Summoner

Summoners are Sorcerer-type bosses. They are magicians who can be fought at the end of a level. They can first be seen in Level 5.

Appearance
Summoners are levitating pale-skinned magicians who wear a skirt and wield a magic staff of sorts. Armored Summoners will also wear a frightening skull mask and unbreakable armpads, in addition to what they previously wear, making them look more like participants of a Day of the Dead festival. The mask can be broken when the Summoner is stunned.

Attacks

 * Golem: Whenever a Summoner arrives to challenge you, he will use his magic to turn a pile of rocks into an animated golem, armed with a club. The Golem will attack you with diagonal club swipes and a magic punch.  Parry off the Golem's club attacks and step away from its magic pounding attack, while attacking the Golem itself.  You need to attack and destroy the Golem before being able to fight the Summoner.
 * Staff Attack: Once the Golem is destroyed, the Summoner will come over to fight you himself. He will attack by spinning around and swinging his staff sideways, alternating between right and left swipes.  Sometimes, he may reset this simple two-state attack cycle by taking a brief retreat.
 * Magic Blast: Sometimes, the Summoner may float away from you and launch a ball of energy towards you. Time your dodge to avoid getting hit.

Advice
Summoners always summon a Golem at the start of the fight. The Golem's club swing can always be parried to the right or left side. Once you get rid of the Golem, Summoners pose no challenge due to their highly limited and rather predictable moveset (always start with a right-side attack, then a left-side one). Just keep unloading left and right sword swipes to block off his attacks and hope you will be able to cut down the Summoner before he conjures another Golem to stop you. You can also try to stop the Summoner from conjuring another Golem and deal more damage by using a Life Stone to stun him, before hitting him with multiple right swipes so that you won\'t be caught off guard by his recovery. Besides that, a strong blade can best make short work of a Summoner. Be aware that if you allow the Summoner to conjure multiple Golems, the amount of points you'll earn for beating the Summoner will decrease dramatically, hurting your chances of achieving three relics in a level. You can also deal serious damage to a Golem by watching for and executing a up-right Power Strike that may occasionally be possible when the Golem attempts a magic attack.