Elden Ring - Dragonlord Placidusax Secret Boss Fight

[@josetapia9606]

For those in the not know: This Dragonlord is the Former Elden Lord before Godfrey, who ruled during the Age of Dragons before the Age of the Erdtree. It served a different outer god before it either was deffeated and fled or just fled from the Greater Will and it's armies led by Marika's and Godfrey, deffeated it, and seems to have been the adchivement what granted Godfrey his tittle. It seems to have originally three heads, but either Godfrey or Marika cut out. The Dragonlord's Remembarence says it's waiting here for it outer god to return, and his wounds to heal. We dont even fight it in his prime, but in his weakened state. The reason Dragons were spared was because Marika's and Godrey's firstborn, Godwin, was soo impressed by the Dragond valor what asked for them to be spared. Thus they were accepted as Marika's vassals

[@MattF012]

it actually had 5 heads

[@Gator_nit]

So is like the next age the age of fire

[@justanotherblackwhitemicke7817]

@@Gator_nit Except they didnt exterminate all dragons

[@enthusiastofcute]

Meh, in this series we pretty much never fight any opponent at their peak. The exceptions that come to my mind are probably Sword Saint Isshin and Owl (Father)

[@josetapia9606]

@@enthusiastofcute I mean....It wouldnt make sense what a Nobody oneshot a god at their full peak

[@hamanu666]

That’s one heck of a magnificent battle field for this boss with all the pillars and lighting bolts.

[@DarkDoughnutsVids]

Reminds me of White Fatalis

[@Tary]

@@DarkDoughnutsVids reminds me of ghidorah

[@rendered3675]

That's not even the best part: The entire floor is a MASS GRAVE of the beastmen.

[@user-we1fk4ul5o]

The scene’s grandeur, with the dragonlord suspended above the arena like an icon, bones littered round-how it travels within a cloud bespeckled by red lightning-everything about this is so fantastic. Genuinely this is my favorite game in the franchise. Never thought anything would surpass Bloodborne for me; but this is it.

[@bankroll4416]

This is a close second for me, Bloodborne’s combat is unmatched

[@Count.Saruman]

@@bankroll4416 To add to this is the intricacy of the lore. Placidusax comes from latin 'Placidus'- 'Calm'. As in, he's a wise old dragon just minding his own business, trying to recover from his wounds and you turn up to kill him like an arse. That's why the malencholic music plays.

[@CKarasu13]

@John Hassle Nah. Bloodborne wasn't as fun as this. Not even as fun as DS2 for me.

[@zaraka23]

@@bankroll4416 same bb will always be my fav but elden ring is close

[@bankroll4416]

@John Hassle Facts. Combat and trick weapons alone is a mechanic that blows the rest of their games out of the water for me. Then the fact that you can heal while you fight if you're aggressive enough?? Assuming the white line thing on your health bar doesnt lock under your hp you're basically a monster once you master combat. Elden giving me the same dodge roll attack window run vibes. Still a wonderful game though. On Radahn rn losing my mind.

[@unlimitedpower3157]

It looks like it's rotting like a tree. The scars, the patches of mold, and a hollowed gaping wound where I believe a third head was. Awesome design that tells a story without speaking a word.

[@知力25-q9j]

尻尾が切れてた事しか見てなかった この竜、首が１つもげてるのか 3つあったら世界の覇者だったに違いない

[@SighingDm]

I think it was 4 heads originally. It just speaks to how strong it is that even as a shadow of its former glory the Dragonlord poses a huge threat.

[@Strange_Boyyy]

I empathized for this iconic and ancient fantastical creature. Tragic that it had to be killed by man.

[@BVRNERMVSIC]

It's supposed to be a parellel to the fingers you meet

[@Eclipsed_Embers]

based on the number of head stumps and necks it seems to have I'd guess that it had at least 5 heads originally

[@eternalblessing4984]

Dang. We're left with our imagination of what this boss could've looked like in it's prime. Such a great design.

[@ML7WL]

Man the design choices in this game...so gorgeous, like a classical painting.

[@phoebedraper170]

Then they smear all over it with Godskin Duo and all the other lazy "fight two enemies you have already fought at once" bosses.

[@alysoncardoso6684]

Malenia's second phase is the one that looks like it belongs in a museum the most imo,especially in the cutscene

[@why-xg2se]

It's a soul game, they are always pretty as fuck at what they make

[@thebigdoginthisbitch4733]

@@phoebedraper170Elden Ring has the best variety of opponents in any open world game

[@kodokraksasa6564]

notice how the dragon is physically very weak that it can't even fly or move properly, however it compensates with crazy magical prowess. Meanwhile most dragons are physically strong yet have weak elemental attacks. Genius concept. Wish we can have a fight with the dragonlord at its prime

[@stormz9351]

Wdym "have weak elemental attacks", all the dragons have extremely strong fire breath, glintstone breath, or other elemental attacks. Most of them can oneshot you even with relatively high vigor. You're tripping bro

[@kaluth7668]

Could be dlc, there's a lot of nutty things they could do with going in to memories like in DS2. I wish they'd revisit that idea.

[@44captaincaleb]

@@stormz9351 I think he means more in terms of the lore, you take just how vast this magical prowess is in comparison to dragons like Greyoll or Borealis

[@arthashuang5319]

the dragonlord was chopped two other heads in the past according to the story line，it actually is the weak version of the dragonlord，imagine fight the full power mode of him，thats gonna be sick

[@tuyoufpazic5746]

don't say that bro please

[@Zerokin]

It is possible that Placidusax can be considered the very first elden Lord before Hoarah Loux. However, people rather called it A Dragonlord or an Elden-Dragon*. (*Not to be confused to Elden Beast, which is Dragonlike Thing)

[@Cptsuccess]

If I were to take a guess the dragonlord was here long before the Erdtree and by extension Godfrey.

[@jasminepie6045]

He was there b4 the eldtree, dragons created the logic of the world before the greater will got involved.

[@Zerokin]

@@jasminepie6045 y'mean the greater beings of will.

[@jasminepie6045]

@@Zerokin ya

[@Zerokin]

@@jasminepie6045 I see...

[@exbelion3543]

A thunder wielding dragon: Gwyn's worst nightmare come true

[@thedarksoul9352]

Indeed.

[@Zerokin]

Gwyn, who has a fantastic racism against dragons: "It masters lightning magic, How in the hellish world is this?!!? They're are supposed to be inferior creatures!!!"

[@PrimalDragon1740]

It's not the only one.

[@EarthwormShandy]

@@PrimalDragon1740 We know...

[@everlastingdragon4520]

@@Zerokin Placidusax: Different world, different rules, b*tch. Besides, your dragons are pathetic. Except for that Midir fellow, I feel bad for him. * skewers Gwyn on a building-sized lightning glaive *

[@PR1ME98]

This boss feels like natures fury given physical form. And its cool af

[@charaznable8072]

They really outdid themselves with the bosses in this game and the shear number of bosses it's just crazy

[@gatorslayer2388]

All of their designs are all badass too, espicially rykard.

[@astral2151]

This boss and its arena are a work of art. So cinematic. Definitely one of the best bosses From ever made.

[@Vin.P]

Oh my God this boss is totally a Yu-Gi-Oh card and I love everything about it

[@jorgetomedeandradealves8565]

A THREE HEADED BLUE EYED DRAGON?

[@MrThetruth1986]

This boss fight definitely took the cake for me. When I first saw all that lightning upon approach, I was in awe. Then the fight itself with his humongous lightning bolts, cloud shapeshifting and phase attacks. Wow!

[@iLov3war]

One of the greatest boss fight ever made IMO.

[@LPjunemark]

Fromsoft's specialty, Bossfights.

[@lucscarabaeus]

Basically King Ghidorah, but it's a Fatalis, but it's a Yu-Gi-Oh monster

[@sleeplesscake]

This gives me King Ghidorah energy and I love it so much

[@TheApplebanger]

Placidusax pretty much looks like meth head Ghidorah

[@colehamrick6252]

Yup, this boss was inspired by Ghidorah.

[@GrenzRell]

One head and a few biribiris short of King Ghidorah. Dammit Kevin, there was a memo!

[@calebmacenka3132]

Kevin got contracted to be Mechagodzilla's AI/neural interface, he couldn't make it

[@ohboi2119]

Well one head was cut off it seems, sooo

[@Hyoga-9032]

Two of its heads are cut off

[@joshgillespie2097]

@@Hyoga-9032 Yeah if you look close one was cut off at the base and there's a limp neck that's tangled in there that just kind of flops about

[@chimmingswimming208]

4:38 the music matches up perfectly with him crashing down, love a bit of that

[@mavvynne444]

This is basically King Ghidorah boss fight. Truly an amazing and epic battle

[@kalamander8563]

First thing I thought when the fight started

[@residente44]

If you look closely, it originally had 3 heads, but one of them was cut off.

[@mavvynne444]

@@residente44 That was Kevin. The one that get cut off😂

[@federicohz2001]

@@residente44 to me it looks like it had 4 heads, so even more cool

[@jtomtl]

@@federicohz2001 5 heads if you look closely

[@rdc5091]

4:39 composição maravilhosa junto ao poder devastador.., me arrepiei aqui. Esse boss merece todo respeito.

[@farolanramadhani7218]

Gwyn : [whips out a lightning bolt] Placidusax : [whips out TWO lightning bolts]

[@superdaveozy7863]

Yeah, that's totally not inspired by King Ghidorah.

[@consumerjtc5835]

Looks more inspired visually by Tiamat from dnd if anything, it has two head stumps instead of one. Its lightning is defo Ghidora tier.

[@calebmacenka3132]

@Impracticality Tfw two of your three heads get isekaied and the third one is stuck in a giant mech

[@abysswatcherbutibitethedus872]

Well its not a stretch to say so since Midir is pretty much a shin godzilla reference. Placidusax got 5 heads tho

[@aresdi90]

When he plants that lightning into the ground and the music stops, you know you gotta run.

[@handymansam1414]

the fact that this ant even required to beat the game says a lot about Fromsoftware's games. there's always 101% effort put into even the optional stuff.

[@Swahps]

Right? Some stuff feels like its a full dlc its so well put together

[@broly7784]

This boss should have replaced Godskin duo in the main storyline.

[@AlastorAltruistGaming]

On 2 separate occasions, after dying a couple times to Placidusax, I’ve encountered a glitch where the lord of dragons barely did anything. This has been AFTER fights where he obliterated my Mimic Tear & started getting aggressive on me. I suppose it has something to do with keeping my summon alive, perhaps, but regardless, I’ve had fights where the dragon barely did anything at all & just let me & my summon wail on him whenever we liked. This boss, even at Rune Level 125 on my current save file, hits way too hard & is way too aggressive unless you use talismans to negate the following: Physical, Fire and Lightning attacks. It’s just so frustrating at times, but at least with the bug I encountered, Placidusax was at least generous with his wait time.

[@moderatingmoderation1699]

I love how obscure this boss fight was to find

[@choptop81]

Every boss battle in this game is the most absurdly metal thing ever

[@carter1080]

The AI broke in the second phase after it was done teleporting for me, rip but ez kill

[@Fucev]

Same

[@mattmilauskas5727]

me too. he went AFK for like 10 seconds and i Comet Azur'd his ass to a crisp. normally wouldn't do that but it was just the most perfect opportunity to drop Terra

[@DMegatenMusic]

Feels like Midir's fight on steroids. Amazing fight.

[@portalthefella]

are you ok?

[@portalthefella]

were you paid by from soft and the japanese government? like this comment if you need help

[@sirgoo9962]

@@portalthefella wtf

[@herobxon9709]

@@portalthefella what’s wrong with you? lmao

[@Sam-zt8iw]

No way this is more difficult than Midir, maybe it looks more epic but that's all.

[@deadkickz5829]

Everyday there’s something new on elden ring, dlc for this game going to be crazy

[@Petrezen1982]

Epic boss fight, combined with right music and its lack in proper moment. +++++ for From software and u bro !

[@doomzilla3568]

Oh snap, From Software's version of *KING GHIDORAH!!!!!!* 😱

[@Breeykid73]

The boss battle along with the red lightening reminds me of Griffon from Devil May Cry.

[@lakobause]

I'd be interested to know the lore of this one. It appears to have the rotting stumps of at least three other necks on it. What happened to those other heads? How did it get so rotten?

[@charlyrob7334]

I don't know if the two smaller stomps under its belly were heads. They look thinner. THe other stump next to the heads definitely looks like a third head was there.

[@willbobaggig8191]

The stumps where likely heads at one point that where either chopped off or ripped off by godfrey the first elden lord his items describe him besting the lord of faram azula IIRC

[@quynhphannhu7175]

@@willbobaggig8191 where do read that from tho, the only thing I know that Godfrey bested the storm lord during the war of the giant, the storm lord is probably not him but a giant.

[@jeftecoutinho]

The Old Lord talisman depicts Placidusax; it had four heads.

[@blaakheart8]

The dark eater midir laser beams. Good times

[@504godzilla]

Out of all the bosses in the series, this guy I'd probably be most afraid of if it ever existed..

[@ciaranbladezero5075]

The only thing bad about this fight is the run back, other than that this is fucking beautiful

[@MarkitzTR]

Possibly my favorite Elden Ring boss

[@timmyheinzmann7720]

I’m getting some weird bayonetta vibes off the first scene.

[@ajwatcher]

Anyone noticed that the second head is basically a severed head of another dragon reanimated by something? Dear god, the concept behind it. The awesomeness.

[@albertosilva2155]

Damn! What a monster.

[@guitaraobscura8802]

One of my new favorite fights in the series

[@MilkyJoe73]

Imo this has topped Midir for best Dragon fight

[@echonoid6920]

and its a fucking secret boss, actually insane

[@poetscotty]

Oh mama Jesus he's huge

[@angelbabydragon]

Tsk you never saw Monster Hunter boy…

[@poetscotty]

@@angelbabydragon I play MH this just hit different

[@angelbabydragon]

@@poetscotty oh ok then.

[@khyzan8527]

Anyone get Shin-Godzilla vibes when his flame breath goes full laser mode?

[@dinorex3464]

More like King Ghidorah. Midir gave me major Shin Godzilla vibes.

[@seanlando3414]

Great battle managed to kill him get all the rewards then mysteriously died rigth after so, if that happens you will lose your runes and not be able to go back and get them so make sure your health isn't a sliver or you won't be able to go back there and get any runes lost.

[@jelmo3682]

Both times I’ve fought this boss he wouldn’t stop flying through the air and spammed that teleport move which made for a frustrating experience. This boss looks cool, but the fight itself could use some improvement

[@Super-wk6jx]

I like how the boss music is a little bit inspired by game of thrones undead dragon theme

[@felizeumida4374]

Imagine being the first guy to discover this... Just lie down thinking it will grant you a new emote then suddenly your fighting Ghidorah

[@SouslDHunter]

For this boss I used the dark blade of Maliketh, the thing of this blade is that with it special atack I was able to hit more critical points of the dragon and with the Destined dead it was doing good demage

[@amarshetty7461]

That background score. GODDAMN!!!

[@Chaotic-Fry]

boss is very cool. The runback to the boss tho? killer.

[@bismarckimperia8781]

Birds everywhere...

[@enjoyer2227]

Why does everyone keep torturing themselves by going that way? If you come from the Grace near Maliketh, you can get to Placidusax extremely easily.

[@Stryyder1]

Pro tip if you never plan on blocking in a fight two hand your weapon like your mimic tear did

[@songbird6414]

Damn this really is monster hunter now and I LOVE it

[@theshadowofclouds]

King Gidorah is now canon to the Soul Series

[@WillieManga]

One head short of Ghidorah, but just as badass.

[@MarxistMogger]

Can’t wait for the dlc. While some of the bosses in elden ring are over tuned idc their move sets are the coolest in the series

[@buefish5495]

I feel bad for anyone who beats the game an never stumbles upon this

[@kentonbaird1723]

A dragon that teleports. [You Died]

[@colehamrick6252]

Is this dude inspired by King Ghidorah from Godzilla?

[@Cactuardude]

i was able to end the fight with the critical attack i felt like a badass

[@colehamrick6252]

You're the reason I cant play Subnautica.

[@Cactuardude]

@@colehamrick6252 then go farm things until you get the stasis rifle and thermo knife or just avoid reapers

[@DamplyDoo]

Getting some major Shadow of the Colossus vibes here

[@dexsmith1167]

I never played a soul game, bit I want to beccause it looks soooo cool

[@ilvnhiulam]

As I see, at least 3 heads were chopped.

[@ThatRunnerAaron]

Blue eyes burst dragon 😂

[@andreamoro7978]

This is different from the trailer one

[@tehCostHD]

Indeed. The trailer dragon is a normal open world mini boss encounter. There is a real boss version of him named lichdragon fortisax though. It’s really fucking cool as well

[@fourtyseven47572]

Has anyone tried cutting the tail off any dragon?

[@icards7986]

I guess Kevin didn't grow back in this timeline.

[@tevinstrachan1421]

This Tarnished out here fighting King Ghidorah

[@Shadowdragon_TV]

Imagine this thing at its prime... with all three heads...

[@malayshamorgan3918]

Poor baby’s practically rotting away

[@savagesweetheart90]

Looks the other Ghidorah heads got sick and tired of Kevin's shit haha

[@generalgrievous2417]

I don’t even play I just wanted to see the boss because I saw something about this and it looked cool

[@venomark7883]

So basically, Dragonlord Placidusax was Ghidorah but travelled into Elden Ring world?

[@AlastorAltruistGaming]

I think that’s where From got their inspiration for this boss fight; Midir probably got HIS inspiration from the Godzilla monster.

[@universetrigger2316]

i love the idea of Outer Gods , i will now post in fromsoftware reddit my concepts of future DLC's , come have a discussion with me whenever you feel like it fellow tarnished

[@captainfordo2780]

As a Monster Hunter Elite Veteran, my Alatreon ptsd kicked in. Lol.

[@aeroanosupremo]

how come we dont have a multi headed monster yet

[@Kanoog]

Worse part of this fight is the damn run back.

[@flailyvision3414]

Ezala zeigd der Lord seine wahre Graft!

[@forevergogo]

Dragonlord Flaccidsacks isn't gonna know what shit his pants.

[@adindrecaj]

i didnt think theyd be able to top Midir, but they have, they really have. this boss, this right here, it doesnt get better than this.

[@justanotherblackwhitemicke7817]

I mean its really good, but I still think Midir is really cool for how ir can become a no hit dance if you go only for the head, its a =

[@johnthomas4306]

Are you Serious, where's Godzilla

[@benburnett7775]

This dude gives me major King Ghidorah vibes

[@macetotheface2391]

I accidentally found this guy when I was exploring Farum Azula after beating the game and I went in with 0 healing flasks thinking “I’m so screwed”. Managed to beat him first try though, Erdtree Heal came in clutch

[@Justnothankyou132]

I beat him zeroth try, get gud

[@macetotheface2391]

@@Justnothankyou132 Can’t beat that 😔

[@TathagataVipassi]

No one's talking about that mimic popping the fuck off!!! What level could he be?

[@raph5906]

Secret boss? I thought this fight was mandatory in the plot.

[@GRIMHOOD99]

there is actually less than 10 mandatory bosses in this game

[@zeroglitch585]

I know right , amazing fight

[@seogabonotjah6555]

midir resembles shin-godzilla, this ones resembles ghidorah

[@missingone9185]

This boss gives off a "rock you like a hurricane" vibe

[@zidane0017]

I dont know what happened but I bugged out this boss on its second form he suddenly stop moving after diving lol

[@AlastorAltruistGaming]

Same for me in a couple save files. I’ve had moments where Placidusax barely even moved at all & I just downed him easily.

[@kennethhuffman3754]

I just went into ng+ and didn't know this fight existed. How do u access this?

[@RacTac]

This fight would be good if you didn‘t have to run 20 miles to it everytime you died. In its current state it just sucks

[@enjoyer2227]

That’s only the case depending on which Grace you come from.

[@RacTac]

@@enjoyer2227 The closest one has you using an elevator each time so yeah

[@Destinychanged]

When FromSoftware can’t get the rights to King Ghidorah…..

[@oliverkilian8608]

There ist only one Dragonlord an His Name ist Rainer Winkler. Ihr Kaschper.

[@ChrysUnderline]

Os ataques desse boss são magníficos

[@Cadriul]

where is it Dragonborn when you need him?!

[@squiddokez]

The true first elden lord!

[@Tobichiii]

you got more hp than the Dragon, lol

[@yudhveer99]

How is this game so epic!!!!!!??!?!!!