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Dancer of the Boreal Valley achievement in DARK SOULS III

Dancer of the Boreal Valley

Defeat Dancer of the Boreal Valley.

Dancer of the Boreal Valley0
12 March 2018 - 1 guideOnline/Offline - These achievements can be obtained in either an online or offline game mode.Single Player - These achievements can be obtained by a single player.Main Storyline - These achievements are gained automatically by progressing through the main game mode.
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How to unlock the Dancer of the Boreal Valley achievement

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    Location
    Found in the cathedral at the end of the High Wall of Lothric.

    After killing three Lords of Cinder, Emma will teleport the player to her, giving them the Basin of Vows and the means to summon this boss. Alternatively, kill Emma and take the basin from her corpse to reach Lothric Castle earlier.

    Summons
    If you have not yet killed Vordt of the Boreal Valley, you can summon the Sword Master (only if the player has defeated the Sword Master outside Firelink Shrine). This can only be done by killing Emma.

    Strategies
    Melee
    Strategy 1: The first stage of the fight, the dancer will only have one flaming sword. The best strategy here is to stay as close as you can to her back. She only has a handful of moves that can reach the whole way around. One of the ones that can reach you is her grab attack which is properly devastating. Get in hits where you can and drop her health to around 60% (unconfirmed amount, somewhere between 60-50%) and she will pull out the second, dark sword. Immediately after she does this, she will do an attack where she spins in multiple angled circles, followed by a horizontal spin. After this attack, she is vulnerable for a brief amount of time in which you should attack. After you get your hits in, stay as far away as possible to avoid the rest of her attacks. Eventually she will do this spinning attack again, at which point you attack in the recovery period. It is slow but it is the safest method for those struggling to dodge her attacks.

    The columns in the throne room can be used to effectively stop her advances and to make her spin in place during her spin attack in phase 2. By having no lock-on and moving around the column she can be rotated and kept in place for a very long time. However her swords hit through the column so it's best not to hug them. A good way to bait her spin attack is to run between columns on opposite sides, she will try to cover the distance really fast and will spin in one place once she reaches the column.

    The boss can be bled, so bleed weapons such as katanas, the Morningstar, etc., are very useful during this fight.

    Magic
    Strategy 1: Since the Dancer can be bled, the miracle Gnaw is extremely useful. The boss is not very aggressive in her advancing; all mage builds should have a fairly easy time regardless. The Dancer is so weak to Dark Magic like Black Fire Orb, Gnaw or Dark Edge.
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