Overview
At last Hephaistos's wicked plan is laid bare─he aims to use Erichthonios as a tool to resurrect Athena, former chief keyward of Pandæmonium. Although his exact motivations remain shrouded in mystery, there is no time for doubt, for every idle moment allows Hephaistos to draw one step closer to completing his grand experiment. You hurry to the hidden experimental compound, that this chain of twisted ambition might be broken at last.
Strategy Notes
- The boss will start off with a Genesis of Flame, hitting the entire raid for medium damage. He will then move to the center and cast Sunforge three times, first summoning a serpent, attacking the center third of the arena with a line AoE, the second summoning a phoenix, attacking the outer two thirds of the arena, and the third either a serpent or a phoenix. He will then cast Flameviper, dealing high damage to the tank and inflicting a Bleeding debuff. If anyone is between the boss and the main tank, or behind the tank, they will take high damage as well. Following this, the boss will return to center and cast Reforged Reflection, summoning a Gorgon to his arm. He will cast Into the Shadows, sending two Gorgons around the arena underground with gaze markers above their heads. When they pop out they will instantly debuff anyone looking at them with Petrification, immobilizing them and preventing the use of actions. They will then become targetable and begin slow casting Gorgoneion, which will wipe the raid if it finishes casting. Both tanks should take a Gorgon. Meanwhile, the boss will be targeting random players, turning toward them and casting Gorgospit, an instant-kill move if any are hit by the wide line AoE. When both Gorgons are dead, the boss will cast Ektothermos, a high damage raidwide AoE. Healers should be ready for this. The boss will banish his Gorgon arm and cast Fourfold Fires.
- After the proximity markers resolve, they will leave behind lava puddles. The boss will tether to two of them and cast Cthonic Vent, erupting two of them in a massive AoE. Two fire serpents will jump out and into another random puddle, repeating the attack. Simply pay attention to where the serpents move to avoid damage. The boss will cast another Sunforge, calling on one of the familiars at random. Players need to pay attention and move to the proper safe zone. This will be followed by another Genesis of Flame, and another Reforged Reflection, this time releasing the chains on his legs.
- The boss will leap to one of the edges of the arena and cast Blazing Footfalls, telegraphing a knockback line in the center of the arena, and then two other telegraphed knockback markers around the arena. Using knockback mitigation won't work here, so players must position themselves close to the markers with their backs lined up to where they would like to move. If players aren't close enough, they will be knocked back into the edge of the arena, where they will be debuffed with a high-damage Burns until they move out of the flames. Each touchdown will deal damage, as will the knockback. The boss will follow this up with Rearing Rampage, an unavoidable roomwide AoE, then return to normal.
- The boss will move to the center of the arena and cast Volcanic Torches. This will summon three blue flames that will draw a line along the marked paths of the arena floor. If the segment of the floor is surrounded on all sides by a blue line, it will erupt once the flames reach the beginning of their line again. Only one segment of the floor will be safe, so players should watch which direction the fire turns and move to the edge of the arena in the opposite direction. Getting hit by this attack will kill a player. The boss will cast this twice, casting Hemitheos's Flare at the same time. This will require players to locate the safe segment of the floor, then spread out.
- The boss will then cast another Sunforge, Genesis of Flame and a Flameviper. From here he will use Reforged Reflection again and summon the Gorgon arm. The only difference is now the boss will also summon four Illusory Hephaistos at each corner of the arena, who will cast Gorgospit along the edges of the arena, leaving ony the center safe. He will also cast Volcanic Torches, but there will only be two flames this time. These will disappear after the cast however, then the section repeats as it did before. The boss will cast Ektothermos to end the transformation, and he will cast Fourfold Fires and Cthonic Vent. Only this time the serpents will jump three times, and the boss will cast Volcanic Torches again. After another two Genesis of Flame, the boss will use Reforged Reflection again, and use Blazing Footfalls and Rearing Rampage. The only difference is there will be three knockback markers this time. Then he will revert back and the fight will loop from here until the boss is defeated.
Duty Information
- Duty Finder: Normal Raids (Endwalker)
- Roulette: normal raids
- Time Limit: 90 minutes
- Tomestones: 10 Poetics
Achievements
Music
- Main: Embers