Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree trailer has players preparing for \u201cMalenia 2.0\u201d Bandai NamcoElden Ring fans think they\u2019ll be battling \u201cMalenia 2.0\u201d based on Messmer the Impaler\u2019s appearance in the Shadow of the Erdtree trailer. Malenia counts among the most difficult bosses in FromSoftware\u2019s open-world epic. This particular Elden Ring character boasts a devastating flurry attack that can even strike down the toughest Tarnished if not properly dodged. Interestingly enough, dataminers have found evidence suggesting Malenia provided a much bigger challenge in pre-launch builds. Now there\u2019s reason to believe that FromSoftware has created yet another boss fight that will keep players on the edge of their seats. Such a battle will appear in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. Elden Ring fans think Messmer the Impaler is \u201cMalenia 2.0\u201d Elden Ring\u2019s announcement trailer for Shadow of the Erdree spends a decent chunk of time focusing on the Tarnished\u2019s battle against a brand-new foe \u2013 Messmer the Impaler. Presumably the DLC\u2019s big bad, Messmer strikes at the Tarnished with unforgiving fire-based attacks. At one point, it looks like the character\u2019s fire abilities deal area-of-effect damage that could prove grueling if players aren\u2019t especially careful. It\u2019s no surprise, then, that Elden Ring faithful are already preparing themselves for another Malenia-level boss fight. While sharing a screenshot of Messmer on the Elden Ring subreddit, one user wrote, \u201cI can already tell this guy\u2019s gonna be Melania [sic] 2.0.\u201d Replies to the Reddit post show that many players agree \u2013 Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree may very well unleash a Malenia-like threat on the new Land of Shadow setting. One user shared this sentiment in a popular comment that reads, \u201cThe trailer really went out of its way to hype Messmer up. I bet that fight is disgusting.\u201d Another eager fan wrote, \u201cI\u2019m gonna get so frustrated, I\u2019ll need to eat a cookie and take a nap afterwards. I can\u2019t f***ing wait.\u201d Of course, attempts at making a Malenia and Messmer gameplay connection have led to some thinking the two may share a bond in the lore, as well. One such theory posits, \u201cEvery other set of demigods\u2026 is a trio except for Miquella and Malenia. I\u2019ve always assumed that Melina was the third child of Marika and Radagon, but maybe this \u2018Messmer\u2019 is.\u201d Players will be able to uncover Shadow of the Erdtree\u2018s many mysteries when the DLC arrives this summer on June 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree trailer has players preparing for \u201cMalenia 2.0\u201d Bandai NamcoElden Ring fans think they\u2019ll be battling \u201cMalenia 2.0\u201d based on Messmer the Impaler\u2019s appearance in the Shadow of the Erdtree trailer. Malenia counts among the most difficult bosses in FromSoftware\u2019s open-world epic. This particular Elden Ring character boasts a devastating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}