Leonine Misbegotten | Elden Ring Wiki

Am I the only one who think that this thing has no reason to be resistant to magic and lightning?

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Gotta imagine that the similarities of attack animation between these greatsword misbegotten and the Crucible Sword Knights isn't a mistake. The double spin attack is almost a direct mirror

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The one in the Haligtree is ****ing bullshit. Aggro range going for a thousand miles away and he can two shot. Actual dogshit.

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for those running parry the world challenge, he can be parried but i'm not sure about the attack followed by the roar, I can never seem to land the parry

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USE THE WHIP , trust me it is insanely easy, it staggers him like crazy . whip and dodge

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The Gnostic creator god, the Demiurge, is described as beginning as a lion-faced spirit with a snake body.
It's also described as "misbegotten," as its mother created him without permission and unilaterally.
I know how much gnosticism factors into FS games, so I have to imagine the Demiurge is a direct design influence

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almost died to him as astrologer but he got stuck between two tombstones

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Brings back ds1 vibes having to run forever to get to the mf

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solo this boss with melee was a nightmare , even than the malenia. because he love to spam faster or slower telegraph attack that punish your roll. most of the attack is wide sweep so combine with slower attack it's impossible to dodge. very cheap boss for the sake of annoying the player.

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Beat is booty as a noob, lvl 20, a cleaver, wolf ashes

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Allright i beat it, can we do something fun now ?

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Not a super hard boss, but the location is nice

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Steel-wire torch you find in the castle stun locks the boss making this a trivial fight.

With base level stats, you can easily clear 90% of the bosses hp before running out of mana. Takes about four regular hits and it's dead.

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I just defeated it , it took about four attempts

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My favorite unique boss in the game. I hope Miquella has one of these in his fight

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This boss is not particularly hard, but he is particularly annoying.

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My favorite boss, I particularly like how unique it is in the game.

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i first tried him with bloodhound greatsword heavy jump spam

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I hate this boss with every fiber of my soul. Fast af attacks, true combos with built-in roll catches, criminal levels of mobility… Fromsoft really sucked this thing off when they created it.

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This boss feels very weak even for early game, he does a lot of damage but has very low poise and health.

The one in the Haligtree usually kicks my butt though, especially since he has a few other misbegotten helping him.

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best boss arena for the worst boss

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Edgar makes this fight 3 times easier. I beat him on level 1 with Edgar

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wow that was underwhelming only took me 2 attempts to beat him, and I almost took him down first try.
However, I used Barricade Shield with guard counter so apparently I was fighting him the right way without knowing.

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Sick of doing runbacks for this roll-catching cheat. ER feels so much harder than Souls.

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The one in the haligtree that is next to the pearldrake +2 talisman can fall down the platform in the regular path, drawn to the sound of you killing one of the smaller misbegotten. Something funny is that he will often fall down next to the end of the platform, so you can knock him back to make him fall to his death lol

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Leonine Misbegotten is an incredibly formidable foe. However, it shares with the various Knights the unfortunate weakness of having poor stagger resistance: Spamming uncharged heavy attacks over and over will stop pretty much any move it could throw at you dead in its tracks.
If you have a friend with you, simply pulling out a pair of hammers and going to town with uncharged heavies will turn this foe into a complete joke.
— Courh the Explorer

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I used headless knight summon only and spammed rock sling

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Summon Edgar
Summon Skelton ashes
Keep distance
Spam lightning spear incantation while they keep him busy
Shameless cheese

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simply use a jellyfish summon to take his attention and use fire bombs whenever he's distracted, he will chase you first most times but since the jellyfish can aggro far away after he's less aggressive when he switches targets and is significantly less likely to swap to you before you attack as long as you aren't basically right next to him. 6 will take like half his health away and a +5 weapon should make quick work of him from there.

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Theres a reason the whip is right outside his boss room, it staggers the **** out of him!

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Why did they have to make it parryable? Now Im gonna waste 1 hour trying to parry him!

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Fun!

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First time Souls player here: As a Bandit (dual wielding daggers), I found after 15+ attempts of using the Lone Wolf Spirit that he would just jump / combo between myself and the wolves and it made the fight feel more difficult than to simply just go in solo as I was constantly chasing the boss between his jumps without getting in any quality hits only then to immediately fall back when I randomly became the target. On a whim, I tried the Spirit Jellyfish for the first time ever and was shocked to find that it would interrupt the boss roughly every 3-5 seconds allowing a short amount of time to get some hits in but, more importantly, it interrupted his constant combos. All I had to do was kite him around for a few seconds to wait for the interrupt and then go to town on him before rolling away to kite again. The fight legitimately didn't feel like a boss fight after using the jellyfish. Good luck!

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Lvl 17 with claymore. If you run in and swing, your attack will land before his and stagger. Get 2 or 3 hits then roll back before he does his shout. Watch for jumping attacks and roll backwards when he starts to combo. Use fire to speed it up

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Beat him on 19 lvl. I just used parry until he died. This way was much easier and more fun for me rather than dodging 95% of the time and trying to find a window for a single hit and repeating that for 20 mins.

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The best strat I found is to just dodge backwards

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The position you backstab this dude in looks, well... "Questionable?"

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I found this to be the toughest boss in the weeping peninsula. I was really struggling but found a good tactic by mistake really. I was around lvl 20 warrior with decent faith stats and I used the shockwave incantation to help defeat him. If you do it at the right time it knocks him on his ass and then you can hit him a few times before making distance between him and yourself. I think I had a falcion reinforced to +5. The skill on this weapon helped take his health down a fair bit.

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These are blatantly overturned as standard mobs, particularly since they are basically always paired with a supporting perfumer. Miniboss level enemy and its ****ing everywhere in some areas. With its ****ing 20 foot long sword and 6 hit attack chains on top of being one of the most aggressive enemies in the game... seriously almost as annoying as imps

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I pummelled him with a zweihander, it took a solid 7-8 tries before i brought him down.

Not that bad of a fight, margit was way worse.

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The animations are just painful to look at. The fight isn't even that hard, but the amount of nonsense fromsoftware puts in the animation is getting ridiculous. The boss randomly slows down time while in the air, developing a resistance to gravity and slams down right next to you. Sometimes he covers 8 meters with one sidestep.
There is fantasy, and there is bullsh*t, and this is sadly the latter one

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Lone Wolf Ash and Rotten Breath strat made this easy peasy

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Honestly the worst part about this fight are the random tombstones you get caught on.

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Dual wielded a fire uchigatana+5 and a meteorite ore blade+3 and he went down in less than 10 attacks

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If you're decent at parrying some of his moves can be pretty easy to catch.

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If you're level 20 or below, don't even bother trying to use a shield for this fight, or else you won't have enough stamina to keep up with him. Two-hand your weapon and just i-frame everything. You can make his clones pay for this bs later on, once you have a big enough stamina pool.

His never-ending combos and range require a stamina pool you just won't have at this point unless you're over-leveled.

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He's not really a "difficult boss", although he can rollcatch like crazy and can deal a good amount of damage with his combos. All I can say is this- if you're having trouble, use Storm Blade from Warmaster Bernahl. Kicks the crap out of this guy, and is generally just a good skill anyways. Good luck!

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Bruh, this dude just doesn’t stop moving. All he does is chain combos into more combos.

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I have seen a ton of suggestions to use Lone Wolf Ashes for this Boss an that Boss, but is it just me or did From get super lazy naming ****? I mean come on! Lone Wolf Ashes? They are 3 wolves together, essentially what you would call a "pack", right? So......anyone?

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An In-Depth breakdown of why Leonine Misbegotten is stronger then Malenia

Hello nerds. I have seen a lot of discourse in the community regarding which demigod is the strongest of them all. Some people are like “ooooo the tall sword lady is the best” and others are like “nonono the funny horse man is the best” and then a third party will bust in and go “uhm ackshuly this edgy omen man is the best.” And then we have all the incredibly smart and funny people who then say “well actually no the soldier of the godrick is the best haha please laugh.”

However, you are all wrong. The strongest character in the game is Leonine Misbegotten. And today I will prove this using facts and logic.

Now I know some of you will now say “Well uh y’see Leonine Misbegotten has 1,099 health, and Malenia has 33,251 health, and 33,251 is actually a larger number then 1,099.” And you are correct. However, you are failing to take one simple point into account - evasion.

You see, Malenia is a filthy dex user who medium rolls, spams her weapon art, and needs vigor to win fights, but my boy Leonine over here has no armor so he can light roll, and he doesn’t need to level vigor, because he doesn’t get hit. Not only that, but he is also a strength build, and as we all know, strength builds are naturally superior to dex builds.

Another thing to take into account is that Leonine is actually holding back his true power. He has access to the Grafted Blade Greatsword, yet chooses to fight us with a regular sword because ~~the devs were too lazy to change the model~~ he wants to at least give us a chance.

Another thing you’re probably thinking is “Leonine is completely insignificant, he even appears as a regular enemy later on!” But there’s one thing that must be taken into account - the naming of these other versions. Most of the time they are called Misbegotten Warriors, but if they are different entities, then why do they look exactly the same? Well, there is one more instance of this occuring, and that is when Morgott summons illusions of himself as Margit. That’s right. Leonine is powerful enough to channel clones of himself all throughout the lands between. Can the filthy dex user do that? I didn’t think so.

Now, onto the moveset. Both Leonine and Malenia have low poise and can have their attacks interrupted without much difficulty. However, Malenia simply does stupid sidesteps and basic, easily dodgable grabs. Leonine uses extremely powerful yet quick swings, and counters your pathetic attempt at staggering him with jump attacks, equipped with hyper armor. And let’s not forget about their signature moves. Malenia hovers in the air for like 40 years before using waterfowl dance, allowing for her opponent to easily execute their own attack in that time period. Leonine’s war cry not only is fast and buffs himself, but also interrupts the opponent in front of him. It’s extremely versatile, unlike watershit dance.

Not only is Leonine stronger then Malenia physically, but morally as well. Leonine heroically led an uprising for the liberation of his people, and Malenia nuked an entire area because she didn’t want to lose in battle. Need I say more?

One final point I will make is my own personal experience. I have been completely unable to defeat Leonine after 37 hours of attempts, due to his blinding speed and high damage. Even after leveling to level 231 from forcing a crow to jump off a cliff, I still can’t beat him, and whenever I go to reddit dot com all of the toxic gatekeeper elitists make fun of me.

As for Malenia, I haven’t gotten to her yet, but I saw a video of someone beating her at *level 1.* Something I will now point out is that I cannot beat Leonine at level 231, and yet Malenia can be beaten at level 1. What is important to note here is that 231 is actually a bigger number then 1, even further proving that Leonine is more difficult. Case closed. (This is stolen, credits to OrdinaryLurker4 lmao)

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Fighting this MF'er on my first playthrough was when I realized that my Quality Straight Sword/Shield build from DS3 wasn't going to work anymore.

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I had a lot of trouble with this boss. I play souls games with melee characters, and let me tell you that a close range fight with this boss using swords that can't stagger him is very difficult. He has a lot of weirdly timed, powerful attacks and when he goes red eye mode you can say bye bye to your health bar. It's a fun boss, maybe a bit too aggressive, but it felt good to beat him.

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That roar that knocks you away has killed me way too many times in haligtree

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He actually drops Iron Greatsword in Royal Capital. Theres like 3 of them and i got it randomly. dont know the chances

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Man did they really give this common enemy some of Gael’s moves? Way to devalue such a memorable boss, FromSoftware.

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The one in Castle Morne shoulda wielded the Grafted Blade Greatsword considering we get it from him for the Edgar/Irina questline

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A bit sad we don’t get these guys as a Spirit Ash. They’re unique enemies, and I would’ve liked it better than the Winged Misbegotten.

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I cleared him easily as a vagabond but am kinda struggling as an astrologer. He two shots me and also roll catches a bunch. This fight would definitely be over in a lot less attempts if I had higher vigor. Definitely need to level that up for the other bosses as well as getting some better armor.

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****ing epic presentation and boss, makes no sense geographically, but still my favorite WP boss

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Use the whip from the nearby tower. Effectively stunlocks him. You are required to yell "DOWN SIMBA!" while doing this though.

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Did not know you could summon Edgar for the fight, i've always cleared the boss before going to see him.

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I found he is relatively easy to parry with a small shield. If you struggle because you use small or medium weapons who can’t stagger him out of his long 360 degrees combo, you should try that. Worked well with my samurai.

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This boss is like a microcosm of everything wrong with Elden Ring boss design.

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What's with the fingerprint stone behind him? Maybe a grave to another Finger.

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Try this enemy at level 1 with zero weapon upgrades, no cheesy stuff, no summons and no additional talisman slots. Show me how easy it was...

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**** the enemy version in haligtree specifically

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Storm blade ash of war was pretty reliable in stun-locking it. just make sure you have enough FP to keep firing away

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Played him while using WeMod. All stats at 99, level at 792. Beat him in 6 hits. C’mon FromSoftware, give me a real challenge.

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I wonder why all 3 guard a legendary weapon ? Maybe there's a deeper meaning lore-wise

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Barricade shield is really good against these, staggers them for a free hit.

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Edgar makes this boss way easier than going solo with it. Find Irina and she will give you a letter. She is close to the bridge of sacrifice and the whole reason I went to Castle Morne in the first place. Edgar can be found at the Castle on top of the tower after going through a lot of the enemies and crossing the bridge before said tower.

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Great value Gael

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this guy actually loses pretty hard to shield counters. The melee build advice recommends dodging and waiting him out, but you can def shield counter a lot of stuff before the follow ups come out.

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His Hp is 2050 not what was written.

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fun fact, this boss drops 3 of the legendary weapons, tho they are all the same and only 1 uses the actual weapon, it would be nice if the special ones had extra attacks based on the weapon they are using

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Impaling Thrust (Estoc, Great Epee) weapon art interrupts pretty much all of his attacks. Good for stagger buildup too

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Just summon lone wolves and then stay put of his way... they'll kill him without your help and so long as you say away, you won't pull aggro

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kinda wish he used the grafted blade, seeing as A: he drops it and B: the other misbegotten boss used the sword it dropped

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You have to fight this guy 100 times as a basic enemy why is he a major boss???

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Why are the collision boxes on this enemy so bad? Half the fight I kept getting wiggled around the place because I fought him at close range, usualyl when it does that realyl powerful delayed lunging slash. I swear it doesn't happen with other enemies. They gave this guy some oddly accurate collision boxes that not even large enemies get for some reason. When I fought the demi-human queen I couldn't even hit her with my club because of the collision boxes. Why the discrepancy?

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I fought this thing at level 43 and it took less than 30 seconds, super easy

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This boss is about waiting for the right oppotunity with patience and within a small window, deliver a quick burst attack. That window is when the boss makes a jump attack, that leaves about 3 seconds. Don't bother to use normal attacks unless you use a colossal weapon or something with huge poise damage. Just wait for it to jump and then quckly attack, and then move away.

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Can't rest at site of grace after beating the boss :(

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I used the Lordsworn greatsword +3 and it just staggers him like crazy. He can't even get a hit in. Fairly easy boss if you use that weapon

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Site of grace found after defeating him seems to be bugged. Unable to activate.

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I like the skelly twins and an uchi for this guy, the boys agro him like crazy so you can chop.

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For some reason the grace point after his death is bugged and you need to be like 10 ft to the right to activate it.

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I keep getting whooped by this ****, keep getting greedy and spending on my stamina and get destroyed

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Neat boss, but either I was overleveled for him or it was way easier than I was expecting. The dungeon and catacomb bosses I've fought have given more trouble than this guy did. I used the Bloodhound Fang +1 (2-handed) and the jellyfish spirit summon. While he got me with a couple of his attacks, I was able to heal in time and quickly deal more damage. Staggered him once for a nice visceral as well. Considering the reward for killing him, I was surprised it wasn't a tougher fight. A fun fight nonetheless.

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Neat boss, but either I was overleveled for him or it was way easier than I was expecting. The dungeon and catacomb bosses I've fought have given more trouble than this guy did. I used the Bloodhound Fang +1 (2-handed) and the jellyfish spirit summon. While he got me with a couple of his attacks, I was able to heal in time and quickly deal more damage. Staggered him once for a nice visceral as well. Considering the reward for killing him, I was surprised it wasn't a tougher fight. A fun fight nonetheless.

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is it just me, or is the site of grace for him not where it is visually anymore

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Avoid killing this boss before progressing the Edgar/Irina quest to the point where you have to retrieve the sword.

I made that mistake as I didn't find Edgar before clearing the castle and as a result the quest is completely broken after returning to Irina.

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I have a real soft spot for this guy. Awesome design, fast and fun but not overwhelming as long as you're good about panic rolling, reminds me of something out of Bloodborne in a good way. An excellent early game boss, and the variation you find in the Snowfield cave is just cool as hell

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Bloody Slash absolutely destroys this guy. Not only does it briefly stun him, allowing for easy chain use of the ability, but it simply nukes his health bar due to his 0 slash resistance. Dude didn't stand a chance!

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Bloody Slash absolutely destroys this guy. Not only does it briefly stun him, allowing for easy chain use of the ability, but it simply nukes his health bar due to his 0 slash resistance. Dude didn't stand a chance!

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Try the Lone Wolf Ashes if you are struggling against him, they stun him like crazy.

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Most of his attacks can be parried actually which makes the fight way less frustrating for the light weapons' melee builds as otherwise you end up rolling & rolling & rolling through all his relentless combos with very short windows to actually deal damage. 4 hit combo that starts with onehanded overhead\diagonal slash - first hit is the safest to parry but if you missed it, roll through the 2nd and 3rd hit and parry the last one (or 3rd one if you feel lucky heh). Then goes 4 horizontal hit combo set up parry - block the first hit, parry the second. 2h double spin - parry right after the roar. Personally i just roll through everything else.

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I fought him with a +1 short spear, the prophet's starter weapon. It was not an easy time.

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I used the Rotten Stray Ash and the poison killed him toward the end of the fight. Saved my life. Good dog.

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This guy was cool the first time you encounter him.

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