The Howling Eye (Extreme)

See also: The Howling Eye and The Howling Eye (Hard)

The Howling Eye (Extreme)

Level

50 (Sync: 50)

Item Level

65

Difficulty

Extreme

Party size

Full Party
8 man • 2 2 4

Unsyncing

Allowed

Time limit

60 minutes

Roulette

Mentor

Tomestones

 20 

Req. quest

Gale-force Warning

Patch

2.1

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An attack by the primal Garuda has annihilated an entire brigade of Twin Adder, with the sole survivor left to tell a tale writ in terror and misery. Garuda's powers are far greater than they should be; left with few options and all but one of them almost certain failures, the Order of the Twin Adder turns to the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, so that they may summon a Warrior of Light.

— In-game description

The Howling Eye (Extreme) is a level 50 trial introduced in patch 2.1.

Strategy

Lady of the Vortex: Garuda

The Howling Eye Extreme Trial Guide

Phase 1

This is very similar to the other versions - however, when the Razor Plumes appear, make sure to kill the Satin Plume first. Otherwise, the Satin Plume will sleep everyone.

Phase 2

Garuda will spawn two adds, Chirada and Suparna. The off-tank should hold Chirada while the main tank should hold Suparna. Separate them and kill one at a time. Generally you will be killing Chirada first.

At the end of this phase Garuda will teleport to the center and cast Reckoning. There's no dodging this, so stack up in the center. This will wipe if too many stones are destroyed.

Phase 3

Garuda will destroy the pillars, and summon more Razor Plumes. This time they will have a Spiny Plume with them. Kill the Razor Plumes, but do not kill the Spiny Plume. The Spiny Plume will apply "Thermal Low" to the tank it is agro'd on. Tanks must swap agro on the spiny plume at 2 stacks. At 3 stacks of "Thermal Low" the party will wipe.

When Garuda vanishes, kill the Spiny Plume. This will create a shield that will protect you from wiping when Garuda reappears. Dodge the Spiny Plume's AoE when it dies and hide under its shield.

Phase 4

Garuda will summon a Spiny Plume, Chirada and Suparna, and a large number of green whirlwinds.

There are safe spots in the northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast to stand to avoid the whirlwinds.

As in Phase 2, separate Chirada and Suparna, kill them one at a time. Garuda will vanish once they both die.

As in Phase 3, avoid killing the Spiny Plume until Garuda vanishes, then hide under its shield. The Spiny Plume will act just like it did in phase 3 with the "Thermal Low" stacks.

You'll cycle between Phase 3 and Phase 4 until Garuda dies.

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Solo strategy (level 70+)

With a high player level (70 to 80) and high-end gear, The Howling Eye (Extreme) can be finished solo or with a small party. To do so, enter the trial unsynced by selecting "Undersized Party" in the duty finder options.

With sufficient defenses, healing and damage, the fight's mechanics can be largely ignored, and all damage focused on Garuda.

Loot

•   Garuda Card (Drops at a fixed rate.)

Treasure Coffer

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity
Vortex Ring of Fending	Ring	90	CBlue	1
Vortex Ring of Slaying	Ring	90	CBlue	1
Vortex Ring of Aiming	Ring	90	CBlue	1
Vortex Ring of Casting	Ring	90	CBlue	1
Vortex Ring of Healing	Ring	90	CBlue	1
Vortex Feather	Material	N/A	ABasic	1
Xanthos Whistle	Other	N/A	ABasic	1
Nightmare Whistle	Other	1	ABasic	1
Faded Copy of Fallen Angel	Orchestrion Roll	N/A	ABasic	1

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