Tips and Mechanics
Weak Point - Face
You can use the Teleport to reposition Abyss Mages to your advantage at the start of some abyss chambers.
Once you drop the shield, make sure to focus the Abyss Mage so that they stay staggered. The Dance attacks deal a lot of damage, and it can be hard to get close to them while they are active.
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attacks to break through the shield.
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will also damage the shield, but are 1/4 as effective as
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After the shield is broken, the Abyss Mage will be briefly stunned.
Fires a projectile at the playerCalls 3 icicles down at the player, leaving behind a damaging mistTeleports close to the player, dealing Cryo damageMoving a distance away from the Abyss Mage will trigger this ability.
The Abyss Mage will appear where the player is facing. You can use this to reposition them to your advantage.
Spawns icicles that circle the Abyss MageThe Abyss Mage will start this attack after some time being stunned.
You can interrupt this attack by stunning/staggering the Abyss Mage with certain attacks.
After about 8 seconds of the Dance attack, the Abyss Mage will reshield.
Make sure to stagger the Abyss Mage in some way if you see it using Dance to prevent this from happening.