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The Queen Of Smiles
Health:	600 NG+7 7,200
Drops:	2,510 Gold 2,500 Salt NG+7 296,640 Salt The Queen of Smiles' Ear
Defences
Strike	250	Fire	50
Slash	50	Lightning	50
Poise	200	Poison	500
Block	100	Holy	-50(-40*)
Block Damage	100	Arcane	50
Block Magic	60

*: Enhanced Edition Values

The Queen of Smiles is a Boss in Salt and Sanctuary

Cruel wraith queen of Liven, she loved to adorn her city walls with the grotesquely smiling corpses of her victims. In life, she wielded the fabled Sword of Reign, and in undeath, she wields a thousand more."

Location

• Village of Smiles - Climb up from The Three sanctuary and go left.
• Coordinates: {X:2459.48 Y:17944.57}
• Boss Flags: Talk to Masterless Knight before doing this boss (Bandit's Pass) / Merchant progress

Combat Information

• Attack Types: Strike, Slash
• Weak vs: Holy Damage
• Strong vs: Poison and Strike Damage

Phase 1

• Sword Combo - A sword combo which proceeds with a stab with both swords downward in front of her, followed by a wide upward slash with one arm. Sometimes, she will follow the upward slash with a downward stab with the arm she swung up with. (almost everytime on phase 2)
• Dash - A scampering run with both swords out, where she proceeds to double-thrust at you once close enough or goes a far enough distance.
• Eight Sword Spray - A spray of eight swords from the spinning sword ring behind her back. The swords will fire out in broken intervals from the random circle she forms with a circle of her arm.

Phase 2 (50% HP)

• Gains a spinning attack that covers a lot of ground, which is immediately performed after the eight-sword spray attack.
• Generally moves quicker and further with her attacks.
• More likely follows up sword combo

Melee Strategy Video

Player Notes

• Her name is Lenaia, as revealed in the Mildewed Set: Tarnished Coronet, Mildewed Polonaise, Mildewed Caraco and Mildewed Chemise
• Shields work quite well against her, as all her attacks are blockable (they are all physical) and don't drain much stamina. She cannot be parried however; the player must stick strictly to blocking her.
• This fight is all about memorizing her "tells" for her melee attacks, so you know how to best react. The problem is that her melee combo and sword charge attacks have a very similar signal (She'll cock her arms back and swords slide out of her sleeves) with one slight difference:
  • If you see her arch her back and look upward, she's going to melee combo.
  • If you don't see her arch her back and look upward, she's going to sword charge.
• One of the best times to get damage on her is abusing her eight-sword spray attack, particularly if the ring she forms has no trajectory on you. This becomes a little more dangerous once she's in Phase 2, however, due to the running windmill she does immediately after shooting the swords.