Tic-Tac-Toe Boss: How to Beat It
45sThe unique tic-tac-toe mechanic is instantly intriguing and visually engaging, making viewers curious to see how it works.
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This video provides a concise guide to defeating Imperator Eversian in the Void Spire raid on Normal and Heroic difficulties, focusing on the unique Tic-Tac-Toe mechanic where players must prevent the boss from claiming a line of spaces.
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Overview of the Tic-Tac-Toe mechanic
The boss fight takes place in a 3x3 grid. Using raid markers helps track spaces. The boss claims spaces, and if he gets a line of three, it's a wipe. The goal is to prevent him from winning while killing him.
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Imperator's Glory and claimed territory
The boss must be kept away from his claimed territory. The claimed spaces are marked on the floor with a big orb above them.
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Shadows Advance and Umbral Collapse
Shadows Advance spawns Void Shapers that try to claim spaces. Use Umbral Collapse on the tank (a group soak) to clear a space. The raid can stack in the collapse to help soak. You get two collapses per round, so one space will be claimed per round.
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Blackening Wounds and adds
Blackening Wounds stacks a max health reduction on the tank. When adds spawn, they target the tank with the highest stacks. Tank swap when adds spawn or as needed. Kill the void moths (melee adds) and interrupt the other adds to stop them shielding each other, then cleave them down.
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Escalating chaos and other mechanics
When a space is captured, previously captured spaces fire ground circles and spawn adds, making the fight more chaotic. Oblivion Wrath spawns void lances, Void Fall creates void circles to avoid, and Shadow Phalanx sends invulnerable troops marching across the arena. Dark Upheaval is raid damage to heal through.
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Normal difficulty summary
On Normal, the fight is straightforward: don't let him win tic-tac-toe, keep up with adds, watch your feet, and kill the boss.
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Heroic difficulty changes
On Heroic, Imperator's Glory is buffed: the boss must be kept 10 yards away from all adds, not just claimed spaces. No more stacking adds for cleave. Void Shapers transform into stronger adds if left alive too long, so kill them quickly. Void Maw adds will crawl to a claimed space to heal at 35% – don't let them.
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💡 Key Takeaways
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Tic-Tac-Toe mechanic
The core mechanic is unique and requires a different mindset from typical boss fights.
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Umbral Collapse strategy
Using the collapse to deny spaces is a key tactical decision that defines the fight.
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Blackening Wounds tank swap
Understanding when to swap tanks is critical to surviving the fight.
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Heroic adds must die fast
The 10-yard rule and add transformation make Heroic significantly harder.
02:25Full Transcript
[00:00] Hi! I'm Hazel, and this is a guide to the Imperator-Aversian fight in the Void Spire on Normal and Heroic Difficulty. This is the Tic-Tac-Toe fight. You can picture the room in a 3x3 grid.
[00:14] Raid markers help a lot here. The boss will attempt to claim spaces, and if he gets a line of three spaces, it's over. We're not so much trying to win at Tic-Tac-Toe as prevent him from winning while we kill
[00:27] him the old fashioned way. Imperator's Glory means the boss must be kept away from his claimed territory. On beta the boss spaces looked like this. It's a marked floor with a big orb above it.
[00:41] Shadows Advance spawns Void Shapers to attempt to claim spaces for the boss. To prevent that, we use Umbral Collapse. The boss will target the tank with a group soak.
[00:53] That tank should take it onto a space that we want to keep clear. Remember that you're trying to prevent a full line. The raid can follow the tank to stack in the collapse and help soak. You get two collapses to use per round of Void Shapers, so one space will be claimed
[01:07] for Eversian. When that happens, watch your feet, and get ready for adds. Blackening Wounds has been stacking up a max health reduction on the tank. When the little adds spawn, they head for the tank with the highest amount of blackening
[01:22] wounds. swap when the adds spawn, or as needed. Let's look at the adds. The void moths are little melee guys they should be easy to keep up with. If you see these other adds those should be interrupted to stop them shielding each other and then cleaved down too When a space is captured any previously captured spaces from earlier will also fire ground circles and spawn adds
[01:46] so as the fight goes on, it gets more chaotic. Other things to watch out for, Oblivion Wrath spawns a ring of void lances that will fire out from the boss. Dodge those.
[01:58] Void Fall channels a bunch of void circles on the ground for you to avoid. And Shadow Phalanx sends a bunch of invulnerable troops to march across the arena. Get out of the way. There should be a line of safe space to wait in.
[02:12] Dark Upheaval is just some raid damage to heal through. And on Normal, that's it. Don't let him win tic-tac-toe, keep up with adds, watch your feet, and kill the boss. On Heroic we get a few upgrades.
[02:25] The big one is a buff to Imperator's Glory. Not only can the boss not be close to a space, now he must also be kept 10 yards away from all adds. No more stacking it all up for cleave.
[02:38] If left up too long, the void shapers will now transform into bigger and stronger dudes, so kill them before they juice up. And on heroic, the little void maw adds will try to crawl to a claimed space to heal at
[02:50] 35%. Don't let them get away. And that's Imperator Eversian! Thanks for watching, I've got more raid guides if you want them, and have a wonderful, wonderful day.
