Elden Ring - Boss Fight - Glinstone Dragon Smarag (3rd Attempt)
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:
(Actual post is below this intro 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)
Another hauntingly beautiful landscape in the video game Elden Ring is Liurnia Lakes especially beyond the swampy area if you go toward Raya Lucaria Academy.
For this post, I've recorded my 3rd attempt at the Glinstone Dragon Smarag in Liurnia Lakes.
I tried fighting Smarag without my goat-horse Torrent in my first attempt which wasn't too bad -- but it was very difficult running away from this dragon's magic fire.
I start this clip off by picking up my fallen runes from last time.
A pesky dragon-fly tries to follow me but luckily it eventually leaves me alone.
While Smarag's sleeping peacefully, I launch two Dragon Rotten Breath incantations which in no time cause it to start losing 1000 points of health a second. Rot is an incredible status-effect and a great way to cheese enemies and bosses. Sometimes I wonder why Rotten Breath wasn't available later on in the game since it can be like giving a nuke to a baby when it comes Elden Ring beginners.
I hope on Torrent and start riding around, missing almost all of Smarag's magic breath attacks.
It's funny how terrifying fighting dragons on feet can be but it becomes much easier when riding around on horseback.
I pelt Smarag with some Black Flames fireballs and some Lightning Spears.
Once the magic breath-attacks get more intense, I use the entire island Smarag was sleeping at as a shield to protect myself from the blue flames.
I finish the battle off with some Lightning Spears and I imagine what it would be like to fight a water dragon at a lake or some kind of electrical storm dragon that could shock me due to the lake's water, forcing me to ride from island to island for protection.
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