Radahn Consort of Miquella Boss Guide - Shadow of the Erdtree Promised Consort Radahn Boss Fight

[@Fextralife]

Build: fextralife.com/elden-ring-intelligence-samurai-build-guide-soul-samurai/ KZbin Build: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qITCe6yGfqyGf8k Walkthrough: eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Promised+Consort+Radahn Map: eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Interactive+Map SOTE: eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Shadow+of+the+Erdtree

[@blubeard6914]

Fextra, is he harder than sekiros final boss? I simply ask because I hear everyone saying he’s the hardest from soft boss.

[@crepesamurai8355]

Could you also give us the build you used in this video? I used nagakiba but my damage is much lower than yours, i'm 178

[@flockelocke2297]

​​@@crepesamurai8355 there is a link to the build. Lvl 157 in the link. It's a dex int build. Stats: 50 30 20 18 47 60 7 9. I don't know if he leveled in the DLC. I leveled in the DLC to 176 and this is not cool because NG+ base game is a joke then. I think the game needs an option to lower the overall lvl like waste some points at Rennala.

[@solublebobcatv2500]

I saw the no hit runner ongbal backstep and then roll into radahn twice to avoid taking damage for the three swings that is hard to dodge idk if it works on med roll but it works consistently on light roll

[@jackfinnegan2217]

My favorite post I saw that pretty much summed up this whole fight *me dodging a combo for 20 seconds straight and getting killed for trying to fit in a 2 hit light combo* “Damn, got greedy again.”

[@Troll4dayzz]

Exactly what I said on my first and 400th try

[@GearsOfCake]

Just not true though, you can get a lot quick hits in during some of his combos when you learn the fight properly

[@bonjour7209]

​@@GearsOfCakeyeah, that's the most difficult and bullshit fight of the dlc, but not for that reason. Not finding when to attack is a skill issue or expecting the game to play like dark souls.

[@jackfinnegan2217]

@@bonjour7209 Why is it people like you two can never just humor people? Like what are you even trying to prove? We’ve all killed the boss already so we’ve all learned its moves, so it’s not even a skill issue or whatever at this point. It’s an exaggerative JOKE about a HARD BOSS. So who is your message even for?

[@JustVC]

So funny, isn't it? They need to upgrade something, bosses are just watching them with 15 combos, aoe attacks and follow up and basically 1 second window for in light attack...bad playability

[@timleonhardt7824]

Phase 1: I think I got it Phase 2: Ah shit

[@jr_cinnamons]

With how early phase 2 was. I was certain there was phase 3😂

[@lilelf7342]

I killed him in phase 1 on one of my first attempts with like 10 flasks left and thought, holy shit im insane, and then i got insta nuked and died

[@mattkeller5913]

​@lilelf7342 😂 bro same I immediately knew how to dodge almost everything in phase 1. The grav pull and slam being the exception at first and even ran out of the aoe first time. Still didn't touch the boss again.

[@lilelf7342]

@@mattkeller5913phase 2 is one of the worst things i have every done, i got him down to a oneshot about 3 times, and gave up, used fingerprint shield and a rot bleed poisen rapier, idgaf😂

[@temi97]

Phase 1: I think I got it Phase 2: THROWLING FLASHBA-

[@Comeonmate7]

Geez Leda, how did you think this monstrosity needed any defending? I think Miquella has it sorted himself…

[@gianttacogod]

Leda didn’t realize her fight wasn’t to protect miquella, but to make sure the tarnished was ready

[@benbeentjes7088]

Never thought I would say this, but compaired to that second phase, Malenia actually feels fair

[@timboslice9071]

It's bad when a boss that required nerfs to still feel broken suddenly feels entirely fair.

[@anonisnoone6125]

​@@timboslice9071Malenia never got nerfed. She's still the same unfortunately.

[@raymond241]

Compared to Radahn, Malenia is just child’s play.

[@exodus2197]

I really think malenia is nothing compared to this absolute maniac, yes I needed many many many tries on malenia but she is a piece of cake now compared to this.

[@xaaieqqqqixz4824]

​​@@exodus2197 it is because you have already defeated her. Bosses seem easier when you defeat them. Now, I feel the same difficulty with radahn and malenia, which is none at this point.

[@juanalbertojimenez796]

I LOVE dying with full flasks every time 😍

[@keithtestaverde3712]

His 1st phase I think is actually very fair. Hits hard and has some mix ups but he can be punished. That 2nd phase is WILD.

[@Howl4514]

My first thought "seeing" that phase was, "What just happened?" Repeated each time I made it to that phase because I couldn't see.

[@MrTaikobo]

Phase 2 is annoying, especially when he locks you down with the God beams, does the teleport slashes and then tries to grab you. Because of that, I try to dodge and get grabbed. And let's say God beams come down and he's swinging, you can't see when to parry and get slammed anyway. THAT is bullshit

[@TheMrrccava]

I actually think phase 2 is pretty fair, relatively speaking. The issue is the visual clutter of the holy beams. It's hard and stuff is multihit so it's still hard, but if the light beams/holy clones were easier to see through, I dint think that second phase would be overly hard. But man, those clones? That shits just RUDE

[@blytheskrieg]

I always barely get into the second phase and 3 things happen whenever i do: he destros me with the multiple teleport attacks, he grabs my mimic twice in row, who btw i think likes miquella, and then does the teleport attack on me or he just goes ham and 99 hit combo my ass

[@uglydude4691]

Literally had the biggest fps dips just because of that 2nd phase

[@NicholasOdinson]

I died with one hit left on him, then my Mimic Tear killed him during the “You Died” screen and it counted as a victory. I’ll take it.

[@christianfender4734]

You often don’t get the runes for that though, and half a million is a pretty penny. But yes, here we take what we can get lol

[@lcb6130]

that sounds so sick, congrats!

[@knuckallixyoboi9324]

Task failed succesfully

[@gufus3045]

@@christianfender4734 at a certain point you truly couldn't care less about the runes. 5 minutes at moghwin place and i'll get back those 500k with little effort

[@alexodonnell5587]

⁠happened to me while fighting Bayle went back into the boss room and my 490K runes were right on the floor next to the unclaimed grace

[@jasonhendricks4562]

This is hands down the hardest boss I've ever faced

[@jamesshaver2376]

It’s thematically accurate for him to be this strong I guess.

[@anticapitalistliterature]

ever bro. in my video game career man. like ever. this fight is insane

[@TheShibby777]

Had 1mm left on health bar 6th try. Now over 2/3hrs of deaths and still trying 🫠

[@MattDean-o1t]

Same here

[@josephcallanta739]

@@TheShibby7776 hours? Rookie numbers. I’m 16 hours…

[@sotheofdaein]

I honestly dont know whose working harder: me fighting for my life against the boss, or my computer fighting for its life against all of miquella’s particle effects

[@QueSirDilla]

Every single time when he does the meteor attack, I can’t help but think of Miquella holding for dear life up there…

[@Gan3eL]

Probably ripping off some of his red mane in the process

[@ginocordova8043]

I typically enjoy learning boss fights it is my favorite part about these games. But man trying to learn this second phase one move at a time is the most un fun experience I have ever had

[@Farengast]

Too much of the discourse about whether the SOTE bosses are too hard and not enough about if they're even fun to fight against. I vote that they mostly aren't.

[@ImWhyMortalsCry]

​@@Farengast Imo Rellana, Messmer, Bayle and Midra where really fun. Romina and Gaius where ok Dancing Lion and phase 2 of this fight are meh I don't want to say bad or unfun I go with meh

[@CryoDoesArt]

My frame rate during phase two: 📉

[@Farengast]

@@ImWhyMortalsCry Yeah I agree except I thought Gaius was really stupid. Clearly intended to be a horseback fight but it's extremely difficult to engage from horse because of his grotesquely oversized hit boxes so you end up fighting on foot. And then its just another flailing chaotic cartoon slap fight without any of the grace and balletic intent of older From Soft bosses.

[@ImWhyMortalsCry]

@@Farengast Yeah. I never really did horseback battles. For me it was always easier to fight Tree Sentinels and Night's Cavalry on foot. But Gaius felt like he really should've been a 100% horseback fight

[@knowone3610]

TL;DW - you get an opening for ONE light attack

[@weewer3369]

there's a lot of heavy openings too thankfully

[@al.mandez6721]

ONE!!... YOU GET ONE!!!

[@jollyco-operation]

gosh FORBID you have a colossal weapon

[@goblingamer606]

​@@jollyco-operation me with my unga bunga build who has played through the whole game by bonking things with a giant wooden stick 👀

[@tibik.8407]

@@goblingamer606 Good luck staggering THIS asshole. Hope you know how to parry, cause you wont get much else.

[@Rony_Weasley_]

If they tune down the vfx it's gonna be a lot easier bc the main problem in this fight are the fps drops and constant flashbangs.

[@abdalinhopictures]

FOR REAL !!! I feel like 5 out of every 10 deaths I had against them were because of framedrops during the second phase

[@bull3t209]

facts thats plus the undodgable 3 hit combo he does. if that was fixed hed be perfect

[@spub1031]

@@bull3t209 You typed this in a video that tells you how to dodge this move

[@guilttv2031]

@@spub1031 the video literally says its nearly impossible and might get nerfed

[@EddieFreak]

@@spub1031you shouldn’t need a random talisman to dodge his attacks lol that being said i’ll probably use a shield for it

[@chrisnewman8007]

The biggest problem with his second phase is I just can’t see what he’s doing because the light blocks his wind up so I have no idea what attack he’s doing and where to dodge

[@TheArtDev]

I had this experience too, you really just gotta dodge forwards on left on all the attacks so the beams end up behind you

[@blrolz3544]

Seriously I don't care what anyone says, that 2nd phase is too insane and needs a heavy nerf.

[@joshhobson2340]

It needs nerfed into the ground. It’s absolutely fucking ridiculous. I didn’t really have any bother with any of dlc bosses, but Radahn phase 2 is an utter piss take. I’m 120+ tries in and I can’t get him further than 50% health. Phase 2 is just constant agro with zero recovery time. You shouldn’t have to beat a boss by getting all the moves perfect like this video. It’s just unrealistic.

[@claysealy7631]

Exactly the same. I haven't got him below 50% but a few times and the first attempt I got the closest. Like the software hadn't seen me yet and he wasn't ready. I got it to 25% and I've gotten nowhere near that or seen him move that slow again. I think there won't be another chance like that. I'm over a 100 tries and it's getting worse it seems. Where I could punish he is now spamming the x combo or the stupid grab into the meteor attack. Its either that or his longest combos back to back that's like 20 dodges for maybe two hits. Completely terrible design​@@joshhobson2340

[@TwinkSlayer3000]

literally. i dont know how people aren’t talking about it more. genuinely one of the most bullshit phases to a boss ive ever seen and its “difficulty” is purely based on that fact that he has lots of bright attacks/afterimage/projectiles/nukes that all lower your games frame rate. and im playing on a AMD RX 7800 XT with a 13th gen 15-13600kf. very decent system and yet this boss fight still tanks my frames in thebsecond phase every single time. on top of the fact that when you actually manage to get close to Radahn you cant see what attack hes throwing in second phase because Miquellas fucking hair covers his swords whenever they go above his head. lazy fight design completely and utterly.

[@timboslice9071]

Agreed. Anyone disagreeing is legitimately delusional. I can't even see what's going on in the second phase.

[@smosmo4617]

I'm watching this and totally convinced I will never beat the chosen consort. I was planning on 1st attempt tonight. This is fkn wild.

[@cityzq8278]

Malenia feels like a regular minion you find around the world after the dlc, especially after radahn. Fextralife was not joking when he said the final boss makes orphan of kos and malenia look like child's play

[@dudesmith285]

Makes me feel better that I can get him to 2nd phase when I can’t even get her to 2nd phase

[@bonjour7209]

​@@dudesmith285getting him to phase 2 is pretty good but his phase 1 is way easier than malenia's. It's just that his phase 2 gets completely crazy

[@chochopopstv3468]

I dont agree, this guy has some bullshit attacks, but his bullshit attacks dont one shot you, like Melanias does, plus he doesnt heal off hitting you, Melania is way harder in my opinion

[@paulose4910]

Thats an insane exaggerated malenia is still one of the hardest bosses in elden ring, she has 2 health bars, a near undodgeable move, and heals off of hits shes probably like 3rd hardest rn

[@Rusty_Spy]

@@paulose4910deflecting tear completely neuters her.

[@DarKNG]

First phase is a piece of cake to me rn, but that second phase is just wtf...

[@fuad000100]

Yeah he can be parried pretty comfortably but the second phase is a literal disco

[@wanderingwobb6300]

Wouldn't say piece of cake but definitely learnable. The delayed attacks have my timing all thrown off but that goes for every Elden Ring boss I suppose. Other than that it's not too crazy.

[@fuad000100]

@@wanderingwobb6300 Like I said first phase is really nice as everything is visible and you're not getting constant fps drops with every swing but in the second phase radhan's same old attacks feel so heavy and unpredictable. This is all because of the flashiness that they've put into the fight which was completely unnecessary and a literal turnoff

[@MiataManDan]

I beat his first phase every time he keeps getting me with the stupid hug thing

[@KSKR661]

@@MiataManDanyou can use miquella’s great rune to cancel the charm.

[@joaquingutierrez7]

I can't remember the last time I looked up a guide on how to beat a boss in a from software game.

[@noamias4897]

Same. I managed to beat him alone with mimic but on NG+ I'm determined to do it solo. Spent 3 hours yesterday and got close but not far enough, now I'm at work watching guides and trying to remember stuff for my revenge tonight

[@Avarage_White_Bryan]

The first time for me, I beated all the souls games multiple times even if I think Malenia was harder she took me 250+ tries now I'm at around 40 tries on this and already can no damage the first phase (except that bullshit X attack)

[@Gan3eL]

It's a second time for me. Brings back old memories how I was watching through all guides trying to understand how to dodge that freaking waterfowl dance

[@Dairy654]

3rd time for me first was Gael 2nd was Orphan and 3rd was this mf

[@LunarBloodRose27]

This is my first boss guide lookup

[@IISHOUTII]

The cross slash attack is broken and actually unfair. The worst part about this fight once you get down the pattern is the cross slash and the amount of holy on the screen preventing you from reading moves because you can’t see a damn thing.

[@TeroninVulcan]

cross slash is 100% dmg for anyone... except for the "human machine learning dudes" that s unfair broken feature

[@ajlucky0076]

Phase 1: This isn't that bad Phase 2: What the fuck

[@AS-bc8fg]

What if You were an unbeaten demigod, powered up by a literal god, swinging at me with a sword the size of me But my little shield did not consent? To be fair , Miquella doesn't care much for consent either

[@igee1605]

Which makes him a griffith reference

[@bmbrowns1778]

@@igee1605 Yup, right when I started the dlc and I saw his quote "here I abandon thy flesh" and I immediately knew he was up to some griffith type shit. Figured he'd be the final boss, didn't figure he'd be helped by radahn lmao. Still stuck on this fight

[@sebastian-gs9ff]

You all must equip the big rune of miquella, the only attack that kills you is his 2nd grab attack..if grab, use rune, and it’s setback..than just block all with shield and poke him with a bleed/rot weapon, my go to was spear from mohg.. fight by the wall when u enter, many aoe attacks just even don’t register …stay positive stay strong

[@bmbrowns1778]

@@sebastian-gs9ff yea the poke build is no fun tho. I’d rather beat him without a Shield. The fingerprint shield w moghs spear especially trivializes the game

[@Do0mSl4yer95]

​@@bmbrowns1778 Unfortunately I burned the Erdtree in my game so the sewers are a no go. I gotta solo him with no shield rn and I'm looking at everything to try and maximize on GittingGuder. I haven't been stuck on a boss for this long since that Raditz mission in Budokai 1

[@Ondisside]

The only thing I disagree on with this guide is the gravity pull attack. Spam rolling is inconsistent.. I find immediately running away after getting sucked in and then jumping out is really consistent to avoid damage

[@dolphinmachinegun1721]

NOT in the 2nd phase, yes i do the exact same strategy but in 2nd phase he does some bs, after you are being sucked in he jumps to do it again with some before effects

[@josephbowser5895]

It depends on how far the game pulls you I too. Sometimes I get pulled in to 5 feet in front of him and can run away. Otherwise I get pulled into his feet and there is no escape

[@davide2037]

Exactly my opinion i think this is his worst move becausr there is no consistent way to avoid damage

[@wisemage0]

@@dolphinmachinegun1721 I don't think there is a consistent way to avoid the 2nd phase blender other than just not getting pulled in the first place.

[@FirstOdin420]

Consort Radahn gave the term "Final Boss" a whole new meaning.

[@someweeb4110]

Of being a bullshit joke?

[@FirstOdin420]

@@someweeb4110 salty

[@DogBall-qq9nl]

​@@someweeb4110skill issue

[@someweeb4110]

@@DogBall-qq9nl get some knee pads bud, beat every FROM game legit this boss is dogshit

[@DogBall-qq9nl]

@@someweeb4110 sure it is

[@EdgierPrism98]

You know it's crazy when Fextra has to use... *Checks footage* One Estus Flask

[@finaltenno300]

Jeez, man. You actually make this fight look easy, I am thankful for this guide.

[@magicalme7237]

For mimic tear users… if you have a raw meat dumpling equip it in your hot bar. Your mimic tear is immune to the poison effect it gives and will be able to heal multiple times with it with no downside.

[@reliantbelial2341]

Does the marika's blessing also work ?

[@HiFiAwardTour]

NUMBER ONE FUCKING TIP RIGHT HERE. KILLED HIM FIRST TRY AFTER. I used Bloodhound Fang, crimson seed talisman +1, DCGS, haligdrake talisman +2, claw talisman. Hard tear and winged for fisick.

[@zesshi9821]

The scorpion stew is also great

[@DeathsInverse]

Hot bar?

[@zesshi9821]

@@DeathsInverse he is talking about the consumables you can equip. For exeample the flask of crimson tears

[@bigsmall2842]

As someone who’s done it a few times now, it’s one of the most tedious fights to learn. Cool presentation but my god it is painful. Brain rot is the perfect way to describe this fight, just spam dodge into him or behind him for your one punish, rinse and repeat, be blinded by the light show. Feels like a modded dark souls 3 boss

[@seeNoEvilhearNoEvil_]

The second phase is absolutely horrible, it feels like I'm not even allowed to heal with one flask after dodging majority of his moves besides the grab. I genuinely am not able to learn his moveset. Even worse I got no idea which weapon to use against this mf in the second phase. Idk if its the tilt but I'm really not enjoying this boss fight after 4 hrs in. Never had this with Messmer

[@drusk9944]

​@@seeNoEvilhearNoEvil_your time to heal is any of the moments in this guide when he says you have time for a heavy attack. Definitely requires learning the moves to consistently get windows to heal

[@bigsmall2842]

@@seeNoEvilhearNoEvil_ I genuinely believe most Elden ring bosses actually get too much crap from fans for being too aggressive(you can usually create a lot of openings with smart positioning), but with this fight there is no aggression that is tolerated, no positioning tactics to create more damage openings. Just learn the long combos and get one attack off. Genuinely boring gameplay compared to the rest of the boss roster.

[@Stevie320]

​@@bigsmall2842there are a number of moves that can be punished with an extra attack if your positioning and timing are good. It's tight, but possible.

[@amysteriousviewer3772]

@@bigsmall2842Yeah, in this fight Radahn is playing the game, not you. I tried playing a bit more actively and risky after getting his first phase down to get a stance break or two but he just does too much damage and staggers you too much for it to be viable. A single mistake and you're done.

[@Fitsuuu]

First boss, in any souls game where I've had to google a guide because so much of P2 is just "I have no idea how I'm meant to dodge that". Meteors now followed by teleporting slashes, spinning attack now followed by teleporting explosions. You run, you spam roll, you try to time rolls. It all hits you anyway and on top of that usually 1 shots you. This boss felt like FromSoft couldn't find a way to up the anty in terms of difficulty anymore, so just gave everything double aftershocks, blinding lights and super speed. It's not good boss design when people feel the need to google how to fight it.

[@devondorr8212]

Many people have to google Melania but it still is a good fight imo. Radahn isn't one because of how restrictive this fight is, you are basically DS rollong all over the place.

[@EnzoGabriel-ch3ko]

​@@devondorr8212 Malenia is equally shit.

[@butterschunkmcdonalds5333]

Yeah that last part is just completely untrue. For my first playthrough, I had to look up how to beat Isshin & Demon Of Hatred in Sekiro, Sister Friede & Midir in DS3 & Malenia & Rykard (Yes, MF Rykard) In Elden Ring. Sometimes there's just something that hasn't clicked yet you keep doing wrong, And you get so heated and keep trying to force it, And keep dying, It's totally normal when that happens & There's nothing wrong with looking up a guide to see what your doing wrong. I died to that Snake boss in Nioh 2 for an eternity before I finally watched a video and learned I just had to cut off his little snake arms. Something pretty simple that i somehow didn't think to do, It's not bad boss design, I just refused to switch up my attacks & Think of different ways to approach the fight.

[@Do0mSl4yer95]

​@@butterschunkmcdonalds5333 As much as I respect what they went for phase 2 feels a little too bullshitty. At least we could've had Torrent to escape some of the explosions or AOEs for a faster paced fight. Plus it would be fitting for Torrent to witness Miquella's end since he abandoned him to ride Radahn.

[@thebloodbath8437]

phase bosses suck because you dont get to practice, essentially, everytime you die in phase two you have to 1. run back up, 2. reapply your buffs, 3. go through all of phase 1 again. and all of that takes like 5 minutes or more. and by the time you get back to that point their are still phase 2 attacks you havent seen yet. its ridiculous, especially when that second phase is just even harder by such a significant degree. yeah the attacks are somewhat similair, but the attack agression and tempo are completely different plus multiple undodgable attacks you just have to know are undodgable.

[@tubeo94]

I BEAT HIM. A whole fucking week, 2 hours everynight after work. I tried at least 6 builds. Cant believe i got his ass with a parry build tho Im pretty versed in Sekiro, but parrying in elden ring is no joke. I can rest my ass for Wukong next month now

[@MasonLopez]

Validating to see that the quick double slash is pretty much something you have to eat unless you change your spec for it. I just couldn't find a way around it and beat him just face tanking it.

[@dighad3824]

crazy how fromsoft made shields useless for whole 2 years and then made dlc final boss weak to shields

[@thetoyodacar2264]

Pretty sure a wall and poke build works well on most bosses

[@tannerkennedy4192]

Nah shield builds have always been very good it’s just become more apparent in the dlc cause these bosses attacks are just ridiculous and blocking it with a shield makes it easy mode

[@MrNoodle51]

They were never useless in Elden Ring. Everybody just wanted to play dual wielding with jumping attacks

[@jashin888]

Great shield were never useless one of my easiest playthrough was golden great shield with axe executioners great axe Mesmer also gets countered by great shields

[@MaitreMechant]

Last time I used a shield was in Dark Souls 1, maybe 12 years ago I've played the whole main game + DLC with an INT build without much trouble, even managed to get Radahn P1 most time but Radahn P2 was impossible for me, had to use the old turtle method again after all these years

[@incognitoinhell8742]

Best build for this boss: - Poison/Blood Antspur Raiper or any Poison/Bleed Spear, Great Spear or Thrusting Sword (I used the Barbed Staff-Spear) - Any 100% Greatshield with Barricade Shield AOW - Greatshield Talisman - Dragoncrest Greatshield - Pearldrake Talisman +3/Twin-Turtle Neck Talisman/Spear Talisman - Viridian Amber Medallion +3 If this guy's gonna cheese you with his bullet hell of a Phase 2, you cheese that shit right back. Other things that you can throw in, but are optional and not needed: - Golden Vow (Preferably Incantation, but the AOW or Consumable work just as well) - Protection of the Erdtree (He deals Magic, Holy *and* Fire damage, making this incredibly helpful) - Immutable Shield (This boosts non-Physical negations on your Shield; if you use the Erdtree Greatshield, you can get 100% Physical and Holy Negation for Phase 2) - Scholar's Shield (Same as Immutable Shield, but increases Guard Boost and Physical and Magic Negation) - Blessing's Boon/Blessing of the Erdtree (Keeps you topped off and out of danger when Radahn decides he's going to have a tantrum and wail on you for 5 minutes) - Heal from Afar (If you're playing with Summons or Spirits, this is a great tool to have when you're not holding aggro; fastest cast heal with healing comparable with Erdtree Heal with high Faith for half the cost, whilst also being able to stay out of aggro range to use it) - Mimic Tear Ashes (Again, fight cheese with cheese. Swap out the Viridian Amber for the Crimson Amber and a regen spell and he/she will probably never die) - Greatshield Soldier Ashes (Do NOT sleep on these Ashes. They're one of the few Ashes with AI worth a damn and will block absolutely everything that hits them from the front. They get mulched pretty quick in Phase 2 though, so keep that in mind) This boss, whilst a spectacle of its own, has gotta be the most bs thing FromSoft has ever come up with. I'm pretty sure Miyazaki even fears what he's created. If you're more of a casual player like me, don't be afraid to cheese the ever living hell out of this guy. Turtle Builds are easily the most effective builds to take into this guy, so don't be afraid to whip one up on the spot. Edit: I forgot about the Physick X3. I used the Opaline Hard Tear and the Viridianburst Crystal Tear for extra defences and stamina regen. You could easily swap out the Viridianburst Tear for any other Tear of your liking though and free up a Talisman slot, although this fight *will* last more than 3 minutes, so bare that in mind.

[@jashin888]

Thanks bro

[@meximous2259]

Yea I think that’s accurate. I beat it with the bloodfiend arm but this was what I was going to switch to if it didn’t work out. Took 3-4 hours. Also I was doing the hard mode version. Bloodfiend might be better for the easier one though. Since you do so much damage you can kill him pretty fast

[@quinnswanson8658]

@@meximous2259what do you mean by hard mode version?

[@jhonadaneureta8909]

Thank you. Was losing my mind after 4 hours & I said F this. After 30 minutes set up totally wrecked the twink without any flask used. Just keep in mind the combo finishers & your stamina and you should be good. Twin turtle is a must for me to regain stamina right away

[@meximous2259]

@@quinnswanson8658 if you summon thiollier and aunsbach for the fight radahn has way more health. And the summons do no damage and will be dead in a few minutes

[@jalexanderjalex3342]

I played all Fromsoft games and have most of them on plat... I think this is one of those rare bosses that are not even fun. They tried too hard to make him hard but forgot to make it fair. Usually death doesn't even feel like it's your fault.

[@zach-vh6sx]

skill issue

[@christianbaker3564]

​@@zach-vh6sxget a life

[@sygmeister]

That one attack he does that is basically unavoidable ruins the fight for me. Don’t know what FromSoft was thinking with that attack. It is literally too fast to dodge.

[@christianbaker3564]

@@sygmeister they don't properly play test their games and they trapped themselves in the whole "we make hard games" narrative.

[@sygmeister]

@@christianbaker3564 it’s honestly disappointing that would otherwise be a great final boss is ruined by a cheap kill move. I beat Messmer without summons or a cheese build because his attacks were fair. Radahn is simply broken because of the 3 sword swipe. If you don’t use a shield, you lose.

[@shenrong7113]

RNG oriented boss. He either do his most shitty attacks (gravity pull in 2nd phase, meteors with projections, nuke) and you die or you wait for the try he glitch and doesn't do this.

[@lonewolf1405]

Just beat him: Blasphemous blade was the weapon of choice Full Rakshasa armor set Golden braid, shard, fire scorpion, talisman of the dread Physick: flame shrouding, bloodsucking Incants for buffs: before traversing use black flames protection, blessing of the erdtree, golden vow, flame grant me strength. A big part of this was using taylew the golem summon, he tanks and pulls aggro which is extremely important. Three L2’s in phase one got him down to half health. Phase 2 immediately run and use lords divine fortification incant for holy protection. Five more L2’s and he’s done. This build was designed to straight out-dps him and kill him before he has a chance to really do anything, that’s why taylew is so important so he can pull aggro while you attack. After I put this build together I beat him first try. Oh and I also used radahns great rune lol

[@lordtrinen2249]

Heard Starscourge Radahn was too hard at launch so they nerfed him. Wouldn't be surprised if it happened again. All other bosses are hard but it felt like every type of build from melee to spellcaster was at least somewhat viable. With Consort Radahn only a small handful of melee builds are viable. Spellcasters are completely out of luck.

[@alphadwuzzle1026]

I was kinda sad that his trusty load bearing horse wasn't around this time. lol

[@lordtrinen2249]

@@alphadwuzzle1026 Goes to show how truly cold and evil Miquella is to deny his puppet his beloved horse.

[@beansfebreeze]

They nerfed the hitboxes that didn't work as intended. The damage was also nerfed, but that was immediately changed back

[@MaitreMechant]

I've played spellcaster the whole main game and DLC without too much trouble, even P1 Radahn is doable but P2 is absolutely bullshit, had to make an entirely new build

[@thebloodbath8437]

worst part is even if you use summons he will still immediately agro on you after you cast one spell. and in phase 2, that means he does a 10 hit teleporting combo

[@dastana.4226]

Feel free to tell me to get good in the comments but this boss's second phase feels like that one a boss you'd see in a fan made mod, completely unbalanced and outrageous

[@Shadow666_]

I love how people are only now realizing elden ring is bs

[@comradegab3344]

​@@Shadow666_Elden Ring isn't bs, just this boss. Rest of the DLC was super enjoyable

[@roaringmoon88]

​@comradegab3344 I agree. I enjoyed every other boss fight, the scenery and the lore. I think the DLC is wonderful just like the base game. But Radahn boss fight sucks: no time to heal, hits extremely hard, no time to SEE what he'll do... a nightmare

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

​@@comradegab3344no, this dlc had mediocre bossess . Messmer is bad as well, his second phase is crap

[@wisemage0]

_"We want the ROMhack community"_ -iFrameSoft

[@flavourrich7020]

Finally, my ass just got kick by radahn literally a minute ago

[@briancaples5614]

This guide seems to be missing at least 1 major attack that he does. The one he does after the unavoidable gravity pull. He creates stone craggle and gravity around him in a circle for about 2 or 3 seconds. It is barely avoidable if you immediately start rolling away after the gravity pull, but in phase 2 he hadds a lot to it and I cannot figure out how to survive it unless I am full life with a shield.

[@Audey]

Don't know if you beat him, but maybe this'll help someone else. I've found that if I start sprinting backwards against the gravity pull as soon as I'm being reeled in, I can make good separation after it lets go, then one dodge roll away as he slams down his swords and I typically escape with 0 damage other than the initial grab. Worth noting that I use a light build and haven't tried it with Med., and there have been several boss combos this DLC where those few extra frames made a huge difference.

[@briancaples5614]

@@Audey I beat him, but just had to get lucky with that attack. You can dodge the pull, but it is one of his fastest attacks, so it gets me most times. I was medium and could not always get away, even with a dodge as he smashes. the pull is very random with how close it will pull you to him, so it was always unreliable to run away for me. My wife is currently trying to beat him and we have found a great shield with scholar's shield cast on it works really, really well.

[@holdmycoffeigotthis]

@@Audey Thank you so much!!!

[@TheOrian34]

@@briancaples5614 My strategy for it (if you can't dodge the pull) is to roll spam away when you can(to get one early dodge, then run) so you get just enough distance before he slams down and you can just run away unscathed, then he slams down again. For the slam again, I've been using the hardened tear to boost blocking, so I block the smash down, it bounces you up so you get s during most of the gravity swirl then keep blocking and it's only minimal damage taken.

[@somebodyanonymous4608]

@@briancaples5614 If you ever want to revisit him and this attack, I found that you just have to dodge directly away from him towards your camera. The clone cross-slashes have a big opening in front of him (since they go diagonally) and they lightly track your position. As long as you can avoid the first tornado, you can sprint directly away from him, and then jump the last tornado. Lots of steps for just 1 attack, but it's what it is. I haven't been hit by the followups using this tactic before.

[@lorenzop8022]

Dodge for a 25 hit combo and then you should have an opening for ONE light attack. That sums up well 😂

[@ThSinis]

My main issue I had with his phase 2 were not necessarly his new move set but rather the insane fps drops i got from some of his new moves, consistant 60 fps all throughout the game and every boss fight to suddendly droping to 30 mid animation, for this fight only i reduced the quality of lighting, effects, atmospherics and it became more manageable. An other tip for that attack were he does his 4 after image attacks those don't deal a lot of damage and don't cause a lot of stamina loss when blocked so if you can't avoid the first one, take a blocking stance count the after images and then dodge to the side

[@breadtoaster1011]

Not to mention the hair also blocks what type of swing hes gonna do 😩

[@darkshadical8425]

Literally happened to me last night fighting him, i heal after running from that huge holy attack at the start of 2nd phase and my game freezes due to how many frames are dropping and i die right when it fixes, my ps5 goint through it with all those flashing beams

[@kurtisyoung6739]

Now, imagine how this feels to all of us still playing in PS4. The best we get is 30fps, and it's becoming extremely clear that Fromsoft is not designing these new bosses with 30fps in mind. Every single time i see footage my buddy sends me of him playing on next-gen, all I can think is, "man, that looks incredibly more manageable." Messmer and Consort Radahn on PS4 is a complete joke.

[@GratefulDave93]

@@breadtoaster1011yeah the hair and flash bangs completely blinding me are what’s frustrating me the most

[@rooodis456]

My ps5’s frames dipped during the dancing lion, I don’t think phase 2 is gonna be happening on this console for me if I can even MAKE it to the second phase once

[@devonogrady6403]

Moore's shield with the bloodfiend arm set to blood affinity and 50-60 arcane absolutely melts Radahn with charged heavies

[@furkannarin2844]

i do 3k dmg with piercing fang. no need for voodoo. thing is it does not give you the space to hit him. though i only tried once and died at %40 remaining

[@samplexample]

Try doing that bs on NG+7 with your RL160😅

[@waasmoon2948]

​@@samplexample use greatshield talisman, marikas talisman, pearldrake+3 and even on ng+7 consort radan deals funny damage to your stamina and health. I don't know why fromsoftware made him so weak for the great shield users

[@NWOslave]

did the same thing but went with arcane lvl80. still have to put a game together to use it though so in that you do "git gud".

[@SocietyKilledTheUnicorn]

You mean lightning flasks melt him

[@ToejamDcheflok]

Best guide in youtube so far and I've seen them all. Precise analysis with slo-mo. Really appreciate it, thank you man. It saved me hours and hours

[@prathameshkatke7312]

Yes !!! Finally I beat Radhan after 100 of tries. Bloodfiend build is great. Didn't use summons nor any cheap tricks.

[@Alexander-iq5yq]

The only boss in Fromsofts history that I said fuck it and summoned. Thiollier, Ansbach and mimic tear. The DLC is so exhaustingly difficult that I had no energy left by the end and just wanted to finish and move on. I still think it's an amazing DLC but I hope this level of aggression is reduced in future games.

[@somebodyanonymous4608]

I definitely feel you about the Radahn marathon. He was... something else. Though, I didn't feel like the other bosses were hard at all, except Divine Beast and Rellana, and maybe Gaius (but by then, I had actual Scadutree Blessings).

[@Akira-uy4yd]

Just had my 90th death. Actual garbag of a second phase.

[@JustLurking248]

Facts, I think the first phase is good besides that frame perfect dodge you need to do for that one attack but over good. Second phase is absolute nonsense

[@JM-hj3sm]

Just beat him yesterday. I really wish he gets nerfed. I don't want his moveset or numbers to change. Just let me see what he's doing during the second phase. Edit: Wow, I never thought wanting to be able to SEE what's happening in a boss fight would cause disagreement in the Souls community.

[@Church-of-Roxy]

Nah, he is perfect

[@jasonhendricks4562]

​@@Church-of-Roxynah he's dummy hard. He needs a nerf

[@gerutzu575]

​@@Church-of-Roxy rushes you down in phase 1 and doesn't let you summon, then in phase 2 starts throwing up shit with no breaks. visually, it's amazing, gameplay wise, it's exactly what a boss shouldn't be.

[@officermofiz4600]

He turns into a washing machine that's what he does.

[@Reteq]

@@jasonhendricks4562 thats the whole point....

[@jesusseinpferd__9628]

They should just get rid of the barely dodgeable 3 hit and it wouldnt even be that bad tbh actually very manageable as a final boss. The only other thing is, in the second phase after the meteor attack when he slams into the ground the holy pillars he pulls out of the ground deal unreasonable damage sometimes. Like ive been 1shot by them before despite having multiple defense buffs active & 60+ vigor, but other times they hit me and barely deal half of my healthbar despite using the same inputs.

[@stoney2578]

Yeah those pillars always get me

[@wheatleythebrick2276]

its probably bugged and they accidentally made it so that each pillar counts for damage, definitely getting fixed hopefully

[@jesusseinpferd__9628]

@@wheatleythebrick2276 i think so as well

[@zlatto]

Second phase is basically if you get hit by 1 attack it's almost guaranteed you lose this attempt.

[@hightime1239]

Just beat him and well ..I don’t think I ever wanna do this again…

[@saramations]

Same.

[@Paladin_Lawbro]

So from what I’m seeing in the comment section, the big things that should change are: reduce the holy aoes due to visual clutter and fps drops, slow down some attacks, and overall just provide better opportunities to deal damage beyond dodging like 20-35 seconds worth of combos to get a light in

[@Tomblom]

I hope they dont nerf him. Give it a week or two and ppl will start to get this fucker down. I personally like to use days on one boss. Make it that much sweeter and earned

[@h0m3st4r]

@@Tomblom They'd better nerf him. There's difficult and there's 100 hours of nonstop dying unfair. This is the latter. Don't believe me? Ask Kai Cenat.

[@christianbaker3564]

​@Tomblom I agree they shouldn't nerf anything, but they have to. They wouldn't if they properly play tested their games and didn't release this crap but here we are

[@sygmeister]

@@Tomblom they need to do something with that 3 sword swipe. It is really unfair to fight without a shield. Everything else about the boss is fair in my opinion except that attack. It’s ridiculous.

[@jom000]

just get rid of the 1-2-cross sword combo and i'd be fine. everything else is learnable after a while.

[@kristopfer5788]

After over 40 attempts in the last 48 hours I finally took this bastard down! I’m pretty sure I yelled so loud that the neighbors heard me and my wife and dog thought I was crazy! 😂

[@rickyblaze8263]

His second phase is the worse one in the game, you can barely see anything with the Holy beams coming down after every damn attack. Fromsoft devs are dicks for this boss.

[@MrTelboy]

Just beat him with help from this guide. Fuck phase 2 IMO Malenia has been dethroned as Fromsofts hardest boss. Promised Consort Radahn holds the title now.

[@Fextralife]

Congrats!

[@DoffyDogg]

Malenia is a one pony trick with her waterfowl move. Isshin was the only boss that made me "rage quit to take a break for a couple of hours"

[@CasanOffi]

I like it, when hard bosses are fair. Like Horah Loux or The Nameless King. Also the frist phase of Consort Radahn, but his second phase is some kind of bullshittery...

[@john_lw]

I litaraly got to this boss just as you put the video out! Impeccable timing

[@Chili2.0]

None of the guides show how to dodge his gravity pull in phase 2 bruh💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@Fextralife]

Its basically impossible to dodge again xD You can roll the initial pull but I didnt find a way to dodge everything else, so you just have to just try not to get hit by that

[@TheOrian34]

My strategy for it (if you can't dodge the pull) is to roll spam away when you can(to get one early dodge, then run) so you get just enough distance before he slams down and you can just run away unscathed, then he slams down again. For the slam again, I've been using the hardened tear to boost blocking, so I block the smash down, it bounces you up so you get s during most of the gravity swirl then keep blocking and it's only minimal damage taken.

[@somebodyanonymous4608]

@@Fextralife If this is still up for question, if I get caught in the pull, I spam roll away from him 3 times to get out of the circle, then sprint in a straight line away from his clones. Then, I jump the last circle just to be safe, because I'm pretty sure the tracking dies if you're off the ground.

[@gluttonyfang6674]

I don't know why but the Meteor Attack Phase, running back does not work, he always catches to me.

[@billydeeznuts]

If you haven’t beaten him yet you have to run to the left or right and jump to dodge everything

[@mikulik6789]

wouldnt be that hard if my fps didnt drop to 20 with every aoe

[@biglad6749]

5 hours with a +9 meteoric greatsword. This boss is built different and probably the hardest fromsoft boss.

[@viniciusmelo4112]

same setup here my brother! any luck?

[@donalddavid8199]

Couldn't find any somber 10😂😂😂

[@biglad6749]

@viniciusmelo4112 Yeah, I beat him in around 5 hours. It was not easy to get hits in safely, I did a lot of light attacks and only did charged attacks during the move when he slashes up and the lights circle around him. Use flame grant me strength and golden vow for buffs to make phase 1 a lot easier. Then it was pretty much just die until I finally got 2nd phase down.

[@biglad6749]

@donalddavid8199 I test weapons out at +9 and then upgrade to 10 if I like them. I forgot to go back and upgrade it fully until after I had already beat him :(

[@innerecho9468]

There’s so much dragon sobers how have u not fully upgraded it

[@difficult_aardvark]

Antspur rapier + greatshield makes it pretty easy.

[@innerecho9468]

Dats boring tho 😂

[@difficult_aardvark]

@innerecho9468 less boring than spending several hours trying to get perfect dodge timings, actually.

[@Sasquatch33]

​@@difficult_aardvark That's what I've been trying, any tips for surviving better on the second phase with all of the holy aerial attacks?

[@difficult_aardvark]

@@Sasquatch33 ya stack Holy resist, golden braid & pearldrake talisman 3

[@Bloodynine606]

@@innerecho9468 At this point it's more boring losing to him 200 times

[@verified_tinker1818]

This is the first boss in the Souls history I had to look up a guide for. What the fuck?

[@justadictatorridingonanuke3714]

I do not like this boss. It is the first boss ever where it just makes me feel empty when I die rather than determined or frustrated. Im struggling enough already with the first phase let alone the second. This boss has everything I hate in a boss: - Massive AOE attacks that are spammed constantly - Very little time to damage - Deals way too much damage - Terrible Visibility both with the vfx and the camera when dodging some attacks - Sometimes the performance drops causing you to die for something that isnt even your fault - Almost undodgeable attacks such as the double swipe attack This is the first time ever im considering cheesing a boss or just out right quitting because it is not fun. Currently im on far less attempts than when I attempted Malenia for the first time but never was I not having fun or felt like i couldnt do anything due to the ridiculous amount of damage he deals and the pathetic amount that i deal every 50 seconds when i can finally get one hit in. The only attack that did feel cheap with malenia was waterfowl but I learned ways to either minimise damage from the attack or outright avoiding it

[@genericscreenname13]

This is definitely the best guide I've seen for this so far. Hopefully someday I'll actually be able to apply what you've generously taught lol

[@sinnombre-gf1tg]

If you don't want to use summons or can't summon them for some reason and you think it's unfair for you, just use the BLACK STEEL GREATSHIELD HOLY INFUSED, it NEGATES 100% of HOLY DAMAGE, with this shield radahn was not an actually unfair boss in my first playthrough, not even in phase 2 since the most damaging, punishing and unfair atacks are 100% negated with this shield, you don't even need to dodge the holy explotion atack he does at the start of the phase 2, just use the shield, in fact i think this shield was actually built for this fight like From soft wants us to use more shields, BUT REMEMBER DODGING is BETTER, USE the SHIELD ONLY if you CAN'T DODGE THE ATTACK, or if IT'S USING HOLY DAMAGE AGAINST YOU, THIS IS ALSO EFFECTIVE AGAINST the CLONE ATTACKS. I beat him in like 15 attemps or close with this strategy and without guides (after i learned the strategy). You can also use a HEAVY TRUSTING SWORD, wich i think is the BEST WEAPON CLASS to use against radahn, because of their FAST ATTACKS, HIGH DAMAGE and TRUSTING ATTACKS wich can deal COUNTER DAMAGE. For the FLASK OF WONDROUS PHYSICK i used the DEFLECTING HARD TEAR for the attacks that normally would break my stamina if i can't dodge them, so as long as i deflect a few of his attacks with PRECISE BLOCKS it won't break all of my stamina, for the SECOND TEAR i used the WINGED CRYSTAL TEAR but i think you can use wathever suits your playstyle there, the same for the TALYSMANS. I am thinking on recording a video beating him this way some day when i get to his fight again, to upload it here in youtube so everyone can know of this fun and fair way to beat radahn. I apologize if i have bad english, because i am not a native english speaker. Anyways, i hope this helps someone with this boss, you can do it. REMEMBER TO UPGRADE THE SHIELD TO +24 if POSSIBLE.

[@inkdyedhands]

Thank you for this kind stranger

[@sinnombre-gf1tg]

​@@inkdyedhandsIt was nothing, i'm happy to help.

[@FriendlyNoOne]

My problem with this boss is that it completely robbed me of my play style. I played the entire DLC, entire base game as well, as a mage strictly using range attacks and summons. I spent so much time leveling up my scadutree blessing level to 20 and spirit ash to 10. Now here I am at the final boss of the game that kills you before you can summon and won’t get out of your face long enough to cast any meaningful spells. No other bosses in the DLC took me more than 2 or 3 tries to beat. I feel robbed of completing this game because now I’m forced in to a melee fight which is a play style I have never need to master and have no interest in learning.

[@IMXLegedaryBard]

I was finally able to beat him. I just stuck with using counter attacks with my great sword and heavy shield. Pretty much negating all his damage as much as possible, while throwing in a heavy hit or counter. Took a minute, but was able to tank the fight in the end.

[@canontheory]

Orphan of Kos, Malenia, Gael, Midir, Manus, Fume Knight and Friede are all joke tutorial bosses compared to this shit.

[@billcarson9916]

Those are great bosses, this is pure garbage

[@miyazakisimping]

And all infinitely better bosses.

[@Scrimbo420]

I’d rather be swept into a hole from bed of chaos a thousand times than beat radahn again. I was so disappointed to see radahn a second time in the game. If it were just as stupid but a completely new boss I probably would enjoy it more.

[@asiansticker7015]

Crashed out so bad that now I’m watching how to dodge his attacks

[@SquinkyEXE]

the main difficulty of a fight shouldn't be the fact that i just cant see what the boss is doing because of all the effects going on. That's not actual challenge, that's just cheesy bullshit.

[@janedoe8211]

Someone’s mad

[@damiancook3120]

Yea. I’m not beating this boss ever. I’ve accepted it. Got about 20 hours in this boss alone

[@MonkeyDLuffy-ed4fj]

Use mimic tear blasphemous blade, flame grant me strength, golden vow, that’s how I won, it still took 6 hours though, respec and put 99 into faith

[@jackofdiamonds7303]

Hello, spellcaster here, putting in my two cents. Just wanted to say that the second phase is f*cking bullsh*t.

[@Theseanlawson9]

I thought elden beast was Froms worst final boss but they really outdid themselves with this one

[@Ecclesia_]

Step 1: level STR to 48. Step 2: upgrade and equip Fingerprint Stone Shield. Step 3: keep L1 pressed 99% of the time. Step 4: summon Mimic Tear. Step 5: whenever Radahn is not even looking at you, use your weapon special.

[@paintballguru1]

Boss isnt even fun at all. No dance or back and forth, just spamming roll with milti-hit AOE's

[@CRBlxcky]

7:30. For this you don't need light load do you? This technique of running backwards to avoid the slams legit never worked for me. Never, in like all my attempts

[@dustindusterooni3601]

First phase is hard but feels fair and fun Second pajae is fucking impossible and stupid and im salty

[@nolanfrankenfield965]

My dude, you are insanely talented, that was an awesome guide and very fun to watch your fight with him. Thank you sir

[@Fextralife]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Sicknificant1]

Legit this is the first time I've even looked up a guide as to how to beat a boss. I've viewed many other guides/walkthroughs of yours. First time I've given into 3rd party material for the boss i'm currently struggling on though. Thank you for your efforts! Always clutch. I'm like 60+ tries in and going insane though. I mean 80% of the time he is doing a move as soon as you come through the foggate and it is relentless. And the input reading on estus/buffs omg. Also... I thought that most bosses aggro'd the last person to hit them typically, but this dude just hits whatever he wants whenever it is convenient. Which is smarter AI, harder, but my goodness, the 180s. Annoyed at the "git gud" comments or ppl that are likely playing some utterly ridiculous builds being like "it isn't even that hard". Bro when they post their video on "how to beat this radahn without spamming ashes of war, greatweapon strong/jump attacks, or status applying behind a great shield" then maybe I'll be like oh... But relying on well timed swings with anything that isn't 4/5 shotting the boss or less the fight is a real struggle. It isn't just "git gud" it is be gud for this entire fight and the extra 80 animations you have to avoid that the other builds don't even think about. The boss is legit hard and its even hard on the more powerful builds but ppl really like to pretend.

[@Ghost263-e8k]

Thank you so much!! I’ve mastered phase one and get get to phase 2 most of the time!!!!! Most of the guides I’d search up would basically tell me to change my build, but instead of doing that you actually just helped me learn the patterns! Tysm man

[@ShenDoodles]

I'm going back to the Haligtree in NG+ to see how Malenia is after I finally kill this guy.

[@shinsoatimaku]

if you are in ng+1 fine ATM she has too much hp for me to want to 😂 she will eventually hit me and will out damage me in 2 hits than I can in 20 😂

[@sshark12]

Thx for the guide. Took me exactly 250 tries with str build and no summons. This definitely was the hardest boss in all of the souls games

[@Fextralife]

Congrats on your victory!

[@glatteraal1482]

Perfect timing

[@AFunkyHypnoCat]

curious if you can do anything after this fight? I went to Trina and got an item, but that's all I've found so far. considering all the npcs are dead not sure what else to try, looking for any new dialogue etc or is there nothing like that?

[@vv4983]

Worst boss ever

[@eeveefrisk5659]

There’s significantly worse bosses than this version of Radahn in soulsborne

[@supersomeone9032]

I wouldn’t even have minded that bs second phase if it was a completely different boss or just miquella himself, the fact that the final boss of all of elden ring is just a less fun reskin makes this fight salt in the wound

[@seanandmonicalebay2847]

And worst boss is gravity.

[@DeezNuts-dy5fg]

Read this like the comic book guy from simpsons

[@h445]

@@eeveefrisk5659 name one

[@joelh90]

I just beat this guy today. After 4 days playing 4-8 hours a day trying. My only advice i can give really is be as tanky as possible. I originally was playing a samurai build but it was just to much damage even with the talismans. I ended up respeccing to have more stamina so i could wear more heavy armour (shieldless)Basically if you are like me and find that you just cant dodge in phase 2… You want poise, and heavy damage negation. Also some ability that helps you regain health. I used the blasphemous blade. I was on new game +5 with 17 tree blessings. One thing i would like to add, this boss isn’t that enjoyable. And when i beat him i didnt have a real sense of achievement after… i just felt like he was cheap. So if you’re feeling the same… just know its not just you. He is extremely hard. But like i said what made me win was eventually realising i wasnt dodging well in phase 2 and i needed to tank the bastard. I was level 150. I didnt want to ruin my pvp cap. Hope this helps!

[@divyam432]

I can't even understand what he's doing most of the time. It feels like I'm speedrunning this game with level 1 health, and the worst part is they're going to create more area-of-effect (AOE) bosses like this in the future. I've tried everything.

[@JustAnderw]

I got to say it's really impressive how effortless you made it look in the fight at the end. Really well fought

[@inkeye25]

This is great! Thx for the tips. This is exactly what i need, no cheese builds, no cheese setups. Just str8 up fighting

[@Ilukki]

I love the combination of the most calming Limgrave soundtrack and the most brutal boss fight put together 🤠

[@ajlucky0076]

I have everything down but the cross slash. That is bullshit

[@bigshotbig6084]

In my opinion, worst boss in the game. Just a miserable spammy slog where I can’t see what he’s doing. it just feels like the devs all sat down in the dev room and brainstormed how to make this boss annoying. Maybe it would be cooler if it was a new character, but it’s just the radahn fight but bad. First phase is fine as long as you learn it, but the second phase is just bad. I don’t intend on playing this boss in later playthroughs, because it’s the only dlc boss I didn’t enjoy fighting. Honestly… a sad end to an otherwise 10/10 dlc I had a lot of fun playing. And I know someone is just gonna comment and say skill issue but I really liked harder bosses like Bayle and Malenia I’ve seen people have a lot of trouble with. I don’t mind difficult things, I just don’t like radahn because he’s difficult for all the wrong reasons.

[@thisisfyne]

We're way past the skill issue meme here. We've done Sword Saint. We've done Orphan. We've done Malenia. It's not skills. As you said phase 1 is perfectly fine, but phase 2 is utter bs. Only edgelords will defend this.

[@GorbWasHere]

There's a bug that's been happening to me where Thiollier's AI breaks if you summon him and Ansbach. He won't enter the arena and will die by himself. Leaving you done one NPC against a Radhan who's HP is geared towards two summons. So in my experience it's only ever worth summoning Ansbach and a mimic tear instead.

[@Pufty]

Yeah Thollier not being there 70% of the time made the fights longer and Ansbach just casually walking in a circle watching me being beat to a pulp... I ended up having more success just going in on my own. The rollercoaster was unreal. No summons, okay some summon, okay all the summons, okay respec, okay detour for some scadutree, okay everything still hurts and these summons ain't shit... I'm going raw again. Genuine rage and sympathy with negative reviews was sparked that moment. It only dissipated once the boss room was empty.

[@stakesishigh516]

Same issue here with that fight. I just go in with Ansbach and summon the Mimic for the second phase.

[@LordToseidon]

They actually fixed that in the most recent patch a couple days ago so he’a finally active immediately

[@Ser_Godric]

I’m definitely not good enought to beat him alone. Thank god for mimic tear. Took around 20-25 attempts. I thought I had him beat at around the 10th attempt, but I guess he must have had a sliver of health left because he just grabbed me and killed me. I got the “Let us go together” gesture and I thought, “yes, I did it!”, but respawned to a fog wall in front of me. Heartbreaking to be so close!

[@arabianprinceflyeaglesfly1700]

If you got him that close by yourself you’re definitely good enough

[@TheMrrccava]

Just a tip, if you are using a summon spirit try and get good enough at phase 1 to summon after he goes into phase 2. The damage suffered in phase one by the aggro swapping isnt worth summoning in that first 65%.

[@TheFinalGob]

Actual shit boss design. Then again, Elden Ring has probably the worst and most shallow boss design by fromsoft. Consort Radahn looks like he got 1 week of development time compared to the 2 years the rest of the DLC got, just look at his hitbox. Untested.

[@PrettyFella]

Nah this is probably the only actual shit boss in the game, it’s not hard fun like isshin it’s hard unfair

[@20piece-k4k]

His 2nd phase moves are so hard, i keep getting stunlocked.

[@belgradefantasy]

For the meteor, use one hit protective perfume - it also helps right at the start to summon

[@billyshaw1996]

Worst boss in the dlc. Messmer, Midra & Bayle were challenging, but fun to learn. This guy is such a tank, leaves next to no openings, has ridiculously long combos & hits like a truck. Even Malenia was somewhat fun to learn despite being a bit frustrating, Radahn is just straight up ass. I hated OG Radahn & somehow they made him 1000x worse.

[@rreprah9515]

Yeah at least with Malenia she could be stunned, poise broken, and you could actually see her (at also higher than 14fps). This just sucks.

[@justadictatorridingonanuke3714]

Malenia only had 1 bad move which was waterfowl. However you can very easily avoid it by doing loads of leaping attacks and cornering her because usually she is staggered too quickly for her to be able to do the attack

[@CryoDoesArt]

Honestly he's one of my, if not my least favorite boss from any of the souls games