ADVANCED BOSS GUIDES

Sanctum HM Solo Melee

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Introduction

This is an advanced guide and assumes a deep understanding of the boss's rotations and mechanics for the Hard Mode version of the Sanctum of Rebirth, found in Sanctum HM Mechanics Overview.

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Presets and Relics

⬥ Melee melee Guide illustration

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Vermyx, Brood Mother

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⬥ Release all scane with consecratedkeris

⬥ Gear must be perked with Equilibrium 4 eq4

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Pre-fight

berserk + adrenrenewal

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Phase 1

gbarge → meteorstrike → gflurry → overpower → rend → (adaptivestrike)

Coilspawn

divert → (tc) + naturalinstinct → adaptivestrike → dba spec → smeleebasic → gbarge → soverpower

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Phase 2

roverpower + gflurry → scane → rcane → rend

Coilspawn

annihilation eofspec → dismember → sadaptivestrike → smeleebasic → smeleebasic → sadaptivestrike → divert → smeleebasic → sadaptivestrike

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Phase 3

gbarge → zgs eofspec → punish → gflurry → adaptivestrike → overpower → gfury → chaosroar → dragonclaw eofspec → (adaptivestrike → assault)

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Kezalam, the Wanderer

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⬥ Release all scane with consecratedkeris

⬥ Gear must be perked with Equilibrium 4 eq4

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War's Retreat

sezk spec

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Pre-fight (Moonstone Obelisk 1)

rezk spec + naturalinstinct → adaptivestrike → meleebasic → meteorstrike → adaptivestrike → berserk → smeleebasic

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Phase 1

gbarge → gflurry → overpower → dragonclaw eofspec + adrenrenewal → dragonclaw eofspec → scane → rcane → adaptivestrike → overpower

Moonstone Obelisk 2 (obelisk you didn't use ezk spec on)

rend → dragonclaw eofspec → punish → pulverise

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Phase 2

overpower → dive + prismofsalvation + (8t) gflurry → rend → scane → rcane + overpower → freedom + click prismofsalvation → backhand → (7t) assault → rend → punish → (meleebasic → meleebasic → meleebasic etc)

Moonstone Obelisk 1

adaptivestrike → chaosroar → ezk spec

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Phase 3

adaptivestrike → divert → meteorstrike → rend → sadaptivestrike → berserk → gbarge → overpower → gflurry → dragonclaw eofspec → punish → scane → rcane → (assault)

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Nakatra, Devourer Eternal

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⬥ Release all scane and pulverise with consecratedkeris

⬥ Gear must be perked with Equilibrium 4 eq4

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War's Retreat

sezk spec

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Phase 1

rezk spec + meteorstrike → divert → berserk → gbarge → overpower → gflurry → dragonclaw eofspec → chaosroar → scane → (2t) rcane + overpower

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Phase 2

dragonclaw eofspec + adrenrenewal → backhandflank → dragonclaw eofspec → backhandflank → overpower → rend → scane → rcane + (7t) gflurry → overpower + powerburstofvitality → adaptivestrike + disrupt → divert

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Phase 3

Nefthys 1

gbarge → rend → assault → overpower → (meleebasic)

Nefthys 2

ingen + roarofawakening spec → adaptivestrike → gfury → rend → punish → pulverise

Prephase

backhandflank → swh eofspec → meteorstrike → adaptivestrike

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Phase 4

Shadowsands

berserk + surge + dive → (tc) adaptivestrike → (tc) cane → rend (leave)

Nakatra

(2t tc) + dba spec → gbarge → chaosroar + dive → sezk spec → rezk spec + gflurry → rend → scane → rcane + overpower → dragonclaw eofspec → punish → assault

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Example Kills

⬥ Vermyx melee

⬥ Kezalam melee

⬥ Nakatra melee

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