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Basic Information

Location			Drop	Weaknesses	Race
Hemwick Charnel Lane	174	299	Random gem based on area x1 [2.5%], Blood Vial x1 [8%]		Neutral
Yahar'gul (Blood Moon)	403	624	Random gem based on area x1 [1%], Blood Vial x1 [4%]

Description These graveyard-dwelling madwomen have very low health, but are usually found in groups, using their numbers to make up for their individual weakness; luring them out one at a time using Pebbles will help to greatly reduce the threat they pose. When not patrolling in groups, they'll often hide and attempt to ambush you either with direct attacks or using shoves to try and knock you off cliffs, so be careful anytime you round a corner in areas where Grave Women are located. They can be interrupted and staggered, and due to their frailty, rolling into them will send them reeling off balance and generally give you enough time to follow through with a quick R1 chain before they regain their footing. Rolling into them will also knock them out of their attacks, which can be useful if you're facing down a group of them; remember that you must perform a roll, and not a quickstep, so it's best to fight them without locking on. The sickle-and-cleaver carrying Grave Women attack in a similar manner, using quick slashes and combos to try and overwhelm you, but the short reach of their attacks means you can often hit them from outside of their range. The sickle-users will occasionally use a slower overhead swing with a long windup that causes them to lose their balance afterward, giving you an opportunity to counterattack. The red-hot pole irons carried by some Grave Women inflict fire damage and can easily cause you to flinch, making it difficult to escape further attacks. The weight of their weapons prevents them from being able to use long combos so you generally only have to worry about evading single hits, but the range they can use their attacks from does make closing in on them more difficult than other Grave Women. Wooden Mallets also become a fearsome weapon in the hands of some Grave Women, and they'll use them to perform powerful horizontal swings and overhead smashes. Mallet wielders have the slowest attack speed due to the weight of their weapon, making them extremely vulnerable to interrupts if you can spare the bullets. The final type of Grave Woman does not use a melee weapon as her primary form of offense, and instead prefers to stand back in out-of-reach spots from which they'll bombard you with Molotovs. They're especially dangerous when other enemies are nearby, since they have impeccable aim, can hit you at great distances and the splash damage of their Molotovs is hard to avoid. Once you you're close to them, however, they'll begin using the same cleaver attacks as the torch-bearers. Strategy Make good use of their weak hips and fight them locked off, using your roll to keep them from attacking while you finish them. Rolling attacks are the best way to hit them before they can recover; if they do manage to get back on their feet before you kill them, simply roll into them again and repeat. It's also possible to quickstep forward through their attacks and position yourself behind them, where they can't hit you; at this point you can stagger them with a charged R2 attack or finish them off with an R1 chain. Blood Gem Drop Table [Hemwick Charnel Lane, common-max] Gem Shape Rating Primary Effect Secondary Effect Tempering Blood Gemstone (2) Radial 5 Phys ATK UP+3.4% Tempering Blood Gemstone (2) Triangle 5 Phys ATK UP+3.4% Poorman's Blood Gemstone (2) Triangle 5 Phys. UP near death+4.5% Tempering Blood Gemstone (2) Waning 5 Phys ATK UP+3.4% Radial is out of shape (OOS) Blood Gem Drop Table [Yahar'gul (Blood Moon), common-max] Gem Shape Rating Primary Effect Secondary Effect Tempering Blood Gemstone (2) Triangle 6 Phys ATK UP+4.1% Dirty Blood Gemstone (2) Triangle 6 Add rapid poison effect+3.2 Tempering Blood Gemstone (2) Waning 6 Phys ATK UP+4.1% Heavy Blood Gemstone (2) Waning 6 STR scaling+4.1 Variants Basic variant found throughout the Hemwick. Blood variant summoned by Bell Ringer in Yahar'gul. Notes During Hemwick Grave Woman (Sickle) grab attack animation, damage can NOT be reduced by repeatedly pressing buttons (mashing). Also grab animation will only trigger when she is facing your back. Hemwick Grave Women have special dialogue when killed with fire. Dialogue: "It burns, it burns!", "Fire, Fire!".

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

Defenses

Location
Hemwick Charnel Lane	77	77	77	77	70	68	72	120	240	-	-
Yahar'gul (Blood Moon)	92	92	92	92	70	68	72	120	240	-	-

New Game Cycles

	New Game		NG+		NG+2		NG+3		NG+4		NG+5		NG+6
Locations
Hemwick Charnel Lane	174	299	789	1964	844	2160	868	2455	892	2946	907	3928	947	4910
Yahar'gul (Blood Moon)	403	624	758	2632	811	2895	834	3290	857	3948	872	5264	910	6580

+ "Dialogues" (enemies under option Sound Effects)

Attacking Come out, ya foul beast! Go and die! Die! Die! You sicken me! It's all your fault! You lousy rat! Quiet you, you scum! You! Curse upon you! I'll get you! Blood!

Attacking with Torch/Pole Iron Burn! Burn, you fiend! Killed with fire Fire! Fire! Hot! Too hot! It burns, it burns!