The Ash Widow

This boss's marks deal a fixed amount set for its level (53), in place of the blow multiples below: a move you could dodge 708 damage, a hazard 620 damage, its signature failed 974 damage, burning ground 212 damage a second. More levels and better gear mean more health, so the same hit takes a smaller part of it. Armour, shields and barriers turn aside at most 20% of it.

A burning letter on one of the party with 8 s to live (10 s for a lone player); never cleansed. Walk within 1.3 tiles of a friend: it goes to them with 6 s left (the giver cannot take it back for 12 s). Within 1.5 tiles of the hearth (a lone player's 5 tiles) it burns: BURNT! She screams, is stunned 4 s and takes 25% more for 8 s. Its time up, it bursts 4 tiles round: 974 damage to everyone in it, and the ash burns there for 6 s.

WhenFrom 12 s, every 26 s / 20 s (phase 1 / 2).

TipHand it on towards the hearth, friend to friend (the white ring shows who takes it), or run it there yourself. Never stand near the one holding it at the end.

A ring 3.5 tiles round it, 1.6 s ahead: 2.2 × a normal blow.

When9 s into the fight, then every 12 s.

EnragedEvery 10 s.

TipStep out of the ring round her.

1/2/3 Ash Mourners come (Ash Mourner, level 52; 1, 2–3, 4–5 players) for whoever holds her. Their lament hurries the letter: while any of them lives it has 2 s less to live.

WhenAt 60% and 30% of its health, once each.

TipThe tank takes them; kill them first, and the letter's time comes back.

It flushes red and rages: its normal blows come 1.3× as often, and all its blows are 15% harder.

WhenAt 30% of its health; it lasts to the end of the fight.

TipThe last part is the most dangerous: save your strong skills and potions for it, and dodging the marks matters more than ever.