HELL Iron Empress Full Guide (How to fight)

Well well well,look who showed up here.

If it isn't the plebeians who couldn't git gud and work with others to win.

I made this guide for those who really wanted to win atleast once but just can't cuz they dieee and they falllll and they blame othersss and give up 3 mins after entering.

It's getting pretty hard finding people who learned about the boss for a lonely boi like me you know?

Alright,let's get started,If you are here for the win,BETTER READ ALL OF IT,you filthy fast-scrolling pleb-

Iron Empress - HELL

Spoiler: Boss Status

Status Summary : Ailment Reactive,Dmg Cap Limit,Fast Moving,Self Healing,Phase Turning,Spike Planting,Teleporting,Ball-Flinging,Shark Wave Spamming,Laser Shooting,Fatal One-Hitter.

Phases : 5

Dmg Cap : 30000,25000,20000,15000,10000


Ailment Weakness : None,tried all,didn't work.

*Phase 1 - 4 phase change (or when stunned) cast Freeze on whole party,phase 5 cast Fear instead.

Sub Boss : Cassy

Status Summary : 15 second Respawning,Shark Wave Knockback,Ignore Ailment Resist

Dmg Limit : 1,but low hp,best for tank to handle.


*Suitable Skills that works well with these bosses : Arrow Rain (Swift),Sword Tempest,Magic Storm (Swift),Gatling Knife,Shining Cross,Cross Fire,Decoy Shot (Smite)*

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Phase 1 : Dmg cap 30000

Spoiler: Phase 1

- Empress will teleport to random edge of the map and start using 2 blue shark wave attacks,followed by a straight line attack,deals high damage,teleport to center,hit aggro holder a little,Teleport again.

*sometime shoot 2 lasers high dmg and run to tank to do small circle atk that instantly kills,but easy to dodge.*

- DPS Job : Start charging your cf,set up decoy and dodge the blue attacks,after 3 wave she will teleport to center,Combo right at that moment,rinse and repeat.

- Tank Job : NO stun,flinch,or tumble,cause she will heal full hp,start hitting the cassy for mp,you can't chase Empress,only p.defense whenever the 3rd wave appears.

Phase 2 : Dmg cap 25000

Spoiler: Phase 2

- Easiest phase,she will stop teleporting,run up to tank and only auto attacks.

- DPS Job : Break The fricking boss and spam attacks,duh.

- Tank Job : Stun empress for break first after entering if you like (but her evasion will increase after break),it will be harder to break later when she change phase,don't forget to hit the cassy.

*The progress of break can be seen by observing the [STANDO] behind empress back,if it loses all body parts and only have the soul left,breaking is finish*

Phase 3 : Dmg cap 20000

Spoiler: Phase 3

- Geiyest phase,this time she will start teleporting to the center/random edges of the map while planting spikes all over.

And she throws those motherf*king bolls at the lowest aggro holder in the party,everytime she teleports to an edge (Yellow,Blue,Red) their size and power increases by order making them harder to dodge each time.

DPS Job :
Keep an eye on the spikes she planted,because she will always teleport to them to throw balls,

after the first 2 balls you dodge ==>

immediately run towards the blue ball tail to dodge the red one or continue to run,dont stop running or you will be push back and DIEEE

Successful in dodging,Fastly spam attack on her before she teleport again

She can also change target when mid throwing them,beware.

Tank Job : Hit the cassy,don't stop hitting it for mp,use p.defense when a ball is flung towards you,use recovery on members sometime,that's it.

Phase 4 : Dmg cap 15000

Spoiler: Phase 4

- In this phase she will teleport and shoot 3 long lasers at the aggro holder,these lasers deal very high damage (Not that much to tanks),and the knockback after death is half the map,try to avoid them.

- Also she can use attacks from phase 1 and 2 + a random Teleport to the center spamming BoLLs at low aggro mems followed by knockback Green spike field (push you back)

don't worry,they won't kill you in 1 hit,but 100 hits/sec,RUN if you see a blue circle under your legs.

DPS Job : Don't go near the tank too much,avoid the lasers,the wave,and keep an eye on the BoLLs


Tank Job : Keep hitting that cassy,for mp and use p defense whenever she shoot her laser at you,run a little to the side if like,but always limit your movements so that it wont hit other people.

Phase 5 : Dmg cap 10000

Spoiler: Phase 5

- Final phase,battle of endurance,she will use all attacks from all phase,and has evasion increased.

- BUT,the good part is,she won't heal even if you flinch,tumble,stun her at this phase!

- knuckle tank numbah wan.


DPS Job : Try not to fall or die pls,just remember your knowledge and survival to this point.

*be aware of the lasers,she use both type from 1 and 4,the range is wide,she teleport everywhere and they can definitely one-shot normal dps,keep your distance from the tank*


Tank Job : Keep hittin that cassy boi.
and flinching the sht out of empress if she start planting spikes.

*Extra Tips : If you haven't break her at phase 2 yet,this phase is where you do it,but not before letting the dps lower her hp down to 10% ~ 5%,with every break her evasion will rise so much your attacks will miss 50% of the time*

a quick word for the dps : stop relying on the tanks so much,have control over your timing skills and LEARN to manage your footing.

a quick word for the tanks : stop relying on the tank skills and your status so much,a tank isn't just about sitting in 1 place spamming shizzs or run all over the place spamming shizzs,you will just bring danger to other members if you DON'T have knowledge of what is ok to do or not before hand.

coming from me who played both and already experience the cancer,this boss is a testament to bring out the faults in people true competents.


git gud pls,no hard feelings.

 

Great guide. I find that once you get past number 3, the rest is easy. Most people get greedy at 3 and fall off to die.

 

they don't know how to time the boss movements at all,she can shifts the ball to them mid combo = dead.

always launch the attack right after she finish flinging the balls.

 

yep! They go, 'hey that first ball didn't target me' It's safe to charge or start my combo.

Ded 3 seconds later.

 

You didn't include Tempest in the suitable skills REEEEEEEEE

Speaking of this boss, does anybody know when will this event end? I can't seem to find it on the official website notices.

 

I believe next week? i hope its next week at least, I need more time to farm a slotted arm and xtas... and books...

 

it is good but quite risky to use,the same for tenryu,anti melee-trend remember?

a dead dps is a 0 dmg dps no matter how good their skill are man.

 

Yah, hopefully next week or maybe another week lol
I need to farm more to get moar spani :v
But it's hard to find an actually good party :/

And here I am working to divert her balls away ahahahahah

We should party together sometimes Just because I can't find a good random party, that is..

 

Feel free to msg me if you guys see me in the arena.

 

Just make them notable mentions then, citing that anti melee makes them harder to use. There are people who will write those skills out entirely otherwise.

 

Anti-melee? Tempest? I don't know im misunderstanding here but tempest can cast from 12m and with good timing its very safe to use.. also the boss will target whoever is furthest back in pt(don't know of that what u meant). we always have one dps play bait while range strike it down on the side.

 

You still need to get MP too use it consistently through the spikes and emp moving ect.

 

edit there,are you happy now?


there's mp management problem with the use of tempest,and there are cast time to go with it,melee doesn't do very well with these boss except in some rare cases where some individuals have perfected their skills dedicated to using the class.

again,i'm not saying it's bad,it's just risky for normies to play melee against a constant moving boss that throws instant death balls and spam 1 hit kill lasers.

 

i don’t have hidden arm anymore so i don’t know, but is the damage cap on cassy at 1dmg only in all instances or can it be one-shot through w/ hidden arm or physical pierce like in the case of ball coenubias?

 

Obviously...
I was just confused if he was saying tempest was anti-melee.

 

I guess.. all I was doing was trying to correct info so people would not misunderstand sorry if you took as if I was pushing a know-it-all mentality..

There was a 2h in my pt using WCOS safely back in forth without any problems at all. think the name was Grinder, was really nice play.

 

The curious dress... It beckons me...

 

Tanks take note: KEEP HITTIN THAT CASSY BOIII

One other advice for dps, because of damage limit damage boosting xtals and equips can be replaced by survival equips which gives +hp and magic resistance%, if in case you unfortunately die the knockback distance of you dying is proportional to the damage you took, unless you have super grip, so the more magic resistance the less damage, which means less knockback, which means less falling, so I'm using my tank's armor(lil empress for 25% magic resist) for my bg dps and still deal consistent damage with crossfire+gatling. Ginko nut rice will also help(but it's expensive).
One of my unfortunate experiences as dps is disconnecting at phase 3 or 5, and having 0 aggro the moment I reconnected, with all my defensive, +hp, and speed buffs removed, and got targeted by the BoLLs because I had the least aggro, which immediately resulted in me flying off the stage ;_;

 

1h Shield + Powerwave ftw.

 

Pssh, no worries my dude. I'm simply saying my opinion as to why it's not as effective. You were being perfectly reasonable.