Divine Beast Dancing Lion
| Divine Beast Dancing Lion | |
|---|---|
| Type | Legendary Boss |
| Region | Gravesite Plain, Ancient Ruins of Rauh |
| Weak To | Pierce, Fire, Bleed, Scarlet Rot |
| Required | No |
Divine Beast Dancing Lion is a legendary boss in Elden Ring. It is one of the expansion's additions, found in the Land of Shadow.
The Divine Beast Dancing Lion is a sacred beast of the hornsent, brought to life by their lion dance. The first waits at the end of Belurat, Tower Settlement, and a second guards a temple in the Ancient Ruins of Rauh. It shifts between wind, frost and lightning as the fight goes on. Its delayed lunges and whirlwinds punish panicked dodging.
Lore
The Dancing Lion is a huge beast mask of horn and fur, with glowing green eyes and two sets of teeth. Two figures move inside its body like dancers, giving it many arms and legs.
The divine beasts were messengers of the heavens, and their rage mirrored the tumult of the skies. The sculpted keepers performed the lion dance during the tower festival in Belurat. Only the greatest horned warriors became divine beast warriors.
When Messmer's army assailed the tower, the lion dance was turned to war. By the end of his crusade, only two divine beasts remained. The one in Belurat rested at the Hornsent Grandam's command, waiting to avenge her people.
Where to find Divine Beast Dancing Lion Location?
- Belurat, Tower Settlement, in the hall at the end of the settlement (Stagefront Site of Grace)
- Ancient Ruins of Rauh, inside the temple on the hill, with basilisks (Temple Town Ruins Site of Grace)
Divine Beast Dancing Lion map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Weaknesses
| Weak To | Pierce, Fire, Bleed, Scarlet Rot |
|---|---|
| Resists | Magic, Lightning, Holy, Frostbite |
| Immune | Sleep, Madness |
| Parry | No |
Phases
- Phase 1: the lion fights with lunges, grabs and wind attacks.
- Later phases: it leaps into the air to change its element, adding frost or lightning attacks with their own ranged moves.
Attacks
- Lunge Attack: it leaps high from a distance and crashes down. A roll as it lands avoids it.
- Spinning Whirlwind: it spins rapidly with gusts that knock the player away. A greatshield or distance avoids it.
- Grab: a lunging grab signaled by its head. Watching the head and rolling late avoids it.
- Delayed dive rolls: it delays its rolls to catch spam dodging. Waiting for the rhythm before rolling avoids them.
- Elemental ranged attacks: each element brings its own projectiles with different speed and reach. A greatshield or careful movement avoids them.
Tactics
- Summon Redmane Freyja at Belurat, or a spirit ash such as Black Knife Tiche, to draw aggression.
- Watch its head to read the next attack.
- Strike right after it finishes a string of attacks.
- Learn each elemental phase and its ranged attacks.
- At Rauh, use the pillars as cover and kill the basilisks quickly.
- Use fire and pierce damage, plus bleed or scarlet rot.
Best Builds
Blasphemous Blade
The lion is weak to fire, and the skill can hit its large body twice for extra healing.
| Gear | Blasphemous Blade |
|---|
Frenzy and rot incantations
Frenzied Burst, Rotten Breath and Swarm of Flies all work well against it.
| Gear | Frenzied Burst, Rotten Breath, Swarm of Flies |
|---|
Bleed weapon
Blood loss gives big bursts of damage.
Blasphemous Herald Build
| Class | Any |
|---|---|
| Level | 150 |
| Focus | Faith, Strength |
| Main Stats | Strength & Faith |
| Other Stats | Vigor & Endurance |
| Requires | 38 Faith, 22 Strength, 15 Dexterity |
| Weapon | Blasphemous Blade, Gargoyle's Blackblade, Gargoyle's Greatsword & Clawmark Seal |
| Armor | Raptor's Black Feathers and any other Armor that allows medium rolling |
| Talismans | Shard of Alexander, Great-Jar's Arsenal, Claw Talisman, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman |
| Skills | Taker's Flame, Corpse Wax Cutter, Flaming Strike & Sacred Order |
| Spells | Golden Vow, Blessing of the Erdtree, Flame Grant me Strength, Lightning Spear, Black Flame & Stone of Gurranq |
| Flasks | Mostly HP some FP |
Mad King Build
| Class | Any |
|---|---|
| Level | 150-200 |
| Focus | Dexterity, Arcane |
| Main Stats | Dexterity & Arcane |
| Other Stats | Faith & Vigor |
| Requires | 35 Dexterity, 31 Faith, 17 Arcane, 14 Strength |
| Weapon | Morgott's Cursed Sword, Dragon Communion Seal & Frenzied Flame Seal |
| Armor | Heaviest |
| Talismans | Shard of Alexander, Fire Scorpion Charm, Ritual Sword Talisman & Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman |
| Skills | Cursed-Blood Slice |
| Spells | Swarm of Flies, Golden Vow, Flame Grant me Strength, Unendurable Frenzy, & Frenzied Burst |
| Flasks | Mostly HP some FP |
Dragon Knight Build
| Class | Any |
|---|---|
| Level | 100 |
| Focus | Arcane |
| Main Stats | Arcane & Vigor |
| Other Stats | Faith & Mind |
| Requires | 25 Faith, 20 Strength, 15 Arcane, 14 Dexterity |
| Weapon | Any that can use Bloody Slash & Dragon Communion Seal |
| Shield | Jellyfish Shield |
| Armor | Silver Tear Mask, and any armor that allows |
| Talismans | Radagon's Soreseal, Fire Scorpion Charm, Magic Scorpion Charm, Faithful's Canvas Talisman & Curved Sword Talisman |
| Skills | Bloody Slash & Contagious Fury |
| Spells | Golden Vow, Blessing's Boon, Lightning Spear, Flame Grant me Strength, Black Flame, Stone of Gurranq, Agheel's Flame, Smarag's Glintstone Breath, Rotten Breath |
| Flasks | Mostly FP, some HP |
Summons
- Spirit Ashes allowed
- NPC: Redmane Freyja (Belurat only)
Drops
| Name | Image |
|---|---|
| Remembrance of the Dancing Lion | 
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| Divine Beast Head | 
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| Divine Beast Tornado | 
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Notes
- The Belurat lion gives 120,000 runes, the Remembrance of the Dancing Lion and the Divine Beast Head.
- The Rauh lion gives 180,000 runes and the Divine Beast Tornado.
- The remembrance can be traded for the Ancient Meteoric Ore Greatsword or Lion's Wind.
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