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 recreation, and the battle’s second section calls for practically good timing and sample memorization. Touchdown even one hit of your personal is hard — however Radahn has one massive weak spot that provides you a combating likelihood.

Our Elden Ring DLC information explains how you can beat Promised Consort Radahn, together with some tips about how you can exploit 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 sector for this struggle 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 weaknesses, resistance

Consort Radahn has a few main weaknesses that you could exploit no matter your construct. Like most Shadow of the Erdtree bosses, Radahn is particularly liable to Frostbite and Hemorrhage, so that you’ll wish to strategy him with a construct centered on a kind of. Hemorrhage is good, which we’ll get to in a minute. He’s additionally vulnerable to Scarlet Rot and Poison, however is totally proof against each Sleep and Insanity.

By way of resistances, Radahn is ready to naturally block lots of your injury. Based on the Elden Ring Wiki, he has 40% injury resistance to straightforward, slashing, placing, magic, fireplace, and lightning injury. He has solely 20% injury resistance to piercing injury. In the meantime, he has 0% holy injury resistance throughout the first section, however acquires 40% holy injury resistance within the second section.

How one can put together your construct to struggle Consort Radahn

By way of the really helpful stage for Promised Consort Radahn, you ideally wish to be above 150-160. The upper the higher, clearly, however when you’re in that ballpark, you’re actually benefiting as a lot as you’ll possible profit from ranges. Getting loads of Scadutree Fragments to get your Blessing up as excessive as you possibly can — ideally to twenty — will make the most important distinction right here.

On your construct, seize a normal weapon that fits your stat unfold, one you possibly can imprint an Ash of Battle on, and imbue it with chilly or bleed results. Heavy weapons are efficient, however in case you’re having bother breaking Consort Radahn’s stance, you may find yourself taking extra injury than you possibly can heal. Lithe weapons allow you to land extra strikes and construct the standing ailment meter extra shortly. Milady from Fort Ensis or the Backhand Blade are stable selections that don’t require you to get too shut.

Including the Rolling Sparks talent to the Chilling Fragrance Bottles helps you to deal a number of situations of ice injury with one assault, and since Radahn’s a giant lad, the talent is more likely to land with out problem in case 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 most suitable option.

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

Just like the frost construct we really helpful for the Messmer boss struggle, the objective right here is to use Consort Radahn’s weaknesses with each assault. Keep away from together with different spells other than 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 ends in for you is relatively minimal, assuming you could have a Vigor stat over 50. Preserve 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.

Bloodfiend’s Arm infused with a blood Ash of Battle 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 monitor extra ash down if it’s good to. Ideally, you wish to hit the max stage of 10, although you possibly can doubtlessly swing it at stage 9. Discover sufficient Scadutree Fragments to realize Scadutree Blessing stage 15 or greater — the upper the higher. You’ll nonetheless obtain lots of injury even on the max Scadutree Blessing stage of 20, however it’ll take extra than simply two hits to complete you off.

Make sure that to totally max out how a lot HP and FP your Flask of Tears restores as effectively, and go in with extra Crimson Tears costs than Cerulean Tears. (When 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, in case you occur to have one.

On 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 injury.

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

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 struggle, you could possibly summon Thiollier, Ansbach, Hornsent, or a mix of whichever amongst them remains to be alive. Don’t summon all of them. A couple of NPC makes the struggle practically unimaginable with how a lot additional HP Radahn has. Even one provides him a sizeable well being enhance, however I do suggest bringing one NPC ally alongside, if just for the prospect to distract Radahn.

How one can beat Radahn, Elden Ring DLC last boss

The struggle’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. When you summoned an NPC, it’s a good suggestion to remain close to the sector’s entrance as a substitute of operating away from Radahn. It makes it simpler on your NPC ally to start out attacking shortly, 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 struggle within the base recreation. He’ll swing one sword, then swing the opposite twice, and typically 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 vary course and provides you a barely bigger window of evasion. The draw back is the digital camera actions make it straightforward to lose monitor of your self and Radahn, so it’s possible you’ll wish to follow backwards dodging.

There’s actually no time to assault throughout these combos, as he strings every collectively seamlessly. Nonetheless, 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, strategy from behind, and unleash a number of assaults of your personal. Simply ensure you’re inside vary, so that you really deal injury earlier than attracting his consideration.

When 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 typically launches stomps on the bottom or thrusts his swords within the floor, and each assaults summon a cone of rocks that injury 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.

Like throughout the Caelid struggle, Radahn has some gravity tips up his stolen Mohg-shaped sleeves as effectively. 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 injury you in case you’re shut, so ensure you 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 hard. 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 injury you with gravity as effectively, 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 method to dodge up shut. Your greatest guess is to again away after the gravity pull, then dodge backward because the blades emerge. When you keep close to Radahn throughout this, you’ll take a number of hits.

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

How To Beat Radahn’s last section

Miquella descends and provides Radahn a serving to hand or six for the rest of the struggle. That is the place it looks as if Radahn’s frost weak spot vanishes, so in case you’re desirous to make the most of vulnerabilities, now’s the time to give attention to bleed.

Throughout this section, Radahn has all the identical assaults as within the first section, with a number of essential variations. When he plunges his swords into the bottom to boost stone blades, he raises holy blades of sunshine as a substitute. Dodging again and away remains 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 normally single pillars of sunshine you possibly can dodge in any course, although the ultimate assault in a combo usually 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.

Tougher to take care of are his new strikes. Radahn normally 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. When you’re far sufficient away when he begins the casting course of, you possibly can run out of the world of impact. If not, you possibly can strive dodging simply as the sunshine reaches its brightest. There are a number of pillars, although, so that you’re nearly assured to take injury. Drink your Combined Physik throughout the casting to negate many of the injury, and you can too use that point to assault Radahn whereas he casts, in case your weapon can attain him.

Certainly one of his most harmful new assaults sees Radahn teleport away from you, then strategy shortly with a slash, and he’ll typically observe it with a 3rd slash. It’s robust to inform whether or not he’s concentrating on you or an ally, however in case you see him dealing with you when he teleports the primary time, you’ll comprehend it’s you he’s after. Typically he’ll goal an ally first after which hit you together with his third assault.

Radahn may leap into the air and rush you with 5 fast assaults. These are very troublesome to dodge. Typically, 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 typically imbue each swords with holy after which half a second later unleash an enormous blast of sunshine. The timing is hard to get right here, however attempt to dodge as he attracts his swords up towards his shoulders.

Lastly, Radahn brings his comet crash assault again, however it’s holy-aligned this time. You may strive dodging proper as he lands or operating to the sting of the sector, however you’re nearly assured to take injury. When 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 struggle, however I’ve completely no concept what have an effect on this has. Radahn is immune to wreck 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 embrace when he summons Miquella’s mild, when he assaults you 5 instances 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 normally does this if you’re at a distance, there’s much less likelihood to comb in and assault earlier than he’s again on the transfer.

Bleed is simply as efficient on this section as within the first, and it’s the quickest and most secure method to carry Miquella’s goals 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 count on solutions from it.

How one can cheese Promised Consort Radahn

This boss struggle may be very troublesome, and no person would ever blame you for desirous to take the best route. There are a number of “cheeses” for Promised Consort Radahn that may aid you take him down comparatively simply.

The video from YouTuber Cainfoe above reveals a really highly effective iteration of the most typical cheese for this struggle: the defend and poke technique. Whereas Cainfoe goes into nice element and makes use of some magical spells to make issues even higher, most “straightforward” options for Radahn contain an enormous defend (just like the Black Knight’s Protect) and a thrusting weapon (just like the Frozen Needle rapier). You may get much more suggestions from the neighborhood on this useful Reddit thread.

Whilst you’ll nonetheless have to dodge a few of Radahn’s largest magical assaults by operating away or to the facet, poking at him from behind a defend is a really constant method to carry his well being to zero. When you’d prefer to see this technique executed completely, take a look at the video above.

And that’s a wrap on Shadow of the Erdtree’s primary story. There’s loads extra to do within the Land of Shadow, so ensure that to discover non-compulsory areas similar to Cerulean Coast and tackle remaining NPC quests, together with Igon’s quest, which ends up in one more difficult boss struggle — in opposition to Bayle the Dread.