Few bosses in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC can get your frustrations building like Commander Gaius. With his strange hitboxes, long combos, and🦩 very aggressive attacking style, Commander Gaius sets an odd difficulty threshold despite his low count of attacking options.

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Despite his limited options, Commander Gaius keeps things interesting with his gravity magic. Reminding the player o𝕴f General Radahn, the pr🌳oud boar-rider and rival of Radahn will give you everything he's got on land and in sky. If you're not sure how to put the anchor on the boar once and for all, we've got everything you'll need to make it happen.

How To Prepare For Commander Giaus

Player enters Scaduview and Commander Gaius's arena for the first time in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

Commander Gaius is found at the Back Gate of Shadow Keep guarding the Scaduview area. To reach him, you must have discovered and completed the east side of Shadow Keep (the ♏Church District and all it entails through the Specimꦰen Storehouse and Lofts).

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Player holds flaming Milady with two hands as Commander Gaius prepares to move into his second phase in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

He's not the hardest boss you'll face in this DLC, but he can sometimes feel like the most 🌠annoying.

Thankfully, a patch update has made Commander Gaius an easier pill to swallow, but you'll still want to bring these preparations with you:

  • A non-Slashing weapon.
  • Sources of Fire or Holy damage.
  • Equip the and/or the .
  • Have at least seven .
  • If you're using Fire damage, use the incantation. Otherwise, use .
  • Use the or something to increase jump attack damage (e.g., the ).

Commander Gaius Attacks And Combos

Player prepares to attack Commander Gaius with a strong attack from flaming Milady in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

Thankfully, much like the Golden Not-A-Hippopotamus, Commander Gaius has a very limited moveset but deals a massive punch with each attack. The road to success with Gaius is learning all of his moves to effectivel𓆉y dodge as even small mistakes🌄 will be heavily punished.

His most dangerous attacking combo, by far, is his Lance-Boar Head Combo where he'll make a series of attacks that:

  • Each has a quick follow-up attack from his boar's tusks.
  • Deal significant damage.
  • Has a combo-attack total of seven attacks.
Commander Gaius prepares to switch to his second phase in a blast of gravity magic in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

Once you reduce Gaius to approximately 50 percent health, he will switch to his minor second phase. This will introduce more gravity-based attacks, but the changes will be limited mostly to a few new attac⭕ks and then add꧙itional magic damage for the same attacks as Phase One.

For a full insight into his attacks, refer to the chart below.

How To Defeat Commander Gaius

Health

35,000~

Weaknesses

Fire, Holy

Resistances

Cold, Slash

Immunities

None

Parryable?

Yes

Backstab?

No

Staggerable?

No

Stance Broken?

Yes

Weak Spots:

None

Special Notes

  • His attacks in the second phase deal both Magic and Physical damage
  • His hitbox for the Charge attack is slightly longer than visibly represented and will occasionally result in the final frame striking the player, even when dodged.

As of patch 1.12.3, Commander Gaius no longer begins his fight charging in toward the player once you attempt to fight him more than once. Each and every fight will begin with Commander Gaius at the far gate to the back left. He does still prefer to charge you in the start, but at least you don't have to immediately be on guard when you wal❀k through the 🔯door each time.

Player dashes aside on Torrent during a horseback battle with Commander Gaius in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

Your first temptation in this fight will be to summon Torrent and match his boarback battle on even terms. However, we don't recommend this. In gist, these are things we learned by fighting Comman𒁏der Gaius over several trial runs on Tor𝐆rent:

  • You are short enough to stand under some of Commander Gaius's attacks without needing to dodge (which is a plus).
  • You can outrun his charging and Blades of Stone attacks with a dash.
  • What you have in mobility, you give up in i-frames. If you are caught in his Spinning Gravity Thrust or Lance-Boar Head Combo, you will die.
  • The fight becomes much longer on horseback as you can normally only hit and dash, costing greater values of time each time you lose.
Player uses flaming Milady in a strong jump attack against Commander Gaius in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

Learning his moveset, you'll find Commander Gaius is a little more show and far less tell. That is to say: he looks scarier than he is. Once you pick up these tips, you'll be putting Commander Gaius down quickly:

  • The best opening for attacks against Commander Gaius is his Gravity Lance Thrust, where you should always dodge forward to set up for another attack.
  • His most dangerous combo (the seven-hit combo) can be mitigated by keeping to the boar's left side (your right). Just keep dodging forward-right.
  • His Spinning Gravity Thrust has a very large dodge window and is quite forgiving. Just dodge forward as he lands on you; keep calm.
  • Gaius's most unfair attack is his Charge as, even with a proper dodge, you might still get hit by his odd hitbox at the end. That's okay. Just make sure you have enough health to tank it.
  • Jump attacks are recommended here to whittle down his health and work for the stagger; his poise bar is quite high.

Some players have taken to cheesing this boss by hiding around the corner of the Back Gate section (exit the fog wall and take an immediate left to hide around the corner). Standing there, you can strike Commander Gaius with the sorcery and defeat hဣim without ever having to truly fight hi꧃m.

If you feel disrespected by Commander Gaius'ไs rude ⛦Charge hitbox, we give you permission to disrespect him back.

Player defeats Commander Gaius and receives the Remembrance of the Wild Boar Rider in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

As long as you follow the tips and review his movepool, you will get him. Remain as tenacious as a Redmane, and he'll reward you with his . But the real prize is the five in the area beyᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ♏ond his Scaduview Site of Grace and access to the surrounding areas.

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