Asphodelos: The Second Circle

The second encounter of the Pandaemonium raid series. Hippokampos, a mythic creation taking the form of a water serpent, must be defeated in an arena where the walls mean instant death.

Hippokampos

A water-themed fight that introduces arena flooding mechanics and teaches players to manage knockbacks and positioning.

Key Mechanics

Mechanic	Type	Description
Murky Depths	Raidwide	Moderate party-wide damage - shield and heal through
Doubled Impact	Tankbuster	Shared tankbuster on MT - both tanks stack together with cooldowns
Sewage Deluge	Raidwide	Massive damage that floods the arena. Only raised platforms and drains are safe - standing in water applies Dropsy DoT
Shockwave	Knockback	Marks one platform with knockback marker. Boss leaps there and knocks players back - position to avoid being pushed into walls
Spoken Cataract	Cleave	Boss’s detached head does a half-room cleave while body does a line AoE. Watch both the head and body positions
Dissociation	AoE	Boss removes its head, which appears at arena edge and dashes across. Move out of the path
Tainted Flood	Spread	Places marked AoEs on players - spread apart to avoid overlapping
Predatory Sight	Stack	All players marked with triangle stack markers - must stack with at least one other player or take heavy damage

Arena Flooding (Sewage Deluge)

The signature mechanic of this fight:

1. Massive raidwide damage hits the party
2. Arena floods - standing in water applies Dropsy DoT
3. Only safe spots: Raised platforms and drain grates
4. Position early to avoid scrambling during the flood phase

Dissociation + Cataract

This combination requires watching multiple elements:

1. Head detaches and appears at arena edge
2. Watch head facing - it will dash across that direction
3. Body performs cataract - avoid the line AoE
4. Find the safe zone that avoids both the head’s dash path and the body’s attack

Tips

• The arena walls instantly kill - never get knocked into them
• For Doubled Impact, both tanks must stack and use cooldowns
• During Predatory Sight, pair up quickly - being alone means heavy damage
• Watch the boss’s head position during Dissociation for the dash direction
• Healers prepare heavy healing for Sewage Deluge as it hits hard