Mina the Hollower hooked me, cementing its hold during a fight with a giant animated statue called the Duchess. Mastering the hammer's charged swings, I depleted her first health bar, forcing her to sprout tentacles that burrowed under the arena floor before erupting where I stood. I died a few times, but by the fourth or fifth try, I grasped her patterns. I read her tells, strafing and dodging instead of squaring up, landing charged hits when s…