Elden Ring Nightreign: How To Get Critical Hits

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Gaining proficiency in landing Critical Strikes will significantly boost your performance in battles. Discover techniques for achieving consistent Critical Strikes in Elden Ring Nightreign.

In Elden Ring’s Nightreign, surviving through the nights can be incredibly tough due to its rogue-like features and formidable foes. Encounters become more grueling as these elements ramp up the intensity and difficulty level. However, the game provides some crucial mechanics that can tip the balance in your favor when employed strategically. One such mechanic is the Critical Strike. Although it initiates a spectacular attack sequence, it also inflicts severe damage, depleting a substantial portion of an enemy or boss’s health.

Instead of regarding Critical Hits as mere random events, it’s important to understand that with strategic planning, you can repeatedly land them. To execute a Critical Hit against an opponent or boss, the initial step is to disrupt their position or balance, creating a momentary window for your attack.

Here are the different ways you can get Critical Hits in Elden Ring Nightreign. 

How to Perform Critical Hits in Elden Ring Nightreign

In Elden Ring Nightreign, you can perform a Critical Hit on an enemy in several ways. 

  • A well-timed parry can break an enemy’s stance. However, this requires precise timing and good knowledge of the enemy’s attack patterns. Moreover, you need a weapon or shield with parry skill to execute a parry. Press the parry option just before the enemy’s melee attack lands to trigger a parry counter, providing you a brief window to perform a Critical Hit. However, keep in mind that certain enemy attacks can’t be parried. 
  • Striking an enemy continuously will eventually cause them to stagger. Heavy attacks, Jump Attacks, and Charged attacks have a great chance to break an enemy’s stance. Once staggered, approach the enemy and press the attack button to execute a Critical Hit. 
  • You can also execute a Critical Hit by getting behind an enemy and pressing the attack button. However, this backstab works only against humanoid enemies. 
  • When you deal enough damage to a boss, they may collapse and expose a glowing weak spot. Quickly approach the spot and press the attack button before the boss recovers to perform a devastating Critical Hit. 

Additionally, you have the option to attach Relics to enhance your Critical Hit capabilities. Certain Relics can boost your chances of breaking an enemy’s defense posture, while others such as Night of the Baron and Cracked Sealing Wax provide bonuses after each successful Critical Hit you land.

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2025-06-05 13:29