Elden Ring: How To Defeat Royal Knight Loretta
Elden Ring is an action RPG game filled with vast areas to explore. All of the areas in the game have their set of bosses with unique dynamics and distinctive arenas. Most of the bosses in the game are entirely optional; however, even these bosses are mandatory if going for a specific ending, questline, or completing a Legacy Dungeon. Royal Knight Loretta is one of the bosses in the game that appears twice throughout your playthrough. She is also mandatory in her second encounter as she will be guarding the way to Haligtree.
Related: Elden Ring: How To Defeat Red Wolf Of RadagonDefeating the boss can be tricky if facing her early. Here is all you need to know about Royal Knight Loretta in the game.
Royal Knight Loretta can be found inside the Caria Manor in Northern Lake of Liurnia, guarding the way to Three Sisters. The boss fight is not optional if you intend to go to the three towers ahead and complete Ranni's questline. Doing so also gives you access to going for an alternative ending. You have the option of summoning any Spirit Ash you want or an online player to help you in the boss fight.
The boss is immune to Scarlet Rot affinity, so do not try to use it against her.
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Royal Knight Loretta has a variety of attacks that she will throw at you. Most of her kit revolves around Magic Damage from range.
Loretta swings her blade and summons five glintblades above her. After a while, these blades fly towards the player, tracking them. In her second phase, she summons eight glintblades instead of five.
Counter: You need constantly run sideways to dodge all the glintblades.
The boss slashes the player diagonally with her Polearm.
Counter: Dodge to the side.
Loretta raises her Polearm and fires a magic
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