Throne Watcher and Throne Defender | How to defeat a boss Dark Souls II Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Two servants of the Queen Regent, who guard the passage to the last boss. They can be really irritating, due to their ability to revive each other. When the health of one of them is reduced to zero, he will not die, but instead he will fall on the ground and after about 20 seconds, he will be revived by his other companion, if you didn't manage to kill him during this time.

It's good to win this battle before fighting with Giant Lord. Otherwise, you will have to fight the final boss immediately after this fight.

Attack:

• Combo - the enemies perform 2-3 swings with swords
• Pierce - the opponents can pierce the player using their swords; able to pierce through shields
• Push with sword - a quick push made by Throne Watcher
• Bash Shield - powerful, but slow shield attack; used mostly by Throne Defender
• Lightning/Magic Buff - the enemies buff their swords with lightning/magic damage, when they are below 50% of health
• Wrath of the Gods - the enemies can summon a large shock wave, which deals quite a lot of damage and knocks the player down; usually use it when at low health

Strategy:

The key to this fight is distributing damage equally between the two bosses. If you defeat one of them, he will be restored to full health after 20 seconds, unless you kill the other one in this time.

First, bring Throne Watcher to about 50% health, but not lower, because otherwise he will buff his sword. Ignore him for now and switch to Throne Defender. He has more hp than his companion and is a bit slower. Attack him, until he has about 10% of health. Switch back to Throne Watcher and bring him to about 10% as well. Now, prepare your most powerful attacks, because you will have to be quick. Bring Throne Defender's health to zero, switch to Throne Watcher and try to kill him, but remember that you have only 20 seconds to do that. After this time, he will start casting the reviving spell and you will have only about 3 seconds to interrupt it by throwing him off balance. If one of the is revived, you will have to start everything from the beginning.

Rewards:

• 68,000 souls/102,000 souls (NG+)
• Throne Watcher Soul
• Throne Defender Soul