Descriptions and images taken from Lost Ark Inven.

All damage values, mana costs, etc., are based on skill level 1.

‘Incapacitate’ drains the purple stun bar.

“Increased damage” increases the damage of the original hit(s).

“Additional damage” adds extra hit(s).

2018/11/29:

Added translations for Specialty stat, and Z ability “Bloody Rush”.

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2018/11/21:

Fixed descriptions for Crime Hazard tripod “Detect Weakness”, and Tempest Slash tripod “Fierce Blow” (damage bonus was against enemies with CC immunity, not against Incapacitated enemies; so any boss/mob with 피격이상 면역 under their HP bar counts).

Fixed descriptions for Finish Strike tripod “Dead-Check”, Power Break tripod “Target Weakness”, and Sword Storm tripod “Target Weakness” (damage bonus was against CC’d enemies, not Incapacitated).

I apologize to anyone who spent skill points following these descriptions.

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2018/11/16:

Changed Whirlwind tripod “Rising Dragon” to “Tornado” (oops on the literal translation)

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2018/11/15:

Fixed Aura Blade tripod ‘Eradicate’ description.

Minor corrections/clarifications.

Added ability links to document outline (open with Ctrl+Alt+A or by clicking on View).

Specialty/특화 stat:

Increase 폭주 (Z ability) gauge charge rate by x%.

Increase 폭주 duration by x%.

Decrease 탈진 (Exhaustion) duration by x%.

Increase Ultimate skill damage by x%.

Stat has been permanently increased by x through potions.

Bloody Rush/블러디 러쉬 (Z ability)

Type: Normal [Berserk Mode]

Cooldown: 45 seconds

Description: Repeatedly slash forward incredibly quickly, dealing 18607 damage, then stab forward, dealing 4652 damage and knocking enemies away. Note: Image provided by a player; damage will vary.

Additional effect: Body part destruction – Cut level 1

Additional effect: Incapacitate [Medium]

Additional effect: Back attack

Additional effect: Super armor – CC immunity

Double Slash/더블 슬래쉬

Type: Normal

Cooldown: 6 seconds

Mana cost: 45

Description: Slash in a cross pattern, dealing 82, 82 damage.

Additional effect: Back attack

Strengthened Blow/강화된 일격: Increase damage by 25%, but increase animation time by 0.3 seconds.

Shoulder Hit/어깨치기: Upon use, dash 2m forward, dealing 10% additional damage.

Quick Hands/재빠른 손놀림: Reduce animation time by 0.3 seconds.

Ranged Attack/원거리 공격: Increase range by 40%.

Split/양단: Attack once more, dealing 50% additional damage.

Advancing Slash/전진 베기: Advance 1m forward with each slash. You may now move or use another skill immediately after attacking. Note: Does this mean you can interrupt the ability before the second slash? Not sure about this.

Mutilate/난도질: Change to a Holding skill, attacking up to 8 times. You may turn while holding. Cooldown is increased by 8 seconds.

Area Slash/공간 베기: Slash the area, leaving sword energy in the air. The energy dissipates after a short moment, dealing 80% additional damage.

Assault Blade/어설트 블레이드

Type: Normal

Cooldown: 5 seconds

Mana cost: 41

Description: Slash diagonally, dealing 148 damage.

Additional effect: Back attack

Swift Movement/날렵한 움직임: Increase attack speed by 10%.

Penetrating Blow/꿰뚫는 일격: Ignore 30% of all defenses.

Thunder Wave(?)/참뢰파: Increase area by 10%, and interrupt enemies for 0.3 seconds longer.

Concentration/집중: Increase Rage gain by 100%.

Strengthened Sever/절단 강화: Add the additional effect Cut level 1.

Internal Bleeding/내부 출혈: If you strike a single enemy, inflict Bleed for 5 seconds.

Cut(?)/절삭: Swing more powerfully, increasing cutting power. Attack 1 more time, attacking 4 times in total. Damage is increased by 40%. Note: “4 times in total”? Might be a typo on the game or Inven’s part.

Counterattack/역습: Change to a Combo skill. The first hit deals 80% damage, and the second deals 100% damage.

Crime Hazard/크라임 해저드

Type: Normal

Cooldown: 9 seconds

Mana cost: 57

Description: Swing your sword up and jump, dealing 65 damage and throwing enemies into the air, then swing down, dealing 120 damage and knocking enemies down.

Additional effect: Incapacitate [Medium]

Additional effect: Back attack

Muscle Spasm/근육 경련: Enemies are knocked down for 0.5 seconds longer.

Strengthened Blow/강화된 일격: Increase damage by 25%, but increase mana cost by 40%.

Acute Attack/예리한 일격: Increase critical hit chance by 15%.

Detect Weakness/약점 포착: Deal 30% increased damage to enemies with CC immunity.

Concentration/집중: Increase Rage gain by 100%.

Strike Sense/스트라이크 센스: Upon landing the first hit, increase critical hit rate by 20%.

Flame Rush/플레임 러쉬: Turn the final downward swing into a 4-hit combo, increasing total damage dealt by 35%.

Red Lightning/레드 라이트닝: Change the first attack to a 360 degree jumping(?) spin that throws enemies into the air, and the second attack into a fast descending stab. Total damage dealt is increased by 55%.

Finish Strike/피니쉬 스트라이크

Type: Normal

Cooldown: 18 seconds

Mana cost: 85

Description: Swing your sword down, dealing 418 damage.

Additional effect: Body part destruction – Cut level 2

Additional effect: Incapacitate [Medium High]

Additional effect: Back attack

Tenacity/강인함: Gain CC immunity during use.

Bleed Effect/출혈 효과: Inflict Bleed for 5 seconds.

Strengthened Blow/강화된 일격: Increase damage by 20%, but increase animation time by 0.5 seconds.

Finishing Attack/마무리 공격: Deal 30% increased damage to enemies below 25% HP.

Muscle Spasm/근육 경련: Enemies are knocked down for 1 second longer.

Internal Bleeding/내부 출혈: Wound the enemy, increasing your own damage dealt to them by 30% for 3 seconds.

Shockwave/충격파: After attacking, create a shockwave that deals 20% additional damage 2 times. If your HP is below 30%, increase additional damage by 100%.

Dead-Check/확인사살: Change to a Combo skill. Deal 80% damage on the second attack, dealing 25% increased damage to CC’d enemies.

Shoulder Charge/숄더 차지

Type: Normal

Cooldown: 14 seconds

Mana cost: 74

Description: Charge forward, dealing 83 damage to enemies in your path.

Additional effect: Back attack

Additional effect: Super armor – Interrupt immunity

Barrier Effect/보호막 효과: Gain a barrier that absorbs up to 15% of your max HP for 5 seconds.

Burning Rage/타오르는 분노: Cloak yourself in flame, dealing 10% damage per second to surrounding enemies for 5 seconds.

Superior Mobility/탁월한 기동성: Increase charge distance by 2m.

Continuous Charge/연속 돌진: Change to a 2-hit Chain(Combo?) skill, but increase cooldown by 10 seconds.

Strike Down/내려치기: Strike downward at the end of the charge, dealing 100% additional damage and knocking enemies down.

Flash Cut/섬광베기: Change to a forward dash attack that moves through enemies.

Earthquake Effect/지진 효과: Change to [Earth] aspect. Stamp your foot into the ground after charging, dealing 30% additional damage and inflicting Earthquake for 4 seconds to enemies within a 5m radius.

Exploding Rage/분노 폭발: Change to [Fire] aspect. Roar after charging, dealing 100% additional damage to enemies within a 5m radius and throwing them into the air.

Whirlwind/휠윈드

Type: Holding

Cooldown: 24 seconds

Mana cost: 101

Description: Spin your sword around in circles for 4 seconds, dealing up to 586 damage.

Additional effect: Incapacitate [Medium]

Additional effect: Back attack

Light Steps/가벼운 발걸음: Increase movement speed during use by 10%.

Enhanced Stamina/지속력 강화: Increase max holding time to 5 seconds.

Quick Preparation/빠른 준비: Reduce cooldown by 12 seconds, but reduce max holding time by 2 seconds.

Advancing Slash/전진 베기: Upon use, first advance 4m forward and attack, dealing 20% additional damage before you start to spin. Cooldown and mana cost are not applied if the skill is canceled. Note: ‘Canceled’ before spin starts? Need testing.

Great Wheel/대차륜: Increase damage dealt upon each hit by 6%, up to a maximum of 60%.

Split Blade/갈라진 칼날: Increase damage by 40% against enemies in the outer 40% of Whirlwind’s attack area.

Vacuum Slash/진공베기: Increase area by 20% and double the number of hits, increasing total damage by 40%.

Tornado/용오름: Upon completing the hold, raise a powerful gust of wind that deals 40% additional damage to nearby enemies and throws them into the air.

Power Break/파워 브레이크

Type: Normal

Cooldown: 18 seconds

Mana cost: 85

Description: Focus strength in your sword and attack enemies in front of you, dealing 347 damage and knocking them away.

Additional effect: Body part destruction – Cut level 1

Additional effect: Incapacitate [Low]

Additional effect: Back attack

Acute Attack/예리한 일격: Increase critical hit chance by 15%.

Swift Movement/날렵한 움직임: Increase attack speed by 10%.

Enhanced Mind/정신 강화: Reduce mana cost by 50%.

Ranged Strike/원거리 타격: Increase range by 20%.

Strengthened Blow/강화된 일격: Increase damage by 25%.

Target Weakness/무방비 표적: Deal 40% increased damage to CC’d enemies.

Gather Strength/위력 축적: Change to a Charge skill. Charge level 1 deals 10% increased damage, Charge level 2 50%, and Overcharge 100%.

Vortex/소용돌이: Attack 360 degrees around you, dealing 30% increased damage.

Tempest Slash/템페스트 슬래쉬

Type: Combo

Cooldown: 20 seconds

Mana cost: 91

Description: Charge forward as you swing around your sword, dealing 107 damage and throwing them into the air, then deal 75, 75, 172 additional damage.

Additional effect: Body part destruction – Cut level 1

Additional effect: Incapacitate [Medium]

Additional effect: Back attack

Additional effect: Super armor – Interrupt immunity

Concentration/집중: Increase Rage gain by 50%.

Swift Movement/날렵한 움직임: Increase attack speed by 10%.

Quick Preparation/빠른 준비: Reduce cooldown by 2 seconds.

Strike Vitals/급소 타격: Increase critical hit rate by 30%.

Strengthened Blow/강화된 일격: Increase damage by 25%.

Fierce Blow/거센 일격: The last attack deals 50% increased damage to enemies with CC immunity. Note: Last 3 hits or only the last hit? Needs testing.

Raging Wind/휘몰아치기: Remove the first attack, and you no longer advance forward. The mid-air spin changes to a 3-hit combo, increasing total damage dealt by 40%.

Storm Slash/폭풍 베기: Increase area by 20%, changing the last attack into a spinning slash, increasing total damage dealt by 60%.

Mountain Crash/마운틴 크래쉬

Type: Normal

Cooldown: 12 seconds

Mana cost: 67

Description: Stamp your foot into the ground, dealing 143 damage and inflicting Earthquake for 2 seconds.

Additional effect: Incapacitate [Medium]

Additional effect: Back attack

Quick Preparation/빠른 준비: Reduce cooldown by 2 seconds.

Concussion/진탕: After the initial hit, enemies receive 10% increased damage for 5 seconds.

Enhance/강화: Increase Earthquake debuff length by 1 second.

Strengthened Blow/강화된 일격: Increase damage by 30%

Superior Mobility/탁월한 기동성: After landing the initial hit, increase your movement speed by 15% for 5 seconds.

Slowing Effect/둔화 효과: On each hit, decrease enemy movement speed by 30% for 8 seconds. Note: Don’t think this stacks.

Seismic Wave/지진파: Create a seismic wave that travels 8m outward(?), dealing 80% additional damage. The wave has 20% increased critical hit chance.

Ground Collision/대지 충돌: Upon use, an earthquake pulls enemies in to the center of the area, placing a field that deals damage each second for 6 seconds. Note: Doesn’t say how much damage.

Diving Slash/다이빙 슬래쉬

Type: Target area

Cooldown: 16 seconds

Mana cost: 80

Description: Jump into the air then swing your sword down, dealing 134 damage and knocking enemies down.

Additional effect: Incapacitate [Low]

Additional effect: Back attack

Superior Mobility/탁월한 기동성: Increase jump distance by 2m.

Control/조절: Increase Rage gain by 50%.

Quick Preparation/빠른 준비: Reduce cooldown by 3 seconds.

Rapid Movement/신속한 이동: Increase movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds.

Greatsword Gale/대검풍: No longer knocks enemies down, but instead pulls them to your front. Upon hit, increase your attack speed by 20% for 3 seconds.

Muscle Spasm/근육 경련: Enemies are knocked down for 1 second longer.

Power Slash/파워 슬래쉬: Adds a readying animation, but increases damage by 200%.

Sword Fragments/검파편: Create sword fragments upon hit, increasing Incapacitate level to [Medium], and inflicting Severe Bleed for 4 seconds. Note: Not sure how “Severe Bleed” is different from regular “Bleed”, if at all. Probably stronger?

Hell Blade/헬 블레이드

Type: Holding

Cooldown: 36 seconds

Mana cost: 127

Description: Stab your sword into the ground, dealing 42 damage, and hold for 2 seconds, dealing up to 122 damage while holding. Upon successfully hitting the cast bar’s Perfect zone, deal 661 additional damage and knock enemies away.

Additional effect: Incapacitate [High]

Additional effect: Back attack

Additional effect: Super armor – Interrupt immunity

Fruits of Training/수련의 성과: Increase area by 30%.

Jump/도약: Before attacking, jump to a target area within an 8m radius.

Absorb/흡수: Upon use, pull enemies within a 5m radius into the skill’s attack range.

Melt/융해: Each time you’re damaged by an affected enemy, Hell Blade deals 10% increased damage, to a maximum of 50%. Note: Works during the charge, I guess. Not entirely sure I got this right.

Lava Eruption/용암 분출: Upon finishing the attack, create a pool of lava that deals a total of 50% additional damage across 6 seconds.

Desperate Blow/필사의 일격: If your HP is below 30%, increase damage by 80%.

Ground Flip/대지 뒤집기: Change to [Earth] aspect. Upon finishing the attack, drive your sword even deeper into the ground, dealing 40% additional damage.

Blood Eruption/블러드 이럽션: Change to [Fire] aspect. Immediately use the finishing attack.

Chain Sword/체인 소드

Type: Normal

Cooldown: 15 seconds

Mana cost: 77

Description: Swing your sword up diagonally, dealing 130 damage and throwing enemies into the air.

Additional effect: Back attack

Strike Vitals/급소 타격: Upon hit, increase critical hit rate by 15% for 3 seconds.

Superior Mobility/탁월한 기동성: Dash 2.5m forward before attacking.

Swift Movement/날렵한 움직임: Greatly reduce animation time. Note: Doesn’t say by how much.

Annihilate/섬멸: After the first attack, swing your sword down, dealing 200% additional damage and knocking enemies down.

Sword Wound(?)/검상: Inflict Bleed for 5 seconds.

Quick Attack Preparation/속공 준비: Upon hit, increase attack speed by 25% for 3 seconds.

Quick Preparation/빠른 준비: Reduce cooldown by 7 seconds, but reduce damage by 50%.

Strengthened Blow/강화된 일격: Increase area by 20%, and damage by 50%.

Wind Blade/윈드 블레이드

Type: Normal

Cooldown: 20 seconds

Mana cost: 91

Description: Advance forward while swinging your sword around in a circle, dealing 425 damage and moving through enemies.

Additional effect: Incapacitate [Medium]

Additional effect: Back attack

Additional effect: Super armor – Interrupt immunity

Accelerate/가속: Upon hit, increase movement speed by 15% for 5 seconds.

Bleed Effect/출혈 효과: Inflict Bleed for 5 seconds.

Quick Preparation/빠른 준비: Reduce cooldown by 4 seconds.

Strengthened Blow/강화된 일격: Increase damage by 25%.

Strike Vitals/급소 타격: Increase critical hit rate by 30%.

Concentration/집중: Increase Rage gain by 100%.

Gale/돌풍: Advance while spinning clockwise, attacking 3 times in a row. Total damage is increased by 60%.

Wind Swift/윈드 스위프트: Quickly advance while spinning, dealing damage to nearby enemies(?). Total damage is increased by 30%. Note: Not sure if this damages all nearby enemies or just the ones you move through. Probably all nearby?

Maelstrom/메일스톰

Type: Combo

Cooldown: 15 seconds

Mana cost: 77

Description: Swing down your sword, dealing 185 damage, then pull it back, dealing 123 damage and pulling enemies toward you.

Additional effect: Incapacitate [Medium]

Additional effect: Back attack

Swift Movement/날렵한 움직임: Increase attack speed by 10%.

Enhanced Mind/정신 강화: Reduce mana cost by 50%.

Concentration/집중: Increase Rage gain by 50%.

Tenacity/강인함: Gain CC immunity during use.

Strengthened Blow/강화된 일격: Increase damage by 25%.

Strike Vitals/급소 타격: Upon landing the second hit, increase critical hit rate by 15% for 6 seconds.

Flame Vortex/화염 소용돌이: Change to [Fire] aspect. After the last hit, create an explosion that deals 40% additional damage and throws enemies into the air.

Sink/함몰: Increase area by 20%, and damage by 30%. Increase the second attack’s interrupt time by 1 second.

Strike Wave/스트라이크 웨이브

Type: Charge

Cooldown: 24 seconds

Mana cost: 101

Description: Gather strength in your sword, then fire a beam of sword energy that splits the earth. Deal 223 damage if not fully charged, and 556 damage if Overcharged.

Additional effect: Incapacitate [Medium]

Additional effect: Super armor – Interrupt immunity

Wave/파동: Increase damage by 10% with each Charge level.

Quick Charge/빠른 축적: Reduce Charge time by 20%.

Quick Preparation/빠른 준비: Reduce cooldown by 4 seconds.

Cerberus/켈베로스: If Overcharged, split the attack into 3 branches.

Limit Break/한계 돌파: Increase max Charge level by 1. If Overcharged, deal 40% increased damage.

Explode/폭파: If Overcharged, the attack explodes at the end of its range, dealing 50% additional damage.

Blaze Wave/블레이즈 웨이브: Change to [Fire] aspect. Flames rise out of the cracks in the earth, additionally dealing 60% of Charge level 1’s damage.

Ground Flip/대지 뒤집기: Change to [Earth] aspect. The wave now travels through the ground slowly, hitting up to 4 times. However, each hit deals only 50% of the original damage. Note: So it deals 200% damage total if all 4 hits land.

Red Dust/레드 더스트

Type: Normal

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Mana cost: 114

Description: Swing up your sword, dealing 351 damage. Increase your own damage dealt to struck enemies by 10% for 6 seconds.

Additional effect: Back attack

Quick Preparation/빠른 준비: Reduce cooldown by 5 seconds.

Swift Movement/날렵한 움직임: Increase attack speed by 20%.

Enhanced Mind/정신 강화: Reduce mana cost by 50%.

Strike Vitals/급소 타격: Upon hit, increase critical hit rate by 20% for 6 seconds.

Enhanced Intelligence(?)/지능 강화: Increase damage debuff length by 3 seconds.

Red Wave/붉은 파도: As you swing, shoot a wave of energy that travels along the ground. Increase damage by 50% and range by 25%.

Hemorrhage(?)/혈파참: Increase interrupt time by 0.5 seconds. Inflict Bleed and reduce enemy movement speed by 40% for 5 seconds.

Strengthened Curse/저주 강화: Increase the damage debuff’s effect by 20%.

Sword Storm/소드 스톰

Type: Normal

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Mana cost: 114

Description: Jump up into the air as you spin counterclockwise, then swing down your sword, firing a storm of sword energy that deals 507 damage and knocks enemies down.

Additional effect: Incapacitate [Medium High]

Additional effect: Back attack

Additional effect: Super armor – Interrupt immunity

Swift Movement/날렵한 움직임: Increase attack speed by 10%.

Quick Preparation/빠른 준비: Reduce cooldown by 4 seconds.

Strike Vitals/급소 타격: Increase critical hit rate by 15%.

Afterstorm/후폭풍: Another storm rises after the attack, dealing an additional 20% damage.

Target Weakness/무방비 표적: Deal 40% increased damage to CC’d enemies.

Tenacity/강인함: Gain CC immunity during use.

Firestorm/화염 폭풍: Change to [Fire] aspect. Upon hit, inflict Burn for 6 seconds. If your HP is below 30%, increase damage by 30%.

Seismic Waves/지진 파동: Change to [Earth] aspect. Increase damage by 30%, and inflict Earthquake for 4 seconds instead of knocking enemies away.

Aura Blade/오러 블레이드

Type: Normal

Cooldown: 16 seconds

Mana cost: 80

Description: Swing your sword forward, shooting a projectile wave that deals 261 damage.

Additional effect: Body part destruction – Cut level 1

Additional effect: Incapacitate [Medium]

Flash/섬전: Increase attack speed by 10%.

Quick Preparation/빠른 준비: Reduce cooldown by 2 seconds.

Long-Range Strike/원거리 타격: Increase range by 2m.

Strengthened Sever/절단 강화: Increase Cut level by 2.

Sword Wound(?)/검상: Upon hit, decrease enemy attack speed by 15% and inflict Bleed for 5 seconds.

Destroy/파괴: Ignore 40% of the enemy’s magic defense.

Area Slash/공간 베기: Instead of shooting one blade, jump into the air and shoot 3 aura blades to the target area, dealing 75% increased damage. Note: I’m assuming this means total damage across all 3. Also, the blades now strike the ground and stop instead of continuing forward.

Eradicate/멸절: Change to a Combo skill. The second blade has 30% increased critical hit chance, but is narrower and deals 50% of the first blade’s damage.

Ultimate: Chain of Vengeance/각성기: 체인 오브 벤전스

Type: Normal

Cooldown: 300 seconds

Description: Break your chains, dealing 111 damage, then pull enemies in, dealing 111 damage again, then create an explosion, dealing 111 damage and knocking enemies away.

Additional effect: Incapacitate [High]

Additional effect: Super armor – CC immunity, status debuff immunity

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Episode 3 – Important Prequests and Common Questions

Episode 4 – Quick Character Update and Thoughts on Life Skill Gear

Episode 5 – Update to Gear Score and Plans for 15 Hearts

Episode 6 – Blaster’s Future and Remaining Islands

Episode 7 – Final Episode! 325+ and 15 Hearts!

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World Map Reference and Daily Based Islands

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Infighter PvE Skill Discussion and Example Builds

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Art + Giant Heart

[Affinity] – 6 islands 

1. Ribenheim (리베하임) – Max affinity with Henry (헨리) 

2. Panda Pupu Island (판다 푸푸 섬) – Max affinity with Pupu (푸푸)

3. Totosilver Island (토토실버 섬) – Max affinity with Elder Toto (토토장로) 

4. Blacktooth Garrison(검은이빨 주둔지) – Max affinity with Blacktooth (검은이빨) 

  * Island is inside a Storm Zone

5. White Waves Island (하얀파도 섬) – Max affinity with Emma (엠마)

6. Eye of Hypnos (히프노스의 눈) – Max affinity with Calbasus (칼바서스) 

  * Island is inside a Siren Zone

  * Can get Ship: Tragon (트라곤) after 30 Epona Dailies

  * PvP Island (Only at the Colosseum)

[Quests] – 15 islands

7. Pamona Island (포모나 섬) – Complete the Purple Quest on the island

8. Turtle Island (거북 섬) – Complete the Purple Quest on the island

  * The Completion reward 보석 산호 is used to buy a turtle mount from the NPC 명품 상인 at any major city

9. Broken Glacier Island (부서진 빙하의 섬) – Complete the Purple Quest on the island

  * Need to do the Purple Quest at Pirate Town (Ship) Payto (해상마을 페이토) first

  * Can obtain Song: Quiet Elegy (고요의 엘리지)

  *  Island is inside a Cold Zone

10. Bikini Island (비키니 아일랜드) – Complete the Purple Quest on the island

  * Need to do the Purple Quest in Ardentine – Shutaereun (아르데타인 슈테른) first. (The Quest starts in the southwest part of Shutaereun) 

11. Lonely Island Oper (외로운 섬 오페르) – Complete the World Quest(Green Quest) on the island

12. Starlight Lighthouse Island (별빛 등대의 섬) – Complete the Purple Quest on the island

  * Requires 50 pirate coins (해적주화)

  * Involves lots of traveling, fast travel to save time

13. Quiet Island (고요의 섬) – Complete the Purple Quest on the island

  * The quest starts at the tree near the entrance (Press G near it)

14. Reminiscent/Flashback Island (회상의 섬) – Complete the Purple Quest on the island

  * 동선은 입구 – 1시 – 중간길 – 10시

15. Ice Maze Island (얼음 미로의 섬)  – Complete the Purple Quest on the island

  * Requires Humpback Whale Oil (혹등고래의 기름)

  * Humpback Whale Oil (혹등고래의 기름) can be obtained from:

• Belita (벨리타) at Notos Island (노토스 섬) as a max affinity reward
• Epona Reputation Reward for Notos Island (노토스 섬) after six days
• Whale Observation (Random Drop)

  * Map : http://www.inven.co.kr/board/lostark/4821/623

  * Island is inside a Cold Zone

16. Gravis Resort (휴양지 그라비스) – Complete the linked purple quest after the purple quest on Bikini Island (비키니 아일랜드)

17. Dreaming Seagull Island (꿈꾸는 갈매기 섬) – Complete the Purple Quest on the island

  * Requires Song: Minuet of the Forest (숲의 미뉴에트)

18. Fog Island (안개의 섬) – Complete the Purple Quest on the island

  * Need to find 6 memos to unlock the quest 

  * 1st: Below the harbor / 2nd, 3rd: Southeast side of the island / 4th: Moth(random drop) / 5th: Big Spider(random drop) / 6: Tree Monster(random drop)

  * The order in which you collect the memos doesn’t matter, but you have to keep track of which one’s you’ve done as the memos unlock yellow quests (Click on them in your inventory)

  * PvP Island

19. Distorted Dimension Island (왜곡된 차원의 섬) – Complete the Purple Quest on the island

  * Requires 3 Cube Vision (큐브 비전) which randomly drop from Silver or higher boxes in Cube (큐브 실버)

  * Island is inside a Storm Zone

20. Hope Island (희망의 섬) – Complete the Purple Quest on the island

  * Island Entry Condition: Affinity with Gobius (고비우스 24세) on Goblin Island (고블린 섬) at Normal Tier 2 (보통 2단계) + Completion of the Affinity Quest NPC

21. Naruni Island (나루니 섬) – Complete the Purple Quest on the island

  * There are certain points where Naruni (나루니) stays for a while

[Epona Dailies] – 8 islands

22. Fugitive Village (도망자들의 마을) – Level 3 Epona Reputation Reward (6 Daily Eponas) 

  * Complete the Epona Daily 6 times after the completion of purple quest

  * Requires 250 Pirate Coins (해적주화)

  * You need to do Daily Epona [범죄자 검거] NOT the other one [고철 수거]

23. Notos Island (노토스 섬) – Complete the Purple Quest on the island

  * The Purple Quest will appear after the completion of 3 Epona Dailies 

  * Can get Humpback Whale Oil (혹등고래 기름) which is used at Ice Maze Island (얼음 미로의 섬) after the completion of 6 Epona Dailies

24. Club Avenue (클럽 아비뉴) – Complete the Purple Quest on the island

  * The Purple Quest will appear after you reach Epona Reputation Level 3 by completing Epona Dailies

  * Purple Quest involves doing 1 Guardian Raid, 1 Chaos Dungeon, Tower of Shadow 25th floor, and a Ghost Ship 

  * Requires visiting Harmony Island (하모니 섬 to complete the quest)

25. Totopia (토토피아) – Complete the Purple Quest on the island

  * The Purple Quest will appear after you reach reputation level 3 by completing Epona Dailies

26. Dream Island (몽환의 섬) – Level 2 Epona Reputation Reward (7 Days of Epona Dailies)

  * Need to complete yellow linked quest first

  * Don’t Need to do [환유어 10마리] Quest after the activation of Daily Epona (The completion of the quest unlocks an achievement)

  * Epona Daily requires you to go to Luteran City (루테런 성) and buy an item from Aiter (에이터). You can keep that item in your storage for future dailies to save time traveling to Luteran and back

27. Ropang Island (로팡 섬) – Complete the Purple Quest on the island

  * The purple Quest will appear after the completion of 6 Epona Dailies TO THE SAME DESTINATION 

  * Can get the Ship: Braums (브람스) after the completion of 31 Epona Dailies (Regardless of destination)

28. Atrophus (아트로포스) – Randomly drops from Reward Boxes obtained by throwing coins into the fountain in the middle of the island

  * 3 coins will be given after the completion of each Daily Epona

  * Epona Daily becomes available after the completion of Yellow Quest at the island

  * The completion of the Purple Quest in Atrophus will give you 3 coins as well

  * NPCs for the Purple Quest will not be marked on the map

  * Run your cursor over the NPCs that appear on the mini-map and see which one has a purple marker below their name

29. Sea Paradise Payto (해상낙원 페이토) – Complete all the Purple Quests

  * Each Purple Quest will appear after you complete each Epona Daily

  * Requires Emote: Roar (감정표현: 포효) which can be bought from Blacktooth (검은이빨) at Freedom Island (자유의 섬 with 15 ‘검은이빨의 증표’) or obtained randomly via Chaos Dungeon reward boxes

[Collecting/RNG] – 30 islands

30. Monte Island (몬테섬) – Randomly drops from the Competitive Quest Reward box – Monte Island Participation Reward (몬테섬 참가상) 

31. Harmony Island (하모니 섬) – Randomly drops from Co-op Quest Reward Boxes

  * 4 consecutive Co-op Quests take place. If you manage to gain participation points for all of the co-op quests you can obtain up to 4 boxes every time the island appears.

  * Can obtain Song: Harmony of Heaven (천상의 하모니) 

32. Sleeping Song Island (잠자는 노래의 섬) – Randomly drops from Co-op Quest Reward Box – Sleeping Song Box (잠자는 노래의 상자)

  * Requires the Song: Song of Resonance (공명의 노래)

  * Can obtain Song: Minuet of the Forest (숲의 미뉴에트) by completing the Purple Quest

  * Purple quest requires doing the Co-op Quest 3 times 

33. Island of Desire (갈망의 섬) – Randomly drops from the Reward Pouch – Setino’s Secret Bag (세티노의 비밀가방) dropped by 느린거북이의 부선장 (Name of the named mob)

  * Both the Reward Pouch dropping and the island heart from the pouch itself are RNG

34. Fortuna (포르투나) – Randomly drops from breaking pots 

  * If you break pots continuously in a certain spot for a ~5-10 minutes you can hop up to a secret area to get 2 Mococo seeds

35. Giant Mushroom Island (거대 버섯섬) – Randomly drops from logging Lumber Huge Mushrooms 

  * Requires Life Skill: Lumberjack (벌목꾼) which can be unlocked at Lumbering level 2.5

36. Duki Island (두키 섬) – Randomly drops from King Duki (두키왕)

  * The boss spawns at the end of the Co-op quest

37. Slime Island (슬라임 아일랜드) – Randomly drops from Golden Slimes

  * Golden Slimes spawn at the certain locations randomly every ~7 mins

  * The Boss ‘Queen Slime’(퀸슬라임) only gives you Slime pieces

38. Kalt Herz (칼트헤르츠) – Randomly drops from reward boxes given by freed slaves – Repayment Box (보답의 상자) or Freed Slave Pouch (풀려난 노예의 주머니)

  * You can free up to five slaves per day (resets at 6:00 am) 

  * Each slave costs 50-300 pirate coins to free (search for cheaper ones to save pirate coins)

  * The boxes come via mail (can’t be checked on Kalt-hertz)

  * The item you need 3 of to complete the Purple Quest on this island also randomly drops from these reward boxes (reward for the Purple Quest is a Masterpiece Painting)

  * Island is inside a Cold Zone

39. Sunflower Island (해바라기의 섬) – Exchange 10 Masterpiece Paintings

40. Outlaw Island (무법자 섬) – Randomly drops from Treasure Chests which spawn in the island

  * 3 spawn location, spawn every ~5 mins

  * Island is inside a Storm Zone

  * PvP Island (But people don’t fight and instead stand in line at each spawn location, taking turns opening chests. If you try to fight people here everyone on the island will kill only you)

41. Small Lucky Island (작은 행운의 섬) – Randomly drops from the box – Small Lucky Box ‘작은 행운의 상자’ which you can buy from the wandering merchant (떠돌이 상인)

  * RNG Based

  * The wandering merchant appears every 2 hrs (Don’t know if it’s at a set time or not, but it appeared just past midnight around 12:10-20 ish for me, so make of that what you will)

  * Each box costs 10 pirate coins

  * Boxes also randomly drop a Masterpiece Painting 

42. Overgrown Reed Island (우거진 갈대의 섬) – Randomly drops from the Treasure Boxes on the island or from the Competitive PvP Quest Reward Pouch

  * One of the treasure boxes requires Song: Minuet of the Forest (숲의 미뉴에트) to obtain

  * PvP Island

43. Pirate Village Atlas (해적마을 아틀라스) – Exchange 16800 Pirate Coins (해적주화) with Am Sangin (암상인)

  * Island is inside a Storm Zone

  * PvP Island

44. Freedom Island (자유의 섬) – Exchange 16800 Pirate Coins (해적주화) with Secretive Rosa (비밀스러운 로사)

  * Island is inside a Storm Zone

45. Goblin Island (고블린 섬) – Randomly drops from the Box Goblin Pandora (고블린 판도라)

  * Each box costs 3 Goblin Coins 

  * The monsters on the island drop items that can be exchanged for Goblin Coins

  * Epona Daily gives 3 Goblin Coins

  * PvP Island

46. Estella (에스텔라) – Randomly drops from picking up stardust that spawn in certain locations around the island 

47. Golden Wave Island (황금물결 섬) – Randomly drops from opening boxes on the island

48. Alacare (알라케르) – Randomly drops from King Chicken (치킹) 

  * King Chickens spawn after the Co-op Quest and drops an item that starts a quest – Shining Gold Feather (빛나는 황금 깃털)

  * There are 3 types of King Chicken – Black, White, and Gold

  * Gold King Chicken almost always drops the quest starting item, but not the other two.

49. Hallucination Island (환각의 섬) – Randomly drops from the Treasure Boxes on the island or the Competitive Quest Reward Box

  * The Treasure Boxes can be opened after you have more than 5 stacks of Madness

  * Madness can be acquired by interacting with Gravestones on the island

  * Island is inside a Siren Zone

  * PvP Island

50. New Moon Island (신월의 섬) – 수렵을 통해 얻을수 있는 결정 20개로 교환하는 아이템에서 획득

  * Requires Hunting Level 5

51. City of the Forgotten (잊혀진 자들의 도시) – Randomly drops from the Treasure Boxes that can be opened with Keys of Oblivion

  * You can obtain keys by Fishing on the island

52. Wisdom Island (지혜의 섬) – Exchange 3 Giant Hearts (거인의 심장) 

  * Requires Song: Song of Resonance (공명의 노래)

53. Bolar Island (볼라르 섬) – Randomly drops from the Co-op Quest Reward Box – Bolard Secret Box (볼라르의 비밀 상자)

54. Medea (메데이아) – Randomly drops from the Competitive Quest Reward Box – Medea’s Gift (메데이아의 선물)

  * Team PcP Quest

55. Opportunity Island (기회의 섬) – Randomly drops from the Competitive ‘Fishing’ Quest Reward pouch – Gang Tae Gong’s Pouch (강태공의 주머니)

56. Argon (아르곤) – Make an Ice Statue

  * Can be made by hitting the ice blocks to 0 HP (Overkill won’t give you the heart)

  * Drills drop infrequently from the failed attempts

  * Drills do 1 damage to the block, but only can be used once

  * It is recommended to unequip your weapon when hitting the block

  * Once the statue is made, it cannot be completed again that day

  * Resets everyday at midnight

  * Island is inside a Cold Zone

57. Calm Peaceful Island (고요한 안식의 섬) – Randomly drops from all Boss Monsters during the Co-op Quest and the Quest Reward Box

  * Can obtain Song: (황혼의 레퀴엠)

  * Island is inside a Storm Zone

58. False Desire Island (그릇된 욕망의 섬) – Randomly drops from the Secret Map that can be obtained for 100 Wrong Pieces

  * You can get at least 20 Wrong Pieces from the Competitive PVP Quest (More if you reach 3rd place or higher)

  * You can exchange 10 Wrong Pieces for 100 gold as well.

  * PvP Island

59. Shadow Island (그림자의 섬) – Exchange with the item ‘그림자의 각인’ from Tower of Fate 19th Floor Reward

  * Can exchange after the completion of the Purple Quest

  * Island is inside a Storm Zone

[Field Boss] – 12 islands 

60. Orbis (오르비스) – Randomly drops from the Field Boss King Pumpkin (호박신)

  * Island is inside a Dead Sea Zone

61. Speeda Island (스피다 섬) – Randomly drops from the Field Boss

  * The Boss will spawn after you break the huge egg by mining and the small egg by attacking

  * 200 or more pickaxes are required per person (Vendor NPC is on the island)

  * If you’re experiencing lag run up to the top of the map and wait ~10 seconds and go back down

62. Island of Fire and Ice (얼음과 불의 섬) – Randomly drops from the Field Boss Briaraeus (브리아레오스)

  * Island is inside a Cold Zone

63. Turbulent/Rapids Island (격류의 섬) – Randomly drops from the Field Boss Aurion (아우리온)

  * Island is inside a Storm Zone

64. Altaijen (알트아이젠) – Randomly drops from the Field Boss Sol Grande (솔 그랑데)

  * Island is inside a Sandstorm Zone

65. Erasmo’s Island (에라스모의 섬) – Randomly drops from the Field Boss Erasmo (에라스모)

  * Requires 10 People with Song: Song of Resonance (공명의 노래)

66. Evergrace’s Nest (에버그레이스의 둥지) – Randomly drops from the Field Boss ‘혼재의 추오’

  * Island is inside a Storm Zone

67. Time Island (세월의 섬) – Randomly drops from the Field Boss Sabnak (사브나크)

  * Sabnak spawns from jars which can be acquired by fishing on the island

68. Unknown Island (미지의 섬) – Randomly drops from the Field Boss

  * Minor monsters are quite strong

  * Recommended Item Level 380+ (Highly recommended)

69. Balpuris (발푸르기스) – Randomly drops from the Dungeon Boss

  * Island is inside a Dead Sea Zone

  * Dungeon Entry Item Level Requirement is 440

70. Secret Base (비밀기지) X-301 – Randomly drops from the Dungeon Boss

  * Dungeon Entry Item Level Requirement is 335

71. Porpe (포르페) – Randomly drops from the Field Boss Bituac (바투아크) or Big Bituac (바투아크진)

 * The Boss spawns every 2 hours randomly between the 10-20 minute mark (0:10-20, 2:10-20, etc.)

  * Plan on getting there at least a few minutes before as you have to find a chest to open to become a chicken, which has one move that does massive damage and transforms you back into a human. 

  * You want to be in a party, as you can get the island heart/Epona quest completion if any party member does damage to the boss. 

  * The boss usually dies in 0.5 seconds

[No Island Heart] – 17 islands (not translated, could have island hearts in the future)

72. 고립된 영원의 섬 – 섬의 마음 삭제 / 3차 CBT기준 호감도를 통해 획득

  * 모래폭풍 해역

73. 카마인의 주둔지 – 섬의 마음 삭제 / 3차 CBT기준 회상의 노래를 통해 획득

  * 망자 해역

  * 현재 회상의 노래가 삭제됨

74. 니헬타로프의 상념 – 섬의 마음 삭제 / 3차 CBT기준 협동퀘스트를 통해 소환하는 보스 니헬타로프 처치시 획득 추정

  * 망자 해역

75. 짙은 안개 능선 – 섬의 마음 없음

  * 섬의 마음은 없지만 레이드 관련 퀘스트 있음(보상 신호탄5개, 45%포션 2개)

76. 혹한의 안식처 – 섬의 마음 없음

77. 황혼의 섬 – 섬의 마음 삭제 / 3차 CBT기준 섬 내부 인던 보스를 처치시 획득

  * 현재 입구가 막혀있는 것으로 보아 추후 섬의 마음이 다시 생길거라 예상됨

78. 메르시아 – 섬의 마음 삭제 / 3차 CBT기준 미확인 지역

79. 기약의 섬 – 섬의 마음 삭제 / 3차 CBT기준 미확인 지역

  * 망자 해역

80. 블루홀 섬 – 섬의 마음 삭제 / 3차 CBT기준 보라퀘스트 연관 추정

81. 메테오라 – 섬의 마음 삭제 / 3차 CBT기준 운석 파괴시 획득 추청

82. 죽음의 협곡 – 섬의 마음 삭제 / 3차 CBT기준 필드보스 처치시 획득 추정

83. 지고의 섬 – 섬의 마음 삭제 / 3차 CBT기준 보라퀘스트 완료시 획득

  * 현재 입구가 막혀있는 것으로 보아 추후 섬의 마음이 다시 생길거라 예상됨

  * 한파 해역

84. 붐블링 아일랜드 – 섬의 마음 삭제 / 3차 CBT기준 보라퀘스트 진행 후 일일퀘스트 보상으로 획득

85. 메투스 제도 – 섬의 마음 삭제 / 3차 CBT 기준 저택 퀘스트 클리어시 획득 (리오라의 풀 3개 필요)

  * 추후 섬의 마음이 다시 생길거라 예상됨

  * 현재 리오라의 풀 획득처이던 별빛 등대의 섬과 환각의 섬에 리오라의 풀이 보이지 않음 

  * 망자 해역

86. 태초의 섬 – 섬의 마음 삭제 / 3차 CBT기준 구현이 덜 된 섬

  * 현재도 구현이 덜 되어있습니다.

87. 환영나비의 섬 – OBT에 새로 생성된 섬

  * 섬 퀘스트 스토리상 대륙 로헨델이 열리면 섬의 마음 추가 가능성이 높음

88. 수라도 – 섬 자체가 삭제 / 3차 CBT기준 경쟁퀘스트 60킬 완료시 획득 추정

  * CBT 기준 망자 해역

  * 섬 내부 PvP 가능

Minibosses:

Fengsho:

HP: 610,000,000

Enrage: 4:00

Dark Thrall: 3,640,000 HP

This miniboss has very high HP for his enrage timer, but almost all the damage will be dealt to him through his mechanic.

Fengsho will periodically summon Dark Thralls around the arena, which attack like normal thralls. When brought to 1 HP, they will use Obliterate, exploding after 5 seconds applying the “Soul Damage” debuff which deals heavy damage over time to everyone in the arena, including the miniboss. 

The DOT stacks and lasts for 10 seconds on players, and 20 seconds on the miniboss. The DOT deals 6,100 damage per stack every 2 seconds to players, so heavy healing is needed for this miniboss.

Kill the thralls 11-15 seconds apart from each other, make sure to coordinate which thrall you’re killing, and only bring it to 1 HP when 5 seconds are left on your debuff. The miniboss just requires a lot of healing and coordination.

Blood Thrall:

HP: 131,800,000

Enrage: 5:00

CC Bars: Immune

This miniboss boss uses normal thrall attacks, but will also constantly spawn circles around him. After a second, each circle will spawn a Nether Pulse, knocking up and damaging anyone who’s on it. Avoid the circles throughout the fight.

At 90%, 60% and 30% HP, the thrall will become invulnerable and 2 Eluvium Sentinel statues will come to life. These statues need to be CC’d, grabbed/gripped and pulled to the center circle to remove the shield.

Once all the statues are in the center, Blood Thrall will tether 3 random players which deals 17,800 damage over time per second to them, who should run to the edges of the room to remove the tether.

Boss: Great Thrall

HP: 1,356,800,000

Enrage: 10:00

CC Bars: 8x

This boss is considered the easiest boss. Almost all of the boss’s HP will be dealt to itself by mechanics, and relies only on the tank.

Attack Pattern:

Hellfire + Waveform -> Double Swipe -> Slow Field + Uppercut -> Punishment -> Time Distortion -> Slow Field + Uppercut -> Punishment -> Time Distortion  -> Slow Field + Uppercut

If the tank stands 10 meters or farther, the boss will do a gesture and the tank will receive massive damage and lose aggro.

Hellfire + Waveform

When you engage Great Thrall, it will give the Hellfire debuff to the farthest 3 people, and the Waveform debuff to the closest person.

Hellfire will instantly kill you after 45 seconds if you do not enter soul separation.

Anybody who goes into soul separation will have their aggro reset, so the tank must not get Hellfire. Everyone else must make sure to be farther than the tank.

Hellfire will be reapplied to the farthest 3 people as soon as it is removed or expires from all players who have it.

Waveform:

Waveform is a time bomb that only does damage to people in soul separation. It looks like this in soul separation if you have characters on. It explodes immediately after the first slow field + uppercut in the attack rotation.

It does damage over a few seconds with several hits, so you want long duration iframes such as frost sheath by force master or destroyer, or simply block them.

Double Swipe:

Slashes twice with claws, nothing special.

Slow Field + Uppercut:

The boss throws a field at the tank’s location that severely reduces movement speed to anyone who steps in it. It then throws a linear energy wave in front of it, this merely does damage.

Punishment

This pattern is the same as the Raven King’s, but you do not get the ground indicator, you have to watch the boss’s animation. You must physically avoid this attack, getting hit or iframing applies the “Bleed” debuff which deals 6,200 damage over time per 2 seconds over 60 seconds.

Both hands lifted up = Out/In

One arm down one arm up = In/Out

OR

Time Distortion:

The boss is CCable during this attack.

If you stun it, then it will just continue its attack pattern

If you knockdown it, then it will rise up and send everyone facing it into Soul Separation

If you are facing it while you are in soul separation, you will instead be sent out of soul separation.

If you are sent into soul separation with a Hellfire debuff, the debuff will be removed and you will gain a stacking Perpetuity buff that increases Attack Power and Critical Damage, and stacks higher while you’re in soul separation. You will also gain the Soul Separation debuff for 2 minutes, once that expires you will die.

If you are sent into soul separation without a Hellfire debuff, you will instead have significantly reduced damage while in soul separation, but as the nuke mechanic will deal most of the damage to the boss, this is not very relevant.

While in soul separation, the Punishment attacks will not hit you, but the boss will spawn lines of dark pits around him. Standing in these pits when they explode will do extremely heavy damage and daze, and probably one shot you.

Soul Separation Tactics

The one thing you have to keep in mind, the tank cannot get Hellfire. The easiest way to do this is to just have entire parties rotate in and out of soul separation.

At the start, only party 1 (with the tank) engage, and party 2 stands at the edge until they get the Hellfire buff. Each phase has two Time Distortions, so one must be stunned and the other knocked down. The order does not matter, but you must be consistent. In the first phase, party 1 goes in while party 2 faces away, and alternates for every knockdown after. Tank must always face away.

Every knockdown phase, everyone but the tank should face the boss to swap positions. The alliance view should look like this

This seems inefficient since people will get damage down, but the nuke mechanic will do more than enough damage to make up for it, and this is far simpler than alternative strategies.

Wraithwell Cores:

There are six Wraithwell Cores on the map. After applying the fourth Hellfire, a message warns “The Wraithwell Cores have been reset” and the Cores will activate, turn white, and start healing the boss.

The boss will apply the “Trace” buff onto the tank, and start repeatedly creating a 120 degree Trace field in the direction of the Traced target. During this he will still do his normal attacks. If the tank dies then the cones will stop being produced.

If you are in the real world, the field will instantly kill you if you do not have the Trace buff. If you are in soul separation, the field will just deal heavy damage.

If the Trace cone hits the Wraithwell Core, it will turn black and deal massive damage over time to the boss. Once all Cores are black, a message warns “All Wraithwell Cores have gone dark and are attacking the Great Thrall.” The following chart shows the positions of how to turn the Cores black.

Yellow area is the 120 degree aoe on the tank.

At the start of the phase, the tank will be at 2:00, and the rest of the raid at 11:00. The tank will move clockwise for the first three clones, then stay there after all cores are lit. The raid must move accordingly.

After 6 Trace cones are fired, Trace is removed and the Wraithwell Cores will turn back to white.

The boss will still be performing its attack pattern and other mechanics during all of this, so keep doing everything the same.

At 12% HP, a message warns “The Great Thrall is out of control” and all the Wraithwell Cores will permanently deactivate and stop giving the Trace buff. The boss will continue to do normal attacks until it dies.

Cheese Strategy:

This strategy is slower than everyone DPSing the boss, but is significantly safer as only the tank needs to do anything.

At the start, only the tank goes on the boss. Everyone else hits the boss once so tank doesn’t get Hellfire, and then stands on the edges of the room. Revive anyone who dies to Hellfire.

Alternatively, send two or more people going in one-by-one. Everyone stands at the corner. The lone person will get Hellfire, once Trace expires (after 6 cones or less than 10 seconds left of Hellfire) they must run to where everyone else is, die, and get revived while the next person goes in.

The Wraithwell Core mechanic will bring the Great Thrall down to 12% HP. When people die to Hellfire on the edges, the other people near them should revive the dead people. When the boss reaches 12% HP and the Cores stop doing damage everyone goes in and bursts the boss.

Table of Contents Use [x] in find to skip to section Last Updated: October 2018

[1] Introduction

[2] Acquiring Materials

[3] Special Materials

[3.5] Not So Special Materials

[4] Material Bags

[5] Crafting Material Bags

[6] **Crafting Meister Ring**

[7] Training Professions

[8] Lowering Fatigue

[9] Miscellaneous Tips

[1] Introduction

Hi, I’m Sylvidian (name changed from ArtOfTao), a 221 Mercedes in Reboot. With the new 25* update, many people will probably be going for the new BiS ring, Meister Ring. I’ve gotten a lot of questions recently about how to make one, so that’s my motivation for making this guide. This is a work in progress. I don’t have all the answers and I may not have found the most optimal way to do things, but I’ll share with you how I got this far. For the record, I’ve played Reboot for 4 months, so while it may seem daunting, it doesn’t take as long as you think. 

Here’s a look at my progression and materials I’ve acquired so far for professions. I have 2 Meister Rings made already. (Can’t enlarge the SS anymore :/ )

[2] Acquiring Materials

I’ve tried to take advantage of EVERY opportunity that I can to get materials so that when I actually try to train my professions, I actually have my materials ready to make things. **I’ve gone so far as to give all my mules professions at lvl 35 so I can mine and harvest on those characters as well. Makes it a lot easier to gain all materials.**

First, these SIX sources should be mined or harvested on sight, every time:

These are your main sources of materials. Below, I’ve listed what type of materials they drop. It’s random how many materials they drop. They can be randomly found on most maps but I see them with a higher chance on maps that are very active (many people farming on it).

Suggested recommended locations to find them:

• Sahel
• Ghost Ship / MP3  (RIP)
• Yu Garden Area (Diabolic Jiangshi Base / Mount Song Pathway / Shopping Center / etc)
• Moon Bunnies at KFT
• Popular Arcane River Maps (CLPs / Slurpy / BTC)

Secondly, you can go mine go mine at Secret Herb Patches that are found in Ardentmill. 

• This place will not give you any of the above 6 sources that I listed. 
• Unlocks after you complete Cole and Saffron’s quests.
• The rarity of the herb patch dictates which level of materials you will find. (i.e. Expert Patch gives lvl 8-10 ores / seeds / flowers) 
• Go here if you want to:
  • Find a Rose Clipping for a pocket slot
  • Train your Herbalism and/or Mining
  • Gather a specific material (i.e. Juniper Berry Seeds)

Lastly, you can get random materials from a couple of sources that I’ll list here.

• Monday Monster Park rewards
• (Exchange 100 at a time with Cole)
• (Exchange 100 at a time with Saffron)

[3] Special Materials

Side Note: Currently uncertain if you need to successfully mine / harvest to find these items.

Spell Essence

• Quality Level: Grand (Black) -> Fine (Red) -> Basic (Green)
• Source: Drops from any monster (Higher quality spell essences have lower drop rates)

Item Crystals (Recommended you get lvl 6 in any crafting type (not harvesting)  profession to extract all lvl gears) (Ty u/Frucht4 and u/jwei92)

• Quality Level: Superior (Large, Pink) -> Advanced (Small, Pink) -> Intermediate (Yellow) -> Basic (Black)
• Source: Extraction of equipment
• Superior: (Lvl 120+ equipment)
  • Farming lv 140 / lvl 130 / lvl 120 gears from daily training or bossing
  • Gollux Shop (5 a day, 3 Gollux Coins each (Green))
• Advanced: (Lvl 90 – 120 equipment)
  • Farming at mid level places like MP3 / Ghost Ship (Training or Meso Farming)
  • Easy to kill Bosses (i.e. Hilla / Pink Bean / Magnus (normal or easy) / Zakum)
  • Gollux Shop (10 a day, 10 Gollux Pennies each (Blue))
• Intermediate: (Lvl 70 – 90 equipment)
  • Farming at lower level places / possibly easy bosses
  • Buy lvl 70 equipment from Ariant Armor/Weapon Dealer
  • Gollux Shop (10 a day, 7 Gollux Pennies each (Blue))
• Basic: (Lvl 1- 70 equipment)
  • Farming at lowest level places
  • Buy equipment lvl 60 and under from NPC Armor/Weapon Dealer/Shops
  • Gollux Shop (10 a day, 5 Gollux Pennies each (Blue))

Philosopher’s Stone

• Extraction of high lvl equipment (Lvl 100+?) *Unsure of lvl*

Mana Crystal

• Drops from any monster

Rock of Time

• Drops every time from Pink Bean and sometimes from Arkarium

Piece of Time

• Drops occasionally from monsters in Temple of Time
• Drops (almost?) every time from Heartstones, both Mysterious Veins

Twisted TIme

• Drops occasionally from monsters and bosses 

Primal Essence (EXTREMELY RARE DROP)

• Drops from Heartstones, Gold Flowers, both Mysterious Veins, both Mysterious Herbs
• Drops occasionally from Arkarium (Ty u/IrresistablePizza)

Confusion Fragment (PRETTY RARE DROP) 

• Drops from lvl 180+ monsters
• Drops from Heartstones, both Mysterious Veins
• Drops from Arkarium, Madman Ranmaru

Dream Fragment (PRETTY RARE DROP)

• Drops from lvl 180+ monsters
• Drops from Heartstones, both Mysterious Veins

Dream Stone

• Drops every time from Cygnus and possibly from her Knights (Oz, Irene, Eckhart, Mihile, Hawkeye)

Japanese ETC Items

• Drops most of the time from Ranmaru / Madman Ranmaru, sometimes from Zakum, PB

Rose Clipping (SEMI-RARE DROP)

• Drops from any type of herb (Confirmed that it can drop while failing to harvest)
  • Drops more frequently from higher rarity herbs

[3.5] Not So Special Materials

These materials are sold by Nack, an NPC at Ardentmill. All are available in FOUR grades: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Superior

• Molds
• Herb Oil Bottles
• Empty Potion Bottles
• Potion Coagulant
• Abrasives
• Alchemist Stone (for Fusing) (No grades for this)

[4] Material Bags

You can only have up to 5 bags used at one time, however, so be wise in your choices. Dropping them is the only way to lower your count. I went for are two 12 Slot Herb Bags and Mineral Bags each and one Production Bag. Here are some bags that you can obtain:

Cole’s Mineral Bag (4 Slots) 

• Easy quest from Cole after you learn Mining

Saffron’s Herb Bag (4 Slots) 

• Easy quest from Saffron after you learn Herbalism

Grant’s Mineral Bag (8 Slots) or Grant’s Herb Bag (8 Slots)

• Only one can be chosen per character? Or account? (I forget)
• Quest is given upon reaching lvl 4? (possibly 3) in mining or herbalism respectively

8 Slot Mineral Bag / 8 Slot Herb Bag

• Event shop
• Craftable with Master Craftsman Alchemy

10 Slot Mineral Bag / 10 Slot Herb Bag

• Event shop
• Craftable with Master Craftsman Alchemy

12 Slot Mineral Bag / 12 Slot Herb Bag

• Event shop
• Sometimes in Strange Ornate Chest in Temple of Time (Ty u/GoryImpaler)
• Craftable with Meister Alchemy

20 Slot Mineral Bag / 20 Slot Herb Bag (Unsure where you can get these)

• Event shop?

Production Bag (8 Slots) (Holds only Magic Powders and Item Crystals)

• Event shop

[5] Crafting Material Bags

This is the route I took to get my bags. Master Craftsman Alchemy is needed to make 10 slot bags. Meister Alchemy is needed to make 12 slot bags.

Here are the accumulated materials needed to make 12 slot bags.

12 Slot Herb Bag

12 Slot Mineral Bag

[6] **Crafting Meister Ring and Meister Earring**

Please refer to the materials section to see how to get everything.

Meister Ring 

Meister Earring 

[7] Training Professions

Try to maximize the amount of mastery you get using the least amount of materials

From my experience, mastery at lvl 10 and master craftsman starts to decay after 24 hrs. Meister starts decaying after ~17 hrs. Make anything with mastery to prevent the decay.

Alchemy

• Lvl 1 – 7: (108 – 136 Mastery per potion / pill)
  • Make any of the buff potions / pills or recovery potions/pills that you have 70%+ chance of making and uses 3 or less oils. There’s no way around this anymore.
    • It’s recommended that you make a potion that has an advanced or pill version. That away, you save on seeds / flowers. Note: The advanced or pill version takes plates / gems
• Lvl 8+: (120, 510, 700 Mastery per potion / pill)
  • Make Defense Potions -> Pills (Each batch of 25 can make 5x 5 pills, to maximize mastery)
  • Recovery Potions -> Pills (Recommend making Mana 7000 pills as I have not found another use for Juniper Berry Flower oils)
  • Transformation potions (I recommend Yeti / Ghost Pirate, basically the 700 mastery ones)
• Lvl 10+: (700, 2196 Mastery per potion / pill)
  • Material Bags
  • Boss Rush Boost Potion
  • Wealth Potions, EXP Potions (SAVE UP RECIPES! You can make them with a 5 minute CD for 24 hours every time you use a recipe)
    • Superior Empty Bottle x 1
    • Juniper Berry Seed Oil x 10
    • Superior Item Crystal x 3
    • Philosopher’s Stone x 5
  • Everything in lvl 8+

Smithing 

• Lvl 1-9: (164 – 210 Mastery per batch of arrows)
  • Make highest mastery arrows you can. Recommend that you prioritize higher % success over mastery, though, to gain mastery faster.
• 10+:
  • Ty to u/Tasarom for linking this guide by u/Riisso (TY TY) for 10+ Smithing https://www.reddit.com/r/Maplestory/comments/8wni0c/meister_smithing_guide_2018/

Accessory Crafting 

See u/MagianZexis’s guide for a more detailed version

• Lvl 1-7: (164 – 210 Mastery per ring / earring)
  • Make rings that take 1 or 2 gems / plates
  • Make earrings that take 3 gems / pates
• Lvl 8-10: (200, 512, 900, 2000 Mastery per ring)
  • Recommended that you make lvl 80 Gray Face Accessories (Make all jobs)
    • It takes up space, so I’m not recommending you make Face Accessories
  • Ring IV – VI (Only consistent source of mastery at Lvl 10)
  • (Lvl 10+ Only) If you have recipes for Almighty Rings, etc, these are 1-time makes that are worth it (2000 Mastery Rings) 
    • Just don’t make things that need Primal Essence, unless you want to. Idk, I can’t stop you. (I made a WABR, btw… ignoring my own advice)
• Master Craftsman: (5325 Mastery per face accessory)
  • Make Meister Gray Face Accessories (Craft the lvl 80 Gray ones too)
    • There’s a 15 minute CD, so to speed things up, MAKE ALL JOBS

[8] Lowering Fatigue

Ty to u/f_em_Bucky94 because I forgot to add this section

• Wait for reset or maintenance (Fatigue will go to 0, no matter what) (ty u/tallcatox)
• After a certain amount of time, it will lower by 20 (Every hour, on the hour)
• You can buy a Fatigue Potion from Cash Shop (ty u/I-EAT-PANCAKES)

[9] Miscellaneous Tips

• You can fuse equipment together to reroll potential and flames (pink holy cup, pensalir gear)
• You can stand anywhere in Ardent and extract by pressing the gear option on the bottom of your inventory
  • You will get 10 slots if Alchemy is the highest or equal level and mastery and 5 if Smithing or Accessory Crafting is higher
• Master Craftsman Cubes drop from harvesting Mysterious Veins / Herbs

Thank you to Unit guild for their suggestions on the guide. (Specifically Danny, Kelly, Ji Woo, Brian, Jacob, Minsoo) ^.^

123% Meso rate – 100% from equipment, 20% from Inner Ability and 3% Phantom Legion

Map – Bye Bye Station

Pets – 3 pets with auto move and auto extended move

Familiar – Leprechaun with max. vitality

Soul – Magnificent Hilla

Rates

Raw without any additional buffs – 440m per hour

Wealth potion – 520m per hour

Wealth potion + Legion – 620m per hour

Notes

September 21 – 25m spend on Hyper Teleport Rock

September 26 – 14.4m spend on Pendant Slot Coupon

September 27 – 600m spend on Red Cubes

September 30 – 25m spend on Hyper Teleport Rock

October 2 – 1b spend on Black & Red Cubes

October 6 – 4b spend on Black & Red Cubes

October 11 – 200m spend on Red Cubes

October 14 – 25m spend on Hyper Teleport Rock

October 22 – 25m spend on Hyper Teleport Rock

October 28 – 1.3b spend on Black Cubes & 14.4m spend on Pendant Slot Coupon

October 30 – 25m spend on Hyper Teleport Rock

October 31 – 1.5b spend on Starforcing

November 4 – 7b spend on Starforcing & Red Cubes

November 6 – 25m spend on Hyper Teleport Rock

November 15 – 25m spend on Hyper Teleport Rock

November 17 – 100m given to Luminous

November 25 – 2.5b spend on Black & Red Cubes

Day 1 – September 14th 2018

Total; 1.117.241.545

Day 2 – September 15th 2018

Total; 2.092.904.403

Day 3 – September 16th 2018

Total; 3.119.109.033

Day 4 – September 17th 2018

Total; 4.144.489.288

Day 5 – September 18th 2018

Total; 5.103.571.901

Day 6 – September 19th 2018

Total; 6.108.902.090

Day 7 – September 20th 2018

Total; 7.082.145.410

Day 8 – September 21st 2018

Total; 8.009.713.648

Day 9 – September 22nd 2018

Total; 9.062.646.332

Day 10 – September 23rd 2018

Total; 10.174.419.405

Day 11 – September 24th 2018

Total; 11.185.598.034

Day 12 – September 25th 2018

Total; 12.009.095.968

Day 13 – September 26th 2018

Total; 13.056.838.954

Day 14 – September 27th 2018

Total; 14.103.622.073

Day 15 – September 28th 2018

Total; 15.154.370.251

Day 16 – September 29th 2018

Total; 16.234.792.404

Day 17 – September 30th 2018

Total; 17.104.673.167

Day 18 – October 1st 2018

Total; 18.075.335.245

Day 19 – October 2nd 2018

Total; 19.168.755.916

Day 20 – October 3rd 2018

Total; 20.196.639.072

Day 21 – October 4th 2018

Total; 21.062.199.932

R.I.P Singapore & Ghostship Badge ;-;

Day 22 – October 5th 2018

Total; 22.104.364.226

Day 23 – October 6th 2018

Total; 23.207.863.104

Day 24 – October 7th 2018

Total; 24.012.868.870

Day 25 – October 8th 2018

Total; 25.041.596.725

Day 26 – October 9th 2018

Total; 26.080.044.818

Day 27 – October 10th 2018

Total; 27.085.247.227

Day 28 – October 11th 2018

Total; 28.027.434.996

Day 29 – October 12th 2018

Total; 29.056.135.716

Day 30 – October 13th 2018

Total; 30.091.371.367

Day 31 – October 14th 2018

Total; 31.061.379.217

Day 32 – October 15th 2018

Total; 32.101.149.619

Day 33 – October 16th 2018

Total; 33.147.510.789

Happy Birthday to meeeeee! <3

Day 34 – October 17th 2018

Total; 34.202.974.163

Day 35 – October 18th 2018

Total; 35.030.476.809

Day 36 – October 19th 2018

Total; 36.060.847.918

Day 37 – October 20th 2018

Total; 37.311.843.575

Day 38 – October 21st 2018

Total; 38.090.485.150

Day 39 – October 22nd 2018

Total; 39.027.405.602

Day 40 – October 23rd 2018

Total; 40.040.319.632

Day 41 – October 24th 2018

Total; 41.198.940.311

Day 42 – October 25th 2018

Total; 42.077.331.938

Day 43 – October 26th 2018

Total; 43.188.522.248

Day 44 – October 27th 2018

Total; 44.075.944.068

Day 45 – October 28th 2018

Total; 45.022.021.336

Day 46 – October 29th 2018

Total; 46.299.535.633

Day 47 – October 30th 2018

Total; 47.155.311.331

Day 48 – October 31st 2018

Total; 48.203.155.673

Day 49 – November 1st 2018

Total; 49.083.465.547

Moved powders to storage to create more room.

Day 50 – November 2nd 2018

Total; 50.057.484.489

Day 51 – November 3rd 2018

Total; 51.521.050.394

Day 52 – November 4th 2018

Total; 52.368.291.799

Day 53 – November 5th 2018

Total; 53.042.970.719

Day 54 – November 6th 2018

Total; 54.051.826.974

Day 55 – November 7th 2018

Total; 55.160.901.135

Day 56 – November 8th 2018

Total; 56.132.334.831

Day 57 – November 9th 2018

Total; 57.040.530.865

Day 58 – November 10th 2018

Total; 58.131.322.292

Day 59 – November 11th 2018

Total; 59.021.017.028

Day 60 – November 12th 2018

Total; 60.111.660.636

Day 61 – November 13th 2018

Total; 61.179.156.863

Day 62 – November 14th 2018

Total; 62.058.291.511

Day 63 – November 15th 2018

Total; 63.132.559.948

Day 64 – November 16th 2018

Total; 64.256.266.522

Day 65 – November 17th 2018

Total; 65.115.654.153

Day 66 – November 18th 2018

Total; 66.154.675.367

Day 67 – November 19th 2018

Total; 67.014.392.387

Day 68 – November 20th 2018

Total; 68.204.086.394

Day 69 – November 21st 2018

Total; 69.034.543.823

Day 70 – November 22nd 2018

Total; 70.179.983.169

Day 71 – November 23rd 2018

Total; 71.036.017.103

Day 72 – November 24th 2018

Total; 72.180.631.891

Day 73 – November 25th 2018

Total; 73.082.623.811

Day 74 – November 26th 2018

Total; 74.072.386.632

Day 75 – November 27th 2018

Total; 75.045.366.042

Day 76 – November 28th 2018

Total; 76.215.976.152

As of today I’m ending my 100b in 100 days journey. Due being busy irl and not being able to farm for at least 3 hours a day I decided to call it quits and use the money I made wisely to gear up my main character & get it ready for Arcana where I will be able to farm mesos, Nodestones & droplets. It pains me to quit this journey because I worked so hard and I came so far but I have to get ready for the endgame part of the game.

Marauder 

Pre-stack 30 Fury and use , you can then follow the prescribed rotation below. Please note is only used once at the very beginning of your parse. Once you get in execute range you can replace the first with .

Sentinel

Pre-stack 30 Centering and use , you can then follow the prescribed rotation below. Please note, is only use once at the very beginning of your parse. Once you get in execute range you can replace the first with .

Raid Rotation – Work in Progress

Defensive Forms should contribute enough Fury | Centering to allow you to improve your rotation slightly by including Ravage | Master Strike fully in your second Cascading Power | Heightened Power window.

Marauder

Pre-stack 30 Fury and use , you can then follow the prescribed rotation below. Please note is only use once at the very beginning of your parse. Once you get in execute range you can use in the place of , and use in place of the first .

Nefra, Who Bars the Way

Tanks –Tanks need to both stack in front of the boss to share the cleave damage. If one Tank is targeted by the droids then both tanks need to move, switch back and forth between 2 locations as needed.  Tanking against statues is advised. Also, be sure that you have first and second threat. There is a chance that if you do not have second threat he will hit a dps with half of twin attack. Cleanse DoT if able.  

DPS– When you’re targeted by the Overloaded Assault Droids, they will run up to you and place a red circle that does a massive amount of damage.   If you don’t move, it is possibly enough to one shot you. Other than the red circle you can sit in place and tunnel the boss. Some DPS classes, for example a Sniper, can self cleanse the dot.  

Heals-  Stack with DPS behind boss.  Split tank cleanses (priority cleanse) for mass debuff , then themselves, then dps (since they will be able to cleanse their own every other debuff).  Avoid red reticle.

Sniper PoV Vid    Sin Tank PoV Vid    Sorc Heals PoV Vid

Gatekeeper Draxxus

This boss will periodically jump up/down during multiple add waves.  Split dps to make sure that all possible interrupts are covered. Wave composition below.  

Tanks- The fourth and sixth wave of adds spawn 2 dismantlers.  These Dismantlers have to be tanked one tank on each. When the Dismantlers channel, they need to be tank switched or the tanks get 1 shot.  In the 7th and 9th wave of adds, 2 guardians will appear.  They both need to be tanked with their backs away from the group as they have a cone aoe that is avoidable once they start the cast.  The boss needs to be picked up as well by one of the tanks in waves in 3,5, and 9..  

DPS- Your Priority should be killing the Dismantler, Despoiler and Corrupter adds first, Corrupter adds’ Mass affliction needs to be interrupted, it’s a 5s channel . Initially burn the boss for around 10 seconds before he disappears. Waves of adds will begin to spawn based on the previous waves last add death, or boss jump up.  Hold off on killing the last add to give healers the chance to catch up, if necessary.

Wave 1: A bunch of Subteroths. Wait for them to be grouped up and AOE them down. They deal splash damage upon death so be aware of that.

Wave 2: 4 Dispatchers and 2 Subteroths. Burn the Dispatchers first.

Wave 3: 4 Dispatchers and 2 Corrupters. Burn/interrupt the Corrupters first and then the Dispatchers.  Leave 1-2 Dispatchers, then burn boss.  

Wave 4: 2 Dismantlers and 2 Subteroths. All DPS should focus on one of the Dismantlers first and then burn down the other one. Subteroths should only be touched after both Dismantlers are dead.

Wave 5: 4 Dispatchers, 2 Corrupters and 3 Bulwarks. Here the priority should be the Corrupters, Dispatchers and then the Bulwarks. In order to damage the Corrupters or Dispatchers you will need to be in melee range.  Leave 1 Bulwark and then burn boss.  

Wave 6: 2 Dismantlers, 1 Corrupter, 1 Bulwark and 1 Despoiler. This is probably the trickiest phase. In my opinion the Despoiler needs to be killed first because if he gets his cast off then the boss will be healed to 100%. After the Despoiler is dead then you can focus on the Dismantlers, then the Corrupter, and finally the Bulwark.

Wave 7: 2 Guardians and 2 Subteroths. Choose one of the Guardians to burn down first while being aware not to be in his purple cone when the cast goes off.

Wave 8: 4 Corrupters, 1 Despoiler, 2 Bulwarks. Burn down the Despoiler first before you kill the Corrupters and then finally the Bulwarks.

Wave 9: 2 Guardians, 2 Dispatchers and 1 Corrupter. Kill the Corrupter first followed by the Dispatcher and then the Guardians.  After initial 15 secs, burn boss. 

Heals- Split tanks between healers and well as right vs. left sides.  AoEs will be difficult to cast as raid members need to spread in order to avoid Corrosive Grenade splash debuff.  I found that during side add phases i would position between the tanks and ranged dps.

WAVE COMPOSITION

Wave 1 Subteroths only

Wave 2 Dispatcher x4 Subteroth x2

Wave 3 Dispatcher x4 Corrupter x2  Boss

Wave 4 Dismantler x2 Subteroth x2

Wave 5 Dispatcherx4 Corrupterx2 Bulwarkx3 Boss

Wave 6 Dismantler x2 Corrupter x1 Bulwakr x1 Despoiler x1

Wave 7 Guardian x2 Subteroth x2

Wave 8 Corrupterx4 Despoiler x1 Bulwark x2 

Wave 9 Guardian x2 Dispatcher x2 Corrupter x1 Boss

Subteroth– Explode when they die, hold off on these to give healers regen time. 

Dread Guard Dispatcher– Force Lightning  spam

Dread Guard Bulwark – Casts a shield that reflects all the damage from outside.

Dread Guard Corrupter – Casts Mass Affliction, needs to be interrupted

Guardian of the Fortress – AOE frontal cone, has a 2.5 second cast timer, Ravage with stun (can be CC broke). 

Dread Guard Despoiler – Wave 6 and 8, hewwwals the adds and the boss, must be killed first or can be CC’d by sorcs and mercs. 

Dread Guard Dismantler -Priority! Applies one shot debuff.

Sniper PoV Vid       Sin Tank PoV Vid       Sorc Heals PoV Vid

Grob’thok Who Feeds the Forge

This cybernetic rancor is a tank mechanic boss and does well with an AoE heavy group.  Ranged DPS and healers can be fairly stationary as the boss is moved around the room. 

 Tanks –One tank takes the boss, for the first half simply tank the boss facing away from the raid, when he summons a pipe drag the boss into the magnetic claw moving around the room asap (repeats several times). This usually occurs at 80, 60, 40 and 20%.

The second tank gathers the adds that spawn so the dps can easily kill them.  You can drag these adds into to lava to kill them also. .

Dps– Be aware of the Mining droid, it will target a random member of the raid and you will run around leaving behind a lava trail, Make sure to kite the trail out of the way of the rest of the raid (melee in particular). Groups of Ugnaughts will constantly spawn which need to be aoe’d down. The rest of the fight as far as we’re concerned is tank and spank.

Heals-  Stay near ranged DPS.  The tank with adds will periodically take high amounts of damage if they are using the lava trick.

We like placing the lava near the boss, between ranged and melee. This means melee can maximize DPS by staying near the boss and ranged AoE can quickly get rid of the adds.  The timing off adds is every 30s, so rotate AoE’s between raid.  

Sniper PoV Vid    Sin Tank PoV Vid       Sorc Heals PoV Vid

Corrupter Zero

*Concussion mine stacking debuff which causes you to do AOE damage to yourself and the rest of the raid. To cleanse this you must run right next to Corrupter Zero. (Random debuff).

* Unified beam attack between  20-30% . Zero will leap into the air and drop to 1 of 4 locations and shoot the beam horizontally and vertically.  LOS the attack on the opposite side of the walls. After each beam he rotates positions, so move to the other side of the corner.  

*Missile Salvo Red reticle which knocks members down.  Can be interrupted/stunned via Elite Add.

There are two phases, the add phase and the laser beam phase, followed by a burn phase at 30% or 3 minutes.  

Tanks

Tank with your back to a wall.  During phase 1, the tank swap is based on a stacking debuff (4 stacks). If you’re not tanking when adds spawn, pick them up (try and time a swap as the adds spawn so that you get a clean stack while the adds are burnt down and then re-swap once they’re all dead). There are two types of add groups that spawn, ranged and melee. If the melee group spawns, the off-tank can taunt and stack them together at which point the DPS can use their AOE. If the ranged group spawns, the adds will not move with a taunt, so go to them. The boss casts Gravity Field which needs to be moved out of. 

Dps

There are two types of add groups that spawn, ranged and melee. If the melee group spawns, the off-tank can taunt and stack them together at which point the DPS can use their AOE. If the ranged group spawns, the adds will not move with a taunt and the DPS can still use their AOE’s (just not as effectively).   On Zero, it is a tank and spank until Gravity Field is cast (move!). DPS should be on the lookout for a stacking debuff called Concussion Mine. This debuff deals constant AOE damage and the only way to cleanse it is to run within melee range of Corrupter Zero.

Heals

Phase 1 of this fight is fairly simple and AoE placement will mitigate healing pressure.  Split tanks between healers for adds groups. Cleanse debuffs (on tanks).  

Sniper PoV Vid     Sin Tank PoV Vid    Sorc Heals PoV Vid

Dreadmaster Brontes

Phase 1

Tanks

One tank should grab aggro on the Right hand and the other tank on the Left hand. The hands will apply a debuff called Touched (or something of that nature). At 80% and 60% the hands will cast attunement which attunes you to the right or left hand based on which you were tanking. Simply switch to the hand that you were not on and continue (Note – it’s important to make sure your dps know when it is ok to push the hand to the next phase otherwise you may end up with both attunements.  A few hits will deal a significant amount of damage).

DPS

Attack two smaller Fingers of Brontes as a priority.  Split DPS between larger Hand of Brontes. Dps needs to keep even as transitions occur every 80%, 60% and 40%.  The Hands will then respawn at a different location. We will get them both to about 65% and stop until another set of fingers spawn, once we kill the fingers the tank will call to push the hand. If done too early the tank has overlapping tentacle attunements and takes significant damage.  For the 60%-40%, DPS focuses right side first followed by left side. Fingers of Brontes can potentially spawn here, but strong DPS groups shouldn’t worry. You want to avoid adds so during the lightning transition there are no small Fingers up.

Heals

Stack with ranged DPS and split tanks.  

In the transition here you will see 4 pairs of large Fingers spawn at the feet of random players.  The weill begin to emit an AoE lightning around their base a before they shoot a large lightning beam between them. These simply need to be avoided by standing on the perimeter before Brontes respawns in the middle for the start of phase 2.  

Phase 2 

In this phase, Brontes will appear in the center of the room. Corrupted Kephess clones spawn in various locations 3 times.  

*Energy Spheres- spawned adds with aggro to DPS (occasionally tanks) during phase 2.  These need to be exploded by running into them between 15-19 stacks (buff on sphere).  Give healers a 3 second count down.

Tanks

Brontes appears and should be tanked facing the red force field( to the left as you come in the room).  Since no clones spawn in that area, it decreases raid cleave chance. Tanks switch after 4 stacks are applied.  The tank with the stacks should switch to the corrupted Kephess clone add that spawns. Repeat until phase 3 (Note before the push to phase 3(50%) you can taunt the orbs that spawn and run into or pull them before the taunt ends to free up a dps)).  During the transition, work ahead of DPS to gain threat on adds, one tank beginning on the last 4 adds. 

DPS

Dps Brontes from 100%-50%.  Arcing Assault is a cleave which will reach to the wall, so you need to be positioned behind.  Energy Spheres throughout this phase and most of the time attach itself to a DPS. When this happens that DPS needs to tell the healers so that they can get topped off. Once the Energy Sphere has around 15 stacks on it the DPS should run into it.  When corrupted Kephess Clones spawn, DPS him down. He also throws a nanite debuff. Healers should cleanse these but you can self cleanse/evasion/ect. Near the 50% mark, make sure all the add clones have been taken care of and push to the second transition.

Heals

Stack with DPS and AoE heal raid.  Split tanks by who is staying with Brontes and who is tanking Kephess clones.  Dispel nanites.  One healer will heal player with Energy Sphere.  The player will be taking noticeably more damage.  Hold off on barriers until the dps begins countdown as it will mitigate damage most efficiently.  The player needs to be topped of around 90%.

Phase 3

The transition here brontes will start a clockwise rotation with a large beam of lightning that creeps toward a set of adds.  The goal here is to kill all of the droids, in order, before the lightning can touch them. Failure to do so results in an instant raid wipe.  Also, the raid member that is closest to the droids adds gets aggro, so make sure you position accordingly.

**Use this phase to give healers time to top everyone off. 

The small Fingers aggro via proximity.  DPS and Healers must “tank” assigned Finger.  Assign tentacle buddies so players from the first 3 tentacles can gain aggro and relieve players 4-6  by being closer to the Fingers after their own Finger is down. During this phase there will also be purple reticles which can deal around 12k damage.  Avoid them while remaining in melee range.  

Tanks

Each tank will tank one Hand.  During this phase tank the Hand so that the path of the slam destroys the incoming Energy Spheres.  These orbs cause massive damage and too many going through will result in a wipe.   If you direct the tentacle to one corner it will automatically get whatever spawns behind you and allow you to only need to watch one corner and spin to that when it spawns an orb (keeping an eye on the minimap also helps). 

DPS

Drop all aoes on Fingers 2 and 3 and then have everyone focus down 1 .  Follow with 2,3,4,etc. It’s important to pop defensive cooldowns here such as sniper shield, saber wards etc as the damage going out is pretty significant. You will have a tentacle buddy  that will step in when you are low and out of CDs. Be sure to communicate. It’s a bit of a mess but stay focused and follow the dps order. After all the fingers are dead we kill the hands right then left and push to phase 4.

Heals

AoE heals will only hit 2 people in the beginning of this phase.  (Precast reviv as a sorc between yourself and the player next to you.  I try and preload a 3 stack during the transition. Barriers are important.)  If you are the healer whose Finger clears first, take a second to heal before picking up a DPS’s finger.  After one side is clear AoE’s are easier to hit more players with. Split tanks as you will not be able to reach both depending on where they are kiting Hand slams.

Phase 4

Brontes will come down and heal to ~62.  The raid should gather in the corner farthest from the door, near a hand.  During this phase a stacking debuff called Manifest Supremacy goes out that  will deal close to 10k dmg per tick at 20 stacks. To stop this, dps the first Hand until it produces a shield.  Once inside the shield, debuffs are reset and you can and head back out to continue dps near the second tentacle. Once both shields are consumed its more or less a race to kill Brontes before we die.

Tanks

 Do your best to have your back to a wall and make sure both tanks coordinate taunts as much as possible. When the raid reaches 5-6 stacks move to the shield that the hand puts up. Then make the transition to the other corner with the hand repeat above until 5-6 stacks then get under the shield and by this time Brontes should be nearing death.

DPS

Burn Brontes until you debuffs hit 5-6 stacks.  DPS Hand until the shield pops. For final burn, make sure your back is to a wall, but not the same wall as tanks. 

Heals

Use the shield phases to regen and get tanks topped off.  During the last burn phases, damage is pretty heavy and you will get heals interrupted by knockbacks. 

Sniper PoV Vid         Sin Tank PoV Vid     Sorc Heals PoV Vid

By Zak

This guide is translated based on these guides:

*https://forum.gamer.com.tw/C.php?bsn=12980&snA=74240*

*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wKkvkJPIhQ*

Add:

DPS from behind

Boss 1

Roles:         -Marker (Last one to touch boss)

        -1-5 (determines which circle you go into)

Attack Rotation:

1. Frontal 2 swipe (2nd hit knock up)
2. Frontal slam
3. Backward slam x2 (knock up)
4. 360 Spin (stun/kd)
5. Stomp (knockup)
6. Front charge (ss)
7. Triple slam (stun/kd)

Note:  Do NOT use tab for normal attacks

Boss DOES NOT reset his rotation after each mech phase,remember where he left off before he phase.

Tanking tips: 

• Start the boss then walk behind him to dodge the front swipes
• q/e the front slam so the backslam is pointed at same direction as front slam
• Try to cc the 360 spin so no one gets knockback and tab
• Ss + approach the front charge then q/e the triple slam to point it away from the group 

Mechanic Phase (90/60/30%):

When phase starts, the boss will jump to middle and does an aoe knockup. 5 circles will then spawn clockwise around the room.

The 5 people that hit the boss first will get a fire buff  , and should enter their respective circle asap. After entering the circle, the 5 people will be dazed. ONLY TAB after you see the marker enter your circle. Marker will then enter circle 1, which then #1 will tab and activate the circle, giving everyone standing in the circle a stack of flame buff.  

When the circle activate, it will send off a white ripple and disappear.  After the ripple, everyone in the circle must SS toward the next circle. Then #2 will tab and activate circle, ss to 3rd circle, etc until all the circles are gone.

Note:  – If you are a summoner/warlock, put your back towards the next circle so you can dash into the next circle with your tab

– For melees with 8m ss, stand on the edge of the circle then run into the  next after you ss.

After all 5 jumps, the marker should have the flame protection buff  , which gives everyone immunity to the floor after the circle disappear. The boss will then jump toward the group, and open up the cc bar. Stun or kd to finish the phase

Mechanics Phase Flow: Boss jump to mid (aoe) > spawn 5 circles clockwise > people go in circle and get dazed > marker go in 1st circle > #1 tab and activate circle > everyone ss to next > #2 tab and activate circle > everyone ss to next > #3 tab and activate circle > everyone ss to next > #4 tab and activate circle > everyone ss to next > #5 tab and activate circle > boss jump on group > CC

Boss 2

The mechanic of this boss is closely related to the dps of the party. Higher dps groups that can kill with 1 phase will have an easier time. If the boss is under 25% after the 1st phase or if conduction fail on 2nd phase, try to ignore mech and push dps and kill him before the conducting/red mask phase.

Roles: 

Red Mask Phase

– Top half conductor

•  Bottom half conductor
•  Gate 1
•  Gate 2
•  Orb transport (optional)

White Mask Phase

•  Bait x2
•  Marker x2

*Red mask and White mask phase roles do not overlap

*Gates can also be conductor if they are a mobile class

Attack Rotation:

1. Frontal Swipes
2. Frontal slam then backward slam (knock up/cc-able)
3. Frontal Swipes
4. 360 Spin (knock back)
5. Grip farthest person (usually KD, stun only if mechs needs it)
6. Throw 2 BLUE orbs at the farthest person
7. Roomwide aoe (can ignore, iframe if debuff stack is too high iframe)

Note: – Every time you stun, boss will follow with a roomwide, iframe/hm block it

– Only cc when boss grip someone or if mech needs it, dont waste cc

– Boss will continue his rotation during mechanics phase

Tanking tips: 

• It is recommended for tank to call out cc for grip since everyone will be moving around the map
• Try not to point his attacks toward the Red/Purple orbs so transporters wont get interrupted
• If tank gets knockback, he will one-shot the tank

Mechanic Phase (1st phase 90%, 2nd phase depends on timer):

*The mechanic phase of this boss starts at 90%, then everything is based on timer, so make sure you are quick on moving around and cc.*

90% > Conduction Phase > Red Mask Phase > White Mask Phase > Conduction Phase > repeat until boss is dead

When the boss hits 90% orbs will spawn on the floor. There are 3 types of orbs: RED orbs, PURPLE orbs, and BLUE orbs. Note that the BLUE orbs will do damage when standing on them.

Conduction Phase (~60 sec):

When boss phase, there will be 4 RED orbs forming a line at either 2/8 o’clock or 4/10 o’clock and 2 RED orbs on the other sides. The side with 4 RED orbs will need to be connected at 9 and 14m for conduction phase. Conductor can be people or orbs. Top/bottom half conductor will then make sure there are orbs/people in the 4 positions for conduction. 

To get orb in position, conductors need to go touch a PURPLE orb. After touching PURPLE orb you will get a 3 sec buff . At the end of the buff a dark BLUE orbs will spawn. In order to activate these BLUE orbs, you need to stun the boss and the roomwide aoe will turn the orbs into light BLUE orbs. A common way to do the conduction is to have top/bottom conductors to put 2 BLUE orbs at 9/14m and activate them. You can also do 1 orb 1 person to finish conduction. After about 60 sec, conducting will happen and boss will enrage if conduction failed.

Red Mask Phase:

WHILE top/bottom half conductor are setting up conduction, Gate 1 and 2 will need to spawn BLUE orbs by stepping on PURPLE orbs. Gate 1 will need to spawn 5 dark BLUE orbs between the PURPLE orb and the boss, stacking them together. To get the extra 2 orbs, Gate 1 will need to be the farthest person for him to grip and toss the blue orbs to in his rotation. Gate 2 just need to spawn 3 BLUE orbs to activate the transport gate. Note that one PURPLE orb can only spawn 3 BLUE orbs, then it will turn into a gate. Also DO NOT go to the same PURPLE orb as the conductors since one PURPLE orb only spawn 3 BLUE orbs. After both the gates are done spawning orbs and the gates spawn, stun the boss to activate the dark BLUE orbs.

By this time the conduction should be over the Red Mask will spawn at either 2/4/6 o’clock. The Red Mask will go toward the boss and will cause enrage when it gets too close to the boss.  At the same time the boss will gain a 5 stack shield , reducing most of the incoming damage. To remove the shield, the Gates must create a teleportal in the path of the Red Mask for him to “eat” the 5 BLUE orbs that Gate 1 stacked up.

Right after the Red Mask spawn, both Gates must step on the transport gate created from the PURPLE orbs. If the 2 Gates dont step on the blue gate within 10 sec, both Gates will die and boss will enrage. After stepping on the blue gate, both Gates will be connected with a line.

After the 2 Gates connect, Gate 1 will stand where they were while Gate 2 go step on a red circle where the RED orbs were. This will create an EXIT of the teleporter under Gate 1’s feet. After the exit is created, Gate 1 will need to quickly move to another red circle while Gate 2 get in position. Gate 2 will need to move between the mask and boss ASAP. Gate 1 will then step on the red circle and create an ENTRANCE for the teleporter under Gate 2’s feet. After both are created, move toward the boss.

If the teleporter was set up correctly, the line connecting the two will disappear and the Red Mask should move toward the boss, step on ENTRANCE and comes out on EXIT, continue moving toward the boss and eat the 5 activated BLUE orbs. Removing the stacks on boss and disappearing. The boss will then do a 5 hit aoe which can be sheathed/ignored. 

After the 5 hit aoe, the orb transport (or anyone that is free) will need to step on the remaining activated BLUE orbs, which will give a the 3 sec debuff and spawn a dark BLUE orb when it ends. Step on the activated BLUE orb and move it about 3-4m away from boss. Try to space them out and leave safe zones for melee dps.

White Mask Phase (~50 sec):

About 10 sec after the sheath, the boss will spawn 2 White Masks at 12/6 o’clock or 3/9 o’clock connecting and going towards the 2 closest peron. If the line gets too close, the boss will enrage and wipe. The 2 Baits should stand at 2/7 o’clock and go the the White Masks ASAP to take aggro so the start following the Baits. If the White Masks touch anyone, they will enrage. The Baits should then move clockwise (similar to sk) and bait the White Masks until the end of the phase.

As the White Masks follow the Baits they will speed up. To slow them down, KD the boss and the get up attack will stun them and reset their movespeed. Usually the KD in his grip rotation will be enough but you can do extra KD if needed. BD/SF speed boost will also help with the baiting. While the Baits are rotating someone will need to be at the edge of the room to get grip by the normal attacks. If not the Bait will get grip and caught by the White Mask.

As the Baits are rotating, some melees will get a death timer debuff that lasts 7 seconds. When the timer reaches 0 you will die. To refresh the debuff, step on one of the dark BLUE orbs that you moved under the boss earlier, or you can step on one of the purple pools he spawn during the phase. Keep refreshing the debuff until the end of the White Mask phase.

*After the White Mask phase, if the boss is ~25% or lower, try to ignore the mech and dps him down since the 2nd phase is significantly harder due to the many extra blue orbs left on the field. If you have high enough DPS, ignore the rest.*

For lower dps groups, you will have to do a 2nd round of mechanic phase. It is highly recommended to use people for the conduction phase rather than orbs since stunning the boss will activate ALL BLUE orbs on the field which messes up the conduction.

After conduction, the two Gates should have their orbs spawned and blue transport gate open. Stun the boss to activate the orbs for the Red Mask to eat the stacked orbs. After the Red Mask disappear, stun again to deactivate all the orbs. After that, make sure to step on all the remaining activated BLUE orbs and continue with the phase.

Note: If there are too many BLUE orbs under the buff, after the 1st stun some people can step on those and move it away. After the 2nd stun, they will be activated. Step on them again and move them away from boss to give melee rooms to dps.

Mechanics Phase Flow: 90% > Conductors move orbs > Gates move orbs > stun > Conductors conduct > Gates step on blue transporter and get connected > Red Mask spawn > Gate 2 step on red transporter > Gate 2 move between Red Mask and boss > Gate 1 step on red transporter > 5 hit aoe > step on remaining light up blue orbs and move it under boss > White Masks spawn > Baits get aggro and rotate clockwise > kd to slow White Masks down > push boss or repeat mechanics phase.

Video:

• Boss 1 SUM Marker POV: https://youtu.be/15Yup-y2fpE

• Boss 2 SUM Gate 1/Bait POV: https://youtu.be/JyZVTD8WQU4
• Boss 1 BM Tank POV: https://youtu.be/i-hD9gITpjc 

• Boss 2 BM Tank POV: https://youtu.be/_e05QXk1jr4 

• Boss 2 WL Conduct POV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr_IF3wpViA

Written by Le’zette @ The Shadowlands, member of
Solo Queue Soldiers / The Darkness Reborn

Introduction

Hello, and welcome to the operative healing guide, by the end of this guide I plan to teach you that Operative is still viable to compete for healing in PvP and how to make it so. Lets go over some common questions I think will arise.

1. What are some pros to operative healing?
   A) We are one of, if not the fastest class in game when it comes to other healing classes, with our ability to roll combined with evade and countermeasure(More on this later) combined with escape we can be and are, very, very hard to catch. Committing is also less of an issue as a quick retreat and reposition is never too far away.
   B) Group utility; we can stealth our group to the front lines allowing for a sneak attack, choosing when and where from to engage the enemy is worth its weight in gold(in certain situations, a exposed group is worse than 1 cloaked healer and 3 visible allies). We also have a group soft stun, that can even be used for single target, very useful. And our hard stun has a mean 30 second cooldown(less with alacrity) when specced into.
   C) Our “emergency button” can last, as short or as long as we need while not fully negating our heals due (plus the ability to gain TA to instantly bounce back and refresh HoTs as well!) to our variety of powerful HoTs. (As compared to a Sorcerer’s Force Barrier or a Mercenary’s Kolto Overload)
2. Who put you in charge?
   A) I have been healing operative since patch 3.0 came out hardcore(I mean like 5 hours a day) and tend to be on par at least with other healers in Regular WarZones and on several occasions in Solo Ranked Que. I can boast a low average healing of 1700 HPS(Healing Per Second) up to a 3500 in an ideal situation, 2000 HPS is not uncommon by any means and I believe room for improvement is still here, making it even better with feedback in the near future.
3. Isn’t healing operative lackluster in comparison to other healing classes?
   A) Well, no, its still a better ranked healer when played right and
   
   
   

Table of Contents

In this guide I will go over 

• Class understanding – Abilities and Class handling
  (^^^If you don’t read anything else, read this^^^)
• Situation rotation – What abilities in a flexible order for situations
• Improving your game – tips to improve your practice
• Ranked Theory
• Final Comments and Contact info for questions

Now! Time to practice Medicine!

Class Understanding

Lets go over some of our abilities so we know what we’re dealing with.

Damage

Backstab(BS) – This is where your gonna get your 6k damage medal in, this from stealth does pretty great damage, even so when out of stealth, always try to use this if you somehow need to be doing damage.

Poison Dart(PD) – This is a good damage over time ability if you need to contribute just minorly to group damage, apply to what targets need it and move back to healing. Reapply as needed. Always have up in damage fight.

Shiv – Does damage, grants Tactical Advantage(TA), has cool animation, use off CD in damage fight.

Overload Shot(OS) – Ranged, quick, small burst damage, good filler, combine with next ability for filling rotation.

Snipe – Ranged, charged, burst damage with no CD, hits for OK damage, use with Overload Shot to fill rotation before re-applying Poison Dart and shiv/backstabbing.

Frag Grenade – Hits hard and stops group caps, use liberally in AoE situations if needed to stop caps.

Healing

Kolto Probe(KP) – A good HoT, no, a great HoT and should always be on primary heal target and any secondaries(like oneself) if need be. Can grant TA on tick, 30% chance. Apply liberally to gain TA on rate limit.

Recuperative NanoTech(NT) – Pretty much a shorter, but faster to apply, group Kolto Probe, but it stacks(with KP). Use on cooldown. 2 or more people unless you really don’t have time to give someone a more proper single target HoT. Can grant TA.

Kolto Infusion(KI) – A burst heal with minor HoT afterwards, a important part of our burst healing kit.

Surgical Probe(SP) – The lifeblood of ranked healing while being an amazing way to refresh KP, use when possible to refresh KP and use a TA(which it does) to give the healing buff.

Kolto Injection(KInj) – The second and largest part of our burst healing kit, is long a long cast so be careful to watch for interrupts, coordinate with stuns as need be and watch for our set bonus making it a 100% crit and use with TA Heal boost(From KI for a great burst healing). 100% chance to grant TA, rate limit or no.
Kolto Waves(KW) – The sustain part of our group healing kit, its basically a channelled HoT that allows you to not have to give everyone SP, pop NT or even KP on all the targets and then channel this and watch the healing go. 3 or more targets recommend, don’t do it on less than 2. Do not use under 65% energy without adrenaline probe being ready to go.

Diagnostic Scan(DS) – Want to move and cast but not use TA and HoTs are applied? This does the job! Combine with TA Healing boost whenever possible, use after KI and KInj or KW to regain energy.

Utility abilities and Passives

Exfiltrate(Roll) – This roll is the best thing that’s ever happened to healing operatives, the ability to catch up and get away from at will is amazing. Will not break stealth.

Stealth/Cloaking Screen – Speaking of, this is not as much important to healing operatives as say to a concealment damage operative but it has a lot of uses. More on that later. Grants 2 stacks of TA, which is pretty great. Cloaking screen allows you to end combat and immediately enter stealth while being invisible pretty much for a short amount of time. More on this later as well.

Infiltrate – Gives, 8, count em, 8 group members(including you to clarify) stealth just by standing close to you. Coordinate with group to make sure they know where you’re going with it so they can stay close.

Sever Tendon – Slows enemy, minor damage, can grant TA when specced into, if you wanted that, I don’t recommend that, more on that later.

Shield Probe(SP) – Resists incoming damage until the timer runs out or it absorbs its max amount of damage, very useful to give you bit of a healing breather.

Stim Boost(SB) – An instant TA grant with alacrity boost for some time, use to increase burst healing or recover from HoT downtime.

Evasion – DoT Purge and ranged and melee defense boost for short time. Use to avoid things like ravages, blazing bolts, and demolishes most importantly

Countermeasures(Root cleanse or RC) – Cleanses movement impairing effects, i’m looking at you creeping terror and ravage. With this you just pop it and roll away, with ravage your safer bet is to evade however, as it can tend to apply its root magically before you roll away, somehow.
(Technically I shouldn’t list this because it requires being specced into to be actually useful, but it’s pretty much always on select for me.  More on this soon)

Adrenaline Probe(AP) – Massive energy buff and regen increase, more so when specced into. Energy management with AoE healing when you use a lot of kolto waves can be rough.

Flash Bang – An amazing soft stun, second only to a Warrior’s, an amazing defense against melee that your group isn’t/can’t handling at the moment. Used well if after a broken debilitate. Can also be used to stealth cap if the person in question doesn’t have a CC Break.

Tactical Advantage(TA) – Allows the casting of certain abilities, some of which are essential in our healing kit. Granted by shiv, or defeating an enemy, KP and NT also have a 30(ish)% chance to grant it every tick.

Tactical Medicine – When you use a tactical advantage to heal, you get increased healing for a short time! This is great for making lackluster heals stronger or already good heals even better!

Handling

How does the Operative Healer work in practice? Well lets find out!

Utilities

Making the best use of your Utilities

(Just some sample situations to show how these points fit in)

Gear

The gear given to us by the PvP Ranked Vendor(Which should be your end goal and when you start min-maxing anyhow, don’t worry about the WarZone set, just replace it and then optimize)

gives stats I am more or less OK with.

5-6% Alacrity

Around 70% Crit Multiplier

1000+ bonus healing, 1100+ would be fantastic

25-27% Crit Chance…
Now, some of you may be asking “Isn’t 27 a bit high?” and I will tell you it’s like I run my DoT spec toons, we don’t have long cast(well we have KI) big hits, we have lots of HoTs, so we need slightly more crit to make sure our HoTs are ticking critically more often.

Run with power augments with most pieces to shoot for that 1100 bonus healing(Power will help more than cunning for heal power), you may want some cunning, get that crit up.

If you have more of those stats than viable, then sort it around, try to get some more power if you can maybe shoot for more of another stat that is more lacking.

Situation Rotation

Alright, healing is not a rotation it’s a practice of triage with what’s available but here are some general guidelines I follow or at least should be able to give you a good idea on stuff could go ideally, be always checking on how to prioritize for and create more efficient healing.

Triage

The essential guidelines;

• HoT uptime is crucial for making sure you can swap to the more important heal targets and keep up with Single target heals and TA uptime.
• The person closest to causing the most damage to team power in general by dying or having to go on defensive is your priority to heal first, use HoTs and AoE to manage multiple targets like this.
• Defensive CDs are best used pro-actively because heal downtime is bad and causes damage to team power more often than not.

What to do in… single target heals?

I apply the scan maneuver in this situation which uses high energy abilities on rotation while keeping HoTs up and using scans for filler. Lets look at the single target on in depth

1. Maintain TA healing buff and HoTs! Do not use scanning abilities without the buff! Use SP when at all possible in place of other abilities except when noted below
2. Do not go under 1 TA during the maneuver, if low, use KInj to regain! If not, step 3 with buff for next step
3. If TA allows(don’t go under) and it’s needed to maintain, use a KI, its great for single target heals with buff active, follow up with KInj and one cast of DS and repeat rotation/perform triage check
4. Use DS! Reposition if need be, use this filler to gain breathing room without mindlessly spamming SP or any other big heals, gets good energy management. Keep in mind HoT uptime is more important so you won’t be using this too often and don’t use without buff.

(ALL group healing involves having 100% NT Uptime and is considered a primary HoT)

What to do in…. small group heals?(4 or less)

1. Same story as above but no KInj trading with constant KP uptime on all friendlies and some KW when filler needed(keep in mind it can grant TA but is energy heavy) refresh KP with KP instead of SP to conserve TA(if need be) to stay in rotation.
2. Be constantly aware of energy! Use DS and recheck what’s going on/reposition to regain energy after most KW casts.
3. Be watching to switch back into single target healing, its very easy to slip and have someone die in a group healing mentality when you needed to be doing single target. No healing rotation is exact or lasts long, be always watching.

What to do in…. large group heals?(more than 4)

1. Same as above! Just drop the constant KP and work on a who needs it basis, as always maintain HoTs(where needed) be watching to switch the way you triage as always! I swap from this to single target during a WarZone allot!
2. Be more willing to cast KW with a DS, still try not to cast without TA buff.

What to do in…. high pressure heals?

1. High pressure will be short-term burst heals only, no room for scanning for most situations like this. So don’t scan.
2. You can still use KInj and KI and should still be attempting to keep TA up and buff going.
3. SP/KInj spam is ok here, always maintain KP on everyone to keep TA going. Its hard but necessary for good management for burst heals.

Dammage Fight

“Dammit Jim! Im a doctor, not a fighter!”

Don’t try to be in these situations, but sometimes its unavoidable, there is enough healing with lacking DPS  or we need to defend ourselves, when that’s the case, follow these rules.

Your debilitate is on a low cooldown(with utility point) and is your greatest help to an ally that doesn’t need healing, use flash bang as well but more sparingly!
Always have PD up

Shiv and Backstab are your priorities, use off CD
Overload shot if up close followed by 2 blaster volleys then repeat
Snipe if far followed by 2 blaster volleys then repeat.
Rinse, repeat.

Improving your game

In this section I will go over the bits and pieces of improving your gameplay that don’t really fit into the other sections. Such as UI setup, keybinds and advanced theory.

UI Setup

If you don’t want to use a cookie cutter UI, I recommend following these guidelines.

• OPS frames front and center! This should be in the middle of your screen for easy access to a readout on all allies status and current health. I recommend showing buffs and cleansable debuffs only. Have health readout with percentages to increase your ability to quickly assess someone in Triage. The bars tend to be inaccurate.
• Focus Target, use it, often. Good for tanks and/or often damaged allies have it near the ops frames
• Have a couple(1-2) quick bars for important abilities, especially DCs(SP and SB) that are large to make sure you can quickly read how long until you can pop them.

This was meant to be short and sweet, just the crucial info, please refer to
this video, for more info

This(soon!) will link you to a screenshot of how I manage my setup.

Keybinds

Have KP, KI, Kinj, and NT easy to get to(1-5)
I follow this to an almost exact

Not much more to it.

Ranked Game

Just don’t? See burst healing for now, will update if good ranked play becomes a thing on shadowlands, the utility setup I noted works for ranked as well.

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