Bedlam Veil is a dungeon located in the eastern part of Wrothgar.
This fight is all about avoiding and outhealing Gaping Wound and focusing the adds, because Splintered Glass from Glass Fragments ramps up fast and can quickly get out of control.
Heavy attack with a 1.5 second windup
Applies Hindered and Rattled when blocked, Devitalized if taken without blocking and enrages the boss if dodge rolled.
What to do
Block or dodge roll
Block and outheal the healing absorb effect, dodge roll if you know you won't be able to outheal it
Block and outheal the healing absorb effect, dodge roll if you know you won't be able to outheal it
At 70% HP Shattered Champion will spawn a Razor Glass circle on the outer area of the arena. At 50% he will spawn another one in the center. These AoEs deal decent damage, they do not ramp up and they are blockable and can be dodge rolled through.
Taking damage from standing in Razor Glass applies Gaping Wound .
What to do
Avoid the AoE, dodge roll through it if you have to pass through it
Avoid the AoE, dodge roll through it if you have to pass through it
Avoid the AoE, dodge roll through it if you have to pass through it
A circle indicator starts growing under each player and after 2 seconds spawns a Shard Glass AoE at each player's location, which stay on the ground and deal damage.
Taking damage from standing in Shard Glass applies Gaping Wound .
What to do
Move away as far as you can and then dodge roll back in as it spawns. Damage Dealers and the Healer should try to place it away from the center of the fight. It's especially important once the 2nd Razor Glass spawns at 50% of HP.
Move away as far as you can and then dodge roll back in as it spawns. Damage Dealers and the Healer should try to place it away from the center of the fight. It's especially important once the 2nd Razor Glass spawns at 50% of HP.
Move away as far as you can and then dodge roll back in as it spawns. Damage Dealers and the Healer should try to place it away from the center of the fight. It's especially important once the 2nd Razor Glass spawns at 50% of HP.
All of Shattered Champion's attacks apply a bleed that deals 10% of your Maximum Health as Oblivion damage every second. This damage cannot be mitigated by anything.
Gaping wound deals 14.3% of your Maximum Health as Oblivion damage instead.
What to do
Outheal the DoT on the Tank who will always have it due to Light Attacks applying it. Damage Dealers and the Healer should avoid standing in any AoEs and outheal the DoT if you happen to stand in one of them.
Outheal the DoT on the Tank who will always have it due to Light Attacks applying it. Damage Dealers and the Healer should avoid standing in any AoEs and outheal the DoT if you happen to stand in one of them.
Every 10% Max HP Shattered Champion will summon a Glass Fragment. This mechanic is not consistent and rarely it will spawn 2 Glass Fragments instead of 1. These will channel the Splintered Glass ability which rapidly shoots projectiles at random players and its damage ramps up very fast.
What to do
Chain them in and kill them. You can delay the chain until they start their Splintered Glass channel so that the chain interrupts it.
Chain them in and kill them. You can delay the chain until they start their Splintered Glass channel so that the chain interrupts it.
Chain them in and kill them. You can delay the chain until they start their Splintered Glass channel so that the chain interrupts it.
At 80, 60 and 40% of Max HP Shattered Champion will summon 2 Blind Path Glaziers. This will always line up with a Glass Fragment spawn since these happen every 10%. These will channel beams that make Shattered Champion and Glass Fragments invulnerable. You can stun them to cancel the beam, but they will re-apply it as soon as the stun ends.
What to do
Chain them in and kill them.
Chain them in and kill them.
Chain them in and kill them.
Darkshard keeps switching the fight into mini-boss phases from Maelstrom Arena. Each boss has its own mechanics, and when Darkshard comes back part of that phase still stays active.
Heavy attack with a 3.1 second windup. Shortly after this windup starts, a shadow of Darkshard will perform the same heavy attack at the furthest player.
What to do
Block or dodge roll
Block or dodge roll
Block or dodge roll
Darkshard will scream towards the tank, dealing damage and applying a slow in a cone in front of him for as long as any player remains within it. Only the very first tick can be dodge rolled or blocked. Its damage ramps up so you have to get out of it. A moment after Scream starts, a shade will appear next to the furthest player and Scream towards them.
What to do
Get out of the cone
Get out of the cone
Get out of the cone
Darkshard will shoot projectiles towards all players, if not blocked these will stun you and if you do not break free they will pull you in. After a few seconds Darkshard will stomp the ground spawning a Negate field. You will want to drag Darkshard away so that Damage Dealers can replace their AoE abilities removed by the Negate field.
What to do
Block or dodge the initial projectile, break free if you did not. Drag Darkshard out of the Negate field
Block or dodge the initial projectile, break free if you did not. Drag Darkshard out of the Negate field
Block or dodge the initial projectile, break free if you did not. Drag Darkshard out of the Negate field
After falling below certain hp thresholds Darkshard will leave the arena and summon one of the bosses from Maelstrom Arena.
At 80% they will summon Maxus the Many
At 60% they will summon Champion of Atrocity
At 40% they will summon Argonian Behemoth
What to do
Maxus will summon 3 adds to aid him and eventually he'll kill 2 of them to heal himself up. They cannot be chained.
What to do
Cleave them down
Cleave them down
Cleave them down
After defeating Maxus, Darkshard comes back into the fight with the ability to summon 2 similar adds which explode in a massive AoE after some time.
What to do
Cleave them down and get out of their AoEs if they explode
Cleave them down and get out of their AoEs if they explode
Cleave them down and get out of their AoEs if they explode
5 obelisks will spawn in the arena alongside Champion of Atrocity, which start off covered in web. You can unweb them by killing a Hoarvor nearby or by using the synergy on a Poison Sack that is left on the ground after a Hoarvor dies to throw it at an obelisk.
Unwebbing obelisks serves 2 purposes - dealing with the Spiderlings mechanic and the Enrage mechanic - Champion of Atrocity will periodically gain enrage stacks, over time she will start dealing more and taking less damage. In order to reset this enrage you will have to unweb all 5 obelisks, which will also stun all enemies for 10 seconds.
What to do
Keep at least 1 obelisk unwebbed at all times to be able to deal with the Spiderlings . Unweb all 5 obelisks before Champion's Enrage stacks up too high
Keep at least 1 obelisk unwebbed at all times to be able to deal with the Spiderlings . Unweb all 5 obelisks before Champion's Enrage stacks up too high
Keep at least 1 obelisk unwebbed at all times to be able to deal with the Spiderlings . Unweb all 5 obelisks before Champion's Enrage stacks up too high
Hoarvors roam the area and unweb Obelisks when killed near them. When killed away from an Obelisk they will instead drop a Poison Sack, which you can synergise with to throw. When thrown at an Obelisk it will unweb it.
What to do
Kill Hoarvors near Obelisks, throw Poison Sacks at Obelisks
Kill Hoarvors near Obelisks, throw Poison Sacks at Obelisks
Kill Hoarvors near Obelisks, throw Poison Sacks at Obelisks
Webspinners spawn next to unwebbed Obelisks and will re-web them if not killed fast enough.
What to do
Kill them before they re-web the obelisk
Kill them before they re-web the obelisk
Kill them before they re-web the obelisk
Spiderlings will spawn and fixate on one of the players. They deal heavy damage. One of the unwebbed Obelisks will start glowing. The person they fixate on has to bring them to a glowing Obelisk to make them flee.
What to do
Always keep at least one Obelisk unwebbed. Move to a glowing Obelisk
Always keep at least one Obelisk unwebbed. Move to a glowing Obelisk
Always keep at least one Obelisk unwebbed. Move to a glowing Obelisk
When Champion is at 50% HP she will summon 1 Lurcher into the fight. It hits very hard, so Damage Dealers and the Healer should stay away until tank can taunt it.
When Champion is at 50% HP she will summon 2 Lurchers into the fight. They hit very hard, so Damage Dealers and the Healer should stay away until tank can taunt them both.
Champion of Atrocity spawns 2 Lurchers instead of 1.
What to do
Taunt it as soon as possible and then cleave it down
Taunt them as soon as possible and then cleave them down
Taunt them as soon as possible and then cleave them down
Champion of Atrocity will summon Spider Daedra adds which apply a stacking slow with their attacks.
What to do
Chain them in and cleave them down. Bring a slow removal skill if you're Soloing
Chain them in and cleave them down. Bring a slow removal skill if you're Soloing
Chain them in and cleave them down. Bring a slow removal skill if you're Soloing
Champion of Atrocity summons lightning AoEs on your position.
What to do
Keep moving
Keep moving
Keep moving
Champion of Atrocity causes an explosion around her that cannot be dodge rolled and staggers you.
What to do
Get out
Get out
Get out
After defeating Champion of Atrocity, Darkshard comes back into the fight with the ability to summon Spiderling . Obelisks , Hoarvors and Webspinners also persist and you can still unearth 5 Obelisks to stun all enemies.
What to do
Always keep at least one Obelisk unwebbed. Move to a glowing Obelisk when Spiderlings spawn
Always keep at least one Obelisk unwebbed. Move to a glowing Obelisk when Spiderlings spawn
Always keep at least one Obelisk unwebbed. Move to a glowing Obelisk when Spiderlings spawn
Poison AoEs appear after you step close to Poison Bloom flowers. Getting hit by the AoE applies a DoT that has to be cleansed by walking into a clean pool of water.
While Argonian Venomcallers are channeling, Poison Bloom flowers explode without being stepped on and spawn much faster.
What to do
Don't step over flowers, walk into a clean pool of water if you do
Don't step over flowers, walk into a clean pool of water if you do
Don't step over flowers, walk into a clean pool of water if you do
Argonian Behemoth spawns 2 Argonian Minder adds which can use a teleport which stuns all enemies at the target area. You have to keep at least one of them alive, as they will channel a bubble that will protect you from Enraged Scream.
What to do
Keep them taunted, keep one of them alive to deal with Enraged Scream
Keep them taunted, keep one of them alive to deal with Enraged Scream
Keep them taunted, keep one of them alive to deal with Enraged Scream
While these adds are alive, Poisonbloom flower spawn much more rapidly and explode without being stepped on. They cannot be chained.
What to do
Pay more attention to Poisonbloom flowers until they're dead
Argonian Behemoth starts screaming, dealing massive damage to everyone not standing inside of Argonian Minder's protective bubble. This ability can be interrupted, but doing so will Enrage the Argonian Behemoth.
What to do
Keep one of the Argonian Minders alive and stay within their bubble
Keep one of the Argonian Minders alive and stay within their bubble
Keep one of the Argonian Minders alive and stay within their bubble
Argonian Behemoth stomps the ground, sending 6 waves out. These waves will stagger you if you don't block them.
What to do
Side step or block
Side step or block
Side step or block
A quick bite that stuns the tank.
What to do
Break free
Break free
Break free
After defeating Argonian Behemoth, Darkshard comes back into the fight with the Poisonbloom mechanic persisting for the rest of the fight.
Argonian Venomcallers also persist for the rest of the fight.
What to do
Keep avoiding Poisonbloom flowers
Keep avoiding Poisonbloom flowers
Keep avoiding Poisonbloom flowers and keep killing Argonian Venomcallers
Most of this fight is pretty easy. The hard part is the 20% to 0 phase, where you have to keep moving to avoid a ton of AoEs.
The Blind light attacks cleave in front of her, so avoid turning her towards the group.
What to do
Do not turn The Blind towards the group, do not stand in front of the boss if you are not the Tank
Do not turn The Blind towards the group, do not stand in front of the boss if you are not the Tank
Do not turn The Blind towards the group, do not stand in front of the boss if you are not the Tank
The Blind will float in the air and charge up a heavy attack that deals damage in a massive AoE around the tank.
The Blind will float in the air and charge up a heavy attack that deals damage in a massive AoE around the tank and applies Hindered and Rattled if blocked. If not blocked it will instead apply Devitalized .
It cannot be dodge rolled, but if you have a movement ability such as Sorcerer's Streak or Arcanist's Gate you have a small window to entirely escape this ability even as a tank. It is very deadly for Damage Dealers and Healers so make sure not to move erratically with it as a Tank.
If you have finished the 3rd secret puzzle you can use Catatonic Disruptor synergy to completely stop this ability and stun The Blind.
Applies Hindered and Rattled when blocked, Devitalized if taken without blocking.
What to do
Block, make sure Damage Dealers and the Healer do not stand in it.
Block and then outheal the healing absorb, make sure Damage Dealers and the Healer do not stand in it.
Block and then outheal the healing absorb, make sure Damage Dealers and the Healer do not stand in it.
A circle indicator starts growing under each player and after 1 second spawns a Splintered Glass AoE at each player's location, which stay on the ground and deal damage.
What to do
Move away as far as you can and then move back in as it spawns. Damage Dealers and the Healer should try to place it away from the center of the fight.
Move away as far as you can and then move back in as it spawns. Damage Dealers and the Healer should try to place it away from the center of the fight.
Move away as far as you can and then move back in as it spawns. Damage Dealers and the Healer should try to place it away from the center of the fight.
The Blind will summon 2 Mirrorplasm adds that shoot out AoEs in random directions. They cannot be chained.
What to do
Cleave them down
Cleave them down
Cleave them down
The Blind briefly becomes untargetable and activates different mechanics depending on her Health.
At 80% Max Health The Blind will activate Blind Shards - 4 skeletons standing at the edge of the arena. From now on they will continuously send Gleaming Deluge AoEs in 4 lanes.
At 20% Max Health The Blind repeats the exact same thing that happens at 80%, while also disabling Piercing Beams but spawning Gleaming Deluge much more frequently.
At 60% Max Health The Blind will spawn 2 Glass Remnant adds who will channel Blinding Salvo. They cannot be chained. The Blind will come back after the adds are dead or after 50 seconds have passed. The Blind Shard skeletons will also start casting Piercing Beam while you are fighting the Glass Remnants.
At 40% Max Health The Blind repeats the exact same thing that happens at 60%, except this time the Piercing Beams continue even after you have defeated the Glass Remnant.
At 60% Max Health The Blind will spawn 2 Glass Remnant adds who will channel Blinding Salvo. They cannot be chained. The Blind will come back after the adds are dead or after 50 seconds have passed. The Blind Shard skeletons will also start casting Piercing Beam from now until the 20% intermission.
At 40% Max Health The Blind repeats the exact same thing that happens at 60%.
The point from which Piercing Beams continue even after the intermission is 60%, rather than 40%.
What to do
If you are a Damage Dealer or the Healer block when The Blind is finishing the intermission as she will aggro onto someone without giving the tank any time to taunt.
If you are a Damage Dealer or the Healer block when The Blind is finishing the intermission as she will aggro onto someone without giving the tank any time to taunt.
If you are a Damage Dealer or the Healer block when The Blind is finishing the intermission as she will aggro onto someone without giving the tank any time to taunt.
AoEs slowly traveling from the exit of the arena towards the entrance. You can dodge roll through them. They start spawning at 80% and become much more frequent at 20%.
If you have finished the 1st secret puzzle you can use the Zephyris Obscuris synergy to make a single lane safe from all waves for 5 seconds.
If you have finished the 2nd secret puzzle you can use the Ocular Disperser synergy to gain a shield that makes you immune to these waves for 5 seconds.
Their damage ramps up with each tick.
What to do
Avoid AoEs, dodge roll through them or use the unique synergies to deal with them.
Avoid AoEs, dodge roll through them or use the unique synergies to deal with them.
Avoid AoEs, dodge roll through them or use the unique synergies to deal with them.
Deals damage in an entire lane. Its damage ramps up and can be blocked but cannot be dodge rolled. Happens during the 60% intermission and from the 40% intermission up until the 20% intermission.
Piercing Beam stays after the 60% intermission, rather than only temporarily happening during that intermission.
What to do
Do not stand in it
Do not stand in it
Do not stand in it
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