I saw that the Scadutree Avatar looked like a giant Sunflower so I hit it with Roiling Magma as a joke. instantly became my go to for shredding its health bars.
@@DumpsterBug it's a terrible boss fight on so many aspects. Lore is crap, design is crap, game performance is crap. Since they nerf perfume bottle and thrusting shield into oblivion, build choice for that fight is so limited now. You must have uber skill and parry all day, or go bleed (either turtle bleed or impenetrable thorns). Easily the worst final boss of any soulsborne games.
@@zat256away Sounds to me your just whining, people wanted prime Radahn so we got it, besides if it was just Miquella it would be boring sense by then you should have high holy negation. So keep the baby rage to yourself.
And Rykard spear should have been usable on Messmer's second phase, but FromSoft were really intent in not connecting the DLC to the base game in any way, for some reason.
don’t forget that bosses in water take more damage from lightning due to the aoe that is created on the ground! this includes scadutree avatar, mother of fingers, rellana, and putrescent knight
Also they take more damage due to a decrease in lightning damage resistance. 20% decreased lightning damage resistance to be precise. I think it also increases fire damage resistance by 20% but I don't know if that is the case when they're in water considering it's ankle-deep, only know that is the case during rain.
Even better: Knight's Lightning Strike procs that bonus shock for every single spear, apparently, making it enormously multiply damage. Probably not very useful for the FIRST time you face Rellana, but in NG+ it's a whole different story.
@@gunsevenwhillans420 Well, yeah, it's just the one time a single target spell can actually abuse that effect so much. Getting it multiplied up to seven times goes ridiculously hard.
Radahn is susceptible to the Rot but the tick damage isn't good. Bleed is great but you need to attack him a lot of times to proc it. But having both makes the best of both worlds. The real hard counter to Radahn are Greatshields and Thrusting weapons and a ton of defensive buffs. Golden vow + Divine Fortification + Sorcerer's Shield as buffs negates nearly all damage as long as you block with a shield. Then use a Thrusting weapon. The best is Anstpur upgraded with a blood enchatment so that it deals not only Rot but Bleed as well. Now, just hold L1 and press R1 a lotta times to win. Just don't forget to recover endurance.
My friend was able to beat him specifically with the scarlet aeonia rot dot because it is the most powerful one, I believe. Did hundreds a tick to radahn second phase. Only thing is you gotta beat Melania and be capable of using the spell.
@@knightmare3197 yeah she feels way more tame than before the dlc, but if you haven't completely learned how to dodge most of her attacks, she can be the second hardest boss now that consort exists.
My mimic loves tossing them, and is quite good at hitting fast targets. Saved me during Bayles fight as Bayle requires like 8 total ancient rot breath to get him to rot if you have minimum arcane. So my mimic I am pretty sure during the fight now only staggered the crap out of him before transformation, but finished the rot build up. I gave my Mimic the Ancient Meteroite Sword that fight. Stance broke Bayle like a boss a few times while I applied Rot. Rot is the best thing in the game. If it is vulnerable to rot I am applying it. I just got the ash of war that applies it. Poison Flower Blooms twice or whatever, but haven't used it on a boss yet. Cannot wait. Just applied it to the Antspur Rapier.
@@dianapennepacker6854poison flower blooms twice isn’t a consistent means of applying scarlet rot. However it has a unique effect that makes use of both poison and rot and can do some dummy damage. If you use it something that’s already poisoned or rotted, it’ll clear the poison but do an immense amount of damage dwarfing the damage that the poison or rot alone would do, it’s best used when you’ve waited a while for the poison or rot to eat some health then use the ash of war to get a big hit in.
@@thebigenchilada678 You try it with bleed? I have bleed on it, since it is on my Cirque. Yet haven't fought any bosses who can actually receive bleed hah.
@@godslayer832100 Holy sh1t I always thought the dragon rot breathes scaled with Arcane since someone told me at launch. Had to look it up. You are correct. Thank you! Saved me from trying a build i had in mind, and wasting a larvae. Cheers.
For the sunflower, aim for the head. It takes a significant amount of extra damage from it. The best time to do this is when it attempts its grab attack since it will keep its head low for a while. The perfect time for a heavy hitting ash of war or charged attack. Midra has the poise of a wet napkin. I was two shot poise breaking him with a charged attack from the black steel greathammer, and you can land a charged attack while he is getting up from a crit. Metyr's lasers deal magic damage, so barrier of gold will make them take a lot less of your healthbar, namely her big rotating double laser attack. Promised Consort Radahn is an absolute monster. If you have the faith I would suggest getting the Lord's Divine Fortification incantation. It removes the majorty of the damage from the laser spam and lets you face tank his nuke with barely any damage as long as you have average defense and are playing a lower ng. The best strategy I know to beat him is grabbing a greatshield. The fingerprint shield is the obvious choice, but I use the black steel greatshield. It weighs less, has lower requirements, and about 9% more holy resist. You should also invest in 12 int for scholar's armament, which will make your shield significantly more effective. He has some pretty extreme stamina draining attacks that hit your shield like a truck so I suggest learning those and dodging them and block poking his smaller attacks that he spams at you. Always keep an eye on your stamina bar and back off when needed. Getting greedy will quickly leave you with an empty stamina bar and an empty healthbar not long after. Good luck tarnished, I know you can conquer the DLC!
Lol, I find it hilarious that both you and Bro essentially just go "good luck" for Radahn because he's just that terrifying. My personal recommendation is to parry. His biggest power is doing 7 attacks in row, and having lightshow followups to them. Parrying even once stops both the lightshow and the combo.
Consort Radahn does have a vulnerability in his 2nd phase moveset; using Lord's Divine Fortification drastically reduces the damage of all beams of light. It's even more reduced with Golden Braid and Pearldrake Talisman +3.
For Radahn, use a greatshield with a good thrusting weapon (bleed or rot) and have good talismans. Rotten wing sword insignia for repeated attack buff, great shield talisman for better guard, dragon crest great shield talisman for damage reduction, and 4th is up to you! Ez low diff fight once you learn when to dodge, recover stam, and so on.
You can parry Radahn’s aggressive combos in both phases. Or you can use either Fingerprint or Verdigris greatshield and poke him with a thrusting sword with bleed on it and you’ll just out-tank him.
@@MamaTrixxieAsmrTried it out on dancing lion and rellana, killed them in under 10 seconds. She couldn't even enter phase 2. It felt really cheap and boring and destroyes the game, because the first time I fought her she was the hardest boss to this point, almost felt impossible, beating her felt so so good, it was a real challenge after playing souls for 10 years and getting too gud. She's still the second hardest souls boss to me followed by radahn, that boss is seriously as hard as every boss they ever made combined lol, haven't beaten him yet
Thanks for this! I didn't test the stats on my first run. I struggled at first with the final big boy Red, but tried a combo and style I've never done. Big shield, ³ thrusting swords, ice needle, flame one and the rot one with bleed applied. I felt a little guilty, but stuff it, next time around I'll get him fair and square.
You know you’re the in the game when a weakness documentory says ”He has no weaknesses except for this one which he Mahoraga adapts to in the second fase”
Prime Radahn also succumbs to frost quite well. I used a cross naginata infused with cold and that helped me apply both bleed and frost for quick buildup of damage.
Rot breath & fingerprint shield carried me through most of the DLC tbh. Just because I love using it to fuck around in PvP, and it seemed like every boss I fought was weak to rot with the exception of a couple
He failed to mention this about Radahn (as well as many of the other bosses of the DLC), but he's pretty susceptible to holy damage and bleed as well. Frost works on just about everything in the DLC, so that will also be a really good thing to use.
Poison works pretty well on Radahn, I was using a Poison Anspur for the dual Rot/Poison and in the second phase the rot never procced, but the poison did consistently.
Scarlet Aeonia triggers rot immediately on him in both phases if you're able to trigger it without him canceling it out. I use it immediately after rolling when he does his gravity spin attack. I usually get hit twice afterwards, but it's worth it if you can heal somehow.
It's also worth mentioning Metyr's arena is in water, so lightning can also do the job well. Was running an Ancient Dragon spell build against her, did quite well!
Fun fact, in canon Radahn is being healed of Rot and other conditions by Miquella. If you manage to get a frost status, the condition also fades much more quickly. Likely due to Mohg's burning blood shtick. So Bleed is the best bet. Though, thematically, I wish phase 2 Radahn would have been succeptible to sleep. Would have been poetic
Something worth noting, Radahn is actually weak to holy on his first phase. Second phase also only makes his defense as high as the other elements, 40% across the board. And his pierce damage is also lower comparatively. Leda's Sword might be a good pick. I personally like to go with the Euporia.
Flame of Redmane can melting sunflower. Make some distance so the flame could spread to get multiple hits and aim to the flower. With proper fire damage buff, you will need 3-4 hit. (If not hitting stem or branch)
"... and good luck." Yeah no sh*t brother that freaking final boss is a menace. Beat him today after around 3 hours and I can't say I mastered him or know why I beat him this time
i found that blackflame is pretty good for radahn since it does % max health damage. this means his MASSIVE health pool (if you choose to summon thiollier and pureblood knight ansbach) isn’t a problem. still gotta deal with even HITTING him though in his second phase
Man, my buddy and I had two bosses back to back where I was stuck forever while he breezed through, then the reverse happened. Gotta tell you, the Frenzy spell that fires out that single long distance shot trivialized the Tree avatar, since it just went directly for its head from a massive distance. Turned it onto kindling
Radahns greatest weakness is the fact that he's extremely susceptible to being parried in his first phase, Major telegraph attacks, If you can Parry him into his second phase this boss becomes almost trivial that's exactly how I beat him
Radahan is still pretty weak to both rot and poison in second phase as well. I am cooping and have an Antspur rapier with poison damage on it as well. I proc both statuses continuosuly on him and helped quite a few people overcome this final hurdle if the host is skilled enough to survive his comet attack.
2nd phase radahn is more resistant to rot than 1st phase because he (and any boss) becomes more resistant after the first rot and this resistance carries to the 2nd phase. You could avoid rotting him on 1st phase since that one is the easy part of the fight and keep it for the 2nd half. In addition to that: Commander Gaius is also very weak to fire and the tree avatar is resistant to black flame.
God I loved that when I couldn’t beat radahn I was wondering what he could be weak to and then it hit me it’s gotta be rot and it was like actually the attention to detail is amazing
For Radahn just get a chunky armor set, get the best great shield u got and some shield grease and use the Antspur rapier with bleed on it and you can just sit there and tank his attacks taking little to no chip damage from the holy in phase 2.
For Metyr her arena is also covered in water so lightning damage is also a good option. The new lightning spear incantation especially does a number on her
First phase Radahn is weak to holy damage (due to the fact that he is a living undead, in the body of Mogh), but when Miquella is entering the scene that doesnt work any more.
Radahn also has a slight weakness to thrusting damage but it’s only 20% lower than all other damage types but if you’re desperate enough any small advantage is a no brainer. Also first phase has zero holy damage resistance so if you need to demolish first 40% hp you know what to use my suggestions are antspur rapier or any holy aligned poking weapon
Some bosses can be shredded by using the ice projectile ash of war or just a cold infused weapon and then throwing a fireball/hitting them with a flame weapon when the effect procs so it resets instantly. I beat Messmer, Metyr and Midra relatively easy with them. They're all weak to frost damage, especially messmer. Same goes for holy slash one enemies that are weak to holy like putrescent knight, death rite bird, ghostflame dragon. It's a mid range option and when you hit them with the blade and the projectile at the same time it can do absolutely crazy damage. If you're struggling with radahn, I found out his first phase is somehow weak to holy too, so the golden wave ash of war on the sword that is made out of his dads spine does A TON of damage to him, 2-5K HP per cast. It's still making his second phase take so much damage that the HP bar gets yellow, but it's only half as effective and the boss is way too fast, also it has high FP cost. So I'll probably have to either perfect his moves or try something else, and I've tried everything at this point. I wish he wasn't that hard because I really like the presentation, design and music of prime radahn, he just feels so unreasonably overpowered compared to the rest of bosses. But hey we got the only two demigods in their prime at once.
radahn being most vunlerable to scarlet rot is quite amusing
LMAO i didn't even realize xD
Don't know why he didn't say it but he's also very weak to bleed, same as mogh who he shares body's with now.
Miquilla: Sister, please nuke Radahn
he has the same bleed resistances as all other bosses, no real lower tolerance for it, but yes bleed is good to use!
Makes sense
Mother of Fingers weaknesses:
•Paper Cuts
•Car Doors
real
And catching something at an awkward angle.
•thumb war
@@Crusading I don't think she would lose in that war
The greater will is a thumb. Confirmed
Gaius being weak to Holy is a neat detail since he's Albinauric
Fr!
So weird I read that as "not a great" instead of neat, I don't think I'm dyslexic but damn.
He’s also a HOG RIDAAAAAAA, but fr he’s a pretty cool addition to the lore adds to Radahn being a cool dude who’d let anyone noble into his army too
@@Grimsly3736 Insert hog rider copy pasta
He's an albernauric? No wonder hes a PoS
I saw that the Scadutree Avatar looked like a giant Sunflower so I hit it with Roiling Magma as a joke. instantly became my go to for shredding its health bars.
fire damage DESTROYS it
Hit himon the head with the takers flame aow and it almost two shot his first phase lol
Burn, O Flame fully charged is nigh one shot lol
With multiple hitboxes I found that the Firespark Perfume charged heavy is like cheat codes lol. Hits it in the head a bunch too.
I used spear of the impaler, and the 3 step combo did 70% of his bars. On Ng+5
So you're telling me I just need to get in their and fight Radahn man to man? I see not much has changed
YEP good luck!
just make a tank build just for him or do the thorn build, but best safest build is the tank one that allows u to apply bleed/rot at the same time.
@@DumpsterBug it's a terrible boss fight on so many aspects. Lore is crap, design is crap, game performance is crap. Since they nerf perfume bottle and thrusting shield into oblivion, build choice for that fight is so limited now. You must have uber skill and parry all day, or go bleed (either turtle bleed or impenetrable thorns).
Easily the worst final boss of any soulsborne games.
@@DumpsterBug I don't find that fun so I won’t do it
@@zat256away Sounds to me your just whining, people wanted prime Radahn so we got it, besides if it was just Miquella it would be boring sense by then you should have high holy negation. So keep the baby rage to yourself.
I feel like being able to use Mohg’s shackles in the final boss fight should’ve been put in. Considering he’s in Mohg’s body and all
mogh brakes the shackle's influence over his body during his second phase.
And Rykard spear should have been usable on Messmer's second phase, but FromSoft were really intent in not connecting the DLC to the base game in any way, for some reason.
What does the Rykard spear do? @@alextrill1746
@@alextrill1746yeah radahn is definitely not a connection to the base game 😑
@@AxeMain I meant mechanically, you silly goose.
Just a note: Radahn does take more damage from pierce attacks than any other physical damage
thats why the the red rot rapier with a bleed ash is his biggest fear
don’t forget that bosses in water take more damage from lightning due to the aoe that is created on the ground! this includes scadutree avatar, mother of fingers, rellana, and putrescent knight
Also they take more damage due to a decrease in lightning damage resistance. 20% decreased lightning damage resistance to be precise. I think it also increases fire damage resistance by 20% but I don't know if that is the case when they're in water considering it's ankle-deep, only know that is the case during rain.
That's why bolt of gransax is my main weapon in the dlc. Most of the bosses/enemies are in water
Even better: Knight's Lightning Strike procs that bonus shock for every single spear, apparently, making it enormously multiply damage. Probably not very useful for the FIRST time you face Rellana, but in NG+ it's a whole different story.
@@FelisImpurrator I mean it's multiple projectiles so it's no surprise that the decreased resistance + AoE applies to each one
@@gunsevenwhillans420 Well, yeah, it's just the one time a single target spell can actually abuse that effect so much. Getting it multiplied up to seven times goes ridiculously hard.
Everyone is melted by rolling sparks.
Edit: ...nerfed.
oh for sure
I mean that shit is practically a nuke
Patched 2 hours ago@@christiandaniello6208
it got fixed
@@Faze_Obama53 really?
What's changed?
every boss have a weaknesses
Radahn: good luck
Radahn is susceptible to the Rot but the tick damage isn't good. Bleed is great but you need to attack him a lot of times to proc it. But having both makes the best of both worlds.
The real hard counter to Radahn are Greatshields and Thrusting weapons and a ton of defensive buffs.
Golden vow + Divine Fortification + Sorcerer's Shield as buffs negates nearly all damage as long as you block with a shield.
Then use a Thrusting weapon. The best is Anstpur upgraded with a blood enchatment so that it deals not only Rot but Bleed as well.
Now, just hold L1 and press R1 a lotta times to win. Just don't forget to recover endurance.
My friend was able to beat him specifically with the scarlet aeonia rot dot because it is the most powerful one, I believe. Did hundreds a tick to radahn second phase. Only thing is you gotta beat Melania and be capable of using the spell.
Two-headed turtle talisman for the win!
@@AmaryIIion
Honestly after the DLC bosses Malenia ain't that scary anymore lol
@@knightmare3197 yeah she feels way more tame than before the dlc, but if you haven't completely learned how to dodge most of her attacks, she can be the second hardest boss now that consort exists.
Thats why kung fu fists finger but hole finger mother so fast
Radahn vulnerable to Rot is just lore accurate
The hefty fly pots do DUMMY damage against rahdan!
My mimic loves tossing them, and is quite good at hitting fast targets.
Saved me during Bayles fight as Bayle requires like 8 total ancient rot breath to get him to rot if you have minimum arcane. So my mimic I am pretty sure during the fight now only staggered the crap out of him before transformation, but finished the rot build up.
I gave my Mimic the Ancient Meteroite Sword that fight. Stance broke Bayle like a boss a few times while I applied Rot.
Rot is the best thing in the game. If it is vulnerable to rot I am applying it. I just got the ash of war that applies it. Poison Flower Blooms twice or whatever, but haven't used it on a boss yet. Cannot wait. Just applied it to the Antspur Rapier.
@@dianapennepacker6854Spirits deal very low stance damage. Scarlet rot doesn't scale off arcane.
@@dianapennepacker6854poison flower blooms twice isn’t a consistent means of applying scarlet rot.
However it has a unique effect that makes use of both poison and rot and can do some dummy damage. If you use it something that’s already poisoned or rotted, it’ll clear the poison but do an immense amount of damage dwarfing the damage that the poison or rot alone would do, it’s best used when you’ve waited a while for the poison or rot to eat some health then use the ash of war to get a big hit in.
@@thebigenchilada678 You try it with bleed? I have bleed on it, since it is on my Cirque. Yet haven't fought any bosses who can actually receive bleed hah.
@@godslayer832100 Holy sh1t I always thought the dragon rot breathes scaled with Arcane since someone told me at launch.
Had to look it up. You are correct.
Thank you! Saved me from trying a build i had in mind, and wasting a larvae. Cheers.
You can kill redahn super easily with the fingerprint shield and hog riders spear
HOG RIDAAAAAA
HOOOOG RIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
HOOOOOG RIDAAAAAAAAAA
You can kill almost any boss easily with that setup
Mohgs spear or cross naginata is even better since they inflict bleed
I used lightning for the scadutree avatar because it's in a lake, and the bonus damage was amazing
For the sunflower, aim for the head. It takes a significant amount of extra damage from it. The best time to do this is when it attempts its grab attack since it will keep its head low for a while. The perfect time for a heavy hitting ash of war or charged attack.
Midra has the poise of a wet napkin. I was two shot poise breaking him with a charged attack from the black steel greathammer, and you can land a charged attack while he is getting up from a crit.
Metyr's lasers deal magic damage, so barrier of gold will make them take a lot less of your healthbar, namely her big rotating double laser attack.
Promised Consort Radahn is an absolute monster. If you have the faith I would suggest getting the Lord's Divine Fortification incantation. It removes the majorty of the damage from the laser spam and lets you face tank his nuke with barely any damage as long as you have average defense and are playing a lower ng. The best strategy I know to beat him is grabbing a greatshield. The fingerprint shield is the obvious choice, but I use the black steel greatshield. It weighs less, has lower requirements, and about 9% more holy resist. You should also invest in 12 int for scholar's armament, which will make your shield significantly more effective. He has some pretty extreme stamina draining attacks that hit your shield like a truck so I suggest learning those and dodging them and block poking his smaller attacks that he spams at you. Always keep an eye on your stamina bar and back off when needed. Getting greedy will quickly leave you with an empty stamina bar and an empty healthbar not long after. Good luck tarnished, I know you can conquer the DLC!
Lol, I find it hilarious that both you and Bro essentially just go "good luck" for Radahn because he's just that terrifying.
My personal recommendation is to parry. His biggest power is doing 7 attacks in row, and having lightshow followups to them.
Parrying even once stops both the lightshow and the combo.
“…and, good luck.”
Every other boss: So this guy is weak to-
Radahn: Good luck…
ok guys i have a fullproof build,
impenetrable thorns,
that is all
Don’t forget Endure and some good damage negation to tank any possible hits up close
nah shield poke
Consort Radahn does have a vulnerability in his 2nd phase moveset; using Lord's Divine Fortification drastically reduces the damage of all beams of light. It's even more reduced with Golden Braid and Pearldrake Talisman +3.
so defense reduces damage, thanks
For Radahn, use a greatshield with a good thrusting weapon (bleed or rot) and have good talismans. Rotten wing sword insignia for repeated attack buff, great shield talisman for better guard, dragon crest great shield talisman for damage reduction, and 4th is up to you! Ez low diff fight once you learn when to dodge, recover stam, and so on.
Vow of the indomitable on a greatshield makes the dlc pretty much a cakewalk
You can parry Radahn’s aggressive combos in both phases.
Or you can use either Fingerprint or Verdigris greatshield and poke him with a thrusting sword with bleed on it and you’ll just out-tank him.
Messemer is weak to the ever marching expanse of time that cripples him into the meaningless dust they are destined to become. UwU
true?
Messmer is weak to Yo Mama jokes
Also true
This community is awesome. We started together being shocked by the difficulty and already guys are no hitting Messmer and even Prime Radhan
frostbite debuff disappears the moment the enemy takes fire damage,dont forget that
They’re all weak to rolling sparks 🤣🤣🤣
Patched 2 hours ago
Not anymore its useless now
@@misterxxxxxxxxx1 its balanced now, no more nuking for lazy perfumers
@@MamaTrixxieAsmrTried it out on dancing lion and rellana, killed them in under 10 seconds. She couldn't even enter phase 2. It felt really cheap and boring and destroyes the game, because the first time I fought her she was the hardest boss to this point, almost felt impossible, beating her felt so so good, it was a real challenge after playing souls for 10 years and getting too gud. She's still the second hardest souls boss to me followed by radahn, that boss is seriously as hard as every boss they ever made combined lol, haven't beaten him yet
@@thex6992bayle takes number 2 id say no?
Flame skewer great katana cooks for scadutree
Thanks for this! I didn't test the stats on my first run.
I struggled at first with the final big boy Red, but tried a combo and style I've never done. Big shield, ³ thrusting swords, ice needle, flame one and the rot one with bleed applied. I felt a little guilty, but stuff it, next time around I'll get him fair and square.
You know you’re the in the game when a weakness documentory says ”He has no weaknesses except for this one which he Mahoraga adapts to in the second fase”
For radahn, I found it best to use a very quick bleed weapon. That way you hit fast and get damage chunks off. Blood backhand blades do good.
The fact he’s vulnerable to rot is a nice touch of lore and a good game mechanic as well imo.
also week to frize and blood
Plus, Radahn's soul is inhabiting Mohg's lifeless corpse. So, it's kinda neat that a corpse's weakness is literally 'rotting'.
They'll all fall to my colossal great sword
everyone else: clear weakness that make sense
Redahn: luck and prayer
So basically second phase radahn is just Fu@$ around and find out.
Yessir, goodluck!
That isn't prime radahn tho.
It is mohg's body and radahn's soul
Prime Radahn also succumbs to frost quite well. I used a cross naginata infused with cold and that helped me apply both bleed and frost for quick buildup of damage.
Rot breath & fingerprint shield carried me through most of the DLC tbh.
Just because I love using it to fuck around in PvP, and it seemed like every boss I fought was weak to rot with the exception of a couple
"sca-DOO-tree" good god, dude
Mother of fingers is also a little weak to lightning from water being in the arena. The shockwave can hit the small hands as she summons them in.
Bleed works well on Radahn. It’s how I finally got him.
He failed to mention this about Radahn (as well as many of the other bosses of the DLC), but he's pretty susceptible to holy damage and bleed as well. Frost works on just about everything in the DLC, so that will also be a really good thing to use.
Finally, someone pronounces Scadutree as written on the screen, not as written on some ancient welsh standing stones in a swamp somewhere
Hitting your thumb while hammering a nail explains why Mother of fingers is weak against strike damage.
Rot is written in the stars, the same stars he punted as a teen
Poison works pretty well on Radahn, I was using a Poison Anspur for the dual Rot/Poison and in the second phase the rot never procced, but the poison did consistently.
Scarlet Aeonia triggers rot immediately on him in both phases if you're able to trigger it without him canceling it out. I use it immediately after rolling when he does his gravity spin attack. I usually get hit twice afterwards, but it's worth it if you can heal somehow.
I didn't expect mother of fingers to be weak to strike damage, that's good to know for my second character
Trick is ROT EVERYTHING!! Nothing can resist the power of the ROT
That does explain why I was able to frost her in one full dragon ice breath(minty)
I'm working on an Arcane run for the DLC. Any mention of "bleed" excites me.
Fire and ice I’ve heard this one before…wait a minute Rellana the perfect swords for that fight
It's also worth mentioning Metyr's arena is in water, so lightning can also do the job well. Was running an Ancient Dragon spell build against her, did quite well!
Thank you for the Gaius tip! I'm an Int/Fai build, so I can have huge magic negation with adequate holy dmg
Fun fact, in canon Radahn is being healed of Rot and other conditions by Miquella. If you manage to get a frost status, the condition also fades much more quickly. Likely due to Mohg's burning blood shtick. So Bleed is the best bet. Though, thematically, I wish phase 2 Radahn would have been succeptible to sleep. Would have been poetic
Something worth noting, Radahn is actually weak to holy on his first phase. Second phase also only makes his defense as high as the other elements, 40% across the board. And his pierce damage is also lower comparatively. Leda's Sword might be a good pick. I personally like to go with the Euporia.
If Metyr was the mother of toes, she would have been weak to Lego damage
Every boss has a shared weakness.
Black flame.
Commander gaius' weakness is getting him stuck on the trees and killing him with moghs spear
Rahdan is also suseptible to bleed.
He's also has resistances to everything except holy.
Flame of Redmane can melting sunflower. Make some distance so the flame could spread to get multiple hits and aim to the flower. With proper fire damage buff, you will need 3-4 hit. (If not hitting stem or branch)
"... and good luck."
Yeah no sh*t brother that freaking final boss is a menace.
Beat him today after around 3 hours and I can't say I mastered him or know why I beat him this time
those black knights from rellana castle get easily staggered by lightning
i found that blackflame is pretty good for radahn since it does % max health damage. this means his MASSIVE health pool (if you choose to summon thiollier and pureblood knight ansbach) isn’t a problem. still gotta deal with even HITTING him though in his second phase
Soloing radahn with rotten breath 🤫🧏♂️
The flower is also weak to magic damage. Was able to tank it's health with moonveil and most glintstone spells
Such complicated explanation for what uninevitably leads to Verdigris Shield + Bleed Thrusting Sword
Man, my buddy and I had two bosses back to back where I was stuck forever while he breezed through, then the reverse happened. Gotta tell you, the Frenzy spell that fires out that single long distance shot trivialized the Tree avatar, since it just went directly for its head from a massive distance. Turned it onto kindling
this game really does range from piss easy to impossible based on individual playstyles, one of the far and few cool things about this entry
Radahn can be bled as well, it just takes a while. More than anything homie is weak to parrying haha.
Commander gaill is more weak to fire than he is holy, lesson learned
Radahn consort of miquella have one weakness that keep in the second phase: trusting damage
So you can pick up the Antspur rapier for him
Borealis’ mist and the good old heavy hammer helped me with Radahn fase 2
man, its weird that i kinda just figured out half of these accidentally, from just switching between my bleed and fire main weapons between retrys
Antsur Rapier was the weapon to help me beat Radahn. The scarlet rot build up is 👌
Killing Radahn with Rot is funny to me, especially since the DLC introduced the Comically Large Rot Pot
Radahn: “good luck bro”
Radahns greatest weakness is the fact that he's extremely susceptible to being parried in his first phase, Major telegraph attacks, If you can Parry him into his second phase this boss becomes almost trivial that's exactly how I beat him
From my fights with radahn, bleed, poison and rot worked pretty well
I loved that at Radahn at second phase is just "Good Luck"
Radahan is still pretty weak to both rot and poison in second phase as well. I am cooping and have an Antspur rapier with poison damage on it as well. I proc both statuses continuosuly on him and helped quite a few people overcome this final hurdle if the host is skilled enough to survive his comet attack.
2nd phase radahn is more resistant to rot than 1st phase because he (and any boss) becomes more resistant after the first rot and this resistance carries to the 2nd phase. You could avoid rotting him on 1st phase since that one is the easy part of the fight and keep it for the 2nd half.
In addition to that: Commander Gaius is also very weak to fire and the tree avatar is resistant to black flame.
God I loved that when I couldn’t beat radahn I was wondering what he could be weak to and then it hit me it’s gotta be rot and it was like actually the attention to detail is amazing
Metyr is also technically weak to lightning because the entire arena floor is water, same as the hippos.
For Radahn just get a chunky armor set, get the best great shield u got and some shield grease and use the Antspur rapier with bleed on it and you can just sit there and tank his attacks taking little to no chip damage from the holy in phase 2.
Greatest weakness: Mimic Tear summons and Impenetrable Thorns. Goes for all the base game bosses as well LOL
For Metyr her arena is also covered in water so lightning damage is also a good option. The new lightning spear incantation especially does a number on her
I Legitimately melted Romina with frenzied flame and I was so shocked with how fast I just killed her, with just flame of frenzy
Radahn is also weak to bleed in his first phase. If you time it, you can take a good chunk of his health bar away from the second phase!
From what I’ve noticed: radahn is literally weak only to bleed. Everything else he resists.
I was having a hell of a time against Bayle until I used ancient dragons lightning strike. It absolutely shreds him.
after so many attempts i hear the radhan theme in my sleep
Well at least it’s a good theme LOL
I can SEE the spinning gravity attack as soon as I walk in the room!
First phase Radahn is weak to holy damage (due to the fact that he is a living undead, in the body of Mogh), but when Miquella is entering the scene that doesnt work any more.
Biggest weakness of Midra is his posture
Fun fact the Lord of frenzy has a weakness to frost too. Making it easy to build
Radahn also has a slight weakness to thrusting damage but it’s only 20% lower than all other damage types but if you’re desperate enough any small advantage is a no brainer. Also first phase has zero holy damage resistance so if you need to demolish first 40% hp you know what to use
my suggestions are antspur rapier or any holy aligned poking weapon
All bosses weakness: me and my mimic tear spamming the shit out of them with reduvia+10
I never thought a pressure washer would lull me to sleep but here we are. Somehow it works.
Some bosses can be shredded by using the ice projectile ash of war or just a cold infused weapon and then throwing a fireball/hitting them with a flame weapon when the effect procs so it resets instantly. I beat Messmer, Metyr and Midra relatively easy with them. They're all weak to frost damage, especially messmer. Same goes for holy slash one enemies that are weak to holy like putrescent knight, death rite bird, ghostflame dragon. It's a mid range option and when you hit them with the blade and the projectile at the same time it can do absolutely crazy damage.
If you're struggling with radahn, I found out his first phase is somehow weak to holy too, so the golden wave ash of war on the sword that is made out of his dads spine does A TON of damage to him, 2-5K HP per cast. It's still making his second phase take so much damage that the HP bar gets yellow, but it's only half as effective and the boss is way too fast, also it has high FP cost. So I'll probably have to either perfect his moves or try something else, and I've tried everything at this point. I wish he wasn't that hard because I really like the presentation, design and music of prime radahn, he just feels so unreasonably overpowered compared to the rest of bosses. But hey we got the only two demigods in their prime at once.
Me using the black knife at every start of the fight:👀👀