Elden Ring Player Learns About a Crucible Knight Trick the Hard Way

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It would seem that even with Elden Ring having released a whole five months ago, there are still little tricks and secrets for players to uncover as they fight through the Lands Between. Of course, when it comes to new tricks from Elden Ring's imposing Crucible Knights, it might be understandable that not all players have spent enough time fighting them to know exactly how they tick.

In a recent video shared to the Elden Ring subreddit, Reddit user Chosen-Bearer-Of-Ash shows what happens when taking a faith build into a fight with a Crucible Knight. While the player fights well for most of the clip, things suddenly go sideways while trying to gather their own strength and heal up to survive another relentless attack.

Elden Ring Trick Lets Players Skip Chest Animations

The clip starts with both the player and the enemy Crucible Knight at low health, implying that this fight may have been going on for a while before reaching this point. However, when the player attempts to use the incantation Great Heal to regain some hit-points before jumping back into the fight, the Crucible Knight steps into the area of effect on the spell. While this incantation isn't supposed to have any effect on enemies like most of Elden Ring's attacking spells, the Crucible Knight's health ticks up a notch along with the player's.

This can be quite the surprise when players run into it for the first time, as most other enemies don't benefit from being within the area of effect of a healing incantation. In fact, there are some enemy mobs that can actually be damaged by Elden Ring's healing magic, offering a dual use for many of these incantations. That being said, an enemy like the Crucible Knight being able to heal from walking in range is so rare