Bayle the Dread in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is perhaps the most aptly named boss in the entire game. No boss invokes as much dread as the mention of Bayle for any who have had the displeasure of facing him. And though he is optional, the optional part goes out the window for the sake of anꦦy remaining pride left after a fight with him. It's personal.

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FromSoftware just loooves dragons!

This is not the kind of fight you want to do 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:without any summons at all🅘. Thankfully, your NPC summon for this fight not only has an anti-dragon weapon, he's also one of the best voice-acted characters in the DLC. And with all the frustration that Bayle can cause, you'll need both this guide and a very grouchy, 🌳raspy voice screaming insults at this overgrown lizard.

How To Prepare For Bayle The Dread

Player stands at the edge of Bayle the Dread's Arena at the top of Jagged Peak for the first time in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

The great part about preparing for Bayle the Dread is that, when you see him, you can turn the heck around and go somewhere else for a long while.

Please at least have a +10 blessing for your first run of the DLC when fighting Bayle. We did ours at +7 the first time, and the run was far more comfortable and cons🌳istent at a ꧃+10.

Map location of Bayle the Dragon at Jagged Peak Summit in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree.

If you haven't found Bayle the Dread yet, he's at the top of the Jagged Peak. Bayle the Dread is a dragon, and big though he is, and impressive though his second phase, the rules of dragons still apply:

  • Bring Fire and Lightning resistance charms.
  • Bring underhanded Frostbite, Bleed, or Poison tactics.
  • Equip anti-dragon weapons (e.g., the ) or consumables that can create them (e.g., ).
  • Prepare Dragon Communion Harpoons, crafted by the you find up the Jagged Mountain.
  • Cast your , use your , and make any other preferred preparations before entering the area.
  • Get out your bag of boss-battle snacks. You'll be here a while.

For our battle snacks, we chose the . Good for dealing ℱextra damage while chasing away those peꦇsky cravings.

Bayle The Dread's Attacks And Combos

Bayle the Dread uses a fiery hyperbeam during phase two in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

Bayle's attacks are fairly limited, but they each pack a huge wallop.

Not being familiar with these attacks are extremely devastating, especially in Phase Two where they become:

  1. Stronger in damage output.
  2. Often combo-chain with two-hit attacks like Senessax's attacks.

We highly recommend taking time to look through this extensive chart:

How To Defeat Bayle The Dread

Player summons cooperator Igon to Bayle the Dread's fight as Igon begins to insult him in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

First and foremost, forget about your pride summoning NPCs. If you're no🤡t summoning Igon for this fight (especially on your first DLC run), you're a stubborn fool just asking for trouble.

Summoning Igon has no caveats whatsoever because he:

  1. Has an extremely large healthpool and is difficult for Bayle to kill.
  2. Carries anti-dragon harpoons that deal extraordinary damage to Bayle.
  3. He is summoned inside the arena instead of outside, meaning Bayle's health does not increase at all because of Igon.
  4. He screams the curses we're thinking about inside the entire time. What a lad.

If you want to summon Igon, make sure you exhausted his dialogue outside the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Jagged Peak Drake boss at the bottom of the mountain.

His summon sign is just to the left as you enter the arena. It can be hard 𝕴to see because of other people's messaging and the red flowers, but it is there.

Player fully upgrades the Dragon-Hunter's Great Katana in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree.

Secondly, make sure you have an anti-dragon weapon of any kind. The best by far is the .

You cannot miss this sword as it is dropped by the 168澳洲幸运5开奖🌜网:Ancient Dragon-Man bossꦺ of the Dragon's Pit, a required boss for the Jagged Peak.

If it helps, think of this weapon like the for Rykard.

We used this weapon for both our clear and for assisting others. It works well despite us not changing our build from an unrelated Faith set-up - meaning we defeated Bayle with an improperly scaled Dragon-Hunter's Great Katana. For the best results, you can use Rennala to respec your character if you w😼ant🌺 the sword to work even better than it did for us.

Bayle the Dread fills his mouth with lightning as he prepares to charge and bite the player in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

Bayle the Dread's phases are not evenly split. His Phase Two will begin roughly at 60 percent health.

Bayle The Dread: Phase One

Health

42,000~ (No summons)

112,000~ (Full summons)

Weaknesses

Piercing, Anti-Dragon effects

Resistances

Lightning, Fire, Magic, Holy, Poison,🅰 Scarlet ⛦Rot, Bleed, Frostbite

Immunities

Sleep, Madness

Parryable?

No

Backstab?

No

Staggerable?

No

Stance Broken?

Yes

Weak Spots:

Head (+50 percent damage), 💞Le✤g Stump (Unknown percent)

Special Notes

Bayle's breath attack has a combined damage type of ꧋Fire and Lightning.

Phase One is the far more simple fight, but it does require patience and conservation of resources.

Summoning Igon is tricky because of Bayle's aggressiveness, so watch out for attacks as you walk through the fog wall. Sometimes, i♔t's best to wait until he finishes his attack before summoning.

Player prepares to use Dragonwound Slash on Bayle the Dread in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

Your goal for this fight is to whittle down Bayle's large health while reserving yoꦫur best and limited bolstering 🏅items for the second phase.

For flasks (especially for FP), we recommend trying to keep a flexible 2-1 rule. That is:

If you have three Flasks, only use one for the first phase and keep two for the s♐econd. Therefore, if you have 14 flasks, you want to only use about four in t🧜he first phase and ten in the second.

Bayle the Dread prepares to use his Lightning Claw attack on the player wielding a Dragon-Hunter Great Katana in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

When playing the waiting game, there are a few attacks that are best for punishing Bayle and getting in damage:

  • Ground Fire: Sprinting to the edge of his attack radius as he breathes fire on the ground and using a ranged attack on his head is the very best window for damage.
  • Lightning Claw: This long wind-up gives you lots of opportunity to roll forward and under to reach his weak leg stump for more damage.
  • Charging Bite: After rolling backward from his attack, you'll be keyed up for an attack to his head.
  • Jump Spin: Once he returns, your roll forward should put you right in range of a direct heavy attack to his skull.
Player watches as Bayle the Dread transitions into his second phase in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

Once he reaches the 60 percent health mark, sprint away from him to begin using your consumables and recharging any incantation buffs. You have a few seconds to pull them off.

This is the best time to drink your Wondrous Physick.

However, do not use items like the Exalted Flesh quite yet. Generally, these items expir෴e not long af﷽ter he hits the ground.

Bayle The Dread: Phase Two

The hardest part about Bayle the Dread's second phase is that he absolutely hates sitting still. If you hated the fight in the base game, we're afraid to say that there are many parallels here.🐼

Due to Bayle's flighty-ness, this phase feels parti🉐cularly long as damage is more spread out compared to the first part.

Player watches as Bayle summons pools of lava around himself, preparing to explode in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

Your eyes need to check the ground each time Bayle begins or ends a combo, watching for lightning strikes and delayed explosions.

These e💖xplosions are a large part of Bayle's second-phase ♚strategy. This is dangerous for all players of any build type - ranged or melee.

You should always assume that the familiar combos of Phase One now have an added explosion at the end of each of them. Refer to the tabl🔴e above for confirmation and questions.

Bayle the Dread prepares to use his hyper beam attack in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

Here, Bayle also spends a lot of time in the air. You'll need to do a lot of sprinting, so having a good Stamina bar is an absolute must for this fight.

If you can't keep up with Bayle, you can increase your Stamina with:

  • The talisman
  • The
  • The
  • The for the Wondrous Physick
Player drinks final flask during phase two of Bayle the Dread's boss fight in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

When you can get within range of Bayle, the best attacks to punish him are:

  • Jump Spin, Ground Fire, and Charing Bite: Same as Phase One.
  • Charging Lightning Blast: Stay on the fringes of his explosion and then race in just as it begins to die down.

Lightning Claw Combos can still😼 be punished, but they aren't as easy as they were in Phase One.

The largest punish wind🦋ow is his Great Lightning Blast attack, but to make the most of it, you must correctly dodge through both waves of explosions. This fine window is a gamble if you cannot correctly dodge through it. Failure could beꦉ fatal. However, the payoff is enormous if you manage to land a hit.

Player stands with their katana ready as Bayle the Dread falls in battle in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

Of course, when you have c🙈ooperators and B💧ayle's attention is on someone else, you'll have other openings that aren't mentioned above.

As long as you 🌊are patient, and you don't get overly greedy with either your attacks or resources, you'll eventually come out on top.

Your reward is the bragging rights you get for defeating the DLC's second-hardest boss, and also the . That's cool too.

You can return with the Heart of Bayle to the Grand Altar of Dragon Communion at the bottom of the peak to finish the Jagged Peak questline and receive the ability to transform yourself fully into a dragon.

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