Xande

Xande is a Boss in Megido: Abyss.

## Xande Information

Xande is the Boss of the "Megido: The New World" section of The Shattered Realm. Xande is located on the left end of the island, in the fire tower. The nearest Save Crystal is located in the middle of the realm.

## Attacks

* Melee - Xande roars, then does a regular melee attack after a short delay. Xande can often delay attacking and mess up your parry timing if he is hit shortly before or after the roar. Therefore, it is recommended to not attack him during this attack.
* Dragon Rush
* Raptor Fury
* Gaia
* Devour
* Backstep - Xande will perform a backstep, then attack after a very short delay.
* Slow Mist - Very similar to Poison Mist, however it inflicts Slow instead of Poison.
* Parry - Shortly after Slow Mist, Xande will hold a parry stance for a long duration. This is a good opportunity to heal, start a fully charged attack, or use Weapon Skills/Spells as those cannot be parried by enemies.
* Megido - A version of Megidola that is centered on the player.
* Exhaustion - Similar to Immolation but drains MP instead of Health.
* Elemental Blessing - Xande will choose one of 4 elemental damage Blessings to cast to boost his damage for 60 seconds. First cast is random, cycles Fire -> Water -> Earth -> Wind.
* Neck Swipe
* Enhanced Poison Mist - A four-way variant of Poison Mist. Deals 145 base damage ((8700 + 6%) total damage).
* Summon Clones - Summons four "Xande?"s with 1750 HP and 30 of every Status Resistance. Rarely, they will perform regular melee attacks.
* Stun - An orb of smoke that, when touched, deals 300 Stamina Damage. It cannot guard break.
* Befuddle - An orb of smoke that, when touched, rearranges your inventory by iterating through it backwards and then shifting the rows by a random amount.

It's important to note that Xande's melee attacks can be cancelled if they attempt to start while Xande is in a staggered, riposte-able state. If you delay your riposte until close to the end of the stagger, in the second half of the sequence, you can prevent three entire melee attacks from occurring. Two will fail due to being in a riposte-able state, and the riposte itself will stagger him out of the third.

## Attack Sequence (Repeating)

Melee (Telegraphed)

Melee

Dragon Rush

Gaia - Phase 2: Replaced with Devour

Backstep - Phase 2: Replaced with Melee/Dragon Rush

Melee/Dragon Rush

Slow Mist

Parry Stance

Megido (x 3)

Melee (Telegraphed)

Melee

Raptor Fury

Nothing - Phase 2: Replaced with Clones

Exhaustion

Blessing

Melee (Telegraphed)

Melee

Melee

Melee

Enhanced Poison Mist

Stun - Phase 2: Replaced with Befuddle

Melee (Telegraphed)

Melee

Melee

Neck Swipe

## Rewards & Drops

* 100,000 Anima
* Llylgamyn Helm, Llylgamyn Chestplate, Llylgamyn Leggings and Llylgamyn Boots.
* 1/4 Access to Origin of Sin. Xande, Cornelius, Arkan Prime and Shadow of the Origin must be defeated to access the final boss of The Shattered Realm.

## Strategy/Tips

* It is **highly** recommended to parry most, if not all, of Xande's melee attacks. The fight will end much more quickly with Ripostes and dodging Dragon Rush/Raptor Fury is much more difficult than successfully parrying it.
* Plague Aspis is highly effective in this fight, easily inflicting Poison after just two or three successful parries.

## Trivia

* Xande's AI is heavily based on his Megido: TNW AI, which is why it's so linear and why the phases are so similar.

Bosses (DLC)

1. ↑ Depends on Proximity.
2. ↑ Depends on Proximity.