Elden Ring: Rellana, Twin Moon Knight (Castle Ensis) Boss Fight (SOTE)

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.

Rellana, Twin Moon Knight is in the highest tier, Legendary Bosses, and is the end boss of the Castle Ensis legacy dungeon in the Land of Shadow. She is an optional boss in the sense that it is not required to defeat her in order to progress the main story of the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion.

The overall look and style of this boss remind me of a certain dancer from a spiritual predecessor to this game, although in a less spectacular version. But she does have a certain dancing-like way of moving that may look graceful but is highly annoying when she keeps her pointy ends in my direction. And she does that a lot.

Before entering the boss room, it’s possible to summon in some assistance in the form of Needle Knight Leda. I realize summoning NPCs will sometimes make bosses harder and I rarely used them in the base game, but it has always felt a bit like I’m missing some of their story if I don’t include them, so I have decided to summon them when they are available in the expansion.

Leda is a quite capable tank and held the boss’s aggro very well. Yes, it’s definitely because she’s a good tank and it’s definitely not because I ran around like a headless chicken and didn’t do enough damage for the boss to consider me a real threat. Definitely.

I also summoned my favorite assassin in the form of Black Knife Tiche, as she is always good at distraction and sparing my own tender flesh from some of the beating. Also, this boss has a huge health pool, so Tiche’s damage output comes in very handy to speed things up a bit.

As mentioned, this boss is highly agile and moves in a dancer-like fashion. She has several sweeping attacks and area of effect skills as well as homing glintstone missiles, so I overall found it quite difficult to consistently avoid taking damage. With two summoned helpers, it was not horribly difficult to find time to take a sip of Crimson Tears, but even so, her area of effect attacks can be devastating, so make sure to look out for those.

She can also infuse her two swords with glintstone magic and fire, respectively. It looks cool and all, but I feel like she hits plenty hard without infusing her weapons with anything, so I’m not sure how big of a difference it makes. But I suppose a dancing boss likes to show off with fancy glowing blades.

I overall found it to be a pretty fun fight, although the boss has huge amounts of health, so it feels like it’s dragging on for longer than it should. Perhaps it would have gone easier without Needle Knight Leda there as NPC summons increases the boss’s health, but on the other hand, that would have meant less distractions for the boss. Oh well, there is no such thing as a bad win.

And now for the usual boring details about my character. I play as a mostly Dexterity build. My melee weapons are the Hand of Malenia and the Uchigatana with Keen affinity. I was level 187 and Scadutree Blessing 5 when this video was recorded, which I think is reasonable for this boss. 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.

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Fan art inspired by this boss fight

Anime-style fan art of the Tarnished in Black Knife armor dueling Rellana, Twin Moon Knight, inside Castle Ensis with blazing red and icy blue swords crossing in a storm of sparks. Click or tap the image for more information.

Anime-style fan art of the Tarnished fighting Rellana, Twin Moon Knight, in Castle Ensis Click or tap the image for more information.

Anime-style fan art showing the Tarnished in Black Knife armor seen from behind dueling Rellana, Twin Moon Knight, who wields a flaming sword and a frost sword inside a gothic castle hall. Click or tap the image for more information.

Anime-style fan art of the Tarnished battling Rellana, Twin Moon Knight, in Castle Ensis from an elevated view Click or tap the image for more information.

Isometric anime-style view of the Tarnished in Black Knife armor dueling Rellana, Twin Moon Knight, who wields a flaming sword and a frost sword inside a gothic castle courtyard. Click or tap the image for more information.

Isometric anime-style fan art showing a towering Rellana with flaming and frost swords facing a much smaller Tarnished in Black Knife armor inside a gothic castle courtyard. Click or tap the image for more information.

Semi-realistic anime-style fan art of the Tarnished battling Rellana, Twin Moon Knight, in Castle Ensis Click or tap the image for more information.

Moody fantasy painting of the Tarnished in dark Black Knife armor facing Rellana, Twin Moon Knight, who wields a flaming sword and a frost sword in a blue-lit gothic castle hall. Click or tap the image for more information.

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