Ancient Dragon Senessax
45,551 HP at Jagged Peak · Jagged Peak Summit, with the area's scaling applied. It takes the most damage from Pierce and the least from Lightning.
- HP (NG)
- 45,551
- HP in NG+7
- 67,042
- Stance
- 120
- Weakest to
- Pierce 10%
- Resists most
- Lightning 80%
- Nearest grace
- Jagged Peak Summit
Where you fight it
Its stats where it stands, with that area's scaling (first playthrough, offline).
Jagged Peak
Jagged Peak Summit
- HP
- 45,551
- NG+7 HP
- 67,042
- Stance
- 120
- Weakest to
- Pierce 10%
- Resists most
- Lightning 80%
Negation, defense and status buildup
Damage negation
Flat defense
Physical 125 · Magic 125 · Fire 125 · Lightning 125 · Holy 125
Status buildup to proc
| Status | 1st proc | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison | 734 | 1,024 | 1,481 | 1,481 |
| Scarlet Rot | 734 | 1,024 | 1,481 | 1,481 |
| Bleed | 734 | 1,024 | 1,481 | 1,481 |
| Frost | 734 | 1,024 | 1,481 | 1,481 |
| Sleep | Immune | |||
| Madness | Immune | |||
| Death Blight | Immune | |||
HP in each journey
- NG45,551
- +147,887
- +252,676
- +355,070
- +457,464
- +562,253
- +664,648
- +767,042
Rewards
Once per playthrough, on its defeat.
Other bosses in Jagged Peak
- Bayle the Dread 41,612 HP
How Ancient Dragon Senessax fights
At Jagged Peak · Jagged Peak Summit, its toughest placement: 45,551 HP.
Phases by HP exact
- It checks its HP at 85%, 60% when it chooses what to do.
Attacks partly traced
The attacks it picks on its own, most used first. Damage is the attack power of its strongest hit at this placement, before your defense and negation.
| Attack | Parry | Block | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-hit combo + 5 projectiles7 hits · first hit after 1.6 s | No | Yes | 1,226physical |
| 2-hit combo2 hits · first hit after 1.9 s | No | Yes | 881physical |
| 2 projectiles (1)2 hits · first hit after 3.7 s | No | Yes | 1,226fire |
| Single hit + projectile (1)2 hits · first hit after 2.1 s | No | Yes | 1,436862 physical · 574 lightning |
| Single hit + 4 projectiles (1)5 hits · first hit after 1.9 s | No | Yes | 881physical |
| Single hit + projectile (2)2 hits · first hit after 1.8 s | No | Yes | 1,226physical |
| Single hit (1)1 hit · first hit after 4.9 s | No | Yes | 1,226physical |
| Single hit (2)1 hit · first hit after 2.8 s | No | Yes | 1,226physical |
| Single hit (3)1 hit · first hit after 3.8 s | No | Yes | 1,226physical |
| Single hit (4)1 hit · first hit after 1.1 s | No | Yes | 881physical |
| Single hit + 2 projectiles3 hits · first hit after 4.8 s | No | Yes | 1,302lightning |
| Projectile (1)1 hit · first hit after 3.2 s | No | Yes | 1,226fire |
| Projectile (2)1 hit · first hit after 5.0 s | No | Yes | 1,226fire |
| 2 projectiles (2)2 hits · first hit after 1.3 s | No | Yes | 881lightning |
| 2 projectiles (3)2 hits · first hit after 1.7 s | No | Yes | 881lightning |
| Single hit + projectile (3)2 hits · first hit after 1.9 s | No | Yes | 1,034physical |
| Single hit + 5 projectiles (1)6 hits · first hit after 1.7 s | No | Yes | 1,034physical |
| Single hit + 4 projectiles (2)5 hits · first hit after 1.3 s | No | Yes | 881physical |
| Single hit (5)1 hit · first hit after 2.0 s | No | Yes | 1,034physical |
| Single hit (6)1 hit · first hit after 5.9 s | No | Yes | 1,379lightning |
| Projectile (3)1 hit · first hit after 2.9 s | No | Yes | 689lightning |
9 more attacks it chains after another one
| Attack | Parry | Block | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single hit + 5 projectiles (2)6 hits · first hit after 1.3 s · after 2-hit combo + 5 projectiles and Single hit + 4 projectiles (1) or 2 more | No | Yes | 881physical |
| Single hit + projectile (4)2 hits · first hit after 5.4 s · after 2 projectiles (2) | No | Yes | 1,302lightning |
| Single hit + projectile (5)2 hits · first hit after 6.0 s · after 2 projectiles (2) | No | Yes | 1,379lightning |
| Single hit + projectile (6)2 hits · first hit after 1.2 s | No | Yes | 1,302lightning |
| Single hit + projectile (7)2 hits · first hit after 1.5 s | No | Yes | 1,302lightning |
| Single hit + projectile (8)2 hits · first hit after 1.8 s · after Single hit + projectile (4) | No | Yes | 1,302lightning |
| Single hit + projectile (9)2 hits · first hit after 1.6 s · after Single hit + projectile (4) | No | Yes | 1,302lightning |
| Single hit + projectile (10)2 hits · first hit after 2.4 s · after Single hit + projectile (4) | No | Yes | 1,302lightning |
| Single hit + 4 projectiles (3)5 hits · first hit after 1.3 s · after Single hit + projectile (3) | No | Yes | 881physical |
Parry: whether a parry works on it (for combos, which hits). Block: whether a shield stops it; grabs go through. Its moveset also names 2 animations its model doesn't have; they aren't listed.
Attack choice by distance the boss's own
How often it opens with each attack at each range, from its main weight tables (it switches between 2 sets of tables by state; the main one is shown).
- 2-hit combo + 5 projectiles
- 2-hit combo
- 2 projectiles (1)
- Other attacks and moves
Show as a table
| Distance | Most likely picks |
|---|---|
| under 5 m | 2-hit combo + 5 projectiles 50% · 2-hit combo 33% · 2 projectiles (1) 17% |
| 5–15 m | 2-hit combo + 5 projectiles 50% · 2-hit combo 33% · 2 projectiles (1) 17% |
- Attacks
- 30
- With a cooldown
- 13 5–60 s
- Walk in before attacking
- 11 from up to 20 m
What hurts it most
- Pierce10% +38%
- Standard35%
- Slash35% ±0
- Strike35% ±0
- Magic40% −8%
- Fire40% −8%
- Holy40% −8%
- Lightning80% −69%
Negation (lower lets more through), and how much more or less damage that type deals than Standard does.
Status procs to kill it
| Status | 1st proc | HP per proc | Procs to kill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bleed | 734 | 6,933 | 79,163 buildup |
| Frost | 734 | 4,585 | 1013,606 buildup |
| Poison | 734 | 3,500 | 1419,530 buildup |
| Scarlet Rot | 734 | 8,729 | 67,682 buildup |
From full HP with that status alone; thresholds grow after each proc. Frostbite's extra 20% damage taken isn't counted.
Weapons that hit it hardest
Attack rating that gets through its negations at max upgrade with every stat at 50, best affinity per weapon (flat defense left out). Try your own build in the build planner →
Attacks, their hits, parry and block, grabs and damage are the boss's own; so is when it picks them. Attack names follow the names players commonly use; the rest are described from their hits.
Video: Ancient Dragon Senessax
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