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Guardian Raid T3-1: Levanos

Clips from:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaHbDINMoBk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k-p21RiJa4

Just right click the YouTube video and click loop to get it to behave like a GIF.

Recommended Team Setup

Bard

Impairment

Recommended Weapon

390 ilvl Fire Elemental Weapon (Extra Damage vs Levanos)

Recommended Items

Beginner Bomb

Optional Items

Corrosion Bomb | Destruction Bomb | Penetration Bomb | Molotov

Recommended Runes

Earth Resistance

General Battle Mechanics

• Levanos has the same armor mechanics as Chromanium.

• Destruction and penetration both work on Levanos, but penetration skills are less consistent.

• Unless you're using penetration skills at the right angle, it won't affect the boss at all.

• The boss's armor break animation is shown below.

• The boss will periodically try to regenerate it's armor. The animation is below.
• You must impair the boss during this time or else you will have to break its armor all over again.

• At around 30% health, the boss will turn red and start Phase 2. 
• The boss also regains its armor back so you must break its armor again.

• This is one of the bosses normal moves, but he is likely to use it after a core kill.

• The boss will periodically summon up to 4 cores. You must kill these cores ASAP.
• The core will usually teleport to another place after spawn.
• Prenerf KR, the boss would usually TP during the 3rd core because teams could not kill the core in time.
• I doubt that will be the case in RU. If the boss does TP away, you have to break its armor again.
• You may want to use molotovs on these cores but again, I doubt that will be needed on RU.

• The cores have mini versions of the bosses attacks, which are shown below.

Moveset (1st Phase - Above 30% Health)

Whirlwind (2 Types)

• This is a move that is the most dangerous for unprepared players.
• The telegraph is distinct and easily recognizable. 
• The boss will raise its arms in the air and bring them down quickly before doing the attack.

• This second type of whirlwind has almost the same telegraph, but the boss does it a lot slower.
• The boss will then use whirlwind while moving forward.

Bombardment

• The sound the boss makes for this move is very distinct. The boss will raise its arm up high for this attack.
• The AoE's appear around an aggroed target.

Ghost Jets

• Hard to describe the telegraph for this move but you will get used to it after a while.
• It's also telegraphed by 4 blue spawn points that center at the boss.

Rain

• The animation for this move is fairly slow. You will have ample time to notice the move.
• After a short while, AoE's will come falling down.

Smash (2 Types)

• Raises its arms before bringing them down to attack the front.

• Almost the same telegraph as the previous move, but will do a huge frontal AoE cone as well.

Backstep (3 Types)

• The boss has 3 possible followup attacks to its backstep ability.
• The first possible is bombardment.

• The second possible follow up is the smash frontal AoE cone.

• The third possible is a moving whirlwind.

Moveset (2nd Phase - Below 30% Health)

Cage

• RU will most likely have the nerfed cage move where the cage radius is large and very forgiving.
• Players trying to exit the cage will be pulled back inside and take damage.
• The cage will wear off after a while.

Upgraded Ghost Jets

• During the 2nd phase, the ghost jets spawn away from the center of the boss.

Snare

• The boss can place down snares during the 2nd phase.

Guardian Raid T2-4: Berutooth

Clips from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEbLOYSbU4U

Recommended Team Setup

Bard

Impairment

Optional Items

Panacea | Whirlwind Bomb

Recommended Runes

Water Resistance | Stun Immunity (100%)

General Battle Mechanics

• The boss will run away automatically when it reaches 70% and 40% health.

• The boss enters its 3rd phase at 30% health.

• The boss's 2nd phase is barely any different from its 1st phase, so I will not be differentiating them.

• The boss will periodically turn red during each phase as shown below.

• You can accelerate this phase by knocking the boss.
  
• If the boss is not red when you knocked him initially, he will turn red after getting back up.

• If you've knocked the boss when it has already turned red, it's recovery attack will be a jumpback.
• The tail is able to be cut during this time, but it is not worth it because it just accelerates him to Phase 3.

• The boss will periodically try grabbing players. The telegraph is easy to notice and the arcana below dodges it.

• If players get CC'd, they are priority targets for getting grabbed.

• When someone gets grabbed, make sure to use as much impairment skills to break him free ASAP.

• During the boss's 3rd phase, any player he CC's, will be a priority target for his Charge attack.
  
• This CC includes his tail swipe and his freeze bomb.

• The boss has a high tendency to telegraph who his next aggroed target is and who he will use his next attack on. When he has chosen a target to attack, he will "slide" to face him and use a skill as shown below.
  

Moveset

Tail Swipe

• One of Beru's most annoying moves especially for melee is his tail swipe attack because it stuns you.

• It's telegraphed by him swaying his tail in the direction of the swipe before attacking.

Dive

• When running away, it's ideal to run away together in a group so that there is less downtime for attacks.

• If a teammate is lagging behind, that person should just run in another direction because the boss might pop out beneath them.

• Safest option is running in 4 directions away from each other.

360

• Easily telegraphed.

Freeze Bomb

• Screams and AoE circles appear. Frozen players have a high chance of getting grabbed.

Breath

• Sucks in players then breaths them away.

Charge

• Easily telegraphed.

Claw Swipe

• Double claw swipe. Easily telegraphed.

Lunge

• Easily telegraphed.

• During the 3rd phase, the iceball becomes triple.

Guardian Raid T2-3: Hellgaia

Clips from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N4B0S4uBGE

Just right click the YouTube video and click loop to get it to behave like a GIF.

Recommended Team Setup

Bard

Heavy Impairment

Optional Items

Panacea | Talisman | Whirlwind Bomb

Recommended Runes

Fire Resistance | Burn Immunity

General Battle Mechanics

• Most of Hellgaia's attacks apply a burn debuff which can stack.

• Gaining too many burn debuffs will make your health disappear relatively quickly.

• Use a panacea in case that ever happens to remove the debuff.

• Every 40 to 50 seconds, Hellgaia will try to evolve. The team must use their impairment skills to interrupt.

• If you fail to break the boss, the boss will create an AoE explosion around him.

• Most teams on Korean release did 431, i.e. Break the first 4 evolves, let it evolve, break the next 3 evolves,let it evolve, break.

• I don't know how much easier it is now to break Hellgaia on RU.

• During the time you want to let him evolve, have a bard either ult so you can keep damaging the boss.

• Either that or all of you run away from the boss. Sometimes a bard shield may even be enough.

• There are 3 phases, with the 2nd and 3rd phase adding a new move and an upgraded move.

• The sequence goes like this: 1st phase -> evolve -> 2nd phase -> evolve -> 3rd phase.

• After it evolves 2 times, it won’t try to evolve anymore. You must knock the boss ASAP.

• After you knock the boss, the boss will do a sky attack, then shout before running away.

• Having it run away resets it back to the 1st phase.

• If your team don't have enough impairment, consider doing 331 or maybe even less breaks.
• Other variations include 401, where you try and reset the boss asap to the 1st phase.
• This is because the sky attacks during 2nd phase are one of the most annoying attacks in his kit.

Moveset (1st Phase)

Swipes (2 Types)

• Tail swipe. Safe area is right up on Hellgaia's butt. The damage cone is away from the butt.
  

• Wing swipe. Again, the safe area is right on Hellgaia's butt.

Beak Attacks (2 Types)

• Single beak attack which sends you flying up to the bosses backside.

• Double peck on the ground which staggers.

Fireball

• Fires a projectile.

Charge

• If you're caught at the front, it will send you flying backwards at the end of the attack.

Moveset (2nd Phase) (Inherits 1st Phase Moveset)

Upgraded Fireball

• Single fireball turns into three.

Sky Attack

• If you're standing directly on Hellgaia's butt, you will have an annoying time trying to dodge this attack.

• Her body blocks you if you try dashing through her.

• Best to stay on the left side or right side of the butt.

• This way you can still back attack and dash perpendicular to the boss.

• This upgraded charge leaves a trail of fire.
  

• Hellgaia will slowly ascend into the sky and bombard you with fire. 
• Use the nearest ladder or rope to move to another area unless you're super confident in dodging its attacks. Its attacks won't hurt you there.
• After a short time it will land.