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### Description --- Half man, half cobra, with four arms quad-wielding spiral swords. They can do melee and ranged lightning attacks. In Sen's Fortress they make it difficult to navigate the small pathways while trying to avoid the swinging blades. ### Location --- **Sen's Fortress** At strategic locations inside the fortress. Mostly facing narrow bridges so that they can harass you while you're on the bridge.

Playthrough	HP	Souls
New Game	290	500
NG+	530	1,500
NG+6	663	1,875

**The Duke's Archives** At the floor with the alarm mechanism (a floor above the Pisacas), with the two Serpent Soldiers.

Playthrough	HP	Souls
New Game	362	2,000
NG+	569	4,000
NG+6	711	5,000

### Drops --- Flamberge (2% drop rate) ### Attacks --- - Devour - a devastating attack that deals massive damage. The serpent mage raises her head and lashes forward to devour the player's head. - Lightning projectile - mostly used when at a distance. Throws lightning bolt at the player. Slow and easily avoided as long as you have room to dodge. Deals purely magic damage. - Attack frenzy - attack with all four weapons. Build up bleed when hit. Try to dodge, but can be deflected with a medium shield. - Spit attack- rare use and only if the player is at mid to close range. ### Weakness --- Lightning, even though they themselves use lightning attacks. Note that though these appear as lightning, they do magic damage. ### Strategy --- #### Melee --- Rush them before they fire lightning bolts at you. Dodge their attacks, then hit hard with a lightning weapon. In New Game Plus, four quick stabs with a Lightning Spear +5 take these down. They stagger if you land enough attacks in a row. #### Ranged (Bow & Arrow) --- The size of their heads makes it easy to headshot them continuously and put them in a stun-lock until they die.