How to beat the Putrescent Knight in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

The Putrescent Knight is a secret boss in Elden Ring’s Shadow of Erdtree who ferociously assaults you with an enormous cleaver. If avoiding their brutal onslaughts was not sufficient, the Putrescent Knight has the assistance of an eerie horse throughout the battle, and the capability to conjure highly effective hearth spells at you. Enjoyable…

On this Elden Ring DLC information, we’ll clarify the way to beat Putrescent Knight in Shadow of the Erdtree, together with particulars about the way to put together and the way to learn the Knight’s assaults.

Putrescent Knight location in Elden Ring DLC

You discover the Putrescent Knight on the backside of a area known as Stone Coffin Fissure, which you entry by descending by means of The Fissure. Nonetheless, earlier than you may attain this boss battle, you want first to progress with the principle story and have no less than reached Shadow Hold.

By the point you get in entrance of the citadel, a message pops up saying “Someplace, an incredible rune has damaged… And so too has a strong allure.” You’ll be able to’t attain the Fissure earlier than that.

You’re led to The Fissure by following Thiollier’s quest. When you accomplish that, you too can summon Thiollier to battle alongside you, though it’s not necessary to entry the battle. Whether or not you have got or haven’t moved ahead along with his quest, you may enter the battle. Upon getting reached the Stone Coffin Fissure space, preserve happening till you discover the Fissure Depths Web site of Grace. Transfer ahead and bounce from the large head to succeed in the world.

Putrescent Knight weak spot and the way to put together

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Normally, the Putrescent Knight battle will not be a enjoyable expertise for melee builds, because the boss strikes loads across the enviornment, providing you with solely a brief window to land one or two hits. Lengthy-range skills, from sorceries to incantations, can work nicely in opposition to this enemy.

Like another enemies within the Elden Ring DLC, the Putrescent Knight is weak to Holy injury. They take a big quantity of injury from assaults based mostly on this attribute, which is nice in the event you’re operating a Religion construct. When you’re not, then it’s a superb factor that Putrescent Knight can be vulnerable to Bleeding, making blood loss a strong second technique as nicely. Though the boss will not be immune in opposition to hearth injury, it’s not as efficient as it’s in opposition to enemies within the base recreation.

Elden Ring has a substantial variety of Holy-based weapons, so which one it is best to use is a subjective resolution. There are some good choices to think about although. Weapons with the Sacred Blade Ash of Struggle are nice choices as a result of they provide a mid-range assault as nicely. As well as, utilizing this skill imbues the weapon with Holy for a time period. Two different enjoyable choices are Maliketh’s Black Blade — its damage-over-time potential is nice throughout down occasions — and the Sacred Relic Sword, which has a ability that covers mainly the entire enviornment.

With regards to increase Bleed, give choice to weapons able to fast sequences of assaults, like katanas and twinblades. As talked about, the home windows to hit the Putrescent Knight are very brief and also you wish to set off blood loss as shortly as potential earlier than the boss rides away from you.

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When you’d reasonably play protected, operating some defensive objects, then the Flamedrake Talisman is a strong possibility for you. Putrescent Knight has two nasty Hearth assaults, however with this talisman, you enhance your possibilities of survival in case you’re caught by them. When you’re having a tough time dodging these assaults. it is best to contemplate growing your Endurance that can assist you resist the Frostbite it inflicts.

Easy methods to beat the Putrescent Knight in Elden Ring DLC

The Putrescent Knight’s assaults have lengthy — however delayed — animations, which requires some observe to accurately nail the timing. You might have nearly no room to pop a flask or recast a buff. The Putrescent Knight’s equipment has multiple instrument to forestall you from doing so by forcing you to decide on between getting hit whereas therapeutic your self, or escaping their offensive actions however staying one hit from dying.

Whereas the battle will not be explicitly break up into two phases, we’re doing so to make the data under simpler to digest. The primary part encompasses all of the boss’s primary strikes. Upon getting realized to outlive the primary part, the second turns into a stroll within the park.

Putrescent Knight boss battle part 1

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All the strikes we’ve detailed under repeat all through the entire battle. Understanding the way to keep away from them and the home windows for hanging again are essential to beat this boss.

The Putrescent Knight can begin the battle in two methods. They’ll bounce at you and slam their huge cleaver at your location or journey towards you and carry out a couple of swing assaults — which is extra widespread while you carry out a ability as they’re coming at you. The previous is normally adopted by one in every of Putrescent Knight’s signature strikes, the spinning assault mixed with their horse.

The mixed assault begins with Putrescent Knight leaping from their horse and performing three spins. This preliminary transfer is adopted by one other three spins and a cost assault from the horse, which they repeat yet one more time. In complete, it’s essential to dodge three spinning sequences and two expenses. Dodging the primary sequence of spins is barely a matter of rolling towards them. However, when the Putrescent Knight and their horse assault collectively, it’s essential to roll towards the horse and shortly roll to the alternative facet.

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As soon as they’re carried out, there’s a small window to assault the Putrescent Knight throughout the animation the place they mount their horse once more. Go for a single heavy assault and two mild ones, however don’t be grasping.

A second widespread transfer that it’s essential to take care of throughout the entire battle is a sequence of swing assaults. These are a bit of tough to keep away from initially due to their delayed animation, which signifies that they have a tendency to take a bit of bit longer than anticipated to truly assault you. Fortunately, there’s a inform for when Putrescent Knight is about to execute the swings. Often, they increase the cleaver with one hand. (There may be, nonetheless, a variation by which they use each fingers.)

When Putrescent Knight makes use of the single-hand variation, they will execute two to 3 swings. This model additionally has a variation the place the boss follows up the third swing with a double-slamming assault.

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To flee when Putrescent Knight swings and slams the cleaver at you, concentrate on rolling towards the path from the place their weapon is coming. Whatever the variation, once they full the sequences, the boss received’t transfer for a couple of seconds, providing you with one other good alternative to land a ability or a couple of blows.

When you get near the boss for too lengthy, they will finally use two assaults. One is a stomp; the opposite is a roar. There isn’t a secret to avoiding these assaults moreover rolling on the proper second. Working from the boss to keep away from getting hit by them is nearly inconceivable so it’s essential to simply tank the injury in the event you can’t keep away from it.

Lastly, in multiple second throughout the battle, Putrescent Knight will journey away from you. Once they try this, put together to dodge a boomerang assault. The Putrescent Knight will throw their big cleaver at you, and it’ll return by way of a semi-circular route. To keep away from getting hit by the weapon on its return, keep the place you’re.

Putrescent Knight boss battle part 2

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As soon as greater than one-third of the boss’s well being bar is gone, that’s the place what we contemplate the second part begins. As talked about, the Putrescent Knight nonetheless makes use of the identical assaults from the primary part, however performs hearth assaults for the remainder of the battle. These not solely trigger quite a lot of injury however can inflict you with Frostbite.

The primary variation of the fireplace assault is when Putrescent Knight rises from the bottom and shoots projectiles of black goo. Once they hit the bottom, strains of blue hearth are fashioned, overlaying components of the world. The boss at all times releases three sequences of projectiles. You’ll be able to both roll or dodge to flee the flames. The previous appears extra intuitive, however it’s tougher to time. Leaping ahead when the fireplace is coming at you is the best technique.

The second variation tends to occur as a follow-up for the primary one. The Putrescent Knight unleashes a closing frontal hearth assault. Nothing particular right here, and you’ll keep away from it utilizing the identical technique.

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The third variation, nonetheless, has a distinct preliminary animation. As an alternative of rising from the bottom, Putrescent Knight stands and solely the horse rises a bit of bit whereas the black goo concentrates on them and is thrown far on the edges of the world. As soon as the projectiles hit the bottom, they kind a circle of fireplace that begins closing towards the middle of the world. Leaping or rolling work equally nicely on this scenario as nicely.

Throughout all these hearth assaults, you received’t even have a window to hit the boss, so concentrate on surviving the flames and wait till Putrescent Knight makes use of one of many assaults from the primary part.

Defeating the Putrescent Knight rewards you with the Remembrance of Putrescence and 220,000 runes.

For extra Elden Ring DLC bosses, see our guides on all Remembrance bosses and learn to duplicate Remembrances. Must energy up? We’ve acquired location guides on the place to seek out Scadutree Fragments and Revered Spirit Ashes, and an interactive Elden Ring DLC map.