I think he spams it to counter ranged attacks like bows or spells. I noticed I can provoke some of his attacks in some fashion. Like that combo that starts with a stomp, if I go agressive and strike first, it usually starts that combo, which is easily punishable. Thanks, I used moon by accident and saw it negated his spell, and was like "this is neat" :)
Bro I seen him take it easy on others me he spams a lot why???? Why do some get an easy version but I get the spam every move that is broken to win? I won't give up but dang man I feel like I got the wrong dlc.
Dude all he does is the gravity pull on me, I’m a melee build but I use dash attacks and spacing so maybe it’s my proximity And I, also, was marveling at the genius use of the moon
when ever he was far away from me, including the start of the fight where he doesn't immediately lunge at me, i usually did a heavy attack to bait his corkscrew attack but sometimes he'd do gravity instead and it would get that bad where he just did gravity over and over. id say it's just rare rng considering how often he corkscrews instead
I tried the same with Rennala's moon at first, but I found the recovery threw me off more than anything. In the end I parried him with the carian duelist shield to death. Not particularly original looking back, but without using shield pokes (I later discovered they were broken) and it's a fun memory of the fight TwT
@@brickch.6502 Timing is difficult, I tried with Radagon's Icon and never got the dmg on him, so this combo worked, I had the timing in my fingers everytime I saw him do that move :)
Watching those average players is what i like the most , not someone who has practiced a million times to get no hit and then make a video , this guy takes hit , struggled for days and finally able to beat him solo , I've beaten many bosses in this game without any help and pure strength and dex built but i got exhausted and wanna end so finally I've used my mimic and beaten him easily
Thanks for this comment. I get how you feel. I have beaten him with strength as well and way much easier cause str builds wear a but more armor can take more hits, usually go stagger and I can pick ash of war like Raptor 😊
Damn that last two hits were intense, the classic "we're both one hit away from death scenario". Congrats on beating him! I personally did it with a parry build because I got fed up with his 6 hit combos haha
I beat Sekiro but I can say I suck at Elden Ring parry 🤣 But yea, last ones were intense, I was like "I'm going for it, whatever happens I'm fine" and I got the kill, which was fortunate 😌
This fight is so elegant. Everything in it is so beautiful: the colour of blue, the milady stance, the well-timed usage of the full moon sorcery, the carian sceptre, the determination of triumph. This type of gameplay is what gives hope and motive to continue this game. Thank you
Thanks! Yes, I crafted this build, also with one fire spell to remove ice, but scrapped it for this fight cause I wanted to be as simple as possible and focus on dodging
@@joseandkris What would you cheese him with? I cheese him with Impenetrable Thorns to get through the first phase but second phase is just nuke after nuke after nuke. It's honestly making me retroactively dislike the rest of the game.
@@crabby6549 Applying a dozen buffs and having a gimmick build is a little *too* cheesy for me. But I'm getting close to the point where I don't really give a shit.
@Wrencher_86 i had to re spec my stats bro, my fucking 2 years of stats, i never felt so terrible as a mage. I had to use mogh weapon and heavy shield to cheese him. I was so sad after
Thanks, exactly that, I don't know OP builds or have 100 buffs, or have skill to no hit anyone. Just try and fail until I learn the moves. Builds I craft myself, cause I find joy in that 😊
Well done. I wish I had known about that Ranni Moon counter when I fought him with my own spell blade build. Additionally, didn't ever properly dodge those vortex draw spells, oh well. Take care.
Excellent use of Ranni's Dark Moon. Surprised you didn't go Glintstone Icecrag to synergize but I guess it's infrequent enough that you needn't bother.
Thanks my friend! I have Icecrag, but I am not a fan of it, I feel it leaves me too exposed, the Glintblades are more defensive in my view, I can just cast them, not worry about being in range and keep dodging, with Icecrag, I'd have to worry about range, and I had my Cold Milady to take care of ice dmg as well :)
@@joseandkris personally that icecrag would have been safer than milady. you could go carian shield due to its 71+ magic resists and putting holy on it gets 68 holy resist ontop of the scadutree fragments resist. there is impenetrable thorns too, let him suck him you or after a combo slam it down and see his bleed get proc as all 9 instances hit at once, plus you won't even need acrane invest.
@@prasunkumar1125that is a good strat, tho having a shield makes me play worse then not having one 😊 it's just me tho, I like to have 1 "defence" button, rather then 2.
Dude, that counter with moon is freaking genius!! I had a build much like yours and ended up having to re-spec to try different weapons. Never crossed my mind to do that. Great job!!!
Thanks man! It did not occur to me as well, I just wanted to blast him away with Moon, but he threw rocks at me and it absorbed them, so I was like "This is interesting 🤔" 😃
Thank you 😊 I never play a full mage either, but I love me some battle mage, going into melee but having spells. My next build will be something similar with faith with DK axes for melee
Yep yep, it was "I'm going all-in" moment and it succeeded 😃 His first mistake was going for grab, which I dodged easily and punished, and then he started that "long combo" as I primed my Wing Stance R2 and I got it 😃 Really lucky, but also luck follows the brave 🤣
To anyone who is struggling on this boss I highly recommend you get something that can proc a status, weather it’s a weapon or a consumable. The new hefty rot pot, which is very easy to farm for, procs scarlet rot in a single use and makes this fight ten times easier.
I've tried to rot him with Romina's Halberd, and I could bearly rot him in P1, and never in P2, but never tried pots, I guess that's much faster. What Ive used here is frost, I think it's much easier to proc then blood :) good tip
Congratulations on beating Radahn your battle was spectacular. Also the idea to use the moon to counter his meteors is a genius move, I absolutely hate the move of his and ended up using vow of the indominable.
Yea, mages don't hit as hard as some, but have good tools for every situation. That's why I love the class. I have long range, short range, stagger, status, I can kite, ice magic, fire magic... It was very fun to play :)
Nice Counter with the Moon Spell. Had to change my Setup after Fighting him for 45ms. Used a shield and the Guts Sword with Gravity Thrust War Ash. I drank my flask before going in with No Physical Damage and Increase Damage Negation. So I can bring out my Mimic Tear. I used the Scarlett’s Flower Rott in the Beginning when he’s attacking my mimic Tear. And beginning of second Phase when he just stand there. But Shield does Help but you need lots of Stamina to take the punishment. I used the Stability Armor. It’s the one Knight you fight early in the DLC that’s in the Mausoleum. Took me around an Hour of Fighting him. Good luck to everyone. Cheers.
Thanks! I'll try to see that stability armor, sounds really cool :) For the Mimic, I used to use Shabriri's Woe, to direct agro to the mimic lol, but decided not to use it for the DLC, so I can dodge the attacks myself, have more fun that way :)
Using the moon 🌕 to block the meteors ☄️ is the reason mages are high in intelligence 😏. Amazing run wish I was capable of this maybe I will try on my NG+ run you sir have inspired me 🤩.
Ranni’s Dark Moon is a powerful spell, that when put into good use, can counter most large scale magics. It can also counter Renalla’s Full Moon as well. So really, it’s OP
Nice one! Im doing a run with a similar setup, Magic Milady with wing stance on main hand and carian regal scepter on off hand. Nice to see the strat you uses. Really suck because he has few openings in 2nd fase to use the Ash Of War, but the Moon counter to meteorites was amazing!
Everyones shocked at the moon counter spell effect and let me tell you i started aiming for a dex intelligence build the minute i saw Renallas and the required 70 to use .... its like a mini spirit bomb
I tried to fight him as a battle mage too, but then after many attempts I said fuck the spells and respecced. I still had like 50 int but I went full melee with cold infused backhand blades and raptor of the mists. I further tweaked my build until I was light rolling and beat him that way.
Yea, as you can see I only have 2 spells, I had to remove most of the spells I used and just use what I needed. I changed talismans and flasks and everything until I learnt this :) Raptor makes fight easier a bit, I used it on Strength run, but I wanted to do it with medium rolls, as it has same s as light rolls anyway. I do use a tear that gives me a bit more s on rolling tho. Ranni's Dark Moon really counters him hard in my view :) Kinda poetic, Ranni being his sister :)
MiLady with the ash of war heavy attack is pretty good damage. You should have used the heavy attack a lot more. Great use of the Full moon to negate the Meteor spell.
I liked it . because you have used a strategy completely yours. This shows the versatility of Elden Ring that everyone can use their own style. good job . Even so, this boss is too stupid 😂 I don't know what the rest think
I enjoy watching fight like these more than perfect run, both party actually exchange blow to the point last encounter it's anyone game your build looks so creative, my case I just went unga bonka with heavyweight build mimic + bleed at him 😂
Int builds are at a disadvantage in this fight imo due to being far less tanky plus sorceries can take a minute to wind up, timing is difficult with so few openings. Seriously impressive fight, well done!
hahaha, thanks :) true dat, mages got some tricks up their sleeves. I did STR run as well, and it was way easier, but felt cheesier, this felt like I really learnt him :)
Just keep trying, you can't fail. One tip if I may share, when I really struggle on a boss, I go defensive, pure defence, I don't even atrack, so I can just learn the patterns, and slowly weave in attakcs. Makes my boss learning much quicker.
Thanks for sharing the moon strat. Practical wnd stylish. I been liking about any mage build that fights dlc bosses snd i learn the hard way that simply casting night comet isnt good enough lol...
This dlc brings in so much ds3 vibes including the last boss of the ds3 dlc. I just loved this but not as much as ds3 dlc. That boss is beautiful and Radhan comes in as a copy of that which I don’t mind but I prefer the original.
Outstanding job beating the BS boss. Tbh though, feels like bosses are so over powercrept with their Sekiro and Bloodborne-like moves but our characters still use the same chugging and roll animations. Half of the fight is just rolling and rolling animations with little to none openings. We really need a fresh gameplay on the player side
Please do, it's not mine 😆 Let me know how it works out. One piece of feedback tho, don't use Radagon's Icon, cast will be too fast and Moon may miss him.
Yea, and I didn't expect it, I was trying to look cool for the thumbnail, how I have epic stance while he slams into me... but he decided to do the pull lol 🥳 🙂
@@joseandkris yeah i think his actual model is still in the air while his after image is already in the ground. Casting Ranni's Moon in this fight is such a cool move!
Thanks! Yes, a lot of questing is needed, I don't use just 2 spells, but for this fight, I had to simplify so my brain focuses on dodging and moving :) Hell of a journey :)
Congratulations, well done. I have to ask though, why use Glintstone Trio ? There are more powerful spells you could have used. i am also shocked at how many people commenting did not know that Ranni's Moon absorbs spells/magic, it's right there in the description. Well executed on your part.
Thank you! While there are more powerful spells, I prefer the Glintstone magic as I find it more defensive and bigger chance to hit. Like I can cast it while we have downtime or boss is posing and can focus on dodging, while if I used something more offensive, I would have to make sure it hits and focus on offence and aiming and range, and then I would forget how to dodge. I gotta keep it simple and reduce my brain load for these kind of fights 😅
Sick fight, especially the moon usage. I’m still trying to kill him solo with my knight of solitude build/greatsword of solitude but his second phase bullies me.
Thanks!! 😊 Oh, the Sword of Solitude slaps, amazing stagger dmg. There's a video on my channel where I beat him with a Golden Halberd, check it out, it's a similar setup as yours, big armor, one weapon. In the end it's about dodging and trading , at least for me 😊
I’m running as a mage. But that 2nd phase kills me. Can’t even get him down to 50% before dying. I’m gonna give the darkmoon and glintblade trio a try.
So yea, I spent a lot of time at 50%, and then when I got to 25% the first time, he went down quick. It's more about defence and survival then dmg. Some ppl can brutalize him I guess with OP builds.
