Malenia, you could have guessed, wasn’t the only obstacle standing in MissMikkaa’s way. For a good while, Maliketh kept one-shotting her, but that just made the moment when she finally destroyed him without getting hit a single time all the more sweet. My favorite thing about this portion of the stream is that moments before she buckles down to embarrass Maliketh, MissMikkaa is talking about her career path prior to Twitch. “I never really knew what I wanted to do, you know?” she said, before going on to pull off one of the year’s best feats in gaming.

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The biggest surprise, she says, had to be Rennala. For many, Rennala is cited as one of the easier bosses. But it’s a little different when you go in with special rules.

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“On most bosses I would use the target lock-on to make it so I didn’t have to control the camera that much,” MissMikkaa said. “But I noticed that each time Rennala summons in the second phase, there would often be problems when trying to re-target Rennala. It might not sound so hard, but if you only have one hand available it can become a challenge to execute the most basic inputs sometimes. And don’t get me started on targeting her sweetings…”

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As for the final moments of the run, they were intimate. Yes, Radagon and Elden Beast were difficult because they are two back-to-back bosses, one of which has two phases. If you kill one, you still have to kill the other. But when she finally did it, MissMikkaa was standing confidently beneath the towering gaze of the Elden Beast, one sword in each hand. As the final blow came down, she let out a laugh.

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“Oh my god, we did it,” she gasped. “Elden Beast! Deleted!” she exclaimed. That’s when she pulled both her hands up to her head in disbelief. One arm was covered up in a Twitch sock. She didn’t need it.

If you’d like to cosplay as MissMikkaa, it’s worth knowing what she ran with. The build made use of base stat-boosting items like Radagon’s Soreseal, the Ritual Shield (which reduces damage by 30% when you’re at full health), the Ritual Sword (boosts damage by 10% when HP is topped off), and a rotating set of other talismans. These included Lord of Blood’s Exultation, Millicent’s Prosthesis, and the Dragoncrest Shield Talisman, depending on what the situation called for. For bosses that didn’t bleed, she says, she went for elements like fire or lightning instead. And since she was doing this run mid-big patch, she of course carried the ever-handy Opaline Hardtear, which is now one of the best items in the game.

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“I am proud of my achievements and have hopes that those who heard about this or witnessed this are inspired to take on challenges like this themselves!” she said in a message. “When I overcome challenges like these I see people doubt their own abilities, I don’t want that to be the case, instead I hope to encourage them!”