-Review- Lion Guardian Duo - No Summons, No Magic Tricks & No HUD

The Lion Guardian Duo is not an official boss but I enjoyed the enemy design and the arena so much that I decided to review it anyway along with other enemies I feel should get the attention they deserve. Out of everything I've seen boss wise it puzzles me that this concept didn't at least get a boss bar and yet we got boss fights like the Soldier of Godrick, the Giant Miranda Flower and the Royal Revenant. This fight immediately reminds me of Lud and Zallen from Dark Souls 2 for obvious reasons heck the second one wakes up and joins in when the other one's health is low enough. An awesome call back to a boss with an universally hated run back.

My strategy is pretty basic and the same for every attack with the only difference being the timing of the punishments. This particular Lion Guardian shoots out a Vordt of the Boreal Valley frost spray which is incredibly deadly however can easily be stunned out of to reduce to area of effect. As for the second Lion Guardian it stays pretty mild until the other one is gone at least from what I noticed however it could have just been luck. Unfortunately I received damage at the final strike somehow and I'm not sure why but I must have attacked at the first frame of a damage detection animation however I couldn't just start over because the other Lion Guardian was dead already and these enemies do not respawn.

So you're probably wondering why I like this design when it's such a simple set up. Well I really enjoyed learning how this enemy worked, the arena was well designed and fighting it was a lot fun like most bosses should be. Difficulty is great and all but when it takes up most of the design then you just get fights like the Royal Revenant which just makes a challenge tedious in my opinion so my point is that Elden Ring needed more traditional style boss fights instead of these infinite stamina sponges filling up the boss roster.