I knew it—Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's final boss has some hokey freaking hitboxes the size of barn doors

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Shadow of the Erdtree has, overall, gone down about as well as one might expect. It’s one ofFromSoftware’s best expansions yet (snagging an esteemed 95 in ourShadow of the Erdtree review) and has, naturally, also caused a flood of discourse. The “bosses are harder than usual” being one of them and—hey, wait a minute, that’s my article. Aw, man.

If you struggled like I did, one point of validation might be that Radahn’s hitboxes are comprehensively busted as a matter of undebatable fact.

His hitboxes are bs… #eldenring - YouTubeWatch On

His hitboxes are bs… #eldenring - YouTube

The YouTuber’s complaints were alsoshared on Reddit, where you can see some particularly egregious freeze-frames that really illustrate the issue. There are, if I were to hazard a guess, about 12-15 phantom inches of Radahn protruding, ghostly, from the tip of his blade.

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(Image credit: FromSoftware / TheKevDev on YouTube.)(Image credit: FromSoftware / TheKevDev on YouTube.)(Image credit: FromSoftware / TheKevDev on YouTube.)

(Image credit: FromSoftware / TheKevDev on YouTube.)

Three images displaying the sheer size of Radahn’s hitboxes in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

(Image credit: FromSoftware / TheKevDev on YouTube.)

Three images displaying the sheer size of Radahn’s hitboxes in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

(Image credit: FromSoftware / TheKevDev on YouTube.)

Three images displaying the sheer size of Radahn’s hitboxes in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

Luckily, FromSoftware’s already patched Radahn’s hitboxes, though it had to be course-correctedafter it made the boss a little too easy—what do you mean that’s base-game Radahn? You mean to say it happenedagain?

Radahn’s BS Hitbox - YouTubeWatch On

Radahn’s BS Hitbox - YouTube

(Jokes aside, FromSoftware is yet to address Promised Consort Radahn similarly, it’s just - if I had a penny…)

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I’m especially a fan of The KevDev’s follow-up, in which heprogressively makes Radahn invisible(first his weapons, then the entire dang model) to drive home his point. “He’s got the same attacks and hitboxes so it’s still fair, right?” It’s delightfully passive-aggressive. Perhaps those greatshield-wielding monsters tanking every hit were onto something: the hitbox doesn’t matter ifyou’re always getting hit.

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