Ancient Dragon Lansseax

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Location Altus Plateau
Drops

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Lansseax's Glaive

HP 9,087
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Ancient Dragon Lansseax is a Great Enemy Boss in Elden Ring. This ancient, four-winged dragon is the sister of Fortissax and had connections to the people of the Golden Order as her brother did. This is an optional boss, as players don't need to defeat it in order to advance in Elden Ring.

Lichdragon Fortissax is another variant of this boss. Farum Azula Dragon is the normal enemy form of this boss.

 

 Lansseax was the sister of Fortissax. It is said that she took the form of a human to commune with the knights as a priestess of the ancient dragon cult.

Elden Ring Ancient Dragon Lansseax Boss

  • This is an optional boss
  • Closest Site of Grace: Abandoned Coffin / Rampartside Path
  • When fought by the Abandoned Coffin Site of Grace, Lansseax will retreat once her health reaches 80%. She does not need to be defeated here to appear by the Rampartside Path Site of Grace. However making her retreat does reduce her health for the Rampartside Path fight.
  • Multiplayer is allowed for this boss
  • You can summon Spirit Ashes for this boss

Elden Ring Ancient Dragon Lansseax Location

  • From the Abandoned Coffin Site of Grace, head up the hill and Lansseax will fly down and attack you. [Map Link]
  • From the Rampartside Path Site of Grace, take the path up the hill, then double back to the eastern edge of the ridge where she'll fly down and attack you. [Map Link]

Ancient Dragon Lansseax Combat information

Negations (or Absorptions)

The negation numbers are the % of your damage that gets blocked. For example, if a negation is 60, 40% of that damage by that type will go through and 60% will be negated. Bigger number = less damage. A negation of 100 means no damage goes through, and a negation of -100 mean the enemy takes 2x damage from that source. 0 means damage goes pretty much as is.

Resistances

The resistance numbers are the buildup amount to trigger it. For example, if a resistance is 100 you must deal 100 points of the given buildup to trigger it. Note that these go down over time, and increase each time the effect procs. The values after the "/"s indicate the increased resistances after each successive proc.

  NG NG+ NG+2 NG+3 NG+4 NG+5 NG+6 NG+7
HP 9,087 11,485 12,633 13,207 13,782 14,930 15,504 16,079
Defense 115 118 121 124 130 136 142 153
runes currency elden ring wiki guide 18Runes 60,000 120,000 132,000 135,000 144,000 147,000 150,000 153,000

Resistances

poison status effect elden ring wiki guide 25pxPoison 556 / 846 / 1303 270 / 560 / 1017 274 / 564 / 1021 278 / 568 / 1025 282 / 572 / 1029 286 / 576 / 1033 290 / 580 / 1037 294 / 584 / 1041
scarlet rot status effect elden ring wiki guide 25pxScarlet Rot 556 / 846 / 1303 270 / 560 / 1017 274 / 564 / 1021 278 / 568 / 1025 282 / 572 / 1029 286 / 576 / 1033 290 / 580 / 1037 294 / 584 / 1041
hemorrhage status effect elden ring wiki guide 25pxHemorrhage 556 / 846 / 1303 270 / 560 / 1017 274 / 564 / 1021 278 / 568 / 1025 282 / 572 / 1029 286 / 576 / 1033 290 / 580 / 1037 294 / 584 / 1041
frostbite status effect elden ring wiki guide 25pxFrostbite 556 / 846 / 1303 270 / 560 / 1017 274 / 564 / 1021 278 / 568 / 1025 282 / 572 / 1029 286 / 576 / 1033 290 / 580 / 1037 294 / 584 / 1041
sleep status effect elden ring wiki guide 25pxSleep Immune
madness status effect elden ring wiki guide 25pxMadness Immune

 

Elden Ring Ancient Dragon Lansseax Boss Guide

Ancient Dragon Lansseax Fight Strategy

The Best Tips for Ancient Dragon Lansseax:

  • Use Latenna. Summon her far away from the boss and draw its attention away from her. She will deal steady damage to the boss but is quite frail and will not survive long if the boss is focused on her.
    Another good alternative is the Ancestral Follower.
  • Use the Shard Spiral spell, as her large hitbox means that the attack can land multiple times. 
  • Bring some Lightningproof Dried Liver and Boiled Crab for damage negation.
  • Turn off camera lock, as it can only lock onto the head and body of the dragon, which can be very disorienting.

 

Melee Users

When facing this boss, do not take the lightning attacks lightly since they have the ability to one-shot players. While in the air, you may see a resemblance of a weapon made with lightning. At this point you need to back up to prepare to jump over this weapon attack or dodge. Ideally stay on higher or lower ground so you can go over or under some its attacks. For greater speed, you may want to consider seeing this fight through while on Torrent so you can be quick in disengaging when needed. This way you can wait for openings and also quickly run in with Torrent for a quick hit and escape if needed. This will lessen the chances of getting stepped on than if you were to run in on foot. While on Torrent, it will also give you enough time to run away from any anticipated fire attacks or landing spaces. 

For attacks, Torrent will also be beneficial for reaching her head for attacks with his higher jumps, especially on higher ground. The main melee strategy is to keep moving and a combination of looking for openings to run in for a few hits and then running back out to repeat the process. 

Magic and Ranged Users

With ranged attack, and a big field going against a dragon with large range, it is still recommended to use Torrent for this fight to quickly cover distances either for escaping an attack or running in for a better angle.  Lots of the dragon's attack cover a large AoE. You will need to continuously disengage and move around to stay out of her line of sight and give yourself a better position to deal attacks. For range, it is a combination or circling back, stopping to get an angle and dealing an attack while anticipating her next attack and being prepared to back away. This may make it more difficult to aim with smaller ranged spells and attacks so you may still need to use Torrent to approach and get better angle to hit. 

If you keep moving, there is a chance she will constantly be trying to turn towards you and repositioning rather than dealing attacks, which will give you more opportunities to keep attacking while moving until she is eventually cleared.

 

Ancient Dragon Lansseax Attacks & Counters

Attack Description Counter
Lansseax’s Glaive (slam)

 Lansseax stands onto her hind legs and raises her left arm. A massive bolt of red lightning appears in her grip. Lansseax then slams the lightning across the ground from her right to her left, releasing waves of lightning forwards across the ground. This attack will knock you to the ground if the initial lightning bolt connects.

Note that both the slamming and sweeping glaive share the same windup animation; which attack is used is determined by how far the player is from Lansseax. The slam is used while relatively far away, while the sweep occurs if the player is too close.

 Dodge forwards through the attack and hit Lansseax's momentarily vulnerable head.

Lansseax’s Glaive (sweep)

Lansseax stands onto her hind legs and raises her left arm. A massive bolt of red lightning appears in her grip. Lansseax then sweeps the lightning across the ground from her right to her left, releasing waves of lightning forwards across the ground and jumping backwards as she does. This attack will knock you to the ground if the initial lightning bolt connects.

Note that both the slamming and sweeping glaive share the same windup animation; which attack is used is determined by how far the player is from Lansseax. The slam is used while relatively far away, while the sweep occurs if the player is too close.

 Prevent this attack from occurring by moving backwards in order to trigger the slam instead. If she does use it, roll forwards through the sweep and pursue Lansseax.
Aerial Glaive 

This attack is only used by the miniboss version in Crumbling Farum Azula.

The dragon leaps backwards into the air and raises their left hand. A massive bolt of red lightning appears in their grip. The dragon then sweeps the bolt vertically downwards beneath and in front of themself before landing.

Run diagonally forwards towards the dragon and attack their head when they land.
Ancient Dragons’ Lightning Strike

This attack is only used once by Lansseax, immediately after landing to begin the battle. The miniboss version in Crumbling Farum Azula will use it multiple times.

Lansseax raises her head and wings and roars loudly. Many glowing red patches appear on the ground around her, and a few seconds later red lightning strikes them. 

Spring forwards towards Lansseax's right claw (your left). Stand in front and slightly towards the midline of her body, and wait until she begins lowering her head. Then, begin a charged heavy attack. This will hit her snout as she lowers it, dealing bonus damage.
Claw Combo

Lansseax raises her left arm and slams it down in front of her at an angle, such that her hand passes below her chin. She then pulls it back in a swipe from her right to her left. Both attacks cause small lightning explosions along the path of the attack a few moments after it completes. This combo will knock you to the ground if it connects with one of the physical attacks. 

Follows: none

Followed by: right swipe, rearing firebreath

Roll backwards and immediately roll again to dodge the first swipe and its lightning trail, then repeat the process for the second hit. Roll early through the attacks to have time to dodge the trail, and note that if you are hit by the first swipe's trail, the second swipe's trail cannot be avoided with a roll because you will be forced to roll late on the second swing, thereby preventing you from recovering fast enough to roll again.
Right Swipe

Lansseax raises her right arm and swipes it from her right to her left, causing a trail of lightning explosions in the path of the swing moments later. This attack will knock the player to the ground if the physical portion connects.

Follows: claw combo, single bite, double bite (phase 2 only), vertical slam (phase 2 only)

Followed by: vertical slam, rearing firebreath, repositioning hop, reverse right swipe (only if standing behind Lansseax and to her right)

Dodge backwards once to dodge the swipe and then immediately do so again to dodge the trail. Prepare for the potential followup.
Vertical Slam

Lansseax rises to her hindlegs and raises her left arm above her head. After a brief delay, she falls forwards and slams her right hand into the ground, releasing a small electrical burst around the point of impact. This attack will knock the player to the ground if it connects.

Follows: right swipe

Followed by: right swipe (phase 2 only), rearing firebreath (phase 2 only), double bite (phase 2 only)

Move backwards and roll once to the left. If performed correctly, you will roll to the right side of her head (left from your perspective) and be out of range of the electrical burst. Then, attack her head, remembering that this attack can be comboed into further moves in phase 2.
Double Bite Lansseax rises to her hindlegs, arches her neck to her right and opens her mouth, then bites forward. She then repeats the process with her neck arched to her left.

Follows: vertical slam (phase 2 only)

Followed by: rearing firebreath, right swipe (phase 2 only)
Sprint out of range of the first bite, and charge a heavy attack as Lansseax bites a second time. As she finishes, release the heavy attack and hit her head. This is a safe punish in both phase 1 and phase 2 if performed properly.
Single Bite Lansseax arches her neck to her left, then bites forwards without coming off the ground.

Follows: none

Followed by: right swipe, rearing firebreath
Roll backwards and right through the bite, and prepare for the followup. Additionally, be aware of the possibility of this move; even though Lansseax does not chain into it, it has fast startup and recovery that can lead to it being used surprisingly quickly after another attack or a non-chained followup being performed earlier than expected.
Rearing Firebreath Lansseax rises onto her hind legs and arches her neck before spewing fire forwards. She then sweeps the fire under her body from her right to her left, and finishes the attack by spewing fire forwards again. This attack will knock you to the ground if it connects.

Follows: single bite, double bite, right swipe, claw combo, vertical slam (phase 2 only)

Followed by: none
Sprinting forwards or riding Torrent will allow you to reach Lansseax's tail. Stand far back along it, and attack it as she breathes fire, using thrusting attacks if available to take advantage of the counter state. If you have access to long ranged attacks, you can move backwards out of reach and attack.

Otherwise, sprint backwards and to your left. As Lansseax finishes sweeping the fire from her right to her left and transitions into the forwards gout, sprint forwards towards her head and attack it once as it lands. The timing and positioning are very tight; you may simply wish to wait the attack out, especially if there is any uneven terrain in the area.
Forward Firebreath  This attack is often used when the player is far from Lansseax and in front of her. Lansseax arches her neck slightly, then exhales a long stream of fire forwards, sweeping slightly from her right to her left. This attack will knock you to the ground if it connects.  Summon Torrent and ride diagonally forwards to your right. Note that unlike the similar looking attack from flying-dragon model enemies, this attack does not track the player.
Aerial Firebreath This is often used when the player is standing under Lansseax's chest. She crouches down, then launches backwards into flight as flame particles appear in her mouth. Lansseax then spits a gout of fire onto the ground at the player and flaps backwards to land. Run backwards out of range of the fire, then sprint forwards either on foot or Torrent to close the gap once more.
Lightning Slam This attack is often used when the player is standing under Lansseax. Lansseax rises to her hind legs and raises both arms. After a brief delay, she slams both claws into the ground under her chest, creating a large shockwave that will knock you to the ground if it connects. Waves of lightning propagate outwards from the point of impact as the shockwave dissipates. Move out from under Lansseax, then sprint back in after she slams, rolling through the waves of lightning as you do. Lansseax is vulnerable for a significant period following this attack.
Reverse Right Swipe This attack is only used if the player is standing at Lansseax's right side after she has used a right swipe. Lansseax pulls her hand backwards from her left to her right in a swipe, leaving a trail of lightning which erupts moments later as she does. This attack will knock you to the ground if it connects. Avoid standing at Lansseax's right side. If unavoidable, roll through the attack and then roll again to avoid the lightning, or sprint/roll forwards under Lansseax and out of reach.
Repositioning Claw Swipe This attack is commonly used when the player is standing at Lansseax's left side. Lansseax raises her left arm and swipes from her right to her left, turning to face the player in the process. This attack will knock the player to the ground if it connects, and leaves a trail of lightning that activates after a momentary delay. Sprint backwards and out of range of the attack, or roll early through the claw swipe in order to have enough time to roll again immediately after and dodge the lightning.
Wing Beating This attack is often used when the player is under Lansseax. Lansseax rises onto her hind legs and flaps her wings three times, staggering players caught under her. She then flaps a fourth time, knocking players to the ground if they do not dodge. This attack does not deal damage, only stuns. Move out from under Lansseax, and sprint in to attack once she flaps for a fourth time. Alternatively, dodge through each flap and attack after she completes the fourth.
Tail Swipe This attack is often used when the player is behind Lansseax. Lansseax raises her tail and bends it to her left, then swings herself counterclockwise  around to face the player, sweeping the area behind and to the side as she does. This attack will knock you to the ground if it connects. Dodge through the attack, or sprint out of range. Alternatively, jump over the attack with Torrent.
Divebomb

This attack is only used by the miniboss version found in Crumbling Faram Azula.

The dragon launches itself backwards into the air, hangs there for a moment, and then dives towards the player. This attack will knock you to the ground if it connects.

Dodge forwards through the dive and attack the dragon's hind legs.
Repositioning Hop

Lansseax leaps forwards and glides a short distance, turning around as she lands. If she happens to land on a player, it will deal heavy damage and knock them to the ground.

Follows: any attack which a rearing firebreath could

Followed by: none

Turn around and pursue Lansseax. If it looks like Lansseax might land on you, get out of the way.

Ancient Dragon Lansseax Lore, Notes & Other Trivia

  • Lansseax can be struck by the lightning near the Fulgurblooms on the plateau, taking 20 damage in the process.
  • Lansseax's moveset is limited compared to the miniboss variant found in Crumbling Farum Azula; she uses neither the divebomb nor the aerial lightning glaive, and will only use her Lightning Strike attack once as a scripted opener instead of throughout the battle.
  • Known as Lansseax, Ancient Dragon Progeny in 1.00 version of the game

 

 

 

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    • Anonymous

      What a shame. The dragon itself is a powerful and threatening appearance, yet they flopped on the actual battle design. Nearly all the other dragons you can lock onto the legs, but for some absurd reason, you get to enjoy a swing-and-a-miss over and over and over, all while trying not to get butt-blasted based on sound and footwork cues.

      >"We want you to do ranged"
      >"B-b-b-but I'm a naked, club wielding gimp"
      >"We want you to do ranged anyway"

      • Anonymous

        When she appeared at second location i didn’t want to fight her so i ran away. As i was trying to taunt her to a location where i could cheese her i noticed her health dropped to half for no reason so i went for it with 0 preparation or strategy and just kept hitting her legs. idk how but i managed to get hit only once and killed her on the first try.
        Very chaotic and anticlimactic boss !

        • Anonymous

          With bosses like this one, you can really see who is using what kind of build in the comments. I guess she is kinda easy and no big deal as a mage, since you really only need to watch the glaive and fire. You won't have to deal with her claws since you want to be far away from those anyway. If you're using a melee build however, this fight is absolutely miserable. Awful terrain; you can't see half of the attacks, especially if you're under her; and every darn claw swipe leaves behind a trail of lightning that roll catches you. No, you cannot even double-dodge it, the lightning splash comes out way too fast to dodge it too. And the most infuriating thing, the double bite leaves her head low afterwards, enticing you, tempting you to charge attack or jump attack it; however, this is a trap and she can just choose to chain it into another claw swipe.

          • Anonymous

            She is actually quite easy comparably if you don't rush the fight. The terrain sucks for you, but it also sucks for her. If you lure her giants target of a body into the lightning fields, they'll do half the work for you.

            You probably cpuld cheese the entire fight with just the lightning without hitting her once.

            • Anonymous

              How do you get him to spawn at the second location? I've tried resting at all times of day but he doesn't show up. I've beaten him at the first location so he doesn't spawn there anymore.

              • Anonymous

                Here's a garbage lore theory, uh, if Lansseax was with the Roundtable Hold, them taking in Fia might have made her absolutely livid because of what happened to her brother Fortissax. It's the only explanation I can muster for her immediately attempting to murder you, a poor, honest, innocent Tarnished.

                • Anonymous

                  This is an unusually pathetic comment section. There are a bunch ways to kill this boss easily and if you can’t figure it out, it’s not because of the game design…

                  • Anonymous

                    is there a lore reason she just fights you and dies instead of talking things out with you even though she clearly can? is she stupid?

                    • Anonymous

                      “Hewg, I found uh-I found a little dragon.”

                      “Do you wanna know what dragon I found?”

                      “What dragon did you catch, Vyke?”

                      “I found Lansseax, Hewg... I found Lansseax.”

                      “Oh No, Vyke. Don't tell me.”

                      “You already know Hewg, You know what I'm gonna do to that thing!”

                      “Vyke! It's an animal Vyke you can't!”

                      “HEWG, THERE’S NO LAWS AGAINST THE DRAGONS HEWG! I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT WITH IT!”

                      “NO GOD, OH GOD, NO DON'T DO IT!”

                      “I'M GONNA DO IT, HEWG!”

                      • Anonymous

                        If you're having trouble with her as a faith build, here's a potential avenue to try. Hop on Torrent and initial the fight. Just after she lands, hit her with rot breath then back off. From there just circle her, stay to the rear, and spam black fire at her. Watch for the big lighting sword thing, it'll one-shot Torrent.

                        • Anonymous

                          Its like they looked and Midir and everything that made him an awesome boss and decided to do the exact opposite. This boss is garbage

                          • Anonymous

                            Don't try to melee her, unless you enjoy being driven insane by the awful camera. Every build has access to ranged options, use those instead.

                            • Anonymous

                              Oh.... Love...!! Take a human form again and commune with me. You shall bear my fruit and usher a new ancient dragon. (Book)

                              • Anonymous

                                Ahh yes my dragon lady let me worship tose feet, yeah like that, I will make you feel good *kiss kiss kiss kiss mmm* - Vyke, probably. Also, waifu but hole

                                • Anonymous

                                  Why do the ancient dragons have such a pathetic health pool? 9k hp is literally less than morgott(who is a fraction of the size), and Decaying Ekzykes(Whos is not only supposed to be an inferior ancestor, but has been completely ravaged by scarlet rot) has like 2.5x her hp. Their attacks are already so telegraphed they'd make Margit jealous and they'd be such cool fights if they weren't so squishy.

                                  • Anonymous

                                    Another thing to the "stupid location/attached to a missable questline" bucket list! I'm in a love-hate relationship with this game for bullshit like this, ****

                                    • Anonymous

                                      I can't react to visuals because the lock-on doesn't let me see her limbs and free camera would require an extra thumb. I can't react to audio because there's constant random lightning strikes already. What do they expect, smell-o-vision?

                                      • Anonymous

                                        Poison cheese method:

                                        Torrent past her at her first location, activate the grace on the top of the hill but don't rest at it (getting to it means you're far enough away for this to work, and you might as well activate it while you're there anyway). From here, you can go back down the path a little bit to keep her attention on you. She'll try to follow you up the path but, past a point, will lose aggro and teleport back to the original spot she landed on. When this happens, she'll be facing directly away from you. This gives you the opening you need.

                                        Kill the stupid wolves you ran past, sneak up on her, get to rear right leg and cast Poison Mist. I moved away and hid behind the nearby dead golem piece of scenery while the poison did its work, but that might not even be necessary. She's so large that her head is out of audible and visual detection range of anything around her hind legs, Poison Mist does not cause aggro on its own, and most importantly, as long as she stays in a passive state, the 'fly off after 20% health lost' mechanic doesn't trigger. As long as she doesn't notice you, you can just spam Poison Mist on her until she dies using this strategy. All you need is enough FP to cast it 10-12 times before going up the path to trigger the fight.

                                        • Anonymous

                                          I found her at the Abandoned Coffins area, did 20% dmg and she flew away. Chased her to the Rampart Side Path. Once she landed on the hill, immediately hit her a full blast of Rotten Breath and she got Scarlet Rot. Weaved in and out of her legs smacking her while Scarlet Rot did most of the damage. Any time she reared up to do a special attack I just ran as far as possible away from her on Torrent. Scarlet Rot got her down to about 15-20%. Did another blast and she ded. Simple.

                                          • Anonymous

                                            Just stay under her or behind her at close range and use Pest Threads and in no time she will be done for. Be aware of her lightning.

                                            • Anonymous

                                              So is it 20% health remaining or taking 20% health she retreats, she just retreated (Flew up and vanished to somewhere? I lost the boss health bar and music) after I hit her twice

                                              • Anonymous

                                                This boss is BULL****. How the **** am I supposed to do this boss while holding my controller in ONE HAND. Fromsoft can't be serious.

                                                • Even easier cheese:
                                                  1. Aggro her
                                                  2. Run and hide behind the eastern cliff
                                                  3. Stand up and go get a drink or something
                                                  4. Come back to dead Lansseax, killed by the lightning strikes from the nearby field

                                                  • Anonymous

                                                    easy cheese: I hurled black flame balls from the east side of the plateau, there is an outcropping ledge just below the top of the plateau, just pop her in the head every time she takes a peek over to look at you. you may have to dodge a few attacks but that's it, super simple

                                                    • Anonymous

                                                      can be cheesed with poison mist at 2nd location near rampartside path. get on plateau to spawn her, run and hide to reset. creep back up with unseen from. get behind her, clear out a lightning sheep or two, she seemed completely blind from behind. crouch by her right foot and hit her with the poison mist. no heath bar even when locked on.

                                                      after 8-10 casts she hit 20% (i think) and "woke up". run away again, hide, reset, creep up on her again for another 2-3 casts and the kill.

                                                      • Anonymous

                                                        I think she has a third location at Farum Azula near where you fight all the Stormhawks. She stands in an open area and spams patterns of red lightning as you approach and has about 10% hp remaining.

                                                        • Anonymous

                                                          low fps , random lightning that hits you and ****ing lightning charged rolling goats are real threats in this fight rather than the dragon

                                                          • Anonymous

                                                            If you repel her at Abandonded coffin her real fight will not have max hp this persists until they are dead. Similarly to fighting the gravetender greatwolf early in ds3 to lower their health or in ds2 the ng+ in duke's dear freyja jumpscare the fight will not have full hp if you beat it up early.

                                                            • Anonymous

                                                              Am I missing something? As far as I can see there is zero reason to fight her near the Abandoned Coffin area as she'll just leave, you'll get nothing for it and she shows up full health later. So fighting her, in that area, is a total waste of time.

                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                I would be able to ejoy the fight,if i could actually see what the hell is going on.And some giga brain decided to remove leg lock on parts,when literally every single dragon up until now had them

                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                  lol it mysteriously took more dmg than i was dishing out... like 30 heavy arrows and had to run back do avoid flame breadth.... when i aggroed her again her health was only 5 % left

                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                    Did you remember Crossbreed Priscilla from ds1? Because she's optional boss which you can talk and it's friendly untill you attack her. Why I mentioned her? Because I my opinion Lansseax is wasted potencial. She could be friendly NPC with questline, which allows you to get her drop without fighting her. And obviously, If you want to kill her or failed her questline, she'll turn hostile and you'll fight agaist her as usual.
                                                                    Plus, ancient dragons can turn into the human form. She might introduce overall dragons and dragon cult lore in human disguise. And when you decided to kill her, she'll turn into the real form.

                                                                    Man, I mean. It's kinda cool we have cool dragon boss, but overall She should be more important character.

                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                      This comment-section is basically just two kinds of people.
                                                                      Simps because dragon is female, and people who can't play without lock-on to save their life.

                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                        why the f*ck does fextralife not have a page listing all the dragons and ancient dragons. they are an enemy type no? even if they are a boss sometimes?

                                                                        • Who the hell thinks ancient dragons need a resistance to stance damage?????? Like why? Also they seems to take 3 times the crit damage when you do break their stance.

                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                            The camera just randomly starts gliding to the left even though im locked on, and then completely removes the lock-on. All the while lansseax is doing the longest lightning claw combo so far into the fight. Absolutely deserved that goty award, 10/10.

                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                              this guy disappeared and never came back, I think i went too far from the spawning area, anyone knows how to bring him back?

                                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                                The bubble skill from Envoy's Longhorn absolutely destroys this dragon, as it does to all of the ancient lightning dragons

                                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                                  She also shows up at NE of Stormcaller Church... I just got killed by her.. it's worth noting that there are 2 Lyndell Knights nearby... One of them is sitting quite close to her she lands...
                                                                                  Leyndell Knight hanging out where she lands?.. ohh now I've got a pretty good explanation as to why she attacks you

                                                                                  " It is said that she took the form of a human to commune with the knights as a priestess of the ancient dragon cult."

                                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                                    So after making her run away near the abandoned coffin I got destroyed at the second spawn. After running in to get my runes I ran away and de-aggroed her but ended up getting back into her aggro range and noticed her health had dropped. Repeated the process over and over and she died?

                                                                                    Possible cheese but don't know if it was just a bug that occurred or if I can reenact it agajn

                                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                                      Initiated the fight. At about 80% health she just disappeared. Now, she won't respawn. I have restarted the game, rested at numerous other graces and it's like the game thinks she's been defeated, except, you know, I didn't get the incantation I was fighting her for.

                                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                                        I found a very easy tactic to beat her as a melee while riding torrent. Just keep riding right under her at full speed while waving your weapon to score strikes and never make any stops. Then once you are away from her turn around, she should be facing you too and slowly walking toward you, charge toward her waving your weapon as before, rinse and repeat - I never got hit again, as apparently she only does her AOE attacks when you are near her for too long.

                                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                                          Love how she got stuck and just de spawned looks like ill have to fight her 2nd play through didnt even get runes

                                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                                            People actually lock on to dragons in fights? I guess for ranged, but it's super annoying and unecessary in a melee build tho

                                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                                              I had fought her to down at least 25% health bar left. I encountered a bug where she got stuck somewhere high on the cliff edge. Then she disappeared, dying by herself. It was like a good luck and a bad luck moment. The bad luck moment was I did not win a steam achievement. So it looks like I will have to fight her again on my second play run.

                                                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                                                Worst dragon fight in the game (tied with fortisax since copy paste). All the other agheel clones are more fun and have a much less frustrating moveset. Plus, lock on sucks for this fight

                                                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                                                  I found the best strategy to fight dragons is to stand in front of them and fight them head on. When they breathe, run toward them. Don't stay under them or they'll reposition. Managed to kill her on the first encounter just having a straight up fight as I do with all dragons. I feel Miyazaki is inspired by the image of the sleeping beauty knight prince, fighting a dragon with sword and shield. He wants you to face the dragon and win. That's the fantasy.

                                                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                                                    Had a silly bug where every time It aggroes it looses around 10-20% of its health. So I kept running back and forth aggroing and deaggroing her until she had basicly no health and could be oneshot by anything.

                                                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                                                      Really glad that fromsoft fixed the bug where the camera actually points at the thing you're locked onto right before I started this fight, it would have been so difficult if I could actually see what I was doing.

                                                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                                                        As with most dragon fight, the safest place to be is hugging its legs. If you try to fight with torrent from range its breath attack and glave gonna wreck you. So use torrent only to close gap quickly when the boss relocated

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