Achates Mechanics (Level 3 Guardian Raid Final Boss) ~ Wardancer 1056 [LOST ARK]

Achates is a cooperation mechanics heavy Guardian. You need to work as a team to prevent him from enraging. Additionally, his breath and fire attacks apply a stacking Scorch debuff on the player. This debuff reduces the healing received and deals damage over time (DoT). Once you get the 4th stack of the debuff, you are surrounded by a flame circle which deals damage to any nearby teammates and applies the Scorch debuff. To prevent a chain reaction, the player with 4 stacks and the flame circle around him needs to move away from teammates. This leads to a huge damage drop, especially if a melee class is affected by it.

The Stone Statues mechanic has 3 different variants. This mechanic either starts once the Guardian has lost around 20% HP or after a certain amount of time. Achates becomes invincible and teleports to the center of the battle area. Make sure to fight either close to the center or to move immediately towards the center once the Guardian is invincible.

Once the Guardian is in the center he spawns 1, 2 or 4 Stone Statues around him, which are marked on the mini-map. Upon destroying a statue, it drops yellow, green and blue stones. At the same time, Achates surrounds himself with a shield which is either yellow, green or blue. To destroy the shield, you have to pick up a stone of the same color and throw it at him twice. Be careful, the stones disappear after a few seconds, you have to act fast! After destroying the first shield, the shield renews and either remains the same color or changes into one of the other 2 colors. At the same time, the Stone Statues respawn at a new location and you have to repeat this process once more. If you succeed at doing this twice before the Guardian enrages, the shield is fully destroyed and the Guardian and his wings will be exposed. Be aware, throwing the wrong stone at the shield causes a shockwave which deals high damage and knocks down nearby players.

Once the Guardian's wings are exposed you must destroy them by using Combat Items and Skills with the Weak Point affix. Make sure to throw a
Corrosive Bomb before you use your Weak Point related Combat Items and Skills, it increases the chance of success. If you fail at either of those, Ashates will enrage. Destroying the wings forces the Guardian into a weakened status for a few seconds before he escapes to a different battle area. Use this opportunity to deal as much damage as possible.

It is important to know that multiple Light Explosion circles spawn at random locations around Achates during the entire mechanic. Don't get hit by them, otherwise you will take damage and be knocked down. This might cost precious time and could lead to enrage if you can't destroy the shields on time.

4 Statues:
This is the easiest out of the 3 variants. After teleporting to the center of the battle area, 4 stone statues spawn around the Guardian. Spread out and destroy the stone statues to pick a stone matching the shield's color! But be aware that only 2 stones are needed to destroy the first shield. After destroying the first shield, 4 new statues spawn which drop stones to destroy the second shield. To avoid throwing too many stones, communicate with your teammates and let them know if you picked up the corresponding color.

2 Statues:
This variant is more difficult than the 4 statue variant but is still manageable. To clear this mechanic, you have to send party member to one of the statues alone and the remaining 3 needs to go to the other statue.

The solo player destroys their statue, picks up the stone matching the color of the shield and throws it at the shield. If this is done fast enough, after throwing the stone at the shield, jump immediately back and pick up one of the remaining stones. If you are lucky, the 2nd shield might have the same color as the second stone you picked up.

The 3 players destroy the other stone statue together and everyone needs to pick up one of the 3 stones dropped! The player with the stone corresponding to the shield's color needs to throw it at the shield. After the first layer is destroyed, the shield color will change and one of the other 2 players should have the corresponding stone on their hand to throw it at the shield. At the same time one new statue spawns which needs to be destroyed to pick up the last stone needed to destroy the shield.

1 Statue:
This is the most difficult variant out of the 3. The statue drops 5 stones this time, 2 of them will match the Guardian's shield color. You need to assign 2 people to always pick up stones matching the shield's color. The other 2 who will act as protectors, each of them needs to pick up a different colored stone from each other. So if the shield color is blue, one of them needs to pick up yellow and the other one the green stone. These 2 protectors needs to position themselves between the shield and the 2 other party members carrying the stones matching the shield's color.

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