Elden Ring Nightreign: How To Defeat the Banished Knights

In this guide, we shall go over how to beat the Banished Knights in Elden Ring Nightreign, a boss fight in the overworld.

Elden Ring Nightreign (Image via Bandai Namco Entertainment)

Elden Ring Nightreign features a ton of bosses, derived from the years of the Soulsborne series. These bosses are scattered all over the map, and beating them efficiently is essential if you wish to avoid the impending Night’s Tide. The Banished Knights in Elden Ring Nightreign are one such boss you may stumble across on one of your expeditions

First seen in Stormveil Castle in Elden Ring, the Banished Knights in Elden Ring Nightreign are hard-hitting enemies that wield greatswords and will chase you down to the ends of the earth. The boss is one of the hardest Evergaol bosses in the game, and we’re here to help you beat it.

In this guide, we shall go over how to beat the Banished Knights in Elden Ring Nightreign.

Overview of the Banished Knights in Elden Ring Nightreign

The boss can be found in camps or through the Evergaols (Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment)

The Banished Knights is a trio of knights from Stormveil Castle that you will find as an Evergaol boss. You can unlock this boss fight by finding the Stonesword Key and using it on any of the multiple Evergaols on the map. Take note that the bosses are randomly picked, so your chance of running into these knights depends on RNG.

The Banished Knights hit hard and often use wind to chip away at your HP. The knights fight at moderate to melee range, making them highly susceptible to characters such as Ironeye. But even as Ironeye, you need to make sure not to attract their attention too much, as they will rush you down scarily fast. Beating these knights requires you to be smart with crowd management, while also being perfect with your dodges.

Apart from the Evergaols, you may also run into a weaker version of this boss fight in one of the camps. In the camp, the knights are split up, while such is not the case for the Evergaols. Gang up on the camp knights one at a time to win the fight.

Tips To Easily Defeat the Banished Knight in Elden Ring Nightreign

Draw their attention (Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment)

As stated earlier, the Banished Knights can be found in both the Evergaol and the camps. The camp knights can be ganged up on one at a time for an easy victory. The Evergaols version, however, is a real test of skill. The trio of knights share a collective health pool, which is cut in half right at the start.

Now, as soon as the fight starts, one player will have to act as a decoy for two knights, while the team focuses on the lone knight. You could ideally take all the knights in a 1v1 for each member, but the knights hit hard, and it’s difficult to read their movements amidst all the chaos.

We recommend putting Ironeye on decoy duty. He can draw attention with his arrows and keep running away. The other two can then gang up on the third and kill him. Once it’s a 3v2, the fight becomes easier. Isolate and kill all the knights to complete the fight.

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