Elden Ring Player Discovers Cheesiest Way to Beat Crucible Knight
An Elden Ring player just devised a cheap but effective way to defeat the dreaded Crucible Knight by luring it to a lift and watching as it plummets to its death. A considerable part of Elden Ring’s challenge comes from the many powerful bosses that populate the open world of the Lands Between. Even lesser enemies like goats and dung beetles can prove deadly to an unprepared Tarnished, but major Elden Ring foes like Radahn and Godfrey, the First Elden Lord, can and will result in many brutal player deaths during the quest to acquire the titular Elden Ring.
Naturally, some Elden Ring players have devised clever alternative methods to defeating the bosses of FromSoftware’s latest action RPG, from getting Commander Niall stuck in a castle wall for some quick and easy arrow strikes to unleashing a devastating spell that can deplete a foe’s health bar in one hit. Others have employed simple gravity as an equalizer during some of Elden Ring’s more punishing boss battles, as the same fall damage that often spells doom to any Tarnished foolish enough to wave at the edge of a castle wall or try to launch an attack near a cliffside can also be used to end fearsome Elden Ring enemies like the Valiant Gargoyles in short order.
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The latest example of fall damage being used against an Elden Ring boss comes from Reddit user MrNoobyy, who posted a video clip of their latest battle against the fearsome Crucible Knight to r/EldenRing a day ago. MrNoobyy notes that they were having difficulty against the Crucible Knight in straight combat, so they devised an alternative approach: sneak up behind the boss and attack it, then lead it onto a
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