Elden Ring: How To Beat The Draconic Tree Sentinel
The Tree Sentinel is one of the first enemies the Tarnished will encounter in Elden Ring, and the Draconic version is his more intimidating cousin. Without any preparation, the player will likely be crushed immediately. The odds are certainly more in the player's favor after acquiring Torrent, allowing them to dart in and out of the Tree Sentinel's heavy swings.
The Tree Sentinels are some of the most brutal foes in The Lands Between. Throughout the rich history of this landscape, the Sentinels realized that in order to face dragons in combat, they would need to become part dragons themselves, and that's where the Draconic Tree Sentinel comes in. Here's how players can defeat this formidable foe.
In all regards, the Draconic Tree Sentinel is a more intimidating challenge than the regular Tree Sentinel. They are a big fan of using fireballs to cause damage to the player at close-mid range, as well as using their shield and hammer in extremely quick strikes to overwhelm the Tarnished.
The Draconic Tree Sentinel will use a number of different attacks with his hammer at close range that cause a huge amount of damage combined into a combo. He will use the Lunging Strike to close the distance and begin a combo. Rolling towards the side of his massive shield should help the Tarnished in avoiding the combo.
The Hammer Attack is a massive overhead strike that will cause massive damage to anything stood on the left side of him. The Hammer Strike is a more deadly version of the Hammer Attack because there is virtually no windup to it; it will basically come out of nowhere. Therefore, sticking to his right side (his shield side) is a good method to make sure he uses these attacks as little as possible.
This AOE attack will be telegraphed
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