Chapter 1889: Chapter 1889 – The Strongest Skill

Chapter 1889: The Strongest Skill

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Someone had once calculated the strongest Boss skill in Dawn .

Prince Malchezaar’s signature skill made it onto the rankings and even made it into the top three .

Subjugated Power was cast on any five non-tank team members, setting their maximum HP down to 1, and healing and regeneration to 0 . This lasted for 7 seconds .

No matter how much HP you had, if you were afflicted by this, your HP would decrease to 1 . It made no difference if other people healed you or if you drank a potion . If you received damage, no matter how little, you would die .

One could only wait until this debuff ended for their HP to return to a normal state .

Along with Subjugated Power was Shadow Nova, which dealt 3000 Shadow damage in a 30-yard radius and would repel people within this range .

Those who were hit with the Subjugated Power and hadn’t run away would be killed in one fell swoop .

Ruling Sword’s team wipe had broken a new record . After just a few minutes of battling, they were all on the floor . Lu Li turned around and walked away as soon as he was hit . Then, he turned back to see his teammates enter into a state of stupidity . He shamelessly turned back around and continued to run away .

Anyone who found that their HP had been reduced to a single point and could not do anything about it would be at a loss .

“What happened? What’s wrong with me? What should I do?”

“What to do? We can’t keep fighting . Everyone, let’s disband after splitting the stuff,” Fat Monkey said dejectedly . He was one of the players who had been killed just then .

It was impossible to disband . Since this Boss was designed by the gaming company, then there must have been a way of overcoming it .

“Those hit by the debuff, immediately run outside of the Boss’ attack range . It’s that simple,” Lu Li explained .

Indeed, Prince Malchezaar had one of the strongest skills, but it wasn’t necessarily the hardest to deal with . After all, the frequency of this skill wasn’t to the point of completely shutting down the players .

Moreover, the equipment that Lu Li had received from his mentor could also be used here . Malchezaar, being from Eredar, was a member of the demons .

Other than the Subjugated Power, Malchezaar periodically summoned an Infernal mid-battle . His Infernal fell from the sky and didn’t have a fixed position . It would roughly be cast at any point within a 60-yard radius around the Boss .

This introduced an element of unpredictability into the battle .

The Infernal itself wouldn’t move, and didn’t have an aggro list . However, it would deal 1000-1500 damage within a radius of 15-yards .

In the first and second period, it would be called upon every 50-60 seconds, while in the third period, it would be called every 20-25 seconds .

The Infernal would automatically disappear 3 minutes after being summoned .

Then, there were the stages . This Boss battle was also divided into three stages . No one knew why this was the case across most Bosses .

However, there were differences from Netherspite . This Boss was split into stages according to its HP . The first stage was 100-60%, the second stage was 60-30%, and the third stage was 30-0% .

The third stage was the hardest, while the first two stages were of a similar difficulty . The third stage introduced another skill called Shadow Word: Pain . It was cast on random target and dealt massive damage, but it could be dispelled . It was much more different from Subjugated Power .

Since, Malchezaar had 1,150,000 HP, the whole battle was a test of the team’s endurance, especially for the healing and ranged DPS players .

Wandering had once again been granted his wish of being a substitute outside the Instance Dungeon . If it was anyone else, they would feel a bit down, but he wasn’t like that . He would rather be a substitute his whole life .

If the Main Tank was strong enough here, then three healers would be sufficient . Otherwise, it would be safer to enter with four healers .

With Azure Sea Breeze’s level and equipment, there was no need to consider having four healers . March Rain, Little Hachi Chan and Darkness as a combination were stronger than another quad-healer group .

As for DPS professions, Shadow Priests were a very good choice . Not only did they have high DPS in the current version, but they were also potent Magic users .

A majority of ranged DPS professions were better suited than melee players against this Boss . Ranged players could easily stand outside the AOE range of the Boss if they were afflicted by Subjugated Power .

There were only four melee DPS players – Lu Li, Water Fairy, Moonlight and Sakura Memories .

The rest were all ranged output .

Choosing the appropriate potions here would be helpful to the team . Other healing-oriented teams could rely on more consumables to improve DPS, such as Whetstones, Wizard Oil and other elixirs . If the team had less healers, then it needed to rely on consumables to improve recovery . Stoneshield Potions would also be necessary to relieve pressure on the Main Tanks .

Stoneshield Potions could be used in the second stage where the Prince would increase his damage towards Main Tanks .

Lu Li and the others spent a whole day defeating this Boss . Some of the mechanisms were different from what Lu Li recalled, and they needed to constantly adjust and discuss countermeasures .

Malchezaar rewarded skill points, which were taken by Darkness .

Darkness was a lucky player . Most of the time, she was a substitute, but when she entered an Instance Dungeon, she would always receive equipment or skill points .

A Life-steal Gem was given to Moonlight .

For Thieves, they couldn’t run if they didn’t kill their opponent, so there was no use for life-steal .

Unfortunately, there were no Enhanced Skills Book . Prince Malchezaar was Karazhan’s final Boss, so they didn’t expect him to be so stingy .

Then, there was a Thousand Seal Ring, which was Dark Gold grade .

This could be generally used by all players, so Lu Li gave it to Sakura Memories .

Of course, this type of general equipment didn’t truly belong to anyone . If Sakura Memories wasn’t competing, she had to lend it to Moonlight or Mu Qiu . At the moment, level 70 equipment hadn’t been popularised, so they had to live frugally .

Sunfury Bow of the Phoenix – Dark Gold Bow .

Even though this could be used by both Warriors and Thieves, Remnant Dream still wielded a level 68 weapon . As such, Lu Li gave it to her without hesitation .

Lu Li’s heart felt heavy after seeing the Sunfury Bow of the Phoenix . If the Boss dropped a weapon, then there would likely be no second weapon, and Prince Malchezaar’s best item was naturally Gorehowl .