Phase One: Hunter vs. Hunter
The first half of the fight is a fairly standard Hunter encounter. Lady Maria is ridiculously fast and has a very long range with her lunges and sweeps. For the first 25% of her health, the trick is to stay by her left side (your right if you’re facing her) because it’s harder for her to hit you from that side. Let her swing, then dodge to her side to deliver 2-3 hits, then start to dodge again.
After she loses that 25%, she will begin to use the Hunter’s Bone ability, which makes her disappear as she dodges and provides her a much larger dodge range. You can still use the “stick to her left” technique, but you may also want to stun her with your firearm (your fastest firing gun would be best, I personally used the starting pistol). Once she lifts her blades up, fire. She’s surprisingly easy to stun in the beginning, so it doesn’t really matter which attack you try to interrupt. Just make sure to shoot quickly so you can get that Visceral Attack in.
Continue this pattern until she hits half health. There is no need to waste any of your fire supplies during the first half, since this is relatively easy compared to what comes next. Hold onto them so you can shorten the time you’ll have to deal with her new special abilities.
