Vicar Amelia Boss Guide (Tips, Tricks & Strategies)

Bloodborne players progressing through the Cathedral Ward will encounter a challenging boss fight. To defeat Vicar Amelia, they must attack her limbs.

After the success of the Dark Souls series, FromSoftware chose to venture into a horror setting with Bloodborne while maintaining its distinctive difficulty and low exposition storytelling. As epitomized in previous games, players will undoubtedly be challenged by merciless enemies that will seize on players' mistakes and test their resilience. Much like the developers' Souls series, Bloodborne presents players with magnificent and demanding boss fights which will challenge their skills, decision-making, and mental endurance.

Bloodborne's combat system is very different from Dark Souls', as it is much faster-paced and rewards aggression due to the character's ability to regain recently lost health by attacking enemies. Players will also be equipped with a firearm that can inflict damage from range or parry enemies if timed correctly. Although many large-sized bosses in Bloodborne cannot be parried, players can target their head by moving the right analog stick after locking on to damage it, which often inflicts extra damage.

Several bosses in Bloodborne have weak points that when damaged enough will "break" and cause them to stagger. These weak spots are usually the various limbs of bosses, and each has a hidden health pool that when depleted will often stun the boss and might even inhibit an attack that requires the "broken" limb. If players can do enough damage, it is often possible to stun lock bosses in Bloodborne, by "breaking" their weak points in succession and damaging them while they recover between stuns.

How to Beat Vicar Amelia in Bloodborne

Vicar Amelia is a large boss with several weak points that can be exploited to stun-lock her. Each of her legs when “broken” will have the Vicar drop to her knees, which will allow players to use R1 in front of her head to do a visceral attack for massive damage. “Breaking” any of her arms will also expose her head, which players should focus on as she will take extra damage. Amelia has a strong defense against Blunt, Arcane, and Bolt damage, and is weak to fire and the serration damage from some of Bloodborne's trick weapons like the Saw Spear.

This Bloodborne boss fight can become very easy the more damage players can dish out in a short period, so it is recommended that they upgrade their weapon to at least +3. Fire paper is an excellent item to use against Amelia due to her fire sensitivity, and will work well with serrated weapons such as the Saw Spear due to its attack speed and hidden serrated damage bonus. As soon as the fight starts, players should attempt to focus on her left arm until it "breaks" and use the stun opportunity to do the same to one of her hind legs, which will provide players with a chance to do a visceral attack. Repeat this process with the other two limbs while dodging Amelia's various sweep attacks.

If players survive this Bloodborne boss until it reaches 50% health, Amelia will begin to heal whenever players provide her with the opportunity to do so. To avoid this, players can either use Numbing Mist, do enough damage to stagger her out of it, or, ideally, do not allow her to use it in the first place by staying close to her as much as possible. Players can also use Oil and Molotovs to effectively damage Amelia should they be having trouble finishing her off. Before attempting to down her, it can be very helpful for players to do a few trial runs to learn the boss's moves, so as not to waste items on failed attempts. This tactic should be used against most bosses as it will help players, especially beginners, survive in Bloodborne.

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Bloodborne is currently available for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.