Fire Giant Mountaintops of the Giants Boss

Description

Fire Giant is a Legend Boss in Elden Ring. The Fire Giant is the the last known survivor of the War against the Giants. It is a massive humanoid creature with a face on its chest, and is found in Mountaintops of the Giants. This boss is required to advance to the Forge of the Giants.

Strategy

This boss is surprisingly swift for such a large foe, at least in the beginning of the fight. The main thing you’ll want to focus on is breaking the bone splint which is located on the Fire Giant’s left leg, tied together with red hair. Once you’ve done this, you’ll see the exposed wound on the lower leg, which you can now hit for more damage. The easiest way to do this is while mounted on Torrent, which allows you to maneuver between the legs of the giant which avoiding its stomp attacks. As you’re under the boss, it will also generate a ball of fire which will gradually expand in size until it explodes. You’ll want to avoid this by riding off just before the explosion, but it won’t inflict any damage up until this point. However, the giant will also cast vertical walls of fire from the ground around him, so you’ll need to run from these as well. The boss will sometimes swipe at your with its shield as you’re under it, so watch out for this too.

Once you’ve brought the boss down to half health, a cutscene will begin which leads into the second phase of the fight. During this phase the giant will lose its left leg, but it will begin to use more fire attacks including a meteor shower which it summons from the hole in its stomach. The boss will also begin to summon fire balls and vertical walls of flame at the same time, making it difficult to get within melee range when this happens. Another new fire attack involves fire balls being thrown at you, and fire being spurted out from the hole in its stomach. In addition, the boss will now roll around on the ground in different directions. This can inflict damage if you’re caught in the roll, so be ready to avoid it. Ultimately, the best way to avoid most of the attacks from the giant is to stay behind it wherever possible, as you whittle down its health.

Lore

Location

• The Fire Giant can be found at Flame Peak, in southeast Mountaintops of the Giants.

Notable Info

• Health: 43,263 HP
• Defenses change during phases. He will lose some health, leaving only a quarter of his max HP, but he will gain massive damage reduction instead.
• Deals 500-800 Damage depending on the attack - Strike Damage or Fire Damage.
• Can be poise broken: During both Phase 1 and 2. This does allow for critical during phase 2, but wil leave the player in an sub-optimal position.
• Poise: 120.