


The key to beating this boss is using your horse and the raised rocky terrain in the environment, it can be abused to get in the way of his attacks. It’s strongly recommended to return to this boss later once you are Level 35+. He is very powerful and has the ability to deflect magic. Strategy: This is the large knight clad in golden armor on horseback patrolling the path between The First Step and Church of Elleh Sites of Grace. Reward: Ornamental Straight Sword, Golden Beast Crest Shield Boss #2 – Tree Sentinelĭifficulty: 6/10 (if backtracking after Level 35+) Especially with magic spells it will be an easy fight because you can stay at safe distance. When you are Level 60+ and have a Level 10+ weapon it will be an easy fight because you will deal a lot of damage and will have plenty of health and flasks to survive the hits. He drops one of the best shields in the game. You can still replay this boss later by going to Liurnia of the Lakes: The Four Belfries, open the chest at the top of the hill to get Imbued Key, use the key on the portal at the top tower and it will transport you back to this boss. Once you know all moves inside out, keep luring it into attacking by running in front of it, then after it misses its attack you have a moment to go in and land 1-2 hits, run away and repeat. Take it slow and watch all its moves until you recognize the moveset perfectly. Once you enter melee combat, run in front of the boss (hold to run) to lure it into attacking. You can shoot all your arrows at the boss from a safe distance to take down as much of its health as possible. There are two strategies to go about this – to beat the boss during the tutorial it’d be easiest to start as Bandit or Samurai because they have a bow. It’s better to keep this boss for later, don’t worry about it for now. You are massively underleveled and there’s not much reason to try this fight when you are just starting out. You only have one try at this boss, if you die you’d need to start a New Game to fight it again here, or you can return later in the game through a portal to replay the boss. This is the prologue tutorial boss and you don’t have any health flasks at this point. Strategy: Welcome to Elden Ring – the game likes to punish you right away with a near-impossible fight. This boss is meant to kill you. Some main bosses also let you summon an NPC helper before the boss fight, indicated by an orange mark on the ground.ĭifficulty: 9/10 during tutorial, 3/10 if returning later (Level 60+) These distract the bosses so that you can attack from behind for bonus damage. Remember you can also summon Ashen Remains (spirits) to fight alongside you in battle. At sites of grace you can change how many of your flasks are assigned to health and how many to mana. A melee character is quite difficult to play in this game, as it requires learning enemy movesets perfectly and dodging at the right time, with an Astrologer you can largely get around this by staying far away from the enemy. A good ratio is out of every 3 attribute points put 2 in whatever your weapon damage scales to and 1 in Vigor. Also put some points into Vigor for more health. Focus on primarily leveling up damage, in case of Astrologer that’s the Intelligence attribute. After they miss their attack you have a moment to counter-attack, rinse and repeat. For enemies with shields, lure them into attacking you by running around in front of them. Always run (hold ) or dodge backward to stay out of the enemy’s attack range. Stand far enough away where the boss can’t hit you but close enough where your magic can hit them. A magic build is easiest for beginners, it allows you to attack enemies from a safe distance. The recommended starting class is Astrologer.
