How to Beat Divine Beast Dancing Lion in Elden Ring

Jun. 21, 2024

Elden Ring Shadow of Erdtree has some of thestrongest bossesin the franchise, and the Divine Beast Dancing Lion is one of them. The Dancing Lion is really aggressive and has multiple phases. To top it off, players will often find him around the start of the DLC in the Belurat tower. If you are struggling to defeat Divine Beast Dancing Lion in Elden Ring, then here is a complete guide with a handful of tips and tricks.

Divine Beast Dancing Lion Location

The first Divine Beast Dancing Lion islocated in the Belurat, Tower Settlement.It guards the way to the Divine Gate.

Belurat, Tower Settlement can be accessed by heading West from the Three-Path Cross Site of Grace in the starting area of the DLC. The Belurat is fairly easy to navigate, however, it’s filled witha good mix of long-range and short-range enemies, making it a bit difficult to fight in certain areas.

You can enter Belurat by heading through the big doors near the Main Gate Cross Site of Grace.

The Divine Beast Dancing Lion can be found at the veryend of the Belurat, Tower Settlement Legacy dungeon. The place is really easy to reach, with straightforward paths that mostly lead to the same place. Still, here is a detailed step-by-step guide on how to reach him.

The Divine Beast Dancing Lion has very few weaknesses that you can exploit in Elden Ring. We have listed all the weaknesses we found in our playthrough:

Divine Beast Dancing Lion is amassive skill check forplayersin the early game in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. Defeating the Divine Beast Dancing Lion means that you are ready for most of the challenges presented in the DLC.

The biggest issue in his fight isdodging his overly aggressive attacksand not panic rolling to save your skin. Here is a complete guide on to defeating the Divine Beast Dancing Lion.

Divine Beast Dancing Liondoes a lot of physical attacks in the first phaseand is aggressive. You need to time your rolls perfectly to avoid damage. The first thing you need to do is not lock-on the enemy. The camera angle in this fight is the hardest to deal with andnot locking on makes the fight infinitely easier.

Next,stay at a mid-rangefrom the Dancing Lion at all times and wait for him to do the lunging attacks first. Dodge the lunging attacks and then attack it during the small window that it recovers.Always attack the Dancing Lion at the end of its attack combos, when it is recovering and not in between.

Rotating to the right side of the body in close rangeand attacking its backside is also a lot easier than its constantly moving head.

Here are all of Divine Beast Danving Lion’s attack patterns in phase 1 and how to dodge them:

After lowering the Divine Beast Dancing Lion’s HP to 75% or less, it enters phase two where it startsrotating between using Lightning, Frost, and Storm attacks.

Generally, the first transition is into the Lightning Variant, followed by the Frost Variant, and finally the Storm Variant, which transitions again into the Lightning variant. However, a few times during our fights, the Dancing Lion entered the other transitions first over the Lighting Variants.

I suggest you focus ondodging its attacks during the Lightning phase.This is the hardest phase in my opinion with quick and long ranged breath attacks. Wait for the Frost or Storm phase transitionbefore jumping in and focusing on attacking again.

You can also summon or heal easily while the Dancing Lion phase transitions. Having a summon is good to take its aggro away from you, but it can also backfire, thus, making its attack patterns more unpredictable.Ipreferred fighting him solo over using a spirit summon.

Here are all of Divine Beast Danving Lion’s attack patterns in Phase 2 and how to dodge them:

After dropping the HP of the Divine Beast Dancing Lion, it is defeated and you get the boss rewards. The Divine Beast Dancing Lion drops theRemembrance of the Dancing Lionand theDivine Beast Head.

You can wear the Divine Beast Head as a Helmet, and it somewhat boosts Strength and Dexterity at the cost of less healing from the Estus Flasks. The Divine Beast Head is required to finish Hornsent Grandam’s NPC quest.

You can give Remembrance of the Dancing Lion to the Finger Reader in the Roundtable Hold for the following items:

We hope this guide helped you defeat the Divine Beast Dancing Lion in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. If you are still having trouble, ask your queries in the comments section.

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