how to beat astel

[shadow pool enjoyer]

is there anyway not to get 1 shot by the portal attack ?

[Tomas Mac Mordain]

hmm, if you're low on vigor:
- get redmane's fire ash of war
- mix a physik with that a tear that improves stance break

run up to his face, drink your drink, and give him the redmane's ash of war
he'll break stance every 2 hits, you can chain it so he can't do anything at all

only difficulty with that method is to run up and land the first two hits successfully, rest is a matter of timing the followup - chease :)

[shadow pool enjoyer]

I have 1000 hp and a damage reduction potion, it just doesn't make sense to get 1 shot without any way of dodging it

[NightUndead]

If you mean the grab attack from above, it can be dodged

[Spooky]

1000 hp in wearing cloth? Or Full Plate?

Shield against Magic Dmg helps too.

[WhiteLezard]

If by portal attack you mean that teleportation-> grab combo, you need to start running without stopping in the opposite direction as soon as he starts the teleportation animation. That way even when he reappears on top of you he won't be able to grab you.

Like with everything on Elden Ring, the secret is not mashing when attacking so you can stop when you need to.

EDIT: it's bizarre how everyone refuses to level up vigor due to "muh meta max level" memes.

[Dr.Abscondus]

Mix a flask with opaline bubbletear. Go in with that on and it absorbs the first hit if you can't dodge in time. I always have that in my flask. The other thing you want in the flask is the Twiggy Cracked Tear which keeps you from losing your runes when you die or when you're going back to retrieve runes. It even keeps those chariots from one hitting you. Look at the wiki if you don't have these two tears. I don't remember where I got them. 1000HP is a little low for that boss.

[MASTERNIKOFTW#PATRIOTS4TRUMP]

what i noticed when fighting astel is the hit and run tactic.

i used royal great sword and stayed to it right while keeping it away from the walls too much.

i think its supposed to teleport to your left side when there is space.

im not sure if he does a teleport to instant grab, i think it is either teleport then attacks and then the grab/special.


but my biggest tip is the left side thing, he will always want to port to the left if there is space and then you can get the hit and run pattern going

i can maybe get like 2-3 hits in each time i go in after the first set of attacks after the port.

[shadow pool enjoyer]

Im level 72, with radagons soreseal , +hp talisman , damage reduction physik and rune arc and it still 1 shots.

[NightUndead]

Originally posted by haRdstylE:

Im level 72, with radagons soreseal , +hp talisman , damage reduction physik and rune arc and it still 1 shots.

Umm... Soreseals/Scarseals INCREASE damage taken, by reducing damage resistances

[shadow pool enjoyer]

Originally posted by WhiteLezard:

If by portal attack you mean that teleportation-> grab combo, you need to start running without stopping in the opposite direction as soon as he starts the teleportation animation. That way even when he reappears on top of you he won't be able to grab you.

Like with everything on Elden Ring, the secret is not mashing when attacking so you can stop when you need to.

EDIT: it's bizarre how everyone refuses to level up vigor due to "muh meta max level" memes.

I'll try that

[♔V3RD1CT]

It is mostly entirely magic, with ease mechanics manipulated by staying in close range. His shots are difficult to dodge the beams against, and it takes pin point accurate rolling for that.

Once you get in close the boss is cheese, as its mechanics can't react out of long range short of attacking you with forward frontal attacks, and pointless spinning that can not touch you if you are under his belly.

SO GET IN THAT BELLY! Seriously, it breaks his heavy damage range. When doing this you face two separate easily avoidable mechanics.
-Boss will use gravity shock waves to protect the underside. (Meaning you move three feet away from directly under him, or jump over them, or roll. All makes it a meaningless attack.
-Second wave will come from spam. If you do not have a distraction you will get a lot of the boss spamming aoe, or teleport so it can try to pincer you into the grab attack. Again running under the belly forces the two type mechanics of shock wave, or aoe because the aoe has a hard time targeting you around the multiple legs.

In the end the only thing the boss can do is teleport to reset the attempts to hurt you. This is immediately removed as an issue by returning to close range under belly tactics. Gl hf

[shadow pool enjoyer]

Originally posted by NightUndead:

Originally posted by haRdstylE:

Im level 72, with radagons soreseal , +hp talisman , damage reduction physik and rune arc and it still 1 shots.

Umm... Soreseals/Scarseals INCREASE damage taken, by reducing damage resistances

Yeah but when I tested it the vigor seems to make up for that.

[shadow pool enjoyer]

Originally posted by gordonshumway:

hmm, if you're low on vigor:
- get redmane's fire ash of war
- mix a physik with that a tear that improves stance break

run up to his face, drink your drink, and give him the redmane's ash of war
he'll break stance every 2 hits, you can chain it so he can't do anything at all

only difficulty with that method is to run up and land the first two hits successfully, rest is a matter of timing the followup - chease :)

I beat the erdtree avatar for stonebarb cracked tear and i did not get it. guess that ends that

[[OTS]EchoZenLogos]

Originally posted by haRdstylE:

is there anyway not to get 1 shot by the portal attack ?

Roll.

That same attack killed me about 3 or 4 times before I beat the boss, so I get the frustration.

But if you don't panic and look out for it, you can roll out of it without too much trouble.

[Pisaro]

Beat him first try. With a good mimic he is weak.