The SEX (Shiva Extreme) Guide

[Min Kim]

From the good people at Reddit (and a bit of editing myself):

Accuracy is ~ Turn 9 requirements (515 for tanks, 491 for melee and bards, 470 for casters).

There are several mechanics and they're determined by the weapon Shiva draws.

Sword:

• Does a cone claw-looking AOE that shares damage. Have the tank run through, flip Shiva towards the party and hit the whole group to split damage.
• Glacial Bash: Stuns and hits like a truck. Tank can run through this. It's like Garuda's Slipstream.

Cane/Staff:

• Blue markers on players: Spread out! 4-5 players get a blue marker that does damage to them and anyone around them.
• White AOE on ground, don't stand in it.

Bow:

• 270° AOE: Safe spot is right behind Shiva. Stack behind her when she does it or it WILL one-shot you.
• Blue marker: Targets a person and knocks them back. Tank her at the edge and then have the whole group flank her on the right. whoever gets the target moves out of the group and gets pushed back by themselves.

2nd Phase Ground AOE
Pattern one is 4 circles on the ground. don't stand in them
Pattern two is 1 in the middle then a circle around the edge either clockwise or anti-clockwise. Works like Titan's pizzabomb. Go to the spot where the last AOE drops then run to the middle once it's safe
Pattern three is 4 circles at first, the go away then new circles appear. the safe spots are the middle of the first set of circles

Whiteout: this is the same as Lunar Dynamo. Seems to only happen during Sword stance.
Permafrost: Ground turns black, DO NOT move. If you move you will slide in the direction you move. Repelling shot, ethereal manipulation and Gap Closers are safe. You can also cast/use any skill, but just not move your character.

There is a tank swap mechanic as she gives debuffs of certain weapon types:

Shiva's cane/staff weapon will inflict stacks of increased slashing damage taken debuff, and her sword will inflict stacks of increased blunt damage taken. So ideally you're gonna have one tank that fights during the sword portion, and another that fights during the staff portion. Bow doesn't inflict a stacking debuff, nor is it affected by it. You only ever need to switch if she goes from staff to sword, or vice versa. You never need to swap for bow.

The idea is that each tank takes either the Sword or Cane duty and tank swap immediately when Shiva draws the respective weapon.

Shiva gets stacks of damage up throughout the fight so there is a soft enrage when she just gets too strong. Bards can help by giving more mana to healers, but healers have their work cut out toward the end.

[Tigerlilley]

Um the ground is blue for perma frost