Lava Beast - Revision history

Paloverde zfogshooterz at 14:44, 8 March 2025

2025-03-08T14:44:04Z

Paloverde zfogshooterz: Updated gif gallery with the new GIF Gallery Template.

2025-03-08T14:29:56Z

Updated gif gallery with the new GIF Gallery Template.

Paloverde zfogshooterz at 07:35, 19 August 2024

2024-08-19T07:35:01Z

Paloverde zfogshooterz at 07:06, 30 June 2024

2024-06-30T07:06:56Z

Sab at 22:11, 15 May 2024

2024-05-15T22:11:37Z

Paloverde zfogshooterz: Changed Boss Info image link

2024-03-22T11:43:10Z

Changed Boss Info image link

Paloverde zfogshooterz at 12:12, 12 March 2024

2024-03-12T12:12:38Z

Paloverde zfogshooterz at 15:57, 23 February 2024

2024-02-23T15:57:01Z

Paloverde zfogshooterz: Fully done thumbs up

2024-02-23T15:53:07Z

Fully done *thumbs up*

Paloverde zfogshooterz: Mostly finished but will be adding much more details to Strategy another day.

2024-02-22T17:13:15Z

Mostly finished but will be adding much more details to Strategy another day.

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 The Lava Beast will perform these basic melee attacks randomly whenever a target is close enough. Each of these attacks is guaranteed to deal knockback that cannot be negated by Tenacity. Despite having three different styles of attack, there are no notable differences between them.
-<div style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; width:75%;">
+<div style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; width:100%;">
 {{GIF Gallery
 | gif_image = File:Lava Beast Left Swipe Attack.gif

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 The Lava Beast will perform these basic melee attacks randomly whenever a target is close enough. Each of these attacks is guaranteed to deal knockback that cannot be negated by Tenacity. Despite having three different styles of attack, there are no notable differences between them.
-{| style="text-align:center;"
+<div style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; width:75%;">
-|-
+{{GIF Gallery
-|width="25%"|
+| gif_image = File:Lava Beast Left Swipe Attack.gif
-[[File:Lava Beast Left Swipe Attack.gif|270px]] <br/>
+| description = Left Melee Swipe.
-'''Left melee swipe.'''
+}}
-|width="25%"|
+{{GIF Gallery
-[[File:Lava Beast Right Swipe Attack.gif|270px]] <br/>
+| gif_image = File:Lava Beast Right Swipe Attack.gif
-'''Right melee swipe.'''
+| description = Right Melee Swipe.
-|width="25%"|
+}}
-[[File:Lava Beast Headbutt Attack.gif|270px]] <br/>
+{{GIF Gallery
-'''Headbutt attack.'''
+| gif_image = File:Lava Beast Headbutt Attack.gif
-|}
+| description = Headbutt Attack.
 === Special Abilities ===
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 :The Lava Beast burrows again but instead going underground, it starts summoning up to 9 or 10 special Lava Bug minions and then resuming its other attacks once the process is over. Unlike regular Lava Bugs, these ones mostly just hovers around and are more focuses on attacking nearby heroes than doing anything else. When all summoned lava bug minions are killed, the Lava Beast enters a stun phase where it stops doing anything for 7 seconds and will be able to take 50% more damage for that duration.
-{| style="text-align:center;"
+<div style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; width:100%;">
-|-
+{{GIF Gallery
-|width="15%"|
+| gif_image = File:Lava Beast Projectile Attack.gif
-[[File:Lava Beast Projectile Attack.gif|270px]] <br/>
+| description = Projectile Attack Mode.
-'''Projectile Attack Mode.'''
+}}
-|width="15%"|
+{{GIF Gallery
-[[File:Lava Beast Crystalline Spikes Attack.gif|270px]] <br/>
+| gif_image = File:Lava Beast Crystalline Spikes Attack.gif
-'''Crystal Hammer Attack.'''
+| description = Crystal Hammer Attack.
-|width="15%"|
+}}
-[[File:Lava Beast Death Burrow Attack.gif|270px]] <br/>
+{{GIF Gallery
-'''Death Burrow Attack.'''
+| gif_image = File:Lava Beast Death Burrow Attack.gif
-|width="15%"|
+| description = Death Burrow Attack.
-[[File:Lava Beast Summoning Lava Bugs.gif|270px]] <br/>
+}}
-'''Summoning Lava Bug minions.'''
+{{GIF Gallery
-|}
+| gif_image = File:Lava Beast Summoning Lava Bugs.gif
 == Strategy ==

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 === Special Abilities ===
-* '''Projectile attack mode''' - In this mode, the Lava Beast crouches, using the crystal spikes on its head to fire projectiles in a lobbed angle at its targets. The projectiles are homing but can be dodged (if done properly) or blocked by terrain. The amount of projectiles fired at once will depend on the amount of heroes in the map. [[Reflect Beam]] will be unable to repel these projectiles ''(as they cannot be reflected or will go over the beam due their lobbed trajectory)''. This mode lasts for 10 seconds and has a firing rate of around about a second (more or less).
+* '''Projectile attack mode'''
-* '''Crystal Hammer attack''' - Similar to the Adept's tower of the [[Crystal Hammer|same name]], this attack sends a piercing line of damaging crystal spikes which also travels quite a distance forward damaging anything in their path. If any heroes are near enough to the Lava Beast when caught in this attack, they will be stunned for 4 seconds (Can be negated by Tenacity). This attack is unable to be repelled by Reflect Beams too.
+* '''Crystal Hammer attack'''
-* '''Death Burrow attack''' - The Lava Beast burrows underground, using two seconds to track a hero (1st second) and locking-in (2nd second) before striking. Any heroes or core struck by this attack will be faced with instant death. The reach of the strike may exceed the range of the targeting circle. While towers/blockades may get damaged from a death burrow, for some reason any non-pawn based traps (such as ''[[Explosive Trap]]'', ''[[Geyser Trap]]'', ''[[Blaze Balloon]]'', ''[[Oil Geyser]]'', ''[[Snaking Sands]]'' or ''[[EMP Trap]]'') caught will be outright removed.
+* '''Death Burrow attack'''
-* '''Summoning Lava Bug minions''' - The Lava Beast burrows again but instead going underground, it starts summoning up to 9 or 10 special Lava Bug minions and then resuming its other attacks once the process is over. Unlike regular Lava Bugs, these ones mostly just hovers around and are more focuses on attacking nearby heroes than doing anything else. When all summoned lava bug minions are killed, the Lava Beast enters a stun phase where it stops doing anything for 7 seconds and will be able to take 50% more damage for that duration.
+* '''Summoning Lava Bug minions'''
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 == Behavior and Mechanics ==
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+{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin:0.46em 0.80em; margin-left:20px;"
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 It is recommended to use Hero Damage-based builds to fight the Lava Beast as they are more effective in consistent dps. It is also highly recommended to equip at least a Speed Boost shard for a hero to be able to be fast enough to outrun the targeting of a Death Burrow and having Tenacity would be ideal for a little QOL against the stuns that come from Crystal Hammer attacks if you're using a melee hero for tank or DPS purpose. <br/>
-Using [[Obelisk]] with Empowering Blasphemy or [[Flame Aura|Flame]]/[[Water Aura]] with Empowering Aura shard will also help increase damage done to the boss. And furthermore, Lava Beast can also be affected by debuffs (which increases his damage taken) from;
+Using [[World Tree]] with World Tree Mcbufferson, [[Obelisk]] with Empowering Blasphemy and [[Flame Aura|Flame]]/[[Water Aura]] with Empowering Aura shard will also help increase damage done to the boss. And furthermore, Lava Beast can also be affected by debuffs (which increases his damage taken) from;
 * Sundering Blow shard.

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 The Lava Beast is a giant mutated witherbeast boss only encountered in Crystal Mine within Expeditions gamemode.
-''Credits to this [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/951905612629958711/1185245115137138768/boss-info.png image] from the Protobot Database for a good amount of info that this article uses.''
+''Credits to this [https://wiki.dungeondefenders2.com/images/1/1d/Protobot_Database_Boss_Info.png image] from the Protobot Database for a good amount of info that this article uses.''
 == Behavior and Mechanics ==

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 Having a scenario where all heroes dying with none active on field due to respawn timer should be avoided. This will result in the Lava Beast going for the nearest core and it'll be game over. If your DPS heroes aren't strong enough to deal high damage while also happens to be too squishy, these strategies can be used -
 * Placing a blockade with a bunch of auras/nodes to block the Lava Beast in the middle of its travel path. The auras/nodes will assist with whittling down the boss and even if your hero dies, it'll still be preoccupied with attacking the blockade while you're waiting to respawn. Keep in mind to make sure the rear of the blockade isn't facing the core as to prevent damages from a crystal hammer attack.
-* Having a hero (such as the [[Squire]], [[Countess]] or [[Barbarian]]) with a tank build that's able to keep themselves alive drawing the attention of the Lava Beast while a DPS hero attacks the boss. There won't be a need to worry about a game over if the DPS hero ever dies since the tank hero will be keeping the Lava Beast preoccupied.
+* Having a second player as a hero (such as the [[Squire]], [[Countess]] or [[Barbarian]]) with a tank build that's able to keep themselves alive drawing the attention of the Lava Beast while a DPS hero attacks the boss. There won't be a need to worry about a game over if the DPS hero ever dies since the tank hero will be keeping the Lava Beast preoccupied.
 == History ==
 * [[File:DD2_Splash_Logo.png|35px]]  '''March 30th 2023''' : Introduced.

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 * The Lava Beast's attack patterns mainly revolves around using 4 special abilities in random order while also trying to get closer to its target so it can use close-combat attacks.
 * The Lava Beast has '''46.835%''' damage resistance. However during its 7-seconds stun phase, it'll take additional 50% more damage.
-* The Lava Beast is untargetable by towers but would still be vulnerable to defense damage. It is also unaffected by conventional crowd control effects.
+* The Lava Beast is untargetable by most defenses (except [[Lightning Strikes Aura|Lightning]]/[[Frost Strikes Aura]]) and does not trigger traps but would still be vulnerable to defense damage. It is also unaffected by conventional crowd control effects.
 * The Lava Beast's attacks are able to damage cores and towers or blockades.
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 === Special Abilities ===
-* '''Projectile attack mode''' - In this mode, the Lava Beast crouches, using the crystal spikes on its head to fire projectiles in a lobbed angle at its targets. The amount of projectiles fired at once will depend on the amount of heroes in the map. Reflect Beams will be unable to repel these projectiles ''(as they cannot be reflected or will go over the beam due their lobbed trajectory)''. This mode lasts for 10 seconds and has a firing rate of around about a second (more or less).
+* '''Projectile attack mode''' - In this mode, the Lava Beast crouches, using the crystal spikes on its head to fire projectiles in a lobbed angle at its targets. The projectiles are homing but can be dodged (if done properly) or blocked by terrain. The amount of projectiles fired at once will depend on the amount of heroes in the map. [[Reflect Beam]] will be unable to repel these projectiles ''(as they cannot be reflected or will go over the beam due their lobbed trajectory)''. This mode lasts for 10 seconds and has a firing rate of around about a second (more or less).
-* '''Crystal Hammer attack''' - Similar to the Adept's tower of the [[Crystal Hammer|same name]], this attack sends a line of damaging crystal spikes which also travels quite a distance forward damaging anything in their path. If any heroes are near enough to the Lava Beast when caught in this attack, they will be stunned for 4 seconds (Can be negated by Tenacity).
+* '''Crystal Hammer attack''' - Similar to the Adept's tower of the [[Crystal Hammer|same name]], this attack sends a piercing line of damaging crystal spikes which also travels quite a distance forward damaging anything in their path. If any heroes are near enough to the Lava Beast when caught in this attack, they will be stunned for 4 seconds (Can be negated by Tenacity). This attack is unable to be repelled by Reflect Beams too.
-* '''Death Burrow attack''' - The Lava Beast burrows underground, using two seconds to track a hero (1st second) and locking-in (2nd second) before striking. Any heroes or core caught in this attack will be faced with instant death. The reach of the strike may exceed the range of the targeting circle.
+* '''Death Burrow attack''' - The Lava Beast burrows underground, using two seconds to track a hero (1st second) and locking-in (2nd second) before striking. Any heroes or core struck by this attack will be faced with instant death. The reach of the strike may exceed the range of the targeting circle. While towers/blockades may get damaged from a death burrow, for some reason any non-pawn based traps (such as ''[[Explosive Trap]]'', ''[[Geyser Trap]]'', ''[[Blaze Balloon]]'', ''[[Oil Geyser]]'', ''[[Snaking Sands]]'' or ''[[EMP Trap]]'') caught will be outright removed.
 * '''Summoning Lava Bug minions''' - The Lava Beast burrows again but instead going underground, it starts summoning up to 9 or 10 special Lava Bug minions and then resuming its other attacks once the process is over. Unlike regular Lava Bugs, these ones mostly just hovers around and are more focuses on attacking nearby heroes than doing anything else. When all summoned lava bug minions are killed, the Lava Beast enters a stun phase where it stops doing anything for 7 seconds and will be able to take 50% more damage for that duration.
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 == Strategy ==
-It is recommended to use Hero Damage-based builds on the Lava Beast as they are more effective in consistent dps. <br/>
+It is recommended to use Hero Damage-based builds to fight the Lava Beast as they are more effective in consistent dps. It is also highly recommended to equip at least a Speed Boost shard for a hero to be able to be fast enough to outrun the targeting of a Death Burrow and having Tenacity would be ideal for a little QOL against the stuns that come from Crystal Hammer attacks if you're using a melee hero for tank or DPS purpose. <br/>
 Using [[World Tree]] with World Tree Mcbufferson, [[Obelisk]] with Empowering Blasphemy or [[Flame Aura|Flame]]/[[Water Aura]] with Empowering Aura shard will also help increase damage done to the boss. And furthermore, Lava Beast can also be affected by debuffs (which increases his damage taken) from;
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 * Dragolich's Ghost Wail.
 * Jackalope's Curse.
 == History ==
 * [[File:DD2_Splash_Logo.png|35px]]  '''March 30th 2023''' : Introduced.

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 | appearances = [[File:Crystal Mine Map Banner.png|200px]] <br/>
 '''Crystal Mine Expeditions 6th wave'''
 | schedule_icon = File:Lava Beast Icon.png
 }}
 The Lava Beast is a giant mutated witherbeast boss only encountered in Crystal Mine within Expeditions gamemode.
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 * Lava Beast is a free-roaming boss, meaning that the boss is free to travel or be lured to anywhere in the map as the fight will be mostly centered around surviving its abilities. The boss will always try to move towards the nearest player as they are the primary targets.
 * The Lava Beast always spawns from "Ore Deposit" spawn point and will usually traverse through one specific path towards the core at the top level of the map unless aggroed otherwise.
-* The Lava Beast's attack patterns generally cycles through four special abilities in random order. Close-combat melee attacks only occurs when the Lava Beast is close enough to a target.
+* The Lava Beast's attack patterns mainly revolves around using 4 special abilities in random order while also trying to get closer to its target so it can use close-combat attacks.
 * The Lava Beast has '''46.835%''' damage resistance. However during its 7-seconds stun phase, it'll take additional 50% more damage.
 * The Lava Beast is untargetable by towers but would still be vulnerable to defense damage. It is also unaffected by conventional crowd control effects.
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 === Close-combat Attacks ===
-The Lava Beast will perform these basic melee attacks randomly whenever a target is close enough. Each of these attacks is guaranteed to deal knockback. Despite having three different styles of attack, there are no notable differences between them.
+The Lava Beast will perform these basic melee attacks randomly whenever a target is close enough. Each of these attacks is guaranteed to deal knockback that cannot be negated by Tenacity. Despite having three different styles of attack, there are no notable differences between them.
 {| style="text-align:center;"
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 === Special Abilities ===
 == Strategy ==
 == History ==