Elden Ring | Co-Op Mode | Godric the Grafted (1st Attempt)

This is a clip from my gameplay footage of 2022's popular video game "Elden Ring" on Playstation 4.

If you're unfamiliar with "Elden Ring", here's some quick info:

[GAMEPLAY]
In Elden Ring, players control a customizable player character on a journey to repair the Elden Ring and become the new Elden Lord. The game is presented through a third-person perspective, with players freely roaming its interactive open world. Gameplay elements include combat using several types of weapons and magic spells, horseback riding, and crafting. (Wikipedia)

[STORY]
Elden Ring takes place in the Lands Between, a fictional landmass ruled over by several demigods. It was previously ruled over by the immortal Queen Marika, who acted as keeper of the Elden Ring, a powerful force that manifested as the physical concept of order. When Marika eventually shattered the Elden Ring and disappeared, her demigod children began warring over pieces of the Ring in an event called the Shattering. Each demigod possesses a shard of the Ring called a Great Rune, which corrupts them with power. In the game, the player character is a Tarnished, one of a group of exiles from the Lands Between who are summoned back after the Shattering. As one of the Tarnished, the player must traverse the realm to repair the Elden Ring and become the Elden Lord. (Wikipedia)

• This is a special post because this is one of my first times enjoying the co-op mode in Elden Ring.

• I was summoned to Stormveil Castle to help my friend battle through that area to the castle boss -- Godric the Grafted.

• My friend's friend level is in the 40s or 50s I think, while mine's maybe 70 or 80 here.

• My melee-magic Confessor build's golden reddish hue took a little getting used to but after that I mostly just enjoyed playing online with another person.

• Godric the Grafted was already a formidable foe for a mostly long-range magic character like myself -- so watching my friend's melee build get up close and personal with this multi-armed boss was impressive.

• I kicked off my support with Flame of the Fell God's giant floating fireball for 466 damage and then switched off to Flame Frenzy to see if that would do a better job -- 900 damage!

• There were a lot of numbers popping up on Godric's health bar since Flame of the Fell God does residual burn damage if the target stays in place but combining the two look to do an okay job .

• I forgot to mention that in Elden Ring's Co-Op Mode all visitors get their flask number cut in half so since I had 6 originally I was given 3 here.

• Also you can't ride Torrent which just forces you to just "get good" and fight on foot against the game's diabolical enemies.

• Godric does his whirlwind attack, jumps, and thankfully doesn't land on me as I do another Flame Frenzy for 600 damage.

• I back away then get close to do two Flame Frenzies in a row for 400 and 600 damage but accidentally fill up my madness bar all the way and get punished for it -- losing Vigor (health) and FP (magic).

• Once recovered, I dodge-roll back and hit Godric with a Lightning Spear for 600 damage while my friend the host hacks away at him.

• Godric does his whirlwind attack, pushing back my friend so I charged-up a Lightning Spear but it misses when Godric tumbles away.

• After that last fail, I cycle through my items to refill my magic while my friend keeps Godric busy. It's a tough life for a mage, watching the melee-types have fun while you stressfully sit back and cast magic from far away lol.

• I try to get in close to help but Godric starts doing some wide swinging-attacks and I nearly die while casting a giant fireball that gets interrupted.

• I start healing while my friend starts clobbering Godric down to half life, triggering the cutscene where this mad king chops off his hand and then morphs a fire-breathing dragon head to the stump ... I swear this game is both so gross but so cool.

• My friend sees the dragon-head and runs for cover while I, being the genius that I am, run toward the flames and get burned. This forces me to waste some magic to heal again ... not my finest moment.

• I try to recover by getting closer and launching Flame Frenzy but I'm a bit hesitant and fire it off way too far away and only do 200 damage, wasting even more of my magic.

• Thinking he's distracted, I attempt to launch a second one but Godric turns around smacks me off my feet, taking half my life.

• Rolling away up the stairs I charged up a Lightning Spear and, coupled with whatever melee damage my friend is doing, Godric suffers 700 damage.

• After that, I launch a giant fireball but it only does 300 damage.

• My friend has been doing a great job keeping up with Godric this whole time, distracting him enough that I can dish out my magical damage.

• I follow up the giant fireball with a Flame Frenzy that does, or either stacks, to 1000 damage ... but get caught in another dragon-fire attack that nearly kills me.

• I back up the stairs and see that Godric's gonna release another wave of flames so I heal up just in time to get burned again.

• When I get up I see my friend's health going down so I decide to just start popping off those giant fireballs for support.

• The first two get him for burn and explosion damage, doing about 500 each but he tumbles away before the 3rd explosion can get him.

• Godric interrupts my Flame Frenzy so I start backing up fast to heal and thankfully get out of range of his next flame attack.

• I float another Flame of the Fell God over for 400 damage and make the mistake of getting too close where I get a giant axe to the face lol.

• Luckily, Blue Feathered Branchsword saves me. It's a Talisman item that raises my defense when my health is low.

• Healing again, I get close enough to hit Godric with a Flame Frenzy and then back up to give my friend the chance to finish him.

• But Godric starts eating his health with these crazy swinging attacks so I throw down two Lightning Spears to help out but it doesn't kill him yet.

• My friend's asking me to take the shot while Godric's charging up his dragon-arm and that's when the battle ends with some good old-fashioned lightning.

• After defeating Godric, I get sent back to my world automatically since the boss is dead.

• Hope you all enjoyed this post!

• Feel free to leave comments below!

• See y'all on the next post of my Elden Ring adventure!