AAC Cruiserweight M2
The second fight of the AAC Cruiserweight raid tier in Dawntrail. Sugar Riot is a rebellious artist who utilizes the soul of a pudding, manifesting her imaginings with an augmented palette.
Sugar Riot
Sugar Riot is fought on a canvas with a screen on the north showing certain mechanics. The arena changes throughout the fight.
Phase One Mechanics
| Mechanic | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mousse Mural | Raidwide | Party-wide magical damage; returns arena to normal |
| Color Riot | Tankbuster | AoE magical tank buster on both tanks |
| Pudding Party | Stack | Multi-hit stack marker on a healer |
| Single Style | AoE | Sugar Riot draws objects and tethers them to areas on ground |
Single Style Objects:
- Regular Bomb: Giant circle AoE where it lands
- Winged Bomb: Jumps horizontally to opposite side, then explodes in giant AoE
- Arrows: Line AoE across the arena
- Target: Makes all arrows fire towards it instead
Phase Two Mechanics (Desert)
| Mechanic | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sugarscape | Arena Change | Sugar Riot draws a landscape, changing the arena to a desert |
| Layer: Sun | DoT | Inflicts Sweltering, dealing damage over time |
| Layer: Cacti | AoE | Spawns cacti creating large AoEs |
| Layer: Quicksand | Hazard | Creates quicksand in the middle that pulls players in |
| Mousse Touch-up | Spread | Marked AoEs on all players |
| Double Style | AoE | Sugar Riot draws two objects at a time |
Phase Three Mechanics (River)
| Mechanic | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sugarscape | Arena Change | Creates a river with bridges connecting islands |
| Taste of Thunder | Spread | Marked thunder AoEs on all players with magic vulnerability |
| Taste of Fire | Stack | Stack markers on both healers dealing fire damage |
| Flood | Hazard | Floods the river with perpetual lightning strikes |
| Storm | AoE | Giant lightning cloud moves across islands, striking each with lethal AoE |
Tips
- Standing in the river gives fire resistance and lightning weakness
- Dodge cacti, then move to corners to avoid quicksand pull
- For Double Style with bombs and arrows, be in the safe lane away from the bomb side
- Move from island to island on bridges after the storm starts