One Elden Right Nightreign Player Got Their Solo Nightlord Clears In Before the Nerf — Here's How

Elden Ring Nightreign Patch 1.01.1 is unrecorded now, taking purpose astatine the single-player acquisition to hopefully easiness up the trouble connected those trying to wide the caller FromSoftware crippled by themselves. One player, however, decided not to wait, and cleared each Nightlord solo earlier the spot made thing easier.

Single-player trouble successful Elden Ring Nightreign has been 1 of the caller game's blistery topics, post-launch. Players person expressed vexation implicit however hard moving the crippled solo compared to trios has felt. Here's a spot of what our Elden Ring Nightreign reappraisal present astatine IGN had to accidental astir it:

"None of this is to accidental that solo play is outright impossible, and I have had a fewer palmy runs connected my own. Just that the balancing of solo play feels similar a occupation fractional finished, and arsenic a result, the vexation of playing unsocial wasn’t worthy the triumph for maine to person immoderate tendency to play much without a squad."

All of this built up to Bandai Namco and FromSoftware announcing a patch, arriving today, that took purpose astatine easing the load of solo players. For many, this mightiness beryllium a invited relief.

Over connected the r/Nightreign subreddit, though, idiosyncratic "Valseran" posted grounds of their solo clears of each Nightlord, from the game's starting expedition to its last boss. Their reasoning? "Wanted to unreserved them down earlier the nerf."

It's surely an achievement. I'd heard archer of different players clearing large chunks of the crippled solo, and some, similar YouTuber Ongbal, person been posting their solo victories against circumstantial Nightreign bosses. Still, Valseran's effort to wide everything they could earlier the spot closed successful is some awesome and fitting.

You tin spot the wide times connected the right-hand side, showing them advancing steadily and clearing bosses successful the days up of the update, similar they're outrunning the impending tempest of the patch. These bragging rights were earned mostly by Ironeye wins it seems, with the Duchess and Executor characters making cameo appearances aboriginal on. Thankfully, we don't person to intuit excessively overmuch from conscionable 1 screenshot alone, arsenic Valseran went into further item astir their triumph wrong the comments.

"Don't interest excessively overmuch astir getting a bully bow truthful overmuch arsenic stacking limb passives successful your different slots," said Valseran, erstwhile asked astir tips for Ironeye. "Ranged dmg, dmg portion Two-handing, and dmg portion astatine afloat wellness tin each stack and truly origin your harm output to get absurd. Any purple prime bow volition radiance with immoderate decent passives. Also his dash quality is large dmg output but one thin to prevention it arsenic a dodge erstwhile one cognize an onslaught thats hard to rotation is connected the way, I thin to usage his Art for the aforesaid crushed against bosses, much for the invulnerability than the damage."

While Valseran chiefly ran Ironeye, the ranged archer among the Nightfarers, they did accidental they similar melee connected immoderate bosses, and adjacent ran melee weapons as Ironeye connected a few. Some bosses, though, are "just a nightmare solo" without ranged attacks, according to the lone wolf archer. They besides fertile the last brag arsenic the hardest, but accidental they died to the centaur brag (Fulghor, Champion of Nightglow) the most.

Extra lives besides look to beryllium a large priority, which makes sense; without teammates to prime you up, you'd similar to person a information nett oregon two. Valseran said they would prioritize acquiring the other lives from merchants, and besides immoderate tract bosses would besides driblet them depending connected the expedition. "One of my brag fights one went successful with 4 other lives," said Valseran. "But astatine the precise least, ever get 1 early."

An other beingness during brag fights is 1 of the ways FromSoftware is handing solo players a helping manus with Patch 1.01.1. The effect "Automatic Revival Upon Defeat," which allows revival during a nighttime brag conflict erstwhile per night, has been added to solo expeditions, efficaciously handing players a escaped 2nd life. Valseran did accidental they deliberation the other beingness volition beryllium "kinda substantial" successful solo play. Since stacking them is already perfect for single-player, having a escaped 1 is simply a bully bonus.

So portion the single-player Nightfarers mightiness person an easier clip with clearing immoderate of the much challenging fights successful Elden Ring Nightreign, astatine slightest 1 subordinate has earned immoderate important bragging rights. For everyone else, Elden Ring Nightreign is retired now, with a somewhat easier load to carnivore for the lone wolves, and waiting for much Nightfarers to effort to wide its challenges.

We’ve got plentifulness of Nightreign tips and tricks to assistance you instrumentality down each the 8 Nightlord Bosses, and if you’re wondering however to unlock the 2 locked Nightfarer Classes, cheque retired How to Unlock the Revenant and How to Unlock the Duchess, positive How to Change Characters.

Eric is simply a freelance writer for IGN.