you did beat him without lea's help....right?

>>714129437 (OP)
yes

>>714129437 (OP)
I beat him 2nd try with Lea and uninstalled.

>>714130852
>I beat him 2nd try with Lea

didn't bother reading the rest ydbtg

>>714129437 (OP)
I'm not losing on cinematic kino, that duo riposte is simply beautiful.

>>714129437 (OP)
>spend days trying to beat him on NG+8
>finally do it and feel extremely satisfied
>go watch other people fight him
>the boss barely does damage to them because they're on NG and they defeat the boss in under an hour because they're using Lea
Do no good playthroughs of this game exist? I wanted to see people spend ages on the boss like I did. It's not fun to watch if they just breeze through it

>>714131648
>autist purposely makes it harder for themselves
>sees normal people beat stuff
>gets upset they can't get self validation for wasting hours/effort
Seek help

>>714131648
>people didn't waste their lives on meaningless achievements like I did

>>714131648
Who the fuck wants to watch some other autist play the same boss fight over and over for hours on end unless it's a meme like DSP

>>714130852
>I beat him with an invincible tank that draws all of his attention

The fact you couldn't do it on your first attempt is pathetic.

>>714131648
when this game came out i think most people had fatigue from the elden ring bosses/challenges and preferred a more chill souls-like experience with lies of p. i didn't see the autistic 10+ hour boss battles in this game like we saw everyone doing with elden ring.

>>714132057
I actually got to phase 2 on my first try without Lea because I missed the fact you can help her up.

>>714131648
KWAB

>>714132236
Arlecchino is harder than anything in Elden Ring, pre-nerf Consort Radahn included, if you fight him without summons or cheesing

>>714130897
No one's asking for your validation homie, but feel free to express your opinion on this open forum. However, consider that credits rolling is evidence of beating the game.

>>714129437 (OP)
You should absolutely use Lea

to witness her performance. Her VA delivered the best performance of the year. Just let puppet man kill you at phase 2 opener if you want to beat him solo. Never experiencing that performance is criminal.

>>714132948
Being able to say "I beat the game" implies that it was a single-handed, solo experience, since the subject of the claim "I" in "I beat the game" only suggests that one person, that person being you, was the one to beat said game. If you used a summon or companion, it no longer becomes "I" but "We" instead. Insisting on saying "I" when summons or companions were present is devaluing any impact they had on the fights, and you are pretending that they do not exist. In essence, you literally cannot say "I beat the game" if you used a companion because by definition, it is inaccurate. You definitely saw the credits, but it wasn't through your sole effort alone that made you reach the credits. You have to give your summons credit as well. Not acknowledging the NPC summon after dragging them into the fight is more validation-seeking than simply not summoning them at all.

>>714129437 (OP)
You have a literal boss rematch. There's no motive to beat him solo in your first playthrough and deny yourself a satisfactory conclusion of the DLC, you can just boot him up from the comfort of the hotel and have a proper 1v1

>>714133908
KYS