There were only four 100-man teams to fight this Boss . This was not because Ruling Sword lacked members, but because the Altar could only hold so many people .
After all, this was still a virtual game . The varying attack ranges of the classes all had a limit as well . Furthermore, it was impossible to have 50,000 people all rushing the Boss at once due to unit collision . Lu Li couldn't even imagine a way of holding 50,000 people in this small Altar .
The Main Tank role was obviously delegated to Azure Sea Breeze . However, using the bear-form of a Druid to Tank the boss would be a much better option . Unfortunately, there were no strong Druids in Ruling Sword .
As a Druid in Dawn, the user needed to be accustomed to each transformation . There were vast differences between fighting on four legs and fighting on two legs . Moreover, good equipment for the bear-form of the Druid was also extremely rare .
Lu Li had a few backup Tanks beside him so that he could inflict large amounts of damage during phase two without worrying about aggro . Similar arrangements were also put in place when facing the Boss in the other phases .
Obviously, Lu Li would not reveal what would happen during phase two . He had only mentioned that these members were going to be backup Tanks, otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to explain his foresight .
Vile Priestess Hex didn't look too different to a normal Boss . She was wearing a mask similar to Zul'Farrak's Bad Mojo Mask on her face, and was wielding a rather ordinary-looking staff .
However, this was the Ivy Magic Staff, and could be dropped by the Vile Priestess Hex .
It was a healing-type Legendary weapon known for its special effect that could heal 50% of a target's HP instantly .
"****, this Boss has 3 . 7 million HP . This is definitely the tankiest Boss I've ever come across," Azure Sea Breeze cursed .
If he knew about the Ivy Magic Staff's properties, he would be rejoicing instead .
The level 50 mini Bosses that stood by Hex's side all had a minimum of three million HP each . Hex also had a multitude of skills at her disposal, as well as an army of reinforcements . Taking everything into consideration, he HP bar was the least of their worries .
This had already been proven to be true, as during phase one, the Boss had already unleashed her enormous strength .
The most important skill to be wary of in this stage of the battle was Hex . This skill was lethal because it could turn groups of players into frogs at the same time .
Was there anything else more terrifying than transforming a whole group of players into frogs?
Of course, this could be compared to the Mage skill that turned people into sheep . However, Hex was instantaneous, while Polymorph could be disrupted by simple physical contact .
Furthermore, if a player were transformed into a sheep, they would be able to regenerate HP .
As a frog under the Vile Priestess Hex's spell, the player wouldn't heal or be transformed back, even when under attack .
This was like a Bug in the game system!
If you didn't have a strategy to deal with Hex, the Vile Priestess became one of the most difficult, if not the most difficult Boss to fight in the level range of 50-60 .
The first transformed group of players were thrown towards the West side of the dungeon . . However, one of the Hunters panicked and fired a Distracting Shot, which dragged the Boss' aggro away from the Main Tank .
For the sake of defeating the Boss, Lu Li needed to set down a ridiculous rule .
"DPS, control the aggro . Don't be too greedy when dealing damage . There are no DPS rewards for this Boss . If the top ten DPS members drag the aggro away from the Main Tank, their original scores will be greatly deducted . "
It wasn't hard to understand the reason behind it either, as he knew that the top ten DPS players wouldn't make simple mistakes .
However, Lu Li was more afraid of other DPS players being tempted to show off their strength by inflicting as much damage as possible . If aggro was pulled into a group of DPS players, the whole strategy would be ruined .
Using Lu Li's strategy, several groups of Tanks surrounded the Boss from all directions . If a group was turned into frogs, Lu Li would indicate for another group of Tanks from another direction to take aggro .
As such, the Boss' focus would be on the Tanks, rather than the ranged DPS players .
Lu Li wasn't afraid of the potentially lazy and apathetic players either . Although he had mentioned that the top ten would not be rewarded, he had not mentioned that the last ten wouldn't be punished . Furthermore, the DPS rankings would be displayed on the Guild's posts for a period of time for everyone to see .
Lu Li would also participate in the role of DPS, but his position in the fight was different to the others . He usually stood with the Tanks who were responsible for attracting aggro .
This meant that Lu Li would stand behind the Boss at all times, so he would not be affected by Hex . A few of the more sharp-witted players decided to follow suit, upon realising what he was doing .
The highest DPS dealer was Lonesome Flower, while Lu Li could only place 7th . After all, he was a Melee class, and he needed to move frequently to avoid Hex .
He was also the only Melee class in the Top 10 DPS ranking as well .
Moreover, he was also the commander of the battle, so he needed to give instructions while fighting .
When Hex's overall HP neared 80%, she began to use an AOE effect spell which caused players to lose 10% HP every 2 seconds over a 20 second duration . If the affected players could not heal themselves in time, they would die .
This AOE attack was only used on the Altar, and people began to think whether they could all retreat to the level below .
However, to do this would result in a worse situation .
During this stage of the battle, if the players from the Altar retreated to lower levels, they would be recognised as fleeing from the battle . This would lay a curse on them, which would manifest an Infernal when Hex began to dance, and was similar to the Priest's ability to summon a Shadow Demon .
However, the Infernal would continue to chase the player until the player killed it . Furthermore, only the player would be able to damage the Infernal . If a healer was affected by this skill, they would be utterly helpless against it .
The healers without any offensive capabilities would be guaranteed death in this stage of the battle, and without healers, the whole squad would be annihilated .
Lu Li instantly stopped everyone from retreating down to the lower levels . After all, it was not an instantaneous skill . If the healers could accelerate their healing while everyone regenerated HP, this stage would be passable .
The curse would appear every time the Boss' HP was lowered by 20%, for a total of six times .
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