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This fight was crazy hard. It took me countless retries over several hours to finally get it down. By far the hardest boss in the game to solo.
Whose idea was it to put life leech on a Souls boss? :| 
Build in description.                                          
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For what it's worth, the build : (Level 192)
60 Vigor
20 Mind
55 Endurance
75 Strength
18 Dexterity
23 Intelligence
12 Faith
8 Arcane
Medium load

Right hand : 
   +25 Heavy Uchigatana with Seppuku ash (45 blood loss buildup)
   +15 Clawmark Seal
Left hand : 
   +10 Meteoric Orc Blade (50 blood loss buildup)
   +0 Crucible Hornshield
Armor : 
   Bull-Goat set
Talismans :
   +0 Crimson Seed (Boosts HP regeneration from Flask of Crimson Tears)
   +0 Rotten Winged Sword Insignia (Greatly raises attack power with successive attacks)
   +0 Lord of Blood's Exultation (Blood lost in vicinity increases attack power)
   +0 Great-Jar's Arsenal (Vastly Raises maximum equip load)
Flask :
   Greenburst Crystal Tear (boosts stamina recovery speed)
   Opaline Hardtear (boosts all damage negations)
Spells :
   Bestial Vitality (health regen)
Consumables :
   Boiled Crab (Greatly boosts physical damage negation)
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Notes :
- Opaline Hardtear's description is actually incorrect, it only boosts elemental resistances... that was one slot wasted I guess.
- Having Uchigatana on a different hand than your shield is mandatory: When swapping to your shield to tank her Waterfowl Dance, it cancels your katana's Seppuku skill if it is active. You won't have as many opportunities to use Seppuku during her second phase, so you definitely want to keep the skill going.
- To tank her Waterfowl Dance with your shield, a minimum of 60 Guard on your shield and 100% Physical Damage reduction is highly recommended. And you need enough stamina to (preferably) tank the whole thing too, which are high requirements.
- Greed is *really* bad when fighting this boss, mostly due to her insane damage (even with Bull-Goat armor and Boiled Crabs) and crazy life leech with each hit taken. Patience and careful stamina management is key.
- I feel like she staggers a bit more easily on phase two, so you need to be slightly more aggressive there in my opinion.
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It's not much, but personally, I'm feeling super proud of myself for managing to solo this with a melee build. This kind of moment is what Souls games are all about.

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Zanameth [author] 22 Mar, 2022 @ 3:45pm

I finally did it

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