Elden Ring: How To Defeat Commander Niall

Loretta will leap toward you, slamming her War Sickle down at you, and will quickly follow it up with a stab and another overhead slash . There’s a slight delay between each attack, which can bait you into attacking before it’s safe. She will occasionally switch this from a three-attack combo to a four-attack combo . If her third attack is instead a cross-body stab, she’ll always follow that up with an upward slash. Wait to ensure she has finished her combo before attacking, or you’ll be taking some frustrating h


Ride along this southern path, following the edge of Liurnia. You’ll eventually encounter some Vulgar Militiamen on the way. Continue riding past them all the way until you reach an item on a corpse sitting in a chair . Loot the item for one Somber Smithing Stone [2]. From this position, face north. You should spot two paths. On the right side, you’ll see the path you rode down. The path on the left will lead you to the Cliffbottom Catacombs entrance. Ride up that path until you reach the wooden d


Royal Knight Loretta can be a tough boss. She will ride around the arena, sending a variety of magical attacks towards you. If you get close, she will strike at you with her War Sickle weapon—her horse will attack as well. She can be quite the challenge, so make sure you’re prepared for the battle. Upgrade your weapon of choice as high as you can, and make sure you’ve collected any Golden Seeds and Sacred Tears in areas you’ve already explored. After defeating Royal Knight Loretta, you will acquire 10,000 Runes , Loretta’s Greatbow , and Ash of War: Loretta’s Sla


This is one of the Red Wolf’s most frequently used moves. The wolf will leap to the side, summoning one to three blue sigils in the air in its path. After a short delay, each of these sigils will fire a single Glintblade projectile toward you. Due to the delay, you will often need to pay attention to the Magic Glintblades and whatever the Red Wolf’s follow-up attack will be. Try to dodge to the side with these attacks since dodging into the first attack might leave you getting struck with the follow-up (if the Red Wolf casts several in a r


Commander Niall can be found atop Castle Sol deep within Mountaintops of the Giants, one of the endgame areas in Elden Ring Maps Elden Ring story guide . He poses quite a threat to lower-level players, but the rewards for defeating him can be very signific


Head through the doors, then immediately start heading south. You’ll spot a dragon patrolling the paths to the southwest, but as long as you give it a wide berth, you won’t need to contend with it just yet. You’re also free to summon Torrent here, which can help you get around much more quic


Proceeding through the archway, you’ll spot an item off to your left with several smaller Fingercreepers nearby. The item is another bunch of x2 Rimed Crystal Bud. A little further past that, you’ll find x6 Glintstone Firefly. Be wary: there are some Large and small Fingercreepers waiting in the ground to sneak att


While Niall is in his first phase, the fight is pretty straightforward, just dodge his sweeping attacks and try to roll behind him to get in some easy hits. When he enters his second phase, you should start out by staying as far away from him as possible because he will perform a massive AOE attack. Even while you're keeping your distance, prepare to dodge as soon as he's done swinging his banner around because he will leap into the air and try to come crashing down on you with his electrified


Head out of this room and turn toward your left. You’ll spot an Imp hanging on the ceiling above the next passage forward. Down this passage, another Imp hangs from the wall. Head to the end of the hallway and loot the Golden Rune [3] and the Grave Glovewort [3] , but do so quickly—another Imp is sneaking up behind


In the second phase, the boss is much stronger and has a wider variety of AOE and distance-closing attacks, so you will have to play it by ear and decide if you'll have an easier time with the fight by stalling his second phase. If you leave the knight alive too long and the boss drops below 50% health, he will enter the second phase regardless, and then you will be in some serious trou


This is probably Loretta’s favorite attack. She summons a number of magic swords to float around her, and they will shoot toward her when you draw near—or when she rides near. Even though she casts this spell so frequently, you can’t afford to ignore it since they can pile on the damage very quickly. Also, partway into the fight, she will buff herself, resulting in her summoning a larger number of swords with this spell. When she casts this spell, your best bet is to bait the swords to seek you out by getting within range. Make them trigger, allowing you to dodge on your terms and free her up for att


If you keep your distance, Loretta defaults to several ranged magic abilities, many of which have delays in their casting . This allows her to cast one spell, then begin casting another before the first spell actually goes off, resulting in several spell projectiles heading your way all at once throughout the fight. This means it becomes incredibly important to learn her attack timing in order to dodge multiple spells and moves happening at the same t