Leonine Misbegotten

A feral humanoid with feline features and a thick, crimson mane. It wields a large greatsword.

Location: Castle Morne

Drops: 3800 Runes, Grafted Blade Greatsword

Combat Information:

Health: 2198 HP

Defense: 103.9

Stance: 80

Parryable: Yes

Is vulnerable to a critical hit after being stance broken

Damage: Standard

Drops: 3800 Runes, Grafted Blade Greatsword

Damage Negation / Resistance:

Standard: 10

Slash: 0

Strike: 10

Pierce: 10

Magic: 20

Fire: 0

Lightning: 20

Holy: 20

The negation numbers are the % of your damage that gets blocked. For example, if a negation is 60, 40% of that damage by that type will go through and 60% will be negated. Bigger number = less damage. A negation of 100 means no damage goes through, and a negation of -100 mean the enemy takes 2x damage from that source. 0 means damage goes pretty much as is.

Poison: 316 / 414 / 704 / 1161

Scarlet Rot: 316 / 414 / 704 / 1161

Blood Loss: 316 / 414 / 704 / 1161

Frostbite: 316 / 414 / 704 / 1161

Sleep: 316 / 414 / 704 / 1161

Madness: Immune

The resistance numbers are the buildup amount to trigger it. For example, if a resistance is 100 you must deal 100 points of the given buildup to trigger it. Note that these go down over time, and increase each time the effect procs. The values after the "/"s indicate the increased resistances after each successive proc.

Fight Strategy:

NPC Summons: Edgar - Begin the Irina questline and deliver Irina's Letter to Edgar to unlock his summon sign

This boss attacks quickly and can deal a lot of damage if it hits. Guarding is difficult: you'll take a considerable amount of Stamina damage unless you use Ash of War: Barricade Shield. It's better to dodge most of its attacks if you can, punishing its leap attacks and overhead vertical attacks that leave it briefly vulnerable.

If you do use Barricade Shield, all the Misbegotten's attacks (other than Hopping Slam) will bounce right off your shield. This will give you plenty of chances to guard counter and eventually break its stance.

Leonine Misbegotten is particularly easy to interrupt—it will break out of an attack animation when hit with a jumping or charged heavy attack from almost any weapon. Use this to your advantage to interrupt combos when attacks have long windups, and you can quickly and safely build up both HP and Stance damage.

Dodge its attacks and use spells like Carian Slicer or Glintstone Pebble to whittle its health down during its Hopping Slam, Hopping Stab, and Vertical Slash. Bow users should use a Shortbow and punish the same attacks, jump-shooting and shooting when they land.