Black Knife Assassin (Limgrave) Limgrave Boss

Description

The Black Knife Assassin is one of the easier bosses you’ll face in the early stages of your journey throughout the Lands Between. He’s nothing more than a regular soldier enemy with one attack, the Lunge, that can catch you out. To make matters even simpler, he doesn’t start with full HP (there’s no trick to be had here) and you could possibly use the Lone Wolf Ashes to make the battle completely one-sided and wail on him as the Wolves take his attention away from you.

The Black Knife Assassin does have one thing going for him, he’s fairly quick, but so long as you remain on guard, his attacks are easy to roll through and his strikes don’t inflict much damage to your stamina when guarding. He also appears to have little in the way of Poise, so most melee player’s strikes will constantly stagger him, leaving him often open to multiple strikes at once.

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Lore

Location

Black Knife Assassin will actually show up in three different locations in the Lands Between, but this particular boss will appear at the bottom of the Deathtouched Catacombs. You can find this dungeon to the east of Stormhill, directly to the east of the Warmaster’s Shack or by heading west from the Saintsbridge Site of Grace. The dungeon itself can be tricky, you’ll have to find the lever while navigating through hordes of Skeletons, just remember to finish them off before they can reanimate.

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Notable Info

Black Knife Assassin will not have full HP upon the start of the battle and is one of the easier to defeat optional bosses in Limgrave.