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Elden Ring
BossSwamp of AeoniaChanged in 2 patchesVerified on build 25080141

Battlemage Hugues

4,095 HP at Swamp of Aeonia · Inner Aeonia, with the area's scaling applied. It takes the most damage from Standard and the least from Magic.

HP (NG)
4,095
HP in NG+7
8,375
Stance
65
Weakest to
Standard 0%
Resists most
Magic 40%
Nearest grace
Inner Aeonia

How Battlemage Hugues fights

At Swamp of Aeonia · Inner Aeonia, its toughest placement: 4,095 HP.

Attack choice by distance verified

Share of its picks per attack routine at each range, from its main weight tables (it switches between 10 sets of tables by state; one is shown). Routines are numbered as in its script.

  • Routine 7
  • Routine 6
  • Routine 8
  • Routine 3
  • Routine 21
  • Other
  • Right column: routines it can pick there
Show as a table
DistanceRoutinesMost likely picks
under 2.5 m6#5 30% · #8 30% · #1 10%
under 2.5 m6#5 30% · #8 30% · #1 10%
2.5–3.5 m6#8 50% · #1 10% · #2 10%
2.5–3.5 m6#8 50% · #1 10% · #2 10%
3.5–4.5 m3#6 50% · #3 30% · #21 20%
3.5–4.5 m3#6 50% · #3 30% · #21 20%
4.5–7.5 m3#6 50% · #3 30% · #21 20%
4.5–7.5 m3#6 50% · #3 30% · #21 20%
7.5–10 m4#7 50% · #6 30% · #21 10%
7.5–10 m4#7 50% · #6 30% · #21 10%
10–13.5 m3#7 50% · #6 30% · #22 20%
10–13.5 m3#7 50% · #6 30% · #22 20%
13.5–15 m3#7 50% · #6 30% · #22 20%
13.5–15 m3#7 50% · #6 30% · #22 20%
15–20 m3#7 60% · #6 30% · #20 10%
15–20 m3#7 60% · #6 30% · #20 10%
20 m +3#7 60% · #6 30% · #20 10%
20 m +3#7 60% · #6 30% · #20 10%
Attack routines
11
With a cooldown
8 3–15 s

What hurts it most

  1. Standard0%
  2. Slash0% ±0
  3. Pierce0% ±0
  4. Holy0% ±0
  5. Strike10% −10%
  6. Fire20% −20%
  7. Lightning20% −20%
  8. Magic40% −40%

Negation (lower lets more through), and how much more or less damage that type deals than Standard does.

Status procs to kill it

Status1st procHP per procProcs to kill
Bleed24271463,838 buildup
Frost242440108,354 buildup
Poison18188851,629 buildup
Scarlet Rot1812,0133641 buildup

From full HP with that status alone; thresholds grow after each proc. Frostbite's extra 20% damage taken isn't counted.

AI facts are read from the boss's own battle script; only selection weights, HP checks, distances and cooldowns are kept, and what each routine looks like isn't named yet.

Where you fight it 1

Each place uses its own copy of the boss with that area's scaling. HP and stance as you meet them (first phase, offline, no new game plus).

PlaceHPStanceScaling
Swamp of Aeonia · Inner Aeonia4,09565×6.5

Damage negation

How much of each damage type it shrugs off. Lower is better for you; the type it takes most is highlighted.

Standard0%
Slash0%
Strike10%
Pierce0%
Magic40%
Fire20%
Lightning20%
Holy0%

Flat defense

Subtracted from each hit before negation; it matters most for weak hits. Area scaling raises it along with HP.

Physical111
Magic111
Fire111
Lightning111
Holy111

Status buildup to proc

Buildup needed for the first proc, and how much more each following proc needs (it grows after every proc, up to the fifth).

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison181209251349
Scarlet Rot181209251349
Bleed242284382672
Frost242284382672
Sleep242284382672
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

HP in each journey

At Swamp of Aeonia · Inner Aeonia: new game plus multiplies HP, defense and resistances again on top of the area's scaling.

NGNG+1NG+2NG+3NG+4NG+5NG+6NG+7
4,0955,9826,5816,8807,1797,7778,0768,375

Kill-speed simulator New

How many hits Battlemage Hugues takes with your weapon and stats, in any journey: damage per hit through its defense and negations, stance, and status procs as its thresholds grow.

Simulate Battlemage Hugues

Patch history 2

Every patch that changed its numbers, read from the game's balance file (regulation) of each version.

  1. 1.02.1from 1.00
    • Strike negation0%→10%
    • Magic negation20%→40%
    Every changed value (6)
    ValueBeforetoAfterChange
    Key changes 2
    Strike negation0%10%+10 pts
    Magic negation20%40%+20 pts
    Linked data 3
    Drop Type01changed
    SpEffect ID [14]90,2000changed
    SpEffect ID [31]-14,301changed
    1 technical value (sorting, effects, display)
    ValueBeforetoAfterChange
    Network Warp Display1630changed
  2. 1.12.1from 1.10
      Every changed value (3)
      ValueBeforetoAfterChange
      Damage 1
      HP Burn Damage %0100+100
      Linked data 2
      SpEffect ID [18]-1102,304changed
      DLC Completion SpEffect ID0-1changed

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