Cloud of Darkness

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General Notes
  • Casts elemental magic based on the day and ever-changing weather in the arena.
  • Auto Attacks:
  • Type 1: AoE damage and knockback around the Cloud of Darkness.
  • Type 2: Ranged Attack that inflicts damage.
  • Type 3: Damage and TP reduced by 25%.
  • Absorbs either physical or magic damage after the use of Primordial Surge which draws players in and absorbs their HP.
  • The gem on its head will glow red while this phase is active.
  • Iroha's combat style changes to avoid doing a damage type that heals the Cloud of Darkness.
  • Ends this absorption phase after the use of Waning Vigor or Expunge (<25%).
  • Damage dealt increases based on damage absorbed.
  • Dark spheres will appear around the field as the Cloud's HP decreases with a max of 10 appearing over time.
  • Standing in these aura's will inflict, gravity, slow, addle, and paralysis.

Cloud of Darkness
Cloud of Darkness.jpg
Adversary
Type Unclassified
Family Supreme Being
Job Wizard's Petasos icon.png Black Mage
Class Mission NM
Resistances
Physical Damage Magical Damage Breath Damage Slashing Blunt H2H Piercing Ranged
100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Element: Fire Element: Wind Element: Thunder Element: Light Element: Ice Element: Earth Element: Water Element: Dark
60% 60% 60% 70% 15% 15% 15% 5%
A: Absorbs · S: Susceptible · R: Resists
100% denotates that a monster takes full damage.
Tiers of 50% or less guarantee a spell resist.


Listings

Listings by Zone
Zone
  Reisenjima Sanctorium
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     Mission: The Orb's Radiance
Level Behavior
Question
HP MP DEF EVA M.DEF
CheckCheck 100
Rewards
Abilities Spells
Celling Rupture
Destitution
Essence Devour
Expunge
Primordial Surge
Shearing Undulation
Waning Vigor
Absorb-Attri
Drain (AoE)
Above 50%:
Elemental Magic III-IV
-ga III Elemental Magic
Below 50%:
Elemental Magic V
-ga IV Elemental Magic
-ja Elemental Magic

Ability Information

Ability Y' Area Target Type Copy Image.png Condition
Celling Rupture Conal Player Magical Damage
Damage, Bind, Max HP Down, and Knockback
Destitution Conal Player Magical Damage
Damage, Max HP Down, and Terror
Essence Devour Conal Player Magical Damage
Drains HP and MP from a player. All Attributes Down (30s).
Shearing Undulation AoE Monster Magical Damage Element: Dark
Damage, Defense Down (60s), and Magic Defense Down (60s).
Primordial Surge AoE Monster Magical Damage
Drains HP from all players. Begins absorbing damage until the next TP move.
Waning Vigor AoE Monster Magical Damage Used after Primordial Surge.
Inflicts damage based on damage absorbed after Primordial Surge. Applies Weakness (15s) to primary target.
Expunge AoE Monster Magical Damage <25% HP
Used after Primordial Surge.
Inflicts damage based on damage absorbed after Primordial Surge.
Additional Effect: Full dispel.
Area: 1P, AoE, Gaze, Conal · Target: Player or Monster
Type: Physical-Magical-Breath-Buff · Element or Damage Type
Copy Image.png: Utsusemi shadows consumed (#), B Bypasses, but does not remove shadows, R Removes all shadows.