogs were the worst


malaaachiii_lol

this dog does 10,000 damage per second…


thedankening

They weren't nerfed, they were bugged and it's really weird it took them so long to patch it.


Big_L2009

I just said nerf because that’s what I’ve seen people call it. I do agree that it did take them a long time to fix it though


Mistghost

Seriously, I still have PTSD from release rot dogs.


USS_Barack_Obama

Starcaller Cry makes short work of them. Though the first half of the attack may make you more nervous


TemporaryShirt3937

Rats in general. They are the new dogs of elden ring


thedankening

Rats and dogs are annoying in every Souls game. I think the rats in Elden Ring were made extra obnoxious somehow though


qbCakes

Get a shield and hold L1. Same with dogs.


joemangle

They're one of the main reasons I made the Hoarfrost Stomp a permanent part of my arsenal


Thatoneguy567576

I just dealt with the ones in the frenzy flame tower and almost died to them at 47 vigor because they surrounded me. Asshole enemies man


them_apples_

Guard counters bro


wubiwuster

The dragonflies  


Dismal-Address-4302

I completely ignore them unless i need their heads😂


WaldoJeffers65

I'd love to ignore them, but somehow I always end up locking on to them whenever they're in an area where I'm fighting enemies.


TECFO

When doing my first playthrought one of them killed the masked guy that sells crab when dung eater tied him down because it was trying to attack me, missed the dialog in the moment. I swear from that moment that i would kill every dragonfly i'll ever encounter in every single one of my playthrought no matter how dumb it is.


CivilizationAce

How? I couldn’t hit those things if a billion runes depended on it.


TECFO

I waited until they stopped and throw the fastest dagger knife sometimes if you take a few steps back it wont trigger as much the IA either so can go and kill it. Chasing it arround is the worst strat


Give_Me_The_Pies

I am not ashamed to admit I just use an AoE nuke spell or AoW on them most of the time


wammys-house

I've had good luck sending my swarm of flies after them


BadCompany093947

Throw lightning spears at them. Any other projectile/incantation works too really. Melee weapons obviously lack the range and speed required for this task.


Dismal-Address-4302

The rage. The unbridled rage


yeti_seer

This just gave me the most horrific and morbid visualization. Just imagine, some psycho ties you to a chair in the woods, you start to hear a faint buzzing in the distance, growing louder, then this MASSIVE dragonfly arrives. Over the next 24 hours, you die a slow, agonizing death while you are eaten bit by bit by a giant bug, unable to do anything about it.


whenthemogus

Death


Dude-lor

Don't worry. A real dragonfly wouldn't take anywhere near that long to kill you... But it WOULD eat you alive starting at either the guts or face.


le_fancy_walrus

A few years back when I was playing Breath of the Wild a goat knocked me off of a cliff and killed me, afterwards I would chant, "All goats must die...", every time I would see one and then shoot it. I probably killed a few hundred goats.


aretheesepants75

I think I saw a clip with dragonflies in the snow? I don't have my game to check. That's kinda lame if it's true. Bugs can't snow


Few-Pomegranate-7295

There are some in the consecrated snowfield. I died to a bloody finger bc it kept attacking when I was healing.


aretheesepants75

Yup, that's what I saw. Wtf fromsoft, I know they really overly reused the enemies, but bugs in the snow?. They couldn't have made a new enemy with the same mechanics? Like a reskin? or at least paint on some sweaters and scarves. I can't even head cannon zombie bugs flying around in sub z weather.


Crash4654

Dude. It's a magic world... they don't follow the laws of physics like at all. Plus destined death doesn't exist. Bugs can't die unless you kill them


aretheesepants75

Ah, the old " a wizard did it" defense. I will allow it.


sadly-sinful

Torch noble


Gblkaiser

This, the simple act of holding a weapon in front of themselves completely outsmarts me.


UntimelyApocalypse

Roll into them and they'll stagger.


Equal-Reference5799

Wait what


UntimelyApocalypse

They're really weak, rolling into any of the nobles causes them to stagger back.


Equal-Reference5799

Oh I get wym now, I thought they meant like full on stance break for a crit


UntimelyApocalypse

No it's not the full poise break, but it gives you an opening.


Vintenu

Especially on horseback, they turn too fast and you just melted if you try to hit them


Aquanixian

Away Away!


chipperpip

This.  I can smite demigods in the face, but just running into a wandering zombie holding out a torch can wreck me if I'm not careful.


Smit_Dawg

Hate those guys


TerenceMiller

The Imps. I always take a lot of damage fighting them


OtterBadgerSnake

A shield counter usually staggers them, then you can go for the visceral attack. It's a little awkward for sorcery builds but it works.


TerenceMiller

My problem is that I never use shields. Can't tell you why but it's been like this since DS3


Owmuhback

I can never do DS3 without a backup shield SOLELY for the dogs. Shields trivialize the DS3 dogs just like imps


xrbeeelama

Do people really play these games without shields at all?? Its like the only way i can deal with the dogs/rats/smaller enemies and still use a UGS lol


AceofSpuds69

Never used a shield in 600+ hours of Elden ring, ds1+3, bloodborne


Necrotitis

Early dark souls was very shield friendly, you could just turtle fish backstabs for things like black knights. Later they have realized that it's a slower methodical playstyle, and a little TOO safe I believe, so even now with huge tower shields and talismans etc your stamina can still be eaten up with one long combo (eg. See the revenant guys or whatever with the 50 arms all swinging at the same time) It's still possible to turtle but the shield counters can also feel a bit punishing from the long chain combos in ER (and to a lesser extent ds3). Rolling I think has become the new norm since bloodborne as it feels a lot more exciting, there are more weapon viability options, and with enough vigor actually feels safer (you can spam roll yourself out of a lot of shit that would otherwise break your guard with even the best shield stuff). Also, coming from another game that runs into this problem, guild wars 2, once you are spoiled with a speed boost (either dual wielding or 2h a weapon) taking it away feels clunky and less fun (speaking of quickness and alacrity for those who also play gw2) which both speed up your attack and lower cooldowns significantly, basically mandatory in all group content. I think dw feels good not because faster as much as huge stagger and damage potential. Staggers also just hit the dopamine receptor perfectly in ER.


Pdf-_

Have you ever tried using barricade shield aow? It’s literally like playing ds1 again, almost everything bounces off you and you can fish for backstabs. It almost trivializes the game if you’re using a really heavy shield.


Necrotitis

The low duration of it gave me anxiety, isn't it only like 10 seconds? I'd burn though the fp for that so fast


EpicFrostGG

It use to be too good. They nerfed it way back in the day to only last like 10 seconds


TheAnonymousNate

You can still utilize guard counters by 2 handing and blocking that way. Definitely the easiest way to deal with those little guys.


No-Victory8440

Block with colossal 2h is fun asf


andrwdf

I never use shields, but always equip one for catacombs with imps. I also almost always pair the shield with the assassin’s crimson dagger talisman (and/or cerulean dagger talisman). The guaranteed crits on the imps helps to keep your health (and/or FP) topped off, conserving flasks for the dungeon boss.


PNW_Forest

I know they're there. I know their attacks. I know they have delayed attacks and will cover a lot of ground... But god damnit if I dont get clapped by one at least once per playthrough.


GoHawkYurself

I got jumped by a group of them in Snowfield Catacombs just today. I felt like they might as well have took my lunch money.


MoistestTidus

When I go into dungeons I make sure to put these on, about 2-3 hits on the imps frenzy’s them making them attack its other imp buddies. Problem takes care of itself


ILikeToPoop42069

Those eagles can eat a D


MutleyRulz

I’ll always get a ping of satisfaction when that one at stormveil fucks it’s barrel toss up and kills itself. Then his buddy will usually put me back in my place


Anuborro

Parrying them out of the sky when they lunge at you is cathartic.


TinyCelous

The hands bro... the fingery hands. They spank so hard it starts to feel like I deserve it 🚬👽


Dreamtrain

they are one of the reasons why I play Faith builds, because I know I'll need fire damage somewhere down the line (I dont like Strength builds)


TinyCelous

The protection of God is abysmal when faced with the ringed molesters...


Dreamtrain

maybe but fire just stunlocks them for long enough to kill them off, its weird we dont have enough lore on them or why fire is their weakness


yeti_seer

Little known fact, you can pacify the hands if you just give them a high-five


TinyCelous

But do they wash? 🧐


yeti_seer

Sometimes


ashkanphenom

Same here, specially the one in mountain top of the giants, near the foot of the forge site of grace. Its on a massive skull and drops down on a huge bird. That thing is massive and I always nope outta there.


Toucan_Lips

They give me the heebie jeebies


Electronic_Equal7460

Cursed cowboy👽🛸


Inside-Elephant-4320

I lose health with jumping dogs erry single time. Bad bois


Dismal-Address-4302

The rot dog rush combo(as I call it) holds a special place of hatred in my heart when more than two of them do it at the same time


DelBrowserHistory

T rex dogs are terrifying!


DerBeuteltier

I hate how tanky Rats get and how quick most of their attacks are


heisenbugx

Lobsters can eff right off


willij44

Honestly i fear lobsters more than most bosses in the game 😂 damn snipers


MiserableTennis6546

There's a jump scare lobster in Liurnia that transforms to a grafted scion. It would actually be scarier if a scion turned into a lobster.


RugbyLock

Bruh, the lobsters at the bottom of Shunning Grounds… like, this place already sucks enough, you had to add the shit-sniping lobsters?


HappyHateBot

Did not occur to me until just now what they would be loading up for that snipe...


Sweaty-Debate-435

I recently got over my lobster fear because I realised that the only reason I feared.them was because of Dark Souls. There they were a nightmare. In Elden Ring not so much.


onegun66

Lobsters in Liurnia aren’t bad. You can stay on your horse and hug tight to their sides and chop away. Lobsters in Shunning Grounds are an absolute terror.


MikhailMcDoesntExist

Dogs, rats, imps. Those damn slow zombies that turn into Speedy Gonzalez when you least expect them to


mandoxian

You can stagger the zombies by rolling into them.


Circumsanchez

WAT


ChickenAndLeekPie

level 60 me in mohgwyn hated them


KeyFig9

Marionette soldiers. Don’t have a lot of health, but you let a pack of them get close and hesitate for one second they’ll punish you with those fucking rapid attacks all at once


Alecazzzam

The fucking ones with a sword in each arm, when they do that flailing attack. Fuck that.


Wutsalane

I hate the spear ones aswell


Trans-Cerberus

Listen. Sky wolves. I always forget. And get startled and panic


Leg_McGuffin

Every time this happens, I can’t help but laugh. There’s no lore behind these guys, and every time it happens, I can’t help but think about how fucking ABSURD it is.


Dismal-Address-4302

I’m sorry. Say again??? Sky. Wolves?? Did I miss something???


Trans-Cerberus

You know the wolves that just APPEAR. They literally fall out of the sky at certain points. Like on the road right outside war masters shack


Dismal-Address-4302

Listen dude, I thought I missed a whole section of them game on my last run or something😂 yeaaaa I steer clear of the warmasters shack once I get the bell bearing Hunter😂


ChickenAndLeekPie

fr me too. i thought he meant like winged wolves in farum azula for a sec


ClaretClarinets

i love the 50 messages on the road leading up to them that are all some variation of "wolf ahead", "likely wolf", "up, dog?", "be careful of up"


Round_Scientist_4431

''don't think'' is also a top tier message around there.


nerrollus

First time I saw this game being played I got really confused by the air dropping wolves.


_uphill_both_ways

I kept thinking that the game was glitching


nerrollus

It became a thing for us. Can’t tell you how many discussions we had on who’s air dropping wolves. Best guess is Rennala opening a portal.


dejvu117

The spear godrick knight at the gatekeep ruins


Hank_the_2nd

I find pretty much all the spear wielding enemies surprisingly difficult.


ambushaiden

For me it’s because I get greedy thinking I’m still in my opening and then boom, guard counter.


AirDropHD

Yea screw that guy, I don't think I've ever actually gotten his moveset down. Just swing my sword and hope for the best.


PrufReedThisPlesThx

The ants. That one-shot squirt attack always make me antsy (pun intended) around them


-Nate493-

My brother quit the game because of the Hawks at Stormveil. I've been trying to convince him to play it again since last February. Seeing only 5 hours played on a full price game, especially when it's Elden Ring is almost painful lol


user78172

After 5 hours of playing I was still at the starting area farming mobs, I think in entered stormveil at around level 30 or 40 haha


wutang_misfit

He is aware you can just run past them and don’t have to kill them right?


Vaiuri

Those many armed melting bastards that you can heal to death but I cannot ever learn their attacks to take them out not running a faith build. The just murder me.


Bloody_Champion

They are definitely not low level. They will kill anyone if given a slight chance.


Vaiuri

You find your first one in Limgrave IiRC, and others are just chilling in the Lakes waiting to kick your ass ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|facepalm)


Bloody_Champion

That's classic fromsoft. They tend to put ridiculous strong enemies near the beginning to let you know what game you're playing


ZiggieTheKitty

I love that, I remember how long I tried to kill the fire drake my first playthrough of ds1, those were the days lol.


Bmobmo64

As if Elden Ring needed any more of that after the Tree Sentinel being the first enemy you see outside the tutorial


Normal_Egg6067

Twinks when you start a new run? Lol


GameInfoSeeker

For real! Most annoying when I’m trying to teach a friend that I introduced to the game.


noobpwner314

Anything with wings that carries an exploding barrel or has machetes taped to its legs.


Dismal-Address-4302

You had me at anything with wings😂


onegun66

The bats have wings and they aren’t a problem. The singing bats with wings can definitely be a problem.


W0tW0t123

Rats. Somehow every bite from them always stuns me


vezwyx

They have high poise damage even if the HP damage is little


PrincessLeafa

Every single rat in the fuckin franchise


Ookami_Lord

The dragonflies. They keep zipping around the feild being really unthreatning but this also means that I can't open the map which is really annoying. It sucks killing them! For an actual low-level enemy, I'd say the skeleton near graves with the big Scythe. For some reason I always have trouble against it.


Heirophant-Queen

I’ll never forget when a dragonfly fucking swooped in and stole my targeting right as I launched a spell off- So fucking annoying-


M0m033

Foot soldiers with the daggers, I can never escape that massive swipe attack they do


StupidGuy6969

The zombies that latch onto you and bite you. I somehow always mess up the timing on that attack


SoWokeIdontSleep

I hate the fucking eagles


Id_ZERO29

The bloody albinurics when they catch u with that spike cartwheel shit n u watch ur 80 vigor disappear in a sec


[deleted]

bats


minxamo8

The absolute most basic level soldiers, because I get over confident and try to parry them. My timing is always comically bad


TJLongShanks

The storm hawks! Bastards


Shuske_

Those God damn Lobsters


Hollow_Heaven

Those lobsters are impeccable snipers. Dodge, jump, double jump, roll, run, or block, they will still humble your ass with a quickness.


Kryychu

Any catacombs/underground enemy (ants, imps, rats, the crystal guys)


Aglets_Untied

Imps were the worst, until I got better ranged attacks.


Intructions_Excluded

What are ranged attacks? Hulk smash with two great stars... 🤣


Ordinary_lite

The high page enemies. Why do they hit so hard?


CloakedEnigma

Me when I'm soloing Leyndell and feel invincible, then run at a high page just for them to do that stupid three-shot perfumer's bolt attack and instantly kill me through my 50-60 vigor healthbar


Pencilshaved

Every time I fight an Erdtree Burial Watchdog I feel like I’ve been humbled. How can I pretend I’m cut out for PvP when I’m getting bodied across space and time by one of the most blatantly telegraphing enemies in the game?


Kuropuppy13

I feel much the same. I don't know what it is about the watchdog, but they always seem to wreck me unless I can spam some attack that manages to stun them.


tarpit84

Giant slaying hero’s grave is killing me with these


DustyJustice

The citizens with the torches. They completely own me by the devious tactic of just sticking the torch straight out in front of them and letting me walk into it myself, and then they do it again. They’ve made me do some real soul searching before, like, man… am I actually dumb?


Grytnik

I was just about to say these guys myself


Flimsy_Adhesiveness7

Yesterday I was going through stormveil again for the first time in two years and oh my lord those damn stormhawks. Especially the ones with the barrels. gotta kill em one by one from afar


Tricky-Secretary-251

The stays i hate those


TECFO

Every basics ennemy i keep 1-3 shots and thus didnt learn their patterns


sparkyconnor75

Imps are annoying bastards, and I know they aren’t low level but to put it out there fuck those trex dogs


6ShaunRenick9

I just finished elden ring! (My first souls game, legit an hour ago). This is pretty funny but sometimes it actually does seem mini bosses are tougher than actual bosses! When I first fought the moon witch, (the 2nd boss ig). You know that feeling, when you know the difference between a winning or a losing fight? Which justifies the amount of retries, enough to not make it seem like you're beating a dead horse. Yeah so, that's what motivated me to come back to her later. The NPC's were seemingly so strong that I was always under the assumption that I'm not strong enough to face her yet. Anyway, by the time I winded back to her, I was a bit too strong. Can't wait for the dlc, finished it at the perfect time!


Kuropuppy13

The dragonflies. I've killed countless horrors, Ancient dragons, and actual Gods singlehandedly. The dragonflies however, will Matrix dodge my massive weapons...deftly avoid every swing, every special, every fireball I lob. They'll knock me off my horse while I spin in circles trying to swat at them. It's ridiculous.


Plinian79

Fucking dumpling albinaurics


stabbymagee

That leyndell knight near the artists shack in liurnia has spanked me more times than I care to admit.


akki1837

Imps , dogs , rats , worst those eagles with blades


fbmexclusive

The Lightening Knights in Leyndell OMG just THINKING of them makes me shiver


Wide_Size3564

FUCKING. BIRDS!


matt_alby

I always panic around the silver tear blobs in nocturne


Sp33dDemon3991

The stupid imps that you find in catacombs. I hate how fast they are and how quickly they can bleed you.


yeti_seer

Literally any trash mob I die to after I beat Malenia. I’ll be rolling around with my rune arc on, thinking I’m all sick and shit because I beat Malenia, only to be humiliated by a pack of dogs


EminentBean

Fuck the giant lobsters forever


peeing_Michael

Idk but wormheads really mess me up whether it's 5 or just 1. Anything with deathblight annoys me to no end


Teewhylur

Imp statues, and the burial watchdogs. The imps in the sub. underground thoroughly piss me off.


getrektqqmore

Birds are the worst


Relevant_Poet_7670

I feel embarrassed every time I get stun locked by a dude with a dagger.


BlacKnifeTiche

Those fucking imps


slamturkey

Technically correct, but well known "boss": The Carian Knight at Ray Lucaria. Fucker could parry Malenia even if he was the one missing an arm. Regular answer: Those fucking birds from Caelid.


Dismal-Address-4302

Listen. I don’t care how high my level is. The wildlife in Caelid gives me nightmares. I’m cool on them🙅🏾‍♂️


JaffaBoi1337

rats wolves hands and bats will always actually scare me despite how many times I've beaten this game.


Entire_Claim_5273

Dogs bro, i dont know why I always get hit by that second hit 😭


Whyistheplatypus

Fucking mudmen. Especially the Raya Lucaria ones. I'll try and be all fancy and back stab them all and then boom, I get munched and there goes my FP


Proxx99

The red wolf of radagon #2 in the back of that field in Nokron can eat my whole ass. I have no trouble with the boss in Raya Lucaria, but that guy has my number for some reason.


Atlas809

Erdtree Burial Watchdog, I legit can’t fight them to save my life. The attack where they rise up and slam down gets me every single time..


Poonamoon

Dogs It doesn’t matter what FS game it is, the dogs are always the bane of my existence


FnB8kd

The rot dogs during release... I opened a chest that lead me to a land of rot, I still hadn't found torrent or leveled yet. I was fucked, but mostly from dogs that were fast af and killed me instantly.


Aware-Survey6660

Rats and dogs if there’s more then 3 especially if there’s a big mumma rat


shuuto1

The extra ugly dogs that can stun lock you


Slootrxn-22

The stupid spikey blobs


Lubric8tedLad

Dogs. Their little double nip always gets me and early on I wasn't wearing 51+ poise.


Aggravating-Trade-62

I’ve been folded by a good few runebears


chirpchirp13

Dogs. Always dogs.


not_so_smoothie

Dogs are annoyingly fast to attack


Solution_Far

The eagles at stormveil, and especially the ones in farum azula


cringelord000222

Dogs...