Maldron the Assassin | Dark Souls 2 Wiki

Combine these following annoying traits/designs for an NPC invader: Extremely high health, Running away like a little wuss the moment their health goes below 90% and chugs estus while luring you into a massive mob of enemies to get ganked to death/cheap-shotted at the last second when you're busy with other enemies, bullshit tracking to the point he tracks you better than a heat seeking missile, bullshit poise (Despite wearing medium/light armor with mediocre poise when worn by a player character), a lance with insanely high damage and counter damage multiplier and a million bullshit lingering hitboxes on its stupid charge attacks, Did I mention the bullshit tracking?, attacking non-stop despite using a heavy weapon that uses a lot of stamina very quickly when spammed in such a way, but ofc this **** has to have infinite stamina too in case he wasn't bad enough, and don't forget the crap he pulls at Eleum Loyce where he pretends to be friendly only to backstab you the literal millisecond you turn away from him and is pretty much a guaranteed one-shot most of the time and if you don't fall for his tricks, he again tries to run away and lure you into mobs so they can do his dirty work, and after all that you get: THE MOST GODDAMN CANCEROUS NPC INVADER I'VE HAD THE DISPLEASURE OF DEALING WITH, IN ANY SOULS GAME

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Thank you Fextralife for not posting my lengthy informational comment on why this guy is such a pain to deal with, wasting tons of time on my end because your moderation sucks, thank you very much

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Can he even be dodged? I thought my adaptability was broken but I had 32 and kept getting caught by the Lance no matter my timing or positioning. Is my game broken?

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The amount of hate I have for this mf is maddening

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Use a Seed of a Giant Tree if you really feel like making this slimeball suffer and pay for his cowardice

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Although he is a pos with his whole "pretending to be friendly only to one-shot backstab you the milisecond you turn away from him and proceeding to taunt you as you die and running away like a little coward the moment you don't fall for his treachery and hit him" deal, it would've been really cool to have more NPC enemies with personalities... Just maybe less annoying than this little fecker

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In brume tower, he's a bit annoying, as he run to a cursed area, and if you don't have any curse resist equipment, you can not follow him.
But that also mean you can't use a bonfire or even quit the game, as he still present in our world.
Not very well thought through.

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A coward.

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man, eff this guy. lolz

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This guy is a great example of why Lances are so incredibly overpowered in on NPC phantoms - he will ALWAYS roll catch you if you're close. Don't even bother letting him get close, it's a fast ticket to death.

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why aren't all npc invaders like this? maldron has more personality to him than most people

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*Uses Seed of a Tree of Giants* = more like Malding the Assassin lmao

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Never managed to kill him in Eleum Loyce due to not having a weapon to stunlock him, but I got him in Brume Tower cuz you can just run in front of him once he guns it for the stairs.

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It was pretty damn satisfying to take down this bastard in Iron Keep after killing all of his allies

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Okay screw y'all guys. This guy is amazing. This is what invader NPCs should've always been. This is the most cleverly designed enemy that actually used the area to fight you, which is what the disadvantaged invader should do. This is peak NPC design.

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I wish we could cut his D I C K off :)

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You can summon sellsword luet to distract him in elum loyce his sign is by the pillars when you first enter the area right after the 3 hedgehogs

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I'm pretty sure this guy's racist or something horrible like that

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What a coward he is hahaha

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I went to get the Seed of a Giant Tree just for this guy. Good luck down there you coward.

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Maidenless.

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Prime example of parentless behavior

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I just encountered Maldron for the first time in Eleum Loyce. I had absolutely no clue about this guy. So I cautiously walk up the steps, peek over the floor and see a white phantom. So I back down and switch around my rings and armor, preparing for a standard fight. I take a breath, and sprint up the steps right at him, about to slam my Fume Ultra Greatsword down on him, planning to pancake him with the Stone Ring and destroy him before he knew what was happening. Before I swing, I notice him wave, which was very odd but I ignore it. I slam my FUGS down. But he rolls. I attack again, he rolls. I back up to bait out an attack.....and then he just stands there, watching me. The following 20 minutes of madness and shenanigans were by far the strangest, most unexpected, confusing and hilarious I have ever had in my 1500+ hours in the series. I'm so glad that I knew nothing about him beforehand. What an experience.

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The true Patches in DS2

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we miss you

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Probably the best NPC invader they've ever made in the franchise, too bad ER invaders are just nobrainers

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Three words:
poison.
f*** you.

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In brume tower I made him do a gentle tumble down the entire stairway with my greathammer.

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Yesterday at Elyum Loyce i didn't attack him and he backstabbed me when i pulled the lever. Then he run to the demon and i run after him and i killed him and demon. Used all estus and some lifegems but that was so satisfying :3 Servers down so i just upped level 300 and ng feels as easy as Skyrim.

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While I was fighting this dude, I literally knocked him down from the big chains, but the dude hacked the game and nocliped just to kill me. Does this happen to others or is it just me?

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ah yes, the mald inducer maldron

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"Yeah, we didn't make Pate horrible enough, we need a better spearman backstabber"

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I think I broke Maldron's A.I in Frozen Eleum Loyce. Knowing his true nature beforehand I attacked him immediately upon meeting him for a second time. After sustaining some damage he ran away but the gate was still closed so there wasn't anywhere for him to go.

Instead of trying to fight me he simply ignore me casually walking around the area while I kept blasting him with spells. Eventually, he died after trying to heal himself multiple times but he didn't try to attack me even once.

It's almost as if the game's A.I was trying to make him act as innocent and as friendly as possible.

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He stopped spawning after I died to him many times in Brume Tower.
FROMSOFT I NEED MY REVENGE!!

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I fear no invader... but that "thing"?
It scares me.

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I miss this magnificent bastard,I wish ds3 have an encounter like this

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I think that all invaders from bloodborne are this guy

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Totally glad I had no idea about this guy when I got around to the DLC and completely fell for his bait in Eleum Loyce

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a Japanese youtuber made some interesting connection between him and patches, he uses a lance (spear) and a great shield, has wierd patches-like behaviors, and most importantly his name in Japaneseマルドロ could be the abbreviation for 丸禿げ泥棒 which literally means a fully bold thief

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This guy would have a been a perfect troll if DS2 hadn't already exhausted every last shred of your patience with the innumerable traps, ambushes and general d***ish behaviour by the time you encounter him. Honestly I would have happily tipped the cap to the DS2 team when he backstabbed me in Eleum after I decided to let him follow me but by that stage I was so tilted by the game that it was just another nail in the coffin containing my good faith.

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"WHY ARE YOU RUNING?"

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I died to this guy like 10 times but every single time I burst out laughing. This NPC is annoying and hilarious at the same time

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biggest kunt in the history of kunts

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God, when playing through DS3, I really missed having phantoms with fun behaviours like this *******.

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you can actually use the seed of tree of giants when he's about to escape and let the possessed armor do the job

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Haha this ****in idiot fell down the abyss trying to walk past a Possessed Armor

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Lore-wise, I actually believe that he and Jester Thomas are agents sent after you, sou you would not acquire the lost crowns

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This guy literally ran down the Brume Tower then just ****ing up and died.

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I remember in Eleum Loyce when I saw him and thought he was a friend, but as soon as I pulled the lever I got 1 hit backstabbed by him.

What a cheeky bastard

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MALD

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With out a doubt, the biggest ****ing bastard in Dark Souls, makes patches look like a saint

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In ds2 it is Maldron who trolls you

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Man I love this guy, on the Brume tower invasion I got riposte on him when the fight started and he instantly booked it down the tower. I saw the enemies down there and decided to use a giant tree seed and I watched his health bar get demolished in 10 seconds, that was pretty cool. Also I should say that when he runs down the tower he initially stands in front of the ashen idol and heals to prevent you from killing her before he chameleons, what an absolute mad lad. You guys can hate on my homie Maldron but at least he isn’t fencer frickin sharron, she killed me more times than the fume knight did.

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The general Grevious of dark souls

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Guy fell to his death when running down the tower

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get a buckler and parry him all day also pretty easy to backstab or poison

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I hate and love this guy! On my first playthrough a few weeks ago he rekt me in the Brume Tower. Not because he's to strong, but his stupid marathon run caught me off guard and I immediately got gank spanked by him and some enemies. Later in Eleum Loyce I recognized him and was like "nah fam, I won't fall for your stupid white phantom trick" so I attacked him. He run away, I opened the gates by the lever and... He was nowhere to be found. I learned that day the hard way that you NEVER open the gate while he is still alive. He ran to the Demon and ganked me again only to mock me with the decapitate gesture. This guy is just awesome. He's like a mini FighterPL.

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I went afk for a bit before trasversing the chain leading to his spot at Brume Tower, cause i got a work call. Then at some point i went back a bit clearing the big Ashen area and i got the message that he has returned to his world, like he had black crystaled out. Anybody else?

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This guy's a classic online dark souls invader, you got the invading wimps who run away to let npcs do the work, and you got even wimpier hosts who let their 3 phantoms beat the game for them. Maldron style is only justified when the latter happens as an invader. Git gud people

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Turns out you can poison cheese him. Max up on spell uses of Dark Fog, Poison Mist, and Toxic Mist. Make him retreat to his second position. Poison him enough and he turns into a fake "statue" once he runs out of estus. which then insta kills you if you approach it. But, instead, just keep dropping poison on him (you may have to burn some spell herbs), and he'll eventually die from the toxin and poison. ...and he deserves it.

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You know, this guy may be the most hated bastard in Dark Souls, but god damn it's always hilarious watching him be a bastard to other players.

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Killed him with a backstab. Ironic.

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I realize why Maldron has such high HP and stamina. He's a *****ing twink troll. They KNEW.

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Mauldron is like a real new person in pvp that knows the mechanics besides he doesn't attack enemy npcs if you use the giant seed but none the less he is the person to say screw fair fighting and will run to save himself and will use any tactic he can to just win that is what someone would do if they could care less about fighting fair and as much has I hate the npc with all my passion I respect how the devs put him in to show people that usually play offline what might pop into their world one day.

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it only takes 2 shots to kill you and your attack seems to be ineffective.

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Pancaking for the wiiiiiiiin! Praise the friggin sun

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Im afraid of no man. But that thing? It scares me.

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Even if he's just an NPC... I hate him so much. It was so cathartic when I finally killed that smug run-away.

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Finally took this bastard down. He has repeatedly gotten the better of me due to either the monsters, or the environment of The Brume Tower. It was so satisfying to put him down!

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Poison arrows at brume tower helped me a lot, when he runs away from you he doesnt block, clear the area first before doing it. When he starts chocking on his festus, insta kill that parasite.

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Tried to punch this little sh*t off Brume Tower (off the tower, not into the pit) with Bone Fist. The last hit left him with 1HP, which also sent him flying, but not falling. He proceeded to slide forward in falling animation from the tower, and after 10 meters he stopped and hopped on his feet. Raised his shield then walked towards me while there was no ground beneath him. Once he reached solid ground he tried to rush down into the pit as usual, but managed to send 1 last kick into his balls. This was incredibly satisfying.

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This guy is my favorite NPC

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HE ATTACKS INVADERS ASWELL. DOUBLE TROLLING!

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Get the majestic greatsword first, then knock the mofo in that pit.

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Another warning he has corrosive urns and tends to throw them if you play at a distance or so

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I blocked his way out after using a great lance to back stab him instantly then blocked his path till the two ghost came one up the stars one behind me. Maldron was dumb founded and tried to run into the ghost behind be with the little bridge and i could back stab him until he died. So that is one way i killed Maldron through him getting stuck.

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The real boss of the game is those shitty ass reviving ghost knights.

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If you are having trouble againt this guy in Brume Tower and you don't have a Giant Tree Seed, try the following. Once he's invaded simply close the game with alt+F4. Open the game and load again and his phantom will be no more. Now you have to rush down the stairs and destroy the Ashen Obelisk. You'll probably be cursed and die once you've destroyed the obelisk but that's ok.

Once you respawn the curse effect of the area will be gone and the ghost kinghts won't revive as they did before so you can take your time down the stairs in case he runs away again.

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I used a seed after beeting him with Dark blacksmith Hammer +10 to ca 50 %health,then the m...er.f...er run like the coward he is dawn the stairs and i used the seed ,best moment ewer in DS history standing and looking he been beated dawnstairs...

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Maldron is tougher than the Fume Knight.
He will break you.

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If anything was ever OP in this game it's Maldron and his seemingly infinite stamina bar. He attacks once, then twice then in succession a third attack that deals about 1500 damage to my guy wearing Alone captain armor +6. Backstabs for over 2,000 dmg and his Lance tracks you like a heat-seeking missile.

He seems to have quite a lot of poise too. I could only beat him with a Gyrm great hammer using the strong attack to knock him down. In hindsight, the Great club strong attack might be the perfect counter to him. I don't personally use shields, so it's possible that he would be much easier when using one. Rolling at under 50% encumbrance, even with moderately high ADP is generally a suicide mission against him though.

I died so many times in the area he first spawns. First to Maldron and then 10 more times fighting my way down the tower. If you are struggling with Maldron, one tactic that can work is to just ignore him when he spawns, run straight for the crevasse and do a drop-down attack onto the platform below. Most of the time, Maldron won't move from his spawning position if you rush past like this. 20% of the time he will follow either immediately or after you cause a commotion on the first platform.

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I think this is the worst enemy in the game. Nothing else tracks dodges like he does. He can change trajectory MID JUMP ATTACK.

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Run you little *****

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so i killed Maldron right and i warned my mate about him and where he is on the character i made i name him Maldron the assassin just to ***** with people so i join my mates game and as soon as i show myself he runs off and he uses the prey taut cause the thinks it gives him a boost XD anyway i kill him and use his taunt and i join my mates game like maybe 7-11 and when i see him the next day his talking***** about Maldron and im agreeing and then i told him that was me and he whacked me and then i told him im only a quarter as strong as him.

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yk whats funny even though hes an npc he knows hes a pussy gets low heath runs away kills you and mocks you bro you just ran away you little *****

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Running to safety and mocking me when I die, f this guy.

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TRyan using Lloyd talisman on him

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what do you mean ds2 doesn't have patches? its this *****er right here. ***** this guy.

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In Eleum Loyce, after wounding him until he runs to the dead end corner (assuming you haven't opened the gate to Jabba yet), you can lure him to the elevator room you first came down in. He won't be able to get through the door (Note: Not tested in Scholar of the First Sin). Using a long weapon and good timing, you should be able to dodge his attacks and chip away at him allowing you a relatively painless kill. I've only done this once, so I can't attest to this strategy's reliability.

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You can block his way at the door and use toxic mist to bring him down.

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For the Ivory King encounter, if you don't feel the need to kill him you can make sure you've lit the bonfire near there (it's across the bridge in a house a bit further back) and hit him until he runs away. Pull the lever then feather/bone/run back and rest. Then when you've reset, run across the bridge without entering the house he's in and drop down so you can run straight through the open gate. if you run and dodge well enough you shouldn't take any damage (the hedgehog things are the main issue so be careful). If you keep running the enemies should stop chasing after that. You can progress comfortably from there with no stupid assassin making your life difficult.

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If you're having trouble with Frozen Eleum Loyce Mauldron, even after opening the gate, there is one thing you can do. Once you get the free backstab in the room you meet him in, just stand in the doorway that he runs through. He cannot phase through you, and he will not attack you. You can body block him and just keep attacking. If you do it right, you'll kill him before he even gets a chance to run to Jabba. I found most success sticking to the left side of the doorway.

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For the Frozen Eleum Loyce Maldron, that is.

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I suggest using toxic mist. It will take all 3 uses, and he won't attack you during; he will only try to run. This will allow you to chase him and simply wail on him while he's wide-open and attempts to use a corrosive urn. May take 2 chases, but he still won't attack you, because he's set on running away to heal.

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I might just use a seed of the giants tree, dince this guy is such a pain in the ...

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