Does no one understand the joke He said that because most of the Elden ring boss vids were made around when they were released hence why he said he was stuck on it for 2 years because the vid was released a few months ago
your tips on how to evade his attacks helped me with this a lot and that's how I finally beat him once you gave me that level of comfort! Thank you for your help!
Had to take this guy down in NG+ in order to get my bell bearings for the expansion... but after a night of trying I decided to see what I was doing wrong. I forgot about Rot! I followed this guide and downed him in my second attempt. I was a bit too aggressive in the first... I just let rot do its thing in phase 2 on my second attempt. Easy!
Thank you, i just got to him for the first time, and kept getting destroyed. I didn't think i could use my rot breath for anything else than phase transitions. 😂
Thank you so much!! I had no idea how im supposed to beat this thing but this video helped me a lot! I feel like i should use this dragon abilitys more often now they seem pretty usefull.
You’re a bossman! combined it with doing some summons in the 2nd phase just to keep him away - rot didn’t finish him off completely but they did! Thanks honestly - got him down to like 5 hp in the first hour, then died - took two more hours but got there in the end 😂
That’s so genius, funny enough I actually used the same sword and seal and spells against him. I was about to stop since it seemed like it wasn’t doing anything but ur vid was so helpful.
Why isn’t the rot being applied in his scone phase for me? I did it the first phase and it worked fine but when I do it on the second phase it just doesn’t work at all even when I use it twice with full cast.
Spamming Godskin Peeler ash of war behind his foot also works wonders. He struggles to retaliate behind his foot and the huge % hp damage from a full charge shreds him. On a sidenote, once you beat him go back to grace and use the runes. Super easy to fall and lose them after the boss.
It sounds like you're not afflicting him with the status condition. A lot of people saying the same thing as you werent holding the button down to completely deplete the magic bar. If you are doing that, then you may need to put a couple points into Mind. I didn't have to but maybe it's because I chose a different starter class than you.
@@actintuffgaming yeah, I tried again and held down the bar and it started working. However, I die every single time when his HP is almost gone. One roll and I’m done. I get him to his 2nd phase without even taking a hit now, but this second phase is brutal. I’ve loved the game so far but this boss is just not enjoyable 🥲
This fight was a wall for me on my first playthrough. It's def worth getting through, though, so keep at it, bro! I've beaten him a few different ways so feel free to ask any questions and I'll do my best to help out.
i use rotten breath, poison mist and spells. im definitely cheesing the game. also using blasphemous blade, sword of night and flame, wing of astel and bloodhound fang. those feel like cheating too lol
I struggle lol First play through and I have made it past everything so far, except the fire giant. I seem to be stuck, on this one. I will try this method! Thank you!
Thanks, dude! Getting the rot on him in phase 2 can be tough but it should work if you run to his left arm like I did in the video. Gotta get there quick and unload the full bar. He's gonna be a little more resistant to getting scarlet rot again so you may need to hit him with a second rotten breath attack in phase 2. You should have time to hit him with it one more time from behind him if the first attack doesn't do it.
What i do to beat him is for the first faze play very agressive then 2nd faze stay by his legs and smack them with the horse so he can’t get you but i have died to the trees and rocks SO MANY TIME that i have NO regret cheesing him
I didn't get hit once using my horse while using the river of blood blade max level found at the church outside the arena. You will have too fight a NPC mob for it. You will prob be fine if you use a frost or blood weapon. Aim for feet and stay behind him and use the horse.
I must be doing a lot wrong....Because I'm using Alexandar and the Mimic Tear and I can handle phase 1 but haven't made it through phase 2 yet. Tried a bunch of times. One problem I have is if I use Alexandar and another helper I can't ride Torrent??????
The scarlet rot works for me, but it wears off before I can get him to the second phase. Did they nerf scarlet rot? Is it’s supposed to wear off after a certain amount of time?
Yeah it wears off after a certain amount of time but you can reapply it. It takes more rotten breath to reapply it each time though. It hasn't been nerfed. People have commented today that it worked for them.
This isn’t working for me I hit him with the rotten breath but the scarlet rot doesn’t damage him after like yours did. Can you help me and if you know can you tell me why he’s not continue ig to take damage from the rotten breath Edit: that might of been confusing I’m saying a can’t get the rot status effect
Sounds like you're not hitting him with enough of the attack. Hold down button until the magic bar is completely depleted. If that doesn't work, it means you're not hitting him with enough of the breath. Just hit hit him with the attack again and it should work
@@actintuffgaming yeah I just retried it before reading this I read other comments with the same problem. My problem was not hitting enough of the scarlet rot because I would miss some of the breath and wouldn’t inflict it
@@actintuffgaming just beat him thank you so much for the guide u got close but could never beat the second stage but with this I did. I’m also running a faith build so I can continue to use rotten breath in the future. Something you could add if you ever remake this video is when you go behind him you can do rotten breath again just incase you didn’t get it at the start of phase two
@@actintuffgaming I beat him, by hugging his feet until he went down. I then went for his hands and eyeball. The rot breath is very timing specific, and was a bit hard for me to to pull off, without getting yeeted and rocked.
I don't remember the exact numbers but Arcane was at 16 or 17 and Mind was around the same(maybe a little higher like 18-20?). My main stats were strength and faith so I could maximize the blasphemous blade. Rotten Breath is the dragon incantation I used, but this definitely isn't a build around rotten breath. It was "Hey, I wonder if this works?" and it did lol. I learned my lesson about not including the build in my videos and now include them in each one.
I can get the rot status effect on the first phase but not on the second ive tried multiple times does anyone know why it wont work also i only tried rotten breath on his right arm in phase 2
Hey man im struggling to get the rot to do damage over time on the second phase, it always works for the first stage but on the second it does a bit of base damage and then nothing else, am i just hitting the wrong spot?
Happy to help! Two things could cause this: 1) You aren't fully depleting your magic bar on the attack. (You've gotta do this so he gets afflicted with scarlet rot) 2) Youre not hitting him with enough of the spell. (If this is the reason, then take a magic flask and hit him with it again.) If either of those don't work, let me know and I'll help you problem solve it further. Thanks for watching and commenting!
This is gonna be a big help, got in a competition with my friend to see which could beat him in the least tries. As long as I do it in under four, I should be fine. Also, im assuming I can use any weapon, and don’t have time to use the blasphemous blade?
Use whatever weapon you'd like! Just make sure you fully exhaust your magic bar while using rotten breath. If it doesn't inflict scarlet rot, hit him with it once more and you'll be Golden! Good luck, bro!
I equip the torrent whistle to the right directional button of my bag through the equipment menu. Then, while in game, I just press Y and right direction button to summon Torrent.
> try to find a cheese for fire giant in 2024 > find a promising video > the video repeats what i've been doing over and over for the first phase > i need to toss away my current build for a spell > contemplate on why im playing this game > repeat the cycle
You don't have to throw away your build. You just need enough arcane to use rotten breath. My character in this video is a melee build that just equipped rotten breath for this fight. You'll get through this fight, bro. I struggled really bad with it on my first playthrough too. Best of luck!
I dont understand how most vids i see the enemie looks like it smoked i thick one and just chilling.meanwhile i go through the mist and i get obliberated within 5sec
For the most part, you can make fromsoftware bosses predictable with your actions. Elden Ring is a little different because ending of some boss combos can vary but it's still pretty similar. That's one of the things that makes me love the games. They're about pattern recognition.
Omg. My game glitches every time in this fight. The 2nd phase bugs out my torrent shortcut. It has 2 items ghosted over each other and it won’t let me use torrent 😭
@@actintuffgamingok i just discovered i was using it wrong. i was hitting rb/r1 button once like shooting a basic spell instead of holding it and doing a charged continuous attack lol. been able to now successfully use it on a couple mini bosses and npc invaders.
Man I don’t know what I’m doing wrong but in the first phase I rot him normally but in the second one I do more damage than you also but he can’t get rotted, you got any tips or sum? I got the dragon communion seal at level 7 btw. Appreciate your answer man
Because you're not inflicting him with scarlet rot. You're just hitting him with rotten breath. You have to hold down the button to hit him with a bunch of rotten breath in order to trigger the scarlet rot status condition on him
It has not been patched. You've gotta hold the button down to hit him with a bunch of rotten breath and that will inflict him with the scarlet rot status effect which causes his health to constantly deplete throughout the fight. If you do it once and it doesn't trigger, do it again and it will work.
If you made it this far in the game, you can beat him. Read through the comments and see some common mistakes people were making. There are a bunch of comments asking if it's been patched but then they figured out what they were doing wrong. Hope that helps, and I wish you the best, bro!
Rotten breath needs to hit him for a certain amount before you get the scarlet rot status effect to trigger. Make sure you're holding the button down to fully spend your entire magic bar. If you're doing that and it's still not working, you just need to hit him with it again.
I'm not sure, bro. I hold down the button to release it all in one go. Scarlet rot is a status effect caused by rotten breath hitting him a bunch. So it may be that you're missing him with some of the attack.
Rot builds up to the status effect of scarlet rot. Gotta hold down the button to hit him with all of your magic bar. If his health bar still isn't going down, hit him with it again.
The method definitely works. They haven't patched the game since I made the video, and people commented 2 days ago that it worked for them. If you're holding the button and completely exhausting the magic bar for the attack, then you may need to slightly level up Mind. I didn't have to do that but I don't remember which starting class I chose for this character. If you don't want to level it up, you can just hit him with the rotten breath attack again soon after. Another reason it may not be working is youre not hitting him with enough of the breath itself during the attack. Sorry it's not working for you but I'm happy to try to help further if you have questions or describe how you're trying it. I appreciate you watching and commenting.
As soon as he falls after breaking his ankle I just let loose on the rot breath and the initial damage occurs but it doesn’t leave the status effect on him so it does little to no damage
Sounds like you need to hit him with it again. The breath does damage but it needs to hit a certain amount of damage before inflicting the status condition. Try hitting him with it one more time soon after and that should do the trick. Let me know how it turns out!
