Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree’s Bayle Fight Is Elden Beast All Over Again

Reflexes

• Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC offers plenty of new boss fights, with optional bosses rewarding players for their efforts.
• Bayle the Dread is one of the more difficult optional bosses, but his fight has a similar disadvantage to the original Elden Beast battle from Elden Ring.
• The Bayle boss arena is a no-ride area, which makes no sense considering the emphasis on using Torrent to get to the fight.

The highlight of almost any FromSoftware game is the boss fights, as they usually pose a significant threat to the player and require a lot of patience to learn their unique mechanics. Fire ring was no different, offering players over 200 boss fights to frustrate, enjoy, and receive rewards from. Now, Fire ringThe Shadow of the Erdtree DLC has added dozens more bosses to the overall experience, most of which are optional bosses that players can find simply by exploring the sizable Shadow Realm. Most of Shadow of the Erdtree's optional bosses can put up quite a bit of resistance, but their rewards are almost always worth it.

Of all the optional bosses in Fire ringThe Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, which includes the unstoppable Commander Gaius, Bayle the Dread is one of the most difficult to defeat. Bayle is a massive dragon who awaits players atop Jagged Peak for one of the DLC's most challenging fights, but the reward for conquering him should be more than enough to satisfy the appetite of those with the patience to endure his brutality. stroke. . Unfortunately, Bayle may be one of the most exciting encounters in Shadow of the Erdtree, but his fight has a major drawback reminiscent of Fire ringBattle of the Elden Beasts.

Bayle's fight from Shadow of the Erdtree borrows the brunt of the old Elden Beast fight from Elden Ring

Players were previously unable to use Torrent during Elden Ring's Elden Beast Fight

The battle with the Elden Beast is the final encounter in Fire ringThe base game, and it's certainly exciting. There's nothing like taking on a creature that's a hundred times the size of the player character in a From the software game, and the fight with Elden Beast offers all that and more. However, originally, the Elden Beast encounter was an unmounted area, meaning players couldn't summon Torrent at any point during the fight. This was a major point of contention for the battle because the Elden Beast boss arena is the largest in the game and trying to close the gap by running would often prove futile.

This was especially unfortunate considering Fire ring places a lot of emphasis on using Torrent to travel long distances, and there are many other boss fights in the game that allow you to summon it during the fight. Fortunately, FromSoftware recently released a patch for Fire ring that allows players to Torrent during the fight, but that still hasn't stopped other encounters from being frustrating for the same reason, namely the fight with Bayle the Dread from Shadow of the Erdtree.

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's Bayle Boss Arena is a forbidden area

Just like the encounter with the Elden Beast was originally, the fight with Bayle the Terror in Fire ringShadow of the Erdtree DLC It takes place in an area where you can't ride. Bayle's boss arena isn't as big as the Elden Beast's, but it's big enough that it makes sense for players to be able to use Torrent. This is especially noticeable by how fast Bayle is and how quickly he can overwhelm players, making it difficult for magic users to get far enough away to avoid being damaged and having their spells interrupted.

While the size of Bayle's arena is enough to justify the use of Torrent, it also makes no sense as a no-go area for cyclists, considering Torrent is practically necessary for climbing. Irregular peak and reach Bayle. With so much emphasis on using Torrent to reach the boss arena, it doesn't make much sense for players to not be able to use it during the fight. All that said, it might be worth it for FromSoftware to release another patch to Fire ring that allows the use of Torrent during the fight with Bayle, just as it did with the encounter with Elden Beast.