a fight people purposelly hold back on just because of how cool and spectacular it is.

I love the differences between the modern and older dragons, the modern dragons (Agheel, Borealis and others) are much more wyvern like, their bodies are bigger, they don’t use lightning and their screams are much more loud and lighter in voice depth While the older ones use more unorthodox spells and lightning, they’re smaller and thinner with 4 wings and more stony bodies, and their roars are much deeper and quieter I wonder what changes them, maybe evolution or different breeds?

This spicy boy needs more health

I like how from couldn’t have lightning dragons in previous games due to lore implications, so they put a ton of them in this game lmao

1:53 wow, never noticed the sky was so cool during that fight

"Babe, stop saying dumbass things you're not making any sense" Chad dragon Fortisaax: 4:54

3:39 that attack is so sick I was in awe

Gwyn has been real quiet ever since dragons learnt to throw lightning back

3:38 Oh, that's a cute glaive you have. Now check mine out

Roaring and calling the lighting down then walking towards you at 4:54 right when the music goes to the most epic part is phenomenal.

4:54 until the end was fkin badass

5:04 This pattern exchange looks like you're dancing with the dragon. He reacts to your move with the exact same one. AWESOME.

4:56 The way Fortissax approaches you with each step in time with the music

Favorite theme, favorite dragon. Just overall a hella sick boss. I didn't think they would be able to top Midir. That ending sync was crazy. It's like the boss literally felt insulted you were challenging him with his own attack.

In Skyrim we’ve heard that battles between dragons are like deadly verbal debates. The exchange and exact copying of moves at around 5:05 is almost like they are talking through battle. Fortissax is using the same skills!

5:25 The music cut off at the end when you killed him sounded so fitting and it didn't just abruptly stop, small little details just makes me like the game a bit more then how I did previously, feels like a ending to very important event

Absolute chad fighting a Dragon with a pure Dragon Communion build, not a single weapon in sight. That was cinematic as fuck.

What you've uploaded is the best documentative showcase of Lichdragon Fortissax on KZfaq. We see all his moves, we hear all the music, and you make it all look damn good with your complementary dragon incantation play-stylization (don't think I didn't notice). You're the best.

That bass drop as he walks toward you is insane

That exchange at 5:03 is completely out of this world!

3:35 I just Imagine Fortisax saying 'no no, not like that, more like THIS..'

this guy easily has the best track in the game imo

4:47 this is just perfect

Player @ 5:05 Here take some lightning Fortissax: No let me show you REAL lightning

I want ancient dragon versions of the dragon communion spells, like a lightning claw swipe that leaves trails after a delay, and a version of greyolls roar that males the lightning strikes

Fortissax feels like that one hard as shit, super ultra secret Final Fantasy boss that also is as interesting lorewise as Radahn. Considering he is one obstacle to unlock one of the most secret endings in the game, he definitely needs more health.

He’s by far my personal favorite boss in Elden Ring. Everything about him is incredible

5:05 Fortissax: "lol. lmao."

Remember this is godwyn's ride or die dragon who fought death

Fortissax' arena is straight out of Bloodborne. Look at that sky.

Who would have the better boss theme: Melania, blade of miqula, goddess of rot, and hardest FromSoft boss yet. Or One lich dragon boi.

You literally made this more entertaining than the guy who never gets hit It’s like watching two gods fight, the way you stand off, no exploiting the boss or cheesing it etc. cool asf

The lichdragon Fortissax, a fallen icon of the once lording ancient dragons, second only to the mighty Placidusaxx. Companion of Godwyn, and defiler of death itself, fighting long and hard. The reward? Undeath, a twisted fetish of the great dragon's power, as his rotting shambling corpse, still robed in Majesty and lightning stalks his companion's curse, hunting any who would further defile his friend. And then you arrive, robed in a different type of undeath, unable to die, and yet still fighting onwards. Using tooth, claw, sword, breath, and blood. You reawaken a glimmer of his old courage, his dedication to the ancient dragons. His will to live, if only briefly, recalling his techniques taught and refined by his sister. His signature dual red lightning stakes. Almost as though he was aware of his fate, and wanted to fight as Fortissax, not the litchdragon. (Just some food for thought, maybe it's dumb, but it comes to mind.)

Seriously fighting the dragon’s legs is a horrible way to fight a dragon. This is just beautiful.

04:05 The fact the Glorious bastards made the boss pause just before his attack giving the player the chance to admire the beauty of this monstrous creature before it goes hurling it's red lightning spear down at you in a most human-like fashion that seems like a strange thing for such a creature but works so well because you don't expect such a animalistic Dragon form to perform such a human motion and action on paper I'm sure it would seem more than just strange unfitting or unsuitable even but it works disturbingly well ... it just ... it makes me have warm feelings in my chest cavity ... now that I think about it if I'm not mistaken the Elden Beast also pulled off such a Ludwig moment when it uses that light beam attack sort of like a sword ... in conclusion the idea of something seemingly so primal maybe even a little primitive most importantly in terms of how it looks very removed from human or humanoid suddenly revealing it is capable of being on par if not surpassing a human's capability and intelligent by performing actions that our only point of reference the only image that comes to our mind when we think of things that are capable of doing this action is another human is really awesome ! The moon presence hugging you like a mother that found a child the black dog creature dying after you kill it well cleansing its hands in prayer the beautiful reveal of Ludwig the holy blade from Ludwig the accursed and like the dragon in this video so many more ... one of these days I will no longer be restricted to just the visual medium and I will buy a platform and all these games to enjoy ... one day I hope ( sorry for the long comment but I'm trying to do more of them my writing in English is Rusty so I'm trying to practice more)

I love how this guy uses Lanseax's glaive spell in a different way compared to his sister,it truly shows theyre siblings.

Never even realised he had a second phase lmao - that’s what I get to staying at his legs the entire fight.

Something about this attack and music is god tier 4:28

I remember the whole time just thinking. “This is so fucking cool” while getting my ass whooped

That edge walk near the end

Such a spectacle of a boss fight 👏

Thank you for making this video! I was way too over levelled by the time I got to this boss that I basically missed the whole experience!

I love how the choir had different tones near the end of the fight where you used double lightning and then she did and then you used the glaive and she did, then to top it off I thought something horrible was about to happened at the very end cause the music kept rising

Fighting an ancient dragon with lightning based attacks is like trying to kill an elephant with a sewing needle

2 Edgy lord fighting each other

4:31 is some of the coolest looking shit in video games, jesus christ that goes hard

And I thought Midir was such a badass fight....Its like they took the best of all dragons fights in Souls and then added in the designs of Yu gi Oh's latests dragons that look all kaiju-space-heroic-demonic. Its such eye-candy for the little kid that lives within all of us

3:39 is so fucking cool

5:10 "We are the Tarnished who built this town!" Vibes right there.

I actually think you make the fight cooler as a mage, I can't figure out how to play anything other than melee so I was mostly watching his legs for this fight. You're straight up dueling him!

Don't you love the atmosphere of this boss it's so gorgeous

Holy fuck I just noticed how good this ost is.

This guy needs a 2nd phase cutscene which it grafts with Godwyn corpse or the great tree

Ah yes I can't wait for Midir 2.0 in the last dlc.

5:06 Fortissax: let me show how to actually scrath it.

LOOK AT THE SKY! IT BUUUURNSS!!! 🔥

hitting him on the head looks to be quite a finicky affair yet staying in front seemingly yields a more visually appealing fight and now even more so with the sound of those mighty Organ keys in the players ear

4:30 that was fucking sick

I listened to this track so much on its own, it's almost weird to have fighting a dragon going on

For me, this fight has the best music and visuals in all of elden ring.

This music is terrifying...BUT I LOVE IT!

I never understood why the devs decided to put this one as a midgame boss, literally the greatest dragon in the game, he deserves to be a late game boss right up there with Malenia and Mohg.

fortissax is such a tragic character, a true friend to godwyn but corrupted in the end

Cool fight between two dragons.

Didn't even know this was in the game

4:07 is my favorite part personally

black semi gold dragon with red lightning and fire, this boss is awesome need 5-6 more different attack pattern and 4x health

I didn't notice how much the sky box changes during the fight. Looks sick.

Damn fight actually looks good when you lock on which is rare for dragon boss

You are a saint for making this vid

one of the best looking boss in the game

Man love this video good job

you may have missed most your attacks but i like the fact that you fight face to face and aiming for the head. Most would just cheese or attack his hind legs like a true tarnished

wish i could fight this guy without doing fias questline

That transition attack is sooooo cool man

All this pain and suffering... All because of Ranni's scheme to kill and assassinate for her order. Something that this game shows is that you can never have perfect order and, no matter how close you get, there will be caveats. For the golden order, was flawed in many ways, and the things Ranni had to do to make her order, and even just to free herself from the shackle of the greater will.

5:13 he really did not like you used his sister's move.

He never even went to phase two against me

I fell in love with this boss the moment I saw him leap to the skies and summon a lightning sword to strike me. That, and the ost is godly.

Cinematic as hell

Sick biss fight man, amazing

best soundtrack in the game (other then godskin apostle and the dragon lord)

I love how the ancient dragons have such an elegant, intelligent way of fighting in Elden Ring. They aren't animalistic or sporadic like their counter parts in Dark Souls. Instead, the ancient dragons of Elden Ring act with style and prowess, even fashioning their own weaponry via the lightning magic they're able to channel(as is evident by Gransax's bolt, or the bolt that Placidusax plunges into the ground to cause that massive nuclear explosion in his arena). It's all very fitting for an ancient race of mythological beasts that, lore wise, are vastly more intelligent and wise than mere mortals.

É um tanto irônico que a principal fraqueza dos dragões de Dark Souls, seja o elemento dominante dos dragões de Elden Ring.

God this goes so fucking hard I still can't get over it

Looks like all those dragon fights in Farum Azula are going to pay off

That second phase music is perhaps the dopest shit in the game

5:03 LichDragon: I can do that too :)

5:04 - "No no no bro, let me show you how to do it"

4:54 coldest shit I've seen in a video game in a while

this is my fav boss design in elden ring.

I love him so much

Considering Fortissax is a LICHdragon it would have made more sense if they had the life steal rather then Malenia imo

I've fought him twice, didn't know he had a second phase. Earthshaker OP.

I missed out on the second phase music and when I heard it for the first time I had never felt so bad before.

I wish you could replay specific bosses after completing the game entirely like it's easy to get to this dragon just takes hours

From soft will make the best bosses and sickest lord in gaming and hide it where nobody will find it.

Red lightning is the sexiest thing FromSoftware have ever made.

Favorite boss in the game

so elegant and terrfying. 10/10