Dogs are often seen as the most annoying basic enemies in Elden Ring, and this also applies to bosses to some extent. Radagon's Red Wolf is going to make you drool if you're not used to moving and aggressive bosses. Fortunately, there are ways to manage it more easily.
Preparations
- We advise you to use an intermediate shield with 100% physical blocking on this fight. There are plenty of excellent ones that can be found or purchased from vendors. They usually require 12 to 14 Strength to handle. Using the Major Rune of Godrick or the Wounded Seal of Radagon allows you to reach this score even as a spellcaster.
- A summoning spirit is as always a great help in this fight. Prefer something solid, it will be difficult to keep the attention of the wolf on you.
- You can craft and use consumables that increase magic resistance, for example. Using a coating for your weapon will also help you defeat the boss faster during the second phase.
- If you play a spellcaster, choose your techniques well. The Crimson Wolf of Radagon will multiply dodges when you cast a spell. It's best to focus on spells that can't be avoided this way, such as ranged Slingshot, or Shardblade, and melee abilities like Caria's Slicer.
fight
- The Crimson Wolf of Radagon serves as a bit of a tutorial for agile bosses. You'll run into even more troublesome family members later on, so learning how to handle him fairly well is a good idea.
- As mentioned above, it dodges spells, so make use of spells with great guidance, or with staggered casting, or that can't be dodged since they're cast up close, for example.
- The wolf is very fast, he can cross the room in an instant, his combat animations are also very fast when he just snarls. It can be startling and hard to dodge, especially if you're using a slow weapon. This is where the shield comes in, the wolf's punches aren't very powerful, and blocking them all is easy . This allows you to position yourself correctly and then attack without risk.
- By sticking to the wolf, especially on his flanks and behind him, he will instead use his red sword summon, then chain the spinning attacks. By sticking to the back of his right buttock, you will automatically dodge his big sword swings, allowing you to attack freely . When he turns around afterwards, just block.
- Once melee combat has been mastered, you just have to be wary of blue magic swords, since they have the annoying tendency to arrive at the worst time. Try to face them and move sideways to avoid them without having to roll. If that's not enough, don't hesitate to dodge, but beware of a bad combo, between the attacks of the wolf and the swords, it's easy to die instantly.
- The only melee attack that's best to dodge is his big jump sword swing, he'll probably knock you off balance even if you block, and he tends to do this right after summoning magic swords, which gives the perfect deadly combo.
This guide has been translated from MGG France by bxakid and was originally written by Raiden Robin.
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