Elden Ring brings a whole new look to the open-world genre. Bringing every good detail from previous games, Hidetaka Miyazaki has created the perfect game. Elden Ring has vast areas, caves, castles, and much more that you can explore. Legacy Dungeons is one of the new things added to the game. These dungeons have bosses that you must defeat in order to progress further into the dungeon.
Red Wolf of Radagon, is one of the bosses that appear before your fight with Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon. Here is all you need to know about the boss in general and how you can defeat it.
Red Wolf Of Radagon Overview
| Red Wolf Of Radagon Overview | |
|---|---|
| Location | Academy of Raya Lucaria |
| Optional | No |
| Summons | Players and Spirit Ashes |
| Drops | Memory Stone |
| Weak To | Bleed |
Red Wolf of Radagon is a boss that makes its appearance in the Academy of Raya Lucaria, blocking the path leading to Queen Rennala. The boss fight is mandatory if you want to proceed further into the Legacy Dungeon and want to face the Queen. The closest Grace to the boss is the Schoolhouse Classroom. You can summon both online players and any kind of Spirit Ashes to help you fight with the boss, and defeating it will drop a Memory Stone which can increase the number of skills you can possess at one time.
Red Wolf Of Radagon Attacks
Red Wolf of Radagon has a few attacks that it alternates in between. Its most used attack is the Energy Spikes, so you need to get used to it. Do not get caught in its sword combo, or you will lose a lot of health.
| Red Wolf Of Radagon Attacks |
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Bite
The boss lunges forward from afar to bite the player.
Counter: Dodging sideways.
Flame Sword
Red Wolf conjures a flaming sword in its mouth and attacks the player with it. The boss can strike multiple times and sometimes attack and leap back.
Counter: All sword attacks can be dodged sideways with timing, or rolling backwards also works.
Sword Slam
The boss leaps into the air and slams down on the player with the sword in its mouth.
Counter: Dodging sideways is the only viable option.
Energy Spikes
Red Wolf, whenever is far side steps and summons three energy spikes that go the player's location.
Counter: You will need to dodge to any side three times to avoid damage from any spike.
Energy Shard
The boss jumps up and shoots a large energy shard at the player.
Counter: Dodge to any side as the shard is released.
Strategies
There are two main strategies for the fight: keep in close while precisely dodging its attacks or stay at range and spam Sorceries/Incantations.
Melee Strategy
For the melee strategy, you can bring in a bleed weapon as the blood does bleed. A few hits with a good Katana, such as an upgraded Moonveil, can quickly decimate the boss's health bar. You can summon up to three online players for this fight allowing everyone to keep shuffling aggro off the boss getting multiple hits in.
The boss can also be poise broken, resulting in a critical hit for serious damage to the boss's health.
The boss can close the gap in an instant due to its high jumps. It can also back away after attacks to perform the Energy Spikes. Bringing a heavy weapon can do great damage, but you might also miss a lot of attacks as the boss moves around the arena a lot, making it harder to hit it. Most of the attacks can be blocked; however, some of the attacks like the Sword Slam and Sword Combo can deplete your stamina which is not good.
Ranged Strategy
The ranged strategy is quite simple in general. All you need to do is keep your range and use as many spells as you can. The fight allows you to summon a Spirit Ash, which is perfect for long-range classes.
You can summon a heavy soldier Spirit Ash that can take the aggro of the boss and tank most of its attacks.
Banished Knight Engvall or Lhutel the Headless are very good options to go for. As you will keep your distance and not get hit by many attacks, you can bring more Flasks of Cerulean Tears than Crimson Tears. One attack you need to be wary of is the Bite attack, as the boss can lunge at you from afar in a second.
The boss move around a lot, so spells that track can be very useful.
