Do the opposite if you need time to heal. In here if he lunges he will not fly away. Try to keep your back turned to the fog or the brazier. When you see him get down go to the side and if you can out of his way, since its the lunge attack. When you see him get up and raising an arm simply walk back and when he punches the ground counter with a single swing. Rolling will end badly if poorly done so try to block or dodge by running (not sprinting). Pretty much the same thing as the shield strategy.Note that this is a one-on-one strategy which assumes that you have taken out the first Maneater using the fog gate glitch.If he connects he will barely hurt you at all, even on NG+ and beyond. If you want to make the fight easier just cast Warding. A decent shield and sensible stamina management will negate all of his physical attacks. The biggest danger to your health is the environment, so play it safe and only dodge as a last resort. Rolling around to dodge his attacks is asking for trouble.It's a matter of weighing your options: If you can reliably interrupt a Maneater as it starts power-boosting, you may prefer having to do that and dodge Soul Arrows now and then rather than run a greater risk of having two Maneaters attack you at the same time. As long as one keeps moving, the Soul Arrow attacks are easily heard and avoided, and a Maneater with its tail cut off will be more eager to mob you and use its melee attacks, including the dreaded pounce. Note that if you've already caught both Maneaters' attention, it may be to your advantage to try to avoid cutting off their tails.This will usually cause one to fly away again so you can return to the relative safe-zone and continue wearing them down. If they both land at the same time and charge the central area with the brazier, it's best to run down the stairs for a minute. Many players have died from repeated rushes by both Maneaters.

Try not to get it so they will start double attacking you. The strategy only changes in that you should focus on burning down the one you've been damaging because trying to split your damage will just lead to your death. The real fun comes when he spawns a second Maneater.The brazier is very helpful in that you can attack almost through the edge of it with some weapons without exposing yourself as much as a direct attack would. You can dodge this reasonably easily, or just keep the central brazier between you and it.

It can and will hit you through it with its ground-based lunging attack, so be careful. This brazier will shield you from its melee and magic attacks.

Immediately upon entering the area, run past Maneater to the platform with a large brazier in the middle.

Be careful not to fall or be knocked off the edge because it's very easy to. If you try to melee both at the same time, you will be toast in no time.

For beginners, the trick to successful meleeing is to separate the two Maneaters.

Meleeing the Maneaters requires strategy, skill, and patience.

Maneater map