AnElden Ringvideo shows how useful the Golden Retaliation skill can be when utilized correctly.Elden Ringfeatures several difficult bossesfor players to challenge, and since its release in February 2022, gamers have developed a variety of strategies to defeat its many tough enemies.
While some of these tactics may involve exploits, many fans use the game’s mechanics to their advantage instead of utilizing glitches. As an example, oneElden Ringvideo shows a player destroying bossesusing the same staff in both hands, and it’s possible to find several such videos online. Now, another user has made good use of a unique shield skill to defeat a boss.
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A Reddit user named bloodshed113094 shared a video of their fight against Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree inElden Ring. The short clip features bloodshed113094 using the Golden Retaliation skill to reflect magical projectiles back at the boss. Loretta keeps spamming the same attack, prompting the player to continuously utilize Golden Retaliation to reflect them back, dealing just under 1,000 damage on each hit.
Loretta is an optional boss inElden Ring, but players need to defeat her to reach the next area and eventually challenge Malenia. One fan discovered a clever way toskip the Loretta boss fight inElden Ring, but it’s unclear if this strategy will work today given that developer FromSoftware has released several patches for the game.
It appears that some players were unaware of this skill, as a few users posted a comment asking how to get the shield. Golden Retaliation is a unique skill of the Erdtree Greatshield, and it’s considered to be one of thebest shields inElden Ringdue to this bonus ability. Gamers can obtain it by killing a duo of Tree Sentinels in the Altus Plateau region, but they should note that this skill is not transferrable to another shield. Still, as seen in the video, the shield’s unique skill is highly beneficial against enemies that frequently utilize magic attacks.
One fan also claims that the same strategy works well in fights against Draconic Tree Sentinels, and it can also be used to reflect attacks from the Godskin Nobles and Godskin Apostles players encounter inElden Ring. Godskin Duo is perhaps one of themost difficult boss fights inElden Ring, so this tactic may help gamers who are struggling to win the battle.
Elden Ringis out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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