Elden Ring How to Backstab

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Elden Ring How to Backstab
Elden Ring How to Backstab

Elden Ring is an Open-world Action Role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game, directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, was created in collaboration with fantasy novelist George R.R. Martin, who provided material for the game's setting. Recently Elden Ring has been released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. Knowing and practicing how to backstab in Elden Ring is going to make all of the difference in your experience. Properly executing backstabs will allow you to significant damage to enemies and make your life much easier. Of course, the trick is to do it properly, which is easier said than done. There are several details about the mechanic that are vital to know, as we’re about to show you. Let’s dive in. Elden Ring How to Backstab

How to Backstab in Elden Ring

If you want to backstab in Elden Ring, then your first order of business is to go straight after an enemy who is human and roughly your size. Ideally, you want to do this by sneaking up behind them and unknowingly catching them. It is absolutely possible to pull off when already engaged in a toe fight through skillful maneuvering. However, the Stealth option has a much lower risk of having a blade embedded in your own skull. This is why the backstab is a great tool for fending off individual enemies. You can attack one enemy in a group, but chances are good that one of them will sound the alarm.

So let's now assume you've positioned yourself behind the enemy, then press R1 to attack (can’t do it with the left hand). If you’ve done everything properly, you’ll see an animation of the attack play out, dealing a devastating blow to the opponent’s health bar. Plus, more often than not, they’ll be staggered for a moment, giving you a second to breathe and decide what’s next. And that’s how you backstab in Elden Ring. If you’re familiar with Souls games, none of this should come as much of a surprise. Well, aside from one thing.

For information, let us tell you that the veterans of the series will have no problem getting stabbed in the back in PvE. However, when it reaches PvP, you will notice a huge change. Namely, when you try to stab another player in the back, they can escape before your weapon actually engages. Now they are not helplessly locked in animations. Of course, the same is true for you. However, if the weapon does connect, well, sucks to be on the receiving end.


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