Is Crucible Knight duo optional?

Crucible Knight is a Field Boss in Elden Ring. These heavily-armored warriors take patience and practice to defeat. This is an optional boss as players don't need to defeat it to advance in Elden Ring.
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What do you get for beating the Crucible Knight duo?

Defeat them both, and you'll gain the full crucible knight set, including the Crucible Axe Helm, Crucible Axe Armor, Crucible Gauntlets, and Crucible Greaves -- and Ordovis's Greatsword as well!
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Is Crucible Knight duo hard?

Fighting one Crucible Knight is hard enough. Fighting two of the Elden Ring Crucible Knights at the same time makes for one of the hardest bosses.
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What level should you be for Crucible Knight duo?

I'm usually higher level than 77 though, more like 90-100. You should have at least one weapon upgraded to +19 or 20 by this point, for somber weapons you should have +6 at least, but it's not hard to get +10 early.
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How do you beat the Twin Crucible Knights?

Kill them one at a time - each knight buffs at 50% health. Damaging them one at a time prevents you from having to fight both of them being buffed. Kill Lesser Crucible Knight first - he wields a spear and is the weaker one (lower resistances). They're vulnerable to lightning - as well as fire.
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Can you beat Elden Ring with ONLY Crucible Knight Spells?

What is the hardest boss in Crucible Knights?

Crucible Knight Overview

We want to emphasize optional here, as the Crucible Knight is arguably the hardest boss you'll find at the start of the game. He hits hard, has a ton of poise, and has some wide AoE attacks during his second phase. We recommend fighting this boss later in your playthrough.
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Is Crucible Knight the hardest?

The Crucible Knight is one of the hardest enemies in Elden Ring, that is until you have to fight two at once much later. But it's not impossible – just like every challenge in Elden Ring, it's a good idea to leave, level up, and return when you're stronger and have better equipment.
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Are Crucible Knights weak to anything?

Magic and Ranged Users

Chip Away: Although the Crucible Knight's shield will block many magic spells, it'll still take chip damage. You can whittle away its health very effectively by spamming spells if you have enough Cerulean Flasks.
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What is the easiest way to beat Crucible Knight?

Here are our top tips for succeeding in your fight against the Crucible Knight:
  1. Don't take the Crucible Knight on too early.
  2. Back way off before healing.
  3. Attack just once or twice before retreating.
  4. Watch out for the two tail attacks.
  5. A parry goes a long way.
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Can you backstab Crucible Knights?

He never stopped attacking. Did 5 attacks, followed by a fire breath, followed by 4 more attacks, with no break in between. He also seems to be immune to backstabs and stagger. I ended up relying on the shield and poking him to death.
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What can stagger a Crucible Knight?

Crucible Knights stagger from attacks that launch normal enemies, like Giant Hunt. They become a lot easier when you can interrupt their moves with your own.
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Is Crucible Knight weak to fire?

This is a simple tidbit, but most, if not all, Crucible Knights are immune to Bleed, and weak to Lightning most, followed by Fire. It's a safe bet to assume that armored enemies are weak to Lightning in general, because of the whole conductive metal thing. Weirdly, Fire works pretty well too.
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Can Crucible Knight be poisoned?

Use the poisonous mist as soon as he spawns and he should get poisoned, swap to the dagger (or any weapon that will do a lot of critical damage) and parry him.
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Is Misbegotten Warrior optional?

Crucible Knight and Misbegotten Warrior is a Field Boss in Elden Ring. A fearsome Misbegotten and a stoic knight have come to Redmane Castle to test their strength. This is an optional boss as players don't need to defeat it to advance. Leonine Misbegotten and Crucible Knight are the individual forms of these bosses.
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What is the hardest miniboss in Elden Ring?

Crumbling Farum Azula

And not to mention that as soon as a player gets out of their melee range, they'll start to barrage them with Black Fireballs. So, players must be ready to die several times before defeating them. Undoubtedly, the Godskin Duo is the most challenging Mini-Boss to fight in Elden Ring.
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Is Crucible Knight Parryable?

TIP: To parry the Crucible Knight, press and hold L2 (on PlayStation) when his attack winds up. Don't press it when it's coming forward as that's too late. Watch his arms go back, and do it then. Use a Buckler as it has the best parry window.
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How many crucible knights are there?

According to the Closed Network Test description for Ordovis's Greatsword, there were 16 Crucible Knights of Godfrey. Though the description has been changed, this is still the case for the final version of the game. Two can be found in Limgrave. Three can be found in the Siofra River.
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How do you beat Crucible Knight Evergaol?

Always wait for the knight to attack first, dodge the incoming strike or combo attack, and then retaliate with one more attacks of your own (depending on how fast your weapon or spell is). Never get too greedy - or you're likely to start trading blows, and it won't be a battle you can win at that point.
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Do lesser Crucible Knights respawn?

This is the first Lesser Crucible Knight you can encounter in Leyndell, Royal Capital. This mini-boss does not respawn, so finish him!
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Where do I get Crucible Knight armor?

The Crucible Axe Set is a complete set of Attire that's dropped by Crucible Knight Ordovis in Auriza Hero's Grave, Altus Plateau.
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What is Radahn weak to?

Radahn is vulnerable to Frostbite and other status conditions, but especially Scarlet Rot. Rot Pots and arrows tinged with Scarlet Rot are good options if you want to take advantage of status effects for this fight. These weaknesses remain even in phase two.
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What is the strongest stagger weapon in Elden Ring?

The Giant-Crusher has the highest Strength stat requirement in Elden Ring, and for good reason. It's incredibly powerful, with very high stagger potential against enemies. Of course, the downside is that the weapon will leave you entirely open to attacks if you miss.
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Can you sneak up on Crucible Knights?

I just realized that you can stealth attack crucible knights whilst wearing the black knife chest. So for the uninitiated, the black knife chest mutes the sound of footsteps and jumping/falling sound. I was surprised to find out today that this actually allows you to stealth the crucible knights.
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