The Elden Ring 1.04.1 patch notes are here and they pretty much confirm that the update today on Steam is just about sorting the problems with the RPG game's last patch. Rejoice anyone struggling through one of the toughest Elden Ring bosses, as Malenia is now fixed so she's slightly less undefeatable.
Elden Ring patch 1.04 went live last week with the main goal of patching Patches, which other than being lovely to write basically extended the backstabbing character's questline with an extra fight. However, the patch also had the unintended (?) consequence of somehow making Malenia - who is already one of the toughest bosses FromSoftware has ever made - even more difficult.
Slight spoiler for the fight - Malenia has the ability to heal every time she hits the player with one of her attacks. That's bad enough already. However, in what is probably (conspiracy hat on) an elaborate troll against the popular player Let Me Solo Her (hat off), update 1.04 allowed Malenia to heal whenever she attacks, regardless of whether she hit someone or not.
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