Elden Ring DLC: HOW TO Beat Commander Gaius (Get Gud NOT Required)

[@HollowedJedi]

The hit boxes are broken for sure. The charge will damage you twice sometimes.

[@ValkynShade]

THIS the charge is in dire need of a hotfix

[@batnsarl9169]

try dodging towards him 👍 you'll just get behind him and his whole animation

[@ValkynShade]

@@batnsarl9169 this works perfectly when he is charging from close range. once he charges from more distance, his hitbox will somehow increase and the dodge window becomes incredibly narrow. I've clipped this multiple times when I streamed for my friends, I never failed dodging close range, but distance charge I haven't dodged once

[@jockycracker8253]

Either stand completely still and dodge at 10 o'clock direction, or strafe left and dodge right before contact for dodging the further away charge

[@Fennyjbenny]

Light roll makes it much easier to

[@SleepyMatt-zzz]

This boss would be manageable if it weren't for his charge attack. Whether or not you can dodge it feels like a coin flip.

[@JoeBerg38]

when you enter the room run left around the corner and his charge gets him stuck on the wall. Leaving you ample time to summon mimic and buff or whatever

[@Eltiburonmma]

Yes! I dodged forward at first and it didn’t work, the next charge he did I rolled slightly to the side and I got passed him, so my next try I did that again and it hit me again, I was like wtf is this bs.

[@Caspricocious]

You can mount your horse and double jump over his first charge

[@TinyHut_]

@@Caspricocious You mean every time he does the charge you mount? Do you even have time to do that?

[@oliverwilliam6931]

​@@TinyHut_I avoided his charge attack every single time

[@x_OZYMANDIAS_x]

For people wondering how the mimic keeps healing itself, it’s because she probably has raw meat dumplings on her hot bar. Mimics can use items infinitely even if you have just one equipped. Ergo, have at least one dumpling equipped as a consumable item when you summon your mimic and it will heal itself fairly reliably.

[@MurghSharduk]

Or put one Marikas Blessing on hot bar.

[@picanha694]

blessing marika works like charm for my mimic

[@IvaN-cf7qt]

Pumba is too aggressive

[@TinyHut_]

Hakuna Mattata.

[@leserbeacerbe6910]

Hack oooo nah ma tataaaaa

[@MonkeyDLuffy-ed4fj]

Crazy how his AI is completely different in your game than mine

[@sPaCe_NiNjA187]

Fr. His is slow. Mine is Uber fast non stop attacks. Likes he’s mad at me.

[@tiredasf107]

@@sPaCe_NiNjA187for real. He completely ignores my mimic too

[@ag-sz8oc]

@@tiredasf107 exactly, in over 20 tries not once has he attacked my mimic tear until I've already died

[@tiredasf107]

@@ag-sz8oc yea that fight needs a neef imo I had to cheese it :/ But ima try to solo it on ng+ soon

[@nicholashaywood7949]

Just fought him today. My biggest issue is when you lose the first time and how he is WAITING at that fog door for you.

[@TinyHut_]

Yeah LMAO. Some people claim you can roll into his charge as soon as you come out of the fog door but that never worked for me. It's the only way I saw people can dodge his "I'm-so-happy-to-see-you-you-POS" move he pulls as soon as he charges at you out the door.

[@Hydra_X9K_Music]

​@TinyHut_ They just patched it so he starts off way in the back like he does when you first encounter him.

[@scrappymutt2047]

I think it’s sad you have to defend yourself about using an in game mechanic, this community has become so toxic. Use whatever means you have been given to beat whatever boss, it’s meant to be played that way. If you decide not to use said mechanics and want to get gud then go for it but don’t bully those who don’t care to do so.

[@papierro]

Yeah , no idea why do people feel the need to try to force to people into playing a certain way, or diminish your gameplay because you used summons. I saw somebody saying that using summons is not a true way of playing souls, like bro, im not going to loose my mind playing the game, its supposed to be fun, a relief.

[@griffiththechad9483]

Boss man Miyazaki himself uses mimic tear and everything else at his disposal.

[@daimy5286]

Wether you like it or not using a mimic tear makes the fights ten times easier. Instead of learning the dodge patterns, waiting for an attack window and actually getting good you now wait for your mimic tear to distract him and attack the boss in the back without any consequences. You’re wrong elden ring is not ment to play that way. It is a mechanic in the game serving as help for people who need some extra help beating the game. Me personally i cant understand how it is enjoyable to beat the boss in 3 tries with a mimic instead of actually going through the journey of learning the boss and finally beating him. But i agree that everyone should just enjoy the game the way they want that is the most important

[@Mugen-bc9fs]

​@@daimy5286 shaddup.

[@Mugen-bc9fs]

Yeah. Gamers have absolutely ruined most gaming communities but they're especially cringe about Souls games. Anyone who gatekeeps Souls is trash. That's all 🤷‍♂️

[@tmbfreak_16]

The duality of boss quality in every piece of content From makes is hilarious. We get shit like this and then we get Renalla, Midra, and Messmer 😂

[@Kai_theworm]

Fr I love the Messmer and Renalla fights sm but this one just feels unfair and annoying

[@grigoregruesome3606]

@@Kai_thewormthis and Metyr fight so far have been my least favorite. They weren’t fun or satisfying to beat. One of those time when you can’t even celebrate your just happy to be done

[@adambrown8923]

my advice is no matter what, do NOT use your horse, bro is like twice if not three times faster than it and will kill it easily

[@QuestionableObject]

SO many bosses in this DLC feel like "Look how cool my boss is" rather than "Lets make a fun battle"

[@demonfox13]

I feel the same way and agree.

[@anonymousperson8903]

They are fun AND cool!

[@remynobdy8844]

This is the ONLY boss I'm not having fun with

[@oingoboingo8577]

He's just angry he couldn't wear his pants

[@rod253]

He's a poopy pants 👖

[@JoeBerg38]

When you enter the bossroom, simply run left around the corner completely, summon mimic, 2hand blasphemous blade and spam L2. 5 L2's was all it took me. (after dying 300 times) -edit Scadutree blessing lvl 15 by the way

[@kylegriffy4444]

You just saved me so much time!

[@giejay28]

This is it. After trying for 2 hours, did it like this. Not in 5 times and needed some dodging and healing but it worked.

[@mikem0ke]

i keep seeing the run left thing, but he just goes around the corner and keeps charging

[@KingLobo1987]

F*cking hell, thank you! After a respec for this blade I did it on the 3rd try. I tried it before with different summons and help from other players but this blade was a gamechanger.

[@JoeBerg38]

@@mikem0ke you gotta hug the wall and move in the lil nook that's around the corner, gets half his hitbox stuck running up against the wall. Not sure if it got patched though, I'll find out later this week when my other character reaches him

[@buttp0under420]

I miss when FromSoft bosses had attack windows that the player could utilize

[@anonymousperson8903]

This boss has enormous and very frequent attack windows dude.

[@lmkhuoax]

The boss has so many openings as long as you try to to learn how to dodge his attacks. It's fine to rely on summons or long range AoW to kill him, everybody plays the way he likes. But don't complain about things that are not real please.

[@pyromike7237]

skill issue

[@khuntington]

tbis boss was dumb because even with a shield his boar charge attack drains half your HP. like.... that's not how shields work in souls games.

[@guts5398]

I love getting stuck on the entrance door

[@theespressokid1]

I've been solo-ing all the bosses, but I straight up dgaf and summoned two players and we wrecked him. It just wasn't worth my time, I wanted the five scadutree fragments so I can focus on solo-ing Messmer, a fight I'm actually enjoying.

[@Icewater003]

That charging attack needs to be coming to me faster so that I can dodge into his hitbox with dodge roll i-frames. That is one big stepping stone to make this boss better. I can’t fathom how testers even dodged into that charging attack or whatever happened. Did that charging attack get properly tested?

[@demonfox13]

Fought this dude today and i can say he is the worse cheap boss i have ever fought. here i though bael was bad when i did that fight but no this dude takes the cake. Hes hit boxes are a joke and even targeting him like having him locked on a lot of my jump attack would not hit or land. I was able to beat him but my god i dont even consider him hard you just cant do much because your getting slam left and right and him hitting you with combos that take half your life. When i finished this fight i just felt annoyed and i feel true souls bosses shouldn't leave you with a feeling like that but with a feeling of loving the fight and the boss and feeling proud you beat it.

[@doriangongar1859]

Bloodhound step makes the boss doable

[@markvanwinckle8788]

It’s comical how he’s not melting youre mimic at all lol he like never comes after you. 😂😂😂

[@PONTIUS_CHADIUS_MAXIMUS]

Right? He completely ignores my mimic 99% of the time and is up my ass the entire time.

[@markturner1970]

After messing around trying different things I switched to just having me and my mimic using impenetrable thorns on foot and got him wrecked on the second try.

[@NextWeeek]

i stunned him with greatstars and swapped it to marias executioner. fully charged one did like 40% of his hp per time

[@kh7736]

Normally I’d say “well that’s no fun” but this boss deserves it😂

[@thecagedunicorn]

I’ve been trying to not use my mimic tear, but you’re right, this guy deserves it. Unless I experience a Groundhog Day situation, I’m not going to get good enough to beat him on my one.

[@HalfBitCard]

I don't really think he's hard personally, but I do think he's just a bad boss. His hitboxes are just all over the place and he can hit you twice on some moves.

[@A_H_R]

i cant even get out of the fog gate lmao

[@Manyfacedgodd113]

They patched the wall cheese I believe. The trees and obstacles that used to slow him down so you could get away are now destructive so you CANT get him wedged

[@ryany2882]

Can confirm it is patched

[@Manyfacedgodd113]

@@ryany2882 CURSE YOU MIYAZAKI!!!!!

[@turboyabo864]

boss will focus in on you first before going for the actual spirit summons the mimic seems be the only one that has this aggro first thing going since its basically just copying you. any other summon will just get killed unless there another spirit summon i dont know about that is both tanky and heals it self and dose best damage and keeps aggro with the boss . but this boss can easily keep up with torrants attacks if you decide to think smart and try to jump over him, then he just easily switch side to attack torrant , even tho this fight near cliff side you cant force him to jump off any actual interest way to fight this guy throw it out the window. sacred blessing level needs to be 12 to15 above .you try to just keep fighting tho if you get luckily ash blessing needs to be 10 to 15 as well. use mohg spear for its LT ability and get on the other side one the walls for the first phase if your really luckily you wont have to leave that wall, but if not you gonna have to fight him use mimic at level 9 or 10 and switch walls fk honor he deserves to get cheese,

[@blizmo2]

this boss is ridiculous

[@thestalker6580]

I have been fighting this boss for the past 4 hours and I am at my limit, pray for me brethren

[@beekingduck6640]

Thanks for the guide, it was the friendly break I needed to mental reset and get him down :)

[@narbo9]

I used rivers of blood, mimic, and a whole lotta tries! Maybe 30 attempts before i got used to the boss pattern. Summon mimic asap, then horse, get out in the open, and off the horse, then finally battle this guy. It was very frustrating but you guys can do this

[@solomonsignet]

Nicely done!!

[@Geko101]

Thanks. Getting closer to beating him... I've found staying close (on the side), smothering as much as pos. He's weak to guard counters which open him up for a critical.

[@subject_of_ymir]

Yeah.... I like being tossed around back and forth , left and right ...the second I enter the arena.

[@qtorakujo1996]

If you want to kill Commander Gaius, try to use incantions against to him with your mimic. I reccomend the spell from the Giant Fire and other spells whatever you want.

[@shamusteakiawa]

I just fully upgraded my Greatshield soldiers ashes, and then just used the blasphemous blade on him. Was so easy, lol

[@maxmclean7733]

I'm curious what sprit blessing you're at here, my mimic dies immediately it feels like.

[@OPPAlska]

you can dodge into his charge at the last moment. But hitboxes are broken af so it works 8/10 times. Dodge his charge into the rhino

[@Kinan.Eldari]

Not entirely what I can apply as a wizard boi with my glintstone nonsense, but I appreciate the take.

[@sd8182]

Using the Spell, Miriam’s Vanishing move worked well will dodging the charge attack.

[@PureCapsaicin]

I’m not even worried about Messmer because of this boss. At least with Messmer he’s supposed to be hard, but Gaius isn’t he just had broken hitboxes. The only hard attack to avoid is the charge.

[@shadowblack623]

Omg I just beat him while playing this in the background lol

[@ThaifulacLP]

The ash of war „raptor of the mists“ makes nearly every boss doable. You can avoid any damage and stagger them so fast

[@HeTooGeeked]

Until they do a chain attack and knock you out the air… I actually use raptor of the mist a lot especially with the new dryleaf fist

[@cuteandfluffypikachu3405]

The boss won’t focus on the mimic even if she is wearing the mask this boss insufferable have they done something to the summons 😭😭😭

[@Unknowngnostic]

He likes to spam his charge attack and 1 shot me with the ground gravity under me. Cant figure out how to get away from that. It happens right under me and by the time i see him queue it, its too late. Its too big of an aoe for me to get out

[@premoacct]

How did your mimic heal?

[@ThePorkchopExpress975]

well i fought him like 30 times trying every kind of weapon and summon and spell. but i could never do enough damage or not take big damage. left , went and did a bunch of other things. came back level 8 scadu tree and spirit ash 5. melted him with blasphemous blade skill and black knife tiche. what a difference the higher level made. took way less damage. and now im level 10 from the five fragments you get after the first

[@falsearbitrator2560]

How is your mimic so tanky? Im in full tree sentinel armor, and my mimic lasts no longer than 20 seconds with agro

[@Ericutz4thewin]

I feel like I got lucky

[@WhiteRavena630]

One of the most irrational bosses you can encounter in the game. Oddly large hitbox on the horse charge move got me killed many times. i used bolt of gransax+ mimic to just to survive and hit it a few times and i finally defeated on my 42th attempt. I remember having nearly the same number on malenia before that.

[@Soniman001]

A dark souls mom? Your husband is a lucky man

[@Scarecrow-rj4lq]

This might just be my experience, but I’m pretty sure you’re supposed to fight him on torrent. The arena he’s in seems purposefully massive to allow for horse combat. His charge is intentionally hard to dodge if you’re on the ground, but once you’re on torrent it’s a fair attack. In fact all of his moves seem pretty fair once you add torrent to the equation. He plays like Rykard to me, you CAN beat him without the weapon they give you, but that makes the fight way more tedious and frustrating. You CAN beat giaus without torrent, but the fight is supposed to be fought with him.

[@UsMan-uv9em]

I just beat him with dual unchigatanas.... Used senpuku AOW along with Golden vow and flame grant me strength.... My strategy was to really keep close to him. Forcing him to use melee attacks mostly and dodge around him.. get 2 swipes and dodge again... Rinse and repeat... You have to time your heals because he's extra aggressive and the important thing I learned by fighting him is to not get too greedy... Really fun fight. Took me almost 40 tries and I didn't use any summon because my mimic tear was making his movesets a bit unpredictable... Best of luck to anyone fighting him just try to learn his moveset and you will have a lot of fun with him trust me... He's not as bad as people are making him

[@zackknipping827]

Trusty Blasphemous Blade worked first try for me as usual, after an hour trying different dlc weapons

[@ThePorkchopExpress975]

the july 3 patch moved him back to his original position when you first fight him. lots of videos i watched he is right there on further attempts. now he is way of to the left at the edge of the arena. the gives to some extra time to pull out your summon or apply buffs.

[@itsDrew_K]

I'm stuck here and at Messmer. I enjoyed the story from the main game but now playing this after the main game is beaten with harder bosses than what you'll ever see in the main game is insanely frustrating. I didn't even buy the expansion, it was gifted to me from my best friend and I almost with he could get a refund for it, I'm burned out on it.

[@Illuminate-Watcher]

Did you know that Jesus name is a translation of the name Yahshua which means salvation

[@panpawe5474]

Carian sovereignty + thorny cracked tear + misercorde with rks = dead hog rider

[@SandorKleh]

My Gaiusgayus moves ten times aggroer like this. My final method for get rid him; marais executioner build on me and golden vow, bestial vitality and 2 hand marais...let mimic land one or two hit, get attention and fork out his belly of the pig with few l2 charged hits. Died a few times already, but worked. Good luck everyone!

[@leogonzalez4041]

You should also try fighting him on horseback, is a bit more manageable

[@smoothopurrator]

This particular boss is a nightmare. Checked out a few different things. Still working on him

[@InAVanByTheRivr]

Fromsoft literwlly shit the bed (again) with the amount of broken shit in this dlc. They really gotta hire outside talent to help them balance their games. The backhand blade ashes of war have deatroyed pvp haha its just l2 spam again

[@remynobdy8844]

You can trivialize that entire ash of war with wildstrikes. It's really not that bad.

[@InAVanByTheRivr]

@@remynobdy8844 not evefyone wants to play with 50 hardswap weapons just to counter specific ashes

[@NotShalune]

Thank you. I was having a miserable time with him before seeing this. I had assumed mounted combat was the way to go. T_T

[@Desiqnify]

Guide told me to roll into his charges, get destroyed lol

[@fredwilkins4644]

I ended up cheesing him. It sucks because the 1st time I fought him he seemed fun and challenging but that immediate charge on entry got pretty annoying.

[@Dunsky80085]

It’s not about learning how to dodge properly. I beat malenia 3 times, did a no hit on blood starved beast, beat midir while only getting hit 3 times and accidentally did a no hit on storm king. Dodging is easy for me but for commander gayass, it’s feels like luck. I’ve seen people dodge the head on charge and ik there is a window to dodge but on multiple occasions, I’ve dodged to the side and was nowhere close to him and still got hit, I’ve dodged through and got hit way after he passed me. That’s the only move I cannot dodge at all in this fight and of course he uses this move more than anything else for me

[@scottyluck5074]

This boss gave me such a hard time.

[@MarcTrudeau]

How bad do you want 5 scadutree fragments: the boss

[@vergil_is_him]

How the hell is your mimic healing

[@derekmarrero6239]

Am i the only one that commander gauis spawns further and gives me time to summon?

[@ranerez438]

I'm not even able to think while I'm going in. It's pure survival for a few seconds till I'm chopped meet 😅 was able to get 3/4 of his health bar once ans thats it

[@JessicaReese-kf2ju]

Same 😅

[@SantiagoBanda-d7l]

Yeah he is giving u great treatment he one shoted my black knife tiche 2 times hes maxed out and have my rivered ash to 6 😅

[@JoaoPedro-ek2iv]

This guy, and the Scadutree Avatar are both Jerks. Even Malenia didn't make me this mad, man. I was legit raging fighting Gaius.

[@rumo201]

Go to the left corner and use Moghs spear.

[@godlikedesigns9269]

i puched myself 37 times in the face lol literally no time to do anything

[@rsALEX]

Anyone figured out how to dodge the charge attack? I've killed Gaius twice already but I can't figure out the initial dodge without using a shield.

[@anonymousperson8903]

You roll into it? I was dodging it probably 90% of the time. It just requires good timing.

[@Ale-dd3ek]

Dodging at 1 o'clock worked for me Also I noticed that the boar fangs have no hitboxes so you should start Rolling when he's VERY close

[@adlyhamilton8240]

hell have the time i can't even get through the door

[@ygny1116]

This is first time I am playing a souls game and I beat this dude in one hour with no summon, just stay close to him he won't charge.

[@jamesnunley3527]

There is 1 atk that i cant dodge that drive me nuts i know if i can survive that hes beat forsure but i see so many play throughs like urs where he dosnt use that atk 1 time the atk where he lifts his spear in the air and no matter where u are it hits u with lightning and rocks

[@Serafan95]

I was super frustrated, took a breather, watched this, and went back and did it on the first try lol thanks for telling me its ok to not perfectly dodge anything, I think I needed that

[@amanpaul8535]

Just play how you like just tell ur friends that you have finished it if you want to, just dont discuss about mimic and get good mess and just stay happy with life

[@andaiandaigaming5131]

My mimic cant agro this guy, his combo is relentless, i cant have a window to attack at all

[@MDWavemaster]

Im going to edit my comment because I watched your video, faught him again..won first try. Great video! Lol

[@poyrazucar1271]

What kind of boss is this ı tried him alone 10 times then even when ı got mimic he just aggros at me every fucking timr of hid charges WTH

[@Bloodborne900]

The thing I hate about this boss, are the hitboxes, the huge damage he gives and the lack of uniqueness the creators put in this boss. There's been over 10 bosses that have the same mechanics like this one but now his giant boar can attack you much more faster and they attack with 8 hit combos. I seriously can't with these reused bosses 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@jamescurtis9827]

If you use the Fingerprint Stone Shield, it completely blocks like 90% of his attacks if you stay on the right side. I'm just not good with shields so I still die...😭😭

[@moisesmunoz3844]

I surprisingly killed him on my second try.

[@NEWHITONTHESHREET]

Anybody struggling the best option is skeletal militiaman highest upgrade you can go and use impregnable torns spell

[@NEWHITONTHESHREET]

Correction: great shield soldier ash

[@HarderTime89]

Honestly think it's the debris on the ground that gets me killed

[@iradavies]

Ngl I killed him first try by luck I did not know this was a hard fight

[@ahmedhisham3770]

how does ur mimic keep healing?

[@immortalkenya]

That’s what I’m trying to figure out

[@Zjonishealing]

You can put healing items or spells on your person they basically have infinate items so they will just keep healing themselves Like the golden seed thing you can place on the ground they will do that for themselves

[@Jaikenz37]

It's wardhog by the way. I might try my mimic summon at this point too.

[@yeshua7180]

My mimic tear dosent do anything but watch

[@dadrummagstag7626]

+10 mimic +10 blasphemous blade Golden vow Flame grant me strength SPAM THAT SHIT

[@ryanscofield1]

I had good luck with light rolling

[@zcytrox]

My mimic died within 60 seconds

[@dawnmartinez9967]

Thank you hell yeah 👍

[@adam-s4t8j]

The back kick from the bore can hit twice if you have 40-50 poise, seriously fromsoft fix your damn bosses

[@ethereal_4546]

So many times I hit a are skill that covers half his body and he takes 0 damage

[@markmyers1622]

This keeps happening to me as well. I think if it hits the boar but misses him somehow he takes no damage

[@Idiotic_Fire]

I think my Elden ring is cooked. No matter how much damage my summon does, every boss is still trying to attack me. Only me. I have no divine beast head, nor shabriris woe. No matter what, I am always the target.

[@Ericutz4thewin]

Sometimes I felt that, especially the final boss! We're u able to beat it this boss?

[@Idiotic_Fire]

@@Ericutz4thewin I was able to beat the boss. Honestly radahn never gave me this issue tho. Just every other boss. Confusing

[@ThePorkchopExpress975]

thats the metal boar from DS1