Lichdragon Fortissax is one of the many dragon bosses spread throughout The Lands Between inElden Ring, but what elevates the Lichdragon to legendary status is his relationship with the Demigods and his incredible list of powers. He can be fought after ‘Entering the Deathbed Dream’ when talking to Fia at the Prince of Death’s Throne.
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Boasting four wings and red lightning powers makes the dragon incredibly intimidating for a lowly Tarnished, but players will need to defeat him if they want to achieve the ‘Age of Duskborn’ ending. The Tarnished will find the dragon in the Deeproot Depths, corrupted by Death Blight after losing his companionGodwyn the Golden.
Lichdragon Fortissax’s Move Set
Lichdragon Fortissax is characteristic of many ofthe other dragonsthat the Tarnished will find in The Lands Between. He will utilize the massive battle area to his advantage and punish those who get too close to him. Where his move set differs from other dragons is the sheer range of different attacks he can use to cause problems for the player.
While many of his attacks are well telegraphed, the challenge comes from remembering how each attack works and what specific point the player will need to dodge the attacks. This only gets worse in his second phase, where he starts using a couple of extremely powerful lightning attacks that deal massive damage.
Phase One
Phase Two
In the second phase (which occurs when Fortissax reaches 60% health) the combos that Fortissax can pull off get even longer. For example, Rearing Firebreath and Right Swipe can be followed up by a Vertical Slam and Double Bite can be followed up by a Right Swipe.
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Additionally, his second phase contains a few extra attacks which are some of the most visually jaw-dropping in all ofElden Ring, which makes Lichdragon Fortissax an optional boss that Tarnished will not want to miss.
Strategies
When preparing for this fight, the Tarnished could use a lot of different item buffs to help negate lightning damage like the Lightningproof Liver or the Boiled Crab. Additionally, keeping some Revitalizing Boluses will help reduce the buildup of the Death Lightning attack which inflicts Death Blight.
His head will take twice as much damage as anywhere else on his body which will encourage the player to always stay to the front of Fortissax while fighting him, although hacking at his front legs is also an effective strategy. Once he is defeated, Fortissax will drop 90,000 Runes andRemembrance of the Lichdragon.
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