Guardian Raid T5-3: Dark Yoho YouTube Ver.

GR T5-3: Dark Yoho

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Recommended Team Setup

Bard

Heavy Neutralization

Optional Items

Destruction Bomb

Utility Items

Corrosion Bomb | Awakening Potion | Whirlwind Bomb

Item Loadout

• Usually if your team has enough damage, you kill the boss before you can even do a 3rd knock.

• The whirlwind bombs are optional.

• If your team does not have enough neutralization for the 3rd phase, you may consider using these.

• If not, slot other optional items.

• The bard may consider bringing the awakening pot for an emergency heal.

General Battle Mechanics

• There are 4 phases to this boss. The 2nd phase begins after the 1st teleport. 3rd after 2nd teleport. 

• 4th after 3rd teleport. Each phase adds different mechanics. 

• Yoho starts with 3 tails, and adds 2 tails every phase.

• During the 4th phase, you will be able to break its tail after you knock it. 

• Any destruction, penetration, or cut skill works on the tail, and any type of bomb or shuriken will work too. 

• You need 100% imprison immunity for the 4th phase.

• Dark Yoho is arguably more difficult for melee because of how hard the tail swipes hit for. 

• After you know the conditions for when he uses her tail swipes, it becomes much easier.

• The boss will do random light bombardments as the battle occurs with no telegraph. 

• The light colored ones appear during the 3rd phase and deal 1-2k damage and don't knock down. 

• The random blue ones start during the 4th phase. Those knock down.

1st Phase Mechanic: Ring

• During the battle, Dark Yoho spreads 5 orbs in a circle. 

• You must use space or use a super armor skill to get out of the circle.

• Just walking through it won't work as it will pull you back in. 

• If you fail to get out of the circle by the time it ends, you get transformed into a fox for 20 seconds.

2nd Phase Mechanic: Beads

• The beads spread out from Yoho instead of circling. Only 5 beads spread out at any one given time. 

• The locations where they spawn change every time. 

• The easiest way to not get hit by these beads is to stand up close and figure out where they won't spawn. 

• If you get hit by 3 of these beads, you will turn into a fox.

3rd Phase Mechanic: Break

• Yoho charges for a short duration. You must use neutralization skills to knock Yoho. 

• Use whirlwind bombs if your team is low on neutralization. 

• If you succeed, she drops ether buffs which increase movement speed. 

• If you fail, the entire team turns into a fox.

• After the break, Yoho will do either a circle swipe, back tail swipe or side tail swipe.

4th Phase Mechanic: Tail Cut + Darkness

• Once you get to the 4th phase, the boss receives reduced damage. 

• You do more damage every time Yoho loses more tails.

• Use as much neutralization as possible so you can knock the boss and cut its tail.

• After the break, Yoho will do either a circle swipe, back tail swipe or side tail swipe.

• During the battle, Yoho's color palette will change into one of those generic galaxy desktop wallpapers. 

• This is signaled by an animation and sound.

• 10-20 seconds after, Yoho will scream and go up into the air. You must run away. 

• The best option is to climb up vines, which will make you dodge all her tornado attacks that follow up. 

• If it's not the closest available option you can run away as far as possible behind a wall.

• Be aware that tornadoes do travel across the same elevation. Walls can block tornadoes.

• Jumping over platforms makes you invincible so be sure to do that to be 100% safe

General Moveset

Clone Spawns

• This move mimics the attack windup for circle swipes.

• Yoho summons two clones of her human form. They deal decent chip damage, around 1k or so. 

• They drop two heavy armor ether buffs on death. You can stack up to 3 of the buffs for reduced damage.

Circle Swipe

• The boss will raise its right leg and look backwards before doing a circle swipe. 

• The boss only does this attack during the 1st and 2nd phase. It won't during the 3rd and 4th.

• If the boss does the same telegraph again right after, it will be a clone spawn.

• If the boss looks like it will do the circle swipe again, it will always be the no damage spawn clones one.

• The boss will not do 2 circle swipes in a row.

Side Tail Swipe

• The boss will look either right or left before tail swiping in that direction.

• After this move, consider it a good time to use close range attacks. 

• Yoho will bend her head down and raise its tail before doing a back tail swipe.

• After this move, consider it a good time to use close range attacks.

Sky Drop

• There is a clear indication who Dark Yoho will target with this attack. 

• He will turn towards the aggroed target before going up into the air and dropping. 

• Here in the video, he turns in the general direction of the left side.

Backstep

• No damage backstep.

1st Phase Moveset

Scream

• The boss will arch its head up and scream. 

• After it screams it will do a circle swipe and summons a clone that does the same thing in front of it.

Flash | Charge | Pounce

• The boss will turn its head towards an aggroed target before using one of three moves. 

• The first type is a flash.

• The second type is a charge.

• The third type is a pounce.

Stomp

• Turns toward a target and does a stomp.

2nd Phase Moveset (Inherits 1st Phase Moveset)

Upgraded Scream Version 1

• The boss will arch its head up and scream. 

• After it screams it will do a circle swipe and summons 4 clones who do the same attack. 

• Easiest way to avoid is to dash into the boss after the initial scream and circle swipe.

Teleports (2 Types)

• Targets a player and teleports on top of him, afterwards uses a flash in the direction of the player.

• Targets a player and teleports on top of him,  afterwards pounces in the direction of the player.

Fireballs (3 Types)

• Archs her head up and uses fireballs that spread in all directions. 

• Aggros a player and turns her head before throwing a fireball at target location.

• A flame AoE appears on the ground at location and disappears after a while.

• Targeted double fireballs.

3rd Phase Moveset (Inherits 2nd Phase Moveset)

Upgraded Scream Version 2

• The boss will arch its head up and scream. 

• After it screams it will do a circle swipe and summon 4 clones diagonal from the boss.

• They will do a pounce attack.

• You can dash into the boss after the initial circle swipe to avoid both versions.

Targeted Quadruple Fireballs

• The boss will turn towards a target and launch two pairs of targeted fireballs at the person. 

• You can change the direction where you walk after the initial 2 fireballs.

• Generally, if you know you're being targeted, don't run in the direction of other players.

Walk

• Turns her head towards a player before doing the attack. 

• A targeted rainfall appears on the player periodically up to 3 in addition to the random ones.

Rain

• Like normal yoho.

Upgraded Stomp

• Double stomp.

Combo Dashes (4 Types)

• Turns her head towards a player. Flash into pounce.

• Turns her head towards a player. Flash into flash.

• Turns her head towards a player. Charge into pounce.

• Turns her head towards a player. Charge into flash.

4th Phase Moveset (Inherits 3rd Phase Moveset)

Upgraded Fireball Flame AoEs

• Instead of one fireball being used, multiple fireballs are thrown out that create AoE flames. 
• She will bend her head down for the fireballs that create AoEs.