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He goes by Jamer online, and his wife asked to remain anonymous for this story.
(Responses lightly edited for clarity and length.)
“It definitely was [an excuse], and definitely was worth it!”
he says of the bet.
“I enjoy watching her play games and wanted her to share an experience I had.
It made for a fun pastime for us and a frustrating experience for her.”
“It was extremely painful,” she begins.
I needed to keep using potions and keep my health at 100%.
One potion, one hit."
Any boss fight made my heart beat like crazy and I am calling this gaming cardio.
This game somewhat made me healthy."
She ended up withextremelyhigh Intel at 95, with just 6 Faith and 9 Arcane.
Vigor remains the ultimate Elden Ring cheat code.
“I was holding a shield but I never used it during the boss fight,” she says.
“Only heavy skill attacks and casting spells.
Shard Spiral helped save my life at the end to beat the Elden Beast.”
You may have picked up on this build being unusually high-level for a first playthrough.
That’s very much by design.
“Its not cheating, its a strategy.”
“Me and militiamen were besties.
Love backstabbing them,” she says.
Toward the end of the game, she turned to the classic Albinauric farm for even more plentiful runes.
I was surprised to hear that Fire Giant was actually the boss that gave her the most trouble.
“That was the time I wanted to quit, but I’d gone too far for quitting.
Also Radagon and Elden Beast were tricky since I did not have enough potions [for two bosses].
I needed to change my stats and build just for them.”
“I started to realize she was actually getting really close to completing the game,” he says.
Once I saw that, I knew it was only a matter of time.
“I watched her play the game for the most part.
It was a bonding experience as I watched her explore the Lands Between.
I think Ill do this, but instead stuff cash inside a skull and have her break it.
