Elden Ring: Defeat Divine Beast Dancing Lion in Shadow of the Earthtree

Warning, spoilers follow: Meanwhile, in “Elden Ring: Shadow of the Earthtree” Five million players have found their way into the Realm of Shadows to face the new boss enemies there. In a small series of articles, we will give you a few tips for some boss fights and side quests. We will start with Divine Beast Dancing Lionone of the first story bosses you'll encounter in the fairly expansive DLC area.

You can find this boss enemy northwest of the starting area. To be more precise, you have to Belurat Tower Settlement Right in front of the gate to the boss there is fortunately a place of mercy called “Front of the stage”. Touch the grace and then open the massive gates to enter the arena. Before the fight begins, you will see a short cutscene.

Lightning, ice and wind

Before we get into the attacks of Divine Beast Dancing Lion, a little tip in advance: It is possible to kill the NPC during this “Elden Ring” boss fight Redmane Freya as support before entering the arena. To do this, you must have spoken to her and exhausted all of her dialogue options. Having Freya by your side can make the fight against the boss a little easier. You can also Ghost Ash summon if the boss gives you problems.

But now we finally come to the fight itself: In the first phase, the “Shadow of the Erdtree” will rely primarily on physical attacks. The name actually fits this enemy quite well, because despite his size, the boss dances graceful and swift through the arena. In addition to his physical attacks, the enemy also spits a fog which causes quite heavy damage on contact.

However, the boss fight only becomes really interesting when you have roughly a third of his life energy Here the second phase begins, in which your opponent uses powerful elemental magic. First, Divine Beast Dancing Lion Lightning Not only does he throw these at you, but he also uses them to strengthen his own physical attacks.

After about 30 to 40 seconds, the “Shadow of the Erdtree” story boss then changes to ice and again 30 to 40 seconds later to wind. The order doesn't change during the fight, so you can adjust to this. In true Elden Ring style, some of the boss's attack patterns are very challenging, so you'll probably need a few rounds to get a feel for the fight.

His lightning attacks have a fairly large rangeespecially when the boss spirals into the air and shoots lightning across the arena. The Ice Breaththat the boss throws at you has a decent range. In addition, you should be careful the giant tornado which can cause massive damage if it catches you. The boss has some nasty tricks up its sleeve that you'll have to deal with.

But luckily there are a few things that can make your life a little easier. In addition to your NPC assistant or your ghost ash, the right equipment can also help you. Use Talismansthat reduce lightning damage or Consumables like Lightningproof Dry Liver. When it comes to your offense, we would recommend using Bleed Damage. This was very effective during our fight.

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