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Misbegotten Crusader Boss Video Guide

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Misbegotten Crusader Fight Strategy

The Best Tips for Misbegotten Crusader:

• Use any fast rush down Ashes such as Oleg and Rollo, as it can be interrupted quite easily. While it is performing an attack, however, it gains massive hyper-armor and can breeze through the heaviest hits and connect.

Melee Users

This boss may look like any other Misbegotten boss and has a moveset similar to the Leonine Misbegotten, but it deals greater damage with additional Holy damage and with its attacks using the Golden Order Greatsword. It does a number of fast-moving aggressive attacks while advancing towards you. If you have a shield use it against these combo attacks while backing up. It will be even better if you have a shield that could defend against holy damage. When you have a chance, towards the end of the attack combos, roll through and toward the boss in order to deal a few hits. Use a combination of rolling in and attacking during the small windows, then immediately backing up again. You will especially have to look for its large AoE attacks which can occur within combo attacks. The main strategy here is to keep a defensive stance while preparing to dodge away and then quickly approach during each opening. Be conservative with your attacks until the boss is defeated.

Magic and Ranged Users

With a magic build, you may want to use quick-moving spells such as Glintstone Pebble or Glinstone Stars. Keep in mind that when you create distance, this boss quickly can close that distance with his quick lunges and could reach you with its holy ranged attacks. You will have to keep moving and constantly be prepared to dodge to the side. Attack sparingly and in between its attacks to avoid being unprepared for an incoming attack.

Misbegotten Crusader Attacks & Counters

See the Leonine Misbegotten page for a more complete and detailed guide on its moveset, as it shares most of the same attacks.

Attack	Description	Counter
Establish Order	Stands up straight and raises its arms to the right, releasing a holy explosion. Afterward, it follows up with a wide-sweeping projectile.	Run away to avoid the explosion, then dodge forward

Misbegotten Crusader Notes & Other Trivia

• A crusader is one who fights for change, whether it be political, religious, or social. Since Misbegotten are widely regarded as heretical, this one may be fighting to protect them.
• This Misbegotten wields the Golden Order Greatsword, which was forged by King Consort Radagon. It was originally a sword gifted to him by his first wife, Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon.
• In the Japanese version of the game, internal files relating to the Misbegotten are named “Children of Radagon”. In the English version of the game (patch 1.00), the Winged Misbegotten was called a “Radagon chimera.” This may explain why Misbegotten Warriors have red hair like Radagon and how one managed to obtain the Golden Order Greatsword.

Winged Misbegotten Ashes

Old Fang

Golden Order Greatsword

Irina