Scorpion Raid Guide - Tower of Fantasy 4.3

Summary

This video guide covers a new limited-time mechanics-based raid featuring the Fantasmic Scorpion World Boss from patch 4.1. It explains the raid's main mechanics, particularly focusing on 'Illusory Teleportation,' where players are teleported to different illusion realms. Each illusion has its own set of challenges that require coordination to defeat the boss. The guide emphasizes team strategy, including using certain characters like Zeke for easier clears. The video offers tips for speedrunning, avoiding damage, and provides alternative strategies for success in this challenging raid.

Takeaways

• 🦂 The raid features the Fantasmic Scorpion World boss from patch 4.1 with mechanics centered around illusions.
• 📹 The video encourages players to share it with their team before attempting the raid to ensure everyone understands the mechanics.
• 🔁 The main mechanic is illusory teleportation, which involves being teleported to illusion realms, requiring at least four players to succeed.
• 🛡️ The boss starts with nine stacks of damage reduction, and players must escape the illusions to remove these stacks and deal significant bonus damage.
• 💡 The first illusion is called 'The Guiding Light,' where players must follow light balls through a fog to escape.
• 🌸 The second illusion, 'Shadow Flowers,' requires players outside to clear fake flowers to help the inside players identify the real one.
• ⚡ The third and hardest illusion, 'Thunder Strike Zone,' involves two players who must cooperate to break shields, parry thunder strikes, and defeat three enemies.
• 🔫 Players can exploit certain mechanics like using Zeke's abilities to bypass more complex aspects of the raid.
• 💪 Teams with good communication and coordination will have an easier time clearing the raid, with voice chat being particularly helpful.
• 🏅 Speedrunners and high-DPS players can use specific strategies to maximize damage and chase leaderboard positions.

Q & A

What is the main mechanic of the Fantasmic Scorpion boss in the raid?

The main mechanic of the Fantasmic Scorpion boss is 'Illusory Teleportation,' where the boss starts with nine stacks of damage reduction and teleports players to random illusion realms. Players need to escape these realms to reduce the boss's damage reduction stacks and deal bonus damage.

How many players are needed to trigger the Illusory Teleportation mechanic?

At least four players are required to trigger the Illusory Teleportation mechanic. If there are fewer than four players alive, it's recommended to quit and reset the raid.

What happens if players fail to escape the illusion realm in time?

If players fail to escape the illusion realm in time, the boss will heal and gain an additional stack of damage reduction, making the fight last longer.

What is the strategy to escape the 'Guiding Light' illusion realm?

In the 'Guiding Light' illusion realm, players need to follow a trail of light balls through thick fog. Touching three light balls will lead them to the exit. Movement weapons like Nola's bike can help speed up the escape.

How do players escape the 'Shadow Flowers' illusion realm?

In the 'Shadow Flowers' illusion realm, players must identify and attack the real flower among many fakes. Teammates outside the illusion can clear flowers around the boss to help identify the real one. Alternatively, players inside can use ranged weapons or AoE discharges to attack the flowers directly.

What is the 'Thunder Strike Zone' illusion and how do players escape it?

In the 'Thunder Strike Zone' illusion, two players are marked and must work together to defeat three shielded enemies within a time limit. The key mechanic involves parrying a falling thunder strike to trigger an AoE explosion. Alternatively, players can use Zeke’s execution ability to quickly defeat the enemies.

What is Zeke's role in this raid?

Zeke's role is crucial for quickly dealing with the 'Thunder Strike Zone' illusion. Players can use Zeke’s totems and execute ability to bypass the complex mechanics and eliminate enemies in the illusion.

What happens if players fail to coordinate properly in the 'Shadow Flowers' illusion?

If players fail to coordinate and attack the fake flowers in the 'Shadow Flowers' illusion, they will be penalized with massive damage from explosions. To avoid this, teammates outside the illusion must clear flowers around the boss to identify the real flower.

What strategies are recommended for speedrunning this raid?

For speedrunning, players should use benediction abilities like 8% initial chunk and Fiona's executes, along with a tank player to aggro the boss and healers to keep everyone alive. DPS players, especially whales, can help chase leaderboard positions.

What should players do if they find alternative strategies to beat the Fantasmic Scorpion boss?

Players are encouraged to share any alternative strategies in the comments section of the video, especially if they discover new ways to defeat the Fantasmic Scorpion boss faster or more efficiently.