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

DLC Bosses

Main Bosses

Optional Bosses

Mini-Bosses

Hostile NPCs and Invaders