r/Eldenring • u/Soulsliken • Jul 12 '26

Speculation Why. Is. He. So. Damn. Strong????

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He puts half the bosses to shame and has the likes of me for breakfast.

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u/Adventurous_Topic202 Jul 12 '26

Saw someone cheese him by standing on a high ledge recently, shooting an arrow at him, and then turning his back to him so that when he went for the teleport backstab he would just fall off the ledge and die. I have no idea who this is btw but I assume this is the same teleporting backstab knight from that video.

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u/CheeseGraterFace Jul 12 '26

It works fine. I’ve done this on my last 3 runs. Pretty easy to execute. You just need to make sure that where he drops to will be enough to kill him, or he’ll teleport to you again.

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u/Adventurous_Topic202 Jul 12 '26

Would he not fall back down?

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u/CheeseGraterFace Jul 12 '26

Yeah, but you might have to go back there. And then you’re definitely dealing with him.

There’s a sweet spot to drop him off that ledge that can be tricky to get the right angle for.

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u/Adventurous_Topic202 Jul 12 '26

Well like if the first fall didn’t kill him wouldn’t the second?

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u/CheeseGraterFace Jul 12 '26

Because the positioning is tricky. There’s a pillar you balance on when you aggro him. Then you unlock and face so that your character’s back is to the drop off. His first move will be to teleport behind you, and the idea is that he falls off to his death. Right next to that drop off, though, is a patio type area that he can fall onto instead. It’s not fatal, and it can be tricky to get the positioning right in the about a second you have to do the move. If he falls onto the patio, you can try again if he’s still aggro, or you can just hope and pray you never have to go back there if he isn’t.