A podcast for those woeful hours when you cannot play Elden Ring: Nightreign. We talk about strategies and how to be better and have more fun.

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In this episode we will be talking about how to win as a team. Souls players may be great individual gamers but struggle in multiplayer. We’ll review common problems with teamwork, so you can win more, be frustrated less, and have fun.

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In this episode we will cover some game fundamentals to try to soften the pummeling the game inflicts on beginners. Nightfarer veterans may also sharpen their play by making sure they understand the basics.Have insight to share? Leave a comment. Want to give the podcast more experience, so we can level up? Write a review. Want to chat? Find us ⁠on Bluesky⁠, @NightreignPodcast.

3:25 Remebrances

5:20 Trios

25:15 Playing with friends

36:04 duos

43:00 solo

50:02 Everdarks

52:20 Deep of Night

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00:59 Revenant

33:22 Duchess

51:12 Recluse

1:13:32 Guardian

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4:29 Wylder

20:09 Raider

34: 34 Ironeye

48:03 Executor

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This week we will talk about the playable characters, the Nightfarers, their strengths, weaknesses, and their strategies to vanquish the night. We’ll start with our first recommendations for new players, the easiest to win with and the most resilient.

5:57 Sentient Pest's revenge

11:03 Libra, The Equilibrious Beast

40:06 Caligo, Fissure in the Fog

51:35 Heolstor, The Night Aspect

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This week we will talk about strategies for Deep of Night and how to enjoy a hard mode designed to kill you.

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This week we will talk about the first five nightlords as well as their everdark variants and the strategies to defeat them.3:20 Gladius, Tricephalos

23:46 Gnoster, Sentient Pest

43:30 Adel, Gaping Jaw

1:00:00 Maris, Augur

1:14:50 Fulghor, Darkdrift Knight

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This week Evan will talk about the upcoming Deep of Night hard mode, speculate, avoid datamined content to the best of his abilities, and share the fixes, upgrades, and quality of life improvements he would love to see in the game’s future.

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0:19 DLC News

6:01 Spellcasting 101

9:19 Sorceries 136

14:19 Incantations 146

21:15 Affinity Vulnerabilities 169

25:45 Recluse's Ultimate 180

28:46 Cocktails 190

36:13 Cocktail Recipes 191

55:04 Dodging 106

57:18 Pedestrian Weaponry 117

1:01:41 Fashion Theory 195

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4:20 The Crater

14:32 The Mountaintop

21:07 The Rotted Woods

30:52 The Shrouded City

39:37 Morgott

45:08 The Demon's Curse (-35% HP)

49:48 Plague of Locust

52:45 Bubbles!

55:44 Meteor Strike

56:48 Night Horde

57:43 Night Threatens Us Anew

59:20 Flame of Frenzy Tower

1:00:13 Wandering Mausoleum

1:01:34 Ancient Rise

1:03:30 Cataclysm / Storm PoI

1:06:20 Scale-Bearing Merchant

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This week we will talk about mental strategies to stay focused in the face of terrible randoms or other misfortunes and give yourself the best chance to prevail.Community Recommendation: Minty Mermaid

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This week we talk about the differences between Nightreign and its parent game, Elden Ring. Though Nightreign reuses assets, it does not exclusively reuse mechanics, and those differences can mean the difference between triumph and defeat.

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8:39 Top Overall Relics

17:26 Depth Relics

29:09 Wylder

36:07 Raider

38:49 Ironeye

44:04 Executor

47:54 Revenant

51:14 Duchess

1:03:50 Recluse

1:09:01 Guardian

1:16:31 Curses

Oops! A recording issue made Evan's audio rough this episode. We'll be more careful next time.

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1:34 Balancers

20:20 Mohg

24:01 Everdark Balancers

32:27 Dreglord

52:18 Patch Updates

54:42 Balancer Relics and More DLC Tips

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2:18 Undertaker's Passive

5:37 Her Skill

13:40 Undertaker's Ultimate

16:24 Her Relics

30:07 Scholar

32:34 Scholar's Ultimate

35:08 Scholar's Skill

41:49 Damage?

49:03 His Dodge

53:09 No Scholar Left Behind

58:39 Bagcraft

1:15:47 Team Composition

1:19:29 Scholar Relics

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1:46 Patch 1.03

16:33 Another Relic Rant

19:04 DLC First Thoughts

22:13 The Balancers

26:14 The Dreglord

28:10 New PoI's

31:06 The Hollows Map

44:10 New Relics

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00:39 Key Concepts

3:03 Start of Game

4:39 First Target

12:44 Subsequent Targets

16:15 Evergaols

18:04 The Castle

21:20 Merchants

23:14 Day Two Checklist

28:31 Most Important Thing

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1:07 Need to Know's

2:58 Does it Stack?

15:51 Effects Review

36:54 Depth Effects Review

42:05 Legendary Powers

46:50 Weapon Curses

54:10 Final Tips

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1:32 Relic Enablers

19:01 Best Passives

23:13 Survivability and Opportunity

26:32 Best Nightfarers

43:56 Best Skills

1:01:00 Overpowered?

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4:42 Expert Teamwork

12:38 Relics

27:40 Weapon Passives

28:45 Curses

35:34 Getting Stronger

44:23 Surviving Nights One and Two

54:42 The Great Hollows

1:00:05 Nightfarer Selection

1:02:27 Mindset

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2:24 Common Mistakes

36:19 Reviving Teammates

38:14 Best Starter Nightfarers

50:29 Sequencing Nightlords

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2:25 Top Ten Needed Updates

5:08 #9

7:10 #8

11:01 #7

15:29 #6

18:38 #5

24:15 #4

29:31 #3

32:07 #2

36:05 #1

44:01 Final Thoughts

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2:30 Why Low-Life Raider

6:39 How it Plays

10:44 Damge Negation

19:18 Regen

21:04 Relics

26:08 Weapon Passives

27:37 Team Dynamics

28:40 Nightlord Tips

30:13 Curses

31:50 Dreglord Build Comparison

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6:58 The Build

13:45 Curses to Avoid

16:29 Priority Passives

18:52 Know Your Shields

20:20 Nightlord Matchups

28:31 Build Adaptations

31:12 Alternate Builds

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3:54 Dealing with Cheaters

9:32 The Current Relic System

13:07 Math Behind Cheated Relics

15:35 Modifying Your Own Relics Responsibly

19:15 The Two Rules

25:05 Avoiding Cheater Mentality

29:00 God Relics

31:24 The Player Compact

33:03 What Fromsoft Should Have Done Long Ago

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21:57 Nightlord Tips, Balancers

26:12 Libra

28:15 Dreglord

31:45 Gladius

34:00 Sentient Pest

38:00 Caligo

40:24 Augur

44:09 Heolstor

46:51 Adel and Fulghor

52:20 Wildcard Nightlord

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5:23 Resonating Crystals

9:18 Merchants and Map

11:19 NE Lake

17:10 Eastern Uplands and Lowlands

18:59 Buried Southeast Ruins

21:57 Southern Lowlands

25:15 Southern Cliffs

26:30 Western Ruins

30:30 Central Crystal Region

31:24 Central Uplands

Great-Crystal Traversal

36:33 Divine Towers

42:44 Northern Castle

48:07 Southern Castle

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6:27 Worst Stat Changes

14:32 Fun Changes

28:57 Exciting Possibilities

48:09 Almost Mandatory

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3:45 Biggest Changes

16:46 Revenant Improvements

23:37 Executor's Excellence

30:17 Scholar's Pots

32:57 Undertaker's Moves

33:20 Relic Reworks

34:28 Grief Totem Changes

37:13 Ironeye Nerfs?

41:00 Talismans

42:04 Map Changes

47:03 Bug Fixes

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0:56 Why Initial Standard Attack

2:49 Why You Wouldn't

3:39 How to ISA

6:43 Nightfarer Recs

9:38 Damage Number Comparisons

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