Elden Ring Fire Giant instant kill glitch after 1.04 patch troubling many

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Elden Ring, the latest FromSoftware game, arrived in February this year (2022). One of the sections most praised by players is the boss fights.

The Elden Ring combat system forces players to calculate every move they make. Also, the bosses have their own routines, moves, and mechanics that you must deal with your tools.

However, currently Elden Ring players are experiencing issues related to some boss fights after the most recent 1.04 patch (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10).

Apparently, an Elden Ring glitch causes an instant kill on the boss Fire Giant upon reaching the second phase of the fight (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8).

The Elden Ring boss fights usually have multiple phases, each one more complicated than the previous one. This is also the case with the Fire Giant boss that you encounter during the adventure.

However, according to multiple reports, the Elden Ring 1.04 patch causes an instant kill to the Fire Giant boss when you reach the second phase of the fight.

Patch 1.04 MASSIVE BUG statuses INSTAGIB SECOND PHASE BOSSES.

IM NOT the only one seeing this… Using statuses like bleed and frost rot poison on a boss with a second phase… As soon as second phase starts they die.. Like instantly.

Firegiant godskin duo etc. Wth fromsoft!

Im guessing they spawn in second phase and are instantly afflicted by statuses. Frost and bleed but.. They shouldnt do thatttt much. Something is terribly wrong.
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Fire Giant Phase 2 Instant Death Glitch

I’m fighting the fire giant and experiencing an annoying glitch. The first time i got to phase two everything was normal but every time after that as soon as the cutscene ends my character dies instantly without being hit by anything. When i try to search it online all that came up were Fire Giant Cheese videos. Has anyone else experienced this? Or does anyone know how to fix it?
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You can see the glitch effect more clearly in the following video (starting at 2:23):

It’s worth pointing out that the Fire Giant could not be the only boss affected by the glitch. The battle against the Elden Ring boss Godskin Duo Bleed also results in an instant kill.

Godskin Duo Bleed Instant-Kill

Earlier today in my run of Elden Ring this weird thing happened while Godskin duo, the big guy was already dead and when I killed the little one the entire health bar instantly depleted. and it looks like someone else had the same thing happen but on killing only the fat boy.

Looks like the new patch broke a lot of shit, I heard from someone else that they had fire giant instantly die in phase 2, might be because of the same thing.
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You can see the effect of the glitch on one of the boss duo in the following video (last 30 seconds):

The other member of the boss duo is also a ‘victim’ of the glitch, according to the following video:

There is no official acknowledgment on the glitch from the developers yet. We will update this story as events unfold.

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