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The Godskin Apostle is a recurring boss in Elden Ring. Unlike many bosses, both variants you have to face are challenging and frustrating, especially in the game's early stages. As the bosses are optional, you can come back later in the game if you are having a hard time around them. The boss drops a few notable things that one might find appealing if you find the Godskin Apostle's style alluring.
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Godskin Apostle Overview
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Godskin Apostle is a boss located in Windmill Village, Altus Plateau, and Divine Tower of Caelid. Both encounters with the boss are optional and will not affect any ending whatsoever. You can summon Spirit Ashes and online players to aid you in both fights. Both variants are weak toward Hemorrhage. This allows you to bring weapons with high bleed build-up and take out the boss's health bar relatively quickly. The boss will take serious damage from thrusting/piercing weapons.
The boss is strong against Physical Strike attacks, so if you are using hammers or clubs, switch them out before going into the fight.
Defeating both variants will reward you Godskin Apostle's full garb, an Incantation, and his weapon.
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The boss has two phases and a variety of attacks that keep that player on their toes. Most attacks are telegraphed and can be avoided easily. The attacks to look out for are the ones that are attacks mixed in with Black Flames. These deal a lot of damage over time to the player.
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There are two main strategies to defeat the Godskin Apostle.
It's risky to use Torrent to fight the Godskin Apostle at Windmill Village. Avoiding his attacks can be difficult on horseback due to the structures blocking Torrent's path. In addition to this, if you take more than a few hits, you will fall from Torrent, allowing the boss to have ample time to attack you and kill you while you get up.
Melee Strategy
The melee strategy is highly effective for both variants, especially if using a bleed weapon. Equipping dual Katana can increase the blood build-up on the boss. Focus points on Arcane if you use a bleed weapon and Respec through Queen Rennala. Try to get a few dual hits in after every attack the boss throws at you. You can summon a friend who can also use a bleed weapon, causing the blood build-up to stack.
Avoid using Faith-based weapons and incantations as the boss has a strong resistance against Holy damage.
Heavy weapons can also be helpful as a few jumping heavy attacks can break his posture.
Ranged Strategy
For the ranged strategy, you can either cheese the boss or spam different sorceries till he dies.
If you are frustrated by the fight and have faced him multiple times, then you can go for the cheese. This will require you to have Comet Azur (Sorcery). Put Cerulean Hidden Tear in your Wondrous Flask and drink it as you enter the fight. The Cerulean Hidden Tear will allow you to use Comet Azur for more than ten seconds, decimating the boss's health bar. As you acquire this sorcery in Atlas Plateau, you can use it for the Windmill Village encounter and also the Caelid encounter if you face him later on.
If you do not have Comet Azur, you can use the Wondrous Flask and spam other sorceries like Rock Sling, which has high output damage and can break the boss' poise often.
Spirit Ashes can be very helpful against this boss as well. The Mimic Tear Spirit Ash is particularly helpful as it essentially creates a double of the player character that attacks on its own.
Recommended Level And General Tips
- Be Level 55-60 or higher for the encounter in Caelid and 60-70 for the fight in Windmill Village.
- Try to stay mid-range throughout the fight giving you the time to react to most of his deadly attacks.
- Use Heavy Attacks or Jumping Heavy Attacks to break his posture for a critical hit.
- Make sure to upgrade your Spirit Ashes as much as you can if you plan to use it in the fight.