Elden Ring: Dancer of Ranah (Southern Nameless Mausoleum) Boss Fight (SOTE)

As you probably know, bosses in Elden Ring are divided into three tiers. From lowest to highest: Field Bosses, Greater Enemy Bosses and finally Demigods and Legends.

Dancer of Ranah is in the lowest tier, Field Bosses, and is found in the Southern Nameless Mausoleum in the Land of Shadow. She is an optional boss in the sense that it is not required to defeat her in order to progress the main story of the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion.

I’m not sure what kind of boss I expected when I saw that it was called Dancer-something, but being a Dark Souls III veteran, I get nervous ticks at the mention of any kind of dancer boss. Fortunately, this one is not even in the same ballpark of leagues of horrible things I have to deal with.

This boss is an agile fighter who wields a couple of curved swords. She’s not terribly fast, nor does she hit terribly hard, but it’s still a fun fight. Her fighting style actually reminds me somewhat of my own, except that she’s much better at actually hitting things instead of just swinging wildly in the air.

When she’s around half health, she will drink a healing potion like many other humanoid bosses, but she only has one of them, so just keep attacking and get her health back down. The gaining distance and chugging a potion whenever things don’t go my way is sort of my signature move, so it’s a bit unnerving to be up against yet another boss who does the same, but fortunately I have more potions than her.

I overall found it to be a fun fight that felt more like a duel between two fairly equal opponents than the usual boss fights that feel more like trying to avoid getting two-shotted while chipping away at their enormous health pools. It was perhaps a little bit on the too easy side of things considering I beat her on my first attempt, but sometimes it’s nice to have a fun time instead of a long time.

And now for the usual boring details about my character. I play as a mostly Dexterity build. My melee weapons are the Hand of Malenia and the Uchigatana with Keen affinity. I was level 204 and Scadutree Blessing 11 when this video was recorded, which I think is reasonable for this boss. I’m always looking for the sweet spot where it’s not mind-numbing easy mode, but also not so difficult that I will be stuck on the same boss for hours ;-)

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Fan art inspired by this boss fight

Anime-style scene of the Tarnished in Black Knife armor facing the Dancer of Ranah inside a ruined mausoleum, both approaching cautiously before combat begins. Click or tap the image for more information.

Anime-style illustration of the Tarnished in Black Knife armor facing the Dancer of Ranah in a ruined mausoleum, her red dress visible beneath a blue spectral glow just before battle. Click or tap the image for more information.

Wide anime-style scene of the Tarnished in Black Knife armor facing the Dancer of Ranah across a ruined mausoleum hall, showing more background and architectural detail before battle. Click or tap the image for more information.

Over-the-shoulder anime-style view of the Tarnished in Black Knife armor facing the Dancer of Ranah across a ruined mausoleum hall before battle. Click or tap the image for more information.

Over-the-shoulder anime-style view of the Tarnished facing the Dancer of Ranah at close range inside a ruined mausoleum just before combat. Click or tap the image for more information.

Wide over-the-shoulder anime-style view of the Tarnished facing the Dancer of Ranah in a ruined mausoleum with more background visible before battle. Click or tap the image for more information.

Wide over-the-shoulder anime-style view of the Tarnished facing the Dancer of Ranah in a vast, torch-lit mausoleum just before battle. Click or tap the image for more information.

Wide over-the-shoulder anime-style view of the Tarnished facing the Dancer of Ranah at closer range inside a vast, torch-lit mausoleum. Click or tap the image for more information.

Dark fantasy scene of the Tarnished facing the Dancer of Ranah in a vast mausoleum, rendered in a realistic, painterly style before battle. Click or tap the image for more information.

Isometric dark fantasy view of the Tarnished facing the Dancer of Ranah in a bone-strewn mausoleum arena before battle. Click or tap the image for more information.

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