The Duke's Dear Freja | How to defeat a boss Dark Souls II Guide

Sweet Freja

Freja, additionally to being a giant two-headed spider, is the Duke's favourite pet. She is also the last boss whom soul you need to obtain. Besides here enormous size and variety of attacks, Freja has her own swarm of spiders, which helps her at the beginning of the fight. Overall, this fight is very dangerous, so it is advisable to summon a phantom, whose summon sign you can find near the fog entrance, or another player.

Attacks:

• Soul Bolt - shoots a powerful magic beam from one of the heads and starts to slowly turn anti-clockwise. You can roll under it.
• Acid Spit - spits large amounts of acid from one of the two heads.
• Web spit - the enemy spits small web projectiles, which can slow the player
• Lunge - the opponent raises his body and then lunges to attack the hero
• Body Slam - Freja jumps up into the air and falls rapidly, trying to smash you into the ground
• Bite - when the player stands in front of one of her heads, she will open her pincers and attempt to bite
• Piercing Legs - Freja uses her front legs to crush the player
• Leg Stomp - the enemy starts to raise her legs and stomps them several times.

Spider under attack

Strategy:

Similarly to the royal rat, this boss has its own minions that will give you a hard time at the beginning of the fight. After stepping through the fog, run towards the other side of the arena and start to eliminate the spiders. Some of them will respawn from time to time, but it shouldn't be a problem. It is important to get rid of the first group.

There is one very good universal strategy for this boss, which works for all styles of playing. When you deal with small spiders, start to attack one of her heads immediately. After some time she will perform a special attack. Usually it will be Web Spit or one of the attacks with pincers or legs. As soon as you notice her preparing to do that, perform a dodge and hide between her first and her second leg, close to her body. Here you practically cannot be hit, except for when she jumps up. Right after the attack, go back to the head and hit as many times as you can, and then repeat the process. The head will fell down when you deal sufficient amount of damage and you will have to move to the other one.

Rewards:

• 42,000 souls/65,000 souls (NG+)
• Soul of the Duke's Dear Freja
• Old Paledrake Soul (NG+)