Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC has introduced many new optional bosses. Some of these bosses are hidden carefully in areas that might be easy to miss in the Land of Shadow if you haven’t been doing a lot of exploration.

Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame, is an optional boss in the Elden Ring DLC that deals heavy Madness build-up to the player with some of his attacks. While not as strong as some of the main bosses, Midra still requires you to be quick on your feet as you fight against him.

Midra’s Manse location is shown on the map.

How To Find Midra, Lord Of Frenzied Flame

Midra resides in Midra’s Manse, which can bereached via the Abyssal Woods. However, to get to this region, you have toclear the Darklight Catacombs first, which will unlock the Abyss part of the map.

Be wary of the untouchable enemieson your way through the Abyssal Woods, and shortly you’ll come across a door to Midra’s Manse, which isright behind a number of headless corpseslined perfectly with a golden material peaking out of their bodies where their heads used to be.

The Tarnished is outside Midra’s Manse.

How To Prepare To Fight Midra, Lord Of Frenzied Flame

Midra has lots of attacks that cancause Madness build-upso be sure to equip Talismans that raise your focus, such as theClarifying Horn Charm and the Mottled Necklace +2. Additionally,the Flamedrake +3 Talismanis also a good choice for this fight, as most of Midra’s melee and Flame of Frenzy attacks deal Fire damage.

While most of his attacksare fairly easy to dodge,it is recommended that you equip any armor with good resistance to Fire. Be mindful if you’re using a shield, as his melee attacks cause slight chip damage due to also dealing Fire damage.

The description of Clarifying Horn Charm is shown in the inventory.

Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame isfairly weak to Bleed and Frostbite, but isstronger against poison and scarlet rot. Using dual Katana, with one causing Bleed and the other inflicting Frostbite is also a fairly easy strategy to deal with this boss.

If you’re using a Faith or Madness build, know that like many other bosses, Midra isimmune to Madnessandhas a strong resistance against Fire.You can still deal a ton of damage by using any Incantation that deals any other type of damage, such asLightning or Holy.

The description of Rivers Of Blood in the inventory.

How To Beat Midra, Lord Of Frenzied Flame

As you enter Midra’s Arena, you’llfind him in his human form.While he is fairly weak in this form, you have tobe wary of his grab attackas he can quickly jump on you and inflict madness build-up. You cannot use Spirit Summons during this phase.

Once you’ve taken him out, you’ll have a brief moment of respite before the cutscene begins where you’re able to either heal or drink your Flask of Wondrous Physick.

Midra, Lord Of Frenzied Flame in his first phase.

After defeating his feeble Human Form, you’ll be facing Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame. Right as the fight begins,he’ll throw Flame of Frenzy attacksat you, which can be easily dodged towards the side. You can also choose to just tank the damage and Madness build-up as you summon your Spirit Ashes.

For Spirit Summons, you canuse Mimic Tearfor tanking and dealing consistent damage over time. You can also useBlack Knife Ticheif you want more damage, but be mindful as she has low HP.

The Tarnished is fighting against Midra, Lord Of Frenzied Flame in his first phase.

Phase One

After dodging or tanking his initial attack, Midra will occasionallyspread out his armsandthrow Flame of Frenzy attackswhen you’re far enough from him. All of these attacks where Midra spreads out his arms can bedodged easily by rolling to your sideas these attacks follow a straight line.

To mix it up, Midra will lean his head forward, shooting the Flame of Frenzy in a horizontal attack, which can only be dodged correctly byrolling to the back or forward directions.

Midra is preparing to launch an attack as he transitions To Phase 2.

The boss will also launch a3-hit combo of melee strikes, which can be easily dodged byrolling towards the back in quick succession. If you’re using a shield, you can just block the attacks with ease, even though you’ll still get slightly damaged.

Whenever you see Midra levitating, be ready for a sword attack. Now, he can choose tospin with his swordin his hand, which can bedodged easily by rolling to the back, or, he’ll lunge at you with one powerful swing, which can also bedodged by rolling backwardsat the correct timing.

Midra is striking with Waves Of Fire in his second phase.

Midra has another variation of this three-hit melee combo, wherehe uses a thrusting attack to end the combo, which then causes his sword to expand out its spikes after a short delay. This attack can catch you rolling to the back if you’re not prepared for it. To dodge the final attack of this combo correctly, you have toroll towards the back one more time, right after dodging the thrust attack.

Phase Two

Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame will transition into phase two once his HP reaches 60 percent. Right as he transitions, he will fly and then smash his flaming head onto the ground, launching an explosive attack with a huge area-of-effect. The best way to dodge this move is torun away from him and jump at the point of impact.

After that, he’ll most likely fly towards you and strike you with his greatsword, which can bedodged by rolling to the back. He’ll mostly use attacks from his first phase, paired with a few new attacks in his second phase.

The description of the Remembrance Of The Lord Of Frenzy.

Midra may alsojump into the air,andsmash his sword into the ground,which will causespikes to erupt from the groundafter a short delay. You can dodge the initial strike by rolling in any direction but will have to roll backwards to avoid the spikes.

When his HP reaches 40 percent, Midra’s sword will catch fire and his swings will launch a wave of fire in your direction. During this, most of his melee attacks will launch a wave of fire, so you’ll have to be careful about how you decide to dodge. Most of the time,rolling towards the sideis your best bet.

You can wait out this phase by dodging his attacks and his sword will return to normal after a short while, and then you can finish him off easily.

What To Do With The Remembrance Of The Lord Of Frenzied Flame

Once you’ve defeated Midra, you’ll receive theRemembrance of the Lord of Frenzied Flame and 410,000 runes. you may exchange the Remembrance with Enia at the Roundtable Hold for the Greatsword of Damnation or Midra’s Flame of Frenzy.

The Greatsword of Damnation is a weapon thatscales of Strength, Dexterity, and Faith. The weapon also deals Holy damage and comes with a unique Ash of War called Golden Crux which lets you leap into the air and smash your sword into the ground, which causes spikes to erupt from the ground after a short delay and has a decent area-of-effect.

You can choose not to do the follow-up attack which causes the spikes to erupt from the ground by letting go of the “weapon skill” button.

On the other hand, Midra’s Flame of Frenzy takes two memory slots to equip andcauses Madness build-upon the user and anyone else in the spell’s range. Note that the Incantation will continue to spew out Frenzied Flame and inflict Madness build-up as long as the player keeps holding the button, runs out of FP, or gets inflicted by Madness.