Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon, is a boss in Elden Ring. She is one of the demigods that players have to defeat to advance the story forward and is found in the Academy of Reya Lucaria. This is not an optional boss as players must defeat her to advance to the Legacy Dungeon.
How to defeat Rennala
The Rennala fight can be made considerably easier if you useranged attacksormultiplayer. However, the key to this fight will bepatience. Her attackshit extremely hardif you havelow magic resistance, and her minions will constantly be coming after you.
Melee users
The key for melee users is totime your attacksandnot get greedy. Your best option will be to ignore her initially andeliminate her students, after which you’ll be able to hit her. Be mindful of your distance to her while attacking, stay close for too long and she will release apowerful AOE spell. Repeat this until phase two, at which point she will use her full spell arsenal and summon creatures.
Your best option at this point is to ignore her summons and target her individually. She will continue to launch powerful spells at you so mind your rolling. While she deals great damage, she is incrediblyweak to physical damage. So use this to your advantage and put her down swiftly.
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Ranged users
If you’re using aBow, just fire away since physical damage is good here.Range down the studentsin phase one.
In phase twoclear the addswith melee attacks if you’re a mage, and Bow if you’re an archer. Then attack the boss, repeating this pattern.
Magic users
Rennala is veryresistant to magic, so the best choice against her isrock sling. We recommend bringing a sword for hitting the glowing students.
In phase 2,spirits are very helpfulsince theydistract Rennala. Keep range either by running or dodging, and wait for an opening after her attacks. With decent INT and a proper staff, she will go down quickly.
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