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Queen's Gauntlet
Queen's Jubileeis a special event that was initially releasedon August 6, 2013. The release deals with the events surrounding the tenth anniversary of Queen Jennah's coronation and featuresThe Crown Pavilion, a new zone where players can embrace thehumanspirit and participate in the Queen's Gauntlet.
Details of Queen Jennah's coronation and initial release achievementsare found here.
The following are contenders in the Queen's Gauntlet.
Click on their respective names to find out details of the fight mechanics.
Queen's Gauntlet Opponents
Halmi Hammerfell
Doobroosh
Windcaller Kieldia
Suriel the Blazing Light
Tyre Ragemaw
Masticus
Salazan
Crew of the Ravenous
Subject 7
Deadeye Dunwell
Strugar and Chomper
Liadri the Concealing Dark
Master of Lightning
Pallia of Errant
Champion Gladiator Waine
Suriel the Radiant Light
King Turai Ossa
Halmi Hammerfell
Tier 1.1: Halmi Hammerfell
Combat Abilities
Abilities
Lethal Frontal Smash
Banish - Short leap attack that hits for around 1,000 damage.
Stab- Hits for about 900 damage.
Mighty Smash - Cone AoE, hits for around 30,000 damage. Has a cast time of around 3 seconds and is heavily telegraphed.
Stolen skills
Blinding Tuft
Doobroosh
Halmi Hammerfellis anornfrom the Archen Foreland. He is deliberate, slow, and powerful, and his fighting style is swinging hishammerleft and right!
Hits for very little damage but has a huge windup frontal attack. Dodge it or CC him when he is charging up this attack to interrupt!
Tier 1.2: Doobroosh
Combat Abilities
Abilities
Grows When Struck
Shrinks While Left Alone
Skills
Hormonal Imbalance - Increases damage per stack.
Hormonal Imbalance - Bulk Stacking
Stolen skills
Blinding Tuft
Doobrooshis a quaggan from Falooaloo. He is aggressive until provoked. Then he is just plain aggressive. His fighting style is getting big and dealing heavy damage!
Grows when struck & shrinks when left alone...
Gains a stacking buff called Hormonal Imbalance that increases his size and deals more damage, the more you hit him. Try tokeephim at maximum Hormonal Imbalance.
Kill him at his max stacks to earn the Doobroosh Tranquilizer achievement.
Windcaller Kieldia
Tier 1.3: Windcaller Kieldia
Combat Abilities
Abilities
Knocks back
Skills
Wind Blast - Knocks back, hits for around 2,500 damage.
Stab- Melee range attack that hits for around 1,000 damage.
Summons Veteran Tornadoes that are immune to damage and cast Gust, which knocks back and hits for around 2,000 damage.
Stolen skills
Blinding Tuft
Bone Crack
Suriel the Blazing Light
Windcaller Kieldiais asylvariparticipant. She is as changeable as the wind, and her fighting style is letting her tornadoes do the work.
Summons tornadoes that causes knockdowns & the number increases as fight continues. Remember to get the "On Fire" gambit here, to get theCandle in the Windachievement.
Suriel the Blazing Lightis ahumanfrom Winterknell Shore. She is fanatical and worships light, and her fighting style is harnessing the Tome of Wrath's blazing energy.
Lethal Solar Flare attack.
Invulnerable while Blazing Light is active.
Pull her into ashadowwell. Soon as she gets in, the bubble is removed.
Move to anothershadowwell as you DPS her.
Rinse & repeat.
Standing in the shadow well will cause a constant damage tick on you BUT will protect you from Suriel's Solar Flare (insta-down).
Tier 1.4: Suriel the Blazing Light
Combat Abilities
Abilities
Lethal Solar Flare Attack
Invulnerable While Blazing Light Active
Effects
Tome of Wrath - No description available.
Endure Pain.png Blazing Light - Immunity to damage from incoming attacks. Stripped by Grasping Dark.
Skills
Sanctify - Spread AoE, hits for around 150 damage with each bolt.
Radiant Bolt - Projectile that hits for around 1,000 damage and inflicts weakness and cripple.
Solar Flare - PBAoE that hits for around 30,000 damage and knocks you down. Can be negated if the player has the Shrouded by Darkness effect, gained by standing in the grasping darkness on the floor.
Stolen skills
Blinding Tuft
Bone Crack
Tyre Ragemaw
Tier 2.1: Tyre Ragemaw
Tyre Ragemawis acharrfrom theBlack Citadel.He is fascinated byaxesand has mastered their use, and his fighting style is to build powerful attacks one blow after the other.
Deals more damage with less health. Try to range as his HP decreases.
Combat Abilities
Abilities
Lethal Deals Damage Inverse to Remaining Health
Skills
ThrowAxe- Hits for around 600 damage and inflicts cripple.
Double Chop - Hits for around 1,500 damage with each hit.
Triple Chop - Hits for around 1,500 damage with each hit.
Savage Leap - Short leap that hits for around 1,100 damage.
Stolen skills
Blinding Tuft
Masticus
Masticusis a warg from Broken Arrow River. It has lived long enough to know how to use the environment to its advantage. Its fighting style consists of slowing his enemy and letting them bleed to death.
Very high health!
Orbs grant players blood rage. More stacks = more dmg
Grab 25 orbs to gain 25 stacks of Bloodlust for Savage Brute achievement.
Tier 2.2: Masticus
Combat Abilities
Abilities
Extremely High Health
Orbs Grant Players Blood Rage
Skills
Slash - Hits for around 1,300 damage.
Lunge - Short leap that hits for around 1,500 damage.
Rending Bite - Hits for around 1,300 damage and inflicts Rend.
Stolen skills
Blinding Tuft
Salazan
Tier 2.3: Salazan
Salazanis anasurafromRata Sum.He is overly confident and his fighting style is to barely move, throwing tons of fire at his foes.
Deadly Flame Circle.
Flame conal attacks. Flame Trail behind players.
First attack is always Flame Circle. Stay inside it & keep moving clockwise (or anti-clockwise). Trying to cross over the Flame Circle = insta-death!
You will also get a Flame Trail behind you so KEEP MOVING!
Combat Abilities
Abilities
Summons Lethal Fire Ring
Skills
Flame Cage - Summons a ring that deals extremely high damage to anyone who crosses it.
Flame Wave - Deals roughly 8,000 damage per second.
Inflicts Enflame on his foes, causing them to release tracks of fire behind them.
Stolen skills
Blinding Tuft
Crew of the Ravenous
The crew of the pirate ship Ravenous is a pirate crew of four members.Their fighting style consist of teamwork in combination of slashing and using bombs. They fight together and once each of their comrades die, the others inherit its power.
Tier 2.4:Crew of the Ravenous
Kill them in order.
1. Captain Barricus
Inspires Crew Members (give them swiftness, might, and fury),
Grants Swashbuck's Daring (dodge attack periodically) to Allies upon defeat.
2. Master Gunner Adil
Calls Cannon Strikes Grants Ace in the Hole (Equip them with pistols) to Allies upon defeat.
3. First Mate Gaets
High damage, grants Envenomed Blades to Allies upon defeat.
4. Stitches
Heals Allies, grants Good Nutrition (regeneration every second) to allies upon defeat.
Subject 7
Subject 7is an ooze from the Thaumanova Reactor. It has multiple bodies, all of them slimy and fluid, and it is smarter than it looks, using attrition attacks.
Splits off smaller oozes when damaged, that will heal him.
Try to distance the small oozes from Subject 7. Use single target ranged attacks to avoid killing the small oozes for the Blobs, Schmobs achievement.
Tier 3.1: Subject 7
Combat Abilities
Abilities
Splits Into New Oozes When Damaged
Skills
Divide
Stolen skills
Throw Gunk
Deadeye Dunwell
Tier 3.2: Deadeye Dunwell
Combat Abilities
Abilities
Deals Increased Damage with Killshot at Longer Range
Teleports
Skills
Deadeye Shot
Stolen skills
Blinding Tuft
Deadeye Dunwellis a bandit from Bridgewatch Camp. Deadeye Dunwellis a bandit from Bridgewatch Camp.
Damaged increased with Killshot at longer range.
Teleports. Land mines in the arena.
He teleports behind player first, then the opposite end, then to the right and back to the middle. Try to CC him when he crouches & aims for Killshot. Red circle at your feet indicates that he is aiming. You can dodge his Killshot but beware of the mines! Mines = instadeath!
Strugar & Chomper
Tier 3.3: Strugar & Chomper
Strugar Combat Abilities
Abilities
Throws Meat which grants the Delicious Meat effect
Wields Caladhog Upon Chomper's Death
Skills
Chop - Basic attack with anaxe.
ThrowAxe- Throws an axe towards the player, dealing moderate damage. Savage Leap - Leaps at the player, causing cripple. Delicious Meat - Throws a Hunk of Meat in a given direction.
(Only while wielding Caladhog)
Fireball - Casts a fireball that explodes on impact. Whirlwind Attack - Whirls to the player's direction, dealing damage.
Stolen skills
Blinding Tuft
Chomper Combat Abilities
Abilities
Eats Delicious Meat
Gains Meaty Rage upon Strugar's Death
Skills
Double Slash - Slashes the player with its sharp claws.
Stolen skills
Blinding Tuft
Strugaris anornfrom Snowlord's Gate.Chomperis a rock dog. Both are participants in theQueen's Gauntlet. Strugar has evolved an almost-symbiotic relationship with Chomper, and will try to lead you into its jaws.
Use as much CC as you can to prevent Chomper from getting to the meat. Grab the meat yourself after you CC him. Deny Chomper of all meat for the Meatless Murder achievement.
Liadri the Concealing Dark
Tier 3.4: Liadri the Concealing Dark
Combat Abilities
Abilities
Vulnerable to Orb of Blazing Light
Effects
Shrouded by Darkness - Immunity to damage from incoming attacks
Skills
Necrotic Grasp— Basic ranged attack that can easily be avoided.
Shadowfall — A massive AoE dealing critical damage.
Entropic Lash — Basic whip attack.
Sunslayer Pattern — Liadri does a whirling attack in place, inflicting heavy conditions.Sunslayer Pattern — Liadri does a whirling attack in place, inflicting heavy conditions.
Stolen skills
Throw Gunk
Liadri the Concealing Darkis ahumanfrom the Mire Sea.She is fascinated by darkness and cosmic spells and her fighting style is to hide in the shadows, and then unleash its power.
Phase 1:
Liadri is invulnerable.
Kite the Visions of Mortality towards the white whirlpool.
They will spawn Orbs.
Throw the Orbs at Liadri to remove hershield.
Do this 3 times to remove the 3shieldson her.
Tips...
Get in a party.Target her.
Use food: Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew (40% Endurance refill rate)
Make sure you have some condition removing skills on!
Watch out for the red circles on the floor. This covers 1/4 of the dome floor every 4 to 5 seconds & will insta-down you.
Cosmic Rifts will also appear randomly & pull you to them. Destroy these rifts!
The Visions will one shot you, so avoid/dodge them!
All this time, Liadri will stay in the centre & range attacks.
Phase 2:
The minute you remove her lastshield, she will lunge at you & hits for 7k dmg.
The red circles will now cover the dome floor in figure 8s.
Tips...
Run in a large circle around the room.
Liadri cripples you everytime she hits you. Use your cond removingskills.
Time your dodge! Moar DOTS!
Master of Lightning
Tier S.1: Master of Lightning
Her Abilities
She is immune to CC while she is charging
She has a whirlwind skill that pulls you towards her. This is an instakill if you get too close to her.
Strategy
Stay ranged when she is charging. Break stun, then rush her immediately after the charge and unload DPS on her.
Master of Lightningis one of the 3 Zephyrite Aspect Masters.She uses the power of lightning to disable foes and create storms.
Pallia the Errant
Pallia the Errant is a human of the White Mantle disguised as a bandit executioner. She executes foes and reflects projectiles.
Her Abilities
Reflects projectiles
Summons big orbs that float around and damages you if they hit you.
Also stuns you if you let her get too close to you.
Strategy
Avoid big blue orbs
Use CCs to keep her at a distance
When the special skill pops up, stand in the orange circle and use it
Then target Pallia and use skill 1 to return the damage to her.
Tier S.2: Pallia the Errant
Champion Gladiator Waine
Tier S.3: Champion Gladiator Waine
HisAbilities
Does a frontal attack, in a line. Dodge or run around it.
Places down lines that cannot be crossed without stability.
Strategy
He cannot be immobilized but he can be knocked down. CC him whenever you can.
Stay ranged and DPS him so you can react fast when he does his frontal attack.
Champion Gladiator Waine is ahumanwho was onceRiannoc's squire when young.
With the return of theFestival of the Four Winds, a copy of him was created viaWatchknighttechnology to fight in theQueen's Gauntlet.
Suriel the Radiant Light
Suriel the Radiant Lightis a human contender.
HerAbilities
Summons 3 Bows of Truth. As long as they are up she is immune to damage.
The 3 bows also tethers and immobilizes u until u kill 1 of them.
Strategy
Defeat one of the bows. Suriel is vulnerable after one Bow is killed.
Deplete her breakbar quick so she takes more damage.
CC her and keep your distance.
Use skills that removes conditions.
Tier S.4: Suriel the Radiant Light
King Turai Ossa
King Turai Ossa is a human contender.
Strategy
For the first 20s, kite him around the arena & avoid his attacks.
After that, when he teleports to the centre, break his bar ASAP!
He will chase you again. Keep kiting him around the arena & avoid his attacks.
This time, when he teleports back to the centre, dodge his shield throw. You will see an icon over your head indicating that he is about to throw it at you.
At this point, hsi shield is down, DPS him with all you got!