Phase 1

Order of Mechanics

1. Empyrean Iniquity (Raidwide + Bleed)

2. Queen's Will (Simple Chess)

3. Cleansing Slash (x3 Tankbuster with Doom inflicted)
   Healers must Esuna or Bards may use The Warden's Paean

4. Empyrean Iniquity (Raidwide + Bleed)

5. Queen's Edict (Super Chess)

Queen's Will involves two major mechanics:

1. Northwain's Glow - 3/5 of any cardinal of the arena is unsafe.

2. Two Beck and Call to Arm - The Queen will tether to a pair of Chess Pieces. Chess pieces will walk a certain number of steps based on the dots seen on the tethered Chess piece.

   • East and West will start first

   • North and South will resolve last

In the first movement, players need to identify quickly the East and West Chess Pieces as they always walk into the board. Northwain's Glow orb will spawn and identify quickly which side the lines do not intersect. Safe location will be on either cardinal of the arena while remembering the row and column is not safe from the E/W Chess Pieces.

Before the second movement, players just need to observe the column where the North and South Chess Pieces will stop at. Since Northwain's Glow has resolved, there is plenty of space to stand at.

Sequence of Mechanics

1. Queen's Edict

   • Players are given 2 debuffs. Total buffs to be added up.

   • 4 Chess pieces will appear with # no. of steps

   • Blue Safe square will appear (all players must end there regardless # no. of steps)

2. E/W chess pieces will move. Players are NOT stunned.

   • After the starting square glows, Players resolve 1st debuff by moving the required number of steps.

3. N/S chess pieces will move. Players are stunned

   • After being stunned, Players resolve 2nd debuff by moving # no. of steps into the Safe Square.

4. The Final edict will resolve; any players not in the safe square will die.

Phase 2

Order of Mechanics

1. Relentless Play #1

2. God Save the Queen (Heavy Mitigation + Bleed)

3. Relentless Play #2

4. Empyrean Iniquity

5. Queen's Edict (Super Chess)

In all Relentless Plays, there will be a combination of B2 (Savage) and B4 (Normal) mechanics in quick succession or together. All players must be familiar with Boss 2 mechanics prior to this fight. Here in the first Relentless Play, there will be the following mechanics:

• Gunner with Weakness (weakness gap)

• Gunner with E/W Automatic Turrets

• Warrior with Weight of Fortune (Winds)

• Northwain's Glow (B4)

Immediately after The Queen cast God Save the Queen, a heavy-hitting raid wide that must be shielded and mitigated, a duty gauge will appear starting at 97% full. At the end of the cast, she will perform a slow cast, Maelstrom Bolt. 5 Ball Lightnings will spawn at random locations that must be Reflected by the Healers (H2). The blast radius is large and will kill any player without Reflect instantly; these strikes also ignore Transcendence should Reraiser proc. Meanwhile, The Queen will receive 4 buffs that must be Dispelled by the Ranged of every team.

When Healers reflect is successful, the Ball Lightning will drop a Lightning Bubble will add resistance to Maelstrom Bolt and Empyrean Iniquity, while Ranged Dispels will reduce the damage of the upcoming Empyrean Iniquity. Should the buffs remain on The Queen, it could lead to an alliance wipe.

Relentless Play #2 can be very tricky to dodge and may result in very unusually small safe zones to dodge. It is good to memorize the combination of mechanics in this Relentless Play:

• Soldier - Double Gambit (pieces don't jump)

• Knight - Optimal Offense (always with shield, KB from centre, away from LoS of orb)

• Queen - Judgement Blade (3/5 of the arena is not save)

• Gambits - two pieces are tethered, look for the untethered pieces and remember their spots.

• Queen - 2nd Judgement Blade + Pawn Off (tethered chess pieces will be unsafe)

Remember that in this Knight phase, it is always knockback from the centre. The Queen will leave the arena with Judgement Blade swords to avoid. The KB from the centre and Queen's cleave happen both at the same time. So getting knocked into a safe area is important. Take a look at the GIF above, to have an idea of the sequence of mechanics.

The second Judgement Blade can be a little tricky. Remembering the untethered chess pieces are important. There are times, the safe location could be a tiny spot or if you are lucky, you may get a large area that is safe from the Pawn Off AOE and Queen's dash.

Sequence of Mechanics

1. Orb will appear > Queen appears at random edge

2. Queen's swords will appear (avoid that side) > Knight charges through

3. KB from the centre

4. Gambits will tether > Queen reappears with new swords.

5. Run to untethered Gambits, away from Queen's Blade

6. Empyrean Iniquity

Phase 3

Order of Mechanics

1. Queen's Edict (Super Chess) - potion window or Healer LB3

2. Cleansing Slash

3. Relentless Play #3

4. Reflect and Dispel

5. Empyrean Iniquity (Healer to hold back 2min CD buffs)

6. Relentless Play #4

7. Relentless Play #5 (Soft Enrage)

Relentless Play #3 is simple to call out and dodge. It contains the following mechanics:

• Knight with Optimal Play

• Gunner - Automatic Turret (B2)

• Maelstrom Bolt - Reflect and Dispel

This is the 2nd last Relentless Play before the soft enrage. The key mechanic that often kills players is the Icy or Fiery Potent paired with the bombs. These are the list of mechanics in this Relentless Play #4:

• Warrior - Bombslinger

• Warrior - Reversal of Forces (Tether)

• Soldier - Icy / Fiery Potent

• Queen - Heaven's Wrath (KB from the line)

Sequence of Mechanics

1. Reversal of Forces - Tether Appears

2. Heaven's Wrath - KB from line

3. Elemental Potent - Fire or Ice atmosphere seen (not resolve)

4. Knockback resolve - players to move into big or small bombs

5. Elemental Potent

   • Fire: Don't move (after fire resolve, quickly move to bomb)

   • Ice: Keep moving (may walk towards bomb until Icy is over)

6. Bombs - move into safe accordingly