Church Giant (Wrecking Ball)

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Location
Cathedral Ward	705	718	134	134	134	134	179	319	319	300	180	-	-

Discovery	Drop	Multipliers		Bonuses
Cathedral Ward	Blood Vial x3 [54%], Blood Stone Shard x1 [43%], Blue Elixir x1 [3%]	HP multiplier	1	Is beast	No
		Arcane DMG multiplier	1	Is kin	No
		Fire DMG multiplier	1	Is weak to serrated	No
		Bolt DMG multiplier	0.85	Is weak to righteous	No

All information (HP, Echoes, Defences, Multipliers & Bonuses) was datamined directly from game files and can be accessed via spreadsheet | archived. Updated on January 31st, 2022.

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.

As with the other Church Giants, focus on staying directly behind them while you let loose with your strongest melee attacks. As long as you stand as close to them as possible, their 360-degree spins will pass over your head; take advantage of this blind spot while continually readjusting your position with strafes and quicksteps to deal the most damage with the least risk of being hit. Their overhead smashes strike in a straight line and are easily avoided by quickstepping to either side, though beware that they will alternate between using their vertical slams and frontal 180-degree sweeps; also note that if their first attack is a horizontal swing, they may use a second, slower frontal sweep with a wider arc and longer reach immediately afterward.

All enemies and bosses (except hunter enemies) have 999 frenzy resistance, despite that they are still vulnerable to such status. The only way to see it without modding is to use Shaman Bone Blade on enemy inflicting frenzy to attack others. [test video]

You will find this Church Giant kneeling in which case he is sleeping and therefore vulnerable.

	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 broken leg after lengthy combo.

Key Attack	Interrupt	Notes
Frontal Sweep	No	Frontal 180-degree radius, sometimes followed by a second sweep; quickstep backward.
Running Overhead Slam	No	Running downward slam with four meters' forward momentum; quickstep toward them.
Frontal Combo	No	Up to four frontal overhead slams with long reach; quickstep backward.
Spinning Combo	No	One frontal strike followed by up to two 360-degree spins. Extremely slow; quickstep or strafe backward.

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