How to beat Promised Consort Radahn in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC

Promised Consort Radahn is the last boss of Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. Radahn is extra swift and brutal than he was even within the base sport, and the battle’s second section calls for practically good timing and sample memorization. Touchdown even one hit of your individual is hard — however Radahn has one large weak spot that provides you a preventing likelihood.

Our Elden Ring DLC information explains the best way to beat Promised Consort Radahn, together with his weaknesses and what to anticipate from every section of the battle.

Promised Consort Radahn location in Elden Ring DLC

Promised Consort Radahn waits for you on the prime of Enir-Ilim, Shadow of the Erdtree’s last dungeon. The world for this battle is on the prime of the Divine Gatefront Staircase. Consort Radahn is a compulsory DLC boss if you wish to full Shadow of the Erdtree’s story.

Promised Consort Radahn weak spot and the best way to put together

Consort Radahn has a few main weaknesses you could exploit no matter your construct. Like most Shadow of the Erdtree bosses, Radahn is liable to Frostbite and Hemorrhage, so that you’ll wish to method him with a construct centered on a kind of. Hemorrhage is good, which we’ll get to in a minute.

In the event you don’t wish to respec for a totally completely different construct, seize a regular weapon that fits your stat unfold, one you possibly can imprint an Ash of Struggle on, and imbue it with chilly or bleed results. Heavy weapons are efficient, however when you’re having hassle breaking Consort Radahn’s stance, you would possibly find yourself taking extra harm than you possibly can heal. Lithe weapons allow you to land extra strikes and construct the standing ailment meter extra rapidly. Milady from Citadel Ensis or the Backhand Blade are stable selections that don’t require you to get too shut.

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Including the Rolling Sparks talent to the Chilling Fragrance Bottles allows you to deal a number of cases of ice harm with one assault, and since Radahn’s an enormous lad, the talent is more likely to land with out difficulty when you’re inside vary. That mentioned, it looks as if he loses his chilly weak spot within the second section, so operating a bleed construct might be your best option.

If he’s providing you with an excessive amount of hassle, and also you simply wish to end the battle, you may make a bleed construct that permits you to take hefty parts of his HP out in a number of hits. You’ll want:

• Impenetrable Thorns and sufficient religion to run the spell. Arcane over 30 is a good suggestion as properly
• The Albinauric Employees or Employees of the Responsible — ideally the previous, because it will increase how rapidly the blood loss meter builds
• A weapon that builds the blood loss meter. Rivers of Blood or Eleonora’s Poleblade are robust selections, although the Reduvia dagger is quicker and allows you to stack blood loss from a distance with its talent. You can too get by with out a weapon, however this technique offers your Mimic Tear the choice to play extra aggressively
• A maxed-out Mimic Tear Spirit Ash

Much like the frost construct we beneficial for the Messmer boss battle, the purpose right here is to use Consort Radahn’s weaknesses with each assault. Keep away from together with different spells except for Impenetrable Thorns, so your Mimic Tear received’t waste time on them, and make that spell your major assault.

It builds blood loss greater than any weapon that I examined, together with these listed above, and the HP loss it leads to for you is relatively minimal, assuming you’ve a Vigor stat over 50. Maintain casting Impenetrable Thorns when you possibly can — when Radahn isn’t attacking you, in different phrases — and after each two hits or so, you’ll inflict Hemmorhage and cut back Radahn’s HP by roughly 2,000.

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Bloodfiend’s Arm infused with a blood Ash of Struggle is a well-liked alternative, however because it’s a colossal weapon, timing your hits isn’t the best factor to do.

Your Mimic Tear received’t stand a lot of an opportunity at Revered Spirit Ash ranges decrease than eight, so observe extra ash down if it’s essential to. Ideally, you wish to hit the max stage of 10, although you possibly can probably swing it at stage 9. Discover sufficient Scadutree Fragments to realize Scadutree Blessing stage 15 or increased — the upper the higher. You’ll nonetheless obtain a number of harm even on the max Scadutree Blessing stage of 20, nevertheless it’ll take extra than simply two hits to complete you off.

Be sure that to completely max out how a lot HP and FP your Flask of Tears restores as properly, and go in with extra Crimson Tears costs than Cerulean Tears. (In the event you’re operating a Thorns construct, you actually don’t want Cerulean Tears in any respect.) Lastly, it’s a good suggestion to place Holyproof Pickled Liver in your merchandise shortcut menu, together with a Marika’s Blessing cost, when you occur to have one.

In your Flask of Wondrous Physik, I like to recommend the Opaline Hardtear and both a Crimsonspill Crystal Tear or Opaline Bubbletear. Use it within the battle’s second section when Radahn, Consort of Miquella rises into the air to summon blasts of holy mild, and it’ll negate nearly all of the assault’s harm.

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On the talisman entrance, equipping these is a good suggestion:

• Dragoncrest Greatshield
• Two-Headed Turtle Talisman
• Haligdrake Talisman +2
• Lord of Blood’s Exultation (if utilizing a bleed construct) or Pearldrake Talisman +2 (if not)

The holy mild Miquella summons in section two actually eats away at your well being over time, so negating it with the drake Talisman’s makes that a part of the battle rather less of a nightmare.

Lastly are the NPC summons. Relying on what occurred within the Leda battle, you could possibly summon Thiollier, Ansbach, Hornsent, or a mixture of whichever amongst them continues to be alive. Don’t summon all of them. Multiple NPC makes the battle practically unattainable with how a lot further HP Radahn has. Even one offers him a sizeable well being enhance, however I do suggest bringing one NPC ally alongside, if just for the possibility to distract Radahn.

Learn how to beat Radahn, Elden Ring DLC last boss

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The battle’s first section opens with Radahn flying by means of the air in a whirl of gravity magic. He crashes down and raises a number of little stone blades round him, however you possibly can dodge proper earlier than he lands to keep away from each hits. In the event you summoned an NPC, it’s a good suggestion to remain close to the world’s entrance as an alternative of operating away from Radahn. It makes it simpler to your NPC ally to begin attacking rapidly, which attracts Radahn’s consideration away from you and creates a second the place you possibly can summon your Mimic Tear.

Consort Radahn’s sword combos are near what they have been within the second a part of his unique battle within the base sport. He’ll swing one sword, then swing the opposite twice, and generally finish with a last downward thrust. He additionally swings each swords in a single course, then the opposite, earlier than bringing them each crashing into the bottom, although he’ll ceaselessly add extra slashes within the combine earlier than ending the combo.

Sideways dodges are more likely to get you caught with the again fringe of his slash assaults. Backwards dodging works, although ahead dodging forces Radahn to alter course and offers you a barely bigger window of evasion. The draw back is the digicam actions make it simple to lose observe of your self and Radahn, so you might wish to follow backwards dodging.

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There’s actually no time to assault throughout these combos, as he strings every collectively seamlessly. Nevertheless, there’s a transient second on the finish of a heavy combo — the place he slams into the bottom, for instance — the place you possibly can forged a spell or land some weapon assaults. If he’s concentrating on another person, method from behind, and unleash a number of assaults of your individual. Simply be sure to’re inside vary, so that you truly deal harm earlier than attracting his consideration.

In the event you’re near Radahn and in entrance of him, he’ll slash on the floor in an X-shape. The assault knocks you down, like most of his assaults, however you possibly can dodge backward to keep away from it. He generally launches stomps on the bottom or thrusts his swords within the floor, and each assaults summon a cone of rocks that harm you.

He’ll additionally hurl himself into the air together with his swords and crashes down the place you’re standing, and there’s a 50/50 likelihood he’ll observe with an upward strike. If that upward assault catches you, he’ll launch you into the air and slam you again into the bottom. Dodge backwards and away after the primary assault to ensure the second doesn’t occur.

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Like in the course of the Caelid battle, Radahn has some gravity tips up his stolen Mohg-shaped sleeves as properly. He’ll imbue his swords with gravity magic and plunge them into the bottom, then jerk them upward and create a number of meteors. The upward strike can harm you when you’re shut, so be sure to dodge again or sideways to keep away from it in time. The meteors crash down after two seconds, and the dodge timing right here is difficult. Dodge sideways proper as the primary meteor is about to hit you, and also you’ll handle to evade the whole thing.

He’ll pull you in and harm you with gravity as properly, and he likes to observe this assault with one which raises a circle of rotating stone blades from the bottom. I by no means discovered an efficient option to dodge up shut. Your greatest wager is to again away after the gravity pull, then dodge backward because the blades emerge. In the event you keep close to Radahn throughout this, you’ll take a number of hits.

As soon as Consort Radahn’s HP drops to a few third of its max worth, a brand new section begins.

How To Beat Radahn, last boss section 2

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Miquella descends and offers Radahn a serving to hand or six for the rest of the battle. That is the place it looks as if Radahn’s frost weak spot vanishes, so when you’re desirous to make the most of vulnerabilities, now’s the time to deal with bleed.

Throughout this section, Radahn has all the identical assaults as within the first section, with a number of vital variations. When he plunges his swords into the bottom to lift stone blades, he raises holy blades of sunshine as an alternative. Dodging again and away continues to be the most effective technique of dodging. He’ll additionally add blasts of holy mild on the finish of every sword slash. These are often single pillars of sunshine you possibly can dodge in any course, although the ultimate assault in a combo sometimes summons a horizontal line of pillars. Dodge ahead or backward to evade.

He’ll additionally nonetheless create meteors within the sky, pull you in with gravity, and fling himself throughout the sector in a whirling bounce.

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More difficult to cope with are his new strikes. Radahn often begins this section by rising into the air and summoning Miquella’s Gentle, a rain of holy pillars of sunshine that scours the battlefield in a big circle. In the event you’re far sufficient away when he begins the casting course of, you possibly can run out of the realm of impact. If not, you possibly can attempt dodging simply as the sunshine reaches its brightest. There are a number of pillars, although, so that you’re nearly assured to take harm. Drink your Blended Physik in the course of the casting to negate many of the harm, and you may also use that point to assault Radahn whereas he casts, in case your weapon can attain him.

One in every of his most harmful new assaults sees Radahn teleport away from you, then method rapidly with a slash, and he’ll generally observe it with a 3rd slash. It’s robust to inform whether or not he’s concentrating on you or an ally, however when you see him dealing with you when he teleports the primary time, you’ll realize it’s you he’s after. Generally he’ll goal an ally first after which hit you together with his third assault.

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Radahn would possibly leap into the air and rush you with 5 fast assaults. These are very troublesome to dodge. Generally, you possibly can dodge sideways to evade the entire thing, however Radahn usually begins at an angle that also catches you after evading. Dodging ahead is extra more likely to allow you to escape. He’ll generally imbue each swords with holy after which half a second later unleash a large blast of sunshine. The timing is hard to get right here, however attempt to dodge as he attracts his swords up towards his shoulders.

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Lastly, Radahn brings his comet crash assault again, nevertheless it’s holy-aligned this time. You’ll be able to attempt dodging proper as he lands or operating to the sting of the world, however you’re nearly assured to take harm. In the event you’re fortunate (or unfortunate?) sufficient to be close to him when he lands, you possibly can make the most of a number of seconds the place he’s nonetheless and liable to assault.

There’s additionally one second close to the beginning of the section the place Miquella grabs you or the closest ally and tries charming you. The affected character has Miquella’s sigil over their head for the remainder of the battle, however I’ve completely no concept what have an effect on this has. Radahn is immune to break till the character is launched, so take this chance to heal, assuming Miquella didn’t seize you.

Radahn, Consort of Miquella is a bit like Base Serpent Messmer. He’s quicker and way more harmful than in his first section, however he additionally has a number of extra openings throughout which you’ll be able to land some assaults. He stops for a second or two after his most devastating holy assaults, which embody when he summons Miquella’s mild, when he assaults you 5 occasions in a row, and when he does his teleportation trick that ends in a heavy slash. He additionally pauses for a second after firing off discs of holy mild, however since he often does this if you’re at a distance, there’s much less likelihood to brush in and assault earlier than he’s again on the transfer.

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Bleed is simply as efficient on this section as within the first, and it’s the quickest and most secure option to convey Miquella’s desires of a greater world to an finish. As soon as Miquella and his consort vanish, you obtain Miquella’s crown and the duo’s Remembrance. There’s additionally one final cutscene, floating in a golden bubble subsequent to the place you picked up the crown — however don’t anticipate solutions from it.

And that’s a wrap on Shadow of the Erdtree’s important story. There’s a lot extra to do within the Land of Shadow, so be sure that to discover elective areas similar to Cerulean Coast and tackle remaining NPC quests, together with Igon’s quest, which results in yet one more difficult boss battle — in opposition to Bayle the Dread.