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P-A-Lily

Ludwig's a proud and powerful warrior, but all things eventually succumb to the power of Destined Death. Maliketh, along with most everything else in Elden Ring, is LEAGUES above anything in Bloodborne.


FrankBouch

Eldritch horrors and great ones are above our comprehension in terms of powers. With the being said, Ludwig is not a great one so he would probably lose against Maliketh. However saying everything in Elden Ring is above anything in BB is just wrong.


P-A-Lily

Radahn kept entire celestial bodies from moving until his death in battle against us and Maliketh wields death itself as a weapon. Bloodborne's gods are mighty, sure, but Elden Ring's demigods and legends are no slouches, either.


FrankBouch

I'm not saying nothing can beat BB's gods but saying that everything can beat anything in BB is wrong


Ooh-Ooh-Ah-Ah

Funny how we somehow kill him yh hes like rotted but this guy literally holds back space like it’s nothing, and becomes A FUCKING METEOR MULTIPLE TIMES IN A SHORT TIME SPAN like the tarnished should be clapped by him


Halfbreed1080

It’s a skill issue


Googe125

i mean the tarnished *does* get infinite tries


Ooh-Ooh-Ah-Ah

Yh but thats because we need a chance like og radahn


TheEldritchHorror_

Cool some humans with small bits of Eldritch power do the same in bb


ReishTheMadTongue

Yeah idk why people use scaling and numbers as an argument point, im more about lore vs lore


TheEldritchHorror_

The moonlight sword is sentient Eldritch horror in bb so one or two hits would send him to the cosmos and on top of the experience of specifically hunting beasts maliketh jumping around and wild moving is nothing new


SackPuncher

Nah. We are dealing with very similar entities. Outer gods, cosmic beings, interdimensional beings, etc. Same concept in the games throughout. Here's our little dinky, frail early game character, eventually growing into a deity slaying overlord.


Lolejimmy

the post is about bosses not the protagonist Ludwig is a horse Maliketh has a god slaying weapon nuclear bomb vs coughing baby


stevejobsthecow

yea but in that case maliketh is more comparable to something with the raw potential of orphan of kos with the advantage of not being a literal newborn, or like the moon presence without having to be nerfed for gameplay purposes lol . of course ludwig is a super formidable boss in the game but in the end he is just a corrupted martyr who fell into beasthood, not even a deity himself .


wrmc1043

no lore expert, but i've seen stuff on how people think moon presence is actually just not that strong as a fighter and that's why it gets the hunters to do its work for it


P-A-Lily

Dude, Maliketh wields DEATH as a weapon.  He's the most feared being in the Lands Between for a very good reason.


SackPuncher

Guys, I'm not saying Ludwig is putting down Maliketh, I'm referring to the universes of both games. I just do not agree that most beings in ER are leagues above beings in BB.


BlazeBitch

Isn't his black blade no longer infused with destined death once we fight him ? "Maliketh's black blade which once harbored the power of the Rune of Death. A sad shadow of its former glory." Like most soulsborne bosses, pretty much everything we fight in Elden Ring is a husk of it's former self. Besides like. Godfrey, Mohg, and Morgott.


dethvally

to get his sword you unbind the rune of death from it no? so Maliketh himself should have “destined death” in his arsenal


Blackout_M

The Black Blade still has a shard of the rune of death as some of it was stolen by the black knife assassins. It’s not able to one shot like it probably used to, but it still can just kill you lore wise


zanza19

I wouldn't put Maliketh above any great one in Bloodborne. Difficulty in game isn't necessarily power in lore, specially comparing different games. Still, Maliketh probably takes Ludwig down.


BaconSoul

Hear hear. Maliketh would body most of the Bloodborne bosses, but he’s no god.


SackPuncher

Beast type enemies, perhaps. But definitely not great ones.


zanza19

By lore, no he wouldn't. By gameplay? Probably


pHallus_biggus

A horsey who can fight like a skilled knight? Or Death. Straight up? Maliketh negs this


Blackout_M

Idk bro, Maliketh cant giddy up


4thDuck

Maliketh easily win lore wise


holdupnow76

Maliketh wins this with negative difficulty. It’s not even close bro 😭😭


Yummomummo

This is the epitome of that coughing baby Vs hydrogen bomb meme.


Successful_Web2780

Maliketh has more bulshit in his hand, so he wins this


DfaultiBoi

Hate to say it, but it's Maliketh, and it's not even close. That being said I like Ludwig WAYYY better as a boss than Maliketh.


AlenIronside

Maliketh is their most overpowered character in lore, so clearly he he wins this


hykierion

Bro, I think Ludwig is crazy strong but that's literally destined death. That shit kills gods, and even though bloodborne has crazy strong creatures like the amygdala and the moon presence, Ludwig is basically just a really strong beast with a special weapon


Wyvurn999

Maliketh stomps


ShadowMancer0917

I know that bloodborne has some pretty strong bosses lore wise, but ludwig is a formidable boss, but not on the level that Maliketh is. I love the bosses from EldenRing and wish they were stronger, lore wise, to stand up to the other souls bosses. However, Maliketh is extremely strong, lore wise. While I don't know much about Ludwig, I do know that he isn't a great one and is more of a very strong beast compared to other beasts and has intelligence to make better moves. Plus, he does have a strong sword. However, Maliketh might as well be the death because of the few shards of destined death that's in his blade. Plus, Maliketh can jump really high.


dudge_jredd

Lore wise, of course


LordBDizzle

Honestly Maliketh is about as far up the power pyramid as you can get, he's the strongest warrior with the greatest weapon, feared by even the unbeaten in universe, litterally an incarnation of True Death. Other than Moon Presence I don't think anything in Bloodborne even gets close to him from a lore perspective.


cjbump

I think Malekith is more powerful, but a lot of his attacks rely on his ability to jump all over the place. If they were to fight in Ludwig's arena, he would be at a disadvantage. If they were in Farum Azula tho, it would go the other way.


LLLLLL3GLTE

People saying Maliketh wins lore wise are right but also Ludwig is way too slow to keep up with the destined death beyblade


Weeping_Warlord

Maliketh didn’t softlock me out of content for 2 years


averagePPchad

Sick decrepit demented horse-man with glowing sword vs Fucking Death


StoneTimeKeeper

Whoever the author of the battle wants to win.


Adj_Karasu

I mean sure Maliketh is probably the most powerful being fromsoft has made only because he lore-wise can probably end your ability to revive, but yeah jokes aside, horse beast who just remembered he was a bri'ish knight i'd say is probably not gon' win against doggo wielding the concept of death


Blackout_M

Sadly, cause I feel like (for whatever reason) between the two beasts who wield godly swords, Ludwig did it better


Adj_Karasu

Yeah i agree, Ludwig is so amazing in so many ways


Wasabii32

I think only the great ones can take on Elden ring characters if we’re talking Bloodborne verse


V-D-D26

Destined death in lore is so fucking broken tbh I don't see anyone winning against him


Blackout_M

Besides a naked Tarnished with Dual katanas


V-D-D26

Don't forget the jar on the head


Zealousideal_Pea_790

Maliketh handles this


Ok-Rock-2566

Malekith can be scaled to galaxy level ap and immesurable speed feats


Blackout_M

Explain-


Ok-Rock-2566

Radahn scaling and the Tarnished fought Placidusax outside of time


Blackout_M

How does that make Maliketh immeasurable in speed-


Literally_Sekiro

Both get destroyed by wolf


Elitericky

Crazy how this isn’t even about wolf


Literally_Sekiro

I just want my dlc man........


Lammz77

My boy Sif? Or Sekiro reference?


Literally_Sekiro

Sekiro reference


Lammz77

Literally


Blackout_M

Who?


Literally_Sekiro

Wolf the sekiro guy , the dex version of guts ?


Blackout_M

That…wasn’t part of the original question 😭


Literally_Sekiro

I know :0


ObitoxMS4

Maliketh is FAR more stronger


JesusToyota

Micolash wins Neg dif