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| Location | Leyndell, Royal Capital |
| Drops | Duelist Set Duelist Greataxe Battle Hammer |
Duelist is a Humanoid Enemy in Elden Ring. The Duelists either wield a giant axe with an extended chain, or two Battle Hammers attached to chains, which they can swing around with ease.
In the Consecrated Snowfield, there are two Rotten Duelist variants.
Former gladitorial fighters who were exiled from the colloseum. They wield chain axes and hammers, and attack with a frenzied fervor.
Elden Ring Duelist Locations
Where to Find Duelist:
- Leyndell, Royal Capital, near the large colosseum.
Elden Ring Duelist Drops
Item |
Drop Rate |
Additional Info |
| Duelist Helm | 3.00% | N/A |
| Gravekeeper Cloak | 3.00% | N/A |
| Duelist Greaves | 3.00% | N/A |
| Duelist Greataxe | 4.00% | Only drops from the Duelist Greataxe Variant |
| Battle Hammer | 4.00% | Only drops from the Battle Hammer Variant. |
Duelist Notes & Tips
- There are several boss versions, such as the Grave Warden Duelist, the Frenzied Duelist and the Putrid Grave Warden Duelist, as well as one darkness-wrapped one that must be brought into a circle of light in the Sainted Hero's Grave (does not respawn after death).
- Damage:
Standard (Axe), 
Strike (flail, hammer) - Parriable: Yes
- Is suspectible to a critical hit after stance break or parry. Also vulnerable to backstab critical
- At low health, Duelist performs a War Cry, which alters their moveset and increase damage.
- Weak to Slash, Frostbite, Hemorrhage
- Notes and player tips go here.
Duelist Image Gallery
AnonymousWhy do these guys even stop spawning when the Erdtree burns down? You can still access the Colosseum after beating Maliketh, and the terrain isn't affected by the ash at all.
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i want their chain swing attacks so badly. what if the axe had a stance where you could swing the ball or axe, and the hammer had the swing+jump combo
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Spent hours grinding for the gauntlets just to realize they never had gauntlets :,)
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I find it very ironic that these duelists drop their gear so rarely, while their rotten counterparts have 100% chance apon 1st kill, due to the fact they disappear permanently later while the rotten versions don't.
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When they use it, they have massive, badass weapons with unique chain attacks, when i use it, i have the smallest weapons in their respective weapon-classes, with no unique chain attacks. WHY, we were on the verge of greatness!
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On my RL1+0 run, Zweihander was the easiest way for me to deal with these guys. Slap Giant Hunt on it, add Blood affinity. Then Giant Hunt -> charged R2 -> breaks their poise -> riposte -> Giant Hunt -> charged R2, and so on as long as you have FP. Since they have almost no armor, they bleed all the time.
Parrying works well too, but only against the hammer wielding guys. Axe wielders are a huge pain: you can't parry most of their attacks, while they have infinite poise and high damage. So, in the end of the day, a colossal weapon was the only option for me.
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For madlads such as myself who decide to farm those bois on a low-level, low-upgrade (read - twink) character for fashion, Giant Hunt is the answer. Better stack it with some status effects like bleed or frost (my weapon of choice was cold militia saw +1). A duelist goes down with 1 blue flask between AOW and crits. Hope this helps XD
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Farmed these dudes for about 2 hours, got 6 cloaks, 4 pants, 2 hammers and an axe before they dropped the helmet lol
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I think the one with the Greataxe can only be parried when they lift it back up from the ground with one hand. This would keep in with the rule that you can't parry colossal weapons if two-handed.
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I was hoping I was missing some of these elsewhere but it looks like I can’t farm them until the next ng cycle
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If you are an arcane/bleed Bloody Helice makes short work with the iframe skill
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Troll's Roar AoW will knock these over (with a +8 executioner's greataxe). Two more hits and they are stance broken. Rinse and repeat.
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What are the chances of one of these dropping all 3 piece of their armour set at once? Thought I was in for a world of hurt when starting to farm them but that was a pleasant surprise.
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I can confirm that Dragonmaw is amazing for farming these guys, made it very easy.
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The battle hammer is not a 4.00% drop chance it’s more like 2.00%…
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The axe variant has a badass move where he grabs the chain and twirls the axe around to hit you a mile away. I've only seen him do it if I use a crossbow.
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i want their ball and chain weapon so bad its not even funny
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These guys can be annoying to farm bc of their poise and damage but dragon maw absolutely wrecks them and keeps them on the ground.
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The greataxe wielding ones have delays that would make Margit proud.
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*squints* huh. y'know i never noticed on my first playthrough but the duelists are like...REALLY dark skinned. like, way darker than everyone else in the game world besides maybe nepheli. that's actually kind of interesting. looking at the rotten duelists it's a bit difficult to use them as a reference as they're more like downright gray, which may be a consequence of being afflicted with rot.
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These are very different from the boss version in murkwater catacombs, I was there fairly early on without upgraded weapons or exalted flesh and I was surprised how quickly he died. The two in Leyndell are a proper handful though, I wasn't expecting a walk in the park but I was still surprised how much they tested me.
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Okay the, "Congratulations!! Comments are on an approval only. Please wait for moderator approval after you post" message wasn't loading before. Now that I see that I apologize to the unfortunate moderator who has to approve my comments. Be well. Stay safe.
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I submitted a reply twice and I still can't see it. Do they need to be approved or something? I swear I'm losing my mind.
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I wish the off hand mace was available as a weapon, none of the maces have good range and that one sllliings baby!
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do the guys in leyendell even drop the cloaks any more? I've got 5 helmets, 4 greaves, 4 hammers, 2 axes, and NOT A SINGLE CLOAK
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