The Iron Citadel Count Geonor Boss Guide

Count Geonor is one of three citadel bosses players encounter while progressing their atlas, he guards the Iron Citadel. Each boss drops a fragment required to challenge the Pinnacle boss, Arbiter of Ash.

Citadels - Boss Guides

• Geonor, the Putrid Wolf - Ancient Crisis Fragment
• Jamanra, The Abomination - Faded Crisis Fragment
• Doryani, Royal Thamaturge - Weathered Crisis Fragment

Count Geonor is found in The Iron Citadel, a fortressed city overseeing a countryside village. Keep an eye out for keep an eye out for thatched houses, when they show up on your atlas there may be an Iron Citadel nearby.

Loot table

In addition to regular loot, Count Geonor has the following boss-specific drops:

• Ancient Crisis Fragment (100%)

It's possible to get more than one crisis fragment from each citadel boss. Scaling up the Waystone drop chance increases the chance of dropping additional crisis fragments; though this may make the fights substantially more difficult.

Investing into following nodes can boost your increased waystone chance:

• Waystone Quantity
• Waystone Modifier Effect
• Constant Crossroads
• Grueling Journey

Ability Breakdown

Avalanche

In Phase 1 Geonor creates two walls of frost in a cone in front of him before performing an overhead slam shattering the walls.

Players can dodge roll through the frost walls in order to avoid getting hit by the slam.

Blood Burst

In Phase 1 Geonor channels three blood spheres in front of him and ruptures them dealing damage to both sides.

The damage this ability deals is mostly in a large square in front of the boss. Once you start seeing the blood spheres forming, begin to either run past the boss in melee or continue moving away from the boss if playing at range.

Blood Moon Requiem

Similar to the cold damage variant, except it also applies a stack of corrupting blood along with cold damage.

Once below 50%, this ability begins to overlap with his other abilities, which can make avoiding this ability very difficult.

Bloody Leap

Same as Phase 1, dissipates into a mist of blood before slamming down onto the player in a physical explosion

This ability can be very hard to dodge on slower builds, keep an eye out on when he begins to dissipate to begin dodging out of the circle.

Counter Attack

If the player is standing behind Geonor, he swiftly turns around performing a large arc of his sword dealing frost and physical damage.

If you're in melee range when he begins to spin, dodge roll past him. If you're at range, dodge roll away.

Freezing Gale

In Phase 2 Geonor summons chilling mist in a large area around the arena, with a clearing in the center. Continuously summons the same werewolves as Phase 1, including those that explode on death. Geonor begins to recite multiple lines of dialogue, leaping after he finishes each phrase.

The leaps always come after a line of dialogue, dodge roll in cadence to when he finishes his line to avoid being damaged by his leap; the leap occurs roughly every 4 seconds. As Geonor's health gets lower Blood Moon Requiem begins to be cast during this intermission phase.

Frost Breath

In Wolf form Geonor fires a breath of frost in front of him.

Frost Strike

In Phase 1 Geonor pulls his sword back in and imbues it with frost before stabbing forward, firing 3 ice projectiles.

Frozen Upheaval

Geonor plants his sword into the ground, spawning small ice patches before they erupt into ice shards.

When Geonor begins to spawn the ice patches players should run out of the upheaval radius as fast as possible. As Geonor's health goes down he may also cast Blood Moon Requiem during this ability as well.

Impale

In Phase 1 Geonor aims his sword point first and charges towards the player dealing constant damage to them as he impales them onto the wall. If he does not hit the player at the end of his charge he performs a large frost sweep behind him.

If you dodge the initial impaling charge do not immediately rush into the boss, wait for him to perform his sweep before getting close again.

Leap Slam

In Wolf form Geonor leaps into the air towards the player before slamming down.

Pale Moon Requiem

Raises his sword to the sky, calling down multiple pillars of chilling light.

Summon Pack

While in wolf form Geonor summons multiple werewolves that rush the player.

Some of these wolves can detonate on death, causing area damage.

Wolf Form

Count Geonor plants his sword into the ground, creating a frost rune and transforming into a wolf. 

If players walk into the frost rune under Geonor's sword, they are frozen for a few seconds.

When Geonor transforms into a wolf Blood Moon Requiem pillars periodically spawn in.

Boss Mechanics

Damage Types: Physical, Cold

Phase 1:

Default Attacks

• Swings multiple times with his claymore.

Special Attacks

1. Frost Strike
   • Pulls his sword back in and charges with frost before stabbing forward, firing 3 projectiles.
2. Impale
   • Puts his sword point first and charges towards the player dealing constant damage to them as he impales them onto the wall. If he does not hit the player at the end of his charge he performs a large frost sweep behind him.
3. Avalanche 
   • Creates two walls of frost in a cone in front of him before performing an overhead slam shattering the walls.
4. Wolf Form
   • Plants his sword in the ground, creating a frost rune and transforming into a wolf.
     • Standing in the rune causes the player to be frozen.
     • Note: Unlike the campaign fight, when Geonor transforms into a wolf in Phase 1, Blood Moon Requiem pillars periodically spawn in. This can overlap with his other abilities.
5. Summon Pack
   • While in wolf form Geonor summons multiple werewolves that rush the play. These detonate on death causing area damage.
6. Bloody Leap
   • Dissipates into a mist of blood before slamming down onto the player in a physical explosion.
7. Blood Burst
   • Channels three blood runes onto the ground and ruptures them dealing damage to both sides.

Phase 2:

At roughly 25% Count Geonor transforms into Geonor, the Putrid Wolf

Default Attack

• Swings multiple times with his claymore.
• Lunges at the player, biting them.

Special Abilities

1. Counter Attack
   • If the player is standing behind Geonor, he swiftly turns around performing a large arc of his sword dealing frost and physical damage.
2. Frost Breath
   • Fires a breath of frost in front of him.
3. Pale Moon Requiem
   • Raises his sword to the sky, calling down multiple pillars of chilling light
   • Note: Once below roughly 30% this ability transforms into Blood Moon Requiem.
4. Bloody Leap
   • Same as phase 1, dissipates into a mist of blood before slamming down onto the player in a physical explosion.
5. Freezing Gale
   • Summons chilling mist in a large area around the arena, with a clearing in the center. Continuously summons the same werewolves as Phase 1 that explode on death. Geonor begins to recite multiple lines of dialogue, leaping after he finishes each phrase. 
6. Frozen Upheaval
   • Geonor plants his sword into the ground, spawning small frost runes on the ground before they erupt into ice shards.
7. Leap Slam
   • Leaps into the air towards the player before slamming down.
8. Blood Moon Requiem
   • Similar to the cold damage variant, except it also applies a stack of corrupting blood along with cold damage.
   • This ability randomly casts on it's own, and may overlap with other abilities including Frozen Upheaval and Freezing Gale.

Summary

The Iron Citadel Boss Guide includes move sets and strategies to help you beat Count Geonor. Having a character strong enough to kill the bosses with more difficult modifiers can reward the player with multiple crisis fragments. This makes killing the bosses very rewarding however, the difficulty is in finding the Citadels as they are somewhat rare.

Check out these related guides:

• Jamanra Citadel Guide
• Doryani Citadel Guide
• Citadel Farming Guide
• Atlas Tips and Tricks

Credits

Written By: havoc616

Reviewed By: Jerrin, Cptn Garbage

Language Reviewed By: Tenkiei