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Starscourge Radahn is heralded as one of the mightiest living demigods, having fought Malenia the Severed to a standstill during the war of the Shattering. However, his resulting affliction with the Scarlet Rot caused him to be driven to insanity, crippling him and reducing him to a state of feral rage. He is located in Caelid, where he can be accessed from Redmane Castle after activating the  by progressing far enough in Ranni's questline, or activating any site of grace in Altus Plateau.

Defeating this Boss is mandatory for at least one ending of the game and to complete certain NPC questlines. However he does not necessarily have to be defeated to finish the game. Radahn's boss fight is unique in that there are a great number of NPC summons available for the fight. When approaching him, make sure to use the terrain to your advantage to avoid his incoming ranged attacks. He drops the Remembrance of the Starscourge and Radahn's Great Rune when defeated.

Bosses are unique and challenging Enemies that can be encountered all over the Lands Between. Shardbearers drop their own unique Great Rune and Remembrance capable of being transformed into powerful Weapons, Spells, Ashes of War, and Talismans for the player.

 The Red Lion General wielded gravitational powers which he learned in Selia during his younger days. All so he would never have to abandon his beloved but scrawny steed.

Elden Ring Starscourge Radahn Boss

Starscourge Radahn is a Demi-God Boss found in Wailing Dunes

• This is an optional Boss, depending on ending desired
  • Only two shardbearers must be defeated to gain access to Leyndell.
  • It is REQUIRED for at least one of the game's possible endings
• This is a Demi-God type Boss
• Closest Site of Grace: Chamber Outside the Plaza [Elden Ring Map Link]
  • There is a Stake of Marika near teleport to boss fight arena 
• Multiplayer is allowed for this Boss
• You can't summon Spirit Ashes for this Boss
• You can ride Torrent for this Boss, even after summoning NPCs.

NPC Summons: 

• Blaidd
• Iron Fist Alexander
• Patches
• Great Horned Tragoth
• Okina
• Lionel the Lionhearted
• Finger Maiden Therolina
• Castellan Jerren (after Phase 2 starts)

Elden Ring Starscourge Radahn Location

Starscourge Radahn can be found through a portal at Redmane Castle, Caelid. [Elden Ring Map Link]

Starscourge Radahn Combat Information

• Health: NG (9572), NG+ (12405), NG++ (13646), NG+3 (14266), NG+4 (14866), NG+5 (16127), NG+6 (16747), NG+7 (17367)
• Defenses do not change between phases.
• Deals Standard, Pierce and Magic damage.
• Parriable: No
• Can be poise broken: Yes
• Poise: 200
• Can be riposted: Yes

Absorptions

• Phy (Standard): 10
• Phy (Slash): 10
• Phy (Strike): 10
• Phy (Pierce): 0

• 
  Magic: 20
• 
  Fire: 20
  
• 
  Lightning: 20
  
• 
  Holy: 40
  

The absorption numbers are the % of your damage that gets blocked. For example, if an absorption is 60, 40% of that damage by that type will go through and 60% is absorbed. Bigger number = less damage. An absorption of 100 means no damage goes through, and a resistance of -100 means the enemy takes 2x damage from that source. 0 means damage goes pretty much as is.

Resistances

• 
  Poison: 335
  
• 
  Scarlet Rot: 243
  
• 
  Hemorrhage: 335
• 
  Frostbite: 335
  

• 
  Sleep: 548
• 
  Madness: Immune
• 
  Death Blight: Immune

The resistance numbers are the buildup amount to trigger it. For example, if a resistance is 100 you must deal 100 points of whatever aux buildup to trigger it. Note that these go down over time, and increase each time the effect procs.

Results of Defeat on World

• Defeating this boss will have these results, possibly leading to missed content if NPCs/Quests/Other are not dealt with beforehand:
  • Enia will become available in Roundtable Hold, if this is the first Great Rune holder that the Tarnished has defeated.
  • Enia will handle Talisman Pouch, if it is the second Great Rune holder that the Tarnished has defeated
  • Starfall Crater is formed and Nokron, Eternal City will become available.
    • Earlier place was not indicated on the map, now Red Sign appears on the map.
  • Ranni the Witch will return to Ranni's Rise, if she was not there before.

Elden Ring Starscourge Radahn Boss Guide

Starscourge Radahn Boss Video Guide

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Starscourge Radahn Fight Strategy

General Tips

• Torrent is available for this fight (unless other players are summoned in for co-op)
• The summon signs seen are NPC summons for the Festival Mechanic. They can be summoned with one button press and any number can be summoned at once. Upon death, their signs will reappear to summon again, though not necessarily in the same place as first summoned.
  • With the summons, it is possible (if slow) to complete the fight without attacking Radahn directly.
• Radahn will start shooting magic arrows immediately upon entering the arena
  • These can be blocked with a shield, but will do heavy magic damage. They will kill most players in one hit.
  • The arrows home so accurately that they are usually not possible to dodge without the use of i-frames, such as rolling or mounting/dismounting Torrent. As always, rolling toward the source of a projectile will make it easier to dodge.
  • Debris on the battlefield will block the arrows once, as the arrow will destroy the debris instead of hitting the player. The first two groups of summon signs are behind such debris.
• The arrow barrage Radahn fires in the air ("Radahn's Rain") will also home in on you. It is easier to dodge on Torrent, but is possible to outrun on foot if you run directly perpendicular to Radahn.
  • A reliable approach is to raise your shield when you enter the arena and approach the first group of summon signs. Summon all available NPCs, using the debris next to their signs for cover, and advance to the next group with your shield up. Keep an eye on Radahn: at some point he pulls back his bow without the magical energy charges, signaling you to get on your horse and begin strafing to avoid his spear-arrow attacks. Once you get close enough, Radahn will pull out his swords and begin his melee attacks, at which point you can begin the fight. At this point, if you're on horseback it should be safe to run away a bit and heal the chip damage from his arrow attacks.
  • If the player stays a far enough distance away, he will become unable to perform his arrow wall attack, making the opening sequence of the fight a lot easier. In terms of proximity, avoid going past the first 3 summon signs you see until one of them has had the opportunity to make Radahn switch to his Melee stance. After which you are fine to continue moving forward and collect the missing summon signs.
• Almost all of Radahn's ranged attacks, including his magic arrow and both of his magic rock and sphere projectiles will likely kill in one hit. The magic arrows are best dodged with i-frames or blocked. The magic rocks and magic spheres can be dodged with i-frames or by sprinting perpendicularly to Radahn on Torrent.
• Radahn is extremely weak to Scarlet Rot. Inflicting it on him once will bring him down to half health in a short time. Inflicting it on him again near the start of the second phase will kill him in a short time. By far the easiest way to win the fight is to hit him with Rotten Breath, which will require two successful hits to inflict Scarlet Rot.
• Suggested weapon: Antspur Rapier (DEX/ARC)

Melee Users

Phase 1 100% health - 75%

During the first phase he will have a few attacks but he moves around a lot on horse back, a fast weapon with bleed is effective against Radahn, such as the uchigatana, bloodhounds fang or the hookclaws, most of the time the summoned NPC's will keep the aggro off of you which will allow you to get a few chain attacks before the next phase, the bleed builds up quick allowing for a massive and quick damage output but beware of the phase change at around 75% health where he clangs his two great swords and slams them into the ground in front of him, this is another short window for 1 or 2 more attacks before he pulls them out and swing back into the ground doing a gravity magic attack that pulls in and stuns everyone around before doing another attack that deals a heavy amount of damage.

Phase 1.5: 75% - 50%

During this phase he gains a few new ranged attacks but it is  overall the same as the first phase, some NPC's may die but they can be re-summoned mid battle after a short cooldown, just be wary of his rush attacks and continue to do damage in small intervals while occasionally running away to heal on horse back.

Phase 2: 50% - 0% 

During phase 2 (final phase) he will leap into the air and seem to vanish, which gives a small window to heal and re-summon any fallen allies. But be careful, you need to watch the sky because he will come crashing back into the arena in a fiery ball like a meteor. This can be avoided on horseback but if hit you will most likely be instantly killed. When he lands he will have 4 boulders that will rise up and surround him, which will shoot towards you at very high speed and will instakill if you are not using a heavy shield. These fire right before he uses his drill attack. The rest of the fight you should only be re-summoning NPC's as it is too risky to fight face-to-face. Many of his hits will do very heavy damage; you should only go for hits if you feel you have a chance. He has 3 different AoE attack to watch for: Gravitas Pull has a massive range around him that will pull you right towards him (it can be dodged), with Gravitas Wave he'll jump up into the air with his blades in a X shape and when he hits the ground a massive wave of energy will be fired in a cone that will knock you down (it can be rolled through and jumped over on horseback), and with Drill Blades he'll rise into the air and spin towards you at high speed dealing heavy damage (it can be rolled though with good timing).

Magic and Ranged Users

Rock Sling with the Meteorite Staff is a viable strategy, 3-4 shots can bring Radahn to his knees. Beware of his impressive range, Radahn can close any distance between him and you in seconds. Keeping him at the very edge of your range is a crucial part of fighting him. As long as there are NPC to distract him, the fight is not too hard.

Loretta's Greatbow can also be very effective while on horseback, although it does take much longer to cast. Magic Glintblade is a safer, faster alternative, but be wary that overzealous casting can trap you in your casting animation, leaving you easy prey for Radahn. 

It is recommended to avoid using Thops' Barrier. It will reduce the damage of certain magical attacks, but will still force the player prone after the attack, leading to Radahn almost definitely killing the player anyways. Thops' Barrier will not work what-so-ever on the arrows, and his multi-Gravitas will deal less damage but leave the player prone. It is currently unknown if Thops' Barrier has any effect on Radahn's quad-Rock Sling attack.

Alternative Strategies

Rotten Breath: Two fully charged casts of Rotten Breath will drain 100% of Radahn's HP, he is extremely vulnerable to this incantation. Use Torrent since it can be cast on horseback. The tricky part is timing it properly so that the cloud makes full contact and doesn't miss. The best opening is when he pauses, either during an animation or after finishing his combo, and is about to be hit by a summon.  Time your cast to make contact just after he gets hit by a summon, this causes him to focus the summon and not you. Once the full cast hits, you'll know he's rotted by the HP bar ticking down and seeing the brown cloud.  The rot persists through his phase change, so wait for it to run out entirely before casting again. Using Godrick's Great Rune and Two Fingers Heirloom gives all classes the proper stats. One fully charged cast of Rotten Breath costs 104 FP so be sure to have the necessary FP. 

Horseback cheese: Radahn is a unique shardbearer boss for two reasons. One, allies from the festival can be summoned an unlimited number of times. Two, Torrent can be used in the arena. These mechanics can be cheesed to make this fight relatively easy. Radahn has a high number of melee and AoE strikes, but not many ranged attacks. By using summons to keep him busy, you can ride around hitting him with projectiles causing poison, bleed, or other ailments to chunk down his HP. If you keep a safe distance and watch your recovery time, it's possible to avoid all his attacks by sprinting. As your allies get killed off, find their signs to resummon them. Their signs will typically appear on the peaks of the sand dunes. So long as you keep summoning and remain at a distance, you shouldn't have much trouble with this fight. Rinse and repeat the process until he eventually dies. 

Starscourge Radahn Attacks & Counters

AttackDescriptionCounterGravity ArrowWhile at a long range, Radahn will charge his arrows with gravity magic, before firing it. The arrow itself home onto you, and can deal enough damage to knock you off of Torrent. He will usually target the player with this attack.Dodge accordingly. You can use the terrain or obstacles to block the arrows if needed.Radahn's RainWhile at a long range, Radahn will draw back his bow and fire into the air, causing arrows to rain down from the sky, which track the player down.Get onto Torrent and run perpendicular to him.Scattering ShotRadahn will draw his bow and fire a large spread of arrows. This attack is quite inaccurate, but can hit multiple targets.Dodge as needed. You can use the terrain or obstacles to block the arrows if needed.Savage Slams and SweepsRadahn will sometimes attack with semi random sweeps and slams. Most of the time these will be isolated, but he can chain them together up to (typically) a chain of 4.These attacks are slow and predictable. Dodge them in isolation. If he chains 2 slams together, it means he will chain 2 more after. If you notice this, dodge towards him. You are safe under him until he finishes the chain. Get a few free hits in and dodge away when his chain is done.Double SlamRadahn will jump with both blades above his head and slam them down together.His attack down is faster than expected. It is better to dodge early rather than later. This heavy attack can do heavy damage since you will be hit by both blades. You can either dodge away freely or can dodge towards him for extra damage. It will take Radahn some time to recover from this attack.Dive AttackRadahn roars with his blades at his side. He then dives forward, swinging twice slowly, then 3 times in quick succession and ending with a ground sweep.Dodge the first slam early and the second slam late. Dodge his next 3 attacks in a similar manner. The sweep can be avoided by rolling or by being too close to Radahn.
Alternatively, you can dodge or run towards him and stand under his feet. From here you cannot be hit and can get free greed damage. Try to stay on his right side, as his final sweep can damage you. The wind of his final sweep can damage you as well, so dodge it and get out from under him. After phase 1.5, on the final sweep make sure to either be far enough behind him that the gravity wave will miss you or be far enough away to give yourself time to dodge it.Gravity StepWhile close to Radahn, his foot will surge with gravity energy. 0.25 seconds later he will quickly step back and sweep everything that was close to where he was standing. This attack is dangerous when you are close. Watch for when gravity surges through his leg and immediately dodge. When he makes his wide swing, either dodge towards him to get extra greed damage, or dodge away for safety.Quick SwingsRadahn will build up with both blades on his right side. His left arm will be across his body, with the blade horizontal with his shoulder. His right arm will be vertical above his right shoulder with his right blade vertical above his head. After a 3 second build up, he will sweep with his left blade followed by a slam with his right. He will immediately sweep back with his left blade from the other side with no delay. He will pause for 0.5 seconds with both his blades on his right side. He will spin with a wide swing of both blades on opposite sides of himself, traveling a large distance. Finally after 0.5 seconds, he will spin with both blades close together on his right.It is possible to stand below Radahn to avoid these attacks, but it is very dangerous, especially after phase 1.5. It is more consistent to avoid his attacks. Be patient during his build up. Dodge left through his first sweep. He should miss you with the immediate slam. Instantly dodge back to the right into his second sweep. Wait 0.5 seconds for his double sweep. Dodge through it to the left. Wait 0.5 seconds again for his final sweep. If you dodge to your front right, you will end close to him and you can get a few free hits in. If you dodge back left of his final attack, you will have a moment to heal if needed.Forward SlamWhile close to Radahn, he will sometimes lay both of his blades on top of each other in front of his face and slam forward.Radahn will use this to punish greedy attacks. While right next to him, if you see him lean back with his blades in front of his face, immediately dodge. He will take a moment to recover from this attack. Either dodge forward to get some greedy damage, or dodge away to recompose.Chasing SlashRadahn will begin to chase and circle around you while he is close. Depending on which way he is circling you, his one blade will be trailing him. After a long build up, he will make a wide swing. It is very easy to panic roll during this attack. When you notice him chasing you with one of his blades trailing, count 3 seconds and dodge.Quick SpinRadahn will make 2 spins with quick sweeps all around him. While spinning, he will move quickly and typically move away from you.Stay away from this attack, as it can stunlock and lead you to an early death.

Cragblade (Phase 1.5)

Starcaller Cry

Starscourge Radahn Lore, Notes & Other Trivia

• Radahn is one of the 3 children of Radagon and Rennala (along with Ranni and Rykard), making him one of the 8 Demi-Gods of the Lands Between. This is especially obvious considering that he has his father’s red hair, and his mother’s fascination for the stars, leading to his mastery of gravity and nickname as “Conqueror of the Stars.”
• He is one of the last Demi-Gods at war for control of the Great Runes after the shattering of the Elden Ring. His duel with Malenia resulted in their mutual defeat and the land of Caelid becoming plagued with scarlet rot, with which Malenia was afflicted with at birth. (This is likely Malenia’s first or second bloom, referenced in the Scarlet Aeonia description. It blooms for the third time when the player fights her, in which she becomes the Goddess of Rot).
• His Gravity Magic was learnt from an Alabaster Lord and both Collapsing Stars and Gravity Well are two of the gravitational techniques studied by the young Radahn.
• He was accidentally nerfed, correcting his hitboxes, but reducing his damage output. The damage has been returned to normal, and his hitboxes are now fixed.
• According to the game files, his horse’s name is Leonard. He learned gravity magic in order not to impair his horse, now that he had grown too large to properly ride it. While preparing his Meteor Crash attack, Leonard is pushed underground.
• His military rank is "General".
• Starscourge Radahn's poise is the highest raw value of that type in Elden Ring (excluding Spirit Ashes).
  • However, is effective poise is at the same level, as there is no poise-damage reduction multiplier. In terms of "effective poise", value attributed to Radahn is not the highest.

Festival Mechanic

Collecting one half of the Dectus Medallion and meeting Alexander will trigger the Radahn Festival.
If the player explores Redmane Castle before activating the Grand Lift of Dectus, the area will have multiple enemies and an extra duo boss fight ( and Crucible Knight) before the main boss of Redmane Castle (Radahn). Jerren will also be there, introducing himself and asking the player if they enjoy festivals.
If the player is attempting Ranni's questline, Blaidd is also be there.

Due to the nature and premise of the fight, the encounter allows you to summon a greater number of NPCs than normally possible to aid you. The maximum amount of NPC summons allowed for the fight appears to be 6, as summoning a 6th will make the straggler(s) signs unavailable for a while.

Summon signs are placed below one of the multiple spectral banners shown above the arena, and appear to cycle between banners every once in a while. It's currently unknown if the cycling is random or not, but if a summon sign is not available for a longer than usual period of time, try a different banner.

If any of the allies fall in battle, you can resummon them after a 25 second delay. Each of the ten banners scattered across the arena has a set pool of summon signs specific to the festival attendees that can spawn under it, and each summon sign is only available once, meaning there is a finite number of summons the player can perform. That being said, it is entirely possible for the summons to defeat Radhan with no help from the player, other than resummoning them, and maybe coaxing Theodora close to Rahdan so she actually attacks him.

If you travel too far from Radahn, the summons will return to their world and their summon signs will not reappear.

The list of summonable cooperators:

• Blaidd the Half-Wolf
  
  • Primarily attacks using his Royal Greatsword, sometines using its skill, Wolf's Assault. He is very tanky, and will often survive through many attacks. He is also the fastest of all the summons. His high heath could allow him to survive Radahn’s Meteor Crash attack.
  • Progress through Blaidd's or Ranni's questline is not necessary for him to appear at the festival, meaning it can be the first time the player encounters him.
  • Blaidd has total of 6 summon signs.
• Alexander the Warrior Jar
  
  • Alexander will fight by swinging his arms, occasionally doing a spinning attack. He will also sometimes perform an area-of-effect slam with his fist. He is by far the slowest of the summons, but is very tanky. 
  • Alexander has total of 3 summon signs.
• Great Horned Tragoth
  
  • Primarily fights with melee using the Giant-Crusher and an Arbalest in his offhand.
  • When first summoned, he will perform the Casual Greeting gesture, granting it to the player. He will perform the gesture every instance of his "first summon", effectively making him the slowest NPC to make their way to Radahn for the first time.
  • Tragoth has total of 6 summon signs.
  • It's been noted that if he was assassinated for the Volcano Manor, he does not appear as a summon.
• Patches
  
  • Will only be available as a summon if you spared him after his boss fight in Murkwater Cave.
  • Flees from the fight after being summoned, making his other two summon signs unavailable. He will stand around idly, cowering behind his greatshield.
• Lionel the Lionhearted
  
  • Will primarily utilize melee attacks with his Great Epee, though he tends to approach slowly on some summons and bull-rush on others.
  • He will occasinally cast Rancorcall, summoning many skull projectiles that home in on Radahn. He is tankier than most, but does not deal a great amount of damage.
  • Lionel has total of 6 summon signs.
• Okina
  
  • Fights primarily with melee using Rivers of Blood and the Wakizashi. He will sometimes use its skill, Corpse Piler. With enough hits, it's possible for him to proc Bleed.
  • He is very aggressive, but also quite frail. He is usually the first summon to fall in battle.
  • Okina has total of 5 summon signs.
• Finger Maiden Therolina
  
  • Will be available for the fight regardless of your progression in Ranni or Seluvis's questlines, and will provide the Polite Bow gesture if spoken to before the festival begins.
  • In combat, she attacks by throwing Holy Water Pots. When an ally needs healing, she will occasionally cast Great Heal. Unfortunately, she seems to only do so if player is very close by to the boss, and will opt to chase the player down rather than the boss, unlike other summons. This can make her seem useless for ranged players, as you'll generally be staying away from Radahn so he doesn't smite you between NPC deaths and re-summons.
  • Despite her tendency to prioritize healing, if other summons are low on health, she seems to mostly - if not completely - disregard the player's health. However, she does not seem to make any effort to actually move to the NPCs she's attempting to heal, making her more or less become a sitting duck for several seconds. If the target she's attempting to heal doesn't have its HP increased, she will attempt to keep healing them until either they go above a certain threshold, die, or the player wanders too far from the target.
  • Therolina is scripted to follow the player instead of attacking Radahn. So player needs to stay close to the other summons if they want to make full use of her healing
  • Therolina has total of 5 summon signs.
• Castellan Jerren
  
  • He is only be available for the 2nd phase of the fight.
  • Does good damage attacking with his Flamberge with the Flaming Strike Ash of War, but he cannot tank quite as well.
  • Progress through Sellen's questline does not seem to determine whether or not he's available for the fight, as Radahn must be killed in order for Jerren to move in accordance with Sellen's quest.
  • Jerren has total of 6 summon signs.

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    Anonymous

    09 Dec 2022 20:55  

    In my opinion they nerfed too much Radahn, for defeating the "ghost" of Loretta i tokk 20+ attempts and for Radahn only 4, if he only wanted (radahn) he could be the strongest boss in the game

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    Anonymous

    08 Dec 2022 20:33  

    If you've beaten him solo, you're a BEAST!
    
    Or a total no-lifer. Either or...

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    Anonymous

    07 Dec 2022 20:04  

    Pretty sure some/all of his elemental resistances get buffed in his second phase. Wiki should probably be updated to reflect that

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    Anonymous

    22 Nov 2022 21:38  

    Why is he weak to magic???

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    Anonymous

    13 Nov 2022 21:43  

    "Collecting one half of the Dectus Medallion and meeting Alexander will trigger the Radahn Festival.". Tried this out today for my 3rd run and it didn't work. Alexander wouldn't move from Gael Tunnel initially but he left after I went to the Grand Lift of Dectus. Might need some further testing (as i collected both medaillons and used the lift) but it seems like the Lift could be a requirement.

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    Anonymous

    13 Nov 2022 21:36  

    Dodging the arrows while closing in was fun. The rest of the fight was a soup of random dodges and andom hits. IDK what happend / 10.

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    Anonymous

    08 Nov 2022 21:30  

    His moveset is so fast and chaotic, I can't figure out how to properly dodge his attack and this comes from a guy who beat every other souls game solo without magic.

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    Anonymous

    07 Nov 2022 00:56  

    should I summon for him at LvL 1 or not?

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    Anonymous

    06 Nov 2022 23:58  

    Defeated him solo on 70 lvl with +16 caestus and that butt slam AoW after 6 tries in my first playthrough. Here’re my notions: during 1st phase, if you stand right in front of him (beneath his horse), his 80% of the attacks won’t even reach you. If he’s going wild with his spinning attacks - just roll into him throughout these moves and then punish. 2nd phase is the easiest one imo. All u need to do is baiting his gravitas + AOE slam move and run behind him. After that AOE you have a huge window to punish. I used butt slam to deal 1000+ damage. His other moves can be avoided just like during phase 1, excluding those spheres - try to make some distance and roll as soon as they start flying. 3rd phase is the tricky one. This phase punishes you harshly for panic rolls, you need to calm down and analyse his moves. Baiting gravitas + aoe move and rolling into him is still relevant, but you in addition you need to have a sense of time after he summons his meteors. If you see that he does combos for a long time - just run away from him asap, you don’t really want to dodge meteors and his grand jump attack at the same time bc of the close distance. Being far away from him allows you to deal with meteors firstly and his jump secondly. After that jump you can also use butt slam to deal massive damage (that’s how I finished him haha). And yeah, about his flying/dashing move - it’s just a matter of timings. Hope my tips will help someone

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    Anonymous

    03 Nov 2022 21:13  

    Running a mage build for the first time in any SB, around 45 INT. I got in close while summons aggro'd. Popped a hidden tear and held meteorite. Killed him first phase. Melee in NG I cheesed him, NG+ no summons I was able to get his timing down.
    
    

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    Anonymous

    01 Nov 2022 21:29  

    Despite what it may seem, Radahn is actually most dangerous at mid-range rather than close range: His melee attacks can be outranged easily on horseback (allowing range builds to simply zone him out for the entire battle), but he also leaves massive blind spots underneath and behind himself with most (but very critically NOT ALL) of his attacks.
    
    For range builds, you will need to remember to bring copious amounts of Rowa raisins: Radahn has a super-powered version of Gravitas that is practically a mile wide, and this attack will drain poor Torrent's health to nothing when used repeatedly over the duration of the battle.
    
    If you're on a horse, without melee, and Radahn is approaching: Run straight at him! Chances are, whatever he's going to pull is going to whiff if you hug him directly. However, you can't stay there long as Radahn has a couple of attacks specifically meant for getting you out of his blind spots, and they will *hurt* if you aren't already running away by the time Radahn resets to neutral from his previous attack.
    
    Staying in close range for the entire battle is technically a viable strategy, but I wouldn't try it unless you have incredibly high Vigor, good physical + magic defense, and a weapon that can do beefy amounts of damage. If you don't have those, Radahn is very likely to simply outlast your resources: You have a very poor view of what Radahn is doing when you're that much up close, which means you will be taking many more very painful lumps than you would otherwise.
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    Anonymous

    31 Oct 2022 23:35  

    Using the Summons is really great, but eventually they die off and can't be resurrected anymore! Still trying to figure out how to get some hits in myself without getting decimated!

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    Anonymous

    31 Oct 2022 00:47  

    I don't think meeting alexander and having half of the Dectus Medallion will trigger the festival, I've already met alexander in the tunnel and I have both halves of the medallion, and the festival is still not triggered.

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    Anonymous

    30 Oct 2022 22:38  

    notice how the npc summon are all legendary? we have blaidd, alexander, 2 guy wearing the two most tanky armor in the game, a guy wielding river of blood, a finger maiden and the announcer himself. Truly shown how powerful Radahn is.

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    Anonymous

    25 Oct 2022 23:26  

    I do not appreciate that they literally designed this guy as a World of Warcraft raid boss. The fight is good for the one-time jaw drop spectacle if you use the summons since they can basically do everything for you. But solo, its downright miserable and quickly becomes tedious between his crazy damage output, range, movement speed, and aggression. Several of his gravity magic attacks are basically unavoidable like those stupid homing orbs, meaning you're pretty much forced to have a dedicated tank to assist you. With other extremely difficult bosses, like Mohg or Malenia, I can at least see the dedication to solo challenge even if its off the mark.
    
    ... Radahn though? Send this guy back to WoW where he belongs.

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    Anonymous

    21 Oct 2022 22:52  

    I got killed by him right as the fight ended. I got his rune and rememberence, but didn't receive any runes myself. I went back and picked up my runes on the battlefield but still didn't get any. Is this a bug or did I just lose out?

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    Cerridwyn

    19 Oct 2022 22:53  

    Yeah, I feel like I overleveled for this one. Didn't take him on til lvl 84. It still took me a few tries because even with the summons he mostly focused me (how it should be IMO) and I got greedy with my spells. That said I was doing huge chunks of damage and none of his attacks oneshot me. I get fixing the disjointed hitboxes but I feel like his HP and defense are too low for what he is.

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    Anonymous

    19 Oct 2022 21:51  

    Castellan Jerren himself joining in for the final phase is like when the gym teacher joins the losing side in dodgeball

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    Anonymous

    16 Oct 2022 21:57  

    "Use summons!" they told me. First, he hits me while i'm trying to summon them, then they die in under 15 seconds. Great advice...not.

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    Anonymous

    13 Oct 2022 23:57  

    Rotten breath and summons cheese (if it is cheese) still works after today's patch 1.07.

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    Anonymous

    12 Oct 2022 21:49  

    It's always a pleasure whenever I get summoned by other players needing help to fight this guy. Undoubtedly the best boss fight in the game. Radahn is an absolute gigachad game wise and lore wise

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    Anonymous

    05 Oct 2022 23:23  

    what an exhilarating fight

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    Anonymous

    29 Sep 2022 23:47  

    Just beat him at level 29, just using the pulley crossbow with rot and blood bolts, and poisonbone darts. Not trying to brag, just saying it made it much, much easier. It didn't even feel that different to fighting him at level 60 or whatever I was when I fought him before since he pretty much just kills you off one mistake either way. Definitely use status inflicting consumables for an easier time.
    
    A couple of tips. First, if you horse dash right away as he does his gravitas howl, you'll get pushed away rather than towards him. Second, don't go crazy aggro on him, leave the summons to take some hits so you can more safely line up a shot. Just don't be so passive that he obliterates your summons and leaves you stuck running from him.

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    Shitposter

    27 Sep 2022 23:01  

    Why cant we get his horse as a mount, that unlike torrent, gets 3hit instead of 2hit in the endgame

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    Anonymous

    20 Sep 2022 00:26  

    Ok so my win consisted of 50% panic rolling and 50% panic whacking. While trying to stay in a relatively safe close contact, I couldn't even figure out what he was doing to me, let alone appreciate the animation of one of the game's major opponents. Guy is just too big for the camera. Fighting him was an inelegant rush for me. It's a pity.

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    Anonymous

    19 Sep 2022 04:23  

    I'm right infront of the yellow mist that u need to go thru to get to that mini portal, tye festival is active, I defeated many bosses and remembrance bosses, and it still won't let me pass, I came here looking for and answer but it I found nothing, I tried restarting both the game and consol and it didn't work

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    Anonymous

    18 Sep 2022 22:36  

    Does every R related? Roderika, Rogier, Red wolf, Radahn, Renard, Runebear..

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    Anonymous

    13 Sep 2022 23:41  

    If Radahn wanted to, he could've just yeeted all the stars at Malenia, just sayin'.

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    Anonymous

    12 Sep 2022 22:43  

    nvm just use horse and jump out of the spot

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    Anonymous

    12 Sep 2022 22:43  

    just fought him offline after the cutsceen my chacter stuck on his courpse, cant move or do anything and cant teleport what to do?
    

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    Anonymous

    07 Sep 2022 23:29  

    Radahn falls, everybody dies.

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    Anonymous

    07 Sep 2022 21:51  

    Best fight in the game as far as I'm concerned. The presentation is beautiful, Radahn's lore is well defined and really interesting, and wow is the fight immersive and engaging! The cherry on top- it is super important to come here, even if you already have your two shardbearers. With how much stuff gets opened or progressed just by beating Radahn, you'll want to come here anyway! Absolute 10/10 by a hundred miles. That epic second phase soundtrack is nice too.

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    Anonymous

    07 Sep 2022 00:13  

    NG5 - haven't rested at a SOG - discovered several but haven't rested. Haven't talked to Melina. Did Godrick and walked overland to do Rykard. Festival was active, so I did Radahn.
    So I guess having to 'rest' at a SOG in Altus isn't completely the case.

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    Anonymous

    05 Sep 2022 23:36  

    I ended up stumbling upon him at level 80, I did not use any summons and wanted to fight him the hard way, I was using underlevelled holy elemental non status weapons and icon shield/blessed dew combo, he kept destroying me until I learned ALL of his combos, a few hours later, I finally beat him and felt on top of the world

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    Anonymous

    05 Sep 2022 05:11  

    I think people are seriously overestimating the nerf on this guy. After his hitboxes were fixed and his damage was corrected to normal in the update after that, there has been very little change in his actual damage output and health pool now versus when the game first came out, although there was a shaky time a few months back when his damage was accidentally nerfed significantly.

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    Anonymous

    29 Aug 2022 06:07  

    I regret activating the summoning pool at radahn. I feel like hes the worst boss to fight with other players. He gets a lot more health and you cant use torrent. Most of the time the host dies before i can even run all the way up to the boss to take the aggro. Hosts just keep getting 1-2 shot by the arrows. And when the boss has so much health it doesnt feel like i do much more damage than the npc summons. There is no advantage to fighting this with other players. Just use the npc summons.

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    Anonymous

    29 Aug 2022 05:35  

    I heard this guy was tough, so I explored the entirety of Limgrave, Liurnia and Caelid, and fought everything there was to fight. I challenged Radahn at level 81 (as a Wretch) and....even with a simple quality melee build, he was stupidly easy. The summons took most of his health, while I waded in for a hit or two. Oh well, I suppose Malenia will be tougher.

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    Anonymous

    29 Aug 2022 04:31  

    Can confirm his meteor attack deals more than 1959 damage since he OS me on a 343 lvl char

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    Anonymous

    29 Aug 2022 02:33  

    I love the Radhan fight, its a shame that fightin him alone as a melee its a bit tricky since his arms are often offscreen making the fight a bit artificially hard, if only he was a bit smaller

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    Anonymous

    29 Aug 2022 00:22  

    People are talking about some sort of nerf. Might be a bit slow, but I've noticed almost no change in his attacks or health.

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    Anonymous

    28 Aug 2022 21:36  

    Would' ve been great if the night sky ACTUALLY started to move again after he is defeated.

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    Anonymous

    25 Aug 2022 00:01  

    what i hate about this bastard is that unless you are majorly overleveled you pretty much have no choice but to cheese the fight, at least as a melee build.

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    Anonymous

    24 Aug 2022 22:59  

    Scarlet Rot arrows are trash, 50 arrows no proc

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    Anonymous

    23 Aug 2022 21:45  

    Does Gravity Magic do physical damage or magic damage? I equipped the Spelldrake Taliman +1 and the damage was still the same so I wonder
    

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    Anonymous

    23 Aug 2022 21:28  

    For any melee builds that struggle during the second phase and dont wanna lose distance because of him coming crashing down from the stars. Opaline Bubbletear significantly negates damage, so you can just stand still let him crash into you get up and proceed to spank.

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    Anonymous

    23 Aug 2022 21:20  

    Everybody gangsta until Radahn comes flying in from the sky

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    Anonymous

    22 Aug 2022 21:57  

    This fight is so incredibly tedious. The grand battle aesthetic wears off really quickly, summoning allies and getting to him becomes gets more tedious until you tilt and start getting hit by his arrows and then you tilt harder. Then you get instakilled by his BS swing combos that self-rollcatch, and also he moved out of range of your attacks during it, have fun chasing him for a poke. I will never understand why people like this fight.

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    Anonymous

    21 Aug 2022 21:44  

    This boss had lost around 25% of his health before I even got there. There were six other NPC’s attacking him.
    
    Procced frost in a single combo, and from there it was a 1v7 I think he killed four of the NPC’s he never got around to attacking me.

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    Anonymous

    21 Aug 2022 21:37  

    This bossfight was totally fine pre-nerf
    1. It was an OPTIONAL boss required to get a special ending, he should be more difficult than the standard shardbearers.
    2. You were allowed to summon six other NPC’s to help
    3. You could use torrent creating all kinds of other interesting tactics
    4. He had serious weaknesses incredibly susceptible to Bleed and Freeze,
    4. Any application of scarlet rot absolutely wrecks him.
    5. If for some reason all that wasn’t enough respeccing to a scarlet rot build would let you kill him simply.

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    TacoYT

    19 Aug 2022 21:12  

    Version 1.0 Radahn was the hardest Souls boss i've encountered.
    They nerfed him too hard, not even half his HP and damage.
    A real shame

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    Anonymous

    17 Aug 2022 00:42  

    Man, what's up with needing so much vigor in this game? I got to him way late (Level 100 with 40 vigor) and he can still one-shot me if those purple meteors hit me. He killed me the 1st time with his crashing from the sky because it was unexpected, then twice now with the purple meteors. Going to keep trying, I guess.

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    Anonymous

    17 Aug 2022 00:19  

    I love that his horse has a name, and that it's Leonard

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    Anonymous

    12 Aug 2022 20:05  

    The dead dog spirit summon that causes scarlet rot soloed this boss for me. Also, the people that are worshipping this dude are kinda dumb. He wasnt a good person. None of them were. The lands between had nothing good in them and looking for positives in a land that should have been nuked from orbit due to how evil it was is pathetic. Go, wipe out all life there and be happy doing it.

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    Anonymous

    11 Aug 2022 23:36  

    circle around to his left, lets you avoid most of his swings just by staying close

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    Anonymous

    10 Aug 2022 21:40  

    For the people who can't get the festival to trigger you need to of activated and rest at any SOG in the Altus Plateue or whatever the **** it's called and it should trigger

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    Micharas

    08 Aug 2022 02:07  

    Heres your giga chad he leant magic to keep his horse and then fought the stars
    
    Which means that he beat the crap out of you with e precentage of his power because he was keeping the stars obey
    
    Pay respects

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    Anonymous

    07 Aug 2022 23:12  

    What's the summon range for Radahn? I can see anyone. Do I need to upgrade my weapon more?

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    Anonymous

    05 Aug 2022 00:14  

    Leonard is the true gigachad here

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    Anonymous

    03 Aug 2022 22:31  

    Would find this boss cool if he wasn't on the back of a emaciated horse just can't take him seriously

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    Anonymous

    03 Aug 2022 00:28  

    What kind of level is recommended for fighting ragahn? I did it yesterday but I should have gone to caelid for his boss fight a lot sooner because it was obvious I was over levelled for it.

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    Anonymous

    01 Aug 2022 21:57  

    Don't believe what they say about Rot working. Also I have noticed most of the strategies are false.

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    Anonymous

    01 Aug 2022 05:39  

    “So we are just gonna launch ourselves into the stratosphere and come crashing down as a destructive meteor” said radahn to Leonard. “Roger that general. Engaging blastoff in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Blastoff!” 10 seconds later. Tactical nuke inbound!!

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    Bagguete

    01 Aug 2022 03:06  

    The castellan also uses spells

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    Anonymous

    01 Aug 2022 02:10  

    Jesus christ 9.5K hp? Pre nerf he has 20K HP and half of his move set one shots at 30 vig. This should not even be called a nerf it's a god damn slaughter of the lore accurate mightiest giga chad demigod. Such a let down I melted him first try way way too easy.

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    Anonymous

    30 Jul 2022 00:48  

    I highly recommend for anyone struggling on Radahn to summon Patches. He's a great summon who can carry you through the fight.

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    AzraelDewitt

    29 Jul 2022 03:46  

    In my NG+ I just used the Dectus elevator, but did not explore or touch any grace in Altus, then I helped Alexander and proceeded to the Castle. I took the back entrance (the only one available, i guess?) But the festival did not started.

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    Anonymous

    28 Jul 2022 00:01  

    He kinda looks like Magnus the Red, nice

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    Anonymous

    27 Jul 2022 23:50  

    The virgin Torrent: ahh help double jump not work with cliff.
    The chad Leonard: I will turn into a goddamn meteor for my general

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    Anonymous

    27 Jul 2022 22:34  

    Gotta love Raid Boss Radahn

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    Anonymous

    25 Jul 2022 23:18  

    I was like, damn I know I'm gonna die a 1000 times against this guy. Astonishingly, I kicked his rotten ass on my first try: gangbanged him with all NPCs and shot him from afar with Loretta's greatbow. 3 minutes (tops) and he went down. Collected my runes and walked away unbelieving.

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    Anonymous

    25 Jul 2022 21:17  

    You need to have both halves of the Dectus medallion to trigger the Radahn festival.

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    Anonymous

    25 Jul 2022 03:55  

    Clapped first try

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    Anonymous

    21 Jul 2022 22:16  

    It says use rot breath, is there any advantage in using the supposedly superior named version unlocked after killing ekzykes? I can use the hidden cerulean tear for a physik mix so in theory, if the ekzykes rot breath is better I can cast it for zero FP for as long as the effect of one physik flask lasts.

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    Anonymous

    20 Jul 2022 05:44  

    Absolute dumbest looking boss in souls history. Ridiculously huge giant with no feet riding on a tiny horse cuz they were literally too lazy to design better movement. Same with UTS, really lazy designs.

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    Anonymous

    18 Jul 2022 05:21  

    Ah, and I confirm that he can make the big meteor attack twice, he did with me. I suppose if the fight longs he can repeat it.

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    Anonymous

    18 Jul 2022 05:21  

    I just killed him in my second playthrough (ng+). Now I did without summoning npcs, on horse, with the Vykes lance and using Black Flame. I feel this is a fight to do on horse, like him. With the npcs is maybe easy now. On foot alone looks like very hard, but I see some people has done it, good for them! Must be cool doing it with a friend on foot, without summoning.

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    Anonymous

    14 Jul 2022 21:06  

    Nerfed way to hard.
    
    I can't take two of his arrows and live, hardly. But the knights in the War-Dead Catacombs after you beat him can one shot me with a bow or a good slash.
    
    How is he weaker then the ghosts of his knights? Litterally makes zero sense.

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    Divine_Knight

    14 Jul 2022 00:16  

    ...is that all? Is this supposed to be a Gimmick Boss? Really? I just ride around and summon people to fight for me? He doesnt seem like hes supposed to be fought head on. I literally just walked in, unknowing what to expect and got shot from his arrows that Deal a lotta damage. And then i cant even summon them endlessly to get it over with? I can only summon them like 6 times at most? I did that, he ended up with a bit under half health. Couldnt find more signs so i let him kill me. Looks like i have to cheese him with scarlet rot. Such great buildup and so nice design for such an underwhelming fight. Feels like a very poor attempt to make an epic Fight. This is BS on the same level as bed of chaos.

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    Anonymous

    13 Jul 2022 21:38  

    So far the hardest boss for me in any souls game took me about 6 hours to defeat him. And i thought nameless king was a thing :') but probably because i got gud anyway here is what i noticed about this boss: huge damage especially in phase two, weird xboxes or whatever they call it, he has no feet how the duck that tiny horse carry him? Last if you are not using bleed frostbite or poison it takes really long time to kill in the old ways.

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    Anonymous

    13 Jul 2022 21:38  

    What a gigachad. Makes me hate Malenia all the more.

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    Anonymous

    12 Jul 2022 23:47  

    No one dare change the horse lore in the trivia section

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    Anonymous

    12 Jul 2022 22:31  

    Such deep lore, prepare to cry

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    Anonymous

    10 Jul 2022 23:22  

    Am I the only one who, after he barrels down as a meteor the first time, got him to only about an eigth of his health, and then he flies up in the sky AGAIN and meteor-ifies me? I cant tell if it is a bug or whatever but it has happened twice so HELP!

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    Anonymous

    03 Jul 2022 22:31  

    Wait, the horse isn't Radahn?
    Well, there goes my understanding of ER's lore. :/

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    Anonymous

    01 Jul 2022 23:17  

    this boss would be fun if they zoomed out the camera by like 20%. i always get hit by the forward slam attack because i literally cannot see the telegraph

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    Anonymous

    28 Jun 2022 22:55  

    Godrik and Rennala taught me to beat optional content.
    
    This guy taught me to invest in sorceries.

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    Anonymous

    28 Jun 2022 22:38  

    Because i fought radahn pre nerf i get distraught because it wasnt as hard like i expected

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    JillLloyd

    24 Jun 2022 21:31  

    This feels like Fromsoft doing self parody. This boss is like what people who don't play dark souls think these games are like. It's especially disappointing because the area and lead up to the fight are so interesting, a festival of war in a plague ridden area and the you just get a fight in a big desert with a giant dude who one-shots you from across the map. I'm not saying it doesn't look cool but it has no bearing on what lead up to it.

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    Anonymous

    24 Jun 2022 00:18  

    Kinda wish the intro the fight was better. You just summon in with him immediately shooting arrows at you. He should start the fight coming down at you like a meteor but oh well

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    Anonymous

    23 Jun 2022 21:54  

    I personally find radahn to be the hardest boss in elden ring.

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    Anonymous

    21 Jun 2022 05:03  

    I hate this fight so much, he just jump and move to fast, impossible to him to defeat but it's the fight is so slow without root

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    Anonymous

    20 Jun 2022 00:17  

    The trigger for the Radahn Festival is NOT taking the Grand Lift of Dectus. Or if it is, it is not the only trigger. I had the festival trigger when I arrived. It's likely that just helping Alexander will trigger the Radahn Festival as well.
    

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    Anonymous

    19 Jun 2022 21:19  

    as a classic strength build (2 handed Lordsworn greatsword player) i loved learning his moveset and overcoming the obstical, apart from the 4 meteor jump attack, the feel of knowing his moveset and beating him is awesome brings me back to the rest of the souls games, risk, reward and skill. i wish i could say the same for some other ER bosses...

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    Anonymous

    19 Jun 2022 05:37  

    Apparently he's afraid of baths and probably needs one in round 2 after getting hit with all that rotten breath. Just sayin'

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    Anonymous

    16 Jun 2022 23:15  

    70,000 runes? All that for 70,000 runes? Greyll, Black Blade Kindred, Death Rite Birds, Night's Calvalry pair, all give more than that.

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    Anonymous

    16 Jun 2022 22:40  

    Fought him pre patch. Has enormous hitboxes. Stuns you and kills you in one combo. Borderline broken design. Shame.

    How do you trigger the Radahn Fextralife festival?

    Radahn Festival.

    Activating any Altus Plateau Site of Grace (The Sites of Grace within Volcano Manor don't count, so in order to activate the festival from the Raya Lucaria teleport you must defeat either the Abductor Virgins or Rykard)..

    Informing Blaidd about Radahn in Siofra River (This requires Ranni's questline)..

    Why can't i start the Radahn fight?

    You won't be able to fight against Starscourge Radahn until you bring together the Dectus Medallion, activating the Grand Lift of Dectus between Altus Plateau and Liurnia of the Lakes.