Sanctuary Guardian

 is a boss and later a miniboss in Dark Souls

General Information
The Sanctuary Guardian is exclusive to the AotA DLC. It is the first boss encountered going through the time portal.

Strategy
The Sanctuary Guardian has a high lightning and magic resistance, as well as a medium fire resistance, but is weaker to physical attacks.

Attacks

 * Two Paw Swipe combo - The SG swipes with one paw, then the next.
 * Two Horn Swipe combo - The SG makes one diagonal swipe (from it's left to right) with it's head, then from the opposite side.
 * Paw Pound - The SG raises it's paw, then smacks it down.
 * Heavy Lightning Ball - The SG lowers it's head, then releases a massive ball of lightning at the target. Lightning will spread from point of impact.
 * Lightning Balls - The SG fires four lightning balls in moderately quick succession.
 * Wave of Water - The SG uses it's wings to create a wave of water, which causes a heavy drain on stamina when hit.
 * Head Charge - The SG performs a quick run up, and then thrusts it's head upwards.
 * Tail Sweep - The SG sweeps it's tail from it's right to left. Causes medium poison damage.
 * Donkey Kick - The SG kicks with it's hind legs.
 * Rotating Tail Sweep - The SG uses it's wings to rotate in a circle, sweeping it's tail as it moves. Causes heavy poison damage.
 * Swoop - The SG flys up, and then swoops down to land.
 * The SG will firstly swipe with from the right with it's paw, then attack with it's head twice (like in a normal Two Horn Swipe combo), and then finish with a left paw swipe.
 * The SG will firstly attack with it's horns, then attack with it's paws twice, and then finish with another horn swipe.
 * Flying Strafe - The SG will strafe around the target whilst flying, and will fire a heavy lightning ball at the target.
 * Overhead Lightning Ball - The SG flies over the target, releasing a heavy lightning ball at the end of it's flight.