Outriders Worldslayer Commander Ereshikgal Boss Guide - How to Beat

Outriders Worldslayer features a ton of challenging bullet sponge bosses that you may have a hard time dealing with. Whether it's in the Worldslayer campaign or in the new endgame Trial of Tarya Kratar, bosses in Outriders can be a nuisance without proper build and strategy.  The final boss in the Outriders Worldslayer campaign, Commander Ereshikgal, is no different, and if you're one of those who are struggling with this battle, don't fret.

Here's our guide that explains how to beat Commander Ereshikgal alongside a list of recommended mods that you must use for this battle. 

Commander Ereshikgal boss guide in Outriders Worldslayer

Before we get into the nitty-gritty of how to beat Commander Ereshikgal in Outriders Worldslayer, you need to know that this is the most bullet-sponge boss in the entire campaign.

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As such, expect this battle to last 10-15 mins, granted you're fighting her at your highest Apocalypse Tier. You can, however,  make this encounter shorter and easier by lowering your Apocalypse Tier. 

Below you will find the list of skills,  armor and weapon mods that we recommend using for this battle.

Best Devastator skills & mods to beat Commander Ereshikgal

Skills

• Earthquake
• Golem
• Impale/Gravity Leap

Mods

Armor mods

• Ground Crush (Earthquake) - Increases the skill’s base damage.
• Asunder (Earthquake) - Increases the skill and permanently reduces the Resistance of affected enemies by 30%. 
• Second Quake (Earthquake) - The skill can be activated 1 more time before triggering the Cooldown.
• Sharpened Spike (Impale) - The skill deals 83 797 more damage.
• Spike Forest (Impale) - The skill can strike 1 additional target.
• Arms Juggler - Swapping weapons increases your Firepower by 16 323 for 5 seconds.
• Perseverance (Golem) - Increases the skill’s duration by 50%.
• Resistance (Golem) - When the skill is active, increase your Resistance by 20%.
• Bleeding Impulse (Golem) - When the skill is active, spawn radial impulses that inflict Bleed on enemies within 10 meters radius. Frequency of 2 seconds.
• Phantom Dash - During combat your default roll is replaced with Phantom Dash which enables you to quickly pass through enemies.
• Bloodlust - Critical shots increase your Firepower by 4 893. Stacks up to 3 times and deteriorates every 5 seconds. 
• Aura of Force - Critical shots grant 14 985 Anomaly Power to you and your allies for 5 seconds. 
• Buckshot Shells - Shotgun Weapon Damage is increased by 12%

Weapon mods

• Storm Whip - Shots bring down lightning on an enemy dealing 49 237 damage. 
• Gravedigger’s Frenzy - Critical shots increase your Critical Damage by 30% for 3 seconds. 
• Claymore - Shots damage an enemy with an Anomaly blade dealing 73 871 damage.
• Brain-Eater - Critical shots do not consume ammo
• Striga - 10% of Critical Damage is returned to you as Health
• Improved Burning Bullets - Shots inflict Burn on enemies.
• Minefield - Critical shots spawn explosives around your target, each deals 21 662 damage in a 5 meter radius. 
• Resistance Breaker - Shots decrease your target’s Resistance by 35% for 6 seconds. 
• Death Chains - Shots entangle an enemy with chains, dealing 137 637 damage over 3 seconds.
• Shield Maiden - Shots generate Shield.
• Fireworks - Shots create an explosion that deals 34 378 damage to enemies within a 6 meters radius.

How to beat Commander Ereshkigal in Outriders Worldslayer

You will be constantly moving in this battle (like most battles in Outriders), but this one in-particular demands you to consistently sprint and dodge your way around the battlefield. Not doing so would mean an untimely death.

We recommend equipping the Phantom Dash mod, which replaces your traditional painfully slow dodge, to overcome some of these fate-deciding encounters that we will discuss later.

Ereshkigal has three basic move sets, according to which you must change your tactics. The first one is where she floats around the battlefield and doesn't leave you many options for combat. Instead, you must patiently avoid her area of contact and wait for her to land.

While you can't consistently shoot at her when she's flying, you can find a moment to land at least a single shot from your sidearm before she takes flight to trigger status effects and do some elemental damage while you wait for her to land. We recommend equipping mods like Improved Burning Bullets to inflict Burn. 

When she does eventually land, Ereshikgal will lunge toward you to deal some massive damage. If you have equipped the Phantom Dust mod, you will be available to quickly move out of the way and move in back to deal anomaly and gun damage of your own. 

Whether you have the anomaly build, firepower build, or a hybrid of the two, as a Devastator, you would want to do close-range damage to Ereshkigal. Seismic skills like Earthquake alongside the mod Second Quake or Buckshot Shells for closed ranged Shotgun damage will help in depleting Ereshikgal's life bar at a relatively fast rate. 

Her third and final move set is when she swirls up in the sky and starts shooting flying skulls toward you. This is probably the move set that would kill you time after time if you're not careful. If you're standing far from her, you can easily avoid these skull attacks altogether, but if you're right next to her, you must diligently dash and dodge to avoid dying. 

This particular attack gets even more tricky when she throws these skulls in three different waves. You can avoid two of these and get hit in the third wave or vice versa, which is why we recommend using the Golem skill. 

While Golem won't make you immune to these attacks, it will ensure that you endure and survive this devastating move set. Equipping the Perseverance mod will increase Golem's duration by 50%, whereas equipping the Resistance mod will increase your Resistance by 20% while the skill is active.

Halfway through the fight, Ereshikgal will start summoning her minions. The Earthquake skill will be your anomaly crowd controller, whereas weapon mods like Storm Whip will provide you firepower AOE. 

Following the aforementioned steps and choosing the appropriate mods and skills for your Devastator class should help you defeat Ereshikgal with ease.

That concludes our guide on Commander Ereshikgal boss fight. 

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