How to Beat Crucible Knight Ordovis: Boss Fight Guide

This is a guide on how to beat Crucible Knight Ordovis, an optional boss in Elden Ring. Read on to learn more about Crucible Knight Ordovis's drops, weaknesses, and recommended level!

Crucible Knight Ordovis General Info

Stats and Rewards

Crucible Knight Ordovis
Weakness	Resistance	Immune
━	Bleed Frost Scarlet Rot Sleep Poison	Madness Instant Death
Affected By	Bleed, Frost, Scarlet Rot, Poison, Sleep
Spirit Ashes Available?	Yes
Rune Rewards	28000 (NG)
Summonable NPCs	None
Location	・Auriza Hero's Grave, Altus Plateau
Item Drops	・Ordovis' Greatsword ・Crucible Axe Armor ・Crucible Axe Helm ・Crucible Gauntlets ・Crucible Greaves

Crucible Knight Ordovis Location

Where to Find Crucible Knight Ordovis

From the Capital Rampart site of grace found just after defeating the Draconic Tree Sentinel, head Northwest and then take a sharp turn going South. Follow the cliffside on to your left and jump over the gap and drop down facing Southeast and enter Auriza Hero's Grave.

The double boss fight with Crucible Knight Ordovis is found at the end of this dungeon.

When to Fight Crucible Knight Ordovis

How to Beat Crucible Knight Ordovis

Tips for Beating Crucible Knight Ordovis
Parry with the Buckler
Focus Your Attacks on One Target
Summon Mimic Tear
Inflict Scarlet Rot

Parry with the Buckler

The Crucible Knights have predictable attack patterns which you can exploit once you are familiar with their parry timings. Using the Buckler Parry will give you an advantage as it has more active frames on the parry, thereby increasing the likelihood of landing a successful parry and riposte.

To get the Buckler, go back to Godrick's Arena and kill the NPC stomping on his corpse. He will drop a Bell Bearing that allows you to buy the buckler back at the Round Table Hold.

Focus Your Attacks on One Target

As always with fights that have multiple targets, you should focus on taking out one target first to even the odds. It's recommended that you first focus on the Crucible Knight whose second phase attacks you are more comfortable with dodging, since you will still be dealing with two targets at that point in the fight.

Summon Mimic Tear

Summoning Mimic Tear is a good way to distract one of the two Crucible Knights and can give you some much needed breathing room. Also if Mimic Tear can help you inflict status effects like Scarlet Rot, although keep in mind that Crucible Knights have a high resistance to status effects.

Inflict Scarlet Rot

If you successfully manage to inflict Scarlet Rot on one or both of the bosses, you can focus on dodging as their health gradually drains. It can be difficult to inflict Scarlet Rot though, as Crucible Knights have a high resistance to status effects. Even so, once they are inflicted, the damage dealt over time takes out a massive amount of HP.

At the start of the fight you can cast Rotten Breath, but it has a very slow start up animation so that first cast is the only one you can get semi-safely. If you have the Scorpion's Stinger which has a Scarlet Rot buildup passive effect, you can use that to inflict Scarlet Rot as well as use it for higher crit damage on ripostes. This strategy is especially effective when paired with Mimic Tear.

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