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The 10 HARDEST Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Bosses
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Welcome to Mojo Plays and today we're counting down our picks for the most challenging bosses
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to stem from Elden Ring's acclaimed DLC.
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Spoilers ahead, Tarnished.
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Before we begin, we publish new content all week long, so be sure to subscribe and ring
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Divine Beast Dancing Lion
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For many, this was the first true demonstration of the DLC's difficulty spike, not to mention
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the second most publicized boss to entice players back into the lands between.
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Needless to say, this constructed beast delivered.
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Aside from having wild strikes that are tricky to read, the dancing lion can spew out wind,
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ice and lightning on a dime, some of which are easier to avoid than others.
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But if that's not enough for you, there is a second one roaming the realm of shadow that
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breathes out death blight.
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Have fun.
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Ancient Dragon Senesax
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We've slaughtered every kind of dragon this game has to offer hundreds of times over,
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and yet this particular one, for some reason, had us against the rails.
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Maybe it's the tighter arena, maybe it's the water expanding the range of its crimson lightning,
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or maybe it's just built different on account of being Bael's roommate.
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Either way, Senesax gave us way more trouble than the likes of his ghost flame or jagged
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At least until we poured all our smithing stones into the Dragon Hunter Katana.
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Putrescent Knight
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Did someone say Orphan of Kos on a horse?
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Because we've got Orphan of Kos on a horse.
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Guarding the likes of Saint Trina, this skeletal knight's wide array of sweeps and strikes
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with its giant blade demand instant reaction time unless you want to get mauled.
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That seed of his doesn't help either.
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If it's not faring the knight around the arena, it's acting as a follow-up attack.
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Oh, and it can summon immensely powerful flames that cause frostbite buildup.
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It certainly makes for one hell of a bodyguard.
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Meteor Mother of Fingers
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So apparently the two fingers have a mother, and she's just as horrifying to behold as
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you'd expect.
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A cosmic monstrosity, Meteor can make for a lethal challenge if you allow her room to
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breathe.
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Not only can she birth finger creepers on the spot, but she's well adept at unleashing
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blasts from beyond and summoning vortexes to swallow you whole.
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And when that fails, she'll charge over and try to squash you.
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We'll certainly be seeing her and her brood in our nightmares.
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Bale the Dread
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The climb up Jagged Peak, the backstory on how this thing nearly killed Dragonlord Placidusax
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back in the day, the hype couldn't be higher.
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And then Bale revealed itself and demonstrated why it earned the name of Dread.
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This dragon is a powerhouse.
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The span of its physical attacks is wide in scope, while its breathing can drench the
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battlefield in lightning, and that's not to say nothing of its onslaught of a second
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phase.
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In my experience, best summon Egon if only for that now-legendary line delivery.
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Commander Gaius
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Whether you consider him cheap or not, this armored hog rider broke plenty of tarnished
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along the way.
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Its mount eclipses torrent in speed, its gravity magic hits hard, and most importantly of all,
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trying to avoid those charging attacks seems to vary with every attempt.
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Without his pet pig, Gaius would pose little challenge, but thanks to his mount's excessive
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attacks and enigmatic hitbox, he became a hurdle to overcome.
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Hope the shadow tree fragments were worth it.
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Vidra, Lord of the Frenzied Flame
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The abyssal woods and the mansion nestled inside of it made for some of the creepiest
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locations in Sol's history, and lurking at its heart is a poor old man with a hellish
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secret.
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We all remember the Lord of the Frenzied Flame, right?
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A chaotic god that the Tarnished could serve as a vessel for if they went down the evil
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route.
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Well, now we get to fight him, and as expected, the Lord doth pack a mean punch.
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If his attacks aren't causing madness buildup, then they're incinerating your health bar.
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Rilana, Twin Moon Knight
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Turns out Rilana has a younger sister, and she is twice as deadly as her royal sibling.
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Rilana very quickly became an early symbol for just how intense the bosses in the DLC
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could become, what with her fluid yet fantastic sword slashes, absurd combos, combined with
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some brutal long-range techniques.
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And that's all before she channels her inner pontiff, Sullivan, and starts to unleash both
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moon and fire magic simultaneously.
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Throw in her Twin Moon spell, which can easily shred off a full health bar, and you've got
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yourself the deadliest princess Elden Ring has ever known.
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Mesmer the Impaler
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There was no doubt that Marika's wayward fire starter of a son was going to be difficult.
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He's the poster boy for crying out loud.
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We just didn't anticipate he would be this difficult.
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In his first phase alone, he's got an insta-kill grab that will have you impaled and paraded
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for all to see.
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Even if you avoid it, the speed and range of his spear thrusts can prove to be devastating.
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Overcome that, and he lets the snake out of the bag.
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As base serpent Mesmer, not only will you have to contend with his spear and flames,
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but also a legion of giant snakes he can summon on a whim.
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Promised Consort Redan
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Melania who?
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In contention for the hardest boss ever conjured up by FromSoftware, the final boss of Shadow
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of the Aretrig will make you question if you were ever good at the genre to begin with.
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We barely have a moment to take in the revelation that Redan has been brought back from the
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dead before he demonstrates his newfound strength by smiting us on the spot.
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His first phase is essentially his original moveset on steroids, hitting twice as hard
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and twice as fast.
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And then Mikala shows up to aid in the fight, leading to a second phase that is guaranteed
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to break you.
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Holy magic explosions, lightning-fast sword swings, Mikala's heart-stealing insta-kill,
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or Don's famous meteor attack, it never ends.
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Consider yourself a true Elden Lord if you've somehow managed to vanquish them.
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Which of these DLC bosses proved to be your undoing?
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Let us know in the comments.
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