One can always use their favorite Ash summon, but there are a couple that are particularly good for fighting bosses near the end of the game. The first is the Mimic Tear Ashes of course. It doesn’t do a ton of direct damage like it did at Elden Ring’s outset, but it still has plenty of health and excels at distracting the enemy. Better yet, the summon uses all of your equipped weapons and items, meaning it can help trigger blood loss on enemies. If one doesn’t already have it, it can be fought and obtained near Nokron.

Unfortunately, getting the Great Rune from a Demi-God is only one part of its activation. Those looking to activate every Great Rune will have to discover the corresponding Divine Towers sprinkled across the Lands Between. Some of them are much easier to find than others, and one, in particular, holds the Great Rune activation spot for two Demi-Gods; Morgott and Mohg. Here’s how players can get to the location and activate the powerful runes for these bosses after they defeat them in Elden Ring .

Obtaining the Fingerprint Stone Shield requires the player to be well into the main storyline. They will need to have defeated Morgott, the Omen King in the Royal Capital , and Mohg, the Omen at the Cathedral of the Forsaken (Subterranean Shunning-Groun

At the moment, the consensus seems to be that there are three weapons that compliment a bleed build best: the Rivers of Blood katana, Eleonora’s Poleblade and Mohgwyn’s Sacred Spear . To get the Rivers of Blood , players will need to go to the Church of Repose on the Mountaintops of the Giants . Upon arriving there, a named NPC will invade. Defeat him to claim the katana. Eleonora’s Poleblade can be obtained at Second Church of Marika on Altus Plateau .

While wielding any of General Radahn’s three associated weapons you will be able to replicate other attacks from his Caelid boss fight and the encounter at the end of Shadow of the Erdtree . His normal Starscourge Greatsword uses Gravity magic, while the Promised Consort weapons both implement Holy damage.

Having high Vigor is essential to surviving in Elden Ring , so be sure to regularly put a point or two into this stat as you level up. Having a high Mind stat lets you use Moonveil’s Ash of War more before running out of FP, and a split 40 in Dex and 45 in Int takes advantage of the weapon’s scaling effectively.

In a game as massive as Elden Ring, there are any number of ways to build one’s character and engage the many powerful boss enemies that inhabit The Lands Between. For most of the game, one really can’t go wrong with how they develop their character, but that may not be entirely true when it comes time to confront the final few bosses near the end. Unless one possesses truly top-tier skills, this is probably the time to re-spec into a more-focused build capable of using one’s loadout to the fullest. There are many of these to choose from of course, but one that focuses on bleed is probably the most effective for struggling players. So, let’s get into it.

As for weapon choice, the Eleonora’s Poleblade does well against single enemies, but struggles against groups; use the katana or spear for those. The spear does well against massive enemies with exploitable blindspots, such as dragons, but its weapon art leaves the user exposed to smaller enemies/bosses with a high stagger threshold. The katana is good overall, so it’ll probably be one’s weapon of choice more often than not. Its drawback is that it leaves the user exposed if it doesn’t either kill or stagger the target with the opening series of slashes. In short, consider the enemy’s strengths and weaknesses and choose accordingly. The same goes for the Ash summons and the tears used in the Wondrous Physick. This build isn’t a guaranteed win every time, but it should make many encounters go much more easily once one gets used to it. So, why not give it a shot?

Radahn was a beefy guy, so having a high Vigor reflects this large Health pool. A 23 in Endurance means you will be able to equip the majority of General Radahn’s armor, though you may need to use the Radagon Soreseal or the Great-Jar Arsenal Talisman to push your Equip Load high enough to avoid fat rolling. A 50 in Strength takes advantage of the Starscourge Greatsword’s scaling, while a 21 in Intelligence allows use of the Meteorite Staff and the Rock Sling spell, both tied to Gravitational Sorceries. The above is calculated for a Level 100 player who started as a Wretch.

FromSoftware has always had a penchant for variety, with each of their games (except Sekiro) offering players a plethora of viable and completely unique playstyles to choose from. In Elden Ring , no Intelligence/Dexterity hybrid is complete without the Moonveil , arguably the best Int-based weapon in Elden Ring .

The best Sorceries to pair with the Moonveil katana are those that fill in the gaps for things the katana can’t do or complement the moveset in some way. For example, Magic Glintblade can be useful to Moonveil users as they can time their entrance into melee combat with the spell’s activation.