Elden Ring - Boss Fight - Spiritcaller Snail (7th Attempt)

about 2 years ago

This is a clip from my gameplay footage of 2022's popular video game "Elden Ring" on Playstation 4.

If you're unfamiliar with "Elden Ring", here's some quick info:

[GAMEPLAY]
In Elden Ring, players control a customizable player character on a journey to repair the Elden Ring and become the new Elden Lord. The game is presented through a third-person perspective, with players freely roaming its interactive open world. Gameplay elements include combat using several types of weapons and magic spells, horseback riding, and crafting. (Wikipedia)

[STORY]
Elden Ring takes place in the Lands Between, a fictional landmass ruled over by several demigods. It was previously ruled over by the immortal Queen Marika, who acted as keeper of the Elden Ring, a powerful force that manifested as the physical concept of order. When Marika eventually shattered the Elden Ring and disappeared, her demigod children began warring over pieces of the Ring in an event called the Shattering. Each demigod possesses a shard of the Ring called a Great Rune, which corrupts them with power. In the game, the player character is a Tarnished, one of a group of exiles from the Lands Between who are summoned back after the Shattering. As one of the Tarnished, the player must traverse the realm to repair the Elden Ring and become the Elden Lord. (Wikipedia)

This was a tough boss battle the first few times because I couldn't understand why I couldn't permanently defeat this Ghost Knigth -- until I saw the snail.
Just like me, who was summoning a ghostly warrior to help me fight, this snail was skulking around and letting this big ghost knight do the fighting for it.
I start off this dungeon boss fight by summoning Llutel the Headless, my strongest ghost summon so far. He materializes and rushes the ghost knight, teleporting toward them while I ready a Lightning Spear for support.
The great thing about ghost summons are that they can distract enemies, or a boss, while you sit back and heal or throw down long-range support.
Thankfully I grab my fallen runes so that this attempt isn't for naught.
Once I spot that weird glowing area in the corner, I start snail-hunting while Llutel goes to work keeping the big guy busy.
Thankfully every time I hit the snail he reappears in a corner not too close to Llutel and the Ghost Knight, making for a much more easier battle.
For defeating this boss, I earn 3000 runes and get a new ghost summon -- glinstone sorcerer.