Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy

## Introduction

Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy is a Boss in Elden Ring. This Elden Ring Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy Guide features boss locations, tips, strategies and videos on how to defeat Rykard easily, as well as boss stats and lore for Rykard.

Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy is the true form of the God-Devouring Serpent, whose body has been taken over by Rykard. Players can fight him at the Volcano Manor in Mt. Gelmir and is one of the shardbearers players may fight to access Leyndell. He was revered by his supporters for seeking to overthrow the Golden Order. However when he offered himself up to the serpent in a pursuit of immortality, most of his followers turned on him and sought to bring him down with the Serpent-Hunter.

### Character Details

This is an optional boss as players don't need to defeat it to advance in Elden Ring. Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy is first fought in his First Phase as the God-Devouring Serpent. Unlike most boss phases, the God-Devouring Serpent has its own health bar which must be depleted before you can challenge the second phase. Note that dying to his second phase as Rykard will require you to defeat the serpent once again. Defeating Rykard nets you Rykard's Great Rune and the Remembrance of the Blasphemous.

Bosses are unique and challenging Enemies that can be encountered all over the Lands Between. Shardbearers drop their own unique Great Rune and Remembrance capable of being transformed into powerful Weapons, Spells, Ashes of War, and Talismans for the player.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier**: at least **High 5-B**, up to **3-B**

**Name**: Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy

**Series**: Elden Ring

**Age**: Unknown

**Classification**: Former Human, Serpent, Boss, Shard Bearer

**Powers and Abilities**: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Dominant Physical Characteristics, Daunting Physical Characteristics, Celestial Physical Characteristics, Magma Manipulation (Main attacks include lava elemental spews.) Statistics Amplification (When moving out of serpent control Rykard gets stronger.) Large Size (Type 1; Shown towering over the tarnished in a massive cave.) Shockwave Creation (Using a jumping attack will lend sending shockwaves out.) Fire Manipulation (Along with Lava can also manipulate fire with his sword.) Explosion Manipulation (In his final phase can summon multiple massive explosions.)

**Attack Potency**: **Large Planet Level** (Rykard is a later game boss than the likes of Rennala, meaning he is matching a stronger tarnished.) **Multi-Galaxy Level** (Rennala was capable of creating a dimension filled with stars. Rykard should have dominance over this version of her maintaining it)

**Speed**: **Massively Hypersonic** (General Radahn was capable of forming himself into a meteor and entering the planet from the upper atmosphere very quickly.)

**Durability**: **Large Planet Level** (Rykard is a later game boss than the likes of Rennala, meaning he is matching a stronger tarnished.)

**Stamina**: **Superhuman**

**Intelligence**: **Above Average** (when inside of his conscious form after the serpent is gone.) **Animalistic** (in Phase 1 serpent form.)

**Weakness**: *none notable*

**Notable Attacks/Techniques:**

* **Magma Leap**: Rykard leaps either forward or backwards, sending out volleys of magma in random directions upon impact.

* **Groundshock**: 1st phase only. Rykard plunges his serpent head into the ground, then after a moment pulls it up to send a magma shockwave AoE attack forward in a cone shape over the earth.

* **Rykard’s Rancor**: Rykard extends his head forward and releases a small flaming skull from his mouth that creates a fire trail along its trajectory. After a short delay, explosions are released in a cascading fashion along the trail. Note that these skulls also appear from the ground periodically, with varying trajectories.

* **Rancor Storm**: Rykard raises his sword high above to his side, appearing to empower himself. Many large flaming skulls will then rain down from the sky with the bulk of them flying towards you and exploding after a short delay as they reach their target or impact with the ground. This rain of skulls will continue for quite a while and Rykard will continue on with his standard moveset as the skulls rain down.

* **Taker’s Flames**: If not killed during the Rancor Storm phase, Rykard will end the phase after a while by raising his sword high above with both hands, channeling the fire in the sky into the blade. He will then cleave the ground directly in front of him, culminating in a fiery explosion.