Willowshire Burns (Arena)

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**Willowshire Burns (Arena)** is the fifth challenge on the *Dragon Challenges 2* board. It consists of defeating a duo of The Guardian Dragon and Gorgok, the Relentless at the same time.

## Rules

### The Guardian Dragon

1. The Guardian Dragon stacks +15 Boost and Bonus for every turn the player does not attack him.
2. The Guardian Dragon has +50 All and weakness to 8 different elements. If he is hit with 1 of the 8 elements he has a negative resistance to, he will apply a corresponding Elemental Absorption effect. Those will get stronger the more Guardian Dragon is hit with the corresponding elements.
	* Hitting the Guardian Dragon with the same element a total of 21 times or more, he will pause his rotation and hit you with a massive nuke of that element. However, if you are hit by the nuke, you will gain a beneficial effect.
3. During his rotation, The Guardian Dragon will randomly apply one of two permanent 50% damage resistance effects until purged, either by landing critical hits (Avatar's Blessing) or inflicting DoTs (Avatar's Grace) on the Guardian Dragon.
4. On its 3rd turn, The Guardian Dragon will use a claw attack on you, that will reduce your health to 1 if it hits. The Guardian Dragon will attempt the claw every 20th turn afterwards (T23, T43, T63, etc...).

### Gorgok, the Relentless

1. Gorgok has 3 phases, which advance after a certain number of turns pass or when he falls below a certain HP threshold for the first time.
	* Phase 3 starts when 22 turns have passed or Gorgok's health falls below 33% (4857 at level 90).
	* Gorgok uses a nuke at the start of Phase 3 and stacks +5 Boost and Bonus every turn afterwards.
2. The fight includes 3 pads that player can freely switch between. Gorgok drops exploding boulders that the player can use to their advantage, but they will explode and inflict damage and debuffs on the player if they are standing in front of them.
	* Gorgok's attacks telegraph whether the large boulder or two smaller rocks will explode first.
		+ Attack 1/14 (two hits): Small boulders explode first.
		+ Attack 4/15 (four hits): Large boulder explodes first.

## Turn Order

Gorgok, the Relentless -> The Guardian Dragon

## Equipment

* Since both foes deal Stone damage (besides Guardian Dragon's elemental nuke, which depends on the element he was hit with 21 times), it's wise to stack Stone and All resistance for this fight.

## Strategy

* While at a first glance Gorgok might seem more threatening since he increases his Bonus and Boost every turn in Phase 3, The Guardian Dragon passively does so if the player does not focus on him, making him the more bothersome of the duo. However, some classes can burst Gorgok fast enough or simply hit both during said burst before this becomes a problem.
* The Guardian Dragon's claw attack on turn 3 of his rotation is incredibly dangerous and should be avoided at all costs. Combined with his very high damage on turn 1, it can be very troublesome to survive the initial turns of the fight.
	+ Attempting to shield turns 1 through 3 are awkward, as The Guardian Dragon will inflict a debuff to your avoidance and defenses if you have a shield active on turn 2.
		- In order to combat this, you can stack multiple defensive skills on turn 3 to ensure you dodge the claw even through the -MPM/BPD debuff.
		- Alternatively, you can use a 2-turn shield on turn 1, then use a Bacon-aligned Pet Dragon attack, which causes The Guardian Dragon to pause his rotation to perform a nuke. Afterwards, another defensive skill can be used on turn 4 to avoid the claw.
* When dealing with The Guardian Dragon, it is best to hit him with either Fire (Boost), Darkness (STR/DEX/INT), or Energy (Crit) attacks. While all of these elements will increase his damage, it will also benefit the player in bursting it down faster with its overload effects.

## Classes

Classes with great bursting skills and/or turtling skills help in this fight a lot. It helps if they have dots or buffs that increase crits. These include:

* Ninja
* Bulwark DragonLord
* Wrath DragonLord
* Ranger
* DeathKnight