Summary
- An Elden Ring player has discovered a technique to stagger the Elden Beast by hitting its tail while flying.
- The final boss battle of the base game is split into two separate fights, facing Radagon of the Golden Order and then the Elden Beast afterward.
- The base game’s Elden Beast battle is considered one of the hardest and requires creative thinking and stamina management.
An Elden Ring player has shared a fantastic technique for staggering the Elden Beast in the base game, and the Soulslike community was impressed while some fans were moved to laughter. The gaming industry undoubtedly rates Elden Ring and its Shadow of the Erdtree expansion as one of the hardest games in the media’s history, harboring a series of punishing and painstaking boss battles around the Lands Between that require equal amounts of skill and patience to complete in its entirety.
Elden Ring was first released in 2022, followed by its DLC in June 2024, and soared immediately to success preceding its crown for Game of the Year. Following the fame of FromSoftware’s earlier hits, including the Dark Souls trilogy, Bloodborne, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, the base game was expected to announce a sequel in the pipeline, but the player base received an unexpected co-op spin-off instead. Revealed during The Game Awards 2024, and serving as one of the event’s biggest surprises, Elden Ring Nightreign has now received a release date with an exact release time to follow for keen gamers.
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Posted on Reddit by SlenderTube18, a 10-second clip was shared on the Elden Ring subreddit, showing the player’s battle against the Elden Beast. Noting they were using the Heavy Sword Lance during the encounter, the player also discovered they could stagger the Elden Beast by hitting its tail while flying, which contributed to the monster’s defeat, unlike another Elden Ring player’s Elden Beast battle that ended in heartbreak.
Elden Ring Player Staggers Elden Beast by Hitting Its Tail While Flying
The Soulslike community previously compared Shadow of the Erdtree’s Bayle encounter to Elden Ring’s Elden Beast battle, as both enemies are tough creatures to conquer, but this staggering trick has certainly lifted a weight off some players’ minds. Redditors admitted they never knew this method and had never even seen the Elden Beast staggered before. Others posted memes of cats being dragged by their tail, and suggested this was one surefire way to deal a good bit of damage to the beast, but also noted that the enemy was likely near to staggering anyway before being hit on the tail.
The Elden Beast is supported by a wealth of lore, existing as a vassal of the Greater Will found within the Elden Throne. Beating Elden Ring’s Elden Beast is no easy feat and requires some creative thinking to succeed. The final boss battle of the base game is split into two separate fights, facing Radagon of the Golden Order and then the Elden Beast afterward, and stamina management is one of the key components to manage when facing the Elden Ring’s true form.
- Released
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February 25, 2022
- ESRB
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M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence