How to beat Morgott the Omen King in Elden Ring: Boss stats, weaknesses & tips

Morgott the Omen King is the main Boss you’ll have to face in Elden Ring’s Royal Capital Leyndell. He’s Mohg’s twin brother and self-proclaimed king of The Lands Between, and curiously, you’ve already come across him before. Here’s everything you need to take this foe down.

The Morgott encounter in Elden Ring takes place shortly after the battle with the golden Godfrey as you make your way towards the foot of the Erd Tree – and the throne King Morgott presently sits on. Spoiler alert, but as you’re likely to have already figured out, Morgott the Omen King is the true identity of Margit the Fell Omen. A boss you may have already faced twice before in the game.

Morgott is the current king of the Lands Between, having beaten all his other demigod siblings to take the throne. He’s also a character you’ll already be familiar with as you will have faced Margit when you entered Stormveil Castle, but there’s also a second encounter on the battlefield of the Altus Plateau.

In his Margit persona, Morgott was attempting to kill challengers to his throne before they reached his cowardly family member and fellow shardbearer, Godrick. But now, the king needs to deal with you personally.

This time, however, Morgott isn’t playing around, as the Tarnished has become a real threat to his rule, so now, he wants you out of the way. Here’s how to get to Morgott the Omen King in Elden Ring – and how to end his reign.

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Contents

• How to defeat Morgott the Omen King in Elden Ring
  • Phase 1
  • Phase 2
• Where to find Morgott the Omen King in Elden Ring
• Morgott the Omen King stats 
  • Morgott the Omen King weaknesses
• Useful tips to defeat Morgott the Omen King
  • NPC summons
  • Spirit Ashes
  • Items
  • Magic
• All Morgott the Omen King attacks
• Morgott the Omen King drops

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How to defeat Morgott the Omen King in Elden Ring

Phase 1

Once you find Morgott the Omen King and the cutscene finishes, he will attack you with his new sword. The fight is similar to the Margit battles, but Morgott has lots of new moves on display.

His sword is deadly and has some new attack combos, but luckily, they follow similar patterns to before. So, dodge his attacks and punish him when he recovers.

Phase 2

The battle will progress to a second phase once Morgott reaches half health. He’ll now start summoning trees that fill the arena with lightning, but this is relatively easy to dodge. However, it makes it harder to get in close and finish him off.

Ranged players will need to avoid these new attacks and him but try to stay close enough to blast him with magic or arrows. Melee players can take advantage of his summoning animations to get in close and hit him hard.

If you have trouble beating Morgott the Omen King, then summon Melina and your Spirits to help draw his attention to the battlefield. Melina can hold her own against Morgott and some ranged support from a spirit summon will make the three of you a good team.

Remember the Margit’s Shackle item can also be used again here to make your life easier. You may also like to know how to take down Morgott’s twin brother, Mohg the Lord of Blood.

Where to find Morgott The Omen King in Elden Ring

Finding Morgott is easy, as he’s near to where you fought Godfrey, the first Elden Lord, in the Royal Capital, Leyndell, before reaching the Erdtree.

Once you’ve defeated Godfrey, just exit his arena and turn left. You’ll see some stairs and the path will be littered with the corpses of Palm Readers, a fell omen of the battle to come.

You’ll arrive at Marika’s bed-chamber, but the Goddess is nowhere to be found. Instead, a Black Knife Assassin will attack you. This is your only threat in between the two bosses and the assassin is devilishly fast, so don’t underestimate them.

Once you’ve dealt with the assassin, continue towards the Erd Tree and the fog gate where Morgott can be found waiting for you.

Morgott the Omen King stats

This tough Boss is a really hard enemy to take down due to the following stats:

• Health: 10399 HP
• Defense: 114
• Stance: 80
• Parryable: Yes. Three parries per stance.
• Immunities: Madness
• Deals: Holy, Fire, Slash, and Pierce damage
• Inflicts: Hemorrhage

Morgott the Omen King weaknesses

Despite how difficult it is to defeat Morgott the Omen King in Elden Ring, players can still target some of his key weaknesses to make the fight less of a nightmare.

Morgott happens to be vulnerable to Slash damage and Lightning, so you can deal a good amount of damage with curved Daggers, Katanas, Claws, and Reapers, as well as Ballistas, Bows, and Bolts once they’ve been upgraded with Lightning powers.

Because he’s also weak to Bleed, many of the weapons mentioned before -like Katanas and Daggers- will work equally to deal this Status Effect. Meanwhile, players can resort to Spells and Incantations for Frostbite damage.

Useful tips to defeat Morgott the Omen King

NPC summons

Before you enter the fog, look on the ground to see a summon sign for Melina — the lady who’s been guiding your quest. Melina can join you as an NPC in this fight and can make for a valuable ally as she wields the Blade of Calling and uses strong Erdtree Incantations.

If you’ve been following his quest, you can also summon Dung Eater to help you take down Morgott. To do so you’ll need to have completed a few steps:

• Meet Dung Eater’s Red Phantom at the Roundtable Hold and exhaust his dialogue.
• Retrieve a Seedbed Curse and show it to him (one can be found within the Capital City ramparts).
• Release Dung Eater from his cell in the Subterranean Shunning Grounds.

Summon them if you fancy some backup, or don’t if you want to face Morgott alone, you can also use your Spirit Summons in this battle alongside Melina and Dung Eater for extra support.

Spirit Ashes

The best Spirit Ash you can use for this battle is the Lone Wolf which summons three lone wolf spirits that can help you distract and stagger the enemy while you deal damage from afar.

They have a good amount of health and can move quickly enough to avoid being hit, so they last longer in combat. It costs 55 FP and can be obtained from Renna at the Church of Elleh in Limgrave.

Items

Because Morgott is in reality Margit, the enemy you’ve faced before twice, you can use Margit’s Shackle to help you take him down.

If you don’t already own this item, you can purchase it from a merchant halfway up the river north of Agheel Lake. However, you can only access it if you’ve completed the encounter in Murkwater Cave.

Once you have obtained Margit’s Shackle, equip it to your quick item menu and use it to entrap Margit in a pool of golden energy. It can be used twice per battle to give you a few precious seconds to whittle down his health bar, but beware as it can only be activated during the encounter’s first phase.

Additionally, you can take advantage of Morgott not having any Fire or Lightning damage negation to imbue your weapons with both of them by using an Ash of War and then Flame-Shrouding Cracked Tear or Lightning-Shrouding Cracked Tear.

Magic

Some of the best Spells you can use to help you during your encounter with Morgott include Frenzied Burst, Night Comet, and Lightning Spear.

The Frenzied Burst Incantation blasts a yellow flame of frenzy that can easily penetrate the enemy’s guard. It costs 24 FP and only requires 22 Faith. It is dropped by a Teardrop Scarab in the Liurnia Lake, near some frenzied rats.

The Night Comet Sorcery fires a semi-invisible magic comet towards the enemy that deals a good amount of damage. It costs 21 FP and requires 38 Intelligence. Players can find it inside a chest in the middle of Sellia Town of Sorcery.

The Lightning Spear Incantation creates and throws a powerful lightning projectile forward. It costs 18 FP and requires 17 Faith. It can be purchased from Brother Corhyn or Miriel if you’ve successfully retrieved the Dragon Cult Prayerbook for him.

You can also try the Catch Flame Incantation as well as the Carian Slicer and Glinstone Icecrag Sorceries.

All Morgott the Omen King attacks

When fighting this Boss, you must beware of all of these attacks:

• Holy Swords Rain
• Tail Sweep
• Cursed Explosion
• Holy Spear Throw
• Flying Sword Spear Stab
• Flying Hammer Slam
• Holy Spear Charge
• Spear Poke
• Holy Daggers
• Holy Sword and Sword Slam
• Spinning Slashes
• Gliding Slide
• Cartwheel
• Sword Hammer Horizontal Swing
• Horizontal Sword Slash
• Overhead Hammer Slam
• Sword and Hammer Spin
• Cursed-Blood Slice (Slam and Chase)
• Cursed-Blood Thrust
• Rapid Armament Change

Morgott the Omen King drops

If you victoriously stand against Morgott, you’ll be rewarded with the outstanding amount of 120,000 runes, as well as the Talisman Pouch, Morgott’s Great Rune, and the Remembrance of the Omen King.

While the Talisman Pouch can increase the number of Talismans you can equip yourself with and Morgott’s Great Rune raises your max HP, the real treat is the Remembrance of the Omen King.

This item is a consumable item that has plenty of effects and can be sold for another 30,000 runes. However, if you hand it to Enia at the Roundtable Hold, you can unlock its full power and get Morgott’s Cursed Sword or the Regal Omen Bairn.

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