{"id":185998,"date":"2022-03-18T11:18:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T10:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=185998"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:53:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:53:02","slug":"elden-rings-latest-update-cheese-bosses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/elden-rings-latest-update-cheese-bosses\/","title":{"rendered":"Elden Ring\u2019s latest update makes it difficult to cheese the tough bosses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elden-ring.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elden Ring<\/a> has released its latest update, and so far, it\u2019s been received with mixed feelings. Whether you\u2019ll experience these changes as positive depends on how far you\u2019ve progressed in the game. However, if you\u2019ve been waiting to tackle the tough bosses until you\u2019re stronger, you may have missed your best <strong>chance to defeat them<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Players have discovered a way to <strong>cheese their way through some of the most challenging fights<\/strong>. There are quite a few YouTube videos showing players cheesing their way through battles with Malenia (arguably the strongest boss in the game) by using Mimic Tear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mimic Tear conjures up a <strong>clone of your character<\/strong>. The clone has precisely the same stats as your current character and is equipped with the same items, armor, and weapons. This gives you a much better chance at defeating Malenia and other strong bosses. Not only do you have a mimic to draw fire, but between your character and the clone, you can deal double the damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, with the release of update v1.03, that tactic is no longer possible. The developers of Elden Ring, FromSoftware, have drastically <strong>reduced the damage<\/strong> dealt by your spirit clone. Also, they changed the clone\u2019s behavior to make it more difficult to defeat the strong bosses like Malenia using this technique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are not the only changes and <strong>improvements<\/strong> that came with this more significant update. There have been many bug fixes and new content and NPCs introduced with this last update. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bandainamcoent.com\/news\/elden-ring-patch-notes-v1-03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">view the full patch notes<\/a> for Elden RIng update v1.03 here.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve taken the time to build up your character and missed your chance at an easier win on tough bosses, perhaps it\u2019s time to <a href=\"https:\/\/elden-ring.en.softonic.com\/articles\/elden-rings-cheat-mods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">look at some Elden Ring cheat mods<\/a> that may make the game a little easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elden Ring has released its latest update, and so far, it\u2019s been received with mixed feelings. Whether you\u2019ll experience these changes as positive depends on how far you\u2019ve progressed in the game. However, if you\u2019ve been waiting to tackle the tough bosses until you\u2019re stronger, you may have missed your best chance to defeat them.&nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/elden-rings-latest-update-cheese-bosses\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Elden Ring\u2019s latest update makes it difficult to cheese the tough bosses&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9221,"featured_media":186000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[3244],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-185998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionelden-ring"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324233,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185998\/revisions\/324233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185998"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=185998"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=185998"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=185998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}