A fortuitous turn of events makes an otherwise imposing boss in Elden Ring Runes nothing but a short detour on the player's path to the Tower of Liurnia.

The Godskin Noble makes several appearances over the course of Elden Ring, and this might be the most abrupt ending for this gamer's playthrough. Cheesing boss is a storied tradition in FromSoft titles, but this bridge-side topple could prove difficult to replicate in Elden Ring.

Elden Ring has been out for over a year now, accruing countless accolades and superlatives, including 2022's Game Awards Game of the Year. Fans are hotly anticipating the previously announced Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, that, if the studio's previous paid expansions are anything to go off of, should bolster the game substantially. Elden Ring is FromSoft's most ambitious title to date, and many expect its forthcoming DLC to be similarly groundbreaking.

Reddit user mfkopp showed off their recent encounter with Elden Ring's Godskin Noble boss, which guards the Tower of Liurnia. Patrolling a wide stonework bridge towering over the depths of The Lands Between, the boss's opening move is to tuck into an asymmetric ball and roll violently toward the player as they venture across the bridge. Riding atop Torrent, mfkopp does a quick U-turn as Godskin Noble presses the attack, then finds a raised platform at the perimeter of the bridge and leaps over the boss as they roll onward. Godskin Noble attempts to divert course but has a wider-than-anticipated turn radius, peeling to the right and finding themselves outside the surface area of the bridge. The boss plummets to their untimely death, and their runes and wardrobe are transferred to Mfkopp's inventory.

Since the original release of Demon's Souls in 2009, gamers have been finding creative and occasionally hilarious ways to cheese the bosses in FromSoft titles. Given a vast array of utility and weaponry to conquer the countless brutally difficult bosses designed over the studio's tenure, players have endlessly tested the boundaries of its game's mechanics for shortcuts to victory. Though there are many flavors of boss cheeses demonstrated over the years, the most common appears to involve a boss plummeting to their death from a great height.

Videos like Mfkopp's are a testament to the staying power of Elden Ring, with new strategies for defeating the game's many bosses still cropping up over a year from its release. FromSoft really outdid itself with The Lands Between, with such scale and ingenuity that fans will undoubtedly be discovering exciting new ways to best its varied and imposing challenges for years to come.

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