Unable to defeat the Crucible Knight in Elden Ring? Check out how to beat him or simply cheese him!
The Crucible Knight is an optional boss in Elden Ring, that you should search for and defeat. This is a holy dark Knight that will rise to ensure your fall. Sorry for the really bad dark knight pun. What makes him dangerous is his mastery of both melee and magic attacks. While he doesn’t do any ranged attacks his melee attacks are more than enough to compensate for it. So let us quickly check how to beat Crucible Knight in Elden Ring, and how to cheese him.
This is a mediocre fight it is not too tough, but definitely not easy. You can defeat the Crucible Knight by attacking him in between his moves. A very important thing to note about this fight is his moves deal a lot of damage but are somewhat slow at least in the first phase. So if you can learn its moves then you will defeat him in no time. He has two phases let us check the moves in both phases.
There will be plenty of room for you to attack, especially when you are close to him. Chip away his health as much as possible. Once his health reaches near half you will see him release an orange aura and spread his wings. This is your cue for phase 2 of the fight.
Other than the above moves he will also use his moves from phase 1. This is a good thing as it is the best time to attack him instead of during his phase 2 moves. Once you learn the above moves you can defeat him in no time. Alternatively, you could also cheese him.
Not saying mages have it easy, but for this fight, you can kind of cheese him. To keep the cheese method simple create distance between you and the Crucible Knight. Time your magic attacks so that it hits him when the Knight is attacking. During the time he attacks, there will be some opening that can deal him some decent damage. Try not to attack all your attacks at once as his shield does block a lot of magic damage. You can chip away his health but the attacks would be more effective if you could hit him when there is an opening.
This method works well for ranged attackers too, in case you use arrows or bolts. But remember to conserve them, as magic damage might chip away his health but arrows or bolts he can completely block.
That sums up this guide on how to defeat the Crucible Knight in Elden Ring and how to cheese him. You can also check our other boss guides on how to beat the tree Sentinel, Godrick the Grafted, and Starscourge Radahn. For more things on this game check out our dedicated Elden Ring guides.