Volatile Materium

Overview

The Vigilant Guardian will activate Pre-Fabricated Sentries to attack players periodically while employing its own defense routines. Throughout the encounter the Vigilant Guardian will Expose its core, inflicting lethal damage to all players not shielded by an Automated Defense Matrix. When automa are defeated, their energy is automatically redistributed to the next largest Powered Down automa. Automa restored to full power in this way reactivate.

Automa

The Vigilant Guardian is aided by various automa. Automa are Powered Down until restored to full power. When Automa are defeated their power is redistributed to the next largest automa nearby that is still Powered Down.

Stage One: Systems Online!

The Vigilant Guardian begins the encounter protected by the gateway to the Sepulcher of the First Ones. Detonating an Unstable Core nearby will damage the Vigilant Guardian. On Mythic Raid Difficulty, the Vigilant Guardian rolls out of the wall, using their Stage Two abilities during Stage One.

Stage Two: Roll Out, then Transform

Once the Vigilant Guardian reaches 40% health remaining it rolls forward and then transforms into its battle mode.

Stage Three: Self-Destruct Sequence

At 15% health remaining, the Vigilant Guardian activates its self-destruct sequence.

Powered Down

Physical · Instant

This automa is in low power mode until it is restored to full power.

Force Field

Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · Instant

The Automated Defense Matrix creates a force field that reduces the damage taken from Exposed Core by 90%. The Force Field persists until Exposed Core ends. When Force Field ends the Automated Defense Matrix attacks players.

Sear

Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · Instant · Lasts 12 sec

The Automated Defense Matrix channels cosmic energy at a random player, inflicting Cosmic damage every 1 sec. for 12 sec.

Unstable Core

Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · Instant

Carrying the Unstable Core reduces the player's movement speed by 50% and inflicts Cosmic damage every 1 sec.

Detonate

Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · Instant

The Unstable Core detonates, inflicting 20.1% of the Vigilant Guardian's maximum health. The detonation cancels Optimal Core Temperature and any affects of Overclocking.

Blast

Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · 3 sec cast

Searing Ablation

Physical · 0.5 sec cast

The Point Defense Drone teleports away and chooses a random player to attack.

Wave of Disintegration

Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · 1 sec cast

The Pre-Fabricated Sentry smashes the ground beneath the player. The impact creates a Wave of Disintegration zones that explode in rapid succession, inflicting Cosmic damage to all players caught in the blast.

Dissonance

Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · 0.7 sec cast · Lasts 20 sec

At 50 energy, the Pre-Fabricated Sentry slams the player for Cosmic damage. The victim's defenses vibrate with dissonant frequencies that increase the damage taken by further attacks of Dissonance by 20% for 20 sec. This effect stacks.

Adaptive Subroutines

Physical · Instant

Volatile Materium adapt their combat parameters the longer they are in combat. Every 10 secs the Adaptive Subroutines increase the movement speed of the Volatile Materium by 20% and their damage done by 10%.

Exposed Core

Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · 5 sec cast · Lasts 10 sec

The Vigilant Guardian exposes its core to cool down. All players suffer Cosmic damage every 1 sec. for 10 sec. Once complete, the Vigilant Guardian starts operating at Optimal Core Temperature.

Optimal Core Temperature

Physical · Instant

After exposing its core, the Vigilant Guardian can Overclock its processes. Each time it Overclocks, its damage increases by 10%.

Overclock

Physical · 1 sec cast

The Vigilant Guardian increases its damage output by 10%.

Radioactive Core

Physical · Instant

The Vigilant Guardian's core radiates Cosmic damage to all players every 3 sec.

Spell Name

Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · Instant

The Vigilant Guardian fires beams of Cosmic energy at random players, inflicting Cosmic damage to all players caught in the blast.

Spike of Creation

Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · Instant · Lasts 6 sec

The Vigilant Guardian creates a Spike of Creation at the target location. A player coming into contact with the Spike of Creation will cause it to explode, inflicting Cosmic damage every 1 sec for 6 sec to all players. This effect stacks.

Deresolution

Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · Instant

The Vigilant Guardian fires a beam of immense power that sweeps the battlefield and triggers several explosions, each inflicting Cosmic damage to all players caught within the blast.

Matter Dissolution

Physical · Instant · Lasts 5 sec

The Vigilant Guardian marks the player for Matter Dissolution. After 5 sec., multiple orbs of Anti-Matter form in a large circle around the player. The orbs move in toward the player, inflicting Cosmic damage to any player they come in contact with. Players affected this way take 100% more damage from other orbs of Anti-Matter for 10 sec.

Anti-Matter

Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · Instant · Lasts 10 sec

The Anti-Matter orb inflicts Cosmic damage to any player it comes in contact with. Anti-Matter increases the damage taken from other orbs of Anti-Matter by 100% for 10 sec. This effect stacks.

Split Resolution

Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · 1 sec cast

The Vigilant Guardian smashes the ground beneath the player, inflicting Cosmic damage. The impact creates a series of Split Resolution zones that explode in rapid succession, inflicting Cosmic damage to all players caught in the blast.