Elden Ring: How to Defeat Sanguine Noble
The Bloody Helice is a thrusting sword in Elden Ring with terrific bleed damage that scales with dexterity and arcane stats. To find the Bloody Helice, you’ll need to have progressed a decent way through the map as it’s located in the Writheblood Ruins after you defeat a minor boss there called Sanguine Noble.
Ride past the carriage convoy and step inside the ruins. Inside, you’ll find a couple of rot-infested dogs and slimes. Once you have taken them out, find the stairs leading down to Sanguine Noble’s room. Take a few moments outside the fog door to prepare.
Noble is one of the weaker bosses in the region, but you should still prepare for his attacks. He prefers to use thrust moves that cause him to recover for a couple of seconds. These moments are ideal for carving down his health.
To get to the Writheblood Ruins, head to the Erdtree Gazing Hill Site of Grace and ride northeast toward Eritrea.
By using the Erdtree to keep you on target, you want to find some of the partial remains of the bridge slightly northwest of Eritrea. There should be a spirit spring spot in the very back of this rubble that will allow you to get on top of the bridge and access everything on the cliff.
Progress north along the bridge until you can follow the cliff. You want to follow the ridge west until you come across a few tombstones that allow you to hop down to the next cliff level safely. Looking south, you should see the ruins on the horizon.
However, he’s using the Bloody Helice, so getting hit will cause hefty bleed damage. He also uses a dagger for short but quick slashes. After performing his dagger slashes, he’ll often stumble, leaving him open for a few seconds if you can manage to get behind him to perform a critical attack.
You’ll want to get the hang of his timing before you start risking your skin by throwing in your attacks.
Suppose you see him raise his sword across his chest, back up as quick as you can because he’s about to perform a broad bleed attack. To make things safer, you can always summon spirits to distract Noble. If you’re aggressive enough, you can get Sanguine Noble within an inch of his life before your hearts disappear or defeat him outright.
Once you have defeated Sanguine Noble, open the door and retrieve the Bloody Helice from the chest. The sword requires 16 strength, 19 agility, and 17 arcane, but its blood loss attribute and unique skill, Dynast’s Finesse, make it a devastating weapon.
Plus, it’s one of the coolest-looking swords in Elden Ring.
