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The Hollow King

Boss

Fought on floors 20 and 30, in Act 2: Lightless Caverns. Floor 30 is this act's climax fight.

Mythic, cursed, and divine relics sit above legendary, the fusion ceiling, and drop only from boss and guardian kills: mythic from floor 50, cursed from floor 80, and divine from floor 90. This fight sits below all three gates, so no apex relic drops here.

Abilities

Shield Bash

Shield Bash

Targets enemy · 2-turn cooldown

Bashes one enemy for physical damage and weakens its attack.

  • damage, power 8 + 1×attack
  • debuff, applies Weakened (debuff, 2t)
Triple Shot

Triple Shot

Targets enemy · 3-turn cooldown

Looses three swift arrows at a single enemy in rapid succession.

  • damage, power 8 + 0.8×attack
  • damage, power 8 + 0.8×attack
  • damage, power 8 + 0.8×attack

Statuses It Inflicts

Inflicts: WeakenedWeakened

How to Prepare

  • You fight The Hollow King solo, and there is no rest heal before the encounter, so arrive with real HP in the bank and sustain already flowing: lifesteal earned in the fight itself, plus potions bought with gold beforehand.
  • An escort wave of the biome's regular enemies fights first. Only after they fall does The Hollow King step out alone for the closing wave, so keep enough HP and cooldowns in reserve for the real fight.
  • It can apply Weakened to you, weakening your own output for its duration.
  • If you wipe, you restart at floor 1, but your permanent upgrades and talents carry over, so a loss here is a setback, not a full reset. Optional Hardcore mode also destroys your equipped gear on a wipe.