This boss as far as mechanics go are pretty simple but this can be a complete mess! This is the well known PUG KILLER of the trial. The tank should stand by the boss and taunt it, and pretty much keep her facing the tank at all times while maintaining a taunt/debuffs etc etc.

The group should be in a large circle NOT stacking, everyone must have their own space.

Magic Bolt – during the fight the boss will fire magical bolts at the person who has the aggro (this should be the tank). These deal moderate damage and shouldn’t prove too much of a problem BUT if a dps is hit by more than one of these they will most likely die.

Split! – The boss will split into 3 ghosts during the fight and each one will position themselves by the pillars around the room. Once they have been killed after a time, the boss will cast a huge explosion. The more ghosts still alive the stronger the hit. If no ghosts are alive you will be completely fine!

Every explosion starts the next phase and each phase lasts 30seconds until the NEXT split. Each consecutive split will add one more ghost to the room. The maximum is 6!

There are a couple of ways to manage this especially as new groups.
One way is to have everyone assigned to a pillar. Two people per pillar EXCLUDING the reddish orange one with the mushrooms on it.

This way every phase people know where to go, they can kill their add in twos and then any remaining, people who have finished theirs can help finish off.

With the above being successful there will of course be one left on its own.

Here is where your second choice comes in. Get your group collectively to nuke it since the others are dead and everyone can kill it fast. OR get back to the middle and be ready to BLOCK when the explosion happens.

So long as the boss has minor maim on it (debuff ) leaving ONE ghost alive and blocking the explosion will NOT kill your team. BUT with the debuff missing and people not blocking(or using a damage shield) they will most likely die.

So in a nut shell, 2 to a pillar, kill the ghost and come back in, OR 2 to a pillar and ignore the mushroom one, but be sure to block the boom!

If you have an off tank by the way, they should run around taunting all of the ghosts to make sure the “Magic Bolts” attack stays off the group (the ghosts have the same effect as the boss) and also debuff them so people can kill them faster.


AOE bursts – Throughout the whole fight, the stacking and burning AND the killing of the ghosts, players will have nasty popping aoes under them. This is why you do NOT stack. You can step out of them if you can coordinate without running around like a headless chicken OR you can stand still and take heals.

MOST important of all though, again, do NOT stack. stacking will make multiples land in the same place. If a dps/healer is hit by ONE at full health, they will survive, if they are hit with 2x, they WILL die!

Watch your feet!

THIS boss can be SUCH a mess, but it really doesn’t have to be! The tank can have a hard time, the dps can have a hard time, and the healers can struggle all day long. BUT, i am going to explain to you how to do this with EASE and then of course add the hard mode mechanics at the end.

The tank should TAUNT the boss BUT! stay a few feet away, lets call it “arm’s length”!
The group (despite all other complicated methods you may have seen) Should stack BEHIND the boss.

Read On…

CHAIN LIGHTNING!! – THIS is the single most hated mechanic in the trial and wipes people for countless hours because people do NOT understand it. So I’m going to explain what it DOES and then i will explain how to defeat it!

Chain lightning happens when the boss zaps a player and they are standing next to another player (too close). The chain gets stronger and stronger and the person at the end of it usually dies.

There have been many ways to lessen the impact of this but over time i still see groups not understanding how it works…and HERE is how!

The boss has a 180 degree field of vision. ANYONE in FRONT of her, can be her potential “zap zap” victim…
Anyone BEHIND her 180 degree field of vision will NOT. She only hits what she can see!

So potentially, if you draw an imaginary line through her center, 180 degree at front and 180 at the back, so long as you dont CROSS the line, you will NEVER get zapped!

NOW, the tank CAN get zapped. Which means something else needs to be paid attention to.

On a Dragonnight for example, pierce armour has a 7 meter range, so the tank can stand WAY back and still maintain a taunt for the debuff, AND to keep her attention.

The melee, dps BEHIND the boss can also hit for about 5-7 meters away. SO, between the TANK (at the front 180) and the dps (at the back 180) try to make a MINIMUM of a 10 meter gap between you all!

So, tank stands back a bit, and so does the dps. With this method, the tank will always be the one to get zapped, and NO ONE will be in range to receive it! SO it will simply disappear! This tactic is applicable in the regular AND Hard Mode!

NOTE: No matter what happens, NO ONE EVER CROSSES THE LINE! Selfish players thinking they are clever showing off and nudging over the imaginary line, will get zapped, and they are close to everyone else which means THEY will get zapped! Pay attention and stop dancing! 

Axes – During the fight the mage will shout several different lines of dialogue, “i cannot stop these weapons”, and “i cannot control my armoury” etc…when you hear this, she is spawning large purple axes. These need to be grabbed by the tank ASAP and kept with him/her at all times.

Do NOT run through the group to taunt them because you will spin the boss and/or cause chain lightning.

The longer the fight goes on, the more axes you will get in the room and the harder it becomes for the tank.

The axes deal moderate damage BUT if they wind up a heavy attack and you don’t BLOCK it, they will knock you down, stun you and potentially kill you. Or another axe will kill you while you are down. Don’t miss the blocks!

Also what helps here is actually if you have an OFF tank, then you can split the axes between you and use some of the far side of the room to keep the axes away from the group.

Mines – During the fight mines will randomly appear on the floor. These can be avoided but do deal high damage if you are caught by them and also overtime can end up overwhelming the room with too many. You can ignore them for the most part if you prefer, BUT if not, any dps with a damage shield and full health can run into them to blow them up, or any stam dps with full health blocking while walking into them. Failing that if your off tank is doing nothing, tell him/her to activate mist form and simply run through them all, you wont get stunned while in mist form and you can get rid of many at a time.

Black Holes – These will spawn randomly around the room and MUST be avoided as they deal HUGE damage over time ticks.

The method above regarding the chain lightning (group behind the boss tank in front WITH a large gap) if the tank has to move left or right, make sure the whole group moves the opposite direction as to maintain the formation and be sure no one crosses the 180degree line.

Failing that, the dps in the middle should for the most part if in position MISS these due to their placement. The only time it will be an issue(as stated above) is if the tank/healers get them.

In which case deal with it as a unit as and when it happens!

Reflections – During the fight you will see randomly in random locations a fast spreading aoe and then a burst! If you are inside this get out fast and reposition when it is gone. This is a reflection of the mage entering the room. These MUST be killed.

As soon as one is in the room switch your damage focus over to them and kill them.

They emit a rather nasty room wide damage over time and if you don’t kill them fast enough you will end up with multiples and things will really get messy.

Remember the 180 degree line? if the reflection is on the in the TANK’s section, kill it with range. If it is in the DPS’s section, you can physically run over to it and smack it to death and then return to your previous stacking spot, OR do the same as if it was on the other side and range it anyway, your choice.

Meteors (Hard mode only) – During the fight large aoe meteors will land on players heads. This is easy, BLOCK! If you don’t block you will be stunned, if you DO block you will be fine. Pay attention!

Atronachs (Hard mode only) – During the fight as well as the Axes, you will get Storm Atronachs constantly entering the fight, these MUST be killed! The tank can position them close to the boss but remember that gap! You must NOT be too close in case you zap them.

OR you can kill them at range, whichever is easiest. BUT they must be killed fast and even more so when they get to low health. At low health they will have a complete melt down and spam aoe lightning damage infinitely until they die. Execute these asap!

The tank can hold on to 2-3 of them occasionally so that you can nuke multiples at once, but whatever tactic works for you.

Execute!! – At around 15% the boss will knock the group down repeatedly 3x in a row. Any remaining Reflections SHOULD disappear here but they sometimes do not, so be sure they are all dead before you push her to execute phase! All axes will also be removed from the fight for the remainder!

NOW it is about focus. The boss has a massive upside down nova heading slowly towards the group and the group takes massive damage over time, and this gets progressively stronger the longer the phase goes on.

So, healers need to focus heals as much as they can, tanks need to maintain a debuff from taunt while controlling stray Atronachs, and the group as dps players need to focus rotations like never before. Tanks can also help with damage shields for the group to help for survival! Nova, permafrost, veil, and any protection buffs you have as a group should be used wisely here

stagger them throughout the final phase to keep everyone alive!

best of luck to you all!!!