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| 2205* | Central Pthumeru Chalice | Tempering Blood Gemstone (2) or Adept Blood Gemstone (2) | |
| ?? | Bottom of the Healing Workshop Tower | Beast Rune | |
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Beast-Possessed Soul (獣憑き Kemonotsuki lit. "Possessed Beast") is a Boss in Bloodborne.
Beast Possessed Soul Information
- It is similar in appearance to the Loran Cleric found in Aling Loran Chalice.
- Primarily utilizes pyromancy and melee attacks, can grow frenzied if grappled.
- It may also appear as a regular enemy that respawns in higher difficulty dungeons.
Location
- Central Pthumeru Chalice (Layer 1)
- Ailing Loran Chalice (Layer 1)
- Bottom of the Healing Workshop Tower
Drops
- Blood Echoes (2853)
- Radial Blood Gemstone (2)
- Beast Rune (Healing Workshop Tower)
Combat Information
- Weak to Serrated but unlike the regular variant, not weak to Fire.
- The Beast-possessed Soul utilizes a few fire-based attacks. Most commonly, it will channel and throw 2 fireballs at the hunter (low or no AoE).
- Pungent Blood Cocktail distracts the beast-possessed soul briefly. Might require being in shorter range than Blood-starved Beast (might just be because of erratic movement).
- The Beast-possessed Soul usually does a succession of 5 or 6 swipes in a row, which can easily be parried. It would continue the assault even if the hunter backs off and it whiffs.
- Blacksky Eye can cancel out its fireball projectile. Whenever it gets hit, it repositions itself. One may exploit this and stagger it over and over again.
- Do not let the grapple or bite be connected, or else the Beast-possessed Soul will grow frenzied by having a taste of blood.
- It also has a lengthy parry window during its right hand leaping attack. Simply shoot in the middle of his leap.
- If encountered in a room with pillars the fireballs can destroy some pillar if you try hiding behind them
Videos
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| Attack Name | Attack Description & Counter |
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| Claw Combo | Back away and get a free hit at the end, or wait til second to last hit, dodge around, charge hit. Tough to get full charge. Riposte possible. try backing away and shooting when clawing. It has fast horizontal swipe and slow vertical slash variant. |
| Grapple | Charged grapple, if connected, it will bite you and go frenzied. |
| Bite | A sudden bite, if connected, it will go frenzied. |
| Fire Spray | 90 degree cone. Comes from left to right (your pov). |
| Fire Balls | Hurls one or two fireballs toward you, it can be cancelled out with Blacksky Eye. |
| Fire Punch | Charges a slow but heavy punch with small fire explosion at the end. It does high damage but is very easy to dodge. When this enemy is encountered in thight corridors of high level dungeons this attack is much more dangerous than in open boss arenas. |
Anonymous27 Nov 2019 02:08
I think some of pthumerian descendants turned into the beast possessed souls. I mean one of their attack patterns are similar. Well minus those legendary hmphs.
- Anonymous
23 Sep 2019 23:15
Ugh, I hate fighting this guy, he's so boring and spammy. I like to think that the boss fights are a present for fighting through a boring dungeon, and then I get this? ughhh
29 Jul 2019 14:31
I’ve played since release, and I only just found out the pince is a grapple that’s frenzies him, certainly an interesting moment to see him with red eyes.
08 Apr 2019 11:38
If anyone has played Eternal Ring ,one of From Software's earlier games on the PS2,the Beast Possesed Soul reminds me very much of the werewolf (camp site and ones found in the end game dungeon) in that game. The way it moves and looks always hits me in the feels
13 Mar 2019 23:25
Can be parried very easily, with the bloodborne version of the ds setup parry. Does a lot of multiple swipe attacks, so just back out the way of the first, and shoot in between the second or the third, using the first swipe as the tell that another is coming. Use clawmark if you have it, or oedon writhe/blood rapture and the fight is very easy. Can also be CC'd by many abilities e.g. can be pancaked and knocked over
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28 Aug 2018 05:01
Had trouble at first, f/r/c ihyll, then remembered how easy it was to parry. Hit three visceral, threw some Molotov and a few executioner's gloves
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09 Aug 2018 21:52
Mine appeared to have more damage the longer fight has gone appearently his beasthood stat was building up after hitting me succesfully multiple times. at the start of the fight he needed 2 attacks to remove 70% and at the end 1 to remove 95% of my hp also, before "bloodlust" of bite kicked in
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20 Mar 2018 14:26
I was actually having trouble with this guy because if you get over confident with him its easy to get caught up in a combo and if your out of stamina and don't have much vitality that can be a problem, what turned this fight into a joke though was using an upgraded whirligig saw, bolt paper and the L2 attack, I love that weapon!
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28 May 2017 18:50
I just learned last night while exploring a Fetid/Rotted Loran chalice that apparently, other beasts do not like this guy. I woke one up expecting a scrap, but then from a door behind him came a scourge beast that just started fighting him FOR me, and they both fell to the lower level of the room and eventually the Beast-Possessed Soul killed the scourge beast... It was probably the weirdest thing I've seen in the game yet. I guess these beasts are the type that become "infected" thanks to their obsession with hunting other beasts. That would at least explain why it can use pyromancy.
- Anonymous
20 Feb 2017 19:07
I 4-Shot him with a fully upgraded pizza cutter (jumping R2 attack ONLY). Confirmed good method for STR builds.
- Anonymous
13 Jan 2017 02:13
Just kept backing off until he finished a combo, then nailed him with the beast cutter's R2. Took awhile, but it worked.
- Anonymous
Attack missing from list?05 Jul 2016 14:54
I don't know if someone already said this, but this boss also has a grab attack. He bites you and blissfully drinks your blood before becoming charged up and red (similar to foetid enemies)
- Anonymous
same creature05 Jul 2016 14:54
Location needs to be updated. He's not only found in dungeons. You can find a similar creature at bottom of the healing church workshop. He is not a boss, he is more like a "mini-boss" like the hostile hunters (normal but though enemy that dosent respawn)
- Anonymous
1st layer ailing loran05 Jul 2016 14:54
found him on he first layer ailing loran chalice as a boss, and a glitch occurred during the fight. He tried to use the dual fireball throw spell while on a destroyed pillar, the second one hit the top of the pillar, and after casting he was stuck there. my first visceral attack wasn't even able to knock him free, and he couldn't turn around to attack me.
- Anonymous
Easy strategy in Chalice Dungeon05 Jul 2016 14:54
Assuming you fight it in a room with pillars, here's an easy way to beat it. Step 1: Counter and V.Atk. Step 2: Run away and hide behind a pillar, out of sight Step 3: It'll try to find you, seemingly get bored, and then walk back to its starting position Step 4: Walk up and V.Atk. it again. Step 5: Repeat 2-4 until dead.
- Anonymous
beast posessed soul boss weakness05 Jul 2016 14:54
Try the holy blade transformed on him. Something cool happens. He is afraid of it. You can then cheese him
- Anonymous
easy 2handed Ludwig's Blade tactic05 Jul 2016 14:54
you can push him in to a corner and just hammer on him with the L2 to stagger him every time, having the Hunter rune helps because of faster stamina regain
- Anonymous
he can assist you05 Jul 2016 14:54
he attacks other NPCs if you lead them to him or vice versa. this is obviously not the boss version
17 Jan 2020 21:13
For his second phase, he gets angry and... stops using his more powerful fireballs in exchange for longer weak combos?
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