Symphony of Blades

This boss is a simple fight IF you understand the color mechanics from the rest of the dungeon. However, above all this fight is 100% built on coordination and footwork. There is NO rush and there is NO dps requirement. This fight really is ALL about mechanics!  The tank should hold the boss in the center of the room and the group should stand in a triangle formation BEHIND the boss. Never drop the taunt on that boss!

Heavy Attack – This is a very simple and obvious mechanic, the boss will hit with a large wound-up heavy attack and this MUST be blocked. If for some reason you are not the tank and the heavy attack is coming to you, time it well and DODGE roll it. Do not run away do NOT try to block, you WILL die.

AOE and Stun – This is a very simple mechanic. One player in the group will be picked at random and a spreading aoe will spawn under their feet and be connected to them. Do NOT panic, do NOT run, this is on YOU. So simply block while it pops and when it does, break from it.  Stay as still as possible and do not put it on top of your teammates. If someone else has this on them do NOT run into the aoe. Let it run its course.

SPIN! – This is very very similar to the first boss in Hel Ra, where the boss spins his swords like crazy and has an AOE showing the distance in which the spin will reach. Prior to this, you get a brief warning of the aoe spreading. Once it hits its peak it will start. Anyone caught in this spin will die unless they are a tank. Some tanks can stand still and block it, others may want to walk backward holding block to slowly kite the boss until it is over. BUT at all costs, you must NOT run through the group with this. DPS and Healers should just stay out of the spin.

Sword Throwing – The boss will channel an ability where he will look like he is hugging himself. This can be interrupted but if NOT he will throw his swords spinning out in front of him and then they will return again. This deals moderate damage and is not too much of a threat to the tank but it should be avoided by the dps and healers. If your tank is experienced in the first boss of Hel Ra, so far all of these mechanics are going to be extremely familiar and borderline identical.

THE WALL!!!– Do NOT panic! Yes, you have seen the ghost wall in fang lair and this is no different in the way that it works damage-wise…Basically, if you touch it, you die. BUT unlike Fang Lair you can KILL the ghosts! In one phase there will be two walls. One in front and one behind. Simply get your group to focus on ONE ghost and kill it, then get in the new gap to be safe and let the wall pass. The easiest option most of the time is to agree on the middle target. That way the tank really doesn’t ever have to move and you can continue as normal.

Aurorans! – During Health % stages of the boss, as well as the wall phase, the boss will go IMMUNE!  When this happens there will be 4x sow walking Aurorans coming from each corner of the room. Red, purple, yellow, blue and each one represents the damage types and effects from previous bosses.  You need to kill the Aurorans of YOUR choice before they reach the middle. Each one that REACHES the boss will dissolve and buff him with THAT effect for 40 seconds!!!

If he consumes a yellow add he will be able to apply a heal debuff to the group and a Jesus beam to the tank.
If he consumes red he will apply meteors.
If he consumes blue he will spawn ice aoes and pillars and aoe ice damage
If he consumes Purple he will spawn nasty lightning splashes.

All of these were explained in detail by other bosses but you must understand what each one does fully to fight against it.

It is not the end of the world if he gets buffed because it is time-based and if you understand the mechanics you can avoid them, BUT the more of the Aurorans you kill, the less he will be buffed and the easier it will be. However, if you can only kill one, we found the red meteor buff to be the most dangerous, so focus on the red one. Failing that, the lighting (purple one ) can also be an issue. So prioritize a target and stick to it.  This stage will happen around 80% and again at around 50-45% (depending on overlapping mechanics).

ORBS! – During the fight, the orbs from the “Dark Orb” boss will appear in the room with a random color! This is when you need to take your focus off the boss and get the orb down as fast as possible. Orb ALWAYS takes priority!! UNLESS there is a wall coming in which case, the wall first, orb second, boss last!

EXACTLY like before there are 4 types of orbs:

Yellow – These can affect the group with a healing debuffs

Blue – These cause aoe ice damage and place ice aoes on the ground which MUST be avoided however they do spawn an ice pillar in the middle of them and they can be killed with JUST a light attack. The healer will need to focus heals to anyone close to these due to the amount of aoe damage they emit.

Red – These call down meteors to each player and when they land they burst into multiple floor-based moving aoes. You must avoid the meteor and THEN get in the gaps between the scattered aoes afterward. These are tricky and must be learned to be dealt with FAST.

Purple – These cause lightning damage and can cast multiple fast-paced splashes on the ground coming from EACH player. Moving in a fast tight circle will make you avoid the damage and let them disburse but if you do not, you will get overwhelmed with damage and die fast!

THE FINAL FIGHT!!! – At 11% health and below (depending on overlapping mechanics the boss will go into the Celestial Realm and drag you down with him. His MAX health doubles and his health goes up to 50%…so basically yes, you have over 7 million health to get through.

THIS is a lot simpler than people think. It isn’t a burn fest, there is no execute mechanic or panic. You can take as long as you need to BUT there are rules!  The tank needs to taunt the boss at all times of course and keep the boss faced away from the group.  When you first spawn into the other realm the boss is so busy putting down long-ranged attacks that he in fact won’t move, so you DO have a bit of a burst moment here if you want to take advantage of it. FAILING that, save up your ultimates for the ORBS! Yes, they are coming.

The boss now has ALL 4 element-type attacks!

Radiant = 5 second heal debuff and jesus beam on the tank.
Lightning splashes = Tight circles away from people to kite your splashes away from you.
Meteors = avoid the impact and then avoid the splash from the center of them (basically get away).
Ice = kill the pillar and don’t stand in the aoe

These above all are EASIEST managed by simply spreading out and NEVER stacking. If you stack you WILL die.  WHILE all of this is happening Orbs will enter the room with a random color and these must be your 100% focus! Kill the orbs! The boss isn’t going anywhere, get them down at all costs. You can take as long as you need passively killing the boss but those orbs have got to go!

And finally (the trickiest mechanic in this fight) the walls are back…they are smaller walls, so you can run AROUND them rather than killing the ghosts, but you are going to get  LOADS of them coming from many different directions.  If you hang on the edges too much or in a corner you run a massive risk of them spawning where you are standing so do NOT hug the edges!  When the walls come in, keep an eye on the orbs and kill them, keep an eye on the mechanics to avoid them, keep damage on the boss, STAY spread out, AND walk around the walls.

This takes a lot of focus and ZERO panic. If you panic you will die.  Again to repeat, there is NO rush. Take your time, avoid the walls, and keep doing what you are doing until that boss is dead.  Stacking, overburning without looking, and panic will kill you all!

Focus! And GOOD LUCK!