Alexander - The Arm of the Father

See also: Alexander: Gordias and Alexander - The Arm of the Father (Savage)

Alexander - The Arm of the Father

Level

60 (Sync: 60)

Item Level

170

Difficulty

Normal

Party size

Full Party
8 man • 2 2 4

Unsyncing

Allowed

Time limit

90 minutes

Roulette

Normal Raids

Tomestones

 10 

Req. quest

Tinker, Seeker, Soldier, Spy

Entrance

The Dravanian Hinterlands (X:23, Y:26)

Patch

3.01

“

In the Enigma Codex are writ the designs for a walking citadel. It was known as Alexander, a self-sufficient bastion for logic and reason and a beacon of knowledge for a world adrift─so says the treasure hunter Mide. The Illuminati dreamed this century-old dream, and in so doing gave form to their primal. Yet no matter how beautiful an ideal, the reality of fanatics with such power is a tarnished, ugly thing. By your hand must this threat be stopped.

— In-game description

Alexander - The Arm of the Father is a level 60 raid introduced in patch 3.01 with Heavensward.

Alexander - The Arm of the Father or A3 is the third floor of Alexander: Gordias. It requires the players to have an average item level (iLvl) of 170 or above to enter.

Objectives

• Clear the Strategeion: 0/1
• Arrive at Condensate Demineralizer #9: 0/1
• Defeat the living liquid: 0/1

Strategy

Living Liquid

The Arm of the Father Guide

This boss repeats the first 3 phases twice until he goes into his final phase. The outer edge of the arena is covered in electric field that will stun, deal damage over time and paralyse anyone standing in it or gets knock backed into it. You should also tank the boss in the center for ease.

Phase 1 - Human

The boss cleaves in this form, keep him facing away from the raid.

Protean Wave - Conal AoE in several directions that deals damage and knocks back.

Splash - Raid Wide AoE.

Sluice - 4 players get markers above their head, spread out as you will deal AoE damage around yourselves and spawns circular AoE underneath several players.

Rotation: Protean Wave -> Sluice -> Splash x 3

Phase 2 - Hand

The hand does a heavy cleave that needs to be shared between both tanks.

Wash Away - AoE knockback.

Shortly after Wash Away, the hand will split and spawn Liquid Limb. The off tank should pick up this add, and the tanks should face each hand away from each other and from the raid, as they cleave and cause Blunt Resistance Down.

Rotation: Cleave -> Wash Away -> Cleave -> Cleave -> Split -> Cleave (both adds) x7

Phase 3 - Tornado

This is the add phase, the boss is invulnerable in this form and deals area of effect damage in the center. Throughout this phase, two types of adds will spawn in the center and make their way to the edge, causing heavy damage to the raid if they reach it. Gear Lubricant have low HP and can be dealt with easily. Piston Lubricant have higher HP, and half way towards the edge will cast an ability that will make them rush to the edge, this should be stunned to give you more time.

There are two more mechanics to take note here:

• An orange tether from the boss to a random player. This player needs to pass the tether to a tank who then needs to stay away from everyone else. When the tether expires, an AoE will strike the tethered player and the area around them, hitting extremely hard and killing most players except a tank.
• 2 players will have an icon appear above their head, a + or a -. Note that both players can get the same icon. If the two players have the same debuff (e.g. + and +) they should stack together in the center, as they will be pushed away from each other, potentially into the pool around the boss area if they are too close to it. If they have opposite debuffs (e.g. + and -) they should spread out, as they will be pulled together, taking damage and gaining a severe penalty to stats for 60s if they are too close together.

Phase 4 - Final

This phase appears to be forced at % based (possibly at around 35%), as the prior Tornado phases sometimes ends early.

This is the same as the first Human phase, except:

• Cascade - Deals AoE damage and spawns 3 large AoE pools around the room.
• His cleave will now apply Blunt Resistance Down, the tanks spread away from each other and tank swap every 4-5 stacks.
• Living Pool will wipe the raid with Cascade if he hits his hard enrage.

Loot

• 1   Precision Gordian Spring (Guaranteed)

Treasure Coffer 1

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity
Tarnished Gordian Lens	Other	N/A	ABasic	1
Tarnished Gordian Crank	Other	N/A	ABasic	1

Treasure Coffer 2

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity
Tarnished Gordian Lens	Other	N/A	ABasic	1
Tarnished Gordian Crank	Other	N/A	ABasic	1
Tarnished Gordian Spring	Other	N/A	ABasic	1

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