Rennala Queen of the Full Moon | Elden Ring Wiki

My thoery is that we dont fight rennala at all even in the first phase : she is asleep and cared/protected/tricked for her illusory children... all maintained by Ranni.
The second phase is ranni deciding that, since we managed to fight her illusion enough to disturb her mother and threaten the spell, then at least we should see the full power of what was, instead of the pathos from after radagon left, so she stored her still sleeping mother away, recalled the fake children, and entered the fray more directly.

Which is why she is not hostile afterward : she does not remember fighting us, because she did not.

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Little miss co-dependent is a pathetic sort, a slug even.

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Glintstone Cometshard? A mage that magnitude is more likely to use Comet instead. And the purple crystal-floating rock-thingy is not even close to a glintstone pebble. It's more likely a unique spell unavailable for the players. Or maybe it's gonna be in the DLC.

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CULVERS MENTION

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One of the children appeared in the air and I couldn't hit them because I'm a melee fighter

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No way, Domain Expansion????

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I’ve spent the last two years thinking I had to beat Renalla to continue… ****

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Beware, toe biter

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Chat, I think she may be mentally unwell.

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Ranni's mom has got it going on, she's all i want and I've waited for so long. Ranni can't you see you're just not the one for me. I know it might be wrong but I'm in love with Ranni's mom.

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She must be really weirded out at the countless Tarnished that respec into high dex/faith builds just to wield her ex lover's spine and use it as the ultimate rune farming tool

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Wanna be Rennala, shot calla

80 limp legs, singin like a scholar

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P2 will remain among the most memorable visual spectacles in the game for me.

Gameplay-wise, my first two kills were quite a letdown due to how vulnerable to melee she is (2x keen TSword; Fire Incants+Fire GSword), but my third kill with Magic ranged Sorceries was far more enjoyable.

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Need lore experts: Why Rennala's eyes are gold, but when we fight her in 2nd phase they are blue? (I assume blue are the eyes of her real self, but me theories are too chaotic for now)

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Is it just me or the dragon summon in phase 2 stays way longer than it used to, before vanishing ? Coming back to the game after a long break, and I noticed that.

In the past it vanished after 1 or 2 actions (starting fire breath then plunging attack at most), now it does a 2nd breath after the plunge and sometimes even other things after that. The dragon stays there doing stuff even when she has already summoned other mobs. Crazy

PS : I noticed that with a wolf too, when she does the wolves summon. One of the wolves stays there doing stuff even while the others have vanished

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She has practically no poise. Two medium or larger weapons, like for example two greatswords can stunlock her to death. She just stands there and dies without casting anything, its riddiculus. Thats mostly what goes in co op games as people dog pile her. However 1v1 or when everyone is on defensive and you allow her to cast, well, theres a lot of text explanation above :)

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def one of worst remembrance fights (not because it's hard but goddamn annoying)

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def one of my fave fights

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Currently trying to do this boss. Objectively it is not difficult but I feel so bad while fighting her, she doesn't deserve it T_T
Honestly just doing this boss to unlock her as a friendly NPC. Rennala I love you more than Radagon ever could

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Absolutely cheesed phase 2 by summoning Engvall and continuously beating her down with golden halberd. She couldn't even stand upright long enough to cast her summoning spell.

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group bosses in fromsoft games are either extremely easy because of slow advancing, weak mobs, or they're gank as hell with fast moving tanky strong bosses.

I thought it was really cool for building atmosphere, though. Sometimes that's more important than gameplay

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After she gets staggered you can critical attack her

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WTF is wrong with your magic resistance ma'am

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boss is really easy at lvl 713

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Holy macaroni this is hell as a mage. Just put Bloody Slash in whatever side arm you're carrying, spam AoW in Phase 1, repeat for Phase 2, plus rocksling and get it done. You will not beat this as a mage normally.

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Shout out to the player who appraised a message of mine near the end of the fight, saving me from having to drink a flask while dodging a ninja knight and a pack of wolves. This one's for you, brother.

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I went into second phase and she one shot me with comet azur lol

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>phase 2 is in water
>increased lightning absorption

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idk man this boss was pretty easy for me, even the 2nd phase, I just rush in. She gets staggered real easy.

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I only hang around Raya Lucaria Grand Library because feet.

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RL1 run with fists +12 (even buffed with fire) and innate bleed 45 is a major pain in the ass, actually. 1st phase is ridiculously EZ, but 2nd one - gosh, kill yourself. The one and only problem is her weird hit box. You will miss 50% of hits and especially the most crucial ones - poise breakers R2. Consider this if you wanna fight her with naked butt bare handed.

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Aspects of the crucible: horns is really good for the second phase

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icky hag witch lady, no respect for spell casters.

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Just beat her and she dropped 40,000 runes, not the 30,000 it says here.
I was not doing co-op, did not have the gold scarab equipped and had not used a gold fowl foot.

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Don't ever put me a weak boss ever again

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I really felt bad fighting her, she did more emotional damage than she ever did actual damage to me...

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bane of all pure melee characters

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I couldnt get the link set up cause i'm on my phone but point is someone had the wrong dragon added

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rly ez boss. 31 int, moonveil sword +5. run, slash, win

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Was 2nd try Last night. EZ Boss. Magic build with 31 int, moonveil +5. Running, slashing, win.

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This was a tough fight. On my STR/FAI character, I tried several spirit summons to help, to this effect:

Banished Knight Engvall: He survived pretty well, and was able to do some damage and a knockdown or two.
Stormhawk Deenh: I couldn't really pay attention because I was running for my life, but he died pretty quickly.
Demi-Human Ashes: I feel like these guys could have done pretty well against a slightly less dangerous boss, but they all died too.
Lattena the Albinauric: She got blasted pretty quick. Once the boss focuses on them, if they can do big burst damage they'll kill her. Plus ideally you want her far away, but I summoned right before the phase change so she ended up right next to me in the arena.
And finally the winner...
Kaiden Sellsword Ashes: I tried twice with him. The second time he was up in her business the whole time, and was really good at knocking her down, which helps tremendously with her Blast of Death attacks.

So that's who I would recommend.

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Change weapons to just your fist and punch the singing dolls. They don't have to die. I know this works because I've done it.

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Not the best gameplay fight in my opinion, but the vibes are unbeatable

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*gives Ranni the ring* "I had to beat an old lady with a stick to get this."

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How the **** is the Dragon Summon parryable?

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So in phase 2 are we fighting her or a puppet version of her? Her whole appearing out of the mist high and might while just a second before she was whimpering on the side suggests that. I mean the whole P2 feels like some high class failsafe magic trap left by Ranni.
Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if she had gone all dum-dum because Seluvis made a puppet out of her, and they just told everyone that "Oh yeah, it's because her hunky man left her, yeah so very tragic."

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Only big boss i kill on first try, with the charging attack talisman and the Hammer of the Crozier, she died in 3 charge attacks, i was barely lvl 45

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I tried killing the Juvenile Scholars with Discus of Light but no matter how many of them I killed, her bubble didn’t pop.

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Honestly, it's still a bit weird for me that in order to make Ranni happy we have to beat up her depressed mom...

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It’s a shame they made it so difficult to find the key to get in to this place. I got bored trying to find it without searching online and got side tracked, so ended up killing Radahn before her. Then when I eventually found out how to get in (being OP) I had someone summoned and absolutely ganked her first time without me really seeing any of her spells. Feel like I’ve missed out!

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As a first timer on a mage build, rock sling + wolf summons pretty much cheeses P2. You also have just enough time to do your summons and dodge roll before the first comet azur at the start of the phase. Just don't get too greedy or you will get smacked by the comet azur or star shower mid cast.

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I finished her off fairly quickly on my latest playthrough, but the dragon summons was still active when she died. As I sat there clicking through the various rewards for killing her, imagine my surprise when the dragon breathed on me *twice* and killed me. So pay attention I guess, the fights not always over when it's over

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One problem with a lot of bosses in Elden Ring is the lack of attack delay. It makes the fights feel more fluid, but also more frustrating. For Rennala it's especially so, because she can just spam spells at you--most of which are homing.
My advice? Poise break or bust. Get a weapon that can shatter her stance so she can't let off spell chains.
If you don't have a build around that, try Banished Knight Engvall. He's tanky during the early game and does a lot of poise damage with his halberd, with the added bonus of getting to watch him give children the people's elbow during the 1st phase. If you can't obtain that, the Lone Wolves summon also helps thanks to their staggering effect.

Blood loss also works quite well, from what i've heard. Bloodhound's fang or a greatsword with Bloody Slash from the Fort Haight questline should do the trick.

Cheers, and happy godslaying

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Not sure if over leveled, but I just brute forced my way. Opaline Hardtear. Golden Vow, Magic Fortification, and Flame's Grant me Strength. Used a mace +14 and banished knight armor with a brass shield +7. I had almost 70% magic resistance and 65% or more physical. Wild Strikes melted her ridiculous fast in the first phase. Second one I just charged her and again Wild Strikes. I am level 70 currently, but a more balanced build. 25 Vigor, 20 mind, 25 endurance, 21 strength and 25 faith. I still beat her ass stupid fast.

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This boss single handedly ended my mage run. I put all of my flasks into FP for this fight and still barely had enough to beat her...in phase 1. Then Phase 2 started and I realized being limited to pretty much a single damage type might not be the best strategy to enjoying the game.

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I really like this boss. I don't know if she's as easy as people say. I find Godrick much easier. With Rennala, you can kill her really fast, but if you mess up once, you're dead just as quickly. She's a mage, so of course she's a glass cannon. Though I think they should've made her disengage moves a bit better and give her a guaranteed summon in the second phase. But I can understand why they didn't, I imagine this boss can be pretty annoying if you're new to Souls games.

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Walked up to this ***** on NG+ as a level 190 fire-damage-based glass cannon build with +10 Blasphemous Blade and Erdtree Seal. Won in 25 seconds by spamming the AoW. Never laughed so hard in my life.

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How do I beat her on a pure sorcery build?

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"Come, Oath-sworn giant"



*Summons a troll*



Literally unplayable.

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Beat it in 1 attempt, i might have been ABIT overpowered fighting her with a +5 Bloodhound Fang but eh. Easiest boss so far, cant believe its a "demigod".

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The biggest issue with this boss for me, is the lack of a stake of Marika at the fog gate.

I find it to be a very cool fight, beautiful arena, interesting mechanics. I would love to fight her over and over with a low damage weapon and learn to dodge her patterns fully and grind the fight out.
However, the long run back to her gate, combined with having to re-do phase 1 everytime, is a big turn off for me. As a result, on every playthrough I'm just cheesing her to death as fast as possible with a heavy hitting ash of war that staggers her continuously and doesn't let her cast any spells or summons.

Such a waste of a good boss fight, just because devs thought it would be a good idea to have players do the boring walk of shame if they dare die to that boss that can one shoot you with a single spell.

Imagine if for Malenia you had to run through half of Elphael everytime in order to get back to her fog gate. A lot of people who grinded her fight hard and enjoyed it would have probably skipped the Malenia grind if that had been the case.

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Frankly, I don't blame her for going insane after Radagon left. He was physically allergic to wearing shirts and he canonically has an absolute bakery in the back. I'd go insane after losing that too.

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As a full melee character, I just sprinted around her in a spiral pattern, slowly getting closer until I could hit her a few times, then repeat. If she summoned, I just ran away, letting the summon chase me while still staying locked on to her. It was kinda anti-climatic, she just floats around spamming spells.

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The next time she floats away and casts before my swing can hit her I’m going to boil that damn amber egg and eat it with toast

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Note: there seems to be a bug where using Fire's Deadly Sin immolation damage seems to have no effect on removing the phase 1 bubble around Rennala. if you set yourself on fire with the spell and walk up to one of the juvenile scholars, they will take damage and stop glowing, but it will have no effect on the bubble itself.

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I don't think Radahn, Rykard, or Ranni are Rennala's biological children. We have in-game examples (Lionel, Gideon) of people claiming legal guardianship/parenthood. If Rennala is barren and had several miscarriages, it adds a lot of depth to the rebirth mechanic. Rennala is a grieving mother who has lost her children and can't provide heirs for her husband. Consequently, she becomes obsessed with rebirth. Tragic, really. This makes Radagon's gift of the amber egg look a lot more compassionate. Remember that this was a parting gift after their divorce. The Great Rune of the Unborn description says:

"Perfects those who have been born anew. Children born anew by Rennala are all frail and short-lived."

This supports the theory that Rennala can't bear children. But how then did Radagon have Radahn, Rykard, and Ranni? I'd wager that Radagon and Rennala had a private arrangement with another woman to provide Radagon heirs. This could be what the Mask of Confidence is alluding to. The Mask of Confidence description states:

"When Radagon married Rennala, he ordered the Carian magic preceptors to don these masks. To make it clear that all of their matters were to be kept strictly private."

You can make genetic arguments based on hair color to support this as well (Rennala has raven-black hair and Radagon has flame-red hair, so Radahn (and Rykard?) having red hair is quite unlikely), but hair color genetics is complex, so this line of argument is a bit dubious. But if we assume Rennala is not the mother of Radahn, Rykard, and Ranni, who was their mother, then?

Why did Marika choose Radagon as her consort after she dismissed Godfrey?

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Imagine if the boss fight was just her spamming comet the whole time

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I wonder if this counts to go though the gate to the snow field?

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For RL1, (and other builds that want to make the second phase trivial,) giant hunt timed properly can stun lock her. You can finish her before she gets any attacks off after her initial comet azur. Just run straight at her when she casts comet, flatten her with giant hunt, and then wait just a second or two before using giant hunt again. Her poise will break after two uses. After the critical she should be nearly dead, (with a +10 claymore.)

You can also easily kill her in one bubble pop.

For a fully detailed explanation, I used a fire katana +10 with flaming strike in the first phase. Right before you kill the third schoolkid, use your physick with strength knot and flame shrouding tears, then cast flame grant me strength. Kill the last kid and then when she drops, use flaming strike + R2 followup. A series of R1's will easily finish her. Immediately drink a cerulean tear flask and then switch to your claymore with giant hunt and two hand it. Then just do what I stated above.

I also used radagon's Soreseal and two fingers talisman.

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No poise?

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Whatever was in the egg originally, it's not hers. Ranni might not be her child either since the other two empyreans are born of a single god. I'm surprised more people haven't caught on to this yet given the literal cuckoo imagery surrounding the academy. Rennala is a cuckquean, this is literally hidden in plain sight.

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So, someone correct me if I'm wrong... Did Renalla get buffed since release? Doing her on 2nd character, essentially same build, but this time she hits like a truck and is chaining attacks. She's been getting me with glintstone stars chained with comet azur the moment the stars end. Didn't happen last time we met, she was a pushover.

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If you are a mage and find this boss fight dificult remember that rocksling deals fisical damage.

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Wtf, I killed that witch and became 10000 runes like phantom?

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the ****ing chandelier smashing her little goober children never fails to make me laugh my ass off

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Correction: I think she is worth 40,000 runes.

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Level 73 sorcerer with 10 vigor. Other than this boss and the /spoiler/ triple crystals in the hidden Sellia cave, its never been an issue. Ironically, if I could respec it wouldn't be an issue but From decided to lock a core game mechanic behind a boss so i will be taking a long hiatus from the game

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i get not locking a core mechanic of the game (respeccing) behind a super tough boss, but honestly rennala deserved to be harder

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Feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

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its kinda funny that she's just chilling and sitting at the top right corner of the room behind the bookcase after Sellen "took over" the Academy.

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So i was fighting Rennala and she had summon the dragon, i dodged the viner azur got hut by the dragon, she summon something new , then got hit and killed by the dragon… There were two summons at a time, and it was a good attempt too

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This was my first time ever clearing a boss on the first attempt in a soulsborne game. On NG++ now, finally decided to look at this page. Saw 80 magic resist. Remembered how I used a pure INT sorcery build my first playthrough. Started feeling even more sorry for Renalla than I already did.

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I like how for phase 2 there are literally no combat tips above. Just what is going to happen. 1 to 2 hit kills. Level 50. What a joke. Not re-doing this ever. Waste of time.

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Since Rennala was the head of Raya Lucaria for some time and Radagon and all three of their kids use intelligence based sorcery(Rykard uses magma, Radahn uses gravity, Ranni uses ice) I wonder if all three of the kids and Radagon attended the academy as well? Just some questions, I would have liked to see a flashback of some kind to when the lands between were more normal and Radagon and Rennala were happy together

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lesser foe

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There's a baobab in Madagascar, said to be the biggest one and mother to all of the other oned, that is called Renala, mother of the forest

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Use "Aspect of the crucible: Horns" on her to launch her into the sky. Also I've glitched into her arena on accident by dying on the elevator and now the door to the library is still shut until i open it from the outside

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I would have loved this boss a lot more if she used the Carian sorceries as well, she being the queen of Caria and all. Would have made her so much more formidable in melee. Imagine you dodge all of the slow projectile spam to get in range and she tries to skewer you with Carian Piercer. It would be so goddamn cool and make the fight a lot more interesting, since the challenge would also include fighting her in melee and avoiding all the magical swords that she could be using. That way you can also change the fight to be more in line with what cunning mages and spellblades do- setup strategic traps for the enemy using their ability to deal damage at all ranges with projectiles that can track and magical weapons that can come out faster than a typical armament. Change her AI to not run away as often since she won't need to, make her summon only either the wolves or the bloodhound knight once per fight, and increase her health or defenses slightly.

As she currently stands, it is very difficult to believe that this mage was leading the Liurnian wars and was such a threat that she single handedly made Radagon reconsider conquering Liurnia, to the point that Radagon chose to court her.

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If you're having trouble finding chances to attack in the second phase, try being more aggressive. Dealing a lot of damage stops her casting spells

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greatsword + lions claw = cheese

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Somehow after update she doesn't stagger nor bleed?

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On my 3rd playthrough. Went in with an arcane build. Just simple Uchi with bloody slash and the winged sword insignia. She dropped after 3 weapon arts. Now I know why every says bleed builds are like cheating.

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She does not drop 40k, she drops 30k.

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Maybe I'm overlevelled at 50 when I fought her but man, she's a cakewalk compared to Margit and Godrick...

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Phase 1 of this is anakin's favorite boss fight

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I didn't know summons were available during phase 2, so I did her fair and square. Took me only a dozen times getting nuked out of existence while being distracted by her own summons.

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Lone Wolves' Ashes is the go-to Spirit Summon, if you want to use them. They 100% stunlock the boss and interrupt many of her spell casts and you are free to deal damage in whatever way you choose to. 100% kill, confirmed. (obviously for 2nd phase as 1st phase is already free anyway)

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Bloodbone arrows + Barrage + Fanged Imps = 1 try

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Bloodbone arrow + Barrage + Fanged Imp Summon = 1 try

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Cute boss, Legends Never Die

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