Archon Boreal

Archon Boreal is one of Erra's Archons, amalgams of Sentient and Warframes. His head is that of an owl with the body of a , armed with the . Boreal is fought during The New War and was revived for Archon Hunts.
==Lore==
Boreal the Owl was once a Sentient Beast, which were Sentients created by Praghasa and Hunhow to serve as the peacekeepers of Tau. After fighting and dying in the Old War, Boreal and the other Beasts were revived by Erra during the New War as Archons; hybrid abominations of Sentient and Warframe.
On Tau, the solitary Boreal believed he was above the other Sentients, only seeing the Ram, Pazuul, as his equal.
Becoming an Archon was humiliating for Boreal. Mutilated and turned into a tool of war, he is now filled with hatred, blaming both the Sentients and the Tenno for what he has become. He is indifferent to Erra's suffering under the guise of Pazuul, since it was Erra who turned him into an Archon. Boreal now serves only the Ram, who provides him with easy targets for his spite.Dialogue spoken by the Lotus during Archon Hunts.
==Behavior==
*Shoots a targeted stream of from his trident.
*Converges a tri-beam of energy into one blast, dealing knockback and .
*Produces an ground field which causes static in an area for a short duration dealing damage over time.
*Boreal screeches as a giant orb of blue energy that surrounds it inflicting slow and dealing a small amount of damage while Boreal becomes immune to damage from attacks outside the orb while slowly regenerating its health. Attacking Boreal inside the sphere will cancel it.
**In Archon Hunts, Boreal gains an extremely small layer of Overguard. Depleting his protection will cancel the ability.
*Boreal becomes immune to damage, summoning Sentient reinforcements which must be killed to remove its invulnerability.
*Teleports a short distance.
*In Archon Hunts, Boreal surrounds itself in a blue pyramid-shaped barrier. Shooting the red orbs on each of its corners will disable the barrier.
==Strategy==
===The New War===
Boreal pollutes the field with hazards; stay moving at all times to avoid the danger. The main threat is Boreal's screech which can be negated by and cancelled by attacking Boreal from within.
At parts of the fight, Boreal tries to grapple the Drifter, which must be escaped with a quick-time prompt (melee button, default ).
===Archon Hunt===
Boreal's fight is largely similar to his New War counterpart but has been massively upgraded: he is level 150, is immune to most Warframe abilities, now has armor which cannot be removed, takes up to a maximum of 4 Status Effects of any type, and has Damage Attenuation which resists high-damage weapons. His health type has also been changed from Neutral to , taking increased damage from and damage but resists .
At half health, a cutscene has Boreal try to grapple the Warframe but is pushed off. He then retreats and must be pursued, the gateway ahead is guarded by two Narmer Deacons whose veils must be seized and placed at the gateway. The Deacons can tether itself to nearby allies, rendering it invulnerable until those linked allies are killed.
As Boreal's health decreases further, he will summon two to three Aerolysts to shield himself, which must be killed to remove Boreal's invulnerability; the Aerolysts themselves are invulnerable until the canisters on their torsos are destroyed. Boreal's final resort is surrounding himself in a pyramid-shaped barrier which can be destroyed by shooting the red orbs on each of its corners. After depleting all his health, Boreal collapses allowing the Warframe to interact with him and rip out his Archon Shard.
==Trivia==
*Boreal's name derives from the Greek God Boreas, the God of the North Wind.
*Miniature owls can be seen on Boreal's wings and on the back of his head.
==Gallery==
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File:ArchonBorealInGame.png
File:BorealArchon.jpg
File:BorealArchon.webp|Boreal as he appears during Archon Hunts
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File:BorealHead.png|Face
File:BorealReviving.png|Boreal reviving himself
==Patch History==
==See Also==
*, Boreal's weapon
*Boreal's Mod Set:
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es:Arconte Boreal
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Category:Boss
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