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Where Winds Meet

Dao Lord Location and How to Beat

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Where Winds Meet Dao Lord Location and How to Beat
Dao Lord is a Campaign Boss that you can find at Kaifeng City in Where Winds Meet. Check out how to beat Dao Lord, their movesets and weaknesses, and the rewards and achievements you can claim here!

Dao Lord Boss Weakness

Dao Lord Basic Information

Dao Lord
Difficulty Weakness
★★★★★ Stonesplit

Dao Lord Best Companion

The best companion to bring with against Dao Lord would be Yuan Jin'gang due to his ability to stagger and deal huge Qi damage from a far with his Bow. He can cancel most of Dao Lord's various combos and can dish out damage from anywhere around the battlefield.

Take note to keep Dao Lord's aggro on yourself so you can prevent him from attacking Yuan Jin'gang and help him survive the boss fight. This is especially useful for the second phase since he can instantly exhaust each of the mini bosses for Execute attacks.

Dao Lord Location

Found During Chapter 2 Main Quest at Kaifeng City

In order to unlock Dao Lord, you will need to progress the Main Quest until you reach Chapter 2 Accident, where you will have to complete the Unbound Cavern campaign quest in order to progress further.

Once you have finished the quest, you can find Dao Lord's Campaign version at the Kaifeng City area in the Kaifeng region.

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How to Beat Dao Lord


Keep Your Distance and Use Ranged Attacks

We highly recommend using Ranged weapons against Dao Lord such as the Vernal Umbrella and Panacea Fan since they can safely deal damage without having to worry about getting blinded by his attacks.

Additionally, the Vernal Umbrella can also deal damage while floating in the air with its Charged Light Attack so you can avoid most of Dao Lord's melee attacks with ease.

Focus on Parrying and Use the Bow During 2nd Phase

During Dao Lord's second phase, he will split into 3 enemies with their own health bar that can all attack you simultaneously. Since you cannot damage them continuously due to their vanishing mechanic, make sure to parry the Hammer and Dagger red attacks to execute counterattacks and defeat them one by one.

Eventually, all 3 of them will submerge to the ground and pop out to attack you briefly in the air. We suggest using the Bow and shoot them with arrows as they pop out to help counter this move and shave off a small chunk of their health.

Dao Lord Moveset

All Dao Lord Phases
Phase 1 Phase 2

Phase 1 Dao Lord Moves

Moves Details
Spinning Slam
Dao Lord grabs onto the ground to spin around four times and end with a wide ranged slam that can blind you. This move can be parried and dodged when timed correctly.
Claw Flurry
Dao Lord winds up briefly to attack you with his claws five times with a slightly delayed attack at the end that can blind you. This move can be parried and dodged when timed correctly.
Blinding Sweep
Dao Lord winds up and starts performing four sweep attacks that can easily blind you on hit. This move can be parried and dodged when timed correctly.
Triple Knife Throw
Dao Lord starts throwing three projectiles in a cone in front of him up to three times. This move can be parried and dodged when timed correctly.
Dark Slam
Dao Lord immediately rushes towards you and slams with ground with a huge AoE that can blind you. This move can be parried and dodged when timed correctly.
Right-Left Claw
Dao Lord lunges towards you with his right claw and follows up with a left claw attack that can blind you. This move can be parried and dodged when timed correctly.
Dark Cross
Dao Lord briefly winds up and lunges forward to execute a two-handed claw attack that can blind you. This move can be parried and dodged when timed correctly.
Threefold Claw Combo
Dao Lord slam the ground with his claws in front of him and follows up with a delayed uppercut that can easily knock you down. This move can be parried and dodged when timed correctly.
Shallow Grab
Dao Lord charges his right claw with a gold glow to quickly grab you and slam you into the ground. This move cannot be parried and can only be dodged when timed correctly.

Phase 2 Dao Lord Moves

Moves Details
Hammer Slam
Dao Lord - Hammer starts charging up his twin hammers with a red glow and jumps towards you to hit you with a ground slam. This move can be perfect parried to trigger a counterattack and dodged when timed correctly
Dagger Thrust
Dao Lord - Dagger charges up his staff with a red glow and rushes towards you with a thrusting attack. This move can be perfect parried to trigger a counterattack and dodged when timed correctly.
Hookblade Combo
Dao Lord - Hook lunges forward to execute a spinning slash and follows up with a double uppercut slash. This move can be parried and dodged when timed correctly.
Digging Maneuver
Each Dao Lord will start burrowing underground, making them invulnerable as they circle around the arena until they jump in the air to throw projectiles at you. This move can be parried and dodged when timed correctly, and can be cancelled with Bow attacks.

Dao Lord Boss Rewards

Unbound Cavern Quest Rewards

・Skyward Pendant x1
・Rock Solid: Tome x1
・Echo Jade x50
・Kaifeng Exploration x50
・Enlightenment Points x100
・Character EXP x30000
・Coins x30000
・Medicinal Tales x1
・Oscillating Jade x5

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