Necromancer Garris

Necromancer Garris
Type	Dungeon Boss
Region	Altus Plateau
Runes	9,000
Weak To	Poison, Scarlet Rot, Hemorrhage, Frostbite
Required	No

Necromancer Garris is a dungeon boss in Elden Ring.

Necromancer Garris is a heretical sage who hides behind an illusory wall deep in Sage's Cave on the Altus Plateau. He fights like a Tarnished, with a flail of three copper heads and a staff of death sorcery. Skeletal snails keep dropping from the ceiling throughout the fight and cast homing skulls of their own. Garris himself is frail and falls quickly once he is cornered.

Lore

Garris is a sage in plain robes. He swings a flail of three copper heads on chains and casts from a staff of death sorcery.

The heads of his flail were made to resemble his wife and two children. Rattling them calls up vengeful spirits, for the anguish of a spouse and children invites accursed wrath.

Garris rediscovered an ancient death hex of the servants of Death, once thought lost, which summons vengeful spirits to chase down foes.

Where to find Necromancer Garris Location?

Sage's Cave, Altus Plateau, behind a hidden fog gate past an illusory wall in the room with two treasure chests

Necromancer Garris map location:

Map credit by Map Genie.

Weaknesses

Weak To	Poison, Scarlet Rot, Hemorrhage, Frostbite

Attacks

Flail Combos: fast, short-range flail strikes that cause bleeding, often followed by a roll away; block or interrupt them and stay close.
Homing Skulls: he summons a swarm of slow, homing skulls; back away until they fade, or interrupt the cast.
Skeletal Snails: snails drop from the ceiling, roll at foes and cast skulls too; kill them quickly with strike attacks.
Counterattack: when a foe's poise breaks, he rushes in for a heavy follow up; keep poise and stamina in reserve.

Tactics

Find the illusory wall in the room with the two chests to reach his fog gate.
End the fight quickly, before too many snails gather.
Smash the snails with strike weapons as they appear.
Stay close to Garris and stagger him with heavy or jumping attacks.
Summon Spirit Ashes to hold off the snails.
Use fast spells to interrupt his skull summons.

Best Builds

Heavy strike weapon

Heavy blows stagger Garris and crush the skeletal snails.

Bleed or status weapon

Bleed, frost, poison and rot build up quickly on him.

Spirit Ash pack

Group spirits draw the snails away so Garris can be fought alone.

Gear	Lone Wolf Ashes, Skeletal Militiaman Ashes

Summons

Spirit Ashes allowed

Drops

Defeating it grants 9,000 runes.

Name	Image
Family Heads

Notes

A Black Knife Assassin also guards a fog gate further along the same ledge in Sage's Cave.

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