Max degree Elden Ring characters will not have the ability to breeze via Shadow of the Erdtree when it arrives in June. The DLC will use a separate leveling system borrowed from Sekiro, in line with director Hidetaka Miyazaki.
In an interview with Famitsu (translated by Reddit consumer theangryfurlong), Miyazaki stated along with the conventional rune-based leveling system, you will even have a Sekiro-like “assault energy” stat distinctive to the DLC areas. Presumably, elevating it’ll make you do extra injury on prime of the stats you have already got.
Miyazaki stated the system was added to copy the liberty you had within the base recreation to discover and degree up earlier than tackling the bosses, and he particularly says it’s going to let you “extra simply expertise this even within the high-level vary.”
That final bit suggests that you simply will not have the ability to steamroll via the brand new space with a maxed-out character. You will want to lift this new assault energy stat to make a dent within the well being bars of its new bosses, a number of of whom might be equal to Malenia in problem. And if it is actually like Sekiro, you will in all probability acquire the assets to extend your assault energy off of the bosses you’ll be able to truly defeat.
It is too early to inform how important the assault energy system might be in comparison with your character degree, which nonetheless appears to play a task. Miyazaki went on to say that you would be able to principally ignore it to “expertise this problem at a decrease degree,” so I doubt it’s going to be required in the event you’re a type of FromSoft ascetics who discards all materials possessions like weapons and armor.
Every part about Shadows of the Erdtree appears self-contained so anybody who is way sufficient within the recreation to defeat the 2 required bosses, Radahn and Mohg, can deal with it. In the identical interview, Miyazaki stated the DLC will not have an effect on the primary story, so no matter occurs within the shadow realm stays within the shadow realm.
I can not consider a greater technique to steadiness the problem of the DLC than a system like this. Whereas it could be enjoyable to blast via it with a maxed-out character, it might form of smash the purpose of getting all the brand new weapon sorts and enemies in the event you might simply use your perfected construct. And making it considerably non-compulsory opens the door for YouTube movies the place individuals boast about killing Messmer with zero assault energy, no armor, fists solely, and an electrical guitar.
It is time to begin theorycrafting so that you’re ready for Shadow of the Erdtree when it drops on June 21.
