7 and a half hours and i cant beat margit

[Ohrank]

literally the first main boss. wtf. why is it so hard. i went and leveled before the fight too

[Silyon]

Origineel geplaatst door Sgt. Flaw:

Origineel geplaatst door Chris1:

I"m not sure what "main boss" means. Margit is completely optional and you don't have to fight him at all to progress. Try exploring more if you are stuck.

Remeberance boss

Margit doesn't drop a remembrance. His alter-ego does, but not until Leyndell much later on. All Margit does is gatekeep you out of entering Stormwind before you're ready. In truth, you never need to enter Stormwind castle at all.

[Alpharius]

Margit is an interesting boss, hard when you first get started. I recommend summoning rogier, and/or finding some spirit ashes. The rot hound and fanged imp ones are amazingly useful early game. Additionally try, taking a break from fighting margit and explore some. There's tons of stuff just lying around that might just give you the edge you need boss man. Never give up, you got this.

[CHASE]

Origineel geplaatst door Ohrank:

literally the first main boss. wtf. why is it so hard. i went and leveled before the fight too

same thing happened to me. I kept going but you should explore man.

[Sc0rpiTr0n]

Level up Vigor to 22-25. Use weapon with bleeding, for example Morning Star.
Upgrade weapon if you can.

Use poison if possible, like Fetid Pot (will poison you as well) or Poison Mist incantation.

[Sgt. Flaw]

Origineel geplaatst door Silyon:

Origineel geplaatst door Sgt. Flaw:

Remeberance boss

Margit doesn't drop a remembrance. His alter-ego does, but not until Leyndell much later on. All Margit does is gatekeep you out of entering Stormwind before you're ready. In truth, you never need to enter Stormwind castle at all.

Did not know this..of course I own the Margit robes too

He should have one

[BingusDingus]

If you've explored most of Limgrave and come back he should be a cakewalk by then, if you're still having trouble even after you can kill him in like 10 hits, if you cannot manage to dodge his attacks then try guard counters.
Margit is probably my favorite boss in the game simply because as he serves as a wake up call and a bit of a tutorial to how Elden Ring works, and he does it perfectly. He's basically there to let you know that you either get good enough to beat him as you are or you go explore and come back after you're all leveled and geared up so you're more of an even matchl.

[dr46onfusion]

You actually only need to get past Margit to get to one of the Lords to kill, but other than that, you can actually skip Stormveil Castle entirely and go to the north via a passage, and east.

And you can skip needing the two halves of the medallion to get to Capital region via a cave to the very northwest at ground water level.

They have 'alternate' routes throughout this game from the start, the question is whether you can survive these routes underleveled and undergeared.

EDIT: Looking at the OP's post history, seems like the person is just that bad at games in general?

[Wheee333ee33e3e]

From what I can remember years ago, there are 2 big punish windows. When he slams down with his stick after a long delay or roll catch. He'll raise it up, then as he stretches (you can see the staff rise) , wait half a second and dodge. The best one is in his 2nd phase hammer slam from the air. Super easy to dodge and punish.

Always roll into him, if possible into his back, that way he wouldn't punish you with his glowing dagger. Rolling away means you're in perfect range for his next hit, so roll into him.

If you need to heal, you need to either be very far away or next to him, if not he'll punish.

Level your vigour over everything else.

Go explore the rest of the map before him too. There are a lot of bosses. If you did them all, you should be able to flatten him.

If all else fails find and use bloodhound fang

[zab]

go level up lil bro

[Ronin Gamer]

Like a ton of people before you, you aren't supposed to go up to the keep and fight him the first time you enter the open map. Go explore around, find **** like upgrade materials, new weapons and armor, npcs that might sell you stuff, spells if you want to use them, etc.
This isn't Dark Souls where you are largely stuck on one or two paths to progress. It's an open map, something I don't enjoy much, but it does allow you to **** off and roam around to get a bit more practiced and equipped and come back later.

Also at the start of the game focus on getting your vigor stat up. Bare minimum 25 or up to 30 and consider upping that as you continue to progress. Elden Ring is a looooong game and it accounts for the idea you'll have more levels than most souls games before it.

[Nauct]

Your weapon upgrades will make a much bigger difference than level

[NikemanBOOM]

Seems about right. Explore around, level Vigor a bit, then return and beat his ass. Make use of Rogier, the wolves, or Aurelia, too, if you feel so inclined.

[Playful Gargoyle]

I think you should go try something else for awhile fellow Tarnished. You might just need to explore some more, get some more levels, and increase your general girth.

The items held by the Stone Gargoyles will help you
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3279319455

[Anatolius]

Either insist and suffer through, or explore and come back later, either way is fine.
He is stronger than main boss of the castle you're in, so he's kind of a wall.

[Astral Projection]

7 hours is still the tutorial. level up. get some silver.