The Maskless One has to face many optional bosses on his journey inEnotria: The Last Song. Some of these optional bosses require additional effort to find and may reward you generously for defeat.
Maja, Goddess of Life and Death is one of the optional bosses that you can encounter in Chapter 1. Defeating this boss is important as she is one of the NPCs that can join you in the Theater of the Masks hub upon defeat and is tied to several optional quests that can pay off incredible rewards, which can be extremely useful on your journey as the Maskless One.
Where To Find Maja, Goddess Of Life And Death
Defeating Maja requires you to battle againstVermiglio, The Red Prior, and Zanni, The First Mask. After you’ve defeatedZanni, The First Mask, and gained entry to theTheatre of the Masks hub,you canhead to Maja’s chamber to find the Sacrificial Knife key item.
you may find Maja’s chamber by going right from the Theater of the Mask Knot. Her chamber resembles the Monastery of Maja area and is the first room you’ll come across in the hallway to the right.
After you’veobtained the key item, head to the Crimson Cloister area,the Monastery of Maja in Chapter 1.
Accessing this area requires you to find theKey to the Crimson Cloisterwhich can be found near theMelancholic Outlook Knot.
Once you have the key, you canhead to the Crimson Cloister areato battle against Vermiglio, The Red Prior.
After defeating the boss, if you arecarrying the Sacrificial Knifekey item, you will be able to interact with thestatue of Maja at the end of the hall, allowing you to travel to the Old Sanctuary, where you’ll find Maja, Goddess of Life and Death.
Maja, Goddess Of Life And Death’s Attacks
Maja hits incredibly hard, but if you’ve fought the other bosses in Chapter 1 so far, you will be able to manage just fine. Despite hitting hard, Maja is quite easy tostagger with a greatsword weaponand takes increased damage from the Gratia elementdue to her affinity with the Fatuo element.
Due to a variety of attacks that are either difficult or impossible to parry, you will have to resort to dodging and moving around a lotduring this boss battle.
How To Avoid
Rapid Fire Orbs Of Fatuo
Maja unleashesseveral magical projectiles, one after the other, in quick succession.
These orbscan be parried, but you have to be extremely precise with the timing because if you fail to parry one, you might get hit by the rest. The easiest way to avoid this attack is tosprint to the side.
Fountain Of Maja
If she summons her staff during the first half of the fight, it is either going to be this attack or the Blast of Maja. In this attack, Maja summons afountain of Fatuo energy three times from the ground. Getting hit by the fountain will knock you down and if you do not immediately get up, you will get hit by the second attack, and most likely die.
You can see thered spot on the ground rightbefore the fountain is about to erupt.Dodge in any directionafter you’ve seen the red spot on the ground to avoid the fountain. Do it three times to completely avoid this attack.
Blast Of Maja
This attack comes out after a short delay. Maja will unleash ablast of Fatuo energy, that covers a small area around her. After the blast, the area will be covered in red smoke for a while.
During the delay before the attack,move away or dodge to the backto avoid getting hit by this attack. The red smoke doesn’t deal any damage.
Shockwaves Of Maja
Maja will hold her staff inboth of her hands and raise it thrice, unleashing three shockwaves of Fatuo energy on the ground. The shockwaves cover the entire arena.
If you get hit by one of these shockwaves, it becomes extremely difficult to avoid the rest. The best way to deal with this attack is tocreate some distance and jump over each shockwaveto avoid all damage.
Beam Swipe
Like Vermiglio, The Red Prior, Maja also has a beam attack. You can recognize this attack where she creates an orb of Fatuo energy between her hands. Maja willoften swipe the beam to her left.
This attack is incredibly difficult to avoid perfectly. You can trydodging to your left to try to avoid itsince she swipes the beam to your right. However, you might still get hit by the initial straight-beam attack.
Giant Orb Of Maja
Maja summons agiant orb of Fatuo energy and raises it above her head. The orb sends out several projectiles in Maskless One’s direction, before crashing down on the player by itself and dealing Fatuo damage in the AOE.
The simplest way to avoid this attack is tosprint to your back and dodge repeatedlyto avoid the wave-like projectile attacks, and then sprint away to avoid the giant orb.
How To Defeat Maja, Goddess Of Life And Death
While some of Maja’s attacks are quite difficult to avoid perfectly, defeating her is rather easy if you don’t let her attack you at all. Using aMask Line or the heavy attack of a greatsword or any colossal weaponcan immediately interrupt Maja, stopping her from attacking you.
Maja willmostly keep walking around, throwingattacks once in a while.She doesn’t pressure you like some other bosses in the game, and her moveset isn’t as huge.
Keep interrupting her with a heavy attackto fill her Unraveling bar andonce she becomes Unraveled, you can use your Finishing Attackto deal a considerable amount of damage.
Using a greatsword weapon that deals Gratia damage, such as the Blessed Rapier is a good choice in this boss battle. Furthermore, Mask Lines that inflict Gratia damage, such as Meteoric Impact, can also be extremely useful.
Make sure yourweapon is at least +5so you’re able to deal enough damage to her with your attacks.Putting at least 20 points in the Bruiser’s Virtueis also recommended since it allows you to endure a couple of her attacks without dying.
Due to most of her attacksinflicting Wicked, Maja will be able toheal herself with every attackthat she’s able to land on you. You will have tokeep an eye on the status effectand ensure you also have enough healing to last the entire fight.
Equipping the Guise of Zanni, which grants you extraArmonia charges, and using theInner Abundance perkthat heals you for casting a Mask Line are some of the options that you may use toincrease your survivability.
Rewards For Defeating Maja, Goddess Of Life And Death
Defeating Maja, Goddess of Life and Death, rewards you with aShard of Dear Memory and a Blazing Efestite Geode, alongside 66,712 Memoria.
Once you have defeated Maja, she will later appear in her chamber inside the Theater of the Masks where you found the Sacrificial Knife Key Item, and you will be able to continue her questline.
