Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree - Bayle the Dread Boss Fight 

Finding this guy was my most "wtf" moment I had in the game so far. Was merely trying to find the map, got lost, went up, and then suddenly was being eaten alive by a maw of lightning.

Whoever beat bayle congrats, whoever leaves a message in his arena so others can't find igon, dick move

He looks straight outta DOOM eternal

I see Balerion the Black Dread has made it into Elden Ring.

The npc has more beef with bayle than placi 😂

Yeah, this goes hard. Also kinda cool that they added an NPC who can join you in the bossfight that has dialogue like Siegward of Catarina or Biorr of the Twin Fangs

He betrayed placidusax and created the lesser dragons. Can anyone confirm?

If Placidusax resembles King Ghidorah then this guy would be Destoroyah

Amazing boss, the npc great voice acting just makes it even better.

Welp, excited to see the BvB between Bayle and Placi. Hearing that both have beef, this is going to be a good time.

just noticed its got 1 of placidusaxs heads latched onto its neck

Close enough, Welcome back Midir

I love how how I can’t summon Igon for two seconds without getting hit with a stream of fire only to be killed immediately after I get up. This dlc has been so much fun

yeah this might be the coolest fight in the game. so looking forward to fighting this guy

To think that He survived being attacked by Placid is crazy

Igon has to be my favorite npc the way he just yells is absolutely amazing

*CURSE YOU BAAAYYYLE!* I hereby vow! You will rue this day! Behold, a true drake warrior! And I, Igon! Your fears made flesh!

This is the best dragon fight FromSoftware has made. The buildup to his fight as you climb the mountain, with all of the red lighting raging around the peak. The 2nd phase of his fight where his music starts kicking in. Not Midir nor Placidusax can top him now.

CURSE YOU, BAYLE!

Bro you seem skilled enough to beat this Dragon with a strength build...

This is the most fun I’ve had fighting a Boss, in any game, EVER.

Design wise this looks amazing, the arena too

Bayle killed me like 50-60 times but I finally got him 🙌

It sounds like a different version of the OST, at least in phase 1. does anyone know why that might be? Or know where I could find it, I’d love to compare them side by side

what the priestess dragon heart for trade?

This dragon means business man, if u look closely, u can see that he has the other 2 (maybe 3) heads of lord Placidusax himself on his neck. If he was the reason placi lost his heads then u know Bayle is no joke…

Yep. This is the best dragon fight they've ever made. It's gonna be hard to top this one.

Anyone jnow what talisman and staff hes running?

best fromsoftware dragon boss fr

This boss is relentless.

I love this guy's design

Omfg what a boss

whats the build?

This was such a fun fight

Sickest dragon

Dammit Igon sign is in the boss room after all. I couldn't for the life of me find it and wasnt able to complete his quest 💀

Man I gotta say this is the hardest boss I’ve faced yet, he was quite the challenge for me but I took him down. And I have to say he’s the best dragon from software has given us. everything about his design and his Bossfight in general is brutally amazing. Just the way he attacks alone really sells this boss for me, and as he flails, and pounds his broken limbs towards you in almost a desperate attempt to completely annihilate your existence is just so cool. Almost all of his limbs are missing besides one leg and he still manages to put up An amazing fight really tells you how powerful he is especially since he thought the dragon lord himself and debatably won. And especially when he enters his second phase and starts flying around the arena. Raining hellfire down at you before crashing into the ground at mock speed and showcasing even more amazing attacks he has It’s just phenomenal.

Is that Midir's cousin?

Igon is the main character now

Thought I’d finally give summoning a go for this one. Person enters arena. Boss gets one hit. Regret.

Fearsome Darkeater Midir has evolved!

POV: You find the person who’s been spending all your money.

I’m so happy I didn’t finish going to the path leading to him I would’ve been cooked I was still fresh in the dlc

the npc goes hard

Epic boss fight

I, with sound mind and body, dethrone Midir as my personal top dragon in the souls series, and happily place Bayle at the top spot. I LOVE this fight. The attacks, the lore, the absolute HATRED Igon has for Bayle, the music, and Jesus bike riding Christ that second phase! 20/10

How can you get Igon's sign? I don't see it anywhere

the talisman lead me here

This dlc is the best

"Ain't 20v1 it's 1v20 if I gotta smack your summons"

Where do you take its heart after killing it

Placi vs bayle make it happen garden

To everyone on any NG+ these bosses will fuck over your day so i advise to NOT go over an absurd NG+ amount due to this boss alone and alot of the others maybe?

My favorite boss

Why no two phase bosses?

CURSE YOUUU, BAYYYLLLEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this boss fight is the very definition of visual clutter

All previous commenters have yet to fight this monstrosity. Truly the worst experience of the DLC so far. Cool, but not being able to attack while getting just half healthed every attack , not cool. So called "dragon hunter" just yells and throws shit.

HOLY FUCK I JUST BEAT THIS BOSS HE NO FUCKIN JOKE

Looks like they got some inspiration for this one’s moveset from Gorgara from Jedi fallen order

Monster Hunter vibes

This is just midir 2💀

Can anyone beat him using a melee build?

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYLLLEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Was this guy once human? his wings look really deformed, and yet he can breathe a mix of fire and lightning, and has a secondary pair of wings that enable flight. If that case is true, then he might be the closet a human has gotten to becoming a full dragon.

Damn placidusax fucked bro up badly

His grab attack is impossible to dodge.

Can’t wait to fight this guy at RL1.

just beat him as well it was not a fun fight he feels really wierdly designed like they tried to something similar to midir but not with the same finesse that he had

Worst boss fight in fromsoft history, puts 2 summons and penalizes you with instant death for using either

using magic lol

only normal boss in dlc

midir 2.0

CURSE YOU, BAYLE!