Sister Friede (Boss)

Sister Friede (Boss)

Sister Friede NG HP Poise Souls 0 4,863 0 72,000 1 4,868 0 144,000 2 5,355 0 158,400 3 5,598 0 162,000 4 5,842 0 172,800 5 6,328 0 176,400 6 6,572 0 180,000 7 6,815 0 183,600 Physical Absorption Standard -5% Strike -2% Slash -8% Thrust -8% Elemental Absorption Magic 39% Fire 16% Lightning 3% Dark 5% Immunitities Bleed Susceptible Poison Susceptible Frost Immune Father Ariandel NG HP Poise Souls 0 7,150 250.00 72,000 1 7,157 250.00 144,000 2 7,872 263.15 158,400 3 8,230 277.77 162,000 4 8,588 294.11 172,800 5 9,304 312.50 176,400 6 9,662 357.14 180,000 7 10,020 416.66 183,600 Physical Absorption Standard -28% Strike -26% Slash -30% Thrust -34% Elemental Absorption Magic 2% Fire -19% Lightning -27% Dark -27% Immunitities Bleed Susceptible Poison Susceptible Frost Susceptible Blackflame Friede NG HP Poise Souls 0 6,864 0 72,000 1 6,871 0 144,000 2 7,558 0 158,400 3 7,901 0 162,000 4 8,245 0 172,800 5 8,932 0 176,400 6 9,275 0 180,000 7 9,619 0 183,600 Physical Absorption Standard -5% Strike -2% Slash -8% Thrust -8% Elemental Absorption Magic 39% Fire 16% Lightning 3% Dark 5% Immunitities Bleed Susceptible Poison Susceptible Frost Immune

Lore

Friede was the first Ash to enter the painting, but together with the good Father, they chose rot over fire.

— Description of the Soul of Sister Friede

After renouncing everything, Friede discovered a people that she wished to protect, and assumed the precise form that they yearned for.

— Description of the Ordained Set

A flail used by the bulbous Father of the Painted World to shred his own skin, producing blood to appease the flame.

Ariandel, being the restorer of the Painted World, knew that it was painted in blood, and only blood could protect the secret.

— Description of the Rose of Ariandel

General Information

The leader and eldest of the three sisters of the Sable Church of Londor, Sister Elfriede fights alongside Father Ariandel to prevent the burning of the painting.

This fight is mandatory (AoA).

Location

Painted World of Ariandel

• In an underground chamber near the Ariandel Chapel Bonfire, the passage is opened by pulling the crank in the pit with Giant Flies.

Summons

• Slave Knight Gael, in the corner to the left of the room near the stairs.
  • Must not have entered The Ringed City, and can be summoned even if not embered. Appears at the beginning of the second phase.

Item Drops

• Soul of Sister Friede
• Titanite Slab
  • Only drops upon defeating Phase 2 for the first time

Ordained Set can be bought for 33,000 Souls from the Shrine Handmaid after her defeat.

Moveset

• Stance: Assumes a stance, holding her scythe along her shoulders, and following with certain attacks:
  • Leaps and slams down, creating a cone of ice that eventually bursts to deal damage. The cone and burst build up Frostbite.
  • Spins while slashing with her scythe twice.
  • Swings her scythe upwards, launching her target before slamming them back down. Unblockable.

Phase Transition: After reaching 0 HP, Sister Friede falls before a cutscene plays where she rises back up to fight alongside Father Ariandel. Her HP is shared with Father Ariandel, and much more of the room is now available.

Sister Friede

• Heal: <70% HP, disappears and attempt to heal herself and Father Ariandel for up to 20-25% HP.

Father Ariandel

• AoE: <50% HP, roars before slamming his pot three times and creating an AoE Fire explosion.

Phase Transition: After reaching 0 HP, Father Ariandel disappears while Blackflame Friede rises up and creates an AoE Dark explosion, followed by the Blackflame Leap.

Blackflame Friede

• Blackflame Leap: Leaps into the air and slams down, creating a Dark AoE that sends forward a line of blackflame aimed at her target.
• Stance: Assumes a stance, holding her scythe along her shoulders, and following with certain attacks:
  • Leaps and slams down, creating a cone of ice in front of her that eventually bursts to deal damage. The cone and burst builds up Frostbite.
  • Spins while slashing with her scythe twice.

Strategies

Sister Friede : How to guide

Notes

• Sister Friede and Blackflame Friede may be backstabbed.
• Father Ariandel's Poise can be broken to expose him for a Critical attack.
• While Friede is invisible, marks such as the Soldering Iron's estus weakening effects or projectiles such as Throwing Knives remain visible.

Bugs

• During the first phase, when she is charging up the stealth attack, if you hit her with an arrow (or bolt), you will stagger her and thus prevent her from performing the attack. Instead of changing her action, however, she will just keep trying to perform the stealth attack over and over. If you land only one shot at a time and stay outside melee range, you can maintain this loop for about 30 seconds, because apparently her AI instructs her to enter stealth every 30 seconds or so. Therefore, at the end of this duration, she will fall back, simply to enter stealth again and repeat the cycle. If you use a greatbow, you will knock her down, and this will reset her behavior to normal. Hitting her with a Kukri also staggers her, but it would seem this counts as any melee attack as far as this issue is concerned, and she will continue as normal.
• Soldering Iron may affect her AI during the second phase, causing frequent dashes.
  • Lothric War Banner's Skill may cause similar issues.
• During the Phase Transition to Phase 2, almost all furniture in the room is destroyed except for a table by where Ariandel starts.

Legacy

• App 1.09, Regulation 1.23
  • Fixed an issue where it becomes impossible to progress further in the game because, Friede occasionally does not respawn as Blackflame Friede.

Trivia

• Father Ariandel has unused animations for using his flail on himself.

Gallery

Music

Videos

• DARK SOULS III DLCボス 修道女フリーデ ダークソウル3 076
• Sister Friede - NG+7, SL20. Gundyr's Halberd, Dagger and Great Machete.
• SL1 NG+7 +0 Weapons: Sister Friede/Father Ariandel/Blackflame Friede (No rings or buffs)

Comments

Trivia

coollion 12 Feb 2022 06:43

• Is he actually whipping himself?