Summary
MostElden Ringencounters can be overcome with a decent build, keen observation, and patience butevery so often, players get lucky when a boss accidentally ends the battle too early. While many players may have complained that FromSoftware’s latest expansion is too brutal when it comes to its difficulty spikes, with careful exploration anda collection of Scadutree Fragments, even the most punishing foe can be toppled. Of course, when they put up an enormous fight only to die thanks to a silly misstep, it’s hilarious if not somewhat anticlimactic.
Warning: This post contains major spoilers forElden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.Posted to Reddit by userX1Reaper1X, the player shared a clip of their battle against Base Serpent Messmer, a powerful boss that’s not defeated thanks to perfectly-timed dodges or overpowered weapons:He simply falls out of the arena.
During one of the boss’s major attacks,the wind-up forces him to take a few steps back, dropping him off the battle platform and killing him instantly. Given how important positioning can be duringShadow of the Erdtree’s major fights, skilled players can likely use this information to their advantage by moving Messmer closer to the edges of the arena.
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How To Defeat Base Serpent Messmer
Much has been said about the overall difficulty ofShadow of the Erdtreebut even the most stalwart player will admit that Messmer The Impaler, the face of the DLC’s promotional material,is a brutal fight. Upon removing around half of his health,Messmer will crush one of his eyes and begin his serpentine transformation, initiating the second phase of the fight. He’s even faster now and focuses on elemental damage, so players need to recognize the signs of his more brutal attacks.
Specifically, The Tarnished wants to dodge any move that sees Messmer transform into a snake or fire off a snake.This can be predicted by looking for the black smokey aura that surrounds the bossright before he launches his most brutal attacks: Identifying what this looks like and pivoting to prevent incoming damage is the key to dodging Base Serpent Messmer. Screen Rant hasa full guide to Messmer The Impaler’s boss fightso players struggling to topple him should check it out.
Messmer The Impaler may beElden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree’s most prominent boss encounter but he’s by no means the most challenging.The expansion’s final boss is taking players hours to overcomebut some talented fans have already discovered ways to end the encounter with minimal effort.Some of the most impressive strategies include successfully parrying nearly every one of the boss’s moveswhileanother Tarnished achieved victory without dodging once.
