How to Cheese Commander Gaius in Shadow of the Erdtree (Easy Kill) 

This boss feels so damn cheap. There is almost zero time to attack him.

the worst boss in any video game, so unfair and fucking shit thank you for any cheese strat

Literally the worst boss design ever. The charge attack is so inconsistent to dodge

Every time I get it down to the last half and move to the final spot he blasts me with a one shot magic

mohgwyns spear at the corner works amazing too instead of scarlet rod..thank you 🙏🏻

THANK YOU! I never quite managed to get him fully stuck on the second phase, but was able to consistently get him pinned on that pillar to get him to phase 2. Took about 2 hours, but so glad it's over with!

It’s nice to see your videos again. This was difficult for me even with the video but eventually a combination of this vid along with some of your loyal followers that suggested Moghs spear…it worked. It definitely helped to get some scarlet rot on him and the places you shared where to go were super helpful. Sure appreciate ya!😊

For any squishy INT users: Get the Greatshield Soldier Ashes (+10), equip your best staff in one hand, the staff of loss in the other and then spam him with night comet. The soldiers do a great job of getting his aggro while you destroy him with night comet. Worked great for me :)

This is what I did: two hand Mohegan sacred spear (I upgraded it as far as I could to +9). I didn’t meet the stats so I equipped starscourage heirloom, radagons sorseal, Marika sorseal, outer god heirloom and silver tear mask). I followed this guide to get him stuck as shown in phase one. Spammed bloodborne ritual which is the weapons L2 attack (had to move a little to the left of the corner for it to hit). Did the same exact thing for phase two. Got him stuck in that same spot. Got him first try after doing this. Also, right when you go in through the fog gate if you mount horse then right before you are about to get hit unmount you will not take damage from invincibility s. Felt vindicated to “try fingers, but hole” this boss.

I used your pillar strategy for the whole fight (insead of running to the left geometry from entrance) combined with Mogh Spear Special. Took two extra attempts to learn when to switch sides and how to properly dismount, but worked. Thanks you a lot. I hate this spastic boss.

Yea so every time I get him to phase 2 he flies in the sky and hits me no matter what and the thing is if torrent gets hit it insta kills him and my dude takes 10 years to stand up and he just kills me before I even can, then if I get past he insta kills me with a spike from the ground or he just won’t get stuck on the columns

Did they patch this. He never gets stuck for me the first time and comes right around. Knocks me off the horse and whacks me til I'm dead with no time to recover. F this boss

is there a freeze glitch i swear my giaus is to aggressive for that strat he mows me down every time and even when i get both parts working he moves or does a one shot ground spike

It helped out I also managed to use the Mohgwyns Sacred spear during the second phase as the bloodboon ritual played a good factor in defeating Gaius

It worked and mohg's spear also works but when you enter you need to be equipped with the incantations because of you go in with mogh's weapon the mimic Will rush to the boss and die, so firstly you need to go In with the incantations and when you can equip mohg's weapon and then its kinda easy.

I followed your tip and it’s work like charm thanks 🤝

Thanks, this helped a lot. I'm not a very good Elden Ring player, so was struggling even with summons + mage build :D

This guide was great and was how I beat it. Only variations I did was I threw out my soldiers spirits ash right before he hit 50% and I used the Scarlett tree rather than the breath since it has longer range and easier to cause scarlet rot from a far.

I can’t even get out of the fucking door. I’ve rolled, ran and jumped to get away from the charge but he just runs me over back into the wall

Thank you for this. It did take me a few tries to get him stuck initially . . . But when I finally got him this fight was over. I (like others in the comments) used Mohg's Spear and nuked him. I am NG+7 and Scadu level 15 and this M'fer just wrecked me no matter what build or shield. Multiple tries and he was just too wonky and hit too hard. So, I appreciate the cheese to just put this bastard behind me :)

Thank you so much I tried doing it legit but every time he was close to dying he could go crazy with the combo attacks

I do the whole strat till the second fase and then I get him locked where he can’t take damage and then I can’t prock scarlet rot again and he don’t an AFE move that kills me in 1 hit cause it stun locks me so I can’t dodge out of the second hit and I don’t know what to do I feel like I am doing everything right so I am completely lost 😞

How do you breath trought the pillar? It doesnt work for me

Doesn’t work for me. Because for some reason my guies comes from the left side of the arena and not from the midle

i used mohgyns spear for this and it worked perfectly. the only thing is that once you get him to around 25%, he’ll get out of the spot and do some magic move(at least in my case). if that happens all you have to do is just repeat the process and go to the corner again, and then rotate around to the other corner.

You can use zamor ice storm here (Long hold then release) just walk forward if you feel you’ll fall off. My character kept sliding. ( I was not on torrent) He’ll try coming around once or twice and just goto the other side if so.

Just beat him the other day with raptor if mists to dodge his charge and gravity attacks. Is that a slept on strat?

if anyone is still having trouble with this boss forget this cheese get lighting perfumer bottles howl of shabiri and the rolling sparks ash of war there’s a couple more things you can get to increase damage like talismans but if you want to know more just look up the build do it fast to cause there’s no way it’s not getting nerfed 10k damage in 1 press of the trigger and it took me through the whole game

As of the time of this comment, this method is still working. Its not perfect, but much, much better than facing that porcine bestard in the open field.

Appreciate this strat, it didnt go nearly as smooth as your video lol, but it did work eventually.

tried it today, still works. For extra speed use Moghwyn's Sacred spear.Bloodboon ritual goes though the wall and kills him faster then waiting out the rot.

He isn’t getting stuck for me, no matter how many times I try…it’s not working on mine 😢

How are you not getting hit with his instakill magic???

This strat took me three tries today and I nailed him. Never called in my spirit ashes. Fight went a bit different than on the video, though. At first I tried to make it to the first pillar on Torrent, but Gaius followed right after me and clobbered me (and killed Torrent). I didn't bother to jump back on Torrent, I simply sprinted to the other side of the pillar and Gaius got stuck, just as shown in the video. I kept running in-place into the wall; Gaius was on the other side. I then two-handed the Mohegan sacred spear (+10) and spammed its special skill. I was averaging between 2600 and 3400 damage with each thrust into the sky. At times I didn't get any hits. I think this was because Gaius had backed off the wall for some reason. But when I heard commotion from his side, I again went to work and just continued to hack away at him. If he moved into Phase 2 I was never aware of it. I killed him in that first phase. The mechanics of this strat are pretty easy, just don't overthink it. I was surprised I could make it back around the pillar on foot before Gaius nailed me, but that's exactly what happened and allowed me to take him out.

did they fix this in the last update? i hope not bc hes really been pissing me off lmfao

It’s not working for me. Did they patch this already?

Okay so I cheesed this guy today after watching this. It took a few attempts but here’s my advice. Use Mohgwyn’s Sacred Spear to inflict AOE bleed on that first pillar during the first part of his video, he still gets stuck there when Gaius is in the back (side away from fog gate) and you are on the lip of it (on the side closer to fog gate). Once he goes 2nd phase run for your life, then try to get him back to that pillar. He does his annoying AoE gravity attack that can almost one shot you in his 2nd phase, but after a few tries, I got him stuck again on that pillar. And he went down like a little biyotch like he deserved with the spear. I did also inflict rot on him like this video shows during his first phase, so I think that’s also likely a good idea. This boss deserves to be cheesed, because this guy is awful with horrible hit boxes. Thanks FromSoft! I didn’t feel happy or proud afterwards, only relief that I wouldn’t have to deal with this again any time soon.

this was really helpful, but every time i got close to killing him, he would launch rocks from the ground that i couldn’t dodge. it one shot me every time, even if he was stuck

Use the Talisman of Dread and the full powered Blasphemous Blade. The Taker's Flame will damage him for 5,000.

Does this still work after the latest patch?

Anybody struggling the best option is skeletal militiaman highest upgrade you can go and use impregnable torns spell. The skeleton are super aggressive and keeps his attention just spam spell

I just use Miriam’s Varnishing spell to phase out and teleport behind Giaus charged attack.

so what do I do if im an intelligence build

Thank you Ogles, Rotten Breath worked perfect

If you get him caught in the first corner you mentioned in the video, you can spam mohgwyns spear and finish him completely 🎉

Scarlet Rot with Ekzykes's Decay only works on him some of the time. Many attemps simply don't work

Doesn't work, for me anyway.

The WORST boss!!! Unfortunately, in his second phase, I couldn't get the commander to stay in the corner :( so here's what worked for me (TANK BUILD): I don't use a summon because the bastard is too fast and the summon will die lol. Stick to the boar's butt and attack him with the blasphemous blade's special move. Everytime the commander turns to attack, you HAVE TO remain close to him using the Fingerprint Stone Shield (i use that, but i guess any greatshield will work). The shield will block the commander's frontal attack. Keep an eye on your stamina!!! Use this strategy the entire fight. Stay close to the boar's butt, use the special attack of the blasphemous blade. When he turns around, defend yourself using the greatshield again. Go to the back of the roar and repeat the attack. The secret is to stay near the commander (I lock the target), so he doesnt have time to use his crazy-gravity-insane-jump in his second phase. Hope it helps ;) Love your videos :D

It don’t work every time I try he comes around

Use the scarlet aeona instead when he gets trapped in the gate it reaches him slightly

Just completed the fight. For anyone looking to make it a little easier Mohgwyns Spear works significantly better than rot. The guide is great for explaining how to position the boss around the pillar; however, using Mohg’s spear you want to stay on that pillar for the entirety of the fight. Follow the guide till the first pillar and position him just as the video instructs, then use the spears skill until his second phase activates. When he jumps in the air you can spam roll into the corner to dodge the AOE and then make your way to the other side of the pillar (while staying on the ledge). Once on the other side of the pillar in the second phase use the skill again until he dies. I will note on the second phase he might use some magic so be ready for that if necessary. Also since i was spamming only the skill make sure to add the talismans: -Warrior Jar Shard -Lord of Blood’s Exultation

THIS BOSS IS DOODOO. I hate him so much it's so inconsistent and rng. I've been doing the same exact thing you were doing and it just doesn't work... Leveled up my Mohg spear and just used that instead of the dragon rot. Faster and such an easy cheese, guaranteed kill.

Is it true? People are saying hes like a mini Radahn except hes got a Spear and a Boar instead of a malnourished horse

I think they fixed this glitch on the lastest update..pls try it again because its not working unfortunately. Cannot kill him at all..😢

I fought this boss and beat him, he was tough but he’s pretty easy after you study his moves

no shyt did this and he died same time as me- runs around the corners bow post patch but still works - have to switch corners more

Beat him with my Page build. I basically light rolled his attacks abd countered with bleed arrows lmao

I just use mohgwyn’s spear and spam the bleed then move around the corner and did the same, finish him in few min. I’m done with this boss lol. It does insane dmg and it was ng+3

Erdtree seal allows you to use incants on torrent?

i just fought him and beat him after 2.5 hrs.... i almost unistalled even after winning. that fight just assured i wont being doing another run of the DLC.

I was able to beat him staying in the first spot the whole time and using Mohgs spear!

I didnt know you could fight this guy while using torent. Using my horse was just enough for me to tackle this boss without cheesing

I'd like to officially dedicate this comment to my pure unfiltered hatred for this boss. I'm lvl 410 NG+7, I defeated the avatar easily, the mother of fingers and Malenia. This boss is literally impossible, even with the cheese. I surrender, fuck this commander gayius and whoever thought it was a good idea to implement it in the DLC. Thank you for sharing this cheese tho, I don't know you but your explanations are clear and detailed 👍

why does he spawn right in front of you? He spawns all the way to the left on my game and i cant do this trick

you dont have time to do a summons or get on the mount ... heck the boar is faster than my mount

Doesn’t work.. They patched it

This works! I suggest everyone take advantage before they change it lol

THANKYOUUUU

He just hit me through the wall

idk if this works anymore :(

Doesnt work anymore, breaks free an spams his spell to shoot you up in the air for a one hit kill

Got him trapped once, never again. Tried fighting legit, but he wrecks me within a minute or less.

For me he always gets unstuck in first phase :(

It patch, it will stuck for a little bit then he will come around you

Bro wtf he ran over me so many times ...😂

You're beautiful. Also side note I just waited till he did the dive on the second phase and then switched to the other side and he got stuck again. P.S. I killed him with moghs spear ability.

This works better with mohgs staff you can melt him at first location

Mog spear did it. Absolutely rediculous boss design. Just terrible

Honestly, the easiest way is just to put as much stats into int and then spam overhand moonveil

Thank you i just beat him

Nothing works

I believe it's patched in v1.18 He doesn't want to get stuck in pillars anymore.. I think they made him zoom around more in the new update... I wish I did this yesterday......

Tgis doesnt work

Get the Greatshield Solder Ashes... and heal the shit out of them. That and 2 scarlet rot on him will melt him.

Doesn’t work

I swear it already doesnt work or im just awful lol

For anyone wanting an easier strategy, just go to the second position that this guy went to in this video first, equip mohgwyns spear with lord of blood exultation and soak it on that corner until he gets free and comes for you then just switch sides and spam it again, after about 10-15 seconds of it each time simp,y switch sides and repeat, he always stays running at you in the corner for 10-15 seconds so it’s more than enough time to spam the move a bit. He was such a nightmare at first but I’ve taken him down three times on my first try since doing this.

Can’t confirm does not work

This boss absolutely sucks. The worst one I’ve fought so far. I can confirm he still gets stuck on the 1st pillar. What’s annoying about the 2nd part is his constant invincibility when near the fog gate, so you have to apply rot a 2nd time, I’m going to keep trying. Another annoying this is that my mimic will disappear for some reason when he gets stuck. What a piece $h!t boss FromSoft 👏🏻

Shield poke him with anspur and fingerprint shield

Wanna kiss you man it works ❤❤❤ but I used moghs spear to

So they decided to give that boar the same speed as Torrent has Insanely big hitbox when charging, so if your timing is not perfect, you are fucked A spell arsenal bigger than Radahn's AOI attacks Ranged attack with such tracking that you can't dodge it with Torrent But without Torrent, I can barely reach him with my colossal weapon, because he never stops And such damage that I can barely tank a hit with 60 Vigor and 61 Endurance Oh, and Torrent dies to him in like 3 hits And because summoning takes shit ton of time, you can't summon when you enter the arena without taking any damage Wow, such a great fucking boss design:DDDDD

dragons rot is shit, use the same method but use mohgs spear with the blood boon ritual behind the pillar does way better damage

This the only boss that actually made me not wanna play

nah this boss is BS. i died over 25-30 times so far. i tried your strat and one time managed to get him to half health using rotten breath but couldn’t get to the other location before he one shotted me. i used a number of different weapons, talismans, buffs. used mimic tear, black knife tiche and latenna even but no luck. i summoned in a number of regular players but they got destroyed like me. there were two or three players that maybe could have soloed her but gaius kept agroing back on me and id die. im hoping they nerf him (at least his aggression or damage) . ill come back later when i have more scadu tree fragments and revered spirit ashes. or since he’s optional i may skip him. trash boss.

This boss is the worst designed boss in any souls game i have ever played, the only boss ive ever fought in any game that is worse is probably the first phase of maliketh

doesn’t work

sad we have to glitch the damn game to make him even remotely fair. lol.

They already fixed this and doest work. They went out of their way to create a boss that is beyond unfair and un fun. This is when I wish I'd never bought the dlc.

I just cheat engined his health to 0. Insta kill. I have seen bullshit bosses, i have taken on the Godskin Duo, but this? never in my life have i seen such a shitty boss not even in Dark Souls 2.