Dark Souls

[Pete for President]

Anyway if you did, (SPOILER)In the back entrance of blighttown, the one taken through New Londo, there's an undead dragon guarding a Dragon Crest Shield, this thing greatly reduces fire damage, it is your friend in this fight. Dat ho mainly gets you with fire damage so you are going to want that, and to unequip your armor because it won't really be helping you against the fire. Other than that, stay back, to engage her in a corner because if she pukes at you, you're smurfed. Dodge back and forth not left and right, and when you want to hit her, get all up in her face.

Valid tips for sure, but I wouldn't recommend getting up in her face. If Quelaag spits lava while you're in her face, you'll be stuck underneath her because of the lava behind you and her legs to the side of you. If she follows up with her magic explosion or the leg stomp you're doomed.

Live behind her. Add some lightning or magic to your attacks. Two-hand your weapon. A lot of her attacks are frontal and have no extra area effect. If she spews lava, back up somewhere and lure her away from it. Get behind her again and keep circling as you hack away. If you have any Humanity, reverse your Hollowing and summon some phantoms. Get two real, live actual people or at least Mildred the Maneater.

Also valid tips, but 'living behind her' can be really dangerous. Attacking her behind triggers her booty-shake-magic attack, and can easily destroy you in 1 hit. Also you won't be able to see her human body part which sometimes can tell you what move she will use next.


Here's my tactic (spoiler free):You'll want to avoid her magic explosion at all times. IMO it's her most deadly and maybe even overpowered attack. So to avoid it, only attack her legs in about a 90 degree angle. This way you don't get too close to her body and you can keep an eye on her human body part. What you're looking for is when she leans her human body all the way forward. That tells you she will use her magic explosion. So when you see it happen, roll back immediately.

If you really want to play it safe, go for endurance and only attack when she does the big lava spit, the one where she turns her spider head and shoots big lava streams in several directions. Circle around her, keep the 90 degree angle so you can see her human bit, and attack the legs when you see her doing the big spit. Dodge everything else, most of her attacks can be dodged just by circling or walking backwards.


Some more general knowledge:Like almost everything in this game, patience is key and safety is more important than offense in this battle. It's meant to be a long fight, so don't expect to be dealing heavy chunks of damage. Also she's immune to fire, so don't even bother with fire weapons or pyromancy. Like Madonna said, summoning can help a great deal. The swamp cave bonfire is a popular place for summoning, so you shouldn't have to much trouble finding summon signs.