How to Beat Ancient Dragon Lansseax: Boss Fight Guide

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

Ancient Dragon Lansseax General Info

Stats and Rewards

Ancient Dragon Lansseax
Weakness	Resistance	Immune
Thrust	Standard Strike Slash Magic Fire Holy Lightning	Madness Instant Death
Affected By	Poison, Scarlet Rot, Bleed, Frost
Spirit Ashes Available?	Yes
Rune Rewards	63000 (NG)
Summonable NPCs	・None
Location	・Altus Plateau
Item Drops	・Lansseax's Glaive

Ancient Dragon Lansseax Location

Where to Find Ancient Dragon Lansseax

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You can find Ancient Dragon Lansseax on a hill south of the Rampartside Path Site of Grace and east of the Sainted Hero's Grave.

The hillside where Lansseax appears always has rainy weather and multiple lightning strikes scouring the open field.

First Appears North of the Abandoned Coffin

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Ancient Dragon Lansseax will only appear after encountering her north of the Abandoned Coffin Site of Grace, accessible from the Ruin-Strewn Precipce elevator after the Magma Wyrm boss.

Lansseax will attack you here and, after damaging her enough, will flee to the hillside south of the Rampartside Path Site of Grace where you can fight her properly.

When to Fight Ancient Dragon Lansseax

You can fight Ancient Dragon Lansseax as soon as you get to Altus Plateu and first trigger her appearance north of the Abandoned Coffin Site of Grace.

Fight at Level 100+

Ancient Dragon Lansseax is a powerful and large boss that has wide attacks that can easily KO or bring down characters to critical HP with its lightning and fire attacks.

Level your character to at least Level 100, increasing Vigor and your chosen attacking stats enough so that you can withstand her powerful attacks and deal enough damage in turn.

How to Beat Ancient Dragon Lansseax

Tips for Beating Ancient Dragon Lansseax
Use Your Mount for Added Mobility
Use Spirit Ashes to Summon Spirits
Attack Lansseax's Legs
Use Weapons with Thrust Attacks

Use Your Mount for Added Mobility

Ancient Dragon Lansseax's large size means her attacks can cover a lot of ground, especially her signature Lansseax's Glaive which is great at catching evading targets.

During the fight, ride Torrent so that you can easily dash away from her fire breath and glaive attacks.

Use Spirit Ashes to Summon Spirits

Tanky spirit ashes are the best to use in this fight due to Lansseax's powerful moves, with the best choice being a fully upgraded Mimic Tear. Not only does this summon have high HP and durability, it will also use the same weapons as your character.

Other notable Spirit Ashes include Lhutel the Headless, Banished Knight Oleg, and Banished Knight Engvall. All three are great at tanking Lansseax's moves and their aggressiveness means they'll also grab attention, letting you deal damage to the boss or heal up safely.

Attack Lansseax's Legs

Getting under Lansseax and attacking her legs is an effective way to bring her health safely. Getting under the dragon lets you evade most of her sweeping attacks, particularly her glaive attack.

This strategy also applies to characters using spells as it's safer to cast sorceries and incantations while under her. The Meteorite and Meteorite of Astel sorceries, in particular, are very effective against her since the meteorites will cover almost her entire body.

Use Weapons with Thrust Attacks

Ancient Dragon Lansseax is resistant to all types of weapon damage except for thrusting damage, which deals respectable damage against her.

Thrusting swords such as the Estoc and Cleanrot Knight Sword have fast movesets, allowing you to deal a lot of damage to the Ancient Dragon while still having enough time to dodge or ride away.

Some Weapons Have Thrusting Attacks

Some weapons can deal thrusting damage while not necessarily classified as thrusting weapons. The Cross-Naginata, for example, has a lot of thrusting attacks on its regular moveset and is a great weapon to use while riding Torrent due to its range.

Additionally, weapons equiipped with the Impaling Thrust Ash of War will always deal thrust damage when using the skill.

Elden Ring Related Guides

List of All Bosses

Main Bosses

All Bosses in Elden Ring
Margit the Fell Omen	Godrick the Grafted
Red Wolf of Radagon	Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon
Royal Knight Loretta	Starscourge Radahn
Godfrey, First Elden Lord	Morgott, the Omen King
Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy	Fire Giant
Malenia, Blade of Miquella	Mohg Lord of Blood
Regal Ancestor Spirit	Astel, Naturalborn of the Void
Lichdragon Fortissax	Godskin Duo
Dragonlord Placidusax	Maliketh, the Black Blade
Sir Gideon Ofnir, the All-Knowing	Hoarah Loux, Warrior
Radagon of the Golden Order	Elden Beast

Optional Bosses

Limgrave Optional Bosses
Beastman of Farum Azula	Bloodhound Knight Darriwil
Demi-Human Chiefs	Flying Dragon Agheel
Guardian Golem	Leonine Misbegotten
Mad Pumpkin Head	Miranda the Blighted Bloom
Patches	Runebear
Scaly Misbegotten	Soldier of Godrick
Stonedigger Troll	Tree Sentinel
Liurnia of the Lakes Optional Bosses
Adan, Thief of Fire	Alabaster Lord
Alecto, Black Knife Ringleader	Bols, Carian Knight
Bloodhound Knight	Glintstone Dragon Smarag
Glintstone Dragon Adula	Magma Wyrm Makar
Royal Revenant	Spirit-Caller Snail
Caelid Optional Bosses
Battlemage Hugues	Black Blade Kindred (Caelid)
Commander O'Neil	Decaying Ekzykes
Fallingstar Beast	Flying Dragon Greyll
Frenzied Duelist	Magma Wyrm
Nox Swordstress & Nox Priest	Putrid Tree Spirit
Altus Plateau Optional Bosses
Ancient Dragon Lansseax	Crucible Knight Ordovis
Demi-Human Queen Gilika	Demi-Human Queen Maggie
Demi-Human Queen Margot	Draconic Tree Sentinel
Elemer of the Briar	Esgar, Priest of Blood
Fell Twins	Full-Grown Fallingstar Beast
Godefroy the Grafted	Kindred of Rot
Mohg, The Omen	Necromancer Garris
Onyx Lord	Perfumer Tricia
Red Wolf of the Champion	Sanguine Noble
Virgin Abductors	Wormface
Mountaintops of the Giants Optional Bosses
Astel, Stars of Darkness	Black Blade Kindred (Mountaintops of the Giants)
Borealis the Freezing Fog	Commander Niall
Misbegotten Crusader	Putrid Grave Warden Duelist
Great Wyrm Theodorix	Vyke, Knight of the Roundtable
Siofra River Optional Bosses
Ancestor Spirit	Valiant Gargoyles
Mimic Tear
Ainsel River Optional Bosses
Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella	-
Deeproot Depths Optional Bosses
Crucible Knight Siluria	-
Multiple Location Optional Bosses
Ancient Hero of Zamor	Black Knife Assassin
Bell Bearing Hunter	Cemetery Shade
Cleanrot Knights	Crucible Knight
Crystalian	Death Rite Bird
Deathbird	Erdtree Avatar
Erdtree Burial Watchdog	Godskin Apostle
Godskin Noble	Grafted Scion
Grave Warden Duelist	Mad Pumpkin Head
Misbegotten Warrior	Night's Cavalry
Omenkiller	Tibia Mariner
Dragonkin Soldier	-

Mini-Bosses

All Bosses in Elden Ring
Elder Dragon Greyoll	Lion Guardian
Valiant Gargoyle (Leyndell)	-

Hostile NPCs and Invaders

Limgrave Invaders and Hostile NPCs
Bloody Finger Nerijus	Old Knight Istvan
Recusant Henricus	-
Liurnia of the Lakes Invaders and Hostile NPCs
Great Horned Tragoth	Festering Fingerprint Vyke
Altus Plateau Invaders and Hostile NPCs
Eleonora, Violet Bloody Finger	Inquisitor Ghiza
Maleigh Marais, Shaded Castle Castellan	Rileigh the Idle
Vargram the Raging Wolf & Errant Sorcerer Wilhelm	Magnus the Beast Claw
Mountaintops of the Giants Invaders and Hostile NPCs
Juno Hoslow, Knight of Blood	-
The Roundtable Hold Invaders and Hostile NPCs
Mad Tongue Alberich	-
Multiple Location Invaders and Hostile NPCs
Anastasia, Tarnished-Eater	-

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