Halflight, Spear of the Church is a boss fight in Dark Souls 3 that is available in The Ringed City DLC. Halflight is a human that you will face early on in the second DLC of the game. As you enter the arena, you will see Judicator Argo, an NPC that you can kill to initiate the main fight.
The boss is quite different from other fights because its difficulty scales depending on whether or not you are facing Halflight or a Phantom. Two Guardians also spawn during the fight to aid the boss. Here is all you need to know about Halflight, Spear of the Church.
Halflight, Spear Of The Church Overview
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Halflight, Spear of the Church is located inside a church in The Ringed City. The fight is not optional if you are aiming to complete the DLC, but it is not mandatory when trying to complete the game.
After dying, Judicator Argo will summon a Guardian to fight. Killing Argo is not necessary, as you can wait out his speech. After his speech ends, he will disappear and summon the boss.
If you are playing offline, then Halflight, Spear of the Church, will be summoned. If you are playing online, there is a chance an online player will be summoned, making the fight ten times harder, as any player is more skillful than the AI boss.
The criteria for the players being summoned is whoever has Spear of the Church Covenant equipped.
Unbreakable Patches can be summoned for this fight only if you have completed Lapp's questline.
Defeating the boss will give you 80,000 Souls, a Titanite Slab, and Filianore's Spear Ornament.
Halflight, Spear Of The Church Attacks
Halflight, Spear of the Church, has several attacks that you need to learn. He also has Guardians aiding him throughout the fight.
Strategy
As you enter the arena, you will see Judicator Argo in the distance. While Argo is talking, you have enough time to buff yourself if you want to. You can kill him, but fighting him is pointless because if you take hits, you will need to use an Estus Flask to heal for the real fight, which would be a waste.
Once the first Guardian is summoned, the battle will begin. As the Guardian is rising, you can be beside him and wait for him to stand up. Once he does that, you can unleash multiple hits on him, breaking his poise and dealing enough damage that he goes down or is quite low. After a while, Halflight will be summoned.
The Guardian needs to be taken care of before facing Halflight so that the former does not heal the boss multiple times.
Most of Halflight's attacks are easy to dodge. He acts as a normal NPC and will not fight aggressively. An attack to watch out for is his Ritual Spears which can block your path, allowing Halflight and the Guardian to deal damage to you from afar using their ranged attacks. After Halflight loses 50 percent of his health, another Guardian will be summoned to aid the boss. Deal with the Guardian first, then focus on Halflight.
Try to separate both of them when fighting one so that Guardian's heal range doesn't reach Halflight.
Whenever Halflight sheathes his sword, try to get away from him as he will use one of two attacks, both of which are deadly up close. You can use the pillars in the arena if you ever have the need to use an Estus Flask. Do not try to heal in the open, as the boss's Katana can do serious damage to you.
For ranged players using Pyromancy or Sorcery, the strategy is the same. Dealing with the Guardian takes first priority. Staying away from the Halflight to cast spells will allow you to avoid most of his Katana attacks. However, the boss will try to spam the leaping slash, which is an attack to look out for.