Scorpioness Najka | How to defeat a boss Dark Souls II Guide

Najka is ready to fight

Najka can be found in Shaded Ruins. It is a merging of a woman's body and a scorpion, which allows her to perform incredibly poisonous and deadly attacks using two tails, as well as use powerful ranged spells. Although her attacks deal a lot of damage, most of them are easy to avoid.

Attacks:

• Homing Souls Mass - the enemy creates 5 magic projectiles in front of her and charges towards the player. When she is a couple metres from the player, the projectiles activate and shoot
• Homing Souls Arrow - the opponent creates a random number of homing projectiles and shoots them towards the player
• Tail Sweep -horizontal tail sweep with a large range of motion
• Tail Smash - if the player attacks from behind, the enemy raises her tail and hits the ground with it 2-3 times
• Sting (1,2) - Najka attacks with one stinger, and then the other. It can cause poison effect.
• Sting (both) - the enemy attacks using both stingers simultaneously.
• Burrow - the opponent burrows herself into the ground and moves there, trying to reach the player's location. If she's successful, Najka jumps out knocking the player down and dealing serious damage.

Najka pushed into a corner

Strategy:

Before the fight, you should prepare something that deals fire damage, as Najka is vulnerable to this element. Pyromancy, fire arrows and weapons with fire damage will e perfect for this encounter. Additionally, you can take some Poison Moss with you, because some of her attacks can cause poison effect.

In comparison to other bosses, it is a rather easy fight. Although the opponent's hits can deal a lot of damage, they are easy to dodge and cause long pauses for performing attacks yourself. No matter how you fight, try to stay close to the enemy. If you get too far from her, she will start using powerful ranged spells that are more difficult to avoid than her regular attacks. Dodge or block her blows, and then try to counterattack or cast spells during the pauses. If she burrows into the ground, pay attention to the movement of the sand. If she gets behind you, perform a few rolls to the side immediately to avoid her jumping out. The rest of her attacks shouldn't cause you trouble.

Rewards:

• 23,000 souls/46,000 souls (NG+)
• Scorpioness Najka Soul
• Southern Ritual Band +2 (NG+)