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Red Wolf of Radagon Boss Video Guide

Red Wolf of Radagon Fight Strategy

The Best Tips for Red Wolf of Radagon:

• Use a spirit ash with high defense, like Spirit Jellyfish Ashes, to allow you to get in hits more reliably and whittle away its relatively low health
• Use fast-castling spells like Glintstone Pebble and stay mobile
• Use Marionette Soldier Ashes to pepper it with arrows and make it dash over and over, giving you time to get in hits safely from range
• Use Barricade Shield to block its larger attacks without breaking your guard

Melee Users

Bait and Slash: Stay reactive and don't get greedy. Wait for attacks with long recovery times like Rearing Bite, Blade Plunge, and Glintstone Cometshard, nail the dodges, and get in only as many hits as you can afford before going back on the defensive. Experiment to figure out whether your weapon deals more damage with a few quick hits or one charged heavy attack. Don't bother attacking if there are Magic Glintblades active, or you're likely to take more damage than you inflict.

Turtle Up: All of the Red Wolf's melee attacks deal Physical damage, so if you're good at stamina management you can get a lot of mileage out of a shield with 100% Physical reduction. Try to keep your shield up as often as possible as long as you've got the stamina for it, since its Bite attacks can come out of nowhere and cover a surprising amount of distance. Check the combo chart to see when it's safe to get in a guard counter and try to build towards breaking its considerable stance.

Magic and Ranged Users

Baby in a Corner: The Red Wolf will usually dodge ranged attacks, so try to maneuver it into a corner to limit its range of motion. Take advantage of the windups for its attacks to get in hits, but be ready to dodge those attacks as soon as you're done casting.

Magical Melee: Ignore its ranged dodges entirely by using close-range spells rather than projectiles. Follow one of the melee strategies, but instead of attacking with physical weapons use spells like Carian Slicer or Catch Flame. Weapons that deal physical damage but scale on Intelligence and Faith, like Rosus' Axe or Winged Scythe, are even more effective due to the Red Wolf's high elemental resistance.

Red Wolf of Radagon Attacks & Counters

Attack	Description	Counter
Bite	Steps forward and bites at the player	Roll forward, step back, or guard
Rearing Bite	Rears up on its hind legs, then plunges its head down and forward while biting	Roll forward and attack during its long recovery
Leaping Bite	Leaps forward and bites, then lands on the other side of the player and pivots 180° to face them	Roll forward as its head starts to descend
Golden Blade	Summons a magical golden sword and swings it in wide arcs	Roll in the direction the blade is swinging or guard. This deals Standard damage, so it can also be safely blocked with a shield with 100 Physical reduction. Some variations of this attack have very long windups, giving players plenty of time to back away
Blade Plunge	Summons its sword, leaps high into the air in a corkscrew motion, then slams the sword down on the ground	Roll forward as it begins to fall and get in a hit during the long recovery
Magic Glintblade	Moves a short distance left or right, creating a magical orb as it goes. Shortly afterwards, this orb fires a single magical glintblade at you	Keep moving to the side and the glintblade will miss you, so focus on dodging until it's gone
Glintblade Dash	Dashes to the left or right, leaving three Magic Glintblades as it goes	As above, just keep moving until all the glintblades have fired and missed. It will keep attacking you after they're created, so focus on evading until you're no longer under double threat
Glintstone Cometshard	Jumps into the air and shoots a large magical projectile	Run forward when you see it jump and you can run underneath the cometshard and attack after it lands, or else roll forward when it's at the apex of its jump

: Attack can be spell parried

Red Wolf of Radagon Lore, Notes & Other Trivia

• Red Wolf of Radagon is heavily inspired by an unused concept for a boss fight concept from Dark Souls 3 related to Old Wolf of Farron
• Follows a trend of large wolf bosses in Souls games, Great Grey Wolf Sif and Gravetender Greatwolf
• Bug: If wolf lands on globe above him and try to jump back on the field of battle, it will die due to gravity fall.