Sourcemined
Elden Ring
BossElphael, Brace of the HaligtreeChanged in 1 patchVerified on build 25080141

Malenia, Blade of Miquella

18,473 HP at Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree · Malenia, Goddess of Rot, with the area's scaling applied. It takes the most damage from Fire and the least from Holy.

Where you fight it 1

Each place uses its own copy of the boss with that area's scaling. HP and stance as you meet them (first phase, offline, no new game plus).

PlaceHPStanceScaling
Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree · Malenia, Goddess of Rot ×618,47380×7.422

Damage negation

How much of each damage type it shrugs off. Lower is better for you; the type it takes most is highlighted.

Standard10%
Slash10%
Strike10%
Pierce10%
Magic20%
Fire0%
Lightning20%
Holy40%

Flat defense

Subtracted from each hit before negation; it matters most for weak hits. Area scaling raises it along with HP.

Physical123
Magic123
Fire123
Lightning123
Holy123

Status buildup to proc

Buildup needed for the first proc, and how much more each following proc needs (it grows after every proc, up to the fifth).

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison1,4811,9381,9381,938
Scarlet Rot1,4811,9381,9381,938
Bleed4215198091,266
Frost306348446736
Sleep6899791,4361,436
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

HP in each journey

At Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree · Malenia, Goddess of Rot: new game plus multiplies HP, defense and resistances again on top of the area's scaling.

NGNG+1NG+2NG+3NG+4NG+5NG+6NG+7
18,47318,75020,62521,56322,50024,37525,31326,250

How its AI decides verified

  • Its attack choices change at 72%, 64%, 42% of its HP: some attacks unlock, get likelier or are forced below those points.
  • It picks attacks by how far you are, with cut-offs at 1 m, 2.6 m, 5 m, 5.4 m, 9.5 m, 11 m, 20 m.
  • It chooses among 32 attack routines; 16 have a cooldown (5–36 s).

Read from the game's AI script for this boss. Which animation each routine plays isn't named yet.

Kill-speed simulator New

How many hits Malenia, Blade of Miquella takes with your weapon and stats, in any journey: damage per hit through its defense and negations, stance, and status procs as its thresholds grow.

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Patch history 1

Every patch that changed its numbers, read from the game's balance file (regulation) of each version.

  1. 1.02.1from 1.00
    • HP2,212→2,489
    • Standard negation20%→10%
    • Slash negation20%→10%
    • Strike negation20%→10%
    • Pierce negation0%→10%
    • Poison resistance252→542

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