Elden Ring: 7 Best Sorceries For Bosses, Ranked

Elden Ring

By Evan Arnoldi Sebayang

Published 4 days ago

With the Shadow of the Erdtree now available, there are Sorceries that can be used to defeat bosses in the base game before reaching the requirement to access the DLC. These spells can be used to defeat the bosses with the utmost precision and efficiency, ranging from offensive to utility to defensive types of spells.

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Carian Greatsword and Meteorite Spells in the Roundtable Hold

The Best Sorceries In Elden Ring

To play Elden Ring as a mage you need strong magic, and sorceries are the most popular type of spells. These are the best sorceries in Elden Ring.

Each of them are unique and although these spells can be used conjointly with each other, one can solely be powerful enough to help the players take down even the fiercest Elden Ring boss from the longest distance, to even the shortest distance with their unique magic effect and power.

7 Carian Slicer

Fast-Slashing Melee Spell With High Damage

Can be boosted by the Carian Glintstone Staff.
Four FP cost
14 Int requirement

Carian Slicer has the highest magic damage per FP ratio out of all other spells, making it this spell one of the highest DPS outputs in the game when properly optimized, although it comes with the cost of poise damage and flexibility of moveset. The spell conjures a magic sword and delivers a swift slash repeatedly.

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This sorcery can be used with no delay after performing other actions. Carian Slicer can be parried like a melee attack and can be used like a melee weapon for running, jumping, rolling, and backstep attacks, as it has the same animation, but at a faster startup than a normal cast.

6 Adula Moonblade

Cold Magic Greatsword Conjuration Slash

Dropped by the Glintstone Dragon Adula located at the Cathedral of Manus Celes.
Has 22 FP cost
32 Int requirement
Initial slash and projectile deals 3 times of Sorcery Scaling as magic damage
Can be boosted by Carian Glintstone Staff

Conjures a cold magic greatsword, then delivers a sweeping blow that launches a blade-like projectile of frost that can be cast repeatedly. Adula Moonblade has a chain move that increases the activation speed repeatedly, making it quicker than before.

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When hitting an enemy with both the slash of the blade and the projectile, the powerful Adula Moonblade damage can be maximized along with the frostbite buildup, although it only works on the first cast.

5 Carian Phalanx

Enhanced Version Of Magic Glintblade

Fires nine glint blades dealing magic damage four times amount of Sorcery Scaling
Can be boosted by the Carian Glintblade Staff
Sold at Seluvis's Rise by Preceptor Seluvis, complete steps of his questline until after handing the Amber Starlight item

Carian Phalanx creates multiple magic glint blades overhead which attack any approaching enemies. Phalanx spells are a good way for mages to wear down bosses' stance. The blades will break upon coming into contact with any geometry and terrain, including enemies, making it one of the most powerful sorceries.

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Unfortunately, this means players cannot prepare themselves with the spell before going through the fog gate. To not accidentally break the blades on any surfaces, proceed carefully and take caution, so players don't waste any damage.

4 Thops’ Barrier

Defensive Spell That Reflect Any Magic Projectiles

Has no FP cost.
Six start-up frames and four parry frames doubled at 60 fps
Dropped by a Teardrop Scarab after delivering the spare Academy Glintstone Key to Thops at Church of Irith

Erect a magical forcefield while swinging the shield to deflect sorceries and incantations. It can also be used in the same way as a regular parry. Thops Barrier is a great defensive spell for any spellcaster build, unlike ashes of war deflecting skills that are equipped on shields, Thops Barrier doesn’t have any FP costs and can be cast using any staff.

Without the limitation of being stuck with a shield, Thops Barrier grants players extra slots and lighter equipment load overall. Thops Barrier can be easily spammable without any downsides, and perfect with Radagon Icon talisman that fastens Thops Barrier cooldown between casts.

3 Freezing Mist

Lingering Mist With Heavy Frostbite Buildup

Has a short area radius and range, covers wider area when charged
Inflict 120 Frost buildup on enemies
Can be bought from Preceptor Seluvis for 6,000 Runes. Seluvis is located in Seluvis's Rise, inside the Three Sisters region of Liurnia of the Lakes.

Releases a cold mist before the caster. This sorcery can be cast while in motion and charging it enhances the range of the mist. Freezing Mist can give players lingering additional tick damage while dealing damage to bosses through any other means.

The tick damage seems little at first, but it can be game changing with its continuous frostbite buildup, which inflicts percentage hp damage and amplifies damage taken when the frost bite occurs.

2 Founding Rain Of Stars

Lingering Spell That Deals Heavy Damage

Inside a chest within Heretical Rise, in Mountaintops of the Giants. Players have to access the location via an invisible bridge starting from the other side of the ravine, and advance following a white mist that indicates the safe path.
31 Stamina cost
Short AOE radius
Can’t stagger enemies

Summons a dark cloud of stars overhead and shortly after, the cloud will release a violent deluge of star rain. This sorcery can be cast while in motion and can be charged to increase potency. The Founding Rain of Stars can be used as a lingering additional damage dealer while the players going for other action.

Due to its potency when cast to have a multiple instances of the spell, the Founding Rain of Stars is best suited for large type of bosses, such as dragons, as it deals extra damage to them.

1 Ranni’s Dark Moon

Charged Moon With Magic Defense Reduction

57 FP Cost
Two Slots used
68 Intelligence requirement

Ranni’s Dark Moon deals Magic damage, and will build Frostbite (270) on vulnerable enemies. One cast is normally all it takes to apply the Frost. In addition to frostbite, the sorcery also applies a debuff which reduces magic negation by 10% for 60 seconds.

If the spell triggers frostbite on the target, it reduces damage negation by more than 20%. The total damage negation reduction multiplicative stacks to 32%. Regardless of the target's base negation. It will always increase magic damage by 10%. While it may have incredibly high damage, Ranni's Dark Moon has a long casting animation and can be canceled if struck by a boss' attack before the projectile launches.