

Once you’ve dealt enough damage, Freya will instruct you to drag the creature out of the realm tear by pressing R3 when prompted. Thankfully, both of these attacks can be parried when timed correctly, creating the ability to stun the creature temporarily. The Nidhogg will also perform two blockable melee attacks in which it’ll attempt to slam its hand down onto you and another that sees it rearing into the air before crashing its head down into the ground below.

Generally, this attack will occur four times before it lowers its head to the ground, making it vulnerable to melee attacks. You’ll need to dodge to the side to escape this attack. Throughout this phase, you’ll need to be wary of its unblockable slam attack that sees the creature slamming its hand down on the ground, where it'll then toss a wave of magic in your direction. If you’re looking for even more details on the fight, here’s what you can expect from the Nidhogg during each phase.ĭuring the first phase of the battle, your main focus will be getting close to the Nidhogg to draw attention away from Freya as she attempts to remove the last of Odin’s vines and the curse. This attack is one of the main ways to deplete Nidhogg’s health bar quickly. This will leave the creature stunned, creating a short moment where you're relatively safe to unleash close-range melee damage. It’s crucial to your success throughout this fight to prioritize interrupting the attack by quickly double-tapping L1. These rings will pulse four times before the tail will explode.

Despite the rather generous checkpoints, you’ll also find that the area is riddled with Healthstones and Ragestones that you can loot throughout the battle.While melee attacks are the preferred method to defeating Nidhogg, ranged attacks with your Axe are still viable however, they won’t deal much damage.As Freya suggests, throughout the battle, you’ll want to ensure you’re dodging or parrying attacks and then moving in close to unleash heavy damage to the creature's head once it has finished its attacks or has been stunned/interrupted. Quick Tips and Tricks for Defeating Nidhogg
