Elden Ring - Boss Fight - Godric the Grafted (1st Attempt)

This is a clip from my gameplay footage of 2022's popular video game "Elden Ring" on Playstation 4.

If you're unfamiliar with "Elden Ring", here's some quick info:

[GAMEPLAY] In Elden Ring, players control a customizable player character on a journey to repair the Elden Ring and become the new Elden Lord. The game is presented through a third-person perspective, with players freely roaming its interactive open world. Gameplay elements include combat using several types of weapons and magic spells, horseback riding, and crafting. (Wikipedia)

[STORY] Elden Ring takes place in the Lands Between, a fictional landmass ruled over by several demigods. It was previously ruled over by the immortal Queen Marika, who acted as keeper of the Elden Ring, a powerful force that manifested as the physical concept of order. When Marika eventually shattered the Elden Ring and disappeared, her demigod children began warring over pieces of the Ring in an event called the Shattering. Each demigod possesses a shard of the Ring called a Great Rune, which corrupts them with power. In the game, the player character is a Tarnished, one of a group of exiles from the Lands Between who are summoned back after the Shattering. As one of the Tarnished, the player must traverse the realm to repair the Elden Ring and become the Elden Lord. (Wikipedia)

• Here we are at the end of Stormveil Castle and beyond this misty veil it's castle boss!

• Unfortunately I recall one of the doors in this area being locked so hopefully I can return with a key and be able to fully hundred-percent explore this place's every nook and cranny.

• Anyway, back to the boss fight.

• I saw that there was a summoning sign for the woman I'd met earlier -- Nepheli Loux, Warrior -- so I asked her to join me in the upcoming battle.

• Got to love these cut scenes before every battle. They're like mini intro-scenes to who all these powerful mutated beings are.

• Quite bizarre to see a guy talking to a dead impaled dragon but things only get weirder from here.

• Godric's the second boss after Grave Warden Duelist who has a cool tossing-off-my-cloak scene, which makes me wonder if that'll be a recurring thing with future bosses.

• I'm not sure if this guy has enough arms -- but that is one VERY serious axe. Plus, if you look to the left you can see that it's not his only one either lol.

• Right from the start, I lock-on to him with targeting system.

• I wish I could say that I was gauging the distance between him with that first missed Lightning Spear but I was expecting him to get a lot closer and was wrong.

• Luckily, Nepheli is here to distract him as my melee tank while I provide support from afar.

• My second Lightning Spear lands for 268 damage, not as much as I expected but I see his health bar slightly shortened.

• I dodge-roll around him, trying to get behind but have to back away as he summons a momentary whirlwind around hiimself and launches himself -- thankfully not in my direction.

• Then Godric starts throwing wind-tunnels like he's an airbender and I dodge the first one but he catches me with the second, knocking me off my feet and taking a third of my health.

• I recover by rolling away and throw another Lightning Spear but it misses due to Godric jumping away to attack Nepheli.

• Closing the distance with some dodge-rolling, I throw another Lightning Spear for 268 damage again. Lightning is quick but might not be the way to go here -- but I'm stubborn and try it again twice, doing 268 damage each time.

• After that last bolt, Godric starts paying attention to me and runs while dragging his giant axe and clobbers me with it. This leaves me with maybe a sixth of health left.

• Nepheli does her job and grabs his attention back so I further myself and heal three times until my health's almost full.

• Since Lightning wasn't doing the best damage I switch to Black Flames for over 500 damage, plus burn damage. This does much more of a number on Godric's health bar.

• This is where I get a little full of myself and try to hit him with an Ashs of War, Impaling Thrust, that falls short just in time for him to whack me with his axe. This sends my health back to 50%.

• Nepheli comes to my rescue and distracts Godric again. This gives me the chance to charge-up another Black Flames fireball and hit for almost 600 damage plus burn.

• He does a whirlwind and I throw another Black Flames fireball but it does less damage, maybe because of the whirlwind.

• My next fireball misses and I see that he's gotten closer to me so I run to the side.

• I try to charge-up another attack but he does his axe-dragging attack and send me back to a fifth or sixth of my health!

• After that first devastating hit, Godric tries to slice me with both of his axes but I manage to roll out of their range.

• Once he's distracted by Nepheli again, I throw another black fireball for 600 damage.

• When Godric's health falls to half, he does the unthinkable and chops off his left arm!

• He's got nothing but a bleeding stump and then turns to the dead impaled dragon and somehow grafts its head to his arm -- but the strangest part is somehow the dragon's alive again now but just connected to his body and spewing flames.

• I try to get out of range of the fire attack but the range on it is impressive, after getting back up I return with a quick Lightning Spear.

• Now his whirlwind attack is combined wiht some kind of ground-fire move, which makes me feel bad for Nepheli.

• I'm very curious as to how the dragon is somehow alive despite being dead earlier but I remember ... MAGIC lol.

• Godric gets closer and replies to my next Lightning Spear with a wind tunnel attack except this time it's got fire in it!

• I see him charge up his dragon arm for another fire attack and quickly drink a Crimson Flask (health potion) which acts as the perfect buffer for the fire damage he does to me.

• He hits me with it twice while I'm trying to run away lol and I just look pathetic getting scorched and knocked off my feet again and again.

• The Elden gods save me the next instant with a well-placed pair of tombstones that block Godric's next dragon-fire attack.

• But the dragon-fire attack is different this time, instead of a repeating flamethrower -- chunks of flaming debris rain down from above and cover the ground with fire.

• I honestly have no idea how none of that fiery shower hit me but I'm very grateful to see Nepheli is still alive -- I can't do this without her.

• Godric starts doing his flaming whirlwind and tumbling around like a volcanic Sonic the hedgehog so I wish Nepheli good luck and start refilling my FP with Cerulean Flasks (magic potions).

• And thanks to Nepheli I get to inch closer and closer and charge-up a Flame Frenzy incantation which does 400 damage but looks to shorten his health bar by a bit before knocking me over.

• I pull back and heal then launch a Dragon spell -- Magic Breath! This does a hefty amoutn of damage but uses up most of my FP bar so it's more of a last resort.

• Feeling proud of myself, I refill my FP with a Cerulean Flask (magic potion) and due to my bravado get burned by Godric's next dragon fire attack.

• We have a quick stand-off where I launch the Magic Breath again but shortly after I summon it for minor damage he interrupts it with his flaming debris attack.

• For the first time in the entire batle, I dodge his dragon-flame attack but notice that Nepheli is nowhere in sight ... she was a brave fighter who aided me well.

• Finish the battle off with a charged-up Lightning Spear. I dedicate this attack to Nepheli. Hopefully she responds in warrior heaven.

• It doesn't kill him and he tumbles away toward the edge!

• I dodge-roll for a better angle and charge-up another Lightning Bolt and fell my first demi-god!

• Godric turns to dust and I earn my first Great Rune and an item called Remembrance of the Grafted!

• In conclusion, Godric was an interesting fight but I'd also leveled myself up ahead of time to prepare so he wasn't as difficult as Margit. Can't wait to see what kind of bosses are next!

• Hope you enjoyed this boss fight!

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• See you guys on the next post of my Elden Ring adventure!