Banished

The Banished are enemies that only appear in the Morass of the Banished. They were introduced with the Bad Seed DLC.

Behavior
The Banished always spawn in pairs. Most of the time, they will be hiding in the ceiling and drop down and ambush the player when you are between them. At close range, it will do a melee range stab or charge at the player if they are further away.

Strategy
What makes the Banished challenging are that they will wait on the ceiling to ambush you and they always come in pairs. While one charging Banished may be easy to dodge, having both charge at you from both directions can make dodging tricky and parrying not viable. The hitbox on their charge attack lasts a fairly long time and aren't stopped by walls, making encounters in small areas more dangerous.

Prevent the Banished from ambushing you from watching the ceiling. You will be better able to dodge them if you can see them coming. Once they drop down, dash towards one of them and roll behind or jump over their charge attack, giving you time and space to dodge the other. Better yet, retreat to a different platform if you see them about to charge. If you're caught in the middle with no room to escape, you can try jumping over both of them at the center distance between them.