Elden Ring - Ancient Hero of Zamor - Review

Ancient Hero of Zamor is the continuation of the parry catalog this week. The first phase is very similar to The Crucible Knight strategy however the second phase goes all Boreal Valley and parrying no longer seemed viable. This boss is strikingly like the Mad Ones from Bloodborne but much faster and with frost infused attacks.

The first phase require a refresh loop due to two specific attacks. One was a combustion attack which is telegraphed pretty well and the other has a slight difference in animation but with a retreat at the end. The combustion attack was only an inconvenience due to the idling that rarely occurred while anticipating a parry opportunity and the retreat attack didn't appear to have a parry window from what I experienced. If it does then it would be too small for my interest strategy wise.

The second phase is definitely a better fight with some satisfying attack opportunities and i-frames. I preferred attacking after most lunging attacks that occurred frequently enough for time comfort however other attacks didn't have the recovery time I was looking for. I'm not sure if the second phase attacks can be parried or not. I didn't test that out because I wanted to prevent presentation repetition like I mention in the Crucible Knight review.

The Frost Spread attack was a nice call back to Sister Friede from Dark Souls 3 and the Frost Thrust attack reminded me of thrust attacks from Slave Knight Gael oddly enough also from Dark Souls 3.

I strangely liked this fight more than I thought I would. The first phase is a little weak but the second phase makes up for it with frosty fun attacks.