Altar Of Sanctification Is Pretty Neat

Just challenged it three times at level 66 (two successes, one loss to chargespam, build: https://wynndata.tk/s/lAVWYe). The lore associated with Skien is quite nice, not to mention the layout and music on Skien's Island, which makes getting the badge to activate the altar really fun. I was quite surprised when the initial blindness went away to have Revenant of Skien start charging in midair, to the point where once I could see, he was almost on top of me - really helps set the mood of the fight.

If I counted correctly he has 11 stage , which might be the most of any boss in the game. The way he casts spells is really neat - several no-cooldown casts followed by a short lull (incidentally, how powerful is his multihit in stage 2? I saw him cast it 4 or 5 times in a row a few times, if you're hit by one will the successive ones still activate/do full damage).

Being as fast as he is - around as fast as CoW or faster, not certain - the fact that he can use Vanish in a few stages makes things tough sometimes, although those tend to be his "slower" phases so it's not too bad. Chargespam is my bane, but the size of the arena means it's at least possible to dodge if I'm careful.I also noticed a no-cooldown arrow storm on one of the forms about midway through, which is interesting.

I'm pretty sure he has varying elemental defenses and damages between different forms, but I didn't really pay attention to this - the fight is very fast-paced so I couldn't exactly stop to look.

The music seems to be the Undergrowth Ruins theme in the entrance to the arena, and Naragath's theme inside the arena - are these intentional or leakage from nearby arenas? (the use of the former in particular, since it literally just covers a 10 by 10 block atrium)

Anyone know how much health he has total? It seems to be something in the range of 120k to 150k, based on the length of the fight, but I didn't get a chance to keep track.

 

Really?
I find Skien’s island to be a maze full of dead ends and endless corridoors. A maze you can never remember the solution to

Despite doing it so many times

SO MANY

And the game itself remarks on it. Ever find and read the random signs on the hideaway spots? They tell of how the maze is as twisted as Skien himself.

 

you should probs put this in feedback.

but ye, this is one of the better boss arenas

 

oof looks like it's fixed

Does boss drop ings btw?

 

I got a Titanium Chunk, and one of each gear. Don't know if it drops any other ingredients.

 

I remember when it first came out, it was one of my favorite boss altars because of how unique it was. Instead of mindlessly grinding hundreds of mobs, you enter by getting a Skien's badge, the dialogue and arena itself is cool, it has many phases, and it's one of the few boss altars to feature a character important to the lore