[Story Info] "Elden Ring takes place in the Lands Between, a fictional landmass ruled over by several demigods. It was previously ruled over by the immortal Queen Marika, who acted as keeper of the Elden Ring, a powerful force that manifested as the physical concept of order. When Marika eventually shattered the Elden Ring and disappeared, her demigod children began warring over pieces of the Ring in an event called the Shattering. Each demigod possesses a shard of the Ring called a Great Rune, which corrupts them with power. In the game, the player character is a Tarnished, one of a group of exiles from the Lands Between who are summoned back after the Shattering. As one of the Tarnished, the player must traverse the realm to repair the Elden Ring and become the Elden Lord." (Wikipedia)
[Gameplay Info] "In Elden Ring, players control a customizable player character on a journey to repair the Elden Ring and become the new Elden Lord. The game is presented through a third-person perspective, with players freely roaming its interactive open world. Gameplay elements include combat using several types of weapons and magic spells, horseback riding, and crafting." (Wikipedia)
I think the location is the cave next to the kneeling knight near the woods northeast of the Church of Elleh and the Tree Sentinel.
There's five or six wolves inside that aren't much trouble if you're leveled up enough or sneak up on them with ranged attacks.
There's some items to pick up further in the dark but if you to the right of where you enter there's a passageway to what looks like a mini-boss (I call them mini-bosses because after I killed Margit the Fell Omen the game said I killed a "great boss" so I'd rather just call guys like Margit regular bosses and non-greats, minis).
I use a shield at first to try and quick-learn Beastman's attack pattern but either that's a bad strategy or my Endurance/Strength stats are too weak ... I think those deal with how strong my shield block is .
I put some distance between him and I then try hacking away but he keeps breaking my block and staggering me.
My sword hits pretty well but my life can't handle an up-close fight so after some bad dodging and health potions I decide to just pepper him with Flame-Sling fire balls.
Near the end, I remember my trusty Ash of War called Impaling Thrust which is such a great long-range sword move and looks awesome.
I kill him with a couple more of Ash of War Thrust and realize I really didnt need to use magic or my shield at all but Elden Ring, like anything else, is a (re)learning experience.
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