Elana, Squalid Queen |
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| HP | 9,280 | 12,992 (NG+) |
| Weakness | Magic |
| Weakness (Velstadt) | Strike, Lightning |
| Weakness (Skeletons) | Strike, Fire |
| Weakness (Boar) | Fire, Bleed |
| Resistance | Dark |
| Immune | Poison, Bleed |
| Respawn | NO |
The Elana, Squalid Queen is an enemy in Dark Souls 2.
Elana, Squalid Queen Information
Elana, The Squalid Queen is a boss in Dark Souls 2. Elana is quite mysterious as she is very similar to another boss in Dark Souls II. She seems to be almost identical to Nashandra in terms of appearance and description, and like Nashandra she uses a long reach weapon (though not nearly as powerful) and a wide variety of hexes. She differs in that she can summon several skeletons or even an enemy wearing the same armor as the former boss of the Undead Crypt, Velstadt to assist her in attacks, as well as the small piglets seen in Majula.
From what we can see in her soul description she is almost certainly a fragment of Manus and seems to have played a role in the rise and fall of her kingdom, just like Nashandra of Drangleic. She sings in the Dragon Sanctum until you encounter her, then she will tell you to rot (this can vary from encounter) and will begin fighting you. She must be killed in order to fight Sinh, the Slumbering Dragon and get to the final bonfire in the DLC.
Location
- First boss of the Dragon's Rest, encountered after the maze-like pit area filled with Black Drakeblood Knights.
Drops
- Soul of Elana, the Squalid Queen
- Souls: 54,000 (Standard Game) 108,000 (NG+)
Attacks
| Attack Name | Attack Description |
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| Staff Strike | Swings her staff in melee range, easily dodged and high damage. |
| Vertical Strike | Swings her staff vertically to hit the ground in front of her. The range of this attack is deceptive, as she will often move a bit forward while doing it, closing the gap between you. |
| Flame Swathe | Fires 1 or 2 Flame Swathes near the player, high damage if caught in the blast. Deals dark damage. Be careful should she casts 2, they will move a bit in your direction from two sides before exploding. This can be very dangerous if she already summoned Velstadt, for you do not have much space to roll and dodge into (the chance that you get caught in a blast or one of Velstadt's attacks is high). |
| Dark Blast | Blasts an area of dark energy when in melee range, high damage and moderate knockback. |
| Dark Shot | Fires 3-5 dark orbs at the player in a straight line, high damage each one that lands. Has weak tracking. |
| Affinity | Casts 3 orbs of homing dark orbs above her that fire off after a few seconds. |
| Summon Skeletons | Summons a group of skeleton warriors that can cause poison and bleed buildup. |
| Summons Velstadt, The Royal Aegis (or an enemy who has the same armor and weapon). Velstadt can also cause poison buildup, should his attacks connect, although he cannot use Dark Burst. | |
| Summon Pigs | Summons a group of harmless pigs identical to those found in Majula. |
| Teleport | While this isn't necessarily an "attack", the mere execution of this move can be fatal to you. This move has little to no fore-tell, besides the animation itself, where she dissipates in a sandy smoke cloud (similar to the animation her summons and weapon have when they appear). Once her move is executed, she can directly appear anywhere in the map, and she will often directly follow with an attack. This is why it is an absolute priority to locate her as soon as she re-appears. - If she re-appears far away from you, she will most likely directly cast Dark Shot or her Flame Swathe variant. - If she re-appears at close range, she will most likely appear behind you and hit you in the back. As her melee attacks are easy to dodge, but deal high damage, this can be fatal to you if you don't see it coming. She can however also spawn right in front of you, where a melee attack is easier to dodge. |
Strategy
Melee Strategy
As you enter the fog wall, you will see Elana standing at the opposite edge of the arena. It takes a while for the actual boss fight to start, however, as she will only start the fight once she has noticed you and has summoned her halberdesque weapon from the ground. Run straight towards her once you've entered the arena, and get as much damage as you can on her, before the actual fight starts. After that, she is relatively easy to fight 1 on 1, with the exception of the hexes she occasionally casts. The real problem when fighting her is the fact that once she summons the battle can get a bit hectic. I almost always she will start zipping around rapidly once her summons are fighting. It is best to target the minions first, just make sure she doesn't jump behind you for a surprise attack or hex strike. After the minions are gone she will stand still and be easier to hit with melee attacks. Don't bother with elemental weapons or miracles, she seems nearly immune to it (I only tested with lightning, any have any problem with pyro?). Other than when she summons Velstadt the fight isn't all that hard, it just takes patience. All her attacks are well choreographed and most can be blocked or dodged with ease. Just make sure she or her minions corner you or surround you and you can solo or group kill her with time.
Faith Strategy
This boss has a lot of HP. I highly recommend that you summon the two nearby NPC's for this fight if you plan on mainly using spells, so that they can tank while you cast from a distance. It is also highly recommended that you bring plenty of items that give you additional spell casts. Once you enter the arena, you will approach the boss and let one of the NPC summons tank her. Spam her with any spells you have: Lightning spears, force, etc. She does not take much damage from lightning so it is a lengthy process. When she summons an enemy to aid her occasionally, you'll want to focus your attention on it to eliminate it from the equation as quickly as possible, but try to save your spells and fight it using melee since they are easy to dodge. Continue this process until the boss is dead!
Melee/Sorcery Strategy
This boss is extremely difficult for pure sorcerers owing to her huge amount of hit points, her magic resistance, and her recurrent summons. The best strategy, though still difficult, is to pre-cast crystal magic weapon before the fog gate and immediately hit Elana as many times as you can before she starts to turn. Try to keep behind her whenever possible and roll under her spear. Be aware that sometimes she swings it more than once or may teleport. If she teleports, immediately roll away to avoid her sudden attack. A good tactic for this fight is to never take your eyes off Elana as her attacks are relentless. If you see multiple "smoke" appear, she is summoning her skeletal assistants so use this time to hit her and then create distance or recast crystal magic weapon. Try to move from side to side avoiding the skeletons so that you can see Elana and wait for her to use her flame swathe variant or a similar spell to time when you attack the skeletons. Attack them after she casts her spell but you know you are safe and if possible when they attempt to attack you. If she summons Velstadt then prepare for a much more difficult fight. Create more distance and roll towards Velstadt when he attacks and then continue backward and time your attacks with spells when you have avoided one of Elana's attacks. Take your time and make sure Velstadt is dead before continuing as normal, a few crystal soul spears and soul spears should take him down. It is recommended to attack two-handed when you hit Elana as blocking is fairly useless but if she precasts her Affinity, create distance and prepare to use your shield. The key to this fight is to take your time and never take your eyes off Elana. If done correctly then you should be able to take her down after her third or fourth summon. Also be aware that when she does her close quarter dark blast, if you avoid it, you can get close enough to land a few good shots.
Pure Sorcery Strategy (No melee)
She is fairly resistant to magic damage so it will take a lot of your powerful spells to take her down. Make sure to carry herbs and be ready to munch them down. As soon as you are in range upon entering the fight fire off as many Crystal Soul Spears as you have equipped. Continue to stay at the edge of the lock-on range and fire away. She will mostly throw her flame swathe and trailing dark orbs attacks at you from this distance. If she summons skeletons, you will want to have a lower level sorcery available (like Great Heavy Soul Arrow) to take out the skeletons. You should be able to one-shot them if they aren't blocking. If she summons Velstadt, you can leave him alone and just focus on Elana. If he becomes a problem you will have to use some big spells on him as he has around 2000 hp. One problem you will have once she starts teleporting around will be the loss of lock when she moves. This will cause your spells to miss. Even with a couple of misses, you can take her down to about 300 hp with 3 Crystal Soul Spears and 15 Soul Spears. When she is summoning or during a darkstorm attack, you will have enough time to cast some of the longer spells like Soul Vortex.
Pure Caster High level (NG+) Strategy:
Take Dark Orb(1 or 2) for the lesser summons and to do damage fast to Velstadt. Take Crystal Soul Spear or 2, Yearn and fill the rest of the slots with Soul Spears. I recommend the 3rd Dragon ring, Clear Bluestone ring +2 and Southern Ritual Band +2. Black hood if you want (didn't check if it is worth it but the headpiece will give you little gain no matter what you use). You will need an item to recover spell uses so don't forget to bring it. Summon ONE, and ONLY ONE, NPC if you can't get people to help - this is because the more summons you have the less damage you deal and you only need 1 tank. As soon as you enter and lock spam soul spears, not crystal, and try to keep her attention on you since if she is attacking you, your tank is not taking damage and her moves are easy to dodge if she is alone. She will then summon something. for me it was skeletons ->velstadt -> skeletons, kill the first wave of skeletons fast so you can focus on doing damage uninterrupted while you have the tank to keep you comfortable. when she summons velstadt, try to line yourself with both him and Elana so your spears damage both - THIS IS KEY. the whole point is to try to exploit the time you have while the NPC tanks their attacks to dish as much damage as possible to both. when the NPC dies, kill velstadt immediately with normal soul spears or dark orb depending on the situation, but the faster you can do it the better since the fight is only hard when both velstadt and Elana are alive and not just Elana and some minions. use yearn to keep skeletons at bay while you continue your offense on her, always dodge her moves as a priority, don't be greedy or impatient as you can learn pretty easily how many spells you can hit her within between attacks and stick to that number for each attack. one important detail is to take the opportunity of not being able to cast spells when you run out of stamina to use your item to recuperate spell uses as it kills 2 birds with one stone (or heal mind you). I pulled this off without much trouble on NG+++ but my stats are ridiculously high, otherwise, it would be a little harder. but as long as your main stats are covered it will be the same which is Int, Endurance, Attunement and if possible as much Vitality and Vigor as you can, all in this order. Also important, her spells can be dodged without rolling by moving normally, saving you precious stamina and time you can use to do damage to her. remember, this tactic will work based on dealing as much damage per second as possible and if she summons too many waves you will be locked out of resources, be it stamina or spells, as the chances for attack alone while not dying are few and far between leaving your mistakes to pile up fast.
Video Strategy
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Hints
- She is weak to magic based attacks particularly, then fire, then lightning and lastly dark as the least damaging. (tested with Longswords with exact AR in physical and element damage)
- A magic ice rapier buffed with CMW with ring of blades and Leo ring will do high damage to her and Velstadt, but is not effective against the skeletons
- She is immune to poison (Poison Mist does not affect her) and resistant to fire.
- When you see her summoning the Skeletons, unlock and cast Yearn at the Wall where she was standing in the beginning. All Skeletons will run there and stand at one point, making them an easy target for a slash attack.
- When you are fighting her solo she will nearly always summon Velstadt (at least on ps3). With one summon she alternates between Skeletons and Velstadt and with two summons she will almost always summon Velstadt. The more summons you have the less damage you will do, making the fight actually harder because they die mostly during the fight, leaving you to fight her alone while doing less damage and constantly having to deal with Velstadt.
- While she is summoning she is vulnerable for several seconds, take the chance and hit her as many times as you can.
- If you're taking Elana on, on your own; you will have to be extra cautious when she summons Velstadt. If you are running a rather fast build, applying a "Hit and Run" strategy on Elana, while completely evading Velstadt's attacks, might be more beneficial. Instead of focusing on Velstadt, lure him away from Elana, and then immediately rush towards her to get a few safe hits in. Rinse and repeat and the fight should stay rather easy. If you're running a slower character, however, this tactic isn't recommended, as you have to be able to outrun Velstadt to get a few safe hits on Elana.
- If one Skeleton lives she won't summon more Skeletons, but will be able to summon Velstadt)
- Using Dark Quartz Ring+3 and Dispelling Ring can help reduce most damage for melee characters.
- Elana can rarely summon other enemies, besides skeletons and "Velstadt". There exists the rare chance that she summons little Undead Devourer (like the ones in Majula) instead of the skeletons. They deal less damage but can be, depending on the weapon used, difficult to hit.
- There is two NPC summons outside the area; Benhart of Jugo, and Steelheart Ellie. This fight counts toward Benhart's quest.
- Dark Transgressor's Leather Shield completely NEGATES her Hexes.
- For handling Velstadt with 1 or 2 phantoms (Player or NPC) see if you can get one of them to focus Velsdalt while he is focused on them while you and the other phantom are focusing on Elana. (make sure you get a good amount of distance between them)
- Although her skeletons die as soon as you defeat Elana, Velstadt is still capable of attacking the player as she dies. If the player dies from Velstadt immediately after defeating Elana, the game will not register it as defeating her.
AnonymousI am having a horrible time with this boss in SOTFS. She is smoking me every time by summoning Velstadt back to back. As soon as I kill a Velstadt she summons another. She seems easy otherwise so I guess I keep rerolling this fight until I get better RNG?
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"Weakness: Magic"
"MELEE/SORCERY STRATEGY
This boss is extremely difficult for pure sorcerers owing to her huge amount of hit points, her magic resistance"
so which is it?
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Not hard, But I'm not a fan of the whole RNG "Either she summons a skeleton or tiny piglets that do miniscule damage and have barely any health, Or she summons goddamn Velstadt 3 times in a row and completely reams your ass" thing, Not much of a fan of this one, still leagues better than the stupid Gank Trio in the Cave of the Dead though.
Got it on my third try. A lot easier if you summons only one NPC. Always summoned Velstad, then the skeletons in my case.
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If you've got high enough faith, use Profound Still and the 2 summons for the ultimate cheese.
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This ***** has some kind of special i-frames that cancels stuff like ice rapier's strong attack; for some reason instead of connecting the icycle AND the thrust of the blade, only the thrust harms her, the rest of the damage is ignored, resulting in a pathetic 100 something hit
Proof? I stepped back and threw just the icycle, 300ish damage, while she is casting/attacking this i-frame disappears, causing a 400 damage hit, as it should. It's not a weird side of the hitbox either, plunged her in various sides (haha) and only did both the rapier and the icycle connect when she was doing something else than standing
Kinda screwed my SL1 experimental cheese, had to equip both STR and DEX rings with the hook in the other hand for the rest of the DEX, I farmed and infused three of them and everything - Don't make my mistake.
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am i the only one that almost never has a bad time with her, but always suffers for sinh immediatly after?
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Was fighting her with summons because why not, and she and Velstadt honestly have very little hp. Used like 2 estus the whole fight, I think Velstadt died in like 8-12 hits, but I did use a fire weapon and he's covered in oil. +5 Black Knight Greatsword, 35 str, 25 dex. I think she's half as hard as the 3 gank squad boss, with that path leading up to it and all.
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hardest boss on NG+3 or higher, actual despair, one shot by every attack coming your way except skeletons. it becomes a bullet hell shmup.
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Took 3 days, well over 20 attempts and some level grinding but I finally beat her. I summoned ellie & Benhart, hit her immediately upon entering with all 4 of my soul spears, then closed in and did as much damage as I could with the Majestic Greatsword +5, she summoned skeletons but I stayed behind her and used the Majestic's left handed heavy spin attack to damaged her and nearly 1 shot any skeletons that came near me. Once the skeletons were dead I continued hitting her the spin attack then she summoned Valstadt, I move back and started using my great heavy soul arrow, while Elana & Vals managed to finish off ellie. Vals came after me and I kept dodging and kiting him around the room, shooting my soul arrows when possible. Finally she had less than 1/10th of her health remaining and vals went to attack Benhart who remarkably was still alive and kept attacking Elana. I then ran up and hit the heavy spinning attack one more time for the win. Me and Benhart both survived, but Ellie valiantly died in the line of service and her sacrifice was invaluable. TL;DR: If the NPCs stay targeted on Elana most of the time & survive long enough and also you get Lucky with what she summons, you can beat her. It will probably take several attempts before she doesn't summon Vals first but be persistent and don't give up. This boss is half skill, half luck of the draw.
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I noticed some interesting things (NG+, no summons, attempted without any bonfires lit at all):
- After a while, when you still deal with Velstadt, she'll join him in melee after a couple ranged attacks, and will do so for a decent amount of time. She tends to spawn close to him and hit you often right before Velstadt finishing an attack, leaving a generous window for a counterattack (pick Elana or Velstadt, your choice).
- The most dangerous attack of hers is the pyromancy, since they're the most difficult attack to avoid. The combination of hers and Velstadt's melee, the hexes and pyromancy is the reason why you should use Havel's shield above others. It provides high stability and blocks most of the elemental damage without the need to switch between dedicated shields.
- Wear lighter armor with overall decent resistances against both fire and dark (I used Agdayne's set). If you want additional elemental resistances, I would recommend to only wear one ring that reduces elemental damage (e.g. Dark Quartz Ring +3). The durability of your equipment will most likely not be an issue. Therefore apply rings for equipment load, stamina regen and/or increased damage output.
- Pursuer's Greatsword +5 in one hand while blocking with Havel's Greatshield makes this fight much easier (even though some would consider using Havel's Greatshield cheating for how effective it is here). The vertical slash still deals over 400 damage against summoned Velstadt. It can be time-consuming, and it was a test of patience, since she summoned Velstadt twice in a row at the start of the boss fight.
- If Velstadt attacks horizontally, it's better to play safe since it's likely that he will perform a two-hit combo (rarely a 3-hit), which can catch you off-guard. Vertical swings are safer to punish.
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Imagine Rennala summoning radahan, three times each fight
that's what this joke of a "boss" is
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Just an awful ****ing boss. Tanky against everything, summons another whole as boss, spams magic, teleports. Everything that makes ds2 bad is in this boss fight. “Ah yess all of our terrible design choices in one boss fight perfect!”
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Use alluring skull against the skeletons. Keep one alive and continue fighting Elana. You'll win for sure.
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Had a difficult time in my 5 or so tries, then on the last one she summoned the skeletons thrice. Ill take it.
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Not killing the skeletons made the fight way easier to me. This way she wasn't summoning anyone else and the skeletons didn't put much of a treat.
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Benhart the mvp for making Velstadt stagger but we all still got pancaked
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This boss can go to hell never in any game difficulty and game have i ever faced a more bs boss like this of all the hard diff games i have played this is the most bs this is the only boss ever i have given up on trying F this *****.
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She summoned 4 gargoyles and 3 dragon riders, guess she has a sense of humor
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If RNGesus is by your side, elana will summon piggies instead (will not summon anything else as long you don't kill the piggies), and you can hit, roll, and strafe the night away
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As a pure caster after doing this about 10 times, the easiest method was GSA&GHSA, Soul Spear for multiple enemies, Lightning Spear for Vel. Spamming less damaging attacks that usually didn't miss seemed to be way easier than high damage spells that would get interrupted or miss.
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i swear, hardest part of this fight isnt facing two bosses at once, its keeping Benhart alive! the number of failed runs because the bosses seemed to insist on ganging up on him lol. worst fight ever for trying to meet the requirements for his gear lol
I got lucky on my first try. She summoned skeletons twice, then Velstadt the third time. I just ignored him and kept hitting her and she died. If not for her stupid summons, she'd be a joke. Her attacks and spells are all easily avoided.
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Hi, I'm writing down the bosses that are really tough and I would like to know if this one counts? no invocations
(in the list are furnace demon, vendrick, ancient dragon despite being unfair, the other 2 from the water dlc and all from the fire dlc)
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When you have to visit the wiki to find out she COULD also summon skeletons or even piglets.
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Well she summoned Velstadt 3 different times while fighting her lmao
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It took me about 30 attempts to beat this on NG8 lol (in comparison the two tigers boss (Ludd) and almost all other bosses took 1-2 tries). I used a hybrid build with fireballs and dual hammers for this boss.
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Gotta love her barely visible aoe explosions that do 80% of your health... can barely see them through visual effects on a casting build.
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This is the one boss that got me curious about their lore out of all DS2. Most of the others felt slapped together or lifted from DS1, but what sells Elana even more than her sisters is that opening line—"You are not worthy of the mire."
It makes me think that she, presiding over a kingdom subsumed by poison, mocks the gods for their dependency on light and perfection, whereas she endures in a rotten tomb far from the sun's reach. The gods are ironically fragile.
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Just beat her with a club +10 on my seventh attempt. If she does not summon the big guy, its manageable.
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Getting chased around by her summons is really annoying but she herself isn't very hard
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First time got piglets summoned at my first attempt on ng++. Died laughing, literally.
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The difficulty will vary based on how op or not your build is. I beat her at I think SL99 with very modest dps and great magic weapon on a +10 dark longsword. I couldn't kill Velstadt at all, but I got lucky with three skeleton summons in a row before she summoned him. There's a way to finish her off with him there but you gotta get lucky with him arriving only at the end when her health is down, otherwise, it's a slog. Roll INTO him and he'll miss every time. Stay locked off once he arrives. Line them up so it's him then her. Bait his attack while dodging her attack, roll into him towards her, get a hit in, roll away and hope neither of them hit you back. Again, this is best at the very end when she's down to nearly no health. It's just luck getting skeletons a few times first or not. Note the skeletons don't all attack at once. I'd say kill the skeletons (don't save one) since you can get more damage in without them there AND when she summons them again, that's prime time for a lot of damage. This boss fight is one of the worst in the game due to the rng issue. I can't imagine anyone bonfire aceticing it to play it again. Sinh is literally a relaxing battle after this one (once you learn how to avoid all his moves).
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Every time I fight her, it's always third times a charm when I beat her
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So many people crying about basic mechanics. You don’t need to force yourself through Dark Souls if you are bad. Just get carried by your summons and Greatshield/Hexes so you can say you beat it.
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I used fume ugs and took her out in 5-10 hits, very easy. Velstadt never got summoned for me.
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Worst boss in the game. Absurd damage, summons ****ing VELSTADT, it's almost a copy of Nashandra in terms of design, and the npc phantom you can summon is basically useless. -1 / 10
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tried solo and with 1-2 npcs, literally every time she summoned it was velstadt , sometimes rngg just hates me
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Beat her on the first attempt cause she summoned the piggies - mad girl lads
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If you got her to spawn skeleboys, rejoice. Kill all but one and stick to her like pine resin so she is more occupied with hitting you with her scythe than spawning Verstadt. Also stripping down to my skin suit to maximise rolling helps somewhat.
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They could've limited her to one Velstadt summon, but he's guaranteed to show up at half health or something, but noooo, gotta find extra ways to screw the player over with RNG
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They could have at least made her AoE attacks damage her own summons. DS2 already has enough gank bs inflating the difficulty.
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I must be lucky because Velstadt never showed. Only summoned Benhart myself, and she summoned skeletons twice in a row. She was already going down before I had to kill the second skelly pack.
Possibly my favourite boss fight, I often leave my sign down here or at the Fume Knight and usually get a decent amount of summons.
I'm not sure why so many people rage about her. I can consistently beat her without taking any damage, even letting her summon Velstadt multiple times, so it's not just a random or unfair fight. If she summons something try to move away from her and deal with it, but never lock on as you will need to keep moving the camera. Otherwise summon somebody in, but you will both need to deal with whatever she summons since the aggro can switch at any moment.
It's interesting that if somebody finds a boss easy, others need to "git gud", but if they struggle with it the boss is "unfair" and has "artificial difficulty".
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I thought she pretty fun to fight, but she summoned Velstadt 3 times in a row on my first attempt. Sadness.
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Its a nice boss but the only thing i dont lke is the cooldown or chance of her summoning after another. One time i killed velstadt and 15 seconds after (literally, i counted) she summoned him again after doing the hovering black orbs attack. I mean anyone can agree that this guy is tough when trying to avoid her attacks at the same time and personally i feel like it should be illegal to just bring him back that fast after killing him.... it is dark souls after all so...
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Gotta tell ya man, that meat dress isn't working for her...
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Very annoying fight (assuming you play solo) little tip: if she summons skeletons before Velstad you can kill all of them except one (this way she will not summon Velstad)
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I still haven't beat this DLC to this day, because every time she summons Velstadt. I get completely screwed over.
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A challenging but fair boss fight, DS2 does it right this time. The outcome is randomly generated i beat her solo on my 5th try because she took a long time to summon Velstadt. If she summons early in the fight, you’re cooked
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I would rather having to fight ancient dragon than getting gangbang by Elana’s summon
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Please stop mocking her guys. She s just a girl with beautiful dress and perfect fashion combination. Tbh im actually fap on her like twice or more dunno
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Off-brand nashandra who summons her platoon of undead simps
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I haven't tried beyond Ng+ but with a mage build cheated a bit with 99 int youst used a summon and sit back using soul lance when she uses summons y centered on them.On strength/dex(50) y used a ultra great sword and a bone king set with a lighting resin,being agresive is the key When she summon the skeletons leave one and focus on her when you see the summoning mist get rid of the skeletons if she is casting her tracking hexes move side ways and forward.
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I summoned Benhart and that other broad for this fight. Absolutely no shame, this ***** summoned Velstadt TWICE on me, and the skelly's. With summons its a fair fight. Benhart actually landed the killing blow while I was fighting the 2nd Velstadt. He's a real bro.
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this boss I was able to beat on my first try, and then I was never able to beat here again...
Damn man, I see wayyyyy too many comments about "muh unfair boss"... Seriously, quit complaining. It's a tough fight, but y'all make it sound like it's damn near impossible... I used a pure caster, with one npc summon, and beat her the first time I'd ever even seen her. And for those that don't know (as I didn't, going in) Elana is VERY resistant to most elements. I was mostly a hexer, with SS,GHSA, Great magic weapon, and great fireball on the side. My dark orbs were doing like 90 damage, GRS did like 280... My point being: this fight is WAAAAAAY more difficult for a pure caster, than a melee build, and I beat her first try with FOUR summons of Velstadt. You have to be tactical, play unlocked, micro manage everything on the screen, and be aggressive. If you hide behind your shield a lot, you're gonna have a bad time. But if you're used to PvP, used to being ganked, and you don't use a shield at all, she's not really that hard. Wait till you get to Fume Knight.... I almost had to respec for that fight....
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Strong melee summon with a mage host hiding behind him while ganking the boss fight
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First time I've seen her summon those 3 little piggies. They are soooooo adorable <3 and they just don't do anything, looks like the game does show mercy from time to time.
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NG+8 really limits many things about weapons and magic that can be used on bosses. after so Many times I lost countless times and had to use the save file to get everything back. Velstadt is actually stronger than the last few times (10+ jumping attacks with fire greatsword+10). This is more like learning how to defeat Velstadt and the dry skeletons than fighting boss... I don't like to take a hit and die. You need to move more carefully than running around because it will make the viewing angle disturb. I won because Velstadt was not summoned.X(
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This is just my opinion, but I dont agree with the recommendations about the summoning phantoms. First time I went to fight her, I had a sun bro and both NPC with me. Hexes werent so effective on her and my Crypt Greatsword damage was around 100-200 (from the usual 650-750). Even so, the battle dragged on for a while and Velstadt eventually killed me. Second time I went there, I summoned only the one NPC. Best idea ever. The summons increase her resistances to oblivion and she has a lot of HP. One summon is enough to get her distracted, while you quickly finish her off. Also, with the Witch´s set and dark resistance ring, her hexes did very little dps, considering what my expectations were. So, just my experience, but fewer summons actually make the fight easier.
My lock keeps rapidly toggling between her, Velstadt, and the skeletons, even when I'm not touching my controller at all. All auto-lock and camera-related settings are turned off. Makes it real difficult to swing at any of them when your camera is always pointed in between them and you can't see shiet.
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hit and run worked for me with sword and shield. green blossom is a good idea. keep moving and wait for opportunities. i found her AOE to be a good chance: pull V away from her while she does it, then run back in and punish her while she recovers. V starts to get more aggressive towards the end. it'll be an RNG fight: she may never sit still and just keep teleporting, or summon skellies on top of V. patience! one important thing: summons did NOT help. with 2 summons I was hitting for 50 damage, vs 255 solo. things go great until they die, which they will, and then you're screwed. using a +10 drakekeeper's sword, no buff, 50str/50dex.
- Anonymous
After several sad attempts, I realised summons made her more difficult
- Anonymous
Her soul description sounds a lot like the biblical "***** of Babylon " or "The World and the Dragon " the Dragon's name is even Sinh.
- Anonymous
>everyone complaining about this hoe >royal rat authority
- Anonymous
This is NG+6 and velstadt like a leech. I slashed 5,6 times with a jump attack to take him down with 2 NPCs + great magic weapon. The boss can call him up as many times as she wants. . Summon 2 NPCs that make my attack like a baby. I used greatsword+10 and king shield+5. NG ++ will reduce your abilities gradually with each new round if you summon NPCs to help you defeat bosses in DLCs. Finally, DLCs force you to give up summoning NPCs to assist in the bosses... against Sinh, the Slumbering Dragon with the support of 2 NPCs and I had to use the repair powder 7,8 times (NG+6).
- Anonymous
NG++ will increase the opponent's power. I play solo and realize that after trying to take down the enemy, there is no special reward. I am trying to complete 8 times but I feel bored because there is nothing new. If I don't add HP, I can't stand a blow of bosses. In the DLCs the widgets are almost useless and I often engage in melee combat. The opponent's magic is very powerful but when you use it, it is too weak. My character has INT 50 but i rarely use magic for bosses in DLCs. Perhaps bosses based on your status. No matter how you work, you cannot be stronger than the bosses but I want to be stronger than them....
- Anonymous
10+ mace buffed with magic and brightbug. The battle was over in 54 seconds
- Anonymous
thank god summon veldstadt has so littlle hp. thought i was doomed when she summoned him but it was an easy kill with red iron winblade
- Anonymous
I was defeated constantly when velstadt was summoned. My character only needs one or two hits, everything will end. It's been 2 months since I played DS2 and everything went to a dead end.
- Anonymous
I only died 3 times, a good thing to note is she can't summon if something summoned is still alive, so keep a skellie alive at times for some good damage, she normally summons Velstadt at half health-ish but it's still luck-based, she does like a 1/3 of my health with her ax. I used the ENTIRE loyce knight set (including shield, but don't use a shield.) As for velstadt, just treat it like velstadt, She just stays at range and spams that 3 shot dark orb half the time while teleporting and using easy to dodge axe swings. Velstadt isn't tanky at all and died with like 10 swings with 228 damage each from my+5 Charred Loyce knight sword. I used a bright bug and got a 1/5 of her health while she summoned her ax at the beginning. Also ther is a secret bonfire in the maze pit area she's in behind an illusory wall.Google that ****. she's not too hard for me.I have 50 dex, 33 strength, 1800 health, 20 Endurance(125 stamina)and the most important stat of all, 37 adaptibility.(increases frames of invincibility during rolling and shortens estus chugging time.)
- Anonymous
Elana has very high dark defense High fire and lightning defense Moderate magic defense Most effective: strike damage weapon with aromatic ooze buff
- Anonymous
Worthless cowardly one-trick pony c#nt of a boss. ***** this ***** and her Velstadt fetish.
- Anonymous
F*ck this boss, if this piece of sh*t summones Veldstadt then you cannot beat her and she is a boring a*s magic user.
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
She can summon Velstadt as many times as she wants, this is dumb and cheap. I had just killed him while dodging his attacks, her dark orbs and teleport attacks and she summoned him again right after, I didn't even catch a small window to hit her.
- Anonymous
First try on SL1. Just close the gap, keep attacking, tank one hit (none of the attacks from her / velstadt can OHKO you) and roll away to heal. Rinse and repeat.
- Anonymous
Is there actually a lore reason for why this ***** summons Velstadt?
This fight is so rng-based, depending on whether rng decides to be nice to you this fight could either be not that bad or a complete nightmare because she could either A summon skeletons or pigs who really aren't a treat since they're easily killed and deal fairly low damage and you can shrug off their attacks easily provided you don't have less than 3 poise, ooooor she can summon Velstadt and immediately make the fight way more frustrating, I'd advise if she summons skeletons or pigs kill all of them except one so she doesn't summon more enemies to replace them or Velstadt, If you kill all of the skeletons or pigs except one this fight is significantly more manageable since Elana herself isn't that bad provided you be careful of her Hexes and Flame Swathe, buuuuuut if she summons Velstadt immediately it's a lot more rough.
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