45 Vigor is a glaring issue. Should be at 60.

Take points out of other stats to put into Vigor. Namely Strength and Endurance.

Dragoncrest Shield is the weaker version of Dragoncrest Greatshield- replace with this.

Crimson Amber Medallion +3 exists, can replace with this. Or use something else like Crimson Seed +1 for stronger healing flasks (won't need to waste an extra flask getting closer to full health from critically low)

Re-spec and use a shield. Or just get good.

Summon the troll and use heal from afar. He can solo radahn for you

Personally, I find my PCR loadout to be fun as hell and a very viable way to beat him.

Miseriecorde w/ bleed on right hand
Messmer soldier shield on left hand with Carian Retaliation

Dragoncrest greatshield talisman
Golden braid
Dagger talisman
Double headed turtle talisman

With this loadout I learned to parry him and kill him with critical hits. Holy hell it’s fun

The water throwables help too.

I got him the other night. And honestly it didn't take too many tries..maybe like 10 or so.. which isn't too bad

At first he was going crazy on me..but then I picked up on a few things that made it a ton easier.

PHASE 1

• If you brink guard his combo you can stun him without actually fatiguing him yet..it's even better than fatiguing him and usually leads up to one..cuz he gets into a stunlock phase with each hit.

• The delayed boot stamp, don't watch the boot..listen for the audio queue. He does a mini shout/roar right before it happens and it's much easier to time it like that than a visual queue.

PHASE 2

• When he start flame spinning rotate left, clockwise, around him cuz that's the direction the flames come down and you'll have less to dodge through.

• When he grapples to get away from you to fie, rush him rush him rush him. And get used to dodging his shots as if you're right on top of him. The idea is to get at least 1-2 swings on him..this will force him out of his firing phase. Otherwise if you keep your distance and dodge .. instead of having to dodge only 1-2 shots..you'll end up having to dodge 4-5-6-7-8 shots sometimes..it gets ridiculous.

Now having fire resistance is handy..but even just like 1 ring or 1 necklace with 150 fire resistance, is enough..just make sure you have some fire cleansing potions..Those are wayy more important than resistance IMO.

Whoever is reading,If you follow this and what OP says, you should have him down to phase 2 with maybe taking 1 hit at most..all your potions..then you just need to follow him when he grapples so he does less shots..and get good at dodging a few large slams..but even with missing those your potions should save you.

Whatever you do, don't let him go far and stay far..cuz he will give you hellfire

Many of these "bosses" don't have boss healthbars at the bottom of the screen therefore they're not bosses. As a start I'd remove all the furnace golems as well as Needle Knight Leda

this is awesome, thank you op

thank you! this works great :)

ty bro

One boss missing : There's a skelly on boat at southern shore that summons the monstruous thing that dies in 2 heals

Make sure you’re obtaining scadutree fragments so you can level up your scadutree blessing at sites of grace. It increases your damage dealt and decreases your damage taken so it’s essential for keeping up with the increased damage and hp of the dlc enemies.

Go get the Scadutree fragments. They are the DLC's power progression system, and the bosses are scaled to them. If you can't find any, you can look up a guide online.

I started the DLC this week after creating a new character, which took me 80 hours just to get to it. First impressions are that this is practically Elden Ring II, and has some of the best areas and exploration that from have created.

The DLC has a unique levelling system for both summons and yourself. It's genious as it gives that constant progression feeling even with a high level character, and doesn't spoil the main game if you've not finished it.

Don't try attacking the giant flame golem unless you know what you're doing (I don't).

The first gaol optional mini boss in the start area is an arsehole. My build is a light blue dancer doll/dagger/buckler and he is a bitch for me.

Scadutree Fragments are your best friend. Welcome to the best DLC ever mate

When you say first boss are you talking about the knight or the obvious big boss with a cutscene (trying to not spoiler)

If it's the knight, you really have to focus on his attacks and decide if you play safe and punish the crossbow or go hard and get rekt from his sword over and over like me.

If it's the other, good luck, he's really hard or medium depending on build and weapon.

I'm surprised the ol' Antspur Greatshield setup didn't work for you, that's what got me through my first playthrough of the DLC. Still, despite the stress this is causing you, I at least commend your tenacity in hanging on.

I'll run you through a few things off my head. I don't know what you've done so far, so sorry if some of these are repetition:

Have you messed with the Deflection Hardtear at all? It's nifty, and lets you perfect guard attacks in order to reduce stamina costs, chip damage, and retaliate with an improved guard counter if you attack. I started using it the moment I found it, and while it took me a long time to understand it, I eventually fell in love with it for block styles.

Resistances. Naturally, buffs reduce damage taken, but the Consort fight is so long that your buffs will run out. Still, I'm a big fan of Old Lord's talisman, making Lord's Divine Fortification last closer to 90 seconds. The catch is that there's almost no time to rebuff during this fight, I would rebuff just Lord's Divine during the phase transition, which usually meant I got smacked by the next attack, which was usually the big sky beams... but, you know, cut by 65% more than usual, and that's if I didn't avoid the attack completely with...

Vow of the Indomitable. I was running a fat roll build, so rolling was often a desperate last measure, and while it's true that fat rolls could still avoid the Bloodflame swings (that explosion happens from behind me, so can't be blocked -- in hindsight, I could have free-aimed to block it?), Vow had a longer immunity duration than fat rolls and recovered more quickly and kept me in place to retaliate with pokes. The other attack Vow works well on are the meteors; had no idea how to fat roll those and I'm not protected vs. magic, so they chipped too hard, but Vow avoids them all and gives a good attack window if I'm underneath. Raptor of the Mists is also one of my favorites for similar reasons, though for Consort, I didn't really want to be jumping up.

Rot Grease, including Drawstring, can also help to ensure a proc. I didn't use it because, well, my particular stat distribution involved a Flame Art Antspur, but that can work too. I did use Rot Grease at multiple points during the DLC, I just don't think I did it for Consort.

While my style was mostly focused on perfect guards and guard counters when I learned the safety windows to use them, I have to admit I resorted to good ol' stupid shield pokes when I had the stamina to spare.

I know how you feel. The final boss took me 187 attempts, more than all the other major bosses in the DLC combined. It was really discouraging and I couldn’t understand what was wrong with me. I finally got him with a bleed build. I didn’t even feel good about it when it was over, just relieved.

There are way more qualified people on here that can give you advice. I just wanted to say that I know what you’re feeling. Just hang in there.

Most options of fighting are available for all builds, so you can find a combination of them to use

Damage buffs

Low requirement Defense buff / food

Parry

Deflecting Crystal Tear

Blocking (even just a medium shield for one hit)

Counter

There are people who did it by face tanking (no shield, no roll) in NG+7, while that's a little extreme, half of that preparation can surely make dodging / parrying / deflecting lot easier

For the attempt that worked for me, I used mimic and backhand blades not really optimal at all but it worked for me.

I'm a bit surprised you're struggling both being high level and also trying the shield and spear strat, but sometimes bosses really just make you struggle while others breeze through.

A really nice ash of war, and the one I used was raptors of the mist. For the big holy attack he does at the start of the 2nd phase, you can run right up to him and do the AOW to dodge the attack while also getting a hit in. Can give that a go and see if that helps dodge that attack.

100% real, even for how hard people said Malenia was I beat her pretty swiftly because she has flaws (easily staggered and low poise, weak to bleed) I just feel like with Radahn he has no flaws.

Radahn in C tier? This is why he's the goat of soulsborne creators

most of them…nothing? bayle really stands out as far as spectacle—pretty much one of the most epic dragon fights in the catalogue. messemer is also a really impressive and well choreographed fight. mechanically he stands out.

prime consort stands out in difficulty, but really besides the sheer brutality he doesn’t impress.

everything else i found to be pretty par for the course for Fromsoft.

Healing in neutral has been a bad idea in every Fromsoft game. Its just an even more bad idea in Elden Ring

Don't heal in neutral

i mean if you compare them to ds2 bosses then sure. but coming from ds3 or sekiro into SotE, the majority of dlc bosses are about as spectacular as the general boss experience.

In terms of presentation / cinematics I would say that a lot of the dlc bosses are actually worse than DS and base game bosses. The only dlc bosses that I think had good presentation are divine dancing lion, Messmer, Bayle, Midra, and scadutree avatar. The rest either have bad presentation (for most of their fights) or didn’t have enough cinematics. Like half the time I just didn’t feel like I was fighting anyone important when going through the dlc.

I fought him the other day and was in awe of how complex and nuanced the fight is. Every phase is like a dance.

Best bossfight of all time idc

Attacking you right after you cross the fog gate?

Most of their boss presentations are awesome. I don’t think Midra is necessarily any more awesome than Godfrey, Malenia, Maliketh, Nameless King, Orphan of Kos, etc.

Personally, I don’t care much about presentation. I’d rather fight a stick figure with Isshin’s moveset than MidPlaciBayle

I mean compared to the base game, a lot of bosses left a lot to be desired, especially Romina, Rellana and Gaius

Midra is the Goat of the DLC. I'm really hoping another Frenzied Lord appears in Nightrein.

Honestly, I’m not great at these games and I had no trouble healing against any boss. It’s not nearly as hard as people make it out to be. Either wait for an opening or roll the dice.

Uhm...

I don't wanna spoil too much but have you explored Caelid yet? There's one big guy there. It's to the east of Limgrave...

There is also a way (technically 2 ways) to go north of Liurnia. Just explore and you'll find out.

Since you said you don’t care about spoiler here you are. 

After rennala you need 2 medallion pieces (google it) to get to altis plateau through dectus lift, where you fight a tougher version of the sentinel knight and then go into the city until you fight Margit again, then you go to the snowy place and fight the fire giant, then you get teleported to Darin azul and fight maliketh, then you get sent back to the city and you have a few bosses in front of you, all basically back to back and then you’re at the end of the game. 

Theres also a few optional bosses, I recommend going to volcano manor which is in the northern side of Altus plateau. You get an amazing boss weapon from Rykard. 

Feel free to ask if you have any questions 

Most north-western point in Liurnia is the Manor. Side content.

North, north-east leads to Altus, but you'll need 2 of the elevator coin halves to enter (or go through a cave found at the end of the valley in the most northern part of Liurnia)

You essentially just skipped the final cutscene. You should be able to just go into ng+ now at the round table (the game gives you the option after the cutscene).

You already finished the game

If you rest at roundtable hold there should be an option to start journey 2

Yeah don't close the game randomly next time

Don’t feel bad. Just did the same exact thing. All of that just to watch the endings on YouTube….bad design on From’s part. I guess I missed the dialogue that tells you you don’t get to go into the room again if U miss the grace.