The Searing Exarch is one of two new pinnacle bosses, promising a big challenge and great rewards.
This fight is visually impressive and can look daunting at a glance.
However, The Searing Exarch is really the most straightforward of the new bosses.
Once you know what to look out for it’s possible for you to take him on with ease.
This guide will set you up for success against The Searing Exarch.
Each of these is foreshadowed by a specific voice line, making them easy to react to.
The first two to look out for are Disintegration!
Those may sound like major threats, but these attacks are easy to deal with.
Disintegration creates a wall of flame that deals significant fire damage over time.
Annihilation shoots a series of fiery beams at the ground, tracking the player around the arena.
you’re able to quite literally just run in a circle and dodge this entire attack.
Characters with significant life recovery through regeneration or leech can even tank this attack, despite its ominous name.
The ability you really need to look out for is Incineration!
When The Searing Exarch yells Incineration, run.
This is a massive slam that covers about two-thirds of the arena and will one-shot most players.
Get beyond that and you will be just fine.
The Maven will float above you during this phase and fire purple beams that vaporize some of the fireballs.
Watch for her shots, and then slip through the gaps they create.
If you get stuck, you’re able to also jump across an incoming line with Flame Dash.
As with most boss fights, Flame Dashs instant blink makes it the best movement skill here.
you’re free to also cheese the hell out of this phase if you have minions or totems.
The fireballs explode and vanish on impact, regardless of what they hit.
Throw some totems or disposable minions in front of you and the sea of fire will part.
This is a pretty corny strategy, but we wont judge you.
This triggered phase is more extreme, featuring far more fireballs to dodge.
However, a build with sufficient DPS can actually kill him before the trigger completes.
The more damage you have, the easier this fight gets.
It takes 24 maps to earn another invitation.
Throw it in your map rig to take on a harder version of this fight at any time.
Thats all it takes to defeat The Searing Exarch!
Just hit, dodge, and run.
Its a good, ol fashioned slugfest.
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