I'm perfectly aware forums are the niche of the niche. Youtube isn't and videos about Elden Ring lore, items and powerful builds get hundreds of thousands of views, sometimes millions.
Finally defeated Malenia and good riddance. Hardest From boss for sure, but not even close to the most fun. Kill or at least slow down the anime combo and make her health regen phase 2 only and you have a great, but still very challenging boss. As she is she's just a fucking chore to fight and exactly the wrong kind of difficult. I powered through all of phase 1 with only one combo, then summoned Tiche for phase 2 because fighting bullshit with bullshit is fair game, even if it leaves a sour taste in my mouth. She died while jumping mid-air for the combo actually, thank you Rock Sling for having good tracking. Oh, and her wings in ph2 make her tells super hard to read which is also not very cool. Feels like she'd be a terrific Sekiro boss what with all the parry opportunities but in this game, na fam, Isshin with tits she's ain't, she makes Blackflame Friede look like a fun boss. If I ever replay this I'm not even stepping foot on that stupid tree again.
At this point I don't think any boss will top Morgott as my personal best one. The endgame is too busy punishing the player to worry about quality. I'm on Maliketh now and he's a doozy as well, but seems a lot less oppressive. I'll see tomorrow.