{"id":63063,"date":"2024-04-22T21:43:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T21:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/janara-one-eye-boss-fight"},"modified":"2024-07-19T13:25:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T13:25:11","slug":"janara-one-eye-boss-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/dark-souls\/janara-one-eye-boss-fight","title":{"rendered":"Dark Souls Archthrones Janara One-Eye Boss Fight Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"
Among the <\/span>multitude of<\/span> bosses in Dark Souls Archthrones<\/a>, some undoubtedly tower above the rest in terms of their strength and the challenge they present. Such is the case with the first boss of the Illeum Loyce area, Janara One-Eye, and if you’ve faced her yourself, you likely understand why.<\/span><\/p>\n Janara One-Eye is a formidable adversary, presenting a significant challenge to even the most seasoned players. If you find yourself in need of assistance in defeating her, you’re certainly not alone. Fortunately, this guide is here to help, as we’ll delve into precisely how to locate and overcome Janara One-Eye in Dark Souls: Archthrones.<\/span><\/p>\n Janara One-Eye presents a two-phase fight as the first boss encounter within the Arcthrone of the Buried Giants. You’ll encounter her shortly after entering the Eleum Loyce of the Boreal Valley area, serving as a significant skill check for players considering facing this Archthrone prematurely.<\/p>\n Janara wields a large halberd-style weapon and primarily employs ice-based attacks. However, her most formidable aspect lies in her speed and fluid, almost delayed combat style, which initially poses difficulty in anticipating her moves compared to other bosses. Before delving into strategies for confronting her, let’s first examine her move set for each of her phases to better prepare for the encounter.<\/p>\n *All first-phase attacks persist during her second phase*<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n As you can see, Janara boasts <\/span>an incredibly wide<\/span> array of attacks to use, and the main concern with dealing with them is <\/span>the fact<\/span> that she can weave any of them together as she sees fit. <\/span>This<\/span> makes her difficult to predict, and if you’re familiar with the fights in any of the Souls games, you’ll know that learning the boss’s moves is paramount to defeating them, which makes Janara particularly hard to overcome.<\/span><\/p>\n What I’ve found is that instead of trying to counter between combos (unless you have <\/span>a really quick<\/span> strike with a short sword or <\/span>rapier<\/span>)<\/span>, instead<\/span>, wait for her to do any of her heavier combos or slower combos before retaliating and punishing. Ultimately, you’ll need to be <\/span>extremely patient for<\/span> these windows as she gets more aggressive as the fight goes on <\/span>and<\/span> these windows become shorter and shorter.<\/span><\/p>\n Ultimately, though, as long as you can avoid getting too close to Janara and give yourself space to dodge her <\/span>wide<\/span> swipe attacks as well as the hurricane (which is just a brutal attack to deal with if you’re close to her), you can confidently get her down to half health without taking too much damage. It’s here, though, that phase two <\/span>begins,<\/span> and where <\/span>you’re going to<\/span> need to keep up with her.<\/span><\/p>\n The opening for phase two will always be the illusionary strikes, and I’ve found that the best way to deal with this is <\/span>to <\/span>just<\/span> run away<\/span>. <\/span>This<\/span> gives you space to dodge all five of the strikes coming from the clones, but also, once the final clone <\/span>does<\/span> its attack, it takes Janara a while to reappear, giving you time to heal or reposition.<\/span><\/p>\n This phase is ultimately similar to the first phase, but now you need to watch for those ice attacks as they have an AoE (area of effect), meaning that even if you’re in mid-range of Janara, she can still hit you with these. So, you’ll want to give her as much space as <\/span>you can<\/span> and bait out her <\/span>normal<\/span> combos to give yourself space to close in and attack, then back away to safety.<\/span><\/p>\n You should also consider parrying some of her strikes if possible, but due to their speed (and when she slows them down purposefully), it can be hard to time just right, but it’s worth a try if you’re confident. From here, you <\/span>simply<\/span> need to avoid the frost attacks as much as possible as they stack up frostbite quickly <\/span>and<\/span> if<\/span> you have a build with no cold resistances (like I did), then you’re going to become tissue paper in terms of your damage absorption when frostbitten, so take care to avoid these at all costs as her <\/span>normal<\/span> attacks can at least be dodged, blocked, and parried.<\/span><\/p>\n So keep these tips in mind, and learn her attack telegraphings to know when it’s safe to engage and when you should back away. Play this fight safe, and even if it takes you many attempts, with a bit of luck and understanding of her moves, you’ll eventually bring down Janara One-Eye. As always, <\/span>be sure to<\/span> check out our dedicated Dark Souls Archthrones section here<\/a> for more boss guides and general tips, and good luck to those taking on this powerful boss.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Table of Contents Janara One-Eye Boss Fight Overview Janara One-Eye First Phase Janara One-Eye Second Phase Janara One-Eye Boss Tips Among the multitude of bosses in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12803,"featured_media":63064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dark-souls","genre-rpg","content_type-guide-tutorial"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJanara One-Eye Boss Fight Overview<\/span><\/h2>\n
Janara One-Eye First Phase<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Janara One-Eye Second Phase<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Janara One-Eye Boss Tips<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n