Elemer of the Briar |
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Location | The Shaded Castle |
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24,000 ![]() 18,000 ![]() 6,000 ![]() Marais Executioner's Sword Briar Greatshield |
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HP | 4,897 |
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Elemer of the Briar is a Great Enemy Boss in Elden Ring. Elemer of the Briar is an extremely aggressive human boss and is found in The Shaded Castle in Altus Plateau. This is an optional boss as players don't need to defeat it to advance the plot of the game.
See Bell Bearing Hunter for other variants of this boss.
Elemer of the Briar, the Bell Bearing Hunter, snatched the sword from the site of his looming execution, and furnished it with battle skills from his home of Eochaid
Elden Ring Elemer of the Briar Boss
- This is an optional boss
- Closest Site of Grace: Shaded Castle Inner Gate
- Multiplayer is allowed for this boss
- You can summon Spirit Ashes for this boss
Elden Ring Elemer of the Briar Location
Elemer of the Briar is at the very top of The Shaded Castle in Altus Plateau. From the Shaded Castle Inner Gate Site of Grace, head north along the passage, turn west at the fork, and climb the ladder to a balcony with two Rotten Strays. Head east through the building, across the bridge, and into the next building. Climb the stairs and head south into another courtyard. Go into the door that a Cleanrot Knight emerges from, ride the elevator up, and head straight forward to find Elemer of the Briar.
Elemer of the Briar Combat information
- Health: 4,897 HP
- Defense: 111
- Stance: 80
- Parryable: Yes, but 2 parries are required per stance break
- Is vulnerable to a critical hit after being stance broken or parried
- Damage:
Standard,
Strike,
Pierce,
Magic
- Drops
24,000
Negations (or Absorptions)
The negation numbers are the % of your damage that gets blocked. For example, if a negation is 60, 40% of that damage by that type will go through and 60% will be negated. Bigger number = less damage. A negation of 100 means no damage goes through, and a negation of -100 mean the enemy takes 2x damage from that source. 0 means damage goes pretty much as is.
Resistances
Poison: 332 / 430 / 720 / 1177
Scarlet Rot: 332 / 430 / 720 / 1177
Hemorrhage: 543 / 833 / 1290
Frostbite: 543 / 833 / 1290
The resistance numbers are the buildup amount to trigger it. For example, if a resistance is 100 you must deal 100 points of the given buildup to trigger it. Note that these go down over time, and increase each time the effect procs. The values after the "/"s indicate the increased resistances after each successive proc.
NG+ and Beyond (click to reveal)
NG | NG+ | NG+2 | NG+3 | NG+4 | NG+5 | NG+6 | NG+7 | |
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HP | 4,897 | 7,154 | 7,869 | 8,227 | 8,584 | 9,300 | 9,657 | 10,015 |
Defense | 111 | 118 | 121 | 124 | 129 | 135 | 141 | 153 |
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24,000 | 72,000 | 79,200 | 81,000 | 86,400 | 88,200 | 90,000 | 91,800 |
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332 / 430 / 720 / 1177 | 358 / 456 / 746 / 1203 | 363 / 461 / 751 / 1208 | 368 / 466 / 756 / 1213 | 374 / 472 / 762 / 1219 | 379 / 477 / 767 / 1224 | 384 / 482 / 772 / 1229 | 390 / 488 / 778 / 1235 |
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332 / 430 / 720 / 1177 | 358 / 456 / 746 / 1203 | 363 / 461 / 751 / 1208 | 368 / 466 / 756 / 1213 | 374 / 472 / 762 / 1219 | 379 / 477 / 767 / 1224 | 384 / 482 / 772 / 1229 | 390 / 488 / 778 / 1235 |
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543 / 833 / 1290 | 585 / 875 / 1332 | 593 / 883 / 1340 | 602 / 892 / 1349 | 611 / 901 / 1358 | 620 / 910 / 1367 | 628 / 918 / 1375 | 637 / 927 / 1384 |
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543 / 833 / 1290 | 585 / 875 / 1332 | 593 / 883 / 1340 | 602 / 892 / 1349 | 611 / 901 / 1358 | 620 / 910 / 1367 | 628 / 918 / 1375 | 637 / 927 / 1384 |
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332 / 430 / 720 / 1177 | 358 / 456 / 746 / 1203 | 363 / 461 / 751 / 1208 | 368 / 466 / 756 / 1213 | 374 / 472 / 762 / 1219 | 379 / 477 / 767 / 1224 | 384 / 482 / 772 / 1229 | 390 / 488 / 778 / 1235 |
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Elden Ring Elemer of the Briar Boss Guide
Elemer of the Briar Boss Video Guide
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Elemer of the Briar Fight Strategy
The Best Tips for Elemer of the Briar:
- When entering the boss room, it's possible to sneak up behind him and hit him with a fully charged heavy attack. His retaliation to this will usually be a Shield Slam, allowing you to roll behind him and hit him again. Note that he cannot be back-stabbed.
- All his sword attacks deal pure Physical Damage, so a shield with 100% physical negation can completely block them.
Melee Users
Keep it Close: Eochaid's Dancing Blade makes Elemer particularly effective at attacking you from medium or long distance, whereas he has relatively few moves and combos available at short range. Stay close and learn to dodge this limited and more predictable moveset. If you need to heal or use an item, wait until he uses Shield Slam, which has the longest recovery time in his arsenal. Remember you can bait it by moving directly behind him!
Bait and Strike: Move from close to medium range to provoke Elemer into using Eochaid's Dancing Blade, then close back in and attack. The first Dancing Blade attack can't combo into Blade Return, so you've got a relatively safe window as he passively retrieves the sword, especially if you stick to his right flank.
Magic and Ranged Users
Using a Spirit Ash will help greatly with taking Elemer's attention, giving you a lot of time to deal damage. Keep your distance to avoid his quick melee attacks, but try to avoid getting too far away and provoking a Shield Charge which will quickly close the gap, and when his sword glows red get ready to dodge an Eochaid's Dancing Blade combo.
Elemer of the Briar Attacks & Counters
Attack | Description | Counter |
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Roll away to bait Eochaid's Dancing Blade and close back in to do damage. This is almost always parriable, even when the sword is glowing red, but there's one exception. See the combo chart below |
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Roll to either side |
Shield Charge | Dashes forward quickly, shield-first. Usually used when you're far away | Roll to either side or stay close to avoid this attack in the first place |
Shield Slam | Slams his greatshield down to the ground, creating a small burst of damage. May follow up by pulling it back out, creating a larger damage burst. Often uses this when you're directly behind him | Move backwards or roll backwards away to get out of the attack range, or roll diagonally forwards to end up behind him and punish the attack |
Eochaid’s Dancing Blade |
His sword glows red and slashes at a distance. He'll usually start his Dancing Blade combos when you're at a medium or long distance away | Roll forward. Although he can combo back into close-range attacks, it takes him long enough to retrieve his sword that this is a good opportunity to get in some damage. Just watch out for Blade Return |
Blade Return | Holds out his right hand and calls back his sword quickly after Eochaid's Dancing Blade, stabbing the player in the back | Roll to either side when you see him stretch out his right hand, or avoid positioning yourself directly between him and his sword in the first place |
Drilling Blade |
Holds his sword to his right as it begins to glow and spin, then thrusts it forward. This thrust can be either short- or long-range; if it's long-range, he'll follow it with an unparriable Swing. | Roll to your left to avoid the attack and attack his unprotected side |
Grasp of Eochaid | Holds up his left hand as it glows, then reaches forward to grab you. This has a longer range than it looks like. If you're grabbed, he'll lift you up and slam you down with his sword | Move away from the boss as soon as you see his hand start glowing |
Elemer of the Briar Lore, Notes & Other Trivia
- Elemer's sword originally belonged to House Marais, the family of executioners who presided over the Shaded Castle. Elemer snatched the sword from the site of his looming execution, and furnished it with battle skills from his home of Eochaid, which involve telekinetically moving their weapons.
- After beating this boss, the player can purchase his armor - Briar Set - from Enia.
- Elemer also goes by the name of the Bell Bearing Hunter and has multiple other encounters around the Lands Between at night where other Shopkeeper NPCs are found.
Elemer of the Briar Combo Chart
Elemer of the Briar Image Gallery
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So yeah just keep right next to him so he never uses the bullshit moves
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Had a perfect fight at lvl 52 with a +3 regalia of eochaid and +0 skeletal militiaman. I got quite few parries as well.
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what i wouldn't give for that command grab throw as an ash of war
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A really solid mid game 'git gud' check against a really cool design in a tough setting. I like this one.
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Lightning Spear Does a chunk of damage. Ashed-in Omenkiller Rollo to tank as a distraction, kept my distance, let Rollo gain his aggro, and Lightning Speared him. Repeat. Didn't even get a hit on me.
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+10 Bolt of gransax with Godfrey Icon, Lightning Scorpion Charm, Carian Filigreed Crest, And Warrior Jar Shard makes this boss trivial if anyone is struggling
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Obvious Gael references aside (flowing red cape and the hood, an Executioner's Greatsword, red tinged magic), the second part of his grab attack where he slams his sword down onto you is straight up one of Gael's animations. Noticed it in the gameplay trailer last year and remembered it when I finally got grabbed by him
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I liked this boss he took me about ten minutes but that’s only because I’m level 113
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fun boss. stuck close to him for most of the fight. elemer's glue
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Awesome bossfight, truly. Took me long enough but when I got the dodges down it became a dance of sorts. Only unfair part is the seemingly undodgeable grab attack that grabs you when you’re not even near the guy.
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The skeleton spearmen summons helped me. They were only +1, but they distracted him whilst he killed them, then its very important you pull the aggro off them so he can't kill their corpses, and they will keep respawning and diverting his attention for precious seconds, allowing you to heal or charge attack.
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got my ass kicked so many times and hated this boss until i did that stay behind stuff people talk about. still dont like him, but staying behind, dodging the shield attack, and getting a jump attack in then repeating made it a hell of a lot easier and let me finish the fight.
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From reading enough comments about various bosses on here it seems like any boss that is harder or more challenging in some way becomes a “bad boss” or shitty design
That being said this boss was unexpectedly challenging for a rando side boss, especially if you are trying to solo him
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Boy. After he beat me for the 20th time it got personal. That ****ing dancing blade. But here's the strategy I developed:
> Get the scarlet rot weapon from the ladie outside the gates and Ancestral Follower Spirit Ash, plus a 100 PHY shield like Carian
> Spawn Ancestral, run to Mr.Flying weapon and stay close to his back. This will prompt him to shield-attack, that's a large opening. Stay close to his back at all costs, be careful for the lethal combos. ONLY CURE after roll dodging a shield bash
>Use the shield only to block the last attack in a combo, or the 2nd boomerang dancing blade, otherwise you lose poise
The rapier is perfect for taking advantage of his small openings, and the scarlet rot will soon take him over. Don't be greedy, two R1s each opening are fine. The support provided by the SA is the cherry on top
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Beat him with a mix of black knife and misercorde with flame of the remanes
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easily one of the hardest boss of the game, i already got 2 endings and i'm doing the last one i'm still missing, i never died so much to a boss in the whole game, i almost gave up on him until i said **** it and summoned a mimic tear, my mimic tear is level 6 and got beaten the **** out of it it's insane the combos are neverending and hit like a truck, he can just spin his ****in blade basically covering the whole room's area and once you get hit one time you better do the best 3 rolls perfect timing in a row or you get punished the hell out of you.
I've did almost every single other boss solo but this one, yeah i just couldn't. I remember it was even worse in my first playthrough at release, bc i was strenght main and STR weapon's were way too slow before patch
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Best advice for melee users is to try and stay behind him as much as possible. When behind him he more often than not uses shield slam which you can punish pretty consistently.
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Brass shield and black fireball...and just spam normal black fireball...and block whenever he do his jedi moves...sometime he will just a LONG menacing slow walk which u can punish with charged black fireball...or u can just git gud and parry him to death(which i cant)
I am level 40 and idk how many fckin time i have died to this c+nt until i forsake melee
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I didn't have any trouble beating him first try with a sorcerer build. He's not that tough if you can keep your distance and avoid getting stuck on the furniture.
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This boss shares some similarities with Raikoh from the Otogi series, which was also made by FromSoft. Both had lore connected to executions: Elemar was going to be executed, and Raikoh's clan was that of executioners, and he was ordered to execute his father.
Both use glowing swords with inscriptions on them, which are heirlooms to a specific clan/house. Soul Shrine for Raikoh, and Marais Executioner's Sword for Elemar. Both also have the ability to teleport, albeit in Raikoh's case he needed help to do so.
These are, at most, coincidences, but I thought it was kinda cool.
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Ahhh purposefully unfair annoying bullshit very fun. Definitely that master game design everyone keeps talking about.
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A classic Dark Souls-style boss fight. Tough but fair. Fast paced and fun. My favorite fight in the whole game, glad you get to fight him as many times as you do. If you struggle with this fight, try not to roll as a reflex, but as a conscious reaction. Beat that habit and you can beat this boss, no cheese required.
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There are very few bosses in Elden Ring that I would call garbage, but Elemer is definitely one of them
-Hits like a truck.
-Tiny, cluttered arena
-Gigantic attack hitboxes
-All of the poise
-Can traverse the arena in seconds
-Very few - if any - safe angles to attack him
-Incredibly aggressive
You pretty much HAVE to cheese him to make this fight not insufferable.
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Who in the right mind is making theese unfair bosses? like seriously, even dark souls 2 is more fair than 99% of this game
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small room hard hittin attacks that cover 80% of the room and a guy that can take some hits = Pain.
Cool and awesome looking boss. I love the fact that he can wield the force (lol) and can fight you on range.
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The ancestral follower ash worked well. It didn't steal aggro from me because of its rate of fire which allowed it to stay alive to deal damage.
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When I read this and saw summoning was allowed I was looking forward to seeing how the p**k would cope with the shield bros tanking for me while I lobbed volcano pots at him from behind them. I'd gotten the idea from somewhere that summons were not available for this f**ker so I was right up for it.
It turned out that Elmer the p**k coped well enough both with the shield bros and me throwing volcano pots to nearly kill me. He is considerably taller than the fallen hawk soldiers and was hitting me right over their heads, his grab attack also got a hold of me over their heads and it was only luck his follow up hit one of their greatshields or he would have done me over. It's a lesson about getting cocky then swiftly dying I've never managed to learn from DS1 through to Bloodborne and now Elden Ring.
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Why can I get his Armor off of Enia? Was he a suppossed to be a Shard Bearer? The Shaded Castle is such a waste for a simple side area.
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What I'd give to have my character hold a greatsword the way Elemer does instead of like a baseball bat. You can put on all his gear and not be half as scary.
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Buff with what you have, walk into the arena and summon, while the summon takes a lot of the attention away whale on him with the strongest, fastest weapon you have! Seems to work well.
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The grab's hitbox has the size of a bathtub.
I know, I know, mAgIc... of course... definately not nonsense or just a gimmick with the sole reason to annoy the player.
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He's way easier to kill if you stay in his face at all times. Grab, drill and shield slam can easily be punished, and for some reason he does the shield slam up to like 4-5 times in a row. Killed him early by getting the antspur rapier from the chick by the castle and it was just +5, the rot eats through him like butter and the fast pierce moveset is excellent at punishing him.
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For some reason he's way weaker than the Caelid bell bearing hunter, still a bastard nonetheless since bell bearing hunters are just bs in general.
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I like this guy. No jumping around, no homing projectiles, no huge delays on attacks, no insane AoEs or infinite combos. Very enjoyable battle
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I'm a glass cannon build running faith and strength as my main stats. It took some timing on my part, but I managed to beat this dude under 30 seconds with a fully enhanced Golden Halberd, while applying the Golden vow, eating some exalted flesh and using any poise breaking talismans I had.
Two heavy swings and a light jump attack later and this dude's poise was shat on. After that all I needed was one more heavy swing and boom, Elmer Fudd was no more.
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That grab attack has just a little bit more range that what you would expect.
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I do not regret cheesing this guy with Nebula and a mimic tear. If I could do it for the other 4 fights in the game I would. Super unfun boss.
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did some quick testing: sleep is NOT viable here. he immediately recovers after being hit while slept and has zero recovery time unlike some other enemies/bosses.
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Dude has too much lore for him just to be copied 5 times in the world.
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the dragonslayer armour of ER, man does not use that shield for blocking
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So easiest way to beat him. Stay on his backside to bait the shield bash. Roll towards his back, attack the shield and it should draw out his bash again. Be wary of other attacks if youre not completely behind him but the goal is to keep him in an endless loop.of shield bashes.
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Best tip ever for you nerds. Get behind him. Dodge his shield bash rolling towards his back. Swing directly at the shield on his back. 90% of the time he will do another shield bash. Rinse and repeat. Be mindful you may not get far enough behind him and he may mix in other combos but try to stay behind his shield to draw out an endless loop of shield bashes
From: Let's put a boss in a tiny room. Boss will have 360 degree attacks and he will be range-melee.
Player: range-what? are you high?
From: He will use his melee sword, but range
Player: W-what?
From: AND HE WILL DEAL INSANE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE!
Player: the fvck is wrong with you?
From: AND HE WILL TRAVERSE TINY ROOM IN A NANO-SECOND WITH MOVE THAT BLOCKS ALMOST ALL INCOMING DAMAGE!!!
Player: ...
From: AANNND ALLSSOOO HE WIIIILLLLL NOTTT STAGGGEEERRRRRRRRR WHATSOEVER!!!!!!!!
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dude looks like hes revving a chainsaw when he does his powerdrill move
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My best tip for this boss is to try and parry, the second sword swing in their close range sword combo was the attack that seemed the easiest to parry, hope this helps and happy hunting
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I really like this as an early-mid game boss. Even at a high level I died a few times, but his close range combos are really manageable with only 1 move where his sword grows red and the second swing comes out delayed that might throw you off. Everything else should be easy to learn. This boss really rewards experimenting with range and dodging rather than just blocking, good things to reinforce in a newer player. He follows the pattern of punishing moves that can savage you, but if you play aggressive and move IN rather than run away it's also a great opening. A bit simplistic, but a great boss with a very short run-up (from the stake) that will really let newer players who come upon him acclimate. Frustrating, but really consistent when you learn him.
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You can’t run! (because his sword will chase you) you can’t hide! (because oh by the way his sword also goes through walls) and you can’t- oh wait never mind you just died.
one of my favourite bosses.
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He wont actually use any ranged abilities unless he manages to first get close. He gets stuck on the tables making you easily be able to spam him down with ranged spells or incantations while he is stuck walking against tables. Turned the fight into a absolute cakewalk.
Totally fine leaving this jerk salad and coming back later. The disrespect he shows to my summons is intolerable.
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Elemer isn't the problem, It's the fact that they cram him in a 10"x12" room full of benches, a la Capra Demon garbage
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All I did was summon shield skellies and lightning blast him was a piece of cake think he ranged sworded me once.
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While I’m aware how boring a cheese it is, using greatshield soldier summons, infinite FP physick flask and Kamehameha (comet azur) finally did the trick first try after sitting for an hour attempting by conventional means.
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His name is Elemer and he is considered a hunter.... I see what you did there fromsoft
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Give your Mimic (mine was +4) a strong shield and seal, and have Rot Breath or something similar on. You use Great Stars or a similar heavy weapon and keep this mf away from your boy. He'll stun after a few good hits. Cheese him and never return
don't even feel bad
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I only tried bell bearing hunter for the first time pretty recently in stromhill. it was a lot more difficult than I was expecting it to be. I thought all the bloodstains around the shack were from new or under levelled players trying him as soon as they found him. but I'm not so sure considering how many times he killed me.
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Everyone out here struggling, I beat him my first playthrough with SONAF and NG+ 1 with bloodhound’s fang. Dunno, maybe I’m just good, or very lucky. This was all in 1.04, after the Sword of night and flame nerf
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Lore wise, Elemer is a VERY probable candidate to beat Melania. Think about it. She tries to water foul, bam! She’s grabbed by his grab attack. Well, at least phase one. Dunno how he would fare in phase two.
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Absoulute chad fight. He has low health, doesn't actually use his shield, and can be back stabbed yet he is still hard.
Also you know, flying sword
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I hate this guy. Designed specifically to scare players (like me) away from him and use that slicer move. He sucks for me but I can see why people like him
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I hate this guy. Designed specifically to scare players (like me) away from him and use that slicer move. He sucks for me but I can see why people like him
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These Bell Bearing Hunters have to be the cheapest enemy in the game. Jesus Christ they suck. Had to spirit summon after I almost threw my controller fighting this bullshit boss.
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i love how when he attacks you can hear the jingle of all the bell bearings he stole from slaughtered merchants. really adds depth to his sinister vibe
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Dude just wants to murder merchants, and he's out here being more productive than most of the demigods
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Sneak up, get a heavy charged attack. Dodge whatever bullshit he throws at you next. If he's doing a multi moved sword attack, parry the second one. If he does 3 red glowing sword attacks you gotta dodge once, then dodge twice immediately with no break. If he does shield slam it's your time to back away and heal. But stay close in general other than that
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Does beating him in Shaded Castle prevent him frmo spawning at the merchant's locations at night?
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for anyone struggling i killed him with a +7 mimic tear and a +14 godskin peeler with the bloody slash aow and bleed infusion (lvl 91), it was still hard fight but bleed combined with the mimics distraction was very efficient at melting his health quickly
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Mage build here. Struggled with this one for a long time until I used the Greatshield Soldier Ashes - they surrounded him and kept him bottled up, doing minimal damage to them because of their awesome shield protection, while I nailed him with Magic Glintblade from across the room. I think he hit me once. I got him the first time I used these spirit ashes.
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Rules the shaded castle by day. Bell bearing hunter by night, this guy is driven and totally badass.
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Anyone struggling here, best strategy is to go whatever melee option you have which is the best and just stick to him. Even when youre healing, stay close to him. His ranged attacks with the sword are by far his most punishing moves and hardest to punish. If you back away you will go down. His closer range attacks are more manageable.
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Are you still be able to continue with Patches' questline if you kill this guy early? I know I need to get back to Shaded Castle after Rykard tp see Patches but I see no articles mentioning this.
one of the few melee bosses with a good heal punish. annoying fight but pretty fun
i hope the dlcs gives us an un****ed version of his armor, it looks sick
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