They are often encountered in thin areas such as bridges, where they can be lured into corner attacks. They can easily be dodged, leaving them open to a flank attack or a frontal attack as they finish their attack and are left open during their cool down. Spearmen attack only with thrust attacks which deal significant amounts of fire damage. Notably, they run quickly for their size and do not suffer a movement penalty in the poison swamp. Although relatively slow on the attack, one blow from the club is usually enough to instantly kill a lightly-armored character, especially in Soul Form. Giants are around twice as tall as other Depraved Ones and carry clubs. They may drop Old Spice or chunks of Faintstone upon death. They are often well-guarded by other Depraved Ones. Shamans are unarmed, relying on casting Poison Cloud at the player. They may drop Crescent Moon Grass or shards of Faintstone upon death. They are notably weak to slash and fire damage but effectively immune to poison and plague. There is a second type of knife-wielder whose attacks inflict plague, and are denoted by a black cloud of flies buzzing around their bodies. They may also use a sudden charging attack which does negligible damage but pushes the player several steps backward if not blocked, potentially into a pool of toxic water or off a high cliff.

Knife-wielders have erratic but relatively slow attacks, including a wild, jerking flurry of slashes, a well-telegraphed stab into the ground, and a limp-armed dual horizontal slash. There are four primary types: knife-wielders, shamans, giants, and spearmen. The depraved ones will cut down any human they find, hoping to offer their souls to the corrupt saint, Maiden Astraea. The moans and wails of the depraved can be heard throughout the valley, serving as a grim warning to those who would intrude in their horrific sanctuary. The Depraved ones were once people, but discarded into the Valley of Defilement, living in putrid disease and decay, they are every bit as horrific as the valley itself. Shambling, pained and horrifically disfigured. Stats are sourced from Atlus's Official Demon's Souls Guideĭepraved One are enemies in Demon's Souls.

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