Summary
AnElden Ringplayer came across a clever trick that helped defeat the Mimic Tear in one shot with just a Lightning Pot. The Mimic Tear is considered one of the most fun bosses inElden Ring, considering that it is up to the player to decide how difficult or easy they want the battle to be and what abilities it will have.
With therelease of theShadow of the ErdtreeDLC right around the corner, fans have been flocking back toElden Ringto give the game another try and find any possibly unknown secret along the way. Amid that, a fan has found a strategy that several other players have been unaware of.
In a new post on theElden Ringsubreddit, user bugzapperbob showcases a neat trick to get rid of the Mimic Tear before it can even do anything. If players hit the Mimic Tear with aLightning Pot from afar inElden Ring, before allowing it to transform, the boss dies instantly. While there are other handy tricks to deal with the Mimic Tear with ease, this is by far one of the easiest to pull off, considering it just requires players to have a Lightning Pot, which isn’t that hard to get in the first place. The reason why this works is that the tear form is extremely weak to lightning, making it an easy target.
TheMimic Tear is a creative boss inElden Ring, as it simply becomes a clone of the player. As a result, whatever weapons, armor, and sorceries the player has will get mimicked by the boss. Essentially, players end up fighting themselves, which is an exciting part of the game. While it can become extremely tricky to defeat the boss if one has a good build, some players found another clever way of making the battle easy by unequipping all items before encountering the boss. Once the boss clones the player, they can simply equip their items back and defeat it with ease.
Elden Ring Fans Have Reservations Against One-Shot Mimic Tear Trick
While this trick does make the battle a breeze, some fans are not quite happy with it. A few highlighted how it is a great challenge and way of putting their gear to the test, while others preferred the more quirky approach of having a fistfight with each other with no items equipped at all. Considering how enjoyable the battle seems to be in the community, it seems like this wouldserve as a trick more forElden Ringspeedrunnersthan anybody else.
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ELDEN RING, developed by FromSoftware, Inc. and BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc., is a fantasy action-RPG adventure set within a world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R.R. Martin. Danger and discovery lurk around every corner in FromSoftware’s largest game to date. Hidetaka Miyazaki - President and Game Director of FromSoftware Inc. Known for directing critically-acclaimed games in beloved franchises including Armored Core and Dark Souls.George R.R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire - A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast For Crows, and A Dance with Dragons. As a writer-producer, he has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
