Technically, Elden Ring does not have an easy mode. That said, there are many characters builds you may create to make certain boss fights easier.
FromSoftware fantasy RPGs like Elden Ring are infamous for not having easy modes, forcing players to beat challenging dungeon crawls and fearsome boss battles with cleverness, careful observation along with a steady accumulation of skills. In practice, however, FromSoftware's newest RPG includes a huge number of tools for example Spirit Ashes to make sure encounters are easier, together with specific character builds specifically tailored to defeat Elden Ring's toughest bosses. Whether through exploiting status effects, equipping weapons or spells rich in stagger potential, or exploiting elemental weaknesses, the next character builds can trivialize seemingly unstoppable bosses.
In general, most players who are able to defeat all Elden Ring's bosses should generally attempt to take a break from tricky fights, explore other areas of the Lands Between, and think about new ways of surpassing the problem they face. If they keep getting killed in one blow, for example, they ought to upgrade their Tarnished player character's Vigor together with other stats. Alternately, they ought to engage the Elden Ring boss in "practice run" fights where they focus solely on dodging and learning the enemy's attacks. If neither of those approaches helps a person overcome Elden Ring's toughest bosses, they ought to feel free to try one of the next builds.
Counter Malenia With Elden Ring Health Regen Builds
No FromSoftware game boss includes a reputation that can compare with Elden Ring's mascot Malenia, Blade of Miquella, the Scarlet Rot-afflicted Demigod sword adept who challenges players in the base from the late-game Haligtree area. If Malenia only agreed to be a foe with swift, deadly sword strikes, and Scarlet Rot-inflicting attacks, she would result as yet another challenging and stylish-looking FromSoftware RPG boss. Her additional capability to heal harm to her health bar when she strikes player characters, however (plus her very difficult-to-dodge Waterfowl Dance) makes her a boss that may only be beaten by players who are able to evade nearly all her attacks and deal heavy levels of damage.
Players who wish to beat Malenia at her very own game (or beat Elden Ring's Malenia utilizing a dance pad) should greatly consider grabbing two unique weapons - the Great Stars great hammer in the Altus Plateau (a Strength weapon automatically) and also the Butchering Knife from Mount Gelmir (a Dexterity weapon automatically). Both these weapons, intrinsically regenerate a sliver from the player's health if he or she hit a target. When along with rapid attack Ashes of War for example Prelate's Charge, Stormcaller, or Wild Strikes, weapon infusions that inflict Bleed or Frost, and health-regenerating Talismans such as the Godskin's Swaddling Cloth, players with one of these two weapons can regenerate large levels of health using their attacks like Malenia can.
Elden Ring Sleep Builds Can Shut Down Godskin Bosses
The Godskin Duo of Elden Ring - the Godskin Apostle and also the Godskin Noble - are terrifying on the narrative and gameplay level. Within the backstory of Elden Ring, the Godskins would be the terrifying followers/offspring of the long-vanquished Gloam-Eyed Queen, who wield black flames able to kill anything and literally wear pale clothes fashioned in the skin and fat from the gods they slew. In-game the Godskin Apostle and Godskin Noble boss are fair but tough opponents who contort their health in uncanny ways and chuck health-chewing fireballs whenever a person tries to drink a healing flask. Players who attempt to fight them both at the same time in Farum Azula frequently reach their wit's end.
Both Godskin bosses, present in dark Elden Ring locations like Volcano Manor, are actually extremely susceptible to weapons and items which cause the Sleep status effect. Most Elden Ring bosses are just briefly staggered by Sleep-inducing items for example the craftable Sleep Pot and Sleepbone Arrows, the intelligence-scaling Sword of St. Trina, the Faith-scaling St. Trina's Torch, or Arcane-scaling weapons such as the Ripple Blade and Ripple Halbred with Sophorific Grease applied. The Godskin Apostle and Godskin Noble, however, will go to sleep and stay asleep for quite a while, letting players land free critical attacks during solo fights and making the late-game Godskin Duo battle much, easier.
Elden Ring Mage Builds With Bombardment Spells Make Giant Bosses Easy
By this time, virtually every FromSotware fan knows Elden Ring's Comet Azur spell and Cerulean Hidden Tear combo, well-liked by Glintstone Sorcerer PCs rich in Intelligence. By drinking a Flask of Wondrous Physick using the Cerulean Hidden Tear, which grants a person character unlimited Focus Points for 15 seconds, players can fire the Comet Azur's FP-hungry beam projectile to have an extended period of time. Coupled with spell-boosting effects for example Golden Vow or Terra Magica, an Elden Ring Sorcerer can easily reduce the HP of Elden Ring's hardest and hugest bosses. The Comet Azur Sorcery, however, isn't only spelled the advantages of this kind of damage-optimizing setup.
Every Elden Ring mage build - whether Prophets who wield Faith-scaling Incantations full of Elden Ring lore or Astrologers who wield Intelligence-scaling Flintstone Sorceries - has use of high-level spells that bombard the nearby area with multiple magical projectiles. Astrologer builds access to the Meteorite and Meteorite of Astel spells, while Prophet builds get Incantations such as the Lightning Strike and Ancient Dragon's Lightning Strike. Theoretically, these area-of-effect spells are made to destroy mobs of enemies players encounter on view world. Practically, these spells can devastate dragons, gargoyles, along with other Elden Ring bosses big enough to be hit by every projectile.
Elden Ring Warrior Builds With Fortification Incantations Make The Final Boss Much Easier
Malenia is usually considered Elden Ring's hardest boss, however, the final two bosses hanging around can be just like challenging themselves. The Elden Ring-possessed Radagon from the Golden Order, the half-shattered animus of Queen Marika, is really a relentless foe who chases down players with forward-moving hammer strikes and blasts of golden light. Once he falls towards the Tarnished player character, the Elden Beast, a full-time income embodiment from the Elden Ring's power, reforges Radagon's body right into a sword of flesh and bombards the ball player with a relentless stream of golden energy attacks. These paired bosses, able to fight at any range, are tricky for non-mage builds to defeat.
Elden Ring players who wish to create non-mage characters - high Strength or high Dexterity characters who don't depend on Sorceries or Incantations - should think about investing several points into Faith to make use of elemental-damage reducing Incantations, many of which can be purchased by Corhyn during his Elden Ring questline. A mere 10 points of Faith unlocks Two Fingers Incantations for example Magic, Lightning, Flame, and Divine Fortification, while 35 Faith gives players the use of group-shield Erdtree Incantations like Protection from the Erdtree. Both Radagon and also the Elden Beast do pure Holy Damage with many of their attacks; by casting Divine Fortification or Lord's Divine Fortification, Warrior characters in Elden Ring become much tougher against both of these final bosses.
