Dauntless - Behemoth Guide

This is a strategy guide for the Embermane Behemoth in Dauntless, a kill-boss-monster free-to-play game available from the Epic Games Store. We cover various Behemoths in our Dauntless Behemoth Strategy Guide.

Attack Phases

Charge

Typically starts combat by charging from afar. Depending on your weapon and timing, you can Interrupt it. Otherwise, just Dodge aside and after a couple of Charges it will tire and be briefly vulnerable.

You do not have to hit it right on the head to Interrupt a Charge.
Stronger Embermanes (the not-Lesser ones) sometimes stop short instead of running into your Interrupt attack.

After a few long-Charge attempts, Lesser Embermanes mostly just stand there and rest but Embermanes start to run around and do shorter Charges. Enraged Embermanes can also thrash about very quickly, which can buffet you for damage. Just keep moving and wait for them to switch to their next attack phase.

Long Range Fire Attacks (Embermanes)

The stronger visibly fiery Embermanes use fire. When they run away for distance, usually they will start with fire before eventually trying for a charge.
Run toward them to close the gap quickly. When they start this sequence, they typically do not move around or change their sequence, so if you can get there quickly, you can position yourself and attack them from the side.
They start with a wide spray of fireballs. If you are far enough you can run between them, but otherwise you need to dodge through.
Then they drop fireballs around them, which can pool on the ground. If you step into a pool you will be on-fire and take periodic damage.

Stand your ground when an Embermane charges. It moves fast, but will always come to you. Wait for your moment and interrupt it just before it strikes.
When its horn is broken, the Embermane leaks blaze energy and deals more fire damage.
If the Embermane doesn't begin a charge after dashing away, prepare for either a wall of rolling flame or bombardment by fireballs of pure blaze. Roll through the fire if you can't get out of the way.

The Sporestruck Embermane is a climber, and satisfies that urge by creating floating stones out of thin terra. It then leaps from stone to stone until reaching a satisfactory height from which to drop on Slayers like a ton of not-quite-figurative bricks.
Where the Embermane is fond of sending jets of flame and meteoric fireballs at vulnerable Slayers, the so-called "Terramane" will send a wave of powerful terra through the ground itself, spurring spires of terra archonite to erupt from the earth, then slam together to crush anything (or any Slayer) unfortunate enough to still be standing between them.