The Forsaken Hollows expansion for Elden Ring Nightreign introduces two new playable characters, a new zone, Shifting Earth , and two new dungeons. These dungeons spawn new Night Lords on the third day, posing a significant challenge and can cause significant problems, especially if players don’t understand all the bosses’ weaknesses and aren’t able to avoid their deadly attacks.
Balancers is the first of two such bosses, requiring a well-thought-out team composition and a strategy for defeating the Valkyries. This guide covers the boss’s attacks, provides tips for defeating him, and lists the rewards in Elden Ring Nightreign .
Elden Ring Nightreign Balancers Boss Overview
Balancers Boss Attacks
Balancer Weaknesses in Elden Ring Nightreign
When fighting Balancers , players should first find a weapon that inflicts sleep damage , as this status is the boss’s main weakness. Weapons with frost or bleeding effects are also possible, but if you find a weapon that inflicts sleep, it’s best to switch to it. As for elemental damage, the boss is resistant to fire , lightning , and especially holy damage. Magic damage is most effective against him .
The sleep effect works like this: dealing enough damage to one of the seven Valkyries puts them to sleep for a few seconds . This allows you to focus on other targets, reducing the number of active enemies. This same mechanism also works in the second phase against an empowered Valkyrie.
Sleeping Lubricant and Sleeping Pots can be found in crates in the Sleep Ruins location. If you have a Scientist in your group , give these items to him, as his passive ability allows him to carry more consumables.
How to defeat Balancers in Elden Ring Nightreign
Counters, Team Lineups, and Best Strategies
At the start of the battle, you’ll face seven Valkyries. Each has its own health bar, but any damage dealt to them also reduces the boss’s overall health bar at the bottom of the screen . In this phase, they only have a few attacks, which are fairly easy to recognize and dodge, even at close range.
Try not to attack blindly when near the boss, as the Holy Eruption attack causes spears to emerge from the ground, and if you don’t have enough stamina to dodge them, you’ll take damage.
Since there are seven Valkyries, in trio mode you may have to engage two or three at a time . This can be challenging, especially for classes that lack reliable escape routes. Once all Balancers are defeated, the boss’s overall health will be reduced by 30%, and they will all rise for the second phase.
Try to get through the first phase without using up too many healing potion flasks, as you’ll need them much more in the second phase.
Phase 2
The second phase is where the battle really gets going. As all the Valkyries take to the skies, one of them powers up, gaining pink wings . They then begin diving in turns, leaving a trail of explosive damage. You’ll need to dodge each attack, as well as the final explosion with a huge area of effect. After this, all the Balancers will descend, and you’ll have to fight them as in the first phase, but now with their powered-up version fighting alongside them.
There are two approaches to this encounter: either focus on individual Valkyries throughout the arena, gradually reducing the boss’s overall health, or focus primarily on the enhanced Valkyrie . While some players may prefer the first option, it’s important to remember that after all the regular Valkyries are killed, they will respawn until the boss’s overall health reaches 0% .
The second option, which involves focusing on the empowered Valkyrie, is preferable because once you deplete all of her health, all other Balancers will be temporarily stunned .
This gives you a few seconds to either regenerate health or start attacking other Valkyries before they all rise up and a new, stronger version appears.
The Sleep effect is extremely effective in this fight, so be sure to use it and don’t waste time on enemies already affected by it.
Best Team Lineups vs. Balancers
The best team composition for fighting Balancers is Scholar , Undertaker , and Ironeye . Let’s start with Scholar : he’s a must-have, but he should be played by someone who understands his passive and is focused on maximizing consumables for upgrades. His ultimate is a great tool against Valkyries, as they all take shared damage . The ideal tactic is to use his ultimate after the ultimates of other team members.
Undertaker is another essential character in the team thanks to her incredibly strong kit. Firstly, the stamina regeneration and damage reduction from her basic skill are very helpful . Her passive ability grants her an ultimate after every ally’s ultimate or a perfect dodge against an enemy’s Purple Grasp. What really sets her apart is the enhanced version of her regular skill . It makes her invulnerable for 10 seconds , preventing damage from long boss combos, and also helps revive fallen allies, even if they have multiple health bars.
Iron-Eye offers excellent utility thanks to his Brand ability, as well as the ability to equip a Relic to increase his skills and guarantee evasion of any attacks that could deal significant damage to the Nightwalker. He can also reliably resurrect an ally from afar without exposing himself to significant risk. However, this doesn’t mean other Nightwalkers can’t be chosen, as the Hermit and Marauder can also bring significant value to the team thanks to their damage output.
Rewards for defeating Balancers in Elden Ring Nightreign
What do you get for defeating Balancers?
For the first defeat of Balancers , you will receive the Will of Balancers relic for the blue slot with the following effects:
- Increased melee attack power
- Increase skill power
- Constant FP recovery
