Dancer
Maximum souls: 669,222
The Dancer is one of the easiest bosses to cheese. Here are some strategies to help you fight the Dancer, assuming that you first cast Sacred Oath or use the weapon art of the Sunlight Straight Sword, and cast Deep Protection:
- Equip the Scholar's Candlestick in the left hand and a Court Sorcerer's Staff+10 in the right hand. Attune Crystal Soul Spear and equip these items to boost your sorcery: Crown of Dusk, Young Dragon Ring, Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring, Magic Clutch Ring. Two-hand the Court Sorcerer's Staff+10 and buff the staff, then cast Crystal Soul Spear at the Dancer. Casting Carthus Beacon also helps to boost your damage output, but this pyromancy would cancel Tears of Denial.
- Attune Chaos Bed Vestiges and equip a Pyromancy Flame+10. Equip these rings to boost your pyromancy: Witch's Ring, Great Swamp Ring. The other 2 ring slots are up to you. However, consider equipping the Chloranthy Ring+3 to boost your Stamina regeneration. Cast Tears of Denial if necessary and throw a Vestiges every now and then.
- Equip the Sellsword Twinblades+10 in the right hand. In the left hand, equip the Old Wolf Curved Sword and the Sunless Talisman+5. Cast Sacred Oath and Deep Protection, buff the Sellsword Twinblades+10 with Lightning Blade, in the left hand switch to the Old Wolf Curved Sword, and 2-hand the Twinblades. Equip these rings for extra damage output: Lloyd's Sword Ring, Lightning Clutch Ring. If you need to maintain your weight ratio below 30%, consider using Havel's Ring+3 and/or Ring of Favor+3. Alternatively, consider equipping these rings: Chloranthy Ring+3, Ring of Steel Protection+3, Pontiff's Right Eye, Havel's Ring+3. These 4 rings should allow you to be at under 30% weight ratio and Pontiff's Right Eye stacks with the Old Wolf Curved Sword. As a safety precaution, equip Gold Pine Bundle in the slot for "Quick Item 2". Maintain your position at the Dancer's rear and L1 her.
Same as the previous strategy, but using the Warden Twinblades or Barbed Straight Sword. Dancer is vulnerable to bleed. Be sure to buff your weapon with Carthus Rouge or infuse with a Blood Gem. If you're not comfortable with dodging the Dancer's attacks, equip a shield having high stability, preferably a great shield. Stay close to the boss' side or rear, hit her once or twice, and block as necessary. See the following video for the strategy.
Don't enter the fog wall, but stand in front of it. Equip the Red Tearstone Ring and Flynn's Ring. Use Pestilent Mist, Symbol of Avarice, and/or Bloodlust to lower your HP enough to trigger the effect of the Red Tearstone Ring. Now equip the Morion Blade in the right hand and the Millwood Greatbow+5 in the left hand. Use the weapon art of the Millwood Greatbow to cheese Dancer from outside the fog wall. Refer to the following video for the cheese.
