Elden Ring: Kindred of Rot Duo (Seethewater Cave) Boss Fight

As you probably know, bosses in Elden Ring are divided into three tiers. From lowest to highest: Field Bosses, Greater Enemy Bosses and finally Demigods and Legends.

Kindreds of Rot are in the lowest tier, Field Bosses, and are the end bosses of the Seethewater Cave dungeon in Mount Gelmir. Like most lesser bosses in the game, these are optional in the sense that you do not need to defeat them in order to advance the main story.

I’m not really sure why these are considered bosses as they felt exactly like the Kindreds of Rot I had already killed in hordes in the Grand Cloister part of Lake of Rot. But I should probably have done Altus Plateau and Mount Gelmir before Lake of Rot ;-)

Anyway, their most dangerous attack is that ranged thing where they fire a lot of arrows at you at once, so watch out for that. Also, they like to run around in circles when you hit them, so something to slow them down – for example, something freezing – can be very helpful. Other than that, these two aren’t much more difficult than any other enemy in the game.

And now for the usual boring details about my character: I play as a mostly Dexterity build. My melee weapon is the Guardian’s Swordspear with Keen affinity and Chilling Mist Ash of War. My shield is the Great Turtle Shell, which I mostly wear for the stamina recovery. I was level 113 when this video was recorded. That was obviously way too high as the bosses felt more like regular enemies. I’m always looking for the sweet spot where it’s not mind-numbing easy mode, but also not so difficult that I will be stuck on the same boss for hours ;-)