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Sandstorm Temple

By: Shadovv

Guidance Video by Licod Games

Rukesh was once a monk of the Ajanara Monastery with endless potential, but soon acquired a thirst for the dark arts and transcended beyond his mortal limits. Ashamed of this travesty, the monks sealed the evil Rukesh and his fanatic followers within the Sandstorm Temple, but over time the seal has waned…

Onubek:

HP: 150,400,000 (Normal) / 470,000,000 (Hard)

Enrage: 9:00

CC Bars: 2x

Attack Pattern:

1. 180 degree frontal quadruple swipes, blockable, 2nd and 4th hits inflict Daze.
2. Linear sand breath, unblockable.
3. 180 degree frontal double swipes, blockable, 2nd hit inflicts Daze.
4. Slams the ground, creating an AoE under him which slowly expands outward into rings two times, all unblockable, all inflicting aerial. Getting hit by this even if iframed inflicts the “Singe” debuff for 60 seconds dealing 1,666 damage per two seconds and stacks up to 10 times.
5. Punches forward, then behind it, then forward again, all linear, unblockable, and causes knockback.

If the tank is too far, the boss will dash grab them, then slam them into the ground and stomp, both creating unblockable AoEs. The grab cannot be iframed.

Sand Trap (80%/30% Normal | 90%/60%/30% Hard):

The boss jumps to the center of the room, creating an unblockable AoE slam with knockback, and then releases an expanding shockwave with knockback and can be jumped over. He then pounds the ground eight times, each creating six unblockable AoE eruptions at random spots that inflicts aerial and Singe.

After the ground pounds, a message warns “Onubek tries to catch someone in a Sand Trap” and he will fire a beam at the farthest person, this chains up to two other nearby players and applies “Annihilation” up to three times; getting two stacks of Annihilation is instant death, so everyone should huddle under the boss to share this. The boss will then do a 5-hit field-wide AoE stomp that can be interrupted with 2x CC, otherwise it deals massive damage in Normal or instantly killing in Hard. Afterwards, the boss then does a 2-hit field-wide AoE that applies “Engrave”, the boss will gain the “Hourglass” buff, all players without Annihilation receive “Immobile” and become immobilized but are immune to damage for 25 seconds and on expiration deals massive damage in Normal or instantly killing in Hard, and all players with Annihilation gets converted to “Aftereffect” that lasts for 50 seconds; in subsequent phases if you receive Annihilation while under the effects of Aftereffect you will instantly die (although this is technically impossible to occur).

The boss will then create a either a central AoE and outer ring or a middle ring in a random order, then a field-wide AoE, all unblockable and the rings applies Singe even if iframed to players without Sand Trap. He will do this three times in total, and is CCable on all of these attacks. The boss’s Hourglass buff will disappear during one of these attacks, as soon as this happens players need to apply 2x Knockdown, if you take too long he will regain Hourglass. On successful knockdown without Hourglass, he will then do a get-up attack that removes Immobile and converts everyone’s Engrave into “Self-Defense Chi” for 35 seconds; CCing with Hourglass will cause nothing to happen. After the three attacks, the boss conjures an energy sphere and does a 5-hit ground pound; without Self-Defense Chi it does massive but iframable damage in Normal or wipes the party in Hard. After the fifth pound, he will be damaged by 5% of his max HP and become exhausted for a few seconds.

Destroy All Targets (55% Normal | Post-30% Hard):

The boss jumps to the center of the room, creating an unblockable AoE, and then releases an expanding shockwave. A message warns “Onubek aims to destroy all targets” and the boss performs a field-wide unblockable/uniframable vacuum and then one of two attacks:

• Slams the ground four times, creating three rings around him and then an outer ring, all inflict aerial.
• Releases four field-wide AoE slams, the final hit does massive but iframable damage in Normal or wipes the party in Hard. Can be interrupted with 2x CC, if the party consists of at least four people who aren’t Assassins, Summoners, and Warlocks you can respond to the vacuum with Second Wind Daze, otherwise Retreat (F Roll).

After these attacks, he will then throw linear unblockable energy waves that leave a damaging field at the two farthest people.

After this, the boss will return to his normal patterns in Normal, or perform the Sand Trap mechanic in Hard.

If the boss is pushed into the HP threshold for Sand Trap, he will completely skip over the Destroy All Targets mechanic.

Rukesh:

HP: 197,440,000 (Normal) / 617,000,000 (Hard)

Enrage: 7:00

CC Bars: 2x

Attack Pattern:

1. 180 degree frontal double swipes, blockable.
2. Double linear ground pound into a 240 degree side swipe inflicting knockback, all blockable, the swipe causes knockback and knockdown. The direction of the sweep is based on the arm used in the second ground pound; for example if he uses his right arm he will swipe to the left. The blindspot of the swipe is located at the front side of the boss near the second ground pound arm.
3. 180 degree frontal double swipes.
4. 300 degree frontal swipe with a blindspot directly behind him, then a linear front and rear push that knockback, all unblockable, all detonate Blood Serpent; Assassin’s/Summoner’s Protection Decoy/Enhanced Seed Shroud can protect against both hits.
5. Creates a sand fissure in an outer and then inner ring, both unblockable and inflicts aerial. Getting hit by this even if iframed inflicts the “Blood Serpent” debuff for 30 seconds, dealing 760 damage per second and detonating for significant damage when hit by certain AoE attacks and stacks up to 10 times.
6. Linear uppercut, blockable, inflicts aerial.

If the tank is too far, the boss will perform a 4-hit field-wide unblockable ground pounds, the last hit causes pushback and daze, and all hits detonate Blood Serpent.

Mystic Force (80%/30% Normal | 90%/60%/30% Hard):

A message warns “Rukesh creates a Glyph to unlock Mystic Force” and the boss performs a 3-hit field-wide unblockable AoE bursts. The boss then gains the “Unlock Mystic Power” buff as glyphs on the ground illuminate a number of circles:

• 80% Normal / 90% Hard: 2
• 30% Normal / 60% Hard: 4
• 30% Hard: 6

The boss then does his 300 degree frontal swipe and linear front and rear push, and the outer-inner fissures. A message warns “Rukesh searches for a target to Judge” and marks the two farthest people, then performs a 4-hit field-wide unblockable AoE ground pounds with the last hit causing pushback and daze and all hits detonating Blood Serpent, Force Master’s/Destroyer’s Frost Sheath/Iron Plating can reliably iframe this. He will then grab the farthest marker from the start of the marking, immobilize them, and attempts to release a field-wide AoE that that must be interrupted with 2x CC else it does massive damage in Normal or wipes the party in Hard.

Once CC’d, the grabbed marker will receive the “Obsidian Serpent” buff for 1 minute. Receiving Blood Serpent will remove Obsidian Serpent. The boss will then create 10 eruptions, each creating six unblockable AoEs that aerial. Afterwards, a message warns “Rukesh unleashes his Wrath” and he shoots an AoE pulse at the other marked person applying Blood Serpent before attempting to release a field-wide AoE that does massive damage in Normal or wipes the party in Hard. Both markers must now quickly step on different glyph circles; the marker with Obsidian Serpent will create a gray dice and transfer the buff to the boss for 3 seconds, while the marker with Blood Serpent creates a red sphere that travels to the boss for 3 seconds. Once the boss has both Obsidian and Blood Serpents, a message warns “Rukesh is weakened from enacting the Blood Sacrifice” and his attack becomes interrupted, he becomes stunned for 5 seconds, and is damaged by 5% of his max HP. After all circles disappear the boss will also lose his Unlock Mystic Power and resume normal attacks.

In phases with more than 2 circles, the boss will repeat the entire mechanic with a few differences:

• The boss does not repeat the 3-hit ground pounds from the start.
• Before marking, the boss releases a shockwave that causes knockback and Blood Serpent even if iframed and can be jumped over.
• Before the 10 eruptions, the boss does a linear punch that stuns and then linear pull, both unblockable, aimed toward the farthest person, and will do this twice. He will then perform a large unblockable AoE ground pound that aerials and inflicts Blood Serpent even if iframed.
• At 30% Hard, the boss will mark the 4 farthest people.

Allseing Gaze (50% Normal | 70%/40% Hard):

A message warns “Rukesh judges with his Allseing Gaze” and the boss creates a dark field in an outer ring around the edges of the field that deals damage and detonates Blood Serpent. The boss will then target each player from farthest to closest with either a pillar that releases a shockwave that causes knockback and Blood Serpent even if iframed and can be jumped over, or a large exploding AoE that causes any nearby pillars to explode. Pillars overlapping with each other or have landed in the dark field will also cause them to explode. An exploding pillar deals massive but iframable damage in Normal or wipes the party in Hard.

Once all players have been attacked, the boss releases a shockwave, also causing each pillar to release their own shockwave. The dark field and pillars will then vanish.

Rewards:

Hellion Bracelet:

The final boss has a chance to drop the legendary Hellion Bracelet Chest, containing the Hellion Bracelet. This can be upgraded into the Starbreaker or Divinity Bracelet, using an Unrefined Bracelet from Circle of Sundering to determine the path. Unlike other accessories, the Unrefined Bracelet is required even for the Red Dragon Crux upgrade path. There is also an extremely rare chance to drop the Sealed Hellion Bracelet Chest which is a tradeable chest and uses a key from Cold Storage to open.

You can also buy the necklace from Coin Exchange Merchant Junsorei in most towns for 200 Hellion Cores, which also requires the Rukesh 10-kill achievement.

Both Bracelets have the same stats, with a chance for attacks to increase Boss Attack Power by 2/3/4 and Critical Damage by 1%/2%/3% at Stages 1-3, 4-9, and 10 respectively for 6 seconds and stacks up to 3 times, but with different class-specific effects.

Starbreaker Bracelet:

• Blade Master: Lightning Lunar Slash grants the “Starbreaker” buff for 4 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to Honed Slash by 400%/425%/450%/480% at Stages 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10 respectively.
• Kung Fu Master: Flame Searing Palm grants the “Starbreaker” buff for 10 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to Tiger Strike by 180%/190%/205%/220%.
• Force Master: Flame Dual Dragons grants the “Starbreaker” buff for 10 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to Dragonchar/Blazing Beam by 320%/340%/360%/380%.
• Destroyer: Smash grants the “Starbreaker” buff for 15 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to:
  • Cleave by 270%/280%/290%/300%
  • Wrath by 380%/390%/405%/420%
• Assassin: Shadow Poison Breath/Choke Bomb grants the “Starbreaker” buff for 10 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to:
  • Dark Strike by 100%/105%/110%/120%
  • Heart Stab by 410%/425%/440%/460%
• Summoner: Wind Petal Storm Toss grants the “Starbreaker” buff for 10 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to Rumblebees by 200%/210%/220%/235%.
• Blade Dancer: Whirling Scourge grants the “Starbreaker” buff for 10 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to Rolling Typhoon by 500%/530%/560%/590%.
• Warlock: Frost Soul Shackle grants the “Starbreaker” buff for 9 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to Dragoncall by 300%/320%/350%/380%.
• Soul Fighter: Earth Lightning Fist grants the “Starbreaker” buff for 12 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to:
  • Cobalt Punch/Ripple Punch by 360%/380%/400%/420%
  • Kingfist by 340%/360%/380%/400%
  • Kingstrike by 1,020%/1,080%/1,140%/1,200%
• Gunslinger: Flame Scorched Earth grants the “Starbreaker” buff for 15 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to:
  • Quickshot by 340%/350%/360%/370%
  • Unload by 1,030%/1,060%/1,090%/1,120%
  • First hit of Bullet Storm by 2,260%/2,320%/2,380%/2,450%
• Warden: Seismic Strike grants the “Starbreaker” buff for 15 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to:
  • First hit of Greatslash/Blade Frenzy by 430%/450%/470%/495%
  • Fellstrike/Raze by 760%/800%/840%/885%
  • First hit of Bloodstorm by 955%/1,010%/1,065%/1,120%

Divinity Bracelet:

• Blade Master: Flame Lunar Slash grants the “Divinity” buff for 3 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to Honed Slash by 300%/320%/340%/360% at Stages 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10 respectively.
• Kung Fu Master: Wind Searing Palm grants the “Divinity” buff for 10 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to Cyclone Kick by 290%/300%/310%/320%.
• Force Master: Cold Snap grants the “Divinity” buff for 8 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to Glacial Beam by 175%/190%/205%/220%.
• Destroyer: Execute grants the “Divinity” buff for 12 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to:
  • Eradicate by 190%/200%/210%/220%
  • Galeforce by 760%/800%/840%/880%
• Assassin: Lightning Poison Breath/Choke Bomb grants the “Divinity” buff for 10 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to Lightning Rod – Move 1 by 640%/650%/660%/670%.
• Summoner: Earth Petal Storm Toss grants the “Divinity” buff for 10 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to Sunflower/Super Sunflower by 320%/330%/340%/350%.
• Blade Dancer: Flaming Scourge grants the “Divinity” buff for 10 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to Lightning Flash by 400%/420%/440%/460%.
• Warlock: Shadow Soul Shackle grants the “Divinity” buff for 9 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to Dragon Helix by 280%/300%/330%/360%.
• Soul Fighter: Frost Lightning Fist grants the “Divinity” buff for 12 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to:
  • Right Punch by 250%/270%/290%/310%
  • Snowball by 500%/540%/580%/620%
  • Dragonfury by 270%/290%/310%/330%
• Gunslinger: Shadow Scorched Earth grants the “Divinity” buff for 15 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to:
  • Darkshot by 255%/260%/270%/280%
  • Bullet Storm by 275%/280%/290%/300%
• Warden: Blade Ward grants the “Divinity” buff for 12 seconds, adding an Attack Power Bonus to:
  • First hit of Blade Barrage by 430%/450%/470%/495%
  • First hit of Sonic Strike by 405%/425%/445%/470%
  • First hit of Sword Salvo/Divine Strike by 2,600%/2,750%/2,900%/3,050%

Sea Glass & Blood Pearl

Many of these are needed to upgrade the Exalted/Storm Dragon weapon. Many of these are needed to upgrade the Exalted/Storm Dragon weapon. Sea Glass is also used to purchase a Heptagonal Obsidian from Yoola at the Emperor’s Tomb in Solak along with an Imperial’s Mark from Ransacked Treasury. Blood Pearl is also used to upgrade the Dragon/Tiger Soul.

Silver Scale

Similar to Blackstones, Silver Scales are used to upgrade the Aransu Weapon Stage 6-9, Hellion Belt, Necklace, and Bracelet, and Imperial Ring, as well as using 25 to buy an Aransu Elemental Prism from Coin Exchange Merchant Junsorei in most towns along with 250 Hellion Cores and 100 Gold to upgrade a Faded Aransu Necklace into a Temple of Eluvium/Scion’s Keep Necklace. The daily quest of this dungeon gives Fragments, 10 of which can be combined into a single Scale.

Hellion Core

The final boss drops a chest containing this item. On Normal, the chest contains 1 with a chance for an additional 5; on Hard the chest contains 2 with a chance for an additional 10.

200 Hellion Cores can be traded to Coin Exchange Merchant Junsorei in most towns. The accessory also requires having the 10-kill achievement of its respective boss.

250 Hellion Cores along with 25 Blackstones and 100 Gold can be used to purchase a Khanda Vihar Elemental Prism from Junsorei to upgrade a Faded Raven Accessory into a Skybreak Spire accessory.

The same amount of items but with 25 Silver Scales instead of Blackstones can be used to purchase an Aransu Prism to upgrade a Faded Aransu Necklace into a Temple of Eluvium/Scion’s Keep Necklace.

Forgotten Hive Queen’s Soul Shield Chest

Hard Mode can drop this chest which contains a random piece of the Temple of Eluvium/Scion’s Keep Soul Shield.

Faded Aransu Necklace:

Hard Mode can drop this necklace. It can be upgraded along with an Aransu Elemental Prism sold by Coin Exchange Merchant Junsorei in most towns for 250 Hellion Cores, 25 Silver Scales, and 100 Gold to upgrade this earring into a Temple of Eluvium/Scion’s Keep Necklace of the prism’s element.

Merchant of Wonders

Hard difficulty has a chance to spawn the Merchant of Wonders Shin Gihye, who sells 8 items that range from common drops (e.g. Blood Pearls, Silver Scale Fragments) to cosmetics to extremely rare and/or hard to acquire upgrade materials (e.g. Premium Transformation Stones, Sacred Vials, Heptagonal/Octagonal Gems, Divine Grace Stone), often at generous gold prices. Only one item can be bought from her shop, and her wares always randomize with each appearance.