Introduction

In order to gain access to Taedal’s Tower floor 9 you must be level 30 and have completed floor eight. On this floor you will encounter the Dancing Giant Butcher. This boss is very agile and quick. He constantly moves around the arena, and utilized ranged throwing daggers as his weapon of choice. He also loves to chase you down and attack you will a flurry of melee attacks.

This guide will tell you everything you need to know in order to be successful on Taedal’s Tower floor 9 and progress to the next floor. For more general information about Taedal’s Tower you can check our Taedal’s guide here.

Abilities & Mechanics

The Dancing Giant Butcher is arguably the trickiest boss up to this point in the Tower encounters. As all the other encounters make sure you’re on the lookout for the purple circles. Time the blocks in order to land a perfect block to avoid the ability.

The Giant Butcher has quite a lot of health, and his attacks hit very hard. You need to pay close attention to his movements. Utilize your stun and other CC effects appropriately in order to prevent some of his attacks from happening, and give yourself windows of opportunity to deal damage. This can also buy yourself some time to heal up so that you can continue to engage.

Ranged or melee can be effective against the butcher. However, if you’re melee just be aware of the ranged attacks. Make sure you can close the gap to stun or continue to deal damage. The boss has several abilities to be aware of as follows:

• Dash – The Dancing Giant Butcher will dash / teleport toward you. He will then follow up with a stab attack. He will teleport behind you landing a backstab to be prepared. This ability can be blocked by timing the purple perfect block circle.
• Ranged Flurry – The boss will yell “Death, Eternal Death” and the he will ensue a throwing several projectiles towards you. The projectiles can be blocked with a perfect block.

Rewards

Reward	Quantity
Rare Armor Growthstone	2
Rare Weapon Growthstone	1
Rare Accessory Growthstone	1
Recovery Crystal	10
Coins	12,182
Experience	17,877

The rewards can only be obtained one time.

All Floors

Floor	Boss	Level
1	Charging Gatekeeper	15
2	Rushing Queen Spider	17
3	Screams and a Healing Song	19
4	Spinning Goblins	20
5	Warrior’s Cry	22
6	Finding the Piton in the Flames	24
7	The Bound	26
8	Poisons, Explosion, and Detox Herbs	28
9	Dance of the Flashing Sword	30
10	Commander’s Shadow Strike	35
11	Maze of Death	36
12	Answers in the Sand	37
13	Drop! Lightning! Destroy!	38
14	Out of Sight	39
15	Stealers and Retrievers	40
16	Precise Moment	41
17	Unbreakable Shield of Cooperation	42
18	Swirling Firestorm	43
19	Reaching for Higher	44
20	Revenge and Resurrection	45