Throne of the Herald/Guide: Difference between revisions

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=Dungeon Mechanics=

Similar to {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}} and {{ZoneIcon|Impending Darkness Event}}, this Dungeon consists of 3 boss phases, each tailored to a specific Combat Style. There will be a paused screen as soon as you enter the dungeon, and before each phase of the boss, where the player can read the boss's abilities and damage values. Unlike those dungeons, there are significantly less mechanics that dynamically change the amount of damage the boss can do, outside of the returning [[Affliction]]. Due to this it is generally easier to determine the circumstances in which the player can survive without manually eating. The third phase has a mechanic that instantly kills the player (by dealing about a million damage) if they fall below 90% {{Skill|Hitpoints|HP}}.

Just like every other monster in the {{TotH|Throne of the Herald Expansion}}, {{MonsterIcon|The Herald}} has a passive effect that reduces the player's Damage Reduction. When in combat with {{MonsterIcon|The Herald}}, the player's '''base''' damage reduction is reduced by 44%, before any modifiers from the combat triangle.

This ability is found on all three phases of the boss, and is reminiscent of the passive immunities of {{MonsterIcon|Bane}} and {{MonsterIcon|Ahrenia}}. When the boss uses this ability, he becomes immune to all damage from combat styles different than his own for a few turns. This ability is designed to encourage the player to swap equipment sets actively to be able to deal damage, however, the boss generally does too much damage to not take advantage of the [[Combat Triangle]] increase to Damage Reduction, and this mechanic can be ignored if you can deal enough damage in between Deja-Vu effects.

Each phase of{{MonsterIcon|The Herald}} is immune to [[Stun|stuns]] and [[Freeze|freeze effects]] as has a 50% chance to avoid [[Burn]], [[Bleed]], [[Slow]] and [[Frostburn]].

Each boss also heals 4% of its max {{Skill|Hitpoints|HP}} every 2 turns.

Every time the boss attacks, it gets faster and can deal more damage, with up to 50% reduced attack interval, and 50% increased Max Hit.

=Standard Guides=

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|Cargo Net

|Pipe Climb

|Cliff Balance

|Lake Swim

|Water Jump

|Ocean Rafting

|Boulder Balance

|Rope Trap

|Waterfall Crossing

|Pillar of Combat

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Here, you will fight {{MonsterIcon|The Herald Phase 1}}. This phase uses {{Skill|Melee}}, so to make best use of the [[Combat Triangle]], {{Skill|Magic}} will be the best bet.

It will require a bunch of [[Pets]] too, if almost no [[Pets]] are obtained it is still possible to [[Idle]] this boss if {{PetIcon|Leonardo}}, {{PetIcon|Erran}} and {{PetIcon|Finn}} are owned.

To shorten the fight time the clear time goes down from roughly 2 hours to 15 minutes if the following [[Pets]] are owned: {{PetIcon|Bouncing Bob}}, {{PetIcon|Peri}}, {{PetIcon|Otto}}, {{PetIcon|Ren}}, {{PetIcon|Cindar}}, {{PetIcon|Maxwell}},{{PetIcon|Azuzu}}, {{PetIcon|Harry}} and {{PetIcon|Webbie}}.

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Here, you will fight {{MonsterIcon|The Herald Phase 2}}. This phase uses {{Skill|Ranged}} so using {{Icon|Melee}} will be the best bet due to the [[Combat Triangle]] bonuses against Ranged.

Here, you will fight {{MonsterIcon|The Herald}}. This phase uses {{Skill|Magic}}, so to make best use of the combat triangle, Ranged would be ideal. However, since this fight is impossible to idle no matter what, the guide will default to a skill that does not have its damage reduced when manually eating, {{Skill|Magic}}!