In no way is it surprising that Iron Pineapple also used the Mimic Tear Elden Ring Runes, which acts as a copy of your character. It is regarded as one of the most flexible of Elden Ring's summons even after its nerfing in the 1.03 patch. Iron Pineapple spent much of his time in a pacifist mode focused on other sources of damage and when the moment came to shove it was difficult not to be aware of the capability to make a very unique sidekick. As such, he resorted to using Mimic Tear Mimic Tear to defeat many of the more difficult, end-game bosses. "I had a feeling that the Mimic was going to be extremely strong right from the beginning, which is why I took the deliberate decision to avoid it for the sake of diversification," Iron Pineapple said. "It was fun to highlight the different niches and strengths of some of the summons available in the game and approach the issues as puzzles that you have to solve rather than simply winning by the raw numbers. In the end, I was somewhat disappointed with how strong the Mimic still is even with the change in the nerf." Iron Pineapple's pacifist run is yet another illustration of how Elden Ring retains the strategic openness of its Souls predecessors. With the right equipment, skills, and resources to your disposal it is possible to win the game using just about every strategy within the book. There's a chance that you'll hit the brick wall there and then. Iron Pineapple sure did. If there's one thing to cheap Elden Ring Items and learn from an Elden Ring playthrough, it's that everything is possible with a bit of stubbornness.