Timed Bomb
Other Names:
Reds.
What do they look like?
See Image 1.
What will happen?
The red expanding circle will begin to fill and explode.
Why is it bad?
It will deal a high amount of explosive damage to any player overlapping with the circle on detonation.
How to handle?
Move out and away from the group.
Be mindful of the kiter or cannon runners.
What cues are there?
Visual - A notification on your screen - See image 2
Visual - A notification in your chat, same as on screen.
Audio - Sound effect.
Voice Callouts:
Reds out.
Fire Storm
Other Names:
Flame Wall
Wall
What does it look like?
See Image 1.
What will happen?
The boss will create a wall of fire that rotates anti clockwise around the platform.
Why is it bad?
Anyone hit by the wall will be instantly killed.
There is no down state.
How to handle?
Run around the boss in a circle away from the wall, In an anti clockwise rotation.
What cues are there?
Visual - A red arrow with a gold outline will spawn where the flame wall is going to start from, See image 2.
Voice Callouts:
Flame wall.
Notes:
Skills such as a Mesmer's Blink and an Engineers Shift Signet can save you from the wall as they move your position instantly to a new location.
Heavy Bomb
What do they look like?
See image.
What will happen?
A heavy bomb will spawn with a timer above it.
When it detonates it deals explosive damage to the platform.
Why is it bad?
The platform has a health bar.
If the platform reaches 0 HP it will break and we all fall to our deaths.
How to handle?
Move over to the heavy bomb.
Interact with it using your interact key, Default F.
Return to the stack.
Voice Callouts:
Heavy Bomb.
Flak Shot
What does it look like?
See image.
What will happen?
The boss will throw multiple small bombs towards a player
These leave patches of fire on the ground.
Why is it bad?
These patches of fire deal high amounts of damage.
How to handle?
One person will be given the role of flak kite normally a healer.
They will remain the furthest person away so these always land on their location.
Sapper Bombs
Other Names:
Bombs.
Greens.
What do they look like?
See Image 1.
What will happen?
You will be given a bomb to throw.
How to handle?
A jumper will be at one of the 4 markers.
Turn and use the special action key, To throw the bomb at the launch platform.
Launching the jumper onto the platform above with the cannon.
Return to the boss.
What cues are there?
Your special action key will show up, it will have a bomb icon.
See Image 2.
Voice Callouts:
One of 4 markers will be called example below.
{Heart} is next.
Throw bomb to {Heart}.