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Beast-possessed Soul

Enemy Type	Beast
Health	635 or 656
Drops	Blood Vials, Beast Blood Pellets, Blood Gem, Beast Caryll Rune, 276 or 759 Blood Echoes
Weak	Fire & Serration (Boss version is NOT weak to Fire)
Strong	Nothing
Locations	Healing Church Workshop & Chalice Dungeons

Beast-possessed Soul is an enemy in Bloodborne.

Beast-Possessed Soul Information

The Beast-possessed Soul is an enemy which is encountered at the bottom of the Healing Church Workshop, and in Chalice dungeons both as a regular mob and a boss. This beast is rather large and can seem overwhelming, particularly to inexperienced hunters.

This enemy has both melee and some pyromancer abilities. It will cast a selection of fire attacks and will use its claws in various combinations. The Beast-possessed Soul isn't particularly fast, and most players should be able to either counter its move-set, or simply move behind it and use a charged R2 attack.

Most of the attacks can be triggered and countered as they are "telegraphed", and when it is casting fire the player can simply move behind it and keep hacking away. Like most beasts, it is extremely weak to fire.

At 50% health, some of its attacks will gain additional fire effects, such as the jump attack causing an AoE flame burst and its Lunge ending with a fiery explosion.

If it lands its Lunge attack on a player, it will chomp down on the player and become Blood-Drunk. In this state, its eyes will glow red and its attacks gain a significant damage boost. He'll also start using more pyromancy.

Beast-Possessed Souls that are found as enemies in a Chalice Dungeon will attack any living thing they come across, not just the hunter. It is possible to lure one through the whole layer and have it kill everything else for you. If you let it use its Lunge on you and become Blood-Drunk, the power boost will let it go toe-to-toe against even a Merciless Watcher.

Strategy

Pungent Blood cocktails are useful in distracting it.
As mentioned, it is weak to fire attacks of any kind, from Molotovs to a simple torch.
The beast can be poisoned; using poison knives will work.
Most melee attacks can be parried, but fire magic can't.
When he swings his arms he almost always strikes 5 times. Though this is predictable it is still dangerous as one hit can stunlock you long enough for him to land another.
Stunning him generally triggers a backdash.

Moveset

Attack Name	Attack Description
Claw Swipes	Swipes at player with claws, can be up to 5 swipes in total.
Battering Ram	Will take a run up and attempt to hit the player with its horns.
Flame Wave	Casts a horizontal flame wave from left to right.
Lunge	Lunges at the player ending with a punch.
Grab	Attempts to grab the player. If this attack connects, the enemy will enter an enraged state.
Bite	Attempts to bite the player.

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Beast-possessed Soul Information

Its preset dungeon locations are: Central Pthumerian Labyrinth and Ailing Loran.

Blood Gems dropped are based entirely on the type of labyrinth.

The Healing Church Workshop contains the only maingame version. This version drops the first tier Beast Caryll Rune