Mazzinor

Part of The Secret Library Quest.

Battle recommendations:

Equip Energy Damage Protection during this fight.

Use Earth Damage during this fight.

Browse Map

Go to the Earth Section and downstairs here (south of the Biting Books), then walk north to find a teleport. Enter it and pull the Ostentatious Bookstand once your team is ready for the fight. You will have 17 minutes to finish the fight.

Together with this boss there will be several Wild Knowledges . Once you kill them, they will become a blue vortex. Every few rounds, Mazzinor will become Supercharged Mazzinor, which is invincible. After 8 seconds, the room will be hit by several simultaneous energy explosions with different center points around the room. This will cover all squares in the room and deal up to 13,000+ Energy Damage, depending on where you are standing. The closer to the center of the room players are, the higher the damage taken as they will be hit by more explosions. This damage, however, can be avoided entirely if players step on the existing vortexes to gain the form of a Knowledge Elemental . Note that this form also lasts 8 seconds, so it is recommended that you wait at least 2 seconds after the boss transformation to step on the vortex, guaranteeing your new form will last long enough. Players can only renew the form after it runs out, so if you transform too soon you will be susceptible to the explosions. Repeat this process until the boss is dead.

This fight can go bad very easily if the team starts taking the explosions. A possible strategy is having the blocker stay with Mazzinor near the center of the room, and the shooters spread around them. Everyone should attack with Stone Shower Runes, hitting multiple Wild Knowledges and creating many vortexes. Furthermore, everyone should always choose a vortex to step on as soon as possible and stand next to it, preferably communicating this to the team. Communication is extremely important to avoid taking vortexes that other players were planning to use, causing chaos and possibly deaths.

Other tips:

• If a player does not manage to step on a vortex and is about to get hit by the explosions, wearing a Shockwave Amulet will be of huge help, reducing the damage taken to 3-5k. Since it only has 5 charges, however, it must be equipped right before the explosion.
• When there are plenty of vortexes on the floor and/or no Wild Knowledges, the team can use these turns to single target Mazzinor with Sudden Death Runes.
• Avoid moving around too much as you may end up stepping on a vortex by mistake and become unable to renew the transformation in time (check 7min40s on the video). If this happens, you can still try to transform again by walking back and forth on a vortex (10min50s on the video).
• Watch out for Wild Knowledges that are about to die and avoid killing them above an existing vortex. Players should try to kill on non-vortex spots to create new vortexes and avoid "wasting" it.
• After being transformed, keep attacking with AoE damage so you clear the summons for another player or for the next round.