Doomwood Duo

Doomwood Duo is the ninth challenge on the Beginnings board. It consists of defeating a duo of Zorbak and Artix at the same time.
== Rules ==
* Twilly will be helping Zorbak and Artix, providing them with +Boost, +Bonus, or healing at the start of every turn.
=== Zorbak ===
# Zorbak applies a Protective Bubble that buffs his All/Boost/Bonus. The Protective Bubble has HP equal to 25% of his maximum HP.
#* If the Protective Bubble runs out of health, Zorbak is weakened for a turn before he can reapply it again.
# Zorbak will attempt to copy the positive stat buffs that the player has, applying them to himself every 2 turns.
# Zorbak will randomly choose between inflicting debuffs or collecting bones. Once he collects bones 3 times, he unleashes a powerful nuke the next time he would choose between debuffs and bones.
=== Artix ===
# Artix switches between a defensive buff in Inner Light, which gives him +BPD and Damage Reduction, and a more aggressive buff in Shining Light, which gives him +Boost/Crit.
# Artix has 2 stacking buffs: Thrill of Battle, which gives +All every time he is hit, but is reset when he is stunned, and Joy of Battle, which gives +Boost and -Bonus each time he lands a hit, but is reset when he misses.
#* If Artix exceeds a combined total of 30 stacks of Thrill of Battle and Joy of Battle, he will use an attack that sets the player's HP to 1 if it lands.
# Twice per fight, Artix will heal 40% of his HP when he drops below 60% of his HP.
== Turn Order ==
Zorbak -> Artix
== Equipment ==
* Artix primarily deals Light damage (and Null damage), meaning Light resistance will be useful once Zorbak goes down.
** Exalted Blaster II (Amalgam) is a very useful trinket against Artix, granting +10 Light and inflicting +30 Health to counter his heals.
== Strategy ==
* While Protective Bubble is up, Zorbak is quite troublesome to deal with, alongside him stealing all of the stat buffs you apply. However, once the bubble pops, there is a 1-turn window where Zorbak is weakened and will take more damage. Use this window to burst Zorbak down, as without his Protective Bubble his health is quite low.
* Artix's greatest threat is his stacking DoT that occurs every 6 turns. Make sure you have a plan to deal with it, whether through stacking Light resist or avoiding the attack altogether.
* Keep watch on Artix's Thrill of Battle and Joy of Battle to know when his HP-adjusting attack is coming. Make sure to avoid having the attack line up with Artix's +Bonus buff.
Category:Boss