Elden Ring has already improved over the short time it has been in players' hands. Between quick hotfixes to solve PC port performance and other issues and a balance/update patch that brought fresh content, Elden Ring is continuing to look like an early game of the year contender.

The balance/update patch, Elden Ring patch 1.03 to be specific, brought a slew of changes to the game, including nerfs to one of the most powerful spirit summons, an entirely new NPC, and updates to current NPC quest lines. Along with these changes came nerfs and buffs that affect ashes of war, specific weapons, and magic/incantations.

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While these changes could cause certain players to suffer, such as one Elden Ring player who had a terrible first invasion, two builds that were not affected by the patch are strength and dexterity builds. Strength builds allow players to take and dish out hits equally effectively, while dexterity builds allow players to become opportunistic assassins who dish out massive damage before retreating. Both play styles are put on display in a clip recently posted by Reddit user GodsHeart4130, who captured the moment that an unstoppable force attempts to bring down an immovable object.

The clip captures a massive strength user holding their ground against a dexterity user wielding blood loss katanas, and frankly, the battle is spectacular. While GodsHeart4130 was clearly making a joke with their title about how dexterity does not hold a candle to strength, the truth of the matter is that each player was holding the other in a stalemate. Had the strength user attempted to counter-attack, they would have taken massive damage from bleeding; conversely, had the dexterity user let up their assault, they would have met their end beneath a massive hammer.

The clip also captures the essence of melee combat and certain players' refusal to rely on spells for anything other than buffs. While the recent patch changed how certain weapons and skills work as shown in an Elden Ring video that captures some weapon/ash changes, the weapons and ashes changed mostly affect players using arcane and intelligence builds. Meanwhile, melee players specializing in strength or dexterity were mostly unaffected, meaning the two players in the clip may have become stronger post-patch due to other specializations receiving nerfs.

If anything, this clip shows a perfect balance between two of the game's most popular melee specializations while also making for a very entertaining fight. While perhaps not as intriguing as one incredibly strange and creepy Elden Ring invasion, the clip one again shows the continued struggle for dominance between players who wish to be nimble assassins and those who wish to be stoic mountains.

Elden Ring is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

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