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Basic Information

Location			Drop	Weaknesses	Race
Cathedral Ward	705	718	Blood Vial x3 [54%], Blood Stone Shard x1 [43%], Blue Elixir x1 [3%]	/	Neutral
Cathedral Ward | Cathedral Plaza	718	835	Blood Vial x3 [54%], Blood Stone Shard x1 [43%], Blue Elixir x1 [3%]
Cathedral Ward | Cathedral Stairs	859	1205	Blood Vial x3 [54%], Blood Stone Shard x1 [43%], Blue Elixir x1 [3%]

Description The church controls treatment of the disease, but it hunts with this large servant. Half terrifying legend, its expression is vacant, its skin pallid, its huge form oddly thin. It screams as it swings its silver weapon. A bell hangs from its neck, and when the citizens of Yarnham hear its ring, they close their doors and stay within. These massive towering giants can inflict tremendous damage and will send you flying any time one of their attacks connect, but their long windup and recovery periods leave them vulnerable, and make them much less frightening than they first appear. They also walk and turn extremely slowly, allowing you to position yourself behind them where most of their attacks can't reach you. They have very high defense, enormous amounts of health, high fire and bolt resistance, and they cannot be interrupted or staggered normally; breaking their super armor with a charged attack or by hitting their heads will bring them to their knees momentarily and allow you to get in a few extra hits. The massive iron wrecking balls wielded by some Church Giants have extremely long range, but are nearly incapable of striking close to their bodies, creating enormous blind spots and adding to their already glaring weaknesses. Avoid standing in front of them, as this is where the majority of their attacks are targeted, although most of these will not hit you if you stand extremely close. Positioning yourself behind them at pointblank range will allow you to evade everything they have, even their 360-degree spins. Unarmed Church Giants are a bit faster than those with weapons and their basic melee attacks have less windup, but they also have shorter reach and will usually only strike the area directly in front of them. Unlike the other Church Giants, these are capable of hitting you while you're directly behind them using their Turnaround Swipe. They don't use this attack often, though, and it has just enough windup for you to identify it and back out of the way before it hits you. Encountered only once in Lecture Building 2F, this Church Giant with Flame Fists shares some moves (like the Running Haymaker) with the normal bare fisted version, but his regular melee attacks are slightly different. They mainly consist of wide horizontal hook punches, slow combo attacks and vertical slams, all of which are made even more dangerous by the fact that their fists are on fire. Both unarmed versions attack a fair bit faster than those wielding weapons, but they still have just enough windup to see them coming and quickstep through them. Unlike armed Church Giants both fist versions have also powerful slam attacks with their left or right arm where they break them and you can hit the bone that sticks out of them to make them stagger for a moment, with no visceral opportunity though. There is one move that can be used by all Church Giants, and while they rarely use it, you should always be on the lookout for it. If you're standing reasonably close in front of them they'll sometimes raise their leg up and use a powerful stamp, so powerful that it actually breaks their leg. When that happens you'll be able to see the bone sticking out of their knee, and if you attack it you'll do considerably more damage than normal and have the ability to stagger them. Standing in front of them does put you at greater risk from their other attacks, however, so you'll need to be careful. Strategy When approaching one of these enemies, bait an attack from as far away as possible, and then quickstep through it to get behind them. Stay in this position by strafing or quickstepping while attacking with R1 combos or charged R2s; Church Giants are immune to visceral attacks, but fully-charged swings and transformation attacks will tear through their super armor and help keep them from being able to act. Watch out for their Fast Frontal Sweep; it will not reach you directly behind them, but may clip you if they use it while turning to face you. To lower the risk of being struck by this attack, circle them clockwise; the swing starts above their right shoulder and ends at the ground to their left, so it's less likely to hit you if you're directly beneath the axe when they initiate it. Notes Church Giants with Axe not only can break their leg from powerful slam but also from the telegraphed sweep. [image] You will find some of the Church Giants kneeling in which case they are sleeping and therefore vulnerable. In Cathedral Ward Church Giants go to sleep when time shifts from Evening to Night. Church Giants (Axe) in Cathedral Plaza have 718 HP/835 Blood Echoes and one on Cathedral Stairs in Cathedral Ward has 859 HP/1205 Blood Echoes

Pungent Blood Cocktails don't attract this enemy, making the item ineffective. Shaman Bone Blades affect this enemy, making it hostile to other enemies. Church Giant's powerful stamp attack.

Attack Patterns

Key Attack	Interrupt	Notes
Axe Thrust	No	Forward stab with extremely long reach; quickstep to either side.
Ground Stab	No	Downward stab that hits directly at their feet; quickstep backward.
Running Overhead Chop	No	Dashing downward chop with poor tracking.Travels forward four meters. Quickstep toward them.
Fast Overhead Chop	No	Close-range frontal chop; quickstep backward to either side.
Slow Overhead Chop	No	Extremely long windup; quickstep forward or to either side.
Fast Frontal Sweep	No	Frontal 180-degree radius; quickstep backward.
Slow Frontal Sweep	No	Frontal 210-degree radius with longer range than the fast version; quickstep backward twice.

Defenses

Location
Cathedral Ward	134	134	134	134	163	290	290	300	180	-	-

New Game Cycles

	New Game		NG+		NG+2		NG+3		NG+4		NG+5		NG+6
Locations
Cathedral Ward	705	718	3148	3749	3368	4124	3463	4686	3557	5624	3620	7498	3778	9373
Cathedral Ward | Cathedral Plaza	718	835	3025	4560	3237	5016	3328	5700	3418	6840	3479	9120	3630	11400
Cathedral Ward | Cathedral Stairs	859	1205	3536	8309	3784	9140	3890	10386	3996	12464	4066	16618	4243	20773