Elden Ring - Elemer of the Briar - Review

Elemer of the Briar totally beats the Crucible Knight in terms of parrying. I enjoyed this battle so much that I recorded it three times in separate locations. I decided to use this location because it had the best mixture of attacks. My personal favorite location to fight this boss was in Caelid which could be subject to change if there are more of them. That recording had a better aesthetic however the fight contained too much of the same attacks so it wasn't a worthy showcase for this review.

The incredible design of this boss is that there are variables surrounding parrying basic attacks to watch out for that requires a proper response in order to keep the flow intact. At first I was skeptical about the partial parrying however I absolutely fell in love with it here and it has motivated me to try it on bosses I have fought previously like Margit, the Fell Omen and future fights as well.

Two attacks are absent in the showcase. The Shoulder Charge which is a ranged triggered attack and the Drilling Attack which is also triggered by range however it can trigger when you're up close. What was really a game changer for my strategy was the amount of strikes I could get in between parrying and riposte recovery times. I did lose focus later in this fight where I didn't parry and I had to dodge the basic attacks instead which wasn't an issue. I have this odd short attention span even when I'm enjoying something and if there's repetition I have a tendency of zoning out for a brief moment which is one of the main reasons why I can't be competitive online.

My goodness this fight was amazing. It was like fighting Darth Vader in From Software form. I plan to upload those other fights on my channel along with this one including the locations I haven't discovered. I'm playing this game completely blind so my progress with these restrictions is taking it's time and that's what I prefer. We don't get games like Elden Ring often at all so taking small sips and savoring them is all I want to do in gaming right now.