Vigilant Guardian is the first boss in the Sepulcher of the First Ones raid, if you’re looking to get into the raid but are unsure of what you need to do then fret no more! I’ve made a Quickstart Guide for the encounter to help you get going:
And if you prefer reading over watching a video here’s the text from the video guide:
Hey guys I’m Mezzy and welcome to this quickstart guide for Normal Vigilant Guardian, the first boss of the Sepulcher of the First Ones raid. Let’s get right into it!
The fight consists of 3 phases, of which the first one is an add phase.
The adds require energy to activate and when an add dies, its energy will be transferred to one nearby. So choose one of the three groups of powered down adds and start killing the adds as they spawn.
The boss will charge up energy and once it reaches 100 energy it will deal massive Exposed Core AoE damage. Kill enough adds so that the Automated Defense Matrix becomes active and stand in the shield it provides to survive the Exposed Core damage.
After Exposed Core ends the Defense Matrix will leave behind an unstable core. Pick it up and move it to the Vigilant Guardian. When you reach it you will get an extra action button to make it explode and deal 20% damage to the Guardian.To reach phase 2 you need to do this with all 3 cores from the Matrixes in the room.
Other than that, move out of the swirls from Refractured Blast.
When you get targeted by the red arrow, move it away from the group so you don’t get hit by Deresolution.
The raid will take some AoE damage from Radioactive Core every few seconds.
And in terms of further add management interrupt the Defense Drones Blast casts and as tanks face the Prefabricated Sentries away from the group so that Wave of Disintegration doesn’t hit them.
In phase 2 you will continue to have to dodge swirls on the ground.
When you get the Matter Dissolution debuff move it out of the group so that the orbs that spawn don’t spawn on top of you.
When the orb lines spawn, move away from them.
And tanks tank swap on the Pneumatic Impact debuff.
When you reach phase 3 at 15% health, the Guardian will channel an AoE that increases in damage every pulse. Use heroism and kill the boss off as quickly as possible.
And that’s all you need to know for the Vigilant Guardian!
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For now I’m Mezzy, and I’ll see you again next time!