This, combined with its high protect and health, make it a nuisance that cannot be ignored, and should be dealt with by inflicting Blight or Marking for increased damage.

These grueling adversaries will almost always guard an ally before taking any other action, ensuring their pelagic brethren that they may inflict both physical and psychological horrors upon their enemies from behind the safety of their abyssal defender. However, the battle will end if the Shieldbreaker falls on Death's Door, and failing will cause a terrible quest-long debuff on the party instead, granting +33% Stress and -5 ACC for the Shieldbreaker and +15% Stress for all other party members.The Pelagic Guardian is an Eldritch type that appears in the Cove. The entire party also receives a quest buff for -15% Stress, except for the Shieldbreaker, who receives -33% Stress and +3% CRIT. The Shieldbreaker's Pierce skill is also a viable option to ignore the Adder's PROT.ĭefeating the group of snakes brings great rewards, as they drop Aegis Scales when they die, as well as a Shieldbreaker-specific trinket and journal pages for the Shieldbreaker's story. Single high-damage attacks, like the Bounty Hunter's Collect Bounty or the Leper's Chop are the most effective way to take down the Adder quickly, and are able to deal damage faster than it can heal. Blight, bleed, and debuffs are all very ineffective, as Molt will cure them all in addition to healing. On their own, Adders are much less of a threat (even with the high damage of Paralyzing Quills), but will take a long time to kill because of their high health and ability to heal.

Its self-healing ability, Molt, has a 1-turn cooldown and has 5x more chance to be used if the Adder's health is below 50% or 20%, and 3x chance to be used if the Adder has bleed or blight on itself.Īdders have a huge health pool and PROT, and can also heal themselves with Molt, so it is recommended to take out other, weaker enemies before focusing on the Adder-just be conscious of its ability to stun, which could spell disaster for the party at the wrong moment. The blight effect from Adder's Fang lasts for 4 rounds on any difficulty. The Adder prioritizes marked targets (2x) and heroes with lower stun (1.5x) or blight resistance (1.5x) for Paralyzing Quills and Adder's Fang, respectively.

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