Metyr, Mom of Fingers is an actual handful thanks for his or her arsenal of forceful assaults.
This many-fingered creature is discovered contained in the Finger Ruins of Miyr, a hidden space in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree enlargement.
When you’d prefer to strive your hand at this boss combat, right here’s learn how to attain Metyr’s location and learn how to slay the finger-fiend.
Metyr location within the Elden Ring DLC
Metyr, Mom of Fingers is positioned under the Cathedral of Manus Metyr, on the northwestern a part of the Realm of Shadow map.
When you journey from the Moorth Ruins to Bonny Village after which take the highway to the northeast, it should ultimately lead you to the Cathedral. Nonetheless, you’ll be able to’t enter the boss enviornment except you’ve progressed far sufficient via Rely Ymir’s questline.
When you haven’t already start Ymir’s quest, it entails assembly him on the Cathedral of Manus Metyr, earlier than exploring a sequence of hallowed ruins from Ruins Maps you might be given, taking you thru areas such because the Cerulean Coast and the Shadow Hold.
As soon as accomplished, return to Ymir and exhaust his dialogue, then ‘refresh’ the Cathedral of Manus Metyr location by fast-traveling to the Web site of Grace, and also you’ll discover that Ymir has disappeared. Work together with the empty throne to disclose a ladder; if you happen to go down the ladder and sound the bell on the opposite finish of the trail, you’ll be transported to the ‘Finger Ruins of Miyr’, Metyr’s boss enviornment.
Beware that the ‘Sword hand of Night time Anna’ will invade you after you go down the ladder; it’s finest to defeat this elite enemy first, return to the Web site of Grace within the Cathedral, after which combat Metyr.
Metyr weak spot
Though the hand-shaped Metyr is a slightly giant boss, the Finger Ruins of Miyr supply loads of house for a combat. Metyr offers bodily and magical injury and is weak to Bleed (also referred to as blood loss or hemorrhage). Sadly, know that insanity and sleep gained’t work on this boss.
How one can put together for Metyr, Mom of Fingers
Right here’s learn how to put together towards Metyr’s strengths and exploit the boss’s weaknesses:
- Defend your self towards magic injury, particularly because it’s tougher to dodge and block than Metyr’s bodily injury. Obtainable via Sellen’s quest, Lusat’s armor set had superb magic injury negation. Dane’s set, which is discovered close to Bonny Village within the Realm of Shadow, is even higher, however it requires a secret teleport coffin hidden in Shadow Hold. It’s extremely advisable to equip a Talisman with injury negation as effectively, such because the Spelldrake Talisman +3, which is present in a storeroom in Fortress Ensis.
- Use Bleed injury. Metyr is inclined to Bleed, so weapons with innate Bleed injury are a wonderful alternative for this boss combat. The Rivers of Blood katana (dropped by Bloody Finger Okina), the Bloodhound’s Fang greatsword (dropped by Bloodhound Knight Darriwi), and Eleonora’s Poleblade (dropped by Eleonora, Violet Bloody Finger as a part of Yura’s questline) are a few of the finest weapons to carry with you. You could select to dual-wield these Bleed weapons as lots of Metyr’s assaults are sluggish and straightforward to dodge. Alternatively, you should utilize Bleed-inflicting spells or incantations, akin to Briars Punishment (Mountaintops of the Giants), Bloodflame Blade (Liurnia), or Swarm of Flies (Mohgwyn Palace). Bloodborne arrows and bolts can assist you inflict Bleed with a bow, whereas Blood Grease offers a simple strategy to apply Bleed to a non-Bleed weapon. All three crafting recipes are discovered within the Nomadic Warrior’s Cookbook [6]. Lastly, chances are you’ll throw some Swarm Pots at Metyr to inflict Bleed; the crafting recipe is discovered within the Nomadic Warrior’s Cookbook [24].
- Receive Impenetrable Thorns. This Bleed-inflicting sorcery is a brand new Shadow of the Erdtree spell, and it appears significantly efficient towards Metyr. Yow will discover it on a corpse within the Shadow Hold’s Storehouse, on an out of doors ledge on the seventh ground.
- Improve and equip some Spirit Ashes. Particularly in case your present construct exploits Metyr’s weaknesses, probably the greatest Spirit Ashes for this boss combat is the Mimic Tear. Yow will discover it behind a Stonesword Key seal within the Night time’s Sacred Floor, on the Everlasting Metropolis of Nokron map. As a tanky Spirit Ash who can inflict Bleed, the Dung Eater Puppet can be a fantastic alternative. You should purchase this Spirit Ash from Seluvis, however you’ll need to do Seluvis’s quest and Ranni’s quest.
- Equip appropriate Talismans. As talked about earlier than, the Spelldrake Talisman +3 is nice towards magic injury, whereas the Dragoncrest Defend Talisman +2 tremendously reduces Metyr’s bodily injury (discovered on a corpse in Crumbling Farum Azula). When you’re utilizing a Bleed technique, Lord of Blood’s Exultation is superb because it improves your assault energy at any time when Metyr is bleeding. Yow will discover this Talisman within the Leyndell Catacombs.
How one can beat Metyr, Mom of Fingers
To beat Metyr in Elden Ring, it’s necessary to acknowledge incoming assaults and keep away from them. Right here’s what to anticipate:
- Slap and slam assaults: Everytime you’re shut sufficient, Metyr will swing her entrance arms at you. Alternatively, she could slam one or each arms onto the bottom in an try and smash you. This features a quick arm-slamming sequence that requires a number of dodges. That stated, the arm assaults typically present a wonderful alternative to dodge in the direction of Metyr’s chest or aspect and land just a few hits from there (ideally on the finger development on her chest, which is her weak spot). Beware that Metyr should still hit you together with her fingers (those rising from her aspect) when you’re attacking her flank.
- Physique slam: Metyr raises her head and lifts her entrance physique. It’ll take her a second to slam down, which ought to offer you loads of time to dodge away.
- Triple physique slam: A quick sequence of three physique slams, together with a head slam. Be able to dodge thrice proper in the intervening time of affect to keep away from all injury.
- Finger spray: Metyr rips at her chest and sprays tiny fingers in the direction of you earlier than dashing in your route. Be ready to dodge the sprint!
- Finger summoning: Metyr rips her chest open to unleash a twig of tiny fingers, then drops some finger minions on the sphere. The minions are annoying however not significantly harmful; slay them everytime you get the chance as you don’t need to find yourself with a area filled with minions.
- Laser assaults: If there’s a long way between you and Metyr, she’ll cost her laser assault (her head will begin to glow) and unleash a purple laser beam at you. This could both be a brief beam or a protracted beam that strikes from proper to left (out of your viewpoint). This assault has lots of vary and also you’re unlikely to outrun it, so it’s higher to dodge via it in the direction of the fitting.
- Glowing floor explosion: Metyr raises her head and smashes it into the bottom, inflicting the bottom in entrance of her to glow and detonate shortly after. You could not have the ability to dodge away in time, however there’s a particular trick to keep away from injury; if you happen to look carefully, you’ll be able to see that 5 traces have shaped on the bottom (from Metyr towards you). When you keep between these traces, the explosion gained’t hurt you.
- Levitating shockwave assault: As soon as Metyr has misplaced roughly 50% of her HP, she’ll begin to levitate earlier than dealing magical injury in a big radius round her. You may dodge away to keep away from the preliminary injury, however watch out for the ultimate shockwave from her tail; it’s essential to dodge shortly earlier than affect, when Metyr lifts her arms.
- Levitating laser assault: within the second part of the battle, Metyr could begin to levitate once more, dealing magical injury in an space round her and shifting a laser beam throughout the battlefield. You could transfer away from Metyr to keep away from the preliminary injury, then keep within the space between the whirlwind and the laser beams – it appears almost unattainable to dodge this assault fully, so ensure you’re close to full HP when it begins, and be able to heal instantly after.
- Airborne spinning assault: When she’s low on HP, Metyr could carry upwards, spin round whereas airborne, and crash down on you. The crashing half comes slightly out of the blue, so chances are you’ll need to outrun or block this assault slightly than try and dodge it.
- Magical orbs: When she’s low on HP, Metyr could levitate upwards, elevate her arms, and summon glowing orbs to the battlefield. The orbs will seem in your present location, the place they’ll explode after just a few seconds. Fortunately, you’ll be able to simply keep away from injury by operating away and leaving the path of orbs behind you.
The reddish cluster of fingers on Metyr’s chest is her weak spot, so if you happen to’re utilizing a melee construct, attempt to hit that at any time when you’ll be able to – ideally with leap assaults. It’s a bit simpler to dodge her assaults to the aspect and hit her within the flank as a substitute, however remember the fact that it’ll take for much longer to deplete her HP.
A ranged construct gained’t can help you spam hits towards Metyr’s weak spot like a melee fighter, however it’s nonetheless a viable choice if you happen to use Spirit Ashes to distract Metyr. It’s not too arduous to search out sufficient charging time as Metyr’s assaults are fairly sluggish. When you’re nonetheless having bother towards Metyr, bear in mind the Impenetrable Thorns sorcery talked about within the ‘put together’ part above.
Defeating Metyr, Mom of Fingers is rewarded with 420,000 Runes and the Metyr, Mom of Fingers Remembrance. From right here, you’re now free to proceed and full Rely Ymir’s questline.
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