Underground Lava Lake/Guide

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Dungeon Mechanics

Similar to the last dungeon, the

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Underground Lava Lake

harkens back to base game combat, it is a relatively simple dungeon that can is designed to be completed in the early game of the expansion. This means the dungeon does not require advanced tactics, high levels, or complete optimization. Each monster is pulled directly from the associated

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Slayer

Area, and as the player has been forced to fight each of these monsters before, they should be well versed in their dangers.

Intimidation

Just like every other monster in the  , each enemy in the

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Underground Lava Lake

has a passive effect that reduces the player's Damage Reduction. When in combat with   Trogark, the player's base damage reduction is reduced by 20%, before any modifiers from the Combat Triangle.

Manual Clear

Manually clearing the

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is a good way to get to the next dungeon,

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Lightning Region

, as soon as possible. Changing equipment sets to be able to fight each monster with Combat Triangle advantage can lower the required levels, especially

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Hitpoints

required to clear the dungeon efficiently. The player should already have setups available from clearing each monster in the

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Lava Lake

, but they will look similar to the following

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Magic

build.

Rewards

Completing this dungeon unlocks the

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Lightning Region

dungeon.

Stats and Buffs

This guide was written up to make the dungeon easily clearable fresh into  Throne of the Herald Expansion. It is idleable with the stats and gear provided.

You'll need at least

1,110
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HP

and 67% Damage Reduction to safely idle this dungeon.

Stats

Used for this guide:

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Level 100


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Level 100


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Level 100


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Level 100


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Level 80

(higher makes the clears somewhat faster)


Buffs

Summoning

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    Yak
    and
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    Dragon
    - Avoids damage from burns inflicted by enemies, particularly useful for   Trogark as it nullifies their burn lifesteal passive effect and reduces the maximum damage possible from the Unleashed Power special attack.

Spells

There are three Archaic Spells unlocked by completing

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Ancient Sanctuary

. With

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Level 100

we can only use

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Poison Pods

for now. This will require you to have

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Level 112

though. If this has not yet been obtained, just use

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Fire Surge

for now.

Using curses and auroras, unsurprisingly, increases your damage done:

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    Anguish III
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    Surge II

Equipment & Agility

Disclaimer: Gem slot is not required but recommended.

Much like other

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Agility

tables, follow this list along until you can't build the next obstacle.
Building

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Waterfall Crossing

will require at least

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Level 104

. Otherwise use

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Freezing Rafting